WINX SPIDEY
Chapter 2: One Jump Ahead
I'm back everybody! Sorry that I took so long to get this done, it's just with this new job I've got on manual labor, I haven't always had the time to sit down and write something like this. So here it is, my chapter!
But just to be clear, I don't own anything related to Spider-Man or the Winx Club, just the ideas for this story. So now away we go!
The next morning, everything was so peaceful in the city of Magix, where anything was magically possible. All of the stores and restaurants, even the market place was opened. On this particular morning, three young ladies were walking through the city. The first was a brunette with blond bangs named Flora, she was from the realm of nature, the planet Lynphea. The second was named Musa, she had blueish-black hair and was from the planet Harmony. The third was a girl with light skin, and short magenta hair worn in a pixie cut, named Techna, she was from the planet Zenith, a realm of machinery and energy.
Now these three were accompanied by three little magical beings called pixies, whose names were Chatta, Tune and Digit.
"What a beautiful morning in Magix City." sighed Flora happily, her pixie-in-bonding Chatta floated beside her.
"Yeah, I agree" said Musa who was currently listening to her music with her headphones in her ears. Her own pixie-in-bonding, Tune was floating next to her.
"Just so you know" added Techna "There's been some reported incidents of a teen stealing things in the market place, some say that he's broke but others say that he's just a thief."
"I certainly agree." Digit added.
"What's that suppose to mean?" asked Flora in curiosity, but before Techna could answer, there was a loud shout: "STOP THIEF!"
The three girls and their pixies looked up just in time to a teenage boy run around the corner, followed by a troop of royal guards that looked like they came from the planet Domino.
"Now what's that all about?" asked Musa in bewilderment.
"I think it's the thief I just mentioned" Techna reminded her, now Flora was very much surprised to see wat was happening.
Up ahead, the young man who was running was very much a thief, because he had just stolen a loaf of bread and the guards who were chasing him, were very much from the planet Domino. The first guard was beyond no doubt, the captain of the guards, and his name was Rafael. Then the guards chased the boy across the rooftops until they cornered him above an alley filled with clotheslines.
"I'll have your hands for a trophy, street rat!" cried the captain, brandishing his sword which made the young man wince. But what no one didn't know was that the young man wasn't just stealing, he was practically broke and wanted to have enough food to survive. His name was Peter Parker and he was originally from the planet Earth, he was also secretly the hero called Spider-Man until the day he was made an outlaw and an outcast.
"All this for a loaf of bread?" he muttered to himself before jumping off the roof, much to the shock and horror of the crowd below. But luckily, he landed on one of the clotheslines in the alley and slid down it, causing a lot of towels to fall off. But then he slipped and landed another line, which allowed him to slide straight into the wall on the other side of the alley before hitting the ground with a thud, while getting entangled with lots of girls' clothing in the process.
"Oh my gosh! Is he okay?!" cried Musa in horror, the three girls were about to run over when all at once, a hand reached out from under the clothes pile and grabbed a loaf of bread that fell from the sky. The very same loaf that Peter had purposely stolen, the young man pulled the clothes off of himself and carefully inspected the loaf to make sure it wasn't even dirty.
"Phew! Good thing I managed to reach out just in time" he told himself, just then a loud voice called out. "There he is!"
Peter looked up to see the guards who were chasing him looking down from the rooftops, it was the captain who had spoken. One of the other guards shook his sword and yelled out angrily "You won't get away so easily!"
"You think that was easy?" Peter asked before he heard giggling, he basically turned to see three girls who were covering their mouths to keep from laughing out loud. He didn't understand why, but they were especially laughing because he was still covered with girls' clothes. Now Flora, Musa and Tecna had never seen anything like it, but the boy looked so drastically funny.
Right at that moment, Peter turned his head at the sound of the captain's voice, the captain was giving instructions to his men. "You four, go over that way! And you two, follow me! We'll find him!"
Now Peter wasted no time slipping out of the clothes pile and putting on a disguise, then he slipped out into the street where he ran into the same girls who had laughed at him a few seconds ago.
"Good morning ladies" he greeted them carefully, the three girls looked at each other and then back at him. "Hi" said Musa shyly.
"Aren't you getting into trouble a little early today?" asked Tecna seriously.
"Trouble? No way!" said Peter wistfully "You'd only get in trouble if you get caught." He reminded them, just then a strong hand grabbed him firmly by the collar and yanked off the disguise. The hand belonged to none other than Rafael, the captain of Domino's royal guard "I've got you this time boy!" he growled.
