Hey guys, bad news I'm afraid. I'm going on holiday for two weeks on Thursday so I won't be updating any of my fics until I get back. Any way, on with the story

I do not own the X-men

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Chrissa opened her eyes, she'd slept for only three hours but that was enough for her. It was still the middle of the night but Chrissa did not know that normal people needed 8 or 9 hours sleep.

She felt very, very strange for some reason. Her whole body was tingling but Chrissa had no idea why. She sat up on the floor and decided to go downstairs. Chrissa only managed to get half way up when she was struck by aches all over her body. Chrissa had never exercised before in her life so she had not realised what would happen if she didn't stretch off. Most people wouldn't need to stretch off after some walking or running but Chrissa had spent her life in a small room. Her muscles hadn't even started to develop.

Chrissa was now on the floor in quite a lot of pain, strange whimpering and mewling noises escaped her throat. She cured up into a bundle on the floor and began to cry.

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Xavier was reading the files that Magneto had sent him. He was becoming more and more worried with every page. It would be close to impossible giving this girl a normal life. Charles was surprised the girl hadn't been permanently traumatised during all of theses terrible procedures. According to the dates she'd only been around 7 or 6. What was curious though was that it seemed as though for a few years Chrissa simply disappeared. Between the ages of 8 and 12 there were no records of Chrissa at all, it was almost as if she hadn't existed.

"Chrissa" Xavier sighed and decided to pay her a visit, he doubted that she'd mind him waking her up and he needed to ask her some questions.

He was half way up in the lift when he realised that something was going on in the bedrooms. Xavier had been focusing so hard of Chrissa's records that he hadn't noticed. Once upstairs he moved towards Chrissa's room where he saw a bizarre sight.

Jean and Kitty were already there comforting the shaking Chrissa who was lying on the floor. Rogue was leaving as Xavier entered

"She keeps on asking for Kurt" She explained and walked across the corridor.

"Chrissa" Xavier sighed and looked at the girl, he could now see why Kitty and Jean were looking shaky. Chrissa's whole body was blue and her eyes were glowing slightly in the dark. A half grown tail had caused her pyjama bottoms to split. Chrissa could no longer stop her transformation.

A scream suddenly came from Kurt's room and Xavier knew that this change would be reflected with Kurt.

The first scream was closely followed by another, male, version.

"OH MY GOD!!" Kurt's voice howled

Chrissa's head snapped up listening to Kurt voice such terror and tried to get up again. Perhaps it was because of her fear for her only friend but this time Chrissa stayed upright and managed a strange stumble towards Kurt's room.

Xavier came in after her and saw that Kurt was almost completely human formed now. His tail appeared to have gone and the only part of him that remained elf like were his ears and most of his hair. His fangs had retracted into normal canines and he now had four fingers, one of which appeared to be splitting in two.

"Kurt?" Chrissa asked shakily "Why are you changed?"

Kurt looked at Chrissa and to Xavier's surprised his face showed envy "I could ask you the same thing"

"But I liked you better before" Chrissa said "Can you change back?"

"Can you?" Kurt replied with a level voice

"No" Chrissa shook her head and then began to cry "I stole you!"

"Chrissa" Kurt said sympathetically "This isn't your fault, the men man with white hair did this to us"

Chrissa knelt down on his bed and threw her arms around him, Kurt shuffled up and returned the hug.

"What's going on?" Rogue asked quietly

Xavier sighed "I'll explain it all to you in the morning, I need to question Chrissa now, if you don't mind of course Chrissa"

Chrissa clung onto Kurt tighter than ever, afraid to let him go.

"Can Kurt come?" she asked

Xavier looked at the panic on Kurt's face and decided to let the others leave before Kurt was forced to get up. They were all sent reluctantly to bed and Kurt sighed deeply. Chrissa looked confusedly to him and Kurt attempted to raise himself.

Evan as he tried Xavier began calling for Scott to wake up mentally. Kurt was used to leaning forwards as he walked but without the weight behind him to even it out he kept falling forwards. Plus Kurt didn't understand that he now had to put his HEEL down first to walk. This added to the problem.

Scott arrived Just as Kurt fell over onto Chrissa. She wasn't prepare for the weight and fell to the floor under him.

Hiding his shock and surprise Scott Hauled Kurt upwards and put a secure arm under his friends shoulder.

"Scott, will you help Kurt downstairs with us?" Xavier asked "You're questions will be answered when we get there"

Scott tried to look at Kurt but the younger boy turned away in shame. He'd been the best acrobat in Germany, doing moves that most humans would dream of. Yet now he had to be aided to simply get downstairs. He was a shadow of his former self. If he didn't have his balance or his teleporting then he wasn't even Nightcrawler anymore.

Once they were in Xavier's study Scott helped Kurt into a seat. Chrissa watched this tearfully and stood up next to him.

"You can sit down Chrissa" Xavier said

"Can I stand?" she asked

"Very well" Charles inclined his head and Scott sat down instead, afraid that he would faint seeing his friend like this.

"Chrissa, what exactly do you remember about your captivity" Xavier asked

Chrissa stared at him for a few minutes

"That place I saved you from, what do you remember about it?" Kurt translated.

Chrissa thought for a moment and sat down on the arm rest of Kurt's chair.

