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New Home
It has been almost a year since we brought Ray home with us. Living in our two room apartment we all share everything just got the smaller room to myself. Right now Amber is getting home from work Ray is getting ready to leave. We all work at the orphanage. I'm a Kindergartner teacher and I am going to college too. I am a teacher but only because I know the lesson plans. If you want to get technical I'm only a Sub just going to be there all year.
Sighing I relax into the couch with a small bowl of Ice-cream and the other two look at me. "Hey I'm off, it's Saturday!" I said half paying attention to them.
"Ha-ha. Lucky." Ray pout as she slouch down beside me. "I hate work. Do I have to go?" She asked leaning against my shoulder and I laugh at this. She's crazy but good crazy.
"You have to go." I said softly to her.
"Paid. Money. Food." She said and then nod her head at me. "Work good just don't like it." She said leaning her head to my side again.
"Yep." I agree wrapping my arm around her smiling as she stole a spoon full of my ice-cream then got up. "Have fun." I said sarcastically which got me an aggravated look from her and a playful slap on my arm. Amber took her spot and took rest of my bowl. "Hey!" I play offended and playful glare at Amber who just shrugs at me eating the last of my ice-cream.
"Um. Harper, Amber." Ray said stopping at the door with it crack open. "Some people are here." She push it open all of the way to show three teenage people and in front of them is a bald man in a wheelchair that I recognize.
"Hello, Harper and Amber. Do either of you recognize me?" He asked with a slight smile.
"I think I do." I said and Amber got slightly behind me. She's start to get scare.
"Reprah?" She said softly.
"You had connected to me for a few minutes last year." he told me as he looked around to the others. "May we come in to talk? Myra, please do not worry about your job. You were called in sick today." he inform the third one of us.
"Harp?" She asked getting closer to me behind me too after they came in.
"Who are you and what do you mean we connected for a few minutes last year?" I asked as I motion them to go sit. I'm not really worried them. One scream and our neighbors will come over.
"I am Professor Charles Xavier." He introduce himself. "These are a few of my students. Rogue, Kitty, and Peter." He introduce the others. The big guy just nod his head and then look to the two smaller girls that he kept close eyes on. Something inside me made me think big brother type. The other two though are completely different seem to be friends.
"Like, Hi, I'm Kitty!" One with brown hair and eyes I can't really tell the color of in this lighting jump from foot to foot sticking her hand out to me. "I'm like a senior this year. Rogue and Pete have already graduated but they are like always still there to help with like the younger kids." She said and I swear my head hurt slightly from all of the likes. "It's like totally awesome." Okay. One more like and I might have to kick her out of my home.
"Hi. I'm Harper. The girl with red in her hair is Amber, the brunette is Myra but everyone calls her Ray." I said shaking the girl's hand. The other with brown hair and white streak waved and I notice she has a gothic look about her with gloves that ends at her elbows.
"Rogue." She said softly and then Pete put his hand on her shoulder. She looked up to him then nod her head. "This is Pete as Professor already said."
"Harper, Do you know why Myra goes by the name Ray?" The Professor asked and I glance to her then to him.
"Her step-mother was dyslectic and first time reading her name when she was younger misread it. Thought it say M-Ray instead of Myra." I answer what Ray had told me when I asked her.
"That is true but there is another reason behind it. Her mutant name being X-Ray." He inform me and I raise an eyebrow to her. She got really pale.
"H-how you know tha-" Before she could finish what she was saying her eyes got wider and her butt hit the floor. She looks like she's in a state of shock and I ran to her side.
"Ray?" I called for her but she didn't respond.
"Give them a moment. He's doing his brain thing." Rogue said calmly.
"Mutant? Is that why you are here? Cause she's a mutant? So what if she is! She is still one of us you can't and won't take her or chase her away!" I scream at them ready for a fight. Getting up and I got ready to scream on top of my lungs for my neighbor.
"Wait Harper. We are not here to take her away because she's a mutant. We are here to ask you, all three of you to come to our school to learn how to control your powers." the voice was his and inside my head.
"Why?" I asked out loud. "If Ray is a mutant then it's up to her but as far as I know Amber and I are not." I stated coldly. I am starting to feel afraid now.
"But have you ever wonder why you can feel other's pain and their pleasure? Their love and hatred? Understand them better than they can themselves?" He asked rolling forward to me.
"Just because I'm over emphatic to others doesn't mean I'm a mutant." I stated simply scoffing at the idea.
