Last Time in Chapter 17:
There was a silence amongst all the mutants. Jean was the first one to speak. "We are in this together. Let's put the past behind us and move forward. We need each other during this time of adversity. We need to stick together. It is going to be hard but we can do it. We need to stick together for not only our survival but for Tabby. This is the end of innocence. We are mutants. We are the future of evolution. We are the next step and we need to be one. No longer is it going to be the X-Men versus the Brotherhood. We are all X-Men now."
Chapter Eighteen: Shooting Star
All the X-Men and Brotherhood were slow getting out of bed Monday morning. They knew what was going to happen.
They knew that if they went to school, they would be met with unending bigotry. That night they would have to bury a friend, and attend a meeting where the so called "mutant problem" would be discussed.
About thirty minutes before the group left for school, the Professor spoke to them, giving them guidelines.
"Here are some guidelines you have to follow: 1. No powers, 2. No fighting, 3. Ignore the humans, 4. Act like yourself, 5. Come home straight after school. Pleased follow these."
"Yes Professor." came muffled voices in the crowd of mutants.
They all piled into Jean and Scott's cars. They were on their way to the one place they didn't feel safe, school.
(At School)
Jean and Scott parked their cars, and exited. They looked at the crowd of students who had stopped walking to look at them.
Kitty clenched Kurt's arm. Pietro and Darren stood hand in hand, as did Scott and Jean. Rogue had her arms clenched across her chest, and Darren's free arm around her shoulder. Fear etched on their faces. Anger on those of the humans. The other Brotherhood members had anger on their faces.
"Freaks!" yelled some of the students. "Mutie Scum!" yelled others. The insulting words stung their minds. It most in particularly Jean.
"Oh my god." she muttered as she fell to her knees clenching her head. "Jean!" yelled Scott as he fell to her side. "They're projecting! It is too much." she said as she tried to control her telepathy. She was picking up thoughts she didn't want to hear.
*I can't believe I dated a fucking mutant!* ~ Taryn ( Pre-fic relationship between her and Scott) *Fucking bitch, should die.* ~ Random person
*Jean!* ~ Darren, Pietro and Rogue
*Freak!* ~ Random Person
Jean finally regained composure after about five minutes. The first bell had already rung and the crowd was dispersing. The mutants stood there afraid to move, in fear of getting hurt.
One by one they entered, only to be met with more stares and insults.
They shrug them off as if they didn't mean anything to them, but on the inside they were hurting.
Everyone went their separate ways. Rogue, Darren and Pietro went to Darren's locker, so he can get his books. "Look, everything will be fine. We need to keep our cool. Remember Xavier's dream, we need to follow it to the best we can despite the insults." said Darren as he grabbed his Speech book. "Ah agree with him. We need to do this for Xavier and for Tabby." spoke Rogue "Okay. I just cant lose you, like I lost her." smiled Pietro as he reached in and embraced Darren in a kiss. This little action made humans stop dead in their tracks.
"Oh my god. He's a mutant and a fag. And think I masturbated about him." whispered a girl to her friend as they walked by Darren and Pietro. (A/N: The girl was talking about Darren. If you remember in Chapter Two, she was the girl that called him "Blazing") Darren shrugged it off and said good bye to Pietro and they went their separate ways.
( Back At the Institute, after School )
*Avalanche, Blob, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Toad, Nightcrawler, Phoenix, Shadowcat, Cyclops, Solaris, Rogue, and Storm report to my office.*
Everyone in the mansion got the telepathic message and they headed off towards the office. "Yes, Professor?" asked Phoenix as she walked in.
"Sit, please." They followed his instruction. "As you know, Tonight is the meeting at the High School. I want all of you to attend. I ask that you wear nice clothes and sit on the chairs in the back of the stage, so everyone can see you. I am also going to ask Jean to speak at the meeting. To try and persuade the humans you are controlled in your gifts and deserve to be in school."
"Yes, Professor." came muffled responses. "You may leave. We will have a ceremony in twenty minutes for Tabitha." he responded as he wheeled away.
(Outside)
"Today we bury a great mutant and above all a great friend. Tabitha Smith, you were the most free spirited women I ever had the chance to meet. May God rest your soul. Until we meet again. Amen." said Charles as Jean telekinetically lowered the casket which Logan made into the ground.
"Amen." said everyone as they threw a yellow rose into the burial hole. The roses flew and landed on the top of the casket. Pietro and many others cried.
They noticed they didn't have a grave stone, but Darren took care of it. He went over to the side of the house and carried a large flat stone. He laid flat on the ground and kneeled next to it. His right pointer finger started to glow. He started to write on the stone. He was using the light as a laser to engrave the stone. After about ten minutes her produced a beautiful grave stone.
