//------------------------------// // The Real World // Story: Bioshock Infinite: The City Made of Clouds // by N7_Spartan117 //------------------------------// Spike woke up ten minutes later after a wave of water hit his face. As Spike got up he noticed that Scootaloo was nowhere to be seen. He decided to ask the group ponies that were sitting close to where Scootaloo left him and see if they knew where she went. "Excuse me but have you seen a young pegasus mare, orange coat, purple eyes, mane and tail?" asked Spike hopping they did not know about him being the so called Greedy Dragon. "Oh the lovely pegasus that was sitting with you? She went that way just past the pier." said a unicorn mare pointing in the direction Scootaloo went. Spike thanked the mare and walked in the direction he was told, as he got closer to the pier Spike found a poster advertising for Comstock personal airship called The First Lady Airship, that was at the First Lady Aerodrome. "An airship. We could use that to get out of here." thought Spike as he looked at the poster of the airship that had a picture of Lady Fluttershy on it sides. Spike continued to walk on the beach until he spotted Scootaloo dancing at the end of a small pier where the music was being played with a group of ponies around her, he ran over to the pier to meet her but she was to busy dancing to notice him. "Hey, Miss. Miss. Scootaloo!" said Spike trying to get her attention. Scootaloo turned around to see him with a huge smile on her face. "Hello. This is amazing, come dance with me Mr. Spike." said Scootaloo. "I don't dance." said Spike. Scootaloo started to frown when a purple pegasus pushed Spike to her trying to get them to dance together. Seeing no other way out, Spike agreed too one dance with her, as they danced Spike started to see through the eyes of his younger self again. He saw himself dancing with the same filly from his other dream this time both he and the filly were old, he could almost make out what type of pony the filly was when Scootaloo pulled him back into reality. "You really need to stop doing that, it kind of creeps me out." said Scootaloo remarking on how Spike looked like he was in some kind of trace. "Sorry about that. Ok you had your dance lets get moving." said Spike trying to leave. "Why? what could be better than this?" asked Scootaloo trying to get another dance out of the dragon. Spike noticed the First Lady Airship flying above them, taking note of this Spike had an idea on how to get the mare to leave with him. "Well how bout Mare-is?" asked Spike. Hearing the word Mare-is Scootaloo made excited. "Mare-is? As in Mare-is, Prance?" asked Scootaloo, as Spike nodded yes. "I... I don't understand how can we get there? I can't fly and you don't have any wings." "It were that airship up there is going, but if you want to stay here." said Spike. Scootaloo then grabbed his arm with her hoof, with a big smile on her face and started to run off the pier. "Lets go. Let go. Lets go. Come on slow poke let get there before they leave." said Scootaloo. "What happened to you just wanting to dance on the pier?" asked Spike sarcastically seeing how excited she was getting. "We can dance when we get to Mare-is. Now come on." said Scootaloo as they entered into a store. Scootaloo stopped when she saw a poster of the Prophet. "Mr. Spike, it Comstock I read about him. My books say he can see the future." said Scootaloo in a uneasy tone. "Give a pony a little bit power. And they fall in all kinds of love with themselves." remarked Spike looking at the poster. "I don't like his look. Can we go now?" asked Scootaloo in a frightened tone as she grabbing Spike's claw. They continued to the upper levels of the boardwalk when they were stopped by two alicorns. "The Bird?" asked Luna on the left holding a small necklace with a bird on it. "Or the Cage?" asked Celestia on the right holding a small necklace with a cage on it. "Oh I don't know. Mr. Spike you pick." said Scootaloo showing him the two necklaces, but Spike was to busy trying to figure out why the two alicorns where here. "You two again. but how?" asked Spike. "Really? Your standing on a floating city with stone roads, brick buildings, and a beach with real sand, and your asking why were here?" asked Luna. "Spike. Please pick one." begged Scootaloo. "The bird. Now lets go." said Spike. "Thank you. I love it." said Scootaloo as she put the necklace. "Surprising I thought she pick the cage." said Celestia as she and Luna walked away. "Your just upset that she picked mine." said Luna. Spike and Scootaloo started to walk again when Scootaloo noticed something in the sky was burning, as she looked closer she started to see what it was. "Mr. Spike over there, it's my tower." said Scootaloo as she pointed to the half destroyed angel statue. Various ponies started to notice it too and started to panic, some where starting to blame some pony named Applejack, others were asking where the Rainbow Bird was at, and some were asking why their prophet did see this coming when a loud speaker came on and was telling everypony to stay calm. Spike and Scootaloo started to make their way to an arcade that would take them to the Lady's Aerodrome when they seen a crowded of ponies in line getting ready to be checked by some guards. "Well no way we are getting through that way." said Spike. Scootaloo started to gallop to a door with a lock on it at the end of a hallway, out of sight of the guards, and began to pick