Which Way?

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn had been let out of class pretty early and found herself wondering through the school, not really remembering what it was that she had planned on doing after class. Loose blue jeans, held up by a black belt, and a white shirt with the silhouette of a wolf howling on her shirt was Devyn’s choice of clothing for the day. Black jelly band around her right wrist and her father’s ring on as always as a pair of shades sat on top of her head, meaning her green eyes were not being hidden. Devyn’s hair actually looked like she had combed it out and brushed it down, which she had. It was her way of remembering to get her hair cut, because everything she would see it at its current length it would bother her. It was like a rule for her that her hair only went to her shoulders, but it was past that limit at the moment.

Must cut it. Devyn thought to herself her phone buzzing in her pocket and causing her to pull it out and look at it. Normally she would have just taken a quick glance and then put it away, but apparently a lot of people had decided to text her. Several males and females and the theme pretty much seemed to all be involving a party that was going to be going on at the Silverlight and how certain people were asking for her to go with them and other were inviting her. She was not really the type to respond to text messages but it seemed like everyone was going to keep texting her unless she sent them something. Plus she was going to text her girlfriend a question of ‘what are you wearing right now?’ just to get Zoe wherever she was to get all flustered. Walking and texting however was not something that Devyn did which was why she was bad at it and not watching where she was going as she walked down the halls.

Eventually bumping into someone and dropping her phone, but thankfully it had a pretty good case so it did not break. “Sorry about that. I was not watching where I was going.” Devyn said as her eyes remained on her fallen phone, wondering if she should pick it up or not.

[Andrew Wylen]

Andrew squinted trying to turn his head away from an impossibly bright light.
“I think he’s coming to” someone spoke though he didn’t understand it, a feint beeping sounded just to his right, he was laying on some kind of metal table. Where-?! Andrew tried to sit up though he couldn’t, a strap pulled across his shirtless chest. Eyes flew open to see several figures mingling around him, not seeming to pay his struggles any mind; all wearing pale green clothes and doctor’s masks, a few having their scalps hidden beneath bright blue hairnets.
“Pulse rapid and increasing” a woman’s voice spoke from one side, another man holding a pen and clip board began to write a note down. Andrew felt perspiration bead across his forehead as he vainly pulled against the plastic restraints.
“Adrenalin levels rising” another male spoke calmly, more writing, the other doctors began to hurry on with their work. Andrew collapsed back gasping
“w- who a- are you?!” he shouted, voice quivering as fear mixed with his own stutter, though it achieved nothing more than a slight glance from one of the doctors, who then quickly resumed his pace. Andrew was beginning to hyper ventilate now, he tried to shout again when something was pulled against his mouth, he couldn’t make even the smallest sound. A hand patted his shoulder affectionately as a steel tray was wheeled to Andrew’s side; just low enough that he could see an array of scalpels and other such instruments all laying in neat sorted rows.
He tried to scream for help, but to no avail, on the other side of the room a door opened, and someone walked in, the entire room had gone silent. Footsteps echoed across the walls, and then another masked face entered into his vision. The new comer stared down at Andrew, his eyes cold and hard, though other than that, the rest of his features were hidden behind a doctor’s mask, just as the others.
“Hello Andrew” he said, voice sounding morbidly kind. “You’re quite an intriguing specimen” the man continued, raising his hands as he pulled on thin plastic gloves. “Quite intriguing indeed, you know, then again you mutants always amaze me of how startling different you are from normal people” the man gave a slight chuckle, though it was empty and less then friendly. Andrew could feel a tear trickle down the side of his face. “Do you know why?” Andrew couldn’t answer though the man only gave a short pause. “it’s not the way you look, yes for some that is the case, but mostly… it is what is in here” the man placed a finger directly on Andrews chest. “Yes” the man muttered almost to himself, reaching for one of the blades “very… very intriguing indeed”
Something was shoved in his face, he struggled, and he tried to pull away though soon enough all went black-


