A New Mutant Is Here
In Seattle...Hi, my name's Emily Willow and I live in the 'Seattle Children's Home' but it's actually an
orphange with a fancy name.The caretaker says that I was dropped on their doorstep when I was
just a day old by someone.I've never really known anything about my parents, only about the
caregivers.The kids here think that I'm too weird to talk to.I stand up for people but I also end up
getting in fights alot.I'm 16 and I also go to school here.I sneak out after everybody's in bed and go
to nightclubs at night.I'm supposed to be asleep right now but I can't help it.I get up out of bed and
grab my rope that's actaully braided out old bed sheets that I saved.I tie the rope on my bed leg & I
open the window as the rope goes all the way down from the 2nd story ophrange.I go onto the
ledge and shimmy down easily.I've had alot of practice getting down & back up w/out people not
noticing.Once I'm down on the asphalt...I run towards the local nightclub as I dance by myself (as
usual).I've had a few crushes but no boyfriends at this club.Inside...I see a bunch of hot looking
guys that are looking at me too.One of them looks very drunk so I go and get a drink."Bottled
water.",I say as the bartender hands it to me at then I give him the change.I grab my water as a
guy grabs my wrist.His eyes are glassy & his breath smells of alcohol."Hey baby.",says the guy
as I glare at him angerily."Let go of me, if you know what's good for you.",I hiss angerily as he
laughes and tries touch my neck."Don't say that I didn't warned you.",I say in his ear as I throw him
hard into an empty nearby table.
The table breaks as my wrist is back to me and the guy is unconsis.
"Hey Jerry, are you okay, dude?",asks the friend worried as he tries to grab hold of me.I slip out
of his grasp and run out of the club.I guess I end up in a park because I can hear the wind that blows
lightly throught the trees.Those guys are catching up to me as they surround me now."Look you
hurt our friend & now we're going to mess you up.",says one of the guys as I glare at them."Fire,
protect me from these guys.",I say as a huge fire starts up from the ground and surrounds me.I hear
the guys running away scared as the fire stops."Thanks Fire.",I say as I sit down on a bench.Did I
mention that I'm Wiccan?I guess not, sorry about that I was busy at the moment.I've been
Wiccan for a few years now and I like it which probably another reason why I'm not too popular with
the other kids.I sense someone coming near me as I get into my fighting stance quickly just in case.
"It's okay.I'm here to help you with your gifts.",says guy that looks like he's in his early 30's as he
comes out of a nearby tree trunk.He's wearing sunglasses over his eyes but they are ruby colored
lens."I don't know what you're talking about.Leave me alone, pal.",I say annoyed as a woman with
white hair flies down from the wind.
"My name's Storm & I know what you're going through.",says
the woman and she looks a little bit younger than the sunglass guy."Whatever, you don't know
anything about me.",I say annoyed as I walk off angerily.I look back and they are gone.I run towards
my 'home' as I real quickly climb up into the window on my rope.Once I'm inside...I crawl back
into bed and fall asleep.The next day...I wake up and sense those same people except they have a
man in a wheelchair with them."Hello, my name is Professor Xavier.Is your name Emily Willow?",
says the man in the wheelchair as I nod causiously."Yeah, what do you all want?",I ask annoyed.
"I want you to come and go to my school for the gifted.It's in Manchester, New York.",says
Professor Xavier as I shrug."Why?Is there something that you want from all of this?",I ask
causiously unless this is some kind of joke."Because I think that you will enjoy it.No, there's nothing
that I want from all of this.I have some friends here that are from my school and some other
younger teenagers that are around your age, Emily.",says Professor Xavier as I shrug."So you
want me to go to this fancy school to be around kids my own age and do what *exactly*?",I ask
calmly."To learn how to control your powers, basically.",says ruby glasses guy as I glare at him.
"I'm fine on my own.",I say firmly as Professor Xavier nods and hands me his card just in case I
wanna talk or something probably like that."If you need anything at all, don't hestitate to call.",
says Professor Xavier as I nod and put it in my pocket.I go back to my room where I see some
kids messing with my stuff."Knock it off, that stuff is mine.",I hiss angerily as the popular girl,
Asheley glares at me."Let's go her stuff isn't even interesting at all.",says Asheley as her and her
friends leave my room.
I can hear them laughing loudly as I notice my broken candles all on the
floor.'It's not fair.What have I done to them?They always mess up my stuff.',I say as I put away
the non-broken candles in extremely small candle collection box tucked away in my closet.I just
had to throw out a bunch of other candles that were totally destroyed last month, then last week and
now this again.I grab my coat & go take a walk to clear my head.Outside (once I'm far away from
the orphange)...I can feel the wind blow my long hair around softly wiping away my tears that are
now coming down.I sit on a bench and start crying loudly.I take my hand and wipe my eyes as I listen
to the sounds of the world.I can hear faint chirping from crickets and croaking of frogs.'Thank you,
I feel alot better.',I say to myself as I get a bad feeling & look around.I see an old man that's
coming near me."Hello, are you here alone?",asks the old man as I ignore him and get up.He's the
cause of the bad feeling that I felt earlier.I stay away from him as I continue to listen to the sounds
of the outside.Out of nowhere...Someone grabs my shoulder and I can feel my pentagram necklace
start to rise slowly.'But it's metal.How can that happpen?',I say to myself as I realise that the old
man that I saw ealier is the one holding my shoulder.I try to shake him off but he tightens his grip
on my shoulder.'Fire, protect me.',I say to myself as the man screams in pain and glares at me
angerily.My necklace stops floating and I can feel him staring at me hard from behind.The hairs on
the back of my neck are standing straight up as my necklace is now over my head but it can't
come off like that.You have to unhook it so it's kind of choking me as I suddenly see a bright
beam of a reddish light that's aimed at the old man.I gasp for air as I see that same guy that's
smiling at me calmly."Are you okay?",asks the man as I stare at him.He nods and I sense an
unnatural storm about to brew because the sky is covering the moon and stars too fast.
"Leave her be,
Magneto.",says a woman with white hair as her brown eyes turn white and the lighting starts up.I hide
behind something that doesn't conduct electricity or a huge tree.I hear the old man scream loudly
as a woman wearing a white slutey white dress comes towards me."You're coming with me.",says
the woman as she touches my shoulder.I feel coldness when she touches my skin."No, I'm not.
Leave me alone.",I say angerily as she jumps back a little bit afraid but not enough to let go of my
shoulder.Her coldness actaully gives me a cold as I have a running nose & my head is throbbing.I
now have a headache & a cold from her ice touch."Air, come to my aid.",I say as a huge gust of
wind blows the woman away from me & into a tree where she's unconsis.I get up from my hiding
spot as Magneto sees me and he looks really pissed off."Storm, do something about him.Emily
looks wiped out.",says the guy with the ruby glasses as Storm (the white haired woman) nods &
sends a strong wind that makes Magneto go away from us.I sit down on the bench as I sneeze
loudly."Emily, what made you sick?Were you sick before you came here?",asks Storm as I sneeze
some more."That blue lady....she touched me & then I got this.I now have a headache too from
her.No, I was healthy before I came outside.I don't usually get sick like this at all.",I say as the
guy calls someone but I can't hear who because now my ears are plugged up."Come on, I know
someone that will help you get better.",says Storm as I nod and go with her.She takes me towards the
ruby guy as he's still talking on his cell phone.Storm takes it away from him as she talks to
someone.The ruby guy looks into my eyes as he feels my forhead with his hand."She's burning up,
Storm.We'd better get it down & fast.",says the ruby guy as Storm carries me on her back to a
hotel.Inside...Ruby guy opens the door for her as they put me on a bed slowly."Jean, Professor
Xavier, we need your help.Mystic touched Emily & now she's got a really bad cold.She says that
she was healthy when she went outside.We met up with Magneto too earlier.",says the ruby guy as a
woman with red hair looks at my eyes with a weird looking flashlight.
"Her eyes look normal enough.
