A/N: This is my first fanfic. I've been having this weird dream, and this is the dream, all written out. Be kind please R&R

Disclaimer: None of the X-men character's are mine. They belong to the beautiful mind that created them.

Setting: This takes place during the current X-men comic (249). Remy has officially given Rogue her space, and she in turn gave Magneto herself that same night.

Sinister's base of operations: Mystique is sifting her way through the rubble that was once Sinister's base. Picking her way through the debris, she finds what she is looking for, a huge tube. She reaches her way around the outside of the tube; a click is heard as she unlatches the top, then again at the bottom. Slowly the tube creaks open, mist rises as a form is slowly becoming visible. Mystique smiles as she reaches into the tube to pull the limp form into her arms. "Good morning my sweet." The scene before us flashes to dark as a smile creeps upon Mystique's face.

One week later: Mystique is attacking a well-known Mutant gene research center in New York, not too far from where our heroes; the X-men, reside. The X-men arrive at the scene not too long after it begins. The line-up for this adventure consists of Rogue, Magneto, Havok, Iceman, and Polaris. Iceman and Havok make light work of Mystique's brotherhood lackeys while Magneto and Rogue head straight for Mystique. Both have had their fair share of the shape-shifter. Once she was a beloved mother to the girl she called Anna. Now that same girl looks her in the eye with a look of the utmost disgust.

"Mystique, Ah thought ah told yah to leave us alone. You've done enough damage around here." Rogue says with a disapproving shake of her head. Mystique smiles as she nonchalantly rolls her shoulders. She hopes to keep their attention elsewhere as a lithe blond girl makes her way around the scene and to our unsuspecting duo.

"Sorry Rogue darling, but mother dearest just had to see you one more time, after all how rude would it be for me not to introduce you to your...sister." Mystique's smile grew to Cheshire proportions as Magneto hit the floor beside Rogue. Startled Rogue turned around to fight whoever just took Magneto out, only to come face to face with herself. It looked exactly like her, but the eyes were not a familiar green, but rather a strange icy blue. Her blond hair bore no white streak, but the face was hers. Questioningly Rogue turned back to Mystique. "Mama, what have you done? Who is this shape-shifter?"

"Tsk-tsk Rogue, Wolverine does not need his nose to tell that this girl is no shape-shifter. As a matter of fact, it is exactly as I told you earlier, she is just like the sister you never had." The corner of Mystique's lips twitched to show her amusement of this game.

"Mystique, hold your tongue you snake! Tell me the truth. Who is this girl?" Anger shook not only Rogue's words but her body as well.

"All in due time love, all in due time. Come Anya, we really must split before their back up arrives." Mystique's eyes shone with cat-like mischief as she turned and walked away. The girl, Anya, hesitated only a second before going to join her 'mother.' "Good bye sister dearest, it was good tah finally meet yah."

"Dear lord! She even has mah accent, I have to hurry home to let Emma know what's going on so she can help me make some sense of all of this." Rogue stooped to heft Magneto onto her shoulder as Ice-man and Polaris finally arrived to where they were at. Questions of what Mystique was up to and where she had gone filled not only the air, but her already confused mind.

Mystique's new home, the current Brotherhood headquarters: "Mama, ah thought you said we were gunna save Anna from the X-men. They still have her brain washed enough that she didn't even recognize me." Anya whined to the blue lady as they drank some coffee.

"Anya, no whining. Our bait has been thrown, Anna will want to know more about the sister she doesn't remember, and soon she will seek us out of her own accord. In the meantime we really must take care of something, or rather, someone else. He has stolen one daughter away; I won't let him steal another." Mystique's eyes shifted to a darker, more sinister looking set than her usual golden tones as the mention of Gambit set her nerves on edge.

The X-Mansion: "But Emma you weren't there, that girl was me. She was slightly off from me, but she was undoubtedly me!" Rogue's voice echoed down the hall greeting people before the sight of either her or Emma could. "Rogue, darling, I know how much this upsets you, but really, you must calm yourself. Now that you can control your powers it is much easier to sift through your psyche. And I see the girl you are talking about as bright as day. While yes, there are similarities between the two of you, there is no way this girl is your sister."

"Then what do you think she is Emma? There really is no other logical explanation." Rogue's voice was filled with exasperation as she once more tried to get Emma to see she was right. They needed to rescue Anya from Mystique's twisted mothering before she ended as messed up as Rogue was.

Emma quietly considered all other reasonably explanations but none seemed to fit. She needed to talk to Scott, privately, to discuss the matters surrounding Mystique's newest addition. Surely if this girl was a mutant, Cerebro would have picked her up beforehand. Emma's pace slowed as it dawned on her. Cerebro not only could locate specific mutants, it can also identify their powers as well. On one booted-heel she pivoted and quickly returned from the way she came. Rogue seemed to finally given up and began to return to her bedroom, but decided that she should go see the man who faced her sister, to see exactly what she was made of. Headed to the infirmary, Rogue's target was locked on Magneto.

Mystique and Anya: "Mama do ah really hafta wear this out?" Anya whined as she looked down once more to the outfit that fit her so snug. The jeans she could live with but the low cut halter was giving her cleavage more attention than it already got. Every man's eyes flittered just above the lace that barely covered her luscious curves.

"Anya if we want Gambit to come to your aid, you must be as attractive as you can get." Mystique's words sounded odd coming out of the man's mouth next to her. Mystique was playing the cowardice boyfriend who would leave with one sign of any mutant trouble, leaving his 'poor defenseless' girlfriend behind to fend for herself. The mall was extremely crowded, how they spotted Gambit, fiddling with his fries, in the food court surprised Anya. Their target seemed so meek and yet so sad. Her heart automatically fluttered at the sight of him. He was glorious. Was killing him really the only chance of getting Anna back? "Anya? Anya are you listening to me?"

