The Uncanny R-Man: There are a few more reactions you might like in this chapter too.

Episodic: Hey I understand if you don't review for every chapter I do the same at times. Yeah I wanted to do a story where Wanda was more in-depth and had a thing with Kurt. It was an idea I really wanted to try out.

Ruby631: Yeah I wanted to do this story my why it is AU after all and you got it, I never liked how she joined them in the show.

Aaron: Glad you liked the story and I wanted to keep her old look but with an X-Men style to it. You bet things will be different with Rogue as well as other things too.

Slickboy444: Yeah Mystique is a lot more complex then people give her credit for. I'll get to Magneto's reaction in this chapter. And I know Pietro has s soft spot for his sister but I like to think that I did make a point in why he never seemed to look for her.

Lil Jean: It's still on going don't worry about that, but you're going to have to be patient with updates I got like five other stories at the moment.

GothikStrawberry: Of course she's not evil I'm just changing what happens to her at one point. And you'll see Magneto's reaction and Pietro is a daddy's boy isn't he?

Thanks to: Red Witch, Witch-Uk, Rogue14, NightZero, ayu


WANDA'S LIFE

CHAPTER 9: THE ROGUE

It had been a week since Pietro had shown up and when Wanda had seen him in the halls at school instead of in being in juvy she had gone to ask Xavier what had happened. It seemed he had been released and was now with the Brotherhood. That only put Wanda in a bad mood for a few days, constantly seeing her brother all the time was hard on her but thankfully she had her friends, Ororo who was like the mother she had never known was there for her and Logan asked her if she wanted him to go can kick his ass but she just told him thanks, but kept that idea for later just in case.

Xavier also talked to her and let her vent her frustration in supervised Danger Room sessions, she always needed a way to let out steam without wrecking the mansion and with her brother around she was doing a lot of that lately. There also had been Kurt. He had been a great source of comfort for her during all of this.

They were currently together in her room on the floor doing their math homework. Wanda was wondering about how to do one of the last problems when she felt something against her leg. She looked back and saw Kurt's tail twitching around and smiled. She looked back to her work and then felt it again and whipped her head back and saw his tail withdrawing again and looked at his face and there was a hint of him suppressing a smile.

"Kurt don't even thing of doing that again." She said with a smile on her face, he looked at her with an innocent expression but she knew better. When she was going back to her homework she felt the tail again and pushed her homework aside. "Okay that's it!" She lunged at him and the two of them rolled around of the floor and Kurt soon found himself pinned to the floor by his girlfriend.

"I give, I give." He said laughing. "Can I get up?"

"I don't know, I kind of like you this way." She said with a lecherous grin and leaned down and started to kiss him passionately. He soon got into it and wrapped one arm around her waist and placed the other hand behind her head and his tail around her ankle.

Soon the two of them pulled away both were left breathless. "Have I told you how much I care for you?"

Kurt shook his head. "Not lately but I know you do, I care about you too Vanda." She smiled and hugged him close resting her head on her shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her. He breathed in the scent of her hair and loved that scent.

"I just remembered. Isn't Jean and Scott going out tonight?" Kurt asked her. So far 'the plan' was working with those two. They had roped in Kitty who was more then glad to help thinking that Scott and Jean were 'so cute together' as she had said. Evan was out for the moment, said he wasn't into that. So far they had gently nudged those two together.

Mainly things like leaving them alone at times and Wanda and Kurt had asked them to chaperone them a few times as an outing and Jean and Scott had been hanging out alone some times too. Kitty and Wanda worked on Jean asking her certain questions like what she thought of Scott and how her evenings went with him. Kurt did kind of the same with Scott too.

"Oh yeah, in fact I think they just left a few minutes ago, or at least they were supposed to." Wanda said snuggling up to Kurt, she loved the sensation of his fur on her skin it felt so nice. "I really hope they get together soon though I mean those two have known each other for years and I got to admit as their friend I think they're perfect for each other."

"Like us?" Kurt asked her with a smile.

"You know it fuzzy." She replied and kissed him on the lips.

Jean and Scott were at this club that a lot of the high school kids liked to go to. It had live bands, dancing, food and drinks, non-alcholic ones of course since it was an all ages place. Jean and Scott were at a table with their drinks talking mainly. "You know I'm amazed at how many people are joining up with us lately." Scott remarked.

Jean nodded. "I know it's kind of nice though. I mean having another girl to talk to like Kitty is certainly different then Wanda at times." She smiled at how different the punk rocker and valley girl were from each other.

Scott nodded. He had to admit having some guys to finally talk to was a welcome change, sure he had friends like Paul at school but that was at school and there are certain things he wouldn't talk to with anyone outside the Institute because he knew that the world wasn't ready to know about them yet. "Not to mention it's nice seeing Wanda so happy, especially after her brother is around."

