Disclaimer: I do not own the X-men or any rights to any other marvel characters. I do not profit from the solicitation of said heroes or villains and sadly I most likely never will. However I wont let that deter me, I will continue to write as long as you continue to read so here you go with the next exciting installment.

On another note I reached my tenth review today and will be posting two chapters as a result. Here is the first. While you are reading I will be proofreading and editing the next so as always please enjoy.

Everything continued as Normal at Xavier's School for gifted and talented youngsters. David continued training everyday and greatly improved. He mastered being able to project incoming objects or energies back away from him and he became extremely accurate at hitting his target. The strength of his power had also increased as he demonstrated one evening with Logan's help. He was able to lift Logan's speeding truck into the air and hold it for several minutes before setting it back down easily enough to not damage it. Apart from all of that David had been trying every night to accomplish his dream of being able to fly. It began simple enough with him climbing onto the groundkeeper's shed and Jumping off. When that didn't work David moved to a second floor balcony. Thankfully he had accelerated healing and a few broken ribs mended rather quickly. But that did prove better than the shed, after a few Jumps he had a little luck and was able to slow himself down enough so that he didn't get hurt as bad. School had ended for the summer and David and Jubilee had been spending a lot more time together although she did make excuses 3 times a week and disappear for 2 hours each day which confused David. When he asked her about it she simply stuck to the excuse she gave him. David decided to let it be and that when she wanted to tell him she would tell him. Apart from that they had grown much closer. David had started drinking on the roof with Logan every Saturday night after Jubilee had gone to sleep. David enjoyed being able to get some relief from the tension that could arise occasionally at the mansion and Logan enjoyed having a drinking partner that he did not want to throw off of the roof. Apart from the influx of students things had been rather peaceful at the institute in the 6 weeks since it had gone public. The professor had received some hate mail but nothing he thought to be too terribly serious. And on this particular day the institute was hosting an open house for mutants and their family members to tour the institute and meet some of the teachers.

"Man, Chuck these kids are getting younger and younger." David said to Charles after seeing a family with twin boys that couldn't have been more than 12 years old enter the mansion.

"They are about the right age David many mutant's gifts manifest during puberty. You were a bit of a late bloomer which may be why your gifts are increasing in strength as quickly as they are. It may even explain the potential power that you have the ability to achieve." Charles said while simultaneously greeting families as they made their way into the mansion.

"You talk about that like I have the ability to become some almighty being. You make it sound like I am a god." David said modestly.

"Believe it or not, many gods in mythology were in fact mutants. In fact Ororo herself was even worshipped as a goddess at one point. Many people take Greek and Egyptian mythology as nothing more than myths. But zeus much like Ororo was able to control lightning. Poseidon was a water elemental. Hercules had super strength. Hades was a fire elemental and a teleporter. The only difference between them and mutants today is that there were not nearly as many that is why they were revered as god's. So in a sense David if you had only been born in a different time. You would have been considered a god." Charles explained calmly as David realized that could very well be true.

"Wow that's insane when you think about it like that. So if Mutants had been around that long and there were very few in those times, why is there such a huge increase in mutant population now?" David asked curiously.

"Because as of the past few decades with racism and other factors that caused people to hate other people for being different dying out, many are looking for another group of people to blame their problems on. And because of that many mutants flock to other mutants for protection. Mutants are more commonly becoming romantically involved with other mutants. So now the X-gene or mutant gene as it is commonly called is no longer staying dormant in their off spring."

"What makes the X-gene decide to stay dormant or to become active in a child that has human and mutant parents? Or human and human parents with one of them having the X-gene?" David asked curiously hoping he could get an answer as to whether the rest of his family would live normal lives.

"Sadly I do not have an answer for that David." Charles said looking up at the young mutants face.

"So one of my parents may be a mutant? Or at least have an X-gene?" David then asked although he was sure as to which one it was.

"Precisely."

"Probably my dad, fuckin prick. Only good thing he ever did was pass this on to me." David added as Charles grimaced due to the vulgar language.

"There is no telling for sure that it was your father David." Charles replied hoping the language would not continue especially in front of the visitors.

"So he may not have even done that right, what a dick." David said earning a glare from Charles. Apparently that was too much to ask for.

"He did do one thing right." Charles smiled.

"What's that Chuck?" David asked unsure of what that could possibly be.

"He fathered one heck of a man." Said Chuck smiling up at David.

"Thanks Chuck. Now go do your part, Shake hands, Meet and greet. Try not to flirt with any of the mothers too much." David Joked with the man he had grown to look up to over the past two months.

"I shall try my hardest not to David." Charles replied smirking.

