1 - Ponyville's Helping Hoof

"Hrrgh...focus, Game!" Game Changer said to himself. He held out his clenched hoof to his little brother before him, focusing all his power into getting this cheat to work. The Power Sock was comfortable on his hoof. It had been with him since he was just a filly – bestowed upon him by his father, it carried cheat abilities not dissimilar to the magic used by unicorns. Once again, he reached out with the Power Sock and closed his eyes tightly. It glowed brightly before him, tightening under the pressure of this cheat. Then – pyaow!

A deafening retro explosion filled the room, knocking the colts into the walls around them. Shroom Hop's head appeared in the midst of a pile of cheat scrolls. He shook it to clear off the choking dust. Game looked across at his son and laughed a little. "Now let's see if that Super Jump worked, Shroom!"

The pair wandered outside, seeing Pinkie Pie hop by, smiling as she went. Shroom trotted quietly beside her. Pinkie looked down, noticing him, and he copied her hops perfectly with the new cheat Game cast on him. Game watched on, laughing a little and joining the two jumping ponies.

"Nice work, Game!" Pinkie smiled.

"Anything to help you guys have a little more fun," Game said with a wink, arming himself with lasers as he soared up to the clouds.

"It sure is tough clearing the sky today, Fluttershy. Glad you could help," Rainbow Dash said to her fellow cloud-kicker.

"That's what friends do," Fluttershy replied as Game Changer appeared at her side. "And it looks like we have another hoof!"

"Um...if that's okay with you," Game laughed, shooting a few clouds out of the sky with the turrets aboard his back. The scarlet lasers dashed past Rainbow, slightly singeing her mane, but put perfect holes in the forthcoming clouds.

"I didn't say I wanted eight colours in my mane!" Dashie retorted.

"Oh, sorry...I haven't had enough practice."

"Surely there's a cheat for that?" Rainbow questioned, calming down.

"Um...yeah, I think so. Somewhere...Sorry, Dash."

"Eh, it's OK." Dash shrugged. Game dived back down into Ponyville, shouting his goodbyes as he went.

Game Changer's hooves landed softly on the fresh ground of Sweet Apple Acres. They weren't sure hooves, however. Game knew that the Apple family liked to do things traditionally. There would always be some doubt in the Power Sock, whether it had Luna's backing or not. The colt looked around, but the orange pony he was searching for was nowhere to be found. With a few flaps of his capable wings, Game took to the air again to search for Applejack.