"My name is Button, Button '8-Bit' Mash, current game champion of 'Haybusters' and overall cool colt. Everypony at school calls me N.E.R.D, which I think stands for:
(e)Normous
Extremely
Radical
Dude...

Or maybe I'm just an obsessed game fanatic/outcast, take your pick.

As you can tell, I'm not that skilled, socially. Other than my mother, the Crusaders are my only friends. AppleBloom's kind and honest, Scootaloo's awesome...

And then there's Sweetie Belle...

Sheesh, where to begin? Other than being more fun than a bonus level in the grassland stages, prettier than Princess Nectarine in 'Cheerio and Squigee' and can carry a tune better than the Game-Guy theme...she's cool, I guess...

But enough about that. A few days ago, I encountered a strange creature in town. A being of an unknown origin: a tall talking APE! Insane, I know! I wonder if my Poné-mon ball can contain this specimen.

NOTE: Don't mistake souvenir weapons for the real deal. Awkward situations are eminent.

Anyways, my story begins one fateful night where my life changed...slightly for the better.

B.M. out!

NOTE: Gotta stop calling myself that."

It's a peaceful night in Equestria. The stores are closed, school is over, the captivating light of Princess Luna's moon and fillies and colts are hitting the hay...

Except for one.

Yes, the spunky colt is wide awake intensely playing the recently released 'Super Bash Pones' on the Neightendo Switch when an irritated tan coated mare barges in.

"Button '8-Bit' Mash!" she barks angrily.

"Uh oh, she used the FULL name." Button winces.

"It is WAY past your bedtime! You can KO Yowser tomorrow. Bed, now."

"But Moooom! I need to beat him within 24 hours to get a milestone for longest gameplay!" he whines.

The impatient mare snatches the small controller away.

"Bed. NOW." she commands sternly.

In a fearful sprint, Button jumps under the bed sheets.

"I swear, Button. I really wish you'd socialize with foals your age."

"But everypony calls me a nerd, Mom!"

"I personally see that as a compliment. Basically means your smart. Besides, I've never seen that Sweetie Belle friend of yours call you that." she jokes.

Button blushes.

"Zzzz...sleeping now...zzzzz...go away...zzzzz!" he snores dismissively.

"Good night my little pony." she snickers as she turns the draconequus shaped lamp off.

Alone in his dark bedroom, Mash takes his mother's words into account.

"Maybe Mom's right. Maybe I should at least try to talk to somepony. Can't leave multiplayer unplayed." he sighs.

As he dozes off, a faint boom startles the little colt awake.

"What in the hay?"

Button trots up to a window and spots something bright in the sky.

"Cool, a shooting star....that's getting...CLOSER?!"

The blinding light of the shooting "star" grows brighter and brighter as it comes hurling towards the open window until it collides with the screaming colt causing a sickeningly loud THUD.

Button recovers from the assault and finds a toy-sized maneless metal pony on his lap. The sound of hoofsteps grow louder as a voice calls out:

"Button? Are you alright in there?" his mother asks worriedly.

Button hastily stuffs the toy under his bed before his mother barges in again and turning the lamp on.

"Son, what's going on? I heard screaming."

"Yeah, I-I fell outta bed." he states.

She examines the large gap between him and the bed.

"Not going to question it, must've been a nightmare. Just go back to sleep, honey."

"Alright Mom."

As Button goes to "sleep" his mother leaves the room. A moment after the hoofsteps fade, he leaps out of the sheets and pulls out the toy, inspecting it in the moonlight.

"What is this thing, some kind of puppet?" he says to himself.

There, he sees a logo on his belly:

Haybro Toys

"That's where Dad works!"

Suddenly, the toy literally springs to life, accidentally headbutting Button in the process.

*zzzt* "Must- *zzzt* -find- *zzzt* Master." the toy statics.

"Ugh, what?" Button asks, rubbing his cranium.

"I need to- *zzzt*"

"Whoa, woah. Take it easy, my mother thinks I'm asleep." he whispers.

