Ok, I don't own X-Men:Evolution or any of the characters in this fanfic EXCEPT my own character Cameal! so don't you freaken dare stealing her from me! get your own charcter!! well, enjoy the fic!
"Crouching Toad, Hidden Chameleon"
~A normal day in the Brotherhood Household....~
"Hey guys!" Todd shouted as he hopped into the living room where everyone was sitting and watching Tv.
"What is it Toad?" Lance said rolling his eyes, "Im goin' out to the park to catch some lunch, anyone wanna come?" he said with a grin.
"Hell No!" Lance said scooting away, "Pietro buddy?" Todd said looking over in his direction.
"Ugh...no thanks!" Pietro gagged, "Freddy?" Todd said hopping up to him .
"Im hungry, but not THAT hungry Toad!" Fred said making a sicky face.
"Alright, how about you baby cakes?" Todd said turning to Wanda, "I'll pass." she said looking away in the other direction.
"Ok....then I'll catch ya'll later yo!" he said cheerfully as he waved to them on his way out the door.
~On his way there.....~
"MmmmMm! I can just taste those bugs now!" he said as he approached a bridge.
*The Bridge hangs over a dried canal that was once flowing there*
As Todd began to hop his way over the bridge, he happened to hear a faint sound.....the soft sound of crying....somewhere nearby.
Todd blinked and looked around, trying to decipher where the sound was coming from exactly.
He walked over to the side of the bridge, leaned over the side a bit and listened... .
The sound got louder as he did......it was coming from under the bridge.
He then climbed down the side of the bridge, his hair hung down as he took a look around while upside-down.
To his surprise, there was someone there..... with legs tucked in against their body, arms wrapped around legs and crying face-down on their knees.
Todd blinked and was about to say something, when the person lifted their head and saw him .
Todd Panicked a bit and looked around quickly then let out a nervous laugh and said "uh.....Hey". The person let out a gasp and quickly scurried into a corner and huddled in it.
He drop-flipped down and landed in his crouched position and started crawling under.
As he got closer and closer, the persons features became more clear as they came into view, and he realized....it was a girl .
The girl then looked up ,"What do you want?! Go away!" she shouted in a small, frightened voice.
As he tried reaching out to her, she backed further into the wall behind her.
She then shut her eyes tight and shouted "Leave me alone!!" and she suddenly disappeared.
"Ahh!" he screamed out as he jumped back in surprise, frantically looking around to see where she had gone.
"H-Hey, where'd you go?" he stuttered a bit as he searched, "What do you want?.." she answered, her voice echoing throughout the tunnel .
"Um, I heard you down here...and I wanted to see if you were ok" he said, looking around confused.
There was a long silence for a few moments, and she suddenly appeared behind him and once again said - "Who are you?".
When he swung around and saw her there, he let out a girlish scream and fell on his back, quickly crawling backwards into the light at the end of the tunnel .
As she began to come into the light, he sat up, his eyes wide in disbelief as he saw what she really looked like.
She had eyes of pure crimson, her skin was a bit scaly...toned light green, like his!
Her bangs..... were short, yet spiked.
Her sideburns were long and wavy and went past the middle of her neck, and the rest of her hair extended a little below her shoulders.
But the most interesting part about it was.....the fact that a series of long and short spikes of hair naturally ran down the back of her head in a perfectly straight line.
But her best quality was the partially curled lizard tail that extended out from behind her.
"who are you?.." she repeated as she sat down in front of him .
"Todd Tolansky" he replied as he caught a fly with his tongue.
She blinked a bit, he looked at her expression and laughed a little "Sorry, its a habit".
But she still kept her curious/confused face, "What'd I do?" he said with a confused expression of his own.
"Your...." she began to get a little more closer to him, "huh?" he replied, still confused.
"Your...like me.." she said as she showed him a small smile for the first time, "Of course, cuz were mutants!" he said with a smile to her as he lied back on the ground.
"Mutants?" he said in a confused tone, blinking a bit.
He sat up again and looked at her "You know, Mutants?", she still had that look of confusion on her face.
"You and me?" he raised a brow at her, "I...T don't understand" he replied.
"Its what you are yo, the reason why you look the way you do, the reason you look different from other people! Haven't you seen that stuff on Tv or heard people talking about it?" he asked giving her a weird look.
She looked down and said "I never get to watch Tv or talk to anyone, not anything, my parents never let me...".
"Huh?" he said, "My parents always kept me locked up in my room and my window bolted shut.....and I usually ate once everyday.." she said as she pulled her legs up to her chest and rested her chin on her knees, Todd was speechless, but scooted up next to her anyways.
"They always said "Your a worthless freak of nature Cameal! And we wish we never had you!!" .." she said hugging her knees tight, Todd saw tears beginning to form in her eyes.
