//------------------------------// // Spider-Mane Returns // Story: Equestria needs Heroes // by ultspideyfan //------------------------------// Chapter 4 Spider-Mane Returns Spike smiled. 'Show them what ya got.' As if Peter heard his thoughts, he jumped off his house. The two soldiers fired up their horns, but webbing covered them, shorting them out. Peter landed on one of the soldiers, using his strength and sticky hind hooves to lift him up into the sky. Peter webbed him onto the wall of his house. Peter landed back down on the ground. The soldier decided it was best to run, but he didn't get far. Peter fired a web-line at the soldier, the line attached itself to the hind legs, causing the soldier to trip. Peter pulled on the web-line, dragging the soldier towards him. 'We can smell his fear Apple.' Peter smiled to himself. 'Does it smell good?' Peter could feel the symbiote thrive on his fur. 'Smells so good.' Peter let out a laugh. The soldier was shaking as Peter lifted him up off the ground with his magic. "Time to feed." Peter said. Spike smiled as he watched what Peter had done to the soldier. The suit transformed him into a more monstrous form of him. Peter was bigger, the suit now had a mouth, a tongue, and teeth. Peter now looked like Venom. 'That's new. He never used fear before.' Spike didn't mind though. Spike got up off the ground placing one of his claws on his head. Peter changed back into his normal Spider-Mane form. He had webbed the soldier to his house. "What did you do to him?" Spike asked. "I might have "accidentally" used the symbiote to make him go, night night. Spike smiled. Spike's head became engulfed with magic. "What are you-" "Healing you." the magic aura around his head disappeared. Spike placed his claw on his head, nothing. Not a scratch. It was just like this morning. "No need to thank me." Peter turned to the soldiers webbed to his house. "What are you going to do with them?" "I'm gonna send a message to Sombra." Peter's horn lit up, the two soldiers glowed. "Are you-" before Spike could ask the question, the two soldiers disappeared. Peter jumped onto the wall of his house, scaling it to his window. "Wait!!!" Peter stopped, and looked back at Spike. "Does that mean Spider-Mane is back?!" Peter looked at down at him. Peter climbed into his bedroom. He came back seconds later. "Give this to Twilight. Tell her to give it to Celestia." "Peter, no one has seen your older sisters." Peter laughed. "Tell Twilight to gather her friends and go straight for the news station in Manehattan. Tell her to read this when she's there." "Why?" "So everypony can know that their heroes are back." It took Spike a minute to register the last part. He looked up to Peter. "Do ya honestly think that I'm the only hero that returned? I want everypony to know that we're ready to take on Sombra." Peter climbed into his room, closing the window. Peter's lifeless body was lying in his bed. He hadn't noticed an owl fly into his open window. Peter woke up to the sudden noise of wings. The first things that Peter had noticed was, one: his window was open, and two: Owlicious had given him a letter. Peter used his magic to open the letter. Dear Baby Brother It seems like you and Bruce's little "invasion" turned out to be a success. Me and Celestia are back in Sweet Apple Acres. It turns out, because of Spider-Mane's and Batmane's "little party" you brought more heroes out of hiding. Even Iron Pony is back. Keep this up and maybe you'll have all the heroes return. From, your sister Luna Peter smiled. 'So, that's why my window's open.' Peter left his room and trotted downstairs, to see Applejack, Big Mac, Celestia, and Luna, all sitting on the family couch. "Peter, your awake. Have you seen the your most recent changes?" Celestia said, causing Peter to raise a brow. "Changes???" Peter asked, unsure of what his sister had meant. "Y'all look much younger without the beard." Applejack said with a smirk. Peter was even more confused. He trotted over to his restroom and saw that his beard, was completely gone! Peter also noticed that his mane was also shorter. Peter left the restroom and walked back over to his family. "Before y'all ask what happened, we want to give you something." Luna's horn lit up. "It was Applejack's idea to give you this." Luna levitated an all to familiar red and blue costume. "We couldn't find your old one, so we asked Rarity to make you one from scratch." Applejack stated. The costume was much different from his original one. It wore a more serious expression. The spider on the chest was far more better than his old one. "We also fixed up these." Celestia levitated Peter's web-shooters over to him. "So, are ya ready to go be The Spectacular Spider-Mane again?!" Peter smiled as he levitated the mask over to him. "Look out Sombra, here comes Spider-Mane."