The Reaction.

I hesitated as I got out of the car, it sifting under my weight. It was the first time I had gone back to school since the accident and I was scared. I didn't know how people would react to the new me. I mean yeah they had been told but I still didn't know. They could be frightened, scared but they could also be kind and helpful. It wasn't like I looked the same anymore, and most of them especially if I had talked to them would know about my powers.

My eyes were a blood red colour, much like Cyborg's sensors. My skin wasn't really skin, it was a pitch black coloured metal with red energy running through it. I had a red glow come from my center – this was the apparatus for my heart which is called Ancranian. I mean yeah my face looked normal and so did my hands but they were coated in a fake skin like material. Honestly I was dangerous now. Very dangerous and hopefully everyone knows what is good for them and will not threaten me, as they will not like what they will get in return.

My first class was chemistry with Dr. Brownie, he was sometimes very nice but if he was in a bad mood then he was in a very bad mood for the rest of the week, so in turn it was one of the only class which everyone was nice in. We were looking at the periodic table of elements. I found out if I thought about an element for a long time then I could create it out of thin air. My teacher just stared at me after I made carbon from the air, purely by accident. In the end he made me make EVERY element out of thin air to show the class as he talked about their properties and for the first time in ages he looked happy and carefree, like I had lifted a heavy weight off of his shoulders.

Next I had Latin and sadly we had a test and this annoyed me. They said that I didn't know what it was that I couldn't do it as I wouldn't know what it was on but I said that I wanted to give it a try, to see if I really did have all of the powers that came with cyborgization. He shrugged his shoulders and after me pestering him for about 5 minutes he gave in and I was allowed to do it. Even though I never did any revision and found it look hard I still had an easy time doing it, and I was even thinking about it, I just did it. Oh, I am going to have some fun.

It was then breaktime and so I did what I always did. I walked back with nearly everyone staring at me. I walked up to the door and someone opened it for me, I smiled and thanked them and walked towards my room. I was about to close my door when my matron and house master came up and tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around and faced them, confused. What did they want me for, I haven't done anything bad, had I?

"Can I help you?" I asked nicely as I leaned against my door. I felt the hinges giving way so I automatically stopped. I suddenly heard a thud and I turned around – the door was on the floor. "I honestly didn't know I was that heavy." I say as I point to the door, bending down and picking it up. I smile, nervously.

"Yeah. We understand that you are still getting used to your new body." Mr Kent, my housemaster said. "We need to speak to you." I nodded but did not move from where I was standing, anything they will say to me I do not mind anyone else hearing. I have no secrets that they do not already know. "In private."

"Oh. Sure." I say as I follow them into his office. Jackline and me sit down and Mr Kent leans on his chair, forever staring at me. "So what do you want to speak to me about?"

"We need to set some ground rules on your powers. It wouldn't be fair for you to use them." Mr Kent said. I got that. I mean why should I be able to use powers that no one else has the abilty to have.

"If you had powers would you use them." I ask, even though I agree with him I do really want to use them, my life was really hard before and everyone stressed about me, I needed that to be loosened.

"Yes." Mr Kent admits, his cheeks blushing from embarrassment.

"Then why can't I?" I ask him, I have already started the dissugustion so why should I stop it until I get what I want.

"Because I am a teacher and you are a student. No powers."

"Let me just put this out here. Never going to happen. Just saying."

"Oh, okay then."

"Thanks." I stand up and am about to leave when Mr Kent calls me back. "Yeah."

"If you value your second chance at life then I would recommend not going into the common room." He tells me. I am confused, maybe because there is a bunch of jealous people sitting in the room but I do not believe that whatever they can do will match anything that I am now capable of, I can risk it. I smile at Mr Kent and shake my head.

"Thanks for the warning but I think that I will be fine." I say as I exit the office and go into the common room. My friends are all sitting there chatting. Arthur included even though it is a female house, he must have got special permission to come and see me. I walk in, ducking to avoid the now to low door and stand in front of them all with my hands on my hips. "Hey, guys. What are you chatting about." I smuggle ask, a smile spreading across my face.

"Atchaco!" Arthur runs up to me and before I can douge him I am engulfed in a tight hug. I smile and smell his hair to see if he has changed, to my luck he is still the same. I hug him back and then hear a moan escape from his lips. "Your crushing me." He squeals. I quickly let go of him and stand back, keeping myself away from them to stop myself from hurting any of them as well.

