“Take care, Professor. We will be going now.” Kitty bid farewell to Professor Xavier as all of us readied ourselves for departure.

Today was the day we were finally going to Kamar Taj for collaboration. Although it had been described as a collaboration, it was actually more or less a field trip.

“Don’t worry about us. Take care of yourself and enjoy the trip.” Professor Xavier said to all of us students.

It had been decided that Professor Xavier and Logan would remain behind at the school along with Mr. Hank while Ms. Ororo will lead all of us students as our teacher during their absence.

“Okay, Peter. Open the portal now, we are ready.” Ms. Ororo instructed me once all of us were ready for the trip.

“Alright.” I obliged, creating a portal for everyone to enter.

“Huh!” As all of us stepped through the portal, Kitty could not hide her surprise at the sight before her eyes.

Before our eyes was a building with a nameplate which read ‘177A Bleecker Street’. Far into the distance, several skyscrapers could be seen.

There was no sight of the mysterious order hidden in the Himalayas, bustling with sorcerers, which I had described to everyone.

“Hey, this is just New York. You said that you were going to take us to Kamar Taj.” Kitty said accusingly to me once she realised that we were actually in New York.

“Calm down, Kitty. Let me explain.” I urged her to calm down.

“We sorcerers can’t open a portal directly to Kamar Taj unless it is an emergency. The building we are standing in front of is the base of Kamar Taj in New York, the Sanctum Sanctorum. We will take a portal from here which will take us to Kamar Taj. Now, do you understand?” I asked Kitty after explaining the actual procedure.

“I understand, I understand. But you should really have told us before.” Kitty finished her words with a pout.

Soon, we were all inside the Sanctum Sanctorum, ready to finally enter Kamar Taj.

“Whoa!” Everyone except me marvelled at the vast collection of artefacts which were shown as decorations in the Sanctum.

Even I was in awe but I hid it better as it was my second visit.

“Peter, are all of these magical artefacts?” Emma asked me, curious about all these decorations.

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“Some of them are. The others, however are security measures. So, don’t go touching anything!

Even if what you touch is an actual artefact, it could be a cursed one or it could be sealed with an offensive magic formation.”

I warned everyone because I was aware of their curious nature, especially Kurt and Kitty’s.

“Peter, do you think the sorcerers would be able to help me control my powers?” Rogue asked me worriedly as we made our way through the Sanctum.

“Don’t worry. Everything will be alright.” I reassured her with a smile.

It had been quite difficult for Rogue to trust me with the knowledge of her mutant powers. She had been quite hesitant but had finally told me after receiving support from everyone.

I had been truly surprised when I had learnt about her mutant power. To think that she could absorb powers from other people, and it was even one which activated just on touch.

This explained why she always seemed so distant. She just didn’t want to hurt anyone and was also afraid of being discriminated against by others. After all, her power was quite a unique one even amongst mutants.

When I had learnt about Rogue’s plight, I had actually tried to test her power by touching her in a bid to learn more about it to see if I could help her somehow. Unfortunately, the results had been terrifying.

As soon as I touched her skin, my instincts went into overdrive. I had almost unleashed a lightning discharge but had somehow managed to stop myself. It was that terrifying.

In the end, I didn’t manage to maintain contact for more than a few seconds. Surprisingly, Rogue had not gained much from our experiment.

She had just grown a few scales and could create a few red sparks, that was it. I also didn't feel like I lost much.

Although the result was a little interesting, in the end, we got nothing from the experiment. Hence, Rogue’s hopes laid on the sorcerers of Kamar Taj. Her powers were such rare and powerful that a rookie sorcerer like myself was not experienced enough to help her.

“You don’t need to worry. I didn’t tell you before but they actually have an artefact which they had given me so that I could restrain my strength back when I could not control it.” Seeing that Rogue was still feeling gloomy, I told everyone about the time I had to wear a restraining belt.

I had not told anyone about this fact before because it was too damn embarrassing!

“So, you had to basically wear a diaper for months.” Scott remarked while laughing as he heard about the time I wore a restraining belt. To think that this guy actually knew how to laugh. After all, this was the first time I was seeing him actually laughing.

In the end, everyone laughed and the gloomy atmosphere which had been created because of Rogue’s words was cleared.

Soon, we reached the end of our destination where a sorcerer was waiting to take us to Kamar Taj.

“Master Wong.” I greeted Master Wong as I recognised him.

“Greetings, everyone. I am Master Wong, a master sorcerer and the librarian of Kamar Taj.” Master Wong introduced himself to everyone. It seems that Ancient One had sent him because I was most familiar with him.

“Now that everyone is here, let’s depart to Kamar Taj.” Saying this, Master Wong created the portal to Kamar Taj.

As we stepped through the portal, we could see various apprentices continuously trying to create portals near where we had arrived.

We had actually arrived in the training yard. Now that I think of it, my first introduction to Kamar Taj was also at the training yard.

It seems that Ancient One welcomed everyone to the world of magic through the training yard. After all, it was the only place where one could see a large amount of sorcerers performing spells.

While everyone else was in awe, Ancient One arrived along with a group of sorcerers.

“Hello, young mutants. I welcome all of you to Kamar Taj.” Ancient One greeted us.