"W-wow..." Okay let me just say this place is huge. It looks more like a castle than any school I've ever seen! Okay yeah I've only seen a public elementry school, but in books those places hardly compaired to this place.
It's three stories of gray brick with thick ivy vines scaling up the building and lots of clean low riding windows. There seems to be at least four wings to the place. A long driveway is begun by a high black iron fence that stretches around the facility and intercepts a small forest. The grass stands short and green, freshly mowed. Then to great everyone is beautiful marble angel. Her mouth turned up in a smile and looking like she'll protect us all from teh outside world. It gave me a nice safe feeling.
However she isn't the best part.
The best would be all the people outside. Kids running around playing sports, throwing frizbee. Some sitting under the trees talking and laughing. Having a good time while soaking up some rays. Human, er, mutant interaction.
I really want to try that.
"Alright Miss Onyx, Logan will show you to your room." Charles's voice brings me down from cloud nine. Great Logan is going to know where I'll be most of the time. Perfect. Just perfect.
Logan sighs, obviously annoyed by playing butler for the day. Or annoyed by me. "Come on kid." Does he ever use names? Either way I silently follow.
The whole way there is awkward. All I can do is stare at the ground. I don't want to talk, but I feel like I should say something. I mean he is taking time out of his schedual for this and he saved me. Then there is the fact I want to get on his good side because he scares the fuck out of me.
"Um," He looks over his shoulder. "Th-thank you." I blush lightly, though you can't tell with my red skin. Yeah crimson.
"It's not me who you should thank. Charles was the one who found you." He lights a cigar. You kidding me? This is a school and he's smoking a cigar.
"Whatch out!" Something crashes into me, knocking me to the ground. My reflexews kick in a force me to hold my hood down over my face so no one sees.
"Nng... Sorry." It's a boy and his voice is thick with a German accent. I can feel fur where his skin should be. FUR?
"Geeze Kurt watch were you're goin." Logan lifts me up and sets me back on my feet.
"S-sorry. Kitty told me there was a new kid joining us ans I've got to meet them first!" He looks at me with a fanged smile so big he closes his golden eyes. "Hi, I'm Kurt Vagnar!"
He looks so cool! That navy blue fur, which is super soft by the way. That forked tail that swishes behind him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Making me watch it, hypnotized. How tall and athletic looking he was, his killer darker blue hair. How he only has six fingers and six toes. It was so cool. That and the fact he seemed comfortable with how he looked. Like he didn't care what so ever.
Plus he had these killer high elf ears.
"Oh sorry." He turns the dial on his watched embarrassed and dissapointed. Guess he doesn't like the way he looks. It's so sad.
Though his human form doesn't look half bad.
"Change back." He looks confused. Like I just asked him to get totally naked. "You look kick ass the other way. Besides, blue is my favorite color." I smile at him.
"You think so?" He changes back and gains swag. "I mean duh. Chicks dig the fuzzy dude!"
"Since you two have gotten on the right foot," Logan remarks turning around. "You can take her to her room." He waves behind him. "She's you problem now." I roll my eyes. That guy is a pain in my ass.
"Alright then. I still don't know your name though."
I hold out a shaking hand, and he almost flips out. I've got three long fingers with obviouse sharp claws tearing out of the leather glove. "L-Lucridias Onyx." He can't see the marking running up and down my skin with shame.
"Oh cool! You're just like me!" He grasps my hand and shakes it rapidly. "Man I've never met anyone like me before! Well only once and he's big a furry- You'll meet him later." He pulls me closer to him. "Hold on." Half a second later I'm surrounded by blue smoke.
And on the other side of the school.
I feel a ton of bricks hit me as the rest of me catches up. What a rush, I wanna do that again! Slowly I take a step back, a smile on my face.
"Niiiice." I trip over the back of my cloak and fall onto the bed. "God damn it." Of course this dude just has to laugh his ass off.
"S-sorry. It's just this day's sucked." He clears his throat. "Anyway, come down and meet everyone when you're done." I nod and he walks out, closing the door beind him.
"Woah." I sit up on the bed and pull my hood down. "Me be like him? Ha! He's freakin cool looking!" I drop my cloak on the bed and walk into the bathroom. Turning I see myself in the mirror. My spirel horns, blood red scaly skin, my long jet black hair, these stupid markings that crawl up and down my skin. "I'm a monster. A demon. No way am I cool like him." I slide off my clothes and step into the shower, turning on the freazing water.
The water races down my thin body thats withered to skin and bones, waves down my ribs that seem to pop out under the rough scales. The soap lathers and washes away the dirt, blood, adn stench and leaves behind a slightly smoother surface that smells like strawberries. My knee length black hair turns wavy and curly, dripping the lathering shampoo down my long legs that arch up so I stand on my toes, my two toes. Then there are dew claws on my ankles that can slice through just about anything.
The water feels really good right now. It seems to wash away all the bad memories and cool down my temper and hatered I have for myself. As I step out and wrap myself in a towel I stare at myself in the mirror.
'Freak.' No not these again. 'Why don't you just die demon?'
I grip my head and close my eyes. "Stop."
'Why? Does the little monster actually have feelings?'
"I'm not a monster. Charles told my I wasn't." My back hits the wall and I slide down.
'Do you really think he cares about you?' The voice snickers. 'Your own parents didn't care so why should this stranger? He doesn't care! He's using you!'
"Shut up!" My knees are pulled to my chest as I hide my face. "I know he doesn't care, I'm not stupid!"
'I'm the only one who is going to care about you. The only one who ever will.' I can feel arms around me. 'I do this because I love you.' Looking up I see myself. My arms around my shoulders. 'Trust only me. Only we can trust each other.'
I hug her back. "I know. I know. I'm sorry I yelled."
'You're lucky I'm nice.' She smiles at me, I just sit there emotionless.
The red light breaks my heart.