Disclaimer: I do not own X-men Evolution, any of its characters...anything. Please don't sue me... I have no money. Sobs
Author: I've only seen the first season of X-men Evolution but I do have vague knowledge of the newbies like Bobby (iceman), Jubilee (oooo firework thingies) Jamie (duplicates?) and the rest from the second season but if someone could put the others names and powers in a review I'd really appreciate it!
Please review but no mean flames!
Chapter One: The Letter
It was a Saturday. A nice sunny Saturday afternoon. The institute garden seemed to shine with dew and life as little blue birds flirted in the sky.
Everybody has to love weekends, right? Everyone looks forward to them as much as they do getting mail! There are many advantages of weekends- no school, no early mornings, no stress!
It was breakfast in the Institute for Gifted Youngsters and already fights were breaking out between its younger teenager residents. It was early in the morning for purposes of early training sessions in a room referred to as "The Danger Room" which of course could not be a good thing. Teenagers in the morning could not be a good thing.
Kitty complained bitterly about wanting to have her breakfast in peace and preferably quiet as she attacked her healthy fruit and mineral water breakfast, Rogue looked like she usually did- annoyed and a little uneasy in case anybody dared to come too close, Evan was skateboarding around the kitchen in a suspected deliberate attempt to annoy an already distracted Scott Summer, Scott was trying to get in control of the situation but with Ray and Bobby fighting it was a difficult thing to do!
Scott was perhaps the easiest person to stress out and with the threat of the kitchen either being frozen or blown up- he was indeed stressed and therefore making the efforts of Bobby and Ray more meaningful.
Jamie had obviously fallen or something because five of him walked into the room and received a collective groan from everyone at the breakfast table with a few students instantly diving to get food before 'Jamie' could.
Jean wasn't up yet; either that or she was fixing her hair- this was a long running joke- how long did it take Jean to get ready?
Everyone else was around, Ororo making more breakfast calmly ignoring the chaos, the Professor in his study no doubt concerned about a new mutant somewhere in the world, Beast upside down somewhere. etc
Amara was making a comment about peasants when she suddenly stopped and asked, "Where's Kurt?"
Silence greeted her question and then a more excited, curious, buzz of talking filled the void.
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Upstairs leaning on the wall next to his window, Kurt wasn't looking very well. He stood barely visible in his own room, hiding and almost invisible in the shadows though it was most likely an unconscious attempt to disappear.
"I'm an experiment" Kurt slowly struggled over the words in his soft voice.
The letter had only arrived this morning, and he'd only read it a few seconds ago. Kurt had thought it was odd that he'd got mail that wasn't claiming he'd won something or was post marked from his adopted parent but still he'd opened the pale blue envelope with his prized antique letter opener. He didn't know who sent it and at this point in time- he didn't care why.
The only thing he cared about was what it said and that who ever wrote it knew his name, Mystic's name, Magneto's, dates and his life history. It had words talking about a castle, vaguely about Magneto and Mystic but its conclusion struck Kurt, hard, with a - you were an experiment.
The writing was scrolled as if written in a hurry or a least made to look like it had been written in a hurry and it held words that Kurt had seriously never knew he'd dreaded.
Perhaps he could and should have just scrunched it up into a ball and threw it in the bin but this letter made sense, and in Kurt's mind - being an experiment was worse than being a mutant- somehow it just did.
Kurt looked at his holographic hands, the fingers formed in twos and then his thumbs. He moved them into fists and then stretched them out. He switched off his hologram.
The paper with the cruel words of the truth had long since dropped to the floor.
Denial could have been a possible way-to-go, but this letter - it made sense.... even for a mutant he was considered odd, scary most of the time.
He saw it everyday when he didn't have his hologram shield on. He saw it in their eyes- Jubilee, Bobby, Ray, Amara and even Kitty, when he teleported next to her or flirted with her. All of them at one point had that look, even Scott who had hesitated with shaking Kurt's hand the very first time they had met.
That look of- you're beyond a freak, dude where did you come from?
This institute was a home for 'the gifted', Kurt frowned, but he wasn't gifted- he was an experiment.
This led to lots of questions such as- was his own mutant powers natural? Did Mystic, his own mother apparently, know that Magneto was using him as an experiment? What was Magneto trying to do?!!!
Kurt got angry which was only natural but he also felt horrible, like he didn't deserve to even be here. He wasn't exactly his greatest fan (a massive understatement), and he probably hated himself more than the average self-disgusted person but now... he couldn't stand it!!!! He couldn't stand the way he looked, what he was; he had no right to be here!
One of his comforts was the fact that although he was a freak but he was classified as a mutant- he was not alone- there were other mutants, people that he could somehow relate to but now…he somehow didn't feel that he could, he was just too different.
Kurt paused his line of thought, squeezing his eyes shut to prevent tears. Who else knew about this? Did the professor know?!
Bamf
Author: sorry its not much but I don't think there's much point in writing a huge first chapter if it no ones even reading, so I thought I'd start small and work from there ;)
In next weeks: Kurt seeks out Xavier. What will the Professor say/do?
In other news: who did send that letter?
Plz review!
