Sweet Bakes

“So you're sure Twilight doesn't know we are here?” Cadence asked her husband while they waited for a train from Ponyville to arrive to Cantorlot.

“From what my Mom and Dad said no she shouldn't know that we are here,”Shining explained. “Its is supposed to be a surprise,” he added.

“Shining? Cadence?”

The couple both turned to see Pinkie Pie bouncing towards them. “What are you two doing here?”

“Well we were in town and we heard Twilight was coming so we wanted to come and surprise her,” Shining said.

“That's great! Are you two going to be in town long enough to come to bake wars?” Pinkie Pie asked.

“Probably we are suppose to be here for a few more days,” Cadence answered.

As they waited they talked some more. Soon the train came into the station. When it stopped the doors opened and ponies came walking out.

The three began searching around to Twilight. .

“So do you know anypony that was coming with Twilight?” Shining asked.

“ Spike and Starlight should be with her,” Pinkie pie said as she bounced up and down looking through the crowd for her friends.

“I see them!” Cadence said pointing into the crowd.

Pinkie Pie and Shining looked through the crowd they eventually found the purple alicorn they found.

“Twilight! Over here!” Pinkie hollered across the station getting Twilights attention.

“Shinning! Cadence!” Twilight said surprised when she saw her brother and sister in-law. “What are you two doing here?” Twilight asked as she was walking up with Spike and Starlight fallowing along with a crystal pony they didn't recognize behind Starlight. When they all came up Shining and Cadence where surprised to see the size of everypony. All of them besides Starlight was chubby.

The crystal pony mare is easily the biggest of the group. She was easily in the realms of being overweight to being fat. She had a very round face with chubby cheeks and a prominent double chin. Her chest was plush that met up with her thick for legs and heavy belly that hung down just half way down her thick legs. The others all were big but at as big as the crystal pony.

“Well we are in town visiting mom and dad and we found out you were coming so we come to say hi,” Shining said.

“We also came because Celestia wanted to see you all,” Cadence said.

“Then we better hurry,” Twilight said.

Celestia was stunned to say the least. Twilight and her friends had just arrived to the castle. Celestia was not prepared to see how her old student has changed. When Twilight came into the throne room Celestia could see the changes.

Twilight could be described as chubby. But is more along the lines of being fat. Twilights now sported a double chin and puffy cheeks. Her neck was thicker and her Stomach hung down just a inch above her knees. Her hips have gained enough fat that is viewable from the front of her.

From what Celestial could see Twilight wasn't the only one who has gained some weight. Starlight, Pinkie Pie, and Spike all have gained weight.

Spike looked to be rounder all over. Thick stubby legs that was starting to be covered by a round pot belly. with a round head with a second chin and golf ball size cheeks. Even his tail was rounder and wider.

Pinkie pie and Starlight both looked to have changed the least. But enough to tell a difference. Starlight was the thinnest of one of the group. her stomach on stuck out a little. She has the start of a second chin. lastly her plot seemed to jiggle as she walked. Pinkie was only slightly heavier than Starlight. Having a couple of chins. More thicker plot and a drooping gut.

She wasn't disgusted. she was surprised to say the least.

“Its nice to see all of you again!” Celestia said. She turned to Sugar, “it's nice to meet you too,”Celestia said bowing her head to Honey. “May I ask your name?”

Honey bowed to Celestia, “My name is Honey Sweet

Celestia nodded and raised back up. She looked at the ponies present,“I wanted to spend some time with you all but some things have came up. So tonight I would like you all to come back to the castle and have dinner at the castle,”

“That sounds great Princess Celestia,” Twilight said.

“Okay, will eight o'clock be a alright time?” Celestia asked.

The sun was setting in canterlot. Starch and his sister Honey walked down the paved roads. Honey had gone to see the new bakery and to get her brother so he could go with her to the dinner later. But first they have to finish making plans for bake wars the next day with Pinkie Pie.

