Rebekah

Isaac leans over to pick me up and I leap away. I can walk on my own. I'm a cat. I walk on my own four legs. I scoot ahead. And run into a pair of solid feeling legs. Whoa. Logan is tall from this perspective. He sniffs and frowns.

"Hello Rebekah."

"Hi Logan."

He chuckles, almost as if he understands what I said then stands aside to allow me to run ahead. I hear Isaac trying to explain to Logan exactly why I'm running around with four legs and a tail. The whole mansion, which I was having difficulty memorising, is now a whole lot bigger. But the smells… I can smell food cooking and people and…well, everything really. I reach the door I'm pretty sure is the Professor's and shout as loud as I can.

"PROFESSOR! IT'S ME! REBEKAH! I SORT OF HAD AN ACCIDENT!"

Cyclops opens the door.

"What the hell is that cat doing in here? I thought that girl had promised to keep him locked up.

"I'm not Silver-Paw doofus."

Then I leap past his legs and jump up onto the Professor's legs. He seems mildly pleased and strokes me behind the ears. Which is nicer than I'd thought but I'm not interested at the moment. I peer over at his computer. Good, it has a word processor up. I lean over and start the painfully slow process of patting at the keys. As soon as I touch the first letter, I'm yanked up by the scruff of my neck by Cyclops.

"Oh no you don't."

"LEMME GO YOU BIG BULLY!"

Isaac suddenly rushes in and immediately launches himself at Scott.

"LET HER GO!"

The good news is, Scott drops me. The bad news is, Isaac is in a headlock. The Professor seems to be taking it in his stride.

"Isaac, would you care to tell us what that was about?"

"He was hurting Bekah."

Scott suddenly drops Isaac and frowns at me.

"Wait, the cat's Rebekah?"

I roll my eyes and nod.

"Did she just roll her eyes at me?"

I nod again. The Professor just stares at me.

"Can you change back?"

I shake my head.

"How did this happen?"

I jump up onto his lap again and start to type.

I wsa fededing silkvcer-paw when ij asakede what being as cast was like

"I was…feeding? Silver?-Paw when I? asked? what being a cat? was like."

I nod furiously.

"And you turned into a cat?"

I roll my eyes. Well duh.

"Can you turn back?"

I shake my head. He frowns.

"I can't sense your mind. To all intents and purposes, you are a cat."

Give the man a prize. I happen to know I'm a cat. And I have fur, four legs, a tail and everything. He touches his forehead.

"Hank, will you come up here now?"

Soon, Beast bustles in.

"Yes Charles?"

Scott makes an excuse and leaves. I knew it! Cat-hater! Beast smiles at Isaac.

"You found Rebekah's cat then."

"Er…Dr McCoy… The cat is Rebekah."

Blue jaw hits the floor. He immediately sits down and looks me in the eye.

"I take it I can't understand you. But you can understand me?"

I nod.

"What was it like? Did it hurt?"

I consider then nod and shake.

"Yes and no?"

I nod.

"Are you able to say anything?"

"Hello Dr McCoy. When's dinner? Did I just say when's dinner? Oh dear…"

"Very good. And what did it feel like?"

I topple over the paper bin and start to squeeze a bit of paper in between my paws. Hey, it's making a funny noise! Once I've squashed it up, I start to bat it around the room, chasing after the makeshift ball. I stop when I realise the others are staring at me.

"Behaviour swings between that of a human and a adolescent cat. Interesting."

I shrink down into a small fluffy ball. I am so embarrassed! Dr McCoy just grins.

"I think we should go down to luncheon Professor. Isaac. Rebekah."

He offers me a hand but I refuse. Instead I stalk out ahead of everyone. I get down the stairs by falling because my legs kept getting in the way but soon jump up onto the table. Logan just grunts and then ignores me. Kurt frowns but tickles me under my chin. Jean sighs.

"REBEKAH! Your cat is down here, on the table!"

Logan snorts into his bowl. I stare at him. I see why Silver-Paw called him 'Hairy-Dog-Metal-Man". Jean tries to shoo me off the table. I just stare at her.

"Jeannie, that ain't a way to treat a guest."

She glares at him.

"Logan, it's a cat. And it's on the table."

Kitty starts cooing over me.

"She's so pretty. I mean, look at those eyes."

I just glare at Logan, hoping he'll explain. He finishes his mouthful then looks up.

"I don't think Rebekah likes you talking about her like that."

There's a smash as Jean drops a plate.

"The cat is Rebekah!"

Isaac

'Yeah,' I said. There was silence. Logan looked like he was going to bust up laughing.

'What happened?' Kitty said finally.

'I don't really know,' I said turning to Rebekah.

'This is priceless,' Kurt chortled. Rebekah sat glaring at everyone individually, daring them to laugh.

Logan grinned. 'I guess that means you'll be eating cat food Rebekah?'

Kurt guffawed. Rebekah gave one last piercing gaze before jumping off the table and trotting out.

'I haven't laughed like in years,' Logan said.

'What a surprising term of events,' Jean added.

Rogue tapped me on the shoulder and handed me some black leather gloves.

'No need to thank me,' she said before I could. I pulled them on. They fitted perfectly.

'You can keep them if you want. They're too big for me anyway,' Rogue said walking away.

I had another training session with Logan. He was teaching me throws and grapples.

'Do you ever use throws in a fight?' I asked.

'I don't bother. I just usually slice them.'

'Sounds fun.'

'Perform this throw on me,' he said. I did it and Logan hit the floor hard.

'Go easy there bub You're stronger now.'

'What's the matter? Getting old?'

'Kid I'm probably over a hundred years old. Isn't it impressive I'm still standing?'

'Not really.'

'You are something else. A week ago you would have fainted if you heard that.'

'Things don't seem so weird anymore.'

'Let's go again.'

An hour later I trudged up the stairs to my room my whole body aching. I tried to teleported but as soon as I arrived in my room I felt faint and I fell on my bed. I needed to do some teleporting training so I wouldn't feel sick every time I ported. I ran through the wall and fell the few floors. My legs had strengthened thanks to Colossus' power but my ankle still twisted and I was left rolling on the floor in agony for a couple of seconds before my healing factor kicked in. I ran through the wall surrounding the school and into the woods. I'd decided I would start my training there.