Gwen 10: Defender of Earth

Chapter 1: The Introduction

I Don't Own Ben 10 Or Any Of The Characters

Author's Note:

* Hello and welcome to Chapter One of the Gwen 10 spin-off story! So while you guys are waiting for Volume Two to come out, the first chapter of this story can tide you over. Well, at least I hope it will.

* So the story is going to start off with Gwen 10's "Origin Story", as she described her upbringing to Ben Prime. After that, I'm not sure where the story will go, but I'll figure it out as we go down the line. I can't exactly say whether or not you guys actually wanted the Gwen 10 spin-off story, but honestly, who wouldn't want to see it? As csgt once said, Gwen 10 is the Spider-Gwen of the Ben 10 universe that I've set up. Well, he said something along those lines, I think.

* Also, one more thing before I start the story, this story is in an alternate universe apart from Bride To Be. So as there may be references to Bride To Be here and there, this story won't crossover into the Bride To Be until the Omniverse: Prologue and Omniverse story arcs that this story will have. Speaking of Bride To Be, if any of the readers haven't read Bride To Be: Volume One, I would recommend it. You don't have to, but reading that story up until the end of Omniverse might help you understand this story a little better. Just a friendly recommendation!

* So without further ado, I hope you guys enjoy the first chapter of the Gwen 10 spin-off story!

Gwen

Earth-85

Present Day

Who am I? You sure you want to know? My story is not for those of the faint of heart. If somebody told you that it was a happy tale, that I'm just your average-ordinary girl, not a care in the world; well, I'm sorry to say that somebody lied. But I promise you, that this story like any other worth telling, is all about a boy.

I imagined a teenage boy, with brown hair and brown eyes, being about my height with a skinny, muscular physique.

That boy. Benjamin Kirby Tennyson. He's the boy that I've loved more than any other boy, for as long as I can remember. But there's one small issue with that. He's dead. I kid you not. Benjamin Kirby Tennyson is dead. And it's all my fault.

You may be wondering how it's my fault. Sit back and relax. Because I'm about to tell you a story. It's a very complicated story. I've had a very complicated past. In only last November, I've come across an alien device that allows me to transform into ten different aliens. It's called the Omnitrix, but I just call it the Alien Watch.

It's not just the Alien Watch that makes my past a complicated one. I've seen many pasts, many futures. I've seen two Benjamin Kirby Tennysons face their deaths. I've been in a dimension full of many different versions of Ben Tennyson. Twice, in fact.

Oh, and there's another problem with me being in love with Benjamin Kirby Tennyson, other than him being dead. We're cousins. And yes, I know it's weird. But it doesn't matter. The only thing that matters to me is that I'm in love with him. I don't care about anything else.

But if I am going to tell you this story, I have to start at the beginning. So sit back and relax, it's going to be a long story. But anyway, this is the story of how I became Gwen 10.

November, 2016

Okay, this is where my story begins. Imagine yourself standing inside of a caged basketball court. That's where I was at. Oh, I almost forgot to describe myself. I'm about the same height of Ben Tennyson, my cousin. I have fiery red hair, that grew a little past my shoulders. Along with my hair, I had green eyes, too.

And the last thing that I'll mention is that I had a slender build; I suppose you'd call it? Anyway, Ben and I had met up at my house and walked down to the basketball courts to shoot some hoops. It wasn't a game; we just passed the ball back and forth and tried to shoot it into the hoop.

It was one of the warmer days in the fall, but it was still a bit chilly. We were both wearing sweats, Sweat pants with a sweater worn over a T-shirt. Like I said, all we were doing was passing the ball to each other and trying to make it through the hoop.

"So how's your week looking?" I asked.

"Um, the Madison High School Pre-Thanksgiving Break Dance is this week." Ben said. "And yes, I know that was a mouthful."

"You do know that we go to the same school, right?" I asked. "I mean, I know the dance is this week. So, what's your point of mentioning it?"

"I'm just telling you that is what's going on for me this week!" he said defensively. "I'm taking my girlfriend to the dance."

"Your girlfriend?" I asked. "What's her name again?"

"Kai. Her name's Kai Green." He said, as he threw the ball towards the hoop.

