A change in the air

By Todd fan

Disclaimer: "I just saw a vision of my own horrifying death" "And?" - Okay, just a note, i own none of the characters or movies mentioned in this chapter. The idea of Freddy going as a pumpkin was from Wildcreed, not me.

Happy Halloween, or, if your from Mexico, Day of the dead. This is one of my most favorite times of the year. I love it to pieces, it almost tops christmas....almost. Because of the briliant time of year, i have put two chapters up instead of just one.

A note to Miah, hey girl, long time no see, the quote from chapter 19 was from the briliantly funny film 'Robin Hood - Men in tights'. A parody of Robin Hood that i HIGHLY recomend to anyone. Not Angel (ggrrrrr damn Buffy thing, die Buffy die!).

Hey guys, this fic is comming to an end. I know, i know, don't yell at me. There are a few more chapters yet, it's just a heads up. I have already started working on 'X-men: Evolution - The musical! - The sequel!'. It should be quite fun :P



Chapter 21 - The Halloween dance.



Sidney bustled around her bedroom, putting together her costume. The dance started in a matter of hours and she had lost a gothic-style pendant that she had bought especially for the occasion. Across the room from her on Wanda's bed sat Gina, who was spending the holiday with Todd, to give their grandmother, as Rosetta had put it herself, 'two years worth of rest'.

"Did you check in your jewellery box?", put in the twelve year old helpfully.

"Yeah", said Sidney with a sigh, running a hand through her hair, she checked under her mattress, "found it!".

She put the pendant on and walked over to the mirror. She was wearing a long white, gothic dress. She had maged to get her hair in an almost upright diagonal fashion, white streak and all, thanks to a few dozen cans of hairspray and much swearing and cursing.

"So..who are you again?", asked Gina, tilting her head to the side.

"I'm 'The Bride Of Frankenstein", said Sidney with a chuckle, "i just hope this hair holds up".

"Bride of Frankenstein huh?", said Gina with a giggle, "are you planning on depressing my cousin?".

"No", said Sidney with a shrug, "but i am planning to knock him dead with this little white number".

"Please don't say things like that", said Gina with a shudder, "it might emotionally scar me. I wish i could go with you guys, i'd love to go to a dance".

"Sorry kiddo", said Sidney with a shrug, "high-schoolers only. Wait a few more years. What are you planning to do tonight?. Sit around and watch horror movies your grandmother won't approve of, no doubt".

"I guess", said Gina with a sigh, "or i might go trick-or-treating afterwards. It depends how i feel. But don't tell Todd, he'll go all 'older cousin' on me and won't let me go".

"Your secret's safe with me", said Sidney giving a wink.

"Come on Sid, we're leaving in five minutes", shouted Pietro from downstairs.

"Thats my beeper", said Sidney rolling her eyes, "see you later kid".

"Bye Sid", said Gina with a sigh, watching the cat-girl leave.

Sidney headed downstairs to see Pietro up in old-style costume, tapping his foot impatiently.

"What in the name of all things holly are you?", she said, raising her eyebrow.

"I'm Cassanova...duh", said Pietro, "and you can't laugh. Have you SEEN your hair?".

"You want to make something of it?", Sidney growled.

"No..not really", said Pietro with a nervous chuckle, "in fact, yours is one of the more...calmer ones".

"You better not be making fun of my hair again", shouted Freddy, walking throguh.

He was wearing a huge, round orange suit, with only his arms, legs and head visable. His mohawk was died green. It was the sight that made Sidney collapse in a fit of uncontrolable laughter.

"Man Freddy...", she said, fighting for air, "i thought it was bad when Tabby shaved your head bald but now...my God..it's..it's...".

"Green?", said Freddy with a chuckle, "yeah, laugh it up. At least i don't look like a victim of electro-shock therapy gone wrong".

"Can you even move in that thing?", asked Pietro, pointing to Freddy's costume.

"Not really", said Fred, "but my hand can move to my mouth. That's all i care about".

"That WOULD be all you care about", said Todd, hopping down the stairs with one jump.

He was wearing an old fashioned Prince outfit.

"Let me guess... the Frog prince...thats original", said Pietro, rolling his eyes (AN/ i AM aware that it has been done tons of times, so sue me, my brain was fried).

"Says he who's dressed as the world's greatest lover", muttered Todd, then saw Sidney, "whoah....what did you do to your hair?".

