ME: Lonna lives in an orphanage on Long Island in the country. Basically in
this chapter you figure out what she did to the wolf and her first day at
the Institute. Van's power-problem is solved in this chapter too. Also,
Lonna is 14 with green eyes and brown hair that's cut short like a boy's.
Just so ya know. While I'm at it, I'll mention that Van is 16 and tall with
pale white skin and gray eyes. His hair is black and put in spikes. Jaeger
is 16 too and has ice-blue eyes and long, wavy blond hair that's always
pulled back in a ponytail. Telling you this now because I don't think I was
ever specific enough on that. Also, this is the first time I'm gonna try a
little piece from an Xman's POV. Not an OC, I'm gonna try this with Kitty.
Tell me if you have some suggestions on how to improve on that, ok? Also a
little entry at the end for the next mutant, Celeste. Tell me what you
think.
PS: am I the only loser here who watches Angel? Did you see the one on Wednesday? It was the funniest thing I've ever seen! Ok, Angel's like, a puppet and he's at his desk and Spike comes in and starts laughing at him!
Angel goes, "Spike..."
Spike's like, "Haha!"
Angel's like, "Don't..."
Spike goes, "You're a bloody puppet!"
Angel beat the crap out of him! And then later when they're fighting the puppet demons, The big purple one's beating up Wesley, and picks up a fire extinguisher to hit him with, so Fred pulls out a gun and shot off its eye!!! Then Wesley tore off its mouth and stabbed it with it! Then bits of fuzz came out of the purple puppet's mouth!!!
HA HA HA HA!!! It was the funniest thing I've ever seen!!! (But now I've got a puppet-phobia. Too bad.)
PSS (Agent G): Hey, I kept forgetting to ask you, in your story Vincent knows Karate. Do you take Karate too? I do, I'm a brown belt. Been in it for five years. In fact, just last week I was at the Dojo, talking with my friend, Jill (another brown belt) and some white belt seven-year old we didn't even know walked up and kicked her in the shin!
I said, "Dude, she's a brown belt, if I were you I wouldn't go picking fights with her."
He stuck his sorry little tongue out at me! I don't even know this kid! Neither does she! It was so weird.
PSSS (BlackRoseApocalypse): I'm so happy you like it! Tell your friends! I don't know what surprises me most, the fact that you liked it or the fact that you actually listened to me and read it!
Ch. 5: New Kid
Lonna
I was too slow, the thing lunged at me! I threw my arms up to protect myself and crammed my eyes shut. But instead of feeling teeth grip my arm, I heard a loud yelp and opened my eyes as the wolf fell to the ground.
What just happened?
"Whoa," I heard excited gasps behind me. "Lonna, what did you do?"
I looked up.
What the hell is that?
I saw a huge, bright shield of what looked like light. It glowed a vivid shade of... well, I dunno, but I'm gonna call it purple. Behind me, Libby reached out and touched it. Where her fingers made contact the light rippled like water.
My arms were still held in front of my face, so I lowered them for a better look. But as soon as I did, the light disappeared.
The kids protested loudly. Even I growled in frustration, but then I noticed the wolf twitch. "Let's go," I told them and we made our way out of the forest.
When we got to the house I pulled them aside. "Don't breathe a word of this to anyone or I'll make sure you never breathe again!"
They all looked confused, and a little frightened of my hostile behavior. But they didn't get it. If I did that then that would make me one of those mutants people see on TV. I never had anything against them, but sometimes the kids would play "Mutant-Tag" where one person is the mutant with the super powers and is trying to catch the others. They also played games where the bad-guy is a mutant. So what would happen if I became the evil mutant. Those kids look up to me, if I become a mutant now...
I waited outside a bit longer after the kids went in. I decided to do an experiment. I put my arms in the same Oh-My-God-Don't-Hit-My-Face pose.
Nope. Nothing. Either I'm drawing blanks, not trying hard enough, or it's all a false alarm.
