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Hendon House Academy for The Gifted.
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Eric Stephen Hodgkins [0] Professional Baseball? Naw I love Baseball but not that much.
Elizabeth Grayson [0] A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.
Wyatt Sullivan [0] "For someone with power over ice, I'm pretty hot-tempered. And yes, I'm familiar with irony."
Paige Black [0] The more you try, the more you care. And the more you care, the more you have to lose.
Avery Rose Carson [0] Art is an expression of life.
Nikki Long [0] "So, this what has been written.. This is what happened.."
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A big black van came up in front of the school with two people inside; or at least that was all you could see with the dark tinted side and back windows. The boy in the passenger's side got out and thanked the person that drove him as he went to the back of the van. This boy, dressed in the school uniform, some knew but the new students haven't had the chance to meet yet. His name was Eric, the starter pitcher for the Hendon House's baseball team last year. Eric pulled his luggage out of the van and set it on the curb next to him. It was only three pieces, but in total it was heavy. One black denim bag held his bathroom utensils, some extra casual clothes, his favorite book, a Nintendo and PSP for after lights out, and a few games he liked. Another bag was clearly his baseball equipment as he was the typical baseball bag shape. As for the third it was the only hard case with wheels and stood up to his sternum. Inside were two of his favorite suits for occasions that required a more formal dress attire. "Okay, I might as well head to my dorm room while I wait for more people to get here." Eric started his way to the dorms easily pushing the larger case with his denim bag on top of it, his baseball stuff was slung over his back diagonally. Lucky for him he was strong even without the use of his gift so he could make the semi-long trip to his room with no wasted time. However, this didn't stop him from talking with friends from the previous year at Hendon House.
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She had no idea how she was going to be able to do this. Riding in the passenger seat of her brothers red Suzuki Swift she could see her school, Hendon House Academy. She looked over to her brother and she already missed him. After a summer filled with just chilling with him and playing sport she didn't know how she would be able to last a semester without that. As they drove into the school car park she extended her arm and turned down the music that was blasting through the car. "Are you ready, Nikki?" Tyka, her brother, said as he turned his head towards her and placed his hand on her shoulder. "I guess," she replied and she opened her door and began to grab her things from the back seat. As she took out her suit case her brother came around with her messenger bag in his hands. As she set her suit case on the ground and began to grab a large and long black bag her brother said, "You know that if you ever need me, you just need to call?". Nikki put the large black bag, which contained her keyboard and various books of sheet music which she had scribbled on, she grabbed the messenger bag and placed it ontop of her suit case and said, "I know, so I guess I will see you when I see you?" "Yep, later sis, have a good time.." he replied. Nikki looked around and began to laugh, "Don't worry, I will try my best!" It was at this point that he began to drive away that Nikki felt alone in the world. As she walked toward her room she saw friends reuniting after not seeing eachother for ages. As she entered her room, which she had to herself as no one wanted to share a room with her, Nikki decided that it may be a good idea to go for a walk around before she started to unpack.
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After Eric got to his room he noticed that so far he had it to himself. He rolled the large hard case to the back of the room near one of the beds and tossed the denim bag on the bed. As for his baseball stuff he set that at the head of what he claimed as his bed and decided he would leave unpacking for later. Eric walked back out of his room and looked both ways before deciding to head to the garden. It was peaceful there and he could relax in some shade before things started to get hectic around the school with all the new and returning students.
It wasn't long before he found a shady spot under a willow tree after he reached the garden. So far no one was really there, meaning for the time Eric was alone in the area. This wasn't something he especially liked, being alone, but for now none of his old friends had arrived and he hadn't met anyone that was new to the school to talk to. "I wonder what kind of gifted people other than myself there will be this year." Eric shrugged the idea off his mind as he laid down in the grassy shade of the willow and waited for others to come around.
It wasn't long before he found a shady spot under a willow tree after he reached the garden. So far no one was really there, meaning for the time Eric was alone in the area. This wasn't something he especially liked, being alone, but for now none of his old friends had arrived and he hadn't met anyone that was new to the school to talk to. "I wonder what kind of gifted people other than myself there will be this year." Eric shrugged the idea off his mind as he laid down in the grassy shade of the willow and waited for others to come around.
