Chapter Four: Attack!
[Telepathy] *Thoughts*
Sharah took a deep breath. It was times like these that her lack of school friends became all too apparent.
[I'm your friend] said Midnight from where she sat by her master's side.
[I know] she replied once more surveying the empty car. [Do you think they're okay?] she asked. The Apocalypse ordeal still had her worried, eve though Jean had assured her in her last owl that everyone was all right.
*There are so many knew mutants! Mystique and Todd know I exist, and Jean, Scott, The Professor, and my parents know I'm a witch. But other than that they don't even know I exist. I hope they like me.*
[We're here.]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~With the X-men~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Why are we here?* The Rogue asked herself as she surveyed the British train station. Scott and Jean the happiest she'd seen them in ages. The Toad looked scared and nervous. And Orora and Mr. Logan...
Rogue did a double take. Orora and Logan looked like an anxious couple, like every other anxious couple at the station.
Then it happened and Rogue knew she had gone insane. People began emerging from the wall of solid concrete that separated that separated platforms 9 and 10.
The third person to come through was a girl about 15. Her hair was pulled into a braid that reached her butt and she was wearing a schoolgirl's uniform. Her eyes scanned the crowd till they fell on the X- men.
"Hey Professor!" she called when she got close enough.
"Sharah!" called Orora hurrying to envelop the girl in a hug.
"Hi mom." She managed to gasp out with her quickly diminishing air supply. When Orora let the go the girl raised her head in the air and sniffed in a very Wolverine like way.
"Hello O-deodorant-less-one." Came the girls voice from behind Toad.
"Shadow." Said Toad, his voice fearful.
"Now Toad why in the world would I hurt you?" she asked, but her voice betrayed the fact that she would hurt him for no good reason anyway. Sharah laughed. "Relax Toad. Have I ever hurt a teammate?"
Toad shook his head.
"Well you're my teammate now right?"
Toad nodded.
"I might prank a teammate, but I don't hurt them."
"Well that fills me with confidence." Said Toad his voice gaining a sarcastic edge after hearing the sincere tone in her voice.
"Hey you're fast!" said Pietro, obviously stunned. No one was as fats as him.
"No shit Sherlock." Now she was standing behind Pietro. "I'm Sharah a.k.a. Shadow, and you are?"
"Awesome, and you?" now she was sitting on Fred's shoulder. She was tiny so it wasn't a problem.
"Freddy also The Blob."
"It fits." She said. "Do I have to say 'and you' every time? Come on folks introduce yourselves."
"Lance also Avalanche."
"Kitty codenamed Shadowcat."
"I'm Kurt the Nightcrawler."
"I'm Pyyyyyyyro, but my parents named me John, St. John"
"De call Remy Gambit, Cheri"
"I'm Piotre also Colossus."
"I'm Beast but in class I am Mr. McCoy."
"I am Warren also called Angel."
"I am the Scarlet Witch, but my name is Wanda."
"I'm Rogue."
"Sooo talkative." Said Sharah sarcastically.
"Why did you call Miss Orora mom?" asked Lance.
"Because she's Storm's and Wolverine's adoptive daughter yo." Replied Toad.
"That means that none of you are allowed to date her ever!" said Logan with a look that threatened to dice them if they disobeyed.
"Ah Daddy how am I ever going to give you grandchildren if you scare away all my boyfriends?" her look and tone of voice were sickeningly sweet.
"You're insane." Said Scott.
"Somebody has to balance off you two." She said gesturing towards Scott and Jean. "I mean if somebody in authority told you two to jump off a cliff you would do it just because you were supposed to obey them."
"We may jump, but we wouldn't fall." Said Jean.
Sharah laughed "That's pretty good Jeany."
"Hai Sensei, you taught me well." This caused Sharah to laugh even harder.
"Let's get to the airport," she said when she finally stopped laughing "I want to get home."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~At the mansion~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"They better get back soon grumbled Mystique.
"Do you think this is Charles's pay back for being his enemies for so long?" asked Magneto.
Just then Tabitha came by and threw a cherry bomb into Mystiques tea. 'BOOM!'
"I don't think," said Mystique "I know."
"Hello Mysty." Said an overly cheerful voice that sent fear and recognition rushing threw the shape shifter, but she didn't show it.
"Shadow what are you doing here? I thought Charles finally came to his senses and got rid of you."
"Don't worry I'm only here for a few months before school starts back again."
Mystique looked visibly relived.
"Although I might come home for Christmas this year."
The redheaded woman looked appalled at the idea, and Sharah laughed. "Geez Mysty I was just kidding."
"Do not call me Mysty!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A couple of months later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Professor?" Sharah said timidly.
"Yes, Miss Logan, is there something you wanted to ask me?"
Sharah pushed open the door to the Professor's office to find the entire staff seated in various places.
