After Jean and Scott had retrieved all of the power inhibitors from the kids, sending them down to Forge for examination. Everyone was cleaned up and already back into their child-like habits. Jean, Scott and Pietro leaned against the back wall, watching the kids. The Professor was playing mind games with Remy and Kurt, and both of them were enjoying themselves.

"I never thought I would actually be able to stand up to my father. You know I always wanted him to want me. Watching him try and, well, destroy little kids, yeah, I know I'm not a good guy, but I'm not THAT evil." Pietro stared at the kids, his eyes scanning every little face, trying to visualize them all grown up again.

"Pietro, you're not a good guy, YET." Scott smiled. "You still have some learning, but you're nowhere near as evil as your father."

"Oh man! Watching Jean threaten him? That made my year!"

"It was nothing. Besides, he tried to take them, and there was no way he was going to get away with that!" Jean smirked to herself. She wouldn't admit it out loud, but it felt good to watch Magneto shrivel up in fear.

"So what do you X-geeks… I mean... yeah. Sorry, old habits. Anyway, what do you guys do for fun?"

"We have the danger room, which is always good for blowing off steam," Scott said.

"Wait, so are you telling me that when you guys aren't working, your working?" Pietro moved in front of the two X-Men veterans, his face showing his utter shock and disapproval.

"Pietro," Scott said laughing. "We have a lot of games, a pool table, an actual pool in the back, and you're free to come and go as you please as long as you're not causing trouble. Does that sound okay?" Pietro nodded slowly, still kind of shocked. He sighed; this X-Man thing could be more difficult than the speed freak originally thought.

The older mutants talked for a bit longer before they decided to go into the kitchen to grab some snacks for the kids. They hadn't eaten since before the fight and they were all looking kind of tired.

"Hey, do you think the kids might actually take a nap today? They've been too ramped up for the past couple of days but they're actually looking tired today." Scott looked at his two companions. They both looked ecstatic at the prospect.

"It would be nice to have time to ourselves again. I mean, I know that when all the students are here we never get any privacy to begin with, but it was more than we get now. Plus, we should probably figure out how to get them back to normal," Jean said. Despite the fact that they all knew their lives would get much easier when things were normal (if you could ever say that the X-mansion was normal), they all looked a bit sad at the prospect.

After a few moments of silence, the Professor grunted and held his head. The three who had been bystanders now raced to the man, crowding around him. Remy, who had been playing with the Professor started tearing up.

"I didn't mean to! I'm sorry, I… I was just playing a game and… and I didn't mean to! Please… please believe me! I… I don't know what happened, I'm… I'm so sorry!" Remy had started backing away in fear, holding up his hands as if to protect himself.

"Jean, Scott, I am fine. I was surprised by something in Remy's head. I would not want to push it while he is in his current state of mind, but it is something to be investigated later." The Professor started to wheel over to Remy, who was pressed against the far wall.

"I'm sorry, I… I didn't mean…" Remy had a few tears spilling out of his eyes, so scared of what might happen.

"Remy, it is alright. You did nothing wrong." After the Professor said this, Remy ran and hugged the man around the neck, tears now falling freely.

Ororo looked up from her paints and started to walk towards Remy. She tugged at the Professor's arm, a sad look on her face.

"Mister, is Remy going to be okay?" Said boy let go and turned towards other child. He wiped tears away as Ororo wrapped her small arms around him. Remy looked shocked, but then hugged her back.

Jean 'awwed' at the sight, reminiscing about the friendship between the two when they were older. Scott just smiled, discretly pulling out a digital camera and snapping a picture. He knew that a lot of the X-Men had very little memories (and even less good ones) of childhood. He hoped that they would thank him and not kill him when they returned to normal.

"Speaking of which, Scott, we really should plan on tomorrow attempting to return them to their normal state. Any more attempts from Magneto or others could further more traumatize them and I would much like to preserve this part of my X-Men."

Scott rolled his eyes at the Professor listening to his thoughts, but sighed sadly at the thought of everyone back to normal.

Jean voiced his thoughts, though. "Professor, do we really have to? They're so sweet like this!"

"Unfortunately, Jean, I think we do." The Professor smiled sadly, quite enjoying the sound of little feet in the mansion. Someday… he thought. Someday.

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So I've been re-watching a bunch of the X-Men: Animated Series shows, and I was reminded of the friendship between Storm and Gambit and I wanted to add it in. I know I could have made it a ROMY moment, but come on! Rogue, even as a child, would probably not do that. Anyway, that's my justification.

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