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Jean led Dawn to Professor Charles Xavier's office where he was just finishing with his class. They stood at the back of the classroom. The bell went and Xavier dismissed his class. All the children looked at Dawn as they passed. Xavier motioned them to come to the front.
"Hello Dawn" said Xavier "I'm Charles Xavier and if you don't mind I want to ask you some questions. Have a seat" he motioned to a chair and it moved from behind a desk and placed itself infront of Xavier's desk. Dawn jumped and started backing away.
"Thank you Jean you can leave now" said Xavier. Jean smiled at them both, nodded and then left.
"Did Jean do that?" Asked Dawn in a frightened tone.
"Yes she did. She's telekinetic which means she can move things with her mind. I can too but today I feel tired". Dawn kept looking at the chair. Xavier laughed.
"You don't have to be frightened. We wont hurt you. Sit down". Dawn sat down slowly and Xavier started asking her questions.
"Does you foster father beat you Dawn?" He asked. Dawn was looking around trying to avoid the question.
"Are you trying to read my mind?" She asked. Xavier looked at her.
"Don't change the subject, Dawn. To answer your question, yes I am. But something is blocking he. Dawn I think your mind is blocking out everyone because you don't want to be hurt or you've been hurt too much. Maybe both. Would you like to add anything?" Xavier asked. Dawn looked out the window.
"As far as I can remember I've felt pain. Pain of my beatings, pain of never seeing my parents, pain of being different. All pain, all the time" she said.
"Well, then" said Xavier "maybe everything will heal with time. Your away from your beatings, you are no longer different and we'll help you find your parents. Your x-rays don't show anything unusual.."
"What???" Exclaimed Dawn "you took my x-rays"
"Yes, when you were unconscious we took them"
"What is it with everyone and taking without asking?" Dawn stood up.
"Dawn wait"
"I will not wait. I can't believe this first me getting kidnapped to a school far from my home. Now everyone's doing things without my permission. What's next??? Anal probes?". Dawn left the room in fury. Xavier didn't call to her because he knew she wouldn't come back. She just needed time to cool off.
Dawn walked out of the mansion. The school day was over and most of the kids were outside playing. She was so annoyed she didn't realize she was walking over the fish pond again. Some small children , who were playing with a small toy boat, looked up at her amazed. One small child with red hair and freckles called out to his friend across the playground to look at Dawn. Many of the other children heard the call and looked at Dawn. She didn't notice them and kept on walking towards a bench under some trees. She sat down still thinking about how angry she was.
"Hello Dawn". Dawn jumped. It was only Rogue.
"Are you okay Dawn. I didn't mean to scare you. You kinder went all watery for a second".
"I'm okay" said Dawn.
"are you a Goth, Dawn?" Said Rogue looking at Dawn's black dress, boots and hair.
"I guess so" said Dawn looking at herself. Dawn looked at Rogue. Rogue, like usual, was wearing long gloves, dress, scarf and boots.
"Why do you wear all those clothes?" Asked Dawn.
"Oh" said Rogue looking sad for a second "its my power. I absorb the life force of any person I touch. Bobby doesn't mind"
"Bobby?"
"He's my boyfriend, do you have a boyfriend"
"No, never had and I don't think I ever will"
"Maybe I can set you up with one of Bobby's friends"
"No, don't worry about me, I'll be right". They sat in silence for a few minutes looking at all the children playing. A basketball ran astray from a game and rolled over to Dawn and Rogue. A teenage boy with dark blonde hair came over to pick it up.
"Hi Bobby" said Rogue. She stood up and hugged him careful not to touch him with her exposed skin.
"Hey, beautiful" said Bobby "who's your friend?". Bobby looked at Dawn. Dawn was busy starting at the ground.
"That's Dawn, she's new here. She's from... Actually she didn't say where she's from" Rogue looked at Dawn. Dawn looked up.
"I'm from Australia" she said. Dawn looked down again.
"She's going to be in my room with the rest of the girls" said Rogue. A boy yelled at Bobby to hurry up and stop groping his girlfriend. All the other boys playing laughed.
"Okay, gotta go" said Bobby "bye Rogue, bye Dawn". Bobby ran off. Rouge sat back down.
"What's Bobby's power?" Asked Dawn.
"He can turn things to ice".