"I put it up", said Sidney, "are you complaining?".

"No", said Todd, shaking his head violently, "i..kinda...like it".

"Don't get used to it", she said, putting her arm around his shoulder, "it took me three hours to get it like this".

"You have to come out now Lance. We're leeeeeaving", cooed Pietro.

"I'm not coming out", muttered Lance from the kitchen, "i look like an idiot. This is the last time i let you pick my Halloween costume Maximoff".

"Oh come out you big sissy", shouted Pietro, "you were planning to go to a costume party as yourself. Trust me, you'll feel alot better once you've seen Sid's hair".

"Hey", said Sidney, wacking Pietro across the head.

"The hair the hair!", shouted Pietro, backing away a few paces and sheilding his head.

"Okay...i'm coming out", shouted Lance.

He walked out of the kitchen with a scowl on his face. He was wearing a huge blonde wig and heavy make up. He had a white top with tassled sleaves and a tassled front. He also had black gloves, a black waistcoat, tight grey pants and black boots. He held a staff, with a crystal ball on the end. The entire group burst into laughter.

"Why are you dressed like David Bowie?", asked Todd, pointing at him.

"I told you it was a stupid idea", muttered Lance, "'go as the Goblin King', he says. 'It'll be original', he says".

"Hey Rocky, give us a verse of 'Magic Dance'", chuckled Fred.

"Shut up", snarled Lance, the house begining to shake slightly.

"I don't know Lance", said Sidney, cocking her head to one side, "those pants are very...revealing. If you want to get Kitty back, i think those babies will REALLY help".

This caused Lance to blush and Todd to blink and look up at her.

"What"?, he asked, crossing his arms.

"Oh calm down sweet heart", she said, "i only have eyes for you remember?. All i'm saying is that.. God, those pants are tight".

"That's it, i'm changing", said Lance.

"No time", Todd, "besides, ya like 'em really don't ya?".

"Okay, we've all made fun of Lance's rediculously tight pants", said Pietro, "now lets gogogogo!".

"It's not like you HAVE a date Pietro", pointed out Fred, "do you honestly think Rogue will have anything to do with you after the army truck 'incident'?".

"I'll pretend that isn't true", said Pietro, jumping into the jeep, "come on, it's party time!".

From Sidney's window, Gina watched as the jeep pulled away. She sighed and walked downstairs and into the living room. There was a bunch of snack food left for her and a pile of movies. She half-heartedly flicked through them.

"Seen it, seen it. Hate it, hate it more", she said, to herself, throwing them to the side in turn, "man i'm gonna get rigor mortis sitting around here all night. I'm going out".

She checked thought the window to make sure that the Brotherhood had REALLY gone before walking out of the house. She had a plan.



The Brotherhood, unaware of Gina's 'escape', entered the crowed gym of Bayville high. It was decorated with paper pumpkins, ghosts and demons and had a smoke machine billowing in one corner. The punch bowl was in the shape of a cauldron while bat-shaped cookies were on the table.

"Ooooohh cookies", said Fred, "i'm gonna go...eat".

"Time to mingle people", said Pietro with a smirk, "watch out ladies, Cassanova has entered the building".

With that he sauntered off.

"Looks like i'm stuck with you guys", said Lance with a sigh, turning to where Todd and Sidney were standing, only to see thay had gone, "oh, so i'm by myself...looking like an idiot....great".

"Come on Kurt lets dance!", said Amanda,in a Tina Turner costume pulling Kurt towards the dance floor.

Kurt himself was dressed up as a headless horseman, his image inducer still on. His costume was made to make his head look as if it were tucked under his arm.

"Okay Amanda", he said with a laugh, "but i don't know how vell i can dance vearing this costume".

Pietro was walking along, waving at the ladies and blowing them kisses. Unfortunately, it didn't have the same effect it used to have on them. Now he'd been 'outed' as a mutant, a good deal of them were ignoring him.

"God, i feel like Superman without his powers", he wined, looking around for a girl, ANY girl who showed the slightest bit of intrest in him.

He ran headlong into someone.

"Hey watch it", he said, then looked up, "Daniels?".

Evan was standing in front of him, dressed as a werewolf.

"What are YOU doing here Maximoff?", he said, "i thought you goons were expeled".

"Yeah, well Sid got us a free pass to the dance. If we behave here, we can go back to school", said Pietro, crossing his arms, "so don't push me, i don't want to ruin my chances. Though it would be nice to hear you howl at the moon, or haven't you got your flea collar on?".

