I looked at the clock; it read 6:00 AM. I felt rested though, going
to sleep at 4 yesterday. I sat up and looked over, in the other bed was a
girl. Her head was the only thing visible; she had dark brown hair that
went past her shoulders. I rubbed my eyes and sat up, I was still in my
clothes from yesterday. I looked around. There was almost a double of
everything. I sat in a bed on one side of the room; she was in one on the
other side. There was a dresser on her side and on my side, as well as
closets. In the middle however there was one bathroom. I got out of bed and
stretched. I was thirsty, but I was afraid to drink water, afraid of what
would happen.
I stepped out into the hall; it was the same in both directions, doors and doors and doors. I went right, I walked down the hall, and I tried to go quietly so that I wouldn't awake anyone somehow. At the end of the hallway there was a door space and past that was a TV room. The TV was on so I went in.
"What's your name?" A boy was sitting on the couch.
"I'm Jessica." I said, "What's yours?"
"I'm Tom. What brings you here?"
"Umm, well, I found my power I guess."
"What do you do?"
"I dunno exactly, you could say that I am a mermaid I guess."
"Well sit down, I'm trying to find a good station."
"Why are you awake at 6 in the morning?"
"I don't sleep, ever."
We settled on the movie Gladiator and were at the very end when people started to wake up.
"Mornin' Tom." A woman walked in, her hair white as snow.
"Ah, you must be Jessica, the professor told me all about you. I'm Storm."
"Nice to meet you." I smiled, "I like your hair." Storm smiled and walked into the kitchen. I turned my head back to the TV screen but soon pulled it away again to see two more people walk in.
"Hi, I'm Jean, and this is Scott." A girl with red hair walked in with the guy I met last night.
"Cyclops?"
"Yup." He smiled and they too walked into the kitchen.
The people who had walked into the kitchen turned their heads to see me run as fast as I could to hide behind the kitchen table
"MONSTER!" I yelled. Everyone burst into laughter. "What? I'm serious!" I yelled, confused.
"That's Beast." Storm giggled as he walked into the room. My eyes were wide with terror.
"Calm down, I'm not going to hurt you or anything." Beast said as he took a seat at the table, the chair sagging under his weight. I didn't say anything back to him; I just stared as him.
"What would you like for breakfast?" My head turned to Storm.
"Oh, Uh, what is there?"
"Cereal in the pantry, bread for toast, eggs in the fridge, help yourself." She pointed out where the bowls were after I chose cereal. I helped myself to a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats and sat silently as I thought of what everyone's 'gift' would be. I was awakened from my thoughts with a loud 'Poof'. The table shook and right infront of me a blue boy stood, he had a long tail and only 3 fingers. "AAAAAHH!" I ran from my chair and out of my room.
"First blue Hong Kong's and then blue devil's, what next?" I thought. I started running down the hall back to my room as fast as I could. 'Poof' the blue boy appeared right infront of me. "EEK!" I tried to stop but I couldn't and I ran right into him. We both fell to the ground with a loud thud. At first I thought I was having an asthma attack from breathing hard, but then I realized that it wasn't asthma. I was choking. I looked over at the blue guy, I tried to tell him that I needed some water, but nothing understandable came out of my mouth. His eyes grew wide in panic; "You can't control it." It was almost to himself.
"Duh I can't control it!" I thought. Almost turning blue, I started to hurry back down the hall I came from. The blue guy knew what I was doing I guess. He wrapped his arms around my waist, in less than a second I was in a tunnel of wind and light. In the next second I was standing on the island of the kitchen. I pushed Jean out of the way of the sink and turned the water on full blast. The sink was plugged so as I had my head under the sink it started to fill. Scott turned off the water; the sink was starting to overflow. I dunked my head in it; I gave a sigh of relief. I heard worried, mumbled voices. I couldn't tell what they were saying though, I just kept on breathing the water. I tried to stop it, I wanted to choke on the water. My legs started to feel cold, like they had goose bumps. I felt my eyes changing too, I began to see clearly under the water, like how I saw normally. I closed my eyes. This has to stop! My legs gave way and my jaw got whacked against the sink as I fell to the ground. I flopped on the ground like a fish out of water. Go figure, I was a fish out of water! I reached up and tried to grab the edge of the counter to pull myself up but I wasn't strong enough. I frantically flopped on the ground, desperate for water. In mid flop I froze, my eyes searched for the reason. It was fuzzy, I couldn't see right out of water. I was lifted off the ground, but nothing was there to lift me. I rose to the height of the counter, everything lying on it somehow floated to the island and I was placed in their stead. I lay on the counter, my head under the water. I cleared my mind of everything, of the blue guy, of the beast, everything. I felt my heart rate go down, my breathing slowed. I closed my eyes again and relaxed everything. I was on the verge of falling asleep when I swallowed a load of water. I opened my eyes and brought my head out of the water. Coughing and sputtering I sat up. Everyone in the room had frozen and turned their head to look at me.
