ALONG CAME THE SPIDER
'for those that are lost.'
by Iland Girl
Prologue Part 1
"Neighbours"
There was movement next door.
Peter felt suspicious as he watched people walk around the front yard. In the four years that he had lived with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, never had he seen anyone other than the cranky Miss Breyer move around next door. He didn't know what happened to the woman, but he did realize something had changed.
The lights turned on in the room across from his. Peter's eyes widened as the once dark curtains were, quite literally, yanked down. They revealed a small girl that peaked out of the window. Bright blue eyes that were accentuated by the light from above her. She grinned as her orbs locked onto him.
Peter's heart stammered at the attention. He decided against the possibility of making a fool of himself and instead ducked below the window. It was a stupid move, but it was better than doing something especially stupid; like drooling or maybe sneezing and blowing snot on the window. You never knew.
When Peter peered up a moment later he realized the girl was occupied with straightening out the room. He watched her, a bit more stealthily this time, as she hopped around and danced. So much energy; where did it all come from?
"Peter!" Aunt May called. Peter stole one more glance at the window, she was helping an older man set things up in her room, then made his way to the living room where his aunt would be waiting.
Aunt May looked down at him and smiled. She had a meatloaf wrapped up in her hands; Uncle Ben stood next to her.
"We have new neighbours! Let's go and say hello Peter." Aunt May said. Uncle Ben smiled down at him then.
"I see a little girl with them. Looks about your age too." He said with a smile. A friend for Peter; that was his thought. As they made their way to the door Peter took and deep breath before opening it. When they got to the front steps of their new neighbours Uncle Ben knocked on the door. They waited for a little bit before it opened to reveal a beautiful woman in her late twenties.
She smiled warmly to them, but as soon shadowed over by a huge and imposing man. He was absolutely huge! Looking about early thirties, Peter gulped when he saw him. He barely reached his waist. Ten years old and he barely reached this guy's waist. He looked like he had to bend down to fit through the door!
"Hello there." The man said in a deep but oddly smooth tone. It wasn't what Peter expected from a guy who looked like a drill sergeant.
"Hello, we wanted to welcome you to the neighbourhood. I'm Ben Parker. This is my wife May, and our nephew Peter." Uncle Ben greeted warmly. The woman smiled down at Peter; for a second he forgot the looming figure and shyly smiled back.
"Hello," the woman said. Her voice was actually quite throaty, unique. "I'm Sarah Rhodes, this is my husband Markus," There was a short pause as another figure wiggled between Markus' legs. Sarah laughed. "And this is our daughter, Lucille."
Peter stared at Lucile for a while before she grinned at him. Her eyes were even brighter up close. She waved while still lying on her stomach. Peter felt his heart stammer again. Afraid to talk, he simply waved back with a nervous smile. Lucille beamed.
The adults said their parts before Aunt May handed over the meatloaf. The Rhodes thanked them before the trio made their way back to the Parker home. Once Peter was back inside, he decided to go back to his room. To say he was surprised at what he saw would be an understatement.
Across the way, a board had been put across Lucille's window. However it wasn't to block out Peter. Rather, it seemed to be there in greeting.
Hi
It was written across the white board in smooth writing. Was she directing it at him? Peter? He grinned a little bit, but how would he reply? He ran around the room, trying to find a writing utensil and board to write on. He finally found a black board that he used in kindergarten and never got rid of. Along with some chalk that was stashed in one of his drawers.
Hi
He went to place the board by his window to wait for her to reply; instead he almost dropped his board when he saw Lucille sitting with the board in her lap. She smiled at him, but ultimately beamed when he showed his board. She then wrote something else.
How old are you?
10
Me too!
Peter smiled at her as she waited patiently for him to write something. He thought for a moment, not wanting to stop talking now.
Why did you move next door?
My Dad's in the army. We move every few years.
Sounds tough.
Not really. I like it, I get to see the world!
Are you always this hyper?
No, sometimes I see noises.
Peter gave her a weird look, she just laughed. He wanted to hear her laugh. Some part of him wanted to open his window and just talk normally, but another part enjoyed this strange communication.
Funny
I thought so!
"Peter! Dinner!" Aunt May called. Peter sighed a little before writing again.
Got to go, dinner.
Yet Lucille just smiled. She drew a crappy looking 'thumbs up' that made Peter smile. He waved before putting his board down and going to eat.
When he returned later for bed, he was only slightly surprised to see a drawing left on Lucille's whiteboard or a kid sleeping soundly.
Goodnight Peter
He smiled before drawing a picture of a girl sleeping soundly.
Goodnight Lucille
He nearly jumped out of his skin when she snatched the board up- had she been watching him the whole time?- and quickly wrote.
Call me Lucy!
Author's Note!
Hey guys!
Sooooo this idea just popped into my head the other day and I just thought, why not? I only recently got my friend to lend me TASM2. It took me a long time to watch it because I'm a pour little byotch right now T.T
Anyway. This story will be going with TASM version. With a handful of minor tweaks. I will let people know, I am a huge fan of strong main female characters, at least tasteful ones. So before anyone asks; Lucille is not going to be a crybaby, or a damsel. She is the hero of her own story, and she isn't one to wait on others to help her. Buuut you'll figure that out on your own.
Anyway, just curious what kind of response this will get... let me know what you think! I know it's a bit rushed, but I really hate first chapters. I like to get my point across for where the story is going before actually getting there.
As you may have noticed, this is the first part to a three part prolog. The first few chapters may be a bit shorter, just so you guys can wrap your heads around Lucille!
Please REVIEW!
Cheers!
Iland Girl