Out of respect for Courtney's life, I uploaded this just before my acting class in 20 minutes. This is pretty much a filler, so not much action here, BUT atleast it's something, right? And if I am in a specially good mood later tonight, maybe I'll upload another one? And FYI, I do not have a beta, so I'm sorry for possible spelling errors and such.

R&R!

-Via

Chapter 5: First day of a new life

I awoke early the next morning to the sound of laughter and running in the hallways. At one point I could hear I beautiful voice along with the one of Logan yell at the students for making so much noise, and telling them to get ready for practice in the Danger Room.

I yawned and looked at the clock on the night table. It read 7:45am. I stood up and changed out of my white t-shirt to a "The All-American Rejects" band Tee a woman from the social department had given me after she found out it was my favorite band. I had refused to accept it, but she said she already had two at home, because apparently they were her favorite band too.

I put my shoes back on, grabbed a brush from the old-fashioned dresser and brushed my hair. I put my fingerless gloves and converse on, and stuck my head out of the room to make sure I wouldn't get mauled down by a mob of running students. When I was sure I was alone, I stepped out and closed the door behind me. I took a deep breath, and walked down towards the entrée. Then suddenly out of no-where, a guy appeared in a cloud of smoke right in front of me.

-"Oh, you must be the new girl," the boy said with a German accent.

-"Uh, I guess," I answered.

-"Vell, I am Kurt, also called Nightcrawler," he said and reached out a hand in greeting. I took it and smiled.

-"I'm Amelia, just Amelia. For now at least, I don't have a fancy nickname," I laughed, and he joined in.

-"I'm supposed to meet at Professor Xavier's office, but I have no idea where it is," I said, before adding a quick "Can you show me". Kurt smiled and reached out for my hand.

-"Better, I can take you," he said and grinned, as I held his hand. Two seconds later I felt myself lift off of the floor and a slight tickling in my entire body, before I again felt firm ground under my feet. I wobbled slightly, but Kurt held my shoulders so I didn't fall over.

-"Are you okay?" he asked, worry clear in his voice. I held a hand to the side of my face, and replied:

-"Yeah, I'm fine. What the hell did you do to me?!" I demanded, and looked at him.

-"I took you to the Professor's office," he said and turned me around so I could see a big oak door with a metal plate sign reading: Professor Xavier. It took me a second to figure out what'd happened but when I did I hit myself in the head

-"You're a teleporter?" I said, still a bit wow-ed. It was so painfully obvious. Why didn't I get it when he first appeared in front of my face?

-"Yes I am," he said proudly, and teleported to the other side of the room and back, just to prove it. I smiled at his enthusiasm and knocked on the door.

'I've been here the total of five hours, and I already have a new friend,' I thought to myself. I heard a gentle "come in Amelia" from inside the door and said goodbye to Kurt, who replied with a "see you later," before he disappeared in a cloud of smoke again.

I entered the room, and saw the professor sitting behind a large desk with a welcoming smile on his face.

-"I see you met Kurt," he said and put the papers he was holding in his hands, down on the desk.

-"He is another human who possesses the X-gene like you. All students here have either been sent here by their parents or guardians, or they ran away, like you. I think you'll find several people here, who has been through what you have," he said kindly and motioned for me to come and see through one of the huge windows behind him.

I saw several students run around in a large maze, filled with different dangerous objects which they had to disarm to be able to pass.

-"Here we offer mutants a position as students, a chance to learn to control their abilities, to live with them as any other human without the X-gene does," the professor told me. I nodded and watched with amazement as a girl sent shockwaves through the air and smashed one of the guns.

-"But professor, I don't have any money to pay for anything! I can't even afford a single sock, no way I'll be able to pay to attend this school," I said, no way I would ever afford to go to this school, I had maybe a three dollars which I had planned on using on the bus yesterday.

-"Amelia, there are many here like you, that come from homes without much money, or that comes straight of the street, but that's what's so great about this school. Most parents that are able to, give a donation, but that is voluntary. You can attend this school without having to pay for anything," the professor answered. I felt my jaw drop for the third time. 'Things are never free, are they?,' I asked myself.

-"Yes, sometimes things are free," the professor said with a smile. 'Great, a telepath,' I thought.

-"Yes, Jean and I are both telepaths. That's why you never saw Rogue make that call Jean said had woken us up. It was a mental call. Rogue screamed and woke us up," he said and laughed a little, I couldn't help but smile.

-"So Amelia, I know you want to explore this place a bit more, and since Rogue and Kurt are both in classes for the next few hours, would you mind going on your own?" professor Xavier asked.

-"No, that's fine," I replied.

-"And you will start school on monday with the others, you'll find your schedule in your room before dinner. And all the older students have training with one of our older mutants, or X-Men, as they are so fondly named. I'm sure Rogue or Kurt or any of the other students will be more then happy to show you how it works around here," he continued and smiled.

-"And finances are no longer a problem. I am sure you feel like some new clothes etcetera, so you will also find a credit card in your room along with a list of supplies you will need for school," he said. I nodded and smiled.

-"Thank you so much professor," I said before I opened the door and got out of his office.

'Oh my god!' I thought, 'This is….just….fantastic!' I felt giddy and couldn't wipe the smile off my face as I walked back to my room .I checked the clock, which surprisingly said 11am. 'I didn't even notice how long I was with the professor,' I thought. I grabbed a hoodie from my bag, and put it on as I walked out again, a slight bounce in my step as I walked.

'Maybe there is hope for me, still?'

I just had to let everyone know that my muse has really hit big time, so I write aprox. one chapter a day, so if you're especially nice, I might send you a sneak-peek?