The Uncanny R-Man: He'll be involved yes but mostly Mystique.

Episodic: Hey when I say AU I mean, yeah Jean and Scott did take forever well not this time. Oh man your brother is like Pietro…you have my sympathies.

Ruby631: Yeah I never liked that part of the show so I changed it.

Ldypebsaby: Mainly Kurt but I decided to add something else to this as well then what happened in the actual episode.

TheLegendaryManHimself: That family but mainly the other dysfunctional family. Yeah I wanted to do that episode in a new way.

Slickboy444: Yeah I wanted to skip all of that stuff. And you know Mystique will try something in this chapter. Glad you liked the Wanda/Kurt scene and Jean and Scott getting closer. There won't be any 'Blind Alley' thing yet but they will admit how they feel.

Red Witch: Yeah that bombshell will be something and I'll try for that fic.

Mimato-4eva: Glad you liked it but no she won't join up with them that's why I had her join with the X-Men instead.

Thanks to: GothikStrawberry


WANDA'S LIFE

CHAPTER 10: FAMILY

Mystique was furious. For the past few days she had been in a bad mood and the other Brotherhood members were staying clear of the blue hurricane. "Man what is up with her? Ever since she got back she's been insane." Lance asked the other boys.

"Maybe it's that time of the month?" Toad suggested.

"Nah…she's WORSE when that happens." Lance muttered.

They were currently hiding out in the living room doing their best to avoid Mystique. "How should I know?" Pietro shrugged. "All I know is that she went to try and get that new girl but Xavier got to her first."

"You mean that Goth chick with the hair right?" Toad asked him, he had seen her at the school a few times hanging around the others.

"I'm surprised you noticed her with what you drooling over Pietro's sister." Lance snickered at him.

"Hey she's a bade!"

"TOAD! That's my sister you're talking about!" Pietro yelled at him.

"Like it matters that he likes her, she's going out with Wagner anyway." Lance said before Toad said anything further to make Pietro pissed off.

Toad looked down at the floor feeling a bit depressed. "I still don't see what she sees in him. I mean the guy is the biggest freak around!"

"Maybe she's into body hair or something." Lance offered the short mutant. Pietro walked off not wanting to hear them talk about his sister like that, okay they weren't close but that still doesn't mean he had to hear them talk about her love life. Even though he also felt that she could do way better then blue boy, what DID she see in that freak?

Mystique on the other hand was in her lavished room mulling over what to do. So far she now had both her son and daughter together, something she never though would happen, but had always hoped. The only thing wrong was that neither one of them knew the full truth, that they were related nor that she was their mother.

She wanted her children in her life but then again it was because of her life that she tried to hide Kurt away, and that she had adopted the girl but had left her in the care of her closest and maybe her only friend Irene. She had visited the girl when she was younger but she doubted she ever remembered her.

'What am I going to do? How can I just sit here just watching my children and never being a part of their lives?' She wondered. Kurt was bad enough, seeing him all the time was hard on her but seeing her there too…it was near unbearable to watch them both there at the school.

But what could she do…if only they knew about her what would they do?

Then it hit her, what if they did know?

She had a plan forming and she needed to carry it out. She just hoped Magneto didn't find out what she had planned. He knew that he tried to experiment further on Kurt and after she tried to run off would want to ruin any way of her and Kurt getting together as payment for trying to run off that time she had lost him on that bridge.

She just hoped this worked and maybe she could convince both of them that Xavier's so called dream was just that, a dream.

-Xavier Institute-

Wanda was checking in on the new girl who decided to just call herself Rogue for some reason. That was cool with her, a bit strange but cool. She was also roomed in with Kitty; she guessed that was Xavier's idea for some reason since Wanda couldn't think of any two people more different. It was like the mansion had its own personal odd couple.

She looked into the room and saw her on the bed reading a book that looked like a vampire thing, not surprising there. Rogue on the other hand was getting used to her new life. She had to admit there sure was a hell of a lot worse places she could have ended up on. But certain things bugged her, like why did Irene say not to trust them when she could?

