As soon as Cerebro's alarm had gone off, Charles Xavier had rushed to the computer as quickly as his wheels would spin. Upon first glance, he thought the computer had made a mistake. The mutant it had detected looked exactly like Rogue, but upon closer inspection, he found that it wasn't. What do we have here? The telepath wondered as he pulled up more information.

Name: Mary Dawson

Age: 15 ((02/21/89))

Hair Color: Brown and White

Eyes: Brown

Height: 5'1

Weight: 115 lbs.

Parents: (Adopted) Steve Thomas Dawson, Sarah Jean Dawson

Location: Greenville, Alabama.

Power: Power & Memory Absorption.

Xavier gasped and read no further on the information. It was very rare that mutants had the same power, but if they looked almost like twins? There was something more here than coincidence. He pulled up a strand of DNA, taken from the local hospital blood sample, and compared it to Rogue's. As he waited for the result, he ran over the possibilities. If this is Rogue's sister, what effect will it have on both of them? The Rogue, who thinks she has been alone her entire life, will have a sister, a real sister. Xavier knew Kurt and Rogue were foster siblings, but a blood relative was different. What effect would this have on the lonely teenager? Ever since her powers had gotten out of control, she had pulled away from the world. She didn't tell anyone, but Xavier could sense she was afraid it would happen again, and she was afraid the others didn't trust her anymore.

While the computer was still calculating its results, Xavier wanted to see how Mary's powers had actually emerged. He tried scanning for her brain waves, but he couldn't sense her anywhere. While this was unusual, it wasn't surprising; Mary had probably fallen asleep somewhere and that's why Charles couldn't detect her brain signature. He then decided to search the minds of those close to her, a friend perhaps. Charles concentrated, and moments later found what he was looking for.

Oh man Mary... what did you do? Where are you? Was the first thought he received from Amy Forest. He could sense strong fear, and knew the girl was near hysterical. He pushed past her fresh thoughts and delved deeper. He saw the news report that she had seen just moments ago. "Possible mutant attack at the Greenville School Fair!" A reporter with a receding hairline proclaimed. "A student, Mary Dawson, instigated a fight with Tommy Warner, the football captain of Greenville High. Fortunately no one was seriously injured, and Tommy is resting in the hospital... but Mary is missing. According to witnesses, Chad Crandall and Shana Long, Tommy tried to reason with Mary, but after much provocation grabbed her arm in order to lead her off the grounds." Said the reporter before he handed the microphone over to Shana Long, a junior with long blonde hair and an outfit no junior should be allowed out of the house wearing. "He was trying to get her to back off, and when he grabbed her arm, they both just started screaming and Tommy...Tommy..." She couldn't finish before she began bawling and was quickly surrounded by three more girls to be comforted.

The reported shook his head in pity before he turned to face the camera again. "Could this renegade teen be a mutant? Many of you know Ms. Dawson and say that she has never shown signs of having mutant powers before," He stated, pointing to the camera. "But, what if she has just been hiding them in an effort to gain our trust, then strike when we least expect it?" The man was about to go into a rant about mutants and their despicable powers when Charles saw Amy's mother click off the TV and run for the phone.

Xavier sighed. Thankfully this boy was not in a coma like Rogue's first victim had been, but this meant the crowd had seen Mary use her powers and had a strong feeling she was a mutant. Oh dear. Hopefully the authorities will be reasonable when I explain Mary's predicament to them. He hoped. There weren't many advocates of mutants that had much persuasion because of the mobs that protested so strongly against mutants and anyone who affiliated with 'the scourge of humanity'. The subject of mutants was an avoided one by those who actually wanted to make progress in tolerance. Consequently, there wasn't much progress in mutant tolerance. Charles was drawn out of his thoughts when the computer finished comparing the DNA of Rogue and Mary.

Percentage of DNA: Rogue that matches new strand is calculated at 99.

Xavier's eyes flashed, it was known if the two individuals had the same parents, the two have matching genes much more often than those who are unrelated. If their percentage of matching was this high, there was no doubt in his mind. Rogue has a sister. He thought, barely believing it himself even though the facts were right in front of him.

Rogue, could you meet me in Cerebro for a moment? He thought to her, wondering how he would be able to explain this.

After much persuasion, Rogue finally accepted the fact that she had a little sister. "Ok...and... now what?" She asked hesitantly, her green eyes magnifying her nervousness. "Well I suppose we should go find her shouldn't we? The authorities haven't been able to find her yet, so that's fortunate for us." Xavier replied somewhat off-handedly. "Authorities? As in cops? What's going on?" The younger mutant questioned. "Yes, well, there was an incident. She was in a fight when her powers activated, and she put a boy in the hospital. The local police was alerted but by the time they arrived, she had fled into the woods. I will go into detail on the Blackbird, but we need to leave immediately. I will alert Logan, Kitty and Kurt and we'll meet you in the hangar." Xavier informed. Rogue nodded wordlessly and watched the Professor wheel away to gather the others, and then she started for the Blackbird.

A sister... What's gonna happen now? Ah mean, will we get along? Does she know our real parents? Will she even want tah come back with us? Her thoughts raced as he opened the door to the Blackbird and turned on the ignition. Soon, the deafening engine drowned out her thoughts and she sat down in the back of the plane and waited for takeoff.

