Well here it is the last chapter of this story, hope you enjoy. Review please.

The Trial of Magneto

18 months since the world nearly ended, 18 months to get used to a new life, 18 months knowing that the biggest threat in history was gone for good but could yet come back at any second, 18 months of mutant human relations, 18 months of fighting the good fight. It was a heavy burden but Magnus (which he was now allowing people to call him) was ready.

He sat at the breakfast table as the children and adults at the institute dashed around him preparing for school or working in the lab or training or whatever else they had to do. Magnus thought back over his life as he looked through the paper "So Charles how did the meeting with the president go?" asked Magnus as he took a drink of his coffee.

"It was fine he's very excited about the possibilities we have offered to end the fuel crisis" smiled Xavier as Kurt bamfed in behind him and took his seat.

Meanwhile outside…

They crept through the undergrowth, twenty soldiers all decked out in state of the art equipment, their helmets were an exact copy of the design by Magneto designed to block their minds from telepaths.

"Take the telepaths out first" ordered one man as he motioned towards the institute.

…

Magneto cut his eggs up as he read the paper, the knife and fork moved independently as he used his powers, his eyes glanced up at the last second and his powers flared but the grenade didn't stop, it was made of plastic and it crashed through the glass exploding in a puff of smoke.

"Is everyone okay?" yelled Magnus as he fought through the smoke.

The X-men and New Mutants powered up to fight the new threat Bobby iced up the floor as several soldiers came flying through the windows slipped and collided with the wall.

"Jean!" yelled Scott as he realised that he hadn't seen her but there was no answer.

"I've found her…and the professor they're both out" called back Kurt as he grabbed the two and bamfed away.

"Lets take em out" growled Wolverine as his claws popped with a 'SNIKT', he leapt forward before rolling to a stop and sniffing the air.

"What is it Logan?" asked Magneto as he strode over to the small Canadian.

"I'm guessing he can smell me" smiled Nick Fury as he stepped through a doorway from the main hall into the kitchen.

"Stealthy entrance Nick" smiled Wolverine as he sheathed his claws, Fury was one of the good guys and if he was there it was for a good reason.

"I'm probably the most powerful man in the world…I don't do stealth entrances anymore" smiled Nick with a gentle shrug as he poured himself some more coffee.

"What did you do to Jean and the professor?" asked Scott as he lowered his glasses to show the powerful aura of his eyes.

"Just a little knockout gas…that only works on psychics" said Nick as he took another drink.

"Enough of this Ian Fleming act Mr Fury, tell me why you have come to our home or I shall allow my students to escort you from the premises" said Magneto as he motioned to the group of mutants who stood around him and were probably just as powerful as any army in the world.

"We've come for you Magneto" said Nick as he pointed to the master of magnetism and handed him a sheet of paper.

"What's this?" asked Magnus as he began to open the paper "A warrant?" he gasped as he looked at the paper.

"That's right, we have been given the power and the order to bring you in by any means necessary" nodded Fury.

"Why?" asked Scott as he through a quick glance at Magneto and then at the armed soldiers who were standing silently watching the mutants.

"I realise he's a reformed character and he did what he did for a reason but the fact remains he broke the law, numerous times, murder, reckless endangerment, property damage, impersonating a government official, your wanted in several countries to name a few things and the big one that set alarm bells ringing in the white house Terrorism" said Fury as he drained the last of the cup "So are you coming along quietly or do you want to add resisting arrest to the list?"

"What do you think?" asked Bobby as he iced himself up fully.

"That were going to let you take him" growled Rahne as she transformed into a wolf and bared her teeth.

"Stand down children" ordered Magneto as he stepped forward and held his hands out "I'm guilty of these crimes and should be punished" nodded Magneto as some soldiers slapped the cuffs around his wrists.

…

"I'm sorry about this" said Fury as they sat in the back of his helicopter heading towards the maximum security prison Magneto was being taken too.

"Mr Fury do not worry I don't hold you responsible, I'm surprised I never realised this would happen before" nodded Magneto as he struggled a little to make himself more comfortable.

"Here let me help" said Fury as he unlocked the handcuffs.

"Sir procedure requires that the handcuffs…" began a soldier till Nick Fury glared at him.

"Sorry about that SHIELD will let anyone in these days, you'd think one of the best operatives in the world would realise that the master of magnetism could destroy the cuffs and this chopper with a single thought" said Nick with a brief smile and shake of the head.

"Thank you. I should have realised that when I came back to the right side of the law that I would have to pay for my crimes but it simply slipped my mind" smiled Magneto as he stared out the window "It has been a long life you know…longer then it should have been" sighed Magnus as he rubbed his head.

"You'll outlive us all old timer" laughed Fury "But I have to ask you something, promise me you won't try and escape."

"You have my word, I will abide by the law, it is the right thing to do" smiled Magneto as he looked out of the window that approached the prison.

