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My Little Pony
Pony POV Series
"Button Mash"
Level 2 of 2
By Alex Warlorn

Okay. NOW can I have the game? Are you ever going to be satisfied? Just some more? Promise? Okay.

What was it like when we moved to Ponyville and after I was me again? I told you about Lickety-Split.

Well.... let's see.


"Hi! We're the Cutie Mark Crusaders!"

"We're on a quest to find out who we really are! I'm Scootaloo!"

"I'm Sweetie Belle!"

"And Ah'm Applebloom. Wanna join?"

"Well of course you do. You don't have a cutie mark, we don't, we can help each other find our special talents!"

"I...don't really care about that sort of thing."

"Care about what?"

"Getting my cutie mark."

"WHAT?!"

"What's more important than getting yer cutie mark?!"

"Girls I...I feel faint...ow! How come that works when big sister does it?"





Oh right, and back when we first moved to town...




"Hey! I haven't seen you around here and if I haven't seen you around before, that means you're new in town! And if you're new in town that means you need somepony to welcome you!"

"Um...thank you."

"Just smile and nod son, just smile and nod. Don't make direct eye contact." The pink pony looked like, well, me whenever I went on a gameplay binge and didn't sleep for a few days.

"I'm Pinkie Pie, but you can call me Pinkie." She was carrying a TON of party supplies.

"I'm...I'm Maternity Love-Tap."

"Oh! Let me get my welcome wagon! I have a song!"





And then we got covered in cake batter after a song, Miss Pie said she put it in the confetti cannon.

Then she invited us to some big party celebrating her defeating big glitch monster Discord, but mom was too freaked out. She wouldn't let me go to Sugarcube Corner for awhile.

Until Miss Pie threw us a 'Welcome to Ponyvile'/'I'm Sorry I Freaked You Out' party a week or two later.

She gave us the invites holding a white flag.

"I was... not dealing with what meanie-pants Discord did to me the right way, I hope we can still be friends. Let's try this again: I'm Pinkamina Diane Pie, but you can call me Pinkie Pie, it's nice to meet you."

Mom smiled and shook her hoof. After that I could go to Sugarcube Corner. So long as I don't eat too many sweets.





And I think mom met this nice mare and her nephew at the party because...




"Oh hello, you must be Featherweight, your Aunt Mayflower told me all about you. Yes we would like to buy some foalscoot cookies. Would you like to come inside? No? Alright. Don't be scared. Button Mash dear! Please come outside."

"Busy!"

"Come now, or I'll cut off the power to your bed room."

"Coming!"

We ate cookies for a bit. Featherweight was okay, he never said a word. I liked that. He never got anywhere near the front door, so I had to stay outside the whole time. He always shuddered when whenever I played big tailed shapely mares in my fighting game. I guess he must be scared of girls or something. I tried to explain how breeding works in Ponymon but he just trotted back looking scared. His Aunt Mayflower must be one of those grown-up who doesn't like watching cute little monsters fight each other.

I stayed outside until the batteries ran down on my gamecolt.





I...I actually really did try to makes friends with Rumble. No joke. Mom said I needed to be more proactive. And that I'd have more fun with ponies who'd play my games with me. I guess that made sense, and there a lot of co-op games that DIDN'T increase the challenge when you had two players. And there are a few games that have unique stuff you need more players for, that could be fun.

Mom told me not to bring my gamecolt, and to at least try.

But well...




"That show-off Rainbow Dash isn't the only pony in Ponyville who's gonna be a Wonderbolt! Just you watch! My big brother Thunderlane is gonna join the Wonderbolts too! All anypony looks at is Rainbow Dash, but she's not the only weather pony in Ponyville. Big brother is a super cool flier, he's fast, strong, brave, and he's willing to tough it out no matter what! Me and my brother went to the fair once. The gypsy said me and my brother were giant robots in a former life, isn't that just crazy? But I'm gonna be in the Wonderbolts too! Just like my big brother is gonna be! Isn't that cool?"