I tried to convince myself it was the third one and went back inside. I wasn't pleased with what I saw.
"But Mr. Cooger," they whined. "She really did beat up a wolf with a force field!"
Mr. Cooger looked up at me as I came in. "Is all this true Lonna?"
I glared at the little backstabbers. How could they? I told them not to tell a soul, and they go blabbing to Mr. Cooger! I saw the oldest kid here, Brad walk in. He's seventeen, and he thinks he's better than me at everything. Now that he knows something's up I'll never live it down.
"Yes," I said through gritted teeth. "It's all true."
"I see," he nodded. "All of you, up to bed. That includes you Brad. Lonna, you stay."
Everyone walked out. I just pulled up a chair. This is gonna be a long night.
"I want you tell me exactly what happened."
I did. I didn't even bother lying. I've never been a good liar.
When I was done with my story Mr. Cooger simply nodded and told me to go to sleep. I wonder what he has in store for me?
~*~
BEEEEEEEEEEEE-
Stupid alarm clock. Time to get set for school. I slept through my shower, got dressed, stared at myself in the mirror for five minutes before remembering what to do with my toothbrush and stomped downstairs.
Crap. I forgot all about last night. I came downstairs to come face-to-face with Mr. Cooger and some bald guy in a wheelchair.
"Lonna," Mr. Cooger greeted me sadly. "This is Mr. Xavier. He runs a school for mutants. After what happened last night I think it would be wise if you went to live there for a little while."
"What?" I protested. "I'm not a mutant! Just 'cause something weird happened doesn't mean I'm some freak!"
The bald guy looked offended by what I said. Maybe I said the wrong thing? He looks relatively peaceful, but not like someone I wanna pick a fight with. "How do you know he runs a mutant school," I said, desperately trying to change the subject. "He might just be some scientist at a lab!"
At that he smiled. "Well, I am a professor," he admitted. "But I am a mutant myself, as are my students. I have one of my students, Van with me in the car."
I didn't know whether or not I should trust this guy, but I don't have much of a choice. "Who is this Van guy anyway?"
"Would you like to meet him?"
I shrugged. "Guess so."
He closed his eyes and seemed to be focusing on something. It was a bit weird. "He's on his way," he announced.
I wonder what he means by that? I was about to ask him when some guy walked in and asked Mr. Xavier, "Yeah?"
Who is that- oh, I bet it's Van. "What's your 'power?'" I asked him.
"I drink blood," he said as-a-matter-of-factly. "But don't worry, I only drink pig's blood. Human blood is too fattening, I have to watch my girlish figure you know."
I stared at him. He's a sarcastic leech. Great. That'll make anyone wanna be a mutant.
"What's yours?" he asked me.
"I'm not a mutant!"
He shook his head sadly. "Denial. That's the first sign of mutation."
"Lonna," Mr. Cooger interrupted. "Go pack. Well, Mr. Xavier, I'll you to it."
I marched upstairs before I could hear anymore. This sucks! I'm being shipped off like some... I dunno! Thing I guess! It's still not fair!
I slammed the door of my room and threw some stuff in my suitcase absent- mindedly. What about my cats? Could they come? I'd have to find them first.
When I was done packing I headed back for the stairs, running into R.J. and Jill. "Whazzat for?" R.J. asked. "Are you being adopted?"
"No," I said, trying not to look at either of them. "I'm going to a stupid mutant-school."
Jill looked confused. "Why?"
I didn't answer. I just walked on past her.
When I got to the bottom of the stairs I saw my cats making friends with the bloodsucker. He was bending over, petting them and stuff, while they purred and rubbed against his legs. Backstabbers.
"Are you ready to go?"
I turned to face my kidnapper. "Yeah, sure. Whatever. Can I bring my cats?"
He thought about it. "I'm not sure that would be a good idea," he said regretfully. "Some of my students may have allergies..."
