Moonstar (PG)

Danielle Moonstar or Dani for short, has a few aliases, including the code name Mirage. To begin, Danielle Moonstar is a Native American of the Cheyenne Nation. Her mutant powers emerged at puberty. See, Dani had the ability to manifest visions of peoples' greatest fears and desires. She, however, could not control these powers, manifesting the images at unexpected moments alienated her from everyone in her community. That is, except for her parents William and Peg Lonestar, and her grandfather, the chief and shaman Black Eagle.

When Dani first became a student of Charles Xavier's, she was a young Cheyenne woman with a deep distrust of Caucasians believing them all to be her enemy. In time, she would learn to control her psychic abilities. However, as time went on she began to develop a close familial bond with her fellow young mutants, and become co-captain of her X-Men team.

After helping Prof. Xavier and other young mutants he had enlisted in defeating Black Eagle's murderer, Dani and the other young mutants became members of his new team, the New Mutants. This group of included young superhuman mutants whom Prof. Xavier trained to control and use their powers at the School for Gifted Youngsters. Moonstar decided to remain with them to honor her late grandfather's request, despite her initial hatred of all Caucasians, she soon came to regard her fellow New Mutants as close friends, regardless of their racial background. Dani became an especial friend of Rahne Sinclair (Wolfsbane), in part due to the psychic rapport they shared when Wolfsbane was in non-human form.

"We may have lost the battle, guys -- but maybe, just maybe -- we'll win the war!" - Dani Moonstar (Earth - 616)

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