This chapter is introducing other of the X-Men team who are at the mansion. The others on the list will be recruited. The end of this chapter will pick up at the beginning of the next where I will do a chapter about a Morlock! Super excited!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own X-Men Evolution. OCs, however are owned by their respective creators.

X-Men: Restoration

Chapter Three: Grace Harper

Grace was always in the shadows. She didn't want people to see her flip. She cautiously went down a hallway as she watched out of the corners of her eyes for anyone she knew of. She had come from a long life of hardship. Beth had taken care of her most of their lives when they travelled from foster home to foster home. However, her sister unwillingly left her when she was chosen for a foster family over Grace. Her sister kissed her on the forehead and gave her a tiny piece of paper with her new family's phone number as tears dotted both of their faces. he foster mother hugged Grace and told her not be afraid to call. This is when her mutation manifested. The plants around the foster home shrivelled and died as she moaned from the unbearable pain of separation. Ivy trellises took over the building and made the foster home look like it was part of a jungle. She was scared that the plants were coming to her to take her away. She never even knew it was her who was doing this. The Professor saved her and introduced her to her new family of mutants. She was quiet at first but eventually loved each one of them the called her sister Beth often and Beth now has a wonderful job and foster family. She sighed as she heard the harsh voice of Trent Bamback rallying the school in the hallways.

"The mutants are monsters! They are dangerous!" He said as his football team supported him. They began to shout out insults as they pushed people aside. Trent was the quarterback of Bayville's football team and whatever he said went in the school. Grace stopped breathing for a moment as she heard voices within her head. She winced as she quietly slipped away into the janitor's closet. She heard a noise within the janitor's closet as she saw Sarah sitting on top of a mop bucket. Sarah yelped and turned into a misty fog. Grace relaxed because Sarah was at the institute just like her. After a few minutes Sarah returned to her normal form.

"A-a-are you hi-ding fro-om Trent Ba-ba-bamback?" She said quietly as she attempted not to stutter. Grace smiled as she hugged her. Sarah was a tiny, defenseless person. Grace felt as if she was going to disappear at any moment.

Grace let go of Sarah as she began to rub the temples of her forehead. She kept hearing voices of nature which was like many soft whispers. Trees growing, plants dying, and crabgrass being irritable…etc. She felt as if she was about to explode. Suddenly, the ivy plant in the closet came to life. The janitor had named it Eva because it 'spruced up' the dirty place. Sarah began to whimper.

"G-g-gracie, wha-wha-what is go-ing on? P-p-please make it st-op…G-g-grace!" She whined as 'Eva' the ivy began crawling towards them. She however, did not hear Sarah's pleas. The voices within her head grew louder. Grace wanted them to stop…suddenly; there was a silence…no there were crickets chirping in her mind. She sighed as she glanced around the room. Sarah was a mist again but this time, she had floated near the light. Grace saw the ivy plant had moved from the hanger to on top of her nearly. She took the plant and put it back where it was supposed to be. She then bolted out of the closet. She had let Sarah get too close.

Grace was so concerned with how Sarah would react that she didn't even see Trent Bamback and his crew. They were rallying up the school for mutant retaliation. She ran right into him. Trent let out a gruff irritated sound and her eyes grew wide as she backed away from Bayville's quarterback.

"Whoah, sorry." He said as Grace gave a look of horror. He held up a poster that said Down with the Mutants! She backed away and ran in the other direction, keeping her head down so no one could see the expression on her face. She saw Ansleigh out of the corner of her eye. It didn't take long to have Ansleigh chasing after her asking about what was wrong. Ansleigh was known for being hyper observant because of her mutant cat eyes. Grace trying to gain composure over herself glanced at Ansleigh to see a wrinkled forehead, stretched lips and big cat eyes staring at her. Ansleigh had propped her glasses on her forehead and was attempting to make Grace laugh. Ansleigh changed her expression and tried to show a long face with her eyelids held down by her thumbs and her ears propped forward by her fingers. Grace couldn't help but let out a giggle. Ansleigh quickly slid her glasses down on her face as the group of proclaimed mutant haters passed by. Grace tensed.

"Come on, we have classes to go to!" Mark ran by with Marina chasing him. She was waving her papers in the air which had been apparently dyed with the school's fruit punch.

