Erik was sitting idly at the kitchen table, disinterestedly reading a newspaper. He was drinking a mug of fancy imported coffee, courtesy of Charles. It had a unique flavor, most likely not with making again. But it was more important than anything in the newspaper.

He turned on the radio looking for a good station. He found a station of someone playing a song on the harp. He wasn't a big fan of the song, but it help lighten up the atmosphere.

He came across an article of a local robbery, and laughed softly at the thought of someone trying to rob him. He loved when people turned guns on him. it was just amusing to see the surprise on their faces when he turned it on them using his powers.

"What are you laughing at?" A female voice asked.

"Just people and their guns," He replied.

"Oh." The young girl said walking towards the fridge, running a hand through her soft blonde hair. "I don't see the humor."

"To me there's humor. Good morning Raven."

"Morning Erik," Raven opened the fridge and pulled out a carton of Apple juice, shutting it close just before pinching her nose and pitching forward releasing a sneeze.

"Hih-gnxt!"

"Cute," Erik said.

"Yeah sure," Raven said opening a cabinet and taking out a glass, and pulling some juice into it. "What are you listening to," She said putting the juice back into the fridge.

"Oh nothing," Erik replied. "I just had it on to lighten the atmosphere. you can change it."

Raven was about to say something when she brought two fingers up to her twitching nose and pinched it.

"Hih-gnxt"

"Gesundheit."

"Hih-gnxt."

"Gesundheit. Allergies?"

"No. I haven't been around anything to trigger them," Raven said. "Something must have tickled my nose."

"Really," Erik scoffed.

"Yes really," Raven said before taking a sip of her juice.

"Go and tell yourself that it not-" Erik paused seeing Raven's eyes watering a little and nose twitching slightly.

"Hihhhhh-gnxttttt!"

Erik cringed at the painful stifle sneeze forgetting about his comment. "God. Why do you hold them in like that? Not only does it seem painful, but it is also not healthy."

"Hihhhh-gnxtttttt!"

"Gesundheit."

"I don't have to hold them in," Raven said rubbing her nose congestion tingling her voice." But I prefer to for a reason. That doesn't concern you, Erik. So please let me be," She finished and sniffed wetly.

"Like what your sneeze is embarrassing when you don't stifle it?" He asked.

"Well, not exac...Aaah..exact...Aaaah...exactly," Raven said as her breath started to hitched another sneeze coming on. "Aaaah...Ahhh...!"

Raven quickly put her cup in the sink and quickly waved bye to Erik, before rushing off towards her room. By the way, her breath was started to hitch a big sneeze was coming she couldn't stifle this one.

Erik looked at her confused wondering why she ran on-off.


"Aaaaah... Ahhh..." Raven's breath continue to hitch as she was rushing to her room. "Haaah..."

Raven's nostrils turning red as they were quivering and flaring uncontrollably as she walked into her bedroom and shut the door. "Heh... Haaaaaah..." She continued to inhale as she went towards her bathroom where the tissue was because she could tell she wasn't going to need some after she was done sneezing.

"Aaaaaah...Aaaaah...Aaaaaaaaah...Haaaah...Aaaaaaaaaaaahh..."

She shut the bathroom down as her breath started hitching more sharply.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah..." Raven tilted her neck back as she inhale sharply. "Haaaaaaaaahhh."

"Aaaaaaaaaaahh..." She tilted her neck back some more as her breath continued to hitch. "Haaaaaaaaahhh..."

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh... Hahhhhhhhhhh... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..." Raven grabbed a tissue from the box off the sink as she got closer to release."HaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...!

Raven's neck and headshot forward as she released the sneeze into her tissue.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-CHOOOOO!"

After a few seconds, she recovered from the sneeze, and opened her eyes to see a bare blue skin reflection and golden eyes staring at her. Signaling that her body was back to its normal appearance.

Raven sniffed wetly balling up the tissue she just covered with snot, before getting a fresh one to blow her nose with. She sighed as she heard a knock on the bedroom.

