Prologue
"She's very intelligent Jean, we just need to be patient."
"I can see that, but she doesn't seem focused enough."
"We can change that."
"Can we? She's hardly grasped the fact she's a mutant!"
"Will you at least try?"
Jean sighed. "Fine, I'll show her around, explain the rules."
"Very well. Tell her to grab her things. It's decided." The professor waited patiently as Jean walked outside. There was a girl lying sprawled out on the ground, listening to a small mp3 player tucked away in the pocket of her baggy green pants.
They had traveled to a house out in Arizona, after receiving a call about a 15-year-old girl, and the suspicion of mutant abilities. Professor Xavier and Jean Gray had discussed it with her parents. In blunt terms, they wanted to get rid of her…out of fear.
The girl, Kari by name, had simply ignored her parents' worries. Mutant. Ha. Her? Yeah right. All she did was listen to her music and lay around. That was hardly special. Maybe that was the problem. She had no friends. The whole neighborhood ignored her. No one ever talked to her.
Was that why they thought she was a mutant? Because she was antisocial? Whatever. Lots of people were antisocial. Are THEY all mutants? NO.
"Kari?" Jean asked with a smile. Kari opened one eye. Oh, it was the girl that came with the old man.
"What?" she sighed in monotone.
"Your parents, the professor, and I have discussed it, and we've decided to take you into our school. Is that okay with you?" Kari sat up and stared at her.
"So you all think I'm some kind of freak now? All because of some stupid accident in a science classroom?"
"Not completely. But we're hoping to figure it out, and hopefully we'll all understand what's happened." Jean explained. Kari stood up and started towards the house.
"Fine, whatever. From what I've heard my parents are dumping me anyway." Kari headed upstairs and Jean walked up to the professor with a sigh.
"Give her time, Jean." He insisted. Kari soon came downstairs with a black backpack, looking thin as though it were hardly packed with anything.
"Well, are we going?" she said with an impatient tone.
"Do you want to say goodbye to your family?" Jean asked.
"Yeah sure. BYE, MOM! BYE, DAD!" she called sarcastically, walking out the front door. Jean gave another glance at the professor, who simply smiled. He heartily followed Kari, with Jean behind him, her doubt growing larger and larger with every step.
"Are you sure this is a good idea? Her stubbornness could cause her to do something drastic." Jean said worriedly.
"Time Jean. Time and patience. It'll all work out, just wait." Professor Xavier smiled.
Written By: Kari Tryk
Based On: The X-Men Movies
Rating: T - Language, Sexuality, and Graphic Violence
Summary: Kari has never had a normal life. Figuring people just hated her, she isolated herself, and she was fine with it, until her parents suspected her of being a mutant and she met John Allerdyce. Immediately sparking a rivalry between them, Kari is led through a lineup of complex events, and is forced to battle a new demon within her, in more ways than one, on several occasions. When Magneto creates a plan that could ultimately put the X-Men out of commision, they're drawn to the deadliest limits, and pushed to the highest stakes.
Author's Note: Hello, this is the author, of course. I just wanted to say a bit before you continue on, if you continue on, reading the endless chapters of this fanfiction. it's tedious, but at least I keep you all on the edge of your seats, that's my intent I know it seems rather cliche to add an original character into another's plotline, and also sometimes annoying, but I try not to make it as irritating as others. But, as a side note, I'd prefer not to be criticized on any plotlines that I myself create, or any "factual misrepresentations" you may find in your reading. I assure you right now, anything I write is intentional, some of the original X-Men plots have been left out purposefully, and I'm sorry if that bothers you. But on a further note, if you do find some type of grammar mistake or something, or if I've calculated some character's history wrong, I'd like to be informed, thank you. That was a long note, but please, if you wish to continue reading, do so, I can promise a LOT of cliffhangers, though. XP
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