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Several minutes later, when Jubilee had changed her clothes, she arrived at the entrance to the library of the Massachusetts Academy, where the entire student body was assembled. Monet had already arrived and was standing just inside the door. 'That girl even gets DRESSED quicker than me.' Jubilee thought bitterly, but quickly added ',well I guess changing clothes five times a day would give her that advantage.'
Looking passed Monet into the room she observed all of her remaining school mates. On a couch at the farther end of the room sat two extremely depressed young men. The first clad in black from head to toe, his reddish brown shaggy hair hiding his eyes from her sight. This was Jonothan Evan Starsmore, not a jolly fellow, but at least he got along with someone. That brings Jubilee to the second young man, Angelo Espinosa. Tall and thin with gray droopy skin, wearing a red muscle shirt and possibly the baggiest jeans Jubilee's has ever seen.
Next to the couch sat a girl with lavender colored skin, and purple hair. She seemed very withdrawn and it occurred to Jubilee that the pink markings on her face looked as if they were formed from tears. Clarice Ferguson is the personification of shy and Jubilee always felt bad for her when too many people were in the room with her. Some ways across the room was an arm chair on the verge of reaching its maximum capacity. In it sat Mondo the good natured Samoan. For someone so gentle he wasn't liked very much. Jubilee never had a problem with him, but he just didn't fit in. It may have been because he ate more in a sitting than the whole school ate in a week.
Near Mondo sat another girl, a vietnamese refugee named Xi'an Coy Mahn, called "Shan" by her friends. The oldest student at the academy, and tended to be very touchy, but not nearly as much as Jono, so no one complained. The last of the students stood in the doorway with Monet. Everett Thomas, the only one at the school who truly enjoys Monet's company. By the time Jubilee was done taking in the room, Monet had started to glare. And so, pulling her ever present yellow jacket closer to her body, an article of clothing which Jubilee knew very well that Emma abhorred, Jubilee finally crossed the thresh hold into the room.
"Jubicita!" Angelo called to her as he got up from the couch. "Over here, I saved you a seat."Jubilee flashed him one of her most genuine smiles and gave him a kiss on the cheek, before finally sitting down on the couch.
Angelo was the fourth to come to the school. He found his way in by himself. He was originally from L.A., that is until he died. Actually he faked his death, it's complicated, but it was the only way he knew how to uncomplicated things. His only regret is knowing how her hurt his Momma, but he said it was better than her finding out her boy was a freak. The night he died was also the night he turned gray. Jubilee took a liking to him quite quickly, even though he didn't like himself very much at the time. He was the best person to spend her time with, as if Jono and Monet were really options. By then Emma didn't have very much time for Jubilee, not as much as she did when Jubilee first arrived at least. After a few weeks of playing cat and mouse, Jubes being the cat and Ange being the mouse, he gave in to her charms. Who was he to tell a pretty girl off anyway? One night he found her on the roof dancing. Thought she was beautiful, and lively, and nuts. Then he caught Jubilee's eye, and 'Midnight Dancing' started playing on her radio. She made him dance, and at the end of the song, he was rewarded with a kiss. One he will never forget.
Jubilee had originally thought she'd be getting chewed out for taking too long to get to the library, but instead it was Miss Frost that took too long. Miss Frost took nearly 20 minutes to arrive, and though the school is big, it should never take that long, especially for Frost who knew th place like the back of her hand.
When Emma walked in she had her business face on, though most of the students didn't know she had any other expressions, and she was followed by a young boy with greenish skin. "Children, I'd like you all to meet Dorian. He's our newest student, from New York. His mother brought him here today."
From where he stood just inside the room Jubilee's first thought was, 'I've seen him before, but where?'
Everett was the first to speak to him. "Hey little guy, so what's your power?"
Shyly Dorian spoke to the room "I'm... a leech. I can negate, negate..." He looked up at Miss Frost to find the words, and so she finished for him. "He negates electricity, as well as mutant powers."
Wot the 'ell? every one heard the british "Voice" scream in their heads, and quickly turned to look at Jono on the couch.
What's wrong Jonothan? Emma asked, turning her icy gaze on him for disturbing every one.
I don't wanna be near him. He uses his powers on me, I die! Sure I don't got much of a life, but I'm not 'zactly ready to take that plunge! It was then that everyone saw Jono in a different light.
When your mutant power manifests it changes your life completely. Most learn to look at it as a rite of passage, but No one in the world would ever want to pay the price Jonothan Starsmore had to pay. In Britain he was a good looking, talented young musician, with a girl friend he couldn't be separated from. Well they found out the hard way. Jono felt the greatest pain imaginable that day, as his chest burned and bubbled, until finally and uncontrollable energy erupted from it. His Girlfriend Gayle lost the use of her legs that day. Without a chest he had no internal organs, the only thing keeping him alive was the chamber which held his own personal furnace of psionic energy. Even if just his telepathy was taken away, he's have no way or communicating.
" 'S nothing personal Dorian, my hommie here is just a bit unhinged from reality. He's paranoid you see, thinks aliens are out to get him, and your greenish complexion doesn't help." Angelo began, crossing the room to relax their newest school mate. "It took a whole month to convince him that I wasn't an alien. He was scared because of the horns." And with that her molded his skin to look like horns on his forehead.
Dorian began to laugh, and the tension in the room was eased. While Ange kept Dorian distracted, Jubilee elbowed Jono in his non existent ribs, and took him out of the room.
"Well let's introduce you to the rest of the team eh?" Angelo said, moving out of the way so Dorian could see the whole room again. Kneeling next to him Angelo began with Monet who was standing closest to the door.
