Judy McGee's Story

”Judy McGee, get your ungreatful butt out of bed” her step mother called.

”How can I possible get up with these chains on?” she hissed at her step mom. Her step mom came in and unlocked the chains threw her two suit cases on the bed, they were already packed, the only thing she hadn’t packed was her dog. Grabbing the dogs bed, she put the collar on her Pitbull mix, Panther, and folded up his cage, taking that to the car first, putting the dog in the back seat, she dropped the dogs bag onto the floor of the van, then went back inside, grabbed her suit cases and hopped in the van. ”Aren’t you glad I’m going away” Judy sneered as she smoothed out her dress, pulled out her make up bag, and applied her pink eye liner, mascara, and lipstick. ”I hope I’m not roomed with a goth” she muttered as her step mother began driving.

”I hope they never send you back” her step mother hissed. ”I only took you in because your mother is still alive, and in rehab” her step mother sneered at Judy in the rearview mirrior. ”Had you been goth, I wouldn’t have to see your sickening smile. Now please shut up for the rest of the ride” she said in an impatient tone.

Judy bit her tongue and giggled as her dog said something to her about the step mother. ”I hope she enjoys the present I left under her sheets” Judy threw her arms around the dogs neck and kissed his nose and ear, glancing up to see the disgusted look on her step mothers face. Judy returned it with a genuine smile.

As they drove in silence, Panther, her dog, was looking at every tree with excitement. ”I know, this is your first car ride since the day we took you to the vet” she said to the dog.

”I can’t believe that thing can understand you, you are a freak” her step mom sneered.

”Better to be a freak than a witch” she said with a grin, and smiled as they got closer to the school, once they reached it, Judy took out her bags, Panther followed by her side, carrying her own leash, the rest of the stuff Judy could carry by herself, just barely. ”Well Panther, we’re here.” she said as her step mother drove off, purposely getting dirt on Judy’s dress. Judy rolled her eyes and let her dog do his business and waited on the steps of the school.

Judy walked into the front doors, carrying all her bags, she looked like she had scoliosis, her dog at her side, walking up to a board, she saw her rooming assignments and went straight to her room, as she got in, she noticed the other side was empty, putting her bags down, she set up Panthers crate, put her bed in it, and her few toys, Panther proceeded to curl up and fall asleep.

Judy tossed her suit case on the bed, and unzipped her bright pink bag, pulling her neatly folded clothes out, and putting them in drawers, her under garmets going in first, even those were folded neatly, as she finished packing those away, she took her bag of potpourri and neatly placed it in the corner, taking out her shirts, she packed those away, doing the same thing with the rest of her clothes, her dresses, over alls, and boots went in a tiny space of the closet, she placed a small bag of toiletries under the bed, and slid the empty suitcase under the bed, taking her bright blue one out and placing that one on the dogs crate, she takes out her horse printed bed sheets out and begins putting them on the bed, starting at the head of the bed, wrestling with it for a few seconds, she smoothed it out, placed her bed sheet over it, tucking in the sides and bottom, finishing off with her two pillows.

On the bedside table she put her pink ihome on the table, putting the iphone on the docking system, pressing play, playing Something Bad, by Carrie Underwood, and Miranda Lambert. As she finished up, she hung up a poster of Luke Bryan, and laid down on the bed, waiting for her room mate to show up.

Panther woke up, and jumped up on the bed with her, bringing her toy rope with her, Judy tugged the other end, swishing it back and forth. "well Panther, I guess we're getting a boy roomate. I just hope I can for once start a romance or something like that." she giggled.

"I don't know why anyone wouldn't like you. You're smart, funny, nice, and you are passionate" Panther said looking at her, then jumped up and licked her face, thumping his tail against the wall.

"Panther! Stop" Judy says laughing hysterically.

Judy and Panther sat in the room, alone, as Judy’s roommate had not shown up yet, she could hear the others flirting and talking in their rooms, Judy got up and closed the door, then turned up her music, blaring Move Your Body she then begun to dance along to the song. Not caring that her moves were the kind you’d see in a club, or music video. Panther laid down on the bed and fell asleep, digging her head under the pillow so she didn’t have to listen to the people in the other room.

Judy honestly didn't care if her new roommate walked in and saw her dancing like a music video girl, dancing was her favorite thing to do, and she always danced like no one was watching. She also didn't care if anyone else walked in and saw her. When one song stopped, she returned to her iphone and searched for another song, once one was found, she continued dancing like no one was watching.

Panther caught the wiff of a cat, he started pawing at the door, frantically. Judy, let me out! She pled at her owner and picked up her leash, Judy clipped it on and opened the door. Panther took off running until he smelt the cat, Panther being friendly with cats began wimpering at the door, wanting to play.

