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To Cat2Fat900: You are very welcome. :D Yes, at least in my world, you give acting lessons to X-Men and Brotherhood characters alike. :) (Especially Pyro) Hmm, signing contracts in their sleep. . . I'll have to consider it. However, the fear of Raven works pretty well too. Powerful telepaths who can blow things up too are very scary. . . Glad you liked it. Lol. I just about died laughing writing in the last part of the last chapter.
To Kyo-Kitty: Thank you very much.
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A/N: Those of you who follow CF's work will understand the following inside joke. If not, well just read the first chapter of her story "Beauty and the Demon" and then you'll get it and the Pyro thing. This chapter will be rather short, as it is I combined three scenes to make it longer, but it's still short.
Sleeping Beauty
Scene 7: The Darkness Rises
Pyro walks into the studio carrying a giant bag of pixie stix. He casually walks past the directors' chairs where Raven and Lightning sit. "I trust you enjoyed the acting lessons?" Raven remarks with a smirk.
He nods. Lightning is curious and asks, "Uh, what's with the Pixie Stix?"
"Oh, it was either this or spiked Pepsi." The directors nod knowingly.
The rest of the cast comes in grumbling. "Everybody ready?" Raven grins at them.
They grumble again and head to their dressing rooms. "Well, I guess she wore them out." Lightning laughs.
"Now, maybe they'll listen." His girlfriend says.
"You know, you're probably expecting too much, shelia." John says.
"I know." she sighs.
A few minutes later, Rogue comes out all dolled up in her princess dress and jewelry. "Why can't we just have a dummy lying in that bed? Ah mean, do ya realize how hard it's gonna be ta stay still that long?"
"Yes," Raven and Lightning say at the same time. "No dummies."
"That's still creepy." Scott shivers as he passes by. Jean giggles at him. "Aah, the fairest fairy in the land."
"I think Kitty is the fairest fairy in the land." Piotr says. Kitty giggles.
"No, Tabby is." Ray says.
"Jean!"
"Kitty!" Lance and Jamie join the Kitty side.
"Tabby!" Several New Recruits join the Tabby side.
This goes on for a while while Raven bangs her head against the clipboard. Gambit has been watching with Rogue and they've been laughing at the whole thing. Finally, when it looks like the battle will rage on all night with no winner, he speaks up, "Well, you can all stop t'is arguing right now! Ultimately, it doesn't matter which of t'e fairies is t'e fairest, because none of t'em will ever compare to t'e princess!" They all turn towards him.
Rogue looks down and blushes, then looks back up and says, "Why! thank ya, Cajun."
Before the fight can start all over, Raven stops it. "Places everyone! Lights! Camera! Action!"
The extras are all dressed in their original costumes and wait in the same throne room as the first scene. Storm and Xavier sit on two thrones. There is another chair next to Charles. Logan walks up to that chair and sits down. "Charles, there's, uh, there's something important I have to tell you, bub."
"Not now, James." Xavier says, waving a hand, as if to say leave my presence.
Wolverine growls. "But it's about Remy."
"Oh, yes, Remy. Why, where is the boy?"
"That's what I'm trying to tell you." he growls.
"Well, send for him immediately!" Charles says
"But . . ."
"Shh!" Charles sits up wide as Sam comes out in his usual page outfit and blows his horn.
"How did Sam get to be the page with the horn?" Tabby asks Rahne.
"Who knows, it was about the same as me getting the part of the page who gets drunk."
"Quiet on the set!" Raven yells.
"Look who's talking." mutters Lightning.
"Lightning, I'm not in the mood."
He grins, "You're never in the mood."
Her eyes get big. "Lawr, I swear I will kill you if you say one more word right now. Back to the scene people."
Sam blows his horn again and says, "The sun has set! Make Ready ta welcome your Princess!"
Loud cheers are heard as the extras whoot and holler. Raven shakes her head. Jubilee has some fun making fireworks. Pyro is sitting watching them gleefully.
But up in the highest room, in the tallest tower, all is not cheerful. The scene changes to the three fairies around Rogue's bed. She lies there, trying to be perfectly still. She's holding a single red rose and half covered with a blanket rich with tapestry-esque patterns. She's trying not to laugh at Jean, Kitty and Tabby who have all put eye drops in their eyes to make them water up.
They softly stroke the blanket. The camera shows a close up of each one with tears in their eyes. Kitty holds a handkerchief to her face. Then, back to Jean who buries her head in her hands and walks, sobbing to the balcony. Tabby and Kitty watch her and then join her on the balcony. Around them the fireworks are still going on and the sound of people cheering can still be heard. "Like, poor King Charles and, like, the Queen." Kitty says shaking her head.
"They'll be heartbroken when they find out." Tabby says, looking to Jean.
"They're not going to." Jean says determinedly, wiping a tear from her face.
"They aren't?" Tabby asks.
