I don't own the X-men, only Alorin, Angel, Star, Diablo and anybody else not normally in the show that is in this story.

Chapter 1

Dream?

I don't care if I get rained on, I never do. My whole life is one big down pour. Even when it is supposed to be sunny and not a cloud in the sky, it's raining. Sometimes it get really bad, I mean those kind when it is a huge thunderstorm that is right on top of you with huge paintball size rain drops. But, right now it is raining inside and out. So I might as well put up with it.

Right now I'm at the park, just sitting on a bench in front of the parking lot. I've been here for God knows how long, just listening to my CDs and minding my own business, and enjoying the rain that is pelting me on my body. Sometimes it stings but most of the time I don't feel it. Especially after I've been in it for I while and my body becomes numb.

By the way, my name is Alorin McKinley. You know the saying 'It's all in the name', well that is true for me. My first name I like because it sounds like it belongs. It sounds like it is from the twelfth or thirteenth century. It's just the last name; I don't know what's wrong with it. It just doesn't feel like it was supposed to be mine, like I was born to a different name than what it was supposed be.

I live at the 'Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters'. Nice name isn't it? I think so; I mean it tells the truth. It is a school for gifted children, but what the public doesn't know is that the 'gifted' children are really mutants. Well, at least they didn't know, up until the whole Sentinel attack and Mystique blowing up the mansion. That all happened about half a year ago, so the mansion has been, thank god, rebuilt.

If you're wondering, I'm not a mutant. By what Professor Xavier has told me, I was picked up when I was little, then put in foster care till a couple of years ago. I got sick and tired of it and when I was walking home one day, he came up to me and asked if I wanted to live with him. And you pretty much know my answer. He said that I should have mutant powers evolving, but he wasn't sure of how long till they came out.

I didn't mind living at the mansion, but right off the bat I didn't get a long with anybody. All the kids annoyed me and after a while I started having long spells and zoning out or walking off to the woods. The only people I really got a long with were, Rogue and Logan. The main reason is because they were a lot like me for the most part of my life, loner and (ironically) a rogue. But now I'm getting better at this whole 'people personality', I still suck at it but I'm still learning.

Oh, you're probably wondering what I look like; well I'll try to give you the best description possible. I'm about six ft. and 150 lbs. I have dirty blonde hair fading to black tips, with nice ice blue eyes; they have a mix shade of gray and purple, mostly gray. My body type is average but with a little bit a muscle and my skin is a little bit tanned. By the way I'm 18, and a junior in high school, I started kind of late. Okay now back to the story:

I was at the park, with my CDs, when these three kids, two guys and a girl, came into the parking lot and parked to listen to their music. I didn't care, as long as they didn't bother me, I didn't care. Especially since my CD player started playing one of my favorite songs, Forsaken. For some reason this song calms me down, it makes me think of a past that I was never a part of but felt like home.

I'm over it. You see, I'm falling in the vast abyss.

Clouded by memories of the past, at last, I see.

I hear it fading. I can't speak it or else you will dig my grave.

The feeling finding, always winding. Take my hand now, be alive.

You see I cannot be forsaken, because I'm not thee only one.

We walk amongst you feeding, raping. Lust we hide from everyone.

I'm over it. Why can't we be together, erase it?

Sleeping so long, taking off the mask. At last, I see.

My fear is fading. I can't speak it or else you will dig my grave.

The feeling finding, always winding. Take my hand now, be alive.

You see I cannot be forsaken, because I'm not thee only one.

We walk amongst you feeding, raping. Lust we hide from everyone.

You see I cannot be forsaken, because I'm not thee only one.

We walk amongst you feeding, raping. Lust we hide from everyone.

Everyone.

Everyone.

Like I said, for some reason this song makes me think of a home I never had. When the song ended, I felt better than when I first arrived at the park. Little did I know, that the relaxed, calm state was going to be brief. Because when the next song came on, I lost it. I didn't know what happened to do it but I just lost it. I got up and picked up what I brought with me. It was a katana, a nice blood red blade with a gold snake wrapping around the handle. The only thing I have that is somewhat connected with my past.

