For some odd and unknown reason, Grandpa was eager to have me start training Dameon a day early. So what should have been a Saturday train in the Danger Room turned into a Friday train. Meaning I'd have to go back tomorrow too, so I'd get tired, quickly. Oh, well. Saved up for when I missed it before.

After classes, I met Dameon in the kitchen, as planned. I took him to the elevator that led into the Labratory, which had a hallway to lead to the Danger Room. He was already down in the Lab before, but he had never been in the Danger Room. I took him into the Simulation Room which took up 3/4 of the huge Room of Danger. The other 1/4 was the control box behind a one-way see-through glass. On his side, it was just be a mirror, for protection and no distractions.

"Alright. Here's how this works. The Simulation Room can produce 10 levels of combat. 10, of course, is the hardest, which the Staff and Advanced Juniors work on. Level 1 is for the kids, if they want a challenge. I myself at am Level 7. We're going to start you off at Level 4, and see how you do. I'll be right behind that mirror, making sure everything is going well. Just do the best you can, and show me what you got," I looked at him and made a gesture as if to ask if he understood.

"I'll show you what I got, alright," He said and winked at me. Then he turned around to look at the room, and made a gesture to announce that he was ready.

I cocked an eyebrow up, but just shrugged and hurried to my place at the control box. I set the knob at Level 4, and hit the "Begin Trasmission Sequence" button.

In the Simulation Room, what appeared was a 10-Story burning building, with people inside. Yes, a firefighter job, but he had to do it with his own powers. I did this sequence easily, of course.

He immediatly sprinted into action. He jumped as if on a trampoline from ground to wall, collecting all the fake people and easily jumping back down on the ground to release them and go for the others. He did this with great speed and accuracy. I also noticed he measured where the fire started, so he knew where to begin before getting to the people who would be in the flame's way last.

After saving all the simulated humans, he ran to a fire hydrant and bit the tip with his sharp teeth and the water sprang out of there, like a closterphobic would sprint out of a small closet.

Unfortunatly, the fire hydrant was too far away from the building for the water to reach it at the Physics rule level. I was about to stop the simulation and award him a "Nice try",when something unusual happened. He looked at the water that was simply dancing in the air above the hydrant, then looked at the flaming building. Back and forth, he slowly moved his gave from water to fire, clenching his white knuckles at his sides and not moving an inch. After a few seconds of himlooking back and forth between the two elements, he looked at me, or at least at the glass mirror that I was on the other side of, though I'm sure he didnt see me.Suddenly, slowly but surely, the water bent sideways towards the building and shot out of the hydrant more violently, almost bursting the dog toilet out of the gravel where it stood. The water reached the building and grew wider and stronger as it engulfed all of the flames, easily.

The fire was out, leaving the simulated building slighty bruised. Then, when the water was finished with its duty, it weakened and grew away back into the hydrant, though most of it was left on the ground to dissolve by the sun, for the hydrant ran out of the liquid substance that I was composed of.

I had thought that his eyes were on meever since the water had started moving, but then I realized that he was looking back at the hydrant for quite some time now.My eyes scanned the area to make sure nothing was damaged. Somehow, my arm was up, as if I were reaching for something, though I didnt recall having my voulentary muscles move in that region of my body. I looked back at Dameon and saw that he was breathing heavily. It was probably from working so fast to save all those people, but then he should have been breathing like that while he was starring down the hydrant water, the building flames, and myself.

I took the simulation away to leave him back in the squre, blue tiled room. I stepped out of the control box and saw that he sat down to rest, and I joined him.

"That was good work," I said. "Do Vampire powers include being able to move things with your mind?"

He shook his head.

"Then...how did you do that?" I asked, knowing the water didnt do it by itself, since I wasnt there to guide it.

He shrugged.

"Dameon, you're starting to scare me," I felt my heart start to pump harder beneath my chest.

"If I told you, you'd hate me and want to kill me," He said, looking at the ground as his elbows rested on his knees.

"No...I wont...Just tell me..."

"I...I can control minds..." He said, simply.

My eyes widened. He...he controlled my mind to help him in his simulation! No wonder my arm mysteriously rose itself!

"But...but Grandpa said you don't know how to control minds, yet!" I remarked.

"I thought I didn't. I guess I've been accidently practicing...But it's not very strong, I just got you to do something that you would have done anyway to compleate the simulation. Xavier and Miss Grey are way more powerful than I would ever hope to be, even if I were trained..." His voice trailed off.

"So...how do I know you wont control my mind again? Am I not allowed to have free will?" I asked, with alot of hurt in my voice.

"No...I didnt even mean to do it that time. It just...happened..." He looked at me with watery eyes. "I'm really sorry, Mist...I dont ever want to hurt you...You're the only friend I have in this school right now...I'm so sorry..." He bowed his head back down and his face looked frusterated and sad.

Even with a frown on my face, I still had positive thoughts. It looked like he really didnt mean to do it. After all, he said he could only control minds slightly, making them do what they would have done anyway. I couldnt be mad at him, he was already cold, lost, and scarred as it was.

I put my arm around him to try and comfert him, but he just turned around and wrapped me in his strong arms and let my head fall on his chest.

"I'm really sorry," He whispered. He sighed, and we took some moments to just take deep breaths. "So...Do I pass?"

I smirked as I calmed down. "No...you just earned yourself a Level 3." I stood up and helped him up. "You know what we have to do now, right?" I asked.

"Get the whip out?" Dameon tried, smiling a bit.

I giggled, but retained my firm look. "No. We have to go tell Grandpa and see what we're suppose to do."

Dameon hunched over, but nodded. "You're right."

We're off to see the Grandpa, the Brutiful Grandpa of X.