Aoibheal Cassidy didn't hesitate to follow her big brother, Sean, when he's recruited by Charles and Erik, even if she's not technically a mutant (yet). By his side, she grows up as the youngest member of Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, but world won't wait for a girl to grow up, and her life is torn apart by war and disaster; things get worse before they get better. As the years pass, she realises she always ends up on Charles's team with Alex and Hank by her side, even if she's not the little girl they once knew.
"Like a moth to a flame, she was drawn to him. And like the Earth needs the sun, he found himself needing her."
When Valeria "Val" Vega discovers her powers, she's sent to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Reserved and fiercely independent, Val isn't one to easily open up-until she catches the eye of a pyromaniac who sees her as his equal. His fire draws her in, and her light stirs something in him. But when two forces of nature collide, something is bound to combust.