Title: Be Careful What You Wish For
Author: Kactus Wrynn
Rating: T
Pairing: TonyxBella
Summary: The last thing she remembered was making a wish on a falling star, 'I wish I was somewhere I could heal, no matter how broken I am', now the only thing going through her head was"How on Earth did I get from the meadow in Forks to an empty lot in New York?"
Disclaimer: If you recognize anything, I don't own it
Bella sighed to herself as she went down to the den where the computer was. Tom had gone to work and Bethany had gone to spend time with her friends, whom she'd been neglecting over the last couple of days in order to worry about Bella and try to find out who she was and where she belonged. She had finally convinced Bethany that she was fine and would be fine for a few hours; she knew how to use everything in the house because Bethany had showed her, even though technically Bella had already known how, Bethany didn't know that though, she thought Tom might suspect something but he never said or implied anything. Finally though she had the house to herself, this place was different from everything she'd grown up with, it seems as though she'd ended up in a completely different reality, one where super heroes and super villains and mutants all existed. She finally sat down at the computer and turned it on, waiting for it to load. When the username password screen popped up she typed in the password and waited for it to log in, the first person she was looking up was herself.
When the computer was finally fully on she opened up internet explorer and went to Google. She typed in the name Isabella Marie Swan and then hit search. The Isabella Swan of this world was 15 to her 20, she went by Marie and she had two younger siblings. Her parents were still happily married and they lived in San Francisco, California. She looked up the Cullen's next, starting with Carlisle. He'd died at 21 years of age while supposedly hunting a vampire. He was missing for six days before his body was found on the outskirts of London with his throat slit. She looked up Edward next; he'd died at 17 from the Spanish Influenza that swept through Chicago only hours after his mother, Elizabeth, had succumbed to the same disease. She looked up Esme Platt next, she'd committed suicide by jumping off a cliff after her son died, and her abusive husband had died only a few days later from a gas leak. She looked up Rosalie next; she'd been gang raped and beaten to death, she was found hours later by her friend, Vera, who'd she'd been visiting just before she was attacked. She looked up Emmet McCarty next, he'd died in a bear attack, and his brothers were the ones who found his body. She looked up Mary Alice Brandon next, she'd died when the asylum she was housed in had exploded thanks to a gas leak and a lit match, and there had been no survivors. Lastly she looked up Major Jasper Whitlock; he'd gone missing on his way to finish evacuating Galveston, they'd found his body a few days later a mile outside of Galveston with a bullet in his head. She looked up Jake next, he was living with his disabled father in La Push and was currently attending high school, and it looked as though he and his father had never met the Swan's. His two older sisters were currently attending college in Hawaii. She sat back in the chair, 'Well, that's everyone that I care to look up. Seems like everything here really is completely different.' She sighed to herself and cleared the search from the browsing history and logged off and shut the computer down. She was kind of hungry; Bethany had showed her how to cook some basic meals that she hadn't actually known how to cook. Swiftly and silently she left the den and headed for the kitchen to cook macaroni and cheese. When she was finished, she cleaned the dishes and put them away and then headed upstairs to take a nap, she was utterly exhausted, both physically and emotionally and she needed to rest. She didn't wake up again until the next day.
-Scene Change-
While Bella slept upstairs Tom and Bethany arrived home to an utterly silent house. Bethany immediately headed upstairs to check on Bella, always the worrier, and Tom checked the rest of the house, ending his quick check in the den. He headed straight to the computer, hearing Bethany coming down the stairs, and turned it on. Bethany came in and smiled a little before she spoke,
"She's sleeping; I don't think she's going to wake up anytime soon." He nodded in response and focused on the computer which was already on the username password screen. He quickly entered the password and waited for it to log in, as soon as it had, he opened the internet and checked the browsing history, it was exactly as he'd left it that morning, and he heard Bethany make an irritated sound behind him.
"For goodness sake Tom! She's a good girl, even if she can't remember anything, why do you have to be so suspicious?' He opened his mouth to respond but Bethany spoke before he could,
"Honestly! You're a suspicious old man Thomas Andrew Dupree! I don't feel like listening to your excuses so I'm going to go make dinner now!" She strode angrily out of the room and behind her Tom blew out an exasperated huff of air and muttered to himself
"Honestly woman! I used to be a spy; we're trained to be suspicious! I can't help it!"
"I heard that Thomas Andrew Dupree! You haven't been a spy for over 30 years! You shouldn't be so suspicious anymore!" He just sighed, uncomfortably annoyed, and began searching for anything that might be connected to the young woman sleeping in his attic.
-Scene Change-
3 weeks later
It had been 3 weeks, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find anything that might be related to the young woman in his attic. He was ready to give up and so was his wife, granted she'd been bothering him about getting Nick to set up an identity for the young woman in the attic. He supposed it was time to call in that favor.
"Beth! Get the filly and come in here please?"
"Give me just a moment Tom!" Five minutes later Bethany and Bella entered the den, both wondering why he'd called them in to the den.
"We can't find anything filly, so I was wondering if you wanted to be a part of our family?" Bella's eyes widened, she wasn't going to bother asking why.
"I'd like that very much" Bethany squealed like a little girl
"How do you like the name Isabella Clairie Dupree? Tom and I had a little girl once; she died when she was 6, car accident and that was her name. Do you want it?"
"Well, yes, but, I won't be a replacement for the daughter you lost, I might have her name, but that's all it is, a name."
"Oh of course not dear, but it's a good name and there's no one using it so I thought, maybe you could."
