"Button, wake up or you'll be late for school!" Button's mom called up to him.

"Mmmmm... mu."

"Button!" His mother called again before coming into his room only to see him asleep on the floor while drooling on his controller in front of a TV showing the words 'Game Over!' on it. "Button mash wake up!" She yelled as she nudged him which only got more mumbling out of him. With a roll of her eyes she looked to the game he was playing before. Picking up the controller she went to the save files. "I'm deleting your save files." She said aloud.

"I'm up! I'm up!" Button Mash shouted as he jumped up fully awake.

"Then get ready for school. Breakfast is on the table." His mother told him as she turned the Neighstation off and walked out of the room. With a sigh, Button walked over to the bathroom and grabbed his toothbrush. Once he started brushing he looked into the mirror and stopped at what he saw floating over his head.

Slowly blinking he looked up to see the words floating over his head. Blinking a few more times he started brushing again as he turned back to the mirror. After finishing all of his business in the bathroom and getting his propeller hat and school bag on, he hopped downstairs and into the kitchen where he sat down to eat breakfast. While eating he followed his mom with his eyes as she opened his bag and put in his lunch.

"What are you looking at?" Mommy asked when she saw Button staring.

"Nothing mom. Just trying to figure out the difficulty level of this area." Button said in a dismissive tone getting a raised eyebrow from his mother.

"Well, you'd best finish up and head out on your quest for the legendary straight-A report card." His mother said straight-faced as she placed his saddlebags on his back. "Otherwise you won't get the achievement."

"Right!" Button exclaimed as he stood up. Now more motivated to go to school than his mother ever thought possible. Jumping up to give a kiss on his mom's cheek he took off out the door, leaving a wide-eyed Mommy behind.

"...Note to self, express all future chores like an NPC giving a quest." Mommy said to herself before closing the door.

Button had to repeatedly stop to rest on his way to school to let his stamina replenish. Fortunately, it appears that his stamina increases with each point in Vitality so he could run full speed a little longer each time it went up. During the entire trip, Button would keep track of his surroundings for any mobs to slay but never found any. Much to his confusion, he saw a few quest markers over some ponies but they were all greyed out for some reason. Deciding to not think too much on it, Button continued on his way to school, managing to make it through the door just in time for the bell to signal the beginning of the first class.

"Alright class, today we'll start on geography. The locations of all the major cities in Equestria to be exact." Miss Cheerilee said as she pulled down the map. At first, Button was smiling as he listened, but as the lesson went on his expression turned into a frown.

"Um, Miss Cheerilee?" Button asked with a raised hoof.

"Do you have a question Button Mash?" The teacher asked with an encouraging smile.

"Yes, I wanted to know when you'll talk about what monsters spawn and in and around those cities or ancient legends about each one," Button asked, getting whispers from the rest of the class.

"Monsters? Why would there be monsters in any city? If any such thing managed to get into such a populated location the guards would rush to deal with it as quickly as possible. What makes you think that there would be monsters living in a city?" Miss Cheerilee asked Button with a bewildered look on her face. For the first time Button showed a look of doubt before looking to a spot over Miss Cheerilee's head.

"I thought it would be more interesting." Button Mash replied, getting laughter from the rest of the class.

"Well, I'm afraid the princess is a bit too nitpicky about pony safety to let roaming monsters make your lessons more interesting." Miss Cheerilee said getting more laughter from the other kids. "But old legends might be okay, I'll look into those and see if there are any that would work in future lessons." With those words, Miss Cheerilee turned back to the map and restarting her lesson.

Confused and a little embarrassed, Button's eyes wandered around the room before stopping on Diamond Tiara. Thanks to making a spectacle of himself only a moment ago it didn't take long for the local bully to give him a glance and noticed his staring.

"What?" She asked in a harsh whisper.

"I'm waiting for you to turn into a troll and capture Sweetie Belle so I can rescue her." Was Button's immediate and straight faced response causing the surrounding children who were listening in on the whispered conversation to snicker.

"What?" Diamond Tiara asked in confusion. Button just leaned closer to Diamond he squinted his eyes as he looked her up and down.

"Are you changing slowly?" He asked before looking at her midsection. "Oh, you're already starting to bloat."

With a cry of pain Button Mash fell out of his seat and crashed onto the floor.

"Hey, that hurt!" Button mash shouted before freezing with a sudden look of realization and horror. "That hurt..."

"You're about to hurt a lot more!" Diamond Tiara shouted as she jumped out of her seat and moved in on the downed colt.

"Diamond Tiara! What are you doing!?" Miss Cheerilee shouted once she saw what was happening.

"He called me fat!" Diamond Tiara exclaimed as she pointed at Button Mash accusingly.

"Is this true Button?" Cheerilee asked as she marched over.

"I thought I was dreaming!" Button said in a panic.

"You dream about rescuing me?" Sweetie Belle asked with a blush.

"Why would you think you were dreaming?" Miss Cheerilee asked Button as she bent down to check if he was hurt. Button, however, didn't give her a response. The only reaction to her question was his eyes quickly looking up and staring at the name and level floating over her head.

"Ummmmm..."

Author's Notes:

What can I say, I love gamer fics.