(A/N: This story is about the X-Men but is set in a slightly altered
universe. Also, the education system is not based on anything and thus is
rubbish as this writer knows nuts about teaching. Ooops.I made a little
mistake concerning Jubilee's powers, I'll change it later so don't take
offense Jubes fans!)
Disclaimer: I definitely dont own any of the original X-men characters or the universe-all of it belongs to the ppl at Marvel comics. But the OCs are all mine...you hear me? Mine! *gives evil laugh*
Archive: Sure, but juz drop me a note 1st at kira_reen@hotmail.com
The JX-Men
By Kira Reen
Chapter 2-Trials and Tribulations
Jubilee POV
Thank God orientation is going to be over soon. It's grating on my nerves you know, all this let's get to know each other stuff and then sitting around with nothing to do. Actually.....I like doing that but I want to get to meet all my teachers and besides my real problem is that the trials will be held after orientation.
The trials for the X-Men since there are so many of us now. There are no limited places but whoever takes the trials must be at least 16, which leaves only 21 students.
After the trials, they will award us the title of J X-Men (Junior X-Men) or trainee. J X-Men means that we get to start training under the Seniors immediately in pairs and trainee means that we will have regular sessions with the other trainees but will have to be evaluated before they trust us in the Danger Room. They will of course choose a leader.
"Hey Jubes! Watcha thinking about?", I looked up and saw Bobby shouting at me. "Just thinking about the trials tommorrow", I answered truthfully. "Don't worry, you'll get in", he assured me.
"Yeah, yeah. Actually I was more worried about you", I said, flashing him a cocky grin. He just rolled his eyes and pulled me over to where the 'old gang' was seated. "Hey guys, have you heard who our five trainers will be?" I asked, unable to stop myself from blurting out the question.
"Obviously Storm and Wolverine", said Spyke before adding,"the others will be from the new teachers".
"Which of them do you think?", asked Jade who had just arrived.
"Well, obviously Scott, Kitty and Nightcrawler", Bobby had on his you-are- all-stupid expression of his.
"But why?"Rogue chimed into the conversation. "Duh! Scott, Kitty and Kurt have all been X-Men for nearly 6 years and were Professor X's first batch. I know Scott will definitely be a trainer because he used to lead the X-Men", Bobby the smart-aleck said. Bobby had told us all about the former exploits of the X-Men a few days ago. He of course knew because he had been living here then.
"What about Jean then?" Spyke asked
"Jean's an intern and is also helping out at the school, she doesn't have time", replied Jade.
"So the trials are tommorrow right?" I asked. "YEEESSS JuLee", my entire table chorused. "So what activites are you guys going to join?" I asked to cover my embarrassment. "Football", came the enthusiastic reply from Bobby's end. "Basketball", said Ewan. "Gardening", that was definitely from Jade. "What about you Pyro?",prompted Rogue. "Pyro, Pyro, JOHN!" Jade shouted at him. "Huh", came the sleepy murmur from underneath his arms.
"I think Pyro ODed on Jap manga again last night", I said with a chuckle. "So what are YOU going to join nosey?" asked Ewan. I could tell he was wondering which geeky club poor lil' Jubes was gonna have to join because of her height. So I just coolly shrugged and said that Rogue and I were probably gonna join gymnastics. The music played and we all went to our respective rooms to get a good night's sleep.
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The next day
I groaned as the sunlight filtered through th room I shared with Rogue. I panicked and glanced at the clock. There was no need to worry at all- it was only 7.00am. I yawned and tried to get comfortable.
Wait a second its 10.00am not 7! I had to get up. The trials started in 1/2 an hour! I quickly showered and changed before I ran downstairs after making sure that I was clad in my favourite yellow jacket and had my gloves on; towards the basement.
I groaned again as I saw that nearly my entire class was there along with the Sixth Years. 'Arghh...why me. Of all the days to sleep late...' I thought as I made my way to the line where Kitty was giving each of us a blue jumper with a number on it and Jean was recording our names and jumper number.
They then led us to a small room where Professor X was. At that moment, I realized that both Kitty and Jean had been in their uniforms, I wondered if I would get to wear it.
"I will now give you a mission briefing", said PX. "An object has been stolen from the school by a mutant group and you will have to retrieve it. Please make sure you read the information about their abilities before insertion. Our Recon team has larted us to the fact that only 2 of them will be guarding the area at one time. Thus, you will attempt to retrieve the object in pairs. Make sure you follow the X-Men Code at all times. Protect your teammates, always call for backup if needed, never ever endanger the lives of innocents and leave no one behind. Good Luck", the recording finished.
