A/N: Whenever text is written in Italics, the dialogues are actually thoughts of an individual.
Italics encased in forward slashes (/) represent a time skip or flash back.
Astrisks (****) depict a scene change
Last but not the least based on the response I get, I may make a Character list later down the line which will contain the name of the Spider-individual, their reality number and a short description of them with a picture for easier understanding. But that all depends on you guys.
Now, Enjoy the story
****(Location: Earth-1610)
Miles's POV
Okay, Let's do this one last time, yeah? For real this time. My name is Miles Morales, I was bitten by a radioactive spider and for like 2days I have been the one and only Spider-Man. I think you know the rest; I finished my essay, saved a bunch of people, got hit by a drone, I did this with my dad, met my roommate finally, slapped a sticker where my Dad is gonna never find it. And when I feel alone, like no-one understands what I am going through; I remember my friends who get it. I never thought I will be able to do any of this stuff, but- I can. Anyone can wear the mask; You could wear the mask. If you didn't know that before, what would you be now. Sounds Spider-Man, and I'm not the only one, not by a long shot.
Now, Back to the story.
TPP
Miles finally fell on his bed after a long night of being Spider-Man. He just put on his headphones and Sunflower blasted through them calming him down.
Needless to say I 'm keeping her check
She was all bad-bad, Never the less
Callin' it quits now, baby I 'm a wreck
And then he heard it, "Miles", it felt like Gwen's voice- he thought he was imagining it. But then he heard it again, he couldn't mistake her voice. His eyes snapped open and saw a familiar swirl of colours before him and then his eyes fell on her.
"Miles! You got a minute?" said the familiar blonde girl who was South-African but had no accent because she was raised here
Miles smiled at her; he didn't expect to see her so soon again.
****(Location: Earth- 65)
It's only been two days, she knew it. But then she stared at the 'Pen' shaped device again which she held in her hand right now. She had grabbed it at the Alchemax facility back in Miles' dimension back when she infiltrated it. It looked like something important to her back then but it wasn't until last night when she realized what it actually was.
/Last Night/
She had pressed a button on the device and the familiar swirl of colours of an interdimensional portal ripped open in front of her. It wasn't a giant portal that was opened by the super collider underneath Brooklyn in Miles' world and the portal wasn't sucking her in like it had done earlier. Instead it looked like just a pathway to another dimension. She had realized it was a miniature collider or something and shut it off quickly. She was scared to death that she might have done something that might affect the multiverse.
/Present/
She stared at the 'Pen' at present, thinking hard, trying to decide what to do. She hasn't noticed any anomalies since that little incident last night which meant this device didn't affect the whole multiverse but only opened a pathway to certain dimensions. Could that be it, could she see him again? Miles' was her only friend in two years after Peter's death, she wanted to see him again. Finally giving in to her heart's desires she opened a portal to Miles' dimension.
/Time Skip/
Miles was sitting on Gwen's bed staring at the huge posters of renowned rock bands that adorned the walls of her room. But his eyes got stuck on one poster, the poster of the Mary Janes. Sitting there behind the drums was the girl of his dreams looking as lively as a squirrel. Though they were just friends at present he couldn't stop thinking about her in other ways.
He had to stop doing this and be in the present, he thought to himself, shaking his head he got rid of his thoughts.
Gwen had entered the washroom almost ten minutes ago and she hadn't stepped out yet. Just as he was thinking about this, Gwen stepped out of the washroom. She was wearing a pair of ripped blue jeans and a white one shoulder top, her hair looked kind of cute? Well it was Miles' handy job that she didn't have half of her hair so he wouldn't comment. But to him she looked absolutely stunning.
Gwen said, "Hey, ready to head out?". That brought back Miles from his day dreaming session back to reality.
Miles said, "Of course, let's go".
With that they took their sling bags which had their suits, just in case, and jumped from the fire exit into the side alley and started walking. They walked out of the side alley and out into the main street. He thought of striking a conversation but couldn't think of anything but then it struck him that he was in her dimension. It was the most obvious thing to start a conversation with. Miles started taking notice of the small differences between their worlds. Everything had more of a blue, pink and green shade.
"Well, your universe is more biased with blue, green and pink I must say", said Miles.
"Well the difference in colours was also the first thing I noticed when I was stuck in your dimension", Gwen said.
"So, what are we planning on doing so early in the morning? Sun hasn't even risen yet", asked Miles.
