The Magnetic Timeline changes my timing when I add a cross disolve.

I am enjoying the FCP X but I am having a serious problem that I can't seem to shake. I am woking on a music video where I have a clip above my storyline that I want to fade in and out of view. In FCP 7 I could put the video in track 2 then add a cross disolve to the track and bam I have got a fade in out for the clip. My problem in FCP X is as follows:
1. I have a long clip in my main story line that is timed with music so it cannot be moved.
2. I have a daughter clip above it that is croped to be a partial frame.
3. I create a compound clip from the piece of the main storyline and the daughter clip.
4. I add a Cross Disolve from the transitions menu.
5. Now the music track is longer than the storyline, because the magnetic timeline litterly shortened the storyline.
I also tried making the daughter clip it's own storyline and still the cross disolve transition physically shortens my timeline rather than using the handles of the file. I have litterly hours on each side of the clip so it is not that. Any ideas or am I stuck keyframing to death.

I tried the new story line, but it still will take the edit point of my blade cut in the clip and treats it like the very begining of the file rather than some where in the middle. Maybe I am blind, but here is the problem as it stands in my mind:
When you use the blade tool in FCP X to cut a clip it treats the two pieces like whole clips that have no handles. In FCP 7 when you cut a clip with the blade and copied it, it still knew that it was part of a larger clip and would go back in time to find handle info for transitions. FCP X seems like it can't do this which means it trashes my timing in order to make handles.
If you can solve this riddle that would be great. It almost feels like a program flaw that will have to be solved in an update. Empisis on SOLVED in an update! (Just in case apple is reading)

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