HELLO! I really felt like updating this story. I'm not certain why.

'Happily Ever After' might not be updated for some time. I had this whole plan worked out, but then it backfired. I might have to redo the whole thing. Sorry guys. D:

Anyway...

Ed's Tomato: Yes. Poor poor angsty Morty. :3 She can't control her powers is all.

Gremblin: I AM UPDATING. :D

Blueshock: --wiggles eyebrows-- i think you'll like it.

Icarus-Cray: No. She's not a pyromancer. The fire was caused by a lighter and gasoline. She has ghost powers. :D

The Left Hand Of God: Working...

Angeldustedthatfreak: No. This isn't me incorporating myself into a story. I gave her my name because I have alot of trouble thinking up good names for characters. Alison is very different from me. I'm laid-back, thoughtful, and a very serious thinker who thinks she's funny, and gets way too hyper alot. Whereas Alison is a very troubled person who doesn't fit in socially, and judges herself much too harshly. :D 'Happily Ever After' i'm having alot of issues with right now. I just don't have it in my heart to keep it up right now. This happens to me sometimes. I'll get really down about a story, then stop writing for a long while before coming back badder then ever.

BUT I RAMBLE.

Enjoy the fic folks, i don't own the X-Men, or the Brotherhood.

Alison could only gape in amazement as she walked into the entranceway along with the adults. The sign outside had stated: "Xaviers School For Gifted Youth", and as she stepped into the warmly lit building and saw all the students milling about, she felt a balloon swell inside her chest. Several of them glanced over and waved, and several actually came up and introduced themselves. Storm, Scott, and Wolverine disapeared into the clumps of people in different directions, leaving her with Professor Xavier. He smiled at her, the corners of his eyes and mouth crinkling in a friendly manor.

"Well, shall I give you a tour?" she nodded meekly. "Yes... Please." he began to wheel down a corridor, she followed, several students moving out of the way for them to head down. They stopped at a series of windows, Alison peeked inside to see a man covered in... Blue FUR! He vaguely reminded her of a gorilla, except he wore a tweed jacket, and pair of pin-striped pants. Perched on the bridge of his nose were a pair of half-moon spectacles. He was standing in front of a black board, a group of students sitting at tables in front of him. Her mouth must have fallen open because Xavier was chuckling. She turned to him. "Wha-who?" "That, is a very dear friend of mine. His name is Henry, or Hank, McCoy, also called Beast." Xavier turned his wheel-chair until it faced her. "This is my school, for mutants. Here you will be able to grow up, make friends who are just like you, go to school, and once you've graduated, you may choose to stay and teach here, or go out into society and make a life for yourself." She stared back into the classroom. One of the boys had blue hair, and was talking to a kid with pointed ears, and orange-tinted skin. One girl inside the classroom had horns sprouting from her temples, and she was swirling a ring of fire from her finger absent-mindedly in circles.

"Wow... This is... Amazing." Her face brightened, the balloon in her chest feeling like it was going to pop. "Can, we see the rest of the place?" He smiled that crinkly, friendly smile again. "Of course. Come." And so he showed her the mansion, she saw the danger room, the weight room, each of the dorms,("You aren't allowed into the boys dorms, the same rules apply to girls." he added.) she saw the dining hall, the pool, the hanger, the med lab, the library, and every room in between. And everywhere she went, she saw mutants. Mutants her age, mutants who were younger then her, mutants who were older then her.

The place was full of people just like her.

After some time, she turned to Xavier, and asked him the question that had been plaguing her for some time. "Professor? Who are the Brotherhood?" Toad had told her the Brotherhood was out to stop humans, but that wasn't enough for her. She wanted to know more. He stared at her intently. "Come with me." they went outside, and he began to talk.

"There are... Three parts to the mutant phenomina(SP?), humans don't understand us, so they fear us, and they try and destroy what they fear. We, here at this school at the second factor, we beleive in peaceful coexsistance between both mutants and humans. That is what we strive for. That is what, the X-Men strive for. The Brotherhood is the third and final factor. They are led by a man named Erik Lehnsherr, or Magneto. He beleives Mutants are superior, and that humans are beneath us. So they work to make Mutants the dominant species. They've caused plenty of trouble in the past, including the Liberty Island incedant, where they were attempting to turn the world leaders into Mutants." he paused. "They failed. And most were captured. But, there is no doubt in my mind they will return." she stared into space a moment. "Do you hate them?" he looked at her. "The Brotherhood, I mean." "No. I pity them, for having such a bleak outlook on the world." he pointed out over the grounds, across the basketball court and the pool. "You see out there exactly what I see, correct?" she paused. "You mean, the grounds?" "Yes." "Yeah. I do." "If we see the same things in the world that they see, why can't we all live in peace?" she thought for a moment, and recalled what Toad had said the day she met Mystique.

"I think it's rather important. Not all humans are bad."

You didn't grow up like I did.

She was quiet. "No. I didn't. And I guess it must have been like hell huh? But you can't blame the WHOLE world for what a few did. Not everyone is WITH the Registration law."