"Is that your name?" he asked, she blinked a bit and looked up at him and said "huh?".
"Cameal...Is that your name?" he asked her again, she blinked and nodded, "Its Cameal Rose...".
"Its a nice name" he said with a smile, she blushed a bit, drying her tears with her shirt, she smiled back.
"So you had crappy parents too, huh?" he said, "Yea.." she said with a sad nod.
"My parents did the same, only they kept me in the cellar" he said looking down at the ground, "I was able to break through the window down there but...How'd you escape Cameal?" he asked curiously.
She looked to him "Well...."
*~ Flashback Begins~*
Three days ago.....I was in my room, and I had woken up from a really bad dream . When I got up to see if I was ok in the mirror....I didn't see my reflection. I screamed and closed my eyes tight, telling myself over and over that I was just imagining things and that there was a reflection. When I opened my eyes, I saw my image in the mirror again. I was relieved, but very confused....did I imagine it, or did I?
After that... I started to wonder if maybe I had the special ability to go Invisible or something?
Todd blinked and said "Invisibility?", Cameal nodded.
"So I tried concentrating really hard, concentrating on making my reflection disappear in the mirror..." she continued.
"Then finally, after an entire hour of trying so hard, I was able to make myself dissolve into nothingness, and appear again!" she said excitingly.
"So, what was your master plan for the Great Escape?" he asked curiously, she smiled and went on, "When I was able to keep my power of invisibility under control, I packed up some things and devised a plan".
"So I began to turn up my radio up really loud and jumping around, making as much noise as I could" she said, imitating what she did.
Todd blinked, looking a bit confused "Why'd you do that, yo?", Cameal slightly grinned "To make enough noise to get their attention, and hopefully get them to open my bedroom door".
"Ahh, I get ya" Todd said with a snicker, Cameal laughed a bit "Well, when they did show up, I made myself invisible before they unlocked my door and entered the room".
"When they didn't see me in there, they totally freaked out!" she laughed,"And while they were both busy searching for me, the dummies left the door wiiide open!".
Todd was laughing a little too, "Then what??" he said anxiously, "Okay, okay!" Cameal said with a smile, "So i quietly snuck out, with some of my belongings in a bag, snuck across the hall, and quickly went into my parents bedroom, snatching the money from their wallets!".
*~ Flashback Ends ~*
"And I ran away.." she finally finished.
Todd was still laughing a little and he smiled at her, "Wow yo, that was great! fooling them like that! Even going as far as to take their money!".
Cameal blinked a bit, saying "You...you really think so?, "Yeah!" he sad patting her on the head, "At times I have to pickpocket to survive too, yo, especially when im living with 3 others" he said rolling his eyes a bit.
"You live with other people Todd?" she asked, "well yeah, but they're mutants like us!" he said, watching a fly zoom around his head.
"Ohh.." she said looking down, suddenly Todd caught the fly with his tongue, and she quickly looked up, giving him a weird look.
Todd laughed nervously and said "Sorry, its a habit", "S'ok" she said as she watched another fly zooming around.
But just as he was about to nab it, suddenly Cameal shot out her long dark green forked tongue and caught the fly instead.
Todd was wide-eyed and speechless for a moment, "Cameal giggled a bit and said "habits die hard, don't u think?", and they both laughed.
He looked at Cameal, thought for a moment, and put his hand on her shoulder.
"Uh, hey Cameal?" he said to her, "Huh?" she said looking to him .
"Would you like it if...if um....you were to stay with me and the guys?" he said with a nervous smile.
Cameals eyes lit up with excitement, "You really would do that for me Todd??" she said hugging his arm, looking up at him.
Todd blushed a little and nodded in response, "Oh, Todd!" she cried hugging his neck, "Thank you! Thank you so much!".
He turned bright red and said "N-no problem", and she let go of him grabbed her things.
As they both crawled out from under the bridge, they noticed it was getting late.
"Lets get going now" he said as he started walking, but he realized she wasn't following him .
When he turned around he saw her standing there, with her eyes closed.
"Cameal, what are you-?" before he could finish, Cameal's appearance went from scaly to....normal .
Todd stood there, open mouthed and speechless, she looked like a normal, everyday girl .
"How did you?" he started, Cameal looked at herself, then to Todd, "Wow, I didn't think I could do it!" she said happily.
"I, didn't know you could do that! that's cool , yo!" he said as he walked over to her, "This is actually the first time I've ever done it" she said blushing slightly.
Todd then offered his hand, "Lets get going, before it gets too late" he said, Cameal nodded to him and took his hand and they went on there way.
Now the Brotherhood has a new member, and at least there's someone else besides Freddy to keep our poor Toad company .
