The X Factor {RP}

[spirit_queen]

"My dad always hated me, but mom liked me even after the powers. Dad... forced her to make me leave." Johnny bit his lip and looked down; it was clear that was all he was going to say about his family.

[Miranda_]

"I never even knew my parents; they left me at the orphanage when I was a baby. I don't know why; it's not like they could know I was a mutant at that age."

[spirit_queen]

"Probably poor, or something like that." Johnny said. "Well, I guess I should count the few blessings I had growing up."

[Miranda_]

"I doubt that's all there is to it. There's lots of poor couples who keep their children with them rather than abandoning them."

[spirit_queen]

"Maybe you dad was like mine, but yours didn't want a kid at all, and made your mom abandon you." Johnny said. "Or maybe even your mom was single, and just didn't want a kid."

[Miranda_]

"Well, I'll never know now. But as for the normals at the orphanage; one day, there will be a reckoning." Paul looked grim.

[spirit_queen]

"I call 'em normies." Johnny said. "And I'd do the same to the people at school, but I'd feel all guilty." He sighed. "OH! and I call the people at HAF haffers, because the word 'haffer' sounds retarded, and they are retarded."

[Miranda_]

"Yeah; they need to get a clue, and fast."

[spirit_queen]

"Well, that's what we're for." Johnny said. "I just want us to be acknowledged as people, for heaven's sake. -.- We're not atomic bombs about to go off, or ravenous lions who broke free from the zoo."

[Sarah_K_O_M]

Elsewhere in the house a girl was slowly creeping down the stairs, clutching a sketchbook to her chest.