My time at the Xavier institute has been interesting and starting Bayville High has also been an experience. I'm doing really well with my powers. I met the other people living at the manor the night I arrived. Those people being Scott, Storm, Mr. Logan, and Kurt. Everyone has been very nice, but Kurt has been a little overbearing.

He is always invading my space and my privacy. He also always just pops up and surprises you without regard for what you are doing. It has been a bit difficult to live with. I'm still working on processing being a mutant and the fact that mutants do exist. It is really cool, but it is a lot to try to take in.

Currently we are watching Mr. Logan and Storm, like, do a demo. We watch on a video screen as Mr. Logan comes out of a vent in the attic. Storm says, "Impressive. You got past the automated defenses by using the air vents."

Mr. Logan starts to sniff and looks around the room trying to spot Storm. Storm takes him slightly by surprise when she comes out from behind a pillar in the attic. She uses her powers to bring the wind through a window as she says, "But you won't get past me!"

Mr. Logan quickly gets back into the vents and starts venturing further in the institute. Storm says, "Testing me, hmm? All right, then. It's time you remembered why they call me Storm!" She then uses her powers to bring an actual storm into the vents flooding Mr. Logan into the danger room.

Just a quick update the danger room is where we run simulations to train to use our powers to help people. It is actually very intimidating to be in there sometimes, but it is important for us to be able to control our powers. Even more it is important for us to, like, be able to help people with our powers.

Once Mr. Logan or Wolverine, as he is known also, is flooded into the danger room Storm says, "You look a little flushed. And the forecast isn't good." Wolverine goes to jump at Storm who is standing in the control area for the danger room and she hits him with a snow storm freezing him to the wall.

Wolverine breaks out of his ice prison and as he does he says, "Now that was cold." I don't know how they are managing to make jokes while they do this, but it is very impressive.

Storms says, "Then let's warm you up," and presses a button to start some of the weapons the danger room houses. A laser shoots out from a weapon at Wolverine. He jumps on it and sticks his metal claws into it. Doing so briefly electrocutes him, but he recovers quickly.

Wolverine says, "Gotta connect first. Got any other party tricks?" A machine with three metal arms comes out of the ground the end of the arms have metal pieces that spin really fast. Mr. Logan manages to jump over a leg and get to the middle of the machine where he again claws it with his metal claws. This effectively shut done the machine.

Professor Xavier suddenly says, "Stop! It is, at the moment, as much as we can afford, Wolverine." I imagine so, those are going to be some really expensive repairs. I think this demo could have been done without destroying property.

Wolverine says, "Hey. When I give a demo, I give a demo."

Scott says, "Is that demo as in demolish or demonstration?" He then turns back to the professor and Storm and asks, "What was the point?" Scott is great, but he can be a little uptight at times or, like, a lot.

Storm says, "The point, young Cyclops, was to teach you something about finding the weak points in sophisticated security systems." Which we knew, because they literally told us that before this started.

Wolverine comes out of the elevator and says, "That's right bub. And I'd say ours needs a little work." Yeah it would not hurt to add a little more security. Since Mr. Logan found his way around ours pretty easily.

Kurt says, "That was tight." He is currently hanging upside down eating popcorn. Can he get a clue? Like, seriously? Kurt goes on, "I give it two thumbs up." He drops popcorn all over the floor to give his thumbs up.

I roll my eyes and say, "Like, seriously Kurt?" he better clean that up.

Wolverine goes over to Storm and says, "The vents were pretty easily breached. Gonna need to fix that. Maybe electrify 'em or install poison gas sprayers."

Storm just gives him a look and says, "Wolverine."

Wolverine says, "All right, all right. Knockout gas, then." That works for me.

I say, "Ugh! Is it just me, or is anyone else, like seriously freaked by all this?" I went from a normal everyday life to having powers, being surrounded by other people who have powers, living in a crazy secure mansion with insane weapons, and being trained to use these new powers I randomly got.

I looked around to see everyone just staring at me. I guess that was a stupid question they are all used to this now. I'm still adjusting. I say, "Oh, right. It's just me? Great."

Kurt, still upside down, waves his hand at me and says, "Relax, Kitty. You'll be fine." He then pops away from his spot and again appears too close to me surprising me yet again. He goes on to say, "We're right beside you." I let out a shocked gasp then he appears on the other side of me and holds up the popcorn with his tail. He says, "Popcorn?"

I jump and yell, "Ah!" Can he stop surprising me and scaring me popping all over the place?

Kurt lets out a little laugh and says, "Oops. Sorry. Next time I'll honk before I port." He keeps saying he'll give some warning, but he never does.

