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Once again, thanks to Coyote1100 and BigMoose01.
Oh, all rights go to disney.
Chapter One
Robert McRobber the Fifth was, as you might have guessed, a robber. His father was a robber. And his Father before him, and so was his father. You might think Robert the first was a robber too. Well, shame on you, because he was a baker. I guess the apple falls far from the tree. Or maybe Number II was forced into a life of crime due to being raised in the worst part of Gravesfield City, where Police Brutality and gang violence were the norm due to the laziness and corruption of the elected officials at the time. Either one.
Anyway, I'm getting bogged down in the details. Robert V (let's call him Rob) was holding up a Supermarket by himself. Ordinarily, this would have been a particularly stupid thing to do for obvious reasons. Unfortunately for everyone who wasn't Rob, the elected officials and most of the police were about as much use as a Hoe made of sponge cake in the middle of a farm, and almost as bribeable (is that a real word?) as those in Gotham City.
As he walked out, yes I typed walked dear reader, a voice came from above and behind him.
"Hey, man. I hope you... paid for that... money."
Rob turned, quick as a weasel. A figure in a white and crimson suit was on the side of the building, crouching there a like a lizard. As he thought that, the all-knowing, incredibly handsome author wanted to slap him for his mistake.
"Ugh, get your game on, Lu- I mean Spider-girl!" Our hero told herself as the felon raised his weapon.
As Luz's Spider-sense went off, (Have no fear. It was only a small matter of red-hot bullets whizzing towards her at high speed) she proceeded to backflip off of the wall in a particularly badass fashion.
Mentally ordering herself to save thinking of the amazingness of that move for later, she stretched out her arm and fired a web line at the guy's gun. The instant it hit, she pulled at it. Not too hard, not too softly. She didn't want to injure him, after all.
A second later, Luz was crouching on the ground behind the crook, holding the gun in her hand.
Rob backed up against the building, sweating like mad. He had never seen anyone move that fast.
And that terrified him.
Throwing the weapon away, Spider-girl folded her arms "I guess we're done here. Just one thing first..."
Luz shot a web at his hand, pinning him to the building. Then his other hand.
"Hot tip: if you're wanna be a criminal; don't."
As Luz left the webbed-up crook behind, she swung up to a nearby building, and let out that pride and fangirling she had held in.
That. Was. Awesome. And she had done it too!
Eda was gonna be so proud...
...
Eda was furious.
Not at Luz, of course. She had done a spectacular job, especially for her second week as Spider-girl. She couldn't have been prouder.
What she was furious at, however, was J. Jonah Jameson. Editor of the Daily Bugle. How had he earned her ire? By giving the news.
"Over the past week, a feckless, vigilante menace calling herself Spider-girl interfered in a bank robbery, endangering the citizens around her! That Star Mage is bad enough, but-"
Eda responded in a calm manner by throwing a vase at the TV, breaking the screen.
She sighed, cursing as she went to get a dustpan and brush.
THWIPP!
Thud.
Eda smiled, turning to the balcony door to see Luz coming through "Have fun?"
For a moment, Luz said nothing, taking off her mask to reveal a face with no expression.
Then she sprinted towards her mentor and jumped up and down like a rabbit.
"Eda! Eda! Eda! IbackflippedoverabadguyandwebbedhisgunoutofhishandsandthenIwebbedhimupandsaidsomethingfunny! W-well, I think it was funny."
Once she had processed what Luz had just said (I didn't forget to add spaces, if that's what you're wondering), Eda ruffled Luz's hair "Nice job, kid! Now go hit the sack! Ya got that inter-school thing tomorrow!"
Luz smirked "Eda, what makes you think I'm..." she yawned as the post-vigilantism excitement began to wear off. Her eyes began to droop, and her body began to ache as if it had been wacked with heavy sticks a thousand times over "Okay, you've got a point." she sighed, pushing up the bangs of her just-about-shoulder-length wavy hair.
"Go."
As Luz staggered to her room, Eda flopped down on the couch.
Then she remembered about the TV incident that had happened less than five minutes ago. It's curprising how the children in your care can really distract you from what's important.
...
Amity Blight awoke, her lilac pixie cut almost glowing as the golden sunlight slithered through her bedroom windows.
Groaning, she sat up, blinking. Rubbing her eyes, she went to get changed when she heard some voices from outside her door:
"Odalia, it's-"
"Don't question me, Alador!" snapped Odalia, her voice a steel blade "We're doing this! Do you understand?""
After a pause, there was a defeated "Yes, dear."
"Good. Now, we don't want chaos just yet. In order for me to take control, I need to get a reputation first."
"Odalia... it's too much, even for-"
SMACK!
Amity froze up. It didn't take a genius to know what had just happened.
As she heard the sound of heavy footsteps going past her door, she peeked out and looked in the direction of her parent's room.
Alador was standing in the doorway, a burning red mark on his cheek.
...
As Eda drove Luz to school, the fourteen-year-old decided to spend the journey looking at Superfeed, a news app that was all about Superheroes. It was updated by selected repotersall over the world, and you could even search up news solely from one city. Very convenient.
Scrolling past the 'Spider-Menace!' article by J. Jonah Jerkinson (as you can tell she did not like the guy), she came across a story by someone or other. (She didn't read the name).
It read:
'STAR MAGE DOES IT AGAIN!'
'Yesterday, the evil machinations of Doctor Jen. Badguy were foiled by new Hero Star Mage. Over the past few weeks, she has put ten supervillains and quite a few crooks in jail with her amazing powers. Badguy's plan was to feed a mind-control serum into the sewers in orders to create an army. Fortunately, Star Mage managed to put an end to her scheme."