"So...do you like video games?"

"Video games? Ponies who play those are potatoes who have no life! So wanna help me practice my flying? Did I tell you about my big brother?"

I felt faint.

"Uh...I need to go..."





And after that...I thought maybe one player mode maybe wasn't so bad.




"Avast there! I mean, hello, my name is Pipsqueak."

"Uh-huh, I'm Button Mash." I didn't look up from my game.

"I've noticed you don't seem to have many friends."

"Nope."

"And you recently moved to Ponyville?"

"Yep."

"So did my family from Trottingham."

"Okay."

"So would you like to be friends?"

"Maybe."

"Maybe?"

"Do you think video games are stupid?"

"Uh, no not really. But my mom and dad are always saying that imagination is the best toy of all."

"Uh, okay."

"I have a lot of other friends too, okay they're all fillies, but they're fun once you get to know them."

"Uh, huh."

"So uh, see you after school some time?"

"Uh, huh."





It wasn't that I didn't like him, it was more I'm not really into physical stuff. I'm all for using my imagination, I play lots of building games! But I just don't like...physical stuff, except some video games that are kinda virtual reality.

That night I remember I had a really strange dream.




"Button Mash! Thou hath scorned the hoof of friendship offered thou by noble Sir Pipsqueak! Thy self-centeredness will be stood by no-"

"Wow! Nightmare Moon! Secret hidden boss! Equip UltraExcalibur+++! Equip Armor of InvincibilityZero! Select Skill 'Piercer Of Heaven' Level Star!"

"What?! Wait! WAIT!"

-One Round Later-

"Yes! Press-Turn!"

"Oh no!"




"Luna, are you well? You look...battered. Did rogue dragons try to claim territory along Equestria's border?"

"We do not wish to discuss it! And I want a Royal Decree within the hour banning my image as a 'boss' enemy within 'vid-te-oh' games!"

"Luna we can't go dictating what ponies use to entertain themselves, and-"

"I don't care! My image has been soiled!"

"You know Ponyvania recently had you as a protagonist in one of the games as yourself after having you as a boss in previous ones as Nightmare Moon...Your first heroic game appearance wouldn't make sense without the previous games."

"Grrrrrr."
-

We shall admit. We have calmed down considerably since then. It helps that ponies seemed to enjoy that entry and playing as us... The reboot in fact made us a tragic hero...with our sister as a deluded holier-than-thou…

At least the Ponymon based off us and Celestia are well designed...and I got two, even if one is based on Nightmare Moon.




So me making friends hasn't really worked out so well.

But Ponyville did get this nice outdoor video arcade.

I was on this game's final boss, out of bits, when one of them came up behind me singing, (I think was the unicorn one, Sweetie Belle?), "This one's too young." I got distracted, and I died!

That was when I realized I still had one bit with me...back into the fray!

Do I love my parents? HUH?!

....

Yes I do! I really love mom and I really love dad! Why wouldn't I love them? How can you ask something like that? It feels...weird. You asked that already remember?

I know my mom's special talent is taking care of foals, but I'm her son, I know I'm special for her! She takes care of me while I'm sick, and she always looks after me. And...the glitch monster liked hurting ponies with what they loved right? That's what the man in the office said...if he made mom hurt me like he did, doesn't that mean she has to love me a lot?

See? Ha!

Dad works really hard, and even if he's not at home a lot, I know he's doing great things. Why? Because he said so. That's why.

'That just shows they love me? How do I love them?' ...

Because...because I do...because when she gets sick I feel bad...I tried making her breakfast in bed once but...cooking games aren't like actual cooking...But she still liked it...I...I do kinda wish I saw dad more, does that count? It does? Do I worry about him when he leaves on the train?...A bit...That's good? I'm supposed to fear for my family a little?

You're weird.

Did I ever play MagiShock? Well...after Dark Spirits I don't really play games my mom tells me not to...But I did play that before...before then...