"They can stay in my room!" I protested. He can take me away from my home, but my cats stay with me!
"Now, Lonna," Mr. Cooger started up. "Mr. Xavier has been kind enough to take you in, don't burden him with animals."
Then I'm not going nowhere!
"Nah," Van said. "Cats are cool and I'm sure if they stay in her room they can't be much of a problem. Plus, if no one's allergic to Kurt I don't think they'll notice a few cats."
Thank you!
Mr. Xavier nodded. "But if we get too many complaints about cat hair-"
"Professor," Van interrupted. "Kurt sheds all the time and not a soul has ever complained about it."
Who is Kurt?! Their dog maybe?
Mr. Xavier surrendered. "Alright, the cats can come!"
~*~
The car ride was boring. I got some advice from Van like, "Don't say bad things around Jean! In fact, don't even think bad things around Jean!" and "Stay on Wolverine's good side. Not that he has a good side, but still."
Not that I know who any of these people are. Asked Van what kind of dog Kurt was, but instead of answering, he started laughing hysterically. The Professor told me that Kurt's mutation changed more than just his abilities and left it at that.
Pulling up the driveway I figured out pretty quickly that this was more than a school. This mansion is like, twelve times the size of the orphanage! But the odd thing is when we went inside it was almost completely empty.
"Where are all the students?" I asked as my cats followed me inside.
"They're off at school," the Professor replied calmly.
"How come he's not?" I asked pointing at Van. Is he some dropout or something?
"They're doing exams that I don't have to take because I just got here last Saturday."
Oh, ok. That's cool.
"Come on! Let's go play Halo!" He tore down the hall, motioning for me to follow.
I shrugged. My cats chased him. I feel a bit awkward just standing here with Mr. Xavier. So I followed him.
He was sitting on the floor in front of a big TV screen, messing around with an Xbox and pulling out a second control. I sat down beside him. "How do you play?"
"Pfft," he responded. "I dunno! I just run around and hit random buttons."
Great. He's helpful. "So what's your power again?"
"I, my dear, am a vampire. But don't freak out! I drink pig's blood. Human blood's not my thing-though it tastes really good." Ewwwww! "We just ran some tests on that yesterday and apparently the human blood triggers my vampirism. It's pretty cool 'cause then I'm really strong and I can levitate, but I can't go out in sunlight and I speak with a lisp."
Right. Don't freak out. Just stay calm. I'm alone in a room with a vampire. That's cool. Right?
Right!?!
~*~
Kitty
I was the first one out of the car. I'm dying to know what was up with Van's powers and dying to meet the new student Jean told me about. But Van comes first.
Actually, I kinda have a little crush on Van. Only I know unless Jean's been probing lately, which wasn't likely.
I phased through the doors, followed by Rogue, Jean, Kurt, Scott, and Evan.
Grrrr. Rogue. I know we've always had a sort of friendly rivalry, but I can't feel a little jealous that Van keeps flirting with Rogue and not me. I mean, Rogue doesn't have any feelings for him and yet still, flirt, flirt, flirt, flirt. But me, I have feelings and all I get is "Hey Kitty, do you where Rogue is?" It makes me so mad!
Since I didn't see Van right off the bat I assumed he was playing on that stupid Xbox that he likes even more than Rogue.
I was right. He was playing with the new kid.
"What the?" she yelled. "That's the hundredth time you've run over me with that stupid tank! Stay still so I can shoot you!"
Van was giggling like a little boy who just did something bad and was proud of it.
"Can I play?" Kurt asked behind me, clicking off his watch.
The two players turned around, Van passing Kurt a control, and the other girl just sort of stared. She had the Holy-Cow-What-The-Heck-Is-That-Keep- It-Away look on. Who could blame her? Kurt's nice and all but he could stand to lose some of that fur.
I felt something brush my leg. I looked down and saw a little black kitten. "When did we get a cat?" I asked.
