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Luna walks to the gardens with a smile on her face and a black drawing pad in hand. She settles down under a cherry blossom tree and takes her bag off of her shoulder. She pulls out a box full of charcoals and looks at her hands which were covered from the morning full of drawing. She touches her face, moving her hair out of it, instantly regretting it. She now had a black smudge across her cheek. She sighs and opens the book on her lap, revealing a charcoal drawing of wings holding a red rose; the only thing coloured were the red petals. She hadn't drawn in a long time and it felt good to do so in a lovely place. The moment she saw the gardens she fell in love with it. The beauty and peace of it enticed her in that she couldn't help but keep going there. She looked around to see no one and she began to draw again but this time a simple leaf with the ends burning in flames. She loved the way the charcoal graced the page in smooth strokes and it caused her to smile.

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Sweet chords from strummed strings sailed on the warm summer's breeze, adding to the garden's ambient calm. The notes were long and low, relaxed, yet lamenting.
April played on, creating a distance from the rest of the world as she closed her eyes and let the guitar sing.
It had been a few days since she enrolled here at the Institute. When asked by the adults her reasons for coming, April stated simply that it was time to make a change in her life.
While those words were very much the truth; Amp had no real idea why on earth she let her foolish heart talk her into staying in New York City.
Nothing appeared vastly different between this city, and the one she had just left.
There were parties to be had, and fun new people to meet; but generally the night life was all the same.. and it was finally getting old.
Maybe she was growing up a little?
"HAHA! No way!"

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Luna's head shot up at the sound of a guitar and then laughing. She frowns and looks around with her hawk eyes to see a girl laughing to herself. ''Oh hello...I didn't know anyone else was here. I'm Luna and you are?'' She asks with a wave of her black charcoal-ed hand. She hadn't seen this girl before and was quite interested in where the music was coming from. ''I'm sorry for asking but...are you creating that beautiful music?'' She finally asks with awe in her tone. She loved music and this just gave her goosebumps.

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Spotting another person strolling through the well-tended garden, April glanced around, wondering where she had come from. At the dark-haired girl's words, she smiled and stood on her feet, curling her painted toenails into the cushy, well-watered lawn beneath her.
"Yeah, I was!" April admitted with a laugh. "I've been playing since I was nine." She informed with a faint touch of southern drawl slipping out.
If there was something Amp was generally proud of, it was her ability to entertain people.
She started strumming a few lines of familiar chords, gaining a rhythm before inhaling a deep breath.

"Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore.
It's gettin' dark, too dark to see
I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door.

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door..'

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Luna smiles and her eyes closed at the song. ''I love that song and you sing very well!'' She opens her molten gold eyes that glowed like a cat's. She tilts her head at her. ''I'm gonna guess that your power has something to do with your music which i will say is beautiful.'' She says with a bright smile. Luna always loved music and it calmed her down a lot but she could only play a few songs and sing along as she spent most of her time hunting and running.

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April smiled, pondering over the other girl's words. Perhaps her power could have something to do with her music. Playing and singing, and having an audience who showed appriciation certainly made her feel more alive than anything else.
Finally she shook her head, sending a few waves of champagne hair tumbling over her shoulders, covering her face.
"Guess again!" She chuckled.

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Luna looks at the hair change and tilts her head with a smile. ''You can change your appearance?'' She says with awe in her tone. She then looks around, puts down her notebook and stands up. She shifts into a lioness with bright gold eyes and roars in a laughing tone. She shifts back and tightens her leather jacket around her body. She smiles at her, feeling alright in the girl's presence, feeling safe and that there is no danger. ''I don't think i asked...what is your name, Music girl?'' She asks with a smile.

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Still shaking her head a little, Amp stared at the grass while the other girl kept taking guesses at her mutant ability. She would let the other girl think what she wanted, for now.
"April Briggs." Smiling once again as she raised her head, centering her white-blue eyes on the lioness, April laughed as Luna changed back.
"WOW! That must be awesome! Can you change into other animals too? I would love to turn into a mouse and run through the Institute.." She grinned, entertaining the thought.

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Luna frowns. ''What's your power then?'' She says, out of curiosity. She grins as she laughs at her shifting. ''I change into every animal there is. I did that once...scared the hell out of some girls. They tried to run away from me and one started shooting at me with laser beams. Scary but hilarious! I was laughing for ages.'' She laughs remembering the moments of her mischief. ''I really should do it again!'' She says with a cheeky grin.

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April gave a tight-lipped smile as Luna inquired of her power. The apprehension melted off while the other girl described her fun times of frightening the hell out of some powder-puffs, and stated that she could certainly become the likeness of anything in the animal kingdom.
"Amazing!" April commented, grinning as she thought of how much pure awesomeness such a power could be.
"Mine isn't really that cool.. at least not for me." She shrugged "I can make other people's powers stronger."

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Luna smiles. ''It's a pain sometimes though. Gives me aches in my body if i don't shift for a long time.'' She shrugs and hears April's power. ''That's cool! You'd be a great help actually when someone is weak...'' She says to reassure the girl her power is cool.

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Slowly plucking at the strings of the acoustic while she sat in the grass and talked with Luna, April rocked her head from side to side, as if to say 'I don't know'.
"It is handy for helping people.. but it doesn't always work the way I want it to." She admitted a tad bitterly. Luna certainly understood the feeling, considering the pain she mentioned from not shapeshifting. A hint of a smile started.
"Is the lion your favorite?"

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Luna smile again at her. ''Some things don't...Shifting into some animals isn't as easy as others...'' She says slowly thinking about the animals that were easy to turn into. She hears her question and shakes her head. ''No...That would be the wolf. The lion was my first shift so it's the easiest to do but the wolf is an amazing creature that i just love.'' She admits with a bright smile. ''Trust me, April...it's a cool power even if it doesn't work the way you want it to.'' She tells her with a kind grin.

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Listening to Luna divulge a little about herself and her power, April persisted to strum out a tune. The old addage that 'music soothes the savage beast' came to mind, and she smiled at Luna. Ironic that.
"Wolves are really smart, and I love the pack lifestyle. Watching out for your buds." She laughed. "But my favorite is horses. I grew up on a ranch in Texas. I miss my horses." Funny the girl could admit that so easily, and feel not even a grain of longing for the company of her family at the same time. She didn't miss her home- only the animals she took care of every day for years.
There weren't exactly a lot of places for rough-riders in New York City, though. Or Las Vegas for that matter.
April had adapted to become a creature of the city. Her tattoo'ed and un-tanned self spoke to that.
"How long have you been at the school? Is everyone here pretty nice?"
Though Luna insisted her power was a nice one, April knew too well that it set her up in a position to be taken advantage of by other mutants. Sometimes, she didn't mind being used. It was attention.. but it was always better when it was just her choice, and not unhappy circumstance.

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