Note: 1 Chapter per two or three days and 1 extra chapter per 35 and 60 power stones.
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Time continued to pass peacefully.
Days turned into weeks.
Weeks turned into months.
And little by little, the bond between Peter, Gwen, Mary Jane, and Felicia continued growing stronger.
At first, Felicia Hardy had seemed like an ordinary transfer student.
But that illusion disappeared very quickly.
Because the moment Felicia became comfortable around them…
Her real personality finally emerged.
And honestly?
She was chaos.
Pure chaos.
Unlike Gwen’s calm intelligence or Mary Jane’s loud energetic behavior, Felicia possessed something entirely different.
She loved excitement.
Loved risks.
Loved teasing people.
Especially Peter.
Actually…
Mostly Peter.
At first, Peter had absolutely no idea how to deal with her.
Felicia loved invading his personal space randomly just to watch him panic.
Sometimes she would suddenly appear beside him and whisper dramatically:
“Peter, why do you blush so easily?”
Other times she would casually compliment him in front of everyone just to see him malfunction emotionally.
And unfortunately for Peter…
Felicia found his embarrassed reactions adorable.
Mary Jane encouraged this behavior constantly.
Gwen pretended to disapprove while secretly finding it hilarious.
Meanwhile, Peter suffered endlessly.
At least in the beginning.
Because eventually…
Something started changing.
Slowly, Peter began growing more comfortable around her.
More relaxed.
Less shy.
Felicia’s constant teasing somehow forced him out of his shell little by little.
Not completely, obviously.
Peter still became embarrassed easily.
But compared to before?
He had improved a lot.
And honestly…
Felicia was surprisingly happy about that.
Because unlike most people, she noticed something important about Peter.
Behind all his politeness and gentleness…
Peter constantly carried tension inside himself.
Like he was always afraid.
Always holding himself back.
Felicia didn’t fully understand why.
But instinctively, she wanted to pull him away from that fear.
Even if only a little.
One whole year passed like that.
And during that year…
Peter’s powers continued growing stronger.
Far stronger.
By now, Peter had already developed abilities that no normal human should possess.
His hearing had become unbelievably sharp.
His strength continued increasing every month.
His eyesight had evolved to frightening levels.
And sometimes…
He could even see through certain objects if he focused hard enough.
The first time it happened accidentally, Peter nearly had a panic attack.
Thankfully, Uncle Ben and Aunt May helped him calm down.
Still…
The more powers Peter gained, the more obvious the truth became.
Whatever was happening to him…
It wasn’t stopping.
And deep down, Peter increasingly feared what he might eventually become.
One peaceful afternoon, Peter was outside helping Uncle Ben in the small backyard garden behind their house.
The sky was bright blue while cold winds drifted through Queens softly.
Flowers surrounded the backyard while gardening tools rested nearby.
For most people, gardening would probably seem boring.
But for Peter…
It helped.
The careful movements.
The controlled pressure.
The constant focus.
All of it helped train his strength control.
Even something as simple as planting flowers had become practice for him now.
Peter carefully pushed soil around a flowerpot while controlling every movement precisely.
Too much force and he could accidentally crush the pot completely.
Ben quietly watched him from nearby with a small proud smile.
Peter had improved tremendously.
Years ago, even touching fragile objects safely had been difficult for him.
Now?
He could perform delicate work without destroying everything around him.
That kind of control required incredible discipline.
And for an eight-year-old child…
It was honestly amazing.
Ben brushed dirt off his gloves before speaking casually.
“Peter.”
Peter looked up immediately.
“Yeah, Uncle Ben?”
Ben pointed toward a nearby table.
“Can you hand me the trowel over there?”
Peter nodded.
“Okay.”
He carefully stood up before walking toward the table nearby.
The gardening tools rested neatly on top.
Peter reached forward and grabbed the hand trowel gently.
Nothing broke.
Good.
A small internal victory.
Then he began walking back toward Uncle Ben.
But suddenly—
Peter froze mid-step.
A sharp burning sensation erupted behind his eyes.
“Agh—!”
The trowel instantly slipped from his fingers onto the grass.
Ben’s expression changed immediately.
