Chapter 12: The lawnmower race
Authors note: Thanks for all of the reviews! I'm so happy how many I am getting! Thank you all so much! Now I told you I am updating more often and it's a promise I will try and keep. I am sorry for not updating straight away but these chapters do take a while to write as well with my personal life as well (e.g. School, friends ect) so be patient! Anyway for all you Pansy haters out there, you may just feel a little sorry for her in this chapter. Something will happen to her at the end. And Gnorman will introduce a new sport we all know as LAWNMOWER RACING! Horary! Anyway enjoy!
The next few weeks were quite emotional for both gardens. Now their old leaders had retired the gnomes had to get used to being under new management. Also after many, many arguments between Miss Montague and Mr Capulet, they had finally gotten around to upgrading their gardens. This meant all of their old stuff had to go! And that included Lady Bluebell, Lord Redbury and Lady Redbury along with many other gnomes. Both Redbrick and Blueberry were upset to see their parents go but they knew that they would be happy where ever they were going. It also helped Blueberry that she had Wisteria, Gnorman and her friends to comfort her. It also helped Redbrick for he had June and some other gnomes to help him get over his grief of his parents sudden departure.
With Pansy on the other hand it was exactly the opposite. She couldn't have been happier to see her wretched parents leave the garden forever. Actually when Mr Capulet was carrying them away everyone's faces turned to worry and sadness while she stood there and smirked. It really surprised everyone when she began to wave as if she was ecstatic to see them go out of her life forever. Her father would take that vision to his grave of his cruel daughter waving goodbye as if she never loved him. But in Pansy's eyes she never loved him, accept before Redbrick was born and her life then turned around for the worst.
But soon life went back to normal and both leaders decided to take charge of their new gardens like the responsible leaders their parents wanted them to be. But things would not remain normal for long. There was but one gnome who stood in the way of the fate of the gardens, the same one who started the feud… Pansy.
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"Wisteria, where is Gnorman? And what on earth are you doing?" Blueberry called up to Wisteria who was now standing on the windowsill and seemed to be stretching inside the window of Miss Montague's house.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm obviously not trimming the daffodils am I? Oh and to answer your question, Gnorman's out in the alley. Said something about surveying the garden or something," Wisteria explained in a rather strained voice as if she was out of breath.
"Go on then, thrill me, what are you exactly doing up there?" Blueberry smirked and put her hands on her hips slyly.
"We're tying to get some of Miss Montague's new records out. You know, the ones she brought yesterday, the ones she said she would stick up Mr C's buttocks if he ever cut down her blueberry bush!" Wisteria whispered, but loud enough that Blueberry could hear her. Blueberry rolled her eyes and shook her head at the thought.
"I didn't really want to be reminded of that thank you!" Blueberry called up.
"Yeah let's hope she doesn't do that! What use would they be then? They would be no good to play music on!" Wisteria continued on. Blueberry would have told her to be quiet if it wasn't for Toadstool making his sudden appearance from the window he was balancing a bunch of records on his little mushroom head. Wisteria picked the records off of him and then patted the little mushroom on his head and said "Well done Toadstool lets go play some music!"
Blueberry then heard a loud yelp from the back of the garden and swiftly turned around. Wisteria almost fell of the windowsill at the shock of hearing that noise. Blueberry looked up to Wisteria and said "I'm gonna go see what that was, you take care getting down from there Wistie!" and with that Blueberry rushed off to find out what was happening out back.
"Sure thing Blue—eh I mean Lady Blueberry!" Wisteria called out before starting to make her way down off of the windowsill.
Meanwhile out in the alleyway Gnorman stood in front of the blue fence with widened eyes and an agape mouth. He was completely shocked by what was just witnessed. When he finally got his voice back he noticed someone appear from the gate. It was Blueberry and she looked very concerned.
"Gnorman are you alright? I heard you yell and-" Blueberry was unable to finish her sentence. She too had noticed what Gnorman had seen. When Gnorman got around to speaking he didn't sound shocked, he sounded angry.
"Those bloody vandals!" Gnorman exclaimed angrily "Those reds will pay for this big time!"
"We haven't heard a peep from them in weeks! Why would they do such a thing now?" Blueberry asked herself quietly. But Gnorman heard it loud and clear.
