//------------------------------// // Griffin the Brush-off // Story: With a Knowledge of Everyting... // by Lord Guffington //------------------------------// Griffin the Brush-Off I walk along the streets of Ponyville to find something to do. Why must I, a person who procrastinates, find something to do? Because I was pretty bored. That, and I wanted to get out of Fluttershy's cottage for a bit. It might seem nice with all those animals and the temperature being warm, but like I said before, I'm a cold-weathered person. And it kind of smells like a barn after a while. "Have you seen Rainbow Dash?" a happy voice says behind me. I turn around to see Pinkie looking me in the eye, only a few inches away. "Gah!" I shout, falling over. "Weren't you ever told it's rude to be in a pony's personal space? And no, I haven't seen Rainbow Dash." I get up and brush myself off. "Okay then!" The pink mare continues hopping away, asking other ponies if they've seen RD. I might also invade other people's space sometimes, but I do that for fun. Go ahead, call me a hypocrite. I stuff my hands back in my pockets so I don't have to worry about the weight of my arms. I look around and watch as Pinkie asks Twilight about Rainbow's whereabouts. "Isn't she right up there?" Twilight asks as she points a hoof at the cloud directly above her. I turn my gaze to the cloud and find a blue flank with a rainbow tail protruding from said rump. "Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie calls. The peagaus's head exits the cloud and frantically looking around for an exit. She chooses to go the opposite direction that Twilight and Pinkie are standing, leaving a rainbow dust cloud and destroying the cloud she was hiding in. Pinkie just hops after her, for some reason taking her time. I follow the trail of rainbow to find three clouds with holes in them, and the trail leading to Sweet Apple Acres. "Do you know why she wants to see Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asks as me as she walks closer. "I'm guessing it has something to do with Spike." "What? Would she need Rainbow for something that involves Spike?" "I'll give you two hints. Hiccups and too many letters." "What are you talking abo-" she gets out before the sound of a fast objects erupts. I look up to see a rainbow streak fly over our heads. "Now she chooses somewhere else to hide." The streak lands in the largest tree in Ponyville. "More preferably, your house." "Why would she hide in the branches of my house?" the purple unicorn asks. "Can you see in the branches?" I ask. "No." "But Pinkie can." As soon as I finish my sentence, the rainbow haired Pegasus dashes out of the tree, flying to an open field. Pinkie just bounces right past us. "So how have you been, Twilight?" "I've been fine, although I still can't believe your world knows about ours, yet we don't know about yours!" "Yeah, it does seem strange." "So how have you been, Christian?" "To be honest, really bored. I think I need to get a job soon. That, or I can help train Spike with the shouts I know." "I don't think that will be a good idea. He's been slacking a bit on his chores lately." "Speaking of Spike, where is the little guy?" "He's getting some scrolls I ordered from town hall." "Ah. And that's where it'll happen." "Where what will happen." Twilight asks as she raises a suspicious eyebrow. "Nothing. Just tell him to drink water upside down or something." With that I start walking around. A weight on my left reminds me of the reason I came out here. I look down to my left to see the same sword I borrowed from before still attached to my side. "Well, I've got to go get some quills so I can do an experiment I've got to work on. See you later?" I hear Twilight ask. "Yeah, you go do that." I respond while looking around for the smith shop. I'm responded with a jingling a store's entrance bell. I spot the concrete store and begin my trek over there. Wait an apple picking minute. If Pinkie's looking for Rainbow, then that means a new visitor is about to arrive in Ponyville soon. My organic thinking machine tells me. I stop dead in my tracks and think for a moment. Be armed, or be civil. Armed or civil? Fight, or talk it out? I choose my ever so wise choice and head back to the cottage I now reside in. I can give it back later. Besides, I only have... a day left. I can give it back tomorrow. I go back on the path to Fluttershy's house/cottage/what ever you want to call it. A few minutes later... "Hi Fluttershy," I speak out to the Pegasus exiting her home. She's carrying