Rogue paced her room thinking hard about what the Professor had told her a few days ago. He had called her in for a meeting with him to discuss her powers. Naturally she had been worried that maybe; once again, she couldn't touch. But no, it was, surprisingly, something good. Xavier had told Rogue that she had gained new powers, powers that could control any form of energy in the world. This was pretty much anything, he had said, since all things have some sort of energy to make it live or work the right way.

Xavier had explained some of the things she could do but had also said that her powers really had no stopping point, anything she wanted to do with them, she could do. Imagine that, he had said, no boundaries, no limits, anything possible. To a teenager, that sounded pretty cool. He had requested that she take private sessions with him to learn about this power and her first one was today

But for now, she was on her way to Strategies and Diversions with Storm.

It was a boring day. Our favorite group of friends sat in class while Colossus (who was subbing for Storm) prattled on about the best diversions in a fight and no one was really listening. Pyro was flicking his lighter on and off, Psylocke kept sending mental messages to Jubilee, Bobby and Rogue were passing notes. All in all, this class was torture. Rogue slipped Bobby a folded piece of paper.

Rogue: I think I'll die if I have to listen to him any longer!

Bobby: Yeah, we know how to cause a diversion.

Rogue: How?

Bobby: You get Jubilee to set of some fireworks in class then everyone's attention is diverted from the teacher.

Rogue passed him another note but this time Colossus caught Bobby reading it.

"Bobby, if you have something to share please read it. Read it now."

"Um, I don't think you want me to do that Professor."

"No, I do. Read it. Did Rogue write it?"

"Yeah."

"Read it."

"Hey Bobby, do you think Colossus knows his zipper is down?" "No, I wasn't really looking. Why were you?"

The class laughed and the teacher turned very red. Lucky for him the bell rang and he dismissed everyone as he fumbled with the zipper. Jubilee was hysterical.

"Yeah Rogue why were you looking!"

"Oh shut up. It was John who pointed it out."

"Oh. Why was he looking?"

"Shut up" said John who overheard them. He had a feeling he was going to be teased about this for a while.

"I wonder where Storm was today. She usually teaches that class, you know, Strategies and Diversions" stated Jubilee. Nobody knew. The group split up. Bobby, John and Psylocke had to take a class on the science of mutations, Jubilee had Genetics and Heredity, and Rogue was on her way to her first session with Xavier.

She wondered what she would have to do. Would it just be a verbal lesson or maybe just explanatory worksheets? She didn't know and standing outside his office door she felt nervous. Rogue knocked.

"Professor? I-I'm here for my session; I think you said we'd start today. I think."

"Yes Rogue it is today. Enter."

She walked into the spacious office and he motioned for her to sit. She did so.

"Now Rogue, I am sure you have been wondering what I have planned for today. Well, first, I want to explain some things, and then we will practice using this new, shall I say, gift of yours. I know I have already listed a few things you can do. But remember when I said that was not all. I explained how everything has some sort of energy and you can control this all. You can do anything you can think of. Rogue, your possibilities are limitless. You have become a class five."

Rogue was barely breathing. She hadn't even known about this power until a few days ago but she was already a class five?

"How is that possible? I can't even control it, heck; I didn't even know I had it?"

"Had it! That is my point! You already have it and this is power is so strong it is that of a class five! You just need practice using it. Now, do you see that clock over there? Good. I want you to try and move it."

"Wha-what?"

"Put your hand over it and focus. You know that it takes energy to move. The hand on the clock moves and that energy force is what you must tap into. Use it, feel it, depend on it. Focus and focus and focus!"

Rogue felt unsure of herself. How could she do this so soon? But Xavier had told her to try and it was always worth a try. Very slowly she moved her hand over the small wooden clock. She stared at it. What the hell was she doing? This was ridiculous! She was not that powerful!

But the hands on the clock began to get slower and Rogue started to feel a connection between her hand and the clock's hands. Somehow she felt like she knew what to do. Rogue took the energy out the clock the way she took life force out of people.

She needed to push the clock's energy underneath itself to force it upward. The nervous young mutant turned her hand slightly not really expecting anything to happen and yet hoping against her will. The clock lifted up. It happened as soon as she turned her hand.

The clock moved! She had done it! It was high in the air and what was even better was that she was controlling where it went. It moved at will. It was only her first lesson so she thought she really must have some power if she could do it that fast.

Then Rogue did something else; she dropped her hand. But the clock didn't fall; it simply stayed where it was. Rogue wasn't holding it with the energy in her hand, she was using her mind! Gently and slowly she placed it down on his desk (with her mind!).

"Very good Rogue! Only your first try and you controlled it mind power. That is all for today but I am very proud of you. You will have this all learned in no time."

Rogue understood herself to be dismissed and she left. But she understood something else as well. If she could move things with her mind in one lesson, there had to be more. She didn't know what else she could do, but she was going to find out.