Chapter 1: In the Darkness of Night
In the ebony, night skies above the mansion, a storm was brewing. Thick, dark clouds were spreading, choking out the stars, as thunder began to rumble ominously. Lightning danced among the clouds as an icy wind whipped through the trees. It was an unexpected event - one that even the greatest of meteorologists had missed, but it seemed determined that no one would be able to ignore its presence now that it had arrived.
Kurt Wagner had been sleeping soundly, but his eyes flew open as the thunder boomed loudly. He turned over towards the window, still mostly asleep as he snuggled deeper into the blankets. It felt like the temperature had dropped 20 degrees since he had went to bed. Yawning, he glanced at the clock on the stand near his bed and saw it was 3:41 a.m.
Lightning flashed, briefly flooding the room in a brilliant glow. Kurt sat up in bed, for in the moment of light he thought he had seen something in the window. It had almost looked like a shadow of someone standing there, but that was impossible. His bedroom was on the second floor. It had to be a shadow or, more than likely, just his imagination.
The lightning repeated its performance and again he could see what appeared to be a shadow. It looked even more like the outline of an individual than it had the first time.
He stood up and watched the window for a moment before teleporting beside it. Leaning over quietly, he pulled the curtains back and stared out in the night. At first he saw nothing.
The lightning suddenly slashed through the night and Kurt almost screamed when he saw the image of…
Kurt's eyes opened, his breath coming in ragged gasps. It was a dream, he thought to himself, only a dream. That explained why he couldn't even remember what it was he had seen. He almost laughed at his fright until he noticed where he was. Instead of being in his nice warm bed, he was standing by that very window and the curtain was still in his hand. Taking a deep breath, he looked outside, somewhat expecting to see the thing that had scared him so very badly.
There was nothing outside. The lightning lit up the world, but all he could see was the empty yard. The rain had finally began to fall and it beat the ground almost in fury. He watched for a minute, sighing softly in relief, before returning to bed.
"It vas a dream," he said softly to himself. Yes, that explained it. He curled up beneath the blankets and had started to relax somewhat as he glanced at the clock.
It was 3:43 a.m.
He frowned slightly. It was only 2 minutes later than the time he had first seen in the dream, and that was probably about how long he stood at the window. How strange, he thought but still a dream was the only thing that made since.
The storm continued to rage overhead as Kurt turned over in bed, his back towards the window. "It had to be a dream," he said aloud, "didn't it?"
The steady downpour of rain provided him with no answers.
So there's chapter one. I would appreciate any feedback but please remember that this is my first attempt at an X-Men evolution story, so please be kind. Be forewarned that Chapter 2, which should be up soon, is somewhat odd but that was what I was going for with this story. Oh, and I'm an also working on those few unfinished stories I have posted here so hopefully I'll have those done soon as well. Bye all and thanks for reading!