*Spider-Man walked on into a room, surprised by how silent it was. Then the instrumental version of the 60s theme from Spider-Man Homecoming began to play.*
Spider-Man: ...Well, what's going on here?
KKD: *walks over* 55th Anniversary Celebration!
*Spidey chuckled in response before seeing other Marvel heroes and some of his supporting cast*
Pikatwig: And we're celebrating in a big way.
KKD: That's right.
Spider-Man: So what's the plan?
Pikatwig: Our own Spider-Man story that's separate from every continuity. While there may be some inspiration from Spider-Man The Animated Series-
KKD: Quite a bit with what I know.
Pikatwig: Some from Spectacular, maybe a nod or two to the Japanese Spider-Man show, a possible nod to some of the movies (all of which I've never seen beyond like the first ten or so minutes of the first Sam Raimi one), Ultimate Spider-Man, and All New, All Different Spider-Man (AKA the new Spider-Man cartoon). This'll be our own continuity.
KKD: A completely new story with our takes on the characters. Hope it works well.
Spider-Man: Whatcha gonna call it?
Pikatwig: Well, I did some thinking and remember the title of the original comic that brought you to the world, Amazing Fantasy. While you've been the 'Amazing Spider-Man' for many years, there's never been an incarnation using the title 'Fantastic'. So, this is Fantastic Spider-Man.
KKD: Not to be confused with the Fantastic Four.
Spider-Man: Or the me that was their fifth member.
KKD: Yea.
Pikatwig: Speaking of some of the Spider-Men killed in Spider-Verse… how did Marvel vs. Capcom Spider-Man come back to life?
Spider-Man: He had an extra life that kicked in after the Spider-Verse event ended.
Pikatwig: Ah.
KKD: Funny how that stuff works. But anyway, we'll try and keep things interesting for you guys while also adding our own twists to these tales.
Gwen Stacey: So… why am I here if MJ's in this story?
Pikatwig: Because.
KKD: There are other reasons you can be involved, not just romantically.
Gwen Stacey: Fair.
KKD: And there are other characters who have been introduced into the Spider Mythos within the last 55 years both in and out of the main 616 universe, we got a lot of material to work with.
Pikatwig: One character we couldn't determine if they would or wouldn't be in Fantastic is-
?: Arrest that wall-crawling menace! He's nothing but-
Pikatwig: ...J. Jonah Jameson.
KKD: Who invited you?
Jameson: Some tall guy in red.
*The two writers turned to see Mephisto standing there, alongside both Deadpool and Silk*
KKD: Ok, none of Mephisto in this! AT ALL! I'd be more tolerable of Deadpool and Silk, but the former Pika doesn't even like, and the latter just throws a wrench into the works.
Pikatwig: Only bits we're allowing of Mephisto is the tether he has to Doctor Doom's origin. You three are BANNED from Fantastic Spider-Man! So get outta here!
Deadpool: Eh, I'm used to it from you two.
Silk: AW~! You could rework my origins like you did the others, so why am I banned?!
Pikatwig: You're needlessly convoluted. You got into the franchise because of a retcon about the radioactive spider.
KKD: I… uh… right… kinda forgot about that.
Pikatwig: And Deadpool also caused a Spider-Man retcon.
Deadpool: Oh, bite me.
*Spider-Man webs up Deadpool before Venom grabbed him and tossed him out*
Spider-Man: Thank you.
Mephisto: ...I suppose I shall leave… not.
*Spider-Man took out a Green Lantern ring, put it on, and then flung Mephisto into an alternate dimension*
KKD: Nice. Good thing you remembered that from one of our Spider-Verse stories.
Silk: Uh… *gets glares from Gwen, MJ and Felicia* I'm just gonna show myself out. *Sighs as she leaves*
Pikatwig: Bye. Sorry about those interruptions.
Jameson: HEY! DON'T YOU DARE HONOR THIS MENACE!
Pikatwig: ...can somebody kick him out?
