Charles Xavier could feel Emma Frost using Cerebro 2. He couldn't pinpoint the location, but he could feel the strength of her mind as she scanned his school, as if searching for someone, before withdrawing and disappearing.

He sighed, unable to change the fact that his ex-student was now a Brotherhood member. Scott was still taking her rejection hard, even after seven months.

"Professor? Was that-?" "Yes, Storm, that was Emma," Charles answered his other female student before she could finish her question. All the teachers at the school had been able to feel her penetrating gaze, used to the feeling from having Charles do the same to them often in the past.

Scott shifted in his seat at this, looking slightly crestfallen. Jean rubbed his back comfortingly. "Have you got that list of new student candidates yet?" asked Nightcrawler, easily shifting in his seat to allow his tail to hang comfortably over his shoulder. All the other X-Men- Iceman, Shadowcat, Wolverine, Colossus, Angel- lifted their heads in interest as Charles lifted a sheet of paper off his desk.

"Yes, but I only found two that are in desperate need of assistance," he said, holding up the list. "Which two?" asked Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine. "A pair of twins right here in New York named Pietro and Wanda Maximoff. Jean, Storm, Cyclops, and Iceman, I think you'll be enough for them. They're in New York City, in this location," he said, handing them a set of coordinates.

"Right," said Scott, a.k.a. Cyclops, as he stood up, "Let's go shall we?"

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"Emma, I'd like you and Mystique to go get Pietro and Wanda, if you don't mind. I shall fetch Lorna," said Erik, placing his helmet on his head and getting ready to leave when Emma said, "No offense, Erik, but I look a lot less menacing than you. I'll get Lorna; you go get Pietro and Wanda."

"And why should we do it this way?" asked Erik, not enjoying being given orders by a subordinate. "Because some of the X-Men are heading for them now and Mystique won't be able to handle them alone, and I can't fight them just yet when Jean is with them. Her telepathy is weak, but it's certainly able to keep me distracted for a while." Emma said very condescendingly before exiting their base.

Erik muttered irritably, "I hate it when she's right." And so Erik left with Mystique to head to NYC.

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Emma arrived at the stairs leading up to Maxine's Orphanage for Girls less than an hour later, looking smugly pleased with herself. She walked up the steps and entered to meet a receptionist that was, surprisingly, Japanese.

"Ah, welcome to Maxine's! Are you here to adopt?" asked the receptionist. Emma read her mind, smiling slightly before saying, "No, Miss Oyama, I'm looking for a mutant child you have here. Lorna Dale, to be exact."

Miss Yuriko Oyama blinked at her in surprise, before her gaze darkened with seriousness. "You're one of those X-Men, aren't you?" she hissed. Emma shook her head, causing Yuriko to straighten in surprise. "I'm with the Brotherhood. I'm here on personal business. Now, can you bring Lorna here please?" asked Emma politely.

Yuriko disappeared into the inner halls of the orphanage after showing Emma a waiting room, soon reappearing with a fifteen-year-old girl with green hair and green eyes.

"Ah, hello Lorna! It's nice to meet you! I'm Emma Frost," said Emma, shaking hands with the teen as she sat on the couch opposite her. Lorna stared at, unsure whether to feel suspicious or to feel glad she'd been called out of the others here.

"Um, hello. I'm Lorna Dane, but I guess you already knew that," Lorna said awkwardly.

"So, you're probably wanting to know why I called you here?" asked Emma. Lorna nodded, and as Yuriko was about to leave Emma said, "I believe this pertains to you as well, Miss Oyama. Please sit."

Yuriko looked at her in surprise before sitting next to Lorna, sharing a confused glance with her. "Yuriko, Lorna, I represent the Brotherhood of Mutants, a group of mutants who are fighting humanities growing hatred of mutants in the world. I am a telepath, and I've seen the suffering you've both endured at the hands of humans," said Emma. She shifted to Yuriko.

"When you first developed claws, your family threw you out, treated you like a monster," she said, causing Yuriko to stiffen and nod her head once. Emma turned to Lorna. "Just because your hair is an odd color, all the other girls here laugh at you and call you 'Seaweed' because when you first wake up that's what your hair looks like, all tangled up," she sighed sympathetically, making Lorna run her fingers through her hair uncertainly.

"Ladies, I have seen your inner turmoil, and I've felt your pain and anger at the humans for treating you this way, but the question you must ask yourselves is this; are you going to sit back and take it anymore?" Emma said, addressing both women now.

Lorna narrowed her eyes dangerously. "Hell no I'm not! I'm with you!" Lorna snapped, earning a clap on the back from Yuriko. "You're right! We shouldn't have to take this just because we're a little different!" Yuriko nearly shouted, her eyes filled with glee at the prospect of getting back at the humans.

"Good! Now, if you'll go to your room, Lorna, you can pack, and Yuriko, you can take us to your apartment if you need anything on the way to the airport." Emma said. Both women nodded and Lorna took off back to her room, eyes bright with excitement and determination.

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Hermione awoke with a surprised start, her head in Harry's lap as he sat on the Gryffindor common room couch studying. "You okay?" he asked as she sat up.

"Yeah, fine, I just had this bizarre burst of adrenaline all of a sudden, like I was really excited about something," said Hermione, stifling a yawn as she stretched her nap out of her tired muscles.

"Maybe you were excited about the god-awful pop quiz we have in Potions tomorrow," Harry suggested. Hermione looked at him suspiciously, and he grinned. "What? Snape hates me; you can't blame me for trying to keep up as well as I can!" he defended himself weakly.

Hermione punched his arm lightly, grinning as he winced. "Oh, come on, I don't hit that hard!" she laughed at his pained expression. "Yes you do, and you know it!" he retorted, ruffling her hair, causing her to punch him again.

They both went silent as Ron walked past them. Ron stopped beside them and cleared his throat awkwardly. "Hermione?" he said uncertainly. Hermione glared at up at him fiercely, making him flinch.

By now everyone in the common room had fallen silent, watching the exchange eagerly. "I'm sorry about earlier, you know, saying mutants don't matter, and all that," Ron said sheepishly.

Hermione shrugged indifferently. Ron looked ready to say something else, but seemed to think better of it and walked away again.

"You stopped him from making a scene, didn't you?" she thought, knowing Harry would be listening in. "I know you wanted me to, and besides, I don't want you to be the one with the bad reputation when he tries to apologize and you barely do anything," Harry answered silently, a slight smile ghosting his face.

He glanced around the silent common room. "You should probably go before my little mind game stops working," he suggested. "Right. I'm off to my room," yawned Hermione, out loud this time, before standing and heading to the girl's dorms.

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A/N: I think we'll stop here. Good wasn't it? Now we have Polaris and Lady Deathstrike on our side; this is going to be awesome! ! ! ! BTW, remember; vote for this story or leave a nice review if you want this to be updated! And another thing; who do you think Emma should end up with? Sirius? Remus? Erik? Scott? Someone else? Please give your opinions on that in the form of a review! LATERS!
-Wind