What ever happened to old Sugarcube Corner?

by TGnPFlutterGuy

Rating: everyone
Tags: Applejack, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Rainbow Dash, Original Character, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Tragedy, Fluttershy, Adventure, Derpy Hooves, Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle
Length: 2979

Twilight Sparkle wakes up to an abrupt explosion. She then begins investigating.

Twilight wakes up due to an abrupt explosion from what appeared to be Sugarcube Corner. She then decides to investigate. Piecing together the evidence, suspects become more apparent.

Hey guys, this is my first fanfic by the way, please do help me when it comes to grammar errors and such. Thanks everypony for reading :D

Published 2011-11-07 06:48:03 UTC
Last updated 2011-11-10 03:08:19 UTC

Chapter 1

What Ever Happened to Old Sugarcube Corner?

The day began very simple and calm. Twilight was walking through Ponyville trying to find the only pony she knew could help solve her problem. She decided to go to Applejack’s farm and ask her if she’s seen Her. Twilight approached Applejack and asked,
“Hey AJ, have you seen Ditzy lately?” Applejack turned around from her apple-bucking to then reply,
“No mam, I haven’t seen a lick of her since the incident last week. But I remember she said something bout’ visiting Fluttershy to help her tend to the animals and what not.”
Twilight then gave Applejack a pleasant goodbye and headed for Fluttershy’s cottage.

When she arrived she spotted Ditzy Doo and Fluttershy tending to the animals as AJ had said. She tried to be a little more quiet upon sneaking up on Fluttershy remembering what happened when she had called for in a rather unpleasantly loud voice.
”Hey Fluttershy, how’s it going?” Twilight then asked upon approaching her.
”It’s all going great, thanks to Ditzy and her amazing ability to help the birds find their way through the forest…since…well….my flying isn’t really up to par like hers.” Twilight smiled and trotted over to Ditzy to ask her about what had happened last week. Twilight was pondering what had happened because she didn’t quite make it in time to really tell exactly what went on that day, but from what she picked up on is that Sugarcube Corner had suddenly exploded somehow.

Twilight knew very well it had to do with Ditzy.
“Hey Ditzy, how are you doing today?” Ditzy looked down to see the purple unicorn waving her hoof at her. She then descended down to greet her.
”I’m doing great, how about you?” Ditzy greeted her happily.
“Pretty well.” Twilight answered. “ I have a question for you, about last week I mean.”
“Oh, you mean Sugarcube Corner?” Ditzy then questioned.
“Yeah.” Twilight then answered.
“Well, when I was minding my own business walking through the town center. I smelt something AMAZINGLY scrumptious and instantly knew I had to go find out what that heavenly smell was, So I turned my smelling senses to extra high to seek out where that smell was coming from. I searched around all of Ponyville until I found Sugercube Corner and knew that I had pin-pointed the exact location of that amazing smell. I then opened the door only to be greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Cake. They both offered me quite a few samples of what I could tell were more than spectacular cupcakes. But I turned them down as I floated to the counter to find a batch of a dozen, freshly-baked, homemade, MUFFINS! I have had muffins before this occasion, but for some reason, these muffins made me stop in my tracks. They were my favorite kind, blueberry with walnuts coating the outside. I asked Mr. and Mrs. Cake how much they needed for the whole batch, they said they were samples. That’s when I felt myself begin to shake at the thought of being able to eat the most amazing cupcakes ever, FOR FREE! I grew weak as I leaned in to take a bite. But before I knew it, I was blown straight out of the front door with such a force. I woke up about 5 minutes later to only see a stub of Sugarcube Corner left. I was so disappointed I didn’t get to try any of those amazing muffins. But what really worried me was what had happened to Pinkie Pie and Mr. and Mrs. Cake. So to this day I still don’t know exactly what happened. Sorry, but that’s all I know Twilight.”
“Oh, it’s ok Ditzy, thank you, you have no idea how much this is going to help me on finding out this catastrophe.” Twilight thanked Ditzy.
“But I have one more question. Do you remember seeing Pinkie at all before the explosion?” Twilight asked.
Ditzy put her hoof against her muzzle and thought, “Now that you think of it, I didn’t see her at all.”
Twilight then began a full sprint to the town center thanking Ditzy as she left,
“Thank you!”
Ditzy lifted herself into the air and yelled, “Your welcome!” whilst waving a hoof at her.

