Well, after much debate, the three Brotherhood members were dropped off in some random location until they woke up from their trance. Sabretooth growled about "that damned redhead fox" as Pyro and Scarlet Witch woke up.

"Ah, the hell, mate?" asked a certain Australian as he tried to get up. "Why can't I get up?"

"That damned redhead we were supposed to go after went and made it so we couldn't move." Sabretooth growled as he finally began to feel his arms after twenty minutes. Pyro began to move and sat up against a tree. Sabretooth glared at Pyro, wondering why he could move so easily while he couldn't. "Well, I know one thing for sure. Magneto ain't gonna be happy with us."

"You can say that again mate."

A little while later, Magneto had picked them up and wasn't happy AT ALL when he didn't see Melody. So, when he finally calmed down about it, he gathered the three together (they were all moving around again) and decided to see just went wrong.

"So… Tell me… why isn't Melody here?" asked the metal bending man. Toad snuck up behind the three and chuckled.

"They failed, that's why." He laughed at his stupid line as Pyro sent a fire-dragon after him.

"Toad…" Magneto said as he rubbed his temples. "Shut the hell up." He did as he was told and stood off to the side. "Pyro and Scarlet Witch, stand off to the side. I want to talk to Sabretooth alone…" The underlings of Magneto did as they were told and stood next to Toad. Scarlet Witch ignored Toad as Pyro and Toad started to talk.

"Yo, why does Magneto want that chick so bad? Sure she's hot, but she's a bit young for him, don'cha think?" asked the slimy teen.

"Don't ask me, mate, I personally think he has a Lolita complex there." Magneto heard this and yelled out to them,

"Silence! You know not of what you speak!" The two jokesters quieted down as Magneto whispered to Sabretooth. The hairy man nodded and walked out of the room through a door that was powered by Magneto. "Damn… I do not remember Melody being this powerful… and annoying…"

~~~At the Mansion~~~

"Kurt! Like, where did you go? You up and disappeared and we were all like, 'hey? Where'd the fuzzy Elf go?' We were really worried-"started Kitty. She got quiet when she noticed a redhead walking behind Kurt, looking somewhat nervous. "Like, WHO is SHE?" Kitty asked in honest curiosity. She snuck over to Kurt and whispered in his ear, "Like, is she your girlfriend?" Kurt jumped back and blushed.

"Vhat, vhat are you saying Kitty? Ve just met… How could you say zhat?" As Kurt was freaking out, trying not to make Melody even more uncomfortable, Melody couldn't stand the thought of another girl by Kurt. She walked over to Kurt and slipped her hand into his and rested her chin on his shoulder, and whispered something in German, causing both Kurt and Logan to blush. Kitty blushed at seeing them blush, and kept thinking all kinds of things that the new girl could've said. Kurt whispered something back and Melody laughed as she began to walk away with Logan.

"Unabhängig von Kurt, wir sehen uns um. Viel Spaß mit Ihrer Freundin..."* she called back to him.

"Nein! Nein, nein, nein!" Kurt bounded after her and hugged her. "Zhey are nozhing to me Melody… You are zhe only girl I vant to be around…" he whispered in her ear. Melody smiled and grabbed his hand, teleporting them to the roof, leaving Logan, Kitty and the other kids on the ground. "Vhen did you start speaking German?" asked Kurt; Melody shrugged.

"I dunno. If I hear a language enough, I just kinda, pick it up."

"So, since you heard me speak in German a few times, you're now fluent?"

"Yup."

"Mein Gott…"

"Ja, ich weiß."** Kurt and Melody laughed as they watched the younger mutants look around for them. "They seem nice, but I dunno if I'm gonna like it here if there are gonna be girls hanging around you all the time…" Melody confessed. Kurt kissed her cheek and smiled when he saw her blush.

"Zhen I von't let any girl come near me." Melody gave Kurt a look.

"That's not what I meant; I was just saying I need to know about crazy ex-girlfriends."

"Oh… vell… I did have vone girlfriend… but it didn't last long… Her parents saw me vith mein fur…"

"And had they not seen you that way before..?"

"Um… Nein… You see, I have a hologram vatch zhat changes mein appearance."

"Really? I wanna see what you look like without fur." Said Melody as she watched the kids give up searching and go on with their lives at the Institute.

"Maybe someday…" Melody pouted at this and walked around the roof.

"This place is freaking huge. Someone could EASILY get lost here."

"Zhat's happened a few times." Melody chuckled and heard someone speak,

"Kurt, Melody… I'd like to talk with you two in my office."

"Okay Professor." responded Kurt. Melody looked a little worried that they wouldn't want her there. Kurt noticed this and walked over to her and put his arms around her,

"Don't vorry mein liebe, I am sure zhey vill like you." Melody smiled and nodded.

"Come on. Let's get this meeting over with; lead the way Mr. Blue." Kurt chuckled at the name and teleported to right in front of the meeting room.

Melody breathed in and out and walked in with Kurt. Seeing the man in the wheelchair with a happy look on his face made her feel a little better. The two teens sat in chairs next to each other and faced the leader of the Institute.

"So, this is Melody." said Charles. "It is a pleasure to finally meet you Miss Conway. I am Professor Charles Xavier, the 'head-master' of this Institute." He leaned forward to offer his hand in a friendly handshake. Melody took him up on the offering and said,

"The pleasure is all mine, sir. As you know I am Melody Conway. I have heard much about you from Kurt and Logan; how is your wheelchair? I heard that it almost sent you into the pond a few days ago." Charles chuckled slightly and released the girl's hand.

"Ah… yes… That was quite the embarrassing situation. Our technician Forge fixed it right away." Melody laughed as she began to feel more at ease with the older gentleman.

"Well that's good. I wouldn't want you to get hurt." Kurt smiled at the two as they began chatting. They talked about almost everything under the sun. From the music Melody liked, to whether or not Pluto should be a planet or not (which Melody demanded that the whole thing was stupid and that if it was a planet, then it should be a planet). The only subject the Professor did not talk about was Melody's past. Kurt knew that the Professor thought it was too much for a new student to suddenly open up about their past on the first day at the Institute. Depending on the student, that subject wouldn't be touched for anywhere from a day, to a year or even longer like it did with Kurt.

"Well, since you seem so close to Kurt, I'll put him in charge of your settling down. Her room is next to your room." said Charles as Melody got up from her chair.

"Ah, thanks Professor Xavier. I'm sure I'll get used to this place soon. I just hope I don't get lost often... Well, hopefully not at all." The two laughed as Kurt stood up as well.

"You won't let that happen, right Kurt?"

"Right." said the German as the teens walked to the door. "I von't let anysing happen to Melody." Charles smiled.

"I know you won't." Kurt turned around and walked to the door as Melody gave her final goodbyes for the meeting. The Professor smiled as the two teens walked out of the room. As soon as the door closed behind them, his smile dropped into a frown. He sighed, and turned his wheelchair to face the window and watch the now setting sun. "This is going to be interesting…" The door was knocked on, and the knocker was let in to the room. Ororo walked next to the Professor and laid her hand on his shoulder. Charles sighed again. "She obviously has a lot of past baggage Ororo." The Ethiopian nodded.

"Yes. I could tell just by passing her in the hallway. She must've had a hard life."

"Yes… but what kind of 'hard life' demons are haunting our new student… and will they come back to haunt her…?"

*Whatever Kurt... I'm going to go look around. Have fun with your girlfriend.

** Yeah, I know...