"Button! It's time to get up!" Mommy's voice called up, surprising Button and getting him a game over. After dinner, he played video games until his mom made him get ready for bed. Then he pretended to go to sleep, hung his blanket on the door and put his pillows at the bottom to block any light from getting out, turned the volume all the way down, crossed his legs so he can grind his DEX and STR. He hadn't realized that he had been grinding all night until he heard his mom call out to him. He didn't even feel tired.

"Coming mom!" Button called back as he got up, only to fall over, sucking in air through clenched teeth as tears started forming around his eyes. "Owy owy owy owy owy owy!" As it turns out, having your hind legs pushing against each other at full strength for several hours without rest tends to make them a little temperamental when you start moving them again. Fortunately, Gamer Body kicked in and slowly washed the pain away.

"I better have gotten lots of points in strength for that." Button said through sniffles as he wiped his tears away. Once his vision was clear he brought up his stats to see what a full night of intense grinding did for him.

"Yes! One down!" Button cheered as he did a little dance in celebration. "Tonight I play puzzle games!" Quickly tossing his pillows and blanket back onto his bed, Button put on his hat and went down for breakfast.

"Morning mom!" Button greeted with a happy skip to his step.

"You're certainly in a good mood this morning," Mommy said as she put down a plate with pop-tarts.

"This is going to be a great day, I just know it!" Button cheered as he hopped up onto his chair and inhaled his breakfast. "I'm just going to drop my stuff off real quick after school and head into town."

"Alright, I'll pick you up at the arcade after I do a little shopping," Mommy said. This was the normal Friday schedule after all.

"I'm not going to the arcade today mom. I'm going to take a walk around town" Button said before jumping in surprise at the sound of glass shattering. Looking to his mom to see what was wrong he saw her staring at him with eyes as wide as saucers. "Mom... are you okay?"

"You... want to go outside... and get exercise?" Mommy asked in shock.

"Yes." Button said in an uncertain tone. Button Mash just sat there in uncomfortable silence as his mother just kept staring at him in shock. "I'm not that bad." He said, though his tone made it sound more like he was trying to convince himself than his mom. "Well... I'm off to school." And with that, he grabbed his bag and ran out the door.

Wheezing, Button had to stop for another break. He had been running around town for a while now. Not just to grind his Vitality but also to search. After all, he still needed a class and he wanted to find a good class giver today. And though he found a few ponies with the golden graduation hat floating over their heads he didn't want to have a class like gardener. Soon he came across a new one and focused on the golden hat. He had discovered if he did that he could see what class, or classes, he can get from a pony.

"May I help you?" Bonbon asked Button when she and Lyra noticed him staring.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Button screamed as he turned around and ran away. Something that would soon teach him something new about the game he didn't know before. When his stamina runs out and he keeps attempting to run, he is forced to slowly walk instead.

"What? Was it something I said?" Bonbon asked her best friend. Lyra, seeing the opportunity for a prank, gave out a large gasp while looking at the top of Bonbon's head.

"Bonbon you have a huge spider in your mane!"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Bonbon screamed as she turned around and ran away. Head swinging around rapidly in an attempt to dislodge the imaginary spider.

Huffing and wheezing once more Button Mash leaned against the wall. As much as he wanted his first class to be cool he wasn't dumb enough to confront a pony with classes like that. Looking around franticly to see if he had been followed he only saw some ponies giving him some strange looks. Not surprising when they just saw a colt leisurely walking down the road while screaming like he was being chased by a pack of timberwolves. Once everypony had calmed down Button got up and kept up the search. Turning around the next corner he saw another hat, though this one was hopping up and down.

Gadgeteer? More superhero than fantasy. Button thought before suddenly being struck by inspiration. Iron Mare was an earth pony gadgeteer who built a suit of power armor that let her channel and shoot blasts of raw magic that was powered by a rare gem called a mountain heart that had been lodged in her chest in an explosion. Button had seen a path that he was sure that the gadgeteer class was needed for. One that might help with his magic problem if he can store up his mana in some kind of battery. He will become an artificer! It helps that he was sure he had high rep with this class giver, seeing as he was sure everypony had high rep with her.

"Miss Pinkie Pie! Miss Pinkie Pie wait!" Button called out as he chased after her. This caused Pinkie to stop moving forward and turn to face the colt.

"Oh, you don't have to call me miss. Just call me Pinkie Pie! All my friends do."

Button's eyes widened in shock at Pinkie's response because she didn't actually say anything at all. Instead, she just opened and closed her mouth rapidly while making that sound that was made in old games when text showed when the characters were talking. And while she was doing that a popup showed up with text showing what Pinkie was saying. At first he thought he had a glitch.

"Pinkie, why are you making those sounds?" One of the passing ponies asked.

"Oh, I was just making an old video game joke. Because I'm talking to Button Mash." Pinkie replied while picking up the Text popup to show the pony, revealing that it was just made of cardboard.

"Oh, alright then." The pony said before walking off.

"So what's up Button?" Pinkie asked with a cheerful smile. Button Mash gave a sigh, knowing that his secret was safe.

"Well, I heard that you can make some really cool stuff, so I was wondering if you could teach me to be a gadgeteer?" Button asked the bouncing pink pony.

"Sure, follow me." Pinkie said happily before turning around and hopping away.

"Yes!" Button cheered as he chased after Pinkie as she hopped back to Suger Cube Corner, up the stairs, and into her room. To Button's surprise, Pinkie pushed a hidden button on the wall causing a hidden door to open revealing a bookcase.

"Here, let's start with this!" Pinkie said as she pulled out a book that Button was sure was heavier than he was, making Button gulp nervously. It was at that moment that Button considered the fact that gadgeteer may be a complicated class to take first, especially when on a time limit. It also just occurred to him that in his excitement in getting his first class that he took Pinkie Pie as his teacher.

"Oh boy..."

Author's Notes:

Well, this one was fast. I just started writing and didn't stop. This is strange because I have restless leg syndrome and have trouble holding still. This means I normally stop writing to walk around often.