Chapter 5

The next morning, Devyn got up even before the sun started to rise. Trying not to wake Kitty and Rogue, she quickly changed into a white tanktop and tight black shorts. She opened the door, tiptoed out, and quietly shut the door behind her. Sneaking past the other rooms, she made her way to the front door. She sat down on the front steps to put on her running shoes.

"Hey Devyn, what are you doing up this early?" asked a voice.

Devyn jumped, falling off the stairs. She looked up to see Scott leaning over her. She started laughing and got back on her feet.

"Scott! You scared me!" she blushed.

"My bad." he laughed, "But you still haven't answered my question."

"I'm going out for a run." she replied, "Care to join me?"

"Sure, it'd be fun. No one else is ever up early enough to run with me." he laughed.

They walked down the stairs, and started down the driveway at an easy jog. As they jogged, Scott looked over at Devyn.

'She's really pretty. And she seems really level headed. I hope she can really help out this team." he thought.

"I see you got the pendent." he said, pointing to her necklace.

"Yeah, Kurt gave it to me last night." she replied, blushing as she remembered what had happened the night before.

"Something tells me more happened than just getting the pendent." he laughed.

Devyn flung her arm out to smack him. Scott ducked and laughed. About twenty minutes later, they headed back towards the mansion. The two sat down on the front steps, breathing a little heavily.

"Hey, can I ask you something?" Scott asked, seriously.

"Sure." Devyn answered.

"How did you find out about this place?" he questioned, "I mean, the Professor didn't even know about you."

Devyn sat there for a moment, deciding whether or not to tell him.

"A friend of mine, well... I work with her at Power Club. Well, she comes here now and then, and she knows about me... so here I am." Devyn replied, not meeting his eyes.

"What about your parents? Do they know about you coming here?" he asked.

"I wouldn't know." Devyn replied, looking at the ground.

"Excuse me?" Scott asked, confused.

"I never knew my parents. I guess they got rid of me or something. Besides that, I have no memories before I was nine years old." she replied.

"I'm sorry." he apologized, feeling like a jerk.

"It's all right," she told him, "I've gotten this far without them, it's not like I need them anyways."

Scott opened his mouth to say something, but thought better of it and closed his mouth.

"We'd better get ready for school."

"I'm gonna take a shower." Devyn said at the exact same time.

With that, she turned and walked into the building.

"Yeah..." Scott said, watching Devyn walk away.

"Scott, are you okay?" Jean asked, coming out of her room.

"Huh? Yeah. I'm okay." he lied.

"You wanna talk about it?" she asked.

"I just want to know why someone as great as Devyn has such a blank and dark past." he sighed.

"Devyn?" Jean asked, sounding jealous.

"Yeah."


Devyn turned a corner and slammed into a firm chest.

"Sorry, my bad." she apologized.

"It's okay." laughed Kurt, "Besides, it's not everyday a beautiful girl runs into me."

"Beautiful girl? Where?" Devyn joked, looking around.

The two of them laughed, trying to cover up their uneasiness.

"Um... about last night..." Kurt started.

"What's going on?" Devyn asked at the same time.

The two laughed again.

"Hey, I'm gonna go take a quick shower. Wait for me." she told him.

Kurt nodded and walked away. Devyn smiled, and quickly went to take her shower. About ten minutes later, she headed downstairs. Kurt was talking with Ororo, who was dressed like a teacher.

"What's with the outfit?" Devyn asked her.

"I'm the substitute teacher for the choir class today." Ororo told her.

"Great..."Devyn sighed, rolling her eyes, "Since I'm in that class, I have to behave!"

"Come on Devyn, we'll be late!" Kurt said, grabbing her arm and dragging her out the door.

He let go of her arm, and the two of them walked in silence. Devyn smiled, reached over, and took his hand in hers. He jumped, but then in twined his fingers with hers.

"Are you doing anything tonight?" she asked him.

"Not that I know of, unless Professor Xavier pulls another training session on us. What do you have in mind?" he replied.

"Well... Kitty, Rogue, and I are planning to go to Power Club, a dance club I used to work at." she told him.

"Watch out!" cried a voice.

They turned to see Evan heading straight at them on his skateboard. Kurt quickly teleported him and Devyn a small distance away, while Evan swerved and slammed right into a tree.

"Nice one Daniels! I'll give ya a five!" laughed Amanda Beach, stopping her skateboard and reaching down to help him up.

"Evan, you okay?" Kurt asked.

"My arm's cut up, but I'm used to it." Evan replied.

"Let me see your arm." Devyn commanded.

Evan held up his arm. Devyn gently placed her hands on his arm. She closed her eyes, and her hands began to glow. A couple seconds later, she opened her eyes and removed her hands from his arm. Evan, Amanda, and Kurt gasped. Evan's arm was completely healed!

"How did you do that!" demanded Amanda.

"It's just one of my many powers that I can control." Devyn admitted.

"It feels better than ever! Thanks!" Evan exclaimed, examining his arm.

Devyn smiled, and she and Kurt headed towards the school. They headed into the school and went to the biology department for class.

"I was wonderin when ya'll would show up." Roguge said, "We got an assembly today."

"Oh boy." laughed Devyn.

The three of them followed the class to the auditorium, and sat in the back. Kitty soon met up with them.

"What's going on?" she asked.

"It's about some trip tomorrow." said Alex Beach.

"Attention!" commanded Ms. Darkholme, "As you know, tomorrow is the camping trip for students. Each group is going to different parts. So we have decided the groups and the teachers. Miss Monroe, would you say the groups please."

Ororo nodded and took her place at the podium.

"For my, Mr. McCoy, and Ms. Darkholme's group, we have Kitty Pryde, Todd Tolensky, Cody Turns, Kurt Wagner, Rogue, Pietro Maximoff, Evan Wanner, Devyn Zettel, Jean Grey, Lance Alvers, Fred Dukes, Scott Summers, Alex Beach, Justin Mattson, Alex Prez, Alisha Whited, and Dawn Seymour."

Other groups were announce. Evan Daniels, Amanda, and Remy being in Miss Frost's group. The bell for next class rang, and everyone headed out of the auditorium.


Sorry it's taken so long to get this chapter up. I moved out so I have no internet yet. I hope you all are enjoying this story. More to come soon, I promise!

Tigress Devyn