“Peter?”
Peter suddenly clutched both eyes painfully.
His breathing became uneven.
The burning sensation intensified rapidly.
It felt like fire was building behind his eyes.
Like something inside him was trying to escape.
“Peter!”
Ben immediately rushed toward him in alarm.
Peter staggered backward slightly while squeezing his eyes shut tightly.
“Uncle Ben…” he muttered painfully.
“My eyes…”
Fear instantly appeared inside Ben’s chest.
“What happened?!”
Peter shook his head desperately.
“I-I don’t know!”
The pain worsened.
Peter cried out again.
“It hurts!”
Ben quickly grabbed Peter’s shoulders carefully.
“Peter, look at me.”
Peter continued trembling.
“Something’s happening!”
“What do you mean something’s happening?!”
Peter’s voice became panicked.
“It feels like—”
Suddenly Peter gasped sharply.
“Something is trying to come out!”
Ben’s eyes widened.
What?
Before he could react further, Peter stumbled backward again while still clenching his eyes shut painfully.
Ben immediately became more worried.
“Peter, open your eyes so I can see!”
Peter shook his head desperately.
“No!”
“Peter—”
“Uncle Ben move!”
Ben froze.
Peter’s voice suddenly sounded terrified.
“Please move!”
Instinctively, Ben stepped backward.
At that exact moment—
Peter accidentally opened his eyes slightly.
BOOOOOOM!!
Two blazing red beams suddenly exploded outward from his eyes like concentrated energy itself.
The backyard instantly lit up red.
The beams slammed into the ground violently before slicing through the earth like a burning blade through paper.
SHHHHHHHH!!
Grass burned instantly.
Soil exploded outward.
The wooden fence nearby was sliced apart effortlessly.
Peter himself screamed in horror.
“AHHHH!!”
The red beams wildly cut across the backyard for half a second before Peter slammed his eyes shut again desperately.
Everything became silent.
Smoke slowly rose from the destroyed ground.
Burn marks stretched across the backyard.
Part of the fence had been completely cut apart.
The smell of burned wood filled the air.
Peter fell onto his knees while breathing heavily.
Both hands covered his eyes tightly.
“T-That hurt…” he whispered shakily.
Ben stared at the destruction speechlessly.
His mouth slowly opened.
For several seconds…
He genuinely could not process what he had just witnessed.
Then he slowly looked toward Peter.
Toward the trembling little boy terrified of his own abilities.
Ben rubbed his forehead weakly.
“Okay…”
Peter remained shaking.
Ben looked at the destroyed backyard again.
Then back at Peter.
Then back at the backyard.
Finally, he spoke with complete disbelief.
“First super strength.”
Peter stayed silent.
“Then super senses.”
Peter lowered his head.
“Then X-ray vision.”
Peter looked embarrassed despite the situation.
And now…
Ben pointed dramatically toward the smoking backyard.
“LASER EYES?!”
Peter winced slightly.
“…Sorry.”
Ben stared at him for another long moment.
Then suddenly he muttered under his breath:
“Kid…”
Peter looked nervous now.
Ben slowly shook his head.
“Are you seriously becoming Superman?”
Peter blinked.
Honestly…
At this point?
Even he didn’t know anymore.
Because in this universe, Superman wasn’t fictional nonsense.
Superman existed in comic books.
Everyone knew his powers.
Super strength.
Flight.
Heat vision.
Super senses.
Invulnerability.
And now…
Peter was slowly developing those exact same abilities.
Except unlike comic Superman…
Peter had no Kryptonite weakness.
No red sun weakness.
No explanation at all.
Which honestly made everything even scarier.
Peter slowly lowered his hands from his face slightly.
“…Do you think I should be worried?”
Ben immediately answered.
“Very.”
Peter groaned weakly.
Meanwhile, smoke continued rising from the backyard while both of them silently realized something terrifying.
Peter’s powers weren’t slowing down.
They were evolving.
And one day…
The entire world was going to notice.
The backyard had become completely silent.
Smoke slowly rose from the scorched ground while the smell of burned wood drifted through the cold afternoon air.
Part of the fence had been sliced apart.
