Greetings! Today I will be making a story based on the Spider-Man franchise...oddly enough this is the first time I'm writing a story based on a comic book...since I once wore a Spiderman costume for Halloween, I decided that it would be appropriate to make this my first one.

Now, I'm aware that people have been writing stories where Mary Jane ends up getting spider powers...don't get me wrong. If you want to write those kinds of stories then go ahead. I wouldn't mind reading them.

I just figured after taking a look at those kind of stories I would take mine in a slightly different direction by having her gain the powers of a different animal entirely...you can probably guess which one it is by the title. But before we give Mary Jane her powers let's start with a prologue, shall we?

I'm looking forward to writing this, so let's get started.

Chapter 1: The First Issue

At first glance, Mary Jane's life was absolutely perfect. She had a lot of friends, she was very well-off, and she was very popular. Not only that, but her mother loved her, and so did her older sister.

But first impressions are not always correct. As it turned out, her father was not the best one in the world. Her father happened to be an alcoholic...in other words, he simply would not stop drinking. Whenever he got angry enough, he would hit his wife in the face. And he packed a mean punch too.

And sometimes, he would hit Mary Jane too. Every now and then she would show up at school with fresh bruises. Fortunately, nobody asked her too many questions, though sometimes they did wonder if her boyfriend Flash Thompson was responsible.

Though he was a bully (especially towards a nerdy boy by the name of Peter Parker), he was in fact a loving boyfriend...mainly due to the fact that he refused to strike a girl.

And speaking of Peter Parker, she in fact happened to have a crush on him, though she was currently happy with her boyfriend Flash, even if he was rather short-tempered.

However, as of late, her friend Peter Parker had been acting a bit strange. For one thing, he had stopped wearing glasses...and to her knowledge he was not wearing contacts, either. She never recalled him to have 20/20 vision. It was rather odd.

Also, he seemed to have much faster reflexes than before. He also seemed to be much stronger, too. Had he been working out lately? It didn't seem like something that he would do.

It was rather strange. It was as if he had fallen into nuclear waste or something. Perhaps he had been too clumsy for his own good.

Wait...wouldn't that give him cancer?

In other news, there had been a superhero by the name of Spiderman who had dedicated his life to saving the world from evil. Apparently the police had not been doing their jobs as of late. Either that, or things had simply gotten too much for them to handle. What was the police chief up to, anyway?

She was in fact a fan of Spiderman, and would love to get his autograph. And yet for some strange reason Spiderman reminded her of someone who she knew...though she couldn't quite determine who that person was. Was it her boyfriend Flash Thompson?

Well, it was time to get back home. Immediately, she boarded the school bus and began to do just that...though she was a bit worried about her father.

"Will I get to meet Spiderman someday?" asked Mary Jane. She was looking forward to it...though judging from how many heroics he had done he was a rather busy man.

As soon as she came home, she noticed that her father was reading a copy of the Daily Bugle. Fortunately, he appeared to be sober for the time being, so she did not have to worry about him being violent...hopefully.

As it turned out, he was reading about an issue about Spiderman. For some strange reason, the author of the Daily Bugle was not the best of friends with Spiderman. He kept trying to make him look bad in front of everyone. Apparently, he did not think that he was a superhero.

Instead, he thought that he was a supervillain. Personally she thought that J. Jonah Jameson was not right in the head. Who would write such things about him? Maybe he was jealous?

Apparently, her father was done with the newspaper for the day, as he set it down on the table. He was going to make himself a nice cup of Joe...and no, he was not going to resort to cannibalism by eating his friend Joseph. He was not nearly that hungry.

Shrugging, she decided to read the newspaper for herself. Perhaps there would be something rather interesting on the headlines.

"What's this?" asked Mary Jane.

SPIDERMAN IS PURE EVIL.

"What." said the teenage girl. Since when was Spiderman not a superhero?

Spiderman eats babies! He also worships Satan! In fact, he is Satan! He also kicks puppies! Not to mention that he burned down a local orphanage today! Avoid him at all costs!

"Is J. Jonah Jameson running out of ideas?" asked Mary Jane. She could clearly see through all those bogus lies, and she doubted that Spiderman would ever do any of those things.