The ball hit the hoop and bounced off of it. I ran to grab the ball before he could get it to retry the shot.

"What, we talk to each other every day and you barely mention her at all?" I asked, as I threw the ball, making it into the hoop. "Nothing but net!"

"Show off. And why would you want to know about my girlfriend?" he asked. "Why would you care?"

"Ben, I do care! I want to know what's going on in your life!" I said, as he grabbed the ball from the ground. "This thing that we've been doing for the last three years, telling our parents that we're helping each other study, when in reality we go play video games, see movies, browse comic book stores and now playing sports together, it doesn't end there! Once again, I'd like to know about things that happen in your life!"

"Did you really have to draw that sentence out to be so long?" he asked as he threw the ball, missing again.

"Okay well, it was more than one sentence. More than two actually." I said. "And you know how I am when I have to make a point."

He rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, unfortunately, I do." He said.

I looked at him, slightly taken back by that.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked. "Are you saying that I try to make my point too much?"

"I mean, yeah! You do make your point too much!" he said. "And you don't have to be a bitch about it!"

My eyes widened with shock once he said that.

"Excuse me," I said. "But what did you just say?"

"Just sayin'." He said.

"No. I want to hear you say it." I said.

He rolled his eyes.

"Okay, fine! I called you a bitch!" He said. "I'm just trying to say that you don't-"

I backhanded him across the cheek, not wanting to hear whatever disrespectful words he had to say to me. He just looked at me, as he rubbed the now red spot on his cheek.

"Jeez, what the hell, Gwen?" he asked. "I was just trying to say-"

"Don't call me a bitch, when you are obviously an asshole!" I exclaimed, as I got up into his face.

He shrunk back in fear as I spoke, but I didn't care.

"I'm different than you, okay?" I asked him. "And that means you can't say a thing about me!"

He just stared at me with fear and didn't say anything. I rolled my eyes at him, before turning around and walking away.

"I'm going home." I said in an angry tone. "I'll see you later."

"But what about our game?" he asked from behind me.

I didn't answer.

I'm not proud of how I spoke to him that day. I was a very different person back then. But in all honesty, he was right. I had been a bitch that day. And even if I didn't want him to say that about me, it was the truth.

I can understand if you are confused at this point. "This is supposed to be an origin story", that's what you're asking yourself, right? It is an origin story. And again, you may be asking yourself why am I mentioning this part, how I was mean to Ben?

Well, you can't make an omelet without blowing up a couple of eggs. It's weird analogy, I know, but I'm just trying to tell you about my tragedy. No super hero's origin story is complete without tragedy. I mean, think about it!

Peter Parker lost his Uncle Ben, Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered in Crime Alley, Miles Morales lost the person he looked up to and later his mother, Bruce Banner was abused by his father as a child, I could go on with this.

You're probably thinking about how I know a lot about comic books, being a girl and that I should be into more girly things?. Well, it's just something that I picked up along the way. Mainly it was Ben who liked the comic books. But over time, I got curious about what his deal was with them.

So, one day while we were at the coffee shop that doubled as a comic book stuff, I asked him to introduce me to some of his favorites. So, he did introduce me. He showed me the first issue of a series called Ultimate Spider-Man, the issue being titled "Powerless" or something like that, I think.

In my opinion, it was nothing special. Spider-Man is Spider-Man. Okay, maybe I did like it a little bit. I'd be lying if I said that it wasn't cool in the least. But after that, I asked about more comic books.

And so, even if it did take long, he went through everything in his collection from Marvel Titles like Daredevil: The Man Without Fear, The X-Men and The Fantastic Four. And then there was DC Comics, which in my opinion had a few less than stellar titles. My least favorite was the Green Lantern, whom I didn't really understand.

Speaking of Green Lantern, I'm pretty sure that Ryan Reynolds starred as the title character in the Green Lantern movie a few years ago, which Ben despised. Next there was Superman, who was okay, I guess. And then there was Batman, who I think is the best out of the bunch for DC.

I mean, who wouldn't like Batman? He's the God damn Batman! Sorry, I had too. Anyway, I got sidetracked from telling my story. Sorry about that. Anyway, as I was saying, no super hero origin story is without it's tragedies. And this is the story of my tragedy.

