'mkay, here's chapter four. I hope it answers some questions, and other questions will be answerd in the next chapter. Also, the plot thickens as Magneto is brought into the story.

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"Hey Saria! Get in here now, I have something to show you!" Ranae shouted from the down stairs den. Saria put down her book, crawled off from the pillow pile, and opened the door,

"What'd ya want Ranae?"

"Just get down here and look!" Ranae yelled back. Saria angrily started down the hall. On her way down the stairs she looked into the mirror that was mounted on the wall. Her hair was now more white then brown, ans she was even more sure that her sister had put lemon juice in her shampoo bottle. Thinking of this, Saria stomped into the den and found her sister sprawled out on the floor looking at old photo albums.

"What do you want?" Saria asked Ranae, scowling at the mess on the floor around Ranae.

"Look at this," Ranae pointed to a page in the one photo album, "It's our baby pictures, or at least my baby pictures. Your pictures don't start until your at least six months old." Saria looked puzzled, and walked over to examine the pictures. Every picture that Saria was in, Ranae was in as well. Both girls in the picture looked at least six months, if not a year old. Saria felt as thoug something was wrong, then shook off the feeling,

"'t's nothing. Mom and dad probably couldn't afford to buy any pictures of me when ah was little. Either that or ah moved to much and they couldn't keep me still long enough."

"What ever you say, but that's just weird." Ranae said flipping the pages of the photo album. Saria stood up to leave the room, and had made it as far as the doorway when Ranae's laughter caught her attention. Turning around, Saria walked over and looked at the album. A lady with brown hair and dark brown eyes stared at her from the picture. The lady's eyes danced with happiness as she was in the middle of a twirl, holding a baby in her arms. A bony hand rested on Saria's shoulder and she jumped. From behind her, her grandmother pointed to the picture with the hand that had just been on Saria's shoulder,

"That's you and Amara." Saria turned around and faced her grandma,

"Who's Amara?" Saria's grandmother shook her head,

"Your mother loved you so much. That picture was taken just a few hours before the accident"

"My mother? Grandma, you didn't take your medication today did ya?" Saria asked, shaking her head and walking off. It wasn't possible was it? Her mother was at home, or was she? Shaking her head Saria pushed her thoughts aside and opened her bedroom door. Walking over to the window, Saria gazed at the street below. Two figures sneaking away from the house got her attention, and she watched them intensively. The two shadows ran under a street light, and she could tell that one was Ranae, and the other was Peitro.

"Ah'm get'n tired of keep'n you outta trouble Ranae." Saria said grabbing her shoes, and leaving the house to follow Ranae and Peitro.

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"Are you sure we're at the right place?" Jean asked Scott as the group waited behind a large trash can behind a fancy restaurant.

"I'm positive. This is were the professor said to go." Scott replied peeking out from a corner of the trash can.

"I hope they hurry up, it's like, way to cold out here." Kitty said shivering.

"Yea." Alex agreed following Scott's example and looking out from behind the trash can as well. Soon, the X-men heard whispers as the brotherhood gathered in the ally.

"What are we doing here?" A female voice asked confused, "I thought we were going to the park." The cocky voice of Peitro replied,

"We're just taking a side trip, that's all." Rogue shivered feeling the air around her grow heavy with fear.

"Peitro I don't want to take a side" the girl was cut off by magneto's presence. The girl jumped and a small whimper escaped her. Magneto's voice boomed with anger,

"This isn't the girl I am looking for! You have failed at both finding the mutant and the girl I asked you to find!" Evan watched as the girl stepped back and then fell to the ground. He could hear scared sobs and whimpers coming from the girl as she tried to crab walk away from Magneto, never taking her eyes off him. Suddenly the air rushed from everyone's lungs, causing them to fall to the ground gasping for air. As quickly as this had happened, the air became normal once more. A shadow walked into the ally from the street. The figure walked proudly, as if it were trying to convince the others that it was invincible. The figure grew closer, and the others could see that it was a girl with snow white hair. The girl with the white hair looked angrily at Magneto and walked up to him, staring him right in the face. She stood there bravely and then began to speak,

"Leave her alone. If she isn't who your looking for then let her go." Magneto looked surprised at the girl thinking that she was either very brave or very stupid to confront him like that. The girl looked strait into Magneto's eyes, and he gasped in surprise, the girl looked just like Amara. The girl turned to the brotherhood,

"By the way, Ah think we have an argument to settle Peitro." Toad groaned remembering Saria's fight with Peitro earlier that day at school,

"Aw get over it will you Saria?" The girl stuck out her tongue in a childish manner,

