[FRIENDSHIP SAGA] Chapter 7: A New Friend Comes in Town, Gilda the Brush-off Griffon!
At Ponyville Park...
"Hoof-biting action overload! She was like a stunt superstar, flying higher and higher, and then Rainbow Dash swooped down-swoosh-and right before she hit the ground-shoom-she pulled up-vrrrmmm!" said Pinkie Pie as she was making some noises.
Twilight thought about getting some fresh air while reading a book. This could really be a better experience rather than just laying around the library. The saiyans decided to go as well as they thought it would be pretty nice. That is until a certain pink mare decided to show up. Goku didn't seem to be bothered at all by the mare's presence, however both Vegeta and Twilight says it otherwise.
Twilight is reading a book while both saiyans are meditating.
"Uh-huh." Twilight said, not paying any attention to Pinkie.
"And then she looped around and around like whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo."
"Uh-huh." As Pinkie Pie was lying on the ground, she saw Rainbow Dash fly overhead and went after her. "Phew."
"Finally, some peace and quiet. Honestly, doesn't that mare know the word Shut up?" said Vegeta while slowly easing out.
"Obviously not" responded the purple mare.
"Rainbow Dash!" said Pinkie Pie. Rainbow Dash grunts as she eyes Pinkie Pie following her.
"Pinkie Pie? Not again." said Rainbow Dash as she flies faster.
"Rainbow Dash."
"Not now, Pinkie Pie." Rainbow Dash goes faster.
"But, but Rainbow Dash-"
"I"m in the middle of something."
"But-"
"I said not now"- said Rainbow Dash until she crashes into the mountain.
"I was gonna tell you to look out for that mountain." said Pinkie Pie. Rainbow Dash then grumbles.
Pinkie Pie is humming while walking through the plaza. Rainbow Dash, who was sleeping on a cloud above the plaza, heard the humming so she put some of the cloud in her ear to block out the humming.
"Hi, I'm looking for Rainbow Dash. Have you seen her?" said Pinkie Pie as she asked some ponies on the whereabouts of Rainbow Dash. As Pinkie Pie continued asking others, Rainbow Dash put her head into the cloud like an ostrich but the rest of her body was shown. Pinkie Pie then came upon Twilight. "Hey Twilight, have you seen Rainbow Dash?"
"Isnt she up there?" Said Twilight as she pointed into the air.
"Rainbow Dash." said Pinkie Pie. Rainbow Dash took her head out of the cloud and looked both ways. She then flew with Pinkie Pie hopping after her like Pepe le Pew. Rainbow Dash hid behind the Apple Family barn.
"Phew. That was close." said Rainbow Dash.
"Hi!" said Pinkie Pie as she was right by Rainbow Dash.
"Aah!" Rainbow Dash flew faster than before and hid in the tree above the town library. Rainbow Dash pants so she regain her breath but she was sitting on Pinkie Pie's head.
"Hi again."
"Aah!" Rainbow Dash flew past Sweet Apple Acres with Pinkie Pie hopping after her. Rainbow Dash was on a cloud. As soon as the coast was clear, she descended near a pond. Pinkie Pie came out of the pond with scuba gear.
"Pfeh. I need a favor, Rainbow Dash."
"Waaa"-said Rainbow Dash as she prepares to run again but stops. "...oh, forget it."
"I totally promise it"ll be totally fun." Rainbow Dash sighs.
"Okay."
Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash are outside a building. Rainbow Dash has a cloud with Pinkie Pie acting as a guide telling Rainbow Dash where to place the cloud.
"Over to the right. No no, a little to the left. Oh wait, back to the right. Now a little leftish while staying rightly. Stop. Hmm. Maybe a few inches to the south. Now a couple centimeters north. Okay. One more smidgimeter to the"- said Pinkie Pie until Rainbow Dash lets her frustration out.
"Pinkie Pie!" said Rainbow Dash.
"Uh, I mean, perfect." said Pinkie Pie.
"Hey guys" said Goku as he came to Pinkie Pie. He then saw Rainbow Dash with a cloud, "What are you doing?"
"Um. Nothing."
"That doesn"t look nothing to me. C"mon please?"
With that, Pinkie explains the whole plot. After that, she told Goku to hide in the bushes.
"Now wait for my signal." She peeps through the window , seeing Spike getting more scrolls while humming. As he walks outside, Pinkie Pie gives the signal. Rainbow Dash kicks the cloud emitting a thunderclap.
"D-aah!" Spike shouts as he drops the scroll. He then starts to hiccup. The pranksters plus Goku begins to laugh
"Guys, we startled Spike into getting the hiccups." said Pinkie Pie.
