#swan Kitty is beautiful and she knows it

[oshygoshy]

6:37 pm

word count - 907 words

warnings - kuroo is a loser also shitty writing, not proof read much

a/n - happy bday kuroo this is ass lowkey but i'm sorry i'm trying my best. i hate university i'm so busy and stressed but at least my suitemate got a kitty and she's so soft and warm and cute slay

anyways yeah kuroos a loser with no rizz...sorry. he's kicking his feet and giggling over 1 (one) interaction

there was a man. in your spot. at the library.

it was (unfortunately) finals week, meaning you were one more quiz away from a certified crash out, and one more discussion post away from taking a swan dive off the closest bridge. your left eye was twitching, you were running on less than the healthy 8 hours of sleep, and you were drinking your second energy drink of the day.

you were supposed to go to the library on campus to Your Spot, the one you have reigned supreme over for the past few months. it was quiet, on the 4th floor, away from everybody working on group projects below. it was secluded, off in the corner. it had a nice charging block with multiple outlets available, and it had a pretty view of some trees that sunlight could warm you as day faded into night.

it was perfect. it was beautiful.

and it was currently being taken by some guy.

your eye twitched again. you debated shoving him out of your chair, or pouring your drink over his computer, or maybe just glaring at him and biting his shoulder like a rabid animal (the aforementioned crash out from above), but you recognize that starting and escalating an altercation is not productive, and also that a homicide charge won't add anything to your gpa.

so you sighed, resigned, before making your way to the empty table a few feet from Your Spot. but you decided to do some investigative research (read: spying) to figure out what could possibly be so important for this man to study that he needed to take Your Spot. you quickly peek over his shoulder, scanning for his notes and computer.

“net profit…statistical probability…essay for…”

your eye twitches again. statistical probability? net profit? no fucking way Your Spot was taken by a business major?? a finance bro? an absolute buffoon?? did they even have finals, other than a coloring page? 

fuck you, mysterious business guy. fuck you. 

you were just about to leave when your eyes left his desk-

-and locked eyes with him. 

he...he caught you staring!!

wait. no. you caught him stealing your spot, and then you decided to snoop a bit, rightfully so! he's in the wrong here!!

"um, do you need something?" he asked, an easy smile on his lips. 

his eyes were hazel with golden depths, and though his hair was messy and his eyes tired, you could still see the gleam of a piercing (and honestly, kind of hot) look to them. 

"...no," you say. 

"you can have this table, if you want," he said, beginning to pack up. "i'm almost done here anyway." 

"oh no, you don't have to-"

"but don't you sit here everyday to study?" he whispered, standing up. you realized just then how tall he was. 

you catch his words after a second (you were not distracted by the height difference!), and stare at him hard. "what are you, a stalker? how do you know where i sit?"

he shrugged, zipping up his bag and hoisting it onto his shoulder. "well you sit in the same spot on the same floor like clockwork every night, so it's kind of hard not to not notice."

you rack your brain, trying to remember if you ever saw a guy like him sitting nearby you in the library. it would be hard to forget someone who looked like him (respectfully, and because he is tall and for jo other reason!!!), but for some reason, you couldn't remember seeing him at all. maybe he really was a stalker?? "well why did you decide to take my spot then anyway, stalker?" you huff, annoyed. 

he had started leaving by now, and brushed your shoulder on the way out. he looked over his shoulder with a smile full of charm. 

"because i wanted an excuse to talk to someone pretty like you, of course," he said with a grin. "see you next week."

he left his crush standing jaw open as he nonchalantly scurried away. jesus christ, he never realized just how hard his heart would beat when he spoke to you.

he liked how focused you looked when you worked on your assignments, or how your finger tapped restlessly against your pencil when you came across something difficult. it was just a little school crush, really, and he shouldn't be looking too much into it. but when he got to the library today and saw someone had stolen his spot a few tables away, meaning that he could sit in yours and get an excuse to talk to you...well, he was just a little bit giddy.

he opened the old groupchat from his high school days. a lot of his friends from nekoma were busy with their own lives, but they still kept in touch to this day.

kuroo: guess who go to talk to their crush todayyyy yaku: you finally gained the guts? wow, how impressive. i'm sure they're head over heels for you now. kai: congratulations on saying hi!! kenma: stalker kuroo: i hate all of you.

he couldn't contain his little giggle. maybe next time, he would have the confidence to ask to sit next to you.

[icarusredwings]

A date with Death.

Slightly nsfw.

The moon is out. The only thing about this specific moon is that it's a full moon. The Blood moon to be specific.

They came every march. And every march you could count on Wade Wilson to be busy that night.

Currently, he was sitting at the top of a sky scraper, kicking his feet over the edge with earbuds in.

Next to him was a sweet little spread, an expensive wine, two glasses, a couple of sodas, a bag of burger and fries, and a box with a small heart-shaped cake inside it, strawberries lining the top.

In his hands was a large bouquet of dark colored roses, burgandy, black, and reds (of course). He knew the moment he gave them to their recipient, they would die instantly, but he knew so would he. And he was okay with that.

Starting to hum, he pulled up the sleeve of his jacket, glancing at his hello kitty watch. 5 til 3.

Any moment now, he thought, glancing at the things next to him, moving the glasses over to be closer to the cake, wanting it to look perfect.

Look, if anything, he was a lover. A lover who just happened to love fighting and love kiling. But that didn't make him any less of a hopeless romantic, especially for dark harked ladies that thought he was funny.

Sure, Wade had a lot of lovers. Never being able to pin himself to just one. He spent more time with some than others, but it didn't mean he loved them any less. Even if it was only a couple of minutes a week or, in this case, an hour a year. A singular, annual date.

No, it wasn't merely enough for him, not enough for her either, but he enjoyed their little time together. How she held him and replied to his quips with further jokes that turned him into a puppy, head over heels.

It's not his fault his heart was so big. Honestly. But he knew that even if everyone left him, she would still come each March to see him.

"Welp.." He whispers, wrapping up his Ipod, laying it neatly next to the sodas as he stood up.

Turning on the heel of his good shoes (cheap half off dressage from the thrift, slightly tight, but perfect for dancing) he held the roses near his chest, like a corpse he leaned back, letting himslef fall.

This had to be one of his favorite parts. The cool wind on his back, the freshly ironed jeans and button-up flapping in the wind, the soft sherpa lined denim feeling like laying in a bed of sheep.

"Oh my darling.. Must you always take a swan dive off a 50 story building?"

He smiles, opening his eyes to see that he was back up on that roof, the dark robbed woman rubbing her hand on his arm.

"How else am I supposed to get your attention, sugar?"

She giggles, glancing over the side with an inquisitive hum. "Hhm.. always such a lovely color of red for me."

"Of course. Anything for my boney muffin." He takes her hand, kissing it softly.

"Wade Wilson, you flirt."

"My middle name. How was your trip, pumpkin?"

"Mmh... decent. Such a tease you are. You know that?"

"Obviously. Oh! These are for you. Put them on my grave when I finally get one, willya?" He coes.

She accepts the flowers, barley getting a hold on them before they wilted, drying up. Dying.

"They're beautiful.. but.. erm.. Who's that?" She questions, glancing behind them to a dark figure practically clinging to the roof top exist door.

"Oh, that's just Wolvie. He's fine, got him a number 5 meal and a soda. He's scared of heights." Wade grins, giving him a lazy wave but Logan didn't take his claws out of the metal door to wave back, the other hand holding a burger but he did tip his head. "Ma'am."

"Yeah, he should be at the end of your book somewhere. Slipepry one. Just like me."

"Mmh.. Logan Howlett...Wait I thought I've already taken him?"

"You did! He's a different one. The best one." He smiles towards the man, putting his head agisnt her shoulder.

"The man with many names.... Yes, he should be."

"Huh?"

"He should be scared of heights. I've been trying to catch him since the early 1900s. Slippery indeed...Finally caught him a few years back." She doesn't bat another.. well... dosn't move her skull away from him.

Becoming a bit nervous, Wade intertwined their hands. "Y-yeah he uh... he was curious. So.. you dont have to worry about him, though. Oh! Look! The ambulance finally showed up. Sheesh, tough break, fellas. You're too late!" He shouts at them.

"I see.." she turns back to Wade, grinning. "Don't worry.. I won't take him from you just yet.. he IS the one you were talking about last time, Yes?"

Now, Wade wasn't blind. Death was a jealous woman. Possesive of what was hers. Though Wade wasn't hers. Not quite yet. Not for.. awhile.

It's why she was so intrigued with him. So infatuated. She's never met a human that has wanted to die so much in all these centuries. So badly wishing he could crawl into her arms and let her pet his head for thousands of years as eternity went by.

He nods, blushing a bit. "Y-yeah.."

"Mmh.. quite a looker is he not?"

"Oh he so is. And he acts all tough but really hes a bit softy."

"I bet he's not soft everywhere-" She says, cassually, making Wade cough out a chuckle.

"Oh- my- god! My lady's a freak!" He laughs, still kicking his feet some as he grunts. "Not wrong tho.."

"I bet not." He watches as she looks over the small moonlight picnic he laid out for them. "Wade.. what is all this?"

"It's for our date! I made a cake and everything- well actually Wolvie helped me make it but I cut up the strawberries!"

"You did? Aww, you must be tired from such hard work. But my love..you know I can't eat." She says, frowning, not wanting to rain on his small parade.

"Oh I thought about that already. So I can eat it and then you can taste it. Fun right?"

Her black heart swells, running her hand up to behind his ear, holding his jaw. "You're too sweet."

Wade closes his eyes, leaning into hold, her thumb running over his cheek.

"Hopefully, his icing is as sweet as the cake." She whispers as he gasps, genuienly becoming giggling. "Sttaapph! You're so bad!"

"The baddest?"

Somehow, Wade knew she was giving him those eyes. The kind that suggested something.

"Oooh, the baddest. You know it, babe. Good thing I love me a bad bitch huh? Actually, It's a good thing you like funny losers. Guess in the lucky one."

"Wade.." She says, "you're not that funny."

"Ouch!!" He exclaims, hand drimatically going over his heart, shifting to fall into her lap. "You've wounded me!!" He whined, sticking out his tongue, pretending to be dead.

She laughs through her nose, holding his head in her thighs, petting over his head as she grabs his hand, rubbing over his bumpy skin.

"You're pretty hot tho.." she mutters, bringing the hand to her breast with a teasing smile.

Opening his eyes, he looks up to her with a big shit eating grin. "Oh, you flatter me! And apology accepted." Sitting up he brings the hand to her neck, starting to kiss up her jaw, little pecks.

"You really mean that? Me being pretty hot? And which is it? Am I pretty or am I hot? Cause I think you're gorgeous-"

"Wade."

"I mean, truly, deeply the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. And I don't just mean your killer rack either-"

"Wade."

"Did you do your hair for me? Goddess, forgive me for saying this, but damn, How are you so fine? Half of you is literally bone and Id still fuck ya until your hip needs replaced, What do you think? Right here on the roof? Hm?"

Pushing the food over, he starts to run his fingers down her side, getting to the point where her waist used to be. "Fuck, babe how are you so tiny down here? You know what, We'll fix that. Lemme pump a baby in ya-"

"Wade!" This time, It came from about 30 feet away, behind them.

"Wha!?"

"Let her speak! Damn!"

"oh..." Honestly, he had forgotten entirely that Logan was even here. He was so quiet..

"I tried to warn you, darling.."

"Well, I'm not sorry! He knew what he was getting into when he came here.. I can't believe I even let him come.. cockblocked on my own date.." he mutters, obviously frustrated as he agressivly popped open the wine bottle, starting to pour.

Seeing how upset he got only made her smile, pulling his waist closer, her hand dipping to 'accidently' brush up against him.

"Why would I thought that was a good-" for a second he stopped talking, leaning his head back into her boobs with a big smirk. "Oh but IM the tease?"

"Shh. Your cock dosn't seem very blocked to me."

A small squeal came from him as he handed a glass to her after swirling it a couple of times.

"A nosotros mi carino." He says, rolling his r all fancy like, leaning on her still with such comfortably.

The smiles, smirking lovingly. "A la esperanza de que te rompas el cuello mi amor~" She coes back, raising her glass to his until it made a CLNK noise, dumping it into her mouth.

Wade does the same, chugging the glass only to sit up, crawling to the edge as he coughs, spitting it out. "Oh, that's HORRIBLE! Jesus! White woman drink that shit? Why? I mean- I get it- after having to watch 5 hours of a pathetic excuse for a soccor game, I'd drink that too."

Death giggles, watching Wade refill their glasses.

[archangeldyke-all]

Hi! Can you write butch sevika w a sensitive butch reader like reader is real muscular n shit n jus super intimidating but cries when they see a stray kitten or something thank you! Have a great day 😊

omg 😭 this is adorable

men and minors dni

you and sevika are similar in a lot of ways.

sevika loves your similarities.

she loves that you guys can go to the gym together, can work out next to one another, spot each other when you're lifting, ogle one another as you do your reps.

she loves that your separate wardrobes have slowly melded into one big closet, that a majority of the time she can't remember who's shirt was who's when she's folding laundry, the rush she gets each time you wander out of the closet wearing her shirts.

she loves that you're both quiet in public, preferring to keep your circles small and your faces scowled when you're forced to leave the house.

sevika loves how similar you guys are.

but she also loves your differences.

the biggest of which is how you both deal with your emotions.

sevika's knee-jerk reaction to strong emotions is always anger. she doesn't always act on it, and she's mature enough to know when she needs to breathe through it and figure out what's really bothering her once her head's clear.

but you tend to react a little differently to sudden waves of unexpected emotions.

like, for example, one night as the two of you are walking home, passing a cigarette back and forth and laughing at silco's awkward attempts to flirt with a client that day: you both stumble upon a stray kitten.

sevika frowns, wondering who would leave a kitten to fend for itself in the cold, harsh streets of the undercity. she huffs, gently nudging the thing with its boot to see if it's even breathing. when it shivers in fear and lets out a pathetic mewl, sevika's heart breaks, and a bit of anger starts to bubble up at the pathetic sight of the kitten. don't people know the importance of spaying and neutering strays? she can't get herself too worked up though, because beside her, you burst into tears.

sevika's shocked for a second, gawking at you as you sob.

then, she bursts into laughter.

"stop!" you whine, trying desperately to wipe your tears away. they just keep coming. sevika's cackling.

"wh-- why are you crying?!" she laughs.

"it's so cute!" you cry, scooping the kitten into your arms and scratching under it's chin. sevika cringes, thinking of fleas and lice and rabies-- but she bites her tongue. she's never seen you look so sweet before.

and you do look sweet, cooing and crying down at the kitten in your arms. sevika's thought you're a lot of things: beautiful, handsome, sexy, strong-- but she never thought she'd call you sweet.

but there you are, her big bad butch girlfriend, kissing a stray kitten on the head as you cry into its fur.

(obviously, sevika begrudgingly lets you take the kitty home.)

sevika adores when you get weepy. she loves that she's the only one you let yourself get like this in front of. she loves that she gets to wipe your tears up-- and that she gets to laugh with you about how ridiculous some of the things you cry about are.

like, at the park when you and sevika watch two swans swim in the pond.

sevika turns to you to make a dumb joke ('you think those birds are about to fuck in front of us?') but she doesn't get the chance: you're already crying. "babe!" she gasps. "what's wrong?!"