Did I Absorb Or Rescue the Little Fillies? What kind of question is that?! Of course I Rescue them! Every time! I've never even SEEN what happens if you chose the Absorb option!

I never steal from stores in games that let you. And ...even in Dark Spirits? I never killed the NPCs just to get their stuff and I actually gave back the Flame Holder's spirit after it was stolen. And...though it really left me at a disadvantage, I ended up giving all my Ponyhood to that boss' little sister so she could get better.

Huh? Do I do it because it's the right thing to do or because it was easier or because I feared the rules would punish me? What kinda question is that? Dark Spirits woulda been a lot of easier if I'd killed the NPCs...I think. That game didn't have an easy setting. But I don't think the game had any punishment system anyway, the game was already really, really hard!

Was I afraid mom would be upset if I did the mean choices? She doesn't watch over my shoulder when I play unless I ask her to. Why would I worry about that?

'Character is what you are in the dark?' I don't get it. Oh 'if you do good things even when nopony is looking, it means I'm really a good pony'?...Thanks I guess... Still, it's just a game.

Huh? Yeah...I guess I did really like it when that nice game had you earn experience helping ponies and restoring the environment instead of killing things. Legend of Cadence: Shadow Queen's Mask? Yeah I played it...it took be like five weeks but I managed to help everypony on the last cycle when I didn't really need to...

Be nice with real ponies? I...I promise I did try. Maybe a little bit more than before. It's just...nothing is confusing in games. Everything has rules. You can trust in things. And...I'm just a colt, I'm...not very strong in real life...I've told on a bully I saw before, but I was too scared to let anypony know it was me but the teacher...If I had the power to help?...I...I think I would...Yeah, I would...

There was also ...that day...that really surprising day...I didn't really get what was going on at the time but…okay, I'll admit it was really fun too, at first.

It was just another day...Except I wasn't at school. You see, the paper work for me hadn't come in yet since we'd moved in such a hurry. Miss Cheerilee sent a note saying I should really come to class anyway since it would be a chance to get to know my fellow students, and that she had a special field trip in mind today. She said it was a surprise. That sounded kinda cool! But dad was home too! And mom said that our family being together was more important, since dad really needed us right now.

"And your father REALLY needs you Button."

"Me?"

"Yes, you got past what happened to you. You need to show him that he can too."

I...I never thought about it that way before. "O-okay." I really wanted to see what that special field trip was, but mom said I could help dad. I could ask the other foals what it was later.

I showed dad that I wasn't worried that the sky was fake anymore, and that I was happy to play my games again. Though I kept seeing him flinch every time I stomped on a monster, or a village got destroyed as part of the game's story. I guess it was hard. I thought about the monsters before but-

"Dad, remember, they're part of an invading army, out to enslave the peaceful Fungus People, the hero is doing a GOOD THING by fighting back!"
-
And that was why I wanted Button Mash to show my husband his own recovery. While Gaffer knew tabletop games too, Button Mash could speak entirely in the language of somepony who loved computer games.
-

Dad's eyes widened, and he smiled a little. And he actually sat down, and picked up player two's controller. Mom joined in too.

I didn't even notice when the fog rolled into our house. I didn't even notice when mom and dad became foals, but their reaction time did get a lot better which made things harder for me.

We were playing Ponario Brothers Racers, so I didn't notice when Super Smash Ponies, and my Vs Coltcom fighting games all vanished into fog, along with any other games that had pictures with big guns, ponies hitting each other, or explosions...which kinda left only the cooking games, and Animal Town.

Then the blue shell stopped appearing. The heck?

That was when the big yellow pony with wings and horn appeared out of the fog on the floor, and I noticed mom and dad were foals, and they paused the game and BOWED to the big princess pony that appeared in our living room.

"Hello Mama Princess Gaia!" My parents said together.

"Mama Princess Gaia?" I repeated confused at the big super mare, for once, I wasn't thinking about how somepony was blocking the machine.