"Okay, I'm in trouble!" exclaimed Peter.
"Well, this time…." Rafael began before being cut off short when a gunny sack was suddenly pulled down over his eyes. From not far off, the three fairy friends were watching in amazement because on top of the captain's head, was a small capuchin monkey. The captain of the guard tried to pull the sack off while the little creature chattered loudly and pointed wildly at him. Flora, Musa and Tecna, along with the pixies, could not help but burst out laughing at the funny sight of the little monkey.
"Good job Boba" said Peter, giving a salute with the bread loaf. "Perfect timing, as usual."
"Ah-boo!" squeaked the monkey, whose name was practically Boba, as it/he tipped his little cap. "Come on, let's get out of here!" urged Peter as the monkey climbed onto his shoulders and they started running off in the opposite direction, only to run into another guard who swung his sword at them. Both the boy and his monkey dodged the strikes, just as Peter started to sing out:
Gotta keep one jump ahead of the breadline
One swing ahead of the sword
I steal only what I can afford
And that's everything!
Flora, Musa and Tecna watched as the young man kept dodging all the guard's strikes until he yanked off the man's belt, causing his pants to fall off. The three fairies burst out laughing at the look of shock and surprise on the guard's face before he pulled up his pants again and chased after the young man.
"Come on, let's follow them!" urged Musa.
"Why would we want to do that?" asked Tecna in confusion.
"So we can see what happens next!" said Musa excitedly, they all followed the young man to see where he was going but stayed at a distance to avoid being seen. Then they saw him elude another guard before climbing up a large stack of barrels that were filled with molasses.
Still, he continued singing:
One jump ahead of the lawmen
That's all, and that's no joke
These guys don't appreciate I'm broke!
As he sang, Peter knocked a barrel down on top of the guards. Four of the guards, who were now covered with molasses, took offence at the boy's base of action and they all shouted out:
"RIFF RAFF!"
"STREET RAT!"
"SCOUNDREL!"
"TAKE THAT!"
Peter quickly climbed to the top of a very tall scaffold, held out the loaf of bread in his hand and sang out. "Just a little snack guys!"
In that same instant, a volley of swords, spears and knives came flying his way. Peter managed to dodge every single one them to avoid being impaled. Then the soldiers started shaking the scaffold back and forth.
Rip him open!
Take it back guys!
Then Peter jumped off the scaffold, shot out a web-line from his wrist and swung over to a window on a nearby building where Boba was waiting to pull him on in.
I can take a hint
Gotta face the facts
You're my only friend, Boba!
But just as he and Boba had slipped in through the window, they were surprised by several teenage girls who happened to be inside and were very much annoyed to have them inside their apartment.
Who?!
Oh, it's sad Pete Parker's hit the bottom
He's become a one-man rise in crime!
One of the girls pushed Peter straight into a plump woman who was cleaning the place, and she wasn't very happy.
I'd blame parents
except he hasn't got 'em
Peter quickly slipped away from the maid and headed straight for the balcony and before he left, he turned to the girls and exclaimed:
Gotta eat to live
Gotta steal to eat
Tell you all about it when I got the time!
Then he leaped off the balcony and bounced off of several canopies until he landed down in a back alleyway. Not far off, the three Winx girls and the pixes who had been following his every move, were completely amazed.
"How does he do all that?" asked Musa in bewilderment.
"He must be very talented." Flora complimented.
"But he must also be very clever." Chatta added before they continued to follow him. Not far up ahead, Peter continued to elude the guards until he and Boba hid behind some marketplace entertainers, imitating their every move. Rafael and the other rushed on past, without realizing that their quarry was hiding behind all the performers.
Peter only continued singing:
One jump ahead of the slowpokes
One skip ahead of my doom
Next time, need to use an Alde-plume!
Just then, one of the entertainers moved in a different direction and marked a different pose, resulting in Peter and Boba being discovered. Quickly, the boy and his monkey ran off with the crowd staring after them, each person had looks that said: 'Where did he come from?'
The three fairies and the pixies laughed out loud, they had never seen anything so particularly funny as the boy and his monkey. But the guards were a different story, the minute they saw Peter run off in another direction, they quickly changed course and followed after him.
The young man raced onward until he came to a huge flock of sheep, then he jumped on their backs and ran over them. The guards followed suit, but they waded right through the whole flock of sheep.
