And on to Chapter Two, which explains how Peter got to the MCU universe in the first place.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own 'X-Men' or 'WandaVision', or any of their characters.

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Raven is in a panic, not that she would ever let it show – not that she could let it show right now. She thought she was worried when Peter disappeared during a mission involving a mutant experimentation lab and a mutant with portal-making powers, or something of the sort. The mutant in question died in the explosion that resulted from an extremely unlucky combination of the lab's machines, the mutant's powers, and the damage from the battle, but Peter – who was the closest team member to the blast and dazed from a hit to the head – vanished without a trace.

Charles couldn't pick up any trace of him on Cerebro, which was another concern; Peter's mind processes his thoughts too quickly for them to be read, but Charles can usually pin down the speedster's location if he stays in one place long enough. And since the body of the mutant at the source of the blast was found relatively intact, they can assume that their friend wasn't vaporised, or anything to that effect.

Then Hank's machines detected some kind of radiation (Raven has already forgotten what it is called) and he started on a scientific ramble that they cut off when it sounded like it would go on forever. When asked to just state his conclusion, Hank stunned them all with the statement that Peter had been teleported to another universe.

After the furor around that little revelation had died down, Hank and Jean worked together to create a way to send one of the X-Men to the same universe Peter had been stuck in, as well as an inter-dimensional signalling device that would let them know when to pull the two back to their own world.

Raven volunteered to go, which is what led her to the situation she's in now. Between Charles and Emma, she's had experience with telepaths getting in her head, but never like this. Neither one has ever trapped her in her own body, making her feel like a marionette with someone controlling every move she makes and every word that comes out of her mouth. One second, she was telling her man-child of a teammate not to pack his other-worldly video games like she was his goddamn mother, the next, the whole world was in black and white and she was nagging him like she actually was his goddamn mother – a nagging fifties housewife mother, to be exact, judging by the stupid dress she was now wearing and the old-fashioned TV and literally everything else in the fucking house! Even the whole world around her had gone black-and-white, like a TV sitcom from that era.

She was almost gratefulalmost – when the strange lady showed up and hit her and Peter with something, if only because it means Raven's being spared from having to live another second of this suburban hell.

That gratefulness is long gone, however; it vanished when she woke up in what appears to be the attic of Peter's house. She wants to go and look out the window to confirm, but it seems that whoever's pulling her strings isn't at all curious about where they are, so she doesn't walk over there. She can't.

Peter's stuck in there, too, only she's calling him "Ralph" for some reason, and he's calling her "Ma". Raven assumes he's just as trapped inside his own body as she is inside hers.

"Sorry about the intrusion, folks." Oh, and the weird mutant (Raven assumes) lady with the purple energy powers – the only splash of colour in this black-and-white world – is there, "But I needed a cozy space to set up shop, and this house just looked better than the one on little Miss Maximoff's other side."

The casual mention of the 'Maximoff' name brings Raven up short, but she can't show it; she can only assume that Peter is just as shocked, if not more so.

"So, I'm afraid you're just going to have to spend some time up here." She waves her hands, causing more of the dark purple mist-like energy to appear, and the bare attic suddenly contains two beds, two plain dressers, and a screen (most likely to change behind). "If you behave, I can make sure you get to eat regularly. I'll let you out to use the bathroom every so often, of course."

Raven feels her legs move on their own accord, but not to run at and attack the bitch. She takes a few dainty steps forward but stops abruptly when the woman doesn't move out of her way. "But the grocer's closes in only ten minutes! How will I make my famous tuna casserole if I can't go to the grocer's?!"

Ew. Raven hates tuna casserole.

The woman laughs. "Oh, you won't have to worry about that. I'll make a stop by there after I make contact with the new neighbor."

To her disgust, Raven's face lights up in a huge smile. "Oh, that would be great! We'll need some onions, cream of mushroom soup, some extra virgin olive oil-"

She's cut off when the bitch waves a hand in her face. "Yeah, yeah, don't worry; I'll take care of it."

Inside, Raven is marvelling at the stupidity of this- this character that she's being forced to play. Can't she see that this is a home invasion and imprisonment?!

"Can you move the TV in here?!" Peter whines, already lounging on the bed and looking like he couldn't care less. Or rather, 'Ralph' whines and lounges and looks like he couldn't care less. Peter is most likely freaking out on the inside, just like her.

The woman smiles. Raven, however, can see the complete lack of warmth in the expression. Whatever she wants with this new neighbor, it isn't good, and she doesn't give a shit about her and Peter, either. "Sure thing, but only if you behave. Well, I've got to run, but I'll be back soon!"

She ducks out the door and shuts it behind her, and Raven's dim-witted persona finally does something intelligent and tries to open again. Unfortunately, it's stuck, and Raven can swear she can see more of that purple energy mist around the handle. "Can you at least bring us the newspaper?!" Ralph's mother calls through the door, "My son needs to look in the Classifieds for a job!"

"Maaa!"


While I don't care for tuna at all, I did look up an actual tuna casserole recipe for this chapter (mostly so that I'd have the slightest clue what TV!Raven would need to buy other than tuna), so here's the link (remove the spaces and replace the 'dot's with actual dots): www dot allrecipes dot com/recipe/147157/nanas-tuna-casserole-surprise/.