Anya shook her head to help clear it. Her eyes met her mother's unwaveringly afterwards. "Mama, I know the plan, we've been over it a thousand times." Mystique's knowing smile was all her response before the ground below them began to shake. Screams filled the air as one word rang through the building, "MUTANTS!" Gambit rose to his feet to see Avalanche causing mischief on the floor below. Slowing his eyes moved to where Anya now stood alone. The beams holding the walkway she was currently on began to bend. It did not take long for Gambit to react. In the blink of an eye Gambit was on the move. He worked his way through the crowd towards Anya. He jumped and rolled, grabbing her as the walkway slowly crumbled beneath her feet. They both landed on the other side, completely unscathed.

Gambit smiled to his damsel, "Greetings mon chere. Such a horrible way to meet such a..." His voice trailed as his eyes took in her appearance. She knew what she was supposed to do, but his hypnotic red on black eyes had stopped the knife from being drawn. Mystique stood in the shaded area of a nearby store entrance, waiting for the deed to be done. When she saw Anya's hand move away from where the knife hid and instead to rest on his cheek, she knew that it was too late. The X-men would steal another daughter from her.

'No, not this time' she thought to herself as she drew closer. A gun was drawn as she approached Gambit and Anya. Her intention was to kill Gambit, to end him once and for all. However, she knew things were going to go awry as soon as Anya's eyes met her own. The glint of the gun had Anya's icy orbs widening as she reacted. The trigger was pulled as Gambit was pushed away. The bullet hit straight through to her right lung. Blood spurted from her lungs as a single "No" fell from Mystique's.

Gambit caught Anya as she slumped over. His confused eyes looked around until they settled on Mystique's disappearing form. A limp hand dropped the gun and moved to cover her eyes from the tears they both knew were falling. Gambit held Anya close as the other X-man, Frenzy, made her way to him. Seeing the girl clutched in his arms, Frenzy knew what had to be done.

X-Mansion: "Well Emma, can you locate the girl Rogue believes to be her sister?" Scott's authoritative voice asked as the Cerebro helmet was lifted from his love's head. "Yes, Scott, unfortunately we need not go to her. Gambit and Frenzy have already got her. Quickly we must tell Hank to prepare himself for the infirmary. We have a gunshot wound to the lung, and her vitals are already failing."

Scott automatically shifted into his leader role as he took off for the infirmary. The furry blue man, known as Beast, rarely left the medical bay so there was really nowhere else to look. Scott reached Dr. Hank McCoy, a.k.a. Beast, as someone over the intercoms announced the X-jet had finally returned. Just as Scott had finished filling Beast in with the details the med-bay doors flew open. Gambit stood in the doorway with a limp figure in his hands. His mouth opened as he began to talk to Beast, only to have the man cut him off. "I've just received the full story, set her down on the operating table. We need to get that bullet out and get her cleaned up before she loses too much blood."

Obediently Gambit laid the unknown girl gently on the table. Beast had his tools out and was starting before Gambit even removed his hands from underneath the girl. Scott gently took Gambit's shoulder and led him out towards the small hallway. "Did you know that girl was a mutant?" Scott only wanted to access the situation and see what had actually gone down. "Non homme, Gambit didn't. But Gambit had to bring her here after de blue lady shot her aiming for Gambit. Gambit figured she was in da broderhood, but she pushed him out of de way before the bullet could get Gambit. Now homme, Gambit's not so sure."

Scott nodded as he took in the information. "Gambit, this girl, she was with Mystique yesterday at the attack on the MGR Center. Rogue said that Mystique claimed the girl to be her sister. She didn't see exactly what she did but in one move the girl had Magneto on the floor. She's definitely a mutant, we just don't know what her powers are yet." Gambit could only nod as he stock piled the information in his brain to be processed later. Right now, his only concern was to make sure the girl with angel eyes would be alright.

Scott knew a brick wall when he was talking to one. With a final comforting pat to Gambit's shoulder, he left. A few feet down the hall stood a very confused looking Emma. Scott's brows furrowed as he approached his lady love. "Emma, honey, what's wrong?" "It's missing Scott, there's nothing there. She's alive, I can feel her brain waves, but there is only a week or two worth of memory in that girl." Emma's confusion lingered in her words. Scott was surprised by this information and began trying to rationalize it. Mental blocks would keep Emma from checking any of her memory, so clearly that was not the issue. The only thing he could think of was memory loss, just as with Wolverine. However Logan had some reminiscence of memories, like broken and scattered links. They were there; they just needed to be put back together again. So what was with this girl being completely wiped clean?

"We can set things straight as soon as the girl's recuperated." Scott responded logically. "Anya," came Emma's puzzling reply. "Wha-," Scott began only to get cut off. "Anya, her name is Anya." With that final statement Emma left to meditate. She needed to sort through all this information and begin putting it into some semblance of truth and facts. Anya was one confusing puzzle she was going to solve, with or without anyone's help.

Somewhere in the X-Mansion: Rogue had heard the rumors of Gambit returning from his and Frenzy's mall adventure with an unknown, unconscious girl in his arms. It was apparent that the girl was wounded as they were rumored to have headed straight to the med-bay. Rogue was a bit more than curious to see what her former beau had been up to, so she was headed to the med-bay. Ice-man had come running up to her, a little out of breath. "Rogue, there you are. I've been looking all over for you. What is this that the girl Gambit returned with looks just like you?" Rogue looked confused for a little before it finally dawned on her. "Sorry Iceman, Ah got tah jet." With that Rogue took off down the halls.