The boy just kept singing:
One jump ahead of the hitmen
One hit ahead of the flock
I think I'll take a stroll around the block!
As he spoke, Peter ran right around a corner as the guards chased him. And he led them right across a person who was sleeping on a bed of nails, until the fattest guard tripped and fell backwards right on top of that sleeping person. Which caused both of them to cry out loud in pain, first because the person who slept was being crushed, and second because the fat guard was getting poked by some nails right underneath him. From afar, the girls and pixies laughed so hard that they could hardly contain themselves. "Why, that is so funny!" Chatta exclaimed.
"I couldn't agree more Chatta!" Flora exclaimed wholeheartedly, they all continued to watch excitedly as the royal guards came running around the corner in time to find the little monkey named Boba standing on a market cart. He was also wearing rings on both his fingers and tail, and a necklace was around his neck, he also wore a very expensive hat. This led to several voices crying out all at once;
Captain: STOP THIEF!
Vendor: VANDAL!
Peter: BOBA!
Man: OUTRAGE!
Woman: SCANDAL!
The vendor who had just shouted, snatched the jewels right off of Boba, before the monkey was snatched up by his owner. Then Peter and Boba raced even further down the street before the guards surrounded them from all sides. This only prompted Peter to sing even further;
Let's not be too hasty!
Just then, a older plump woman with a laundry basket came out of nowhere and got right in the middle of it;
Still, I think he's rather tasty!
Quickly, Peter jumped up and went towards a catapult that aimed at the rooftops, and once again the guards surrounded him on all sides just like before. Then he sang out;
Gotta eat to live
Gotta steal to eat
Otherwise, we'd get along
"WRONG!" the guards shouted as they lunged forward to grab him, but Peter used the catapult to send himself sailing just in time and the guards just crashed into each other. The girls and their pixies just laughed out loud so hard that they lost track of time until Tecna looked at her watch. "Oh, we've got to get back to Alfea in time to teach classes. Otherwise, Miss Faragonda is not going to be pleased with us for being so late."
The others nodded their heads in agreement, they would have loved to stay and watch the whole show, but they needed to get back to Alfea anyway. So they gathered up their stuff and left, but the little pixies decided to stay behind for a while longer.
"Why don't we follow them for just a little bit longer?" suggested Chatta "It would be something if we could get a glimpse of what happens next."
Tune and Digit looked at each other and then back at their friend. "Sure, why not?" they said in unison. So the three little pixies continued to follow along with the whole escapade, watching from a distance as they did so. They were just in time to see the boy and his monkey put on some clay pots to use for blending in, but that didn't go unnoticed by the captain of the guard.
"GET HIM!" roared Rafael, the rest of the guards did as they were told, the boy and his monkey quickly threw off the clay pots and raced off ahead of the guards.
The pair hadn't gone far when they crossed over a patch of hot coals where some people were walking around barefoot, they quickly ran just as the guards tried to catch up with them. Peter and Boba managed to jump on the people's backs to cross over the coals, but strained the back of one person in the process. Rafael and two of the guards that were with him also proceeded to cross over the coals, but managed to burn their feet in the process. This caused them to scream out loud with intense pain as they ran. The pixies saw what was happening and could hardly contain themselves as they laughed so hard.
"This just gets even funnier by the minute!" exclaimed Digit as she could hardly even contain herself.
"I can tastily agree with that Digit." Chatta replied as they continued to watch and follow along. Peter and Boba kept on running until they went right through a huge amphitheater where several dozen performers were putting on all kinds of various acts, Peter ran right through the whole audience, causing several people to dodge out of the way. But just as he raced across the stage, Boba jumped to where a sword-swallower was just pulling off his own act and pulled the sword right out of his throat, causing the performer to clutch his own neck and choke very badly.
Then Boba jumped right in front of the guards and brandished the sword, causing them to stop immediately in their tracks.
"He's got a sword!" cried out one guard as the others trembled at the sight of the little monkey that swung a blade back and forth while bearing his teeth. From not far off, the little pixies laughed out loud at the strange sight.
"Why, you idiots!" snapped Rafael as he drew out his sword. "We've all got swords!" The other guards quickly snapped out of it and drew out their own swords. At the sight of this, Boba grinned innocently while putting down his own sword and dashed off after his master. Rafael and three of the other guards chased them until the pair stopped abruptly by a snake charmer, where they saw four more guards heading their way. After glancing this way and that, Peter thought quickly and together, he and Boba climbed up a long rope that was close by and got out of the way just in time for the guards to crash into each other again before falling down.
