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Knowing Isn't Always Best

"You better get some sleep," I told Poultice and Mirage.

We were walking down the hallway and they seemed to be in a haze. "Alright," murmured Poultice as he brightened a little. "Perhaps Bobby is back and we can play." He turned and veered toward the room he shared with his companion.

Mirage shook his pelt and darted away from us. That left just me and Logan, walking down the hallway alone.

"Do I frighten Mirage," wondered Logan once he was sure he was far enough away not to hear us.

I tilted my head and narrowed my eyes. "What do you think?"

Logan shrugged. "I don't know why. I'm not trying to intimidate him."

"It's alright," I assured him as I pushed forward into our room. It was quiet and tidy. I enjoyed the way it looked right now but I was afraid it wouldn't stay like that. I stretched out and a shard of moonlight caught my fur. I stretched out my wings and fluttered my feathers a bit.

Logan pushed past me and took off his shirt. He then leaped onto the bed. He let out a sigh as he looked to the ceiling, thinking. I padded up to him and leaped onto his bed. I whimpered as he stretched out a hand to pet me. "What's wrong Logan," I asked as I licked his hands.

"Nothing you need to worry about Starlight," he muttered. "You have your own problems."

I wanted to agree with him but that wasn't exactly being humble or grateful. "Don't worry about me. I've dealt with worse." I rose to my paws. "So what's the problem?" I began giving my pelt a rough grooming.

He let out a troubled sigh. "I just want to know about my past."

"Knowing isn't always best,"I pointed out as I lowered down and I rested my head on my paws, my eyes drooping. "I know about my past and I wish I didn't."

Logan blinked his eyes. "I'm sorry Starlight. I forgot."

I snorted. "It's alright. I know you really want to know about your claws but that doesn't mean that if you know it will make you feel any better," I pointed out but I didn't want him to get angry at me. I knew that sometimes I could come off to strong and Logan and I's personality were very similar.

"I think it would," Logan assured me as he turned over and turned his back on me. I wasn't about to argue with him. However I remembered lots of fighting, bloodshed, and losing my mother. My father who I had thought I had lost turned out to be my worst enemy and his goal was to kill the ones I cared about the most, my family.

I suddenly bolted upright. "You don't think that Tony or Magneto poisoned the water, do you?"

Logan turned back over and raised an eyebrow. "I doubt. They are cruel but not that cruel."

I begged to differ but I placed my head back down and sighed. "Sometimes I just wish I didn't know Tony was my father. It's a lot harder fighting knowing that he's on the other side."

Logan stretched out a firm hand that grazed my wing. "I'm sure he'd never kill you."

I relaxed my wing. "I'm not sure about that. The last time I saw him when I was a pup he told me he loved me and said my name." I took in a raspy breath. "But now I'm not sure if he truly cares about me or if he still believes he can get something out of me. I was given up when I was just a pup."

Logan turned back on my back and looked up at the dark bedroom. I kept still for a few heartbeats, waiting for him to speak. When he didn't I leaned back, my heart sinking.

Suddenly he took in a deep breath. "I won't let anything happen to you Starlight, I promise."