It wasn't long after Danielle agreed to attend school that Tony flew in for a meeting with Steve, Jack, and Danielle to figure out how this whole school thing was gonna work. "So, I assume you've already chosen a nice school for the Goddess of Discord." Tony said as he sat at the conference table with the three.

Steve nodded. "Midtown School of Science and Technology."

Tony whipped out his phone and supposedly typed in the name and address. "Hmm. Only a twenty minute drive from the apartment I set up for her in Queens." Tony remarked.

"Who'd be staying with her?" Jack inquired.

"Pepper has a few possible candidates lined up." Tony assured him.

"Like?" Steve raised an eyebrow.

Tony smiled. "Oh, you'll like this." He said before flicking the screen of his phone. A projection of whatever was on his screen moved to be shown to the group. On it was a name and image of a familiar face to Steve. "Agent 13." Danielle scrunched her face in confusion at the name and Tony rolled his eyes. "Her name's Sharon."

"Who is she?" Danielle piped up as she studied the blonde in the photo.

"Former SHIELD agent turned CIA. Pretty extensive work, but so far I know, she is currently on hold from field missions while she's working on paperwork for the Sokovia clean up." Tony frowned a bit at the mention of the disaster, as did everyone else in the room. "All hands on deck situation. But, lucky for us, she's stationed in NYC for the meantime. Pepper contacted her about the part-time job of looking after our little enhanced and she showed interest. Whether that has anything to do with the fact I let it slip that Steve is very protective of Danielle, I'm not sure."

Danielle and Jack gave Steve a sidelong look. "What's he talking about?" Jack asked.

"Oh, he didn't tell you?" Tony grinned widely.

"Tony," Steve warned as his face grew a bit red.

"Of course not, his love life never has been one of success." Tony laughed. Danielle and Jack tilted their heads in confusion as they looked between the Captain and the billionaire. "You guys are pretty slow for people who are claimed to be enhanced." Tony remarked. "She has a thing for him, and if I'm not mistaken...it's mutual."

"So, one of the front runners for the caretaker of my sister is one of Steve's one night stands gone wrong?" Jack asked.

Tony burst out in laughter as Danielle smacked her brother's arm. Steve's face was as red as Wanda's powers as he cleared his throat. "Not a one night stand. Just...a friend." He corrected.

"Oh, nice one, Sparky." Tony said as they exchanged a high five. "But back on topic to the question at hand, yes, she is a possible candidate."

"Can we see another one?" Danielle asked. "Just in case Steve does something wrong and I wake up with a pillow smothering my face."

Tony chuckled and nodded. "Sure, there is also one of my employees, Maria Hill. I'm sure Jack has met her before. Uh, a close friend of Thor's, Darcy Lewis. Though, she's just out of college and probably doesn't have time. And then some chick from France who is one of Pepper's friends."

Jack, Steve, and Danielle all exchanged looks before turning to fa the billionaire again. "I think our minds are made up." Steve stated.

"Please, take her on a date for all of our sakes." Jake told the Captain causing Tony to double over in laughter again.

The next week, Danielle, Wanda, Steve, and Jack all helped move into the apartment in Queens. Instead of moving all of the furniture from Danielle's room at the compound, they bought furniture in the same colors to decorate her room that was much bigger than the compound one. They got another keyboard, a guitar, and a few posters from Ed Sheeran, Twenty One Pilots, Ellie Goulding, Lana Del Rey, One Republic, Train, Charlie Puth, and Once Upon A Time. The rest of the apartment was decorated by Tony and Sharon with a bunch of modern furniture and tech to make life a whole lot easier.

On the day she left from the compound to start her first week of school, Danielle wanted to puke from how scared she felt. All the Avengers walked her out to the front where the car that Tony would be driving her in was parked. They each gave her a hug bye-except Vision who accepted a handshake- before she began down the stairs to the extravagant car waiting for her. But she stopped halfway and simply stared at the car. She was too scared to urge her feet to carry her any farther.