"Hey Arthur. How have you been." I say nervously while scanning him for any injuries from my accident, lucky he has none.

"Apart from the fact that you nearly crushed my ribs right now, I have been great. Missing you but great. Also we should be asking how are you doing. You were the one that was comatose for who knows how long." He said in sadness.

"I'm fine. The operations did great. Okay. In fact I am more than okay. I have never felt any better." I said, finally gaining the courage an sitting down beside him.

"What we told in assembly. About what happened. Was it all true? Did Andrew really make you do it." He asked. "I mean you are strong but did he do anything else that we should know about?"

"What I was given was a dare." I ask, not really wanting to talk about him.

"A dare which was Andrew's idea. But still was it true." I look at him and nod. "All of it?"

"Yeah. The dare and what they had to do to keep me alive. The powers I now have. The dangers that I have made. The dangers I am to everyone." I put my head in my hands and started to cry, something I didn't know I was still able to do. Riley comes and sits by my other side and comforts me.

"Hey. It's okay. We understand everything that has happened. We understand why we have to have these new rules. You're making life better not worse for us all. We're your friends and we always are there for you." I look at her. "And we always will be, no matter what happens or what has happened."

"Thanks. Also don't we have lessons now?" I say as the bell goes off. Everyone stares in shock at me for knowing that and then I suddenly disappear in a cloud of smoke, leaving everyone confused about what had happened, Ashêanna was not, all she did was smile for she knew everything about me.

Later

I walk into the lunch hall and get many eyes staring in my direction as I walk up and pick up my tray and cutlery and advance forward. I place my band on the scanner (this is so the school knows who has and hasn't had food. Also they have them at the doors so that no one can break into the classrooms, main building and houses) but it doesn't accept it. I try it again but still it doesn't. I try my sister's band but it doesn't work and then I get confused. Why isn't the scanner working. I hand Ashêanna back her band and tell her to scan her band and she does and surprisingly it accepts it.

"You gotta be joking." I whisper to Ash, who just laughs. "Why doesn't it work with me but with everyone else." I ask her looking at the scanner like something is wrong with it.

"I think your computer signals are interrupting it. Try putting your hand on it." I stare at Ashêanna who is trying and failing to muffle her giggles.

"Why would I do that?" I ask, completely confused about why she would tell me to do it, if my signals are interrupting it wouldn't putting my hand on it just make it worse.

"Because it might accept that as it is not two different signals at the same time. If that doesn't work then I will use your band to scan it, okay." I glare at Ashêanna before placing my hand on the scanner. Ashêanna was right; the scanner accepted my cybernetic signals as my band. I smile at it before getting my food.

Today was a pasta day, my least favorite meal that the school makes and not just because I am allergic to it. I would normally take a sandwich and some soup as I was uneasy with everything else but I decided to see if my new digestive system could handle all the foods that I used to be allergic to as my body did get rid of my physical disabilities. Once I collected my lunch I went and sat down on a table with my sister.

Without me noticing a boy came up behind me holding his tray then he quickly took his juice and poured it down my neck. I felt a jolt of electricity go up my head from the spot and I spin my chair around to see the boy laughing at what he did. I felt a sudden spark and then hoped that he hadn't short circuited anything that could be important. When I realised who it was anger filled my whole body, standing there grinning like and idiot was Andrew.

"Andrew, what was that for?" I asked him standing up to tower over him. His eyes following my gaze. "You knew that it could have damaged me."

"I just wanted to see what was going to happen if I poured juice on you." He reply with no emotion.

"Sounded like a good idea in your mind, I guess but it really wasn't. No it was not. Also the dare. I heard that was your idea. Well it nearly killed me."

"Yeah, freak. It was a good idea, sadly it did not work and turned you more powerful than ever."

"Freak? Did you just call me a freak?" I turn to everyone and then back at him with a smirk which automatically makes him look scared. "I can bench press a car. You shouldn't be too hard to turn into a pretzel."

"Please forgive me. Again I just wanted to see what was going to happen." I huffed at him before sitting back down. I couldn't be bothered to hurt him… yet. He will just have to keep an eye out on me or he will never know what hit him.