Caelan McManus's Story

"And pretty girls are never a bother. I believe it fair to mention that you are a very pretty girl there, Venom.", Vinnie blushed, he was a pretty good sweet talker. She was used to it though, usually alot of people were interested but not many had caught her attention like Mihael... Wait. Mihael McManus? Hadn't the headmaster mentioned someone by that name? She shrugged it off, it couldnt be him he seemed nice. "Thank you, It's very nice to meet you, Mihael" She said smiling at him. She leaned against the wall, waiting for him to invite her in.

It looked as though her question was answered once more, she could get used to this. Des put the metal plate next to her and then turned to face both Caelan and Kat, holding out her palms to them. There were interesting looking tattoos on them. "I'm not going to give you the whole spiel I gave Mihael, but basically these markings help me when I want to use my own blood." As she spoke a steady stream of blood ran down her arms, her eyes turned blood red and her irises thinned to slits like those on her hands. She then clenched her hands into fists and the blood became thicker, the sight was both stunning and disgusting. Suddenly the blood moved to her clenched fists and formed itself into the shapes of two daggers that remained floating over her hand after she opened it. The sight of both blood and a weapon pointed at her made her tense, she held her breath with both a hint of fear and adrenaline. If it weren't for the fact that the girls eyes moved to the dresser then Kat might have almost accidentally attacked her guest. Close call, she relaxed a little but still had her guard up. With a flick of her wrist Des sent the daggers through the air, both making a small thud as they dug into the wooden dresser before to a liquid state and floating back inside her body. "I can also control people through the use of their own blood, but unless any of you want to volunteer I won't demonstrate it." "Ok...that...was gross. Pretty and down right awesome but gross." The words had escaped her rosy lips before her mind registered them, making suddenly wave her hands in front of her and laugh chuckle awkwardly. She wasn't trying to insult the girl or anything. The girls eyes reverted to their original pink hue and she gave them a small smile before speaking. "N-not that you are gross or anything, which you aren't. You are actually very pretty!-" Her small rant was interrupted by prideful, wholehearted comments from Mihael. Somehow she was accepted into this group, although she still felt that Mihael was doubtful about her. It would have to suffice for now. He was saying something about laying low when a knock on the door got everyone's attention.


"Hi! I'm Vinnie, but I go by Venom, and was hoping to meet a few people, since I am not the best at making friends..I didn't mean to bother you." A female voice came through the door, a small girl was standing on the other side of Mihael. His mood suddenly shifted as he spoke with her, looking like the shameless flirt that his brother described for the first time. "Venom, huh? Fitting. You're like some toxin in me already. Well, my little pretty, if you're looking for friends you have come to the right place. Look no further than Mihael McManus, at your service. I can be any and all friends you need." The last part made her roll her eyes in disbelief, looking up at Caelan as and whispering to him in a low voice. " You weren't kidding about the shameless part...hold on a second...If hes really like that then why didn't...?" She had just come to a sudden realization that he hadn't flirted with her. Every other girl she had seen him interact with he had been all over but showed next to no interest about her. She glared at Mihaels back as her eyes turn into icy blue almost ghostly white eyes. "And pretty girls are never a bother. I believe it fair to mention that you are a very pretty girl there, Venom." Mihael had leaned against the door, letting Kat see the thin blush on the girls face as she continued to flirt back with him. By his last statement, did he mean to say that Kat wasn't pretty? Kat stood up towards the middle of the room, a thin layer of red covering the top of her cheeks, showing how ticked off she was at the moment. She wasn't about to ask for him to confirm or deny her thoughts, no. she was having her first jealous fit, one that she didn't even fully understand. She didn't feel attraction for the boy, no this was something a lot more primal...this was about pride. The girl leaned against the wall, as if half waiting for the boy to ask her in. What had this turned into a date? No. Kat had just enough of this. The air around her turned very cold, to the point little shards of ice started forming in the air around her and falling to the ground with tiny shattering sounds. Almost like falling glass. She shot one very dangerous look at Caelan as if saying, your brother has over stayed his welcome for the day.

