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Chapter Four

New Recruit

The X-teens had just came home from school and were lounging in the rec room when each of them heard the professor's voice in their heads:

"Children, please report to my office immediately."

The kids walked down the halls of the Institute, chattering about why they were being called to the professor's office.

"Maybe its to give us a new Danger Room instructor," Jamie Madrox suggested hopefully.

"Probably not," Scott Summers replied. "He probably wants to brief us on a new mission."

"I hope its not about Nightmare," Jennifer Freeze muttered, remembering the cruel mutant that had wanted revenge on Xavier.

"Come on, you know its not about him," Bobby Drake assured her, giving her a light squeeze.

"What ever it is, we'll like, know in a second," Kitty Pryde announced as the kids trouped into the professor's office.

Professor Charles Xavier was sitting in his wheelchair by his desk, along with Logan, Ororo Munroe and Doctor Hank McCoy. The four adults were staring at a small boy who was seated in one of the high back leather chairs. The boy had light brown curly hair and horns on his head, along with cloven hooves for feet and a tail similar to a goat's sticking out from his pant's leg.

"Children, I would like you to meet Timothy Morlund. He will be staying here at the mansion with us," Professor Xavier announced when all of the X- Men were present.

"Cool tail," Kurt Wagner smiled, his own tail swishing behind him.

The little boy in the chair gaped at the furry blue boy.

"So like, whats your power?" Kitty asked.

"It appears that Timothy can take the form of a mythical beast called a Faun," Xavier answered for the boy. "Though the full extent of his powers is not yet known to me, I believe his mutations are still growing."

"More weird stuff?" Timothy groaned. "As if this isn't strange enough." He sank back further into the leather chair, till the brown fabricate all but swallowed him.