Frankie awoke from her deep sleep at the playful screams of a girl and the pounding of many feet. She sprang upright, disorientated at the unfamiliar room when suddenly a girl about her age with a high brown pony tail appeared in the room.
"Ahhh!" Frankie screamed falling off the bed with a thud. Kitty's grin at having evading the boys melted off as she gasped "Oh my god, I'm like so sorry! I didn't know anyone was in this room." Her brown eyes widen as she ran around the bed to help Frankie to her feet "Are you o.k.?"
Frankie nodded, glancing at the closed door in confusion "How'd you get in here?" she questioned.
"Oh, I just walked through the door. That's my mutation. I'm Kitty by the way." There suddenly was a banging at the door followed by the shouts of a male "And that's Bobby." Rolling her eyes Kitty went to the door and opened it.
"You are so lucky Kurt went the other way or else I would have-" the blonde haired mutant trailed off as he saw they weren't alone
"Yak,yak yak" Kitty muttered sarcastically "Look, we have a new recruit…uh, what's your name?"
The Asian girl laughed "Oh, I'm not" she began but was cut off by the appearance of smelly dark smoke "Got ya!" and accented voice proclaimed patting Kitty on the shoulder.
Frankie gasped in shock as the smoke cleared and she saw the person was actually a demon. "The professor didn't say anything about this." Frankie said uneasily taking a step back. It was obvious the creature was non-threatening if it was allowed to roam and it could talk after all but she wasn't sure how comfortable she was just yet.
Kurt sensed her nervousness and held out a three fingered hand to her "Sorry about the entrance. I'm Kurt." He gave a smile that was friendly despite the fangs and she couldn't help smiling back. "I'm Frankie." She answered looking at them all.
Kitty laughed "It's always so cool when we get a new recruit, especially when it's one that can be on my side!" the boys made various snorting sounds "So what's your power?" Bobby asked "You know in case it's something like Rogue's and we should stay away from you." He joked.
Not knowing Rogue, Frankie laughed a little uneasily. She didn't want to admit the truth that in this school she was the freak because she was…normal. "Uh, apparently it's making little people." she joked in return
"Huh?" Kurt questioned, and then he looked at her, decided she was joking and began to laugh. At this Bobby and Kitty began to laugh too. Frankie grimaced and found for the second time in her life she would have to make up an identity. Picking a power she knew she wouldn't need to prove any time soon she said confidently "Actually, I can dream walk." Bobby whistled and Kitty looked impressed "That's pretty cool…" Frankie shrugged modestly as a voice as loud as a speaker boomed in their heads "Students report to the library for an announcement."
Kurt grinned "Ze professor, he will announce your arrival to everyone." "Bet you we get there first." Bobby boasted grabbing onto Kurt who promptly BAMFed away. Kitty gave a huff and without another word grabbed Frankie's hand and sunk through the floor.
The boys of course were already waiting in the library by the time Kitty figured out which floor lead to the right room. The other students were slumped over various seats. Xavier smiled when he saw Frankie being led into the room by Kitty. "Well I see you've already made the acquaintance of one student" he began eyeing Frankie before surveying the room "I just wanted to make the rest of the students aware of a new presence In the house that may be here for a while; a Miss Frankie Honami." Suddenly, what seemed to be a million eyes were directed on her. Remembering she had just awoken without a chance to freshen up she nervously patted down her hair and waved at everyone.
"I'm sure you will all make her feel welcome." Xavier continued "And that is all."
"Short meetings rock!" some said enthusiastically as all the students began to head for the various doors.
Frankie turned to leave when she felt a hand on her shoulder. "May I speak with you please?" Xavier asked warmly. It was something about the way he said it however that felt more like a command. Kitty smiled "I'll catch up with you later Frankie." She promised before simply avoiding the crowd and slipping into the floor again.
As the room emptied Xavier began to talk "The decision to tell them about your lack of power and child are up to you. My students are very accepting but if you don't feel comfortable.' he let the statement hang. "Also I wanted to know about your parental status. Do you need to call anyone to pick you up or would you like to stay with us for a while?"
Frankie's face clouded for a moment 'No, I don't have any parents…they died. I've been on my on for a while now.' She looked to the carpeted floor in what she hoped was a pitiful way. But Charles Xavier hadn't been head of the young mutants for so long because of nothing; he could tell she wasn't being entirely truthful.