"Apologies, just a minor glit- *zzzt* can't help it-" *zzzt*

The sentient toy begins to fizzle and smoke as he freezes in place.

A frantic Button picks up his Haystation controller and backhoofs the buffering being.

*hic* "Oh, I do dear apologize. How embarrassing." the toy speaks in a sophisticated tone.

"I-It's fine. What are you, exactly?" Button asks.

The metal pony looks at the label on his left arm.

"I believe my label is 'Defect Experiment #191'-oof!" the being says as he trips over his hooves and crashes to the ground.

"I don't think I can memorize all that. I guess I'll just call you...'Crash' then." Button declares helping the pony up. "Name's Button."

Button extends a hoof and Crash stares blankly.

He presses his hoof against his and shakes it up and down.

Like teaching a child...

"Interesting." 'Crash' says in bewilderment.

"So, where'd you come from?" the colt asks.

"I can't seem to recall. It's all a l-l-little fuzzzzzzy." he stutters as smoke began to resurface from the back of where his mane should be.

"Okay, okay. Don't fry yourself. We'll deal with it tomorrow...uh, Crash? You can stop shaking your hoof now."

"Oh sorry. But yes, rest is vital for certain dilemmas like thiiii-"

Crash groggily stops his conclusion.

"Hey Crash are you okay?"

"Loooow powerrrrrrr..." the toy moans.

*CLANK*

Then faceplants on the floor.

"Like I said, we'll deal with it tomorrow." he sighs.

Button drags Crash's body under the bed and goes to sleep.

The next morning, the sleepy pony wakes to the sound of birds chirping and the sun shining brightly.

As he rises out of bed, a sharp pain erupts in his forehead.

"Ugh. *gasp* CRASH!" Button yelps.

He pulls over his covers to find the petrified pony toy thing still unconscious.

The colt picks him up to analyze his figure.

"Now what gives you power, Crashy?"

Revealing the pony to the sunlight to get a better look, Button notices a panel on his back. Soon, a whirring sound echoes throughout the room until it ends with a low BEEP.

"Wow, cool! Sun Power!"

Crash opens his eyes and his joints loosen.

"Hhhhhhhow long was I incapacitated?" the toy asks regaining his composure.

"Eh, pretty much ALL night. I guess sunlight is your power source. Impressive."

"Yep. Solar power energy. Very efficient method I must say." Crash states proudly.

While the two have a geek fest, those all too familiar hoofsteps approach the door.

"Oh horseapples! My mom is coming! Quick, hide!"

Button stuffs Crash under the bed again as the warden walks in.

"Well good morning son. I see you're already up and at 'em?" she greets.

"Hehe, yeah Mom. Wiiide awake." he nervously chuckles.

"Alright, be down for breakfast, you have school today." she requests as she leaves.

"Okay Crash, stay quiet, out of sight and try NOT to look conspicuous!" Button whispers under the bed.

"What was that, hon?" his mother asks.

"Nothing!" Button yells.

After a quick breakfast, the cheeky colt packs his bag and trots off to school.

Along the way, Button feels his bag is slightly heavier than it used to be. As he passes the playground to the schoolhouse, something tilts his pack to the side.

"Homework is dragging me down." he jokes.

"Sorry."

"It's okay...wait, WHAT?!"

Button yanks off his bag and out pops the steel stow away, in plush doll attire.

"CRASH! What are you doing he- and what're you wearing?!"

"You instructed me not to look conspicuous, so I found a plush equine of yours and fashioned a makeshift skin." he states.

"Well I'm taking you home!" he exclaims.

Button stuffs Crash back into his pack and begins carrying the disguised toy off school grounds until a large group of foals trot through, blocking the exit and forcing the two inside.

"This is not good." Button utters.

Author's Note

Yes, it's a midquel/sequel to Anon Begins.

TAnon Begins

• MLP: FiM
• Adventure
• Comedy
• Slice of Life

If you were thrown into a world of technicolor ponies, what would you do?

• Human
• Second Person
• Spike
• Doctor Whooves
• Other
• Main 6
• Starlight Glimmer

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