I started walking towards the car with the kids. One of the guys and the girl were in the car, the other guy was on the trunk of the car, fiddling with something. When I got closer, he finally noticed that I was walking towards him. He got off the trunk and threw down what looked like a piece of metal. "Hey, what do you want?" he asked as I stopped in front of him.

I flicked my thumb on the handle of the katana to get it loose from the case. "This." I said as I grabbed the handle and pulled it out of the case and swung at him in one quick motion.

He just looked confused for a second then he looked at the blade. It was dripping with fresh blood on it. He then looked down at his chest and his shirt started to rip open. Then there was a thin line of blood that started to show up. He looked up at me and that was the last thing he ever saw, because his top half just fell off of the bottom. By this time the two in the car wanted to know why the car got rocked.

They both were coming around the car on opposite sides. They couldn't see what I did, not yet at least. When they got to the back of the car, they both just stopped and stared. That was the most stupid thing they ever did in their life, because it cost them it. I turned on the guy and swung high, then turned and swung low on the girl. The guy's head came off and the girl's legs then came off. I caught her before she hit the ground. Then brought her close to me, holding her by the small of her back, and kissed a little under the collarbone. Then bit down.

My fangs bit into her with incredible ease, it cut a large enough hole to get a lot of the blood coming out and into my mouth. The blood was incredible. It was sweet as honey but still had the salty taste of sweat. I could feel it going through my veins and system. It was increasing my strength and my senses. When I took every last drop, I stopped and looked at her. She was as cold and white as marble stone. I just threw her down on top of the other bodies.

As I was exploring the strengthened senses and powers, I noticed there was someone coming. But I wasn't prepared for what the person did. They screamed, and to me it was excruciatingly loud and was ringing in my ears. At once I reached up and covered my ears to try and stop the sound. The person was coming closer. "Alorin, what have you done. Look at this mess, I thought you were smarter than this." The person said, it sounded more like a woman.

I uncovered my ears, finally the ringing stopped. I got up and turned around. I was right, it was a woman. She was about five foot and six inches, looked about 110 pounds. She had jet-black hair with red tips, and a pair of beautiful deep blue eyes. She was wearing black elephant pants, black combat boots, black trench, and blood red tank top. "How could you have done this?" she asked while shaking her head and looking at the collateral.

"It is easy for him when he gets like this, mom." Came another voice from behind the first woman.

This one came up to the left side of me. It was also a woman. She was about an inch or so shorter then the first, and about the same weight. She also had jet-black hair except it faded to blond tips. Also she had a pair of beautiful ice blue eyes. She was wearing the same as the first woman except for the tank top; it was black instead. "Like what, dear?" the first asked the second.

"In his 'screw the world' attitude. He did the same when the fire happened."

"Oh ya, he also did it after the other incident."

"Huh? What other 'incident'?"

"Oh, nothing. But how do we calm him down forcefully?"

"You can't, just let him calm down on his own."

"Well how can you tell?"

"His eyes, they have a reddish tint to them when he is like this. When it starts to fade away then he is going back to normal."

All the while I was calming down. "Hey, mom, look. It's fading from his eyes. Hey bro, just take a deep breath, close your eyes, then let it out."

I did what she told me to do. I took a deep breath, closed my eyes, and let it out. When I opened them back up, I was no longer in the park. I was in my room at the mansion. I sat up and looked around. What the hell? That was all a dream? But it felt so real, it couldn't have been. But it was. God, I have better lay back on the late night snack food. I looked at the clock, 2:00am. Well, better get up and get some exercise in. There is no way in hell that I'm going to fall back asleep.

So I got up, grabbed my clothes and dressed. Then headed to the Danger Room for some really early morning training. I hope to god Logan isn't there to bug me about why I'm up this early, or I'm going to have to strangle him. With that I started the training program.