"Hehe, Good one, Pinkie hic Pie. hic You're always pulling a fast one hic on me." said Spike while constantly hiccupping. As Spike picked up a scroll, he hiccupped and breathed fire on the scroll. "Nnaa"-
Meanwhile in Canterlot, As Princess Celestia, is reading a book in her chambers, the scroll that Spike teleported appeared by Celestia.
"Oh no, you're not hurt are you?" asked pinkie Pie.
"Ne-hic-eh, don't be hic silly, dragons are hic fire-proof." said Spike.
"Oh, okay, good." Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Goku laugh again. As Spike picks up a bunch of scrolls, he hiccups and breaths fire on those scrolls.
"I wish the same thing hic were true with scrolls." said Spike.
Back at Canterlot, As Princess Celestia is still pondering about the scroll, more scrolls drop on her which elicits a gasp.
The pranksters plus Goku continue to laugh while Spike hiccups and teleports more scrolls.
"Aww, man. I haven't laughed this much in ages! The last time I laugh this much is when Vegeta shouted MY BULMA! That was a blast!" said Goku while memories of Vegeta's outburst made him laugh more.
"Have you ever seen anything more hilarious?" said Pinkie Pie.
"I can think of one thing." said Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash kicks the cloud emitting thunder but it only scares Pinkie Pie.
"Aah!" Pinkie then gets the hiccups.
"I didn"t take you for a prankster, Pinkie Pie." said Rainbow Dash.
"Are you hic kidding? hic I love to pull pranks. It's all hic in good fun, and Pinkie Pie lo-hic-oves to have hic fun!" hic
"You know Pinkie Pie, you're not as annoying as I thought. You wanna hang out?"
"That"d be hic I"d really hic When do hic I mean hic When would you" said Pinkie Pie until Rainbow Dash puts her hand on Pinkie Pie"s mouth.
"A simple nod would do."
"Mmm-hmm."
"Want to join Goku?" asked Rainbow Dash
"Sorry but me and Vegeta are going to train. But once we're finish I"ll join up"
"Again? Both of you are always train, train and train! Why not do something different for a change"
"Well… I suppose so, but I couldn't let Vegeta surpass me so"
"Fine…"
"Catch you later!"
Goku then uses his instant transmission, vanishing quickly right in front of their eyes. The two mares seem fascinated about this, despite that they sees Goku do this most of the time. Meanwhile, the two pranksters went to the Joker Shop, a shop filled with various prank gadgets like hoof-buzzers, snake in a can, and so much more. Both set up a plan on their first victim: Rarity. They drop a basket load with flowers, but all flowers are sprinkled with Sneeze powder. Pinkie rings the door bell before darting to where Rainbow Dash is.
"Is she even home?" asked Rainbow Dash.
"I don't know but this is going to be gold!" said Pinkie Pie as she and Rainbow begins to chuckle.
There in the bushes, distant from the boutique, is where they would watch their plans unfold. Rarity opens her door, peeking who rang her doorbell. She then notices a basket filled with flowers. She takes a sniff, digging her face deeper and deeper. Noticing something was wrong, her head emerge from the bouquet of flowers; her nose is stuffed with sneeze powder. The moment she inhales, she begins to sneeze uncontrollably.
She then heard two mares laughing, and there she sees Rainbow Dash holding a can of sneeze powder and Pinkie Pie beside her. Both of them were laughing. The cyan mare dashes off, causing the can to fall. Pinkie inhaled some of the powder that was released. She then releases a great sneeze, blasting her off the scene. Rarity is quite annoyed at first but her mood changed as she realize this is all but for fun.
Their next victim: Twilight. The purple mare is currently doing an experiment of potions of some sort. As she takes down a note, she pours a beaker of green liquid onto a beaker of blue liquid. The mixture changes of color. She then notices her notes suddenly vanish. Suddenly, sparks occurred behind her. Then she heard some laughter. She looks at her window, and there are Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie laughing at their triumphant plan. Rainbow Dash is holding a bottle of invisible ink. Twilight simply walks away, pretty annoyed.
Next victim on the list is Applejack. For now she is pulling an empty wooden cart, enabling for her to load numerous apples. She gasps, noticing that most of her apples are colored in different kinds.
"Land sakes!" said Applejack.
She then notices the two pranksters dressed up as artists. Applejack starts to throw the painted apples at them. They dodge all of them and runs away. One apple is floating on a barrel of water. She notices that the paint is clearing off. She then starts laughing.
Next Victim: Fluttershy. The shy mare is currently at the pond feeding fish of all kinds with a bag of fish food she brought. More and more animals approach her, asking for food. One, however, seems awfully odd, made entirely out of rubber and cloth stitched together. At the end, a rope is inserted. The other end of the rope leads to where Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie is.
"Is someone over there? Who're we gonna squirt? Who're we gonna squirt?" said Pinkie Pie as she had the button for the toy to squirt water in her mouth. Rainbow Dash then chuckles as she gives her answer while looking through a telescope.
