33. Blame
Scootaloo bumped into a few ponies as she galloped through the village. They were all going in the opposite direction, screaming in fear. She recognised a few and felt a little bit of relief spread over her as she knew they’d hopefully soon be safer.
“Scoots!” yelled Applebloom, almost bumping into her. “We’re gonna get nowhere if we blindly run through the village like this. I’ve already lost Sweetie Belle and have no idea if Button and Diamond Tiara are following. We know the village better. Just focus on covering small areas at a time, and don’t take risks!”
Scootaloo nodded while Applebloom left, and proceeded to run into the closest house. “Sweetie Belle?” she cried, covering her muzzle with her hoof. There was no answer, and Scootaloo ran back out, trying to ignore the burning family picture she had spotted inside.
She went on for long minutes like that, inspecting every house she saw and entering, until she spotted a little filly who was just staring at a house with mild curiosity. Her small bat wings were slowly flapping up and down.
“Uh… Uh…” Scootaloo uttered, trying to remember her name. “Silver Shadow! Please sweetie, get away from there!”
A small wall of flames was increasing around the filly, so Scootaloo couldn’t get to her. “Silver! Please! Just fly up!”
No answer.
“Come on!” Scootaloo’s voice was shaking. “I know you’ve done this plenty of times with momma! Remember?”
Silver stayed where she was but a few words came out of her mouth. “Look at that tree!” she exclaimed, pointing at the burning house a hoofstep away. “I wanna climb it! Will you accompany me, Scoots57?”
Scootaloo froze. That was her Minecraft username. Which meant the filly was paralysed because of a game bug. This wasn’t her own doing!
“N- No! I don’t want you to climb the… tree… You have to fly up and come towards me okay?” the orange pegasus said in a shaky voice, trying to hover up as high as possible without any success.
Silver looked back and with one last innocent smile, nodded, before the house came crashing down on her. Scootaloo’s scream died down in her raspy throat when the shards of wood plunged into her body and the fire came flaring up to her.
“Sweetie Belle! For heaven's sake, Sweetie Belle!” Rarity shouted as Sweetie Belle brought a plate of mostly burnt vegetables to her. “Have you smoked the whole house up? It’s going to stain my new Autumn collection!” Her sister scrunched up her muzzle in disgust. “Not to mention the smell…”
Sweetie sheepishly looked at her distraught sister : “Sorry Rarity! But honestly, I just wanted to help you out… You’ve been working like crazy all week and drank only tea. You’ve always told me not eating is a health hazard!”
Rarity glanced at Sweetie Belle and sighed. She opened the windows and sat down on her bed, patting the area next to her. “Listen Sweetie. I’m not always going to be around to protect you. You need to learn how to fend for yourself…”
“Okay Rarity…” Sweetie Belle pouted, looking distraught. “I’m really sorry…”
Rarity still smiled. “Ahh I forgive you! I just love you so much!”
Sweetie Belle gave her a big hug, burying her head in her fur. “I love you too…”
“Sweetie Belle! Wake up!”
The voice snapped her out of her trance.
“R… Rarity? Is that you?” Sweetie mumbled, her mouth feeling dry and numb.
“Oh my Celestia she’s awake. Oh my Celestia… Thank ya so much…” The hooves holding her were warm and furry.
“Button…?”
The voice hesitated. “Nah sweetie. I’m Applebloom. Come on now, we need to get out of here and regroup… Can ya walk?”
Sweetie Belle groaned as she was lifted up. Her wobbly legs barely sustained her weight and she had trouble focusing her eyes on objects. “W- Water…”
“Ah! Sure thing sugarcube, Scootaloo must have some so we need to go find her, all right?” Applebloom started proceeding forward, helping Sweetie Belle stay balanced.
They continued like that for what seemed like ages. After a little while, Sweetie could manage on her own and they were going much faster. Though Applebloom’s anxiety was growing.
“I hope Scoots and Diamond are doing okay. Maybe we shouldn’t have split up?” she thought out loud.
Sweetie’s guilt came back and hit her. “S… Sorry…” she murmured, her tongue feeling too dry to properly move.
“Why are you apologizing, Sweetie Belle?” Applebloom suddenly asked, staring at her intensely even though they were still stuck inside the village and the best course of action would be looking out for debris.
“Because… All my fault… Camera… You’re here now…” Sweetie managed to cough out.
“For Celestia’s sake Sweetie Belle!” Applebloom let her go and turned around to properly face her. “You need to learn how to grow up! Stop blamin’ yourself all the time. Do you even realize how much your moral is going down every time you think ‘ah I’m not good enough!’ or ‘ugh, we’re all going to die because of me!’ Placing the fault on yourself will only pull ya down. And right now, we need you up Sweetie. We all need you to show us how to get out of this Celestia-darned game, and get our revenge on GameSpark! Do ya hear me?”
Sweetie Belle felt the tears flow down her cheeks before she could even comprehend how much that speech had impacted her. She started to sob, wailing loudly, ears down and staring at Applebloom’s determined face.