Twilight arrived at the town center meeting Rainbow Dash relaxing next to a tree. She stopped to talk to Rainbow Dash.
"Hey Dash, did you get to see what happened to Sugarcube Corner?" Twilight asked randomly.
"Uhhhh....Duuuhhhhh, I was helping the rest of the weather squad when that huge explosion catapulted me like 50 feet away from the spot i was flying. It seemed like it rocked all of Equestria!" Said Dash excitedly.
"So you were there?" Asked Twilight.
"Of course, we had to make sure that we got rid of the fog clouds so that way it wouldn't ruin all the baked goods at Sugarcube Corner.....Looked like they went ahead and did that themselves..." Dash said unenthusiastically.
"Hmmm.... I see. You didn't happen to see Pinkie Pie flee from the scene did you?" Asked Twilight reluctantly.
"Now that you mention it, when I regained control in the air, I saw her prancing away from the scene, happy as can be!" Rainbow Dash said angrily.
"I don't know how anypony could be happy about Sugarcube Corner being blown t-" Twilight stopped when she realized what was going on.
"Rainbow, I need you to come with me." Twilight commanded.
"Well, I have some training I need to do..... can't this wait?" Rainbow complained.
Twilight raised an eyebrow.
"You expect me to believe that when you were resting under that tree for longer than an hour?"
"Hey! Flying is hard work. It really tires your wings. But, if you need me that bad, I guess I'll tag along with you" Rainbow Dash said rolling her eyes.
"Good, now lets go!" Twilight said as she grabbed Rainbow by the hoof and trotted to Sugarcube Corner. When they got there, they saw a couple detectives talking to Mr. and Mrs. Cake whom were still grieving over the loss of their beloved workplace.
"I don't know what *sniff* happened *sniff*, I was trying to show Ditzy Doo our latest plates of cupcakes when suddenly the whole place just...just...just.... exploded!" Mrs. Cake cried as she buried her head into Mr. Cakes' shoulder.
"Yeah, I have no idea what happened either, my real question is what ever happened to our worker....Pinkie Pie. She suddenly disappeared after the whole incident. Which gave me a few questions, but knowing Pinkie, she would never do something as to have blown up her favorite place to throw parties and bake." Mr. Cake said comforting his wife. Twilight and Rainbow had then approached the sad couple, and noticed a strange smell of sugar and frosting, not really a big deal knowing that they were approaching the two that owned the biggest baking shop in Ponyville.
"Sorry to interrupt, but i need to ask you two a question really quick if that's ok." Twilight said looking at Mr. and Mrs. Cake.
They both looked at each other and answered hesitantly, "Uhhhh.....sure."
"What do you remember about the day when your shop had exploded?" Asked Twilight.
"Well, I was showing Ditz-" Mrs. Cake was interrupted.
"I know about that, but what were the last few things you remembered before the place had exploded?" Asked Twilight anxiously.
"Hmmm.....well...... I remembered smelling something a little peculiar, like frosting but with a sour tinge to it..." Mr. Cake then began making motions with his hooves as if he were calculating something.
"Ahhhh, that's right, I had given Pinkie the job to bake the most amazing batch of muffins she could ever bake for a special client that was coming into town. She seemed so overjoyed when she received the request. She headed straight downstairs to begin immediately." Mr. Cake said.
"I see, so what could have caused the whole place to com bust like that?" Twilight asked confused.
"I know why!" The figure of a pink pony singing happily hopped to them.

"Pinkie!" Yelled everypony in unison.

Sorry for any errors ahead of time, this is the first fanfic I have written. I will more than likely upload Chapter two by either tomorrow or tuesday.

Chapter 2

Author's Note: I didn't have any help whatsoever on this story, so sorry if it has grammatical errors and such.