a basket full of what seems to be fish food. "Oh, hi Christian. I was just going to feed some of the aquatic animals down by one of the ponds. Would like like to come with? If that's okay with you." her quiet voice asks. "Sure. I needed something to do anyways." And so we began walking towards the pond she was talking about. We arrive a good seven and three quarters of a minute there. I head to one side of the pond that is a bit like a horseshoe with a hand full of feed. "Now, be gentle. The fish don't like loud noises." Fluttershy instructs. I nod and do my quiet walk over to the side I chose. A few fish a leaping out of the water, most likely catching a few amount of the bugs here. I take a few pieces of the fish food and toss it out to the aquatic animals. A turtle soon joins into the feeding session. The animals soon come closer to shore, forgetting about the bugs out on the water. I take another handful and toss it closer to them. Soon, they're pretty close to land, save for the turtle because he is on the ground. A squeak interrupts the calmness. I turn to the left and see a turtle that looks like he has a few purple or red patches on his shell. I look closer and see that his eyes look a little too much like buttons. Wait a minu- A stream of water hits me on the nose, the stream continuing for about ten seconds. When it stops, I open my eyes to see water leaking from the turtle mouth. I do a quick check on my body. Face is completely soaked, top of shirt is wet, hair is dripping slightly, and my back is fine. Laughter is heard by me, the noise on the other side of the pond. I turn my sight up to see Rainbow and Pinkie rolling around while holding their sides. I shake my fist in anger, but end up smiling and chuckling myself. "Oh my goodness, are you okay?" a quiet voice asks me. "Yeah, just the victim of a prank. Are we done here?" I ask as I start patting down my long hair. Time to get a haircut soon. "In a little bit. We have a few more turtles and fish to feed." Fluttershy says as she takes a few more flakes in her hoof and tosses them out to the water. I follow her example, and soon we're finished. The duo that involves a pony and I make it back to the residence we live in, eat some quick edible dinner, and get ready for bed. As soon as I get my shirt off, I place it out on the open window sill so it can dry off. I remove the sword that I forgot was attached to my side and place it on the dresser, and climb in bed. Don't want to see Fluttershy in my half naked body or anything. The next morning... I get up, thankfully and heart-breakingly not to Fluttershy, and take my shirt from the window sill. I put it on and get an immediate shiver sent down my back. It'll warm up soon. Besides, it feels a bit relaxing. I head downstairs, get a couple of apples to eat, and head out the door. I place one apple in my pocket and take a bite out of the other one. Instead of receiving the crunch of the normal apple, I also get a sound like a deflating balloon. I remove the fruit from my mouth and look at the apple. Okay, so I don't have half a worm in it, so that's good. I look up from the red food to see Pinkie slowly blowing on one of those party whistle things. I do a slow jog up to her. "What's the matter, Pinkie?" "Oh, it's just that I had plans with Rainbow Dash today, but she's out flying with her old flight school friend. I hope they're having fun." Pinkie says as she looks up to the clouds. I look up as well to see a blur and brown blur fly by. The brown blur stops to reveal a white feathered and brown furred griffin. "What the heck is that?!" the griffin asks. The blue blue stops as well to reveal what's behind door number two... Rainbow Dash! "Oh, that's just a human." "A human? Looks more like dinner to me." Gilda says. I instinctively reach to my left with my right, only to meet an apple to my hip and nothing else. Great, I left the sword inside. "Hey, we don't eat ponies here. Or humans." Rainbow retorts. "Come on, Dash. I can't always eat hay. I gotta have some meat," the griffin complains. "You do know you're not the only thing here that can eat meat, right?" I ask from down below. The griffin turns her attention back to my with what I assume is a raised eyebrow. "Really? Then why are you eating that apple?" Gilda questions as she flies closer to the ground. I take another bite. "I can eat plants and meat. Why, got a problem with that?" I ask with a bit too much force. I take another bite for some juicy fruit, but get the core of the apple. I look for Pinkie, but see