"I'm sorry but… what did you just say?” Button splurted out in disbelief while cleaning his ears with his hooves. “Because I thought you just asked me to be your king.”
"I did ask you to be my king," she replied, giggling as if he asked a silly question. "I want you to see that Lord Codex is not such a evil pony like you say he is,” she sweetly told him, coming up to him and stroking his mane.
Button Mash looked at Scarlet with utter confusion. "Why me?" This wasn't what he needed right now. What he needed was to get his fillyfriend and leave this crazy world. He didn’t need another issue like this, since he had the exact same problem with Dinky back home and that alone is a hoofful. And Dinky wasn’t an assertive, powerful unicorn mare working for an evil king.
"Well to put it bluntly," Scarlet gave Button Mash a lustful look, "I likes ya and I wants ya and you can come with me willingly or do I have to work for it?" She tried to pull Button’s lips to hers, but the colt just shoved her away. Button Mash defensively leapt away and took a battle stance. "Ohhohoh, so you want to do this the hard way is that it?" Her horn started to glow red. "That's fine, I don't mind a little roughhousing," she bit her lip which was forming into a devious smile. Button Mash felt himself rise from the ground as he was enveloped in the embrace of crimson magical aura.
"C-CRAP!" he panicked, shaking his legs frantically. It was futile, however. Button was as helpless as a fish out of water. Next thing Button knew, he was flung from wall to wall with brutal force.
"Hahaha, come on, Button Mash," Scarlet mocked, "I thought you was gonna make me work for it." She continued to throw the poor earth pony around like a ragdoll. "Should have taken the easy way and just became my king.” Scarlet released her hold on Button Mash and he falls on the ground with a thud. "Oh, I love it when stallions fall before me,” she licked her lips.
Button slowly rose on his hooves. "Ugh, Is- is that all you got?" he heaved as he struggled to get up.
"Oh, a tough one aren't you?" She once again magically gripped the weakened Button and held him in the air as her horn began glowing more and more red with power. "Get ready Button, cause I'm about to let it all out!" Scarlet fired a powerful beam of magic at Button Mash.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" He screamed as he went flying into a wall, his impact causing cracks to the wall, and he plopped onto the ground..
"How’s- How’s that!" Scarlet huffed as she sat on her rump, breathing hard. "Huff, huff, I may not be as powerful as Lord Codex, huff, huff, huff, but I still know how to, huff, huff, show some ponies a good time." She wiped some sweat from her forehead, sighing with exhaustion. "Man, that took a lot outta me." She looked at Button Mash who was still laying on the ground. "Hmm, for your performance Button, I'll give you... sixty-nine points,” she giggled. "Well I'd report back to Lord Codex and tell him that Button Mash-"
Scarlet’s jaw dropped when she saw the lifeless figure on the floor stir. “Ugh…” the brown pony sat up from the floor, swaying left and right in an attempt to get up. The mare watched breathlessly as the brown colt managed to pull himself up on all fours. She struggled to move her legs and do something, anything, but she was too drained from her last attack to offer any resistance. The only thing she could do is watch in horror and anticipation as Button Mash groggily stumbled towards her.
"But how?!" she muttered in shock. "That was my strongest attack!" She watched Button Mash slowly inch his way towards her, his eyes glaring at daggers at her as he continued to stumble. For the first time in a very long time, Scarlet, The Crimson Beauty was afraid, but what could she do? She was powerless and her foe was already standing above her, angrily gazing at her.
She shut her eyes tight as she waited for the inevitable final strike. “Go ahead, finish me,” she tried to hide the shakiness in her voice, determined to go down swinging instead of begging for her life. She braced herself for the end, but it never came. She slowly let one eye open to look upon the swaying figure of her attacker, looking like he could barely stand. Suddenly, Button fell forward, his head hitting Scarlet’s and knocking the both to the floor. She waited a few seconds but the colt didn’t stir. She finally freed one hoof from under his body and nudged his head, only for it to lazily droop back into place, showing that he was really out cold. The unicorn let out a small laugh of relief. “For a second there, I thought you had me,” she chuckled uncomfortably. She took a few deep breaths to calm her nerves. “You really scared me, you know,” she said to herself, staring up into the ceiling.
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"Come on Button, let’s go to Sugar Cube Corner and get some milkshakes," Sweetie Belle came closer to Button and snuggled up to his side while walking. "Just don't do any milkshakes races in a pitiful attempt to impress me."
