So before you yell at me for killing the cuteness, don't worry. There'll still be fluff, I just didn't feel like spending a lot of time on "Look at Hermione, she's Tony's kid, aren't they cute?" I might add some outtakes later- actually, I probably will, but right now I decided to introduce some new characters, and yes, there's a character description at the bottom, but if you don't automatically recognize them, God help you. XD

Anyways, I'm probably only going to do one or two more chapters involving pre Hogwarts. Honestly, I'm itching to get to the action-y bits.

Chapter 2: A Day In the Life

Hermione was nine years old when Tony let her tag along to Oscorp, in New York City, a possible future business partner for Stark Industries, and a great asset if Tony could ever get Norman to agree to the merger.

"Baby doll, Daddy's going to talk to Mr. Osborne in the conference room, why don't you stay and talk to Ms. Wendy?" He suggested, gesturing at Norman's secretary, who looked more eager to eat rocks than deal with a little girl. Grinning with deceptive obedience, she agreed.

The office door closed.

She left the office, and found herself on an indoor balcony, just a level above R&D.

Dozens of scientists scurried around below her, carrying supplies, prepping their stations, and performing experiments. The work being done ranged from exercises she'd already done with her Dad, to experiments she didn't even recognize.

"Young lady, what are you doing here? This area is no place for children." A man's voice said behind her. A tall man stood behind her, carrying several notebooks under one arm. The other arm, well, wasn't there.

"Oh, no worries, I won't contaminate anything. I'm just looking. You know, I think that guy down there must just be an intern. Doesn't he know that adding nitrogen to that base could potentially explode in his face? It's common sense really. He's not even wearing goggles!" she said, pointing to the endangered man, and watching him with concern.

The man gave her an incredulous look, and called to man in question. He looked up just as the beaker began smoking dangerously. Panicked, he quickly threw water on it, and while it counteracted the impending explosion, the concoction splashed on his face. He screamed in pain and fell over, all work pausing just long enough for security to carry him out of the room, presumably toward a medic. As soon as he was out of sight work resumed, as if he'd never been there in the first place.

"Who are you?" the man asked wonderingly.

"Hermione Stark, but I'm not supposed to talk to strangers, so if my dad asks, I didn't tell you that."

He chuckled. "All right, Hermione Stark. I'm Curt Connors."

They talked together for maybe an hour, about reptiles, which honestly Hermione didn't know that much about, but Dr. Connors obviously loved it, and she had no problems with learning about it. He was almost fanatical about it.

Finally the Doctor was called away to do actual work, and she was left by herself again. So Minnie decided to go exploring, and see what she could see before she got into trouble.

Blah blah blah business, blah blah contract. After the first hour of negotiations came and went, Tony couldn't bring himself to care anymore. It was obvious that Osborne was trying to turn the tables on them, in order to come on top in this deal, and as much as Tony respected him for that, that was never gonna happen. All this dancing around each other wasn't necessary. In fact, they probably could have wrapped this up forty five minutes ago, and he wouldn't have missed anything!

"Mr. Stark, I think we both know we have too much to discuss to delegate it all to one meeting. How about we quit for today on that note and reschedule at a later date?"

Tony nodded.

"I think that'll be fine Norman. It was good t-"

They froze as a bloodcurdling scream echoed down the hallways.

Tony and Pepper turned to each other when they realized it sounded like a little girl.

"My god, was that your Hermione?!" Osborne worried, but Tony was already out the door, sprinting towards the sound.

Unfortunately, kidnapping attempts were not a new thing to Hermione.

So when a man in a black mask grabbed her as she passed a supply closet, trying to threaten her not to scream, she didn't, not at first. Instead she elbowed him in the stomach while stomping on his foot and ran off.

She had to find her dad.

Sadly, little girls weren't typically faster than fully grown men and within moments a pair of rough hands grabbed her around the middle and hauled her up off the ground.

And boy, did he look mad.

So this time, Hermione went ahead and screamed.

And that's when she hit her over the head.

Nine year old Peter Parker wasn't supposed to go this far from the house. Not unless Uncle Ben was with him. But exploring was no fun when he had to stay within the block around his house.

But he figured that he knew his way around enough not to get lost, so he rarely bothered with that anyways. Which is how he ended up six blocks from his house, the sun going down over the rooftops, an old polaroid camera hung on his neck.

He took pictures of random buildings, of the cars passing through, of a spider in its web.