"No, ah ain't going to drop it until ah win." Magneto put a hand on Saria's shoulder,

"Mystique, you heard her. Let the girl go. We have found the one we were looking for." Mystique began to protest, but followed orders. Saria pulled away from Magneto's grip,

"What do you mean you found the one you are looking for?" Magneto stepped closer,

"Did your family ever tell you what you really are? Did they tell you about your real mother, Amara? Saria, my daughter. Come with me, I can help you with this strange power that is surging through your body. Let me show you the powers that you have inherited." Saria stepped back a few steps,

"Ah dun know who you are, but you dun know anything about me so you'd better leave me alone creep!" Saria said dashing off away from the ally, unaware of the X-men that were watching her leave from the shadows.

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The next morning Saria woke from a nightmare filled sleep and walked drowsily into the kitchen. Her sister and Grandmother were siting at the table chatting when she walked in. Looking around for breakfast she looked at the two through sleepy eyes,

"Ja'eat yet?" Ranae shook her head no and looked at her grandmother as if she was waiting for something. Saria's grandmother spoke up in a sad voice,

"Ranae told me that you had some questions about your parents. Ranae's mother and father didn't want me to tell you this, but they are not your biological parents. Your mother's name was Amara, I never met your father. Your mother died a week after you were born, she was killed by a gang. She was different from other people. A mutant she was, and killed by mutant haters. Your foster parents had lost a child at the same time you lost your mother and had agreed to take you under their daughter's identity. Of course they stayed in touch with me in case you had powers and the manifested. I'm not really Ranae's grandmother, but I am yours. I hope that isn't too much of a shock for you dear, and please use proper English around me. Your mother would be ashamed of that nasty accent." Saria's grandmother never hesitated in the deliverance of this news, and it was almost to much for Saria to handle. Thoughts swam through Saria's head, all those years she had been lied to. Who could she trust if she couldn't trust her own family? Shivering she felt the air grow heavy once again. Knowing that with her grandmothers age, another incident with the air could be the old woman's demise, Saria ran out of the house. She had no where to go, but she didn't care. Tears flowed from the corner of her eyes as she ran across the street, making cars swerve to avoid hitting her. She ran without stopping until she found herself at the school, staring at Lance, Todd, Fred, and Peitro grouped together under the flag pole. She tried her best to dry her eyes and slowly walked up to the group. Todd was the first to notice her walking up to them, and the first to say anything,

"What's wrong with you? Have a fight with a dresser and lose or something?" Saria glared at him through her tear filled eyes and noticed way to late that she was still in her unmatched sweat cloths that she usually slept in and was wearing two socks each of a different color. Saria wiped her eyes once more before speaking,

"That guy from last night. The one that claimed he knows me, could you please take me to see him. I..." She found herself at a lost of words as she broke into another set of sobs. The air around them vibrated and grew slowly heavier. The brotherhood found themselves gasping for what little air they could breath. Lance was the only one that was able to draw enough air to speak,

"Ok, just stop with the air already. We can't breath." Saria nodded and tried her best to calm down so that the air would do the same.

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Saria looked around the room she had been brought to. All around her metal shined silver, reflecting the light in the room and her own image in places. She caught a glimpse of her white hair in the metal and shivered from anger at Ranae and the cold that the metal seemed to create. The woman that Magneto had called Mystique was the one that had brought her there and then left telling Saria that Magneto would be in the room soon. Saria heard a swishing sound and spun around to see Magneto walking in the door. Magneto stood there for a minute before speaking to her,

"I knew you would come to me for answers. I know how you feel. Shocked that you have been lied to all your life, afraid because the air around you seems to feel the way you do, and sad because you never knew your true parents." Saria nodded as Magneto continued,

"I can help you Saria. I can give you your answers and get rid of your pain. Will you let me help you?" Again Saria nodded, and Magneto continued,

"Good. Come with me, I will show you your future." Magneto walked arrogantly towards the door, and Saria ran to follow him. Magneto brought her to a room that was much like the first, but larger with an odd door on the other side. Turning around to face Saria, Magneto dulled his helmet off to reveal his white hair. He could hear Saria gasp and saw her fingers fly to her hair before she caught herself and put her hands at her sides. Magneto mentally smiled, but his face remained expressionless,

"You will test your powers in the next room. Then your future will be decided." A confused look clouded Saria's face, but she nodded in agreement. Magneto opened the door to the other room and motioned for Saria to enter. Saria cautiously entered the room as the door closed behind her. Still unsure of her power, she looked around worriedly to see what would happen next. A sound behind her like a stick whipping through the air spun her around to find a metal beam flying through the air aimed at her head!

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