Emma Frost
Utterly spent I threw my underwear into my suitcase, it flopped over the side and I wouldn't be able to close the lid. I felt physically ill I just wanted to lie down on the bed that I had made mine for so many months and sleep forever. However, Ororo had returned and, after getting a sketchy account of what had transpired between Rogue and I, had politely informed me that my services would no longer be needed. The worst part about walking away from the mansion would be that nobody would come after me, nobody would bid me a warm goodbye or bid me to stay, nobody would care. Robert had already left, having discovered Marie and Logan's marriage had gone home slightly dismayed but unaffected by his time spent here.
I wish I was as heartless as he was. I would forever carry memories of Xavier's school in my heart, they said that even after you left the school it stayed with you wherever you went. I fear that this is true, but unlike the warm, fluffy memories of the graduated students I would be carrying memories of heartbreak, depression and my enmity of Rogue.
As if conjuring a bad spirit suddenly she is here. A quiet knock on my door and she breezes in, standing before me, taking in my packing with unveiled satisfaction.
"I came to make sure the stories were true" she announces haughtily, it had barely been a week since she had given birth but rumours were she'd been up everyday laughing and celebrating with her friends. The entire school was flocking to her side now, she had triumphed over me and they wished to share in her radiating happiness. She herself even seemed to be glowing, dressed in her black corset and skirt the weight gathered over the last year had vanished in a day, saving for a bit more flesh on her bones that only made her more beautiful. She wore Logan's ring proudly on her finger and was by his side as often as possible, usually nursing their newborn James as well.
"They are" I confirm, "I'm leaving"
"Good" she states flopping down on the settee in the corner by the window it looked like her throne. "Make sure you leave no remnant of your presence here" she orders, "I don't want anything of yours polluting Xavier's memory"
I smirk then, there being one victory I can claim "No and I know why"
Bending down and opening the top draw of Xavier's bedside table I drew out some papers, "I'm guessing you were the one that insisted Xavier's room become a shrine"
She nods coldly, every bit a woman, "Yes?"
"And I'm pretty sure it was because of these" I throw the papers into her lap,
"Your birth certificate, Xavier was your father"
She looks up at me, a tinge of admiration in her eyes,
"Congratulations you're the first person to have discovered that"
"Why didn't you and he ever…"
"Oh he admitted he was my father, to me at least. We became close, good friends even if with all the eyes watching us we couldn't become anything more" Sweeping across the room she rearranges the papers gently back in the draw.
"To have made known the fact that I was Xavier's daughter known would have meant that I would forever be placed in high esteem for no other reason than my blood. I didn't want that, I was already given special treatment, first for my powers and then when I was cured for my friendship with Ororo and Logan" she turns to me then pity in her eyes, "You know Emma it didn't have to be like this between us, I never wanted to rule over Xavier's. I just wanted you to respect Ororo and my father's memories"
I laugh, "You were born to rule Marie, even if you place others in the role you were born to lead. You certainly have the skills for it, manipulation, charisma, allure. My God place you in charge of this country and the heights you could lead it to!"
She shook her head stubbornly, "I don't want that. I just want a life for my family"
"And may God pity whoever comes between you and that dream"
"You should know" the confusion was gone and the triumph back in her voice,
"You're finished Emma, done and soon you'll be gone. Eventually your time at Xavier's will be nothing more than a bad dream"
Fury rises in me, "My former place as headmistress might have been taken from me but I'll rally and become more powerful then before!"
She shakes her head, smiling. "No, you won't. You're finished Emma, you'll never rule anything again"