"Yes my little foal, I am Princess Gaia...You were not at school for Dame Cheerilee to deliver you to your personal paradise. But it's all the same, because I've realized that it's better for foals to have fun with each other...but I sense you're confused, and unsure...why won't you let my love take you?"

I've played a bajillion games...and anypony who says anything like this, always turns out to be the bad guy!

With the big pony in the room, it took my brain a bit to catch up to mom and dad being foals.

"You're why mom and dad are uh, smaller?"

"Of course we are bro!" Mom hugged me.

"Bro'?! Mom what do ya mean?! Mom! Why are you a kid?!"

"Because foals are when ponies do have, or should have had the most happy times in their lives of course. And I only wish everypony to be happy." Princess Gaia smiled.

"Mama Princess Gaia only wants what's best bro'!" Dad hugged me too.

"Dad! What's wrong with ya?"

Mom said, "Not dad anymore Button! Or Mom! Mama Princess Gaia is our parent now. We don't have to worry about anything. We can just play video games forever together."

Okay, now that did some super-ultra cool, but mom and dad were acting WEIRD, shouldn't they be acting more confused like me about being foals?

"Mom, I've never heard of Princess Gaia before today."

"MAMA Princess Gaia Button." Mom smiled. "And that's okay, I didn't either, but all of Equestria will by the end of the day! And everypony will be happy forever! All our pain and worries are gone!"

"Mom, dad, are you feeling okay?"

"We're better than fine, and PLEASE stop calling us that, you're making us feel old." Dad laughed and mom giggled.

I finally noticed their cutie marks were now crayon drawings. That wasn't normal. Didn't cutie marks only change if the pony really change? Like if they'd gone crazy?

I'd seen this happen in games too. "Heeeeeey! What a minute! You guys are under mind control!"

"Of course we are silly!" Mom giggled again. "We've gone from being boring adults to fun loving kids again, of COURSE we're under mind control!"

"But brainwashing is bad!" I remembered what I'd been told in school and my games.

"Only if bad ponies do it," Princess Gaia said. "I'm washing away all the hurt, pain, and suffering, hate, prejudice, greed, cruelty, and selfishness of the world...it's not bad to wash dirt off plates is it? You wouldn't want to eat off dirty plate would you little foal?"

"Uh...what was the question?"

"The question is, 'do you want to be happy?' And of course you do."

"Uh, why are so many of my games gone?"

"Because they were BAD GAMES! Bad! And we can't have bad things in paradise can we? Of course we can't. Don't worry little foal. Mama Princess Gaia will look after you from now on."

"But those games make me happy!"

"But not the right kind of happy. Like icky things your mom and dad protected you from. And now I'll protect you from other icky things. Now hold still." Mom and dad grabbed me. I squirmed and Princess Gaia touched her horn to my head and...I didn't mind or care about anything. But not like when I was sad after playing Dark Spirits. Instead I was super-duper infinitely happy. Everything was awesome!

Why would I EVER WANT to play video games that were icky and violent? They were ALL AS BAD as Dark Spirits! Every one! I'm happy Mama Princess Gaia brainwashed me along with my new brother and sister! We laughed and went back to playing video games, the games themselves becoming even more happy and friendly as Mama Princess Gaia's magic worked into them.

It was the right thing to do, because Mama Princess Gaia was doing it of course.

We didn't notice or care how much time past. But Mama Princess Gaia was saying that we should now go out and play with the other foals...when she suddenly seemed distracted and vanished, but we had a little message in our heads telling us everything was fine and not to worry, so we kept playing games.

Then the fog rolled away, and we suddenly felt alone and confused. And I felt something ugly, black, and small but familiar and a part of me, crawl inside me. And I wasn't brainwashed anymore. Neither were mom and dad...and they weren't foals anymore. And my video games were all back and back to normal.

Mom hugged me gently. "Button, sorry for... for holding you while that witch-"

"Don't worry about it mom. Don't worry." We didn't feel bad or hurt like when the glitch monster did it... it was like a dream.

I know she made me not like some of my favorite games, and now that I think about it, I don't like that at all, but . . . I don't hate 'er or it.

