Chapter 2
Finding Loki was going to be harder than he thought and finding just one person in a city like this and Peter thought that it was going to be almost impossible. It wasn't like Peter was in a hurry though, since he figured that no one would miss him, except for Ned maybe and possibly Harry, but unfortunately they left on bad terms. Peter was just too nice for his own good and Harry only became angrier when Peter defended his alter ego every time. In some ways he was a little jelous of Spider-Man, but the fact that he almost had no friends wasn't the thing that was bothering him and the the thing that was really bothering him was that bed time story. Peter had mixed feelings about it and what he was thinking right now was how could he possibly be a king?
"Are you okay sweetheart?" It was clearly a woman's voice and Peter automtically knew that it was Ritta. In fact, Peter loved the way Rita talked and he was always fond of her southern accent because he thought that it was soothing. To Peter, Rita was a woman of mystery who was slightly taller than he was and she had the kind of personality that made you think twice before speaking. Today however, Peter was down in the dumps, and the African American could clearly see that something was bothering him.
"I'm fine." It was easy for Rita to tell weather or not he was lying due to the high and local vocal patterns in Peter's voice. Rita was a strong independent woman, but Peter has been hearing rumors about her floating around the orphanage lately.
"Uh huh, I know when someone is down in the dumps when I see it. Now tell me what wrong." Peter then knew that Rita was being serious this time when she crossed her arms and Peter knew that he had no choice, but to tell her.
"Rita, what would you do if you just found out that you were a king?" Peter paused for a moment.
"Or queen in your case. Okay, this is going to sound absolutly crazy, but I Spider-Man and I just found out that I don't exsist in this world, but having a responsibility on top of another, it's just too much. You see back in my world, when I was still Spider-Man everyone hated me. I was thought of as a menace to society thanks to the Daily Bugle and you should have seen the way society treated me back then. I just don't know what to do and what if people start to hate me again and if I have to be honest, I just want people to like me."
"Now sweetheart, don't worry your pretty little face. I know for a fact that everyone is going to love you. Spider-Man and Peter Parker." Rita said rubbing one of Peter's shoulders.
"How did you know that my last name was Parker?" Said Peter now surprised and he has heard that you can't keep secrets from this woman.
"Wanna know why people can't keep secrets from me? Well sweetheart, Mr. Xavier ain't physic for nothin'."
"So he can read people's minds? I hope that that he does know that there is a little something called privacy right?" Peter now had this ominous feeling that his privacy was just invaded which made his body shiver from head to toe as he wondered what else this woman might know about him.
"Peter, pack your bags, your being adopted!" The professor announced ruining the moment. Peter then wondered who in the right mind would want to adopt him. He was a teenager after all and people would normally go for a small child rather than a teenager and in his world that was a known fact. Peter possessed little things so packing wasn't an issue and Peter was glad when he found out that he was going to have his own room since Matt was a total slob and sometimes Danny would nag him to pick up sine of his stuff. Peter just couldn't wait to meet his new parents and he was hoping that they would be everything that he had always dreamed of.
"Ah, I see that you must be Mr. Parker, Mr. Xavier has told me so much about you. My name is Nick Fury, but you can call me dad if you like and this is my spouse Natasha Romanov."
"Nice to meet you, most people call me Mrs. Fury, but I would prefer it if you call me mom." Natasha and Fury seemed to be a non super powered couple and even wondered what skills they had that made them qualify as parents. In his world, Nick Fury was a world famous secret agent who was the head of S.H.E.I.L.D and Natasha was an Avenger who was one of his highly trained agents who worked for him and the fact that those two are a couple made his spine shiver. If he ever had trouble with bullies at school at least they would be afraid of his parents if they were smart. When they have confirmed that Peter was super powered a few weeks ago, Natasha and Fury wanted to send Peter to a special school for super powered children, but Peter insisted that he would rather go to a normal school. During his time at the orphanage, he has heard about Normals who have special privileges and his new parents just so happens to be one of them.
"Not bad." Peter said out loud.
