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I woke up in my purple sleeping bag.

" 'Morning, Silvy!" Gummy said.

  "You fell asleep. You weren't supposed to! The rest of us were up ALL NIGHT!!" Soft Steps had two bags under her eyes. She'll probably cover them up with makeup later.

"Sorry." I crawled out of my sleeping bag, my belly literally dragging across the floor.

  "EEK! I'm so excited!" Bella jumped up and down squealing like a baby pig. "Gummy got permission from her parents to take us all to the mall today!!!!!"

"But we have to stay together, though." Gummy added.

I stood up. "What's for breakfast?"

"Pancakes." Hula mused. "But you have to go last since you eat the most."

"Race you gals down the stairs to the kitchen!!" Gummy yelled. Of course, I was dead last.

  "Hi, girls!" Gummy's grandma Sprinkles was making pancakes like she said. She looked at me with wide eyes. "My word, Silver Spoon, you've GROWN!!!"

"Horizontally, yes." I said.

"I'm gonna have to make extra pancakes for you just to feed your face!!"

I let Mrs. Sprinkles go at it. Because of Gummy's permission, who knows, I'll probably weigh 230 pounds by Monday!

  When the fifteen pancakes were done, we all lined up to eat them. I was last, obviously. The girls took two, and I got seven topped with syrup, Oreos, marshmallows, powdered sugar, and the juice of a squeezed lemon. I ate it all.

Fifteen minutes later, after breakfast, we thanked Mrs. Sprinkles, grabbed our purses and headed outside.

We stopped on the porch."Where were you planning on going, Gummy?" I asked.

Gummy tapped her chin thoughtfully."Well, I was thinking we could shop for saddles at the mall, scan the food court for yummy samples, and then we could get candy at Sunset Gourmet Candy Shop. It doesn't have to be in order."

"But it could!" Hula smiled. "Let's head to the mall, girls!"

And with that, we walked off the porch and to the mall.

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"The Canterlot Mall!!!!" I gushed when we got there. "Just like I remembered it."

"Of course." Soft Steps muttered.

I sighed when I saw the saddle shop.

  "Silver, we don't have to shop for saddles if it reminds you of the fashion incident on the first day of school." Gummy said. "We could get our manes done at the Manes 'N Tails Salon!! That OK with you girls?"

Hula, Bella, and Soft Steps nodded.

"Thanks for your concern, girls. Let's go in." The salon was next to the saddle shop.

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  We came out two hours later at twelve o' clock. My hair was relaxed, washed, and expertly braided into two waist length french braids. Bella's long pink hair was up in a very high ponytail. Soft Steps's teal mane was washed and combed through, then straightened. Gummy's lavender mane was fish-braided. And lastly, Hula's bob was washed, sprayed, and combed.

"Don't I look beautiful, darling?" Soft Steps teased me as she twirled her hair around and around her hoof.

"We sure do!" I laughed. my stomach growled. "I'm hungry." I told the girls.

"Silvy, you're always hungry." Soft Steps said.

"But we were heading to the food court next." Gummy said. "I'm hungry, too."

"Me too." Bella said. "It's been a while since breakfast, hasn't it?"

All the while we were talking, we were heading to the food court without knowing it. We were soon standing right in front of it.

  We stepped in line and grabbed our trays. I got a diet daffodil-and-daisy sandwich, Hula got corn soup, Bella and Gummy grabbed mashed potatoes, and Soft Steps got cornbread. Gummy said we couldn't get dessert here because we were going to Sunset after the mall.

Soft Steps found a table for five and we all sat down to eat.

  I ate my daffodil-and-daisy sandwich in two or three gulps and started to head to the line for seconds, plus more. But a cerise-colored hoof grabbed hold of my stomach!

"SOFT STEPS!!" I growled. "What's the problem??"

  "I can't let you go over there for seconds, Silver Spoon. I know Gummy said you could gain as much weight as you can until the program, but you're kinda overdoing it!" Soft Steps said.

I sighed. "Just this once? Please??"

Soft Steps let go of my belly. "Fine. Your obesity prob."

I went into the line and got two more sandwiches. By the time I was done with them, it was time to leave the food court.

  We looked inside a store that sold pagers(not that we needed new ones), a jewelry store(I bought a pair of diamond studs, Gummy got pastel pink faux pearls, Soft Steps got a tie-dye peace sign necklace, Hula nabbed some pink diamond castle drops and some perfume that smelled like jasmine and lilac,and Bella got a pair of skinny silver hoops), drooled over cookies at Mrs. Cornfields's cookie shop, and exited the mall for Sunset.

I checked my watch. One forty-five pm.

"Sunset's a little far away; may we get a taxi?" Bella asked Gummy.

"No!" Gummy frowned. "Silver Spoon has to walk the two miles."

"Sorry, but I think Bella's right." I said. "It'll take me two hours to RUN two miles."

"Whoa, seriously?" Hula said.

Gummy called a taxi and he came to drive us soon after. When we got to Sunset, Gummy paid the driver and we went inside.

When we saw the candy inside that store, I swear, we all drooled to the floor.

"'Kay, we'll all get our candy, and I'll meet all you guys by the giant chocolate bunny in twenty minutes." Gummy said.

We all took off in five directions.

  I went for the chocolate first. I filled my bag with five King candy bars, and had to get another to fill the rest of my stuff. I got another bag and filled it with three and a half scoops of peanut butter M&M's.

  I grabbed a couple of Snickers bars, a giant rainbow lollipop the size of my face(wow, HUMONGOUS!!!!), and a bag of Gummy Worms. I checked the clock. Time to meet the girls.

We all met up by the bunny and compared bags.

"We should probably eat all this stuff at the movie we're watching tonight in my room." Gummy said.

I saw a bubblegum pink tee that said:I Heart Candy. I picked it up from its hanger and took my stuff in to the checkout line.

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We were back in Gummy's room by two forty five pm.

"Woo-hoo!! We had a TON of fun!!!!" Bella squealed and flopped herself on Gummy's bed.

  "And we have enough candy EACH to keep us on sugar-high for weeks!!!!!!!!" Hula whooped. My BFFs were acting like they had already eaten the candy.

"Indeed, Bella and Hula." I sat in the bean bag again. "We won't be sleeping tonight, either." I giggled.

"The thing is, girls," Gummy said. "I haven't decided on a movie for tonight yet."

"Ooh! Have you seen The Ghazt?" Bella said.

"Eek! Not every pony likes monster movies like you do, Bellaluna." Hula said.

Everyone(including me, but not Gummy) started calling out movie titles at once!

"My First Cupcake!"

"City Secrets!"

"My Dog Skip!"

"My Cat Angie!"

"H2O: Just Add Water!!"

"Aquamarine: Merpony Style!"

"Alright, ALRIGHT!!!" Gummy closed her ears and growled. We shut up instantly.

"We'll go with Silvy's suggestion, Aquamarine: Merpony Style." Gummy said.

Yes!

"Aww!!!!" Soft Steps whined.

"Sorry, I don't own My First Cupcake or My Cat Angie anyway." Gummy told Soft Steps.

  Two hours and fifteen minutes passed by quickly, and Gummy put in the movie at six. I loved my favorite part where the two girls and Aquamarine go on a shopping spree at the mall. 'One Original Thang' is one of my favorite songs.

The credits started to roll at 7:44 pm.

"That was great! Can we watch H2O now?" I asked.

  We watched that, plus My Dog Skip and City Secrets, then we played video games, and all he while we ate and ate our candy. The girls even got to hear my super famous burp again!

This pure awesomeness went on and on and on the entire night. And this time, I did NOT fall asleep.