Author's Note: I don't own anything except Ellie and the figure who is an OC. Enjoy the long chapter! I enjoyed writing it and I hope you enjoy reading it.

The next morning, Kurt was sitting in the dining room having some breakfast and most of the mutants were gathered. Well, everyone except Ellie. Kurt kept looking at the doorway hoping she would come through it and whenever it opened and wasn't her he felt a bit dismayed. What was keeping her? As he finished his breakfast and got tired of waiting he decided to teleport to where he possibly thought Ellie was at. Pressing his ear to the door to see if she was in there, he heard no sound.

"Looking for Ellie?" came the voice of Rogue.

Kurt paused as he went to look at Rogue. "Do you know where she is?" he casually asked.

"I think Jean went to get her to go work with the Professor. She told me last night that they wanted to start her therapy," Rogue remembered.

"Oh," he paused for a moment.

"Should I tell her you were looking for her?"

"No…that's…okay," he drifted off.

Kurt walked down the hallway and his tail slightly drooped as he left although he was happy that her treatment was beginning. Hopefully soon the Ellie he knew would be back and all would be well. The team had a mission later that afternoon, so there was no chance of him even catching her only for a brief moment.

In Professor X's office a very nervous Ellie sat waiting for the Professor not really sure what was going to happen. She was so unsure of herself in that moment and was trying to figure out how to stay in that moment. A rather curious girl, she began to look around the room to understand who exactly this man who owned this mansion was. Cautiously, she approached a book shelf and ran one finger along the edge. There was no dust to her pleasure and excitement and she found herself looking at all of the titles of the books. All kinds of titles she had never heard of before. Stopping herself, she came upon a curious book she saw. Nervously, she pulled the book from the shelf and opened it to the first page. A little smile crept across her face and she poured over every word on the first page.

At that moment, suddenly, her entire body began to glow slowly. Unsure of what to do, she panicked and dropped the book. What was happening to her? Raising her arms, the glowing faded and she had a weird look on her face. Perhaps it was just from the light. She tried to shake it off and picked the book up from the floor. Not wanting to be discovered, Ellie looked to the shelf in a hurry to place the book back. Right as she was about to put it back in the shelf, the Professor came in and the book fell again. "Doing a bit of reading?" The Professor smiled.

"I- I'm so sorry," she apologized on the verge of tears.

Professor X came up to Ellie and picked the book up off the ground looking at the title. He tilted his head and looked at Ellie for a moment. "No need to be upset," he whispered.

"It's more than that Professor," Ellie sighed.

Thinking about how she was going to phrase her next few sentences, a complicated look crossed her face. She didn't want to sound crazy to the Professor but perhaps if she told him, it might be able to help. "While I was waiting, I was looking around the room. I was looking at the bookshelf and I saw the book," Ellie explained as she rubbed her hands together nervously, "I started to read the first page and suddenly, my entire body was glowing."

The Professor didn't say anything for a few moments as he listened to Ellie speak and automatically Ellie assumed he thought she was crazy. "Sorry, I know that I probably sound craz-"

"Ellie, you are not crazy," the Professor calmly replied as he walked over to his desk taking the book with him, "It's actually quite fascinating."

Ellie wasn't really sure what to say but just followed the professor to his desk and she sat down. "This book, when you were reading it? What kind of things came up for you?" he asked as his hands ran up and down the spine of the book.

Ellie sheepishly smiled as she said, "Well it is a book of fairy tales…so I guess full of hope and wonder."

"I usually keep this for the rare opportunity for when we get younger mutants here at the facility," Professor X continued, "Where did you feel this feeling?"

Ellie pointed to her heart and the Professor nodded as he took down some notes. "I'm not really sure how or why, but I seem to remember feeling that way I did just a few moments ago, many years ago," Ellie mentioned.

The Professor's interest was suddenly peaked and said, "I think we are ready to begin your therapy!"

Ellie froze and her face went to a pale white color. "But professor," Ellie whispered, "Why was I glowing?"

The Professor looked at her smiling and said, "The reason you were glowing was because of your heart. Your memories may be shaky, but your spirit is still there and it's fighting for you. Your spirit is letting you know that you are still in there somewhere. You are just lost in the darkness and we will find a way to get you back in touch with yourself. It's the light within your soul."

A thought suddenly crossed her mind. "Professor, am I like the others here?" Ellie suddenly asked as her eyes were widening.

Unsure of what to say, the Professor stumbled to find his words. "Ellie, I don't want to overwhelm you with information," Professor X looked worried.

Ellie looked slightly disappointed and suddenly she began to feel an ache in her right shoulder blade where the tattoo was. She tried to rub it and the Professor noticed this. "Are you alright Ellie?"

Kurt was distracted out on the mission wondering what was happening with Ellie. He wasn't fully present and kept losing focus. The team was out looking for an evil mutant that had escaped and it was vital that they catch him. Logan became increasingly irritated that Kurt wasn't focused on the mission and decided to call Kurt out on it. "Kurt, we need you to focus," Logan snapped.

Waking himself out of his daze, Kurt pulled out his crucifix and held it tight into his hands. He took a moment and thought of Ellie and how she must be feeling scared. "I'm sorry Logan," he apologized as he put it away.

Logan nodded his head and made a grunt noise as the group continued on their mission. They had been searching high and low for this mutant, but to no avail could they find him! It was frustrating! "Anything?" called out Logan to Jean and Scott.

