(All I will say about this story is it is very different and like so many of my stories is not a very traditional X-men storyline, much as I love Rogue and Gambit I've wanted to try and create some of my own characters for a very very long time. Though Rogue, Gambit, Storm, Logan, and occasionally a few other old characters do appear this is mainly the story of Ariadne Lebeau trying to discover who she is. Being the delicate one in a home full of X-men causes her to take off across the country hoping to complete an intense three year program at Ororo's School of Weapon and Power Mastery. If she completes the program she will return to Bayville worthy enough to be an X-man, but being pushed to her limits physically and mentally makes her call into question whether that's what she wants or if it's what she feels others want from her. Though Ororo knows she must treat Ariadne as she does her other students she is happy to once again rekindle the relationship with her goddaughter and offers her advice whenever the younger girl feels like she's at her worst. But when a dark romance begins Ariadne finds herself more confused than ever and begins to lose her childlike innocence when she's swept into a world of treachery and danger halfway across the world. Her ultimate enemy is a mystery but seems to know everything about her and knows how to use her weaknesses against her. She knows there will be a day she must fight, but she isn't sure if she will have the strength to survive. Give the story a try, if you like it you like it, if you don't you don't. I appreciate any reviews, this will most likely be edited many times and will take awhile to complete, no worries dedicated readers, I'm truly enthralled with my newest character and want to bring her story to life. Thank you all! IwillHexyou)
Prologue:
Ariadne Lebeau was not known as the adventurer of the family, most of her life she'd been the quiet twiggy bookworm who overanalyzed every little thing and kept her siblings in line, so when the day came she announced she was going to leave Xavier's Insitiute for the Gifted and move across the country for Ororo's School of Weapon and Power Mastery the whole family was very skeptical.
Since Ariadne had been young Rogue Lebeau, her mother, had known that fighting and weaponry interested her youngest daughter very little. After controlling her mutation Ariadne lost interest in bettering her skills so she could become an active fighter on the X-men team, which Rogue never pushed her any further than basic fighting skills to protect herself because she knew her daughters strength lay elsewhere.
Though she could not fight in battles Ariadne was very skilled with machines and by age fourteen she could take apart every single X-Jet then rebuild it with her eyes closed. Her mechanical skills continued to flourish and in just two years she was creating layouts for new cars which impressed Xavier to the point he had them built exactly as the young girls plan suggested, there was not a single change and since their creation every machine was used as a key form of transportation for the X-men.
Rogue knew the girls love of machines had to of come from her father, though Remy's skills were limited to motorcycles and cars, but Ariadne had her mother's love of books and journals. When she wasn't working on something mechanical Ariadne had her head stuck in a book, usually one of Rogue's old romantic novels from her youth, and it pleased her parents that she had various hobbies, even if fighting wasn't one of them.
Both Rogue and Remy were very proud of Ariadne but as her two older sisters, Raissa and Desiree, and most recently her brother, Audric, whom she looked up to, became very skilled fighters for the X-men team it was obvious Ariadne felt left out. Even the youngest son in the family, Renaud, who was only twelve, was already showing signs he was going to be an intense fighter and often teased his older sister because he could already take her out in the Danger Room.
After her announcement Rogue felt she needed to have a talk with Ariadne, Remy, who was a very dedicated and concerned father, also wanted to be involved with the conversation, but Rogue insisted she do it alone.
Ariadne was in the backyard sitting on an old swing when Rogue decided to approach her, it was a very hot summer night but there was a small breeze that crossed the pond causing the temperature to cool to perfection.
It still amazed Rogue every time she came home to her country property that was just outside of Bayville, there had been a time when she never imaged any of this would be possible. But ever since she and Remy worked together to gain control of her skin mutation and were successful her life had been full of joy. The first few years of her life after that had been spent traveling with Remy and enjoying the freedom of being able to touch, Remy was the one and only lover she'd ever had, and while he had many in his past there was something about her that kept his eyes on her and no one else.
No one was shocked when they were wed even if she was only nineteen, and soon after the wedding they had bought the big country house at the time wondering what they would do with all the space. But before Rogue was thirty she had five beautiful children filling their home with laughter and life, of course with five mutant children around there was also many moments of chaos. Still, there was nothing Rogue could regret about her past, and even though she knew she was getting old she loved watching her children grow up before her eyes.
However, Rogue hadn't anticipated how hard it would be to start watching her children leave her. The eldest, Raissa, was already married and living on the other side of town, which wasn't much of a distance, but the change was still very noticeable. Very soon she knew Audric would be moving in with Xavier, counting it down to three children, but now with Ariadne considering to leave so quickly she'd only have two left, which was much sooner than she expected. She always thought Desiree, who was so impulsive thanks to her father's genetics, would be the first to leave Bayville, so Ariadne's sudden decision saddened her even though she wouldn't admit it.
"Ariadne," Rogue said as she approached her daughter, catching the girls beautiful but mysterious maroon eyes, which shimmered but were partially` hidden behind glasses, with her own, "you know we all love you even if you aren't an X-man."
"I know," Ariadne said looking to the ground blinking away tears that threatened to spill.
"So why is you wish to attend Ororo's school? We won't stop you Ariadne, I just want to make sure you are going because it's what you want to do, not because you feel pressured to."
"Oh no mom," Ariadne said as she jumped to her feet, ashamed that's the impression she gave to her very own mother, "I do want this for myself. Things are getting bad in the world, they might declare war on mutants any moment if the anti-human groups continue causing trouble, and I want to be able to make a difference, a real one."
Rogue had to look up now because her daughter was superiorly taller than herself, not quite as tall as her father but for a girl she was considered very tall.
"Your right, things are very bad Ariadne," Rogue agreed, "and if you feel you need to do this we will support you one hundred percent. Just promise me something," Rogue paused extending her arms to and embracing her daughter, "if you are miserable I want you to come back home right away you got it! I don't want you doing a single thing you don't want to!"
"Mom," Ariadne replied with a roll of her eyes as she pulled away, "trust me I am going to be fine."
"Fahne," Rogue replied wiping away a few tears that had silently made there way down her cheek, "I know Ororo is going to take care of you. But a word of advice Strings, you better brush up on your kicking skills this summer, Ororo will kill me if she sees I've been allowing you to slouch the way you do."