//------------------------------// // Zeta Prime & Snowblitz // Story: The Story of Gigi // by SteelChords //------------------------------// I turned the doorknob and walked out into the sunlight. It was still fairly early in the morning, so there was still dew settling on the tops of everyone's lawns. Maybe Rainbow Dash had actually gotten up early for once to get to work. Not likely, but I probably wouldn't have been able to predict that I would be a mare if you'd asked me a week ago either. Weirder things had happened, so I wasn't going to eliminate the possibility. The town seemed to be just waking up. There were a few fillies and colts walking to school and a few mothers waving from their doorsteps, but other than that, it was still quiet as if it were still the middle of the night. I wanted to try to temporarily forget about all that had happened last night. It was rather depressing to think about, and I just needed to relax and regroup as best as I could. If I was going to find a way to fix this, I couldn't let all that get into my head. So I decided to take a walk down to Ponyville's main square. Hopefully I could just head to a local donut shop and grab some coffey or something. Hopefully there would be someplace that was just opening. Not a whole lot of places typically opened this early, but it was a relatively long walk to the square. A few minutes into my walk the sun started coming out a bit higher over the horizon, and some of the dew started to evaporate off of the grass. A few ponies started poking their heads out their windows, but nopony came outside yet. No wonder, it was still pretty early. Finally, I made it to the main square. I noticed quite a few stores that hadn't taken down their "CLOSED" signs yet, but thankfully, the one store that I was looking for was open. I made my way to the front door as the stallion sweeping the floor made his way behind the front desk. The bell rang as I pushed the door open and walked to the front desk. I ordered some breakfast and went to find a place to sit down and eat. I turned around and noticed in a familiar pair of ponies sitting at a table in the back corner of the building, playing some sort of card game. One was a black zebra with white stripes, and the other was a light blue pegasus with a silver mane. "Not again! COME ON!" shouted Snowblitz, as Zeta Prime practically fell out of his chair laughing. "No way! Rematch!" "Alright, fine, if you wanna lose again, I won't stop you." Zeta replied with a smirk. I wasn't really sure if I wanted to ask, or if I even wanted to be talking to them this early, but before I could decide... "Hey, Gigi!!" Zeta called, waving for me to join them at the table. I let out a long sigh, and then turned to their table. "Sup, G-String." Snowblitz greeted. I could not have given a harsher death stare. Leave it to Snowblitz to poke fun with the wrong material. "Hey guys. What are you doing up so early?" I asked. "Well, I'm always up this early..." Zeta answered, "...and I was called in to work early this morning. I'm responsible for the dew on the grass." Snowblitz replied. "Ahh, ok. So what are you playing?" I asked, changing the subject. "Oh, it's this cool card game my cousin, Zecora, sent me. It's like Secret Shipfic Folder but the cards are bewitched. It's really fun. Wanna play?" Zeta answered, excitedly. My first reaction to this was that I was about to get made fun of so much. A part of me wanted to say, "No, I'm not all that interested", but after he said "...the cards are bewitched...", that would've been a lie. "Ok, you've got me curious. I'll play a round." I said taking a seat. "Awesome!" Zeta exclaimed, passing the cards to Snowblitz to be shuffled. "So, in what way exactly are the cards 'bewitched'?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. "Well, from what we saw in the last game we played, the cards will occasionally have the players on them, as well as some things that you would never expect to be on them, such as beds and caffeinated soda." Zeta replied. "It's really weird, but it definitely makes the game interesting." Snowblitz added. "Oh boy..." I mumbled, trying desperately not to sound sarcastic. Knowing those two, if I got shipped with anything mildly humerous, I was never going to hear the end of it. "Well, I already signed up for this one. Might as well see it through. After all, what real harm could come from just one game?" I really hated to admit it to myself, but I was actually having a lot of fun. I got to play Snowblitz shipped to a soundbox, and he got so ticked off that he actually started flying around the table, ranting about how there was nothing wrong with carrying a soundbox around everywhere. I was laughing so hard my sides were hurting. Everything was going great, until he got the right cards to get me back. It was my turn... "So, I would have to say that Applejack has a strange attraction to bass players." I said, placing down my cards in that order. "Whadaya think about that?" "That sounds a little far fetched, but for some reason, makes complete sense..." Zeta managed. "By the way, if either of you tell her I played that ship, you're dead." I promised. "Whatever, Gigi. Anyway, since it's my turn now, I think I'll play the card I've been waiting all game to play." Snowblitz said, mischievously. "I would say that you, Gigi, have a secret attraction to the bass players as well." he said, smirking as he placed down the