Disclaimer: Again.I own nothing. Nothing, I tell you! So sad.
A/N: Wow, thanks for the reviews, everyone! And since I'm so happy because I got some reviews, I'm going to respond to them, as well as I can.
Lunacat: Look at that, I updated! So, no more darning me.until the next time that is. =) But you have to update too!
SkyDancerHawk: Thanks for the review and no, I didn't know that I had it set for signed reviews only. I've already changed thanks to you. Thanks!
Chibi Makoto: Yes.Evan has ticked off Rogue. Again. But, yes, they will be training, I just haven't decided if it should be with new recruits or not. They'll also be given uniforms, but I don't know if they'll wear those or keep what they have now. Everyone, let me know what you think!
Kosumi: I completely agree with your first sentiment-where have they all gone? We need more! And I hope I can live up to your second sentiment. I'll certainly try.
Masterplan: Glad that you think it's perfect so far! Here's hoping it continues.
Spork or Foon: All I have to say is.woohoo! Another Rietro fan!
And now.onto the story!
Pietro stared at his former housemates and shook his head at them.
"What do you care?" he shot at them, talking with rapid speed. "Especially you Lance. Shouldn't you be happy to leader again?"
Lance Alvers narrowed his eyes at the silver-haired teen. Something was up. Pietro-or Wanda-wouldn't join the X-Men unless they felt they had to. And even then, it'd be pretty hard to get either one to do it. The Maximoff twins just seemed to enjoy defying authority. Which meant that they had joined willingly. Why?
Not that he cared. Much.
Todd Tolansky stared right back at Pietro, betrayal evident in his eyes for the second time since they had met. He shook his head.
"I thought you were part of the Brotherhood, yo." Todd said.
"Yeah, well, I'm not anymore, okay? Big deal." Pietro replied. None of them were reacting the way he had expected. He'd expected anger, which wouldn't have been anything new. He'd made them angry before. He'd expected Fred, who hadn't even spoken yet, to threaten to smash him to pieces for leaving again. He'd expected Lance to do what he had done when Lance had lived with the X-Men, and throw a couple of insults his way or something.
He hadn't expected them to be hurt. Not after the last time.
"I thought we were a family again." Fred said, quietly speaking for the first time.
Something that could have been a mixture of shock, sadness, and even a little bit of regret, flashed through Pietro's eyes too fast for any of them to be able to identify it really well before he gave them a cocky smile.
"Families betray each other all the time, Blob. Trust me on that one." Pietro told him, a brittle and bitter edge to his voice as he turned and disappeared down the hall.
Boring, boring, boring.
Did nothing ever change at Bayville High? The same things happened, the same people sat together.
There was Summers with the blue elf and a couple of the other X-Geeks-er, X- Men-and there was Jean with Duncan and his idiot friends, and there was Wanda with Rogue...wait, Wanda and Rogue? Since when did they start hanging out? Pietro zipped over, his mood considerably better than it had been earlier after he had caused Evan to 'accidentally' trip in front of a big group of pretty girls.
"Mind if I join you? Of course you don't, who would? What are you guys talking about? It's not something really morbid, like death is it? Because, if it is, change the subject right now." he told them, sitting down.
"Please, sit down. Make yourself comfortable." Rogue offered sarcastically. Pietro grinned.
"You know you missed me, Roguey."
"Don't call me that."
Wanda chose that moment to interrupt. She turned to Pietro, one eyebrow raised.
"And just what makes you think that the conversation was morbid, my dear brother?"
"Well, because, Roguey here reads all those vampire books and you always threaten to do me bodily harm, so I think that there may be a slight fascination with death or pain or something."
"Thank you, Dr. Maximoff for that riveting diagnosis." Rogue muttered. Then she sighed, giving into the look that Pietro was giving her. "And actually, we were talking about how we could get back at Jean."
"Why? What'd Miss Perfect do to piss you off? I thought you were going after Daniels."
"We were." Wanda replied. "Until Jean found out and told the professor, who put a stop to it, right away."
"Wait a minute, just wait one minute. We've only been living at the Institute for a couple of days and you've already gotten in trouble?" Pietro demanded with a frown. Rogue stared at him, wondering why he sounded so.well, upset about it. He'd gotten in trouble with the professor before they had moved in, why should he care if Wanda did now that they lived with him? If anything, that should have him planning on how to cause more trouble.
"So?" Wanda replied, her tone summing up what Rogue had been thinking.
"That means you were faster than me at something and that shouldn't even be possible!"
