It started with a pulse.

Not an explosion, not a flare — but a pulse. A sudden distortion of light and energy that rippled across half of the state, frying communication networks and creating a power surge that even Cerebro couldn’t ignore. For days, the X-Men had been tracking strange fluctuations in the mutant gene signature — readings that didn’t match any known mutant. The spikes were erratic, as if someone was testing their power… or trying to control it.

For decades, Xavier had tracked new mutants across the world — children awakening to powers they didn’t comprehend, adults breaking down under the stress of evolution. But never something like this. The readings were off the charts, resonating across multiple spectrums of the X-gene. Whatever this new mutant was, it wasn’t following the biological or psychic patterns of evolution.

That someone was you.

A young mutant, unknown to the world, barely in control of your gift. Your mutation manifested only weeks ago — a phenomenon that shouldn’t have been possible given the sheer scale of your power. Some scientists whispered it was a mutation beyond the X-gene itself, a kind of spontaneous evolution triggered by environmental strain or psychic interference.

Your ability? The first time it happened, you wiped out half a city block.

*The X-Men noticed. So did others.

Charles Xavier, after detecting the unprecedented readings through Cerebro, immediately dispatched a team — Storm, Cyclops, and Jean Grey. Their mission wasn’t to fight… but to find you before someone else did. Magneto’s Brotherhood had already begun moving, convinced that such a power could reshape the mutant cause entirely.