"th-they're so in love." you cry, burying your face against sevika's chest. "they mate for life, sev, fuck." you cry.

sevika cackles before wrapping her arm around your shoulders and kissing your head.

or, in the grocery store, when the two of you watch a six year old push her baby sister's stroller around. sevika's cringing: already anticipating the kid driving the stroller into a display of fruit or something; but her worries evaporate when she hears your sniffles.

"babe, you cannot be crying right now." sevika laughs, scooping you into her arms. you huff.

"it's not like i want to! it's just so fucking sweet, sev!"

or, on your anniversary, when sevika surprises you with flowers.

she anticipates the tears this time, and just three seconds after thrusting the bouquet of all your favorite flowers in your and sevika's favorite colors in your chest-- she thrusts a tissue box into your hands.

you know sevika loves you because when you start ugly-laugh-crying at the sight of the tissue box, she just giggles, kisses your slobbery, crying lips, and hugs you until you get your breathing under control.

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[class-of-classic-blog]

MY HEADCANON FOR PARENTS NAMES:

Snow White: Bianca White ( Bianca means "white" and Whites are probably one of the most obsessed families with their story, every single Snow White had a name with meaning relative to the fairy tails,)

Evil Queen: Eris Queen (I can't remember did I read a fic where she was called Eris but I think that the name of the goddess of discord really suits her)

Sleeping Beauty: Rosalin Beauty (pretty standard name)

Cinderella: Ophelia Ella ( a sweet name for a sweet girl)

Red Riding Hood: Scarlett Hood (one more standard name)

Big Bad Wolf: Aiden Wolf (close friends call him Andy :) )

Dark Fairy: Darcy Thorn ( oh the irony of being the dark fairy with dark name and yet cover yourself in light)

Candy Witch: Cinnamon Witch (I also didn't come up with this name myself. I saw someone use it for her a really long time ago but I can't remember who. If the person who came up with this name sees this, you deserve a reward, the name is perfect. But I hc that she goes by her nickname: Candy. Why? Because it's such a cute nickname)

Pinocchio: Oak Wood (I think that every family name has something to do with trees or wood. Oak sounds like a perfect name for someone sweet, young and cheerful and later as an adult calm and wise)

Goldilocks: Dolly Locks ( I just think that its a cute name and she kinda remind me of Dolly)

Huntsman: Archer Huntsman (Okay, so, Huntsmans are bad at naming their kids, like REALLY BAD. Hunter we are counting on you to break that cycle)

King Charming: Dashing Charming (I read one fanfic were he is named Dashing and i think that name suits him, i myself couldn't come up with the more fitting name)

Queen Charming: Grace Charming (I also read that one in a fanfic and i think it fits her, somehow whenever i think of Charmings Dashing and Grace are the first name that come to my mind)

Rapunzel: Cressida O'Hair (I first just like the name but then i found out the Cressida means "golden" so it goes well with Rapunzel story)

Pied Piper: Devin Piper ( It means "bard" or "poet", the perfect name for a musician. Also, Piper is really a cool name, too bad it is already his last name)

Mad Hatter: Maddox Hatter (I just like silly names for Wonderlandians, especially Mad Hatter)

Queen of Hearts: Victoria Hearts ( okeey, it's not a very Wonderlandian name but neither is Elizabeth and Vicy is a cute nikename)

Cheshire Cat: Lorelai Cheshire (I didn't want to go for the obvious one Chatrine, like, I get it, she's a cat, She literally named her daughter Kitty, or maybe Katrine Kitty for short, BUT THEN I REMEMBER THAT TOLERAI EXISTED which is literally the same name just different first latter and I already gotten attached to Lorelai, so, umm if you all could just do me the favour and pretend that these are TOTALLY different names I would be very thankful)

Alice Wonderland: Amilia Wonderland ( Also would her last name be Wonderland or Liddell? Bonus cute nickname Amy)

White Rabbit: Castor Blanc ( At first i just liked the name but don't you think that "dutiful" is a perfect for White Rabbit)

White Swan: Elenor Swan ( It means "shining light" and to be honest with that destiny she's going to need some light in her life)

Black Swan: Callisto VonBart (What would be the last name of The Black Swan? VonBart?BlackSwan? I put VonBart because I found an OC of Odille on Pinterest and her last name was VonBart. I don't know)

Frog Prince: Hanry Croakington ( i reafuse to belive that he named his son after himself. Nuh-uh. He named Hopper after his father or maybe his grandfather)

Robin Hood: Wren Hood ( Listen, Listen, maybe they just have a thing with the birds?)

Maid Marian: Pandora Charming ( I don't think that there is a destiny stricly for Maid Marian. I think thats just a princess from Charming family or from nobel family, that's why i gave her last name Chaming. Last name changed after the wedding)

Beauty: Primrose Beauty ( Ah, Beauties and their roses)

Beast: Damian Beast (like it)

Fairy Godmother: Beatrice Goodfairy ("blessed one" mmm... too bad you can't bless yourself)

Jack Beanstalk: Jasper Beanstalk (nice)

Snow Queen: Isolde Winter (perfect for ice queen)

Snow King: Nikolai Winter (took his wife's last name, couldn't think of his own that's not arleady taken)

BONUS: PRINCES CHARMING

The Good King: David Charming (i think that only the main Charming follow that logic with names where all siblings have names with the same first latter)

Cinderella's prince Charming: Louis Charming (he's a nice boy)

Snow White's prince Charming: Cassian Charming (I just like it)

Sleeping Beauty's prince Charing: Liam Charming (don't ask)

[athena-xox]

Here is my tentative timeline with all the webisodes in chronological order.

Within series canon at least I think it’s right, I’m going to have to watch it in order to make sure there’s nothing out of place.

The next step is adding the books + diaries which I think will mean shuffling around the order.

You might be thinking that that won’t work because the books conflict and are a different timeline. But there’s a perfectly good explanation for that … I just haven’t thought of it yet.

If anyone’s planning on doing a rewatch perchance use this playlist that I made. If you notice anything wrong please lmk. For the specials I just put one trailer and that means to switch to Netflix or if you don’t have Netflix to use this link.

Anyways without further ado hers my timeline + justification

First week:

A take of two tales

Maddie in chief

Apples princess practice

Here comes Cupid

Catching Raven

This is all the first week of school. The reason I put apples princess practice at the start is because it should take place before here comes Cupid, because Hunter has a bit of a crush on Apple. And then Maddie in chief should go before then bc in apples princess practice, Apple acts as if she is study body president. And catching raven just makes sense at the start of the year.

Stark mad raven

true reflections

briars study party

the shoe must go on

The cat who cried wolf

cedar wood would love to lie

I put stark mad raven and true reflections a bit later because Apple says last week in stark mad raven and tbh true reflections makes sense to be a little bit later so I decided to keep them together. Briars study party I also put a bit later, we know it’s at the start of the school year because blondie says but I think that it makes sense in the second week. The others are just in release order

Legacy day

The day after ever after

Replacing raven

Blondies just right

Rebels got talent

Mirrornet down

Class confusion

From legacy day - blondies just right, it’s release order and makes sense to be the direct aftermath of legacy day. Rebels got talent imo has to take place earlier on in the year, I’ll explain why later. Class confusion would be around mid November for a start of new term.

True hearts day

Cupid comes clean … kinda

The beautiful truth

Once upon a table

Poppy the roybel

O’hairs split ends

Kittys curious tale

Lizzie hearts fairytale first date

Lizzie shuffles the deck

Duchess’s swan lake

Cerise’s picnic panic

This is mostly just release order. Kittys curious tale has to take place after poppy the roybel since poppy is referenced to. And kittys curious tale has to be before Lizzie shuffles the deck because kitty is playing on the Royal croquet team. I assume because she pranked Lizzie, Lizzie kicked her out onto the rebel team.

Thronecoming

And the thronecoming queen is…

Best feather forwards

Ginger in the BREADhouse

Just release order, and it makes sense

Spring unsprung

Ashlynn’s fairytale frolic

Save me darling

The forest festival

Apples birthday bake off

Save me darling canonically takes place in April and it should be before wtw. Apples birthday webisode is moved to her because it should take place in may

Way to wonderland

A big bad secret

Rosabella and the BEASTS

In my mind apples birthday is Saturday/Sunday and wtw is the Monday after. A big bad secret is moved so that it happens before Ramona’s first appearance. And Rosabella’s episode canonically takes place in may

Dragon games

Moonlight mystery

Wish list

A tale of two parties

Piping hot beats

There’s no business like snow business

Epic winter

Release order and there’s no business like snow business moved to be before epic winter

The legacy orchard

Canonically takes place in September and the start of a new school year. We know this is the next school year because bunny and Alistair are there

What’s in the cards for courtly jester?

It comes out with all the chapter 3 webisodes in which a majority of them take place in the following school year. I think it makes sense that she’s allowed to go to school at the start of the next year and the webisode takes place during courtly second/third week

Sugar coated

Because the yearbook plot from legacy day orchard is mentioned we know it takes place after. And the canon month is October

Meeshell comes out her her shell

The talent show is mentioned and we know it’s a year after rebels got talent because it’s the same talent show except in rebels got talent Maddie is MC and in Meeshell comes out of her shell, Maddie has an act.

Croquet-tastrophe

Canonically takes place in November. Is 100% this school year because of the yearbook plot

Fairest on ice

Yearbook plot we know it takes place in this year. Canonically January

Heart struck

Takes place in February and the first day of spring … yeah I’m not sure why spring starts in February

Bunny and Alistair forever

Takes place in March. Because apparently spring starts in February spring unsprung could have taken place in February and this webisode taking place shortly after. Imo it’s makes more sense to take place the following year.

Beanstalk bravado

Because Meeshell is seen in it, I think it makes sense for it to take place the following year. I think around April/may makes sense, just because there aren’t really any other webisodes from March - June

Tri-castle-on

Canonically takes place in June, the end of the school year. And again… the yearbook plot.

If you notice anything wrong please lmk. Keep in mind this is a first draft.

If you use my playlist and want to keep an eye out for mistakes: if you see Hunter and Ashlynn together publicly it means it’s after true hearts day, if you see poppy in the school it means it’s after poppy the roybel, if you see bunny or Alistair it means it’s after spring unsprung, if you see Ramona … well thar could mean a lot of things, if you see Meeshell that means it’s either right before Meeshell comes out her shell or right after.

So if anything’s out of place feel free to dm or reblog/reply to this post. Also if there’s anything else that confirms or denies the timeline that I missed.

Edit: also if you see Meeshell in a webisode besides hers or beanstalk bravado please lmk. Or Ramona somewhere other than big bad dexter, moonlight mystery, dragon games or epic winter 🙏

(Ps also thank you to @roybelmirrorcast for their timeline on TikTok that really helped me place the larger specials/webisodes)

Now I’m going to work on adding the books 😭😭

[gumjester]

whether or not i would fight the following eah students

im drunk and found this in my notes from 2021. 😭 I NO LONGER STAND BY SOME OF THESE OPINIONS. but most i do. a semantic sequel to this post

Raven Queen: no. hasn't she already been through enough? also i'd definitely lose

Apple White: yes. god yes. it would be so funny

Briar Beauty: maybe while drunk, but something tells me it would be a very bad idea

Ashlynn Ella: no. god, how depressing would that be? though maybe she'd have a chance if she went at me with a stiletto

Hunter Huntsman: yes, because it would be funny to see how he would try to avoid killing me instantly

Cedar Wood: no. what's the point? it's like trying to kick the shit out of a really polite coffee table

Cerise Hood: MAYBE IF I WAS FEELING REALLY MEAN. it would be funny in a similar manner to hunter, but with the added tension of me constantly going for the hood. i know ur shit cerise. don't play w me

Blondie Lockes: i consider fighting blondie lockes one of my primary life goals. i will curbstomp that bitch in the middle of her own livestream

Sparrow Hood: 100%, mostly for public spectacle. idk if i would win but I'm sure we'd have a wonderful time. unless he has his guitar on him because he would defo play dirty and just start swinging it like a mace

Duchess Swan: no thank you. ballerinas are strong and duchess stores anger like nutrition for the winter. she would break my neck

Darling Charming: i don't think so. depending where she is on public knowledge of her secret she'd either purposefully lose or just wipe the floor with me. awkward all round

Dexter Charming: maybe, because i think if he gave it a proper go he'd win and i feel like that would be good for his self esteem

Daring Charming: yes, because i know i'd win if i straight away went for his face. bust his lip open. it would humble him

Lizzie Hearts: no ma'am. maybe i'd fare better in hand to hand combat but i can't imagine she'd keep any less than four knives on her person and lizzie is not the type to hold back. im heading straight to hospital

Kitty Cheshire: no. it would be humiliating. i can't see how i'd even get a hit in

Maddie Hatter: absolutely not. i have no qualms with her whatsoever, also she'd definitely kill me by accident

Alistair Wonderland: sure, why not. i want to see what all that time in apocalyptic wonderland has taught him, and whether it cancels out his status as a fucking nerd

Bunny Blanc: no, because i don't want to go to jail for homicide. she is a 5 foot nothing rabbit who can barely stand up by herself. she'd die if i poked her with a toothpick

Chase Redford: NO. if he didn't want to fight he'd just silently let me hit him for like an hour, and if he was About It then he'd instantly fucking annihilate me. just leave the boy alone

Courtly Jester: I KNOW I'D LOSE BUT IT'S THE PRINCIPLE OF THE THING. I HAVE TO FIGHT HER. i might even have a chance if she wasn't allowed to pirate any dark magic

Humphrey Dumpty: i feel cruel for even thinking about this. he's a skinny gamer with a physical predisposition for getting hit. it would be like shooting fish in the most depressing barrel

Hopper Croakington II: NO. HE IS MY FUCKING BOY AND I'LL PROTECT HIM WITH EVERYTHING I HAVE. also i could just flirt and then stamp on the frog

Faybelle Thorn: yeah sure. this may sound egotistical but i'm pretty sure i could win if magic wasn't involved

Crystal Winter: yes. the bitch would trip over her own shoelaces and knock herself out

[royalrebelpropaganda]

ooh you should elaborate ooh

( @oklotea ) ( @dollmenace )

why ofc 🤭 with no further ado here are my transfem headcanons & explanations

duchess :

manifesto largely here , here , and here , but I don't ever clarify as to WHY I think she has trans girl energy, so I will elaborate now.

first of all, narrative role of swans in stories. especially in stories like the ugly duckling, where there's an "ugly" kid who is socially outcast, excluded, harassed, and ends up becoming something beautiful like they were always meant to be-- it works really well as a trans metaphor, and duchess is literally a swan <3

but that's not her story! and you'd be right to point that out. to me, there's something about the way she's constantly feeling left out of the other princess groups because she's not a "happily-ever-after princess," the way she's basically dismissed by the princessology teacher by her saying "are you sure you're a real princess?" -- and wanting so desperately to be one.

so she follows around ashlynn, so she yells at apple, so she tears raven to shreds. she is so jealous and I honestly really think that the jealousy translates really well to a sort of gender envy -- especially since she's constantly dismissed by the same girls. she's constantly portrayed as wanting to "steal" their stories, and really all she wants is a happily ever after, the same safety and comfort they get by being a princess. I think the metaphor kind of speaks for itself.

