Hiya!! Demonlrd here with my latest story!

Summary: A new girl shows up at the X-Mansion. She doesn't believe in hiding her powers, but that's the way Xavier runs things. Her powers also have some pretty nasty side-effects. I'm not definite on genre, title, or pairings right now, just give me time to get the story rolling. The rating is a just-in-case kinda thing. Cause there will probably be swearing and violence and such.

I'm not gonna talk too much more I just gotta say something: I own none of the X-men. Nope. Not a one of 'em.

Please enjoy the story!!!

She stopped the bike in the middle of the long, winding driveway and looked around. Cutting the engine, she heard the second motorcycle pull up alongside her.

"Pretty ain't it?" he brother asked.

Without answering, she took the keys, put down the kickstand, and dismounted, adjusting the dark green military bag that hung on her back. After silently shaking out the stiffness in her legs, she began walking towards the towering mansion. Her brother quickly cut his own bike's engine, unlashed the bag from the seat, and followed her.

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She stood on the front step while her brother knocked on the door. She didn't want to be here. She wanted to be at home, in bed, reading fanfiction and talking to her friends about chem or lit or some other pointless subject. But her brother was making her be here. In the one place she never wanted to be.

The door swung open and her brother entered, greeted by a bald man in a fancy looking wheel-chair. She ignored them as they talked, most likely about her. Instead of listening, she looked through the open door at the front room. It didn't fit the ritzy feel of the large mansion. Instead, it seemed rather plain to her. Boring.

"You don't want to be here."

Suddenly pulled from her musings, she quickly spun to regard the man who had addressed her.

"Stay out of my head, old man," she growled. "Oh yeah, I know all about you, Professor Xavier. You and your prison."

"Leigh!" her brother snapped.

"No, Mikal, let her speak," Xavier said soothingly. "What do you mean by 'prison'? No one here is held against their will. All my students are free to do as they please."

"Except be themselves. This is a place where mutants are taught to hide their powers. To hide who they are."

"She doesn't believe in hiding her powers," Mikal explained. "That's why we've had to move so many times." He faced his sister. "And frankly I'm tired of it."

"Oh, I see. So I'm being sent to mutie-prison so you can settle down," Leigh retorted.

"That's not-"

"No, I get it, I get it. I'll stay here and lie about what I am so you can have a normal life." She approached the professor, holding out her arms as if to be shackled. "Well, take me to my cell, warden."

"Be serious, Leigh," her brother moaned.

She looked at him with hard, green eyes full of resolve. "I am serious, Mikal."

"Now, Leigh," the professor said, "I won't keep you here unless it's what you truly want."

"'You can't always get what you want'," she quoted, still watching her brother. After a pause she met the professor's eyes. "'But sometimes, you get what you need'."

Even without probing her mind, Charles Xavier could sense this girl's resolve. She knew the Institute was the only place for her to go, and she was determined to make the best of it; even if she wasn't happy about it. He smiled and nodded. Yes, she would make a good X-man, in time.

"Kitty, please take our newest student to one of the empty rooms."

Mikal jumped as a small brunette hurried past him to stand between Leigh and the professor. Where had she come from?

"Alright, like, follow me," the girl, Kitty, said before walking up the stairs and through a wall.

Mikal stared in shock, the professor laughed, and Leigh observed silently. Maybe they didn't always have to hide their powers...

Well, that's chapter one. Please review so I know what you think!!!
With great appreciation,
~Demonlrd