Ps. don't be surprised if I slip Gambit in somewhere…. I love him!!!
Author: I've only seen the first season of X-men Evolution but I do have vague knowledge of the newbies like Bobby (iceman), Jubilee (oooo firework thingies) Jamie (duplicates?) and the rest from the second season but if someone could put the others names and powers in a review I'd really appreciate it!
Please review but no mean flames!
Chapter One: The Letter
It was a Saturday. A nice sunny Saturday afternoon. The institute garden seemed to shine with dew and life as little blue birds flirted in the sky.
Everybody has to love weekends, right? Everyone looks forward to them as much as they do getting mail! There are many advantages of weekends- no school, no early mornings, no stress!
It was breakfast in the Institute for Gifted Youngsters and already fights were breaking out between its younger teenager residents. It was early in the morning for purposes of early training sessions in a room referred to as "The Danger Room" which of course could not be a good thing. Teenagers in the morning could not be a good thing.
Kitty complained bitterly about wanting to have her breakfast in peace and preferably quiet as she attacked her healthy fruit and mineral water breakfast, Rogue looked like she usually did- annoyed and a little uneasy in case anybody dared to come too close, Evan was skateboarding around the kitchen in a suspected deliberate attempt to annoy an already distracted Scott Summer, Scott was trying to get in control of the situation but with Ray and Bobby fighting it was a difficult thing to do!
Scott was perhaps the easiest person to stress out and with the threat of the kitchen either being frozen or blown up- he was indeed stressed and therefore making the efforts of Bobby and Ray more meaningful.
Jamie had obviously fallen or something because five of him walked into the room and received a collective groan from everyone at the breakfast table with a few students instantly diving to get food before 'Jamie' could.
Jean wasn't up yet; either that or she was fixing her hair- this was a long running joke- how long did it take Jean to get ready?
Everyone else was around, Ororo making more breakfast calmly ignoring the chaos, the Professor in his study no doubt concerned about a new mutant somewhere in the world, Beast upside down somewhere. etc
Amara was making a comment about peasants when she suddenly stopped and asked, "Where's Kurt?"
Silence greeted her question and then a more excited, curious, buzz of talking filled the void.
---------------------------------------------------
Upstairs leaning on the wall next to his window, Kurt wasn't looking very well. He stood barely visible in his own room, hiding and almost invisible in the shadows though it was most likely an unconscious attempt to disappear.
"I'm an experiment" Kurt slowly struggled over the words in his soft voice.
The letter had only arrived this morning, and he'd only read it a few seconds ago. Kurt had thought it was odd that he'd got mail that wasn't claiming he'd won something or was post marked from his adopted parent but still he'd opened the pale blue envelope with his prized antique letter opener. He didn't know who sent it and at this point in time- he didn't care why.
The only thing he cared about was what it said and that who ever wrote it knew his name, Mystic's name, Magneto's, dates and his life history. It had words talking about a castle, vaguely about Magneto and Mystic but its conclusion struck Kurt, hard, with a - you were an experiment.
The writing was scrolled as if written in a hurry or a least made to look like it had been written in a hurry and it held words that Kurt had seriously never knew he'd dreaded.
Perhaps he could and should have just scrunched it up into a ball and threw it in the bin but this letter made sense, and in Kurt's mind - being an experiment was worse than being a mutant- somehow it just did.
Kurt looked at his holographic hands, the fingers formed in twos and then his thumbs. He moved them into fists and then stretched them out. He switched off his hologram.
The paper with the cruel words of the truth had long since dropped to the floor.
Denial could have been a possible way-to-go, but this letter - it made sense.... even for a mutant he was considered odd, scary most of the time.
He saw it everyday when he didn't have his hologram shield on. He saw it in their eyes- Jubilee, Bobby, Ray, Amara and even Kitty, when he teleported next to her or flirted with her. All of them at one point had that look, even Scott who had hesitated with shaking Kurt's hand the very first time they had met.
That look of- you're beyond a freak, dude where did you come from?
This institute was a home for 'the gifted', Kurt frowned, but he wasn't gifted- he was an experiment.
This led to lots of questions such as- was his own mutant powers natural? Did Mystic, his own mother apparently, know that Magneto was using him as an experiment? What was Magneto trying to do?!!!
Kurt got angry which was only natural but he also felt horrible, like he didn't deserve to even be here. He wasn't exactly his greatest fan (a massive understatement), and he probably hated himself more than the average self-disgusted person but now... he couldn't stand it!!!! He couldn't stand the way he looked, what he was; he had no right to be here!
One of his comforts was the fact that although he was a freak but he was classified as a mutant- he was not alone- there were other mutants, people that he could somehow relate to but now…he somehow didn't feel that he could, he was just too different.
Kurt paused his line of thought, squeezing his eyes shut to prevent tears. Who else knew about this? Did the professor know?!
Bamf
Author: sorry its not much but I don't think there's much point in writing a huge first chapter if it no ones even reading, so I thought I'd start small and work from there ;)
In next weeks: Kurt seeks out Xavier. What will the Professor say/do?
In other news: who did send that letter?
Plz review!
Ps. don't be surprised if I slip Gambit in somewhere…. I love him!!!