Disclaimer: I do not own any X-men characters I only claim ownership of Tara

I can't remember if they ever gave the name of the guy who headed the facility that they use but if you do know please message me.

TARA

I woke up when I felt myself moving really fast. I was in some type of moving vehicle. I picked my head up and looked to Charles and Erik.

"Morning sleeping beauty" Erik said to me and I looked to him confused but then I looked out the window.

"How are we moving so fast?" I asked turning back to them.

"Haven't you been in a car before Tara?" Charles asked. I shook my head and turned back not noticing their shocked looks.

"I don't remember the last time I was anywhere but my room and the bathroom." I said watching as we stopped and I got to see how…green everything was. It was so colorful outside. "The outside is really pretty." I said turning back to them. Erik ruffled my hair.

"What is your power Tara?" Erik asked.

"Powers, Erik! Tara is gifted with three powers. One of them being telepathy as I have already experienced." Charles said in…pride. Was he proud of me? No one had ever been proud of me before or at least since I can remember.

"That's…extraordinary. Can you show us one of the powers?" Erik asked to me. He wasn't trying to force me; he was giving me a choice. I nodded and looked around the car.

I saw the hat on Erik's head. I concentrated on it and made it float. Charles clapped and was smiling. Erik was too and chuckling. I put the hat back on his head.

"Marvelous, truly marvelous Tara!" Charles exclaimed. I smiled in happiness. It felt nice not having someone yell at me for using my powers. Charles patted my head but I flinched on instinct. He then just patted my shoulder instead and didn't comment on it which I was grateful for.

"I won't make you do anything you don't want to do Tara." I looked to Charles.

"Promise?" I asked looking at him. He smiled and nodded.

"How did you guys find me? I'm very grateful you did but why now?" I asked.

"We need your help Tara…" Erik said being serious. I nodded and looked to them as they began to explain.

"In the world right now is a bad man Tara. His name is Sebastian Shaw and he wants to do a lot of bad things to some very good people." Charles said and I nodded.

"He and I have some unfinished business." Erik said and I nodded again.

"What is he planning to do?" I asked.

"He wants to start a war between us and the humans." Charles said.

"Aren't we humans too?" I asked in confusion.

"We are mutants Tara. We are the better men then the humans." Erik said.

"I thought I was a girl?" I asked. This made the men laugh. I looked to them as if they were crazy.

"You are a girl, Tara." Charles told me and I nodded.

"So...are we supposed to stop Shaw from hurting everyone?" I asked and they nodded.

"Where do I sign up?" I asked. Charles smiled and patted my shoulder.

"It's very good that you want to help the humans as much as we do." Charles said and I smiled. Then we stopped and Erik started getting out of the car.

"Come on Tara." Charles said and helped me get out of the car. As we did all the men and women turned to us and more directly at me. I grabbed onto Charles and Erik's hands like a child. I am 11 years old. All of a sudden Erik put his jacket over me.

"Here…" he said. I smiled and slipped my arms through the jacket even if it was way too big for me but I grabbed their hands again as we walked inside. I was amazed at how high tech it was.

"Are there any mutants besides us?" I asked t the two men.

"There are 6 other mutants." Charles said and I smiled but I was really nervous. What if they don't like me?

"That is highly unlikely Tara. I'm sure they will love you." Charles said to calm my nerves. I smiled softly and nodded. Then we entered this room and I saw all these teenagers in there. I hid behind the men.

"Why are you so shy all of a sudden?" Charles asked me. He tried to get me to come out but I stayed routed to my spot.

"I don't want them to think I'm a freak…" I said. I felt Charles pet my head but I flinched. I couldn't help it. I wish I didn't flinch.

"They won't think you are a freak. And I don't mind that you flinch. If it's any consolation my sister is like you in so many ways." He said and I saw his sister who was blue! She was like me! Maybe I should come out. I slowly inched from behind Charles and saw the teenagers and they saw me. Some gasped but I was okay with that.

There were two girls and four guys. The first girl had tan skin and black hair. She was looking at me in shock but that was better than I expected. The second girl was really pretty and blonde. I saw her true form in my mind thanks to Charles. This must be his sister! She was intrigued by me. The first boy had brown hair and glasses. He was also intrigued. The second was a black guy and he was cool with me. The third was a blonde boy and he was also one who had gasped and was looking at me wide-eyed as was the last boy who had red hair.

"Everyone I would like you to meet the last member of our team. This is Tara Johnson. Tara this is Alex, Angel, Darwin, Sean, and my sister Raven." Charles explained motioning to each person.

Raven ran over and hugged me. I flinched but hugged her back. I had never been hugged before. She let me go and smiled at me.

"It's so nice to meet you Tara. Welcome to the family" she said with a smile as I held in a gasp. I smiled and nodded though. She said "to the family"…was I part of a family now?

"Raven can you get her a change of clothes?" Charles asked. Raven smiled and nodded.

"Of course! Come on Tara." She said and led me to this room before searching for clothes. She gave me jeans, a long sleeved black sweater and hot pink converse shoes. The sweater was so warm. When I came out of the bathroom I hugged her as tight as I could.

"Thank you so much Raven." I said. She hugged me back.

"You are very welcome Tara." She said and we went back into the room. Only for Alex to take me over to him and he started putting gel in my hair.

"What are you doing?" Raven said looking at him wide-eyed.

"Okay have you even looked at her? She needs good looking hair with this look." He said. I was happy though. He didn't think I was a freak. Raven smiled but rolled her eyes. In a few minutes he was done and my hair was spiky.

"He is making a mini him!" Darwin said in mock horror. We laughed as I hugged Alex. I then ran over and sat by Raven. I was happy…happier than I had been in a long time.