Different - First of A Kind

Chapter 4: Explaination

   "Alright, this might take awhile, mind if we sit down?"

   'I bet she's gonna ofter everyone tea, or water, or coffee, or something.'

   I chuckled out loud, my mistake, because Mom looked towards me in a questioning way, most likely wondering why I'm laughing at something, and what that something is. I shook my head, making her shrug and turn back around to face the guests.

   Mom gestured to a mostly open wall, leading to the living room where we watch TV. After we got settled in, I started explaining the whole situation, "So I walked up to the school, Lucy greeted me, we went to find our schedules - we have a few classes together - and then in our air elemental history class, we had to sit next to Raven and we became friends. Just before lunch, I ran into Aspen, who I didn't know the name of, so I called him 'earth boy' in my mind. Then, at lunch, I started hearing things louder. Then smelling things louder, then I ran, it was so confusing and-"

   "Great!" Mom exclaimed happily, and loudly, interrupting me. "You're advanced earth!"

   I shook my head, "No, I'm not. You didn't let me finish, mom."

   "Oh, alright," Mom sagged. Then muttered to herself very quietly, only I could hear, "What are you then?"

   "I'm not sure what I am, mom," I replied truthfully. I ignored the shocked and confused expressions that were going around the little circle of people, as I continued, "I ran into a hallway, and stopped. I could hear Raven and Lucy walking around the hallways, calling my name."

   "Yeah, she was so fast, it took a long time to find her!" Raven stopped me, adding a bit to my story. Lucy nodded along with her.

   "Oh, I didn't realize how far away I was from the cafeteria," I apologized. "Anyway, when they found me, I ran outside of the school, then I passed out."

   A look of concern and worry past over my mom's face, but quickly went away, "But... you're fine, right?"

   "Oh, yes," I reassured her. "No damage done."

   Lucy took over the story then, "When me and Raven found Moss in the hallway, we saw something... I don't know, abnormal? Maybe? I'm not sure if it was normal or not, her being at that time a possible rare element."

   "You're a possible rare?" Mom asked me, her eyes wide from all the information getting given to her.

   "Yes," I didn't tell her I was a rare element, that there wasn't any possibility involved. My gaze shifted back to Lucy, "What did you see?"

   She and Raven exchanged nervous glances, and then Lucy told me what they saw, "You had cat ears. And a cat face."

   (A/N: I really wanted to end it with: then Lucy told me what they saw. But, I didn't... I'll admit though, I considered it. I figured the chapter wasn't long enough. You guys are lucky.)

   Everyone just stared at Lucy. Aldridge looked the most startled out of everyone in the room besides me, probably because of my mind wall being made partly out of fur. But what did feathers mean? I was surprised my mom wasn't freaking out, she just looked shocked. Lucy started wriggling with nervousness, under the gazes of all the eyes in the room's except mine and Raven's.

   I stared at the wall, while trying to contact Frost. Frost? You there?

   'Yes, I'm here.' Frost sighed after a moment or two of silence in my mind.

   Do you have any idea on what happened?

   'Maybe...' She replied, her calmness evaporating quickly.