"No sir. I just wanted for you to see this letter I received today from the ministry." She handed him the envelope. The names of the sender and recipient were written in careful red ink. The red wax seal was already broken.
The Professor removed the piece of parchment, which he carefully opened and read.
"What does it say Professor?" asked Orora.
Although the question hadn't been addressed to her Sharah turned to answer. "The Ministry thinks I might be a target since I live with muggles."
"Muggles?" asked Warren. "Is that like a new word for mutants?"
"Nope," said Sharah, "muggles are people without magic."
"Please explain Miss Logan." Said Mystique a sneer stealing her features. She liked watching Sharah squirm.
"I'm a witch. The school I go to is one that teaches magic. In fact there is an entire world of magic that exists in the shadows of this one. For the most part wizards choose to leave muggles alone, but there are some who want to kill muggles. More on that later, right now The Ministry of Magic thinks this place could be a target, so they're sending some wizards to guard it. Unfortunately, Voldemort, the one who wants to kill muggles, has spies in the ministry. They'll probably be here before the ministry even if we weren't a target before. And it shouldn't take them long to apparate here.
As if they knew Sharah had finished her explanation, there was a series of familiar pops that sounded from the front lawn.
"Oh no," said Sharah.
[Students, we are under attack]
Sharah rushed outside hoping desperately that she had been wrong. But the tiny witch possessed no such luck, and she found herself facing a horde of masked and black-cloaked deatheaters.
But unbeknownst to the wizards the mansion was built to withstand attack, and with a security system that was especially built to combat angry mobs, government attacks, giant robots, and super powered foes the deatheaters didn't stand a chance.
The mansion let loose, Statues shot lasers, fountains threw bombs, and guns popped up from the ground. The deatheaters were in a muggle made hell, and no amount of magic could save them from a bullet through the heart.
A few were smart enough to try and apparate away, but Sharah used her mage powers to direct them to the Danger Room.
If the lawn hadn't killed them the Danger Room did.
"We don't need the aurors finding out about the Danger Room," commented Sharah. "If you'll explain to the students I'll move the bodies to the lawn."
"Sharah," started The Professor, "we can't..."
"Do you want to move those dead bodies?"
"We'll do it." Said Warren.
~~~~~Later after the bodies have been moved and Sharah has been explained~~~~~~~~~
Five aurors apparated onto the grounds of the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters.
"This the place?" asked one.
"Yep this is the place," replied another.
"You're a little late Bub," said Logan as he opened the gates.
The aurors eyes widened when they saw the carnage. "The mansion's security systems kicked in when they got her. Took them all out. The students and the rest of the staff are inside. We don't want the students to see this. Can you send some people to apparate them out?"
For a second the aurors were speechless, but the team leader was quick to regain his wits. "White!"
"Yes sir."
"Contact the Ministry. Tell them what's happened, and tell them we need enough aurors to get those kids out of there without them seeing this. Mr...."
"Logan."
"Mr. Logan we're going to need you to remain here for questioning." Logan growled so low the auror couldn't hear him. He had a feeling it would be awhile before he saw the kids again.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~In the mansion~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"The aurors are here," said Sharah when she heard the pops. "I've placed charms on Kurt's and Mr. McCoy's image inducers. That way they'll still work in areas of high magic concentration. We'll try to keep the fact that we're mutants a secret. It should be easy since the Centinal Disaster was on muggle T.V. and wizards basically try not to interact with those that don't have magic."
"What will they do with us?" asked Tabitha. Mistrust shone in her eyes. Sharah wondered if it was her or the Ministry she didn't trust.
"They'll send us to a safe house since I'm still a student we'll probably go to Hogwarts."
"What's Hogwarts?" asked Bobby.
"It's the school I go to. There are some people there who don't like muggles. They may give you a hard time."
"Sharah," started Scott, "We're a group of openly mutant teenagers who go to a predominately human high school. We'll live."
Sharah smiled, "I don't doubt it."
"Which one of you is this school's headmaster?" asked a silver-haired woman in the doorway wearing the robes of an auror.
"I'm Charles Xavier, and you are?"
"My name is Fleur Delacour. I am an International Auror. Since Miss Logan lives in America but goes to school in Britain the team that works on this case will be part English, part American, and partly from the international office. I will be leading it. You will be apparated to the International office in a few minutes. There you will be questioned. When we are through, you will be moved to Hogwarts. As long as you are touching one of my aurors you will be apparated with them."
Fleur never stopped smiling the entire time, and the boys never stopped drooling.
[How long do you think they can keep the mutant thing a secret?] Midnight asked as she hopped into Sharah's arms.
[I would hope forever.] replied Sharah as an auror moved towards her and put his hand on her shoulder.
'Pop'
[But knowing these people I'm guessing two seconds.]
