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That week had seen some truly bizarre things. Somehow, Scott had ended up with purple hair, though no one was claiming responsibility – except for which photos captured the horror best. The image had been found littered about the mansion and bet Logan's pink tutu by appearing on both the fridge and the notice board.
No one was going about without their cameras, all waiting for the next thing to crop along. Rahne had been discovered sleeping with a few cat toys about her and she was thoroughly denying rumours that she actually liked cats. The image only made it to the fridge but everyone now carried a picture of Rahne cuddling a stuffed cat toy in their wallets just to make them smile.
Another addition to the x-man wallet was an image of Amara in workers overalls. The orange overalls had been witnessed by everyone at the x-mansion and nothing the princess could say or do could deny the fact that she was wearing them. Despite her constant repeating of the fact that all of her other clothes had been stolen at the time, she gained no sympathy, even from Logan.
He quite liked orange after all.
Ororo had only raised her eyebrows upon discovering a huge fly eating plant and three little cacti in her collection of plants. All the pretty flowering plants had been moved aside to allow the odd set to gain plenty of light. She watered them and informed everyone that if anyone ever touched her plants again they'd be used as a lightning rod.
The final triumph of the pranks was Xavier who had ended up sporting a back to front baseball cap, baggy trousers and a hooded top. Someone had even painted flames onto the wheel chair.
Oddly enough, the professor hadn't actually mind searched for the culprit, he actually seemed rather...amused by it all.
On the photos front, he was the winner by three photos on Scott's number. The telepath couldn't help but laugh at the leaders annoyed expression. After all, it was just a series of pranks.
And everyone was plotting revenge on the prankster as soon as he had been officially named. They all knew it was Kurt but then again Bobby had been plotting revenge also, it could be the work of a copycat.
Though everyone doubted Bobby would have the originality to be one.
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Saturday morning and it was glorious, the sun shone, the birds sang and Kurt Wagner had just woken up feeling as if he was on top of the world. Probably because he was on top of the four poster bed hanging upside down to the ceiling.
Stretching, he toddled downstairs and helped himself to some pancakes for breakfast, ignoring the wolf whistles he received from the girls at his black three quarter shorts.
"What are your plans for today, Kurt?" Ororo smiled at him as she placed another plate of pancakes in front of the blue mutant.
He froze in immediate suspicion. "What have you done, Rouge?"
"Ah didn't think of it an' ah didn't phone up Wanda, or got it all arranged either."
"Vhat?" Kurt looked about to see if he could spot the perpetrator to this heinous crime. All he could see was Ororo smiling at him with a huge picnic basket in her hands.
"You're taking your girlfriend on a little lunch-time picnic. Don't worry, I guarantee it wont rain."
"Ororo! How could you do zis to me?" Kurt had the basket put into his hands.
"It's gonna get better." Rogue whispered to the other girls who where watching the scene as if it was a soap opera.
The weather witch smiled again. "Don't get all prickly now, or snappy."
"Ah, ja, ze plants. I can explain!"
"You can explain after your picnic."
"Did you really phone up Wanda?"
The woman nodded.
"You must really hate me right now." Kurt sighed and teleported with his pancakes to his room.
The women all waited then smiled as a loud scream sounded through the x-mansion followed by a string of colourful German curses.
Ororo walked over to the cupboard, pulling out a camera from behind the pancake mix she had been using. "Revenge is sweet."
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Wanda paused to look at the sight that greeted her in the secluded clearing in the x-mansions expansive grounds. She looked at Kurt again in surprise. He was wearing his netted black top and bright red baggy trousers and clutching a basket to his chest. At their feet was a red and black chequered cloth.
Smiling like a condemned man, Kurt realised that Ororo had went all out for this elaborate trick. He didn't actually own red trousers, so she must have purchased them especially for this. And he was sure that the picnic basket had never had red ribbon with black bats on it before.
That was right, what happened to it being white with strawberries?
The girl sat down on the cloth and waited for Kurt to sit down. "Wow, I never realised Storm was so capable of revenge."
"You knew about zhis?"
"Yeah, I recommended the red." She smiled and opened up the basket. "Hey, think of it as a double sided coin. She gets revenge and we get free food, a proper picnic too and you don't even have to wear that stupid watch thing."
"Ja? But red clashes vith blue." Kurt indicated his fur and the sharp contrast created with the trousers.
"I like it personally." Laughing lightly, she flicked open the basket and froze. Giggling darkly, Wanda removed the sandwiches; each one had been cut into hearts and had come complete with little bats tacked onto them. "Oh yeah, Storm can have revenge any time she wants."
