Rival Destinies
This song was requested by a guest and is the theme to the Pokémon season Pokémon Black & White: Rival Destinies. The song itself is sung by Alex Nackman and Kathryn Raio. Enjoy. I don't own MLP, Pokémon, or this song.
The air was still and quiet in the small town of Ponyville as its citizens busied themselves with their daily work. The day was as beautiful as any other and the ponies couldn't be happier. That is, until, a sudden ringing broke through the silence and set them all on edge. That ring could only belong to one place and only rang two times a day. That place was the schoolhouse, and this was its second ring. Small pebbles bounced on the dirt roads as the ground shook as if caught in an earthquake. Over the horizon, a dirt cloud came into view, quickly growing bigger and bigger as it got to the center of town.
School had just let out for the year. The excited foals sprinted about, ecstatic that they could finally enjoy their long awaited summer vacation. Every test and grade they had, combined with the hours of homework was forgotten as soon as the rays of the sun hit them. Papers were tossed around like confetti as they had a flash party in the middle of the streets. The adults, though slightly miffed about having to clean that later, could only shake their heads and smile. They remembered doing the same thing when they were their age, so why not let the kids have some fun?
Out of the groups that were whooping and hollering, one seemed to be the most excited of all. Three fillies, a unicorn, an earth pony, and a pegasus, couldn't hold back their laughter as they ran all the way to town. Occasionally, they would take turns leaping over each other or doing cartwheels and flips. Now that they had reached summer break, they could crusade for their cutie marks for as long as they wanted. The ideas that they hadn't used throughout the year due to time were now available to them.
"Yes, I can't believe it's finally here!" shouted the orange pegasus. Her tiny wings buzzed in ecstasy and helped launch her further on her scooter. "Ah know right," came the reply in a heavy southern accent. "It seems like f'rever ago since last summer and Ah can't wait ta' see what we can do today." The two little ponies were chatting avidly with each other, barely even noticing that they were missing their third partner. "Hey Sweetie Belle," spoke the orange pony "what's up, aren't you happy it's summer?" Sweetie looked down at her friends as she was brought back to reality. She had something that she wanted to tell them but just didn't know how.
"Well, of course I'm happy, it's summer. It's just that, well," By now she was rubbing the back of her neck awkwardly, unsure on how to continue. "'Well' what?" asked the yellow earth pony. "Well, I kinda' wanted to hangoutwithsomeoneelsetoday." The answer had come out so quickly that it would have impressed Pinkie Pie. The pegasus and the earth pony both looked at their friend in confusion before the orange one leaned over to her friend. "Did you catch any of that, Applebloom?" she asked. "Nnope." Replied the yellow filly, now known as Applebloom, her brows scrunching in the middle. Walking up to their nervous unicorn friend, the two girls eyed her suspiciously while hoping to find out what she was hiding. Sweetie was a pretty bad liar normally, and now she was definitely showing that fact.
"Look, Sweetie," Applebloom began "why are you trying to hide it. Ah mean, me and Scootaloo are your friends, right?" At the question, Sweetie Belle nodded her head furiously to the point of making herself dizzy. "Of course you guys are my friends, it's just… I had someone else in mind that I wanted to hang out with." The last part of her sentence was quietly mumbled but was still audible to her friends. Scootaloo's purple eyes met with Applebloom's sunset colored gaze as the truth finally came out. Both girls shrugged at each other at the seemingly innocent suggestion. They had never forced any of them to hang out with each other; they just weren't made that way. Yeah, it could be a bit lonely and not as much fun as without her, but they could manage.
"Sweetie Belle, we don't care that you want to be with someone else for a while." Scootaloo had taken to rubbing her friend's back in a way to sooth her. The ivory unicorn glanced up at her orange friend, amazed that they were this willing. "Yeah, we're not gonna' force you to be with us if'n you already made plans." With the mood lightened, the unicorn filly gave her friends a grateful smile and a hug for their understanding. "So, who you hanging out with?" And with that innocent question, Scootaloo had derailed Sweetie's peace train.
"Uh, well, you see, it's a funny story, I," "Hey Sweetie Belle!" The voice rang out from the distance before the mixed haired pony could finish her mumbling. A brown earth pony colt was running up the hills, his chestnut colored eyes sparkling with joy. His saddlebags bounced against his sides and his propeller beanie spun rapidly in the wind. "Button Mash?" exclaimed Scootaloo and Applebloom, raising one eyebrow at the colt's arrival. Button was a bit of an oddball, to put it lightly, as a majority of the time he had his nose buried in a video game.
Whenever he had free time, he would pull out his hoof held and play for minutes, it would have been hours if they didn't have school. He talked about them constantly, even if you honestly didn't care. He was a good kid, mind you, just weird. "Hey Sweetie, I'm ready whenever you are. So, what do you want to do today? We could go to Sugarcube Corner, or to my house for video games or," the brown colt just kept talking. Once the realization hit them that Sweetie would be spending the day with this colt, Applebloom and Scootaloo began to smirk at each other. Oh, the amount of jokes they could make now were infinite, especially when they saw the crimson shading on their friend's cheeks.
Of all the times that Button had to appear, why did it have to be now? All she needed was five more minutes and she would have been scot free. She could already hear the remarks that her friends were going to say. "Well, while I would love to hang around some more, I and Button are really busy. So I'll see you girls' later, bye!" The ivory unicorn hastily ran over to the still rattling colt, grabbed his fore leg, and pulled him off in the opposite direction of her fellow Crusaders. "So," began Scootaloo "how badly do you think that Sweetie likes Button?" The yellow farm filly snickered before replying, "Oh, Ah'd say that those two have got it bad."