End Chapter three
[Telepathy] *Thoughts*
Sharah took a deep breath. It was times like these that her lack of school friends became all too apparent.
[I'm your friend] said Midnight from where she sat by her master's side.
[I know] she replied once more surveying the empty car. [Do you think they're okay?] she asked. The Apocalypse ordeal still had her worried, eve though Jean had assured her in her last owl that everyone was all right.
*There are so many knew mutants! Mystique and Todd know I exist, and Jean, Scott, The Professor, and my parents know I'm a witch. But other than that they don't even know I exist. I hope they like me.*
[We're here.]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~With the X-men~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Why are we here?* The Rogue asked herself as she surveyed the British train station. Scott and Jean the happiest she'd seen them in ages. The Toad looked scared and nervous. And Orora and Mr. Logan...
Rogue did a double take. Orora and Logan looked like an anxious couple, like every other anxious couple at the station.
Then it happened and Rogue knew she had gone insane. People began emerging from the wall of solid concrete that separated that separated platforms 9 and 10.
The third person to come through was a girl about 15. Her hair was pulled into a braid that reached her butt and she was wearing a schoolgirl's uniform. Her eyes scanned the crowd till they fell on the X- men.
"Hey Professor!" she called when she got close enough.
"Sharah!" called Orora hurrying to envelop the girl in a hug.
"Hi mom." She managed to gasp out with her quickly diminishing air supply. When Orora let the go the girl raised her head in the air and sniffed in a very Wolverine like way.
"Hello O-deodorant-less-one." Came the girls voice from behind Toad.
"Shadow." Said Toad, his voice fearful.
"Now Toad why in the world would I hurt you?" she asked, but her voice betrayed the fact that she would hurt him for no good reason anyway. Sharah laughed. "Relax Toad. Have I ever hurt a teammate?"
Toad shook his head.
"Well you're my teammate now right?"
Toad nodded.
"I might prank a teammate, but I don't hurt them."
"Well that fills me with confidence." Said Toad his voice gaining a sarcastic edge after hearing the sincere tone in her voice.
"Hey you're fast!" said Pietro, obviously stunned. No one was as fats as him.
"No shit Sherlock." Now she was standing behind Pietro. "I'm Sharah a.k.a. Shadow, and you are?"
"Awesome, and you?" now she was sitting on Fred's shoulder. She was tiny so it wasn't a problem.
"Freddy also The Blob."
"It fits." She said. "Do I have to say 'and you' every time? Come on folks introduce yourselves."
"Lance also Avalanche."
"Kitty codenamed Shadowcat."
"I'm Kurt the Nightcrawler."
"I'm Pyyyyyyyro, but my parents named me John, St. John"
"De call Remy Gambit, Cheri"
"I'm Piotre also Colossus."
"I'm Beast but in class I am Mr. McCoy."
"I am Warren also called Angel."
"I am the Scarlet Witch, but my name is Wanda."
"I'm Rogue."
"Sooo talkative." Said Sharah sarcastically.
"Why did you call Miss Orora mom?" asked Lance.
"Because she's Storm's and Wolverine's adoptive daughter yo." Replied Toad.
"That means that none of you are allowed to date her ever!" said Logan with a look that threatened to dice them if they disobeyed.
"Ah Daddy how am I ever going to give you grandchildren if you scare away all my boyfriends?" her look and tone of voice were sickeningly sweet.
"You're insane." Said Scott.
"Somebody has to balance off you two." She said gesturing towards Scott and Jean. "I mean if somebody in authority told you two to jump off a cliff you would do it just because you were supposed to obey them."
"We may jump, but we wouldn't fall." Said Jean.
Sharah laughed "That's pretty good Jeany."
"Hai Sensei, you taught me well." This caused Sharah to laugh even harder.
"Let's get to the airport," she said when she finally stopped laughing "I want to get home."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~At the mansion~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"They better get back soon grumbled Mystique.
"Do you think this is Charles's pay back for being his enemies for so long?" asked Magneto.
Just then Tabitha came by and threw a cherry bomb into Mystiques tea. 'BOOM!'
"I don't think," said Mystique "I know."
"Hello Mysty." Said an overly cheerful voice that sent fear and recognition rushing threw the shape shifter, but she didn't show it.
"Shadow what are you doing here? I thought Charles finally came to his senses and got rid of you."
"Don't worry I'm only here for a few months before school starts back again."
Mystique looked visibly relived.
"Although I might come home for Christmas this year."
The redheaded woman looked appalled at the idea, and Sharah laughed. "Geez Mysty I was just kidding."
"Do not call me Mysty!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A couple of months later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Professor?" Sharah said timidly.
"Yes, Miss Logan, is there something you wanted to ask me?"
Sharah pushed open the door to the Professor's office to find the entire staff seated in various places.