" Ahem. I'm sorry. What did you say your name was? Vinnie? Yeah. Pleasure to meet you really. But, now is not a good time. You see, our friend was just leaving. But, knowing him I am sure he'd love to have you over in his room for a chat. She moved both her hands forward and caused two things to happen simultaneously. The first was a row of ice shards stuck in random patterns across the door frame and the second a thick gust of snow slammed into Mihaels ass. If it landed, the gust would have pushed him a few inches outside the room, not enough to hurt him but enough to give him shivers and hopefully knock some sense into him. Maybe she could freeze the flirt out of him. She wasn't being hostile, just hurt and defensive. It would have given the girl a chill, a possible scare from the shards and maybe gotten some snow on her clothes but it wouldn't have hurt her.

Caelan watched, eyes half open skeptically, as Desire revealed her palms to show Katherine and himself her tattoos. As the demonstration began, one eyebrow rose is mild curiosity as the blood ran down her arms. Hmm... theatrics. I can see why Mihael would've liked this part. As the daggers formed, Caelan's face changed from mild interest to genuine astonishment, particularly when the daggers hovered were she had left them. Always good to show the audience what they enjoy. As the blood returned to liquid form and flowed back into Desire, Caelan briefly and quietly applauded the show.

"I can also control people through the use of their own blood, but unless any of you want to volunteer I won't demonstrate it."

"I believe it. Nobody would really doubt the possibility of that, or the potential other tricks you could perform with that delightful power of yours. You will definitely make a valuable ally. And, I hope, a source of entertainment by making full-body puppet shows of those you're controlling. At least, I hope I can see something like that., Caelan replied, having thoroughly enjoyed the show. Now we've got a diverse group indeed. Under the cover of Mihael or I, we could certainly raise hell in this place, with nobody really being able to stop us.

"Well, it's nice to know that we've already got a nice motley crew going on here. Viva la resistance and all of that beautiful jazz. Now, I think I should lay low for a little while. Knowing my luck, Agatha will probably be looking for me or something. To be honest, I don't feel like looking at her. And that's saying something coming from me." Caelan rolled his eyes. For all the love and admiration he had for his brother, Mihael could certainly dramatize things a little too often. He did agree with his sentiment though. The group was growing, and with numbers came strength, power, and diversity. It'd make it easier and easier to meld skills together as they worked together, but for now it would do. Soon, we'll own this dump. Caelan opened his mouth to speak but was cut off by a knock at the door. Before he could see to it, Mihael leaped forward. Did he know who's room this was? His flash was admirable, but he really should be more careful about nonchalantly going into the unknown when the higher ups already viewed the two of them, particularly him, with disfavor. We may be strong brother, but I do wish you would exercise a bit of caution before leaping into the unknown so often.

"Yo, can I... help... you...?" A pause followed briefly before a rather hastily addition. "Oh, please tell me I can help you." Beyond Mihael's body blocking the door, Caelan could see yet another girl standing before his brother. It would a blatant lie to say he didn't find the girl attractive, if not drop-dead gorgeous, but there was an unsettling quality to her beauty. Something about her near-perfect looks made Caelan's hairs stand on end. While his brother's response was predictable at best, the nagging feeling about her beauty would not die so easily. He almost spoke up when the air in the room grew cold abruptly. Caelan looked to Katherine and was briefly taken aback by how furious and intimidating she looked. He stood to tell her to calm down before receiving a glare that chilled him with the icy outrage behind it. His mouth, partly open to make a remark, closed.

" Ahem. I'm sorry. What did you say your name was? Vinnie? Yeah. Pleasure to meet you really. But, now is not a good time. You see, our friend was just leaving. But, knowing him I am sure he'd love to have you over in his room for a chat."

A harsh icy gust shot from Katherine and hurled towards Mihael, while a few errant icicles shot towards the doorframe, solidly embedding themselves into the wood. Any ice shards that flew towards Mihael found themselves floating high or slamming into the ground, thanks to Caelan. Aside from that minor interference, he remained out of the situation, but smiled all the same. This should be fun. About time he finds out that his incessant flirting gets annoying. Maybe the chill will wake him up too, enough to see that there's something plainly wrong with that girl.

