X-Men: First Class 2011 © Marvel Studios

The rest of the plane ride has gone smoothly. Raven and Aurora began to get to know each other a little bit better. Aurora was now going to hopefully be able to live with Raven and her brother Charles Xavier. She had just met this person, but what was Aurora to do? She had nowhere else to go other than Raven's home.

The girls were now making their way out of the airport terminal. Staying close to Raven, Aurora followed her to the waiting area. She took a seat with her suitcase standing next to her and looked around. Raven was on the tip of her toes looking around and above the heads of everyone in the airport.

"Sorry for the wait. My brother should be around here somewhere!" Raven said.

Just after she said that, she jumps up and runs toward someone. She's pushing past crowds of people until her arms wrap around a man who does the same to her. Aurora concludes that this is her brother. She connects herself to Raven's mind once again and uses her eyes and ears to listen to their short conversation.

"I have something important to tell you, Charles…" Raven began hesitantly.

"What's wrong Raven?"

His voice was soft and deep. He had an English accent that was completely different from Raven's American one.

"While I was on the plane, I met this girl who needs a place to stay and-"

"Raven, you can't just bring random strangers from other countries home with you!"

"She's a mutant, Charles! A mutant who thinks she's all alone in the world."

Once the word "mutant" was mentioned, Charles' face softens. Aurora tries to get into his head too and eventually makes it in. Unaware of his similar mutation, Aurora looks into his thoughts and searches for any useful information in his head. As she reads all of his feelings and such, a voice in her head appears.

"Is this what you do to all the people you first meet?" the voice chuckles.

She quickly disconnects form his mind and stands up to meet the two siblings face to face. Aurora's cheeks were dusted in a light pink as she smiled at the pair. Raven looked hopeful for a yes from her brother. Charles on the other hand was amused by Aurora's reaction to his voice in her head.

"So I see you're a telepath too," Charles laughs. "Not to mention an immortal gene structure, regeneration, and telepathy? Nice."

"Well someone's a know it all,"Aurora thought to herself.

"The pros of being a young genius,"

Aurora's eyes widen and her already pink cheeks turn red. She forgot that he was a mind-reader too. Raven raises an eyebrow and laughs at the two of them. She nudges Charles and nods towards the exit of the airport.

"Enough mind-sassing! You can sass each other after we go home!"

Charles walks towards Aurora and reaches down to pick up her suitcase. He looks up and stares into her eyes and smiles at her.

"I hope you don't mind."

He pulls up the handle and drags the case behind him, along with Raven's duffle bag. He locks arms with Raven and Raven calls out to her. "C'mon Rora! Let's go home!" Aurora blinked at the nickname she was just given and clicked her tongue. She jogged up to where the siblings were and walked next to them. Raven held out her arm and she took it. The trio got into Charles' car and drove to the mansion.

[ … ]

Once they arrived, Aurora was in awe. The size of the mansion was huge compared to the small farm that she grew up in. No one in her large family had a mansion this intriguing. They pulled up to the old European style home's driveway and parked.

Charles was the first to step out. He opened the door for Raven and helped her out. Then he moved to Aurora's door and helped her out. He took her hand and pulled her out of the car and grinned at her. Aurora smiled back and stood up straight.

"I really want to thank you for letting me stay here; I know it might be a bit of an annoyance but-"

"No, don't say that. It's no problem really. It's about time someone sassed me around here! Sooo boring!"

Raven pops out from the side of the car and raises her eyebrows.

"Says the man who does nothing but study all day,"

Charles swats her arm playfully and scoffs.

"I do not study all day! I'm not a hobbit!"

"That's a matter of opinion," Raven says sassily.

She walks away into the mansion with her bag in her hands. Charles watches her walk off and shakes his head. He smiles before looking at Aurora again.

"Sibling relationships: so odd."

Aurora laughs at his remark. Charles smiles as well, admiring her sweet, cheery laugh.

"So I wanted to ask you something," Charles states, still smiling. "I've just finished and presented my thesis on genetics, and I was wondering if maybe I could study you and your mutation?"

