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"Hey, what was that?" The pegasus said, overhearing a noise while relaxing in her house in Cloudsdale. She got up from her large, comfortable cloud bed and made her way to the door.
The red pony was like most young adult ponies in Cloudsdale; a swift, fit pegasus straight out of the Wonderbolts Academy. Velvet Cream was her name, and although she was accepted into the Academy, she was nowhere close to being one of the best. This was the reason why she decided to drop out. Now, she lived by herself in her own house in the floating city of Cloudsdale.
"Oh, it's just the newspaper." Velvet said, as she went to pick it up. On the front page there was a notice. She began to read it aloud. "Free contest! Anypony who wishes to win a lifetime supply of desserts, please submit the entry form on page B6 via Equestrian Post to be entered with a chance to win."
Of course, she flipped the pages until she landed on B6. Spotting the form in the bottom corner of the page, it didn't ask for a lot of information. It included: name, address, type of pony, and weight. "That's strange, why would it ask for your weight? Oh well, it's not like it's a secret anyways..."
Velvet filled in the entry form, and when she got to the weight she wrote down 120 pounds. Now completed, she cut it out with scissors and placed it carefully in her mouth. She walked outside to go drop it off at the Post Office.
It was wonderful outside, as it always was in Cloudsdale. Being a floating city made of puffy, white, water vapour filled pillows, Cloudsdale was above the clouds that covered the rest of Equestria. So while it was raining down below, the pegasi were enjoying the beautiful sunshine. With the birds chirping and gliding to and fro, they created intricate patterns similar to the ones that the world famous Wonderbolts executed. Many ponies were enjoying the sun, whether at the cafe or at work. However one in particular was not enjoying the blazing star's heat.
"Ugh, it's so hot outside..." Complained a very sleepy and overheating Velvet, who finally made it to the Equestrian Post Office. She waited in line rather impatiently until it was her turn. "Hi, I'd like to submit this. It's a contest that was in the paper this morning."
"Okay, and it won't cost you anything, because the contest is being put on by Equestrian Post, so you just did the shipping yourself!" The pony behind the counter told her with a smile.
"Oh, is that so. Well, thank you for holding this contest." Velvet replied, realizing how lucky she was because she didn't bring her bit bag.
"Your welcome, and have a good day!"
Velvet trotted home, under the sun until she made it to her front door. Once inside, she decided to kill some time by making a cake; she didn't get her cutie mark in baking without a reason. Getting all the ingredients ready, she mixed them together in a large bowl and poured the batter into a round dish. When she finished that, she threw the cake in the oven to bake until it was done; about thirty minutes.
Velvet opened the oven door once the thirty minutes had elapsed. Her muzzle was greeted with the warmth of the oven and the aroma of the cake. Carefully, she took it out of the oven. The red pony placed the hot cake on a cooling rack, and let it sit so she could ice it. Until then, Velvet Cream had nothing to do. "Ugh..." Velvet let out a grunt of boredom as she fell onto her couch. She would've fallen asleep, if it wasn't for the unexpected knock at her door. "Huh, I wonder who that is."
"Hello, are you Velvet Cream?" A colt with an Equestrian Post uniform asked, clipboard in hoof.
"Umm... Yeah, that's me. Do I have a package?"
The postal pony gave a bit of a slight smile. "You could say that. I just need you to sign here and here." He pointed to two spots on the paper, which Velvet complied to obediently. "Alright, it's all yours." The colt gave her a small box, about the size of three donut boxes, and left without another word.
"I can't be the only one who thinks Equestria Post ponies are a bit crazy..." Velvet said as she closed the door from the outside world.
She shifted her gaze from the closed door to the small box that now rested in the foyer of her house. "I should open this up in the kitchen" Velvet though aloud, a habit she picked up by living on her own. She took hold of the ropes attached to all packages that allowed pegasi and earth ponies to pick up their parcels, and brought it to the most delicious smelling room in the house.
She rested the package upon the table, and started to open it. When she accomplished that task, she took out the contents of the box. Inside was a smaller box with a note upon the top which read ~Congrats on winning the contest. We would like to present this amazing camera to you, the winner! Congratulations again!
P.S. Try taking pictures of food, it makes it twice as good!~
"Huh, that's a weird way to end a letter. Anyways, let's check out the camera!" Velvet extracted the camera box from the postal box and tossed the larger box aside. She opened the small box and retrieved the camera.
It looked no smaller than a deck of cards, and was a pure red colour. The camera didn't weight much either, a pound at the most. It had a sleek design and an electric screen on the back of it. It was definitely the nicest camera she had seen. "I can't wait to try it out! I know, I can take a picture of the cake!" She rushed over to take a picture, but stopped once she arrived at the dessert. "Oh, I still have to ice it! Silly me."
She went to the fridge and pulled out a bowl already full of icing. "It's a good thing I'm always prepared! Otherwise I'd have to make more icing." She quickly took the icing and spread it upon the surface area of the now cool cake until no cake showed through. It was a feast for the eyes once it was finished, and was no doubt going to be a feast for someone's stomach...
"Picture time!" Velvet exclaimed as she took a picture of the cake with her new camera. The HD resolution made the photograph very clear, but something was off. "Why are there two cakes in this photo?" She looked up and her question was instantly solved. Upon the counter were two, tasty treats instead of the one that was present previously.
"Where did this other cake come from?" Asked a confused Velvet to herself as she took a scoop of icing from the second cake. "Hey, this is my icing! What's going on here, that's a secret recipe so it can't be copied!" Finally, the red pony realized what she had in her possession. "Might as well make the best of it. Two is better than one anyways! I should retake the picture though, just to get it right!"