The bell rang causing Andrew to bolt upright in his seat, breathing rapidly; around him other students began to swirl to life, stuffing paper into bags, checking their phones, and scribbling down some last minute work as they hurried to reach their next class. His heart thumped wildly in his chest, eyes still jumping around the room in terror while he slowly began to realize where he was. It was just a dream, he thought, breath beginning to become less rapid again, it was all just a dream… though it had felt so real… the metal table, the fear, the noises, all of it.
Pushing out his chair and pulling his books into his arms Andrew stood slowly, legs feeling wobbly, before he threw his backpack over his shoulders and followed the thinning tide out the door.
Andrew looked to the right; the hallway was swarming with people, most just struggling to shove themselves through, others standing nearby, talking as they waited for the living barricade to pass. Turning left, he ducked between two older boys as he wove his way through the crowd, trying to envision the school map as he kept his head down, eyes cast to the ground with one hand clutching his notebooks against a loose drab grey shirt.
Andrew felt horrible; he had bags under his eyes from a lack of sleep and bruises on both arms from where he had rolled out of bed accidently that morning, if that wasn’t enough he couldn’t get his mind off the dream. Andrew shivered just thinking about it, was there something wrong with him? Should he go to the nurse or something? Was he just fretting over nothing? his mind swirled with these anxious thoughts, uncertainly wondering what to do.

After a minute or so he glanced up, realizing suddenly that he had absolutely no idea where he was, hallway empty besides a couple pieces of paper splashed across the tiled floor. Well, Andrew thought gulping, don’t panic, I can always retrace my steps an-
He turned around, two separate corridors branched into this one, -d never mind…he finished pivoting again.
Without warning someone walked into him causing Andrew to stumble back a foot or so, books tumbling from his hands in surprise.
“S- Sorry” he stammered nervously, ducking to the floor to retrieve his papers from where they had fallen.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn knew where she was, she basically knew this place like the back of her hand after being here for three years. Plus her father had gone to this school as well and he had told her a lot about it when she was younger and even more so when she came into her powers as well. She had to know the whole school with ease since she did a lot of sneaking around when it came time to getting out of class or getting off campus late at night. Devyn was not an outright bad student or anything. She made sure to show up for test and keep her grades to passing so she would not be held back or anything. The whole sneaking out things was just because she was a little more active at night, that and people invited her out for fun times and she did like her fun times. Thinking of fun times made her remember that she did have a little meet with a boy later on tonight, but she was probably not going to go to it.

Collision with a boy, causing her phone to be knocked at her hands and his books sent to the floor. Devyn still for a moment as her brain worked out what just happened, as if she was not use to running into people. She was pretty much used to running into people, but dropping her phone was new. Sure she tossed it, but she had never actually dropped it and there was that small moment of worry that it was broken. If it did break she would have to ask her mother to get her a new one, and she did not want to do that. Either way it did not matter because her phones case protected it and it was perfectly fine. An apology slipped out of the boy’s mouth, Devyn having already apologized, and bending down to pick up her phone while he bent down to pick up his papers. "No, its fine. I really should not have been texting and walking." Devyn responded as she slipped her phone away in her back pocket, reaching out to grab a one of his books. She picked up his scent and felt like there was something in it that she could recognize but she did not dwell on it long.

"What are you doing all the way over here? The bell rung so I figure you should be getting out of class and maybe heading to another one, but there are no classes down here at this time." Devyn brought up since she did in fact know what time all the classes were, even for the younger students. It was all for the sake of not getting caught after all, so she had to know. Devyn held out the book to the boy, giving him a once over and a small nod. He had this certain charm about him, but he was probably younger than her, by maybe a year. Devyn could easily pull off being confused as a guy, with how she dressed and how she sounded. Not that it was a big deal to her.

[Andrew Wylen]

