Wow, fourth chapter and still no reviews. This chapter is more of a setup chapter, but I guess it's pretty important. I do not own Harry Potter or The X-men. I do own any OC's in this story, unless someone wants to be nice and give me one so that I don't have to think of them myself.

Going in the direction that the mutants came from, she quickly found their mode of transportation. It was a jet! The US army didn't have jets like this but mutants did? They obviously hadn't expected anyone to find it as they had left the stairs down. Rosaline quickly went up the steps and looked around. It was just like a jet out of a movie.

Looking around, her mind once again wandered. She thought perhaps she had left too soon, not given her father the benefit of the doubt. Maybe she hadn't thought this through enough. Maybe she should go back. No. She couldn't trust him. There were so many questions spinning around in her head, the most important to her was 'What is my dad hiding?' That seemed to be the root of it all. That was why her father had shielded her mind, and not told her about her powers, and that was why there was a mysterious box in the attic containing a hidden life.

She was thinking so much that this time she was startled out of her thoughts by the return of the three mutants. They stared at her in shock, especially the professor as he had not heard her mind at all.

"Please," she said, before any of them could say anything and ruin it, "I changed my mind. I want to go to the Institute."

Ororo was the first to respond. "Of course you can. We never turn down a student, and you are not the first runaway that has found sanctuary at our school."

Logan simply looked indifferent as Rosaline buckled herself into a seat. Ororo started the engine and as soon as they were in the air she put it on autopilot and went to check on Rosaline.

"Are you alright? With all of this, being a mutant, leaving home? It is a big change."

"I'm fine Miss Monroe, really. I decided to call you before I told my dad that I was a mutant. It was a backup plan so if he kicked me out I would have somewhere to go. When he said he was fine with it, so I relaxed, but it turned out that I didn't need to tell him at all." At the last part, she looked at the seat in front of her. The one that the Professor was sitting in.

Suddenly regaining his psychic abilities or feeling Storm's confusion at Rosaline's words, the Professor answered Rosaline's silent question.

"I do not know what it is that your father was trying to hide, but I do know that he hid in order to protect you. I do believe that you do not know his secret and protecting your mind was simply a precaution that he had not anticipated to be tested."

Uncomfortable with discussing the topic with people she just met, she changed the subject to the first one that came to her mind, "How much further to the Institute?"

Ororo smiled and told her, "Look out the window."

She did and saw a beautiful campus with fields, sports sections, flowers, and miniature lakes. In the very center was a large, old fashioned building. It was beautiful. She was even more amazed when the kids playing on the basketball court hurriedly cleared out and the court opened up so that the jet could park below it.

The rooms under the school were different than the outside. It was modern, and sterile, more like a lab then a school. Logan left as soon as they arrived and the Professor had work to catch up on after being away even for a few hours. It was Ororo that led Rosaline around the school, explaining places as they walked by them. They stopped at an ordinary door with a sign that labeled it as number 263.

"Last, but not least, this is your room. It's a double, so you only have one roommate for now."

Rosaline nodded and entered the room. There was a girl with dark red hair sitting on one of the beds, reading a book. She looked up when Rosaline and Ororo entered the room. She smiled at them and introduced herself.

"Hello, I'm Baylee Reed. Welcome to mutant high."

All three of them smiled at the welcoming tradition.

"Hello Baylee, I'm Rosaline Smith."

"And I have a class to get to. Baylee, could you please help Rosaline with anything she needs. Rosaline, remember you can come to me or any of the other teachers if you need anything."

At that, Ororo left. Baylee sat back down on her bed, but got up again to help Rosaline unpack her clothes. When Baylee kneeled next to her, Rosaline jumped, surprised. Baylee, however, saw this as a flinch and frowned.

"It's okay, I can't hurt you."

It took a few seconds for Rosaline to realize that Baylee had taken her surprise as an insult.

"Oh! No I know that. I'm sorry, you surprised me by being next to me, that's all."

She seemed pacified and changed the subject. "So, what's your power and name?"

The first part of the question, Rosaline honestly didn't know but the second part was just confusing.

"I'm not sure what the name of my power is, and what do you mean by my name?"

Baylee laughed at Rosaline's face. "Every mutant has two names really. One is the name that our parents gave us and the other is a name that we ourselves and usually has something to do with our power. Very few people use their human names in the school, so most people introduce themselves by their mutant name. My true name is Lingue because I can speak any language. All the human languages as well as the animal ones." She smiled at Rosaline's impressed look and blushed "Well, all except reptile languages, like snake, I just can't figure them out."

"Well, I probably should do some research into the name of my power, but I guess my name should be, Cerna. I don't know why, it just sounds right"