Jean sighed and nodded. "I know, she's so happy with Kurt and she needs that with Pietro around now too. All she feels when she sees him is betrayal and hurt…I think she's having nightmares again too from before." She took a sip of her drink before going on. "I think seeing him all the time brings back when she last saw him and what happened to her after."

"It can't be easy for her…although I would love to see Alex again…" He trailed off thinking of his long dead younger brother. Jean felt his sadness and felt her heart ach for him. She couldn't imagine losing her own sister that was back home with her parents. She had known about Alex for sometime and reached out with a hand to his. He looked up at her and took her hand in his and smiled.

"Hey you want to dance?" She asked him and Scott nodded.

In another part of the country a lone Goth girl in green and black with brown hair with a white stripe and purple make-up was outside of a house as the party went on. She didn't know why she was here, she wasn't the social type but Irene had been really stressed lately and she needed to get out of that house it was too tense and when she heard of an open party she decided to go.

She caught Cody a tall blond jock who was actually a really nice guy and she had a crush on him since that year but she figured he wasn't interested in her. She was contemplating just going back home when Cody actually went up to her and asked her to dance. She was shocked but pleased by this. She really wanted to dance with him so she figure to put her plans to leave on hold until maybe after the dance. But then something happened.

She touched him with her skin and suddenly there was this 'flood' of strength and images in her mind. She saw him hit the floor and she was freaking out wondering if she had done that, plus the thoughts in her mind were strange she saw things and knew things that she hadn't known before and it was terrifying her. She saw other crowd around her and wondered if she touched them it would happen again. She was confused and scared out of her mind, so she ran. A few tried to stop her and she just charged them as flashed of football practice and games that she never had in her entire life flashed in her mind and charged through them.

She ran into the night scared.

Back at the Institute Xavier had been at Cerebro and picked up on the mutant and when he touched her mind sense how scared she was and knew he had to get to her soon.

-Caldecott County, Mississippi -

The X-men had been gathered, Jean and Scott had been called back by Xavier with his mind informing them they needed to get back home as fast as possible and told them what was going on. The others were already suited up and ready to go as Jean and Scott came racing into the hanger after just finishing putting on their uniforms.

They flew as fast as they could to get to where the new mutant was and the others were left among themselves. Kitty noticed how Wanda and Kurt were holding hands and whispering to each other and she smiled. She had pretty much gotten used to Kurt now, seeing him with Wanda helped her to see that he was just a normal kid. She was a little hard on herself though for treating him like she had. Even though she had been scared of what was happening to her and the strange new life she didn't have to lash out on Kurt like she had and she hoped one day he could forgive her behavior.

Besides she was kind of going out with Lance. She knew they weren't exactly a 'real' couple or anything no real dated other then study sessions but she had to admit, when he wasn't trying to keep up his tough lone rebel act he was actually kind of a nice guy.

She just whished he didn't have to act all tough and macho all the time around other people.

When they landed Xavier had told them all to split up. Wanda was with Xavier, Kitty and Kurt went off in one direction, Jean and Scott in another and Logan went off on his own since he tracked better alone. Ororo had gone off with Evan.

She didn't know how long she had been running only that she was going somewhere. She found herself at Cody's house and found the spare key hidden by the door and walked in. She kept seeing images and memories of this place yet she had never been here before.

Outside the house a limo pulled up. Inside it was a blind woman in her mid thirties and next to her was Mystique. "I'm glad you called but I wish it had been soon Irene. I left the girl in your care and you promised me she was safe. Now she's running around lose and is a danger to herself and Xavier is after her now too." The blue shape shifter said.

"I'm sorry but you know I don't choose to see what I see in my visions and not when I see them either." Irene said calmly. "You won't hurt her will you? I mean she's your daughter."

"I won't." Mystique said as she morphed into Wolverine. "But she will join me because I'm not going to give her a choice." And she got out of the car. While she looks at the house she finds a way in and sees Rogue looking at photos and it's obvious she can't understand what's happening to her.

"Hold it right there." 'Wolverine' says to her and the girl turns around. "Well a little rogue mutant all alone, this is going to be fun."

"Who are ya what do ya want?" The girl backs off frightened.

"To take you out girle, you and every other mutant." He says and unleashes the claws and charges at her. The girl panics and runs and Mystique smiles knowing her plan is working. Rogue was scared she was being chased by these people all over the place, that one dark skinned lady with the white hair threw these disks things at her and somehow they kept on finding her.

She ran into Irene her guardian and the closest thing to a mother she had ever known. "Irene! These people are after meh!"