David Watched Charles roll to the other side of the room to greet a family that had just entered the front door when he was approached by another family.

"Hello You are Mr. Alexander right?" Asked a short brunette woman who looked to be in her mid thirties.

"Yes mam, and you are?" David asked still feeling a little uncomfortable with being called mister although he preferred it over professor Alexander.

"My name is Lauren Masters. It is an honor to meet you. The way you spoke up to those reporters about the way mutants are treated was a rare thing and the world could use more mutants such as yourself."

"While I appreciate that mam, I spoke out of anger and frustration. I did not mean to say those things. I am sorry but you have the wrong impression of me." David replied looking down slightly at the memory of that morning.

"When you are angry is when the truth coes out the most. I understand you believe that you shouldn't have said it, but it did need to be said. Too many mutants these days get treated poorly and are abused both by the law and criminal organizations." The woman again praised.

"Well I am glad that I was able to reach people with my words. I can only hope that whether it was meant to be said or not, that it will reach the ears of people who may have the power to make a difference." David smirked at the shorter woman.

"We can only hope. That is my daughter Alicia over there." Lauren said pointing to a girl that looked to be a younger copy of her Mother. "Her father was killed 6 months ago. He was shot in an alley for being a mutant." The woman said sadly.

"I am sorry for your loss mam. Instances like that are exactly why Charles decided to go public with this School, to give mutants a safe place to learn without being persecuted. Hopefully we will see Alicia attending here." It was more of a question than a statement.

"You certainly will. I just wanted the chance to come over and thank you for speaking up it meant a lot to a lot of mutants. So thank you David." The woman said extending her Hand to David admirably.

"Your very welcome mam. We will keep a close eye on Alicia. If you should have any further questions today or throughout her stay here just call and ask for me. I will help any way that I can." David said taking the woman's hand and giving it a gentle yet firm reassuring shake.

"Will do, bye David. It was an honor to meet you."

"Likewise. Bye now mam." David said, feeling proud of himself after the first positive response to his public tirade six months prior.

The day continued at a pretty good pace. David had met plenty of parents who seemed rather happy that they had found a place that would accept their children. He had also met a few students who seemed pretty happy about being able to use their powers as Professor Xavier let them go outside and experiment with their powers so long as their was a teacher there to supervise. David was happy to oblige as he was excited to see some of the students he was to teach use their powers. He witnessed everything from flying kids to elementals, kids with super strength, psi powers, energy based powers and everything in between. He was going to have fun with ideas he had rolling around in his head for his students.

The afternoon began to wind down and the visitors had all left for the day. As much as David was having fun he was glad for the day to be over. David decided to relax so he decided to hang out in the rec room. He sat on the sofa with a long sigh.

"How is it going man?" Bobby asked sitting down next to him.

"Its going pretty well, today was a good day. I'm exhausted though. Who would have thought answering so many questions would be tiring. Especially for someone whose powers revolve around energy." David replied cocking his head to the side to look at bobby.

"What do you think being a teacher is going to be like. Its answering questions for students all day." Bobby remarked.

"Not the way I plan on teaching. I plan on making it fun for the kids. One thing I always hated about school was that every teacher was so damn boring." David replied accentuating the last two words.

"Really and how do you plan on making it fun?" Bobby asked curiously.

"I guess you are just going to have to take my class and find out." David answered.

"I was planning on taking it anyway. Class taught by a friend, sounds like an easy A to me." Bobby remarked casually.

"Don't think I will take it easy on you because were friends bobby. If anything I know to expect more from you, so you are really going to have to impress me." David told the younger teen.

"Damn, alright. Well at least I wont have Scotts class anymore. Man am I happy about that." Bobby said enthusiastically.

"Really, and why is that bobby?" Scott asked standing in the doorway his arms crossed and an eyebrow raised just above the rim of his ruby lenses.

"Oh shit." Bobby muttered under his breath. Looking to David to save him.

"I should probably leave you two alone." David said smirking at bobby and giving him a 'your on your own look' before getting to his feet and leaving the room.

David entered the hallway and ran into just the person he left to find.

"Hey babe. What do you have planned for the evening?" David said to Jubilee as she nearly bumped into him in the hall.

"David hi. Nothing as far as I know, but I just got called to Charles office. Who knows what he wants." Jubilee replied.

"Is that why your in such a rush?" David asked a flustered Jubilee.

"Yea looking forward to getting it over with. Ill see you in a little while bye sweetie." Was Jubilees hasty reply before giving David a quick kiss and running off in the direction of Charles' office.

"Jubilee please come in." Came the telepathic invitation to Jubilee.