She tried to call her and to see her but she had vanished. She didn't understand what was going on with her. Xavier was nice enough and he said he could try his best to help her out but so far she seemed doomed to never touch another living person. Sure she hadn't been exactly the most social but at least she had a choice in the matter before now.

It was all really depressing for her to think about but it's not like she could forget, if she did she might hurt someone. She was still uneasy using her powers in that Danger Room, everything she absorbed someone it felt like her mind was filling up. She was learning to push it all aside and to put whatever memories she still kept to the back of her mind.

"Hey, how's it going?" Rogue looked up to see Wanda. It was because of her that she was here and was also someone she found liking as a friend.

"Just enjoying tha quiet without Kitty here, why was I the one that got roomed with her?" Rogue asked Wanda slightly annoyed.

Wanda just shrugged. "Don't know, but he would have his reasons. I mean maybe after what you went through he didn't want you to be alone?"

"Ah guess, but why Kitty?"

Wanda laughed a bit. "She can't be that bad."

Rogue looked deadpanned at her. "She lahkes ta play Celine Dion a lot."

Wanda lost all good humor. "You poor, poor woman. It's official, that girl is evil, and she must be stopped."

Rogue got a small smile. "Well…at least she's neat, plus ah just thrown some of mah clothing on her side of the room and ah get a little pleasure from watching her get all frustrated with cleaning up mah 'messes'."

Now it was Wanda's turn to smile. "Oh that's good I have to remember that, well I got some math homework to do so see ya later." Rogue nodded and went back to her book but then heard a tapping noise. She followed it to the French doors and saw a raven flay off, she was about to turn away when she noticed something on the balcony. She opened the doors and found a folder there. She wasn't sure what to make of it and when she picked it up her eyes widened at the name on the folder.

It was her name, her real name. She opened it and found that they were adoption papers. She always thought that Irene was her legal guardian but this showed that someone had adopted her. She was reading through the pages her heart pounding with this. She didn't care who sent this or how it got there, she just wanted to know who had adopted her.

But when she got to the name of who it was it was torn out and there was a note. It read: If you want to know the rest meet me at this address. She read the address and there was a time on it for an hour from now. She wasn't sure what to do, she knew that she should tell the others…but…this was important to her. This was something she needed to know. Who had adopted her? Why was she placed with Irene? The were questions she had to know, but if she told the others by the time they talked this out it would be too late.

She knew this was a bad idea but she had to try. She placed the folder under her pillow and made her way to the front door hoping that she could get to the area on foot in time.

Not long after Kurt was also in his room when he too heard a tapping noise. He did the same thing as Rogue but he found a note instead. It was addressed to him and it read it. To him it said that if he wanted to know about his biological mother then to meet at an address in an hour. He looked outside to see if anyone was there but he didn't see anything. He looked back at the message.

All his life he wondered about his real parents and what exactly happened to them and why they left him, although by looking in a mirror he always guessed that reason, but still he had questions that he always wanted to know about. The note also said to come alone and he knew that if he told the others they wouldn't let him go alone, especially Wanda.

He thought about this, he needed to go but then there was a knock on the door. He placed the note in his desk and teleported out of there. If it was Jean or Xavier then he might let this slip, so he needed to get out. The person turned out to be Wanda and she opened the door. "Kurt? You here?" She looked around. "I just needed a calculator I couldn't find mine?" She looked on the balcony but he wasn't in so she shrugged. "I'll just help myself then."

She wondered where he kept his and figured the desk. She pulled open drawers and found it and a piece of paper too. 'Now what's this?' She knew she shouldn't read it but she was too curious. She opened it and when she read it she dropped the calculator as her mouth fell open. She ran out the door to find the Professor.

Mystique had placed the materials at the mansion. It hadn't been easy, she had to say in animal forms so the security system didn't pick her up but she had done it. She was gathering the last of her things and was making her way to the area. She was about to reach the front door when Pietro had to make his presence known. He zipped right in front of her his arms crossed. "What cha up to?"

