//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Button Mash and Dinky Doo // Story: Broken Barriers: Secret Reports // by BioQuillFiction //------------------------------// “So, how should we do this?” Scootaloo asked and she and Diamond Tiara walked down the halls. Plotting to gather their siblings. “Well, the only ones home right now are Dinky and Button.” Diamond said. “We can probably find Frisk, Chara and Asriel easy, as for Applebloom and Sweetie Belle...that might be harder.” “We can ask the Scouting H.Q?” “That should work.” Tiara agreed. “I’ll grab Dinky, you deal with Button.” “Why do I get Button?! He hasn’t left his room since dad… It’s gonna stink in there…” “Yeah, but you can probably drag him out of there better than I can, plus, his Keyblade has range, you can dodge easier than I could.” “...Point taken. Fine, but you owe me.” “Fair enough.” Tiara agreed as she and Scootaloo shook, then quickly split up to each deal with their siblings still at home. Scootaloo ran up to Button’s bedroom door. It was decorated with posters of games and the handle was replaced an old game controller, built into the doorframe to act as a keypad. Enter the right password, enter, wrong password, door stays locked. Scootaloo looked at this, summoned her Keyblade, and tapped the controller as it clicked, the door sliding open instantly. “In a place full of Keyblades...why bother with locks?” She pondered, entering the room. She expected it to be lights off save for either the tv or computer screen light, but the lights were on and the windows were open, letting sunlight in. But, as expected, Button was laying down on his bed, playing the first gaming device Zeke had given him. “Hey.” She said, Button glanced over, spotting her. He sighed. “Hey.” He said as he continued playing the game. “You beat all those games yet?” Scootaloo asked, taking a seat on his bed. To her surprise, Button’s room was clean, and well kept, even his bed was made. “Most, this is the last one till I’ve beaten them all.” Button said, his tone somewhat sad. “What brings you here?” “You. Diamond and I are trying to snap everyone out of this grief. She got me out of it, we got mama Celestia out of it, she’s gonna work with the other moms, and I’m getting you, and Tiara is getting Dinky.” “Huh. What you do to get Mama Celestia out of it?” “Basically called her fat, but that dad would find her even sexier.” Button snickered. “Yeah. Probably.” He said, a small smile on his lips. “What did Tiara do to snap you out of it?” “We argued, she nearly killed me, then we talked it out.” “Really? Well to convince your hard head it would take that.” “Hey!” Scootaloo said, punching Button in the gut as he clenched his stomach and paused his game quickly. “Called it.” He huffed, air trying to re enter his body. “Yeah, well, we can’t just sit here and do nothing...Dad’s gone...but if we sit around and let his work fall apart… then we aren’t worthy to be his kids.” Button looked thoughtful, sitting up and looking at Scootaloo. “We really wouldn’t, would we?” He said, chuckling. “He saved our world, our lives, and brought back nearly everyone… You’re right… Alright, what’s the plan?” He asked, a determined look on his face as he turned off his game and got up out of bed. “Let’s go see how Diamond Tiara is doing with Dinky, with luck, she'd have snapped her out of it, or is close.” “Alright, let’s go see if she’s alright.” Diamond Tiara stood outside her sister Dinky’s room. A door that was once decorated with marker graffiti and crayon drawings on paper tapes on the door like posters was not all taken down and replaced with a “Do Not Disturb” Sign painted in red on the door. Dinky was hit really hard, only really talking to her birth mother and not much anyone else. She knocked on the door. No response She knocked again. No response. She knocked a third time. “Read the sign.” Dinky’s voice spoke from behind the door. “Dinky, It’s Tiara, open up. We need to talk.” There was silence. “Either you let me in or I am gonna unlock or bash this door down.” The sound of Dinky sighing came from behind the door before the door slid open, revealing Dinky, dressed in a lab coat. “What do you want? I’m busy.” “Here to snap your out of your sadness…” Well, if not sadness, something. Tiara thought. “I’m not sad. I’m a tad peeved about being interrupted.” Dinky said, tapping her foot. What happened to her? She was so sweet...is she? “...Replacing sadness with anger huh?” Tiara said. “Say what?” “Before Dad died you were a sweet, kind, innocent girl. Now, you’ve isolated yourself from almost everyone, when we do see you you’re either nose deep in a book or mad. Why are you trying to avoid feeling sad?” “I-I...IT’S NOT FAIR!” Dinky yelled, making Diamond Tiara jump. “I NEVER KNEW OR HAD A FATHER GROWING UP! THEN ZEKE...the perfect dad…” Dinky began to tear up. “It’s not fair…” Tiara hugged Dinky, and she burst out crying. “We all are dealing with dad being gone, but denying that sadness and fact just makes it worse.” “Yo Tiara, how’s- oh, nevermind.” Scootaloo said as she and Button Mash can running down the halls. “Man, forgot how long these halls were, Button and I got lost on the way here. Somehow ended up in the kitchen before finally finding this spot. So Dinky, you aboard?” “Yeah. Just...give me a moment.” Dinky said, walking back into her room and closing the door. There was some noises, clanking glass and the sound of something heavy being moved. The door soon reopened, Dinky dressed in a sky blue hoodie with sunflower pattern shorts and flip flops. “Had to get something casual.” Her siblings just rolled their eyes. Dinky’s fashion has, on many occasions, received a faint and/or instant wardrobe redo by their mother Rarity. And after every redo Dinky somehow got all her old clothes back. “So, what now?” Scootaloo asked. “We find Rumble, Chara, Asriel and Frisk will be easy, but Rumble and Applebloom and Sweetie Bell will be harder.” Diamond Tiara explained. “How? Doesn’t Rumble do a lot of fights in the arena?” Button asked. “Yeah, but he’s still a scouter. He might be off on another world.” “Then let’s ask the Scouters office.” Dinky suggested. “I’m sure they’ll tell us.” The group nodded, Tiara, Scootaloo and Button heading to the Scouting office, and Dinky heading to the newest Reconstruction site. “I see, are you certain?” [Nods] “Alright then. I’ll inform the others, and tell Crow about Master’s death personally.” “We must begin planning immediately.” “I know. Daybreak still has Core’s heart. Get that, Core will live again.”