"How embarrassing." I thought as I put my head in my hands. I felt someone's hand rest on my shoulder, I looked up to see a tall blur staring at me, and my eyes hadn't changed yet. I blinked to try to clear it but it was all in vein.
"Professor Xavier wants to see you." I heard his voice, and it was Scott. I nodded and started to get off of the counter.
"I'll take you if you want." The blue guy said. Before I could even answer he put my arm over his shoulder and in a whirl of wind I was in an office. I was helped to a chair while the professor started to talk.
"First off I want to say sorry for what happened. I could've helped you and I wasn't there." He said. How he could've helped me I had no clue. "Your parents called me back, they want to talk to you." He pointed to a phone, I walked over and dialed the number.
"Hello?" I heard my mom ask.
"Hi! It's me."
"Jessica! Darling, are you all right? We heard about what happened."
"Yeah, I'm all right, I'm at some school, I'm ready to come home now."
"Wait, before we come and pick you up I think you should stay with Professor Xavier for a while, he may help you."
"Wonderful." I replied sarcastically.
"Just stay for a week longer, I'll drop by some clothes and stuff for you later today. I have to go now, take care! I love you!"
"I love you too, bye." We both hung up. After I took my seat again the Professor said:
"Are there any questions you want to ask me?"
"How did I get here?"
"After someone saw you in the bathroom unconscience they sent for the nurse. Once she saw you she knew you were a mutant and drove you here personally. Apparently there have been quite a few mutants from that school."
"Did they all come here?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"They didn't want to."
"Do some of them still go to that school?"
"Oh yes, many of them."
"So I can still go to school? And not be noticed?"
"If you stay here long enough to control yourself then I don't see why not."
A smile spread across my face, he told me I could go and I left the room. I concentrated on my breathing as I reentered the kitchen. Everyone was still there, talking over his or her morning breakfast.
"Doin' alright?" Scott asked looking over at me. I nodded and sat myself down infront of my cereal bowl, the contents soggy.
"Sorry for scaring you, it happens all the time." The monster across from me said.
"No problem." I said quietly.
"I'm Kitty, your room mate for now." A girl waved from the corner, brown hair falling below her shoulders, and still messy from sleeping.
I nodded to her. "Nice to meet you."
"And I'm Nightcrawler." The blue devil waved.
"Thanks for your help."
"It's Saturday isn't it?" Nightcrawler asked.
"Yes." Jean replied.
"Hey! You want me to show you around? Get to know each other better?" Kitty asked.
"Sure!" I replied, I might as well know where to go everyday.
I stepped out into the hall; it was the same in both directions, doors and doors and doors. I went right, I walked down the hall, and I tried to go quietly so that I wouldn't awake anyone somehow. At the end of the hallway there was a door space and past that was a TV room. The TV was on so I went in.
"What's your name?" A boy was sitting on the couch.
"I'm Jessica." I said, "What's yours?"
"I'm Tom. What brings you here?"
"Umm, well, I found my power I guess."
"What do you do?"
"I dunno exactly, you could say that I am a mermaid I guess."
"Well sit down, I'm trying to find a good station."
"Why are you awake at 6 in the morning?"
"I don't sleep, ever."
We settled on the movie Gladiator and were at the very end when people started to wake up.
"Mornin' Tom." A woman walked in, her hair white as snow.
"Ah, you must be Jessica, the professor told me all about you. I'm Storm."
"Nice to meet you." I smiled, "I like your hair." Storm smiled and walked into the kitchen. I turned my head back to the TV screen but soon pulled it away again to see two more people walk in.
"Hi, I'm Jean, and this is Scott." A girl with red hair walked in with the guy I met last night.
"Cyclops?"
"Yup." He smiled and they too walked into the kitchen.
The people who had walked into the kitchen turned their heads to see me run as fast as I could to hide behind the kitchen table
"MONSTER!" I yelled. Everyone burst into laughter. "What? I'm serious!" I yelled, confused.
"That's Beast." Storm giggled as he walked into the room. My eyes were wide with terror.
"Calm down, I'm not going to hurt you or anything." Beast said as he took a seat at the table, the chair sagging under his weight. I didn't say anything back to him; I just stared as him.
"What would you like for breakfast?" My head turned to Storm.
"Oh, Uh, what is there?"
"Cereal in the pantry, bread for toast, eggs in the fridge, help yourself." She pointed out where the bowls were after I chose cereal. I helped myself to a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats and sat silently as I thought of what everyone's 'gift' would be. I was awakened from my thoughts with a loud 'Poof'. The table shook and right infront of me a blue boy stood, he had a long tail and only 3 fingers. "AAAAAHH!" I ran from my chair and out of my room.
