Ruins of Seaquestria: A My Little Pony / BioShock Crossover

To my daughter, Kindle. Soon, you will hatch, and Seaquestria will be your home. You shall be raised as I was, like one of our own kind, back in the Dragon Lands, to preserve our culture in spite our surroundings. This city and its magic's potential are immeasurable, Kindle... yet, despite the Princess's teachings, our kind are unwelcome here. Life will be difficult, but the price of freedom is always dear. If we are patient with her... Seaquestria will come to us. ~ Opaidis Greenhorn

"Hello? Hello? Can you hear me?"

The voice faded to static as soon as it arrived. His suit's radio crackling in his ear, Delta knocked on his helmet as he pulled his body out of the puddle of water he had awoken to find himself laying in. The mechanical wearily shook his head, wasn't he supposed to be... dead? How had he gotten here?

He looked around, where was he? The architecture around him resembled the Seaquestria that he knew, but grand gold, pinks, and blues were now all a mildewy green. Everything was dirty and plants, which Delta had seen on his previous tromps in the ocean, were now growing inside the airtight spaces. Of course, the place was no longer airtight, miniature waterfalls trickled from the ceiling creating pools of waters in the sunken crevices of the floor.

As he basked in his confusion, Delta shook his head. No, no matter what had happened while he was... dead, he had a goal. He had to go find his Spark, wherever she, and that other dragon, may be.

And so, the mechanical pressed forward, stomping his way down the hall. He passed through seaweed dangling from the ceiling, climbed over a fallen pillar, and stomped through the puddles on the ground. He flexed his limbs, for his suit was out of shape.

He entered a larger room with a large staircase that was now a waterfall cascading into a large pool of water that took up the floor. A faded mural of Old Seaquestria on the wall was covered picture of ponies while "FRIENDSHIP HAS FALLEN" was written in crude lettering. The meaning of this was unclear to Delta, but it was clear that city had fallen under some hard times since his death.

Up the stairs was a pool area. A place for the air breathing creatures of the city to swim for leisure. Now, the pool was ironically dry amidst the soaked ruins of the spa. Mildew covered the pool's walls, covering up the elaborate tilework while a small makeshift camp, little more than a couple of dirty blankets and burnt out lantern, was placed in the deep end. Delta sighed within his suit, his Spark wasn't here, he would have to look elsewhere. Unfortunately, the exit for the pool was sealed shut, and the power switch was of course nonfunctional. But just to his luck, there was another doorway, labeled "Magic Therapy."

Though he had had never dabbled in magic beyond his suit, Delta was familiar with the magic spells common throughout Seaquestria, including one that could help with his exit.

To the therapy chambers he went, stomping through the derelict remains of a garden, its plant life replaced by coral growths. Delta looked through the therapy chambers, looking for anything of use until he stopped at the end. A Lil' Sparks Depository, a magic essence vending machine of sorts. The thing was dirty, and it lights were long-burnt out, but it could still contain a potion.

Delta looked inside the machine, nothing. He banged a gloved claw, shaking the machine and causing a layer of rust to spill off. As the depository shook back and forth, a dirty bottle containing a glowing blue substance spilled out and clattered onto the ground.

An electrical elemental potion, just what he needed. Delta grabbed the bottle and inserted it into his glove. The suits magically automated systems pumped the blue essence throughout his suit, making the pink light shift to a shade of blue before fading. The mechanical looked down at his gloves and flexed his fingers. Just like he wanted, sparks of electricity crackled between his fingers.

Having gotten what he needed, Delta turned around and lumbered back through the therapy and to the zen garden before he suddenly paused. He heard something in the garden... voices.

On the small bridge of the garden were two ponies. The first sign of intelligent life since he had woken up. But these ponies weren't normal ponies, they were enfused ponies. Years of magic use had taken a toll on their bodies, their limbs and snouts unnaturally lengthened. They were merely skin and bone, their ribs poking out through their dirty and matted fur. Their manes lacked any sort of care, poking out haphazardly or missing chunks torn out from their skull. Dark stains covered their bodies, ripe with scar tissue. Most noticeable were their hooves, the skin having nearly fallen off altogether, revealing exposed flesh with veins that pulsed with an unnatural glow. These ponies were nearly feral, both of which sniffed the air around them.