I know that doesn't really make sense but . . . At least we didn't do anything BAD, and we found out the real story soon enough. At least I didn't blow-up my games like somepony did to that place mom told me never to go into.

We learned that the same evil spirits that got Princess Luna, got Miss Fluttershy, The Element of Kindness, and turned her into a evil monster called Nightmare Whisper that Princess Gaia was just a farce of (I KNEW IT!). Apparently the 'day as foals' thing was supposed to happen in a way that ponies had a choice, and it was to help ponies the glitch thing hurt, but then the evil spirits got her instead. They also said Princess Celestia let it happen because she was jealous, but I think that part was just made up.

Or that's what I think the news papers said, I don't really read them, it was mostly what I overheard mom and dad talk about. We also played together some co-op Metal Alicorn later, it's this science fiction shooter with lots of stuff blowing up. What? I didn't say I AGREED with what she said about video games! I was brainwashed then.

Since a lot of ponies had been helped anyway who had been hurt by the glitch thingie, Princess Celestia wanted to have a festival in honor of Miss Fluttershy, IN PONYVILLE!

Did we go to the Festival?...A little...I saw the Cutie Mark Crusaders' play, but it was only worth seeing once. The plot was a little predictable. But I didn't even get to see the ending cause Mom pulled me away just as they were getting to the part with the cyclops (that part looked like it was gonna be cool). The weird part was seeing the silver filly in the front row watching. Even I knew they didn't get along.

We also saw that magic show with the blue unicorn. After seeing all the fancy effects in video games, it was a little boring, but mom and dad loved it. I was the one who didn't want to stick around for the whole thing. I was surprised at ponies who looked just like her in the audience, she filled her audience with illusion clones?

I did get a few bites out of ice-cream mountain.

Then Miss Fluttershy made her big speech about being sorry, but hey, she was under mind control, she shouldn't be so sorry about it, these things happened. She didn't have anything to feel guilty about, but grown-ups really seem to LIKE feeling guilty about stuff...then...somepony hit her with a rock. At least I know it wasn't mom or dad.

I still wanna know how she did that duet by herself, she must have had a friend singing with her I couldn't see.

Dad? You won't believe it but...

"Miss Fluttershy, I just want to say that...your Day of Innocence? I'm sorry those nightmare spirits took you over and tried to conquer Equestria with it but...I just want you to know that for me, it worked. I was able to let go of what happened, and can finally begin my work again. Thank you."

Miss Fluttershy began crying after that, I don't know why. The zebra (yes I know what that is, video games, though I was surprised they were real) thanked dad for her and helped Miss Fluttershy along. Oh! And I saw her kick this mean pony's flank that tried to hurt Miss Fluttershy! that was cool!

I think dad joined this news-letter for fans of hers or something. Mom also told her 'thank you' too, I mean, she DID HELP dad after all even if those bad monsters tried to make her Foals' Day bad.

And it was weird, after that Silver Spoon told me some crazy story about time travel... ironic? How's that ironic?

You want to hear MY point of view of some of the big events in Ponyville? Okay! Sure!

You were expecting 'but I'm not anypony special?' Don't be silly, my mom tells me that I'm special in my own way every day! Huh? Oh, you're pleasantly surprised? That's cool.

The foals at school told me I had missed out on what the newspapers called 'Lesson Zero' where some of the glitch monster's left over madness (because he went extra evil on her) made the Element of Magic, and Princess Celestia's apprentice, Twilight Sparkle make all of Ponyville fight over a doll until Princess Celestia showed up to fix things. She swore Twilight was now cured and it wouldn't happen again. Lots of the grown-ups seemed EXTRA worried about Miss Twilight for some reason.

There was Nightmare Night, I dressed as one of the Super Ponario Brothers, and mom had me finish extra early, before it was even super dark, which was fine by me. I liked playing scary games on Nightmare Night...then Nightmare Moon showed up in person!

