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Charles Xavier looked up at Cerebro's screen.

Name: Sophie Elizabeth Collins

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Location: Haverhill Massachusetts

As he took Cerebro off of his head, the Professor placed his fingers on his temples and sent out a telepathic message:

'Scott, Logan, Meet me outside. We're going to pick up a new mutant.'

Suburb In Boston Massachusetts 2:36pm

The Professor, Scott, and Logan stepped onto the front porch of a two story home in a small neighborhood. Logan rang the doorbell and a couple in their early forties answered the door a few moments later. The woman looked surprised, as though she just saw a ghost. The man smiled.

"Hello." Charles said in a polite, friendly tone. "My name is Charles Xavier. I'm here from the Xavier Institute, to talk to you about Sophie."

The couple looked at each other, then turned back and the man said. "Come in."

When the trio stepped inside, Scott looked around. The home was beautifully furnished in a simple, elegant way. But what really caught his attention were the paintings. They displayed beautiful, pastel colored flowers ranging from bluebonnets to cherry blossoms. There were at least two in each room and looked as though painted by a professional.

"Sophie's upstairs in her bedroom." The man said, shutting the front door behind them. "One of you may go speak to her if you wish."

"Scott, why don't you go find her while Logan and I speak to her parents about the situation." Charles said politely.

Scott nodded and walked upstairs. His stomach let out a growl. 'If only Professor let me eat before we left.' As he entered the door labeled 'Sophie's Room', Scott looked around. The room was fairly small and covered with more beautiful paintings. The walls were a light rose and covered with more artwork.

The girl wasn't in there. As he stepped inside he noticed something out the window. He walked towards it to see what it was. The bright sun glared into his eyes. Then he saw her.

Perched outside the window on the gray porch roof was a girl staring at the sky. Her short, chestnut hair hung in elegant curls to her shoulders. She was wearing a white spaghetti strapped shirt and jean shorts. She wore no shoes.

Stepping out onto the roof, Scott sat down next to her. He looked at her. Her bright emerald green eyes bore into his and she smiled. They both looked at the sky. It was a bright, sunny day with snow white clouds gleaming from the sky.

"What are you looking at?" he asked kindly.

"The clouds, they're so beautiful." She said with a dreamy look in her eyes.

"Really?" Scott asked,adjusting his sunglasses, "They all look the same to me."

"They may appear that way. However, each one has something special about them. Something that makes it unique. A silver lining." She said.

There was a short silence, as Scott processed the depth of her words, and then his stomach growled again. He frowned and the girl gave a high pitched giggle.

"Hungry?" She asked with a slight smirk.

"A bit." He replied.

"Here" She said. The girl reached over the side of the roof, palm facing the ground as if to pick something up. Suddenly, a tree sprouted out of the ground directly below her hand. It grew rapidly,as branches sprouted from a trunk, and in a moment's notice its branches were high above their heads, sporting shiny red apples. She reached up into the luscious green leaves, and picked one, then held it out to him.

Scott took the apple and took a bit. It was ripe, juicy, and unbelievably fresh. Soon it was gone, along with his hunger.

"Thank you." he said 'So this must be the new mutant' he thought.

"No problem. Now tell me…" she said, turning towards him, sitting Indian style, her tanned face glowing in the sunlight "Who are you?"

"My name's Scott, nice to meet you."

"Well Scott, are you here with the guys who own the extremely illegally parked jet plane parked over there?" she asked, motioning towards the black X-Jet sitting in the middle of the street.

"Well. ...Yeah." He said with a laugh. "We actually came here to ask you something."

"Like what?" She asked, reaching up and picking another apple off of the tree overhead.

"I go to a school where us mutants learn how to control our special abilities. We wanted to know if you wanted to join." He asked.

"What can you do?" She asked, interested, and playing absentmindedly with the apple in her hands.

"Nothing special, just shooting lasers from my eyes." He said with a smirk.

They both laughed

"Well Scott," She said standing up. " If you can hit this apple with your lasers, I'll join you at your school."

"Alright then." He said, standing up.

"Ready? One …Two…THREE!" she yelled, throwing the apple an impressively long distance. Scott quickly took off his sunglasses,and opened his eyes. The bright red blast hit the apple as it soured over a nearby fence. The apple busted apart, large chunks raining down on the two of them.

She put down the arm she used to block the falling apple pieces and turned to Scott.

"Welcome to the Xavier Institute, Sophie."