"Seems to me we need to win this thing so you can always be a girl." - Sparrow Hood to Duchess Swan, Next Top Villain

dexter :

manifesto here + also I ADORE @tiny-leafbug's transfem dex art

now I know a lot of people headcanon dex as transmasc, which honestly I can actually fully understand in the context of the show and diaries. the idea that he's constantly trying to perform this paragon of masculinity, and constantly falling short. I get it.

HOWEVER! the books is where I fell in love with dex, and in the books dex's vibe is different. he doesn't care about being a "prince charming," not really, and his relationship with his brother seems much more affectionate, with him responding to daring's ribbing in turn and not really caring about daring making fun of him. this lack of caring makes all that pressure put on his shoulders by his parents seem more like something he never wanted to live up to in the first place. on the boxes, he says -- well, I'm good at hero training. and in the books, raven notices the calluses on his hands, the skill he has in PE class. it's not that he's ever been bad at what his parents what him to do. it's that... he doesn't want to do it.

at some point he says "well ... everyone else has been able to recite their story since they learned to talk, while I'm facing this huge unknown." there's something about this lack of direction and destiny that sets him completely apart from students that need to be a certain thing. all dex ever had to do was be a prince, and still, he wants to rebel. still, he followed raven into the dark. because maybe he didn't want to be a prince at all.

raven said "check you out, totally rocking the prince-to-the-rescue gig," and dexter said "what? no, I mean... that's not really me." - Storybook of Legends

dexter, in the books, is constantly torn between the royals and the rebels, this loyalty he has to the first person that's ever seen him, and daring, who still wants him to be, yknow, him. he is expected, at all times, to perform as his brother, to be his brother. and he doesn't want that. he doesn't want that at all.

“And Prince Dexter Charming?” Kitty smiled hugely. Her smile lingered a moment after she disappeared. She reappeared beside Dexter, holding a broom, which she thrust into his hands. “He might become a wicked witch!”

Dexter looked at the broom, shrugged, and gave a small laugh, glancing over at Raven as if to check what she thought.”

- The Unfairest of Them All

cedar :

I don't have quite as much to say here; this isn't a headcanon I have 24/7, it's just fun to think about

she is constantly talking about how she "wants to be a real girl" and idk there is something trans about that. to me.

“I don’t know what to do,” said Cedar. “Am I supposed to sit with my friends same as always? Or pick a side based on what I want? I’m not a Royal, but then again I do want my destiny, when I’ll be changed from a puppet into a real girl, but then again, I do want others to be able to choose if they don’t like their destiny so… so I don’t know what to do now!” - The Unfairest of Them All

I hope this helped <33

[4rainynite]

Ever After High Dorm Headcanon 32

Congratulations Maddie and Kitty for coming in (tied) second place! the ’Who’s dorm room in Ever After High do you wish we could see?’ challenge I made last month

Now here's their dorm room!

And descriptions of everything down below:

Maddie's side of the dorm:

Vanity - Where Maddie gets her hair and make-up ready for the day. 1

Teacups - Being the future Mad Hatter and tea lover, Maddie has a large collection of tea cups and tea pots. 1

Hallway - Maddie's hallway would have photos of herself, friends, her dad, and Wonderland in different frames, sizes, and colors. 1

Chem Set - Chemistry is Maddie's favorite subject and loves coming with recipes for her father's tea shoppe. So, during her free time Maddie test different tea blends with Wonderland effects. 1

Bed - Where Maddie sleeps at the end of the day to get her beauty rest. From what I've seen in the episodes I think Kitty sleeps in a loft bed. 1

Tea reading- In the books Maddie has the ability to see into the future and levitate teacups and pots. I just thought it would be cool if she does tea readings for herself and friends. 1

Desk - Maddie uses her desk for schoolwork, crafting, and designing hats. It's always cluttered, but Maddie manages to complete her work and find whatever she needs. 1

Earl Grey - Earl Grey is Maddie's dormouse and is one of the few pets that lives in the dorms. Earl Grey is clever and is usually by Maddie's side. He stays on Maddie's desk in a tea shaped carrier. 1

Teatime - Maddie usually pulls out a small table during teatime, in her dorm she has a small section where she invites her friends to enjoy the wonders of tea. 1

Kitty’s side of the dorm:

Vanity - Where Kitty gets her hair and make-up ready for the day. 1

Cat Form - I believe Kitty can turn into a cat like Bunny turns into a bunny, Duchess a swan, and Hopper a frog, she just doesn't do it in public for others to see. This makes others guess if she can or not transform. Only people she is close with know she can and her Wonderlander friends will never rat her out. 1

Hallway - Kitty's hallway has pictures of herself, friends, Wonderland, and her mother. 1

Yarn -When she's not pulling pranks Kitty loves to knit so she has a lot of yarn in her dorm to knit (and play with). 1

Bed -Where Kitty sleeps at the end of the day to get her beauty rest. But let's be honest Kitty sleeps everywhere (tree limbs, the tree limbs in her dorm, etc). 1

Cat Tree -While in cat-form Kitty enjoys climbing, jumping, scratching, and napping on her cat tree. 1

Desk - This is where Kitty does schoolwork and come up with elaborate pranks. 1

Carrolloo - Carrolloo is Kitty's per caterpiller and is one of the few pets that lives in the dorms. Carrolloo is just as mischievous as Kitty and enjoys pulling pranks with her (also she/they can talk). 1

Nail Polish -I've noticed when Kitty isn't scheming or napping, she's focused on her nails. Being a cat, she keeps her nails sharp and enjoys painting them. She has a collection of nail polishes and nail products to do her claws. 1

[bi-dykes]

My Ever After High Bisexual Headcannons 💜🧚‍♀️

Not intended to be ship icons, just character icons. However, a few bi4bi ships of mine lined up perfectly lol

Headcannon explanations under the cut!

Raven Queen- raging bisexual. Dexven is a great ship, but so is Rapple, my girl has two hands 🤝🤝

Briar Beauty- she seems like such a bisexual femme to me, I think she had a little bit of chemistry with Hopper later on, but definitely has a spark with Faybelle

C.A Cupid- Biromantic and Cupiosexual/ace, she liked both Dexter and Raven IMO and was crushed when they started dating each other. I also like to headcannon her as cupiosexual bc it fits her name

Duchess Swan- pastel bisexual lol. Also, to me, she liked Lizzie and Daring (and like Cupid, was devastated when her two crushes dated each other)

Rosabella + Daring- bi4bi couple bi4bi couple bi4bi couple bi4bi couple bi4- I shall headcannon all my favourite “straight” couples like this lmao

Melody Piper- a bisexual softpunk, and would fit well with Dexter or Meeshell I think. I also hc Melody as nonbinary with she/they pronouns bc of that yellow-white-purple-black colour scheme :)

Meeshell Mermaid- The original tale of The Little Mermaid was a bisexual allegory/metaphor, and the author Hans Christian Andersen was bisexual, so it seems fitting for her symbolism

Kitty + Lizzie- I just rlly like bisexual wlw ships lmao. Also I think Lizzie had genuine feelings for Daring, idk, all I know is Kitty and Lizzie are perfect for each other

[keepingeahalive]

Can you do Kitty Cheshire headcannons?

Kitty Cheshire Headcanons:

Her full name is Kitherine Catenary Cheshire. 

She loves knitting, but she gets distracted a lot. She has to make sure she doesn’t drop the yarn ball.

Her favorite tea is catnip tea. She claims she goes into another dimension when she drinks it.

Her sleep schedule is crazier than Briar’s. She needs 12–18 hours of sleep a day and does it sporadically. She’s often awake at 3 AM, running around or chasing Maddie’s feet while she’s asleep.

Her father left as soon as her mother became pregnant. Kitty doesn’t feel bad about this, mostly because male cats are sometimes known to eat their kittens. 

She’s had to put her caterpillar Carrolloo through several rehab programs to get him to stop smoking.

She has a persistent need to knock things off of shelves. She doesn’t typically mean to do it; it’s just a compulsion.

She has tea with Duchess Swan from time to time. She reminds Kitty of the Duchess in Wonderland, except Duchess Swan is younger and more beautiful.

Kitty’s mother was more of a friend to her than a parent. While she loved this growing up, she realizes that this wasn’t the healthiest relationship to have and wants something better with her mom. She hasn’t mentioned this to her mother, however. She knows her mom, and she knows she’ll never change.  

She’s very close to the Mad Hatter and considers him her human-father.

She’s lactose intolerant, but that doesn’t stop her from eating ice cream and pizza.

She tries to get Brooke to randomly insert objects and situations into reality. Just for kicks.

It’s common knowledge that she likes to keep people guessing about her intentions. She will and has purposefully done contradictory things to throw people off. She has multiple diaries that tell different stories. Not even Blondie knows her secrets. Not even her Wonderland friends know where she stands.

She writes everything in mirror image, even on her homework.

She will go to parties if her friends are going, but she normally prefers to stay in, get food ordered, and curl up with a blanket.

Kitty has a full cat form, but she doesn’t let anyone see it. 

She likes to read Hagatha Christie novels. 

[crisiscutie]

I dunno if this has been asked before, but can you make a prompt where darling shows possesiveness or jealousy?

I think this is much more suited during CC timeline. Sephiroth had to work in a lengthy project with another woman (Scarlet, maybe? I mean.. she's is kinda sexy, ya know... enough to make darling feels kinda insecure). Sephy hates Sacrlet, but darling doesn't know that. She misunderstood the situation and her jealousy gets the best of her. So she sabotage whatever project it is just to keep Sephiroth away from that other woman even if it could ruin Sephy's reputation. Basically darling has this small tendency of being a yandere herself.

Sephy's reaction?

Ok, I will make this into a scenario. I don't write yandere/yanderish darlings for future references. Jealous and Insecure darlings are fine but nothing more than that. This is an interesting situation, because I can also see Scarlet having a hidden disdain for Sephiroth as well. XD

To begin, Sephiroth is probably working with Scarlet to be a test subject to see how her mechas stack up against him. Sephy is known to be a dutiful and professional man, with a cool and aloof demeanor. He tends to keep conversations with those outside of his inner circle to a minimum. Especially with those who he hates. In that case, he would be terse and curt, and the disdain rolling off of him would be thick in the atmosphere. The mutual tension between him and Scarlet could be cut with a knife, but the darling hadn't been around them for long enough to detect it. For Scarlet herself, I'd imagine her patience was wearing thin with his cold attitude, feeling so thankful to be through with him after the necessary work is done.

Upon finding out the darling sabotaged his work project, Sephy would be pretty upset, though. Despite his inward loathing for Shinra, he is still a responsible and dutiful subject. It would be essential l for the darling to confront Sephy and sincerely express why she had tampered with his work. He honestly might be more upset when hearing the true reason. How could his beloved possibly think he had even the slightest attraction to Scarlet? He would express his hurt over what the darling had done, but would make it known that his love for her would never waver. Sephiroth is like a swan (my secondary animal motif for him). His beauty is entrancing, his grace is undeniable, and his devotion to his darling is everlasting.

Darling can mend their relationship by validating his feelings and expressing regret for her actions. And to make it up to him, she can make a hot, succulent lasagna and lavish her kitty boy with love.

[strangefellows]

Alright here's one: the Sinners wake up in a time capsule thing of Lobo Corp and have to survive a week. Who is where, what Abnos do they work with, and how much is Ayin and/or Dante panicking?

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GO UNHINGED WINGS

okay so we do at least have SOME info from walpurgis about SOME of the sinners in lobcorp: we have faust in control and outis and don in training, so i'll assume for now those are full up on sinners and carry on with that; we also have ego gear they've got, so we can work out at least some of their preferred abnos....and then we get to Kitty Goes Unhinged About Lobcorp Sinner Headcanons Time >D In order!

Yi Sang: Oh he's in Records, I'm putting this bird in Records to give Hokma conniption fits due to the Ayin Resemblance and because I think he'd like it anyway; it's got a good vibe. EGO gear not sure specifically, but I think he'd be good to work with the birds including Firebird, and I think he'd like Knight of Despair and Scorched Girl. Maybe La Luna? Oooh also maybe Silent Orchestra and Butterflies-- DEFINITELY Butterflies, give him the Solemn Lament gear.

Faust: She's in Control, and we know she's worked with Forsaken Murderer from her gear and gift. I'll also posit she works with One Sin, because I feel like given her book of origin that works-- don't let her near Whitenight she Will attempt Deal. Other than that, I can actually see her working with Burrowing Heaven. Oh, and Teddy Bear because she has its aberration's EGO. Maybe Bloodbath because of its metaplot importance.

Don Quixote: We have her in Training, and she's worked with Meat Lantern, Fragment of the Universe, and Void Dream. Girl is weird and I love her. She'd be with the weird ones that affect SP, totally unphased by the weirdness or sanity loss. Let this girl hang with Rudolta or Shy Look and shit. Top Contender for working with Queen of Hatred, they'll get on unsettlingly well. (Honestly all the magical girls here.)

Ryoshu: Either Disciplinary or somewhere funnier like Safety. She 100% has the Crumbling Armor gear. She'd also definitely work with Cherry Blossoms and Clouded Monk. Also absolutely is the designated CENSORED worker because she is also totally fucking unphased by whatever the hell it looks like under the filters. Artsy, she likes it. Also letting her work with Spider Bud because she has that EGO.

Meursault: I'm giving him either Extraction or Information. I think he'd be good to work with Yesod, they'd get on, and he'd be completely unbothered by Binah. As for EGO...gonna go ahead and say Woodsman, actually. I think he'd be good with him and Scarecrow. Also Singing Machine and Helper. I think he'd like Helper. Oh oh, also Nothing There and Blue Star have some good vibes here, if not Woodsman's EGO than Blue Star's.

Hong Lu: Well, this boy goes in Welfare to vibe and chill with Chesed for sure. And his EGO is DEFINITELY Yang's. Give this boy his fish. Other than that, let him work Wellcheers for the lols, honestly. Alriune and Beauty and the Beast are also pretty good for him, I think! He could also work Cherry Blossom, too, I think. Maybe also Porccubus.

Heathcliff: Oh, he's in Disciplinary for sure. And he's absolutely sporting the Big Bad Wolf's EGO. Works with him, too. Maybe Mountain as well. He and Ish work together a lot because she's got Red Hood on her end so they have to kinda juggle that together. Can also see him working Woodsman, too.

Ishmael: Also in Disciplinary, or maybe Safety. Like I said, definitely Red Hood's EGO for her. She can work with Dreaming Current alongside Sinclair. She also I think would work well with King of Greed. And of course Fairy Festival lmao. Maybe Black Swan?

Rodion: Either Safety to party with Netzach or Command, because I think she'd like Tiphereth. She gets Red Shoes EGO for sure, honestly. I think she'd also work with Snow Queen, Snow White, Black Swan, maybe also Beauty and the Beast and Alriune. Maybe Porccubus? She'd also be a good fit for King of Greed I think.

Dante Goes Here. We aren't gonna put them in the facility they're drinking coffee and having panic attacks with Ayin if they aren't just straight up Ayin to begin with.

Sinclair: Command with the twins or Welfare, I think. Maybe Safety, he's a good boy. And obviously he gets the Little Prince EGO. He'd be good to work with any of the littles besides that, Laetitia, Scorched Girl, Child of the Galaxy, Dreaming Current, the more innocent types. Maybe also Helper. He'd like Ppodae I feel. Also possibly works La Luna and Old Lady. Oh also Parasite Tree I feel.

