Danielle watched Rogue sleep longingly. Everyone looks so peaceful when they sleep. She smirked, though no one was there to see it. Looks can be deceiving.
Despite her best efforts to stay awake the whole night, Danielle was exhausted. Eventually her eyelids drooped until her eyes were closed, and she fell into fitful sleep.
"JEAN, NO!" A scream echoed though Danielle's head. She was surrounded by water. In front of her stood a beautiful woman with dark red hair and brilliant green eyes. The woman's cheeks were wet, but not from the water around them. Tears streamed out of her gorgeous eyes. Danielle saw the woman lower one of her hands, and water engulfed them both. Who is she?
"Ahh!" This time the scream was reality. Danielle could feel herself being wrenched out of the dream.
The scream had come from Rogue, who had been rudely awakened when the dorm room started to flood.
"Shit!" Danielle shouted as she jumped on the bed. Closing her eyes again, she concentrated, imaging the room as it had been before - dry.
Slowly the water began to disappear. Soon, the room was calm and dry, as if the water had never even been there.
Rogue was staring at Danielle. "Ororo didn't say you were could control water. I thought your power would be more mysterious than that."
"I can't control water," Danielle said curtly.
"Oh." Rogue stared at the rug for a moment. "Are you going to tell me what you can do?"
Danielle sighed. "I'm not sure." She stared out the window. "When I'm awake, I can tap into people's dreams, whether that person is awake or not. I can bring their nightmares to life."
"Wow…" Rogue said slowly.
"There's more. In the dark, I can create portals that bring me to somewhere I've been before. I, of course, can control where the portals will bring me. I can make the sky pitch black and block out every light in the sky, natural or man-made. And when I close my eyes…" she paused, as if it was painful to talk about. "When I close my eyes and try to go to sleep, I dream other people's nightmares, and lately, those nightmares keep coming to life. I can't control it anymore." She clenched her fists. "I also feel…I feel another power growing inside me, but I don't know what it is yet. I don't know if I'll be able to control it, and I don't know if it will be dangerous."
"That's a lot to handle," Rogue said sympathetically.
Danielle shrugged. "What can you do?"
"Well…" Rogue played with her hands. "When I touch people, human or mutant, I drain their life force. If it is a mutant I'm touching, I temporarily absorb their powers. If I touch anyone for too long, they'd die."
"Oh…" Danielle wasn't sure what to say. Finally, in an attempt at humor, she said "Well you don't have to worry about Bobby trying to get some."
Rogue cracked a smile. "Bobby's not like that though."
"Good, if he was I'd kick his ass."
This comment earned a laugh. "So why is it you haven't seen your cousin in seven years?"
"Our mothers are pricks," Danielle said without a touch of guilt. "They can't get over their own differences. You see, our fathers are brothers, but they were never close. They just accepted the fact that their wives refuse to see one another. It's a ridiculous situation."
"That must have been hard on you."
"Not really," Danielle said. "It's not like I was close with my aunt or uncle. And I was only 8, so it didn't really sink in that I would never see Bobby."
"Well, you're seeing him now I guess."
"Funny how life is fucked up like that."
lampost - First of all, thank you for being my first reviewer on this story. I'll try to update at least once a week (more if I can) and I've already read the beginning of your story. I think I reviewed...but if I forgot...sorry.
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