A/N Heres the next chapter! As promised, Ill have review responses at the end… Anyways...Sorry for the wait…Im really busy these days... keep reviewing!
The Beginnings of a Storm
((Alright Jean. Focus.)) The soothing voice of the professor filled her head. Her eyes were closed lightly to block out anything that might break her concentration. After taking a deep breath, she raised her hand to her temple. It had become a daily ritual for Jean and the professor to maintain her mind barrier. These regular routines and lessons proved useful as she had not heard any thoughts of other people for days.
"Alright Jean. That concludes our lesson for today."
"Thanks so much Professor Xavier."
The professor wheeled out of the room where they had moments before been meditating. Jean stood up. The night was still young and she felt restless. The red head headed for the door. A little stargazing wouldn't hurt would it? It was under the stars in these times that made her feel a sense of tranquility. Being transferred away from her family, friends, house, and even city was pretty scary… but…
"Hey Scott…" The boy was sitting on a bench outside, the light breeze flowing through his light brown hair and clothes, his white blindfolds fluttered past his moon bathed face.
"Hey…"
Jean took this as an invitation to sit down next to him. "Beautiful night isn't it?"…Stupid… He can see it remember?
"Yea…It's wonderful"
Jean turned from her gaze at the stars to look at the boy beside her. "Im sorry Scott…"
"For what?"
"I forgot that you can't…" Right…rub it in…just what he needs…
"It's alright Jean… Even if I can't see them…The stars are always there right? And just knowing that their there…watching over me…I can feel that it's a great night."
Jean looked down at her hands folded around her legs. Why was she feeling so warm all of a sudden? ...Say something Jean…Anything.
"Yea…" without knowing what she was doing, she leaned against his shoulder. His body felt so warm and sturdy…Was this possible? Had she finally found security in this new home? Reality…Right… You've barely even known him for a week and you're already getting this close? But to her surprise…He wasn't moving. He wasn't even making any effort to get up. For a few moments…or maybe it was a few hours… Jean Grey felt like nothing could possibly go wrong.
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Ororo Munroe put her hands out. She relaxed herself and felt her soul lighten up. Her calm emotion was released in an aura, gathering the moisture in the air to form a rain cloud. The weather goddess moved her hands, and as she did so, the tiny rain cloud floated over the many plants in her greenhouse, allowing rain drops to fall onto the leaves and moisturize the soil. Her powers to merge herself with nature had frightened her at first, but in time, she found herself to start liking it, for it allowed her to release her emotions in a physical way…or maybe that was a bad thing... But that didn't matter…She was content with what she had been blessed with, and that was that.
From her place on the highest point of the building, Ororo could see Scott; her "adopted son" and Jean. The two were sitting very close; alone on the dark grounds, letting the soft wind blow around them, the moonlight flooding over them. Ororo sighed. How long ago had she been like that? Completely at ease…next to the person she loved… But if you commit yourself to a man like Logan… Well…he was always on the go…
"Oh for goodness sake…" I the midst of her thoughts she forgot that her raincloud had been continuously hovering over a plant. The flower was being crushed and the pot was overflowing. She whipped her hands, causing the cloud to dissipate.
X
"Scott?"
"Hmmm…yea?"
"I'm going to try something"
"Try what?"
"Shhh…just relax…" Her soothing voice somehow encouraged Scott to fall silent. He tried not to breathe too hard, and his face was starting to flush… Oh…What if she was going to-
((Scott?)) This caught him off guard. He jolted back to his alert self at this, almost falling off the bench.
((Can you hear me Scott?)) Well…It's worth a shot… He pushed his next thought to the edge of his mind, trying to let her hear it.
((Yes…Can you hear me?))
Jean gasped in excitement. For the few days she had been in the school, she had heard Professor Xavier in her mind many times. She knew this was also his more preferred way of communicating long distances; as opposed to the intercom. And because she was a telepath… She had almost wished that she would be able to do the same.
((Yea! I can hear you too!))
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And then it was Monday. Of course, Jean's school back at home had given her the week off after the accident. Half of which she had spent unconscious in the hospital, and the other half she had spent preparing herself for the funeral, and after that she was transferred to Xaver's School for the Gifted. All in all, she had missed about two weeks of school. Although there was only a few weeks left before school ended for the summer, Jean had pleaded that the professor let her go, so that she could at least take a look at the school and maybe make some new friends before it ended. Scott stayed at the institute. Because his blindfolds would attract too much unwanted attention, he was home schooled by the professor.
So it was just her and Ororo that morning. The African woman driving the small but refreshingly roomy Honda Civic. Jean sitting next to her, looking out the window to take a glimpse of the beautiful Bayville landscape.
"Ororo?" she asked. Her relationship with the woman had risen to an almost mother-daughter one. She had known from the start that the professor was someone she could trust with everything, but the African woman was truly a mother figure for her.
"Yes Jean? Is there something wrong?"
"No… I just feel a little…scared. I mean… how am I supposed to keep my powers hidden from all those other people? What would happen if I had one of those giant headaches like before?"
"There's nothing to worry about dear… Focus on keeping the mind barrier up and act normally."
"But what if I tell someone? What if I slip up and give it away?"
"If you feel that you are not ready, I can always turn around and we can go back-"
"No Ororo…" Jean interrupted and continued "I want to have a look at this new school…Have a chance to reclaim some sort of normality I used to have…"
"Dear child… You are always normal- Just remember that you are the same as everyone else, just with a unique gift. Someday, you will learn to use that to help others, no matter what they think" and that was the end of the conversation. The car pulled into the parking lot, and Jean stepped out, setting foot into a new world, ready to experience a whole new life.
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"Well well… what have we here?" The voice echoed throughout the cave walls. They seemed neither to come from a direct object, nor come from the cave itself. It was just there.
"I have waited forty years for this moment. Welcome to the realm of the new era, Apocalypse."
"If you are to be my servant…I will put onto you a gift. And you will have a new name…. Mr. Sinister.
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Wen1-yeah we saw Sarh twice in X-Evo, it's the big sister of Jean.
OH OH, power surge...you're lucky you've escaped the telekinesis...
Yeah, Svott is coming ! "wow" lol
UH ? I thought they hadn't yet found the ruby-red quartz for Scott and he can
see in the Jet ?
Great the diary thing, it recalls my one of my novels.
Yashito- actually Im pretty excited about her telekinesis. It is the cause of my fetishes that makes me want to write about her. Although I must clarify…If you read carefully, u can see that Scott was only dreaming about being able to see through the jet window. The "experience of sight" that Scott remembers are the times when he removes his blindfold (example: when they were testing the quartz material)
Witchbreed-Something else about the Greys:They are supposed to live somewhere in N.Y. in a
place called Annadelle-on-Hundson.I live in Greece(A small coutry in Europe with
a great ancient civilization.Ringin' any bells?)so I have no way of knowing
whether it's fictional or not, but I have read that Jean's family lives there,in
comics.
Yashito- thanks for the info. Ill be sure to use this info in further chaps. Its pretty cool that u live in Greece…always wanted to go there.
A/N Sorry about the long wait. Ive actually been working on this chapter for quite some time. Once in a while Id get writers block and I cant think of anything to write. Other times Id be too busy to even look at this. So yea…thanks for being patient. Ill be working on the next chapter right away so look forwards to it. R&R! thanks to those who are doing it cuz its really inspiring. You also don't need to only give me facts!Im open to just open discussions on anything (particularily Xmen). So go ahead. Itd be nice to hear your ideas too on what I should write next. If you have something you want jean, scott, ororo, Prof X, or even Logan to do(hint hint) then just write!c ya in the next chapter!