(Jean's P.O.V.)
My life has taken an amazing turn. I am about 25 years old, and I have waist-long crimson red hair, bright blue eyes, and pale tan skin. Compared to many women in my life, I am pretty tall, about 5'8". I mainly wear bold clothes, often red or black in color.
My name is Jean Grey, and I am a member of the Avengers which is a group of superheroes. I was originally a member of the X-Men, and they are a group of superheroes as well, but they consist of mutants.
The main members of the X-Men are Logan, Scott, Beast, Mystique, Storm, Nightcrawler, and Quicksilver. There are a few more members as well, but those are the main ones.
Mutants are people who possesses the X-gene, and develop superhuman abilities. I happen to be a mutant as well. My powers consist of telepathy, telekinesis, and I can also rip apart a being's molecules, but I'm actually afraid of my powers.
You see, when I was just a kid, I joined the school once Charles found me, and I had a very hard time with learning how to control my powers. The students called me Phoenix, and I was an outsider as a lot of students feared me. I was quite lonely for a bit until I met my fellow X-Men friends. I was also a teacher at the school, but then I left.
Now, you are probably asking. Why did I leave? Well, you see, I was once in a relationship with Scott Summers aka Cyclops. At first, we were doing great, but as a few months passed by, I didn't seem to love him as much as I did before which led me to breaking up with Scott.
I was in such a heartbreak that I actually decided to move out. I asked Charles if I could live by myself for a while, and he understood. I bought a house which was outside New York, and I also got to see Twilight again.
Now you're probably asking, who is Twilight? Well, this will shock you, but Twilight is a Gargoyle. Humans and Mutants are not the only creatures of this world. Gargoyles are individually different in appearance like humans and mutants, but Gargoyles is nocturnal, which means they are awake and alive during nighttime between sunset and sunrise.
They turn to stone and sleep through the day, apparently dreaming as well like humans and mutants. Unlike most mutants, they actually have colored skin, large wings and tails, and most of them are tall in height, with some short in height from at least 4 ft to 6 ft.
The near-alike mutants compared to Gargoyles that I can say is Beast, Mystique, and Nightcrawler, through they didn't have wings. The only mutant I know of having wings is Angel, who mostly looks like a human with large white angel-like wings, hence his mutant name.
Sorry, veered off a bit there. Where was I? Oh, right, Twilight. Twilight, who also is called Light for short, she has blue skin, and red hair with streaks of orange, and she has wings that are dark blue on the inside.
She has been like a mother to me ever since my parents died, and I was the only one who knew about her as no one from my former team knew about Twilight, and Charles, my mentor didn't know either as I kept the secret really deep in my mind.
Light has the power to turn into a human at daylight or if she wants to, she can be a gargoyle as well during the daytime. She told me that before she would turn to stone during the day. Light did tell me about her backstory, which consisted that she was from Scotland, and lived in a castle along with a few other Gargoyles. She also told me that she had a twin sister.
She told me that was thousands of years ago, and she spent a few years by herself, following the massacre at Castle Wyvern. When she found me, she raised me like I was her own, and while I was living at the school, I would sneak out and go see her.
Mystique was also a bit like a mother to me as well. We were close, and I was the one to convince her to join the X-Men, and, so, she left the Brotherhood of Mutants. The brotherhood of Mutants was once a group of Mutants who hated humans, but they have disbanded a long time ago, and they were led by Erik Lehnsherr aka Magneto.
Erik has the power to control metal, hence his mutant name, and just thinking about him made me shiver. You see, for a long time, he has been wanting me to join his evil team, but that's not the only reason he wants me to join.
I found out a year ago that Erik is obsessed with me, and he wants me to be his..girlfriend! Oh, how I shivered in disgust at thinking about him. That's one of the reasons I moved out, apart from the heartbreak of the breakup I had with Scott.
Now you want to know how I joined the Avengers, yes? Well, S.H.I.E.L.D (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division), oh, Phil was right, it sure is a mouthful!
Anyway, the director of Shield, Nick Fury found me, and told me about a god called Loki who had stolen a stone called the Tesseract. He asked me to join the team, and I said yes.
I met Steve Rogers aka Captain America, Natasha Romanoff who is a scarily cool spy, and Bruce Banner, a shy yet polite scientist who would turn into a strong being known as the Hulk whenever he is angry. There's Clint Barton aka Hawkeye, and he is a very skilled archer. I also met Tony Stark aka Ironman and Thor, who is Loki's adopted brother.
We had battled Loki and his forces in New York, and we were able to stop him, and so, the Avengers were formed. Thor had gone back to his home, and had taken Loki with him. All the Avengers moved to the former Stark Tower, which is now known as the Avengers Tower, and I had decided to give my house to Light while I moved to the Avengers Tower.
Then a few weeks ago, my life had changed completely when I met this Gargoyle whose name was Goliath, and I also met his clan, and their human ally, Elisa Maza.
Goliath and his clan were part of the same clan that Twilight was from. Boy, was she happy to see them, and of course, she had asked about her sister. Her heart was broken when Goliath told her that Light's sister had become a Gargoyle with a cold heart, and a hatred for humans as well.
