Queen of Random: Somebody said in one of their reviews that Evan's
Doppelganger should be called Marrow. I contemplated about calling her
that, but in the end I decided to go with Spyne, as I knew that there was a
character out there already called Marrow.
As some of you may have noticed, I have tended to focus on some of the Doppelgangers, rather than the others - mostly Petra. This is because these are the Doppelgangers that have most easily have developed personalities of their own, and are the most fun to play with. Oh, dear! I'm starting to sound like Petra! That is definitely not a good thing!
Anyway, that sort of trend will continue for most of the story. If anyone has any suggestions as to how the other characters (e.g. Eva 'Spyne' Daniels, and Carter 'Haze' Pryde') can become more animated, they will be most welcome. But, until then, Petra will continue to wreak havoc amongst the people of Bayville. Yes, the people of Bayville, because in this chapter, they are all getting ready to go out to the mall. Oh, no! Petra, in a place surrounded by people! In particular, teenage boys! Horrors!
Role Reversal
Chapter Five: Girls and Boys
Clothes came flying out of Kitty and Rogue's wardrobe at the speed of light. The two girls just watched as Petra sped her way through looking at their clothes.
"Don't you have anything that's not black?!" she cried in irritation. "Or pink?!"
"Hey!"
"Wait! I think I've found something that just might do!"
"What?" asked Kitty, peering through the crack in the wardrobe door.
Petra's face zoomed into her sight. "Do you mind? I'd like a bit of privacy!"
"That's a switch," muttered Rogue. But she and Kitty left the room.
The moment they had shut the door behind them, Petra's voice called. "I'm ready! You can come in now!"
Kitty and Rogue shook their heads. Why had they even bothered?
"What do you think?" asked Petra.
Kitty and Rogue just stared. Petra was wearing one of Kitty's skirts, that on Kitty would have come down almost to her knees. But as Petra was taller, it had become a mini skirt, and it showed off her long slim legs. Teamed up with the skirt was one of Rogue's black halter tops, but without the see- through top that Rogue normally wore over it.
"I didn't know you had your belly button pierced," remarked Kitty.
Petra looked down. "Yeah. I got it done back in New York."
"Did it hurt?"
Petra shook her head. "Not really. I wonder if you could ask the same thing of a guy, and get that response. Ask Pietro, I noticed that he had his left ear pierced."
"You have both your ears done," added Rogue.
"Yeah." Petra was still looking down. "What size shoes does Jean wear?"
"Why?"
"I don't fit your shoes, either of yours. And I need to wear something on my feet!" retorted Petra.
"You could ask her," muttered Rogue.
Petra grinned. "Ooh, am I sensing some hostility there, Rogue?"
Kitty laughed while Rogue scowled. "You sounded just like Pietro then!"
"Well, what do you expect? I am him, and he is me."
"Like, ewww," said Kitty, pulling a face. "That is just gross, and totally icksome!"
"Don't worry about it, Kitty," said Petra. "I promise to stop putting the moves on you. I'm only interested in guys." She grinned. "I just hit on girls to see what their reactions are. It's kinda like my hobby."
Kitty breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good to know." She suddenly thought of something that she had meant to ask earlier, but had forgotten to. "You remember the Sadie Hawkins Dance, right?"
Petra nodded. "Yeah, if you are talking about the Sade Hawkins Dance, the one where the guys ask the girls."
"How many guys did you take to it?"
Petra laughed. "Five!"
"Pietro took four," said Rogue. "Don't let him know that, he'll be really mad."
Petra frowned. "But that would take away some of my fun." Then she relented. "All right. I won't tell him. But if he finds out, it won't be my fault that he knows."
"Deal."
*
"Hey, Bobby," said Sam. "Do you know where the others are?"
Bobby shook his head. "No. I saw what I thought was Kurt, but I think he must have been messing with his image inducer again."
"Why?" asked Ray.
"He looked like a girl!" piped up Jamie.
"Well I think we should talk to him about it," said Bobby, taking charge. "Does anyone -" he stopped suddenly as a whitish blur ran past him.
"What was that?" asked Roberto.
"I think it was Quicksilver," replied Bobby.
"That jerk!" said Ray angrily, his hands starting to electrify.