Outis: We have her as Training Captain, and she has Freischutz's EGO gear. I can also see her working Army in Pink, as well as a few of the Alephs bc she takes zero shit. Possibly DRV and 1.76 Mhz as well? She's another candidate for working La Luna and Old Lady. Probably gets the more difficult ones too, like Fetus and stuff. Maybe Melting Love if Rodion doesn't take that one.

Gregor: I need this man in Information with Yesod immediately right now thanks. Give him the Nest EGO or the Queen Bee EGO for the extra laughs. And he'd definitely work them, also Spider Bud, basically any of the insectoid ones. Also Freischutz, I think, and Army in Pink. Little Prince also maybe.

Ther's probably more than a couple I've missed, but that's off the top of my head and the Abno wiki page lol. I am so excited for all these IDs man. So excited.

[megistusdiary]

im no longer kitty anon watch me turn into acheswan anon

-🐈‍⬛

you're so valid though!!!

they're so beautiful. also, i find it super interesting how people are yelling over people shipping them for being "toxic" while those same people definitely ship toxic het or even mlm ships

but, you know, pretty sure acheron can't control what swan sees. and some girls are just "i can fix them" people. 🤷‍♀️

swan the builder. she can fix it

they're hot, interesting, and cool. what more could you ask for

[wqintraining]

NEW X-MEN: THE ANIMATED SERIES - SEASON 3, EPISODE 3

We open on a beautiful day in Nova Roma, a hidden city in Brazil within the Amazon, built to resemble ancient Rome, with even the citizens dressing like Romans. People are happily going about their day, shopping at the market while children run around and play. 

At the massive, centurion-guarded Aquilla Estate, we’re introduced to Amara Aquilla AKA Magma, living like a Disney princess as she swans around her mansion playing with exotic animals, munching on fruit, politely greeting guards and servants, and lighting candles by shooting flames out of her fingertips. 

Kissing her father on the cheek good morning, Magma informs her father that she’s off to go play with some of the city’s children, as she promised. 

AMARA: “I sometimes fear they enjoy the company of Magma more than they do Amara, but I am hardly one to speak on being shallow.” 

Her father laughs. She shouldn’t say such things about herself. She’s hardly the same spoiled girl she was when she was younger. He had his doubts when he sent her to live with Professor Xavier, but the experience molded her into a fine, mature young woman. 

Amara is embarrassed by her father’s praise and quickly changes the subject. Namely to how, whoever they’re interested in playing with, those kids need her. There’s been some scary stuff going on in the world lately, and Nova Roma isn’t as disconnected from it as it once was. 

AMARA: “Iara seems especially troubled. She keeps crying every time her parents tell her they’re out of fish.” 

Her father is sure that whatever is going on, Magma will get her through it; she’ll help them all. 

Suddenly, a booming, unnatural thunder strike is heard. 

Amara transforms into her Magma form and rushes outside, telling her father to stay here while she looks into this. 

Outside, Magma is horrified as her city has been set aflame, and the one clearly responsible stands in front of her, flanked by a horde of demons, and looking positively fabulous. 

MAGMA, pissed and scared: “Selene.” 

SELENE, sickeningly sweetly and not looking a day over 30: “Hello… granddaughter.” 

Magma slams her hands on the ground and causes a volcanic eruption directly underneath Selene, but it fails to even phase her. Selene knocks her out with a single blast of energy. 

SELENE, looking around her: “Hmm. I don’t like what’s been done with the place at all. We’re going to need to make some changes.” 

Selene cackles. 

In Magik’s room at the institute, Illyana is still lying in bed in the dark, cuddling her stuffies and crying. She’s mumbling a song in Russian to herself. 

Kitty creaks the door open, Lockheed perched on her shoulder, and asks Magik if it’s okay to come in; the little guy wants to see her. Lockheed chirps. Magik just weakly groans. Kitty enters and shuts the door behind her. 

KITTY: “Thanks for not shooting a fireball at me. I know you’ve been doing that to…everyone else.” 

Lockheed flies into Illyana’s arms and she holds him tight. 

ILLYANA: “Fireballs. I used to be able to rain fire upon the entire world. Now I can shoot teeny, tiny little fireballs. I am pathetic.” 

Kitty tells her she doesn’t care how powerful she is. That’s not important. What is important is that she’s more Yana than Darkchylde now. That’s a good thing. 

YANA: “No. It isn’t.” 

Kitty sits down next to her on the bed and gently takes her hand. 

KITTY: “I wish you would tell me why you think that.” 

Yana grunts and squirms. 

Kitty is deeply saddened as she clenches her face and Yana’s hand, wishing there was anything she could do. 

There’s a knock on the door. It’s Magneto. 

MAGNETO: “Magik? Are you there? I’d like to speak with you in my office.” 

Illyana weekly giggles. 

YANA: “Sounds like old times, but not my old times.” 

Kitty tells him to go away, but Magneto only replies by telling them that something has happened to Magma. 

Magik’s eyes widen. 

In the new, non-sentient Danger Room, Mercury, Bling!, Dust, Tag, Quentin, and the Cuckoos are gathered. No one’s sure why they’ve all been called there. It’s training day for Emma and Dani’s squad members, but not the others and Julian and Noriko aren’t here. They wouldn’t have put them all on the same squad just because they’re friends, right?

Emma and Iceman enter, with Bobby still recovering from his last battle and looking like a snowman, and Emma telling them that, no, they wouldn’t, but they do want all of the most talented non-X-Men students on their “X-Men in Training” squad. Bobby explains that since Hellion and Surge are X-Men now, like Wolverine, it isn’t really appropriate for them to be on the squad anymore. But since the Cuckoos and Quentin are their most talented telepaths, something the training squad is currently lacking outside Tag’s limited abilities, they thought they’d be good fits to replace them. 

EMMA: “Congratulations, girls. This is where you’ve always belonged.” 

SOPHIE, pleased but playing it cool: “Training to be X-Men could be fun, we suppose.” 

QUENTIN, loud and smug: “Ha! About time. Maybe the X-Men aren’t as shallow as I thought.” 

BOBBY, ignoring him: “Uh huh. Anyway, this also lets Emma only need to worry about one squad, so she can spend more one-on-one time with Hellion. She’s reeeeally petty about her protege staying ahead of Kitty’s.” 

The kids all laugh at Emma. She really needs to stop bringing Robert places. 

ROXY: “Okay, so this is cool, but what am I doing here exactly? I wanna fight with my girl, but I’m not anything special.” 

BOBBY: “Neither was Beast. There’s more to an X-Man than their mutation.” 

Roxy perks up and Cessily holds her hand. 

Dust questions where Ms. Moonstar is. Shouldn’t she be here? Or is Iceman taking her place? Emma explains that, no, Danielle is still their squad’s co-leader, she’s just occupied at the moment. Mercury follows up by asking what Iceman IS doing here. 

EMMA: “Oh, he’s overseeing the detention you all have.” 

THE WHOLE SQUAD: “WHAT?!” 

Magneto walking ahead of them, Kitty helps Magik into his office. There, Sunspot, Dani, Karma, Cannonball, and Wolfsbane are already waiting. 

RAHNE, smiling through her concern for her friend: "Hello, Illyana. It's nice to see you out of your room."

As Magento takes his seat, the rest of the New Mutants awkwardly smile at Illyana. She hides her face in her hair, asking to just hear what happened to Amara. 

Magneto informs Kitty and the New Mutants that Nova Roma was invaded by its former ruler, their old enemy, the External Selene Gallio. 

Kitty can't believe the timing. They just finished with one External and now another is causing problems. 

ROBERTO: "She and Apocalypse were the last ones standing after the X-Men and X-Force sealed away the rest of the immortals. I'm sure being the oldest and last remaining has only done wonders for that ego of hers."

SAM: "Really? You're talking about ego?"

DANI: "90% of the adults in this building shouldn't get to talk about that." 

Illyana stomps her foot on the floor. She just wants to know about Amara. Kitty wraps her fingers around hers. 

Magneto explains that Magma was able to send a distress signal a few hours ago. They don't know what's happened since. 

RAHNE: "The X-Men are going to go save her, right?!" 

XUAN: "Rahne, honey, I don't think we'd be here if they were."

Magneto nods. While their advanced healing technology has them up and about, most of the team is still recovering from the fight with Apocalypse and the Horsemen; they're in no condition for another battle on that level. 

Selene has always been the New Mutants' enemy primarily, so, with Sunspot and Magik still able, he's elected to send his old students. 

Kitty tells him to hold on. She should go. Magik isn't active right now. Magneto counters that the Horsemen are still out there; they need Kitty here in the event they're attacked. And he hopes a mission might just be what Magik needs. 

DANI: "You know you could have thought of us more as your "old students" when you were returning to villany and releasing Exodus in the first place."

ERIK, tired: "I am not doing this right now, Danielle." He turns to Illyana with a gentle expression."The choice is yours, Illyana."

Illyana tugs at her hair. 

ILLYANA: "Yeah. I'll help, Teach." 

ROBERTO: "Perfect! Cannonball, Dani, I'm sure you won't mind taking the lead like old times?"

DANI/SAM: "If he/she can still keep up."

Rahne and Karma sigh. Why couldn't someone else have a turn? 

KITTY, to Yana: "Are you sure you'll be okay?" 

Yana tensely nods. 

YANA: "Yes. Even Darkchylde…wanted to protect her friends." 

Sam and Dani tell everyone to get prepped. They'll be leaving by stepping disc in 5 minutes. 

Everyone heads out, save for Erik and Roberto, Magneto wishing them luck. 

Once they're alone… 

MAGNETO: "You deferred responsibility to Samuel and Danielle. I specifically asked you to lead this mission over Kitty to evaluate your own leadership abilities."

SUNSPOT: "Yes you did."

MAGNETO: "You know as well I do that merely running a successful business does not qualify a true leader."

SUNSPOT: "Yes I do."

MAGNETO: "I assume you're plotting something?"

SUNSPOT: "Yes I am. Good day, Headmaster."

Roberto walks off with a cheeky smile. 

The new "X-Men in Training" Squad are all seated in a classroom. The girls don't seem bothered at all, taking pictures together and making tiktoks. Across the room, Brian and Quentin, meanwhile, are annoyed at how seemingly unfair this is; they were hoping to sneak into a new barcade. 

The Cuckoos giggle as they record the two, ready to post them with a caption reading "SAD", but Cessily, laughing, pushes their phone down and tells them to stop. 

CESSILY: "Brian, dude, come over here." 

QUENTIN, reading her mind: "They wish to make content at my expense."

The girls laugh. Brian questions what's wrong with them. Why do they have to be so mean to Quentin? 

SOPHIE: "Don't let him play victim."

PHOEBE: "We've ALL seen what he's posted about women."

ROXY: "Especially "cool girls"."

QUENTIN: "I have never posted anything the least bit offensive about ANY of you. At least nothing that isn't true."

Brian facepalms. 

BRIAN: "I'm working on that."

QUENTIN: "Don't condescend to me!" 

Iceman finally enters, apologizing to the kids for needing a minute, and requesting all of their phones. 

Once they've been confiscated, the Cuckoos ask what they're doing here. 

ICEMAN: "You're joking, right? You girls brought unknown drugs onto school property, forced Cessily and Roxy to take them, and none of you reported this. We had to find out from Quentin."

PHOEBE: "Rat!"

QUENTIN: "And why am I here then?" 

ICEMAN: "Because the Cuckoos ratted YOU out for giving them all nightmares after they pranked you."

BRIAN: "Dude!"

QUENTIN: "It was payback!"

ESME: "You made Mindee cry!" 

MINDEE, embarrassed: "Why would you TELL people that?!"

BRIAN: "I thought your name was Celeste."

CELESTE: "I'm Celeste! That WAS Irma! Now she's Mindee!"

SOPHIE: "Even though I told her to stick to "I" names!"

ICEMAN, already exasperated: "ENOUGH! Oh my god, enough." 

Bobby thinks that maybe, just maybe, this is partially their fault. The X-Men haven't exactly been the best role models to them. So, to try and give better examples, he wants to tell them all stories about the OLD X-Men, and the lessons they learned. Maybe they'll learn something. 

The kids all look annoyed by this. 

BRIAN: "I still don't know why I'm here." 

ICEMAN: "Honestly Tag, I just thought you'd like to be included."

BRIAN, completely serious and pointing at him: "You thought correctly."

He does wish the others were here to suffer with them though. Iceman says he's sure they wish they were here too. 

ICEMAN: "I was just talking to Emma and Kitty and they seemed…intense."

Checking in with Kitty and Emma, we see them stifly pacing down on the hall next to each other. Both are smirking at the other. Emma questions if Kitty is still up for this, or if she's too worried about Magik. 

KITTY: "Magik is a big girl. I think. The New Mutants will take care of her and save Magma no problem. You're not getting cold feet and looking for an excuse to get out of this, are you?" 

EMMA: "You're confusing me for a small, squishable creature that gets nervous. Like yourself."

The two continue to faux-smile at each other as they pick up the pace. 

In the Mission Room, Hellion and Surge are stretching. Julian has his back to her as he rants about how nasty those Japanese snacks she ordered were. He knows she wanted a taste of home, but BLEH. 

Noriko isn't really paying attention, instead finding herself focusing on his stretched-out biceps, which have gotten noticeably larger and more muscular since last season. She smacks herself when she realizes she's doing this. 

Kitty and Emma enter. They hope the kids are ready for their "Advanced Studies". 

The New Mutants emerge from a stepping disc in the Amazon. Dani notes that this doesn’t look like Nova Roma, which makes Magik growl. 

MAGIK: “I missed.” 

Magik screams. She didn’t just miss. She’s tired from that! How can she be this weak? Sam assures her no one’s mad. Her getting better is their priority. As for finding their destination…

SAM: “Wolfsbane?” 

Rahne transforms into her wolf form and sniffs the air. 

RAHNE: “Got em. It’s close.” 

KARMA, as everyone walks behind Rahne: “See? Rahne’s got this and we were close anyway. You did great.” 

Yana huphs and sneers. 

Roberto smirks for just a second. 

ROBERTO, walking up next to Xuan and Yana: “Karma is right, Magik. And I have no doubt you’ll still be key to defeating Selene like you always–” 

DANI, cutting him off: “You’re doing the voice.” 

BETO, off guard: “I’m sorry?” 

KARMA: “The inflection you put on when you’re not being straightforward. Do you think we don’t recognize it?” 

ROBERTO: “I…um…” 

Magik gargles in disgust at him as Xuan leads her further ahead. Sam puts his arm around Beto’s shoulders. 

SAM: “You wanna tell me what that was about?” 

ROBERTO: “I honestly don’t have the faintest idea what you’re–” 

He’s cut off again as Sam squeezes him tight and puts his lips to his ear. Roberto lightly shrieks. 

SAM: “We’ve got one of ours in danger, another is having a crisis, and we’re completely outgunned here. I can’t be having your games right now. Talk.”

ROBERTO: “I–!” 

SAM: “Or I’ll hand you over to Dani.” 

Roberto sighs in defeat. “Fine.” 

Back at the school, Iceman thanks the Cuckoos for linking everyone up psychically. He imagines his stories will be more engaging if they all can see what’s happening. 

Bobby elects to start from the beginning. Or, at least, the real beginning. His story begins when he was 14. He’d been living at the mansion for a few months and–

He’s already cut off as Brian questions why he looks like the snowman he currently appears as in the flashback. Bobby laughs and admits that’s just how his mutation used to look; the hot ice bod came later. 

