Risen

[Meredith]

I'll have a short little background story expounding on my bio later. But for now, here's my bio that I'll build from.

Name: Meredith
Codename: Uriel
Age: mid twenties
Abilities: fire manipulation and control, a "phoenix" in human form with connection to the elements, particularly fire.
Background: Discovered powers in early teenage years when I fell ill. I had a terrible fever and it kept getting hotter and hotter until...poof. Burst into flames. Reduced to ashes and reformed into my "normal" self in a matter of minutes, with no memory of how it happened just that it did. My mother was very superstitious and sent me to live with a relative in the country. My relative died in the first year of my stay and I was alone, forced to make my own way by selling herbal remedies I made and taking odd jobs to pay the bills and later, pay my way through the local college. I had no idea there were other people like me, not until I answered the door one day to find a man and woman waiting on my porch. A Professor Charles Xavier had seen me on something called Cerebro and he wasn't the only one. I was on some list of identified mutants, someone had seen me using my powers in the woods, developing it to the point where I could make the flames come whenver I called them, make it last, control other fires and bring it to me... I'm not a genius but I'm smart enough to know when I need to run. I took the offer of this pair and Professor Xavier and went to New York, further north than I'd ever been before. I spend my days helping Storm, the woman who came for me, in her greenhouse and on the grounds, and training with Logan in the Danger Room. They all seem to think some big war is coming, even the kids, and I'm not sure if I need to be scared or not.
Appearence: Average height (5'8" ish), dark brown hair with constantly changing colors scattered in tiny streaks throughout, yellowish eyes, not skinny but not huge, prone to being quiet and shy unless I know someone well and then I won't shut up. Very defensive of my self and my friends. Affinity for living things, especially animals and plants. Read waaaaaaaaaay too much. In addition to helping Storm with her greenhouse et al, I wouldn't mind being an occasional teacher or a faculty member.

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I'll post the story either tomorrow or Monday, depending on RL responisibilities.

[Meredith]

"You got sick cause you're a sinner..."
"Yes, mother..." I burned. I could barely breathe, my eyes ached, my skin screamed with pain at the faintest touch, but still she preached. I swallowed, wishing I could just die the pain was so great. I had been sick for days, the fever only growing hotter. "I'll fly away," I sang under my breath, an old song my grandmother had taught me, "and find myself..." A coughing fit racked my body and I felt hot as the sun. Breath burned, the blanket burned...her voice burned.
"You're gonna burn in Hell for your sins!" she yelled from the kitchen. "The Devil knows his own and he's come for your hide!"
"Yes, Mother..." I closed my eyes and wished I could have been born somewhere else.
"You need to be born again!" she cried as if reading my thoughts.
"Yes, mother..." A wave of fire washed over me and suddenly, I was cold. I saw nothing, I heard nothing... I was nothing.

Pain crept into my veins slowly. First, a dull ache, then a sharp throb, finally a screaming, searing flame of sensation. The world was milky white, shapes indistinct and slow-moving. I heard muffled voices and realized after a moment it was screaming. I felt good, new... No more pain. No heat. No flames. The world snapped into focus and she was panting, staring down at me. Her words meant nothing to me now. I was reborn...

Grandmother was more than happy to see me. "I always knew you was special," she told me as she patted my cheek. "Your mamma just never saw it like I did."

More to come...

[Christa_Winters]

that would be when?
::poke::

[Satori]

*poke poke poke* More fic Mer? I like it :D