*KKD sighed before he and Spidey, in unison, kicked Jameson out the window*
KKD: As much as I hate to say it, you're better off this way, Spidey. What If Vol 1 #19 gave you a much worse scenario with him.
Spider-Man: Noted. Still… my franchise is 55.
MJ: Crazy to think about, huh, Tiger?
Spider-Man: Yep.
KKD: And no, Joe Quesada, we're not gonna go by that stupid book you made, the events of that are NEVER happening in our story!
Pikatwig: One More Day is also banned. ...and the fact Dr. Strange couldn't heal Aunt May makes no sense when, in one crossover with Spider-Man, Strange healed a person from a bullet wound… and Spider-Man was in the same room when that happened.
KKD: Yea, Quesada, you are dumb. I don't know why you insist on staying on ANY project that includes the Wall-Crawler today.
Pikatwig: He's working on the new Spider-Man cartoon… but that's about it.
KKD: ...He better retire soon.
Pikatwig: Anyhow… let's go ahead and begin Fantastic Spider-Man.
Disclaimers: Neither KKD nor Pikatwig own anything in this story as it is a fan-based project. Spider-Man and any associated properties within are owned by Marvel Comics, Walt Disney Studios, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, and their respective creators and owners. The only things the authors own are the original concepts and idea introduced within.
"I'm sure by this point that a lot of you know my name. But for those of you who don't my name's Peter Parker, better known as the Spider-Man…"
Peter was presently asleep in his room, snoring a bit loudly in bed, as somebody slowly opened the door.
"Well… I'm not Spider-Man right now. Admittedly, this was just another lazy day before school started. Then again, it was like this alot, even before I became Spider-Man, but that's besides the point."
"Hey Peter," a voice called out.
"That's my Aunt May, in case you're wondering. I live with my aunt and uncle and have been ever since my parents died. Not that I knew them much…"
Peter continued to snooze a bit until he heard a knock at the door.
"Peter Parker, get up! You'll be late for school!" Aunt May called out.
"SHOOT!" Peter yelled as he snapped awake instantly, rushing to get his clothes on and then saw his phone and the day read 'Sunday', "...REALLY, Aunt May?!"
"It's your last week before school starts. You'd best use it to have some fun."
Peter sighed a bit before scratched the back of his head.
"Anyway, I did want you to get up 'cause I made you some pancakes for breakfast, and you don't want them to get cold now."
"On my way…" Peter responded as he threw on a t-shirt and some sweatpants before he headed downstairs and saw his uncle eating one of the pancakes, "Hey!"
"Mornin' Pete. You weren't up yet, so I decided to have some."
The brown haired boy with blue eyes simply laughed at his uncle, adjusting his glasses before taking a plate and eating some pancake alongside his uncle.
"That's my Uncle Ben. He's always been the best uncle in my life, always helping me out and acting like my dad. He may not know everything, and he admits to that, but he's the best I got."
"So, you nervous going back to school, Pete?" Uncle Ben asked as Peter ate.
"Not really," Peter responded, "I've got Gwen, MJ, and Harry, so I think I'm gonna be fine."
"There's more to life than girls, Peter. You really need to stop toying with those two and pick one if you want a girlfriend that badly," May retorted, making Peter flush a bright red, "Or is there another girl we don't know about…"
"A-Aunt May! Knock it off! Please!" Peter begged. His aunt simply giggled a tiny bit as she ruffled Peter's hair before she laughed, "...it's not funny."
"Oh Peter, you have to learn to take a little think we like to call a 'joke'."
Peter sighed a bit before he finished eating.
"The rest of my summer was spent hanging out with my good buddy Harry. He was my best friend along with Gwen and MJ, and they really helped me out. I kinda got picked on because of how smart I was…"
"Hey, Parker!" a voice called out, making Peter turn to see the blonde haired quarterback of his high school, "What's the matter? Scared?"
