Unwilling Evolution

By: Her majesty the drowned rat queen of Kahuku Lake a.k.a. me

Disclaimer: News flash! I now own the X-men! They where on e-bay so I bought them! NOT!!!!!!!!

After seeing Jean here I was really tempted to use my powers to disguise myself. Sorceress was teaching me how to do that but I still wasn't very good at it. I could make a few other things appear but not change my appearance. "Illusionist, let's go," Volcana said as she tugged my arm. "Huh, oh yah! We still need to look for dresses!" I laughed. Killer Frost looked at me strangely and asked, "Why were you staring at the red haired prep?" "No reason," I passed off, "I just thought it was someone I knew." I knew I was lying but I had stopped being totally honest a while ago. Before all of my friends said that I was a really good girl that would never lie, but recent developments had changed all that. Besides I now am not exactly a good guy. People think I am sweet and kind but I work for a team that wants to destroy the X-men. How proud I was of that goal.

I passed off the Jean sighting and went dress shopping with my friends. We were almost completely decided on dress but Volcana was still looking for the perfect dress. I was too as I couldn't find the perfect dress. I was trying to get Lucas to notice me and it was really only a joke my friends and I have about me and him, but still, I had a crush on him, and if my insane friends could realize that, hey maybe there was hope for Lucas. "Ooooooohhh! Look at that dress!" Volcana squealed. "Hmmm," I grunted, pulled back into reality, "Oh yah. That would look great on you, Volcana." "Come on! We need to buy it! Besides! You need a dress too!" "Fine," I said, "Lead the way."

After much searching in the store I finally found a dress that I liked, and we were all set to go, until Killer Frost realized that we needed shoes. I was happy to go as I still had homework due Monday to put off and Mystique said I couldn't do anything after the mall until it was finished so the mall seemed like a great place to be right now. I thought, Hell another hour at the mall wouldn't hurt. I was very happy to be out here, even if Jean had appeared.

As I walked out of the store an hour later I spotted Jean again. This time she saw me. "Taryn! What are you doing here?!" she asked sounding a little surprised to see me. "No, the question is-What are you doing here? I go to school here. You are out of you're territory," I said patiently, in a tone of voice I learnt from Sorceress when trying to explain something to someone she considered very stupid. "I am just visiting an old friend," she replied haughtily. "Illusionist! Let's go!" Killer Frost yelled over. I hadn't noticed but my friends had already gotten to the stairs. "Illusionist eh? Where'd you get that name?" Jean asked. "It's a nickname I got for certain...gifts I have," I said coldly. "See you around!" I yelled over my shoulder as I walked away.

What was Jean doing here? I certainly didn't know and none of my friends where telepaths, the only two I knew of were Sorceress and Lucas. "I ask again, what was the deal with the red head?" asked Killer Frost. "Oh, it was someone I knew," I replied coolly. "Being cold is usually my department and you where arctic. Who was she and do you want us to beat the living shit out of her?" Killer Frost asked. "No, that won't be necessary yet," I replied, "her name is Jean Grey, and she just annoys me." "Mutant or not?" "Mutant." "I see," she concluded. After that we just went back to chit chat about boys and that kind of thing.

A/N: Okay. It is a new chapter up. I was as sick as a dog yesterday so I didn't get much work done but I locked myself in the computer room to get work done, among other things. No reviews. That is sad. I'm busy feeling sorry for myself. Expect more soon. I've got a 5 day weekend coming up and certain distractions have been cleared from my path.