This story is a sequel to The Midnight Dance

The spin-off to The Midnight Dance. Based on the fairy tale, The Princess and the Pea. When the youngest princesses of Celestia and Sombra are invited to an island kingdom to attend a ball and to compete in a series of tests to win the right to marry the prince there. They get doubts from the other princesses there. Will they be able prove themselves as true princesses?

Button Mash is now an adult living in Manehattan and like every other stallion he's just trying to live his life. Unfortunately for him, his life has been hitting some bumps in the road, one of which may be on his doorstep.

Princess Luna still feels alone, nineteen years after her return to Equestria . But when she finds a friend in an online game, everything seems better. She can be herself without worrying about what others think, and she can finally talk to another pony, even if he never knows who she really is.

Celestia is worried about her sister, especially right now. Upcoming peace talks with a powerful new nation mean that all the Princesses need to be completely ready. With her Luna so absorbed in a fantasy world, she wonders how she'll make it through the harrowing weeks to come.

Button Mash feels like a failure. He's still living at home, he still can't find work that can use his degree from the university, and he still feels alone. His friends are getting married, starting families, and thriving in their careers. On the plus side, he plays games regularly, and his best friend is a mare, even if she doesn't know his name. He hopes that his upcoming vacation to Canterlot might help his mindset.

But, unbeknownst to all of them, a sinister web within a dark plot threatens to ensnare Equestria... And Luna may be the only one able to stop it.

She may face it alone, or maybe she'll have some help from her knight in faded armor...

Cover art credit to yamashta. Link here.

Preread by -TGM- and Goldenwing

Edited by m1ntf4n, PheonixStarr, Wing, and the_Doc, and Swan Song, and Orion Caelum.

Follows canon up to about season 4 or so. I'm not sure when everything went off the rails, but it was originally as true as possible when initially written.

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Button has to go back to the troubles of teenage life, which includes patching things up at home, keeping his friends....and trying to make things less awkward between him and his X-Marefriend Sweetie belle in this dark,cheerful and even comedic insightful take on a Colts high school life and general experiences.

This is told through the perspective of a bitter teenage gamer trying to survive in high school and keep control with the crumbling world around him.

For a while in school, Button Mash didn't really pay attention to other fillies, he was basically a gamer and everyone knew that he didn't have that much friends due to him being addicted to his game. That was until one day Button Mash had to share lockers with Sweetie Belle. Not only does he have to share lockers with her, now he has to sit right behind her during class. And to make things worse for him, he is starting to feel attracted towards Sweetie Belle. Would he ever think about going out with her or even considering about asking her out? And if so, how will he be able to bring up enough courage to ask her out?

[Edit] New Smf cover art done by Nightshade6193, and it looks amazing too!

Also, thank you TheDoctor11PIfor editing the fourth chapter, it looks a lot better than it originally did!!

Button Mash and Sweetie Belle decide to play Minecraft.

So of course, Minecraft decides to start spouting out of the computer and turning Button's house into hundreds of blocks, hostile mobs are spawning in his home and roam free, he has no idea when his mom is getting home, Sweetie Belle has no idea what she's doing, and as if that wasn't enough...

Button has absolutely no idea how to reverse this.

Totally normal day, right?

Inspired by the popular video Don't Mine at Night as well as a 90's movie called Jumanji while also paying homage to an 1879 opera called "Pirates of Penzance" in the form of an (attempted) song parody.

(Ahhh, this got put in the featured box, twice, Huzzah! Thanks to all my readers!)

A fulfilling career, a completely paid off house, a wonderful wife and two amazing daughters – what more could a stallion want? Well, if you asked Hondo Flanks, he’d say that a son who shares his passion for hoofball would be nice. Alas, his wife is no longer interested in having foals but that’s just the way the cookie crumbles. When Sweetie Belle invites Button Mash over to her family’s house for dinner to meet her parents for the first time, Hondo sees it as an opportunity to pal around with the son he never had. Can Button score a touchdown and win over his girlfriend’s father? Or will Hondo’s overbearing nature discourage Button from courting Sweetie Belle further? Don’t look at me; I’m just a story description. Click on the first chapter and read it yourself if you’re so danged curious.

This story is a sequel to The Gift of the Mash

Button Mash had been planning this out for years, ever since that one Heaths Warming Eve where Sweetie Belle kissed him. He was going to ask her out on a date. He's got the perfect idea, taking her out to the Canterlot Winter Ball after Hearths Warming Eve. Only problem is that he doesn't have tickets, but he knows somepony who does. Somepony he's going to regret working for.

Meanwhile, Sweetie Belle is getting prepared for her date with the one boy she's had a crush on for a long time. However, her entire world is rocked when she learns of a secret she was never meant to learn and questions everything in life.

Will this Hearths Warming Eve end up being a season of memories or a season of sorrows?

Edited by CommanderX5 , JumbledThought and Corpulent Brony.

Art work done by RoyalRainbow

If it wasn't obvious enough, you should definitely read the first story, My Player Number Two and then the sequel A Wedding to Remember this is the third story, and I highly advise you to read the first two first. (My Player Number Two is the first story.)

Sweetie Belle and Button Mash have been married for four years now. They're now preparing to become parents for their first foal. But with Sweetie Belle's new emotions, and Button Mash's paranoia, can the two do it? Fortunately, they have help from their friends and family. Filled with emotional heartbreak, and happiness, read along as these two prepare for an experience that they will never forget. WARNING: May contain sexual content, and blood, though highly unlikely. Read for yourself. I'll leave it on Teen anyway.

Sequel:The New Stallion's Adventure in Canterlot
When Sweetie Belle finds out her sister, Rarity is dating the new mysterious stallion in town? She gets curious. When she finds out Spike has no problem with this new stallion? She thinks it's odd. When she finds out Rarity has fallen madly in love with this stallion and Spike still has no problems with it? She gets worried.

Now Sweetie Belle is determined to find out who this stallion is. And does Spike really have no problem with this new stallion? Unfortunately, problems arise when she can't get help from her friends who are busy out of town. So instead she is forced to get help from...... Button Mash.

Cover Art by: Jade Crossroads

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