"I hate cats," Rogue hissed behind me. I rolled my eyes.
"Awww," Jean cooed, picking up the kitten.
"That's Leon," the new kid said. "Sphinx and Ginger are somewhere. If you can find them I'll be impressed." She nudged Van. "Is that Kurt?"
"Ja," Kurt smiled at her. "I'm Kurt. Who are you?"
"You're worst nightmare."
"Vhatever."
Leaving them to their games I picked up the phone and called up Lance.
One ring. Two.
"'Ello?"
"Hey Jaeger," I said. "Can I speak to Lance?"
"If I can find him," she answered. "Just a sec."
I waited a bit, then Lance came on. One thing I like about Lance is that I can always talk to him.
~*~
Celeste
Sigh. School is out. For now at least. I now have time to myself to check emails.
But something kept nagging me. Today the kids and I got on the topic of mutants. What caused their mutations, how they feel about them. Most of the little monsters admitted they were afraid of mutants, some said they didn't like them, and one of my students, Tino Glassner (A/N: he's a mutant too who pops up later on) said that he didn't mind mutants. He said, "I don't see what's wrong with them. It's not like they asked 'Can be a mutant? Please? Please?' So why should we hate them?"
It was funny. Tino is one of those kids you doesn't get serious about stuff. But what he said there was focused and made perfect sense. I wanted to tell him I was a mutant, but instead I just said, "I agree. But some people are afraid of change."
Yes. I'm a big, scary mutant who teaches Theatre Arts. I've been a mutant since I was sixteen. I've spent the past fifteen years of my life controlling and strengthening my abilities. My abilities aren't that special though. I heal. That's that.
I scanned through my mail, deleting junk and reading anything that might be interesting. I came across one that said something about this school for mutants. I clicked it open, curiosity getting the best of me.
It sounded interesting, this School For Gifted Youngsters. The man- Professor Xavier-had his phone number at the bottom. I figured I might as well give him a ring...
_~*~_
ME: Ta-da! That's it. What do you guys think of Celeste? She's a drama teacher. Ok, that thing with Kitty is an experiment. It's to see how well it'll work for other chapters and it also gives the reader another opinion about a person or situation. It's a character development thing. Well, you know the drill. R&R and if you like it, tell your friends! Next chapter Celeste joins the crew and pretty soon Jaeger will too.
If you have any suggestions or comments R&R and I'll see what can be done. Thanx!
PS: am I the only loser here who watches Angel? Did you see the one on Wednesday? It was the funniest thing I've ever seen! Ok, Angel's like, a puppet and he's at his desk and Spike comes in and starts laughing at him!
Angel goes, "Spike..."
Spike's like, "Haha!"
Angel's like, "Don't..."
Spike goes, "You're a bloody puppet!"
Angel beat the crap out of him! And then later when they're fighting the puppet demons, The big purple one's beating up Wesley, and picks up a fire extinguisher to hit him with, so Fred pulls out a gun and shot off its eye!!! Then Wesley tore off its mouth and stabbed it with it! Then bits of fuzz came out of the purple puppet's mouth!!!
HA HA HA HA!!! It was the funniest thing I've ever seen!!! (But now I've got a puppet-phobia. Too bad.)
PSS (Agent G): Hey, I kept forgetting to ask you, in your story Vincent knows Karate. Do you take Karate too? I do, I'm a brown belt. Been in it for five years. In fact, just last week I was at the Dojo, talking with my friend, Jill (another brown belt) and some white belt seven-year old we didn't even know walked up and kicked her in the shin!
I said, "Dude, she's a brown belt, if I were you I wouldn't go picking fights with her."
He stuck his sorry little tongue out at me! I don't even know this kid! Neither does she! It was so weird.
PSSS (BlackRoseApocalypse): I'm so happy you like it! Tell your friends! I don't know what surprises me most, the fact that you liked it or the fact that you actually listened to me and read it!
