//------------------------------// // Final Stage Codex's Last Stand (Patched) // Story: Button Mash and The Quest to Rescue Sweetie Belle // by JamesBurton //------------------------------// Now Loading... Despair. Anger. Rage. Kill. Feelings. Overwhelming. Revive. Control. Evil.   HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA..........Pathetic Little Colt.....You Can’t Stop Us!.....We Will Come For You!....And Your World Will Suffer!....HOW... DARE... YOU!!!.....BUTTON MASH!!! YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE!!! Try As You Might You Cant Stop The Darknessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssworifgnoelvjbwoejvwehfiwebvwjvweovibwdvjkcsdndarkforcejvweifhefbwnklvjejisghelkgjbnerkllvbjfbnk;ejghbng;qejirgne;gellkjeqn;qghgjuugbnjngbwkijwevwcomingejegbwkjekwjgbwekjvbwivujwbvkwejvjbwkeb... Now Loading...The Arena “Wake her up,” Codex demanded, motioning his two lackeys towards the glass coffin. He walked up to it and smiled evilly at the unicorn filly that lay asleep inside. "Are you sure my lord?" One of his servants gave him an unsure look before looking back at the sleeping pony. “She will most definitely be… less than happy.” Codex growled at his subject’s insolence. “I’m sorry, maybe you didn’t hear me right.” He walked up to the servant who talked back to him until they were snout-to-snout and he stared into his eyes a gaze that could rival Fluttershy’s. “I told you to wake her up, and when I say something, you DO IT!” The servant flinched at his master’s anger before he quickly bowed in reverence with his companion. “Y-y-yes, of course. Sorry, your lordship. It was not my place to question your greatness and wisdom.” The evil unicorn never broke his cold gaze. “You’re darn right it isn’t. Now wake her up.” The two servants share a nervous look before they approached the coffin. Slowly, they lifted the lid off and placed it beside the coffin. The two were internally arguing between each other for who’d wake her up. ‘You wake her up’ ‘No, you do.’ ‘I’ve got a kid. I don’t plan on having my foal growing up with dad whose neck is broken.’ ‘Hey, you were the one who talked back to the boss.’ The servant smirked as he knew his friend had been beaten. He watched a bit fearfully as his comrade nudged the slumbering filly. She slowly began to stir, much to the fear of the the two underlings. The two servants practically teleported behind their lord in cowardice, fearing what the filly might do. Instead, she only sat up yawning, struggling to open her eyes. “What happened? Where am I?” she wondered. She opened her eyes to see a smug unicorn looking at her with two flanks sticking out behind him, both shivering. “Well, well, look who it is,” Sweetie jumped out of her sleeping area and cracked her neck in front of her fillynapper. “Mister Cheapshot himself.” "That's LORD Cheapshot too you,” Codex indignantly corrected her, realizing his mistake when a smirk appeared on Sweetie’s face. “I mean LORD CODEX!” Sweetie Belle shrugged, making no effort to hide the fact that she didn’t care at all. “Sure, whatever. So, are you here to grovel beneath me, surrender, and admit defeat?” Codex just laughed maniacally, “Give up? Surrender? Defeat? Me? Ohohohoh, that’s rich.” He wiped a tear from his eyes as he laughed even harder, creeping the little filly out. “Oh, my little filly, how wrong you are.” His expression snapped from happy to cold serious in a split second. “Chain her now.” Sweetie didn’t notice one of the servants managed to sneak behind her until he attached a metal collar on her neck by surprise. The collar had a chain attached to it, the other end being in the servant’s mouth. "What the?!" She pulled on the collar to no avail, then tried chewing on the chain. That didn’t do much either. “Get this chain off of me!” she demanded, growling at Codex. She stepped forward menacingly before spears starting pointing themselves dangerously close to her chest. She shuffled back and gulped, much to a certain dark lord’s delight. Codex smirked between two lumbering armored ponies whose weapons were poised threateningly at the filly. “How about no?” He turned around while flairing his cape and motioned to the guards and servants. “Come, come. Let’s take her to the arena.” The four ponies reverently bowed before following him, dragging Sweetie Belle along. “Your little coltfriend has been a real annoyance, you know?” he looked back at the marshmallow unicorn