chasing waterfalls [Peter Parker]

~57~

I opened the door to Dani's house to see Dani talking to her mom and dad. As soon as she saw me, she ran over to me and basically shoved a piece of paper in my face.

"I GOT IN!" She yelled, and I grabbed the letter. "I got in to NYU!" I read over the letter, then smiled.

"OH MY GOD!" I hugged her. "That's awesome, Dani!" We went into her room and sat down.

"So, how'd it go with Peter?" I shook my head.

"None of them got in. Not MJ, not Ned, and not Peter." She sighed.

"What are they going to do?" I shrugged.

"I don't know."

I went back to my room and sat down on my bed. After a few minutes, my phone rang. I looked at my phone and saw it was Peter calling me. "Hello?"

"Nixie, I need your help." I sighed.

"With what?"

"I'll explain when you get here. I'm at Strange's." I nodded.

"Okay. I'll be there in a sec." I hung up the phone, and grabbed my suit.

When I got to Dr. Strange's, I noticed the whole inside was covered in snow. Before I could ask about the snow, Peter grabbed me by the arm. He led me into the basement, where I saw Strange.

"Oh, Nixie, so nice of you to join us." Behind Strange was a man with, what looked like robot tentacles coming out of his back. I raised an eyebrow.

"What is going on?" I asked Peter, and Strange responded.

"Peter wanted me to do a spell to make everyone forget he's Spider-Man. But it backfired, and it brought here everyone who knew he was Spider-Man from every universe." My eyes widened, and I looked at Peter.

"You did WHAT?" He sighed, and the robot man behind Strange took a step forward.

"Spell? As in magic? What is this, a birthday party?" I turned my head to look at him. "Who is this clown? What is this madness?" Strange sighed.

"Watch this." He turned to the man. "Do you know a Peter Parker who is Spider-Man?" The man nodded.

"Yes." Strange pointed at Peter.

"Is that him?"

"No." I tilted my head, confused.

"Okay, here's what we gotta do. I don't know how many of these visitors we've got..." Strange started, and Peter interrupted him.

"I saw another one on the bridge." Now I was even more confused. What bridge? "He was like a flying green elf." Strange sighed.

"He sounds jolly. Start with him. I need you to capture them, and bring them here while I figure out how to get them back before they destroy the fabric of reality, or worse, Wong finds out."

"Uh, Doctor Strange?" Peter called out. "My friends and I just got a second chance to get into MIT, and if the school sees me fighting these crazy monsters..."

"Hey, watch your mouth." The robot man piped in. Peter shrugged.

"I'm sorry, but..." He turned back to Strange. Strange sighed, and waved his hand. A piece of Peter's suit flew over to Strange, and he did some modifications on it. "Hey, what did you just do?"

"This." He sent a glowing string at Peter, and it transported him into one of the cages. He walked forward and bumped into a barrier. I stepped back. The robot man looked at Strange, dumbfounded.

"How did you just do that?" Strange looked at him.

"Lots of birthday parties." He turned a dial, and the barrier keeping Peter in that cage dropped. Strange sent the suit back over to Peter. "One shot, send them here, move on. You're welcome. Get to work."

"Sir?" Peter asked. "I know this is my mess, and I swear to you I'll fix it, but I'm gonna need some help." He went to call MJ and Ned, and I looked around. Two cages next to robot man was a giant lizard.

"What the hell?" I whispered.