Together, they built a school. Not a school with chalkboards and bells, but a sanctuary. They recruited the lost: Hank McCoy, a brilliant young scientist with enormous, furry feet who hid his genius behind a lab coat; Alex Summers, a convict whose chest exploded with destructive plasma rings; and Sean Cassidy, an Irish kid who could scream a hole through concrete.
Charles, bleeding in the sand, looked up. He saw his sister choosing the path of rebellion. He saw his brother choosing the path of vengeance. And he realized the truth of the name the newspapers had already given them. X-men- First Class
Charles had a different vision. He had grown up in a mansion, not a camp. His pain was subtler: the loneliness of being the smartest person in every room, the ache of a stepfather who called his powers a "phase." When he found Erik, he saw a brother. When he found Raven, his blue-skinned, shape-shifting foster sister, he saw a soul as fractured as his own. Together, they built a school
Erik wanted to sink it. Charles wanted to stop Shaw. Charles, bleeding in the sand, looked up
The battle on the beach was chaos and beauty intertwined.