Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for the mind behind the Gundam SEED Prime Trilogy, the man behind Code Avengers, the crossover crafter extraordinaire that's brought you Avenging Normandy, Shield of the Cosmic Era, and Justice Marvel, I'm talkin' about, lyokoMARVELanime's in da house!

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AN: Thank you, thank you! Thank you all! Your amazing, your spectacular, your sensational! And yes, I am well aware that I just used three different words that had been used in Spider-Man titles, but it's all true.

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Okay so, I'm gonna be totally honest here, I had planned to not start anything new until I had finished the Gundam SEED Prime Trilogy, but the problem with that plan was that I started thinking up this story, which came about after I got into the Avengers Academy mobile app, and as the various ideas filled my head and I kept thinking of them over and over again, I found that I just couldn't wait any longer before posting at least one or two chapters of this, and so, in keeping with what seems to be my theme for 2016, here is yet another story with Marvel ties to it.

Now, as I said, this story is based off of the Avengers Academy mobile app, but it is also what I believe would be a more realistic version, so I suppose you could also say that it's kinda a high school AU, or even an Avengers version of the animated series X-Men Evolution in a way, but you'll get a better idea of how things will go as the story progresses. For you fans of my other stories who are only reading this to see if I say anything in regards to how soon my next update for any of those stories will be, I promise I won't spend too much time on this before going back to them, and I do intend to finish Gundam SEED Prime: Chaos Hunters by the end of this year.

Well, I think I've kept you waiting long enough to see what my mind has crafted this time, so let's get on with the story, shall we?

I do not own anything from the Marvel franchise or any other franchise mentioned in this story.

Chapter 1: Invitation to the Academy

"Repeating our top story, the latest plot of HYDRA has been successfully foiled thanks to the efforts of the Avengers. The exact nature of the most recent attack by the terrorist organization and its leaders Red Skull and Madame Hydra is unknown at this time, but whatever the case maybe, as can clearly be seen here, it obviously involved a number of their troops, and a lot of giant robots, neither of which helped them much against Earth's mightiest heroes. It's been a little over a year now since the nine heroes known to all as Captain America, Iron Man, the mighty Thor, the incredible Hulk, Hawkeye, Black Widow, She-Hulk, Giant-Man, and War Machine first came together to defend the world from the threats that no one else could withstand, and in that time, the world has greatly changed, and this is with the inclusion of the reveal of mutants to the world just a few years prior. In the last few months alone, many new and young heroes have suddenly started to appear on the scene, each of which with skills and powers that are unlike anything a normal person could possess. Many people have started to wonder just how wise it was to leave such people unchecked, especially given how many of these people are believed to be teenagers. With this fact in mind, it is really no wonder that some of the Avengers had actually started up a special institution for these young super-powered individuals that both the heroes and the public have come to call Avengers Academy. With people like Captain America taking up the role of a teacher to these young people, this reporter has great hope that there may be a chance that they will likely one day become the next generation of Earth's greatest heroes, if not as part of the Avengers, then certainly in their own right."

This was the news story that was currently playing in a small home in Queens, New York while a young fifteen year old man was hastily getting his things together before he headed out for the day, knowing that he was already running late as it was and that there was a likely chance he would end up being late anyway despite how much he rushed to be otherwise. The reason for his belief that he would be late, was for the simple reason that he was one of those young, would-be heroes that was just mentioned on the news, only he was not enrolled at Avengers Academy; Peter Parker, was in fact a student at Midtown High, and he was determined to just leave it that way given how his elderly aunt, May Parker would react if she found out about his secret double-life that involved swinging through the city and fighting bad guys. Of course, the way his alter ego was perceived by the public did not really help assure him about how his aunt would react.

"In other news, the mysterious vigilante that most people know only as the Spider struck again last night, this time halting an attempted robbery of a local convenience store," the reporter then stated, causing Peter to barely suppress a groan in response over how no one seemed able to get his name right. "This makes as many as thirteen reported sightings of said vigilante in the last three months alone, and one can only wonder just what else this Spider-themed hero has done. When asked for comment, the near victim of the robbery and owner of the store, Sally Smith, had this to say."

