Summary: The girls explore the institute as soon as they
wake up, some meeting some of the other students. Eventually they
introudce themselves to everynoe and get their uniforms [They all look
the same] and have a training session on fighting with Beast that goes
horribly wrong. Logan takes the girls to school to get their
schedules and find classes and run into two other students
Chapter 4
First Day At the Institute
Amara awoke the next morning to find herself in an unfamiliar bed. She sat up straight, way too quickly as she got a head rush and fell back closing her eyes to get rid of the feeling. After lying there for a few minutes she slowly sat up and remembered all of the events from yesterday. From Tabby pushing her away as the kitchen floor ceased to exist, then to the mall with Rogue and Jubi, and finally packing up and the long car ride here. She quickly got out of bed and began to make it as she usually does. Afterwards, Amara looked at the alarm clock between Jean and her bed, it read 8:06 A.M. Finding Jean still in her slumbering sleep, she shoved her feet in her slippers, pulled her robe on and went to the only other room she knew in the mansion, Tabby's.
Amara crossed the hallway and walked past one door and went into the next. She half expected to see Tabby and Jubi jumping up and down on their bed throwing bombs and fireworks around. However what she did see was Jubilee quietly snoozing and Tabby's bed across the room empty and a mess. Amara shut the door behind her, crossed the room and made Tabby's deserted bed. She soon sat down on the bed and a few minutes later Tabby opened the door with her headphones on, music blaring, and head bopping. She felt sorry for Tabby's eardrums. Tabby seeing Amara shut her music off, threw it on her bed and sat next to Amara.
"So Mara what's up?" Tabby asked very loud. Amara put a finger to her lips signaling her to be quieter, now she definitely knows why Tabby talks so loud.
"Nothing, just Jean is still asleep and this was the only other room I remembered being in so I decided to come and see if you're awake." Amara whispered back to Tabby.
"Cool yeah, I just came back from the bathroom, incase you were wondering where I was."
"Yeah, I have to go to the bathroom could you show me where it is?"
"Sure follow me," Tabby got up and opened the door while continuing to talk to Amara.
"After we both get dressed we should go explore this mansion."
"Good idea."
"How about we meet in my room, okay?"
"Sure I'll quickly finish getting dressed and all, and be right over, and please be quiet so we don't wake Jubilee and have her following us."
"Okay." So Tabby made her way back to her room deciding that for the first day here she will wear her own clothes, even though she can't fit in Jubilee's shirts. The only one she can, would be the pink one she was going to wear yesterday and that is a few sizes too big for Jubi. Amara was the only other person who she couldn't fit in shirt wise, unless they were too big for Amara, Kitty was also a tight squeeze to get over her, and all of the Sirens pants fit everyone, except they might be too long or short. Finally, Amara was dressed and walked into Tabby's room and saw her grab her sunglasses.
"Why are you wearing those, you wore them last night too, in the dark, people probably think your crazy"
"I don't want kids to see my black eye, it's bad enough it is swollen shut and I only can use my right eye."
"Oh, okay," Amara said as she remembered what Logan called her last night so she decided to call her that. "C'mon Blondie, don't want Jubes to wake up." Amara smiled widely as Tabby's face turned red from the remembrance of that name.
"Errr. Come on let's go before Jubi wakes up." So the two headed out of the room and closed the door behind them.
Amara had no clue where Tabby was leading her to; all she remembered was being led up stairs to Tabby's room. Tabby obviously remembered more from the previous night. When they descended the stairs Tabby knew they were in the foyer, but she didn't know where anything else was, but she knew exploring meant finding new things, which is what they planned to do in this institute. She remembered on the phone Mr. McCoy saying that there were other children here so she thought she should try and find them. She spotted a room off of the foyer and headed in that direction. There were two rooms and Tabby headed for the one with the brighter light, she had found the kitchen.
In the kitchen the first thing she noticed when she entered was that there were two boys around Amara and her age. Tabby liked just by physical appearance the blonde with orange tips in his hair. He looked around 15 maybe 16 and had very nice blue eyes as well. Amara however liked the other boy; he looked around 14 just like her and had nice brown hair a few shades lighter than hers. She looked at what his hazel eyes were reading it looked to be a magazine. The blonde however was indulged in a comic book. Tabby and Amara's eyes met and then they looked at the boys and nodded. The brown haired boy was the first to look up.
"Hi." He said remembering Logan saying that they were getting six new girls to the institute ranging from 13-17 years old. They looked around his age he thought, then grinned now they have seven girls at the institute instead of one, who was younger than him anyway, 13 being her age.
"Hi." Amara shyly answered back, her eyes shifted to the floor uneasily.
"Hey I'm Tabby and this is Amara who are you guys?" she asked in her usually loud voice. The brown hair kid grinned, as the blonde boy looked up and blushed.
"Hey sorry, this comic is suspenseful." He said in an apology from not paying attention to them earlier.
"Ah no sweat I get addicted to them all the time." Tabby said grinning.
"Oh I'm Ray. And that's Bobby." The blonde continued, "So how old are you guys?"
"I'm fifteen turning sixteen in like end of October, and Amara is fourteen."
"Nice, I'm fifteen turning sixteen beginning of October, and Bobby is fourteen." Tabby grinned at the two of them, they were both cute.
"So since this institute is for mutants what are your powers?" Amara asked trying to be a little more outgoing. Bobby saw what Amara did and answered this question.
"Well my power is ice, they call me Iceman. See." Bobby said making a little ice ballerina and handed it to Amara who absolutely loved it.
"Yeah, and they call me Berzerker, I have the power of electricity." He made fists and sure enough blue electrical bolts swarmed around them. Ray and Bobby didn't even have to ask them what their powers were since Amara already began to say what hers was.
"Well, Bobby, my power is the opposite of yours slightly, having it be that I can control magma." She put the little ballerina down so it wouldn't burn and she flamed her hands up so they saw the magma, sort of how Ray showed his power.
"Yeah, and my power is a form of pyrokinetics" Tabby closed her left hand and opened it showing them the little cherry bomb. She quickly closed her fist and reabsorbed the power. Logan had been spying on the kids since they began to show off their powers and he finally emerged from behind Tabby and Amara.
"Hey Blondie, getting impressed with Ice Cube and Sparky over there?" Tabby noticed how he had nicknamed Bobby Ice Cube and Ray was Sparky at least she assumed it was that.
"A little" She said smiling very flirty towards them both. Logan rolled his eyes and opened the fridge.
"So I'm here ta remind ya bubs, around 11:00 we will be introducing all six of the girls and be giving them their uniforms."
"We get uniforms!" said Tabby really excited.
"Yeah, but they are all the same."
"We still have our Sirens uniforms, we could wear those." Amara said.
"Wow, Mouse does talk." Logan said smiling as Amara blushed,
"And you can't cause we have to look the same." Tabby frowned.
"But I want to be different!"
"Blondie, you are different." Tabby smiled and laughed.
"By the way, why are you wearing those sunglasses? You had them on last night too, so I figured they had to do with your power, but your power has nothing to do with your eyes." Tabby frowned. Ray and Bobby just noticed that as well.
"Okay, okay, last battle us Sirens had I got this from." She said and lowered her sunglasses so everyone can see her black left eye. It was swollen shut completely today and she couldn't see out of it. Logan looked at it then asked,
"Did you ice it up?"
"Nope, I hate ice, no offence Bobs, but it shows weakness." Logan rolled his eyes again.
"Ya should've iced it, anyway looks like he got you pretty bad, does this hurt?" he asked touching right above the blackness Tabby shook her head no
"It doesn't hurt at all." She said smiling, even though she never really gets hurt, thinking of the whole thing pushing Amara away in her lava form, she suddenly looked at her hands. She didn't notice it at all yesterday. They were red and had blisters and looked burnt up. Ray, Logan, Amara, and Bobby followed her glance to her hands as she quickly shoved them in her pockets.
"Did they torch your hands?" Ray asked. Tabby shook her head no. Amara realized what that was from and lowered her eyes.
"How'd they get like that?" Bobby asked.
"Umm, fire?" Everyone heard the question in her own tone and Logan grabbed her right wrist and pulled her hand out of her pocket.
"Nope Blondie, it looks like it was from something else."
"It was I." Amara said meekly. Everyone looked at her astonished. Tabby didn't want them making any opinions of her so she lied.
"Yeah not really though, we were fooling around and she was in her magma form and I pushed her." It was the slight truth but not the whole truth.
"I only believe part that." Logan said, "What is the rest of it."
"Well I was inside in my magma form and I didn't realize I was burning through the floor until it was too late, she dove and pushed me out of where the floor collapsed." Everyone looked at her as Tabby nodded.
"Okay..." Ray said with a smile, Tabby seemed perfect, she wasn't afraid to fight, she was gorgeous, and she truly cared about her friends.
"Did you meet anyone else yet?" Bobby asked them, as they shook their heads no.
"Well Blondie, Mouse you should hang around these boys, they will show you the mansion, right?" he looked at Bobby and Ray and they nodded yes, "Good cause I want you four out of the kitchen."
So Bobby and Ray got up grabbing their comic and magazine and lead Tabby and Amara out of the kitchen.
"Blondie? Mouse?" Ray and Bobby asked.
"Yeah his little nickname for me Amara just got Mouse, Ice Cube, Sparky?"
"Just like yours." Bobby said grinning.
Upstairs next to Jean and Amara's room was Kitty and Rogue's room. Kitty had just woken up and looked around finding Rogue not in the room she began to make her bed and change into her clothes. Rogue soon came back and made her bed as well and started to get dressed.
"Where were you?" Kitty asked Rogue finally breaking the silence.
"Bathroom."
"Oh, well like, do you want to go exploring our new house?"
"Sure jus' let meh get finished dressin'." So Rogue pulled a long sleeved shirt over her tank top and pulled sweat pants on. She soon found her shoes and put her gloves on as well, "Finashed"
Kitty grabbed Rogue's wrist and pulled her out of their room, it was about 9:10 by this time. They headed for the stairs and were walking down, Rogue in the center of it and Kitty holding the banister as two boys ran up the stairs and knocked into Rogue. Rogue looked up and saw that the one that had knocked her down looked around Jean's age, he was tall with dark brown hair and he was wearing sunglasses. The kid behind him looked younger and he was African-American, just as Ororo, whom they met yesterday. Just like Ororo he had an unusual hair color, having his blonde hair but dark brown eyes.
"Watch where yoah goin'." Rogue said angrily, she wasn't in the mood to be knocked down and walked all over.
"Your like, lucky she put her long sleeved shirt on or like else." Kitty said.
"What do you mean by that?" the blonde haired boy asked.
"Yeah, I'm really sorry we weren't watching where we were going." The older brunette stated, holding his hand out and waiting for Rogue to take it. She grabbed it with her own-gloved hand.
"Okay, can we start over?" The brunette asked, "Hi I'm Scott and this is Evan."
"Ah'm Rogue an' thaht's Kittah." Rogue replied with a smile.
"So like how old are you guys?" Kitty asked curiously.
"I'm turning eighteen on September 2nd." Scott replied with a smile.
"And I'm turning fifteen on Christmas Eve." Evan added.
"And you two?" Scott said raising his eyebrow behind his ruby red sunglasses.
"I'm sixteen turnin' seventeen on Julah 24." Rogue said.
"And I'm fifteen turning sixteen on February 18." Kitty said.
"Cool." Scott said with a grin.
"So since this institute is all like mutants what are your powers?" Kitty asked with a bright smile.
"Optic blast, that's why I have to wear these sunglasses," Scott replied.
"Spikes." Evan said, "They come out of my body."
"That's so like cool!" Kitty said. Evan shrugged.
"What bout you guys?" Evan asked.
"As Kittah said earliah if Ah didn' have this long sleevd shirt on Ah could've absorbd yoah memories and powahs and maybeh put ya inta a coma." Rogue explained.
"Yeah and I phase through things." Kitty said phasing through Rogue.
"Wow now that's cool." Evan said.
"Do you girls need a tour of this mansion?" Scott asked.
"Yeah, could ya show us aroun?" Rogue asked
"Surely." Scott and Evan said leading them down the stairs.
Upstairs Jean had finally woken up and noticed Amara was gone so she made her bed and got dressed quickly. She looked at the clock that read, 9:53 A.M. So she left her room and looked in Kitty's room, and saw nobody so she looked in Jubilee's room where she saw Jubilee. So she opened the door fully and slid inside and shut the door behind her. Jubilee jumped at the sound of the door closing; Jubilee was getting dressed when Jean walked in.
"Oh Jean you scared me I thought it was Logan coming in and I didn't want him to see me without my shirt on." Jubilee said with a smile.
"Nope it's just me, everyone else is up and about but us." She said smiling.
"Well let's go exploring then!" Jubilee said very energetically.
