Chapter 2: Victoria Mareheart
“Hey mom, have you seen my Joyboy?” Button Mash asked as he shyly entered the kitchen, a sheepish grin etched on his muzzle.
Button’s mom sighed heavily, disappointed in her son’s bad habit of misplacing his belongings. This had to be the eighth time this week, and it was only Monday. With her hooves already busy washing the dishes, she couldn’t just conveniently leave to help Button. It was a good thing, however, that she already knew where it was. Looking over her shoulder, she noticed her son avoiding looking directly at her, his blush screaming out embarrassment. “You’ve lost it again? Mashy, how many times have I told you to keep an eye on your things?”
“I’m sorry,” Button giggled, although his eyes showed slight signs of shame.
His mother huffed softly again before paying attention to the sink’s bubbly water. “I believe you were playing your Joyboy in the living room, last time I checked. You may have left it there.”
“Okay! Thanks mom! Love you!” Button Mash scampered off quickly, a skip in his step on his quest toward the living room.
She smiled, a glimmer of motherly love shining in her eyes as she watched her son scamper off. “Love you too, sweetie. And don’t run in the house!”
“Okay mom!” he called back.
His mother continued to smile, before focusing her willpower and strength on a particularly stubborn grit stuck to a plate with the soapy sponge she wielded. As much as she loved the taste and texture of sticky rice, it was quite hard to remove the dried bits. They were quite stubborn if left too long and clung onto plates like desperate cliff hangers hanging from a cliff. And there was this one stubborn glob that just won’t let go! Furiously scrubbing, the mother fought the vile blemish with the sponge’s rough side with all of her arm's strength, but it seemed as if the rice was just at home on the plate. Slowly, her smile from earlier was transforming into a scowl.
“Come on... you stupid, little grain,” she grumbled as some of the water splashed onto her face. “Get the Tartarus off!”
The whole of her mind was focused upon the accursed sticky rice. Sweat started to drip down her sandy-colored forehead as she rubbed the plate even harder, feeling very irritated and frustrated. So frustrated, that she didn’t even hear the front door creak open.
“Damn you’re one feisty guy, aren’t you?” she grumbled loudly. “I swear upon Celestia’s rump that you make me sweat more than my husband.”
As soon as she spoke, she suddenly felt something wrapped around her neck. A small yelp escaped her lungs and was startled by the stranger, but slowly calmed her panicky breathing when she recognized the hooves wrapped around her. She smiled brightly and giggled as craned her head over her shoulder. She was greeted by a soft, quick kiss upon her lips, followed by a loving hug.
“Mmh. Good afternoon, Victoria Mareheart,” her husband, Meadow Song, hummed as he nuzzled his muzzle against her cheeks.
Victoria returned his affection by twofold, turning around to embrace him with her wet hooves. “Well, you’re home early.”
Meadow Song softly grunted with a smile. “Yeah. Berry Punch decided closed the bar early today since it’s almost Hearth’s Warming Eve. I believe she was feeling a little bit generous today.”
“Really? You sure she wasn’t on the bottle at the time?” Victoria joked slightly.
Meadow pondered about it before saying with a laugh, “Well she did seem a little tipsy. I didn’t see her holding a beer today though, so I’m not exactly sure.”
“Mmh. Well it’s good to have you home. We just had lunch, but we still have some food leftover.”
“Oh no that’s alright. I’m not very hungry right now,” Meadow replied, stroking the back of his wife’s mane. He gazed deeply into her eyes with a naughty shine in his. “Although I suppose I’m craving for something right now.”
Victoria smiled, but rolled her eyes at her husband’s mischievous indication. “Dearie, Button is still here, and I don’t think he has any plans to go out tod– ”
Before she could finish her sentence, the doorbell rudely interrupted her by crying out.
“Hm? Who could that be?” Meadow asked as he and Victoria made their way to the front door.
“I don’t know. I haven’t planned anything with the girls today so…”
Meadow set his hoof on the handle and opened the door wide. They glanced around, but there didn’t seem to be anypony in front of their house at all. Was this somepony’s idea of a prank?
“Hello? Anypony here?” Meadow called out.
“Um, I’m down here.”
The both casted their eyes downward to find a little, snow-white filly with her grayish mulberry mane curled in a graceful and adorable style. The rosy streaks in her mane were shining with glitter, and Victoria detected a slight scent of green daffodils coming from her, but it was the white, bright, warm smile of the filly that stood out the most. If the dictionary definition of cuteness was alive and walking, she was it.
