Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans or the X-Men Evolution

Summary: This story takes place post Terra and pre Titans Rising. Terra's powers almost get her killed and in the process, Cerebro picks her up and the X-Men save her. Now Terra is being fostered by the X-Men. They want to help her, but who else wants to help her?

Chapter Summary: Still running, Terra comes across the X-Men.

Chapter 3

A Cursed Life

I had a feeling, like I was being watched. No matter what, I'd ignore that. If it was Beast Boy… well, I don't know what I'd do if it was Beast Boy. I'd probably run away again. If it was any other member of the Teen Titans, I'd run.
I ran near the edge of the canyon, following it. I kept on running. I had a stitch but I kept on running. If I was a normal kid, without this curse, I'd be on the cross country team. I've been running all my life.
The only sounds my ears could hear were the sounds of my feet hitting the dirt and the sounds of my breathing. It was just panting and the sound of my rubber soles hitting the hard earth. And there was the sound of that jet.
I stopped and turned around. A jet. A big black one flying towards me.
I knew I had a look of horror plastered on my face. I turned around and began running as fast as my skinny legs could carry me. Running, panting, running, panting, running, panting, running, panting.
The jet was closing in. I saw some small, but sharp, stones lying on the ground. I threw my hand back and the rocks flew, hitting the jet and doing no damage whatsoever.
Several large columns of rock flew from the bottom of the canyon striking the jet. The jet, however, seemed the go right through them.
I was whimpering. Then my foot fell over the edge.
"No!" I screamed falling. I threw my hands beneath me and a piece of rock from the ground. A rock flew out and I landed on it. "Ow," I grumbled.
The rock I was on seemed to have a mind of its own as it shot out of the canyon and sent me on a roller coaster ride through the air. I screamed holding on to the rock for my own dear life.
"Whatever you do, do not lose control," I whispered. "Don't lose control!"
I concentrated on the rock I was on and managed to get it on a straight flight pattern. The jet was closing in on me.
I held onto the rock with one hand, and with the other, I sent larger rocks hurtling towards the jet. A red beam hit some of the rocks and the rest of the rocks were being thrown off course.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" I shouted at the jet as it drew closer.
I sent more rocks at it and then I lost control. Tears flew down my cheeks as I felt the headaches and the pain again. "No!" I gasped.
Do you remember what happened down at the diamond mine? Yeah, it happened again. I fell from my rock and got caught in the middle. The jet stopped and viewed me caught in the whirlwind of rocks and dirt. Tears flew from my eyes and got caught in the high wind.
I hugged my knees and sobbed as I rose higher off the ground. Through my teary eyes, I saw a woman rise from the jet and raised her hands. Slowly, the wind died down and the jet swooped beneath me. A boy grabbed me and held me close giving me a hug.
"W-who are you?" I stammered looking around the jet where seven people were all seated.
The woman who had save me came down from a platform and sat down.
"We are the X-Men Terra," a bald man in a wheelchair said to me.
"X-Men?" I repeated.
I scrambled away from the boy and into a wall. The bald man in the wheelchair moved towards me.
"We're mutants. We all have special powers," a red headed girl explained. "Like, I have telepathy and Scott can shoot optic blasts out of his eyes," she explained.
"O-oh."
The black woman with the white hair was steering the jet. The bald man in the wheelchair headed towards me. "My name is Professor Xavier," he introduced himself. "I am a teacher at a school. I teach students, like you, to control their impressive gifts."
"This isn't a gift," I said turning my head away. "This is a curse."
"We want to help you Terra," Xavier said.
"Really?" I blurted out angrily. "You can help me by getting rid of these powers! I hate them! They've ruined my life." I sank to the floor in tears. "I'm sick of running away," I added quietly.
"You won't have to run away anymore," Xavier said holding his hand in front of me. I took it and stood up. "I can teach you how to control your powers. Your powers aren't a curse Terra, they are a gift."
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"We're heading back to the mansion," a bubbly brown-haired girl said cheerfully. "By the way, I'm Kitty."
"Uh…hi."
"You'll love the manor. It's big and there's so much to do," Kitty said happily. "There are tons of mutants at school and most of them can't control their powers. You won't feel left out."
"Thanks," I said without believing her.
I sat down next to her and she chatted the whole way back to the mansion. I didn't hear a single word she said. I was too busy thinking about what she had said. There were a lot like me who couldn't control their powers, but they hadn't almost killed their families, had they? They hadn't been chased out of every city they ever went to because they caused earthquakes and mudslides, had they? No. I was never going to fit in. I'd be alone. Again.