"Somepony new..." the pegasus mare hissed, "Somepony... fresh."

"New magic," the earth pony added, "New friend."

Delta, having no knowledge of anything like stealth, loudly stomped into the garden, immediately attracting the attention of the enfused. Both ponies snapped their heads, howling at the mechanical in rage. The earth pony stomped a hoof on the ground, the flesh splitting apart as crystals grew up their front limbs, encasing them in makeshift blades. The pegasus furiously flapped her wings, despite being little more than bloody stumps with a few feathers clinging on. Magic flickered from her back, causing rocks to magically float up from the garden's pond.

Delta was almost taken aback, having never encountered ponies like this before, but he was prepared enough to deal with combat. The crystal magic pulsed into his left hand, the electric spell in his right. With a low roar, he charged at the ponies. The earth pony attacked first, dashing at Delta. They swung their crystalline blades, catching across Delta's chest.

This attack would have incapacitated any other creature, but not a mechanical. Delta swerved left, nimbly dodging the pony's hoof, retaliating with his own crystal blade. The crystal extended, allowing Delta to thrust forward, stabbing the enfused pony through the torso. They screamed in pain before Delta stomped on their head, crushing the pony into the ground.

Delta finished off the pony as a large rock hit him squarely in the mask. He rubbed his face, looking up to see more rocks flying straight at him. He tried to dodge them, but there was too many, and they battered the mechanical's suit. In a last-ditch attack, he shot out his claw, making a bolt of electricity fly out and hit the pegasus in the head. The magic around the rocks immediately vanished, making them splash back in the pond. Delta stood up, wiped himself off, and left the garden, leaving the sparking corpse of the pegasus behind.

After using his electricity spell on the power switch, Delta left the main spa. As he walked down the hall, the radio in his mask crackled once more as the voice from before spoke up once again.

"Aha! Here we go! A signal!" she announced happily into Delta's ear before redirecting herself, "You, the mechanical, listen up real quick. M'names Applejack. I know who you are. An' I could really use a bit of your help. Please, find me in the Seaquestria Express Station." The radio crackled and Applejack's voice fell silent.

Delta continued forward, entering the main lobby of the spa. The large room was once a place of grandeur, but the lounge was in disarray, the stairs long collapsed, the exits collapsed or sealed, and the Princess Twilight statue centerpiece was cracked and choked with mildew. The whole room was dark, the only light being the dark green light shining through the glass backdrop.

Suddenly, a strange sound echoed throughout the room. Delta looked around in curiosity, not noticing the glowing eyes that appeared in the upper shadows. Down from above leapt a figure, landing on the statue of the princess. The reptilian figure was long lean but wore a suit much like a mechanical. The dragon climbed the alicorn statue, grasping the stone and leaving three, deep, claw marks across the princess's face. The figure tilted their head in curiosity at Delta, its six-eyed mask casting an orange glow. Just as a suddenly as it appeared, the figure leapt from the statue, clinging onto the wall before crawling into a doorway.

Delta rumbled and followed the figure, stomping through the hallway and into a large, abandoned banquet hall. Delta leaped down from the balcony, crushing a rotten table underfoot, and looked around, there was plenty of debris, and large glass wall, but there was no sign of the figure.

A metallic screech resounded from above. Delta looked up to see the dragon clutching onto the ceiling, staring down at him with its curved mask. The figure raised a claw and stabbed the glass wall with its metallic spike. The wall cracked. Then, the crack began to splinter as more leaks began to appear. Before Delta could react, the wall shattered, sending a tidal wave of water right at him. The water hit him like a freight train, knocking the mechanical off his feet and submerged in the inky darkness of the ocean.