Sweet Bakes

“How much longer entail we get to Manehattan?” Applebloom asked looking away from the window she had just previously been looking out of. She waited for a answer from anypony riding along with her on the train.

“Not long sugarcube, we should arrive soon,” Applejack answered her sister.

“Why are you so excited to get off Apple Bloom?” Sweetie belle asked.

“She probably excited for the new Sugarcube and to see manehattan,” Rarity answered Sweetie Belle.

“ I am excited for the grand opening and to see Manehattan but I'm more excited to see Babs again,” Applebloom said.

The four ponies conversations started to fade out while Starlight looked out the window. Starlight sat across on the other row from her friends. While her friends talked she was thinking about how things have gone since she has used the spell. Sugarcube has gotten great business where before they feared that they would be close. the local businesses like Sweet bakes didn't get shut down they still have great business. Sugarcube is about to have another shop open in another city. This was the good things the spell has done.

She looked to her friends and she was able to see some of the negative effects of the spell. All of her friends have been gaining weight recently just like the rest of the ponies in Ponyville. It has been around a little more than a month since the picnic where Starlight first noticed the weight gain. In that time they seem to have continued packing on the pounds.

AppleJack has lost a lot of muscle tone and has replaced it with a layer of fat. She is not chubby but is thicker. She had softer cheeks and a start of a second chin. She had a start of a potbelly. Her hips seemed to be wider as Applejack took more room on the bench seat then Starlight remembered.

Rarity though has definitely gained a bit of weight as she was easily chubby. she had a second chin accompanied with a pair of chubby cheeks. Her hips have gotten wider in taking up leaving little seating on the bench she shared with her younger sister. Rarity’s forelegs seemed to be cushier .The mares chest seemed to have gained a layer of ciloite making it more pronounced. Her stomach has gone from potbelly to a gut. If Starlight focused enough she would see it jiggle as the train travelled over the tracks, rocking the train slightly.

Applebloom and Sweetie belle both seemed to have gain some weight. Each was a softer and rounder. having close to double chins and rounder bellies.

“Now arriving at Manehattan station,” Said a conductor that broke Starlight out of her train of thought.

When the train finally stopped the girls all grabbed their saddlebags and got up to exit the train. When they exited they were met with a mass of ponies waiting outside. As they walked out the horde of ponies all started walking towards the train soon filling it.

When the area was cleared the group was able to see three familiar ponies waiting there. One was their hyperactive pink friend from Ponyville. Next was Applejack and Apple Bloom's cousin Babs Seed. Finally there was Rarity's friend Coco Pommel.

“Babs!” Applebloom and Sweetie belle both yelled and went running up to Babs Seed the others followed behind.

“Apple Bloom! Sweetie Bell! It's been forever!” Babs said going up.

While those three catched up AppleJack, Rarity and Starlight went talking to Coco and Pinkie.

“Coco, its so nice to see you I didn't even know you were coming to meet use.” Rarity said.

“Well I ran into Pinkie pie earlier and we were talking and she mentioned you and Applejack were coming so I came to say hi.” Coco said.

“Hey! should we get going to Sugarcube Corner,” Starlight said stopping the conversations going on.

“Ya! I'm excited for you girls to see the new Sugarcube Corner!” Pinkie said. “Follow me!” She said Bouncing off.

Everypony just shrugged and followed Pinkie pie.

Manehattan was as busy as always. Ponies cluttered the sidewalks.Taxis speeding throughout the road. It took some time to get through manehattan but soon the group arrived at the Bakery.

The new Sugarcube was just on a end of a street on the corner. It was a square shaped building with Sugarcube Corner in big lite up letters on the roof of the building. It was around the same size as the Sugarcube in Ponyville. unlike most building in the area with a grayish color it was bright pink. Which made it stook out from the rest of the city. The group went going inside.

The new Sugarcube Corners interior was in Starlights opinion was simple. Nothing was over the top. It had a average looking wooden flooring. A dozen tables big enough to fit four ponies placed around the Bakery. A counter with a empty display case built into it. To the left of the Counter was a hallway. Behind the counter was a door with a oval shape widow in the door. Through the Window Starlight could just see a portion of the kitchen.

“I need to get into the kitchen,” Starlight thought. “But I need to be discreet,” thought to herself. She went walking over to Pinkie. “umm Pinkie, where is the restroom?” She whispered enough so not everypony would hear her.

“Its down the hallway third door on the left,” Pinkie answered aloud. getting everyone's attention.

Starlight sighed internally as everponys attention was on her and Pinkie Pie. "Ok, thank you Pinkie," Starlight said. She went walking towards then down the hallway. She looked back while walking down seeing her friends slowly go out of sight. She got to the third door on her left.

