Hi! I’m Button Mash! I live in Ponyville with my mom and I love video games. So...yeah, that’s pretty much it when it comes to me. I mean, I do like chocolate milk, but what does that have to do with anything? But your not here to learn about me, right? You want to know about how I got with Sweetie Belle, am I correct? Well, it certainly is a winding tale, with more twists and turns than the Sonic The Hedgehog series, but it’s a very good tale. I guess we should get started, take it away, Fan!

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Sweetie Belle was very, very bored. It was summer vacation, but it wasn’t as good as she would’ve hoped it to be. Fate wasn’t on her side, as both Scootaloo and AppleBloom were out of town. AppleBloom was in Appaloosa, and Scoots was at a flying camp, leaving Sweetie to sit all by her lonesome. She thought of an idea that didn’t sound bad in theory, but was going to be hard to pull off.

“Maybe....I can find some new ponies to play with? I don’t AppleBloom or Scoots would mind”, she said, looking at the door.

She was nervous, she didn’t really know anyone else besides AB and Scoots. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were their friends, but they were out of town as well. Twist was in town, but who knows where she could be. Rumble was training with Thunderlane, Dinky was with her mother and Twilight in Canterlot, and the rest were just around Ponyville. Her mind went blank, she couldn’t think of anypony else.

“Oh, it’s hopeless! I’m never going to find another pony to hang out with!”, she said sinking down into the couch.

Suddenly, a knock came at the door. Rarity was not home, so Sweetie had to answer. She trudged up to the door, expecting to see some kind of customer, or maybe even a mailpony.

She opened the door, and found something she did not expect. It was a colt, around her age, wearing a propeller beanie that was somehow spinning. He was dark green and had a brown mane, and had a grin on his face.

“Hi! Is this Carousel Boutique?”, he asked.

“Yeah, it is. Who are you?”, Sweetie asked out of curiosity.

“Oh, my name is Button Mash! What’s your name?”, Button asked.

“I’m Sweetie Belle, what do you need?”, she asked.

“My mom sent me here to pick up an order she placed”, he said with a grin.

Something about that smile made Sweetie Belle feel weird, but she couldn’t place what kind of weird it was.

“Oh, well....Rarity isn’t here right now..I don’t know where the orders are kept, so I can’t help you”, she said.

Button lost his smile and looked down to the ground.

“Oh.............ok. I’ll just go”, he said, turning around.

“Wait!!!! Don’t go!!”, she said.

He turned back around, and their eyes met. Button could sense she was not happy.

“Are you ok?”, he asked.

“No, I’m not ok. All of my friends are out of town and I’m bad at making new friends, so I’m just going to be alone all summer”, she said sadly.

Button looked concerned, somepony should never have to go through this.

“I’ll be your friend”, he said with a smile.

Sweetie Belle smiled a large toothy grin.

“Really! Thank you so much, Button Mash! This is going to be the best summer ever!”, Sweetie Belle, embracing Button Mash.

Button blushed, but smiled as well.

“Adventure is on the horizon, my dear Sweetie Belle”, he said.

“What should we do first, Button?”, she asked.

“You ever heard of Video Games?”, he asked.

Sweetie Belle looked confused, she had heard of them, but had never got into it.

“Yeah......what do you mean have I heard of it?”, she asked, confused and dazed.

“You haven’t seen the way I play, it’s unlike anything you’ve ever known”, he said with a proud smile.

Sweetie saw the look of pride and believed him, she had never seen such a confident expression.

“C’mon! I’ll show you my house!”, he said, grabbing her hoof and leading her towards his home.

Sweetie simply allowed herself to be dragged as they made it to the home of Button Mash, a cream colored home in the middle of town.

“Hello, Button”, said an older voice.

Both looked up to see a mare, cream colored and brown maned, sitting on the porch. Her cutie mark was a bottle for a baby.

“Hey Mom! Meet my new friend Sweetie Belle! She has nothing else to do, so I brought her here. Isn’t that awesome?”, he said with a goofy grin.

His mom just smiled, her baby was growing up.

“It is awesome Button, have fun!”, she said before going into the house.

“You wanna see my room?”, he asked.

“Sure!”, she replied with a small smile.

They trotted into the home, it was a standard home. Nothing special, but nothing lacking either.

Sweetie thought it was quite peaceful, or at least more peaceful than the Boutique.

“My rooms upstairs, follow me”, he said.

They both trotted upstairs and entered his room.

It was standard, just like the rest of the house. The one thing that stood out was all of the consoles. There were to many to count, and boy did she try.

“So yeah, this is my room. Look around if you like”, he said with a smile.

Sweetie was mesmerized, not by any of the systems, but of his smile. It was so welcoming and happy, it was honestly refreshing. She could definitely get used to this. She then embraced Button again.

“Thank you”, she said.

“Uhh, your welcome. Why am I being thanked?”, he asked with a red face.

“Thank you for being a friend”, she said.

“I should be thanking you, Sweetie Belle”, he said.

“Why?”, she asked right back.

“I’ve never had any freinds, your my first one”, he said with a sad look.

Sweetie Belle gasped, how could he not have any friends. He was nice, funny, caring, cute-ok maybe thinking too much, but you get it, she was shocked!

“Well now you’ve got now, and that won’t change”, she said with a smile.

Little did they know, Button’s mom was watching them. She had tears in her eyes.

“Thank you so much Sweetie Belle, you helped him more than you’ll ever know”, she said with a smile.

It was the beginning of a new adventure, and they were both along for the ride.

Author's Notes:

Can anyone spot the Golden Girls reference?