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?

She had not noticed or heard Desire walk over to her or put her hand on Kat's shoulder during her outburst. Whatever words she might have said failed to reach Kat. She just watched as her shards went off in erratic directions, was her aim really that bad or did Caelan have something to do with this? She looked back at him with icy blue eyes and a pile of snow around her feet. She was about to ask him if he had interfered when desires foot steps stopped her from asking him anything she was thinking. She watched in disbelief as the white haired girl made her way towards the door, grabbed Mihael, actually pulled him back into the room and shove him on the bed. A moment of pure shock was the only pause between her turning the icy room into a potential sauna. Her feelings of prideful pain turned into annoyance at Desire's actions, but the temperature change was gradual since her strong emotions were making her unconsciously use her own body's water instead of the one in the room. How dare she do this. Kat's eyes had started shifting, patches of yellow sneaking in between the icy blue. In seconds her eyes had turned completely yellow like two spheres of amber, the snow around her feet slowly starting to melt. The only person that had any idea of what was coming was Caelan since he had witnessed a small display of this earlier but even he did not know the extent of what she could do with this unstable side of her because he had only witnessed her heat patched of water until they evaporated. He had not seen what extremely hot steam could do when it was concentrated into one spot long enough. By logic if you make something hot enough...it will melt. That included people and it would not be a painless process. An evil half smirk made its way into her eyes as she contemplated how long it would take for the girl to burn in a bath of steam, would it kill her or simply lead to a slow torturou-...

...The thoughts scared her, why would she be thinking about such horrible things about someone she just met? She knew that when she used steam not only her control over the power grew unstable but so did her mind. The switch between powers was taking a toll on her and she started feeling very thirsty, on top of the hunger she had already been feeling earlier. She clenched her fists and crossed her arms in an attempt to calm herself and stop from accidentally hurting someone. "Don't be a stranger, come in and sit down." Desire turned to Kat and gave her a look that a mother would give a five year old on a tantrum, it read behave. That did it. She was not going to be treated like a child when she was trying so hard to stay in control. She wanted to turn and abruptly walk out of the room to "let off some steam" in the most literal of senses, she knew that was the safest way to stop her powers. Desire spoke one more time. "So, Venom, we're all here because we have special abilities, tell us what's your power?" Her words made Kat, a growing mini inferno of worry, stop and think. The girls powers? Why would that be important right now? Did they have something to do with how Mihael had dismissed Kat and not her? Had she missed something? These questions and doubts were the only thing keeping her from burning in place. Having her own core temperature rise instead of the temperature around her, which was gradually almost unnoticeable rising from the previously cold atmosphere she had also created, without finding release had a negative effect on her body; one she started to feel as they waited for Venom to answer the question.

At that moment the image of Caelan floating right about where she was standing now popped into her head. She remembered how calm he seemes, how in control. Then it hit her. Kat closed her eyes and took a deep breath, she had to get a hold of herself for gods sake. This isn't you Kat, this unstable and bloodthirsty person is not who you are. Just breath. Just breath... It was working, she could feel her body relaxing and the air around her stabilizing. She looked to her side at Caelan with almost apologetic yet grateful grey eyes and whispered." You have to teach me that zen thing you were doing earlier...I think I could really use it. She had regained control but her body was far from ok, she had used up a good chunk of the water in her body in the outburst, leaving her feeling dehydrated, cold and slightly dizzy. It was the start of a fever. She had promised herself she would only use water in her body in emergencies, even then she would try to find another way, but she had broken that promise over something as trivial as pride. It made her feel disappointed and worried. Could she really learn how to control her powers if something this small could set her off? In her defense, she had managed to regain control but that fact didn't make a difference to her sinking mood. She stood her ground, trying to seem fine and forced herself to listen to the conversation unfolding before her. What had they been talking about?...Ah Powers. The new girls powers. She blinked and focused her slightly blurry vision on the girl, noticing for the first time how unrealistically pretty she was. It was strange, almost like a fantasy type persona standing in front of her. No one in real life should be that pretty. Even knowing that, she couldn't stop looking at her, feeling an urge to get closer to the girl form inside her.

