Disclaimer: I don't own anything! Well, except Dominique.
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Chapter One -
Dominique Boudreaux stepped out of the yellow car and nodded to the man holding the door. The man tried desperately to ignore the unusual purplish -gray tint of her skin, the piercing, deep violet eyes, and the dark blue jewel imbedded into her forehead. A star with a swirling - patterned comet tail was tattooed beside her left eye. She stood for a moment, staring up at the large mansion as he pulled her bags out of the trunk, four in all.
"Merci, monsieur," she said and handed him a fifty. "Keep de change." He nodded, then hurried to the driver's seat and took off. Dealing with mutants was bad enough. But a Boudreaux mutant?!?…A trickle of sweat ran down his face as he gave a sigh of relief that it was over.
Dominique smirked and shook her head as she watched the cab disappear. Turing back around, she found herself looking into mischievous, icy blue eyes.
"Hi," he said with a grin. "I'm Bobby Drake."
"Dominique Boudreaux," she replied, returning the smile. "Is dis Xavier's Institute for de Gifted?"
He nodded, then gave her a searching look.
"You wouldn't happen to be from New Orleans, would you?"
Dominique raised and eyebrow as they walked toward the mansion together, carrying her bags. "What was yo' first clue, homme? She asked sarcastically. Bobby laughed.
"You aren't the only Cajun around. There's one working for Magneto…" he paused. "He's a mutant bent on world domination," he added as an afterthought. "We call him Gambit, but I think his real name is Remy LeBeau." He turned around in surprise when he realized that Dominique had stopped.
"What dis homme look like?" she asked. Bobby thought for a moment. "Well, he's got longish red - brown hair, and really weird eyes."
"Red 'n black?"
Bobby nodded, looking surprised. "You know him?"
A slow, almost devious smile slid across Dominique's face.. Her throaty laugh bordered on evil. "Mais oui."
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Dominique found herself sitting in a well - furnished study in front of a kindly looking older man with sharp, bright blue eyes. A larger, burly man with wild, bluish - black hair leaned against the wall, looking bored. A dark - skinned woman with long, white hair stood beside the older man's wheelchair.
"I am Professor Xavier," he greeted her. "This is Miss Monroe, A.K.A.. Storm. That is Logan, or Wolverine. I take it you are Dominique Boudreaux?"
"Dat's moi!" she replied cheerfully. With a wink, she added, "A.K.A. Darkstar."
The professor steepled his fingers and leaned forward a bit . "Would you demonstrate your ability?" he asked, then smiled. "As long as it isn't destructive."
Dominique laughed. " 'S very destructive, " she replied. "Mais only when I want it to be, hahn?" A glowing orb formed in the center of her palm. It was a sphere of burning, icy blue energy. It slowly changed color to a yellow, then orange, and finally, a fiery red. The intensity or the heat also changed, increasing as it changed color, and raising the room temperature until it was uncomfortable even for the former African goddess of weather. With a twist of her hand, the energy lengthened,until she was grasping an energy blade at its center. When she uncurled her fingers, it disappeared.
"Fascinating!"
Dominique turned and looked toward the doorway. A large, ape - like mutant stooped in the doorway, covered from his head to his bare toes in a blue fur.
"Hank, glad you could join us," the professor said. "This is Dominique Boudreaux, or Darkstar. Dominique, this is Dr. Hank McCoy, also called the Beast."
"Bon nuit, monsieur," she smiled. Dr. McCoy moved closer. "That energy, " he said in almost awe, with a slightly distracted tone. "Was it plasma? That color range…"
"Oui, dat's right," she replied. "De stars sing and bring dere song for moi."
Dr. McCoy blinked, then looked at the Professor. "I like her already, Charles."
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Dominique looked around her room. Her bags lay on one of the beds, the one closest to the door. She eyes the other bed, taking in the wild pattern splayed across the sheets in an tie - dyed fashion.
"Hey, girl, was sup!" She turned to see a girl with wild blond hair, dressed in a white tank tip and black jeans. "You must be my new roomie, huh?"
"Dat's moi, I guess. Mon nom is Dominique Boudreaux." She held her hand out delicately, with a small smile.
The girl raised an eyebrow at her.
"Look, girlfriend, we ain't big on all that formal crap. I'm Tabitha Smith. Call me Boom - Boom."
Tabitha suddenly swallowed. The smile never left Dominique's face as she put her hand down, but a hard glint in those violet - colored eyes sent a chill down Tabby's spine. She pulled her eyes away from the hard gaze, and motioned toward the bed.
"Make yourself comfortable. Professor Xavier said to come downstairs whenever you're ready. Dinner's in about an hour, at 6:00." She hurried out of the room, trying to get away from the unnerving stare she could feel following her out the door.
Dominique quickly unpacked her bags and lay out some new clothes. Taking off the lavender travel suit, she slipped into a pair of black stretch pants and a thick black sweater. Large silver hoops hung from her ears, and a simple twisted silver chain hung from her neck. Slipping on a pair of silk, black slippers, she left the room.
"Hey, Dominique!" She turned to see Bobby walking toward her down the hallway behind her. He caught up with her and they began to walk together.
"So, you meet Tabby yet?" he asked. "I heard you're her new roommate." Dominique gave a thin smile.
"Oui, I've met de fille."
Bobby, seeing a strange look in her eyes, wisely dropped the subject.
"Hey, Kid."
They both looked down to see Logan standing at the bottom of the stairs. He threw a small bundle of cloth up to her. Holding it out, Dominique eyed the skin - tight black and purple outfit.
"Danger Room session's at 9:00," Logan informed her. "Make sure you change into that, and don't be late." He sent a glare her way. "You won't like it."
Dominique winced, obviously in some past memory.
"Don't worry, mon ami," she said, draping the uniform over an arm. "I learned to be on time at a very early age."
The feral mutant grunted and disappeared. The other two made their way down the stairs, where Bobby led her to the rec room, which was full of laughing and talking teenagers.
"Hey, guys," Bobby said loudly. They turned from the movie they were watching to look at him. "This is Tabby's new roomie, Dominique Boudreaux." He pointed to each mutant in turn. "That's Kitty Pryde, or Shadowcat. This is Kurt Wagner, A.K.A. Nightcrawler, that's Rogue, beside her is Jamie Maddox, or Multiple, Jubilation Lee or Jubilee, and Amara Aquilla, or Magma." He looked down at a wolfish dog laying near their feet and rolled his eyes.
"That's Rahne Sinclair, or Wolfsbane." A pretty girl was suddenly sitting in the animal's place.
"Hullo, lass."
"Bon jour," mes amis," Dominique smiled. She saw the girl Rogue's eyes widen, then narrow at her accent. She laughed and met the girl's emerald eyes.
"Dat's right, I'm a Cajun from de Big Easy. An' oui, I do know de homme, Remy." The Goth's mouth snapped shut and she continued to meet Dominique's gaze warily.
"Like, you know Gambit?" This was from Kitty.
"Oui. We're….old famille friends."
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I got this idea a while ago. Everyone always brings back OC's from Gambit's past, but I've never seen a Boudreaux. Dominique is Belladonna's cousin, by the way, and therefore Marius's niece.
So, let me know what you think!!! Review!!!!