It read:
Tabitha Smith
"Boom-Boom"
1985-2003
A great friend, taken early. Always and Forever a X-Men The stone also had a rose craved into it. Lance took the honor is using his power to make a little hole to place the stone in. Darren placed it in and everyone started to cry again.
Jubilee stepped forward and did an intricate dance with her hands and released several fireworks. They sailed into the air and let of an explosion. There above the stone in the sky were fireworks which spelt out "RIP Boom-Boom!" Everyone smiled with satisfaction.
Pietro was left alone by her grave. He sat down on the cold earth and looked at the fresh soil which was put atop her grave. Tears came to his eyes as the sun began to sink beneath the horizon. All of a sudden the lyrics of a song came to him, and there he sat and began to sing:
Say goodnight not good-bye
You will never leave my heart behind
Like the path of a star
I'll be anywhere you are
In the spark that lies beneath the coals
In the secret place inside your soul
Keep my light in your eyes
Say goodnight not good-bye
Don't you fear when you dream
Waking up is never what it seems
Like a jewel buried deep
Like a promise meant to keep
You are everything you want to be
So just let your heart reach out to me
I'll be right by your side
Say goodnight not good-bye
You are everything you want to be
So just let your heart reach out to me
Keep my light in your eyes
Say goodnight not good-bye
Tears began to pour from his red, puffy eyes. Images of him and Tabby sailed through his mind. The time she blew up the trash can on the way to school, her asking if he was gay, the time were they went to a movie and pizza, the Brotherhood missions and just being with each other. He knew that this is what life had chosen for her, and he had to accept that no matter how painful it may be.
"Good night, until next time." he smiled as he kissed his fingers and placed his fingers on the soil.
He stood up and walked back into the house to get ready for the meeting. He knew he had to be strong. And for Tabitha he would be anything.
As he was walking in the house, he noticed something. He saw a shooting star sail through the sky. He looked up at it and smiled.
**There is Chapter Eighteen. Chapter Nineteen will be the meeting. Thank you to all my reviewers! The song that Pietro sang was "Say Goodnight" by Beth Nielsen Chapman, this song was heard on various points in the late television series, "Dawson's Creek". I hope you all enjoyed. And yes Lance will get romantically involved with Wanda. Thank You!
A Pyro's Rage: Thank you for your review on Chapter Seventeen. Im glad you liked the chapter. I hope you like this one as well.
Thanks, Damien455**
There was a silence amongst all the mutants. Jean was the first one to speak. "We are in this together. Let's put the past behind us and move forward. We need each other during this time of adversity. We need to stick together. It is going to be hard but we can do it. We need to stick together for not only our survival but for Tabby. This is the end of innocence. We are mutants. We are the future of evolution. We are the next step and we need to be one. No longer is it going to be the X-Men versus the Brotherhood. We are all X-Men now."
Chapter Eighteen: Shooting Star
All the X-Men and Brotherhood were slow getting out of bed Monday morning. They knew what was going to happen.
They knew that if they went to school, they would be met with unending bigotry. That night they would have to bury a friend, and attend a meeting where the so called "mutant problem" would be discussed.
About thirty minutes before the group left for school, the Professor spoke to them, giving them guidelines.
"Here are some guidelines you have to follow: 1. No powers, 2. No fighting, 3. Ignore the humans, 4. Act like yourself, 5. Come home straight after school. Pleased follow these."
"Yes Professor." came muffled voices in the crowd of mutants.
They all piled into Jean and Scott's cars. They were on their way to the one place they didn't feel safe, school.
(At School)
Jean and Scott parked their cars, and exited. They looked at the crowd of students who had stopped walking to look at them.
Kitty clenched Kurt's arm. Pietro and Darren stood hand in hand, as did Scott and Jean. Rogue had her arms clenched across her chest, and Darren's free arm around her shoulder. Fear etched on their faces. Anger on those of the humans. The other Brotherhood members had anger on their faces.
"Freaks!" yelled some of the students. "Mutie Scum!" yelled others. The insulting words stung their minds. It most in particularly Jean.
"Oh my god." she muttered as she fell to her knees clenching her head. "Jean!" yelled Scott as he fell to her side. "They're projecting! It is too much." she said as she tried to control her telepathy. She was picking up thoughts she didn't want to hear.
*I can't believe I dated a fucking mutant!* ~ Taryn ( Pre-fic relationship between her and Scott) *Fucking bitch, should die.* ~ Random person
*Jean!* ~ Darren, Pietro and Rogue
*Freak!* ~ Random Person
Jean finally regained composure after about five minutes. The first bell had already rung and the crowd was dispersing. The mutants stood there afraid to move, in fear of getting hurt.
One by one they entered, only to be met with more stares and insults.
