Disclaimer: I don't own any of the X-Men characters or the X-Men universe. I only own my original character Anastasia Nereus.
The Tale of Nixie
Chapter 1
Two teenagers stood peering at an aquarium glass housed in a cave-like exhibit. One of them was an extremely pretty blonde girl with beautiful green-gray eyes wearing a modest pink dress, and the other was a tall and quite cute red-head boy. It was obvious how nervous the boy was, especially when he had finally managed to muster up the courage to make conversation.
"Crazy huh?"
"What?"
"You like fish, and I like fish too," started off the redhead, "...maybe we should get a bite sometime and talk about it."
The boy turned his head at the girl with what looked at a very ill-fated attempt at looking suave. The girl made a small noise in exasperation and looked at the boy back condescendingly.
"I'd rather go out with the fish." She deadpanned, and walked off. The redhead turned back to the aquarium, and briefly gazed at the goldfish swimming past the glass before, astonishingly, releasing a sound wave sounding remarkably like sonar into the water. The fish all scattered, leaving only a coral structure in view of the aquarium glass.
"These fish?" he called out, and the girl turned around, her expression of annoyance turning into mild shock and disgust. She hurried off, and the boy turned back to the aquarium glass.
"Now that wasn't very nice of her, was it?" The boy jumped back as a figure solidified on the coral structure. The figure turned out to be a young and very attractive woman wearing only a loose white flannel shirt and medium-length denim shorts that nevertheless still showed off her amazingly long legs.
"Wh-wh-who...a-are you?" the boy said both startled and flustered. The woman flashed him a big grin, and suddenly, a white lab coat formed on her shoulders and a thick black metal frame of glasses situated themselves on her face. The boy's face morphed into an expression of recognition. The woman's grin, if possible, widened even more.
"Hi, Sean."
"You're the director of the aquarium, aren't you? Professor—" Sean rambled on, but was cut off by a hand over his mouth. His eyes widened when he noticed that the apparent "professor" right in front of him, on his side of the glass, was the one blocking his mouth.
"Now, Sean, introductions should be done properly. So, hello gentlemen." At the end of her sentance, the professor looked past Sean's shoulder, gazing at the two men emerging from the shadows. She lowered her hand from Sean's face, so then he too could turn around and see the two new participants.
The professor looked appreciatively at both of the strange gentlemen. The first one, on the left, was a tall and handsome man, looking of German descent, who had the deepest blue eyes she had ever seen and ruffled dirty blond hair. The other man to the left, who looked more British, was slightly shorter, but equally handsome, with extremely bright and beautiful blue-green eyes and soft brown hair that was just tempting her fingers to run through it.
"Erik Lensherr." The German man said with a slight nod, which the woman professor returned.
"Charles Xavier." The British one then drawled with a charming grin on his face.
She shook the hand of the German first, and switched with Sean to shake the hand of the British one as well. After doing so, she gestured at Sean to go first.
Sean sighed and gave a sheepish grin, "I'm Sean Cassidy." He looked at the woman, who gave a soft smile to all of them in return.
"And I'm Anastasia Nereus."
Charles knew that him and Erik didn't agree on most subjects, but they finally had found a solid common point: an attraction for this genuinely gorgeous woman in front of them.
He had definitely gained a lock on Sean Cassidy when he had used Cerebro, but this woman had been much harder to determine. Something about her was evasive, there but not there, and all around but nowhere at once. He and Erik had planned to quickly recruit Sean and then go searching for the woman in the area, for he had almost gained a lock on her location several times around this aquarium. However, once he saw her power, he had understood.
As for the attraction, Charles had to admit that there wasn't much about this woman that wasn't attractive. She had a thick lustrous mane of wavy black hair, ice blue eyes, slightly aristocratic European features, and a tall and curvaceous body that wasn't hidden very well by her lab coat and flannel shirt.
"Now Sean, introductions should be done properly. So...hello gentlemen." The woman looked over the red-headed teen's shoulder, directly at him, and he felt an involuntary shiver down his spine. He nudged Erik, who looked slightly spooked as well, and they came out of the shadows with a casual gait.
Before he used his classic charming grin designed specifically for persuasion, Charles grinned internally at the fact that he didn't need his telepathy powers to see the appreciative gaze the woman had given him.
Erik had never had much time for women in his life, but he now found out that he was willing to make time. As he and Charles strutted out of the shadows to approach the two other mutants, he had truly never met someone as eye-catching as the woman in front of him. It wasn't just the wild black hair, sparkling blue eyes, and sharply contoured face, but also the aura of confidence and intelligence that the woman unknowingly exuded. Before his thoughts got way out of hand, Erik reigned them in with frightening speed, and a curt nod to both of the mutants in front of him before introducing himself.
"Erik Lensherr."
Charles then introduced himself as well. After that, he shook the hand of the female mutant, noticing how long her fingers were, and her very firm grip. Noticing the unbroken stare that the woman was giving him, he in return gave her a smoldering glare into her eyes, of which she didn't even blink.
Once all the handshakes were over, he and Charles looked at the two others in front of them expectantly, and both of them exchanged glances.
"I'm Sean Cassidy." The woman then gave a smile, and responded in her quirky British-accented tone.
"And I'm Anastasia Nereus."
Though none of the three knew so then, the meeting between Anastasia Nereus, Erik Lensherr, and Charles Xavier had forever shifted the destiny of the entire world.
Just an idea that kept bugging my head even since I saw X-Men First Class. Please review!
-iHeartToast2011