"Just ignore him Pete," another male voice added this male having brown hair and gray eyes along with a white top and black pants.
"Yo Parker! I'm talkin' to you! You just gonna hide behind your friends?!"
Peter simply walked away alongside his buddy, giving him a fist bump as they headed into a limo that drove off.
"Not gonna lie… after I got my powers, it's gotten very hard to resist the temptation to smack Flash with them. That is, if it weren't for some stuff that happened…"
"The girls are already at my place and ready for our party, Pete," his buddy informed, "C'mon, let's just relax until we get there."
"Yeah, you're right Harry," Peter smiled.
"Reason Harry's got a limo is because his dad's filthy rich. And that is thanks to the Osborns owning one of the biggest names in pioneering technology for the future, Oscorp. They do face major competition with Stark Industries, but they still have at least a good, fair, side to their competition."
The limo pulled up at the Oscorp Building and the two tweens walked up to an elevator that took them up to the Osborn living area. It had a full window view of the city along with some of the most luxurious technology. Currently sitting on the couch were two girls, one with blonde hair, glasses on top of her blue eyes wearing a white top and blue jeans, the other having red hair, green eyes, and wore a black shirt with blue shorts.
"Hey boys, what took ya?" the red haired girl asked.
"Sorry girls. Flash slowed us down, and the limo driver took a while…" Harry apologized.
"Sorry about that." Peter apologized.
"Hey Peter," the blonde waved.
"These are Gwen Stacey and Mary Jane Watson. Gwen's been my friend since 5th grade, having stuck by me ever since, and she's really close. MJ on the other hand, oh man, I met her just last year when her grandmother and my aunt set us up on a blind date. It was a bit awkward to say the least, but I liked to hang out with her. Harry accepted her into our group pretty quickly, but Gwen… it took her a little while. I guess she saw the blind date as a regular one, making her think I was dating her. But I assured her we were just friends, and nothing more."
"Hey Harry, do you think we can ever see the labs?" Peter asked.
"Yeah, that'd be really cool to go see," Gwen added.
"...uh… I'd have to ask my dad about that. After an incident that occurred ten years ago, he prefers to keep work kind of hush-hush," Harry admitted.
"Oh yea, that incident with somebody turning into a monster…" MJ realized.
"Uh…" Peter stammered, "Wanna play a game or something?"
"Sure, what did you have in mind?"
"Uh… I brought Super Ninja The Unity. Want to play?" Peter nervously asked.
After a moment, nods of agreement came in response. The four soon set the game onto a table and began to roll the dice to determine attributes.
"This is part of why I like to hang out with them. No matter what I bring up, they completely understand my interests and respect it. You may wonder if they know that I'm Spider-Man nowadays. ...long story we'll be getting to."
A few hours passed and Peter and the girls soon headed for home, Harry bidding them farewell as Gwen and MJ both walked alongside Peter.
"I get the impression they both like me. But I don't feel ready for that step."
"School soon enough began and all four of us got into the same homeroom. Lucky us. We even got a pretty cool homeroom teacher, too."
"Welcome to the tenth grade. My name is Curt Connors and I'll be your homeroom teacher," a teacher with brown hair, blue eyes, and wearing a green t-shirt, white lab coat, blue jeans and black shoes, but what was most notable was that his right sleeve was tied up in a way to show that he was missing that arm, "And yes, I am missing an arm. No, I do not wish to say why. It's… personal."
"Were you in a war?" Flash quickly asked.
"...no."
"Guys, please leave him alone about that, ok?" Harry quickly said.
"Thank you Mister…"
"Osborn. Harry Osborn."
"Thank you, Mr. Osborn. Now the-" he began before he looked at Harry, "...the son of the man who runs Oscorp, right…?"
"That's right. Why ask?"
"...I used to work for your father's company," he said simply, then taking a deep breath, "I don't wish to discuss that further either. Now then, I shall begin rollcall to learn your names."
