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'Thought'

:'shared thought'

Tinkerbell and Claws

Just as Storm got out into the hall, Harry was slamming his fist into the wall. Storm saw the pain and misery on his face. 'He must be so angry at someone controlling his life like they have.' She approached slowly not wanting to startle the young mutant.

Harry heard her approaching way before she even got close. He looked up with tears rolling out of his eyes.

"I did not mean to scary you." he said quietly.

Storm crouched down next to him. "You didn't. I am used to Logan's outbursts." she said with an amused smile. "I would like to be your friend Harry, if you will let me."

"You and Logan? That's what you called him right? Are you together?"

"No. But we are good friends." Storm smiled at him brightly

"Did you know you smell like rain?" he said smiling at her shyly.

Charles quietly wheeled himself over to Hermione. Who sat sadly looking at the door.

"Ms. Granger, why did Harry bolt from the room?"

"Call me Hermione or Tinkerbell. Harry named me that." she replied blushing again. "Umm Harry left because, his parent died when he was just over a year old, then Sirius, his godfather, died a few days ago. He feels anyone that gets close to him is going to die."

"I see. Might I ask what he said to you earlier when you levitated off your seat?"

"Oh! He said "Happy thought Tink". Umm. I first levitated ... after ...umm... Harry...*gulp* kisses me." Hermione quickly looked down, and blushed hard.

Charles chuckled "I see. It is not unheard of for strong emotions to trigger a young person's mutation." he smiled at her gently.

Hermione just nodded her head.

Storm smiled at Harry with laughter in her eyes "Logan has told me much the same. Then he tries to kiss me."

Harry scowled "He always like that?" Not liking to implication that could be assumed about his character.

"Harry, it is his way of being playful. We are friends, so I do not let it mean anything as I am sure it means nothing to him."

"So he flirts with most women?" Harry asked with a mischievous grin on his lips. 'At least I know where I get the charm from.'

"Uhh...Well he would not be Logan if he didn't."

"Ahh...I see one of those "If he stops looking, kick him into a ditch because he is dead"?" Harry grinned at her.

Storm laughed so hard tears came to her eyes. Harry just smiled happily at being able to make the beautiful woman laugh.

Charles looked toward the door, when Ororo's laughter rang through the hall. :'Ororo you have not laughed like that in a while. What is so amusing?'

:'Oh! Harry nailed Logan's quirk about women in one shot.' the Professor could feel the smile coming from the elemental mutant. She already loved the boy like a son.

The Professor chuckled before looking back at Hermione, who was looking at him with confusion.

"I am a telepath Hermione that is my gift." :'I was speaking with Storm about why she was laughing.'

"Oh I see."

"Hermione, I would like to offer you a place at my school. I started the school to give young mutants like you a place to learn how to use their powers without being persecuted for it, as well as giving a normal education their mutation would not allow otherwise."

"Oh! Only if Claws can come with me. He needs some place like that much more than I do. My parent love me lots, they would never reject me. Also a normal education sounds good." she said with a hopeful expression on her face.

'My Harry does inspire loyalty in people. I must get to know this young man better.' Charles smiled at Hermione for a moment "Yes, Harry will be coming with us anyways. I suspect that Logan will not allow for anything else."

Hermione leaned forward to get closer to the Professor. She looked him directly in the eye :'Can Mr. Howlett protect himself? The only reason I ask is that Harry has lost so much. I think I would really destroy him if someone else, not involved with what is going on in the magical world, were killed because of being related to him.'

:'Yes. Hermione, Logan is more than capable of taking care of himself and Harry if he will allow it. I don't think there is a way to kill Logan really.'

"Oh my! Well that's good to know." She stated after the Professor showed her some of his memories of Logan being close to death but, still getting up and walking away.

"Mr. Howlett what you have asked is not outside the realm of possibility. But, not highly recommended." Slashburn stated to the angry human before him.

"So what has been done to my cub?" Wolverine growled at the goblin.

"Ms. Granger, will you please hand the list to Mr. Howlett?"

"Yes, here sir."

"Logan" he grunted as he took the sheet from the girl whose hand was shaking badly. "I not going to hurt you kid." Logan stated mildly to Hermione.

"I know what all of this means, and I assure you it is going to make you angry."

Logan looked the sheet over

Power Charm = only half of magical cord accessible and giving to the caster
Compulsion Charm = loyalty to caster
Glamour "forget me" = makes persons looking at the spelled, forget them as soon as they look away
Redirect charm = redirects a prophecy to the spelled.

Caster Albus Dumbledore

"Who is Albus Dumbledore and what is this that he has done to my cub?" Wolverine growled at the goblin across the desk. 'No one messes with my cub.'

