-Chapter 1: New Arrivals-
Professor Xavier slowly wheeled through the empty mansion on a calm
Saturday, August afternoon. True, it wouldn't be empty for long, but it
was still unnerving. All of his first students had grown up and grew out
of the mansion. Many stayed to teach the incoming mutants, who would be
here for safety and an education. 12 mutants so far were coming, but
Xavier expected more throughout the year. There weren't many schools like
this.
He heard laughter from the rec room, where all of the new teachers
were. He wheeled on towards there.
"Attention, everyone." he said. The room quieted immediately. "The
students will be arriving soon. I would like you all to show them to their
rooms. Girls to the right, boys to the left." he said. All the teachers
nodded. The second floor was still bedrooms, splitting off at the top
of the central stairs. A middle wing had been formed for the few
teachers who had lived at the mansion before and still wished to. The wings on
the first floor had been redone to be classrooms.
His thoughts were interrupted by the doorbell ringing from the gate. He
quickly went and pushed the intercom button.
"Please come in. The front door will be unlocked when you get here." he
said, opening the gate. A few minutes later, he heard the front door
open and went to greet his new student.
She was small, wearing dark clothes that covered most of her skin. With
dark makeup and hair, she rather reminded Xavier of what Rogue used to
be like.
"Hello. My name is Charles Xavier. Welcome to my school for the
Gifted."
"Is that your spiffy way of saying mutant school?" the girl asked.
Professor Xavier sighed.
"You could say that. May I ask your name?"
"Julia Shear."
"Very nice. And your mutation?"
"Poison skin." she spat out. Clearly she was very bitter about her
mutation. Xavier just smiled.
"Hmm. Rogue, could you escort this young lady to her room please?"
Xavier called to the rec room. A few seconds later, Rogue was seen coming
out into the foyer. She had changed a lot since gaining control of her
powers, like wearing colors. For instance, right now she was wearing a
royal purple wife beater with not-bought-faded jeans and her black
Converse. She had grown her hair out and stopped straitening it, leaving it
long and curly.
"Hello there." she said. "I'm Rogue, I'll be your history teacher." she
held out her hand to the girl. The girl eyed her outstretched hand
warily until slowly reaching out with her own gloved hand and shaking it
quickly.
"Julia Shear."
"Well, Julia, what is your power?" Rogue asked.
"I have poison skin." she said again. Rogue nodded and a smile graced
her features.
"Poison skin, huh? Seems we are going to have a lot in common." she
said, still smiling.
"I don't think so." Julia said, eyeing Rogue's bare shoulders.
"Why don't you get to know me first, sugah?" Rogue said, picking up one
of the girl's duffel bags. "Follow me, your room is right this way."
they walked off. Then the doorbell rang again. Professor Xavier went to
the intercom and told the person to come up. This time he was met by
three people; one tall boy with dirty blonde hair, and then a boy and girl
who had similar features and the same stormy grey eyes who were both
tall.
"Hello, my name is Charles Xavier, and this is my school for gifted
young adults like yourselves.
"Hi, I'm Chris Jameson." said the tall blonde boy. "I have super
speed."
"I'm Jack Lewis. This is my twin sister, Alley." said the other boy,
brushing his brown hair out of his eyes.
"I have super strength, and Jack can control the weather." Alley said.
"Brilliant. I am very glad you all are here. I will have one of your
teachers escort you to your rooms. Scott, Jean, could you come here
please?" Xavier said. The aforementioned came into the foyer where the three
students awaited them.
"Scott, Jean, this is Chris, Jack, and Alley. They will be staying here
from now on. Gentlemen, and lady, this is Professor Summers and
Professor Grey. They teach sciences and math. They will be showing you to your
rooms." Xavier said. The teens nodded and followed Scott and Jean to
their rooms, passing Rogue, who was coming back down. The doorbell rang
again. After another episode with the intercom, Xavier decided to just
send Logan to put a note on the columns around the gate and just leave
the gate open. When the front door finally opened, a girl with short,
feathery blonde hair and feisty blue eyes walked in with a half full
duffel bag.
"Melanie Rosebrook, I presume?" Xavier asked. The girl pushed her
sunglasses into her hair and placed a hand on her hip.
"Call me Blitz." She said with a smile. Xavier nodded.
"I am Charles Xavier and this is my school for the gifted. May I ask
what your power is?" said Xavier.
"Electricity." she said.
"Brilliant. If you wait one moment, I will have Rogue take you to your
room. Rogue?" Xavier called to her again. She came again.
"Rogue, this is Melanie Rosebrook. She has the power of electricity."
"I told you, call me Blitz!" Blitz said.
"Sugah, your friends can call you that but I'm afraid that Professors
have to use your real name."
"You get to use your cool nickname!"
