BEAUTY AND THE MAN-SPIDER
Chapter 2: Enter the Fairy
I'd like to it sum it up a bit, in the previous chapter, I included a reference to when Spider-Man has been doing the hero thing for two years. However, the reference to his twenty-first year or birthday, simply implies that this chapter takes place four years later. In this story, Bloom is not only three years younger than him, but also lives in the State of New York, where she and her adoptive parents live outside the big city. Furthermore, Bloom and Spider-Man will be very similar to Belle and the Beast from 'Beauty and the Beast', while Bloom's ex-boyfriend Andy is suppose to be similar to Gaston, who's very mean and spiteful.
Once again, I repeat. I don't own Spider-Man or Winx Club, I only own the ideas for this entire fanfiction story/scenario.
Four years had passed since the disappearance of Spider-Man and the Avengers, but no one from the outside remembered anything about them. Now, in a different part of Queens, New York, there lived a young teenage girl named Bloom McNally who lived with her adoptive parents Mike and Vanessa McNally. She had just turned 19 a month ago, and had been attending Alfea for three years, now Alfea was a magical school for real fairies and Bloom still hadn't found any clues regarding her real parents, whom she had learned were really the king and queen of a planet called Domino. As of right now, Bloom and her five closest friends; Stella, Musa, Flora, Tecna, and Aisha were visiting Mike and Vanessa on a spring break vacation.
One day, Bloom and her five friends were strolling down the street to the book store, and some people who knew them were talking about them behind their backs. "Bloom McNally is so much stranger than her father, who's always coming up with these new ideas" one said.
"I agree" said another "The difference is the young lady's nose is sometimes stuck in a book, and her head is always in the clouds." But the six girls paid no attention to what those foolish people were saying, because they could care less about what other people were thinking. So some of the people started to sing:
Look there she goes that girl is strange, no question
Dazed and distracted, can't you tell?
Never part of any crowd
'Cause her head's up on some cloud
No denying she's a funny girl that Bloom
Bloom and her friends also passed by some different people in the supermarket, who were busy exchanging greetings, questions, and retorts.
Hello!
Good morning!
How is your family?
Hello!
Good day!
How is your wife?
I need six eggs!
That's too expensive!
"Gad! You'd think these people would learn a thing or two about dignity!" Musa exclaimed in frustration, the others agreed with her.
"Then there must be so much more than this provincial life" Bloom added.
Before long, the six friends arrived at their destination and went inside. The store owner whose name was Carmen Diaz, knew them very well, and greeted them warmly "Ah, Bloom" she said "How are you and your friends doing this spring?"
"Oh we're doing fine Ms. Diaz" Bloom answered "we were just returning some books that I borrowed last week."
"Finished already?" asked Ms. Diaz.
"Oh I couldn't put them down for once." Bloom told her "Do you have anything new?"
"No, not since yesterday" Ms. Diaz answered.
"That's alright" said Bloom "I'll borrow…this one."
"That one?!" Ms. Diaz asked in amazement as she examined the book Bloom had chosen. "But didn't you read it twice?"
"I know but it's one of my favorites" Bloom said "Daring sword fights, far-off places, magic spells, even a prince in disguise."
Ms. Diaz laughed, she liked the girls, and it wasn't too long ago when she used to have the same, similar interests in books. "Well if you like it all that much, then it's yours" she told the girls.
"But Ms. Diaz…" Stella began.
"No buts, I insist" Ms. Diaz answered.
"Well thank you" Bloom told her "Thank you very much." So the six girls headed out the door to return to Bloom's house, but hadn't gone far when three big boys started singing:
Look there she goes, that girl is so peculiar
I wonder if she's feeling well
Some other people also joined in singing:
With a dreamy, far-off look
And her nose stuck in a book
What a puzzle to the rest of us is Bloom
Then the girls continued onward, even past a beauty shop where several women made snide remarks about Bloom:
Now it's no wonder that her name means "beauty"
Her looks have got no parallel
Farther out in town, some other people made their own remarks:
But behind that fair facade
I'm afraid she's rather odd
Very different from the rest of us
She's nothing like the rest of us
Yes, different from the rest of us is Bloom!
Just then, a group of several teenage boys came walking their way. The first of them was Andy Hamill, who used to be Bloom's boyfriend until she broke things off with him upon realizing how wrong she was about him.