She opened it seeing a bathroom with white tiled flooring and along with a single white toilet and one white sink. Starlight went in closing the door behind her locking it when it shut. Starlight looked around making sure nopony could see her.

When she was sure nopony could see her she closed her eyes and focused. Her horn began to glow brightly. It glowed brighter and brighter then suddenly Starlight disappeared out of the room.

Starlight open her eyes seeing she had successfully teleported to the kitchen. The door to the kitchen to her back “It seems nopony noticed me,” she thought to herself not hearing anypony walking towards the kitchen. Without wasting time Starlight went to the oven and immediately casted the eat it want it spell.

It took less than a minute but to starlight who didn't want to be caught felt like it took a hour. When she was done she waited to see if anypony seen what she did. When nopony came barging in she went going onto the other appliances used to bake. Going to mixing bowls all the way to whisk. She hit what she could tell she heard a muffled voice.

“Starlight are you almost done? I need to go.” Starlight heared a very muffled Applebloom say in the hallway in between the kitchen and restroom.

Starlight then quickly teleported back to the restroom. She turned to the door that was currently getting knocked on. Starlight went to the door and unlocked it and open it. Before she could get a word out Applebloom rushed in and pushed Starlight out and swiftly shut the door behind.

Starlight made her way back to the front of the bakery.When she got back to the front Applejack was the first to noticed.

“Hey Starlight do you want to go with us to go see where the event tomorrow is being held at?” Applejack asked.

“Sure,” Starlights responded.

Back in ponyville Scootaloo sat bored in class. Which is a first time she has been bored in school since Sugarcube thank you party. Because ever since then Cheerilee has slowly been teaching class less and less. While having treats from Sugarcube and Sweet bakes more and more every week.

When Cheerilee started to bring in Sugarcube everyday the class would sit eat whatever she had brought over to the class. They all would eat tell they couldn't eat anymore. Cheerilee joined in too forgetting the lesson. After she would be to stuffed to teach so she would have the students go out to a early extended recess. The students would go out and just sit all waiting for there full stomachs stop aching. Then after the recess they came in to do part of the lesson.

But for last few weeks Cheerilee has had Sweet bakes as well. Usually after the recess. So now they come to school where the class sit and talk tell the first delivery of the day would come from Sugarcube. From there they would all eat tell it was recess time. Then after recess the next shipment from Sweet Bakes would come in. Where they would continue to eat tell they had to go home.

Scootaloo has enjoyed how school because of this. She just had to show up and eat and talk to friends. But with Sweetie Belle and AppleBloom gone she didn't have anypony to really talk to. Recess had came and went. School was almost over.

Scootaloo began to look around the class room out of boredom. All around students where gobbling food like they been starved for days. Food crumbs dirtied the floor beneath them. Up front was their chubby teacher. Cheerilee like her students has put on weight to the over abundance of eating. Most of the weight has gone to her back side making the chair she sat in very tight. Then her belly has also received a fair share of weight. This making it a little difficult to get to her desk as she has to make room it. Her rounded cheeks were covered with frosting and cream. Cheerilee took a bite out of a cream puff. Some of the whipped cream squeezed out onto her double chin. she grabbed a napkin resting on her table and cleaned it off.

Scootaloo just sighed and went back to eating even though she felt extremely full. She still yearn for more. The rest of the class and many other ponies in Ponyville did the same.

Starlight, Sweetie Belle, Rarity, Applejack, and Applebloom walked through Manehattan following Pinkies directions to the park. Getting to the park area that Bake Wars is being held at the next day took a while. Pinkies directions were not the greatest and the group had some trouble navigating through the sea of ponies. After a hour of walking they had finally arrived.

The park was huge about slightly bigger than Ponyville town square with less buildings. In the center of the park was a large stage. surrounding the stage was Pink curtains hiding what was behind the stage . The curtains also came out past the stage of the sides. In a logo similar to Sweet bakes is Bake Wars in white letters surrounded by a pink oval.

Starlight could just barely see Ponies walking out from the curtain at the side. When they were coming out of the curtain they carried out different objects, like tools wood planks, fabric and so on. they walk out to the area facing the stage. In the area was a collection what looked like new white wooden benches. The workers all going to either a bench or went to a open spot and started making a new bench. The ones at the already built one where either painting the simple picnic benches white or where placing a pink table cloth on it.

“Rarity? Is that you? What are you doing here?” said a voice Starlight did not recognized. She looked to the direction of the voice. She could see a pinkish mare with a purplish mane that had a bandana wrapped around her neck.

“Surie Polo?” Rarity questioned.

