That little squeeze of support meant the world to her, and she tried to give him a grateful smile before continuing.
"I was with her for two years, and they were the best years I'd known up to that point. I thought--" Her voice broke a little, the pain still as strong as it had been all those years ago. "I thought she was going to adopt me. I really did. But then, one day she just left. I waited for her to pick me up at school, but a social worker came instead and told me that I was supposed to go with her. I cried and screamed and begged for my mama, and I didn't believe she wasn't coming back until the social worker took me to the house to get my things and none of her things were there."
Tears stung at her eyes, but she wiped them away with the back of her free hand. "I was adopted a few months later and I never heard from "Raven" again, at least not until I met her as "Mystique", a mutant who could change her form to look like anyone. She was Erik's right hand and helped him with everything-- Including the plan to kill me."
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Date: 2017-01-15 08:45 am (UTC)"I was with her for two years, and they were the best years I'd known up to that point. I thought--" Her voice broke a little, the pain still as strong as it had been all those years ago. "I thought she was going to adopt me. I really did. But then, one day she just left. I waited for her to pick me up at school, but a social worker came instead and told me that I was supposed to go with her. I cried and screamed and begged for my mama, and I didn't believe she wasn't coming back until the social worker took me to the house to get my things and none of her things were there."
Tears stung at her eyes, but she wiped them away with the back of her free hand. "I was adopted a few months later and I never heard from "Raven" again, at least not until I met her as "Mystique", a mutant who could change her form to look like anyone. She was Erik's right hand and helped him with everything-- Including the plan to kill me."