that she is no longer there. "No. But I can see you face need some redecorating." She grabs my neck with one of her claws and raises the other on in a fist. I gag a little then look Gilda in the face. I stare at her face for a second then proceed to utter some words that I will forever regret. "Why is it that I stare death in the face, that I find it beautiful?" Gilda lowers her fist and blushes slightly. She drops me from the ground and turns around, wings ready to fly off. "Forget this." The griffin takes off, already a good distance in a matter of seconds. I push myself up and notice my apple on the ground. I frown and pick it up to examine it. Eh, it's almost done anyways. I chuck the apple as far as I can to the Everfree behind the house. I notice Rainbow Dash just staring at me confusedly. "What?" "What did you mean by that? When you called Gilda beautiful?" Dash drops onto the ground next to me. "I just know that 'cool' people or ponies can't handle their emotions really well, so if I complimented her, then she would most likely get somewhere else and think things over." I take out the other apple in my pocket begin eating it. "Really?" I chuckle through a mouth full of apple. "Nope! I just made that up! Gotta think quickly." Rainbow just tools her eyes and flies off to where Gilda was. That reminds me. I need to figure out how to become a pony again. I swallow the apple bits in my mouth and begin walking towards Twilight's house. After a few minutes, I make it into town, where I see Pinkie also heading to the library. Curse you forgetful mind, for I cannot remember what she's doing there. I enter the library not too shortly after. "But I bet if I have, then she wouldn't have been as mean and nasty as Gilda!" Pinkie says as I open the door. "Is now a bad time?" I ask. I start backing up to the door in case it is. "Oh no, we were just talking about this griffin Pinkie keeps talking about. And you know what I think Pinkie Pie?" Twilight says to me then the earth pony. "Hm?" Pinkie asks. "I think... you're jealous." "Jealous?!" "Ah, green with envy. Well, in your case, pink with envy." Spike says from the stairs with a book in claw. I walk over to some shelves and look around for any spell books. "We'll, yes, jealous. Listen Pinkie, I don't want to upset you, but just because Rainbow Dash has another friend doesn't make Gilda a grump. I mean, perhaps it's you, Pinkie, who needs to improve her attitude." "Improve my attitude?! But I... eh... it's Gilda who... are you seri-UGH!" Pinkie shouts. I find the speeds section, but where can I find beginners? SLAM! A book falls on my head as the door slams from the angry mare. I look at the assaulting object that hit my cranium, and smile. "'Spells for beginning unicorn colts and fillies'. Perfect!" I open the book the the first chapter and begin reading by myself. Chapter One: The Origins of Magic Magic and spells were created a long time ago... Nope. Chapter Two: Understanding Magic Any creature who's body is filled with magic will be able to find an outlet for the power. Unicorns, for example, have their horns to power the magic within them. However, other ponies like Earth Ponies and Pegasi do not have an outlet, so their bodies have adapted to pool less magic. For creatures who do have an outlet for magic often have appendages that are used not often or not at all. In order to power up that appendage, one must focus entirely on it and use their minds. I look at my hand and flex the fingers a little. I guess I can use these. I close my eyes and focus entirely on it. Magic... Magic... Food-NO!... Magic... I feel my have tingle a little. I open my eyes to be welcomed to a new sight in my palm. A multicolored, grapefruit sized, shifting ball in my hand. I take a closer look and see that it looks as if it's made from liquid rainbow. Based on the magic orb at the end of the appendage, it should differ from other's magic orbs. For example, if the size of it is the size of a grape, it means that you are focusing, but you aren't giving off enough magic. If it is the size of an orange, then you are doing it perfectly, enough focus and enough magic has been given off. If it is the size of a grapefruit or larger, then you have given off to much magic and must close it off immediately. I quickly make a fist, the other disappearing in droplets that soon vanish. For the color, if it is red, then you have destructive magic, meaning that you shouldn't use it too much or will no longer have a house. If it is golden, then you have the magic of