"Well, well, what do we have here?" remarked Andy, upon seeing his ex-girlfriend walking down the street.
"Looks like your little ex-girlfriend, is all" responded one of the others named Larry "Honestly Andy, how long are you going to keep pining for her. Despite the fact that she choose…"
"Don't ever rehash what's happened before!" Andy snapped "The reason I have my sights set on her because I want to marry her. That's all you need to know."
The others boys were very dumbfounded at that last mention, but they quickly followed their leader as he began to sing:
Right from the moment when I met her, saw her
I said she's gorgeous and I fell
Here in town there's only she
Who is beautiful as me
So I'm making plans to woo and marry Bloom
Andy then started to notice that Bloom and her friends were walking away, so he followed after them. Just as three pretty girls started to sing:
Look there he goes
Isn't he dreamy?
Mister Andy Hamill
Oh he's so cute!
Be still, my heart
I'm hardly breathing
He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute!
Andy and his companions continued to follow after Bloom and her friends through the streets, even as some people were busy exchanging greetings, pardons, excuses, comments and so on:
Hello!
Pardon me!
Good morning!
Mais oui!
You call this bacon?
What lovely fruit!
Some cheese
Ten yards!
One pound
Andy: 'Scuse me!
I'll get the knife
Andy: Please let me through!
This bread
Those fish
It's stale!
They smell!
You are mistaken!
Well, maybe so
Bloom: There must be more than this provincial life!
Andy: Just watch, I'm going to make Bloom my wife!
Then all at once, all the people joined in singing:
Look there she goes, the girl is strange, but special
A most peculiar mademoiselle!
It's a pity and a sin
She doesn't quite fit in
'Cause she really is a funny girl
A beauty but a funny girl
She really is a funny girl
That Bloom!
At the last moment, Bloom and her friends turned around in time to see all the city people go their separate ways. Then they turned to go when Andy Hamill stepped out in front of them.
"Hi Bloom, pretty day isn't it?" he greeted, he been working real hard in order to get to Bloom.
"Hello Andy" Bloom answered snidely, she wasn't in any mood to discuss anything with him at the moment and it was highly annoying. She then moved to walk past him, but he put out an arm to intercept her "Hey, where do you think you're going?"
"I'm going back home to my parents, thank you very much. Now if you don't mind, we'd like to get back to my parents" she tried to move past him, but Andy made a move to grab one of the books from her bag. "How you can read this?" he asked as he looked through the pages "It hardly has any pages it."
"Well, some people can use their imagination pretty good" Bloom told him "Now can I please have my book back?"
"Actually" said Andy "I was hoping that you'd come with me to visit the Museum of Natural History sometime soon, well I'd like it sooner."
"Sorry, not today Andy" Bloom brushed him off and took back her book "I've got better things to do, such as helping my parents back at home." She and her friends took off for the McNally house, leaving Andy behind fuming.
The six friends headed straight for Bloom's house where she lived with her adoptive parents, they walked in through the door and were greeted by Vanessa McNally, Bloom's adoptive mother. "Hi girls" she greeted "How was your day?"
"Just fine Mom" Bloom answered "After buying some new books from the book store, we'd just like to relax." Then she, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna and Aisha went to sit on the couch, just then the door opened and Bloom's adoptive father Mike McNally walked in. He had just returned from work and was in time to greet his daughter warmly.
"Hey honey, did you have a good day?" he greeted.
"You have no idea" she answered "By the way, do you think I'm odd?"
"What?" Mike asked "My adopted daughter odd? Who told you that?"
"No one, I've been feeling this way ever since I learned that I was a real fairy" Bloom told him "then later on the survivor of a desolated planet called Domino."
"Oh, I think I see what you mean" Mike told her patiently "Now I'd better get all the paperwork lined up for my business trip tomorrow. So you'd better be good and stay safe."
"I will Dad" Bloom answered, her friends nodded in agreement as they turned back to their books and laptops.
The next morning
"Goodbye dad, see you soon" Bloom told her father as he was loading his things into his car so he could drive to the airport for his business trip.
"Take care dear" said Vanessa as she kissed her husband goodbye.
