My Little Hunchback Of Notre Dame

Chapter 1

It was a fine morning, and Spike just finished ringing the morning bells. He then walked out to the balcony, and looked at the pony gargoyle that looks like Pinkie Pie who had her mouth open, and had a nest containing a sleeping baby phoenix. "Good morning." Spike said. The baby phoenix named Peewee woke up and squeaked as if he was trying to say 'hello.' "Will today be the day?" Spike asked. "Are you ready to fly?" Peewee squeak sadly unsure of himself. "You sure?" Spike asked taking the baby phoenix in his claws. "Good day to try. Why if I picked a day to fly, oh, this would be it! The Festival Of Fools!" Spike showed Peewee the ponies setting up for the festival in Canterlot Square near the church. "It will be fun!" Spike said lifting Peewee up to get him to fly. "The jugglers, and music, and dancing!" Once Peewee was flapping his wings with no problems at all, Spike laughed, and held out his claws for Peewee to land on while the other phoenixs fly by.

Peewee squeaked in delight and smiled up at Spike who smiled back and said "Go on. No creature wants to be cooped up here forever." Peewee squeaked and flew off to join the flock. As soon as the baby phoenix was out of sight, Spike frowned and fell into despression as Pinkie Pie came to life, spitted the phoenix feathers out of her mouth, and said "Oh, man! I thought he'd never leave! I'll spitting feathers for a week!" Another pony gargoyle named Rarity came to life and said "Well that's what you get for sleeping with your mouth open, Pinkie Pie." "Heh, heh, heh,..go scare a nun, Rarity." Pinkie Pie said sarcastically. She turned to Spike and said "Hey Spike! What's going out there? A fight? A flogging?" "A festival!" Rarity said. "You mean the Feast Of Fools?!" Pinkie Pie said feeling excited. "Uh-huh." Spike said. "All right, all right!" Pinkie Pie said. "Pour the wine, and cut the cheese!" "It is a treat to watch the colorful pageantry of the simple peasantpony folk." Rarity said smiling.

"Boy, nothing like balcony seats for watching the old F.O.F." Pinkie Pie said. "Yeah. Watching." Spike said feeling dejected. "Oh, look. A mime." Pinke Pie said looking at a pony dressed as a mime, and prepared to spit on him. But before she had her chance, Rarity stopped Pinkie Pie by covering her mouth with her hoof. Pinkie Pie swallowed the spit, and Rarity tilted her head toward Spike who was going back inside the tower. "Hey, hey, what gives?" Pinkie Pie asked. "Aren't you going to watch the festival with us, darling?" Rarity asked." When Spike didn't answer, and went inside the tower, Pinkie Pie said "I don't get it." "Perhaps he's sick." Rarity said. "Impossible." Another pony gargoyle named Twilight Sparkle who has a bunch of Parasprites on and following her said walking towards Pinkie Pie and Rarity. "If twenty years of listening to you two hasn't made him sick by now, nothing will."

"But watching the Festival Of Fools has always been the highlight of the year for Spikey-Wikey." Rarity said. "But what good is watching the party if you never get to go?" Twilight Sparkle asked. When there were too many Parasprites on her, she waved them away and said "Get away from me, go on, you bunch of buzzards!" As the pony gargoyles went inside the tower, Twilight Sparkle said "He is not a stone pony like us." Inside, Spike climbed up the stairs, and walked over to the table with a model of Canterlot and Ponyville, and small toys painted like ponies. Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Twilight Sparkle felt pity for him and Twilight Sparkle went up to Spike and said "Spike, what's wrong? You wanna tell Twilight Sparkle all about it?"

"I...I just don't feel like watching the festival, that's all." Spike said sadly. "Did you ever think of going there instead?" Twilight Sparkle asked. "Sure." Spike said. "But I'd never fit in down there. I'm not...normal. I'm not a pony. I don't even have a cutie mark." "Oh, Spike, Spike, Spike." Twilight Sparkle said trying to confort her dragon friend, but was once again by Parasprites that perched on her again. "Do you mind?!" Twilight Sparkle asked the Parasprites as she waved them away. "I would like to have a moment alone with the dragon, if that's all right with you!" Pinkie Pie went up to Spike and said "Hey, quit beating around the bell tower in Canterlot. What do we have to do, paint you a fresco?" "As your friends and guardians, we insist you attend the festival." Rarity said.

"Me?" Spike asked. "No, the pope." Pinkie Pie said. "OF COURSE, you!" "It would be a veritalbe pope-pourri educational experience." Rarity said. "Cider, mares, and song!" Pinkie Pie said. "You can learn to identify various regional cheeses." Rarity said. "Bobbing for apples!" Pinkie Pie said. "Study indigenous folk music." Rarity said. "Playing Dunk the Monk!" Pinkie Pie said. "Spike, take it from a unicorn who is a spectator." Twilight Sparkle said. "Life's not a spectator sport. If watching is all you're gonna do, then you're gonna watch your life go by without you." "Yeah." Pinkie Pie said. "Your perfectly normal, with the scales, the spikes, and the fangs. We're just part of the architecture, right Rarity?" "Yet, if you chip us, will we not flake?" Rarity asked. "If you moisten us, do we not grow moist?" "Spike, just get yourself clean, and walk out those doors." Twilight Sparkle said.

Spike sighed and said "Thanks for the encouragement, girls. But you're all forgetting one big thing." "What?" Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Twilight Sparkle asked at the same time. Spike took the toy painted like Discord off the table and showed it to the pony gargoyles as he said "My master, Discord." "Oh, yeah. Right." Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Twilight Sparkle said at the same time feeling dejected. "Well, when he says you're forbidden from ever leaving the bell tower in Canterlot, does he mean 'ever ever'?" Rarity asked. "Never ever!" Spike said. "And he hates the Feast Of Fools!" He'd be furious if I asked to go." "Who says you gotta ask?" Pinkie Pie asked as an idea hit her. "Oh, no." Spike said not liking where the idea was heading. "You sneak out..." Pinkie Pie started to say. "It's just one afternoon." Twilight Sparkle said. "I couldn't!" Spike said. "...And you sneak back in!" Pinkie Pie said finishing her sentence.

"He'll never know you were gone." Twilight Sparkle said. "And if I get caught?" Spike asked. "Better to beg forgiveness than ask permission, darling." Rarity said. "He might see me!" Spike said. "You could wear a disguise." Pinkie Pie said. "Just this once. What Discord doesn't know can't hurt you!" "Ignorance is bliss." Rairty said. "Look who's talking." Pinkie Pie said giving Rarity a noogie on her mane. Twilight Sparkle gave Spike a hug and said "No creature wants to stay cooped up forever." Spike thought for a moment, smiled, said "You're right! I'll go!" The pony gargoyles cheered as Spike got up from his seat, started walking to the stairs, and said "I'll get cleaned up!" The pony gargoyles cheered as Spike said "I'll stroll down those stairs." The pony gargoyles cheered again. "I'll march through the doors and-!" Spike started to say, but he was cut short when Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Twilight Sparkle turned back to stone as Discord appeared in front of Spike and said "Good morning, Spike." "Ah...um, g-g-good morning, Master Discord." Spike said stuttering nervously.