"Well this is the resident know it all, Monet. Monet, tell us something about yourself..."
"Hello Dorian, I am Monet Yevette Clarisse Maria Therese St. Croix. My field name is simply M, and if I seem perfect to you that is because I am."
'That girl gets worse everyday.' Jubilee thought as she re-entered the room.
I trust you to handle things from here. I have important matters to attend to.
What else is new... is that your excuse for being so late?
I'm not here to provide you with excuses for my actions, and for the record you'll be meeting my "excuse" in a few minutes. With that last thought Miss Frost was out the door leaving Jubilee slightly befuddled.
"Hi I'm Everett Thomas. They call me 'Synch' because I can get in synch with an other mutant's powers and use it."
"Hi there Dorian. My name is Xian Coy Mahn, but you can call me Shan. I'm the oldest person here, well except for Miss Frost of course. My field name is Karma, and my power allows me to possess other people."
When Shan finished her introduction, they looked to Mondo, who was staring out the window. "What a beautiful day it is..." was all he said.
"S-sorry for Mondo, he's... he's not much of a... well he's a bit... spacey? " Said the purple girl who stood up from her hiding spot near the couch. "I'm Clarice, Clarice Ferguson. I'm pretty new here too. They also call me Blink, for my teleportation powers. Welcome to the school Dorian."
Then Jubilee stepped in. " My name's Lee, Jubilation Lee." She said in her signature perky tone. "They call me Jubilee, or sparkler, firecracker, the great one, miss fourth of july, and a whole mess of other things, but you can just call me Jubie! I was the first student recruited for this here school, and if you ever need something I'm the person to come to. Now, introduction are done I say we head down to the kitchen and have ourselves some celebratory ice cream sundays. What do you think?"
Angelo, Dorian, and Mondo all cheered in unison. Angelo took Dorian on his shoulders and they marched out of the room.
"You know, that's really not a habit you should be teaching Jubilee." The voice came from Shan. Had is been from Monet, Jubilee would have gone postal, but Shan was just looking out.
Before Shan came to Massachusetts, before Shan even came to America, she lived in Vietnam with the rest of her family. Her older brother and her had discovered their identical mutant powers the same night. When their house was raided and her brother was about to be killed. She was able to possess the would be murderer and save her brother. She hated the experience, but her brother enjoyed it. He possessed the man and forced him to kill himself. Eventually her brother was sent to America to live with their uncle. A few months later the rest of the family left for America, but the ship was doomed. All of her family died.
When she arrived at her uncles she found that her uncle had exploited her brother and was using his powers to become part of the criminal underworld. Shortly after learning all this she met Miss Frost. Shan had reason to believe that her younger brother and sister, twins, survived the boat wreck. Emma promised to train her, educate her, house her, feed her, and most importantly help her find her siblings, if they really are still alive. Shan joined up with the Hellions as soon as Emma brought that card to the table, and she still has maintains high hopes of success.
Jubilee followed the boys to the kitchen in a zombie like fashion, not so interested in the ice cream but at why Dorian seemed so familiar to her. The kitchen was on the second floor of the main building, the student dormitories were also on that floor and most of the class rooms they used were on the first floor. Miss Frost had her own living quarters outside of the building, as well as an office inside. Of course right now Emma was in neither place. As Jubilee sat at the table waiting for the boys to get everything ready, she looked out the window to see Miss Frost yelling at a black haired youth. Jubilee tried being discreet, just glancing outside once in a while to keep an eye on what was happening, until she thought she was going insane. The two figures outside were now hugging, a long tight hug. Was that really Miss Frost at all? "Hey guys, I just remembered that I left my headphones in the gym this morning, don't wanna lose 'em if Frost gets there first." Jubilee said before making a hasty exit.
Just out side the kitchen she heard Angelo's voice. "Hey, don't take too long or there won't be anything left." Jubilee turned to look at him then he added in a more discreet tone, "I know you didn't leave your headphones... you let me barrow them last night... just don't get into too much trouble."
"Espinosa, you know when I let loose sparks really fly..." Jubilee says with that look in her eyes that just screams trouble, and it was a good thing Angelo was big on trouble. Jubilee started down the hall again, and Ange turned back into the kitchen.
Stealth tactics is one thing Jubilee excels at. Her small frame makes it easy for her to find hiding spots. It's something she learned at Xavier's but perfected on the streets. But what Jubilee excels at isn't always what she enjoys to do. She enjoys confrontation, especially with authority figures, and so: "Hey frost, you got a minute?" Jubilee calls busting open the main doors of the school. "Oh, you have company..." Both women turned to face the girl who had intruded upon them, and that's when Jubes noticed the resemblance. They both had that same icy glare.
Clearing her throat Emma began to speak. "Jubilation. There's some one I'd like you to meet. This is my sister Cordelia. Cordelia this is Jubilation Lee, A.D.H.D. personified."
"Wow, I didn't know Em- -er, Miss Frost had any siblings..." Jubilee said modestly. She actually didn't think Emma had ANY family.
"Yes, well, our family can be like that I guess. We have an older sister as well." Cordelia said solomly.
"In any case, Cordelia is here because she would like to be a part of the school."
"Oh, good. The rest of the kids are up in the kitchen having a snack before we split up for afternoon lectures. If you want I can bring you up there now." Jubilee offered.
"That would be delightful..." Cordelia said with a chilling grin.
As they turned to go Emma added, Jubilation... about this morning... forget what I said. You'll have your hands full today with Dorian and Cordelia.
No problem she called back.