"I know child they are the X-Men mutant hunters, you have to get away or they'll hurt you." Irene said to her then she heard someone behind her and saw several of them turning the corner and coming at them. "Run. They won't be after me, they're after you don't let them take you." Irene urged her and she ran on.

She jumped into a backyard and hopped she had lost them. "Hi." Said a voice and she turned to see a boy on the swings with bluish hair. "Don't be scared I'm not here to hurt you. I just vant to talk ja?" She wasn't sure what was going on but he was in normal clothing and not in those uniforms. "My name is Kurt and I know vhat it's like to be different. I mean people are always scared of me." He brushed a bang out of his face. "Imagine that? A cute boy like me, vell mien girlfriend says I'm cute."

"I can help you if you let me." He said getting off the swings and slowly walked closer to her. "You don't have to be afraid." But unfortunately Kitty had snuck up behind the girl and thought about just jumping her instead of letting Kurt talk to her. Kurt saw her pounce and yelled out to stop but it was too late. The girl was knocked into Kurt and she absorbed him.

The girl teleported out of there and Kitty knelt by Kurt worried that he was seriously hurt and that she never got the chance to say she was sorry for how she had acted towards him. The girl found herself in a cemetery not far away.

"What the hell is going on?!" She shouted but it came out in German which shocked her and she wondered the place but accidentally teleported a few times.

Xavier had picked up on this and was trying to find the girl. He found her in a cemetery close by. "Wanda she's in the commentary a few blocks away get to her quickly I think we have someone else after her. I have to check on Kurt."

"Wait Kurt?! What's wrong with him?" She asked him worried.

"He'll be fine soon, she just touched him and her powers activated. He will be fine soon just go to the girl and hurry." She didn't like the idea of leaving with knowing Kurt might be hurt but she made a mad dash to the cemetery.

The girl now found herself suddenly being attacked by another one of those strangely dressed people with a visor of some kind. "You think you can get away from us." The fake Scott said walking towards the young mutant girl. Then a blue energy bolt hit 'Scott' and he screamed and reverted to her true form. The girl looked behind her and saw a girl all in red with a black X on her.

"Come on if you want to live." Scarlet Witch told her and the girl looked back at the enraged look of the blue skinned woman and ran with the girl after a minute they stopped breathing hard.

"What tha hell is goin' on?" She demanded. "Why are ya trying ta kill meh but you helped meh and why did that guy change like that?"

"Look we're not trying to kill you." Wanda said to her. "That woman was someone called Mystique a shape shifter that I heard about. She works for this group call The Brotherhood and I'm guessing she's been looking like certain members of my team to fool you into thinking we're the bad guys so you would go with her."

"Why tha hell should ah believe ya? Irene said y'all were mutant hunters!"

"We're not! We're trying to help you!" Wanda said getting angry. "Besides you seem to get a person's powers when you touch them and the Professor said you were confused and that he sensed more then just your mind so do you also get a person's memories?"

"Ah don't know!"

"Think about then. Every time you touch a person do you get flashes of memories?" Wanda said in a calm voice. "Can you try and concentrate one a few of them. Like Kurt?"

"Kurt?" Then memories of a blue furred boy popped into her mind. "Oh God…what is he?"

"HEY! That's my boyfriend and you're just lucky he's fine or else despite the Professor saying to help you I would kick your ass for hurting him." She told this Goth girl. "Look." She said in a calmer tone and pulled off one of her gloves. "You want to truth? Then take some of my memories and see through my eyes…but I warn you…my life wasn't always nice."

The girl considered this and she needed to know the truth and she gently reached out and touched the girl. She felt all of Wanda's memories flood her mind, she saw that horrible asylum but then she saw Xavier take her out of it, giving her a home, helping her with her powers. She saw Scott and Jean as her first friends and saw Kurt and how she felt about him and everything.

Wanda felt lightheaded and when she looked up saw the girl with a faraway look in her eyes and then she seemed to snap out of it and looked at Wanda in a new light. "Oh god…ya went through all of that?"

Wanda nodded. "Yeah but as you saw the Professor helped me and he can help you. Please, I mean who else are you going to go with? The psycho blue lady?"

She thought it over. She needed help with this she didn't know how to handle this and from what she still remembered from Wanda's memories this Professor sounded like her best hope. "Okay…but if anything happens that isn't supposed ta then I'm gone."

Wanda smiled and nodded. "So…what do we call you?" Wanda asked the new girl as they walked off together to meet up with the others.

She thought about it, the others seemed to have names other then their real ones and to tell the truth she never liked her real name. She thought of what the fake guy with the claws had called her in the house. "Call meh Rogue." She said to her.

In the shadows Mystique glared at the two of them. She couldn't believe it that girl had ruined everything! Now Xavier had her son and her daughter. "This isn't over yet." She vowed and went back into the shadows.


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