restoration, meaning that you can help with doctors or medical things well. If blue, then you have passive magic, meaning that your magic is used for most of the basic needs. Purple means you have illusion magic, meaning you can fool with other's minds, and green means that you were given alteration magic which can change the world around you. If you have more then one color, then you have both of those types of magics. Okay, so I have many types of magic, but I give off too much. But what about transformations? I put down the book and get bored, so I decide to play with my fingers a bit. It's he a whole lot more boring if they weren't double-jointed. "What are you doing?" Twilight asks. I start doing the wave with my fingers. "Messing with my fingers. Most people can't do this because their hands aren't double jointed, while I am." I begin to make a dog out of my fingers. "Why aren't other humans double-joint-" she's cut off as a bright light envelopes both of us. I bring my arm back up to my face to block it, but it proves futile. When I bring it down, my vision is filled with a charcoal colored cylinder-like object. "Hey look. I'm a pony. Fantastic. What was that agin Twi?" I ask. "Never mind. But can you please put that book back?" "Sure, just gotta fly up there and- WING CRAMP!" True to what I said, as I opened my wings the muscles cramped up. I try everything to move the expend ages around before ending up twisting them around each other, which Twilight's face turned to one of shock. "How can you do that?" the purple unicorn asks. "Uh... double-jointed?" My vision is once again filled with a bright light. I open my eyes again to see hands under me. "You're human again? But how?" "Magic!" I exclaim, using jazz hands for emphasis. So it seems that making a dog with my hands turns me into a pony, and unnaturally bending my wings turns me human. I pick up the book that was on the ground with me and place it where I find an empty space in the shelf. "Well, I've got to go. Griffin business." I take the sword that I placed on the table upon entering and exit the library. I walk into the town square to find something to do. Upon entering the town square, I spot Gilda shove an apple in her mouth. I look around some more, ponies are talking and selling/buying, and Fluttershy is walking some ducks down the road. I watch as Gilda starts walking towards the butter yellow Pegasus. Aw hell naw. I sneakily walk up to the griffin's back, the hybrid not noticing I'm there. "Hey!" Gilda shouts as she stops. I silently remove the sword from my sheath. "Oh, please excuse me." Fluttershy says. "I'm walkin' here!" Gilda shouts as she leans closer. "Oh, I'm sorry. I-I-I was just-" "I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Gilda says with a high-patched voice. "Why don't you just watch where you're going, doofus!?" Must.. Resist... Urge... To... Rip off... Head. The ducks fly off, knowing there was about to be trouble. Yeah, from me. I cross my arms, the sword somehow angled to not cut me. "Bu-bu-but I-..." Fluttershy stammers. Gilda breaths I. Real deep. I move closer to her head, her eyes closed. "If you want to keep your head, I suggest walking away now." I whisper. However they fall upon deaf ears as Gilda roars right into the face of Fluttershy. Fluttershy runs off in the other direction, tears streaming from her face. ... My feels. "Oh please. All these lame ponies are driving my buggy. I gotta bail." Gilda attempts to fly off, but stops immediately as her lion tail is gripped by my hand. "Hey! Lt go you freak!" She tries pulling me off, but the rage in my chest forces me to hold on. "Go... Apologize... Now." I say between grit teeth. "What? To that lame pony? No way!" "Then you leave me no choice." I yank on her tail, bringing her to the ground ungracefully. She gets up and raises a fist, ready to punch my face in. She pounces on me, her fist raised even higher. "Fus..." "What?" "... Ro..." "Dude, talk normally!" I shrug and shake my head no. "DAH!" The griffin goes flying to the direction of somewhere out of Ponyville. "No hard feelings! Oh wait, yes there are!" I yell to the griffin flying in the distance. She goes up so high, that she's practically a dot. Is she light? And did I hear a ding? "What'd you do that for?" Pinkie asks me. "No one treats Fluttershy like that. And that called for extreme measures. What would you have done?" "Extreme measures. Only Pinkie Pie Style." "Okay. I'll be there. Only as a pony. It'll be a surprise!" I say to Pinkie before running off to the cottage. I