WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR
Rahne
Rahne was finishing up her hair while Jubilee her roommate was finishing blow draying in the bathroom. She looked in he mirror and thought how happy she was to be back here with all of her friends.
Her life was so lonely back in Scotland. She remembered her life even before Moira MacTaggert adopted her. She was living under the care Reverend Craig. But he wasn't much of a guardian. He always seemed to have some kind of loathing for her.
He never hit her, but the pain he caused her was from his actions and his words. He would always say how worthless she was and that she was good for nothing. Then not too long ago on after her twelfth birthday she changed.
She found herself running from the Reverend because she accidentally broke a jar of some kind. He was so furious that she feared she was going to get locked up for it in the basement. So she ran. She remembered thinking how she needed to get away faster and faster.
Before she knew it everything changed. The world seemed to grow larger and her senses increased and she found herself moving faster then every. And she felt freedom for the first time. It wasn't until later she had found out that she had in fact changed into a wolf.
She stopped by a small lake and when she caught her reflection ion the moonlight in the pool to say she was freaked would be an understatement. The shock was so much it returned her to her human form.
She slept outside that cold night. Trying to get some sleep. She was so frightened. She knew what had happened to her was real, but she was also frightened of what the Reverend would do to her.
He would most likely say she was a witch or a demon or something. She was against a tree crying that night. When day broke she had to return home and face it. He was enraged at her actions.
And for the first time he hit her. She was so angry with him, all her life he pushed her around and made her feel bad about herself, she felt a new anger flowing through her and suddenly she found herself leaping at the man.
He was so terrified, she wondered why when she noticed her hands. They were fury and had long nail like claws on them. The Reverend took he moment of confusion and slipped away from her. She spat out words like demon, were- wolf, and child of Satan.
So once again she ran. She ran straight into the woods and for a couple of days she roamed them. Soon people of the village sent out parties to look for her and to catch the were-wolf child.
She was so frightened. Then when all hope was lost she ran into Moira. It was her that helped her to get away. She told her that she once worked with a man called Xavier that was studying a new type of humans, called mutants. It was with Moira that she learned what she was.
She was adopted by her and since Rahne never knew her real mother, Moira was the mother she always wanted. She was sent to Xavier's a year later. That was the best year of her life, because she had friends just like her. It tore her heart out when Moira sent for her.
She knew she feared for her safety after what had happened. But she was alone again. She still had Moira and then another girl named Theresa and her father came. So she had a friend. But then while on the main land, Reverend Craig saw her. And it began all over again.
Since the villagers couldn't trespass on the island she was safe, but she couldn't leave either, she was basically a prisoner. She was so depressed all the time. Theresa and Moira did their best to cheer her up but it didn't last long. She missed her friends and being able to go around without worrying about a mob attacking her.
She couldn't even go to school and had to be home taught. Later Moira had to admit defeat. There was only one way to help her daughter so she surprised Rahne one day when she told her she had talked to Xavier and she could go back there if she wanted to.
She never regretted the decision. But she did miss her mother and her friend. They still e-mailed each other, but it wasn't the same. She hoped that maybe one day her father would let her come here. So then she could introduce all her friends here to her one and only friend from back home.
Rahne
Rahne was finishing up her hair while Jubilee her roommate was finishing blow draying in the bathroom. She looked in he mirror and thought how happy she was to be back here with all of her friends.
Her life was so lonely back in Scotland. She remembered her life even before Moira MacTaggert adopted her. She was living under the care Reverend Craig. But he wasn't much of a guardian. He always seemed to have some kind of loathing for her.
He never hit her, but the pain he caused her was from his actions and his words. He would always say how worthless she was and that she was good for nothing. Then not too long ago on after her twelfth birthday she changed.
She found herself running from the Reverend because she accidentally broke a jar of some kind. He was so furious that she feared she was going to get locked up for it in the basement. So she ran. She remembered thinking how she needed to get away faster and faster.
Before she knew it everything changed. The world seemed to grow larger and her senses increased and she found herself moving faster then every. And she felt freedom for the first time. It wasn't until later she had found out that she had in fact changed into a wolf.
She stopped by a small lake and when she caught her reflection ion the moonlight in the pool to say she was freaked would be an understatement. The shock was so much it returned her to her human form.
She slept outside that cold night. Trying to get some sleep. She was so frightened. She knew what had happened to her was real, but she was also frightened of what the Reverend would do to her.
He would most likely say she was a witch or a demon or something. She was against a tree crying that night. When day broke she had to return home and face it. He was enraged at her actions.
And for the first time he hit her. She was so angry with him, all her life he pushed her around and made her feel bad about herself, she felt a new anger flowing through her and suddenly she found herself leaping at the man.
He was so terrified, she wondered why when she noticed her hands. They were fury and had long nail like claws on them. The Reverend took he moment of confusion and slipped away from her. She spat out words like demon, were- wolf, and child of Satan.
So once again she ran. She ran straight into the woods and for a couple of days she roamed them. Soon people of the village sent out parties to look for her and to catch the were-wolf child.
She was so frightened. Then when all hope was lost she ran into Moira. It was her that helped her to get away. She told her that she once worked with a man called Xavier that was studying a new type of humans, called mutants. It was with Moira that she learned what she was.
She was adopted by her and since Rahne never knew her real mother, Moira was the mother she always wanted. She was sent to Xavier's a year later. That was the best year of her life, because she had friends just like her. It tore her heart out when Moira sent for her.
She knew she feared for her safety after what had happened. But she was alone again. She still had Moira and then another girl named Theresa and her father came. So she had a friend. But then while on the main land, Reverend Craig saw her. And it began all over again.
Since the villagers couldn't trespass on the island she was safe, but she couldn't leave either, she was basically a prisoner. She was so depressed all the time. Theresa and Moira did their best to cheer her up but it didn't last long. She missed her friends and being able to go around without worrying about a mob attacking her.
She couldn't even go to school and had to be home taught. Later Moira had to admit defeat. There was only one way to help her daughter so she surprised Rahne one day when she told her she had talked to Xavier and she could go back there if she wanted to.
She never regretted the decision. But she did miss her mother and her friend. They still e-mailed each other, but it wasn't the same. She hoped that maybe one day her father would let her come here. So then she could introduce all her friends here to her one and only friend from back home.