Dawn barely had its chance to break through the curtain-covered windows when Kurt Wagner woke with a start. He stared at his surroundings, confused at first, but remembered what had happened the previous night. Blushing madly at his sudden thoughts, he began to pray, sitting up quickly, but stopped soon, turning around. Something wasn't right...Where was Gabrielle? And why was he awake so early...he yawned.

*Kurt, could you please come down to the main entryway? We are having a slight problem...*

Professor Xavier's voice echoed through Kurt's head. Getting up, thinking it might have to do with Gabby, he BAMFed out of the room and into the hall right next to a group of confused and sleepy students. Some turned, hearing his BAMF and waved. Others nodded, sleepy. Kurt pushed his way through, and he walked over to the group of adults arriving from all around the school.

"Vat is happening?" Kurt suppressed a yawn, stretching. It had to be important. Logan, Scott, Ororo and Xavier were all there, staring at the front door.

Logan shrugged. Ororo waved, glancing at the professor.

"You will see." Xavier smiled.

Suddenly, someone began to bang at the doors loudly. Xavier hid his smile, and just stared at the door, not bothering to open it. Kurt guessed he shouldn't either.

"LET...ME...IN!" A woman's voice echoed throughout the halls. "I KNOW YOU'RE THERE. OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR!"

The students giggled. At least they were having a good time. Logan glanced at them and their laughter stopped.

With a crash, a girl fell into the room.

"If you had pushed the doors, they might have opened sooner." Xavier said calmly, wheeling over to the fallen figure.

The red faced girl smacked the hand offered to her away and stood up by herself, brushing her clothes off. She glared at all the others and at her surroundings, searching for something or someone. "Where's...my...sister..." her voice was deadly silent.

Logan, Scott, Kurt and Ororo's mouths were hanging open.

"Gabby?!?" Ororo muttered, looking at the girl. This was Gabby! Or at least she LOOKED like Gabby...there were obvious differences...her hair was shorter, tied back in a high pony tail with a few strands hanging off one side, and her eyes seemed cold...and darker. Everything else seemed to be the same.

The girl's head spun to stare at the storm-witch. Her eyes flickered, shock at the woman's white hair, probably, but they kept their coldness. "...Where's...Gabby...?"

"Huh?" Ororo closed her mouth and opened it again. She did this several times, trying to clear her head before Xavier held up a hand.

*Don't say anything, yet, Ororo.*

The white-haired woman immediately snapped her mouth shut. The professor would handle it. He turned back to the girl, staring at her straight in the eye.

Suddenly, Gabby rushed into sight. She stood at the top of the staircase looking down at the crowd, panting and holding her robe closed. She must have run a great distance, for her hair had come out of its usual braid, and was hanging messily at her sides, all frizzy and blown every which way.

"Professor...I heard screaming! What the heck is going-" She stopped mid- sentence, staring at the newcomer. "...on..." she finally squeaked.

The two girls stared at each other, surprise written all over their faces. Gabby finally blinked and came back to the real world. "MABEL?!?!?"

"GABBY!" Mabel shrieked. Gabby choked and blinked a few hundred times more.

"What in god's name are you DOING here?!" Gabby seemed to be rooted to her spot, but she leaned over the railing as far as she could. "How did you find me?"

"Pah, I could ask you the same! You've been gone for over a year, Gab! Some friend of yours came to our house and told me where you might be...Where have you BEEN? What have you been DOING?" She took a breath. "And why is he BLUE?" She had finally noticed Kurt.

"Ah...!" Gabby grew quiet as she stared at her hands.

Xavier broke the silence by coughing. "Gabrielle, my dear, would you please properly introduce us to your friend?" He smiled kindly. He already knew.

Gabby looked up (or...well...down...) again and pointed to the girl. "This..." she sighed. "Is...Mabel..." She pointed at herself. "My twin sister."

Hands on her hips, Mabel glared at her sister. "Hell yea, I'm her twin. Only an idjit (idiot.) wouldn't notice. You still haven't answered any of my questions." She glanced nervously at Kurt.

"Professor...she doesn't know yet..."Gabby mumbled. "I ran from home before my family found out..."

"Know? Know what? What the hell is going on?" Mabel looked around. When she noticed the students, she glared, obviously confused as all-get-out.

"You may explain if you wish, Gabby." The old man nodded. "It seems as if she has something to tell you as well."

The animal-girl took a breath. "Y'know all those mutants ya hear about on television, Mab?"

"Uh...yea...what does that-" She realized what her sister was trying to say. "Ohhh nooo...don't you dare tell me..." She swallowed a few times, shocked.

