Chapter 6

POV: Diana

I watched as Sam ran deep into the forest laughing. I could only stand their and witness her fleeing the mansion. I knew immediately what I had to do. I quickly ran to the inside of the mansion, yelling for Professor Xavier. Cyclops came and asked me what was wrong.

"I need the Professor Now!"

"Okay, calm down! Can you tell me what happened?"

"I will tell you the same time as the Professor! Take me to him!" I shouted as Cyclops. He stood their, I guess slightly shaky that a girl had screamed in his face, but he would have to deal with it if we were going to live here. He took me up the stairs and into the Professor's office where he was having a conversation with Wolverine. He noticed me and asked if Wolverine could wait. He nodded and growled and then got up and leaned against the wall.

"Diana, what is the rush? Have you discovered your mutant ability?"

"No! I mean, someone else did. Sam did! She went crazy."

"She came to my office earlier because of it. Her hair had mysteriously changed color. What else did she discover?"

"She discovered she is a psychic or something. She was able to read my thoughts almost flawlessly."

"Why are you telling me this instead of her?"

"She ran into the forest laughing to herself like a maniac," I looked at the Professor. "You are welcome to look in my mind and see what she did first hand." He nodded then closed his eyes and pressed his fingers to his skull. I could feel a little tickling in the back of my head. It was very fast and the Professor opened his eyes with a worried expression on his face.

"Wolverine, we need you to find Sam. She appears to have run off into the forest because she was scared. Try not to hurt her, will you?"

"We'll see." Wolverine said as he headed out the door. The Professor looked at me and then frowned. He looked at Cyclops.

"Cyclops, I think maybe Magneto will try and take her away from us. They will most likely intercept her in the forest. Go tell Wolverine; actually, better both of you go find her."

Scott left the room in a look of protest. The Professor asked me kindly to leave while he thought this situation over. I left and ran into a Chinese girl in the hallway.

"Oh, sorry, are you a friend of Sam's?"

"Yes, and who are you?"

"I am Jubilee. I saw Sam today. She looked like she was going into a state of panic! You are welcome to hang with me and Kitty if you'd like!"

"Thanks, I would like to get to know the people in the mansion." I said as I walked with Jubilee as she gave me an overview of the people in the mansion.

POV: Clover

I was in my room for practically the whole morning watching my favorite TV show drama. I laughed, I cried. I realized my life was now a lot more exciting than any TV show. I turned off the TV and went to the kitchen to have lunch. I saw Diana was getting to know some of the other people here. I snuck up behind her and scared her.

"Hey, don't do that! That is not nice, now I have to get you back!"

"I am not scared of you Diana! And who are you?" I asked the people crowding around Diana.

"The blue fuzzy one is Nightcrawler, the big hunky one is Colossus. The Chinese one is Jubilee, the other girl is Kitty Pride and the girl over there is Rogue."

"Hi Rogue! You look like you need a fashion overhaul!"

"Thanks darling, but most clothes get destroyed almost every day, so we usually wear disposable clothes of our uniforms."

"Either way, you still aught to accessorize!"

Rogue blushed and I walked away to notice a tall woman with red hair cooking. She was making a pot roast for dinner I guess.

"Hello, and who are you." She said before I even asked her who she was! I looked at her and realized she probably was a telepath like the Professor.

"Yes, I am. I am Jean Grey."

"You have a really pretty name, you know that?"

"I get that a lot from Cyclops."

"He digs you, you know that?"

"Yah, it is his weakness. He is always tripping over his feet when I am close."

"Keep playing hard to get. He will never leave your side."

"Okay…I will keep that in mind."

I walked away from her as she continued making dinner. I walked to the closest bathroom to check my hair. Luckily I had my emergency comb in my pocket so I could fix it if I ever need to. I looked down at my hand as I fished in my pocket for my comb. I saw my hand kind of shimmer or something. I laughed. All this mutation stuff is going to my head! I am definitely not a mutant. That would be totally crazy, besides, Diana told me that mutants usually get their powers when they hit puberty and we were far from puberty. I pulled out my comb but to my surprise, my hair was already done.

I scratched my head in disbelief. Restyling hair mutant power, works for me! I exited the washroom to see Alex and Martin walking into the kitchen for lunch.

"Hey Alex, what's going on! Making out with the Mystery?"

"Well, he's better than the situation! We just came to get a sandwich. How are you?"

"I am good."

"I heard Sam went crazy out of school grounds that are so unlike her. Hopefully you won't go crazy when you discover your powers."

"Okay, you probably have powers now that you are acting so comfortable with the subject, right?"

"Just because I am trying to fit in doesn't mean I am different!"

"Yes it does because we were all shaky about it yesterday but now you act like you have been living like this your whole life!"

"Hey, I am trying to consider this a blessing other than a curse thank you very much!"

"It is a curse! We are practically outcasts of society! What can we do? Protect people who hate us? What good does that do?"

"Trying to be a hero now, Clover?"

"Don't talk to me like that Alex. I could take you down right here right now."

"I don't want to fight you Clover, calm down"

"Don't tell me what to do you, you, stupid girl!"