"Sure just get your shirt on and we'll go." Jean said. So Jubilee quickly put her shirt on and walked out of her room with Jean. They walked down the stairs and into the foyer. Instead of going into the kitchen they went into the living room. In the living room were three kids. One was a young girl around Jubilee's age with brownish red hair and green eyes. The other two were guys, the one looked around Jubilee's age and the other looked around Tabby and Kitty's age.
The one around Jubilee's age had nice bronze skin with dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. The one around Kitty and Tabbitha's age was blonde and had his hair as long as Tabby's. He had bright blue eyes. Soon another kid teleported in the room, he was blue and fuzzy, with blue hair and yellow eyes. He looked around Jean's age
"Hi." Jean said getting the four kids attention. They all smiled warmly and walked up to meet them.
"Guid dae, whit are ye names?" Asked the only girl with a Scottish accent.
"I'm Jean and this is Jubilee." Jean introduced herself and Jubilee.
"Nice name, Jubilee." The boy with the bronze skin said.
"I'm Roberto, call me Rob or Berto, an that's Sam, an that's Rahne, an the blue fuzzy uno is Kurt." Jubilee laughed and Jean smiled.
"How old are you four?" Jubi asked.
"A'am thirteen, an' saeis Roberto." Rahne answered.
"Ah'm fifteen." Sam said.
"Und I'm Zeventeen." Kurt said with a smile, he reminded Jubilee of a big furry elf, since he had pointy ears.
"I'm also thirteen." Jubilee said.
"As well I'm also seventeen." Jean added, everyone smiled and laughed. Just then Tabby, Amara, Bobby, and Ray walked in the living room from the other entry from the backyard.
"And this is our living room, and those four are some of our friends." Bobby stated as they walked in the room. Tabby spotted Jean and Jubilee and shouted to them.
"Hey Jubes! Jean! Meet some new people?" Bobby, Amara, Tabby, and Ray all walked over to the big group of mutants.
"Yeah, you also met some new people." Jean stated with a sly smile.
"Okay, the girl is Rahne, the blonde guy is Sam, the blue one is Kurt, and Roberto is the other one. Rahne and Roberto are thirteen, Sam is our age, and Kurt is seventeen." Ray explained to Tabby more than Amara.
"So Sam is fifteen huh? His hair is around my hair length." Tabby said with a smile. "The red head is Jean and Jubilee is the one with the black hair." Tabby said as a return gesture, "Jubilee is thirteen and Jean is seventeen."
"And who are those two?" Jubilee asked in question to Amara.
"Bobby and Ray, Ray is Tabby's age and Bobby is my age." Amara stated. Soon Logan appeared in the room and Tabby said,
"Man Logan, are ya stalking us or something?" Tabby smiled at the end and Logan rolled his eyes.
"No Blondie just was passing through."
"Like you were with all the other rooms you were in when we was in them." Tabby said with a smile and some laughter, Logan could tell she was joking.
"Okay bubs, stay in this room, so we will be able to introduce all of the new kids before eleven, where are the other five?" Logan asked.
"Five?" Everyone said.
"Kitty, Rogue, Jamie, Scott, and Evan." Logan answered.
"Oh, no clue." They all responded.
"Okay stay in here, I'll get Ororo, Hank, and Chuck here soon."
"Okay!" All the students said. So Logan returned with the other five and Hank, Ororo, and Charles.
"Okay now, since everyone is here, Sirens, come here, and everyone else may take a seat." Charles Xavier began. So the Sirens members stood up in front of the television with Charles and Ororo on the left of them and Logan and Hank on the right. Jean stood next to Charles, Rogue next to Jean, Kitty next to Rogue, Amara next to Kitty, Jubilee next to Amara and Tabby on the end between Jubilee and Logan. There were nine chairs in front of the television and each person had a chair except Charles Xavier who lost control of his legs so he's in a wheel chair the rest of his life.
"I'd like to introduce me first off to everyone new," Charles continued, "I'm Charles Xavier, founder of this Institute of Mutants. My power is telepathy as well." Charles was a bald man with dark brown eyes and black eyebrows. He was very kind and genuine when he talked to the children. "To the left of me is Ororo Munroe."
"Hello Sirens. I'm Ororo, but in the field I'm known as Storm because of my power to control the weather." Ororo was Evan's Aunt, her hair is white and she has clear blue eyes, even as an African-American. "Now on your right side is Logan." Logan smiled; he had nice black hair with a blue tint and brown eyes.
"You all know me bubs, I'm the one that lectured you last night, right Blondie?" Tabby looked up at Logan who had risen to speak; he was looking down at her as well. "Well in battle you will call me Wolverine, because my abilities are healing, heightened senses, and these claws," He released them at his side and Tabby looked really surprised by them.
"And our other adult at the institute would be Hank McCoy on Logan's right." Charles introduced. Hank stood up and smiled. Hank was covered in blue fur with blue hair and eyes just like Kurt, except Kurt's eyes were yellow.
"Hello Sirens, I'm Hank McCoy formally known as Beast during battle for my extremity of looking like a beast and my excellent agility just like wolverine and strength." Mr. McCoy sat back down as Charles began again.
"Now that you know our staff, lets get to meet you starting with you, Jean." Jean stood up and took a step forward with a smile.
"As some of you know I'm Jean Grey, and in battle I don't use a code name. I'm seventeen years old and turning eighteen on February 22. I'm a Senior in high school as well. My power is telekinesis and very mild telepathy." Jean sat back down and smiled.
"We'll go right down the row, okay?"
"Fahne." Said Rogue standing up and stepping forward. "Ah'm Rogue and thaht's all ya need ta know about mah name and Ah'm sixteen. Ah'm a Junior at hahgh school an' mah power is ta absorb othah people's powahs thoughts an' jus' about everythang about thaht person." Rogue sat back down and crossed her arms across her chest. Kitty then stood up as Charles nodded at her.
"I'm like, Kathrine Pryde, but like known as Kitty to everyone. In like battles, I'm known as Shadowcat. I'm fifteen, and like am a Sophomore at high school. My power is to like phase through matter like this." Said Kitty walking backwards and right through her chair. Then she phased back through and sat down. Amara then stood up as she looked over and saw Charles nod at her.
"I'm Amara Aquilla and I'm known as Magma in battles. I'm almost fifteen, and am a Freshman in high school. My power is to control magma." She sat back down quickly as Jubilee jumped up and began.
"I'm Jubilation Lee, known as Jubilee in battle and nicknamed Jubilee, Jubi, and Jubes at any other time. I'm thirteen; I'm going into 8th grade. My power is basically fireworks." Jubilee sat down with a huge grin as Tabby just stared off in space. Finally Logan hit her on the head.
"Ow! Why'd you do that?" Tabby said looking up at him; everyone laughed at Tabby and Logan.
"Blondie it's your turn up."
"To do what." Logan hit himself in the head.
"Tell about yourself. Weren't you paying attention?"
"Huh?" Logan put his hand against his forehead.
"Just start."
"Okay whatever I'm Tabitha Smith."
"Blondie, stand up."
"Do I have to?"
"Yes." Tabby groaned and stood up.
"I'm Tabitha Smith, known as Tabby, Tab, Tabz, Blondie, whatever. I'm fifteen, and am a Sophomore in high school. I'm known as Boom-Boom in battle for two reasons, one the obvious, cause of my power, I have a form of pyrokinetics, which I use to my advantage and create bombs ranging in size. And if you're wondering why I'm wearing sunglasses." She took them off so everyone could see her left eye. "Last battle we had as the Sirens this guy punched my left eye knocking my sunglasses off, so I got a black left eye from it."
"Did you ice it?" Charles asked.
"Nope ice is weakness and I don't like it."
"Looks swollen really bad." Hank said.
"Yeah, well I'll live." Tabby sat back down.
"Now we'll introduce all of the other students, Scott why don't you start?"
"Yes Professor, I'm Scott Sommers, known as Cyclops in battle, I'm almost eighteen, and I'm a Senior in high school. My power is optic blast, which is the reason I wear the sunglasses."
"I'm Kurt Vagner, and I'm zeventeen, I'm known az Nightcrawler in battle. I'm alzo a Zenior and my power iz teleportation."
"I'm Evan Daniels, and am known as Spyke in battle, I'm fifteen, a Junior and my power is that spikes protrude from my body."
"I'm Raymond Crisp, or Ray, known as Berzerker in battle, I'm almost sixteen, and am a Sophomore in high school. My power is controlling electricity."
"Ah'm Samuel Guthrie, or Sam, known as Cannonball in battle. Ah'm almohst sixteen an' a Sophomore in hahgh school, mah powah is a forcefield aroun' mah body whahle Ah propel mahself through tha air from mah lowah body"
"I'm Robert Drake, or Bobby, known as Iceman in battle. I'm fifteen on September 28. I'm also a freshman in high school, and my power is ice."
"Si, I'm Roberto DaCosta, or Robbie, or Rob, or Berto, known as Sunspot in battle, I'm thirteen, in 8th grade, y mi power is being able to absorb the sun's energy to do whatever, like fly."
"A'am Rahne Sinclair, knoon as Wolfesbane in battle. A'am thirteen, in tha 8th grade an' mah power is lycanthropy ur turnun' intae a wolf."
"I'm James Madrox, or Jamie known as Multiple in battle. I'm almost thirteen, and am in the 8th grade. My power is to duplicate myself."
"Those are all of our students. Please welcome them and I will pair you each up with someone your age to help you around. Roberto please still help Jamie out. Now Scott will help Jean, Rogue will have Kurt, and Kitty will have Sam." Charles said as Logan began to say the rest.
"Mouse and Ice Cubes since those two met earlier, Jubilation and Rahne, and finally Blondie and Sparky, who also met earlier." Tabby grinned at Ray and winked at him.
"Now everyone we have two hours before training with me." Hank said, "Sirens, you are officially X-Men, your uniforms are right here." So they handed uniforms out and put them in their rooms and joined their partner, or hung out with other people as well.
Scott and Jean stayed where they were and helped put the chairs into the kitchen. They chatted about their past; about the Sirens and about how the X-Men work things. Jean quickly grew fond of Scott and enjoyed being in his company.
"So whom do you share a room with?"
"Amara, she's great."
"Oh, she sounds nice and a little shy."
"Yeah well she is pretty shy around people but once she warms up to people she isn't like sometimes with Kitty she is very outgoing."
Out front sitting on the fountain of water with the statue were Amara and Bobby talking about how the institute was a great place to hang out.
"Bobby, have you ever frozen a person?"
"Nope only in the training room but that would be fun."
"How about this fountain."
"Once and I got in trouble so I don't do that again." Then Bobby began to talk about all the fun things he does around the mansion as Amara stared into his beautiful hazel eyes. She easily got lost into them as the wind blew a gentle breeze.
Across the yard where there were good climbing trees, Rahne, Roberto, Jamie, and Jubilee hung out in the shade and talked, well mostly Roberto and Rahne while Jubilee answered questions and Jamie was ignored. Jubilee figured that was because he was so young and wasn't too outgoing.
"Jubilee, sae whit div you div fur fin?" She heard Rahne asking her.
"Throw my fireworks around usually and hang out with Tabz."
"Tabby seems tae be sae fin, jist frae meetin' 'er an' seein' foo she acted wi' Logan an' aw," Rahne said with a giggle remembering him hitting her in the head.
"She seems troublesome though." Roberto added.
"Maybe." Jubi said thinking of Tabby.
"Like she gets in trouble easily for uno pero she seems to hold secrets easily, not letting them go." Roberto said as he began to analyze her friend, which made Jubilee think, she shares a room with her she should know a lot about her but she doesn't.
Outback there was a huge pool where Tabby was lounging next to Ray, Kitty was next to Tabby and Sam was on the other side of Kitty and Evan was on the other side of Ray. The five were all in the same grade and age so it was easy chatting, no one had their bathing suit on but they still were soaking up some sun.
"So Tabby, where are you originally from." Tabby shuddered and Ray thought it was cause of the breeze.
"Umm Virginia."
"Cool."
"So how did you like learn you were a mutant?" Kitty had asked Sam.
"Oh well mah fathah dahed." Sam began as Kitty cut in.
"Oh my god, I'm sorry I didn't mean to-"
"Don' worrah abouht it, Ah don' mahnd, lahke Ah was sayin' though, Ah was workin' in a cole-mahne an' it cahved in trappin meh an' a few of mah co-workahs. ah was so scared thaht it was kindah triggeahed an' Ah blasted mah way outta there savin' tha rest of tha guys." Sam finished as Tabby nodded.
"Wow." Tabby smiled, Sam was brave, definetly brave, and very cute.
"Like double wow." Kitty said.
"Like, what about you Ray?" Kitty asked.
"Oh I was in a science lab and the light bulb we had, lighted up in my hand without touching anything, so they kept changing light bulbs figuring they were broken but they just absorbed my electricity."
"And Evan?" Kitty asked again.
"My Aunt, Auntie O, Ororo, she kind of found out once my mom, her sister called her after all my clothes got holes in them from the spikes."
