Why is She Here?!

"...And here is the dining room, we probably spend most of our time here, well, besides the Danger Room..." Jean trailed on and off as she showed Crystal around the institute. So far, Crystal had been polite and nice throughout the whole tour. I don't see what Scott's so paranoid about. She's probably the politest person I've met, well, next to the Professor, of course. Jean thought while she glanced at Crystal, who was currently looking around the dining room, a look of awe on her face.

Jean had heard what Scott said through her telepathy. His thoughts made her frown deeply. He had to realize that non-mutant supporters said the very same thing about them, right? Why is he being such a hypocrite? She thought, her anger flaring a bit. However, she was brought out of her bad mood when she saw what Crystal was doing.

Currently, the Inhuman girl was amused by a blender that was on the table. She was pressing buttons to see the different reactions, and sometimes jumped when the reaction changed a lot. "Jean, what do you call this machine? I've never seen anything like it." Crystal asked, pulling herself away from the blender. Jean chuckled as Crystal rejoined her. "It's a blender, it's used to mix up foods. We mainly use it to make drinks, though." Crystal nodded, amazed at the simple, yet complex human technology.

At that same moment, Kitty had walked into the room through the wall near Crystal and Jean. Bumping into Crystal after walking in, Kitty's glass of water dropped. It was as if it were falling in slow motion, the water slowly made it's way out of the cup, both falling slowly. All three of the girls gasped. Immediately, Crystal aimed her hands at the water, and Jean did the same with the cup. Both water and cup were floating separately in the air, away from the ground.

"Oh my god, you guys, that like totally freaked me out for a moment. Thanks!" Kitty sighed in relief as Crystal put the water in the cup and Jean gave the cup to Kitty. Kurt, who had popped into the room during the falling of the cup, hung down from the light by his tail, now in his regular form. "That was so cool, Crystal!" He said, making his appearance known.

All three girls turned to Kurt, surprised by his outburst. "Thanks." She smiled at him, despite what she was thinking. And I thought he was the only normal one here. Guess I was wrong.

Sighing, Jean rubbed her temples. "Come on, Crystal, I need to show you our room." And with that the two where out of the dining room, leaving Kurt and Kitty alone.

"Mission: Learn about Crystal's power, success!" They high-fived before walking into the entertainment room.

* * *

When morning came, there was a pair of clothes on Crystal's bed, along with a black backpack. She looked at them surprised. Did Jean put them here when Crystal was showering? Shrugging, Crystal picked up the shirt. It was yellow with sleeves that would probably go past her elbows a bit. Then she looked at the black skirt. It was a bit short, but not one of those trashy human skirts that barely cover the 'vital regions.'

Nodding in approval, she changed into the clothes, eyeing herself in the mirror. This would have to do for now.

Stepping out of her and Jean's room, Crystal found herself in a maze of hallways. Sure, Jean gave her a tour of the institute, but Crystal could only think of a way to get back to her home, or at least tell the other Inhumans that she was safe. Glancing to her left and right, she couldn't remember which way the stairs were. Great, I'm lost. Is this what I get for having Lockjaw transport me everywhere?

Hearing a door open, then close, Crystal looked towards the sound. Out came Rogue, as Crystal struggled to remember her name. Was it Rachael? No, too cliche... Rouge? No, that's human cosmetics...What was it again...? Rogue! That's it. Crystal called after the southern belle before walking over to her. Hearing her name being called, Rogue turned around to find Crystal. "Oh, hey Crystal." Rogue said as the Inhuman girl caught up to her.

"I was wondering if you can lead me downstairs, I'm kinda lost." She shrugged as Rogue smirked a little before nodding. "Don't worry, I was lost my first few days here, too."

And with that, the two girls ventured downstairs to the dining room.

As soon as they walked in, all heads turned to them. Crystal recognized the people from yesterday, but there were others that she didn't know. Spotting a free seat next to Scott, she sat down. He glared at her for a moment before she realized it.