How could she have been so selfish? All this time she had spent wallowing on her own problems, her friends had to struggle in an unfamiliar world, suddenly surrounded by horrible monsters and creatures beyond their nightmares. Sweetie hadn’t been there for them at the right moments, instead foolishly believing that Button would be able to solve all of their problems.
“I’m… sorry…” Sweetie found the strength to lift her head up high. “And that’s the last time I’ll apologize on this matter.” She started to move her hind legs, trying to stand up. “You’re right. All I was doing was pitying myself instead of helping you.” Sweetie gritted her teeth as she finally stood up. “But I assure you, it won’t happen again. Thank you Applebloom.”
Applebloom gently smiled and nudged her. “Alright then. But first, let’s get to safety. I’m seriously startin’ to worry about the others.”
A few hoofsteps later, upon turning at the corner of a house, they spotted the dark plain ahead. Monsters of all sorts were roaming about, some of them Sweetie had never seen before! Though she wasn’t scared anymore. She had this purpose, this strong will to live.
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I have a question... Can't they get out the same way they did in the previous fic? I mean, they had a formula for a device to get out, right?
And how is going outside? If it's like in the first game, then many months passed, it's a surprise they did not got GameSpark or his lackeys.
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Actually they've assumed that GameSpark has disabled the craft for the escape remote, and as for time passing differently this time, it's as usual! GameSpark also fixed that, though I haven't established it yet...
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Glad it does!
Guess Who's back!!!
.......
Were am I in all this mess?
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Oml I can't remember who your chara was again? ;v;
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I am Game Controller, leader of this great village! Which I need to figure out how to save it.....
.....
FLOOD THE WELL!!!
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OHHHH
Idea for armor, a charm you put on a bracelet or necklace that gives you a magical shield equal to the power of the charm.
When is this fanfiction going to update? It’s sooo good.
the first one was amazing this sequel is gonna be great
add purple shep if you dont know what purple shep is serch him on youtube he is a gliched out sheep which is purple and is very stupid also he talks dont forget to add his channel link in a note you dont need to add him though it is optinal
their doomsdays
only 2 chapters left i will read them tomorrow and when i read em ill probily re-read the first book and wait untill the next chapter
cool
but that picture on devent art led me to the 1st one why not the 2nd one
idea!
make button mash and sweetie belle enemys in chapter 34 and name it no longer friends cause if i was button i would break up with sweetie belle for backstabing button... again
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true
One year....... please upload?
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want a sprite cranberry?
or a snickers?
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bru
what i want for chapter 34 is button mash to not forgive sweetie belle no matter how much she begs to forgive her. and sweetie belle starts hating herself for everything mean she has said to button and she has to find a way to get button to forgive her. because to me that would be the best problem for chapter 34.
MOVE OUT OF THE WAY SWEETIE! WE GOT DIAMOND!
WAIT A SEC! WE ALSO HAVE OSANA... but yandere dev did not put her is the game yet so diamond is still better.
Hello :)
when will u give another chapter? r u dead? im not even brony anymore!
I’m begging of you to write another chapter. I’m still in shock that the show ended, and I need this to keep me committed to the fandom. Please
im a brony again... and my disappointment is still growing :)
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why dont you write it :D
this wait is not that bad as the wait for gd 2.2! this is just a almost 2 year wait but gd 2.2 is a almost 3 year wait! and plus the wait for game updates is more painful than story updates
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What does that even mean
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if u want the next chapter so much why not write it urself?
i escaped the horses by being a Sagittarius and lost intrest with horses so now im free from the mlp fandom! the only way u can lure me back into being a brony is with the entire flying kitties [enter song name] 2 series but with ponies! this is equestria by foalish gamibino!
recaptured by Sagittarius Gorefield's arrow! my drunken horoscope!
2 years.
2 YEARS.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
btw i wanted to make a creepy avatar on roblox and searched for blood in roblox and found blood but also found sweetie belle for some reason! nice joke roblox!
👌good job at making us wait!👌
imma slow and steady might return to the fandom
ah fuck now we have netherite to ship button with! so diamond gonna be replaced!
#1.16joke
sweetie belle is noob
please🥺
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Huh. Forgot how bitter I was a good half-decade ago. Time flies, and I don’t think I’ve read this story in about three years minimum. Cool to see it still updates.
Actually, it hasn’t since 2018. Also interesting.
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yea
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This is still my favorite story and check every few months to see if it’s been updated lmao
i doubt they will add anything new! they were last online 1 year ago so im sure this will be incomplete forever until they decide to get back on to their account and give an update to the story either by a new chapter or by canceling it officially!
It's been a fair few years, hasn't it? Since I read this fic, and also since it's last update. A little bittersweet to see it in the limbo state of incomplete, but not technically cancelled. I enjoyed taking the trip down memory lane though, thank you for the story you gave to us! (or maybe it's 'give us', since you never know if we'll get a surprise continuation~)
~♡~Adorabobles!‿!