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I walked in and dropped my bags on the floor. Great. I thought. I'm living with a bunch of people like me with "powers." I thought. I looked at the list to see who I would be staying with and it said there was a kid named Link who had telepathy, like me and another kid Ayden who had pain infliction. I decided to try to stay on Ayden's good side when I met him. I didn't really want my brain fried or anything like that for that matter. I put my bags on top of a bed and sat down. I laid back and groaned. Why did they send me here? I was perfectly fine at home! I said in my mind, like I often did. My mind was the only place I was alone, usually. I started unpacking my stuff but I stopped because I got bored. I layed back down and closed my eyes. I had a lot to keep my mind busy lately, it tired me out. I told my parents I didn't want to come but they made me. They lied to everyone too, which made it worse. They told everyone I was going to a boarding school. It wasn't a complete lie, but they left out the fact it was for kids with so called powers, or as I called them, curses. They even told all my siblings that. They were afraid they would be afraid if they knew the truth. I knew they wouldn't. Most of them wouldn't even know what telepathic meant. Well, they would because of all the honors classes they took but they wouldn't be afraid. So now I was stuck here. I ran through the whole scene in my head over and over.

I don't want to go!
You have to you have no choice.
But-
No buts, you're going whether you want to or not.

The classic parents don't care what you want scene, but unlike most kids for me it was true. They wanted me to come here. Apparently work, studying, homework, and more work was going to help me. Yeah right. That's all we did here, work. We didn't even have time to talk usually. Or sleep, usually people went for days without sleep doing their work. I forgot about that all for a little while though and went to sleep even though it was two in the afternoon.

[Silver]

Link walked in to his dorm. His new dorm! Hooray! As usual, Link was being overly, annoyingly optimistic. Ooo, what fun it would be here! He would decorate his dorm with.... hmm... he paused and thought about it for a moment, then his grin returned to his face. Flowers! Yes indeedy, lots and lots of flowers! On second thought, maybe he wouldn't do that. What if someone was allergic to his pretty flowers? They'd blow them to pieces! Link gasped at the image. His world was one filled with ponies and sunshine and bright colours. Oh, he could be serious when he wanted to be, but right now, he didn't want to be.

He noticed a new person in the dorm, and, as usual, zoned in to his thoughts. Oh, a fellow telepath! How fun! Link walked over to him, still grinning. "Hello, Jesse Savage. What a pleasure to finally meet you! I'm Link Arcadia, fellow telepath and your dorm mate. How're things goin'?" Link couldn't turn his telepathy off, so he instantly knew everything already, but he still found it polite to ask the questions. A happy idiot he was, but no one could say he was impolite.

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Hello.Well I would say good, but to most people things aren't very good here. You for one seem to be an exception. And please, I'm begging you, don't decorate the room with flowers. I said, smiling a little. How are you? He seemed a lot happier than he should be for a person locked up in a school for the clinically insane. I finally got up and started finishing putting my stuff away now that people were showing up. There's supposed to be another kid living here too. I don't know who he is though. Apparently he can inflect pain on you so I've already decided not to make him mad. But you probably already knew that. I smiled a little. At least it's not so lonely here anymore. I thought. Probably not only to myself since Link most likely was listening but I didn't really care.

[Silver]

Link laughed. "You mean Ayden? Psh, I've dealt with his kind of gift before. I'll tell you a little something," Link leaned forwards conspiratorily. "My little sis, Silver? She has his gift too, except it's with her skin. Touch her and you will feel extreme pain. And unfortunately, she likes to go around shaking people's hands. She also can dissolve stuff with her mind," he added mentally, 'Thank God that gift's not fully developped yet,'

Link kept grinning. It seemed like the only expression he was capable of. He nodded when he heard Jesse's thought. He's right, Link thought to himself and probably Jesse. Most people don't like me because of my extreme optimism. In fact, I tend to get on their nerves, if anyone can belive that. I mean, me, annoying? Never! But it won't be lonely anymore because I have Jesse to bug!!! Huzzah! And Silver.

If possible, his grin widened when he thought about his little baby sister. Well, not so much a baby, but he still called her that behind her back. Fortunately, mind-reading was not her forte, or else he'd be long dead by now. He sat down on his bed, which was neatly made. "So, Jesse, how'd you come here?" What he really meant was, 'Why are you here?'

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His personality was contagious and soon I was smiling too. Well I'm here because all the doctors said I was insane. My parents agreed and here I am. And you're here because? I probably could've found out just by searching through his mind for a minute but I felt too lazy to. I just continued putting stuff away and soon I was done. Finally. I sighed. Now that I was bored again I did read his mind. He was enjoying that he could bug me. So, how old's your sister? What's her name again? I asked him.

