Jennifer Howlett (Earth-6161)/History

* Prisma
* Civilian

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**As Prisma**

## **History**

### **Early Life**

The product of a forgotten night with a servant of the Howlett Estate, a pregnancy that meant nothing but trouble for Elizabeth Howlett, one she hoped to hide the best she could. But unfortunately, when her only daughter was born, the child was obviously not John’s, and so she created a lie that cost a man his life. John, being a truly kind man, decided to raise the girls as his own, a decision which his father hated him all the more for. She lived as normal a life as she could, often getting nothing but cruel treatment from her mother and the Logan’s, as well as John’s father.

James, however, was her one bright spot as she grew older. He truly cared for her, always standing up for her when he saw the way Dog and Thomas treated her. He played with her, gave her his old toys, even secretly taught her to shoot with his father. But even then, he couldn’t protect her always. So she spent most of her time with the servants, learning their languages and their ways, learning to cook and to sew and mend, and everything else she could learn from them. She quickly became a beautiful and talented young woman, enjoying the company of James and Rose more than she did anyone else.

### **Hopeless Fountain Kingdom**

On that fateful night when James’ abilities manifested, she had been hidden away with the servants, but came running when she heard the commotion. The moment she saw Thomas and Dog, shotguns in hand, murder in their eyes… She was afraid. She could see John, lying on the ground in a pool of his own blood, and she knew in her heart it was Thomas who had killed him. She watched in horror as Thomas’ abdomen bloomed red,finally noticing the blood on her brother’s hands, and letting out a small cry as she tried to run to him, only to be stopped by a harsh slap from her mother. She felt dizzy, but could clearly hear her mother calling James a monster, watching in horror as she held a gun to her head and pulled the trigger.

She fled back down to the servants, exclaiming in fear about what had happened, fearful of what would happen to her considering John’s father had always hated them. The servants quickly decided to get her as far away as they could, quickly grabbing what they would need before putting her in a carriage and taking her to the border with America. There, they sold off a few goods that they’d managed to grab, buying a house and starting a new life with the girl. Life wasn’t easy for them, but they did their best to keep going despite any challenges that came their way, and they quickly became quite adept at their new life.

### **On The Creation of Mutants**

Jennifer quickly became quite popular with the men in town, much to her displeasure, she’d much rather stay at home and tend to the animals they had on the property, and those she’d befriended nearby. But after a while, a man from the nearby mill had become tired of her rejecting his advances, and had decided to take matters into his own hands. On her next trip into town to buy material for new dresses, he tried to force her to accept his hand, making multiple advances that she quickly shot down. He quickly became enraged, raising a hand to strike her, when she suddenly felt something snapped from the fear alone of what could happen, and she struck him first. She watched as red lines appeared over his chest, knocking him back a few paces, and quickly turned to run from him.

She remained at home, hidden away from the town, trying to comprehend what had happened. Eventually, she came to the conclusion, she must be a monster like her brother. She decided to remain at home from then on, avoiding contact from that point on, fearing the monster inside. But eventually, she started venturing out to the woods around their house, finding peace in the animals who seemed to understand her.

### **The Future Isn't Near, It's Here.**

A few years later, she was out on a walk when suddenly she saw a face she’d only seen in her nightmares… Dog had found her. He looked different, his clothing was foreign, and he looked far older than he should have… For a moment she’d mistaken him for his father. She turned to run, but before she could, he had her held in his arms, threatening to harm her if she didn’t go with him. She quickly gave in, holding onto his jacket as he’d told her to, when she blinked as he pulled out a gem, and suddenly the scenery was completely different. Gone was her home, replaced with buildings made of stone that reached up to the sky. She didn’t know it, but he’d taken her to the future, he had plans for her after all.

He kept her captive for a week, hidden in the back of a semi truck, bound and barely fed. When she was finally removed from the truck, he quickly threw her to the floor and bound her to a pipe in the middle of a warehouse. She had no idea what was happening, she only moved as far away from his imposing figure as she could. She waited for what seemed like hours, watching as Dog prepped an array of weapons, a sadistic grin on his face when the sounds of fighting could be heard outside. He came to stand by her, a shotgun aimed at her face, when the doors burst open and a group of people suddenly appeared. One of them seemed eerily familiar, and when his scent hit her nose, she knew… James.

She watched as he flinched, tears building in her eyes, wondering how she was going to get out of this mess. She tuned out the fight, ignoring the men as she instead focused on her abilities, she hadn’t used them like this in years… But she knew in her heart that she could. She closed her eyes, imagining the bears she used to watch back home, when she suddenly heard an audible snap. The chains had been broken, and she quickly removed them from her wrists, fleeing to the outside of the complex so she could be safe until James was done.

When he came out, his wounds still healing a bit, she simply waited for him to approach. They shared a silent conversation, before she simply ran to him and embraced him, calling him by his name and sobbing onto his shoulder. She had no idea what was happening, and James was the only familiar thing in sight after all. After a moment of gruffly calming her down, he quickly introduced her to Xavier, who brought her to the mansion and set about helping her understand her abilities. And after a few months of adjustment, she eventually used her own memories to help James remember more about their lives together, as a family.

She quickly took to the training they offered her, gaining more control over her “mutation” as they called it, and finding out more and more about what she could do. She eventually learned to tame the monster, finding a family with the X-Men, and she loved every minute of it.