A minute later, the face of the reporter on television was replaced with that of a young woman who appeared to be in her thirties standing right outside a store that had a couple of squad cars just off to the side. "I was just locking up for the night when these large men in black coats came in and suddenly tossed a bag on the counter while one of them pointed a gun at me demanding I put the money in the bag," the woman said, and it was clear from her tone of voice that she had recently been crying. "I…I have a small son at home and I didn't want these men to kill me so I just started doing as they asked, but it…it wasn't fast enough so the one holding a gun at me suddenly shot the glass door of the refrigerator behind me and told me to hurry up. The next thing I know, there was this…I don't know how to describe it but it was a strange sound and the guy's gun was suddenly pulled out of his hand by a web or something that looked like a web. I ducked behind the counter afterwards and heard the men fighting someone who sounded pretty young, and when the sounds of fighting finally stopped, I finally stood up and looked outside to see all of them were tied up in a giant web or hanging down tied up from the lamp post outside. After another minute this weird card fell out of the air and into my hand that said 'Courtesy of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.' I don't know who this guy is, but he saved my life, and my son would be an orphan now if it weren't for him, so if he is out there, I just…I just want to say thank you."

Peter had to smile in response to this, hearing that there was someone grateful for his help was always nice, but his mood quickly changed again when after what came next in the news report. "While many have praised this Spider-Man as a hero, there are still quite a few who remain skeptical, the most prominent of which being Daily Bugle Communications head, J. Jonah Jameson, who only said the following."

'Please don't show that old Hitler-mustached jerk' Peter quietly begged, only to be disappointed when said man appeared on the television a second later.

"Who is Spider-Man? He's a criminal; a vigilante, that's who he is! It's people like him that are responsible for making our once great city such a terrible place to live in! He's nothing more than a masked menace! Those Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, they're all vigilantes, and now Captain America and Stark are starting up a school to train more of them?! How are we supposed to feel safe when we're being protected by nothing more than a bunch of freaks and vigilantes that think they're above the law," the very irritating head of the Daily Bugle ranted, but that was about as far into his latest rant as Peter was able to hear, as his aunt ended up calling out for him a second later.

"Peter, are you almost ready to head out to school," Peter's only living family asked from downstairs.

"Uh…just about Aunt May," Peter hurriedly replied as he finally managed to get his things together with his Spider-Man costume underneath his clothes and everything else tucked away in his bag.

"Well you'd best hurry up, or you're going to be late," May warned, and not a second later, Peter was racing out of his room and downstairs for the door, only pausing to give his aunt a quick goodbye kiss before he finally left.

"Don't worry; I'm heading out now, Aunt May. I'll see you later tonight," Peter reassured his aunt, and he was soon out the door before she could reply with more than a happy laugh and a wave in farewell.

Once he was a few blocks or so out of sight of his house, Peter had slipped into a nearby alley where he was sure no one would see him, and when he emerged again, it was as his costumed alter ego, the web-swinging wall-crawler, Spider-Man. If you were to ever be lucky enough to get a good look at his suit, you would see that it was nothing too extravagant or impressive like the stuff that guys like Captain America, Hawkeye, or any of the other Avengers and major heroes wore, but instead, it actually appeared to be more like something that was just thrown together using stuff that a kid had found in his closet and at a cheap store. Over a white t-shirt, he wore a red, high-colored jacket that had blue lining on the zipper and on the sides of the coat, with a black spider-symbol on the center of his chest, and web patterns on his sleeves, while a thin pair of red gloves adorned his hands while covering the triggers for the silver web-shooters he wore on his wrists. In addition to this, he also wore blue jeans that were relatively tight on him, but not to the point where it was uncomfortable or skin-tight, along with red boots that went up to the mid-way point of his lower legs with blue laces and soles that were almost as thin as his gloves. His face was hidden by a red mask that had a web pattern going up around the middle of his head while the sides of it were left plain, and a pair of heavily tinted, black goggles with white lenses effectively hid his eyes from the world. It was not the most glorious superhero costume, but it was still probably better than what most kids his age with his financial income could do, and when one added in the fact that it was homemade, it could be argued that it also enhanced the friendly neighborhood nature he tried give off a little better.

