It had only been about ten months since we defeated apocalypse and magneto joined us. Magneto became our friend I suppose you could say. He no longer did terrorist actions and he seemed as if a great weight had been lifted from his shoulders. He laughed and joked and we found out that he was actually a good guy. He moved into the mansion with Pyro, or John as Magneto referred to him much to his great annoyance. Piotr had proven to be quiet and scarcely present. Remy had come back after being asked by magneto to return although he admitted that he probably would have come back anyways. And we managed to find out the true ages of the mysterious acolytes. John was 20 surprisingly enough, Piotr was 22, and Remy was 18, the youngest of the group. Magneto actually seemed to be quite fond of Remy and no one at the mansion had been able to quite figure it out as Remy dodged their questions.

Everything was quite normal at the mansion considering that we were the Xmen. Mornings were hectic as we got ready for school. Most days someone would be threatened to be maimed and or beaten or something along with detailed descriptions of torture and death by Rouge. Everyone would fight over the bathrooms and then grab breakfast as they tried to catch rides for school. We still went to school through all the taunting and the fights but we held strong because we knew that there were more horrible things in this world then what frightened people could do to us.

Piotr and Remy went to the nearby college. They left about an hour after us and got to enjoy the peace and quite that we left behind in our wake. Jean and Scott were also going to college but they were going to a private college and not the community college like Piotr and Remy. Everything seemed normal. John, Piotr, Remy and Magneto seemed to belong here like they had always been present. And we found out that not everybody is as they seem.

Remy sighed as he stepped into the kitchen. The sound of yelling and banging appliances assaulted his ears. He rubbed his temples as he retreated from the room to try in a vain attempt to find some where quiet. The rec-room was crowded with kids trying to get a last bit of t.v. in before school. He walked past an open door with out peering into the room before it's occupant called to him.

"Remy, why don't you come join me?" Magneto watched as Remy backtracked and leaned against the door frame. Magneto was concerned at Remy's state. His hair that he had dyed red just a few weeks ago was disheveled, dark circles were forming beneath his eyes. He looked tired and his coal and crimson seemed lifeless. His baggy clothes hung off his bony frame.

Remy sat in a chair across from Magneto. He sat ridged and uncomfortable as he waited for Erik to speak.

Magneto weighed his tactics of breaching the subject before he decided to be direct and dive in.

"Remy have you been sleeping well?" Erik was truly curious about his answer. He knew that Remy wasn't sleeping but from what cause?

Remy froze before answering, "Non, i ain't been sleepin' very good." He sat stiffly as he was pretty sure what would be coming next.

Erik shook his head disapprovingly before he asked his next question. He wasn't sure what Remy's reaction would be to his next question, but he could guess it wouldn't be good. " Are the nightmares keeping you awake again?" he asked gently.

Remy's heart sunk as he heard that question. What did Magnus have to bring the nightmares into it? Why couldn't he have just let him try to forget them the best he could instead of bringing them up? " Non." He said tersely yet again. Of course he wouldn't tell Magnus that it was the nightmares that had returned that were keeping him up again. He stood up quickly and walked out the door.

Magneto smiled tightly. He believed Remy's answer. What reason would he have in lying to him? They were very close, almost like father and son. But he had the strangest feeling that Remy was hiding something from him...