How could she get a cold from touching that woman?Do you know what Emily's powers are
exactly, Professor Xavier?",says Jean confused as she puts a cold compress on my forhead."I
don't know, Jean.Maybe you should take a sample of her DNA for me so that we can check it
inside of the lab area when we get back to the school.She can control all of the elements just by
thinking about them.Magneto probably thinks that she's valueble mutant to him & his gang.We
have to make sure that he doesn't get a hold of her or else it could mean disaster.",says Professor
Xavier as they all nod firmly.Jean gives me this liquid that's in a small plastic cup.I take the
medicine & swallow it all down.I gag slightly as she smiles at me.Then I fall asleep instantly as my
eyes shut immediately.The next day...I wake up and see all of them sitting next to my bed.My
headache & my cold are all gone.I get up slowly and Professor Xavier opens his eyes."Well, good
morning Emily.Did you sleep well?",says P. Xavier as I nod happily."Morning and thanks for letting
me stay the night.Yeah but I would have been just as fine sleeping on the couch.",I say as Xavier
shakes his head."We wouldn't have that, Emily.Do you know why Magneto & Mystic want you so
badly?",says Xavier as I shrug."No, all I know that he's been following me around.I can't do
anything without those guys showing up.Am I ever going to have any peace to myself, Professor
Xavier?",I say as Xavier shrugs."I can't answer that, Emily.",says Xavier as I get off of the bed
without waking up the others."Well I'd better be going.",I say quietly as Xavier nods."Bye.We'll end
up seeing each other very soon.",I say as I open the door and go straight to the orphange.I don't talk
to anybody because they are seriously starting to bug me especially the kids that live here.I go up to my
room as I hear one of the caregivers call me down."Emily, you have some friends here.",says one
of them as I see that it's ruby boy & Jean waiting at the front door."Hey, what are you guys doing
here?",I ask confused as Asheley & her friends keep on making smooching noises behind us.I roll
my eyes annoyedly as I shut the front door once I'm outside."We wanted to know if you wanted
to get some ice cream.",says Jean as I nod."Sure, any place in mind?",I ask curiously as ruby boy
drives the red sports car that has a white strip down the middle of it.
"Yeah, me and Scott found this
place really close to our hotel.",says Jean as she realises that we haven't meet properly together.
"I'm Jean Grey & this is my boyfriend, Scott Summers.",says Jean as I shake both of their hands.
"I'm Emily Willow.",I say as they both smile and nod.Scott starts up the car as I sit back in the back
seat.We all buckle up as Scott takes us to a local ice cream store.We go inside as Scott locks up
his car.Inside...I get the chocolate ice cream in a cup as I get out my 'magick money' (or that's
what I call it when I can create real money from thin air) and I'm about to put it on the table.Scott
holds up his hand & pays for all of our orders.I thank him as I eat my ice cream happily."So
Emily, why do you live in an orphange?Did your parents pass away?",asks Jean calmly as we
throw away our stuff."No, one of the caregivers told me that I was found on their door step.This
is the only thing that I have from my mother.They found it around my neck when I was a day
old.",I say as I show them my pentagram necklace."Sorry, I didn't know.Do you want to find
them again?",says Jean as I nod."But it's not easy.I don't have much to go on.Only that my last
name was Emily Willow.",I say as we get back into the car.Scott drops me off as I get out quietly.
"Emily, Professor Xavier can help you find your parents.",says Scott as I nod."I kind of figured
that out on my own.I'm still undecided at the moment.Everything is happening too fast.Bye guys.",
I say as I walk up towards the orphange steps and open the front door.I go up to my room where I
sense something bad about to happen.I see a huge looking guy that has large sharp teeth & long
hairy blonde hair.He looks like a combination between a lion & a human except for the mane.He
growls at me loudly as I try to run but I can't.I'm too scared to even move as much as I hate to
admit it."Bad Sabertooth.",says a guy that has claws coming out of his hands.
He hits the guy
named Sabertooth in the stomach as the monsterous looking guy roars in pain & then they are
both suddenly sent over onto the concrete.They get up as Sabertooth jumps up back into my
room but he's hurt."I came for the girl.",says Sabertooth as he tries to grab onto me but now I
can finally move around.I kick him hard in the face but that really doesn't do anything but makes
him mad."You're not getting her without a fight, Sabertooth.",says the guy with the 3 metal claws as
he climbs back up to my room and keeps on attacking Sabertooth.Sabertooth grabs onto the metal
claw guy's throat as he's trying to get free."Fire, attack Sabertooth so that he can free that guy.",I
say as a burst of flames ignites with Sabertooth's hair & he instantly drops the metal claw guy who
is about to drop onto the concrete but I grab him & set him down by using the wind's help who
also sends Sabertooth packing.Sabertooth yelps in pain as the fire has long been gone.The guy
gasps for air & then once he's fine he mumbles a thanks in my direction.I nod firmly as I look at
my new sunlight that's been added by Sabertooth and the metal guy."Sorry about the window.",says
the guy as I nod."The city can always fix it using taxes.",I say as the guy just nods."We could use
you at the school.",says the guy as I nod."I'm leading towards it more but I have to decide what's
best for me.",I say as the guy nods and goes back from where huge hole is."Elements, help repair
the damage that this window faced.Blessed be in advance.",I say as the whole window and the wall
come together in a few seconds.I go to sleep after all of the energy that I've lost from attacking
Sabertooth and from repairing the wall and window.In the middle of the night...I wake up suddenly
getting a bad feeling that someone's in my room.As soon as my eyes adjust to the darkness...I see
that all of the metal things are floating in the air & I know who's in here."Do you want this
orphange to know that they have been housing a teenage mutant?I wonder how they would react
to that.I understand that you have been diferent from the other kids since you were brought here,
child.Don't you wish that you could get back at them for all of their pain?I can help you with that.I
can make sure that they won't bother you ever...again with your help of course.Do you want me to
teach you how, child?",says Magneto as he comes over towards my bed.
"So what if I have
powers and they don't.No, that's a stupid idea.Everybody's different in their own way.I'm doing fine
on my own.I don't need your training, Magneto or from you Mystic.Yes, I can sense your energy.
You made me sick.I had a cold from you and your stupid icey cold touch.Did you know that,
Mystic?Get out of my room, both of you.",I say angerily as Magneto sends my metallic things
towards me.I create a wall of fire that melts them all but then Magneto keeps on sending more
things until my room is filled up with smoke from my fire wall.I cough & try to keep my
concentration but it's hard to breathe now.The fire keeps on going as it creeps slowly towards my
bed that I'm in.Then everything goes black as I wake up on a metallic square slab that seems to sit
on two metallic pillars.I cough all of the smoke out of my lungs as I see Magneto staring at me.
"Those X-Men aren't here to save you now.You did a stupid thing not agreeing with my type of
training, child.",says Magneto as I glare at him.I look around at myself & I can feel something on
my head but it's a little too tight.My arms & legs are strapped to the metallic slab and they are cold
to the touch."Stop reading my thoughts, Magneto.You're invading my privacy so knock it off.I have
my own mind & I know that you want me for my powers.I won't ever want to go to your side.",I
hiss angerily as I want the fire to burn him up but then I get a bad shock to my brain.I wince
slightly as my brain feels numb now from the shock."Did I forget to mention that whenever you
want to use your powers that the helmet will shock you?Now you know and hopefully you will be a
good little girl.I'll leave you to think this over to yourself.",says Magneto as I glare at him angerily.
He leaves and the straps & the helmet are removed easily without fear of being shocked again.'All I
ever wanted was to be a semi-normal teenager living on my own but now I'm being bullied by
worse people than Asheley.This sucks.I want to go back to the orphange.Professor Xavier, I
want to get out of here.',I say to myself as I can hear him suddenly in my head.'Am I going crazy?
How can you be here in my mind?',I ask very confused.
'No, Emily you're not going crazy.I have a
special gift called telepathy and I can control people's minds.Where are you?Is Magneto with you?',
says P.X. telepathically.'Creepy but cool.I'm in this weird metal room & I do literally mean that
everything is metal.I even was strapped down & this creepy helmet that kept on shocking me
whenever I wanted to use my powers.He tricked me and made me burn down the orphange.I
couldn't ask Water to help me get rid of the fire.It just kept coming closer to my bed and then it was
hard for me to breathe.No, he left for me to have some time alone.He read my thoughts too without
even asking.Now that's just wrong.',I say angerily as P.X. agrees.'Everything's going to be okay,
Emily.Can you do me a favor and send a powerful blast in the room so that we can find out where
you are exactly?',says P.X. telepathically as I agree.I close my eyes & think of a huge fireball that
forms in my mind.I hold the fireball in my hands as I let it get bigger & bigger until I reluctingly let
it fade away.I sit there & wait.A few minutes later...I hear people getting hurt & then the door is
cut in the shape as a smaller sized door by 3 metal claws that the metal cut out falls down
immediately."Emily, are you here?",asks Scott but he doesn't have the same energy as he usually
does.It feels icy cold like that Mystic woman."Yeah, prove it.Where did you take me at Jean to 2
days ago?",I say angerily as Scott changes into Mystic quickly."Sun, I call upon your power.
