Disclaimer:  All characters are Marvel's, all (original) songs are Disney's.  Also, ANY similarities to any other fics or episodes is PURELY coincidental.  I wrote this way back in 2001, so I didn't copy anyone's anything.  I have proof. I have witnesses!  :P

Author's Ramble:  The song in this act is from one of my FAVORITE movies: The Nightmare Before Christmas. Don't you love it when you find a song that fits perfectly with the situation?  I'm sorry if a few lines are hard to sing along with, but anyone who's rewritten songs will tell you it's hard.  But most of it is okie dokie. :)  ENJOY!  

Oh and thanks to all reviews!!!  I love getting them, especially since I've worked SO hard on this musical and stuff. It's always nice to know people if people have read it and enjoyed it.  And I accept negative reviews as well, as long as it's constructive.  To Pyromaniac:  check the very bottom. :)

Note:  This is one of my longer scenes, but I like it.  Also Bold=singing, Italics=spoken parts within a song

Act II
The final bell of the day rings and the students exit their classes, all heading for their lockers. After gathering their belongings, all the X-teens, as promised, meet in front of the school; all except Kurt. Scott goes in to look for him as the others wait outside.

Inside the school, Kurt is nowhere to be found. Scott sees Rogue (whom he knew has most of her classes with Kurt) and calls out her name. Rogue turns around and is surprised to see Scott.

Scott: Uh…hi, Rogue.

Rogue (bitterly (she's still under the impression that they had tried to kill her down in Mississippi)): What do you want?

Scott: Nothing. I was just…have you seen Kurt around?

Rogue: Why are you asking me for? He's your friend.

Scott (his patience running low): You know, one of these days you're going to need someone and no one will be there to help you out. (Scott begins to walk away.)

(Rogue looks down guiltily)

Rogue: He…he wasn't in any of his classes. I don't know where he went, but he wasn't in class.

Scott: Thank you. (To himself, in a worried tone) Man, where could he have gone off to?

(Kurt walks cautiously out of the boys' bathroom and heads towards the door. He sees Scott.)

Scott: Kurt! What are you doing? Are you nuts? Where were you?

Kurt: Vhoa! Chill out, Scott! I made sure no one vas around before I 'ported out.

Scott: 'Ported?? Are you crazy? Why weren't you in class? Where were you?

Kurt: How did you know I wasn't in-?

He sees Rogue and knows the answer to his question before asking it. He gives her a glare as if to say "Thanks a lot, tattletale", but she just turns her head abruptly, muttering something about getting in trouble for helping as she walks towards the auditorium.

Kurt explains to Scott that he was afraid something would happen to his inducer and his secret would be revealed. Scott begins to lecture Kurt, when he notices the look on his face. He sees that Kurt feels bad enough already and gives him a comforting pat on the shoulder as they walk towards the exit. As they walk they are met up with the rest of the team, now including Wolverine, Storm and Professor Xavier. They all walk together towards the auditorium where the assembly is about to start.

Meanwhile, in Principal Darkholme's office....

Magneto: Remember the plan.

Mystique: Of course. But, I wonder, we are going to do something that will surely bring about extreme prejudice and attacks against mutants. Are you sure we can handle it?

Magneto: Whether or not we do this, the public will learn that there are many mutants in the world and even among them. They will fear us no matter what. You have seen the news reports and what they have done to innocent mutants or even humans they suspected to be mutants. We are just going to turn the tables a bit. They hate and despise us. They want to find mutants, to hunt them down like animals. So, we will give them exactly what they want. And after that, we will show them the error of their simplemindedness, of fearing and hating something they do not understand. We will teach them a good lesson by the only way they'll learn: the hard way.

Mystique: Indeed.

In the auditorium...

Several members of the Board of Education speak to the audience calmly about the mutant situation. They tell them not to be afraid and that they have everything under control. The speakers attempt to answer all the questions that are being thrown angrily at them, all while trying to convince everyone that there is nothing to worry about.

The Professor whispers to the X-men that he senses extreme fear and hostility in the audience, to which Wolverine responds "You don't need to be a psychic to sense that". The Professor wishes that there was some way to show them that they have nothing to fear; then maybe there could be hope for a peaceful coexistance. Everyone agrees, but feel helpess as to how they would.

