Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:48:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Matthew Burt <stefonx@yahoo.com>
Subject: The X_Twins/ The Name Game

Disclaimer: This story is fictional and says nothing about any member of
the X-men, or any character related to marvel. This does contain violence
and may be sexually explicit. All marvel characters are copyright Marvel
Comics and created by Stan Lee.

Name Game

An hour later they went to the rec-room, a bunch on kids were already
there watching T.V., playing various games and just standing around
talking.

Rouge- "So, lets get started. Over there watching the television is Sam
Guthrie, AKA Cannonball, His sister Paige or Husk, Remmy LeBeau better
known as Gambit, and Jonothon Starsmore, Chamber.

Those girls talking in the corner are Alison Blair, Dazzler, Jubilation
Lee, but you would be better off calling her Jubilee, and Kitty Pryde,
Shadowcat.

Sitting there playing the board games are Peter Rasputin, Colossus, Bobby
Drake, you know him as Ice Man, Kurt Wagner the blue fuzzy Nightcrawler,
Alison Crestmere, Magma, Illyana, Peter's sister, Magik, and Danielle
Moonstar.

They are all our age and most of them are in our classes. Peter and
Illyana were the last newbee's here and that was about a month ago.
You'll meet the instructors on Monday but they are Jean Grey, Cyclops,
Beast, Pyshlock, Emma Frost, Banshee, Northstar, and Wolverine when he is
here which isn't very often.

There are only two students here that have beaten him in a fight. That
would be Colossus and myself. Although I had a harder time beating him
cause I couldn't just stand there and take everything Logan had to give
out.

Sarah- "How? What's his power?"

Rouge- "He can transform his skin into solid steel, and let me tell you
it really hurts to get hit with 500 pounds of pure steel."

Stefon- "I can imagine, What about^Å?"

Rouge- "What about who?"

Sarah- "He wants to know where Cai is."

Rouge- "OH! I almost forgot, he normally spends most of his free time in
the air. It is good exercise I hear and Chris keeps him in good
company."

Stefon- "I thought you said he was single?"

Rouge- "Chris is his best friend. They do just about everything
together."

Stefon- "Oh, well^Å"

Sarah- "Well why don't you go out and see if he has landed yet."

Stefon- "I am sure he has better things to do than having the new kid
gawk at him, besides I think we should take Jeans advice and explore the
grounds."

Rouge- "Well, it you do then know that the cafeteria is always open on
the weekends so when you do get hungry you can eat whenever. See ya'll
later."

The twins walk outside onto the patio and see all the students on the
lawns doing their own thing. A few people notice them, but are otherwise
left alone. They walk past the courts and the pool out and onto the lawns
toward the forest. After walking for some time they reach a clearing and
found Ororo floating in a meditative state. She opens an eye and stands
so her feet touch the ground.

Stefon- "Sorry, we didn't mean to disturb you."

Ororo- "No, it is okay, sometimes I just like to collect myself away
from the hustle and flow of the school. The noise and everyone being so
close and cramped together makes me a bit uneasy."

Sarah- "So you come out here to the big wide nothing. Do you know if
there are any bodies of water around here? Like a pond or a lake, or
maybe a waterfall."

Ororo- "Yes, there is, I can show you but I would appreciate it if you
didn't tell anyone about it cause it is one of the few places that I
like to meditate and be alone."

They walk for about fifteen minutes further in and they hear the crashing
of the water against rocks. When they clear the trees they come to a
small pond that turns into a stream and the small thundering waterfall
with a jagged cliff that looks as if it has had it's better days.

Ororo- "Some of the senior X-men and the older students know about this
place and used to come here to practice with their powers away from the
prying eyes of others."

Stefon- "This is perfect. Sarah can practice with the water and ice, and
I can use fire without hurting the wildlife."

Sarah- "Now all we need are code names like everyone else."

Stefon just looks up to the sun.

Sarah- "They can't be tacky or a spin of someone who is already
existing. But at the same time nothing outlandish so no one can say them.

Stefon- "Solar Flare and Solar Freeze."

