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// One And Only Chapter 
// Story: Gummy Meets Pinkie Pie 
// by kitten_girl86 
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My name is Gummer. 
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I was hatched in what the ponies call the Everfree Forest. 
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I was the only one of the clutch that was born without teeth.
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Hence my name.
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All alligators are supposed to be born with teeth.
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But I was not.
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Something about chaos magic in the forest.
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Mom didn't know what to do with me. 
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I managed to get by by eating fish whole. She didn't like that.
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After about a season, I left.
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Made my way through the forest.
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All alone.
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Walked around rocks.
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Slipped under tree roots.
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Avoided the patch of poison joke.
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Relaxed in any puddle I came across.
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One day, I saw bright day light coming from ahead of me.
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The end of the forest.
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And there....
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There stood the most beautiful creature I had ever seen...
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(Besides my mom, of course.)
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She was pink.
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She was very pink.
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She was very, VERY pink!
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I was in love.
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I watched from the shadows as she knelt down.
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Watched as she smelled some flowers.
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Watched as she smiled with delight.
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I fell further in love.
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I moved very slowly towards her.
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I did not want to scare her off.
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Not like my mom can do.
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Moving ever so slowly, I was afraid she might leave before finding me.
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But she did see me.
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She wanted to come closer but she would not enter the forest.
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So I went to her.
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Very slowly.
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Very, very slowly.
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I was within sniffing distance of her face.
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She smelled sweet.
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Her eyes widened to an impossible size.
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I wondered if the chaos magic affected her too.
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She finally spoke.
"OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH!!!! A TEENY TINY BABY ALLIGATOR! youaresodarncuteiwanttotakeyouhomewithmeisthatok? OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH!!!!"
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I blinked very slowly, one eye at a time.
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She squealed with delight and picked me up in her hooves. 
"OH YOU ARE SO ADORABLE! And oh my! You have no teeth! I think I'm gonna call you Gummy!"
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It was close enough to my real name, I did not argue the point.
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As she held me, I felt so warm inside.
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Being cold-blooded, that's an achievement.
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She placed me up on her back and started skipping away from the forest. 
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One eye took one last look at the forest, blinked and turned back.
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Both focused on the fluffy pink made in front of me.
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It looked yummy so I chomped down on the mane.
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Despite not having teeth, I held on.
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The mane tasted sweet.
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"La la la la la!" sang the pony who was my new best friend.
The End