My Little Avengers: Part 1

"It…can't…be," gasped Peter, shocked that the ghost of his mentor was in his presence. "Mr. Stark? How…I…how are you still alive? I saw you die, we all saw you die."

"Just my body was destroyed, but my spirit still lives," replied Tony, sitting down at the edge of Peter's bed. "Come on, did you even do CCD, make your first communion, your confirmation?"

All Peter could do was nod his head sideways for he was still too shocked to speak.

"I didn't think so," sighed Tony. "Anyways, to make a long story short, I can't get into heaven."

"Why, Mr. Stark?" asked Peter. "I thought you were good enough to get into heaven. Unless you probably did something stupid on Earth."

"If I did something stupid, let's just say that it happened long before I met you and took you under my wing. But that is beside the point right now. The fact is…Thanos is still alive."

Peter became confused at this revelation. As far as he was concerned, Thanos was dead.

"But…how? Didn't he turn to…dust?"

"The Thanos we defeated was a past Thanos," sighed Tony again, burying his hand in his face. "The current Thanos…the one who turned you and half the universe to dust, is still alive."

A tremor of fear flowed through Peter Parker's veins upon hearing this. He could well remember being turned to dust in Tony's arms.

"What can we do about it, Mr. Stark?"

"We're trying to get the Avengers back together," answered Tony. "And that includes you, Pete. After all, you are the one who said that you can't be a friendly neighborhood Spider Man if there is no neighborhood?"

"Y…ye…yes," stammered Peter, trying to process all that was happening in front of him. "I did say that to you."

"And there is another neighborhood that needs Spider Man. Do you know of a show called Friendship is Magic? Your Aunt May said that it is your favorite cartoon."

Tony then looked over towards a pair of stuffed plushies in the likeliness of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, two of the co-rulers of Equestria. Rising to his feet, Peter picked up the two plushies and placed them towards his chest.

"So, you know that I am a brony, Mr. Stark?" Peter remarked, placing the plushies next to his right, while letting out a small chuckle. "I've…tried to keep it from others for a long time. You might say, I've been hiding in the closet."

Tony then looked up at a poster of Celestia and Luna on Peter's wall just above his bed. Looking at them made him understand that his protégé worshipped these fictional characters more than him.

"Look Pete," said Tony. "What if I were to tell you…that Equestria and the characters you come to love…are real?"

"Real?"

"Yeah, because Thanos and an enemy of Equestria is conspiring to conquer Equestria and steal all the magic from them."

"And what happens if they get the magic of Equestria?"

"Then, Thanos can use the infinity stones and the magic of Equestria to wipe out the current universe…and create a new one in their vision."

Peter sat for a moment and processed all that had been said to him. Rising to his feet, he walked over to his drawer and pulled it open to reveal the homemade Spider Man suit he kept for practice runs.

"Mr. Stark," he said, touching the homemade suit. "Everything you have said to me is true, right?"

"Yes, Pete," answered Tony. "I'm not lying to you in any way. Everything I am telling you is real and to the point. Equestria and everything in it…is real."

Peter had no idea of the adventure he was about to put himself into.

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Meanwhile, Bucky Barnes arrived at the newly opened Wakanda consulate in New York, determined to get in touch with King T'Challa.

"Welcome to the Wakanda consulate," a woman in an African accent said from behind a desk. "How may I help you?"

"Where is your nearest telephone?" Bucky asked, placing both his hands on the desk. "I need to speak with King T'Challa at once."

The secretary became confused at Bucky's request.

"And what do you wish to see our king about?" she asked in an equally confusing tone.

Bucky then rolled up his right sleeve, revealing the metal right arm he had. The secretary was not convinced in the slightest.

"Do you know who I am?" Bucky asked, putting his arm down. "I am the White Wolf. I was rehabilitated by King T'Challa personally."

Still, the secretary was not convinced.

"You must have been in an accident that caused you to get that arm."

"Look, I'm telling you the truth," pleaded Bucky. "I need to speak to King T'Challa at once."

…

Just then, everyone in the room suddenly fell silent as a slender dark colored man in a business suit walked in with a dark colored bald headed woman at his side. The secretary bowed at them as they arrived.

"Mr. Barnes?" said the man. "It's good to see you again."

"My king?" asked the secretary, feeling slightly embarrassed at her actions. "I'm sorry…I didn't know…"

"That's all right," interrupted T'Challa, silencing her with his hand, his eyes still locked on Bucky. "He's a friend of Wakanda."

"What are you doing here in New York?"

Rather than answering him right away, T'Challa instead motioned Bucky to follow him towards a medium sized office. On the desk were pictures of holes dug into the soils of Wakanda.

"I've come to New York to seek out the one called Stephen Strange," explained T'Challa. "Wakanda has since been attacked by strange earthquakes, tremors in the Earth that cause my people to fear for their lives."

"Why do you seek Dr. Strange?" wondered Bucky. "Is it because he played a role in defeating Thanos the first time around?"

