I redid parts of this chapter because well, I did it in 30 minutes last time and didn't get to really add anything that I wanted to it. hopefully, this is a little bit better than the original.

Main Characters: Rogue, Wolverine, Gambit, Cyclops (eventually), Emma Frost (eventually), Victor Creed, Stryker, and others will be listed as they come.

Disclaimer: I own none of the characters in this story, so FOX and Marvel, bug off unless you want my student loans, which I wouldn't love to give away.


Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters had been open for sixteen years and since its opening had helped many mutants gain control over their powers. Some, like Xavier's second student, Scott Summers, had a harder time in learning how to control his powers. Others such as Jean Grey, had excellent control until it consumed her.

Reports of what happened on Alcatraz Island spread through the news and people were finally able to see that not all mutants were evil and started accepting a little more than before.

At the school, several of the students sat in the lounge practicing for their next test with Hank McCoy that would be in two weeks. Some of the students decided to slack off and just play video games or go outside. Four students decided to choose against this.

"Ah don't think that's right." Rogue commented to her boyfriend Bobby Drake aka Iceman as they worked on their anatomy homework together. It had been two weeks since she had received the cure taking away her mutant powers of absorbing people's life force or powers. It had always been nothing but a curse to her since the day they activated. Many mutants hated their powers and wanted to be rid of them as well. When hearing that there was a cure for it, she had never been so excited, though she didn't know how to tell her boyfriend. She was afraid of how Bobby would react. Would he accept her now that she was not a mutant? Would he be happy they could finally touch without him being absorbed?

She had felt relief flutter inside her chest when he accepted her decision. Some of the others in the school didn't see it the same way, while others didn't seem to care. For the past week they held hands and kissed more than usual, but that was only for a week. She would notice every now and then out of the corner of her eye, Bobby would still take a glance at Kitty and even at the new girl, Lorna.

She would just shake it off and pretend she didn't see anything. At least now he was paying more attention to her. That's a good thing, right?

"Well, it's called the right and left atrium, so they got to connect." Bobby shrugged as he looked down at the assignment. Across from them were Kitty Pyrde and Piotr Rasputin. "What did you guys get?" He asked them while looking at Kitty, who blushed.

"I haven't gotten that far yet." The young brown haired girl told him and looked down at her paper quickly before Rogue looked at her. She had a crush on Bobby since the day she arrived at the mansion. She knew that Piotr had a crush on her as well, but he didn't interest her as much as Bobby did. She knew Rogue had known about the crush and seemed to keep closer to Bobby. The only time she had been able to get some alone time with him was when Rogue left the school to get the cure. She had been able to spend time with him and he didn't seem to mind.

"I thought that blood goes from the right atrium to the right ventricle?" Piotr told the group. Bobby rolled his eyes and opened his book to find the answer.

"Yeah, cause the right and left atrium are separated by the intra-atrial septum." Rogue agreed with Piotr, which only made Bobby dig faster in the book to find the answer. He didn't like being proven wrong. He liked it better when the Russian student was hanging around proving him wrong.

"Well?" Kitty asked Bobby as he closed the book and wrote down the answer grumbling how Piotr was a smartass. "Well I know who to sit next to during the test." She winked at Piotr causing him to blush. She wanted to see how far she could push Bobby before he would get jealous.

Bobby narrowed his eyes at Piotr. "He's not that smart." He said to Kitty. "I bet he rememberized that answer to impress you." Bobby snorted. Rogue looked over at him like he was an idiot. She hated when they all studied together. It wasn't bad when it was only her and Bobby, but Kitty had a tendancy to want to intrude.

"Don't get mad at him because ya didn't study." Rogue chastised her boyfriend as put away the assignment in her folder, the others doing the same. Maybe it would be better if they got away from them for a bit. "So, are we going to go out later?" She asked Bobby, who seemed to have his mind elsewhere.

"Hey, I heard a new movie Hannah Montana movie was playing." Kitty suggested to them. Rogue almost threw up.

"Ah can't stand her or her fake name. Ya are really Miley Cyrus or Hannah Montana." She sneered and stacked her books together. 'Who invited you?' She thought to herself and glared at the younger girl.

"Is that why you stop going by your real name and only by Rogue?" Kitty raised an eyebrow at the other girl, who gave her a dirty look.

"We should go see it. Bot-I mean four of us." Bobby corrected himself; however, Rogue didn't miss what he meant to say. 'He wants to go with her.' She glared down at him. 'After what Ah went through for us and this is what he does?' She thought to herself bitterly. She was close to either breaking up with Bobby or breaking Kitty's skull. Though to be fair, Bobby should have ignored the advances if he really wanted to be with Rogue.

