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Poland, 1944
They were being herded through the gates like cattle to the slaughter. Any and all Jews rounded up and sent to the camps. Anastasia was clinging to her brother, Erik's hand. They had been dragged from their home in the middle of the night with their parents and sent to Auschwitz. As they moved closer to the gate Ana and her brother were pushed in one direction while their parents were pushed in a different direction.
Their mother's screams pushed Erik into action, pushing her behind him he ran back towards the gates but was stopped by the soldiers. Ana felt his powers surge out to the gate, pulling at it and bending it in an attempt to get to their mother. One of the other guards smacked Eric in the face with his gun knocking him unconscious.
"Lock-up diese beiden! Die Arzt wird wollen An finden Sie unter ihnen." (Lock these two up! The Doctor will want to see them.) The lead soldier barked.
Eric was dragged and Ana was forced at gun point to a building separate from where the rest of the prisoners were sent. Ana was pushed in first landing on her knees Erik was then thrown in on top of her.
"Erik!" she cried shaking him as the soldiers walked away laughing, "Erik wach auf!" (wake up)
He moaned but made no other sign of waking. Using all of her strength Ana pulled him over to the corner so as to be out of the way of the door. Lifting his head up, she slid under him and lay his head in her lap running her fingers through his hair. As she did she hummed a song their mother had taught her and gently pushed images into his head of life before the Germans. An hour later Erik started to stir.
"Was ist passiert? Wo sind wir?" (What happened? Where are we?) He asked bringing a hand up to rub is head.
" Eine der Wachen hit Sie Sie in die Leiter mit ein gun wann du gebraucht dein kraft zu Biegung der Pforte. Wir sind in ein Gefängnis trennen von der Ruhe der der gefangenen." (One of the guards hit you in the head with a gun when you used your power to bend the gate. We are in a prison separate from the rest of the people) She replied, " Der Soldaten sagte der Doktor würde wollen An sehen uns." (The soldiers said that the doctor would want to see us)
Erik sat up and leaned against the wall, pulling Ana to rest against him he said, " Nicht materie Was passiert ich wird schützen Sie." (No matter what happens I will protect you.)
About an hour later soldiers came and brought them to the doctor. He was fiddling with the record player when the two were escorted in. Turning the player on, he turned and sat down at his desk.
" Ich bekommen gesehen Was Ihre Bruder können tun; Jetzt ich wollen zu kennen wenn du haben irgend Befugnisse." (I have seen what your brother can do; now I want to know if you have any powers.) He said looking directly into Ana's eyes
Ana lifted her hand up to her temple and closed her eyes.
"Ja Doktor, ich können lesen Köpfe und Erstellen Illusionen" she said in his head as she created a garden in the office (Yes doctor, I can read minds and create illusions)
"Wunderbar!" (Wonderful!) He said clapping his hands
"Jetzt Erik, ich wollen An nachsehen ein Zweiter Kundgebung der Ihre Befugnisse. Bewegen die Münze." (Now Erik I want to see a second demonstration of your powers. Move the coin.)
Erik raised his arms and focused on the coin trying to make it move.
"Es tut mir leid. Ich habe versuchte Doktor. Es nur nicht arbeit." (I'm sorry. I've tried doctor it just doesn't work.)
"Die ist ein Schande Erik" (That is a shame Erik.) He said ringing a bell on his desk.
Two soldiers walked in with their mother in between them
"Mama!" Both Ana and Erik cried running into her arms
"Oh meine kleinen eins!" (Oh my little ones!) She cried to each of them
"Genug." (Enough.) Said the Doctor waving them away and pulling out a gun.
"Ich bin gehen An Graf An Drei, und du wird bewegen die Münze oder Ich wird Schießen Ihre Mutter." (Here is what we are going to do. I am going to count to three, and you will move the coin or I will shoot your mother.) He pointed the gun at their mother. "Eins. Zwei. Drei." (One. Two. Three.)
Both Erik and Ana jumped at the sound of the gun firing, but Ana didn't have the courage to look behind her. She closed her eyes and started to hyperventilate while Erik went into a rage and destroyed everything metal in the office and the lab in the next room. After Erik stopped they were taken to a different room and strapped down on tables where they had numbers inked into their skin
Over the course of the next year Doctor Schmidt preformed various experiments on both Ana and Erik until one month before the end of the war Ana was shipped off to a different camp.
At the age of twenty-one Ana met Charles Xavier, and that is where our story truly starts.
"Heterochromia" said a voice in front of her.
"Beg pardon?" she replied briefly looking up from her papers
"Heterochromia is in reference to your eyes which I find enchanting. As green as emerals with a ring of sapphire around the pupil."
"Thank you but if you are trying to seduce me you are going to have to do better than that. Besides you haven't even told me your name yet." She replied with a small grin
"Where are my manners? Charles Xavier." He said offering her a hand
"Anastasia Lensherr." She replied shaking his hand
"Pleasure. What are you working on if you don't mind my asking?"