A strange look came onto the face of the Wakandian king, almost as if he sensed what Bucky was trying to tell him.

"How do you know that? Are you in league with him?"

"I'm merely just a friend of him, your highness. We are trying to gather the Avengers back together again because Thanos…"

"…is alive?" interrupted T'Challa, pushing the pictures towards Bucky. "Just as we all feared. Lately, I've been receiving visits from my deceased father, the man I thought you had killed in the bombing."

T'Challa then turned around and looked at a picture of his father up on the wall of his office, sighing heavily as he did.

"What is he saying to you?" asked Bucky. "For that matter, what did he warn you about?"

"He warned me that the one we defeated is still alive, White Wolf and that I must fight him again," answered T'Challa, taking his eyes off of the picture and back towards Bucky. "And I will do anything to protect my people, Mr. Barnes, even joining others who have the same mindset as me."

This made Bucky acknowledge the determination in T'Challa's eyes.

"Then," said Bucky. "You might as well come with me now."

Heeding these words, T'Challa and his right-hand woman followed Bucky out of the consulate.

The king of Wakanda was now recruited.

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At the same time, the rest of Sunset Shimmer's friends made their way over to Crystal Prep to investigate what had happened to five of the Shadowbolts.

"So, they just disappeared out of thin air, Principal Cadence?" asked Sci-Twi.

"Apparently, yes, Twilight. They did," sighed Principal Cadence. "It's just…strange to say the least. How could five girls just randomly disappear like that? It doesn't make any sense at all. Unless, maybe there is magic involved. Principals Celestia and Luna were wise to send you."

"Something tells me, y'all," remarked Applejack. "That maybe this Thanos fella might be behind everything."

"Where do we even start, darling?" asked Rarity. "I mean…what would some buffoon want five ordinary teenage girls? Do you think it might be a ransom of sorts?"

"If it is," said Principal Cadence, her voice filled with panic. "Crystal Prep can pay for their release. Right now, I just don't want anymore students disappearing on my watch."

The emotionally embattled principal sat down in her chair and buried her face in her hands. Nothing but fear flowed through Cadence's veins and all she could think about was the impending fallout.

"Maybe we should start by questioning the students," suggested Sci-Twi, taking charge of the situation.

"I did question them, Twilight," replied Cadence, taking her face out of her hands. "They said that they just randomly disappeared from view with no rhyme or reason. It's very strange and at the same time, a living nightmare."

Sci-Twi sighed as she went over to her sister in law, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"It's a living nightmare for all of us, Principal Cadence," she remarked quietly. "Even more of a nightmare than when I was consumed by dark magic. Believe me, I want Sour Sweet and the others back as much as you do."

"Well, what are we all standing around here for?" cried Rainbow Dash. "We've got to find them."

"We want to find them, Rainbow Dash," replied Sci-Twi, looking down at the pendant around her neck. "But, I just don't know how. Maybe if we can channel our magical abilities using our pendants, we can channel a possible location."

"Is it worth a try?" asked Fluttershy, timidly. But, Twilight was determined to find the truth. Motioning the rest of the girls to gather around, they put their pendants together and attempted to create a living picture out of magic.

A few moments later, the magic of the pendants produced a living picture of the five Crystal Prep students, now seemingly brainwashed. Horrified at what she was seeing, Principal Cadence felt her eyes well up with tears and silently began to cry to herself.

"I'm so fired," she sobbed, while the rest of the girls watched in horror at what was happening to their equals. "I'm so fired."

"It's looks like," gasped Applejack, a look of horror on her face. "That they have all been hypnotized or even brainwashed. Hay, they might not even remember who they are."

"But where are they?" cried Rainbow Dash. "Where in town are they being held at?"

Using their pendants again, they attempted to create a map where the hideout was, but were unable to.

"What the…?" stammered Sci-Twi, seeing the magic flicker. "It's like they know we are trying to spy on them and Thanos must be blocking us from seeing their hideout."

They tried again for a few more moments before giving up.

"Well, that's it," said Rarity in disgust. "What do we do now?"

"We'll have to try using my drone," suggested Sci-Twi, walking over to Principal Cadence and comforting her. "It may get damaged or destroyed, but it's going to be a risk we are going to have to take."

…

"It appears that we are being tracked, Thanos," remarked Sombra, sensing the magic emulated from Sci-Twi and the others. "They must be looking for them."

"Who?" asked Thanos, looking over to Sombra.

"The friends of the pony whom you came here to hunt for her magic," answered Sombra. "What do we do?"

Looking over towards the spellbound Crystal Prep girls, Thanos realized that he needed to do something in order for them to be protected at all costs.

"Then, we'll stay one step ahead of them," decided Thanos, knowing that he needed to activate the space stone and find a different location. "Sombra, prepare the others. We're leaving this shack."

Activating the Space Stone in his gauntlet, Thanos teleported himself, Sombra, the Sirens and the Crystal Prep students out of the shack to an unknown destination.

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