The reason as to why Peter was currently suited up as Spider-Man was mostly because he had found that web-swinging was often much faster than the more conventional means of travel, and right now, he was in a very serious hurry if he did not want to be more than a couple of minutes late for class. Of course, if he heard a disturbance along the way, like say a purse-snatcher or a mugging in progress, he would stop and deal with that as quickly as possible and then be on his way again, but right now, such things would only slow him down. Thankfully, it seemed that the universe was on his side today, as he had not encountered any such disturbances so far. At least until he heard someone scream for help and turned to see that a group of thugs were cornering a woman in a nearby parking lot.

'Ah the timeless cliché crooks. What would I do without them? You know, aside from actually being on time for once in my life, or just have a nice, peaceful swing around the city,' Peter thought to himself as he redirected his path towards the crime in progress. Once he was perched on a wall above the thugs and their target, he took a quick survey of the scene to see that they were not really armed with anything more than knives and a crowbar, which meant that he would not have to worry about getting shot at today, hopefully, and he immediately used his webbing to get rid of the crowbar before making his entrance. "You know, I envy you guys," Spider-Man commented as he landed between the crooks and their target. "You're just so happy to be walking clichés, with not a care in the world. Seriously, good for you, but come on guys, leave the lady alone."

"Aw crap! It's that spider freak from the news," one of the thugs suddenly shouted before trying to run away. "Trying" being the operative word, as he soon found himself pulled back by a web line that had snagged his feet and pulled him up against the wall where he was quickly immobilized by more webs.

"Now that's just rude," Spider-Man remarked as he flipped over a couple of the other thugs when they tried to charge him. "I'm not calling you guys names like that, so I would appreciate it if you would return the courtesy," he then continued as he kicked the two thugs' feet out from under them and then webbed them to the ground.

At that point, the last of the thugs decided to forget about their original target and try his luck fighting Spider-Man alone, letting the woman finally make a run for it since she was no longer the focus of this attack. Once Spider-Man was facing said thug, he drew a switch knife and shouted, "Back off, or I'll slice you apart."

"Oh my god is that a knife," Spider-Man exclaimed as he raised his hands in surrender.

"Yes," the thug replied.

"Is that a real knife," Spider-Man continued in a panicky tone as he started to slowly fall to the ground like he was losing strength in his legs.

"Yes, it's a real knife," the thug snapped.

"You've found my one fatal weakness! It's small knives," Spider-Man moaned in playful sorrow as he finally fell to his knees, but the thug either did not know that the web-swinger was faking it or just did not care, because all he saw was a chance to finish off the vigilante. At least, that was what he thought until Spider-Man suddenly sprang up and shot a web that pinned his knife hand to the wall behind him. "Oh my god, I cannot believe some of you idiots still fall for that," Spider-Man remarked as he proceeded to web up the guy's other limbs. "Well, I'd say that's a wrap," Spider-Man finished.

"Please tell me you did not just say that," a new voice inquired from behind him in disbelief, drawing Spider-Man's attention in said direction before he promptly went wide-eyed in surprise.

There, standing just a few feet away from him, were none other than Captain America, Iron Man, and Director Nick Fury of SHIELD, each decked out in their well-known attires, and looking at Spider-Man with various different looks of impression. At least, Captain America was; Nick Fury was wearing a mild scowl on his face that almost seemed permanent, and there was really no telling what expression Iron Man currently had on his face since his helmet's mask was currently closed, but Spider-Man would like to think there was a chance he was impressed. "Okay, please tell me I'm not dreaming and I'm actually meeting some of the Avengers and Nick Fury," Spider-Man asked once he found his voice again.

"I wish I was dreaming," Nick Fury stated with a bit of an edge in his voice.

"Don't mind him, kid. He's just upset that he was outvoted when we were deciding on whether or not we would make you the offer," Iron Man reassured Spider-Man.

"What…what offer," Spider-Man asked, hoping that there was some chance this was what he thought it was.

"Well actually, it's more of an invitation, really," Iron Man clarified. "Which, you would have to be crazy to even think of passing up, so you should really consider your answer carefully when we ask you…"

"We'd like to offer you a place at Avengers Academy," Captain America interrupted, both so that they could get to the point and so that he could stop Tony from trying to pressure the kid into saying yes.