“Oh hey there, Sweetie Belle!” Meadow Song greeted her. “What brings you here?”
A light blush graced Sweetie’s cheeks as she kicked the dust beneath her. “Oh I just wanted to see if Button Mash can come out to play. Is it okay if he can?”
Victoria raised one of her eyebrows at Sweetie’s comment, but said nothing of it. She, however, had an inkling of what Sweetie’s true motivations were. The glitter, the light and sweet smell, the blush were all pointing towards one thing: the filly was ready for a date.
“Well yes, I believe he is home. I’ll go ask him for you if you want,” Meadow Song offered.
“Okay!” Sweetie Belle smiled, adjusting her mane as soon as he left. “So you’re Button’s mom? He told me so much about you!”
“Really? Well, what did he say?” Victoria asked, giving Sweetie a friendly smile as she lowered herself on her stomach.
“Oh he said how you were really good at video games, you make the best blueberry and chocolate chip pancakes, and you're the best mom around.”
“Really?” Victoria softly smiled at the thought of her little Button speaking so highly of her. “Aww, that’s so sweet of him.”
“Yeah! Although beg to differ about you being the best mom. My mom is the best mom!” Sweetie boasted innocently.
Victoria giggled. “Well, we’ll see about that sooner or later.”
The two began to talk about other things, with Sweetie Belle’s talking mostly about of video games. Somehow, Victoria knew that Sweetie was the Minecraft kind of gal before she ever mentioned it, and she was glad to know her guess was spot on when Sweetie started talking about diamond pickaxes. The two exchanged their Steam usernames before Meadow Song returned with Button Mash in tow.
“Here he is, Sweetie Belle. Got him like you asked,” Meadow Song said.
“Oh! Hey Sweetie Belle!” Button Mash exclaimed. His propeller spun as he happily hopped once.
“Hey Button Mash,” Sweetie Belle giggled. “Do you want to come play with me today? The girls and I are going to go crusading again, and we need a fourth pony to help.” Sweetie started to trace tiny circles in the dirt with the tip of her hoof, casting her eyes downward shyly. “I figured that you might be interested so, wanna come with?”
“Crusading? Sure!” Button Mash said, running past Sweetie Belle. “Let’s go now!”
Sweetie Belle blinked as he ran past, unable to comprehend what just happened before she collected her thoughts. “Huh? O- okay! Wait up!” She then chased after Button Mash, catching up slowly.
“I’ll be home in a bit, mom!” Button Mash called out to her.
“Okay! Have fun, sweetie,” Victoria called back, waving him a quick goodbye before the two foals disappeared as they went around the corner of a building.
As she let out a soft sigh, she felt her husband wrapping one arm around her back. “So, where were we?” Meadow Song asked, lightly biting his lower lip and his eyes half-lidded.
Victoria smiled, returning his bedroom stare with a sexier one. “Oh I think we were going to have some time to ourselves I believe.”
Meadow Song moved into to breathe sweet nothings into her ear. It was Victoria’s turn to bite her lower lip when he whispered, “I’ll go prep the room.”
Crickets were abundant as their chirps rang in the still night air, adding to the cold atmosphere with their natural, beautiful music. The mice skittered about with their tiny feet in search of a few small bits to eat. Their piercing squeaks sliced through the air like tiny shards of glass. Only the boom of the owls’ hoots from in the thick veil of the trees could silence the little creatures, making the length of their furs stand stiff like saluting soldiers. The chilling wind rustled through the air, quietly tip toeing its way across the fields and snaked through the forests. All was seemingly well and calm.
Then everything changed when the guns blazed.
Bullets sprayed in the air from the gun barrels like water from a fire hose, brutally perforating anything unfortunate enough to get caught in their path with their lethal speed. Tanks, thundering loudly, boomed out as they fired their deadly cannons, tearing anything within their sights and range apart. Fighter jets screamed overhead, ducking and diving like feral dragons as they flew above, their engines furiously roaring as the aerial birds rained upon the battlefield with their oily napalm fires. Nearby, battle cries rung out from two opposing teams' hoof-soldiers, polluting the air as they shot, stabbed, or blasted each other.
