A/N:  Thank you so much for reviewing! ^-^   I'm sorry it's been awhile since I updated.  I was meaning to sooner.  Hope everyone had a Happy Holidays. 

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Star walked outside.  Forge had confirmed her fears.  So much was going on.  So much was still to happen.  Sometimes our gifts are a curse, other times a blessing.  But we're only teenagers; mere mortals who can die just as everyone else.  We didn't choose to have powers or what those powers might be.  We were just born with them.  Some say its just evolution; the X-gene and all.  But could there be a purpose?  At lest for a few of us?  I'm probably just reading too much into this.  I would have chose powers.  Hey, what kid wouldn't?  But now… so much suffering… so much pain...

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It took awhile but Ranhe managed to convince Roberto that she would be okay.  He was obviously tired and she told him to go get some sleep.  He told her she should do the same, but she knew she wasn't going to be able to.  Ororo had gone to change and was now wondering where she could find Forge.  If Star wasn't going to be openly honest with her than maybe she could get it out of him.  No luck finding him though.  He was probably downstairs or maybe had even left by now.  She decided to leave it be for tonight and check on Rahne.

"Hey, feeling any better?"

"About the same.  You?"

"Just dandy,"

"Not sleeping tonight?"

"You have to ask?"

"Star must have dozed off or something.  She never came back like she said she was."

"That doesn't sound like her," Storm said taking a seat.  "I couldn't find Forge anywhere.  Maybe they're locked away somewhere overworking those brains of theirs."

"Or maybe not?" Rahne said gaze fixed out the window.  Ororo looked to see what the girl was talking about and when she saw she immediately got up.

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Star had learned many things in the past two years since she got her powers.  This really wasn't one of them.  It was just something that she, on some leave, knew she could do.  If someone were to have seen the whole thing it would have reminded them much of some tribal ritual from a culture that had been fading away.  For all she knew it could have been.  Maybe even something one of her ancestors had done very long ago.  All she knew was that it came naturally.  The movement under the star lit sky.  Basically just dancing till a connection is made.  The connection with nature, from the Earth below to the sky above and just about everything in-between.  Soon a stream of star-like lights shined through her to the ground and the sky.  This is what Rahne and Ororo had seen.

"What is she doing?"

"I have no idea," Ororo answered opening the window.

"Should we—?"  Before Rahne could finish her question they heard a scream and watched as the light disappeared and she collapsed to the ground.

"What's going on?  What happened?" Sam asked as he appeared in the doorway.  His room was right next door and the scream heard through Rahne's open window had waked him.  Ororo flew out and Rahne grabbed Sam by the arm and rushed downstairs to use the door.  The boy, still partially asleep, wasn't given an answer.  Rahne just dragged him along as she hurried to get to where Ororo was.

"Who's 'Ro kneeling over?  Oh my God is that—?!"  Sam Cannonballed them over.

Ororo looked up at them, a tear trailing down her face.  "She's – she's not breathing,"

"She has to be!  She can't be—," Sam dropped to his knees.  "She just can't be,"

Rahne lowered her head and looked away.  She couldn't believe this had happened.  Star was one of her best friends.  One of the strongest persons she knew.  If what ever was happening caused Star to die, how long would it be before she or Ororo were next?  This was all becoming too much.

"I'm sorry Sam," Ororo said drying her eyes.  "I don't know what happened,"

He didn't look up.  His girlfriend's body lay lifeless before him.

"We should probably wake the others," Rahne suggested.

Ororo stood up.  "Sam?"

"I'll – I wanna stay with her."

The two girls nodded and slowly turned to go.  They heard Sam tell Star that he loved her, and their eyes swelled up with more tears.  They had lost a friend and that was hard, but Sam cared about her so much.  They couldn't imagine what he was feeling right now.

"Hey…um, wait!"  The girls turned around.  Sam had scooted back from the body and small lights similar to the ones they had seen earlier were floating above it.

"What's happening?" 

The lights seemed to enter right into her chest.  Soon her eyes opened and she gasped for breath.

"Aaahhh!" 

"What the hell?!" 

"This is creeping me out,"

"That makes two of us," Star said in a weak voice.

"You're alive!" Rahne kneeled down and hugged her despite the creepy factor.

"I wasn't exactly dead,"

"But you weren't breathing!"  Ororo said still in shock.

"I thought I lost you," Sam took over the hugging.

"Oh Sammy, I love you," she hugged him back even though she wasn't sure she had the energy to.  They kissed.

"You know this isn't fair," Ororo said playfully crossing her arms.  "Rahne passes out and gets Roberto, you come back from the dead and have Sam, I fall from the sky and who do I end up with?  No one, that's who,"

"Girl, you could have just about anybody you want."  Star commented as she attempted to get up.  Sam was going to carry her but she gave him that 'Don't even think about it; I can do it myself,' look.  So he just helped her up and kept her from falling back down.

"What were you doing?" Rahne asked as the four of them made their way back inside.

Star didn't answer.  She didn't know how.

"You were like dead and now you're try to act like nothing happened,"

"I was trying to prevent something," she said in a low voice, looking down.

"Prevent what?" Sam asked curious.  The other two girls exchanged glances.

"I wanna take a shower," Star said changing the subject.  "But I'm not sure I should do that alone.  Do you mind joining me?"  Sam decided to drop the other subject for now.

*It's going to happen soon.  In fact, it's already started.  I'll explain more in the morning.  Tonight, what's left of it anyways, you need your rest.*

With a message like that the two didn't know how Star expected them to get their rest. 

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It was practically morning already and Ororo had too many thoughts drifting through her mind.  Too many times had she had the visions of disaster.  She did not wish to wake with another nightmare as she had done the nights before.  Seeing one of her best friends dead was enough of a nightmare.  Tomorrow something will happen.  I just know it.  I can feel it in the air.  I'm sure Rahne can too.  Star's seen it.  I could tell by the look in her eyes.  The look she tries to hide.  Can we fight this thing and win?  Or better yet, if we do, will we be able to walk away?

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A/N:  This chapter is a bit focused around Star, but there's a purpose for that.  I hope to have the next chapter soon and I've been trying to working on making them longer.  Thank you for reading it and please, please review!  Please!