"So Crystal, how did you sleep?" Professor Xavier asked her while she got some eggs and bacon. Swallowing, she smiled at him. "Pretty good." She lied through her teeth. All night, Crystal was tossing and turning, yesterday's incident replaying in her mind over and over. Hopefully, nobody noticed.

Jean took this as her chance to get to know the girl. Last night, they only got to tour the institute, so they really didn't have time to talk. Well, they did, but Jean thought it wasn't the right time. She could hear the thoughts of other students as they also wondered about the new girl, so Jean thought she ought to break out and reach her. Somebody had to do it, so why not Jean? She had to make it look casual, though.

After taking a sip of her milk, Jean looked at Crystal with curious eyes. "Are we the first non-Inhumans you've met?" Crystal, to say the least, was surprised. She quickly shook her head as she swallowed her bacon. "I've met the Fantastic Four and someone else before." Crystal admitted, not sure where this conversation was going. Then a boy of at least fifteen perked up and looked at Crystal, amazed. "You know the Fantastic Four?! That's awesome!"

Crystal laughed nervously, turning to the boy. "Yeah, it's a long story. They were the first humans I met, but that was years ago. I think I was around 13 when I met them." She explained to the boy she learned was Bobby.

Other students were beginning to leave for school, and Jean gestured for Crystal to come with her. "We have to get your schedule."

* * *

It was one of those rare days that the Brotherhood went to school......and actually attended their classes. All of their classes.

Lance came to see Kitty and plan a date with her. Though, he said he came to steal some nerd's lunch money. The others didn't buy it.

Toad came to "check out the ladies, from far away of course." It was known as stalking in the Brotherhood house.

Blob came to school to see if their was anything good for lunch, which, for Blob, there always was.

Lastly, Pietro only came to school to get his frustrations out on a certain X-Men leader. Last night had not been a fun night for Quicksilver.

After hours of tossing and turning, he finally got to sleep, but that sleep was not peaceful. He kept having a dream- no, not a dream! It was a memory. The memory of the only time in his life where he, Pietro Maximoff, was truly happy. Sure, he was happy with Wanda when they were small, before she got sent away, but their father was Magneto, public enemy number one. Some childhood I had.

Currently, our favorite villains, if we could call them that, were hanging out near Lance's locker, just talking about random things. The subject of kicking Scott Summers' ass came up quite a few times, though, but they moved on to a different, more interesting topic. A new student. A new girl student.

"Yo, I saw this new chick in the office earlier. Damn, she's fine." Toad said dreamily, picturing his new stalkee in a nurse's outfit, giving him a sponge-bath. Yes, the only time Toad would take a bath was if there was pretty nurse with a sponge with him.

Lance scoffed at him, disgusted. "If you think she's hot, then she must be ugly." He sneered, taking his science book out of his locker. Toad never had the best taste in women, he had clung to Tabitha, aka Boom-Boom, for the week that she was at the Brotherhood House. Sure, he thought she was pretty, but she was also a kleptomaniac with a thing for explosives. Not fun.

Blob nodded, agreeing with Toad. "I saw her, too. She was pretty." Lance then shot another comment back, thus starting a fight between three of the four Brotherhood boys. Pietro had stayed quiet during the arguement, even if Lance tried to bring him into it. He would simply say something like "I haven't seen her," or "How the hell should I know."

During this argument, Kitty, who's locker was right near Lance's, walked through the boys, causing Toad to squirm and mumble, "That's disgustin', yo!" Kitty rolled her eyes, retorting back with "Look who's talking." Lance stopped arguing with Blob and Toad, and somehow made his way next to Kitty.

"Sorry about that. We were just fighting about the new girl. I think she's ugly, but those two idiots think she's pretty." He explained to Kitty, running his fingers through his bangs. Girls tended to melt when he did that, but Kitty wasn't fazed.

Actually, she had a look of anger on her face. "Lance! Weren't you listening to me last night on the phone!?" Kitty exclaimed, quite mad at the fact that her boyfriend -although they never actually figured out the terms and status of their relationship, she liked to think of him as that, if nothing else,- wasn't listening to her.

