Author's Note:

Thank you so much for reviewing, so here are the two chapters, as promised with the whole review=chapter deal. I may have to change that later on if I start getting a lot of reviews. So here we go!

Douglas's POV:

"So." I said. "What exactly do we do here?"

"Learn how to control our powers and fit in with society." Spiro explained. "And we do learn some of the stuff you learn at normal school, you know, math, science, history, all that."

"Oh." I said. It struck me then that I was never going back to my home. Ever. I was a mutant.

Warren must have guessed what I was thinking, because he said, "Hey, it's not that bad. It's fun! I mean, you don't have to hide your power here. Thank goodness. I hate wearing my harness."

"Harness?" I asked. "Like for a horse?"

Warren rolled his eyes. "For my wings. To keep them on my back so that people can't see that I'm a mutant. I have to wear it whenever I leave the campus. Unless I'm on a mission, of course."

"Of course." I said, although there was nothing obvious about it. "So what kind of missions do you go on?"

"Whatever we have to do to stop Magneto." Spiro said. "We've done varying things. Sometimes we just go in, grab some information, and get out of there. Other times we have to fight other mutants."

"Do we get trained for that?" I asked.

Warren shrugged. "I guess so. We have the Danger Room."

"Danger Room?" I echoed. "That sounds… dangerous."

Spiro laughed. "It's insane. It's like an obstacle course- all you need to do is get to the other side, but there are a thousand things blocking your way. Lasers, Sentinels, fire, whatever. You have to fight your way to the end."

"Sounds fun." I said, not sure if I was lying or not. "Can I try it?"

"Tomorrow." Warren said. "It's almost nine."

"Right." I said. "I forgot about that."

We talked for a little longer, then Spiro asked, "Can you show us your power?"

I was a little surprised. "Sure." I stood up, and made sure I was in the center of the room. I figured I wouldn't knock anything over when I transformed. I concentrated, and my hands elongated into golden claws. My eyes zoomed in so I could see better. Wings erupted from my back. I stood there, waiting to see their reaction.

"That is so cool." Warren said. "Man, why couldn't I have gotten golden wings? I mean, I have these fluffy white fairy wings! Jeez…"

"Do you have a codename yet?" Spiro asked.

"Griffin." I said. "Because I'm basically a were-griffin."

"Awesome."

And for once in my life, I felt excepted. Maybe here among mutants, I could belong.

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