"Out of my way Pietro." She growled out.

"Hey, what's this?" He quickly took the completed files that were copies of Rogue's adoption papers and a picture of her and a little blue thing that looked like Kurt.

She quickly snatched it back from him. "Not any of your business!" She hissed at him and shoved him out of the way and quickly walked out the door.

Pietro eyed her suspiciously and ran to his room and pulled out a cell phone with a number programmed into its memory. His father had given him this since he wanted to make sure he had an eye on Mystique. He punched in the auto dialing and let it ring. "Hey pop-sorry, I mean…sir. There's something you should know…

-45 minutes later-

Rogue found herself in a warehouse with the lights out. The large doors had been opened like an invitation and she walked through it. There she saw a table in the room with the only light overhead lighting it, in the darkness. The place was cold and dark and she felt as if she was being watched and she guessed she was right.

"Vhat are you doing here?" Rogue jumped and nearly let out a scream at being scared. She turned to see Kurt there right behind her. Kurt had waited not to far away debating if he should go or not and finally had decided to do this. When he got there and saw Rogue he feared she might have found the letter and was here to stop him.

Rogue for her part felt like she wouldn't have the hiccups ever again after that scare. "Me? What about ya! Ah was told ta meet someone here to tell meh about mah adopted motha."

Now Kurt was confused. "But I vas told zat I vould learn about my real mozher here."

"You're both right." Came a voice echoing from the darkness. "You see Kurt, your biological mother adopted Rogue."

"WHAT?!" Both teams yelled out shocked. They looked at each other. Both eyes widened but the news and saw each other as if for the first time.

"Yes, look on the table." The voice said to them and they slowly moved forward. Both of their heart pounded in their chests and both were extremely nervous about all of this. Rogue found an identical folder with the same papers only this time it had a name of who it was. She said the name out loud as if reading saying it would prove the words that she was reading to her, mainly due to the fact she couldn't believe what was there. "Raven Darkholme…the PRINCIPAL?!"

Kurt saw a picture of what had to be him being held by a blue skinned lady with red hair. By the descriptions Xavier told them of Magneto and Mystique he knew who the woman could be. "Mystique?"

"Yes." Then out of the shadows stepped out the principal then she turned into her true form. "I am both your mother."

"Ah don't believe this!? After what ya put meh through?" Rogue screamed at her throwing the file onto the desk, referring to her ordeal when her powers emerged.

"How else was I going to get you to join?" She told her. "Would you have believed me if I came to you? Besides by the time Irene told me that you were going to manifest and when I got there Xavier was already there and I needed to make sure you went with me. I already lost one child to Xavier I didn't want to lose you to him and his idiot dream for peace."

"Ze Professor is right in trying to live peacefully." Kurt said standing up for the man that had helped him to live a normal life for the first time in his life.

"Please Kurt, do you think the world would accept you? I know personally that they wouldn't." Mystique said remembering the times when people saw her true form.

"Vell…zat may be." Kurt said seeing her and knew that she had the same problem as he did, and he also couldn't help but notice that they both had the same shade of blue. "But…vhy did you leave me?"

Rogue knew from his memories that he always wondered at that and she would like to hear this explanation.

"Kurt…" She began softly. "Magneto said he was going to improve on you, but when you came out like you did…I ran, he followed me and I lost you over a bridge. By the time I found you that family had taken you in and I didn't want him to do anymore experiments on you and they seemed to accept you so…I left you in their care. You have no idea how hard that was or to see you in the halls everyday." Her voice was strained with emotion at this point, she left all her masks fall and for the first time in years let someone see the real her.

"Wait a minute." Rogue said her. "Are ya telling us you let the psycho experiment on your unborn child!?"

"I had my reasons!" She defended.

"So…you're the reason I look like zhis!?" Kurt asked her angry with her. He always thought he looked like he did because he was a mutant but to find out he was experimented on and that was most likely the reason for his 'deformities' was nearly too much for him.

Please, children. I had to let you know the truth, I want you both in my lives…so we can be a family."