Button Mash chuckles in shame at the memory, looking slightly away to hide the tint showing in his cheeks. "You're never gonna let me live that down are you?"
"Nope, but that's why I like you Button," she gave a cute smile to her coltfriend, who blushed even more. "You're unique and not afraid to be yourself, no matter how dorky you may be."
They will take her away, Button Mash!
"Thanks Sweetie,” he smiled. "I really glad to have met you."
They will make her fall out of love with you! They will make her HATE YOU!
Button Mash and Sweetie Belle reached the colorful pastry-like building. The colt found a grin on his face as he recalled the countless dates he had at the Sugarcube Corner with Sweetie. He quickly dashed past the filly and opened the door, playfully bowing as he let the unicorn go first. “My my, aren’t we the gentlecolt?” the marshmallow filly curtsied as she smirked at the brown earth pony before entering the shop.
They can corrupt anypony Button Mash! Your family, your friends, even you.
Button followed Sweetie Belle from behind, chuckling. "That's something I expected your sister to say."
And you won’t even know it!
The couple found a nice, comfy table for two by the window and sat down. Button pulled out Sweetie Belle’s seat for her. She blushed a bit as she took her seat, then the colt took the seat right across her and raised a hoof in the air. “Two milkshakes please! One chocolate and one vanilla.”
And they are coming... They WILL come for you Button Mash!
A pink, bouncy-haired mare hopped out above the counter, slid under a few tables and popped up right in front of the couple’s table. “Okie-dokie-lokie!” Pinkie Pie saluted while smiling, “Two brain freezers coming up!” She simply sunk downwards out of their view and the next second, Button Mash sees her behind the counter again, but he shrugged it off as the usual Pinkie stuff.
And remake your ENTIRE WORLD as they see fit!
Two glasses come flying through the air, the chocolate shake landing perfectly in front of the colt and the vanilla sticking a perfect landing in front of the filly. Button was about to drink his when his nose suddenly filled with the smell of cotton candy. “There you go!” Pinkie announced as she jumped out from under their table and beside Button, almost making him shriek like a filly. The couple laughed at Pinkie’s antics as she hopped away jollily.
But do not fear Button Mash! When the time comes we shall lend you our power!
The couple enjoyed their frosty treat when the door opened and a gray pegasus with a jet black mane enters the building with a silver mane earth pony with glasses following close behind.
You must defeat their chosen one Button Mash! It is the only way!
"So how did your brother do on his exams Rumble?" the gray filly wondered. "I know he's been studying very hard."
Rumble smirked proudly at the earth pony. "He passed it no problem,” he boasted. "Got an A+ and everything, my big brother is the best! He's my hero!" He and Silver Spoon took a seat at a table near the other couple. "I even got some inspiration last night and wrote some new poems!"
"Well I would certainly love to hear them," Silver Spoon dreamily replied. "I have some new ones too, if you'd like to hear them."
Rumble wrapped a hoof around Silver Spoon and pulled her close. "Silver, I love to hear your poems. In fact, I think they're better than mine."
"Rumble, you know that the best poems come from." She patted his chest where his heart is. "Right here, as long as you write what's in your heart, then you'll always write good poetry."
Rumble kissed Silver Spoon which she returns. "It’s a good thing that Diamond Tiara isn't here," he chuckled. "Otherwise she'd tell us to get a room." Silver Spoon leaned closer to Rumble, laughing with him. Rumble looked around the room laughing, and immediately stopped.
"Rumble? Rumble what's wrong?” Silver worriedly nudged her coltfriend, who was unresponsive. She followed the direction of his angry gaze and found a brown colt at the other end who’s milkshake was shaking with fury, threatening to shatter. Beside him, a marshmallow filly shared the same nervous expression she had. She and Sweetie Belle weren’t the best of friends, or barely friends for that matter, but both understood that when it comes to their coltfriends, it was up to them to prevent anything. She saw the unicorn try to talk to the growling Button who didn’t falter in his hateful stare. Sweetie bit her lip and shot Silver Spoon a pleading look.
"Come on Rumble, let’s go,” Silver Spoon quickly said as she stood up. “Why don’t you read me some of your poems over at the park?” she invited him as she tried to pull him away from the shop. The pegasus reluctantly stood up and let his fillyfriend lead him away, never breaking eye contact with his ex-bestfriend. Sweetie gave a thankful nod to Silver as she closed the door behind her when the couple left.