“I still can't believe that you have not tried Sugarcube yet!” Honey said in a mixture of shock and horror.

“Why? We live in a bakery and you and mom always eat up what ever Sugarcube you get.” Starch said.

“Still after talking and working with Pinkie Pie I would've thought you would of had something of theirs by now,”

“Well I was focused on getting bake wars planned.” he defended.

The two kept talking as they traveled to Sugarcube in Canterlot.When Starch smiled when a building with Sugarcube on a sign was insight. When they got to it Starch was the one to nock.

While he waited he inspected the building. It was a decent size building. It was a similar color to the one in Manehattan. On the roof with in a pink colored bubble letter font was the name of the bakery.

Pinkie open the door. She quickly welcomed them in. THe three walked towards the back of the store. They then entered the kitchen where they see Twilight, Starlight, and Spike. Along with a island table with alot of baked goods.

“Dig in guys!” Pinkie said.

Everypony but Pinkie, Starch, and Starlight went eating. Starlight only took a muffin and only took a bite only a few times. Starch and Pinkie was having a conversation.

“So is all the preparations done?” Starch asked.

“Yep, Twilight will do the counting the votes, the park we are going to have bake wars is going to be ready by the morning.”

Their conversation kept going while Starlight still still watched. Since she hasn't had a chance to cast the eat it want it spell yet she was curies to see if they still would eat the Sugarcube without it. With just about every pony was eating the parties besides Starlight, Pinkie, and Starch she could see that they would.

“I wonder though if they are hungry, we haven't eaten for a while not ever since breakfast.” She thought.

The dinner at the castle was going good. Which is the opposite of what Starlight needed. She didn't need the dinner to be a disaster but she needed a good excuse to leave. She has yet to cast the spell for Sugarcube corner to help it succeed. She had been unable to be alone all day. She knows if it doesn't get done known she might not be able to.

Everypony was getting along. A open conversation was being had with everypony in attendance. The current topic they all was talking about is embarrassing stories of Twilights time as Celestia's student. Starlight could easily see Twilights frustration of the topic as she sat across from Twilight. Twilight kept trying to change the conversation back to the last one. Which was about bake wars.

One other thing that wasn't helping Starlight in leaving was the food that was being served. A variety of food lined the long table. Up towards Celestia who sat at the head of the table was freshly baked rolls. Next was a big creamy bowl of tomato soup that was between the Sweet siblings. After that was one of Twilights favorites daffodils sandwiches, which was conveniently placed between Twilight and Starlight. On the table also was two bowls one with fruits and the other was with fruit both of them sat between Cadence and Shining. lastly was a punch that was a mixture of fruity and tuart with a hint of sweetness. This was placed with Pinkie pie and Spike.

Starlight couldn't help but to notice how everything there was for the most part health. Contrast to how much sweets that Starlight and her friends have eaten for the past while. She almost couldn't remember the last time she had a meal like this. Earliest she remembers was a few days before Rainbow left for wonderbolts practice. As she thought more about it she couldn't remember when Twilight and Spike had a meal that mainly consisted of Pastries from Sugarcube or/and from Sweet Bakes. As Starlight pondered on this She could hear a trolley coming out of the kitchen.

The trolley had stopped just a little past her. Off the trolley was a new dash to add the already existing one on the table. On a silver platter was loaded with fruit tarts. Starlight knew how to get out of dinner.

Before anypony could grab a tart Starlight quickly levited the plater over to her. While she had it in her magical gasp she went trying to remember how one of the spells from the book she used to help sugarcube. She only looked at the spell that would change anything sweet to instead taste sour. But that one time was enough to put it to membery.

So as the plater was still coming to Starlight she conversely used the spell. Nothing seemed to change as all it look like was that the tray was being levitated in Starlights magic.

Starlight sat the tray down in front of her. She then took one of the tarts off the tray and took a bite. She knew immediately the spell worked as her face puckered and she fought to spit out the tart.

