'I did it,' Button thought proudly to himself after completing the Halo 4 campaign on the Heroic difficulty. You would think somepony like him would play the game on the Easy difficulty to learn the story; well not him.

The reason why he played the campaign on Heroic when he first got his copy of Halo 4 is because he knows he's the best eight year old gamer colt in all of Equestria, so he was willing to accept any challenge.

Of course he knew it would be better if he played the campaign on Legendary difficulty, but he would rather do that another time. Plus, he's done that difficulty before on his other Halo games. Right now, he feels like doing the multiplayer.

He selected Infinity in the main menu which brought him to the multiplayer menu which appeared to be somewhere inside the UNSC: Infinity.

There wasn't much to see except a large hologram of the exterior of the ship and the contents of the menu. Button could clearly make out a SPARTAN-IV standing at a terminal doing something that really didn't seem interesting so Button shook it off.

He selected the War Games tab and was given quite a long list of different multiplayer games that could either be solo, or team.

Button decided to choose Big Team Battle because of how epic and exciting they were! Also that Button preferred bigger map sizes as well.

When he selected the game type, his avatar card appeared wearing grey Recruit armor with a blue visor. In the lower right hand corner was his rank which read SR-1.

Stretching out on the right side of his avatar card were empty one's that read Searching For Player on them which meant Button had to wait a bit until players were found so the game could begin.

Luckily he didn't have long to wait.

In a brief moment, the other player cards started reading Player Found on them. Not much of a surprise considering that Big Team Battle is the most popular playlist in the entire franchise.

Button slipped on his headset so he could hear and communicate with the other players.

You think he would consider muting all players so he could avoid hearing all the trash talking noobs that exist all over the world, but he didn't. Button was a hardcore type of gamer and was used to all the foul language and insults. He even got in all the trash talking as well, but he had to be careful that his mother wasn't nearby to scold and kick him off his game.

When all players were found, Button prepared himself to get his game going, and handle any insults that came his way. What he heard when all the players finally appeared took him off guard.

"watz up bitches?" a player with the gamertag of xxxmasturch33fxxx asked.

The question wasn't the thing that didn't throw Button off guard; it was the way the voice sounded.

The voice sounded like it belonged to some kind of robot or computer or something because it didn't sound like it came from a regular pony, but it definitely sounded male. The vocal delivery was monotone.

"Who the hay is this guy?" a player asked.

"He sounds like a robot," another one added.

"Since when do robots play video games?" a third player asked who was a female.

They all sounded close to Buttons' age.

"o gr3at. stewp3d 343 p3ared me up with a bunch of r3tard3d kidz again" the player complained.

"No your retarded!" one of the kids shot back.

"stfu"

"No you!"

"Why don't you get yourself laid already?!" the second player said.

"ive a1r3ady dun it with ur mom u fucking hipp0p0tracrite. a11 of ur moms 2 b pricks1ice"

Button gave a nervous gulp.

He knew his mother was one of the most attractive mares in Ponyville, which made every stallion in town to gawk at her whenever she went out. Surprisingly she didn't seem to mind this. It's like she wanted to get herself admired, and then hopefully get rutted later.

Button wanted to say something, but decided not to get involved. He just did his best to keep his cool and vote for a map and game.

Three options appeared before him:

1. BTB Infinity Slayer on Exile

2. BTB Regicide on Complex

3. BTB Capture the Flag on Longbow

Button couldn't decide on a map so he just let the other players decide. He would accept any game that won the vote.

The ending result was CTF. A favorite of Buttons' thankfully.

"dont fuck this up" the player warned when teams were assigned.

Him, Button, and the other three players were assigned to Red Team.

"You better know how to play this game," a player warned.

"dun wrry. i do"

During the seven second countdown to the game, Button discovered that he only had two loadout options that both consisted of the MA5D-ICWS assault rifle, and the M6H-PDW magnum pistol.

The custom one that layed at the top consisted of no armor abilities or upgrades while the one on the bottom only had the armor ability Hardlight Sheild equipped. In between the two were four empty slots that could be filled up and customized simply by reaching certain ranks.

Button was a little disappointed by the options, but he went along with it. He chose the loadout with the Hardlight Sheild to have a bit of a tactical advantage.

When the players spawned at the base, Button decided to take the role as the flag defender for his team.

"I'll be on defense for the flag, if anypony wishes to assist me, I would gladly appreciate it," Button said.

"Sounds good to me," the first player said.

"I'm in," the female player added.

"def3nse is 4 pussies. off3nse is ftw"

"Hey shut up dude! This kid seems to have more brains then you when it comes to strategy," the second player said.

"i came a11 ovar ur moth3r last nite, lololololol"

"That was the worst comeback ever!"

"no, she did cum back inside me. ROFL!"

"Forget him guys, let's just play the game," Button said.

"Okay, lets just get this over with," the second player grumbled.

Button, the first player, and the female player teamed up with in defending the base while the first player and xxxmasturch33fxxx, along with the other team members played offense and support roles. You could say that xxxmasturch33fxxx wasn't the most useful player on the entire team.

Whenever he tried killing an opponent, he always failed either by inaccurately spraying and praying with his MA5D instead of firing in confirmed bursts, or mindlessly spamming his only two grenades that the enemy player evaded with ease. The result was him dying everytime and calling the enemy a hacker, or stating that 343 made a retarded weapon.

He sucked at driving and maneuvering vehicles which caused him to off into the kill-zones with teammates earning him a fine BETRAYAL, or constantly driving into areas of heavy enemy resistance where he was killed in seconds.

This kind of thing went on for the entire match. It was surprising that xxxmasturcheefxxx wasn't booted after his second teamkill. The fact could've been that their was some kind of error with the servers which earned quite a few complaints and rage quits from the other players. Luckily new players were automatically placed in the game so the fight would still stay even.

When the game finally ended, Button's team only won by one flag to nothing.

It may have not been impressive, but it was still a triumph. It was also thanks to Button's wits on strategic defense.

Unfortunately, xxxmasturch33fxxx didn't seem so pleased.

"we sh0u1d hav scor3d a11 teh f1ags!"

"Shut up and be happy that we won you dumbass!" the first player said.

"stfu fagot. n0 1 axed u!"

"No you!"

Button had enough of this arguing and left the lobby.

He decided to send a friend request to the kids who seemed friendly, but not to xxxmasturch33fxxx because of the way he acted; and played for that matter. Button may have ben a hardcore gamer, but he knew better then to get involved with nuisance players.

Button decided to turn off the Xbox for a while and grab a snack for himself.

When he got in the kitchen, he noticed that his mother was already cooking their supper. She used the mouth of her muzzle to grasp a ladle and stir whatever was in the pot.

"Hi mom," Button said.

Button's mom stopped her stirring and glanced over to her son with a gentle smile.

"Hi sweetie, how was your game?" she asked warmly.

"It was pretty good," Button replied. "I just came down here for a snack, then I'll be heading right back up.

Button's mom frowned.

"I'm already cooking our dinner sweetie. I think it's best that you take a break and enjoy the rest of the day outside."

Normally Button would disagree with his mother about being apart from his video games, but he knew that it was hopeless to win against his mother's authority. Plus, after what he just went through; a break sounded nice.

Before he went outside, he turned to his mother.

"Mom?"

"Yes Button?"

Button hesitated.

"Nevermind," he said finally.

Button's mom grew a bit concerned, but decided to leave it.

"Okay dear," she said and continied making supper.

Button was going to ask if she has seen anypony recently that sounded like a robot, but decided not to because of how ridiculous and personal it sounded. He knew his mother wasn't a slut. At least he hoped she wasn't.

End