Gabby climbed onto the railing, and jumped. Wings sprouted, and she glided down to her sister, not touching the ground until face to face with the one exactly like her.

Mabel fell back and stared, mouth open. "Are ya kidding me?" She whispered, sitting on her butt.

"Unfortunately not." Gabby reached out to her. Mabel, scared, but not about to mistrust her own (freakin') twin, grabbed her hand and stood up. "Come with me. We need to talk. I shall tell you everything."

Mabel rubbed her forehead. "I 'ave plenty more to tell ya too, Gab...oh gosh...a mutant..." she shook her head slowly. "Doesn't matter...you're my sis...oh Gab...I missed you..." The two hugged each other tightly.

Leading her sister up the stairs, she turned to look back at the others. She mouthed 'Thank you' and something that looked like, '

Xavier sighed and rubbed his hands together. "It seems as if they will take a while. No classes, for the rest of today. That will be all." He turned and went the other way, leaving the confused, yet delighted crowd to get his breakfast.

Sitting together, Logan, Ororo, Scott, and Kurt ate breakfast and drank their coffee. They didn't say anything, until Marie came over.

"Hey, all." She dragged a stool near Logan. "Weird, huh? Ms. Gab' just comes here one day, no explainin' and all that fancy animal shows, scarin' the crap outta some of us...an' then here comes her twin sis'ta, outta nowhere. Ah,for one, am completely confused." She stole Logan's mug and took a sip.

Scott nodded. "I'm not so sure I trust Gabby. Nor her sister. Did you see her face? She's a normal human. She's scared of mutants. We can't trust her."

"Bullshit." Logan slammed his fist on the table as quietly as possible...which is very loud when your bone structure is covered with metal. Everyone jumped, and turned to stare at him. "Gabby may be some weird freak...but she's trustworthy." He smirked. "Otherwise, professor would know it."

Appalled at this new train of thought, the others stayed silent, staring at one another, thinking. Finally, footsteps could be heard coming from the hallway. The occupants of the kitchen all turned at the same moment, to see Gabby and her tear-stained sister. Obviously, the girl had heard everything, and was still scared.

"May we join you?" Gabby walked into the room, dragging her sister behind her. She opened the fridge and tossed a coke to her sister and opened one for herself. She chugged it, and sighed. Storm offered her a seat, but Gabby shook her head and dragged two stools to the group. Mabel didn't move.

Gabby's eyes were tired and had lost their shine. "Mabel...come sit down. We're both tired...and you need the rest." Mabel wouldn't move until she finally strode over after more persuasion. Gabby introduced the people in the room, and Mabel nodded stiffly at each of them.

Gabby finished her soda and tossed it over her shoulder, and into a trashcan. She leaned on her shoulders and closed her eyes. "How come none of you asked anything yet?"

Startled, Logan and Scott looked at each other and Storm blinked. Kurt just stared.

"I thought-"

Gabby waved a hand and sighed again. "Should I just explain everything, then?"

Rogue looked at the floor. "Maybe I should go then?"

"Nah. You're part of the Xmen...you deserve to know these things." Gabby poked Rogue playfully, trying to loosen her favorite student up.

She giggled and leaned in her chair. Gabby started.

"I told Mabel everythin'. Mutant school...how I came here...bout all the teachers and student's here...and she told me a few things." She rubbed her forehead. "Apparently one of my friends from before...my mutant friends...managed to get away from government grasp. She told Mabel where I was...but not what I was...Apparently...Mabel has also been tested on..." She looked at her sister, who nodded. "By the doctor who made me...but she isn't reacting to it much...I'm hoping that she won't be harmed...I'm going to ask Xavier to see if anything is wrong..." She put her head on the table. "Gawd...I'm tired..."

"Hold it..." Scott placed a hand on her arm. Gabby opened one eye and stared at him from the table.

"What?"

"Doctor? What doctor?" Scott pointed out.

Gabby mentally kicked herself and smacked her forehead in real life. "Ahhh...I forgot I only told Kurt...Sorry sorry."

The next half hour was spent telling the entire story. (My next chapter will be the story itself. Hey...a story in a story! How weird! *cough* I'll keep going....)

Gabby answered the few questions asked. Even Mabel got rid of her stiff, grumpy and scared self and asked some questions too, not bothered as much by the mutants surrounding her. She even laughed at the joke that was told by Logan. Soon, all the mutants and human managed a large conversation based on how each one of them had arrived at the school. Kurt had just finished telling his story and had to be stopped by everyone to prevent him from telling his circus stories again.

