Peter still has some things to explain to Twilight
(This chapter crosses over with the other story, 'Guns & Parties', which deals with Pinkie Pie, Deadpool & The X-Men)
The Next day, Peter got up, ready to go to The Daily Bugle.
"Ok Twilight, you know the drill, I'm gonna be gone for a while, you stay here and do whatever, I know you still have those books, Rumble there's some comics there for you if you'd like", Peter said.
"Cool!" Rumble said.
"I hate that you go to that place", Twilight said.
"I need to make money so-"
"You said you barely make money, do you even have enough to support us? I don't wanna stay here if it's gonna burden you financially, I can ask Dr. Richards if I can stay at The Baxter Building, don't trouble yourself because you think you need to take care of us", Twilight said.
"I'll be fine, don't worry", he stroked her mane, "Besides I like having you here, Rumble too, nice to have a pretty face to come home to"
Twilight blushed a bit, "Well, when you put it that way...just be careful"
"I will, relax", Peter then left the building, Rumble grinned at Twilight.
"What? Why are you grinning at me?"
"He called you 'pretty', he likes you"
Twilight blushed, "We barely know each other, he's just being a flatter, that's all, he's probably laughing about it right now"
In the Elevator.
"I just called her 'pretty' now she's gonna think I'm a weirdo, stupid move Parker! Stupid, stupid!" he hit the wall hard to cause a dent.
When the elevator stopped, he got out and the person going in noticed the dent, then looked at Peter.
"What? This place is crummy, what do you expect?" he left the building to go to The Daily Bugle.
The day went by, Peter delivered the photos and Jameson came up with ways to blame Spider-man, much to Peter's annoyance, but he decided to simply deal with it and keep going.
As he made his way home his Spider Sense went off.
"Who is it this time!?" he groaned as he went into an alley to switch to his Spider-man guise and went to a rooftop to scope things out, he saw Rhino charge through the streets.
"Aw great, it's him", Spider-man leapt down to confront Rhino, "Hey Horn Head, you having another tantrum?"
"Shut your face web head! I'm just blowing off a little steam here!"
"Yeah you're destroying a lot of public property, you made a hole through that bus right there", Spider-man pointed to the bus.
"It got in my way, like you are right now! So move!" Rhino charged at Spider-man but he used his web to grab a manhole and whacked Rhino as he came charging and knocked him back.
Spider-man then dropped the cover and ran in for a series of punches to Rhino before doing a double front drop kick and knocked Rhino over.
Rhino stood up and ran at Spider-man again but Spider-man webbed his face as he dodged.
"Ole!"
Rhino took the webbing off his face, "I'm a Rhino, not a bull!"
"Yeah you're right, a bull's WAY smarter than you"
"Why you!" Rhino charged again but Spider-man did a front dropkick on his leg to stumble Rhino, and then used his webbing to grab his feet and jumped over a street light and pulled Rhino up to dangle him in the air.
"Hey! Put me down you lousy-" Spider-man silenced Rhino with a punch.
"That takes care of that, I'll let the Authorities deal with you", Spider-man swung away.
He went to a nearby rooftop and checked his camera, "I hope I got good shots, could really use the extra cash if I'm gonna take care of two ponies"
"So it's true..."
Spider-man yelped and turned around to see Wolverine.
"Logan!? what are you doing here!? How long were you standing there?"
"Long enough to hear you talk about taking care of two ponies"
Spider-man's spine chilled, "Um...I didn't say 'two ponies', I said...two...Phonies! Yeah two pretend Spider-men, couple of jerks they-"
"Shut the hell up Parker, I heard everything, and I know you know something about that pony in the newspaper"
Spider-man felt another tingle, "Newspaper?"