"I'll tell you why! Because those blasted reds think they can graffiti on our garden fence whenever they please. I bet you this was Pansy's making! Actually I KNOW it was her. I'll sure give her a piece of my mind!" Gnorman then stormed off into the blue garden in a mad rage. Blueberry had never seen him this angry. But her thoughts were currently on what was written all over her fence in red spray paint. It was clearly read out as 'Reds rule and blues drool!' No wonder Gnorman was angry. But Blueberry was a very calm person and she kept her anger to a bare minimum unless it was completely necessary. Blueberry was a little angry at this but decided not to show it. She soon snapped back into reality when she saw Gnorman march into the garden muttering on how he was going to kill Pansy. Blueberry thought it was best if she went with him. After all, she was the leader of the blues.
"Gnorman, what are you doing?" Blueberry called after Gnorman as he approached the big hole in the fence.
"To ask that moron what the hell she's playing at! That's what I'm doing!" Gnorman snapped causing a lot of attention on both the blue side and the red side. Soon Redbrick saw two blue gnomes at the fence so he decided to go over and see what they wanted. Redbrick was soon taken aback a little when he recognised the gnomes to be Gnorman and the new 'Lady' Blueberry.
"See now your driving everyone's attentions. I am the leader of this garden therefore I should be dealing with the problems, not you, so let me handle this!" Blueberry snapped noticing Redbrick make his way over to the hole in the fence. He wore a stern look on his face but as he drew closer that stern look turned to surprise. Blueberry's expression also changed but she didn't look surprised, just a hint of hurt fell on her face before going back to normal again. She hadn't saw Redbrick since before her leaders ceremony only a few weeks back. She still hadn't forgotten what had happened between the two of them, yet she did not care to think about the subject for it was too painful to reminisce about. Once Redbrick came face to face with the blue gnomes an awkward silence fell upon them. Redbrick and Blueberry didn't look at each other for several moments and when they finally did it was just a quick glance before looking back down again. Blueberry then finally began to speak, but not in the way Gnorman had expected.
"Lord Redbrick," Blueberry nodded a little before looking down again.
"Lady Blueberry," Redbrick replied also nodding and looking down at the floor again. Gnorman hadn't noticed the tension between the pair, he was too angry to even consider that there was something up. The silence continued to get more and more awkward until Gnorman cleared his throat quite loudly and nudged Blueberry to encourage her to speak about the matter they came to speak about in the first place.
"Oh, we need to speak to your sister as a matter of urgency!" Blueberry blurted remembering what to say. She then looked up and noticed Redbrick was carrying his father's old staff around. It must have been his present at his leader's ceremony like when Blueberry was given her trusty shovel which she wasn't carrying with her at this particular moment in time.
"Why may I ask?" Redbrick inquired curiously raising his big brown eyebrow. Why on earth would they want to speak to Pansy? Wasn't she their number one enemy? It must be serious if they need to speak to Pansy urgently. VERY serious indeed.
"The matter involves a situation with our garden fence, now if you would be so kind to get your sister here right now thank you!" Blueberry snapped a little becoming impatient with Redbrick. Redbrick was a little surprised by her attitude towards him, but it was to be expected after what she had been through. It was also expected of him after what he had been through but he would have his fair share of impatience's with the blues later on. Right now he was surprisingly calm and curious to know what his sister had done to the blues to make them this angry.
"Alright, excuse me a moment while I go get her…" Redbrick then walked off a little bewildered. He went to find his sister while Blueberry and Gnorman waited for Pansy to show her pretty brat face up and give them a reasonable explanation for her antics. That if she could give a reasonable explanation, which was highly unlikely in her case.
Blueberry and Gnorman waited for about five minuets at the fence while they heard Redbrick and his sister arguing. Redbrick was insisting she went to see what they wanted while she just told him to "Sod off and leave her alone" in her exact words. Eventually after many pushes, Redbrick managed to drag his sister out into visible view and she soon stormed over to Gnorman and Blueberry. She obviously didn't look happy, but the same could be said for Blueberry and Gnorman who now wore scowls on their faces.
"What do you bozo's want? Why don't you make yourselves useful and bury yourselves in a ditch somewhere? It would save us reds an awful lot of trouble!" Pansy snapped with her usual tone.
"You show no remorse do you?" Gnorman shook his head glairing at the red gnome before him, she too glared at him but she looked a little confused at what he was saying.
"Listen you seriously need to get a head transplant or something… I have no idea what you are talking about!" Pansy said as Gnorman and Blueberry glanced at each other before turning back to face Pansy.
