Review Answers:

ImaKaraTabiHe- I thought that was a kind of funny thing to compare Wade to as well, since barnacles are sometimes considered parasites (whale barnacles are often seen as such, but the actual relationship between the two is more like commensalism). So, as annoying as it is that Wade is so clingy- we'll see more of his clinginess either next chapter or the one after- he's not doing any harm most of the time. I think Peter's super cute too! This chapter he's going to his first day of school! EEEEH! So adorable!

lifelovelaugh- Sorry that it didn't end up being Bruce/Tony (...I want to say something but I'm not going to... I... JUST BE AWARE THAT WHILE THINGS MIGHT NOT GO THE WAY WE HOPE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WON'T TURN OUT... I'M GONNA SHUT UP NOW, ACTUALLY.). Right, *clears throat* yes, and you mentioned Peter's motto and sass? Yes. Those are keystone parts of his story and his character, so don't worry! They will come in to play at some point or another. Sending Peter to Xavier's school, along with a bunch of other young heroes, is something I've always wanted to see happen, so this is a total dream-come-true for me to write! I'm only a little worried about the layout of the place, but I've done a little research into that, so hopefully it won't be too much of a problem.

Guest (Chapter 1)- I wanted to incorporate some of the original chapters into the new story, but if I still had the original chapters available to read, you'd be able to see the difference. The basic storyline of that particular chapter (Avengers are on a mission in Latveria, Bruce is doing surveillance from a cafe, Bruce sees Peter talk to the old woman, and later meets them in the alley, convinces Peter to come with him) is still there, with little bits of the original thrown in, but I promise, it's a complete revamp. The sweater comments, the language (I gave up on Hungarian, and just made up words) and the conversation between Bruce and Peter, etc. etc.

Guest (Chapter 4)- Peter actually had a lot of trust issues at the beginning of this story, but you're right, he is naturally laid-back and he becomes more trusting as the story continues. I had in mind that the Hulk gene isn't as unstable in Peter as it is in Bruce. I imagine Bruce's Hulk gene to be volatile and fluctuating all the time, while Peter's is ingrained more naturally inside of him, and that means he doesn't have as much as a problem with emotional triggers like his dad.

Guest (Chapter 5)- I think you must have misread that bit. Sorry! It was a bit unclear. So, in the scene, Clint asks Peter if he knows who Bruce is. Peter shakes his head instead of answering. Then, Clint is the one who says that Bruce is the Hulk and explains it to Peter. Sorry! I know that part was written a little funky.

XAVIER'S SCHOOL FOR GIFTED YOUNGSTERS YOUNG HEROES EDUCATION ALLIANCE- "The name of the project that Prof. Xavier began with the help of parent and guardian heroes from all over the world- and even the galaxy. The program was created to provide the 'heroes of the future' with a safe learning environment that supports and encourages their abilities in a world that would otherwise expose and persecute them for their unique gifts."

A HAIKU:

Not a long chapter

It's 3 in the morning

I have big plans

for Peter and Bruce

Poor Petey gets a little nervous for a second this chapter, as one usually does when it's your first day of school. Ever.

Peter was nervous. More nervous than he'd ever been. Ever. He was pretty sure there had never been a time in his life when he had felt like this, like he was fighting his body with every step he took, like he wanted to cry and run back to Daddy and just forget about this whole thing.

Too late, though, because there went the quinjet, taking off from a landing pad that was hidden amongst the trees, and heading back towards Manhattan. Peter was left walking into the middle of the huge courtyard of Prof. Xavier's Mansion, the professor and a tall man with weird sideburns following behind him.

Peter's breath hitched and he tried not to cry. That'd be so embarrassing and he didn't want to get laughed at on his first day.

"Mr. Banner, are you ready to come inside? School is about to start," the professor gently rolled up next to him in his wheelchair.

Peter's nose scrunched up, nobody had ever called him 'Mr. Banner' before, and it sounded weird. The professor stopped briefly, smiling gently, and Peter suddenly remembered that the man could read minds, so he had probably heard that. He looked at the professor and nodded quickly, before looking back towards the man with the crazy sideburns. Wait a minute, didn't Peter know him from somewhere?

"Who are you?" Peter asked bluntly.

The man made a gruff sound and crossed his arms, "Logan."

Peter thought about this a moment longer, but couldn't place the man, so he followed after the professor into the school.

He'd already been here once before, a few weeks after the party at the Tower. A teacher had given them a tour of the grounds, a woman with really bright red hair, and he had thought the mansion was really cool then, with its swimming pool and underground tunnels and lasers.

That had been a little over two weeks ago, and he now faced the huge, intimidating mansion without the comforting sense of his daddy standing behind him.

As Peter walked behind the professor, he watched as groups of other kids walked, flew, and teleported towards the entrance, many lugging large bags or suitcases behind them.