The whitish blur returned. Except it was not Pietro. It was a girl. "Hey, do you know where Jean's room is? I want to know if she has some shoes I can borrow."
"Who are you?" asked Ray, raising a hand.
The girl sped around and leant against Ray's shoulder. "I'm Petra Maximoff. Now, do you know where Jean's room is, or not?"
The boys said nothing. They were too busy staring at Petra, and her clothes. Or rather, what was not covered by her clothes.
"You're no help," muttered Petra. She looked around, and smiled as another blur appeared. This one was the real Pietro Maximoff, and he was a little angry.
"Where have you been?" he asked.
"Looking for Jean. I wanted to know if she had some shoes I could borrow. I fit Kitty and Rogue's clothes, but not their shoes." Petra twirled around, showing off her clothes. "What do you think? Hot, or not?"
Pietro swallowed, but managed to regain his composure. "You look good. You have your belly button pierced," he noted.
"Thought you might like that. So, where is Jean?"
"She's with Grey, Scott and Scarlett."
"What about the two Alvers?" Petra asked.
"What is going on?" asked Bobby. "Why are you here?" he asked Pietro. "And who are you?"
"I'm Petra Maximoff," repeated Petra. "Pietro's twin." When the boys drew a blank, she sighed and said, "There was an accident with Forge's new machine. I, along with a few other, were transported from our reality to yours. There is just one difference between our reality and yours. The girls in this reality are guys in mine, and guys in this one, are girls in mine. Case in point: Pietro Maximoff, a.k.a. Quicksilver," she said, gesturing to Pietro. Then she gestured to herself. "Petra Maximoff, a.k.a. Mercuria."
The boys just nodded, their faces blank.
"Where is Jean, and Grey, and Scott, and Scarlett?" Petra asked Pietro tiredly.
"Down in the recreation room," replied Pietro. "I think they're having the weirdest double date ever." Pietro grinned. "Are you nearly ready to go out, slowpoke?" asked Pietro.
Petra fumed. "Slowpoke? I'll have you know I can be just as fast as you, if not faster!"
"Then prove it!" With that, Pietro ran off.
"Ha! You think you're fast?" called Petra as she ran after him. "There is a reason why I am named after a goddess!"
As some of you may have noticed, I have tended to focus on some of the Doppelgangers, rather than the others - mostly Petra. This is because these are the Doppelgangers that have most easily have developed personalities of their own, and are the most fun to play with. Oh, dear! I'm starting to sound like Petra! That is definitely not a good thing!
Anyway, that sort of trend will continue for most of the story. If anyone has any suggestions as to how the other characters (e.g. Eva 'Spyne' Daniels, and Carter 'Haze' Pryde') can become more animated, they will be most welcome. But, until then, Petra will continue to wreak havoc amongst the people of Bayville. Yes, the people of Bayville, because in this chapter, they are all getting ready to go out to the mall. Oh, no! Petra, in a place surrounded by people! In particular, teenage boys! Horrors!
Role Reversal
Chapter Five: Girls and Boys
Clothes came flying out of Kitty and Rogue's wardrobe at the speed of light. The two girls just watched as Petra sped her way through looking at their clothes.
"Don't you have anything that's not black?!" she cried in irritation. "Or pink?!"
"Hey!"
"Wait! I think I've found something that just might do!"
"What?" asked Kitty, peering through the crack in the wardrobe door.
Petra's face zoomed into her sight. "Do you mind? I'd like a bit of privacy!"
"That's a switch," muttered Rogue. But she and Kitty left the room.
The moment they had shut the door behind them, Petra's voice called. "I'm ready! You can come in now!"
Kitty and Rogue shook their heads. Why had they even bothered?
"What do you think?" asked Petra.
Kitty and Rogue just stared. Petra was wearing one of Kitty's skirts, that on Kitty would have come down almost to her knees. But as Petra was taller, it had become a mini skirt, and it showed off her long slim legs. Teamed up with the skirt was one of Rogue's black halter tops, but without the see- through top that Rogue normally wore over it.
"I didn't know you had your belly button pierced," remarked Kitty.
Petra looked down. "Yeah. I got it done back in New York."
"Did it hurt?"
