MP3 here. I'm back and swinging with a new chappie that you all have been
begging me for. I got a bit of much needed inspiration after seeing Lord of
the Rings: Return of the King. THAT WAS THE BEST FRICKIN' MOVIE EVER AND I
WILL SAY SO TO EVERYONE I COME ACROSS. *gets self back under control* OK,
that was weird but correct. It was a really good movie. Any way, back to
the present and the story at hand. Here it is as a late holiday present
that I worked so hard on making perfect. Remember that I don't own anything
except my own OC and a few pieces of pocket lint in my wallet. This next
part will occur about a week and a half after where we last left our
heroes, our not-quite heroes, and the heroes-at-heart. I will review what
happened over that time as The Narrator who just knows everything that
happened. (Because it's easier that way! Just deal with it.)
Don't forget that this "" means talking, '' means thinking, and #@#@ #@#@ means scene change. I've added a new symbol to mean flashback and it is ^^ ^^. Enjoy the new symbol, people.
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^^ The Narrator tells all ^^
Winter came upon Bayville quite suddenly, as a heavenly body dumped snow upon the city and its inhabitants, mutant and human alike. At the Xavier Institute, several students left for visiting with their families, yet all of The Court remained behind. Andrew took only two days to master all of the controls in the Danger Room and all of the hardware in the rec room. He took great pride in being the only person able to set the clock on the VCR, especially when Logan had congratulated him on it. For Christmas, the New Recruits presented the boy known as Pixel with the pieces of a hoverboard Forge had discarded for him to fiddle with. He looked as if he had won a million dollars and proceeded to lock himself in his room for most of the day, trying to piece it back into working order. As for his fellow members, their holidays were just as enjoyable. Keyaira and Ryan had settled their previous spat to join forces against Kurt and Bobby in a snowball fight, emerging victorious but covered in damp powder. For Christmas, Keyaira received an odd package, delivered with no return address, yet filled with CDs by her favorite pop artists and several new guitar picks. Upon this revelation of Keyaira's musical ability, she took requests and sang several Christmas carols. Keyaira acted the fool over Christmas, presenting Ryan with an assortment of colored beanies as an attempt to be humorous. Tabby had visited for the holidays, she and Keyaira bonding quickly, sharing secretive giggles and wide smiles when they glanced over at Ryan. He turned several shades of bright red, returning Tabby's bold smiles with his slightly embarrassed ones. By now, everyone had taken to calling the boy Archer after he had instructed Nathaniel and Anastacia to do so. Speaking of the king and queen of The Court, ever since the first session in the Danger Room, they continued an unspoken friendly competition. They still referred to each other by middle names, the friendship growing but becoming the tiniest bit flirtatious. When Christmas dawned, Nathaniel was shocked to see a small box under the tree labeled with his name. Upon opening it, he found a brass coin the size of a silver dollar engraved on one side with a pair of scaly wings and on the other with the scaly profile of what could only be a dragon. Anastacia had beamed at the pleasant silent shock on his face but her own smile grew greater when she noticed a small box labeled with her own name in blocky writing. His reward had been a tight hug about his neck as she whispered, "Thanks Superman, it's wonderful," in his ear. The present had been a quarter-sized copper rose which hung on a thin copper chain about her neck. Mike been biting his tongue, trying to hold back his chuckles at the elder pairs attempts to curve their romantic interest in each other the entire time. At Christmas, the entire Court pitched in to buy several gifts. Keyaira and Ryan found a jester's hat and scepter, while Andrew fixed up a blender and turned it into a super-powered smoothie machine. Anastacia and Nathaniel found the time to cover the younger boy in lime green silly string. Ironically, for revenge, Mike dumped a bowl of pistachio pudding over Nathaniel's head declaring, "Long live the King!" Needless to say, Nathaniel fought back and the small feud echoed about the mansion for several days until Anastacia kidnapped every piece of both boys clothing and held it hostage until the two agreed to stop. How she found all of these clothes, nobody knows, but most of the girls took great pride in hanging the pairs underwear around the Institute. Kitty was very shocked to see the last lost pair of Nathaniel's blue plaid boxers draped over her plate of cookies. Thankfully, the plate was well coated with saran wrap, but Kitty would not stop blushing for most of the day, nor would she even touch them. Once the rest of the teenagers had found out however, she couldn't even meet the older boys eyes. Ah yes, the holidays had been kind to the house that Xavier built, but it was not as generous to the Brotherhood Boarding House. Not saying that the holidays were cruel but not as kind in the same way. For festive decoration, Seyla found some holly and pinecones and in some way fashioned a wreath for the front door. Fred did his share and bought about two gallons of eggnog and three dozen Christmas sugar cookies. Todd did the best thing he knew, the thing that would benefit most of the residents of the house and himself if luck was with him. He bought a sprig of misletoe. Most of the holidays, he could be found standing under that mistletoe, praying for Wanda to walk under it with him. Unfortunately, Wanda found alternate routes, including the back door and the large window in the living room. This window was now dubbed 'Havok's place' as that was where he could be ound most times. Anne openly professed her love of Rankin-Bass specials, especially the ones abut Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. Denise