"Hold on!" Raven called as looked at herself for a few more minutes before throwing away her tissue and turning on the sink to wash her hands.

'"Raven is everything okay?" Charles asked from inside of her mind.

"Everything is fine Charles! Now get out of my mind you promise me you won't go in there without permission," Raven said annoyed.

"Sorry, you woke me up projecting you seemed quite upset," Charles explained.

"Didn't know I was projecting. Everything is fine Charles," Raven replied as she turned off the sink and dried her hands.

"Well then if you're fine come and open the door, please. If you are done washing your hands," Charles said finally leaving Raven's mind.

Raven sighed as she turned her appearance back to her normal skin and blonde hair form. Before opening the bathroom door to see if it was only Charles outside of her bedroom door coming to check on her after she accidentally projected her thoughts waking him up.

Reaching the door she opened it to see none other than Charles, Hank, Erik, and Sean standing on the other side of the door.

"Can I help you four with something?" Raven asked clearing her throat.

"Just wondering if you are feeling okay," Hank said.

"Of course, " Raven said. "Why wouldn't I be?" She asked sniffing slightly her nose full of mucus still.

"Well you seem congestion Raven," Hank stated.

"As I told you, Raven you were projecting," Charles said.

"Plus that was quite a sneeze we heard," Sean said with a smile on his face. "Who knew a female could sneeze that loud."

"Well, there's nothing wrong just needed to sneeze," Raven said. "Charles again sorry for projecting loudly. I didn't realize that I was projecting."

"You sure nothing wrong because you ran off before eating your breakfast. You only had apple juice this morning," Erik said.

Raven sniff as she recalled that she did run off out of no where.

"Oh I just ha-" Raven trailed off as her nostrils started quivering and flareing up. She rubbed her nose as she felt it itching like crazy wrose then before as she accidently brushed some of her hair against her nose increasing the tickle in her nose.

"Everything fine I eat later," She said quickly shut the door as her breath started to hitched.

"Aaah.." Raven inhaled once tilting her neck back slightly. "Ahhh.." She inhaled again titlti g her neck back even more. She knew she was going to sneeze as her nostrils continued quivering and flaring up and the tickle increased with each inhale. "Aaaaah, Aaaaaaaahhh.."

Raven eyes were starting to fill up with tears as her breath continued to hitched. As her nostrils were quivering and flareing as it was itching like crazy as if feathers where in her nose tickling it. "Aaaaah...Aaaaaaaahh..." Raven tilted her neck back more as she started to rub it with her finger hoping to soothe the iitching."Haaaaaaaaaaahhhh..."

"Aaaahh..Sto...Aaaaaaaaaaaahhh...STOP...Haaaaaahhh..." Raven continue to inhale and rub her nose as she was trying to tell her nose to stop itching.

Raven stopped rubbing her nose with her finger and start rubbing with her hand instead. Hopeimg that would settle the itching in her nose. Her nose just continue to tickle as she continued to inhale.

"Aaaaah...aaah...Haaaah...AaaaaaaaaAAAAHHH..."

Raven was trying to figure out what was causing her to sneeze so much today, but she couldn't with the upcoming sneeze the was crying for reelease no matter how much she try to soothe her nose. She pulled her hand away from her nose. She realize that she couldn't stop the growing itch this sneeze was winning and was coming out.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaah...Haaaaaaaaaaahhh...AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH..." Raven raised her arm up to cover her mouth as she took one more climatic inhale." AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-!

Raven shot forward as she released a massive loud sneeze into her arm.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Make things worse Raven still needed sneeze. With no time to revcover and no time to even think of stifling it, she tilted her nevk back and gave one massive inhale before her body double over sneezing two more times into her arm again .

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-CHEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-CHEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

After a few minutes, Raven had recovered her breath after releasing those three massive sneezes, pulled her arm away from her mouth that was covered in snot and sighed as she noticed she was blue again. She rubbed her nose hand not relizeig she was alone until she heard four different voices.