Andrew cast a nervous look up at the stranger. Even now, when both were kneeling on the floor, the figure still loomed over Andrew with an athlete’s build, shoulder length brown hair and piercing green eyes like those of a hawk, one of the stranger's hands reached for a phone as they responded.
The voice was feminine, vaguely, though rang as though the person speaking would just as easily throw someone through a wall as go on a date, not that it mattered to Andrew, most girls spoke to him as though he was something stuck to the end of their shoe, he’d never actually asked someone out… let alone someone twice as big as he was and looked like she could turn him into a five inch splat on the floor in about twelve seconds.
Andrew dropped his gaze for a second; uncertain of what to say in return, though apparently he did not need to, as, with a short look back, he saw her holding out a book to him. Andrew took it gingerly
“T- Thanks” he stuttered, before replacing it with the rest of the stack held beneath one arm. The stranger continued, asking what he was doing here, a valid point seeing as Andrew had no idea himself. “I- I uhm-“ he bit his lower lip “I- I think I must have taken a wrong turn- uhm- s- somewhere- and- and- n- not really sure…” suddenly the floor seemed to become very interesting to him as he looked down, hiding embarrassment, “I- I’m andrew by the way” he finished with a timid glance.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn was quick to pick up the nervous look from the younger boy that looked like he would bolt if she barked at him. His hair was a bit all over the place, a brownish color, and that nice mix between blue and grey for the color of his eyes. Not that he was giving her eye contact or holding it very long when he did, so she could have easily been wrong about his eye color. Devyn gave a smile so she did not look as intimidating, because she knew very well that she easily looked like she was going to hurt someone, even if she was not trying to. It was probably that ‘air’ about her, or maybe the way she dressed. Devyn really didn’t know among the other things she did not understand about why people seemed to open up and get attached to her pretty quickly, but she accepted it. He was a bit small, but he was young so that was not odd at all for Devyn. She was a pretty tall girl after all and was used to be taller than most of the females she hang out with and a few of the boys. She was sure however he would end up passing her in height in no time once he hit his growth spurt.

He is very submissive. Devyn thought to herself which made her smile a little more because she did enjoy being an alpha in a situation. She held the book for him until he took it and gave a stuttered thanks, giving off that she might have been making him really nervous, or he was just the type who was not good with being around other people. If he was in fact the shy type she as going to have to try and pull him out of his shell, because that was what Devyn did. “No problem at all. I did run into you after all.” Devyn responded to his thanks and tilted her head a little as Andrew went to explain how he basically was loss. He had to be a new student then, one who had recently come into their powers, and then brought to the school. He looked at least like he was settled into the schedule, but still working on finding his way around the large place. "Well if you tell me where you are headed I can get you there." Devyn offered since she really did know this place like the back of her hand and it did not hurt to help the boy out.

"Nice to meet you Andrew. I'm Devyn and I'm up here." Devyn said with a chuckle as she held her hand out. Wanting Andrew to look up and not be so scared that she was going to pound him into the dirt or anything. Plus she wanted to get a good look at him and get him to understand that she really was just trying to help him out.

[Andrew Wylen]

Andrew looked up uncertainly to who had just introduced herself as Devyn; a couple strands of hair shifting away to one ear as his eyes peered with a shy gaze from beneath. After a couple seconds indecision, he hesitated, then shook her hand, responding
“uhm- I, w- well- I think- I was going to Science”

((OOC note: sorry about the late and rather short response, I wasn’t really sure what else to put, but hopefully this is enough))

[Devyn Solway]

The boy that had introduced himself as Andrew seemed to still be in a timid state, but at least he didn't look like he was going to run away. At least not yet. Those shy eyes reminding Devyn of her girlfriend which made her smirk a little. Her head tilted to the side as he managed to stutter out that he was supposed to be going to a science class. "Oh wow, you are really far from where you are supposed to be." Devyn said, knowing where the classroom was. At least if she was guessing his grade right that was, if not well then they were going to end up in the wrong classroom. The teachers were sort of shared, a few of them were anyways, but the classrooms were still different depending on the grade. He had to be younger than her for sure, so she was pretty confident in guess what grade he was in.

Devyn moved to go around the boy then, going to lead the way to his classroom so she could take him there. She always found it easier to show someone then it was to just give them directions. "Follow me Andrew, promise I won't bite too hard." Devyn said giving a wink at the boy as she looked back at him and lead the way. Feeling like he was not going to do much talking so she was going to have to do it in order to not have one of those silent walks. "How old are you kid?" Devyn asked soon after, unable to help the pleased smile on her face. She didn't really get to call anyone kid since she tended to hang out with people either her same age or older then her.


{It's alright ^-^}

[Andrew Wylen]

Andrew’s stomach sunk to some where akin to the earths lower crust as Devyn spoke, he was that lost? the older student walked past before he could respond or really do anything at all, beginning off down the corridor at a moderate pace. Should I follow her? He wondered, anxiously, feet rooted to the floor with one arm clenched around a disorganized pile of papers while a matted clump of hair fell back over his brow.

