Deidra ran into the class and slid into her seat just as the bell rang.
That was too close. Why did the time in the hall have to be so short?
Panting, Deidra rechecked her schedule. Pottery, yep this should be right.
She could clearly see all the wheel situated around the tables. Relaxing,
Deidra settled back in the chair, listening the drone of the teacher as she
took attendance. Glancing around the room, she noted a few people she
knew. There was that red-haired girl who she talked to yesterday.
Shuddering, Deidra also noticed the guy with sunglasses sitting next to
her. The girl waved to Deidra, but she was saved from waving back as the
teacher spoke.
"Well, we have a new student today. A perfect day to come into this class because we're starting a new project now. Ok class, I need you to get into groups of three." With that everyone started shuffling around. Suddenly a voice was heard among the scuffle. "Stay clear of the freaks!" Laughter broke out, but was quickly stopped by the teacher's icy glare. She scowled at a rude-looking boy. "Jeremy, out of here, now." The boy trotted out, obviously pleased with the groups reaction. Deidra looked around. The only people with out a group were the red head and the guy with glasses. They looked rather pissed off. The guy reached for his glasses, but was stopped by the girl who shook her head fiercely. Deidra, swallowed and walked over to them, all too conscious of the other student's stares. "Do you mind?" she asked. 'I don't have a group either." They looked surprised, as did the rest of the class. The dead silence made Deidra very nervous. She shifted uncomfortably, regretting her decision, when the red-head grinned and pulled a chair over. "Sure!"
The girl's name was Jean, and the boy's was Scott. Deidra was pretty sure they were the "freaks" but she didn't want to press the matter. Instead she concentrated on her clay. They were supposed to come up with a design-all three of them, and take turns using the wheel and such. It was Deidra's job to wedge the clay. Jean and Scott were busy arguing over the lid of the jar they were making. Deidra smiled to herself and continued to slam the clay on the table, her thoughts drifting to what she had told Toad last night. Had she been wrong to tell him? It had helped her, getting out all the emotions. She had never told anyone, she had never even talked when she was with them. She had been afraid of what they might do. So she had kept her ability to talk a secret, along with her one other mutation. That one would have had them ballistic for decades. Deidra shuddered at the thought.
Her mind snapped back to reality with the opening of the classroom door. A rather stern looking man came in, holding the boy, Jeremy by the collar. Jeremy was grinning like a madman. "Bastard" Scott mumbled. Deidra looked at him, surprised. "Isn't that the principal?" she asked. "Yea, but only to regular people." Scott said, before Jean slapped him. Realizing what he had just said, Scott blushed, mortified with himself. Deidra turned away to look at the principal, not wanting to "endanger" Scott farther. He was talking to the teacher. Actually he looked like he was yelling at the now pale woman. Jeremy glanced around the room, feeling her gaze on him. He smirked at her and raised his eyebrows up and down in a suggestive manner. With out thinking, Deidra started sticking her tongue out at him, but remembered just in time. Instead she gave him the finger, cause him to turn around abruptly, rather red.
Soon the principal left, but not without a glare towards Jean and Scott. They pretended not to notice, busy sketching designs. Deidra was afraid to ask, but the question eventually burst out of her. "why does the principal hate you two so much?" Jean and Scott both looked up, but Jean quickly bent back over the potter's wheel, leaving Scott the hard task of explaining. " It's because we're different." He began slowly. "Because we're, well." he trailed off helplessly, and it was easy to he didn't want to talk about it. "You mean like me? I have a really bad eye problem and I have to wear dark glasses all the time. My eyes are really bad looking." She said, trying to give Scott a way out. Surprisingly, his shoulder's sagged. "Yea, like that. I have an eye problem too." He said sadly. Jean looked as if she were about to cry. Just then the bell rang, freeing Deidra from the depressing class and these excluded people. Running down the hall, she almost ran right into Toad.
"Hey, watch where you're going yo?" he whined. Deidra smiled. "Come on, it's lunch. I'm starving." With that she ran off again, leaving Toad to catch up. When they got to the cafeteria, Toad motioned to a table in the far corner where Pietro and Lance were already sitting. Deidra walked over, trying to ignore Jean, who was obviously waving her over to their table. As she sat next to Lance, she stole a look at the red-head. Jean sat back down, a little disappointed, but it seemed that Scott was consoling her.