"I was just thinking of taking a stroll down the street and then taking you to a place before sunrise", Gwen answered.
Miles was curious, he asked," What place?"
"You will know when we reach there", Gwen answered firmly.
That was the usual Gwen- cute, stunning, composed and funny, Miles thought to himself.
Meanwhile Gwen was busy in her own thoughts, He looks kind of cute right when he is curious? What am I even thinking about he is a friend, Arghh!, Gwen just rambled away in her mind until she noticed they had reached their destination.
She looked at Miles, who was already looking at her out of the corner of his eyes. Their eyes connected which caused him to blush?
Well, I must have started daydreaming now, Gwen thought to herself before grabbing Miles by his arm and slipping into an alleyway. They were in an alley two streets away from the Empire State Building right now.
"We have arrived!", Gwen said chirpily.
Miles looked confused, "This is your place? Another alley?"
"Not here stupid, we are going to cover the remaining distance by swinging. You are going to need your web shooters and your mask", Gwen said while putting them on herself.
"I already have my web-shooters on, just give me a second I will pull out my mask", Miles said still confused on where she was planning to take him.
Miles pulled on his mask and they started swinging together. Gwen was swinging with accuracy like it was some form of art while Miles was like that kid who has recently got his first skateboard, trying to be stylish while swinging but greatly decreasing his speed and efficiency in the process.
"Now up!" shouted Gwen as they neared the Empire State building.
Both of them pointed their web-shooters upwards and landed on the roof of the Empire State building.
"Well- ", Miles was cut short by Gwen.
"Look at that side of the sky!", Gwen almost shouted in awe.
Miles was dumbstruck by the beauty of the scenery; he had seen many sunrises before but none felt like this one. He was stunned by all the shades of colour in the sky. They sat on the ledge of the building pulling off their masks watching silently as the sun was rising. Well not quite actually, because Miles was busier observing the blonde girl beside him under the warm light of the rising sun.
His trance was broken by Gwen's soft voice questioning him, "So how have you been holding up with being Spider-Man?"
Miles was a little taken back by this question but recovered quickly and said, "It's been quite well actually; you see I saved a bunch of people, stopped 3 car chases and 5 bank- "
"I'm not talking about that Miles, I mean have you been hurt badly till now?", Gwen asked.
Was that a tinge of worry he heard in Gwen's voice? But then his mind wandered off to his encounter with Kingpin; he had nearly died that day and who knows what would have fallen on the multiverse if he didn't get back up that day. He didn't want to tell Gwen all this, he didn't know why.
"Well no, not that bad anyways", Miles answered firmly.
Gwen wasn't convinced but decided to let it slip while Miles was rummaging his brain for something to change the topic.
"Well you swing like it's some form of art you know?", Miles asked trying to change the topic.
Gwen's expressions softened a bit at that and she said, "Well I have been training as a Ballerina since the age of 6 so, it just trickles down to my swinging."
"You are a Drummer AND a trained Ballerina?", Miles asked in awe.
"Well yeah, it's been quite a while actually", Gwen answered with her signature smirk.
In his mind Miles thought, she is the definition of perfection while I'm just a street Graffiti artist struggling to balance my life at school and as Spider-Man, how can I ever win her?
He was thinking all this when he felt a slight nudge on his shoulder bringing him back to reality.
Gwen asked, "Hey? What were you thinking?"
"Oh, it was nothing", Miles replied quickly. He had been caught red-handed by Gwen day dreaming about her.
"Well, I was asking you what do you do? Like dancing, singing, painting, things like that", Gwen asked him.
Well he was a Graffiti artist and actually had started learning hip-hop when he was 9. But it had been years since he had formally practiced. He decided to go with it anyways.
"Well you know I'm a self-proclaimed Graffiti artist and I know a little of hip-hop dancing", Miles said.
Gwen's eyes lit up at that and Miles was sensing something disastrous was about to happen.
So, he added quickly, "But I'm no professional like you, I haven't danced in something like 5years"
He thought this would diffuse the situation but it didn't seem to do the trick, her eyes were still glittering. It would be a disaster if she asked him to dance.
"I really like Graffiti art you know; do you have some of your art? I really want to see some", Gwen said after what felt like ages to Miles.
So that was what the glittering was about, Miles and heaved a sigh of relief then reached for his sling bag. Luckily, he had thrown one of his sketchbooks along with his suit and he handed that over to Gwen.