Aurora licks her lips and thinks for a minute. She runs a hand through her long black hair, obviously nervous about the study.

"I have to tell you though, I'm not very good when it comes to experimentation on myself,"

Charles eyes go wide and he waves his hands and shakes his head.

"No, no, no! I didn't mean experiment. I would never do that! I was asking if you'd possibly want my help with learning how to control and use your powers to the best of your ability,"

Aurora blushed and nodded.

"Oh…" She looked up at the taller man and blinked a few times. "Can I have some time to think about it? I feel a little doubtful about me being able to actually do this…"

"Of course. Take as much time as you may need. I don't want to pressure you into anything,"

After muttering a quiet thank you, Aurora looked down to the bag that was in Charles' hands. Looking back at him, she suggested that they go inside. Picking her bag up, Charles made his way towards the door with Aurora following closely behind him.

Making it through the heavy wooden doors of the mansion, Aurora was in awe once more. She looked around and tried to process as much of it as she possibly could.

"Woah... This is going to take a while to get used to," she huffs and looks around the entrance room.

Charles admires her amazement for a while. He looked at the way her eyes twinkled when she saw something that intrigued her, the way her lips parted slightly when she was about to smile... Everything about her seemed mesmerizing. Although she was beautiful, Charles knew better than to fall for a woman he just met. After shaking his head and clearing his thoughts, he called her name and she turned around with her hair flowing over her shoulder.

"Would you like for me to show you to your room?"

She nods and moves over so that he may lead the way. Up a flight of stairs and past several rooms in a longs hallway, they make it to Aurora's room. The room was a little bigger than average with a queen sized bed and a decorated bookshelf on the opposite wall of the bed. A window was on the far side of the room with the curtains drawn.

"I hope this is alright. Your stay was on a short notice, so we couldn't make proper accommodations for you."

Charles moved over to the closet and opened the doors. Inside were a few blankets and pillows and hangers for her. He set down the suitcase on the bed and stood in front of her with his hands in his pockets.

"Raven's room is right in front of yours and my room is just down the hall. The bathroom is the third door to the right if you'd like to freshen up, and dinner is in a few hours, so you have time to rest."

Aurora smiled and nodded.

"Thank you for all of this, Charles. I'll go by Raven to thank her too."

"No problem. Dress comfortably. We'll talk more later."

With a smile on his face, he left the room and closed the door behind him, leaving a little crack open. Aurora took a deep breath in and slowed her thinking. Was this all really happening or was this just a dream? She let out an exasperated sigh.

"Someone pinch me…" she muttered, barely in a whisper.

Raven knocked on the door lightly and opened the door a little more. She smiled sweetly at her and proceeded to walk in and sit on the edge of her bed.

"Are you doing okay, Rora? I hope you don't mind me calling you that."

Aurora shook her head and moved over to take a seat next to Raven.

"You never said that your house was this big!"

Raven laughed and tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear.

"I may have left out a few details…"

Aurora looked at Raven and smiled. After 15 hours on a plane with her, they were basically very good friends. She huffed and fell back onto the soft and warm comforts of the bed.

"Oh yeah, I came by to see if you needed any spare clothes? Your suitcase seemed fairly small and doesn't seem life you packed enough to end up living here!"

"I wouldn't want to bother you with that. I should be fine for now."

"Nonsense. I'll bring you a few clothes from my closet and then we can go shopping sometime this week!"

Without another word, Raven hopped up from the bed and ran out the door smiling.

Aurora slumped her shoulders and raised an eyebrow. She'd never been this well taken care of. She smiled softly and proceeded to getting up and unpacking her suitcase. Finding a pair of track shorts and a t-shirt, she changed into them and went back to laying in her bed.

As she stared up at the white ceiling, she reflected about all of today's memories. She sorted through her brain and threw out what was not needed and what was important. Soon she found herself fast asleep in the comfort of her new home.

All was well for now, but soon trouble was going to erupt from the shadows of tomorrow.