Author's Note: This is my first attempt at a fan fiction. The first few chapters might be a little short, but they are just introductory chapters for the different main characters. After I introduce all of them I will ask for possible plot ideas and choose the one I deem the best. So please read and review and be HONEST! Thanks a bunch!
Chapter 1: Apollo
St. Mary Christopher Abbey
Lexington, Virginia
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"Alright! I'm coming! You don't have to break the door down!" the nun said, a little exasperated and irritated that someone was banging on the door at four o'clock in the morning. When she finally reached the main doors and wrenched one of them open expecting someone, all she saw was darkness. She was about to close the door when she heard a faint cooing sound, like that of an infant. She looked all around outside, but saw nothing and no one and was about to close the door when she heard it again. This time she looked down and saw a bundle sitting on the top step of the entrance. She picked it up and unwrapped some of the cloth to reveal a baby. But this was no ordinary baby, for it was covered with red fur.
I must consult the Mother Superior, she thought to herself.
"Enter," the Mother Superior replied when she heard the knock on her chamber doors. The nun entered rather hesitantly, fully aware that the Mother Superior would probably not like being woke up at four in the morning. This was, however, an emergency.
"Sister Maria, do you know what time it is? This better be important."
"Yes, Mother Superior. I'm sorry to disturb at this late hour, but I was roused from my slumber by a heavy pounding at the main doors. When I answered I saw no one, but I did find this," Sister Maria explained, showing the Mother Superior the wrapped bundle in her arms.
"What is it, dear Sister?"
"It is a baby."
"Someone left a baby on our doorstep? How odd…"
"Yes it is, considering that this is no ordinary child, Mother."
"How so?," the Mother questioned.
Instead of telling the Mother Superior, Sister Maria showed her the furry red babe.
"Hmmm… Yes, this is no ordinary child at all," the Mother Superior simply stated.
"What shall we do with the child?" the Sister inquired.
"Why, raise him as best we can of course."
"But who shall do this?"
"I was rather hoping that you would consider it, since it is you who found him," the Mother said with a kind smile. Sister Maria had actually given this thought, and readily agreed.
"So what shall you name him?" asked the Mother.
"Apollo for I feel a great musical energy coming from him," Sister Maria answered lovingly, looking at the sleeping baby in her arms.
"And what about a last name?"
"Lexington, so he never forgets where he comes from."
"Apollo Lexington… It's a fine name."
As the years passed, Sister Maria, the Mother Superior, and the other nuns of the abbey saw Apollo grow into a strong, fine young man with platinum blonde hair that fell straight to his shoulders. He also had two of the prettiest golden amber eyes that were at times hypnotizing. He was gentle as a lamb and would never harm a soul, despite his devilish appearance and immense size (which had earned him the nickname Goliath from some of the nuns, though some of the other nuns tended to call him Samson for his immense and inhuman strength). But as he got older, some of the townspeople began to notice him around the abbey, and believing him to be some sort of demon spawned from hell sent to destroy a house of God, they started a riot and tried to kill him. This was thwarted when the local police threatened to arrest everyone involved for conspiracy to commit murder.
After the mob incident, the Mother Superior called the Xavier institute and explained about Apollo. The institute agreed to take him in, but only if he agreed to come along. They weren't going to force him to do anything, but the Professor was going to send two of his pupils just in case he needed someone to talk to.
The Mother Superior's Office
"Please have a seat, my child," the Mother told Apollo. As he took his seat, Apollo started to wonder what he was called in here for, but when his mother, Sister Maria, walked in and sat down beside him, he understood that it had to do with the mob incident.
"I have called you both in here to talk about what happened with the mob incident," the Mother said, confirming Apollo's suspicions.
"I had nothing to with that. Neither did my mother. You can't possibly blame us for what the ignorant townspeople did…" Apollo began, but was silenced when the Mother held up her hand.
"I do not blame you or your mother, young Apollo. However, I am concerned for the safety of this abbey and its inhabitants. This is why I have called in a favor with someone I know who can give you a safer place to stay and study."
"This is a safe place for me! I won't leave and abandon all the sisters!" Apollo exclaimed. How could she possibly want to banish him for something that wasn't even his fault? It just wasn't right.
"It's not safe for you now that the townspeople have it in their minds that you are a demon from hell sent to destroy us. They will attack again. It may not be in the near future, but as long as you remain here, they will attack you again. And I'm afraid that the next time they do, the police won't be able to stop them. I'm saying this for your safety as well as the safety of the abbey," she explained.
"NO! I WILL NOT LEAVE!" Apollo exclaimed and then stormed out of the office, slamming the door behind him and nearly tearing it off its hinges. The Mother Superior sighed and shook her head. The one thing about Apollo that she loved most was that he was headstrong and stubborn in his beliefs, but that was also the one thing she worried most would get him into trouble.
"I'll go speak to him, Mother," Sister Maria said when she saw the look in the Mother Superior eyes.
The Abbey Gardens
"I figured I'd find you in the gardens, Apollo," Sister Maria said. The gardens have always been a favorite place of his to just go and think, so she had chosen to look there first.
"How'd you know I'd be in the gardens?" he asked with obvious sarcasm for he knew that his mother knew him better than anyone else at the abbey.
"You know that the Mother Superior has only your best interests at heart, right?" she asked as he lied back and looked up at the sky. She waited for him to reply, but it was a few minutes before he spoke.
"Yeah… but I don't wanna leave. My life is here," he said.
"I understand that, but I feel that your chapter of life here is coming to a close. It's time for you to start a new one. It can do nothing but benefit you."
"Why do your philosophical words have to work on me?"
"Because I'm your mother and I love you and want what's best for you. Also, you know I'm right."
"Well yeah, but still it's not fair…" he whined. His mother looked at him and smiled.
"Life is full of things that aren't fair," she said. "Now will you go where the Mother Superior wants to send you?"
"Yeah, I guess so." Sister Maria smiled at him. She may not have raised the perfect child, but she felt that she had done a pretty good job. Together they got up and made their way back to the Mother Superior's office.
When they returned to the Mother Superior's office, they saw two other gentlemen speaking to the Mother. They all fell silent when Sister Maria and Apollo entered the room. One of the gentlemen was a tall man with handsome features and broad shoulders. He wore jeans and a white t-shirt under a leather jacket. The one thing about him that seemed peculiar though, was his glasses, which had ruby-red lenses. She sensed that they were holding back a great and destructive power.
The other gentleman, however, favored Apollo in many ways, the most prominent being the fur that covered his body and his equally devilish appearance. The main difference, however, was that his fur was a deep shade of blue, whereas Apollo's was a golden shade of red. Also, he had just three digits on each hand, where Apollo had five.
"Ah, here they are. Sister Maria, Apollo, this is Mister Scott Summers," the Mother Superior said, indicating the gentleman with the glasses, "and this is Mister Kurt Wagner," she indicated the other gentleman with blue fur. "They are from the Xavier Institute and have come to speak to you, Apollo."
"Nice to meet you," said Scott as he extended his hand. Apollo shook his hand and nodded his mutual feelings. He then did the same with Kurt, while noticing his strong German accent.
They talked for a while, and then waited for Apollo while he packed some things. When he was done, Apollo went to all the nuns in the abbey and bade them farewell. The Mother Superior gave a blessing for a safe journey and his mother, Sister Maria, gave him a tearful hug and a kiss goodbye. The last thing that crossed Apollo's mind as he left the abbey was, I'm gonna miss the solitude of this place.