"We'll put them all to sleep, until Rogue awakens." Jean says and closes the drapes on the balcony. "Come." And then Forge's hologram projector is put into play as it shows the fairies shrinking and flying away. As the holograms pass people, they pretend to fall asleep and a gentle lullaby plays in the background. Just as Tabby's hologram is about to leave the banquet hall, she notices Rahne is waking up so she goes back and Rahne goes back under the table, muttering about how spending the entire movie under the table was no fun.
Meanwhile Jean's hologram is putting the Royals to sleep. Logan yawns and says, "Well, just been talking to Remy. Seems he's fallen in love with some peasant girl." He yawns again.
The hologram stops and Jean says, "Peasant girl?" It flies back and Jean continues off stage, "Yes? Yes? The peasant girl? Who is she?"
"Just some girl he met."
"Where? Where did he meet her?"
"Once upon a dream." he yawns and a gentle snore escapes his lips. He'll be of no more use tonight.
"Once upon a dr. . ." Jean says. "Rogue! Prince Remy! Oh! Oh!" The hologram flies off to find the other two holograms. "Come on, we've got to get back to the cottage!" The fairies fly out of the window.
The scene changes to Remy on the "horse." He rides, for lack of a better word, up to the cottage, while whistling the tune to "Once Upon a Dream." He jumps off of Scott and Bobby's horse costume and goes up to the door, straightens his hat and makes a triumphant gesture to the horse. Scott nods emphatically. Remy knocks on the door.
Mystique's voice is heard saying, "Come in." He walks in, the room is dark. The door shuts behind him and everyone's favorite goblins attack him with ropes. They proceed to get him tied up and gagged even though he tries to fight them off. He could have done it, but Raven told him not to use his powers. Mystique has lost her cloak and is back in just her devil costume. Kurt walks beside her. She holds a candle up to his face and gasps. "Well. . . This is a pleasant surprise. I set my trap for a peasant, and lo, I catch a Prince!" She laughs evilly. "Away with him." she gestures to the goblins and Piotr picks him up and carries him out the door. "But gently my pets, gently. . . I have plans for our royal guest." The other goblins follow. Kurt and Mystique follow last.
Three holographic fairies fly through the forest and into the window of the cottage. The holograms grow and are replaced by the real fairies. They gasp and run to a hat lying on the floor. "Mystique!" they all say.
"She's got Prince Remy!" Tabby cries.
"At the forbidden mountain." Jean says absently.
Kitty gasps, "Oh, but we, like, can't! We totally can't go there!"
"We can, and we must!" Jean says hitting one fist against the palm of her other hand.
"And cut!" Raven says.
"That actually went a little better today." Lightning says with a grin.
"Yes, those acting lessons must have helped." she admits.
"Either that or the lack of big funny words they aren't familiar with." he smirks.
"Well, I suppose most of them can't read big words well." she nods.
"Hey!" Jean says, "I'll have you know I'm a high school graduate!"
"Me, too!" Scott says.
"Uh huh." Lightning and Raven reply.
"Hey, now stop that! It's freaky." Scott says.
"Stop what?" they ask just to annoy him.
"That, that thing where you say the same thing at the same time." he says.
Pietro and Wanda grin at each other and say, "What thing?"
"Oh no, not you too!" he screams like a girl and runs to his dressing room, while everyone but Jean laughs. Even Raven laughs.
Jean walks off in a huff, "Well, I think that was just rude!" She isn't watching where she's going and tries over what may very well have been Kurt's tail. But Kurt wouldn't do that to Jean on purpose, would he? He has a very evil grin on his face before he bends down to help her up.
Rogue is laughing loudly and Jean glares at her as Gambit grins at Jean and puts his arm around Rogue's shoulder. Rogue stops laughing long enough to glare at him which cause him to remove his arm. "Can't blame a homme for trying, mon amoure." he shrugs. This causes Rogue to start laughing again.
"Are they cute?" Raven whispers.
Lightning just smiles at her. "It's always cute when two people are young and in love."
She sighs. "Yeah. Let's go, now."
"It's really strange that Jean and Scott were the only people who got offended by that big word comment." he remarks as they leave. This comment more than likely starts an argument with Raven, but they are gone before she replies.
"Hey!" Fred says. "Did Raven insult us?"
"Uh, yeah I think so," Todd says scratching his head.
Lance shrugs, "I was too busy watching Kitty to notice."
"I was too busy making fun of Scott and Jean to notice." Pietro says slowly.
"She did!" Kitty pouts. "We, like totally have to, like, pay her back."
"Hmm, next time, Kitty. . ." Tabby says with an evil gleam in her eyes. "Next time."
And so we will leave them plotting revenge.
A/N: Hello everyone, Next up, Mystique spills the beans about her plan and Prince Remy is rescued. Will he stop Mystique and rescue Princess Anna Marie? Uh, yes of course, you've all seen the movie! Lol! But what are the cast planning to do to Raven?