"Fluttershy." Said Rainbow Dash.
"WHAT?" Pinkie Pie spits out the button. "Nononononono, we can't prank Fluttershy, I mean, she's so sensitive. It'll hurt her feelings, even our most harmless prank."
"Yeah, you're right." Rainbow Dash blows a raspberry. "Huh. We need another victim who's made of tougher stuff. So, whos it gonna be?" When Rainbow Dash takes her eye off the telescope, some ink was around the eye.
"Oh, awesome. Who? Who? Do I know them?"
"Oh, You're very close." Rainbow Dash looks in the pond's reflection and sees Pinkie Pie"s prank. Rainbow Dash chuckles.
"Good one, Pinkie Pie."
"But if you want someone tough, I know two guys"
As both of them dart off to target their next victim, Fluttershy gently push the toy to the head, causing it to squeak as it bobbles its head around. This made the shy mare curious.
Meanwhile, Goku and Vegeta are at the same field as they've trained before. Both have just arrived the area as they were busy helping Twilight first beforehand. Now that everything is handled, they are ready to begin their spar. However, they aren't the only ones that are around. A few feet away, both pranksters are already set.
"Ok here is the plan. I'm going to call them and after that you hand them the cupcakes ok?" said Rainbow Dash
The pink mare salutes in response. The cupcake is not your ordinary cupcake. It is one of Pinkie's specialties: Hot cakes. Rainbow Dash was about to call them, 'till suddenly the two saiyans transformed into blue. Only this time, they could feel the intensity of their power. The winds are blowing violently and clouds in the skies seems to be clearing all by themselves, almost as if it feared the saiyans.
To make it more fearful, Goku uses his kaioken in which emitted a red aura on top of his blue aura. This made both mare dumbfounded and found themselves frozen in fear. Goku then notice the two mares staring at them, looking astonished, amazed and fearful.
"Oh, hey there Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie! What brings you here?" said Goku.
He then notices two cupcakes on a tray on Pinkie's hoof, "Hey! Are those for us? Aww, guys you shouldn't have!"
This startled both Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. Oh, they could visualize it now. If they offer the hot cakes to the two saiyans, both of them will be pulverized in an instant. Well, they believe Goku could handle it, but the prince of all saiyans? They doubt it. Pinkie quickly hid the cupcakes on her back.
"Hey guys!" said Rainbow Dash nervously. Both mares could feel the scorching intensity of their aura. It is as hot as the sun, more maybe hotter. Their coat, mane and tail jolts out from all directions
"Where are the cupcakes?" asked Goku
"Cupcakes? What Cupcakes? I don't see any cupcakes at all do you Pinkie Pie?" said Rainbow Dash followed by a nervous laugh
"Don't make a fool out of us. The cupcakes are behind the pink mare" said Vegeta
Pinkie could feel her heart beat stop for a moment, "Uhh, what? What do you mean?" She then quickly eats the cupcakes and instantly swallows it.
"Aww, you could've at least give us some" said Goku feeling a bit disappointed, "You know… I'm starting to feel a bit angry"
Both mares gulp, they slowly started walking back. Vegeta then said, "Oh really now Kakarot? I for one am quite annoyed for such manners of not showing any kind of generosity"
The two saiyans slowly approach the mares, "Yeah… You know what I'm thinking Vegeta?" said Goku with a sly smile on his face.
"Break their bones one by one? Roast them till they sizzle? Blast them out till none single cell survives? Banish them to the moon?" said Vegeta
With fear, both mare quickly dash off. Goku begins to laugh. Vegeta seems quite satisfied, but somewhat unamused. He knew that both of them are going to pull a prank on the two of them, thanks to Goku's information. Plus, they could sense their energy.
"Aww man! I wish I had a camera. Did you see the look their faces?" said Goku, continuing to laugh on the process.
"Yeah, yeah. We should start training" said Vegeta before he walks away.
The next morning, Pinkie Pie decides to visit Rainbow Dash and ask her to pull of another prank. The pink mare seems to be wearing a weird mask.
"Rise and shine Rainbow Dash! It's a brand new day and we got a lot of pranking to"- said Pinkie Pie until she sees an eagle head pop out from Rainbow Dash's home and look right at her. "Ooh." Rainbow Dash comes out of the cloud.
"Mornin', Pinks. Gilda, this is my gal pal, Pinkie Pie." Rainbow Dash said as she and her friend come from the house. Her friend had the body of a lion but the head of an eagle.
"Hey. What's up?" said Gilda in a nonchalant tone.
"Pinkie, this is my griffon friend, Gilda."
"What's a griffon?" asked Pinkie Pie.
"She"s half-eagle, half-lion."
"And all awesome. Raa. Heh-haa. Yeah, that's right." said Gilda.
"Gilda's my best friend from my days at Junior Speedster flight camp. Hey, remember the chant?" Rainbow Dash asked the griffon.