Principal Darkholme finally comes onto the stage and is given the podium. She tells the audience that she has something which she is sure they will be interested in, as it will give them answers to their questions. Todd and Lance come out onto the stage, rolling out a large screen TV and VCR. She says that she has received something from an anonymous source as she holds up a video tape. She puts it in the VCR and begins to play as Fred and Pietro shut off the lights.

School Assembly (To the tune of "Town Meeting Song" from "The Nightmare before Christmas")

[Mystique:] Attention everyone

(She presses pause on her remote.)

There are mutants called the X-men

They're are most dangerous team

They go around recruiting for their cause

(The X-men look at each other with great fear and nervousness.)

And within this team are some people you have seen

Though it's hard to believe

It's true though it may seem

Like a most impossible dream

But you must believe as I'm showing you

It's as real as can be and it is all true

Here, let me show you

(She points the remote back at the TV and plays the tape.  On the screen is Scott, in uniform, attacking an innocent acting and frightened brotherhood.  He has an angry sneer on his face and is shown going on a rampage).

This is the one they call Cyclops

You all know him as Scott

(Scott is in total shock, as are the others, by what he sees.  "That's not me.  I never did that." He whispers.  Xavier tells them all, telepathically, to stay calm so as to not create any unneeded attention but to be ready for a confrontation.)

[Paul:] That's Scott?!

Can it be?

[Girl:] Are you sure?

[Boy:] Please tell me it's not!

[Paul, Girl, and Boy:]  It's Scott…

How surprising, that's Scott!

[Mystique:] Well it is

But now we go on to another

The one you all know as Jean Grey

(Jean watches footage of her in uniform and doing things she's never done.  She has the same reaction as Scott.)

[Duncan:]  Jean Grey?

No way!

How shocking

It can't be!

It can't be!

[Mystique:] But as you can see here, it is

[Taryn:]  It's not true!

[Girl 2:] It is too!

[Taryn:] She's my friend!

[Girl 2:]  She's a freak!

[Boy 2:] Can't believe she's a mutant; she's one of those freaks

[Mystique:] Listen now, I'm not close to done

There's still a lot more surprises to come

Now, pay attention

Now look at this boy Evan Daniels

The one they refer to as Spyke

(Evan looks at his Aunt sitting next to him, his eyes filled with worry and astonishment. Everyone now know he's a mutant, and a dangerous one at that.  She puts her hand on his and squeezes it tightly.)

[Skateboarder Kid 1:] Oh, my! He's a mutant freak too?

[Skateboarder Kid 2:] Can it be, is it true?

[Skateboarder Kid 3:] He's had powers and we never knew?

[Mystique:] Please, let me go on

Here's another one, the young Kitty

Whom they like to call Shadowcat

(Kitty gets the urge to phase out quickly.  "Why are we staying to see what happens?" she wonders. She doesn't want to stay for the rest; she wants to leave. The professor senses this and (in her mind) tells her to stay. They need to see what else will be shown)

[Girl 3:] Kitty Pryde?

[Boy 3:] Is that her?

[Girl 4:] Is it true?

[Girl 5:] Is she one of them too?

[Teacher:] What powers do they have?

And what do they do?

[Parent:] Yes what can they do?

We really should know

How can we be safe?

What can we all do?

[Mystique:] Everyone, please, now calm back down

There's something yet that you have not known

Well, time to give Magneto what he wants

And the worst, I must confess, I have saved for the last

For the leader of this X-man Clan

(Professor Xavier is seen on the screen with a scowl upon his face)

Is a kind, frail man with a calm, soothing voice

Least that's what he wants you to understand

(Kurt, in his real appearance is shown on the TV, running wild and acting very viciously.  Kurt's eyes widen and his heart beats faster.)

He disguises his young charge

Who can maim, who can harm

He's a monster, furry and blue

He puts on this watch that hides his true form

In order that he may blend in with the norm

In fact he's here now among you

And in the cloak of night

Away from all light

He lurks in the shadows

Like a demon or a spy

And his name is Kurt Wagner (Mystique presses the pause button again.  An image of Kurt, in disguised form, is now fixed upon the monitor).

