After her older brother Sam's mutant powers manifested and he joined the New Mutants, Paige tried many things to discover whether she was also a mutant, but became frustrated after many failures. Venting her anger, Paige finally found that her power was to shed her skin.

At some point, Paige was invited to the Mutant nation of Krakoa, created by Charles Xavier, Magneto, and Moira X. While there, she joined Cyclops' team on a mission to destroy Mother Mold before the creation of Nimrod. The whole team was killed, but not before they managed to destroy Mothermold.

Paige is presented as an overachieving and driven young woman.