The Sadness Of An Alligator

by Eleuroth

Rating: everyone
Tags: Gummy, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Romance
Length: 1011

Gummy is looking rather upset, and so naturally that upsets Pinkie! She sets out to cheer him up!

Gummy is a happy alligator normally but Pinkie notices he looks down recently. So being Pinkie, she MUST cheer him up, and with that frame of mind, she sets off to visit Fluttershy to see if she can find out what's wrong. However, cheering up Gummy may require more than she once thought.

Published 2012-08-24 12:34:03 UTC
Last updated 2012-08-24 12:34:03 UTC

Feeling Down.

This is a story I am writing in my spare time, don't expect frequent updates at certain times.

Chapter 1: Feeling Down.

By: Eleuroth

Pinkie sat on her bed in her room at Sugarcube Corner, watching the sun set slowly through the window as its orange glow lit up the room behind her. A good smell was coming from downstairs, Mr&Mrs.Cake were baking an important cake for somepony in Baltimare and from what Pinkie could sniff, it was going to be better than the MMM. She had offered to deliver the cake,but the Cakes had said that it was too far for her to go without any reason but to deliver a cake. Everything seemed swell, apart from her pet alligator, Gummy, who seemed rather down as he slowly walked over to his basket and slumped down onto the pillow Pinkie had placed in there for him.

Since Pinkie hates seeing anything sad, she soon jumped over to his basket and kicked over his new ball of wool (which was coloured awfully similar to Rainbow Dash). Normally, Gummy would get out of bed and start playing with Pinkie but the only reaction Pinkie received was a small, slow movement from his eyes as he looked at her. Now, that was a suprise! The weather was perfect, the room was a cosy temperature, he had plenty of food in his bowl, but yet he was sad and Pinkie had no idea why. However, there is one pony who would surely know what to do, Fluttershy! She knew everything about animals so surely she would know how to cheer Gummy up. But it would have to wait until morning, as Pinkie didn't feel like a trek across Ponyville in the dark, even for Gummys sake.

So Pinkie went back to bed, and started to ponder about why Gummy seemed so down.

Finally, morning had risen after what felt like an enternity for Pinkie since she was awake most of the night wondering about Gummy. He had never been upset before, always his usual bubbly self. Pinkie thought he might've cheered up in the morning, but, if anything, he looked even more depressed. Anyway, she'd go take Gummy to Fluttershy in a bit. However, breakfast needed to come first as Pinkies stomach was growling badly at her. She put Gummy on her back, and headed off downstairs to the kitchen to grab a hay sandwich.

Pinkie soon ate the sandwich and left Sugarcube Corner with Gummy sat firmly on her back. The sun was high in the sky and Rainbow Dash had cleared the clouds early, for once, letting the bright blue sky show itself to everyone clearly. Pinkie considered hosting a picnic and a Pony Pet Playdate for her friends in the usual spot, by a tree in the corner of Ponyvilles Park. Then she would ask Fluttershy about Gummy on the way back if that didn't cheer him up.

So she went over to all her bestest friends houses and asked if they was free, most of them weren't but since it was a Pinkie Pie Pony Pet Playdate they made time. This would keep Gummy upset for longer, although Pinkie was sure it would make him happy.

The Pony Pet Playdate

Chapter 2: The Pony Pet Playdate

By Eleuroth

Everything was set, Pinkie had managed to get Mrs.Cake to help her make some delicious cakes, muffins and cupcakes. There was plently for everypony and their pets, along with blankets for them to sit on. Applejack would be over in a while to help her carry it all, since there was too much for just Pinkie to carry.

About an hour later, a knock at the door soon awoke Pinkie from the dull time passing tasks and it was Applejack, arriving at the exact time she had stated earlier.
"Howdy Pinkie, how are ya?",
" Hey AJ! I'm good thanks,you?",
"Ah'm fine thanks.".
Pinkie gestured inside to the room where she had all the kit stashed and Applejack slowly trotted in with Winnona following her about a foot behind.
"Is there a reason for this Pony Pet Playdate then, Pinkie?" Applejack questioned, to which Pinkie responded "Nah, I just thought the weather was extra-super lovely today!" while hosting a large smile on her face.
"Right," Applejack said, adjusting her hat."We should probably get to work carrying this here load over to the park."
"We probably should! Let's get to work then!"

And so the two ponies shared carrying the goods between them and set off for the park.

It must've took the two ponies about three quarters of an hour to carry everything to the right spot underneath the tree. Pinkie took the blankets off of Applejack and laid them out with one in the middle and 6 seperate blankets on the outside. She then placed all the cakes on plates she had brought with her too. This was going to be the best Pony Playdate yet! Especially if it cheered Gummy up too. All that was left was to wait until everypony else arrived.

It wasn't before Twilight was there, as she liked to be on time. Fluttershy came along next, with Rarity. And finally Rainbow Dash arrived late, after losing track of time while training for her new routine.

And so everypony was there, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash, along with Gummy, Angel, Winnona, Opalescence, Owliciousous and Tank.

A light breeze kept everyone cool while they ate and shared some gossip about local things. Pinkie looked over to Gummy who was getting bugged by Winnona to play but he wasn't going anywhere, he was just laying in the grass looking ahead with a solemn look on his face.

A few hours passed and everypony had a great time, except Pinkie and Gummy. When Pinkie was alone with Gummy, she put the blankets and plates into a box that she put on her back, with Gummy atop the box and headed towards Fluttershys Cottage. She hoped Fluttershy would know what to do.