Several flowerpots had melted completely.
Fresh burn marks stretched across the grass like glowing scars.
And standing in the middle of all that destruction…
Was Peter Parker.
An eight-year-old boy trembling in fear of his own powers.
Peter still knelt on the ground while breathing heavily, both hands partially covering his eyes.
The burning sensation had finally started fading little by little.
But emotionally?
Panic still filled his chest.
“I didn’t mean to…” he whispered shakily.
Uncle Ben sighed deeply while staring at the ruined backyard.
Honestly, at this point, he didn’t even know how surprised he was supposed to be anymore.
Every few months, Peter awakened another impossible ability.
First super strength.
Then enhanced senses.
Then X-ray vision.
And now…
Heat vision.
Literal heat vision.
Ben rubbed his forehead weakly.
“Alright,” he muttered to himself.
“At least the house is still standing.”
Peter looked guilty immediately.
“…Mostly.”
Ben pointed toward the burning section of fence.
“Peter, part of the backyard looks like a warzone.”
Peter lowered his head further.
“Sorry…”
The guilt in his voice immediately made Ben sigh again.
No matter how terrifying Peter’s powers became…
The kid himself remained painfully gentle.
Peter never got excited about his abilities.
Never acted arrogant.
Never showed off.
If anything…
He feared his powers more than anyone else.
Ben walked closer before placing a reassuring hand on Peter’s shoulder carefully.
“Hey.”
Peter slowly looked up.
Ben smiled softly.
“You didn’t hurt anyone.”
Peter’s expression trembled slightly.
“…But what if I do someday?”
The question hit harder than Ben expected.
Because honestly…
That fear haunted Peter constantly now.
Every new power only made things worse.
Peter wasn’t becoming normal as he grew older.
He was becoming something far beyond human.
And none of them knew where it would stop.
Before Ben could answer—
The back door suddenly slammed open.
“Ben?!”
Aunt May’s worried voice echoed through the house immediately.
“What happened?!”
Peter instantly froze.
Ben winced slightly.
Right.
The explosion.
Of course she heard it.
Rapid footsteps approached quickly before May rushed outside into the backyard.
“Ben, what was that sound?!”
But the moment she fully entered the yard…
She stopped completely.
Silence.
May stared blankly at the destruction surrounding them.
The scorched earth.
The smoke.
The melted gardening tools.
The frozen remains of burned flowers.
Her eyes slowly widened.
Then her hands immediately covered her mouth.
“Holy Jesus…”
Peter looked even guiltier somehow.
May slowly turned in disbelief.
“What happened here?!”
Peter immediately looked downward like a child caught committing ten crimes simultaneously.
Meanwhile, Ben awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck.
“Okay,” he said carefully, “before you panic—”
“Benjamin Parker.”
Ben sighed.
“Peter awakened another power.”
May blinked once.
Then twice.
Slowly, she looked toward Peter.
Peter gave a tiny awkward wave.
May stared at him silently.
Then she slowly looked back toward the massive burn marks covering the backyard.
“…What kind of power?”
Ben inhaled deeply before answering.
“Heat vision.”
Silence.
Absolute silence.
May’s brain visibly stopped functioning for several seconds.
Then she slowly turned back toward Peter again.
“…Heat vision?”
Peter looked embarrassed.
“…Maybe?”
May pointed dramatically toward the destroyed fence.
“Maybe?!”
Ben coughed awkwardly.
“Technically yes.”
May stared at Peter in complete disbelief.
Then she suddenly blurted out:
“Kid, are you trying to become Superman or something?!”
Peter opened his mouth instinctively.
“I am so—”
But before he could even finish apologizing—
FWWWHHHHH!!
A freezing white mist suddenly exploded outward from Peter’s mouth accidentally.
The cold breath shot across the backyard instantly before slamming directly into the wall behind May.
CRRRRRRACK!!
Ice spread across the entire wall in seconds.
Frost rapidly expanded everywhere while the air temperature dropped dramatically.
The nearby flowers instantly froze solid.
Even parts of the ground became covered in ice.
Silence.
Peter froze completely.
May froze completely.
Ben froze completely.
Peter slowly blinked.
