“Why did we have to move?” Button mumbled to himself as he attempted to hold in the tears from pouring from his eyes, especially in front of all the strangers riding the train that day, that unforgettable day in which Button said goodbye to all of his friends that live in Manehattan.
Button stared outside from the train window observing the wild majestic beauty of Equestria’s landscape. From the transparent flowing rivers crossing through the forest to the magnificent mountainous range filled with bountiful wildlife, the beautiful scenery made Button remember of the countless hours spent playing with his friends in the open magical world of the Star Swirl the Bearded Scrolls. He and his friends would spend the majority of the weekend at Button’s house playing on his Z box trying to level up their champions, complete the all of the quests, receive all the possible achievements, and just goof around in their little virtual paradise until the sunset on Sunday reminding the little colts of the upcoming school week. Their gaming session also included hours of playing Fighting is Magic, Luna 3, and Team Ponies 2. Not only did they enjoying the company of each other while playing video games but also other fun-filled activities such as playing sports, attending conventions, viewing movies, working on musical collaborations, and any other activity a middle school colt could do in the immense city of Manehattan. All of theses unforgotten memories made it impossible for button to hold on to his inner emotions and he released them by shedding a stream of tears from his eyes making it visible to his family that button already missed his life in Manehattan.
His brother, Lucky Mash, responded to Button’s action by first saying, “What a little cry filly” ending his words with an evil smirk and malicious laugh.
His brother’s words made button’s rage meter go over 9,000 making him spew curse words to his brother in Humgonian so none of the other passengers would be able to understand him. “Button Mash and Lucky Mash both of you stop fighting…Right NOW!” responded their mother in a low but commanding tone, “Apologize to each other right now or so help me Celestia from unleashing my full fury on both you!!” commanded Button’s mom filling her two sons with fear as they imagined the fire of Tartarus surrounding her as she charges her full rage.
Both Button and Lucky stared at each other and quickly said in a whimpering voice, “I’m sorry bro.”
Those words transformed their mother’s demonic appearance to the nice sweet kind caring mother they know and love. “Awww you colts are the best and lucky to be more understanding of your brother’s emotions. If I remember correctly, Lucky, you were also a ‘little cry filly’ when we moved from Fillydelphia to Manehattan.”
“Mom…” said the older colt to his mom as he covered his face with his snapback.
“And Button, I know you already miss your friends and the life we had in Manehattan but you know we had to move to ponyville in order for your Dad to visit us more often. Just imagine seeing him every weekend instead of only seeing him every other month or during the holidays.”
As much as Button missed his life in Manehattan, he knew that his mom was telling the truth. His dad works for one of the largest financial companies in all of Equestria located in Canterlot. His Dad loved spending time with them but sadly his job demanded copious amounts of days both in the office and during business trips leaving his dad very little room to have a week off to visit his family in Manehattan. Not only did this affect the time Button spent with his dad, but it also affected his mother in a negative aspect. Button could see in his mom’s eyes that she truly missed having his father living with them especially in romantic events in which she would only receive a “love care package” in the mail filled with chocolates, flowers, and pictures of them as a couple, but not having the colt she loved physically there with her, filled her with conflicting emotions eventually causing her to produce an ocean of tears. Button was not interested in searching for his ‘one true love’ or anything related to romance but the only couple he looked up to as a testimony for true love in Equestria was his parents’ relationship. There was an internal love binding them together helping them accomplish any obstacle during the toughest of time and the same love filled them with euphoria during the simple but magical moments of life. To Button, their love was even stronger than Princess Cadence and Shinning Armor’s love for each other. Contemplating on this, Button’s attitude shifted into an optimistic view on his current situation. “If moving to Ponyville makes my Mom happy, then it is worth the sacrifice. Maybe it won’t be as terrible as I thought it would be” pondered Button.
His thoughts were interrupted when the conductor announced to the passengers, “Passengers, we have arrived to Ponyville!”
“Finally! My hoofs were falling asleep” said Lucky as he carried his luggage off the train while his family mimicked the same action with their luggage. Button took his first steps off the train cart and observed the landscape surrounding the train station. It looked exactly as how people describe it, a small beautiful town surrounded by acres of forest terrain and fertile farmland. Button inhaled deeply smelling the rich fresh aroma of pinewood, wild flowers, sweet delicious apples, and any other natural scents in the nearby area.
Everything seemed to be peaceful until he and his family were startled by the abrupt sound of a booming canon and then showered by confetti and balloons while a pink energetic pony appeared in front of them yelling at them with a large smile “Surprise! Welcome to Ponyville, Mash Family.”
