Daughter of a Sabretooth

Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven

Carla was kind enough to wake me up two minutes before I was supposed

to be in class the next morning. Yes, that's right, two minutes. So of

course I was late for my first day. Chemistry class was first, and it was

being taught by this guy with weird red glasses. I couldn't see his eyes, but

I could still feel him watching me. I was having a very difficult time

writing down the correct chemical equation because of my dyslexia. It's

not normal for a mutant to have a learning disability like that, because

we're supposed to be "evolved" or something like that. But then there's

me, so there goes that whole theory. It didn't help that the one kid kept

lighting my pencil on fire. It took all that was in me not to claw his eyes

out. I kept bobbing my leg up and down and shaking the whole desk.

Finally, Mr. Red Sunglasses dude told me to stop it.

"I'm sorry sir—I'm just observ—"

"Ah, you must be Lily. Well, then let's see just how well you observe.

Come up and balance this equation."

I murmured a string of curse words as I slowly walked up to the white board. I shot Red

Glasses Dude a dirty look and snatched the black marker from his hand. My

hands shook as I tried desperately to write it the way he showed me to, but

the everything kept jumbling together into gibberish. I heard snickers from

around the room and it took me a minute to realize I had written the 

"NaCl" upside-down. I growled in complete frustration and threw the

marker across the room. They all grew silent and just stared at me. I felt

my face grow hot in humiliation. The teacher guy opened his mouth to say

something, but I shook my head, and ran out of the class room. That's it, I

am so out of here. One night of rest was better than none.

   I found the front door, and took off across the grounds. I felt my nails

grow, and my teeth sharpen into my little fangs. I ran until I was

surrounded by trees. Then I let my anger get the best of me. The animal

inside came out, and I started clawing the bark off of all the trees

surrounding me. I did it until my fingers grew blistered and bloody. I

finally collapsed on the ground in a sobbing heap. I heard Logan calling

my name, and his footsteps grew closer. I ran away from the destroyed

trees, deeper into the forest. I could sense him getting closer, and I

climbed a tree and hid up in the branches. I heard him getting closer and I

held as still as possible. He walked right underneath me, and stopped. He

looked up, and I know he saw me.

"How the heck did you get all the way up there?" he asked. I realized how

suspicious this looked, seeing as there weren't any branches until about

twenty feet up the tree trunk. Great, how was I going to answer this

without telling what my mutation is? I sat down on the branch and turned

my head away. He didn't seem to take the hint.

"What happened?"

"Go away! Please..." I heard the slashing of his claws come out, and the

tree started to shake. I looked down to see him climbing up the tree with

his claws. I jumped off the branch and whizzed past him, landing on all

fours with a thump.  I stood up and started walking away. I didn't feel like

running anymore...and part of me wanted to talk to him and have him

comfort me. I heard him fall to the ground, and his loud foot steps behind

me.

"Lily, wait." I ignored him until he grabbed my arm and pulled me back. I

held my shoulders tightly and made me face him. I stared down at my feet.

"What happened?"

"Please Logan, just let me go. I don't want to stay there any more, I want

to leave."

"Did something happen?"

"I'm a freak! That's what happened. I don't even belong at the school full

of freaks. I need to be on my own."

"I can't make you stay Lily, but I do want to know why you're leaving."

"Because the kids don't like me...and I can't...I don't...I'm dyslexic. And

I have ADD. I know, it's not normal for a mutant but...I-I'm not a normal

mutant. I don't belong there...with them. Now please, just let me go."

"What are you going to do now? Aren't there people that you're running

from? What if they catch you?"

"I don't...I don't know." Logan sighed and leaned against a tree, letting

go of me, but not taking his eyes off of me.

"Well...can you at least stay until you figure out what you're going to

do?" I sat down in the soft grass and weighed my options. If I left now,

without any plan at all, my father would surely find me and drag me back

to that hell hole that I had run from. That might happen even if I did have

a plan but...I guess I could put it off for as long as possible. It couldn't

hurt to stay a little longer...and at least have a vague plan for when I left. I

sighed.

"I guess I'll come back with you...on one condition, I refuse to take

anymore classes. Especially not chemistry." Logan chuckled.

"Sure kid, no more classes." I nodded, relieved.

"And I don't want to be around the other kids...like at all."

"I'll see what I can do. Although I can't make any promises."

"Do you live at the school?" I asked him as we walked back. He shook his

head.

"No, but I'm visiting for a little while." He replied, sticking his hands in

his pockets.

"Why?"

"It's been a while since I've seen these people and they've helped me a lot

in the past. I'm hoping you'll let them help you too."