"Oh you don't know? Well allow me to enlighten you on the subject! You have used red spray paint and used graffiti all over our garden fence! I demand you clean it off right away!" Blueberry finally spoke up sounding extremely furious at this point. Pansy put her hand on her hip and smirked slyly, this made Gnorman and Blueberry all the more angry with her.
"Oh, you caught me red handed! Like literally! Because I found this great new invention called spray paint and decided to put it to good use, and you blues are upset by it. Well I am not sorry because I am not even gonna think about cleaning that off. And theirs nothing you blues can do about that!" Pansy stuck her tongue out before turning around and storming off. Gnorman then thought of a smart idea! Something that Pansy couldn't refuse.
"Wait! I see you're a very good lawnmower driver…" Gnorman began and pansy turned around crossing her arms. She knew where this was heading.
"Yeah, and?" Pansy scoffed.
"Gnorman what are you doing?" Blueberry whispered to him sounding a little surprised and shocked by this. But Gnorman chose to ignore her and focus on Pansy.
"Well I happen to know how to ride a lawnmower myself. What about if we have a little race? And if you loose you clean off our fence," Gnorman explained with a hint of pride in his voice.
"What if I win? What's in it for me?" Pansy stepped closer to Gnorman; she was indeed interested in this challenge.
"We will clean it off of our fence and you can have the next free shot at us without any comebacks! Deal? Or no deal?" Gnorman offered his hand and hoped that Pansy would take the bait and accept the challenge, but knowing Pansy she probably would.
Pansy thought for a moment, she had nothing to loose if she accepted his challenge. Didn't he realise she was like on of the best lawnmower drivers in history? Or was he too stupid to see it? Pansy knew she would obviously win this challenge and she would bring better pride to the reds if she did this. Pansy grinned and accepted his hand and shook it roughly. "Deal! I will see you out back tomorrow morning! May the best red win!" Pansy then turned around and smiled evilly as she walked off. This day was only going to get better.
Pansy walked past her brother without passing a rude comment or anything. She was too happy to have a go at him or anyone. Redbrick looked back towards Blueberry and Gnorman and saw Gnorman also wore that smirk Pansy was carrying with her, but Blueberry wasn't. That was a little strange.
"Gnorman, what have you done?" Blueberry sighed shaking her head disappointedly.
"What? That gnome needs to be taught a lesson, and I can give her a lesson she will never forget!" Gnorman boasted confidently. Blueberry then sighed again and put her hand on his shoulder to try and get him back into reality.
"Don't you realise what you have got yourself into? Pansy is the BEST lawnmower driver the reds have! Surely you should know that no one has beaten her yet!" Blueberry explained sounding a little distressed but Gnorman sounded amused more than worried.
"You underestimate me Lady B! Back in my old garden I was challenged all of the time by a lot of skilled lawnmower drivers but I am afraid I beat them all and became the best of the best. I don't mean to boast but you should have seen the look on their faces when I crossed the finish line before them. I just hope I get the privilege yet again when I beat Pansy tomorrow morning! So don't you worry Lady B, the Gnormster is on the case!" Gnorman winked before walking off only to be stopped when Blueberry called after him.
"Firstly don't call me Lady B! You make me sound like my mother. And secondly be careful tomorrow Gnorman! I don't know what I'd do without you!" Blueberry exclaimed looking a little worried.
"You know, you look very cute when you're afraid for my personal well being. It's as if you have feelings for me," Gnorman smirked and Blueberry blushed a little.
"Oh be off with you! Don't you have a lawnmower to check up on?" Blueberry asked changing the subject as quickly possible to avoid any more embarrassment.
"Very well Lady Blueberry!" Gnorman teased running off towards the garden shed. Blueberry chuckled and rolled her eyes. He really was funny at times, even if he embarrassed Blueberry.
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"Is it just me, or does Pansy look happy?" June waltzed over to Redbrick not looking too happy. With the state she was in, it was if she had been working all morning, which in June's case was true.
"Yes she has been challenged by Gnorman from the blue garden to a lawnmower race after she used graffiti all over their garden fence," Redbrick explained not noticing June frown.
"Well after what happened earlier this morning I am surprised that Pansy is smiling at all!" June explained sounding a little drained and tired. Redbrick turned to face June and gave her a puzzled look. What did she mean?
"Why what happened this morning?" Redbrick inquired curiously.
"Well I woke up this morning to find Pansy was throwing up on them new marble slabs Mr Capulet put in place the other day. Pansy didn't have the courtesy to throw up on the grass did she? And guess who had to clean it up?" June pointed to herself in a frustrated manner and Redbrick felt extremely sorry for her.