"I will darling, goodbye" Mike answered before getting into his car and driving off for the airport. But as soon as he had left the city, he got held up in traffic when he saw that an ambulance was picking up three people who just had an accident. So he decided to take a personal shortcut from the highway, hoping that he would reach the airport faster.
'Surely it wouldn't hurt to take a shortcut' he thought to himself 'Afterall, I need to get to the airport fast.' So Mike proceeded to drive down the route from the main highway through the woods in order to get to the airport. But he hadn't gotten far when the wheels of his car suddenly slipped on the road and the car rolled off into a nearby ditch.
"What's wrong here?!" he loudly exclaimed before climbing out to see what the problem was, only to find that the car's back wheels were stuck on a log.
"I can't believe this!" he cried out in frustration "Now I'm really going to be late for my personal business trip!" then in desperation, Mike got out his car jack to prop up the back of the car so he pull the log out from under it. But he was far from getting the job done when an ominous growl was heard from nearby.
'What was that?' he thought to himself in absolute horror and terror 'I've never heard anything like that before.' Just then, something crawled out of the shadows, it was a creature that he had never seen before; a giant scorpion.
"What the heck is that thing?!" he said out loud in horror, no sooner had he spoke than more scorpions crawled out of the woods and they all roared out loud. Mike McNally was so alarmed that he turned and ran as fast as he could, leaving his car behind, and the scorpions were right behind him. The frightened man managed to run deeper and deeper into the woods.
While he was still running, Mike came through what looked like a dirt road with trees on both sides and saw the strangest thing he ever saw; a 3-story mansion in a wide clearing, extending from a bridge on the other side of a closed double-gate.
Without hesitation, Mike ran over to the gate and tried to push it open, but it was locked firmly with a chain. So he proceeded to climb over it, but not before one of the scorpions grabbed his jacket, tearing it in the process, so Mike was forced to leave off his jacket to be torn to shreds by the scorpions.
As soon as he was safe on the other side of the gate, Mike took a few minutes to take in his new surroundings "What is this place?" he wondered out loud. In the distance, thunder rumbled, lightning flashed, and the rain started to fall. Taking the initiative, he ran up to the front door and knocked, then to his astonishment, the door opened all by themselves as if it were magic.
'That's odd' he thought to himself 'Either this is so weird, or this place must be haunted.' However, he pushed that thought aside as he walked inside and took a good look around, he found himself inside a large hall leading to what looked like a huge lobby. "Hello!" he called out "Hello! Is anyone here?"
But there came no answer, even though he thought he heard some whispers from close by. What he never suspected was that were some creatures nearby, watching from the shadows "Whoever he is, let's stay quiet and perhaps he will leave" said one creature.
"But what if he lost his way in the woods just now?" whispered another creature before Mike continued to call out.
"I don't mean to trespass" he called, hoping to find some hospitable people in this strange place. "But I've lost my way in the woods, and I've lost my car just now. So since it's getting late, I need a place to spend the night." The two creatures that had just whispered to each other stared at him for a minute before the second one, that looked just like an ant, decided that he had enough. "Oh come on T'Challa, have a heart why don't you?"
"I said not a word Scott!" snapped the first creature called T'Challa, who looked just like a black panther. But the ant creature addressed as Scott stepped forward and exclaimed "Why of course sir! You're welcome here!"
Now Mike was really spooked "W…Who said that?!" he asked in alarm, not knowing that a six-inch ant, the size of his hand, was crawling nearby.
"Over here!" Scott called softly, then Mike turned swiftly around to see who had spoken just now, but no one was there.
"Where are you?" asked Mike, not feeling in the mood for any sort of games, so Scott climbed up the unsuspecting man's back and tickled his neck with his long antennae. Mike was so startled that he reached out behind himself and grabbed the six-inch ant, and pulled him up to his face "Hello" Scott said unanimously.
"AAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!" Mike screamed, dropping the talking ant on the floor. Scott was dazed and disoriented for a minute before shaking the spasms out of his head "Oh man, what a dozy!"
"Incredible!" Mike exclaimed in astonishment, never in his life did he ever imagined seeing animals that could actually talk. It was just like the time when he discovered that his adopted daughter was actually a real fairy.
"Now you've done it Scott!" snapped T'Challa the panther, coming out from his hiding place. "This is just splendid! Absolutely wonderful!"
