The Uncanny R-Man: Not really it was just a little inside joke. As for that other part I figured that how kids would react.
Slickboy444: Thanks always nice to hear from you. Yeah they'll become friends and you'll see a few nice changes that happens with her being there too. And don't tell me I'm good...tell your friends, lol. Thanks anyway for the kind words.
Ruby631: I think five or six stories...damn I need a life.
TheLegendaryManHimself: Well that was the most original complement I ever got, thanks.
Thanks to: NightZero, Mimato-4eva, Red Witch, SperryDee, Rogue14
AN: In case anyone is wondering Wanda is 13 at this time and Jean and Scott are 14
WANDA'S LIFE
CHAPTER 2: NEW HOME AND NEW FRIENDS
Wanda walked out of the dark room into the light filled hallway holding the Professor's hand the entire time. Then she saw one of the doctors and without thinking she tightened her grip on Xavier's hand and huddled closer to him. She felt her heart starting to race and she felt it, her power was activating.
"Wanda calm down I won't let him or anyone else harm you." He sent to her, he also sent her feelings of calmness and a caring feeling towards her. Wanda heard and felt this and she calmed down so the only manifestations of her powers had been a few blinking lights in the hall.
Xavier looked to the doctor who was astonished that this man in a few minutes had gained the trust of a girl under his care for weeks. "Well doctor I believe I have shown that I can help this young girl." Xavier said calmly.
The perplexed doctor ran a hand through his hair. "Yeah...it seems so...well if you can control her then by all means take her, the staff will be pleased to know."
Xavier nodded then turned to Wanda as Ororo stepped forward. Wanda recognized the tall woman from the images Xavier had shown her. "Wanda this is Ororo, she'll take you outside to a waiting car, please trust her she won't harm you and she'll look after you while I finish up the paper work to have you turned over to my custody."
"Do you have to go?" Wanda pleaded with him.
Xavier smiled down at the young raven-haired girl. "Yes...but only for a little bit, I will be back shortly and we'll all leave here together all right?" Wanda looked over at the dark skinned woman and she could see a kind and caring face on her and she didn't seem mean or anything, and Wanda really wanted to get out of here. She nodded her head.
Ororo put her hand out to Wanda and at first she was reluctant but Wanda took her hand. "We'll wait by the car Professor." Ororo told him. Wanda walked beside Ororo huddling as close as she could to avoid all the strange people. She was trying to control herself and was surprised when Ororo let go of her hand then put her arm over her shoulder. "It will be alright child we're almost out." She said to her and Wanda couldn't wait.
Then she saw them, the big double steel doors that she had seen when she was first brought in on that rainy stormy night. She waited as Ororo said something to the guard but she wasn't listening she was just staring at the door, her freedom not far off.
Then Ororo opened the door and for the first time in what seemed like a lifetime she was outside. The sun was out and it was warm and beautiful summer weather. She closed her eyes feeling the sun and the warm wind on her face. It was beautiful and when she opened her eyes she found that she had started to silently cry. She knew it was over, that nightmare of her life was actually over and she was free of that place.
"Are you alright?" Ororo said with concern seeing her cry. Wanda just nodded and Ororo dried her tears. "It's alright now, you never have to go back to that horrid place ever again." Wanda was overjoyed to hear that. She saw a black limo and Ororo opened the door for her, she sat down on the seats and Ororo joined her. Wanda was still weary of the strange woman but she seemed kind and gentle so she relaxed a little around her.
Ororo decided to try and get to know the girl. "So you're name is Wanda correct? That's a nice name, did your mother give you that?"
Wanda shrugged. "I don't know...my mom died before I knew her." She said sadly, Ororo could sympathize.
"I know what that is like. I too lost my mother and my father in an accident." What she didn't tell was how she had been buried alive and had to crawl out of the rumble over their bodies as her sister helped dig her out. To this day she couldn't stand to be in enclosed areas.
Wanda looked at the sad expression on the woman's face and could see she wasn't lying. "I'm sorry." Was all that she could say, Ororo gave a week smile and nodded her understanding.
"So what is it you do?" Ororo asked Wanda just looked confused at her. "You're power, what is it if you don't mind me asking?"
Wanda just shrugged. "I don't know. Everything just goes crazy...I can't control it."
"Don't worry about it. Some mutants take time to learn their powers like I did."
"Mutant?" Wanda asked. She never heard that word before and wandered what she meant by it.
"Yes mutant." Ororo told her. "That's what we are, people with abilities like ours are called mutants. I'm one too, just like Xavier and you." Wanda didn't know what to say. Sure she had seen father do some amazing things and Pietro was becoming really fast but she figured it was just her family. But then again the Professor had abilities too. Suddenly she didn't feel so alone in the world, if there were others like her then she wasn't alone in this.