"Why are you so good to her after the way she treats you?"
"I don't do it for her Redbrick, I do it for you!" June explained smiling a little as Redbrick did the same.
"How long has she been having this morning sickness for now?" Redbrick then changed back to the original subject and June's features fell yet again.
"3 days now. And yet she still refuses to see a doctor about it! I tell you Redbrick, if I have to put up with this anymore I will seriously explode! And I am a patient woman, but sometimes my patients can go over its limit!" June replied sounding more and more agitated with every word.
"Perhaps it's just a virus or something! It will soon pass!" Redbrick assured.
"I hope so for her sake as well as mine!" June said trying to calm herself down.
"Don't worry June; everything will turn out right eventually!"
"Why are you so optimistic all of a sudden?" June asked raising an eyebrow.
"I'm not sure…" Redbrick smirked and June laughed and punched his shoulder gently.
"Well I had better get some more jobs done and you have your duties to attend to! See you later Lord Redbrick!" June winked before walking off again. Redbrick sighed; he still wasn't used to his new title.
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The next morning was a little chaotic for Gnorman; he was having trouble getting his new lawnmower out into the alleyway. It was such a heavy built one that it was extremely hard to push by itself. In the end Gnorman ended up getting them little annoying bunnies to help him get that hunk of machinery into the alleyway.
"And Miss Montague calls this the new and improved modern lawnmower? I've had more joy with a combine harvester, well whatever they are called…" Gnorman muttered as he pushed the lawnmower through the gate with the little bunnies. Crowds of blues were now gathering into the alleyway and had even brought a box so they could sit in when the race would begin. Gnorman was actually surprised at how many gnomes had turned up to see this event. Nearly everyone in the entire garden was out here. Even Wisteria decided to show up but remained near the gate at all times. If Pansy was in one of her smashing moods again, she would have to be extra quick and careful to make a daring escape.
When the lawnmower was finally put at the starting line Gnorman turned and faced his cheering crowd. He smiled encouragingly and then turned to be greeted by Blueberry. She still looked a little concerned but she tried to give Gnorman a little encouragement as he was living in the moment before Pansy would destroy it.
"Come to wish me luck?" Gnorman asked expecting a yes.
"Nope. Just came to smack your behind as all… of course I came to wish you luck silly!" Blueberry smacked him on the shoulder gently and Gnorman laughed. Soon their laughter came to a bare minimum and both gnomes stood there and stared softly into each others eyes. Then Gnorman did the unexpected, and at the wrong time too. He kissed Blueberry on the lips for the first time. Blueberry was suddenly shocked by it and by the time she realised what she was doing she didn't even notice someone exit the red gate.
Redbrick made his way out of the red garden glumly as he saw the entire blue garden awaiting Pansy's arrival. But as he looked closely he saw a sight which broke his heart a little. He saw Gnorman kissing Blueberry on the lips; it was hard to imagine that about half a year ago Redbrick was doing the exact thing! But times had changed and the feud had emerged tearing their relationship apart. Redbrick and Blueberry still weren't completely over their love for each other and the only person who saw the truth was Wisteria. Speaking of Wisteria, she noticed Redbrick make his way towards Gnorman and then noticed the look of sorrow on his features. Wisteria felt extreme guilt as Blueberry and Gnorman continued to kiss right in front of Redbrick's face. When Redbrick made his way up to Gnorman he waited a moment before clearing his throat to get his attention. Gnorman suddenly realised what he was doing and let go of Blueberry and they blushed of embarrassment. But the damage had been done and Redbrick looked as if he were about to cry.
"Lord Redbrick! I trust your sister is ready to challenge me is she not?" Gnorman asked as many red gnomes departed from their garden to join the crowd for the race. Redbrick took a few moments to reply as he glanced at Blueberry who now wore a slight look of guilt on her face.
"Huh? Oh yes she will be out any moment!" Redbrick replied and Gnorman clasped his hands together eagerly.
"Great! Well I had better get my lawnmower ready, see you after the race Blueberry!" Gnorman winked and Redbrick turned to face Blueberry again who just nodded plainly at Gnorman's wink. She felt too awkward and unhappy to face Redbrick right now. She knew he looked deeply hurt by what had just happened between her and Gnorman and it made her feel guilt in her heart. Wait, he wasn't still in love with her? Was he?
