AN:

Goldilocks and the Three Bears was requested by:

Alierana
SuniGyrl

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Tabitha.

"I'm not little," Tabitha objected, paused and then asked excitedly: "Hey does this mean I'm the hero of this story?"

Looks like it doesn't it?

"Woohoo!"

Now it happened one day that Tabitha went wandering in the woods. She picked flowers, climbed trees –

"Blew stuff up?" Tabitha asked.

If you really want to.

"Oh I want to," Tabitha said.

"I approve," said Gambit.

"Of course you do," said Rogue cynically.

- and quite lost track of time as she wandered deeper and deeper into the words. Tabitha was feeling quite hungry and tired when she came across a little cabin.

Tabitha knocked on the door, but when there was no reply, she let herself in.

"Typical," said Pietro.

Tabitha grinned at him.

Inside the cabin, Tabitha found three bowls of porridge on the table. She tried some of the porridge in the first and biggest bowl, but it was too hot. She tried some in the medium bowl, but it was too cold. So she tried some of the porridge in the third bowl and it was just right.

Of course, standing up and eating the porridge was clearly a silly idea, so Tabitha sat in the biggest chair at the table, but it was too hard. She tried the medium chair, but it was too soft. So she tried the smallest chair and it was just right.

"This is the perfect story for you," Lance said, giving Tabitha a dire look. "Goldilocks sounds just like you."

Tabitha chuckled wickedly.

Tabitha then took the small bowl of porridge and ate it all up. She leaned back in the chair was she was done, and then tumbled to the floor as the chair broke beneath her.

After her purloined meal, Tabitha made her way upstairs where she found the bedrooms. She tried the first and biggest bed, but it was too hard. Next she tried the medium sized bed, but it was too soft. The third and smallest bed was just right and Tabitha felt straight asleep.

"And now for the moment of truth," said Gambit gleefully. "Who are the bears?"

"Sabretooth, Logan and X-23," Rogue joked.

"Which one's Mama Bear?"

"Sabes."

Sabretooth growled and launched towards Rogue, with his claws outstretched, but was tackled by Logan just in time. Gambit nudged Rogue.

"Domestic violence?"

Rogue giggled.

Now it happened not long thereafter that the owners of the house returned home. They noticed the disarray of their kitchen immediately.

"Someone's been eating my porridge," Remy exclaimed.

"Someone's been eating my porridge," Anna objected.

"Someone's been eating my porridge," Jamie said pathetically, his bottom lip sticking out, "and they gobbled it all up!"

"Aww!" said Kitty. "You're so cute, Jamie."

"Hey, we got a cute kid this time," Rogue said, grinning at Gambit.

"Someone's been sitting in my chair," Remy said with a frown.

"Someone's been sitting in my chair," Anna said tersely.

"Someone's been sitting in my chair and they broke it!" Jamie exclaimed.

"How come they didn't see the broken chair before everything else?" asked Rogue.

"Hey Tabby," Lance said, grinning at her. "You broke Jamie's chair. I thought Blob was the only one who went around doing that."

Tabitha blew raspberries at him.

After that, they decided to check the rest of the house. The little family headed upstairs and checked their bedrooms.

"Someone's been sleeping in my bed," Remy said.

"Someone's been sleeping in my bed," said Anna.

"Why do we have separate beds?" asked Gambit.

Snikt.

"That's why," said Logan.

"A little late for that, mon ami, seeing as how we're the proud parents of Jamie," Gambit replied with a smirk.

"Someone's been sleeping in my bed and they're still in it!" Jamie declared.

As if sensing she was being watched, Tabitha woke from her sleep. She took one look at them, screamed, pushed past them and ran all the way home

The end.

"I understand," said Rogue. "I scream too when I wake up to find Remy watching me."

Tabitha laughed.

"Oui," Gambit said suggestively. "Screams my name."

"And then demands that you get out of my room," Rogue added.

Snikt.

"Uhh, chere," Gambit said as he stood and backed away from Logan. "Perhaps you should remind M'sieu Claws that we're dating now and that I'm not going places I haven't been invited."

"You're a thief," Logan pointed out. "You always go places you're not invited."

"Hmm, good point," Gambit considered and bolted from the room with Logan right on his tail.

"I suppose you're still mad at me for that 'Mama Bear' comment," Rogue said to Sabretooth.

"Yep," Sabretooth said.

"Should I start running too?"

"Yep."

"Okay. Mind if I borrow you, Pietro? Thanks."

Rogue touched Pietro quickly to absorb his super-speed and zipped out of the room. Sabretooth followed her out, although he had no chance of catching her lead. Everyone looked at Jamie.

"What?" Jamie asked.

"Well," said Tabitha, "you're the only one in the story who hasn't run away."

Jamie clapped his hands and another Jamie appeared. The second Jamie ran off.

"Better?" Jamie asked.

"Much," Tabitha replied.