"Well, I guess I could use it."
"Wonderful! Come on filly, we got to go take a test!"
"A test?"
"Well of course! It's a placement test, we need to know where you in your education."
"Um, ok. How long is this test going to take?"
"A few hours. Tom will handle everything while we're gone, won't you Tom?" He nodded and Bethany beamed and practically dragged Bella out of the house. Tom shook his head and gave a heavy sigh before he picked up the phone and dialed 1.
"Operator." A female voice said on the other end of the line.
"Yes, can you put me in touch with Nicholas Fury?"
"One moment please." Elevator music came on the line and ended after a few minutes.
"Fury." One word in a gruff sounding voice.
"Nick? It's Tom, I'm calling in that favor."
"What do you need?"
"An identity."
-Scene Change-
6 hours later
When Beth and Bella finally got home, Bella's new identity was set up and Tom rose an eyebrow and the wide beaming smile on his wife's face and dozens of bags in her and Bella's hands.
"Oh Tom! It's wonderful! Bella here has a complete education all the way through high school and she wants to go to culinary school! Isn't it wonderful?"
"Culinary school?" Bella nodded and spoke up.
"I really enjoy cooking and I think I could do it for a job. I'd probably be really good at it and I want to pay you and Beth back for everything the two of you have done for me."
"You don't need to, we were happy to help you. Besides, we're family now, family always helps each other out. If you want to go to culinary school though, we won't stop you; in fact we'll help you." Tom smiled at her and Beth nodded enthusiastically before speaking up.
"We have an account that we've kept putting money into, it was a college fund for our daughter, and I felt like we would need it someday so we kept putting money in, there should be enough for you to go school without having to worry about fees. What degree are you going for?" Bella was staring at them with wide eyes and a dropped jaw and they could both tell she was going to protest but Tom cut her off.
"We don't need the money Isabella, and we want you to have it. We're your parents now and we want to take care of you and make sure you can do what you want to do. So I'll ask again, what degree are you going to go for?" Still somewhat shocked she said
"Bachelor's degree." Tom nodded and then said
"That'll take four years, so let's get you enrolled."
-Scene change-
4 Years later
Bella beamed as she walked across the stage to accept her degree, hearing Beth and Tom cheering for her in the crowd. She laughed to herself as she returned to her seat and waited for them to congratulate the class of 2011. As soon as they were dismissed she made her way to Beth and Tom. As soon as she reached them, Beth pulled her into a tight hug while Tom grinned from where he stood behind his wife and said
"We are so proud of you Bella! Now we just have to work on getting you a job!" Beth sounded even more excited than Bella felt; she was looking forward to being able to pay them back for their kindness, even though they didn't actually know that she was planning on paying them back.
-Scene change-
2 weeks later
Two weeks later she still hadn't gotten a job when Beth handed her an application that said Stark Industries at the top. Obediently Bella filled out the application and handed it to Beth as Beth indicated when she was done and Beth took off, calling over her shoulder that she'd be right back. Two hours later Beth came back with a wide grin on her weathered face and told her she had an interview for Stark Industries at 8 am on Monday.
-Scene change-
Monday August 1, 2011
At 6:30 am on Monday August First Bella was woken up by her alarm. She crawled out of bed feeling very nervous about her upcoming interview with Stark Industries and chose her clothing very carefully before heading to the shower. When she got out she pulled on her robe and began blow drying her hair, when she was sure it was dry, she pulled it up into a neat bun and headed into her bedroom. She pulled on her bra and underwear, followed by her solid black slacks, dressy royal blue metallic tank top and solid black suit coat. She returned to the bathroom and brushed her teeth and then applied mascara, eyeliner, and lip gloss, it was 7am and she grabbed her purse and portfolio of the pictures she'd taken of the various foods she made and then headed outside, it would take an hour to get to Stark Tower where her interview was being held by Ms. Pepper Potts. Tom was driving her and he glanced over at her and noticed the nervous look in her eye, and covered her hand with his own, silently telling her it would be ok.
-Scene Change-
2 hours later
They had successfully arrived at the Tower and she'd gone in and came out an hour later.
"Well? How do you think it went?"
"I think it went really well, if I get the job she'll call me back in a week." A week later she got the call, she'd gotten the job and she would be starting the next day. Tom and Beth heard her screech of excitement before she came barreling down the stairs and ran right up to Tom and Beth and gave them both a hug as she exclaimed "I got the job!"
"Well, when do you start?" Beth asked with a wide grin.
"Tomorrow at 7am, I'm going to be making three meals a day, breakfast lunch and dinner, when I'm not cooking I'll be cleaning. My first shift is from 7am to 5:30pm. I'm to make the meals in coordination with the time, breakfast at 7am, lunch at noon, and dinner at 5pm. I can't believe I got the job! Thank you so much Beth!" She hugged Beth tightly.
"I'll be waiting on the road for you when your shift is done alright?" Tom asked and she nodded, she knew there was no use arguing. She suddenly felt tired and said as much, Beth laughed and told her to go to bed. She said she'd see them in the morning, and gave them both a kiss on the cheek goodnight.
A/N: This is probably going to be the longest chapter. Next chapter is going to be her first day at work, and the first glimpse of the Avengers. I forgot to mention that this story takes place a couple weeks after the Avengers movie ends, but don't worry, there're going to be villains popping up every once in a while. I'd like your opinions on who you think the rest of the Avengers end up with not including Tony since he's going to end up with Bella. Drop a review on your way out please!