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// 11. Sweetie's First Move 
// Story: SweetieMashMinecraftAdventures YAY! 
// by CristalGalaxy 
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"How is this possible...?!"

"I... I..." Button collapsed to the floor. "I have no idea!" 
He hated that feeling, the feeling of not knowing what was happening. 

"H... Helper! I need to go find Helper!" mumbled Sweetie, attempting to make her way towards the forest. 
A tree fell at a few hoofsteps, causing the ground to crack. 

"But... Minecraft doesn't allow that!"

Button ran to her side and pulled her back into the small hole that they had made to get out. 
"It's too dangerous! I'm sure he's fine!" 

"I hope so..." she gloomily murmured, feeling extremely anxious.

They both stayed there for what seemed like hours, patiently waiting for the rumbling to stop. 

In the end, it was only a few minutes (they had crafted a watch in the meantime) and Button dug his way out once the last rumble had passed. 

A terrifying scene was awaiting them. 
Trees had fallen everywhere. 
The ground was cracked. 
Dead animals squashed under the debris.

Sweetie Belle let out a cry and ran forward to where their house was. 

"Sweetie! Wait up!" yelled Button, running after her.

He followed her through the carcasses of animals and even monsters for about a minute.

She finally stopped in front of their cave. 
It had been completely destroyed.

The door was tiny and floating an inch above the ground, broken by the rocks that had fallen onto it. 

"No..." Sweetie's whimper made Button jump as he was lost in his thoughts. "H... Helper? Helper!"

She ran to the rocks and started to dig away. 
Button shook himself and helped. 

They mined and mined and mined through the hard and solid barrier until finally : 
"I... I can see something! It's... It's..." 

Sweetie's voice died down. 

"What...? What is it?! Are you okay?" urged Button. 

"It's red."

Button felt light headed and gently pushed her aside. 
"Let me go in okay?"

She simply nodded, tears already forming in her eyes.

The brown colt painfully crawled into the small entrance she had made and found himself in complete darkness. 

His eyes were gently adjusting as he placed a torch. 

Relief came up as he saw what the red was.
"No worries! It's just one of the beds!" he screamed to her. 

"Thank Celestia! Can you see Helper?"

Button squinted his eyes.

The bed and - fortunately - the chests were the only things left.
And area of about seven blocks by seven blocks was all that was clear. 
My Celestia... Has the whole upper mountain fallen on here or what?!

"No... I don't see-"

Then the sound.
The faint scratching sound. 
"Wait! I hear something!"

"Go towards it!" Sweetie's hysteric scream came ringing into his ears. 

Button proceeded to the bed and peeked under. 
You little lucky flightless bird...

"Yeah he's here! And alive!"

Helper had somewhat managed to protect himself under the only remaining bed. 
But his beak and wing had been touched as he was bleeding a little. 

"I'm coming!"

Sweetie Belle jumped in and rushed towards Button before lifting the bed up and grabbing the little white package. 
"Ohhhh you had me so worried! I'm so glad you're alive! So glad!"

Sweetie hugged him as he lifted his black square eyes and gave a faint cluck. 
His left wing and his beak were slightly bloody, sign of an injury.

The sight of the white filly and her pet made Button smile as he decided to make a joke : 
"What about me? The valiant adventurer that jumped in to save him?!" he laughed. 

"I'm really grateful to you too!" murmured Sweetie, a worried expression on her face.

Button was about to tell her it was a joke when she got closer and gave him a peck on the cheek. 

Just a small one. 
But she had still pressed her lips against his soft skin. 

Button froze, his mouth open and his face still wearing a joking expression. 

Sweetie Belle felt herself blush as she saw him turn completely red. 
"I'm... I'm gonna go find seeds for Helper! Meet you outside!"

And she rushed towards the exit before her embarrassment would show. 

Sweetie leaned against a tree and let out a big sigh, covering her face with her hooves. 
"That was so stupid! How could I even... Oh my Celestia! This is so embarrassing! I can never look him in the eye again! I need to calm down! Act normal Sweetie Belle... Here! Feed your chicken!" 

Helper just stared at her with big eyes. 
Ponies... 

Button on the other hoof wasn't doing much better. 

He was desperately trying to hide his immense joy and blush. 
You can do this! Just... Just get out there and act as if nothing ever happened! 

The brown colt took a step outside and saw Sweetie Belle feeding her chicken. 

When she saw him, a normal smile appeared.
He tried to copy hers as she got closer and stared at their 'house'. 
"What are we going to do now...?" 

Button looked at the sky. It had only been an hour since night was over according to his watch and the day was going to be long. 
Then he got an idea.

"Well, I say we go make another house! We have enough wood right?"

"Yeah totally! That could work! A nice cottage in the plain so we could see the monsters arriving from afar!" exclaimed Sweetie, her excitement going up. 

"Great! Ready to head out?" asked Button to everypony that was around. 

A bark from Chaser, a cluck from Helper and a 'YESSSS!' from Sweetie Belle was all he needed to smile.