Okay a quick note; the song is called "Afterglow and is preformed by Closure, a real band. Closure is wicked band and I highly recommend it to anyone.

iamhollywood: I'm glad you found the story; I was worried by the lack of reviews that nobody wanted to read the story. Yes, there will be all those things but I want to try and take it slow and give a few surprises…like what I have planned for Duncan, MUWAHAHA, but that's later in the story. By the way, loved the new chapters to A Toad and His Clown; it's got a lot of potential and I hope you keep it up.

Mareo and Anime: Well, I'm just glad you reviewed period. Yes Toad and Kale are related but when you see how and why, you might think of the two a little different and understand a few things. Hope to hear from you soon; Nitric is looking good.

Now ladies and gentlemen; on with the story

High Strung Introductions

Kale followed the professor through out the mansion, his liking for the mansion and its owner growing continually. After they had walked down the stairs, Xavier had shown the kitchen, the common room and the garage. Kale had stopped to admire the red convertible and was impressed that some of the students had some taste.

Kale finally ended sitting in the common room, flicking through channels. He grimaced as he flicked from channel to channel; it had been a long time since Kale watched American television, but it was horrible by what he saw.

Sighing, Kale got up and stretched his back inhuman far, so his back and his legs were almost a ninety degree angle. Pinching his muscle together in the centre of his back, Kale felt his entire back crackle down his spine; it was a pleasant feeling although it look extremely uncomfortable.

Standing up straight, Kale lazily made his way out of the room to look for something to do. Hands stuck in his pockets and wandering down the hallways, Kale wished he had his katana since he usually practiced his martial arts when he was bored. But he was still a sore from the explosion and Xavier had said it might be wise if he didn't do anything too soon.

Kale trudged along the hallway until he saw a door slightly ajar. Slightly curious, Kale gentle pushed the door open and walked in. The room had to be the biggest library Kale had ever seen in a house.

Kale slowly made his way to the wall and scanned desperately for books he might have read. As he looked, he slowly began to drum his fingers, rhythm of the song flowing into his head.

Kale pulled out the book The Gunslinger by Stephen King and flopped down on the couch, the song still pulsing in his veins. He had read the Gunslinger before and had really enjoyed it and he really like Stephen King's style of writing. As Kale plopped on the chair, he slowly began to sing and soon the words of the song began to fill the room.

"Sinking in the sunset here alone with you

A photograph so perfect we'll just stay and never move"

The song was from a band called Closure, not very well known but extremely good as far as Kale was concerned. The songs were so seemingly perfect that Kale had memorized every single song.

"But it comes and it goes so fast,

We can make it last." Kale's voice rose a little louder and sped up at the end of the verse.

"Taste the summer afterglow

And take it with you when you go

Remember me when you're back in school

If you can't make it through

'Cause every moment in your life

Comes down to what you hold inside

I don't have to know you

I just wanna hold you tonight"

"Closer than it's ever been with anyone

Living for the moment there's a flash and then it's gone" Kale's voice dropped back down and he flicked the page over, his mind concentrating on the book and the song he was singing.

"Is it killing you like it's killing me tonight

Just remember what it's like, Remember"

Kale was so absorbed into the song and the book that he didn't even notice three teens hesitantly enter into the library and listen to him. They watched him rhythmically groove to the music, Kale's eyes never leaving the book so he never saw them.

Sam, Jubilee and Amara watched the flaming tipped hair newcomer sing as he read the book. Jubilee was amazed that he could sit cross legged, read a book and sing so beautifully. Amara was just staring at him, trying to recognize the song. Sam just thought the new guy was wicked, he could sing and he looked buff.

Jubilee silently walked up to him and stood of to his side, wondering if he could see her.

"Hi there." She said cheerily and kind of loudly

"AAAAAAHHHHH!" The guy screamed and leaped up into the air.

But he didn't just jump up and come back down; he jumped up and went all the way to the ceiling, stick to it. The three New Mutants felt their jaws drop as he hung from the ceiling by what seemed to be his finger tips and snarl at them. Jubilee, again, was the first person to break the silence

"That was so COOL!" She yelled, she then realized something and added sheepishly. "Oh, sorry about scaring you."

The guy calmed considerably, his body visibly relaxing; letting go with his feet, the red hair teen swung his body and after letting go with hands, flipped around so he landed next to her.

"It's alright, just wasn't paying attention." He said with a one sided grin, flashing them several sharp canines

"That was wicked, man; how you just clung to the walls and swung off." Sam said, demonstrating with his hands.