"Lord Redbrick," Blueberry bowed her head slightly and stood awkwardly next to him.
"Lady Blueberry," Redbrick also bowed his head and clutched tightly onto his stick. "So how are you Lady Blueberry?"
"I am fine I can assure you Lord Redbrick." Blueberry replied.
"So are you two a couple now?" Redbrick inquired glancing over at Gnorman's direction.
"Yes… I mean no! We are not a couple! What about you and June?" Blueberry asked looking around the crowd to keep her eyes away from Redbrick.
"No we aren't a couple but she is a very good friend! But perhaps something may come of our bond just like yours with Gnorman a few seconds ago!" Redbrick explained.
"Listen Redbrick I was just wishing him luck!" Blueberry exclaimed trying not to give Redbrick the wrong impression.
"I'm sure you were! You never kissed me like that…" Redbrick said with a hint of jealousy in his voice.
"I can now see why I didn't! To be honest I never realised what such a pompous moron I was in love with! I must have been out of my mind to be in love with you!" Blueberry snapped sensing an argument was about to arise.
"The feeling is Muteral!"
"Don't you mean mutual? Or are you dumb as well as selfish?"
"Don't you dare call me that! Didn't you for once think I would have given it all up for you? My life, my family, my friends, everything I cared about to be with you! Or didn't you care? I can tell you now Lady Blueberry, I am so glad I didn't elope with you! I'm actually glad we are enemies! So don't you dare call me selfish you silly old bat! We may have been lovers back then but we are sure enemies now! Now make way for the winning garden for my sister will win this competition and then your boyfriend will be just like the others in your garden, spineless and incapable of doing anything!"
"Why you cold hearted little bast-!" Blueberry began but was cut off by an approaching voice from behind.
"Is anything wrong Redbrick?" it was June and she immediately grabbed Redbrick's arm to give Blueberry a clear message which she got almost instantly.
"No June, Lady Blueberry was just leaving," Redbrick hinted and Blueberry was actually glad to get away from him. June could have him for all she cared; to her he was just an average idiot she despised. But he was more than that! And she knew it.
Blueberry soon walked off over towards Wisteria who had witnessed the entire commotion between the pair. Blueberry sighed frustrated and put her head in her hands and Wisteria patted her back comfortably.
"I saw what happened there Blueberry," Wisteria explained and Blueberry then looked up.
"He is so… URGH!" Blueberry yelled out loud.
"Don't worry Blueberry! He is just not you to seeing you with another man as all," Wisteria tried to reassure Blueberry but she knew it wasn't just that.
"No it goes deeper than that Wisteria! He is such an idiot! You know he just said he would have given it all up for me! I know that isn't true! He is really pathetic at times!" Blueberry exclaimed.
"Are you sure?" Wisteria began and Blueberry looked up at Wisteria in disbelief.
"What?"
"Well he almost got you to elope with him! He would have surely left everything behind to be with you! I think it was you who wouldn't have. I mean you cared too much for me and your mother to just disappear like that to be with someone. But I will agree with you, he is being pathetic. Yet at the same time, so are you. If you two are going to keep denying your feelings like this, at least act as if you're over each other instead of taking your emotions out on each other! Now don't argue back at me Blueberry because you know that I am right! Now you either accept the way things are and move on like a sensible person would, or you will linger in the past and use your emotions as an excuse to feud! It's your decision!" Wisteria explained and Blueberry stood there in silence. She knew Wisteria was right and she decided not to argue this time.
"Your right as always Wisteria! I know I shouldn't argue with him but sometimes I just can't help it! After all we have been through I have as much right to hate him as much as he does to me! But life isn't fair anymore! I wish we just packed our bags and left this area forever for a better place where we could be free from all of this feuding! But the reds anger us blues and we feel the need to seek some sought of revenge on them. But your right, I need to grow up and face this feud as it is! Who cares about my past feelings? Surely not me!" Blueberry said confidently acting as if she was telling the truth, but Wisteria looked deep into her soul and saw a different story that told her the complete opposite. But Blueberry wouldn't listen to what Wisteria had to say on that subject no more. But Wisteria knew that in many years to come, things would turn out differently and life could get better! But would Wisteria be there to see it?