A Week Later

Thanksgiving. I hate Thanksgiving. Now what's so bad about Thanksgiving you may ask? Thanksgiving of 2016 was a bad day for me and it really was the start of what I call the downwards spiral.

On the night of the Madison High School Pre-Thanksgiving Break Dance, Ben's girlfriend Kai stood him up. And the next day she dumped him, after he saw her with another guy. Kinda shitty, huh? He wouldn't stop talking about it.

I came over to his house to try to cheer him up, bringing over his favorite video game that we both owned. And even that didn't cheer him up. Ben Tennyson never turned down the opportunity to have a 1v1 in Halo: Combat Evolved. That's his favorite video game, by the way.

One of his friends, Kevin Levin, called to tell me about the whole thing. I pretty much know all of his friends and he pretty much knows all of mine. I will be honest and admit that I felt a little betrayed when he wasn't the one to tell me. I mean, we tell each other literally everything and he couldn't tell me about this?

I didn't understand why he was acting the way he was. Anyway, it was Thanksgiving Day and the family had gathered at Ben's house, where his parents were hosting dinner. Ben stayed in his room for most of the time and didn't even come out of his room for dinner. It was fine by me really. If he wanted to ruin Thanksgiving for himself, he could be my guest.

Dinner was just about over. And yet again, Ben had still not come out of his room.

I excused myself from the table.

"I'm going to go take a walk." I said, as I got up. "I'll be back in a while."

"Take a sweater." My Mom said. "It's a little chilly outside."

I turned around and rolled my eyes so she wouldn't see me do it. I walked over the guest room, which also happened to be the room that I slept in whenever Ben and I would have a sleepover at his house. I walked into the room and picked up my sweater off of the bed, which was next to my Dad's coat and my Mom's jacket.

I pulled on my sweater and walked back out into the hall. I walked down the hall and back into the kitchen. I moved to the back sliding glass door and pulled it open.

"Where are you going, again?" my Mom asked.

I turned my head to look at her out of the corner of my eye.

"I'm just going to walk through the woods for a while." I said. "I'll be back soon."

Without another word, I stepped outside and closed the sliding door behind me, and I began my walk into the woods.

Ben

Five Minutes Later

All of a sudden, out of nowhere, my eyes snapped open. I sat up on my bed, waking up from my nap. I held my head from the headache I was having, trying to remember what I had just dreamed about.

And that's when it hit me. My eyes widened with shock as I remembered. The dream was about my entire life, or rather the three and a half years of it. I remembered how Gwen and I held each other one last time, as our timeline faded from existence. I cursed as I tried to remember what happened before that.

Dad. Dad dead. Shot. Assassinated by Sixsix. And where did that leave me? It left me angry and depressed. Not even Gwen could cheer me up. Gwen. Where is Gwen? Timeline erased from existence. Deal made with Hex; a trade-off. I traded in my relationship with Gwen to get my father back.

Was I proud of it? No, I was not. When I look back on it, I could have had a life with Gwen and I just threw it all away, and for what? Just to get my father back, who may have not wanted to come back? Was this the way I was raised? I admitted defeat, threw away everything I had accomplished just to get my father back. And because of it, my relationship with Gwen never existed.

Gwen and I could have had a long life together. Hell, her both she and her dad were waiting and hoping for me to ask her to marry me one day. I messed up. If only I could take it all back. Hmm, take it all back. Turn back time? That's what I'll do! I'll just go back and prevent myself from making that deal with Hex! The Omnitrix has to have an alien that can time travel!

I reached to activate the Omnitrix, but I stopped once I realized it. There was no Omnitrix on my right wrist. It wasn't on either of my wrists. It finally dawned on me. I put my hand on my forehead in frustration as I got up from my bed. I moved over to my calendar to see that it said: November 24th, 2016.

Hex wasn't kidding. This is a complete rewrite of my history. After I accepted his deal to give up my relationship with Gwen in exchange to get my father back, there was a white flash. And then nothing. I woke up on my bed, as if the last three and a half years was a dream. Gone; erased from existence.

