Following the conversation with Tony a week prior, he decided to enroll Thea in Mid-Town with no hesitation. She would still go by original name Thea Quinton since no one knows who she was. Although Thea was adopted by Tony, one of the most famous men in the world, this wasn't public news. Tony wanted to keep her adoption under wraps. Any news coverage of Thea getting adopted by the Tony Stark would ensure her a life of living hell. There would be people that would make it their life's goal to find her and searching everywhere for her backstory. This meant that eventually, someone would find her affiliation with the orphanage and her time on the streets. Tony couldn't let that happen to her. But in addition to Tony enrolling her, he also thought it was a good idea to get Thea an apartment in Queens. So that she was closer to school so it wouldn't look as suspicious when she would have to walk into the Stark tower every day. The apartment, however, was very empty at the moment and didn't feel like home yet. Thanks to this little factor Thea forgot to set up the alarm for the next morning, the first day of her high school experience. She only woke up just in time because Tony decided to call her to check in.

The continuous ringing of a call coming in shook Thea from her deep sleep. She slowly opened her eyes and glanced around her room to find the source of the ringing before her eyes landed on her phone laying next to her. She picked up the phone and squinted at the bright screen now assaulting her eyes. Thea looked at the phone, the familiar face of Tony on the lock screen. She pushed the accept button on the bottom of the phone and placed it up to her ear. The sharp voice of Tony speaking on the other end of the call.

"Hey kiddo, are you already on your way to school?"

Thea pulled back her phone to glance at the time and audibly cursed once she realized how late it was. School started at 8:10 and as of right now it was 7:50. Thea put her phone back to her ear to hear Tony blabbering on about how proud he was of her. "Look, Tony, I got to go, call you later!" Thea exclaimed.

In a rush, Thea hung up the call and jumped out of bed and ran to her closet by the door. She rummaged through the closet for a minute and picked out a sweater and a pair of leggings to go with it. Wasting no time Thea ran out of her bedroom and into the bathroom. She brushed her hair so fast and reckless, that chunks of her hair came out with the brush. She then brushed her teeth vigorously, went back to the living room, picked up her backpack and left out the front door.

Thea ran down to the elevator on her 7th-floor apartment, but waiting for the elevator seemed to take too long. So Thea ran down to the stairs. She ran down the stairs so fast that it seemed like she was missing a couple of steps; practically flying down the steps to the ground floor. But taking such huge steps at a time failed her because on the 2nd to the last step in the staircase she tripped over her own leg and fell down to the floor. Thea closed her eyes, waiting for the impact of the ground but was surprised to feel something else under her. She opened her eyes, surprised to see a boy, about the same age as her, underneath her. In utter shock, Thea gripped slightly to the surprised boy's shirt. Underneath her hands, Thea could feel taut muscles. Thea shook her mind from the feeling of his chest and apologized to the unknown kid in front of her while standing up. Her hands brushed off the dirt that was now clinging to her pressed clothes. "I'm just running really behind and I have to get to school for my first day."

The nervous boy spoke with a quiver in his voice. "N-no problem really, I'm just glad I was here so you didn't have to fall down the flight of stairs and injure yourself more." He had gelled back brown hair with a hint of curls coming through. His face was flushed with color and his deep brown eyes widened. "I am also running quite behind myself." The boy confided in her. "I'm P-peter, Peter Parker." Thea looked Peter up and down, her eyes gliding over his chest. Her mind immediately thought about how attractive this boy she just fell on was. He was a nerdy type of teenager that would never strike up a conversation with a girl.

"Thea Quinton." Thea said as she fished through her pocket, looking down at her phone, she shook her head and said, "I'm so sorry but I better be going. I don't want to be late to my first day of high school."

In a rush, Thea began to make her way out to the apartment lobby door but the same voice she fell on called out. "H-hey you wouldn't happen to be going to Mid-Town?" Peter questioned. Thea pivoted around on her feet and looked the boy up and down in curiosity.

"Yeah actually I am, today is my first day there and I don't want to end up being late."

"Well, we could go together if you want." Peter scratched the back of his head while saying this. "I could also show you around if you want. That way you aren't completely confused once you get there."I mean u-unless you don't want to, then you don't have to be around me."

Thea interrupted Peter quickly by placing a finger on his lips and quietly shushing him. "Peter, I would love to have someone show me around Mid-Town, but we better get there before class starts, otherwise this conversation would have been for nothing." Thea grinned slightly at his flustered reaction. Slowly, Thea dragged her finger off of his mouth, her nail dragging across his lip.

Peter's brown eyes grew in size and with a gulp of spit in his throat, he stuttered out, "G-great! Let's get going then; we-uh have a lot to do before the day ends."

