I Can Never Change
Chapter 3
AN: Hi! So, I decided to give you lovely readers two chapters today! Also, I'd like to promote KeiraTheHuman's fanfiction, which is about Naruto! It's called Wishes and it's a SasuNaru pairing, but if you want to find it then it is easier to type 'KeiraTheHuman' into the search box. It's a really good fanfiction, fluffy and lovely! :) Now, onto the story! The letter will be in bold and italics. I hope you enjoy it and review, please?
Disclaimer: I still do not own One Direction *Tears again, somebody give me a hug?* but I also do not own Justin Beiber, either.
Liam POV
We separated from our hug and nodded at each other, huge grins plastered across our faces.
"So, what do we do now?" Zayn asked me and the others all turned to listen to my answer too. I was just about to answer when a voice interupted.
"How about you explain why you dared to hug my boyfriend?" I turned to find a boy with a brown quiff sling an arm across Niall.
"Justin." I growled out. Normally, I wasn't an angry person, but that boy just brought out the violence in me.
"Justin, leave them alone! They didn't mean it like that! I'm aloud to hug my friends, aren't I?" Niall shoved Justin's hand off of him and Justin glared at Zayn, Harry and Louis.
"Friends? What about these 3? I've never seen them before and I have to know all of your friends according to our deal!" Justin retorted angrily.
"Um... Niall only met us today." Zayn sounded a bit angry and very confused. Justin took a threatening step forward and Louis stepped forward to meet him
"Hey, calm down! I'm Louis, nice to meet you." Louis stuck a hand out boldly. Justin glanced around at the growing audience before lifting his hand, which slowly turned a glowing red.
"JUSTIN! DON'T! LOUIS, MOVE BACK!" Niall yelled as Justin smirked cruelly. Justin pressed his hand firmly to Louis' arm and Louis screamed and dropped to his knees, clawing desperately at Justin arm. Harry, Zayn and I all took steps forward but Niall bet us to Justin and Louis.
"I SAID DON'T!" Niall shouted, slamming his hands against Justin's chest and sending him sprawling across the floor. I pulled Louis off of the floor and noticed he was extremely pale. Zayn went and stood by Niall, ready to back him up and Niall just looked like he'd gone into shock.
"Louis! Look at me, Louis. It's ok. Where does it hurt?" Harry fussed over Louis, who was relaxing in my arms.
"I- It's fading now that he let go... It hurt everywhere though, like a fire tearing through my body or like I was being torn to pieces." Louis voice was shaky, but he swept my hands away gently and stood by himself.
"I'm sorry, Louis. I didn't think he'd dare with so many people around. It's part of Justin's powers. He makes people feel extreme pain. You recovered quicker than most people though." Niall looked at Louis with a mixture of concern and curiosity. Justin groaned and two tall guys came over and helped him up before taking him away from us. I decided that we should be leaving too.
"So, before we were so rudely interupted, I was going to say that we should got to the administratiion dessk and tell them that we're in a group. They'll assign us housing there." I announced and theey all agreed. I led them over to a desk at the opposite side of the hall. There was a couple of solo kids telling the office they would be working alone but they were done quickly. I stepped up and a young woman with a kind face looked up at me expectantly.
"Hi, we're here to be registered as a group." I told her and she nodded and grinned.
"Of course, honey. I'll need your names, please." She said politely.
"Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Harry... um?" I glanced at Harry, then at Zayn embarrasedly. I forgot to ask them for their last names!
"Harry Styles." Harry added in with a wink and threw his arm around Louis.
"And I'm Zayn Malik." Zayn finished with a grin, laughing at Harry's flirting. The lady seemed amused and looked down to hide her laughter before standing and grabbing 5 sets of keys from a rack.
"Here you go. You'll be in Cabin 1D. There's only 3 bedrooms, so 4 of you will have to room together but they all have private bathrooms to make up for it." She told us with a giggle and handed us each set of keys. We waved and started our walk to Cabin 1D.
It was only a short walk to our new home. We were in a large bungalow style cabin, with another group in the cabin next door and a solo kid in the cabin on the other side of them. We walked in to an open plan lounge and kitchen with a huge dining table in the middle of the room for us to eat around. It was nicely decorated, with neutral beige and light brown colours. There was 3 doors, two by the kitchen and one in the lounge. The one in the lounge led to a staircase that would lead us upstairs to the bedrooms. The door by the refrigerator in the kitchen led to a fully stocked pantry. The final door, the one by the oven, wouldn't open. We walked over to the table and found a letter and 5 more keys.
Dear Student,
Congratulations on your acceptance to the X-Factor Training Academy. This is your home, now and will be all this year. It is a place you can consider your own. There is food on offer at the Cafeteria in the Academy for every meal, but you may also eat here at your cabins if you wish to. Upstairs there is three bedrooms with private bathrooms and also a study room for your use. The pantry contains many groceries, which you can order from the Administration Office on a weekly basis should you decide to eat in your cabins. In the basement is a fully kitted-out training room for you to practice in. It has a large cupboard attached containing training aides such as dummies, mats and weights. The 5 keys left with this letter will open the door. Remember: Try not to break or damage anything, but if you should then you may notify the Administration Office and it will be repaired. Also, you must clean up after yourselves. There is cleaning equiipment in the pantry and a washing machine and tumble dryer in the kitchen. Good luck with your studies and have a good year!