We were led to the Danger Room by Jean. It was shielded by metal sheets. This was the order we went in: Carol and Lexy, Kale and Rick, Pyro and Spyke, Bobby and Dani, the twins, Jade and Chris, Rogue and me, Pharin and Fred, Lazar and Joseph and lastly Lee and Janice. We all drew lots to see who we were up against.
Carol and Lexy went in and came out just 3 mins later, they had faced Storm and Gambit. Kale and Rick came out even faster, they had been beaten by Wolverine and Jean. Pyro and Spkye lasted a little longer but even they were no match for Hank and Kurt. Then it was Bobby and Dani's turn.
Minutes seemed like agony as I kept going over the readouts. Then, the two stumbled out dazed. They had faced Cyclops and Ray. Next the twins faced Shadowcat and Nightcrawler and came out empty handed as well. Jade and Chris came out after facing Storm and Wolverine with Jade looking like death warmed over.
Finally it was my turn. My stomach turned. We were facing Cyclops and Beast. We entered the room cautiously and went in the NW direction as directed. Suddenly, a lance of red light cut through the place where I had just been. I turned around and saw Rogue locked in combat with the Beast. I sent out fireworks to help her but Scott was onto me. I ducked and swerved and kicked-I wasn't going down without a fight. Remembering Rogue, I then looked around for her.
My world was plunged into Darkness and then light, I realized that we were back in the hallway and Rogue and I trudged back to our friends. Pharin and Fred had already gone in and came out after a few seconds with Jean and Kitty. Lazar and Joseph fared no better against Ray and Kitty, nor could Lianne and Janice defeat Gambit and Storm.
We were all disheartened; did this mean that none of us had made it? We would know the results soon. All of the X-Men joined us in our briefing room a while later. All of them were wearing their black uniforms which had the X-symbol on it. Each one was carrying either one or two similar uniforms. One was dark blue and identical to theirs except that JX was stitched on. The other was a light blue and had a white collar with JX sewn on.
"All of you fought well today and reminded us teachers that we have a lot of brushing up to do. Nevertheless, recognition must be given where its due. First, we will call out the names of the 4 trainees. Lazar, Pharin, Janice and Kale please come up and collect your uniforms. The names of the Junior X-Men will be announced during Assembly on Sunday", said Storm. 'What', I thought, 'We have to go up in front of the entire school! Oh well, I may not be one of those who are going up'.
The rest of us made our way back listlessly. I was surprised that it was already 7.30pm! None of us felt like eating dinner so Bobby proposed that we meet for supper at 11 pm. Today was a Saturday and the curfew for us seniors had been extended to 12.30pm, the cafeteria would be empty by 11 as the juniors' curfew was at 10.45pm. Besides, we all were going to be working together and even if we weren't, we would still be together for at least a year.
I felt bone-tired as I plopped down on my bed after a long bath. Rogue had just to bath. I pulled out my new books from the bag under my bed. First was my Advanced Math book. It was not as thick as the one I had seen high schoolers carry. Then, my Foreign Language Spanish or Espanol book-it was pretty thin too. After that came my Social Studies textbook and my Literature book, the Crucible. I had no textbooks for Elementary Science.
"Hey Rogue", I said, hearing her footsteps as she returned from the shower room we shared with 2 other rooms. "Ah see that yah have been looking at yah books. Mah load is pretty light compared to what Ah had to carry in mah first year at high school", she said in that lilting Southern belle voice. Arghh.sometimes that accent of hers really irritated me.
"So what books do you have? I only have 4", I asked to cover my irritation. It wasn't like me to hold back my thoughts-Bobby jokes that my mouth's motto is "Shoot first, Aim later- but Rogue was, after all, the closest thing I had to a confidant. She may seem a little aloof at times and sometimes, just sometimes, I'm jealous of the secure life she had before her mutation showed up, but she's all I have.
She showed me her Ancient Civilizations book, an Elementary Math book, a Biology book, Spanish Language textbook and a Geography book. "Hey we have Spanish together! Do you know who the Spanish teacher is?" I asked.
"Ah have heard that Mr Matthews will be our teacher. Do yah wanna look over some of these brochures? We have tah sign up fer one of 'em tomorrow", she offered me a stack of papers and both of us sprawled on the floor.