Steve quickly dashed down the stairs and knelt down in front of her. "Everything alright?" He asked her.

Her eyes were staring wide at the car waiting for her below as she shook her head. "I can't." She bit out. "I can't do this. I'm scared."

"You're scared?" Steve asked. "Is this coming from the girl that lifted an entire city?" He asked her.

"No, this is coming from the little girl from Slovakia."

"They're the same person." Danielle looked up at Steve then and he chuckled. "Danielle, you are in control of your powers. You are a smart and kind girl. There is nothing for you to be afraid of. School is gonna be a breeze for you. Selvig already taught you the basic curriculum up until tenth grade. You'll be perfectly caught up-"

"It's not the curriculum that I'm afraid of." Danielle told him.

Steve sighed and set a hand on her shoulder. "You've got a CIA agent living with you, Iron Man will be a down the street, and you've got a team of Avengers only a call away. Not to mention, you're one of the strongest people I know. If anyone can take on high school, it's you."

"What if someone recognizes me?" She asked fearfully.

Steve pursed his lips together before he reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a pair of black thick-rimmed glasses and handed them to her. "I wore these the first time I had to hide my identity for my own safety. If they work for an icon like me, I'm sure they'll work for you."

The teenager slipped them on. Steve smiled at the way she looked a bit dorky. Danielle cracked a smile and nodded before wrapping her arms around his neck and squeezed as tight as she could. "Thanks, Steve." She released him and he smiled back at her.

A honk came from the car down below before Tony called out of the window, "Stop boring her with your war stories, old man! We've got places to be!"

Steve rolled his eyes and chuckled. Danielle quickly scampered down the rest of the stairs to the car while Steve, Wanda, and Jack watched her go. "Be safe!" Steve called out to her.

"Stay away from boys!" Jack shouted.

"Call us!" Wanda added.

Danielle waved at them all before climbing into the passenger's seat of the car.

"About time." Tony muttered as he put on his expensive sun glasses and turned the radio on to blast AC/DC while they sped down the dirt path out of the compound perimeter and out into the woods. Danielle looked out the car rear view mirror as the her new family faded into specks. Danielle felt a prick in her heart. She already didn't like this arrangement.

Tony had dropped Danielle off at a secluded town house outside of NYC where Sharon picked her up in a less conspicuous silver car. The blonde greeted her with a handshake. "A pleasure to meet you, Danielle. From what Tony and Pepper tell me, you're a brilliant young woman."

Danielle smiled and shook Sharon's hand. She already liked her. "Thank you." Danielle said over a whisper.

Sharon then exchanged words with Tony before getting into the car with Danielle. They drove into the city and parked at their apartment building. Once inside the apartment, Danielle immediately headed to her room to unpack the personal items she brought with her like a few of her books, her headphones, sketchbook, and pens.

After unpacking, Sharon and Danielle spent the rest of the night packing her backpack for tomorrow. When they were done, Sharon had ordered pizza while they watched Ever After with Drew Barrymore. Danielle took this time to learn a bit about her partite guardian. "Were you in the military before SHIELD?"

Sharon shook her head. "My aunt worked at SHIELD before I did. And from the stories my parents always told of her, it made me want to join too." She explained. "What do you want to do when you grow up, Danielle?"

Danielle stared down at the pizza slice in front of her as she thought it over. "When I was little, I always kind of wanted to be a performer."

"What kind of performer?"

"A pianist." Danielle replied. "I wanted to play on a giant stage in front of hundreds of people."

"Do you still want to do that?'

Danielle frowned a bit. "I'm not sure... Now, I have...these powers. It makes it kind of hard, I guess. It changed my point of view on what I want to do."

"You want to be an Avenger."

Danielle noted how Sharon's comment wasn't a question. "I don't just want to be an Avenger, I want to do something more." She explained.

"Is that why you're going to school?"

