Tolly: To avoid stupid questions, refer to chapter two: Glitch never said anything about being an orphan. I'm writing this little A/N to avoid having to go back and fix it. For more on my laziness, please refer to reviews of any of my stories, many of which contain the word "finally."
Also: Maid of the Mer? I want my muffin, please.
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There had been a few details to take care of before they could go to meet the jet. First, Pix had to leave the baby rabbits at a local pet store, as she had (ahem) "borrowed" them for the magic show. Also, Glitch had to tell her parents that she was going to the school. She had moved out ages ago because her parents had been annoyed by the constant power failures associated with her abilities, and also because she was granted free rent at her apartment in exchange for free electricity.
Once all had been taken care of, the four mutants had gone down to the piers to wait for their jet. To pass the time, the girls were discussing how they had become mutants.
"Experts say that mutation is often triggered by heightened emotional stress," Pix was saying matter-of-factly. "For example, take one normal twelve-year-old, and pile onto it schoolwork, music lessons, chores, two perfectionist parental units, puberty, and genetics. Mix well, and kaboom! Voila Pix!"
"For a human flamethrower," said Fauve. "You'd need an angry mob, knife wounds and dead parents."
"I was sick and having a really crappy day. Then I sneezed and caused a power outage for the whole town." said Glitch with a grin.
"What about you?" Pix asked Logan. "When did you change?"
"Don't remember," he grumbled. These girls sure chattered a lot.
"Suit yourself." Pix turned back to her two friends and continued. "I think sneezing affects mutation, or at least ours. I mean, Glitch, you sneezed when you first mutated and when I sneeze, I teleport without meaning to."
Fauve snickered. "You guys know that a sneeze is one tenth of an or--"
"Yes! We've heard that before," Pix cut her off before she could say something highly inappropriate. "What's your point?"
"Well, if you accidentally teleport when you sneeze, what would happen to you when--"
"Not another word!" cried Pix, covering her ears. But Fauve kept going.
"It would be pretty awkward, wouldn't it, if--"
"Here comes the jet!" said Logan loudly, glad for an interruption to this increasingly embarrassing conversation.
The young mutants waited in nervous anticipation as the jet made its silent approach, and its not-so-smooth landing. The loading door opened and thumped against the wooden pier. A man walked out, his eyes hidden behind a strange, futuristic device. He looked around, saw Logan with the three girls and smirked sarcastically.
"Oh, shut up." Logan snarled, before the man even spoke.
"What? I didn't say anything."
Logan threw one of the girls' bags at him, saying to the girls, "You three go on and get in." Pix, Glitch, and Fauve each grabbed a bag or two and hurried inside the jet. A woman was sitting at the controls, and she turned when they entered. Although she couldn't have been that old, her hair was pure white.
"Hello," she said. "My name is Aurora Monroe. I'm assuming that you are the girls that Wolverine was talking about?"
Pix nodded. "I'm Pix, and these are my friends Glitch and Fauve."
"You may call me Storm, in that case."
"Why? What's your power?" asked Fauve.
"I have the ability to change and control the weather." said Storm. "You'd better take a seat before the others come aboard."
Logan and the other man came on the jet just then. Logan introduced the man as Cyclops, but the man called himself Scott. Once everyone had been strapped in, he took the pilot seat and started flying.
"Just so you know," said Storm. "You may be asked to demonstrate your abilities to Professor Xavier, provided that they aren't especially dangerous or uncontrollable."
"We could show them to you right now if you like," said Fauve, raising her hands.
"No!" cried Glitch and Pix, each grabbing an arm and pushing it back down. "Twenty-five foot flames in an enclosed space, Fauve," said Glitch. "Bad idea."
"We'll wait till we get to the school," Pix assured the adults.
"The Professor will probably like to see them himself, anyway," said Scott. "Flames, huh?"
"I told you," said Logan. "She almost burned my face off."
"It would have been an improvement, in my opinion."
Logan flipped him off with a claw.
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Not too much later, the jet had landed at the X-mansion, and the girls were being shown to a room by Storm.
"But I thought we were going to see Professor Xavier," said Pix, confused.
"Perhaps tomorrow," said Storm. "For now, you should get some sleep. You can sleep here until you're officially enrolled, then you can sleep in the dorms with the other girls."
"Good idea," said Glitch as Storm opened a door, revealing a smallish room with one bunk bed and one single bed. "I call top!" she cried, and all hell broke loose.
Pix teleported to the top bunk before Glitch could climb up, so Glitch zapped her with a small bolt of electricity, and she tumbled off, landing on top of Fauve.
Smiling, Storm shut the door as the girls starting fighting. She turned around and was startled to find one of the students standing there. It was a girl who went by the name of Blood. She had the power to create illusions, a power that intensified if she drank human blood. Her morals kept her from this particular vampiric tendency, but she still retained others, and as a result could not stand the sun, and was awake mostly at night.
"New students?" asked Blood, not sounding particularly interested.
Storm nodded. "You should wait till tomorrow to talk to them, though. They're probably tired after all that's happened to them today."
From inside the room came a high-pitched squeal followed by a large crash. Blood glanced skeptically at the door. "Yep, they sound real tired."
"Well, I am, at least," said Storm, heading down the hall. "Good night."
"'Night." Blood cast one more glance at the closed door before continuing her late-night wandering.
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Tolly: To Yuki, Rain and Zue: I will be adding you in the next chapter. You too, Kitty, especially since you're an actual character. To Blood: ni, there you go. To my loyal readers: I don't think I need to remind you to review, do I?