Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men: Evolution or any Marvel character no matter how much I wish it. Only my OCs are mine.
Important:
I'm altering Lorna's family history to fit in with my AGU series
so Mrs. Dane (who I'm naming Denise) is her biological mother not
her adopted mother like in the comics. Also this takes place shortly
after Adjustments
Wanda and Lorna
Chapter 1: Family
Wanda had no idea if this was a good idea, she was packing up her suitcase and trying to think of a good reason not to go for the hundredth time but she also needed to go and do this. What was heavy on her mind was a visit to her newly found half-sister Lorna Dane. Ever since they found out they were related it was strange for both of them.
But for Wanda it was a chance to have a relationship with a family member. Her father was out of the question and she wouldn't talk to Pietro, she was still angry with him for lying to her all this time about her memories being messed with. So now she had a little sister in the world. Lorna was actually pretty nice and kind of sweet girl too.
But Wanda had never been a big sister before, well at least like with this given the fact unlike with Pietro, Lorna was a few years younger then her. She sighed as she finished backing. Lorna had managed to talk her into visiting her and her mother for the weekend so they could catch up with each other.
It took some time but Wanda eventually agreed to it. "How's it goin'?" Came the southern voice of her roommate Rogue. She had just walked in seeing her there, truth was both of them had gotten on each other's nerves despite the fact they were a lot alike. Although it might be that fact that caused the friction well that was mainly over with by now.
"Done, you already want to have the room to yourself?" She asked picking up the suitcase. "Or do you just want a place where you and your boyfriend can go and not be interrupted."
Rogue's cheeks blushed slightly but she recovered, "That's none of your business."
"Yeah just don't use my bed remember?"
Rogue rolled her eyes, ever since it got out that she and her boyfriend had taken their relationship to a more intimate lever they both had been pestered with comments like this. In fact they hadn't been intimate since their time in Town X, "God we don't look for places to have sex all tha tahme, what is it with people here?"
"Don't know, don't care." Wanda simply said.
Rogue looked at her for a moment, "Ya nervous?"
"No…well…maybe a little…" She admitted.
"Yeah well trust meh, it was weird for meh when ah found out Kurt was mah brother." She was still working on her relationship with her brother but it was going pretty well. After she smashed that statue of their mother she was afraid that they would never be close again. Thankfully they had repaired their relationship.
"Yeah but did you ever had to meet Kurt's parents?" Wanda asked her.
"Well…no…he wants meh ta meet them and he said they would like ta, but I'm a little unsure."
"Yeah…I think I know…I mean I do want to get to know my own little sister but it's meeting her mom that's going to really be the hard part." Wanda was nervous that Lorna's mother may not like her but there was also something else. Mainly the answers about her father that Lorna's mother could give her. But that was more of a personal nature and he didn't want to voice that.
"Well anyway, good luck." Wanda nodded to Rogue and left to meet Ororo. She would drive her to the airport where she could catch a flight to meet her sister in the city she lived in. It turns out that Lorna and her mother lived in Minneapolis. Truth was she had never traveled that much anyway and it would be nice to get out of all the craziness around here for a bit. Plus the new construction was starting up and she didn't want to have to listen to that building all day long again.
She found Storm waiting her, "Well then you ready?"
Wanda sighed, "Why does everyone keep asking me that?"
"Sorry but it's not everyday you find a lost sibling and are going to spend time with them." She gently told as she opened the front doors for them. Wanda had to admit she had a point and Ororo was one of the few people here she was starting to really respect. Ororo was seen as kind of like the surrogate mother to everyone and Wanda often wondered if her own mother was like her. Although she would never know, she really didn't have any memories of her own mother.
Ororo was driving them to the airport, Xavier was kind enough to give her a round ticket which she thanked him of course. The car ride was pretty silent except Wanda had a lot on her mind. She thought about asking Scott and Rogue about finding their own siblings but then again they both had younger brothers not sisters. Sam did have Paige but then again they grew up with each other. She heard Jean had a sister and thought of asking her about their relationship but in the end she wasn't sure.
Xavier was helping her to break out of her shell as he put it but she was still learning how to be social with others. Making friends and opening up to others was still new to her. She knew that Sarah, the clone known also as X23 could related she bet.
After awhile she thought of Ororo, out of everyone she knew she guessed she could trust her the most with this, "Ororo…what's it like…having a sister?"
Storm was caught off guard by that and thought about it, "Well it can be both wonderful and yet also difficult. For the longest time after out parents death we only had each other, we were very close, we had to be. I love my sister and I honestly don't want to think of my life without her, she's was my only family for the longest time. Then when Evan left us…well…she blamed me," Ororo sighed remembering those longs months that they never talked to each other. Then one day she got a phone call from her and they got to talking, "I honestly don't blame her for being angry, I was supposed to take care of him and he just left."
"From what I heard he was kind of trouble…and from what I've seen I know you guys most likely did you best. It's his fault he was stupid enough to just leave not yours." Wanda said, maybe it was a bit harsh but honestly she just didn't get that Evan guy. He had friends, family that cared and what did he do when things got ugly? He ran to the sewers. She just didn't understand that kind of decision.
"It's just that…I have no idea how a relationship with a sister is supposed to work…I mean I barely had a relationship with Pietro and he's my twin."
Now Ororo felt she was getting to the heart of the matter of what she was worried about, "Wanda I can't tell you that, no one can. Ever relationship is different and you just have to learn between the two of you just how it will work. I know that's not the answer you're looking for but sometimes we get answers that we need more then what we want."
"You sound like Beast," The goth teen said with a small smirk.