In the midst of the sudden battle, unseen by the moonlight, Luna was sneaking her way in the grassy field, keeping herself low and silent like a prowling fox. But the night princess couldn’t help but let out a small giggle as she slowly crept up a hill to a camping sniper. Lucky for her though, the sniper was more focused on viewing the battlefield through her scope. The player was being quite the hindrance to her teams progress for the last ten minutes, thus it was justified that Luna should take her out. Oh the sniper will be so surprised once she finds out Luna was literally right on top of her, making sure not to make in contact with her yet.
Once she was ready, Luna lowered her lips to whisper into the sniper’s ear, “Gotcha!” The sniper swiveled her head around and let out a small squeak before Luna promptly stabbed her in the withers. Her prey quickly fell silent. “Another mare has bites the dust,” Luna chuckled, now hurrying her way back to the battlefield.
The sniper had a FIM-92 Stinger rocket launcher on her back, which Luna appropriated for her own use before leaving the scene. With more than a couple rockets for the Stinger, it might come in real handy, if the enemy team managed to get a Gunship off the ground. Of course, that seemed to be very unlikely at the moment as her own team currently had captured most of the flags and still currently have the Gunship under their possession. It seemed almost next to impossible that they’d be able to capture a flag without being fired upon.
“Speaking of being fired upon,” Luna whispered to herself as she arrived at the nearest flag spot, spotting some of the enemy soldiers attempting to secure the area. With a few loud bursts from her SCAR-H assault rifle, she littered their heads with bullet holes, dropping them to the ground. “Nice try, girls. Better luck next time.” Luna smirked, accompanied by her heavy breathing. Getting over to the cap point had taken quite a bit of air out of her.
Thinking she was in the clear, Luna decided to move on to a different location, but before she could take another step further, somepony buzzed into her headset. Her teammate, Derpy, sounded a bit more than exhausted if her heavy breathing was to be.
“Luna, Luna, Luna! There is a tank coming your way!” Derpy exclaimed, heart-beating urgency very clear in her voice.
Luna, surveying her surroundings, saw the monstrous metal machine rolling over the hills in her direction. In a slide, she kicked up some dirt as she hid behind some crates, out of plain sight. She kept a wary eye out for any more intruders.
“Thanks for warning me, Derpy,” Luna replied, “but I don’t have a weapon though to take it out though. All I have is this darn Stinger.”
“Don’t worry! Help is on the way, princess!”
“There might not be anyone left to help if they do not get here quickly...” Luna whispered to herself, seeing the tank closing in fast.
She could try to sneak away, but it was more than likely she would've been spotted, as there was just flat ground all around the flag point. She could run in the opposite direction, but that would mean she would leave their flag to the mercy of the opposing team. There also might be other soldiers coming from other directions as well. She didn’t have a sniper rifle in hoof right now, to safely take out any enemy hoof soldiers that might be coming, which Luna scolded herself as she had just left a dead sniper without taking her weapon. That seriously wouldn’t have helped her spot ahead. Unfortunately, she picked the Commando class, instead of Recon, so she had no binoculars.
There didn’t seem to be any more options than to keep out of sight and hope for the best, which wasn’t really Luna’s style. Luna breathed out a big sigh, taking deep breaths. Oh she could really use some reinforcements right now. Sooner or later, that tank would roll its way over and discover her. In fact, it should be near enough for her to hear it… but the mechanical clanking of the tank’s tracks was absent.
“What the… ” Luna whispered, peering around the corner of the crate. “Where the hell is that th–” She nearly bumped her helmet into the tank's gun barrel. “Buck.”
Luna immediately swept her hooves to the left and jumped up onto its smooth barrel, running across like it was a tightrope. The tank's machine-gunner swiftly took aim and fired, but the Night Alicorn's godlike perception let her avoid the gunner's fire. Luna danced her way through the cloud of bullets, the metal pellets barely grazing her curves, and leapt on top of the gunner. She quickly killed the gunners with a headshot, then opened the hatch and popped a package of C-4 in the hole. Luna could hear the frustrated, panicky yells from inside the tank as she flew away to a safe distance. Once safely away, she pressed the switch. Behind her, she heard the charge explode, followed by a second blast signaling the tank’s destruction. With its metal plates crashing around her, Luna walked away, refusing to look back. Cool mares don’t look at explosions.
“Excuse me, is my sister inside?”
