public class OrbModel
    {
        public String Name { get; set; }
        [XmlArray]
        public List<Orb> Orbs { get; set; }
    }

        public static XDocument GetSerializer(System.Object item)
        {
            StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
            XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(item.GetType());
            xs.Serialize(sw, item);
            XDocument ser = XDocument.Parse(sw.GetStringBuilder().ToString());
            return ser;
        }

        public static Object GetDeserializer(String path, System.Object item)
        {
            StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(path);
            XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(item.GetType());
            return xs.Deserialize(sr);
        }