One Month later

"The preliminary hearing for your trial is tomorrow Magnus are you ready?" asked Charles Xavier as he sat in his wheel chair looking through the bars in the holding cell at his friend.

"I am as ready as I ever will be Charles" nodded Magneto as he sat in a chair and looked back through the bars at his friend.

"Once you plead not guilty they'll set a new date for your trial and then we can start to mount your defence" said Xavier as he opened up a file he had containing information about Magneto they were planning to use in his defence.

"I'm pleading guilty" smiled Magneto with a head bob, he looked like a man that had given up but not like a man who had been beaten, his head was held high and he smiled with pride.

"What? Magnus you can't be serious they will order your execution" spluttered Xavier as his hand grabbed one of the bars.

"Let me ask you something Charles, did I commit every single one of the crimes they are accusing me of?" asked Magnus as he stared at his friend.

"…yes but you had good reason and…" said Xavier till he was cut off by a wave of Magneto's hand.

"One man's Terrorist is another man's Freedom fighter" nodded Magneto "Those things, I call them things because I can't In good conscious call them men who destroyed the world trade centres were heroes to their own select few. The Nazi monsters did what they did for what they thought were good ideas…I can't believe I'm comparing myself to those monsters who destroyed my life, but I am like them, ask a man called Bill Jones if you don't believe me" smiled Magnus before he quickly wiped a tear.

"Magnus you are not a monster…you are more a man then anyone I know" smiled Xavier as he reached through the bars to comfort his friend.

"No Charles you are more of a man then any man I have ever met, you have done nothing in your life but care for people, you have done nothing in your life but turn the other cheek, when others such as I or your brother has came at you with hatred and anger you have nothing but love and compassion for us and you forgive us without hesitation, you my mutant friend are everything that any sentient life form should strive to be. I crippled you and still you accept me into your house for that I thank you and I am truly sorry" said Magnus as he laid his hand on his friends.

"Thank you Magnus" said Xavier as he wiped a tear, those were the nicest words ever said to or about him so he was lost for words.

"Charles can I tell you something?" asked Magneto as his hand ran up the bars "I know I can destroy this building with the slightest thought, I could be free with the wind on my face and the sun on my skin but the fact is when the door closed behind me I was powerless, I was a child again, I was in their camps and there was no way I could escape, I was terrified."

"Magnus I can never begin to understand that sort of fear because I never went through what you did, but the fact that despite this fear which I'm sure would have most screaming in terror you sit here calmly awaiting the fate you believe you deserve makes me respect you even more" smiled Charles as the door at the end of the corridor swung open.

"Times up" barked the guard, Charles and Magnus exchanged glances and he began to wheel himself towards the door.

"Charles for what its worth you were right" said Magnus as he pressed himself hard against the bars of his cell to talk to his friend "the only way we will survive is through peaceful integration. Charles one more thing I know what the future holds for me, there is no other possible outcome but the future for you and the others is still in question and whenever I questioned what I was doing previously I always remembered what you told me…any dream worth having is worth fighting for. I've been thinking about it recently and it's changed a little for me. Any dream worth having…is worth dying for. Charles if you keep up the fight I'll do my best to uphold the rest."

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The courtroom was packed with the mutants and others as Magneto gave his plea of "guilty", crowds outside protested for and against him, it was over quickly and he was taking back to his cell where he had a visitor waiting for him, the smell of cigarette smoke filled the air.

"Just popping in for a visit Logan?" asked Magneto as he walked into his cell as the doors slid shut.

"look I'm a guy of few words but I just had to say them, I hated you almost more then anyone even Sabertooth and then after the whole Apocalypse thing I liked you as a man and as a friend but whether I liked you or hated you I always respected you and I just wanted to come and tell you it was a pleasure knowing you" Wolverine stuck his hands through the bars and it was met by the hand of Magneto. "Anyway I'm going to go before I tear up, you know how much of a softie I am" smiled Wolverine "There two people who need to see you more then I do coming down the corridor."

"Logan…Thank you" said Magneto as he nodded at the Canadian mutant.

"Just saying what I felt" smiled Wolverine as he began to walk down the corridor.

"I meant for what you did in the camps" smiled Magneto.

"Oh…I was just doing what I thought was right" smiled Wolverine as the door slid open and he exited allowing Wanda and Pietro to come in.

"Hey Dad" said Pietro casually as he leaned up against the cell door, his eyes were tearing up but his hands were wiping them away faster them anyone could see. Wanda did nothing to hide her tears.

"I can't believe what they're going to do to you" said Wanda as she held her face in her hands.

"They might not…you might just have prison time right? We can still come and see you?" said Pietro really fast as his nerves and emotions started to effect the control of his powers.

"Pietro I'm sorry but there is only one outcome possible for a terrorist such as I with so many offences" said Magneto as he stared at the floor still not making eye contact with his children.

