Strands of TIme: Intervoven strings
Porfessor Xavier has always believed that there are other unviverses and timestreams with Earth occupied by superheroes unknown to the X-Men. His beliefs had always been a theory...Until he found the doorway brtween the two. The timestreams have always been separate, but now they're weaving together and reality is getting stranger and stranger.
Prologue: The Doorway Discovered
Just an ordinary day at Titans Tower. Nothing was going on, no criminals to fight yet. Cyborg and Beast Boy were playing videogames, Raven was reading a book, Starfrie was cooking in the kitchen, and Robin was watering the plants. Smiling, they all were happily occupied with their activities. Suddenly, Raven's vision blurred and images came in flashes. She saw a strange bright white openining, it looked like a portal. A man in a wheelchair entered the portal and with a pain filled scream the man began spinning and falling...falling...falling....
The book in Raven's hands fell to the floor as she grabbed her head in agony. What was this? Some kind of vision of the future? She didn't understand it, she had no idea what it meant at all. Cyborg paused the game that he and Beast Boy were playing, "Raven, are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine. I'm fine," she said as she tried to believe it herself. Still the images of the man remained in her mind. She needed to meditate and sort it all out. Getting up, she went outside to meditate.
Professor Charles Xavier was busy doing research. He'd been researching for a long time after the return of Jean Grey, who now called herself the Phoenix. She had told him that she had met her daughter Rachel in the future of an alternate timestream where she and Scott had had her. Xavier frowned, if these things were true and there was an alternate timestream where their future was different, then perhaps there was a completely different timestream, another universe where gifted mutants also defended humanity. It wasn't impossible.
He frowned, trying to think. He concentrated hard, reaching out with his telepathic powers. He was inside Cerebro except he wasn't using it to connect to people, he was using it to connect to the universe itself. At last, he thought he saw something. It looked like a doorway. Indeed it was.
"I found it at last," he said to himself. "The doorway between the two Timestreams. These two universes that coexist without any knowledge of the other world." He wondered what he should do. Should he try to go through the door and see what lay behind him? Or should he be cautious and wait.
The logical side of him told him that he should do it, but his curiousity overcame his logic, which was rare when it did happen. Concentrating, he used his power to make himself move towards the doorway. It was painful but he knew that there was a reason he needed to go to this "Other timestream," and he didn't know what it was, except he was needed.
The pain was so great he could barely concentrate enough to force himself to move. Screaming with his last and final effort, he made his body move through the doorway. He had no idea what awaited him, but he would be prepared for whatever it was.
He hit the ground hard, falling out of his wheelchair. Pain shot through his legs as he lay there unable to move. Reaching out to the people of this universe, he began to coonnect to the people. He discovered the place where he was was called Jump City. He discovered that its defenders called themselves the Teen Titans. The year was 2004, the same year in his universe. He wondered if he could summon enough power to get himself into his chair when he heard a girl's voic e ask him, "Excuse me, sir. Do you need some help?" the voice asked in monotne.
"Yes," he replied, " Can you help me get into my chair?" Xavier asked. He sensed this girl had powers in telepathy. He wasn't sure if he should hide his powers from her, but he decided not to.
The girl began to chant, "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos," as Xavier rose into the air. Setting him gently on his chiar, Xavier felt a sense of relief wash over him. "Thank you," he said.
"You're welcome,' she replied. "Who are you?"
"I am Professor Charles Xavier," Xavier introduced himself quietly.
"Call me Raven," the girl introduced herself.
Xavier reached out and shook her hand. He noticed the peircing gaze of this girl as she scrutinized him. Raven couldn't help but stare at him. He was the man from her vision that had come to her not five minutes before she found him.