“I hope your not here for bake wars,” Surie said looking at the plump mare.

“What makes you say that?” Rarity asked confused.

Well I think you and your friends here don't need those extra treats, m’kay,” Suri said. “Can you even still wear the dresses you make?”

“Of course I can,” Rarity said defending herself.

“The other day Rarity you were complaining how your dress have shrunk?” Sweetie asked.

“Sweetie not right now,” Rarity answered.

“Well I have to go it was nice seeing more of you,” Surie said walking past them.

“Don't listen to her Rarity she probably still upset about that fashion show where she stole your designs,” Applejack said. “Also I've heard of a few folks in town close have shrunk,” she added.

“Thank you Applejack,” Rarity said. “But I think I could lose some weight, I think i'm going to go on a diet when we get back to Ponyville.”

“Maybe we should start heading back to Sugarcube,” Starlight said.

Starlight’s mouth watered just thinking about Sweet Bakes. Her and her friends all were heading to. When the group got back to the new Sugarcube Corner Pinkie had told them that Starch had stopped by while they went to the park. He had invited them all to the new Sweet bakes.

The group didn't have to walk far as Sweet Bakes was actually across the street from Sugarcube Corner. The bakery's exterior was white with horizontal pink lines. It had two windows in the front with a door in between. The windows revealed the inside being pitch black.

The group walked up to the front of the building and then continued to walk around. When they got to the back they could see a back door. Pinkie walked up and knocked on the door rapidly.

They all waited for a minute before the door opened. Starch came out wearing a apron and covered in flour. “Hey girls glad you could come! Come on in” Starch said moving aside. One by one the girls all came in.

When Starlight walked in she could see that they were in the kitchen. The kitchen was wider than Sugarcubes while being smaller than sugarcubes. At the new Sugarcube everypony would all be able to fit in then some. But here the eight of them could just barely fit in comfortably.

In the center of the kitchen was a island. On it was a ton of pastries everything from pies,cake,eclairs,tarts, muffins, and so on.

“Dig in there's plenty here,” Starch siad. “I hope their good, its my first time cooking without my family.

Starlight didn't need much more to start as she levitated a few tarts up. The others go in too.

Starch watched calmly while the Starlight and her friends continued to eat. “It seems like the spell worked,” Starch thought to himself. “With that cleared I just have to do on last thing,” he thought.

“So Applejack i've heard your very honest and dont lie, is that true?” Starch asked.

Applejack swallowed the apple pie in her mouth before speaking, “Yes it is. Why do you ask?” she asked.

“Well tomorrow I was hoping you would mine counting the votes, I dont any ponies here in manehattan besides my employees and since I pay there paycheck I don't want them to be byase. Then I didn't know if any pony Pinkie knows who would be byase for her. But if your as honest as I've heard I won't have to worry.” Starch said.

“Well I be honoured to Starch.” Applejack said as she went back finishing the last of the Apple pie she was eating.

“Okay thank you applejack” Starch responded. He then levitated over a muffin and join the other in eating but ate slowly while the others are vigorously.

Bake wars was just minutes from starting. Starlight, Rarity, Applejack, Sweetie, Apple Bloom, and Babs all sat on a bench close to the Stage.

Starlight couldn't believe how many ponies have showed up for the event. Sitting close to the stage she had a great view of the park. As far as she could see ponies where all coming in sitting down at the benches. IF she had to guess from what she seen she would say that more than half the benches were full and the rest where close to being the same.

Everyminute that passed it the park seemed to get a bit more packed. Soon Starlight could see ponies walking towards the front trying to find any available seats. Some even went asking a few tables with maybe one or two seats open.

“Welcome all to Bake wars!” Starches voice echoed through the park. Everypony in the park seemed to stop

Starlight turned around to face the stage. Up there was Starch and Pinkie. Both of them had a microphone on a stand resting in front of them.

“We thank you all for coming to see who is the best Bakery between Sugarcube Corner! Or Sweet Bakes!” Stach exclaimed loudly into the mike.

“Now are voltineries here will all bring over a few items of are Bakeries to your table.” Starch said. “The ones that are on the white plates are from Sweet Bakes. The Pink ones are for Sugarcube,” He added.

“After the deserts are brought out Slips of paper will come out that you can then vote for who was your favorite between the two,” Pinkie said. “Then if you want to after finishing you can go to are shops.”

“Don’t forget to tell your friends and family about us too,” Starch added in randomly.

Starlight watched as many ponies most of them unicorns came out of the tents at the side. All of them had trays with a few plates with serving desserts. One came up to the table she was sitting at. The Unicorn Stallion who came up had the tray floating just high enough so Starlight couldn't see the dishes resting on top.Without saying a word he started to levitate down plates down onto the table from the tray.