He even turned the camera on his self at least once, resulting in blurry shots of whatever silly faces he had been making.

And when a small black car drove up, and the man in the driver's seat pulled a little girl out of the back, bound and gagged, he took a picture of that too.

He never saw the man in the passenger's seat, but the man certainly saw him.

This had happened too many times. His daughter had been kidnapped and he was almost…calm. It wasn't a pleasant calm though. It was a deathly quiet, patient calm, waiting for the news that his Hermione was rescued, or that she was dead.

He didn't have to wonder how she was, it was always the same. She would be bound, and gagged. Probably bruised and bloody, if she'd fought back like he knew she had. They'd do everything they could to scare her, everything they could to scare him, until he caved to their demands, or she was rescued. Unless this would be the time that they got too impatient to wait, and he'd only be getting a body this time.

Pepper watched him worriedly, her own cheeks wet with tears. She didn't like the look in his eyes. It was the same mad scientist look he got sometimes when he was the lab, like he was about to try something insane.

She might've said something, but in that very moment the Officer in charge of Hermione's rescue walked in, followed by a couple who appeared to be in their forties.

Pepper sat up a bit straighter, trying to appear composed.

"Captain Stacy, has there been any news?"

The stern man nodded, an odd mix of solemnity and hope on his face.

"Yes, we have a lead. Miss. Potts, Mr. Stark, this is Mr. and Mrs. Parker. Their nephew was kidnapped sometime in the last hour."

Tony's eyes met hers, in surprise, and they looked at the Parkers with grief stricken faces.

The husband seemed furious, and more than a little shocked. His wife looked like she'd only just managed to stop sobbing, and was close to starting again.

"Peter Parker was going around town taking pictures. We found the camera broken on the street. Looks like whoever took him didn't want anyone seeing the pictures. Normally, the photos would've been unsalvageable, the card probably would've been destroyed along with the rest of it."

"But?" Tony interrupted.

"But he wasn't using a digital camera.

Peter was using a polaroid," Captain Stacy said, holding up a photo for them to see.

It was a bit blurry, but there was no mistaking Hermione's hair, or the clothes she'd been wearing. Her hands were bound, and her captor was apparently moving her to a different car, a carefully tinted SUV.

"We think it's safe to assume that they are together. My team is working on enhancing this so we can read the plates, but it'll take time.

Tony stood up, and suddenly, he looked like the cool and confident man she knew.

"Not if we do it my way."

"So what's your name?" Peter asked as the girl gained consciousness.

Her eyes snapped open, staring at him in surprise when she realized the boy was there, bound and gagged just like she was. She'd never been captured with someone else before.

She didn't say anything at first, adjusting to the movement of the van they were in. Two men sat at the front, their faces hidden behind those same black masks. She blinked away tears. At least was still daylight, assuming it was still Tuesday.

"…Minnie. What's yours?"

"Peter."

"Why did they take you?"

"I saw them taking you, and they grabbed me too, I guess."

She blanched at that. So it was her fault that he'd been taken?

"Why'd they take you?" he asked.

What was her dad doing now? She wondered. Was Pepper making sure he was taking care of himself, or was she too worried herself?

She ducked he head.

"Ransom."

It was silent for a long moment before he spoke again.

"I guess this is why I'm not supposed to go far from the house without Uncle Ben." He admitted, his expression more than a little guilty.

Firstly: Yes, Hermione got kidnapped just so I could introduce Peter Parker to the story. Don't judge me XD. We already know there's going to be a happy ending here, so don't stone me to death maybe? For the record, it was really hard to write. I'm not especially happy with it. Oh well, I'm sure you'll all voice your complaints if you have them. Right? You won't just let me keep writing badly?

Secondly: So to me at least, this is a short chapter. My goal is for them to be a lot longer, I just need to get into the swing of things I guess.

And Thirdly: OMFG guys, do you realize how much alerts have been blowing up my phone? My inbox is full of reviews and favorites and follows and it makes me so damn happy.

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Oh and Finally, it was mentioned that I should put character descriptions at the bottom for everyone who doesn't know comics as well. I'll be happy to, I just didn't think it was necessary just yet. Everyone knows Peter Parker, right? His story gets pretty well explained through the course of this anyways. Some of you might not know Dr. Connors if you're really bad with names or have never actually seen Spiderman before. And it doesn't really matter whether you do or not- I didn't feel like creating an OC- but if you know Cpt. Stacy, well goodie for you. He's not all that important, honestly.