//------------------------------// // Reunion // Story: Ask Chatterjoy // by Chatterjoy //------------------------------// Ponyville 12:00 P.M. G.A.K. Disaster Ponyville was in chaos. Chatterjoy had not anticipated the citizens of the town to immediately begin panicking. Gak gurgled uncertainly on her back. "It's okay buddy. We'll get through this," Chatterjoy muttered reassuringly to the goo. The town had become a war zone. Somewhere along the way in attempts to calm the townsfolk Twilight had been run over by a stallion pulling a cart loaded with food and was currently unconscious. "We just have to get over to the Princess. Rescue her. Then take her back home and prepare the Calmzooka. Once we do that, the town should go back to normal," Chatterjoy said. The two were currently hiding behind an overturned stall. Princess Twilight was in the center of the plaza. Many other ponies were stampeding through the town. If one was unlucky enough to get caught in, they would end up hurt. Badly. Chatterjoy took in deep breaths before she jumped over the stall and galloped to the knocked out princess. Gak inflated himself so that he could put the princess in his stomach. "Objective one complete!" the pegasus exclaimed happily. Gak suddenly gurgled in alarm. Chatterjoy happened to turn just in time to avoid being smashed by the rearing stallion. The pegasus had managed to roll out of the way, while the stallion continued to run in a random direction. Chatterjoy turned to make sure that Gak still had the Princess. "All right! Now it's time to go to Star Gazer! Follow me!" Chatterjoy broke off into a gallop towards the inn where Star Gazer and Jazzy Mellows were currently occupying. When the trio had arrived at the inn, it was deserted. All the ponies must have heard what had happened in the square and took off, or they themselves were at the square considering Chatterjoy had made sure that everypony in Ponyville came, with the exception of her friends. As Chatterjoy walked past the counter, Gak rolling behind her with the unconscious Princess, she noticed the bell. She smiled and couldn't help pressing her hoof on it countless times. Ring. Ring. R-ring. Ring. Ring. R-r-r-ring. Ring. Gak looked annoyed, as Chatterjoy continued to press the bell. Gak was about to gurgle, when Jazzy and Star Gazer appeared in a hurry. "For the love of Ce-" Jazzy began to scream. Her voice caught in her throat, when she noticed who it was. Her expression became flat, and Star Gazer looked at Gak curiously. "Chatterjoy? What are you doing here? What is that? Why is the Princess unconscious? Why for the love of all that is friendship and goodness are you playing with that bell!" Chatterjoy smiled at her friend and took in a deep breath, "Well, you see. This is Gak, the one that I was telling you about. You know - the thing I accidentally made in Twilight's lab without her permission. This is the thing! Isn't he adorable? Well, I think he's adorable. I mean, he stretches, guys! Guys, he stretches like a gummy worm! Maybe I should have named him Gummy Worm. But he doesn't look like a gummy worm. But anyway, I showed him to the town so they wouldn't panic but guess what they did! They panicked! I can't believe them. Geez. Why would they panic, when I told them not to. I mean, we're ponies not hu-" Gak covered her mouth and gave a slow shake of his head. "Right. Forgot, not allowed. Anyway. They were panicking, and then Twilight tried to calm them, but she got hurt as you can see. I'm not very strong so I had Gak carry her here, because Star Gazer knows everything and I figured he would know how to fix this mess. Well, except that he usually gets us in the messes. Seriously, Star Gazer. Gosh. Anyway, since you guys were visiting, and Star Gazer would most likely be with you. For that, watch you ma call it. Dad told me about it once. You know the birds and the bees. I could have sworn birds ate bees. Do birds eat bees?" Star Gazer and Jazzy had turned beet red, when Chatterjoy had asked them if they were doing the birds and the bees. They had even forgotten to correct Chatterjoy that in fact, she was the one who got them into messes. Obviously, her father had not explained it too well, because the pegasus was currently confused about whether or not birds ate bees. "But if birds ate bees, why would you watch that together? How could you watch bees get eaten by birds in a room. They aren't in your room. Especially in winter! The bees are dead and the birds migrated. Anyway back on topic, then when this mess is finished you can go back to the birds and the bees. Wait, no I finished explaining. Gak, stay with these two, while I get Wordplay." Gak nodded and turned to look at the pink unicorn and blue earth pony. Jazzy finally was able to get a hold of herself, and was going to correct Chatterjoy. They had been doing nothing of the sort. First of all. Star Gazer had actually just arrived into town, and Jazzy was just talking to him outside of the hall, but Chatterjoy had already zipped outside to head to Wordplay's house. Ponyville- Wordplay's House 12:05 