Chapter 39

"I am sorry, really sorry. I was just too excited to meet someone like me who also hid his own appearance. I didn't think this would happen." Kurt was apologizing fervently to me.

"There is nothing to forgive, Kurt. It was me who overreacted. So, don't be sad, okay." I tried to console Kurt, after all, the fault laid with me.

I reached where Kurt was and extended my fist towards him. "Just be a little more aware of one's personal space next time, Kurt."

"Sure, dude." With this, he bumped his fist with mine, a camaraderie forming between us.

"Say, your hand turned into a claw when you attacked. Was that your power, Peter?" Jean asked curiously. It seems that she was quite an observant one.

"You could say that." With a casual flick of my hand, I once again turned it into a claw, this time however, emitting my signature red lightning.

The room fell silent as everyone watched my red lightning curiously, their eyes shining with wonder.

"Wow! Is that lightning actually red in colour? It looks so cool and also unique! Moreover it compliments the black scales on your claw completely." Kitty exclaimed at the sight of my red lightning.

It should be said that everyone here was quite tolerant about mutant powers even if they were mutants themselves.

If I had shown anyone my black scaled claw anywhere else, most of the people would have been either afraid of me or disgusted. But here, all of them were instead fascinated by it.

"Hey, Peter. Can you transform the parts of your body at will?" Kurt asked curiously.

"Yeah, I can. Why?" It was quite a unique question.

"But that is not fair. You can switch off your mutation at will while I am stuck in this form." Kurt said sadly while referring to his own appearance.

"Kurt! How many times I have said that there is nothing wrong about how you look? You are a normal human no matter how you look." Professor Xavier said, telling Kurt he was not different from others.

"That is right, Kurt. You don't need to worry. We are with you." Kitty gave her support to Kurt by giving him a hug.

"That's right, Kurt. You don't need to be ashamed of yourself."

One by one, everyone present gave their support for Kurt. Even Rogue and Emma who had been silent till now gave their support for him.

"Thank you, guys. All of you!" Kurt said happily with misty eyes.

He must have faced quite some discrimination before joining Professor Xavier's school. Still, it was good that he now had such great friends.

"Say, Peter. Why did you take a completely different appearance when you look so handsome? Only your eyes are slitted which have to be hidden." Kitty asked curiously.

"Yeah! I have never seen any guy as handsome as you. And trust me, with my appearance, I have seen a lot of guys who have confidence in their appearance." Emma, the silent beauty suddenly said in support of Kitty's words.

"Well, I only recently gained these powers which caused my appearance to change to how I look now. It has only been a few months since then. So, it is still difficult for my friends and family to adjust to my new appearance.

Besides, it turns too many eyes and I don't want to attract so much attention. Also, any friend of mine would never be able to recognise me as Peter."

Emma looked genuinely surprised by my answer.

"Well, that is truly surprising. Most of the guys I know would have used this appearance to have girls flocking towards them." She said bitingly.

From her tone, it was clear that she didn't have any good previous experience with any guy.

"Well, it is better that I do not know such shallow girls who only follow someone because of their appearance." I replied back.

This could be said to be one of the benefits I had as someone who was generally ignored by the girls. I could easily observe their characteristics and personalities from their behaviour towards me and the others.

"So, when did Professor Xavier make the holo watch for you, Peter?" Jean asked me curiously.

"I actually didn't use a holo watch to change my appearance." I replied to Jean.

"But that is impossible. Without it, how did you change your appearance then?" Jean looked confused by my answer along with the rest of the students.

"It is because I used magic." I said the truth, suddenly revealing the existence of magic to them.

All the students seemed flabbergasted by my answer. Although they were mutants themselves, the existence of a mutant could still be explained scientifically. Magic, as such, was only fantasy for them.

"Magic, does it really exist? Do you know anything about this, Professor?" Jean, it seems was truly an intelligent girl as Ms. Ororo had said, because she immediately asked Professor Xavier once I told them about magic. After all, only Professor Xavier could answer their questions about magic considering he had recruited me.

"Believe me, Jean, I would not have believed that magic actually existed if I hadn't seen it myself." Professor Xavier assured everyone that magic actually existed.

"Peter, why don't give them a show with your magic?" Professor Xavier asked me politely.

"With pleasure, Professor."

Since Professor asked for a show, I decided to give them a true magic show. As such, I used a spell which was generally useless in most cases.

As I casted the spell, several small ball-shaped flame constructs appeared in the air.

Then, I moved the flame constructs in the air all the while increasing and decreasing the energy in them.

It looked like several stars were moving in the air while twinkling. This was the spell 'Twinkling Stars'. As the flame constructs moved in the air, I could see how amazed everyone was by the spell.

It was a spell which was generally used for training in the flame mystic arts. Apart from lightning, I also had great talent in flame attribute. So, I had learnt this spell obviously for training.

"Do you believe me now?" I asked them as I ended the spell.

"Magic is amazing! Can I learn it too?" Kitty asked me with literal stars in her eyes.

"Well, everyone has some aptitude for magic. But becoming a sorcerer is a lifelong duty. You have to leave your everything behind. I am just an exception due to certain circumstances." It pained me every time I had to tell someone that they could not learn magic. But unfortunately, it just was not meant for them to learn it.

"Oh! So, I guess I can't." Kitty said sadly.

I could more or less guess what she was feeling. It was like showing a child a candy and then telling him he can't have it.

"Peter," Emma who had been watching my show of magic silently until now suddenly spoke.

"You are a sorcerer yourself. Have you ever heard of a sorcerer who wears a suit with web-like design. He also wore a red cloak fastened by an eye-shaped brooch."

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So, did you like the magic show? Since most of you already know that the girl whose powers were enhanced was Emma Frost, you should know that the powers she has currently are the powers she had in the comic books. It means that she has her diamond form.

Also, she is a telekinetic even if she was not in the comic books. What was used by Spider Supreme to enhance her powers will be explained later.

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