"What about ya Kittah?" Sam asked.
"When I phased through my bed when I was sleeping and ended up in the basement and my sheets stuck between floors."
"Nahce." Sam said.
"What about you Tab?" That reminded her of her past and she shuddered again and looked at Ray who had asked her.
"I actually don't remember I learned awhile ago." Tabby lied.
"Oh" Everyone said.
In the kitchen Rogue and Kurt were talking about their childhood, which was bad for the both of them. He complimented her on her hair the two white streaks and how she had a great Southern accent.
"Yeah, well Ah'm from Mississippi. What do ya expect?"
"Ja Ich kenne, Deutschland."
"I thought you had a German accent." Rogue said, she could understand him a tiny bit.
"Ja."
Soon it was 12:00 and all of the kids came running to the kitchen from wherever they were. They all sat down and were talking about what to have for lunch.
"So Mara what do you want for lunch?" Bobby asked.
"I don't know, what do you usually have?"
"I usually have a sandwich."
"Sounds good to me what kind?"
"Bologna."
"I love Bologna!"
"Me too, I'll make you one."
"Okay thanks." So Bobby went over to the counter and began making Amara and his sandwich.
"So what do ya all have ta eat here?" Rogue finally asked Kurt.
"Zots of zuff whatever."
"Cheese?"
"Ja ve have Käse."
"Alrahght Ah'll have a cheese sandwich," she began to get up but Kurt stopped her from getting up.
"I'll make it."
"Make what?" Kitty asked
"Cheeze zandwich."
"Cool, make me one."
"An' meh." Sam said with a smile. Kurt sighed and said,
"Anyzone elze vant a cheeze zandwich?" Jean, Scott, and Roberto raised their hands, "Okay everyvone vho vants me to make vem a cheeze zandwich raize your handz." Scott, Jean, Roberto, Kitty, Rogue, Sam, and Jamie raised their hands. He hit his head, "Mein gott" he said to himself and began to make eight cheese sandwiches, one for everyone including himself.
"Sae Jubilee whit woods ye loch?" Rahne asked her.
"Doesn't matter to me."
"Foo is toast?"
"Can I put butter on it?"
"Sure."
"Okay then Toast it is!"
"Foo mony pieces?"
"Two."
"Okay fower pieces tae make." So she put four pieces of bread in the toaster. Evan walked over to Bobby and began to make himself a bologna sandwich.
"So Tabby, what do you want for lunch?"
"I don't care, I'm not hungry?" Tabby said, she learned how to survive off eating very little thanks to all her time out on the streets alone until she met the Sirens.
"You sure?"
"Yup!" She smiled, "You can still eat though." So Ray walked over and grabbed a few slices of cheese and bologna and began to eat them.
"No bread?" Tabby asked.
"Don't like bread." Tabby grinned. Soon it was 12:30 and everyone was done eating and headed to get changed for their training session with Hank, Tabby wasn't allowed to wear her sunglasses in there.
"Hey Jean do you want me to meet you in front of your door so we can go down to the danger room once we change?" Scott asked Jean.
"Sure." So Jean showed him where her room was and he left to his room, which was down a different hallway. Amara and Bobby had the same plan, as did everyone else. Soon Jean and Amara were changed and pulled their hair back out of their faces. They stepped out of the room and were greeted by Bobby and Scott.
In Rogue and Kitty's room they were changing and were looking at the clock scared that they'll be late and they don't want a bad reputation, they had 10 minutes to get to the Danger Room. Kitty phased through the door and right into Sam.
"Oops, sorry Sam." Kitty said with a smile. She reached back in and pulled Rogue out of their room. Kurt then Bamfed in as they just stared at him.
"Vhat?" They all laughed and walked down the hallway. Tabby and Jubilee were fooling around in their room not even dressed yet when Rahne knocked on the door.
"Jubilee, 'main 'en we dinnae want tae be late." So Jubilee began to change and eventually Tabby did as well. It was 12:55 by the time they stepped out and met up with Ray and Rahne.
"Hey Ray so anything up?"
"Well we should hurry up so we aren't late."
"Oh that's not fun." Tabby said as he grabbed her wrist and ran with her dragging behind, Rahne and Jubilee struggled to keep up with him.
In the Danger Room everyone was waiting for Jubilation, Rahne, Ray, and Tabitha. Finally they arrived out of breath and they looked at Beast.
"One o'clock they aren't late." Everyone sighed, "Tabby that eye looks really bad can you see out of it?" 'How come I always get singled out' Tabby thought to herself.
"Nope."
"Okay well I'd rather have you sit out then."
"Awe c'mon Bobo, please I'm fine."
"Bobo?" Beast asked her, everyone giggled, at the nickname Tabby gave him.
"Yeah, your nickname."
"I'm not some kind of a monkey Tabby.."
"Awe c'mon it's just a name."
"Oh alright, and about your eye, if it bothers you or you can't see or something tell me."
"Okay."
"Alright now everyone partner up for today we're training without our powers," Then he whispered the next part to himself, "and maybe I'll survive a training session for once." Tabby, Ray, Kitty, Rogue, and Kurt laughed hearing that part. So the kids partnered up, Tabby and Ray, Kitty and Sam, Rogue and Kurt, Jean and Scott, Rahne and Jubilee, Amara and Bobby, Roberto and Evan, and Jamie was his own partner always since there were always and odd number.
"Okay now since everyone has a partner thanks to Multiple, we will begin training fighting with fists and legs, not powers. Now I know that the Sirens did a lot of that," Hank said gesturing to Tabby's eye, "As we can see on Ms. Smith, so can two of you come up and demonstrate some moves you do." Everyone stood as they were, especially Jubilee and Amara who tried to fade into the crowd. Finally Tabby was getting annoyed and stepped forward grabbing Rogue's arm.
"C'mon Rogue, let's show this guys how to party!" Rogue smiled at Tabby's eagerness.
"What about yoah eye?"
'Its fine I don't care come on!" So Rogue and Tabby got into their fighting stance.
"Now watch them carefully for you will be learning things they know." Beast said, "Now here are your helmets, and gloved so you don't kill each other."
"Awe c'mon Ah need ta kill somebody." Rogue said smiling, so they put the stuff on then began to fight. Tabby threw a few punches and then went defensive blocking Rogue's punches and kicks, eventually grabbing her leg and flipping her to the ground. That's when Beast stopped them.
"Very good you two, we're learning basics today and that only requires punching bags, not people yet. Every group gets a punching bag and take turns punching and kicking it while the other person holds it, and remember NO POWERS!"
So everyone went to the punching bags and began to punch and kick. Jean was holding the bag as Scott pounded it with punches and kicks, she commented on them every time telling him if that it was a hard enough kick or punch. Over with Rogue she was holding the bag as Kurt tried to punch and kick it.
"Here watch meh." She said, his punches weren't that hard and his kicks were weak.
"Hold tha punchin' bahg an' tell meh how hahd it is when Ah kick and punch cuz, sugah, ya ain't hitting it hahd enough." So Rogue threw a few punches and kicks very hard.
"Ow, thaz hard."
"Exactlah how hahd it's supposed ta beh now ya try." So Kurt and Rogue switched as Kurt did begin to punch and kick a little harder, but this would take practice for him.
Jubilee was throwing really hard punches and kicks so her and Rahne had to rest cause the force was always knocking Rahne around.
"Whaur did ye learn tae punch an' kick sae hard?"
"Mostly Tabby, she took the time to teach me while Kitty and Rogue fought and Amara and Jean did, it's sort of a roommate thing I guess you can say." Jubilee smiled, as did Rahne.
"Ye huv tae teach me tae kick an' punch that hard."
"Surely." She said with a smile at her new best friend.
Kitty and Sam were playing around more than punching and kicking. Kitty would punch through the punching bag and hit Sam, cause of her phasing so now he was chasing her around the punching bag. Beast finally told Kitty no powers and Kitty laughed and finally punched regularly, really hard as usual.
Over with Amara and Bobby, Bobby and Amara took fighting to a new level with their powers. Bobby froze the entire punching bag and Amara flamed her hands up and would throw magma punches breaking up the ice. Amara and Bobby were laughing hard when Beast came over.
"Do you just like to make trouble?" He said towards Bobby.
"It was extra hard practice for Amara." Bobby grinned and Amara smiled back.
"Oh god." He said looking towards Evan and Roberto; Evan was throwing his spikes at the punching bag while Roberto just watched laughing. Jamie was over there pinned to the wall from Evan's misses. Beast rolled his eyes and headed towards them, Bobby and Amara cracked up.
Tabby and Ray were having fun with their powers as well, Tabby would throw bombs at the bag and Ray accidentally got the metal chain with his electricity the same time Tabby's bomb hit it and it fell down. Tabby and Ray walked away laughing and giggling.
"This is so much fun!" Ray said laughing, "I haven't had this much fun in a long time."
"Aren't ya glad ya met me?" Tabby said with a wink.
"We have to hang out when school starts and all."
"Definitely, you're one of the only other laid back people in this here mansion." Ray smiled.
"I think its cause of you." They smiled warmly at each other as Amara and Bobby joined them.
"You guys we aren't allowed to practice until he distinguishes our punching bag, what happened to yours?" Amara asked laughing as she remembers setting it on fire and Beast telling them to get away.
"Umm, I was throwing bombs at it, and Ray hit the metal chain to hard with electricity at the same time my bomb hit it so it kind of fell down." They looked at the burnt bag on the floor and laughed. Soon enough everyone was using their powers as Beast left the room, as Tabby watched him leave she asked.
"Well is the session over?"
"Usually when Beast walks out Blondie, that means that it's over." Bobby said so everyone left the room only having training for an hour. Tabby and Jubilee went back to there room and changed as did Rogue and Kitty as well as Amara and Jean. Soon Ray knocked on Tabby's door and Tabby opened it and let him in as Jubilee left to go to Rahne's room.
"So what do you want to do Tab?" Ray asked.
"Can we go swimming?"
"Sure! Let me get my bathing suit on and I'll meet you back here," Ray said running off.
Jean and Scott headed out to a store to pick up more bread, as Rogue and Kurt walked around the property talking. Bobby, Kitty, Amara, and Sam also all went swimming.
Outback by the pool everyone was laughing having a good time sitting by the water, no one in it though.
"So is anyone going to actually get in the pool?" Tabby asked with a devilish smile playing across her face.
"Maybe, later." Amara said looking at the water.
"Yeah like whenever like it doesn't look so cold." Kitty said.
"I'll go in with Amara." Bobby said already warming up to her.
"Ah'll go in aftah Ah git wet." Sam said as everyone stared at him and blinked.
"What about you, Sparky?" Tabby asked.
"I dunno I just keep remembering my experience in the shower when I got zapped by my power, it keeps me from staying in the water long."
"Well get over it!" Tabby said getting up and walking towards the diving board. She walked up the few steps and did a cannonball into the pool soaking everyone with the nice cool pool water.
"Hey Tabitha!" Amara and Kitty yelled.
"Tabby!" Bobby and Sam said with a smile.
"I'll get you, girl!" Ray said running to the diving board hesitating then diving in after Tabby, hoping he wouldn't electrocute Tabby, sure he can handle it but she won't be able to.
"See no being zapped." Tabby said laughing as Sam jumped in.
"Hey ya gals the watah is great!" Sam shouted!
"Looks cold." Amara said.
"I can chill it to whatever you want it to be" Bobby said with a smile. Amara giggled, as did Kitty.
"Have you frozen the pool ever?" Amara asked him curiously.
"In winter to go ice skating." Bobby said smirking cutely. In the pool Tabby was getting splashed by Sam and Ray, she squealed with delight as Kitty and Amara rolled their eyes at her. Bobby saw that and laughed.
"She's such a flirt." Amara said to defend why she rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, but it is funny." Bobby said with a smile as Ray and Sam stopped splashing Tabby.
"Hey I wonder what would happen if I throw a bomb at them." Tabby whispered in Ray's ear.
"They'd get mad."
"But would they dive in?" Tabby asked Sam.
"Ah dunno know." Sam said.So she decided to try it but first threaten with it.
"Kit-Kat, Mara you two should come in the pool, otherwise I'll have to throw a bomb at you!" she said with a huge grin across her face swimming towards the edge of the water with Sam and Ray following close behind.
"You wouldn't dare." Kitty said but looked a bit nervous, "Would she?" She asked Amara and Bobby.
"Maybe." Said Amara getting up with Bobby following. Amara got in the shallow end with Bobby and Kitty ran to catch up.
"Like wait up I don't want to get like fried by her like bomb!" Tabby laughed as they enjoyed the cool water against the hot air
"See it's not too bad."
"I hate you." Kitty said annoyed. Tabby, Ray, and Sam laughed; they really liked Tabby's personality, as did most of the X-Men, not as some of the adults though. The rest of the day they spent out at the pool and Rogue and Kurt joined them, as did Jean and Scott. Nobody has seen Jubilee in a long time and assumed she was with Jamie, Roberto, and Rahne. Eventually it was 5:30 when Logan called them all to take a table as Jubilee, Rahne, Jamie, and Roberto showed up from behind some trees.