Ch. 5: New Kid
Lonna
I was too slow, the thing lunged at me! I threw my arms up to protect myself and crammed my eyes shut. But instead of feeling teeth grip my arm, I heard a loud yelp and opened my eyes as the wolf fell to the ground.
What just happened?
"Whoa," I heard excited gasps behind me. "Lonna, what did you do?"
I looked up.
What the hell is that?
I saw a huge, bright shield of what looked like light. It glowed a vivid shade of... well, I dunno, but I'm gonna call it purple. Behind me, Libby reached out and touched it. Where her fingers made contact the light rippled like water.
My arms were still held in front of my face, so I lowered them for a better look. But as soon as I did, the light disappeared.
The kids protested loudly. Even I growled in frustration, but then I noticed the wolf twitch. "Let's go," I told them and we made our way out of the forest.
When we got to the house I pulled them aside. "Don't breathe a word of this to anyone or I'll make sure you never breathe again!"
They all looked confused, and a little frightened of my hostile behavior. But they didn't get it. If I did that then that would make me one of those mutants people see on TV. I never had anything against them, but sometimes the kids would play "Mutant-Tag" where one person is the mutant with the super powers and is trying to catch the others. They also played games where the bad-guy is a mutant. So what would happen if I became the evil mutant. Those kids look up to me, if I become a mutant now...
I waited outside a bit longer after the kids went in. I decided to do an experiment. I put my arms in the same Oh-My-God-Don't-Hit-My-Face pose.
Nope. Nothing. Either I'm drawing blanks, not trying hard enough, or it's all a false alarm.
I tried to convince myself it was the third one and went back inside. I wasn't pleased with what I saw.
"But Mr. Cooger," they whined. "She really did beat up a wolf with a force field!"
Mr. Cooger looked up at me as I came in. "Is all this true Lonna?"
I glared at the little backstabbers. How could they? I told them not to tell a soul, and they go blabbing to Mr. Cooger! I saw the oldest kid here, Brad walk in. He's seventeen, and he thinks he's better than me at everything. Now that he knows something's up I'll never live it down.
"Yes," I said through gritted teeth. "It's all true."
"I see," he nodded. "All of you, up to bed. That includes you Brad. Lonna, you stay."
Everyone walked out. I just pulled up a chair. This is gonna be a long night.
"I want you tell me exactly what happened."
I did. I didn't even bother lying. I've never been a good liar.
When I was done with my story Mr. Cooger simply nodded and told me to go to sleep. I wonder what he has in store for me?
~*~
BEEEEEEEEEEEE-
Stupid alarm clock. Time to get set for school. I slept through my shower, got dressed, stared at myself in the mirror for five minutes before remembering what to do with my toothbrush and stomped downstairs.
Crap. I forgot all about last night. I came downstairs to come face-to-face with Mr. Cooger and some bald guy in a wheelchair.
"Lonna," Mr. Cooger greeted me sadly. "This is Mr. Xavier. He runs a school for mutants. After what happened last night I think it would be wise if you went to live there for a little while."
"What?" I protested. "I'm not a mutant! Just 'cause something weird happened doesn't mean I'm some freak!"
The bald guy looked offended by what I said. Maybe I said the wrong thing? He looks relatively peaceful, but not like someone I wanna pick a fight with. "How do you know he runs a mutant school," I said, desperately trying to change the subject. "He might just be some scientist at a lab!"
At that he smiled. "Well, I am a professor," he admitted. "But I am a mutant myself, as are my students. I have one of my students, Van with me in the car."
I didn't know whether or not I should trust this guy, but I don't have much of a choice. "Who is this Van guy anyway?"
"Would you like to meet him?"
I shrugged. "Guess so."
He closed his eyes and seemed to be focusing on something. It was a bit weird. "He's on his way," he announced.
I wonder what he means by that? I was about to ask him when some guy walked in and asked Mr. Xavier, "Yeah?"