“Yes, your majesty. I believe she is a little busy at the moment, however.”
“That is fine. I’m sure she won’t mind me intruding with what I have with me.”
The night guard silently nodded and straightened up into the usual position that all guards must usually abide to, when on guard duty. Celestia knocked on the door a couple times before coming in, careful to not let the delicate package on her back fall to the floor. She quickly adjusted her fluffy wings to hide it from view, as she entered the dim bedroom.
Compared to the elder sister’s room, Luna’s was the opposite as it paralleled to the night. The ceiling was decorated with illusions of bright stars of varying colors of red, blue, and yellow. Some of them floated freely, while a few others exploded like fireworks. The walls held the images of great planets, showcasing their terrain and atmospheres' many colors. They too were moving like the stars, alongside their tiny moons. Most of the carpet was a map of the world, and was enchanted so that half of it would always be lit, while the other was not, signifying the world's day and night cycles as the light was slowly moving to the side.
Other than the magical walls, floor, and ceiling, the rest of the room was actually pretty normal, although expensive-looking. Against the walls to her left were shelves stacked with numerous video games, packed into their boxes, all of them organized by what platform they were for and alphabetized. There was one specific shelf made for books, but the dust they had gathered was a sign that they were barely touched. The ones that appeared to be recently used were mainly magazines, written with the top news and stories about video gaming and space. To her right was a desk with a high-tech computer with a widescreen television tucked into the corner. Various consoles, old and new, were hugging each other in front of the TV. Towards the back-right wall was a pair of glass doors that lead to a balcony outside. The image of the clear, sparkling, blue satin curtains around them was similar to that of the night sky as well, although they had shooting stars flying like wild space birds in them.
While the thought of space birds was on Celestia’s mind, she also noticed her sister’s northern crystal phoenix was resting upon Luna’s widescreen television, its dark sapphire feathers sparkling as it cooed in its slumber. The screen showed a chaotic battlefield from the viewpoint of what Celestia assumed to be Luna. Despite the explosions happening in the background, the television played no sound from its speakers.
‘She probably muted it for Kalinixta’s sake,’ Celestia thought, walking to Luna’s queen-sized bed.
Upon the bed was the room's owner herself, stripped of her blue regalia and appeared to be asleep, with an elaborate visor covering her closed eyes with its large singular, shaded lens. There were also the visor's headphones, blocking any outside noise from entering Luna’s ears. It was decorated to Night Alicorn's natural style, blue with crescent moons decorating its headphones. Of course, Celestia knew she wouldn’t need those very soon.
Lowering her head, she gently nudged Luna with the end of her muzzle. “Lulu,” she softly crooned, although with a hint of excitement in her voice, “come on I have something to show you!”
Luna, an ear twitching cutely, groaned as she took the headset off, blinking her eyes before turning her attention towards Celestia. “What is it? I was kinda in the middle of taking back a flag.”
Celestia smiled as she turned to her left, showing Luna the box. In a melodic, happy tone, she replied, “Look what just came in today.”
Luna’s eyes almost widened to the size of small plates, and then her small frown grew into a wide smile. “Is that what I think it is?”
“Yes!” Celestia set the packaged next to Luna’s hind hooves, opening the package. “Our 3-D Online Maneuver Gears have arrived!”
Luna watched silently, desperately controlling her breathing with ninety-nine point ninety-nine percent of her attention focused upon the beloved container holding the expensive treasure within, even though they received it as a free gift. Currently, Luna owned the Interactive Pony Visor, the first ever device to introduce players to true virtual reality gaming. Created by a good friend she knew, Luna was able to get hers specially designed and free. While the Visor was very good for being the first of its kind, it had its small bugs and weaknesses. Flaws that made Luna cringe to think about and stow away in the darkest corner of her mind. But that wasn’t important right now as the beloved, technology treasures started to rise in the golden, glistening glow of Celestia’s magic.
The 3-D Online Maneuver Gears had a glossy shine to them, almost as if they came fresh from the factory line. Of course, both Celestia and Luna had specific orders to have the first finished products mailed to them as soon as they were complete. Like the Visor, the Gear had its own set of stylish shades called the Shade Gear, except the eye piece was differently colored. The harmless, low-powered lasers that inhabits the shades give the wearer vision within the game itself. One was a hue of yellow, and the other was a shade of navy blue. The Royal Sisters' Cutie marks adorned the visors' hinges, with the yellow one displaying Celestia’s sun, and the blue showing off Luna’s moon. Luna, her hooves swift, reached out for the blue shades.