"Count me out." Rogue said as she and Kitty got up from the table. "Ah'd rather work out in the Danger Room." Screaming and yelling was heard down the hall way. All four of them ignored it, recognizing the voices of other students in the school.

"Why? You don't have powers." Kitty muttered under her breath.

"It's none of ya-" Rogue began to say when Jubilee came running into the room being chased by Evan.

"Get that away from me!" Jubilee screamed as Evan chased her with a spider in his hand and the Asian girl ended up running into both Kitty and Rogue, tripping them both.

"Sorry." Evan apologized and placed the spider on a plant and went to help Jubilee up.

"Don't touch me after you touched that!" Jubilee backed away from him and got up herself. She looked over and noticed both Piotr and Bobby went to Kitty's aid and helped her up and gather her things. Rogue was still on the floor with her books and papers everywhere. A hurt expression on her face. He had finally crossed the line.

"You alright?" Piotr asked Kitty, who shook her head and smiled at Bobby. He smiled back and then looked down at Rogue, realizing she was on the ground.

"Hey, let me-" He went to help her, but she slapped his hand away.

"Leave me alone." She got up and left the room, feeling embarrassed and angry that her boyfriend went to help Kitty instead of her. 'After what Ah did for him and he still doesn't like me.' A tear streamed down her face as she raced through the hallway and accidently ran into Logan.

"Whoa, where are you goin' in a hurry, kid?" He looked down at her and noticed the tears. "What did he do now?" He growled, knowing Bobby was still pining after Kitty. He didn't understand why she stayed with him and though she deserved better.

"It's nothin'." Rogue wiped away the tears. 'Great, the last thing he needs is ta see me cry.' She thought to herself. "Where were ya goin'?" She asked him trying to change the subject.

"The Professor said he found a way for me to know what happened to me before I lost my memories. I'm gonna go see him." Logan explained to her and saw her look down at her feet, more tears erupting from her eyes. 'Eh, screw it, she's more like family then the rest of them.' He thought to himself.

"Ya wanna come?" He asked her causing her to look up.

"Ah don't want ta intrude." She scooted away from him. Logan only shrugged.

"It'll get your mind off of whatever's buggin' ya. Ya already saw inside my mind, ya probably already know more than me." He stated. Rogue remained silent and looked off to the side. "I ain't takin' no, kid. Either ya come or I go beat the shit out of popsicle for whatever he did to ya." A small smile spread across her face as she gave a small laugh.

"Alright, Ah'm only doin' it so ya don't hurt him too bad." Rogue smiled at Logan and walked down the hall beside him to the Professor's office. 'Ah should have just let Logan beat him up.' She thought to herself. Logan was the only one who she could really open up to. She had never been close with her father because he was always away and when he did come home he never wanted to spend time with her. From their first meeting till the time they met the X-Men, she knew more about Logan than her real father.

Logan opened Xavier's door, not bothering to knock. "Good to see you, Logan." Charles smiled at the other man and then looked at Rogue. "Is there something you need?" He asked to her and she looked the other way.

"I told her to come. She's already been inside my mind so it won't be nothin' new what she sees." He said to Charles and then glanced over at a Native American man standing in the room with a device placed on Xavier's desk. "Who's he?"

"Yes, this is a dear friend of mine named, Forge. He used to be a student here and has moved onto other things. He is brilliant in technology and I have asked him if it was possible if he could make a device to go back in time." Charles introduced Forge, who nodded.

"I thought ya were goin' to read my mind." Logan stared at Xavier. when Charles said he would be able to help him know what happened in his life, he didn't expect this.

"There is only so far I can go back. I have been able to go up until a certain point. You seem to wake up and have no memory of who you were. The first person you met was a young man who helped you escape a building being destroyed. After that, you traveled around. I am unable to find anything before that and I know there is more. I am giving you the option to go back in time to find out what caused you to lose your memory and what led up to that." Xavier told Logan.

"Is it safe?" Logan glanced at Forge, who smirked.

"I have already tested it out. A mutant by the name of Cable wanted to go into the future, so I helped him." Forge said confidently. It was weird being back at the school again for him. He had spent years at the school and had fallen in love with another student, Ororo Munroe. However, he didn't want to be tied down and left and broke her heart. He didn't know if he could confront her again and wanted to leave before it happened.

"What do ya think?" Logan looked over at Rogue.

"Ah think ya should do it. Especially if it will cause ya ta stop runnin' off tryin' ta find out who ya were." She told him and gave a small smile. "Ah'd kinda like ta go with ya." She suggested.