"Sha, they made us recite it every morning, I'll never get that lame thing out of my head."
"Sooo..." Rainbow Dash said to Gilda as she nudged her shoulder.
"Ugh. Only for you, Dash." The two then went into the air.
They then chant from Rainbow Dash"s junior speedster flight camp. It consists of claps, spins and other things that is usually seen in chants.
"Oh, that was awesome, and it gave me a great idea for a prank. Gilda, you game?" said Pinkie Pie.
"Huh. Well, I groove on a good prank as much as the next griffon. But Dash, you promised me we'd get a flying session in this morning." said Gilda.
"Yeah, uh, well, Pinkie Pie, you don't mind, do you? Gilda just got here. We'll catch up with you later." said Rainbow Dash.
"Oh. Um, well sure, no problem. Have fun you guys, I'll, uh, just catch up with you- later." said Pinkie Pie. She then blows her party hooter sadly.
Minutes later, Gilda and Rainbow Dash were flying through the air a bit and landed on a cloud.
"Whoa, that was sweet. Just like old times." said Gilda.
"Yeah, only faster. So now what?" said Rainbow Dash.
"Hey there." said Pinkie Pie.
"Huh?" said Gilda and Rainbow Dash. They see that Pinkie Pie put herself in the air by strapping balloons to her body.
"It's later. And I caught up."
"Pinkie Pie, you are so random." Rainbow Dash said.
"Hey Dash, think you got enough gas left to beat me to that cloud?" Gilda said.
"A race? You are so on." Rainbow Dash said.
"One, two, three, go." Gild said. Rainbow Dash went on ahead but Gilda popped some of Pinkie's balloons.
"Hey!" said Pinkie Pie as she fell down. Rainbow Dash made it to the cloud first.
"I win." Rainbow Dash said.
"As if. I won, dude." Gild said.
"No way."
"Yes way."
"Oh, come on, I was way ahead of you."
"Uh, I don"t think so."
"Oh Geez, dream on."
"Remember back in camp? I"–
"There is no way you beat me."
"Whatever."
"Wow guys, that was really close, but I think Rainbow Dash beat you by a teeny weeny itty bitty hair, or a teeny weeny itty bitty feather." Pinkie Pie said as she was in a flying machine.
"Hah, see? Good thing Pinkie Pie's here to keep you honest, G." Rainbow Dash said. Gilda then glared.
"So, Dash, got any new moves in your tricktionary, or are you 100% old school?" Gild said as she poked Rainbow Dash"s chest.
"New moves? Heh, sit back G, this is gonna take a while." When Rainbow Dash flew into the air, Gilda got her chance.
"Hey Pinkie, c'mere." Gild said.
"Yeah?" Pinkie Pie said. Gilda then Pinkie Pie.
"Don't you know how to take get lost for an answer? Dash doesn't need to hang with a dweeb like you now that I'm around. You're dorkin' up the skies, Stinkie Pie, so make like a bee and BUZZ OFF." Gilda said. She then twisted the propellers and sent Pinkie falling to the ground.
"Whaaa-aaa"– Pinkie Pie said as she fell.
"That doesn't look nice" said a voice
The griffon turns around, its Goku and Vegeta. Their expression is a bit unpleasant as they've seen everything that Gilda did to Pinkie Pie.
"Umm, can I help you?" said Gilda nonchalantly.
"You most certainly may. Can you point out to the nearest place called deathsville?" said Vegeta
"What? What are you talking about? And what are you? Some circus monkeys who escaped from the circus?"
That pushed Vegeta to the brink of madness, "And just who do you think you are?"
"'"m a griffon, duh. Like, are you blind or something or are you two just slow to pick up like monkeys does?"
Vegeta then grabs Gilda to the neck, without instantly crushing her throat even though he wanted to. "Listen here freak. Lucky for you, I have extra patience. You can pick on the pink mare, or any pony that you want. But if you dare pick on me…" he then slowly tightens his grip, choking the griffon, "I'll made sure you won't be able to speak, your head would explode inside out!"
"Easy there Vegeta" said Goku as he breaks the argument. "I think she gets the message. If we ever see you again hurting Pinkie or any of our friends, you'll be sorry"
The griffon couldn't speak, unable to mutter a word due to the strain she felt after the death crush. She, however, didn't take too long to recover. She is about to say something but she notices that the saiyans are gone. She assumed that all of these are but a mere imagination. Yet she doubts it. The grip was too real to be imaginary.
"Try matching that." Rainbow Dash said as she came back to Gilda. "Hey, where's Pinkie Pie and her crazy contraption?"
"Eh, she left. Something about being as busy as a bee." Gilda said.
Pinkie went to Twilight to tell her about Rainbow Dash's new friend.
