Chapter 1
N/A: So, I was talking about this book called Heloisa, a Brazilian book, where the MC is the bastard daughter of this nobleman who loves the MC´s mother more than his own wife, anyway, on his death bed the man asked for the daughter to be accepted by the family. Anyway, this plot makes me think in a nice plot for Kitty. I´ll take some liberties here. Maria Quitéria is a real-life woman who dressed up as a man and fights in the Brazilian independence wars.
The buggy is not what the man had in mind, however, people were expecting a fancy carriage to cross the bridge guided by fanciest driver money can buy. The buggy smells like cabbage and carrots and the crown let the buggy pass without a second thought, after all, any minute now the carriage with the last Dragon rider will travel to this same bridge.
Once the buggy leaves the crown, the man smokes his cigar and speaks to the cabbage and carrots on the buggy in a dry tone “it´s clear now, princess” and the vegetables turned into a petite princess wearing a crown on her and a sad smile adorning her round face. Katherine Anne Pryde is not having a good day.
“I take that´s a normal day for you, Logan” Kitty joked now sitting next to the man as the buggy morphs into a carriage, not a fancy one, but fast enough to head to their destination. “Saving princesses is not my fort, Kitten, but, I couldn´t let you, of all the people, suffer from their greedy” Logan explained and Kitty now offers a sardonic smile “Oh, and giving me to the necromancer is safer”
Logan takes a deep breath often explaining the planning to Kitty and the other X-men make him doubt himself. The plan is not perfect or lovely, but, Kitty will be safer and Logan knows this as Kurt owns him a HUGE favour.
“The other option is the Maximoff and as much Wanda would love to see you” begins Logan with a warning tone in his voice “Genosha is facing a civil war, well, a silent civil war among the royals. Pietro, Wanda and Lorna are ready to overthrow Magneto any minute and your presence there can be a problem...you can be a problem. And since they know the Necromancer ...if you die, they can bring you back, no regards to your life”
Kitty closes her eyes and absorbed the words. She can´t whine about the situation. She´s a woman now. She´s the last of her kind.
“I´m the last dragon rider, how can I be sure that man won´t...try to use me?” Kitty asked in a neutral tone.
“Because he does not need dragons….he can be one any minute” Logan offers this as compensation or as assurance. Kitty only frowns at that. Her royal blue dress has the image of a dragon and the woman is silently planning her next move. “You´ll be with him until the mess is all clear, the X-men are fighting for you, NO, you won´t join us” Logan speaks before she could interject “you´re the last dragon rider, we´ll get your homeland and expel those traitors. I promise you this. In the meantime, you´ll stay with the necromancer”
“For my own safety,” Kitty speaks calmly. Tales of Mulan or Maria Quitéria dance in her mind, yet, Kitty has no military background. “Does he have a name?”
“Several actually, but, you can call him ...Kurt”
Arriving on the old house with grey fences a woman with dark skin and white hair great them, she´s using an umbrella, but, smiles kindly to Logan and the new guest.
“Hello, Logan” she speaks in a more comforting tone. They know each other. The man makes the introduction and Kitty bows her head in a signal of respect. The woman blinks and waves off the formalities. “Hey, no need to be so formal, dragon rider, my name is Ororo Monroe or as some call me Bloodstorm” she smiled showing her fangs.
Kitty heard tales about vampires. She trusts Logan and if Ororo and he are friends...then she has no reason to feel fear(well, he´s also friends with the evil necromancer)
“Nice to meet, even in such situation, my name is Katherine Anne Pryde, I´ll be here for some time” Kitty replied wanting to at least make a friend in this place while she does wait for the end of the war. Ororo smiles in a soothing way and Kitty feels secure.
“I heard what happened, I´m really sorry, I can say this, Logan here will fight for you and he´s a real soldier, never lost a battle and did defeat many foes...only lose to me, but, that´s because I´m taller” she jokes and makes her case by standing closer of Logan and the height difference did make Kitty crack a smile.
Logan, normally, would complain. Not today.
“And where is Kurt?” Logan asked Ororo as the woman is pondering her answer. “Well, he would be here but...Hank and he are stuck…” whatever she was about to say is cut short when a cloud of brimstone makes its presence know. Kitty waves the bad smell way.
“Me and Hank finish the session sooner than what was expect” the necromancer wearing a scarlet cape look at Ororo, Logan and then Kitty. Kitty´s mind thinks that if she wasn´t a Dragon rider or older the sight of the necromancer would frighten her, instead, bored her terrible. She is more preoccupied to get rid of that smell.
(A necromancer has nothing compared to the dragon of red eyes. A creature delivered by God itself or maybe Satan. And only Kitty can reach to him, only Kitty can rider can be one with the dragon)
A bemused expression on her part warrants a perplexed one by the necromancer. “Oh, you must be the dragon rider” his smile has fangs, but, how can this impress Kitty when she sees Lockheed in his real form eat every day? The man tries to kiss her hand and she reluctantly agrees(rolling her eyes and muttering something about how cliche)
“Logan asked me a favour to keep you save until the war is over” Kurt starts and Kitty frowns at him “then I would prefer to stay safer even after the war” Kurt smiles again and she continues “you seem to be the type of man that explores loopholes”
“Indeed I do, but, Mein Prinzessin, I have no desire to hurt such cute princess,” Kurt said in a flamboyant tone and Kitty is still not impressed. “Thank you, and you can stop the act now, I trust Logan and if he said my best chance is to be here with you, I´ll be here” she now looks bored at him. The message was sent and Kurt only blinks at her, people usually have a strong reaction once meeting him.
Fear or love.
“Well, you must be tired of your travel, Ororo can show your room” Kurt speaks still gazing at her eyes. He even calls one of his zombies' servants to get a reaction of her, fear or love, nothing.
Wait, is she bemused with me? ...why? Is just dragons, for HIM´s sake.
Logan is uncomfortable with the zombies. Ororo is not happy either and Kitty is not in the intense stare game ever until she smiles and speaks with a smile “you blink, I win” and Kurt is speechless at that.
And Ororo leads Kitty to her room, once Kurt speaks he wants to talk with Logan, the man thought Kurt wanted to know about the war and a faint hope blossom in his heart that maybe the necromancer would join for free.
“Who is she? Really? How is she not impressed by me? Logan...what have you told her?” Logan only sighs, of course, if the X-men don´t have the money...no necromancer.
“She the princess of Avalon. I told you, she´s the dragon rider” Logan explains what should be fact by now.
“Is she married? Avalon likes to marry people earlier on” Kurt mentioned and Logan is tempted to lie, but, lying to him is never wise “No, she´s not married and no, she ´s not impressed with you. She saw more than what you can imagine.”
The smile on his face is not comforting.
“Really? Then I can be more amazing than her dragons” Kurt noticing his stares “Oh, relax, I´ll behave, I like to pay my favours” Kurt promised. Logan wants to say Goodbye to Kitty, but, thought this is better. No need to make this even more difficult.
Now, Logan is gone. And Kurt is left wondering what to do with his new guest. Such a cute and interesting dragon rider.