Spike's New Game

Spike walks through the streets, munching on a few gems as he heads back to the Castle of Friendship. He had just got his Nerve Gear and the game that came with it, Equestrian Art Online, after taking a trip to Canterlot, since it is only purchasable there. The doors of the castle creak open and Spike skips through, closing them behind him. He rushes to the castle bedroom and unpacks the Nerve Gear helmet on one of the beds. He fishes it out with his claws and places it on his head, but, something doesn't seems quite right... Spike groans when the realization hits him.

The helmet was made for pony heads! It isn't dragon compatible!

Spike pets the dragon spikes on his head, chiding himself for not predicting something so obvious. "It's not like they're going to make the effort  to make a helmet compatible to equine heads along with dragon heads just to satisfy one dragon in all of Equestria..." He mutters grumpily, his mood spoiled by the disappointment.

Suddenly he gets an idea. Spike stuffs the helmet back into the bag, and grabs it, sprinting through the hallways to where he would find Twilight, and as he suspected, he found her in the main room with the Cutie Map, sitting in her chair.

"Hey Twilight!" Spike says and walks up to her, carrying the bag behind his back. "Heya Spike." She replies glumly, obviously bored.

" Well, you look like you have nothing to do, Twilight." He says and innocently looks into her eyes.

"Well, I guess you can say it that way. I finished sorting through the library again, and I already went to visit all the others, but they seemed busy with something. I think it was a new game they were talking about?" She says again, poking at the table. "I even went all the way to see Zecora, but she wasn't even home!" Twilight punched the table in frustration, but then starts waving her hoof around in pain, whispering "Ow ow ow ow..." Spike nods wisely, still holding the bag behind his back where she couldn't see it. "You know, when I went to Rainbow Dash I even suggested to go fly around Equestria! I was willfuly suggesting to go fly! She, she actually said no to that! I quote 'Ya, maybe another time. I just got this awesome new game and I just have to try it!' Then she flew up to Cloudsdale before I could even say a thing!" Twilight said, ending with an exasperated sigh.

"I know just what you mean. Anyhow, seeing as you're bored..." Spike shows Twilight the helmet in the bag. "Wanna try playing this awesome game I went all the way to Canterlot to get?" Spike says and flashes her a smile.

"Spike! You know that such modern technology doesn't interest me! I rather read a book, it's a lot more interesting and entertaining! That game can teach me nothing about friendship, and it's just going to hurt my eyes!" Twilight says, annoyed.

"Come on Twilight! This game does teach you about friendship, you get to meet tons of new ponies and make more friends! This is even the game all your friends are playing, maybe save Applejack, but that's not the point! You can play with them in the game too! Also, it's entertaining, it even has all those boring educational features you love! it gives you the opportunity to live through all the battles and and important events that have happened throughout Equestrian history!" Spike pleads.

Twilight thinks a bit and looks him over suspiciously. "Well, if it's such an amazing game, then why don't you play it? Why are you trying to persuade me to play it?" She says, intrigued at why he would be so desperately wanting her to play a game that he can just play himself.

Spike sighs. "If you look closely at this helmet," He says, pointing with his claw at it, "there isn't any space for my spikes, and it doesn't fit on my head. The fact is, when they probably made this helmet they weren't thinking about that one dragon in Equestria who lives with Twilight Sparkle." He said sadly, pushing the helmet back in the bag. "You see, I thought that maybe if I couldn't play the game, maybe you could for me. Maybe even tell me what it's like." Spike explains, his ears drooping down.

Twilight's expression changes instantly, her mouth agape. Feeling slightly guilty, she closed her mouth and gulped. Looking back at his innocent puppy eyes with renewed thought. Her eyes move back to the bag with the game, coincidentally the one almost all her friends are playing.

"Fine." She groans, picking the bag up with her magic. "I'll play this game, but only because you can't, all right?" She says,looking at the helmet with subtle contempt.

Spike jumps up in delight. "Oh, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!" He shouts, running over to give Twilight a hug. She rolls her eyes in a loving manner, petting his head.

Picking up the bag with her telekinesis, she heads over to her bedroom. Comfortable in her bed, she gives the helmet a look of distrust. Twilight takes out the information pamphlet on the game, and quickly skims through it, wanting to do this as fast as possible, if only to please Spike. She admires some aspects of the game, becoming a bit more interested.

Twilight scrutinizes the helmet. It was made of a flexible metal, and a small curve that fit nice and snug right above her horn, which she guesses must be to simulate the use of magic and a horn in the game, along with a few crystals embedded on the side. "Hmm, so these do the magic here. One transports you into the game and transports the game signals to you, the other must transmit your nerve signals to the game, and I'm guessing this one contains all the information on the game, while the fourth collects information about you. I can't seem to remember what the last one does though."

Twilight takes a deep breath, using her telekinesis to place the helmet atop her head. "Okay, let's get this over with." Twilight sighs.

"Link start!"