Sunset Shimmer, The Spectacular Spider-Girl Story #1: With Great Power comes Great Responsibility

by Dalek-Galvo

Rating: teen
Tags: Violence, Twilight Sparkle (EqG), Wallflower Blush, Dark, Death, Alternate Universe, Romance, Adagio Dazzle, Other, Adventure, Equestria Girls, Crossover, Sunset Shimmer, Profanity
Length: 4331

Sunset thought she would have a normal life but a bite from a radioactive Spider will change that forever.

In the Peaceful Town of Canterlot City, there was a young girl named Sunset Shimmer who is often than not Canterlot High's favorite punching bag. However, one day during a field trip to a science museum a freak accident involving an experimented spider occurred as it then bit Sunset's arm making her have severe convulsions, and later get sent to a hospital.
Not long after that, Sunset finds out to her shock that she can see perfectly without glasses, can walk on walls, and she could fire synthetic webbing from web shooters on her wrists.
At first, she used her powers for her own selfish gain, using them to gain money, but after a robbery gone wrong causing the death of her father. Sunset now has to learn that With Great Power comes Great Responsibility.
Over her lifetime as Spider-Girl, she will have a very big rogues gallery as she fights a fair share of villains.
Look out, crooks of Canterlot City, for they will soon face the marvelous powers of The Spectacular Spider-Girl.
(This story has the Human Sunset Shimmer as Spider-Girl).

Published 2021-06-13 13:30:01 UTC
Last updated 2022-09-09 19:46:37 UTC

Prologue: The Origin of Spider-Girl

Author's Note

Prologue: The Origin of Spider-Girl

Hello everyone, I know what you're thinking: why am I, a normal everyday schoolgirl, not only wearing red and blue spandex but also hanging from a rooftop by a deranged classmate of mine wearing a Halloween costume? Well, to explain that, we'll need to go back to where this story began.

Several weeks earlier.

"BEEP BEEP BEEP," the sound of my alarm clock buzzing through the entire room.

"Mmm, no, stupid alarm; shut up; just give me five more minutes of sleep time," I said as I put the clock on snooze. "Yawn, good morning, Canterlot City."

You see that tired-looking girl with a lot of bed hair in the queen-sized bed? That is me. My name is Sunset Shimmer, and right now I am your typical everyday schoolgirl; I was your typical dork; I knew every element of the periodic table; and most importantly, I was everyone's favorite punching bag.

I've been called a lot of names, such as Bookworm, Queen Dorkius, Geek Girl, and others.

"You dropped your nerd books, Dumbset Bummer," Trixie said as she pushed me onto the floor.

You see that girl over there, that is Trixie Lulamoon. One of the smart kids at our school loves picking on the students that are smaller and weaker than she is. And I'm her favorite target.

But just because I may have a few enemies doesn't mean I don't have any friends.

"Hey Sunset, you need me to help you pick up those books," Rainbow-Dash said as she walked up.

This is Rainbow-Dash, one of the jocks at our school. She can be very kind and loves to help people out.

There is also Pinkie Pie, the class clown of our school, who loves to tell jokes and pull pranks.

And then there is my best friend, Michael Osborn, the future head of an organization known as OSCORP and my "rival." I think that he may be a little jealous of me.

Alright, back to the topic at hand. One day, my homeroom class went on a field trip to the OSCORP facility, and oh boy, there were so many scientific devices that I was just as excited as a child on his first birthday. As I was listening to our group's tour guide talk about this big radiation conductor, none of us noticed that there was a little spider crawling around the facility, and it just had to land right in the middle of the conductor's blast.

So, what does a spider do after it has been hit with a lot of radiation? Well, the logical thing to do is to run away, right? Well, karma can sure be a pain in the ass because you want to know what it did next. It jumped on my hand and bit me right in the arm.

The instant the spider bit, I could feel a jolt of pain course through me as I swatted it away, then 5 seconds after that I started having severe convulsions, and then let's just say that I lost my lunch all over the floor. Then I tried walking back home before collapsing on the ground and losing consciousness

I then woke up in the hospital, and the doctors said that I had to stay their for a few days.

