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I awoke with a start. There was a loud trembling sound that seemed to shake the whole room and then it suddenly ended. Everyone was wide awake, and I barely saw Alex's tail frizzed up by the loud sound.

"What the hell was that?" [Ted]

"I don't know..." [Rick]

There was suddenly a bright burst of white light through the window, and the sound returned, louder and stronger. It shook the glass and rattled everything in the dorm building. Alex was clinging to me and I vaguely heard him wimpering. Thanks to my faint glow, I could see he had his eyes shut tight and his ears were flat against his head. I raised my hand and started stroking the soft fur on his head, and he relaxed a bit.

"So... It's lightning?" [David]

"Thunder and lightning." [Daniel]

"Very very fright'ning! Oh come on! I can't be the only person who-" [Zane]

There was another burst of light and more thunder.

"I... I can't be the only person who thought of that!" [Zane]

"I did..." [Daniel Parker]

"Me too." [Ted]

"God... It's too early for noise..." [Isaac]

There was another bright flash of light and the thunder shook the entire building, lasting for some seven or eight seconds.

"Is it just me or is that getting closer?" [X]

"It's definitely getting closer." [Ted]

"Thunder storms are so cool..." [Zane]

We heard the sound of fabrics moving against eachother, and when there was another flash of light I noticed Zane had gone over to the window and was starring out it, fascinated by the lightning. We all just kinda stayed quiet and tried to get back to sleep, except for Zane who apparently stayed awake all night watching the thunder storm.

The following day was relatively uneventful, with us sitting around watching the rest of the Harry Potter movies. Alex had curled up in a ball in my arms, and fell asleep after the movies. The others started playing the Xbox, and I think I fell asleep, too, since I don't really remember anything else.

Everything was pretty normal for a few days. Ted and Daniel were together, me and Alex were together, the twins, and Rick and X... Even Isaac had managed to girl friend, but refused to call her that because of his whole relationship anarchy crap. Zane was pretty much the only one who wasn't in a relationship, and that's mostly because he usually hung out with girls instead of us.

Then Monday came along. Me and Alex sat down at our usual table, and a few minutes later, Tanner walked in. I got up, casually went over to him, and socked him hard in his ugly face. He stumbled back, trying to get his balance. He looked up at me and glared, but it was totally ruined by the beads of blood dripping out of his nose.

"What the hell was that for?!"

"So a certain someone told me you don't like gays."

"Of course I don't! They're stupid and retarded!"

"And that certain someone told me an interesting story."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"They said, that there was this one zebra and an orca, they were really close."

"Who cares?"

"And then some pig nosed german shepherd came along, and called them fags."

"What are you talking about? Seriously."

"And this upset the orca. He went and committed suicide over that."

"Woop dee doo."

"And the zebra decided to get revenge, and he went, and beat the fucking shit out of the german shepherd."

"Wait..."

"And he put that german shepherd in the hospital for two weeks."

"Shut up! They were fucking fags! They deserved that!"

"Really? I'd like to disagree."

"Why? You a fag too?"

"No. I'm gay, and you're a homophobic coward. I have the upper hand, so it's time you fucking pay." I took a step closer to him, and he got a terrified look in his eye. He bolted for the door as Ms. Daywaters slowly closed it. She had left the room. She can't call us out on it if she didn't see it.

Tanenr backed against the door and charged back at me, ready to punch. I stepped out of the way and held out my leg. He tripped over it, falling face first into the concrete floor. He was about to get up when Alex put his foot on Tanner's back and shoved him back down.

"Hey, Tanner? You wanna know the one thing that's worse than being gay? Being a homophobe. There are thousands, millions, of people around the world who are gay or lesbian, and seeing you suffer would be enjoyable to each and every one of them. Millions of people want you dead. They want you to feel the pain of being hated and treated like scum on the bottom of their shoes. And to be honest, that's what you are. You're going to die, alone, and afraid, of the people you think you're better than. But guess what? You're wrong. You've got it all wrong." Alex kicked Tanner hard in the ribs and shoved him away. We went back over to the table and sat down, and a minute or so later, Ms. Daywaters came back into the room.

None of the other students were going to mess with us or Tanner. They hated him, and they feared us. Good enough for me. Some times, you need to lose a little to make sure others lose a lot.