Laughing, Gabby stood up. "I'm tired, you're tired...we're all tired." She yawned broadly, proving her point. "I'm going to show Mabel an empty room, and go to bed. I'm EXHASTED."

The others chuckled and left as well. It WAS almost three in the morning, and there was school and classes to attend to the next day. It would be a Thursday, anyway. As they all pooled out of the room, Kurt began to wonder, even though it was so late, if Gabby would be on the roof again. It had become his habit, to expect her there. But...no...not tonight. He sighed as he BAMFed up to the roof, by himself.

Gabby noticed the blue smoke coming from the kitchen, then wondered to herself...but her sister leaning on her made her have to concentrate on her instead.

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Kurt stood at the roof for what felt like hours...but he knew to be merely minutes. The school had gone silent beneath him, and he assumed everyone was asleep. He kept trying to clear his mind, but his mind wouldn't listen, and kept wandering to the events of the day. Suddenly, he heard, a bump and his pointed ears twitched. No one should be awake...it was probably a student...or an intruder?

A loud wooshing noise startled him even more. He spun around and stared, unbelieving. An angel had come down from the heavens!? Kurt blinked a couple hundred times in record time. Suddenly, he realized, it wasn't an angel...not really. The winged girl glided over in front of him.

"Hey, Kurt." Gabby smiled, tired. "I wondered if you'd come up here. Good thing I did, huh?"

Startled, Kurt smiled shyly. He looked down at his hands, but glanced up at her from an angle. She looked like an angel...without the halo. The wings were there...

Gabby landed next to him and her smile turned into worry. "How come you're still awake? Aren't you tired at all? Are you sick?"

Kurt shook his head. "Nein, nein, Gabby. I am fine."

The girl sighed and leaned on the railing heavily. "Then why'd you come here?"

"Juzt thinking I zuppoze..." Kurt stared straight ahead...glancing at the girl once in a while. "...und waiting for you...I did not want you to be up here alone...juzt in caze."

Staring at the blue mutant to the left of her, she turned pink. "It would have been fine, Kurt..." she looked down. "You're probably really tired, too...why don't we both go to sleep?" She got control of her blood-rushed face, and managed to look at him again. He was looking at her...and she turned pink again. She hoped the dark would cover it.

Nodding slowly, Kurt reached out to hold Gabby and teleport them. They arrived at Gabby's door, with a BAMF and Gabby and Kurt said goodnight. Closing her door, Gabby realized her sister was in her room.

"Mabel? What are you doing here?" Gabby locked her door.

"Ah...I was GOING to ask you where the kitchen was...but I found it." Mabel began picking at her nails. "So...what's with you and the blue one?"

"His name's Kurt, Mab. And I don't know what you're talking about." She began to change into a night shirt and looked for her pants when Mabel handed her the shorts.

"Ha. Whatever." Mabel walked over to the door and waved. "Wake me in the morning?"

"Sure. But I have classes early, so I'll send a student if I don't have the time." Gabby almost fell over trying to stuff on her pants.

"Fine. Night, Gab." Mabel opened the door.

"G'night, Mabel." Gabby hopped into her bathroom, waving.

When Mabel closed the door and turned around, she almost had a heart-attack and died. Kurt was still standing in front of the door. Startled, he too jumped back. At first, he thought Gabby had cut her hair, but then remembered Mabel.

"Ah! Fraeulein Mabel!" Kurt did a quick bow, trying not to turn red. "How iz you tonight?"

Mabel raised an eyebrow, crossing her arms and tried to calm down. "Kurt...right? What were you doing, standing in front of my sister's door like that? Do you want me to wake her?" she snapped.

Kurt could tell that Gabby's sister may look exactly like her, but had a temper that was much worse...as well as a poor personality. He tried not to get flustered or embarrassed.

"Ach...nein, nein. That iz not necezzary." Kurt was caught...the girl would probably tell Gabby, and she would think he was stalking her...or something...

Sighing, Mabel dropped her hands to her sides. "Ah, I'm in no mood for this...goodnight." She started to walk away.

"Ah! Fraeulein Mabel!"

"What?" she snapped, not turning around.

"Um...vell..."

"I won't say anything to Gabby. GoodNIGHT." She stalked off, grumpy.

"Danke schoen..." Kurt muttered before BAMFing to his room next to Gabby's. He didn't know if he would be able to wake the next day...

((I FINALLY finished this chapter...T.T thank you...thank you...anyway...review...or something...I hope my next chapter will be quicker...seeing as I already started. It should go up in a day or two. Thankies!))