Chapter 2

I woke up with an immense headache. Obviously everything that had happened yesterday had been running through my mind all night.

I begrudgingly dragged myself out of bed and grabbed my things for the shower. I walked to the shower passing many rooms full of girls gossiping about boys and other things. I made it to the shower and turned it on. I stepped into the hot water and let it run down my body, relieving the stress that had built up during the night.

I washed my hair and my face and finished washing my body, knowing that somebody would want the shower. I grabbed my towel and dried myself off. I wrapped up my hair and put on my robe. I gathered my things and went back to my room.

I got dressed into a pair of jeans and a black tank top. I took my hair out of the towel and began to brush it when I noticed that my ears were sticking out from my hair.

"That's knew." I mumbled.

I pulled my hair back and noticed that my ears had taken on a point to them. They were normal looking before, but know they looked like elf ears. I ran my finger over them and noticed at how sensitive they were. I shivered at the touch and noticed my hearing was better than before. I could hear people talking in the other rooms and I could hear people walking in the hallways. I stepped outside my door to see if someone was there, but there wasn't. I could still hear the footsteps but there wasn't anyone around.

'Probably in another part of the building.' I thought to myself.

I closed my door and went back to my mirror. I was getting better at accepting my changes. I was used to it. Every couple of months or so, something new showed up, so I was used to it.

I dried my hair, letting the curly brown tendrils to fall to my middle back. I would have to wear it down know to hide my ears.

I grabbed my mascara and went to put some on when I noticed my eyes. They were more violet than normal. They were much more brighter. They sometimes changed with my mood, but mostly stayed a light violet color.

I sighed. It was getting harder and harder to hide my mutation. I just hoped I could finish out this year before anyone found out.

I finished getting ready and decided to start on my homework that I had left the night before. I began memorizing the bones once again when my back started to hurt.

I was beginning to get angry at the fact that I couldn't do anything without having to face my mutation. I got up from my chair and stretched, but the aching in my back did not stop. I knew what I had to do, but I hated it.

I went and locked the door, preventing anyone from barging in. If I heard the key in the lock than I would have time to hide myself. I closed the curtains on the window and turned on the lamp.

I walked to the middle of the room and took a deep breathe. As I let it out, immense pain ripped through my back as two dark black wings fanned out. I let a tear slip from my eye as the open wounds healed themselves. I stretched the wings out as far as they could go, feeling ten times better that they were finally out. I flapped them for a bit, letting them work out the kinks from being trapped for so long. I let them hang and continued to finish my work that never seemed to get done.

I studied for about two hours, and realized that my eyes were extremely heavy. I didn't get much sleep the night before, so I decided to take a nap. I tried to retract my wings, but they didn't want to go back in. I couldn't blame them. They sometimes did that. It's like they had a mind of their own.

I climbed onto my bed, weary of my wings and fell asleep instantly. I dreamed horrid things of people torturing mutants, experimenting on them, and treating them like dirt. I woke up about an hour later, my eyes blurry with tears. I wiped them away and sat up.

My heart almost stopped at what I saw. Sitting on the chair, not ten feet from my bed was my roommate Lisa. She looked like she could have murdered anyone or anything that came into her path.

"Lisa." I whispered.

"Do you have something you want to tell me?" she asked, a murderous tone in her voice.

"Lisa listen to me. I didn't want to,"

"Shut up." she said interrupting me. "You know, after 5 years I would think you would at least be honest with me!"

"Honest with you? You want me to be honest with you? Fine, guess what Lisa, I'm a mutant. Alright, is that what you wanted to hear. There it is, plain and simple. I'm a mutant." I screamed.

"Why didn't you tell me?" she asked.

I laughed. For the first time in a month I truly laughed.

"Tell you? Do you honestly thing I would tell you, the person who is in charge of destroying every mutant that sets foot in front you? Do you honestly think I would tell you that I'm a mutant after what they did to Tommy?" I said.

"Who's Tommy?" asked Lisa.

"The boy that you tortured until he quit this school this morning. The boy who was in our English class that you were so determined to get rid of! Do you honestly think I would tell you what I was after you made it perfectly clear that you wanted to destroy every single one of us?"

"I don't know what I would have done, but I know what I'm doing now. Get out." she said.

"What?" I asked astonished.

"I want you out of here. Out of this building, and out of this school." she said.

"You have no right to tell me what I will do and not do." I said.

"Katriana, they will find out about you sooner or later, and when they do, they will do worse than what I am doing to you know."

I only glared at her with the most murderous look I could conjure. I couldn't believe it. Here I was, powers that be used to seriously hurt her, and I couldn't bring myself to do it.

"Fine." I said. I walked over to my dresser and began pulling out all of my belongings and putting them into my duffel bags. I grabbed my pictures of my family and put them in the bags also. I grabbed my computer and packed that up. I looked around the room, seeing if I forgot anything else. I put on my shoes and grabbed my bags. I began walking to the door when Lisa stopped me.

"Tria," she said.

"It's Katriana. You've lost the privilege to call me anything else." I said bitterly.

I grabbed a picture that was of the two of us and ripped it apart. I let it fall to the floor as I opened the door and left.

I walked down the halls, letting my wings hang free in the open air. I pushed my hair behind my ears, showing them off to the world. I walked outside towards my car. I noticed a bunch of people gathering around, watching me as I walked to my car. I held my head up high, proud to be out of this hell hole.

I got to my car and opened the back seat. I placed the bags in the back and shut the door. I went to open the drivers door when I heard someone shout.

"Hey you mutant whore! Take this!" he yelled as he hurled something towards my head. I turned around and stopped the object in mid air with my hand. It hung there in the air, everyone staring wide eyed. I let it drop to the ground and send a force field towards the kid who threw it at me. The force field threw the kid about 5 feet back. I smiled and got into my car. I put up a force field around my car as I drove out, just in case anyone felt like throwing anything else.

I didn't look back as I drove away, thankful that I wouldn't have to deal with people like them ever again.