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"The Rise of the Great Gummies."
By TwilightSparkle3562
Chapter 1
"A New Start"
It had been just over a week since the Gummi Bears of Gummi Glen had moved into Ursalia. While they all were happy to now be living with the Barbics, they missed the comfort and joy of Gummi Glen, which was now in ruins thanks to Duke Igthorn and his termite, Bigtooth. For Zummi Gummi, there was no one to blame for the loss of Gummi Glen than himself. After all, he was the one who assumed that Duke Igthorn was gone for good and was the one who suggested that the Great Gummies return after 500 years. Now, they were finally on their way home to Ursalia and Zummi had no idea how to approach them over the fact that he was the one who suggested that they come to Gummi Glen. In fact, the Great Gummies didn't know that Gummi Glen had been destroyed and Zummi was not sure how they were going to react to something like this.
"Land sakes, Zummi," called a voice as the purple bear was standing at the Gummiscope. "What are you doing up here? You'll catch a cold."
"Oh, uh, Grammi," he stuttered. "I was just waiting for the Great Gummies to respond."
"Don't you think you've done enough worrying for one night?" she said. "The Great Gummies know how brave you were to protect them from Igthorn's attack. But, I don't think they want to meet you when you are sick with the flu."
"I know, I know," said Zummi, as he and Grammi walked down from the Gummiscope. "But, you're right, I should come down now. But, it's just that I wanted them to come to Gummi Glen, not Ursalia. If it weren't for me and not knowing that Duke Igthorn was not really gone, then maybe we would still be living in Gummi Glen and not in Ursalia."
"But, just think, Zummi," replied Grammi. "Ever since we've moved in here, we have gained the Barbics as members of our family, you've gotten a much bigger library than you've used to having and Sunni and Cubbi have a Gummi Bear in Buddi that's the same age as them and they are now playing together more frequently. You just have to give it some time."
Zummi sighed in a reassuring fashion. His old friend was right, he had to look at the bright side of the situation and see what moving to Ursalia had done for him and the rest of the Glen Gummies.
"I suppose so, Grammi," he said. "We just have to think of what grest for our Bummies, er, best for our Gummies."
Grammi laughed at her old friends latest stutter as they made their way inside from the cold air.
Meanwhile, Sunni Gummi was in her new bedroom putting away her assortment of clothes that she had managed to bring with her from her old bedroom in Gummi Glen. While her room was significantly damaged along with the others, she had managed to save most of her possessions. Like Zummi, she enjoyed spending time in her new surroundings, but much like Zummi, she missed her old routine and especially spending time with her best friend, Princess Calla. Sunni wanted to invite her friend to Ursalia, but she knew that Calla's father, King Gregor, would get suspicious if his only daughter would go missing, especially after Calla and King Gregor were nearly overthrown by Duke Ighthorn. In fact, with the Great Gummies on their way, she thought that now would be a good time for Calla to meet them for the first time and that way, she could show them that not all humans were evil like they all were 500 years ago. Just then, a knock was heard at her door.
"Who is it?" she cried.
"It's Gusto, Sunners," said the voice.
"Come in then, Gusto," Sunni called and a grayish Gummi Bear with sandals walked into Sunni's room. Sunni was a fan of Gusto's and was always willing to pose for him in one of his portrait's but, only had one chance and that was when Lady Bane made her age rapidly causing her to grow old.
"I just wanted to see how my inspiration is getting used to her new surroundings," said Gusto.
"Oh, uh, thanks, Gusto," said Sunni. "I'm doing fine, it's just that with the Great Gummies returning and all, I was thinking of asking the others if we could invite Princess Calla and Cavin to welcome the Great Gummies with us."
"I'm sure we could that, Sun-Sun," he said. "But, it's going to take a lot of convincing out of the others, after all, humans and Gummies really don't get along very well."
"But, Calla and Cavin are not like the humans that the Great Gummies despise," she replied. "In fact, if I could convince Gruffi and the others to bring them here when the Great Gummies arrive, then maybe, just maybe, we can change their views about them."
Gusto nodded his head at what Sunni had just said as he saw her hang a long dark green frock on her closet door.
"I've never seen that outfit before Sunni," he said. "What is it?"
"Oh, it's my holiday dress," replied Sunni. "I wore it for Fall's Farewell two years ago and I was thinking of wearing it again when we welcome the Great Gummies."
"I see," said Gusto. "Well, I got a little present I am working on for the Great Gummies myself, but, you'll have to wait until they arrive."
"I'm sure you are working on something great," said Sunni. "Knowing your work, I think the Great Gummies will love it."
"Say Sunners," asked Gusto. "Maybe after the Great Gummies are welcomed, I could use someone of your beauty to pose for me as I want to put an immortalization in Ursalia for the Great Gummies to behold."
