It was a sunny day in the small town of Ponyville, the birds were singing and the townsponies were going about their daily lives. It was springtime and the weather control team decided to make it a cloudless day. All was well in the small town.
"BUTTON, RUMBLE, STOP!" Sweetie Belle shrieked.
Okay, maybe not so well.
Two fourteen-year-old colts were fighting in a schoolyard. One was a brown earth pony and the other was a gray pegasus, both bruised and battered. Button and Rumble were duking it out during lunch period following Rumble’s venomous confession. All the fillies watched in silence as the sound of each sickening blow filled the air, although some colts started cheering on while others were even taking bets.
"Wow,” Diamond Tiara said nonchalantly, “that escalated quickly.” She winced a bit as she saw Button take a solid hit to the left eye. “Button Mash is the last pony I expected to be any good at a fight,” she told the gray filly next to her as she spectated the bout. Rumble flew towards Button and tried to lift him in the air, but he was quickly denied when the earth pony threw a solid hoof to the underside of the pegasus’ chin. “He’s actually pretty good,” Diamond smirked, not even making an effort to hide how impressed she was.
Silver Spoon didn’t flinch at her best friend’s lack of empathy. She didn’t even say anything or look at her. She was simply whimpering softly as tears formed in her eyes. “It wasn’t supposed to be like this,” she quivered, “It was over and we were leaving, but that stupid Button Mash had to hit Rumble first.”
It was supposed to be a simple break up. Rumble was supposed to tell Scootaloo that it was over and that he had found somepony else. Both knew that Scootaloo would not take it well but they thought that she would at least respect his wishes. When the time came to tell her however, it all went horribly wrong: Scootaloo denied Rumble broke up with her, instead claiming it was a sick joke. But Rumble was not backing down and continued to tell her that things was over between them. She merely laughed and demanded who was he leaving her for, so he told her.
And it got worse.
Scootaloo was understandably upset, she wanted to think that he was lying to her or that it was some sort of nightmare, but she knew one thing abpit Rumble that made the realization set in that this wasn't a bad dream.
Rumble can’t lie. He couldn't lie to save his life, in fact that's how they started dating in the first place. He had a crush on her and when she asked him about it, he denied it while looking away, but two seconds later he started smiling and they started dating, but this time he was completely straight faced.
Then she started screaming at him which brought the attention of her two friends Sweetie Belle and Applebloom, then he screaming back which got Button Mash's attention. Both sides tried in vain to defuse the situation but both of them were still screaming at each other not backing down. Then Rumble said some harsh but true facts about Scootaloo and she ran away crying, Sweetie Belle sent Applebloom to follow her while she stayed behind while Button Mash and Rumble started to argue, then Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon showed up.
And, well, you know what happens next.
Rumble charged towards Button Mash but he headbutted him on the nose, sending the gray pegasus flying backwards on the ground. The class could have sworn that they saw blood on the patch of grass Rumble was laying on. Button Mash doesn't even let him recover from that vicious headbutt and just pounced on the gray pony, viciously pounding on his face repeatedly with his hooves. The earth pony continued his onslaught despite the fact that blood was already splattering all over his hooves.
"Okay class, recess is ov-” The purple pony stopped in shock at the scene happening in her school. “BUTTON! RUMBLE! STOP THIS AT ONCE!” she shouted, rushing over to the two ponies. She tried dragging the brown colt off of the pegasus under him, but he was relentless. It took help from Snips, Snails and Pipsqueak before they got to pry Button Mash off. “ENOUGH YOU TWO!” Cheerilee screamed, looking at the earth pony being held back by the orange and teal pair of colts and the battered pegasus being restrained by the spotted pony.
It was evening time in Ponyville now, After what happened at school, Miss Cherilee ended class early so that she could deal with Button Mash and Rumble. Silver Spoon remembered her coltfriend leave with his brother; probably on his way to a hospital for his broken nose and many bruises and cuts. She also remembered going to his house to check up on him. His room was a complete mess, things were thrown on the floor, pictures of himself and Button Mash ripped in half and scattered around, his bed was upside down and his covers were all over the place and his walls had many hoof-shaped holes in them and his blinds were closed, making his room dark. Most importantly, she saw a broken Rumble bawling into his hooves on the floor, wracking with every sob.
Silver Spoon walked up to Rumble and hugged him tightly. "Don't worry Rumble," she said softly as she stroked his mane. "Everything is going to be alright."
That was three months ago.
"Rumble, stop! That tickles!" Silver Spoon giggles as her coltfriend kisses her neck. Its has been a rough three months but as they say, time heals all wounds.
Diamond Tiara looks at the couple and rolls her eyes in playful annoyance. "Ugh, can’t you two be affectionate somewhere else?" With time and with Silver Spoon’s and surprisingly, Diamond Tiara’s help, Rumble recovered and started to smile again. "Seriously, you two are so sweet on each other that I might have to amputate my leg."
Rumble stops kissing Silver Spoon. "Then why are you in my room Diamond?" He resumes cuddling Silver Spoon. "Sometimes I think you like watching us,” he coyly smiled.
Diamond Tiara face turns a little red. "N-n-no I don't," she stammers as she avoids eye contact with the couple. "I'm just bored and Silvy wont let me have any fun, that's all."
"Ohohoho if that’s the case, DT, then why didn't you say something?” Silver teasingly clucks as she grabs her best friend by her pink hoof and pulls her closer. Rumble puts his free hoof around her, much to her surprise. “There we go,” Silver grinned naughtily.
"W-W-WHAT?!" Diamond Tiara's face turns from pink to pure red. "B-B-BUT HE'S YOUR COLTFRIEND!"
"And your my best friend." She goes back to cuddling Rumble. "So I don't mind sharing, right Rumble?"
Rumble just sits there like an idiot, he didn't know rather to agree or disagree, so he played it safe and hoped for a distraction.
"Hey Bro, Derpy just delivered a package," Thunderlane walks into his younger brothers room and finds him with two fillies around his hooves. "For you." He gives Rumble the package and leaves the room a bit teary-eyed. "I've never been so proud and jealous in my life," he sniffed as he closed the door behind him.
Rumble looks at the package confused. "That's weird, I don't remember ordering anything." He opens it and a game cartridge falls out. "Eh? what's this? Hero's Quest?"
"Hmm, it looks like one of you-know-who's video games," Diamond Tiara chimes in. "I wonder how many bits did he spend to get this?"
Rumble looks at it not moving, as if he was lost in thought. Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara look at him curiously. Then suddenly he breaks the game in half. "Oops, it broke," he smiles at the wreckage and tosses it aside.
"Man, Rumble, that was cold," Diamond Tiara laughs, alongside Silver Spoon.
Suddenly, a black orb appears in front of them and falls on the floor, exploding in black smoke. A gray unicorn with a brown mane and blue eyes rose out of the darkness. "Well, that was something." He looks at the three with some interest. "Okay, where am I, and who are you?" he asks blankly, eyeing the three ponies he appeared in front of.
"I think the bigger question is who are you, and how did you get in my room?" Rumble demands, growling at the intruder and defensively hiding the fillies with him behind his wings.
The gray unicorn scoffs. "Fine then, know my name and fear it. I. AM. CODEX.”