*At least she has someone to help her with her troubles. I don't know how long I can stay here. How long will it be before they find me here, and take me back. I should move on soon.*
Her thoughts were interrupted by the pounding of the ground, and a big shadow being cast on the table. Turning around, she saw Fred. "Hey, there's no where for me to sit." He said, a little annoyed. Deidra got up hastily. "I was just leaving anyway." She said. Turning to Toad, she asked "I met someone new today. You mind if I sit with them? Considering there's no room here." She nodded towards Fred who was already demolishing his food. Toad grinned. "Sure. See ya next hour." Deidra smiled and walked over to Jeans table. Much to her surprise, she was met with some cold stares at the table, especially from Scott. Looking back to Toad's table, she saw all of them were looking at her with surprise, Pietro forgot he was eating, his mouth hanging wide open, showing his slightly chewed sandwich. Confused, Deidra walked over to Jean. "Do you mind if I sit here?" she asked timidly. Jean just nodded and moved over. Deidra sat down and surveyed the disapproving faces around her. There was a girl with brown hair pulled into a ponytail, and a guy with black, almost blue hair at the table. Near the end sat Rogue, much to Deidra's surprise. She never expected Rogue to hang out with these kinds of people. "Hi Rogue." She said timidly. The girl just grunted in response.
*So I'm a freak among freaks. This is great. At least it will make moving on more easy, knowing that only a few people accept me. After this I wonder who of the Brotherhood will let me in.*
Deidra sighed and stood up. Grabbing her lunch, she left the cafeteria as fast as she could with out running.
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Deidra yawned, her fangs popping out of her mouth. Toad shuddered. "Ya know it scares the shit outa me when you do that." Deidra laughed. "That's why I do it." She said impishly. Closing her book with a thud, she stood up. "I finished that stupid math." She said triumphantly. Toad looked down in dismay at his empty worksheet. "You think I could, ya know," "Copy?" Deidra finished, raising an eyebrow. She took of her glasses and looked at Toad sternly. "You'll never understand it if you don't do it yourself." "Ok, yea, thanks for the warning." Toad said as he grabbed her sheet and started scribbling down answers. Deidra sighed, then headed upstairs. It would be a little while before Mystique came home, so Deidra could practice her powers on her own right now.
As soon as she got up the stairs, Deidra knew something was wrong. But it wasn't until she started floating in the air, unable to move, that she started to get concerned. Then she saw Wanda coming out of the room next to her. But that didn't console her, especially because of the look of pure hatred the girl had on her face. "What's going on Wanda? What are you doing?" Deidra asked, trying hard to keep her voice level. Wanda said nothing, just walked forward, each step deliberate and hard. Deidra almost cried out. Each of Wanda's steps sent pain shooting through her body. Finally Wanda stopped, regarding her with a cold expression of fury on her face. "I hate you." was all she said for a moment. Deidra was to surprised to speak. "Why?" she finally breathed. Wanda looked at her for a good long time. Finally she slapped Deidra across the face, leaving a white hand print. "I hate you who are. I hate what you did. I hate who you work for. I hate you." Each sentence was punctuated to the point where it hurt. Each word sent spasms of pain through Deidra's body, it hurt so bad that she had to bite her lip to keep from screaming. "I don't understand!" She choked out, her lip now bleeding. Wanda growled and raised her arms. The pain was too great now- it spread through her body like wildfire, a pure white beam of agony. Deidra screamed, but it didn't help. She couldn't do anything but yell.
Toad was a little hard of hearing, but he definitely heard Deidra's screams. Leaping up the stairs, he was stopped by a blinding blue light that he knew to be Wanda's power. He heard Deidra's cry from with in the light. Not waiting for answers, Toad took a flying leap and tried to land on Wanda. His attempt was very valiant, unfortunately it was not well executed. Wanda saw him and hexed him, sent him flying into the wall. The distraction was just enough however, to free Deidra. She said on the floor dazed, for only a second before jumping out the window, clinging on the outside. Peering over, she saw Wanda now facing Toad, her hands still blue. Toad was trying to sink into the wall, with no avail.
"Wait, what are you doing Sweets?" Toad whined. "What did Deidra do to you?" Wanda's eyes narrowed. "You couldn't possibly know." She hissed. "That, that bitch. She." But that was as far as Wanda got. Outside, the sound of vans and trucks moving into the brotherhood driveway caught everyone's attention. Deidra paled. She knew what they were here for. Quietly she slipped out of the window, leaving Toad and Wanda to fend for themselves. She knew it wouldn't be hard for them, and as soon as she was out of the yard and safe behind the hedges, her thoughts were confirmed. Blue light began streaming out of the house, along with the anguished cries of it's victims and Wanda's furious yell. She heard Toad's unmistakable cursing and the sound off many things being broken. Grinning to herself, she took off, not sure of where to go, but certain that they wouldn't find her again.
