Chapter One: Tony's Greatest Creation
Tony Stark and Amberly Rose high school sweethearts straight through college. They were married a year after they graduated and in November of 1993 Amberly got pregnant. Then in March of 1994 they found out they were having a baby girl. Tony was thrilled about having a daughter. He would brag about his baby girl with anyone who would listen,Obadiah Stane being one of them. Amberly only had four months left of her pregnancy and they finally thought of a name for their little girl. Tony couldn't tell that Amberly wasn't as excited about Chalsea as he was. She would always put on a show when he was around and then July 21,1994 came along and Amberly went into labor.
Tony rushed her to the hospital as quickly as he could where they got her set up in a room and at exactly 3:41 in the afternoon Chalsea Marie Stark was born. Tony was a crying proud mess that day. When he held his daughter in his arms for the first time and saw her little heart shaped face with her cute little button nose he was in love. He couldn't wait to bring her home and introduce her to all the bots. He knew from the moment she was born and he held her against his chest that she was his greatest creation. He vowed to tell her everyday how much he loved her and how proud of her he was and that she would always be his greatest creation and nothing he ever built would compare to her.
As Chalsea got older Tony started to notice a change in Amberly he would ask her about it but she would just brush it off as nothing. It started out with little things she would forget to feed or change Chalsea's diapers. Then it moved on to her leaving Chalsea in her nursery crying and screaming at the top of her lungs. Once Chalsea started to crawl Tony really had to upgrade the baby proofing of the mansion. When Chalsea two Tony had created a protocol that would keep her from opening the doors. That came about when Tony got an alert from J.A.R.V.I.S that Chalsea had gotten outside and was walking down the driveway. He ran from his workshop where he was putting together Chalsea's first bike.
He cried in relief when he swept her up into his arms and brought her back inside where he asked J.A.R.V.I.S where Amberly was. Upon finding her in their room, sleeping. He was furious because she was supposed to be watching Chalsea while he was putting the bike together. That prompted him to call Happy to come and take Chalsea out for a few hours. She was thrilled to be spending time with Uncle Happy that she had no clue her mommy and daddy were about to have a fight. Once he knew Happy was on the highway and heading towards the ice cream shop he stormed into his room and woke up Amberly
Their fight lasted for five hours where Amberly broke down crying and promised she would change and be a better mother to Chalsea. She kept that promise for about a month when she went back to her same old routine. She started ignoring Chalsea again but only acknowledging her when Tony was around. Everything was going great or so Tony thought, he had the perfect daughter and what he thought was the perfect wife he never thought she would leave.
Then the day came two years later and Chalsea was four; she was at preschool unaware that her mommy would not be there to pick her up when she got done school. When the school bell rang and Chalsea had on her coat and backpack she went outside to wait patiently for her mommy but she never came. After three hours a teacher was walking out of the school to go home for the night when they saw her still standing there in the cold with only a thin coat on. They brought her inside and called Tony who was furious to find out his wife never showed up to pick up their daughter. He tried to call her but got no answer so he drove to the school as fast as he could without getting pulled over by the police.
When he ran into the office he saw his daughter sitting on a bench by the window. He rushed up to her kneeling down on the floor in front of her. He took her into his arms and she wrapped her tiny arms around him as much as she could. He thanked the teacher for calling him before taking his daughter out to the car to go home. When they got there he told her to go sit on the couch and watch cartoons and he would bring her some cookies and a glass of warm milk. In the kitchen is where he found it. A letter from Amberly and in that letter she wrote that she was never coming back. She never wanted to have kids that's why she treated Chalsea the way she did. That she was planning to leave him for years which is why she already had divorce papers waiting for him when he got home.
She packed all her things and left while Tony was at the school picking up Chalsea. He opened the envelope with the divorce papers to see Amberly already signed. He didn't trust the papers so he called his lawyer's to read them and if they found anything that shouldn't be there to draw up new ones. Tony stayed in the kitchen for twenty minutes not knowing how to tell his daughter that mommy wasn't coming home. He knew it would be one of the hardest things he will ever have to do. So he took a deep calming breath and went off to find his daughter right where he told her to be with a big bright smile on her face. He loved that smile and swore nothing would take it away from her and he knew already that this was going to do exactly that. But he didn't have a choice.
He had to tell Chalsea before she started to ask where her mommy was, so he sat down next to her and told her to come and sit on his lap. She climbed up into his lap happily but she could tell something was wrong. He reluctantly told her about her mother and she didn't understand at first but when she finally did she broke down in tears. Tony didn't know what to do so he just held her close and let her cry into his chest until she fell asleep. He laid her down on the couch and gently put the small fluffy white blanket over her to keep her warm as she slept.
He had J.A.R.V.I.S keep watch over her while he went down to his workshop where he knew he wouldn't wake her. Once behind the closed glass door of the workshop he broke down screaming at the top of his lungs in anger at Amberly. He would never forgive her for leaving and breaking their daughter's heart. He vowed to never let her back into their lives ever again they were better off without her. His lawyers finally got back to him with a whole new set of divorce papers and custody papers granting him full custody of Chalsea. He signed both set of papers and his lawyers set off.
The first few months after Amberly left were hard, Chalsea would wake up every night screaming and crying from nightmares. Tony had to bring her into his room at night to sleep because when she was with him she didn't have any nightmares. As the months went on Chalsea slowly started to get better and sleep in her own room without having a nightmare. She didn't go back to school after that day. She was so traumatized that every time Tony brought her close to the school she would freak out. So he had to home school her until she was ready to go back to regular school.
She was never ready to go back to regular school so homeschooling went on as normal. Tony was shocked to find that just eight years old she was learning at fifth grade level. He knew she was smart but he didn't know she would take after him in that department. He was proud of her though and supported her the whole way. By the time she was eleven she was doing eight grade work. Tony wanted her to have a semi-normal childhood so he never let her down in his workshop. He helped her build her first bot at twelve and he was happy that she was finally starting to get over her mother leaving.
Chalsea never talked about her much after she turned six, she slowly started to forget what she looked like and who she was but she would never forget what she did to her. That would stay with her for the rest of her life. By thirteen she never thought about her mother again, she had her father, Uncle Rhodey and Uncle Happy along with her Aunt Pepper, her Uncle Happy's wife. She had everyone she would ever need right by her side and she couldn't ask for a better family, though her father has tried multiple times to get her to trust Obadiah Stane but she never could. There was just something about him that gave her the chills but she could never quite figure out why.
That was until 2008 when her father was kidnapped and no one could find him though her Uncle Rhodey never gave up the search. What they didn't know was that they wouldn't find Tony for three months after he was taken. They had no clue who had the hit put out on Tony, but Chalsea had her suspicions. But she couldn't say anything because she didn't know if it was true or not so she had to wait and bide her time. This is where it all begins, I'm Chalsea Stark so please sit back and enjoy the story.