Vinnie shielded herself as she was blasted by snow, flinching as snow hit and melted down her exposed tummy. She quickly flung off the remaining water, and looked around, then.. a voice came from inside the room, first someone said "Ahem. I'm sorry. What did you say your name was? Vinnie? Yeah. Pleasure to meet you really. But, now is not a good time. You see, our friend was just leaving. But, knowing him I am sure he'd love to have you over in his room for a chat." And she looked to Mihael, ready to leave but just as she was about to suggest going to find some edible food, another voice rang from inside the room, ""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?" Her power? She couldn't very well tell them her real power, maybe it /was/ best her and Mihael left. She rose her voice to speak, "I...Can talk to animals." she directed her voice inside.

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?”

Ty continued to wonder around the dorm halls, until he started to get hungry. On his way to the cafeteria he saw some white haired guy dragging some redheaded girl along. Ty gave them a bit of a strange look, but he doubt they noticed him. Ty followed behind them at a distance but close enough to be within earshot. He over heard the guy say something about meditation and teaching.
"Sup? Name's Ty." Ty greeted the two as he blew a big puff of smoke from his cigarette. "I couldn't help but over hear something about meditation and teaching. Do one of you need help controlling your power? I might not be extremely skilled with my thing, but if you need some help I do have a few tips and tricks." Ty said. "Especially if your powers are affected by anger."

”Hmm? Oh. That. Sure. I’ll teach you sometime soon, I’m going to need it eventually here in a few. Caelan had looked back at her with a reply, letting her know that she wasn't the only one on edge with the current events unfolding before them. She was starting to feel a little claustrophobic in the room, as if it were getting hard to breath. Was it really the amount of people walking in or was that her fever getting worse. She ignored it as best she could. The girl with the unsettling pretty looks spoke up with an answer to Desires question. Thankfully she hadn't moved or walked into the room, regardless of Desire welcoming her into a room that wasn't hers. That seemed to be turning into a trend apparently. Kat had a feeling no one really remembered whose room they were currently in. She would have to set some very very VERY solid ground rules the next time people came over. Her future plans were pushed aside as Venom spoke in a hesitant manner. "I...Can talk to animals." Now that was a power that did not match it's owner and that was a voice that did not match her previously confident persona. Her looks didn't say animal lover but then again non of the people in this room had any physical evidence of what they were capable of. She knew for a fact that she didn't look intimidating, to some she might even look delicate like a doll. A doll with a hell of a temper and a big mouth, but a pretty doll nonetheless. Still, something was very off about this girl.

Before more thought could be put into it...yet another person peeked their head out of the corner of the door. "Excuse me, did I hear you say you can talk to animals?. I hope non of ya'll mind a Pitbull in here, she won't bite." Another girl just walked right into their room followed by a small dog. Seriously? Kat didn't know if sighing and collapsing on he bed or raging at everyone to get the hell out would matter. Somehow both sounded useless in an attempt to make a difference right now. Either way she had enough of it and was about to comment on the rudeness of it all but Caelan beat her to it. Would she ever get to say something without an interruption today? ”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!” Surprisingly, she didn't mind this one interruption because he basically said exactly what she was about to say. Then he did something she was not expecting at all. He grabbed her wrist and half dragged half pulled her tiny self out of the room. They bulldozed through the two girls near the door, shoving the newest girl to the side on their way out. Kat was too stunned to say anything, he looked as annoyed as she felt a few seconds ago. He was even grinding his teeth as they walked, somehow she found that kind of cute in a way a kid with a tantrum and pouty face would be cute. He kept dragging her along and her already dehydrated self started feeling a little short of breath at the speed they were going, the fever clearly having an effect on that. After a few more moments of walking he stopped. She sighed in relief, glad for the pause in movement. She wasn't out of shape but her body felt like she just ran a marathon, she tried to not how it as best she could not wanting to seem weak.