They were both silence a moment then another voice was heard. "They have a family." They all behind them and saw the X-Men there and Wanda stepping over to Kurt and then looked at Mystique. "We're their family."

"Stay out of this!" The blue shape shifter said angrily. She had already ruined her plans for Rogue but she wouldn't ruin this.

"No…she's right." Kurt said and took her hand. "I am vere I belong." He then placed another on Rogue's shoulder. "We both are."

"He's right." Rogue said coldly. "Besides since when were you ever a motha to either of us? Ya think ya can just walk in and be one after you left the both of us? Drop dead!"

Mystique looked as the X-Men were gathering around her and knew that she lost her children…again. She morphed into a raven and flew off and out of the building. Logan came up to the two teens. "You kids got some explainin' to do. Like why you both left without tellin' anyone." He said sharply to them.

"We had our reasons." Rogue said to him crossing her arms.

"Well see what Chuck has to say about this." Wolverine said to her.

-Institute-

Kurt was in his room thinking on things. Xavier had already confirmed that Mystique not only was Principle Darkholme but he knew that she was his biological mother. Well the others were a bit angry that he never told them about her being the principle but Kurt was angrier with him about the fact that he kept the knowledge of knowing his real mother.

Of course after cooling down he realized that maybe he did it to protect them and him. Knowing that was his real mother came as a huge shock and he was disappointed in her too. He always wondered who his real parents were and had come up with a lot of fantasies on what they were like. Having his mother as a mutant working with Magneto against humans wasn't one of them.

It was kind of a blow, a really hard blow to him.

"Hey." He turned to see Rogue there and this was another surprise. A sister he never knew he had, they had been silent ever since they got back both of them had been in shock and both of them pretty much needed to come to terms with it.

Rogue had been in her room for the past fifteen minutes just thinking on it all. Mystique, Irene, and of Kurt especially. All her life she felt alone in the world but here she was with an actual slightly younger brother. She couldn't believe that he was related to her, okay he was her foster brother but still…for the first time in her life she had family, real family.

It both excited and terrified her.

After thinking on it in her room, which she was thankful Kitty had kept quiet and let her be, she knew she had to see him. And here she was in his room looking at him sitting on the railing. "So…" She didn't know what to say about this, what do you say?

Kurt for his part smiled. "Hey…so…is zhis as verid for you as it is for me?"

She leaned on the railing and looked out to the view. "Yeah it is."

"You know…as a child I alvays vas a bit lonely, I vas an only child and I alvays wanted a brozer or sister…guess I got my vish."

Rogue couldn't help a small smile. "Ah guess so…ah also wondered what if would beh lahke with a brother or sister growing up too." She turned to him. "Ah guess we both got that wish." Kurt smiled and carefully put his arm around her and hugged her. At first she didn't respond mainly because she was always cautious on close contact but soon she hugged him back. It felt so nice for the both of them, and Rogue never felt more at home in her life.

She pulled back with a smile on her face and turned away not wanting anyone to see a few small tears on her face. "Well…ah'll leave ya alone now."

Kurt nodded, knowing she wasn't the type for long emotional scene. "Alright, see you later…sister."

Rogue smiled despite herself hearing that and nodded and walked out. She bumped into Wanda on her way out in the hall. "Hey, how's he doing?" She asked Rogue.

"Alright. Ya goin' ta see him?"

Wanda nodded. "Yeah I figure to give him some time to adjust." Her face fell a little. "I know what a let down parents can be to you."

Rogue remembered what had happened to her and still had her memories and Rogue knew that Wanda definitely knew what that was like. Then she got an idea and a small grin got on her face. She place her hands on her hips. "Ah got to ask ya somethin'…what are your attentions towards my little brother?"

"Oh god…" Wanda groaned into her hands.

Rogue smiled getting the reaction she wanted. 'Maybe being a sister has its perks.' She thought to herself.


NEXT UP CHAPTER 11: TOGETHER AT LAST

Jean and Scott finally admit to their feelings folks, takes place during the episode when Fred shows up and you know what happened in that one.