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Just before she decided to close her door and go for a walk around, Nikki realized that she should probably send her brother a message to tell him that she was alright. Quickly running back into her room she grabbed her messenger bag and closed the door behind her as she left. As soon as she had exited the dorm room building she reached it her, grabbed out her phone and began to type as she walked. 'Tyka, just wanted to tell you that I have taken most of my stuff into my room and that's about it. Just thought you might want to know. Love Nikki x' As she hit the send button and waited for the message to send she looked up to see that she had absent mindedly walked herself to the garden area of the school. Putting her phone back, she realized that she still hadn't taken the newly bought books out of her bag. "Might as well try and reading done before school starts." Walking onto the grassy area she began to look for spot to read. As soon as she found a nice willow tree to sit under she found that someone was already under it. As she started to walk closer she began to feeling some sort of sad feeling coming from that boy. For once her powers actually came is some sort of use. "I wonder what kind of gifted people other than myself there will be this year." Wait a mini second, did he just say what I thought he said. I never knew anyone else who has had powers, other than my brother. "You never know who you you might find here..." I said as I showed my face from behind the tree. "There may be more people with gifts then you know about."
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A voice that sounded new, 'Might as well introduce myself,' Eric thought as he quickly spun off the ground and onto his feet. The movement was quick and difficult to pin-point exactly how he did it, not even Eric knew exactly how he did that, he just did it. "Eric Hodgkins, Hendon House starting pitcher last year and hopefully this year as well. The pleasure is all mine," along with his short little introduction Eric gave a quick polite bow and a gentle smile. "May I ask for your name?" Eric decided to let the info for his gift go unmentioned until she asked. Even though the serene silence he once had was now gone Eric was glad that there was someone he could converse with. Although there were many things that he could have asked his new acquaintance, Eric decided it best to wait until another time for most of them.
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"Nikki, Nikki Long," She said after the boy in front of her had said his introductions, "It is nice to meet you Eric Hodgkins." This was definatly the point where light blobs and gone off in her head. She remember seeing him in a couple of the baseball games she had gone to see last year. He was really good, and coming from her that was really saying something. This considering between her and her brother, she was better at sports than he was. Then it stuck her, just a minute ago, wasn't he talking about people with 'gifts', deciding to herself that it might be better to not mention that at this point in time, she began to think of things to talk about and once sometiing came to her head she just went with it. "So, you play baseball ha..? We should go to the batting some time." and straight after saying that she regreted it. "I didn't mean that, that just slipped out.... ummm....akward..." looking down toward the ground she began to wonder why she even decided to open her big mouth in the first place, she was hoping that Eric didn't think she was weird as well. That would definatly be the best start to the year, NOT!
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"Not awkward at all, what's wrong with two new friends celebrating their newly formed friendship." Eric gave a little delighted chuckle in attempts to lighten the situation. He didn't really know her from anywhere, or at least he didn't get a chance to talk to her to remember. Although it seemed Nikki knew Eric, maybe from a game he was in or even from a class or something. "So, what is your best class? Mine is anything to do with baseball; big surprise, huh?" The last part was clearly said with a hint of sarcasm that wasn't trying to be hid at all. It seemed like Eric was quite joyous right now, and those that knew him well enough would say that it was because he met a new friend or that he was hanging out with someone; those that didn't know him well would most likely be clueless on his source of happiness.
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'Whew, was all that Nikki could think when Eric had said that, 'For once someone doesn't think I weird for being good a sports..!' AT this point she was very surprised, she had always been teased for playing sports and stuff like that. It wasn't very often that someone actually thought it was alright, other than her brother, of course. Wait a second, did he just say friend! She couldn't believe it, for once in her life she was able to make a friend. At this point, Nikki was stuck, she had never really had a 'friend' before. 'Play it cool, Nikki. Try not to stuff this up... or say anything you shouldn't..! "So, what is your best class? Mine is anything to do with baseball; big surprise, huh?" Eric said to her with a hint of sarcasm. Nikki started to feel a different aura around him now. He seemed to feel.. happy? Nikki had no idea what had happened but she started just to go with it. "Yer, that really cool. Mine would have to be music, mainly the keyboard. Although my brother is starting to teach me the Keytar." For once she began to think that she had found someone just like her, other than the 'gift' stuff. Someone that thought that her doing sport and stuff was cool. AMAZING!