Sweetie Belle was still dragging Button after her, the brown colt now silent as he stared at his friend. Something was up with her, but he didn't know what. So what does one do when they have a question? They ask of course. "Hey, Sweetie, what's wrong? You seem a little upset?" At the sound of his voice, the multicolored haired filly stopped in her tracks, causing Button to slam into her a little from the sudden loss of momentum. "Nothing's wrong Button," her voice was coated with mock cheer "it's just, I want to get started already is all." Now, button wasn't the most perceptive pony in town, but even he knew when something was amiss.
"That's not it Sweetie. Why don't you just tell me?" "Because it's not that important, so let's just drop it." Considering the tone in her voice, Button had decided that it was best that he leave this alone for now. The last thing he wanted was to upset his friend. "Alright then, we'll drop it. But hey, today's a new day, so you know what that means?" Arching her eyebrow, the unicorn looked to her companion, hopeful that he would clue her in. "It means a new adventure, so let's go!" Saying that, the brown earth pony reared up on his back legs and waved his front ones in the air, a joyful laugh punctuating his last few words. Sweetie let out a sigh at his antics, his happiness was way too infectious.
"Alright, let's go Button." The two foals made their way through town, chatting excitedly about what they could do this summer. In the back of Sweetie's mind, she began to think about her relationship with the beanie wearing colt. He would always sit out back by the schoolhouse alone during recess, playing with his hoof held and ignoring the world in general. The day they met, Applebloom was needed on the farm and Scootaloo had been sick, leaving Sweetie all alone. She didn't really have much to do, so she had just settled for walking around, thinking of new songs and drawing pictures in the dirt. All was peaceful, until she had heard something to her far right.
Figures that it would be Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon picking on someone like they did every day; those two couldn't leave ponies alone if they tried. What had shocked Sweetie was that they were picking on poor Button. They usually ignored the colt so much that Sweetie had begun to believe that they never noticed him. At that point, something stirred within her and made her walk over there. Maybe it was that she hated when those two bullied anyone, or it could have been that she just didn't want them around Button. Whatever the case was, Sweetie had walked over, had gotten in their faces and made them leave the poor colt be.
As he had begun to wipe away his tears, he turned to look at whoever this miracle pony was that saved him. The moment he looked at sweetie, they both could sense a connection between them. He thanked her for saving him and she had given him back his dropped game. For some unknown reason, Sweetie had promised him that, no matter how many challenges that came their way, it was up to them to get through together. They had been friends ever since.
That had been sometime around the beginning of this past school year, and over that period of time from then and now, Sweetie felt that things had changed. The care that she felt for Button as a friend seemed to be growing into something else. She didn't know what it was but, she seemed to care for Button a lot stronger than before. Unsure of what it was, she had talked to her sister Rarity in hopes that she knew what it was. And she knew alright, that Sweetie was going through what every little filly goes through at her age: a crush. The olive eyed filly had denied it at first but, as she thought about it more and more, she realized that her sister may have been telling the truth. It was a feeling so simple and it felt so right.
They grew closer and in doing so, Sweetie felt that it made sense. They were always side by side, leaning on each other in hopes of making the other stronger. Sweetie was inspiring courage in the normally sensitive colt, and Button was convincing her to be more open with her talents. Sweetie had a naturally strong and beautiful singing voice, but she was shy when it came to singing in public. She always thought that she would embarrass herself if she did sing, so she never opened her mouth for a crowd. Then she would look over at Button, and the colt would do some of the strangest things in public. He just didn't care.
Button Mash trotted beside his friend with a gleeful expression on his face. He always got so happy when he was out with Sweetie Belle because she was, like, the bestest friend ever. She was a little wary of him at first, but soon they were closer than ever. He rarely got to spend time with her because she was always out crusading with her other friends. Button would have hung out with them too if they didn't act so weird around him. They were constantly giggling whenever he was around, like they knew something that he didn't, it was really weird. Oh well, it didn't matter now because he and Sweetie were together. He just knew that they were going to be friends forever, no matter what comes their way.
Button would always be there for his snow white friend, standing next to her, never running away. He didn't know but, he felt like he was destined to do it. He was just so much better when she was around, not so clumsy and forgetful. When she was there, he felt like he could climb a mountain; that he had super powers or something. She was his right hoof filly, and he was her left. He would never desert her for anyone or anything; she was his best friend after all.
Button would give Sweetie courage, and Button vowed to protect her. Through any challenge and fight, they were an unstoppable team. It just felt right. And maybe, just maybe, Sweetie wouldn't have to hide her crush anymore. Perhaps she could just tell him, what was the worst he could say? "Hey, Button," she stammered as she slowly looked to her companion. "Yeah Sweetie, what is it?" Just looking into his eyes was difficult for her as thoughts of his reactions filled her brain. He could have accepted it, or he could totally spaz like he always does when he can't handle something. "You want to go and play Pokémare?" One could practically hear the deadpan in the unicorn's voice. Except for Button, "You mean you got the new one? Alright let's go!" Button was a sweet colt, and who knows, maybe one day she would tell him.
Well, that is my fifth songfic and I hope you all enjoy it. Again, I don't own MLP or the song. Until the next one, bye babies!