Incase Mystic before she gets away.",I say angerily as a bright yellow light forms into a cage and
Mystic is trapped."What happened to Cyclops, Jean?",asks the metal guy confused & then he
sees Mystic."I don't know but how did you know that she wasn't Cyclops, Emily?He was right
behind us.",says Jean as I glare at Mystic."I sensed her energy.It was different from Cyclop's
which I'm guessing is Scott.",I say as Mystic looks at me very angerily."Where is he, Emily?",
asks Jean franctically as P.X. has to calm her down.I close my eyes as imagine myself looking
over the building.I keep on looking into the rooms as I sense his energy."He's locked up
somewhere.Come on.",I say as I get out of the metallic jail cell.They follow close behind me as I
stop in front of a door that has his energy on a nearby wall.
There's a lock on the door as I point
my finger to it.The lock instantly starts to melt until the handle comes off & the lock drops to the
floor.I open the door as Cyclops is about to start attacking me."How do I know that you're my
friends?",asks Cyclops as I smile."Who else knows how to use fire to turn a lock to a pile of
metallic mush?Come let's go.I'd like to get out of here as soon as possible.It's giving me the
creeps.",I say as Cyclops nods and gets up from the floor.We all end up going into a huge black jet
plane as metal guy drops me off at the half way burnt orphange but it doesn't look that bad as it
would have if Storm hadn't had put out the fire.I tell the metal guy to hold off on flying without me
as he nods.I real quick grab what I can as I hop back into the plane."Can I go to your school,
Professor Xavier?It sounds alot better than living in an orphange.",I say as he nods calmly."Are
you sure that you want to do this, Emily?",asks P.X. as I nod firmly."Yeah, I really do.",I say as I
turn the burnt part of the orphange like it was before the fire was started.I look at the orphange as
the metal guy flies off towards Westchester, New York.A few hours later...I wake up to the sound
of the plane landing.I grab my stuff easily as the hatch opens up.We all get out as I look around at
everything."This is the basement, Emily.It's also where we have the simulations for the other
students to practice their skills.",says Professor Xavier as I see the metal guy smiling proudly.He
must have helped with some of it and then he straightens out his face to his usual scowl."What kinds?",I ask curiously."Logan has codenamed the simulation room as the Danger Room.It's for advanced
students though like Jean and me.",says Scott as I nod quietly.I really wanted to try out it but I
guess that that's best.The name sounds so mysterious.I bet that it's really hard."Scott, that's rude.
Don't mind him, Emily.He didn't mean it.",says Jean as Scott looks embaressed."You can try if
you practice your powers enough.",says Jean as I shake my head."Okay, Jean.",I say as she
shows me to my room.It's got a nice large chest and a pretty view of the giagantic front lawn that
has a statue of an angel water fountain near the building.I look at myself in the mirror as I have
soot in my hair & on my clothes.I take a bath as I lock the bathroom door.
Once in the water...I
relax all of my muscles & clean myself off.I shampoo my hair & use the soap to get myself clean
besides my hair.Once I'm done getting myself squeeky clean...I let the water drain and see a huge
black ring around the tub.I ask the water to clean it as it returns to normal.I wrap a towel around
myself as I unlock the door and get into some of my clothes that weren't burned to a crisp.I ring
my wet hair & have another towel to catch the excess water.I hear a knock on the door as I see a
girl that has her hair down with white strecks."Hey my name's Rogue.What's your name?",asks the
girl in an Southern accent as I smile happily."Nice to meet you, Rogue.The name's Emily.",I say as
Rogue smiles too.She looks like she's about my age."Cool, well I'll see ya around.Bye Emily.",
says Rogue as I nod and watch her walk away.I close my door and comb my now semi-dried hair with
my brush out until it's free of tangles.After that...I decide to look around as I see a few kids that
are having fun using their powers as a game.There's a girl that changes into a dog and a kid that can
make ice come out of his hands.The dog girl catches a frisbee as a young boy gets knocked into
someone and he multiplies into at least ten of him.A girl that throws little fireballs is having a power
fight with these kids that can make sparks come out of their hands."Hello Emily, why don't you go
play with them?They look like they're having fun.",says Storm as I nod."Yeah, I think that I'll just
look.I might ruin their fun.",I say as Storm nods."You never know until you try.",says Storm as
she walks away.'I always was the strange kid in the orphange.It looks like not much has changed.',
I say to myself as I see Rogue coming over towards me."You an outcast too, Emily?",asks Rogue
as I shrug.She's now sitting next to me on the bench as we watch them together."So what are your
powers?",I ask calmly."I can take people's powers for a short time.Nothing special.What are
yours?",says Rogue in an southern accent."I can control the elements just by thinking about them.",
I say calmly."Show me some.",says Rogue as I nod."Fire, form a circle around us.",I say as a
fire starts around us & then I put it out after she's done being amazed.
The grass goes back to
normal after that."That was so cool, Emily.",says Rogue as I nod."Yeah, I guess but it does have
some drawbacks.",I say as Rogue nods."Yeah, mine too.I can't touch anybody without wearing
gloves on.",says Rogue as I listen to her story of how she accidently made her old boyfriend be in
a coma for 2 weeks."That's rough.I have to be careful of how powerful to make my powers or
else they could get out of control.",I say as I tell her the story of how my room almost burnt down
thanks to Magneto & his tricks.After I finish talking...I go inside as Rogue follows me.I find the
kitchen and grab a soda.I ask Rogue if she wants one and she says,"No thanks.".I nod as I open up
mine and then I shut the refridgerator.I sense Scott coming towards us as Rogue gets this somewhat
dreamy look on her face when she sees Scott."Emily, Professor Xavier wants to talk to you.He's
in the communication area of the Danger Room.I'll show you where it is.Come on.",says Scott as
I nod and carry my soda with me.After Scott puts his hand on it...The doors open and we get in an
elevator together.He pushes a button as we are sent straight up to the second floor.The elevator
door opens and I see Professor Xavier, metal guy & some blue faced teenager with a long blue tail
that has an arrow at the end of it."Emily, this is Logan.He's also known as Wolverine & this is
Kurt Wagner.He's also known as Nightcrawler.",says Professor Xavier as I nod towards them.
"Nightcrawler, he is going to take you throught the levels of the Danger Room.",says Professor
Xavier as I smile brightly."Really?Cool.",I ask curiously as P.X. nods happily."Don't worry, I
don't bite.",says N.C. as I nod and take his hand that he has out for me.As soon as I grab his
hand...We are out of the communication area and into a bunch of different machines as N.C. gets
ready for something.I sense something coming near me as I duck and nuke it with my fire attack.It
melts instantly as I hear Logan telling me not to destroy the machines with my fire powers throught
an intercom wired to the walls."Come on, Emily.It's supposed to be fun.",says N.C. as I nod and
dodge the attacks without using my powers."Emily, you can use your powers now.Just don't turn
them to a pile of melting wires.",says Scott calmly."But that's the fun of it, Cyclops.",I say as I
notice that I'm in a weird looking maze and N.C.'s not with me anymore."You have to try & save
Nightcrawler while dodging machines.",says Scott as I groan to myself.