”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?” She looked up at him with a slightly pink flush on her face from the fever. Small breathless pants escaping her rosy lips. She swallowed, trying to catch her breath. Once she did she looked to the side and spoke up." It's fine. I wanted to get out of there anyway. Way too crowded. Seriously what is with them...acting like they own the plac-...." She paused for a moment. An alarming thought occurring to her. She opened her eyes wide as if genuinely concerned and spoke in a soft voice. "You...aren't going to make me float like you were right?...." She tugged on the edge of her dress and pulled it down, her face getting even more red at the thought of him peeking at her dress. Her arm trembled in embarrassed rage, about to move to slap him when someone came up behind her from out of nowhere and spoke. "Sup? Name's Ty. I couldn't help but over hear something about meditation and teaching. I might not be extremely skilled with my thing, but if you need some help I do have a few tips and tricks to help. Especially if your powers are affected by anger." Her immediate reaction was to turn around and slap the guy right in the face, half from the motion she had started to slap Caelan out of pure embarrassment and half from the sudden scare that the guy gave her by suddenly showing up out of nowhere. Seriously who sneaks up on people like that. She took a step back as a reflex to get away from the thing that spooked her and ended up bumping into Caelan.

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"It's fine. I wanted to get out of there anyway. Way too crowded. Seriously what is with them...acting like they own the plac-.... Kat paused for a moment, as if she were thinking of something. "You...aren't going to make me float like you were right?...." Suddenly, without warning, Katherine turned a bright crimson and tugged at her dress. Had it not been for the dangerous flash to her eyes, he would've she looked very attractive, and cute. Her hand shot up towards him, and his jaw reflexively clenched in anticipation for the blow, when a voice ravaged by years of cigarette smoking, interrupted the moment they were having.

"Sup? Name's Ty. I couldn't help but over hear something about meditation and teaching. I might not be extremely skilled with my thing, but if you need some help I do have a few tips and tricks to help. Especially if your powers are affected by anger."

A sharp crack seemed to almost echo through the hall as Kat slapped the random kid who identified himself as Ty. Caelan took the boy's brief moment of distraction to grab Kat's hand once again and continued their journey to the cafeteria. Before leaving Ty, Caelan created a five foot gravity well around him, which would dissipate after 10 minutes. The well magnified the gravity around itself for a two foot larger radius to six times Earth's normal gravitational force, essentially locking him in place until the well timed out. When they'd reached an unoccupied area near the cafeteria, Caelan released Katherine's hand and looked her in the eye, getting closer to help drive the point home.

"I wouldn't do that unless you specifically asked me to do that. Do you think I'm that tactless? That's something Mihael would do. Are you okay? You're looking... ill. Do you need to sit down? If we're going to take down this place, you need to get this under control. We'll work on that, okay? Partners?"

Caelan stood back from Katherine and extended his hand. He'd hoped she wouldn't think of him as some kind of pervert again. he had his own standards and reputation to uphold, after all.

Ty was shocked that the girl's first reaction to him was a slap to the face that knocked the cigarette out of his mouth. Before he could even react the guy pulled her away and created some kind of a thing that kept Ty in place. Ty struggled desperately to move, but no luck.
"What the hell!?" Ty yelled out as they walked away. "You assholes!" Ty continued to yell out insults at them until finally he was able to move. Ty quickly ran after them. "Hey ass hats! What the hell was that for!?" Ty yelled as he searched for them.

She blinked in surprise at the sequence of events. Her grey eyes widening as she realized what had happened, that the thing that startled her was a boy. She had unintentionally, accidentally just slapped a random stranger in the face. Well shit. That is so not what I was aiming at. Before she could decide if the incident warranted an apology she was once again pulled away by her roommate towards the cafeteria. The warmth of his hand around hers making her tense a little but not in a bad way. For some reason, probably Caelan's doing, the victim didn't pursue them. The poor guy did however look mildly startled and confused. That expression didn't lat and turned into pure outrage and anger as they turned the corner. She could still hear him screaming insults at them and telling them to stop. Had they just made an enemy? hopefully the events could be talked out and reasoned, unless the guy was unreasonable. Then it would probably lead to a fight, one that she would defend herself in. She was not a pushover and she would not let someone outclass her especially in front of her new ally. When they reached an empty area near the cafeteria, or what she assumed was the cafeteria from what she could see inside from where she was standing, they stopped. Caelan let her hand go and looked at her straight in the eyes, it made her swallow hard half expecting him to yell at her about almost slapping him earlier or something. Instead he got really close, closer than she had ever been to a guy before. "I wouldn't do that unless you specifically asked me to do that. Do you think I'm that tactless? That's something Mihael would do." She could feel the heat coming off his body as he spoke with such determination, his golden eyes locked on her grey ones during every word. She forgot to breath for a moment, it must have made her face an extra dark shade of red because his expression changed to one of concern. "Are you okay? You're looking... ill. Do you need to sit down?"She wasn't about to tell him she had a high fever because of her outburst. It was embarrassing enough that she lost control, there was no way she was going to ask for help. As if guessing her thoughts yet again he spoke.