She frowned. "Maybe they don't see it the way we do. Maybe they see something sad, and unhappy, and evil." he looked at her, and smiled, but it was a sad one. He looked at his watch. "Oh, look at that. We'd better head to the Danger Room. We need to take a better look at those powers." that crinkly smile was back, and she grinned as they headed back inside.

In the danger room, Alison had been put on Training Beginner Lv 1. She was basically standing in a steel gym. Dummies were placed all around, and Xavier and Scott were watching from a window high above. She wasn't sure what to do. Professor Xavier must have read her mind because his voice spilled over the intercom. "Just use your mutation. I don't care how, we just want to see them." She nodded, and with a momentary pause, she concentrated once more on being a ghost.

She turned to a dummy, and walked right through it. She grinned, and floated up into the air. "I'm getting the hang of this..." she muttered, floating over to another dummy. "What if..." she flew straight into the dummy, and after a moment... The dummy stood, and shakily began to walk. She was controlling the dummy, just as the ghost girl had posessed the man on the street. After a second, the dummy fell to the ground, with Alison sitting on it weakly. She shook her head, and stood again, trying to think of anything else a 'ghost' might be able to do, but thought of nothing. After a second, the dummies all sunk into the floor, and Scott and Xavier called her up to the booth.

"That was very interesting. You can posess inanimate objects?" she shrugged. "I.. I knew 'ghosts' could posess people. I figured i'd give it a try." "Interesting, Scott, take her to the Dining hall, dinner should be starting soon. Alison, i'll contact your parents, get some of your things sent here." she looked up. "My mom and dad are Mutant friendly. Just so you know. My sister isn't." he nodded. "Excellent. I'll see you later then." He wheeled away, and Scott grinned at her. She smiled right back. As he led her towards the dining hall through the masses of students now making their way to dinner, he started up a conversation. "So... Do you think you'll like it here?" she shrugged. "I hope so. It seems so much better then my other school. And all these mutants... It's like a dream come true." she grinned. Scott patted her shoulder. "Hey, trust me, this place is pretty good." she left him when the reached the dining hall, and got in line for dinner. It was pizza. Looked vaguely like Pizza Hut. As she started to walk out of line with her tray she looked out over the hall. "Hey! Over here!" she looked over to a table by a window. "Come sit with us!" Were they talking to her? She pointed at herself. "Me?" "Yeah you! Come on!" she walked over and sat down. "Hi. I'm Ben, this is Jaimee, Kai, and Jessie. What's your name? The boy called Ben had long, curly, brown hair, and bright blue eyes with a tan, angular, face. Jaimee was a girl with long black hair and light green eyes that glittered like emeralds. Her cheeks were puffy, and rather pale, like she was about to blow out birthday candles. Kai was the boy with blue hair from the classroom earlier, and Jessie was the orange skinned girl she had seen him talking to with the pointed ears.

"I'm Alison." Kai smiled. "I saw you earlier today. Your new, right?" "Just got here today. This place is amazing!" Jessie nodded, her ears wiggling slightly. "So, what is it you can do?" she asked. "Erm.. I can go intangible, posess things, and fly." "Cool! Like a ghost then?" Ben asked. "That's my codename, I guess. What can you guys do?"

"I can stretch. Like.. Really far." Ben grinned, and his neck stretched out all the way to the ceiling in example. "They call me 'Ooze'." Jaimee snickered. "Thats only 'cause he has a squishy head. I can control the wind, they call me 'Draft'." Ben whacked her playfully on the arm. Kai shook his head. "Their nuts. I can turn into animals. They call me 'Animal'." he shrugged. Jessie sighed. "He chose it himself. He's so unoriginal. I can change things into other things." She grabbed her glass of water, and changed the liquid into soda. Taking a sip, she added. "My codename is 'Enigma'."

About halfway through dinner, Alison realised she had more friends then she'd ever had in her whole life, and she'd only been here a few hours.

Alison was showed to her Dorm later that night by Jessie and Jaimee, apparently, they were roomates, and she was the latest edition to their bunk. Sitting down on her bed, she found several bags of her belongings, and a letter from her parents stating that they would see her for holidays, and they were proud of her.

Alison went to bed that night feeling warmer, and better then she had in a long time.

But her last thought, before she let herself fall into a dreamless sleep, was of Toad.

Toad was walking back from the kitchen towards his room when he saw Sabretooth heading down the corridor. Wasn't he supposed to be in prison?

"Oy! Sabe, wot're ye' doin' 'ere?" he growled. "Mystique sprung me and Magneto." He inhaled a hissing breath. "They said they wouldn't need me for this mission, and sent me back here. Why are YOU here? Mystique said you were dead." Toad made a non commital grunt. "If I wos DEAD, 'm fairly sure I wouldn' be standin' 'ere." Sabretooth growled as he stalked off, grumbling incoherently.

Toad breifly wondered what the Mission could be for Mystique and Magneto to go off alone. But didn't think much of it. They'd be back eventually.

He lay on his back, deciding a nap would be good, and momentarily wondered how Alison was doing in her new home.

... I DONT LIKE PINK EYE. IT'S EVIL.

I'm rather pleased with this chapter. But i'm sick, and I spent the better half of today writing it. So i'm gonna go rest...

-Blitzy