//------------------------------// // Through the Looking Glass // Story: EQG Spider-Man (old version) // by cornholio4 //------------------------------// "Alright let's go over this one last time, my name is Peter Parker and for the past week I have been the one and only Spider-Man! I think you all know how this goes: I was bitten by a spider, gained these amazing powers, didn't react when I should have to a robber and Uncle Ben paid the price... I learned a lesson about responsibility and I will honour his memory by helping the little people around New York!" Fifteen year old Peter Parker woke up in his bedroom in the apartment early in the morning as he yawned and stretched out of bed. Thankfully he had finally had some sleep as the last night he heard one of the neighbour kids screaming insults on his Playstation 4, probably playing that Fortnite game. What was it he called himself there Noobmaster69? He got up and decided to play some to help himself get the energetic mood to start the day; he made sure the volume dial on his music player was a respectable level as to not annoy Aunt May. He then put it on and played it: No, let's not go with that one for the moment. He liked the music but something told him he would look stupid dancing to it. He then put on a different one: That felt more like it; he thanked Uncle Ben for introducing him to cool British music like this. Thinking about Uncle Ben and what had happened to him made him feel a bit depressed, still he was going to honour him by using his powers to help out any people in trouble. Wearing the costume he had designed and using the web-shooter devices he had built himself with his web formula; it made him feel like he could be like Daredevil, Captain America and the Avengers. After some dancing in his pyjamas he got changed and looked to his backpack where he had placed some of his valuables including his phone; some books and of course the Spider-Man suit he had managed to put together at a Cosplay workshop at the local youth centre. It went out perfectly good even if he did say so himself and he had added goggles to help with focusing his vision due to how enhanced his senses are now. He picked it up and was about to go out of his bedroom. However he stopped when he saw something weird going on with his mirror and he looked at it oddly when he saw it was glowing purple. He reached out curiously wondering if it was like that Alice Through the Looking Glass book he had read when he was younger. He was unable to prepare himself when he ended up tripping accidentally and falling through it and saw his Aunt May looking at him wide eyed while witnessing it happen. Peter yelled as he found himself out of the mirror but managed to get catch his balance before he landed flat face on the... concrete pavement? He looked around and saw that he was now at what seemed to be the entrance of a high school and it looked like he had gone through a statue of a horse. He was then faced with a purple skinned girl with glasses, her hair in a pony tail and a light blue hoodie holding some sort of energy reading device. They yelled at eachother for a second before they calmed down, "Did you really come through the statue like a portal?" asked the girl bewildered and Peter was able to comprehend that somehow his bedroom mirror became a portal with the other side being a statue of somewhere where there are oddly colored people. Well he lived in a world where it turned out that the Norse Gods existed all along so he can beleive that somehow someway that it had happened. "I'm Twilight Sparkle and you must tell me what it is like on the other side! Do you breathe air differently; how is the gravity there and what are your internal organs like? Tell me, please!" the girl introduced herself excitedly as Peter was weirded out but calmed down. "Will nice to meet you; I'm Peter Parker but sorry if this is a portal then I must be going. I was just going through my mirror and I need to go back before my Aunt May wonders where I am." Peter told her before going back to face the statue. he then went forward and hit his head on it. Panicked he then started feeling that it became solid. "Sorry Peter but it seems for one reason or another the portal seems to be closed off. You might be stuck here." Twilight told him apologetically as Peter stared mouth opened. "I can't be stuck here! My Aunt May will be worried sick and I have a physics test next week!" Peter screamed wanting to bash his head against the statue until the portal started working again. Twilight put a sympathetic hand on his shoulder and he managed to calm down to face her again. "Okay since I am stuck here for the time being I guess I will need to ask a few questions please. So what planet is this; Mars, Jupiter, Tatooine or maybe even Namek?" Peter asked as Twilight shook her head. "No, this is planet Earth..." Twilight replied but saw Peter's eyes widened and then grew excited again. "Wait, do you come from a planet Earth too?" Twilight asked thinking about the possibilities that this possesses. "Maybe I have been sent to a sort of counter Earth on the other side of the Sun!" Peter asked thinking out about it but Twilight just blinked at his suggestion. "Forgive me but that sounds like preposterous." Twilight commented before thinking about it for a second. "I believe you must have come from a world from another universe that is connected parallel to ours. There could be a wider multiverse that exists out there!" Twilight told him with them being excited at the idea that the Multiverse existed. "So there could be other Earths out there with different history! This Earth could have a radically different history from mine..." Peter explained but then stopped when a thought had occurred to him. "Wait, the Nazis didn't win World War II on this Earth, did they?" Peter asked hesitantly and Twilight vigorously shook her head and Twilight felt relieved. "Well, tell you what Peter, there is something strange going on at this school and I have been sneaking here to monitor the activity. I have a lab at home with my readings so I can take you there and you can stay here until we discover how to use the energy to send you home." Twilight offered to him and Peter thought it was his best option. Peter thanked her and Twilight told him to follow her as they walked up the pavement. They ended up seeing a speeding car on the road which had them concerned. "Hold this please; it will be over in a moment." Peter told Twilight quickly passing her his backpack after taking out his mask. Peter put his on as he then ran to the road to get in front of the car, "Peter, what are you doing..." Twilight screamed but paused when she saw Peter use his hands to actually stop the car with little effort. The few people out at the time were in shock and one had started filming on his phone when he saw Peter running to the road wearing his mask. He thought he was filming an idiot's accident but was shocked to see Peter stop the car. Peter then ran back to where Twilight was as the guy had stopped filming after Peter stopped the car. Peter had taken off the mask and put it back in his backpack after getting it back with Twilight just blinking. "I will explain later..." Peter told her as she then continued showing him the way back to her house. Twilight was thinking of one thing: "I just found a Superhero from another Earth!"