Queen of Random: Whoa! I only put this thing up yesterday, and there are
already a lot of reviews! Cool! Anyway, you must like this idea, so I'll
keep on writing! I would quickly just like to say thanks to my friend
Opaleye, who helped me with some of the names (it's her specialty!). I hope
you guys are ready for something that will cause you to need some serious
therapy.
Role Reversal
Chapter Two: Doppelgangers
Quicksilver blinked. "Did you say Petra Maximoff?"
"I sure did. Now that I've told you my name, why don't you tell me yours?"
"His name," interrupted Avalanche, "is Pietro Maximoff."
Mercuria was the one to blink this time. "What did you say?" she demanded.
"Pietro Maximoff," repeated Avalanche.
Mercuria looked around. "You're kidding, right?"
"Afraid not," said Cyclops. "Who are all of you, anyway?"
The girl Mercuria had called Seisma stepped forward. "I'm Lana. Lana Alvers."
"What?" asked Avalanche. "I'm Lance Alvers!"
"Really?" asked Toad. "Avalanche is a girl, yo! And so is Quicksilver!"
"I think you are, too!" said a voice, and with that a girl hopped forward. She stared at Toad with red eyes. "I'm Tonya Tolensky. They call me Frog."
"Frog?!" laughed Quicksilver. "That's funny!"
"Don't make fun of her!" said another voice, male this time. "That's my job."
The Scarlet Witch looked at the boy. "Wait," she said. "Who are you?"
"He's the Red Mage," said Frog, hopping over to his side.
"And my twin, Ward," added Mercuria.
"Ha ha!" laughed Nightcrawler. Then he saw a blue girl with a long tail teleport to the front of the group. "I'm Darkstalker, one of the X-Women," she said in a German accent. "But my human name is Katrin Wagner."
"This is really, like, starting to creep me out here," said Shadowcat. "Which one of you is me?" she asked.
"I guess that would be me," said a boy standing off to one side, quite close to Seisma, as it happened. "I'm Carter Pryde, also known as Haze."
"Nice to meet you," Shadowcat said weakly.
"Are you all right?" asked a tall girl. It was hard not to see the visor which covered her eyes, obscuring them from view.
"Let me guess," said Cyclops. "You're my twin."
The girl nodded. "I'm Scarlett Summers, but I am also Ruby Optic, and the leader of the X-Women."
"I bet I know who that is!" said Spyke. He was looking at a very large girl.
"Blob's twin, right?"
"That's Mass," said Mercuria, flicking a hand in Mass' direction. "Her real name is Fredericka Dukes."
"Thought so," said Jean. "Guys? Where am I?"
"You're probably me," said a guy with red hair.
"What's your name?" asked Jean.
"Jean Grey."
There was silence for a moment, and then the Brotherhood started to crack up. "What's so funny?" asked Mass.
"Her name is Jean Grey, yo!"
"Well," said Cyclops, "it's nice to know at least one thing hasn't changed.
"Let's see," said Avalanche. "All the Brotherhood, except for Wanda, are girls."
"And all of the Sisterhood, except Ward, are guys," continued Seisma.
"Hey, I don't mind," said Mercuria, smiling at Nightcrawler, who was shifting uncomfortably under her look.
"All of the X-Men," said Cyclops, ignoring Mercuria, who had very quickly given up on Nightcrawler, and was now looking at him, "have also changed genders. Jean, Kitty and Rogue have all become guys, and Kurt, Evan and myself are all girls."
"Rogue and I haven't met our twins," interrupted Spyke. "Wait, I think there's my twin."
"I'm Eva Daniels, better known as Spyne."
"And who are you?" asked Rogue to a guy with white in his red-brown hair. "Not that I can't guess."
"I'm Roué," he said sadly.
"Can we please just get on with this?" asked Ruby Optic. "So the Sisterhood, the Brotherhood, the X-Men and the X-Women have all changed genders. Does anyone have any ideas?" She looked at a girl who was busy examining Forge, and he her. "Form! It was your device that got us into this mess -"
"That, and one of the Red Mage's hex bolts," muttered Roué.
"- so what do you think happened?"
"Well," said Form, who happened to look a lot like Forge, except she had slightly longer hair, and no goatee, "I think that we have just met out Doppelgangers."
"Our what?" asked Ruby Optic.
"Our twins," said Forge.
Mercuria and Quicksilver waved their hands. "We've already got twins!" they said in unison.
"They are versions of ourselves as we would have been, had we been the opposite gender of the ones we are now," explained Form.
"So," said Quicksilver, "I would have been a really hot girl?"
"Apparently."
"And Blob would still be big, fat and ugly?"
"Hey!" said Blob and Mass.
"It appears so."
"So what are we going to do about our Doppelgangers?" asked Seisma. "And how do we get home?"
"That will take some time," said Forge. "But with two of us working on this project, we should have the solution twice as fast."
"Until then, I think we should go to the Institute," said Cyclops.
"That might not be such a good idea," said Ruby Optic. "What might Wildcat say about all of this?"
