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The shocked look on Jubilees face would have made me laugh but now wasn't the time to laugh
"Ummm…I'm sorry I don't quite follow you" Evelyn looked worried
"Kat, me and Mel…well we are no longer going to be part of the team"
"Why not? Are you deserting us and joining the X-men?"
"No we would never betray you like that…but some information has come to light concerning our origins and these two's real parents and we have to go on indefinite leave"
"I don't understand" Jubilee stammered
"Look Jubes please don't make me explain it now, let's just go to bed and sleep on this and I'll explain the in's and out's of this in the morning"
Jubilee looked defiant "For god sake Ash don't you dare molly coddle us we are your team mates or at least we were, we're a family don't you dare treat us like we don't matter…" her voice was raising "…we are losing 3 of the most important people in our lives who we have stuck by through thick and thin, I think you owe us some kid of explanation!"
I looked at Kat who was beginning to cry silently and then at Mel who too was near to tears who nodded consent for me to tell them everything.
I sighed "Your right we owe you this. I don't know if you remember the other day when I was summoned to Xavier, well my mother was there, and she and the Professor told me that…I still can't believe it myself…we aren't from around here…"
"What Ash means to say is that we come from a cluster of planet's in a different galaxy" Mel came to my aid I smiled thanks at her
"You see the thing is we aren't really mutants at all, we're just umm…" I groped for the right words "…aliens."
This caused Kat to break down completely and sob.
I sighed before continuing "There's a legend in my home planet Linslee but I really will have to tell you about that later because I really haven't read up on it, my mums given us each a copy of the lore of our homelands, all I know is that we were brought to the earth to protect both the others who inhibit our planets and ourselves" I massaged my now throbbing forehead.
Kat ran from the room, Evelyn got up to follow her
"Leave her she'll come around to the idea" I said holding her back, I knew Kat better then anyone, she was my best friend, hell she was my sister (only not in blood), she had spent every holiday that we'd ever had away from the mansion in England with me and my mum. I knew that despite appearances Kat really was versatile, she would adapt. Kat was also stronger than she seemed, probably then she even knew, she was born a survivor she been through worse then this but hell, that isn't for this story! Really Kat would probably amaze you, although she lives under the pretence of being childlike and venerable, she was in fact incredibly deep and sensitive.
I looked over at Mel trying to gauge how she was taking the news, she seemed to be taking it better than I thought she would, okay tears were still running in salty streams down her face but there had been no denials or tantrums (she too would probably surprise you, she was not always as composed as she seemed!).
"I think…" She sniffed wiping away the tears off of her high (and highly annoying to those who didn't look that good) cheek bones "…I'm going to see Kurt, don't wait up!"
"As if we would!" I said cheekily in a bid to get the old atmosphere back into our little wing, stuck like Frankenstein's monster onto Xavier's mansion.
"I'm going to bed" I said getting up slowly "it's been a long day! I'll see you in the morning and try to answer any questions that you might have"
I walked up the stairs and silently fumed to myself about Wolverines absence. He always did this, I wouldn't be surprise if he hadn't known what was coming and left before any kind of support was needed of him! Hell, Mel really looked up to that guy, she adored him like she did her adoptive father and even Kat although she gave the impression of being terrified by him in fact had a degree of respect for him and was always trying to get his applause and acknowledgement. I felt immediately bad for having these thoughts; after all he had really helped me out in the past when I had needed him.
I walked into my room and picked up the shabby, musty smelling leather bound book which my mother had given me as a way to read up on all the stuff she had no time to tell me.
