Button's Room
Ponyville
Equestria
5:27 P.M. on April 25th
Sweetie Belle

It's about 5:30. We've been playing games for over an hour now. Nitro is playing his 3DS, playing some racing game. Miss Mash (who, after some small talk, Nitro refers to as "Elaina", I'll need to ask him later) is in the living room, Scootaloo and Apple Bloom are drinking out of juice boxes, and Button and I are playing on his PonyStation original, playing some HALO: Combat Evolved on it. I mentioned how old the system (and, to an extent, HALO) is, and he just shrugs and says "It's better than the Pong system my mom has." He has a point, ya know.

Anyways, I was beating his flank by using the Sniper Rifle, when Ms. Mash walked in and asked me "Sweetie Belle, can I speak to you for a minute?"

I looked at her, visibly confused, before I got up. "Don't worry, Sweetie!" Button called from his bed (we were sitting at the edge of his bed to play), "I'll leave the game paused 'til you come back!" I smiled and walked with Ms. Mash.

"So, what did you want to talk to me about, Miss Mash?" I questioned.

"I just wanted to ask you a few questions about my son," She replied. I think I know where this was going. "First, how's Button in school?" That was... strange, to say the least.

"He's doing... fine. Why aren't you asking Miss Cheerilee this?"

"I just wanted to hear from his peers. Anyways, second. How's Button's relationship with Nitro and the CMC?" Again, weird, for she can ask Button himself.

"Button and Nitro are doing well together. From the sound of it, I think they became friends because of some video game reference. As for me and my friends... We're pretty close."

"Good, good. Now, how do you feel about Button?" There it is. She giggles. "I see how you feel from the blush on your face." She giggles again as my face feels hot.

"I-I... Please don't tell Button. I beg you!"

"I won't."

"Oh, thank goodness!" I was washed in a wave of relief so big, I decided to go and hug Miss Mash. "Thank you, Miss Mash! Thankyouthankyouthankyou!"

"Y-You're welcome, Sweetie Belle. And... Call me Elaina. When Button's not around, at least." She gives a warm, almost motherly, smile. I smile back, feeling the blush fade away. "Now, you want something to drink?" I didn't realize how much my throat was dry until now. I nod, and she goes to the kitchen to get a cup of water for me. 'Button's mom sure is nice,' I thought.

A few hours later...

Elaina was very sweet. I wanna talk to her on more casual terms. Maybe later. For now, I have to talk to Rarity as to why I wasn't home. "Joy," I mumbled to myself, the word drenched in sarcasm. She'll go on and on about how I shouldn't be out this late and how I shouldn't be in a room on my own with a colt my age and blah-de-di-blah-blah.

What surprised me was what happened when I actually walked into Carousel Boutique. It was... quiet. Like Rarity's asleep. I trot up to her room, and she walks out of her room. She looks shell-shocked, like she was having a nightmare. She looks at me and... smiles. "So, you're home?"

I chuckle nervously and rub the back of my neck. "Y-yeah. Heheh"

She then embraces me in a tight hug. "I thought you... Nevermind. Where were you?" She looks at me with a scared look.

"I was at Elaina Mash's home. Her son invited me to play on his PonyStation, and-" I was cut off.

"You were at a colt's house?! Sweetie, you know what I say, right?"

"Rarity, I'm fine. I know this kid well. Besides, if anything were to go wrong, I was with my friend. Button's mom was there, and Nitro was there to help us out as well!"

She looked almost mortified. "N-Nitro?" Cogs were turning in her head, and something clicked.

Rarity's perspective

Somehow, when Sweetie mentioned somepony named "Nitro", I connected the dots. The guy's name from earlier was... N, right? Nitro could be shortened to N, and Nitro is shortened of Nitrogen... Fuck

If I see him, I'm gonna give a stern talk to Nitro.

Sweetie's perspective

"R-Rarity?" I was nervous.

"...I don't want you near Nitro. Understood?"

"B-but-"

"UNDERSTOOD?!" She practically yelled at me.

"...Understood."

"Good. That kid is bad news."

"Why is he?"

"Celestia had a broken nose because of him. Do you know where he lives?"

"No. We just became friends today."

She sighs. "Listen. I'm looking out for your safety. The colt's insane."

I listened to her. She didn't go on a tangent like normal. She's hiding something. I'm not gonna press it though. And I'm not gonna listen to her.

Warehouse
Ponyville
Equestria
9:42 P.M.
Assassin Nitro

Written Journal #4
I found them. Ponies who have First Civilization DNA. The gamer Button Mash, the singer Sweetie Belle, the daredevil Scootaloo, and the farmer Apple Bloom. They have high traces of the DNA, which means that this must be yet another Earth, meaning that my theory of Equestria just being an alternate universe of the Fallout timeline might not be that over exaggerated. It still is, but not fully. Now I wonder what happened to the humans...
I adventured across Equestria, and located some Templars. I placed them on the board in the main Warehouse. I'll take a pic tomorrow and upload it onto here when I feel like it.
Nothing other happened.
-Nitro

Author's Note

A shorter chapter than normal. I was having some writer's block.

Next chapter is... S.P.E.C.I.A.L., to say the least ;D

But, until then, tell me what I can improve! I am a novice writer, after all!