'Some challenge if I can't
even believe that this is in a real challenge that I might be faced into in the near future.',I say to
myself as I get ready to run for it and to expect anything out of the ordinary.I run a good few feet
until out of nowhere I see a bunch of these drawers that are poking out of there imaginary holes.I
use them as jumping springs as I see N.C. waiting for me over in another different area of the
maze.I could just real quick jump over it but then that would be cheating.I continue to dodge and to
jump until I see N.C. in plain view.He's just sitting there waiting but I don't run towards him until I
sense that nothing's going to jump out of anywhere.I see this huge chainsaw thing coming out of
the wall as I do a front flip & land besides N.C."Hey Nightcrawler.",I say happily as N.C. is very
impressed.The machines go back to where they belong and the maze disappears instantly."That
was very good, Emily.You can relax the test is over now.You've passed with flying colors.",says
P.X. as I smile happily."Thanks that was fun.I'm going to take a nap.Bye guys.",I say as I walk
out of the Danger Room & towards my room which I can find by myself.Once inside my room...I
flop down on the bed and crawl into my bed as I fall asleep instantly.A few hours later...I'm
awakened by the feeling of someone moving me from side to side."Wake up, Emily.",says a male
voice as I open my eyes sleepily.Once my eyes focus...I can see Kurt but he's not blue anymore
but when he touched me it felt like his furry arms."What's wrong, Kurt?",I ask sleepily and rubbing
the sleep out of my eyes."I know that the Professor Xavier told me not to wake you up because of that
energy that you lost from the Danger Room but I wanted to know if you wanted to go to the
school carnival with me?",says Kurt curiously as I nod.I get up and he offers his hand."I thought that
we could go in teleportation mode, Emily.",says Kurt as I take his hand and then we suddenly
appear in between 2 carnival booths.He looks around as he says,"All clear." and then we walk out
of the 2 booths like nothing had happened."Do you want some cotton candy?",asks Kurt as I nod.
We walk to the booth as he pays for two cc's.He hands one to me & while he takes a big bite out
of his.I thank him as I eat mine probably just as worse.I've only had these things once.The
orphange could barely afford for one ride but they made sure that we all were given alot of food to
eat.The sugar sweetiness is all over my lips as I try to lick them off but it's hard to do it just with
one hand.We sit down together as we eat our cotton candies in peace.
Okay I'll admit I think that I
like Kurt when he's in his mutant form better than his human form.The blue fur just suits him better.
I tell him about my life at the orphange as he listens to what I have to say."My life isn't any better.
Before Professor Xavier gave me this watch that hides my regular form, kids used to make fun of
me because of the blue fur.I lived with my foster family.",says Kurt as I nod silently.After we finish eating
our cotton candy...We go back to the school in a few seconds.Back at the school...I sense
someone watching us as Kurt looks around him and says hi to Scott quietly."Kurt, I thought that
Professor Xavier said that you were to let Emily sleep.Emily, aren't you supposed to be in bed?I'll
talk to both of you in the morning.",says Scott sternly as I nod."Yes, of wonderful leader.",I
mumble under my breathe as Kurt laughes.Then I go to bed once I see Scott's eyes narrowing on
mine.'Adults are always getting in the way.',I say to myself as I crawl back into my bed for some
well deserved sleep.The next day...I yawn loudly as I think of fire and then a fireball suddenly comes
out of my hands."Stupid powers.",I say sleepily as I make water douce the flames that are on the
curtains.The flame & the water instantly disappears but the burnt curtains are still there."Elements,
return the curtains to as they were.So mote it be.",I say as the curtains are returned to normal.I get
out of my bed & get into my regular clothes.I go down for breakfast as I see Scott waiting for me
and Kurt.I sit down sleepily as I make my cereal be already made with my powers.I eat my cereal as
Scott is very impressed."Emily, have been able to do that recently?",asks Scott curiously as I look
at him sleepy."Yeah, why?",I say as Scott nods & writes something down.I can tell that it's about
me and that it's on a notepad."Why are you writing about me?It's too early in the morning.",I say
annoyed as I real quick finish my cereal and rinse it quickly."Are you ready to go shopping with Jean,
Emily?",asks Scott as he totally ignores my question."Shopping why?",I ask as I kind of awake
now."To get some new clothes for a public school that Professor Xavier wants all of the teens to
go to now.He says that it'll be an experience for everyone.",says Scott happily as I realise that it's
too early for a man or woman to be perky no matter what the age."Okay, when am I going?",I ask
as Jean pops her head inside the kitchen area.
"Right now, Emily.Come on, it'll be fun.",says Jean
as I pray to the Gods for this go smoothly without me having to strangle Jean's perkiness out of her.
We get into the car as I buckle up my seatbelt and close my door once I'm inside.Scott gets into his
car as he drives us to the Manchester Mall.At the mall...I see alot of semi-cute guys here but no
cool clothes.Jean takes me to these preepy stores as I see a alternative & gothic clothes store.I
walk over to it & go inside but I don't see Jean or Scott coming in w/ me."Oh well there loss.",I
say happily as I looking at these really cool clothes.I decide to get me some shirts and a few pairs
of pants with my magick money.Then I get me a cool purse, a wallet & some tight ass shoes that
have flames on them.'Thank the Goddess that I have magick money or else I'd be pennyless.',I say
to myself as I pay for the things.After I give the employee the money & bags everything...I grab
my bags as I look for Scott and Jean.I see them looking very panicy as I smile slyly to myself.I get
their attention as they notice all of the bags in my arms."Emily Willow, where were you?We were
worried half to death.Where did you go off and how could you pay for all of that stuff?",asks Jean
as Scott holds onto her unless she falls down."I was in that store.I found a really cool place where
they have neat stuff.I can't wait to tell Rogue when we get back to the school.I used magick
money.",I say as I show the magick money.I close my fist as I concentrate & a $50 appears
instantly in my hand."Is that apart of your powers, Emily, when did you learn this trick?",asks
Scott as I glare at him angerily.I make my $50 disappear as I hold onto my bags more tightly."It's
not a 'trick'.It just came to me when I spend all of my payment at the orphange when I ran out for
the night.",I say but I don't mention where I went to when I was out of money."That's cool, Emily
but can you tell us when you're going to do things.We wouldn't want you to get lost.",says Jean as
Scott looks annoyed but he smiles at me as if he would rather be somewhere else than a mall.
"Scott, where would you like to go?",I ask curiously as he looks at me surprised."This really cool
concert that's playing my favorite band tonight.",says Scott calmly as he looks totally happy when
he talks about it."What's the band called?",I ask curiously."Promise not to laugh, Emily?",asks
Scott as I nod firmly."Tim McGraw.He's my favorite artist.",says Scott calmly."Where is it?",I
ask curiously."At the Manchester Stadium.It's a place where the basketball players play
sometimes.It starts at 6PM though.",says Scott as I nod."What's so wrong about that, Scott?",I ask as
Scott sighs."Jean hates him at refuses to go see it.Besides I don't have any tickets or the money to pay
for it.",says Scott.
"So?I can help out on the tickets.",I say happily as
Scott looks at me like I've grown another head."How?",asks Scott causiously now."With my
powers.Nobody'll get hurt.Come on it'll be cool and we still have time to drop off Jean at the
school if we hurry.",I say as Jean looks a little shocked at what I just purposed to her husband.
"What if I say that you can't go either, Emily?",asks Jean getting a temper now."Then I'll ask the
Professor if I can go since I've been just a good girl for getting my clothes and everything for
tomorrow.",I say slyly as Scott calms her down and we take her the school under much threatening
to tell the Professor about me going to the concert on a school night.'She's so annoying
sometimes.Let's go already.',I say as we drive off towards the concert/stadium.Once we're there...I
close my hands as a ticket appears in each hand.I hand one to Scott as he smiles at it.I take mine
in my hand as I sense someone watching us.Scott doesn't sense it but I do."Come on the
concert's about to start, Emily.",says Scott happily as we both go inside and find our seats that are
really close to the stage but not enough to go deaf from the amps on the stage.Once we're in our
seats..."This is so cool.I can't wait to see him when he starts singing.",says Scott as he's starting
to act like a 5 year about to open his Yule presents.'Oh that reminds me Lammas is about to start
tomorrow too.Now that's something that I can't wait for.I'll have to wait until everybody's in bed.',
I say to myself as a guy about Scott's age comes on stage with a strap holding a guitar around his
neck.He smiles happily as he starts strumbing the cords as everybody is completely silence.'I'd
rather be seeing Enya in concert.She's supposed to come here next month.I can't wait for that
either.',I say to myself as I hear Tim singing proudly all of his songs that he has time for.After the
concert...Scott is totally happy about the concert and tells me about it constantly but I have my
mind on something...or someone else.The energy is getting closer as I can feel my muscles
tighting on the door handle."What's wrong, Emily?",asks Scott as I'm starting to question his
energy that he gives off.He seems so bright too.It's a shame too."It's Magneto.He's here.",I hiss as
my energy is almost done being built up."Where, Emily?",asks Scott as he tries to sense him but
he can't."You need to learn how to sense people's energy better than that, Scott.",I say as Scott
glares at me.I close my eyes & concentrate on what Magneto looks like & what his energy feels
like.