"That's cool". Rogue started to point out people and telling Dawn their powers. A girl with multicoloured hair could blend into any background, her name was Multi and she was one of their roommates. Their other roommate was Sarah and she could light up her whole body. Rogue described nearly everybody in the playground but Dawn interrupted her.
"Who's what" she asked pointing to a boy their age with half his hair white the other half black. He was sitting on a bench with a sketch book his hands. He was obviously drawing the boys playing basketball. One of the boys called for him to come and play. The artist boy put down his book caught the ball and started playing.
"He's one of bobby's friends. His name is Alex but everyone calls him Shock because his hair looks like its being held up with static electricity, which it is. His power is to produce and control electricity. He's cool, he's usually hanging around with Bobby so I've talked to him a few times. Why'd you ask?"
"Nothing really"
"Are you sure?" Poking Dawn in the ribs "he is kinder cure you know"
"Rogue, you've got a boyfriend"
"That's why he's perfect for you"
"No, I hate boys they cause too much pain" said Dawn looking away from Shock shooting goals.
"How's about I show you our room?". They got up an walked back towards the school. Rogue stopped at the pond. The boys that were playing with the boat were sad. Their boat had sunk. Rogue asked them if there was anything she could do. One boy, with red hair and freckles, started crying. Because they were little boys they couldn't reach the boat at the bottom of the pond. Only someone older could. Dawn looked at Rogue. Rogue looked at Dawn.
"I don't want to get my hands wet" said Rogue. Dawn looked around, and because no one was doing anything she kneeled and plunged her arm in the cold water. Water moved out if the way as her hand reached in. The young boys stared at her and the red haired one stopped crying. After a second of feeling the bottom Dawn pulled out her hand and the boat. All of the boys smiled. The boy with red hair took it from her.
"Thank you" he said and the boys ran off happily. Dawn's hand and sleeve were dry.
"That was sweet Dawn, you saved a boat" said Rogue sarcastically.
"I hate little kids" said Dawn.
Rogue's room was fairly large because it had to fit four beds in it plus possessions. Rogue showed Dawn her bed that was next to her own. Next to the bed was a table with a lamp, on the other side was a dressing table complete with mirror and draws.
"We have a roster" said Rogue "we each take turns in cleaning. For example if the room needed a quick clean whoever was next on the list cleaned it. No matter how big or small it is. The two rooms that are the cleanest get a prize. They juge them once a term. Older kids usually win because smaller children are messy. The toilets are down the hall and I'll take you to the kitchens when its time for food. Got any questions?"
"Yeah, what about my clothes?" Asked Dawn.
"Oh, Xavier said we'd have to go shopping" said Rogue "I've got a present for you" Rogue opened one of Dawn's cupboards and pulled out a small circular fish bowl.
"Multi, Sarah and I thought this would be a good welcome present"
"Uh, Rogue, its kinda lacking something"
"What?"
"Fish maybe"
Rogue reached into the cupboard again and pulled out a clean bag with two fish inside. One was black, the other was gold.
"What are you going to call them?" Asked Rogue. Dawn thought for a second.
"Goldie and Blackie" she said
"Wow, that is so original"
"Yeah, I know" Dawn set up the fish bowl, put water in it then put the fish in. She fed them a little fish food.
"Also" said Rogue "here something to sleep in". Rogue got a black nightdress and gave it to Dawn.
"I think it will fit you, we're about the same size" she said
"Thank you Rogue, your really cool, thanks for everything. Um, about shopping... Who's going to pay? I don't have any money"
"The school will pay all the costs and they felt they had to repay you somehow for kidnapping you and all."
"How did you know they took me?"
"Dawn, you've been asleep for a long time. Most the school knows. Plus I'm part of the X-Men" said Rogue.
"The Who-Men??"
"The X-Men" said Rogue "we stop evil mutants or humans from hurting innocent mutants or humans. Kinder like super-heros"
"Sounds boring". A bell sounded.
"Its tea time" said Rogue
"You go" said Dawn "I'm not hungry"
That night it rained. It was a summer storm so all was hot and sticky. The girls were sleeping with no bed sheets on, it was too hot. They were all asleep, all except Dawn. She was wishing she hadn't skipped dinner. She couldn't sleep, it was too different from her old house. But this was an improvement. At her old house she had to sleep on the floor, now she had a soft warm bed. She wasn't used to it. So she got up and walked over to the window. The summer rain was softly slipping down the glass. The garden looked so beautiful when the moon broke through a patch of cloud. Dawn decides to go down there. She opened the door. It swung open lightly. She went into the hallway closing the door softly behind her. Dawn had the nightdress Rogue had given her on. It had long sleeves that buttoned up to the elbow. The dress stopped just below her knees. It had buttons up the front but the top three had come off dew to long use. It showed her white neck. Her hair was hanging down. She tucked part of it behind her ears and padded softly down the carpeted hallway, then down the stairs. There was a light coming from a lounge room. She could hear the television playing a late night horror movie. She quickly walked past it afraid people might see her in her nightdress. She was too busy worrying that she didn't see the dark figure until she walked into it.