"What do you think? Your room is down the hall to your right and we have even brought you fresh clothes and supplies for school to tomorrow." Natasha was pretty pleased with everything that they have accomplices so far although Peter was a little annoyed that house was still a little messy.
"I say that we all had a pretty long day and you have school tomorrow. We need to be there in 700 hours." Peter figured that after tomorrow this was about as normal as things are going to get and Peter was greatful to Natasha went ahead and cleaned up the rest of the mess. Peter was too excited to sleep that night hoping that at his new school things will be different, but Peter still wondered what was in that potion or what it even did. Either way things were starting to go his way ever since he drank that potion. It was strange, because he felt more powerful and it felt as though strength was still increasing ever since he first got here.
"I guess that I am getting stronger every day." Peter thought out loud and it was true, he was no longer "punny" since that was what Flash used to call him. He was taller and more muscular and Peter was grateful that his parents had brought him new clothes since the clothing he got from the orphanage no longer fit. Peter didn't want to show off his muscles at school since he feared that everyone was going to be afraid of him so he became very selective when it came to choosing his own clothes, but none of them really screamed science nerd. After a while, Peter was proud of himself when he found a way to make it work thanks to Natasha. Peter was glad that it was Natasha who drove him to school and he was hoping that he could even make a few friends along the way since he didn't have any back at his old school.
"Peter if there is anyone giving you any trouble at all, just let me know."
"Don't worry mom, I'll be fine." Peter said giving his mother a kiss on the check.
"I know, it's just that when Mr. Xavier told us about your past we wanted to give you the most comftorable life possible when last guardian faild and made your life miserable."
"Of course it was."
"As you are already aware, Mr. Xavier can read minds and since he has a lot of experience when it came to private thoughts we able to get more information about you from him that way." Natasha explained.
"Does everyone in this world have no sense of privacy?" Peter could swear that Natasha was trying to hold back a laugh.
"Alright Peter, I will try not to worry, but if there is any trouble at all I am going to make sure those bullies hear it from me." One thing for sure, Natasha was a force to be reckon with and Peter thought that the Midtown High from this world was not much different from the one from his world, but the only difference was that it was a little run down and there were a few lockers that looked like that they desperately needed to be fixed. If most Normal schools were like this he was really hoping that no one finds out that he was Super Powered, but Peter's top priority was to find a few friends. That was when he ran into Harry and Ned. Peter have only met Harry once in his world, but his father would never let him associate with his all because he was poor. Aside from, Harry's snobby rich dad, Ned was the only person who was brave enough to be his friend.
"So you must be the new guy? For a Normal you are pretty tall." Said Ned who was apparently still staring at him.
"Ned don't be rude, sorry Ned tends to admire people who are twice his size. My name is Harry Osborn by the way." Harry said offering a handshake.
"My name is Peter Parker." Peter smiled.
"It's nice to meet you, I think that we should be friends and I think that you should meet some of the girls that we know." Peter only smiled at the thought that he was friends with the Ned and Harry in this world too and it was nice to hear from Harry again since he hasn't spoken to him ever since the Goblin incident. Peter did all he could to help cure Norman Osborn, but unfortunately he lost his life to Otto Octavious and Harry only blame Spider-Man for it when he couldn't save him. Years have passed and Peter has become this world's first superhereo and he has even inspired some Super Powered humans to become hereos themselves and Spider-Man went from zereo to hereo. He has even integrated schools between Normal and Super Powered humans and found his own company. Over time Peter has become the most powerful buisness man in the world and in his spare time he would train new superhereoes as Spider-Man as well as fight crime and sometimes he would bring them along.
"I wounder what the other villains and hereoes from my world would think of me if they saw me now?" Peter said thinking out loud to himself.
"Spider-Man are you feeling okay?"
"I'm fine Starfire. I was just thinking about my past."
"Your past? Do you want to talk about it?" Said Starfire who was concerned for her friend.
"It's alright and I promise that I will tell you and thanks for being my friends Starfire. Iceman."