"So, Pinkie Pie, are you sure that this friend of Rainbow Dash is really so mean?" Twilight asked while reading a book.
"Um, yeah. She keeps stealing Rainbow Dash away, she pops my balloons, and she told me to buzz off. I've never met a griffon this mean. Well, actually, I've never met a griffon at all, but I bet if I had, she wouldn't have been as mean and grumpy as Gilda." Pinkie Pie said.
"You know what I think Pinkie Pie? I think you are jealous" said Twilight
"Jealous?" Pinkie Pie.
"Well, yes. Jealous. Listen Pinkie, I don't want to upset you, but just because Rainbow Dash has another friend doesn't make Gilda a grump. I mean, perhaps it's you, Pinkie, who needs to improve her attitude." said Twilight.
"Improve my attitude? But I... D... B.. Its Gilda that... D... Are you seri..." Pinkie Pie stuttered until she left the shop while shouting out with frustration.
Pinkie is walking through the park, thinking about what Twilight have said.
"Maybe Twilight is right. Maybe Gilda isn't a big meanie grumpy mean-meanie-pants. Maybe I'm just a big jealous judgmental jealous-jealousy-pants." said Pinkie Pie as she sighed.
After that, she decides to take her mind off the situation. She bought a smoothie. She drinks it, but kept thinking about the situation. She just couldn't set her mind off of it.
She then hides under the umbrella on the table as she sees Gilda and Rainbow Dash descend.
"That was sweet." said Gilda.
"Ugh, I gotta take care of a few weather jobs around here. Shouldn't take long. Just, uh, hang out in town and I'll come find ya." said Rainbow Dash.
"That's cool, I guess. I'm gonna go chow down."
"Later." Rainbow Dash then flies. This is when Gilda shows her true character. She hid behind the fruit stand just as Granny Smith came by. As Granny Smith sniffed the apple, Gilda put her up tail and scared Granny Smith.
"Aaah! A rattler, a rattler! Run for the hills! Everybody forsakes yourselves!" said Granny Smith as she ran away albeit slowly.
"This stuff ain't fresh, dude." said Gilda as she poked an apple.
"Aw, poor Granny Smith, she didn't know it was a joke. How mean. No, no, I can't misjudge her. It was kind of a funny prank, I guess." said Pinkie Pie but stopped her misunderstanding. She then sees Gilda swipe an apple and eat. Pinkie Pie then gasps.
"I did misjudge her. She's not only a meanie mean-pants, she's also a thief. Nonononono, she might give it back. It's just a joke." said Pinkie Pie but stopped her misunderstanding again. But what happened next will show that Pinkie Pie was right all along. Fluttershy was going backwards while guiding some ducks.
"Alright little ones, this way, this way. Mama duck, you're free and clear." said Fluttershy. She then bumped into Gilda by mistake.
"Hey." said Gilda.
"Please excuse me." said Fluttershy.
"I"m walkin' here." said Gilda as she raises her voice.
"Oh, um, I'm sorry. I-I-I was just trying to..." Fluttershy said as she back up.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Why don't you just watch where you're going, doofus?" Gilda said as she mocked Fluttershy"s voice.
"B-b-b-but I... I..." said Fluttershy until Gilda breathes in and yells at Fluttershy. With fear, she runs away, crying.
"Ahem…"
The griffon hears, yet again, the voice she heard a few hours ago. She turns around, it is the same creature that she met a few hours ago. Goku is very displeased of what the griffon have done. In fact, he's been following the griffon since after their first meeting.
"What did I tell you about hurting my friends?" asked Goku, his arms crossed and feet tapping onto the ground.
"I didn't hurt them, didn't I?" said Gilda
"You hurt Fluttershy's feeling" said Goku while approaching the griffon, "That count as a hurt, doesn't it?"
"Pfft, hurt, shmurt, why are you being so sensitive anyway? You're just a weird looking creature that looks like a monkey, acts like a monkey and thinks like a monkey"
In an instant, she felt a strong force on her stomach. Her mind took time to register what happened. Goku landed a heavy punch on the griffon's stomach. All ponies are surprised by the saiyan's sudden action. They too didn't have the time for their minds to register Goku's sudden movement. It was too fast for them. Goku contained his anger against the griffon; His good nature won't allow it. The poor griffon coughs out saliva, slowly collapsing to the ground.
"This is your last chance Gilda. If I ever see you hurt my friends one more time. I'll make sure that you will pay" said Goku
The saiyan's hair quickly jolts up, resembling a super Saiyan style. At that moment, Gilda have learned to fear him. His tremendous blow was a shocker. In fact, she didn't even feel nor experienced this kind of pain before. That was her first and will be her last to experience it. She looks at the saiyan's eyes. Fearful, she dashes away.
Every pony is stunned. Pinkie Pie's mouth dropped, fully registering of what happened. The Saiyan then looks at her, in which made her flinch.
