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Galactus briefly powered up Dazzler to cosmic scale and temporarily turned her into his herald to hunt down Terrax, the former occupant of the position, as he had abused his powers. [Dazzler #10-11] - Submitted by Tetragene
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Trying to cope with what had happened to her, Illyana told nobody about her experiences in Limbo. She kept her abilities, both mutant and magical, hidden from Xavier, the X-Men and the new team, the New Mutants, none of whom wanted to put her under pressure. Xavier noted, though, that she had an unusually  strong protection against telepathy that was unlikely to be natural. Being roommates, she forged a special relationship with Kitty who was now about the same age as her. During a session in the Danger Room, Illyana volunteered to program the session. Whether deliberately or not she called up holograms of Belasco, S’ym and Limbo. As Kitty asked what she was thinking Illyana went from a trance into a murderous rage and manifested her Soulsword, managing to injure Kitty with it, even though the other girl was phasing. Illyana broke down afterwards, telling Kitty that she remembered what had happened to her. [Uncanny X-Men #171]
 On the night of her fourteenth birthday S’ym appeared in the mansion, sent by Belasco to retrieve Illyana. To buy herself time Illyana teleported the New Mutants through Limbo (this is the scene that Illyana witnessed years earlier) back into the house to help her fight the demon. Even though the New Mutants did their best, in the end it was Illyana who defeated S’ym using her Soulsword. With a forgetting spell she made sure that her sorcery remained secret, although she admitted being a mutant with teleportation capabilities, meaning that from that point on she studied with the New Mutants. [New Mutants (1st series) #14]
When the X-Men were away and Kitty Pryde got kidnapped by the White Queen, Illyana had to reveal that she was a sorceress to the New Mutants, which earned her the distrust of several of her teammates, especially the extremely religious Wolfsbane. Using a scrying spell she had learned of Kitty’s fate and the group attempted a rescue mission, but they were tricked by the White Queen. She had the mutants attacked by her own team, the Hellions, and invaded the New Mutants’ minds. Only in the last instant Illyana - whose mind was closed to telepaths - was able to teleport herself and Mirage away to Limbo. There Danielle learned what a nightmare Illyana’s childhood must have been and Illyana realized that she would always have to teleport via Limbo, since the stepping disks she controlled were parts of that dimension. After having a rest they tried to go back to the Massachusetts Academy, but Illyana’s control over the stepping disks wasn’t very accurate and they emerged over a year in the future, where they saw their former friends as loyal Hellions. In a second attempt Illyana got it almost right as they materialized a few days after their teammates‘ capture. Daring the Hellions for a duel over their friends a fight started, which soon was interrupted by the White Queen. In the confusion Kitty was able to cause the training room to malfunction; while everyone was getting to safety, Illyana teleported the whole group back to Salem Center. [New Mutants (1st series) #15-17]
 At a time when several members of the team were absent, the X-Men found themselves fighting against the Dire Wraiths, an alien race with magical abilities. Hopelessly outnumbered, Professor Xavier sent Illyana to aid them. Up until now, she had kept her skills as both mutant and sorceress secret from her brother, fearing his reaction, but there was no more hiding possible. Once the villains were defeated, Illyana confessed to Piotr what she had experienced in Limbo and, naturally, he comforted her and promised to be there for her. [Uncanny X-Men #188]
 Later when Danielle Moonstar was attacked by the Demon Bear, who was believed to have killed her parents, it was Illyana with her Soulsword who defeated the bear by disrupting the spell that had imprisoned Dani’s parents in its spirit form. Strangely the injuries Illyana received in the fight were covered by pieces of silvery armor and her Soulsword changed its look from a “light-sabre” to a more traditional medieval sword. [New Mutants (1st series) #18-20]
Worried, Xavier discussed Illyana with Dr. Strange, the Sorcerer Supreme. Dr. Strange explained that there was no further tutoring in magic that Illyana would benefit from. He advised Xavier to focus on the growth of her spirit, which she could best achieve with the help of her friends. [Uncanny X-Men #191]
When the alien Warlock came to Xavier’s mansion and inadvertently attacked Illyana and Lockheed (not recognizing organic beings as sentient lifeforms), Illyana teleported herself and the dragon to Limbo. Hoping to cure herself of the techno-organic virus Warlock had infected her with, she cut herself with her Soulsword. She awoke in another part of the galaxy on a space ship where clones of the X-Men had fallen under the control of the Brood.  Illyana and Lockheed defeated the Brood and Illyana later used her magicks to cure the fake X-Men, even subtly changing them to give them identities of their own. She then put them back on the spaceship as guardians to the sleeping crew. [New Mutants (1st series) #21, 63]
Illyana’s sorcery also came in handy when her teammates Rahne and Sunspot had accidentally acquired the light and darkness based powers of Cloak and Dagger. With the help of Rogue and Xavier, Magik was able to exorcise her friends, transferring the powers back to Tyrone and Tandy, but Illyana also discovered that the eldritch armor appeared now each time she used her powers and each time it covered her body a little more. [New Mutants (1st series) #24-25]
When a strange hooded man appeared to her warning her of impending doom Illyana grew scared. Her fears became certainty when during a game of “truth or dare” Sunspot dared her to teleport the New Mutants into the future. There they crashed a reunion of the elder New Mutants and unfortunately learned that Illyana was dead, a victim of a mutant-killing virus called Legacy. Illyana angrily teleported to Limbo where she was expected by the hooded man, who was revealed to be her  eldest brother Mikhail. Mikhail promised to save her, much to the happiness of Illyana and the younger mutants. Their older versions were hesitant though, as they knew Mikhail to be a villain. The two teams fought and the fight was decided by Karma, who turned against her teammates, the elder mutants, as she more than most of the others knew what it meant to lose a beloved sibling. Mikhail performed an operation on Illyana with his own powers, allegedly changing the genetic sequences that made her vulnerable to the virus. However Cypher snooped a little later and learned that Mikhail was the one who had been infected and that he had transferred the infection to Illyana hoping her magically altered body could withstand the disease. Illyana threatened her brother, but he fled and the younger New Mutants, angry and sad, left as well, after Karma had telepathically erased their memories of that tragic day. [New Mutants: Truth or Death #1-3]
Following the kidnappers of their teammates Sunspot and Magma, Cannonball and Magik ended up fighting alongside Magneto and the X-Men against the omnipotent Beyonder. Curious, the Beyonder perceived Illyana’s demonic side and pulled it to the fore. Mad, Illyana teleported herself and those around her to Limbo, where she raged, until Kitty grabbed her Soulsword and restored Illyana to normal (another sign of the link they shared). [New Mutants (1st series) #29-30, Secret Wars II #1]
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