As soon as the knock was heard on the door, Toad knew it was trouble. Glancing around, he noticed that Deidra had slipped away, probably out the window. Before he could dwell on it any further, the door downstairs burst open, revealing armed men swarming in. They seemed to be looking for something, but when they saw Wanda descending the stairs, they stopped dead in their tracks. She still held her mask of fury, as well as the two glowing orbs in each hand. One of the intruders went up to her, a little nervous. "Umm, excuse me. We're looking for a mutant called Chameleon." Wanda and Toad both growled unanimously. "Get out." Wanda said flatly. The man shifted uncomfortably. "Well, you see, that would be rath-" but that was as far as he got before he was hurled against the wall by a pissed off Wanda. Toad joined in the fight, kicking all who tried to sneak past Wanda and swearing his head off. Some of the idiots tried to use their guns, but the attempt was in vain, as they nearly shot themselves due to Wanda. Finally, confused and in pain, they all ran out of the house. One of them turned around and made a rude gesture, but was quickly silenced after Wanda glared at him.
Trying to catch is his breath, Toad looked around, but Deidra was no where to be seen. He would worry about her in a minute. First he had to deal with a still angry Wanda. Backing up against the wall, Toad broke into a sweat as she came closer. "What do you have against Deidra anyway?" he managed to sputter out. Suddenly Wanda stopped advancing. She sat down hard on the ground and gave a sigh. *******
Rogue was just done with her homework when there was a rap on the window. Looking out, she didn't see anyone, so she closed the window. She turned around and almost shrieked. There stood that girl from her biology class, Deidra. The girl shifted uncomfortably in Rogue's stare. "I, well I don't have anywhere to go. People are after me. I know it's hard to ask, but could I stay here?" Rogue snapped her mouth shut and glared at Deidra. "After you bein so friendly with the Brotherhood? Not a chance. And how did ya get in here anyway?" Not waiting for an answer, she started out of the room, but was stopped by Deidra. "Please." She whispered, her face holding a look of desperation. "Don't tell anyone I'm here." Rogue sighed. "All right Ya can stay here." Deirda smiled. "Thank you" she said. **************************************************************************** **************
Omg, sorry, that chapter sucked AND it was long. But it gets the point across right? They found where she was, Wanda's pissed at her, and she is now living in Rogue's room. You'll find out why Wanda's pissed soon.
"Well, we have a new student today. A perfect day to come into this class because we're starting a new project now. Ok class, I need you to get into groups of three." With that everyone started shuffling around. Suddenly a voice was heard among the scuffle. "Stay clear of the freaks!" Laughter broke out, but was quickly stopped by the teacher's icy glare. She scowled at a rude-looking boy. "Jeremy, out of here, now." The boy trotted out, obviously pleased with the groups reaction. Deidra looked around. The only people with out a group were the red head and the guy with glasses. They looked rather pissed off. The guy reached for his glasses, but was stopped by the girl who shook her head fiercely. Deidra, swallowed and walked over to them, all too conscious of the other student's stares. "Do you mind?" she asked. 'I don't have a group either." They looked surprised, as did the rest of the class. The dead silence made Deidra very nervous. She shifted uncomfortably, regretting her decision, when the red-head grinned and pulled a chair over. "Sure!"
The girl's name was Jean, and the boy's was Scott. Deidra was pretty sure they were the "freaks" but she didn't want to press the matter. Instead she concentrated on her clay. They were supposed to come up with a design-all three of them, and take turns using the wheel and such. It was Deidra's job to wedge the clay. Jean and Scott were busy arguing over the lid of the jar they were making. Deidra smiled to herself and continued to slam the clay on the table, her thoughts drifting to what she had told Toad last night. Had she been wrong to tell him? It had helped her, getting out all the emotions. She had never told anyone, she had never even talked when she was with them. She had been afraid of what they might do. So she had kept her ability to talk a secret, along with her one other mutation. That one would have had them ballistic for decades. Deidra shuddered at the thought.
