The Dragon Tamer
(PG-13 for swearing and suggestive actions and words. P/OC (a little R/B) Comes into play after X:2. What are these dreams John's been having? And who is this new girl at the old mansion? ((' Indicates thoughts))
Disclaimer: I do NOT own the original X-Men or the topic.
Chapter 1: Strange Dream
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John rested in his new room. Well, if you could call it a room. It consisted of a metal-based bed that barely fit him, a metal nightstand, and a metal chest to keep his clothes in when he gets them back from the mansion. It had been two days since he had joined Magneto and Mystique, and he still had on the same sleeping clothes, he was getting kind of tired of it. 'Isn't there anything to do around here?' He pondered as he stared at the ceiling, as if expecting something. 'Do I really think the ceiling is going to tell me what to do?' He couldn't help but chuckle at the thought when his eyes began slowly closing. 'I'll just rest for a while....'. He fell asleep.
-Dream Begin-
The flame flickered and went out. John clicked the switch again and the lighter repeated it's previous action. 'Shit, out of fluid.' He glanced around at the unfamiliar surroundings. He was in an open field of some sort. It was in the middle of the night, and moon was barely out. But he could make out the outlines of a couple of trees; they hung down like weeping willows. Something moved in the bushes beside him, he gulped. Looking down at the lighter in his hand, he clicked it again, nothing. He tried a few more times before giving up, it just wasn't going to light. The bushes moved again.
John took a deep breath and took a solid step closer, as he did so whatever it was shot out of the brush and darted right past him, causing him to fall over. 'It must have been a rabbit or something.' He was about to turn around and continue on his way, to wherever he was heading, when he heard knocking... and a bright light right in front of his face.
-Dream End. -
"Pyro wake up!" His eyes flung open to meet a very disgruntled Magneto. "I have been trying to wake you up for the past ten minutes. Food is waiting for you."
"Uh, sorry, thanks." As the old man turned to walk out of the room, John put his hand to his forehead and wiped the beads of sweat off. "Oh, by the way. You are to retrieve your things tomorrow morning, bright and early. I don't believe anyone there will be questioning you about it. If they do, tell them the truth." He simply nodded to this, too tired to do much more. He concentrated on what he believed to be the food, until he heard the click of the metal door. At which point he flopped back down on his back and closed his eyes. 'Well, tomorrow oughta be interesting.... to say the least.'
-Dream Begin-
The flame flickered and went out. John clicked the switch again and the lighter repeated it's previous action.'Shit, out of fluid.' Where had he heard that before? He glanced around at the somewhat familiar surroundings. He was in the same open field, at the same time of night, and yep, there were the willows. Once again something moved in the bushes beside him, he turned towards it, but didn't move. The bushes moved again.
Without moving, the thing in the bushes still shot out of the brush and darted past him, yet again he fell over. 'Stupid rabbit.' He stood up and brushed off his pants, still facing the now empty bush. "Hurt yourself?" An enchanting voice sounded from behind him. His eyes wide, and his heart racing he turned around sharply. Knowing his lighter wouldn't start a fire.
What he came to face was a girl about his age, if not a little younger. She had shoulder length red hair, and honey-brown eyes. She was wearing a tan colored shirt (at least he thought it was tan, hard to tell in the dark) that didn't show any of her chest, but her lean stomach was flying free. He noticed that the sleeves were really long and flowing, almost down to her hips when her hands were in the air. Her jeans were tight around the hips, but a little baggy around the rest of her legs, and dark colored, probably black. He gulped, "Should I know you?" A smile played across her face. She threw her head back slightly and laughed. "Very funny John, now lets get back to the others, it's creepy out here." That said she marched right over to him and looped her arm in his. 'What's going on here?' He wasn't sure what was happening, but he played along with it. What could it hurt?
They started walking, her pointing out where to go, and joking the whole time about how he needs to loosen up, and why is he so tense all the sudden anyway? As they began walking down the narrow path of what seemed like an endless forest, she halted. He tried to get them walking again, but she wouldn't budge. So he glanced over at her and saw her eyes get huge as she watched something in the sky. Nervously he also tilted his head up to have a look. Something was up there, but what? He could barely make out a figure in one of the highest branches of a very tall tree. Whatever it was, it was watching them, and it scared the girl... he still didn't know her name.
John was about to ask her for her name when suddenly she shrieked and the figure swooped down and grabbed onto her from the underarms. She kept snapping her fingers and doing something weird with her hands, but nothing happened. "JOHN! IT'S NOT WORKING! HELP!" He didn't know how, and what wasn't working? He pulled his lighter out; knowing it still wouldn't work, and clicked the button. A flame appeared! Great! He took it in his hands and was ready to blast the creature, when he noticed it was gone, and so was she. He was too late. That's when he saw them, glowing red eyes watching him from the shadows of the forest. The eyes advanced.
-Dream End. -
He shot straight up and panted. When he realized it was all a dream, he wiped his sweat off and walked out the door. 'What the hell is happening? I never have the same dream over and over.' "Ah, Pyro, so glad you could join us..." Magneto's sentence was cut when he noticed the flushed and sweaty look his new apprentice had taken on. "Are you all right?" John, who hadn't been paying attention, shot his head straight up and stared wide-eyed at the man before him. "Huh? Yeah, I'm fine. Just need to get my stuff, when do I leave?"
"As soon as you want to, you're driving yourself there."
"Ok then, I'm going to get my stuff. Now."
Moving out of his way Magneto watched the boy walk past him and out to where the car was. Rolling his eyes, "Teenagers."
"What do you think will happen when he discovers her?" Mystique turned her glowing eyes to face her boss. "I suppose we will just have to wait and see, won't we?" A small smirk worked its way up to Erik's face. He had a good idea of exactly what would happen. "Mystique, go and take on your next mission. I have a feeling it will need to be done about the time he gets there."
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