Ruins of Seaquestria: A My Little Pony / BioShock Crossover

Through the dark hallway lumbered the mechanical. A hulking stone and metal creation, powered by magic, pink light shining out from the cracks in its joints. The six holes in his pointed mask shone with orange light blinking as the mechanical came to a halt in front of an ornately embellished hole in the wall. Slowly the creature lifted a gloved claw, and gently rapped his knuckle against the hole.

Out from the hole echoed a voice, "Don't worry Big B! I'm coming!" In a moment's notice, a small green dragonling poked her head out from the hole. The mechanical moaned appreciatively; it was his Spark.

Her green and pink scales were dirty, the makeup typical of Little Sparks having been rubbed off from her crawling in the tunnels. Her eyes faintly glowed, a sign of the powerful magic within. But the mechanical, only known as Delta, didn't care. He reached out, cradling the baby dragon in his oversized arms, and placed her on the ground. Out the two went, walking down the hallway, claw in claw.

As they walked past the glass walls of the tunnel, the duo was bathed from the blue glow of the sea beyond. The city of Seaquestria glowed brightly beyond the glass. The square pony-made buildings surrounding the rounded pink structures of the original city like a nest. Seaponies and submersible pods weaved in between the buildings. Neon signs and magical lights gaze a multicolored glow to the city.

It was the eve of another Festival of Friendship and much of the city was celebrating, but Delta didn't pay any attention to this. He let his Spark lead the way as the dragonling sniffed out her target. He tromped up a staircase as another darkened hall came into view.

In the middle of the floor lay a hippogriff. It was unclear what had happened to him, but the dark liquid pooled around his head was a sure enough sign that he was the target of the Little Spark. The Spark babbled absentmindedly as she went to work, poking her tail into the hippogriff's feathered torso for the fissure point. When she detected the point, the dragon sunk her fangs into the flesh, consuming the body and the valuable magical essence that lay inside.

Hippogriffs didn't normally have magic, but that was different in Seaquestria, and it was the job of the Little Sparks to help "recycle" this magic. Of course, this "job" was largely kept secret from the populace. However, the amount of turmoil and accidents had been steadily increasing, and most creatures were on edge due to the Esphyre "incidents". But of course, the Little Sparks didn't mind, they continued their work, guarded by their mechanical companions.

"This way Big B!" The Spark chirped as she skipped down the hall.

Delta rumbled softly and followed. He walked through a doorway, round a corner, but his Spark had vanished from sight. In the next room, a Festival of Friendship party was in full swing. Ponies, hippogriffs, and other creatures mingled about, wearing their fancy attire and costumes. Most didn't pay attention to Delta, for mechanicals were a normal sight down in Seaquestria. The crowd's attention was turned to an image magically projected onto a wall, showing the Festival of Friendship ceremony in Cloudsdale where the princess was giving her speech.

Delta rumbled impatiently, shoving a masked griffon aside as he stomped through the crowd in search of his Spark. He halted in place when he heard the last thing he wanted to hear, his Spark's screams of terror. The mechanical dashed into actions, tromping down the hall, swerving around the corner in a large atrium.

His claws gripped the balcony railing as he looked down. Down below was his Spark, but the dragonling wasn't alone. A group of four creatures surrounded the baby dragon.

"Come with us you runt," one of them, a purple earth pony, hissed, "I promise we won't hurt you."

"Yeah!" Laughed the hippogriff member of the group, "We just want to be your friend!"

"Help! Big B Big B! Help!" the Spark screamed as a pegasus wrapped his wings around her.

With a roar of fury, Delta leaped over the banister, flinging himself down into the atrium below. The hippogriff barely has a moment to scream before the cloven boots of the mechanical crushed his skull into the floor. The pony attackers turned their attention to Delta, leaving the Spark to skitter away into the shadows.

Delta gave a deep bellow as he turned to the ponies. The deep crimson light that shined from his joints reflected in the eyes of the attackers, but they didn't back down.

"You want some big guy?" The pegasus sneered as pulled out a bottle of a swirling blue substance. The pony downed the glass and flapped his wing. Bolts of electricity bounced between his wing feathers as his eyes began to glow. With a flap of his wings, the pegasus sent out a curving bolt of electricity that hit Delta squarely in the chest.

This attack jolted Delta, causing him to convulse in place, but only for a second. With sudden burst of speed, the mechanical swept out a gloved claw, a crooked blue crystal extending out and impaling one of the earth ponies in the chest. He tossed the pony's body aside and turned to the purple earth pony. She leapt at Delta, but he reacted faster, using a claw to swipe her into the ground, snapping her neck.

"Get out of here you freak!" Yelled the pegasus as he attacked, but he was quickly swatted into the ground. Delta stomped on over and shot out a crystallene spike, but the pegasus was quick, and he rolled out of the way. Delta turned around to face the pegasus, but he flapped his wings, shooting out glowing green light that enveloped the mechanical.

Delta was stupified, unable to move. As if he was in a trance.

Out of the shadows arrived a new figure, another dragon it seemed. She had a similar coloration to his Spark, but she was older, her wings far larger, and she had no hint of kindness in her eyes.

"There there, he's perfectly safe," the dragon said as she gently grabbed the claw of the Little Spark. "This," she said, looking directly into Delta's mask, her eyes narrowed to slits, "Is not your daughter. Do you undertand? Her name is Kindle, and you and this city, you both took her from me." Delta didn't respond, instead only staring down at the baby dragon. His Spark.

"Kneel." The older dragon commanded.

Delta was compelled to follow, the mechanical sinking to his knees.

"Now take off your helmet." The dragon continued.

Delta did as he was told, a gloved claw grabbing hold of the brown mask, releasing a switch, and taking it off, revealing a scaled head.

"I see the Sparks aren't the only victims here," the older dragon commented, "You know, Queen Skystar said you were robotic, a purely mechanical creature. But I guess we both know that isn't true."

Delta didn't answer, instead only breathing heavily, his faded brown scales shaking in the darkness.

"Now, place your glove against your head."

Delta did so, his left arm slowly lifting up and being placed on his temple. He could only look ahead, watching as his Spark whined and reached out for him.

"Do it."

With only a moment of hesitation, Delta released the magic in his glove. His Spark cried as the blue spike extended and everything went black.