"So..." said Rumble, staring at his mug of steaming coco.
His fascination grew when he saw that the steam was pixelated.
"Sooooo...?" pressed Sweetie Belle, pacing around the table they had took place around.
Button was sitting in front of Rumble, wearing a serious expression. But the annoying tapping of his hooves on the hard wood showed his anticipation.
"Sorry..." Rumble shook his head. "Well... It's kind of hard to decide where to start!"
"I'm going to put it in a different way..." Sweetie Belle finally sat down and glared at him. "Either you start now or we leave you outside tonight."
Rumble gulped. "Okay... Uh... So after you guys disappeared, there was a lot of commotion. Every pony was looking for you and there were 'Missing' signs everywhere. Princess Twilight was restless. Even Princess Luna came over to Ponyville one day to try and find something out so she looked through our dreams.
And both your families were in a terrible state. Rarity closed her boutique in Manehattan and your parents rented a house in Ponyville for a month or so.
As for you Button, rumours said that your mother almost went mad. She rarely left her house but when she did, we could always hear her mumble weird things like 'They were in their rooms' and 'the windows were closed' and even 'I should have stayed with them!'
Of course there had been patrols, alerts and research for a kidnapper. But nothing came out of that. It was like you had both vanished into thin air!"
Rumble took a sip of his cocoa, feeling his throat dry up. He looked up at his friends.
Sweetie Belle had completely stopped moving now.
Her bottom lip was quivering and she was holding tight onto Button's hoof.
The brown colt wasn't moving either although a few tears were shining in his eyes.
"Then your mother decided to sell a few of your things." continued Rumble. "And that's where I came in! I needed a new computer and decided to buy yours since it was cheap and that I wouldn't forget you! But I never payed much attention to this created world.
Normally, a few days ago - well months for us -, GameSpark and his colleagues saw you.
Well one of his colleagues was my uncle...
He visited us on Christmas and he was just so... different!
He was a usually pretty serious stallion, always strict and distant.
But that holiday, he was a nervous wreck! Even his appearance had changed...
I remember him gasping in front of one of your 'missing' pictures upon arriving in Ponyville. He could never concentrate...
One day, I told him that you guys were my friends... And that's when he told me everything. He begged me to do something, to help him repay his crime.
He had tried to keep it a secret from GameSpark but it had been too much! I mean, sure my uncle is strict but he isn't heartless! Apparently he had quit the GameSpark industries after your encounter and in exchange for a lot of money, his silence.
But thank Celestial I was able to make him feel guilty to death!
He was praying so hard for both of you to still be alive! And I got sent in thanks to another prototype he snuck out of the agency.
And voila! Here I am!"
Rumble tried a shaky smile in front of the tears his friends were offering him.
Button wiped his eyes. "Thanks dude... I really appreciate that..."
"We really appreciate that..." corrected Sweetie Belle. Her eyes were more showing a furious rage.
"So, what about crafting our way out?!" smiled Rumble.
A shocked silence met his words.
"What...?!" exclaimed the grey colt.
"It's so weird... We've been trapped in here for so long!" giggled Sweetie. "And... And you just barge in and tell us that we could have crafted our way out all this time!"
"I mean, just a few hours ago we were still sleeping, not knowing that you would come save us!" chuckled Button.
Rumble shrugged before trotting over to their crafting table.
"Please tell me you two have iron, gold, diamond and red stone!" he nervously whimpered.
"No worries!" Button gave him the necessary. "Do what you gotta do!"
He then turned to Sweetie Belle who was casting a worried look on the animals.
She wobbled to them and stared strait into the eyes of Helper.
Button was about to ask what in Equestria she was doing when...
"Helpeeeeeeeeeeer...!" she suddenly burst out in tears, bending down to hug the chicken. "I don't wanna..." she sniffled. "I don't wanna loose youuuuuuuu!"
Button started to feel uncomfortable in front of the two huge waterfalls. Now that was a lot of water!
"We... We'll see them again don't worry about it!"
Something soft rubbed against his hind hooves.
Diamond looked up at him with her big blue eyes.
Chaser gave a soft whimper.
"Aw come on guys seriously?!" muttered Button, feeling tears come up as well. "You made her cry, you're not going to break me as well!"
But he couldn't resist shedding a few tears.
"I'll miss you little buddy... And you too" he added, stroking Diamond. "And I might even miss you!" he chuckled in Helper's direction.
To which an angry peck was his reply.
"You two are way too mushy!" sighed Rumble.
In his hoof was a black box with red buttons on it, similar to the one GameSpark had used.
"Ready to go?!" smiled Button, inching closer to Sweetie Belle.
She gave a smile back through her tears and grabbed his hoof, not noticing the disappointed look Rumble was giving her.
"So ready!" she yelled.
And as Rumble pressed a few buttons on the machine and the world started becoming white, she hugged Button and gave him a kiss on the lips, interiorly giggling at his surprise.
SO ready...