"What? Really," Spider-Man asked. "You…you want me to join Avengers Academy?"

"We've seen the news stories about you, Spider-Man, and heard what a lot of the people you've helped had to say. Add that in with what we just saw and I'd say that it would be crazier for us to not extend an invitation to you," the super soldier explained. "Of course, it is just an invitation, meaning the decision on whether or not you do join is up to you, but if you really want to become the best hero you can possibly be then I'd really consider saying yes if I were you."

Admittedly, this was not really what Peter was expecting to hear, but then again, it was a bit silly of him to think that the Avengers would be offering him membership into the team after only being Spider-Man for a few months now. If he were being honest with himself, he actually did want to attend Avengers Academy, because at least that way, he would probably not have to hide who he was from his classmates and learn how to deal with some of the bigger problems out there like supervillains and such alongside other people with superpowers or skills that could make them superheroes without powers, but there was still one small problem that kept him from saying yes. If he did do this, then he would most likely have to tell his aunt about it, and there was no way he was going to tell Aunt May that he had been going out at night as a costumed crime fighter beating up bad guys and deliberately putting himself in danger, especially after how they lost Uncle Ben not too long ago. Plus, he also heard about how everyone who attended, reportedly, stayed on campus, so that would mean he would be leaving his aunt all by herself, and he just felt he could not do that to her right now.

With all these things in mind, it was with a somewhat heavy heart that Spider-Man finally replied, "Look, I appreciate the offer, but I'm afraid I can't accept. I've got some other…responsibilities outside of this suit that really matter to me, and I can't just leave that. Thanks anyway, and it was great meeting you and all, but I'm running late for class as it is."

With that, the web-swinger immediately took off into the New York skyline without another word, leaving the two Avengers and SHIELD director to just stand there and watch as he swung away. "Well that was a waste of time, just like I thought it would be," Fury finally said after another minute. "Kids like that aren't likely to just stop doing the cowboy solo-act once they've started, so why bother with them?"

"Because they have potential," Captain America immediately argued. "I know they're young and some are probably more inexperienced with the hero thing than others, but I'm confident that they will one day become some of the next Avengers. More importantly, Spider-Man's got something that our current students don't have: experience. He's actually been out here fighting criminals and saving lives."

"For a few months. That's not exactly much in the way of experience in my book," Fury pointed out.

"Maybe, but that's more experience than some of those other kids have," Iron Man pointed out as his mask lifted up to show the face of Tony Stark to the world. "Besides, it's not like the fact he has powers and a bit of experience is the only reason we were considering him, and that's also why we're not giving up on getting him in just yet."

Steve Rogers turned to give Tony a small look, which Tony immediately returned with one of his own, ultimately leading Steve to fold and say, "Fine. You can try your approach, but try not to freak him out too much."

"Hey it's me, remember," Tony replied as his helmet snapped closed and he started to take off.

"I know, that's why I said that," Cap smirked in response just before Iron Man had blasted off into the air, getting only a groan of annoyance in response from Tony as he departed, determined to get the web-head into the academy, and with just the strategy to do it as well.

That afternoon, Peter returned home feeling reasonably good about himself. Despite the interruption in his travels and subsequent meeting with both Captain America and Iron Man, he had somehow managed to get to school only two to three minutes late, as opposed to how he would often be at least five minutes to even a half hour late, he aced the pop quiz he had in chemistry class, managed to avoid his usual bullies from the football team, and on the way back, he also managed to save some kids from getting run over after they had run into the street after their run-away ball, which earned him a hug from said kids. Sure he had to turn down an invitation to join the new school for superheroes that the Avengers had set up, but that was just a small bump in the road in an otherwise really good day for Peter Parker, and he had to take what he could get. He only paid a small amount of mind to the very nice car that was parked outside his house before he raced inside to deposit his school stuff and say hi to his aunt before he decided to head back out again for another quick patrol of the city.

"Aunt May, I'm home," Peter called out once he was inside.

"How was school today," May asked in the fashion of a typical parent.