Once I was discharged from the hospital, I was a little disoriented, so much so that I didn't notice that I was wandering into an open road with a large truck heading towards me. Suddenly, I felt this buzzing in my head, almost like I was sensing danger coming, so almost like a basic instinct, I jumped out of the way. I also noticed that I could also walk on walls. However, I needed to be able to shoot some kind of webbing, so that's why I created web-shooters for myself.

Another thing was that I could see perfectly without my glasses, and my body looked like I had been lifting weights. Normally, my body would look kind of wimpy, but now I look like some athlete in the Olympics. Well, that's what caused all my problems.

I started using my powers for selfish gains, like when I started using them for wrestling matches. I even called myself the Spectacular Spider-Girl. I acted like this because, in my eyes, my mother, father, and little sister Luster Dawn were all I could count on, and I wanted the rest of the world to go hang for all I cared. Sigh, that was the biggest mistake of my life.

After I had won my most recent wrestling match, I was heading home until I saw some guy running past me because he was being chased by a police officer. The officer told me to stop him, but due to my arrogance at the time, I just stood there and let him get away.

When the officer asked me why I didn't stop him, you want to know what I said to him: "From now on, I only worry about myself, buddy; whatever he did is not my problem." And I just left, wearing that same arrogant smile.

When I came home, I saw that there were police cars surrounding my house. I rushed over to see what was going on, and what the officer told me made my heart stop.

He said that there was a burglary gone wrong and that my father was killed. A part of me died when he said that. I went into my house to comfort my mother and sister, and out of all of us, my cries were the loudest. My father was my hero and my idol, and he was just taken away from me like that.

Then I heard the radio say that the same burglar was sighted hiding in the abandoned Sombra Steel Mill. I had to get over there. I wasn't going to let him get away again. I was going to give him the same mercy that he gave my father when he shot him dead. I wanted revenge.

I then got to the steel mill, where I hid and waited for the guy with the gun to show himself.

"Huh, what was that noise?" the burglar said.

"THERE'S NOWHERE LEFT TO RUN NOW, MURDERER!" I said it in fury. "THAT MAN YOU ROBBED FROM WAS MY FATHER, AND YOU KILLED HIM!"

I then dropped from the ceiling and gave that bastard some good punches until he was beaten and battered. Then I hanged him off a ledge under a river and was ready to drop him to a watery grave when he said, "Please don't kill me I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Please give me another chance!"

"Why, WHY, YOU NEVER GAVE MY FATHER A CHANCE, SO WHY SHOUD I EVER GIVE A CHANCE TO FILTHY DIRT-EATING SLIME LIKE YO?" I roared before I stopped talking as I unmasked him.

Let me tell you all right now that the blood in my veins ran cold when I saw the shooter's face. It was the same guy from the wrestling match—the same guy I let go of.

I let him get away. I could've stopped him; I could've tripped him over with my leg, but I didn't. I let him get away.

Now my father is dead,, and it was all my fault that I let him die. I then tied the burglar up on the ceiling using my webbing.

As I was heading home, a memory flashed through my mind: it was when I was little,, and I had gotten into a fight with Trixie after she threatened to harm my sister. As my father was tending to the cuts and bruises on my arms and legs,, he would always say, "With great power comes great responsibility." I never understood what he meant by that—until now. That's when I decided to only use my powers to help the innocent and punish the wicked. That's when I became the one and only Spidergirl.
However, all of that was about to change.

Chapter 1 The Birth of the Green Goblin, Part 1 of 7, The Goblin's Grand Entrance!

2 Years Later

Meanwhile, in an underground laboratory, someone is busy crafting a very evil scheme.

"Hahahahahahahaha, Yes, my Goblin Venom is finally been perfected! Now it is time for the crazed crime career of the Green Goblin to finally take fruit." The Mysterious figure said as he got on some kind of Glider device and soared off into the sky.

Meanwhile, in Canterlot, The infamous Crime Boss Lord Sombra was busy trying to find a new way to take down his rivals.

