DISCLAIMER:
Pryde and Wisdom, the X-men and Excalibur all are
trademarks of Marvel Comics. This story is an unauthorized work done purely for
my personal enjoyment, and is not intended to infringe on any of their rights in
or profits from these characters. But this story is copyright to me.
WARNING:
THERE WILL BE EXPLICIT SEX IN SOME PARTS OF THIS STORY. I
will mark any section that has sex in it in the individual section header. The
sex is graphic, but all loving and consensual (and not that much worse than a
typical romance novel). If reading sex scenes like that would offend you, please
don't read this.
BRIEF EXPLANATION:
I started this soon after Excalibur #92 (Pete vs
Pete), and have made no effort to keep this within more recent Marvel
continuity. In particular, I am ignoring the whole Onslaught/Dark Xavier mess,
and Dark Beast, also. (In fact, I'm trying very hard to ignore X-factor
completely these days.) Xavier in this story may be dark, but it's his own
fault; I don't accept Onslaught as an excuse for Xavier to act like a jerk. I'm
treating Logan as basically normal, I don't feel up to writing feral Wolverine.
And I've also ignored a lot of little things Ellis has done with Pryde and
Wisdom since then, not because I don't accept them (I revere Ellis as gospel),
but because it would involve too much minor revision.
OUTLINE/TEASERS:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
I'd like to thank several people who've help with
this: Wyscliff for encouraging me to put in scenes with the various X-men;
Platypus, who reminded me about Hank once declaring the mansion to be a
smokefree zone; sevenall for reminding me about Betsy's history with Kitty;
Chidder for a different view of Pryde and Wisdom than mine; Suzie Campos for
some current slang for Sunspot and Meltdown, and most especially Roberta, for
both a very helpful, detailed review and several suggestions for incidents in
the story.
MISCELLANEOUS:
This is one story in a series of loosely-plotted
stories entitled "Idylls of the Cat" that are mostly Pryde and Wisdom, and the
others' reaction to Kitty's new relationship. Most of the stories in the series
are not action or adventure, they're mainly sex and/or conversations, like this
one. Other stories in the series so far include
These stories are all very kindly being archived by Lori McDonald on her webpage at http://web2.spydernet.com/lori/x-men.htm
These stories can also now be found on my own webpage at http://home.att.net/~lubakmetyk/
If you want to comment, send email to <mailto:luba@lubakmetyk.net
Continued in Prologue...