When Pietro woke up around ten-ish, the first thing he noticed was Ally wasn't next to him.
He got up and went to her room, but she wasn't there.
"Ally?"
Pietro checked the bathroom, but it was empty.
"Ally? Where are you? Ally?"
He searched the whole house, but couldn't find the little girl.
"Ally, this isn't funny! Come out right now!"
Nothing.
"Shit!"
Pietro searched the house again.
"Ally, if you're still in the house and can hear me, tell me where you are right now! I need to know where you are! Ally! Al-"
He stopped when he got to the kitchen and saw Wanda there.
"What's with the shouting?" she asked.
"Wanda?" asked pietro. "What are you doing here?"
"Lance told me you were babysitting and were to find you."
"But I didn't tell Lance I was babysittting. I told Todd."
"Yeah. And I guess he told Lance and Fred."
Now Pietro was confused. "He couldn't have told Fred. Fred's in texas visiting a sick uncle. Don't you remember?"
"Oh yeah. Sorry. I forgot."
Pietro raised an eyebrow, but quickly shrugged it off. He had more important things to worry about.
"Wanda, I need you to help me find Ally. She's disapeared!"
"How did you lose a six year old?"
"We fell asleep and when I woke up, she was gone! Please help me!"
"Alright, fine."
"Thanks, sis."
Pietro's cell phone went off.
"Hang on. I got a text message."
He saw it was from Gambit.
Pietro, Magneto told Gambit to warn you that Mystique is back to get revenge on him and she might go after you to do it. So be careful and keep a close watch on your friends. They might really be Mystique in disguise. Keep on the look out for anything strange.
Pietro looked at Wanda, then back at the message.
'Is Wanda really-? That would explain why she forgot Fred was in Texas. And why did she come here if she's really Wanda?'
"Why did you come here in the first place?" asked Pietro.
"I was worried about you," said Wanda, softly. "I thought I would come over and help out."
'Okay, this can't be Wanda. She hates me and still blames me for Magneto locking her way. Gotta play dumb, though.'
"Know what? I'm over reacting. I'm sure Ally is just hiding. It was so nice of you to come over."
"Of course. I love you. Anything for my brother."
'You must think I'm really stupid and full of myself, don't you, blue bitch?' thought Pietro.
"You hungry? Make yourself a sandwich," he said. "There's bread, lettuce, tomato, and other stuff in the frige."
"Thanks," said Wanda. "I will."
She went over to the counter. Pietro picked up the knife that was on the table and put it in his back pocket.
"I'm so glad you love me again, sis."
"I would never stop loving you, bro. We're family."
"Yeah. And family doesn't hurt each other."
"No, they don't."
Wanda started chopping the lettuce.
Wanda," spoke Pietro.
She turned to face her brother.
"Django Lehnsherr, Marya Lehnsherr, Ana Lehnsherr, Mateo Lehnsherr."
Wanda raised an eyebrow.
"Remember the day the Lehnsherr family adopted us, Wanda? Remeber the love they gave us?"
"Pietro, we were adopted by the Maximoff family. Lehnsherr is our father's last name."
"You're right. Sorry. I needed to test you."
"Test me?"
"Yeah. See, Gambit texted me. He said Mystique was back and she might try to hurt us to get back at Magneto."
"Really?"
"Yeah. But you proved you're not her."
"Glad I'm not."
"Me too. I mean, she's nothing but a bitter bitch."
Wanda's lip twiched for a sec before she forced a smile.
"I agree."
"Move over," said Pietro. "I'd like to make myself something to eat before I start looking for Ally."
"Of course," said Wanda. "Come close to me."
Pietro walked over. The second he was next to Wanda, she grabbed a large knife and was going to stab Pietro, but he was too quick and pulled out his knife and slashed Wanda's wrist.
Wanda hissed and grabbed her bleeding wrist with her other hand, dropping the knife.
Pietro pointed his knife under "Wanda's" chin.
"Cut the charade, Mystique!" he sneered. "Change into yourself, now!"
And Wanda's formed shifted into Mystique's.
