The video opens to Peter, Harley, Ned, and MJ sitting on Peter's bed.
"Hey everyone, welcome back to the Ironfam!" Peter says brightly. "I am obviously here with these guys, and today we are filming a very special video!"
"Peter turns seventeen tomorrow," MJ interrupts. "And as you can see, he's very excited about it."
"I am!" Peter exclaims happily. "Tomorrow, August 10th, I will legally be allowed to use magic outside of Hogwarts!"
"Dude," Harley says, turning to give him a judgemental look. "You didn't go to Hogwarts."
"But if I did," Peter rolls his eyes. "I would be graduating."
"Technically," Ned interjects. "You would be beginning your seventh year. Hermione turned seventeen the beginning of her sixth year, since her birthday was in September, but Harry turned seventeen right before he started seventh year, because his birthday was before September 1."
"Well, whatever," Peter waves a hand dismissively. "Either way, I could still legally do magic outside of Hogwarts."
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"So!" Peter picks up. "We're having a birthday party. And I thought about filming the whole thing, but decided... that would probably be boring to all of you. So instead, we're gonna film a fun sort of video in honor of my birthday. We'll tell you what that is tomorrow morning. I just wanted to film this tonight because I am so ******* excited for my birthday! But it's kinda late, so-"
"We'll see you guys tomorrow morning!" Harley cuts him off, waving at the camera, then turns to Peter. "Now, can I please go to bed?"
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Peter is standing behind the kitchen counter, alone.
"Why hello there, Ironfam," he says brightly. "So good to see you all at a reasonable hour of the day. Everyone is still mad at me because I made them film the intro with me at almost midnight last night, and I am apparently the only one who thinks that's not that late."
"Just get on with the actual video," MJ's voice comes from behind the camera.
"Alright, alright, jeez," Peter says, rolling his eyes at the camera. "So, the activity we are doing today in honor of my birthday, as you have probably already seen by the title, is Birdbox Cooking Birthday Cake Edition. So, in case you don't know what this is, I'm going to be trying to bake a cake while I'm blindfolded."
"We're here to make sure he doesn't die," Ned adds from behind the camera. "We'll be putting it into the oven and taking it out, but he's got to do everything else by himself."
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Ingredients for a cake are now sitting on the counter in front of Peter, as well as measuring cups, an electric mixer, a bowl, and a pan. Peter is already blindfolded.
"So, Harley put out all the ingredients," Peter says. "But I already had the blindfold on, so I don't know where anything is. Let's get started!"
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"I don't even know what I need first," Peter says, reaching out and feeling around. "I guess... flour?"
He reaches out in front of him, and his hand lands on a large bag of espresso powder.
"This feels like flour," he decides. "Now I assume that we need about... four cups of flour?"
He reaches out, grabs the measuring cup, and scoops out four cups of the powder. MJ snorts from behind the camera.
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FanfictionPeter stepping into the limelight, as seen through videos. Part 1 in the Ironfam Series