Thea smirked at Peter's reaction as she pivoted around on her foot and strutted her way toward the doors. Like a lost puppy, Peter followed her trail.

~~~~

Thea and Peter both arrived at Midtown at 8:05, five minutes to spare. Thea looked around the school in awe. The vast crowd of growing teenagers surprised Thea. She walked through the hallways, passing by couples that were holding hands and kissing each other sweetly. Thea looked over at Peter, who was walking next to her and staring straight ahead at the crowd. His face was blank as he refused to look around at the roaring crowd around him. Thea's eyes glanced up to his soft face as he walked next to her.

"Do you know what your first period is yet?" Peter inquired, cocking an eyebrow up with this question. His eyes gazed over at Thea, not noticing her previous look at him.

"Yeah, I believe I have English as my first period with Mrs. Smith." Thea nodded. Peter's mouth widened as he grinned softly.

Breaking out of his daze and clearing his throat, he then said, "Come on; let's get to class, my friend Ned is waiting for me." They began to walk to class, pushing through the crowded hallway, backpacks hitting them, teens making out on the stairway and lockers slamming shut. Thea teased Parker, "What, wait you actually have friends, I thought it was just me now."

Almost stumbling over his own words, "Yeah I have a friend; his name is Ned and you're going to love him. By the way, do you like movies or comics? Just asking."

"No, I guess I never had time to be invested in anything else. You know, with all the moving and such."

"Don't worry we can fix that!" Peter affirmed. He watched Thea's face change from a stoic emotion to a face in disbelief. Thea said in disbelief, "Uh-huh...yeah right."

"No, no I promise you'll love being a nerd."

~~~~

Right as Thea and Peter walked into the room you could almost feel the awkward silence. It seemed as if everyone and their moms were looking at them. Eyes burned hole at Thea mostly. Peter, however, didn't seem fazed by this little detail and continued on into his seat. Thea was still frozen by the doorway, not really knowing what to do. Thankfully a woman, who Thea presumed is the teacher, said "Ah you must be the new student, Thea. It is Thea right?"

The teacher was a short, and willowy Asian American woman who looked to be in her early 30s. Breaking out of her silence by the door, Thea said, "Uh yeah Thea Quinton."

"Great! My name is Mrs. Smith, your new English teacher." She exclaimed. "Just pick any seat you find so that way I can start the lesson."

On the other side of the classroom, Peter began to make his short trek to his desk. As soon as Peter got into the classroom he almost bolted into his desk. Once he was situated in his desk, Peter looked back at Thea, who he assumed was already making her way to a desk. Instead, Peter found her frozen in the doorway, not knowing what to do. Peter glanced around the classroom to find the teacher, but she was already making her way the Thea.

She's fine. Peter thought to himself

"Pssst." A sudden voice called out to Peter. He turned around in his seat to find Ned, a chubby and nerdy friend of Peters, wide-eyed and in a state of shock. "Hey, who's that new girl? You were walking with her right?" Ned questioned.

Peter whispered back, not wanting to cause a distraction, "Yeah, she kinda fell into me back by my apartment and so we just kinda walked together."

"And you didn't die!?" Ned exclaimed. This caused a few heads to turn toward them, but thankfully not Thea or the teacher.

"No Ned I didn't faint because of her."

"How!? Cause if I was you I would have most definitely fainted as soon as she touched me." Ned told him.

"I mean have you even seen her Peter? She's like a ten and you're a measly five." Ned confided in Peter. Rolling his eyes, Peter said, "Thanks for the confidence boost Ned, I really needed that."

"No, but really she's like a goddess and you're-" Peter quickly interrupted him saying, "Not now Ned, she's coming over here."

Thea finished describing her time coming to Mid-Town to Mrs. Smith. Her mind was reeling about what her life would soon turn into at this high school. But before she could finish her thoughts, Mrs. Smith pointed Thea over to the open seat, conveniently placed right behind Peter. When Thea walked over to the seat, she could hear the end of a conversation that Peter and the other guy, Ned, were having.

"No, but really she's like a goddess and you're—" Peter interrupted saying, " Not now Ned, she's coming over here."

Thea walked over to the desks where the boys sat and smirked after hearing the backend of their conversation. She placed her backpack on the ground next to the desk and sat down. "Hey, Peter. Hey...Ned right? Peter told me about you on the way here." Thea tried to keep it friendly.

Ned himself looked like he was about to pass out, "Y-you know me?"

"Yeah", Thea replied, "Peter only told me good things I swear."

With a sudden burst of confidence, Ned said, "I still don't understand why a girl like you if hanging out with a boy like P—"

"Hey, hey, hey, Ned come on, we don't want to ask her questions like this on her first day right?"