She walked into it and then started to fall down. Strong hands grabbed her and pulled her close to stop her falling. Dawn put her hand in front of her chest defensively to stop herself getting squashed. She realised who the figure was. It was Alex or Shock. His half white, half black hair was messy from sleeping but it was still standing up. He wore a faded black tee-shirt with the words "Slipknot" written on it and a old pair of cargo pants. His eyes were a dazzling light blue that had lines of dark blue through them. Shock also noticed the figure he held so close was the new Goth girl. He noticed her black medium length hair hanging around her face. She had beautiful eyes, they were green with flecks of blue through them. He noticed her nightgown had three buttons missing from the top he saw her lovely white neck and the top of her chest. Then he realised her chest pressed against his. Some one wolf whistled. Dawn jumped and went watery then she transformed into a puddle. The puddle-Dawn then mover away from Shock. Shock blushed and stepped back. He stared at the person. It was Logan.
"Were you guys close or what?" He smirked. He held a bag of popcorn in his hands. Dawn transformed back. Shock just stared at her.
"You should be ashamed of yourself Shock, this girl has only been here for less then a day and your already feeling her up" said Logan. Shock stammered. Logan suddenly grinned he stepped forward and shook Dawn's hand .
"Hi I'm Logan" he said "that's some neat trick you have"
"I'm Dawn" said Dawn going paler
"This perverted person is Shock" said Logan pointing to Shock.
"No, its my fault. I wasn't watching where I was going" said Dawn "I'm sorry I have to go". Dawn walked past them and towards the front door. Logan handed Shock some popcorn. Shock ate it as he looked at Dawn walking quickly away.
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Jean led Dawn to Professor Charles Xavier's office where he was just finishing with his class. They stood at the back of the classroom. The bell went and Xavier dismissed his class. All the children looked at Dawn as they passed. Xavier motioned them to come to the front.
"Hello Dawn" said Xavier "I'm Charles Xavier and if you don't mind I want to ask you some questions. Have a seat" he motioned to a chair and it moved from behind a desk and placed itself infront of Xavier's desk. Dawn jumped and started backing away.
"Thank you Jean you can leave now" said Xavier. Jean smiled at them both, nodded and then left.
"Did Jean do that?" Asked Dawn in a frightened tone.
"Yes she did. She's telekinetic which means she can move things with her mind. I can too but today I feel tired". Dawn kept looking at the chair. Xavier laughed.
"You don't have to be frightened. We wont hurt you. Sit down". Dawn sat down slowly and Xavier started asking her questions.
"Does you foster father beat you Dawn?" He asked. Dawn was looking around trying to avoid the question.
"Are you trying to read my mind?" She asked. Xavier looked at her.
"Don't change the subject, Dawn. To answer your question, yes I am. But something is blocking he. Dawn I think your mind is blocking out everyone because you don't want to be hurt or you've been hurt too much. Maybe both. Would you like to add anything?" Xavier asked. Dawn looked out the window.
"As far as I can remember I've felt pain. Pain of my beatings, pain of never seeing my parents, pain of being different. All pain, all the time" she said.
"Well, then" said Xavier "maybe everything will heal with time. Your away from your beatings, you are no longer different and we'll help you find your parents. Your x-rays don't show anything unusual.."
"What???" Exclaimed Dawn "you took my x-rays"
"Yes, when you were unconscious we took them"
"What is it with everyone and taking without asking?" Dawn stood up.
"Dawn wait"
"I will not wait. I can't believe this first me getting kidnapped to a school far from my home. Now everyone's doing things without my permission. What's next??? Anal probes?". Dawn left the room in fury. Xavier didn't call to her because he knew she wouldn't come back. She just needed time to cool off.
