Tionna lay in bed awake not wanting to get up. Last night had been horrible. After watching X-Men battle, her t.v. had blown up, her water had been frozen, her microwave had short circuited, and there had been a small earthquake.

Come to think of it, the last thing she remembered was crying on the living room floor, how did she get back in bed?

She felt really alone. Her parents were out of town. Mindy and John Rivers had needed a break. Owning their own "respectable" business was tiring. Tionna knew the only respectable business they did was turning in rival drug dealers. It supported her though, and it's not like she or her parents did drugs, her parents just sold them. Even if they did do drugs it wouldn't effect them. Mindy was a faerie and John was a vampire. Tionna, of course, was half-and-half and had the best of both worlds.

*I think I'll go to the mall. I need to get some new jewelry.*

So she got up, and took her parents black Porsche to the mall.

Walking into the mall, it was as if time stood still, her hair such a dark red that is appeared black. Her silver eyes glowing with small flecks of red. Her long stride gracefully moving her long slender body forward until time suddenly speed up propelling her straight into a boy whom had just walked into her path.

"Hey loser! I'm walking here!"

"Hey Tionna. I'm good. How are you?"

"Hello Pietro. Let me just have out conversation. No I don't think your hot, no, I don't think we're perfect for each other, and no, I don't want to go out with you tonight! Good day Pietro."

Tionna walked off leaving Pietro standing there, jaw hanging open. She heard someone clapping and looked around to see none other than her friend Rogue.

"That was priceless! He needs ta be put in his place!"

Tionna took a couple small bows, "Thank you, Thank you! I'd like to thank jerky guys everywhere that are so full of them selves that I cant help but shut them down."

Both girls had a good giggle.

"What are you doing her anyways Rogue? I thought you never set foot in malls."

"Only when Jean an Kitty make meh. Today there excuses was that mah wardrobe was too plain an Ah needed some color. SO Ah bought this," Rogue said holding up a sheer navy blue over shirt.

"They actually let you go with only that?"

"No. Ah said I'd tough 'um if they tried ta make meh buy and thin else."

Tionna knew about Rogues powers because rogue was part vampire too and vampires couldn't lie to each other.

Jean and Kitty mean while were avidly going through the racks at American Eagle.

*Jean can you hear me? *

*Yes professor. We'll be back in a minute. *

"Kitty. Let's go. E needs to find Rogue and get her to bring her friend aloud with us to the mansion. We have a new mutant."

"Like, really? Oh wow, that is like so cool."

They caught sight of Rogue and her friend at Spenders looking at belly rings.

"Hey Rogue! Who's your friend?" Jean asked.

"Jean this is Tionna, Tionna, Jean," Rogue grumbled. "An Kitty," she added before Kitty had a chance to say any thing.

"Hello, nice to meet you all," Tionna said politely.

"Do you like want to come with us back to the mansion and like hang out or something?" Kitty asked, knowing professor X wanted her on his team.

"Sure. Why not," Tionna replied, seeing the anxious look on Kitty's face.

"Great. I'll just call Scott to come pick us up," Jean said with a sigh of relief, glad it wasn't too hard to get her to come to the mansion. She got out her cell phone, but before she even punched a number, "I'll just drive us back. Lets go," Tionna said, eager to see the mansion.

Once they got to the car there were the oo's and ahh's then the short drive to the mansion.

*Hmm. this is a little bigger than my house* she thought.

Then came the welcoming committee. Scott came first.

"Hello and welcome to the X-mansion. I'm Scott." (Of course Jean had to interject with "My boyfriend".) " You can also call me Cyclops."

Then Kurt and Evan happened to come over form their dangerous game of tag.

"You vill never catch me alive!" Kurt yelled back at Evan then teleporting right in front of Tionna. "Very nice to meet you frolline," he said with a small bow, taking her hand.

He was just about to kiss her knuckles when he was forced to teleport by a spike that would have gone straight through him.