I say, "Whatever. Look, guys, it's late. If it's no biggie to you, I'm gonna, like, drop out." I don't wait for an answer I just phase through the floor and head to my room.

I don't get very far before I hear Professor X in my head telling me we need to suit up. We have to go to Mississippi to help a mutant who just discovered her powers and needs help. I quickly head to our changing area and change into my new uniform then I get into the blackbird like everyone else.

Once we are all in the blackbird I notice Scott and Kurt get into the pilots seats. Oh great. We buckle up and begin take off. Once we are in the air Kurt says, "Stealth mode stable. Leveling off at 10,000 feet." Wow maybe Kurt can actually take something seriously.

Scott says, "Steady. Now hold it right there. And you've got it! Nice job, Kurt. You'll make a pilot yet."

I can't really see Kurt flying, but I hear him say, "Thanks!"

Scott says, "Or maybe not." I don't even want to know what Kurt is doing to make Scott say that to him. It will probably make this flight more terrifying for me if I know.

Scott says, "I've logged our flight plan with the FAA. We're cleared through to Jackson. We'll take the van from there." Scott maybe uptight, but he is a good leader and he is a really good planner.

Professor X says, "Good. You're picking up logistics quickly, Scott."

I lean up to Jean and say, "Scott seems so, like, together. So cool, and- he's kind of cute." I do think that Scott is cute sure, but really I can tell these two like each other. I am trying to nudge them in the right direction.

Jean says, "Cute? Uh, stiff maybe. Exacting definitely. But- Hmm. You know from a certain angle." Poor Jean. She, like, doesn't realize that Scott is crazy about her or that she may like him too.

I notice that Kurt is looking back at us and he looks mad. I have a feeling he is about to do something dumb, but I hope I am wrong. Suddenly, I see the smoke from him using his power and look up to see him standing outside of the blackbird. The wind blows him forward and he loses his footing.

He uses his power to appear back inside the blackbird, but he keeps falling and slams right into to me. I let out a surprised scream because it scared me and really hurt.

Professor X says, "Kurt, the blackbird is not the place to be fooling around. You frightened Kitty." Well yeah who wouldn't be scared to see another person flying at you then have them painfully land on you.

Kurt says, "Sorry, Kitty."

I say, "Ugh, just like stay away from me!" I storm away from my seat and Kurt to sit in the front away from him.

As I pass Mr. Logan, he says, "Kids." Well excuse me for being mad that a person just slammed into me. Maybe I am being harsh, but Kurt needs to give me a break. He is not letting me adjust to all of this.

The rest of the flight goes on without incident and when we reach our destination we get into the van. Mr. Logan is driving, Scott is in the front seat, Professor X is in the middle seat, I am also in the middle seat, Kurt is in the back and Jean was on the other side of the Professor.

Mr. Logan asks, "This really necessary?" We are parked outside of the hospital of the boy who this rogue person accidently used her powers on.

The Professor says, "Yes, Logan. The boy, Cody, is the key to finding our Rogue. But, he's unconscious and his mind is illusive. To isolate his memory patterns, I need someone on the inside." What he means is that Jean is inside the hospital posing like she works there to get close to Cody.

The Professor concentrates on using his powers which means Jean must be with Cody. We broke into groups after the Professor got the information he needed. We are out looking for this Rogue person. I got put in a group with Mr. Logan and Kurt. Wolverine I can deal with. Kurt? Well I am over him today.

I say, "So does this, like, bite or what?" This is my first mission and while I really want to help this person. I do not want to be stuck with Kurt he's like an annoying little brother. I also am scared I might now be ready.

Wolverine says, "The prof says the girl's mind is confused and difficult to pinpoint. So keep lookin'."

Wolverine stops and starts sniffing the air. Kurt says, "Boss, got a scent?"

Mr. Logan says, "Yeah. I smell fear." That has a smell? We follow Wolverine; I guess I should call him that during missions, towards the scent. We see the girl we are looking for talking to a blind woman. She sees us running towards and she looks terrified. I would be scared if Wolverine was running at me too.

I hear her say, "It's him! The one who attacked me!" How is that possible? We have been with Wolverine this whole time. He never attacked her. Rogue says, "Run Irene, run!"

She does not want to see us. Wolverine says, "That's got to be her." We keep chasing her, but it is only making things worse.

She says, "Please, leave me be!" This is not helping our cause.

Kurt pops in front of Wolverine and says, "Wolverine, wait. She seems to be terrified by you. Let me try."

Wolverine lets out a sigh and says, "Ok kid. Just don't mess up, capiche?"

Nightcrawler, I guess I should use everyone's code names on missions even in my thoughts, salutes and says, "Yes sir."

