Storm was comparing two notes when Logan swung by her room. "Hey," he said. Storm looked up and waved him over to her bedside where she sat. He sat down next to her. "What's that you're doin'?"

"I was pretty sure that we found the 'Crystal Hawk'," Storm said, flipping the notes she was holding. One of the notes said:

Gone ridding for awhile. Be back either late tonight or tomorrow morning.

"I took a sample of Crystal's writing, but it didn't match the original note. But take a look at Hawk's F's and T's."

Logan looked over and saw what Storm was talking about. "They're a match."

Storm nodded. "I think we found our 'Crystal Hawk.'" The sound of pounding hooves brought Storm to her balcony. Hawk rode Midnight Storm into the stables. Storm turned to look at Logan. "I think it's time that we had a little chat with the twins."

XXXXX

Hawk was brushing the black mare when something spoke inside her mind. Ahhh, that feels good. The mare turned her head toward Hawk. Say, you don't think-

Hawk gasped and instantly jumped back. She started to steady her breathing and reached out to Storm. Nothing happened. I need more sleep or somethin', Hawk thought.

"Hey, Hawk," Crystal called, coming into the stall to help. "You okay? I thought I heard you cry out?"

"I thought I heard somethin'," Hawk replied, shrugging. "Must've been my imagination."

Crystal looked at her for a moment then nodded. "Anyone in here?" a voice called out. Hawk recognized it as Storm's.

"Over here," Crystal replied. The adults walked over to the stall door.

"Do you think that we could talk?"

The twins looked at each other, then nodded. They walked out of the stall, and to the side, where there were a couple of benches. "What's up?" Hawk asked.

"We know you two are the Crystal Hawk," Storm said bluntly.

Crystal darted a glare at her twin. You told them?

I didn't tell them exactly, Hawk sent back.

"She left us a note," Storm said, obviously interpreting what the looks the sisters gave each other.

"And when did you leave that note?" Crystal demanded.

"So you two were the ones who helped me?"

"Yes."

"And I popped the shoulder," Hawk volunteered.

"Care to explain why you helped her?" Logan asked.

The twins sighed. "Okay, okay," Crystal said. "A few months ago, there was a car wreck. Hawk and I were at home playing Rock Band on the X-box when we heard. Our closest relatives were killed that same month- during the mutant crises. The government sent us to an orphanage. We didn't exactly fit in well. The overseers were terrible; the food was horrible- it got so bad that Hawk started starving herself- and if you broke the rules, you got a beating. The kids there hated us for some reason, so we ended up getting into a couple fights. I'd already known about my abilities then-"

"She's known about them since she was six," Hawk cut in.

"And was tryin' to keep them a secret. Our 'guardians'," Crystal held up her fingers for sarcastic emphasis. "Took Hawk in for one of their beatings one day and I stopped them. That's how they found out. I took Hawk's place and struck them with a lightning bolt before they could lay a hand on me. That's when they realized I was a mutant. After that, everything changed. They pretty much isolated me from the rest of the kids, and they wouldn't even let me see Hawk."

"I was already having a rough time as it was trying to make friends; all that went down the drain when Crystal's powers were discovered. I heard that there was a safe place for mutants on the radio one day, and I knew that we had a chance. Crystal snuck in my room that same day- she'd been sneaking in and out daily to see how I was- and I told her about it and we made our plan to escape. We had already made friends with the animals, Storm, Isis, and Sky, so we had transportation. Our only issue was getting me out. The adults placed two guards of theirs out the doors to make sure we didn't try to escape. They didn't think about the windows though. Crystal shifted into me and I took one of the opposite corridors. Crystal distracted them while I went out the window. I'm a pretty good vine and tree climber. We almost got caught though, when I accidentally knocked a piece of wood out. Crystal made an easy get away."

"How would they know the difference?" Storm asked.

"There's no way to tell you two apart," Logan added.

"There's actually two," Crystal said.

"Well," Hawk added, "really three if you count our clothes. It's pretty rare that we'll be dressing up exactly alike. That's only for show, but it makes a great weapon to use against enemies."

"The first way," Crystal continued. "Is by listening to our voices. There's a slight difference, but you can only tell if you listen closely. The other way is this," she turned to her sister. "Show them." Hawk rolled her eyes, then rolled up the left leg of her jeans. Two small marks, darker than her skin tone, were there on the inside of her left calf, just below the knee. "Only Hawk has these. I, on the other hand, have nothin'."