"I've spent weeks of planning to take out Tirek and you bumbling idiots can't even put a bullet in him," Sombra roared.

"We are sorry boss, it's just that there are too many guards and we would need a helicopter in order to get a clear shot on him," One of Sombra's goons said.

"Raaaggghh, if only that meddling Wall-Crawler Spider-Girl didn't interfere," Sombra said. "There has to be a way that I can get rid of Tirek without any interference."

"Ahem, Gentleman, I may have the solution that might end your arachnid problem once and for all," A figure said in the shadows.

"WHAT, WHO ARE YOU?! HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?!" Sombra roared.

"Well to answer your first question, my real name isn't important right now, but you can call me, THE GREEN GOBLIN! HAHAHAHAHAHA!"The Green Goblin says as he comes out from the shadows. "Oh, and I got in here because your moronic bodyguards are so lackluster in their brainpower that I could easily sneak in unnoticed."

"Well, Mr. Green Goblin, what do you want?" Sombra asked.

"What do I want, Ohohohohoho, Mr. Sombra, can I call you Mr. Sombra," The Green Goblin asked, to which Sombra nodded his head in agreement. "All I wanted was to finally see The Big Cheese, The Big Man of Crime, I just wanted to see if you all would like it if I joined your merry gang."

"Ha you join our gang," Sombra smirked, "how about we just cake your costumed body in holes."

"Sigh, you know, I knew something like this might happen, so that's why The Green Goblin came prepared for it." The Green Goblin chuckled.

"What are you talking about," Sombra.

Then The Green Goblin got a small object out of a bag wrapped around his body.

"Here, want a Pumpkin," The Green Goblin said as he handed him the Pumpkin.

"Mister, I don't know what you're trying to pull by doing this, but..." Sombra tried to say before The Green Goblin interrupted him.

"Oh there's nothing to be worried about my kind sir, after all it's just a pumpkin." The Green Goblin said.

Sombra then grabbed the Pumpkin and tried to figure out what it was, when he saw a green button on top of it, he then curiously pressed the button, and once he did so, the Pumpkin started emitting a strange beeping noise.

"Hey, what's that noise coming out of it, Mr. Troll," Sombra asked The Green Goblin.

"Oh, well that is very unfortunate, you should not have pressed that button," The Green Goblin said with a pouty look on his face. "Well no matter, there are a lot of goodies inside, and I promise you, it's...a blast! And by the way, my names not Mr. Troll...It's The Green Goblin. Hahahahaha, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!" The Green Goblin said as he soon left the room in a quick pace.

"Wait, what did he mean by..." Sombra said before his heart stopped as the beeping got quicker. "IT'S A BOMB!"

The Green Goblin then watched on top of his Glider with a look of pleasure as his pumpkin Bomb blew Sombra's hideout to a pile of splinters.

"Well that was very displeasing, I was really hoping I could mold them into my image of criminal...Aw well, at least I know the Pumpkin Bombs work, well, as the old saying goes, If you can’t join them, beat them, by blowing their frazzled bodies into nothing but ash and splinters, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!" The Green Goblin cackled in glee as he soared away on his glider to pay Mob Boss Tirek a little visit.

Author's Note

Hey everyone,

Sorry for the long writing Hiatus, but I am glad to tell you all that I am very happy to be writing again after so long.

Don't worry, I will be writing more when I have enough free-time on my hands, as my spring semester of college is about to begin.

This is Grand-Galvatron, signing off.

Chapter 1: The birth of The Green Goblin: Part 2 of 7: Along came a Spider

Meanwhile, in Canterlot Central, a bank robbery is now in motion.

"Alright, you boys," one of the robbers said as he was holding a hostage. "I'll let this bigwig go once you fork over the code to the vault."

"Alright, we will apply to your demands; just let the hostages go," the officer said.

"Shut up; we have the demands here, blue-boy," the head-robber said.

"Hey, wait a minute, what happens if Spider-Girl shows up?" the robber with a rocket launcher said as he started getting anxious.

"Tirek ain't going to accept failure," the head robber said. "So let's just grab the loot and go."

