A Gizmonk in Ponyville

by Moheart7

Chapter 7 - Creative Spark

The last few days had to have been the craziest of Applejack’s life, it had been a week since Apple Bloom had brought Goggles home he had been getting into more and more trouble by the day. Now that his leg was finally out of the splint, Goggles was no longer limping and had been more eager to test out his legs by jumping all over the place, knocking over the occasional item in the process. The Apples didn’t know why but Goggles had a lot of energy for some reason, they could only assume that it had been building up while he was bound in a splint and thus was reduced to going at a slower pace than he usually would. Fluttershy would usually come by now and then to see how the Gizmonk was doing and needless to say Applejack definitely appreciated that, since her visits was usually one of the few things that managed to calm him down, and today was certainly no different as Goggles poured her and Applejack another cup of tea that day.

“Ah just don’t know what to do Fluttershy,” Applejack said. “Ever since Apple Bloom brought this Gizmonk home, he’s been causing more trouble than he’s worth.”

“Oh don’t you think that’s just a little bit harsh?” Fluttershy asked gently. “I’m sure he didn’t mean any of it.”

“Fluttershy, only yesterday he took apart our toaster and left the piece scattered across the kitchen table!” Applejack argued.

Goggles couldn’t help but cringe at that, he was hoping that she would have forgiven him for that by now.

“Oh my,” Fluttershy said in response, “But still, I’m sure there must be some way we can solve this, has he been acting… strange lately?”

“Only that he’s been slightly more hyper ever since his splint came off,” Applejack answered. “He’s been jumping about all over the place, and taking apart anything that can be taken apart, sometimes he puts them back together but most times he just leaves the pieces laid out over a certain area.”

Fluttershy pondered at this, she knew that while Goggles may have been a strange animal he was still very intelligent, and after finding out what he was, she had been trying to find out more information about his species every time she visited Twilight at the library.

“Well perhaps he just needs some form of outlet for all that energy,” she said. “Have you tried ASKING him about this?”

Applejack raised an eyebrow at that.

“Asking him?” she said.

“Yes, asking him,” Fluttershy repeated.

“And what the heck am ah supposed to ask him?” Applejack asked sceptically, “Hey there little fella, sorry to be a bother but could you mind not destroying our house?”

Needless to say Goggles didn’t like the mocking tone Applejack was using and looked at her with an unamused glare. Fluttershy then rolled her eyes and leaned in closer to the Gizmonk.

“Goggles...” she said gently. “Instead of dismantling things randomly and leaving them that way, why don't you find a way to help Applejack out?”

Goggles blinked at that and wrote something on the notepad she gave him, which read:

HOW?

Fluttershy tapped her chin with thought at that, suddenly it hit her.

“Applejack,” she said. “Is there any equipment you need fixed?”

Applejack raised an eyebrow at that.

“Where are you going with this Fluttershy?” she said

“I’m saying you should let him fix your farm equipment.” Fluttershy answered.

“He takes our toaster apart and now you want me to let him near our farm equipment!?!” Applejack said, not believing what she was hearing. “You got to be kidding! What makes you think he can even do such a thing, ah know he’s smart but that don’t mean he’s a miracle worker.”

Goggles once again glared at her in response.

“Now Applejack you’re not being fair,” Fluttershy said in Goggles’ defence. “After all Apple Bloom believes he can do it, she IS certain that he was the one who fixed your wagon a week ago.”

“Seriously?” Applejack questioned. “How do you know that?”

“She told me about it when I was taking the splint of Goggles’ leg,” Fluttershy explained. “She said that when she brought him to Show and Tell, he built a toy train out of twigs.”

Applejack then thought for a moment, Apple Bloom DID show her the toy train when she came home from school that day, and she DID say that it was Goggles’ who made it, at the time she just brushed it off since she was still busy in the orchard at the time. But was he REALLY the one who fixed the wagon, if so then this Gizmonk might be useful to have around.

“Alright,” Applejack sighed in defeat. “Ah’ll give him ONE chance, let’s see what this critter can do.”

Goggles then beamed with delight as his fingers begin to twitch, wondering just what Applejack had in store for him.

#

The next morning, after Apple Bloom made her way to school, Applejack led Goggles into the barn where he would begin his first task.

“Now ah I know we got on the wrong hoof when we first met Goggles,” she began. “But since Fluttershy, Apple Bloom and her friends seem to take a liking to ya then I suppose I can give ya a chance in doing our part here.”

Goggles raised an eyebrow in response to that.

“What ah mean is that if y’all are as smart as the other say you are then it’s high time you put all that extra energy to good use,” Applejack continued as she pointed towards a broken pile of wood in the corner of the barn. “That pile of wood there is what’s left of our last few wagons after they got smashed up a while back, your task is to see if y’all can fix them up like ya did with the other one last week.”

Applejack then swallowed with anxiety, that last part she still found hard to believe, regardless she decided to give the little Gizmonk the benefit of the doubt.

“So you think you can handle it?” she asked.