"Yo, Pinkie Pie are you alright?" he said
His voice changed from serious to normal. It is as if nothing has happened. The mare's expression made the Saiyan curious.
"Pinkie?"
The mare shook her head, going back to reality, "Hey Goku! I"m fine. Thanks for asking"
"Man, that griffon sure is mean. We should really teach her a lesson don't you think?"
"You're right Goku. This calls for extreme measures, Pinkie Pie style."
"Oh, you have a plan? Tell me!"
Hours later of preparation, ponies all over Ponyville are heading to the Sugarcube Corner where Pinkie is holding a massive party.
"Welcome, welcome. Welcome!" said Pinkie Pie as she started inviting friends to Gilda's party.
"This is her big plan? A party?" said Vegeta before looking at Goku who shrug. The others arrived except for Rainbow Dash and Gilda.
"Who's this Gilda I've heard nothing about?" said Applejack.
"I hear she's an old friend of Rainbow Dash. A griffon, so rare." said Rarity.
"You've met Gilda, right? What's she like?" Twilight asked Fluttershy.
"Oh, uhm. I'll tell you later" said Fluttershy
"Um, Pinkie Pie, about this party for Gilda. Umm... Do you really think it's a good idea? I mean"– said Fluttershy until Pinkie Pie tries to lower her worries.
"Don't worry your pretty little head about mean old Gilda. Your auntie Pinkie Pie's got it all taken care of." said Pinkie Pie.
"I'm a year older than you." said Fluttershy but her reply was on deaf ears.
As Goku was about to chow down some of the sweets, a tap felt on his shoulder. He turns around, seeing Rainbow Dash on a sour mood with Gilda with a sly face.
"What do you think you're doing?" said Rainbow Dash
"Eating? Want some?" said Goku while offering the mare a cupcake, tending to ignore the situation.
"No. Gilda said that you forcefully punch her on the gut without any purpose. Is that some sort of celebration in favor for Gilda's injury?"
"Punch? What punch? I don't even see any injuries"
"Lier!"
"So, you're telling me that I'm the one to be blame by all of this?"
"Obviously! I mean, how could you even beat up as innocent as Gilda? She didn't do anything serious. How could you be my friend if you are going to hurt one of my friends"
Goku wanted to answer but decided to shut up about it. Eventually, Rainbow Dash would get around. Plus, Pinkie Pie's plan is all set up. Vegeta, on the other hand, is impressed by how Goku acted against Gilda. This is quite rare for his Saiyan rival as he always tend to keep his cool. However, his cool would slide off if you do something dreadful to his companions.
"So… What do you want me to do?" asked the Saiyan
"You know, I'm starting to think that you really are an idiot. A creature that turns out to be a monster. Your funny, joking and gullible side is nothing more but a trait showing outside of your mask"
"Really kakarot" Vegeta butts in, "If you wanted to kill these innocent creatures you could have just said so in the first place. Why don't you go outside? It would be very rude for our… guest."
"You're the one to speak Vegeta" said Rainbow Dash, "I also heard that you almost broke her neck"
Vegeta crosses his arms and looks away, feeling a bit annoyed, "Oh really now? Here I thought I was giving her a good neck massage"
"You know what? Why don't the two of you get out"
"Well" said Goku as he stands up, "If that's what you want, then so be it"
Both saiyans went outside the party. Their only chance know is to hope that the pink mare's plan would work. They didn't even feel nervous at all. Knowing the pink mare, her plans would come to fruition. All they could do now is wait. As the ponies were trying to get over what had happened, Pinkie Pie started it off by welcoming Pinkie Pie.
"Gilda! I'm so honored to throw you one of my signature Pinkie Pie parties, and I really, truly, sincerely, hope you feel welcome here amongst all us pony folk." said Pinkie Pie as she brought out her hoof. As Gilda shook her hand, she got a jolt from the hoof-shake buzzer sending her to the floor.
"Oh Pinkie, the old hoof-shake buzzer. You are a scream." said Rainbow Dash who was now happier that two saiyans was gone.
"Yeah uh, good one, Pinkie Pie." said Gilda.
"Come on G, I'll introduce you to some of my other friends." said Rainbow Dash.
"Right behind you Dash." said Gilda. Before she could join Rainbow Dash, she spoke to Pinkie Pie. "I know what you're up to." said Gilda.
"Great." said Pinkie Pie.
"Rrrh. I know what you're planning."
"Well, I hope so. This wasn't supposed to be a surprise party." said Pinkie Pie, not taking her Gilda's threat seriously.
"I mean, I've got my eye on you." Gilda said, reaffirming her threat.
"And I got my eye on you." Pinkie Pie said as she bulged her eye out. "Everyone, I'd like you all to meet Gilda, a long-time, dear friend of Rainbow Dash. Let's honor her and welcome her to Ponyville."
