The first time Caroline attempted to rock climb she was still at the school for gifted. She had just finished her studies and went outside to enjoy the spring day. It was the first day that was warm enough to go outside without a jacket and plenty of students where taking advantage of it. She was in the court yard playing with Bobby and Kitty. Bobby had thrown he Frisbee towards her but it just grazed her fingers, flying towards Logan who was having a conversation with Storm in the distance. He caught it and look back at the kids, Caroline was waving her arms around motioning for him to throw it back.

When he threw it back he had thrown it way to hard, it flew over the kids and sliced through the leaves. Moaning the three had darted into the forest in search for the lost plastic disc. It was Kitty who had spotted it first. It was jammed into a gap of the side of a cliff. This cliff was used during training, it had been too dangerous to use because the winter had left it frozen over. Now that the snow was gone and the flowers were starting to bloom Caroline felt that she could conquer it no problem. She went to teleport onto the ledges till she got to the location but she stopped herself. When was the last time she tried to do a task as a human.

Shoving her sneakers into the gaps she started to hoist herself upwards. She grabbed the ledges, and push against the cracks. "What are you doing?" Kitty had called out standing at the bottom looking up, her brown hair was moving along with the wind. "Just teleport!"

"What's the fun in that?" She didn't even think about the words, they slipped through her teeth and she let the wind carry them around. After she heard the words she believed them. She was doing pretty well; she was half way towards the disc and about a fourth away from the bottom.

Mind you that the cliff was easily a 12-foot wall with jutting stones and moss covering it. When she finally grabbed the disc she felt a sense of pride, but with only one hand on the wall and the motion of trying to wiggle the plastic free she had stepped up on stone hoping to get a steadier standing. Instead she had slipped on the moss, losing her balance she fell backwards. Her weight was enough force to pull the disc out and there was no padding to save her from the still slightly frozen ground. When she landed it had forced the air out of her lungs and made her dizzy.

"Line!" It was Bobby's voice that she heard first, he was looming over her blocking out the sun. "Are you okay?" She shoved the Frisbee in his face as answer. She laid there for a few minutes before Logan walked by her and asked if she was okay. She gave him a thumb up and sat up. When he offered her his hand she took it and ended up looking him straight in the face.

"It isn't always what we can do with our abilities," He had fallen into stride with her, "But what we can do with out them." She ended up climbing the wall all way to the top. Logan was there when she did it. He was always there. He had made sure to stand there to make sure she never got injured. She had fallen dozens of times. Since she refused to wear a harness Logan refused to catch her. She told him that was a fair argument. She learned several things through that experience. She learned not to give up even when it hurt. She learned how to endure sudden pain. She learned how to regain her composure after being thrown off. And she learned that she loved rock climbing.

When she had asked Steve if he would like to go rock climbing he was surprised. He confessed that he had never done it before.

"Well," she had set a backpack in front of him, she laid a harness on top and smiled at him, "You have to start somewhere." She was still unsure how Natasha ended up with them but she enjoyed the company. They ended up in Michigan, thanks to her knowledge of teleportation, with the mountains at their command.

"You are a natural," She had called out to Natasha who was a few feet under her. She had made them agree to be the leader and had secured their harnesses to hers. Steve was holding his own as well. It was only twenty feet, for a normal person it would have been too much for their first time, but then again it she was being followed by two famous superheroes. The top of the cliff was flat, and it wore an unclipped lawn. When the party had finally pulled themselves to the top she had handed the each a bottle of water and was digging through her backpack for the sandwiches and trail mix.

"How did you get into rock climbing?" Steve asked wiping the sweat off his brow. They all had a light layer of sweat on their body.

"A Frisbee," She smiled at him. After giving them their sandwiches she had explained the story. When she was done she has laid back into the grass, a breeze was dusting over each their bodies.

After two minutes of silence she broke it, "I like this because I can forget."

"Forget what?" Steve had just finished capping his water bottle.

"That I'm not human, that my life is now determined by everyone else," She laid her hands above her head, "That I'm either going to be an agent or a superhero. I don't think I want that."

Steve had thought about this as well. She had been only been living with them for three days and yet they had accepted her as a team member. Then on the second day he had stopped, what if she didn't want to be part of the team. "What do you want to do?" Natasha had asked before Steve could get to it.

"It's stupid."

"Come on, you can't start that shit then just stop" Natasha had grabbed her bag in search of another granola bar.

"I want to be a fashion designer," She had said it without looking at them.

At that moment it hit Steve. She had been told what she was going to do when they learned about her. There was no other option in her eyes because she wasn't given one. Looking at her he wanted her to challenge what she was told. He wanted her to be a teenager and do what she wanted. He wanted her to be able to have a say in her future. That's why he fought so hard.

"Then that's what you'll do." Natasha had looked at Steve confused. Natasha had been in the same situation that she had been in. Life determined for you. She remembered when she was given a second chance though.

"Have fun telling that to Fury," She started to pack her back, pulling the zippers shut.

"I won't, you will. It's your life, do what you want with it." After that it was quite, they didn't climb back down she just teleported them back.

It wasn't until after she had showered and was lying in her new bed did she think about what he said. After tossing and turning she decided she would follow Steve's advice. After that she fell asleep and felt hopeful.

Author's Note:

This chapter I feel like I have finally fallen back it my writing style. I am planning on rewriting the first chapter and reloading it. If I do that it will be when I upload chapter three. I have three other stories I periodically work on none have been uploaded. I will more than likely update once a week. It will either be the beginning or the end never the middle. If you have question please leave them in the review section.