At first Goggles didn’t respond, however a few moments later a large grin spread across Goggles face and he rubbed his paws together in an excited manner, below Applejack could even blink Goggles zoomed towards the broken pile of wood and dove right into it. Applejack watched him for a few minutes as he continued to examine each piece of wood, the orb at the end of his tail flashing every few seconds as a new idea popped into his head for each one, suddenly he stopped and looked towards the stunned Earth Pony.

“W…what is it?” she asked.

Goggles then pulled out his notebook from his vest pocket and showed it to her, which read:

NEED PARTS

Seeing the determined look in Goggles’ eyes as she put down the notepad and gave him a gentle smile.

“Ah’ll see if ah can get ya some lumber from outback,” she said as she turned and made her way to the door. “There should be some leftover from our last barn raising. Ah’ll have to take some time to get Big Mac to help me bring it in here, you reckon you’ll be okay till then?”

Goggles gave her a happy thumbs-up in response.

“Alright then,” Applejack said, closing the door behind her. “See you in a bit.”

And with that Applejack was gone, leaving Goggles alone in the barn. Turning back towards the pile of wood with a mischievous smile on his face, Goggles then slid his goggles down his head and over his eyes and then pulled out his tools from his little vest

#

An hour later, Applejack and Big Macintosh came back to the barn, a large heap of lumber in tow. As they came up to the closed doors of the barn, they could clearly hear loud noises from the other side of it.

“What in tarnation?” Applejack said as she and Big Mac put their ears to the door. “Is that music?”

“Eeyup,” Big Mac answered, clearly hearing the tune from the other side of the door.

With one gentle push Applejack opened the door and she and Big Mac peered inside, what they saw astonished them completely. Right there in the middle of the barn was Goggles, working to his heart’s content, but not just working, but also dancing to music that was being played by the nearby phonograph, Applejack forgot that thing was even in there. There was something about the way Goggles moved that intrigued the two ponies, as he hammered in the nails into each piece of wood it was to each beat of the music, when he attached the wheels onto each wagon he threw them like Frisbees towards to frames first, and the way he handles the sawing and sanding was incredible, not only was he quick, but he did them at the same time by using his feet as an extra pair of paws while he used his tail as a chair, since the digits on his feet were exactly like his paws then it was easy to see how he was able to do it. As Applejack and Big Mac stared in awe at the Gizmonk’s display, they could definitely see the huge smile on his face, clearly this was something he enjoyed.

“Y’all reckon we should disturb him?” Applejack asked.

“Nnope,” Big Mac answered, shaking his head.

“We better leave the lumber where he can find it then,” Applejack said with a slight nod, “Ah’ll leave a note on the door so he can find it later.”

Big Mac nodded at that at and proceeded to start piling up the lumber just outside the barn door, Applejack did the same with her pile and went into the house, she then came back a few minutes later and pinned a small note on the barn door for Goggles to find when he’s ready.

“Come on,” she said turning back towards Big Macintosh. “We better get back to the orchard.”

“Eeyup,” Big Mac said in response as the two ponies walked away from the barn.

#

Several hours later Applejack returned to the barn with Apple Bloom, who had just came back from school. Needless to say both of them were interested to see what Goggles had been up to.

“Ah can’t wait to see what Goggles had built,” Apple Bloom said with a smile. “Ah’ll bet it’s something really amazing.”

“Ah must admit, ah’m interested to see what he’s come up with myself,” Applejack replied. “He certainly seemed to be enjoying himself earlier.”

Applejack then opened up the door to the barn and both she and Apple Bloom were met with an amazing sight. Where a large mountain of broken wood stood only a few hours ago, was now a long row of wagons of all different shapes and sizes, ranging from a couple so big that it would take at least three ponies of Big Mac’s size to pull to some that were so small, a foal much younger than Apple Bloom could pull one with ease.

“By Celestia,” Applejack gasped as she began to look over each wagon. “Ah’ve never seen such wagons, and there’s gotta be at least twice as many as before they were scrapped.”

“Check out this one,” Apple bloom said excitedly, pointing towards one of the wagons in the middle of the row.

It was a mediums sized wagon that looked just the right size to carry at least four full-grown ponies, it had a cushioned set at the front with what appeared to be some kind of lever next to it. At first glance any pony would just see it as a regular wagon, however when Apple Bloom pulled the lever the front of the wagon shot out and the middle of it was extended, thus making the wagon at least twice as long as it was before.

“HOLY COW!” Applejack exclaimed, jumping back a little.

Indeed it was amazing, she knew Goggles had been working hard on these new wagons but she never thought they would be anything like this, he didn’t just remake them, he UPGRADED them. When both ponies looked at each wagon, the noticed that they all had a lever attached to it in some way, of course being as curious as they were, they couldn’t help but try out a few of them. When they pulled a lever, one wagon converted itself into some kind of cage, no doubt designed to contain wild animals, another wagon shot out several apples using the two canons that burst out of its side, and one of the smallest wagons even lit up using the gems encrusted on its entire frame, both ponies wondered how Goggles even put gems on the thing.

