A/N: Hey. Sorry This chapter is kinda short but I basically just wanted to get one up to establish that I have more to write. There's definitely more to come so stay tuned. Also I just realized in my last chapter my page breaks didn't show up? so I went back and added a few to clean things up. Sorry about that.

The dining room was bustling. There had to be at least fifty people inside but luckily there was enough space to hold all of them. In fact, the room was massive and ornate. She never really took the chance to appreciate the grandeur and aesthetic of the mansion but now she stood there in awe of its elegance.

There was a heavy juxtaposition between the grace of the mansion and the rowdiness of the students. Carolyn herself felt somewhat out of place. But it wasn't due to the splendor surrounding her, but the fact that everyone seemed to know each other and had a place to sit.

It was high school all over again.

She stood at the door awkwardly trying to figure out her next move before she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around and was greeted by a friendly smile.

"You're Carolyn right?" The girl asked. Carolyn nodded. "I'm Jubilee...your roommate. You seem lost." She laughed a little indicating the mass of students.

"A little. I have no idea where to sit. I only know one guy and I have no idea where he is." She replied.

"Oh that's like totally okay. Everybody's always lost their first day. But trust me it won't last long." She grinned, "You can come sit with me!"

'Thank god', she said to herself, as she followed after Jubilee. It was an interesting name. She didn't think it was odd...just different. She'd never really met other mutants before that day...but from what she knew they often acquired new names over time. She wondered if that would happen to her.

Jubilee had to be around her age...maybe a year or two younger. She seemed vibrant and friendly and Carolyn was relieved to know that her roommate wasn't weird or rude.

Jubilee stopped at a table. She Motioned towards Carolyn, "Everyone this is Carolyn. She's my new roommate. Carolyn this is everyone. Everyone cool at least."

Carolyn looked around the table. She counted five people, one of them being Peter. He grinned before nudging the boy next to him and whispering something. Then he looked back at her.

"Hey Carolyn I saved you a seat." He said, patting the chair next to him.

"Uhhh as if Peter. My new roomie is sitting next to me. How do you even know her anyway?" Jubilee asked, leading Carolyn to a chair at the opposite end of the table.

"I gave her the tour. Duh." Peter replied, leaning back in his chair, balancing on the back pegs.

Jubilee gave a look of disgust. "Of course you did." She pulled out a chair and offered it to Carolyn. Carolyn sat down. "Peter why don't you make yourself useful and go get her some food." She said, pointing to a long table covered in plates and pizza boxes. Without a second thought, Peter disappeared and reappeared carrying a plate and a soda.

"Here you are Madame. Our finest cuisine." He said placing it in front of Carolyn. It was pizza and a side of fruit with a Coke.

"My compliments to the chef." She replied as she opened the soda.

"Chef Dominos is humbled by your praise." He said, returning to his seat.

Jubilee turned towards Carolyn, "We usually have better food...but it was Tim's birthday and he wanted Dominos." She said as she pointed towards a little boy with green skin at another table, who was in the midst of shoving an entire piece in his mouth. "Anyway...everyone...introduce yourselves."

"I'm Kurt." The boy in front of her said as he waved eagerly. He looked magnificent. He had deep blue skin and a long tail. She'd only ever seen something that amazing on television. But it couldn't hold a candle to the real deal. "It is nice to meet you." He had an accent she couldn't quite place.

The girl next to him spoke. "I'm Jean." She said, tugging a strand of soft red hair behind her ear. "I'm in the room next to yours."

The girl next to her had pure white hair that gave a beautiful contrast to her dark skin. "I'm Storm. I am Jeans roommate. It is nice to meet you." She also had an accent she couldn't place.

Carolyn was starting to get anxious, everyone around her was so beautiful and she felt out of place. It's not that she felt she was ugly...but she felt she just didn't add up to these above average looking people. The good thing about Harvard was that people focused more on schooling than they did looks, so Carolyn didn't have to try too hard in that department. Now she realized she'd have to step up her game.

The boy with an arm wrapped around Jean's shoulders spoke next. "I'm Scott." He said. He wore thick ray bans with rose colored lenses. She thought it was odd but decided not to question it. She figured they had to be there for a reason.

"It's great to meet you guys." She said as she picked up her pizza.

"So Carolyn...are you still in high school?" Jubilee asked. "Because it would be totally cool if we had classes together."

"No...I graduated a year or so ago. I was at college but...I had to leave..." She trailed off in thought.

"Yeah guys... she went to Harvard. Can you believe it?"Peter added.