"It was good," Peter nodded. "Nothing too horrible, nothing too great. Hey, did you see that crazy nice car parked outside?"

"As a matter of fact I did. It belongs to our guest," May replied.

That quickly drew Peter's attention, because aside from Anna Watson and her niece, Mary Jane from next door, the Parkers never had any guests, especially not ones who had cars as nice as the one that was parked outside at the moment. Well, he figured you could sort of count the few moments when his friend Harry Osborn came over, but since Harry did not have his own car or even a learner's permit, that could not be the case either. Knowing this, Peter immediately paused in his trip up to his room and looked into the kitchen where he knew his aunt likely would be to find a man in a smart business suit sitting at the table with her, and when he walked in, the man in question turned to show him the face of someone he had just seen earlier that day as Spider-Man.

"Oh, Mister Parker. Good to finally meet you in person," Tony Stark stated as he stood up to hold out his hand to Peter.

Peter had to pause for a minute to tell himself to keep cool and remind himself that while he had met this man as Spider-Man, he had not met Stark as Peter Parker yet, and there was always a chance that the billionaire inventor had not figured out who he was yet, but he did eventually accept the handshake and replied, "Um…Hey…Hi, I…I'm Peter. It's an honor, Mister Stark."

"Please, call me Tony," the armored Avenger insisted.

"Okay, sure. Um…what're you doing here," Peter then inquired.

"Well, I figured it was about time we met. You've been getting my e-mails, right," Tony asked, and Peter would likely have thrown out a look of confusion had he not seen Tony give him a somewhat discreet wink as he spoke.

"Yeah…yeah. The ones regarding the…" Peter slowly replied, thinking there was likely a chance that his secret had been discovered after all.

"You didn't tell me about the scholarship," May interrupted.

"The…the scholarship! Right," Peter stuttered, now completely confused as to what was going on.

"From the Maria Stark Foundation," Tony explained. "Remember, when you applied? Well, I approved, and now we're in business. I'm basically here now to help hash out the details for it."

"Okay…okay, great," Peter nodded, still confused but thinking he was starting to get a little closer to being on the same page, hopefully.

"Why didn't you tell me about this," May then interrupted again. "Are you keeping secrets from me?"

"No," Peter replied a little too quickly. "I mean…No, I didn't mean to keep this a secret, I just…didn't want to get your hopes up, and I know you like surprises, so I wanted to wait and see if it panned out before I told you."

"Well, I'm so happy to hear that you've gotten it," May praised as she gave her nephew a tight hug. "Oh Ben would be so proud of you!"

"Yeah…yeah, I'd certainly like to think he would be," Peter nodded as he returned the hug.

"So, not to interrupt the family moment, Mrs. Parker, but would you mind if I have a few minutes to talk to your nephew in private, real quick," Tony asked with a small cough.

"Oh of course," May nodded. "Peter, why don't you and Mister Stark talk upstairs, assuming your room isn't a mess at the moment."

Peter was not one to argue with his aunt when she said things like that in the way she just did; it was a gentle tone that almost made the statement sound like a suggestion, but it was really just his aunt's nice way of insisting that he do something right away, so he soon found himself leading Tony Stark upstairs to his rather small, modest bedroom. Once they were in the room and Tony was sure that May Parker was unable to listen in, he closed the door behind them and locked it as a means of making sure they would not be interrupted. "Well, at least I can confidently say that you seemed to have been raised right, if that charming woman's attitude is anything to go by," Tony remarked to Peter as he started to look around at the computer and science equipment Peter had on his desk and scattered about his room. "Oh hello, what do we have here? Retro tech, huh? Thrift store? Salvation Army?"

"Uh…the uh…garbage guys," Peter sheepishly admitted.

"You're a dumpster diver," Tony clarified.

"No, not exactly, I just…I thought I could make better use of some stuff that was going to be thrown away and…that's not important right now," Peter explained before moving to get on to a more important topic. "Look I definitely did not apply for your scholarship, so…"

"Nah-ah! Me first," Tony interrupted as he pulled out his state-of-the-art cell phone and turned on a holo-screen with a video image that he was cuing up. "Quick question of the rhetorical variety: that's you, isn't it?"

