Shifter

Disclaimer: The X-Men characters are the property of MarvelĀ®. But Xavier "Flame" Roberts and Samantha "Shifter" Darkholme are mine.

Chapter 1:Changes

Fifteen year old Samantha Darkholme roamed the streets of Paris, France. She ducked into an alley and sat down leaning against a wall of a store. She started to cry. "What am I?", She screamed at the pale moon. About a week ago she had started to change. Her skin started to grow blue fur and she began to shapeshift into people and animals she had seen. Not to mention a pointy, devil like tail coming from her behind. On top of that she had been expelled from her highschool and then she was kicked out of her foster family's home. This all happened when the people she loved, found out she was a mutant. 'Who needs them anyway' She thought to herself. Samantha searched furiously for a chocolate bar in her cloak's pocket. Biting into it she thought of what she would do now since she was a mutant now. 'The institute is the only place I can go now', Samantha thought.

*Flashback* Samantha was thirteen. Her mother, Raven "Mystique" Darkholme, was taking her to see her mutant brother, Kurt Wagner, in America. At this time Samantha wasn't a mutant, but she knew her brother and mom were mutants. When they get to The Institute for the Gifted her mother introduced her to the students there. Samantha had thought Xavier "Flame" Roberts and Bobby "Iceman" Drake was cute, for mutants at least. She stayed there for a week enjoying the glamorous institute. *End of Flashback*

Finally she knew what to do and where to go. Samantha took out her cellphone and dialed her real mother's number. It rang twice than Mystique answered it. "Hello. This is Raven", She said into the phone. In the background you could hear a punching bag being punched from her Manhattan apartment. "Hi mom, it's Sam", Samantha said. "Oh hi, honey", Raven replied. Samantha continued, "Mom I just found out that I-I'm a mutant like you and Kurt. Mystique sighed. She knew this day would come. She took a deep breath and stopped attacking the punching bag. Pulling a chair toward her, she sat down. Samantha then told her everything that had happed in the last two weeks. "Ok, I'm going to enroll you in Professor Xavier's institute," She paused. "I'll have some of his students pick you up, alright?" "Ok, bye mom", Samantha replied. She hung up her phone and found herself yawning. She put her cell away. Five minutes later she fell asleep.

A loud roar woke Samantha up. It was morning and the sun shined on top of her. Suddenly she began to float into the air. She landed on top of a building where a black jet hovered 10 feet away from her. 'The X-Jet!', She thought to her self. 'You're right', said another voice. Samantha screamed. "It's only me." said the voice again. Samantha turned around to see Jean Grey, a mutant from the institute. She wore a black two piece with a large X on each piece. "I heard you needed a ride.", Jean said smiling. She lifted them both up into the jet. Samantha sat down in one of the many seats of the jet. She glanced up to see Scott "Cyclops" Summers in the pilots' seat. He wore a black uniform with a red X near his heart. He waved at her. Samantha blushed. Sitting next to Scott was Dr. Hank "Beast" McCoy reading his newspaper. He wore a black Speedo. His blue fur shined in the light. He glanced up and smiled at Samantha, then gave a nod for Scott to fly back. Dr. McCoy was teaching him to fly the X-Jet. "I suggest you take a nap, it will be a long trip home.", Dr. McCoy said without glancing up. And with that they took off. Please review. This was my first!!