Title: Twilight Versus Songbird
Premise: MLP: FIM, Bioshock: Infinite. Offshot of "Heart of Raven Black" by King Antler. Columbia has been brought through a tear into Equestria, and now both sides lie on the brink of war. Princess Twilight Sparkle has made a deal with Prophet Comstock: She will duel any one of his subordinates. If she wins, Columbia must return to the reality from whence they came. If the subordinate wins, Columbia may stay in and conquer Equestria. The subordinate Comstock chooses, however, is someone Twilight never would have expected, not even from these people.
Slight OOC Pinkie Pie and Comstock.
Date Posted: 06/07/13
Personal Comments: I've been out of the fanfiction business for a while now. I've been reading a few fanfics, but haven't written anything in such a long time, even though I've been having a lot of thoughts going around on a few of my works. Classes ended on May 10th, but since I got home, I've been busy with organizing my room, then looking for a summer job (still working on that), and seeing movies, and seeing friends. I've also gone to Florida for my cousin's high school graduation. I've also become addicted to video games again, which is like alcoholism for me, so that's been keeping me from writing; kinda put me on writer's block. The games I've been working on most were Bioshock: Infinite and Dragon's Dogma and also replaying Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.
I've been wanting to try and get back to my work, but like I said, writer's block and video game addiction have gotten in the way. I've sort of lost my passion for a little while. At first I wanted to try and get a job, so that I'd have my summer planned out from there, and then have a good routine for which I'd make time to write. Find a job though is a bit harder than I thought it would be.
And then I thought maybe I could start again by starting simple; something as simple as maybe having a character take a walk through a certain area. First character that came to mind for that was Booker DeWitt, where he would walk through maybe the streets of Columbia, or make take a hike. The latter idea came to me last night after I watched The Blair Witch Project, which I think was kind of a let down. I heard a lot of good things about it, so I went in having high expectations for it. And like I said, it was kind of disappointing.
So that idea of Booker walking, I was going to do that soon, maybe next chapter, when this other idea came to me after reading "Heart of Raven Black", which is a crossover between MLP and Infinite. This story follows an Order of the Raven Zealot who is sent into Equestria by Comstock for a mission to save Columbia from certain Doom. It's a great story, and I highly recommend it. It's also the sequel to another terrific story, "Where's the Fire", which is about a Fireman.
So after reading chapter 11 of Raven Black, this idea came to me where Twilight, Celestia, and the princesses go to Columbia and try to negotiate with Comstock. I really don't think Twilight would propose this duel idea to decide the fate of two worlds, and instead try to talk out a way to make it work for both parties. The idea just kind of stuck with me though. She challenges Comstock to pick any of his vigor-using fighters to fight her in a magic duel, and the winning party gets Equestria.
You know, I wonder what sports they have in Columbia. My guess is either Horse Racing or Baseball.
It's also kind of rainy up here right now, getting the tip of the spear from Hurricane Andrea. I like this weather.
You know, I've really been getting into Robot Chicken as well. I just found out yesterday that Seth Green is a brony! Isn't that awesome? I hope next season RC will do a skit for FIM! That will be sweet!
Alright, enough. Let's begin.
The next day, Columbia's John Quincy Adams Stadium was overflowing with the citizens of Columbia. Hundreds of people have come to see not a baseball game, like the Stadium usually held, but the epic battle that would decide the fate of their beloved city. So many had come that there were not enough seats; many had to stand in the halls. The row even extended to outside and watch the battle from the large screens that had been put outside. A few still had their radios and black-and-white televisions at home. The ponies down below across Equestria all had their own radios and magic screens to watch from.
All sorts of people had come; from the senators in the founders' houses to the workers of Fink Industries to the penniless folk in Shantytown. Even a few members of the Vox Populi had come out in plain sight to observe the event. People were getting snacks and making bets as they found their seats.
Inside the stadium, down on the wide field of freshly cut grass, the baseball bases and fence had been removed. At one corner, the ponies sat around, still discussing how this would work. At the other corner, Comstock himself was sitting around with a few of his guards. The camera men were sure to get plenty of good angles and deliver fresh commentary on the situation.
The Fraternal Order of the Raven had gotten front-row seats, courtesy of Daniel. Jacob and Jenkins both sat beside him, all looking across the field at the ponies. Jenkins looked through a pair of opera binoculars, the handle held carefully between two massive fingers.
"Twilight is in for a big surprise," Daniel whispered to his two companions, a hint of humor in his tone. He had a good guess on who Comstock would pick to represent Columbia here.
Jacob simply turned his way for a moment, then looked out ahead again. Jenkins nodded his head.
Comstock had a grin on his face under his beard. In his mind, all of this buildup, this entire crowd, had come for nothing. He was certain this battle would take less than two minutes to be decided.
A perfect circle had come to support Twilight in her big battle. Around her sat Spike, her six friends, Celestia, Luna, the cutie mark crusaders, even Trixie.
"I'm not sure about this, Twilight," Celestia said. "What if you loose?"
"Don't sweat it, Princess!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "There's no way Twilight can loose!"
"If I loose," Twilight paused for a moment before continuing, "we'll just have to get use to living with humans."
"But you won't loose," Rainbow repeated. "Whoever it is, you're gonna go out there and kick his butt!"
