As Celestia's personal student and said student's assistant walked down the street, away from the carousel building, the former continued to lament about the possibility of being "Greenamenia."
"Besides, my grandmother is Greenamenia. We can't both be Greenamenia!"
Gummy rolled his eyes. "Relax Pinkie. We're pretty far away from that mare." He looked back towards the boutique, which was no longer in sight. "She can't even see us anymore. Just breathe already."
"Right." Dawn followed his advice and took a few deep breaths. Once she had ceased her hyperventilating, she queried, "What's next on the list?"
"Music. It's the last one!"
Both Gummy and Dawn sighed in relief. Neither of them wanted to deal with crazy ponies of Ponyville any longer. Although for the little dragon, it was more like he didn't want to have to deal with Dawn dealing with the 'crazy' ponies; they had all treated him fairly well so far, and they were better than the snooty unicorns back at Canterlot.
As they neared a cottage on the edge of the town, the Canterlot duo heard a choir of birds vocalizing the Equestrian National Anthem, which was led by an amazing voice that could not possibly belong to a bird. Approaching slowly, Dawn and Gummy watched the rehearsal through some nearby bushes. Dawn could just make out that the leading voice belonged to a snow white mare with wavy purple hair. The earth pony had sapphire blue eyes and an equally blue cutiemark, which was an elegant butterfly on the end of a sixteenth note. Knowing that this pony was 'in ze zone', she opted to wait out the entire rehearsal before directly approaching the white mare. This would be a better way to ensure the music was in top shape before heading home for some well-deserved rest.
Directly after the last note was hit, the hidden duo revealed themselves (though Gummy was effectively hidden behind Dawn's fluffy tail) and applauded. Startled by the suddenness of the arrival, the birds scattered to the skies and the leading pony panicked. She looked frantically around for a place to hide but had to settle for behind her mane, which was a short one at that.
In either a spurt of sympathy or as an exchange for the initial lack of craziness, Dawn approached the startled mare as one would approach a frightened puppy. "Hello." The unicorn greeted. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to frighten your birds. I'm just here to check up on the music and it's sounding beautiful."
There was an awkward pause.
"I'm Pinkamenia Dawn Pie, and I'm in charge of the Summer Sun Celebration." Pause. "What's your name?"
"Um... I'm Rarity." The earth pony whispered.
"I'm sorry, what was that?" Dawn leaned in to hear the other mare better.
"um... my name is Rarity." The pale mare repeated, quieter than before.
"Didn't quite catch that."
Now a squeak, she repeated her name. "Rarity."
Giving up, Dawn noticed the return of the chorus. "Well, um, it looks like your birds are back, so I guess everything's in order. Keep up the good work!" She abruptly turned around and left the strange mare to her birds. At least this one wasn't as crazy or obsessive as the others.
It wasn't until Dawn had turned around to fully reveal Gummy that the singer came out of shy mode. She galloped over to the purple dragon and gushed over him. "A baby dragon!"
Gummy straightened an imaginary bow tie, and gave Dawn a look that said something along the lines of 'See?', 'Ha!', and 'I'm cooler than thou.' The latter of which may or may not have been improper grammar, and Dawn may or may not have lectured him on it later, but in his defense, it was only a look.
"Oh, I've never seen a baby dragon before. He's sooo cute!" The earth pony squealed.
"Well, well, well...!" Gummy hummed.
"Oh my, he talks. I didn't know dragons could talk. That's just so incredibly wonderful I, I just don't even know what to say!"
"Well, in that case, we'd better be going." Dawn butted in, magically putting Gummy on her back. She really didn't want her little brother to get a big head. Not to mention, this was starting to get a little weird.
"Wait, wait! What's his name?" The white mare stopped the pink one with her hoof.
"I'm Gummy." The dragon responded.
"Hi Gummy, I'm Rarity. Wow, a talking dragon! And what do dragons talk about?"
Welp, at least now they knew her name. Unlike that other mare.
"Well, what do you wanna know?"
"Absolutely everything."
And that was the day Dawn relived her entire life from Gummy's point of view. His recounting of today was by far the longest section, and Dawn so relieved when they reach the old café. Now to get rid of the animal lover.
"Oh wook." Dawn pointed out in a baby-like voice as she suddenly turned around to face the purple-maned follower. "Wook how sweepy the wittle dragon is."
"Wittle?" Gummy questioned.
Dawn knocked her assistant off of her rump. "Wook, he's so tired he wost his wittle bawance."
"Oh we should get him to bed!" Rarity swooped Gummy up with one of her fore hooves and rushed him inside. Dawn, who was not about to let a stranger inside her home, however temporary the home may be, rushed in after the earth pony and ushered her out, making up some excuse about rest.