“Is everything alright Starlight?” Celestia asked.

Starlight nodded her head left to right. She swalled the tart before talking, “I think I just had a bad tart,” Starlight said.

“Oh I'm sorry the kitchen staff has always done a terrific job,” Celestia said. Celestia then levitated a tart of the plater to her. She taking a generous bite out of it. Celestia went through the motions of her facing puckering up then to disgust as she spit out the tart in front of everypony present. She went taking a sip of some punch next to her to wash away the taste that still lingers. “I guess there's a first time for every thing,”celestia said.

“I don't think that tart is setting too well,” Starlight said as she got up from her chair and left the room. Starlight hurried out into the hallway and continued tell she found a hallway devoid of guards and any other castle staff. To her left was a window that looked out to the city surrounding the castle. Starlight studied what she could with everything dark outside since it was night time. Eventually she could see a sign with the name Sugarcube Corner illuminating in the dark in the distance.

Starlight focused her magic. She then disappeared out of the hallway and reapered just outside the outer wall of the castle. Starlight teleported again and end up closer to her destination. IT took a few teleportation but she was finally behind Sugarcube.

She checked to see if anypony had noticed her. When she figured the coast was clear she went unlock the door with her magic. She open the door into the pitch dark interior of the building. HEr horn glowed enough to light the way for her inside.

When she got to the kitchen she went didn't hesitate to get started. She went casting the eat it want it spell on anything that would be incontact with the food in some way. With this being the third time doing this it didn't take to long to get done. As she finished she quickly went out the way she came in. She locked the door when she left.

She then return back to the castle by teleporting multiple times to get back. She was back into the hallway she was in just minutes ago. She went going back to where she had left her friends.

Celestia was first to speak when Starlight got back. “How are you doing Starlight?”

“I'm doing fine now, but I think it will be a while tell I have a fruit tart again,” Starlight answers.

Bake wars has just started. Starch has just gotten done with welcoming everypony. Servers where all walking out to give everypony a sample.

Celestia watched as one of the severs came up and placed one white and one pink plate in front of her. On each plate was a piece of white cake with white frosting coating it.

From where she sat she could see Twilight and her friends and family.All of them was devouring the cakes they have. All of them was eating like they had not eaten a day in their lives. Which contrasted the weight they have gained.

Celestia looked out to the crowd. From the Stage she could see most of the crowd. Just like Twilight and her friends ponies who had received cake was just eating the cakes they had received only moments ago. Next to none showed any restraint while eating. When they got done they all get up. They quickly vote and then run towards where the two bakeries was at.

She even saw Shining getting up from where he sat and ran in the direction of the bakeries.

“Sister are you going to eat those cakes?” Luna asked.

Celestia turned to her sister. Luna stared back at her with mixture of frosting and crumbs on her cheeks. Celestia took a glande down at lunas cake surprised to see it cleaner than her sisters face currently. not a crumb was left no spec of frosting was smeared on.

She looked back to Luna, “Yes, Lu…”

Luna immediately turned around to a guard when she got her answer. “I need you to go to these bakeries and order as much as you can!” Luna ordered.

Celestia couldn't wrap her head of everypony's reactions. From her sister to the citizens to Twilight and her friends. She looked at the cakes sitting in front of her. She studied them just to try to see if there was anything different from any other cake. after not noticing anything out of ordinary she levitated a fork with her magic and took a piece from the cake that was from Sugarcube Corner. She put the piece into her mouth.

Celestia has lived a very long life. She has tried many cakes in her long life. But never has any of those cakes compare to this cake. The one piece of cake alone has trumped all other cakes she has ever eaten. She finally understand why everypony has gone close to crazy of these cakes. Celestia finished the first cake and now was looking at the second one. She didn't hesitate to eat this time.

