The Uncanny R-Man: Well they'll think of something. But it's just a carnival nothing to do with that episode.
Episodic: Yeah I know that motto all too well and you're right about the flawed characters and I think that's one of the reasons I like Marvel so much.
Ruby631: No I'm not I'm keeping this purely canon.
Rogue14: Well she can't do everything and I think since this was a Jean/Scott chapter it was kind of fitting he did kind of the saving.
Silver Warrior: True but I guess he didn't want to waste anymore time then he already has.
Ldypebsaby: Yeah kind of duo meaning to the title 'together at last' if you think about it.
Jenskott: I try to be original whenever I can, helps me to stand out more.
Slickboy444: Glad you liked it so much and Gambit will show up in the sequel Rogue's Life, her musings were just to set that up.
Thanks to: Red Witch, GothikStrawberry, Wen1, Sean Malloy-1
WANDA'S LIFE
CHAPTER 12: GOOD TIMES
The X-Men were just hanging out in the living room. It had been a week since the incident with Blob and everything had calmed down at the moment. Jean and Scott after having finally getting their real feelings out were practically inseparable now. At the moment they were snuggling together on a chair, Scott was running a hand through her long red hair.
Wanda was sitting between Kurt's legs with his arms wrapped around her, she also had stopped putting the red dye in her shoulder length hair, and it was now back to its original black. She had given the rest of the hair dye to Kitty and Rogue if they wanted to try it out, Kitty looked interested but Rogue wasn't.
Kitty was talking on the phone to Lance, despite the fact that she insisted they were just 'friends' everyone knew that she had a thing for him, why they didn't know. Rogue claimed it was because of Lance's 'bad boy' image. Rogue was just reading a book alone in a chair, while Evan was on laying on the couch staring up at the ceiling.
"So what do you guys want to do tomorrow?" Evan asked everyone, it was a Saturday and that meant they had a later curfew and could stay out longer, also it was the few days of the week that they could go out as a group sometimes.
"Hey how about going to the carnival?" Kitty asked everyone. "I've like haven't been to one in ages and it will only be here for another week at the most."
"Ja I'm up for zat." Kurt agreed mainly because this would be his first time going to one, and from the things he heard at school and from the others he really wanted to try this out.
"I think it might be fun." Jean agreed.
"Why because of that tunnel of love they got there?" Evan joked, which had two reactions first was a few laughs from the others and second, Evan falling off the couch from being 'pushed' off my Jean's power. That caused a bit more laugher seeing him hit the floor like he had.
"Well then since we're all in agreement then lets ask one of the adults." Wanda said happily standing up.
Logan had already been on his way to the kids, he had a new simulation that he wanted to try out on the kids in the Danger Room and after what happened with Jean he had increased their training just to be ready for whatever else happens with the Brotherhood. He found them all in the room and just narrowly missed Wanda rushing out of the room.
"Logan! Just the guy I wanted to see, you think Xavier will let us go to the fair tomorrow night?" She asked hopefully.
"Sorry but I wanted to try a new session with you kids tomorrow," He said gruffly.
"But Mr. Logan, we've been like doing a LOT of that lately, can't we have the night off just once to have some fun?" Kitty asked him. She walked over there and placed herself right next to Wanda as did Kurt.
"Yeah Logan we could all use at least one night to relax." Scott said from his place and the fact that Scott said that made Logan raise an eyebrow. He knew that if Scott wanted to relax that maybe they really did need time to relax but he wasn't going to let up so easily.
"Please Logan." Wanda begged him and pulled out the one thing Logan hated the most. Wanda used the puppy dog eyes look on him, with her bottom lip out just quivering a little. After all these years Logan still could be brought down by that look but he didn't want to break this time, mainly just to prove that she couldn't turn him around with just a look.
That is until Kitty made the same face and then Kurt too. He swore that Wanda had been giving those two lessons from the way their faces looked. Jean was trying not to laugh at the look on Logan's face, it was just priceless at that moment and both Scott and Evan had grins on their faces. It was like you could see Logan's will being slowly drained from him.
Logan just put his face in his hand and let out a small growl. "Fine, whatever just turn off the looks already." The kids celebrated at that point.
"Cool, I can't wait man! I heard they got a killer roller coaster!" Evan said throwing a fist up into the air in victory.
-The Next Day-
The Professor of course had agreed to letting them go, feeling they deserved some time to enjoy their youth. Wanda and Kurt were busy in the kitchen talking excitedly about what they would do, they also had spent the morning finishing up all their homework or at least most of it in the morning, much to Kurt's dismay. He knew they had to do it, but he missed all his morning cartoons that he loved to watch.
Wanda found it both silly and charming in a way in how Kurt kept his inner child alive and healthy, although she did promise to make it up to him. Ororo had entered the kitchen and watched the two as she went to get some bottled water from the fridge. It seemed just like yesterday when Wanda came to them and here she was nearly a full-grown woman and in a deep relationship with a fine boy.
She saw Kurt kiss her right before he disappeared and there was a sigh and a certain smile on her face that Ororo had seen before. She hadn't see that since her sister had met her husband in collage.
