Memories of Family
People would think that juggling six parents and one child would be a challenge but it never was. She had special memories with them all, things she'd never forget.
Like when her mom took an eight year old Penny to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Her mom wore a bright yellow sun dress, her red hair gleamed among the flowers. It was spring so birds and and butterflies were out in full force, as mom showed her them all telling her what they were called in other countries, Penny parroted them back like she always did when mom thought her different langues. They ended the day at a ballet studio were they watched a show of Swan Lake Penny tried to do the moves on the walk back home as mom corrected her form with light comments as the two enjoying the spring air around them.
Pop was always willing to go to history museums, Penny went even though she was more interested in science. When she was eleven they took a train ride to DC, pop taught her how to play poker on the way using snacks as chips. She smiled wide as they entered the Air and Space museum, he had to keep reminding her not to run off as she tried to buzz from exhibit to exhibit explaining them in the way an over excited child did, which meant she did so even if she knew pop already knew about it. After that they hopped from museum to museum. They settled for lunch on the steps of The Lincoln Monument, with her dad teaching her how to play rummy.
Penny was rarely sick but when she was it was serious. It was a year after Papa Tony adopted her when she could only cry and whimper as a fever raged in her body, it even hurt to breath. papa tony never left her side during the three days she was sick even as doctors took blood tests and gave her medicine that made her mind fuzzy. He read her stories and made sure she had water and food, and the washcloth on her forehead stayed cold. From than on Papa Tony was the only one who Penny ever wanted when she was sick
One time when she was in middle school Papa Clint found her sobbing in her room. One of her 'friends' and some other kids had locked her in a closet and she hadn't been found till the next class. He hugged her until her tears had stopped and offered to teach the kids a lesson with help from her mom. She said no mournfully as she kept looking at her hands, he pulled her up and pulled her along the building as he called out that he was borrowing Papa Tony's car. They drove around for the rest of the day stopping at all the little towns along the way. putting on stupid sunglasses and strange hats. Until she was laughing the whole way home forgetting for the moment that she was sad to go to school.
Dad was always the calming presence in her life, he was more relaxed about having her in his lab than Papa Tony was letting her sit with him as he went through his work. She even started helping him as she got older, though they never let her use any of it for science fairs. Though he helped her make a presentation on radiation and all its forms, the two practically camped out in the library as they worked it through, neither even noticed they fall asleep till Papa Clint and Tony found them the next morning books piled around them, Dad's laptop completely dead. She got an A for the project.
Father was always the first to play pretend with her, pirates and knights even Harry Potter after they'd watched them. But her greatest memory was the first time he'd taken her to Asgard. The world gleamed before her they walked through the main city the science fascinated her father telling her she reminded her of Aunt Jane, Papa Tony and Dad the first time they'd been here. That night had been a feast for her Aunt Sif and though she couldn't drink the mead she still ate and danced with the Asgardens, the dress that her Grandma had made for her flowed as she twirled with her uncles and Father.
She'd always looked up to her parents, learning all she could from them, sure there were days when she was alone after all they were heroes. She always wanted to help but saw no way to, until she was bite by a spider and her life was changed forever. The Battle of New York was the tipping point she had the power to help but didn't, simply watched her parents save the city. Determined she took supplies from her parents labs, building web-shooters and a suit using her parents own as a base, she used blue, red and black. She begged her Mom and Pop to truly train her, claiming that if she was stuck out on the street during a crisis she could keep herself safe. Pulling her mask and hood on she stepped into the night, ready to help her city. So Spider was born.