sure hope Fluttershy's okay. ------------------------ I walk into the cottage and hear the sounds of crying. "Fluttershy? You okay?" I look over to the couch to see Fluttershy's hooves over her head, tears staining her face. Angel looks up from Fluttershy's mane and glares angrily at me. He hops off and charges at me, launching into the air with a Kung-fu kick. I reach out and grab his foot, stopping him instantly. "Hey. I'm not cruel enough to go out and make Fluttershy cry. That one of the seven brony sins." I drop him on the ground and walk over to Fluttershy, who is stilll bawling on the couch. "Hey, you okay?" I ask as I sit down. Fluttershy instantly grabs onto me with both hooves, staining my now warmed up shirt with tears. I pet her mane, shushing her every often. "She-she's so s-scary." She whimpers out. I feel her shudders lessen every second. "She kinda is. Although I took care of her." I wipe some of the tears from her eyes, drying her face a little. She looks up, still misty eyed. She hugs closer to me. "Thank you. But you didn't hurt her, right?" "Unless she forgot how to fly, then no." She laughs a little then puts her head back in my lap. I continue running my fingers through her mane, the silk like hair massaging my fingers. After a few minutes, I decide to speak up. "Wanna go to a party?" "What's it for?" Fluttershy asks as she lifts her head up from my lap. "It's for Gilda." "Oh, I don't know. I don't like Gilda too much." "Neither do I. But I'm still going. Trust me, you're gonna like it. I can tell." "O-okay." She gets up from the couch and I follow. "Wait. Watch this." Fluttershy turns around to see what I mean, but what she gets is a bright light. As it dies down, she removes her hoof from her face to see me, the Pegasus I was after defeating Nightmare Moon. Pomf Her wings spread out as she looks me over. I look back to see my wings, much larger than hers. I try to pull the down, but remember that I don't know how to use these muscles. "Uh, okay!" I say as I try walking to the door. THUD! Right. Forgot how to walk again. I push myself up and steady myself. Okay. Right foreleg. Left hindleg. Left foreleg. Right hindleg. I continue the process and eventually get to the point that I can trot. "Alright Fluttershy, let's-" I look over to Fluttershy to see her still looking at where I turned into a pony, her wings still spread and a blush on her face. With a roll of the good ol' eyes, a put myself under Fluttershy's side and lift her onto my back. She stays perfectly still, as if she were a statue. "Let's go then, shall we?" I walk out the door with a solidified pegasus on my back. ------------------------ I walk in the door to Sugarcube Corner to be greeted with Pinkie. "Welcome!" "Not now!*gasp* Too tired from not knowing how to walk and extra weight!*gasp*" I quickly make it over to the punch bowl and set Fluttershy down. What I don't notice at first is Fluttershy smiling, wings no longer down, and no blush. Clever girl. "Thank you." She hugs me quickly before going to talk to Twilight. I make it to the punch bowl and pour myself a cup, not caring about how I don't know how I'm up using my mouth. I down the beverage in one to and sigh with satisfaction. "You've met Gilda, right? What's she like?" hear Twilight ask. "Oh, um well... I'll tell you later Twilight." Fluttershy responds. I pour myself another drink as I hear Pinkie continue greeting ponies. "Um, Pinkie Pie, about this party for Gilda. Um, do you really think its a good idea?" I drink my beverage a little slower this time. "Don't worry your pretty little head about mean old Gilda. Your Auntie Pinkie Pie's got it all taken care of!" I choke a little on my punch. "I'm a year older than you." Fluttershy says to the party pony. I love that line so much. I turn to the door to see it be opened by a griffin. "Gilda! I'm so honored to throw you one of my signature Pinkie Pie parties! And I really, truly, sincerely hope you feel welcomed amongst us ponyfolk!" Pinkie holds out her hoof for Gilda to shake it. She does so, but ends up getting shocked by Pinkie's hoof buzzer. She falls on the ground, wall-eyed a her mouth opened. Pinkie starts laughing and reveals the pranking device attached to her hoof. Rainbow starts laughing and so do a few other ponies. "Oh Pinkie Pie. The old hoof shake buzzer! You are a scream!" Rainbow exclaims. "Yeah, ha ha, good one Pinkie Pie." Gilda says unsurely. "Come one, G. I'll introduce you to some of my other friends." Dash says as she walks into the group of ponies. "Right