"Wildcat?" asked Toad.
"Oh!" interrupted Nightcrawler. "You mean Logan!"
"I guess," said Darkstalker. "Is that what you are calling Lois?"
Role Reversal
Chapter Two: Doppelgangers
Quicksilver blinked. "Did you say Petra Maximoff?"
"I sure did. Now that I've told you my name, why don't you tell me yours?"
"His name," interrupted Avalanche, "is Pietro Maximoff."
Mercuria was the one to blink this time. "What did you say?" she demanded.
"Pietro Maximoff," repeated Avalanche.
Mercuria looked around. "You're kidding, right?"
"Afraid not," said Cyclops. "Who are all of you, anyway?"
The girl Mercuria had called Seisma stepped forward. "I'm Lana. Lana Alvers."
"What?" asked Avalanche. "I'm Lance Alvers!"
"Really?" asked Toad. "Avalanche is a girl, yo! And so is Quicksilver!"
"I think you are, too!" said a voice, and with that a girl hopped forward. She stared at Toad with red eyes. "I'm Tonya Tolensky. They call me Frog."
"Frog?!" laughed Quicksilver. "That's funny!"
"Don't make fun of her!" said another voice, male this time. "That's my job."
The Scarlet Witch looked at the boy. "Wait," she said. "Who are you?"
"He's the Red Mage," said Frog, hopping over to his side.
"And my twin, Ward," added Mercuria.
"Ha ha!" laughed Nightcrawler. Then he saw a blue girl with a long tail teleport to the front of the group. "I'm Darkstalker, one of the X-Women," she said in a German accent. "But my human name is Katrin Wagner."
"This is really, like, starting to creep me out here," said Shadowcat. "Which one of you is me?" she asked.
"I guess that would be me," said a boy standing off to one side, quite close to Seisma, as it happened. "I'm Carter Pryde, also known as Haze."
"Nice to meet you," Shadowcat said weakly.
"Are you all right?" asked a tall girl. It was hard not to see the visor which covered her eyes, obscuring them from view.
"Let me guess," said Cyclops. "You're my twin."
The girl nodded. "I'm Scarlett Summers, but I am also Ruby Optic, and the leader of the X-Women."
"I bet I know who that is!" said Spyke. He was looking at a very large girl.
"Blob's twin, right?"
"That's Mass," said Mercuria, flicking a hand in Mass' direction. "Her real name is Fredericka Dukes."
"Thought so," said Jean. "Guys? Where am I?"
"You're probably me," said a guy with red hair.
"What's your name?" asked Jean.
"Jean Grey."
There was silence for a moment, and then the Brotherhood started to crack up. "What's so funny?" asked Mass.
"Her name is Jean Grey, yo!"
"Well," said Cyclops, "it's nice to know at least one thing hasn't changed.
"Let's see," said Avalanche. "All the Brotherhood, except for Wanda, are girls."
"And all of the Sisterhood, except Ward, are guys," continued Seisma.
"Hey, I don't mind," said Mercuria, smiling at Nightcrawler, who was shifting uncomfortably under her look.
"All of the X-Men," said Cyclops, ignoring Mercuria, who had very quickly given up on Nightcrawler, and was now looking at him, "have also changed genders. Jean, Kitty and Rogue have all become guys, and Kurt, Evan and myself are all girls."
"Rogue and I haven't met our twins," interrupted Spyke. "Wait, I think there's my twin."
"I'm Eva Daniels, better known as Spyne."
"And who are you?" asked Rogue to a guy with white in his red-brown hair. "Not that I can't guess."
"I'm Roué," he said sadly.
"Can we please just get on with this?" asked Ruby Optic. "So the Sisterhood, the Brotherhood, the X-Men and the X-Women have all changed genders. Does anyone have any ideas?" She looked at a girl who was busy examining Forge, and he her. "Form! It was your device that got us into this mess -"
"That, and one of the Red Mage's hex bolts," muttered Roué.
"- so what do you think happened?"
"Well," said Form, who happened to look a lot like Forge, except she had slightly longer hair, and no goatee, "I think that we have just met out Doppelgangers."
"Our what?" asked Ruby Optic.
"Our twins," said Forge.
Mercuria and Quicksilver waved their hands. "We've already got twins!" they said in unison.
"They are versions of ourselves as we would have been, had we been the opposite gender of the ones we are now," explained Form.
"So," said Quicksilver, "I would have been a really hot girl?"
"Apparently."
"And Blob would still be big, fat and ugly?"
"Hey!" said Blob and Mass.
"It appears so."
"So what are we going to do about our Doppelgangers?" asked Seisma. "And how do we get home?"
"That will take some time," said Forge. "But with two of us working on this project, we should have the solution twice as fast."
"Until then, I think we should go to the Institute," said Cyclops.
"That might not be such a good idea," said Ruby Optic. "What might Wildcat say about all of this?"
"Wildcat?" asked Toad.
"Oh!" interrupted Nightcrawler. "You mean Logan!"
"I guess," said Darkstalker. "Is that what you are calling Lois?"