She lined up the camera once again, this time with both cakes in the shot. With a tap of her hoof, the camera made a clicking noise and a photograph appeared upon the screen. "F-f-four! How is there four cakes?" Just then, her stomach growled louder than she had ever heard it before. "I can't complain really... I'll just have a bunch if leftovers later." Little did she know that she was lying to herself.
"I might as well just eat the whole cake. I won't have any room left in my fridge otherwise!" Velvet took one of the cakes and took a large bite out of it. Icing all over her face, her eyes lit up as the dessert hit her tastebuds. "Wow, my cakes have never tasted this good!" She dove back in for another bite, and another, not concerned about making a mess of herself. Her belly was graciously accepting each bite she took of the cake. It occasionally emitted a low grumble to signal it had started the digestion process. Though something just wasn't right.
As Velvet Cream finished her last bite, she licked her lips and hooves, and rubbed her belly. It had become slightly larger after she had consumed an entire cake. Other than that, her figure was pretty much the same except a little extra padding on her behind. "Oh my goodness, that was a fantastic cake! I could go for another." Velvet trotted over to the cakes and eyed them up for a minute or two. "How did all of you get here? Is it that camera?" The red pegasus picked up the device and held it steady before pushing the top button and making it click. When Velvet looked at the cakes again, sure enough, there were six delicious cakes all awaiting to be eaten.
"Ah, so it was the camera! I don't know how it duplicates it, but I am glad it does!" Her stomach emitted another growl, clearly still hungry after her first cake. "Right, I was going to have another. I suppose I have to anyways, I have no spots for half of these!" Velvet picked up the closest cake to her, and started eating away with an intensity that even shocked herself. Maybe a little too much intensity, as she got icing all over her newly expanding belly.
With a final gulp, she finished the delicacy with a sense of pride. She just consumed two cakes by herself! However the two cakes didn't go unnoticed on her figure. Her belly had a slight wobble whenever she moved, and her plot had some more cushion on it. Her legs had gotten a little fat on them too, and her face had received the start of a double chin. Velvet didn't care though, the food was just too good. "Wow, that cake was even better than the last one! I can't believe I'm saying this, but I could really go for another one." She stared longingly at the cakes, deciding whether or not to have one more. "What's the worst the can happen? Besides, it's not like I'm in training anymore, so I can eat all the food I want!" She went to the cakes, and started stuffing herself silly, cake after cake going down her throat.
When only two remained, Velvet did a very intelligent thing. She grabbed the camera and took two pictures, making eight cakes appear. Setting the camera aside, she began her gluttony once again.
What Velvet Cream didn't know about the camera is that when something gets duplicated, it doubles the amount of fat within the delicacy. So at this point in time, whenever the pegasus ate one cake, it had the impact of eating thirty- two! This escalated very quickly, and Velvet soon began to figure this out on her own.
"Ugh, all this fat on me is heavy! It's hard to move around now." In place of a slender pegasus who just dropped out of the Wonderbolts academy, an overweight red slob stood in her place. Her belly hung low enough to just barely graze the floor, and had accumulated a roll or two of back fat. Her widened plot and thicker thighs had caused Velvet to change her walking style into more of a waddle. Her face had large, chubby cheeks with a full double chin and a third clearly on its way. She had definitely gained over 100 pounds from the cakes. "I think I'll move to somewhere more comfortable; my bed should be a good spot!" Velvet had to make several trips. She grabbed the largest platter she owned and placed the remaining four cakes on it and brought it up to her night table. She then had to go back downstairs to retrieve the camera, them come back upstairs. When you weight over 220 pounds and you aren't used to your weight, you can get tired really fast. So when Velvet finally made it back up to her bedroom, she collapsed in an exhausted heap on her bed. "Since when did taking the stairs get so hard?" She asked herself once she regained her breath. "Now then, onto these bad boys. But first, I should take a picture!" She pulled up the camera and snapped another shot, making eight cakes appear that have the fat amount of sixty-four each. She picked one up and ate it within three bites. With each bite, her belly slightly expanded along with the rest of her body. She was going to get huge by then end of it.
Velvet was having the time of her life. Now eating cakes that had the same amount of fat as 512 cakes, the amount of fat on her body was unbelievable. Totally immobile, she laid upon her belly that took up the entire bed, and then some. Her appendages were being sucked into her fat as she continued to grow. Her plot had grown to immense proportions, her cake/cherry cutie mark stretched to new lengths. All upon her body, she had rolls and rolls of squishy fat that could easily hide a filly from the outside world. Her face was comfortable, completely supported by the multiple chins she had accumulated over the past few hours. Her cheeks were as puffy as ever, and resembled a chipmunk storing nuts in its cheeks to bring home. She weighed about 4000 pounds at this time, and nothing was going to stop her from growing larger, except for one thing.
"How am I supposed to take a picture of the last cake? I positioned myself so I could grab the cakes with my mouth , but I didn't even think about the camera! Oh well." Velvet picked up the last treat and swallowed it down in one bite. Her belly grew just slightly more and a loud crack was sent out that would be audible for miles. "I guess it's time for a new bed." Velvet giggled to herself as she closed her eyes and let herself slowly drift off to sleep.
Author's Note
I know I've been pretty inactive, but I had to get this done when I could. I tried to spend some time on this one and develop some sort of storyline to it. Any feedback is always welcome!