Sarah- "Those will do!"

Ororo- "Well do you think you could get out on your own cause I would
like to go back and meditate a little more."

Stefon- "Ya, I remember."

Ororo- "K, bye."

Before Ororo leaves, Sarah is already experimenting with her powers. She
is standing in the middle of the frozen pond. Stefon bends over and
touches the ice, which begins to melt. Sarah is taking plunging steps
trying to regain her footing and the ice makes boots around her feet.

She can feel the ice around her feet to all the way down to the bottom of
the pond and steadied herself. When she was steadied, she started to take
off her clothes to reveal a swimsuit underneath. She had obviously
planned this form the time they went to meet Rouge.

Stefon just went back to the tree line to watch his sister taking in his
surroundings waiting for hi turn.

After Sarah got used to the power of the waterfall and he water beneath
her feet she turns the water to ice and starts skating on it. Making a
circle and going around it a few times she stops dead and lifts a huge
chunk form the ice and turns it back to water. She sends the water up in
the air and lets it rain down all around the area. Skating over on the
water now she ends up under the waterfall but isn't being pulled under.
Instead the water forms a bubble around her and she takes it and makes it
into two water whips. Lashing out in front of her, they hit her brother
lightly on the chest drenching him from head to toe. She lets the water
resume its natural course and stands in front of the waterfall and
freezes it entirely. When she makes it back to the grassy shore she
collapses and closes her eyes.

[Lets see you do better.]

Being totally soaked, Stefon is a little anxious and before he knew it a
warm feeling emanated from within himself and he was completely fry. The
feeling continued and felt the same inner fire pulse through his arms and
out his hands to make two balls of dancing flame. He started to juggle
them and turns two to three and three to four. Then the fire dances
around him in a circle and they split even further until they are no
longer balls but rather a ring. The ring grew and then started shrinking
at am alarming rate until the fire was on him and his body was on fire.
His shirt turned to ashes almost immediately and his what were once pants
are now shorts. The fire disperses and the when the last of the flames
fly away showing his slightly defined muscles. Then he jumped high in the
air and didn't go back down.

Stefon- "Whoa! It seems that I can fly!"

He makes low circles around the pond and then shot upward and used the
fire within him to take the form of a phoenix finally rising above the
treetops.

As he comes back down he thought he saw a flash of green in the sky, but
quickly dove down and landed into the water.

[I said do better not show off!]

After he rose from the water and dried himself off they headed back to
the mansion for a change of clothing and explore a little more.

When they come back out of the mansion Stefon hopped in the air and
started flying above Sarah to the point that he could see the entire
grounds.

[I wish you could see this.]

[I can and am]

Stefon was to busy before taking in the view to realize that his sister
was floating right next to him on a disk of ice.

[It may not be natural flight but at least I am off the ground.]

They soared around with each other for the better part of an hour going
over the grounds and watching all the other students go about their
regular Saturday regime. About one they finally got hungry and decided to
go and grab something to eat. There weren't very many people there and
when they sat down Cai and Chris were the only other two eating.

[Why don't you go over and talk to him?]

[You know perfectly well why not and if you don't then read my mind.]

[Fine, but then don't' say later that I didn't try.]

After they ate they lounged about the grounds and eventually go back up
to their room to continue unpacking and decorating their room.

[Should we go back to the waterfall tomorrow?]

[I think we should cause that seems like a good way to practice without
endangering anyone or having anyone gawking at us.]

[Ya, but this time you should defiantly bring another pair of clothes,
you barely had anything on when you put yourself out.]

[Well, I didn't know what was gonna happen. But yes I should take
another set of clothes just in case.]

A pause and continue in silence.


[I think someone was watching us today.]

[Why so you say that?]

[When I went above the trees I thought I say a flash of the same dark
green that Cai's wings are. I don't know how long he watched us for, or
even if it was him at all.]

[Well it looks like you have an admirer. I don't think we will get bored
around here.]

[No, not with all this going on around us.]

Night fell and the mansion turned school fell quiet. But where there is
silence is sure to be a big bang later.

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