Always willing to use his powers for reasons that were beneficial he probed the girl's mind and was surprised to find out that both of Frankie's parents were mutants; no wonder she had taken the news so well and why her child had powers so young. Digging deeper he saw that as Frankie grew up and there increasing became no evidence that their daughter was a mutant they sent her away; While many of the students were in the institute for the opposite reason. You couldn't help feeling sorry for the girl. He mentally forgave her for lying to him and sent her to dinner.
After a very rowdy dinner Frankie had nothing else to do so she decided to go see her baby. She vaguely remembered how to get to the medical labs and after strolling around lost for a few minutes she ran into a tall boy with rusty colored hair and dark shades on. He pointed her in the right direction after mumbling something about new recruits popping up everyday.
Once in the labs she saw the huge blue furred man feeding the baby "Ah, Frankie, I was wondering where you were. Get settled in nicely?"
"Sure did Hank, thanks for asking." She responded sitting on a stool. It didn't take her long to decide that she enjoyed the gentle giant.
After a few moments of silence save for the baby's noisy eating Hank glanced at her "Do you want to try? I mean you will have to be doing this on your own."
Frankie frowned at the thought then nodded. Hank came from the makeshift nursery and placed him in her arms .Frankie took the bottle in one hand and raised it like Hank showed her. It wasn't as hard as she thought. Smiling, she eyed the baby, still trying to think of a name for him when suddenly she noticed something. "Um Hank?" she asked in a whisper. "Yeah?"
"What did you say the baby's mutation was again?" she questioned for she was looking down at her hand…that was going straight through the baby.
Hank turned around at the strangeness of her voice "Well, it's a little hard to say just"
"There you are!" Kitty said loudly stepping into the lab. Caught off guard Frankie stood up quickly, forgot the baby was intangible and watched as the small bundle fell toward the floors…then through them.
"Oh my god!" Frankie squealed staring at the spot, the empty blanket and then to a stunned Hank "Oh my god!" Kitty agreed "Was that a baby and did it like just go through the floor?" something seemed to occur to her "I'll get it!" and with that she followed after the baby.
Hank and Frankie ran out into the halls waiting for Kitty. She came back a few minutes carrying the unhurt baby. "That's amazing" Frankie said taking him from kitty I thought the fall would kill him. "I think you guys should see something." Kitty said in response.
"He did that?" Frankie asked incredulously. "Incredible!" Hank McCoy stated. The trio was standing around the area in which the baby landed when he fell. There was a slight dent in the ground. "That's where I found him…he made the dent" Kitty stated. She blinked her eyes "where did he come from anyway?"
"It seems your child is able to lower his density thus becoming intangible or raise it becoming almost impenetrable. As he grows the degrees of his strength can only grow also. He has the potential of becoming a very powerful mutant." Hank explained to his group of Jean, Storm, Scott, Kitty, Frankie and of course Xavier. "Wow" Kitty muttered. Xavier nodded "Magneto will no doubt want his hands on this child. I am only glad that we were made aware of him first. With the resources at the institute he will no doubt grow into that potential.
They discussed the baby and their hopes and plan for a least a half an hour before dismissing Kitty and Frankie and suggesting once again that she please name the child. Once released from the tense chatter of the older mutants Kitty suggested going to Frankie's room because her roommate 'was being an annoying, raving nit' right about now.
"His powers are kinda like mine; it's cool" Kitty stated from the foot of Frankie's bed. "You want me to help you think up names?" the ebony haired girl shook her head. Names were last on her list. Besides what was everyone's problem? Most people called a new kid nothing more than 'baby' for a least a year anyway.
"Ok" they sat in silence for a moment before Kittle asked tentatively "Were your parents really made when they found out?" Frankie's shook her head no "They had already kicked me out by then. It was a mistake in case you're wondering...just some guy that I knew from the foster home." She paused "I kept hoping if I ignored it, it would go away, you know?"
Kitty nodded though she didn't know…not with babies anyway that's how she'd felt about her powers at first "Is that how you felt with your powers too?"
Frankie frowned in confusion for a moment then nodded "Oh…yeah. I guess." Kitty once again nodded "Oh! You know what would be fun? If we sneak into the boy's rooms and you told me what they were dreaming about! That would be so funny!"
Without waiting for Frankie's approval Kitty grabbed her arm and the next thing she knew she was being dragged through the walls again. Oh man, it was going to be her parent's test all over again; how was she supposed to get herself out of this one?
A/N: No actual babies were hurt in the making of this story.