Anyway, he’d been living with Professor X, Cyclops, Archangel, and Beast for months and–

Iceman is cut off again, looking less amused this time. 

ROXY: “Woah! That’s Dr. McCoy?!” 

SOPHIE: “And that was Archangel at our age?” 

CELESTE: “Why is it always the pretty ones who perish?” 

Bobby grins through his seething, already wondering if this may have been a mistake. But yes! The bigfoot-looking guy was Hank before he tried making himself look “normal”, and only made himself fuzzy in the process. 

ICEMAN: “And yeah…Warren was damn pretty.” 

ANYWAY!

They’d been living together as one big sausage fest, just studying and training together, when Jean came to live with them. The other guys started hitting on her…

CESSILY: “Did you mean to include Professor X in that visual?” 

BOBBY: “No comment.” 

BRIAN: “And you weren’t hitting on her?”

BOBBY: “I will talk to YOU later.” 

But yeah, point is, Jean arrived, and they hardly had a chance to get to know her before they received an alert: Magneto was attacking the US Pentagon. Now, they’d heard stories about him before, but they’d never met him. And importantly, they’d never been in the field. But their newest headmaster was gunning for world domination at the time and needed to be stopped, so the professor sent the five of them out to do just that. 

Quentin remarks that that couldn’t have been much of a fight with Ms. Grey there, recalling his time with her as his squad leader. She defeated him in seconds, no? 

Bobby laughs as the fight is shown, where Magneto beats the crap out of the 05 without breaking a sweat. Yes, the Jean they knew was the most powerful Mutant on the planet. Back then? She had slightly better telekinesis than Emma does, and that was it. 

SOPHIE: “You’re joking.” 

The kids also question why Warren isn’t transforming into Archangel and why Iceman isn’t doing anything besides throwing snowballs. Once again, that all came later. 

Cessily raises the obvious question: how did they win this? 

From underneath some rubble, Cyclops blasts Magneto while his shields are down and he’s laughing maniacally, prompting him to run away. 

BOBBY: “Yeeeeah, don’t tell Mr. Summers I said this, but I’m pretty sure he let us have that win, and it wasn’t the only time. Say what you want about two of your headmasters: even at their worst, neither liked hurting kids.” 

SOPHIE: “What about Firestar?” 

BOBBY: “Emma told you about that?! Okay, talking to HER later too.” 

Esme cackles under her breath. 

The point of the story is the X-Men weren’t always who they are now. They were just a bunch of dumb kids way out of their league. But they persevered and made it work. And they were only able to do that because they were friends and a team. They always worked together and stuck together. 

BEAT

QUENTIN: “I think the moral is you all used to suck.” 

The kids all struggle not to laugh a little. Bobby only gets more frustrated. “At least they’re laughing together.” 

Back in the Amazon, Woldsbane leads the team through a dark cave. Dani remembers this place; they should almost be there. 

Suddenly, Rahne shivers. 

KARMA: “Wolfsbane, what’s wrong?” 

RAHNE: “So, so many pounds of burning flesh.” 

Spurred on by her assessment of the scents present, the six rush to the end of the cave. From there, they have a clear view of Nova Roma - the sky dark, the city half on fire, and the largest structure a statue of Selene. 

The New Mutants grimace and glare at the sight in front of them. Magik clenches her fists. 

Dani loudly claps her hands, telling everyone to listen up. There’s no time for dooming or questioning if Amara is still alive. They have to believe she is and focus on how they save her and win this. 

Sam reminds everyone that they cannot, under any circumstances, fight Selene directly. Last Wanda told him, she’s been having some trouble hunting her down as she’s been traversing the mystical realms. They may have found other ways when they were kids, but with how powerful she’s gotten, magic is the only way to stop her. 

SAM: “Pun not intended, but unavoidable.” 

MAGIK, hanging her head: “Her magic has to be stronger than mine. Still strong, fast, immortal. Can still eat life force.” She shakes her head. “No. I can’t do anything.” 

KARMA: “That’s not true. You came here because you knew you could–” 

MAGIK: “I said I can’t!” 

As Magik roars, her voice becomes demonically pitched, and her scream sends the other 5 New Mutants flying out of the cave. Cannonball goes blasting and catches the others before carrying them down into the forest right outside Nova Roma’s walls. 

SAM, panting: “Even when she’s on our side, she’s still trying to kill us.” 

The girls are all worried about her, but Cannonball tells them to go ahead; he and Sunspot will stay back and keep Magik safe while trying to talk her into taking action. 

DANI, smirking: “Oh, so you’re deferring total leadership of the mission to me?” 

SAM, smirking back: “No, I’m giving you temporary total authority since we can protect Magik better.” 

DANI, annoyed: “Hmmm.” 

Dani takes command and tells Karma and Wolfsbane to follow her. Let’s see if they can’t handle this on their own. 

KARMA: “I mean, we probably can’t, but hey, just our lives on the line.” 

Once they’re gone…

SAM: “Okay…this little plan a’yours oughta work.” 

ROBERTO, shrugging: “60/40 odds, I’d wager.” BEAT. “50/50.” 

Sam smacks his face. 

In the Danger Room, Emma and Kitty go over what’s going on for Hellion and Surge. They can’t stop sniping at each other though. 

EMMA: “Kitty has done a fine job whipping you into shape while I’ve been busy…” 

KITTY: “A lot of hard work with how much of your lessons I had to unteach.” 

EMMA: “Perhaps if you hadn’t, we wouldn’t need to be here.” 

Surge and Hellion roll their eyes at these two. 

KITTY AND EMMA: “Do NOT roll your eyes at me!” 

In any event, while they’re more than comfortable keeping them on the X-Men in spite of their and Wolverine’s failure to defeat War, they clearly need more experience. Surge tries countering that they’ve been taking down supervillains for months by themselves, but Kitty reminds her they were having one, easy battle every couple weeks or so. When Laura’s out there with Logan? She’s fighting real threats every day, and learning something new every minute. 

They called these their “Advanced Lessons” but what these two really need are apprenticeships like hers. 

HELLION, disgusted: “Apprenticeships? You meanbeing sidekicks?" 

EMMA: Hellion, have you ever known me to sully my hands with the kinds of degenerates Kitty’s been having you combat? No, we do not mean sidekicks.” 

Kitty tells them that, starting today, they’re each shadowing one of them, learning their unique skills, and, most importantly, learning to be leaders. ANY X-Man should be capable of taking charge at a moment’s notice. 

And as an added incentive for the kids for their first day, the professors have made a “friendly wager”. They know Doop the Janitor, right? Well, he’s gotten a little sick. Whichever student performs worse, that pair will have to fill in for him tonight. 

JULIAN: “Me vs Ashida again? No problem. I’ll make the bag lady a garbage bag lady.” 

NORIKO: “As if, Brotherhood Boy.” Nori japs his chest with her finger. “I am gonna make the sloppiest mess for you to clean.” 

JULIAN, stammered by Noriko touching him and her choice of phrasing: “Uh…sure.” 

NORIKO: “Oh come on! It’s no fun if you don’t bitch back.” 

JULIAN: “Sorry?” 

NORIKO: “Sorry? The Hell is wrong with you?” 

The wheels in Kitty and Emma’s brains visibly turn as they piece together what’s been going on with these two. 

Back in the classroom, Iceman begins his next story. He knows these kids love hanging out at The Grindstone, but the original X-Men had their own coffee shop of choice: Coffee A Go-Go. Sometime he and Beast would bring dates their, but usually, it was a team thing. And it wasn’t JUSt a coffee shop. It was–

Once again, Bobby is quickly cut off, this time by Phoebe. There are seven X-Men in the mindscreen, and she recognizes Polaris as the girl in the green, but who’s the dweeb holding her hand that’s clearly out of his league? 

Iceman cackles. Okay, this one he’s happy to answer. That’s Cyclops’ brother - Havok. 

BRIAN: “Cyclops has a brother?” 

ROXY: “Is he from the future like his daughter?” 

QUENTIN: “I thought his son was from the future.” 

MINDEE: “Was he really dating the Genoshan princess? With THAT hair?” 

BOBBY: “Yes, no, yes, and, tragically, yes.” 

CESSILY: “You’re not a fan?” 

BOBBY: “Ahhhhh. No. No, he sucks.” 

BRIAN: “That bad? I thought all the Summers were badasses.” 

BOBBY: “Oh, he can fight. But last time I saw him, he was swearing loyalty to a demon queen and trying to kill us.” 

ROXY: “This being a DIFFERENT demon queen from Magik?” 

BOBBY: “No, this one was Cyclops’ ex-wife.” 

BEAT. 

SOORAYA, throwing her hands up: “OF COURSE!” 

Back to the story, Coffee A Go-Go was the primary venue of another very annoying man named Bernard the Poet. He was a beatnik who’d do crap like reading shopping lists dramatically as a performance. His girlfriend couldn’t get enough of it. And he stole some of his cake on his 18th birthday! 

The kids question why this guy matters, with Bobby revealing Bernard was actually a Mutant. One with the power to alter the perception of others with his mind. A whole war ended up centering around–

Bobby’s cut off for a different reason than usual as the Cuckoos don’t want to watch a loser Mutant here, “Seeing Quentin everyday is bad enough”. Roxy gets an idea, thinking maybe instead of being a beatnik poet, he could be a slam poet. The Cuckoos think that’s a great idea and change the vision so that Bernard looks modern and cool (and handsome). 

BOBBY: “What are you doing?” 

CESSILY: “Oh! I know! Polaris should be into him, not Havok, but unsure if she can trust him because she doesn’t know he’s a Mutant!” 

SOPHIE: “YES!” 

The vision changes again. 

BOBBY: “Guys, please stop.” 

The girls continue to laugh as they all think up changes, until “Cool Bernard” is fighting off an army by himself, dramatically bending Polaris over for a kiss as Havok dies. The girls all laugh, while Bobby shivers, parts of him falling off. 

BRIAN: “Hey! Guys, cut it out! Can’t you see you’re upsetting him?” 

QUENTIN: “As if they care. Mr. Drake, I am so sorry for them. But this is what I’ve been dealing with!” 

Bobby struggles to get himself back together as he can. 

BOBBY: “It’s…fine. Promise. Let’s just move on to another story. Okay?” 

In Nova Roma, Dani, Rahne, and Xuan slink around the shadows, staying hidden so they can better assess the situation. Demons have occupied the city, the human population has been put in chains, and are being forced to pray to their new dark goddess. At least some of them are, as others are dragged off into a large building. 

DANI, whispering: “That’s the bathhouse. Wolfsbane, you remember Selene’s scent, right?” 

WOLFSBANE, in hybrid form, sniffing: “Aye. She’s there.”

Dani grumbles, wishing she was surprised.  She has bad memories of when the three of them were being washed and prepared to be sold into slavery there on Selene’s orders. Nice as it would be to just charge in, they need more information. Dani gives Karma the order to possess one of the demons. Karma understands what she needs to do as her eyes glow pink. 

Inside the elegant bathhouse, a demon awkwardly enters. Its eyes flash pink briefly to dictate that Karma has possessed it. She notes to herself that this feels a lot less wrong than taking control of another person. 

Entering the main area, Karma is disgusted by the sight of the demons bathing clearly terrified women. And in the main bath, Selene is washing Amara. 

Running her hands through Amara’s soapy hair, Selene tells the anxious Magma to try and relax. Even if she isn’t honored to have her hair washed by the glorious Selene, the oldest and most beautiful of Mutants, before she’s sold to some lovely buyers she found in Otherworld who just ADORE “Witchbreed”, she should just be happy to finally get to spend some real, quality time together. 

SELENE: “I doubt I have time to teach you to be less of a disappointment, but…” 

Magma groans as Selene squeezes the crown of her head. Amara refuses to give up or back down, keeping a cool head as she questions what Selene is doing. She thought she’d shifted goals to “bigger things” since the last time the X-Men kicked her butt. 

SELENE: “Oh, yes that much is true! I’m sure you’d agree Dark Goddess of All Reality suits me so much better than mere queenhood over a single world would. Sometimes, to get what you want, you have to do less favorable things. The important part is finding your own way to have fun with it.” 

MAGMA: “Your idea is fun is nothing but crushing others under your heels."

SELENE: “My very expensive heels, yes!” 

Selene works her hands further down Magma, making her squirm. If she could have taken just a little teeny bit after her, they could be having fun together. Magma makes clear she would sooner die a thousand deaths than be anything like Selene. 

SELENE, sarcastically: “You break your poor grandmother’s heart.” She laughs. “I’d almost be jealous of big blue if that wasn’t such an unattractive and mortal emotion.” 

Magma ignores that, and just insists to Selene the X-Men will stop her like always. Selene drags her sharp nailes across Magma’s neck as she says that that will never happen again. 

Two demons drag over a trembling girl whose just been bathed. Selene turns away from Magma to examine her. 

SELENE: “Hmmmm.” 

BEAT. 

Selene unhinges her jaw, and her mouth opens freakishly wife, as she sucks the life force out of the girl until she’s reduced to nothing more than a pile of bones on the floor. 

Magma and Karma cringe at the sight, while the demons laugh and Selene licks her lips. 

SELENE: “A little fishy, but I don’t mind. Now…” Selene turns and glares at Karma. “What was that about the X-Men?” 

Karma tries to run, but Selene is too fast, shooting and killing the demon she possessed, forcing her to awaken in her own body in shock. 

As Dani and Wolfsbane try to shake her back to reality and tell her it’s okay, they realize they have another problem, as demons surround them. 

In the school, Kitty and Surge walk down the hall, going to get the equipment they need from Kitty’s up till now unseen bedroom. Kitty brags that she’s kinda awesome at a lot of stuff and this whole operation would pretty much fall apart without her, so Noriko gets to choose whether she wants to think like her or fight like her. 

NORIKO: “You’ve seen my grades and still think I could manage the computer geek gig?” 

Kitty tells her to have some faith in herself. She knows a little about her past, and that she does her own light maintenance on her gauntlets; Noriko isn’t as dumb as she acts. 

KITTY: “No one could be as dumb as you act.” 

Surge takes the comment in stride and thanks her for the confidence, but she’ll just stick to punching things for now. That works well enough for Kitty, but they will be getting to everything eventually. 

Nori’s sure the jokes will come later if not sooner then. She’s been in America and off the streets for a year and a half, and she still doesn’t get some of the stereotypes Westerners have about Asian people. Like, they’re not all computer dorks! 

SURGE: “It’s almost as bad as the people who think we all know kung fu. Hello! I’m not even Chinese!” 

KITTY: “Stereotypes like that are always gross. Doesn’t matter if it's about ethnicity, queerness, Mutantdom, or anything else.” 

Kitty opens the door to her room, revealing not just an absolute pigsty, but one made of various, seemingly unrelated computer parts, and Japanese memorability and weaponry. 

KITTY: “Now then, are you ready to learn to be a ninja?!” 

Noriko bites her lip and smiles through grit teeth as she nods; she walked into this one. 

In Emma’s car, Julian is excited for the day ahead as he and Emma share a drink in the back

He was never that into the idea of one day working for his parents’ company, that was always more his brother, James’, thing, but he’s been getting taught and drilled on Emma’s shrewd and ruthless business tactics, “and all the boring actual business stuff”, for almost as long as he’s been at the school, and he’s more than ready to put it all into practice. 