Mom didn't let me go outside! Finally Nightmare Moon, I mean Princess Luna, promised she wasn't here to eat foals, and just have fun with everypony else...or something, point was, foals didn't seem freaked out by her later. And she looked at me weird.

The Sisterhood Social? Do I look like a filly to you? Next!

I was actually SICK in bed the day Applebloom came to school with the cutie pox. Okay, I know what happened to her was bad and could have been worse (my mom says so). But it was her own fault, those who use cheat codes in a competitive games (like life) get what they deserve.

Mare-Do-Well? Thankfully we avoided all those crazy accidents that happened. So I didn't get caught up in the craze much. I'll admit I didn't guess that Mare-Do-Well was four ponies! I did buy her first video game though when it came on the market. Or dad did.

The time the giant dragon tore through Ponyville?...Mom decided it was safer OUTSIDE, since the dragon was ripping houses open and taking stuff. Thankfully our house wasn't one of the places the dragon tore open.

Hearth Warming Eve?...Yes we saw the play, like we do every year in Canterlot, dad works there remember? I just want to stay home and play games, but my parents never let me. Miss Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and their friends acting the parts was a surprise for me and actually made it a little less boring and preachy. I know friends are better than enemies, but you can only listen to that message so many times before it gets boring! But the special effects on the Windigos are AWESOME!

That was also when I think Moonlight moved to Ponyville. Is she home schooled? I don't see her in class.

Family Appreciation Day? I was FINALLY allowed to talk about my dad's cool video arcade and all the games he designs and makes too! Everypony had to pay attention to what my dad said whether they liked it or not, bwahahahah! But Miss Cheerilee cut him off before he finished explaining the finer details, she said she had to leave room for the other students. Oh well, I hope dad gets some new orders.

We were new in town, so the Town Hall being ruined didn't freaked us out as much as everypony else. And Miss Applejack being sent to bring home the gold and coming back with a bunch of second place trophies and ribbons, and not the tons of prize money to get the Town Hall fixed up, again didn't made us as sorry. But I knew how she felt. Coming in second place can be worse than coming in last! Believe it.

Mom didn't care much about cider, so everypony being at Sweet Apple Acres farm just meant more peace and quiet for us.

"All the ponies in this town are crazy," Mom mumbled to herself once when she thought I wasn't listening. But we stayed anyway. I think mom liked being closer to where dad worked.

Daring Do books? Naw. Sorry, not my thing. But I have played a few of the game adaptations, do they count? I think a few of them have some unique plots to them.

The reign of Diamond Tiara as editor-in-chief of the Foal Free Press? It's funny, I'm a blank flank, but she never seemed to bother teasing me, except that time I told her about going to the moon. All the other times, she and Silver Spoon just ignored me. I was almost a bit upset that everypony was getting their picture and a story in the Foal Free Press except me. Almost made me feel that I wasn't interesting or important enough to tease or make fun of. I know Gabby Gums was really sorry after and Diamond Tiara was bumped off of being Editor, but it felt surreal to me, like some freaky carnival that was happened around me. But mom did begin to close the shutters and pull closed the drapes when the big stories began appearing in the paper. I was busy saving Princess Cadence again (the video game one).

Hearts and Hooves Day? I heard a house that got moved by the power of love (why not?). I did make a card for mom and dad. I saw the giant one made for Miss Cheeilee by the Crusaders. No I don't have a filly friend, why?

There was the day we saw the donkey Mr. Cranky Doodle moved to town, Miss Pinkie was a lot more...I guess, uh…quieter with him than when she greeted us?

Mom, came home angry one day, VERY angry. She had a black eye. She said she had gotten into an argument at the Supermarket with a pony who had taken this 'self confidence class', and they had punched her in the face! Yeah, mom was MAD. Apparently Nurse RedHeart had a lot of patients for things like that, that day. Mom got an apology note and a muffin a few days later.

Mom said she'd give the teacher a piece of her mind, but when she came back said he wasn't a bad guy.