In Seattle...Hi, my name's Emily Willow and I live in the 'Seattle Children's Home' but it's actually an
orphange with a fancy name.The caretaker says that I was dropped on their doorstep when I was
just a day old by someone.I've never really known anything about my parents, only about the
caregivers.The kids here think that I'm too weird to talk to.I stand up for people but I also end up
getting in fights alot.I'm 16 and I also go to school here.I sneak out after everybody's in bed and go
to nightclubs at night.I'm supposed to be asleep right now but I can't help it.I get up out of bed and
grab my rope that's actaully braided out old bed sheets that I saved.I tie the rope on my bed leg & I
open the window as the rope goes all the way down from the 2nd story ophrange.I go onto the
ledge and shimmy down easily.I've had alot of practice getting down & back up w/out people not
noticing.Once I'm down on the asphalt...I run towards the local nightclub as I dance by myself (as
usual).I've had a few crushes but no boyfriends at this club.Inside...I see a bunch of hot looking
guys that are looking at me too.One of them looks very drunk so I go and get a drink."Bottled
water.",I say as the bartender hands it to me at then I give him the change.I grab my water as a
guy grabs my wrist.His eyes are glassy & his breath smells of alcohol."Hey baby.",says the guy
as I glare at him angerily."Let go of me, if you know what's good for you.",I hiss angerily as he
laughes and tries touch my neck."Don't say that I didn't warned you.",I say in his ear as I throw him
hard into an empty nearby table.
The table breaks as my wrist is back to me and the guy is unconsis.
"Hey Jerry, are you okay, dude?",asks the friend worried as he tries to grab hold of me.I slip out
of his grasp and run out of the club.I guess I end up in a park because I can hear the wind that blows
lightly throught the trees.Those guys are catching up to me as they surround me now."Look you
hurt our friend & now we're going to mess you up.",says one of the guys as I glare at them."Fire,
protect me from these guys.",I say as a huge fire starts up from the ground and surrounds me.I hear
the guys running away scared as the fire stops."Thanks Fire.",I say as I sit down on a bench.Did I
mention that I'm Wiccan?I guess not, sorry about that I was busy at the moment.I've been
Wiccan for a few years now and I like it which probably another reason why I'm not too popular with
the other kids.I sense someone coming near me as I get into my fighting stance quickly just in case.
"It's okay.I'm here to help you with your gifts.",says guy that looks like he's in his early 30's as he
comes out of a nearby tree trunk.He's wearing sunglasses over his eyes but they are ruby colored
lens."I don't know what you're talking about.Leave me alone, pal.",I say annoyed as a woman with
white hair flies down from the wind.
"My name's Storm & I know what you're going through.",says
the woman and she looks a little bit younger than the sunglass guy."Whatever, you don't know
anything about me.",I say annoyed as I walk off angerily.I look back and they are gone.I run towards
my 'home' as I real quickly climb up into the window on my rope.Once I'm inside...I crawl back
into bed and fall asleep.The next day...I wake up and sense those same people except they have a
man in a wheelchair with them."Hello, my name is Professor Xavier.Is your name Emily Willow?",
says the man in the wheelchair as I nod causiously."Yeah, what do you all want?",I ask annoyed.
"I want you to come and go to my school for the gifted.It's in Manchester, New York.",says
Professor Xavier as I shrug."Why?Is there something that you want from all of this?",I ask
causiously unless this is some kind of joke."Because I think that you will enjoy it.No, there's nothing
that I want from all of this.I have some friends here that are from my school and some other
younger teenagers that are around your age, Emily.",says Professor Xavier as I shrug."So you
want me to go to this fancy school to be around kids my own age and do what *exactly*?",I ask
calmly."To learn how to control your powers, basically.",says ruby glasses guy as I glare at him.
"I'm fine on my own.",I say firmly as Professor Xavier nods and hands me his card just in case I
wanna talk or something probably like that."If you need anything at all, don't hestitate to call.",
says Professor Xavier as I nod and put it in my pocket.I go back to my room where I see some
kids messing with my stuff."Knock it off, that stuff is mine.",I hiss angerily as the popular girl,
Asheley glares at me."Let's go her stuff isn't even interesting at all.",says Asheley as her and her
friends leave my room.
I can hear them laughing loudly as I notice my broken candles all on the
floor.'It's not fair.What have I done to them?They always mess up my stuff.',I say as I put away
the non-broken candles in extremely small candle collection box tucked away in my closet.I just
had to throw out a bunch of other candles that were totally destroyed last month, then last week and
now this again.I grab my coat & go take a walk to clear my head.Outside (once I'm far away from
the orphange)...I can feel the wind blow my long hair around softly wiping away my tears that are
now coming down.I sit on a bench and start crying loudly.I take my hand and wipe my eyes as I listen
to the sounds of the world.I can hear faint chirping from crickets and croaking of frogs.'Thank you,
I feel alot better.',I say to myself as I get a bad feeling & look around.I see an old man that's
coming near me."Hello, are you here alone?",asks the old man as I ignore him and get up.He's the
cause of the bad feeling that I felt earlier.I stay away from him as I continue to listen to the sounds
of the outside.Out of nowhere...Someone grabs my shoulder and I can feel my pentagram necklace
start to rise slowly.'But it's metal.How can that happpen?',I say to myself as I realise that the old
man that I saw ealier is the one holding my shoulder.I try to shake him off but he tightens his grip
on my shoulder.'Fire, protect me.',I say to myself as the man screams in pain and glares at me
angerily.My necklace stops floating and I can feel him staring at me hard from behind.The hairs on
the back of my neck are standing straight up as my necklace is now over my head but it can't
come off like that.You have to unhook it so it's kind of choking me as I suddenly see a bright
beam of a reddish light that's aimed at the old man.I gasp for air as I see that same guy that's
smiling at me calmly."Are you okay?",asks the man as I stare at him.He nods and I sense an
unnatural storm about to brew because the sky is covering the moon and stars too fast.
"Leave her be,
Magneto.",says a woman with white hair as her brown eyes turn white and the lighting starts up.I hide
behind something that doesn't conduct electricity or a huge tree.I hear the old man scream loudly
as a woman wearing a white slutey white dress comes towards me."You're coming with me.",says
the woman as she touches my shoulder.I feel coldness when she touches my skin."No, I'm not.
Leave me alone.",I say angerily as she jumps back a little bit afraid but not enough to let go of my
shoulder.Her coldness actaully gives me a cold as I have a running nose & my head is throbbing.I
now have a headache & a cold from her ice touch."Air, come to my aid.",I say as a huge gust of
wind blows the woman away from me & into a tree where she's unconsis.I get up from my hiding
spot as Magneto sees me and he looks really pissed off."Storm, do something about him.Emily
looks wiped out.",says the guy with the ruby glasses as Storm (the white haired woman) nods &
sends a strong wind that makes Magneto go away from us.I sit down on the bench as I sneeze
loudly."Emily, what made you sick?Were you sick before you came here?",asks Storm as I sneeze
some more."That blue lady....she touched me & then I got this.I now have a headache too from
her.No, I was healthy before I came outside.I don't usually get sick like this at all.",I say as the
guy calls someone but I can't hear who because now my ears are plugged up."Come on, I know
someone that will help you get better.",says Storm as I nod and go with her.She takes me towards the
ruby guy as he's still talking on his cell phone.Storm takes it away from him as she talks to
someone.The ruby guy looks into my eyes as he feels my forhead with his hand."She's burning up,
Storm.We'd better get it down & fast.",says the ruby guy as Storm carries me on her back to a
hotel.Inside...Ruby guy opens the door for her as they put me on a bed slowly."Jean, Professor
Xavier, we need your help.Mystic touched Emily & now she's got a really bad cold.She says that
she was healthy when she went outside.We met up with Magneto too earlier.",says the ruby guy as a
woman with red hair looks at my eyes with a weird looking flashlight.
"Her eyes look normal enough.
