A/N Hey guys, this is my first fanfic so... yayyy! I hope y'all enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I do not own any Marvel Characters, however, I do own the three characters you meet in this chapter. Well, not technically, because two of them are my brother and sister, but I kind of own. Yeah...just read.
Chapter 1: the thousandth wish
It was an average day at home. I had been laying on my bed reading some of my dad's old comics, X-Men of course. I had already read them all a dozen times, but this was my absolute favorite one. I had just gotten to the part where Jean Grey was teasing Cyclops about how Gambit took her breath away when my sister ran into the room. Without even glancing at me, she slammed the door and held it shut laughing maniacal. Seconds later my little brother was beating on the door, screaming for her to open it. Calmly I closed my comic, placed it on top of our TV stand, and in three steps I was at my door.
"Ashley, what are you doing?" I asked exasperated. Couldn't these kids give me a moment's peace.
" We're playing tag," she choked out between giggles. Daniel was still beating on the door, so I pulled Ashley out of my way and let the screaming four-year-old in. Before he could attack her, I scooped him up and sat back down on my bed.
"Daniel, what are you doing?" I asked smiling. He tried to squirm out of my arms.
"Me and Ashley are playing tag." He smiled up at me.
"Well can't you and Ashley play tag in yonder?"
"Dad said for us to play in here," Ashley told me smirking. I couldn't stand it when she did that. Forget terrible twos. Nine year olds have got to be the most annoying. Of course she was bearable sometimes, but here lately all she wanted to do was see how annoying she could be before starting a fight.
"Go to the playroom." I tried to sound as commanding as possible.
"No. What were you doing anyway?" she inquired coming to sit beside me on the bed.
"Reading," I answered shortly.
"Reading what?"
"X-Men," I grinned. I absolutely loved the X-Men and had spent the last two years learning everything about them possible. Ashley and I had already decided that we would someday go to the Marvel Universe and meet our heroes. The only question was, how. At fourteen, I had yet to figure out inter-dimensional travel. Someday though, I would definitely meet them.
"Well we're gonna watch TV," Ashley told me, already reaching for the remote.
"Fine," I answered, picking up my comic book and walking out of the room. Now in the messy playroom, I sat on the worn, gray couch and began where I'd left off, ignoring the sound of Spongebob playing in the next room.
I contentedly read over the now familiar pages, hearing their voices in my head, imagining how each character would say their parts. By, now I had seen just about every TV show and read every story I could find on them. I knew every X-Man's powers and weaknesses and after deciding to go to the Marvel Universe I had learned as much as possible about the other Marvel characters as well. Someday, I thought to myself. Someday.
A few pages later, looking at my watch, I noticed that it was 4:44. Closing my eyes I made a wish. Even though I had wished for it a thousand times, I wished that I could go to the Marvel Universe. I was persistent. Once I set my mind on something it was going to happen, logically possible or not. After a few seconds of nothing happening I shrugged. A line from a book my mom used to read to me ran through my head. Reading is the magic key, to take you where you want to be. Suddenly the book that Alice had been holding became a giant screen. She stepped on through to Bible Land and came upon this scene. It was the main line in all of the Alice in Bible land series. We used to read those stories every night. Basically, it was about a girl named Alice who, every time the airmail bird brought her a letter, went into Bible land and watched the stories happening.
If only it were that easy. Sighing, I picked up another of my comics. This one had a picture of the Professor Xavier institute for higher learning. I hadn't even open the comic yet, when out of nowhere a white bird starts banging against the window. I jumped surprised, and stared at it. The little thing was still beating repetitively into the window. Startled, I stood up and walked slowly to the window. Seeing me, the little bird flew right outside hovering just in front of the window, waiting. Uncertainly, I lifted the window just high enough for the bird to get through, half expecting it to attack me. It flew in and perched on the toy box. I had been so startled by the little bird, that I didn't even realize until now that it had a letter in its beak, which it dropped on the toy box and the flew back outside.
I knew without reading it what would be on the note, but I simply could not believe it until I had opened it. Right there in bold letters were the words:
READING IS THE MAGIC KEY
TO TAKE YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO BE
I spun around and looked at the comic that had now grown to be about six feet tall and stood on its own in the middle of the room. I couldn't believe it. This had to be a dream. What are you thinking, a voice in my head screamed, this is completely real. I took a shaky step towards the portal and reached my hand inside. It shimmered like water but held no resistance. Taking a deep breath, and closing my eyes, I stepped through.
A/N Sooooo... what did you think? Good, bad, okay? Please review and tell me. As soon as I get one review, I'll write my next chapter.