Digit, Tune, and Chatta all laughed out loud. "Oh, that is so hysterical!" cried Tune.
"I couldn't agree more Tune." Chatta told her as they continued following the boy and his monkey. Before long, Peter and Boba had climbed over the rooftops and landed on the other side before they continued running, even while the guards started to catch up with them. Peter started singing once more just as the guards began to surround him from two sides of the street as well as from behind, forcing him to race up a flight of stairs leading to a different roof.
One jump ahead of the hoofbeats (Vandal!)
One hop ahead of the hump (Street rat!)
One trick ahead of disaster (Scoundrel!)
They're quick, but I'm much faster (Take that!)
Here goes!
Better throw my hand in
Wish me happy landin'
All I gotta do is JUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMP!
At that last second, Peter and Boba leaped off the edge of the building, swinging on a very long cable. Rafael and three of the other guards followed suit, only this time, they were each swinging on a very flimsy rope. But then Peter and Boba had managed to swing off to the right while the guards carelessly swung right into a huge wall, which led to them sliding down into a deep manure pile. The burning stench quickly aroused them, causing them to hold their noses and cry out in utter disgust.
Tune, Digit and Chatta all laughed so hard like they had never done so in years. "He's really outdone them this time!" Tune exclaimed loudly.
The others readily agreed with her, "That's right Tune" Chatta told her. "Now let's get back to Alfea, our bonded fairies will be missing us." So the three of them flew off back to Alfea to rejoin their friends while Peter and Boba had managed to land in a back alley that was very safe.
"And now esteemed offendee." Peter told his monkey "We feast!" he divided the bread into two pieces, one for himself and the other for Boba. He was just about to take a bite out of his piece when he saw something.
Two homeless children, a little boy and a girl, were searching for scraps among the garbage bins in the alley, they quickly stopped what they were doing once they saw this much older boy who wasn't too far off. The little boy ran to his sister for comfort, Peter looked down at the bread in his hands and then back at the kids. He realized that he would be no better than most others, if he kept on stealing for just himself. So he got up and headed straight for the children, ignoring his monkey's protests, then he offered the bread to the children.
"Go on" he told the girl, holding out the bread. "Go on, take it."
The girl wasn't so sure at first, but then she realized that the older boy was offering her the piece of bread that he was holding. She eagerly took the bread and Peter just stroked her hair before walking off. Boba was very reluctant at first, but then he saw how hungry the children were, even more so than him. So he brought his own piece of bread over to the children, who had already divided the first piece in half. He then held out his own piece, expecting the children to reject it since he had already bitten into it. But nevertheless, the girl also took that one and patted Boba gently on the head.
"Uh dos!" squeaked Boba before he playfully swatting the girl's hands away. Just then, there was the sound of music in the marketplace, Boba turned his head and went to join his master who had just joined a crowd that was looking at something.
The pair looked past beyond the crowd and into the street, sure enough, a parade was passing through the Main Street. It looked exactly like a royal caravan, much to the amazement of the whole crowd, it was an entire entourage of swordsmen, servants, valets. But at the lead of the group was a nicely dressed man riding a white horse, the man was dressed in royal robes with a turban on his head, a sword on his right side, and a coat of arms on his chest. He rode astride his horse with such impetuous stride.
"Where does he think he's going?" asked a curious bystander.
"He must be on his way to Domino, I suppose." Another one answered.
"Another suitor for King Oritel's youngest daughter" grumbled a third. Just then, the same children that Peter encountered earlier, ran out into the middle of the street. The young girl tried to stop her brother from going too far, but it was too late. By the time she did stop him, he was already in front of the horse's hooves.
The horse was so startled that it neighed loudly and raised its front legs, the crowd gasped as the children were almost too close. The horse's rider became very angry and annoyed that he raised his whip. "Get out of my way, you filthy little brats!"
The children flinched just as the man brought down his whip to hurt them, but he would have done so if not for the untimely interference of Peter who pulled them out of the way just in time.
"Are you kids okay?" he asked them out of concern, the two nodded and Peter turned back to the man on the horse. "Who do you think you are?" he demanded angrily "What makes you think you've got every right to hurt or pick on anyone who's so younger than you?!"
"I am Prince Andre of Ithica!" retorted the man on the horse, "So I will not be spoken to like this, peasant!"