"We'll get you out, me Avalanche, Pyro, Blob and Toad will burst this place wide open in minutes and…" began Pietro till he saw the silly smile on his fathers face.

"I appreciate the sentiment but you know I could do it myself if that was what I wanted but I choose to stay here and I choose for you and the others to go on with your SHIELD training" smiled Magneto.

"But we would all give it up in a second if you asked" said Pietro as the tears began to flow.

"That is why I'm not asking, Pietro I want you to understand I'm sorry what with your mothers death, Asteroid M and then the Brotherhood I've robbed you both of your child hood and so now all I can give you is your future, enjoy it and make me and your mother proud" smiled Magneto as he held his sons hand.

"Dad you have nothing to be sorry for…you've been the best dad anyone could ever have had" said Wanda as she gave her hand to Magnus.

"Oh Wanda you're so wrong and the reason you're wrong is one of the worst things I've ever done" said Magneto as he closed his eyes, since Mastermind had worked on Wanda's memories the blood flow around her mind had changed, Magnus could sense it but he could also change it, the flow changed in a few seconds as all of Wanda's memories came spilling back into her mind. "I'm sorry Wanda at the time I saw no choice."

Wanda stared at her father for a few seconds before she ran from the room in tears.

"Wanda wait!" yelled Pietro before turning back to his dad "You didn't have to do that."

"Yes I did Pietro" nodded Magnus "Now I can truly die at peace."

"I'll convince to her and get her to forgive you" smiled Pietro as he paced quickly across the front of the bars.

"She'll never forgive me and I can't expect her too and I don't want you to convince her of anything just comfort her, she needs you more then I do" nodded Magneto as a way of giving Pietro permission to leave. Pietro began to walk slowly down the corridor which showed Pietro was distraught "Pietro tell Wanda I love her."

"I will" said Pietro as he continued to trundle away.

"Pietro" said Magneto as his son turned "I love you too."

"Yeah love you too dad" smiled Pietro and with that he was gone.

…

The weeks and months flew passed and Magneto was sentenced until finally the day came…

Magnus said his last prayers to God and too Magda, Marie and Anya, Magda had died the year before Magnus found out when he requested for her too come. He stood up and put on his suit (a special favour from Fury), he straightened the tie, brushed off his knees from where he had been kneeling to pray and began to walk down the corridor flanked by his guards.

He was bundled slowly into the truck and was driven slowly through the traffic to the place where his sentence was to be carried out.

He walked down the corridors of the building and despite all the cleaning chemicals and despite the fragrances and disinfectants it still reminded him of hut ten and the incinerator. Magneto walked into the room and sat in the chair as the straps were fastened, all his friends were there Charles, Everyone from the institute, The Brotherhood and even Wanda even though she did not make eye contact, the others all sat in their finest clothes tears filling their eyes, Logan was the only one who didn't cry, Bobby's tears turned to ice as they rolled down his face causing a gentle tinkling as they crashed on the floor.

He felt the electrons moving through the wires as the switch was flipped and the he felt nothing more.

…

A Jewish ceremony was held for Magnus at the mansion where his body was laid to rest, his casket was lowered as Charles Xavier gave the eulogy.

"My friend I wish it was possible to say that we are gathered here today to celebrate a great breakthrough for mutants or anything else really but sadly we are gathered here today to mourn our friend, he was a great man and he will be greatly missed. Magnus Maximoff lived through the second world war in Auschwitz but unlike so many others he did live through it, then he lived past the death of his first child even though he begged for death he lived through it. He lived through betrayal and through heartbreak till finally he found love again and had his children, he lived through yet another war and then finally succumbed to a dream. I remember once I told him that any dream worth having is worth fighting for and he told me you can't save everyone but still he would try, he finally told me that any dream worth fighting for is worth dying for and to continue the fight which is what we all must do no matter how much we want it to all end, if that is all Magnus left with us, a will to succeed and to fight then he has given us more then anyone could have hoped. Magnus what I'm trying to say is we all love you…goodbye.

The mourners left one by one as the hole was filled, leaving nothing more of the man then a grave, a figure walked through the fog (which had rolled in when Storm began to cry) and placed a single scarlet rose on the grave "I love you too father" smiled Wanda as she walked away.

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The iron monument of Magnus 'Magneto' Maximoff still stands in Xaviers to this day side by side with the memorial monument of Charles Xavier both staring into the future and watching over the generations and generations of mutants who walked through the hallowed halls of the Xavier Institute. The monument has an inscription which reads

'Magnus, our friend, above all the rest

We miss you the most, and we loved you the best

And now that you're gone

We thank god we were blessed

You will be remembered'

The End

Well that is all, the lights come up and the credits roll. Thanks everyone for reading and I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did, now get with the reviewing. Thanks and goodbye.