The group of pony's grew to a stare as the mare stepped out from behind the shadows. It was Pinkie Pie. From the look on her face, she was just everyday average Pinkie Pie. Twilight had then stepped forward and asked her with a confused expression.

"Where have you been Pinkie?! We were all worried something might have happened!"

Pinkie then looked at Twilight with a very confused expression.

"I was getting supplies silly!"

"Supplies for what? You do realize that Sugarcube Corner is in ruins now don't you??" Rainbow Dash asked irritated.

"Haha, what are you talking abo-" Pinkie then asked as she turned around to see the once proud and prestine bakery completely ravished.

"about...." She finished her sentence with hesitation.

"Did you JUST realize what had happened???" Twilight asked as she immediately face-hoofed.

Pinkie was still in amazement on how the greatest bakery in Ponyville was now a wreck. Her eyes began to tear up.

"You said you knew why it blew up, but then, you said you had no idea the place was even in a condition like this..." Twilight added before Pinkie could continue on with her crying.

"I thought you all were talking about why the cupcakes were taking so long.... Not why.... this... happened." Her hair then began losing it's form, which was at one moment in a very playful and bouncy state, was now a flat and depressing mess.

"So wait, you didn't do this?" Twilight then added.

"No! I would've never done such a thing to my favorite place to throw parties and bake!"

"Told ya' so." Mr. Cake said after Pinkie completed her rant.

"When I began trotting my way to get a few supplies that the bakery didn't have, I heard something loud, but just thought that somepony might've just dropped something, not that something like this would happen...to...." She stopped talking as tears began to flow down her cheeks. She was just as surprised about this happening as everypony else whom was wondering about it.

"It's ok Pinkie, we are going to find out exactly who or what did this." Twilight then added reassuring Pinkie.

"Did you see anypony suspicious leave the scene?" Twilight then asked Rainbow Dash.

She then put a hoof on her chin as if thinking in deep contemplation.

"Now that you mention it....." Rainbow then said pausing for dramatic effect.

"I did see a few fillies walk away from their rather suspiciously... I didn't really think anything of it knowing they were just fillies ya' know?

"Did you happen to see what they're cutie marks looked like?" Twilight asked.

"They didn't...have...any..." Rainbow then looked up realizing who she saw.

"The cutie mark crusaders!" The three ponies said in unison.

"I'm sorry about what had happened to your shop Mr. and Mrs. Cake, but I am going to find out what happened." Twilight said.

"*sniff* Thank you *sniff*" Mrs. Cake then said wiping a tear away from her eye.

With a confident smile, the three ponies then began trotting to the CMC's tree-house.

Twilight continued talking to Rainbow Dash and Pinkie about what happened.

"So Pinkie, exactly what was going on before the explosion?" Twilight said breaking the silence.

"Well.... Mr. Cake gave me the job to make the most scrumptious cupcakes ever. So I agreed. I made a test batch to make sure they were worth serving. They were AMAZING! I was thinking of just forgetting about making another batch to serve and just serving those ones instead. But I knew I could make better cupcakes than those. So i put my abilities to the test! I decided I was going to bake an extra-amazing-super-HUGE-insanely-awesome-and-extra-delicious cupcake! So i put 4 cups of flower into the bowl. Then I took alot of sweets and added it to the mix. Then I added two pinches of salt and 2 teaspoons of vanilla. I then put into the oven, and it smelled a-m-a-zing!" Pinkie said with extra enthusiasm.

"I left so I could find a big enough cupcake mold to hold such a huge cupcake. I looked an entire week over almost all of Equestria for it. I even went to Manehatten! I still couldn't find one, so I came back deciding to bake it into a whole bunch of separate bowls. When I got back, I saw you and Dashie talking to Mr. and Mrs. Cake, hearing the conversation, I then assumed that you ponies were talking about my cupcakes. But when I turned around..." Pinkies eyes grew dull and lusterless, her hair began to flatten.

"It was gone." Pinkie said as she stopped walking and sat on her haunches. She then proceeded to bury her face into her hooves and cried. Twilight and Dash then turned around to go aid they're saddened friend.

"Pinkie, it's alright, I bet you that the town has already began reconstructing Sugarcube Corner, im sure you'll be able to bake and throw parties in no time!" Twilight said with a reassuring smile.

