The elevator that carried Spike stopped at a new floor. When he walked into the room, he saw through a glass wall that overlooked a concrete room. Inside the room was a white device on a podium; above the device was a door. It was shooting blue and orange portals in random places.
'Whatever that is, I must need it', Spike thought.
"What is that thing?" Spike asked as he pointed to the white gun.
"That is the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device," Twilight answered matter-of-factly.
"Well a better name is the portal gun!" Pinkie Pie said. "A lot less wordy." Spike just shrugged his shoulders, and he turned the corner to see a blue portal. When Spike walked in front of the portal, he saw that it was underneath the gun. Spike walked through the portal.
He landed directly in front of the portal gun. The podium spun around so that Spike was able to grab the device. On the back of the portal gun, there was an opening. The opening was large enough for a hand, or claw, to fit inside.
As Spike went to don his newest acquisition, Apple Jack shouted, “ Whoa! Careful there, Spike. You best be careful not to look into the other end of that there portal gun. Don’t touch it either.”
Spike froze. “Why? What will happen if I do?”
"It’s better if you don’t know. If we told you, it would just distract you from the tests," Fluttershy said.
"Spike, darling, don’t worry about it. As long as you do as we say, nothing bad will happen." Rarity said. "Now, I will open the door in the room, so you can continue with the tests." She said as the door in room opened. After he shot an orange portal in the opened room, Spike shot a blue portal underneath himself. Spike fell through, and when he landed, saw a door. Metal surrounded the floor around it. There was a little island of metal that had concrete walls. A platform that was hovering over a blue line, and a green liquid surrounding the platforms.
"Don't touch the water here, squirt," Rainbow Dash said.
"Except, it’s not water, it’s acid! And it will disintegrate your body!" Pinkie Pie yelled out. "Oh, and you can't shoot a portal on bumpy surfaces."
"Great," Spike said with a complete lack of enthusiasm
He shot an orange portal at the wall behind the island. He shot a blue portal at the wall behind him, and went through it. When he came out the other side, he saw that the side with the platform had a concrete wall. So, he shot a blue portal on the other end of the water for the platform to be in front of the portal. When it did, Spike walked through the portal, and rode it all the way to the door. Spike walked through the particle field. When he did, the portal gun shook a bit. Spike when into the elevator.
"Why did the gun shake? Do I get anything out of this? And what do the advanced knee replacements even do?" Spike asked while leaning on the wall.
"The gun shook because it evaporated the portals you made." Twilight answered.
"If you complete your tests, you get a PARTY!" Pinkie Pie shrieked. The elevator closed by the time her voice subsided.
"The knee replacements are in case you fall. Some falls are more dangerous than others, and they will protect you from the more deadly ones." Apple Jack said.
"What is going to be at the party, Pinkie?" The elevator fared to go up.
"Well.. cake, presents, and confetti," Pinkie Pie replied. The elevator stopped, and Spike walked out into the test chamber. The room had a particle field in the center with a metal wall. Above the field there was a small square opening showing the other side. Both sides had concrete walls. Spike saw on the side he was there was a platform with a cube on top of it. On the other side was a big red button.
"Sorry, Spike, but this test is impossible." Fluttershy said. Spike just rolled his eyes, and shot a blue portal behind the cube and an orange one underneath him. As Spike stood behind the cube, he tilted his head in confusion. How was he supposed to lift the cube with only one claw? Spike pointed the gun at the cube, and it started to float.
Spike's eye widened in as the gun lifted the cube. Spike dropped the cube, and shot an orange portal through the hole in the metal wall. Next, he grabbed the cube with the gun, and carried it with him through the portal. Upon exiting the portal, he dropped the cube on the button.
"Sorry if Fluttershy mislead you, but we wanted to see if you would be able to do it. This was to test your ability to solve problems when provided false information." Apple Jack said as Spike made his way towards the elevator.
"It’s ok. I pass didn't I?"
"That is true." Rarity said. "Congratulations, darling, you are that much closer to your party."
'Maybe they are still lying about not having my records. They did just lie to me about the last test. But I can't ask them, they might lie again',
Spike thought as he went through the particle field. Spike leaned on the elevator wall while waiting for it to stop. When it did, Spike walked out of the elevator to the sound of clangs. Getting closer, he saw an orb that was floating up and down from the concrete floor and and some sort of device. Over on the concrete wall, there was something producing a red light.
"Spike," Rainbow Dash said, "You need to put that energy ball into the light source over there--it is called an entry catcher.
"Don’t let that ball of energy touch you, it--just don’t touch it, and nothing bad will happen," Twilight added.
"Got it." He shot a blue portal were the red light stopped. His next shot landed on the spot where the ball had been bouncing off the floor.
The ball passed through the portal, and then hit the catcher; it made the door open. Spike walked through the door, particle field, and leaned on the elevator walls once more.