"Although, you'll be lookin' at Crystal's leg most of the time," Hawk said, rolling her leg back down. "I'm a jeans girl, Crystal's a hybrid. You'll mainly see her wearing shorts, mainly, but she also wears jeans sometimes. It's pretty rare you'll see me in shorts. Sometimes khapris, but mainly jeans."

"Anyway," Crystal said, getting back to the subject beforehand. "That's how we escaped. We'd been travelin' for about a month before we came across Magneto-"

"Wait," Logan said. "You saw Magneto?"

Crystal nodded, then shot a look at her sister. "Someone decided to play chess with him."

"Hey!" Hawk exclaimed, holding her hands up defensively. "We needed directions. Besides, I did win."

"And yet we didn't get anything from him."

"And that's when we found Storm a couple days later," Hawk said turning back to the adults. "Turns out the area we were campin' in wasn't far from the mansion. We were lookin' for you anyway; you would not believe what your kids will post on their youtube pages. Anyway, that's how I figured out who we needed to find and talk to, and now we're here."

"How did you two come up with the 'Crystal Hawk'?" Logan asked.

"Lily was always fond of Crystals and the name. I got into a series that had a little name game, and ended up with Hawkclaw, but Hawk was a better name, so I shortened it. And Hawk Crystal just doesn't sound right if you ask me."

Storm and Logan seemed satisfied with their answers, so they got up and left. Hawk turned to Crystal once they were out of sight. "Why did you lie to them? You know as well as I do that we were both in that accident."

"And we know why it happened," Crystal replied bitterly. "They don't need to know. Besides, at least I got to tell them about how we were the X-box playin'."

"Uh... we didn't own an X-box; that was at church."

"So? I always liked to pretend it was ours."

After a moment Hawk sighed. "I don't like lying to them. We didn't come all the way up here just to have more secrets and tell more lies. We came up here because we knew it was safe. They could've killed me back there, 'ya know. It was my only resemblance to you that saved me from Wolverine."

It was Crystal's turn to sigh. "I not going to tell them."

"And we also need to tell them something else." Crystal put the bridle she was cleaning down and turned to her sister.

"What?"

"Rogue and Magneto's power's are back."

"Well, we've known about Magneto, but how do you know about Rogue?"

"When Rogue touched my wrist last night, I felt lightheaded and dizzy. I nearly passed out."

Crystal stiffened. "You don't think she has your memory of the car accident, do you?"

Hawk shrugged. "How the heck should I know? I was runnin' for my life!"

"She better not. Besides, you were knocked out."

"I was in a coma for three days."

"I know."

"Speakin' of which, why have you been lookin' at me funny since then."

"I don't look at you funny," Crystal denied.

"Yes, you do. Why?"

Just makin' sure you're not sufferin' from any side effects from the crash."

You lie, Hawk thought.

"Am I interrupting anything?" Professor X asked, coming into the stable.

"No," Hawk said, stalking off.

"It seems like whenever you and Hawk talk, Crystal," he commented after Hawk left with Sky and Isis, "Hawk gets upset about something."

Crystal shrugged. "She's just a little moody, I guess. She'll get like that sometimes. TOM must be nearby."

Charles raised an eyebrow. "Don't ask," Crystal said. "Girl thing."

"Ah," Charles said understandingly. "Shall we go in?"

Crystal nodded.

XXXXX

As Logan and Storm walked into Storm's office, Logan couldn't help but wonder about Crystal's story. Hawk had looked at her sister funny when Crystal said they'd been "playing on an X-box."

Hawk had somehow beaten them to Storm's office and was waiting for them inside. She looked up when she heard the door open. "Do you have a minute?" she asked.

Storm nodded and went to go sit with her, while Logan closed the door. "What's on your mind?" Storm asked.

"There's somethin' Crystal forgot to mention about Magneto. I believe that he has his powers back. Rogue too."

Logan and Storm looked at each other. Beast had injected Magneto with the "Cure" during the last stand, and Magneto had lost his powers. "Tell me you're jokin'?" Logan begged.

Hawk shook her head. "Wish I was. On the day I met him to play, I saw him move his queen magnetically half a square. Oh, and I saw Mystique all blue again."

"How could you have seen her? We haven't encountered her yet."

"Did you see a reddish wolf when you rescued Storm?"

Logan nodded.

"That was her."

"But how do you know if Rogue has her powers back?" Storm asked.

"I was dizzy and lightheaded when I escaped her grasp."

Logan looked at Storm, and knew that she was thinking the same thing he was.

If Magneto had his powers back, they had a problem.