"I'll save you the trouble of listening to everybody's name and skip to the people who'll be important."
"Felicia Hardy?"
"Here," a girl spoke up, revealing herself to be a platinum blonde girl with blue eyes, wearing an all black ensemble.
"Harry Osborn?"
"Here," Harry smiled.
"Peter Parker?"
"Right here!" Peter said quickly as he raised his hand.
"Gwen Stacey?"
"Here!" Gwen stated.
"Flash Thompson?"
"Sup?" Flash responded as he leaned back in his seat
"And Mary Jane Watson?"
"I prefer MJ," she informed.
"Understood,"
"The first day back tends to not be very interesting… but I did get to befriend Mr. Connors."
"Thanks for your help carrying the papers," Conners thanked.
"No problem," Peter smiled, "I'm just doing what I can to help a teacher."
The teacher gave a small smile as Peter opened up the door and put the papers down on a table nearby.
"It took until the second week for life to turn… unexpected…"
"And now class, I'd like to announce that next Friday, we will be taking a field trip to Oscop Industries' main laboratories," Conners informed, nobody noticing a look of annoyance on his face, Harry himself looking a bit indifferent while Peter got a big grin upon hearing the news, "We'll need you to have your parents fill out the forms on your table."
"That means Parker can't go! He doesn't have parents!" Flash yelled.
"...low blow, Flash. Low…" Gwen said as she glared at him.
"You do realize the form also permits guardians to fill out the form, right?" Connors stated as he didn't even look at Flash as he spoke, but he could tell that Flash simply rolled his eyes.
"You ok, Peter?" Gwen asked as she met up with him after class.
"Yea, why'd you ask?"
"What that jerk said earlier."
"Oh don't worry, I'm too excited about the field trip," Peter said with a large smile.
"Well, glad to hear you're ok," Gwen smiled, "Do you have everything you need to go?"
"Just need to get Aunt May to sign this form."
"Cool," Gwen smiled as Peter headed off, "See you tomorrow…"
"The day soon arrived, but we had some bad news…"
"So, I've got some bad news," Harry informed as he walked to the teacher's desk, "Mr. Conners had to call in sick."
"Does that mean we won't get to go?" Gwen asked.
"Not to worry. My dad has today off and is able to chaperone us," Harry smiled, "So we're still going."
The class happily clapped in response to this, apart from an annoyed Flash.
"Welcome to Oscorp," a man with black hair, brown eyes, and then wearing a white lab coat over a green top, brown pants, and black shoes, "My name is Norman Osborn, president and CEO of Oscorp Industries. You probably knew that, but today I am your tour guide. Now then, I know that your teacher had assigned you into partners. Please get with your partner so that we may begin our tour."
Gwen and MJ high fived, Harry walked over to Flash, and Peter headed over to Felicia. Peter attempted to speak to her, but the platinum-blonde simply answered a text on her phone.
"Ms Hardy, need you be reminded you must pay attention?" Norman asked.
"Hang on a second…" she responded as she finished her answer to the text and slipped her phone away, "Sorry. Something from my dad."
Norman gave a small nod before he guided the class in, showing them the many experiments that he had on the first floor. Most of the class looked impressed at this site, Harry just stood with a look of pride knowing that his dad made most of these things. Eventually, they arrived at one of the rooms where they were testing a new weapon and Felicia had stepped away to look at something else. Peter tailed after her and saw her looking at people working on a project with a label on the door reading 'Authorized Personnel Only'.
"Uh, Felicia, I don't think we're supposed to go in there," Peter spoke, but Felicia walked away, "...are you ignoring me?"
"Honestly… I'm just not very interested in this…" she responded aloofly.
Peter gave a sigh before he noticed something on the window sill by the door, reaching up to figure out what it was, "A… spider?"
Felicia had walked away and left Peter alone with the spider.