"Silders! You stay away from me! You bad luck charm!" She growled as she banged her fists together. Grace and Ansleigh looked at each other as Dante sisters and Reagan joined them. Eric and Sakura were passing by them. Eric scratching his head at what Sakura was explaining.

"Big…big house. Good TV. Want to come, everybody can come?" She smiled at him with her patient composure. Eric raised his eyebrows and kept walking.

"I don't understand. Could you explain it again?" He said quietly.

"She means the movies. It took all of us a long time to understand what she said. She invited all of us already." Camlin said as she caught up to both of them.

"Sure…" Eric said as he ran way of head of the pack of girls.

At the mansion, Grace knocked on Professor Xavier's door. She waited outside the door as she heard talking on the other side. Her purple boot was drawing a circle in the plush carper as she wrung her hands. She took a step back as Kitty phased through the door.

"Professor, I don't have time for this." She stomped her feet with her pony tail flipping furiously behind her as she phased into the carpet. Grace's wide eyes were welcomed as the Professor Charles Xavier opened the door.

"Don't worry about her Grace; I was just concerned because her thoughts have been different recently. Now, what would you like to talk about?" He said as the door closed behind them and he wheeled over to the chair she had taken a seat in. "An incident happened at school? Sarah talked to me earlier. Despite the initial scare, she is really concerned about you. Have you told anyone about your powers?" Grace shook her head.

"I can't help it, Professor. I hear things…" She quietly whispered. Xavier nodded a sympathetic reply.

"It's okay, Grace. You have a gift to hear nature in its purest essence. You need to know how to use and control your gift. It is why I made this institute; to teach others how to use their gifts." Xavier said as Grace looked at him with a brighter expression. "Talk to Professor Ororo later and ask about how she controls her gift. When she was younger, she went through a very similar stage. Also, how is Beth?" Grace beamed a smile as she talked about her sister and how nice her foster parents, Karen and Bill were. How, they were discussing about adopting her soon because she was just as delightful as her sister. They already knew somewhat about Grace's gifts and wanted to adopt her anyway. Xavier nodded approvingly at the progress they had made. Not all humans are trying to imprison mutants.

Suddenly, Reagan came into the office as she whiffed the air the last time. She looked at Professor X and nodded to Grace. "Professor, there is trouble brewing!" She said as she turned on the TV.

Strange mutants found in the underground subway system after a tragic crash. They are the cause and arrests are taking place as we speak. Here is Dr. Bamback to talk about the issue.

'Mutants are an abomination to our race. They cause crimes by using their superhuman abilities and a danger to our children. They roam the hallways of our school system and expect to get respect and equal rights. Who are they to say they want to be treated fairly when they attack innocent people!'

There were images of a subway crash. People hurt, and mutants that had physical abnormalities. Grace whimpered behind her hands as she rose them up to cover her face. Reagan stood strong but she bit the inside of her lip. Charles sighed as he glanced at the two students. He thought about how the Morlocks were taking it.

"Kitty prepare the Blackbird." He said telepathically to the girl who was still angry with him. Grace was no sooner in the Blackbird with a peeved Kitty, Eric, Mark, and Ansleigh. Grace held her breath as Kitty swerved the Blackbird. Mark was holding on to his armrests with abnormal strength as his face turned green, almost the same color as his hair. He was sweating in his uniform as he wiped a bead from his head. Ansleigh was twiddling her fingers impatiently, looking out the window. Every so often she would pick at the black sleeveless turtleneck and adjust her X belt. Eric was fast asleep in his standard black uniform. Grace tugged at her waist length trench coat to cover up the bright yellow and black designs on her uniform. She wanted to sink into the shadows.

"Guys, we are like here." Kitty said as the team tried to recover from the crash landing. After all these years Kitty still couldn't drive. Grace smiled as she saw the people supporting her, surrounding her as they stepped off the Blackbird. She would do all she could to help a mutant in need.

Hope you liked this chapter. Sorry it took so long...I was busy this week. I hope that I can update some drawings by next chapter. Love you all for reading my story. Lots of Morlocks will be featured in the next chapter. Sorry they couldn't make it into this one.