Peter felt his blood run a little cold when he saw Tony playing a video of Spider-Man swinging in to stop a carjacker on his phone until the video froze at a point where it showed Peter in said suit as clearly as possible. Hoping to salvage some attempt at keeping his identity secret, Peter quickly replied, "No. What do you…what makes you think that's…?"

"Yeah," Tony nodded, showing that he was not buying Peter's rather poor lie, and proving his point when he pulled up another video, this time of Spider-Man stopping a speeding car from colliding with a bus. "Look at you go," Tony continued before turning his attention to the moment when Spider-Man stopped the car. "Wow! Nice catch! Three thousand pounds at forty miles an hour, that's not easy. You've got mad skills."

"That's uh, that's all on YouTube, right," Peter tried again, still hoping to hide the secret to the last minute. "Cause you know, that's all fake. It's done on the computer."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. You mean like those UFOs over Phoenix," Tony asked as he discreetly grabbed an old and most likely unused baseball bat to open up a secret compartment in Peter's ceiling, which allowed an older version of Peter's costume to come falling down on a rope. "Oh, what have we here?"

Peter immediately lunged to toss the first version of his suit into his closet, but even so, he knew full well that it was already too late to hide it any longer, so he ended up just crossing his arms and looking down in defeat before he asked, "How'd you figure it out?"

"Kid, look who you're talking to," Tony scoffed in reply. "You really think a guy who can build a high-tech suit of armor, and who was able to hack into the Pentagon when he was like eight can't figure out how to find out who a kid swinging around in a red and blue onesie is behind his mask?"

"It's not a onesie," Peter muttered in response. "I thought you guys said that the decision was up to me, and I already told you that I can't accept."

"And I respect that. I just want to make sure I understand all the reasons as to why, and tell you a few things we could do to help cover your tracks when it comes to keeping your big secret identity," Tony reassured the young man.

Peter was a little more interested now, but it did not change his answer. "Look, I can't go to Avengers Academy," Peter insisted.

"Why not, and this time, don't give me some vague answer like you did when we met in the city," Tony questioned.

"I…I've got homework," Peter replied.

"Alright, I'm gonna pretend you didn't just say that as an excuse to not go to school," Tony muttered.

"No, I'm being serious here," Peter insisted. "I can't just drop out of my current school to learn how to be a better hero, and I've got my aunt to take care of, since she's behind in her bills as it is, especially now that my uncle's…gone, so I've got to help her anyway I can…"

"Okay, let me stop you right there," Tony interrupted. "First off, you won't be dropping out of school, you'll be transferring. The place is called Avengers Academy for a reason; we teach all the same subjects they teach in a typical school, you just get a few extra classes and lessons that involve your little double life. As for your financial troubles, that little scholarship bit I mentioned, it's not entirely a cover story, because to help keep it up, I'm willing to actually help provide your aunt with as much financial assistance as possible. It's not a charity thing, just my way of showing that I don't want to see good people struggling to get by in their daily lives, especially when they show a great deal of potential, and not just as someone who can help save the world."

"Well, what am I supposed to tell my aunt or my friends," Peter asked, not wanting to admit that he did not have all that many friends when he asked.

"Wait, real quick: are you saying that nobody else knows your little secret? Not even your sweet old aunt," Tony asked.

"No. Nobody, and definitely not Aunt May. If she knew, she would freak out, and when she freaks out, I freak out, and that's…that's not pretty," Peter insisted.

"Alright, alright, calm down, kid, and let me tell you your cover story," Tony reassured. "What you'll be telling everyone is actually one of a few different cover stories we came up with for kids who have secret identities like that, which are really annoying, if you ask me. In your case, you'll be saying that you've been invited to a special school for talented and gifted people, much like people used to say when they were joining the Xavier Institute before mutants became public knowledge. I mean, you can sell that pretty easily, seeing as you are a pretty smart kid. One of the students that are likely to be valedictorian of your graduating class, right?"