P.M. G.A.K. Disaster Wordplay heard a rapid rapping sound at her door. It didn't take a genius to figure out that it was probably one of her friends. She had noticed all the stampeding in the town. It wasn't all that surprising really. This was Ponyville, and the residents stampeded on a normal basis. Her friends probably went to just give her the news as to why the ponies were running around like crazed wild animals. The rapping continued before Wordplay opened her door to see Chatterjoy with a wide grin on her face. Great, that probably means she's the cause of this. Wordplay thought, and she released a sigh. Her pegasus friend's face fell. "What did you do now Chatterjoy?" the purple unicorn asked with a bored expression. "Nothing much!" Chatterjoy chirped, "I just happened to create a creature in Princess Twilight's lab without her permission, and then to get Ponyville used to the new addition, I attempted to introduce my new gooey friend to the populace. Then when I told them not to, they began to panic. I don't know why they would panic. Gak is such a nice goo. Like really nice, and I don't know why ponies can't understand that. I mean, I could understand, if he went around terrorizing the town. But-" Chatterjoy had a lollipop stuck in her mouth. Wordplay's residual blue magic aura dissipated, after the unicorn had deemed that she had gotten sufficient information. "Okay Chatterjoy, where did you leave the goo?" Chatterjoy mumbled her reply, and some drool dripped from her mouth. Wordplay rolled her eyes, before her friend grinned releasing more saliva. She lifted a white leg and pointed to the inn. "Thank you," Wordplay replied, "Let's go." She was not in the mood to deal with the antics of Chatterjoy today. The two ponies maneuvered with what looked practiced across the road of stampeding ponies. Chatterjoy opened the inn door and ushered Wordplay inside. Ponyville- Inn 12:10 P.M. G.A.K. Disaster When the two ponies walked into the inn, there was goo scattered everywhere. The Princess had been laid on top of a table. A bruise was forming by her horn. Jazzy had flipped a table and was now sitting behind it with a very unamused expression. Meanwhile, Star Gazer was thoroughly enjoying himself in trying to slice and dice the monster made of goo. "You terrible beast!" Star Gazer cried out. It sounded frustrated, but only amusement graced his features. In order to talk, he had dropped his sword to the ground. He decided that if a blade was insufficient then surely his hooves could do what a sword could not. Gak laughed and it sounded like somepony clearing their throat. Gak formed a slimy arm and grabbed the earth pony. The blue stallion struggled and his amused face became frustrated. "May Luna curse your dreams!" Star Gazer cried out. He then took a deep breath and began give a death rant about how he would be avenged. Wordplay had taken this time to trot over to Jazzy. "What is going on?" "Star Gazer decided that Gak was an evil monster to be vanquished, and was hoping that by killing it, he would get recognition from Princess Luna," Jazzy explained. She was clearly done with her coltfriend's antics. Chatterjoy on the other hoof had walked up to Gak. She flew up to where Star Gazer was still giving his speech. "Star Gazer," Chatterjoy said, glaring at him, "What do you think you're doing to Gak?" The earth pony turned towards Chatterjoy angrily, "What does it look like? Vanquishing a beast in the name of Luna!" At his outbursts the three mares rolled their eyes. The pegasus turned towards the goo creature. "Set him down please Gak," Chatterjoy asked nicely. Gak gurgled a reply before calling back his goo from around the inn. Star Gazer looked miffed and reached for his sword. A glare from Jazzy stopped him, and he began to sulk. "Ugh," Princess Twilight groaned, opening her eyes slowly. "I feel like a stampede ran all over me." The other occupants in the room smiled at the Princess sheepishly. "You've got to be kidding me." "Well you see Princess," Chatterjoy began excitedly. As Chatterjoy began to rapidly explain to the royal, Star Gazer had once again engaged Gak in combat. The latter spewing goo over the entire inn and its occupants. Ponyville- Town Square 12:15 P.M. G.A.K. Disaster Aftermath Princess Twilight had managed to calm down the populace and the rebuilding of all the damaged buildings had been put under way. Gak's goo that had the ability to be a strong glue helped further the repair process exponentially. Twilight overlooked the rebuilding process and with a sigh walked towards Chatterjoy who was struggling to lift a plank of wood. Twilight sighed, rolled her eyes, and enveloped the wood in her magical aura. Chatterjoy greeted her enthusiastically. "Yes, well. Hello to you to Chatterjoy. Just listen, please," Twilight replied tiredly. A large ice pack was being held next to her horn where the giant bruise was. Chatterjoy nodded and gave complete attention to the Princess. "Yes. Next time you plan to introduce something new to the town. Don't do it. Let me handle it next time." "Kay!" Chatterjoy replied.