Wolverine showed Spider-man the newspaper, "There's a purple pony right there, now talk"
"Um...that pony is just some toy that-"
Wolverine's glare freaked Spider-man out, so he decided to drop the act, "Ok I'll talk but please don't tell anyone! I mean you can tell some of the X-Men but-"
"Parker, the other X-Men won't say anything, trust me on that"
"Ok...about 3 days ago I found two ponies in Manhatten during my fight with Shocker, a small Pegasus colt and a Winged Unicorn, basically known as an Alicorn, their names are Rumble & Twilight Sparkle, they've been staying in my apartment and I'm working with Reed Richards on how to get them back to where they came from, so far the only others that know about them are the rest of The Fantastic Four & Black Cat, though unfortunately Shocker also knows of their existence, I'm worried for their safety, and there's a good chance Electro might know too"
Wolverine nodded, "I see, well don't worry kid, but I'd like to meet this pony, I have some news that might please her"
Spider-man scratched his head in confusion, "How? If you're looking for a date I'm not sure if you're her type", he then chuckled a bit, causing Wolverine to unsheathe his claws with a SNKIKT.
Spider-man immediately stopped, "Let's get going shall we?" he nervously said, with Wolverine glaring at him as he swung away.
They arrived at Peter's apartment later, Spider-man had switched out of his suit quickly before heading in the apartment complex.
Twilight herself was in the Apartment living room reading a book, while Rumble read some comic books, then they heard the door open.
"Peter's home!" Rumble shouted.
"Twilight! Rumble! I have someone here who'd like to meet you!" Peter said and entered the room with Wolverine, who's appearance left Twilight unsettled and Rumble curious.
"Twilight, Rumble, I'd like you to meet Wolverine", Peter gestured to Wolverine.
Twilight approached Wolverine, "Hi there, you must be one of Peter's friends"
"If you use the term friend loosely", Wolverine said.
"Right...so why did you want to meet me?" Twilight asked.
"I'll cut to the chase, are you friends with a pony named Pinkie Pie?" Wolverine asked.
Twilight's ears shot up, "Pinkie Pie!? Have you seen her!? Where is she!?"
"Relax, she's fine, she's planning a party at the Mansion I live at"
"A party in The X-Mansion!? Cool!" Peter said.
"Yeah, so I take it you know her"
Twilight nodded, "She's one of my best friends, I'm so glad she's safe, is she living in this mansion?"
Wolverine shook his head, "No, she's staying with a guy named Deadpool"
"Deadpool!? You're gonna let Deadpool watch over a pony!?" Peter shouted.
"Relax, he seems really intent on watching over her, too a fault but still", Wolverine said.
"Can you take me to her?" Twilight asked.
"She's having a party in two days, you'll be able to see her then", Wolverine said.
"Hey am I invited?" Peter asked.
"She didn't say...though if I were here, I wouldn't invite you", Wolverine said, much to Peter's disappointment.
Twilight looked unhappy, "That wasn't very nice, Peter's a sweet boy, and my friend Pinkie invites everyone to her parties so that is gonna include Peter", Twilight said.
Peter blushed at the compliment.
"Whatever, not my party, just be there in 2 days, party starts at Noon, show up anytime between then and 8pm, since Parker's going he should be able to show you where it is", Wolverine said.
"We'll be there, tell Pinkie Pie to count on it", Twilight said.
"Fine by me, I'm gonna get going now, I imagine Parker wants to rest up, he just got into a brawl", Wolverine said and made his way out.
Twilight turned to Peter, "What Brawl?"
"A guy named Rhino, who's basically a human rhino, caused some city damage, I took care of him though, wasn't too tough, he isn't very smart", Peter said.
"Why don't you lay down? I'll make you something nice", Twilight said and went to the kitchen.
"You're the best Twilight", Peter went to his room.
As Wolverine started making his way back home, he reflected on what Spider-man told him on the way over to the apartment.
- Flashback -
"Wolverine, I don't know if you heard this, but don't mention to Twilight what I said about the money, I told her I can handle it but I'm not sure, I'm able to leave her at The Baxter Building if need be, but I prefer her at my home, she has a nice charm and it's very alluring, it sounds weird but I feel a strange connection to her, I really don't want her to worry, so please just don't say anything"
- End Flashback -
Wolverine turned back to the apartment area, "Hang in there Parker"
Come the day of the party, Peter, Twilight and Rumble got ready for the party.
"Before I got this party Peter, is there anything I should know? Like how to address any of these 'X-Men'?"
