—Dani MoonstarIt's tempting, but...someone needs to teach the next generation.
Appearing in "The More Things Change..."
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Special Agent Justin Pierce (First appearance)
- Xavier Institute student body
- Sofia Mantega
- David Alleyne
- Laurie Collins
- Josh Foley
- Nori Ashida
- Julian Keller (Cameo)
- Cessily Kincaid (Cameo)
- Santo Vaccarro (Cameo)
- Victor Borkowski (Cameo)
- Adrian Defoe (Cameo)
- Abraham Verne (Cameo)
- Longneck (William Hanover) (Cameo)
- Gelatin (Carlo Brewster) (Cameo)
- Various other students
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Luna DePaula
- FBI
- Agent Burchett (First appearance)
- Agent Rhimes (First appearance)
- Wither (Kevin Ford) (Mentioned)
- Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (Mentioned)
- Magneto (Erik Magnus Lensherr) (Mentioned)
- Hellfire Club (Mentioned)
- Rahne's mother (Mentioned)
- Lila Cheney (Mentioned)
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Synopsis for "The More Things Change..."
At the Cage, off the coast of France, Justin Pierce visited his uncle Donald. Much to Justin's disapproval, his superiors offered to commute Donald's death sentence to a life sentence with no parole in exchange for testifying against Kevin Ford, although Donald wanted to be transferred to an American prison.
After Magneto and the Brotherhood attacked, Rahne, Xi'an, and Dani stood outside of the destroyed Xavier Institute when Sam, Roberto, and Amara arrived and reunited with them. After arriving at JFK Airport and being escorted through New York by the FBI, Donald Pierce escaped custody.
Rahne, Xi'an, Dani, Sam, Roberto, and Amara went to Grind Stone where Roberto attempted to flirt with Luna. When Dani asked Amara if she was going to teach at the school, the latter woman stood up and walked and Dani confronted her. They were interrupted when Agent Pierce informed Dani about his uncle's escape and revealed that they agreed to transfer him back into the U.S. in exchange for information on Kevin Ford. Dani informed the agent that Kevin left the school months ago, then informed her former teammates about the former student and Pierce.
15 miles from Salem Center, Duncan had brought the Reavers to Pierce, as well as his skin. The Reavers planned to attack the mutants and Pierce accepted Duncan's request to confront Josh. Meanwhile, Xavier's students slept in a crowded room in an X-Corp building after the school's destruction and Laurie suggested relocating to her mother's house. Sofia brought the idea up to Dani and Xi'an, but they rejected it, claiming that their current location was the safest place for them and informed them of Donald Pierce's escape. Then, Dani suggested luring out Pierce and Josh volunteered himself as bait. The F.B.I. alerted all nearby units that Josh would be moved onto the campus. Pierce, who had tapped into their communication, took the bait.
Sam and Rahne were about to share a kiss before the redhead detected Pierce approaching. Rahne transformed and charged at the Reavers while they cornered the rest of her former teammates. Sunspot and Xi'an attacked while Wolfsbane spared one of the Reavers as he begged for his life. Cannonball broke Pierce's blade before the lead Reaver was thrown to the ground by Dani and burned by Amara. Josh watched the battle from a window until it was over before returning to the X-Corp building. The former New Mutants watched Josh making them miss being a team, so Sam invited Dani to join the X-Men.