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"That is so cool, I love music but I am not very good even after I took some lessons. I envy you for that kind of skill." Eric chuckled, it seemed his happiness was something that was evident even without sensing his emotion. "So, Nikki, which part do you like better about music? The angelic sounds of the notes or the way it can influence entire groups of people?" The way Eric asked this it sounded normal to most people; although it seemed like a mysterious aura came about him and the slightest change in his voice came about that could only be heard close by. Most people would pass it by as an odd occurrence, but someone with the gifts based in sound or emotion could tell he was hinting to a supernatural gift if it related to either parts of his question. 'If she knows what I am talking about and she answers right I might tell her about my 'gift' rather than let her figure it out on her own. Who knows, maybe this will spark a new friendship that will last forever.' Even with his thoughts all over Eric kept his aura the same, even though he didn't really realizing he was still doing it.
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'Ok, so I have always known that I was bad at tests but really. Come on. Even I know the answer to this, but what answer to give.' It was at this point that she stood still. Did she want to give the right answer, or not. "I love the fact that I can influence the people around me with my music. It gives me that warm feeling inside that makes me really happy." She said in around the same tone that Eric had. She was now just watching Eric to see what his was going to say from that. She spoke from her heart but she decided to see what he thought. She began to look at his aura to see that is was the same as before, no change what so ever. Nikki had to say that that had never happened before now. No one she had even been with had ever been able to keep their emotions the same for that amount of time. Considering the question he had just asked. This was defiantly something new and Nikki was defiantly worried. 'What is happening? Has my 'gift' gone into overload or something.' Nikki decided that it may be better just to forget about it and ask her brother about it later.
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Eric smiled from the answer and after a moment of thought his aura changed to a happy one again. "Judging by the way you responded you must be an Emppath. Sorry if the way my mood was staying so static learning to control my emotions down to its purest form is something I learned to do after learning about some of the other 'gifts' out there from my grandparents. As for me I have a power that is based more on the molecular level rather than the emotional." Eric chuckled slightly as this was the first time he had met someone with Empathy, well in person at least. His grandparents told him a little about them but even they didn't know too much about them. "Don't be surprised if you see me with my gloves on most of the time. I wear them to prevent accidental charging of anything. It would be a bad scene if I sent an eraser through the wall or something." Eric sat down and looked out to the garden, thinking about what might happen from here now that he told his secret to someone he just met. 'Will she think I am loony.....how will her opinion of me change, if it changes....I wonder how close of friends we will become now that we both share a similar mutual secret?' These and many more thoughts started to cross Eric's mind, but he still was happy regardless of how things turned out.
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"You are right there, I am an Empath, though I don't tell anyone that I don't trust." 'At least my 'gift' isn't in overload or anything' "I have never really known anyone to be able to do that before." She had never met anyone other than her grandfather and her brother that have powers. This was very weird for her, as she really didn't know what to say. As much as she wanted see his 'gift' in action, she thought that it might be better to ask that another time. "I would be pretty weird, I understand. Though wearing gloves all the time would be pretty cool." Nikki said as she looked as his gloves, well,. that and what it might look like having a random eraser pass through a wall. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Nikki began to laugh really hard and as soon as she realized she was laughing she stopped and looked down toward Eric with a small tears coming out his eyes. "I am so sorry, the thought of an eraser going through a wall is so funny..!" As she said this she took her messenger bag off her shoulder placed it on the floor ans sat next to Eric and wiped the small tears from her eyes. "You are really funny, you know that..?" She continued and began to giggle a little.
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"Me, funny? That's a laugh in a half," Eric chuckled slightly, "I am just being myself regardless of what happens through my life. What I may be able to do or not be able to do I am still me no matter which way you look at it. Sadly some people don't look at it that way when they see you are different than them." Eric looked over to Nikki with a sweet smile as he radiated with a calming and joyous attitude. "I wonder how many classes we will share if any, what do you think Nikki?" Eric didn't seem to have a care in the world right at the moment, almost as if they were the only two for miles around. This however couldn't be true as the school was still nearby and there were numerous students already gathering around the campus finding their way around, unpacking in their dorms, and many other activities as well.