"Rogue, it is much better if you let Logan do this on his own. You have school work and people here who need you." Charles intervened. Rogue narrowed her eyes.

'People here who need me? Who? My cheatin' boyfriend?' Rogue thought bitterly to herself. "Ah ain't got anyone here that cares about me. The only friend Ah had joined the Brotherhood with Magneto. Ah'm getting' A's in all of my classes. Ah can't be an X-Man anymore cause Ah don't have powers and it is useless ta sit on the side lines watchin' people fight ta save the world. Ah wanna go and be there for Logan in case somethin' happens he needs help with." Rogue said determinedly. She refused to take 'no' for an answer.

"Logan?" Charles looked at the other mutant. "This is your journey, you decide." He sighed. He didn't want to endanger Rogue, but knew the girl would probably withdraw herself from the others and her school work if she didn't get to go with Logan, who was the only person she seemed to trust.

"I don't know how dangerous it will be." Logan said to himself and Rogue glared at him.

"Ah ain't five years old. Ah've had Magneto kidnap me, fallen out of a plane, and other crap happen around here, along with havin' those stupid powers of mine. Ah wanna go. At least it will distract me from everythin' that has happened around here." Rogue told him. "Ah could do it as an assignment of what Ah learned in the past." She tried to persuade Charles.

"That is unnecessary." Charles smiled at her and turned his attention back to Logan.

"If the kid wants ta come, she can." Logan looked at Rogue, who looked happier than after she got the cure and could touch Bobby. "Ya don't run off or talk ta anyone. What I say, goes." He warned her and she shook her head.

"Well, neither of you will be allowed to talk to anyone. You will have to disguise yourselves. If someone from the past see's you it could have consequences in the future." Forge interrupted them. "Going into the past is much harder than going into the future. In the future, you already lived and died, but in the past, you aren't even existing yet and can change people's lives."

"We won't talk ta anyone." Logan promised to Forge, not knowing he would not be able to keep the promise.

"What about you're past self, Logan? Ah mean, if ya are gonna lose ya memory, could Ah just talk ta ya and ya wouldn't remember?" Rogue suggested to them.

"No, that could change what he does that leads him to losing his memory." Forge warned her.

"Alright." Rogue sighed as Forge went over to his machine and picked up a bracelet and handed it to Logan.

"This is for when you want to come back. Activate it and it will create a link to the machine and open a rift for you both." Forge instructed before activating the machine and a bright pink portal appeared in the office.

"Both of you be safe and careful." Charles told Logan and Rogue as they got up from their seats.

"How far back is this thing goin'?" Logan asked Forge as Rogue went to hug the Professor good-bye.

"Approximately, 15 years into the past. It will drop you off ten days before you lose your memory." Forge replied as Rogue stood next to Logan.

"Ya ready, kid." Logan didn't have to ask, the bright smile on Rogue's face answers his question. Both of them stepped through the portal and disappeared. After two minutes Forge shut down the machine and put it on the other side of Xavier's office so when they came back they would appear in the school.

"You think they'll be okay?" Forge asked Xavier.

"We will see." Charles said simply.

Logan and Rogue dropped out of the portal into onto the dirty wet streets. It was pitch black outside with the exception of street lights. Logan got up first and helped Rogue to her feet. 'At least someone thinks' Ah'm worth helpin'.' She thought to herself as they looked around and quickly made their way into the alley to get out of the open. "Where are we?" Rogue asked him as she looked at the tall buildings with balconies decorated with plants and confetti.

Logan went over to the dumpster and began digging through it. There had to be some indication of where they landed. It didn't seem like New York at all. Even if it was in the past.

Rogue walked a little closer to the streets and looked around the best she could. It was exciting to finally be able to go somewhere new and not have to fight Magneto for a change.

She wondered how the past compared to the future. Were people more acceptable to mutants? 'It can't be as bad as it is in the future.' She thought to herself. At least here there was no Magneto causing trouble with the Brotherhood. If she recalled correctly, Magneto and Xavier had worked together during this time.

'Right now I am about three years old.' She sighed and thought of what was going to happen to her. Would she want to change her fate in the future? At least then she would know about what was going to happen to David, know about Bobby, and even stop Magneto from kidnapping her. Then she looked back at Logan and knew she wouldn't have met him.

"Ya know where we are?" Rogue asked him as she turned away from the streets and to the alley.

"We're in New Orleans." Logan told Rogue holding up a newspaper.

End of Chapter One

How is it? Good, Bad, why did I read this piece of crap, I want my the three minutes of my life back! I really need to go back to studying. Again, nothing in the chapter contains spoilers.