Wanda's Parents.
So I recently started watching Legion, and that really inspired me to write this.
Warning Dadneto and Wanda's Mother feels ahead...
Combination of the comics and the MCU/XMCU.
{Before I really delve into this. I do want to say, that I head-cannon that Wanda looks like a carbon copy of her mother. Partly because people use the above image interchangeably with Wanda, and partly because I adore the thought of Wanda just saying “Hi” To Erik, and almost giving him a heart attack, because he thinks shes either a ghost, or hes gone insane. That is all thank you, you may proceed.}
More under the Cut.
Natalya Maximoff- (Pictured above.)
Natalya was one in a long line of generational witches and Wizards, each bearing the title of Scarlet Witch/Warlock.
Inheriting the title from her father, and eventually passing it on to her daughter Wanda.
Originally from the MCU universe, Natalya knew of the multiverse and its many dangers. Her job inherited by her title being to protect the Multiverse from certain threats.
Her job took her when she was a young woman, to the XMCU. And she being an unexperienced witch ended up smack dab in the middle of world war two.
Right in the middle of an active battlefield. She usedd her red magic to protect herself from the hailstorm of bullets, and was brought in by German scientists to a certain... Sebastian Shaw that you may all know.
The same one who had a young Erik Lehnsherr in captivity.
Erik watched as the young woman was brought into a cell next to his, and squinted at her bound hands. They were not in normal cuffs, but instead closed over her hands securing her fingers.
The only thing he did understand was the power suppression collar.
Another person like him?!
Natalya was a beautiful and strong-willed young lady, and of course those facts attracted Erik like a moth to flame.
When the guards were not around he chanced speaking to her. She asked him if he was Jewish or Romani.
He told her he was Jewish and asked her the question in turn.
"I am both." She replied, watching him carefully.
"Why are your hands bound?" he asked.
"Because they fear me, as well they should. I would kill them if given the chance... I'm not supposed to be here." she sighed.
"And I am?" he seemed a bit offended, more playful than anything.
"No... not just in this building." She sighed at him, shaking her head with a wan smile.
Through these talks they grew to know and appreciate each other. Natalya told Erik about the land she came from, and a place he hadn’t heard of. Sokovia.
On the night Erik Escaped from Shaw. he freed Natalya. as soon as the metal around her fingers was removed she was free. Removing her collar.
"Come Erik." She said in a voice more authoritative, than he had heard her speak in before. "We must free the others."
All hell broke loose.
Erik and Natalya freed as many people as they could, while Natalya destroyed the German laboratory that had taken mutant blood. Preventing Sentinels from being created, before the time they should be.
She, once finished. Froze all the guards and scientists, while the others escaped. Erik wanted to go kill Shaw, but saw Natalya's face and the blood slowly leaking from her nose. He caught her as she collapsed from expending too much energy, and brought her to safety.
When Natalya woke again they were on a boat and she was being referred to as Mrs. Lehnsherr. Erik sitting close by told her how he had been worried when she fell ill.
She went with it and as soon as they were out of earshot he explained, though it was not necessary, that it would be less suspicious, a young couple travelling together if they were married. He was awkward and sweet and they were both embarrassed, but it was nice not to be alone anymore.
Their friendship only grew and blossomed into a soft love. Yet Erik remained fixed on destruction and revenge.
The very day Natalya found out she was pregnant, Erik came home with good news for his new wife. (They had gotten married at a courthouse shortly beforehand).
Erik had a lead on Shaw.
They fought that night, and after doing a spell to see into his future. (Which showed her only pain- The original timeline's End) A heartbroken Scarlet Witch packed her bags and left in the night.
She went into hiding for almost the whole nine months of her pregnancy, but sensed something was wrong. Keeping a diary of everything, she managed to realize that it was her prolonged exposure to this universe that was harming her infants. Fearing what could happen, she made preparations to return home to Sokovia.
She packed the diary and the items she would need, into a box and prepared the spell.
As she was in the middle of the spell contractions started. The magic within her and the magical laws of this universe fractured! Time was displaced and as she floated in the in-between of worlds, Pietro Maximoff’s soul cracked.
Splitting him between two times and universes. The magic that had already chosen Wanda as the next Scarlet Witch protected her from being split as well.
Natalya had no knowledge of Peter. She only cared about protecting her children, from their father and the darkness that would consume them should they join him.
That protectiveness kept Peter’s soul in the in-between until later when his other half was killed in the MCU.
When Pietro died Peter was sent back to the XMCU to await his sister’s return.
Back to our story.
Meanwhile in the MCU. Natalya arrived weak and worn, at her sister Iryna Maximoff’s apartment.
Iryna’s relief to see her sister. Was matched by her shock at seeing her pregnant, for in her eyes her sister had only been gone a few days.
Iryna and her husband Olek helped with the delivery, and Pietro and Wanda were born.
But unfortunately the strain of the magic and the childbirth, proved to be too much for Natalya. Iryna who could not have children, promised Natalya she would take care of the children as her own, and protect the twins from their father. And with a sigh of relief Natalya passed on.
Back in the XMCU Charles who had both met Erik and seen him go. Felt a disturbance, something pulling him towards a cabin in Russia. He followed the thread and found the place Wanda’s mother had preformed the spell.
He debated for a number of years telling Erik, but some part of him knew Natalya wouldn't want that. She did what she did for a reason. Charles read the book and found out the names of the children, he was quite surprised to meet Peter. But something again told him to wait till Wanda showed up. And that’s where I’ll end this tale. For now until my roleplays pick up the threads.
(I plan to use this backstory for any of my roleplays regarding Dadneto because I think it just works really well at tying up some loose ends.)
Thank you all for reading! Especially sticking around this far. I know that was a lot to read but i have so many thoughts and feelings about Dadneto!