"Nothing!" they yelled back.

Suddenly up in the hill Kurt spotted something. "Guys, do you see that?" he called.

He teleported up to the hill to see if it was the mutant that they had been looking for and when he came up to the spot the figure was there. However, their back was turned and they were breathing. "Found you," Kurt whispered as he began to walk forward.

A twig had snapped that gave away his presence and the figure turned around. Kurt gasped when he came face to face with the mutant. "You!" he whispered.

The figure's deep laugh shook Kurt to the core and suddenly Kurt felt terror from within and anger. He was face to face with the man who took Ellie away from him, the man pretending to be a detective, the man responsible for her procedure and taking away her powers. "Is this how you repay your kind?" Kurt demanded angrily, "By taking advantage of those weaker than you? By taking advantage of families that don't know what to do?"

The man just smirked at Kurt and didn't answer his questions. Instead, he decided to taunt Kurt instead. "So how is Ellie? I seem to remember the procedure didn't go well and she lost her mind and memories."

"Answer me!" Kurt yelled as he leapt and took a swing at the man.

He caught him right in the jaw and the man stumbled to the ground. Wishing his back up would get there to help him, Kurt turned just for a moment to see where his team was. When he turned again to face the man, he was floating in the air and had spikes coming out of his hands. The man lunged at Kurt and as Kurt tried to block him, the spikes dug into Kurt's right shoulder blade. He screamed out in pain and not wanting to let the man get away he lunged at him again. As he kept failing to get the man, the team finally went into full action mode. It was soon apparent that Kurt couldn't keep fighting, but he didn't want to give up. Justice must be served for Ellie he kept telling himself. Logan had the man cornered but he wasn't giving up. Reaching into his pocket, Kurt found a dagger and looked at the man with fury in his eyes. "This is for Ellie," he screamed as he went after the man.

As the mission had come to an end, Jean had cleaned Kurt's wound on his right shoulder blade. "You should take it easy the next few days," Jean advised as she finished.

Kurt didn't answer at first and felt a bit guilty for what he did. "Kurt, he was an evil man who did evil things," Jean tried to comfort Kurt.

"I just felt so angry when I saw him. He was responsible for so much damage," Kurt sadly began to say.

"He was responsible for what happened to Ellie," Jean added to Kurt's thoughts.

"Yes….that."

Kurt felt his right shoulder blade and it was rather bittersweet. Just like Ellie, he too would have a scar there. As they landed, Kurt needed to find some peace. At that moment, he knew it would be wrong to see Ellie. He couldn't tell her what had happened yet. He would wait. He onto the roof and watched the sky for a while. "I'm so sorry," Kurt felt tears stinging his eyes.

Kurt hung his head and little did he know at the opposite side of the roof was Ellie and she too was in tears but for different reasons. Ellie had a tiny breakthrough today. It wasn't much but it certainly was better than nothing. The Professor had shown Ellie a picture of her mother…the woman who betrayed her. She couldn't remember everything, only that her mother was an angry person and felt ashamed of her daughter. "I'm so sorry," Ellie whispered as tears began to stream.

Ellie didn't want to be outside anymore and got up to go back in however she saw Kurt laying on the roof as well. He looked deep in thought and she didn't want to interrupt him. Little did she know Kurt knew she was there behind him! Ellie for some reason or another always smelt like vanilla. "I know you are there," Kurt said not turning his head.

"How did you know?" Ellie was amazed as she sat down.

"You always smell like vanilla for some reason," Kurt smiled as he turned so she could see that he was upset.

Ellie slightly blushed and turned away from him and in her hands she had a daisy in her hands that she fiddled with. "Daisies?" Kurt smiled.

"Yes, for some reason, it provides me with a lot of comfort," Ellie admitted.

"Did you have a tough day?"

Ellie sighed as she nodded in response as she reflected on the day. "What about you?"

"Yes."

Both nodded and they automatically knew that each was in a place of pain. "Did you want to talk about what happened?" Kurt asked softly as the wind picked up.

The wind blew Ellie's hair in her face and she tried to place it behind her ear. Just when she thought she was successful, she wasn't. "May I?" offered Kurt.

Ellie felt a tinge of nervousness but went with her gut and allowed him to. Kurt looked at Ellie and their eyes met briefly as he touched her black hair. He placed the hair behind her ear and took the flower in her hands and placed it behind her ear. At first, Ellie blushed but not too long afterwards, Ellie began to glow again. Unsure of what to do, Ellie freaked out and lost her balance and began to fall off the roof. Panicking, Kurt leapt and caught her in his arms and her glowing became brighter. "Thank you," she whispered as they landed on the ground clutching onto him.

She looked at the ground and then back at Kurt and the glowing had stopped as soon as he let her go. Feeling embarrassed she didn't know what to do or say. Kurt wasn't sure what to say either. They stood looking at each other for a few moments. "Kurt, the Professor wants to talk to you!" Jean called from the doorway.

For some reason he didn't want to leave Ellie at that moment. He wasn't sure what had just happened, but he knew that it was a good sign. "Will you meet me later?" Kurt asked.

Ellie didn't know what to say. She was so terrified and confused all at once, but something in her heart was telling her to go with it. "Yes, I will," Ellie replied as she looked right at him.