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"Why am I here? Hmm, let me remember..." Why was he here again? Ah, yes! Because of that! That had been fun! "I attempted to break in to rescue my sister. O'course, I got caught, but that was okay, because now I'm near my little sis! I'm almost too old for this place, you know. But if Silver's here, I'm here. Maybe later we'll attempt escape. Once she finds out I'm here, though, she'll kill me, because this was supposed to be a rescue mission. Perhaps I could use someone as a body shield..." he looked speculatively at Jesse, his hand stroking his chin in his universal, 'Link-the-thinker' pose. Then it hit him; soon Silver would hear that he was here and come looking for him. Uh oh.

He dropped to his knees, frantically looking for a pencil and a piece of paper to write down his will. 'Jesse, might you have a writing utensil and a piece of paper?' Aloud, he said, "I think my will will go something like this; 'To my dearly beloved sister/cause of my death, I give my house.' Um, who else should I include... ah Jesse! you seem like a nice guy; you can have my fortune. It's in my pocket somewhere, I think." Okay, he didn't have a lot of money that belonged to him. But his rich ole Uncle Alph's will supplied them very nicely. Of course, that would go to Silver, but Jesse could have his share. "Perhaps we should bar the windows and door; that could stop her!" No one could ever quite tell when he was joking or serious.

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Yeah. I'm sure the teachers and guards would totally love if you were killed then we barred off all windows and doors. I said sarcastically. Why would your sister care if you were here though? I mean, it's not like you're going to ruin her life. Well you could, but still why does she care? I sat down on my bed and threw my sneakers to the side near it. I didn't care if the room was messy but I figured the others might so I got up and threw my sneakers into a draw with clothes I never wore in it.

[Silver]

Link scratched the back of his head, embarrassed. "You see.... I was kinda supposed to rescue her, but I gave up half-way. She wants out. But I failed. Plus, Silver just likes to watch me writhe." He did a little smile. Well, wouldn't that be an awkward family reunion. "Hi, little sis, I failed the rescue mission to get you out of your personal hell. How 'bout a hug?" Wouldn't she love that.
"What about your family? Any homicidal sisters in it?" he joked. Probably not. As far as he knew, Silver was unique. One of a kind. Despite the fact she tried to maim him all the time, he was proud of her. Happy to have a little sister. She could do anything at all and he'd forgive her. Well, he would be a bit put out if she killed somebody, but aw well. They'd still be dead, and that wouldn't be very fun for them.

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I laughed a little before answering him. No. My brothers and sisters don't even know I'm here. I told him. My parents told them I was going to boarding school. Not completely a lie. Except that they left out the part about it being for clinically insane kids. Even though we're not insane really. I continued. I thought about my family back home. There's five of them back home. Three girls, two guys. They're all incredibly smart. And perfect, except for me that is. But I still love them. And miss them. I'd never really told anyone that the first time I'd met them but I didn't really care anymore. All the people here had weird pasts. I'm the second oldest. Only Tyler is older than me. Even though it seems like they're all older when we're compared in school. I smiled as I thought about how they'd always teased me about how I was so different. I hated it then but now I almost missed it. Almost. Sometimes it wasn't even almost. Sometimes I did miss it. So no homicidal sisters. But two perfect and smart ones and three perfect and smart brothers too. I smiled again now, just out of happiness. I didn't feel as alone anymore now that I was talking to Link.

[Silver]

Link clapped Jesse on the back. "Don't sweat it, Jesse. You won't be alone as long as I'm around. In fact, you'll be trying to away to be alone when I'm around. Oh yeah, I'm pretty special that way," Link grinned. Yes, he sure was special. Hooray for specialness! Even if it made you clinically insane, it was still pretty cool. But Link knew he wasn't crazy. Silver might be slightly crazy, but not even she deserved to be here. The people at Hollowcove might try to convinve you that you were insane, but Link could read minds. He knew what wasn't true. Spend enough time in other people's heads and yours will become less confused. Ah, telepathy. What a gift.
"So, you met the teachers yet?" Link asked. He was eager to know what they were like, if they were horrible, and how far he could get by playing stupid. It might work on them, who knew?

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Yeah I probably will soon enough. I said laughing a little. Nope. Don't know anything about the teachers yet. Haven't been to any classes. I talked to a girl who has been though and she said the bore the heck out of you. And I don't think lpaying stupid would work very well. They make up these things to strengthen your powers or something apparently I heard. I told him. I've heard lots of crazy things here though so I have no idea if it's true. Wonder when that other kid will show up? I wondered if he would ever show up or if he found a way out of this place. Probably not, they watched every move you make. He probably just didn't get here yet.