Emma is happy to see him so energized, and also that he hasn’t mouthed off to her once so far about the Danger situation. Julian, keeping a cool head, tells her he still wants to smash the overgrown microchip for what it did to Sofia, but it’s not like it was just Emma’s choice to let her stay. 

JULIAN: “It was the X-Men thing to do…or whatever.” 

Emma is satisfied by his words, and after taking a sip, changes the subject. 

EMMA: “You never talk about your brother. Let me guess: Your parents forced you into competition with him your entire life and nothing you ever did was good enough in comparison?” 

JULIAN, amused: “Guess you’d know what that’s like, huh? Evil, crazy older sister and all?” 

EMMA: “Not just her. It was all of us in that madhouse pit against one another. I can’t imagine I’ll ever have children of my own but there’s a reason that, however I may have you and your friends to compete, I’ve never encouraged that form of rivalry.” 

JULIAN: “Just rivalries where the loser has to pick up trash, right? God, I can’t wait to see the look on Ashida’s face when you tell her I won.” 

Emma puts her drink down. She isn’t going to get too into this, she is here as a teacher, not a guidance counselor or mommy to hear all about the latest drama, so she’s going to make this quick: Sofia was a wonderful girl, but she’s gone. If he wants Surge, then he should pursue her, just as he would anything else he wants in life; she clearly shares his feelings. 

Julian is frozen by this but doesn’t get the chance to respond as the car stops. Emma hands him a change of clothes and tells him to get out; they aren’t going in together. Julian questions why, and why he was given nerd clothes instead of a suit. 

EMMA: “Darling, you have no experience. Did you think you’d just be starting as my assistant? You’re starting from the bottom just as I did…coffee monkey.” 

Julian hangs his head over how much this is going to blow. 

Outside Nova Roma, Magik is huddled in a ball against the cave wall, rocking back and forth. Cannonball and Sunspot stand to the side. 

Sam second-guesses going along with Beto’s scheme. Maybe they should just try and fight Selene themselves instead of forcing Magik out of her stupor. His sister’s been studying psychology, and he knows just from what she’s yammered about that what they’re about to do can’t be healthy. Let alone what he wants Sam to say about himself. 

BETO: “There isn’t a therapist in this world or any other qualified to help Illyana through traditional means. We are “this” close to having Magik back, and since no one else has figured out how to get her out of her own head, I have to do it myself. And it’s my script; I can take it. Just trust me, and let your friend Roberto do what he does best.” 

Sam needs another moment to think it over, settling on acceptance. 

SAM, smirking: “You mean looking at yourself in the mirror.” 

Roberto laughs. 

Hardcut to Cannonball being sent flying through the cave past Magik by a punch. Sam keeps himself from being flung off the ledge by flacking back into the cave, asking what the big idea is. Illyana looks up with big, wet eyes to see what’s going on. 

CANNONBALL, acting furious: “I said what I said! You don’t deserve to be an X-Man!” 

Sunspot, in his transformed form, blasts at Sam, but Cannonball flies straight through the attack. His punch is caught by Roberto. 

SUNSPOT: “Big words from the man who knows he wouldn’t cut it if he tried!” 

Roberto punches Sam in the gut, knocking him further back into the cave. 

SUNSPOT, surrounding himself in even more flames: “You have no idea what I’m dealing with!” 

Roberto blasts at Sam again, but his attack is intercepted, as a stepping disk opens in midair to catch the flames and send them elsewhere. 

MAGIK, on her feet: “What do you think you are doing?? Why are you fighting?!” 

Roberto tells Sam to go on and tell her. Tell her how he called him too selfish and manipulative to be an X-Man. More concerned with his company than his people. 

SAM, picking himself up: “Only speaking the truth. We all thought you’d grow up right like the rest of us, even when you doubted yourself, but you’ve turned out just like your old man.” 

ROBERTO: “How dare you!” 

Roberto is about to launch another passionate attack, but Magik gets between the men. 

MAGIK: “Cannonball. Leave. Help the others.” 

There’s faux tension in the air as Roberto and Sam stare each other down to sell the bit, before Cannonball says fine; he’ll leave the two monsters alone. 

Sam flies off as Illyana’s eyes widen, unprepared for that gut punch after how nice everyone’s been. 

Magik slumps back down on the ground. 

MAGIK: “Why did I even come here? Too scared to fight. And still just a monster. You…didn’t deserve that.” 

ROBERTO, sitting down next to her, doing his best depressed pout: “Maybe. Or maybe not.” 

In the classroom, Iceman tells the kids NOT to mess with his memories again. Especially since the next story is the biggest one of all, and doesn’t need any changing to be deemed “cool” by the kids. It’s the mission that changed everything. The one that proved the X-Men…

BOBBY, pointing at himself: “Could be more than just us.” 

Sooraya nods with a smile. 

SOORAYA: “Ms. Storm told me this one.” 

BRIAN: “I know where this is going, yeah.” 

ROXY, holding Cessily because she knows this conversation could make Cess insecure: “Already heard it too. Dr. McCoy was weirdly chill about being eaten.” 

ICEMAN: “Easy to joke when time has passed. Believe me, he was as freaked as the rest of us then.” 

Bobby begins his story. After a couple of years of serving as the original five (plus Havok and Polaris) X-Men, they were no longer kids who should be living in a school for the gifted. It was time to go to college! Professor X accepted their decision, after screaming at them a few times about how they were abdicating their responsibilities, but he did have one more mission for them. Cerebro had picked up some strange readings from an island in the Pacific, and he wanted them to investigate it. With how much power he was sensing, the Professor hoped that this could be the first member of a new team of X-Men. 

Unfortunately for them, it didn’t take long once they got to the island that they realized there were no Mutant humans there; the Mutant was the island itself. It slowly drained their life forces the moment they set foot, and by the time they realized what was happening, it spoke its name to them, “KRAKOA!”, and swallowed them into the island’s cold, dark underground. Iceman’s memory of what exactly was going on down there is fuzzy. 

SOPHIE: “A Mutant island that eats people?” 

ESME: “Sounds fun! We should buy it. Is it still alive?” 

QUENTIN: “Oh what, are your own private islands not enough for you? Do you want a living one because you’re that cruel, or an evil one because it’s more your speed?” 

ROXY: “Bitch, our parents belong to the same country club! You’ve had all the same advantages as them, you’ve got just as much of an ego, and you treat people just as badly. People don’t hate you before you’re a poor little nerd, they hate you for the same reasons they hate them; you’re a dick. Get over yourself.” 

While the Cuckoos laugh and cheer, Quentin is left unable to respond to that and even looks a little hurt. Brian is clearly worried, but before he can say anything, Iceman continues the story.

He wouldn’t necessarily call Krakoa “evil”, it’s just that the degree to which it was, and still is, alive, was more like animal life. It was sentient and sapient, but it was only acting on its natural drive to feed on human life energy. 

Still, they needed to be saved, so Professor X traveled around the world and recruited a new team of X-Men: Storm, Wolverine, Banshee, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Sunfire, and Thunderbird. 

CESSILY: “Storm was the only new woman? No wonder Hellion said the professor sucks.” 

Iceman explains that this team, despite what they may think, did not gel at all. Hardly the “family” they’d become. Wolverine and Thunderbird had bad attitudes and didn’t like working with others, Sunfire was just a dick, Storm and Colossus were completely jarred by life outside Kenya and Russia, respectively, and Banshee, an old friend of the professor’s, felt weighed down by a bunch of kids.

But still, they had a job to do. Just like the old team, they weren’t half as strong as they are now, but they didn’t even have teamwork and training on their side. They didn’t even like each other!  Even still, somehow, they made it work, beat Krakoa, and saved the original team. 

Obviously, this new team didn’t last. Sunfire quit immediately after the Krakoa mission, and, as the kids probably already know, Thunderbird was Warpath’s brother who died on only their second mission, leading Cyclops and Jean to return. 

Still, the point is the lesson this squad clearly MOST needs to learn, and the other side of the first lesson. Even if they aren’t friends or a team now, even if they can’t see past each other’s differences, and there are egos flying around, the only way they’ll ever be X-Men is if they can all find a way to work together. If they can’t even do that, what hope do they have of gelling with other teammates? 

There’s a brief silence, with Bobby taking a breath, pleased with how he got all that out. 

DUST: “Except that doesn’t apply here.” 

BOBBY, face falling: “Huh?” 

ROXY: “Us and the Cuckoos having a big heart-to-heart is what led us to detention in the first place.” 

CESSILY: “And just cause I can’t stand his new friend doesn’t mean Brian isn’t still my guy.” 

PHOEBE: “The only one causing any problems…” 

CELESTE: “...is Quentin.” 

MINDEE: “Just replace him with Armor and everything will be fine!” 

SOPHIE, changing the mindvision to replace Sunfire and Thunderbird with Kitty and Presitge: “See? As easy as that.” 

Bobby groans as his memories are messed with again. Quentin, meanwhile, has had enough. Just because his…parents…are making him come to this stupid school doesn’t mean he has to do whatever the teachers say; he’d be ecstatic to get thrown home and away from all these stuck-up, catty bitches! 

As Quentin stands, welling up, the girls all boo him. Brian also stands, trying to tell Quentin to calm down; maybe they should just try out Iceman’s advice. Let everything go. 

QUENTIN: “Forget it! They all want me gone? I’m gone! The X-Men can give me whatever punishment they want. I know my power. I know my worth. They can’t make me do anything.” 

Quentin flies off at super speed as a purple streak, telekinetically knocking over desks and papers in the process. 

Brian is distraught by Quentin’s pain and turns to glare at the girls. Cessily, Roxy, and Soo actually do look like they feel a little bad, while the Cuckoos are ready to celebrate making him cry. 

Iceman shakes his head. He can’t believe this. He’s been working with Hellion and Surge for almost a year, but it’s no wonder they’re the X-Men already; they may bicker and bitch, but there’s respect. He’s not seeing any of that here. Not from any of the telepaths, not from the best friends who are standing on opposite sides of this feud, and definitely not for him and what he has to say. 

ICEMAN: “If you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go find Quentin before he blows up half the school in a fit. You kids don’t move.” 

Iceman leaves, leaving Brian and his friends looking disappointed in themselves. 

BEAT. 

MINDEE: “Did we say something wrong?” 

Everyone glares at Mindee. 

In Nova Roma, Dani and Wolfsbane battle against demons, Dani shooting them through the head with spirit arrows, while Wolfsbane has separated herself into a pack of wolves, one standing by near Karma, while the others maul and tear. 

Dani attempts to encourage Rahne by saying they aren’t dying today and Magneto wouldn’t have sent them on this mission if they couldn’t get it done. Rahne just laughs though. Does she look afraid? And, speaking of, what was going on with her and Magneto earlier anyway? 

DANI: “Nothing. Just frustration. Just looking around at everyone we work with, everyone we have worked with…it’s not that hard to just be good, is it?” 

WOLFSBANE: “It shouldn’t be…” Rahne slashes out a demon’s eyes. “But we’ve never had the same responsibilities.” 

DANI: “Maybe, but I find it hard to believe we’d fall prey to the same vices.” 

Rahne thinks she recalls her Mummy saying something about this once, but before she can say it, a demon sneaks behind her and moves to kill Karma. 

Karma, however, just smirks as she runs the demon through with her sword, before decapitating it, having just been playing weak. 

KARMA: “Only a few left.” 

Just then, Cannonball arrives, crashing through and taking care of the remaining horde. 

CANNONBALL: “ You’re welcome, ladies. No need to thank me.” 

DANI: “About to try and show up late and take all the credit? I know it’s what you’re best at.” 

Karma shuts this down before they can get more into bickering. Selene is in the bathhouse, with Amara and a bunch of other girls who she’s planning on either eating or selling to Otherworld as slaves. Do they move in now, or wait for Sunspot to maybe come back with Magik? 

The question is answered for them, as a geyser of lava crashes through the roof of the bathhouse. Magma soars up through it and propels herself toward the New Mutants. On impact, the ground shakes beneath them, as cracks in the Earth filled with lava cover the surface. 

The others are worried about what’s going on, as Amara’s eyes are blowing black and she’s moaning in agony. 

DANI: “Amara? It’s us. It’s okay.” 

Magma screams as she blasts her friends, Sam only barely managing to knock the girls out of harm’s way. 

MAGMA, desperate, in pain, and not in control: “Run.” 

In the school’s gymnasium, Noriko, dressed in a blue gi, is mimicking Kitty as she runs her through basic martial arts forms. The kids have of course all been learning self-defense to complement their powers, but taking things to the next level will beautifully compliment Nori’s speed; likewise with stealth training. 

KITTY: “I think the only one of you besides Laura who was studying anything like this was–” 

NORIKO: “Sofia. From Laura.” 

Kitty cringes. Her and her big mouth. 

KITTY: “Anyway! You’re looking good! I am soooo never letting Emma live this down.” Kitty notices the hurt expression on Kitty’s face. “I bet you’re looking forward to seeing Julian work his ass off.” 

Nori isn’t sure what she’s getting at; she said earlier it would be funny, yeah. Kitty tells her she doesn’t need to play dumb; she and Emma connected the dots earlier. They know she and Hellion are into each other. 

Nori is embarrassed, blushing, but Kitty tells her it just makes sense. They worked out all the real beef between them last year, and they spent the last 8 months spending pretty much all of their free time alone together. Far as she knows, they’re both straight horny teens, so it’d be weird if feelings hadn’t cropped up. 

Nori cringes…and admits the feelings aren’t new. Nor are they ones they haven’t acted on before. Kitty needs her to elaborate on that. 

NORI: “Last year, after the Hellions thing, but before he and Sofia got back together, we kinda…” 

KITTY, eyes widened: “Yeah, I guess that would make trying things again a little awkward.” 

Even still, if it's what she wants, Kitty thinks Surge should push through the nerves. 

KITTY, somber: “Sometimes you don’t know what you have until it's gone. You don’t want any regrets. You don’t want to leave things unsaid.” 

Nori, still unsure, nods. 

Kitty sees the mood needs to be uplifted again, and leaps back, hurling shuriken at Noriko. Nori scrambles, whaling as she only barely catches them all at super speed Even then, without her gauntlets, her hands would have been completely cut up. 

NORIKO: “What the Hell?!” 

Kitty laughs. For all they know, Emma could have walked Hellion through a hostile takeover by now. They aren’t going to win if they only run through basic forms today. It’s time for introductory weaponry! 

SURGE: “And you couldn’t have just handed me the things?!” 

KITTY: “Kid, you’re lucky I haven’t chopped off that blue hair and am actually bothering to teach. My master, Ogun, just tortured me and psychically put all this stuff in my head.” 

SURGE: “That…would explain how you had time to learn this. Also, the more I learn, the more your childhood sounds like a nightmare.” 

Kitty tilts her head up and laughs, grinning. 

KITTY: “Ha ha. Yeah.” 

Nori waits for her to say something but it doesn’t come. Instead, Kitty roundhouse kicks Noriko in the face. 

KITTY: “Targets! Now!” 

In the cave, Roberto and Illyana slump against the wall. Illyana questions what that was all about. It better not have been some different kind of trick. She’s pretty sure she’s still strong enough to beat HIM up. 

Roberto, with a weak smile, is sure she is. And she knows his games. This isn’t that. This is, well…

ROBERTO: “Not entirely undeserved.” 