instigated her own snowball fight, this one ending not so great as Jason shot a spout of water at Fred, forgetting the cold temperatures and accidentally freezing the larger boy's left arm and a good section of his torso. Seyla was forced to change into her fox form to heat up Fred. Her house-mates were very startled but still accepting of this other face. Daniel was very acceptive, considering that his mouth gaped so wide it nearly reached the floor. Darcy was right there to gently close it, chiding him softly, "You're going to let flies in, silly." Yes it was a wonderfully tense time, what with the discoveries of powers and Wanda dodging Todd and his festive fungi. Luck ran out one day, as Wanda climbed through the living room window, passing Havok in his usual place on the window sill. About to hop off the sill, she was stopped by a black gloved hand on her shoulder. Wanda turned to see the boys wicked smiling face as he held aloft that wicked little plant. Before she could rush off, he stole a quick kiss and booted her to her feet with a small pat on her behind. Regaining her anger, she slapped him and sent a hex bolt his way. Reacting comically, he fell out of the window and eliciting giggles from Denise and Anne. All and all, it was a fair holiday for those Brotherhoodians. The Acolytes however, were celebrating in secret. Magneto was officially banning Christmas, not even giving his adopted daughter or his niece a present. John and Samantha snuck out of the base to watch the Christmas parade at Disney World on the tiny screen of a portable TV. Faith flew to the top of one of the regions tall pine trees, spending Christmas Eve silently singing to herself and nursing the growing loneliness that her wings wrought upon her. Remy, Piotr, Alyssa, and Tenzo spent the holidays playing poker, rummy, speed, and spoons. It was an odd cycle of money trading hands with Remy cleaning out his teammates in poker, Tenzo and Alyssa simply destroying in spoons, and Piotr sweeping them all away with his skills at rummy. Everything balanced out though, seeing as none of them had much skill at speed. Sabertooth clunked around, looking more sour then usual, glaring and growling at anyone who even looked at him. Remy tried to hang apiece of mistletoe but catching a look from Sabertooth, he decided against it. Yes, the holidays could have been better for the Acolytes but they weren't half bad. The holidays for all our characters wee dull, leaving them with an itch for conflict and battle. The Brotherhood was very tempted to stretch their new muscles and Magneto was containing his over- eager Acolytes as best he could. Even the Court was suffering from cabin- fever, training harder and trying every which way to improve. Tensions were resting on the thin January ice, waiting for somebody to break it or each other.
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Hope you enjoyed this. I promise that the next chapter will be some action, interaction, and active romance. Please review, you know I love reviews. BTW, I have some plans for later on in the story and it is my obligation and common courtesy to ask before I do. IF ANY OF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH YOUR OC BEING BADLY HURT OR INJURED, PLEASE CONTACT ME. None of them are going to die, I just need to know which of you mind if your OC is hurt. Please respond promptly( in the reviews I'm hoping to receive is OK for this time). Thank you and enjoy your chappie!!!!!
Don't forget that this "" means talking, '' means thinking, and #@#@ #@#@ means scene change. I've added a new symbol to mean flashback and it is ^^ ^^. Enjoy the new symbol, people.
*****************************************************************
^^ The Narrator tells all ^^
Winter came upon Bayville quite suddenly, as a heavenly body dumped snow upon the city and its inhabitants, mutant and human alike. At the Xavier Institute, several students left for visiting with their families, yet all of The Court remained behind. Andrew took only two days to master all of the controls in the Danger Room and all of the hardware in the rec room. He took great pride in being the only person able to set the clock on the VCR, especially when Logan had congratulated him on it. For Christmas, the New Recruits presented the boy known as Pixel with the pieces of a hoverboard Forge had discarded for him to fiddle with. He looked as if he had won a million dollars and proceeded to lock himself in his room for most of the day, trying to piece it back into working order. As for his fellow members, their holidays were just as enjoyable. Keyaira and Ryan had settled their previous spat to join forces against Kurt and Bobby in a snowball fight, emerging victorious but covered in damp powder. For Christmas, Keyaira received an odd package, delivered with no return address, yet filled with CDs by her favorite pop artists and several new guitar picks. Upon this revelation of Keyaira's musical ability, she took requests and sang several Christmas carols. Keyaira acted the fool over Christmas, presenting Ryan with an assortment of colored beanies as an attempt to be humorous. Tabby had visited for the holidays, she and Keyaira bonding quickly, sharing secretive giggles and wide smiles when they glanced over at Ryan. He turned several shades of bright red, returning Tabby's bold smiles with his slightly embarrassed ones. By now, everyone had taken to calling the boy Archer after he had instructed Nathaniel and Anastacia to do so. Speaking of the king and queen of The Court, ever since the first session in the Danger Room, they continued an unspoken friendly competition. They still referred to each other by middle names, the friendship growing but becoming the tiniest bit flirtatious. When Christmas dawned, Nathaniel was shocked to see a small box under the tree labeled with his name. Upon opening it, he found a brass coin the size of a silver dollar engraved on one side with a pair of scaly wings and on the other with the scaly profile of what could only be a dragon. Anastacia had beamed at the pleasant silent shock