"Thanks; I was just a little spooked, so my powers kicked in." He said his voice heavily accented with some kind of accent. "My name's Kale Nority."

"My name's Same Guthrie. The lovely lady over there-" Sam said pointing to Jubilee, who waved to Kale. "-is Jubilation Lee." Kale gave her a small bow, which made her giggle.

"Just call me Jubilee." She said.

"And last, but certainly not least is the real live princess-"Sam continued directing Kale's attention to Amara. "-is Amara Aquilla."

"Whoa, a real princess?" He asked, pointing at Amara in amazement and whistled when Amara nodded. "Boy, I really need to get out more."

"So your mutation is to cling to objects?" Amara asked, her eyes looking down at his hands. "So your like Spiderman, right"

"Umm…not really, I could show you what my powers are if you want?" Kale offered, looking around at the three teens.

Seeing their nods, Kale bowed his head and started shuddering slightly, his forearms rising so they were at a ninety degree angle with his biceps. Slowly his let his head rise, his mouth opening so it looked like he was snarling.

Suddenly and very slowly, scales pushed through his skin and began to cover his body. His head began to lengthen and was soon more draconic than human, his razor sharp teeth gleaming white. His spiked hair soon became long wild reaching his shoulders, the red tips becoming streaks through his oil black hair.

His chest expanded a little, making the already tight shirt even tighter. Slowly a long green tail snaked its way out of his pant and curled itself around his feet. His hand were scaled the fastest and now the nails were slightly extended black talons

Now fully transformed, Kale shook his head and stretched his jaw. Reaching behind him, Kale pulled his hair tightly together and wrapped in a simple top knot; it was a habit he had picked up from Tattoo, but it was a good one.

"Well, that's basically my power." Kale said, as he wrapped his hair. "I also have super human strength, hyper-keened senses and I can breathe this… Hey, are you guys okay?" Kale asked looking at the three teens, his hands still tying his hair.

There stood Sam, Amara and Jubilee, jaw slack and stunned; they had seen extreme and amazing powers before, but Kale's power was somehow more exotic, more elusive. The sheer calmness about his appearance and the control he seemed to posses over his powers unnerved them, but for different reason.

Jubilee had always been told legends of dragons from her grandmother as divine beings and majestic creatures that fore told your destiny and would kill you if you insulted them. For Amara, dragons were terrifying creatures that would either bless you or punish you depending on your choices; there was two gods in Nova Roma, an evil one called Takahisis who was symbolized by a five headed dragon and a good one call Paladin who was symbolized by a silver dragon. Sam wasn't told stories or religious beliefs but he had always thought of dragons as creatures that devoured maidens and killed knights for pleasure; but there was that time he had watched Dragonheart and he had thought the dragon was absolutely cool.

Kale was now worried about the three in teen in front of him and clapped his hands to together, making them leap nearly out of their skins.

"I didn't think my powers would scare you so much, but you probably have your reasons." Kale said his voice almost sorrowful.

"I'm sorry Kale, its, just that where I'm from dragons are a deity, almost god like." Amara said apologetically; she then grinned. "Does this mean you're an angel or some holy being sent by god?"

Kale's jaw dropped, his eyebrows shooting up and his eye widening in shock; Jubilee and Amara started to giggle furiously while Sam laughed, which caused Kale to start laughing with them.

"Bloody hell, I think ye got the wrong dragon, love." Kale said as they laughed.

"Hey, you're British, Kale?" Sam asked once they had stopped laughing.

"Nah man, I'm not British; pfff, please, doesn't the accent help you at all?" Kale asked, gesturing to his throat and mouth

"Scottish?" Jubilee asked while Kale gave her a wither look; she huffily said "Well, there's a girl here called Rahne and she's Scottish and talks like you sometimes."

"I'm Irish. Different part of Europe and the Irish accent tends ta be a little sharper while Scottish is little bit gentler." Kale explained, smiling warmly at her. "So you guys going to introduce me to anybody else or am I gonna have ta…sing…ta meet anyone?"

Jubilee and Amara couldn't help but giggle as she watched his green scales on his face darken into what she assumed to be a blush, his hand rubbing the back of his neck. A low but loud growl rumbled through the room, making Kale fidget even more while Sam tried not to explode with laughter.

"Maybe you could be really nice and show me to the kitchen?" Kale asked hopefully, his eyes glowing a soft orange. "I sorta forgot where it is."

"Come on, it's lunch time anyway." Sam said, leading the way.