I frowned as I cursed myself in anger.

Why did I do it? I had everything! I was set for life and I threw it all away! I could have gotten over my Dad's death; it would have just taken time! But it doesn't matter now. It's done and I can't take it back. Jesus, this is One More Day all over again! And I hate One More Day! I hate that comic book; to think that I have to live through it now!

I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself down. That's when I realized again that I didn't have the Omnitrix anymore. It also dawned on me that this was the night that I got the Omnitrix. I ran to my door, opened it and ran down the hall towards the kitchen.

I have to find the Omnitrix again and clean up this mess!

Gwen

Five Minutes Later

I continued to walk deeper into the woods, wondering when Ben would grow up and stop moping over a girl. I don't know why, but I thought I saw a light coming from up ahead. I started to cautiously approach the area that I thought I saw the light coming from.

Eventually, I realized that I was seeing light and it was coming from flames around a crater. I approached the crater with caution.

I've seen these kinds of movies before. There's going to be a meteorite in that crater, which has inside of it a creature that's going to want to bond with me. Ugh! Damn Ben and his terrible superhero movies!

I continued to cautiously approach the crater. I finally reached the edge of the crater and looked down into it. At the bottom of the crater, I saw a spherical orb, just sitting there. And inside of it, was what looked like an alien wrist watch.

My eyes widened with surprise when I saw it. As idiotic as it was for me to think that, I was curious about what the thing was. I reached out my hand, as if to touch it, before I drew my hand back. I turned around and began to walk away from the crater.

Nope! This is exactly what happens to blonde girls! They're dumb, they do something stupid and because of it, they screw themselves over! And Gwendolyn Tennyson is no blonde!

I began to walk off back towards the house, when I stopped. I looked over my shoulder at the crater. I turned back around and slowly walked back over to the crater. I stopped at the edge of the crater and looked down at the mysterious alien watch, if that's what it was.

Well, I suppose one touch couldn't hurt, I though as I shrugged my shoulders.

I bent down and slowly began to reach for it.

Author's Note:

* And that's it for the first chapter of the Gwen 10 spin-off story! What did you guys think? Obviously, this is an alternate universe apart from Bride To Be, so things are going to be different. Although certain villains may have similar origins, this is an entirely different universe, so anything can happen.

* Like for example, Sunny and Albedo. They will probably come to the story, but because of things to come, his/her origin story will be way different. Something different about Gwen's character in this universe, is that's she's cold hearted. That's why she has so many regrets during Omniverse.

* The next point that I want to make concerns this universe's Ben. Although there may be several cold moments and several funny moments between him and Gwen, there is a catch to his character. If you read the Omniverse crossover story arc from Bride To Be, then you know that this Ben's days are numbered. He's not going last long in this story before he gets killed off. But who knows? He may come back from the dead eventually?

* A few of you may be wondering what was going on with Ben when he woke up from his nap. Volume Two, which hasn't come out yet obviously, was supposed to have a different ending when I wrote out the main storyline for it. Obviously you guys won't see that ending, but I think you guys noticed that the way Ben thought when he woke up resembled the dreaded Spider-Man story "One More Day".

* Now, I hate One More Day as much as the next guy; it's the worst storyline since Sins Past. This makes me wonder even more why I thought it was a good idea to take that ending for Volume Two. You know, Ben trades his relationship with Gwen for the life of his father? Very One More Day-ish, don't you think?

* I decided not to go with that ending, because no one would have liked it and I would have lost a lot of readers. Although I have decided not to use that ending, I've recycled bits and pieces of that ending. So, the reason that Ben has memories that aren't his is because of an event that will remain without a name for now. This unnamed event caused this Ben to gain the mindset of a Ben who would have chosen to take that ending, in another alternate universe, if that makes sense.

* One last thing before I end this, Gwen's beginning narration is no doubt a reference to Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002). That's going to do it for me. I hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter of the Gwen 10 spin-off story. Please favorite and follow this story if you're excited for Volume Two of Bride To Be! Anyway, I'm going to go though so have a fantastic day and bye.

Next Chapter: Gwen and Ben argue over who can possess the Omnitrix.