X-Men: First Class 2011 © Marvel Studios

It wasn't exactly Aurora's fault. Her mutation isn't very easy to control. It was just a little game of "Guess What I'm Thinking" with the man her family wanted her to marry. Aurora got into his head and connected to it. She won the game, obviously, but she ended up saying extremely personal family secrets out loud.
Once her mother heard what she said, she was fuming. She lashed out on her with the harshest words that could ever be said to her.

"You're a disgrace to this family, Aurora! You will never be a Liu! We will not let you dishonor this family with your horrific mutation any further! You should have never been born!"

With arms angrily waving about, a middle-aged woman stomps towards the front door. The door slams wide open, hitting the wall behind it. Through the door, Aurora gets roughly shoved out of the house with her packed suitcase following close behind her. Loud and high-pitched screeches came from the door she was just thrown out of.

"Get out of here and leave us be! Never dare to show your face here again!"

Just as soon as it was opened, it was shut once more. Aurora's family always tells her that they were going to disown her one day. She never thought that they were serious about it, but here she was. She expected herself to be sad about this, but she wasn't. She was angry.

"I don't need you anyways you horrible bitch!"

Letting out an angered huff, Aurora pushes her shoulders back and corrects her posture. She yanks at the handle on her fallen suitcase and slowly makes her descend towards the road outside of her "family" farm. Thousands of emotions swirled through her. The voices in her head we getting louder and she soon realized that she was connected to her mother's mind.

"Dishonorable child! Why did I have to give life to that?! She better know better know not to come back here. I hope she gets lost and dies!"

Rude and painful thoughts raced through her mother's head. Aurora sent a sharp pain to her mother's head and increased her discomfort slowly. It felt like housands of needles were slowly going through her mother's head. Before she could kill her, she broke the connection and shut out every other voice that was in her head. With every relative she was able to live with, it always has to end like this. "Honorary Disownment" is what she likes to call it. At this point in her long life, she was used to the feeling of rejection. It was good for her. Having people hate her was much better than having them love her. "Love only brings you pain" she thinks to herself.

Soon enough, she makes it to the road. A taxi pulls up to her and she graciously steps in, tossing her bag into the seat next to her. Shutting the door, she loudly says her destination to her driver.

"Hong Kong International Airport. Drive as quick as you're allowed to, please."

The driver began to drive along the bumpy and uneven road that was set carelessly all those years ago. Breathing in deep and quick breaths, Aurora tries her best to calm herself. She knows that if she doesn't, she could possibly lose control over herself again and harm the innocent man who shares the car with her.

The driver looks back and forth from the rear view mirror and Aurora. His eyes show growing concern for the young looking woman who sat anxiously in the back seat. He looks back into the mirror again and notices that her hair has changed color. From a silky raven black it was now a shimmering bright, light blonde. Deciding it was just his mind toying with him, he continues to drive.

The rest of the drive goes on quiet and without any deadly instances. The taxi arrives to the international airport and Aurora thanks the man who once again notices her now black hair. Bewildered, the man only stares before shaking his head and decides to keep it to himself.

Aurora steps out of the small car and drags along her baggage. With the taxi driving away, she stands in front of the large building and takes a deep breath. With a shaking hand, she takes a step forward and towards the entrance.

"Next stop, Westchester, New York…"

[ … ]

Aurora bought herself a plane ticket and is now sitting in her assigned seat. Obviously knowing no one else on this plane, she had no one and nothing to talk about. She now had enough time to reevaluate her choices.

Now that she was thinking it through, she was regretting it. She was 25. (Well, she looked 25.) She knew how to care for herself, but she couldn't help to wonder where was she to go after she arrived. Who was she to stay with? What was she supposed to eat? These thoughts swirled through her head until she was interrupted by a gentle tap on her shoulder.

"Hi, uhm, sorry to bother you, but I think you're in my seat."

