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Chapter 6

The moon shone brightly over North America. Millions of people were asleep and many of them were dreaming. In Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters one mutant in particular was dreaming...

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It was dark and the cold rain was pelting the windows in the small two-bedroom apartment in New York City. The furnishings were nice but definitely not expensive. A tall Christmas tree stood by the window letting everyone on the street see the bright blue lights that circled the dark green pine needles.

Everything looked peaceful, for the moment.

A young girl that was probably about fourteen was sitting in front of the heater looking at her presents that sat under the tree. She appeared to have the perfect life, a nice apartment, loving parents, and good grades in school. But that was all about to change with those four little words... "I am a mutant," she whispered to herself.

Suddenly her mother and father walked in the door and put the bags of groceries that they were carrying on the table, they looked like they had stopped at the bar on their way home. "That stupid Santa, tried to get us to give him our money so he could go buy a beer, I swear I hate... Uh, hi Shelby I did not expect you to be back from that Christmas party you were at yet." Asked her father.

"You look upset Darling, did something happen at the party?" her mother asked in concern.

"I am fine, but at the party I...I turned my self into metal. I did not mean to it just happened." Said Shelby who appeared to be close to tears.

"What?" screamed her mother. "You're a mutant! What will the neighbors think? I won't be invited anywhere again!"

"My own flesh and blood is one of those animals that everyone is talking about. I won't let that happen, what will my friends think, what did we ever do to you that made you such a monster." Shouted her father.

"But, it is still me, your daughter. You are my parents you are not supposed to care it I am a freak." Pleaded Shelby.

But her parents were not looking at her they were talking franticly to themselves. "No one has to know." Said her mother.

"We could say she fell down the stairs or choked."

"Yes, We won't let her ruin our lives."

Suddenly her father grabbed a knife that was sitting on the kitchen counter and threw it at their daughter. She screamed and her skin turned into metal so that the knife bounced harmlessly off. Her father grabbed his gun out of the cabinet and jumped in front of his wife, who was screaming bloody murder.

"Get out of our house you monster!" ordered her enraged father while pointing the gun at her metal form.

"But Daddy," she cried.

"Don't you dare call me father! Get out of my house this minute mutie."

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Shelby woke up with a start. She was sweating heavily and pulled the blackest off the top of her. She sat up and walked over to the window that looked out over the yard. Sighing Shelby thought about all that had changed in her life after she was forced to run away from her home and family.

She might not had survived had she not meet a mutant ex-circus performer named Kurt.They had helped each other and had become great friends. But then one day he had disappeared and she had been forced to make it on her own. It had not been until later that she had found out that William Striker had kidnapped him.

Shelby heaved another sigh and sat on her bed and tried to go back to sleep.

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Rogue looked over at the time on her alarm clock. 12:30 AM. She did not know why she could not sleep tonight, maybe she insomnia. No, she knew something was wrong with her. She had not told anyone, but her powers were acting up. Ever since the day that she had accidentally absorbed Carroll Danvers. Rogue winced, she hated that memory.

The X-men and the Avengers had been fighting the brotherhood for some reason thet Rogue had trouble remembering. Just before the Brotherhood escaped, Mystique had pushed Rogue off the top of the building she had been standing.

Carroll Danvers had easily caught her and together they flew to where the two teams were standing. But when they landed Rogue's exposed hand touched Carroll's arm and both of then screamed and collapsed. Carroll had never recovered and Rogue had ended up keeping her powers.

Rogue looked up at the sky, when would her life stop getting worse and start getting better? Little did she know that it was going to get a lot worse before it got better.

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Several miles away a pair of purple eyes also looked up at the stars. Sasha thought about the workout she had just went though. She would secretly work on her powers every night so that one day she could turn this sorry brotherhood into a real team that could protect mutants.

Sasha smiled; everything was going according to plan.

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I know that I changed Rogue's history a bit, but I had to for this story!

And to anyone who does not know that Carroll Danvers power was, she was invisible and super strong,

Also it is not my fault that there are no indents in my story, it is Fanfiction's fault. So complain to them. LOL

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