Peter shook his head, "Not really, besides their powers, they're normal people, so just be yourself"
"Right...so why aren't you considered a mutant?"
"I wasn't born with my spider powers, I got these powers from being bitten by a radioactive spider, basically I'm a Mutate, not a Mutant", Peter explained.
"I see, well best get going then, come on Rumble", Twilight said.
Rumble was excited, "I get to see Pinkie Pie! She's always nice, she has the most fun parties!"
"How often does your friend host parties?" Peter asked.
"Any chance she gets, she'll look for any excuse to party, she'd probably throw you a party every time you defeated a villain", Twilight said.
"Well let's get going, it's nearly an hour from here to where they are", Peter said.
Rumble groaned, "That's so long!"
"Relax, Johnny's gonna be here, he's gonna have a Limo take us, he'll have stuff for you to do", Peter said.
"Cool", Rumble said.
In front of the Apartment complex, the limo arrived and Johnny opened the door, "Come on in"
The group entered the limo, much to their surprise they found another guest in the limo.
"Felicia!? What are you doing here?!" Peter asked.
"Johnny invited me, after I ran into him the other night", Felicia replied.
Peter turned to Johnny, "How?"
"Long Story, besides she just wants to spend extra time with Rumble", Johnny said.
Felicia grabbed Rumble and hugged him, "My favorite little guy", Rumble blushed at that.
Twilight groaned, "Great, she's gonna be here?"
Felicia glared, "You have a problem you little-"
"Please don't start!" Peter begged, the girls decided to ignore it, they sat back as the limo made it's way to the X-Mansion in Westchester County, New York.
They finally arrived at The X-Mansion, out front waiting was Wolverine & Iceman.
"Hey Bobby's out front", Johnny said.
Twilight looked outside, "He the guy standing next to Wolverine?"
"Yeah, he's also known as Iceman, his name speaks for itself", Johnny said.
The Limo stopped, Johnny tipped the Driver and told him to be back by 8pm.
The group approached Wolverine & Iceman.
"Glad you made it, the party's started", Iceman looked at Twilight and Rumble, "These the two ponies?"
Peter nodded, "Yes, the little one is named Rumble, the older one is Twilight Sparkle"
Iceman bent down to Twilight & Rumble, "Sup, I'm Bobby Drake, AKA Iceman"
"Nice to meet you Bobby", Twilight said.
"Can you show me your powers!?" Rumble asked all excitedly.
"Rumble, behave", Twilight scolded.
Iceman chuckled, "No it's cool, come on in kid, meet the rest of the X-Men"
They all went inside the Mansion, they could already hear the music.
"Sounds like a great party going on", Peter said.
"This Pinkie Pie girl knows what she's doing with the parties, she's fun to have around", Iceman said.
"She's always great to have around, even if she can get a little too excited at times", Twilight said.
They went to the big Den where the party was, "The guests of honor are here!" Iceman shouted.
Peter, Twilight & Rumble stepped forward.
"Hi everyone", Twilight waved.
"TWILIGHT!"
Twilight recognized that voice, she saw Pinkie coming at her and Pinkie grabbed her into a squeezing hug.
"I missed you so much! I haven't seen you in YEARS!"
"Um Pinkie...it's been about maybe 5 days"
"I know, but it feels like years! I hate being separated from my friends!" Pinkie said, then noticed Rumble, "You're here too!" she grabbed Rumble into a hug, "It's so great to see you!"
Rumble chuckled nervously, "Yeah, nice to see you too Pinkie...now please let go, you're hurting me a bit"
Pinkie dropped him, "Sorry about that", she looked up to Peter, "So who's your friend there?"
"Oh that's Peter Parker, he's the one that's been watching over us while we stayed in this world", Twilight said.
"He's also the super hero, Spider-man", Rumble said.
"Oh right, the skinny chump Wolverine mentioned", Pinkie said, much to Peter's annoyance.
"Thanks for the warm introduction Logan", he muttered.
Pinkie looked at Johnny & Felicia, "Who are they?"