They varied in age, Peter could spot a number of children with odd skin colors. There was even a boy sitting by the fountain in the center of the circular driveway who had scales.

As Peter walked through the double doors, he had to gasp; even though he'd already seen inside, the place still caught him by surprise. It was just so… fancy. And big. Everything looked like it was meant to go in a museum, not a school for superpowered children who were unfortunately good at breaking things and creating chaos.

And there were definitely a lot of children here. The main foyer was filled to the brim with children, and Peter could see even more of them walking up and down the stairs, and through the halls.

As Professor Xavier entered, a path was quickly cleared for him, Peter and Logan. Peter dwindled back, unsure if he should keep following, but Logan nodded for him to join them. The three walked towards past the stairs and behind where an elevator opened for them.

The space was just big enough to fit the professor's chair and Logan, but there was no room for Peter. The boy frowned slightly, and just as Logan reached down to pick him up, he jumped and latched onto the wall of the elevator, clinging effortlessly above the professor's head. Logan grunted and pressed the button on the small panel while the professor just chuckled, leaning slightly to the side.

The elevator vibrated slightly, seamlessly, and the doors opened once more to show them on the second floor.

The three of them moved out towards the top of the stairwell, waiting as a few students ran down and gathered with the other at the bottom, everyone quieting down.

The professor smiled when the voices were finally silent, "Welcome, students, to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Many of you are returning for another year, and I am very pleased to see you once more; many of you are also here for the first time, and we welcome you, all of us, to our school. In a world where we may be misunderstood and even sometimes persecuted because of the ignorance and fear of others, we have created this… safe haven as a place where students such as yourselves may learn and grow, develop your abilities, your gifts, to better the world," Professor Xavier's voice was so warm and encouraging, it was easy to imagine the bright future ahead of them.

Peter looked at the people in the crowd below as Xavier talked about some new changes this year, looking for Kitty or Kurt amongst the unfamiliar faces. That's what he really needed right now, a familiar face.

Peter felt a chill run down his spine as he suddenly registered the last few words the professor had said. His name had been mentioned- and everyone was now looking at him with new interest.

Peter looked at the professor, taking a step back, closer to Logan.

"Young Mr. Peter," the professor glanced at Peter with a small nod, and Peter felt himself smile back briefly, "is the first to join our school this year as a part of the Young Heroes Education Alliance. This program is… a sort of exchange program, allowing young people with abilities who are not mutants to attend classes and be around other young people who can understand and accept their struggles. Peter is one of seven boys and girls, the majority of whom will be joining us at month's end. Now, I don't want to take up much more of your time, and I know many of you would like to explore the grounds. Please keep in mind where the school boundaries are, and be respectful of the grounds; any damages done to school equipment or facilities should be reported to the nearest faculty member, although I should hope you will all try to make such incidents few and far between," the professor stared down the students in a teasingly stern tone, "Classes begin at 8:30 tomorrow morning, but until then, please enjoy your free time!"

The dismissal and sudden disbursement of people was a relief to Peter, and even more so when Kitty and Kurt appeared at the bottom of the stairs, running up to greet their friend.

"Peter!" Kitty called as they approached, "We were looking all over for you earlier. You're sneaky," she teased, giggling.

Peter smiled at the two, relieved, "Yeah, I got dropped off in the quinjet, but it was in the woods, so you probably wouldn't have seen it."

The two nodded in understanding.

"So, you, erh," Kurt spoke up quietly, his voice heavily accented, "You aren't going to be staying here? You won't be staying in the dorms?"

Peter noticed Kurt carrying a worn, leather duffel bag over his shoulder, the weight of it pulling the blue boy down. Peter nodded, "Yeah, I mean, it'd be cool to be able to hang out with you guys all the time, but I don't want to not see my dad, ya'know?"

The three of them headed down the hall to Kurt's room to drop off his bags before heading downstairs, Kitty asking Peter what he'd like to go see first. Both Kitty and Kurt had started school at Xavier's at the same time nearly two years ago. They were two of the youngest students at the school, both only a year older than Peter. As such, Kitty had appointed them as Peter's personal guides for the day. She was a little chagrined to here that Peter had already had a tour, but Peter said he had yet to see the sports field or any of the backyard- if the grounds behind the mansion could even be called a "backyard".

The three children spent the day playing wall ball and tag in the grass behind the mansion, sometimes joining another group of children's game or challenging some older kids to a game of tag. When the tag game got a little too intense, a teacher walked down from the house to tell them it was time to play something a little less destructive. Kitty and Kurt finally introduced Peter to their friend, Bobby, who joined them just before the tag game ended. Peter had a fantastic time playing with his new friends, especially when they found their way into the hedge maze. Kurt tried to cheat by transporting, but ended up even more lost than if he had just explored like the others.