Suddenly Devyn paused, turning, as if not quite sure why he wasn’t coming, her words leaving Andrew to feel slightly foolish and his face turned perhaps even a darker shade red, oh… he thought feat freed as he hurried to catch up. She gave him a slight wink then continued walking on, her jibe not so much helping with his nerves though he still trotted two steps behind.

after a few moments she spoke again and he stammered in response
“I- I’m f- fourteen”

[Devyn Solway]

The boy was turning super red and Devyn had not even really done anything too dangerous or risky with him. She was just making conversation and sure she dropped a small little flirt, but nothing that should have turned the boy so red. He has to be like, super shy or something. Devyn thought to herself, but it was not like she was going to complain since she always enjoyed seeing a good blush. Even on boys, but so far he did not really seem like her type at the moment. Devyn should not have even been thinking about her type since she was going out with someone, but it was kind of a habit at this point. Flirting, getting people caught off guard, and figuring out if they were her type or not. That was pretty much how Devyn interacted with everyone on her first meeting with them, and from that point on.

"Fourteen. Yeah, bit too young for my taste. Call me in about four years and then we can have some fun." Devyn said with a small snicker as she lead the way, pausing a moment and looking around before leading on. Looking back to make sure he was still following her as she thought of what to say. Sure she could have just put some music in while she led the way, but he seemed like a sort of interesting kid. Interesting in the fact that he was shy and shy kids tended to have something interesting about themselves despite them being shy. "So Andrew, what is your power a.k.a your mutation?" Devyn asked feeling like that was pretty important to know when you were going to this school. Plus Devyn was an alpha type and she just wanted to be sure she could remain dominate over someone even when they used their powers.

[Andrew Wylen]

Andrew followed along behind the older student, empty classrooms leading on either side as the labyrinth of halls went on and on and on… all appearing almost exactly alike to him, while, none the less, Devyn passed through each intersection with ease. Will that ever be me? He had to wonder, would he ever feel so at home here? Right now he felt nervous, embarrassed, jumpy, and perhaps a bit queasy, though at ease? no not really.
Devyn glanced back for a moment or two, as If thinking, before she asked what his power was. Andrew was slow to answer not at all sure what to expect.
“w- well uhm- I- I turn into a dog…”

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn was tempted to do a little skip while she walked, but then she remembered that she did not really skip. She must have been bored a little. Yes, just a little since she was now playing with the keys around her neck. It was more so because she was not getting much out of the kid, which left a lot of silence. Devyn didn't really mind silence between people, but it did lead to her having to do something else in order to keep herself entertained enough. Plus the sound of her keys around her neck hitting one another as she walked down the hall with the boy following behind was making an interesting beat. She almost loss focus which resulted in her having to quickly turn around when she passed the hall. "Opps, sorry about that." Devyn apologized with a snicker, and then immediately when over to put her arm around Andrew's shoulders when he revealed his power.

"Oh really? Then you are like a cousin to what I can turn into...sort of...in appearance really." Devyn said, not really sure if she could compare a two tailed shadow wolf thing to a probably everyday dog. Either way he was canine so that meant that he was already going up on her like scale. She had too many cat friends and wanted some dog friends. The only other dog person she met, she had not seen in forever. Figuring he must have been hiding in his room or busy hoping that 'friend' of his. "What room are you in?" Devyn asked after a moment, wanting to know so she did not have to track him down later. He was going to be her dog friend and she was going to rip him out of his shell. It had been decided.

[Andrew Wylen]

Andrews’ eyes fell, half expecting her to burst into laughter, half expecting her to suddenly start treating him like some kind of lost pet, what he hadn’t expected? Was Devyn to suddenly put an arm around his shoulders, hand lying against the opposite side, toned muscles resting against the back of his shirt.
He looked over, surprised and a little confused, but it was a good surprised, he didn’t exactly like being so uncomfortably close; for a second he almost pulled away, though it was better than getting mocked or otherwise suddenly becoming less of a human being. In fact when next he spoke, perhaps it was just his imagination, though it didn’t seem quite so hard.
“T- Two twenty four”

with half a second of thought, he continued curiously
“D- Devyn, if- if it’s not private, o- or anything, what do you mean by “c- cousin in appearance?””