"Excuse me, but how is it possible that you can talk?" asked Mike as he came closer and tried to feel along T'Challa's back and stomach for any sort of zipper, the huge cat just swatted his hand away with a paw. "Keep your hands to yourself and do not ever touch me again! Do you mind?!"
"Oh I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to offend you." Mike apologized "it's just I've never seen a panther that could ta…tal…ACHOO!" Mike turned suddenly and sneezed loudly into his sleeve.
"Oh man, you're really soaked to the bone aren't you sir?" asked Scott, crawling up onto the man's shoulder "Come on, warm yourself by the fireplace."
"No you don't!" snapped T'Challa "You know what the Spider would do if he finds him here in the mansion!" but his warnings were unheeded as they failed to notice that a figure watching them from upstairs.
While the panther was still objecting against it, Scott led Mike into a living area where the human sat down into a big armchair. "Oh no, not the spider's chair!" cried T'Challa "Stop this! I demand that you stop right thi…" but he never finished as a huge dog that looked like an English bulldog rushed right past him and right up to the left side of the chair.
"Oh hi there boy!" Mike exclaimed, petting the dog's head and the dog suddenly went under his legs, propping his feet like an ottoman. "This is some service" Mike remarked.
"Alright, this has gone far enough I tell you. Far enough!" T'Challa demanded, only for an automatic roller with a tray to roll on by, and it stopped right next to the chair that Mike was sitting in. "How would you like a nice cup of tea sir?" asked a pungent voice, Mike turned to see who had addressed him just now, but was then surprised to see three chameleons perched on the tray with a tea set. "It'll warm you up in no time."
"No tea! No tea!" T'Challa snapped indignantly.
"Why thank you" said Mike politely, taking the tea cup and sipping the hot tea "Ah, this tastes so nice."
Just then, a loud ominous roar was heard echoing through the hallways, it was heard so loud that it pushed through the doors of the living room like the wind and blew out the fire. Now Mike was literally scared out of his wits, the sound of that roar chilled his heart and made him shiver all over. He had never heard anything like it. This was followed by an ominous shadow appearing in the doorway, it had six arms with sharp claws on the hands.
Now Mike could only see the shadow itself, but not who was attached to it. The owner of the shadow was an eight-ft. tall creature that had an elongated head with six eyes and a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth, including two fangs that stuck out on either side of its mouth. It did have six arms, very much like its shadow, and it only had three claws on each hand and three toes on both of its feet. It was also covered in wire-like hair on its head and the rest of its body, but all it was wearing were a pair of blue cargo pants on its legs and a long black cloak attached to its neck and covering its back. Unknown to its strange visitor, this creature was actually the Man-Spider, formally known as Peter Parker alias Spider-Man.
"There's a stranger in here" growled the Man-Spider impatiently.
"Oh Spidey!" Scott greeted enthusiastically "In case you're wondering, this man was just lost in the woods and he was only looking for a place to…" but he didn't even finish as the Man-Spider gave out a loud roar, cutting him off short.
"Uh, Spider…" said T'Challa "I would like to take the time to explain that I was the only one against this from the start. The others just wouldn't listen and…" but he too was interrupted when the Man-Spider let loose another loud roar.
Mike had been very quiet during the exchanges and peeked out on either side of the chair to see what was going on, but when he looked out on the right side, the Man-Spider's hideous face was right there. Startled, the frightened man jumped and backed away "Who are you?" the Man-Spider demanded, crawling across the chair and stepping closer "What are you doing here?"
"I...I was lost in the woods and I was…" Mike began to explain but was rudely cut off short.
"You're not welcome here!" the Man-Spider snapped angrily.
"I …I'm sorry, I …I didn't mean to trespass…" Mike stammered, unsure of how to explain the situation.
"What are you staring at?!" the Man-Spider snarled, towering over the scared man, noticing that the strange trespasser was starting to stare at him in horror.
"Uh, oh nothing! Nothing at all!" Mike insisted as he turned to leave the room but the Man-Spider leapt in front of him. "So you've come to stare at the Man-Spider, have you?" he demanded angrily.
"No, please! I meant no harm!" Mike protested "I just to find a place to stay…"
"I'll give you a place to stay!" the Man-Spider howled, snatching up the poor man and the other creatures could only watch in horror as their six-armed host carried Mike off to the basement of the mansion.