Who is that- oh, I bet it's Van. "What's your 'power?'" I asked him.
"I drink blood," he said as-a-matter-of-factly. "But don't worry, I only drink pig's blood. Human blood is too fattening, I have to watch my girlish figure you know."
I stared at him. He's a sarcastic leech. Great. That'll make anyone wanna be a mutant.
"What's yours?" he asked me.
"I'm not a mutant!"
He shook his head sadly. "Denial. That's the first sign of mutation."
"Lonna," Mr. Cooger interrupted. "Go pack. Well, Mr. Xavier, I'll you to it."
I marched upstairs before I could hear anymore. This sucks! I'm being shipped off like some... I dunno! Thing I guess! It's still not fair!
I slammed the door of my room and threw some stuff in my suitcase absent- mindedly. What about my cats? Could they come? I'd have to find them first.
When I was done packing I headed back for the stairs, running into R.J. and Jill. "Whazzat for?" R.J. asked. "Are you being adopted?"
"No," I said, trying not to look at either of them. "I'm going to a stupid mutant-school."
Jill looked confused. "Why?"
I didn't answer. I just walked on past her.
When I got to the bottom of the stairs I saw my cats making friends with the bloodsucker. He was bending over, petting them and stuff, while they purred and rubbed against his legs. Backstabbers.
"Are you ready to go?"
I turned to face my kidnapper. "Yeah, sure. Whatever. Can I bring my cats?"
He thought about it. "I'm not sure that would be a good idea," he said regretfully. "Some of my students may have allergies..."
"They can stay in my room!" I protested. He can take me away from my home, but my cats stay with me!
"Now, Lonna," Mr. Cooger started up. "Mr. Xavier has been kind enough to take you in, don't burden him with animals."
Then I'm not going nowhere!
"Nah," Van said. "Cats are cool and I'm sure if they stay in her room they can't be much of a problem. Plus, if no one's allergic to Kurt I don't think they'll notice a few cats."
Thank you!
Mr. Xavier nodded. "But if we get too many complaints about cat hair-"
"Professor," Van interrupted. "Kurt sheds all the time and not a soul has ever complained about it."
Who is Kurt?! Their dog maybe?
Mr. Xavier surrendered. "Alright, the cats can come!"
~*~
The car ride was boring. I got some advice from Van like, "Don't say bad things around Jean! In fact, don't even think bad things around Jean!" and "Stay on Wolverine's good side. Not that he has a good side, but still."
Not that I know who any of these people are. Asked Van what kind of dog Kurt was, but instead of answering, he started laughing hysterically. The Professor told me that Kurt's mutation changed more than just his abilities and left it at that.
Pulling up the driveway I figured out pretty quickly that this was more than a school. This mansion is like, twelve times the size of the orphanage! But the odd thing is when we went inside it was almost completely empty.
"Where are all the students?" I asked as my cats followed me inside.
"They're off at school," the Professor replied calmly.
"How come he's not?" I asked pointing at Van. Is he some dropout or something?
"They're doing exams that I don't have to take because I just got here last Saturday."
Oh, ok. That's cool.
"Come on! Let's go play Halo!" He tore down the hall, motioning for me to follow.
I shrugged. My cats chased him. I feel a bit awkward just standing here with Mr. Xavier. So I followed him.
He was sitting on the floor in front of a big TV screen, messing around with an Xbox and pulling out a second control. I sat down beside him. "How do you play?"
"Pfft," he responded. "I dunno! I just run around and hit random buttons."
Great. He's helpful. "So what's your power again?"
"I, my dear, am a vampire. But don't freak out! I drink pig's blood. Human blood's not my thing-though it tastes really good." Ewwwww! "We just ran some tests on that yesterday and apparently the human blood triggers my vampirism. It's pretty cool 'cause then I'm really strong and I can levitate, but I can't go out in sunlight and I speak with a lisp."