"And this is when the wheel of fate had begun to turn. Little did I know that little spider was going to change my life…"
"OUCH!" Peter screamed after the spider bit him, but his classmates had all already gone on ahead. Peter held his hand in pain before feeling a little bit dizzy. He then saw a bathroom and ran into it, the bathroom being vacant, and nearly passed out while inside it.
Peter soon splashed water on his face before he heard somebody enter.
"Peter? What happened?" Harry asked.
"Huh? Harry? Sorry… I'm not feeling too good. I got bit by a spider…"
"Huh… I thought my dad had paid to get this place sprayed for spiders…" Harry commented, "Need me to get you home?"
"...I dunno…" Peter responded as he sat down on the ground, taking off his glasses to rub his eyes a bit, "...maybe… I don't know…"
Harry looked to Peter with concern as he walked out to join the class. Peter, meanwhile, ended up outside of the Oscorp building and ended up with his hand stuck on a wall.
"Huh? What the…?" he muttered as he tried to pull his hand off, but it ended up yanking out a brick. The building still stood, but the brick was stuck to Peter's hand, "Oh come on!"
"Peter?" Gwen called out as she and MJ walked out to try and find him, "...Peter, where are you?"
"You don't think Flash hurt him do you?" MJ asked.
"I doubt it, but it's possible…"
"I still felt funny, so I didn't reveal I was outside to the girls. I had to find my way somewhere where I could figure out what happened. But one of my newfound senses… it shouted pretty quick."
Suddenly, Peter felt a tingling in the back of his head, "Wait, what? What the…?"
He ducked behind a pillar as the girls walked over to where he was standing before had hidden from them. He tried to keep his cool before they girls walked back in.
"I had suddenly gained abilities like a spider, somehow. I soon found I could wall-crawl shortly after that. I did eventually text the others that I felt ill and had gone home. With that out of the way, I could quietly learn of my new powers in peace."
Peter, now wearing a ski-mask, was walking alongside the side of a building.
"Ok… so I got the ability to crawl on walls, I'm as agile as a spider, and a sort of sixth sense… a Spider Sense…" he muttered before he eventually saw MJ, Gwen and Harry on their way to his house, "...shoot."
He quickly ducked inside a trashcan before he lifted up a mailbox and flung it to an alleyway to distract his friends. Peter quickly ran for home and ducked into his room to avoid anything looking fishy.
"Calm down, Peter, calm down…" he mumbled, taking deep breaths and taking a moment to mentally prepare himself before heading downstairs, "Hi guys."
"Hey Pete," Harry smiled, "You feeling better?"
"Yea… yea, I'm fine," Peter assured.
"Well… we got you something," Gwen informed, "It was Harry's idea to get it."
They then handed Peter what looked to be a pocket-sized notebook and pen that had the Oscorp logo on them.
"Oh wow… thanks guys," Peter smiled as he hugged them all.
"These guys really are the best friends I ever had. So… why didn't I tell them I'm who I am now? Well, I didn't want people to go dissecting me like a frog experiment, and I didn't want them hurt… or Harry to get into any trouble."
"Hopefully we'll see you in school next week," Gwen smiled as she headed off.
"I'm sure he will," MJ assured, "He never misses out on classes, right Peter?"
"I will."
"That's good to hear," MJ smiled before she had to head off as well.
"Uh… Peter? Did you get new glasses… something about them looks funny…" Harry asked.
"What makes you say that?" Peter responded.
Harry stared at Peter's glasses, which now lacked lenses, for a whole minute, "...I dunno. Just… something… can't put my finger on it. Anyway… I gotta get home. Dad said something about an experiment getting loose and he doesn't want me out until it's found."
"Ok," Peter nodded.
"I poked out the lenses on my glasses. Forgot to mention that my eyesight had been improved ever since the spider bite, but I couldn't just let the guys know that. And the experiment that Harry was talking about? I'm gonna give you guys three guesses… and the first two don't count."
"You lost the spider. HOW DID YOU LOSE THE SPIDER?!" Norman Osborn yelled in anger.
