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Ch. 8 - Toby
The next day Wanda took Toby to Rogue's. The little boy hung onto Wanda's arm as the waked by the many trailers. When they reached Rogue's Wanda knocked on the door loudly.
"Hello? Is anybody home?"
Wanda called out, they could here movement coming from inside.
"Ah'm commin"
Rogue answered the door and held it open for Wanda and Toby.
"So this is him?"
Rogue looked the boy up and down as Wanda sat on the bed, Toby stood next to her. Rogue smiled at Toby and quickly tied her hair back with a hair tie.
"Hello, my name is Rogue. Could ya come here for me so Ah can measure ya?"
Toby went to Rogue and she held her measuring tape up to him. She wrote some numbers down in a note book then went to her dresser and began digging through it.
"So, how old are ya?"
"I'm six and a half."
She found what she was looking for and pulled it out.
"This might be a bit big, if it is Ah can take it in."
She held out a pair of dark blue pants and a white long sleeved shirt. Rogue put up a curtain for him to change behind (she did this for everyone so they could change in private). When he came out dressed in the cloths the pants fit fine but the shirt was too big. Rogue looked through another draw and pulled out a black and blue striped vest.
"Here, put this on over the shirt."
He did so and she inspected his outfit.
"What do ya think Wanda?"
"I think he looks good, how about you Toby?"
Toby looked at his reflection in the mirror hanging on the door of Rogue closet.
"I like it, thank you Miss Rogue."
Toby hugged Rogue quickly before going back to Wanda. Rouge led the tow to the Door and held it open for them.
"Thanks Rogue, I really appreciate it."
Rouge a smiled and messed with Toby's hair.
"Come back in a few days and Ah'll have somethin' that fits better for ya, ok kid?."
Rogue waved them good bye and the two left. Wanda then took Toby to the Ice Shack next. While walking Wanda noticed Toby was still wearing his shades.
"You don't have to ware the sunglasses any more Toby, no one will treat you differently just because of your eyes."
"I know, I just feel better with them on."
Wanda ruffled his hair affectionately and they soon reached the Ice Shack. Wanda called out for Bobby and he appeared from under the counter. He smiled at Wanda then spotted Toby.
"And who is this?"
Bobby leaned over the counter and smiled at the boy.
"My names Toby."
"So you're the new kid?"
Toby nodded his head.
"Well in that case pick a flavor, newbies get a slushy on the house."
Bobby handed him a list of flavors.
"Can I get strawberry?"
"Sure thing kid."
Bobby showed off by shooting the ice up in the air and then catching it in a cup, he twirled the flavor bottle around and squirted the ice with it.
"There you go."
He stuck a spoon in the slushy and handed it to Toby.
"Have a nice day kid, see ya around Wanda."
Toby dug into the slushy and after Wanda thanked Bobby she took him back to her trailer. When Toby finished his treat he looked at the numerous jars filled with strange ingredients that lined her shelves.
"What are those?"
He asked at he pointed to her jars.
"There my herbs and spices, I use them to make ointments and potions."
Toby got a funny look on his face.
"Like witches?"
Wanda almost busted out laughing but managed to contain herself.
"No, the ointments are used for sore muscles and the potions are more like Gypsy medicine."
"How do you know how to make them?"
Toby asked as he continued looking at the colorful bottles.
"My mother was a Gypsy and she taught me, it's my way of keeping her with me."
Wanda went to her bookshelf and pulled out a thick brown book.
"This is like a big cookbook for Gypsy's"
Toby waked to the table and she put it down in front of him. He looked through it trying to understand what the strange words meant.
"Could you teach me?"
"Teach you what?"
"How to make potions?"
Wanda smiled at him.
"Well, I could use an apprentice."
She flipped through the pages and stopped towards the middle.
"This looks like an easy one to start with."
For the rest of the morning and a good part of the afternoon Wanda showed Toby how to measure, mix, boil and bottle a potion for dry skin.
The Professor's trailer.
The professor was sitting behind his desk, Logan was sitting on the other side.
"I've got Piotr, Freddy, Pietro, X, Hank and myself on security tonight, if I have to I'll pull Lance and Remy too."
The professor nodded his head in agreement.
"That sound like it'll do, if anything comes up tell me about it."
Logan left and the Professor thought about the newest recruit. The boy's mutation didn't stop at his eyes, the Professor knew that much, he sent a mental message to Wanda.
"Wanda, could you bring young Toby to my trailer as soon as you're done? I have a few questions for him."
Wanda answered back quickly,
"Sure, we'll be there in about fifteen minuets."
When Wanda and Toby arrived the Professor greeted them and had them sit down.
"Hello again."
"Hi."
"Toby, can I ask you something?"
"Yes."
"Do strange things ever happen around you?"
"Well, there was this one time, it was an accident and…"
Toby trailed off and looked nervous.
"You can tell the Professor Toby."
"I can't really explain it, I was in the back yard and thinking it would be cool if the rocks could move, and then they did, they started to glow purple and hoveroff the ground."
"When was this?"
"After my mom died."
"Thank you for telling me. You can go now, I believe Jubilee and Tabitha are putting on a small fireworks show by the big tent."
They left and the Professor continued to think about Toby's mutation.
In front of the big tent most of the mutants were sitting or standing in a half circle around not only Tabitha and Jubilee but also Remy and Ray. Wanda sat down next to John and Toby sat on her lap.
"Ello, me names John and that's my girl you sitting on."
He let out a short laugh then shook Toby's hand and kissed Wanda on the cheek. Soon Kitty and Piotr joined them along with Rogue. The mutants watched the four mutants make small explosions, each louder and brighter then the next and enjoyed the entertainment until Storm came and told them to start getting ready for the night as the sun was going down in a few hours..
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