How could she get a cold from touching that woman?Do you know what Emily's powers are
exactly, Professor Xavier?",says Jean confused as she puts a cold compress on my forhead."I
don't know, Jean.Maybe you should take a sample of her DNA for me so that we can check it
inside of the lab area when we get back to the school.She can control all of the elements just by
thinking about them.Magneto probably thinks that she's valueble mutant to him & his gang.We
have to make sure that he doesn't get a hold of her or else it could mean disaster.",says Professor
Xavier as they all nod firmly.Jean gives me this liquid that's in a small plastic cup.I take the
medicine & swallow it all down.I gag slightly as she smiles at me.Then I fall asleep instantly as my
eyes shut immediately.The next day...I wake up and see all of them sitting next to my bed.My
headache & my cold are all gone.I get up slowly and Professor Xavier opens his eyes."Well, good
morning Emily.Did you sleep well?",says P. Xavier as I nod happily."Morning and thanks for letting
me stay the night.Yeah but I would have been just as fine sleeping on the couch.",I say as Xavier
shakes his head."We wouldn't have that, Emily.Do you know why Magneto & Mystic want you so
badly?",says Xavier as I shrug."No, all I know that he's been following me around.I can't do
anything without those guys showing up.Am I ever going to have any peace to myself, Professor
Xavier?",I say as Xavier shrugs."I can't answer that, Emily.",says Xavier as I get off of the bed
without waking up the others."Well I'd better be going.",I say quietly as Xavier nods."Bye.We'll end
up seeing each other very soon.",I say as I open the door and go straight to the orphange.I don't talk
to anybody because they are seriously starting to bug me especially the kids that live here.I go up to my
room as I hear one of the caregivers call me down."Emily, you have some friends here.",says one
of them as I see that it's ruby boy & Jean waiting at the front door."Hey, what are you guys doing
here?",I ask confused as Asheley & her friends keep on making smooching noises behind us.I roll
my eyes annoyedly as I shut the front door once I'm outside."We wanted to know if you wanted
to get some ice cream.",says Jean as I nod."Sure, any place in mind?",I ask curiously as ruby boy
drives the red sports car that has a white strip down the middle of it.
"Yeah, me and Scott found this
place really close to our hotel.",says Jean as she realises that we haven't meet properly together.
"I'm Jean Grey & this is my boyfriend, Scott Summers.",says Jean as I shake both of their hands.
"I'm Emily Willow.",I say as they both smile and nod.Scott starts up the car as I sit back in the back
seat.We all buckle up as Scott takes us to a local ice cream store.We go inside as Scott locks up
his car.Inside...I get the chocolate ice cream in a cup as I get out my 'magick money' (or that's
what I call it when I can create real money from thin air) and I'm about to put it on the table.Scott
holds up his hand & pays for all of our orders.I thank him as I eat my ice cream happily."So
Emily, why do you live in an orphange?Did your parents pass away?",asks Jean calmly as we
throw away our stuff."No, one of the caregivers told me that I was found on their door step.This
is the only thing that I have from my mother.They found it around my neck when I was a day
old.",I say as I show them my pentagram necklace."Sorry, I didn't know.Do you want to find
them again?",says Jean as I nod."But it's not easy.I don't have much to go on.Only that my last
name was Emily Willow.",I say as we get back into the car.Scott drops me off as I get out quietly.
"Emily, Professor Xavier can help you find your parents.",says Scott as I nod."I kind of figured
that out on my own.I'm still undecided at the moment.Everything is happening too fast.Bye guys.",
I say as I walk up towards the orphange steps and open the front door.I go up to my room where I
sense something bad about to happen.I see a huge looking guy that has large sharp teeth & long
hairy blonde hair.He looks like a combination between a lion & a human except for the mane.He
growls at me loudly as I try to run but I can't.I'm too scared to even move as much as I hate to
admit it."Bad Sabertooth.",says a guy that has claws coming out of his hands.
He hits the guy
named Sabertooth in the stomach as the monsterous looking guy roars in pain & then they are
both suddenly sent over onto the concrete.They get up as Sabertooth jumps up back into my
room but he's hurt."I came for the girl.",says Sabertooth as he tries to grab onto me but now I
can finally move around.I kick him hard in the face but that really doesn't do anything but makes
him mad."You're not getting her without a fight, Sabertooth.",says the guy with the 3 metal claws as
he climbs back up to my room and keeps on attacking Sabertooth.Sabertooth grabs onto the metal
claw guy's throat as he's trying to get free."Fire, attack Sabertooth so that he can free that guy.",I
say as a burst of flames ignites with Sabertooth's hair & he instantly drops the metal claw guy who
is about to drop onto the concrete but I grab him & set him down by using the wind's help who
also sends Sabertooth packing.Sabertooth yelps in pain as the fire has long been gone.The guy
gasps for air & then once he's fine he mumbles a thanks in my direction.I nod firmly as I look at
my new sunlight that's been added by Sabertooth and the metal guy."Sorry about the window.",says
the guy as I nod."The city can always fix it using taxes.",I say as the guy just nods."We could use
you at the school.",says the guy as I nod."I'm leading towards it more but I have to decide what's
best for me.",I say as the guy nods and goes back from where huge hole is."Elements, help repair
the damage that this window faced.Blessed be in advance.",I say as the whole window and the wall
come together in a few seconds.I go to sleep after all of the energy that I've lost from attacking
Sabertooth and from repairing the wall and window.In the middle of the night...I wake up suddenly
getting a bad feeling that someone's in my room.As soon as my eyes adjust to the darkness...I see
that all of the metal things are floating in the air & I know who's in here."Do you want this
orphange to know that they have been housing a teenage mutant?I wonder how they would react
to that.I understand that you have been diferent from the other kids since you were brought here,
child.Don't you wish that you could get back at them for all of their pain?I can help you with that.I
can make sure that they won't bother you ever...again with your help of course.Do you want me to
teach you how, child?",says Magneto as he comes over towards my bed.
"So what if I have
powers and they don't.No, that's a stupid idea.Everybody's different in their own way.I'm doing fine
on my own.I don't need your training, Magneto or from you Mystic.Yes, I can sense your energy.
You made me sick.I had a cold from you and your stupid icey cold touch.Did you know that,
Mystic?Get out of my room, both of you.",I say angerily as Magneto sends my metallic things
towards me.I create a wall of fire that melts them all but then Magneto keeps on sending more
things until my room is filled up with smoke from my fire wall.I cough & try to keep my
concentration but it's hard to breathe now.The fire keeps on going as it creeps slowly towards my
bed that I'm in.Then everything goes black as I wake up on a metallic square slab that seems to sit
on two metallic pillars.I cough all of the smoke out of my lungs as I see Magneto staring at me.
"Those X-Men aren't here to save you now.You did a stupid thing not agreeing with my type of
training, child.",says Magneto as I glare at him.I look around at myself & I can feel something on
my head but it's a little too tight.My arms & legs are strapped to the metallic slab and they are cold
to the touch."Stop reading my thoughts, Magneto.You're invading my privacy so knock it off.I have
my own mind & I know that you want me for my powers.I won't ever want to go to your side.",I
hiss angerily as I want the fire to burn him up but then I get a bad shock to my brain.I wince
slightly as my brain feels numb now from the shock."Did I forget to mention that whenever you
want to use your powers that the helmet will shock you?Now you know and hopefully you will be a
good little girl.I'll leave you to think this over to yourself.",says Magneto as I glare at him angerily.
He leaves and the straps & the helmet are removed easily without fear of being shocked again.'All I
ever wanted was to be a semi-normal teenager living on my own but now I'm being bullied by
worse people than Asheley.This sucks.I want to go back to the orphange.Professor Xavier, I
want to get out of here.',I say to myself as I can hear him suddenly in my head.'Am I going crazy?
How can you be here in my mind?',I ask very confused.
'No, Emily you're not going crazy.I have a
special gift called telepathy and I can control people's minds.Where are you?Is Magneto with you?',
says P.X. telepathically.'Creepy but cool.I'm in this weird metal room & I do literally mean that
everything is metal.I even was strapped down & this creepy helmet that kept on shocking me
whenever I wanted to use my powers.He tricked me and made me burn down the orphange.I
couldn't ask Water to help me get rid of the fire.It just kept coming closer to my bed and then it was
hard for me to breathe.No, he left for me to have some time alone.He read my thoughts too without
even asking.Now that's just wrong.',I say angerily as P.X. agrees.'Everything's going to be okay,
Emily.Can you do me a favor and send a powerful blast in the room so that we can find out where
you are exactly?',says P.X. telepathically as I agree.I close my eyes & think of a huge fireball that
forms in my mind.I hold the fireball in my hands as I let it get bigger & bigger until I reluctingly let
it fade away.I sit there & wait.A few minutes later...I hear people getting hurt & then the door is
cut in the shape as a smaller sized door by 3 metal claws that the metal cut out falls down
immediately."Emily, are you here?",asks Scott but he doesn't have the same energy as he usually
does.It feels icy cold like that Mystic woman."Yeah, prove it.Where did you take me at Jean to 2
days ago?",I say angerily as Scott changes into Mystic quickly."Sun, I call upon your power.
