Chapter 5: Egypt Meets Pryde
"Hello? Anyone here?"
A 16-year-old girl phased through the bathroom door and smiled at Ororo.
"Hi! Like, who's this?"
"Katherine, this is a newcomer. Her name is Alara. She needs a place to stay."
"No need to, like, continue, Storm. I got it all under control."
Ororo smiled and nodded.
"All right. Here are her clothes and tomorrow, if you can, take her to school and help her get registered."
Katherine nodded.
"Can do, Storm."
"Storm?" asked Alara, shyly.
"Yes," Ororo replied smiling. "That is my alias. I manipulate weather. So my nickname is Storm."
Alara nodded.
"Okay."
Ororo smiled and waved goodbye to Alara. Alara looked shyly at Katherine and stood perfectly still.
"Hi! My name's, like, Kitty! Come on in!"
Alara looked around the room and stepped in silently. Kitty closed the door and gave her a brief tour. A bathroom, two queen beds, two dressers.
"Rogue isn't here right now so you can't meet her, but I'll help you get settled into your room."
Kitty dragged her out into the hall after a brief incident of Kitty phasing through the door and Alara trying to follow. Not being able to phase through doors, she slammed head first into the door. After taking a few aspirin, they walked back out of the door, which they opened, and walked down to the very last room in the hall. The door creaked open when they opened it, but inside was the perfect accommodations for someone like Alara. One queen bed, slightly dusty, a dresser, a bathroom, and a vanity. All of the things were dusty and the room was dark for the blinds were drawn closed.
"Okay, like, let's get to work cleaning this dirty mess up, shall we?" Kitty asked smiling. Alara smiled and nodded and they got to work.
Kitty rambled on about school and other things, but Alara wasn't listening. She kept thinking about the blue boy whose tub she had used. Soon it was clean and the curtains were open, letting the sun pour in and Kitty left Alara to amuse herself until she finished her homework.