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Not even Professor Xavier himself could have predicted the explosion of the X-gene upon the earth. As a teenager, Xavier knew of several other living mutants. By his twenties, he would have estimated as many as 1,000 spread across the entire earth. And now?
Uncountable.
Spreading across the earth, popping up exponentially, were more people like him. More mutants. More and more and more.
With this discovery, with the mutant tracking device Cerebro locating each and every new mutant, Professor X knew that the time had come to pull those who were willing to learn into his fold. He was ready to share his knowledge and teach these young mutants to use their gifts for the betterment of all of humanity. Thus, the first few students arrived at his New York mansion. Scott Summers, Jean Grey, and Warren Worthington first spent time at his mansion, learning all that he had to teach in regard to their burgeoning powers and also their talented minds. With time, Xavier's travels to Africa led him to Ororo Monroe, who joined his school next. Soon thereafter, Jamie Madrox and Lorna Dane joined the fold. A bit of time passed.
With the growing visibility of mutants to the public, the increased need for a safe haven became clear. A new group of older mutants flocked to Xavier's mansion, with more scheduled to arrive. More students, and more teachers. All would call this place "home."
Far from the growing Xavier mansion, another mutant resided with a different agenda. Convinved of mutant superiority, Magneto pulled his own group of mutants under his wing. Teaching them to rule, he prepared them for the day when they would take over and assume their right at the top of the evolutionary chain. He called them "The Brotherhood of Mutants."
(Plot Arc 1)
Determined to wipe out any chance at a human first-strike against his people, Magneto attacked and effectively destroyed an NSC compound. With a powerful team led by the mutants known simply as Tessa, Domino, and Mystique, Magneto's forces gathered reconnaissance and spared no one. Many human lives and millions of research dollars were lost that day. Charles Xavier, sensing the distinct political danger awaiting the mutant community and despairing of the loss of life, set out for NSC with a group of his most trusted mutant students and allies.
The group arrived in time to stall Magneto's fleeing forces, but the short scuffle that ensued did little to prove the superiority of either party or solve any of the issues at hand. Instead, Xavier sent Erik Lensherr a message: the two would meet. The conversation did not go well, the two men's clashing ideologies making it clear that their friendship had reached a breaking point. Magneto vowed to see the appropriate future for his people at any cost, and Professor Xavier vowed to stand in his way.
Seeing the danger in Magneto's way of thinking, and sensing the growing hysteria in the masses of non-mutants, Xavier formed the "X-men." These few, but growing mutants would do all they could to pave the way for peaceful cooperation between mutants and humans, and keep radicals like Magneto from succeeding in their dangerous plots. With a growing number of younger mutants under his wing, the Professor also created Generation X, naming Polaris as the group leader and the mutant teacher Northstar as advisor. While trouble brewed around the world, the school year began for the residents of the X-Men, and training began with it.
Plot Arc 2
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The Story, From the beginning