"Ororo," Wanda said still staring into space. "Can I ask you something?" Ororo sat down next to her and Wanda turned her head to face the older woman. "Well…you're like the only thing to a 'mother' I've ever had so…can I ask you a serious question?"
Ororo felt deeply touched that Wanda would consider her that, in truth she did adore Wanda and had helped raise her since she got here, she placed one of her hands gently on one of Wanda's and smiled at her. "Of course dear what is it?"
Wanda seemed to consider her words before she spoke. "How…how do you know you're in love?"
Ororo couldn't help but get a huge smile on her face, the normally Wanda was a free spirited, energetic young lady with seemingly larges amount of confidence. Right now she just looked unsure and kind of adorable like she had when she first got here. "Kurt I take it."
Wanda gave a sigh. "Yeah, Kurt. I mean he's not like other guys and I don't mean the blue and fuzzy part. He's so charming, sweat, nice and such an old school romantic. Did you know he snuck into my room at night just to place a flower on my nightstand by my bed on our one-month anniversary of us going out? Or that he even writes poetry now and then and leaves them in my locker?"
This surprised Ororo, she knew Kurt could be a gentleman when around others, especially Wanda like how he always pulled out her chair for her when she sat down. But she didn't know Kurt was such a hopeless romantic.
"Plus he's so great to me, I mean I think about him all the time when we're not together. His smile, his soft lips, his soft fur against my skin like when we kiss." Wanda gave a dreamy sigh then. "Every time he touches me I feel like my heart skips a beat and just seeing his smile makes me feel better…so…am I in love?"
"It sounds like it dear, but only you can say for sure. You have to look deep in your heart and search for that answer." Ororo explained.
"Gee thanks." Wanda muttered hoping for another answer.
"Don't worry, when you're in love you'll just know it when the time is right." The older woman said to her.
"Well…okay, thanks for listening to me Ororo."
Ororo gave a slight nod "Anytime child."
After their talk Wanda went to her room and tried to see if she needed anything else to wear. She wanted to look good and to be honest she wanted to make this night really fun and special. She thought about Ororo's words and guessed she had a point. She hoped she was in love with Kurt, she remembered how when she was younger she loved all those stories of how a young girl finds her true love.
Of course she only ever told Jean that, and if she ever opened her mouth about that to anyone, Jean knew that she would have to face the Wrath of Wanda.
-The Brotherhood House-
Lance was brushing his hair and making sure he was wearing his better clothing, that being the ones that were the cleanest and not as ripped or worn out as most of his others. Kitty had called him earlier and told him she and the others were going to the fair, and so maybe they could 'accidentally' meet while there.
After looking himself in the mirror he figured he looked good enough. He made his way down the stairs and was about to leave but then a white blur got in his way. It was Pietro looking as smug as ever. "Well look at you? Going out with your little pretty kitty?"
"Get lost Pietro." Lance growled at him.
"I knew it! Man what is with you guys! Toad has a thing for my sister who can't get over the fact she's seeing that freak of a son of Mystique's, Fred had a thing for the red head and you got a thing for the valley girl!" He threw his hands up in the air in defeat. "They're the enemy for crying out loud."
"Look who I date is my business, now get out of my way." Lance shoved him aside and made for his jeep. Pietro however wasn't in a good mood. He couldn't figure out why his father let all of this happen he had to know what was going on, Mystique was telling him everything right? He could see for instance how his sister was getting serious with that blue fur-ball of Mystique's and then it hit him. Maybe she had been laying to his father about them.
Maybe she was planning on them hooking up and then she would be using them to her advantage? He couldn't put it past her and at that moment he decided to call his father and check this out for himself.
About an hour later the X-Men were walking at the carnival just as the sun was going down. At first they stayed in a group, going on a few of the rides and attractions but soon they broke off. Jean and Scott went off together hand in hand, and Kitty wanted to check out the fun house. She begged Rogue to go with her but she was going to the haunted house instead.
Evan was a little sick from one of the rides and wanted to sit down for a moment.
Kurt went up to Rogue before she left. "Hey sis you mind if we come vith you?"
Rogue looked over at Wanda and noticed that even though she didn't mind she looked like she would rather be with just Kurt. Rogue knew she would be a third wheel and Kurt just wanted to spend time with her. Lately it seemed he was trying to do the whole sibling bonding thing. She was kind of thankful for it, she had been alone a lot as a child, something she knew Kurt most likely had gone through too.
She was just a bit uncomfortable with it all at times, first she couldn't get too close to him without hurting him and she wasn't used to opening up. She pulled Kurt closer to her and began to whisper. "Kurt we can do that brother-sister stuff later. Right now ya should beh with your girlfriend," Kurt was about to protest but stopped him. "Kurt please…for meh, ah may never get what you have and ah won't let you spoil moments like this just for meh…so please…go." She pleaded with him and walked off.
Kurt hated seeing her like this, he wished he could give her the ability to touch, he kept forgetting how much she missed out on life and her final words cut right to his heart hearing how she may never know the joy he found with Wanda.
