A Moment's Bump
The sun was shining down on Ponyville, not a single cloud to be seen. A slight breeze was blowing through the small town. Slowly, the family of four trotted towards their new home.
"The pegasi did a good job today, didn't they?" asked Gibson, walking next to Button. Their parents were still in a lovey-dovey moment, nuzzling each other and giving small, swift kisses to each other.
"Well I guess." said Button sadly. His brother noticed his little brother's attitude.
"What's wrong, lil bro?" questioned Gibson, in a cheerful yet concerned tone.
"I miss him." replied Button.
"Hey, don't be sad, lil bro. I understand how you feel. I was kind of friends with Thunderlane." said Gibson, trying to cheer Button up. He said the next bit in a whisper. "Plus I heard Dad on the phone. He told Mom that we're going to stay a little longer in Ponyville, so you might have a better chance at getting a friend."
"But you don't understand! Me and Rumble were best friends!" shouted Button. Then he said calmly: "Sorry."
"Don't worry, kid. It's all part of growing." replied Gibson. They finally reached their new home, so Button's mom asked Button which room he wanted, then commanded him to go to the local arcade and try to make some friends.
"Mom, I don't want to make friends. Everypony will think I'm wierd." replied Button.
"But how about Rumble? He didn't think you were wierd, did he?" asked Button's mom.
"Yes, but he was like a brother from another mare. He liked all the games that I liked, and even introduced me to other video games, which is why I miss him. I probably won't be able to find another friend like him who's in my age group!" answered Button bravely.
"Okay Button, you've persuaded me. You don't have to make friends if you really don't want to." said Button's mom sternly. "You hear me?"
Once she turned around, Button was nowhere to be seen. "Huh, colts never get old." laughed Button's mom, muttering it under her breath.
***
Button got out of the house at started walking to wherever his walk would take him. He took his Joyboy out and started playing Attack from Below:The Wrath of Lucifer, the third game in the series. He started off by hunting a few goblins, stole a lot of gold and traded it with the villagers for few gems. Button had been saving up gems for a long time now, and he finally had enough to buy the Daemrod of Blaze, a powerful weapon that could only be bought from the Wizard from Daemshrow. Button looked at the weapon description, and it said: The Daemrod of Blaze, one of the 7 artefacts forged by Blaze the Great and Almighty. Enemies will be set ablaze by this rod, however it will take away a lot of your mana.
"Sweet!" exclaimed Button. "Now I can finally defeat Lord Kashrye, forge the Key to the Underworld and open the gates, so I can start to fight off the hordes of Lucifer!"
Button used a warp stone, and travelled to Shaykraq, the City of Shadow, and started fighting off the Chrascores, the army of Lord Kashyre, who were one of the greatest and strongest armies in the game. After a few minutes of peaceful slaughter, Button went to a checkpoint, and saved his progress.
He went out off the file and loaded up his second file. On this file, he had more progress but didn't have the good items he had on the other one. He needed to discuss his ambush on the Gates of the Underworld.
He went to a room that had walls of stone, a stone floor and a wooden door that had 2 guards next to it. He was discussing his plan with the highest commander of his army, who was named Sir Marsk Gordrin.
Sir Caldire Draencky, what is your plan on the ambush on the Gates of the Underworld?
Button clicked the option 'Distract the trolls, fire the flame cannons to destroy the goblins and use the Golden Key to unlock the gates.'
I understand you want to destroy the defenders before facing the horde, correct?
Button clicked the option 'Yes.'
Suddenly a messenger came through the door, covered in blood, and in his hand he had a scroll. With his last dying breath, he said that there was an army was coming before collapsing to the floor. Sir Marsk Gordrin took the scroll out of the messenger's hand, showing it to Button. He read the scroll. It said
There is an army of 2000 Erglings, heading North. They have 50 cannons, 10 catapults and 1000 archers, armour-clad in Dragonscale armour. This army is part of the Rebellion's Heart, who are not on Lucifer's side nor ours.
What do you intend to do, commander?
Button told the commander to distract the army and draw them nearer to the Gates of the Underworld, and that the two armies could join together as one and crush the army of Lucifer. After all, only an enemy of Lucifer would be in the Gates of the Underworld. Button saved the game after the discussion ended, and started the battle, as the game had already skipped the part when the army lead the Rebellion's Heart towards the Gates of the Underworld. He used his mana to cast an ice spell, making the trolls freeze, so that the archers could shoot down the trolls. He killed a lot of goblins, and nearly succeeded in the ambush until he bumped into somepony, making him drop the Joyboy that hit his front legs, knocking him onto the ground. His vision was blurred, but he could see a pretty pony above him, with white fur and green eyes.
"Is that an angel?" mumbled Button. "Because she's very pretty." The white pony leaned in closer, and put her ear to his mouth. He noticed that she had a horn, so he muttered the fact that she wasn't an angel because she didn't have wings, but said that she was still as pretty. His vision finally cleared, so he noticed the pony was a filly (that was probably the same age as him or a bit younger) and that she was blushing a bit. He also noticed that she had purple and pink hair. His deafness finally cleared, and he noticed she was shouting at him. Slowly, he climbed up and noticed his Joyboy was on the ground, but for the first time in forever he didn't care about it. He wanted to share this moment (even if it wasn't long) with this cute filly.
"Are you alright?" asked the filly. She started picking up the clothes she had dropped.