Suddenly, the robber heard a voice behind him.

"Just grab the loot and go without saying goodbye to little old me," Spider-Girl said as she was hanging by a web line. "Wow, I'm hurt by your words, thug-face."

"IT'S SPIDER-GIRL," the Thug with the stun Baton said.

"Gasp, Spider-Girl, where?" Spider-Girl said as she looked around. "Oh, wait, that's me your talking about."

"Spider-Girl, I knew you were working for...," J. Jonah Jackal said before his mouth was webbed.

"Aww, and I missed you too, J. Jonah Jerky," Spider-Girl said. "You're so precious when you get cranky."

Suddenly, the Rocket Thug fired a rocket at her, but she was easily able to dodge it using her Spider-Sense.

"Hey, neat rocket," Spider-Girl said. "Your aim could use some work, but A for effort."

"Wait, didn't I already kick your butt a few weeks ago?" Spider-Girl asked the Head-Thug. "Wow, I'm really disappointed with you; Tirek must be getting dummer with all those head wrinkles."

"Shoot her," the Head-Thug said, but before the goon could shoot Spider-Girl, he shot the gun out of his hand with a web-ball.

"Didn't your momma ever tell you?" Spider-Girl said. "Playing with firearms isn't only unsafe but illegal."

Spider-Girl then webbed both the thugs with the stun baton and rocket launcher.

"Alright, two bozos down; I guess that just leaves you," Spider-Girl said to the head-thug.

"Not quite, Web-Head," The Head Thug said as he heard the sound of a building being demolished.

"Aww, if it ain't my good old buddies, Boom-Box and Horn-Head," Spider-Girl said.

"You got a knack for saying those stupid jokes, Bug," Shocker said.

"MY NAME IS NOT HORN-HEAD; I'M THE RHINO," Rhino roared as he charged right at Spider-Girl.

"Hah, I see that your still as dumb as ever, big oaf," Spider-Girl said as she easily jumped over Rhino as he then crashed into another building.

Shocker then looked at the Head-Thug, who had gotten away by driving a big truck.

"Don't worry, Rhino, I'll zap that idiotic arachnid," Shocker said as he fired an energy pulse at Spider-Girl, sending her colliding into a wall.

"I guess that put a shock through your system, eh bug," Shocker said in a cocky tone of voice.

"Ow, ow, and more ow," Spider-Girl said as she climbed out of the wreckage of the wall.

Suddenly, a spiked tail came out of nowhere, but Spider-Girl was easily able to dodge the attack.

"You didn't forget about me, did you?" Scorpion said.

"Aww, great, Scorpion too," Spider-Girl said. "We really gotta stop meeting each other like this."

"Hope you get some upgrades to that suit of yours to give you the sting you need, or else I'm going to be real bummed out," Spider-girl said.

"DO YOU EVER SHUT UP?" Scorpion roared.

"Nope, it's in my rule book that I never leave a butt-kicking without a little bit of quip-age," Spider-Girl said as she lured Scorpion right into the middle of Shocker's blast, sending him right into a flagpole, knocking him out cold.

"Alright, Shocker, we can do this the easy way or the hard way," Spider-Girl said as Shocker tried to hit her again with an energy pulse, but she easily avoided the attack.

"Oh, thank you for choosing the hard way," Spider-Girl said as she cracked her knuckles before landing a knock-out punch, knocking Shocker out cold.

"Alright, who's next, Vulture, Chameleon, or Kraven?" Spider-Girl asked with no response. "Ahh man, the butt-kicking's over already; I thought I would be fighting the entirety of the Sinister Six. Aww, well, be happy, Spidey; you laid the smack down on three super-crooks plus two normal crooks and got some excellent photos along with it."

Another day in Canterlot City saved by your friendly neighborhood Spider-Girl." Spider-Girl said.

"Alright, you two, tell me what Boss Tirek is up to this time," Spider Girl said to the two webbed robbers.

"Ok, alright, we'll talk," they both said.

Just as they were about to, Spider-Girl saw a small circular object drop to the ground.

"Huh, a pumpkin," Spider-Girl said to herself.