Mr Simon Cowell, Head of Camp, Headteacher of X-Factor Training Academy.
I read out the letter and we grinned excitedly, grabbing our keys and racing to open the door first. Louis won and after he got it open, we zoomed down the long flight of stairs and looked around in amazement. The room was HUGE! Against the opposite wall stood a pile of chairs, next to a large whiteboard pinned up and a set of sliding double doors. Along the same wall was huge rack of weapons, ranging from daggers to two-handed battle axes. We grabbed a chair each and set them in a circle at the center of the room, facing each other.
"So, now what?" Niall asked me and I shrugged.
"I have a suggestion. Since not all of us are exactly best mates, why don't we get to know each other a bit and show each other our powers?" Zayn put in, glancing around at us. Louis nodded eagerly and jumped up.
"I wanna go first! We're doing demonstrations, right? Harry be my volunteer!" Louis tried to pull Harry into the center of our circle with him but Harry wrestled free. Louis pouted.
"Um, guys... How about we just explain our powers first?" I added in quietly but their heads shot towards me.
"Yeah, that sounds easier. It'll be easier to demonstrate then." Niall agreed with me.
"Sure. Anyway, I'm a healer. I've got super fast regenerative abilities and a transferal ability, which I use to take other people's injuries onto myself. The transferal takes a few seconds but any wounds I have start healing immediately. I rarely feel pain too because most wounds heal so quick. A broken bone takes longer to heal. I found out my powers when I got run over by a bus when I was 10. I was torn to pieces, huge gouges pulled out of my torso and most of my body was a mangled mess. By the time I reached the hospital, my bones had set themselves and my cuts had sealed up. The doctor's told me then that I must have had powers." Louis told us, laughing when our eyes widened at his story.
"Woah," Harry stated and we chuckled, "Sounds painful. Shall I go next?"
"It was. Yeah, I think you should. Any objections?" Louis answered cheerfully. Everybody just stared expectantly at Harry, who took the hint and lauched into his tale.
"I'm telepathic. I can read other people's thoughts and memories and plant ideas or visions in their head, a bit like mind control. Also, I can talk to other people with similiar powers using telepathy. I can usually only break into somebodies head when I can make physical or at least eye contact with them. I found my powers about a year ago, when some guys were beating me up. They disliked that fact that I'm bisexual and wanted 'to teach me a lesson' they said. I grabbed hold of the leader's arm and suddenly felt myself slammed into his head, like I had tried to dive into a bathtub. I just felt mysel thinking 'Let me go now. Beat up your friends instead.' and he did. I ran home and told my mum and she said that I must have powers." Harry finished and then glanced around self-conciously.
"Um... You guys don't have any problems with my bisexuality, do you?" He rushed out quickly, his head facing the floor.
"I obviously don't, considering that I'm gay." Niall admitted, not seeming nervous at all, "Should I tell next?" We all nodded and Niall took a deep breath.
"I control the weather. I can create storms and make clouds disappear and even control the winds to make me fly, if I concentrate hard enough. I was abandoned as a baby for being different, so I grew up here. My body temperature is a lot lower than average and I am strangely immune to electric shocks. I found out about my powers when I was very young. I was just one year old when I stuck my finger in a turned-on plug socket and survived. My parents freaked out and dumped me, not wanting a weird kid. I met Liam soon after I started living here." Niall rattled off and looked at me.
"I'll take that as my cue to begin my history. Like Niall, I was abandoned and brought up here. My power is to create shields and forcefields. It's not a very offensive power, but it's a great defence. I haven't found anything powerful enough to break one of my shields yet. I found my poewrs aged 5, when I got caught up in a duel between 2 of the older kids. This one guy used telekinesis to throw something at me, but it bounced off the shield. It was kind of strange, because I'd been wanting powers since I found out Niall had them. Suddenly, I was supposed to grow up and become a hero and that kind of scared me. I wouldn't give my powers up though." I finished thoughtfully. Zayn cleared his throat.
"So, I guess it's my turn now. My power is controlling and talking to animals. I can also sort of change into them, but it's an unreliable part of my power. I've always loved animals, but I only found out that I had powers about 5 months ago when I was still 15. I was out with my younger sisters when an Alsation type dog attacked us. It got me first and bit into my leg so I fell before it moved on to my little sisters. It was about to pounce on them when I shouted at it and it did as I said. When I got home from the hospital after having my leg sorted, I started trying out my power on other animals." Zayn told us, his quiet voice taking on a serious tone. We all nodded and Louis stood up.
"How about we get started on those demonstrations?"
AN: So, that may be a terrible ending but the chapter was getting too long! I'll be uploading Chapter 4 with this anyway. Hope you enjoyed it. REVIEW, PLEASE!