Sweetie Belle looked at Button, who was shaking with fury so badly that chocolate milkshake was spilling all over their table. “Button?” she nervously called him, “are you alright?”
Button Mash only responded by growling and crushing his milkshake glass in his hoof.
Despair. Apocalyptic. Rage. Kill. Feelings. Overwhelming. Revive. Control. Evil. When they come for you Button Mash. They WILL CHANGE YOUR WORLD!!!
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Button Mash gasped as he awoke with a start, covered in sweat. He laid back down on the soft, silk, queen-size bed, still panting. He wiped some sweat from his forehead, getting lost in his thoughts. Another dream on how much he despised Rumble? He looked around. In contrast to what he usually woke up in, this time he woke in a nicely decorated room that wouldn’t be out of place in the Canterlot Palace. Beside his bed, there was a bedside table with a concealed envelope closed with a wax seal and his proppeler hat. The walls were peppered with ornaments and paintings and there was a large mirror at the corner of the room, next to the door. Not like I have time to admire myself right now, the brown pony reflected. He stood up from the bed and grabbed the envelope. He sat on the bed as he opened the envelope and read the letter within.
Dear Button Mash,
I hope you slept well sleepyhead, but now it’s time to end this. If you wish to challenge me again then meet me in the basement, but keep in mind, Button Mash, that if you enter the basement only one of us will leave alive. If you truly love that white unicorn filly then I will expect you to make haste to the basement. I can hardly wait to meet you there.
There was some red lipstick in the form of a kiss mark on it.
The Crimson Beauty… Scarlet
Button Mash placed his hat on his head and made for the door, mind clear save for one objective, defeat Scarlet.
"Lord Codex!" An earth pony dressed in black metal from head to hooves marched through Codex’s throne room, bowing in front of the dark lord unicorn. “A message has arrived from Lady Scarlet,” he took out an envelope from his armor and presented it to his lord.
Codex quickly put on his cape. "Ah, I'll take that." His horn glowed blue and the letter flew towards him. "You may go.” The guard respectfully nodded and turned to exit, but stopped when Codex called him again. “But wait.” The earth pony tilted his head to the side to see the unicorn. “What do you think of my cape?” Codex turned around to showcase his cape, then opened it in a very dramatic manner.
"It looks nice my lord,” the guard nonchalantly complimented.
Codex rose an eyebrow in cynicism. "Really?"
"Really."
Codex just shrugged. "Eh, good enough for me. You may go."
"Yes my lord,” he answered, bowing his head slightly before resuming his way to the exit.
"Alright, now let’s see what Scarlet brought me." He opened the envelope in read the letter. "Dear Lord Codex, blah blah blah Button Mash stronger than he looks blah blah blah could not sway him over to our side yakkity smackity he may beat me so be prepared." Codex crumpled the paper and tossed it over his shoulder carelessly. "Unbelievable, usually stallions fall for Scarlet the instant they see her, so either he's not distracted by the sexy or he's a fan of the man." He sat on the throne and put a hoof to his chin “I wonder if my new pegasus recruit would want a shot at this Button Mash. I guess I should ask him."
“So, this is it, huh?” Button Mash said to himself as he reached the bottom of the steps. He walked into a large, dark room with a chandelier hanging from above, providing dim lighting for Button to see through. He could barely make out the dark walls and the chains and shackles on the walls and on the ground. He walked into the middle of the room, right under the chandelier and looked around.
"So you've arrived? Good. I knew you would show up Button Mash."
He turned in circles, looking for the sound of the voice. "Alright Scarlet!" he yelled into the darkness. "Show yourself!"
A crimson maned unicorn appeared before him. "Don't worry Button, I'm here." Her horn lit up the entire room in an ominous red light. "This is it Button Mash, your last chance to join us."
Button Mash only shook his head. "We both know I'm not doing that."
"Very well then, Button.” Energy started swelling around the unicorn’s horn, brightening the red shine. "You leave me with no choice!" Lava started to pour out from the walls, cutting off the escape of Button and closing in the two ponies. The duelists started to circle around each other, probing for the right time to strike. Button had a growled plastered on his face while Scarlet simply had a smug smirk on. “This world’s chain is connected to me, much like Green Island’s chain was connected to Varga,” she explained. “You know what you have to do if you want to proceed.
The Crimson Beauty
Scarlet
"How do I beat her?" Button wondered as they continued to circle around each other. “Last time, she wiped the floor with me.” He was sweating profusely, not just because of the lava’s heat, but also because he was nervous.