"Well…yeah," Peter sheepishly admitted with a small smile of pride. Beneath that though, he found himself seriously reconsidering the answer he had given the Avengers earlier. If they really could give him all of this as a cover for his reasons for suddenly leaving Midtown and the reason as to why he would be leaving his aunt all alone, then it probably could not hurt to at least see what the place was like. Still, that left one thing he was a little unsure about. "Would I have to reveal my secret to my potential classmates if I joined?"

"Only if you want to," Tony reassured. "You'd have to let your teachers and instructors know, those being me, Cap, and any other Avengers that would be teaching that day of the week, but as far as your classmates are concerned, you're Spider-Man until you decide to tell them who's under that very poorly designed mask."

Peter had to bite back a retort about seeing how much better Stark could do with sewing together a costume like his, mostly due to the fact the guy was clearly going to a lot of trouble just to get him to agree to enroll in the school, so after thinking it over for a few more minutes, he finally said, "When would I start?"

Tony just smiled in response to this, knowing that he had the kid hooked when the question was asked and said, "First thing tomorrow morning if you'd like. If you need more time than that to pack, then it will be the morning after that, but I think I speak for everyone when I say that we'd like you to join as soon as possible, so if you were to start packing tonight…"

Peter just nodded in understanding and stood up so that he could lead Tony back downstairs in order to give his aunt the news, hoping that she would not be too upset that her nephew was already leaving home for a while, even if it was just until the current semester was over.

Aunt May was surprisingly cool with Peter enrolling in a "special boarding school for talented and gifted young people," as Tony had put it to her, but Peter could still tell that she was a little sad to see her nephew go like this, so he made sure to spend as much time as he possibly could with her that night while he was packing up to move into the dorms at the Academy. He was not taking his entire room with him, but Tony had said to bring everything that he thought he would need while he was at the school, so it was safe to say that he came pretty close to doing so. When Tony arrived the following morning, Peter almost felt like he was leaving home for good, even though he knew that he would be coming back when the holidays came around, so naturally, he could not stop himself from giving his aunt one last heartfelt goodbye before climbing into Tony's very nice and likely very expensive sports car that the billionaire had helped pack his stuff into.

Part way there, Peter took the chance to slip into his Spider-Man suit, much to Tony's slight amusement. Tony had not really bothered trying to keep the fact he was Iron Man a secret for very long, so he could not really empathize with the whole concept of actually keeping a secret identity and just found the lengths Peter went to in order to keep his a little funny. It honestly amazed him that he had managed to keep any jokes he had on the matter to himself for the entire trip, but he was extremely thankful that they arrived at the gates to the school when they did because he felt that he would not be able to keep it in for much longer.

When Peter looked out, he could not help but stare in awe at the academy grounds, or least what he could see of it. The place had a large, open field that was walled off at the perimeter, and seemed to have a few different buildings, most of which had the Avengers' logo in a gold, triangular shield on the side of them somewhere. He figured that the large building in the center of the area was probably where most of the classes were held along with a few other different aspects, while the large building that was closer to the edge of the campus and looking out over the waterfront that was close by was most likely the dorm building. There were a few other buildings here and there that he also noticed, but could not really get a good look at or even guess as to what they were, so Peter figured he would just learn about it later when he got the official tour.

Soon enough, the car came to a stop, and Tony climbed out of the vehicle and came around to Peter's side so that he could open the door for him, allowing Peter to climb out of the vehicle as well, just in time to see Captain America and Nick Fury approaching him with small smiles on their faces, though the last of those three had a bit more of a smirk than a smile if one were being honest. "Mister Parker, I see that you've decided to accept our invitation," Steve noted, revealing that the Avengers all most likely knew his secret already.

"Uh, yeah. I mean, Tony made a pretty strong case as to why I should accept," Peter shrugged. "But I do have some conditions."

"And those would be," Fury asked with an eyebrow raised, silently telling Peter to choose his words carefully with whatever he was about to say next.

"First off, I don't want to give up being Spider-Man," Peter started. "I know I'm not doing that technically, but what I mean is that I'm not going to just stay here all the time when I could be out there doing something to help. I don't want to stop patrolling New York just because I'm here."