Sunni could not help but gander over what her idol had said. An immortalization of her in Ursalia was something she could only dream of. She had always wanted to be immortalized by Gusto in Gummi Glen, but that never came to pass.
"I think I will take your excitement as a 'yes,'" he said. "But, I think I'd better leave you to your task at hand, ta-ta."
Gusto shut the door behind him and Sunni snapped out of her fantasy to refocus on the task at hand, while continuing to think about posing for someone as handsome as him. But, first things first, she had to get back to her chores of putting away her clothes. As she returned to her job, Sunni could not help but still think of meeting Gummies her own age at last and finally being respected as a valued member of her group.
Meanwhile, on a ship out over the water, a brown Gummi Bear in regal attire was sitting at a Gummiscope in his office, trying to make contact with Zummi, who, in his mind, was still at Gummi Glen. Based on his position and rank, he was one of the Great Gummies who was on their way to meet the Glen Gummies, unaware that Gummi Glen was in ruins.
"Captain Blastus," said a Gummi Bear in sailor attire. "I hope I am not disturbing you, sir."
"No, you are not, Starbuck," sighed the captain. "Are we still on course to Gummi Glen?"
"We are sir," replied Starbuck. "But, I have news from one of the other ships that are travelling with us."
"What is the news?" he asked. "I want to know."
"The other ship said that Gummi Glen has fallen," said Starbuck and Captain Blastus slammed his fist down on his desk in frustration and anger.
"BLAST!" he called. "Those wretched humans, they must have discovered it and destroyed it for their own selfish gain. Well, they won't get away with this."
"What are you going to do, sir?" asked Starbuck. "How are you going to respond to this?"
"I am not sure, Starbuck," replied Captain Blastus. "But, I will do one thing and that is punish every human that crosses my path and I will not rest until every human that we meet is dead."
"But, sir," said Starbuck. "The previous message was that the Glen Gummies have friends of human nature and that they are not like the ones we know."
"They are liars, Starbuck," cried Captain Blastus. "Gummi Bears and humans will never be friends, mark my words. Now, get back to your post."
"Yes, sir," said Starbuck and he left the captain's office. Captain Blastus returned to his Gummiscope and once again, sent out a message to the other ship.
On that other ship, a red Gummi Bear also in regal attire was also at a Gummiscope in her office. Unlike her counterpart, she was a very sympathetic Gummi to the humans and did not like how Captain Blastus viewed the humans. She, like the rest of the Great Gummies, were looking forward to meeting the Glen Gummies, but were still wary of what happened to Gummi Glen and unlike Captain Blastus, was aware that Gummi Glen was already destroyed.
"Foxglove, my dear," said an elder Gummi Bear who was dark blue and about her age. "The crew is wondering if we either press on to Gummi Glen as we intended or we divert towards Ursalia."
"Night wing, my husband," she replied, as they walked out of the office and onto the deck of the ship. "I think we are in the process of going on to Ursalia, the destination we are going to was destroyed by that human who attacked us."
"The human wearing the crown and robe, you might say?" replied Night wing. "He's just like the humans our ancestors fought 500 years ago, dirty rotten scoundrels."
"I don't believe that, my husband," she replied. "The replies I am getting on my Gummiscope are that the Gummies we are meeting have befriended two humans and one of them is the princess of a human kingdom. Supposedly, it was the human princess of the kingdom that the evil human attacked."
"You don't say, my wife," gasped Night Wing. "If these Gummies have befriended a human princess, imagine how many other human friends they might have befriended to destroy us."
"Listen to me, my husband," cried Foxglove. "I don't believe that and whoever initially attacked us is the true evil human, not these friends of the Glen Gummies. I believe that they could help us restore order between humans and Gummi Bears alike. You will see in time."
Trying to take in what his wife had said to him, Night Wing left his wife alone and returned down below. Foxglove could only stare out into the horizon and wonder if all humans were like her husband had said and that was being downright evil.
Meanwhile, as the Gummi ships continued to make their way towards Ursalia, Zummi was back in his new bedroom, changing into his night clothes before going to sleep for the night. He was unaware how the Great Gummies would react to the fact that they were staring at the Gummi Bear who put them in the crosshairs of Duke Igthorn's wrath. In fact, a thought crossed Zummi's mind that what if Duke Igthorn was still out there and planning an even bigger attack on Ursalia even more so than when he attacked and destroyed Gummi Glen. He also wondered whether the ogres that followed him were still out there as well, looking to rejoin their master and leader. He couldn't sleep and even if he tried, it wouldn't work as his mind was racing over the past few days.
Little did he know of the events that would once again change his life and the lives of his family and friends forever.