"The first one on the list is the Power Charm; it shifts power from the person the spell was cast on to the caster. This cut Harry's power in half. This in and of itself is theft. With the Dark Lord on the loose, it makes Harry almost defenseless. The second is the Compulsion that one is self explanatory, forced loyalty; The "Forget me" glamour is so that no one will interfere with Harry. It is to conceal that he even exists. Again this is connected with the Power Charm. The redirect charm is a little more complicated. It seems that a prophecy was given to professor Dumbledore; he then changed who was to be the target of the prophecy to Harry. I do not know what the prophecy was; I think Harry can fill you in on that. As to who Dumbledore is, he is the Headmaster of Hogwarts, and the greatest wizard that has been around in a very long time. The first was Merlin and then the four founders of the school, your son currently enrolled in." Slashburn looked over at Hermione "You should go and get Harry now."

Logan looked up "No. I'll go and get him."

Once Storm stopped laughing, she looked at Harry very seriously.

"Is there any questions I can answer for you?"

"What is he like?" Harry asked quietly

"Logan is a very decent man. He has a good heart, but very hard exterior. I think you will like him."

"Were the three of you from? I know you don't live over here."

"You are correct. We live and work at a school for mutants like you. You will like it there, the children are always eager to make new friends."

"I will only go if Tinkerbell can go with me." Harry stated flatly.

"I think by now the Professor will have already spoken to her about going with us. Logan will also want you with him, if he can get his way."

"Why would he want me? He doesn't even know me." Harry asked without looking in Storm's direction

"Because that is what family does. Have you no other family besides Logan?"

"My mother's sister, her husband, and my cousin. They kept me in a cupboard under the stairs for ten years. Got told that I was a freak from day one. I don't know how I survived being a baby. They gave me my cousin's hand-me-downs, which are about four sizes too big. This is first time I have come even close to filling out my clothes. I was given very little to eat. I was forced to do all the chores in the house, including cooking as soon as I was able to reach the stove with a step stool. In general they just hate everything about me." Harry rapidly blinked away his tears not wanting to show weakness in front of Storm. He just could not understand why he felt he had to tell her all this.

Storm sat in shock, as tears began to fall. She always had problems with some of the things that were done to the children at the school. 'Why did they not send him to an orphanage?'

"Sorry. I didn't mean to dump all of that on you." Harry said thickly. He then looked at Storm, to see her crying. Harry growled at himself, he hadn't meant to make her cry. He certainly did not want her pity. He sighed "It's really not that big a deal. I have come to the silent agreement with them. We agreed that we hate each other, but are stuck with one another."

Storm sat in shock at what the young feral had told her. "You are ok with what they have done to you?"

"Never said that but, I am not going to whine about it either. I am alive and I have Tink, so I'm doing ok. Especially if I don't have to go back!" Harry's head snapped up and his eyes bleed back to the predatory gold color. Storm noticed that he was not looking at her but, behind her.

Logan paused at the door, when he heard Harry speaking to Storm about his mother's family. 'If I ever catch a hold of those Sons of B*tches...' Logan was so angry he could not even finish the thought. His attention shifted back when he heard Harry growl very low. His shoulders sagged as he heard the kid gaff off what he said to try and make Storm feel better. 'Kid wares his hart on his sleeve.' He decided that it was time for him to get the kid.

"Hay. Tinkerbell, you coming with to the school?"

"Only if Claws is." Hermione replied.

Logan nodded his head and walked out into the hall. The first thing he notice as he walked down the hall was that Harry's beast was looking right at him. As he got closer he heard a very faint whine coming from his cub. Great Harry was afraid of him.

"Harry it's alright. Come on we have more stuff to go over before I can get you home."

"I am not going back to my aunt and uncle." Harry growled at Logan.

Logan frowned as he helped Storm to her feet. "No kid. I'm not going to let anyone send you back there again. You'll stay with me from now on. Got it!"

Storm shot Harry a smug smile. Harry slowly got to his feet.

Logan looked over at the wall and grinned. "Have to teach you to hit something without hurtin' yourself."

"I was just blowing off some steam. Pain helps with the frustration sometimes."

"I can see that I have a lot to teach you." Logan said as he watched Storm saunter down the hall to the office.

"You like her don't you?" Harry asked very quietly "She is very easy to talk to."

"She is a real lady Harry. You don't find them too often." Logan stated to Harry, putting a hand on his shoulder. Harry flinched away from the older feral's hand. Harry felt bad right away as he saw hurt in Logan's eyes, just before he dropped his hand. "I'm not going to hurt you."

"Sorry. I just don't get a lot of physical contact from people. Hermione was the first person to give me a real hug." Harry stated in the same quite tone he used before. Logan nodded his understandingly.

"Come on; before they send someone else out after us."