"You went to Harvard?" Jean asked with wide eyes.

"What is a Harvard?" Kurt said.

Jubilee grabbed her arm."Whoa can you tutor me in math. You must be smart. I mean I'm smart obviously... but math isn't my strong suit."

"I thought I was your tutor." Jean added, crossing her arms.

"The only person you tutor is Scott." She said, giving a pointed look, "Yeah...everyone knows what you guys do in the garden." Scott's cheeks turned a shade redder than his glasses.

"Point taken." Jean replied.

Jubilee sighed, "It still sucks we wont have classes together."

"There's still some mandatory classes everyone here has to take regardless of age." Jean said as she swirled a fork around in her fruit cup. "So it's likely we'll all see each other there."

"Yeah and it's almost summer anyways. Which is great because we have so much free time." Jubilee said.

"Plus a lot of students go home for a while." Scott added. "So it's less crowded."

"Yeah you came just at the right time Carolyn. It's gonna be great." Jubilee said as she took a bite of her pizza.

Dinner lasted about two hours. It was in that time she got to know her new peers. They were all still in highschool save for Peter and Jean. Scott was due to graduate this year. Storm, Jubilee, and Kurt were juniors.

Though she was older than most of them, she didn't feel it. They all seemed more experienced and had better grips on both their mutation and life in general. Sure Carolyn was smart but she didn't really get out much. She was always too busy with school. She decided that was going to change. She was twenty years old and needed to experience life beyond schooling...so that's exactly what she'd do.

Dinner had ended and everyone had returned to their rooms. Jubilee sat on her bed while Carolyn began to find a place for all her things. She didn't have much so it was pretty easy.

"Is that all you have?" Jubilee asked with concern.

"For now." Carolyn replied. It was then she realized she needed to finally call her parents.

They were probably worried sick.

She would need to explain what happened and have them send her the rest of her things. She was also low on money so that was another issue."Hey...is there a phone around here? I need to call my parents."

"Oh yeah sure just use mine." She said, pointing to a pink phone that sat next to her bed. "I'm gonna go take a shower before everyone else uses the hot water." She said as she gathered up some pajamas and walked to the bathroom.

Carolyn picked up the phone and dialed in her parents' number and hoped to god they picked up. It rang three times before someone answered.

"Hello?" It was the voice of her mother.

Carolyn let out a sigh of relief, "mom...it's me."

"Oh god!" She cried, "Jim get in here! It's her. Honey where are you? What happened? Are you okay? What number is this?"

"I'm fine mom. I'm so sorry it took this long to call...it's...it's a long story." Carolyn explained to her parents what happened at Harvard and where she was. She explained what the school was and what it did. She told them it was the only way to get her mutation under control.

"Carolyn Anne Curtis why didn't you tell us earlier?" Her mother said with a stern tone.

"I was scared. I thought l...I don't know...I didn't know what to do..."

"Why in God's name would you not tell us? What do you think we'd do? Turn you in? We could have helped you. I would have come down ther-"

Carolyn cut her off, "it would have only made it worse." Her mother was silent for a moment. Carolyn could visualize the angry look she was most likely sporting.

"That is ridiculous and you know it." She sighed. "I'm just glad you're okay. I'm mad at you. But I'm glad you're okay. Is there anything you need? Should I come down there?"

"I didn't get all my things from my dorm. I only have a couple outfits. And I spent most of my money getting here. I had to quit my job."

"We'll call the school and get it figured out. I'll...make something up as to why you left in a hurry. As for money I'm sure Aunt Jackie will be more than happy to help. How long are you going to be there?"

"I don't know...as long as it takes." Carolyn really didn't know how long she'd be there. She hoped it would only be a couple of months so she could eventually return to school. She figured Harvard had to be shut down anyways so they could figure everything out...but she didn't know how long that would last.

"Well...whatever happens we are here for you. I can't believe you ever thought we wouldn't be." She sighed. "It's getting late you need to get some rest. Your father and I love you very much. I'll have him bring your stuff as soon as possible."

"Thank you mom...I love you. I'm gonna go then."

"Alright, get some rest. Goodnight." And with that she hung up.

After a while, Jubilee returned, her black hair rolled up in a towel atop her head. "Did you call them?" She asked as she rummaged through her drawers for socks.

"Yeah. Thanks."

"No problem. So...how do you like it here so far?" She sat down and began to pull the socks over her feet.

"It's nice...I'm glad you found me earlier or my opinion would have been a lot different. Sitting on my own was not something I needed." Carolyn said as she absently fiddled with the bracelet on her arm. "So...why...why don't you like Peter?"