behind ya Dash!" Gilda shouts, then says something to Pinkie that I can't hear. I go back to the cup in my hoof, suddenly interested at the ice cubes. I drink some more, but his time get an ice cube in my mouth. Sweet frozen success! "Everyone, I'd like you to meet Gilda! A long time dear friend of Rainbow Dash! Let's honor her and welcome her to Ponyville." Pinkie announces as she hugs Gilda then dashes back in the crowd. Gilda's about to get angry at Pinkie, but stops and smiles meekly as every pony cheers for Gilda. Rainbow trots over and puts a hoof around Gilda's shoulder. "Help yourself!" Pinkie announces. I trot over and reach into Pinkie's mane for something. No... No... Aha! I pull it a cigarette. I don't smoke, but this is special. "Vanilla lemon drops! Don't mind if I do." Gilda says as she grabs one and tosses it in her mouth. Her eyes immediately close and her mouth/beak stretch out. Her mouth opens and a stream of fire pours out. Pinkie takes out a marshmallow on a stick and puts it in the flame while I put the end of the cigarette in the fire as well. After a second, I pull it out and hold it in my hoof. I run over to the window and toss it out, yelling, "Don't smoke, kids!" I look back to see Gilda pouring a drink on her chest. Many of the ponies are laughing now. "We'll, what do ya know? Pepper in the lemon drops, and punch in the dribble glass!" Pinkie points out. "Ha! Priceless. Priceless!" Rainbow says through laughter. Gilda dashes over to a real cup of punch and downs it. "'Sup?" I ask with a deeper voice. "What do you want?" Gilda asks angrily. I shake my head and look away. "Hey G! Look! Presents!" Rainbow calls out. Gilda flies to the presents with an excited look on her face. He grabs the cylindrical on and pulls the ribbon off with her beak. She gets a face-full of fake snakes, her feathers sticking on end making her look poofy. "Spittin' snakes! Ha, some pony pulled that prank on me last month!" Applejack tells Rarity. "Ha ha. I bet I know who that was." Gilda deadpans. She glances over to Pinkie. "You do?" Pinkie flutters her eyes with innocence. ------------------------ The party continues on, Fluttershy conducting the birds to sing a song. Everyone's enjoying it as Pinkie comes out with a cake. "Cake time, every pony!" She announces. "Hey, can I blow out the candles?" Spike asks. "Why don't we let Gilda blow out the candles, Spike. She is the guest of honor after all." Twilight tells him. "And you're a dragon. Your fire would probably relight the candles." I point out. Gilda comes out of no where and elbows Spike onto the ground. "Exactly!" The griffin says. She takes in a deep breath before blowing out the candles, a smile written on her face. The candles relight. She takes another deep breath before blowing them out again, this time she looks winded. All the ponies, including me, are laughing at the display. She continues blowing out the candles, the candles continue to relight. "Ha ha ha ha. Relighting birthday candles. I love that prank! What a classic!" Spike says. "Now I wonder who could've done that?" Pinkie asks as she looks around. "Yeah. I wonder." Gilda glares at Pinkie with the intensity of a thousand suns. "Mm. Who cares? This cake is amazing!" Spike pops out of the cake, some icing and a candle on his green scales. "Spike!" Twilight shouts. "What? It's great! Try some!" Spike says through a mirthful of cake. "We would, but you practically dug a mine tunnel through it!" I put my two bits in. "Sorry." Spike says, shrugging. "Hey G, you're not upset about some silly candles, are you?" Dash asks. "No way Dash! Like I said, I'm down with a good prank." "Come on! Let's have some cake." RD runs over to the cake. I go over to the cake too in search of something to eat. I fond a spot and take a bite out of it, smiling because it's delicious. "Hey y'all, it's pin the tail on the pony!" Applejack announces. "Let's play!" "Oh, my favorite game! Can I go first? Can I have the purple tail?" Rarity asks. She reaches down to pick it up with her mouth, but gets it snatched away by Gilda. What a bitch. "We'll I am the guest of honor, and I'll have the purple tail." "Yeah! Gilda should definitely go first!" Pinkie says as Spike pulls out a blindfold. "Let's get you blindfolded." "Hey, what are you doing?" Gilda demands an answer from Spike as he puts the blindfold on. "Getting you blindfolded. Duh. Haven't you ever played this game?" My deep voice asks. "Hey. Shut up." Gilda says to a wall. Pinkie spins Gilda around really fast in one go, nearly making