Pay close attention to this chapter, please! This contains two, maybe three keys to the story.

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Saria stared at the clock, five more minutes of math and she would be able to go to lunch. She ran her fingers through her hair, clicked her nails against her desk, she had even erased all the pencil marks that people who had sat at her desk before her had made, but the time seemed to pass slower then ever. She sighed, and let her eyes drift to the window and vaguely listened to the teacher give a speech on the importance of math in your life and future. After what seemed like hours, the bell rang and Saria almost leaped from her seat in her hurry to get to the lunch room. She tried to get through the sea of people in the hall, but found that it was easier said then done. At last at her locker, Saria spun the lock on her locker and stuffed her books in. She grabbed her lunch, and turned around to find that most of the people had cleared the hall. She looked around for the lunch room, and saw white and blond hair out of the corner of her eye. Walking closer, she saw Ranae and Peitro chatting. Angry that Ranae was once again talking to that troublemaker, Saria stomped over and began fussing at her,

"Ranae, what are ya do'n? This guy almost had you in jail last night!" Ranae grinned, and Saria thought she was going to burst out in laughter,

"You worry too much Sari, And it shows!" Confused, Saria shook her head,

"What do'ya mean, it shows?"

"Your hair is already turning gray!" Ranae said, giggling like a two year old. Saria reached up to touch her hair, then grabbed Ranae by the arm and dragged her to the nearest girls bathroom. Once in the bathroom, Saria looked horrified into the mirror. Her hair had patches of white mixed in with it's usual brown in a matter of hours. The only thing that crossed her mind was that Ranae had done something, fuming she yelled at Ranae,

"What the hell did ya do to mah ha'r?" Ranae was too busy fighting back laughter to reply so she only shook her head while the rest of her body heaved from the held back giggles. This only made Saria angrier, the air around the girls shimmered and Saria found it hard to breath, as did Ranae. Saria calmed herself down, hoping that it would help her breath. As quickly as it had come, the suffocation left. Saria dismissed it as hyperventilation, and continued her fit. Taking Ranae's purse from her, Saria searched for a hair brush then tried to brush her brown hair over the white. To her dismay, covering the hair up didn't help. She turned to Ranae,

"Ah'll get back at ya fer this, but right now you're gonna help me do so'em to make this look normal, or else Ah'll tell grandma about your adventure last night." Ranae silently agreed by nodding her head, she snickered quietly while she helped Saria to braid the white hair and make it look as though it was suppose to be dyed white.

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Kitty laughed at the joke Kurt had just told, but her eyes were on the door to the lunch room. Two girls had just walked in, one of them with blond hair, the other was the girl she had met in the hall that morning,

"Wasn't her hair brown this morning?"

"Vhat?" Kurt asked her, the whole group staring at Kitty and wondering what she was talking about. Realizing that she had spoken aloud and not just thought her comment, Kitty explained the comment to the group,

"One of the new girls, Saria. This morning her hair was brown, now it like, has white stripes in it." All the X-men turned in their seats to look at the girl kitty was pointing at.

"Now she even looks like Rogue." Kurt laughed as Rogue angrily growled at him,

"Cut it out Kurt" Scott nodded and turned back around in his seat,

"It was wasn't it?" Evan laughed,

"If she can do her hair that fast, why does it take you so long to fix your hair?" Kitty ignored his comment, and Jean looked at him crossly for a second.

"Kitty, you took her to her class this morning, why don't you ask her to eat lunch with us? You remember what the professor said about the students." The table grew silent, and Kitty stood up,

"Ok." Kitty ran over to Saria and tapped her on the shoulder. Saria turned around surprised,

"Oh, hey Kitty." Kitty smiled,

"Hi. My friends and I were wondering if you'd like to eat lunch with us at our table." Ranae turned around and looked at Saria and Kitty,

"Go with her Saria, your cramping my style." Saria glared at Ranae,

"If ya could stay out of trouble and act like the older sister you are then Ah wouldn't have to keep you out of trouble Ranae. Ok Kitty, Ah'd love to eat lunch with you and your friends." Kitty mentally laughed as Ranae stuck her tongue out at Saria and Saria returned the favor. Grinning, the two girls walked over to the lunch table were the X-men sat. Saria pulled a chair up from an empty chair since there wasn't enough seats, then sat down and smiled nervously. Taking the hint that Saria didn't know what to say, Kitty introduced her,