Wisteria was suddenly jolted from her train of thoughts when the crowd of red gnomes suddenly began to cheer. Pansy then made an appearance outside the red gate and she looked confident and boastful (as usual). Boris was not far from her side as she made her way towards the starting line. Some little gnomes had brought her lawnmower in line with Gnorman's at the starting line and a young blue gnome was ready to wave that little novelty flag of hers which looked very tatty and dirty. Redbrick and Blueberry stood on opposite sides of the alleyway and kept their distance from each other. Wisteria and Blueberry stood by the blue fence whilst Redbrick and June stood near the Lawrence garden fence. Gnorman stood next to his lawnmower casually as he watched Pansy and Boris walking towards him. He was amused at the mere sight of Pansy arguing with Boris whether she was fit to ride or not.
"Are you sure you're well enough to race Pansy? You shouldn't really be racing after the way you have been feeling these past few days!" Boris asked actually sounding concerned for the first time in like, ever. Pansy shoved his comments and gave him a cold glare in return for his concerned glance.
"Boris I told you I'm fine! No way am I dropping out for some silly little blue crack pots! We are going ahead with this race if it's the last thing I ever do! Speak one more time about my condition and I swear to God I will punch you!" Pansy threatened and Boris lowered his head a little. There was no point in arguing with her for Boris would never win. He might as well quit while he was ahead. Boris then decided to join the rest of the red crowd and took a place near the front.
Pansy stormed off towards the starting line and turned to face Gnorman and glared. Gnorman actually smiled casually and Pansy's glare deepened. She noticed he was so calm and cool about this competition, well just wait and see what she had in store for him. He may be in for a big surprise!
"Listen blue boy and listen close, you may be all chilled and relaxed now but just wait until I have finished with you! You won't be able to stand up from the sheer force of this race. You'll be lucky if you could even walk!" Pansy threatened pointing one of her small delicate fingers at him. But those fingers weren't so delicate, actually truth be told they were lethal! But Gnorman didn't flinch, actually he laughed.
"You know I have raced your type before. You all act rough and tough and use strong threats to try and get my spirits low. Well I'm sorry to have to say this Pansy but I will not be let down by you or your death threats. Your brother and your garden may have to put up with it, but I don't. Oh and a little fact for you to take with you during this race… all of the gnomes who have threatened me before a race have all lost to me! I would watch what you say Pansy, you may regret it!" Gnorman spoke confident as always as he hopped onto his lawnmower. Pansy on the other hand just stood there fuming, she knew he was just trying to get her down but sadly enough it was working. But she would show him! She was a very good rider! No one could beat her. Not even some silly little blue!
"May the best red win!" Pansy then hopped onto her lawnmower and started it up. Gnorman did the same and they both awaited the little blue gnome girl to give the signal for the race to begin. She quickly scrambled in front of the lawnmowers and put her flag high in the air. Gnorman swiftly turned and winked and Blueberry and she nodded enthusiastically. Pansy kept her gaze swiftly on Gnorman and kept her eyes as narrow as they could ever be. Gnorman returned her glares but not with so much force. After all this was a race for justice, not rivalry. But little did Gnorman know; that was the only case in Pansy's eyes.
"On your marks…" the girl called out and Pansy and Gnorman revved their engines with a lot of velocity!
"Get set…"
"GO!"
Pansy was first to put her lawnmower off of the track. She began to pick up speed as she sped her lawnmower along the dirt as fast as she could. Little did she know was that Gnorman came up along side her and also picked up speed. Once Pansy realised that Gnorman was about to overtake her she revved her engine even more so she could get away from him. Gnorman also picked up more speed as they soon entered the first turning near the road. They had both agreed to do two laps and not cheat during the race (which would be a very hard thing to resist in Pansy's case) but in order to win Pansy had to play by Gnorman's rules. Unfortunately.
As they entered the first turning Pansy seemed to miss her chance to pick up speed and Gnorman overtook her in a flash. Pansy was first dazzled by what he had just done, but she soon went back to being determined again. Refusing to be beaten by a blue Pansy picked up speed once again and soon found herself inches behind Gnorman's lawnmower. Gnorman turned around and saw how close Pansy was to overtaking him so he decided to make it more difficult for her. As she went to overtake him he moved in the same direction blocking her chances of overtaking him. Pansy tried it again on the other side but yet again Gnorman predicted where she was going and moved along with her. Pansy was begging to panic as she had no where to go and they were about to complete their first lap. She couldn't show her crowd of adoring fans that she was being outdone by a blue! She would never hear the last of it!