I sat on my bed and threw the heavy book down, it fell open at what seemed to be the most frequently used page. It read:
The twilight planet, Linslee was plunged into an all consuming blackness and so the three with desire, innocence and courage rode forth to Teasel to banish them who had brought their Galaxy into the dark. Using the power of the sky's the evil was sealed into the darkness only to emerge on the day that Aceldama is once again made to live up to its namesake. By using the great power within them desire, innocence and courage banished the source of the evil, only desire and innocence returned, and upon them a curse was placed that their talents would only be bestowed upon their female offspring (females being the weaker sex).Courage's mighty blade was found at Aceldama, and taken to a safe place where it would wait until it's owner returned only courage never showed. So with the land returned to light, desire and innocence disappeared only to return to the cherished land on the day evil once again breaks lose. It has been prophesised by Horrell that on the day evil's leader returns to the dark that courage will return and once again return to save the galaxy and its occupants. Innocence known also as hope has been made a protector of the planet Kelspa. Desire, known under the alias's of Knowledge and Aegis a pivotal figure within Cadmus mythology and is said to have come to the aid of the troubled planet in times of need but it is for desires role in the banishment of evil that desire will evermore be thought of as a saviour. Courage often associated with honour and friendship, adopted into the people of Linslee's heart as a god is said to fill the heart of many a warrior riding into battle or everyday folk in times of need. In Linsarian folklore Courage is said to have been a product of the sky but has now entered within the abodes of people throughout the land.
It is only when such events and power are forgotten passed down through the generations changing from truth, to legend, to myth that guards will be let down and prophesies will be fulfilled and seals broken.
I looked at the page, it was very strange, and I didn't know what to make of it. I furrowed my brow, as I thought about ringing my mum to get her to explain, but she was coming tomorrow to explain all this….stuff to us tomorrow I would just have to wait.
The next morning
I sat and looked at my mum sceptically "So your telling me that this land has once again been taken over by evil and you expect us to go live there!" I was astonished my mum could say something so well…stupid, she must have developed a mental illness since the last time I had seen her.
"Yes! That is exactly what I'm saying, come on Ash haven't you worked it out yet?" She looked at me in that infuriating way only my mum knew how to.
I sat and thought replaying the page of the book I had read last night "desire, innocence and courage" it had said the saviour's were, desire had been known under the alias of Aegis. The cogs slowly turned in my head and Aegis meant shield of Zeus or Athena but it meant something else is well, something that was hiding in the darkened corner of useless stuff that I knew but I couldn't quite coax it out. Suddenly it hit me, nearly knocking me off of my chair. Aegis meant impregnable defence.
"It's Mel isn't it?"
My mum smiled letting me know that I was suddenly twigging
"What's me?" Mel asked dark circles under her eyes
"One of the saviours of that galaxy was known as desire, Aegis and Knowledge. Your greatest attribute is that you're brainy right? And your power is that you can show people their greatest desires and you can wrap people in an unbreakable force field! Your one of the saviours!" I said excitedly.
"Don't be stupid!" Mel scoffed
"Melody what Ashley says is the truth, you, all three of you have the same powers as the saviours which is why you was transported to earth in the first place!" Mum really was going mad "Kat, your innocence and Ash your Courage!"
Kat clapped "Yay! I'm innocence!"
"I'm not sure I'm buying this" I protested
"I knew it" Mel said quietly almost inaudibly
"Knew what?" I asked snapping my head round to her
"I knew I wasn't from this planet, I don't know how, I just did, but I had always put it down to being a mutant but now I know I believe your mum" She spoke softly but fluently
"So do I!" Kat put in
I thought about it and realised that I too believed what my mother was telling me. "So what will we have to do?"
My mum smiled appreciatively "Well a portal will appear and you will have to follow this map, until your path branches into 3, then you will have to split up. Prophesy says that Aegis will take the mountainous region, Innocence will reclaim the frozen pureness of the tundra and courage will head through the fiery desert and the lush forest. You will then meet up at the end of your chosen paths and where there will be a portal for you to return to earth if you feel that you are not up to the final battle at the castle of Teasel"
"And if we come back to earth?" I asked tentatively
"Well the galaxy will be plunged in to an overwhelming all consuming blackness, the treks that lead you each to teasel will help raise your awareness of what you will have to do as there will be many foes you shall have to conquer."
"So when do we have to leave?" Mel asked quietly.
"You need to go there and go there as soon as you can, if you're still having doubt Ashley speak to Professor Xavier he can back all this up with my memories but you need to do so quickly. The portal for your departure will open in 2 days and you must say you're goodbyes because I don't know when you will ever see your friends again" My mum got up and threw the remnants of her mug into the sink
'Or if we'll ever see them again!' I added silently
That night something played on my mind, obstructing sleep.
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