"I am majoring in linguistics and I have a paper due in two days. I am going through it and perfecting it before I type it up to be submitted. By the way is there somewhere else you need to be? I only ask because there is an angry looking blonde behind you glaring a hole through your head."
As he turned to look Ana did a quick look into his head to see what she could learn about what he wanted from her. It turns out that he is genuinely interested in her and not just as a one night stand.
"That is my sister Raven. Do you mind if she joins us?"
"Not at all."
"I'll go get her and a refill for both of us." He said with a smile. Ana just chuckled and sent him on his way.
"Anastasia this is Raven, my sister, Raven this is Anastasia." Charles said introducing the two females.
"Hello Raven. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Same here."
"What are you both studying?" Ana asked
"I am studying genetics and Raven is finishing primary."
"Really? I thought you were older then that Raven. What do you want to do when you get done with primary?" Ana asked turning her attention from Charles to Raven
"I don't know. I haven't really thought about it." Raven replied
"Well you still have time to think about it." Ana said with a smile
The three of them talked for an hour before going their separate ways. They continued in this pattern for a few weeks meeting after classes and on the weekends. Ana and Raven formed a close friendship while Ana and Charles started to form a deeper bond.
Two months later Charles and Ana were taking a stroll in the park alone for once as Raven had last minute homework for her finals.
"Ana do you have any plans for the holidays?"
"No I don't have any family so I was planning on staying here, why?"
"Would you like to come home with Raven and I?" He asked
"Are you sure I wouldn't be an imposition?"
"Of course not. It will just be Raven and I; we could use someone to keep the both of us out of trouble."
Ana woke on Christmas morning to Raven bouncing up and down on her bed shouting "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!"
"Raven it's six in the morning go back to bed!" She groaned pulling the covers over her head
"No! It's Christmas. Get up and help me wake Charles." She demanded getting off the bed and tugging on Ana's covers
"Raven!" She said as Raven managed to pull the covers completely off. "Alright! If you let me have a cup of coffee first I will help you wake Charles."
"Yes. As I knew you would agree I brought coffee with me. Now get up!" Said Raven who was practically vibrating from excitement
Ana grabbed her robe from the chair at the vanity and put it on. She grabbed the coffee from Raven and allowed her to drag her out of the room and down the hall to Charles' room. Raven slammed the door open and treated Charles to the same treatment Ana had endured. Ana just leaned against the door and watched with a smile as Charles grabbed Raven around the waist, flipped her under him, and proceeded to tickle her into submission.
"Charles stop! I give up. I give up." Raven squealed in between gaping breath
"If only I had thought of that; I might still be in bed." Ana said with a smirk
"I doubt it if she had come to me first we both would have had a hand in waking you." Charles replied getting out of bed and grabbing his robe, "Shall we go down and open presents?"
The three of them went down to the library where they had set up a tree days prior. There was a small pile of presents under the tree and Raven grabbed Ana and pulled her to a seat on the couch as Charles continued over to the tree and grabbed three presents. He handed one to Raven, one to Ana, and kept one for himself.
"Raven open yours first." Ana said
Raven tore into the paper and found a box containing a set of perfumes that she had admired one day when she was out with Ana.
"Thank you Ana! These are wonderful!" Raven exclaimed, leaning over to hug her.
"You're welcome. I saw you admiring them and thought they would make a perfect gift."
"Ana you next." Said Charles
Ana picked the paper off the long rectangle box and slowly opened it to reveal a gorgeous necklace of pearl and diamond with matching earrings and two matching bracelets.
"Charles!" she gasped looking up at him, "These are beautiful but, their too much. I can't accept them."
Charles came and knelt in front of her and grabbed her hands, "I want you to have these. I bought them for you and in all honesty you deserve more. I love you and want you to have these as a small token of my love."
Ana set the box on the seat and leaned forward to kiss him gently on the lips, "Thank you." She whispered
Charles gave her one more kiss and returned to his seat to open his present which was a beautiful stationary set from Raven engraved with his name. He got up and handed one last present to each person then sat back down.
"Let's stick to the same order so Raven you first." Ana said
Raven opened a box much like Ana's which held a simple gold tear drop on a black cord. I was extremely beautiful in its simplicity. Raven took it out of the box and put it on immediately before giving Charles a hug and turning to Ana. Ana opened her box and found three of the dresses she had been admiring in a shop along with a beautiful pair of black boots.
"Thank you Raven."
"You're welcome Ana."
They both looked to Charles to see what his last gift was. Ana had gotten him three books that he had mentioned months ago but had never gotten including the Godfather by Mario Puzo, Silent Spring by Rachel Carlson, and Rush to Judgment by Mark Lane.
"Thank you for these Ana I still have not read them and am looking forward to doing so."
"You're welcome. Now how about we all get dressed and have some breakfast?"