writers note: thanks for reading, im trying to follow canon in this story to an extent so any advice would be appreciated. I do know Scarlet Spider does come back, that will work out later in the story and be warned if you have not read the scarlet spider storyline there is a spoiler right here in the begining thats it skip the prologue if you dont want to know yet.
Prologue: the end
His name should be Peter Parker, but it was taken. In fact, it wasn't only the name that was taken but everything about him was taken. He was exactly the same as the other Peter Parker; he was the exact clone of the original. He and peter were exactly the same in every way. Fate, as it seems, changes to remove unnatural duplicates. So from the beginning of this new peter parker his destiny was to die. That is where our story begins and ends, with the death of Peter Parker.
They called him Ben Riley while he was with us. He was to every strand a hero, but in being a clone he would die as any duplicate would. We all remove duplicates the same, thinking we will be fine with the original and they are lost to us quickly and without a second thought. So history glanced over his short but miraculous heroism, just a side note in the history of peter parker. But a hero nonetheless.
So when he died, he finally accepted his fate. He would never be known as Peter parker, no one would remember him to be who he truly was in life. His alter ego, Scarlet Spider, would be remembered briefly in the tales of the original Peter Parker but he would never be given the title he had earned in his life. The title of a true hero.
So we begin our tale with his memory in hand to learn how fate would reward this kindred spirit. A reward of a horrible explosion that would leave our cloned hero as a footnote in the history of his own life that would be lived by another. As he died he accepted his fate and drifted into oblivion forever to be forgotten by destiny and drift through limbo.
There are other forces in the universe then destiny though. As he faded into the cosmic void his essence was rescued by one of these forces. You may know her by Madame Web…