"That does it."

Alex came up to me and slapped me hard in the face. I tried to punch her but she dodged easily. I tried to kick her, but she avoided that to. I stared at her.

"You stupid mutant freak! I want nothing to do with you!" I yelled at her. She stared at me then focused back on Martin who looked like he was going to pass out. I left the mansion angrily and started walking towards the city. It was going to be a long walk, but anything is better than hanging out with those freaks!

A couple of hours later, I walked into the first shopping outlet I saw. I still had my credit cards, so I was set. Maybe W.H.O.O.P. is still giving us money to survive. I need a lot of money to survive. I went to the rack that read 'Designer's Picks!' so I picked a couple fashions myself. I walked to the change room and was about the put on the fashions after I locked the door, but I started to think about how glamorous Lenora Lee looked at the awards on a poster in the change room. I sighed, I love her outfit. I picked up the clothes and dropped them immediately. The full body mirror showed me as I changed. Slowly, but I was changing into Lenora Lee. Oh no, I was a mutant! I had changed into Lenora Lee! I stared at myself and looked back at the mirror. It told the same story.

I was a freak.

POV: Professor Charles Xavier

I was in my office, curious as to why Sam would just go berserk and freak out. It felt so unlike her. I was greeted about two seconds later by a panicked Alex.

"Alex, what is wrong?"

"It's Clover, she left."

"What? Another one left?"

"Yes Sir, she fled after she called me a mutant freak. I haven't even got a clue as to what I can do."

"It is not you fault Alex, they are just emotionally unstable at the moment. We will try to find her." Just as I finished I sent out a message via telepathy to Jean Grey and Beast. They ran to my office almost immediately.

"What is wrong Professor? You look worried." Jean asked curiously.

"Your Jean Grey the telepath right?" Alex asked Jean. Jean looked at me. Alex covered her mouth almost immediately after she said that. Alex blushed.

"Professor, is she a telepath like us?"

"No, we may have unearthed another power of hers, but we have more important matters on our hands." I said.

"And what matters could those be Professor?" Beast asked.

"It appears the disappearance of Sam earlier today didn't go unnoticed because Clover has run off to."

"Where do you think she could have gone?" Jean asked.

"She probably went to the city. She hates forests because they are yucky to her and…Yah!" Alex was almost finished speaking before she started screaming. She was now gripping her head as she fell on the floor. Beast rushed over to her and tried to help her. She stopped and everything was quiet. She stood up and pushed Beast away. She walked up to me and looked into my eyes.

"She is in the city in a store called Deluxe Luxury. She has just discovered her powers…uh…" Alex passed out again on the floor. I looked at her as she lay motionless.

"I think you two know where you will search first. Perhaps you should take Alex. She appears to have an ability that may help you in your search for Clover, though it is unclear what it is yet. Go now." I said and Jean, using her telekinetic powers, picked up Alex with her mind and they left the room with Alex hovering in midair. I could only hope they find her in time.

POV: Beast

Alex had gone through some very drastic changes just moments ago and now we are taking her on a mission. What a busy day this has been. We got into one of the many cars that we had and began driving towards the store Alex had told us was called Deluxe Luxury. We drove for about 10 minutes before coming to the store. We parked outside.

"Something tells me that I am not wanted inside."

"Relax Beast. Just give me a sec." Alex said. She began to think about something because she closed her eyes and focus. I felt the fur on my body disappear and my hands and feet go back to normal. My face was changing to. Jean was looking at me in disbelief.

"Alex can tone down mutant powers it looks like. She has done it to me and the Professor so far." I explained to Jean. She nodded and we proceeded inside the store.

POV: Clover

What was happening to me? I was a freak! A Freak! Freak, freak, freak, freak! Ah! I couldn't take it anymore! I noticed in the body mirror that I was back to my normal self. I was really shaky now as I exited the change room. I was stopped abruptly by a Chinese woman.

"Meet me in the back alley now!" Jubilee instructed me. I nodded and we left through a back door. We found ourselves in a back alley with a loading bay close by and a dumpster. Jubilee made sure the door was sealed then looked at me. She began to change. She grew taller and, bluer! She was literally turning blue and getting red hair. Her eyes changed to yellow and she was wearing a jet black bra with matching torn skirt.

"You are not Jubilee! You are just some other mutant freak!"

"I did not know you are a mutant hater?" She said as she came closer to me. I backed away and looked at the ground.

"That isn't the case, is it? You are no mutant hater, let alone a hater to anything. You are a mutant but are having trouble excepting it. Let me help you. We share the same ability. Magneto also would like you…"

"No! I am not helping Magneto, Professor Xavier told me of him. He is a bad man."

"I told him I would watch over the new mutants that would arrive at the institute. I haven't told him anything. And I don't intend to tell him anything at all about you. I won't even tell him about your friends. All you have to do is come with me and let me train you."

She stared at me waiting for my decision. I stared back at her.

"I can't simply leave my friends! They are probably looking for me now! I don't even know your name!"

"How rude of me, my name is Raven Darkholme but you can call me Mystique."