Right. Don't freak out. Just stay calm. I'm alone in a room with a vampire. That's cool. Right?
Right!?!
~*~
Kitty
I was the first one out of the car. I'm dying to know what was up with Van's powers and dying to meet the new student Jean told me about. But Van comes first.
Actually, I kinda have a little crush on Van. Only I know unless Jean's been probing lately, which wasn't likely.
I phased through the doors, followed by Rogue, Jean, Kurt, Scott, and Evan.
Grrrr. Rogue. I know we've always had a sort of friendly rivalry, but I can't feel a little jealous that Van keeps flirting with Rogue and not me. I mean, Rogue doesn't have any feelings for him and yet still, flirt, flirt, flirt, flirt. But me, I have feelings and all I get is "Hey Kitty, do you where Rogue is?" It makes me so mad!
Since I didn't see Van right off the bat I assumed he was playing on that stupid Xbox that he likes even more than Rogue.
I was right. He was playing with the new kid.
"What the?" she yelled. "That's the hundredth time you've run over me with that stupid tank! Stay still so I can shoot you!"
Van was giggling like a little boy who just did something bad and was proud of it.
"Can I play?" Kurt asked behind me, clicking off his watch.
The two players turned around, Van passing Kurt a control, and the other girl just sort of stared. She had the Holy-Cow-What-The-Heck-Is-That-Keep- It-Away look on. Who could blame her? Kurt's nice and all but he could stand to lose some of that fur.
I felt something brush my leg. I looked down and saw a little black kitten. "When did we get a cat?" I asked.
"I hate cats," Rogue hissed behind me. I rolled my eyes.
"Awww," Jean cooed, picking up the kitten.
"That's Leon," the new kid said. "Sphinx and Ginger are somewhere. If you can find them I'll be impressed." She nudged Van. "Is that Kurt?"
"Ja," Kurt smiled at her. "I'm Kurt. Who are you?"
"You're worst nightmare."
"Vhatever."
Leaving them to their games I picked up the phone and called up Lance.
One ring. Two.
"'Ello?"
"Hey Jaeger," I said. "Can I speak to Lance?"
"If I can find him," she answered. "Just a sec."
I waited a bit, then Lance came on. One thing I like about Lance is that I can always talk to him.
~*~
Celeste
Sigh. School is out. For now at least. I now have time to myself to check emails.
But something kept nagging me. Today the kids and I got on the topic of mutants. What caused their mutations, how they feel about them. Most of the little monsters admitted they were afraid of mutants, some said they didn't like them, and one of my students, Tino Glassner (A/N: he's a mutant too who pops up later on) said that he didn't mind mutants. He said, "I don't see what's wrong with them. It's not like they asked 'Can be a mutant? Please? Please?' So why should we hate them?"
It was funny. Tino is one of those kids you doesn't get serious about stuff. But what he said there was focused and made perfect sense. I wanted to tell him I was a mutant, but instead I just said, "I agree. But some people are afraid of change."
Yes. I'm a big, scary mutant who teaches Theatre Arts. I've been a mutant since I was sixteen. I've spent the past fifteen years of my life controlling and strengthening my abilities. My abilities aren't that special though. I heal. That's that.
I scanned through my mail, deleting junk and reading anything that might be interesting. I came across one that said something about this school for mutants. I clicked it open, curiosity getting the best of me.
It sounded interesting, this School For Gifted Youngsters. The man- Professor Xavier-had his phone number at the bottom. I figured I might as well give him a ring...
_~*~_
ME: Ta-da! That's it. What do you guys think of Celeste? She's a drama teacher. Ok, that thing with Kitty is an experiment. It's to see how well it'll work for other chapters and it also gives the reader another opinion about a person or situation. It's a character development thing. Well, you know the drill. R&R and if you like it, tell your friends! Next chapter Celeste joins the crew and pretty soon Jaeger will too.
If you have any suggestions or comments R&R and I'll see what can be done. Thanx!