"Hun, it's the only name I've got. Now c'mon, I'll show you where your
room is, then you can go explore." Rogue said with a smile. Blitz
shrugged and followed her up the stairs. As soon as they rounded the corner,
the door opened again. This time, a tall, dark-haired boy entered
holding hands with a medium-height girl with chestnut colored hair.
"Hello, I'm Luke DeWenson and this is Stephanie Wardlow. Is this
Xavier's School?" the boy asked.
"Yes, sir, I am Charles Xavier. Welcome to my school. May I inquire as
to what your powers are?"
"I can project beams of light and Stephanie...well..." Luke started.
"The best way to describe it is that I can turn into a ghost."
Stephanie said. Xavier nodded and called to X23 and Pietro.
"Ah yes, X23, Pietro. This is Luke DeWenson and Stephanie Wardlow.
Luke, Stephanie, this is X23 and Pietro Maximoff, your athletics coaches.
They will show you to your rooms." Xavier said.
"Right this way, Stephanie." X23 said. Pietro beckoned Luke to follow
him and led the way to the boys' wing. No sooner had they gone did the
door yet again open. In walked a relatively small girl with dirty blonde
hair and greenish-greyish eyes. She had gloves on that volleyball
players use so they don't burn their hands when diving. They were a bright
green color.
"Hi! I'm Dawn Thompson." she said, walking up to Xavier.
"Hello. I am Charles Xavier, welcome to my school for the gifted."
"Thanks, buddy!"
"Yes. May I ask what your powers are?"
"I can create and control fire. How sweet is that?" Dawn said with a
smile. Xavier was just about to call Kitty to come show her to her room
when...
"OH MY GOD DAWN!"
"SWEET MOTHER, BLITZ!"
Evidentally, they knew each other.
"You know each other?" Xavier asked. He wanted an explanation, you see.
"Heck yes! Dawn was only the most fantastic outside player on our
Varsity Volleyball team!" Blitz exploded.
"And Blitz was our best middle blocker and hitter!" Dawn exploded back.
"We go way back, you see."
"Totally. Been best friends since like, the second grade. Why didn't
you tell me you were a mutant?"
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Touche."
"That's what I thought." Blitz said. Xavier smiled at the girls'
energy.
"Well then," he said. "Melanie, would you please show Dawn to an empty
room in your wing?"
"Ok!"
"Haha he called you Melanie!" Dawn said as they made their way up the
stairs. Xavier turned around and found a girl waiting for him with tan
skin, dark, curly hair, and deep brown eyes.
"Hello. I am Charles Xavier. This is my school for gifted young
adults."
"My name is Carmen Baez." the girl said with a slight accent.
"And what might your power be, Carmen?"
"I can melt into shadows and move through them undetected." she said
quietly.
"I see. Well, Miss Baez, if you wait for just a moment I'll have
Professor Pryde take you to your room. Kitty, come here please."
Needless to say, she came to him.
"Kitty, this is Carmen Baez. Carmen, this is Professor Pryde. She
teaches health class." Xavier said.
"Come, Carmen. Your room is right this way!" Kitty said, leading the
girl up the stairs and to the right. Xavier sighed. It was a lot of
people to meet in one day. He pushed his thoughts aside as a boy walked in.
He had dark brown hair and brown eyes and glasses.
"Hello. Is this the Xavier mansion?" he asked calmly.
"Yes it is. I am Charles Xavier, founder and owner of this school."
"My name is Hunter Breax. I believe we talked last week?"
"Yes Mister Breax. If you would remind me of your powers?"
"I can match any background, like a chamelion."
"Yes, yes, that's right. Wait one moment, I'll have Kurt show you to
your room. Remy, we have a young man for you to escort." Xavier called.
Remy came around the corner and smiled at the boy.
"Hello, I'm Professor LeBeau. I teach French."
"I'm Hunter Breax."
"If you come this way I'll show you where you'll be staying." Remy
said, leading the boy off. The Professor turned to find another boy coming
in.
"Hey, I'm Jason McMannis. I'm here for Xavier's school." he said.
"Well you are here. I'm Charles Xavier, and this is my school."
"Nice to meet you, sir."
"Nice to meet you. May I ask you your power?"
"I can sense a persons greatest fears and project them." Jason said.
"I see. One moment, I will have Scott take you to your room." the
Professor said. Scott came out of the rec room after being called and took
Jason up to the boys' wing. A few minutes later, the front door opened
for what would be the last time that day. In walked a girl with bright
blue hair and shocking green eyes.
"Professor Charles Xavier?" she asked without a hint of hesitance.
"Yes. You are Hailey Benson, correct?"
"Yes sir. I imagine you already know that I have telepathy and
telekinesis."
"I do indeed. So you decided to stay here?"
"Yes."
"Great. I will call Jean to show you to your room."
"Fabulous." Hailey responded. A couple seconds later, Jean came and
took Hailey up to the girls' wing. The Professor sighed as finally all the
new students were here and went to his study for a relaxing book. The
rest of the teachers went to try and prepare for classes that were
starting on Monday.