Roberto explains how he recently resurrected Da Costa International and has been doing much better than the last time he operated it. But the only reason he has been more successful is because he hasn’t been doing things his way; he’s been doing them more like his father would. 

ROBERTO: “Do you remember anything about him?” 

ILLYANA: “I…yes. He was Hellfire.” 

Roberto confirms that, and elaborates that he doesn’t care for the, largely legal, if not moral, methods by which he’s been going about getting the company back into all its old industries and more, but it’s what he sees as a necessary precaution. If the X-Men fail, if superheroes can’t protect Mutantkind, then the shield he’s building will. 

ROBERTO: “Of all people, I thought I could trust Sam with some of what I’m forcing myself to do. But, as you saw, he just sees another villain for it. And do you know what the worst part is?” Magik stares intently. “I can’t even blame him. It’s what I sometimes see in the mirror. What enraged me was his insults toward my father. Yes, he was evil, no, I couldn’t trust him…but he did it all for me. His motives were as selfless as my own.” Roberto snickers as he casts his head down. “What do my choices in role models say about me, Illyana? A maniacal billionaire, a mass-murdering soldier, and Magneto. It’s a miracle I didn’t side with Darkchylde when she first emerged.” 

Illyana holds her stare on Beto for a few moments before speaking. 

YANA: “I wouldn’t call him a role model…but Belasco shaped me half my life. Forget Darkchylde. I, err, the real Illyana, was a monster before you and she ever met.” She smiles just a bit. “And she also chose Teach.” 

ROBERTO: “Far be it from me to tell a lady I know about her about her than herself, you all slapped me around plenty for that when we were younger as is…but you are the real Magik.” Beto continues even as Magik tries cutting him off. “I know. You don’t think you are. Because you don’t have a soul, because there’s still some demon…do you really expect us to care? You always considered yourself a monster, always hiding from us for our “own good”. If anything, you acting like this only proves more that you’re Magik.” 

Illyana shakes her head, groaning as she stands up. He doesn’t get it! The pain coming from the emptiness inside her, from that sliver of her that’s still Darkchylde, that’s still pure darkness, is overwhelming. It makes her feel like no matter what she does, all she will do is hurt and kill. She can’t take it. 

Roberto stands and admits he’d be talking far beyond his scope if he tried addressing any of what she’s feeling, but he hopes she won’t find it insulting if he compares them. Because all of this, to him, just sounds like guilt. Something he’s gotten far too accustomed to. But the thing is, whatever she’s guilty about, be it the deaths in Russia or Karma’s leg or anything else, they don’t care. That wasn’t her, and they are all just ecstatic she’s back. And so long as they’re alive, they’ll make sure Magik never travels down the path she fears. 

ROBERTO: “I’m sure, very soon, you’ll be cocky enough again to think you don’t even need us.” 

Illyana is visibly moved by his words, but Roberto thinks this performance needs one last touch. He leans over and whispers something in Illyana’s ear. The audience can’t hear, but she completely perks up. 

ILLYANA: “HUUUUUH?” 

A light returns to Illyana’s eyes as she gets herself pumped. Her friends will support her as long as they’re alive, but that won’t be much longer if they’re fighting Selene without her. 

ROBERTO, failing to contain his smugness: “You think you can stop her now?” 

MAGIK: “Please! I am the queen of Limbo! I can do anything.” BEAT. “Reminds me I need to stop back down there; I’ve been leaving everything to Despair, and I’m not sure that was my best choice.” Magik opens a stepping disc. “Thank you, Roberto. You aren’t a monster either. Just a dork who’s too smart for his own good. Now, come on!” 

Magik jumps through her disc. Sunspot takes a moment to pull out a comb and slick back his hair before transforming. 

ROBERTO: “Roberto accomplished.” 

He jumps through the portal behind Magik. 

In the school, Quentin is in the science room with Martha the brain, working on her hover device to allow it to let her move a little faster. While he’s helping her, he’s also using this as a chance to rant to someone who can’t cut him off. 

QUENTIN: “They’re all such losers, No-Girl! At least where it counts. If they didn’t have me to pick on, I bet they’d return to fighting each other. In the real world, their cattiness and shallowness will only lead to failure and abusive husbands, while I’m raking in billions.” He sighs. “You’re almost lucky you don’t have a body; you don’t have to worry about the horror of girl world or its societal expectations.” 

The camera holds on Martha as if she were performing an eye-roll. 

Iceman enters, having come to check on Quentin. He asks Martha if they can have the room, and she obliges. Quentin tells him he doesn’t need to be here, but Iceman reminds him he’s supposed to be in detention and he’s in charge of that, so he kinda does. 

BOBBY: “If you really don’t want to be on the squad, we can hand you back to Karma. The X-Men just thought you deserved a shot.” 

Quentin says Bobby doesn’t understand. No one understands. The only one who even came close was Ms. Grey. It took a god even to try and understand his genius. 

BOBBY: “What about Tag?” 

QUENTIN: “He’s…different.” 

Quentin explains what made him blow up back there wasn’t anything the girls were saying, specifically. He’s beyond their petty insults. But Roxy mentioned his parents and the similarities in their backgrounds and…

QUENTIN: “While we were all away, my parents decided 17 was old enough for me to know. I’m adopted. And, apparently, that’s a decision they regret. When I turn 18, they’re done with me. The school re-opening was a blessing for them.” 

Iceman hums, “oh shit” under his breath. Quentin asks if he could understand what that’s like. For your whole life to be a lie and to be ripped out from under you. 

ICEMAN: “Better than you’d think. And when it comes to bad, racist parents? Take a look around this place. You’re with the best company you’ll find.” 

Quentin doesn’t think so. No one will get him. No one even likes him! Iceman acknowledges that’s true, but does he get the others? Does he acknowledge their own struggles? While there’s no excusing the Cuckoos’ behavior, has he ever thought that maybe his own perspective of things is wrong? That the world isn’t necessarily how he sees it? 

QUENTIN: “Of course I!...haven’t.” 

Quentin hangs his head. He just doesn’t know what to do. Or what he’s going to do. Iceman assures him, no matter how much he hates it here, he’ll always have a home here. And if he’s willing to put in the work, he can even find a family. 

QUENTIN: “What? Like with the squad and your junior X-Men?” 

ICEMAN: “If that’s what you want, yeah.” 

Bobby tells him the X-Men have a friend: Dr. Sean Garrison. He’s a baseline human, but a brilliant therapist and one of the biggest advocates for Mutants. He thinks maybe talking to him would do him some good. 

ICEMAN: “Or, you know, you can blow me up and go on a rant about how everything sucks and keep feeling miserable.” 

Quentin laughs. He’ll think about it. And he thanks Mr. Drake. He didn’t think much of the clown before, but now he gets why Brian looks up to him. 

There’s a knock on the door, quickly followed by Brian and the girls all entering. Quentin questions what they want now. The Cuckoos all look grumpy and annoyed, but Cessily, Sooraya, and Roxy nudge them forward. 

 The Cuckoos, clearly being forced into it, apologize to Quentin. He’s a loser with terrible opinions, but that doesn’t mean they should harass him. More sincerely, Cessily apologizes. After the whole “Hellions” thing, she should have known better than getting carried away in this. Roxy and Soo agree; it was just supposed to be the one prank, but then things escalated. 

QUENTIN: “Hmph! Well, I’m glad you all learned your lessons.” 

BRIAN, no more time for this shit: “Dude. Come on.” 

Quentin sighs and, begrudgingly, apologizes for the nightmares. And a couple of instances of potential hyperbole from his blog.

BRIAN, exasperated: “It’s a start.” 

Iceman tosses his arms up, saying this is what he wanted to see. This olive branch may be  thin, but it can grow. He’s seen it happen before. Just cause he’s such a nice guy, he’s gonna let them out of detention early so they can do some bonding, probably at that coffee shop they love so much he’s guessing. 

Cessily’s actually interested in trying the place the old X-Men used to go to, but Iceman laughs that that place doesn’t exist anymore; Emma bought it, tore it down, and turned it into a sushi bar years ago just to screw with them. 

ROXY: “Still better than what she did to Firestar.” 

The kids all hum in agreement. They are ready to get out of here though, thanking Iceman and filing out. Quentin doesn’t initially stand, but Brian smiles and offers him a hand. He accepts it and they follow after the girls, but Bobby asks Brian to stay back just for a second; he told him he wanted to speak to him later, and he’s got something big to tell him.

Brian and Quentin do their secret handshake, and Quentin exits. Brian sits down with Bobby and the audio cuts out as we pan back, just seeing their mouths move. Brian hugs Bobby in excitement, Bobby hugging the kid back. 

In Nova Roma, Dani, Karma, Cannonball and Wolfsbane try to fight their out of control friend as she burns and quakes everything around her. Selene’s spell is too powerful for Karma to take control over Magma, Wolfsbane can’t get close due to the heat, and Dani can’t get a clear shot with her bow because of the shaking and shattering ground. 

Cannonball crashes into Amara, only semi-burnt due to being semi-invincible while blasting, and knocks her out. He apologizes for that, but Magma gets right back up, her body moving on its own under Selene’s control without Amara being concious. She blasts at Sam, with him only surviving by flying through the flames. 

Sam would love to make a joke about Rome burning in a day right now, but he doesn’t want that to be his last joke. 

He and the girls are unsure what else they can do as Magma unleashing a hellstorm of flames upon them. It looks like its over, but the New Mutants are saved by the arrival of Magik and Sunspot in front of them, Roberto absorbing not only the attack, but sucking in all the surrounding fires around the city. 

Sunspot is cheered on both by and his friends and the few citizens who haven’t run away. 

RAHNE: “Could you have cut it any closer though?” 

ROBERTO: “You know I love my dramatic timing, but in this case, I swear it was unintentional.” 

DANI: “What about you, Magik? Feeling any better?” 

MAGIK, flashes a grin at Dani before smirking: ‘I will in a moment.” 

As Magma launches another attack, Sunspot acting as a sheild, Magik chants in a strange language. Illyana plunges her hand through her chest. The others are worried, but Illyana just snickers. 

In a flash of darkness, Magik yanks her hang out of her chest, pulling from it an all black sword. 

KARMA: “What is that?” 

MAGIK: “Leftover demon bits. I’d rather be a total husk than have them in me. I think I will call this…the anti-soul sword. Not as good as the real deal, but it should do.” 

Sunspot and Magik exchanging nods, Roberto races forward, leading around the shattering terrain and absorbing everything Magma throws at him. He tackles her to the ground, holding her with his more amped up than ever strength. Yana appears in front of him through a disc and slams a hand down on Magma’s face. Honestly? She’s not actually sure she can beat Selene. But one of her spells? Pfft. 

Magma’s body screams as Illyana chants, until the black disappears from Amara’s eyes and she jolts awake. 

Everyone is thrilled, momentarily forgetting that the real fight is still ahead, as they’re overjoyed by Magma being safe and Illyana, seemingly, being her old self. 

Magma hugs her. 

MAGMA: “Thank you so much. Is it really you?” 

ILLYANA: “Well, I did just save all of you from certain death like it was nothing. That certainly sounds like me!” 

Magik laughs obnoxiously. The others a teeny bit annoyed, but they’re more happy than anything else to see this. Magik’s laughter is briefly interrupted by a quick flashback to her laughing the same way as a kid. 

Everyone gets a chance to hug or pat Illyana on the back, but they still have a job to do. 

SAM: “You up for helping to take Selene down, Magma?” 

MAGMA: “Unquestionably.” 

The seven New Mutants dash forward through the rubble of the city and into the, seemingly by magic, untouched bathhouse. However, they find something strange when they enter. 

DANI: “No sign of Selene. Or any demons at all.” 

The seven rush back outside…where they find the blue sky shining like normal and the demons all gone. 

DANI: “Did…she run away?” 

MAGIK: “Ha! She was proabbly too scared to fight me now that I’m back and better than ever.” 

Roberto wishes he could believe it’s that simple…but he doubts it. 

Later, in Magneto’s office, he and Roberto clink liquor glasses. Erik congragulates him on a job well done. Selene may still be out there, plotting, but Nova Roma still needed to be saved in the now, and having Magik on the team will only be a benefit down the line. 

Roberto thanks him, explaining that he’s planning on heading back to Nova Roma soon. The others are all still taking care of injured citizens and helping them rebuild from all the destruction. 

ROBERTO: “Magma got dibs on destroying Selene’s statues.” 

He only came ahead so he could inform Magneto of how things went. Erik appreciates that, but he’s also curious about how much of what he told Magik was true. 

ROBERTO, casually: “Enough.” 

 This concerns Magneto. He’s not going to pry, Sunspot is his own man, but he’d appreciate knowing who his silent partner is whose allowed him to build his company back up so quickly. He’d like to know if he should be concerned. 

Roberto wishes he could tell his old headmaster that, but…

SUNSPOT: *SHRUGS* 

Magneto doesn’t understand why he’s being like this. When he served him on Genosha, he trusted Sunspot completely. He could have just as easily planted Quicksilver or Polaris on the X-Men, but he believed Roberto was the best man for the job. And he proved him right. He stayed unnoticed, delivered his reports, and, when Magneto was gone, took the steps necessary to start planning ahead. 

MAGNETO: “I am proud of you. I still trust you now. And, moving forward, I would like for you to be a bigger part of this team. You’ve earned that. But I need to know that you still trust me.” 

Roberto looks down into what little is left of his drink, his reflection staring back at him. He chugs the rest of the liquor down and slams the glass down on the table. 

ROBERTO: “I appreciate the support, Headmaster. I do still trust you, and I appreciate the interest…but I know what I’m doing.” 

Roberto thanks him for the drink, leaving to go wash up before he returns to help the others. 

Magneto sips his own drink disappointed and worried. A stepping disc appears next to him and Magik pops out. 

MAGNETO, eyes wide with relief: “Illyana.” 

ILLYANA: “Hey, Teach!” Yana kisses the top of his helmet. “Bye teach!” 

Magik runs off. In spite of the conversation he just had, Erik can’t help but smile. 

In the hall, Kitty is helping a weary Noriko walk. Kitty’s really sorry; she did NOT mean for Surge to get this banged up. She’s never really taught this before and she didn’t really know what she was doing. If she doesn’t want to keep doing this, they don’t have to. Noriko tells her to forget that. That was fun! And she hasn’t even gotten to use a katana yet. If she’s gonna be a stereotype, she’s going all in, baby. Kitty laughs, happy to hear it. 

SURGE: “I guess we’re going to have clean though, huh?” 

KITTY: “Well, not exactly.” 

The two turn a corner, where Julian is cleaning up trash while betrated by Emma. 

NORI, ecstatic: “They lost?!” 

KITTY: “Uhhh, no. Turns out Emma made Hellion into a coffee monkey, forgetting that people who start from the bottom tend to actually have experience with menial tasks; Hellion does not.” 

NORI, laughing: “That bad?” 

EMMA: “It was a disaster!” 

Noriko questions why Emma isn’t cleaning, with Kitty explaining that this made them realize Nori doesn’t have much experience with menial chores either. Kitty phases her hand into a closet and grabs a mop bucket for her. 

KITTY: “Doop’s really sick it seems so…we’ll move today’s stakes to tomorrow.” 

Surge and is  annoyed, and ready to throw a tantrum after the day she’s had, but then she hears Julian laughing. She turns around and sees the smug grin on his face. 

SURGE: SIGH “Fine. I guess I’ll help.” 

