Tim, Bruce, Alfred, Barbara and Dick, all the equipment mentioned, they all
belong to DC. Everything else is Marvel's. 'Cept my stuff 'course.
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Subject: Serena   Wayne
Powers: Can turn herself into a black panther and a half panther half human.
Also practices Wicca.
Eyes: Green
Hair: Auburn
Place of Birth: Gotham City, New York
Parents: Bruce and Selena Wayne

        "Couldn't we take the bat-mobile, Dad?"
        "No, Serena."
        "Yer no fun."
        "Hey, when you come visit," said Tim, "Dick, Barbara and I will take you 
cruisin'."
        "Hey, maybe you'll even teach me how to drive the thing," Serena replied 
slyly.
        Bruce began to get nervous. "Maybe not. I won't let Tim drive it anyway."
        Serena looked out the window of the car at the Xavier Institute. "Whoa!" 
she cried. "Check the digs!"
        "Better than ours?" asked Bruce.
        Serena sighed. "Nah, home has the bat-cave."
        "I remember the day we found you playing with your dolls in the bat-cave,"
said Alfred.
        "That was quite a surprise," Bruce agreed.
        Serena giggled. "I'm full of surprises."
        "That's for sure," Tim agreed. "I caught you with my Robin mask once. I
chased you for two hours."
        Serena stared at Tim. "How come I don't remember that?"
        Tim rolled his eyes. "You were five, 'Rena."
        "So?"
        Alfred cleared his throat. "We have arrived."
        The car stopped, and the three got out. Serena looked around, and she 
spotted some power lines. She squinted and her eyes turned into those of a cat. 
She spotted a blue light running up and down the wire, and then her eyes turned
back. She couldn't stay in that form for too long. She didn't know how. "Hey
Tim," she said. "Do you see a bright blue light up there?"
        Tim looked up. "There's nothing up there," he said, shaking his head. 
"You're just nervous."
        Serena nodded and began to follow Tim. She stopped. "I almost forgot!" 
She went back into the car and brought out a large cauldron.
        Tim rolled his eyes. "Not that thing."
        "I gotta have it. It's a Wiccan essential. At least for me."
        An older man in a wheel chair came out. He was bald and looked very much 
at peace. "Hello," he said. "I am Professor Xavier, head of this school. You
must be the Waynes."
        Bruce nodded. "It's a pleasure to meet you Professor."
        "SOMEBODY GET THAT SUMMERS!!!" A girl with red hair came running
past them.
        Serena looked over to see a little boy chasing after a ball. He was
headed for the lake. The girl lifted her hands and an enormous firebird appeared
where there was nothing. She reached it down and picked up the boy.
        "Nicholas Henry Summers! What did you think you were doing, ya big
dummy!" The girl carried the boy off in a rush.
        Xavier cleared his throat. "As you can see, Mr. Wayne, your daughter
is not alone in the aspect of having extraordinary powers."
        Bruce nodded. "I think she'll fit."
        About an hour, Bruce and Tim left, and Serena watched them go. She looked
back at the power lines, and saw the blue light get bigger, make its way down
the poll, and straight up to Serena. She raised an eyebrow as the blue light
formed a body a little taller than her, than solidify to make up a young man
with blue hair. "You're new," he confirmed.
        "Yeah," she said. "How could you tell."
        The young man laughed. "You had a weird expression on your face when
I was going back to my natural form," he held out his hand with a smile. "I'm 
Dave McCoy."
        Serena took it. "Serena Wayne. Nice to meet you."
        "My pleasure," Dave replied. "So, what's your power?"
        Serena didn't answer. Instead she squinted, and her eyes again become 
those of a cat's. Her hands turned into paws with razor-sharp claws at the end 
of her "fingers." She began to grow black fur and whiskers, as she was forced
onto her hands and knees. Her human ears molded upward to form cat ears, and
her teeth became razor-sharp.
        Dave stared at her. "That is so cool."
        Serena turned back into her normal form. Her clothes were ripped a
little. She smiled. "I think so."
        "C'mon," said Dave. "I'll introduce you to the others." They walked into 
the school, and into the sitting room to find Rachel sitting with her brother,
Nick in front of the TV watching Teletubies.
        Connie was sitting on the couch looking rather disgusted with the
program. "Bloody legions o' the devil, they are," she muttered.
        Dave cleared his throat. "Rachel, Connie, this is Serena Wayne. The
new student."
        The two girls turned. "Oh," said Rachel. "Hi. Nice to meet you. I'm
Rachel Summers."
        Serena walked over to where Rachel was seated on the floor and shook
her hand. She turned to Connie.
        "Hey Serena, nice ta meet ya," said Connie.
        "Connie's from Britain and Rachel's from Alaska," Dave explained. He
pointed to Nick. "That's Rachel's little brother, Nick. He's visiting."
        Serena smiled. Things weren't going as bad as she thought they would.

Later..
        "Okay Serena," said the man everyone called Bobby. "You're gonna need 
a code name, and a costume. Costume, I'm sure the others will be happy to help 
you with, but we need a name."
        Serena thought for a moment. "How about... MidNight."
        Bobby shrugged. "Okay. Cool. By the way, I'm Bobby Drake. I'm one of
the only hip adults who live here."
        The other kids snickered.
        "You guys think that's bull, don't you?" Bobby asked.
        The kids all made affirmative sounds.
        Illyana sat down next to Bobby. "I'm the hip one," she said.
        The kids made more affirmative sounds.
        "Hey!"
        "You don't want us to lie to you, do you Uncle Bobby?" asked Rachel.
        Bobby sighed.
        Xavier came in and cleared his throat. "That should be the last of the 
new students," he said. "It's taken three weeks for the full class to assemble.
It is now September first. Classes will begin in two days. Now, we're bringing
in four new teachers to help us. They should arrive by tomorrow."
        "Yeah?" asked Jacen. "Who are they?"
        "Mr. and Mrs. Wisdom, and Mr. And Mrs. Wagner."
        Rachel, Connie, Dave, Joey, and Angela burst out in laughter.
        Charlie rolled his eyes. "Who's teaching what?"
        Xavier smiled in appreciation for Charlie's ability of self-control.
"Mr. Wisdom and Mrs. Wagner will be teaching History, Mrs. Wisdom and Hank will
be teaching physics. Mr. Wagner and I will be teaching current events. Hank and
Warren will be teaching English, Logan and..."
        "What?" asked Lydia.
        "Well, we're going to have another Mr. and Mrs. Summers here to help
teach the physical education unit."
        Rachel laughed harder. "Nate and Dom!!"
        Xavier sighed. "Mrs. Wisdom will also be teaching math."
        The other kids continued to laugh. "How... How," said Connie, trying to 
catch her breath, "did you get Dad ta agree ta this /"
        "He didn't," said Bobby, "your mother did."
        Now, even the other kids began to laugh.
        Illyana looked at her husband worriedly. "My god I hope we live
through the school year."

To be continued
        Hope y'all enjoyed the story! It's isn't over, though. Thanks to Nynaeve 
for her editing skills and positive comments. Luba Kmetyk for her positive
comments. My Bro, who was kind enough to laugh at the jokes, and actually
read this in the first place.  Till next time!

Later,
Lee Tybird