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Title:
Reflections Chapter1
Summary: I
love X-treme title. This is just a small work to show what would Storm would
think of the change that occurred within the friends she left behind and things
in general.
Let it be
clear from the outset: I do not spy on anybody! Nor do I wish too.
So I will
not be diverging the fact that I spotted Emma Frost passionately kissing Scott
Summers in the kitchen this morning.
And I certainly will not let it slip that Scott answered Emma's kiss
with equal passion. I do not think they saw me; I was huddled in the kitchen
corner trying not to be seen while I was sipping my tea. I am a morning person
unlike many other X-Men, so I try to get some peace and quiet by sitting in the
corner not to be startled by someone who accidentally woke up before 10am.
I am
however getting ahead of myself. After we found and destroyed Destiny's diaries
we returned to Westchester. What we found was that the mansion became a school
for mutants, open for all not just the select few. Although this change is
positive our teammates have changed drastically and not necessarily for the
best.
The
PROFESSOR is still angry with me for having done what I did, although he
rationally approves of my decision he is emotionally hurt that I did not trust
him and even suspected him being behind some of our enemies. Our friendship is
torn and it will take a very long time for it to heal.
LOGAN
mercifully is still very much like I remember him, although he became calmer
and gentler. Logan has always been very gentle but it was evident to very few
people. Only those who knew him very well, like Kitty, Jubilee and I knew the
gentleness of his heart hidden behind the gruff exterior. Now, it is more
evident and students flock to him. He is still Logan but more accessible to
others.
JEAN, my
heart breaks when I see how she changed. Scott and her are drifting apart more
and more everyday and she cannot bear it. I always thought that in their
relationship Scott gave Jean more love than she gave back, now I see it is the
other way around She feels shut out; she no longer can feel their bond. She
tried everything to get him back. Even tried to make him jealous by kissing
Logan in front of him. Not the brightest thing she could come with but she was
desperate. I fear for their marriage. She is so unhappy.
SCOTT is
the one whose change was the most drastic. He is more open with his feelings.
He is surer of himself, far more relaxed. He looks like a man who faced his
demons and won. That I think made him reevaluate his life and people in it. He
has a new outlook on life and I am afraid not all the change that occurred
within him was positive.
HANK has
changed form yet again. He now looks more like his former self before he set up
that tragic experiment. He is still blue but his fur is gone, his features are
like any other human. He loves that form since it allows him to continue his
research more efficiently. Jean has become quite a scientist since most of the
time she spends helping Hank in his lab and teaching some classes. It makes
feel better I think.
EMMA FROST,
I never liked her. Now that I am forced to work with her I like even less.
Spoiled and haughty she grates my nerves. Her second mutation to be
invulnerable made her puffed up with her own self-importance than she is almost
intolerable. She and Scott are inseparable lately. They became great friends in
the past 2 years and that helped to alienate Scott from his wife even more. She
often acts like she already has Scott. Needless to say that in the few Danger
Room sessions I managed to 'accidentally' let a few lightning bolts fly very
near her. That made her very uncomfortable. Admittedly it was not nice but I
have the nasty habit to be prejudiced towards people who hurt my friends.
JUBILEE who
had recently came to be an X-Man has matured; she is busy studying part-time in
one of the correspondence universities. She has greater control of her powers
and her personality continues to be sunny despite the hardships she endured.
However the hostility between her and Jean she cannot disguise. She believes,
quite strongly, that Jean's attraction to Logan spoiled his life and brought
complications to her own. I think she's jealous of Logan's former attentions to
Jean. Alas life is more complicated when it comes to relationships, things are
never clearly defined.
Feedback would be nice as long as it is constructive.