Chapter 12: Tour

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Three years later . . .


Students gathered in the breakfast room to meet the two new students that had just come to the institute.

Andie glanced around the room and crossed her arms.

Things had changed a bit since she had first come to the institute. Having the students meet the new ones had been her idea, and everyone liked it. No one had to be surprised when they saw a new face in the hallway. She still had not been able to find her brother but she had at least a decent idea that he was still in New York. But he moved too fast so they could never quite catch up with him. If he knew she was looking for him she knew that he would stand still for at least a moment. He couldn't have completely forgotten about her, could he have?


The sound of doors opening jerked her from her thoughts. She tried to see over everyone, but the curse of the dwarf made that absolutely impossible. Andie liquidated, a trick she'd learned in her second year at the school, and moved to the front of the group. The professor rolled in with the two students behind him, a boy and a girl.


"I'd like you all to meet our new students," Xavier said. "Would you please introduce yourselves?"


The girl stepped forward and every male mouth dropped. Her skin seemed to emit an ethereal light that gave her the look of an angel. Raven black hair tumbled down to her mid-back and underneath thick black lashes deep blue eyes peaked out. When she smiled her teeth also shone. It reminded Andie of toothpaste commercial. She spoke, her voice flowed out like silk.


"I'm Hope, I'm seventeen, and I can blend into my surroundings." She stepped back behind the professor.

The boy sauntered up.


Now the girls drooled. Dark brown hair stuck out from under his black cowboy hat and the light reflected off of the earring in his left ear. Two brownie colored eyes stared cockily out at the crowd, and he began to talk.

"Max Trask, 17, and I can control and create electricity." He winked at Andie and stepped back. Andie jutted her lower jaw out and rolled her eyes.


"Andie, would you please show them around the mansion?"


Andie suppressed a groan and smiled. "Of course professor." She said aloud.

/Why me?/ She asked telepathically.


/This was your idea/, he returned and smiled.


"Well, right here," Andie said waving around the room "is the dinning room. Now if you'll follow me, I can show you the rest of the building."