"Those are Peter's friends, though I use the term loosely with the girl"
"Listen you", Johnny held Felicia back, "Chill, don't make a scene"
"The guy is my best friend Johnny Storm, AKA The Human Torch, and the girl is my occasional ally Felicia Hardy, AKA Black Cat"
"Felicia's really nice, when I got lost during Spider-man's fight with Shocker, she found me and took care of me", Rumble said.
"Aw, that's nice of you, I know his brother would really appreciate that", Pinkie said.
Deadpool arrived, "Hey Web-Head, Hot-Head, Boob City, what's up!?"
"Web-head?" Peter asked glumly.
"Hot-Head?" Johnny asked confused.
"Boob Lady!?" Felicia shouted angrily.
"What's a boob?" Rumble asked.
Deadpool was gonna talk but Peter shouted, "Do NOT answer that!"
Deadpool put his hands up defensively, then noticed Twilight, "So are you that Twilight Sparkle girl Pinkie told me about?"
Twilight nodded, "Yes, I take it that you're Deadpool, the one taking care of my friend Pinkie, my BEST friend Pinkie, whom I really care about"
Pinkie blushed, "Aw, I care about you too Twilight"
"Yes, yes I am", Deadpool said.
"Good, now why don't you tell me about yourself"
"Well, my name is Wade Wilson, also known to many as Deadpool, I was part of the Weapon X group, I am trained in combat, I'm the coolest and most handsome mutant"
"You're not cool, no girl thinks you're handsome, and you're NOT a mutant!" Iceman said.
"No, you're awesome", Deadpool said, as if Bobby said something completely different, much to Iceman's annoyance and Twilight's concern.
"Oh, and I kill for money", Deadpool said.
"WHAT!?" Twilight shouted.
"I said I kill for money!" he turned to Pinkie, "Your friend has hearing issues"
Twilight's eye twitched, "My friend is staying with some psychopathic killer!?"
"Hey I'm not a psychopathic killer, I'm a contractual killer", Deadpool defended.
"Pinkie, word", Twilight said.
"Yes, Pinkie IS a word, see I told you she's smart Deadpool", Pinkie said.
Peter & Johnny chuckled at that, but Twilight glared at them causing a stop.
Iceman made a whip sound at them, but Twilight also shot him a glare, making him back off.
"Pinkie, come with me", Twilight used her magic to pull Pinkie away, leaving the others with Deadpool.
"Sup guys", Deadpool said.
"I hope you're taking good care of that Pony Wilson", Peter said.
"Yeah, she seems really nice, plus she's Twilight's friend, I don't want you trying anything funny with her", Johnny said.
"Hey relax, me and Pinkie, we're tight, we're buds, hell we're pretty close to becoming lovers", Deadpool said.
That caused a little concern with Peter, Johnny, Felicia & Bobby.
"Seriously, don't try anything funny", Peter warned.
"But I am funny, watch!" Deadpool started juggling his swords, until one of them landed through his hand, "OH GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY!" he freaked for a bit before pulling the sword out, "Ah, much better..." he started juggling again, much to Peter & other's annoyance.
Meanwhile with Twilight & Pinkie.
"Pinkie, I have a bad feeling about this guy", Twilight said.
"Why? He's super funny, and he's really cool", Pinkie said.
"He says he kills for money, doesn't that sound dangerous!?" Twilight asked.
"Not an ideal job, but maybe he only kills the bad people"
"Pinkie..."
"Don't worry Twilight, if worse comes to worse I can come live here with The X-Men, plus I have my Pinkie Sense, and so far he hasn't set anything off, he's really nice to me, he even has a crush on me"
Twilight looked confused, "That's kinda creepy that some weirdo has a crush on you"
"Not really, granted he might get carried away, like when he shot those guys for insulting me the other day-"
"WHAT!?"
"Don't worry, he said he'll try not to do that again"
Twilight just stood there with a freaked out expression, "I'll be back", she left to find Wolverine, Pinkie went back to the others.
"Wolverine! Where are you!?" Twilight shouted.
Wolverine answered her calls, "What is it kid?"
"I know I don't know you but I need a huge favor from you"
"Sure, what is it?" Wolverine asked.