{Audience gasps}

She shuts off the video and the lights are turned back on. The audience quickly gets up, looking around for those they had just seen on the tape, mutants they had once trusted and regarded as friends. Mystique heads off backstage and sings to herself...

Well, I did what I was told

I've done what I've done

I've told a vicious lie about my own son

Oh, well...


With a somewhat disappointed look on her face, she walks off, leaving the auditorium. The audience, now completely charged up after having just found out that mutants are not only in their town, but in school with their children, begin to run towards the X-men. The professor had told the X-men, telepathically during the presentation, to be ready to leave by any means possible as there might be a riot against them afterwards. Unfortunately, seeing as the lights were off and they wouldn't see where they were going, they couldn't leave before. Now that they can leave, their escape looks grim as they see an angry mob of people running towards them.

Professor X tells Kurt to teleport all of them out of there. Kurt replies that he isn't sure if he could handle that whole load and Kitty volunteers to phase people out with her. The Professor tells her it's it's best to get as far away as possible as quickly as possible. Kurt nods and everyone grabs hold of him.

As he is about to teleport, one of the students gets a hold of him. The boy grabs Kurt's wrist, which unluckily happened to be the one with the hologram watch on it. His inducer is shut off and his true self revealed. Kurt sees the extreme fear and horror in their eyes as everyone looks at him. He hears the words "freak", "weirdo", "demon", "monster", words he has heard before and has even called himself. He stands there in shock, frozen.

Jean removes the person's hand telekinetically and creates a small protective bubble around them. Everyone yells at Kurt to teleport immediately, which finally snaps him out of his trance. He teleports them out, but because he had not focused well enough, they end up outside the school (instead of farther away). Unfortunately for them, the Brotherhood (minus Rogue) are outside, waiting for them to attack them and block their escape.

The X-men feel trapped, knowing the mob would reach them any minute. As the Brotherhood approach for a confrontation, Storm uses her powers to produce a strong wind to blow them away, saying "We really don't have time for you and your games now."

They run to the X-van and to Scott's car and drive off towards the Mansion, just as the mob come out of the school. The mob see the brotherhood in a human pile on the ground and are heard shouting "Those evil X-men...they're attacking students!"

They begin to run towards them angrily, throwing anything they could get their hands on, but soon stop, knowing they couldn't just follow them; they need a plan. A plan to get rid of those X-men and any other mutants from their town and their school. They want to be safe and they want their children to be safe.

As the X-men drive home, everyone remains silent. Professor X doesn't need to read their minds to know how they feel. They have just been outed, in front of their classmates, their friends, teachers, and parents. Life will never be the same for them.

Each of them begins thinking about how their lives will be different. Jean thinks about her friendships and her social life but tells herself not to think about such shallow things; that it will be much worse than no more parties and no friends. Kitty thinks of being persecuted relentlessly just for being a mutant. Scott thinks about how he can try to show them that they mean no harm, about fulfilling Xavier's dream. Evan, too proud about being a mutant, denies any fear and thinks about how glad he is that the world knows about mutants and that he doesn't have to hide anymore. Still, he can't deny that he isn't happy that the town believes them to be bad mutants.

But the one mostly affected was Kurt. At least the others look like normal kids. But now, now they have seen his real face, his real body...his true colors, so to speak. People would not be so easily convinced that he's not dangerous. Kurt feels more hopeless and melancholy by the second and wants to be alone. He suddenly teleports out of the van and into his room in the X-mansion. The other kids are startled and worried when he leaves, frightened he may do something rash. Professor Xavier tells them not to worry, and that Kurt needs some time alone, as they all do. The X-men have always been a team, but now they need to be apart; they need time to themselves....

End of Act II

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Hope you liked it.  Acts 1 and 2 were only one scene long but the others won't be. 

Also, to the lady or gentleman who asked about bolding and italics:  I've found it best to use Microsoft Word and save it as html.  For some reason, that's the only way I can retain the formatting of italics, bold and underline.  It didn't work with Wordperfect and I don't think it worked with saving it as .doc, even with MS word.  Good luck with it, it annoyed me too. :)