"Come on let me go stupid foals!" groaned Starlight.
Rumble cackled like a witch and pushed her forward, as if he was having great fun.
"In you go!!" he chirped.
Button finished building the dirt prison and watched as Applebloom and Rumble quickly closed the door and placed a block in front of it to prevent her from escaping.
They could all still see her shimmering eyes who were burning with hatred through the cracks.
"Are you sure she won't escape?" asked Sweetie Belle, her voice low.
"No, she doesn't know how to play Minecraft even though she's worked on the game design" laughed Button. "But we'll reinforce it with stone, no doubt she'll learn quickly."
He turned to the others and smiled brightly.
"Come on everypony! Let's get digging!!" he shouted in joy.
Blank stares returned to him and a long silence stretched over them.
"Yeaaaaaah...!" quietly said Rumble.
"How are we supposed to do that?" huffed Diamond. "I don't know how to play!"
"Neither can I!" said Scootaloo, shaking her head.
"Same here!" followed Applebloom.
Button grunted and facehoofed before trying to be optimistic.
"Well, let's just make you learn the basics! I'll teach Diamond, Rumble get with Applebloom and Sweetie will be with Scootaloo!"
"Who died and made you our ruler...?" muttered Diamond Tiara, although following Button to a nearby tree anyways.
"Right, all you have to do is punch the wood and a tiny little block will pop out! Then, you walk towards it and it'll immediately slip into your inventory. Just think 'inventory' and it'll open up... Put the block of wood in one of the four little slots next to your avatar and you'll see something name "wooden plank" appear. You can then slide those two in and you get something named-"
"Omycelestia!" squealed Diamond Tiara. "The block!!"
"Wuh?" muttered Button.
"It disappeared! It was like I ate it! It just flew towards me and I absorbed it!" she continued, looking horrified.
Button sighed and turned to look at the others, hoping they were having better luck.
"Kyyaaaaa! ScootalooIsAwesome punch!" yelled Scootaloo, throwing her hooves on an innocent nearby tree.
"S... Scoots! I think there's a mod that-" tried Sweetie Belle, quickly retreating backwards.
The tree was cut in two and an army of squirrels poured out of the tree, squealing in anger.
"Gaaaah! Squirrels... They're everywhere!" screamed Scootaloo, backing away.
Button just turned to Rumble and Applebloom, trying to forget what he had just seen.
"Why can't I simply buck the tree...?" groaned the earth pony.
"Because... Because! That's just not how minecraft works!" an exasperated Rumble replied. "Hey why are there angry squirrels over there?"
"We're so not surviving this first night..." muttered Button.
But his own thought scared him.
They were all taking this way too lightly! Sure right now it was sunny and bright, and everything seemed fine! But GameSpark had made himself clear on the fact that he would make sure the foals didn't escape the game.
Once night will appear, monsters will start to pop up and they needed a shelter now! The sun wasn't that high up to begin with.
Button ignored Diamond's questions on where the wooden block had disappeared to and quickly made himself a two block high tower of dirt.
He took a deep breath.
"Guys!"
Everypony froze.
"Button...? Is there a problem?" asked Sweetie Belle, tilting her head.
"Yes... Yes there is a problem! I think we've all been caught up in this stupid game. Just look at us! We're having fun, slowly learning how to play, when the sun is setting and the monsters are just waiting to pop out and hurt us!
You guys really think this is the right solution? We need to build a safe shelter to at least last us until we have better resources!"
A deadly silence reigned through the forest, only disrupted by the happy chirps of faraway birds.
"So, we're going to do this right.
Scootaloo, what are you good at?" he asked, turning her way.
"Huh... I guess I'm pretty good at fighting... Or going fast!" she excitedly said.
"Right. Rumble, please teach her how to craft things okay? And quickly make her learn the basic monsters and how to fight them."
Rumble nodded.
"Applebloom, what are you good a-"
"Buckin' apples." she immediately said.
"O... Okay... Then why don't you get blocks for us? Those strong hind hooves of yours should be able to do quite a lot!"
Applebloom raised her hoof and saluted like a soldier. "I'm on it!"
"As for you Diamond, you're gonna stay with Sweetie and I, and we'll start getting food. Now everypony... Let's do this!"
They all parted in groups and Sweetie rushed to Button's side, pride showing on her face.
"You did a great job!" she nuzzled him before giving him a concerned look. "But I don't get why you put Diamond in food duty... She'll never stand killing any thing, yet alone eating it!"
"That's why I want her to do something hard first. Then, all the other things will seem easier and she won't complain as much... hopefully..." smiled Button.
"You're good!"
"Right! I don't exactly see any apples on these trees..." said Diamond Tiara, joining them.
"That's because we..." Button gulped. "We're going to eat meat..."
His ears folded, waiting for the horrified scream.
"Okay. Although I'm not familiar with killing it... How are we going to do that? Do we punch the animal?" Diamond wiggled her nose in disgust.
"Y... You don't mind eating meat?" asked Sweetie, eyes wide.
The pink filly chuckled. "I went to all kinds of dinners with my family, and had to eat meat! It's a rich pony ting I guess."
Sweetie and Button glanced at each other, unsure how to respond.
"Soooo... Let's just start by a chicken okay?" awkwardly said Button, spotting one a few hoofsteps away.
"Got it..." murmured their 'student'.
She inched closer to it and lifted a hoof in the air to punch it...
"Stooooop!!" screamed Sweetie Belle, running towards the chicken and grabbing it out of harm's way.
"L... Listen Sweetie... I know you like chickens and all but-"
"This chicken is special!" she groaned, her back turned.
Button smiled, remembering how she had been when they had seen their first chicken last time.
"It's just a chicken Sweetie..." warily said Diamond.
"No... No..." Sweetie Belle turned to them, tears in her eyes. She lifted the chicken in the air and it gave a happy 'cluck!' "This is Helper! We found him!"
"Cluck!"