When Kathy 'Kitty' Pryde decides to discover more about her superhuman abilities, it leads to her being enrolled in a very different school for gifted. Linked by an X factor in their genetic makeup, each of its members developed a different type of power - as well as a way of controlling it or, better yet, embracing it. While she discovers alongside her new companions what her gifts really mean, Kitty will also have to deal with a very different perspective on them, even in a world of superhumans. They didn't choose it, but they are the next rung on the human evolutionary ladder - but at what cost?