"Not the way you are though. You know how they feel precisely without even knowing them. All you have to do is concentrate on them and you can feel the way they feel." The way he knows these things are slightly scary. "I am a physic. I can read minds though I try not to." He admit as I sat down beside the two I call my sisters.
"I-" Amber started to talk. "I can turn into-" She seems so scared and I can feel her fear seeping into me. I grab her hand and softly squeezed it. "I can turn myself into smoke." She admit. "That's why my parents didn't want me anymore." She was looking at the ground now. I felt bad but it wasn't my feelings I felt.
"Amber, they were morons not knowing what they had." I told her still squeezing her hand. "I still love you, sis." I whisper the last part to her. She smile wrapping her arms around me tightly.
"Thank you." She whisper back to me and kept her grip on me.
"Ray, what's your power?" I asked her softly moving her hair as she looked up to me.
"I do not know what it's call but I can slowly turn invisible. It starts with my skin, then everything from the inside to my bones and then that even disappears."
"That sounds gross but cool gross." I admitted and she smiled as she wrap her arms around my legs with a light laugh.
~Thirty minutes later~
"So you want us to go with you to this school who all of you learn how to control your powers and fight on this team call X-Men to protect everyone else from the evil Brotherhood?" I asked trying to wrap my mind around this.
"Correct." Rogue said. Kitty was told off by Rogue cause apparently the like totally thing wasn't just getting on my nerves. By the way they act Kitty and Rogue are actually pretty good friends though I can tell something is going on between them. It's slightly awkward between them and I can't tell why, yet.
We finally agreed and within the hour we were completely packed and our jobs had been professionally retired. Very early age but hey it works with me. We talked to the Lady and Sir, they already knew what was going on and they are the reason why Xavier was able to find us this time. I hugged them both as we left.
We all got on to this small plane but it was apparently fast. We were in New York in a hour when by normal plane it would take a few hours. We grab our bags and got into a van that was waiting for us. A man with strange hair and looks about forties maybe a little older, his vibes or whatever feels way older, was waiting for us. "This them, Chuck?" he asked motioning to us.
"These are the gifted children we were looking for, Logan." He answer as he got in to the van. I wasn't paying attention to how he did just he did. I got in beside Amber and she softly squeezed my hand. I know she's nervous. She has every right to be. She's not like everyone else and I know iit but in a way I'm not looking forward to meeting new people either.
"We can do this." I told her softly as she squeezed my hand again. Ray wrap her arms around Amber from the seat behind us.
"We will be fine, Amy." She said with the nickname Amber hates but takes if it is Ray or I calling her that.
"Bub, you alright?" the guy, Logan, asked looking at Amber. She just nod her head and squeezed my hand tighter.
"She's fine, just nervous." this time I lied for her. She's scared and I know it as does Ray. She doesn't trust anyone besides us, Sir, and the Lady. I don't blame her cause everyone always targets her. Ray can defined herself, we all have seen it. No one wants to mess with who they go to for help so they leave me be. Amber is who they zone in on and who they bully. She's scared this place will be the same. She's different and everyone can tell.
When we pulled in I think my mind was just blown. We pulled into this huge castle like mansion. It's beautiful but scary at the same time. What if one of us gets lost? What if they separate us?
In middle of my worrying I felt a wave of warmth and comfort. I looked to the direction it was coming from, the Professor. Behind us is the Professor, Ray, and Kitty. In the front is Rogue and Logan is driving. From the opposite side of Amber is Pete then me. We made a complete stop and a girl with red hair came out then a memory flash in my head. Our trip to New York last year. The professor float up and then land in a special chair and he rolled himself over to the girl who smiled down at him. "A good trip I see." She stated as she looked over us. "I am Jean Gray." She introduce herself.
"Harper." I nod my head smiling as sweet as I can. "This is Amber." I motion to the scared girl who was gripping my arm tightly. "And the hyperactive one is Ray." I tried to not laugh as Ray jumped around trying to see everyone and not move at the same time. It's cute. I have to admit. She's like a little puppy that's just getting a new toy. Or a kid that got way to much candy.
"Come on lets show you to your rooms." She said sweetly and we followed her.
"Are we getting rooms at least close together?" Ray asked when she realized she said rooms not room.
"Two of you will share a room the other will have a room shared with Rogue, across the hall." Jean answer with a smile. I felt relief from not just myself but Amber and Ray too.
JD: This was slightly harder to do but not as hard as I thought it would be. No betas for this one right now but I do have a co-writer kinda.