A/n: first off I have to say that I am absolutely hating my fanfic addiction right now. I need to be sleeping so that I can work tomorrow, but I got inspired, damn plot bunnies, and I had to write. Secondly, I could really use a beta for this story, preferably someone that is familiar with both X-men and twilight. PM me if you are interested. I already have the first 4 chapters of it in the rough, but they aren't flowing correctly and I think a second pair of eyes would do it some good.

Summary: X-men Twilight crossover. What if Bella wasn't the one Edward got as a lab partner? What if Rogue tried to get away after everything went wrong in X-3? Can the vampire world handle the mutant one, or vice verse? AU on both accounts, but I tend to follow Twilight cannon more than Xmen for this one, if there even is a true Xmen cannon. I also changed Charlie's last name to something more southern.

[Person's personal thoughts]

Other character's thoughts

Projected thoughts from OC

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[Okay Rogue, you can do this. I can do this. It's just another town, a chance to start over. This is what I have wanted. This is what I've needed.]

Marie, why are you here? You should go back to Xavier's. I swear I didn't mean that. I still want you.

[No, you don't get a word. None of you.] Rogue winces as she mentally charges through her psychic plane, padlocking her 'characters' into their own cells. [I will be normal. You will leave me alone today.] She retreats to the real world and starts her truck.

Uncle Charlie got her an old Red truck when she got here, claiming it would be too cold for her to try to walk to school in the rain. [Heh, if only he knew how cold I've been.] In spite of her initial protests, Rogue accepted the truck as graciously as she could.

After getting the cure in San Francisco, Rogue returned to Xavier's to find that her home was no longer home. Bobby had made it quite clear that he wasn't interested in a non-mutant girlfriend, especially not an x-mutant one, and left her for Kitty the day she returned.

Rogue left within the week, calling the only remaining family she had after, well, after she left home all those years ago – Charlie. He was quite surprised to hear from her, as she recalled.

+++Flashback+++

Bobby had just broken up with her, Logan wasn't even around, and most students sent looks her way that screamed 'if only looks could kill'. The worst though, was that afternoon when Ms. Monroe had sat her down and told her, in no uncertain terms, that as a non-mutant, she couldn't stay at the school anymore and had to leave.

She had run to her room after that, and after crying all that she could cry, she made a quick decision to do the only thing she could do – try to find family that would take her in. Without her powers, she knew she couldn't last long in the real world. She'd grabbed her cellphone and quickly flipped through all the numbers she knew she'd never called of long lost relatives and friends, and found the one of the person furthest away – her Uncle Charlie in Forks, WA.

"Hey-lo"

"Hi, is Charlie Soileau home?"

"This is Charlie, who'm I speakin' to?"

"Umm, Hi Uncle Charlie, this is Anna Marie, remember me?"

"Anna? Little Anna? Honey, what a surprise. Gosh I haven't heard from you or your parents since, well, since the accident. (extended silence) Well, uh, how are you?"

"Well, I am not doing too good right now actually. You know that boarding school I went to after, well, after it all happened? I, I can't stay here anymore. I just, I just don't belong. Can I come live with you? I promise I won't be a burden, but I miss you and being with family and (Rogue starts to cry)"

"Oh Marie, of course you can come live with me Darlin'. Don't think twice now, that's what family is for. You know, we thought we'd lost you after your parents passed away – you were gone a long time before that school notified us that you'd been taken in. (pause). Marie?"

"Yeah Ah'm here Uncle Charlie. Thank ya so much. Ah know, Ah know, Ah neva meant to worry nobody 'bout me, Ah just, Ah couldn' handle them bein' gone. Ah had ta leave. Please forgive meh.(sobs)"

"Oh Marie, there ain't nothin' to forgive. Shush, shush, now honey. It'll be okay. When do you wanna come? Do you need help getting here?"

"No I'll be alright. Can I come this week? I don't want to be here anymore."

"Sure, I understand. This week is fine. I'll get your room ready, you know, the one you used to stay in when you were little. It'll be okay Marie, I promise."

"Thank you so much Uncle Charlie. I don't know how I can ever repay you."

"Your very welcome Marie. You are family – don't forget that."

"I won't, I promise. I'll call you when I'm there – I'm taking a bus. But I gotta go, my battery is almost dead." She had lied to end the conversation before it got too much more awkward.

"Alright then Marie. Call me if you need anything. I, well, I've missed you. See you soon."

"See you soon. Bye"

After hanging up, Rogue wrote a quick note, to anyone who may come to this room looking for her. It read, "I've gone to somewhere I'm wanted. Tell Logan I said bye. -Rogue"

Rogue had taken her still-packed bag out of Xavier's school, for what she thought would be forever. She went to the nearby Greyhound station and purchased a bus ticket to Port Angeles, the nearest city with a Greyhound stop to Forks. It would take her 3 days, and 250 dollars of her measly savings to get there. But she was definitely going.

As she boarded the bus that afternoon, Rogue took one last look at Salem, and on towards where she knew Xavier's was, and had waved goodbye.

+++End flashback+++

Rogue laughed as she realized how happy she was already – after just being here a few days. Charlie had been happy to have someone else in his house, his wife has died 10 years before, and had even bought her the truck she was driving to school today. He didn't ask about her wardrobe, which still consisted of long sleeved shirts and gloved, and she didn't tell.

She was never more thankful that somehow the coroner hadn't been able to pinpoint her parents, and Cody's, cause of death.

[God I am so awful. How can I even think that? I can't cry. I won't cry again.]

It's okay Darlin. You didn't mean to. It happens to everyone.

[Thanks Logan.] She sighed, and turned her attention back to the task at hand – getting to school.

Her truck, now well-warmed from her thoughtful reminiscing, went rolling down the highway as she sought out the small campus Charlie had shown her on her way in. [It ain't Xavier's; geez this place is like an institution. ] She parked in what looked like student parking – there weren't many cars there - and walked into the biggest building, and the only non-portable building, on the campus.

'Go Spartan' signs decorated the hallway in gold on blue lettering, but it was thankfully empty.

[Did Xavier's even have school colors?]

Do black leather and steel silver count? (John)

[Hah!]

Chuckling to herself, she spotted a large black-on-white sign that directed all visitors to the main office, and eventually found herself in front of a plump, but friendly looking woman.

"Um, Hello."

The woman looked up, obviously startled at her presence. "Hello. How can I help you?"

"Umm, I'm Anna Marie Soileau. I just moved here. I think my uncle Charlie got me registered already?" She ended the sentence on a high note, unsure if he actually had or not. They hadn't exactly talked much about this.

"Oh yes. The chief's quite excited you know. He called in here the day he knew you were coming. Poor soul didn't know what grade you were in though, but I think we've got all that taken care of now."

The woman passed Rogue a map of the school and a class schedule, along with a sheet to get all her new teacher's signatures on from each class to return at the end of the day. She also handed her a decent sized student handbook, bound in blue plastic, and told her she needed to read the book and return the rules page, signed, by the end of he week. After letting Rogue know that classes didn't start for another half an hour, the woman – Ms. Conway - excused her so that she could get back to work

As Rogue wandered the small campus, she noticed key differences between this high school and Xavier's. This campus felt much colder, and not just from the stinging cold rain today. Gone was the home-like and welcoming atmosphere, and here was the average high school experience. She was a number, just another student. She liked it.

End of Chapter 1

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