-1 It was Christmas Eve in the Xavior Institute. All was quiet, for the first time in quite some time. It was hard to get peace in the institute; everyone was always on the go, and always in someone else's business. There were no danger room sessions, and quite a few mutants were off with their families. Besides Scott, he was spending quality time with his brother Alex, whom he discovered was still alive and a mutant like him not too long ago. The few mutants that were home were Kurt, Kitty, and Rogue.
Kitty Pryde was also known as "Shadow Cat". She could phase through objects and walls, and can also phase others through these objects. She was about 15, and was very slender, with brown hair, that she always kept in a ponytail, ocean blue eyes, and quite an outgoing personality. Kitty usually went home with her parents, but her parents said they were "busy". Kitty was quite, understandably upset, but tried not to let it get in the way of having a nice holiday. She also was Jewish, and celebrated Hanukah. One of the many reasons she went home with her family, as none of the others in the institute celebrated it. But, this year, decided to not let it get in the way, and celebrate Christmas along with everyone else.
She has had a crush on Kurt for some time now. Though, when she first met him, she was a bit frightened of his appearance. She now though, actually thought that his unique appearance made him all the cuter.
Kurt, or "night crawler", was a mutant that not only had a special "power" of teleportation, acrobats, and to blend in with the night shade, but also had physical mutations. He was blue skinned and furred, with three fingered hands and 2 toed feet. He had a three foot prehensile tail, pointy elf like ears, and sharp, fang like canines. He had a very fast metabolism, and was constantly eating. He was very ashamed of his appearance, and wore an image inducer watch, which hid his appearance under a normal, 5 fingered, tailless image, with normal skin and posture. The image inducer didn't change him physically though, and only changed his image. If you touched Kurt, you could still feel his fur, or his five fingered hand…one reason he was so self conscious about himself, even when under the illusion of a normal teenaged boy.
Kurt and Kitty became really good friends, and Kurt kind of liked her too. Neither of them let each other know it though, or attempted not to, but put off as if they were just the best of friends. They always joked around with each other, and were, most of the time, somewhere in the mansion together. Kurt was always attempting to prank, trick, or pick on Kitty, and Kitty in turn, attempted the same.
Kitty had finally awoken, on the brisk, Christmas Eve morning. It had snowed, and laid a land of white icing outside of their windows. Beautiful snow covered trees, the kind that you see in the movies. It was perfect. Kitty sprung out of bed to awaken Kurt, to show him the stunning landscape.
Once to his room, she knocked on his door. Just loud enough to hear, but not so loud to startle him. He arose from his bed, still half asleep, and said with his very noticeable, heavy German accent, "Just a minute." He stumbled a little as he went to put on a fresh shirt, over his bare, blue furred torso. He opened the door and his eyes widened in joy after seeing Kitty, who stood before him.
"Hey Kurt!" happily exclaimed Kitty, "Lets go out on your balcony, I want to show you something."
Kitty started to walk to the window, and gestured Kurt to follow by a playful tug on his tail.
"Alright, alright, I'm coming." Kurt replied sarcastically, with a grin on his face.
The two of them walked out onto the balcony, and Kurt's yellow eyes glistened from the reflection of light from the freshly fallen snow. Kurt leaped onto the balcony railing, as he has always done, carefully balanced, tail swaying gently back and forth.
"It's beautiful Kitty", stated Kurt, "…like a post card." He said, in deep concentration over the white, endless land.
"Yeah, isn't it gorgeous? You have to admit, this Institute is built on some pretty amazing land." Kitty's heart melted as she gazed into the twinkling eyes of her blue love. Did he feel the same way she wondered? She walked over to the balcony's edge and rested her folded arms on the railing, and focused on the lovely view, trying to clear her mind of Kurt.