cards. It took all the strength I had in my adorable mare body to hold myself back from strangling Snowblitz right there. There was nothing in Equestria that I found more useless than a bass player. And of course, Snowblitz would be the one to have the gall to ship me with them. I then suddenly felt a very strong indifference to Zeta, since if it weren't for his stupid 'bewitched' cards, Snow could never have gotten a card with me on it. "I hate bass players! Do you realize how much I hate bass players?! You have no idea..." my vision was starting to get blurry and I was starting to lose track of what I was actually saying. My eye started twitching and I'm sure there were veins popping out of my forehead. The only thing I could make out was a startlingly horrified look in Zeta's eyes, and a rather puzzled look on Snowblitz's face. "Umm... Gigi..." squeaked Zeta, "... remember, it's just a game." "Yeah, why are you freaking out so much over this? It's just a game." Snowblitz agreed. That little hypocrite. Realizing that I was letting my emotions get out of control, I quickly relaxed and tried to look innocent again. "Oh... yeah... right... it's just a game..." I said. "Geez, I've only seen Syx get that worked up over bass players before. I know you're related and all, but I didn't think you were that alike." Zeta inquired. "Yeah, I was starting to think you were going to start turning green and growing unrealistically large muscles." Snow added. "Besides, I wasn't done with my turn yet." "Say what?" I asked, less enraged now. "You only had an attraction to the bass players for a short time, until you discovered the ever useful minifridge." Snowblitz exclaimed, placing the card. In that moment the world stopped as I stared at the beautiful being on that card that was a minifridge. My heart started beating faster, and all the blood in my body rushed to my forehead. As I stared at that card, my entire life flashed before my eyes. I was going to the department store to find the perfect minifridge to take home. I was on vacation at the beach lying under an umbrella with my minifridge on a beach towel next to me, sunbathing. It opened it's door slightly, and I reached in and got a can of soda. I was waiting at the altar as my minifridge was carted down the aisle towards me. I was sitting in my relaxing chair next to my minifridge as I watched our beautiful hybrid children run around the house. I was sitting in a rocking chair on my rickety old porch next to my dear minifridge. I was sitting in front of a tombstone that read "Minifridge Senpai" as a tear trickled down my cheek. I heard a small voice... "Gigi? Gigi." It was starting to get louder, pulling me out of my daydream. I snapped back to reality and looked up to see both Zeta and Snowblitz looking at me like I was a ghost. "Are you alright...?" Zeta asked, that confused and stunned look still plastered on his face. "Oh... of course I am... why wouldn't I be...?" I replied, rubbing the back of my neck with my front hoof. "Well, for one, you've been staring at that card for almost 5 minutes..." Snowblitz answered, with the same look still on his face. "For another, you were blushing and whispering 'Senpai' the whole time..." I'm sure my face was beet red at that moment. "Uhhh... hehehe... was I really...?" I stammered, sweating buckets. "Anyway, going back to the game, with the placing of that card, I believe that means Snowblitz wins." Zeta said. "Aww yeah!!" Snowblitz cheered. I breathed a huge sigh of relief. I would have to remember that if Zeta ever asked me for a favor again. "And on that note, I have to get back to Zecora's place. She wanted me back at the hut about 10 minutes ago." Zeta remarked, restacking the cards and putting them back in a box. "Yeah, and I'm going back to my place to take a nap. I've got some downtime before I need to be back at work, and they already took about an hour of sleep away from me." Snowblitz said. "Ok, well, this was fun, guys. I'm glad I decided to play." I said as we all made for the front door. "Yeah, glad you came by. We were thinking it'd be a bit boring if it was just us playing the whole time." Snowblitz replied. The bell rang as Zeta pushed open the front door, and we all made our way back to the outside world. "Yeah, thanks for coming by when you did." Zeta said, chuckling. "Anyway, I should really be getting back to the hut. I'll talk to you guys later." Zeta said, before trotting out towards the Everfree Forest. "Yeah, I'm heading home. I'll see ya around, Gigi." Snowblitz said as he flew off into the open sky. With that, I trotted home again, unsure of what to do next. It was getting close to mid-morning, and I didn't really have much to do today. I decided as I walked up to my front door that I'd just try to fiddle around with my guitar until an idea came to me. I checked behind the door as I walked in. Thankfully there was nopony there. I walked up the stairs to my room and picked up my guitar off my bed. I played a few familiar chord progressions and played a simple runthrough of Cliffs of Dover. "Yeah, I've still got it..." I thought to myself, smiling. Suddenly an idea hit me. I rushed around the house gathering materials and bringing them back to my room to put together. It took almost an hour, but eventually, I sat back down on my bed and started fiddling around with my guitar again, as the candles from my freshly constructed Minifridge Shrine glistened behind me.