Surge goes to help Julian clean, the two making sneering googly-eyes at each other as Emma continues to lambast Hellion. 

Kitty is getting a good laugh out this, when…

“KITTY!” 

Kitty turns around, only to be swept off her feet by Magik, who proceeds to plant a kiss on her mouth. Kitty is in stunned silence. 

MAGIK, grinning from ear to ear: “We saved the day! Beto got me out of my funk. I know I am no monster. And…he told me what you always wanted to do.” Magik cackles as she sets Kitty down. “I have to go back to Nova Roma to help with repairs, but…A HA HA HA!  It’s good to be back!” 

Magik disappears through a stepping disc, Kitty still not having managed to get a word out. 

EMMA, approaching: “I cannot say I predicted that.” 

KITTY: “Y-yeah. Me neither.” 

EMMA: “Are you interested? “

KITTY, getting a hold of herself: “That is NONE of your business. You should just be focused on trying not to lose when we play for real tomorrow.” 

EMMA: “Oh, I’m sure things will go much better for us once the kinks are worked out.” 

The two look on as Noriko and Julian laugh and clean together. 

EMMA: “I’m surprised you went the ninja route. There is only darkness in that chapter of your life.” 

KITTY: “No matter what you say, we don’t have much in common. But we both had our childhoods corrupted by evil men. For you, your adulthood too. But we still use what we learned from them for good. And they can too.” 

Emma would propose a toast to that, but Kitty doesn’t carry around a flask - like a savage. Even if she did though, Kitty can’t drink right now; she has to figure out what the Hell she’s gonna do when Magik gets back. 

Emma beams at both Kitty as she runs off, and at Julian and Noriko. 

In Egypt, we get an establishing shot of Apocalypse’s underground base. Inside the throne room, Akkaba cultists are present, as is Death. Death, leaning against a wall, lights up a cigarette and smokes it. The smoke travels toward the throne, but it’s blown away by a gentle wind. 

DEATH, amused: “Sorry about that.” 

From a suddenly emerging cloud of black smoke, Selene appears. 

SELENE: “The splendid Selene has returned! All requests have been obliged. Now, I think we need to have a little chat…War.” 

The camera pans up the throne, revealing Sofia, no longer dressed in her Apocalypse armor, but in a new set of armor resembling a Venezuelan Devil Dancer, colored in both her old gold and white, and Apocalypse-blue. She is also still wearing her mother’s bracelet. 

DEATH: “She is only War to her Horsemen. You may address her as Lady Akkaba.” 

Selene laughs at that. The minion attempting to give her orders. 

SOFIA, eyes narrowed behind her mask: “What do you wish to speak about?” 

SELENE: “Oh, you know, just girl things. Like, for example, why did you hire me for a job and then pull me out before it was done?” 

SOFIA: “My reasons are my own.” 

SELENE: “Oh! I see! Well, would you like to know what I think? I think that you hired me to lure out and kill Sunspot, Magik, and Kitty Pryde, something I was more than happy to do, especially since it meant getting to see my favorite granddaughter…but you didn’t expect the other New Mutants to come along. And you didn’t want me to kill poor Ms. Moonstar, did you?” 

Selene mocks Sofia with her smirk, as Death reaches for his sword, awaiting his master’s orders. 

SOFIA: “Death…bring her her payment.” 

Death is hesitant to listen, wanting to cut Selene down, but he does as he’s told. While Death is away, Selene mocks that there’s nothing wrong with caring about others. She finds it gross, but she knows it works for others. It’s a bit of a hazard for wannabee world-conquering empresses though. 

Sofia doesn’t respond, but the camera focus on parts of her tensing up. 

Death returns with a shining object that looks halfway between a vase and a lava lamp, tossing it to Selene. 

SELENE, stroking the object: “Oh, there are you my pretty. Apocalypse borrowed so many of my toys over the millenia. It was very rude of him to never give this one back.” 

Selene tells “Lady Akkaba” that the only reason she never took it back was because Big Blue was one of the few men alive with the power to match her own. She was just devastated to hear about what happened to him, but following his defeat, if she’d really wanted to, she could have walked right in here, taken what’s hers back and killed everyone present. 

SOFIA: “Do not underestimate my power. We are both External.” 

Selene laughs. Whatever Apocalypse did to her, she’s no External. And frankly, it’s rude to say otherwise. 

SELENE: “But, since you think us equals apparently…fight back.” 

Selene unhinges her jaw and begins eating the life force of Sofia, Death, and all the cultists, the latter of whome are immediately reduced to dust. Sofia and Death are completely helpless and only survive by Selene’s mercy, as she ceases her attack. Both pant heavily. 

SELENE: “Point proven?” 

Selene leaps over to Sofia, hovering right over her. She grabs her by the chin. 

SELENE: “The only reason I truly agreed to all this? I wanted to see what Apocalypse’s chosen heir had in her. And I couldn’t be less impressed.” She cackles as she lightly crushes Sofia’s jaw in her grip. “Whether you think you’re the new Mutant savior or the new big bad or maybe even both, let’s get something straight: you will never defeat the X-Men. And it’s not because they’re stronger than you, although, they are; it’s because stregnth alone cannot beat them, or else they would have fallen time after time before. Call it…an X-factor. Whatever it is, there is nothing special about you, little girl, that will let you succeed where I and so many others have failed. And when you do inevitably lose? You better pray that they still care for you, as you do for them.” 

Selene let’s go of Sofia, casually walking down the staircase. Death wants to attack her, but Sofia raises her hand, stopping him even as she gasps. 

SELENE: “This was fun. Let’s never do it again. Ta ta…Sofia.” 

Selene disappears in a cloud of black smoke. And all Lady Akkaba can do is bang her hands on her throne and shout. 

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Now I have finally brought "The Omegaverse AU list"!!! I don't know why it took me so long and it's not even finished. But I thought I should publish it because how I'm going to be talking about something that only I (and maybe my cousin) know about.

So here it is.

Alpha

• Darling Charming (pretending to be Beta)

• Sparrow Hood

• Chase Redford

• Lizzie Hearts

• Cerise Hood (pretending to be Beta too?)

• Ramona Badwolf

• Poppy O'Hair

• Jillian Beanstalk

• Rosabella Beauty

(Here I broke a little rule that I didn't actually break because I haven't decided yet whether to make Cerise Alpha and have her pretend to be Beta like Darling or not. I put it there provisionally. The little rule is an unimportant rule of mine.)

Beta

• Dexter Charming

• Raven Queen

• Madeline Hatter

• Humphrey Dumpty

• Alistair Wonderland

• Ginger Breadhouse

• Cedar Wood

• Hunter Huntsman

• Faybelle Thorn

• Justine Dancer

• Briar Beauty

• Melody Piper

(I have a lot of betas because I'm indecisive okay? Maybe I should move Hunter to the Alphas? I should move someone to the alphas area. Because I feel like they are too beta or maybe that's okay, idk)

Omega

• Daring Charming (pretending to be Beta)

• Hopper Croakington II

• Apple White

• Ashlynn Ella

• Bunny Blanc

• Holly O'Hair

• Blondie Lockes

• Duchess Swan

• Kitty Cheshire

• Crystal Winter

• Meeshell Mermaid

I have nothing to say about the Omegas, so what follows is the small list of characters that I have no idea where to put. All parents, teachers and adults in general are on that list. And I didn't want to list them so consider them on the list.

In doubt. I don't know where to put them or I can't decide.

• C.A Cupid (Alpha maybe?)

• Courtly Jester idk

• Farrah Goodfairy Omega or Beta, maybe?

• Nina Thumbell idk?

• Tiny???

Wtf deciding is too difficult and I want to throw them all in Beta but that wouldn't be fair. Someone help me choose please. And if I'm missing characters, also tell me. I don't know what I'm doing, it just a silly list (that's it's not so silly anymore because I have almost all the characters probably)

So here's she is. The beautiful list. If anyone has a great idea for the characters that are on the "In doubt" list or an idea for the characters that I am missing, I will gladly accept suggestions for that or to change some character on the list.

[kurtty-drabbles]

Swan au (spring ball)

N/A: The ball we all wait and need. Piotr here is based on the AoA´s version. Kitty, here, is not a sociopath nor a born, sexy and yesterday, she´s a mix of human and magical animal...understand some things, she cares for others and some she just doesn´t care. Does evil Wizard Kurt want to destroy this kingdom? Sure. It won´t cross with her interested. Speaking like that Kitty could be morally grey to evil here.

@djinmer4 @dannybagpipesarecalling @discordsworld  

Kitty´s dress

Spring arrives and flowers are blooming making the land flourish and reborn. Of course, Spring is also the fertility season, for some, and to others love. The king of Xarxon is ready to marry. Not for a romantic reason as the others believe.

Xarxon is facing a financial and economic crisis and the great 7 kingdoms aren´t not so keen to lead more money to this country, their states and cities are bankrupted. And Piotr Rasputin is not a man people would trust to use the money wisely or trust with anything.

His advisers craft a ball, with magic and sweet words to the right people, to the last minute. The people of Xarxon is not thrilled by this news, much less the fact they aren´t invited to the ball.

And this is hardly something to shock anyone. Monarch being incompetent are a thing too and their end is predictable, however, one Necromancer thinks that Xarxon could use a new direction. ____________________________ "Remember, what we talk?" Kurt asked once Kitty finally put the fancy dress. The dress used to belong to one of the members of his cult, a woman that thought she could manipulate him with sex. She was wrong, however, the dress fits Kitty nicely.

"Yes, yes, be a beautiful swan!" Kitty replied nonchalant rolling her eyes and looking herself in the mirror "you know, just because I´m a swan does not mean you can make swan´s jokes" Her tone is straightforward and piecing her gaze at him, the Necromancer seems not to mind too much "The plan is to seduce him" there´s a certain gross in her tone that does not match her regal features." and drive him crazy, yes, been there, done that"

Adjusting the dress a little more, Kitty now is satisfied with the image the mirror express. Turning to the man, Kitty then ask how she looks?

"You looks far prettier than the others princess, I dare say" Kitty is bemused as Kurt is about to make a pun "you look as beautiful as a swan"

"You do know Nightcrawlers are worms and I know birds that will be glad to eat nightcrawlers" replied drily as Kurt merely chuckles then at this, the man takes out a lipstick and starts to apply on Kitty´s lips.

"In all seriousness, you´re his type and he´ll go nuts for you, once he does fall ...I´ll strike" once the lipstick is applied, Kitty kissed his check"too much red is not a good colour for swans, nightcrawler" she replied and affirms that now she´s ready for her part.

_________________________ Piotr was instructed to talk with the richer princess in all the landing, princess Lorna, for example, is a good case for his need. The green haired princess did not seem interested in the Russian man, per se, she keeping asking about his sister.

Piotr has a younger sister, named Illyana Rasputin, a girl with a talent for magic that even Wanda, her sister, respect and Lorna is intrigued about the mysterious figure of Illyana Rasputin.

"She´s in the convent now!" Piotr replied bitterly"the convent of Saint Marie is the safest place for her, now, if you have any more questions about my sister, please, direct them to my adviser," and stomps away from Lorna.

"Rude!" she speaks and goes away. All the guests are here and none of them catches his fancy. Piotr is in a dilemma, how to get funds? Incest is not seeing fondly unless you´re well-liked and stupidly rich and his sister makes her point across by leaving the country as soon as she can.

The man is stuck in his musing that didn´t notice that his feet lead him to the royal gardens. He saw a woman, so beautiful, wearing something that not even Genosha could afford and singing something with such a voice that the ball is forgotten.

This woman is his.

"Who is singing such a splendid song? " Piotr asked, not even Yana, using her magic and the best tutelage could have ever sung in such way. "Oh, I´m just a woman, who does not like crowded places, and you?"

"Do you believe in love at first sight?" Piotr asked and the woman laughs such a pretty sound, "What´s your name?"

"Kitty" she adds as her eyes are now blue "my name is Kitty and I was looking for you, where were you, silly goose?"

"Let´s get married as soon as possible" Piotr make a gesture to take Kitty to the ball, inside, to show everyone his wife. Kitty disagrees. "I've got a health problem, I can deal with that much people, could you be a dear and explain to them. I´ll be here, waiting for you"

"I´ll be right back"

_________________ Lorna was finishing her martini, the only good thing in this party, when Piotr returns and speaks, with satisfaction in his voice and a madding gleam in his eyes. How did he found a wife and is better everyone get away. Someone make the dumb decision to ask a question to the monarch, the response? Piotr tosses him away telling the others to leave.

"I have the most gorgeous woman as my bride, OUT!" the man hurls and no one dares to defy, Lorna takes her escort and leaves...feeling insulted, she came all the way here to meet Magik and couldn´t even do that.

"That was the most outrageous night of my life" Lorna replied entering in the carriage "at least, the martini was good"

______________________________ One of his advisers, a man with a white streak on the right side of his raven hair, speaks with care this time about the new bride. Piotr deemed the room safe enough to introduced the future Queen of Xarxon goes to the garden screaming like a lunatic "They´re gone, my love, gone...We can be together forever"

The man with the white stream instructed the others to follow the king, after all, this is about their queen.

Arriving in the gardens all they found is Piotr screaming like a loon a swan swing far away from him, in a small lake the garden have(it´s a bit dirty the swan´s beauty is not making miracles to make people forget about this) the advisers look at each, in silence, all agreeing about the mental state of the man.

One of them noticed a small cut on the swan´s neck. This makes the elderly adviser snap and using a paralysing spell. Piotr is stuck in his place.

"Your insanity goes too far, I´ve enough,  you´ll rot in prison for your crimes...hurt a swan is an offence against God" the man speaks "we shouldn´t have been silent as his insanity gets worse and worse"

The man with white streak suggests an option, Yana far too young to inherit the throne, how about Klaus? He could assume the role until Yana has the proper age to rule.

"Excellent suggestion, my friend" one of them pipes in and all are in agreement, even if Klaus is a former student of the Demonic Necromancer, still is a better choice than Piotr.

The man with a white streak, once the crown is taking the paralysed Piotr away, replied that he wants to make sure the swan is alright. The others nod, Swans are a gift from God, the swan approaches the man only when they are alone.

"You did good, he´s pretty crazy too, but...you are magnificent" The man reveals himself as Kurt then asks "and your neck?"

The Swan changes to Kitty. Gingerly touching her neck and not flinching when Kurt does the same. "Serious, how is your neck?"

"It´s still hurting a little but is manageable, I swear"His finger retrieve from the mark of her scar once touches her own delicate fingers. "Oh, thank you, what will happen now?"

"I get my payment, and my silly student get his wish....for a time being, I don´t think he realizes how powerful Illyana Rasputin is..."there´s an evil smile on his face "better not take ideas to hung the throne"

"There´s always this possibility, the other prince was ready to kill half of his family to achieve that, humans are strange sometimes" Kitty replied and then asks "wait, won´t people noticed the absence of the white streak dude?"

Kurt waves her worries away. "I can take care of this little problem, now, do you want to go home?"

"The ball is over? Man, that´s the worst ball ever. Much worse than the prince who wanted to kill half of his family to reach on power" Kitty stand up and Kurt chuckles one last time as the woman is grumbling.

"Now, if you want to dance..."Kurt offers his hand "I know a place"

"Are you a good dancer?"

"For a swan? I think so"

"Careful, I do know a bird who wants to eat nightcrawler"