It turned out that Button’s father requested a welcome committee from Ponyville’s finest party pony, Pinkie Pie and her group of friends. They greeted Button’s family at the train station and then gave them a tour of Ponyville. Button saw all the locations in Ponyville from the local library where Twilight Sparkles lives, to Fluttershy’s cottage located near the entrance of the Everfree forest. He even saw a local arcade located near the farmer’s market and it was only a 15 minutes trot from his new house. The tour ended with a massive party at Sugar Cube Corner, it was the biggest party Button had ever attended. By the time Button’s family reached their new house, the movers had already placed most the boxes and furniture in their correct location. The new house had a similar architectural design as the other houses in Ponyville and the location of the house was on the outskirts of the main plaza near the City Hall. Button and Lucky helped the movers carry the remaining furniture and afterwards selected their rooms. Button chose the room in the second floor that was connected to the back balcony while his brother selected the smaller room on the first floor since he had to move out in a few weeks to attend the University of Baltimare. Button was organizing his room placing his consoles, television, computer, posters, bookshelves, games, spinning hats, musical instruments, and other essential items in different locations.
“Musical instruments? Why would a nerdy gamer pony have instruments, doesn’t he only play video games?” that’s the thought most fillies and colts would say when they discover that Button owned musical instruments.
The reality is that Button, besides having an obsession for video games, also had a passion for music being influenced by the famous musician Octavia as well as his favorite soundtrack composer Hanz Zimmercolt. Button learned to play the violin, cello, and the guitar but his favorite instrument to play is the violin because of the amazing composition created for the violin by Octavia. Very few of his friends in Manehattan knew about his musical talent since he kept it a secret making himself believe that his musical skills could only be used as a hobby since all the ponies with musical talents received their cutie mark at an extremely young age and were years ahead of Button’s musical skills making him feel inferior, thus he relied on video games in order to find his cutie mark…his destiny!!
As Button was finishing placing his favorite movie posters, Equestria Wars and The Dark Mare-Do-Well, on the wall his mother gently tapped on the door slowly opening the door saying, “Hello! May I come in?”
“Of course Mom, no need to ask” responded Button.
“How do you like your new room so far? And by the way I love how you organize your room, it looks nice and clean just the way it should always look…” finishing the statement with a complaint as she stared at the young colt’s face.
“Mom… You know I will try my best to keep this room clean and yes I love that this room has more space compare to my old room in our former apartment.” Button responded cheerfully with a glowing smile.
On the other side of Ponyville in Rarity’s boutique, Sweetie Belle was trotting around her large room located on the second floor organizing her saddlebag and supplies for the first day of high school that started tomorrow. She was also organizing which accessories to wear on each particular day ranging from hair bows to sunglasses all designed and created by Rarity. All of this occurred while Sweetie Belle was playing DJ-PON3’s new album, Random Memories in Equestria, and bopping her head to the beat of the song. The glorious sound of the electronic instrumental music, the incredible earth shattering base, and free flowing beat travel from her ear drums to the rest of her body. Making sure no pony could see, she started to break out into a free style dance routine using robotic dance moves and impressive foot techniques while listening to the number one song of the album, Bring music in Life.
Once the song ended, Sweetie Belle stopped her dance and squeaked to herself, “Dancing is so much fun!!” As much as she enjoyed dancing only Scootaloo and Applebloom knew about her secret talent since she only demonstrated her singing skills in talent shows feeling inferior to the large dancing crews or individual dancers that always did public shows and already had their cutie marks. Sweetie Belle dreamt that her cutie mark could be a combination of her singing and dancing talent but instead lost hope in her dream and pushed dancing as a secret hobby that was fun and useful for school dances and Pinkie Pie’s parties.
Her train of thought was shifted into thinking about the possible events that might occur tomorrow, her first day as a freshpony in Ponyville High School. “High School….it is so weird how quickly time passes by. I still remember when I first met Applebloom and Scootaloo in 5th grade, when all three of us were ‘blank flanks’ and we started the cutie mark crusaders. We grew quickly adding more members like Pipsqueak, Rumble, Shady Daze, and Pinkie Feather. Now Scootaloo and Applebloom are the only ones that got their cutie marks. Scootaloo’s cutie mark is a golden lighting with purple wings and she got it while participating in the Equestria Scooter Games. Applebloom’s cutie mark is an apple being drawn by a paint brush and she received it after helping applejack rebuild the farms destroyed in Appleloosa by the sand storms. My two best friends got their cutie mark and I still don’t have mine…”
Sweetie Belle’s thoughts were interrupted by Rarity’s soothing voice, “Sweetie Belle! Could you please lower the volume of your music?” as she opened the door using her blue magical abilities. “Oh and by the way, you really have some fabulous dance moves sweetie” Rarity added with a small gentle giggle.