The young woman who approached her had blonde hair and striking blue eyes. She's gorgeous, in all honesty. Although she is beautiful, Aurora notices something odd about her. She could feel it, but she couldn't exactly put her finger on it. She snaps back to reality and smiles.

"Sorry, I guess I wasn't looking around properly," Her cheeks flushed into a light pink. She looked at the plane ticket in her hand and rechecked the seat that she was assigned to. "My seat's the one next to this one. Sorry about that." Aurora moved over and sat in the correct seat. She turns her head back to the blonde and looked at her with curiosity.

"It's no problem," The blonde girl sat down after her. "My name's Raven, by the way." Raven held out her hand and kindly gestures for her to shake it.
"…Aurora. Nice to meet you, Raven. It's nice to know at least one person's name on this plane…"

Raven laughed merrily and crossed her legs.

"This is going to be a pretty long flight, huh? Mind if I ask why you're heading for Westchester?"

"I decided that I needed to move away from my family. That and I got disowned," Aurora chuckled and sadly smiled.

"Oh, I'm sor-"

"No, it's okay I didn't need them anyways."

A well-needed silence rings between the two young women. The plane had just started flying and was now a quarter of the way there. Neither of them talked after Aurora's last remark.

This leaves time for Aurora to gather her thoughts. Ever since she began to speak to Raven, she felt an odd feeling about her. She wasn't human. Was she like her? Why does she seem so different?

Letting her child-like curiosity get the best of her, Aurora entered Raven's mind. She looked through her memories and thoughts for any sign of what is causing her to feel this way about her newly acquired acquaintance. She came upon one specific memory of Raven looking at herself in a mirror. Her appearance was different from what she looked like now. Her smooth, pale skin was now blue and covered in patterns of scales. Her hair was a fiery orange and her eyes yellow. The pieces finally clicked and Aurora blurted out,

"You're a mutant!"

Raven's eyes went wide and she jumped from her seat. Still connected to her mind, Aurora felt Raven's panic.
"How did you know that?" was one of the first questions she asked.

Aurora grinned like a madman and bounced in her seat. Finally, there was someone out there who was like her.

"I'm a mutant too! I always thought I was all alone in China but here you are! You have such an amazing mutation, Raven! It is so beau-"
"Are you a mind-reader like my brother?"

"Well…yes. I am. I mean, other than that I'm also able to create a connection to a person's mind and cause them to do my bidding and sometimes hurt, but I've only even done that once so I'm not all that dangerous. Along with the looks part of my mutation, my hair and eyes change color every time I get mad or stressed or depressed. I've also got a regeneration mutation that basically doesn't let me die or even age properly, so I'm basically stuck looking twenty-eight all my life. Also-"

Aurora stopped talking right there. She was talking quickly because of the excitement that was building up inside of her. She took in a deep breath and blushed slightly out of embarrasment for her excesive babling.

Raven's expression changed from a very stoic and serious one to a relieved and rather happy one. She laughed at Aurora's over excitement and just nodded. Aurora had left the connection form Raven's mind already and now she was just smiling at her. She began to laugh at herself too.

Remembering that Aurora was moving to Westchester, Raven's eyes twinkled brightly as she came up with an idea.

"My brother Charles has already graduated from college. He's a genetics major, and I'm almost certain that he might want to study you! Not like experiment, but study! Do you have a place to stay at Westchester yet? Maybe I can get him to let you stay with us!"

"No, I haven't got anywhere to stay. If it's alright with you and your brother then yes! I'd love that!"

She couldn't believe her luck. Just today she was disowned and disgraced, and now she has a chance to re-start and make a new name for herself. She wasn't the only one who was excited for this. Raven was beaming the second she said yes. Raven had always wanted someone who was like a sister to her. After being stuck with only a brother for ages, it was about time she had a person to be girly with.
She now has a chance to get one too!

"Mutant sisters then?" she asked smiling.

"Mutant sisters."