*~ The End ~*
Hoped you liked my fic!
"Crouching Toad, Hidden Chameleon"
~A normal day in the Brotherhood Household....~
"Hey guys!" Todd shouted as he hopped into the living room where everyone was sitting and watching Tv.
"What is it Toad?" Lance said rolling his eyes, "Im goin' out to the park to catch some lunch, anyone wanna come?" he said with a grin.
"Hell No!" Lance said scooting away, "Pietro buddy?" Todd said looking over in his direction.
"Ugh...no thanks!" Pietro gagged, "Freddy?" Todd said hopping up to him .
"Im hungry, but not THAT hungry Toad!" Fred said making a sicky face.
"Alright, how about you baby cakes?" Todd said turning to Wanda, "I'll pass." she said looking away in the other direction.
"Ok....then I'll catch ya'll later yo!" he said cheerfully as he waved to them on his way out the door.
~On his way there.....~
"MmmmMm! I can just taste those bugs now!" he said as he approached a bridge.
*The Bridge hangs over a dried canal that was once flowing there*
As Todd began to hop his way over the bridge, he happened to hear a faint sound.....the soft sound of crying....somewhere nearby.
Todd blinked and looked around, trying to decipher where the sound was coming from exactly.
He walked over to the side of the bridge, leaned over the side a bit and listened... .
The sound got louder as he did......it was coming from under the bridge.
He then climbed down the side of the bridge, his hair hung down as he took a look around while upside-down.
To his surprise, there was someone there..... with legs tucked in against their body, arms wrapped around legs and crying face-down on their knees.
Todd blinked and was about to say something, when the person lifted their head and saw him .
Todd Panicked a bit and looked around quickly then let out a nervous laugh and said "uh.....Hey". The person let out a gasp and quickly scurried into a corner and huddled in it.
He drop-flipped down and landed in his crouched position and started crawling under.
As he got closer and closer, the persons features became more clear as they came into view, and he realized....it was a girl .
The girl then looked up ,"What do you want?! Go away!" she shouted in a small, frightened voice.
As he tried reaching out to her, she backed further into the wall behind her.
She then shut her eyes tight and shouted "Leave me alone!!" and she suddenly disappeared.
"Ahh!" he screamed out as he jumped back in surprise, frantically looking around to see where she had gone.
"H-Hey, where'd you go?" he stuttered a bit as he searched, "What do you want?.." she answered, her voice echoing throughout the tunnel .
"Um, I heard you down here...and I wanted to see if you were ok" he said, looking around confused.
There was a long silence for a few moments, and she suddenly appeared behind him and once again said - "Who are you?".
When he swung around and saw her there, he let out a girlish scream and fell on his back, quickly crawling backwards into the light at the end of the tunnel .
As she began to come into the light, he sat up, his eyes wide in disbelief as he saw what she really looked like.
She had eyes of pure crimson, her skin was a bit scaly...toned light green, like his!
Her bangs..... were short, yet spiked.
Her sideburns were long and wavy and went past the middle of her neck, and the rest of her hair extended a little below her shoulders.
But the most interesting part about it was.....the fact that a series of long and short spikes of hair naturally ran down the back of her head in a perfectly straight line.
But her best quality was the partially curled lizard tail that extended out from behind her.
"who are you?.." she repeated as she sat down in front of him .
"Todd Tolansky" he replied as he caught a fly with his tongue.
She blinked a bit, he looked at her expression and laughed a little "Sorry, its a habit".
But she still kept her curious/confused face, "What'd I do?" he said with a confused expression of his own.
"Your...." she began to get a little more closer to him, "huh?" he replied, still confused.
"Your...like me.." she said as she showed him a small smile for the first time, "Of course, cuz were mutants!" he said with a smile to her as he lied back on the ground.
"Mutants?" he said in a confused tone, blinking a bit.
He sat up again and looked at her "You know, Mutants?", she still had that look of confusion on her face.
"You and me?" he raised a brow at her, "I...T don't understand" he replied.
"Its what you are yo, the reason why you look the way you do, the reason you look different from other people! Haven't you seen that stuff on Tv or heard people talking about it?" he asked giving her a weird look.
She looked down and said "I never get to watch Tv or talk to anyone, not anything, my parents never let me...".
"Huh?" he said, "My parents always kept me locked up in my room and my window bolted shut.....and I usually ate once everyday.." she said as she pulled her legs up to her chest and rested her chin on her knees, Todd was speechless, but scooted up next to her anyways.
"They always said "Your a worthless freak of nature Cameal! And we wish we never had you!!" .." she said hugging her knees tight, Todd saw tears beginning to form in her eyes.