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"Well," Nikki started than stopped to think, she really had no clue, "If you think about it. I am guessing that you are going to have a sport or at least baseball oriented timetable. While I know that mine is very much music based. Though, you never know what could happen here.!" Nikki the began to giggle to herself a little, she was right for once. You never do know what could happen at this school. She meet another person with a 'gift' for heavens sake and that had never happened before. She looked over to Eric to see him shooting her a smile, smiling back she soon began to realize that more and more people were ariving at the school and that soon try might no be the only ones in the garden area of the school. "How long do you think it will take for people to start coming toward this area of the school..?" Nikki asked Eric wondering what was going to happen if any of his friends from pervious years found them here. 'What would happen..?! I mean what if doesn't even think of me as a friend.! As far as I know he is just talking to me cause we both have 'gifts'...
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"I doubt anyone will, like last year they seem to be busy with finding their way around the school and not so worried about going to the garden. I say find out as you go and ask for help when you need it." Eric laid back like he had been before and closed his eyes, though it was obvious he wasn't asleep. After a few moments of silence Eric decided to ask a question. "How similar do you feel as though we are to those without gifts?" The question was quite out of the blue for someone not able to tell exactly what Eric was thinking. But in his mind it made sense, after all he was asking questions that would help him understand the person he was talking to better than other questions would. This was something Eric had a knack for doing; asking the questions that gave more answers than one would intend on giving. Everyone, including Eric himself, blamed this on him being an Aquarius' deep thinking and problem solving skills. Also, like a typical Aquarius, Eric liked people that can get him thinking better than the most beautiful girl around.
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"Well, I can Definatly say that we are different. Though when you think about it we are kinda alike, just that we have something that the find weird." Nikki said as she turned her head to look around at the gardens and think about the question that was just asked a little more. It was a very good question to ask, for sure. Considering you could tell what a person though just by there answer. "Though when you think about it," she said as she turned her head back toward Eric who was now lying down with his eyes closed, "we are conpletely different to normal people. We think, act and do things different because we knew that we are different to them. If you get what I mean. What about you.. What do you think?" Nikki asked and couldn't wait to find out the answer to this one.
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"I would say I think we and those that are normal are exactly the same. The way I see it everyone has something that they do better than everyone else, or they can do something others they meet can't. Sound familiar? Those of us that are gifted can each do something no one else can truly do. Thus we are the same as those without a gift." Eric quickly sat up, eyes popping open and looked over to his new friend with a smile. "I like you, you can keep my mind stirring even without a conversation. I mean after all you can sense emotions and even influence them right? That alone makes me wonder what is going on in your head and want to know how you see the world." Eric laid back down and looked at the tree leaves above him. "Since I can't really see your power but I know it is there, in a way you could say I have seen your gift. How about I show you mine real quick? After I make sure no one can see me use it that is." Eric chuckled slightly as he thought about the expression someone would have from seeing what he could do, other than Nikki that is.
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"I like you too. I have to say that I have the same reason as you, I think that your view on the world is different and intriguing. You opinion makes me wonder what you are going to say next." Nikki said with a smile on her face as looked toward her newly found friend. This was definatly something that she wasn't used to, for sure. The only people, other than her brother, she has ever trusted or even talked to has been her grandfather and after he passed away, everything changed. Whipping a small tear from her eye as she heard Eric ask his next question. 'Is he really going too?' Nikki thought to herself as she did a double take. "That would be awesome..!" she replied with just a hint of excitement while looking at Eric who was chuckling to himself. Feeling the emotion coming from Eric she couldn't help but giggle to herself.