“Ooh! I know which one mama is taking home,” Luna squealed with joy, taking the Shade Gear into her snuggly arms.
“Careful Luna, these are pretty delicate,” Celestia said as she wore hers.
Luna huffed, puffing her cheeks out as she helped with unpacking the box. “I think I can handle these beauties.”
She inspected the chest plates, tracing her hoof along the bright neon rivers flowing across the black-onyx surface. All of the lit conduits led towards a glowing icon on the front which resembled her cutie mark, quite similar to how the blue shades had its twin badges. Luna exhaled softly as she felt how smooth the chest plate was, almost like polished silver or gold. These were supposed to monitor the wearer's body conditions and stimulate senses along with whatever happens to the player in the game.
Taking a glance at the two pairs of onyx ring bands, Luna inspected the sapphire gems dotting the band. These were obviously meant to monitor more of a wearer’s nervous system in order to make the movements within the virtual world more fluid. She slipped a pair on each of her forehooves, wanting to see how they would fit. To her immediate surprise, the rings started to float on their own, as if they reacted to being worn. They then started to slowly orbit around her hooves and were seemingly magnetic as they were tied to their partner rings by an invisible force. She could stare at these glowing spectacles all day, but she snapped out of the trance and moved to slip on the chest plate. From last month’s Game Gazette magazine, she remembered they were called Heart and Hoof Gears, apparently named after the day they were started being developed on.
Celestia hummed as she read the manual that came with the Gears. “Sis? Could you try putting on the Shades, and press on the Heart Gear’s cutie mark? That’s apparently the On button.”
Setting her previous visor aside, Luna finally wore the Shade Gear and pressed on the icon decorating her Heart Gear. To her delight, tendrils of sparkling, azure energy shot out from the Gear pieces, creating cable-like links between them. Several blue, floating, shining rings appeared around her horn and wings as well, just barely touching them. The wing rings felt like cool water as Luna leaned them against the mattress beneath her, except they didn’t feel wet. Luna then stretched her limbs far apart like an eagle spreading her majestic wings, testing the capabilities and strength of the magic links. They seemed to fluidly adjust as she swung her hooves around, moving through the air like rope in a pool. They felt like they were an extension of her body, yet not a part of her. It was sort of difficult to describe it, but Luna knew very well that it looked very awesome.
Her sister whistled in appreciation. “I have to say that the Canterlot Colts know what they’re doing.”
“What do you expect? Their Visor was a complete success the first time around,” Luna boasted. “They know how to deal with VR tech.”
“But will it work?” Celestia smirked, wearing her Gear set.
“Don’t jinx it now, Celly,” Luna warned her, firing back a grin.
Celestia adjusted her Shades for a bit before turning it on. “Hey Luna? Have you talked with that mare yet?”
“Who?” Luna asked.
“You know. The mother of that poor colt you and friends made an ‘example’ of.”
“Oh… right,” Luna winced softly. “I’ve yet to send a proper message yet, but I don’t know what to say! She’s probably still mad at me.”
“Perhaps she has cooled herself. It has been a few days now.”
“I know,” Luna said, albeit shivering slightly, “but she’s so-o-o-o scary! You haven’t faced her in combat yet, Celly.”
“Why? What is it about this mare that gives you the creeping chills?” Celestia asked, making a poor attempt to suppress her chuckles.
“Don’t poke fun at me for this, Tia,” Luna demanded, staring Celestia in the eye. The Sun Alicorn raised her eyebrows as Luna looked as if she had seen the void. “Her fury is like fiery ice, both burning and freezing. She is a graceful and deadly swan in combat, and her eyes can pierce the thickest of mountains. She is the oncoming storm.”
“You’ve been watching too much Doctor Whooves.”
“It’s a good show! Anypony can tell you that!”
Celestia grunted in agreement. “True, but that still doesn’t excuse you not talking with her. You still have to make amends here. You made her son rage-quit after all.”
“But I didn’t kill him that much!”
“Still contributed to the team effort.”
Luna groaned from the pit of her lungs, rolling around the bed in a small tantrum. It was so annoying when Celestia can rebuttal every argument Luna had. Celly was an expert debater. To have to do it now after finally receiving the 3DOMG was just a downpour on the mood.