The griffon then sees one of her favorite treats. "Vanilla lemon drops. Don"t mind if I do." Gilda said as she ate a few lemon drops. Suddenly her mouth started to burn. "HOT!"
"G, the punch." Rainbow Dash said as she pointed to the punch.
"Huh?" Gilda grabs a glass and pours some punch in it. As she attempts to douse the drink, it pours out onto her feathers. Everyone laughs.
"Well, whaddya know, pepper in the vanilla lemon drops, and the punch served in a dribble glass." Pinkie Pie said.
"Ha. Priceless. Priceless." Rainbow Dash said while laughing. Gilda then dunks her head into the punch bowl and brings it back out.
"Yeah, hilarious."
"Hey G, look, presents." Rainbow Dash said as she pointed to the presents. As Gilda opened a present, fake snake came out of the box.
"Spittin" snakes. Hah, somepony pulled that prank on me last month." Applejack said as everyone starts to laugh again.
"Ha ha. I bet I know who that was." Gilda said in a sarcastic voice, directed to Pinkie Pie.
"You do?" Pinkie Pie said, oblivious to Gilda"s threat.
While every pony is enjoying the time of their life, Pinkie Pie brought out the main course: Cake.
"Cake time everypony." Pinkie Pie said.
"Hey, can I blow out the candles?" Spike asked.
"Why don"t we let Gilda blow out the candles, Spike. She is the guest of honor after all." Twilight said. Gilda then bumped Spike out of the way
"Exactly." Gilda said as she blew the candles. Suddenly, they re-lit. Gilda then proceeded to blow out the candles multiple times only to see them relight. Everyone then laughs as Gilda loses her breath.
"Re-lighting birthday candles, I love that prank. What a classic." Spike said.
"Now, I wonder who could've done that." Pinkie Pie said.
"Yeah, I wonder." Gilda said.
"Mmm, who cares. This cake is amazing." Spike said as he burrowed through the cake.
"Spike." Twilight said.
"What? It's great, try some." Spike said.
"Hey G, you're not upset about some silly candles, are you?" Rainbow Dash asked the griffon.
"No way Dash, like I said, I'm down with a good prank." Gilda said.
"Come on then, let's have some cake." Rainbow Dash said. As Pinkie Pie bit into the cake, Gilda grabbed her neck and brought her behind the cake.
"Hey, I"m watching you. Like a hawk." Gilda said.
"Why? Can't you watch me like a griffon?" Pinkie Pie asked. Gilda and Pinkie Pie come out from behind the cake with innocent smiles.
"Hey y'all, it's pin the tail on the pony. Let's play." Applejack said.
"Oh, my favorite game. Can I go first? Can I have the purple tail?" Rarity asked.
"Well, I am the guest of honor, and I"ll have the purple tail." Gilda said.
"Yeah, Gilda should definitely go first. Let's get you blindfolded." Pinkie Pie said.
Meanwhile, the saiyans are back at the library, meditating to kill some time. They are doing the mental fight to relax their minds and take off the annoying griffon out of their heads. Goku manage to land a successful hit on Vegeta, followed by punches and finally a kick in the gut.
Their anger is fueling their bodies, more energy is surging through their body rapidly. They quickly turn blue, in which made them blue in real time as well. Both are getting really fired up. The fight then continues.
"Say Kakarot, what if the plan fails?" asked Vegeta while countering Goku's attacks.
Meanwhile, Goku is having a hard time landing a direct hit, "I don't know Vegeta. But I'm definitely sure that the plan will work, knowing Pinkie Pie at all"
Their fists collide, "Damn that griffon. I swear I am going to break her bones into dust. I'm impressed of your sudden outburst" said Vegeta
They both part, then continuing the battle, "Well, I can"t just watch my friends get hurt"
"By the way, who set up all of those tricks? Was that pink mare?"
"Nope. Pinkie's job was merely set up the party. After the party has assembled, I decided to leave, knowing that Gilda would eventually tell Rainbow Dash about what happened…"
"Hey what- ugh- what are you doing? Rrrah." Gilda said as she is blindfolded and spun around by Pinkie Pie.
"We're spinning you around and around and then you can pin the tail on the pony. Now just walk straight ahead and pin the tail." Pinkie Pie said.
"Now just walk straight ahead and pin the tail." Gilda said, mocking Pinkie Pie"s voice. "Hmph, yeah, right. This is another prank, isn't it? I'm going this way." Gilda then walked the other way.
"Wait. The poster is this"- Pinkie Pie said to no avail. Gilda then slips on the piece of cake.
"Whoa whaa waah waah waaaaah." Gilda shouted as she slid into the table. As she got up, she had a tail on her nose and the way it was on her beak made it look like a moustache.
"Uh, Gilda? You pinned the tail on the wrong end." Pinkie Pie said as everypony laughed.
