A Woman Scorned: Diamond

Starting life as soft graphite, the beautiful and brilliant hardest object known to man is created by almost unimaginable pressures...

Betrayal and intrigue are nothing new to me.

As White Queen, I've done my fair share as well.

My parents. My sisters.

Former partners: Bianca l'Neige. Sebastian Shaw. Mastermind.

Even my former students like Manuel and Marie-Ange.

Even Charles has betrayed me, yet I remain here, mentally and physically

invulnerable: encased in an exoskeleton of living diamond, waiting for

the right time to make my move...

I am the White Queen, on a throne of diamond.

And I am just as eternal...as cold...as brilliant...and as perfect.

I feel nothing: no pain, no remorse, nothing but cold, ruthless logic.

And logic dictates that Charles and Cassandra are both responsible for

Genosha and the death of my Hellions. It is logical to use the pawns on

my chessboard in the most efficient manner...beginning with Xavier's

favorite lapdogs: Scott and Jean Summers.

I will watch their precious world crumble around them, and I will flaunt

my triumph and savor in the sweetness of revenge as surely as they will

wallow in despair.

The only things that truly matter are gold and knowledge. Because both

are power, and with both, you can write your own rules... and she who

writes the rules shall rule the world.

Mega-corps rule the future, and mine is poised to become the first monopoly

of the 21st century....

Welcome to my world.

Auntie Em rules from the Diamond City of Oz...