Rogue sighed at Pietro's dramatic explanation. She should've known. "If it makes you feel any better, Speedy, you were the first one to annoy Logan this morning. Usually that's either Kurt or Bobby who manages that."
Pietro brightened. "Really?" he asked. Rogue nodded. Pietro grinned, the ever-present gleam of mischief visible in his eyes once again. He rubbed his hands together, a gesture that neither of the girls had ever seen him use. "Now, let's figure out what to do about Jean." Off their looks, he shrugged. "Hey, I'm not about to let you two have all the fun."
The next morning, a shrill scream was heard from upstairs. Everyone rushed towards the sound as Rogue, Pietro, and Wanda all exchanged knowing glances as they followed the others.
"Jean?" the professor called, knocking on the door once he had gotten there. "Jean, open the door."
"No! No, I can't!" she cried from the other side of the door. The others all looked at each other trying to come up with a way to get her out of the bathroom.
"I'll do it." Kitty volunteered, casting a worried glance to the door. The professor hesitated, unsure for a moment, before nodding at Kitty. She phased her arm through the door (no one really knew why she didn't just go all the way through, but they didn't say anything) and unlocked the door. She pulled her arm out and pushed the door open. Everyone stared at Jean in shock.
Jean's hair was blue.
Bobby and Ray snorted with laughter, though to give them credit they did try to stop it from escaping. Kurt could do nothing but stare at Jean for a full minute before he made the mistake of trying to make her feel better by joking and saying,
"Wow, Jean, now you match me."
Rogue leaned over to Pietro and whispered,
"Are you sure the stuff we used will come out?"
Pietro nodded. The chemical they had used would be harmless to her hair and, as a bonus, was clear so that she wouldn't notice any change in her shampoo. "Yes, I'm sure it'll come out." He grinned. "Eventually."
A/N: Sorry for the crappiness (I think) of this chapter. My only excuse is that I wrote it during a 45 minute class period. Also, I don't completely hate Jean, I just think she needs more.character. Too.one- dimensional. Two, at the most. She also just seemed to be the most likely to fit (besides Scott) what happened in this chapter. As for Evan, I know, I'm picking on him but I just can't help myself. Something about him just annoys me and I'm taking out my frustration on him. For now. I may stop. I also couldn't think of an actual chemical that was harmless to a person's hair and clear, so I'll just let you use your imaginations. Well, folks, hope you enjoyed it.
A/N: Wow, thanks for the reviews, everyone! And since I'm so happy because I got some reviews, I'm going to respond to them, as well as I can.
Lunacat: Look at that, I updated! So, no more darning me.until the next time that is. =) But you have to update too!
SkyDancerHawk: Thanks for the review and no, I didn't know that I had it set for signed reviews only. I've already changed thanks to you. Thanks!
Chibi Makoto: Yes.Evan has ticked off Rogue. Again. But, yes, they will be training, I just haven't decided if it should be with new recruits or not. They'll also be given uniforms, but I don't know if they'll wear those or keep what they have now. Everyone, let me know what you think!
Kosumi: I completely agree with your first sentiment-where have they all gone? We need more! And I hope I can live up to your second sentiment. I'll certainly try.
Masterplan: Glad that you think it's perfect so far! Here's hoping it continues.
Spork or Foon: All I have to say is.woohoo! Another Rietro fan!
And now.onto the story!
Pietro stared at his former housemates and shook his head at them.
"What do you care?" he shot at them, talking with rapid speed. "Especially you Lance. Shouldn't you be happy to leader again?"
Lance Alvers narrowed his eyes at the silver-haired teen. Something was up. Pietro-or Wanda-wouldn't join the X-Men unless they felt they had to. And even then, it'd be pretty hard to get either one to do it. The Maximoff twins just seemed to enjoy defying authority. Which meant that they had joined willingly. Why?
Not that he cared. Much.
Todd Tolansky stared right back at Pietro, betrayal evident in his eyes for the second time since they had met. He shook his head.
"I thought you were part of the Brotherhood, yo." Todd said.
"Yeah, well, I'm not anymore, okay? Big deal." Pietro replied. None of them were reacting the way he had expected. He'd expected anger, which wouldn't have been anything new. He'd made them angry before. He'd expected Fred, who hadn't even spoken yet, to threaten to smash him to pieces for leaving again. He'd expected Lance to do what he had done when Lance had lived with the X-Men, and throw a couple of insults his way or something.
He hadn't expected them to be hurt. Not after the last time.
"I thought we were a family again." Fred said, quietly speaking for the first time.
Something that could have been a mixture of shock, sadness, and even a little bit of regret, flashed through Pietro's eyes too fast for any of them to be able to identify it really well before he gave them a cocky smile.