Back in the crowd Blueberry saw the approaching lawnmowers entering their first lap and she noticed Gnorman was in the lead. As he approached the starting line he noticed Blueberry and winked at her from a distance. Keeping eye contact for several seconds Gnorman lost track of his concentration leaving him venerable to Pansy. Noticing Gnorman had slowed down a little near the next turn Pansy took her chance, she decided she would show off in front of the entire crowd of gnomes and do a very tight U turn so she could take the lead. Gnorman's thoughts were suddenly shot out of mid air when a flash of red passed his lawnmower. Pansy had been very slick and impressive with her U turn and had managed to pick up speed and zoom right ahead of Gnorman leaving him in a very tight position. Gnorman sped up to try and catch up with Pansy and when he was about to overtake Pansy yet again, she did what he did to her on the previous lap. She blocked him off and continued to do so as they approached their next turn leading to their last lap. Gnorman noticed Pansy was too busy smirking in pride to pay any attention to a sneak attack. As she continued to drive like a maniac going from left to right all of the time, Gnorman waited until she went right and then he did the exact opposite at the same time. When she went right, he went left and as they zoomed round the corner he managed to get past her lawnmower like a breeze. Pansy took a few seconds to get back control over her vehicle and witness what had just happened. She soon gained on him and they were zooming neck in neck to the finish line.
Back in the crowd the reds and blues were cheering on their racers while their leaders just stood and watched the competition unfold. Redbrick and June were extremely silent as everyone else around them were loud and encouraging. It was the same with Blueberry and Wisteria, although they had their fingers crossed and their hopes held high. On one occasion Blueberry passed a curious glance towards Redbrick and June only to find he was glaring at her. She returned his glare for several moments before she heard the crowd roar even louder. Blueberry and Redbrick turned away from each other and they both noticed two distant figures in the distance coming closer by the second. Everyone soon recognised it to be Pansy and Gnorman racing towards the finish line. The cheers began to get louder and louder as the two neck in neck gnomes got closer.
Pansy was beginning to panic at this rate. Every time she moved her lawnmower forward, Gnorman was always there to do the same. They were now heading towards the finish line at an alarming speed and neither gnome was prepared to give in now. Gnorman wanted justice and he wanted Pansy to clean what mess she had created, but Pansy just wanted to beat him so she could show off and claim that she was better than him. And that wasn't what this game was about, was it? Pansy suddenly began to clutch her stomach in sheer agony but realised that she only had one had at the controls and that Gnorman was gradually gaining speed on her. Pansy suddenly felt really terrible inside like she had for the past 3 days. She had no idea what was wrong with her but she insisted that she kept going and wouldn't give in to Gnorman no matter how bad her insides were at this point in time.
Gnorman noticed he was but less than a few yards away from the finish line and he then took his chance. When Pansy began to clutch her stomach again he took his chance and zoomed past the finish line and all of the blue gnomes began to cheer as loud as they could. Gnorman slowed his lawnmower down and stood on top of it waving to his crowd of blue gnomes who were all now cheering much louder than anyone he had ever heard before. He noticed the reds had gone deadly quiet and he could have sworn he had sworn Redbrick threw his trusty staff down in anger.
As Pansy pulled up she felt extreme pain but ignored it by unleashing a big explosion of anger. She hopped straight off of her lawnmower and stormed over to Gnorman in a fierce rage. Gnorman noticed her anger and could hardly blame her, yet he didn't pity her one bit.
"YOU HALF WITLESS TWO HEADED PIECE OF GARBAGE!" Pansy roared fists blazing "YOU CHEATED YOU STUPID MORON!"
"I won fair and square Pansy, no cheating was involved," Gnorman explained rather calmly but Pansy still continued to march over there and give him a piece of her mind.
"I WANT A REMATCH YOU PIECE OF—ARGH!" Pansy began but suddenly dropped to the floor and clutched her stomach in agony. At first everyone thought it was an act to show off like her usual self. But when Boris suddenly rushed over he noticed it was no joke, she was in fact in pain.
"Lord Redbrick!" Boris called out and both June and Redbrick rushed over immediately. June bent down and examined Pansy herself and her signs were indeed true. But Pansy hadn't been like this before; she had minor stomach pains but nothing as extreme as this! Pansy looked up at Redbrick who awaited her to speak.
"We must get her to a doctor!" June explained standing up and Redbrick nodded.
While all this was occurring the blues went deadly silent but the occasional whisper could be heard within the crowd. Blueberry and Wisteria gave each other puzzled looks as Redbrick, June and Boris all picked a semi conscious Pansy off of the floor and carried her into their garden. Gnorman stood nearby and watched them rush past him and as he watched Boris glared. It was as if they blamed Gnorman for this! That was absurd for he had done nothing but win a harmless race. Perhaps her stress levels went off the rails! Yeah that was probably what was wrong with her!