"Well, that and Steve kind of forced me into it."

Sharon laughed at that. "He does seem like the overbearing father type."

After dinner, Sharon headed to her room as did Danielle. In the morning, they set up a plan. Sharon had to be at work by seven, but Danielle didn't need to be at school until eight thirty. So, Danielle would have to take the subway to school. Luckily, Sharon lent her her Metropass.

When morning came around, Danielle went to her closet which was fully stocked in all of Danielle's normal clothes. The teen slipped on some jeans, a greey t-shirt, maroon hoodie, and some Converse tennis shoes. She brushed out her hair and slipped on a black wool beanie to try and cover her face. That's when she remembered the glasses Steve had leant her. She shoved them along with the keys to the apartment, her phone, and Metropass in her pocket before grabbing her backpack and heading out of the door by eight.

Danielle had to use Google Maps to find her way to the subway and quickly found the correct train before it left. She shoved into the small train and held onto a pole tightly as she stood. How could this have been safe? They were standing on a fast moving train with a bunch of other people around them. And this was normal?

"You don't ride the subway much, do you?" A voice from behind her asked.

Danielle spun around to face a boy around her age. He had brown shaggy hair and matching kind eyes. Danielle noted the earphones hanging from one of his ears, phone in hand, and backpack slung over his shoulder. He was probably headed to school too. Danielle grimaced at his question and shook her head.

"Where are you getting off, I can maybe help you figure out where you're going." He offered.

"Um, I actually don't know the street name.." She admit sheepishly.

"Uh, that's alright." He assured her. "Where are you going?"

"Midtown Science...High School." Danielle recalled.

The boy's eyes lit up and he smiled. "Really? No way! Me too." He exclaimed. "Are you a new student?" Danielle nodded and the kid held out his hand. "Uh, I'm Peter, by the way."

The shy girl looked at his extended hand before quickly shaking it. "Danielle."

"Wow, how crazy is that?" Peter asked. "We ride the same subway and go to the same school. Do you live in Queens, too?"

Danielle nodded. "I just moved here with my..." She racked her brain for a minute. How did she want Sharon to be addressed in the future? Definitely not her mom, they looked nothing alike. Sharon was much too old to be her sister or distant cousin. "Aunt." She finally settled on.

"Cool. I've lived here my whole life." Peter told her before an unaudible announcement came over the comm system on the train. "Oh, our stop's coming up."

As soon as the train stopped, Danielle and Peter shoved throw the crowds to get off. Peter showed Danielle the way to the high school from the train stop as they trekked across the football field to the main building. When they entered, Danielle became overwhelmed with all the things going on. When the bell rang, Peter turned to Danielle. "Uh, I got to get to class, but it was nice meeting you." He called over his shoulder before dashing off down the hall.

Danielle made her way through the crowded and sweat smelling hallways to get to the main office where Principal Morita met with her and gave her her schedule and a small tour of the school before a young girl a little older than Danielle approached them. "I'm afraid, Miss West-" The alias name Sharon had chosen for them. "-I have to attend a faculty meeting in a few minutes. So, I pass this introduction of Midtown High to Miss Allen." The principal gestured to the smiling girl before them. "The head of the welcoming commitee and captain of the Academic Decathlon team."

"Don't forget 'soon to be valedictorian', Principal Morita." The girl said with a smile before extending a hand to Danielle. "I'm Liz."

"Danielle." She replied as she shook her hand.

"Liz here is gonna show you around some more and show you to your classes." Principal Morita explained. "I'll leave you two to it." He said before walking off down the empty hallway leaving the two young ladies there.

"So, where are you from?" Liz asked as she led Danielle through the hallways.

"Uh, my family is originally from Slovakia, but I moved here from Northern New York." Danielle mumbled as she walked.

"Cool. What made you move?"

"My...dad thought it was time I went to...normal school." Liz looked at her questioningly. "I've been homeschooled my whole life."

