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Three years had passed since the battle on Alcatraz Island, and the death of Charles Xavier, Scott Summers and Jean Grey. Mutant kind was accepted across the world, partly due to the disappearance of Magneto following the end of the battle. Also, the former President had initiated many reforms that gave mutants equal rights, and things were far better for all. Mutants were generally accepted throughout society, and while the idea of some did scare people, most people seemed content to let them get on with their lives.

At Xavier's Institute for Gifted Youngsters, Ororo Monroe, also known as Storm, a mutant who could control the weather, was Headmistress. In the years since Xavier's death she had led the school admirably, and many people appreciated her stance on integrating mutants into society. A teacher of evolution, she had commanded the X-Men in the battle at Alcatraz, and had overseen the education of many young mutants since then.

Logan, also known as Wolverine had stayed at the school following the battle, taking up the position of ethics teacher. Having gone through exploitive surgery many years before which gave him a set of adamantium claws, he had survived with his accelerated healing factor, which he had used to kill Jean Grey, who's alter ego, Phoenix, had been set loose during the battle at Alkali Lake. He had remained behind, feeling at home with others for a change, and making sure Rogue kept out of trouble. He and Storm had been slowly drifting together since Alcatraz and the death of Jean, who Logan had loved.

Hank McCoy, or Beast, was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Following the end of the Cure Crisis, he had been appointed to the position by the former President in an attempt to smooth over ruffled feathers following Alcatraz. A blue, furry mutant, he was a genius with a kind, caring, philosophical side, and was a reserve X-Man and a benefactor of the school who occasionally visited to talk about politics and ethics.

Marie, also known as Rogue, had taken the Cure in order to be able to get close to her boyfriend Bobby. Despite having lost her powers of absorbing the person's she touched lifeforce, she had stayed on at the school after her graduation, and Storm had delightedly offered her a position as a biology teacher following her gaining one of the highest marks in America. She was still dating Bobby, and the incident with Kitty Pryde had been all but forgotten.

Bobby Drake, alias Iceman, who had fought at Alcatraz, had also stayed on at the school and had become an English teacher. He and Rogue had sorted out their contact problems, and his kiss with Kitty three years before had been all but forgotten.

Peter Rasputin, known as Colossus, had come to the school from Russia years before. After the fight at Alcatraz he had since stayed on and had become a PE teacher. His ability to transform himself into metal made him a valuable ally in battle.

Kitty Pryde or Shadowcat, was a girl who could walk through walls. She and Bobby had nearly developed a relationship three years before due to the grief over the death of Xavier and the fact that Bobby couldn't touch Rogue. However, they had rejected this, and she had since become a solid friend of the two. She too had remained at the school and had taken up a position as a teacher of politics.

Warren Worthington III, son of the one who's company had created the cure, had also taken up a position at the school. He had agreed to become a maths teacher, and had joined the team of X-Men, using his wings to help him fly in battle. He was well liked by the other staff, and many of the younger girls had a crush on him.

Jubilee had also become an X-Man, despite the fact that she hadn't completed her education. Able to shoot electricity from her fingertips, she was a great help in recent skirmishes the team had had with deranged mutants and remnants of Magneto's Brotherhood.

The other addition to the team was the actual source of the cure. Jimmy, or Leech, had been allowed in due to his unnatural abilities that were a great help when combating rogue mutants, as his powers negated theirs.

On the other hand, while the X-Men were strong and running well, the Brotherhood had all but collapsed. Without a strong leader to take over, it had gone to ground, splitting into various factions that had nearly all been dealt with by the X-Men. They were now of little threat to anyone as a political entity.

Magneto, a former accomplice of Xavier's, had been injected with the cure at Alcatraz. After all he had done, he managed to slip away after the battle and had vanished, and no one knew where he was.

Mystique, Magneto's former second in command who he had abandoned after she'd been injected with the cure, had betrayed Magneto in exchange for freedom. While the X-Men kept an ear out for her, no one knew where she actually was.

Pyro, the traitor to the school who had joined Magneto and served as his chief lieutenant after Mystique's abandoning had been defeated by Iceman at Alcatraz and had been locked up in prison, along with Juggernaut and Multiple.

Magneto's former henchmen, Sabertooth and Toad, had also vanished off the map. Sabertooth had been defeated at Liberty Island and again during the Sentinel crisis, where Logan had assumed that he had killed his long time nemesis. However, reports had seen him crossing the border back into America, and they had confirmed his continued existence. Toad, another goon of Magneto's who had somehow avoided death at Liberty Island, had been more recently confronted by the X-Men with a group of Brotherhood mutants. However, he had been defeated when jumping to take out Storm he had hit Leech's no-go zone as it was called and had fallen onto a truck beneath the bridge they were on and had vanished.

Despite this, everything else seemed to be fine. The new President, Rolf Strucker, seemed to also support mutants and they seemed secure in their place in society. The cure had been largely destroyed when Phoenix had wrecked the facility, but there was enough left over to make more. And there didnt seem to be any problems associated with the cure, and no problems with the government to require more.

But the mutants, especially the X-Men of all people, knew how fast the weather could change.

Greetings!

Another new story begins! Dont worry, I amnt forgetting any of the others, they will be done eventually.

However, here we are, setting the scene for my new X-Men story. I can let you know things may seem tame for now, but they are going to get a lot worse. Old villains and new return, and we also get returning heroes also. Things are going to change in the mutabnt world, and fans of X-Men Evolution and the comics will recongise a major new enemy in later days!

Until then however, take a read, and I hope you like, and I will try to update soon. Please read and review!

Next time: Old enemies return!