Welcome to my new series! It is not replacing my other one, it's just my writer's block story. Let me get this one going a little, and then I'll put up a couple chapters of 'Wherever We Are'. Is that okay? I'm writing ch. 12 right now, but I'm stuck. I'll get it out ASAP. Chapters will be in the POV of the character next to the title,unless otherwise stated. This one is Rogue's POV, except for the bit at Xavier's, which is in 3rd person.

Leave Out All The Rest

Chapter 1: Boarding School Reject (Rogue)

This is the story of how I, Anna Marie Darkholme aka Rogue, single handedly took over the world. Wait, scratch that. This is the story of how the world took over me. Haha, yeah right. I wish this was a story about me. But sadly no, it's just my life…

Voices in my head are a sign of madness, right?

They are? Good.

I like being mad.

I'm smiling cheekily at my social worker, Diana.

"What happened this time?" she asks, clearly not wanting the answer.

"He pushed me."

Short, sweet, and to the point. Perfect answer, right?

"And why did he push you?"

Obviously not, since she's still questioning me!

"Because I punched his girlfriend."

"This is getting old Rogue. Very old, very quickly. Why can't you just ignore people and stay out of trouble?"

"A very wise friend of mine once said, 'stupidity is unintentional, but people still bug me'." (a/n: credit for that quote goes to my friend Zoë, she wrote that in a poem once)

Diana only calls me Rogue because she doesn't know my real name. Nobody does, except for me of course. Lydia, previously mentioned 'wise friend', knew my name. Hah, guess where she is now?

"This is your third school in six months!"

"Pfft, I could stay somewhere if I wanted to. But I don't."

"Rogue, this cannot continue! For one reason or another, you're kicked out of every boarding school I place you in! And you refuse to go to a foster home-"

"Don't ever bring that up! Ever!" I growled.

Diana's face softened.

"I'm sorry Rogue. Look, this is your last chance. And you're going to hate me for this, but you were requested. I told them about your main problems-"

"What?!"

"Not that, but the fighting! And your history, minus that one detail."

"Request?! How did they know about me?! Like the last one did?!"

"No Rogue, the owner of this house is a powerful mutant with psychic abilities. He sensed your last power flare and wants to help you control your mutation. As well as helping you to overcome everything else."

"What is this place? A mutant freak house? For mutants who are too weird to fit in with other weirdoes?!"

Diana sighs.

"No Rogue. It is a rehabilitation center for young mutants. You will also receive combat training and an education," Diana explains. "It's called Xavier's Institute for Teen Rehabilitation. Professor Charles Xavier runs and owns it."

"What if I don't want to go there?"

"Too bad. As your social worker, I decide what happens to you until you are eighteen. That's two years away."

"One and a half," I mumble, as close to an agreement as I could muster.

Diana smiles faintly.

"One and a half," she repeats.

AT XAVIER'S INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATING TEENS

"Are we ready for the year, Logan?" Professor Charles Xavier asked.

"Yeah, Chuck. We're ready for the kids to come back from vacation, and for the newbies to arrive."

"Good. Tomorrow should flow smoothly. Have you heard from Wanda?"

"No, but her annoying brother called and said that her visit went without serious damage and she'll arrive at the airport at noon tomorrow."

"Wonderful. Ms. Maximoff needed to visit her family."

"I still don't think that we should've let her go near Bucket Head, he could screw up everything for her."

"He is the least of our worries. From what I have gathered, one of our new students tomorrow will be quite the handful. And another will be here as sentence for numerous crimes."

"Crimes?"

"Underage drinking and theft. He's 19, and wouldn't be coming here had the judge not ordered it."

"Great, just what we need to deal with around here."

"We have to try to help each and every student that comes here, Logan."
"I know Chuck, but I've got a bad feeling about this."

ROGUE'S TEMPORARY ROOM AT DIANA'S APARTMENT

It's not fair, completely not fair! Why should I have to go to this stupid place?! It basically is a foster home, and she knows how I feel about those!

'She's just doing what's best for you,' a female voice called out inside my head.

'I think you deserve to be sent to that circus, since you're just a b---- and all,' a male voice disagreed.

Shut up! Shut up, shut up, shut up! I scream back.

I hate this! I hate my life! I hate my powers! I hate myself! God dam-it! Why won't this all just go away!?

'You know how to make it go away, you've done it before. In fact, you do it all the time.'

I look down at my wrists slowly. I do know how to make it go away, if only temporarily.

(A/N: That was the first chapter! Hope you liked it. Yes, I am still doing my other series, but this just wouldn't leave me alone until I wrote it down.

- CCUG)