By the time they had reached Greenville, Alabama Rogue had become extremely antsy. The team landed the jet in a clearing a few miles from where Mary was last spotted. "I plan on staying here and listening to the police reports to see if there's any news on her. If you all find her, remember that she's most likely just as terrified as Rogue was when her powers activated... be careful." Xavier warned from the Blackbird as the team filed out. "Oook... let's go." Rogue ordered as she started for the woods. Bamf "Vhoa there." Kurt said as he teleported in front of her. "What? We have tah find her and y'all are lagging." Rogue explained, trying to step around him. "Hold up there, Stripes." Logan ordered gruffly, sniffing the air. "She's nearby... I smell her." He announced as he started down a trail.

"I better, like, not get poison ivy all over me." Kitty scowled as she walked through a bush. They had been searching for about an hour, and the entire time Kitty had forgotten she could phase through all the poisonous plants "Yah're fine, Kit..." Rogue sighed, popping her neck. "Ok, is she hiding or something?" Kurt questioned. "I don't know... she may be in plain view... but since it's dark I'm not-." He never finished the sentence. "Hey, what's that?" Kitty inquired as they entered a clearing. They all followed her gaze and saw what seemed to be a small box on stilts. "A hunting house." Rogue said automatically, earning stares from her teammates. "What? Y'all don't know what those are?" She questioned incredulously. Her responses were the crickets chirping and blank stares. "Yah sit up there with your gun and wait for deer or turkey or whatever tha hell yah're hunting tah go by and shoot it." She explained simply. "Huh... that takes all the fun outta it." Logan said with a grin. "Ok, Elf, teleport up there and see if she's hiding in there, but turn on your inducer so you don't frighten her." He ordered. "Aye, aye captain." Kurt saluted, turning on his inducer with his tail and disappearing in a cloud of sulfur.

Bamf. "Ack, wer möchte innen hier jagen? (1)" Kurt whispered to himself when he inhaled a cobweb. He peered through the brimstone and saw a teenager asleep in the corner. Kurt tiptoed over to her and bent down to get a better view of Rogue's sister. "Überraschen. (2)" He murmured as he noticed her hair and the curve of her face. Her chin was a bit rounder than Rogue's, but it was clear these two were sisters, almost twins.

"Hey... wake up." He said softly as he nudged the sleeping teen. As soon as his hand made contact with her shoulder, her eyes shot open. Kurt jumped back at this, and Mary scrambled up. "Who are you?" She asked nervously. "I'm Kurt, just calm down." He soothed. "I don't know you... why should I calm down?" She retorted. "Because I can help. Listen, I know vhat you did and-." He began, but Mary cut him off. "Look... Ah didn't mean tah, Ah swear, Ah don't know what happened!" She explained. Is she switching from Southern accent to normal? The older mutant noticed, and would have found it amusing if this wasn't a serious situation. "It's ok! Ve can help you... just come with me." He explained, reaching out for her hand. "We? We who? What, did they call in the FBI or something?" She asked panicked. "No! Look, just come with me please, ve can sort this out." Kurt tried again, taking Mary's hand. But Kurt had made a dire mistake, to turn on his image inducer, he had to take his glove off, and he had forgot to put it back on.

Kurt gasped and let go quickly; he fell back against the wall and tried to fight the feeling to pass out. Mary winced as memories flashed in front of her eyes. She saw a blue and fuzzy creature chasing a brunette around a pool, she saw him making jokes with two younger boys in front of his... mansion? Images flew by so quickly she couldn't catch them all, but the one that scared Mary the most was the last one she saw. She glimpsed, through the creature's eyes, a battle with people with terrifying super powers. "What... what are you?" She demanded, her eyes closed. When she got no response, she opened her eyes to see the boy was gone.

No... he's gone to get backup or something...I've got to get out. I've got to-. Bamf. A second later, Mary was on the ground outside. The momentum of whatever landed her there caused her to fall on her rear, and when she looked up she saw a group a few feet away aiding the boy that had touched her. "No... backup. They'll take me away... I'm a monster and they're gonna experiment on me or something." She mumbled frantically to herself as she stood wobbly. "Hey!" One of them called as she noticed Mary stand. It was the brunette she had seen in those images. The two-tone began to back up, and the brunette paused. "I've got to get away." Mary repeated to herself. Bamf.

Mary opened her eyes and gasped; she was in a tree. "What's happening to me?" She asked herself as she leaned against the pine. "What am I?" She mumbled as exhaustion began to overtake her again. She sat down on the branch, curled up into a ball, and began to cry.

1 Ack, who would want to hunt in here?

2 Amazing.

Whee... poor scared little Mary! ::Snuggles:: No worries! It shall work out

YAY REVIWERS!! ::Tackles pounces hugs::

Agent-G - Welll... now you can see it comes after mutant exposure and after Kurt and Rogue know they're foster siblings. I just felt like pushing the 'Slow-Southern' stereotype for some reason. ::Smacks self:: I'm Southern! Please don't kill me! I just needed someway for everyone to not attack to so I used the stereotype. About Amy being a mutant though? Lol I was wondering if anyone was going to notice the strangely pale part, but nope, she's not a mutant. Sorry to disappoint, it's a weird inside joke with a friend of mine who has a somewhat tan family and she's as white as a sheet. No one really knows why and I threw that in for her .

The Ostracized – Thanks! That's what I was trying to aim for without mirroring the episode entirely.