Now Ororo smiled, "I'll take that as a compliment, but Lorna seemed to wants to have a relationship with you so build on that. I know this isn't easy but trust me, it would be nice for you to have family you can turn to."
Wanda thought that over, it would be nice to have someone in her family she could talk to and stuff. When they got the airport Wanda thanked Ororo for the ride and got her plane ticket out and looked for her plane. She kept her suitcase there was no way she was going to trust these people with some of the few possessions she had and she heard the stories of people losing their luggage.
She was however surprised where her seat was, she was thinking she was going to be in coach but when she had a hard time finding her seat one of those stewardesses (who was a bit too perky for Wanda's tastes) showed her to first class. She really felt Xavier had done too much at that point. She felt kind of bad how much he had been helping her out so much lately, she owned him a lot by now, taking her in, helping her with her anger, giving her an education actually taking an interests in her future. Now this, she wondered if any of the others felt like they took advantage of his good nature sometimes like she was now?
She sat in her seat and decided to just enjoy it, besides this might be the only time she flies outside of that X-Jet thing. The flight was actually kind of relaxing, good food and a nice movie showed. She guessed one of the advantages of being locked up for so long was that there were a lot of movies and stuff she hadn't seen yet.
She managed to take a nap during the flight and it was pretty peaceful for the most part when she woke up it was about ten minutes until landing and so she stretched herself out. Wanda was glad she hadn't had a nightmare she suddenly realized, her powers going off while in a plane wasn't a good thing. Next time she'd try to spend the time awake. They landed pretty much without any problems but that didn't stop Wanda's heart from hammering in her chest. She was nervous more then ever because there was no going back now.
She got her luggage and walked off the plane wondering where she was going to meet Lorna, she was supposed to meet her here…At least she thought it was here.
"Wanda!" She turned her head at the voice and saw a green haired girl a couple of years younger then her in blue jeans and a T-shirt that matched her hair run over to her smiling. When Lorna got close she hugged her and Wanda was still a bit unused to shows of affection but it was nice that someone wanted to hug her at least. Lorna pulled back and placed some of her green curly hair behind an ear, "So how was the flight?"
She just shrugged, "It was okay, it was my first flight so I got nothing to compare it with really."
"Well then I'm glad you came, I mean I guess we both got a lot to discuss and all plus…well…I just wanted to really get to know you." Lorna told her a little shy about it. Truth was Lorna was just as nervous about this whole thing as well. All her life she had been an only child and had never known her father and her mother had never remarried. Her husband had died shortly before meeting Eric Lensherr
"So…is your mother here?" Wanda asked after a small uncomfortable silence.
"Oh yeah and she really wants to meet you."
That caught her off guard, "Really? Why?"
"Well she never knew what happened to…well Magneto…although she didn't know who he was until I had to tell her," Lorna's face fell at that, the day she told her mother about finding her father and that she had and older brother and sister her mother was happy and asked her what happened to him.
She had to tell her the truth and to say her mother was socked let alone kind of crushed at what became of him wasn't an exaggeration. She guessed that one day she had hoped that he would come back. Wanda never guessed that Lorna's mother would have her own questions. They walked through the airport and found themselves in the parking lot and there was a woman who looked a lot like Lorna only with brown hair. They both shared the same dark green eyes so Wanda guessed her sister got that from her mother and not her mutation.
It seemed that Lorna took after her mother, well that was better then her father at least. Even Wanda didn't like being related to that man. She walked up to the woman a little nervous but she tried to hide it, "Hello Miss Dane."
She smiled warmly at Wanda, "Please just call me Denise," She seemed to be looking at her mostly she guessed for anything in her looks that she shared with her father. After a moment she looked into Wanda's eyes and saw something in them, "You have your father's eyes."
"Uh…yeah I do."
"Well then I'm glad to finally meet you, Lorna has been talking about nothing else but you…well…you and that boy from Bayville." She smiled and looked at her daughter.
"Mom!" Lorna whined, "Please don't bring that up, and she knew, she lives with Alex and his brother and friends remember?"
"Yes and I'll be sure to ask her about Alex so I can get an unbiased opinion of him as well," Denise Dane smiled as she got into the driver's seat all the while Lorna pegged her mother to stay out of her love life. Wanda took the back seat and just kind of watched this go on. She wondered if her own mother was still alive would this be the relationship she would have with her?
They drove through the city, it was an okay place Wanda thought, it was much bigger then Bayville and they seemed to be heading to a residential area. The travel took about twenty minutes and Wanda stayed silent most of the time unless it was to answer a few questions directed at her, so far Lorna's mother seemed like a good woman. She worked at a law firm apparently and was dating someone there as well, Loran seemed fined with it to Wanda and she would ask about that later.
They arrived at a nice white painted two story home, it was just your average home nothing special and they pulled into the garage. They got out and Wanda took out her suitcase, "Well then Lorna show your sister to where she'll be sleeping in the guest room."
"Aww mom, I was hoping she would want to spend the night in my room." Lorna pouted.
Denise looked to Wanda and she just shrugged, "Well I can set up in the guest for now we can see about that later," Wanda also wasn't sure she wanted to have another 'roommate' one was enough for her. The idea of sleeping alone in her own room sounded good but Lorna seemed to want to share a room with her. So she'd just wing it for now.
They walked up a few stairs as Denise opened the door and Wanda walked in last behind Lorna, the home was very nice looking, nothing really tacky but nothing really expensive either. It was a pretty nice place to live in her opinion. "Well come one," Lorna said tugging her free arm to a set of stairs up to the second level, "I'll show you to your room and then show you around."
Wanda let her little sister drag her upstairs wondering how the rest of the day will go from here.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 2: THE DANES