her a tornado. "We're spinning you around and around so you can in the tail on the pony." Pinkie starts pushing Gilda towards the poster with the pony on it. "Now just walk straight ahead and pin the tail!" "Now just straight ahead and pin the tail." Gilda mocks. "Huh, yeah right. This is another prank, isn't it? Well I'm going this way!" Gilda starts walking the complete opposite direction. I face hoof at her stupidity. "W-wait! The poster is this-" Pinkie stops as Gilda slips on some icing I might have dropped there on accident. Gilda is sent sliding into the kitchen, still blindfolded, and screaming. She crashes through the singeing double doors of the kitchen. CRASH! Gilda comes waddling out a few seconds later, covered in icing, and the tail on her beak looking like a mustache. "Uh, Gilda? You pinned the tail on the wrong end." Pinkie points out. I put a hoof to my mouth to stop myself from laughing out loud, although every pony else doesn't stop. Gilda shakes off the tail and icing in a loud roar, silencing the laughing ponies. She flies into the air, anger written on her face again. "This is your idea of a good time? I've never met a lamer bunch of dweebs in all my life! And Pinkie Pie, you!" She points a claw at Pinkie. "You're the queen of lame-os with your weak little party pranks! Did you really think you could make me lose my cool? Well, Dash and I have ten times the amount of cool as you all put together! Come on, Dash. We're bailing on this pathetic scene." She starts walking towards the door, but stops when Dash isn't following. "Come on, Rainbow Dash. I said, we're leaving!" "You know Gilda? I was the one who set up all those 'weak' pranks at this party." I silently walk up to Gilda, whispering 'Ohhhh.' "... What?!" Gilda shouts in surprise. Pinkie also 'Ohh's' in surprise. "So I guess I'm queen lame-o." Rainbow says while walking in front of Pinkie. "Come on, Dash." Gilda starts begging. "You're joshing me!" "They weren't all meant for you specifically. It was just unlucky that you set them all off." Rainbow continues. "I really wanted to do the candles one." I say. "I shoulda known! That dribble cup had Rainbow Dash written all over it." Pinkie says to Spike. "No. Way. It was Pinkie Pie! She set up this party to trip me up! To make a fool of me!" Gilda says, attempting to defend herself. It fails. "Me? I threw this party to improve your attitude! I thought a good party would turn that frown upside down!" Pinkie twists her her head upside down to emphasize. I back away a bit, creeped out by how flexible she is. "And you sure didn't need help of making a fool of yourself." Rainbow continues. "You know, I never thought this was how ,y old friend would treat my new friends. If being cool is all you care about, maybe you should find some new cool friends some place else." Gilda thinks about it before flaring her wings in anger. "Oh yeah? Well you... you... you are such a... flip-flop! Cool one minute and lame the next. When you decide to not be lame anymore, gimme a call." She walks out the door of the bakery, slamming it behind her. "But phones haven't been invented yet!" I shout to her. "Not cool." Rainbow says. "Wow! Talk about a party pooper!" Spike exclaims. All the ponies start mumbling to themselves. I think about my next move before walking back out the door. I look around for the griffin before hearing soft crying. I look up to the shy and spot a cloud with a lion's tale sticking out. "Hey!" I shout. The tail disappears before an eagle's head pops out, the eyes wet and a bit puffy. "What do you want?!" Gilda shouts. "Can you come down please?" I ask with my fake voice. "Why? Can't you fly?" "I haven't learned yet!" She rolls her eyes and glides down. "What do you want, dweeb?" I twist my wings around each other again, making Gilda wince. A bright light flashes before I look at the griffin. Her face is covered with the expression of surprise. "You again?! What do you want?" She opens her wings again to get ready to take off. I close my hand and focus my magic, giving off less than last time. A purple, orange-sized ball is floating above my hand. "For what it's worth, I'm gonna give you a song in apology." Before she can object, I throw the ball onto her head, a song playing in my head. I walk back into the bakery, forgetting to change pony. No pony seems to care though as the party continues. So, a recap of today: Met Gilda, ate apples, Fus Ro Dah'd Gilda, got Gilda outta town, comforted Fluttershy, and gave Gilda her own theme. 10/10 would restart day for fun.