Later, Uncle Gizmo, I mean Poindexster told dad he had a new idea for a dating game.

There was that time Cerberus came through town and there was this big big epic battle between the Elements of Harmony and all the monsters that had escaped Tartarus...uh...I think might have actually just DREAMED that one, sorry.

Mom insisted we watch the Great Dragon Migration...it only happened every 100 year she said. Okay...that many dragons flying through the sky...that was super cool. Only the Elements of Harmony actually got super close though.

I thought about Twilight Sparkle's dragon ... he didn't have wings...neither did that giant dragon that tore through town...But I didn't see any dragons on the ground marching along the dragons in the air, or big wingless dragons being carried by the flying ones...maybe Twilight's dragon would grow wings when he got older? Made sense.

Being Earth Ponies we didn't have much to do with "Hurricane Fluttershy" (newspapers do come up with clever names for stuff), but we sure SAW IT from the town. How it fell apart once, and then put together again to work this time. That was pretty epic!

Canterlot's Cake Competition meant one thing for us...dad brought home some of the cake from the show.

Then...oh yeah...that.

The bug ponies.

I'm told we're really lucky they didn't use any of their evil mind control magic in Ponyville. Instead they just used official documents and stuff. Saying that everypony who could work, had to work, to make this big magic symbol in the ground that was going to make sure the bug ponies didn't come back.

I remember seeing the big magic shell around Canterlot, and lots of guards being tossed out, and official ponies form Canterlot saying how those were actually evil bug ponies who had infiltrated the guard and had impersonated Princess Luna and they were on their way back to cause more trouble.

Everypony pitched in. It was to protect Equestria and Ponyville after all. For once I actually WANTED to help. And I actually did help dig a little of the rune, for a few minutes before I went back to playing my gamecolt, apparently Mom covered for me and she did my quota too. Naw, we weren't treated like slaves, or acted like robots, we doing it as a community project the Canterlot ponies were telling us had to be done super fast. That was all. Though a lot of 'em were jerks about it.

Mom was happy that dad happened to be visiting when it happened.

Tootsie Flute was REALLY scared and worried since her family was in Canterlot, but Alula was willing to give her a shoulder to lean on. What a nice girl. They're friends now.

Silver Spoon's mom? Sorry, I don't pay THAT much attention to grown-ups.

Dad said the shield reminded him of Uncle Shining's shield. Huh? Shining Armor is dad's old friend! Yeah, we didn't talk much about him for awhile, but I still remember him...sorta. He's in pictures and dad says that O&O arcade game was based off him and I kinda remember him visiting sometimes when I was REALLY little. Oh! And dad said 'If you ever play co-op with him, never let him have a long ranged weapon.'

Dad was upset that Shining Armor never sent him an invite to his wedding and got thrown out when dad tried to get an answer, and that was why he was in Ponyville.

Then it turned out the bug ponies were the ones wanting the rune made, and it was the real guards who got thrown out and Uncle Shining was under mind control so that was why dad didn't get an invite, and then dad DID get an invite after Princess Cadence beat the evil queen and became the bug pony's new queen and so they were all nice now.

Hey, everypony knows the bad kingdom stops being bad as soon as you beat the evil ruler, right? That's how it works in games...

Dad attended the real wedding...us well...we kinda did...but there were so many new guest we ended up with seats OUTSIDE and had to look through the windows...Along with this REALLY big lemon monster, though that was kinda cool. I guess I do say that a lot.

You should have seen all the freaky cats! Blech! They wouldn't stop hugging me!

They wouldn't stop hugging mom either, but she nicely asked them for a ball of yarn, they gave her one from somewhere, and she threw it and they chased after it.

When I told them I liked video games they invited us to come go sky diving through giant spinning brightly colored floating rings! I don't know if mom will let us go yet though.

I did get to meet Uncle Shining though. It took him a few minutes to remember me, I don't blame him, I was REALLY little...I think... and it took me a while to remember him too...I was surprised how much he knew about video games though! And how much he looks like the hero in Legend of Cadence...Hey, wait, I remember him when dad talked about him before, but why didn't I remember remembering that until then? I won't worry about it.