Dawn walked out of the mansion. The school day was over and most of the kids were outside playing. She was so annoyed she didn't realize she was walking over the fish pond again. Some small children , who were playing with a small toy boat, looked up at her amazed. One small child with red hair and freckles called out to his friend across the playground to look at Dawn. Many of the other children heard the call and looked at Dawn. She didn't notice them and kept on walking towards a bench under some trees. She sat down still thinking about how angry she was.
"Hello Dawn". Dawn jumped. It was only Rogue.
"Are you okay Dawn. I didn't mean to scare you. You kinder went all watery for a second".
"I'm okay" said Dawn.
"are you a Goth, Dawn?" Said Rogue looking at Dawn's black dress, boots and hair.
"I guess so" said Dawn looking at herself. Dawn looked at Rogue. Rogue, like usual, was wearing long gloves, dress, scarf and boots.
"Why do you wear all those clothes?" Asked Dawn.
"Oh" said Rogue looking sad for a second "its my power. I absorb the life force of any person I touch. Bobby doesn't mind"
"Bobby?"
"He's my boyfriend, do you have a boyfriend"
"No, never had and I don't think I ever will"
"Maybe I can set you up with one of Bobby's friends"
"No, don't worry about me, I'll be right". They sat in silence for a few minutes looking at all the children playing. A basketball ran astray from a game and rolled over to Dawn and Rogue. A teenage boy with dark blonde hair came over to pick it up.
"Hi Bobby" said Rogue. She stood up and hugged him careful not to touch him with her exposed skin.
"Hey, beautiful" said Bobby "who's your friend?". Bobby looked at Dawn. Dawn was busy starting at the ground.
"That's Dawn, she's new here. She's from... Actually she didn't say where she's from" Rogue looked at Dawn. Dawn looked up.
"I'm from Australia" she said. Dawn looked down again.
"She's going to be in my room with the rest of the girls" said Rogue. A boy yelled at Bobby to hurry up and stop groping his girlfriend. All the other boys playing laughed.
"Okay, gotta go" said Bobby "bye Rogue, bye Dawn". Bobby ran off. Rouge sat back down.
"What's Bobby's power?" Asked Dawn.
"He can turn things to ice".
"That's cool". Rogue started to point out people and telling Dawn their powers. A girl with multicoloured hair could blend into any background, her name was Multi and she was one of their roommates. Their other roommate was Sarah and she could light up her whole body. Rogue described nearly everybody in the playground but Dawn interrupted her.
"Who's what" she asked pointing to a boy their age with half his hair white the other half black. He was sitting on a bench with a sketch book his hands. He was obviously drawing the boys playing basketball. One of the boys called for him to come and play. The artist boy put down his book caught the ball and started playing.
"He's one of bobby's friends. His name is Alex but everyone calls him Shock because his hair looks like its being held up with static electricity, which it is. His power is to produce and control electricity. He's cool, he's usually hanging around with Bobby so I've talked to him a few times. Why'd you ask?"
"Nothing really"
"Are you sure?" Poking Dawn in the ribs "he is kinder cure you know"
"Rogue, you've got a boyfriend"
"That's why he's perfect for you"
"No, I hate boys they cause too much pain" said Dawn looking away from Shock shooting goals.
"How's about I show you our room?". They got up an walked back towards the school. Rogue stopped at the pond. The boys that were playing with the boat were sad. Their boat had sunk. Rogue asked them if there was anything she could do. One boy, with red hair and freckles, started crying. Because they were little boys they couldn't reach the boat at the bottom of the pond. Only someone older could. Dawn looked at Rogue. Rogue looked at Dawn.
"I don't want to get my hands wet" said Rogue. Dawn looked around, and because no one was doing anything she kneeled and plunged her arm in the cold water. Water moved out if the way as her hand reached in. The young boys stared at her and the red haired one stopped crying. After a second of feeling the bottom Dawn pulled out her hand and the boat. All of the boys smiled. The boy with red hair took it from her.
"Thank you" he said and the boys ran off happily. Dawn's hand and sleeve were dry.
"That was sweet Dawn, you saved a boat" said Rogue sarcastically.
"I hate little kids" said Dawn.
Rogue's room was fairly large because it had to fit four beds in it plus possessions. Rogue showed Dawn her bed that was next to her own. Next to the bed was a table with a lamp, on the other side was a dressing table complete with mirror and draws.
