Sorry if the accents are bad. I'm not real good at 'em so I used a online thing. Anyway I hope you like it. I just got the idea for this while working on one of my other X-Men stories. Also sorry if I go back and forth with what I call them. Sometimes I'll use their real name sometimes I'll use their mutant name. I don't try to though.

I groaned as I opened my eyes. I looked around trying to figure out where I was and what had happened. The room I was in was a mess and it smelled horrible. There was a mirror sitting on a dress opposite from the bed. I sat up slowly but not slowly enough as my head started pounding incredibly once I was up. I put my hand on my head and found there was a large piece of gauze on my forehead. What happened? I wondered. I tried to remember what happened but all I could think of was that I was different somehow. I sat there not sure of what to do for a minute or two.

I reached into the pocket of my torn camouflage pants and pulled out a wallet. I looked at the drivers license. The name on it was Ali Brooks and had a picture of a girl. I looked at the mirror, at my reflection and at the girl in the picture. My hair was white with yellow highlights like the girl in the picture's but her hair was neat and in a ponytail holder where as mine was a mess and laid out across my back. The girls smile was bright and cheerful where as I didn't have a smile. It took me a few minutes of looking at the picture and my own reflection to realize the girl is me. Just me before something happened. "Ali Brooks." I told myself. "That's me." I sighed then slowly stood up and made my way to the door.

I was about to open it when someone else opened it from the other side. Standing in the door with a rather surprised look on his face was a guy with bright orange hair. He looked me over "You're up!" he said with an accent. I couldn't tell where from but it certainly wasn't from around here.

I looked at him skeptically "Who are you?"

He smiled and held out his hand "Name's John Allerdyce."

I cautiously shook it "I'm Ali."

He smiled again "Nice ta meet ya Ali. If you're feelin' better ya could come downstairs and meet the rest of the guys and Wanda." I wasn't to sure about going with him but I nodded so he lead me down the hall and downstairs. He let me put my arm around him so if I stumbled I wouldn't fall since I still wasn't very study. He took me into a living room where there were two guys lounging around and one pacing. One of them who was probably the youngest had brown hair that was kind of longish for a guy. He was sitting in a recliner watching TV. The second was probably only a bit older than him. He had short white hair that was definitely gelled back except for a bit at the front. He was the one pacing in the room worried about something. The third and last one was sitting in the corner seat playing solitaire. He had short brown hair that fell in his face and his eyes were pretty freaky. They were black with red irises. All three guys looked at me and John when we entered.

The one with freaky eyes looked up and asked with yet another weird accent "Mon ami what is she doing down here?"

John looked at him "I was checkin' up on 'er Remy. She was up so I asked if she wanted ta come down 'ere and meet you guys."

The man, Remy is what John had called him, sighed and said "Alright." Then went back to his cards.

John helped me sit down and said "That's Remy or Gambit. Call him whichever you want." He then pointed to the guy watching TV and said his name is Lance and the guy who was pacing who had only stopped briefly and was again pacing. His name is Pietro and that his dad is their boss Magneto and he's Wanda's twin. He told me that Wanda, Toad and Blob were out doing stuff. He warned me not to get on Wanda's bad side though unless I wanted to get killed. After a while of babbling on about the guys and Wanda he paused and asked if I had any questions.

I nodded "Um yea, what's up with the names like Toad and Blob?"

John looked at the three guys in the room quickly then looked back at me "Well toad is cause he's a lot like a toad and blob is huge."

I looked at him curiously "Well do the rest of you have nicknames?"

John smiled and nodded "I already told ya Remy is Gambit and Lance is Avalanche, Pietro is Quicksilver and I'm Pyro!"

I smiled slightly at his enthusiasm. "Where'd you get the nicknames?"

John smiled and said "Well I got mine from Magneto, Lance and Pietro got theirs from Mystique. I don't know where Gambit got 'is and Toad and Blob's just fit them. You got a nickname?"

I shook my head "I don't think so. Unless ya'll gave me one."

John laughed "No sorry but we didn't. You got any powers or anthin'? If ya do we could come up with one."

I shrugged "I don't know."

Now he looked confused "You don't know?"

I shook my head "No I don't." John sighed and looked around.

Lance who had evidently been listening to us said "She's probably got amnesia."

I looked at him "What's that?" I asked.

He looked over at me and said "It's when someone hit's their head and forgets everything about who they are and who their friends are."

I sighed and felt the bandage on my head. I must have looked pretty sad cause John's usual happy expression was gone and he put his hand on my shoulder "It'll be okay. We're your mates now Ali." I looked at him and smiled. He smiled back "Good ta see ya smile. You've got a nice smile."

I giggled slightly and asked "So what kind of power would I have?"

John shrugged "No tellin'. There's so many powers people like us have there's nah way ta know. Lance can make earthquakes and Gambit can make glowin' poker cards."

Gambit glanced at Pyro "I charge 'em with kinetic energy turning them into explosives."

John nodded "Yea what he says." I smiled slightly at the thought of a poker card exploding. I looked at Gambit debating asking to see him blow one up but decided not to. We just sat there for a minute until John asked "Hey Ali, ya wanna go into town and see if we can find Wanda?"

I shrugged "I guess." John smiled and grabbed a lighter and put it in his pocket then helped me up. I was able to walk this time without as much help. He still held his arm around my waist to help but I didn't need to put my arm around him. I kinda wanted to put my arm around him though. After how kind he'd been to me and he was caring for me it was really nice and his accent was nice too. We walked around town for hours. He told me his favorite hangouts and where to stay away from unless I just wanted to get into a fight with a group called the X-Men. He said they pose as a school for gifted youngsters but they're really a training school for making mutants into soldiers. I made a mental note to stay away from them. After a while John had finally run out of things to say.

I was beginning to think that was impossible but when he did I looked at him and asked "John why are you telling me all about mutants? We don't even know if I am one."

John looked at me "Well...I don't know. I just thought since ya ended up at our place maybe ya were. You were hurt like you had been in the car wreck that happened when you found us and it looked like you had been tryin' ta get away cause your power could be dangerous if you had stayed." I looked around and sighed. Was I a freak or just a normal girl in the wrong place at the wrong time? John looked at me and said "Ali don't worry about nothin'. We've got a mate who can help us figure it out. She's a telepath and can get in your head if ya want. Her name's Psylocke." We were still walking as I thought about it.

After a minute or so of debating it with myself I nodded. "I wanna know what I am."

John smiled "Then let's find her mate." Together we walked through town looking for his friend.