"Now that we have a great number of people for all our meals we are having two groups. One group will eat earlier than the other, and one will have one more." Logan began to explain as the kids were getting out of the pool.
"Who will be in which group?" Jubilee asked very loud. Logan shook his head.
"I was getting to that, we figured that the earlier group would have seven and the later group would have eight, and us adults would have two with the first group and two with the second group. Okay now we've figured out the groups and we will tell you the earlier group to my left and the later group to my right." Everyone nodded or agreed silently to themselves.
"Good now first group, Jubilation, Rahne, Roberto, Jamie, Porcupine, Jean, and Cyke. And the rest, Mouse, Ice Cube, Elf, Rogue, Kitty, Farmboy, Sparky and Blondie will all be the second time. Ororo and Chuck will take the first earlier group while Hank and I will take the second or later group."
"So you're eating with me?" Tabby asked.
"Yes Blondie, you got a problem with that?" Tabby sighed.
"What are the times?" Tabby asked.
"Okay well once school starts everything will go up two hours and will get shortened a lot. Now the first group will eat from 7:00 until 8:00, plenty of time to eat, we'll have a half hour break for it to be cleaned and then from 8:30 until 9:30 the second group will eat. Now for lunch we will have the first group from 11:30 until 12:30 and another half hour break and from 1:00-2:00 will be the second lunch, this is only for summer though and when Christmas comes around if any of you are left or not depends. Now dinner which will start this new method today, from 5:30-6:30 first group and 7:00- 8:00, we give you an hour to eat, once your done you may leave, dinner will be a different meal for the later than the earlier."
"Wow what if we forget what group we're in?"
"You shouldn't forget that easily, Ice Cube." Logan said, "Unless you have a real short term memory, but someone will remember which group you are in. And right now I advise the first group to go eat dinner." So Jubilee, Rahne, Roberto, Jamie, Evan, Jean, and Scott ran to the kitchen where Ororo and Charles waited for them.
"So what are we going to do now?" Tabby asked everyone who was left.
A few days later everyone was used to their eating schedule as school was starting on September 4, and today was September 2, Scott's Birthday. Everyone at the mansion through a huge party. There was music and dancing and no training session so everyone was happy! Scott had opened his presents and thanked everyone. At the party Jean and Scott danced, Kurt and Kitty danced a few time, Bobby and Amara were like glued together, Jubilee danced with Roberto, and Sam, and once with Jamie for a favor. Rogue danced carefully with Sam, Scott, and Kurt. Tabby basically danced with everyone except Bobby, Roberto, and Jamie who were all younger than her by at least one year.
The next day everyone was tired and Tabby, Amara, Rogue, Kitty, and Jean all went up to Bayville High to register as new students. Jubilee was taken to the Middle school to register in 8th grade. Everyone was soon registered and their files had been transferred and they had got their class schedules now and were all happy.
"Hey Logan!"
"Yes, Rogue?"
"So how do ya lahke know where ta go?"
"You look at your schedule." Tabby and Kitty laughed.
"But lahke where does it tell ya where ta go?"
"Let me see." Jean said looking at her schedule. "Logan can we look around a bit?" Logan sighed.
"Fine but don't get lost and meet back here, soon, and don't freak out anyone in the building." So Jean went to show where Rogue's classes were and Kitty, Tabby, and Amara walked around looking for their classes.
"Man this school is so entirely different from the last." Tabby said.
"Yeah, well let's try and find our rooms." Amara said, she was entering as a Freshmen and had a good excuse as of why to be lost. Tabby ran down the hall ahead and turned the corner and slammed into a boy.
"Ow." Tabby said from on the ground, down the hallway Kitty and Amara were laughing.
"Ah ya okay, sheila?" said the boy she slammed into with a thick Australian accent. The boy was really tall, he looked over 6 feet tall and was built well. He had orange hair with blonde tips that resembled flames. He had clear blue eyes and seemed older than a Sophomore as she is.
"Ow, yeah, I'm sorry I wasn't looking where I was going." Tabby commented as the boy held his hand out and she took it and stood up.
"Ah ya new?" the boy asked curiously.
"Yeah, I'm Tabitha Smith, or Tabby."
"Oy'm St. John Allerdyce, but jis' call moy John. Since no one can pr'nounce moy name roight." St. John had pronounced his name Sin Jin, but had explained to Tabby that when he moved from Australia they couldn't understand him and he wrote it down and now everyone pronounces it how it looks. Tabby finally asked him,
"Do you think you can help me find my classes?"
"Sure wot grade are ya in?"
"Sophomore, and you?"
"Ahh, Sophomore, Oy remembah that year, Oy'm a Senior and jis' came ta pick up moy schedule an' fin' classes."
"Cool." So Tabby walked off with St. John Allerdyce as Kitty and Amara watched them walk up the stairs.
"How does she do that?" Amara asked very curious as of how Tabby makes people help her so quickly.
"I don't know but he like looks older than us, not like a Sophomore that's for sure."
"Well let's try and figure this schedule out."
"Or like find someone to help us like Tabby did."
"And how do we do that?" Amara asked. "Well let's like look around for someone." So Amara and Kitty walked around the hallways looking for more kids.
Jean and Rogue were walking down the upstairs hallway when they spotted Tabby with a guy they didn't know.
"Looks lahke Tabbah made a friend."
"Yeah, I see, but who is he?" Jean asked, as she turned around and right into another boy.
"Sorry" Jean and the boy said at the same time. Jean looked at Rogue who started to walk towards Tabby. She looked up into the dirty blonde boy's sparkling blue eyes and smiled, he was built well and had an irresistible appeal to himself. The only strange part was that he wore gloves, leather gloves that is. The boy smiled warmly and said,
"Hi, I'm Tucker Crawford. And ya're?"
"Jean Grey just came to this school."
"That's a good thing, so did I, I'm a Senior."
"So am I, where did you come from originally?"
"Virginia."
"Oh, so did my friend Tabitha, you see her, the blonde down the hall?"
"Oh, really? That's cool, wanna look aroun' tha building wit' me?"
"Sure!" Jean said eagerly as they walked into the opposite direction with their schedules.
Over with Tabby, she just introduced Rogue to St. John.
"G'day mate." St. John said.
"Ya sound Australian."
"That's cuz Oy am Australian, last year Oy move' 'ere."
"That's cool, Ah'm from Mississippi" Rogue said.
"Oy thought Oy 'eard a bit of a southern accent." St. John said, as he played around with something in his pocket.
"What's in your pocket?" Tabby asked curious. St. John's face turned red as he pulled out a lighter.
"Oy dont smoke but Oy bought this lightah cuz Oy loive fire." John said letting Tabby hold it. It was a Zippo, silver lighter with red and orange flames on it.
"It's so pretty." Tabby said opening it and starting the flame. "I know what you mean I love fire as well." St. John looked amazed that she liked fire but Rogue took a few steps back from the fire. Just then the fire grew really big and then went out.
"Wow!" Rogue said amazed.
"Wow, that was so awesome!"
"Yeah." St. John said with a shrug, "It does that a lot." He then smiled and took the lighter back and put it back in his pocket as Rogue, Tabby, and him walked to find Tabby's next class, Rogue already saw all her classes with Jean.
Downstairs, Kitty and Amara didn't find anyone else other than seeing Logan stare at them when they passed. They did however spot Jean and Tucker and Tabby again. Soon they went back to where Logan was and waited for everyone to show up. Soon Jean came strolling over with Tucker right behind.
"Well thank you Tucker, and I can't wait to see you in my Trigonometry class tomorrow."
"Yes, very, goodbye Jean." Tucker said walking past them an outside where he got in his car and drove off. Jean sighed.
"That a new boyfriend?" Kitty teased.
"Oh, Kitty, he is gorgeous isn't he?"
"Sure whatever, like come on where are Tabby and Rogue."
"Don't know but they better get here before I leave without them." Logan growled. Soon they saw Tabby and Rogue walking down the stairs laughing with St. John close behind.
"Hey Tabby!" Amara called getting her attention, seeing everyone sitting there they started walking faster with St. John right beside them.
"Hey Mara! I'd like you guys to meet St. John Allerdyce, he's a Senior, and he showed me around to all of my classes." Logan looked at him and just stared.
"That's Logan, this is Amara, that's Kitty, and the red head over there is Jean, she's a Senior like ya." Tabby introduced.
"C'mon Blondie we've been waiting for you and Rogue."
"Okay, well bye St. John, see you tomorrow in Chemistry..." Tabby said as she ran her finger along his chest and walked away with the rest while winking at him. St. John stood there for a moment watching them leave the building. Then he turned around and pulled his lighter out and flung it up and the fire turned into a heart, as he smiled and walked away with it floating above his head.
In the car Tabby sat up front in the shotgun next to Logan as she kept turning the dial to his radio to a station that she liked. Jean and Kitty got the seats next to each other and Rogue and Amara got the very back.
"C'mon Logan you need to listen to good music."
"This is good music not that shit you listen to, I hear it down the hall when it's on your headphones."
"Yeah well my music is way better" Tabby then cranked up the volume as Logan kept trying to steer and knock her hands away.
"Hey Blondie can you leave the dials alone, this is the last time you ride shot gun with me driving this car." Tabby stuck her tongue out at Logan and pouted as they drove home. Once they reached there Jubilee was talking on the phone.
Soon enough the day was over and everyone went to sleep remembering to set their alarm clocks for school, well everyone but Tabby and Jubilee. When morning came Jean and Scott were down eating breakfast as Logan had taken off the rule of times to eat to see how it would work and only those two were up. Soon Amara wandered down with Rogue right behind talking to Kurt. Soon everyone was downstairs eating but, Tabby, Jubilee, Rahne, Roberto, and Jamie, four of which didn't have to be up since they weren't in the same school.
"Where is Tabby?" Amara asked wondering if she would be getting a ride to school with Tabby as usual.
"Ah thahnk sheh's still asleep, Ah wondah how weh're workin' rahdes." Rogue said.
"Okay well my car can fit four other than me." Scott began. "Jean you can come with me, Kurt can also, Rogue you can and Kitty can too. There we got one car."
"Okay and Tabby's jeep can fit five people not including herself." Amara said. "Well, Bobby, Ray, Sam, Evan, and I can go with Tabby, and that's all of us!"
"Great, well you should wake your driver up." Jean said with a laugh as Amara ran into Tabby's room and woke her up.
"Tabby we have a half hour before the bell rings."
"Alright I'm getting out of bed." Tabby said annoyed as she got up and pulled out a pink tank top and her khaki jean skirt. She quickly dressed, grabbed her keys, backpack, and Discman, and ran to her jeep where everyone was waiting. She quickly pulled out of the garage and everyone pulled their seatbelts on.
"Tabby don't drive like a maniac, we don't need a ticket." Amara said. So Tabby slowed down a bit and eventually everyone got to school in one piece.
Jean and Scott were hanging out in front of the building, when they saw Tabby pull in; they waved as everyone waved back. Everyone jumped out of the jeep as Tabby grabbed her Discman and cranked the volume up, slung her bag over her shoulder and locked everything she could in the jeep. She pocketed her keys as a ton of boys stared at her walking by listening to her Discman. Amara was beside her walking with her head down as Ray was on the other side and Bobby was beside Amara. Sam was next to Ray and Evan had put his skateboard down and skated forward.
"Hey TABBY!" Ray called over her music so she turned it down and looked at him with a smile.
"Yes?"
"Can I see your schedule, see if we're in any of the same classes?"
"Sure." So Tabby dug through her backpack and found her crumbled up schedule and handed it to him as Amara and Bobby continue to walk with Sam.
"Nice we're in the same homeroom and first period, Algebra 2."
"Oh good, that's a yawn class. Good thing your in it."
"I'm surprised your in that class I thought I was the only Semi-Smart person here. Since I know Sam is only in Geometry, but Kitty's like a genius from what I heard."
"Yeah, she's in Trig, I was supposed to be in that class but I failed Algebra 2 last year cause of the whole stress factor."
"Sheesh, no offence, but you don't seem smart."
"The hair fools ya no doubt" Tabby smiled as one her favorite songs came on. "Oh my favorite song" So Ray and Tabby walked next to each other as she did some dances and he laughed.
Many kids looked at them as the passed, and many guys just stared. Rogue however was inside and already in her homeroom and first period class, Speech. Amara was in her first period, which was 9th Grade Russian Studies with Bobby, Sam was in English Literature. Just then the bell rang and everyone ran into his or her homeroom and first period class.
A/N: Since Roberto is from Brazil giving him a Spanish accent. Also I'm keeping Jean seventeen and the Acolytes are all going to be in school [including Remy] therefore I've edited their ages, though Remy still will be the oldest. And sorry if I totally butchered Rahne's Scottish accent or St. John's Australian accent, I'm trying hard. Oh by the way I have no idea how New York schools are for classes so I'm doing them how it is for me.