Shrugging, she decided to flip the pages. Maybe if she was lucky she would find something that did not bash Spiderman, though she found that to be rather unlikely. Is that all J. Jonah Jameson used the Daily Bugle for these days?

As it turned out, there was a page with rather funny comic strips. For some strange reason, she got the feeling that she was in a comic herself, though she did not know why.

Suddenly, she noticed something that intrigued her.

Apparently, there was a help wanted sign at an Oscorp laboratory. By the looks of things, her supervisor would be Dr. Curt Connors.

As it turned out, the job paid rather well, and it got her interested. She in fact had done rather well in science. Believe it or not, there was more to her than her looks.

Perhaps this would be the job for her, though she was under the impression that her father would want her to become a model due to how attractive she was.

"Hey, dad. Can I get a job at Oscorp?" asked Mary Jane. Personally she was not sure whether her father would approve of it or not. But it appeared to be worth a shot.

"Knock yourself out." answered Mary Jane's father. He in fact had met Norman Osborn, the man in charge of Oscorp. Currently he was working on a serum that would make him stronger and faster.

"Is he somehow related to Ozzy Osbourne?" thought Mary Jane. She thought that it was rather unlikely, personally.

Immediately, she drove over to Oscorp so that she could get her new job. She just hoped that she didn't have an accident, as she had heard that Oscorp was currently experimenting with animals. In fact, they had just started experimenting with insects and arachnids.

Rumor has it that one of their spiders had managed to escape from their laboratories, and it was radioactive. Perhaps someone simply had too much time on their hands...but it still managed to worry her. What if the same thing managed to happen again? And did the spider bite anyone?

Shrugging, she decided to visit Curt Connors. If she decided that the job was too dangerous, they might have a different job for her.

"Can I help you?" asked the doctor.

"You said that there was a job offer?" questioned Mary Jane.

"Yes, there is. I see that you've been looking at the Daily Bugle..." stated Dr. Curt Connor.

"As a matter of fact, I have. My father has too." nodded the teenage girl.

"And your name is?" asked the man.

"It's Mary Jane. Mary Jane Watson." answered Mary Jane.

"Watson? Is your father's name Phillip?" inquired Dr. Connor.

"Yes, he is. Why do you ask?" asked the teenage girl.

"Well then...I think we might get along. Your father happens to be friends with the president of the company...also known as Normal Osborn." noted the doctor.

"He is? How about that..." stated Mary Jane.

"Is there anything else you would like to say about yourself?" asked Dr. Curt Connors.

"People say that I'm smart and pretty...and I happen to have a lot of friends. I also happen to get good grades in biology..." noted Mary Jane.

"You don't say?" inquired the scientist.

"So...do I get the job? Or do you want to give me a test first?" questioned Mary Jane.

"I suppose I could give you a few tests..." answered Dr. Connors.

"What did you have in mind?" asked the teenage girl.

"Well, right now I would like to you check out some of our insect exhibits...there's a rumor that a radioactive spider managed to escape from our laboratories, and we don't want people to think that we aren't doing our jobs properly. Of course, technically a spider is an arachnid, but that's beside the point." stated the doctor.

"Alright..." nodded Mary Jane.

"You do that, and you're hired." stated the man.

Mary Jane agreed, and she went to investigate the exhibits. She hoped that the insects had not mutated into bloodthirsty monsters that would wreak havoc upon New York City. Dr. Curt Connors did not appear to be a mad scientist...though you never knew.

Fortunately, it appeared that the insects were behaving themselves. The ants were currently bowing down to their queen, the grasshoppers were hopping around, the caterpillars were becoming butterflies, the spiders were making webs (despite what the rumors claimed), the mosquitos were drinking blood samples, and the flies were well, flying...

Shrugging, she decided to check them all off. Now there was just one more left that Curt Connors wanted her to check.

The bee exhibit.

"I wonder if they're using them to make honey..." stated Mary Jane. She wouldn't find that too surprising. Personally she enjoyed putting honey on her pancakes...and eating Honey Nut Cheerios. They were part of a nutritious breakfast.