"If we're going to take down this place, you need to get this under control. We'll work on that, okay? Partners?" He knew she had lost control and didn't look down on her? He wanted to be Partners? She couldn't believe what she was hearing. The boy took a step back, allowing her to start breathing once more, and extended his hand to her in a token of respect for the partnership. She stared at his hand for a good ten seconds before looking up at his eyes. " You want me to be your partner?...Your going to help me get better at controlling my powers?....You would do that?...." She looked back down at his hand, really contemplating it for a moment. This is what she had wanted, what she had been thinking about earlier but she would have never imagined that he would have willingly offered his help. She thought she would have had to spend time training herself to prove her worth, to prove she was worth helping and had enough potential to be useful. So how did she end up in this situation with such a powerful ally in front of her. She wasn't going to keep questioning it a moment longer. She took his hand with hers, hers being a little warmer than it should be but she didn't think about him noticing while thinking about everything else. "I believe you. Especially when you say you are NOT your brother. So....Ok. Partners."

She quickly let go of his hand and looked to the side, the concerned expression on his face making her feel guilty about not mentioning how her powers had side effects that were making her ill at the moment. She spoke in a low voice and tried to seem as if she were perfectly fine." I'm fine...I am just a little thirsty that's all. I haven't eaten anything either. I'm sure if we just get some food I will be ok." The statement was only half a lie, she really did think food and especially water would help her, but she was far from ok. She forced a small smile on her lips and started walking towards the inside of the cafeteria, her vision a little blurry.

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Relieved that she wasnt going to be left alone in the unfamiliar place Allison grabbed a tray, adding random different things, and sat down next to Maya. She scanned the room, seeing that a few new people had entered as they had settled into their spots. There was a girl with the most amazing red hair Allison had ever seen in her life, who sat next to a boy who seemed like he knew something he shouldn't. They were a few tables away from the two girls. In line she had been behind a group that had consisted of four guys who seemed to already be fairly close. It was nice that people were already beginning to be friends on the first day. At least I hope it is the first day, I am not for sure about that.

As Maya continued to talk she looked down at her tray, finding many of the things on there to be fairly plain compared to what she ate at home. Then again most things seem plain when you but them side-by-side to some kind of animals cooked liver. She smiled at Maya's comment as she removed her mask to eat, glad that someone had the same idea she did. She set the thing beside her on the table and tucked in to eat. Looking around often but trying to show Maya that she was in fact listening to her and to please continue to speak.

Maya began eating, this time to paying attention to what was on her plate, as the girl sat down beside her. Allison was quiet but friendly and Maya felt free to talk on. She also noticed the people coming in caught the interest of her new friend. She decided to try tell her about them as much as she knew.

“Interesting people right? I’ve seen most of them although I don’t really know their names. Three of those guys there were at my door today talking to my roommate. I’m pretty sure the fourth one must be the cat then. They seem like a nice group of people.”

She pointed to the group of boys and then looked towards the girl in red hair and her companion.

“I don’t know anything about the girl other than she’s very pretty. I’m sure I’ve seen the guy here before. He confronted the headmaster. Although he seems a bit different now. He was with a different girl too.”

She did her best to familiarize Allison with the place even if she herself didn’t know too much.

“This academy is a lively place for sure. So many new and unusual people to meet. There’s no way to be bored around here. And I believe the best thing is we all have something in common.”

