What Wasn't Suppose to Happen Makes the Situation all the More Right.

Chapter 3: But I Love Her!

“Who’s everypony?” Gilda asked warily.

“Oh just Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy. . .”

Gilda sighed as one name in particular was left off the list.

“. . .Rainbow Dash. . .”

‘Shit.’

“. . . And Princess Luna!” Pinkie finished, keeping up her positive disposition.

‘Double Shit.’

Gilda’s mood had a slow but noticeable change. She went from her original calm look, to perturbed, and ending at out right flushed. Her panic quickly got the best of her and she began to give into her flight instinct. Pinkie noticed and tried to point out that nothing bad could possibly happen, but her significant other wasn’t buying it. The griffon tried harder to escape but Pinkie was still on top of her, pinning her down with all the might of an earth pony. A might that the mare wasn’t aware even came close to a griffon.

To escape, Gilda would have to remove those hooves holding her down. Quickly she opened her mouth and put it over Pinkies limb. Gilda closed her eyes and tried to bite down. All she got for a response was mad giggling.

“Stop it, it tickles, it tickles!” Pinkie cried, tears of laughter falling from her eyes.

Gilda couldn’t hurt the pink mare because she could never again want to.

‘At least I got some good info out of this.’  Gilda thought trying to she the silver lining in this cluster she called a cloud. Sighing, Gilda looked up at her marefriend ready to pull out her trump card.  A move she didn’t want to resort to.

“They’re mad aren’t they? What do you think they’re going to do once we walk out there? I can’t take all of them at once.” she spoke in a voice that was eerily similar to when she mimicked Fluttershy.

“Don’t you worry ‘bout a thing Gildy, their good ponies. Besides I’ll be right next to you.”

“But--”

Pinkie put her hoof over Glida's beak ceasing the potential speech. Her eyes changed from the happy-go-lucky mare to the concerned lover. She let her hoof fall after a few seconds. Her blue eyes entranced the griffons golden ones into a hypnosis. Letting her head fall and turning it in such a way as to make a perpendicular angle with Gilda’s cheek. Pinkie began to whisper.

“I care so much for my friends Gildy, I would do anything for them. But I love you, and I won’t let them come anywhere near hurting you.You're the one that said that you'd always be there for me. So I’m always going to be here for you. That’s a Pinkie Promise.” Gilda began to tear up at her words.

“Pinkie we need to talk now!” The clear voice of Twilight Sparkle called.

“Why are you still yelling?”

“Why are you still not shutting up?” A pony other than Twilight countered.

Gilda gulped and stood up with Pinkie from the bed. Both of their legs were weak after sleeping. Leaning on one another the duo made their way downstairs and to the front door. The griffon hesitated to grasp the handle of the door, but a reassuring squeeze from Pinkie gave Gilda the courage to turn the handle.

Cold air. That was the first thought as the door opened. Gilda instinctively moved Pinkie close to herself to retain warmth. The pony was caught off guard when the large wing wrapped around her. Encompassing Pinkie to the point where her head and her hooves on the ground were visible.  They both smiled at one another before they finally came face to face with the crowd outside.

“Pinkie!” All of the mares shouted simultaneously.

“Wazzup guys.” Pinkie responded.

“Griffon! You have five seconds to release her or by my divine right I will end you!” Luna said her eyes glowing white.

“Luna I think that might be a bit strong.” Twilight said trying to reason with the alicorn. “What she’s trying to say is that we need to talk about this Pinkie.”

“Okay.”

“In private.”

“Okay.”

“Without your new friend.”

“Why?”

“Because we need to make sure your fine.”

“She is perfectly fine with me, it’s you guys who are making a problem out of this!” Gilda declared with a fierce glare.

“I never thought you would sink this low Gilda. You made Fluttershy cry, scared granny Smith, attacked Pinkie several times, not to mention the theft and overall meanness to everypony here. Now you’ve kidnapped and brainwashed my friend? Why can’t you get the point, we don’t want you here?” Rainbow Dash said, approaching the couple slowly with every word.

Gilda tried to back up away from Dash but Pinkie held her still. The griffon stared into the eyes of her former friend, absorbing every ounce of malice and loathing. A pony that was a good foot shorter than the griffon was getting the better of the hybrid. Even in the winter cold, beads of sweat found their way onto the griffons forehead. She looked for words in her own defense, but they just couldn’t form in any intelligible way.

“You know why you can’t say anything? Because there is no defense for you! You did what you did and now you have to deal with it. So get out of Ponyville, and out of our lives!”

“I think you should get kicked out of Ponyville for all your damn shouting!” A stallion from a house down the street yelled.

“Not you again!”

At this time the rest of the group enclosed on the scene. Luna was first to begin the brazen act, marching with a thunderous purpose. Applejack followed close behind next to Twilight and Rarity, who dragged Fluttershy behind her. The elements, with the exception of Fluttershy, demanded answers for various acts of cruelty. Some questions were warranted while others based on rumors and baseless speculation.

“What do you say, you pony eating fiend. Are you holding our friend so you can eat her up? Put her in some stew? Or turn her into a satay?” Rarity asked with a harsh partial tone.