Chapter 4
First Day At the Institute
Amara awoke the next morning to find herself in an unfamiliar bed. She sat up straight, way too quickly as she got a head rush and fell back closing her eyes to get rid of the feeling. After lying there for a few minutes she slowly sat up and remembered all of the events from yesterday. From Tabby pushing her away as the kitchen floor ceased to exist, then to the mall with Rogue and Jubi, and finally packing up and the long car ride here. She quickly got out of bed and began to make it as she usually does. Afterwards, Amara looked at the alarm clock between Jean and her bed, it read 8:06 A.M. Finding Jean still in her slumbering sleep, she shoved her feet in her slippers, pulled her robe on and went to the only other room she knew in the mansion, Tabby's.
Amara crossed the hallway and walked past one door and went into the next. She half expected to see Tabby and Jubi jumping up and down on their bed throwing bombs and fireworks around. However what she did see was Jubilee quietly snoozing and Tabby's bed across the room empty and a mess. Amara shut the door behind her, crossed the room and made Tabby's deserted bed. She soon sat down on the bed and a few minutes later Tabby opened the door with her headphones on, music blaring, and head bopping. She felt sorry for Tabby's eardrums. Tabby seeing Amara shut her music off, threw it on her bed and sat next to Amara.
"So Mara what's up?" Tabby asked very loud. Amara put a finger to her lips signaling her to be quieter, now she definitely knows why Tabby talks so loud.
"Nothing, just Jean is still asleep and this was the only other room I remembered being in so I decided to come and see if you're awake." Amara whispered back to Tabby.
"Cool yeah, I just came back from the bathroom, incase you were wondering where I was."
"Yeah, I have to go to the bathroom could you show me where it is?"
"Sure follow me," Tabby got up and opened the door while continuing to talk to Amara.
"After we both get dressed we should go explore this mansion."
"Good idea."
"How about we meet in my room, okay?"
"Sure I'll quickly finish getting dressed and all, and be right over, and please be quiet so we don't wake Jubilee and have her following us."
"Okay." So Tabby made her way back to her room deciding that for the first day here she will wear her own clothes, even though she can't fit in Jubilee's shirts. The only one she can, would be the pink one she was going to wear yesterday and that is a few sizes too big for Jubi. Amara was the only other person who she couldn't fit in shirt wise, unless they were too big for Amara, Kitty was also a tight squeeze to get over her, and all of the Sirens pants fit everyone, except they might be too long or short. Finally, Amara was dressed and walked into Tabby's room and saw her grab her sunglasses.
"Why are you wearing those, you wore them last night too, in the dark, people probably think your crazy"
"I don't want kids to see my black eye, it's bad enough it is swollen shut and I only can use my right eye."
"Oh, okay," Amara said as she remembered what Logan called her last night so she decided to call her that. "C'mon Blondie, don't want Jubes to wake up." Amara smiled widely as Tabby's face turned red from the remembrance of that name.
"Errr. Come on let's go before Jubi wakes up." So the two headed out of the room and closed the door behind them.
Amara had no clue where Tabby was leading her to; all she remembered was being led up stairs to Tabby's room. Tabby obviously remembered more from the previous night. When they descended the stairs Tabby knew they were in the foyer, but she didn't know where anything else was, but she knew exploring meant finding new things, which is what they planned to do in this institute. She remembered on the phone Mr. McCoy saying that there were other children here so she thought she should try and find them. She spotted a room off of the foyer and headed in that direction. There were two rooms and Tabby headed for the one with the brighter light, she had found the kitchen.
In the kitchen the first thing she noticed when she entered was that there were two boys around Amara and her age. Tabby liked just by physical appearance the blonde with orange tips in his hair. He looked around 15 maybe 16 and had very nice blue eyes as well. Amara however liked the other boy; he looked around 14 just like her and had nice brown hair a few shades lighter than hers. She looked at what his hazel eyes were reading it looked to be a magazine. The blonde however was indulged in a comic book. Tabby and Amara's eyes met and then they looked at the boys and nodded. The brown haired boy was the first to look up.
"Hi." He said remembering Logan saying that they were getting six new girls to the institute ranging from 13-17 years old. They looked around his age he thought, then grinned now they have seven girls at the institute instead of one, who was younger than him anyway, 13 being her age.
"Hi." Amara shyly answered back, her eyes shifted to the floor uneasily.
"Hey I'm Tabby and this is Amara who are you guys?" she asked in her usually loud voice. The brown hair kid grinned, as the blonde boy looked up and blushed.
"Hey sorry, this comic is suspenseful." He said in an apology from not paying attention to them earlier.
"Ah no sweat I get addicted to them all the time." Tabby said grinning.
"Oh I'm Ray. And that's Bobby." The blonde continued, "So how old are you guys?"
"I'm fifteen turning sixteen in like end of October, and Amara is fourteen."
"Nice, I'm fifteen turning sixteen beginning of October, and Bobby is fourteen." Tabby grinned at the two of them, they were both cute.
"So since this institute is for mutants what are your powers?" Amara asked trying to be a little more outgoing. Bobby saw what Amara did and answered this question.
"Well my power is ice, they call me Iceman. See." Bobby said making a little ice ballerina and handed it to Amara who absolutely loved it.
"Yeah, and they call me Berzerker, I have the power of electricity." He made fists and sure enough blue electrical bolts swarmed around them. Ray and Bobby didn't even have to ask them what their powers were since Amara already began to say what hers was.
"Well, Bobby, my power is the opposite of yours slightly, having it be that I can control magma." She put the little ballerina down so it wouldn't burn and she flamed her hands up so they saw the magma, sort of how Ray showed his power.
"Yeah, and my power is a form of pyrokinetics" Tabby closed her left hand and opened it showing them the little cherry bomb. She quickly closed her fist and reabsorbed the power. Logan had been spying on the kids since they began to show off their powers and he finally emerged from behind Tabby and Amara.
"Hey Blondie, getting impressed with Ice Cube and Sparky over there?" Tabby noticed how he had nicknamed Bobby Ice Cube and Ray was Sparky at least she assumed it was that.
"A little" She said smiling very flirty towards them both. Logan rolled his eyes and opened the fridge.
"So I'm here ta remind ya bubs, around 11:00 we will be introducing all six of the girls and be giving them their uniforms."
"We get uniforms!" said Tabby really excited.
"Yeah, but they are all the same."
"We still have our Sirens uniforms, we could wear those." Amara said.
"Wow, Mouse does talk." Logan said smiling as Amara blushed,
"And you can't cause we have to look the same." Tabby frowned.
"But I want to be different!"
"Blondie, you are different." Tabby smiled and laughed.
"By the way, why are you wearing those sunglasses? You had them on last night too, so I figured they had to do with your power, but your power has nothing to do with your eyes." Tabby frowned. Ray and Bobby just noticed that as well.
"Okay, okay, last battle us Sirens had I got this from." She said and lowered her sunglasses so everyone can see her black left eye. It was swollen shut completely today and she couldn't see out of it. Logan looked at it then asked,
"Did you ice it up?"
"Nope, I hate ice, no offence Bobs, but it shows weakness." Logan rolled his eyes again.
"Ya should've iced it, anyway looks like he got you pretty bad, does this hurt?" he asked touching right above the blackness Tabby shook her head no
"It doesn't hurt at all." She said smiling, even though she never really gets hurt, thinking of the whole thing pushing Amara away in her lava form, she suddenly looked at her hands. She didn't notice it at all yesterday. They were red and had blisters and looked burnt up. Ray, Logan, Amara, and Bobby followed her glance to her hands as she quickly shoved them in her pockets.
"Did they torch your hands?" Ray asked. Tabby shook her head no. Amara realized what that was from and lowered her eyes.
"How'd they get like that?" Bobby asked.
"Umm, fire?" Everyone heard the question in her own tone and Logan grabbed her right wrist and pulled her hand out of her pocket.
"Nope Blondie, it looks like it was from something else."
"It was I." Amara said meekly. Everyone looked at her astonished. Tabby didn't want them making any opinions of her so she lied.
"Yeah not really though, we were fooling around and she was in her magma form and I pushed her." It was the slight truth but not the whole truth.
"I only believe part that." Logan said, "What is the rest of it."
"Well I was inside in my magma form and I didn't realize I was burning through the floor until it was too late, she dove and pushed me out of where the floor collapsed." Everyone looked at her as Tabby nodded.
"Okay..." Ray said with a smile, Tabby seemed perfect, she wasn't afraid to fight, she was gorgeous, and she truly cared about her friends.
"Did you meet anyone else yet?" Bobby asked them, as they shook their heads no.
"Well Blondie, Mouse you should hang around these boys, they will show you the mansion, right?" he looked at Bobby and Ray and they nodded yes, "Good cause I want you four out of the kitchen."
So Bobby and Ray got up grabbing their comic and magazine and lead Tabby and Amara out of the kitchen.
"Blondie? Mouse?" Ray and Bobby asked.
"Yeah his little nickname for me Amara just got Mouse, Ice Cube, Sparky?"
"Just like yours." Bobby said grinning.
Upstairs next to Jean and Amara's room was Kitty and Rogue's room. Kitty had just woken up and looked around finding Rogue not in the room she began to make her bed and change into her clothes. Rogue soon came back and made her bed as well and started to get dressed.
"Where were you?" Kitty asked Rogue finally breaking the silence.
"Bathroom."
"Oh, well like, do you want to go exploring our new house?"
"Sure jus' let meh get finished dressin'." So Rogue pulled a long sleeved shirt over her tank top and pulled sweat pants on. She soon found her shoes and put her gloves on as well, "Finashed"
Kitty grabbed Rogue's wrist and pulled her out of their room, it was about 9:10 by this time. They headed for the stairs and were walking down, Rogue in the center of it and Kitty holding the banister as two boys ran up the stairs and knocked into Rogue. Rogue looked up and saw that the one that had knocked her down looked around Jean's age, he was tall with dark brown hair and he was wearing sunglasses. The kid behind him looked younger and he was African-American, just as Ororo, whom they met yesterday. Just like Ororo he had an unusual hair color, having his blonde hair but dark brown eyes.
"Watch where yoah goin'." Rogue said angrily, she wasn't in the mood to be knocked down and walked all over.
"Your like, lucky she put her long sleeved shirt on or like else." Kitty said.
"What do you mean by that?" the blonde haired boy asked.
"Yeah, I'm really sorry we weren't watching where we were going." The older brunette stated, holding his hand out and waiting for Rogue to take it. She grabbed it with her own-gloved hand.
"Okay, can we start over?" The brunette asked, "Hi I'm Scott and this is Evan."
"Ah'm Rogue an' thaht's Kittah." Rogue replied with a smile.
"So like how old are you guys?" Kitty asked curiously.
"I'm turning eighteen on September 2nd." Scott replied with a smile.
"And I'm turning fifteen on Christmas Eve." Evan added.
"And you two?" Scott said raising his eyebrow behind his ruby red sunglasses.
"I'm sixteen turnin' seventeen on Julah 24." Rogue said.
"And I'm fifteen turning sixteen on February 18." Kitty said.
"Cool." Scott said with a grin.
"So since this institute is all like mutants what are your powers?" Kitty asked with a bright smile.
"Optic blast, that's why I have to wear these sunglasses," Scott replied.
"Spikes." Evan said, "They come out of my body."
"That's so like cool!" Kitty said. Evan shrugged.
"What bout you guys?" Evan asked.
"As Kittah said earliah if Ah didn' have this long sleevd shirt on Ah could've absorbd yoah memories and powahs and maybeh put ya inta a coma." Rogue explained.
"Yeah and I phase through things." Kitty said phasing through Rogue.
"Wow now that's cool." Evan said.
"Do you girls need a tour of this mansion?" Scott asked.
"Yeah, could ya show us aroun?" Rogue asked
"Surely." Scott and Evan said leading them down the stairs.
Upstairs Jean had finally woken up and noticed Amara was gone so she made her bed and got dressed quickly. She looked at the clock that read, 9:53 A.M. So she left her room and looked in Kitty's room, and saw nobody so she looked in Jubilee's room where she saw Jubilee. So she opened the door fully and slid inside and shut the door behind her. Jubilee jumped at the sound of the door closing; Jubilee was getting dressed when Jean walked in.
"Oh Jean you scared me I thought it was Logan coming in and I didn't want him to see me without my shirt on." Jubilee said with a smile.
"Nope it's just me, everyone else is up and about but us." She said smiling.
"Well let's go exploring then!" Jubilee said very energetically.
"Sure just get your shirt on and we'll go." Jean said. So Jubilee quickly put her shirt on and walked out of her room with Jean. They walked down the stairs and into the foyer. Instead of going into the kitchen they went into the living room. In the living room were three kids. One was a young girl around Jubilee's age with brownish red hair and green eyes. The other two were guys, the one looked around Jubilee's age and the other looked around Tabby and Kitty's age.