Light's sister was now called Demona, and we found out that Goliath and his clan were living at a building which is owned by David Xanatos. He was in prison, and Elisa told me that he just used the Gargoyles to try and create robot replicas of them, but luckily, Goliath and his clan were able to defeat the robots.
Elisa has been telling me that she has been trying to get Goliath and his clan to leave the castle as she is afraid that Xanatos would hire someone to hurt Goliath and his clan. Light had told me that a Gargoyle could die when it gets smashed to pieces during the time they turn to stone during the day.
I agreed with Elisa, and I knew a perfect place where they could move in, but I'll tell you later. Elisa and the Gargoyle, Broadway were dating, and when I was hanging out with them, I could see Goliath looking a bit jealous.
I had grown close to each of the clan members, especially Goliath. He and I had become close, and we were similar in a way. Goliath is afraid to be betrayed by the humans again while I am afraid of my own powers.
We understood each other, and I hung out with him the most. I still hadn't told my fellow Avengers teammates or my X-men friends about the Manhattan clan, but I knew that I would tell them eventually.
The clan was amazed at my powers upon the night I met them, I saved one of them when a building was about to fall on top of one of them, and I used my telekinesis to lift it back up, and they were all impressed.
Goliath had told me that his clan had made a few enemies, and he also told me that he and his clan were under a magic spell for thousands of years, and the only way to break the spell was when the castle rose above the clouds.
He also told me that they were betrayed by the one human they trusted which led to the vikings attacking the castle, and killing almost all of Goliath's clan. The princess was kidnapped by the leader of the Vikings, and the captain, but the two fell to their death, and Goliath was able to save the princess.
But the Magus had thought that Goliath's clan had killed the Princess, so he cursed them, but he then found out that she was alive, and he couldn't reverse the spell because the counter spell was burned.
Goliath had allowed himself to be turned to stone, and when he had told me the story, I was crying in sympathy for Goliath as I felt really bad for him, and I told him that he and his clan weren't the only ones.
Mutants are trying to get humans to accept them, but most of the humans are afraid of us mutants, due to fearing that we would hurt the humans. It's one of my greatest fears when a terrible daydream was revealed to me.
It was one of those nights that I was visiting Goliath and the clan, and I was reading a book next to Goliath on the couch when I suddenly daydreamed.
I was in the middle of the street of a neighborhood, and I could see Goliath and his clan, along with the Avengers and X-Men. "Jean, please come back to us.", Goliath pleaded with me while I held my head as I heard a voice.
Don't listen to them, Jean. The voice told me, and I was holding my head tighter. "Jean, what's wrong?", Elisa called out in worry.
"Something is happening to me.", I said as I cried out in fright. I saw Goliath approaching me. "Goliath, stay away from me!", I warned him, but he didn't listen.
"I won't.", Goliath said with a determined and strong shake of his head. Your friend sure is brave, but he is stupid. The voice said.
"Stop.", I whispered, shaking out my head. "Jean, please tell me, tell us what's wrong.", Goliath asked me with a concerned expression.
"I keep hearing a voice in my head.", I said clearly. "What does the voice tell you?", Light called out with suspicion and concern.
"He tells me...that he will hurt you.", I said with fear. "What do you mean?", Goliath asked in shock and confusion.
"When he..takes control..he forces me to hurt innocent people and the people...I love.", I said with a whimper. "You don't want that! Jean, you can stop him from doing that.". Hudson replied quickly.
"You don't understand! I can't stop him!", I said, crying out with a sob. "Jean, it's alright. You got us. We ain't leaving you.". Elisa looked upset with a determined scowl.
"Yeah, you are our friend, Jean!". Brooklyn nodded in agreement with a fierce whip of his tail. "They are right. Jean, you are still our friend. Come back home, please. We will help you.", Goliath said to me with a nod.
As he said those words, I clutched my head as I could feel him starting to take control, and I could hear Goliath's voice echoing. "I'm not afraid of you, Jean.", Goliath said, sounding determinedly concerned. He better not get closer or I will hurt your friend.
"Goliath, please stop.", I pleaded out, my tears falling down my face. I felt a finger lift my chin, and I saw Goliath's eyes with wisdom, courage, and something else I couldn't decipher right now, through it was strangely familiar. "You saved me various times, Jean.", Goliath said softly as he was now standing in front of me.
"And I will help you no matter what.", Goliath rumbled softly. "You don't understand.", I said as I struggled to push Goliath back. "Jean, listen to Goliath.", Broadway said, calling out in worry. "We can all help you.", Lexington said, sounding nervously concerned.
"Please come back to us... to me, Jean. I promise we'll be there for you no matter what.". Goliath whispered softly. I could feel him start to touch my arm. "Jean...please I... still..", Goliath was saying. When I opened my eyes, I knew that they were now red, and my skin had orange cracks now.
"STOP!" A voice roared as it came from my mouth, and I knew he had taken control as he forced me to use my telekinesis to sent Goliath flying. "GOLIATH!", I shouted in horror, then I woke up, sobbing in fear with my heart pounding.