"No sir. I just wanted for you to see this letter I received today from the ministry." She handed him the envelope. The names of the sender and recipient were written in careful red ink. The red wax seal was already broken.
The Professor removed the piece of parchment, which he carefully opened and read.
"What does it say Professor?" asked Orora.
Although the question hadn't been addressed to her Sharah turned to answer. "The Ministry thinks I might be a target since I live with muggles."
"Muggles?" asked Warren. "Is that like a new word for mutants?"
"Nope," said Sharah, "muggles are people without magic."
"Please explain Miss Logan." Said Mystique a sneer stealing her features. She liked watching Sharah squirm.
"I'm a witch. The school I go to is one that teaches magic. In fact there is an entire world of magic that exists in the shadows of this one. For the most part wizards choose to leave muggles alone, but there are some who want to kill muggles. More on that later, right now The Ministry of Magic thinks this place could be a target, so they're sending some wizards to guard it. Unfortunately, Voldemort, the one who wants to kill muggles, has spies in the ministry. They'll probably be here before the ministry even if we weren't a target before. And it shouldn't take them long to apparate here.
As if they knew Sharah had finished her explanation, there was a series of familiar pops that sounded from the front lawn.
"Oh no," said Sharah.
[Students, we are under attack]
Sharah rushed outside hoping desperately that she had been wrong. But the tiny witch possessed no such luck, and she found herself facing a horde of masked and black-cloaked deatheaters.
But unbeknownst to the wizards the mansion was built to withstand attack, and with a security system that was especially built to combat angry mobs, government attacks, giant robots, and super powered foes the deatheaters didn't stand a chance.
The mansion let loose, Statues shot lasers, fountains threw bombs, and guns popped up from the ground. The deatheaters were in a muggle made hell, and no amount of magic could save them from a bullet through the heart.
A few were smart enough to try and apparate away, but Sharah used her mage powers to direct them to the Danger Room.
If the lawn hadn't killed them the Danger Room did.
"We don't need the aurors finding out about the Danger Room," commented Sharah. "If you'll explain to the students I'll move the bodies to the lawn."
"Sharah," started The Professor, "we can't..."
"Do you want to move those dead bodies?"
"We'll do it." Said Warren.
~~~~~Later after the bodies have been moved and Sharah has been explained~~~~~~~~~
Five aurors apparated onto the grounds of the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters.
"This the place?" asked one.
"Yep this is the place," replied another.
"You're a little late Bub," said Logan as he opened the gates.
The aurors eyes widened when they saw the carnage. "The mansion's security systems kicked in when they got her. Took them all out. The students and the rest of the staff are inside. We don't want the students to see this. Can you send some people to apparate them out?"
For a second the aurors were speechless, but the team leader was quick to regain his wits. "White!"
"Yes sir."
"Contact the Ministry. Tell them what's happened, and tell them we need enough aurors to get those kids out of there without them seeing this. Mr...."
"Logan."
"Mr. Logan we're going to need you to remain here for questioning." Logan growled so low the auror couldn't hear him. He had a feeling it would be awhile before he saw the kids again.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~In the mansion~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"The aurors are here," said Sharah when she heard the pops. "I've placed charms on Kurt's and Mr. McCoy's image inducers. That way they'll still work in areas of high magic concentration. We'll try to keep the fact that we're mutants a secret. It should be easy since the Centinal Disaster was on muggle T.V. and wizards basically try not to interact with those that don't have magic."
"What will they do with us?" asked Tabitha. Mistrust shone in her eyes. Sharah wondered if it was her or the Ministry she didn't trust.
"They'll send us to a safe house since I'm still a student we'll probably go to Hogwarts."
"What's Hogwarts?" asked Bobby.
"It's the school I go to. There are some people there who don't like muggles. They may give you a hard time."
"Sharah," started Scott, "We're a group of openly mutant teenagers who go to a predominately human high school. We'll live."
Sharah smiled, "I don't doubt it."
"Which one of you is this school's headmaster?" asked a silver-haired woman in the doorway wearing the robes of an auror.
"I'm Charles Xavier, and you are?"
"My name is Fleur Delacour. I am an International Auror. Since Miss Logan lives in America but goes to school in Britain the team that works on this case will be part English, part American, and partly from the international office. I will be leading it. You will be apparated to the International office in a few minutes. There you will be questioned. When we are through, you will be moved to Hogwarts. As long as you are touching one of my aurors you will be apparated with them."
Fleur never stopped smiling the entire time, and the boys never stopped drooling.
[How long do you think they can keep the mutant thing a secret?] Midnight asked as she hopped into Sharah's arms.
[I would hope forever.] replied Sharah as an auror moved towards her and put his hand on her shoulder.
'Pop'
[But knowing these people I'm guessing two seconds.]
End Chapter three