“Rarity! Why were you spying on me anyway?” exclaimed Sweetie Belle.
“Well darling, it is not really consider spying but more observing what you were doing through the key hole. By the way what were you thinking about? You spent quite a while starring out the window” said Rarity with a curious tone in her voice.
“Oh, I was just thinking about tomorrow being my first day in high school. I’m excited to start high school but also nervous at the same time.”
“Oh, you’re nervicited, my dear sister!” Rarity responded quickly with glee.
“Huh?” responded Sweetie Belle with a confused face.
“Sorry Sweetie Belle, it was a word that Pinkie made up and it got planted in my memory. Anyways, high school is a memorable part of every pony’s life because you make life long friendships, prepare yourself for your future, discover who you really are, maybe even having your first coltfriend…” ending the statement with a small smirk on her face.
“Rarity! I don’t even have my cutie mark…the last thing I am worry about it having a coltfriend” responded Sweetie Belle.
…tears full of joy slid down Button’s mom face as she starred at Button. “Oh dear Celestia, just seeing how fast you and your brother have grown into older handsome gentlecolts brings joy to my eyes but at the same time I still remember when you two were young colts playing in the bathtub together. Time flies by so quickly now that your brother is going to college in a few weeks and you are going to start high school tomorrow which is one of the most memorable events in any pony’s life because of meeting your possible life long friends, preparing yourself for the future, discovering who you are, getting your cutie mark, and who knows maybe even getting your first marefriend…” Button’s mom teased at the end.
“Mom as nice as that sounds there is a major flaw to your motherly logic which is if I couldn’t find my cutie mark or have my first marefriend in Manehattan, the most diverse cosmopolitan city in all of Equestria, then how in the world am I suppose to receive my cutie mark and discover my destiny in Ponyville, the smallest and most rural city in all of Equestria!”
Button’s mom looked at him with a compassionate understanding look on her face as she turned to the direction of the door and said, “Button come with me, I want to show you something real quick.” Both ponies trotted to the living room in which they sat on the couch surrounded with boxes labeled “important memories”. Button’s mom open one of the boxes and pulled out her old high school yearbook. She opened the yearbook showing Button all of the pictures of the clubs and organizations she belonged to in high school, which included the cheer squad, chorus, dance club, acting club, volunteer organizations, and many other clubs.
“Wow Mom, you were a very social pony during high school” said Button.
“Yes I was but if you notice carefully you will see that I did not have my cutie mark at all…not until I met your father” responded Button’s mom. Button looked back at the pictures and was taken by surprise that in every picture, whether with friends or by herself, his mom still had a blank flank until he saw his mom’s prom picture with his dad in which you could see her visible cutie mark.
“I… I, don’t understand, how could such a talented pony like you, not discover their cutie mark earlier in high school?” questioned Button.
“Well you see Button even though most ponies get their cutie mark either by themselves or with the help of friends, other ponies find their cutie mark when they meet that special some pony who is their other half and open their eyes to their true destiny and potential. I got mine after I realized how much I loved being with your father and how he made me feel, especially when volunteering to help other younger fillies and colts. Our love for each other made me realize how happy I was with him and how I could live the rest of my life with him and help other younger ponies. Once I realized that fact, my cutie mark appeared demonstrating to me that sometimes love is necessary in the equation of self discovery…”commented Button’s mom
“Darling, I know you are still upset that you haven’t gotten your cutie mark yet but have you ever thought that maybe you are one of those special ponies that need to find love in order to get their cutie mark and discover their destiny?” said Rarity.
“I don’t see how love will help me find my cutie mark Rarity” Sweetie Belle responded immediately.
“Sweetie Belle! I’m surprised that you forget how powerful love can truly be. If my friends and I on a subconscious level helped each other get our cutie marks using the magic of friendship and Shinning Armor and Cadence were able to stop the changeling army in Canterlot using the magic of love, then imagine the power love has when trying to find your true destiny and receive your cutie mark” ending her argument with a comforting smile to Sweetie Belle.
“I never thought of it like that” responded Button Mash and Sweetie Belle to their supporting guardians.
“That is why the bond between me and your father can never be broken” responded Button’s mother
“Even though friendship is magic, love is also another powerful magic in Equestria” responded Rarity
Both ponies with this thought in mind trotted to their rooms and prepared themselves to go to sleep. As they were lying on their beds both ponies had the same thought running through their mind,
“Is this the year of change?
Is this the year I get my cutie mark and discover my destiny?
Is it possible that I am that special type of pony who needs to have love in the equation in order to discover their destiny?
If I am that special type of pony, could I find my real true love in Ponyville?”