Surprised by her sudden anger, Lance took a step back, Toad and Blob cowering behind him. Pietro, on the other hand, perked up a bit. Was Little Miss Sunshine finally going to dump Lance?

"I told you last night that we had a new girl at the Institute! And I also said that she was very pretty! God, like, why don't you ever listen to me!?" She yelled, her anger finally boiling. It wasn't that Lance hadn't listened to these details, she didn't want him leaving her for the new girl, but the fact that Lance just 'uh huh'd' and 'mhm'd' in all the right places during their conversations started to make her mad.

Lance, on the other hand, was trying to explain to Kitty, saying that the guys where bugging him during their phone call. Kitty sighed, there was no point on continuing this fight. "She's really nice, but Scott hates her for some reason. He, like, said she was a spy or something." She shrugged as she and Lance walked to class, the other members of the Brotherhood following them. "Now we really gotta kick his ass!" Blob said as he and Toad high fived.

Kitty turned around, staring wide eyed at the boys. "What?" Pietro sighed, finally stepping in. "We planned on beating up Summers today at lunch." He explained while shrugging, as if it were no big deal. To the Brotherhood, it wasn't, but when Kitty blabbed about plans like these, the X-Men thought it was war or something.

For the first time, Kitty was okay with it. "He totally deserves it. You should have heard the things he said about Crystal. Scott was a total hypocrite." She told them as she and Lance walked into their science class and Blob and Toad went off to English.

Crystal? She couldn't be my Crystal. She's in Attilan with her family, and she hates the city. Just a coincidence. Yes, a total coincidence. Pietro's thoughts raced as he walked into the gym for PE.

* * *

Finally lunch time had come, and Pietro was finally gonna take his anger out on Scott. He had come from home economics, a class he didn't want to take, but found it easy. Today, the girls were gossiping about a new student, and Pietro finally wanted to check it out. He had two classes left for today, seeing as he had an open period last, and so far, no new chick in his classes.

As he was sprinting to his locker, a blur of strawberry blond, yellow, and black caught his eyes. Skidding to a stop, Pietro slid down the hall and ended up crashing into an opening door, grabbing the attention of the girl, and the people who opened the door, who just laughed at him and continued on their way.

Crystal looked down at Pietro, who was groaning at getting up, oblivious to her. "Are you okay? You seemed to crash pretty hard there, Pietro." She said, worry and care dripping from her voice.

Even from upside down, she was as beautiful as ever. It's been over a year since he last saw her, and during that time, Crystal had grew up and matured, but managed to keep her innocence.

"Crystal...it's you. Why are you here?" He asked her when he was up on his feet again. She smiled at him, and offered him her hand. Pietro took it, but hesitated for a moment. The minute he took her hand he forgot about his plans with Scott.

"Come get lunch with me and I'll explain, it's a long story."

* * *

"So your sister went missing, again, and you got left behind, and the X-Geeks found you?" Pietro said once Crystal, who was looking sadly at her feet, finished telling him about yesterday. She nodded before looking up at him. "I also don't have anyway to contact the others."

Pietro looked at her before putting his hand on her shoulder. "Crys, don't be sad." He told her, not sure of what to say. He was never good with this stuff.

She looked up and smiled at him. "Thanks, Pietro!"

Huzzah! Chapter 2 is out! It's twice as long as Chapter 1! Pietro is in chapter 2! And Crystal and Pietro meet...again! :D Also, the majority of the cast are sixteen, Jean and Scott are seventeen, Kitty is fifteen, and the new X-Men from season two are fourteen-sixteen.

For those of you who don't what Crystal looks like, here are some links::

Normal, non-teenager Crystal- .com/albums/ee132/JudgeMagister/Crystal_

And Evolution Crystal- .com/art/Evolution-Crystal-17738069

Please note that I didn't make these pictures. They belong to their respected creators. I would like some reviews, since only one person reviewed while I had like...a lot of favorites and alerts.