"I'm sorry, sir! It must have found some hole in the casing and-" an employee began to speak before Norman slammed his fist against the table.
"Find that spider! I want it captured before it can bite somebody!"
"Yes sir!"
"Okay, let's see here…" Peter muttered, adjusting something on a watch-like device.
"Yea, the spider never gave me the power to shoot webs. Had to figure that out on my own."
"Peter?" Aunt May's voice called from behind his door, "Are you ok?"
"Yeah."
"Ok, just so you know, dinner'll be ready soon!"
"Alright," Peter nodded as he resumed work on the watch, "Now just adjust the pressure and...find something to test it on."
He began to think before he heard a knock at his door, "Yes?"
"Pete, can I come in?" Uncle Ben asked.
"Uh… j-just a moment, Uncle Ben!" Peter responded, putting the watch away and hiding any notes in relations to spiders, "Come in."
The older gentleman entered and smiled, "You feeling ok? Heard you weren't feeling well and had to come home early."
"Yea… weird spider bit me… had some kind of… allergic reaction," Peter told his uncle
"To be fair, that wasn't totally untrue. I don't like lying to Uncle Ben, but I was scared."
"I thought the tests said you were only allergic to almonds, bananas and cherries."
Peter thought for a moment, recalling that and quickly thinking something up, "The bite created something like an allergic reaction. It was some really strange spider… not something I saw before."
"Alright…" Uncle Ben nodded in response, seeming to understand, checking Peter's hand, "At least the swelling went down."
Uncle Ben then proceeded to take out some paper bandages from his pocket and wrapped them over the bite.
"Heh… you're always prepared…" Peter smiled.
"I try to be, Peter, I try to be…"
"After perfecting my web-shooters, I decided to figure out what to do with my newfound powers. It wasn't easy to figure out as there were a ton of things. Then I figured, why not try something I wouldn't go near normally? And so I applied for a wrestling competition. Then… I made myself a costume."
Peter was seen working on designs for the costume before settling upon a red jacket, blue pants, red sneakers, and a red ski mask. He then sketched out a spider symbol on the jacket in black, and added on a pair of white tinted goggles on top of the mask.
"There we go. Now for a name… hmm... ah… I know…"
"Ladies and gentlemen, presenting… Spider-Man!" a person yelled into a microphone.
"...n-no. It's the Human Spider…" Peter responded.
"That's a stupid name, just get out there!" the employee told Peter, making him walk out to the ring.
"And Spider-Man isn't?" he mumbled.
"And now for his opponent! Crusher Bonesaw!"
At that moment, on the other side of the stadium, a huge muscular man with a massive beard walked out, let out a growl and then bashed the camera next to him in with his head.
"...he destroyed that with his head…" Peter gulped.
"Just keep calm," the guy who was managing Peter whispered, "You only gotta last until somebody's tossed out of the ring."
The teen in red gave a small nod before bracing himself as he looked at the larger man. Peter looked over this and began to strategize, but the bell rang and Crusher just rushed in. The Spider-Sense managed to alert Peter in time to dodge, and he continued to do so, flipping back to the corner before he grabbed Crusher, sending him into one of the ropes and then used his web-shooters to trip him over the edge. Everybody looked on in amazement, and in silence at first.
"Ladies and gentlemen, your new champion… SPIDER-MAN!" the announcer yelled.
The crowds cheered in response.
After that, Peter was given a belt and was on his way home admiring his prize when he suddenly heard some footsteps.
"INCOMING!" a man in a gray hoodie shouted, running towards Peter.
"Hey! STOP HIM!" the officer chasing the man hollered, Peter simply stepping aside, yawning a bit, as the man leaped into a car next to him.
"Thanks bub," he smirked with a salute before Peter just began to walk for home.
"...thanks for nothing, jerk," the cop growled at Peter.
"Hey, not my problem, pal!" Peter yelled in response, walking away.