"Button... Button, can you hear me?"
Button Mash’s eyes darted left and right, around the room. "Sweetie?”
The unicorn in front of him smiled a bit, “Oh, I’m flattered you see me that way now, but you had your chance buster, and you blew it!”
The colt rolled his eyes when the voice came back. “Yes, Button, it’s me! I finally got enough magic to talk to you again.”
“Hey, that’s great!” the brown colt’s smile quickly faded away as Scarlet red bolts of energy towards him. He ducked under one shot and jumped backwards as another one blew up the ground in front of him, almost pushing him to the lava. “But, uh, can it wait? I’m a bit busy with something now,” Button huffed.
"Oh, with what?" Button Mash could almost hear Sweetie Belle pouting from the other end.
“Fighting Scarlet,” the earth pony informed her as he ran around the arena, ducking and jumping over bolts of energy. One of the shots got lucky and egged him right at the side. “Agh! Very, very powerful unicorn she is,” he huffed to his fillyfriend.
"Oh! I know what to do!" she excitedly exclaimed. "Look, us unicorns are very powerful with our ability to control magic."
Button thrashed around in the air as Scarlet lifted him up with her magic, only to unceremoniously slam him back down. “You don’t say,” Button Mash grunted, “that’s very encouraging.
"But,” Sweetie continued, “our bodies aren’t as strong. All you have to do is land one good hit and we’re out. We’re like glass cannons, so the more aggressive you are, the better.”
"Got it!" Button said as he rose to his hooves.
"Good, I'll leave you to it then. Good luck!" Sweetie Belle once again went silent.
Button Mash took a deep breath. "Alright, here we go." He rushed Scarlet with some impressive speed. "My father always told to never hit a mare." He tried to kick Scarlet but she quickly moved out of the way and dashed behind the colt. "But, if I'm going to rescue Sweetie Belle." She fired a beam of magic at the distraced earth pony, but Button manages to roll out of the way, right beside the unicorn. "Then I have to beat you!" He landed a stron right hoof on the side of Scarlet's face, causing her to stagger to the side from Button Mash's attack. "No matter who you are!"
The crimson beauty laughed at Button Mash's very corny speech. "You truly are a dork, you know?" She charged herself as her horn flared up with a familiar strong glow. “But I have to win too,” she leaned her head back. "For I can NOT LOSE TO YOU!!!" She fired her attack, letting lose a bright red beam of power.
"This move again?" Button Mash charged straight towards the beam, closing his eyes but not even losing speed. “This time, I’m ready for it,” Button smirked as he braced himself for the coming impact.
"Im-impossible," She whispered as watched the Button charge through her attack. "You shouldn't be able to do that!" Her beam dissipated with Button still charging at her. "I guess this is it then, huh?" Button lariated her into the lava. “It’s funny, isn’t it?” she thought as time seemed to slow then while she was in the air. “I’m not even scared this time,” she closed her eyes and smiled one last time.
Button Mash barely had time to celebrate his victory or think about what exactly he had just done as the room began to tremor. Button almost fell into the lava but he quickly regained his footing, teetering dangerously at the edge. “Not good,” he worriedly muttered to himself. He looked at the stairway, but the lava pit was still blocking the way. “How am I going to get out now?” Another tremor violently shook the area, causing the chandelier to fall down. Button covered his face from the flying shards of glass. “That was close,” he muttered before he looked up and saw that there was a blue beam of light shining from the hole where the chandelier previously was. “Well, there’s no harm in trying,” the colt reasoned as he stepped into the beam. “Wooooah!” Next thing Button knew, he was flying in the air and out of the world.
"Lord Codex, Lady Scarlet has fallen and the second chain has been broken.”
The evil king gave a shocked scowl to his messenger. "Really?! Wow, I didn't think he had it in him." He got up from his throne and looked out a window. "Button Mash is proving to be quite an annoyance by taking out two of my conquer chains."
"But my lord, what about the last two?"
"Don't worry about that." Codex and his messenger looked at the doorway, surprised by the intrusion of a certain gray pegasus. "I've been waiting a long time for this!" he had a devious smile. “Button Mash will not get past me!" He disappears from their sight as quickly as he appeared. Codex then saw him flying away from the window.
"Well, I guess that answers your question,” he absentmindedly told his messenger as he grinned, watching the pegasus fly further and further away.
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