Liz nodded. "Ooooh. Okay." She said. "Can you speak Slovak?" Danielle nodded. "Awesome." She then seemed to realize what her original job was as she tried to peer at Danielle's schedule. "What classes did you say you have?" Danielle handed to schedule over to her and Liz's eyes widened. "Wow. All AP courses? You must be really smart. You should join the Decathalon Team." She said excitedly.

"Um, I kind of had my eye on band." Danielle admit sheepishly.

"You play an instrument?"

"Piano."

"Well, that's okay. You can be in both. We already have two members who do that. I'm sure if you auditioned you'd get in." Liz then leaned over and whispered, "And between the two of us, the band kids are kind of rude."

"I'll keep that mind." Danielle said as they neared her room. "Thanks for showing me around, Liz."

"No problem. Just think about Decathalon." Danielle nodded as she began to near her class door. "And maybe you can come sit with me and my friends at lunch."

"That'd be nice." Danielle replied as she's walked into her first class, Algebra 2.

"Ah," The teacher spoke up as she entered the room. "You must be the new student, Danielle West. I'm Mr. Cobbwell. You can sit in the back by Miss Jones." He pointed to someone in the far back, before turning back to the white board in front of the class.

Danielle made her way to the back of the class where an empty desk sat beside a girl hunched over an open book. Her hair was a bit messy and Danielle could tell she was a grungy kind of person, but she couldn't judge just yet as she sat beside the girl she assumed was Miss Jones.

Danielle was content on staying quite and trying to listen to Mr. Cobbwell when someone nudged her leg. Danielle turned to look to her left where the Jones girl sat. "Who are you and what are you doing here?" She asked glaring at Danielle.

"Um, I'm Danielle, I'm new." She stammered. "I actually have no clue what I'm doing here..."

Jones cracked a smile and chuckled. "I don't actually care, but thanks for the honest answer." She replied. "I'm Michelle."

"Nice to meet you, Michelle."

"Yeah, well, I can't say the same for you just yet, West." She said bitterly before turning back to her book. Danielle stared down at the desk. What had Steve gotten her into?

When lunch rolled around, Liz made good on that offer. She even introduced Danielle to her friends; Sally, Betty, and Cindy. All really preppy girls. Danielle didn't mind, as long as she at least had friends to sit with. "So, you have any hobbies?" Betty asked Danielle eagerly as they all sat down at the lunch table.

Liz and Danielle sat on one side while the other three girls sat on the other. Perfectly balanced. "Uh, I like to sketch a bit. Read. Listen to music." Danielle shrugged as she took her nutella and banana sandwich from her packed lunch Sharon made her.

"Danielle plays the piano." Liz spoke up.

The three girls seemed to perk up at that. "Wow, that is so cool." Sally complimented.

"So, you're actually thinking about joining band?" Cindy asked.

Danielle shrugged. "I'm not sure. I really only have time for one extracurricular other than Journalism and Photography, but if you have any suggestions I'm open for it."

"I've already suggested Academic Decathlon." Liz nudged her.

"How about a sport?" Betty asked. "You look like you have some athlete in you."

Cindy chuckled. "Betty's on the soccer team and is always searching for new recruits."

"Are you three joining?" Danielle asked.

"Liz and I are, but Sally seems to enjoy just being in the school newspaper." Cindy explained.

"Which is why it would be awesome if you joined." Betty said.

Danielle sighed. "I'll have to see. When are try outs?"

"December."

"I'll write it in my planner just in case." Danielle told her as the bell rang, releasing them from lunch. "Bye." She called over her shoulders to the girls before heading off to fifth period.

"So, you thinking about joining soccer?" Danielle turned to see Michelle walking alongside her.

"Did you just listen in to our entire conversation?"

"I'm observant." Michelle shrugged. "Look, I could care less if you joined soccer, but I'm warning you. Betty Brant doesn't like it when people upstage her. Especially in soccer."