"Hey. Sorry 'bout that. I'm Evan or Spyke, which ever is appropriate for the moment," he hastily said before chasing after Kurt. "Time to catch that little Nightcrawler."

"Is it always the chaotic here?" Tionna questioned.

"It's usu'lly worse," Rogue explained. "They're behavin now cuz yar a new girl an bout 10 are gone on a field trip right now."

"Like come on Tionna. You like have to meet professor X now," Kitty said dragging Tionna into the mansion.

The inside of the mansion was plainer than hers, but then again professor X had probably gotten all his money legally.

"Hello Tionna. Have a seat," professor X said once they reached his office. "The rest of you may leave," he said to Kitty, Rogue, and Jean, who sulked out of the room.

"You know why you were brought here, correct?"

"Yes professor. I have developed some kind of mutant ability."

"Yes, but there seems to be a problem. We can not find out exactly what it is. It looks like you have more than one and more keep adding on."

"Do you think I'm like Rogue professor?"

"Maybe, but not exactly. We will have to do some research on this. In the mean time, I'll let Rogue show you to your room. Kitty is moving in with Jean so you will be rooming with rogue."

"Um. professor. I haven't even asked my folks if I could come. They're out of town until a week from tomorrow."

"Then you can stay here until they get back. I'm pretty sure they won't mind you staying here after that."

"Alright professor."

*Rogue. Please quit eavesdropping and take Tionna to her room.you already know where it is correct? *

*Yes professor. * "And Ah wasn't droppin no eves. Come on Tionna. Ah haven't got all day."

"Oh shut up rogue. I can't forget anything and you do have all day if I'm not mistaken."

Finally everything was pack in her lamberginus. She had decided to take her own car, and they were back to the mansion.

It took a while to unpack because they were goofing around too much trying on each other's clothes (there wasn't a color lighter than navy blue between them). They were so caught up in unpacking that they didn't realize they'd missed dinner.

"Damn it. I'm hungry too. How come no one came and got us?" Tionna inquired.

"'Cause. Less people means more food," rogue grumbled, quite hungry herself. "Let's go down and see if we can scrounge something up."

They went down into the kitchen. It was about 10 so everyone should have been in their rooms. Rogue made sure that Tionna stayed quiet. They made sandwiches, but before they could eat them, they heard a noise out side.

"Ah'll go check it out. Stay here and be quiet," Rogue whispered. "Its probly one of the stupid boys to get more food," she reassured Tionna.

Maybe 10 seconds after Rogue left through one door a man barged through another one and held Tionna at knifepoint.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? And more important, what are you doing with my food? You have 5 seconds to answer bub."

"I'm mmmmmmmmm," Tionna tried to mumble the answers through the large bite of sandwich she had taken before this guy had barged in.

While he was talking she had noticed that he wasn't holding the knives, they were claws. She felt tingly all over and pressure built and grew until she had to find a way to release it.

Shick. She felt claws burst from within her hand.

*Ouch! That hurt! *

Now at least she didn't have to play helpless victim. She quickly turned the tables on her attacker, more than likely because of surprise, and decided to ask a few questions herself.

"Who are you? Why are you attacking a student here? And this is not 'your food'!"

Small applause was heard to the side.

"Bravo! Hardly anyone can pin Logan!"

"So you're the new student professor X told me about?"

"Yup," was the small reply.

"I'm Logan," he said sucking in his claws and holding out his seemingly normal hand.

"I'd shake your hand, but I don't really know how to get rid of these things," she politely said, holding up her hand so they had a clear view of the claws.

"Oh. Here. You just." Logan told her how to get rid of them.

"You two need to go to bed before one of the "meaner" teachers come and find you."

"Thanks Logan," the two girls said in unison and headed up to their room.

*This is going to be great* Tionna thought while changing and getting into bed. *If today was this eventful I wonder what will happen tomorrow.*