Judy held her dog back, and knocked on the door

“I’m not opening that door ‘til you answer my question. Why were you following me?”
He continued to hold the door shut, though he was getting a bit agitated by the smell of dog. He wasn’t a fan of dogs, mostly because he didn’t really understand them. But he did know cats, so he did his best to get the information he wanted while trying not to make him feel cornered. He tried to calm his voice. “Look, I just think it’s a little … different that someone like …you would even take notice of me, let alone follow me. I just want to know why, then you can go, okay?”

Ty was starting to get bored just laying on his bed and listening to his music. So he turned off his music and decided to look around his new prison. Maybe he could meet some of his fellow inmates.
Ty opened up his door and stepped outside into the hallway, continuing to smoke his cigarette. Ty looked up and down the hall and saw some girl holding a dog, and knocking on one of the room doors.
Ty walked over to the girl and looked her up and down. "Sup? Big Brother actually let's us keep pets around here?" Ty asked as he looked at the dog. "Cute dog by the way."

Being ignored for the moment, Judy sat down with Panther, as her dog sat in her lap. "No matter what, you are my best friend" she said, looking down at Panther.

I know momma Panther said as he licked her face.

As the new kid approached her, she smiled, and shrugged, "I guess, but I don't go anywhere without Panther." she said with a smile. "Yes he's a pitbull, but he's a friendly pit." she said as Panther smelt the new boy. "So why are you here? What's you power?" she asked, looking up at him, petting Panther.

"Panther huh?" Ty said with a bit of a chuckle. "That's a pretty badass name."
"Name's Tyson. But call me Ty. It's short, sweat, and rolls off the tongue." Ty said as he introduced himself. Ty took his lite cigarette out of his mouth and crushed it in his hand. He opened up his and wiped away the ash and showed her his hand without a burn.
Then in his other hand he created a fireball and shaped it to look like Panther. "Yeah I'm a pyro." Ty said as he closed his hand, dispersing the fire dog.

"Yeah, Panther is a badass" she said with a smile and watched as he crushed a cigarette. When she saw no injury, she smiled and nodded, she blinked, and her eyes went from violet, to pink. "Pyro, nice. I can change my hair, and eyes, and I talk to animals" she said with a smile as Panther looked curiously at his hand. "She wants to know if your hand is fake" she said with a giggle.

Well now, at least now he knew what Marshall's power was. And what a way to show it off. As the door slammed in his face he jumped back quite swiftly, didn't want to be caught in the force of the door closing in his face. But unfortunately Jurou's temper was his down side, he could be a bit of an asshole and it would be unfortunate for his room mate to first witness this side to him. He seemed to be asked why he was really following him, as if he were being interrogated. Jurou wasn't liking the way he spoke to him. And so with a muffled short chuckle between closed lips, he turned to face Marshall. Through narrow eyes a cold glare was shot Marshall's way and a rather cocky grin formed on his face. "My my now wasn't that a little rude hey, Marshall." He casually yet confidently made his way over to the male, then leaned down so his eyes were levelled with Marshall's looking deep into them, those emerald eyes, how beautiful they were. His face was quite close now to his, too close for comfort perhaps, but personal space wasn't a concern of his. Sure this guy could probably kick Jurou's ass with an ability like that, but he didn't really care. He was reckless as always. He cocked his head to the side studying Marshall's facial features now that he could see his face up close, then the male seemed to calm his voice. What he said made Jurou feel quite sorry for him. "Someone like you?" Jurou repeated the male's statement back to him. What did he mean someone like him? What was wrong with Marshall? Perhaps he was a little insecure, maybe no one cared about him outside of the school. "Look this is different now mate, it's not like how it is out there with all the normal people, we're different, we're like a huge bloody family of freaks." He paused for a moment, standing up right then taking a step back to give the guy some space, he needed to keep his cool and not be an asshole just yet. "However they treated you out there is different to how people will treat you in here, trust me you can be sure about that." With that said he let out an irritated sigh.

"I was following you because I had nothing better to do, I was curious about if you would go to the pools or not, and you didn't which made things more interesting but then the blonde guy might have caught me stalkin- I mean following you, so I shifted into a cat so he wouldn't notice me but that did the opposite and yeah!" Jurou took in a deep breath, then exhaled. That was a lot to let out. He felt quite embarrassed by this point though. That was when he heard a knock at the door then, was that a dog he could smell? Jurou tensed up and turned to face the door, taking a few steps back away from the door. "I can smell a dog." He said with a bit of a quiver in his voice, he gulped nervously, he really didn't like dogs and so he casually stood behind Marshall, acting like he wasn't standing there because he was afraid but because he just wanted to stand there. But it was obvious he was afraid. He then began to wonder what happened to the blonde guy and the others. What did they think of him now? Well technically they didn't know what he truly looked like. So that was a relief. Unless Marshall told them 'hey this is that cat guy' then that would be quite embarrassing for him.

