My Little Family

I was on a walk thinking of what I was going to do today. Usually, I would watch a movie or the “Bullet In A Bible” CD, but no. I wanted to do something different today. After five minutes of thinking, I had an idea. I would first go to the pool, then I would have lunch at Chick-Fil-A, go rollerskating, have a small dinner at Dairy Queen, then end the day off with ice cream from Sweet Frog and playing PhotoHunt. Perfect way to spend a day. I pulled out a Gersh Device when I heard a guard yell my name.

“Johnny! Johnny!”

“Howdy! What's up?”I greeted him.

“I need you to come with me.”

“Alright.”

I pressed on my necklace and followed the guard.

We flew to Celestia’s castle before he told me what was going on.

“There’s a creature here and we brought you here to ask some questions as well as the Elements of Harmony.” He stated. “Alright.” I ran up to the throne room and opened the doors.

“Celestia, I’m-” I stopped and realized who this 'creature' was.

Want to hear something funny? Almost two days ago, the Mane Six rushed in here and Twilight started talking but stopped because she didn’t know what or who I was. Now, I’m doing the same thing, but this time, it's because I do know who it is.

It was Puppet.

Now, I was friends with the animatronics, but if there was one I was best friends with, it was Puppet.

“Puppet?” I gasped.

“Johnny, it’s you!” he cheered.

I ran up to him and hugged him.

“What are you doing here?”

“I came looking for you. The rest of the gang said you were here. What you did to them is pretty funny.”

“As much as I would love to let you guys keep talking, we’re here because we need to question Marionette.” Celestia reminded me.

“Right." I said, putting away my suit. "I don’t have any more questions.”

“Alright, then we’ll just wait for the Elements to get here.”

About a minute later, the Mane Six came in. They paused when they saw Puppet.

“Do you know him?” Twilight asked me.

"I do. Marionette and I are great friends." I said.

"Do you have any questions for him?” Celestia questioned.

“What brings you here?” AppleJack inquired.

“I came here looking for Johnny. The animatronics said he was here.” Puppet replied.

“What are animatronics?” Rainbow asked.

“Lifelike robots. The robots that I fought were also animatronics.” I responded.

“Wait…” I said. “How did you get here?”

Everypony and I looked at Puppet.

“You left a Gersh Device at the pizzeria. The rest of them went to your house planning a surprise attack, but found you nowhere. So they went through the most recent visited place on your teleporter. I did the same thing too.”

“That’s where that Gersh Device went!” I sighed with relief.

“Are there any other questions?” Celestia asked.

No pony said anything.

“Alright.” Celestia said. “Guards, please take Marionette to a room.”

“Wait, what?” Puppet gasped.

Two guards grabbed him and started to escort him out of the room.

“Johnny, what’s going on?”

“Listen, you’ll be fine, alright? Go with them, and I’ll be with you in a little bit, okay?”

“Okay.” Puppet muttered, then walking with the guards.

“I will be able to see him in a bit, right?” I asked Celestia.

“Yes, Johnny. After Luna, Cadence and Shining Armor ask questions, he can go with you.” She replied.

“Alright. Is there a place I can wait for him?”

“Not inside, no. You can wait out by the front door, and then when he’s done with questioning, I’ll tell him you’re waiting outside.”

"Alright. Thanks Princess!”

As I was walking out of the room, Pinkie shouted, “Wait!”

“Yes, Pinkie?” I turned back.

“I’m throwing you a ‘Welcome to Equestria’ party, and, obviously, you’re invited.”

She gave me an envelope and remarked, “It’s at 7:30, so make sure you don’t miss it. Also, if you could, I was hoping you could play or sing something from your world.”

“Why, thank you Pinkie. That means a lot to me. I’ll make sure to be there, and I’ll see what I can do about playing.” I said, and then walked out.

I walked outside and pulled out a Gersh Device. I wasn’t going to put this time to waste, so I would practice a song to play for Puppet returning. I set the bass and drums for a song I would play for him. I got my electric guitar and headset and went back to Equestria.

I plugged the headset into the guitar and started practicing “She” by Green Day. It was his favorite song and might still be. It’s his favorite because of how upbeat and energetic it is, the bass line from Mike, drums from Tre, and vocals and guitar from Billie (but who doesn’t love his voice).

I waited for about thirty minutes, then Puppet came out. “See? I told you that you would be fine.” I said. “Come with me.”

I pulled out a Gersh Device and opened up a portal to my recording room.

“I wanted to play a song for coming home.” I went into the booth and said into the mic, “Can you press the play button on the screen?”

“Sure.” Puppet said. When he pressed the screen, “She” started playing, and he smiled, his smile going from one non-existent ear to the other.

When I finished, I walked out of the booth and he exclaimed, “Since when did you sing?!”

“I’ve been able to for a while, I’ve just chosen not to.” I replied.

“Why? You sound amazing!”

“I used to get bullied for it in school, so I stopped.”

“I don’t know what they were saying about you, but they were wrong.”

“Thanks, Puppet. Can I ask you something?”

"Sure.”

”Can you still play bass?”

“Yeah, why?”

“Pinkie Pie is throwing me a ‘Welcome To Equestria’ party, and she asked me if I could play some music. I was thinking that there’s no better way to congratulate you coming back than having you play bass for the songs.”

“I’ll play. What songs did you have in mind?”

“I was thinking we could play She, Welcome To Paradise, Viva La Gloria, and J.A.R.”

“Yeah, I’ll do it. We should probably practice.”

We then went down to the recording room to practice. We practiced for a few hours to perfect it and go over what we would do at the show. After we finished, it was 10:00 at night.

“Wow, it’s pretty late.” I realized ”If you want you can spend the night here.”

“Really?” He asked.

“Yeah, you can use the bedroom on the third floor, at the end of the hall.”

“I really appreciate this. I could use a little time away from the rest of the animatronics.”

“No problem. Hey Puppet?”

“Yeah?” He said, turning around as he was walking up the stairs.

“I know this is kind of weird to ask, but I was wondering if you could live here with me. It’s been pretty lonely here during the past few years, and I wanted to spend some time with you like the old times, playing music and having fun. Plus, I don’t really want you hanging out with the animatronics after they tried destroying Ponyville.”

There was a pause, then he said, “I’ll sleep on it.”

We went up the first flight of stairs, and before Puppet went up the second, I told him, “I’ll be in my room if you need me.”

I’m pretty sure Puppet went straight to bed, because I didn’t see him for the rest of the night. I brushed my teeth, then went into my room and wrote down what I did today in my journal. I write what I do everyday in case I get amnesia or as evidence for something. After that, I went to bed.