"Well, the heck it be!" Peter shouted, loud enough for the crowd to hear. "Don't you refer to me as 'Peasant', since you're the one who tried to hurt these kids in the first place! You miserable jackass!" Andre fumed when he heard that, while the crowd gasped in shock at hearing what was just said.
"Another thing, if I were ever as rich as you, I could afford some manners!" Peter told the prince in disgust, the whole crowd was very applauded when they heard that, but the children were very glad that Peter was protecting them from this big, mean bully.
But nevertheless, Andre was very, very furious "I'll teach you some manners!" he shouted, jumping down from his horse and striking Peter across the face. The young man was knocked down against some gravel, a woman quickly moved the children away from the commotion while two men came to Peter's aid and helped him up.
As Peter was recovering from the impact, the spoiled vain prince remounted his horse once again. But just as the royal entourage continued forward, Peter thought of an insulting joke. "Take a look at that everybody!" he called out, "It's not every day that you see a horse with two rear ends!"
That got a raise out of almost the whole crowd, besides the men helping him and the woman and two children. Prince Andre turned angrily around in offense when he heard that "You, sir!" he snapped "Are a worthless street rat!" The two men and the woman were stunned to hear that, judging by the hurt look on Peter's face.
"You were born a street rat" the prince continued. "And you'll die a street rat, and only your fleas will mourn you!"
That had done it, as Peter lunged forward to get clear at the prince for all those hurtful insults. But it was too late, since the entourage had already passed through a portal which led to the kingdom of Domino.
"I'm not worthless!" he shouted as the portal closed on him. "And I don't have any fleas!" he finished as he scratched his scalp. One of the men who had helped him, stepped forward and put a hand on the boy's shoulder.
"Pay him no heed, lad" he told him comfortingly, "He doesn't know what he's talking about. Besides, he's just one of those spoiled, vain princes who are ugly, rich and unkind. So don't let him get under your skin, because he thinks he can."
"That's right" said the other man coming forward. "Just because he's rich and related to royalty, doesn't mean he's right. He's just offence to the way you stood up to him after the way he treated those children, that's what makes him a nasty, stiff-necked, ignorant windbag."
Peter looked down at his feet, deep down, he knew those men were right. If he lashed out at the cruel prince, then he'd be no better than he ever was.
"Come on, Boba" he told his monkey. "Let's go home" but he could turn to go, one of the same children from earlier grabbed his wrist. He looked down at the child, who held up a bag of fruit. "Here" said the little boy "These are for you." Peter was surprised to see that the children were actually thanking him for protecting them from harm. "Thanks kid" he told the little boy before taking the fruit, picking up Boba and leaving the square.
Later on
After awhile, the young man and his pet monkey arrived in some back alleys where most civilians didn't dare to trod. Of course, it was already sunset by the time he had arrived. But he didn't mind, since he needed to get his mind off a few things.
He was still very sad from what happened earlier, so as he climbed an emergency exit leading up the side of an abandoned building, he started to sing:
Riff raff, street rat
I don't buy that
If only they'd look closer
Would they see a poor boy?
No siree
They'll find out
There's so much more to me
By then, he had now reached the top of the building, where he had set up camp. As soon as he set foot inside the complex, Boba scampered over to a round ottoman that had a pillow on top. The little monkey took off his hat and curled up to sleep while Peter covered him with a blanket. Then Peter went to the window and opened the curtain to see the view over the city of Magix. As he relaxed into a chair, he said aloud.
"Someday Boba, things are going to change. As soon as I've found work and earned enough money, I'll buy some materials for building a brand new house or even a mansion. Better yet, we'll start a business of our own so we can became rich and live like kings. And never have any problems at all."
As soon as he said these words, Peter yawned out loud and went straight to his own bed and fell asleep. Little did he know that all the next morning, his life was about to change forever.
Finally! After a stressful day of stealing to survive, Peter is thinking about what direction his life will soon take. Throughout the course of this story, I will include elements that should make it similar to the Disney classic 'Aladdin' and its live-action remake(Same thing with my other fanfic, Beauty and the Man-Spider). But now Peter's life is about to change when come the next chapter, he crosses paths with a certain fairy princess.
Now I got the name for Peter's pet monkey from Boba Fett, son of Jango Fett, because I think it's so cool.
I honestly don't know how long it'll be for the next chapter to be updated, but I can promise that whenever I do finish it, you're going to love it. For the time being, I might be working on my other fanfics that I've started before. Just be patient and sound off in the reviews below.
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