WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR
Amara
Amara was finishing drying her hair and looking into the mirror with the light overhead.
Strange, in her homeland of Nova Roma they were behind the rest of the world by a few centuries. She remembered how everything here was new, frightening and yet also wonderful to her.
It was not like back home. She remembered her carefree days in the palace, made of stone and had no such things as electricity. It was strange to think of her life without such things now. Yet it had been a simple and pleasant life.
She was the princess of her kingdom, she was constantly tutored and constantly prepared for the role of the royal family. She had almost any whim done. But she was also lonely, and the worse thing is she wasn't even aware of it.
Then her mutation came. At first she had a high fever for days, the doctors and healers had no clue what was happening. Then one day she felt intense heat in her arms, they felt like the veins were on fire.
She wasn't far off. She creamed out and then fire came from her arms. It burned several pieces of furniture and the fire was nearly out of control. Thankfully the palace servants got the small blaze undo control.
She was so frightened from the ordeal. In fact everyone was, the servants tried to avoid her, and her parents were worried beyond believe. But then Xavier came. She remembered the day, the palace was in an uproar over the 'giant metallic bird', which she later learned was the X-Jet.
No one had ever seen anything like it, and the people were awed and afraid of it. She remembered being summoned to the stateroom. She saw her parents and then she saw Xavier, along with Ororo and Scott and Jean.
Her eyes were immediately drawn to his wheelchair. To her it seemed like magic that it moved for him. He seemed calm and wise to her, and then he introduced himself and the others. He talked about that she was a mutant like them, and that they all had powers.
He offered her a place he ran that taught mutants to control her powers. She was afraid of leaving her home. Vary rarely did anyone leave the kingdom, and she was unsure. He had talked it over with her parents, and they agreed that she needed to control her powers.
Her father was vary worried that if she didn't learn control she might hurt herself or others, her mother wanted what was best for her. So the next day after a sleepless night she decided to go with him.
She smiled at how everything was new and different. She had never flown before and she never seen the cities she had when they flew over several of the major one to Bayville. She was in complete awe at the outside world.
She remembered how Ororo had helped her out, she had told her how she herself had gone through the same thing. She was grateful for Ororo's help in understanding this new world.
She had grown a lot here. She had learned things she never had, and the students here didn't treat her like royalty, at first it bothered her, but now she's glad they didn't. She truly had real friends for the first time. It wasn't until now she realized just how lonely her life had been.
She had matured a little also. Her powers, which at one point were difficult to use she could now use them easily. She was more confident in herself, and was really enjoying her life here.
She was happy and glad she chose to come here. She had learned much, had great friends, and was a better person for it.
Amara
Amara was finishing drying her hair and looking into the mirror with the light overhead.
Strange, in her homeland of Nova Roma they were behind the rest of the world by a few centuries. She remembered how everything here was new, frightening and yet also wonderful to her.
It was not like back home. She remembered her carefree days in the palace, made of stone and had no such things as electricity. It was strange to think of her life without such things now. Yet it had been a simple and pleasant life.
She was the princess of her kingdom, she was constantly tutored and constantly prepared for the role of the royal family. She had almost any whim done. But she was also lonely, and the worse thing is she wasn't even aware of it.
Then her mutation came. At first she had a high fever for days, the doctors and healers had no clue what was happening. Then one day she felt intense heat in her arms, they felt like the veins were on fire.
She wasn't far off. She creamed out and then fire came from her arms. It burned several pieces of furniture and the fire was nearly out of control. Thankfully the palace servants got the small blaze undo control.
She was so frightened from the ordeal. In fact everyone was, the servants tried to avoid her, and her parents were worried beyond believe. But then Xavier came. She remembered the day, the palace was in an uproar over the 'giant metallic bird', which she later learned was the X-Jet.
No one had ever seen anything like it, and the people were awed and afraid of it. She remembered being summoned to the stateroom. She saw her parents and then she saw Xavier, along with Ororo and Scott and Jean.
Her eyes were immediately drawn to his wheelchair. To her it seemed like magic that it moved for him. He seemed calm and wise to her, and then he introduced himself and the others. He talked about that she was a mutant like them, and that they all had powers.
He offered her a place he ran that taught mutants to control her powers. She was afraid of leaving her home. Vary rarely did anyone leave the kingdom, and she was unsure. He had talked it over with her parents, and they agreed that she needed to control her powers.
Her father was vary worried that if she didn't learn control she might hurt herself or others, her mother wanted what was best for her. So the next day after a sleepless night she decided to go with him.
She smiled at how everything was new and different. She had never flown before and she never seen the cities she had when they flew over several of the major one to Bayville. She was in complete awe at the outside world.
She remembered how Ororo had helped her out, she had told her how she herself had gone through the same thing. She was grateful for Ororo's help in understanding this new world.
She had grown a lot here. She had learned things she never had, and the students here didn't treat her like royalty, at first it bothered her, but now she's glad they didn't. She truly had real friends for the first time. It wasn't until now she realized just how lonely her life had been.
She had matured a little also. Her powers, which at one point were difficult to use she could now use them easily. She was more confident in herself, and was really enjoying her life here.
She was happy and glad she chose to come here. She had learned much, had great friends, and was a better person for it.