Caelans face seemed to want to try to pay homage her hair or at least imitate her own face, turning a soft shade of red. It was the first time she had ever seen a guy blush. She thought to herself. Don't guys that are slightly tanned need to blush really badly for it to show through? Does that mean he was blushing a lot because of something I did or does he have a fever too?... Are fevers contagious?... She would be worried it it weren't for the fact that she partially thought she was hallucinating the event. She could be asleep right now for all she knew with all the crazy powers people have in this place. Still she couldn't deny that the light blush gave him an almost adorable look. His white hair, tanned skin and golden eyes were fierce and intimidating on a normal situation, making him attractive in a dangerous way. The blush however, softened his features. She could almost say he looked....cute. If that was even possible for someone who could turn others into a tiny squished square without blinking an eye. There was no doubt he was dangerous especially with that outburst he had in the room, she could still remember that skin crawling evil look on his face. She was very relieved to not only be on his side but be partners too. Does this mean I just made my first friend here? My first real friend ...ever? Even after she had let go his hand hovered in the air between them as if too stunned at her answer to react. Was he expecting her to refuse such an offer? No, he looked distracted as if thinking really hard about something. When he finally realized she had let go he moved his hand down and cleared his throat awkwardly. The whole scene was so strange, hadn't he been the one to make the offer? It made her chuckle softly and feel a little relieved that there was someone other than her who had awkward social moments. It was almost endearing. Wait. Why was she saying such things about him? She shook her head and tried to push the strange thoughts away. Was this normal thoughts someone had when you made a friend?

"Yeah. That sounds like a good idea. Just find a seat somewhere in there, I'll bring you whatever they're serving. Probably won't be good, this mass produced garbage never is, but it's something. Just relax. Don't push yourself, or it'll make it incredibly easy to fall asleep during meditation. I know. I've done it before." Her new found friend and partner turned around and opened the cafeteria doors. At first glance the place looked empty except for a few workers behind the food tables but there were others among the scattered tables. For some reason the air in the room seemed to thicken with nervous tension when they walked in, the adults staring at Caelan nervously or glaring. Had something happened for them to be so up tight? They were just going to get some food. Grownups were so weird sometimes. His only reaction was to smirk, classic him she was starting to find out. There was an older cafeteria woman sitting at a tale, she looked a little freaked out and very confused. She was waving her hads around as if trying to explain something to the officers with bewildered expressions. Whatever she was saying made no sense apparently and the officers faces said that they didn't buy her story, they were looking at her almost as if she were loosing her mind. KAt almost felt sorry for her but that's when it hit her. "Mihaels handiwork right?" The question was out of her mouth before she eve knew she was speaking but there was no one to hear them. Caelans had kept moving to get some food and she had slowed her pace so much while staring at the woman that she was now standing alone in the middle of the room. She quickly moved to sit at the nearest table, sighing in embarrassment. Damn, she was so distracted right now. As soon as her soft exposed skin touched the seat she cringed. The cold feel of the metal chair on her thighs almost stung in contrast to her current body temperature. Why does everything feel so much colder when you had a fever, it is so annoying. She stood a lil and moved her jacket under her legs to keep them from actually touching the seat, noticing for the first time that someone had been looking at her.