Underneath the words was a picture of Star Mage. She looked pretty young, with a forest green hooded cloak which concealed all but her mouth and chin, a black two-piece bodysuit with a white Star Symbol on the chest, a green utility belt, and two pairs of long, sleek gloves which were moss green on the back and black on the palm, and high, sleek boots which were the same shade of green. Both had white Tolkien-elf-style highlights on them.
In short, she looked very cool.
However, for some reason the name 'Star Mage' seemed a little familiar. Luz couldn't quite put her finger on it.
Then they stopped at the school, and Luz got out of Hooty.
"What's the thing you're going to again?" asked Eda, taking a sip of soda she had brought with her.
"Cross-country run."
"Ugh! Those should be classed as child cruelty!"
"I know, right? But my friends are going too and I gotta support them."
"Okay. I won't be far behind, kiddo."
...
Dove of Southington High School was founded thirty years before by a man called T. James Smith, a man from the Town of Southington. As you can tell, he very much fond of his hometown. For the first twenty years of it's history, acts of racism, sexism and homophobia were done by both and staff and students alike. Fortunately, a brave, wise man called Professor Henry Darren came along and reformed the school quicker than you can say 'Hooray!'
Was this information important? Not really. Just thought I'd give a bit of trivia on this fictional education centre.
Anyway, today it was holding an inter-school cross-country in the forest just outside the city with Silver Vines High School from another part of town. Needless to say, none of the students were looking forward to this (not even those classed as 'jocks'!) but due to something in the fine print, permission slips weren't needed and the school board all decided that 'Kids today spend too much time on their lazy-' well, you get the idea.
Anyway, at 9:00 AM, a bunch of 8th-grade kids stood at in the sunshine, more than half of them wincing at the annoyingly cheerful sunlight. As Luz chatted with WIllow and Gus, she noticed that Amity was looking a little down.
"You okay, Amity?" she asked.
Her friend turned away "I-it's nothing, Luz."
"C'mon, you can tell me."
She looked around, sighed and looked at Luz again "Okay. Meet me at that Pizza place we went to the other wednesday."
Before Luz could reply, Principal Bump took out a microphone and announced himself to the crowd;
"Good morning, students! I see you are all looking forward to this wonderful event!"
This was responded with plenty of muttering, groaning and grumbling from quite a few students.
"Now, there is a little twist to this cross-country run-" began Bump, before promptly getting the microphone snatched from him by the Principal of Silver Vines, Terra Snapdragon. She was a tall woman with impossibly long hair and an expression on her face that could only be described as bonkers.
"Thank you, Principal Bump. Now, there's a little twist to this event..."
She smiled, and when she smiled it felt like the armies of the bad place were glaring into the very souls of these poor, mostly innocent teenagers.
"It's not just a cross-country race! It's a Three-legged Race too, flowers!"
What resulted was a lot of muttering from the students. This had just gotten a lot worse.
"Now, I'm afraid we don't have any bands or anything like that, so we'll have to use rope. "
The children muttered to themselves about child cruelty and civil rights and low funding, but did nothing. After all, what else could they do?
"Now, you'll all be assigned to a partner from the other school little Sprouts!"
It was at this moment that Bump chose to take back the microphone "Now, I know it's not ideal, but I hope you enjoy this ten-mile cross-country run through the forest path!"
The students groaned. A choosing wheel app was used. Students got partners.
After five minutes of this, Luz's name was chosen.
Then Bump tapped the wheel to select a Silver Vines Student.
After a few moments, he announced "Marcy Wu!"
"Woooah- oof!"
Luz turned around to see who had just fallen beside her. A girl around her age with short black hair lay flat on her face next to her.
The girl scrambled up. She was a Chinese kid with a big smile on her face despite all the mud on her "I'm Marcy. Nice to meetcha, Luz!" she cried, sticking out her hand.
Luz then noticed something about her. Something very familiar...
"Is that a Vagabondia Hoodie?"
"Yeah!" Marcy's grin became even wider "I got it off G-bay! Nice to see a fellow fan!"
"Yeah. Looking forward to that Crossover game with Azura?"
"Oh. Em. Gee!"
As they continued to nerd out with each other, the rest of the names were called. When that was done, Miss Snapdragon clapped her hands together.
"Tie your legs together, sweet peas!" she trilled, in a voice like sugar with just a hint of arsenic.
Luz looked at Marcy "I'll be the third leg, if you want."
"Thanks. I'm horrible at sports." grinned Marcy, rubbing the back of her head sheepishly.
When they had tied their legs together, Terra clapped her hands together "Now then, sweet peas, I've got a little motivation for you..."
What was it? Candy as rewards? Free videogames as rewards? Money as a reward?
At that moment, a large van thundered up and screeched to a halt just behind the row. Coming from it was a sound like seven incredibly aggressive dogs.
Luz's Spider-sense went off. She tensed, wondering what was behind the doors.
Terra waltzed over, unlocked the back, and seven incredibly aggressive-looking dogs leaped out of it, eyeing the students. Burns and scratches covered their bodies, giving the students a sense of fear and pity. But mostly fear.
Terra grinned, off her rocker for all to see.
"Let the fun run begin!"
...
Remember the news story earlier? Get it? 'Dr. Jen Badguy?' 'Generic Bad Guy?' Okay, okay, I'll stop.
Anyway, what do you think of the fictional history I invented for this fic? Should I keep doing it in this fic? Let me know! And as usual, any and all ideas are welcome.
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