My body shoots up in cold sweat.
Grasping the corners of my bed, I began to wail in agony as large dark red tusks begin to grow at the edge of my mouth. My jaw nearly dislocates as my teeth begin to grow sharper. Bigger. More fit for tearing than simple chewing.
My body begins to grow larger and more rigid i can feel my muscles become something unnatural. I stumble out of my room to the kitchen of my empty apartment.
"Food.. I need food…" I muttered.
It takes everything within me to stand and make it to the fridge, then I eat. I eat more voraciously than ever i eat like i never ate in my life.
Putting the last scraps of food in my mouth i can tell this isn't enough to satiate me. But it will do for now.
I black out right there on the floor.
Imagine waking up with the ability to see as good in dark as you do in light. Pretty handy, right? Looking at my fridge, I have come to realize that this change has brought a significant boost to my appetite, and my fridge seems to have been taken completely by suprise.
Everything comes to a halt when I take one sniff of the air and get hit with the most disgusting and gut-wrenching smell ever. I try to stand up, but my skin tears off; Layers of myself completely fall off with each movement I make.
My backside feels heavier, drawing my attention to a new appendage on my lower back. A whole tail charcoal black with 2 fins gracing the sides with a jagged gleam. It felt like unbridled power I even used it as a stand. Touching it felt scaly and rough.
I walked to the nearest mirror taking in the new view of myself. Damn near three feet of height added to my modest 5'11. Reptillian eyes like deep scarlet that pierce through and look down upon every action.
"Yea, no, I definitely can't go outside with this look." Living as a teen in New York it wasn't that hard to tell I was a mutant. Even worse is I was an obvious mutant with a physical change. It seems my next best option might also be the one that paints a huge target on my back.
Xavier's institute for gifted youngsters.
Knowing this, I begin to depart packing my stuff with a brisk pace. I take my first steps towards a new future. Locking the door I send a message to my realtor. 'Thank you for all that you have done for me, im grateful that you took in an orphan and gave me a place to live but i have found somewhere new please live a good life.'
With my duffel bag strapped upon me I walk, thankfully it's the dead of night and nobody is awake yet.
Reaching a park I sit down and eat a sandwich prepared. Then it hits me
Heat
A blazing heat takes over my insides. It starts from my stomach to my chest then to my throat. It overtakes me and it feels like all I can do is raise my head to the sky and let go. With the opening of my jaw a torrent of flames come from deep within me blazing like an ongoing furnace.
And with the release of a giant flame pillar, that definitely attracts some attention. That was something I couldn't worry about though, because the flames took all the strength from my newly developed body. Looking around the fire had spread to the trees and with failing effort I couldn't even put it out.
That's when a man made of ice came surfing in, and with barely a flick of his wrist Ice covered the flames. While it may have worked on regular flames this was different whatever came from my body seemed to work on a different level. The ice wasn't even melted but dematerialized like it had never existed in the first place.
"Hey man I can tell you didn't mean to set this place on fire with how your trying to stop the fire but is there any way you can stop this?."
I give him a strange look but nod anyways. Something deep within me tells me I can just reabsorb the flames and I listen. With a loud sucking motion i proceed to suck all the flames back into me. This although didn't change the trees as some of them came crashing down.
Using this opportunity i plead to the man for help.
" H-Help I just woke up like this and i have no idea what's going on"
Listening to me speak he puts on the nicest smile and says.
"No worries buddy that's what i'm here for let me take you to someplace meant for people like you and me."
Dragging me on his ice path I see a mansion a HUGE mansion. One with the name of someone who's supposed to help me and put me on the right path. That's if I don't get killed in one of those anti-mutant rallies.
An X labels the gates and upon them opening. A bald man on a wheel chair greets us.
"Welcome young man my name is Xavier and i welcome you to my school for gifted youngsters."