The one around Jubilee's age had nice bronze skin with dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. The one around Kitty and Tabbitha's age was blonde and had his hair as long as Tabby's. He had bright blue eyes. Soon another kid teleported in the room, he was blue and fuzzy, with blue hair and yellow eyes. He looked around Jean's age
"Hi." Jean said getting the four kids attention. They all smiled warmly and walked up to meet them.
"Guid dae, whit are ye names?" Asked the only girl with a Scottish accent.
"I'm Jean and this is Jubilee." Jean introduced herself and Jubilee.
"Nice name, Jubilee." The boy with the bronze skin said.
"I'm Roberto, call me Rob or Berto, an that's Sam, an that's Rahne, an the blue fuzzy uno is Kurt." Jubilee laughed and Jean smiled.
"How old are you four?" Jubi asked.
"A'am thirteen, an' saeis Roberto." Rahne answered.
"Ah'm fifteen." Sam said.
"Und I'm Zeventeen." Kurt said with a smile, he reminded Jubilee of a big furry elf, since he had pointy ears.
"I'm also thirteen." Jubilee said.
"As well I'm also seventeen." Jean added, everyone smiled and laughed. Just then Tabby, Amara, Bobby, and Ray walked in the living room from the other entry from the backyard.
"And this is our living room, and those four are some of our friends." Bobby stated as they walked in the room. Tabby spotted Jean and Jubilee and shouted to them.
"Hey Jubes! Jean! Meet some new people?" Bobby, Amara, Tabby, and Ray all walked over to the big group of mutants.
"Yeah, you also met some new people." Jean stated with a sly smile.
"Okay, the girl is Rahne, the blonde guy is Sam, the blue one is Kurt, and Roberto is the other one. Rahne and Roberto are thirteen, Sam is our age, and Kurt is seventeen." Ray explained to Tabby more than Amara.
"So Sam is fifteen huh? His hair is around my hair length." Tabby said with a smile. "The red head is Jean and Jubilee is the one with the black hair." Tabby said as a return gesture, "Jubilee is thirteen and Jean is seventeen."
"And who are those two?" Jubilee asked in question to Amara.
"Bobby and Ray, Ray is Tabby's age and Bobby is my age." Amara stated. Soon Logan appeared in the room and Tabby said,
"Man Logan, are ya stalking us or something?" Tabby smiled at the end and Logan rolled his eyes.
"No Blondie just was passing through."
"Like you were with all the other rooms you were in when we was in them." Tabby said with a smile and some laughter, Logan could tell she was joking.
"Okay bubs, stay in this room, so we will be able to introduce all of the new kids before eleven, where are the other five?" Logan asked.
"Five?" Everyone said.
"Kitty, Rogue, Jamie, Scott, and Evan." Logan answered.
"Oh, no clue." They all responded.
"Okay stay in here, I'll get Ororo, Hank, and Chuck here soon."
"Okay!" All the students said. So Logan returned with the other five and Hank, Ororo, and Charles.
"Okay now, since everyone is here, Sirens, come here, and everyone else may take a seat." Charles Xavier began. So the Sirens members stood up in front of the television with Charles and Ororo on the left of them and Logan and Hank on the right. Jean stood next to Charles, Rogue next to Jean, Kitty next to Rogue, Amara next to Kitty, Jubilee next to Amara and Tabby on the end between Jubilee and Logan. There were nine chairs in front of the television and each person had a chair except Charles Xavier who lost control of his legs so he's in a wheel chair the rest of his life.
"I'd like to introduce me first off to everyone new," Charles continued, "I'm Charles Xavier, founder of this Institute of Mutants. My power is telepathy as well." Charles was a bald man with dark brown eyes and black eyebrows. He was very kind and genuine when he talked to the children. "To the left of me is Ororo Munroe."
"Hello Sirens. I'm Ororo, but in the field I'm known as Storm because of my power to control the weather." Ororo was Evan's Aunt, her hair is white and she has clear blue eyes, even as an African-American. "Now on your right side is Logan." Logan smiled; he had nice black hair with a blue tint and brown eyes.
"You all know me bubs, I'm the one that lectured you last night, right Blondie?" Tabby looked up at Logan who had risen to speak; he was looking down at her as well. "Well in battle you will call me Wolverine, because my abilities are healing, heightened senses, and these claws," He released them at his side and Tabby looked really surprised by them.
"And our other adult at the institute would be Hank McCoy on Logan's right." Charles introduced. Hank stood up and smiled. Hank was covered in blue fur with blue hair and eyes just like Kurt, except Kurt's eyes were yellow.
"Hello Sirens, I'm Hank McCoy formally known as Beast during battle for my extremity of looking like a beast and my excellent agility just like wolverine and strength." Mr. McCoy sat back down as Charles began again.
"Now that you know our staff, lets get to meet you starting with you, Jean." Jean stood up and took a step forward with a smile.
"As some of you know I'm Jean Grey, and in battle I don't use a code name. I'm seventeen years old and turning eighteen on February 22. I'm a Senior in high school as well. My power is telekinesis and very mild telepathy." Jean sat back down and smiled.
"We'll go right down the row, okay?"
"Fahne." Said Rogue standing up and stepping forward. "Ah'm Rogue and thaht's all ya need ta know about mah name and Ah'm sixteen. Ah'm a Junior at hahgh school an' mah power is ta absorb othah people's powahs thoughts an' jus' about everythang about thaht person." Rogue sat back down and crossed her arms across her chest. Kitty then stood up as Charles nodded at her.
"I'm like, Kathrine Pryde, but like known as Kitty to everyone. In like battles, I'm known as Shadowcat. I'm fifteen, and like am a Sophomore at high school. My power is to like phase through matter like this." Said Kitty walking backwards and right through her chair. Then she phased back through and sat down. Amara then stood up as she looked over and saw Charles nod at her.
"I'm Amara Aquilla and I'm known as Magma in battles. I'm almost fifteen, and am a Freshman in high school. My power is to control magma." She sat back down quickly as Jubilee jumped up and began.
"I'm Jubilation Lee, known as Jubilee in battle and nicknamed Jubilee, Jubi, and Jubes at any other time. I'm thirteen; I'm going into 8th grade. My power is basically fireworks." Jubilee sat down with a huge grin as Tabby just stared off in space. Finally Logan hit her on the head.
"Ow! Why'd you do that?" Tabby said looking up at him; everyone laughed at Tabby and Logan.
"Blondie it's your turn up."
"To do what." Logan hit himself in the head.
"Tell about yourself. Weren't you paying attention?"
"Huh?" Logan put his hand against his forehead.
"Just start."
"Okay whatever I'm Tabitha Smith."
"Blondie, stand up."
"Do I have to?"
"Yes." Tabby groaned and stood up.
"I'm Tabitha Smith, known as Tabby, Tab, Tabz, Blondie, whatever. I'm fifteen, and am a Sophomore in high school. I'm known as Boom-Boom in battle for two reasons, one the obvious, cause of my power, I have a form of pyrokinetics, which I use to my advantage and create bombs ranging in size. And if you're wondering why I'm wearing sunglasses." She took them off so everyone could see her left eye. "Last battle we had as the Sirens this guy punched my left eye knocking my sunglasses off, so I got a black left eye from it."
"Did you ice it?" Charles asked.
"Nope ice is weakness and I don't like it."
"Looks swollen really bad." Hank said.
"Yeah, well I'll live." Tabby sat back down.
"Now we'll introduce all of the other students, Scott why don't you start?"
"Yes Professor, I'm Scott Sommers, known as Cyclops in battle, I'm almost eighteen, and I'm a Senior in high school. My power is optic blast, which is the reason I wear the sunglasses."
"I'm Kurt Vagner, and I'm zeventeen, I'm known az Nightcrawler in battle. I'm alzo a Zenior and my power iz teleportation."
"I'm Evan Daniels, and am known as Spyke in battle, I'm fifteen, a Junior and my power is that spikes protrude from my body."
"I'm Raymond Crisp, or Ray, known as Berzerker in battle, I'm almost sixteen, and am a Sophomore in high school. My power is controlling electricity."
"Ah'm Samuel Guthrie, or Sam, known as Cannonball in battle. Ah'm almohst sixteen an' a Sophomore in hahgh school, mah powah is a forcefield aroun' mah body whahle Ah propel mahself through tha air from mah lowah body"
"I'm Robert Drake, or Bobby, known as Iceman in battle. I'm fifteen on September 28. I'm also a freshman in high school, and my power is ice."
"Si, I'm Roberto DaCosta, or Robbie, or Rob, or Berto, known as Sunspot in battle, I'm thirteen, in 8th grade, y mi power is being able to absorb the sun's energy to do whatever, like fly."
"A'am Rahne Sinclair, knoon as Wolfesbane in battle. A'am thirteen, in tha 8th grade an' mah power is lycanthropy ur turnun' intae a wolf."
"I'm James Madrox, or Jamie known as Multiple in battle. I'm almost thirteen, and am in the 8th grade. My power is to duplicate myself."
"Those are all of our students. Please welcome them and I will pair you each up with someone your age to help you around. Roberto please still help Jamie out. Now Scott will help Jean, Rogue will have Kurt, and Kitty will have Sam." Charles said as Logan began to say the rest.
"Mouse and Ice Cubes since those two met earlier, Jubilation and Rahne, and finally Blondie and Sparky, who also met earlier." Tabby grinned at Ray and winked at him.
"Now everyone we have two hours before training with me." Hank said, "Sirens, you are officially X-Men, your uniforms are right here." So they handed uniforms out and put them in their rooms and joined their partner, or hung out with other people as well.
Scott and Jean stayed where they were and helped put the chairs into the kitchen. They chatted about their past; about the Sirens and about how the X-Men work things. Jean quickly grew fond of Scott and enjoyed being in his company.
"So whom do you share a room with?"
"Amara, she's great."
"Oh, she sounds nice and a little shy."
"Yeah well she is pretty shy around people but once she warms up to people she isn't like sometimes with Kitty she is very outgoing."
Out front sitting on the fountain of water with the statue were Amara and Bobby talking about how the institute was a great place to hang out.
"Bobby, have you ever frozen a person?"
"Nope only in the training room but that would be fun."
"How about this fountain."
"Once and I got in trouble so I don't do that again." Then Bobby began to talk about all the fun things he does around the mansion as Amara stared into his beautiful hazel eyes. She easily got lost into them as the wind blew a gentle breeze.
Across the yard where there were good climbing trees, Rahne, Roberto, Jamie, and Jubilee hung out in the shade and talked, well mostly Roberto and Rahne while Jubilee answered questions and Jamie was ignored. Jubilee figured that was because he was so young and wasn't too outgoing.
"Jubilee, sae whit div you div fur fin?" She heard Rahne asking her.
"Throw my fireworks around usually and hang out with Tabz."
"Tabby seems tae be sae fin, jist frae meetin' 'er an' seein' foo she acted wi' Logan an' aw," Rahne said with a giggle remembering him hitting her in the head.
"She seems troublesome though." Roberto added.
"Maybe." Jubi said thinking of Tabby.
"Like she gets in trouble easily for uno pero she seems to hold secrets easily, not letting them go." Roberto said as he began to analyze her friend, which made Jubilee think, she shares a room with her she should know a lot about her but she doesn't.
Outback there was a huge pool where Tabby was lounging next to Ray, Kitty was next to Tabby and Sam was on the other side of Kitty and Evan was on the other side of Ray. The five were all in the same grade and age so it was easy chatting, no one had their bathing suit on but they still were soaking up some sun.
"So Tabby, where are you originally from." Tabby shuddered and Ray thought it was cause of the breeze.
"Umm Virginia."
"Cool."
"So how did you like learn you were a mutant?" Kitty had asked Sam.
"Oh well mah fathah dahed." Sam began as Kitty cut in.
"Oh my god, I'm sorry I didn't mean to-"
"Don' worrah abouht it, Ah don' mahnd, lahke Ah was sayin' though, Ah was workin' in a cole-mahne an' it cahved in trappin meh an' a few of mah co-workahs. ah was so scared thaht it was kindah triggeahed an' Ah blasted mah way outta there savin' tha rest of tha guys." Sam finished as Tabby nodded.
"Wow." Tabby smiled, Sam was brave, definetly brave, and very cute.
"Like double wow." Kitty said.
"Like, what about you Ray?" Kitty asked.
"Oh I was in a science lab and the light bulb we had, lighted up in my hand without touching anything, so they kept changing light bulbs figuring they were broken but they just absorbed my electricity."
"And Evan?" Kitty asked again.
"My Aunt, Auntie O, Ororo, she kind of found out once my mom, her sister called her after all my clothes got holes in them from the spikes."
"What about ya Kittah?" Sam asked.
"When I phased through my bed when I was sleeping and ended up in the basement and my sheets stuck between floors."