“…Oh no.”
Aunt May slowly turned around.
The entire wall behind her had been frozen solid.
Actual ice covered everything.
Frost crystals glittered under the sunlight beautifully.
For several long seconds…
Nobody spoke.
Then both Ben and May slowly turned toward Peter together.
Their eyes looked seconds away from popping out of their skulls.
Ben pointed shakily.
May pointed shakily.
Then both of them shouted simultaneously:
“FREEZE BREATH TOO?!”
Peter immediately covered his face in embarrassment.
“I DIDN’T MEAN TO DO THAT!”
Ben stared at the frozen wall.
Then at Peter.
Then back at the wall.
“Okay no,” Ben muttered weakly.
“This is getting ridiculous now.”
May nodded slowly in complete shock.
“First he gets laser eyes…”
“Then ice breath,” Ben finished.
Peter quietly sat there wishing the ground would swallow him whole.
Unfortunately…
With his luck, he’d probably accidentally punch through the planet instead.
May slowly walked toward the frozen wall carefully before touching the ice.
Her eyes widened again.
“It’s real ice…”
Ben snorted softly.
“Well thank God it isn’t fake ice.”
May ignored him completely.
Meanwhile, Peter looked completely miserable.
“I ruined the backyard…”
Ben immediately pointed around dramatically.
“Peter, you turned our gardening session into an Missile blasted area.”
Peter groaned weakly.
“I’m sorry.”
May finally looked back toward him.
And immediately, her heart softened.
Because despite all the destruction around them…
Peter himself looked terrified.
Not excited.
Not proud.
Terrified.
Like every new ability scared him more than the last.
May slowly walked back toward him before kneeling beside him gently.
“Peter.”
Peter looked down guiltily.
“I didn’t want this to happen.”
May smiled softly before fixing part of his messy hair.
“We know.”
Peter clenched his hands slightly.
“What if next time I hurt someone?”
The fear in his voice hurt both Ben and May deeply.
Because that was always Peter’s first concern.
Never himself.
Always others.
Ben crouched down beside him.
“Listen to me carefully.”
Peter slowly looked up.
Ben’s expression became calm and firm.
“You stopped yourself immediately.”
Peter blinked slightly.
Ben pointed toward the damaged backyard.
“Yeah, this looks terrible.”
Peter looked even guiltier.
“But you controlled it fast enough that nobody got hurt.”
Peter stayed silent.
Ben smiled softly.
“That matters.”
May nodded gently.
“You’re learning.”
Peter looked uncertain.
“But my powers keep growing.”
Ben sighed.
“…Yeah.”
Peter’s voice became quieter.
“What if they never stop growing?”
Neither Ben nor May answered immediately.
Because honestly…
That question terrified them too.
Peter wasn’t just becoming powerful anymore.
He was becoming something impossible.
Something beyond explanation.
And now?
The Superman similarities were becoming impossible to ignore.
Heat vision.
Freeze breath.
Super strength.
Enhanced senses.
X-ray vision.
At this point, flight and invulnerability probably weren’t far away.
Ben suddenly rubbed his face tiredly.
“I swear if this kid starts flying next week, I’m done.”
Peter actually laughed slightly at that.
A tiny laugh.
But enough to ease the tension slightly.
May smiled softly seeing it.
Then she suddenly crossed her arms.
“Well.”
Ben looked toward her.
May pointed firmly toward both him and Peter.
“The two of you are fixing this backyard.”
Peter nodded instantly.
“Okay.”
Ben sighed dramatically.
“I miss when our biggest problem was broken dishes.”
Peter quietly raised one hand.
“…I still break dishes sometimes.”
“Peter.”
“Sorry.”
Suddenly, a small chunk of frozen wall cracked loudly before falling apart onto the ground.
Everyone looked toward it silently.
Then Ben slowly looked at Peter again.
“…Yeah no.”
He pointed firmly.
“You are absolutely becoming Superman.”
Peter covered his face again in embarrassment while May tried not to laugh.
But deep inside…
All three of them understood something important.
Peter’s transformation was accelerating now.
And eventually…
The world would no longer be able to ignore it.
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Chapter End.