Incase Mystic before she gets away.",I say angerily as a bright yellow light forms into a cage and
Mystic is trapped."What happened to Cyclops, Jean?",asks the metal guy confused & then he
sees Mystic."I don't know but how did you know that she wasn't Cyclops, Emily?He was right
behind us.",says Jean as I glare at Mystic."I sensed her energy.It was different from Cyclop's
which I'm guessing is Scott.",I say as Mystic looks at me very angerily."Where is he, Emily?",
asks Jean franctically as P.X. has to calm her down.I close my eyes as imagine myself looking
over the building.I keep on looking into the rooms as I sense his energy."He's locked up
somewhere.Come on.",I say as I get out of the metallic jail cell.They follow close behind me as I
stop in front of a door that has his energy on a nearby wall.
There's a lock on the door as I point
my finger to it.The lock instantly starts to melt until the handle comes off & the lock drops to the
floor.I open the door as Cyclops is about to start attacking me."How do I know that you're my
friends?",asks Cyclops as I smile."Who else knows how to use fire to turn a lock to a pile of
metallic mush?Come let's go.I'd like to get out of here as soon as possible.It's giving me the
creeps.",I say as Cyclops nods and gets up from the floor.We all end up going into a huge black jet
plane as metal guy drops me off at the half way burnt orphange but it doesn't look that bad as it
would have if Storm hadn't had put out the fire.I tell the metal guy to hold off on flying without me
as he nods.I real quick grab what I can as I hop back into the plane."Can I go to your school,
Professor Xavier?It sounds alot better than living in an orphange.",I say as he nods calmly."Are
you sure that you want to do this, Emily?",asks P.X. as I nod firmly."Yeah, I really do.",I say as I
turn the burnt part of the orphange like it was before the fire was started.I look at the orphange as
the metal guy flies off towards Westchester, New York.A few hours later...I wake up to the sound
of the plane landing.I grab my stuff easily as the hatch opens up.We all get out as I look around at
everything."This is the basement, Emily.It's also where we have the simulations for the other
students to practice their skills.",says Professor Xavier as I see the metal guy smiling proudly.He
must have helped with some of it and then he straightens out his face to his usual scowl."What kinds?",I ask curiously."Logan has codenamed the simulation room as the Danger Room.It's for advanced
students though like Jean and me.",says Scott as I nod quietly.I really wanted to try out it but I
guess that that's best.The name sounds so mysterious.I bet that it's really hard."Scott, that's rude.
Don't mind him, Emily.He didn't mean it.",says Jean as Scott looks embaressed."You can try if
you practice your powers enough.",says Jean as I shake my head."Okay, Jean.",I say as she
shows me to my room.It's got a nice large chest and a pretty view of the giagantic front lawn that
has a statue of an angel water fountain near the building.I look at myself in the mirror as I have
soot in my hair & on my clothes.I take a bath as I lock the bathroom door.
Once in the water...I
relax all of my muscles & clean myself off.I shampoo my hair & use the soap to get myself clean
besides my hair.Once I'm done getting myself squeeky clean...I let the water drain and see a huge
black ring around the tub.I ask the water to clean it as it returns to normal.I wrap a towel around
myself as I unlock the door and get into some of my clothes that weren't burned to a crisp.I ring
my wet hair & have another towel to catch the excess water.I hear a knock on the door as I see a
girl that has her hair down with white strecks."Hey my name's Rogue.What's your name?",asks the
girl in an Southern accent as I smile happily."Nice to meet you, Rogue.The name's Emily.",I say as
Rogue smiles too.She looks like she's about my age."Cool, well I'll see ya around.Bye Emily.",
says Rogue as I nod and watch her walk away.I close my door and comb my now semi-dried hair with
my brush out until it's free of tangles.After that...I decide to look around as I see a few kids that
are having fun using their powers as a game.There's a girl that changes into a dog and a kid that can
make ice come out of his hands.The dog girl catches a frisbee as a young boy gets knocked into
someone and he multiplies into at least ten of him.A girl that throws little fireballs is having a power
fight with these kids that can make sparks come out of their hands."Hello Emily, why don't you go
play with them?They look like they're having fun.",says Storm as I nod."Yeah, I think that I'll just
look.I might ruin their fun.",I say as Storm nods."You never know until you try.",says Storm as
she walks away.'I always was the strange kid in the orphange.It looks like not much has changed.',
I say to myself as I see Rogue coming over towards me."You an outcast too, Emily?",asks Rogue
as I shrug.She's now sitting next to me on the bench as we watch them together."So what are your
powers?",I ask calmly."I can take people's powers for a short time.Nothing special.What are
yours?",says Rogue in an southern accent."I can control the elements just by thinking about them.",
I say calmly."Show me some.",says Rogue as I nod."Fire, form a circle around us.",I say as a
fire starts around us & then I put it out after she's done being amazed.
The grass goes back to
normal after that."That was so cool, Emily.",says Rogue as I nod."Yeah, I guess but it does have
some drawbacks.",I say as Rogue nods."Yeah, mine too.I can't touch anybody without wearing
gloves on.",says Rogue as I listen to her story of how she accidently made her old boyfriend be in
a coma for 2 weeks."That's rough.I have to be careful of how powerful to make my powers or
else they could get out of control.",I say as I tell her the story of how my room almost burnt down
thanks to Magneto & his tricks.After I finish talking...I go inside as Rogue follows me.I find the
kitchen and grab a soda.I ask Rogue if she wants one and she says,"No thanks.".I nod as I open up
mine and then I shut the refridgerator.I sense Scott coming towards us as Rogue gets this somewhat
dreamy look on her face when she sees Scott."Emily, Professor Xavier wants to talk to you.He's
in the communication area of the Danger Room.I'll show you where it is.Come on.",says Scott as
I nod and carry my soda with me.After Scott puts his hand on it...The doors open and we get in an
elevator together.He pushes a button as we are sent straight up to the second floor.The elevator
door opens and I see Professor Xavier, metal guy & some blue faced teenager with a long blue tail
that has an arrow at the end of it."Emily, this is Logan.He's also known as Wolverine & this is
Kurt Wagner.He's also known as Nightcrawler.",says Professor Xavier as I nod towards them.
"Nightcrawler, he is going to take you throught the levels of the Danger Room.",says Professor
Xavier as I smile brightly."Really?Cool.",I ask curiously as P.X. nods happily."Don't worry, I
don't bite.",says N.C. as I nod and take his hand that he has out for me.As soon as I grab his
hand...We are out of the communication area and into a bunch of different machines as N.C. gets
ready for something.I sense something coming near me as I duck and nuke it with my fire attack.It
melts instantly as I hear Logan telling me not to destroy the machines with my fire powers throught
an intercom wired to the walls."Come on, Emily.It's supposed to be fun.",says N.C. as I nod and
dodge the attacks without using my powers."Emily, you can use your powers now.Just don't turn
them to a pile of melting wires.",says Scott calmly."But that's the fun of it, Cyclops.",I say as I
notice that I'm in a weird looking maze and N.C.'s not with me anymore."You have to try & save
Nightcrawler while dodging machines.",says Scott as I groan to myself.
