It had been almost two weeks since Spike's wish had come true. He had finally gotten used to the fact he was an Inkling, but the thing he still couldn't understand is why he was the only one who remembered that everyone used to be humans, and that Inkopolis used to be Canterlot. He walked downstairs and ate a bowl of Clammy-O's. It was kind of strange having a seafood based cereal, but it tasted great. "Must be because I'm an inkling now..." Spike said quietly to himself as he ate.
Twilight was watching the Inkopolis News to see what the battle stages were going to be today and said, "Shit! The one day I wanted to do Ranked Battles, it's Clam Blitz with Blackbelly Skatepark and Kelp Dome!"
Spike chuckled and said, "I've heard Clam Blitz is the hardest Ranked Battle Mode, and both of those stages are annoying. Blackbelly Skatepark is awkward to traverse, and Kelp Dome's grated walkways leave you as open as a sitting duck." After he finished his breakfast, he got up and said, "I'm going to go down to Deca Tower to see if I've gotten enough experience to raise my battle level."
Twilight raised an eyebrow and said, "It's been almost two weeks since you got your license, and you've been battling non-stop with us. How could you not have raised your battle level by now?"
Spike rolled his eyes and said, "I'm well aware that I've leveled up by now, but you know how the guys at Galleria are. I just wanted to be safe. Plus, a few extra battles works wonders for my wallet."
Twilight giggled and said, "I get it now, you want to go shopping. Maybe with Rarity?"
Spike blushed and said, "Sh-Shut up!"
Twilight laughed harder and said, "Denial is just as good as an admission of guilt!"
Spike clenched his fist as his sister laughed and went upstairs. He came back down with his Splattershot Jr. and snuck up on her while she was still on the couch. He tapped on her head, and when she looked up at him he said, "Payback's a bitch" before firing at her.
Twilight was quickly covered in ink and growled saying, "I'm going to get you for that!" pulling out her Splat Dualies from underneath the couch cushions and aiming at Spike, who was already running.
As the siblings were fighting an Ink Battle in their own living room, their mother came down and screamed when she saw the ink all over. "Stop fighting this instant! You two are not going anywhere until you clean up this mess!"
Spike, who was out of his mother's line of sight, quickly slipped into squid form. He thought to himself, "She's not going to try and get more ink everywhere to get me to come out of hiding..."
Their mother looked around, and all she could see was Twilight and purple ink, Twilight's favorite color. She looked at Twilight and said, "What were you trying to do, splat a fly on the wall?"
Twilight cringed at her mother's anger and said, "B-But Spike started it! He's in here, I swear!"
Before their mother could start yelling, their father came down and said, "That's enough. Dear, don't you remember anything about Inkling anatomy?"
Twilight brightened up and said, "Right dad! Our ink is disintegrated by airborne microbes!"
Their mother sighed and said, "That is true, isn't it... Ok, fine. You're not in trouble, and if Spike really is in here, I assume he can hear me. If you can, you're not in trouble either Spike. But I don't want this happening again. Just because I don't need to clean it up doesn't mean I want a living room covered in ink."
Spike gulped and came out of his squid form and said, "S-Sorry mom, it won't happen again. Twilight's right, I shot first... But she kept teasing me about my crush on Rarity!"
Their mother looked at Twilight and said, "You know you shouldn't be teasing him like that. You don't like it when he teases you about your relationship with Flash, so why would he enjoy being teased about his crush?"
Twilight realized her mother was right and said, "Sorry Spike, that was really mean of me."
Spike smiled lightly and said, "It's fine Twi. I'm going out to the Galleria." He left the house with his Ink Battle ID and went down to Deca Tower. He walked up to the receptionist and asked, "Excuse me, I'm here to check on my Battle Level." and handed her his ID card.
The woman put his card in a machine and said, "Spike Drake... let's see... Well, it seems you've gotten to Battle Level 5! Let me just update your ID and you're good to go." she pressed a button on her keyboard and soon after, gave Spike his ID card back, the appearance showing he was now Battle Level 5. The woman then said, "We've been implementing a new reward system to encourage players to raise their Battle Level. Let me check the registry to see what rewards you've earned. It'll be just a second."
Spike waited for her to check for his rewards. He didn't remember anything like this from the game, but in the original, if you won enough battles in a row, Judd would give you a cash reward.
The woman said, "Here we are!" and pressed another button on her keyboard. A little hatch behind her opened and sent out a box. She handed Spike the box saying, "You've earned some gear and 1500 Cash! Congratulations!"
Spike opened the box and saw three pieces of gear, a Skull Bandana, a Black Tee, and a pair of Mawcasins. Along with it was the 1500 cash. He smiled and said, "Thank you ma'am!"
After putting on his new gear, he went to Ammo Knights and was greeted by Sheldon, who told him about the weapons he was eligible to buy based on his Battle Level. He took a look around the shop and said, "I think I'll take the Splat Dualies and a Splat Roller."
Sheldon smiled and gave him the weapons saying, "Thank you ! I know you'll give it a good home!"
Spike left with his new weapons and saw Rarity, who was about to enter Ammo Knights. When she saw him she smiled and said, "Hi Spike! You look absolutely fresh with those new clothes!" Before she entered Ammo Knights, she kissed his cheek and continued on.
Spike blushed, but thankfully his Skull Bandana covered it up. He headed home since it was getting late. When he got home, he asked Twilight, "Hey sis, what do you think of my new look?"
Twilight smiled at her brother and said, "It looks good on you. You got home just in time, mom ordered pizza, and it just arrived a little while ago. Let's eat!"
After dinner, Spike tried doing some tricks with his dualies in his room, but accidentally shot himself in the head with ink while he was spinning it on his finger. "Ok screw this, I'm going to bed." He put away his dualies and started to go to bed.