"Xavier helped me to understand my powers more, I can control the weather like this." Ororo waved her hand and Wanda watched in amazement as a tiny cloud formed outside the window and began to rain then it stopped and vanished.
"Can...can I learn control like that?" She asked hopefully.
"Yes, that's one of the things Xavier does he teaches control." Wanda thought about this, she really wanted to control her powers. It was because of that her father had...had gotten rid of her. She knew it was true...no matter how much it hurt her to admit it. She knew he really gotten rid of her because of that. Why couldn't he had taught her control? She guessed either he couldn't...or didn't have the time for. He had always been busy all the time, and she and her brother didn't see him much. She didn't know why only that he was gone a lot.
While lost in her thoughts she didn't notice Xavier come back until Ororo got out of the car and the bottom of the door changed angles allowing him to roll his wheelchair up the modified 'ramp' into the back of the limo. "Well Wanda it's all finished. We'll be going back to my home which will be your new home."
"You mean the really big house you showed me?" She asked him and Xavier smiled a bit at that.
"Yes Wanda you'll live there from now on. And you'll meet Jean and Scott. They're about a year older then you but you should get along." Ororo went up to the driver seat and drove off. Wanda watched as the placed she had been faded away into the distance and was glad to see it gone.
It was a few hours to their drive and Xavier tried to get Wanda to open up but she seemed closed off. He figured that it would take time for her to fully trust him or any adult for that matter. He hoped that Jean and Scott would be able to help her out of her shell. Wanda mainly watched the landscape go by, she felt tired and hungry. They really didn't have good food in that place and she hadn't been sleeping well since she got there.
Then before she knew it they came up to the gates of the mansion and as they passed by she saw the mansion and it looked even bigger and more impressive in person. 'I can't believe I'm going to live here.' She thought to herself. 'It looks like a castle.' Which was kind of nice, when she was younger she always like to pretend she was a princess in a huge castle. She giggled a little at the thought. It was strange the things you think of as a child.
Ororo opened the door and she stepped out, Ororo looked at her and figured she really needed to bathe. "Wanda I think we need to get you cleaned up first." Wanda looked at herself and realized that the last time she had washed up it was a very long time ago. "Why don't I show you to one of the bathroom and I'll see if I can get something of Jean's for you two where, you might be able to fit in something of hers until we can get you some new clothing.
"Okay." Wanda said gently. She walked into through the huge front doors and the foyer was incredible. She had never seen a room so big. She was led up the large staircase and down one of the halls and shown into a bathroom. It was pretty nice.
Ororo walked over to the tub and placed a few bottles off the counter there. "This you can use on your hair and this is a nice scented bubble bath." She leaned down and whispered. "I like to use it at times to relax."
"Alright...thanks." Wanda said to her as she left her to bathe. Wanda started to water and decided to use the bubble bath since it had been a very long time.
Ororo now went to look for Jean, she found her in the music room practicing on the piano. She was doing alright but she kept missing a few of the notes. "Jean." Ororo said getter her attention. "Can I have a word with you?"
"Sure." Jean said and hopped off the piano seat. She was glad for the break she felt she wasn't getting anywhere in her playing anyways. "What's up?"
"The Professor has gained a new student she's washing up right now and she could use some spare clothing from you until tomorrow." The older woman explained.
"Really? Why? What happened to her own clothing?" Jean asked her. Ororo filled Jean in on all the events on where they had found Wanda. "Oh god...I...I didn't know. Of course she can, I'll go and get some for her right now." Jean ran off to her room. She couldn't believe what she had heard from Ororo, she couldn't even imagine what that had been like. But then again she and Scott had their own problems with things that had happened to them.
But having your own parent dump you in a place like that...what can of man would do that? She wondered. Her own parents were understanding about her gifts, to think that her own parents would do something like that was unthinkable, to just dump their kid off like that...she guessed it couldn't have been easy. She got to her room and looked through her clothing for something to wear.
"You going out or something?" She turned to see Scott behind her looking in.
Jean shook her head. "No the Professor got a new student today and she needs some of my clothing."
"Really? What happened?" Jean sighed and told him all that she knew Scott's face got a little more serious. "Oh man...you think she's alright?"
"After something like that...I don't know."
Wanda felt like she was in heaven. She felt clean for the first time in a long time. She just laid there in the bubbles and warm water enjoying the sensations. The cold cell of her room was becoming nothing more then just a fading nightmare. She felt like she had just woken up from a long and terrible dream. Of course she was still afraid that she was going to wake up any second and be back in that cold dark room.