Whew! Can I finally have the game now please? Thanks! So...is this going in the newspaper or something? No? Well, it's just weird to ask all these questions. It's going to help ponies who the glitch monster hurt? Still? Okay. I'm happy I got to help! Maybe I can't slay dragons in real life, but I'm still happy I can be a little hero sometimes.

A way I can help a lot? How?

Pony Quest? And Dragon Knight? Games like those? I should tell anypony who's willing to listen how stories in those games work? That's really odd. It's important and it will help a lot of ponies? But you can't tell me why? No fair! I'll know after I finish my own game? What's that mean? Part of what I'm supposed to figure out?

Geeze. You could be a mysterious mentor character in a game yourself. Those games always have enigmatic characters who help and guide the heroes for mysterious reasons. Thanks for the tip? Uh, you're welcome?

Thanks for the new game. It looks brand new. I'm sure I'll enjoy it. I promise I'll remember about telling lots of ponies about how stories in Role Playing Games go. The most important thing to tell them is that the heroes always have a chance, and it's never completely hopeless? Okay, I'll try. Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.

Huh? Maybe I should talk to Lickity-Split and Pipsquek, why? Oh, maybe their ideas could help dad make cool video games? That actually sounds cool... O-Celest had a bunch of stuff in it based on things Celestia seemed to do, so maybe another game like that would work too! Featherweight? Give me a break, I'm new at this whole 'real friends' thing!

Yeah, I guess going back on what the old legends ACTUALLY say would be a cool idea for a game. Oh! And a lot of the monsters Lickity-Split talked about could be awesome bosses! Thanks! And...maybe I could make friends with them...

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Thank you for sharing my son's thoughts with me. It's helped me let go of what happened to me. I should have known my son would be able to say exactly why I do love him, and I'm not just going through the motions.

'Love is not selfish, love is patient, love is kind, love isn't easily angered, love doesn't keep a record of wrongs, love doesn't delight in the suffering of others, love protects, love trusts, love hopes, love endures.'

That is the one poem, in my entire life, that all of my family has understood.

I just want to say, thank you for talking with my son. I have nothing wrong with what he loves anymore than my husband, but I'll be happy to see him finally make some REAL friends, and not ones that are just illusionary 1s and 0s. I've heard of stallions in Neighpon that have actually MARRIED mares that are just characters in a game. The last thing I want is to see my son becomes one of those. At least unless somehow the power of love brings them to actual life...weirder things have happened. I want him to share what he's seen and learned with the world, not just bottle himself up. Thank you for encouraging him to talk and try to make friends again.

I just hope I don't have to go through this much trouble when I try to find him a fillyfriend. Don't worry! I'm not going to play match-maker YET, he's just a foal, and I'm perfectly happy with him being one for now. I'll be happy to wait for when he grows into a great stallion I'll be even more proud of than I am of him right now, myself and my husband. He's our little pony.

~Fin
Pony POV Series Button Mash
Level 2 of 2
By Alex Warlorn

And here's the second half of Button Mash's story in the Pony POV Universe. Including Button Mash's view on the day of Princess Gaia! There are still some surprises to see and find. And Button Mash's role in the story isn't over yet.


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PLEASE check out the ton of recursive fanfics of this fanfiction series. A lot of heart went into them! They also answer a lot of unaswered questions.  mlp-pony-pov-series.deviantart… For heaven sake they rock! Kendell2 and Oracle Mask and Richforce and Ardashir and Jawmax and Persona22 and Dragon of Twilight and ItsFromPeople and all the rest!!! Please?

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Frozen-Doopliss's avatar

The gag with Luna trying, and failing, to give Button Mash nightmares for ignoring Pipsqueak was a nice gag. But things became a bit dull when the story turned into Button describing how he and his family spent each episode of the show offscreen in some way. The account of their time under princess Gaia was kinda neat, though.