Chapter 1 : And So It Begins...
Date: June 5, 2003
A/N: Yay!! My first X-Men fic!! I'm not sure how this'll turn out. All's I know, it MAY be kinda depressing, due to the fact that I'm listening to Smile Empty Soul. And this'll be pre-X2 (seeing how I haven't seen it yet...). I also took some of the appearances of the characters from X-Men: Evolution...Well, you'll just have to see for yourself.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own X-Men. Wish I did though...Whoever thought of it was a GENIUS! I envy him....All characters, except the originals, are mine. I made them up.
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"The poor girl's parents abandoned her?" the principal looked up from the portfolio folder at the young red-haired woman standing before her desk. The woman shrugged.
"I'm not for certain about that. She wouldn't tell us anything. But when she came to our facility, I noticed bruises on her arm. She could have as well been abused."
"Will you be taking care of the child? Making her feel at home at your facility?" asked the prinicpal.
"Yes, of course. We will take good care of her."
"Excellent. Well, I'm glad you came to see me, Dr. Grey. It was a pleasure having Kalli as a pupil. I'm sure she'll be in good hands."
"It was no problem." she extended a hand and the principal shook it. Jean Grey walked out of the office, sighing to herself. 'That was easy...'
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Kalli looked out at the sky on a balcony. She was amazed how her life has come to this...
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Her friends, family...everyone shunned her away, just because she was different. She had gotten into a argument with her father about it..and you could say that his anger got the better of him. Kalli got so angry when he hit her, that she slugged him back and ran out of the house. She didn't know where she was going, she let her legs carry her where ever they took her. She crossed the street, causing a car to screetch to a hault. She continued running until she came to a barn. She collapsed onto a fence nearby, holding onto one of the posts while trying to catch her breath. Kalli pushed a strand of hair out of her eyes and looked around her surroundings. She realized she was in the middle of nowhere.
"Well, this is just shit!" Kalli cursed herself. She straightened herself up, then somehow becoming dizzy. She gripped the fence post to keep her steady. She rubbed her eyes and blinked, her vision becoming blurry. She could no longer stand up, and fainted from exhaustion.
When she awoke, Kalli was no longer out in the country with the surrounding barn and fenced-in cows. When her vision had become clear, she noticed this. She was on a bed in a slight metallic room. Kalli sat up and looked around. She noticed on a table beside her had a tray with scaples and needles. She cringed at the sight of the needles and realized where she was now: a hospital of some sort.
"I see you're up." a woman with red hair came over to her and gave her a warm smile.
Kalli gave her a quizzical look. "Where am I?"
"Weschester, New York." said a male voice. Kalli looked over and saw a bald man in a wheelchair coming towards her. "You certainly were a long way from here when we found you."
Kalli narrowed her eyes. "How'd you find me? In Boringville, Kentucky?" She said in her semi-southern accent. "And who are you?"
"I'm Charles Xavier. And I'm phsychic. I can track any mutant, throughout the country, using my powers."
"What is this place?"
"To the public, Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. My school for mutants." At that moment, Kalli's stomach grumbled. Charles chuckled. "Would you like some breakfast?"
Once seated in the kitchen with a plate of pancakes and sausage, thanks to the red-head's cooking, Kalli dove right in after she put butter, syrup and cinnamon sugar on top. She looked up and saw the red-head and Charles looking at her. "What?" she said with a mouthful.
The red-head giggled lightly. "You should slow down, or you're gonna give yourself a stomach-ache."
Once she was finished, Kalli pushed her plate back. She looked up at the red-head then at Charles. "What now?"
Charles nodded to the red-head. "Dr. Jean Grey, could you lead Kalli here on a tour of the school?"
"Certainly, Professor." Dr. Grey smiled at Kalli warmly. "If you'd come with me, please."
"Soo, Jean Grey? What goes on in this place?"
"Well, as the Professor kind of explained, this is a school for mutants. Scott, also called Cyclops, Ororo, also called Storm, and I were the Professor's first students." the kind red-head explained. "He taught us how to control our powers. And in time, taught us how to teach others to do the same. The students are mostly runaways, frightened, alone. We protect them and provide them with a place to stay. You can stay here if you like."
Kalli was fixing to say something when loud talking and running footsteps interrupted her. Jean and Kalli looked down the hall and saw a couple girls approaching them.
"Ah, Kalli. These will be your roommates." said Jean. The two girls stood before them and Kalli got a good look at them. One girl had brown hair with white streaks framing her face. The other girl had brown hair pulled into a ponytail, with a couple strands hanging down.
"I'm Kitty..and this is Rogue," said the girl with brown hair, motioning to the other girl. "You must be Kalli."
Kalli gave Jean a side-look then nodded. "Uhh..yeah."
"I trust you girls will see to that Kalli will make herself at home," replied Dr. Grey. "I don't mean to be rude, but I'm needed in the Med. Lab." She gave Kalli one last smile and walked off.
"So, where are you from? What do you do?" asked Rogue, in a southern accent.
"Do?" questioned Kalli.
"Yeah, what sorta powers do you have?" Kitty inquired.
"Oh. Well, I'm from Kentucky...and, um...I can turn invisible and climb walls." Kalli responded.
"Cool! Hey, can you show us?" pleaded Rogue.
"Yeah, give us a demonstration!" joined Kitty.
Kalli chuckled. "Sure." Then suddenly she disappeared.
Kitty and Rogue gawked at the place where she once stood. "That's was soo cool!"
"Thanks," said a voice above them. They looked up and saw Kalli looking down at them from the ceiling.
"Man! You and Kurt would get along just great!" laughed Kitty.
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A/N: Beginning started out crummy. Just to clear things up, Jean went to Kalli's old school in KY and withdrew here from there. This information may be helpful for later on in the story.