He layed down quietly. It wasn't the first time. No, it never is. Whenever someone ponders existence, they tend to do it repetitively.

Tony was one of those people.

No, he wasn't depressed nor angry in the slightest. Just... tired... and maybe a bit sad.

'Is this all I am? Is this my meaning?' He thought. He repeated those questions every night, trying to look within himself for an answer. He knew what he wanted. He wanted to be more than a blip on the universal radar. He wanted to mean something to someone out there. Of course, as the eldest of four, he meant the world to his siblings and vice versa, but Tony craved an adventure.

That was what he wanted... with every ounce of his being.

And just as fate would have it, Tony looked out his room's window at precisely the right moment. A bright light whizzed across the night sky. 'A shooting star.' Tony hesitated for a moment before shrugging and kneeling. He wishes, he prayed, with every ounce of his being for excitement! Adventure! And most importantly... meaning.

Tony silently finished his wish and layed back down. He scoffed at himself. 'That was foolish. Wishes don't come true.' He thought before drifting into a deep sleep.

It was later that night when strangeness occurred. The atmosphere of the room suddenly became gloomy, as if the light itself was fading. The air rippled before a mighty portal formed. Tony had no time to wake before he was pulled into the vortex.

Almost immediately after all was said and done, the portal vanished, leaving a now uninhabited room behind.

AN: Sorry this first chapter is so short! They will be longer as I go on!