"Is that your name?" he asked, she blinked a bit and looked up at him and said "huh?".
"Cameal...Is that your name?" he asked her again, she blinked and nodded, "Its Cameal Rose...".
"Its a nice name" he said with a smile, she blushed a bit, drying her tears with her shirt, she smiled back.
"So you had crappy parents too, huh?" he said, "Yea.." she said with a sad nod.
"My parents did the same, only they kept me in the cellar" he said looking down at the ground, "I was able to break through the window down there but...How'd you escape Cameal?" he asked curiously.
She looked to him "Well...."
*~ Flashback Begins~*
Three days ago.....I was in my room, and I had woken up from a really bad dream . When I got up to see if I was ok in the mirror....I didn't see my reflection. I screamed and closed my eyes tight, telling myself over and over that I was just imagining things and that there was a reflection. When I opened my eyes, I saw my image in the mirror again. I was relieved, but very confused....did I imagine it, or did I?
After that... I started to wonder if maybe I had the special ability to go Invisible or something?
Todd blinked and said "Invisibility?", Cameal nodded.
"So I tried concentrating really hard, concentrating on making my reflection disappear in the mirror..." she continued.
"Then finally, after an entire hour of trying so hard, I was able to make myself dissolve into nothingness, and appear again!" she said excitingly.
"So, what was your master plan for the Great Escape?" he asked curiously, she smiled and went on, "When I was able to keep my power of invisibility under control, I packed up some things and devised a plan".
"So I began to turn up my radio up really loud and jumping around, making as much noise as I could" she said, imitating what she did.
Todd blinked, looking a bit confused "Why'd you do that, yo?", Cameal slightly grinned "To make enough noise to get their attention, and hopefully get them to open my bedroom door".
"Ahh, I get ya" Todd said with a snicker, Cameal laughed a bit "Well, when they did show up, I made myself invisible before they unlocked my door and entered the room".
"When they didn't see me in there, they totally freaked out!" she laughed,"And while they were both busy searching for me, the dummies left the door wiiide open!".
Todd was laughing a little too, "Then what??" he said anxiously, "Okay, okay!" Cameal said with a smile, "So i quietly snuck out, with some of my belongings in a bag, snuck across the hall, and quickly went into my parents bedroom, snatching the money from their wallets!".
*~ Flashback Ends ~*
"And I ran away.." she finally finished.
Todd was still laughing a little and he smiled at her, "Wow yo, that was great! fooling them like that! Even going as far as to take their money!".
Cameal blinked a bit, saying "You...you really think so?, "Yeah!" he sad patting her on the head, "At times I have to pickpocket to survive too, yo, especially when im living with 3 others" he said rolling his eyes a bit.
"You live with other people Todd?" she asked, "well yeah, but they're mutants like us!" he said, watching a fly zoom around his head.
"Ohh.." she said looking down, suddenly Todd caught the fly with his tongue, and she quickly looked up, giving him a weird look.
Todd laughed nervously and said "Sorry, its a habit", "S'ok" she said as she watched another fly zooming around.
But just as he was about to nab it, suddenly Cameal shot out her long dark green forked tongue and caught the fly instead.
Todd was wide-eyed and speechless for a moment, "Cameal giggled a bit and said "habits die hard, don't u think?", and they both laughed.
He looked at Cameal, thought for a moment, and put his hand on her shoulder.
"Uh, hey Cameal?" he said to her, "Huh?" she said looking to him .
"Would you like it if...if um....you were to stay with me and the guys?" he said with a nervous smile.
Cameals eyes lit up with excitement, "You really would do that for me Todd??" she said hugging his arm, looking up at him.
Todd blushed a little and nodded in response, "Oh, Todd!" she cried hugging his neck, "Thank you! Thank you so much!".
He turned bright red and said "N-no problem", and she let go of him grabbed her things.
As they both crawled out from under the bridge, they noticed it was getting late.
"Lets get going now" he said as he started walking, but he realized she wasn't following him .
When he turned around he saw her standing there, with her eyes closed.
"Cameal, what are you-?" before he could finish, Cameal's appearance went from scaly to....normal .
Todd stood there, open mouthed and speechless, she looked like a normal, everyday girl .
"How did you?" he started, Cameal looked at herself, then to Todd, "Wow, I didn't think I could do it!" she said happily.
"I, didn't know you could do that! that's cool , yo!" he said as he walked over to her, "This is actually the first time I've ever done it" she said blushing slightly.
Todd then offered his hand, "Lets get going, before it gets too late" he said, Cameal nodded to him and took his hand and they went on there way.
Now the Brotherhood has a new member, and at least there's someone else besides Freddy to keep our poor Toad company .
*~ The End ~*
Hoped you liked my fic!