the lock. "What are you doing?" asked Spike seeing what she was doing. "What does it look like I am doing? Done." whispered Scootaloo as she finished picking the lock and the lock fell to the floor. "Where did you learn to do that?" asked Spike as they walked through the back way into the arcade. "I was trapped in a tower with nothing but books and spare time. You be surprised at what I know how to do." said Scootaloo. They were about to enter into the arcade when they were stopped by a white unicorn stallion and a green earth pony mare. "Hey mister. We would like to help you." said the mare. "Do I know you?" asked Spike. "Back at the raffle, you helped us escape. We would like to give you this as a token of our appreciation." said the stallion as he handed Spike a small bag of bits. "Applejack always said that somepony like you would come along." said the mare. Spike thanked the couple and continued into the arcade with Scootaloo. As they entered into the arcade Scootaloo was amazed by all the stuff that was there, she then noticed that two of the restrooms were marked differently. One side was for unicorns and pegasus and the other was marked for creatures and earth ponies. "Hey Mr. Spike. Why is one side for creatures and earth pony and the other is not?" asked Scootaloo. "It just is." answered Spike not wanting to start a discussion on racism with the naive mare. "It looks completely unnecessary." said Scootaloo. They soon reached the entrance to the lobby to pay for tickets for the First Lady Airship and the gondola that would take them to Soldier's Field, when a silver coated mare with a silver spoon for a cutie mark stood in front of the entrance. "Zipporwhill? Zipporwhill is that you? It me Silver Spoon." said the mare. "Oh no I am not Zipporwhill. My name is Scootaloo." said Scootaloo to the mare as the mare started to enter the lobby. "Scootaloo what a strange name." said the mare. "That was odd." said Scootaloo as she and Spike entered the lobby. Spike noticed how strange the ponies inside the lobby were acting and grabbed Scootaloo hoof and pulled her closer to him. "You really like holding my hoof, don't you Mr. Spike." said Scootaloo blushing at what he was doing. "Just stay close to me." said Spike as they reached the ticket counter. The pegasus stallion behind counter started to talk on the phone when they walked up. "Yea their here. So how do you want this dealt with?" said the stallion to somepony on the phone. "Hello, two tickets for the First Lady Airship." said Spike. "Yea just a minute." said the stallion as he continued to talk on the phone. Scootaloo then started to walk over to stallion as Spike was trying to get the tickets. "In a bit of a rush pal." said Spike. "Just a minute." said the stallion. "Excuse me can I get some help sir?" said Spike a bit irritated by this point. "Certainly sir, sorry about the WAIT!" said the stallion as he stabbed Spike's right claw with a knife. "What are you doing?" asked Scootaloo when she heard Spike shout in pain. "Get the mare!" order the silver mare. "Let me go." said Scootaloo as she bucked the guard trying to grab her. Spike then pulled the knife from his claw and turned around to see another unicorn trying to grab Scootaloo, Spike grabbed his pistol and shot the unicorn in the head making him let go of Scootaloo. Then the rest of the ponies in the lobby pulled out their guns and was getting ready to shoot Spike, but before they could Spike launched crows from his claw and started to breath his fire breath, burning the distracted guards. After the fighting was over, Scootaloo started to gallop out of the lobby towards gondola. "LET ME OUT!" shouted Scootaloo as she galloped out of looby. "Scootaloo wait." said Spike. "STAY AWAY FROM ME!" shouted Scootaloo. Then five more guards started to rush into the lobby and galloped toward Spike. Spike spotted a shotgun on one of the dead guards, he then ran to the gun and picked it up and fired two shots at the guards. One shot killing two of them and the other hit a heater in a carrot dog stand burning the remaining three alive. Spike then ran out of the lobby to the gondola where Scootaloo was at, he walked into the control room where Scootaloo was trying to pull the lever to make the gondola move. She quickly seen Spike walk in and moved away from the lever, Spike walked over to the lever and pulled it to make it move. "You killed them. All those ponies. They're all dead." said Scootaloo looking away from Spike, she was shaking in fear. "Scootaloo, I..." said Spike before Scootaloo pushed him. "You really are a monster." said Scootaloo. "What did you think was going to happen?" asked Spike causing Scootaloo to look at him." Do you see the expense ponies went through to keep you in that tower? Do you think their just going to let you walk away? You are an investment, and you will not be safe until you are far far away from here." "What do they want with me?" asked Scootaloo turning around to face Spike. "I don't know, but that's the last time I let them get the drop on us." said Spike as he looked at his claw that was stabbed. Scootaloo seen his wounded claw and took it with her hoof and began to bandage it. "It not the last of it is it? The killing." asked Scootaloo as bandaged his claw. "I don't know. Thank you." said Spike as she finished with the his claw. "I guess I will have to get use to it then." said Scootaloo as they exited the gondola and entered into the Soldier's Field amusement park.