"That's fine," Steve nodded. "Everyone here is allowed to go out into the city for whatever reason so long as it doesn't impact their studies, they clear their reasons for doing so ahead of time, and as long as they're back by curfew, which, as you'll soon find out after looking through the Academy rulebook and guidelines, is midnight exactly. Anything else?"

"Well…the only other thing is that I'd rather be referred to as Spider-Man instead of my real name," Peter admitted. "I know that not revealing my secret identity to everyone here wouldn't be a great way to make friends and all that, but I'd still like to decide for myself as to whether or not I tell them, if that's okay."

"That's fine, and Tony's already told us about the situation you had at home," Steve informed Peter. "Everything regarding your civilian life has been taken care of, so as far as the world knows, Peter Parker has transferred to the special boarding school that Stark had informed your aunt about."

"Okay, that's…that's great," Peter nodded.

"If we're done with this, you'll have an easy day for today so you can get settled in and have the full tour of campus, but tomorrow, you'll start getting the full treatment that every other student gets, and I expect no complaints on your part. Got that," Fury asked.

"Sir, yes sir," Spider-Man replied with a mock salute, hoping that he did not offend either of the two actual soldiers present.

While Steve had to chuckle a little in response to the web-head's joke, Fury just stared at him before he walked off with one final parting phrase. "Welcome to Avengers Academy, Spider-Man. Hope you survive the experience."

That got Peter's nerves rising at a speed that could rival Iron Man's quickest take-offs, and he quickly asked, "Uh…what did he mean by that? Guys? Hey!"

The others just laughed at Peter's nervousness while he followed after them, knowing that one of them was supposed to be giving him a tour of campus, none of them ever noticing that a small, yellow light seemed to be hovering nearby listening in for a good deal of the time until they left, prompting the small light to depart as well with a giggle of excitement and a single thought. 'He seems cute.'

AN: So what do you guys think? Good, bad, great, horrible, undecided? Please let me know when you review, and keep in mind, this is the first, kinda-sorta high school AU story I've ever written, so try to go a little easy on me. Also, who caught some of the various Marvel references I threw in here. I'm proud to say that I was able to work in a little something from Captain America Civil War as well, so if you haven't seen that movie yet, sorry for the spoilers. By the way, who do you think that little ball of light was at the end there, as if it isn't already clear? Care to really take a guess and see if you're right when next chapter comes around?

Now, onto a few clarifications as on what's been covered so far, in case it wasn't clear enough.

1) Mutants are known to the world, which means there's a chance we'll see the X-Men somewhere down the line, so keep an eye out for that.

2) Peter Parker has been Spider-Man for a few months now, so he's...let's say he's either a sophomore or a junior in high school, and go from there. Point is, he's still a kid, like he always is when he first started out as a hero, and he's now getting a few lessons on how to be better at Avengers Academy.

3) You could say that Avengers Academy is located in a place very similar to the Avengers HQ that was set up at the end of Age of Ultron just with a few of the buildings and locations that are in the Avengers Academy app. More on that next chapter.

4) The Avengers line-up is as follows: Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye, She-Hulk, Giant-Man, and War Machine. So, we've got a lot of heroes that we all know to be Avengers, including the big six, along with a few others. Before anyone starts getting on my case about who's not on the Avengers, just let me say right now, that they'll likely be students at the academy later on down the line, so don't go thinking there's a chance that your favorite Avenger or Marvel hero won't be in on the action here.

Does that cover everything?...yes?...no?...eh, if there's anything I forgot, it's either cause it wasn't mentioned in this chapter, or it'll just be something I can address later. If you guys have any questions, be sure to ask them in your review or just send me a PM, and I'll be sure to answer them as best as I can as soon as I can.

Well, with all that stuff out of the way, and in keeping with what has now become a trend for me, let's move Onto the Preview!...

Spider-Man receives the full tour of the campus, along with a basic layout of the most notable locations to be in the know on, until he finally meets his fellow students. While he is only the fourth of the many, the web-head is surprised to meet such people right on his first day. Find out just how easy a first day at Avengers Academy really is, and who's who on among both the staff and students, next time.

Pretty exciting, huh? Almost makes me sad to have to end things here for now, but such is life. Guess all I can say now is...

Please read and review, and I'll see ya next time, fellow true believers!