who simply glared back. “It seems that he’s on his way here right now.” It was Sweetie Belle’s turn to smirk. “Looks like you’re about to get your flank kicked!” she yelled, her voice cracking in excitement. All six ponies cringe a bit as a roar filled their ears from above. “That must be them,” Codex looked upwards in anticipation. "Them?" Sweetie Belle tried to stop the shaking in her voice. She wondered what would happen to her coltfriend. Codex just chuckled. "Oh you'll see." He turned to his lackeys with a devious smile. “You, take her to the center of the arena and make sure she STAYS there,” he commanded them before he turned around and went ahead. “She wouldn’t want to miss this.” “Lemme go!” Button screamed, flailing around in the claw of the dragon. “LEMME GO!” He managed to struggle himself free only to quickly grab the claw again before he fell to his death. “ON LAND PREFERABLY!” he shouted in fear. The beast ignored his cries. Instead, it swooped down towards the last huge chain that connected to Codex’s Castle. The colt watched in wonder and terror as the reptile spat a fiery breath, melting the metal and breaking the chain. He then felt himself get lifted up and he saw that they were approaching a coliseum-like building. It was circular and white, much like the Roaman Coliseum Button studied about in history class. However, while it was marble and large, it didn’t have multiple entrances like the Roaman coliseum. It seemed to be more for fighting than for spectacle. The earth pony had no time to awe at the structure when a white speck tied to a pole caught his eye. Sweetie Belle! The dragon flew closer to the ground, getting ready to land. “Curse you, Baelfel!” Button knew exactly who screaming. “I should have destroyed when I defeated you the first time, you beast!” The brown earth pony turned his head to see the gray pony growling at the dragon. The unicorn’s anger vanished when he saw what the dragon had in his claws. “Oh, you brought Button Mash,” Codex deviously smiled. Baelfel flung Button Mash away and diverted all of his attention to the smug unicorn who was atop the walls of the coliseum. Codex’s horn shimmered blue as beams started shooting out towards the dragon, prompting its take-off. The beast flew left and right, avoiding rays of energy coming from the ground. “I was hoping you and Button Mash would have taken care of each other,” the gray pony grimaced as he continued shooting at the flying reptile. “Oh well, I can squash both of you on my own anyway!” The two battling powerhouses failed to notice the unconscious figure that was thrown to the wall. Button… Wake up Button… Sweetie Belle is calling for you Button, you must get up! We have used our power to take control of the dragon… Remember Button Mash that you are never alone...But if you do not escape from this world then they will take everything you hold dear and corrupt your world as they see fit. But do not worry young pony, for in your times of need we shall lend your our power! When you return to your world… find and defeat their Chosen One! Button Mash slowly stirred himself back in consciousness holding his head. "What? Who's they? Chosen One?" He slowly got back to his hooves with his vision still shaky. "BUTTON, BUTTON ARE YOU OK?!" Sweetie shrieked from afar. "Yeah…” Button weakly groaned. “Yeah, I’m fine Sweetie.” The colt took a few second to process what he just said. His eyes widen in shock and his ears perk up, “Sweetie Belle!” He turned and saw the white unicorn tied to a pillar in the middle of the arena. Sweetie Belle breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, I'm so glad that your-" She couldn’t finish her sentence as Button Mash interrupted with a passionate kiss on her lips. "Heh, you couldn't even wait till you got me out of these chains could you?" Sweetie chuckled as she looked down to the floor, trying to hide the crimson on her cheeks. "Nope," he replied as he removed the chains from around Sweetie Belle and pulled her in for a hug. "Oh, the things I had to go through to rescue you." He gave her another kiss. "But I saved you...My princess." The unicorn filly laughs. "Well then my knight, when we return home." She looks at Button Mash with bedroom eyes. "How about I give you a...Hero's reward?"   Button Mash nervously chuckled while his propeller hat spun wildly.     "AHEM!" Button Mash and Sweetie Belle quickly looked back. "Aren't you two getting ahead of yourselves?" The unicorn king slowly walked towards them with a menacing smirk on his face and a lifeless dragon behind him. "One down, and one more to go. You will regret challenging my rule Button Mash! And since you two love each other sooooo much you don't get to die alone, isn't that great?" Enough Codex! "Huh?" Codex lspun around wondering who called his name. Button Mash an Sweetie Belle looks around as well wondering what's happening now. You Have Failed Us Codex! We Gave You One Simple Task And You Failed! "What?! What task?" He asked confused. For Your Failure We Herby Banish You To The Realm Between Worlds! "WHAT?!" A black portal appears below Codex dragging him into the darkness. Sweetie Belle latched on to Button Mash as they watch in horror as the evil king dragged off to his demise. "NO... IT CANNOT BE!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" The portal disappears with Codex in tow. Button Mash and Sweetie Belle looked at the spot where Codex once stood. "Button...What just happened?" "No idea." Once again both ponies disappear in a flash of light. "Ohh, now what?" Button Mash groaned as he sat up. "Now where are we?" He soon finds himself in a very familiar place. "It can’t be." The shocked earth pony quickly shook Sweetie Belle awake. "Sweetie, Sweetie wake up!" She sits up rubbing her head. "Ugh, Button where are we now?" "MY ROOM!" he excitedly exclaimed. "SWEETIE BELLE WE’RE BACK IN MY ROOM!" He quickly hopped onto his bed. "See? Here's my bed, and my figurines, my posters, and my saddlebags!" He gestured toward each of his items as he said it. "Button Mash, look." Sweetie gasped, her gaze locked to the screen. Button looks at the screen, and a small smile formed on his young face. You're a true hero Button Mash! Thank you for saving us! He got up from his bed and turned off the game. "Well, I think that's enough video games for one day." He removes the cartridge from his game console. He turned and faced Sweetie Belle. "Now what?" She grinned naughtily and pushed Button on his bed with her on top. "Now this." She sensually kissed him for going through the trouble of fighting to get her back from her fillynapper. Button Mash wrapped his hooves around her pulling her close and.- "Ahem." Sweetie Belle and Button Mash looked at the doorway where a light brown mare was standing with a eyebrow raised. "Hi Mom!" Button tried to play it off, talking like he didn’t get caught doing very age-inappropriate things with his fillyfriend by his mother. Milano rolled her eyes playfully. "Honestly you two, would it kill you to close the door and put something on the knob so that I know that you two are busy, like they do in college." "Sorry," they both replied, blushing furiously. "Well, anyway, I came up here to tell you that dinner's ready, Oh and Happy Anniversary! ." She walked downstairs, leaving the two in privacy. "Oh yeah!" exclaimed Button Mash. "I completely forgot about our anniversary." It didn't take him long to realize his mistake. "I-I mean...Crap!" "All, its alright Button," she giggled while giving him another kiss. "I'm willing to forgive you this time." Both get up from the bed and head downstairs for their first anniversary dinner. A few hours later Its nighttime in Ponyville as Princess Luna's moon shined brightly and the stars decorated the night sky. Button Mash and Sweetie Belle had just finished spending their first anniversary together. "So, Sweetie did you enjoy yourself tonight?" asked Button. "Mm-hmm, I had a wonderful time, Button," she replied. Button Mash looks up at the night sky. "Well, it’s getting late. Come on Sweetie, I'll walk you home, but first-" he eyed the trashcan by his house. "Let’s get rid of this." He threw the game inside and took his fillyfriend home... In the middle of the night, Ponyville was a quiet, serene place. Not a soul stirring to break the silence. Save for a pony in a concealing trench coat and a fedora, creeping up towards a certain house. As quiet as a mouse, she crept up towards the trashcan by the residence, slowly opening it. “Yes, he has gotten stronger,” the stranger smiled. A small orb of light was floating next to her, illuminating her coat yet casting a shadow on her face with a eerie yellow glow. It emitted a tiny, soft screeching sound. “Of course, of course. I shall initiate phase two at once.” The mystery pony reached into the trashcan and pulled out a game cartridge. “I shall send it to him at once.”