“That Gizmonk ain’t just smart,” Applejack said in amazement, “He’s a doggone GENIUS!”

“There’s more wagons here than we’ll ever need.” Apple Bloom added.

“I guess I owe Goggles an apology for not trusting him,” Applejack chuckled, suddenly realising something. “Speaking of which, where is he?”

That question that was indeed a necessary one, for when both Apple Bloom and Applejack looked around, they so no sign of Goggles anywhere.

“Now where in tarnation has that Gizmonk gotten to?” Apple Bloom asked.

#

Little did they realise at the time, Goggles had left several hours ago. As it turns out the time it took to make all those wagons was little more than two hours, if there was anything that Goggles had pride in in was his speed and brain power, and a fusion of the two was all he needed to create those wagons in such a short amount of time. He had spent the last few hours wondering around Ponyville looking for something to do, he may not have had a chance to do so before now, but now that his leg was better he thought it was best to explore his new surroundings. For the last few hours he had been jumping over rooftops and trees, and observing the residents of Ponyville in their day-to-day lives, each being more interesting than the last. There was one pair of ponies that seemed to be quite amusing as he watched them from a nearby tree, one was a white Unicorn with a blue, spikey mane and wearing sunglasses, and the other was a grey Earth Pony with a straight, black mane and wearing a pink bowtie.

“For crying out loud Vinyl, this is the third time you’ve destroyed the kitchen with those wubs of yours!” the Earth Pony yelled.

“Hey, don’t blame me Octy,” the Unicorn argued. “You’re the one who insisted that I do the dishes this morning!”

They continued to argue like that through the entire time they journeyed down the road, needless to say Goggles found it enjoyable to watch, then he thought for a moment, perhaps it might give him another opportunity to test out his skills. However at that moment his stomach rumbled, it was then he had realised that he hadn’t eaten all day. Luckily as it turns out the tree he was sitting in was quite close to Sugar Cube Corner, and thanks to everything Apple Bloom has said about the place for the past week, Goggles had an easy time recognising it as he jumped from the tree and walked towards the front door. As he walked in Goggles was met with the sweet aroma of all kinds of sugary confections like cakes and sweets, his mouth watered the second the scent reached his nostrils. Taking a seat at the nearest available table, Goggles examined the menu, there was quite a few things he really wanted to try, suddenly someone appeared at the table with a large smile on her face.

“Hi!” she said, “I’m Pinkie Pie and welcome to Sugar Cube Corner, I’ll be your waitress today and I hope you didn’t mind the wait. For some reason the writer didn’t bother to put me in this story until now.

The pink pony spoke so fast that Goggles needed a second to absorb everything she said, however that didn’t stop him from being confused at the last part.

“Hey wait a minute,” Pinkie Pie gasped. “You’re that monkey-thing that Apple Bloom brought home aren’t you? Fluttershy told me all about you! Well since you’re new to Ponyville you get a free cupcake on the house, back in a jiffy!”

And with that Pinkie Pie zoomed into the kitchen in a pink blur, returning moments later with a cupcake with yellow frosting on it.

“New on the menu!” Pinkie Pie said with another large smile as she placed the Cupcake in front of Goggles. “The Banana Whip Special! I’m pretty sure you’ll enjoy it, I know I do. Although I do like chocolate too, and strawberry, ooh and maybe a nice bit of vanilla…”

Pinkie Pie continued to talk for several minutes, somehow moving the subject from cupcakes to chimichangas within seconds. Goggles couldn’t help but chuckle a little as he took a bite out of his free cupcake, which he was glad for since he didn’t really have the money to pay for anything anyway, h probably would have found some way to pay the shop owners back though. As he consumed the soft, yellow confession, his taste-buds exploded with flavour, granted he had bananas before but they never tasted THIS good. Within minutes the happy Gizmonk had eaten the entire thing and licked his chops.

“Told you you’d like it!” Pinkie Pie said with delight as she bounced on the spot. “So I heat that you’re super-duper smart! Can you really build things in minutes? Cause Apple Bloom has been saying that you built a toy train with just a few sticks! Is it just sticks though? Maybe you can use cake, that would be soooooo wonderful!!!”

But Before goggles, could even respond to that, there was the clear sound of an explosion emanating from the kitchen. Seconds later the shop owner, a yellow earth pony stallion named Carrot Cake, stumbled out of the kitchen coughing up a storm as a bunch of smoke rose from the doorway.

“Sorry for the inconvenience folks!” he said between coughs. “But I’m afraid we’re gonna have to close early due to technical difficulties in the kitchen.”

“In other words, the oven blew up again,” one of the customers said bluntly.

“Basically yes,” Carrot Cake sighed.

With that almost every pony in the shop began to exit the shop, however Goggles stayed where he was, a large smile smearing across his face. He then wrote something on his notepad and passed it to Pinkie Pie, which read:

SHOW ME THE PROBLEM

Comments

[Tatsurou]

And now Goggles is Ponyville's Mr. Fix-it. Considering how often disasters cause massive damage to Ponyville, they could use it.

[Moheart7]

5382010 Exactly