"Families betray each other all the time, Blob. Trust me on that one." Pietro told him, a brittle and bitter edge to his voice as he turned and disappeared down the hall.
Boring, boring, boring.
Did nothing ever change at Bayville High? The same things happened, the same people sat together.
There was Summers with the blue elf and a couple of the other X-Geeks-er, X- Men-and there was Jean with Duncan and his idiot friends, and there was Wanda with Rogue...wait, Wanda and Rogue? Since when did they start hanging out? Pietro zipped over, his mood considerably better than it had been earlier after he had caused Evan to 'accidentally' trip in front of a big group of pretty girls.
"Mind if I join you? Of course you don't, who would? What are you guys talking about? It's not something really morbid, like death is it? Because, if it is, change the subject right now." he told them, sitting down.
"Please, sit down. Make yourself comfortable." Rogue offered sarcastically. Pietro grinned.
"You know you missed me, Roguey."
"Don't call me that."
Wanda chose that moment to interrupt. She turned to Pietro, one eyebrow raised.
"And just what makes you think that the conversation was morbid, my dear brother?"
"Well, because, Roguey here reads all those vampire books and you always threaten to do me bodily harm, so I think that there may be a slight fascination with death or pain or something."
"Thank you, Dr. Maximoff for that riveting diagnosis." Rogue muttered. Then she sighed, giving into the look that Pietro was giving her. "And actually, we were talking about how we could get back at Jean."
"Why? What'd Miss Perfect do to piss you off? I thought you were going after Daniels."
"We were." Wanda replied. "Until Jean found out and told the professor, who put a stop to it, right away."
"Wait a minute, just wait one minute. We've only been living at the Institute for a couple of days and you've already gotten in trouble?" Pietro demanded with a frown. Rogue stared at him, wondering why he sounded so.well, upset about it. He'd gotten in trouble with the professor before they had moved in, why should he care if Wanda did now that they lived with him? If anything, that should have him planning on how to cause more trouble.
"So?" Wanda replied, her tone summing up what Rogue had been thinking.
"That means you were faster than me at something and that shouldn't even be possible!"
Rogue sighed at Pietro's dramatic explanation. She should've known. "If it makes you feel any better, Speedy, you were the first one to annoy Logan this morning. Usually that's either Kurt or Bobby who manages that."
Pietro brightened. "Really?" he asked. Rogue nodded. Pietro grinned, the ever-present gleam of mischief visible in his eyes once again. He rubbed his hands together, a gesture that neither of the girls had ever seen him use. "Now, let's figure out what to do about Jean." Off their looks, he shrugged. "Hey, I'm not about to let you two have all the fun."
The next morning, a shrill scream was heard from upstairs. Everyone rushed towards the sound as Rogue, Pietro, and Wanda all exchanged knowing glances as they followed the others.
"Jean?" the professor called, knocking on the door once he had gotten there. "Jean, open the door."
"No! No, I can't!" she cried from the other side of the door. The others all looked at each other trying to come up with a way to get her out of the bathroom.
"I'll do it." Kitty volunteered, casting a worried glance to the door. The professor hesitated, unsure for a moment, before nodding at Kitty. She phased her arm through the door (no one really knew why she didn't just go all the way through, but they didn't say anything) and unlocked the door. She pulled her arm out and pushed the door open. Everyone stared at Jean in shock.
Jean's hair was blue.
Bobby and Ray snorted with laughter, though to give them credit they did try to stop it from escaping. Kurt could do nothing but stare at Jean for a full minute before he made the mistake of trying to make her feel better by joking and saying,
"Wow, Jean, now you match me."
Rogue leaned over to Pietro and whispered,
"Are you sure the stuff we used will come out?"
Pietro nodded. The chemical they had used would be harmless to her hair and, as a bonus, was clear so that she wouldn't notice any change in her shampoo. "Yes, I'm sure it'll come out." He grinned. "Eventually."
A/N: Sorry for the crappiness (I think) of this chapter. My only excuse is that I wrote it during a 45 minute class period. Also, I don't completely hate Jean, I just think she needs more.character. Too.one- dimensional. Two, at the most. She also just seemed to be the most likely to fit (besides Scott) what happened in this chapter. As for Evan, I know, I'm picking on him but I just can't help myself. Something about him just annoys me and I'm taking out my frustration on him. For now. I may stop. I also couldn't think of an actual chemical that was harmless to a person's hair and clear, so I'll just let you use your imaginations. Well, folks, hope you enjoyed it.