Gwen turned the pages of his sketchbook slowly, totally engrossed in his art works while Miles was totally engrossed in Gwen's face.
"Well you are quite good actually you know. Far-above the level of a self-proclaimed artist as far as I know", Gwen said after going through his whole sketchbook.
That sounded sweet to Miles, Gwen who was the definition of perfection to him praising his art.
"You think you could make a graffiti art of me too?", Gwen asked smiling.
"Okay I would try and show you the next time we meet.", Miles said
Gwen blushed a little at this, she didn't expect such readiness from Miles at drawing her graffiti but she hid it away before he could see it. They started to talk about random topics and the dawn drifted away slowly with them chattering and laughing away at each other's antics like normal teenagers, that is as normal as it gets for teenagers with spider powers.
It was around 7:30 in the morning when Miles realized he has to go to school; Shoot I'm going to be late, he thought to himself.
"Gwen, I must go back now as I have scho- ", just as Miles was finishing his sentence, he felt a weird sensation kick in. He got away from Gwen because he felt his Venom strike was getting out of control and just after that he did a weird dance move before falling on the ground.
"I think I venom striked myself", Miles said to Gwen who was looking at him in horror.
"No, you glitched, your atoms are unstable in this dimension", Gwen said with a tinge of sadness hidden in her voice.
"No, I am fine", said Miles while dusting himself off.
"Miles, you must go back now, you can't stay here", Gwen answered with the sorrow more visible in her voice now.
I can't leave now, she looks miserable, Miles thought to himself.
"Hey, I can stay a little bit longer don't worry", Miles said trying to lighten the situation.
But Gwen was not swayed by this and said firmly, "You were talking about going back anyways, you have school too."
She is talking sense but I don't want to leave her miserable like this, Miles thought to himself and then a bright idea struck him.
"Okay, you are right I must go back now but we can meet again right with the help of that 'Pen' thingy, right?", Miles said smiling.
Gwen lightened a bit at that and smiled before answering, "Well we both have tight schedules but we can work out a time. You are free at night, right? After your patrol?", Gwen asked.
"Anytime for you Gwen", Miles answered.
At that their eyes locked for a second and Gwen thought to herself, Did he just try to flirt with me?
She broke the eye contact and said, "Well you must get going now its 7:45 already, you will get late if you stay here any longer."
"Yeah, right", Miles said trying to keep the sadness from creeping into his voice.
Gwen opened a portal at that and Miles was going towards it with a sad smile waving back at Gwen.
I can't hold it any longer, he is my only friend in years and I may never see him again; Gwen thought to herself and pulled Miles back at her who was halfway through the portal already and hugged him tightly.
She said, "Don't forget me even if you meet my counterpart in your universe."
Miles though taken aback by this sudden intimacy said, "How can I forget you Gwanda" and gave her a goofy smile.
They broke from their embrace and Miles walked towards the portal then turned back and said sadly, " Bye Gwen".
She replied, "Bye Miles" and he walked through the portal after that with Gwen closing it behind him.
"Forever" she said meekly to herself while holding back tears.
****(Location: Earth-928)
"So how was it meeting the Spider-Man of Earth-67?", Lyla asked Miguel already knowing the answer.
"He is an idiot who doesn't understand anything and likes to point at everybody", Miguel answered frustrated with his last encounter.
The sound of Lyla's laughter was echoing all over the place when she heard that.
"Well, At least you became the first person to make an autonomous multiverse jump!", Lyla said trying to suppress her laughter.
"Yeah, well did you finish the other Goobers?", Miguel said trying to switch the topic.
His holographic assistant could get irritating at times but she was the only being he could confide in fully, Miguel thought to himself.
"Well, first of all it's a Gizmo not a Goober. And secondly, I will need at least some months' time to perfect the Gizmo and make one for all the Spider-people of the dimensions known to us in the multiverse as is your intention", Lyla said.
"Some Months?", Miguel groaned.
"Don't cry like a child Miguel, I'm doing the best I can especially after seeing this", Lyla said and a screen lit up in front of Miguel.
Miguel straightened and asked Lyla, "Where is this? Just brief me on the incident."
"It's on Earth-65 and just see the whole thing you will get what I'm saying", Lyla answered and with that the footage started to play following a blonde girl who Miguel recognized as Spider-Gwen of Earth-65 and a Puerto-Rican teenager who was the Spider-Man of the Ultimate universe.