"Nahce." Sam said.
"What about you Tab?" That reminded her of her past and she shuddered again and looked at Ray who had asked her.
"I actually don't remember I learned awhile ago." Tabby lied.
"Oh" Everyone said.
In the kitchen Rogue and Kurt were talking about their childhood, which was bad for the both of them. He complimented her on her hair the two white streaks and how she had a great Southern accent.
"Yeah, well Ah'm from Mississippi. What do ya expect?"
"Ja Ich kenne, Deutschland."
"I thought you had a German accent." Rogue said, she could understand him a tiny bit.
"Ja."
Soon it was 12:00 and all of the kids came running to the kitchen from wherever they were. They all sat down and were talking about what to have for lunch.
"So Mara what do you want for lunch?" Bobby asked.
"I don't know, what do you usually have?"
"I usually have a sandwich."
"Sounds good to me what kind?"
"Bologna."
"I love Bologna!"
"Me too, I'll make you one."
"Okay thanks." So Bobby went over to the counter and began making Amara and his sandwich.
"So what do ya all have ta eat here?" Rogue finally asked Kurt.
"Zots of zuff whatever."
"Cheese?"
"Ja ve have Käse."
"Alrahght Ah'll have a cheese sandwich," she began to get up but Kurt stopped her from getting up.
"I'll make it."
"Make what?" Kitty asked
"Cheeze zandwich."
"Cool, make me one."
"An' meh." Sam said with a smile. Kurt sighed and said,
"Anyzone elze vant a cheeze zandwich?" Jean, Scott, and Roberto raised their hands, "Okay everyvone vho vants me to make vem a cheeze zandwich raize your handz." Scott, Jean, Roberto, Kitty, Rogue, Sam, and Jamie raised their hands. He hit his head, "Mein gott" he said to himself and began to make eight cheese sandwiches, one for everyone including himself.
"Sae Jubilee whit woods ye loch?" Rahne asked her.
"Doesn't matter to me."
"Foo is toast?"
"Can I put butter on it?"
"Sure."
"Okay then Toast it is!"
"Foo mony pieces?"
"Two."
"Okay fower pieces tae make." So she put four pieces of bread in the toaster. Evan walked over to Bobby and began to make himself a bologna sandwich.
"So Tabby, what do you want for lunch?"
"I don't care, I'm not hungry?" Tabby said, she learned how to survive off eating very little thanks to all her time out on the streets alone until she met the Sirens.
"You sure?"
"Yup!" She smiled, "You can still eat though." So Ray walked over and grabbed a few slices of cheese and bologna and began to eat them.
"No bread?" Tabby asked.
"Don't like bread." Tabby grinned. Soon it was 12:30 and everyone was done eating and headed to get changed for their training session with Hank, Tabby wasn't allowed to wear her sunglasses in there.
"Hey Jean do you want me to meet you in front of your door so we can go down to the danger room once we change?" Scott asked Jean.
"Sure." So Jean showed him where her room was and he left to his room, which was down a different hallway. Amara and Bobby had the same plan, as did everyone else. Soon Jean and Amara were changed and pulled their hair back out of their faces. They stepped out of the room and were greeted by Bobby and Scott.
In Rogue and Kitty's room they were changing and were looking at the clock scared that they'll be late and they don't want a bad reputation, they had 10 minutes to get to the Danger Room. Kitty phased through the door and right into Sam.
"Oops, sorry Sam." Kitty said with a smile. She reached back in and pulled Rogue out of their room. Kurt then Bamfed in as they just stared at him.
"Vhat?" They all laughed and walked down the hallway. Tabby and Jubilee were fooling around in their room not even dressed yet when Rahne knocked on the door.
"Jubilee, 'main 'en we dinnae want tae be late." So Jubilee began to change and eventually Tabby did as well. It was 12:55 by the time they stepped out and met up with Ray and Rahne.
"Hey Ray so anything up?"
"Well we should hurry up so we aren't late."
"Oh that's not fun." Tabby said as he grabbed her wrist and ran with her dragging behind, Rahne and Jubilee struggled to keep up with him.
In the Danger Room everyone was waiting for Jubilation, Rahne, Ray, and Tabitha. Finally they arrived out of breath and they looked at Beast.
"One o'clock they aren't late." Everyone sighed, "Tabby that eye looks really bad can you see out of it?" 'How come I always get singled out' Tabby thought to herself.
"Nope."
"Okay well I'd rather have you sit out then."
"Awe c'mon Bobo, please I'm fine."
"Bobo?" Beast asked her, everyone giggled, at the nickname Tabby gave him.
"Yeah, your nickname."
"I'm not some kind of a monkey Tabby.."
"Awe c'mon it's just a name."
"Oh alright, and about your eye, if it bothers you or you can't see or something tell me."
"Okay."
"Alright now everyone partner up for today we're training without our powers," Then he whispered the next part to himself, "and maybe I'll survive a training session for once." Tabby, Ray, Kitty, Rogue, and Kurt laughed hearing that part. So the kids partnered up, Tabby and Ray, Kitty and Sam, Rogue and Kurt, Jean and Scott, Rahne and Jubilee, Amara and Bobby, Roberto and Evan, and Jamie was his own partner always since there were always and odd number.
"Okay now since everyone has a partner thanks to Multiple, we will begin training fighting with fists and legs, not powers. Now I know that the Sirens did a lot of that," Hank said gesturing to Tabby's eye, "As we can see on Ms. Smith, so can two of you come up and demonstrate some moves you do." Everyone stood as they were, especially Jubilee and Amara who tried to fade into the crowd. Finally Tabby was getting annoyed and stepped forward grabbing Rogue's arm.
"C'mon Rogue, let's show this guys how to party!" Rogue smiled at Tabby's eagerness.
"What about yoah eye?"
'Its fine I don't care come on!" So Rogue and Tabby got into their fighting stance.
"Now watch them carefully for you will be learning things they know." Beast said, "Now here are your helmets, and gloved so you don't kill each other."
"Awe c'mon Ah need ta kill somebody." Rogue said smiling, so they put the stuff on then began to fight. Tabby threw a few punches and then went defensive blocking Rogue's punches and kicks, eventually grabbing her leg and flipping her to the ground. That's when Beast stopped them.
"Very good you two, we're learning basics today and that only requires punching bags, not people yet. Every group gets a punching bag and take turns punching and kicking it while the other person holds it, and remember NO POWERS!"
So everyone went to the punching bags and began to punch and kick. Jean was holding the bag as Scott pounded it with punches and kicks, she commented on them every time telling him if that it was a hard enough kick or punch. Over with Rogue she was holding the bag as Kurt tried to punch and kick it.
"Here watch meh." She said, his punches weren't that hard and his kicks were weak.
"Hold tha punchin' bahg an' tell meh how hahd it is when Ah kick and punch cuz, sugah, ya ain't hitting it hahd enough." So Rogue threw a few punches and kicks very hard.
"Ow, thaz hard."
"Exactlah how hahd it's supposed ta beh now ya try." So Kurt and Rogue switched as Kurt did begin to punch and kick a little harder, but this would take practice for him.
Jubilee was throwing really hard punches and kicks so her and Rahne had to rest cause the force was always knocking Rahne around.
"Whaur did ye learn tae punch an' kick sae hard?"
"Mostly Tabby, she took the time to teach me while Kitty and Rogue fought and Amara and Jean did, it's sort of a roommate thing I guess you can say." Jubilee smiled, as did Rahne.
"Ye huv tae teach me tae kick an' punch that hard."
"Surely." She said with a smile at her new best friend.
Kitty and Sam were playing around more than punching and kicking. Kitty would punch through the punching bag and hit Sam, cause of her phasing so now he was chasing her around the punching bag. Beast finally told Kitty no powers and Kitty laughed and finally punched regularly, really hard as usual.
Over with Amara and Bobby, Bobby and Amara took fighting to a new level with their powers. Bobby froze the entire punching bag and Amara flamed her hands up and would throw magma punches breaking up the ice. Amara and Bobby were laughing hard when Beast came over.
"Do you just like to make trouble?" He said towards Bobby.
"It was extra hard practice for Amara." Bobby grinned and Amara smiled back.
"Oh god." He said looking towards Evan and Roberto; Evan was throwing his spikes at the punching bag while Roberto just watched laughing. Jamie was over there pinned to the wall from Evan's misses. Beast rolled his eyes and headed towards them, Bobby and Amara cracked up.
Tabby and Ray were having fun with their powers as well, Tabby would throw bombs at the bag and Ray accidentally got the metal chain with his electricity the same time Tabby's bomb hit it and it fell down. Tabby and Ray walked away laughing and giggling.
"This is so much fun!" Ray said laughing, "I haven't had this much fun in a long time."
"Aren't ya glad ya met me?" Tabby said with a wink.
"We have to hang out when school starts and all."
"Definitely, you're one of the only other laid back people in this here mansion." Ray smiled.
"I think its cause of you." They smiled warmly at each other as Amara and Bobby joined them.
"You guys we aren't allowed to practice until he distinguishes our punching bag, what happened to yours?" Amara asked laughing as she remembers setting it on fire and Beast telling them to get away.
"Umm, I was throwing bombs at it, and Ray hit the metal chain to hard with electricity at the same time my bomb hit it so it kind of fell down." They looked at the burnt bag on the floor and laughed. Soon enough everyone was using their powers as Beast left the room, as Tabby watched him leave she asked.
"Well is the session over?"
"Usually when Beast walks out Blondie, that means that it's over." Bobby said so everyone left the room only having training for an hour. Tabby and Jubilee went back to there room and changed as did Rogue and Kitty as well as Amara and Jean. Soon Ray knocked on Tabby's door and Tabby opened it and let him in as Jubilee left to go to Rahne's room.
"So what do you want to do Tab?" Ray asked.
"Can we go swimming?"
"Sure! Let me get my bathing suit on and I'll meet you back here," Ray said running off.
Jean and Scott headed out to a store to pick up more bread, as Rogue and Kurt walked around the property talking. Bobby, Kitty, Amara, and Sam also all went swimming.
Outback by the pool everyone was laughing having a good time sitting by the water, no one in it though.
"So is anyone going to actually get in the pool?" Tabby asked with a devilish smile playing across her face.
"Maybe, later." Amara said looking at the water.
"Yeah like whenever like it doesn't look so cold." Kitty said.
"I'll go in with Amara." Bobby said already warming up to her.
"Ah'll go in aftah Ah git wet." Sam said as everyone stared at him and blinked.
"What about you, Sparky?" Tabby asked.
"I dunno I just keep remembering my experience in the shower when I got zapped by my power, it keeps me from staying in the water long."
"Well get over it!" Tabby said getting up and walking towards the diving board. She walked up the few steps and did a cannonball into the pool soaking everyone with the nice cool pool water.
"Hey Tabitha!" Amara and Kitty yelled.
"Tabby!" Bobby and Sam said with a smile.
"I'll get you, girl!" Ray said running to the diving board hesitating then diving in after Tabby, hoping he wouldn't electrocute Tabby, sure he can handle it but she won't be able to.
"See no being zapped." Tabby said laughing as Sam jumped in.
"Hey ya gals the watah is great!" Sam shouted!
"Looks cold." Amara said.
"I can chill it to whatever you want it to be" Bobby said with a smile. Amara giggled, as did Kitty.
"Have you frozen the pool ever?" Amara asked him curiously.
"In winter to go ice skating." Bobby said smirking cutely. In the pool Tabby was getting splashed by Sam and Ray, she squealed with delight as Kitty and Amara rolled their eyes at her. Bobby saw that and laughed.
"She's such a flirt." Amara said to defend why she rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, but it is funny." Bobby said with a smile as Ray and Sam stopped splashing Tabby.
"Hey I wonder what would happen if I throw a bomb at them." Tabby whispered in Ray's ear.
"They'd get mad."
"But would they dive in?" Tabby asked Sam.
"Ah dunno know." Sam said.So she decided to try it but first threaten with it.
"Kit-Kat, Mara you two should come in the pool, otherwise I'll have to throw a bomb at you!" she said with a huge grin across her face swimming towards the edge of the water with Sam and Ray following close behind.
"You wouldn't dare." Kitty said but looked a bit nervous, "Would she?" She asked Amara and Bobby.
"Maybe." Said Amara getting up with Bobby following. Amara got in the shallow end with Bobby and Kitty ran to catch up.
"Like wait up I don't want to get like fried by her like bomb!" Tabby laughed as they enjoyed the cool water against the hot air
"See it's not too bad."
"I hate you." Kitty said annoyed. Tabby, Ray, and Sam laughed; they really liked Tabby's personality, as did most of the X-Men, not as some of the adults though. The rest of the day they spent out at the pool and Rogue and Kurt joined them, as did Jean and Scott. Nobody has seen Jubilee in a long time and assumed she was with Jamie, Roberto, and Rahne. Eventually it was 5:30 when Logan called them all to take a table as Jubilee, Rahne, Jamie, and Roberto showed up from behind some trees.
