Trance (Hope Abbott) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A mutant, Hope attended the Xavier Institute before its closing. She retained her powers after M-Day and is a member of the X-Men's training squad.

Hope was raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. When Hope's powers manifested, it appeared as if a ghost had come out of her body, giving her father a heart attack. Her parents then sent her to the Xavier Institute, believing that she would be "cured".

While at the institute, Hope was put in the Paragons Squad under the watch of Wolfsbane. Hope then took on the codename Trance. When it was outed that Wolfsbane and Elixir had been in a relationship, Wolfsbane decided to leave. Magma then took over as the squad's advisor.^{[volume & issue needed]}

After the events of "Decimation", when the Scarlet Witch depowered most mutants, Hope was one of the few mutants to retain her powers. Greatly weakened by the losses, Emma Frost placed all of the remaining students into an all-out brawl to determine who would become the team of X-Men in-training. Hope did not make the team yet, like all of the other students who retained their powers, still resides at the institute.^{[volume & issue needed]}

In response to M-Day, the government began gathering all information they had on the remaining mutants. Additionally, the Sentinel Squad O*N*E, a team of human-piloted Sentinels, was sent to "watch over" the X-Men and the remaining mutants, known as The 198. According to said files, Hope was willing to work with other mutants in training sessions but had not yet received any combat experience.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Trance is among the students who were captured by Belasco and transported to Limbo. As per X-23's request, Trance uses her astral projection to warn the other students of Belasco's return. Thanks to Trance, the students were successfully saved and brought back by the X-Men.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Trance was present at the Institute when Predator X attacked the school. Trance barely got out of the way in time. Unfortunately the school was shut down and all the students were sent home.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Blindfold had a vision and informed the X-Men that Trance was going to be in trouble. While having dinner with her family, Trance's home was attacked by Orphan-Maker on Nanny's orders, targeting her parents. Luckily, Wolverine had been sent by the X-Men to watch over her. Springing to action, Wolverine tries to fight off Orphan-Maker but is overpowered. With a change of plans, Trance and Wolverine are kidnapped. Trance is later seen tied to a chair with Wolverine chained to the ground. Trance, believing that Wolverine will save them, refuses to use her powers. After realizing that Wolverine cannot help her, she astral projects outside her body and begins blasting Nanny and Orphan-Maker. The two villains eventually eject in an escape pod, leaving the ship to crash. Using her energy blasts, Trance disables the self-destruct timer. The ship crashes in a lake, but Trance and Wolverine are safe.^{[volume & issue needed]}