A/N: Alright, people, I've said it before, and I'll say it again: this is AU!  NO YELLING AT ME!

Anyways, people just can't get the pairings through their heads so here they are:

Jesse/Faith

Xander/Remy/Angel

Buffy (a.k.a Autumn)/?

Future Willow/Rogue (Thank you, Catlimere)

Bobby/?

Lorne/?

Jean/Logan

Scott/?

Cordy (Seer)/?

Spike/?

Alright, so there's the pairings for now, some may change, or they might not. I haven't made up my mind yet. Also, please remember that Buffy used to be Beth Summers, then she was Buffy Summers and then she was Autumn Winters. If you have suggestions on pairings, please either email me or leave them in your review.  Also, tell me if there is anyone you want to particularly see in the story.  And Cordy MIGHT show up.  Who knows, I haven't decided.

The X-Men watched the small gang of street mutants curl into themselves, bodies pressed together as though they never wanted to loose contact. Jean was, amazingly enough, the first to break the silence. "I know I should care more about the revelations of today, but there's just something about Autumn that really disturbs me.  It's just this nagging feeling that I've seen her face before, some how."

Scott nodded. "I know exactly what you mean, Jean.  I've seen her before, too.  If I didn't know better…" His voice trailed off as he realized what he'd almost said. Cyclops had never told his team about the little sister he hadn't seen in over thirteen years, the little sister that, he supposed, was dead. Autumn reminded him so strongly of Beth with her little quirk of smirking instead of smiling. And then there was the last name she'd given them…

"If you didn't know better than what, Scott?" Bobby asked.  Somewhere along the line Bobby had joined the conference.  Why still wasn't certain, but for some reason it seemed important that he stay. For his part, Bobby couldn't help but draw his own comparisons between the petite blonde mutant that answered to Autumn, and an auburn-haired girl he hadn't seen in eleven years. If either Iceman or Cyclops could have seen into each other's thoughts at that exact moment, like Autumn was currently doing, they would have passed out from shock.

"It's nothing, Drake."

For the truth of the matter was that Autumn had always had strong reasons for not going near Xavier's and not all of it was the issues she had with the X-Men's idealism. Two of her reasons were talking right in front of her face, not realizing that she was still awake. And neither had ever made the connection between the two families they'd grown up with.

Scott Summers had been the oldest son, the first child, of Alicia and Michael Summers.  He could still recall the expression on his youngest sibling's face as she was dragged away.  He could still hear the echo of that long ago scream.  And he'd never forget the disgust in Alicia's voice when she realized that she didn't only have one freakish offspring.  She had two.

Bobby Drake had been Hank and Joyce Summers' second foster child.  He'd also been the only one the state had allowed them to keep. He, too, still had nightmares about the terror evident in a little auburn-haired girl's face.  She'd come to his family with the birth name of Elisabeth, his mom had often told him.  He'd only been three when his parents died and he was separated from his brother.  The little girl called Beth had been six when he arrived. Back then, he couldn't pronounce the name Beth and it ended up sounding a lot like Buffy. No one was certain how, but the strange nickname had stuck.

Then Hank and Joyce tried to adopt Buffy and the state started to stonewall them.  Finally the adoption hearing arrived and they'd entered that courthouse so certain that Buffy would soon be their daughter legally and not just by how they felt. They'd walked out knowing they'd never see her again.

Her birth parents had stood on that stand and told the whole world that they hated their daughter…but that they didn't want her raised by people who were so liberal. Liberal, Bobby couldn't help but mentally snort. Just because they were like everyone else in the damn country and believed that mutants were people too.

The judge had ruled that the barely seven year-old Elisabeth Summers would be entering the foster system. Like Bobby had said, he'd never seen her again.

All this ran through Autumn's mind, and it took all the willpower that she possessed to keep from crying. She had just assumed that they hadn't cared, just like her birth parents and nothing could have been farther from the truth. When she was feeling like it, she wanted to have a heart to heart with both of her brothers.  Until then, she'd settle for scaring a year off their lives.

"You know," she said popping up, "it isn't polite to talk about a person behind their backs."

"Ahhhh!" the three screamed together. They really hadn't realized that she was stirring and this had taken them by surprise.

"Hush," she cautioned. "My team doesn't get a lot of sleep without having to deal with newbies, or some crisis that has to be averted.  And it doesn't help that since Nature's been gone, Remy, Xander, and Angel haven't slept that well. Come on, I need to discuss things with the three of you and the guy with the claws away from this lot."

The shell-shocked X-Men just nodded and followed. The quartet never even noticed the red-head that sighed as they left. Dios, they aren't even connecting.  I know that this is your Will and all, but she's missed them for so long. Let their reunion be a happy one when she finally tells them. Just…please let it. Amen.  The prayer was in Spanish, the language that most of the Scoobies had learned first although Angel and Nature, the two rich Jewish kids from Montana, had only learned Spanish after entering foster care.

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As it seemed to be his habit lately, Scott ushered the other four into the small, private library.  "Well, Autumn, what did you want to discuss?"

She flinched at the frosty tone before she could remind herself that this wasn't her big brother.  No more than the man Alex had grown up to be was probably the Alex she recalled. "I know that ya'll are wondering why we haven't left yet.  To be honest, we would have. But one of the girls in the Gang, Seer, she gets visions.  We think that it's her mutant ability but since it's not like anything we've ever seen, we aren't positive.  But back to the topic, she saw members of the Gang, mainly the original Scoobies, helping ya'll out. If we're to help you out, that means reaching peace."

Jean nodded since her reasoning was sound logic. "It might help if we understand what your powers are."

"I guard my powers very carefully," Autumn said with a frown. "Very few know all of my powers and even if they think they do, they tend not to. I am a strong telepath as you saw yesterday.  I can also shoot laser beams out of my eyes and hands although I rarely use that power."

By then, everyone's jaws were on the floor. "Willow and Angel derive their powers from the earth. You know most of Willow's powers already, and I suppose all I can add is to watch out for both Willow and Angel's vines. Also, Angel's powers are different only because he can also heal people using his power. Xander shape shifts but unlike Mystique, can use their powers while in the form. Gambit charges things with pure energy, which causes them to explode. Faith is also codenamed Slayer. She has extraordinary strength, agility, and speed. She also has extremely fast healing and hyper senses.  Lorne teleports and Jesse controls lighting and radar. As a rule, he tends to scramble the two together, hence the nickname Weather Radar."

A/N: Well, what do you think? Please review or send me an email at arwen_ot_ls@yahoo.com. I'll try to update again soon. Also if anyone's been waiting for more on Family's Family, No Matter Which Way You Spin It, sorry about the wait.  I'm just really busy and this is the fic I'm concentrating on. And I'm extremely sorry if this chapter sucks. It's two in the morning.  I've typing for three hours straight.