"That was one move I would regret for the rest of my life."
Peter was asleep in his bed, squirming a bit as he was thinking of how to explain the belt to his aunt and uncle. He then got up and headed downstairs to get some water, still a little groggy, unaware that somebody was trying to break in.
"This was the night where everything in my life changed forever. To think it could've been prevented… I could've stopped that man… instead, as consequence for my stupidity…"
The crook walked into the house and smirked as he prepared a gun. Uncle Ben walked into the room, unaware of the person with the gun, "Peter?"
"Oh, hey," Peter responded, "Just getting some water."
Ben was about to take Peter back up when they heard the crook prepare the gun, the clicking making Ben turn to see the crook, "Wha-?"
"Don't move!"
Peter suddenly looked, but saw only the man's clothes as the shadows blocked the view of his face.
"Peter? Ben?" Aunt May called as she walked out, not sure what was happening before the crook turned the gun on her. Uncle Ben ran over and tried to pull the gun away from the criminal, who struggled against him and-
BANG!
"Uncle Ben!" Peter yelled.
May just gasped as Ben fell to the floor, Peter running over to him as the crook began to try and gather some stuff to sell.
"Peter… May…" Ben weakly uttered, reaching to them.
"U-Uncle Ben! Please, stay with us!" Peter begged.
"Peter… please stay safe…" Ben told him, his hand getting colder before he fell limp in Peter's arms.
"Uncle Ben… Uncle Ben… please no…" Peter mumbled, hugging his uncle's body tighter before he saw the thief trying to escape, "...oh no you don't!"
Peter then used his web shooters to trap the thief before he could leave, Aunt May looking surprised by this as the thief aimed his gun at Peter.
"You asked for it, punk!" he shouted, only for Peter to web the gun to the point that it couldn't fire, "Uh…"
"You're gonna pay for this!" Peter yelled as he walked over and tore the mask clean off of the thief, but then he recognized the crook's face upon closer inspection.
"It was the crook from the night I finished my stint at the arena… the one I could've stopped. ...hindsight stinks, doesn't it?"
Peter slowly stumbled backwards until he was forced against the wall, shocked at this. At that moment, May reached for the phone and called the police.
"We're sorry for your loss," a cop told Aunt May and Peter, "This man will be going away for a very long time."
"If only that Spider idiot had stopped him earlier…" another cop added.
Peter looked away in response, tears streaming from his face, while May was simply looking in confusion. Peter then watched as the crook was put into a squad car and driven away.
"I told Aunt May about what happened to me with the spider, since she witnessed my webs I couldn't leave her in the dark."
"So… you're some sort of spider man now?" Aunt May asked when everyone else was gone.
"Yea… basically," Peter confirmed, "...I could've stopped that guy before. I could've prevented all this… but instead, I let him get away and now… now… now…"
Aunt May then pulled Peter into a hug to comfort him, "...so… what are you gonna do with those powers now?"
"...what was it that Uncle Ben said once? 'With great power comes great'... something?"
Aunt May giggled a bit before she spoke, "'With great power comes great responsibility'. That's what he said."
Peter soon tried to calm down, thinking of those words, and soon realizing what he needed to do…
"Some weeks after that, and with a new costume that my Aunt May made for me, I made my proper debut…"
There was a shooting as some cops were trying to stop a bank robbery. Up above stood a figure in red and blue, eyeing the scene before he shot webs down at the robber's hand, webbed up the gun, webbed the crooks to a wall, and then headed off. Everybody watched as he headed off with an amazed looked.
"So, the next time you see me swinging by your window, know that although I've been called many things… a menace, evil, a villain, a pest, a nuisance, annoying... amazing, spectacular, sensational, ultimate… you'll know me best as… the fantastic Spider-Man!"
Pikatwig: Yes, the final line was borrowed from the final web-short of the new Spider-Man show.
KKD: Totally worth it. This pilot/first chapter is certainly a cool one to work on.