"Shut up Maximoff", muttered Evan, stalking off.

"Oooooooh, testy tesy", said Pietro, shaking his head, "somebody forgot his rabies shot".

Meanwhile, Sidney and Todd were dancing, when something caught Sidney's eye.

"Hey Todd, do you see what i see?", she asked, pointing to when Scott and Jean were dancing.

"So they finally got together huh?", said Todd with a chuckle, "it's about time yo".

Scott was dressed as Robin Hood and Jean was dressed as Maid Marion.

"They even have costumes that fit togther", said Sidney, pulling a face, "how...nauseatingly cute".

Meanwhile, Kitty was hanging around with her date. She had chosen to dress as a Witch, while Justin was dressed as the Grim Reaper. She rolled her eyes as he drawled on about his home town, she wasn't having the best of times. Justin was okay but he was nothing compared to....Kitty glanced around the hall and saw him. Her eyebrows almost shot out of her head when she saw the trousers her was wearing. Damn, what right did he have looking so sexy now they had broken up?. She gave a squeak of shock as he looked their way. She quickly grabbed Justin and walked towards the dance floor.

"Come on Justin, lets, like, dance", she said.

Lance sighed as he watched the pair go to the dance floor.

"It's offical, i'm a loser", he said banging his head on the wall.





Meanwhile, over at the Xavier institute, Jamie was sitting in his room his boredom increasing by the second. With the high-school kids at the school dance and the older new recriuts at a friends Halloween bash, it had left him alone with only the adults for company. Logan refused to have any sort of fun, point blank, Storm was busy, as was the Professor and Beast's idea of 'fun' was sorting out the test tubes in his lab. Jamie sighed.

"Man it sucks being the youngest", he said to himself.

Suddenly a tap on his window made him look up. It was followed closely by another one, and another. He walked over to his window and opened it, shivering as the cold October air breezed in. He looked down to see Gina, a handfull of pebbles in her hand, looking up.

"Hi", she shouted.

"Gina?", he said, "what are you doing here?. How'd you get past the security?".

"Hey, my family are experts at illegal things", she said with a smirk, "you want to go have some fun?".

"I don't know....", said Jamie, "the Professor will be pretty mad if i leave the institute at this time of night".

"And your going to do everything crome-dome tells you to do?", asked Gina, "come on Jamie. Just a couple of hours, we'll go trick or treating...or something".

"But i haven't got a costume", said Jamie.

"There's a bunch at the 'hood house that Pietro didn't want to use", said Gina, "you're running out of excuses Multie".

Jamie looked in thought for a second, then smiled.

"I'll be right down", he shouted.

He quietly opened his door and snook down the hallway. He made it as far as the common room when he was stopped by Hank.

"Oh hi Mr Mcoy", said Jamie with a nervous chuckle, "i'm just going to see if there are any good...movies in the common room...which is here..yeah".

Hank blinked and shurged.

"Okay then, but don't get nightmares", he said.

"I won't", said Jamie.

He waited until Hank was out of sight before opening the door and sneaking out.

"Gee, took you long enough", said Gina with a chuckle, "thought you'd abandoned me".

"Not likely", said Jamie with a smile, "lets go".

With that they ran off towards the Brotherhood house.





Inside the Xavier institute, the Professor was looking at Cerebro with a worried expression on his face. Logan walked in, drinking from a beer can, a small blessing he got whenever the kids weren't around.

"What's wrong Chuck?", he asked, looking at the screen.

"Cerebro has detected the emergence of a new mutant", he said, putting his fingers together, "her powers are due to manifest at any time".

"So if they haven't manifested yet, whats the big worry?", said Logan, "as soon as they do, we'll just go see e'm. Can't do much right now".

"The problem, Wolverine", said Xavier with a sigh, "is that the youngster in question is already in Bayville".

"You know who she is don't you?", said Logan.

"I'm afraid i do", said Xavier, "look".

He pressed a button to cause the image of the mutant-to-be pop up. Logan blinked.

"Hey isn't that...".

"Yes", said Xavier with a sigh, "it's Gina Tolenksy".





Dum dum dum dum duuuuuuum. Okay, not much of a cliffhanger, because i know you guys probably saw it coming a mile off. But don't worry, just click on and you get the next chapter.