Wanda saw all this and felt bad for Rogue, she was a good person and didn't deserve her mutation. She hoped that Xavier could find a way to help her like he had with herself. Xavier had promised Wanda that he could help her and he did. He had raised her and had been a better father figure to her then her real father had ever been.
She linked her arm in Kurt's and led him off. She hoped that maybe she could help cheer him up.
Scott and Jean were at one of the booths as Scott was trying to win Jean a stuffed bear but so far it seemed that when he threw the ball not all the bottles would drop. Jean narrowed her eyes and thought it seemed a bit suspicious and did a little scan on the man running it. What she found was a little trick with the bottles to make sure no one won too often.
With Scott's third try at this she 'nudged' the bottles causing them to fall, the look on the vendor's face was a bit priceless as he tried to cover his look of surprise. Scott asked her which bear she wanted and she picked out this adorable one for her. She didn't tell Scott about helping him out, besides that would spoil the moment.
Kitty was walking along and saw some cotton candy. She was about to buy some when one was suddenly placed right in front of her, she took a step back and saw Lance there holding it out for her. "I'd figured you'd like one."
Kitty got a big smile on her face and generously took it. "Like thanks Lance," She smiled sweetly at him. "I'm glad you came."
"So am I." He said to her.
Kurt and Wanda ended up at the same bottle game that Jean and Scott had been at earlier and Wanda thought that maybe it was rigged too when Kurt was on his fifth try at this game. So when no one was looking she used her powers and caused the bottles to fall. The man running that game had to hold his temper in.
He just couldn't understand what was going wrong and was going to throw those bottles out and start over when they closed down that night. He asked the girl with the foreign boyfriend what she wanted and was surprised by asking for this blue furry demon toy he had picked up a few years back. He was sure that he couldn't give that thing away but she seemed to want it.
Wanda was please to have her new stuffed toy. "Didn't you vant a bear?" Kurt asked her seeing her hug the little thing close to her chest.
"Nah, I wanted to be a bit more original. Besides I think he's cute…just like another blue fuzzy boy in my life." She gave him a sideways look with a smile and he couldn't help but smile back. "I think I'll call him…Mr. Fuzzy."
"Vhy not Kurt Jr.?" He joked.
Wanda rolled her eyes and then saw the ferris wheel. "Oh can we go on that, please?"
He gave a small laugh. "How can I refuse?" They waited in line and got on. Kurt had to admit that tonight had been a great night so far, at least for most of them. He just hoped the others and especially Rogue was having as great a time as he was having.
Then the giant metal wheel stopped and they found themselves at the very top as some people got off and on at the bottom. "Wow, Kurt look at the view." Wanda said staring out over the landscape.
While Kurt and Wanda were taking in the view at the top of the ferris wheel they held each other's hand and then looked into each other's eyes. The night, overlooking the lake and just then the whole thing just seemed like a magical moment and Wanda leaned in close and gently kissed Kurt on the lips. He placed his hand to the side of her face and deepened the kiss. To the both of them it was a perfect moment and either one wanted it to end.
Watching the kids from not too far away, at the top of a high pole was a raven. In truth it was Mystique. She had been watching Kurt ever since he first showed up and especially when she had told him and his sister the truth. They hadn't said one word to each other that day but it didn't mean she didn't care. She was happy that Kurt had found someone who cared for him.
She was just worried that if Magnus found out then he might do something. She had told him that the relationship with Wanda had failed, not wanting Magneto to harm either one of the children. She just watched her child enjoying the moment. 'At least he's happy,' She thought to herself.
She had missed so much of both her children's lives and wish she had been a better mother to them both. But some things couldn't be helped. She wanted to make up for them but didn't know how. She was the enemy to them now and all she could do was watch from a distance.
She flew off hoping to see if Rogue was having a good time. She really wished she could help her daughter. It was unfair about her mutation. Maybe there was a way to see her daughter and help her…pose as a student maybe? But then how would she keep up her role as principle at the school? She sighed and put that thought aside for another time.
Little did they know that floating above them was Magneto, he too was also watching his daughter out with that failed experiment Kurt Wagner. He knew that he wasn't the greatest father in the world, and the fact that Charles had found a way to help his daughter control her powers still vexed him to no end. But he wouldn't allow his daughter or any of his off spring allowed to mingle with such lesser-evolved mutant like Nightcrawler.
He had plans for his daughter and other mutants. He wanted the strongest and best at his side and Nightcrawler wasn't part of that. He knew that Mystique had hopes for her children, but besides Rogue, he really didn't see the other child belonging with his plans for the future. He also wanted to make sure that his daughter didn't have off spring that looked like that…boy.
He was the most evolved mutant one the planet and his children would help being about the next generation of mutants and he wouldn't allow his gene pool to be polluted by the likes of him. He would have to make plans for a 'family reunion' soon. He had just gained a new mutant in his employment that would be perfect for this, now he just had to find a way to get her alone. But he was sure Pietro could be used for that.
He floated off to one of his secret bases in order to start planning and preparing to take Wanda back.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 13: MAGNETO'S PLAN
Also could you all check out the fic Shirahime by Silverblaise. It's a really nice Jubilee/Bobby romance fic, it's only eight chapters and worth the read.