Immediately, she went inside the room to investigate.

Fortunately, it appeared that the bees were behaving themselves as well. They were simply buzzing around.

She decided to check that off. It looked like she had finished her test.

However, unbeknownst to her, the bee queen inside one of the cages was planning to choose a successor, as she was about to reach the end of her life.

And as it turned out, this bee queen was radioactive. Apparently, Dr. Connors had experimented with her a bit too much.

Suddenly, she noticed Mary Jane had entered the room.

Believing this to be a sign that she should choose her to be her successor (though admittedly she was not part of her hive), she began to break out of her cage.

"This buzzing is starting to get on my nerves...maybe I should leave now." noted Mary Jane.

As she was about to do, she noticed the bee queen flying towards her.

"Huh?" asked the teenage girl.

Unsurprisingly, she got stung...at the back of the neck.

"Ouch!" exclaimed Mary Jane.

Fortunately, the sting wasn't particularly painful, though it did leave a small mark.

However, she felt a bit woozy all of a sudden.

"Ugh..." murmured the teenage girl.

Immediately, she pulled out some duct tape and used it to block the hole that the bees had escaped from.

Fortunately, these bees did not seem very aggressive, as they had not even noticed the hole that the queen bee had used to escape.

Still, this did not leave the question why one had decided to sting her in the first place.

For now, she needed to tell Dr. Connors that she done her job and that all the insects (and the arachnids) had been accounted for.

"I've got good news and bad news..." stated Mary Jane.

"What's the good news?" asked Dr. Connors.

"The good news is that none of the insects had broken out from their cages..." explained the teenage girl.

"And the bad news?" inquired the doctor.

"I got stung from one of the bees. It managed to escape from its cage...though fortunately I managed to fix it for the time being." said Mary Jane.

"Are you allergic to bee stings?" asked the biologist.

"No, fortunately...though I will admit that my dad is." answered the teenage girl.

"Since you were injured at the workplace, I'll give you your week's pay to compensate..." said Dr. Connors.

"Thanks..." stated Mary Jane.

Immediately, Dr. Connors handed Mary Jane her paycheck.

She went back home shortly afterwards, though admittedly she was still feeling a bit strange. There seemed to have been something off about that particular bee. Maybe it was a bee queen?

Now that she thought of it...it seemed a lot bigger than the other bees that she had seen inside the exhibit. It was rather unusual.

As it turned out, her mother was happy to see her get back home from her new job.

"How did your interview go?" asked her mother.

"Pretty good. I have the job now...though I did end up getting stung by a bee." answered Mary Jane.

"A bee?" inquired Mrs. Watson.

"Yes...though fortunately it's not serious. I do feel a bit odd though." stated the teenage girl.

"Would you like to lie down?" she asked.

"I will in a moment...all of a sudden I feel rather hungry..." answered Mary Jane.

For some strange reason, she felt the urge to eat some honey.

Fortunately, there was some in the fridge.

Immediately, she began to wolf it down before she went to bed, letting out a small burp as she did so.

"Excuse me!" exclaimed the teenage girl.

Fortunately, since she happened to have a rather luxurious bed, she did not have a hard time falling asleep. Hopefully she wouldn't feel dizzy once she woke up, though she couldn't help but shake the feeling that this was the beginning of something. Would she be alright?

"Zzz..." murmured Mary Jane.

Well, now you know how she got her superpowers...and yes, I decided to reference the Amazing Spiderman. Just for the record, Spiderman got his powers the same way he did in the comic books...he decided to take a picture of Mary Jane, a spider bit him, and you know the rest.

In case it's not obvious, Mary Jane will be working with Dr. Connors while Peter Parker will be working for J. Jonah Jameson, like he does in the comic books. It seems rather appropriate. Personally I like Amazing Spiderman better...even if it doesn't actually have the Green Goblin. I wonder why they chose the Lizard to be the first villain...oh well.

For those of you who like the stories where Mary Jane becomes Spiderwoman...yes, she will have many of the abilities that Spiderman does...such as super strength and the like. But since she wasn't bitten by a spider she won't be shooting webs...that's not what bees do. Either way, I hope you enjoy this fanfic.