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As the laughter settled down a little Eric stood up and climbed the tree real quick to check the surroundings. When he saw no one was coming he hurried down, snatching a pea sized bit of ta branch on his way. The speed that Eric went up and down, let alone the slight swinging jump he did at the end, made him seem like a monkey climbing a tree. Once he was down Eric slide his left glove off and held the small piece of wood in his now bare hand. "See if you can keep up with this little trick," Gregory said as he finished charging the tiny bit of the tree. Eric looked over to the pond about thirty feet away and aimed the charged 'weapon' between his thumb and middle finger, ready to flick it. "Aiming for the pond," Eric said just before he flicked the piece of wood sending it away faster than most could keep up with. A moment later their was a small splash quickly followed by a three foot splash, presumably the center being where the piece of wood hit. A couple seconds later there was a dirty cloud forming line with Eric's fingers and the center of the splash. "Nothing that great but when I combine it with what little shooting practice I have had it is fun for hitting targets sometimes. I still need to work on my aim though." Considering the target this time was a fairly large pond, it would be a pretty hard thing to miss, even at this distance.
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"Wow!" Nikki semi yelled with glee. What she had just seen was amazing and she defiantly wasn't going to forget it for a long time. The first time that she had seen a person, other than family, used their 'gift' and it was amazing. She looked over to Eric with a smile on her face and said, "That was so awesome. I can't believe that you just did that. I- um- wow." She shuddered repeating herself. She was very temped to show him what she could do with her powers. Though she couldn't do much she had been practicing a lot over the holidays. Thinking it over, what would she show him. 'I could try changing his emotions but that only works when I know the person really well. I guess I could try..' Looking back to Eric, she put her hands behind her back and swings back and forth on the balls of her feet. "Hey, Eric." Nikki said nervously not knowing what he was going to say, "Do you want me to show you my gift?"
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"It would be selfish of me to say no after I just showed you mine. Besides, learning about another person is one way they can get closer to one another." Eric smiled to Nikki as he answered, this was definitely exciting; after all he was getting to see a gift in action he had only heard of previously. Sure he had seen many powers, some of the most abundant being more the manipulation of the natural world and the physical body. However, others with molecular and mental manipulation based gifts were rare to see for some reason; if Eric was lucky that is. So being able to see someone that have a gift with emotion as its base was a special event all on its own.
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"Ok," Nikki said as she took a deep breath in and began to think about what she should do, "I am going to try an change your emotion now.." She said as if it wasn't know already. Giggling to herself for a couple seconds she reached out and grabbed Eric's hand. After awhile she began to think of the sad-est thing that she could and the first thing that she could think of was her Grandfather, Simon. Closing her eyes she thought about the day that she found out that he had died in his sleep. The way that she, a 12 year old girl, walked harmlessly into her grandfathers bedroom trying to wake him up as he had already missed breakfast on her birthday. Shaking and shaking until she let out a blood ranching scream. As she was thinking about this scene over and over again she began to slowly grip Eric's hand tighter. Finally letting the memory flow through the physical connection she then let the sad tale float into his mind, effortlessly, and began to instantly change his emotion from happy to sad. Letting go of his hand she then opened her eyes, wondering if it had actually worked. 'I guess I will just have to wait and see..'
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As he saw the memory which Eric assumed was Nikki's his happy mood quickly changed to a sorrowful one. Without warning Eric embraced Nikki in a hug that seemed to be one that a friend gives another friend to help reassure them. "That is saddening, no one should have to go through that at such a young age." Eric then realized how inappropriate this was, hugging someone he just met was not something everyone felt as an okay thing to do. With that he quickly let go with a slight blush coming over his face, "Sorry about that. I am sure you thought it was inappropriate since we just met." Eric chuckled to himself as a mix of sorrow, joy, and embarrassment started to fill his emotions, all completely unintentional.
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"Haha," Nikki laughed to herself as she began to re-read Eric's emotions once again, "That's alright. Don't even worry about it, though I hope that the memory didn't effect you to much. It usuall doesn't work with people I only just meet, so at least that is something, don't you think." Reaching up toward her cheeks she felt two things, 1: the fact that her cheeks felt really warm, as if she where blushing and 2: that they were wet, most probably from crying while showing Eric her 'gift'. Wipping away the tear from her slightly red cheeks she looked up at Eric and suddently felt happy once again. The fact that she could completely open with someone other than her brother was something very new and different to her and it was something that she didn't want to lose.
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