on his face but her own smile grew greater when she noticed a small box labeled with her own name in blocky writing. His reward had been a tight hug about his neck as she whispered, "Thanks Superman, it's wonderful," in his ear. The present had been a quarter-sized copper rose which hung on a thin copper chain about her neck. Mike been biting his tongue, trying to hold back his chuckles at the elder pairs attempts to curve their romantic interest in each other the entire time. At Christmas, the entire Court pitched in to buy several gifts. Keyaira and Ryan found a jester's hat and scepter, while Andrew fixed up a blender and turned it into a super-powered smoothie machine. Anastacia and Nathaniel found the time to cover the younger boy in lime green silly string. Ironically, for revenge, Mike dumped a bowl of pistachio pudding over Nathaniel's head declaring, "Long live the King!" Needless to say, Nathaniel fought back and the small feud echoed about the mansion for several days until Anastacia kidnapped every piece of both boys clothing and held it hostage until the two agreed to stop. How she found all of these clothes, nobody knows, but most of the girls took great pride in hanging the pairs underwear around the Institute. Kitty was very shocked to see the last lost pair of Nathaniel's blue plaid boxers draped over her plate of cookies. Thankfully, the plate was well coated with saran wrap, but Kitty would not stop blushing for most of the day, nor would she even touch them. Once the rest of the teenagers had found out however, she couldn't even meet the older boys eyes. Ah yes, the holidays had been kind to the house that Xavier built, but it was not as generous to the Brotherhood Boarding House. Not saying that the holidays were cruel but not as kind in the same way. For festive decoration, Seyla found some holly and pinecones and in some way fashioned a wreath for the front door. Fred did his share and bought about two gallons of eggnog and three dozen Christmas sugar cookies. Todd did the best thing he knew, the thing that would benefit most of the residents of the house and himself if luck was with him. He bought a sprig of misletoe. Most of the holidays, he could be found standing under that mistletoe, praying for Wanda to walk under it with him. Unfortunately, Wanda found alternate routes, including the back door and the large window in the living room. This window was now dubbed 'Havok's place' as that was where he could be ound most times. Anne openly professed her love of Rankin-Bass specials, especially the ones abut Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. Denise instigated her own snowball fight, this one ending not so great as Jason shot a spout of water at Fred, forgetting the cold temperatures and accidentally freezing the larger boy's left arm and a good section of his torso. Seyla was forced to change into her fox form to heat up Fred. Her house-mates were very startled but still accepting of this other face. Daniel was very acceptive, considering that his mouth gaped so wide it nearly reached the floor. Darcy was right there to gently close it, chiding him softly, "You're going to let flies in, silly." Yes it was a wonderfully tense time, what with the discoveries of powers and Wanda dodging Todd and his festive fungi. Luck ran out one day, as Wanda climbed through the living room window, passing Havok in his usual place on the window sill. About to hop off the sill, she was stopped by a black gloved hand on her shoulder. Wanda turned to see the boys wicked smiling face as he held aloft that wicked little plant. Before she could rush off, he stole a quick kiss and booted her to her feet with a small pat on her behind. Regaining her anger, she slapped him and sent a hex bolt his way. Reacting comically, he fell out of the window and eliciting giggles from Denise and Anne. All and all, it was a fair holiday for those Brotherhoodians. The Acolytes however, were celebrating in secret. Magneto was officially banning Christmas, not even giving his adopted daughter or his niece a present. John and Samantha snuck out of the base to watch the Christmas parade at Disney World on the tiny screen of a portable TV. Faith flew to the top of one of the regions tall pine trees, spending Christmas Eve silently singing to herself and nursing the growing loneliness that her wings wrought upon her. Remy, Piotr, Alyssa, and Tenzo spent the holidays playing poker, rummy, speed, and spoons. It was an odd cycle of money trading hands with Remy cleaning out his teammates in poker, Tenzo and Alyssa simply destroying in spoons, and Piotr sweeping them all away with his skills at rummy. Everything balanced out though, seeing as none of them had much skill at speed. Sabertooth clunked around, looking more sour then usual, glaring and growling at anyone who even looked at him. Remy tried to hang apiece of mistletoe but catching a look from Sabertooth, he decided against it. Yes, the holidays could have been better for the Acolytes but they weren't half bad. The holidays for all our characters wee dull, leaving them with an itch for conflict and battle. The Brotherhood was very tempted to stretch their new muscles and Magneto was containing his over- eager Acolytes as best he could. Even the Court was suffering from cabin- fever, training harder and trying every which way to improve. Tensions were resting on the thin January ice, waiting for somebody to break it or each other.
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Hope you enjoyed this. I promise that the next chapter will be some action, interaction, and active romance. Please review, you know I love reviews. BTW, I have some plans for later on in the story and it is my obligation and common courtesy to ask before I do. IF ANY OF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH YOUR OC BEING BADLY HURT OR INJURED, PLEASE CONTACT ME. None of them are going to die, I just need to know which of you mind if your OC is hurt. Please respond promptly( in the reviews I'm hoping to receive is OK for this time). Thank you and enjoy your chappie!!!!!