Wolverine says, "I'll go find the prof. And squirt, put on your best face. No sense freakin' the poor kid out any more than she already is. And keep an eye on the half-pint here."

Nightcrawler turns on his image inducer so he won't surprise or scare her. I let out a, "Hey!" for the comment about me.

Wolverine just ignores me and runs off to find the Professor. I am the newest X-man so I get maybe needing help, but Kurt is new too. Kurt uses his power to poof away to where the Rogue is. I keep running in the direction she was running in.

I am still so mad at Wolverine. How could Kurt look after me? Sure Scott, Jean, the Professor, Storm, or even Wolverine could. But Kurt? He is just as new as I am and I am going to prove I am just as capable as everyone else.

I phase through the fence to where Kurt well Nightcrawler, I have got to remember to use code names on missions, is talking to the girl we are trying to help. I say, "Half-pint? I'll show him."

I hear Nightcrawler say to the girl, "I was like you once. Alone, unsure of what I was. Afraid to show my face. Can you believe it?" She is listening to Nightcrawler, but she didn't look like the threat Professor X warned us about.

I say, "She's doesn't look so tough to me." I go jump on her and plan to hold her down until the professor could get here to talk to her.

Nightcrawler sees me and says, "Kitty no!" The girl fights me off and Kurt goes to grab her. When he does she bumps him image inducer and turns it off. When she sees his true form she gets freaked out and pushes him away with her bare hand.

She pops away using Nightcrawler's power somehow and Nightcrawler falls to the ground next to me. I say, "Nightcrawler! Nightcrawler! Kurt! Kurt!" But it does no good he is out cold and I can't get him to respond.

I hold his hand and try to figure out what I can do to help him. I say, "Say something, Kurt. Please. Tease me, scare me, anything. Oh, please don't be dead." He really is kind of like the brother you never knew you wanted.

I need to figure out a plan just sitting here staring at him is not helping anyone. I say, "Come on, Kitty. Ok. What would Wolverine do? I mean, besides dice up, like, half the landscape. Wait. The professor can read minds, right?" Maybe he can hear my thoughts.

I begin to think very hard trying to call out to the Professor. I begin to frantically call out Professor in my mind. The professor responds in my mind. He says, "Kitty, slowly please. Order your thoughts."

I begin to hyperventilate a bit as I think to him as calmly as I can, "Its Kurt. She hurt him. She did something to him!"
The Professor thinks back, "Stay where you are, Kitty. Help is on its way."

It isn't long before Wolverine arrives and he says, "What happened?"

I tell him the story of how I tried to attack her and messed everything up. Wolverine says, "This is your first learning experience kid. You have to know when to fight and when to hold back. You'll figure it out Half-pint. Let's get back to the others."

We meet up with the Professor first and make our way over to the others. We get there in time to see Jean lowering Storm and Cyclops to the ground. Storm appears to be passed out, so the Rogue must have gotten to her too.

Scott says, "Wha- What do you thing happened to the Rogue?"

The Professor says, "Ah. She's gone... somewhere. Her mind is a jumble. I can't trace it. But I strongly suspect the hand of another at work here."

Wolverine begins sniffing the air. Wolverine says, "Hmm. Mystique. She can change her body, but not her scent."

We cannot let her get away with confusing this girl into hurting people. Especially, if she is going to keep confusing her into hurting other innocent people. I say, "Then we have to go after her."

The Professor says, "There's been enough damage done today. And the girl must come of her own free will, or not at all. And we must first tend to our own." At this moment Kurt and Storm begin to stir and stand on their own.

He is right if I would have been forced to come to the institute I would have hated it. Rogue has to come to us because she wants to or we will be no real help to her. I hope one day she does come to us, she deserves to be understood just like everyone else.

Kurt says, "Huh? Looks like I missed quite a party." When he looks to me I know I must be bouncing with excitement. While he can be way too much, he has become my friend and like an annoying brother to me and it would have been awful if we lost him today.

I say, "Kurt! You're alright!" He almost passes out again so I catch him. I say, "Easy, you fuzzy elf. Everything is going to be just fine." I hug him quickly and he looks really surprised.

I say, "Look I feel bad you got hurt and you are like the brother I never had. I am glad you are ok."

Kurt says, "Thanks Kitty and its ok. You didn't mean for me to get hurt." After our mini heartfelt moment we all head back to the Blackbird to head back to the institute. As first missions go, this could have been better, but it also could have been worse.

Mr. Logan is right; this was a learning experience for me. I learned a lot today and now I know just because I have powers doesn't mean my first instinct should be to use them all the time. Just like just because we are on a mission doesn't mean we are here to fight. We are here to help and we should only fight if we have to.