Her mind snapped back to reality with the opening of the classroom door. A rather stern looking man came in, holding the boy, Jeremy by the collar. Jeremy was grinning like a madman. "Bastard" Scott mumbled. Deidra looked at him, surprised. "Isn't that the principal?" she asked. "Yea, but only to regular people." Scott said, before Jean slapped him. Realizing what he had just said, Scott blushed, mortified with himself. Deidra turned away to look at the principal, not wanting to "endanger" Scott farther. He was talking to the teacher. Actually he looked like he was yelling at the now pale woman. Jeremy glanced around the room, feeling her gaze on him. He smirked at her and raised his eyebrows up and down in a suggestive manner. With out thinking, Deidra started sticking her tongue out at him, but remembered just in time. Instead she gave him the finger, cause him to turn around abruptly, rather red.
Soon the principal left, but not without a glare towards Jean and Scott. They pretended not to notice, busy sketching designs. Deidra was afraid to ask, but the question eventually burst out of her. "why does the principal hate you two so much?" Jean and Scott both looked up, but Jean quickly bent back over the potter's wheel, leaving Scott the hard task of explaining. " It's because we're different." He began slowly. "Because we're, well." he trailed off helplessly, and it was easy to he didn't want to talk about it. "You mean like me? I have a really bad eye problem and I have to wear dark glasses all the time. My eyes are really bad looking." She said, trying to give Scott a way out. Surprisingly, his shoulder's sagged. "Yea, like that. I have an eye problem too." He said sadly. Jean looked as if she were about to cry. Just then the bell rang, freeing Deidra from the depressing class and these excluded people. Running down the hall, she almost ran right into Toad.
"Hey, watch where you're going yo?" he whined. Deidra smiled. "Come on, it's lunch. I'm starving." With that she ran off again, leaving Toad to catch up. When they got to the cafeteria, Toad motioned to a table in the far corner where Pietro and Lance were already sitting. Deidra walked over, trying to ignore Jean, who was obviously waving her over to their table. As she sat next to Lance, she stole a look at the red-head. Jean sat back down, a little disappointed, but it seemed that Scott was consoling her.
*At least she has someone to help her with her troubles. I don't know how long I can stay here. How long will it be before they find me here, and take me back. I should move on soon.*
Her thoughts were interrupted by the pounding of the ground, and a big shadow being cast on the table. Turning around, she saw Fred. "Hey, there's no where for me to sit." He said, a little annoyed. Deidra got up hastily. "I was just leaving anyway." She said. Turning to Toad, she asked "I met someone new today. You mind if I sit with them? Considering there's no room here." She nodded towards Fred who was already demolishing his food. Toad grinned. "Sure. See ya next hour." Deidra smiled and walked over to Jeans table. Much to her surprise, she was met with some cold stares at the table, especially from Scott. Looking back to Toad's table, she saw all of them were looking at her with surprise, Pietro forgot he was eating, his mouth hanging wide open, showing his slightly chewed sandwich. Confused, Deidra walked over to Jean. "Do you mind if I sit here?" she asked timidly. Jean just nodded and moved over. Deidra sat down and surveyed the disapproving faces around her. There was a girl with brown hair pulled into a ponytail, and a guy with black, almost blue hair at the table. Near the end sat Rogue, much to Deidra's surprise. She never expected Rogue to hang out with these kinds of people. "Hi Rogue." She said timidly. The girl just grunted in response.
*So I'm a freak among freaks. This is great. At least it will make moving on more easy, knowing that only a few people accept me. After this I wonder who of the Brotherhood will let me in.*
Deidra sighed and stood up. Grabbing her lunch, she left the cafeteria as fast as she could with out running.
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Deidra yawned, her fangs popping out of her mouth. Toad shuddered. "Ya know it scares the shit outa me when you do that." Deidra laughed. "That's why I do it." She said impishly. Closing her book with a thud, she stood up. "I finished that stupid math." She said triumphantly. Toad looked down in dismay at his empty worksheet. "You think I could, ya know," "Copy?" Deidra finished, raising an eyebrow. She took of her glasses and looked at Toad sternly. "You'll never understand it if you don't do it yourself." "Ok, yea, thanks for the warning." Toad said as he grabbed her sheet and started scribbling down answers. Deidra sighed, then headed upstairs. It would be a little while before Mystique came home, so Deidra could practice her powers on her own right now.
