~1 year later~

Its my birthday! Yay I'm 14 today! I attempted suicide once more. Tried to hang myself, but Tony walked in a second before I kicked the stool out from underneath me. He saved me again. He set up a therapy session for me with Jarvis. I don't think Jarvis is a professional. I'm at Val's house eating a cake she baked. It's delicious.

"This cake is so delicious and--" I start, getting cut off by a loud knock on the door. Val gets up and answers. A moment later, a man in a wheel chair joins us at the table.

"I'm sorry for interrupting your small birthday party," he starts, "but I wanted to ask you both a question."

"How did you know it was my birthday Mr. uh..." I wonder.

"Professor Charles Xavier. Or, as my students call me, Professor X. I'm like you two. I have telepathy."

"Telepathy. That's cool. What's your question?" Valentina asks.

"Would you like to join my school? It is a school and safe house for mutants," Xavier states.

"What's in it for me? Besides the school, safe house thing," I wonder. I'm not going to go if I don't get anything more out of it.

"You won't be bullied there, everyone knows what you've been going through, or they will understand. I can help you with your mental issues. You will help people and learn how to control your powers." I think about it.

"Mental issues?" I finally ask.

"Oh, you don't know. Well, I can tell that you have mild schizophrenia, you suffer from depression, you have suicidal thoughts and actions, and you also have ADHD," Professor X explains. I raise an eyebrow. I didn't know that, except for the depression and suicide part.

"I'll join. Is there dorms? Are they comfy?"

"There are dorms. Yes, they are comfortable. The dorms are rooms in a mansion. My mansion, our mansion, the X-Mansion, if you wish to call it that."

"Damn! A mansion? How do you afford it?!" Valentina exclaims.

"I inherited it from my parents."

~

We arrive in New York in front of a huge mansion. There are people playing around and racing each other. Some people my age, others older, some younger. We arrived in a jet. Apparently it's called the Blackbird.

As we leave the jet into the underground hangar, a young, good looking man with red sunglasses comes in.

"Professor! Welcome back!" he greets. "New students?"

"Yes, Scott. This is Valentina Avolio and Ellis Rogers."

"I go by Wolfy. I can become animals and I have self protection magic," I tell this Scott person.

"I can control soundwaves and fly a little bit," Val tells him.

"I'm Scott Summers. It's nice to meet you! I have, umm, laser eyes," Scott says, shaking our hands. "I'll show you around the school, I'm sure Professor X is busy. Is it okay if I show them the basement levels?"

"Of course Scott, they are students here and will eventually find out about them." Professor X leaves the hangar.

~

"...and this is where you will be sleeping," Scott says, ending his little tour. "School starts on August 20th. I'm sure you'll have plenty of time to meet everybody."

"Scott!" a redhead girl shouts down the hallway. "What are you doing in the girls' wing?" She walks over to us.

"Oh, hi Jean. I was showing these two girls around. Valentina and Wolfy, meet Jean Grey. She's another telepath and she can use telekinesis."

"Nice to meet you!" I exclaim. "Thanks Scott for giving us a tour!"

"You gave them a tour? Do they know anyone?" Jean wonders. Scott shakes his head.

"They have time to meet everyone before school starts. I didn't think it was necessary," Scott explains. Jean sighs.

"What if they're introverted? They won't just start talking to people!" Jean exclaims. I giggle. "Plus, better to meet everyone sooner than later!"

~

August 20th arrives in no time. By then I have met all the students and teachers and have become close friends with some, like Scott, Jean, and a Kenyan girl with white hair named Ororo Munroe. She can control the elements, which is pretty badass if I do say so myself.

"This is interesting," Valentina mutters, looking at her schedule. "Hero training."

"Awesome!" I shout. "It says in parentheses that it is also a free track. Why?"

"During that track we 'train' with friends. We hang out together sometimes play sports, race each other, go to the Danger Room, or get called on a mission by Professor X," Ororo explains. "We usually go to the Danger Room."

"Yeah, but sometimes a group is already in there. Each grade level has the same training time," Scott tells us, coming over with Jean.

"Okay, that makes sense," I respond. "Why do you always wear red sunglasses, Scott?"

"If I don't have them on and my eyes are open, the lasers from my eyes turn on automatically. I've destroyed quite a few things without these sunglasses..." Scott mutters in embarrassment.

"I accidentally made someone's ears bleed once," Val states. "That was bad."

"Not as bad as going insane and being locked up in an insane asylum with a straight jacket in a rubber room," Jean mumbles. "Unlike Ororo who was worshipped as a goddess in Africa."

"I honestly believed I was until the Professor came and recruited me."

"I nearly crushed my mother when I was sleeping because I turned into a baby elephant," I whisper. They start laughing.

"You never told me that!" Valentina exclaims, attempting to catch her breath.

"You should get to class," Xavier's voice resounds through my head. I could tell he told that to the others because we all started walking quicker to class. Maybe this school year will be a lot better than previous ones.