Ned nodded but continued on. "I mean, I don't see what is such a big deal about asking about why—"

"Ok, that enough Ned for today, don't you think Thea?" Peter asked.

"I don't know Peter, I think we should let him finish what he has to say," She teased.

Peter managed to sputter out, "I-I don't."

"I'm only joking Parker, don't get your panties in a twist."

"Ah-ha, yeah, a joke. Funny," Peter said half-heartedly. Thea smiled at Peter and Ned and opened her mouth to say something but just then, the bell rang and class started.

"Well I guess we'll talk after class," Thea told them both with a wink. This was the start of a new friendship beginning to blossom.

~~~

The year was 2001, Thea lived in an orphanage for the entirety of her life. During her time in the orphanage, she was excluded from the other kids due to her unusual behavior. Thea was dropped off at its doorsteps when she was just a newborn baby. Swaddled in a blanket, the caregivers in the orphanage thought she was being choked by the blanket because of her skin that had a slight purple hue. Thea grew up in the lonely orphanage for years. She always secluded herself from the others, knowing she was different. However, when she turned one, one of the caregivers at the orphanage noticed something strange with Thea. When refusing to eat a meal that the caregiver gave, Thea's body began to be surrounded by a purple smoke. This smoke held a static feeling to it as it surrounded Thea. No one else in the orphanage knew of this incident other than the young caregiver, Alexandra.

Soon, Thea understood her powers enough to escape the orphanage without anyone's knowledge. Searching the streets and using her powers to steal from the clueless people of New York.

At the age of ten in 2011, in New York City the cold wind whipped around Thea's tiny and frail body as she clung to her jacket for warmth. The rain was pouring over her shivering body as she looked around the street for her next victim. With hooded eyes, Thea peered down the empty street and spotted a man wearing a business suit. One hand holding an umbrella and the other texting on a phone. The constant sound of the rain pounding against the ground gave Thea the perfect opportunity to sneak up behind him.

Thea checked her surroundings, making sure no one was watching her before she powered her hands up with purple smoke. Slowly, Thea crept towards the well-dressed man. Her hands outstretched slightly towards his back, purple smoke slowly reached his pockets, quietly digging through to find a wallet or any expensive item. The man stopped short however, scaring Thea whose powers were still near the man. The man spoke out quietly into the air, "Jarvis, get the suit."

Thea quickly realized that the man knew what was happening, so before the man turned around, she hastily ripped a wallet from his pocket and ran off. Her tiny feet making loud footsteps in the rain. She ran down the empty street and through alleyways before she stopped in the back alley of the orphanage.

Thea sighed out and calmly began to walk to the wall before she was cut short by the sound of rocket engines above her and a loud clunk of metal on the ground. She quickly whipped her head around and saw Iron Man standing no more than five feet away from her. The tiny Thea gulped as the suit stepped closer to her. Her hand clenched around the stranger's wallet as she backed up against the brick wall.

"I believe you took something from me," a voice said through the suit. "Just give it back to me and we can go our separate ways."

Thea's hands began to shake slightly as powers began to flow from her. A small purple mist grew in front of her in order to protect her. Iron Man held his hands up in defense as she did this.

"Huh," he said in confusion. "What's your name kid?"

Thea glared at Iron Man in anger as she clenched her fists together. Mist flowing out of her hands, blocking Iron Man from coming any closer.

"Thea," she spat out at him.

"Well, Thea, what do you have going on there?" He referred to her powers flowing out of her hands. Thea remained silent as he slowly walked closer to her. Her hands slowly relaxed, unclenching and loosening her grip on her powers. Her hand slowly reached out with his wallet in it.

"Just...take it," Thea spoke out in a soft but determined voice. The suit's mask flipped up, showing the younger face of Tony Stark. He peered down at Thea, walking and acting slowly near her. Her powers were still flowing out of one of her hands, while the other held his wallet. His suit made metallic sounds as he grabbed the wallet out of her hand. Slowly, Tony backed up from Thea. He walked to the other end of the alleyway before he shot up into the sky.

Thea looked up at the sky where he once was before she released her powers downwards and shakily made her way up to the window of the orphanage. Little did she know, the same man watched her do this, and enter the window of the orphanage.

"Jarvis, call that orphanage and tell them I'd like to adopt a young girl," Tony said with a serious tone.

"Will do sir."

~ Author's Note ~

All rights to Spider-Man and original plot goes to the Marvel franchise and their fantastic movies and comics. I own new story lines and new characters, like Thea Quinton.

They finally met everyone!!!! It all goes downhill from here...... I'm joking. This story is going to be an emotional roller coaster for you all so enjoy your sanity!