My Little Pony: Equestria Girls 3 1/2: The Diamond

Pinkie sat at the counter, ready for some customers... if there were any. A few weeks ago, a new place opened up, rivaling Sugarcube Corner. Better cupcakes, better cakes, pretty much better everything. There were barely any customers left. The only customers that actually showed up were Pinkie's friends and Lyra and Sweetie Drops who would come in everyday after school. They were sitting on the couch, just talking about their day, with Pinkie listening to them afar.

"And so Derek pretty much lost his job because of money problems." said Lyra as she sipped her drink.

"No way! Is he homeless?" asked Sweetie Drops.

"He's living with his cousin. Man, imagine how it feels for another company creating better products than you." Lyra then realize she said that out loud. She turned to see a crestfallen Pinkie, rare sight. "Wup, I'm sorry Pinkie."

"It's okay." Pinkie said emotionless. Lyra looked at her for a few seconds, then continued to talk with her friend. Pinkie however sighed a long sigh. At that moment, the bell rung, indicating someone entered the place. Pinkie looked up to see Sunset and the rest of her friends. They all had smiles on their faces, something Pinkie wished she could have right now. They walked over to the counter to talk with their friend.

"Hey Pinkie." greeted Sunset.

"Hey." replied Pinkie in an emotionless way. The girls noticed this because of how cheerful she's always is.

"Why whatever is the matter darling?" asked Rarity.

"Nothing Rare. It's just that our business isn't doing so well, what with that new shop that opened up, it keeps stealing our customers." answered Pinkie.

"I'd say." said Mr. Cake who stepped into the conversation. "The only customers we have are you girls and those two over there." Mr. Cake then pointed to Lyra and Sweetie Drops, who in returned waved back.

"What can you guys do to get more money?" asked Fluttershy.

"Nothing at the moment." answered Mr. Cake.

"Well that won't stop me!" yelled Rainbow. "I'm loyal to my friends, and if they need help, then help they'll get. We have to think of ways of advertisement to get more customers here!"

"Rainbow ah think yer on to somethin'." said Applejack.

"Why I agree darling. But what form of advertisement would you suggest?" asked Rarity.

"Simple. You girls remember when we did that song in the cafeteria to win the pony Twilight win the crown so Sunset couldn't take over the school." Realizing what she said, Rainbow turned to see Sunset glaring at her. "No offence." Sunset chuckled.

"None taken." she said while waving her hand.

"Well we do the same. We dress up in outfits in front of the store and we show people how great this place is!" Rainbow eyed Applejack for a moment. "We'll even get Micro Chips to help." Upon hearing her crushes' name, Applejack blushed a little but hid her face with her hat.

"OOH! OOH! We can throw a party!" Pinkie yelled, being back to her usual self now. "Bring samples, create more flavors! That'll certainly get more customers!"

"And maybe we'll get money to pay the bills." said Mr. Cake. Everyone turned to him to hear what he meant.

"What do you mean?" asked Fluttershy.

"Well since we're not getting customers lately, that means no money. And both me and Mrs. Cake work here, so we don't have a second job, plus we have to take care of 2 children, still infants by the way. I need the money to support my family." The girls felt sorry for him, but at the same time, gave them a better reason why they should do this.

"Then we'll work extra hard for the sake of your family." exclaimed Rainbow.

"Then it's settle. We create advertisment, get more customers, an' the Cakes will get more money." Applejack said as she put her hand out. Rarity put her hand on top of hers, followed by Fluttershy, Rainbow, Pinkie, and Sunset. Then at that moment, a mysterious hand appeared on their hands.

"N-no Snips, you- you aren't helping." said Sunset as she scooted his hand out the group.

"Awww." said Snips. Two more hands joined in on the group. Those two hands belonged to Lyra and Sweetie Drops. The girls looked at them in confusion.

"Hey we're loyal customers here as well. We'll help!" exclaimed Lyra.

"Yeah! Think of it as, friendly bondage." said Sweetie Drops. The girls smiled at their loyalty. Then then raised their hands out in the air, yelling and cheering.