By the time we had agreed on our original pick of gymnastics, talked about how great it was to have other mutants our age about and gossiped, it was 10.30. "Ah feel a lil' hungry, how about we go first and wait fer the others?" Rogue asked. "Sure", I agreed.
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Disclaimer: I definitely dont own any of the original X-men characters or the universe-all of it belongs to the ppl at Marvel comics. But the OCs are all mine...you hear me? Mine! *gives evil laugh*
Archive: Sure, but juz drop me a note 1st at kira_reen@hotmail.com
The JX-Men
By Kira Reen
Chapter 2-Trials and Tribulations
Jubilee POV
Thank God orientation is going to be over soon. It's grating on my nerves you know, all this let's get to know each other stuff and then sitting around with nothing to do. Actually.....I like doing that but I want to get to meet all my teachers and besides my real problem is that the trials will be held after orientation.
The trials for the X-Men since there are so many of us now. There are no limited places but whoever takes the trials must be at least 16, which leaves only 21 students.
After the trials, they will award us the title of J X-Men (Junior X-Men) or trainee. J X-Men means that we get to start training under the Seniors immediately in pairs and trainee means that we will have regular sessions with the other trainees but will have to be evaluated before they trust us in the Danger Room. They will of course choose a leader.
"Hey Jubes! Watcha thinking about?", I looked up and saw Bobby shouting at me. "Just thinking about the trials tommorrow", I answered truthfully. "Don't worry, you'll get in", he assured me.
"Yeah, yeah. Actually I was more worried about you", I said, flashing him a cocky grin. He just rolled his eyes and pulled me over to where the 'old gang' was seated. "Hey guys, have you heard who our five trainers will be?" I asked, unable to stop myself from blurting out the question.
"Obviously Storm and Wolverine", said Spyke before adding,"the others will be from the new teachers".
"Which of them do you think?", asked Jade who had just arrived.
"Well, obviously Scott, Kitty and Nightcrawler", Bobby had on his you-are- all-stupid expression of his.
"But why?"Rogue chimed into the conversation. "Duh! Scott, Kitty and Kurt have all been X-Men for nearly 6 years and were Professor X's first batch. I know Scott will definitely be a trainer because he used to lead the X-Men", Bobby the smart-aleck said. Bobby had told us all about the former exploits of the X-Men a few days ago. He of course knew because he had been living here then.
"What about Jean then?" Spyke asked
"Jean's an intern and is also helping out at the school, she doesn't have time", replied Jade.
"So the trials are tommorrow right?" I asked. "YEEESSS JuLee", my entire table chorused. "So what activites are you guys going to join?" I asked to cover my embarrassment. "Football", came the enthusiastic reply from Bobby's end. "Basketball", said Ewan. "Gardening", that was definitely from Jade. "What about you Pyro?",prompted Rogue. "Pyro, Pyro, JOHN!" Jade shouted at him. "Huh", came the sleepy murmur from underneath his arms.
"I think Pyro ODed on Jap manga again last night", I said with a chuckle. "So what are YOU going to join nosey?" asked Ewan. I could tell he was wondering which geeky club poor lil' Jubes was gonna have to join because of her height. So I just coolly shrugged and said that Rogue and I were probably gonna join gymnastics. The music played and we all went to our respective rooms to get a good night's sleep.
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The next day
I groaned as the sunlight filtered through th room I shared with Rogue. I panicked and glanced at the clock. There was no need to worry at all- it was only 7.00am. I yawned and tried to get comfortable.
Wait a second its 10.00am not 7! I had to get up. The trials started in 1/2 an hour! I quickly showered and changed before I ran downstairs after making sure that I was clad in my favourite yellow jacket and had my gloves on; towards the basement.
I groaned again as I saw that nearly my entire class was there along with the Sixth Years. 'Arghh...why me. Of all the days to sleep late...' I thought as I made my way to the line where Kitty was giving each of us a blue jumper with a number on it and Jean was recording our names and jumper number.
They then led us to a small room where Professor X was. At that moment, I realized that both Kitty and Jean had been in their uniforms, I wondered if I would get to wear it.
"I will now give you a mission briefing", said PX. "An object has been stolen from the school by a mutant group and you will have to retrieve it. Please make sure you read the information about their abilities before insertion. Our Recon team has larted us to the fact that only 2 of them will be guarding the area at one time. Thus, you will attempt to retrieve the object in pairs. Make sure you follow the X-Men Code at all times. Protect your teammates, always call for backup if needed, never ever endanger the lives of innocents and leave no one behind. Good Luck", the recording finished.
