AN: Ok so...thankyou all for the comments!

Ok so- a few of you were saying that Beth was too powerful, so I decided to act on that; all will be explained in this chapter, and Ive altered the first chapter a bit as well, so she isnt as powerful as I was going to make her, but the story line hasnt really changed much in the first chapter =D Thank you all for the reviews! Please tell me if I go wrong anywhere in this chapter.

Also, this chapter is kinda boring maybe because its just me trying to get her powers to be not as powerful =D enjoy and review!

I sat on a chair in front of the vanity desk, putting on some eyeliner. Now that I had seen the blue boy, I figured people wouldn't mind my eyes which had been hidden behind contacts before. I took them out to reveal bright red eyes, staring back at me.

I was pale, my skin practically white, with white hair and a fringe that flopped over my left eye. I was wearing black short shorts, black high tops and a black and white stripy tank top.

I was thirteen when I found out about my powers; I knew my parents hated mutants; I just thought they were friggin' cool. I was now sixteen, and starting this Xavier's school for gifted children. I smiled to myself; it would be so much easier not having to keep one of the most exciting things that have ever happened to me a secret!

I walked out of my room, and skipped down the stairs to where everyone was in the dining room.

Kurt and Jean were there already, eating breakfast. There was also a man I had never seen before; he was incredibly muscled and had side burns; but not in the grandpa way. He had a tough demeanour about him. I grinned and sat next to him, grabbing some bacon and shoving it on my plate.

The man stopped what he was doing and looked at me.

"Who's the new girl?" He asked gruffly, cocking an eyebrow at me.

"The new girl is Beth. And you are?" I asked, before Jean could open her mouth. The man smirked slightly.

"Logan. But you call me Wolverine." He said his voice holding a bit of warning.

"Cool- pass the eggs?"

"Beth, may I speak with you?" Professor X asked me, coming from out of nowhere as I left the dining room. I nodded and followed him down past the 'Danger Room' as it said on the door, and into some kind of sciencey place.

"This is Dr Hank McCoy- Hank, this is Bethany." Prof. X said, gesturing between myself and the blue man infront of me. I waved absently whilst I continued to look around.

"Hi- the professor said he wanted me to test your powers. See you potential... is that alright?" I shrugged- what harm could it do.

"Ok- first, what do you know you can do?" Hank asked, grabbing a clipboard from a table nearby.

"Umm...I can control and turn into shadows and make this smoky stuff come out of my hands...sometimes I can make smoke into shapes, such as birds, etc. I can also push people in one direction if they're trying to make descisions- works best when they're not very strong with will power." I said, thinking of what I knew.

"Interesting...mind if we test that?"

"Sure." I gave a small demonstration, jumping into a shadow, making shapes with the shadows on the walls, making the smoke pick something up and creating a small bird with the smoke.

"Ok...so would I be able to touch the smoke bird?" Hank asked, reaching forwards. I shook my head as his hand passed straight through it, smoke swirling around his hand.

"Letting other people touch them takes a lot of energy" I said with a shrug. He nodded and wrote something down on the clipboard.

"It's not my strongest power- the shadow thing is probably the strongest." I said, making the shadows come out of the wall and wrap around him, lifting him off the floor, "See?" He nodded and I let him down.

"Well...if the decision thing you told me about is not very strong, there isn't much point in testing you on it. Thank you for co-opeerating Bethany." I smiled and left the room.

"One more thing Bethany- seeing as your powers aren't as much of a threat as I first thought, you may start normal school on Monday, okay?" I sighed.

"Do I have to?" I groaned- I'd always hated school.

Mutant or not- your education is important." I rolled my eyes as I walked away, "You start in two days!"

Great.

The next day, I went with Rogue and Kitty to the Mall. I got all the essentials first- school bag, pencils, pens, notepad etc. Then we moved onto the clothes. I headed straight towards hot topic and got three bags filled with clothes, then Rogue and I raided blue banana and PULP, getting more things from there. Professor X had given me fifty pounds for school stuff and 100 for clothes...and seeing as I had some left over from school stuff, I went all out, grabbing anything that caught my eye.

Kitty had abandoned us after she saw that we were heading towards hot topic stating it 'wasnt her scene'. I took in her ponytail, pink cardigan and capris. Couldnt disagree there.

When we were finished, Rpgue and I headed towards the food court; we were getting on really well- I learned that we were into the same type of music and that we both lacked in the parental department.

"Hey guys!" Kitty said, sitting with a bottle of water at one of the tables.

"Hey." I said, flopping in the seat next to her, Rogue giving her a similar reception.

"So...you got a lot huh? You and Rogue are so alike! So are you, like, looking forward to school?" Kitty asked in a rush, eager to start conversation.

"Is that a trick question? Course I'm not looking forward to school! My last one was bad enough- everybody though I was a freak..." I said, suddenly becoming interested in the table.

"Well...this is a new start- I was scared too, but the rest of us will be there with you." Rogue said reassuringly. I smiled at her and nodded.

"Rogues right- I, like, freaked on my first day, but after that it was all a breeze- still is. No one knows what we are so, like, it's easier to fit in." Kitty stated, and I gave her a smile too.

"Doesnt seem like it'll be too bad then- anything I should look out for?" I asked, hoping they wouldnt say anything. They both looked at eachother and I sighed.

"The Brotherhood." They both said in sync. Huh?

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