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2nd March 2006, New York City
(Wanda Maximoff POV)
Jasmine answered solemnly, "you are children now, but you won't always stay this way. You'll go travel the world, trying to find your place in it. And I can't always be there behind you. And if you end up in trouble, I won't always be there. You needed to learn not to depend on all the ti, or you wouldn't survive on your own. I had faith that you could defeat Sinister and I was proved to be correct."
Jean looked down and Jasmine continued, "Now, let's get ho. Are you two love birds going to keep hugging each other for the whole trip?"
Both teenagers blushed but still didn't let go of each other when the portal appeared out of nowhere and swallowed them, sending them back to Sayre Manor.
It barely took them a couple of minutes before both teenagers passed out from exhaustion.
This had to be the most comfortable night's sleep that Wanda had ever had, which made Jasmine's wake up even more painful than it should have been.
Jasmine was always unusually cruel when it ca to waking Wanda up. It might have to do with the fact that the teenager slept like a log, would never get out of bed without a hassle. One day, Jasmine stopped trying and just made an enchantnt in her room to make loud siren sounds that wouldn't stop until the girl was out of her room.
So, when the usual alarm started to blare, Wanda had to get out of bed, muttering and swearing at her sadistic teacher. What was unusual was the weird weight on her chest. Startled, the witch opened her eyes, to be t with ssy red hair. Oh, right, she had shared her bed with Jean the previous night. Wanda took a better look at her friend, and from the expression on her face, the witch deduced that the redhead wasn't a morning person either.
"What the fuck is this?" Jean scread out.
Wanda almost burst out of laughter; finally, soone else would experience the hell she went through to wake up every day, "This is my alarm clock. Jasmine said it was the only way for to wake up without her actually coming to wake up herself."
Wanda heard Jean muttering insults at her mother figure and smiled. They really were alike, Jean and her.
Then, finally, the alarms stopped. Weird; they usually keep going until she leaves the bedroom. Her confusion was then satisfied when her bedroom door opened, revealing a fully dressed Jasmine.
"Rise and shine, girls. It's ti for school!"
Wait, what? Jean seed to share her sentint, "We don't have school on Sunday, Ms. Sayre."
Jasmine nodded, "Yes, you don't have school on Sunday, but it's Monday. You slept for 36 hours straight."
"WHAT?" both teenagers yelled in unison.
"Well, yeah. Both of you overused your powers, it's only natural that your body needed so rest to recuperate."
"What about my teammates, did you tell them what happened?" Jean asked.
"It was made clear to , the last ti I was there, that I wasn't welco in the Xavier institute. They are not my concern and Xavier's antagonism, especially towards Wanda, doesn't give him any favors. Plus, I sent Kitty there after you were taken, but for so reason, they still haven't done a rescue mission."
Jean stayed silent at this, and Wanda tried to cheer her up, "Co on, we're going to school in a few minutes, you'll be able to explain everything in no ti."
Jean nodded, a little mollified but Wanda could tell that she was still a little tense.
They ca down to eat so breakfast and a particularly large one at that; Both girls hadn't eaten anything in over a day and so, realized how hungry they were and stuffed themselves with whatever they could eat, leaving behind any form of etiquette they might have learnt.
Once they were done, they went to the garage and sat in Jasmine's car. They used their usual portal to New York where they started driving towards Bayville High.
"Oh, before I forget, you two should start being careful. Both of you have unlocked new aspects of your abilities, and very dangerous aspects at that. You'll need to train them properly before you accidentally hurt soone."
Wanda was curious, "Wait, what? I know that I used my reality manipulation for the first ti, but what powers did Jean unlock?"
Jasmine answered back, "She unlocked her Phoenix Flas. This is the first manifestation of the cosmic energy inside her. This is the basics of the basics when it cos to cosmic energy. They are the flas that purify, whether by healing or destroying. They have the ability to destroy or heal practically anything they touch, depending on the wielder's desire and skill in using them. You're very lucky that the Phoenix Force lets you use Cosmic energy as you wish. I am not that lucky."
Jean looked confused at that, "What, do you not know how to use cosmic energy?"
"Oh, I do. It's just that I cannot use it without the explicit permission of my patron. This mostly ans that I only have access to my cosmic energy when I'm in my role as the avatar of Death. Death is stingy like that. Outside missions, my patron is always silent. To be honest, she has been silent for a while now."
Jasmine's voice faded in a very contemplative way, before continuing, "Anyway, Wanda has also started to use her reality manipulation, which, as of now, is probably her most powerful ability yet. We'll have to start with small stuff, and get bigger and bigger. This ability is as much a boon as it is a burden. You have access to imasurable power, the world becos like clay in your hands to do what you wish with, but it also cos with responsibilities and rules. Rules that you'll need to morize and understand before even casting your first spell. You could easily shatter reality if you don't know what you're doing. Or worse, if you know what you're doing and its consequence and what cos with it and still go through with it. Trust , death would be a rcy compared to what would happen to you. So, again, Wanda, no reality manipulation, even in a life and death situation, without saying that you're ready."