'Some challenge if I can't
even believe that this is in a real challenge that I might be faced into in the near future.',I say to
myself as I get ready to run for it and to expect anything out of the ordinary.I run a good few feet
until out of nowhere I see a bunch of these drawers that are poking out of there imaginary holes.I
use them as jumping springs as I see N.C. waiting for me over in another different area of the
maze.I could just real quick jump over it but then that would be cheating.I continue to dodge and to
jump until I see N.C. in plain view.He's just sitting there waiting but I don't run towards him until I
sense that nothing's going to jump out of anywhere.I see this huge chainsaw thing coming out of
the wall as I do a front flip & land besides N.C."Hey Nightcrawler.",I say happily as N.C. is very
impressed.The machines go back to where they belong and the maze disappears instantly."That
was very good, Emily.You can relax the test is over now.You've passed with flying colors.",says
P.X. as I smile happily."Thanks that was fun.I'm going to take a nap.Bye guys.",I say as I walk
out of the Danger Room & towards my room which I can find by myself.Once inside my room...I
flop down on the bed and crawl into my bed as I fall asleep instantly.A few hours later...I'm
awakened by the feeling of someone moving me from side to side."Wake up, Emily.",says a male
voice as I open my eyes sleepily.Once my eyes focus...I can see Kurt but he's not blue anymore
but when he touched me it felt like his furry arms."What's wrong, Kurt?",I ask sleepily and rubbing
the sleep out of my eyes."I know that the Professor Xavier told me not to wake you up because of that
energy that you lost from the Danger Room but I wanted to know if you wanted to go to the
school carnival with me?",says Kurt curiously as I nod.I get up and he offers his hand."I thought that
we could go in teleportation mode, Emily.",says Kurt as I take his hand and then we suddenly
appear in between 2 carnival booths.He looks around as he says,"All clear." and then we walk out
of the 2 booths like nothing had happened."Do you want some cotton candy?",asks Kurt as I nod.
We walk to the booth as he pays for two cc's.He hands one to me & while he takes a big bite out
of his.I thank him as I eat mine probably just as worse.I've only had these things once.The
orphange could barely afford for one ride but they made sure that we all were given alot of food to
eat.The sugar sweetiness is all over my lips as I try to lick them off but it's hard to do it just with
one hand.We sit down together as we eat our cotton candies in peace.
Okay I'll admit I think that I
like Kurt when he's in his mutant form better than his human form.The blue fur just suits him better.
I tell him about my life at the orphange as he listens to what I have to say."My life isn't any better.
Before Professor Xavier gave me this watch that hides my regular form, kids used to make fun of
me because of the blue fur.I lived with my foster family.",says Kurt as I nod silently.After we finish eating
our cotton candy...We go back to the school in a few seconds.Back at the school...I sense
someone watching us as Kurt looks around him and says hi to Scott quietly."Kurt, I thought that
Professor Xavier said that you were to let Emily sleep.Emily, aren't you supposed to be in bed?I'll
talk to both of you in the morning.",says Scott sternly as I nod."Yes, of wonderful leader.",I
mumble under my breathe as Kurt laughes.Then I go to bed once I see Scott's eyes narrowing on
mine.'Adults are always getting in the way.',I say to myself as I crawl back into my bed for some
well deserved sleep.The next day...I yawn loudly as I think of fire and then a fireball suddenly comes
out of my hands."Stupid powers.",I say sleepily as I make water douce the flames that are on the
curtains.The flame & the water instantly disappears but the burnt curtains are still there."Elements,
return the curtains to as they were.So mote it be.",I say as the curtains are returned to normal.I get
out of my bed & get into my regular clothes.I go down for breakfast as I see Scott waiting for me
and Kurt.I sit down sleepily as I make my cereal be already made with my powers.I eat my cereal as
Scott is very impressed."Emily, have been able to do that recently?",asks Scott curiously as I look
at him sleepy."Yeah, why?",I say as Scott nods & writes something down.I can tell that it's about
me and that it's on a notepad."Why are you writing about me?It's too early in the morning.",I say
annoyed as I real quick finish my cereal and rinse it quickly."Are you ready to go shopping with Jean,
Emily?",asks Scott as he totally ignores my question."Shopping why?",I ask as I kind of awake
now."To get some new clothes for a public school that Professor Xavier wants all of the teens to
go to now.He says that it'll be an experience for everyone.",says Scott happily as I realise that it's
too early for a man or woman to be perky no matter what the age."Okay, when am I going?",I ask
as Jean pops her head inside the kitchen area.
"Right now, Emily.Come on, it'll be fun.",says Jean
as I pray to the Gods for this go smoothly without me having to strangle Jean's perkiness out of her.
We get into the car as I buckle up my seatbelt and close my door once I'm inside.Scott gets into his
car as he drives us to the Manchester Mall.At the mall...I see alot of semi-cute guys here but no
cool clothes.Jean takes me to these preepy stores as I see a alternative & gothic clothes store.I
walk over to it & go inside but I don't see Jean or Scott coming in w/ me."Oh well there loss.",I
say happily as I looking at these really cool clothes.I decide to get me some shirts and a few pairs
of pants with my magick money.Then I get me a cool purse, a wallet & some tight ass shoes that
have flames on them.'Thank the Goddess that I have magick money or else I'd be pennyless.',I say
to myself as I pay for the things.After I give the employee the money & bags everything...I grab
my bags as I look for Scott and Jean.I see them looking very panicy as I smile slyly to myself.I get
their attention as they notice all of the bags in my arms."Emily Willow, where were you?We were
worried half to death.Where did you go off and how could you pay for all of that stuff?",asks Jean
as Scott holds onto her unless she falls down."I was in that store.I found a really cool place where
they have neat stuff.I can't wait to tell Rogue when we get back to the school.I used magick
money.",I say as I show the magick money.I close my fist as I concentrate & a $50 appears
instantly in my hand."Is that apart of your powers, Emily, when did you learn this trick?",asks
Scott as I glare at him angerily.I make my $50 disappear as I hold onto my bags more tightly."It's
not a 'trick'.It just came to me when I spend all of my payment at the orphange when I ran out for
the night.",I say but I don't mention where I went to when I was out of money."That's cool, Emily
but can you tell us when you're going to do things.We wouldn't want you to get lost.",says Jean as
Scott looks annoyed but he smiles at me as if he would rather be somewhere else than a mall.
"Scott, where would you like to go?",I ask curiously as he looks at me surprised."This really cool
concert that's playing my favorite band tonight.",says Scott calmly as he looks totally happy when
he talks about it."What's the band called?",I ask curiously."Promise not to laugh, Emily?",asks
Scott as I nod firmly."Tim McGraw.He's my favorite artist.",says Scott calmly."Where is it?",I
ask curiously."At the Manchester Stadium.It's a place where the basketball players play
sometimes.It starts at 6PM though.",says Scott as I nod."What's so wrong about that, Scott?",I ask as
Scott sighs."Jean hates him at refuses to go see it.Besides I don't have any tickets or the money to pay
for it.",says Scott.
"So?I can help out on the tickets.",I say happily as
Scott looks at me like I've grown another head."How?",asks Scott causiously now."With my
powers.Nobody'll get hurt.Come on it'll be cool and we still have time to drop off Jean at the
school if we hurry.",I say as Jean looks a little shocked at what I just purposed to her husband.
"What if I say that you can't go either, Emily?",asks Jean getting a temper now."Then I'll ask the
Professor if I can go since I've been just a good girl for getting my clothes and everything for
tomorrow.",I say slyly as Scott calms her down and we take her the school under much threatening
to tell the Professor about me going to the concert on a school night.'She's so annoying
sometimes.Let's go already.',I say as we drive off towards the concert/stadium.Once we're there...I
close my hands as a ticket appears in each hand.I hand one to Scott as he smiles at it.I take mine
in my hand as I sense someone watching us.Scott doesn't sense it but I do."Come on the
concert's about to start, Emily.",says Scott happily as we both go inside and find our seats that are
really close to the stage but not enough to go deaf from the amps on the stage.Once we're in our
seats..."This is so cool.I can't wait to see him when he starts singing.",says Scott as he's starting
to act like a 5 year about to open his Yule presents.'Oh that reminds me Lammas is about to start
tomorrow too.Now that's something that I can't wait for.I'll have to wait until everybody's in bed.',
I say to myself as a guy about Scott's age comes on stage with a strap holding a guitar around his
neck.He smiles happily as he starts strumbing the cords as everybody is completely silence.'I'd
rather be seeing Enya in concert.She's supposed to come here next month.I can't wait for that
either.',I say to myself as I hear Tim singing proudly all of his songs that he has time for.After the
concert...Scott is totally happy about the concert and tells me about it constantly but I have my
mind on something...or someone else.The energy is getting closer as I can feel my muscles
tighting on the door handle."What's wrong, Emily?",asks Scott as I'm starting to question his
energy that he gives off.He seems so bright too.It's a shame too."It's Magneto.He's here.",I hiss as
my energy is almost done being built up."Where, Emily?",asks Scott as he tries to sense him but
he can't."You need to learn how to sense people's energy better than that, Scott.",I say as Scott
glares at me.I close my eyes & concentrate on what Magneto looks like & what his energy feels
like.