I do not own anything related to Bioshock except my own original characters created particularly for this story(Marietta and her family). Enjoy. Any review will be accepted. Note: This is my first fanfiction story so go easy!! Looking forward to know if more chapters are wanted by readers.

Marietta Williams remembered the first moment she set foot in the underwater utopia of Rapture in the year 1946. How big and beautiful everything was. How nice the people were to her and her family. She was only 8 at the time. She remembered leaving her friends in Chicago, she had no idea where they were going at the time.

November 27th, 1946

Marietta, her sister Irene, and her mother and father arrived at a private dock on the coast of New York. It was early in the morning, no sign of the sun coming out until later but it was foggy. She could barely see the words Carlita painted on the boat that floated in front of her, bobbing up and down. Her mother and father urged her and her sister to grab their bags from the back of the car. Marietta remembered both her parents talking to the captain of the boat as her and her sister Irene stood patiently in front of their bags. Finally after some time their parents told them to get their bags and go on aboard the ship.

"We'll be right behind you."

Marietta and Irene did so excitedly as they ran onto the ship, never knowing this would be the last time they would ever see their homeland again. If she had known, she would have taken a few minutes to say goodbye, but she was 8 and daft at the time. The boat was drab but wasn't completely old, nor was it sybaritic either. Marietta and her sister laughed and played as they turned corners in the scanty hallways of the boat, not knowing exactly where they were going. Finally they ran into an open room with three beds inside and no window. It was rather small, not anywhere near as big as her bedroom in Chicago. But she was only 8 so she didn't complain like she pictured her mom and dad doing so. Marietta and Irene set their bags down on the floor at the foot of the farthest bed from the door. A person working aboard the ship quickly walked by their open bedroom down the narrow hallway. Seeing as Marietta and Irene had nothing else to do besides wait for their mother and father they ran back into the hallway and followed him. The man was quick on his feet as he hurried past those around him, the girls nimbly on his tail. After 5 minutes of chasing him through the boat he went into room that a little girl and her father came out of. The little girl was around Marietta's age, maybe a year older and had bright, curly golden hair that went down past her shoulders. She was wearing an expensive looking dress and carried a teddy bear at her side.

"Now, now, watch where you're going, you could get lost on a boat like this. Where are your parents?"

Irene, who was of 13 years of age responded politely.

"Talking with the captain..."

The man smiled and took his daughters other hand.

"Well then, don't go getting yourselves lost."

The little girl and her bright blue eyes stared at both Marietta and her sister. Finally, the dad beckoned his daughter to come and they left down the hallway and around a corner.

"Who was that?"

She remembered asking her sister. Her sister just shrugged, like she would know.

"That was Peter McClintock and his daughter, Diane McClintock. Looks like you will have someone else to play with on our journey to our new home."

The sisters parents stood behind them, smiling at them with their bags in their hand.

"So I assume you found us a room?"

December 1st, 1946

It had been about a week out on the sea. More families arrived on the morning of their departure from New York and now they headed farther and farther away from the coast. Marietta and her sister Irene had already become good friends with the girl known as Diane McClintock. They always played around the boat along with some of the other children. Their parents on the other hand were always conversing with other adults like Peter McClintock and a few others stationed around the boat.

Marietta and Irene slept in the same bed together because both their parents couldn't because the beds were too small. With the door shut and no moon light to come through the window, the room was pitch black. Marietta couldn't sleep since she heard from the adults that they were closer to arriving to their destination. Rapture they called it.

"Irene? Are you awake, Irene?"

"What is it? Can't sleep?"

"No, how about you?"

Despite the darkness Marietta could tell she wasn't sleeping either and that she was smiling in agreement.

"No."

"Irene..."

"Yeah?"

"I'm scared."

"Why? Because we won't see our friends for awhile?"

"I don't think we'll ever see them again."

"Why do you say that?"

"This place we're going to. What is it? Why do we need to take a boat so far away?"

"Mom and dad said that it's a place free from politics, society and the corrupted ideas of man."

"What does that mean?"

"It's hard to explain. But dad said we'll have a new leader. Andrew Ryan. He said that Ryan will lead us to live a better life. That we're special and that Rapture is a place for the chosen."

"So it's kind of like a secret club?"

"Yeah, kinda like that."

December 10th,1946

Everyone ran outside to see the approach of the city. Children talked excitedly as did the adults. The crew bustled about the ship preparing to bring the it to a halt. Irene lead Marietta outside so they could see also, they could see what appeared to be a tall standing lighthouse sitting on a small island in the middle of the ocean. Marietta let out a sound of astonishment as the boat approached closer to the island.

"Where is it? Where is Rapture?"

Marietta's father placed both his hands on his daughters shoulders.

"You're looking at it."

"IN THERE!? We're going to live in a lighthouse?"

Her father laughed at this remark.

"Rapture is underneath."

Marietta was confused but her eyes couldn't be taken off the astounding lighthouse. The boat finally came to a gradual stop as everyone rushed back to their rooms to grab their bags and any other belongings. As the families piled off the ship Carlita they made their way up the stone steps leading to two doors that lead into the lighthouse. Marietta's family stood close by Diane's family. Each person piled into the lighthouse and Marietta took one last glance at the sky, the Carlita, and the smiling captain who waved to everyone goodbye. Marietta took her first steps into a bright lit up room with a banner hanging overhead on the ceiling. It read...

"No Gods or Kings. Only Man"