Gilda and Pinkie blushed.

“Um, well, I don’t want to consume her whole.” Gilda explained lamely.

“So you are going to eat her, you monster!” Rarity announced dramatically. The group continued arguing until Applejack grew the loudest.

“Not to mention you have to answer for your crimes!”

“Crimes, what crimes?”

“Don’t play stupid. You know exactly what you’ve done. Scaring a poor old mare, my grandmother, and stealing an apple! You have a lot of nerve!” Applejack bellowed.

“. . .Really?”

“Really.”

“Really?!”

“REALLY!”

“REALLY!”

“REALLY!!!”

“REALLY!?!” Gilda roared ending the sequence. “Let’s get some things straight. I pranked that old mare. Last time I checked there's nothing wrong with pranking. And the apple thing isn’t even an problem.”

“How can you say theft isn’t a problem?” Applejack asked in disbelief.

“Let me ask you something, what do griffons eat?” Gildas deadpan delivery left the surrounding area silent.

“Uh, I’m not sure, never thought about it I guess.” Applejack said stumped. Rarity unconsciously shrugged her shoulders. Pinkie quirked her eyebrow. Rainbow Dash, and Twilight Sparkle looked away awkwardly while Luna stared unflinchingly. Fluttershy shook with rage barely holding herself back.

“We eat meat.”

Rarity, Applejack, and even Pinkie Pie gasped.

“So you think that stealing an apple is a bad thing. Do you have any idea how hard it is for me just to keep those damn things down? I’ve nearly had to eradicate my gag reflex just to be able to eat here, because once ponies figure out that I need to eat adorable woodland creatures or fish, I’m automatically the bad griffon. So please, I don’t need another lecture on how I’m evil.”

“B-But what does this have to do with stealing the apple?”

“So you want me to find a job, work that job, and then use the bits I earned to buy ‘food’ that I can barely eat just to continue a miserable life? No, I’m not going to put up with that bullshit. If I have to eat your lame food, I’m just going to take it.” Gilda’s temper began to flare.

‘I didn’t think about that before. Maybe Gildy is suffering more than I thought.’

“Gildy, calm down, nopony is going to judge you, and we don’t see you as a monster. We just want to understand you.” the element of laughter said softly.

“Bullshit.” Fluttershy spat contorting her face in a sick glare.

There wasn’t one neck that didn’t crack as everypony turned their heads towards the yellow pegasus.

“Fluttershy what did you just say?” Twilight asked rhetorically.

“I said that Gilda not being a monster is bullshit. Anything that kills poor, innocent, animals when it can subsist on plants is a nothing but a malicious monster!” Fluttershy raged as she stepped through her pony friends to stand directly in front of Gilda, reaching up and poking her in the chest with every other word.

“Fluttershy that’s not how we talk to a frie--”

“She’s not a friend Pinkie! How could I ever consider somepony who wishes to do such horrible things a friend?” Fluttershy took a deep breath. “I have nothing against Gilda seeing as how you aren't actively eating any animals, but the thought of that as the right way is enough to piss me off. If you have the choice to eat animals or go vegetarian, and then you still pick animals, you're despicable."

"Funny, you never acted like this before. Where was all this moxie when I was roaring in your face?" Gilda said with a dark tone.

"You were intimidating me, not attacking the animals. Mess with me as much as you want but never hurt the animals . . . You understand right Pinkie” Fluttershy's last statement sent her back into her trademarked shy demeanor.

All eyes on her. Like a spotlight burning into her forehead, sight lines from all her friends and lover were on her. Gilda’s eyes spoke volumes on her mixed array of emotions. Something that didn’t go unnoticed by the pink mare. Though Pinkie's smile and overall positive attitude had not changed on the outside. In fact it only seemed to grow wider. All in all everything seemed normal.

‘So this is what everypony believes. . .’ Pinkie thought to herself.

“You’re all so stupid!” Pinkie exploded with righteous fury, stepping away from the protection of the large wing.

“Pinkie, what’s gotten into you?” Applejack asked her heart beating quickly.

“Me, ME? What’s gotten into me? What’s gotten into all of you? Here you come to my home, demand that Gilda and I come out in the freezing cold weather, and you have the gall to patronize us? I had it in my mind that maybe you were here to congratulate us--”

“Congratulate you on being captured by Gilda darling, I don’t see why that would ever occur.”

“No, you were suppose to congratulate us on our relationship. The fact that I found somepony like Gilda to love me, and the fact I love her.”

“From what I know about the griffon. She has come to Ponyville and spread chaos throughout the town. When one of our elements of harmony seemingly aligned herself with that kind of character, what did you expect us to say?” Luna spoke, now irritated by her crushes insolence.

“Oh I don’t know maybe;'Oh, we;re happy for you Pinkie’ or ‘We trust you on who you want to love Pinkie’ or maybe even ‘We might not like Gildy but as long as you love her and she loves you, we’ll be there for you two’ would of been nice. I just don’t know why you guys can’t be happy for me.” Pinkie’s eyes began to water yet her rage was still apparent.

