Summary: The three acolytes (Remy, Piotr, St. John), have moved into the Xavier Institute. Despite being a great addition to the team, their shady pasts are what keeps them out at arms distance. (AU: DoR never took place and the acolytes reason for staying with Magneto are different than the show.)

Disclaimer: I am sad to say but I do not own X-men, marvel, or any of its associates

Chapter 1: The New Arrivals

"Hey Rogue, have you heard?" asked Kitty Pryde. The bubbly girl ran towards her goth friend, out of breath.

"Ah haven't heard a thing. What is it?"

"We got, like, three new students and they're all really cute."

"Ah swear Kitty, is that all ya can think 'bout?" Rogue didn't even let her answer, because she already knew the answer.

"Whatever, Professor told me to tell everyone that we have to introduce ourselves to them."

They both walked to the foyer and saw three boys surrounded by the rest of the institute residents. Rogue studied the three boys closely. The tallest and most noticeably largest one shied away from the crowd and kept to himself. The shortest, a boy with wild and fiery hair, fidgeted with a lighter. The last one was a boy with short auburn hair and chin stubble. His eyes were hidden behind a pair of designer shades and his mouth was curled into a cocky grin as he shuffled a deck of cards.

"Students, this is Remy LeBeau, Piotr Rasputin, and Saint John Allerdyce," said Charles Xavier. Before he continued, he was interrupted.

"Not to be rude mate, but you said my name wrong. The name's St. John, Sin Jin, not Saint John," grumbled the fire starter.

"Come on Johnny, no one is evah goin' get ya name right," grinned the cocky Cajun.

"Before I was interrupted, these three are going to be attending high school with you all."

"School!" yelled the three boys incredulously.

"Yes school, is there a problem?"

"Ah've nevah been to school homme. Ah always had an occupation…" explained Remy.

"Da and I lived in a small farm community. Not much to learn there…" said Piotr. John remained silent through all of this.

"What about you Mr. Allerdyce? Why do you seem apprehensive towards going to school?"

"Well, Oi've never had a choice in whether to go to school or not. Oi burned down the first school Oi went to and was never allowed to go to another one since."

"Hey Chuck, where did you find these three?" asked Logan.

"I found these three somewhere near New Jersey," Charles looked at the group of students, "Students, please feel free to ask anything about them. Afterwards you will introduce yourselves to them."

"Where are you guys from?" asked Evan.

"Remy's from N'awlins, Piotr over there is from some village Russia, and Johnny over there is from Hunters Hill."

"Hunters Hill?"

"It's in New South Wales, mate." The look of confusion never left Evan's face.

"Oi'm from Australia," said the hot-blooded teen.

"Are you guys single?" asked an overzealous Kitty.

"Mah, mah, don' we 'ave a bold fille. Ah do believe that all of us be single. However, Ah kin' a wan' a see the femme crazy 'nough t' date Johnny," chuckled Remy.

"... 'ey mate, Oi ain't that bad."

"I have to agree with Remy. I'm sorry John, but I fail to see someone that would find your…'activities' as exciting as you."

"What's this, pick on St. John day?"

"Course not, that would mean that we would have ta party every day. An' Ah don' t'ink dat m'sieur Xavier be dat rich ta afford you."

"What are your powers?" asked Scott.

"How 'bout Ah show ya?" Grinning, Remy took a card from his deck and allowed it to glow a little longer than usual. Scott raised his eyebrow, until Remy threw the card above him and it blew up.

"Are you crazy!"

"Non, dat was a very small charge. Ya see, Ah can turn kinetic energy and turn it into potential energy until it blows up. 'ey Johnny, your up." John beamed as he fiddled with the lighter in his hand.

"Oi can do this…" Everyone looked puzzled as John turned on the zippo lighter. John smiled as the flame grew to an enormous size and it slowly took the form of a small dragon.

"Put it out John. We don't need to be homeless again, at least not on the first day." John pouted as he doused his flame.

"How about you?" asked Scott to Piotr.

"Ah don' t'ink dat's a good idea homme. Ya see, Piotr's power affects his body and well Ah don' wanna see him in his underwear 'gain." Piotr blushed in embarrassment as Remy explained to Scott why he couldn't show him his metallic form.

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The three former Acolytes shared a room with each other, seeing as how they were more comfortable with one another; Charles felt it was better this way. The three boys were finished with there orientation of the institute.

" 'Ey mate, ya think they would accept us if we told them about ourselves?"

"Ah t'ink it be better if we keep that between the three of us."

"But comrade, they will never trust us if we are keeping secrets from them."

"They will never trust us if they know that all three of us are murderers. It's best that they only know the bare minimum." Piotr furrowed his eyebrows as he thought about what he said.

"Come on homme, le's celebrate. We got a new place ta live, why don' we hit the bars tonight?"

"But we are minors…"

"When has that stopped you mate?"

"I am not in Russia anymore John. America does not allow us to drink."

"You serious?" asked John in mock surprise, "If that's true, then why is Remy pissed drunk half the time?"

"Remy a thief, breaking a small law such as drinking is no big deal."

"But come on homme, this is cause for celebration."

"It is, but I don't want to get in trouble on the first night and we have school tomorrow morning." Remy looked sick at the mention of the word.

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AN: For those that don't know the legal drinking age in the majority of the world is 18 and in Russia the age is 16. I don't know if I will continue this story, so I will need as many reviews from people to support this story. Also, this only a preview, it's not meant to portray how long the actual first chapter will actually be.