It had been a week since Apocalypse had been defeated, thanks to the help of Jean and Erik the mansion was restored to its original state and was looking as good as new and Charles was already set on refurnishing the house, redesigning every classroom and upgrading all the dorms, he had reached the decision of letting the students personalize their dorms as he felt it would help them settle in better if they were completely comfortable in their surroundings.

Raven had decided to stay and help Charles train the younger students to become official X-Men, she was now leader of the team and thought she could help these inexperienced teenagers learn to control and embrace their powers but also shape them up so that were ready for future attacks. Erik however, was unsure about staying, he had been family to Charles and Raven once and even still they loved him now but Erik is a changed man any shred of fire that was left in him was crushed by the death of his beloved Madga and beautiful Nina. It wasn't as though he didn't love Charles but he wasn't willing to open his heart again only to have it broken once more.

Charles had sensed this change in Erik, he could feel the sadness inside Erik eating away at him and that spark, that stubbornness inside Erik was buried deep within his grief and rage. Rage. Charles had always known that Erik was a force to be reckoned with when he was angry and when that anger was directed at someone there was no going back, that's what scared him.
But this was a different kind of rage compared to the anger he had felt towards Shaw or Trask, this was pure self loathing and this worried Charles even more. he had seen many times how Erik dealt with his enemies and he couldn't imagine the kind of things he was putting himself through. Carrying the weight of the death of his wife and child upon his shoulders.

Charles had been sitting by the danger room as these thoughts of Erik washed over him while watching from a near distance as Raven trained her students.

He felt Erik's presence as he approached him, only to stand beside him and simply watch at his side. The two stayed like this for a few minutes until Charles broke the silence.

"The worlds already begun rebuilding it's arsenals." he simply stated.

Erik continued to stare ahead "that's human nature Charles."

"I still have hope."

Erik scoffed "Ah yes, hope."

Charles turned to Erik "I was right about Raven, I was even right about you."

Erik met Charles's eyes, a smiled played on his lips for a moment, then he wore his usual still expression.

"what about the rest of the world?"

Charles' brow furrowed slightly in confusion,

"Doesn't it ever wake you up in the middle of the night? the feeling that one day they'll come for you and your children."

"It does indeed." Charles answered honestly.

Erik's gaze tore into him "What do you do when you wake up to that?" he whispered

"I feel a great swell of pity for the poor soul that comes to my school looking for trouble."

Erik smirked slightly as Charles continued to meet his gaze "you're sure I can't convince you to stay?" Erik smiled and patted Charles in the shoulder "You're psychic Charles, you can convince me to do anything."

"What about Peter, you won't even stay for him?"

Erik froze and turned to Charles a look of pure confusion on his face.

"Peter? The speedster? why on earth would I stay for him, I barely know the boy."

Charles visibly cringed, he hadn't realised when Peter told him Erik was his father that Erik himself didn't know. OF COURSE he didn't know! if he knew then he wouldn't have felt so isolated, felt so much like he had no one left, no way out, no reason to carry on. STUPID STUPID STUPID! Charles thought to himself.

"Oh er... Erik, Peter needs to tell you something, I hadn't realised he hasn't told you but please don't press the matter he'll tell you when he's ready." Charles started.

"Tell me what?!" Erik was raising his voice slightly

"I'm truly sorry Erik, but please it's not my place to say."

"Charles!" Erik placed his hands on either side of Charles' wheelchair.

"No Erik, if you want to know I suggest you talk to the boy."

Erik stiffened and stood up he quickly turned and walked in the opposite direction, Charles just about heard him mutter "this better be important."

"Oh old friend, trust me when I say it is."

Kurt, Ororo, Scott, Jean and Peter had just completed their first training session in the danger room and it would be an understatement to say Scott was not impressed.

"For gods sake Kurt, I'm just saying it's annoying when you teleport right in front of me! I had a clear shot at that robot and you got in the goddamn way!"

Kurt held his hands up in defense "I'm sorry! I vas just trying to help, Mystique says we should vork as a team."

Jean and Ororo were snickering casting glances at the boys. Scott noticed.

"What? it isn't funny if he did that during a real fight one of us would end up dead."

"Well at least we wouldn't have to listen to you're pathetic squabbling." Mystique said, she gave Scott and Kurt a stern look that mad them both shut up. "You are all gifted and have more power than you know. but you're teamwork skills are sorely lacking, I expect better tomorrow."

All five students went quiet and looked at the ground. Mystique cleared her throat "Guys don't look so disappointed, this was your first session I'm here to help you improve, no one expects perfection yet. okay?"

They all nodded in response.
Once Mystique was out of hearing range Ororo turned to Peter. "You are awfully quiet." Peter just carried on walking eyes not leaving the floor, Ororo smirked "Ohhhh, is this about your father?"

This caught the attention of the other three, Peter stopped dead in his tracks.

Scott furrowed his brows "what do you mean, what about your father?"

Peter scoffed, glaring at Ororo "Jeez. Nice Going."

Jean sensed the tension and rested her hand on Peters shoulder "I could just look inside your head you know? I won't though, you can trust us,if there's something wrong with your dad you can totally talk to us, what's said between us stays between us. Right guys?" she asked glancing at Kurt and Scott who nodded in unison, Peter visibly relaxed, still glaring at Ororo. "Come on what's going on with your father Peter?" Jean asked softly. Peter sighed as he began to tell them about how he'd found out Erik was his father and he hadn't had the chance to tell him yet.

The four looked at him sympathetically as he wrapped up his tale. Peter took a breath "so yeah that's pretty much it."

Scott cleared his throat "dude you should totally tell him."

Kurt also spoke up "I agree, you said so yourself you vas too late before, don't make the same mistake again."

Ororo held up her hands "hold on, we are talking about one of the most dangerous and most powerful mutants alive, who knows how he'll react, he doesn't seem like father material if you ask me."

"Magneto may be ruthless but he's a good father." everyone looked at Jean, she continued " remember how I said I know what everyone feels? Magneto had a daughter and a wife, they were both killed three weeks ago. I feel how much pain he's in, he thinks about his daughter constantly, the love he feels for her, it's unbearable for him. Peter, Erik needs family right now, you could be helping him by telling him, you need to be there for him." she said taking Peters hands in her own.

Ororo tugged Peter's sleeve "Speak of the devil." and all five of them turned to see Erik coming directly towards Peter.

Peter went rigid and his eyes widened slightly as Erik stood tall in front of him. The two stared at each other awkwardly for a few moments before the other four decided it was best they left the two alone. As they were leaving Peter heard Jeans voice in his head
this is your chance, don't waste it.

Peter coughed "Can I help you with something."

Erik narrowed his eyes "Apparently you have something you need to tell me." he saw Peter tense up.

"Wha- Who said that?"

"That doesn't matter, what does matter is that people seem to know something about me and you that I don't goddamn know about myself! What is it?"

here goes, Peter thought to himself, he then spoke up "do you remember a woman named Jennifer Maximoff?"
Erik shot him a confused look "yes, she is a friend of yours."
Peter exhaled "that's the thing, she's my mom." Erik relaxed a little "So she met another guy, she's happy?"
Peter let out another shaky breath "She never met another guy." Erik's eyes widened as he cottoned on to what Peter was saying.

"You're my dad."