They shrug them off as if they didn't mean anything to them, but on the inside they were hurting.
Everyone went their separate ways. Rogue, Darren and Pietro went to Darren's locker, so he can get his books. "Look, everything will be fine. We need to keep our cool. Remember Xavier's dream, we need to follow it to the best we can despite the insults." said Darren as he grabbed his Speech book. "Ah agree with him. We need to do this for Xavier and for Tabby." spoke Rogue "Okay. I just cant lose you, like I lost her." smiled Pietro as he reached in and embraced Darren in a kiss. This little action made humans stop dead in their tracks.
"Oh my god. He's a mutant and a fag. And think I masturbated about him." whispered a girl to her friend as they walked by Darren and Pietro. (A/N: The girl was talking about Darren. If you remember in Chapter Two, she was the girl that called him "Blazing") Darren shrugged it off and said good bye to Pietro and they went their separate ways.
( Back At the Institute, after School )
*Avalanche, Blob, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Toad, Nightcrawler, Phoenix, Shadowcat, Cyclops, Solaris, Rogue, and Storm report to my office.*
Everyone in the mansion got the telepathic message and they headed off towards the office. "Yes, Professor?" asked Phoenix as she walked in.
"Sit, please." They followed his instruction. "As you know, Tonight is the meeting at the High School. I want all of you to attend. I ask that you wear nice clothes and sit on the chairs in the back of the stage, so everyone can see you. I am also going to ask Jean to speak at the meeting. To try and persuade the humans you are controlled in your gifts and deserve to be in school."
"Yes, Professor." came muffled responses. "You may leave. We will have a ceremony in twenty minutes for Tabitha." he responded as he wheeled away.
(Outside)
"Today we bury a great mutant and above all a great friend. Tabitha Smith, you were the most free spirited women I ever had the chance to meet. May God rest your soul. Until we meet again. Amen." said Charles as Jean telekinetically lowered the casket which Logan made into the ground.
"Amen." said everyone as they threw a yellow rose into the burial hole. The roses flew and landed on the top of the casket. Pietro and many others cried.
They noticed they didn't have a grave stone, but Darren took care of it. He went over to the side of the house and carried a large flat stone. He laid flat on the ground and kneeled next to it. His right pointer finger started to glow. He started to write on the stone. He was using the light as a laser to engrave the stone. After about ten minutes her produced a beautiful grave stone.
It read:
Tabitha Smith
"Boom-Boom"
1985-2003
A great friend, taken early. Always and Forever a X-Men The stone also had a rose craved into it. Lance took the honor is using his power to make a little hole to place the stone in. Darren placed it in and everyone started to cry again.
Jubilee stepped forward and did an intricate dance with her hands and released several fireworks. They sailed into the air and let of an explosion. There above the stone in the sky were fireworks which spelt out "RIP Boom-Boom!" Everyone smiled with satisfaction.
Pietro was left alone by her grave. He sat down on the cold earth and looked at the fresh soil which was put atop her grave. Tears came to his eyes as the sun began to sink beneath the horizon. All of a sudden the lyrics of a song came to him, and there he sat and began to sing:
Say goodnight not good-bye
You will never leave my heart behind
Like the path of a star
I'll be anywhere you are
In the spark that lies beneath the coals
In the secret place inside your soul
Keep my light in your eyes
Say goodnight not good-bye
Don't you fear when you dream
Waking up is never what it seems
Like a jewel buried deep
Like a promise meant to keep
You are everything you want to be
So just let your heart reach out to me
I'll be right by your side
Say goodnight not good-bye
You are everything you want to be
So just let your heart reach out to me
Keep my light in your eyes
Say goodnight not good-bye
Tears began to pour from his red, puffy eyes. Images of him and Tabby sailed through his mind. The time she blew up the trash can on the way to school, her asking if he was gay, the time were they went to a movie and pizza, the Brotherhood missions and just being with each other. He knew that this is what life had chosen for her, and he had to accept that no matter how painful it may be.
"Good night, until next time." he smiled as he kissed his fingers and placed his fingers on the soil.
He stood up and walked back into the house to get ready for the meeting. He knew he had to be strong. And for Tabitha he would be anything.
As he was walking in the house, he noticed something. He saw a shooting star sail through the sky. He looked up at it and smiled.
**There is Chapter Eighteen. Chapter Nineteen will be the meeting. Thank you to all my reviewers! The song that Pietro sang was "Say Goodnight" by Beth Nielsen Chapman, this song was heard on various points in the late television series, "Dawson's Creek". I hope you all enjoyed. And yes Lance will get romantically involved with Wanda. Thank You!
A Pyro's Rage: Thank you for your review on Chapter Seventeen. Im glad you liked the chapter. I hope you like this one as well.
Thanks, Damien455**