They ended their fun when lunch was called, but came back to finish the afternoon searching a small stream in the woods for fish to catch. They ended up finding a few lizards, which probably weren't lizards, and Kurt got a blue jay to land on his head.

All in all, the day was one of the best Peter had ever had.

When Peter heard the familiar intermittent whirring of the quinjet, he told his friends, and they quickly made their way back towards the courtyard where they said their farewells for the day, and Peter made his way towards the wooded clearing.

Waiting to greet him was none other than Tony.

"Tony?" Peter asked in confusion, a little disappointed it wasn't his dad there to pick him up, "Where's my Daddy?

Tony jogged over to Peter, crouching down and grabbing him around the ribs, the boy's senses not warning of the imminent threat. Peter squealed as Tony attacked him with tickles- his one true weakness.

It was something the man had discovered not long after Peter had begun to hang out with him in his lab. Peter had been falling asleep on his stool, leaning dangerously to one side. So, when Peter began to fall off the stool, he'd been lucky that Tony was so close to catch him in his sleepy state. Unfortunately for Peter, Tony grabbed the boy around his ribs, and Peter had reacted instantly. His arms and legs immediately turned to jelly as he flipped out against Tony's side, his normally superhuman strength reduced to a normal child's weak protests.

Tony had been so surprised, he'd nearly dropped Peter at the time, and the boy had taken that opportunity to run for it.

Bruce had been rather confused when he found Tony sneaking around about an hour later, carrying a butterfly net and muttering about "wabbit hunting season".

Back to the tickling at hand, Tony had finally let up, and Peter limply clung to his leg, high-pitched giggles and tremors still running through his body.

Tony grabbed Peter once more, careful to avoid tickling him, and carried the boy on his hip. Peter was a walking contradiction like that; He was incredibly light, weighing only as much as a microwave at times, and a little small for his age, but he had strength enough to take on Captain America- almost. Not that he used his strength very often; in fact, it was almost like he sometimes forgot he was so strong.

"Well, I beat him to it," Tony broke himself out of his musings to answer Peter's original question, "Your daddy would be leaving just about right now, but I snuck out right under his nose so I could pick you up myself," Tony grinned at him, the afternoon sun warming his hair to a very dark brown color instead of its usual black, "I was hoping to take you out for some ice cream and talk about your first day," Tony carried Peter up into the waiting jet, setting him in the copilot's seat as he took up his own seat, "What'd you think of it? Did you make any friends?"

Peter began to tell Tony about what happened that day, talking about all the fun he'd had exploring the hedge maze with his friends, finding lizards by the stream- Tony informed him that they probably weren't lizards but actually newts, a reptile that liked to spend time in the water- and making friends with Bobby.

Tony listened, inputting funny comments here and there, but mostly letting Peter talk. They ended up at a small Mom and Pop ice cream parlor in an ever smaller town, and were gawked at as they walked out of their jet. Tony had parked in the lot beside the shop, and strolled into the parlor like it was the most normal thing in the world.

For him, it was.

After a Spaghettieis sundae, and an old leather bag that Peter begged Tony to buy in a shifty-looking pawn shop, they were flying home, Peter sleeping soundly in the copilot's seat.

Tony scoffed quietly to himself, "If he wanted a bag for school, we could've given him a Stark Industries smart bag. But he wanted the ugly leather briefcase. Why? I don't know," Tony quieted his annoyed muttering a moment as Peter shifted slightly in his sleep.

The older man smiled, pressing the autopilot button for a moment, before stepping over to help situate Peter in his seat a little better. The boy's neck was at an extreme angle that made Tony worry a little, but he didn't seem to mind too much. Tony stared down at Peter, watching him as he slept peacefully. Tony smiled, brushing a bit of choppy brown locks out of the boy's closed eyes. Tony put on his to do list 'make an appointment for hairdresser for Peter', and then leaned down, kissing the top of the boy's head affectionately.

Ok, so I kind of skipped describing X-Mansion, BUT if you would like to see what I'm referencing, look up Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters on Wikipedia. I used the

X-Men Annual Vol 2 1 Inside the

for reference. It's the layout that was the big red "(inside the) X-MANSION" down the left side. (TO BE CLEAR, I DO NOT OWN THIS IMAGE, I'M JUST USING IT AS A PRACTICAL REFERENCE POINT.)

Also, I'm sorry I haven't updated in forever!

Also, I feel like Xavier's speech was a little too Magneto humans-hate-mutants! kind of speech, but I'm hoping I avoided that. Your guys' thoughts?

Spaghettieis is one of my FAVORITE desserts ever! If you ever felt the urge to eat play-doh as a kid, or an adult, look it up! Try some if you get the chance!

Also, do I even need to let you know that I don't own Marvel. Or the Avengers. Or Spiderman/Peter. Or the X-men. Or Marvel. I don't think I do, but here's a reminder anyway.