My Little Timelord: Beep

Button Mash blinked as beads of sweat ran down into his eyes. He had been playing this new game for hours. The arcade runner had thought more than once to ask him to leave, as the colt had unknowingly caused a line to form behind him. A grumpy-looking stallion poked him in the back.

"Hey, there's a line here. Can you leave?"

Button casually waved a dismissive hoof, not looking away from the game. His tongue was poking out of the side of his mouth, his eyes narrowed in concentration.

"When I die, okay?" he replied. He was playing 'Cry', a new game where the player had to defeat stone mares in the form of angels by galloping through each level, not getting touched. Moans rose from the line behind him, and two mares and a colt grumpily left the line.

Button Mash drew a breath as he entered the final level of the game. This time, the mares, called the 'Weeping Mares' were going faster and faster, nearly catching him. As he raced into the graveyard, the game did something strange. The stallion Button had been playing as, a brown coated and brown maned Earth pony, turned his head towards the screen. A speech bubble popped up next to him.

D O N' T

Button Mash nearly stopped playing, but the stone mares were getting closer. He eyed the speech bubble nervously, and continued playing. New words appeared in the bubble.

E V E R

Just as Button left the graveyard, he was in front of a strange large, blue box. The doors flew open. Button Mash bit his lower lip nervously. He raced inside of the box, dreading what was going to happen next. An angry sounding mare called out to him but he didn't pay attention. The game screen went black. Button stared in awe, anger and confusion. Big white letters flashed in front of him.

GAME OVER

The colt stepped back in disbelief. Had he just lost?... That was the last thing that entered his mind before the arcade game let out a long, loud beep.

Before Button Mash blinked.