The next morning
Bloom and her friends were walking briskly through the halls of the fairy high school called Alfea, now Bloom was feeling a bit peeved because prior to returning to Alfea, Andy Hamill had tried again to ask her out on a date only to get blown off once more. But it was really a relief to get back to fairy school for once in a while, and have ordinary people out of your life for once.
"Oh my, it's so good to be back at school!" said Musa happily, the others agreed with her.
"Yeah, no kidding" said Flora "I still can't forget the look on Andy's face when Bloom told him off that she was never going to date him in real life ever again." They all burst into laughter at Andy's suspense, especially Bloom. Just then, Bloom's cell phone rang, the six friends stopped laughing long enough for Bloom to answer it.
"Hello?" Bloom asked, the voice that answered was very frantic. "Bloom! You must come quickly!" cried Vanessa's voice.
"What is it Mom?" asked Bloom feeling very concerned.
"It's your father! He hasn't called back or texted since he left!" Bloom and her friends exchanged glances, this was a most unfortunate turn of events. "Alright, we'll be right there" Bloom told her.
Several hours later
The Winx Club went back to Queens, New York on Earth for more than a few minutes to see Vanessa, who explained how she had kept calling and texting Mike for the past hour, but got no answer. So the fairies decided to investigate, they all set out to look for Mike, but not before stopping in a nearby alley to transform into their fairy forms. Then the six friends flew off to pick up where Mike's trail left off; first they followed the highway to where the car accident happened yesterday, from there Tecna tracked the trail to where Mike's car had disappeared.
"Now that's odd" she told Bloom and the others "Mr. McNally must have either taken a wrong turn or maybe he decided to take a shortcut."
"Well then, we'd better follow where it leads" Stella said, so that is what they did, by taking the shortcut that Mike had taken yesterday. The Winx kept following the trail until they came across the ditch where Mike's car had crashed.
"Now what happened here?" asked Flora in shock, the others were also shocked and Bloom opened up the door to the driver's seat with her magic. There was nothing inside except Mike's briefcase, his cellphone, and his paperwork. Bloom quickly checked the phone and saw that there were several calls and texts from yesterday that were still unanswered.
"Oh my gosh! My dad carelessly left his phone in the car. No wonder mom's been unable to get in touch with him."
"Wait you guys!" said Tecna "I think I just figured out where he went just now."
They all followed the science fairy and came across the same path that led down to the same gate that was still locked. "That is odd" Bloom told Stella, together they used their magic to unlock the chains and open up the gate, as soon as the gate was opened, the Winx headed inside "Something tells me that your foster dad went inside here" Aisha told Bloom.
"Yes, I have the exact feeling" Bloom answered as they all ventured into the estate grounds of the mysterious mansion. Then they all studied their surroundings in amazement, they had never seen anything like it "Wow! I wonder who lives here" said Musa.
"I think you mean, who lived here" corrected Flora, the others moved forward to the front door of the mansion and went inside. They were now amazed at the inside of the mansion "Whoever built this place must have been very rich, and went through a lot of work to get it done." Aisha commented in awe, Bloom and the others nodded in agreement before they resumed searching for Mike McNally.
"Hello! Dad, are you here?" Bloom called out while flying through the air, her friends proceeded to do the same but neither of them were aware of two little creatures that used to be human watching them.
Meanwhile in the kitchen, the same chameleon that was kind to Mike yesterday was busy washing the dishes when her two children came running up to her. "Mom!" cried the oldest one, who was in fact a boy "We saw some girls in the mansion just now!"
"Now Franklin" said his mother sternly "This is not the time and place to be telling tall tales, you know better than that."
"But Mommy we did see them!" insisted the younger one, who was a little girl.
"Valeria!" said her mother "Don't you go along with this nonsense too! Now come along both of you, it's time for your bath."
Elsewhere, T'Challa the panther was confronting Scott the ant for welcoming a stranger into the mansion "You couldn't keep quiet, could you? Had to go this far as to let him sit in the spider's chair and serve him tea, didn't you?"
"Oh come off it T'Challa, I was just trying to be hospitable that's all" Scott told the cursed Wakandan king, just then at that moment, a feminine voice rolled through the air:
"Dad, are you here?" the two creatures turned to look out into the hall and saw a teenage girl with red hair flying around in the air, she also wore a sparkling blueish-green outfit and she even had wings on her back. "Why…it's a girl…with wings!" Scott exclaimed.