"Alright..." Pinkie then said as she looked up, immediately cheering up, her hair grew back to it's usual poofiness.

They arrived at the tree-house after about 30 minutes of traveling. They heard noise coming from inside, the noise sounded like little fillys conversing over something.

Twilight was the first to make her way up the very small and poorly built stairs. Once she got up to the deck of the tree-house, she then proceeded to knock on the door with her left hoof. The little ponies inside seemed to panic as they shushed each other as they approached the door. Scootaloo stuck her head out the door to see Twilight staring at her.

"H-hi Twilight, its a shock to see you here." She then opened the door a little bit more only to be greeted by the eyes of Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash.

She perked up when she saw Dash.

"Hey Rainbow!" She said with extreme enthusiasm. A smile spreading ear-to-ear.

"Hey..." Rainbow then said rolling her eyes.

Applebloom then knocked Scootaloo out of the way. In the back they 3 mares could hear her begin to complain.

"What can I do ya' for?" Applebloom asked with a pleasant smile.

"Well, we kind of have a problem..."

"What kind'a problem?"

"Like the biggest bakery in Ponyville exploding into bits! Kind of problem." Pinkie said as she made a motion towards Ponyville.

The filly then tensed up and was quickly pulled out by Sweetie Belle.

"What do you mean??" Sweetie Belle then said with a saddened facial expression.

The door now fully open revealing the 3 fillies as they looked at them in wonder.

Twilight looked over at Pinkie. Pinkie then nodded and went through the entire story of how the place suddenly exploded.

"And we saw you three fillies leaving, looking very suspicious!" Rainbow said inching a little closer to them.

Twilight then hoisted her back with her hoof.

"I'm afraid it's true, we came here to ask you three about what happened. Did you three have anything to do with this?"

The fillies seemed quite nervous after Rainbow's last remark as if were about to be strucken by her.

"Well...." Scootaloo said backing up.

"I think we messed up guys." She said as she looked around at the rest of them.

The three fillies then proceeded to lower their heads.

"What do you mean? 'messed up'? Twilight then asked with an irritated look on her face.

"Well..." Applebloom then choked out.

"Ughhhh.... not another story." Rainbow said unenthusiastically

Applebloom looked over at Rainbow Dash with a raised eyebrow.

"As i was saying..."

"We were just playing behind the bakery, pass-back of course. We were having alot o' fun until.." Applebloom stopped.

"We accidentally bounced the ball to hard." Sweetie Belle continued for Applebloom.

"The ball then bounced into one of the windows." Added Scootaloo.

"We really didn't mean for it to happen!" They all looked at the 3 with really big puppy-dog eyes.

They couldn't help but not be mad at them.

"It's okay, but I don't think that's what caused the explosion." Twilight then denounced

"Did you ponies notice an odd smell after the explosion." Rainbow asked.

"Yeah, it smelled like cyclotrimethylene trinitramine." All the ponies then looked at Applebloom with a weirded expression on their faces.

"A fancy phrase for c4." They still looked confused.

"Something that explodes."

"Ohhhh...." They all said.

"Well, why would somepony rig the place to explode?" Twilight asked.

Pinkie Pie then began to feel something coming on.

"Knee tingle, nose sniffle, achy shoulder, stinging tummy!"

"What does that mean?" Everypony asked.

"It means somethings going to explode!" Pinkie yelled.

Knowing well enough that Pinkies, Pinkie senses were true, everypony hid, even though Dash was still skeptical about it, she ignored her stubbornness and hid too.

BOOM!

The whole forest shook as a huge explosion emitted from the forest somewhere. Everypony looked up to make sure they were alright.

"Follow that explosion!" Twilight yelled as she ran towards the forest her head still ringing from the loudness of it.

More then likely, everypony in Ponyville heard that explosion. It shook the ground beneath them. Taking out a few steps in the CMC's tree-house. They all went for a full on sprint into the Everfree Forest.

Another Cliff hanger! Yay! :D
Stay tuned for the next chapter which should be coming out by friday! xD