After a few exhausting minutes of fit-throwing, Luna made up her mind and slowly stepped off the bed, towards the phone. “Alright fine. I’ll do it right now.”
“You know her phone number?”
“Yeah.”
“That much of a stalker, are you?”
“It’s called research!”
Victoria giggled as her husband’s hoof stroke across her belly, feeling his intimate love touches under the bed sheets. She could feel the air from his lungs landing on her chest, warm and short with each puff. It was on nights like these that she truly enjoyed being around her lovely Meadow. Experiences like these were coming by fewer and fewer, and she made sure to selfishly indulge in every one of them. As the height of the night was drawing to a close, she lightly bit her lower lip. Their breaths shortened, and excitement rose in the bedroom! Sometimes though, his husband can get a little too excited.
“Victoria!” Meadow Song cried out, “Oh my Celestia it’s almo– ”
Victoria pressed a hoof to shush her husband, smiling. “I know dear. Just watch. I want to hear this part.”
Turning away from each other’s eyes, they turned their attention towards the television screen, where The Name of the Doctor, the season finale of Doctor Whooves’ series 7, was being aired. The final minutes of the episode were almost up, and the Doctor had just enveloped his companion, Clara, in his tight embrace, never wanting to part from her again as he cried out her name in joy. The music was uplifting and happy. The scene then took a swift turn down the dark alley as he spotted something off screen, his mouth forming a small circle as his smile turned into dread. The camera then cuts towards a figure overseeing a scene below the cliff, whose identity was shadowed. It was clear, however, that it was a stallion, standing among the tombstones scattered around the area. The glowing atmosphere was tinged orange and grim.
Victoria had been waiting eagerly for this episode, but feared that she may have to watch it in the absence of her husband. Lucky that Berry decided to called the day short. She would have to thank her later. Just as Clara fainted in the Doctor’s arms, the phone from the living room rang shrilly. Meadow groaned as his wife began to slide off the bed.
“Don’t worry, sweetie. I’ll make this quick,” Victoria assured.
“Okay,” Meadow whimpered, albeit smiling a bit afterwards. “Hurry back. I don’t think you want to miss this.”
Victoria gave him a swift cheek-kiss before rushing to the phone. She picked it up and held the receiver to her ear. “Hello? Who is this?” She then flinched and dropped the phone as the pony’s voice from the other side crashed into her eardrum. The godlike voice was enough to push Victoria against the wall. Hard.
“HELLO! THIS IS THY RIVAL FROM LAST NIGHT! HOW DO YOU DO?”
“I’m… fine,” Victoria weakly responded, picking herself up.
“HELLO? WE CAN NOT HEAR YOU. WILL THOU SPEAK UP PLEASE?”
Victoria slowly edged towards the phone on the floor, hesitant to reply again. She steeled her nerves, decided to face this strange pony, and picked up the phone once more. “Yes I’m fine. Um, could you please lower your voice? I think my neighbors actually heard that.”
Luna, on the other side of the phone, had a guilty smile on her face. “Oh sorry! Please forgive me.”
“It’s alright. Now –” Victoria switched the phone to her good ear. “– did you say that you were the one of the ponies that picked on my son last night?”
“U- um… yes. I am. I’m calling you now to tell you that I’m deeply sorry for my actions, as well as my friends. I made sure to tell them to not do it again,” Luna apologized, remembering the stern lecture she gave them about how mothers can be scary when provoked.
Victoria scrunched her muzzle as she considered the apology. Luna held her breath. “Well… I suppose I can forgive you, but you need to say sorry to my son as well.”
Luna breathed again. “Oh thank you, and of course I will! I’m more than happy to do that. Is he there with you?”
“Unfortunately, he isn’t here right now. He went out with a friend of his,” Victoria said, hesitant when she said ‘friend.’ She didn’t really want to share a part of her son’s personal life to this mare yet. “If it’s alright with you, can I have the pleasure of knowing your name?”
Luna’s nervous smile melted into a frown. She can’t let her identity online be known! She made the mistake of revealing herself on a game, and she was absolutely flooded with friend requests. Thank goodness it was just on a small MMO game. Muffling the transmitter, she turned towards her sister with an absolutely look of seriousness on her face. “Quick! I need an alias.”
