A/N: Eden meets pupper!Allie

It was the second term at MIT that Eden found out Allie was a shapeshifter. Eden was passing by Allie's house on her way to a movie, and decided to stop and say hi to Allie and her parents (and maybe see if Thor was there - she liked Thor).

The front door swung open when Eden knocked. She poked her head in cautiously. "Hello?" she called. "Your door's open!"

"Come on in, Eden!" called Clint's voice from somewhere upstairs. "Allie's in the backyard, just go through!"

"Thanks!" Eden walked through the house to the backyard. She looked around for the girl, and found a beautiful Golden Retriever running around in the backyard. "Allie? You out here?"

The dog stopped running and stared at her.

If Eden didn't know better she'd say the dog looked shocked. "Hi, doggy," Eden said nervously. "Nice doggo. I hope you're a nice doggo. I didn't even know Allie had a dog."

The dog shuffled through the grass nervously, and sped around Eden back into the house.

"Ookayyy..." Eden followed the dog back into the house. "Uh..." She heard voices upstairs.

Allie's voice, "Mom, mom, what do I do?" She sounded frantic.

"It's okay, malyshka," the door closed.

Eden stood there awkwardly in the living room, wondering what was going on. "Okay, gotta go, bye!" she called up the stairs, and headed for the front door.

Clint clattered down the stairs at an impressive speed. "Hang on," he said, holding out a hand. "Uh, give Allie a minute. Hi, how are you doing, Eden?"

"I'm fine," Eden said, shaking his hand. "Uh, when'd you guys get a dog?"

He gave her a small smile. "Oh, you know." He put his hands in his pockets. "How's your semester going?"

"Um, pretty good. I'm not sure about my teacher for..." She trailed off as Allie and Natasha came downstairs, Allie holding her mother's hand tightly. "Hey, Allie."

"Hi," Allie said, giving her a nervous half-wave. "Um..."

Eden frowned. "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, everything's fine," Natasha said calmly. "Allie needs to tell you something."

"I was gonna show you later for our building project," Allie said, twisting her hands, "because we needed a lot of strength for that one thing, but, I wasn't expecting you, so..."

Eden raised her eyebrows expectantly. "So..."

"So I'm a mutant," Allie blurted, and hugged herself tightly. "I'm a shapeshifter."

Eden's jaw dropped. "So, wait, the dog... you were the dog?"

Allie nodded silently.

Eden put a hand over her mouth, frowning. "This isn't a prank?" she asked.

"Nope." Allie shuffled her feet. "Watch." She changed into the Golden Retriever, and then back into herself. "See?"

Eden's jaw dropped again. "Okay... that's so cool!" She grinned at her lab partner. "You are so totally a superhero! Why didn't you tell me before? Were you nervous? I'm so sorry I caught you by surprise, I didn't mean to freak you out. What other things can you turn into?" She took a deep breath. "Okay, wait, sorry, I'm being weird." She took another deep breath. "That's so cool, Allie."

Clint and Natasha were beaming at her. "See, Allie?" Clint said, hugging his daughter. "Everything's cool."

Allie beamed at Eden in relief. "Thanks. And yeah, I can turn into some cool stuff. I can turn into a dragon."

"AWESOME. Can you show me? Wait, can I ask? Is that rude?"

Allie's smile widened. "No, you're good. Okay, this is my favorite kind of dragon..."

Needless to say, Eden skipped the movie. People stranded on a mountain had nothing on a real-life shapeshifting lab partner.

A/N 2: Hope you enjoyed! Also, what'd y'all think of Infinity War? I saw it twice and cried on the second time even though I was expecting everything, lol