Disclaimer: I own NOTHING having to do with Spiderman. I only own the characters I make up myself. OK, so read on.

Auther: Ok, now this is the when the story begins, I hope you liked the intro and I hope you like chapter 1.

Chapter 1: Youth by water's edge

The rising sun shined through the windows into Lotus's room. It was at such an angle that it hit her eyes straight on. She moaned, turning over onto her side, then slowly opened her eyes.

I hate the mornings, she thought. She lifted her eyes, looking at the clock on her nightstand; 8:54 it read. Well, breakfast is starting to be served; if I hurry up I can get some hot food.

Lotus sat up slowly, supporting herself with her arms. Once she knew that she wouldn't fall back on her pillow, she swung her legs over the side of the bed and pushed off. She walked over to her closet, pulling out a robe and slippers and, putting them on, went out her door, to the elevators.

Lotus lived in Bliss Youth Residence, a place where children would go when they had no home and would refuse to get adopted, so it was full of teenagers and pre-teens. The floors were separated by gender, of course, and each child had there own room. The Residence was located in one building that was 30 stories high, though; 31st floor would really be the 30th floor if there were a floor 13, which there wasn't. So, Lotus lived on the 19th floor, which she considered the 18th because of what was just stated.

Lotus got the bottom floor in a few minutes because the elevator had stopped at almost every floor. At the bottom, she was at the tail end of a stamped of kids, running out of the cramped elevator. Walking to the end of the line in the Hall of Food, she waited until it was her turn.

"Today's meal is bacon and eggs," said the breakfast man.

"Is there an alternate chose?" She asked.

He looked at her. "Lotus, you have been here long enough to know the answer to that yourself."

"Just as I thought," she said walking over to the cereal. (I wonder if they'll ever change.) She sighed and filled at bowl with Frosted Mini Wheat's, then turned and looked for a seat.

"Lotus," she heard a guy yell. She turned and saw someone waving to her from a just about empty table. "Over here."

She walked over and sat down, nearly putting her head in her breakfast. "Man, girl, you looked totally trashed," said the girl from across the table. She smiled. "What have I told you about those late night parties?"

Lotus looked at her. "Ayo, I have not been going to parties," she looked down at her food. "I have just been having bad dreams." She looked over at the guy next to her. "Where's David?"

The guy looked at her. "Last time I checked he was still asleep." He thought. "Actually, he told me last night that he would meet us today at 10:00 in front of the front doors."

Ayo looked at him. "Well, Nahele, what are we suppose to do till then?"

He smiled. "Anyone up for video games?"

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Lotus walked down the hall, her hand dug deep in her pants not saying a word as her friends talked. She was walking slowly behind them, making no sound except the squeak of her sneakers. She was looking at her feet.

"Come on, girl, there is some thin wrong with you," announced Ayo.

Nahele nodded. "Yes, you did not even play your favorite video game. That must be a bad sign."

Lotus shrugged. "I'm just not in the mood."

"Hay, guys," yelled a familiar voice. Lotus and the others looked up and saw David at the front door.

"Yo, Dave," responded Ayo.

David crossed his arms. "You people are 30 seconds late." He looked at them sternly and then began to laugh. The others joined in, all except for Lotus. David stopped laughing and looked at her. "Are you ok?"

Nahele looked at Lotus and then at David. "She is feeling under the weather," he said.

David smiled and put his hands on his hips. "Nothing a little walk can't clear up," he then turned and started to walk toward the doors, with Lotus and the others close behind.

A guard soon stopped them. "Where do you think YOU are going?"

The four looked up at him. "We have passes that say that every Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday, we can go for a walk up to 6 hours long," stated David.

The guard looked at them. "Oh yeah, well, then let ME see your passes." The four of them took out their passes and showed them to the guard. "Fine, then YOU can go"

"Thank you, my good sir," said Nahele as he walked out, David fallowed, then was Ayo and last was Lotus.

The four walked down the street, Lotus was actually keeping up with them, though she was still silent. David looked over at her. "So what is wrong?" he asked.

Lotus glanced at him. "I had that dream again."

"You mean the one where you are standing in the middle of Times Square butt naked?"

Ayo looked at him. "No, man, that is your dream."

David thought. "Oh yeah." Ayo sighed.

Lotus shook her head. "No, the one where I see the person I love die right in front of me."

The three of them frowned along with Lotus, then Nahele got an idea. "How about we walk down by the water? We can get something to eat and watch the ships pass."

Lotus looked at him and smiled. "That sounds like fun."

"Do I see a smile on the grumpy lumps face?" stated David.

Ayo pushed him and he glared at her. "What? Lotus told me to." She stated.

The friends walked down to where the sidewalk turned to wood, and then started to walk along the waterside. Lotus listen to her friends as she walked along with them, she was starting to smile. Soon, something caught her eye; it was the old pier. She strayed off from the group and walked over to the railing, looking at the wrecked end of the pier. She looked down at the water and sighed. She then saw something flicker in the water, it attracted her so much, she went under the railing and landed in the cold two-foot high water by the sidewalk. Paying the temperature no heed, she went reached into the water and pulled out a pair of sunglasses. These she recognized as the once that he un-related uncle wore.

These glasses were slightly crack in the right glass and the left arm was missing. Lotus smiled at them. Suddenly, a current grabbed her leg and pulled her under. She only had enough time to scream 'HELP!!!' before she was submerged.

Her friends went to the railing and saw her in the water. "LOTUS!!!!" they yelled.

Under the water, she couldn't hear them. Still tightly holding on to the sunglasses, she scrambled to reach the surface but had no luck. Just about at the end of her air, she felt something rap around her arm and pull her out of the water. This thing set her gently down on the walk.

"Hay, Lotus," she heard David's voice say. "Spiderman just saved you."

Opening her eyes, she saw his hard-to-miss outfit. She also saw Nahele walk over to him. "Thank you for saving her," he said.

Spiderman nodded and looked at Lotus. "Just remember to stay on this side of the railing next time," then he swung off.

Lotus glared after him, her face was not that of thanks. She then looked at her hand; she was still holding the glasses. She sighed. Then she looked up and saw Ayo. "Girl, we need to get you back to The Residence. You need some dry clothes."

Lotus nodded and stood up; she was too cold to talk. As she and her friends started to walk, she felt something warm on her; it was a towel. She looked over and saw a store manager smile. "It is for free," he said. Lotus smiled back then turned and started to walk again.

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In a chair, on the roof of the building, Lotus sat looking out at the city. She was one of the few kids who had passes to go on the roof. She was in deep thought. The day seemed to go by so fast after that encounter with Spiderman. In her hand were the sunglasses; she twirled them around.

"That wall crawler," she said to herself. "It's his fault, I know it is." She looked at the glasses. "He convinced my uncle to kill himself in order to stop something at he viewed as evil. That Spiderman didn't even see that my non-related uncle was trying to help mankind, he just wanted publicity of saving the city," her eyes narrowed. "He didn't even try to save him. Even if something was going on, who got the medal for saving us? That wed slinger, not the real hero, my uncle."

She sat back in the chair and looked up at the sky. "Oh man, how sweet it would be to have revenge."

((Ok, that was chapter 1.... I hope you enjoyed it, please review I hope you do.))