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn half expected him to slip out from under her arm, take off running at full speed, and find a place to hide. He practically screamed very nervous boy that she could even picture taking off if he was standing somewhere alone and a twig snapped. Not that it was a bad thing per say, well it sort of way. No one should have been so scared that they were basically ready to jump out of their skin at the drop of a hat. She was proud of him however for not running off however, because she honestly would not have let him get too far. She didn't really like people running away from her, it made her have the urge to chase them down, tackle them, and find out why they ran. Even if she could pretty much guess why they had run off in the first place, but she just wanted to hear them say it and admit it. She leaned on him a little as he managed to get out the room he currently lived in. She had a feeling that he was telling the truth, but she was still going to end up paying him a visit just to confirm it. She didn't like to be lied to after all.

"I'm in room three zero two if you ever want to pop over for a visit. I don't bite to hard, unless you like it." Devyn said, dropping more of a teasing flirt because he really was too young for her taste, but flirting was still all in good fun in her book. She gave him a small tug as she turned him down another hallway, now half tempted to take him away from his class so she could bother him a little longer. Yet she didn't want him to get into any trouble, not yet anyways. She blinked at his next question and could not help but to chuckle at how polite he was being about basically asking her about her power. She had asked him so it was only fair that he got to know her power as well. "I have control over shadows in a way that I turn into a shadow beast. Larger than a wolf and sometimes as large as a dire wolf. I appear like a large black wolf with two tail and white eyes. So we look like cousins in appearance in terms of me appearing like a wolf and you like a dog." Devyn explained, unsure if she had made that very clear, tempted to just show him since that was always easier.

[Andrew Wylen]

Andrew flinched at the tease, still anxious, though, he figured, on the bright side; at least I’m not bolting down the hall… that’s good… kind of. Devyn continued walking, half guiding, half pulling him along, as they rounded another turn, Andrew clenched the small stack of books to his side, the older girl loosing a short chuckle before she explained.
“o- oh” he responded meekly, followed by the renewal of silence. Not a single sound besides the dull echo of feat and far off voices, before- “d- do you ever get used to it?” Andrew asked suddenly, glancing back, a lock of hair falling again away from his shy eyes, not even quite realizing he had said the words himself before they left his lips. “I- I mean, this place- t- these powers? D- Do they ever feel normal?”

[Devyn Solway]

She felt him flinch which was not really the reaction she was going for, but it was a reaction. A friended puppy that had been abused or something in its life that was not afraid of its own shadow reaction, but a reaction none the less. Devyn mentally chuckled at the whole afraid of its own shadow since Devyn used shadows for her power and could in fact use his shadow and really give him something to be afraid of. She would not do that no, because she didn't have a dislike for the boy. Plus he could shift into different canines so he had potential in that fact. Was it bad or a little weird that she wanted to just use her power and play with another wolf? It was like a secrete and deep down want of hers. Something she just wanted to give a try at some point, but who would want to play with an overly large wolf, made out of shadows, was cold to the touch, had soulless white eyes, and two tails. She didn't exactly scream something that just wanted to play.

She blinked in confusion for a moment at his question, not sure what he was getting at really. She tilted her head as she played with the keys around her neck as she tried to think how she was supposed to answer that. Andrew however cleared it up and she smiles at him, moving the arm that was around him to go and mess with his hair a little. "Depends on the person. I have been here for three years and its pretty much my second home. It's all about you attitude and if you want to make the best of what you are and where you are. As it is with everything." Devyn said giving a small shrug, using her dad's words of wisdom he had given her a while back when she first came to the academy. Not that she didn't want to come here because she was following in her father's footsteps and all. Plus not like she really had a choice in the matter, but she enjoyed her time here, she was a Junior, and life was good other there some emotional stuff, but the life of a teenager.

"Worried that you won't?" Devyn asked, slowing down as they neared his room, not really ready to just let the kid go yet, but she could not really keep him from his next class. Well...she could if he was up for it. Yet she honestly felt like she would have to pick him up, toss him over her shoulders, and then run off with him before he would actually go with her willingly. Either way, she planned on seeing him again and having some fun.