Double Dare

Chapter One: Freedom

Author: Icy Flame

Disclaimer: Don't own them never will!

Icy: This came to me a bit ago, it's been sitting on my computer forever and I've finally decided to post it.

W: More like you're lazy and forgot you typed it…

Icy: *sweatdrop* True but let's not focous on that! Hope ya all like it.

Warning: AU-ish It still has all the characters but it doesn't follow the episodes!

Pairings: Uh look at everything else I've written it's obvious!

~~~ School ~~~

  Quicksilver wiggled in his seat impatiently, it was a half-day before spring break and he was in his last class…study hall. With a little help from his mutant powers he was able to complete his homework minutes after entering the room. Having nothing better to occupy his time he looked around the sparse classroom.

Not many students had decided to stick around for this class. It was practically empty. A few freshmen were trying to barter rides home with upper classmen while the teacher yelled at someone for smoking in class. None of this was enough to hold Pietro's attention for very long though, as his eyes flickered across his old arch rival from his previous school…

                Evan Daniels.

Figuring that be petering the boy he was only flaming the flames of rivalry he began collecting paper from others. With fifteen minutes left in class he began his torture of Evan. This including flicking paper balls at him, making paper footballs and hitting Evan with them, crashing paper airplanes into his head until a large pile of paper products had collect around the X-men's chair and Pietro's notebook had been emptied of all the paper and everyone else's notebooks near by. Finally the bell rang and it took all his control not to speed out of the room with his mutation. Once outside he got into his locker and started emptying its contents into his book bag.

Evan walked out at a much calmer pace. Going over to his locker, he scowled at Pietro. It was bad enough he had to be in the same school as the white haired boy but because they both registered in the middle of the year their lockers were right next to one another's. Just like most of the brotherhood's and X-Men's were. Well besides Jean, Scott and Todd's. As his rival had done, the skateboarder started placing his books, notebooks, folders and calculator in his bag. Finishing he zipped it up and flung it over one shoulder.

"Man it is boring around here!" Evan complained as he readjusted his pack. Pietro ran over to the other side of the young man and started poking him. Fed up Evan growled, admitting a spike from his finger and shooting it at the silver haired boy.

  "Daniels you're way too slow for me! I need a real challenge!" Quicksilver whined. Evan scowled for a moment before remembering a conversation he had with Bobby that morning.

~~~ Flash back ~~~

   "Dude she is even colder than me!" Bobby whined, rubbing his arm where Rogue had pushed him this morning on her way to the bathroom. Iceman and Spyke both stood next to each other groaning about their 'injuries'. Of course there was no real proof that both Bobby and Evan had placed honey in the shower head but Rogue seemed to think their grinning faces was enough. She'd pummeled their asses and left them wondering how the brotherhood had survived their limited time with the crazed teen.

  "Man she ain't ever gonna get wit a man!"

 "Yea she'd probably bit the head off the first one that asked her out!" This had earned them a glare from the girl standing in front of them from which they shrank back from.

~~~ End Flash Back ~~~

  "Daniels! Hello? Back from planet stupid yet?" Pietro waved his hand in front of the younger teen waiting for a reply. Evan snapped back to attention and smirked.

  "I got a challenge for you Dorkimoff" Evan smirked at the other boy who sneered at the nickname.

 "Thinking is only a challenge for you Daniels." Quicksilver scoffed, brushing a 'chip' of his shoulder and smirked when he noted that it had the desired affect on Evan.

  Evan glared back at him, "Hardy har, har. I guess you aren't interested and would rather just go back to doing something more ~interesting~ in ~Bayville~"

  "OK! Ok point taken, what's the challenge porcupine?"

  " I bet you can't get a female from the X-Men of my choosing to be your girlfriend."

   " Ch that isn't a challenge, no women can resist the Maximoff charm! But fine what do I get ~when~ I win and you lose?"

 "If you win I'll give you my allowance for as long as she is your girlfriend but that won't happen because when you lose and ~I~ win you will have to admit in front of the whole school that you lost…to me."

  "Yea, yea, details, details! Who is it?"

  "Her"

Evan pointed towards the end of the hall at s girl standing by her locker. Standing isn't the correct phrase, mainly because she was more in a fighting stance. Her hands balled up into fists, feet set a few inches apart, muscles tense…glaring heatedly at her jammed locker door. If looks could melt that metal would have evaporated from its existence on earth. Of course when she noticed that her teammate was pointing at her she turned her glare towards the bleach blonde boy. He shrank back and grinned at the sliver haired teen across from him, whom I might add was grimacing.

  "What? Are you kidding me Daniels? That isn't a girl!" Whined Pietro.

  "Fine, then you lose."

  Pietro grimaced again; on the one hand he really didn't want to have to admit losing to his childhood rival. They had always gone up against one another. In basketball, skateboarding, shop, clothing, style, hair, girls, school, whose teeth were better, track, anything and everything. Their competitions had been so fierce that often it ended in detention or a hospital along with the customary groundings; of course up until late it had always been friendly. Both had been buds from way back, before their mutations had started sprouting up and hormones had kicked in. But he still didn't want to lose, admitting defeat wasn't his style.

On the other hand Rogue was an old teammate. They had gotten along when she had been a member of the Brotherhood but when she had joined Xavier it changed everything. She no longer hung around the guys anymore; she was by herself more and more. Of course that doesn't count Risty who was constantly buzzing around her. She never talked with them either, even when paired off with them in school. Rogue had changed, instead of her normal barrier she had held up around others it had tripled.

The only people that ever got close to her were Risty, Kurt, Kitty and occasional Jamie, Bobby and Evan. Risty was her only friend from school and thought exactly like Rogue herself did. Kurt and her just connected kinda like siblings. Kitty was Rogue's roommate and so they often conversed with one another. Jamie was too cute to shoot down when he asked for favors and Evan was her partner on the X-Men. She was one of the few who could put up with his constant antics. Bobby was one of Rogue's other friends from the Xavier institute for gifted children. Both of them just hung out every now and then, plus Bobby seemed to have a minor crush on Rogue. Of course it was obvious to everyone who overheard a discussion of theirs' or the way he acted when she was the topic of a conversation.

So making Rogue become his girlfriend was next to impossible but it was that or backing down from the challenge and Pietro Maximoff NEVER backed down from a challenge. Plus it would give his speedy mind something to concentrate on over spring break; time at the brotherhood house wasn't exactly exciting. Sneering at Evan he put his hand out.

"Alright, you're on Daniels."

They shook hands, each smirking at the other boy. Pietro took off in a burst of wind and Evan jumped onto his board and skated off. However this turned out spring break just got a little more interesting.

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tbc

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Icy: How's that?

W: Likey?

S: You still have to work on you HP fic Icy!

Icy: Gwah that's right, thanks Sirius

SJ: Plus your normal homework!

Icy: Gee John thanks for ~that~ reminder.

Muses: *grin*

Icy: You three are hopeless!