I feel a montage coming on... or is that constipation... probably both. *montage consisting of many attempts of advertisment starts*

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The girls started doing many advertisements in order to get the Cakes more customers. The first thing they did was spread the word everywhere. The girls stood at corners of streets handing out flyers that said, "SURGARCUBE CORNER! BEST BAKERY IN TOWN! COME GET SOME!" This brought a little customers there, but to spread it faster, Applejack and Micro Chips helped spread it on the internet. Little did Micro Chips know was that Applejack volunteered to work with him for some, "friendly bondage".

Pinkie and Mr. Cake started making more flavors like "Chocolate Surprise" or "Strawberry Blast" and "Pinkie's Pink-Tastic Wonder-Waffle" which consisted of a waffle-ice cream sandwich.

Rarity made costumes for the girls, with Micro Chips as the judge. He gave thumbs up to almost everyone. Rarity came out and he to gave a thumbs up to her. Last was Applejack who came out of the changing room. Micro Chips dropped his jaw at such beauty.

"So sugarcube, what ya think?" asked Applejack.

"You look like a beautiful angel that came from heaven." said Micro Chips still awestruck. Hearing those words caused Applejack to blush madly. Unfortunately, she didn't have anything to cover her face with so she just looked at Micro Chips with her red face. Micro Chips snapped out of his trance and gave her two thumbs up. Afterwards Applejack ran up to him and hugged him on his chair, causing Micro Chips to blush madly this time. The girls giggled at this sight, and they thought after they were done helping the Cakes, they would get Applejack and Micro Chips to start dating.

Lyra and Sweetie Drops stood out front of the bakery in their "cute" outfits, holding out free samples. A person walked up to her and tasted it. He gave a warm smile before heading inside the bakery. Inside was Pinkie's party, filled with balloons, cake, and more free samples. The person went crazy for these things and immediately went for the free samples. Lyra and Sweetie Drops gave a thumbs up to each other.

*end of montage*

[2 weeks later]

Pinkie sat in the shop waiting for some customers. Sunset and her friends sat on the couch, along with Lyra and Sweetie Drops. Sadly their plans for advertisements in order to get more customers barely worked. Sugarcube Corner only gained around 3 more customers. Micro Chips, Flash Sentry, and some quiet blonde guy who wore a B letterman jacket and blue jeans and white shoes, with white fingerless gloves. They never knew his name since he doesn't talk... at all. Pinkie just calls him "Jacket".

The girls sighed at an attempt of failure.

"We're sorry Pinkie we couldn't get ya more customers." said Applejack.

"Nah it's okay Applejack." reassured Pinkie.

"Who knew that other place was prepared for what we did." added Mr. Cake. He gave a long sad sigh. "I guess we're gonna have to close down now, and see where we can work somewhere else." Rainbow had enough of his sad talking and decided to stand up for his rights.

"That is totally not going to happen!" yelled Rainbow gaining attention from everyone. "We are going to save Sugarcube Corner if it's the last thing we'll do! Who's with me?" All the girls cheered.

"Gee, I don't know what I'll do without you girls? Why do you do this?" asked Mr. Cake.

"Because Friendship is MAGIC!" yelled Sunset.

"Guns are Great!" yelled the person who was wearing binoculars from the last chapter (Steele). He was holding a submachine gun, well actually he was putting a clip into it, and afterwards cocking it. They were in a dark room, where the only visible light source was coming from a computer, in which someone was in front of. "I don't know what I'll do without them."

"Steele." said a Indian guy in a blue hoodie with curly black hair. "I found out where the school is."

"Where is it?" asked Steele as he approached the guy. The guy turned around on his computer to point out where it was. He pointed to a marker on the computer that said, 'Canterlot High School'.

"It seems to be near a cul-de-sac, somewhere in the suburbs." replied the Indian guy.

"Great job Percy. This brings us one step closer to riches."

"So why did you ask me to search this up?" asked Percy who looked at him.

"The Diamond is the gold to the leprechaun cops in this town. They'll do anything to protect it, even send the whole CPD on us. But we're elves." answered Steele who kept looking at the screen, smiling deviously.

"What does that mean?" asked Percy. Steele kept his eyes on the computer, smiling.

"It means..." Steele then grabbed a lighter and Cuban Cigar. He started lighting the cigar, soon igniting the tip. "We're clever criminals who in the end get what they want... in this case... The Diamond." His reflection is slightly seen on the screen, showing that he took the cigar in his mouth, smoked it and blew it into the air, some of it went on the screen of the computer.