Suddenly, the pumpkin's mouth opened and let out a ghoulish cackle as it then excreted a green gas.

"Poison gas," Spider-Girl said as she jumped out of the gas's path.

When the gas finally faded away, Spider-Girl saw that both robbers were dead.

Spider-Girl then saw someone on some kind of glider as he let out a maniacal laugh before flying out of sight.

"Alright, something tells me that this day just got a whole lot weirder," Spider-Girl said as she then web-swinged back home.

"STUPID FUCKIN IDIOTS," Boss Tirek Roared. "I should have never sent morons like Rhino or Scorpion.

"If only I could find a villain so despicable and conniving," Boss Tirek said. "I'd be finally rid of that red and blue pest."

"Did somebody say despicable and conniving?" The green goblin said as he walked out of the shadows. "The Green Goblin has those attributes in spades."

"Aww, so you finally arrived, Green Goblin," Boss Tirek said with a satisfied smile. "I offer you gratitude for getting rid of Sombra for me; you saved me the trouble of killing him myself."

"I heard that you had a little arachnid problem." [color] The green goblin said. "Let's just say, I wanted to ask you for a little deal."

"Which is it?" Boss Tirek said.

"Pay me 5 million dollars, and I will kill Spider-Girl, Green-Goblin said.

"Fine, deal," Boss Tirek said. "But I seriously hope you know what you're doing. The Web-Heads have been up against many other costumed crooks."

"Oh, trust me," Green Goblin said. "When I'm done with her, she'll be nothing more than a red and blue stain on the pavement. Hahaha, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

(Will continue in Chapter 1: Confrontation, Spider-Girl vs. The Green Goblin.).

Chapter 1: Night of the Green Goblin part 3 of 7: Confrontation, Spider-Girl vs. The Green Goblin Round 1

Meanwhile, At Boss Tirek's base of operations, Boss Tirek called The Green Goblin to his meeting room.

"Aww, Boss, is there something you need me for," The Green Goblin said.

"Yes, I'm grateful that you were able to share some of your technology with us," Tirek said. "But there's something that I don't understand. Why do you wear that silly halloween costume?"

"Oh, I'm glad you asked," Green Goblin said. "For centuries, The Image of The Goblin
has always been a symbol of fear and terror, and when my victims gaze upon my face, I want it to be the last thing they ever see, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!"

Suddenly, eight goons wearing Jack O Lantern costumes and flying on Bat-Like Gliders came into the room.

"Oh don't worry about telling me about today's little caper, I already know about robbing the Canterlot Central Bank at the Canterlot Grand Square," The Green Goblin says. "Alright Jackomen, let's go, HAHAHAHAHAHAAA!"

Meanwhile, In the Central Square of Canterlot City, Sunset was going grocery shopping for her mother and little sister, when she heard what sounded like something large flying across the sky.

"Hmm, I mean, a halloween fair is going on, must probably be something their doing for it," Sunset said as she continued shopping.

Suddenly, her spider-sense kicked in.

"Whoa, Spider-sense, that must mean that danger is near," Sunset said, only to see a missile head for the central bank.

Then, the men on the gliders lowered themselves as they then armed themselves with assault rifles and bazookas.

"Happy Halloween Chumps," One of the Jackomen stated.

Then, out of nowhere a maniacal laugh could be heard.

"Well speak of the devil," One of the Jackomen said. "The Goblin has finally arrived."

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA, Good afternoon people of Canterlot City, Bon après-midi. I am The Green Goblin, and I have come for a little thing I like to call...Grand Square theft," The Green Goblin said. "So, if you miserable urchin's are quite fond of remaining in one piece, then you better sacrifice all your valuables, come on chop chop."

Sunset was able to use the crowd in order to get out of sight so she could find a hiding spot to change into her costume.

"You ghoulish Gremlin," A Civilian said. "Spider-Girl will smack your hides!"

"Oh, is that so," The Green Goblin said as he shot a spark from his fingertip. "Then tell the web-slinger that I'm waiting for her right now. What you need to worry about is handing your valuables over to me and my friends."

