Author's Note and The Almighty Disclaimer: So I basically own nothing in this story so far. All the characters mentioned in this chapter belong to the wonderous Marvel Industries and their writers/artists. Please enjoy the introduction to what will be my first ever fanfic to be published on the site! Wish me luck! Happy reading everyone and remember to give me feedback. Feedback is what helps me become a better writer!
Introduction
It has been a few good years since the X-Men and Brotherhood took down Apocalypse. Since then, many of the younger X-Men graduated from high school, while some stayed at the Institute to assist Professor Xavier in teaching classes. Many decided to go off to college. The Brotherhood was disbanded for the most part and the Acolytes' contracts weren't renewed by Magneto.
Magneto opted to try and create a community of mutants on an unknown island. His son, Quicksilver, along with many other mutants, joined him in the dream of a separate community and haven't been heard for some time now. Wanda, on the other hand, decided to stay behind in Bayville as a way of avoiding her brother and father. She now has an apartment not far from the Institute where she, who she lives. Rogue, who still lives and now working as a teacher at the Institute, worked hard over the years with not only the professor but also with Logan to gain some sort of control over her powers. Her hard work paid off slightly when she discovered that she now has slight control over her powers. Due to her having made contact with Apocalypse many of the psyches in her mind disappeared, but some were returned due to accidental contact with her team mates and some enemies, over the years. Wolverine, who still has the habit of disappearing for weeks at a time, brought back a new guest to the manor named Laura, or as she likes to be called in the Danger Room, X-23. She was an odd add-in at first, but soon she begun to adjust to her new surroundings. Kurt's still the same "fuzzy dude" that everyone grew to love, but he now is in a long distance relationship with Amanda, who is away at college. Kitty finally gave up on Lance after the millionth break-up and now has her Valley Girl eyes set on the new boy in the house, Piotr, aka Colossus the ex-Acolyte. Jean and Scott are in a constant together, not together, cycle that renews every few months or so.
As for Pyro and Gambit, they hung around Bayville for some time until they decided to visit Pyro's neck of the woods, the Outback, for a while. After a year the two returned stateside for reasons unknown and live in an apartment that Gambit had previously kept for "business reasons". Pyro has a nasty habit of showing up at Wanda's every once in a while unexpectedly, which tends to tick off the hex queen. Usually, he ends up getting hexed off her balcony and into the bushes below. Gambit, a few years back, had written Rogue a short note apologizing for the whole Rippers incident and told her that he'd be around if she ever wanted to talk. Since then the Cajun has been leaving the southern belle a note and a playing card taped to the vanity mirror in her single bedroom every time he leaves and comes back into town. Things have changed a bit but for the most part they've stayed the same. As a whole, the community is more understanding of mutants, but there are still some people and organizations that are hostile towards them.
Another Note: So being that this is my first fanfic and I'm still getting the hang of it I'm not entirely sure what Im doing when it comes to publishing and such. I promise that there will be some Rogue/Gambit "interactions" in later chapters. It's all a matter of when I get around to typing everything up! Please give me feedback on if it's good or not as later chapters come out! I will try to update at least one chapter every week or so but I'm not making any promises.. With love and a hint of insanity, Danni!