Celestia lightly scratched the base of her chin, her eyes wandering around the room. Her eyes first laid upon the pillows and the phone Luna held. “Pillow Talk.” Celestia then slapped her mouth closed with a hoof.
Luna didn’t look impressed. “Really? That’s what you come up with?”
Her sister’s cheeks were inflamed red. “Sorry! That’s all I could think of!”
“You do know that I understand that pillow talk means– ”
“Yes, yes I know!” Celestia exclaimed, her mind now filled with weird thoughts that no pony would think their pure goddess thought. She suppressed a giggle at that idea.
Luna simply rolled her eyes, looking around the room for any inspiration. A poster came across her vision, featuring a band of neon color-schemed ponies. Luna smiled as a name crossed her mind, and uncovered the transmitter. “Future. Future Sound.”
“Future,” Victoria echoed, twirling the phone cord around her hoof, “that’s a pretty nice name.”
“Oh my Celestia! Victoria!” Meadow yelled from the room. “Holy haybales! Aaaaah!”
“Who was that?” Luna asked.
“Oh that was just my husband, fancolting over a show,” Victoria chuckled softly, silently desperate to return back to return watching the show in her husband’s embrace. “We’re watching The Name of the Doctor episode, and I’m sort of missing it right now.”
“Oh! I’m sorry!” Luna apologized. She mentally kicked herself in the flank. She forgot that episode was being premiered today!
“No, it’s alright. I’m sure he’ll tell me all about it.” Victoria leaned her elbows on the phone’s table. “Now I’m sure that’s not all you wanted to tell me, now is it?”
Luna’s frown deepened like a trench in an earthquake. “How did you… what?”
“Call it a hunch. Now, what is it?”
Luna sharply sucked in air through her teeth, slowly breathing it out as soon as her lungs couldn’t take any more. “Wel-l-l-l I just wanted to know if you and I could have a friendly rematch.”
“Really? That’s all you wanted?” Victoria laughed. She almost couldn’t believe it took this mysterious mare to get around the topic. “Well alright then. I’ll humor you and give you a rematch. One vs. one only. Mareo-a-mareo.”
“Got it. Best two out of three?”
“Alright then. Pick a game?”
“You first.”
Victoria grinned, her heart feeling a little fluttered. She could feel her young self digging out from her past again. “Oh I don’t know. Maybe… Forza Horizon?”
Luna smirked. “You’re on.”
“Oh my god! Victoria, you missed the wand guy!”
“Wand guy?” Victoria asked, her indoor voice as reasonably high as it could be.
“Wand guy?” Luna tilted her head.
“Wand guy!” Meadow answered back, his excitement as apparent as a foal on their birthday.
Victoria sighed, “Well it looks like I missed everything. I’ll see you online later.”
Luna could only nod, mumbling good bye before hanging up. Celestia felt like she was observing her sister from afar, despite being in the same room as her. “So? How did it go? What game did she pick?”
Luna glanced at her, a faint smile on her lips. “One that would take place on Equestria's roads.”
Oh my Luna, It's finally finished.
If you're wondering why it took so damn long, my editor's computer got whacked by life, so he had trouble getting everything back together. Eventually he managed to have this done in a timely matter, so please say thank you to him for that please.
Btw, this is Meadow Song. I believe that the fandom will most likely recognize him as Pegasus #7 from the Sonic Rainboom episode, but he has shown up a lot more in the show as a background Earth Pony.
Honestly though, when I discovered that he wore a ninja costume (that looked similar to Scorpion from Mortal Kombat in my opinion) during the Luna Eclipsed episode, I just had to choose him as Victoria's soulmate. They're so fucking perfect with each other, and his color scheme almost matches with Button Mash!
You all may now proceed to bombard me with hate for me shipping Button Mash's mom with a background pony, but you can never stop this
The next chapter is gonna take a while to get out as I have over obligations to get over. I'll try my best though.
If you wanna fight me in order to get these chapters out faster, than too bad cause I'm a god!
... A- augh.
(I'm having way too much fun with these Author's Notes.)
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words cannot describe how true that is.....
So, did YOU come up with the name of Button's Mom? or has the new episode come out and name her?
3513896
There's a new episode? It's finally gone past the Pilot Episode phase?!
(Yes I came up with the name myself.)
3513904 I don't know! I was asking if You created her name or not!
It's alive!
3513921
Sorry it took so long.