As soon as she got up the stairs, Deidra knew something was wrong. But it wasn't until she started floating in the air, unable to move, that she started to get concerned. Then she saw Wanda coming out of the room next to her. But that didn't console her, especially because of the look of pure hatred the girl had on her face. "What's going on Wanda? What are you doing?" Deidra asked, trying hard to keep her voice level. Wanda said nothing, just walked forward, each step deliberate and hard. Deidra almost cried out. Each of Wanda's steps sent pain shooting through her body. Finally Wanda stopped, regarding her with a cold expression of fury on her face. "I hate you." was all she said for a moment. Deidra was to surprised to speak. "Why?" she finally breathed. Wanda looked at her for a good long time. Finally she slapped Deidra across the face, leaving a white hand print. "I hate you who are. I hate what you did. I hate who you work for. I hate you." Each sentence was punctuated to the point where it hurt. Each word sent spasms of pain through Deidra's body, it hurt so bad that she had to bite her lip to keep from screaming. "I don't understand!" She choked out, her lip now bleeding. Wanda growled and raised her arms. The pain was too great now- it spread through her body like wildfire, a pure white beam of agony. Deidra screamed, but it didn't help. She couldn't do anything but yell.
Toad was a little hard of hearing, but he definitely heard Deidra's screams. Leaping up the stairs, he was stopped by a blinding blue light that he knew to be Wanda's power. He heard Deidra's cry from with in the light. Not waiting for answers, Toad took a flying leap and tried to land on Wanda. His attempt was very valiant, unfortunately it was not well executed. Wanda saw him and hexed him, sent him flying into the wall. The distraction was just enough however, to free Deidra. She said on the floor dazed, for only a second before jumping out the window, clinging on the outside. Peering over, she saw Wanda now facing Toad, her hands still blue. Toad was trying to sink into the wall, with no avail.
"Wait, what are you doing Sweets?" Toad whined. "What did Deidra do to you?" Wanda's eyes narrowed. "You couldn't possibly know." She hissed. "That, that bitch. She." But that was as far as Wanda got. Outside, the sound of vans and trucks moving into the brotherhood driveway caught everyone's attention. Deidra paled. She knew what they were here for. Quietly she slipped out of the window, leaving Toad and Wanda to fend for themselves. She knew it wouldn't be hard for them, and as soon as she was out of the yard and safe behind the hedges, her thoughts were confirmed. Blue light began streaming out of the house, along with the anguished cries of it's victims and Wanda's furious yell. She heard Toad's unmistakable cursing and the sound off many things being broken. Grinning to herself, she took off, not sure of where to go, but certain that they wouldn't find her again.
As soon as the knock was heard on the door, Toad knew it was trouble. Glancing around, he noticed that Deidra had slipped away, probably out the window. Before he could dwell on it any further, the door downstairs burst open, revealing armed men swarming in. They seemed to be looking for something, but when they saw Wanda descending the stairs, they stopped dead in their tracks. She still held her mask of fury, as well as the two glowing orbs in each hand. One of the intruders went up to her, a little nervous. "Umm, excuse me. We're looking for a mutant called Chameleon." Wanda and Toad both growled unanimously. "Get out." Wanda said flatly. The man shifted uncomfortably. "Well, you see, that would be rath-" but that was as far as he got before he was hurled against the wall by a pissed off Wanda. Toad joined in the fight, kicking all who tried to sneak past Wanda and swearing his head off. Some of the idiots tried to use their guns, but the attempt was in vain, as they nearly shot themselves due to Wanda. Finally, confused and in pain, they all ran out of the house. One of them turned around and made a rude gesture, but was quickly silenced after Wanda glared at him.
Trying to catch is his breath, Toad looked around, but Deidra was no where to be seen. He would worry about her in a minute. First he had to deal with a still angry Wanda. Backing up against the wall, Toad broke into a sweat as she came closer. "What do you have against Deidra anyway?" he managed to sputter out. Suddenly Wanda stopped advancing. She sat down hard on the ground and gave a sigh. *******
Rogue was just done with her homework when there was a rap on the window. Looking out, she didn't see anyone, so she closed the window. She turned around and almost shrieked. There stood that girl from her biology class, Deidra. The girl shifted uncomfortably in Rogue's stare. "I, well I don't have anywhere to go. People are after me. I know it's hard to ask, but could I stay here?" Rogue snapped her mouth shut and glared at Deidra. "After you bein so friendly with the Brotherhood? Not a chance. And how did ya get in here anyway?" Not waiting for an answer, she started out of the room, but was stopped by Deidra. "Please." She whispered, her face holding a look of desperation. "Don't tell anyone I'm here." Rogue sighed. "All right Ya can stay here." Deirda smiled. "Thank you" she said. **************************************************************************** **************
Omg, sorry, that chapter sucked AND it was long. But it gets the point across right? They found where she was, Wanda's pissed at her, and she is now living in Rogue's room. You'll find out why Wanda's pissed soon.