A/N: Hello. Yes I know I should be working on Rain in the Heart, but my computer at home died, and I have been workin on this with Lin Waddell. We came up with idea a while ago, and have just gotten around to doing it...I had the chapters saved on the internet, not the next chapter of Rain in the Heart, thats why it's not up. Anyways. Both Lin and I came up with this story. Lin, is of course Lin's character and Lena is mine. (you'll meet Lin in the next chapter). So enjoy and I will get the next Rain in the Heart chapter up soon.

Chapter One: Twitchy Tail

The phone went off, making the 29 year old mutant fly up into the air, the towel that had been wrapped around her waist flying off. Instead of landing she clutched to the ceiling, her claws stuck in the plaster. A black cat tail twitched as she hung catching her breath, black fur dripping water from her previous shower. The fur covered her completely, but being wet was pulled down against her skin. Her matching shoulder blade length hair hung down from her head as she glared at the ceiling with her brown eyes, flecks of black and gold flashed.

"Stop being so jumpy," She scolded herself, flattening the cat ears that replaced human ones on her head and dropped from the ceiling. She flipped just in time to land on all fours with a soft thump.

The phone was on its fifth ring by the time she got to it. Picking it up carefully with her wet hands she held it away from her wet ears, their strengthened hearing making it easy to hear the man on the other end.

"Hello, is Lena Cherry Coe' Paean home?" She almost dropped the phone from the sound of the mans voice, she was stunned. He continued into the silence, "This is Hank.." he was cut off.

"Hank? Hank MACOY!" She almost screamed in delight, her tail and ears went straight up into the air. Every single strand of fur stood straight up on her body, or at least tried to in it's wetened state. "It's been forever! How have you been?" Forgetting that she was still sopping wet she sat down on one of her chairs near the phone. She looked out into the small apartment room with a happy smile on her face as Hank replied.

"Fine fine. How are you my dear? It's been awhile since I have last spoken with you." His voice was nice and friendly and filled with laughter as he spoke.

"Same old same old. Can't get a job because I'm a mutant, and people really don't want their 'normal' children being taught by mutants, but I'm hanging in there." She looked at her nails, noting she would have to use her scratching post soon.

"Your still in that apartment aren't you." He said in a laughing voice. Lena blushed. It was true, for the last seven years she had lived in the same one bed-room apartment with her cat Pejime, her few belongings, and no one else. Well, just because their was no one else there, didn't mean there had never been.

"Well I have to same phone number, so that has to tell you something."

"Still working at the zoo?" He asked. She again blushed. At the moment she work in the cat house, but not as a keeper. Instead, she would use her abliity to turn into any type of cat, to entertain children. One day a tiger, the other a lepord, she would walk out with a tamer and let the childer pet and pat her.

"Unfortunetly yes," she said cpvering her eyes with a clawed hand. Hank chuckled.

"I thought you would have quit that by now."

"Well it's good money, and I don't mind the kids, but damn it Hank, do they have to pull my tail?" At this she heard the man on the other line crack up.

A small silver cat then slonked into the room, two large silver bat like wings protruded from it' s back. Sitting in front of Lena it said in a male teenagers voice, "Is it really Hank? I heard you yelling to him in the other room." he then added in a mummble, "And woke me up in the process." Before she could reply Hank gave the answear.

"I hear Pejime." He said it loud enought that the cat could hear his voice from his place on the floor. Standing on his hind legs the cats body suddenly began to elongate. Small popping and stretching sounds could be heard comingfrom his body. Fur disapeared, the paws became hands and feet, and his face became human. A naked teenage boy stood in the cats place. He was wiry, lean, and it was easy to see he was fit. About five" nine' he had ferel yellow eyes, a handsom face, slightly sharp teeth, and slightly pointed ears. Two large silver bat wings also stuck from his back, his hair was the same color as the cats fur. Taking the phone from Lena. She gave an annoyed grunt and mutter something about clothing, but left the room good naturedly to go put some on herself. Pejime began to talk in his smooth voice, which was slightly rivaled by the sound of a blow dryer.

"Long time no talk Hank." He said in a tepid volume, making sure to still sound collected. His ears twitched slightly as he heard the older man give a laugh of happiness at hearing the young mans voice.

"Well hello again to you too. Still staying with Lena? I thought you would have gone out and found a nice feral cat to have kittens with?" He gave a chuckle. Hank knew that Pejime might have once been all cat, but that he no longer liked cats in a way of mating. Pejime rolled his eyes.

"I would if I wasn' t stuck with my mother." He was joking of course, Len awas more like a sister, not a mother.

"What!" Came Lena' s voice from her room, the sound of the blowdryer turning off.

"Nothing!" He called back. Hank laughed.

"Well, I was calling for your 'mother' to offer her a job." Said Hank with a chuckle.

"You want to give her a job?" He asked. The only warning of Lena's aproch was a quick yelp and she ran into a chair before the phone was snatched out of Pejime's hands.

"Where, what, and who's the boss? She said excitedly. Pejime stood there, one hand on his hip, the other holding his forehead. He didn' t see her happily twitching tail until it had hit him in the side of the head and forced him to the floor. Lena didn't notice as she bounced on the balls of her feet while Hank laughed.

"The same place I work at. I'm the chemistry teacher and nurse. My employer Charles Xavier needs a new English and Music teacher, you up to it?"

"Up to it," She almost yelled, "Up to it! After living in this cramped apartment for a so long and my tail getting pulled every day, I'm up for anything!" Pejime dodged another violent tail swish by rolling away. A gave a low, angry growling sound of a tiger in his throat as he heard it hit ground with a solid thunk where he had been moments before. Hank's laughter filled her ears.

"Well then. I'll take that as a yes." The rest of the conversation was that of old friends. Stories were told, jokes were made, and the new address that Lena would be working at was given. In a weeks time she was standing before the Xavier Institute for gifted youngsters.

To be continued...

A/N: Okay. So what did ya think? The next OC will be put in the next chapter. Please R&R.