"What?" Jubilee asked raising her eyebrows, "I like Peter. I don't hate him. Where would you get that from?"

"I don't know you...just didn't seem to like him." Carolyn replied, feeling a bit dumb.

"Nah I don't hate Peter. I just hate his antics. We're friends but sometimes he's just an ass...just like how sometimes Scott's an ass." She said as she laid down on her side, facing Carolyn. "Boys in general are my problem...except Kurt he's totally the biggest sweetheart I've ever met. Like ever."

"I feel stupid for not catching on but what did Peter do?" She asked.

"Well...he took you on," she raised her fingers to create air quotes, "the tour." Jubilee then took her hair out of the towel and began to dry her hair. "He takes all the new hot girls on the tour." She created air quotes again before picking the towel back up. "Like last year there was this girl...Crystal...kind of a bitch in my opinion but anyway…he took her on the tour because he thought she was hot. He does it all the time. He tried it on my friend Nancy four months ago. The only time it ever got him somewhere was Crystal. I caught them making out all the time. It was grody. I'm soooo glad she's gone."

"Oh." Was all Carolyn said.

"Yeah don't take him too seriously. He's a good friend and he's fun to be around. But you can't pin him down. I mean his mutation is running." She said as she picked up a bottle of lotion and rubbed some into her pale complexion.

Carolyn was a bit disappointed. She did kind of like him, but she also wasn't a teenager and it wasn't that big of a deal to her. She decided they would just be friends. She did not need some boy coming in and ruining her time there. Her goals were to get her mutation under control and make friends...not start some summer fling.

"Speaking of mutations, what's yours?" Jubilee asked.

"Oh uh...I can stop and slow time. But...some new things have been happening that's why I'm..." Suddenly, she felt very dizzy. Her head throbbed violently and the world spun creating a wash of colors around her. It was like the worst migraine she ever had times ten. She thought she tasted copper for a moment, but just as suddenly as it started, it stopped.

Carolyn opened her eyes only to find Jubilee gone, and that it was no longer nighttime but daytime. Even more peculiar, all of Jubilees things were gone and replaced with someone else's. Carolyn hopped from her bed and headed towards the door. She threw it open and stuck her head out.

Everything looked the same, there were a few students standing around chatting as sunlight poured through the windows. What struck her as odd was the clothes they were wearing, they clearly weren't in style but they definitely weren't old either. The air also seemed to vibrate as it had all those months ago when the dome appeared.

Oh god...what now.

She exited her room and began to walk down the hall in hopes to find Jubilee or at least some answers. It was then that someone called her name.

"Carolyn?" She turned around to find the source. It was Peter, a much, much older Peter.

"What in the hel-"

Peter cut her off and ran to her, grabbing her shoulders, "Carolyn are you alright? God this must be one of your first times. This is so crazy. I have to go find Carolyn...or...you. She'll know what to do I-"

"What the hell is going on? Why are you so old? What is happening? Where's Jubilee?" She shouted as she began to back away.

"In California right now. Listen I know this is confusing for you but trust me it's normal. It'll all make sense soon we just have to find...older you...or the professor. They'll explain-" Old Peter's voice began to fade and everything began to blur. She felt warm liquid run from her nose before suddenly everything began turning again. Before she knew it she was standing in a dark hallway and everyone was gone. She hit the floor with a thud.

A/N: Hope that sounded alright. Y'all gotta let me know! I have no idea if it's good or not. Anyway, if you stuck around thank you and I hope you like the new chapter! I'm gonna try and get up another one tonight or tomorrow. Since I don't have classes until August I have a lot of writing time so I'll get up chapters whenever I can. I'm not really sure how long the overall story is gonna be...we'll just see how the story goes. At the least it will most likely get up to 15 chapters maybe more. I'm hoping more. Planning on more actually. But if nobody likes it I'll probably just not even finish it to be honest lol. Also I hope I did Jubilee some justice since the fucking movies have not. She's definitely gonna be a prominent character in this story to make up for the fact that she wasn't in the new movie. We'll explore Carolyn's relationships with everyone down the road so stay tuned for that. This is definitely a peter x oc but she's also going to have some friendships, which I think is important. There's gonna be some drama and action in this story but that's later on down the road. I want to set up life at the mansion first and let them have a little fun before things start getting angsty you feel me? Anyway, thanks for reading. Hope there's not too many errors I'm pretty much on my own when it comes to that except for my friend LIZ! who read the first chapter and gave me wonderful feedback.