Her body tingled just like it did with the last cake. She devoured it smearing crumbs and frosting on her face. She didn't care about the mess on her face, only the last few bites of cake in front of her. Soon she finished the cake. When she did she immediately turned to another guard.

“Go get as many cakes,cookie,or whatever you can get from Sugarcube and Sweet Bakes!” Celestia said. The Guard was quick to follow her request. She sat chair waiting for the guard to come back.

“I swear if Sugarcube wasn't so good I would never wait in this line,” Rarity said waiting in the usal line at Sugarcube Corner. The line was still as long as it normally is and moved as fast. Also didn't help with Celestia's sun shining brightly over them.

“At least the line has been moving faster lately,” Fluttershy said. “We don't have to wait in line for a hour anymore. Now it's just a ten minute wait”

“Ten minutes is still to long of a weight for sugarcube. Sadly Sweet Bakes is just as long of a wait.” Rarity said.

“Fluttershy and Rarity!”

Fluttershy and Rarity both looked up to the sky where the voice originated from. As they did so a familiar blue pegasus came into view. when they got sight of Rainbow Dash they saw her flying in preparing to land. Rainbow landed just a few feet away from them. As she walked towards them they could see she was different from when she left.

Rainbow unlike her friends and most residents in Ponyville has lost weight. She didn't have much to loose to begin with. When she left she had a small potbelly. A start of a double chin and rounded cheeks. Now though all the weight she had gained was gone. Her trim athletic body was back. But it is soon to disappear and fit to how her friends bodies look.

Both Fluttershy and Rarity has grown. They are almost past the point of chubby to being fat. Rarity's pear shape have expanded our being more exaggerated. With her hips flaring out more. Her plot growing bigger. WHen she did the slightest movement it would jiggle. Rarity has a finally started to add a another chin to her existing one. Her stomach has started to hang down mid thigh. So far she is still is on track to be the biggest of her friends weight wise.

Fluttershy has still gained more evenly. Her face having golf ball size cheeks and a double chin. Her stomach hung down. Her hips and plot had widen and gotten larger.

“How was the wonderbolts?” Fluttershy asked.

“Horrible!” Rainbow said. “I wasn't sure I was able to make it. I wasn't able to have any deliveries from Sugarcube and Sweet Bakes. Then! to top it off when i got to head quarter Spit Fire put on a rigorous workout regimen. She had me follow it to a t. I also had to go on a diet she had set me up for. I wouldn't of minded it if the rest of the team was on it. But for some reason I was the only one.” Rainbow ranted out. When she was done ranting she noticed how close to the bakery they were as the lined had moved.

“But now that I'm back I won't have to follow that diet and that crazy regiment,” Rainbow said calmly as she was starting to be able to smell the baked goods inside the bakery.

Twilight, Cadence, Shining Armor, Starlight, Spike, and Honey was all counting the votes. Cadence, Shining, Starlight, and Honey would all read the results while Twilight and Spike would wright down the results. The process was long but was going good.

Pinkie stuck her head into to check the progress. “How it going?” she asked.

“Another one for Sweet Bakes. Were close Pinkie,” Starlight said.

Pinkie nodded and went back out.

After that small interruption they got back to work.

“So Honey Sweet does your families bakery do delivery?” Shining asked.

“Sometimes but when we do it's only when its in the city's limits it in.” Honey answered.

“Okay then do you know if your family are going to open a sweet bakes in the Crystal Empire?” Shining asked.

“Starch is the one handling that,” Honey said. “He doesn't really talk about what he is planning.”

They soon finished tailing the votes . Twilight and Spike talked to each other quietly, comparing their results. making sure they had it right . AFter checking Twilight went out onto the stage.

Out in the crowd ponies sat watching up as Twilight got to the microphone.

“The Results are in,” Twilight said trying to get the remainder of ponies attention. “So the winner is!” Twilight based.

“Sugarcube Corner!”She exclaimed loudly.