Petra shook her head. "Not really. I wonder if you could ask the same thing of a guy, and get that response. Ask Pietro, I noticed that he had his left ear pierced."
"You have both your ears done," added Rogue.
"Yeah." Petra was still looking down. "What size shoes does Jean wear?"
"Why?"
"I don't fit your shoes, either of yours. And I need to wear something on my feet!" retorted Petra.
"You could ask her," muttered Rogue.
Petra grinned. "Ooh, am I sensing some hostility there, Rogue?"
Kitty laughed while Rogue scowled. "You sounded just like Pietro then!"
"Well, what do you expect? I am him, and he is me."
"Like, ewww," said Kitty, pulling a face. "That is just gross, and totally icksome!"
"Don't worry about it, Kitty," said Petra. "I promise to stop putting the moves on you. I'm only interested in guys." She grinned. "I just hit on girls to see what their reactions are. It's kinda like my hobby."
Kitty breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good to know." She suddenly thought of something that she had meant to ask earlier, but had forgotten to. "You remember the Sadie Hawkins Dance, right?"
Petra nodded. "Yeah, if you are talking about the Sade Hawkins Dance, the one where the guys ask the girls."
"How many guys did you take to it?"
Petra laughed. "Five!"
"Pietro took four," said Rogue. "Don't let him know that, he'll be really mad."
Petra frowned. "But that would take away some of my fun." Then she relented. "All right. I won't tell him. But if he finds out, it won't be my fault that he knows."
"Deal."
*
"Hey, Bobby," said Sam. "Do you know where the others are?"
Bobby shook his head. "No. I saw what I thought was Kurt, but I think he must have been messing with his image inducer again."
"Why?" asked Ray.
"He looked like a girl!" piped up Jamie.
"Well I think we should talk to him about it," said Bobby, taking charge. "Does anyone -" he stopped suddenly as a whitish blur ran past him.
"What was that?" asked Roberto.
"I think it was Quicksilver," replied Bobby.
"That jerk!" said Ray angrily, his hands starting to electrify.
The whitish blur returned. Except it was not Pietro. It was a girl. "Hey, do you know where Jean's room is? I want to know if she has some shoes I can borrow."
"Who are you?" asked Ray, raising a hand.
The girl sped around and leant against Ray's shoulder. "I'm Petra Maximoff. Now, do you know where Jean's room is, or not?"
The boys said nothing. They were too busy staring at Petra, and her clothes. Or rather, what was not covered by her clothes.
"You're no help," muttered Petra. She looked around, and smiled as another blur appeared. This one was the real Pietro Maximoff, and he was a little angry.
"Where have you been?" he asked.
"Looking for Jean. I wanted to know if she had some shoes I could borrow. I fit Kitty and Rogue's clothes, but not their shoes." Petra twirled around, showing off her clothes. "What do you think? Hot, or not?"
Pietro swallowed, but managed to regain his composure. "You look good. You have your belly button pierced," he noted.
"Thought you might like that. So, where is Jean?"
"She's with Grey, Scott and Scarlett."
"What about the two Alvers?" Petra asked.
"What is going on?" asked Bobby. "Why are you here?" he asked Pietro. "And who are you?"
"I'm Petra Maximoff," repeated Petra. "Pietro's twin." When the boys drew a blank, she sighed and said, "There was an accident with Forge's new machine. I, along with a few other, were transported from our reality to yours. There is just one difference between our reality and yours. The girls in this reality are guys in mine, and guys in this one, are girls in mine. Case in point: Pietro Maximoff, a.k.a. Quicksilver," she said, gesturing to Pietro. Then she gestured to herself. "Petra Maximoff, a.k.a. Mercuria."
The boys just nodded, their faces blank.
"Where is Jean, and Grey, and Scott, and Scarlett?" Petra asked Pietro tiredly.
"Down in the recreation room," replied Pietro. "I think they're having the weirdest double date ever." Pietro grinned. "Are you nearly ready to go out, slowpoke?" asked Pietro.
Petra fumed. "Slowpoke? I'll have you know I can be just as fast as you, if not faster!"
"Then prove it!" With that, Pietro ran off.
"Ha! You think you're fast?" called Petra as she ran after him. "There is a reason why I am named after a goddess!"