Her steel grey eyes scanned the room for the first time, locating two girls a few tables down. One of them had short blond hair and the other long white hair that reminded Kat a little too much of Desires hair at the moment so she looked away as to not get mad from the events that occurred moments ago. Her eyes kept moving and found four guys a few tables away in the opposite direction. They were an interesting bunch. One had short blond hair and was being very animated, the other looked very quiet with shorter black hair, the one on his other side had spiky hair and looked slightly intimidating. Her eyes lingered on the fourth guy, a sort of bleached out version of the twins with similar white hair and yellowish eyes. She couldn't hear anything they were saying but they seemed to be a friendly enough conversation. It was such a different atmosphere from the conversation in her room, even during introductions there had been tension among them. She wondered how many more people where here and what strange powers they might have. She had met Caelan with his powers over gravity, Mihael whom could supposedly mess with time around and object even if she had yet to witness it, Desire who could control her blood or other peoples blood, Judy who could apparently talk to animals and then there was Venom who also claimed she could speak to animals but Kat wasn't buying it. She wondered how that conversation ended and if any revelation had occurred. She was bound to find out sooner or later. The soft sound of metal on metal made her look back at her own table, her face brightening a little as she saw Caelan had returned. Now, whether that happiness was form the fact he was back or the fact he had water with him would forever be a mystery. She quickly grabbed a bottle and chugged almost half of it down in a huge gulp, sighing in happiness as she felt the water cool down her throat. She instinctively pressed the cool water against he head, forgetting for a moment she was hiding the fact she had a fever. She didn't care, it felt too nice against her skin. A few drops of water that had been on the outside of the bottle stuck to her face, making a few strands of hair stick to her face as well even after she had put the bottle back down on the table."Thank you Caelan." She looked at him adoringly, just because she was blissfully happy for water and still slightly dizzy.She probably looked like a shy, blushing little kid right now to anyone that might be looking. Pretty much the same effect that her being mad had, at least until her eyes went rage crazy and made people take a step back in either surprise or actual fear. Right now though, that was not the case.



She looked down at the tray of unidentifiable food curiously. Poking it with her fork and watching it slide to the side. She looked up at him in pure amazement as he bravely and almost casually shoved bites of it into his mouth, chewed and swallowed. He was either the bravest person she had ever met or the craziest. Both were very plausible when you considered the fact it was him were were talking about. She took a deep breath, not wanting to fall behind and dug her fork into the tray, picking up a decent sized scoop. She closed her eyes and bit into it. It was not as bad as it looked. It was nowhere near good or even tasty but it didn't make her want to spit it back out. Hopefully it didn't have delayed effects. She sighed and looked up at him again, this time speaking up. "I'm sorry I attacked your brother. She was pretty sure she was the only person stupid enough to do that, so hopefully it earned her a few bravery points but she still felt she need to apologize. He had been a guest in the room, and trying to impale your guests is not very polite. "Even if he was being a total ass and...a jerk. She said the last work as if offended. It surprised her that the fact that he had flirted with everyone but her bothered her so much, she shouldn't really care it's not like she liked him or anything. Somehow the fact still poked at her as if it meant she was just not flirt material. Was she not attractive enough for someone that seemed to hit on everything with boobs and a heartbeat? She pouted slightly as she took a sip of water, stuck on the thought.

Ty was almost boiling over with anger went he reached the cafeteria. Before he entered the cafeteria he took a deep breath, and started humming Stairway to Heaven for a good minute, it helps relax him. Ty entered, and scanned the room until he saw the girl who slapped him and the guy she was with.
Ty calmly walked up to them, this time making sure he was out of arm's reach. "Alright first things first sweetheart." Ty said as he looked squarely in the girl's eyes. "What the hell? Was your dog killed by a greeting or something?" Ty continued. "Second, sorry. I can understand if you're on edge, we're not exactly in the most relaxing situation. I didn't mean to scare you, where I'm from I had to learn to keep my footsteps quiet, it's a habit." Ty then pulled out a fresh cigarette.
"And third, what do you say we just forget about? We're all sitting on a powder keg, and Big Brother's just waiting for it to blow. Being at each others throats isn't going to help anyone. So what do you say friends? Or at least tolerant acquaintances?" Ty asked as he put the cigarette in his mouth. "Oh, any of you want a smoke?" Ty then created a fireball in the palm of his hand and lite his cigarette with it.

Anger overtook Judy as she was pushed, sensing her anger, Panther started growling and barking. "Come Panther, they obviously are part of some big orgey and want us gone." she said as she left the room, slamming the door behind her. Making her way to her own room, Panther's tail low, his ears back and his eyes narrowed. "It's fine Panther" she said calmly.

But you didn't make a friend today she whimpered.

"Yes I did, remember, the pyro?" she said and collapsed onto her bed as she left the bedroom door open.With a sigh, Judy got under the covers, pulling the sheet up to her chin, she fell asleep. Panther still mad, sat right outside her door, growling at anyone who walks nearby.