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Ghosts of Future Past

Summary:

This is a story based on a Christmas Carol. Graydon Creed is visited by ghosts of, the past, present and future. made for the 2019 Xplain Yuletide X-Men Fanwork Xchange.

Notes:

This is a story based on a Christmas Carol This was the last minute story, I ran out of time so there is barely any ending. If I did not post it like this there would be no story, something that would be unfair.(As the person who I was in charge of gifting had written a fic for the exchange.) I had other stories (Even other versions of Christmas Carol type stories, with different main characters) I was writing but I had no end to that one either and it had too much dialogue to write. Maybe I will post that one later. I hope this is enough I did try my hardest.

The main character’s background, Graydon Creed, is based on the 90s tv version of him. I have found this obscure character Larry Trask, by chance when looking for a list of mutant characters searching for fanfiction ideas. (I do not know how I found it the first time but I think he is a interesting character.) I have only read about him online, mostly wikipedia, with one other source, so I might miss some things. I was also going to make Bolivar Trask, the character Marley but I skipped that part.(mostly)

(See the end of the work for more notes and other works inspired by this one.)

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About to go to bed, Graydon was going to his room when he ran into a ghost. Of course he thought he was imagining things, a ghost. Then again, they are crazyer thing than that in existence. Thinking of that, he quicken his pace to the bedroom, in his bedroom he was just about to go into bed when the a ghost appeared again and yelled “boo.” 

When the ghost of christmas past came he had a few doubts, but thoses were soon undone when the ghost took him by the hand, and off they went. The past was of his childhood with Sabertooth. A past of fear and terror. Sabertooth was a very strict dad who showed little joy. Though the joy moments were there, there were far and in between. Though the ghost explored those moments of merry too. 

The ghost of present showed him of how he acted in the now. Racist to mutants,all around, completely and without a doubt. The ghost also showed the xmen haveing dinner with in good cheer. They were making fun of him and his Organization in glee.

The future is a messy fellow. But the ghost who represents it was someone he had seen in portraits (big pictures) hanging the hall of one of the people who invented the sentinels (big robots)Larry Trask. What he was doing here was a mystery to Graydon, but he asked why and got from the ghost this reply. “I once was like you in the way I thought, even helped my dad make big robots in a lot of merry. But I have changed my ways since then, though insight.”

Grayson slightly nervous but more confused says "that still does not explain what or why you are here floating around." Larry flips in the air slightly above the bed in pride and happiness about his position before he says “Since I saw the future in life thay decided that I would make a good ghost of the future."

Freaked out enough, they went to the future but when they got thare, it was just a wasteland. “Why is there nothing.” Graydon asked the ghost. Larry replied that “there was a war and there are few survivors. The sentinels also lost control and made a mess of Earth.” Some other things happened and were seen In the future, only known between the two.

Graydon learned to be a better person and stop being mean to all, even mutants.

This helps lead to a better and brighter future for all.

The End.

Notes:

Think apocalyptic movie, for the future vision in the story.

Merry Christmas
(Happy Hanukkah)
(Or any of the other holidays you celebrate.)

note - years later I noticed this is 'comma mania' along with formatting issues that came from copying and pasting likely without fixing the spaces. I tried to fix a paragraph spaces at least. I still think it is a pretty decent story even if it is short, to the point. Plus some of the stylistic choices were to make it Christmasy (like those poems, you know the ones) which I think made it flow better than what could have happened if there was no stylistic choice.

I still hope you give it chance and I am when did those authors that will always love comments no matter how long ago. (I kind of expected something more for this fandom considering how popular it is, maybe I might get some thing with the reboot this year) I did not change any content though. I was never given anything for this. It is not really clear what happened but the person who this was for did so at least it will awarded someone who did actually do what they signed up for. that is what's most important anyway. (of course this last paragraph was written in April 2024 looking back) I also added a line in July of 2025 "Grayson slightly nervous but more confused says "that still does not explain what or why you are here floating around." because there was a gap but nothing else. I also added the flip but I do not even know how that did not make the final because there was always supposed to be there. that was just thing I forgot to add and did not know this in two years later. (it is right originally there was a quote and then there was another quote without anything in between)

of course if someone did remove my story because they thought it was 'not satisfactory' like with my own One with Yourself Fox Away from Humanity by that contest director. (which I which I went to bat for that person because of this incident(though I actually was just saying thank you for making a story. I am sad that mine did not make it at least that person has your great story, but it was interpreted differently. I am really sorry that you misinterpreted.) and I still feel even though I was banned afterwards at least that person got a story which this situation taught me is more important than writing another year even if having both would be ideal.) I would love that story and will still love to hear it this many years later.