//------------------------------// // Act II Chapter 7: Poison Joke! Not Poison Oak! // Story: The 7th Element. Season 1: The Magi-Tech Pony // by Rojack79 //------------------------------// 3, 21, 1000, C.E. Ponyville. After there lengthily discussion The Princess's decided to not only have Gadget be Knighted at the Grand Galloping Gala but they also decided to announce there newest Princess. Nightmare was shocked to hear her new name. She actually liked the name Midnight. "Midnight." She whispered to herself. "Hum?" Gadget said as he looked up from his workbench. He pulled the goggle's over his eye down and let them hang on his neck. "You say something?" He asked again. Midnight looked up at Gadget from the floor. "Ya i'm fine. Just thinking." "About?' Gadget said as he flicked his goggles back on and began to solder away at a piece of electronic's for his suit. After the race with Rainbow, Midnight had found his armor and had to bring it back to the shop. After Gadget and his family had gotten back from Canterlot, his parents decided to decline the offer to work in the frozen north, Instead the offer was passed down the the captain of the royal guard. Shining Armor, Gadget had run into him on a few of his trips to canterlot. The two had compared note's on some of there favorite board game's. Wizard's and Knight's was one of there favorite's. So the two had kept up a long distance friendship for awhile before there job's got in the way. Gadget was glad that he got to help out his friend in some way. His parent's had taken up job's in ponyville. His dad had gotten a job at a nearby restaurant as a cook. His mom got a job at the same restaurant as a waitress. Midnight meanwhile had gotten a job as a weather pony. It seam's that rainbow was impressed with her flying capability's and when Midnight went to apply for the job Rainbow had put her through a test. She had pasted with flying color's. Right now was a lucky day off for the whole family. Sky and Ruby were upstairs having 'fun'. There play time was muffled by a sound proof spell Midnight had thrown up when the couple had started and both her and Gadget had retreated to the basement. Midnight had been thinking about a lot of thing's lately, namely what she was going to do about the Grand Galloping Gala. She had never been to one of these fancy party's and she was really worried about how pony's would react to her formally being Nightmare Moon. "Oh Crap!" Gadget threw up a shield as his newest creation became a pile of scrap. Gadget wrapped his shield around it as the device blew up. "Oh come on. That one took me over a month." He hung his head then he looked around and scolded himself. Midnight was still there but she was starring off into space. "I'm sorry Midnight." She looked at him. "What for?" "Well we've been down here for a while and all I've been doing is tinkering with my toy's." He said sheepishly. Midnight thought about it. then her eye's lit up. "Hey how about we go for a walk in town?" Gadget smiled. "Ya that sound's good. Better than," He cleared his throat and put on a posh accent. "The sound's of Love and there many making's." This got a giggle from Midnight who waved a hoof at Gadget. "Oh but Sir the Sound's of Love are oh so pleasant to the ear's." Wow she had been spending to much time around Gadget and he was beginning to rub off on her. Gadget meanwhile got close to Midnight and and embraced her in a soft hug. "Well in that case my dear shall we hurry on our way?" Midnight received the hug and then slowly she pulled away until Gadget was holding her off the floor on one arm like a dancer. "Sir Sky Rose are you trying to seduce me?" Gadget never got the chance to answer. At that point in time Dexter came down the stairs in a hurry. "Gadget! Midnight! Were are you two!" He saw them both frozen in there pose. Until Gadget lost his grip and Midnight fell to the floor on her back. "Oh there you are." He said not noticing the two as Gadget scrambled to help Midnight off of the floor. The two got up and stood there their face's burning red. "Listen you two i need your help." "Sure uncle what can we do for you?" Gadget said as his face was going from scarlet to its normal shade of black. He looked over at Midnight who was twiddling her hooves. It was unusual to say the least to see her ding that. "Well you two can help me out by going into town to get us all some more food." Gadget was curious. "Well why a can't you go and get it?" He asked a little flustered from his uncle's impromptu visit. His uncle looked at him with stern conviction. "Well since somepony hasn't been fixing up the clock tower like they were supposed to that job has fallen to me." He said pushing a hoof at Gadget who was folding his ear's back in embarrassment. "Well i." "NO! Now you listen to me young man. I Know you have your own life but you can't just shirk your responsibility's here at home. Now i know you two." He said pointing to Midnight. "Might have had plan's for today but i need you to put those on hold." He looked over to Midnight. "Now Ms if you will excuse my crude attitude but i require your assistance in the kitchen." He Then pointed to Gadget. "And you young man will go into town to get some food." Without waiting for an answer he went back upstairs. The two friends just sat there. They were brought out of there thought's by Dexter shouting upstairs. "AHHHHH! "And will you two stop acting like a couple of rabbit's on crack!" "DEXTER GET OUT OF HERE!" Gadget made his way into town still thinking about Midnight. What was i thinking? What was that supposed to accomplish? He shook his head. Who am i kidding. She's a princess. I'm just.. well... me. As Gadget entered town he noticed something off. "Were the hey is everypony?" He muttered to himself. The entire street was deserted. Scratch that. The whole town looked abandoned. He went to the market and saw nopony he even stopped