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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: Terra is offered a place…in the Brotherhood.

Chapter 10
The Invitation

I was awake. And on a hospital bed.
I gave a scream and sat up. Professor Xavier was sitting next to me and Rogue was sitting on a chair next to me bed.
"You're awake!" Rogue said smiling.
"Huh?" I croaked, my throat felt dry.
"You lost control over your powers again," Rogue explained. "The Professor made me drain your powers and I guess it was too much for ya."
"How long have I been asleep?" I mumbled.
"A week," Professor Xavier said shaking his head. "You need to gain control over your powers Terra. It is very dangerous for you to not control those powers."
I blushed. "Could you control them Rogue? When you touched me, could you control them?"
"With difficulty," Rogue said sadly. "But I've had so much worse. I'm a lot stronger than you."
I blushed again. "Well, it's hard for me, OK?" I snapped.
Everyone found their powers easy to control but I could never seem to get the hang of it.
"We will have to work on controlling your powers Terra," Xavier said. "Come Rogue, she needs her rest."

The next day, Rogue and I decided to take a trip to the shopping mall. There was supposed to be a Spring Dance in a week and I wanted to get a new dress. Rogue, however, refused to go.
"Please!" I had begged her that morning. "Or just come shopping with me."
Rogue had wisely chose the shopping and we got a lift to the mall from Scott and Jean.
I dragged Rogue to many of shops. Finally, she decided she needed a drink. She left me in a store while she headed to the food court for a drink.
I tried on a baby blue spaghetti strap dress that reached just above my knee. It was beautiful, but very simple, but I figured I could borrow something off Jean or Kitty to spice it up a bit. I bought the dress and began my search for Rogue when a boy with white hair appeared in front of me.
Literally. He really did! One minute, there was no one there, the next second, there was a boy with white hair, and I walked right into him. The next second, I was on my butt with my shopping everywhere.
"Sorry," the boy said helping me pick up my stuff.
I stared at him wildly. "Uh…sure," I replied.
"I'm Pietro, by the way," the boy said smiling charmingly.
"Terra."
"Yeah, I saw you at school the other day. How come you haven't shown up? You ditching?"
"No!" I said horrified. "I'm…uh…sick."
"Really?" Pietro said raising an eyebrow. He reminded me of that idiot boy at the warehouse. "Don't you stay at the mutant manor?"
I flushed. "Yeah. So?"
"Hey! I'm a mutant too!" he said trowing his hands up innocently.
"Yay," I said sarcastically. I stared at him for a second. "How come you're not at Xavier's Institute?" I asked curiously.
"Because I'm not into the training every single day. I stay with the Brotherhood. We never have to train, or wake up at five in the morning," he added.
I smiled. Wolverine sure was making living at the Institute difficult what with training all the time. Even though he was training us, I still had difficulty controlling my powers.
"You should come see us at the Brotherhood," Pietro said grinning.
"OK…sure!"

"Did you connect with the girl?"
"Yeah, but I really don't see why we have to have her," Pietro said to a figure hovering a metre above the ground. "Wanda's bad enough."
"She will be a great asset to our team Pietro. Make sure she joins the Brotherhood."
Pietro turned to face the mall. "Are you really sure you want her in the Brotherhood, father? I mean, we are the Brotherhood, as in for guys."
Pietro turned around to find himself talking to…a wall.
"Yeah, OK. Fine, I'll get to her. But you owe me big time!"