“But I did go to the pool, then I came back and relaxed for a while before I ran into Utrien. Shit, I must’ve gone invisible again at some point like I did in the pool and you just didn’t see me.” He released the door. “Sorry for going all psycho on you, but like I said it’s not a normal thing for anyone to take notice of me. It’s all a little new is all I’ve made more friends today than I have in the past… …well ever.” He sighed a little and his eyes watered a little bit. “It’s kinda overwhelming, ya know? I let the door go you‘re free to go” he said wondering why he had all of a sudden hid behind him, then remembered the dog. “I’m gonna go see if I can salvage what I started. Cool powers by the way, I love cats, but I could never talk my parents into getting me one.” he said with a smile. He opened the door and walked around the people gathered there and closed it quickly so the dog wouldn‘t get in. He made his down the seven doors to Mike’s room. He knocked on the door. “Hey it’s me, Marshall, can I come in?”

Utrien woke up to two people conversing and a dog right in front of Marshall's door. Weird, you would have thought they'd notice a guy sleeping on the floor. He propped himself up on to his elbows. Tilting his head, he felt concern for the cat inside the room. Wouldn't they feel uncomfortable with the dog outside? He scared the poor cat already, they probably won't trust him either.

Utrien watched lazily as Marshall exited the room and went for Mike's room. Utrien stood up and dusted himself. Well the least he could do was make it easier on the guy inside.

Turning to the two outside. He attempts to strike a conversation, maybe he can get them a reasonable distance away from the door so that whoever's inside can feel comfortable.

"Excuse me, but there is currently a distressed cat inside. The dog might not be helping," he said this in a calm voice that sends a message of trying to help, not offend. "I haven't met you guys yet. Hello my name's Utrien, it's great to meet your acquaintances." He has an easygoing voice and outer appearance that gives you sense of comfort and go with flow vibe.

Judy jumped when the door opened. "Oh, Panther here just wanted to say hi, and bring him fish if he wanted it, Panther likes cats." she said and extended her hand, "I'm Judy, and this is Panther" she said with her hand still extended. "If I held Panther, would that make the cat feel better?" she asked as she picked up the 95lb Pitbull and held her like a baby.

"Everyone's a critic." Ty responded to her asking if the hand was fake. The door that they were standing outside of, for whatever reason, opened and some guy walked out and pretty much ignored them.
Then some blonde guy that was sleeping in front of the door woke up and introduced himself. Weird that he didn't notice him. "Sup Utrien?" Ty responded back to his introduction. "I'm Ty. Just passing by."
"Well since I don't have a hamster or any other kind of animal to add to this, I'll be on my way." Ty said as he took a fresh cigarette out. "Well nice to meet ya' Utrien. And it's been a pleasure Judy." Ty said as he winked at Judy. Ty created a small flame out of his index finger and used it to light his cigarette. "Later Panther." Ty said as he patted the dog on the head and walked away.

The guy, Marshall, was pretty weird. Wait he just realised that he had treated him like a criminal, 'alright you're free to go' what the hell was that? He wouldn't listen to that guy, even if he wasn't allowed to go he'd just kick the damn stupid door down, or Marshall, either one would work. He was kind of pretty annoyed now thinking about how he was a bit of a push over just now. Well at least he liked cats, that was good at least. Not that he cared if he did or not, Jurou was still in a foul mood.

Okay now the next problem, opening that door. Slowly and hesitantly he approached the door, grabbed the handle, slowly turned it and opened the door ever so slowly. He saw the male who had chased him when he was a cat standing there, also a blonde male and a female holding... a... dog! Jurou stood there like a frozen idiot, he looked like he just got out of a fight with his shirt all messy, lazily laying on his shoulders, his jeans weren't done up properly which would explain why they felt like they were falling down a bit. His shoes weren't even tied up either, hopefully he'd notice that eventually to avoid the possibility of tripping on his shoelaces, that would be terrible. "Um." Was all he managed to stay as he couldn't look away from the dog, then the animal lover, oh god. Maybe he should just go back into the dorm, perhaps dig his way out with a spoon. Wait he didn't have a spoon, dammit.