by Sugar Cube Corner. He was about to knock on the door when his hoof was grabbed and he was pulled in with a yell. Gadget felt the cold linoleum floor of the bakery as he was deposited inside the dark work place. "What the hey is going on?" "SHHHHH!!!" "Pinky?" "SHHH!" "What?" "SHHH!" "What in the hay is going on here!?" He screamed. A light flashed to life blinding Gadget. "GAAHH!!" He rubbed his eye's furiously get rid of the sun spot's dancing around his vision. "Sorry." "Fluttershy?" "Yes?" "What is going on?" He said sitting there letting his eye's adjust to the darkness. "Oh well you see we were all going about town minding our own business when out of nowhere Zecora--" "Who?" Gadget heard several other voice's gasp. "Darling how could you possibly not know about Zecora?" "Rarity? Who else is here?" "All of us." Gadget heard the rest of the girl's all call out in unison. He had been to there house's several time's mostly to help fix something but they had all hung out several time's at the park. Even Midnight joined in on there latest picnic bringing over home made sandwich's. "So why are we all here?" He asked again. "Because Zecora is no ordinary pony." Pinky said getting up on her hind leg's dangling her fore hooves about. Gadget just looked at pinky with a deadpan exspretion. "Excuse the jest pinky but isn't that the pot calling the kettle black?" He said raising an eyebrow. "Hey every pony look!" A small voice called out from a nearby window. Gadget looked to the window to see Apple Bloom of all pony's standing up to peek the glass. "Apple Bloom i told you to stay down!" AJ Said as she edged her way between the window and Apple Bloom As if Zecora would break through and snatch the filly. "Oh please will all of you to just stop." Came a voice form the back of the bakery. All of the pony's turned around to see Twilight standing there a stern look upon her face. "I swear all of you are acting like little filly's." She said trotting toward's the window. Gadget was wandering just who this Zecora was and looked out the window to see a hooded figure walking around town. So that's what all the fuss is about? He began to laugh. And he didn't stop until he was sprawled out on the floor. "What's so funny?" Rainbow asked. "Y-y-you are all so silly some time's!" He said still laughing. All of the girl's looked rather bashful at that comment. "And just what does that mean?" AJ asked. "Oh please." He said picking himself up off of the floor and pointing out the window. "You are all afraid of some pony because there different? Just what good will that do anypony?" He asked his voice full of mirth. "Thank you Celestia, at least one of us has a voice of reason," Twilight said as she made her way outside. "Wait Twilight were are you going?" Pinky shouted through the open doorway. Twilight held her hoofs over her ear's. "Pinky there's no need to shout. I'm right here." She stated. While Pinky, Twilight and the rest of the girl's were arguing about how to best approach talking to Zecora, Apple Bloom was sneaking off. Gadget decided to fallow her. She snuck out of the shop through an open window. Gadget just walked out the front door. He spotted Zecora down the street and little Apple Bloom who was right behind her hiding behind a house. He chuckled to himself. Zecora decided that she had had enough waiting and walked back toward's the Everfree Forest. "Hey girl's?" Fluttershy asked. "Yes Fluttershy?" Rarity said. "Were is Apple Bloom?" "Oh NO!" AJ Said as she ran out the door. Gadget fallowed close behind Apple Bloom as she got closer to the edge of the Everfree Forest. Silly filly. He just shook his head. He remembered when he was that young and not intimidated by the danger's of the world. He watched she crossed into the forest and picked up his pace. He knew there were creature's in there that would make a pony its next meal so a small filly would just be a quick snack. "Apple Bloom!" Gadget halted in his track's and he looked back to see the girls all running after them. "Gadget? What are you doing here?" Apple Bloom said as she ran over to him. "Well i had to make sure you didn't become a snack for a manticore." He said smiling evilly. Apple Bloom backed up to her sister who scooped her up and set her on her back. "Beware, Beware you pony folk. Those leave's of blue are not a joke!" What? Leave's of blue? Gadget looked around him. when his vision had adjusted he saw that he was in a sea of blue flower's. What are these? He bent down and picked one of them. This is pretty. I wander if uncle will know what this is? He tucked the flower away and looked up to see that Zecora had vanished into the forest. "Were'd she go?" He asked. "Come on Gadget." He looked back to see the girls making there way back to ponyville. "Hey wait for me!" HE said running to catch up to them. As he left the forest the flower's began to glow a soft blue as there magic took hold on the group. After they all stopped in town they said there goodbye's and went back to there daily business. When Gadget got back he had to go and rest. He wasn't feeling well. Maybe i have one of those 24 hour flu's. 3, 22, 1000, C.E. Ponyville. Midnight awoke to silence. That was odd. Usually Gadget was up and doing something around the house. She got off the couch and made her way into the kitchen. As she struggled trying to find the light switch she stumbled over something. "WOW!" She shouted as she caught herself on the counter. She found the switch and went to look at what she had tripped on. "AHHHHHH!!!" He scream woke up the rest of the house. Soon Dexter Ruby and Sky came bolting down the stair's. "What wrong?" "Honey what's the matter?" "Where's the fire?" Midnight just pointed at Gadget who was sprawled out on the floor not moving. His eye's were cold and lifeless looking as he lay there. "SKY GO GET A DOCTOR!" "Right away!" He said as he ran to the door and yanked it open.