Cursing under her breath Rogue made her way to Scott's car hoping that everyone else was already there so that she could get to the Institute as soon as possible and get as far away from "that stupid swamp rat" as was humanly possible. As she got to the parking lot she felt someone sneaking up behind her and as she turned to look, she felt a gloved hand clamping her mouth shut and another one sneaking around her waist holding her hands tightly. She twisted violently trying to get out of the assailants grasp and she kicked him in the shin and she heard a groan as the arms around her retreated and she quickly took her gloves off and turned around to face the attacker.

"Swamp rat. What the hell do you think you're doing? You almost scared me to death. What were you thinking sneaking up on me and attacking me like that?" she demanded as Remy got to his feet. He grinned sheepishly and said " Hi chere. Remy was only trying to surprise you. Remy did not expect to almost get killed in the process." Rogue sighed and asked him what he wanted. "Remy just wanted to know when the chere was free for me to teach her some French." (And maybe something else too:winkwink:) " I don't need your help with French swamp rat so go away" she said. "Now now chere you heard what Mr.Ainslie said you should show Remy around he town and make me feel welcome. So what do you say Saturday night? Remy'll pick you up at say 6:30. Goodnight chere" he said and disappeared before Rouge could object. Sighing she picked up her backpack which she had dropped earlier and went to Scott's car. When she got there she found that everyone was already in the car and were waiting impatiently for her to get there so they could get out of school and start their weekend.

On the ride home Rogue didn't hear a word of the plans that the others were discussing for their weekends and when they reached the institute she rushed out of the car and went straight to her room and locked it up before Kitty could shoe up and ask her about her plans for the weekend. Ten minutes after she got into her room Kitty phased through the locked door and started talking about the date she had planned with Lance for the weekend. "Damn those powers." Rouge thought as she blocked out Kitty's ramblings and let her mind wander. A few minutes later she was pulled back from her day dreams as she felt Kitty's hand on her shoulder asking her in a concerned voice if she was okay. Rouge knew that Kitty wouldn't shut up until she told her the truth so she sat down and told Kitty about Remy joining school and the incident in the parking lot. At the end Kitty squealed with delight and sat down on Rouge's bed and said "Oh my god! This is like totally awesome Rogue. You are like going out on a date with that like totally hot Gambit guy." Rouge pushed Kitty off the bed as she mumbled, "It is not a date. He is just going to help me with my French homework." Kitty made a face as she said " you are like so in denial Rogue." But she said nothing more and went out of the room to help Ororo with dinner.

Rogue turned in early to bed after dinner. The lack of sleep and the danger session with Logan the evening had left her drained. She crawled into bed and switched off the light and fell asleep almost immediately and did not even notice when Kitty went to bed late after having watched a video with Kurt and Evan.

The awful smell of burning flesh entered her nostrils and she felt a sick sensation in her stomach and she felt like she was about to puke. She looked around the room and realized that a woman was being burnt alive and she also knew that the woman was her mother. The woman was screaming something to her daughter and as Rouge strained her ears to listen she realized that the woman was begging her to help. Rouge tried desperately to get closer to the woman to try and get her out of there but a piece of flaming wood fell on the ground blocking the path to get to her mother. As Rogue tried to find another way to get to her the flooring beneath her feet gave way and Rouge fell hard on the floor below and the last thing she remembered before she lost conscious was warm hands collecting her in an embrace and lifting her up and taking her away from the fire and her mother.

Drenched in sweat Rogue sat up in bed and saw Kitty looking at her with a worried expression on her face. As her eyes got adjusted to the dark she saw Logan and Scott arrive hurriedly at the door their faces darkened by a look of worry and concern. " You okay Stripes?" Logan asked her as the professor arrived. "What are you guys doing here?" Rogue asked him. The professor calmly explained to her that she had screamed in her sleep. He then told everyone that there was absolutely nothing wrong and that they should go to sleep. He then looked at Rogue and asked her to accompany him to his study. As Rogue entered the study the professor offered her an armchair and then used his telepathy to try and find out what was bothering Rogue. He paled slightly as he saw all her nightmares. He then sighed and told Rogue that it would be very hard for him to figure out the dreams and that it would require a lot of time and so told her to try and get some sleep that night and they would continue in the morning. Rogue nodded and left for her room. As she got into bed and tried to sleep a horrible feeling of guilt filled her heart as she remembered her nightmare