X-Men Evolution

Destiny Magics

A/N wow. This is it, the final chapter of Destiny Magics. I hope it reaches your expectations. Thanks for staying with me.

For those of you waiting to know whether or not I'm writing the sequel, the answer's at the bottom. You can either read the chapter, then find out, or, if you're impatient, you can scroll to the bottom right now.

Hey, I looked at the number of characters left for the summary... there's more now. I don't know why or how, but it looks like I'll be able to fit the whole summary in it now. Is there a reason there's more room now? Does anyone know? I'm not complaining, just curious.

Disclaimer: I do not own X-men: Evo.

22. I'm Home

The dragon walked slowly down the hall, bound for the living room. Passing a window, she noticed it was raining lightly. Entering the living room, she saw only Kurt, Kitty, and Rahne there.

"So what went on up there? Even after the principal left, you were up there an hour." Rahne asked.

"A lot went on, before and after he left. Jean offered to teach me to read. And the Professor made an offer, too. I said I wanted to think about it. He… oh, look!" The dragon bolted over to the window. The others turned. The dragon reared and put her front paws on the window pane. "There's a rainbow outside." She breathed. There was, a beautiful, clear one.

"Haven't you ever seen a rainbow before?" Kitty asked. The dragon shook her head.

"The lower part of Canada might have four seasons, just like here, but as far north as I was, it seemed to have just two: very cold, and mildly cold. It can be pretty dry there, too. It didn't rain very often. I… oh…" the dragon trailed off as the rainbow faded. She dropped back down on all fours.

"Hey," Kitty said. The dragon turned. "I just remembered… you said before that you had a question about something Bobby said just before we went into the forest to save Kurt. What was it?"

"Oh, that." The dragon cocked her head to one side. "What's ice cream?"

Kurt, Kitty, and Rahne stared. The dragon shrank back and was quietly grateful that they were the only ones in the room.

"You don't know?" Kurt asked incredulously. He surprised the dragon by scooping her up with one arm. "Vell, zhen ve must show you, immediately!"

The dragon paced up and down the hallway, thinking. Just when the four had finished the ice cream, they had to go join the others for dinner. That suited Kurt just fine, and the rest of them had had small bowls. During dinner, the Professor had announced that Evan was once again going to stay permanently at the institute, causing loud applause from those who knew them. The dragon, not knowing him, stayed silent. Now that dinner was finished, she had a decision of her own to make. She thought of Kurt and Kitty. Flinching, she thought of the incident at the school. She thought of Rahne. She thought of Wolverine's temper toward her. She sighed. Then she headed towards Xavier's office to tell him her decision.

A few days later, she went looking for her three friends. She hadn't told anyone but the Professor her decision yet; she was waiting for her pouch to come back. She'd also asked Professor Xavier not to mention it until she could show it to them. She had just gotten it. The dragon looked to the light patterns. Rahne was outside, playing Frisbee, they said. Kitty was in her room doing homework. Kurt was in his room, on his balcony, staring at the sky. 'probably at the sunset.' The dragon thought. She clambered out an open window and flew into the fading daylight, heading for Kurt's room. She found him perched on his balcony's railing. He barely moved when she landed. Perching next to him, she asked,

"What's up?"

Kurt shook his head. "Everyzhing I did. Do I really deserve a second chance? I killed somevon."

"Oh, Kurt." The dragon sighed. "I thought you were getting over that. What prompted this?" the dragon paused, but when she got no reply she continued. "I killed someone to. Back in that forest, I killed Tristan, or… whatever it was that he'd become. If I hadn't, he'd have tried to kill again, and probably succeeded, just as Stephan would have. Don't think of it as ending a life, think of it as saving countless more. You haven't blown your first chance yet." Kurt looked at the dragon, who was smiling. "But, hey, if you feel like you need a fresh start, well… there is a lot of that going around these days." The dragon lifted a forepaw and held out her small black pouch, as far out as she could with the chain still around her neck. The dragon's small pouch was no longer hard to see against her scales when she wore it, due to a bright red X stitched onto the fabric. Kurt laughed and picked her up.

"Velcome to zhe family, Dragon."

Later, the dragon entered the room that belonged to her. Jumping onto the bed that belonged to her, she gripped the pillow in her teeth and dragged it to the middle of the bed. Crawling onto it, she thought: 'Yes. Finally… at last… I'm home.'

A/N wow. Well. Complete. It's become so much a part of me. But, well… the story isn't really over yet. Yes, the results are in. it may not come right away, for a few reasons, but the sequel is on the way.

I'm working through it, writing it out on paper first (which is one reason it will take some time to be posted- I write the whole story out on paper before I post even the first chapter, in case I need to make some changes), and I'll start posting it as soon as I can. I should mention though, in two days, I'm going to my first year of college (shudder) and I don't know how busy I'm going to be. I'll do my best for you, though. So, it may be later rather than sooner, but it will come; keep watching for the sequel: Blood Magics.

Reviews are still welcomed. I'm sorry I'm not one of those people who respond to every review, but it does make me happy when you do so.

A special thanks to everyone who has ever read, reviewed, favourited, or followed this story. I'm grateful for your support, and I hope I met your expectations. Thank you.