"Now that we have a great number of people for all our meals we are having two groups. One group will eat earlier than the other, and one will have one more." Logan began to explain as the kids were getting out of the pool.
"Who will be in which group?" Jubilee asked very loud. Logan shook his head.
"I was getting to that, we figured that the earlier group would have seven and the later group would have eight, and us adults would have two with the first group and two with the second group. Okay now we've figured out the groups and we will tell you the earlier group to my left and the later group to my right." Everyone nodded or agreed silently to themselves.
"Good now first group, Jubilation, Rahne, Roberto, Jamie, Porcupine, Jean, and Cyke. And the rest, Mouse, Ice Cube, Elf, Rogue, Kitty, Farmboy, Sparky and Blondie will all be the second time. Ororo and Chuck will take the first earlier group while Hank and I will take the second or later group."
"So you're eating with me?" Tabby asked.
"Yes Blondie, you got a problem with that?" Tabby sighed.
"What are the times?" Tabby asked.
"Okay well once school starts everything will go up two hours and will get shortened a lot. Now the first group will eat from 7:00 until 8:00, plenty of time to eat, we'll have a half hour break for it to be cleaned and then from 8:30 until 9:30 the second group will eat. Now for lunch we will have the first group from 11:30 until 12:30 and another half hour break and from 1:00-2:00 will be the second lunch, this is only for summer though and when Christmas comes around if any of you are left or not depends. Now dinner which will start this new method today, from 5:30-6:30 first group and 7:00- 8:00, we give you an hour to eat, once your done you may leave, dinner will be a different meal for the later than the earlier."
"Wow what if we forget what group we're in?"
"You shouldn't forget that easily, Ice Cube." Logan said, "Unless you have a real short term memory, but someone will remember which group you are in. And right now I advise the first group to go eat dinner." So Jubilee, Rahne, Roberto, Jamie, Evan, Jean, and Scott ran to the kitchen where Ororo and Charles waited for them.
"So what are we going to do now?" Tabby asked everyone who was left.
A few days later everyone was used to their eating schedule as school was starting on September 4, and today was September 2, Scott's Birthday. Everyone at the mansion through a huge party. There was music and dancing and no training session so everyone was happy! Scott had opened his presents and thanked everyone. At the party Jean and Scott danced, Kurt and Kitty danced a few time, Bobby and Amara were like glued together, Jubilee danced with Roberto, and Sam, and once with Jamie for a favor. Rogue danced carefully with Sam, Scott, and Kurt. Tabby basically danced with everyone except Bobby, Roberto, and Jamie who were all younger than her by at least one year.
The next day everyone was tired and Tabby, Amara, Rogue, Kitty, and Jean all went up to Bayville High to register as new students. Jubilee was taken to the Middle school to register in 8th grade. Everyone was soon registered and their files had been transferred and they had got their class schedules now and were all happy.
"Hey Logan!"
"Yes, Rogue?"
"So how do ya lahke know where ta go?"
"You look at your schedule." Tabby and Kitty laughed.
"But lahke where does it tell ya where ta go?"
"Let me see." Jean said looking at her schedule. "Logan can we look around a bit?" Logan sighed.
"Fine but don't get lost and meet back here, soon, and don't freak out anyone in the building." So Jean went to show where Rogue's classes were and Kitty, Tabby, and Amara walked around looking for their classes.
"Man this school is so entirely different from the last." Tabby said.
"Yeah, well let's try and find our rooms." Amara said, she was entering as a Freshmen and had a good excuse as of why to be lost. Tabby ran down the hall ahead and turned the corner and slammed into a boy.
"Ow." Tabby said from on the ground, down the hallway Kitty and Amara were laughing.
"Ah ya okay, sheila?" said the boy she slammed into with a thick Australian accent. The boy was really tall, he looked over 6 feet tall and was built well. He had orange hair with blonde tips that resembled flames. He had clear blue eyes and seemed older than a Sophomore as she is.
"Ow, yeah, I'm sorry I wasn't looking where I was going." Tabby commented as the boy held his hand out and she took it and stood up.
"Ah ya new?" the boy asked curiously.
"Yeah, I'm Tabitha Smith, or Tabby."
"Oy'm St. John Allerdyce, but jis' call moy John. Since no one can pr'nounce moy name roight." St. John had pronounced his name Sin Jin, but had explained to Tabby that when he moved from Australia they couldn't understand him and he wrote it down and now everyone pronounces it how it looks. Tabby finally asked him,
"Do you think you can help me find my classes?"
"Sure wot grade are ya in?"
"Sophomore, and you?"
"Ahh, Sophomore, Oy remembah that year, Oy'm a Senior and jis' came ta pick up moy schedule an' fin' classes."
"Cool." So Tabby walked off with St. John Allerdyce as Kitty and Amara watched them walk up the stairs.
"How does she do that?" Amara asked very curious as of how Tabby makes people help her so quickly.
"I don't know but he like looks older than us, not like a Sophomore that's for sure."
"Well let's try and figure this schedule out."
"Or like find someone to help us like Tabby did."
"And how do we do that?" Amara asked. "Well let's like look around for someone." So Amara and Kitty walked around the hallways looking for more kids.
Jean and Rogue were walking down the upstairs hallway when they spotted Tabby with a guy they didn't know.
"Looks lahke Tabbah made a friend."
"Yeah, I see, but who is he?" Jean asked, as she turned around and right into another boy.
"Sorry" Jean and the boy said at the same time. Jean looked at Rogue who started to walk towards Tabby. She looked up into the dirty blonde boy's sparkling blue eyes and smiled, he was built well and had an irresistible appeal to himself. The only strange part was that he wore gloves, leather gloves that is. The boy smiled warmly and said,
"Hi, I'm Tucker Crawford. And ya're?"
"Jean Grey just came to this school."
"That's a good thing, so did I, I'm a Senior."
"So am I, where did you come from originally?"
"Virginia."
"Oh, so did my friend Tabitha, you see her, the blonde down the hall?"
"Oh, really? That's cool, wanna look aroun' tha building wit' me?"
"Sure!" Jean said eagerly as they walked into the opposite direction with their schedules.
Over with Tabby, she just introduced Rogue to St. John.
"G'day mate." St. John said.
"Ya sound Australian."
"That's cuz Oy am Australian, last year Oy move' 'ere."
"That's cool, Ah'm from Mississippi" Rogue said.
"Oy thought Oy 'eard a bit of a southern accent." St. John said, as he played around with something in his pocket.
"What's in your pocket?" Tabby asked curious. St. John's face turned red as he pulled out a lighter.
"Oy dont smoke but Oy bought this lightah cuz Oy loive fire." John said letting Tabby hold it. It was a Zippo, silver lighter with red and orange flames on it.
"It's so pretty." Tabby said opening it and starting the flame. "I know what you mean I love fire as well." St. John looked amazed that she liked fire but Rogue took a few steps back from the fire. Just then the fire grew really big and then went out.
"Wow!" Rogue said amazed.
"Wow, that was so awesome!"
"Yeah." St. John said with a shrug, "It does that a lot." He then smiled and took the lighter back and put it back in his pocket as Rogue, Tabby, and him walked to find Tabby's next class, Rogue already saw all her classes with Jean.
Downstairs, Kitty and Amara didn't find anyone else other than seeing Logan stare at them when they passed. They did however spot Jean and Tucker and Tabby again. Soon they went back to where Logan was and waited for everyone to show up. Soon Jean came strolling over with Tucker right behind.
"Well thank you Tucker, and I can't wait to see you in my Trigonometry class tomorrow."
"Yes, very, goodbye Jean." Tucker said walking past them an outside where he got in his car and drove off. Jean sighed.
"That a new boyfriend?" Kitty teased.
"Oh, Kitty, he is gorgeous isn't he?"
"Sure whatever, like come on where are Tabby and Rogue."
"Don't know but they better get here before I leave without them." Logan growled. Soon they saw Tabby and Rogue walking down the stairs laughing with St. John close behind.
"Hey Tabby!" Amara called getting her attention, seeing everyone sitting there they started walking faster with St. John right beside them.
"Hey Mara! I'd like you guys to meet St. John Allerdyce, he's a Senior, and he showed me around to all of my classes." Logan looked at him and just stared.
"That's Logan, this is Amara, that's Kitty, and the red head over there is Jean, she's a Senior like ya." Tabby introduced.
"C'mon Blondie we've been waiting for you and Rogue."
"Okay, well bye St. John, see you tomorrow in Chemistry..." Tabby said as she ran her finger along his chest and walked away with the rest while winking at him. St. John stood there for a moment watching them leave the building. Then he turned around and pulled his lighter out and flung it up and the fire turned into a heart, as he smiled and walked away with it floating above his head.
In the car Tabby sat up front in the shotgun next to Logan as she kept turning the dial to his radio to a station that she liked. Jean and Kitty got the seats next to each other and Rogue and Amara got the very back.
"C'mon Logan you need to listen to good music."
"This is good music not that shit you listen to, I hear it down the hall when it's on your headphones."
"Yeah well my music is way better" Tabby then cranked up the volume as Logan kept trying to steer and knock her hands away.
"Hey Blondie can you leave the dials alone, this is the last time you ride shot gun with me driving this car." Tabby stuck her tongue out at Logan and pouted as they drove home. Once they reached there Jubilee was talking on the phone.
Soon enough the day was over and everyone went to sleep remembering to set their alarm clocks for school, well everyone but Tabby and Jubilee. When morning came Jean and Scott were down eating breakfast as Logan had taken off the rule of times to eat to see how it would work and only those two were up. Soon Amara wandered down with Rogue right behind talking to Kurt. Soon everyone was downstairs eating but, Tabby, Jubilee, Rahne, Roberto, and Jamie, four of which didn't have to be up since they weren't in the same school.
"Where is Tabby?" Amara asked wondering if she would be getting a ride to school with Tabby as usual.
"Ah thahnk sheh's still asleep, Ah wondah how weh're workin' rahdes." Rogue said.
"Okay well my car can fit four other than me." Scott began. "Jean you can come with me, Kurt can also, Rogue you can and Kitty can too. There we got one car."
"Okay and Tabby's jeep can fit five people not including herself." Amara said. "Well, Bobby, Ray, Sam, Evan, and I can go with Tabby, and that's all of us!"
"Great, well you should wake your driver up." Jean said with a laugh as Amara ran into Tabby's room and woke her up.
"Tabby we have a half hour before the bell rings."
"Alright I'm getting out of bed." Tabby said annoyed as she got up and pulled out a pink tank top and her khaki jean skirt. She quickly dressed, grabbed her keys, backpack, and Discman, and ran to her jeep where everyone was waiting. She quickly pulled out of the garage and everyone pulled their seatbelts on.
"Tabby don't drive like a maniac, we don't need a ticket." Amara said. So Tabby slowed down a bit and eventually everyone got to school in one piece.
Jean and Scott were hanging out in front of the building, when they saw Tabby pull in; they waved as everyone waved back. Everyone jumped out of the jeep as Tabby grabbed her Discman and cranked the volume up, slung her bag over her shoulder and locked everything she could in the jeep. She pocketed her keys as a ton of boys stared at her walking by listening to her Discman. Amara was beside her walking with her head down as Ray was on the other side and Bobby was beside Amara. Sam was next to Ray and Evan had put his skateboard down and skated forward.
"Hey TABBY!" Ray called over her music so she turned it down and looked at him with a smile.
"Yes?"
"Can I see your schedule, see if we're in any of the same classes?"
"Sure." So Tabby dug through her backpack and found her crumbled up schedule and handed it to him as Amara and Bobby continue to walk with Sam.
"Nice we're in the same homeroom and first period, Algebra 2."
"Oh good, that's a yawn class. Good thing your in it."
"I'm surprised your in that class I thought I was the only Semi-Smart person here. Since I know Sam is only in Geometry, but Kitty's like a genius from what I heard."
"Yeah, she's in Trig, I was supposed to be in that class but I failed Algebra 2 last year cause of the whole stress factor."
"Sheesh, no offence, but you don't seem smart."
"The hair fools ya no doubt" Tabby smiled as one her favorite songs came on. "Oh my favorite song" So Ray and Tabby walked next to each other as she did some dances and he laughed.
Many kids looked at them as the passed, and many guys just stared. Rogue however was inside and already in her homeroom and first period class, Speech. Amara was in her first period, which was 9th Grade Russian Studies with Bobby, Sam was in English Literature. Just then the bell rang and everyone ran into his or her homeroom and first period class.
A/N: Since Roberto is from Brazil giving him a Spanish accent. Also I'm keeping Jean seventeen and the Acolytes are all going to be in school [including Remy] therefore I've edited their ages, though Remy still will be the oldest. And sorry if I totally butchered Rahne's Scottish accent or St. John's Australian accent, I'm trying hard. Oh by the way I have no idea how New York schools are for classes so I'm doing them how it is for me.