Waiting for Ms Frost

[Ripple]

When they arrived at Ms Frost's office, the door was open. Lian knocked and waited. She was quite looking forward to finding out about the Academy.

[Aqua]

Heather placed Lian's things next to Ms. Frost's door. She sighed as the weight against her frail figure was a bit more than she expected. "Please don't tell me that one bag was for your shoes," she said panting heavily.

The funny thing was, Heather was the same way. She loved new clothes and shoes. She was from New York after all; a city of fashion. He dream was to be a major designer, however after she discoverd she was a mutant, her dreams were forced to be on hold for a while. She leaned against the wall with Lian, waiting for Ms. Frost to answer.

[Emma Frost]

From inside the room a shuffle of papers was heard and then the stern strong-willed voice of The White Queen, Ms. Emma Frost.

"Enter please."

She sat behind a dark wooden desk with a high backed chair. There were two chairs in front of her desk and shelves of books lined the walls. Directly behind her was a large window with many paines and just to the right side of the window a table with a computer terminal on it.

"Come and have a seat girls." She said to them as they entered.

[Aqua]

Heather opened the door when she heard Ms. Frost's voice through the door. She smiled warmly and aided Lian in bringing her bags in. "Hi Ms. Frost," she said cheerfully. So far, Ms. Frost was the only person in the school she felt good with. Everyone else made her nervous.

She looked back to Lian checking to see if she was in the room. Heather brought Lian's things to the chairs in front of Ms. Frost's desk and sat in the chair. "Thank you," she replied.

[Ripple]

Lian ignored the open door and walked through the wall. She sat down in the offered seat and put her bag down at her feet. She waited patiently to e spoken to, as she wasn't sure whether she was expected to speak and she wanted to make a good impression. She was a little nervous, as she didn't yet know what Ms Frost would be like.

[Aqua]

Heather laughed as Lian walked through the wall. She forgot that she was able to do that. "Good job," she said between giggles. As she looked to Ms. Frost she smiled. "Well Ms. Frost, I'm sure you know who Lian is. She just wants to know where her room is."

Heather looked to Lian in the seat adjacent to hers. "Go ahead," she whispered. "You can talk to her." She smiled warmly, giving her assurance everything would be OK.

[Ripple]

Lian blinked. Of course - she had walked through the wall. She had hardly realised she had done it.
'Umm, I just needed to know where my room is...' she said uncertainly to Ms Frost, trying to think whether there was anything else she needed to know. She was grateful to Heather for helping her out so much.

[Emma Frost]

"Yes, how was your trip Lian? I trust well, and of course we have a room for you. You'll be rooming with Haven." Ms. Frost said to Ripple.

To Aqua she said "Kitty has been looking for you. I asked her to get you started on some exercises."

"Hold on a second" She closed her eyes, sending a telepathic message to Shadowkat, and a moment later said "She'll meet you both in the girls dorms, and when Nightcrawler gets back tonight we will be splitting up into our teams for a session in the Danger Room, just a test run of some new software that Beast has just finished writing."

[Ripple]

Lian paled. She hadn't realised she would be involved so soon. And Haven, wasn't that the girl who had given her such a frosty reception when she first arrived?
'My trip was fine, Ms Frost' Lian replied, but she was still thinking about the Danger Room and Haven.

[Aqua]

Heather's eyes widened. "With Haven?" she said incredulously. Haven left, and she was sure that Ms. Frost already knew that considering how powerful she was. "Is she back?"

Heather then thought about her training with Shadowkat. That was going to be very interesting and different. Hopefully she would finally find out how to control her powers. It was a bit of an annoyance since everyone around her could use their powers already. She winced wondering how Shadowkat would help her find out what triggers her powers. But she was interested to find out too.

[Emma Frost]

"What do you mean - 'is she back' ?" Emma said to Aqua.

Taking a moment to scan the grounds of the school, she realized that Haven was indeed gone. Standing she said "Thank you girls, we may have a change of plans... please find Shadowkat in the dorms, she's waiting for you."

[Aqua]

Heather felt stupid when she blurted out Haven's whereabouts. It really wasn't any of her business to give up Haven like that. But then again, wasn't it safer for Haven to be here than "out there". It was the main reason everyone came here. That and to control their powers and use them wisely. Heather felt worse than before she met Lian. If Haven indeed came back, she would probably be told by Ms. Frost that it was Heather who told her she was gone. Then Haven would be more upset with her. And it would go on and on...

Heather cleared her thoughts and listened to Ms. Frost. Following her orders she looked to Lian. "Guess we should go." She picked up Lian's bag and helped her bring them down to the dorms. She wondered exactly Shadowkat had in mind for them.