"Then why'd she offer to let me join?"

"Because she thinks you'll be terrible, which makes her look good." Michelle explained. "Once again, I don't care, but just think about it."

Danielle frowned a bit. "I will. Thanks, I guess..."

After lunch, everything in school seemed to remain steady. No one asked her many questions, and she learned she knew a lot of people in many of her classes. She had Michelle in her first period Algebra 2; Sally and Liz in her second period Journalism; she had Peter, Liz, Betty, Sally, and Michelle in third period gym; Betty and Michelle for fourth period English 2; Cindy and Peter for fifth period Chemistry; Betty for sixth period US History; and finally Liz and Michelle in Photography. Most of her teachers seemed to either like her or ignore her. And the curriculum was actually pretty easy to understand thanks to Selvig.

By the end of the day, Danielle was beat. She retraced her steps from this morning back to the subway stop and got on fully expecting to find Peter inside the twin already, but he wasn't. He must have been on some team or something that stayed after school. Danielle shrugged and clutched tightly to the subway pole. When she finally reached her stop, Danielle couldn't really find her way around the busy streets of New York. Apparently, she got off on the wrong stop and had to walk the rest of the way to her apartments.

Sharon was already there when Danielle stumbled in through the front door. "How was school?"

Danielle shrugged. "Okay, I guess. Wasn't as bad as expected, but a little...overwhelming."

Sharon chuckled. "It's high school. That's the way it's supposed to be." She explained. "But it was a good experience?"

Danielle nodded. "Yeah. I think so..."

"Well, I'm glad." Sharon said as she moved towards the kitchen and pulled something out of the fridge. "Because I bought celebratory lasagna for the occasion."

Danielle laughed as she threw down her backpack by the door. The next few hours, Danielle and Sharon talked about school and her considering joining the soccer team-leaving out the Betty Brant nonsense Michelle had told her-maybe even joining Decathlon if she had time. She talked about her new friends, the kid who helped her on the subway and the mysterious girl who sat next to her in Algebra 2. Sharon enjoyed seeing how well Danielle was already fitting in at high school.

"You see any cute guys at school?" Sharon asked as she scooped up a piece of lasagna on her plate.

"Uh, Jack told me to stay away from boys..." Danielle admit as she poked at her food.

"Jack is your brother. He's legally obligated to say stuff like that, but it doesn't mean you have to actually listen to him." Sharon explained. "So, anyone?"

Danielle shook her head. "I guess, I just haven't been there long enough."

"Don't worry. You'll find someone."

Danielle really hoped not to. Besides, who would actually like her for the person she really was? A freak. At that thought, Danielle felt herself becoming sad by being separated form her brother and Wanda. She instantly needed them by her side to assure her she wasn't anything like the experiment Strucker made her to be. "I think I'm gonna call it a night." Danielle mumbled before excusing herself from the table and heading to her room.

That night, Danielle spent little time sleeping, but more time thinking about how she'd survive the next three years.


A/N: Sorry for the late review responses, but here it is:

Gilyflower: I hope you enjoy how it develops and builds.

PondLake: Yeah, Danielle has been put through a lot, and I really wanted to make her different from either Pietro and Wanda. She doesn't want to fight st all, but she doesn't want to go through the tests Strucker performed on her either. I'll probably go more into detail about Danielle's past and the terrible things HYDRA did to her later on. But for now, here's your update.

leechuus: The pairing will be between Peter and Danielle. Mostly because Jack is like six years older than both of them and that would be kind of weird. But I hope this chapter kind of clears things up a bit.

GodzNo: Ha ha! Yes, Steve will not allow Danielle to be an Avenger unless she is passing her classes. I wanted Danielle to have a father figure besides Jack because Jack is a little more reckless and was a teenager before HYDRA took him and hasn't exactly grown out of it, so he tends to be more impulsive. So, I made Steve and Danielle's relationship kind of like Tony to Peter's. It will play a large role later on.