Each plate had a triangular shaped cut multi layered chocolate cake with chocolate frosting on top, fudge between each layer with a few chocolate chips sprinkled onto the wide end of the slice. Everypony had gotten two plates with one white the other pink. Both simple but good.

Starlight and the others started to dig in. Starlight started on the Sweet Bakes cake. She moaned after taking the first bight. The flavor was just amazing. the cake was fluffy and airy. The frosting rich and smooth. Then between the layers of cake was fudge that was creamy and so sweet. The cake melted in her mouth. Her body getting the same rush it gets when she eats at SWeet Bakes. Before she knew it she had eaten the slice given to her.

Next was the Sugarcubes. Starlight took her time on this one. the whole time she wished it was another cake from Sweet Bakes. Sugarcubes just seemed bland to her after having the other cake less than a minute ago. The cake wasn't horrible, it was so similar to Sweet bakes but it was missing something that the other bakery had.

Just as she finished the second cake a young adult mare came up to the table dropping off the voting slip. Along with a few pens. On the pens had the name had one of the names of the bakers.

Starlight looked at hers. on it had two boxes side to side with a gap between them. on top just above the square boxes was a instructions. “Please check one box” she read. Then under the boxes was the names of the bakeries.Sweet bakes with White in parentheses on the box on the left. Sugarcube on the right with Pink in parentheses on the right box. Starlight grabbed one of the pens that was supplied to the group. She put a cheque on Sugarcube corner.”Might be biased but Sugarcube need all the help it can get.”

Coco was one of the first ponies into the bakery. After placing a sizable order she went sitting down at a empty table. As she waited ponies started to fill the Bakery. Everytable was soon occupied and a line out the door had formed.

after a few minutes went by before she got her order. Looking at it she was starting to question why she ordered so much. In front of her was a baker's dozen freshly baked cookie, a few cake pops, then a few eclairs. But when she took a bite out of a cake pop she immediately started wishing for more.

She was about to go get into line when a familiar mare came running in cutting the line heading straight to the front. ponies in line yelling and hollering at the mare.

“I need a two dozen lemon squares! a white coconut cake! then I want six cupcakes!” Prim said tossing a bag of bits onto the counter.

“um... okay mam. That will be right out.” said the minimum wage worker.

It was later in the day and the park was still filled with ponies. The samples that Sweet bakes and Sugarcube had long since been eaten up.

Applejack and a few employees were all behind the curtain. Applejack sat at a table with baskets around her holding piece of paper. “Another vote for Sugarcube,” she said and Rarity along with Starlight would write down the vote. Applejack continued working on the last basket of votes. Just like the others votes Applejack would say what was written on the paper and it would be marked down by Starlight and Rarity. They have been doing this ever since they finished their cakes. Earlier when ever they got close to done the would receive more.

Finally they had gotten all done. Applejack retrieve the results from the two unicorns. She then took it up to the front of the stage and signaled Pinkie and Starch over. “The results are ready,” she said. They both nodded and headed to the microphones up front.

“Mares and Gentlecolts the results are in,”Starch said into a microphone.

“We will have Applejack come on up and tell you the results,” Pinkie said. She then moved to the side and signaled for Applejack to come up. Applejack came up and Started to speak into the microphone.

“So the winner of Bake Wars by only a few votes is!” Applejack paused and then pointed to her left. “Sweet Bakes!”

The crowd went cheering loudly. On stage Pinkie was cheering for him. “Congratulations to Sweet Bakes While Starch feigned his surprise he won. Starlight had some confused as to why Sugarcube lost.

Starch couldn't believe the reports he has received from The new Sweet Bakes in Manehattan. Just in one week it has made more than enough money to cover the cost of having bake wars in manehattan. From the looks of things the knew Sweet Bakes looks to be on its way to make more money as it receives more business everyday from what the reports say. It has had some difficulty with running out of product to sell like the Sweet Bakes in Ponyville. But like Ponyville it has fixed the issue.

With how things have gone in Manehattan Starch almost couldn't wait for when the next bake wars in Canterlot in a few days to see if they see the same results.

Starch sat back in his chair imaging things continued like they have. That they might even have a Bake wars and Sweet Bakes in every city they can do. With the spell its almost guaranteed to be. That one day every city will have a Sweet Bakes that is making his family unimaginable amount of money. That one day soon his family and himself wouldn't have to even work. That they will have more than enough money to pay other to do the work for them all the while they make a huge profit. That every new costumer is going to be hooked and more then willing to buy more baked goods.