"Please...I beg you, keep Pinkie safe, I really don't trust that weirdo"
Wolverine nodded, "Don't worry kid, I know how you feel, I never trusted him much either, though he does seem to care for your friend, I doubt he'd actually hurt her, then again I never usually see him care for anything, but we'll still keep an eye out, even if it means having him around here more often"
Twilight nodded, "Thank you Wolverine"
"You can call me Logan if you'd like"
"Oh, is that your real name?"
"Sorta"
Twilight nodded, "Ok Logan, nice to meet you, I need to head back to Peter, thanks again", Twilight then left to find Peter.
The party continued on for several hours, Twilight took the time to get to know the rest of the X-Men and explain more on the King Sombra situation, Pinkie took the time to chat with Peter, even asking Peter to keep Twilight safe, much to Peter's surprise, Pinkie seemed really serious when talking about Twilight, showing Peter she's not just some random party girl, she's a really caring friend.
Later Twilight went home with Rumble, Peter, Johnny & Felicia back to New York City, dropping the ponies, Peter & Felicia off at the Apartment Building.
"See you all around", Johnny said and the limo took him home.
Felicia turned to Peter, "Well I had fun tonight, nice hanging out with you, but I need to get back home now"
Peter nodded, "Need me to escort you or something?"
Felicia shook her head, "I'm fine", she turned her attention to Rumble and picked him up, "See you around my handsome little guy"
"Bye Felicia", he kissed her cheek.
She giggled before putting Rumble down, she turned to Twilight, "See you around I guess"
Twilight looked away, "Yeah, same"
Felicia walked off while Peter went in with Twilight and Rumble.
"Wow, that wasn't too bad, not too often I have time to enjoy a good party", Peter said.
"I hope no villains attacked while we were gone", Twilight said.
"Don't worry, I'm not the only street level hero, I'm sure if anything other heroes like Daredevil, Luke Cage & Iron Fist could handle things"
"This world is full of heroes and villains, that's kinda amazing", Twilight said.
"It's the coolest world! Good guys vs. bad guys at every turn! Seems like fun!" Rumble said.
"Trust me kid, it stops being fun when the consequences catch up", Peter said.
Twilight looked confused, "What does that mean?"
"Just like me and Johnny, a lot of these heroes had something really bad happen to them for them to be heroes, and there were tragedies afterwards", Peter trailed off on the last part, Twilight approached him and held his hand, "Does this have to do with your uncle?"
"Yeah...sorta"
"Would you like to tell me?"
Peter shook his head, "Another time, it's hard to explain, but I'll just say it's my biggest regret, well one of two"
Twilight nodded, "Sure, I can imagine something like that is hard to discuss, especially considering he's the closest thing you had to a father"
"Yeah...he was, anyway don't worry about it, let's just relax for now, rough party, your friend is really charismatic"
"Charismatic? That's a unique way to describe Pinkie Pie, though a correct way too"
"She's really nice, despite her quirkiness, she seems to really care about you, she made me Pinkie Promise to watch over you, and we did this silly mannerism"
"Was it, 'Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye'?" Twilight asked, doing the mannerisms.
"Yeah, it was cute though, I'm glad you have good friends that care for you, hopefully we can get you all home and back to your other friends"
Twilight nodded, "Hopefully they're all just fine too, wherever they are, I hope they have found a friend there too that's willing to help them"
Peter sighed, "Me too"
Meanwhile in the Holding Station, Shocker & Electro are making some plans.
"Once we get out of here, we make sure to cause enough damage not only to bring out Spider-man, we gotta draw out that pony too", Shocker said.
"But what about the others? You said yourself that The Human Torch showed up, not to mention sometimes that Cat Burglar shows up", Electro said, referring to Black Cat.
"Which is why we need more people, our friend Rhino probably wants a little retribution on Spider-man", Shocker said.
"That's 3 at least, we need to even out now"
"Don't worry, I know a good 4th guy"
Electro stared curiously, "Really? Who?"
"Let's just say, to catch an animal, we need a hunter"
Electro put on an evil smile, "I like where this is going"
Both villains put on an evil laugh as they made their plans.
Trouble is brewing, soon Twilight will see more of Spider-man's impressive rogue's gallery.