We were led to the Danger Room by Jean. It was shielded by metal sheets. This was the order we went in: Carol and Lexy, Kale and Rick, Pyro and Spyke, Bobby and Dani, the twins, Jade and Chris, Rogue and me, Pharin and Fred, Lazar and Joseph and lastly Lee and Janice. We all drew lots to see who we were up against.
Carol and Lexy went in and came out just 3 mins later, they had faced Storm and Gambit. Kale and Rick came out even faster, they had been beaten by Wolverine and Jean. Pyro and Spkye lasted a little longer but even they were no match for Hank and Kurt. Then it was Bobby and Dani's turn.
Minutes seemed like agony as I kept going over the readouts. Then, the two stumbled out dazed. They had faced Cyclops and Ray. Next the twins faced Shadowcat and Nightcrawler and came out empty handed as well. Jade and Chris came out after facing Storm and Wolverine with Jade looking like death warmed over.
Finally it was my turn. My stomach turned. We were facing Cyclops and Beast. We entered the room cautiously and went in the NW direction as directed. Suddenly, a lance of red light cut through the place where I had just been. I turned around and saw Rogue locked in combat with the Beast. I sent out fireworks to help her but Scott was onto me. I ducked and swerved and kicked-I wasn't going down without a fight. Remembering Rogue, I then looked around for her.
My world was plunged into Darkness and then light, I realized that we were back in the hallway and Rogue and I trudged back to our friends. Pharin and Fred had already gone in and came out after a few seconds with Jean and Kitty. Lazar and Joseph fared no better against Ray and Kitty, nor could Lianne and Janice defeat Gambit and Storm.
We were all disheartened; did this mean that none of us had made it? We would know the results soon. All of the X-Men joined us in our briefing room a while later. All of them were wearing their black uniforms which had the X-symbol on it. Each one was carrying either one or two similar uniforms. One was dark blue and identical to theirs except that JX was stitched on. The other was a light blue and had a white collar with JX sewn on.
"All of you fought well today and reminded us teachers that we have a lot of brushing up to do. Nevertheless, recognition must be given where its due. First, we will call out the names of the 4 trainees. Lazar, Pharin, Janice and Kale please come up and collect your uniforms. The names of the Junior X-Men will be announced during Assembly on Sunday", said Storm. 'What', I thought, 'We have to go up in front of the entire school! Oh well, I may not be one of those who are going up'.
The rest of us made our way back listlessly. I was surprised that it was already 7.30pm! None of us felt like eating dinner so Bobby proposed that we meet for supper at 11 pm. Today was a Saturday and the curfew for us seniors had been extended to 12.30pm, the cafeteria would be empty by 11 as the juniors' curfew was at 10.45pm. Besides, we all were going to be working together and even if we weren't, we would still be together for at least a year.
I felt bone-tired as I plopped down on my bed after a long bath. Rogue had just to bath. I pulled out my new books from the bag under my bed. First was my Advanced Math book. It was not as thick as the one I had seen high schoolers carry. Then, my Foreign Language Spanish or Espanol book-it was pretty thin too. After that came my Social Studies textbook and my Literature book, the Crucible. I had no textbooks for Elementary Science.
"Hey Rogue", I said, hearing her footsteps as she returned from the shower room we shared with 2 other rooms. "Ah see that yah have been looking at yah books. Mah load is pretty light compared to what Ah had to carry in mah first year at high school", she said in that lilting Southern belle voice. Arghh.sometimes that accent of hers really irritated me.
"So what books do you have? I only have 4", I asked to cover my irritation. It wasn't like me to hold back my thoughts-Bobby jokes that my mouth's motto is "Shoot first, Aim later- but Rogue was, after all, the closest thing I had to a confidant. She may seem a little aloof at times and sometimes, just sometimes, I'm jealous of the secure life she had before her mutation showed up, but she's all I have.
She showed me her Ancient Civilizations book, an Elementary Math book, a Biology book, Spanish Language textbook and a Geography book. "Hey we have Spanish together! Do you know who the Spanish teacher is?" I asked.
"Ah have heard that Mr Matthews will be our teacher. Do yah wanna look over some of these brochures? We have tah sign up fer one of 'em tomorrow", she offered me a stack of papers and both of us sprawled on the floor.
By the time we had agreed on our original pick of gymnastics, talked about how great it was to have other mutants our age about and gossiped, it was 10.30. "Ah feel a lil' hungry, how about we go first and wait fer the others?" Rogue asked. "Sure", I agreed.
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