I apologise for the lack of story guys. I've been redoing 'Happily Ever After' with some new bits as I hit a snare in the old storyline. So i'm fixing up the plot a bit.

As for 'A Ghostly New Friend', i'm so terribly sorry. I've had a bit of a rough time going on right now. I've been totally dedicated to getting my Math grades up from a D to at least a C to pass. Not to mention all that shitty shit shit peer pressure of school. PLUS final exams, and i need to get these stories up. But i promise, i have not died on you all! Just.. In a coma for a while. :)

Kuwakaskei- -purrs- It isn't the end. Do not fret. Your reveiw pleases me. :3

Blueshock- Well... guess the 'update sooner' ain't happening. XD I need to thank you though, for supporting me on my site. it's much appreciated.

Elwyndra- CONTINUING...

Ed's Tomato- Carrie scared me... o.o very much so.

TO THA FIC. I OWN NAUGHT A THING.


Toad was watching the news. There was literally nothing to do. At the moment Magneto had no plans, and at this point, he was downright bored. So he sat himself on the couch and turned on the news. A few things flew by. Something about an old actor dying, some little kitten helping solve a crime yadda yadda.

He felt his brain melt over to Alison again. He knew why she'd been there. At the cinema. That boy... He hadn't liked that kid in the first place. No self-respecting man would wear such tight girl pants that went halfway down their ass. He smirked at the thought of ripping those pants right off in front of a huge crowd, and maybe Alison laughing off to the side.

Boy the news was dull today. Nothing important.

But it was about to get a little interesting. At least for him. He flicked over to channel 7 and saw a strange sight. A school was on fire, burning white hot and roaring. The fire-fighters couldn't even get it under control. He would have found the situation amusing, if he didn't notice the charred sign in the front. Intermidiate South. FUCK! he though, sitting up. That was where Alison went to school. The young female reporter was suddenly on screen, a smaller screen showing the inferno. "Sources tell us the fire was started just around noon, the cause of the blaze is unknown, school officials have reported four children missing, and possibly dead." She went on, but Toad was struck. There was a very slim chance that one of those four kids was Alison. "MANY of the children claim they saw a child go up in flames. We have no way of knowing if this means the child was a mutant, and caused this catastrophy, or that the child is dead, several students reported a fight breaking out between those four students mentioned missing, police have been interrogating the children as to try and learn who they might have been. Now to Matt McGreevey live at the site."

"Thankyou Jennifer, this is truly a tradgedy." He turned towards a girl standing near him, her clothes were burnt and she looked scared to death. "Can you tell me what happened?" She looked right into the camera, and Toad recognised her. "Caitlin?" That was Alison's friend right? "They attacked her. She freaked out! Then everything just blew up! I don't know what happened after that..." "Who was attacked?" She stared at him. Gulped then said it. "Alison."

Toad stared. "Whot th'... No' possible... No way.."

Toad hurried to the hanger.


Alison raced through the woods, the screams and the roars of fire still roared freshin her mind, but she couldn't remember why she had done what she did. Or why she had, had the items that had caused it.

But... Now she knew. She realised. She had been so angry. So misled and so confused. She had attempted to kill them. All of them. She had brought a water pistol to school. But instead of water it had been filled with gasoline. She had brought a lighter, and she had vowed to kill them all for what they did.

But she hadn't had the guts. She had tried. But she couldn't. She had sprayed the gasoline just before everyone went into the courtyard for recess, but... She hadn't had the guts to go through with lighting the blaze. It hadn't been her. It had been Josh.

She had been holding the lighter in one hand, a defeated look cemented onto her face as the others taunted her. And then Josh had grabbed the lighter. He had tossed it behind him, and accidentally hit the small button. It had lit the whole courtyard ablaze. She had seen Dylon go up in flames, as he had been standing on a patch of ground where gas had been spilt. It had been then when everyone panicked. Alison had ran. She had somehow, she didn't know how, she had simply gotten out so fast... She didn't know. But now she collapsed in what she could only recognise as Double Trouble State Park. She had run a while. Double Trouble was a mile from her school. Which she knew was now burning to the ground.

She huddled next to a tree, her bare arms covered in goose-bumps, and tears falling down her face. All the anger she'd known for the past month was gone. Replaced now by fear and confusion. She screamed loudly, her voice echoing through the trees. Time passed. The fire surrounded her brain. The screams. Dylons flame coated body. She sobbed uncontrollably.

And then she looked up.

"Hey." "Who ar... Are you?"

"I'm Scott. I'm here to help you." He held out a hand, and gestured behind him to the four people behind him. Two men, one in a wheel-chair, and two woman.

"We are the X-Men."


Toad stared through the trees, a grim sort of acceptance settling over his features. He watched as Xavier explained everything to Alison. Then the reality of what was REALLY going on hit him.

Alison WAS a mutant. She hadn't known. But she did now. And now she was almost smiling.

He guessed it was better for her to grow up with kids her own age, and own kind, then in the hard life the Brotherhood led. He stared with a bit of anger in his gut when she took Cyclops's hand and was led to the X-Jet. She paused and then looked towards the bushes where he sat. Then sighed, and followed.

He paused, then hopped off.


Alison stared at the ground of the jet. "How did you know I was a mutant?" She asked. The man in the wheel chair, Xavier, tapped his temple. "Psychic?" "Yes." "What can I do?" "Do you remember, how you escaped the burning school so fast?" she shook her head. "You can go intangible. I'm only guessing, but we can assume there are other things as well."

Alison stared at her hands. "How did I do it?" "Just concentrate." he smiled lightly.

She stared at her hands, thinking they were not solid. Could it be? Possibly? Maybe...

She fell. Through the jet and into the sky, she screamed, and could only think about being in the safety of the jet. And then... FWOOOM! Air rushed past her head as she sped, instead of down, but back up. She flew through the floor of the jet, then hit the top and fell back to the jet floor with a loud crash. "OW!" She gasped for air. "What... How did I?..." Xavier leaned down near her. "Ghost."

"Ghost?" she stared at the others. Wolverine's claws, Storm's power over weather, Cyclops's optic blasts. They all had nicknames. Was she...

"Ghost." she smiled.


-runs away-

DON'T KILL ME.

PLEASE.

I love you all.

-Blitzy