Wrong Ideas

by megabyte97

Rating: teen
Tags: Romance, Random, Slice of Life
Length: 951

Vinyl's little brother, Battle Plan is obsessed with a certain game to the point where he doesn't go out of the house unless forced. Vinyl is determined to change that.

Vinyl Scratch's younger brother, Battle Plan, is obsessed with a multiplayer computer game. It gets to the point where he doesn't go outside the house. He just sits and chats with his "friends" while they slay the monsters of tartarus. Now then Vinyl might not be the best role model around, but she knows enough to see that something has to change. Armed with a powerful secret, a few favors, and a usb drive she creates a battle plan.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2014-07-17 06:10:01 UTC

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It was a few weeks before winter was scheduled to end in the big city of Canterlot. The moon was overhead, the wind was howling and a certain white unicorn was trotting home after a exhausting performance.

"WOW!", She exclaimed as the wind tore through her coat and blew her glasses back towards her electric blue mane and a 8th note could be seen on her flank as lightning struck the surrounding rods placed on the tops of buildings.  "If this storm got any worse ponies would think the windigos were back in town.", She smiled at her little joke but it soon melted as another gust of wind pushed her back a few hooves and it started snowing. "Ok maybe that joke was a little bad but not that much." She stated to herself as she started galloping back to her little home in the alleyway behind the bar.

As the unicorn approached the doorway she could hear her little brother screaming at what she assumed was his computer monitor. She sighs as her horn started to glow a bluish tint and the doorknob did the same. The door creaked open as the pony stepped inside.

"Plan I'm home!" she quite nearly shouted as she shook her tail back and forth to rid it of some snow.****

***"Did you bring dinner with you?", exclaimed a slightly annoyed high voice which had to belong to the young colt in question.***

***"No, why would I? It's your night to cook!", getting annoyed herself at this exchange of theirs she wondered if she should go do to his 'stallion cave' and if it would be worth it.***

***She pondered this in her mind when the high pitched voice replied, "I'm in the middle of something, can you start it tonight and i'll help when I'm done here?***

***The white unicorn fumed as she shouted, "That's it! I'm done putting up with this" and proceeded to walk outside again and locate the fuse box.***

***The unicorn even though cold and exhausted got a laugh out of what happened when she cut the power to the house. "Vinyl! What did you do you @#$%!" exclaimed Plan as he galloped up the stairs with his laptop in tow frantically searching for a power outlet for the charger as the levitating technology's buttons blinked red.***

***"You'll get the power back when you start dinner." she screamed into a nearby slightly open window chuckling at the reaction she got.***

***"You are more vicious then a manticorn my dear sister but fine I will accept your conditions" Plan bellowed as the lights came back on.to reveal a brown unicorn with a green mane with nothing on his flank unlike his sister. Plan rushed back down the stairs and plugged in his laptop and hurriedly typed into a message box: gtg c u l8r as a dragon appeared across from 4 ponies (2 unicorns and a pegasus in back while a earth pony with armor was in front). Plan hit the 4 key which activated the apollo's shield skill and raced back up the stairs.*******

***"Battle Plan I'm worried that you're getting a little obsessed with that game of yours." Vinyl sighed as she levitated a glass of water to her snout and looked at her brother through those glasses she always wears.***

***"Yeah? Well don't be, I'm completely fine. Even the doc says so.".***

***"Oh really?" she starts to get a little accusation in her voice, "Tell me then. What have you done besides play that game the entire day?".***

***Battle Plan's pupils dilate as he racks his brain to come up with a satisfactory answer, "I, uhh... 1 moment, *oh wait" He exclaims triumphantly "I took out the trash you've been wanting me to take out for the last week or so." He gets a smug smile on his face as Vinyl adopts a confused look on her face.**********

*****She suddenly blots upright and grabs her little brother in a levitation spell "Wait are you talking about those little packages I put by the door?!?", She yells in his ear.*********

***"Well for one thing. Ouch. Second yes I mean those packages".***

***She drops him on the table in a very undignified manner puts a hoof to her face and the other points to the basement as she tells him, "Go to your room we'll talk about this later"***

***Mystified Battle Plan gets off the table looks at Vinyl and asks "Did I do something wrong?" as he tries to make eye contact.***

***Vinyl lowers her hooves and glares at him and in a tone of voice that could freeze a fire said "Those were presents for friends at the hearth's warming eve party I'm going to next week".***

***Plan's ears immediately flatten and he hangs his head and whispers, "I'm sorry I didn't kno-".***

***He's cut off when Vinyl raises a hoof and says "Go to your room don't turn on that stupid game for the rest of the night I'll think of what you have to do in the morning".***

***Plan's head shoots up and he starts stammering, "But, but, but -".***

*****"No buts go to your room".*****

*Plan hangs his head, defeated as he starts for the basement he reaches his laptop and types in a single message: sorry guildies probably going to be offline for a while got in trouble. The next moment another set of text appeared stating: *Guild ownership has been transferred to ButtonMash as the laptop switches off and the lights turn off.****

*Several seconds later unknown to Battle Plan another message showed up in game Guild [ButtonMash]: Finally. Now then, there are going to be a few changes around here.*