Disclaimer: I do not own "Adventure of the Gummi Bears," or its characters. They are property of the Walt Disney Company and its associates.

Plot: Based on the episode "Guess Who's Gumming to Dinner," Sunni invites Princess Calla to Gummi Glen for Fall's Farewell. But Calla soon wonders if Sunni goes too far out of her way to impress her.

Cast:

Katie Leigh as Sunni Gummi

Noelle North as Princess Calla/Cubbi Gummi

Jim Cummings as Zummi Gummi

Corey Burton as Gruffi Gummi

Maurice LaMarche as Tummi Gummi

"Among Gummi Traditions"

By Jeff Snyder (GoDistance3562)

Chapter 1

"An Invitation to Fall's Farewell"

I have always been what you might say a very tomboyish princess. Father had always taught me that a princess must always set an example for her people, from the moment she is born until the day she dies. However, while I have lived my entire life to this code, I have thought of rebelling against Father as a way of making him understand about how I want to live my life. While he has always been overprotective me and determined that I live the life of a royal, Father has eventually understood that I had to let loose and at least live the life of an ordinary girl. To this end, he had always made plans for me to introduce myself as a formal yet, normal princess.

At the same time, I have always wanted to expand my life to involve being around other people like myself. The problem was that there were no other princesses who had the same ambition as me and that was to live my life as a normal girl and not as a princess who is like a dog on a chain. Until I had met Sunni and the other Gummi Bears, I had not achieved this goal and when I did meet Sunni on that fateful day at Castle Drekmore, I knew that she and I would share moments that would both share our interests. But around the time that my father would arrange my first Grand Ball, Sunni had always wanted us to do something that would be similar to my royal duties. In a sense, our two worlds would combine in a very surreal way.

It all started on the night of my first Grand Ball, where I danced and danced with everyone that I knew: my father, Sir Tuxford and Cavin, with whom I was starting to fall for although Father didn't know it at the time. I had just changed out of my blue and white gown and into my favorite blue dress and white shirt and then sat down to soak my feet in a bucket of warm water. Just as I was about to fall asleep in the chair, I heard the door open and turned to see Sunni enter.

"Sunni," I gasped. "What are you doing here?"

"I've come to invite you to Fall's Farewell," replied Sunni, as she walked over towards me. "It's a holiday we Gummies celebrate every year."

Knowing that it was going to be a fun event and that I had never experience Gummi Tradition, I instantly grew excited about it.

"I'd love to come," I said excitedly as Sunni noticed the bucket of water that was holding my feet. She did not know that I was soaking my feet from all that dancing I had did.

"Ooh, are you all right?" Sunni asked as she examined my feet.

"Sure," I replied, sighing. "I'm just pooped."

Then, I had to tell Sunni what I had experienced. She had always been interested in human culture, especially the life of a princess.

"Oh Sunni," I said happily, placing my hands on her shoulders. "I'd wish you had been there. Tonight was my first grand ball. Father arranged it especially for me."

I got up and ran over to my bed, grabbing the blue and white gown that I had worn to the ball and started to dance with it as my excitement and emotions over the grand ball ran through my mind.

"I danced and danced with everyone," I continued, dancing with my gown before throwing it aside. "And you've never seen such lights and decorations. It was magnificent!"

After tossing my gown aside, I grabbed Sunni's arms and swung her around the room until we parted and she landed on my bed whereas I ended up falling into the bucket of warm water. My clothes were wet, but that didn't matter to me. After all, when I had to defend Dunwyn castle from Duke Igthorn and his ogres who had put everyone except me and Cavin to asleep, I was wearing another blue and white gown that was torn and covered in mud.

"Actually," I said to Sunni, laughing, as I pointed to my feet. "It was my feet that needed soaking."

Sunni got down from my bed and grabbed a white towel, bringing it over and wrapping it around my shoulders. I was very eager to learn what Sunni wanted to say to me as she wrapped the towel around me.

"Now, tell me about this Gummi holiday," I said smiling at Sunni who was at first nervous to tell me about it.

"Oh, well," she said nervously. "It's probably not as fancy as you're used to."

But, just then, she began to grow excited as I continued to listen eagerly. Little did I know that Sunni seemed to be planning something big or such.

"But we do have decorations and things," she said, perking up a little. "It's sort of a Gummi tradition, you know?"

Given the fact that I loved traditions, I insisted that Sunni continued to tell me more.

"I love tradition," I said, growing more and more interested. "Tell me more."

"All right," continued Sunni. "Actually, um, we do lots of special things like putting on formal clothes, having a fancy dinner and having decorations set up all over Gummi Glen."

Although what Sunni was describing to me as something that was similar to my first Grand Ball, I continued to listen to what she had to say to me. Going over to Gummi Glen and experiencing Gummi Tradition would be just what I needed after all the preparations that I had to go through to get ready for this moment.

"Decorations as part of a tradition," I gasped, feeling excited. "Can I help in any way?"

But, Sunni was insistent that I didn't take part in anything related to the preparations. After all, in her mind, I was a guest and that she was the one who was going to oversee anything.

"You are a guest, Calla," replied Sunni. "But, if you want me to share with you what else goes on during Fall's Farewell, I can do that as well."

"That would be nice, Sunni," I said grabbing my pink nightgown from my dressing drawer. "When is it?"

"Tomorrow," she replied, opening the door to my room. "But, I'll be back in the morning. See you then!"

"Good night, Sunni," I replied as she returned to Gummi Glen. As she left, I could not help but wonder to myself. Father wanted my first grand ball to be big, but something told me that this was going to be something completely different and Sunni, unbeknownst to me or anyone, was going to get a lesson that she would never forget.

Until then, I continued to play along with what Sunni was planning to do…