A.N.: MEIN GOTT! I'M BACK! And it's only been, what, over half a year? Now, I'm going to ask a favor from my readers: please tell me where I messed anything up, spelling wise. I'm using Word Pad, and, well, it leaves much to be desired.

Dan, along with the rest of the X-Men, were seated in Professor Xavier's office, like they usually did whenever there was a new member. Rogue took the chance to give her friend the once-over. His dark, curly hair had grown past his chin, and was as bushy as ever. He was about 5'10", and was still quite slim. But nobody should be fooled by his stature: he was one of the best fighters she knew, and he was even self-taught. He was wearing a Cradle of Filth tee-shirt, black parachute pants, and a black trench coat, which was now missing all the buttons. Course it's missing all the buttons, thought Rogue. He's had it since I've known him.

"Now then, Daniel, why don't you give us a little background information about yourself?" the professor suggested.

"Alright," Dan started. "Well, I'm eighteen years old. I was born in Conneticut, stayed there most of my life. I've traveled a little bit, usually to go to camp, which was where I met Rogue. We were, what, fourteen? Like we said, it was a music camp. I play guitar, keyboard, but my specialty is the drums. I'm self-taught in karate. I'm not the best, but I can sure as hell defend myself. I write a lot, take pictures, and love to manipulate them. I know a lot of Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish. I think that's about it."

"You forgot to mention your powers," Scott commented.

"Did I?" Dan replied, surprised. "Well, I do prefer to demonstrate..."

At that, Dan paused, turned to Kitty, and asked, "Will you unzip your hoodie for me?"

"Like, what?"

"Please?"

"Like, uh, ok." Kitty did as she was told, and unzipped her hoodie. While she did that, Dan looked straight at it, concentrating. Suddenly, the sound of the metal coming apart spread around the room, sometimes loud, sometimes quiet, even vibrating. At last he sat back, and the sound stopped.

"That was awesome!" Kurt exclaimed.

"I have to say, out of all the powers I've heard of, that's certainly the most original," Jean commented.

"Thanks guys. I like it too."

"So, were your parents okay with it?" Scott inquired.

"My mom was. I mean, she didn't look at me any differently. My step-father, on the other hand, took it as another reason to hate me. And I thought what he dished out when I was younger was bad..."

"So is that why you're here?"

Dan looked up at Rogue, who had just spoken, and sighed. "Yeah. It all stared when he was yelling at my younger sisters for some of the stupidest shit. I told him to stop. Of course, anyone who challenges him is met with violence. He did strike at me first, though. Well, tried to. He lunged, I ducked, and before I knew it, he had a dislodged shoulder and a broken nose. The judge I had was sympahtetic. Since I was tried as an adult, I couldn't get just a slap on the wrist. He gave me a choice: stay there, do minimal time and some community serivice, or go to a 'facilily for mutants.' I obviously chose the latter. Turns out to be a damn good choice," he finished, winking at his old friend. Rogue smiled back.

"Well, that certianly seems to be enough for right now," the professor interjected. "Everyone is dismissed. Dan, if you'll stay, we just have some small details to go over."

The younger X-Men filed out, and as they went, Rogue could hear Kitty whisper to Jean, "God, is Dan hot or what?" Rogue rolled her eyes and just sighed to herself.

A few hours later, Rouge and Dan were conversing in the common room. "Now, tell me you didn't get lost when you first arrived. This place is huge!" Dan observed.

"I sure as hell did," Rogue admitted. "God, I must have wandered around for a good hour until Kurt found me. But you'll get it, eventually. 'Til then, I recommend always having a buddy."

"I'll keep that in mind. So, want to give me the skinny on my new house-mates?"

"Sure, why the hell not. I'll start with the teachers. First, of course, is the prof, a telepath. One of the nicest guys you'll ever meet in your life. He's real keen on telepaths having strong ethics, so you'll never have to worry about him reading your mind or anything. And, for the ones like us, he's like the father we never had.

"Next is Ororo. Again, real sweet. Mother of the place, if you will. She's a weather witch, and real regal. She's great to talk to, makes it seem like your problems aren't as bad as they seem. She's got a nephew, Evan, also a mutant. He's with the Morlocks now, but he keeps in touch with the adults. Just in case.

"Hank is the doctor here. He has one of the most misleading names here. He's the resident brainiac, aside from Xavier.

"Lastly, for the teachers is my personal favorite, Logan. Bad-ass to the end. But, he cares about us. Especially the girls. Doesn't want anything bad to happen to us. Now, that's not to say he won't threaten you to an inch of your life, cuz he will. And can bet your sweet ass you've learned your lesson. Basically, if he likes you, and you don't screw around too much. you'll get along great.

"Okay, now for the team. There's Scott and Jean. You'll rarely see them separate from each other. They were Xavier's first students here. They're nice enough, but they can get on your nerves real quick. Scott takes being leader to heart, to a fault, and Jean will offer her help, even when you dont want or need it.

"Kitty is, well, Kitty. And weird as it may sound, we're real close. We used to share a room. You get over her obsessive use of 'like' in her sentences. She's also real boy crazy, so watch your back.

"Okay, now hold onto your hat for the next one. Kurt is my brother. Of sorts. So, it turns out this btich Mystique adopted me when I was real young, the handed me over to Irene. And, a few years before, she gave birth to Kurt. Weird, no? We've got a sort of sibling bond. Well, Kurt likes to think it's more than it is. Hell, I don't really know how far it stretches."

"Awesome, thanks for the info. Now, what's this I hear about the Danger Room?" Dan asked, skeptically,

A.N.- wow, that felt great! so many thanks to my reviewers. Ijust hope you're still out there! oh, and one more thing. if anything doesn't match up, bring it up, and I'll see where I screwed up, ok?

oh, and btw, I am looking for constructive critisism. It's obviously ok if you don't have any, but if you want to say something, go ahead.