When Ruby Red had gone to sleep one night, happy and safe with the knowledge she would continue to sell her wonderful baked goods to Ponyville.

The next she woke up to fear, uncertainty, and weighing almost two-hundred pounds more than she’d had. She came to learn she hadn’t slept her usual eight hours: she’d slept away more than a month.

Ruby Red was a unicorn who specialized in all things bakery, her expertise reaching toward soups, chili, and sandwiches as well. She did good business, and the sudden increase in demand was startling.

She had gone to sleep barely breaking even with her business, and now she had extra bits. Which was good, she needed to renovate her restaurant and apartment.

Ruby stood behind her counter on aching legs, trying to ignore the growling in her stomach. She still wasn’t sure how she’d gotten down her stairs, as she’d gotten her sides caught on the sides several times. She had been scared she’d be stuck on the stairs for a while, until she’d managed to squeeze past the problem areas and made it down.

Ruby felt conflicted about her new size. She’d always been fat, baking all day would do that to a mare, but now she had almost doubled her previous weight, and she could feel it. Her knees hurt, her hooves hurt, she couldn’t walk to feet before panting for breath. Sweat gathered in the creases and folds of her many rolls of fat. They itched sometimes, and it made wearing her too-tight apron really uncomfortable.

However, despite the drawbacks, Ruby was enjoying herself. She was fat already, so no more diets or exercise if she could help it. She could indulge all she wanted without sly looks and whispered remarks. Nopony could judge, not anymore. Ruby wasn’t the fattest in Ponyville now, not by a long shot.

In spite of herself, Ruby was falling in love with her fatter body. It was hard to stand, but laying down was a new comfort. Soft, and warm, and squishy all over.

Ruby sighed, staring down at her pudgy, sagging chest. The apron seemed to emphasize her new gains. Her stomach growled again, and this time Ruby couldn’t stop herself. Lunging for the nearest cake she had on display, Ruby used her magic to levitate the dome lid from over the cake. Sliding the cake over the counter, Ruby forwent cutlery and manners.

In full view of her customers, all seated to small feasts of their own, she shoved her muzzle into the cake and began to eat.

Later that week, Ruby forked over most of her savings to one of the new companies that had sprung up, renovating her entire building. No more stairs, no more thin hallways or doors. It was all going to be easy.

In the meantime, Ruby could sit back at the nearby motel, and stuff herself silly with all the food she could afford.

It came as no surprise that when the renovations were complete, Ruby had needed the help of three Belly Boards to get back to her life. Her cream-coloured body had expanded much too quickly for her under-used muscles to keep up. In the span of weeks, she’d hire new employees to help.

By the time Twilight and her friends were returned to Ponyville, Ruby was laying in her kitchen, unable to move her fat bloated body an inch.

Ruby was the heaviest ‘working’ pony in all of Ponyville, relying on her magic to do everything for her. She taste-tested everything that left her kitchen, and sometimes ate entire batches of ‘inferior’ product.

Ruby was rich, and so fat she could do little but eat and sleep. She was content, and that was what mattered to her.

Author's Note

Ruby Red is a character of mine, one I haven't really used before. Maybe she'll appear again later on or something in the main story, but for now here she is.