After the introduction, Utrien noticed the somewhat distressed look on Jurou's face as he opened the door. Did he perhaps have a bad experience with dogs. He blinked and noticed that Ty is leaving, he waved as he left. It was interesting to meet a Pyromaniac.

Now feeling calmer, he asked as he turned to Jurou with a concerned expression veiled behind calm eyes."Pardon me," he paused to look at the dog with a happy expression."does the dog bother you?" He didn't mean to sound insensitive, he just couldn't help but feel calmer and happier with animals around.

Rayne finished her soda, and threw away the can. Making her way down the hall, and outside in the front where now, It was pouring with her grey mood. She stood under the small overhang and lit up a Pyramid, looking out over the desert. She looked up onto the wall, a camera sat staring back at her, she made a face and flipped off the camera. It was a tad bit weird to have cameras in a school in the middle of no where. She dropped the cigarette, and listened to the sizzle of rain hitting fire. A bright streak of lighting lit up the sky and was followed by a rumble of thunder as she reentered the building.

She made her way down the hall and entered her room, grabbing a writing notebook and a pen. She exited out into the hallway locking the door behind her, and found a good spot in the hall to sit. She brushed the hair out of her face as she slid on headphones, and set it to a loud rock song. It sounded slightly inside the hallway, but she couldn't notice as she began to sketch a map of the school that she had seen so far.

She drew the lobby, adding little notes beside some pictures and put in points of interest, and marked the do not enter hallways as a point of interest, drawing question marks on each. She had seen a lot of detectives do this, and she had always wanted to be a detective, so why not try now?

Judy went back to her room, as she was alone in the hallway now, Panther came behind her, not wanting to get in trouble from Judy, as she entered her room, she threw herself on the bed, and left the door open, taking her socks off, she threw them onto the empty bed. Oh Panther, why must I always be alone?" she asked, with a sigh.

Judy's ears perked when she heard another animal talker was there. Jumping out of bed, Panther followed, her tail wagging extremely fast. "Excuse me, did I hear you say you can talk to animals?" she asked, looking at the girl who's voice she heard. "I hope non of ya'll mind a Pitbull in here, she won't bite." she said, entering the room.

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"Don't be a stranger, come in and sit down. So, Venom, we're all here because we have special abilities, tell us what's your power?"

Desire’s sudden extended invitation to Venom caught Caelan off guard. It’s not like the room was hers, but he refrained from speaking for the sake of social pleasantness. It would be nice if she’d ask first, at least. Guess the planning is over now. He crossed his arms almost sulkily and sat, watching the two interact. He did note a strange twitch in Desire’s face as she looked back after driving Mihael into the bed. So. I’m not the only one who’s bothered by Venom. What did she do to Mihael? Not to mention that he didn’t openly just flirt with Katherine too. Theories whirled around his mind, but nothing conclusive came to the forefront of his brain. Perhaps the matter could be cleared up more with his usual meditation routine.

Mentally making a note to think on the matter further, Caelan glanced at Katherine. His pupils briefly dilated as her eyes changed colors with the regularity of a spinning kaleidoscope. The entire process was fascinating, haunting, and intriguing. It was the first time he actually connected her powers to her emotions and her eye color as well. Is she even aware of that?, he wondered. He decided to ask about it later, once the current situation had blown over. Which, he hoped, would happen soon. His inner musings were interrupted by Katherine’s now familiar voice breaking through.

”" You have to teach me that zen thing you were doing earlier...I think I could really use it.”

”Hmm? Oh. That. Sure. I’ll teach you sometime soon, I’m going to need it eventually here in a few.

He turned his attention back to Venom, who continued to stand in the doorway. “I… Can talk to animals.” The hesitation in her voice immediately raised Caelan’s suspicions. Shyness or no, saying something about themselves that would be as obvious as their hair color should be something easily told. She was lying, but he couldn’t prove it. He opened his mouth to speak again when another voice cut through the air. ”Excuse me, did I hear you say you can talk to animals? I hope none of y’all mind a Pitbull in here, she won’t bite.” That was it.

”Nope! I’m done! Too many people in this goddamned room, I need to think. Don’t touch anything when you leave, or you’ll be paste when I find you!”, he shouted. Enough was enough, he couldn’t take it anymore. He grabbed Katherine’s wrist and dragged her out of the room with him. After rudely shoving his way past Judy, he slammed the door behind Katherine and headed off vaguely in the direction of the cafeteria, grinding his teeth. After a few moments of furious walking, he stopped and turned to Katherine. ”Sorry. But I need to meditate. So I’ll teach you while I’m practicing it myself. I can’t take that stuff after too long. Y’know?”