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Hey, ladies… and men. Heres another chapter of Tides of Dawn.
Oh, thanks to Smiley Face 3 for kinda writing this chapter for me… Smiley Face 3 is Misty in The Amazing Walking Potato and Friends, and Alex de Grae in Tempting Fate. She's also my bestest friend in the entire world. This chapter is for her.
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Pyro stoodat the school gates. He had just been seeing if Xavier was back. He stood with his back to the gate, sure that no one could see him. He shoved his hands in his navy denim jacket to pull out his famous lighter. Clicking it open a few times, he remembered the girl. The girl named Dawn. He shuffled around in his pockets some more and found the goggles that all the Brotherhood had. Placing them on his head he could zoom in at distances. Magneto had taken ages to make them, they had night vision to. Well, Magneto didn't make them. A new guy, Techno did. God, Pyro was jealousy of Techno, Techno could make anything. From toasters to flying boots. Scowling, Pyro looked towards Xavier's school. His goggles zooming in and focusing so he could see to front door, and people milling around. He hoped to see Dawn, the girl he was strangely attracted to. He didn't know why, maybe it was his imagination. But somehow he felt drawn to her.
His heart pulled as he saw her walk out of the front door. She wore a black dress, coat and boots, clutching a book. She was halfway over the grass when she got tackled for behind. Pyro gasped, pulled off the goggles and quickly walked forwards to the front of the gate. But quickly going back because they had surveillance cameras. He put the goggles back on, fearing the worst. Instead, Dawn was rolling on the ground laughing, another male was laughing with her. Pyro noticed this to be Shock; he had been friends with him, when he was at Xavier's. Pyro witnessed Shock helping Dawn up and running under the secrecy of a dense tree and kissing her. Pyro's eyes narrowed and he frowned hard when he saw Shock lower Dawn to the ground, still kissing her. He pulled off the goggles in frustration and threw them on the ground. Why was he obsessed with this girl? He thought angrily. He pulled at his hair. Something made him think that Dawn and himself were meant to be together.
Not wanting to find out what Shock and Dawn were doing, he stalked away from the school, hands deep in his pockets. When he was a fair distance away he took his lighter and lit it. His ability had grown and he had learnt something new of his power. Now he could take the flame and engulf him and a few other people, sending them to a place close by. This took his energy and he could only teleport people short distances. Pyro moved the flame from his lighted and widened it so it licked at his body, making everything a red, wavy haze. The fire grew and died down, Pyro wasn't standing there anymore.
When Pyro arrived at the Brotherhood's base no one was around. The base was set in a neglected part of New York City, where crime was on the street, not noticed. They had found an abandoned prison; the prisoners had broken out years earlier (A/N I couldn't think of a better base). It was cold, damp and empty. The Brotherhood stayed in the basement part, where they could see if anyone came. Surprisingly, the electricity, gas and water still worked. They could monitor everything on surveillance cameras. The basement was mostly rooms and a few cells. But with the Brotherhood living there, it had a full feel to it.
Pyro left the fiery portal and, head down, walked towards Magneto's office. The rest of the Brotherhood hung out in one room, playing cards and such. Pyro walked past the room. Mystique stopped him along the corridor to Magneto's office.
"He doesn't want to see anyone, especially you," she smirked. Pyro looked at her but tried to push past.
"Didn't you hear me, youngling?" she said angrily, pushing him back. Pyro let out a frustrated sigh.
"I heard you," he said glaring at her, "just tell him that Xavier isn't back yet". Mystique had a bigger smirk on her face.
"Did you get a good look at her then?" she said laughing a bit. Mystique could see the affection he had for Dawn. Pyro just turned around and walked away. He could still hear Mystique laughing. When at first Pyro came, Mystique hated and was jealous of Pyro. When Pyro became in the background and new members of the Brotherhood came, Mystique laughed at him. She was always Magneto's favorite. She thought Pyro was immature, young and reckless. Not having the skills, like her, to be a top student of Magneto's.
Pyro was tired of the basement. He walked in the opposite direction of his room, up multiple sets of stairs. He found himself on the third story of the building. He climbed up a ladder to the roof. On the roof were piles of debris. Pyro sat in a broken chair and flicked his lighter. Open. Shut. Open. Shut. Open. Shut.
He opened it and made a large ball of fire. He shot it at a pile of rubbish and it fell over, catching on fire. He did this to every one of the piles, making larger balls. When he finished the last one he got up and screamed. Why did he love a girl he hadn't met before?
Pyro sat in the broken chair for hours, pondering this question. He came to the conclusion that he had to find out if the love was real. He finally stood.
"I'm going to the ball," he said aloud to himself.
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Whoop, I'm done.
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