Prologue: End of Recovery
August 12, 2009...
Stable Island, New Yoke, Equestria, Equanus...
Cluster Writing Brain slumped his 18-year-old body onto his bed, trying to think about what had happened that afternoon. He had reunited with his third ex-fillyfriend. Said ex was a kitsune mare by the name of Alison Atalanta Alopex. 3 years and 1.5 months before, he had ended up being separated from her because of repair delays when the car broke down on what was supposed to be the last day of a weekend getaway that her family was doing in New Mexicolt the weekend before the end of the 2005-2006 high school year. They were stuck there for those 3 years, leaving Cluster to wonder what the Tartarus happened to them. However, while he was being reunited with her, he had just finished recovering from the rather sudden end of his most recent relationship.
That relationship was with a lake naiad/Earth Pony hybrid filly (They were adolescents at the time their relationship started, & adults at the time their relationship ended) named "Penelope Raiku Krauss". She ended up leaving due to moving to Hoople, North Dacolta for college. Since that relationship was the longest 1 he had by that point in his life, the end was rather... unexpected.
Over that summer, Brainy was also dealing with other unexpected changes to his life.
On the night of August 12, 2009, Writing's dream-scape was his personal vision of a peaceful park. He saw a rather attractive Neighponese Unicorn mare playing her guitar while sitting on a bench. He decided to play it cool as he walked up to her.
"Hello," he said as he sat next to her.
"Hey," said the mare as she put her guitar down.
Cluster noticed that this mare was rather tall, which made him rather nervous. He just decided to play it cool.
"I'm Cluster Writing Brain, but most of my friends call me 'Clue'", said the Earth Pony stallion as he extended out a forehoof for the purposes of a hoofshake.
"I'm Monica Tiffany Tensai. You can just call me 'Psi-Spider'", said the Unicorn mare as she shook Clue's hoof rather vigorously.
Some time later, they went to Psi-Spider's mental vision of her then-current house. As they chatted over iced tea, they discussed themselves. Later on, Psi-Spider took Cluster to her room & restrained him to her bed.
"What the Tartarus?!?" asked the confused Stallion.
The mare started morphing. A pair of Dragonfly wings grew out of her back. Her teeth became fangs. 6 extra legs grew out of her sides. Her pupils changed shape from circular to slits. "Prepare to get eaten, you lowlife sadistic cop-killer!" she screamed.
"W-What are you talking about?!? You've got the wrong pony!" screamed Cluster.
"Prove it", said Boom.
"Well, what does this thief's Cutie Mark look like?" asked Cluster.
"A bloody knife accompanied by a museum display setup," responded the mare.
"Well, mine's a laptop keyboard. See for yourself." Cluster showed Boom his cutie mark as he said this.
Psi-Spider conducted a spell to make sure that Cutie Mark wasn't a disguise. After confirming such, she apologized for the mix-up.
"What are you doing in my dreams, anyway?" asked Cluster.
"I was following the mental signal of this cop killer I mentioned. To save time, I used hyperspace route systems. Something about your mind as I passed it screwed with my telepathic tracking powers & caused me to lose the scent. Your similarity in appearance to my intended target caused me to wing it.", replied Psi-Spider.
"Oh." said Cluster. He actually accepted this explanation, considering the metaphorical manure he's been through.
"As to what I am, I'm a Tsuchigumo," said Psi-Spider in response to Cluster's other question.
As they parted ways, Writing woke up.
Over the next 2 weeks, Cluster Writing Brain & Psi-Spider kept meeting in Cluster's dreams, getting to know each other further. On August 26, 2009, Cluster went to a "Welcome Freshmen" Barbecue at his new school, the College of Stable Island. However, he also saw the last pony he expected to see there.
"Monica?" he asked in shock as he saw her sitting by the edge of the Campus Center's dining patio.
"Hello, Cluster," said Boom as she saw him.
"So, you're going to this school too?" said a familiar voice.
"Hello, Random," said Cluster.
"Who's the Tsuchigumo mare?" asked Ali.
"Her name is Psi-Spider. We met in my dreams." answered Cluster.
After Random & Psi-Spider finished getting acquainted, Ali introduced them to the other creature at her table.
"This Griffin is my new friend, Joanne Jennifer Plymouth." she said
"What's up, bitches?", responded Joanne. When she said that, the word "bitches" was covered over by an 8-bit censor bleep sound while her mouth was covered by a black bar, both of which disappeared immediately after she stopped swearing.
After that day, it turned out some of Cluster's other old friends were going to that school. Among them were Screech (a Pegasus), Alison, & Smart Gem (a Unicorn). After Cluster & Psi-Spider got to know each other (& Psi-Spider got to know Cluster's friends), they started dating.
My Name is Cluster Writing Brain. This is a chronicle of my time with a polymorphic spider.
Magic is not something you should mess around with.
Author's Note
I'm trying to put a unique twist on the "OC Protagonist fan fiction" in the following ways:
-While it is a Ship fiction, both partners are fan characters
-It begins at a time before the canon stories did (FiM began in 2010, the beginning of this story takes place in 2009)
-I try to avoid canon characters (most of the events of this story take place at points where canon characters can't be used anyway)
-I treat both ponysonas as separate individuals from their real-world counterparts.