"We have a roster" said Rogue "we each take turns in cleaning. For example if the room needed a quick clean whoever was next on the list cleaned it. No matter how big or small it is. The two rooms that are the cleanest get a prize. They juge them once a term. Older kids usually win because smaller children are messy. The toilets are down the hall and I'll take you to the kitchens when its time for food. Got any questions?"
"Yeah, what about my clothes?" Asked Dawn.
"Oh, Xavier said we'd have to go shopping" said Rogue "I've got a present for you" Rogue opened one of Dawn's cupboards and pulled out a small circular fish bowl.
"Multi, Sarah and I thought this would be a good welcome present"
"Uh, Rogue, its kinda lacking something"
"What?"
"Fish maybe"
Rogue reached into the cupboard again and pulled out a clean bag with two fish inside. One was black, the other was gold.
"What are you going to call them?" Asked Rogue. Dawn thought for a second.
"Goldie and Blackie" she said
"Wow, that is so original"
"Yeah, I know" Dawn set up the fish bowl, put water in it then put the fish in. She fed them a little fish food.
"Also" said Rogue "here something to sleep in". Rogue got a black nightdress and gave it to Dawn.
"I think it will fit you, we're about the same size" she said
"Thank you Rogue, your really cool, thanks for everything. Um, about shopping... Who's going to pay? I don't have any money"
"The school will pay all the costs and they felt they had to repay you somehow for kidnapping you and all."
"How did you know they took me?"
"Dawn, you've been asleep for a long time. Most the school knows. Plus I'm part of the X-Men" said Rogue.
"The Who-Men??"
"The X-Men" said Rogue "we stop evil mutants or humans from hurting innocent mutants or humans. Kinder like super-heros"
"Sounds boring". A bell sounded.
"Its tea time" said Rogue
"You go" said Dawn "I'm not hungry"
That night it rained. It was a summer storm so all was hot and sticky. The girls were sleeping with no bed sheets on, it was too hot. They were all asleep, all except Dawn. She was wishing she hadn't skipped dinner. She couldn't sleep, it was too different from her old house. But this was an improvement. At her old house she had to sleep on the floor, now she had a soft warm bed. She wasn't used to it. So she got up and walked over to the window. The summer rain was softly slipping down the glass. The garden looked so beautiful when the moon broke through a patch of cloud. Dawn decides to go down there. She opened the door. It swung open lightly. She went into the hallway closing the door softly behind her. Dawn had the nightdress Rogue had given her on. It had long sleeves that buttoned up to the elbow. The dress stopped just below her knees. It had buttons up the front but the top three had come off dew to long use. It showed her white neck. Her hair was hanging down. She tucked part of it behind her ears and padded softly down the carpeted hallway, then down the stairs. There was a light coming from a lounge room. She could hear the television playing a late night horror movie. She quickly walked past it afraid people might see her in her nightdress. She was too busy worrying that she didn't see the dark figure until she walked into it.
She walked into it and then started to fall down. Strong hands grabbed her and pulled her close to stop her falling. Dawn put her hand in front of her chest defensively to stop herself getting squashed. She realised who the figure was. It was Alex or Shock. His half white, half black hair was messy from sleeping but it was still standing up. He wore a faded black tee-shirt with the words "Slipknot" written on it and a old pair of cargo pants. His eyes were a dazzling light blue that had lines of dark blue through them. Shock also noticed the figure he held so close was the new Goth girl. He noticed her black medium length hair hanging around her face. She had beautiful eyes, they were green with flecks of blue through them. He noticed her nightgown had three buttons missing from the top he saw her lovely white neck and the top of her chest. Then he realised her chest pressed against his. Some one wolf whistled. Dawn jumped and went watery then she transformed into a puddle. The puddle-Dawn then mover away from Shock. Shock blushed and stepped back. He stared at the person. It was Logan.
"Were you guys close or what?" He smirked. He held a bag of popcorn in his hands. Dawn transformed back. Shock just stared at her.
"You should be ashamed of yourself Shock, this girl has only been here for less then a day and your already feeling her up" said Logan. Shock stammered. Logan suddenly grinned he stepped forward and shook Dawn's hand .
"Hi I'm Logan" he said "that's some neat trick you have"
"I'm Dawn" said Dawn going paler
"This perverted person is Shock" said Logan pointing to Shock.
"No, its my fault. I wasn't watching where I was going" said Dawn "I'm sorry I have to go". Dawn walked past them and towards the front door. Logan handed Shock some popcorn. Shock ate it as he looked at Dawn walking quickly away.