You know, I get just a little ticked when I update and my fics don't show up on top right away. Site traffic and human limitations, don't they bite? They bite with inch long fangs, and speak of the devil...
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Kurt (Look, I finally tracked down the fur ball!)
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Wagner sat in a tree not far from the mansion's gates. He had ported there shortly after Anita had won the race. The way her teammates had cheered her, he couldn't take it. No other mutant had received that and some "had" been inseparable friends to the normal students.
The school had begun to accept Anita after one day. If Kurt ever appeared at school as himself, there would be blood. Just like there had been at Riesefuss.
Kurt winced and covered his pointed ears to block out the sounds from his memory. The crash of the battering ram haunted him. It was one of his first memories, which made it all the more vivid and terrifying.
In his nightmares, he heard it. Kurt dreamt of it often. He didn't know how much was memory and how much was imagination, but he knew it was all true.
His Mutti ran through the forest, clutching him to her chest. There was a bridge and the board collapsed under her feet. Mutti stumbled and he fell through her arms and into the water. It roared around him and he cried out in terror. He slipped under the water many times, but then instantly appeared above the surface after a second. He sank once more.
When he magically surfaced again, it was on top of a rock. The water still roared and her still screamed. Gentle hands picked him up and he stopped. A face smiled at him and he smiled back. The face looked like Mutti's, but the colors were wrong.
He wrapped his tail around her arm. She laughed. It was a happy, safe laugh. He could tell. They walked into a building. A baby cooed in a crib. The peach Mutti put him in with the little one. "Guten Abend, Lilly. Diesem kleines Mann is Kurt, dein Bruder. Shush, das is die Zeit für küssen!" [1] The peach Mutti kissed them both. "Guten Abend. Schläfst Lilly, schläfst Kurt." [2]
She turned to someone in the room. "Heinrich, wir haben ein Sohn. Jetzt wir haben zwei Befremden fur die Stadtbewohner." [3]
Lilly and he fell asleep, his tail curled around the newborn's waist.
Kurt was happy with Mutti, Vater, und Lilly. Three nights later, Vater came home scared. Mutti and he ran around, throwing things in boxes. Kurt sat on the floor, watching. Lilly lay in her crib. She was too young to sit up as well. She gurgled and looked at hanging strings. Lilly did that when she couldn't be tickled by his tail.
Shouts came from outside. They said "Dämon" and "Satan." Mutti ran and bolted the door. Vater put the phone to his ear, and then slammed it onto the table. He ran to the boxes and shoved them into a closet. He put Kurt behind them and shut the closet door.
The battering ram crashed into the front door with a loud crunch. Mutti felt a frightened child clinging to her leg. She looked down to see Kurt and then stared at the sealed closet. The front door blew off its hinges. Vater rushed to Mutti and pulled her behind him. Lilly and Kurt both screamed at the noise, and he, Mutti, and Vater disappeared in smoke.
Mutti and Vater stared at the trees around them and then at their Sohn. Mutti threw up. They wandered around dazedly, stumbling into things and shaking their heads violently. In a few minutes, they went back to normal. Mutti whispered, "Lilly," and looked around wildly. She started running. Vater scooped up Kurt and followed her.
After a while, Kurt began to cough from the smoke. The clearing around home was deserted. Home was on fire. Vater handed Kurt to Mutti and ran inside.
He came out soon and walked towards them slowly. He carried a bundle in Lilly's white blanket. Mutti began to cry. Kurt turned to see better. The blanket was soaked with red.
That was where Kurt always awakened screaming. They had mistaken Lilly for him and killed her. Mutti had barely shown until late during the pregnancy. Only the midwife had known, but they had sworn her to secrecy. It had been their little surprise for the world.
The townsfolk were surprised. When they learned what they had done, they burned the house to hide the evidence. They were cowards.
Mutti and Vater buried Lilly next to the stream where Kurt had been found. They moved far away. Kurt never would have known about Lilly, but his first words had been "Wo Lilie?" He asked the question for years, though he hardly remembered who she was. Mutti finally broke down and told him everything. Then the nightmares began.
Tears fell down Kurt's face. "Riesefuss should pay. Their children should bleed too!"
Pietro crashed into the gates. Anita lay in his arms, bleeding. Kurt nearly fell out of the tree. "Was!" The smashed gates opened and the adults rushed them inside.
The Nightcrawler ported into the kitchen and heard miss Monroe make a phone call.
"Mrs....forgive me, Herr Fahls. I expected Frau Fahls to answer. There has been a serious accident at Anita's school.
"She is not being taken to the hospital.
"Anita is not at school either. My name is Oror Monroe. I work at the Xavier Institute for...I see you've heard of it. Please do not shout at me, Herr Fahls.
"No, Anita could not have been taken to the hospital. She would be dead now if Professor Xavier had not staunched the blood flow. As it is, she's lost too much blood and it has been determined her body will not accept non-mutant blood. If you could please come...how did this happen? Herr Fahls, you would not believe me if I told you."
Ororo speed recited a list of direction and hung up sadly. Kurt slunk away on hands and feet, not wanting to give away his location with a cloud of sulfur. He crawled on the ceiling to a high window and went outside. Crawling to the roof, he was plagued by terrible thoughts.
'I did not mean to...Anita didn't deserve this. She did not kill Lilly! When did this happen! And Pietro, what is he doing here? Why did he collapse like that?' He gasped as he realized Lilly's killers would soon be at his home. Fangs appeared.
Kurt would not kill them, not hurt them. If they were true parents, Anita's fight with death would be pain enough. But he would let them know that their sins were by no means forgotten. He turned to the road to wait, but only after praying for a miracle for the dying girl. Despite appearances, "he" was not a monster.
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[1] Good night, Lilly. This little man is Kurt, your brother. Shush, this is the time for kissing!
[2] Good night. Sleep Lilly, sleep Kurt.
[3] Heinrich, we have a son! Now we have two surprises for the townsfolk!
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Well that was a different view on this series of events.
Thank You for Reading.
Eternity Out...I love saying that.