"Y-yeah, I'm OK now." replied Button, helping her.
"Sorry about that. I should've looked where I was going." continued the filly, guiltily.
"N-no it's not your fault. I should've looked where I was going." said Button, comforting her.
"Th-thanks. I'm Sweetie Belle." introduced the filly.
"Hi. I'm Button Mash." answered Button. Sweetie Belle shook his hoof.
"You wanna go out for some milkshakes?" asked Sweetie Belle, enthusiastically.
"Sure!" replied Button, smiling.
"Are you new here?" questioned Sweetie Belle.
"Yeah, I moved here today." said Button.
"There ya are, Sweetie Belle!" shouted a yellow filly, with red hair and a pink bow. She was walking towards Sweetie Belle alongside an orange filly.
"We've been looking for you everywhere!" finished the orange filly and purple, tomboy-ish hair.
"Yeah, exactly." continued the yellow filly.
"Well, actually, we kinda caught you and your coltfriend in a special moment." said the orange filly nervously. Sweetie Belle and Button Mash blushed at this statement.
"Ah mean, ta be honest, you two kinda look cute tagether." the yellow filly said honestly. "Ah, look at tha time, Applejack must be a-wonderin where a am. See ya tomorrow Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle. Catch you around, Sweetie Belle's coltfriend." the yellow filly shouted, as she trotted home.
"See ya Applebloom!" shouted Scootaloo. She held out her hoof. "Hey. I'm Scootaloo. And you must be?"
"Button Mash." answered Button confidently, shaking Scootaloo's hoof.
"I see why Sweetie Belle chose you to be her coltfriend." said Scootaloo seriously.
"He's not my coltfriend!" shouted Sweetie Belle.
"Did I hear something?" asked Scootaloo sarcastically.
"O-oh nothing." replied Sweetie Belle nervously.
"Oh um, look at the time. I should be training with Rainbow Dash by now. See you tomorrow Sweetie Belle. See you around Button." bellowed Scootaloo cheerfully, heading in the same direction as Apple Bloom.
"So, um, you wanna have that milkshake now?" asked Sweetie Belle.
"Uh, yeah sure." replied Button, as he picked up his Joyboy. They ran to Sugarcube Corner, with Sweetie Belle leading the way. It wasn't as busy as usual; there were only 5 or 6 other ponies there. They sat at a table and ordered their milkshakes. Sweetie Belle asked for a vanilla milkshake while Button requested a chocolate milkshake, putting his Joyboy on the table.
"That will be 6 bits, please." said Pinkie Pie.
"Sweet Celestia, I forgot to bring any bits." said Sweetie Belle in frustration.
"Don't worry, I've got it covered." beamed Button as he took out a bag with 13 bits in it, placing 6 on the table. Pinkie took them and vanished into thin air.
"Gee, you didn't have to do that, you know." Sweetie Belle said to Button thankfully.
"Actually, I did. I wouldn't have wanted to miss out, and I'm sure you wouldn't want to either." replied Button. Sweetie Belle smiled, feeling flustered in front of such a gentlecolt.
"Order up!" shouted Pinkie, throwing the milkshakes onto the table.
"Milkshakerace321 go!" shouted Button, as he started drinking his milkshake at a very rapid pace. "Aahh! Aahh!" screamed Button, as he fell onto the floor. Sweetie's expression was first one of concern, before she thought he was overreacting, and changed to one of no concern at all. She started to drink the milkshake at a slower pace than Button's, and picked up the Joyboy, killing a few goblins.
5 minutes later...
"Oh hey a bit!" shouted Button, picking up the bit.
"I won." Sweetie Belle told Button, as she showed him the empty bottle.
"Heh heh, I thought so." chuckled Button nervously, as he gave Sweetie the bit. "There's your prize."
"Thanks." smiled Sweetie Belle, as she put it in her saddlebag. She gave him the Joyboy and apologised.
"You wanna go to my house?" asked Button. "Looked like you enjoyed that one." said Button, showing her the Joyboy.
"I'd love to, Button, but it's getting late, and Rarity might be starting to wonder where I was." replied Sweetie Belle, sadly.
"Then I'll walk you home. I'll see a lot more of Ponyville." responded Button, as he hopped off his chair and opened the door for Sweetie Belle. Sweetie also hopped off her chair and walked the the door, with Button following behind. The walk to the boutique wasn't too long, so the duo made the most of it. Sweetie knocked on the door.
"Thanks for walking me home, Button." said Sweetie Belle happily.
"It was nothing, really." replied Button.
A white, tall mare opened the door.
"There you are, Sweetie Belle. I've been waiting for you." started the white mare.
"You shouldn't have worried, Rarity. I was in good hooves." replied Sweetie Belle, pointing to Button.
"Thank you for looking after my sister. I really appreciate it. However, you have a weird sense in hats." laughed Rarity. The other two laughed.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Button. Bye." shouted Sweetie Belle, as she wrapped her hooves around Button. Button did the same.
"I'll see you too, Sweetie Belle. Goodbye." Button said, happily. He trotted off, in the direction of his home.
"Bye Button! See you again!" bellowed Sweetie Belle.
"See you Sweetie Belle!" shouted Button, as he trotted off again.
***
Once Button got home, it was 6:30pm. His parents and Gibson were having dinner.
"Where have you been, sweetie?" asked Button's mom.
"Mom, I've just made a friend." replied Button.