Gilda then roars at the top of her lungs.
"This is your idea of a good time? I've never met a lamer bunch of dweebs in all my life." Gilda said. Her eyes then become slits. "And Pinkie Pie, you! You are queen lame-o with your weak little party pranks. Did you really think you could make me lose my cool? Well, Dash and I have ten times as much cool as the rest of you put together. Come on Dash, we're bailing on this pathetic scene. Come on Rainbow Dash. I said, we"re leaving."
"Actually Gilda…" said Rainbow Dash
"I set up those weak pranks"
"Rainbow Dash set up those weak pranks. Gilda wouldn't even believe it. It's a shame that we couldn't see the look of her face" said Goku
"An ingenious plan" said Vegeta
Both of them then cease their spar. They knew that it was time. They both powered down, allowing them to revert back to their original state.
"What?" Gilda said as she gasped in surprise.
"Ooh." Pinkie Pie said.
"So I guess I'm queen lame-o" said Ranbow Dash, feeling a bit frustrated.
"No way. Pinkie Pie set up those pranks. She did it to josh me up." Gilda said.
"Me? I threw this party to improve your attitude. I thought a good party might turn that frown upside down." Pinkie Pie said.
"You know this is not how I thought my old friend treat my new friends. If being cool is all that you could think off, maybe you should look some friends someplace else" said Rainbow Dash
"Rrgh. Yeah? Well you, you, you are such a, a flip-flop: cool one minute and lame the next. When you decide not to be lame anymore, gimme a call." Gilda said as she left. You then hear a bird of prey shriek.
"Wow, talk about a party pooper." Spike said.
"Ugh, finally that bird freak is gone"
They all turn to the source of the voice. It's Goku and Vegeta who appeared out of nowhere. Obviously that they travel to Sugarcube Corner with instant transmission. Goku thought about what Pinkie had said earlier right before he left the establishment. She has estimated the time for the plan to work. As soon as he and Vegeta leaves, count for approximately fifteen minutes.
And so here they are fifteen minutes after. Both are glad that the annoying griffon flew away just right after they appear.
"Goku, Vegeta" said Rainbow Dash who slowly approach the two saiyans. Her head bowed down, ashamed of her previous outburst and actions. "I'm sorry for that… sudden outburst. I didn't know that Gilda be like that"
"You know kakarot, she reminds of you. Being a little goody-two-shoes but furious when you mess with her friends said Vegeta
"Oh please, you've experienced that before. Remember: MY BULMA!" said Goku before laughing.
"Ugh, anyways. why would we accept your friendship? You did call kakarot here an idiot, a monster in a way that you were also pertaining to me. Why bother apologizing now?" said Vegeta
"I just… I just jumped into conclusion. I thought that Gilda was still the same old as before, but now I realize I misjudged her"
"Like you misjudge kakarot? Honestly…"
"Yeah… I'm sorry. Look if you don't want to accept my friendship that's fine. Be angry all you want. I deserve it"
"Oh, silly Rainbow" said Goku, "You don't need to be a cry baby about it. Of course, we'll accept your friendship"
Vegeta butts in, "Even though you did deserve to be ashamed"
"Vegeta! Look, next time you should really consider others before jumping into conclusion. Ok?"
Rainbow Dash then approach Pinkie Pie, "Pinkie Pie, I"m really sorry she ruin her awesome party you throw at her"
"Hey if you want to hang out with party poopers, that's your problem" said Pinkie Pie
"I'd rather hand out with you! No hard feelings?" said Rainbow Dash as she offers he hoof.
"No hard feelings"
Both of them grabs a hold of the hoof. That moment, both of them are being shocked by the buzzer. They all laugh. Twilight then approach Pinkie Pie, remembered that how she misjudged the pink mare for being jealous.
"Hey Pinkie, sorry I accused you for misjudging Gilda. Looks like I'm the one who misjudge you" said Twilight.
"It's ok Twilight, even you can't be super-smart-smarty-smart-pants all the time" said Pinkie. "C'mon every pony! There's still a whole lot of party to finish!"
"Alright!" said Goku
The ponies enjoyed the party while Twilight had Spike send a message.
Dearest Princess Celestia,
Today I learned that it's hard to accept when somepony you like wants to spend time with somepony who's not so nice. Though it's impossible to control who your friends hang out with, it is possible to control your own behavior. Just continue to be a good friend. In the end, the difference between a false friend and the one who is true will surely come to light.
Your faithful student,
Twilight Sparkle
Celestia has received the letter from Spike. After reading the letter, Celestia was about to write her back.
Dear Twilight Sparkle,
My most faithful student,
Suddenly, the ink disappears. She actually used disappearing ink.
"Oh, huh, wrong ink." Celestia then chuckles upon realizing her mistake.
To Be Continued…