"This is Saria, she's one of the new kids. So where did you live before Bayville?" Saria lost her nervousness and spoke up,

"Well, Ah live in the south, ah'm visitin' because there was some really odd thangs happenin' with tha sky and people were havin' breathin' problems. Mah parents thought that it was because of air pollution and sent mah sister and ah up here where the air is clean." Kurt almost giggled, and Evan kicked him from under the table. Saria noticed this, but tried to ignore it. the table was silent for a moment, but Rogue broke the silence,

"Ah like your hair, when did you dye it?" Saria looked a little uneasy, but spoke anyways,

"Ah didn't dye it. Mah sister or someone must of done something to it. This morning it was mah normal brown, but now it has these white streaks in it." The others at the table looked at each other thoughtfully, and Saria had the odd feeling that they were thinking about her. She shivered slightly from the thought, and the air tried to stick in her throat. She shook the thought of them thinking about her, after all, why would they? The air became normal, and no one else seemed to notice the disturbance. Fortunately for Saria, the bell rang and she was able to sneak out of the cafeteria without any one questioning her. Rushing down the hall, Saria turned a corner sharply. She stopped just in time to avoid plowing into Peitro. She glared at him disapprovingly, and her returned the glare. Peitro was the first to speak,

"Watch were your going, you almost ran into me."

"Why don't you watch were your going? Your the one who almost bumped into me!" Saria argued. Peitro looked even angrier,

"You almost bumped into me!" Saria shook her head,

"Nuh uh. You almost bumped into me!"

"No you!"

"No you"

"No you!"

"You!"

"You!" Snickering beside the two interrupted their arguments. Peitro turned to look at the rest of the brother hood watching his fight with the girl. Saria huffed and started to walk off, a quick

"No You!" Escaped her mouth. Peitro heard her and yelled,

"No you!" Saria turned around and the fight began all over again,

"No you!"

"You!"

"You"

"You!" Lance finally stepped into the argument,

"What are you fighting about?" Peitro turned to him,

"She almost bumped into me!" Sari stepped forwards defiantly,

"No way, he almost bumped into me!"

"No you almost bumped into me!" Peitro argued. Sari shot back at him,

"No you!" Saria could feel the air protesting against her lungs, but she wouldn't let it get the better of her.

"No you!" Peitro said quickly. Lance stepped in again,

"You two are arguing like little kids over a stupid thing like who almost bumped into who?" Both Saria and Peitro nodded. Lance threw up his hands and walked away giving up on making the two grow up. Todd laughed,

"Peitro is acting like a baby. Hold on a minute and I'll get you a bottle." Peitro glared at him and was about to lunge at him when the bell rang once more to let all students know they should be in their classes. The group forgot about the fight, and everyone rushed to their next class hoping they wouldn't get in trouble.

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Magneto flipped through a secret photo album looking at the pictures before him. A beautiful woman with chestnut hair and copper eyes stared back at him from the pictures. The lady's smile and loving gaze burned into Magneto's heart like so few things did. For a brief moment, a wave of sadness washed over him. Magneto pushed the sadness back and returned to his heartless self. Still flipping through the photo's he came across the last letter the woman had written to him. The letter told a sad story, the ending of one persons life, and the beginning of anthers.

"To The One I Truly Love, I wish I could write your name, but if I was to be caught we would both regret it. I have runaway to the country. I'm sorry but I can't run like this anymore. As soon as our daughter is born, I'll end my own suffering. Please don't be angry with me, but it's too hard to carry secret identities. I'm putting our baby up for adoption so that she will be raised by a normal family, as a normal child should, without any knowledge of us." Magneto stopped reading, his blood was boiling with anger. He skipped to the next page of the album were a newspaper clipping had been pasting. He slammed the book closed after reading the headline, "Female Mutant Killed By Mutant Haters, The Mutant's Baby Sill Missing" Magneto returned the photo album to it's shelf and once again began the search for his missing child.

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I hope that this was easier to read then the past chapters, I made it into an HTML document so that the lines seperate the chapters ans the text isn't bunched up anymore. Please reveiw! *get's on her knees and beggs* Please, Please, Please! I like reveiws, they're very, very nice!Who knows, if I get a lot a of reveiws I might work even more on this story and get chapters out twice as fast. ~_^