"I can see that's a girl you fool!" snapped T'Challa.
"But this could be it." Scott told him "Don't you see? She must be the one, the very girl we've all been waiting for. She's come here to break the curse we've been under for so long." He quickly followed after the girl with the panther on his heels.
Back in the kitchen as the chameleon was still giving her two children a bath, a medium-sized wasp came flying in. "Why I've seen six teenage girls inside the mansion" she told the chameleon "But the strangest thing is, they've also got wings on their backs and are flying around."
The chameleon was very shocked to hear that, and her children came out of the tub "See? Told you we saw somebody" Franklin smirked.
"Hey! So did I!" cried Valeria in exasperation.
Back in the hallway, Bloom was still calling for her adoptive father when she met back up with her friends "We've looked everywhere, but still no sign of your foster dad anywhere" Stella told her.
Before Bloom could answer, a creaking noise was from behind. She turned to look and sure enough, a door was opening and they all could see where it led to; right downstairs to the basement.
"Well, here goes nothing" Bloom told the others, the six friends headed down into the basement, unaware that a black panther was watching them from behind the door and a six-inch ant was scampering down the stairs ahead of them.
"That's funny" said Bloom, looking around.
"What's the matter?" asked Stella
"I thought I saw something, could've sworn someone else was here" Bloom answered.
"Bloom?" a familiar male voice called out, Bloom recognized the voice and raced over to the holding cell. Scott was really surprised to realize that the red-headed girl was in fact, the imprisoned man's daughter. Bloom and Stella went over to the cell door and tried to open it up with their magic "Dad who's done this to you?"
"There's no time to explain" Mike answered "You've got to leave before he comes and finds you here."
"Who?" asked Bloom earnestly, feeling concerned about what was going on. "I already told you, you've got to go!" Mike told her urgently.
"I won't leave you here!" Bloom cried, no sooner had she said that, a monstrous clawed hand grabbed her by the shoulder and turned her around forcefully "What are you doing here?!" demanded an angry, gruff voice. "RUN BLOOM!" Mike shouted as loud as he could, the other fairies were not so lucky as they all got entangled in a large spider web.
"Who's there?" cried Bloom fearfully "Who are you?"
"The one who owns the place" growled the voice, that was actually the Man-Spider's. the young fairy princess was terrified, she could tell that the person or creature that just grabbed her was very huge, based on his stature.
"Look, we've only come for my dad. Please let him go" Bloom pleaded earnestly, trying to appeal to the beast's better nature.
"He's my prisoner!" the Man-Spider snapped, Bloom was shocked to see that this was Mike's captor.
"But can't you see? He might die in here" Bloom pleaded.
"Then he shouldn't have trespassed here!" roared the Man-Spider, Stella and the other fairies were very shocked and horrified to realize that this strange creature could care less if someone would die.
"But isn't there anything I can do?" Bloom asked pleadingly.
"There's nothing you can do" the Man-Spider answered.
"Wait" said Bloom "Take me."
"YOU?!" roared the Man-Spider impatiently, but then he relented "You mean, you would take his place?"
"No Bloom!" cried Mike in desperation "You don't know what you're doing!" Bloom was hesitant at first, but then she stepped forward and answered "Yes, I would. But would you promise to let him go?"
"Of course I would" the Man-Spider replied "But I will do it on the condition that you promise to stay here for the rest of your natural life!" Bloom tensed up at once when she heard that, but now it seemed that she didn't have a choice in the matter. "Come into the light" she said curiously. Stella and the other fairies were tensed when they heard that, was Bloom trying to sneak a peek at the creature?
However, the Man-Spider slowly stepped forward as the young fairy has asked. First, his feet appeared in the light, Bloom could tell that his toes were very sharp and his legs were covered with brown hair. Then his torso appeared, he was only wearing a pair of blue cargo pants, his six arms were extended from his sides and he had no shirt on, except that black cloak he was wearing, and finally as his head appeared, Bloom could immediately tell that he wasn't human. His entire body was covered in brown hair, not to mention the fact that his head was elongated with six brown eyes on his face and two curved fangs stuck out like a pair of plyers on either side of his mouth.
