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(A/N: This is the reader’s back story from the story Changes. Umm it’s centered on the movieverse but some characters will be included just like in the cartoon version of X men. But yes the main plot line is centered in the movie timeline. Hope you enjoy it. Oh right, almost forgot: I do not own any of the original characters from the franchise. )

It's Darkest before Dawn: Chapter 1 (Pietro X Reader)

You ran, your feet pounding the ground. It felt like you were running through thick oil. Your body was screaming at you to stop, your muscles burned, your legs trembled and sweat poured down your face in rivulets. You had been running for a little less than an hour, weaving between the maze of trees but you still couldn't be sure that you've lost them.

Your original plan had been to make it to the town where you could blend in and hitch a ride to the next town. The problem was that you didn't know where you were. Not that it mattered anyway. You’d be lucky to run for even 5 minutes longer.

You jumped across a root but a second, almost invisible, root tripped you. You flew through the air before colliding with a tree trunk. Your backpack landed heavily on your head, your hair sprayed on the ground. You unclenched your fists. This was it, you couldn't get up if your life depended on it. And sadly it did. Your throat burned for water. You lay there idly for what seems like hours but was actually only a few minutes. Your own sweat stung your eyes and plastered your hair to your face. Your eyes finally slide shut on their own accord. It wouldn't be so bad, where would you have gone anyway? Maybe it was better this way. Maybe you could finally…see..them..again. Just before your mind blanked out you felt someone pick you up and then the wind blew against your face. It felt good. You were sick of running and hiding. It would all end soon anyway.

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It was supposed to be a simple scouting mission. Hank was to check out some Trask officials and report back. While Trask was officially shut down, Charles kept tabs on a few active members. There were too many of them in the town of Northwood for his liking. They've been drifting around towns in that region for a few months now.

Hank got out of the jet in his human form, glad to be outside.

''Took you long enough,'' a voice shot out.

A horribly familiar voice.

Hank spun around to see Peter, complete with goggles and a smirk, leaning against a tree.

''I was beginning to think that the jet went down or something.''

''You.. You!''

''Me. Me.''
''What are you doing here?!''

''Scouting.'' He was suddenly beside Hank. ''Duh.''

Hank sighed, it was useless to ask Peter to just leave. He settled on just glaring at the speedster who was, not surprisingly, unaffected. ''Fine but we go together.'' ''I could search the whole town before you could say ‘Jabberwocky’.'' And with that he disappeared.

Hank was contemplating on how to squash the annoying kid when-

''Hank! The forest! Not the town! There’s a mutant, they’re after a mu-'' Xavier’s voice filled his mind albeit faintly. Hank snapped to attention. ''Not a single Trask official in sight,'' Peter said casually appearing out of seemingly nowhere. ''That’s because they’re in the forest.'' Peter was about to take off again when Hank’s voice reached him. ''They’re after a mutant.'' ''You would have thought they’d be smart enough to hunt undetected by now, eh?''. He was gone before Hank transformed.

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Quicksilver ambled along. Leaves twirled slowly in mid air, drops of water hung lazily, ready to fall off the end of branches. It was actually quite magnificent, a photograph of a moment suspended in time. Shafts of sunlight broke through the foliage. A squirrel dropped an acorn, its eyes widening in slow motion. 'Ah the details you could notice' Peter grinned to himself. Before long (about 2 seconds after he left Hank) he came across the first official. He walked around the man slowly before recognizing him as Anderson from the briefing Xavier gave Hank. A short distance away, six more officials ran at snail pace. Peter walked past them, looking in the direction they were furiously staring at. ''So.. that way, gentlemen?'' he asked quietly. He walked off but as an afterthought he walked back to them. A couple of milliseconds later, Peter set off again.

Now that he was more focused, Peter could see the foot prints the mutant made as he or she ran away from Trask. He followed the trail of bent grass and broken branches. A kilometer away from the officials he came across the mutant sprawled on the ground next to a huge tree. It was a girl. What was visible of her face was red, she was breathing hard, the eye he could see was shut. Sweat streamed down one of her cheeks, the only part of her face he could see properly as her backpack currently rested on her head. He tossed the bag carelessly over his shoulder.

The first thing he noticed was that she was strikingly beautiful and perhaps for the first time in his life his breath caught in his throat. The combination of sunlight and sweat made her face glisten; her lips were slightly parted as she breathed deeply. Her hair made a halo about her head, tendrils masking parts of her face. As creepy as it sounded, he wouldn't have minded staying there for the rest of the day. A leaf floated by and landed on her face and he brushed it off lightly. That’s when he noticed how thin she was. Her cheek bones and collar bone were clearly visible. He could see the outline of her ribs through the thin shirt she wore under her torn jacket. Her wrists were small enough that he could easily wrap his thumb and index finger around them. Tiny scrapes and scratches covered her arms and legs. His mouth formed a thin line. The sight reminded him of the Trask officials tearing their way towards her.

He picked her up, she was too light for his taste. His shoulders cradled her head as he ran back towards the jet. He breezed past the officials and then Hank who had just entered the forest after transforming into Beast. Placing her gently inside the jet, he went off to get Hank. The whole process from when he left Hank to when he returned back to him took seven whole seconds. But then again he did get sidetracked.

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In another part of the forest, seven men suddenly slammed onto the ground after their shoelaces seemingly tied themselves.