Disclaimer!: I only own the original characters and the X-Squad. The X-Men, the first generation X-men, the Team-X, the Junior X-Men, the Brotherhood and Hellfire Club are own by Marvel. First fanfiction so CC is appreciated and flames are useful for my pyromatic tendencies. Please remember this is an AU ficlet that involves a buch of OCs off the bat to thicken this plot. Also this is done by a very violent 14 year old girl that writes only cause she is extremly bored so don't expect much from the story...not only that said 14 year old gets buried in homework every week and always seems to lose sleep doing it so some errors are here.

A Clockwork Before the End

Prologue: Beginning of the End

"Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't

own it, but you can use it. You can't keep

it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it

you can never get it back."

-Harvey MacKay


The screams of mutants filled the air as two flames- one golden and the other pure black- clashed.

Go to your left a cool soothing voice commanded in her head. The voice was calm and made Rogue want to sleep but she ignored the tugging desire and she changed directions, bolting into the direction the voice had told her to.

Just a little farther it urged. An arrow burning with golden flames was at the edge of the tree line. Rogue grabbed it ignoring the immediate pain she felt from the arrow and moved back into the direction of a battle of the two flames.

She raised the arrow as soon as she broke into the clearing of the battle. At her right was a man with crimson hair and a mask covering the bottom half of his face. At her left was a woman with long blond hair and a chest that made her feel self-conscious about herself. Next to the woman a was another man with crimson hair but unlike the one with the mask he had a wild and selfish aura surrounding himself. Next to him was a a man with shoulder black hair that was pulled into a pony tail. Next to him was a small girl with a pony tail on the side of her head, her hair was a light brown. To the masked man's right was a blonde male that watched her with an intense gaze that under any other circumstance would've made her blush like it always did. Lastly to his right was another male except this one had curly shoulder length hair the same shade as the light brown haired girl's. Each were around the clearing with a few feet separating them from each other.

They were each in their own colored flame. The man in a mask had a violet flame, the busty female's was blue, the other red head man had a crimson flame, the black haired male's was an electric green, the small girl's was a wispy light blue, the one that was was watching her was a bright cheerful orange, and the curly brown haired man had a near clear flame that was outlined with a dull gray.

She took one more step forward and threw the golden flamed arrow into the center of the field while yelling...

A few months before this incident

"What is happened here?" Charles Xavier asked as he watched his mansion burn. Silently he was thanking Sean who had convinced him that the students should go into town for a field trip to the park so they can get accustom of their surrounding area in case of an emergency. He was currently addressing the students that were left behind due to the fact they were the only ones who he thought had enough self-control and had enough experience with being in New York. These people are the Junior X-Men.

"Well...I sorta got into a fight with Kitty..." Rogue mumbled as she looked at her feet nervously.

"And that got ya to burn the mansion down, kid?" Wolverine's gruff voice asked as he dropped his cigarette and crushed it underfoot at the Beast's warning gaze.

"Well...actually we didn't argue...more like I ran through walls and floors as Rogue tried to catch me so she can reason with me...I ran into the kitchen and I think I messed up the oven when I ran through it or something..." Kitty said as she watched Colossus run across the lawn with Northstar tossed over his shoulder. Her lips curled in disgust when he put Jean down on the ground near them and made sure he was not injured. Only she also witnessed a comforting kiss between the two.

Suddenly the flames began to whip around violently as the wind picked up. Everyone covered their eyes as dirt was drown in every direction. Just as quick the wind had appeared the wind disappeared as if it didn't exist. On the lawn in front of them was a jet that strangely resembled Air Force 1. The a set of stairs fell and touched the ground when a door was released.

"Whoa, Charles! I didn't think that coming to visit you would mean having to offer you and your students a place to stay!" A cheerful voice said as a dark man happily walked down the steps. The man had black hair and tanned skin, he was wearing a plain black t-shirt that was obviously too tight for him because it stretched over his muscles like a second skin. Shorts and sneakers added to the laid back look. He had a carefree grin on his face.

"Andy?" The professor asked with a surprised tone.

"Yep that's my name don't wear it out!" Andy replied as he bounded up to the group and he planted a huge kiss on the professor's cheek stunning everyone but the professor himself.

The professor only wiped his cheek and commented, "Andy you haven't changed a day since I last saw you."

"You know me Xavier! Just sharing the love seeing how you look a little pissed and sad at the same time!" Andy smile was blinding.

"You said you can offer us a place to stay?"

"Yep! The only thing you have to deal with is that it is out of state and you have to deal with another bunch of teenagers and my Princess." he replied to the question instantly like he knew what Charles Xavier was going to say.

"Princess?" The professor fired the question back with the same speed.

"The mansion I live in belongs to her. She saved my life so I swore to her I'll be the one to protect her." The professor only nodded at that response as he thought about it.

"I'll start making calls to parents seeing if they will allow their kid to go out of state. If not then I'll let the kid stay with their parents or guardians. I'll take any students with me to your 'princess's' mansion if you will allow it."

"Of course Charles! I owe you one form the time when you saved my butt back in Cuba!"

"Chuck, ya ain't concerned over the mansion?" Wolverine sounded surprised as Andy handed his cell phone to the professor.

"Of course I am not." Charles said. "What is done is done, it cannot be undone and I have bigger matters that are far more important to worry about right now." he dismissed him with a wave as he called the fire department.

About half an hour later, several fire trucks were in front of the mansion putting out the flames. Several other cars were also there taking their kid out of that place immediately, fearing the media would come and so a story on the fact a mutant school was right under other people noses for quiet a while now.

This continued with the fire fighters putting out the fire and parents getting their kids until only the X-Men, the Junior X-Men, and the first generation X-Men were left.

"Are you guys finished?" Andy said as he appeared from the forest. Charles had recommended that he moved the jet into the forest so people wouldn't suspect a thing.

"Yes, I even contacted the building company. They agreed that they would rebuild the mansion without question, but they claim it may take a few months to even get a part of it finished."

"You can stay at my Princess's mansion for as long as it takes! Ever since I mentioned you and the old team to her, she has been on my case to meeting you guys." He replied his smile widening, if that was even possible.

"...Remy has ah feelin' he might love this gal, this guy a'ores (A/N total fail at Cajun accent)." Remy announced as Andy went on to how much he has told his Princess about the first generation.