AN: I normally don't do first person, especially not for the Brotherhood; but I've been experimenting with it more, and after having just this morning been seized by an abundance of post-Sentinel feels, I felt like I had to write something. This is my attempt to find a voice for each original member of the Brotherhood, following the Sentinel attack and Pietro's betrayal. Four chapters, four voices, four opinions.

Maybe I've never been the smartest guy in the world- but I'm not stupid.

See, that's a mistake lots of people make when they look at me: they see me, big, invincible Blob. And then they think, "wow, that guy's gotta be pretty stupid, right?" But I'm not. Actually I think I'm a lot smarter than people give me credit for, sometimes.

I used to feel like the Brotherhood were the only people who really understood that I wasn't as dumb as I look. I guess maybe it's kinda stupid, but around those guys I used to feel almost... normal.

I know, it sounds crazy, right? They're all half my size. Everyone's half my size. I'm the Blob, and that means I'm way bigger than anyone else.

But with then, I guess I just didn't feel so different anymore. And it was nice. At school, I always had to stand out- I always had to be laughed at. But not with the brotherhood. Sure, they sometimes made fun of me too- but I knew they always didn't mean it. With them it was different- because they were different too, like me. While I was with the Brotherhood, it kinda felt like I'd finally found somewhere I belonged.

But that's all changed now, because Pietro's gone.

It's just like when Lance left us for the X-Geeks, except this time it's even worse- because at least Lance didn't try to hurt us. At least Lance didn't just not care.

Pietro left us and he never looked back, and that hurts. I finally thought I'd found a place where I could be me- where I didn't even have to be the Blob, I could just be me, Fred Dukes. But then Pietro left us, and now we're all broken.

Lance is angry now, all the time, and he spits that anger out wherever he goes, like he doesn't know what to do with it. Todd- my little buddy Toad- wants things to be okay so bad that he pretends like nothing's wrong. Like Pietro never even went anywhere- or like he was never her at all. I think he's confused. I knew he trusted Pietro a lot. I did, too. I think we all did.

I don't know what's gonna happen to us now. We have the new girl who's always angry, Pietro's sister- but she isn't Pietro. I want Pietro back.

But at the same time, I don't. Because it isn't fair. I finally found a place I could fit in, somewhere I almost thought I could be happy in, but then Pietro had to go and take that all away. He's selfish, that's what he is, and if I know anything at all I know that.

And even if he does come back, I'm not sure I'd be able to forgive him.