There was a knock on the door. "Wanda, I have some clothing for you, can I put them in?" Ororo's voice came from behind the door.
She felt a little vulnerable at the moment but since there was a mountain of bubbles covering her it might be alright. "Sure." She shouted out. Ororo came in and smiled seeing her in the tub using the bubble bath.
She held in her hand a pair of clothing. "I'll leave these here for you and I'll see if your old ones are still usable." She bent down and placed the new clothing down and began picking up her old ones. Her old clothing, she thought. Those would always remind her of her time in that place and she never wanted to think of that ever you get rid of them?" Ororo looked at her with a puzzled expression, so she elaborated. "They...remind me of that place." Ororo nodded understanding and left without another word. Later after Wanda had dried off and got dressed she looked at herself in the mirror. She looked good again, she ran a comb through her long hair and thought she would need a cut soon. She tried to get it all to flow back as best she could.
She gathered up the towels she had used and opened the door to see Ororo there waiting for her. Ororo smiled seeing how better she looked now. Although Jean's clothing was a little too big. The yellow shirt hung a little loose and the blue jeans where rolled up at the bottom. "Well you look much better Wanda."
"Th-thank you...I feel better." She said. She figured she better start getting used to other people now.
Ororo gently took the towels and showed her where they would be placed. "Do you want to meet the others?" Wanda shrugged. "Well then they're in the living room, I'll take you there." Ororo led the young girl into the living room. It was of course large like all the rooms seem to be with lots of furniture, a fire place in one area and she saw two young teens nearly her own age.
There was the girl with long red hair and the boy with the strange red glasses. "Children this is Wanda. Wanda this is Jean Grey and Scott Summers." Ororo said introducing them.
Jean walked over to her. "Hi, how are you doing?"
Wanda shrugged. "I guess fine...thanks for the clothes."
Jean smiled at her. "Don't worry about it."
Scott walked up to her then. "Nice to meet you Wanda, I hope you like it here."
Wanda managed a small smile. "It's better then the last place." She admitted. "What exactly to you two do? You know like power wise?" She had to admit she was curious ever since Ororo had told her what she was and that the others here could do things too.
Jean went first smiling, she reached out with her hand levitating a book near by from a table over to them. "I can move stuff with my mind but so far just small things, plus I can hear people's thoughts at times, but I try not to listen, I can give me really bad headaches if I do that for too long."
Scott went next. "I got these energy beams that come out of my eyes, but...I can't control them. I have to wear these things all the time in order to see." Scott said to her and Wanda felt bad for him. Like her he had trouble with his powers too.
"So what about you?" Jean asked her. "Is it cool?"
Wanda shrugged. "I'm not exactly sure...I mean when I get angry or upset...well...things happen."
"What kind of things?" Scott asked her.
Wanda looked down at her feet. "Bad things." She simply said. Jean and Scott shared a look seeing how she didn't seem to like her abilities.
"Hey I'm sure the Professor can help you." Jean said trying to cheer her up. "I mean I'm still learning control."
"Yeah she trashed a few things already with her powers." Scott said to her trying not to laugh. Jean just glared at him and punched him in the arm. Wanda couldn't stop a small giggle from her seeing the two like that.
"Hey I know why don't we just play something?" Jean asked. "I mean when's the last time you had some fun?"
"Uh..." Wanda wasn't sure how to replay to that. "Sure...I guess...I mean...it been awhile."
"Alright Wanda." She heard Jean's voice say in her head. "Don't freak out, just get ready to say not it, okay?"
'Okay.' She thought back.
"So what are we going to play?" Scott asked. He was kind of looking forward to having someone else around here, not that he didn't mind Jean, but sometimes the both of them felt a little isolated at times with just the two of them, although they were best friends.
Jean smiled and gave Wanda a look. "How about tag? Not it!" Then she started to run.
Wanda quickly said 'not it' as well and ran off as fast as she could both girls leaving Scott behind in confusion.
"What? Hey!" He shouted and ran after them. "Jean did you use you're telepathy? That's not fair!"
Wanda was running now and was actually laughing while Scott tried to catch her. She wasn't looking where she was going and when she turned a corner ran into something. Then she looked up and saw the hairy and scary looking man from the Professor's images. He seemed taller and had on a leather jacket and looked down at her.
She suddenly felt very afraid of him and the looked around for help. She saw Scott run around the corner and froze at the sight of Logan.
"I take it this is the new girl." Logan said with a deadpan expression.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 3: THE WITCH AND THE WOLVERINE