"Hi Professor, What's up?" Jubilee asked enthusiastically as she entered the room and took a seat across from his desk.

"I wanted to talk to you about what we have been working on over the past month." Charles replied hand over hand on his side of the desk.

"Uh huh, what about it?" Jubilee asked as she had a feeling this is where the conversation was going to go.

"He doesn't know, does he?" Charles cocked an eyebrow as asked.

"No and it has been killing me to lie to him Professor." Jubilee said frustratingly.

"Well good news. You only have to keep your secret for the rest of the day." Jubilee was then informed.

"Professor I'm not ready. It could be Dangerous." Jubilee replied hoping to put it off even longer.

"Jubilee I understand your concern, but there is something I want you to see." Charles told the young girl across from his desk before wheeling himself over to a DVD player and putting a disc in and turning on the television in his office. "I have been monitoring David's training sessions and I must say I am impressed. This is one such session last Thursday with Professor Summers."

Jubilee looked at the monitor and saw David and Scott standing only a few feet apart. All of a sudden Scott fired a large red blast which completely engulfed David's body Where it completely froze. The red light began growing outward and lifting higher until it was just above David's head. David began moving his hands apart and split the energy in half. He began making it dance around the room as if he was conducting a symphony. Jubilee looked on Amazed at what her boyfriend had been able to accomplish with his powers in only two short months. Charles then pressed the skip button on the remote control in his hand and another scene began playing.

"This session is yesterday With Professor Munroe."

The Scene began much the same only this was more than a demonstration. Storm took off from the ground lifting herself up using her control over the wind. David reached his hand out and stopped her where she was at. Storm retaliated by launching a lightning bolt directly at David who immediately took control of the electrical energy and fired it directly back at storm. The lightning not affecting her because of her mutation, Storm didn't even attempt to move. She Instead used her power of the wind once again only this time to create a large funnel cloud. David Used his arm to block his face from the strong wind as the tornado moved right for him. David smirked looked up at storm and put his arms out at his side. The tornado storm used put off a lot of energy which David used to create a shield around himself. Rain began to fall and David used the energy he was manipulating to create a makeshift umbrella. "Is that the best you got?" David yelled over the sound of the elements surrounding him. Rain soon turned into a strong blizzard the temperature dropped dramatically and David had to concede defeat. With all the tricks he had in his arsenal the extreme cold proved more than he could handle.

"You see Jubilation. David has had his gifts for a little over two months and he has been able to make controlling the energy of two of the strongest mutants at this school look like child's play. No easy feat by any means." Charles explained to the fearful teenager.

"I See that Professor. He did great however, this is completely different. There is no guarantee that it would work and it could really hurt him." Jubilee argued in return.

"We have taken every precaution to minimize all risk. We have insured that you can do your part. All we have left to do is get him to agree. I don't think that will be very difficult considering it is David we are talking about. He would jump at the opportunity." Charles stated in his soothing voice to try and calm Jubilee.

"Your right about that professor. But David has a bad track record when it comes to testing his limits if you don't recall." Jubilee made a good point.

"That was also only his second time using his gifts. He also walked away without a Scratch, physically anyway. I cant make you do anything all I ask is that you talk to him before making your decision."

"You know that's only going to result in him talking me into it Professor. That's not fair its like I have no say." A clearly exasperated Jubilee said as she lowered her head slightly.

"You have all of the say Jubilee. We can not do it without you. Take tonight to think it over and we will mention it to David tomorrow."

"Alright Professor. Is that all." Jubilee said her previous enthusiasm now depleted.

"Actually Jubilation there is one more thing. David's 18th birthday is next Tuesday right?" Asked Charles.

"Yes it is I cant wait!." Enthusiasm now back in full force.

"David, as far as I know is not very big on material possessions. I was wondering if you had any gift ideas."

"I think I do but it will take more than just me and you. Let me talk to Logan and I will get back to you professor." Jubilee said as she nearly jumped from her seat.

"Thank you Jubilation." Charles smiled.

"No problem, guess I better be going. I will be back soon."

Jubilee practically ran from the office in her search for the Wolverine. She found him in the garage changing the oil in his truck. She told him of her ideas. He had one or two of his own and within a few minutes a plan was set in motion. Jubilee then returned to Charles' office to fill him in. Jubilee didn't bother to knock or wait to be invited in. Her excitement got the better of her as she barged into the office.

"Jubilee that was much quicker than I expected." Smiled Charles.

Jubilee wore a huge grin on her face when she replied. "Yea didn't take much convincing on Logan's part. Anyway I have the perfect Idea, David is going to love it."