Then out of nowhere, Spider-Girl appeared.

"Hey, isn't it a little early for Halloween Emerald Elf," Spider-Girl said.

"SPIDER-GIRL!" The Green Goblin said in shock as Spider-Girl swinged over to a light-pole.
The Jackomen then armed themselves with Machine Guns.

"Aww, long have I waited for this meeting. Now, let's see what you're capable of." The Green Goblin Retorted.

"Hmph, maybe my razor-bats will make short work of you," The Green Goblin as he threw six Razor-bats at Spider-Girl.

One of the Razor-Bats slices at Spider-Girl's arm, making a gash. "OWW, Hey now, I'm not messing with your attire, so don't mess with mine."

"Whoops, maybe something else will work, like my little Electricity Charged Frog or my Ghost Gas Grenade," The Green Goblin said as he pulled them out of his Bag of Tricks.

"Really, a toad and a Ghost, seriously Gobby, you gotta do better than that," Spider-Girl said. "Hold on, why am I trying to talk to a lunatic in a halloween costume?"

"Hmm, quite the puzzler yes," The Green Goblin said as he grabbed Spider-Girl's arms. "How about I help with giving you a good squeeze."

"Agh, he has super strength, if I don't do something, he'll crush my arms into jelly," Spider-Girl said to herself as she used a Web-shooter in her belt to fire webbing at The Goblin's eyes.

"AGGGH, Oh, your gonna pay for that, you irritating arachnid," The Green Goblin said as threw Pumpkin Bombs that screeched as they exploded on Spider-Girl.

"Ow, Ow, and more ow," Spider-Girl said as she got out of a pile of rubble.

"Hey GG, we got the goods," The Jackoman leader said. "Let's blow this pop-stand."

"Heh Heh Heh, aww well, that's a dull way to end a battle, in the meantime, how about you face my latest trick, trust me, it's quite a gas!" The Green Goblin said as he and his Jackomen fled the scene.

Suddenly, Spider-Girl was covered in the green smoke that was being emitted from the goblin's glider.

Sunset started coughing as she started inhaling the smoke, as she felt like her lungs were on fire.

"Goby, that is so cheating," Spider-Girl said as she crawled away to a nearby alleyway where she could recover from the smoke.

"Damn, I can't believe that Kook in a Halloween costume got the jump on me," Spider-Girl sneered. "Well, next time, he won't be so lucky."

Meanwhile, The next day at Canterlot High, Sunset was busy looking through her locker when Michael Osborne arrived.

"Hey Sunset how are things going," Michael said as he was packing his backpack.

"Oh nothing much," Sunset said. "Just getting my backpack packed so I can go home for the weekend."

"Hey I wanted to ask you about something," Michael said. "Have you heard about the Tech-Flight Glider that was stolen from one of the OSCORP buildings?"

"Oh, I didn't know about that, what happened," Sunset asked.

"Apparently some kook in a halloween costume took it, that's what Twilight told me," Joseph said.

"Twilight," Sunset asked.

"One of the scientists at OSCORP," Michael said. "She's the one who made the Tech-Flight Glider."

"Hey, what's with your arm, did you....hurt yourself," Michael asked as he saw the gash on Sunset's arm.

"Oh, it's just a paper-cut, nothing for you to worry about," Sunset said to calm Michael's worries.

Just then, a Girl walked up to Sunset.

"Hey umm, are you Sunset Shimmer," The Girl asked.

"Uh, yes, what's your name," Sunset said as she blushed.

"Adagio Dazzle, looks like we're classmates together," Adagio said. "Maybe we could talk for a little while."

Sunset blushed even more. "Oh, umm, ok. S-Sure."

As both girls were walking out, Twilight could be seen looking from a corner, with face full of jealousy.

As Joseph was walking home he was thinking to himself.

"Hmm, paper-cut huh," Michael said as he pressed a secret button. "You must think I'm really stupid, don't you Sunset, or should I say...Spider-Girl. HAHAHAHAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!"

(Will continue in Chapter 2, Cat-Scratch, Sparks and Sand).