"Yeah Twi!" Applejack added. "Get out there n' break a leg!"
"J-just be careful, okay?" Fluttershy squeaked.
"POUND HIS FACE INTO THE DIRT!" Pinkie hissed. "CRUSH HIS BONES! MAKE HIM BLEED! MAKE HIM CRY! MAKE HIM WISH HE WERE DEAD! AND THEN GRANT HIS WISH!"
This comment earned her many disturbed looks from her friends.
Wide-eyed, Rarity turned to Twilight. "Show these Barbarians what we're made of, dear!"
"Thanks girls," Twilight smiled. They all shared in a group hug.
"Go get 'em, Twilight!" Spike cheered. "You can do it!"
"GO TWI!" The crusaders started cheering.
Twilight smiled as she turned and started heading out towards Comstock.
"Twilight," Trixie called after her. Twilight turned to her. "Good luck."
Twilight smiled and turned back to Comstock, and marched out to greet him. She was quite nervous. Who would Comstock set her up against? Would it be another fire-user like Thomas? Someone who could summon crows like Daniel? Perhaps maybe Daniel himself? Maybe a large metal man like Jenkins? Or one of the Boys like Jacob and his friends? Perhaps even Comstock himself? And there was no telling what powers these humans possessed from other potions she had not seen.
After a few seconds, she stood before him at second base of the diamond.
"So, Mr. Comstock?" Twilight asked in the most polite way she could muster. "Where is your champion? Or have you come out to face me yourself?"
"Me?" Comstock scoffed. "Oh, don't be ridiculous child!"
He then clapped his hands together, and his two blue-clad guards together carted a miniature organ on wheels towards them, along with a circular stool.
Back in their corner, the ponies all looked at the instrument in confusion. The crowd turned silent. Comstock and Twilight came into view on the screens.
Once the guards had adjusted the organ and stool, they stood at firm attention. Comstock stretched his fingers, and started to play a certain bouncy song high-pitched whistle. The crowd began to cheer. They all recognized the song.
After a few seconds, however, the organ started playing a different tune. Some may have recognized it as Axel F. Everyone looked down in the organ in surprise. Even Comstock looked up in confusion. This was not his doing. He turned to his side and saw Pinkie Pie happily playing the new song. Comstock stood up from his seat with an angry glare on his face, and looked down on the little pink pony, his arms folded.
All the ponies had their mouths dropped open in shock.
Finally, after a minute, Pinkie looked up and slowly stopped playing, her notes becoming slower and slower as Comstock stared her down, until finally, the song came to an end.
"GET OUT OF HERE!" Comstock shouted. He raised the back of his hand and struck Pinkie across the face, sending her sprawling onto the ground. The slap echoed through the air, and made the ponies cringe. Many in the crowd gasped.
"Sir that was propably not good for your image," One of the guards whispered.
"Silence!" Comstock snapped back. The guard was quiet after that.
Pinkie rubbed her sore cheek. "Ow, you're mean!" She hissed. A few tears building up in her eyes.
Comstock stepped toward her, threatening to kick her, but she scrabbled to her hooves and started to rush back toward her friends, but not before being stopped by Twilight.
"Are you okay, Pinkie?" She asked gently.
"Yeah, I'll be okay," Pinkie nodded. She headed back to rejoin her friends.
(I just couldn't resist. A small idea that came to me that I just had to get out there. I don't hate Pinkie by any means. I mean HOW can anyone hate her? I also don't think Pinkie would actually do something like this at such a serious time.)
Twilight shot Comstock an angry glare. She wanted to lash out at the man for hurting her friend, but such a thing would be uncalled for for a princess.
Comstock continued to play his song. After a moment, the song was finished and he stood up. The entire stadium was dead silent, until...
...A loud, piercing shriek echoed throughout the stadium.
The crowd started cheering. Everyone looked towards the sky, and saw a large dark shadow appear from behind a cloud. It burst up, and covered up the sun momentarily before swooping down, diving straight for the diamond. Just as it was about to hit, it spun around, and landed feet-first in the center of the diamond, lifting dust, and making the entire stadium quake. Many, including Twilight nearly lost their footing. Comstock, somehow, managed to stand perfectly still.
"Behold!" He exclaimed, "My sword of righteousness, in all it's glory! Gaze upon it's magnificence!"
The behemoth stood up. Twilight faced a massive, metallic creature with the body of a massive, muscular human, enormous bat-like wings, a beak-like head, and glowing green eyes.
It reared it's head and screeched again. The audience erupted into a thunderous applause.
(OOC COMSTOCK MOMENT:)
Comstock ran up to the creature and raised his hand.
"HIGH-FIVE!" He exclaimed.
The creature raised his own enormous hand, a hand which could have held Comstock like a doll, and let Comstock slap it.
Twilight was already shaking. She had to defeat this thing?
Her pony friends behind her gasped in horror before they finally came to their senses, and started cheering her on.
Twilight did her best to swallow her fear, and braced herself, spreading her wings and getting ready to charge her horn, already brainstorming what spell to hit this leviathan with first.
Comstock turned and pointed a finger at Twilight. "CRUSH HER!" He shouted.
The creature's green eyes glowed a fiery red as it screeched one more time before shooting off into the sky.
No doubt preparing a dive-bomb or something, Twilight thought.