Wacky Rivals
The two apprentices.
Previous Chapter"Hey Johnny? What are you doing with that animal in my shop?!" John's uncle Giovanni said as his nephew fed the green, cross eyed gecko a bite of a soft squishy mango, the lizard took a few restrained bites and only looked at the hand feeding it with it's purple eyes crossed, but it was kinda cute the way it did that.
"Found this little guy in the garden at home this morning uncle Gio, I think he'd make great company for you upstairs when I'm not here." John said as he placed the Gecko in a plastic carrying tank, The gecko only looked around a bit before licking its eye clean.
"Ah Johnny my boy-o, I appreciate the offer but I'm more a cat person, you're gonna have to bring him back. His uncle said as he made his way back into the kitchen, leaving his nephew to mind the customers. John turned to the gecko in the cage one last time wondering just what to do with the little guy when a girl with long flowing hair like bubble gum walked into the bakery.
"Oh uhmm, excuse me?" She said with a cute like voice that was like a few soft squeaks from a tiny mouse, "I was wondering if...what would you reccomend personally?" She said getting a little more confident as she blushed softly asking him.
"Hey, aren't you that girl Fluttershy?" John asked the pink haired girl with a soft voice, as if he was talking to an animal the way she often did to her animals.
"Uh yes I am." She said hiding behind a strand of her hair.
"You're good with animals right?" He said placing the Gecko's cage on the counter.
"Well I guess you could say I...''
"Can you take this green gecko off my hands for me Fluttershy?" He asked her. Fluttershy looked at the little lizard in the plastic cage as it stuck to the walls and climbed along them.
"Oh, I'm sorry but, I have enough animals at home as it is, why my Angel is already quite a handful to me as it is." As she said this; a tiny rabbit poked his head out of her butterfly backpack and seemed to be annoyed with his owner. "Oh I'll take a slice of carrot cake for him while I'm here, but I still don't know just what to get for myself." She said reaching for a menu but before she could take it, John handed her a slice of Carrot cake and asked her.
"Have you ever had Tiramisu Fluttershy?" He said placing a light; fluffy looking cake in a plastic container on the counter with the carrot cake slice.
"Ooooh that sounds...fancy and exotic." She said her eyes lighting up at the sight of the cake.
"It's not all that fancy, a bit since its make from egg wafers but not much else than that, It's still very good though try some?" He asked opening the lid and handing her a fork. Fluttershy took the fork and slowly took a restrained bite, she smiled and let out a soft sound of pleasure at the light fluffy sweet taste of the delectable cake.
"Oh my! this is delicious!" How much is it? She asked him smiling and blushing in delight eyes closed in bliss at the taste that was practically dancing on her tongue and palette. John only Charged her for the carrot cake for the rabbit, but Fluttershy placed a big ten spot in the tip jar. "Thank you" She said smiling and blushing at him hard.
"No...thank you." John said as he watched her leave, as she did, a pink girl with fluffy pink hair bounced into the shop and and up to counter , grinning ear to ear.
"HIAEE!" She said bringing her nose to his before licking it softly. "mmmm you taste like...cream fresh from the fridge." She said before backing off from him with a blush.
"Aren't you that girl around school that likes to act like there's always a birthday party going on?" He asked as he slipped more mango to the gecko.
"IT IS always someone's brithday silly, When is it a day in the history of forevever that no one was born?"
"Any day before people existed on the planet?"
"Oh yeah." Pinkie said her hair flattening a bit, which was very odd seeing how almost nothing could make that mane be tame. but it quickly puffed again as pinkie noticed the green gecko in the cage on table.
"Oh that's a cute friend you got there." Pinkie said reaching into the tank and picking him up.
"Hey be sure to hold him by the body and not touch the head and tail." He said almost directly quoting pets 101 on geckos.
"Ahh I gotcha friend." Pinkie said bringing the gecko to her nose, it promptly proceeded to bite down on her nose a few times, Pinkie only laughed.
"Dosen't that hurt you?" John asked as he tilted his head at the gecko bitting her.
"No Silly, he's got no teeth see!" She said as the gecko opened his mouth to show he did indeed have no teeth in his mouth.
"Ha! all gums, some lizard." John said chuckling as it climbed through Pinkie's hair.
"Hey...Gummy! that's what I think you should name him." She said taking the gecko from her hair and placing him back in his tank.
"You want him? he's all yours nutty girl." He said noticing just how bizzare pinkie could get.
"Really? you're just going to give me you're pet away like that?" Pinkie said looking a little confused.
"Well youu called me your friend, so I guess you could call it my way of saying I am you're friend too Pinkie."
"Hey how do you know my name when I havent told you it?"
"Everyone knows you Pinkie, It's not that hard given how popular you are. Then again I thought you where supposed to be on top of everyone's name and birthdays."
"Heh nobody's perfect buddy." She said happily taking the gecko in his and leaving. "By the way...when is you're birthday John?"
"It's October 21st, ____, hey am I going crazy or did you hear just hear a censor beep when I said the year ____? There it is again."
"Oh I think that's just the way of keeping things in ambuioty like our ages and how we can still be of age yet still in high school, wish fufilment am I right?" ![]()
"Pinkie what are you talking about?" He said suddenly feeling a bit weired out by the girl.
"Ohhhh nothing! hehee" ![]()
"Pinkie say Candle jack." John said holding back a chuckle.
"Candle Jack, why do you ask"
"Why did you stop talking mid sentence?"
"Because I said Candleja..."
"You're one weird girl Pinkie...but I guess that's why I like you."
Author's Note
"And that's how I got my Equestria Girls version of Gummy, make him a gecko instead of a baby alligator, clever huh?" ![]()