Kurt actually half agreed.
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"Can you see anything?"
"The point of it being secluded is so that ah can't see!" Rogue shouted down the phone to Pietro. "You having any luck on yer side?"
"No. It's too secluded for my liking."
"Then ah won't tell yah that Ororo had the heart cutters out."
"What!"
Rogue laughed and hung up on the phone before turning round to look at Rahne. "Alright, now yer mission if you choose to accept, is to go and spy on the love birds. Do you accept?"
"Aye, sir!" The girl saluted before turning into her wolf form and leaving.
"Are you trying to spy on them?" Scott looked at the Goth with a solemn expression.
"Ah am." Rogue admitted.
"You having any luck yet? My rooms on the wrong side of the mansion."
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"Zis meal vas vunderful." Kurt finished off the last of the heart shaped cake and critically eyed the final dish. It was only one dish full of strawberries and cream with only one spoon. Ororo was definitely having her revenge.
"Wow, she sure went to a lot of trouble over a few stupid plants."
"Ja, but she talks to zhem."
Wanda raised an eyebrow. "And people think I'm weird?" She shook her head. "So did you choose this spot?"
"Ja, its perfectly secluded – no vun can see us from ze mansion even vith ze aid of binoculars and its also Rahne proof – ve pass over a few rabbit warrens, she'll be more zhan occupied."
Very faintly was the sound of happy barking.
"You really thought this out didn't you." Wanda shuffled closer and picked up the last dish thoughtfully. "All alone where no one can see us..."
Kurt took the dish off her and put it in the basket. "Look, I vant to ask you something. Vhy now?"
"Why what?"
"Vhy are you interested in me now, after all zhis time?" The blue mutant looked down at his odd hands and then started to toy with his tail.
Carefully, Wanda put her arm around him. "I've always liked you, the moment I first saw you, I knew you were different. You didn't try to attack me, and trust me, not many people do that."
"Oh, ze feeling zere is mutual." He grinned. "I'm a demon, vhat are you?"
"Just a freak." She shrugged. "Now a demon would be a lot cooler – you could pretend to curse them all." Nodding, she looked at him. "But seriously, you always seemed...I don't know, untouchable. You were in that group, a part of them and I felt like such an outsider, I thought there was no hope. I thought you'd just laugh."
Kurt put his arm around her. "Come on, I vouldnt do zhat."
"Yeah? Well then you got yourself an image change and I sort of realised that you can be approached. It did help when Rogue informed me about the nail varnish – she gave me an opening and I could test the waters."
"And found zhem to you're liking?"
"Lovely and blue." She picked up the strawberries. "Well?"
Kurt picked one of the fruits up and held it to her mouth. "Ladies first."
"Charmer."
"Some say I'm a demon."
She smiled. "Well I don't mind being bewitched at all." The strawberry was pushed down as she lightly kissed him.
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Pausing, Rahne deeply suspected that she had been tricked and that she had just missed the most important part of the picnic. Shrugging her lupine shoulders, she padded back to the x-mansion since she had completely lost the scent.
In horror, she stopped at the sight of Kurt sitting on the kitchen worktop and talking to Ororo. Turning human again, Rahne skipped into the room to see if there were any leftovers and tried to ignore the glares from the other girls.
She had really screwed up.
Well what did they suspect? She liked chasing rabbits.
"Anything interesting then?" Jean asked the blue mutant.
Kurt looked at her then turned to Ororo. "Everything I believe vent as you hoped." With that, he winked and teleported from the kitchen.
Immediately every girl had to know what was in that basket.
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The brotherhood had been watching the clock like hawks. Todd had also taken station at the door as everyone realised that they weren't going to get to spy on the pair. He came thundering down the stairs.
"Yo, she's coming – and she's skipping."
Pietro leapt to his feet and was tripped up by Lance's casually placed foot.
The door opened and in skipped Wanda who was now apparently humming a little tune to herself happily. She paused next to Pietro and helped him up before dancing around in a small circle with him.
Everyone was staring in shock.
"Ok, did you finally dump him? Is that why you're so happy?" Pietro asked hopefully before being suddenly let go and hitting a wall.
Wanda skipped over to Tabitha. "His lips are as soft as a kitten!" She clapped her hands and skipped off to the kitchen.
"That's not fair!" Tabitha was stopped by Fred. "Get out my way!"
"And let you spoil her good mood? Hell can freeze over first. So, what shall we do with our freedom?"
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