Pikatwig: And a new long-term project for your account.
KKD: Oh yea… like I don't have a ton of those already…
Pikatwig: I do wanna bring up the 'with great power comes great responsibility'. An Uncle Ben of another reality says the full line is 'with great power there must also come great responsibility'... but nobody really remembers that missing part. And, another thing, Uncle Ben never actually originally said that line in the original Amazing Fantasy comic.
KKD: Yea, oddly enough, it was Stan Lee in the text boxes who said it.
Spider-Man: And that's been retconned to him saying it. A lot of times…
KKD: You have no idea… well, I mean you do, Spidey, but… but not the average reader an-
Spider-Man: I get it, man, it's cool.
Pikatwig: And before anybody asks us to assign this version of Earth… I don't know what to number it yet.
KKD: We'll figure out the number later on. More than likely, this won't be connected to the Spider-Verse series of stories I've been posting to DA, and even if it will, it'll be for a much bigger event. We'll have to wait and see on that.
Pikatwig: Overall thoughts of this chapter?
KKD: It turned out very good. I could tell you wanted to cut it short somewhere, but it was doing great. I didn't want to split this into a multiparter, so best get it all out in one chapter, right?
Pikatwig: No, I was asking 'should we'. I didn't know if we should split it or not, so I just asked 'should we'. Also… I wanna bring up two other bits from production. *presses a button to pull up the security footage of the two working on the story's notes*
-Footage 1-
KKD: Ah, the Silver Surfer. Ok… *begins to write down some details about the character, before seeing some of what Pikatwig wrote* Huh? ...sibling? *looks it over* ...are you confusing the Silver Surfer with Quicksilver?
Pikatwig: ...yes.
KKD: Seriously? How can you confuse Noran Radd with Pietro Maximoff? Not even the same person!
Pikatwig: I'm tired and their names both have 'silver' in it.
KKD: *sighs*
-Footage 2-
*The two were discussing the possibility of Inhumans in the story, or at least three of them, and Pikatwig was looking up some info about the X-Men*
Pikatwig: The dust that made people into Inhumans actually killed Cyclops.
KKD: Huh?
Pikatwig: You know… the X-Men with concussive blasts.
KKD: Seriously? ...that doesn't make a lick of sense. Maybe we should make it where it doesn't kill mutants.
-End footage-
KKD: Similar to you about the chapter length, it was just a suggestion that last one.
Pikatwig: I don't get why they've phased out the X-Men and the Fantastic Four. Heck, the Fantastic Four have all gone missing and Peter owns the Baxter Building right now.
KKD: Crazy, right?
Spider-Man: I miss those guys…
KKD: You're not the only one.
Pikatwig: Heck, as far as we know, they're not gonna be in Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite. That's more than a wee bit disrespectful because, without the X-Men, there wouldn't BE a Marvel vs. Capcom, cause the series started with X-Men vs. Street Fighter.
KKD: Yea, I know, right? Seriously, Marvel? Here's an idea. Just buy back the rights from Fox and you can get the entirety of the MCU back together. Or if you won't listen, Fox… for once, let your contract with those properties expire so you don't have to worry… *sighs* Who am I kidding, if Fox is making money, they won't listen.
Pikatwig: There's no SOUL in making something just to make money!
KKD: *sighs* Man… anyway, enough of that sad stuff. Favorite part?
Pikatwig: Just seeing Peter hanging out with MJ, Gwen and Harry. That was honestly really sweet.
KKD: Yea. Overall, I think the chapter was fun, so much that I can't find a favorite part.
Pikatwig: Alright.
Spider-Man: Nice job guys.
Pikatwig: Thanks.
KKD: Well, you know who we are. Ore wa KKD Silver…
Pikatwig: ...this is padding…
KKD: Nice to meet you Padding. *Pikatwig sighed* Nevermind... Anyway we'll see you next time. *salutes* Jaa ne.
Pikatwig: Just Live More.