I still think KH3's summons are the most pointless things ever to grace a Kingdom Hearts game.
3513980
Not directly related to the story itself, but okay.
Can I fight you? It possibly can't be that bad fighting me. I only have a black belt in judo, another in muay thai, and another in viet vo dao. So can I fight you PLEEEEEEAAAAASE.
3514019
I think the gif proves that despite being a god, I suck at fighting.
3514039
I didn't hear a no.
I sense a win streak coming on.
24.media.tumblr.com/677d53c96f79af0c4ddd381dd7bb7624/tumblr_mup8oaSF1D1rxpxkxo1_400.gif
And Battlefield 4. So beautiful.
"Victoria Mareheart"
Well, as long as she doesn't get on any airships...
That being said, I liked the Battlefield scene. Gave Luna a chance to redeem herself after getting bodied. Although, I feel like this won't be the runback she's looking for.
Future Sound...I see what you did there. I saw everything you did the entire way through actually, but that one was more subtle.
3514072
No.
3514047
I think kids can play any game they want as long as they understand that it's fictional, and that violence in the real world isn't tolerable. TF2 is fine because it's cartoony and obviously fictional, although it treads on the border between OK and not OK for minors because of certain pieces of dialogue that comes around and the blood.
As long as parents don't let the youngins get into the grittier communities like CoD or Halo, they should be fine.
3514205
No. Luna will have to earn that comeback.
Also, I thought Victoria Mareheart is a suitable name for her. Victoria can be rooted to the word 'victory,' and Mareheart is a name that can relate to her feminine and motherly heart.
3514236
Glad you noticed.
Tell me you didn't...
THOSE REFERENCES!!! SO MANY AWESOMES!
By the way, here's "Future Sound".
3514502 i think he did dude, and ow wow i forgot about that show, i wish they still play it.
Atless kids shows back than about laerning was idk what's the word..... OH RIGHT FUN!
Heh… I enjoy this story.. so much...
3513948 it's okay, it was worth the wait.
3514502
He did. I totally told him i loved that reference over skype, once i got my computer back up and running.
3514904
So you won't exterminate me then?
3514521
Wow. I didn't even know that existed.
But no, that's not the one I was referencing to.
3515127 Daleks do not exterminate those they still have use for...
3516485
Oh. Guess I should be exterminated then.
yes yes you are
Introducing Wand Guy as The Doctor.
3517433
You know what I'm referencing, yeah?
3515115 I believe between the lions is one of the few things a public service has done right
. If only we could go back to those days 
3514502
My very first thought reading that. Ah, those were the good old days...
3518605
If I had to choose another avatar then it would likely be Cliff using his "expert decoding skills".
I never appreciated that show like it deserved, but it has stuck with me all this time.
You seem to enjoy the author's notes space
I like Luna's room.
“Mmh. Well it’s good to have you home. We just had lunch, but we still have some food leftover.” missing word
"The sniper had a FIM-92 Stinger rocket launcher " my first reaction to this bit was concerning the "FIM" but then I looked it up. oddly enough that's an actual weapon name. I think I need to expand the range of games I'm familiar with
"3D Online Maneuver Gear" ""3DOMG" what you did there.... I see it
"feeling his imitate love touches under the bed sheets." misspelled word
"Pillow Talk".........
also, if I could thumbs up the Author's Notes for the chapter independently, I would.
3514502 I'm pretty sure that was the intention...
And that's why he's called Cliff Hanger! Hanging from a cliff!
Can't... hold... on... much... longer!!!
3529454
Thank you, and yes.
Also, I did not notice the FIM part at all. I was just looking up a rocket launcher in BF3 that's only for aircrafts.
3529540 I figured as much. Gotta love coincidences.
3529585
this made me smile so much! here' a derpy!
...now I just have to finish watching season seven of Doctor Who...
FOR THE HILARIOUS AUTHOR'S NOTES! B-D
FOR NERDIA!
YUS!
3559770
Agreed. Now, if only we could hit the thumbs up more than once.......
Oh I do hope you continue this soon. This is getting entertaining.
Stinks to be you, I'm a god slayer. Now give us more!
3906307 Pony law has been invoked.
Wanna know what love? Buttonbelle fics. Wanna know what I love about this fic? Buttonbelle.
Button's mom and Meadow Song is actually cool :3
I need MOAR!!!