"Here we have two different strings of DNA. Does anybody know what makes them different?", a calm voice asked, while he showed two plastic DNA models to the students in his class. A young woman with long red hair raised her hand in the air. "Yes, Jean?"
"The model on the right has the X-Gene," she answered. "That is correct," the teacher, known as Charles Xavier, said. "And what is that special gene responsible for-" Charles was interrupted by a knock on the door. "Professor," an old-looking black-hair woman said, who stood at the door opening of the classroom, "May I interrupt please?"
"Of course madame Calverley, how can I help?" The eleven students in the classroom, aged between 10 and 18, all looked at the door, where miss Calverley and a boy were standing. "Dan Finley has arrived today, can he join this class?" Charles' colleague asked. "Of course. Please mister Finley, take a seat," Charles nicely offered and pointed to an empty seat next to Logan. "Logan, as Dan Finley is new at this school, would you please be kind and show him around today?"

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"Eh, sure," Dan replied nervously, as he was utterly impressed by Logan's look; he had a muscular build, fierce look in his eyes and obviously was a few years older. Most students immediately left class and a few went directly to Logan and Dan. One of them caught his attention, because her hair was snow white, but her skin looked golden. "Hi, I'm Ororo, but everybody calls me Storm. I don't mind," she said, as she reached out her hand to shake Dan's. A red-haired girl and weird pair of glasses-wearing boy stood behind Ororo, and even though the boy's eyes were covered, Dan could immediately see he liked that girl next to him. "This is Jean," Ororo continued, "And this is Scott". Jean smiled and left Dan a welcoming feeling, but Scott seemed to keep his distance and just nodded. Dan felt overwhelmed, as he suddenly got the attention of four older-looking people, who all looked special in their own way. He didn't quite understand why Ororo said she wouldn't mind to be called Storm - was that her middle name?
"Come on, let's go to the canteen," Ororo said. "I'm starving! There are some others there we'd like you to meet, Dan. Or do you want to give him the grande tour first, Logan?"