Prose Alchemist

Title: Animal Psychology
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Beast and Wolverine, with an appearance by Jubilee.
Setting: Subsequent to X2 and my own story “Beast”—as well as my story “Many Happy Returns”, incidentally.
Summary: Hank tries to define his relationship with the other feral mutant at Xavier’s School.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox create the characters that sell. I’m simply playing with them.
Notes: I’m not sure whether the release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine is something to be celebrated, but I felt the occasion was worth marking anyway—and one of my readers did want me to write an encounter between Hank and Logan. The core idea of this fic has been in my head for a few months, but it was written pretty much off-the-cuff. There are slight references to scenarios I have in mind for another story or two, about Hank’s time in New York; I haven’t yet decided whether to actually write that storyline, so if any readers are interested, I’d love to know.
Due credit: the Lefkowitz Institute is the creation of the amazing beloved_tree.

( It was early on a midsummer morning, and the hallways of Xavier’s School were quiet. )

Title: Beast (Chapter 7 of 8)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG, for angst and adult situations.
Characters: Emphasis on Beast, with support from various other characters.
Setting: Mainly mid- to post-X2.
Summary: The personal journey of Henry McCoy—as a mutant, and as a man.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox create the characters that sell. Nora is mine, and so is Kristen, who has appeared in several of my stories.

( The drive from the safe house to the school was a nervous experience. )

Title: Beast (Chapter 5 of 8)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG, for angst and adult situations.
Characters: Emphasis on Beast, with support from various other characters.
Setting: Mainly mid- to post-X2.
Summary: The personal journey of Henry McCoy—as a mutant, and as a man.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox create the characters that sell. Nora is mine, and so is Kristen, who has appeared in several of my stories.

( Hank faced the difficult task of explaining to Nora and the children. )

Title: Beast (Chapter 3 of 8)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG, for angst and adult situations.
Characters: Emphasis on Beast, with support from various other characters.
Setting: Mainly mid- to post-X2.
Summary: The personal journey of Henry McCoy—as a mutant, and as a man.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox create the characters that sell. Nora is mine, and so is Kristen, who has appeared in several of my stories.

( When twilight fell, Hank was still hunched limply in the corner of the living room. )

Title: Beast (Chapter 1 of 8)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG, for angst and adult situations.
Characters: Emphasis on Beast, with support from various other characters.
Setting: Mainly mid- to post-X2.
Summary: The personal journey of Henry McCoy—as a mutant, and as a man.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox create the characters that sell. Nora is mine, and so is Kristen, who has appeared in several of my stories.
Notes: In X2, there is a brief cameo by a non-furry character who is identified as being Hank McCoy. This seems to support the novelization by Chris Claremont, in which Hank’s bestial mutation is caused by Professor X’s psychic attack on mutantkind. That concept has always intrigued me, especially after I saw and loved Kelsey Grammer’s portrayal of Beast in X3. It lurked in the back of my mind for a long time—until my friend Wabbitseason gave me the idea that Hank’s blue fur might really have been a secondary development. After a few weeks in which I was unable to shake the thought, I finally sat down and began to write. Five months later, this is the result.
If you tilt this story at a slight angle, you can easily fit it in with the events of X3. For the record, I personally do not. I acknowledge nothing of that misbegotten film except Hank himself.

( Henry McCoy was a mutant. )

Title: The Giving Season (4/4)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Extremely mild PG, due to parenthood topics.
Characters: Ensemble, including a return appearance by my OC, Helen Conover.
Setting: Direct sequel to my story "A Haunting in Westchester".
Summary: In a houseful of mutants, some Christmas wishes don’t come true easily.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox own the characters that sell. Except for Puck, all original characters are mine.
Credit: Puck originated in the story "Curiosity and the X-Cat", by marag. He is used here with permission.

( M’rie? …M’rie, wake up. )

Chapters: 1 :: 2 :: 3 :: 4 ::

Title: The Giving Season (2/4)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Extremely mild PG, due to parenthood topics.
Characters: Ensemble, including a return appearance by my OC, Helen Conover.
Setting: Direct sequel to my story "A Haunting in Westchester".
Summary: In a houseful of mutants, some Christmas wishes don’t come true easily.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox own the characters that sell. Except for Puck, all original characters are mine.
Credit: Puck originated in the story "Curiosity and the X-Cat", by marag. He is used here with permission.

( The front walkway of Old Willows Place had a habit of being meticulously neat. )

Chapters: 1 :: 2 :: 3 :: 4 ::

Title: A Haunting in Westchester (2/3)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Ensemble.
Setting: General.
Summary: Chaos ensues when Xavier permits the students to take part in a haunted house.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox own the characters you know; others are from my own toybox.

( Tell me again why I’m doing this. )

Chapters: 1 :: 2 :: 3 ::

Title: Surreality
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Jean, Logan, assorted X-brats.
Setting: General.
Summary: Young mutants ponder life, death, and reality TV.
Disclaimer: I have no rights to either X-Men or "Family Plots". Just having fun with both.
Notes: At first I wasn’t sure if I was going to write this—but the day after I had the idea, a friend happened to mention an MST3k-style story challenge, and I decided to give it a try.

( For some unearthly reason, Kitty had taken a liking to 'Family Plots'. )