Julie wanted to kill Magneto when her phone went off in the middle of class. She had to stifle the loud vibrations in her backpack; fortunately, she had managed to get a seat in the back so only her classmates heard it. Once the vibrating ceased, she slipped the phone out and checked her message:

MEET AT HQ ASAP.-ERIC

She typed her one word answer before putting the phone back. Great. First day of school and I have to be at the Bad Boys Club. So help me, if I don't get my homework done tonight, he is dead.

Finally, the bell rang and Julie joined the flow of students pouring through the hallway. She stopped at her locker to switch out the books she needed.

"Hey Julie!" She jumped at Scott's voice which snuck up behind her. Turning around, she was surprised to see the whole gang with him. "We're heading to the mall. You want to come with?"

"I would, honestly, but I've got a bunch of homework to get done and I have to unpack," she lied through her teeth. Well, half-lied. Actually, it was true. She just had to make a stop before that could get done. So, actually a lie by omission.

"Well, you need a ride home? Or, is Lance picking you up?" Kitty asked. She had the crazy eyes of a girl who would scratch your eyes out in a heartbeat. Her name was looking more and more fitting.

"Actually, I'm not sure...I never set anything up. I can walk. I like walking." Julie started heading towards the door of the school; they followed.

"Oh, come on," Jean said. "We've got two cars, so one of us can take you home."

"Really, I'm ok." Julie stopped when she noticed a tall, slender man standing against a lamp post across the street. He had a long face with heavy five o'clock shadow which matched the brown hair that fell in his face. He wore a navy blue sweater with a white button-up underneath and a pair of khaki pants and loafers. This was the last place she expected to see her former Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

"I really appreciate the offer, but I've got to go." Julie quickly waved and ran across the street, dodging cars that were pulling away from the curb.

"Remus," Julie said, approaching her former teacher, "what are you doing here? Better question, how did you know I was here?"

"Wizard," he replied. "Magic does have its perks. As to what I'm doing here, I'll ask you the same question. The Order was worried when you abruptly moved to the same place where your parents lived when they left Hogwarts."

"Yeah, I just decided it was time that I lived closer to more mutants. That way I can be around people like me. Smart right?"

"And you're not living at that mansion with Professor Xavier?" Remus gave her an eyebrow lift of suspicion.

"I'm working on that. I just want to get settled here, see if I like it here before I take that step." She waited, trying not to break, until he gave the acceptance nod. She hated lying to him, truly she did, but she couldn't let Remus, or any member of the Order of the Phoenix, that she was working for Magneto. Not after the stunt he pulled on her four years ago. That would result in them doing a lot of probing and they couldn't know what he had on her.

"Well, it would have been better if you had told us," Remus said. "Does your uncle know?"

"Not yet...I figured I could tell him when I come over for the holidays." Julie felt her backpack begin to vibrate. She pulled it out and read the text:

WAITING.-ERIC

She inhaled deeply, trying not to appear annoyed.

"Everything ok?" Remus asked.

"I just have this pain in my as I have to work with," she said, shoving the phone into her back pocket. "Did you really come here just because I moved?"

"Just wanted to check in on you. It has been a while since we've heard form you. You disappeared after Sirius' death. How are you? He put his hands in his pockets, where you could just make out the bulge of his wand, and began walking. Julie moved in step with him.

"Yeah. I mean, I didn't get a whole lot of time with him. Of course, it sucks to lose your godfather..." Julie trailed off. It had been over half a year since Sirius disappeared behind the veil in the Department of Mystery. She could remember the feeling of deja vu she had when she watched it happen. It hadn't been the first vision she had come true, but it was the worst. And every day she wondered what she could have done to stop his death. She wiped away the tear that had begun to form in her eye. "I'm fine."

"Have you talked to Harry?"

Julie shook her head. Things had changed ever since she came back to the States. Well, actually, it was because she was a mutant, but she liked to think it was because she moved. Harry didn't talk to her because his crush Cho Chang made it clear she thought Julie was a freak, so he, being a man, avoided Julie to get in good with her. Ron was a little wary, but he still treated Julie same. Hermione refused to acknowledge her existence. The owls came less and less every year.

"Well, it will be good for you to come back for Christmas. We do miss you." Remus put a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

"And how are you and Tonks?" Julie asked, nudging him in the ribs.

"Well, it's-she's-we're...she keeps bringing up marriage."

Julie let out an excited squeal. Then she saw his face, which was not ecstatic. "Wait, do you not want to marry her?"

"No," Remus said emphatically. "I would, but my affliction makes it too dangerous. I couldn't start a family knowing I'd be passing on the werewolf trait."

"Tonks knew what she was signing up for. If you love her, marry her! You two make each other so happy."

"You sound just like her," Remus said. After a few silent seconds he muttered, "And everyone else."

Julie's phone went off again, but this time she felt it vibrating against her butt. "I'll kill him."

Remus smiled. "Your mother had the same facial expression when someone was irritating her. Most of the time it was caused by your father."

"Thanks for coming. I'm really glad to see a familiar face." Julie gave the man a hug. "Really, I appreciate it."

"We're always going to look after you. Me especially. I know your parents would expect it of me. Be good, please." Then he evaporated in a white mist. Julie wished she could apparate. It sure would make life easier.

She didn't bother checking the phone. Instead, she jumped up into the air and flew off toward Magneto's headquarters.

In a parked red convertible in the school parking lot, a couple hundred feet away from Julie, Kurt, Kitty and Scott watched the new girl converse with an older man. Had Jean been with them, they could have had a play by play of their conversation. Finally, the man vanished into thin air and Julie flew into the sky toward downtown Bayville.

"Wonder where she's going?" Kitty asked. "The Brotherhood house is the other way."

"I wonder who that guy was she was talking to?" Kurt asked. "Did you see that? He teleported! I've never seen anyone else teleport."

"So much for following her," Scott said.

"What were you hoping find?" Kurt asked. He hadn't wanted to spy on Julie, but he couldn't be left out of an intrigue.

"I don't know. But why would she heading into the city? She doesn't know anyone here, does she?"

Kurt and Kitty both shrugged.

"I don't think she's hiding anything," Kurt said. "Maybe we should wait until she actually does something before we go super spy on her."

"Yeah," Scott said, still unsure. "I just get this odd feeling about her."

"Well, I think we should just bring her over to the mansion and introduce her to the professor," Kurt said.

"Why don't we just talk to him about it? I'm ready to get home. I've got homework to do." Kitty fell into the back seat. She was already tired of this girl, and she'd only been here a day.