Bloom gasped in shock and turned back to the holding cell, placing her head and hands on the door. The other fairies were also shocked to see what the Man-Spider really looked like "Did Bloom really want to sneak a peek at the creature?" Musa asked Flora quietly.
"I don't know" Flora replied quietly.
"No Bloom! I can't let you do this!" Mike told his daughter seriously, but his own objections were unheeded as Bloom got up to face the Man-Spider "You have my word" she told him.
"Done!" the Man-Spider answered before unlocking the holding cell and letting Mike out "Bloom please, I implore you, don't let him keep you here against…" but he didn't get to finish the sentence as the Man-Spider grabbed him and hauled him upstairs to take him outside, Bloom called after them tearfully. The beast pulled the helpless man over to an electric car that opened up automatically "Please! You can't just keep my daughter here!" Mike begged.
"She's not your concern anymore!" snapped the Man-Spider before activating the electric car and talking into the speakers. "Take him back to the city where he truly belongs!" So the electric car did it was told, it sped off on its own while Bloom watched it leave through the basement window. Then she broke down and sobbed quietly, by that time, her friends had already winxed their way out of their bindings and came over to comfort her.
Soon afterwards, the Man-Spider came back downstairs into the basement, halfway down, he ran into Scott. "Hey Spidey!" Scott called out.
"What?!" snapped Man-Spider.
"I've been wondering, since the girl and her friends are going to be staying her with all of us for quite some time." Scott told him "Why don't we get them some rooms that are more comfortable?" the Man-Spider thought for a moment, it would make more sense to give the girl something that was fit for her.
Bloom was still sobbing when the Man-Spider walked in, Stella and the others turned to glare at him but Bloom was very depressed "You didn't even let me say goodbye to my father" she told him.
"You'll find something better to do in a few minutes" the Spider told her "Come, I'll show all of you to your rooms."
That got a reaction, Bloom turned to stare at him "Our rooms?"
"Do you want to stay down here in this miserable, dismal basement?" he asked her, Bloom had no idea what to say, the others were surprised by this sudden change of behavior. "Ah…No" she answered.
"Good, then follow me" he told her, so he led them all up the stairs to the upper levels, they were perplexed and amazed at how the mansion's interior looked so very amazing. However, he led them all the way upstairs to the second floor and Bloom was very nervous as she looked at her surroundings, there were hideous gargoyle statues at every corner and marvelous pictures on all the walls. She gasped and ran to catch up with Man-Spider, and walked quietly behind him. He glanced nervously over his shoulder and saw that a tear was running down her cheek. But what neither of the fairies suspected was that a tiny ant was on the beast's shoulder.
"Come on, say something to her" urged Scott, whispering into the beast's ear. "Ah,…I hope that you like it here" the Man-Spider told Bloom nervously, Bloom blushed briefly much to the amusement of her friends, especially Stella. "Well, in other words. The mansion is now your home, so you and your friends can go anywhere you like, except the West Wing."
"What's in the West Wing?" Bloom asked curiously, which only aroused the beast's anger and annoyance.
"IT'S FORBIDDEN!" he shouted abruptly, startling the fairies, he then straightened out his cloak before leading on to the guest rooms. Bloom was taken aback by his sudden response, she was only meaning to know the West Wing was like. Stella put a hand on her friend's shoulder to console her "Don't take it so hard Bloom" she said "It's obvious that he just doesn't want anyone knowing anything about this West Wing that he mentioned."
Before too long, they all arrived at the guest rooms, six of them to be exact. Stella and the other fairies went into their own rooms while Man-Spider showed Bloom to hers "Now remember, if you and your friends need anything, the mansion staff will attend you" he told her.
"Okay, try inviting her to dinner" Scott suggested, Man-Spider just peeved at being given so much advice but he went to inviting Bloom down to dinner, but not very nicely.
"You will join me for dinner afterwards" he told her "That's not a request!" then he slammed the door in disgust. Bloom was so heartbroken that she collapsed on her new bed and sobbed quietly, how could this get any worse?
Here you are, ladies and gents! The second chapter of Beauty and the Man-Spider is finally available and Bloom is now at the Avengers Mansion, be prepared for what happens in Chapter 3. Now be sure to post your reviews!