Destiny Always Finds a Way 2- Can't escape Destiny

A/N: I do not own anything X-men- though I can name at least one X-man I'd like to own for a while… Oh well. This is the first installment of my first sequel, to Destiny Always Finds A Way (if you couldn't tell from the title)- made at the request of my reviewers. This takes place a year or so after the first story (however long it was in the Evo-verse from The Stuff of Villains to just before Cajun Spice), so Rogue's been hiding her secret relationship with Gambit for that long- even, amazingly, from Professor Charles Xavier himself.

Prologue

I'm tired of painting with all of the colors

Except for the ones I really want to use-

And I'm sick of trying to solve this mystery

When they're with-holding half of the clues.

Every single person, at one point in their life,

Must go out alone and be away from the pack-

I guess my turn just came a little sooner, but

At least it was when I had hope of going back.

I was tired of only seeing in black and white,

When there was so much color in this world-

I was tired of being grounded, clipping my wings

Because the pack feared them being unfurled.

I believe that everyone, at one time or another,

Should go with their heart, against the crowd-

I guess I'm lucky to get away from them now

Before their voices in my head grow too loud.

To know the meaning of peace and of sanity,

Maybe I must welcome madness for a while-

And if embracing this darkness will defeat it

I'll let the world fade from my eyes with a smile.