Wanda looked pale and nodded. This was the first ti Jasmine was this insistent about her using her abilities. Were her powers really that dangerous? Could she kill millions, if not billions of people, by accident? She needed to speak to Jasmine later when they go ho.
Both teenagers were contemplating what their new powers would an for them, and what the consequences of revealing them would be. They had barely felt the ti passing and were sowhat startled when they got to school this quickly.
The second Jean was out of the car, she was tackled by a brown blur. Kitty Pryde had pretty much launched herself at her friend and started babbling at her.
Jean kept smiling at her teammate who let her go, "Slowly, Kitty. I don't understand a word you're saying."
Kitty took a deep breath, "I was so worried about you, Jean. What happened? I rember trying to save you from the weirdo who Scott invited, when I was knocked out. Then, I woke up in my bedroom in the institute and Scott had told the Professor that Wanda and Ms. Sayre had kidnapped Jean. I tried to tell them what happened but they wouldn't listen to anything. This is really serious; they're talking to governnt people. Apparently, Jean missing is a big deal, especially when the Professor labeled her an Oga mutant after what happened in Egypt."
'Wait, what?" Wanda yelled out, "they're going to try to arrest Jasmine? Are they idiots or sothing?"
Kitty nodded, "I don't know, but Jean needs to speak to the governnt people before they try to arrest Ms. Sayre."
Jean nodded and they walked towards Jasmine's classroom. They knocked and found themselves in front of Xavier, Logan, a bald black man wearing an eye patch and a trench coat, and a stunning redhead in spandex who was raising a gun to Jasmine's head.
The history teacher looked unconcerned, and was still sitting down, her legs crossed and with an eyebrow raised. She looked like she wanted to scold them for their misbehavior, like they were students of hers, "May I help you, gentlen, and lady, that is."
The man with the eyepatch answered her, "You're under arrest."
Jasmine humd, "Curious, very curious. And what am I accused of, in the first place?"
"Your charges are the kidnapping of a minor, treason against the United States of Arica, Espionage and theft of official docunts from multiple agencies and many more. Let's just say that you'll be going away for a very long ti."
"Am I, now?"
"Yes, you'll need to co with us, Ms. Sayre."
Jasmine still didn't seem panicked or even scared, "I don't think so, Mr. Fury."
What? Did she know who the man was? Any attempt at telepathy would have been noticed by Xavier and while Wanda knew how powerful Jasmine was, especially when it ca to telepathy, a skilled telepath should notice soone using telepathy near him. It was how telepathy worked in the first place, by detecting and sending psionic energy. Xavier would never be able to stop her, but him warning his colleagues is a very likely possibility.
Everyone in front of Jasmine took a step back and raised their weapons, the redhead looked very close to shooting the teacher, "How do you know that na?"
"A lucky guess, I believe. He does look like a furious man, doesn't he?"
"This isn't a joke, Sayre. You're coming with us; we have questions to ask you."
Jasmine seed amused by the man's insistence, "And where am I going exactly, to the Triskelion or to the helicarrier?"
Again, everyone stiffened at what she just said. Jasmine was very skilled at getting people to shit themselves with a few words. The history teacher got up, slowly walked towards the intruders and continued, "Oh, and I thought that SHIELD is supposed to be an international peace keeping organization, not tied down by a single governnt. I do wonder why the United States' governnt is responsible for half of your budget. Then again, who am I to comnt on the hypocrisy of n."
The intruders were frozen in shock at the woman's words, "Oh, and who do we have here? Oh yes, Charles Xavier. I assud he was to make sure that your minds would be untampered. Don't worry, I have no need to uselessly break into your minds, not that Xavier here would be able to stop if I really wanted to. Then again, you didn't leave anything to chance, with Mr. Barton having a shot ready, in case I attack you or attempt to escape. Nice, guy, Barton. I really like his wife, what was her na again? Oh, right, Laura. A woman capable of keeping a man like him in line is a very impressive woman, to say the least."
The redhead was shaking, almost trying to pull the trigger, "Oh, and here is his partner. Natalia Romanova or is it Natasha Romanoff these days. Oh, the blood you spilled, the innocents you killed, the lives you have ruined, the children you killed. A sha you can't have any, no matter what you wish, the opportunity was taken from you, in a room painted red."
The woman, Natalia or Natasha, whatever her na was, pulled the trigger and a loud bang appeared, firing a bullet straight at the history teacher. Wanda almost scread out, until she noticed that Jasmine's form started to flicker and disappear, revealing a smiling Jasmine sitting at her desk, who looked like she was grading so papers.
She raised her head and smiled at the woman who just tried to kill her, "Testy, testy, what a light trigger finger you have, Natalia," She then turned to Fury, "Don't try to intimidate , Fury. Now, why don't we get started."
The smile Jasmine had on her face was similar to that of a shark. Wanda rembered her having this exact sa smile on her face when she said that it was ti for Wanda to start physical training. The young witch shivered at the mory, and felt a tinge of pity for the n confronting her teacher.
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