"First blue Hong Kong's and then blue devil's, what next?" I thought. I started running down the hall back to my room as fast as I could. 'Poof' the blue boy appeared right infront of me. "EEK!" I tried to stop but I couldn't and I ran right into him. We both fell to the ground with a loud thud. At first I thought I was having an asthma attack from breathing hard, but then I realized that it wasn't asthma. I was choking. I looked over at the blue guy, I tried to tell him that I needed some water, but nothing understandable came out of my mouth. His eyes grew wide in panic; "You can't control it." It was almost to himself.
"Duh I can't control it!" I thought. Almost turning blue, I started to hurry back down the hall I came from. The blue guy knew what I was doing I guess. He wrapped his arms around my waist, in less than a second I was in a tunnel of wind and light. In the next second I was standing on the island of the kitchen. I pushed Jean out of the way of the sink and turned the water on full blast. The sink was plugged so as I had my head under the sink it started to fill. Scott turned off the water; the sink was starting to overflow. I dunked my head in it; I gave a sigh of relief. I heard worried, mumbled voices. I couldn't tell what they were saying though, I just kept on breathing the water. I tried to stop it, I wanted to choke on the water. My legs started to feel cold, like they had goose bumps. I felt my eyes changing too, I began to see clearly under the water, like how I saw normally. I closed my eyes. This has to stop! My legs gave way and my jaw got whacked against the sink as I fell to the ground. I flopped on the ground like a fish out of water. Go figure, I was a fish out of water! I reached up and tried to grab the edge of the counter to pull myself up but I wasn't strong enough. I frantically flopped on the ground, desperate for water. In mid flop I froze, my eyes searched for the reason. It was fuzzy, I couldn't see right out of water. I was lifted off the ground, but nothing was there to lift me. I rose to the height of the counter, everything lying on it somehow floated to the island and I was placed in their stead. I lay on the counter, my head under the water. I cleared my mind of everything, of the blue guy, of the beast, everything. I felt my heart rate go down, my breathing slowed. I closed my eyes again and relaxed everything. I was on the verge of falling asleep when I swallowed a load of water. I opened my eyes and brought my head out of the water. Coughing and sputtering I sat up. Everyone in the room had frozen and turned their head to look at me.
"How embarrassing." I thought as I put my head in my hands. I felt someone's hand rest on my shoulder, I looked up to see a tall blur staring at me, and my eyes hadn't changed yet. I blinked to try to clear it but it was all in vein.
"Professor Xavier wants to see you." I heard his voice, and it was Scott. I nodded and started to get off of the counter.
"I'll take you if you want." The blue guy said. Before I could even answer he put my arm over his shoulder and in a whirl of wind I was in an office. I was helped to a chair while the professor started to talk.
"First off I want to say sorry for what happened. I could've helped you and I wasn't there." He said. How he could've helped me I had no clue. "Your parents called me back, they want to talk to you." He pointed to a phone, I walked over and dialed the number.
"Hello?" I heard my mom ask.
"Hi! It's me."
"Jessica! Darling, are you all right? We heard about what happened."
"Yeah, I'm all right, I'm at some school, I'm ready to come home now."
"Wait, before we come and pick you up I think you should stay with Professor Xavier for a while, he may help you."
"Wonderful." I replied sarcastically.
"Just stay for a week longer, I'll drop by some clothes and stuff for you later today. I have to go now, take care! I love you!"
"I love you too, bye." We both hung up. After I took my seat again the Professor said:
"Are there any questions you want to ask me?"
"How did I get here?"
"After someone saw you in the bathroom unconscience they sent for the nurse. Once she saw you she knew you were a mutant and drove you here personally. Apparently there have been quite a few mutants from that school."
"Did they all come here?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"They didn't want to."
"Do some of them still go to that school?"
"Oh yes, many of them."
"So I can still go to school? And not be noticed?"
"If you stay here long enough to control yourself then I don't see why not."
A smile spread across my face, he told me I could go and I left the room. I concentrated on my breathing as I reentered the kitchen. Everyone was still there, talking over his or her morning breakfast.
"Doin' alright?" Scott asked looking over at me. I nodded and sat myself down infront of my cereal bowl, the contents soggy.
"Sorry for scaring you, it happens all the time." The monster across from me said.
"No problem." I said quietly.
"I'm Kitty, your room mate for now." A girl waved from the corner, brown hair falling below her shoulders, and still messy from sleeping.
I nodded to her. "Nice to meet you."
"And I'm Nightcrawler." The blue devil waved.
"Thanks for your help."
"It's Saturday isn't it?" Nightcrawler asked.
"Yes." Jean replied.
"Hey! You want me to show you around? Get to know each other better?" Kitty asked.
"Sure!" I replied, I might as well know where to go everyday.