It's the end of another school year and West Mount High School was hosting their annual school fundraiser talent show. Two men in their mid twenties walked in with two girls and three boys all between the ages of seventeen and twenty-two it appeared, and sat down in the back.

"What are we doing here Charles? Why wasn't it just you and Erik that came instead of all of us?" The blonde girl questioned one of the mid-twenties men.

"Because Raven, this girl may need someone closer to her age to identify with and to convince her to join us. Her mutation is extraordinary and she may try to avoid me if she sees me coming because she caught me in her mind already this week, and she wasn't too happy about it, I must say." The man named Charles explained in a whisper. "Now we must be quiet, the show is starting."

"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for supporting our school and our students on our sixth annual West Mount High Talent Show!" The emcee said and everyone began to clap. "Now, we have a few newcomers to the show tonight, but how about we welcome back last year's winner Shelby Tanner!" He exclaimed as he began to clap his hands and move of the stage to allow Shelby on to the stage as well as two of her friends. They smiled big and started dancing and singing as the music began to 'Superbass' by Nikki Minaj.

A few hours later they were on to their last performer and the one that the seven mutants had come for. "Ladies and gentlemen, if you'll put your hands together and help me welcome a newcomer to our stage and our last performer for the night - Alianna Jenaya Michaels!" The crowd cheered once more as a petite, and skinny, auburn haired girl stepped on to the stage with an acoustic guitar in her hand. "Um...h-hi, I'm Ali, and I'll be singing a song of my own entitled 'Long Way to Happy'." She said with a nervous smile as she sat on a stool that was placed on the stage for her and started strumming her guitar.

"One night to you

Lasted six weeks for me

Just a bitter little pill now

Just to try to go to sleep.

No more waking up to innocence

Say hello to hesitance

To everyone I meet.

Thanks to you years ago

I guess I'll never know

What love means to me, but oh

I'll keep on rolling down this road

But I've got a bad, bad feeling

[CHORUS]

It's gonna take a long time to love

It's gonna take a lot to hold on

It's gonna be a long way to happy, yeah

Left in the pieces that you broke me into

Torn apart but now I've got to

Keep on rolling like a stone

Cause it's gonna be a long, long way to happy

Left my childhood behind

In a roll-away bed

Everything was so damn simple

Now I'm losing my head

Trying to cover up the damage

And pad out all the bruises

Didn't know I had it

So it didn't hurt to lose it

Didn't know I had it

No, but, oh

I'll keep on rolling down this road

But I've got a bad, bad feeling

[CHORUS]

Now I'm numb as hell, and I can't feel a thing

But don't worry about regret or guilt 'cause I never knew your name

I just want to thank you

Thank you

From the bottom of my heart

For all the sleepless nights

And for tearing me apart, yeah, yeah

[CHORUS: 2x]

It's gonna be a long, long way to happy."

She finished in a whispered note and with teary eyes. "Thank you." She said as she got a standing ovation with many people close to tears, and a few letting them slip by.

"Oh my god! That song was about rap wasn't it? That's so sad and so terrible all at once!" Raven whispered to me in shock, still clapping and standing along with the rest of the room, as Ali walked backstage.

"Come on." Erik said as he led us all backstage.

***Backstage***

(Raven's POV)

"I'll show you mine if you show me yours." Erik whispered in the girl's hair with a mischievous smirk on his face as Charles face palmed himself and the girl sighed.

"Honestly Daniel, can you not take a hint?" The girl asked as she was packing up her guitar. "I'm no –" The girl cut off as she turned around realizing it wasn't the Daniel guy. "Who the hell are you?" She asked, crossing her arms over her chest. At this question Charles stepped in with his hand extended so that Erik couldn't make another smart ass comment.

"Charles Xavier, my dear, and these are my friends and colleagues, Erik, Sean, Angel, Darwin, Alex, Hank, and my sister Raven." He said pointing at each of us in turn. "And you are Alianna Jenaya Michaels. You like to play guitar and sing, as well as write songs of your own, you also enjoy shopping, reading, gymnastics, and anything out doors, but most of all you enjoy keeping me out of your head and people out of your life once they try to establish any sort of relationship with you." He said with a knowing smile as the girl, Alianna, paled considerably, which was saying something because she was already a fair skin tone.

Disclaimer: I own nothing except Ali. "Long Way to Happy" belongs to P!NK and "Superbass" belongs to Nikki Minaj.

Author's Note: I know that those two songs aren't from the 1960s but just go with it please and thank you :D Also, R&R please!