"Wow," Sean said suprised.

"Gesundheit."

"Bless you."

"Bless you Raven. You sure your okay?" Charles said in her head.

Raven turned around in suprised and wrapping her arms around her body forgetting about her arm being covered in snot.

"Ugh, Thanks," Raven said blushing.

"Also yes Charles i'm fine."

"You sure you seem quite sneezy today and upset again."

"Must be something triggering my allergies."

Raven then snapped out of her mind link, and drew her attention back to the real world with her arms still wrapped around her, and finding the ground more interesting.

"Ugh, thanks," She said sniffing as she thanking them for the bless you. "Now can you leave or someone at least hand me my robe," She said as she nodded towards the robe hanging on the chair near her desk as she kept her arms wrapped around her body.

"Yeah sure thing Raven," Hank said walking over to the desk and grabbing Raven's white robe, before heading it to her.

"Thank you, Raven said taking the robe and putting it on tieing it shut covering her body. Still keeping her attention focus on the ground. " Now if you excuse me i'm going to blow my nose. So if you're done here see you later," She said signaling them to leave.

"Alright, see you," Hank said leaving the room.

"Sure thing Ms. blue and sneezy," Sean said with a chuckle.

"Oh leave me alone Sean," Raven said rubbing her nose that was still slightly itchy using the sleeve of her robe.

"Yes Sean just leave Raven alone," Charles said. "You did enough bothering her today with your prank."

"What are you talking about?" Raven and Sean asked. Raven in a more confused tone. While Sean's voice was a more surprised tone.

"Sean decided it was funny to switch your lavender-scented lotion with Daisy scented lotion," Charles said. "He thought it is fun making you sneeze because he wanted to see what you sound like."

"So that's why my lotion seems to smell different today," She said. "Well, you got want you wanted now leave! All of you I need to wash this lotion scent away it trying my nose crazy," She sniff trying to get rid of the itching in her nose.

"Yes of course Raven we leave so you can wash on up," Charles said. "But before I go what is bother you? You seem quite upset."

"What do you think it Sean thinking his prank was funny!"

"Raven we both know that is not completely true. There is something else, not just Sean," Charles stated. "As for you, Sean we're having a season talking about this. Come with me now!" He commanded as he lead Sean out of Raven's room.

Raven sighed as she knew Erik was still here. "Erik, why are you still here?"

"You mind explaining why you ran off with an expression that seem like fear earlier?" Erik asked. "And don't say it because of your loud sneeze. You said you won't embarrassed of your sneeze."

"I'm not ashamed of sneezing loud. Though I admit they aren't usually that loud," Raven said. "My allergies to Daisy are just pretty bad so my sneezes get pretty bad."

"Alright, then why did you get upset when you realize it was too strong of a sneeze for you to stifle?"

Raven sighed. "Don't act like you didn't see what happened when I let it free without stifling it," She said wrapping her arms around herself.

"You mean the fact you're blue again."

"Yes when I sneeze without stifle I lose my focus and my shapeshifting comes undone. It also happens when I'm tired or injured."

"So you're upset because you can't control your shapeshifting when sneezing freely?"

"Not exactly Erik," She said sniffing again still feeling the itching in her nose from the lotion. "It the fact is that I'm blue."

"Yeah your naturally blue."

"Just like Charles, you don't get it at all do you," She sighed. "I'm blue with red hair it's revolting."

"Raven all your life you try to hide but you're truly beautiful the way you are," Erik said running a hand through her soft red hair.

"Really?"

"Yes," He said kissing her lips.

Raven smiled as the kiss was ended.

"Thanks," She said smiling. "Well, I'm going to wash off before this lotion makes me sneeze again," She said sniffing as the itch in her nose settled down a little.

"Right see you," Erik said walking towards the door."Oh and next time you sneeze remember you are beautiful and don't have to stifle."

Raven gave one last smile. before heading to ther bathroom to wash off.