“Okay, Okay Pinkie we hear you loud and clear. This conversation has gotten way out of control. Come on, let’s all get out of the cold and talk about this inside without yelling at each other.” Twilight’s voice was soft and comforting.

Pinkie smiled slightly at that as her burdened heart beat easier for a few moments. The smile brought comfort to the rest of the surrounding ponies. They hugged in a giant group hug with the griffon looking on satisfied.

‘The last thing that I wanted was for Pinkie to lose her friends. Hopefully it’s step in the right direction.’ Gilda thought as the group started to move inside the bake shop.

The griffon tried to return to her marefriend, but with every attempt to get close another pony blocked her off. But the sixth sense of Pinkie commanded her attention. She determined what the problem was fairly quickly, and demanded that her friends step aside. They did so reluctantly, and the couple walked in first. The group made their way up the stairs into the bedroom. Opening the door both Gilda and Pinkie noticed something about the bedroom that made their eyes bulge.

It smelt like them.

Looking back they saw that their guests were rapidly approaching. Gilda made the first move and rushed over to the window. With her giant wings she forcibly aired out the room. Pinkie on the hand took an air freshener from some extremity of the room and sprayed like mad.

Twilight lead the herd into the room. She saw the couple sitting on the bed with gigantic nervous smiles. Her naturally skeptical mind told her to question what was happening but she couldn’t help but to be distracted by a strange scent in the chilled air. It was a mixture of cotton candy, snozberries and . . .

Twilight turned red and maybe just a little wet.

Luna came next, ignoring everything but the elephant in the room.

“So, you say that you want this griffon to be your mate?”

“Yes.” The pink pony stated.

“And you supposedly love her, correct?” Luna continued her inquiries as the rest of the elements filed in.

“I do.”

“How can you possibly know that after such a short time with one another.” this time the question was met with a sideways squint.

“Well I, it’s not that I, well. . .” Pinkie tripped over her words.

“Do you even really love her Pinkie? I think it might be a little too soon to say that.” Rarity said calmly.

“. . .”

“It doesn’t really matter if we can say it makes sense or put it into words. Can’t we just know that we care for each other?” Gilda said pulling Pinkie closer to her own body. A select few mares flashed a quick smile.

“We just don’t want our friend to get into something that shes not ready for.” Applejack said her voice far more understanding .

“Girls I’m happy that you care about me so much. But you can trust me to make the right decision here. Even if I can’t explain why I love her, I can tell you without a doubt that she makes me happy.” Pinkie squeezed Gilda making the griffon squawk, half of the room responded with an ‘Awh’

The room was silent with each mare trading looks with one another. Three mares already came to their decision.

“You’re right darling. We, as your friends, should back your decisions even if we don’t understand it. I’m sorry Gilda for jumping to conclusions before. Could you forgive me?” Rarity asked with big eyes.

“Y-Y-Yeah, of course!” Gilda said with pleasant surprise.

“I guess we did jump to a conclusion, I’m sorry too Gilda.” Twilight spoke next. "And maybe this whole situation would of been handled better if our source of information wasn't so vehement towards one side."

Luna's fascination for the ceiling grew tenfold. She also decided to take whistling as a new hobbie.

“Yeah, I’m in the same boat as Twi’ and Rares.”

“I don’t know what to say. Thank you.” Gilda said, stifling a sniffle. A frustrated grown broke the moment.

“This is not happening. Pinkie, you have officially lost it!” Rainbow yelled her exasperation clear in her voice.

“I agree with Rainbow Dash. The validity of this relationship is still in question.” Luna said. Fluttershy nodded weakly.

“For the love of, what will it take to convince you?!? Here I’ll show you!” Gilda yelled as she looked over at Pinkie.

Pinkie Pie who sat beside Gilda on her bed looked at her griffon with confusion. That soon ended as Gilda started, to the untrained eye, ‘eat her face off’. Once Pinkie gathered her bearings, her mood change turned a one sided kiss into a full out face-eating contest. Their tongues moved in an exaggerated manner to make the loudest noises possible. All the other mares in the room shifted their legs and tried to hide their red faces.

Both Pinkie and Gilda's arms found themselves kneading both pink and brown breasts. The aforementioned mounds tips stood tall like a cherry on top a cake, as they slowly rotated in a clockwise movement. Gilda's chocolate colored breasts were quickly being pushed in and popping out like the tides on a beach. Then the pink mare broke the kiss and leaned over to put the brown mound in her mo--

“That’s enough!” Rainbow yelled with a red tint on her cyan coat.

“Oh, but I thought you wanted to know if I was being sincere, what’s wrong now?” Gilda said innocently with a bit of Pinkie dripping from her beak.

“Yeah, what she said.” Pinkie disappointed that she didn’t get her chocolate treat.

“Love isn’t just about bucking each other." Rainbow and, surprisingly, Fluttershy combined exclaimed.

“What do you want from us?” The inter-species couple asked.

“I have one Idea that will settle this once and for all.” Luna interjected grabbing the attention of everypony in the room.

“We need to speak with the ambassador of love herself, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza.”

“. . .Who?”