Soon the crowds began to disperse, but the blues took longer to leave than the reds. The red gnomes hurried away to see what was going on with Pansy while the blues just acted as if nothing had happened. As they walked back into their garden, many blue gnomes passed comments to each other like "She deserved everything she got!" or "Talk about showing off!" but what they didn't realize was that what had happened out there was real. Too real in fact that no one realized what was wrong with her. But all would be revealed soon enough, and the outcome would not be so great. Especially for Blueberry or Redbrick.
Back in the red garden June had managed to get a hold of one of the doctor gnomes that roamed around the garden healing the sick and injured. Redbrick and Boris had placed Pansy down nearby the pond and now she was fully conscious and clutching her stomach as tight as wire on a washing line. The doctor sat beside Pansy and began to examine her. June, Redbrick and Boris left them to it and went off in a slight worry. But Redbrick wasn't as worried as a normal brother would be about his sister, yet again his sister was no ordinary sister now was she? Overall Boris was the most worried but tried not to show it by putting on his strong face, but it was obvious he was worried.
Meanwhile the doctor carried his little check board and began to write down notes. He was a small gnome with a long beard and glasses. His apron made him look like a doctor and he looked very professional. But he didn't seem that way to Pansy. His observations began to irritate Pansy but that was the least of her concerns. Right now she was too much in pain to argue with anyone.
"And how long have you been throwing up?" the doctor asked still not looking over his clip board. He adjusted his glasses and continued to write. Pansy struggled to speak but she managed to speak through gasps of pain.
"Three—blinking—days!" Pansy gasped trying to get a tighter grip on her stomach.
"And the pains?" The doctor continued now looking up as Pansy glared through her tearstained eyes. She wasn't crying properly, but the pain was unbearable and she couldn't control her eyes.
"Well they haven't been this bad before! Do you know what's wrong with me or not? ARGH!" Pansy then doubled over in pain once again as she finished her sentence.
"Hmm… you will have to give me a few moments to recognise the symptoms and then I can give you a thorough diagnostic of your condition," the doctor then stood up and walked away "One moment please!"
As Pansy waited she continued to feel pain. Pain all in her stomach which was excruciating beyond anything she had ever felt in her entire life! Pansy felt she was going to slip into unconsciousness at any moment but the pain kept coming back to prevent that from happening. Whatever this was, Pansy was sure gonna feel angry after it.
When the doctor returned he seemed a little on edge. It was as if he was about to reveal some bad news. Pansy, still in pain, also noticed this and she began to get impatient at his silence.
"Well? What's bloody wrong with me?" Pansy looked up and the doctor slowly approached her cautiously. He had no idea how she would react to his information and he was a little scared of her, even when she was in this venerable state.
"There is nothing wrong with you Miss Pansy," the doctor said calmly and Pansy gave him a half scowl and half bewildered look.
"Nothing wrong? How can you say that when I'm like—ARGH—this?" Pansy tried to ignore the pain and focus on what the doctor was saying. But he looked too nervous to reply to her.
"Well, ugh… your condition is fine. You just have a small…um… thing inside you," the doctor said gently trying to say this as delicately as he could.
"WHAT thing?" Pansy raised her eyebrows and attempted to sit up. And although the pain was still there, she felt more uncomfortable with what the doctor was saying than her stomach pains at this current time.
"Well… it's quite a delicate matter to discuss and you should be very happy… um I don't know how to tell you this… it's quite… uh…" the doctor rambled and now Pansy had lost her patience completely.
"OUT WITH IT MAN!" Pansy grabbed the bumbling doctor by his neck collar and snarled. He gulped and inhaled a breath of air before replying to her. Usually this would be a joyous thing to talk about but not with Pansy. She terrified him, especially when she was like this. It was best to get it over and done with and brace himself for impact when she finally would decide to react.
"You're pregnant!" the doctor blurted aloud! And Pansy suddenly let go of his collar. Did he just say she was pregnant?
And little did anyone know that this day would affect many other days to come…
Authors note: 0_0 who's shocked? Tell me! I bet many of you are shocked that this story took a twist so sudden like this! Right? Well it had to happen eventually! Anyway how did you like it? Be honest please. And please review and tell me what you think! Your thoughts do count! Thank you so much!