"Do you remember any people doing things to you?" Xavier prompted

"There were the people who injected stuff into be every seven days" Chrissa said slowly "And when I was smaller there were voices that taught me things, before that I-I remember being outside and there was a woman, she was...shouting, screaming?" Chrissa looked confused "And green, lots of green"

"Green?" Scott asked before Kurt shushed him

"Anything before that?" Charles asked

Chrissa shook her head sadly.

"Wait, this happened when you were smaller, how much smaller?" Kurt asked

"This much" Chrissa made a measurement about 4 inches between her fingers

"You were either a very tall kid or.....you only remember about 4 or 3 years of your life!" Scott gasped

Chrissa still seemed to be deep in thought

"I could read your mind Chrissa and uncover some of your suppressed memories but I always believe that there is a reason why the brain wants to forget what's happened to it" Charles smiled

"Why would I want to remember?" Chrissa asked

"So that you'll know who you are" Kurt said as if it was obvious

"But, I know who I am. I know that I was just created by that man, there's nothing left in that place that could make me happy. I want to stay here so that I will feel safe with you" Chrissa said

"That's very adult of you Chrissa" Xavier smiled

"Will you become my friends too? Then I will never be alone again" Chrissa blushed slightly

"I'm sure everyone in this house will become your friend Chrissa" Xavier smiled, she was such a caring child, even after all the fear and confusion she'd gone through. But still she didn't understand love or Family. 'At least I can help her with the latter' Xavier thought 'And stop Eric from ever having ties to her'

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"You're doing what?!" Logan cried

"I'm adopting her" Xavier repeated. The students had left an hour ago.

"Chuck, we still don't know anything about her! For all we know she's part of a plot to kill us all in our sleep! Magneto could be controlling her!" Logan yelled

"She is not on Magneto's side Logan, Chrissa's terrified of his very mention. For her to understand the way we live, she needs a family and I want her to become part of mine. I told you this before"

"I thought ya meant metaphorically speakin' Charles!" Logan shook his head "We're gonna have problems with this kid, I can tell"

"Many people would have said the same about you Logan" Charles said simply "A grown man with no memory, wielding unbelievable powers, confused and alone? Don't you see?? Chrissa's exactly the same except she remembers where she was. I intend to help this girl understand the world around her and as you would say 'Screw anyone who tries to stop me'" Xavier smiled

Logan raised his eyebrows and grinned "Say that again and I'll think about it"

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Chrissa was sitting curled up with Kurt on the downstairs sofa. Scott had gone back to bed but as an unspoken agreement they had stayed downstairs, if not to talk then to comfort each other

"I am sorry" Chrissa whispered into Kurt's new skin.

Kurt was rubbing his new knuckles across Chrissa's back but smiled at her "It's not your fault" he said simply

"It would have been better if we had never met, that man ruined you" Chrissa said sadly

"You liked me better blue?" Kurt couldn't help how happy that made him feel. If anyone else had said it he'd assume they were lying but Chrissa never said anything she didn't mean

"Yes, you were my rescuer and you saved me. But now it doesn't feel like you and because I have turned into you I feel like a thief"

"You're no thief" he sighed and rested his chin on Chrissa forehead, which was leaning against his chest

"Kurt?"

"Yes?"

"I can hear something" Chrissa said

"What can you hear?" Kurt looked down at her

"ba-boom, ba-boom, ba-boom" she whispered in time with his heart beat.

"That's my heart making that noise" Kurt said to her

"Heart?" Kurt rolled his eyes at her confused tone, Magneto left a LOT out of her education

"It's inside you" Kurt explained "And it pumps the blood around your body which keeps you alive"

"Do I have one?" Chrissa asked twisting and sitting up in front of him.

"Everyone's got one, listen" Kurt took her hand and pressed it against her chest.

Chrissa looked up at him

"Ba-boom, ba-boom, ba-boom" she confirmed "And this keeps me alive"

"Yes" Kurt smiled, he felt so close to her right now. Even without his powers she wanted his friendship and that meant a lot to him "So long as your heart keeps beating, you are still alive"

Chrissa thought about this then settled back onto his chest. Kurt watched her tail grow another half an inch before he fell asleep with his cheek pressed against her hair.

Chrissa stayed awake longer, comforted by the constant beat within her friend's chest. The beat that would keep him alive to protect her for another day. Eventually her eyes closed and Chrissa fell asleep.

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"Aw, isn't that scary?" Rogue commented as she walked downstairs to get breakfast

"Very" Kitty agreed "Chrissa's tail has fully grown" she noted as the blue appendage flicked over the sofa and back again.

"Man, blue boy without the blue, just doesn't seem right" Rogue sighed

"Kurt must be pleased" Kitty thought out loud

"I dunno, Kurt loves his powers and as much as he denies it he loves himself the way he is. Literally" The girls exchanged a look and giggled.

Chrissa woke up and smiled at them, raising herself out of Kurt arms. To everyone's surprise Kurt whimpered in his sleep.

"Here" Kitty said simply and threw a cushion at Chrissa. She understood and replaced her body with it. Kurt snuggled into the substitute without any more complaints

"I'm hungry" she said simply "Where would I get food from?"

"The fridge" Rogue rolled her eyes

"Fridge?"

"Today is going to be a long, long day"

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I'll update either tomorrow the day after or the 30th