Business as Usual

They were indeed awoken by Pinkie the next morning. After she woke them, she told them to meet her in the kitchen. Once the two mares had crawled out of their beds, they made their way to the kitchen, where they found Pinkie and Spike.

"Hi girls!" Pinkie said, excitedly. "I decided to make you two some breakfast, because you two have just moved to Ponyville, and if you have just moved to Ponyville, then you haven't been able to get a job, and if you haven't been able to get a job, then you haven't been able to buy groceries, and if you haven't been able to buy groceries, then you don't have food to eat, and if you don't have food to eat, and if you don't have food to eat, then you won't have energy, and if you don't have energy, then it will be difficult to find a job, which leads back to the original problem of not having a job. So I decided to help you two out!" She smiled and squeed.

"Thanks Pinkie," Sunset said, and smiled back at her.

Twilight, however, still was waking up. "Huh?" she said.

"Well, that and the author needed a way to open this chapter! But that's besides the point. You two needed food, I provided, and afterwards we need to get you two jobs!"

Sunset now was confused as well. Spike just shrugged at her.

Everybody then proceeded to sit down, and Pinkie served them donuts.

"These are delicious," Sunset said after taking a bite.

"Mmmmm," was all Twilight could say, still too tired to say anything. She had a busy few days, and she could get like that. And, Sunset wouldn't be surprised if Twilight snuck down in the middle of the night and read something.

"Pinkie, do you have any coffee?" Sunset asked.

"No. I don't drink coffee. I can't have caffeine. And no, it's not because it makes me more hyper. It actually strangely has the reverse effect on me, draining my energy. Maybe because I'm always on max energy anyways. Or maybe caffeine is some magic that takes away someone's energy, giving it to somepony else. That's probably it! Also, hot cocoa is better

"Well, I'm not sure Twilight will be able to function this morning without it."

"That's not good. She needs to find a job!"

"Can't I just work at the library?" Twilight mumbled.

Pinkie gasped. "That's an excellent idea, Twilight! You're smart, even when you're tired! You should probably meet with Mayor Mare later to make it official!" She then turned to Sunset. "What about you, Sunny? Got any ideas for a job?"

Sunset shook her head. "Nope. I might just travel around town and see what everypony else does. It might give me inspiration."

"That's also a great idea! Maybe you can stop by Sugarcube Corner later, to come talk about it! That's where I live and work! Thanks to the Cakes!"

"Sounds good, Pinkie, I see you then. Probably this afternoon, maybe evening."

During this conversation, Twilight had somehow acquired coffee, probably via teleportation. She always kept backup coffee somewhere, and was able to teleport little things, like coffee, to herself. Sunset taught her how to do that, but that was the extent of it. "Coffee," she mumbled.

Sunset shrugged. "I'm more of a tea mare, myself. But, to each their own," she said, getting up. "Now, this might be a long day, so I best start now. See you guys later!"

Sunset exited the library, and sighed. "Let's get looking. This will also help me get to know the ponies of this town," she said to herself.

And so, she walked. In no particular order, she passed the bank, which she saw a woman with a strange muzzle talking to what seemed like her daughter, the hospital, which she saw multiple doctor ponies going in, and a few patients going out, including an orange pegasus filly with smaller wings, who was looking a bit sad, and the bowling alley, which just did not interest her, but had a few ponies that looked strangely similar to characters she thought she saw in a movie that her dad, her human dad, watched. Sunset was tempted to talk to some of these ponies, but just couldn't bring herself to it. She figured that these problems would sort themselves out, though the only real problem she saw the was disappointed filly. She figured her parents would deal with that one.

She then entered into a concert hall, more out of curiosity than interest in getting a job there. Inside, she heard ponies practicing. But that was not the strange part, ponies normally practiced. It was what she was hearing. It sounded dubstep violin. She didn't know that ponies even did dubstep. When she arrived the main hall, she saw two ponies, a grey earth pony playing a violin, and a white unicorn, doing the dubstep. Sunset smiled, listening to them. After a few minutes, she decided to keep going on her search, knowing that the two would probably be practicing for a while.

Sunset pushed onwards, wondering where she would be a good fit, and what job would suit her. After avoiding being run into by the mail mare, and looking a few other places, she gave up, at least for the day. Her talent was in magic, and there was nothing really to do with magic in Ponyville for a job. Everypony who had magic used it for their specific job, such as Rarity with the Carousel Boutique. On her way to Sugarcube Corner, she ran into an eccentric stallion.

"Hello. I was wondering if you had seen anything materialize out of thin air lately?" he asked, seeming worried.

Sunset almost giggle at that, and smirked instead, teleporting herself to the side of the stallion. "Like that?"

"Great wickering stallions," he said in shock. "You can do that?"

"Yeah. You don't see many ponies who can teleport things around here, do you?"

"No, we don't," he admitted. "I'm the Doctor by the way." He reached out his hoof to her.

"Sunset Shimmer. Good to meet you. But, Doctor who?" She shook his hoof back.

"Actually, it's Doctor Whooves, but most people just call me 'Doctor,'" he said.

Sunset shrugged. "Okay. But what exactly are you a doctor of?"

"All sorts of things, really. Mostly math and science. I dabble," he replied.

"Alright. What were you looking for, anyways?"

"I actually can't remember. I'm sure I'll think of it soon enough. Good luck, Sunset Shimmer."

"You too, Doctor."

The two departed from each other. Sunset then went to Sugarcube Corner to meet Pinkie. When she walked in, she was immediately greeting with a smiling face.

"Hey, Pinkie."

"Hey, Sunny! How did your job search go? Did you get a job? I'm sure you did! I bet they love you, and that you will make them so much better!"

"Actually, today's been a bust," Sunset admitted, making her way to a table.

"Really? Well, then have a cupcake! They always make me feel better when things don't go my way."

Sunset grabbed the cupcake, and sat down. "Where did you get this?"

Pinkie "We're in a shop full of them! I present to you, Sugarcube Corner, the best bakery in town!" Pinkie gestured with her hoof.

"Wow."

"I know, it's great! I live and work here. The Cakes allowed me to stay with them, and I work for them, helping sell things when they get too busy baking stuff."

Sunset bit into the cupcake. "It's really good. Did one of the Cakes make this?"

"No, I did. I bake sometimes, but sometimes it's too busy to bake." Pinkie's eyes then lit up. "I just got the most amazing, wonderful, spectacular idea!"

"What is it, Pinkie?"

"You could work here! Then I'd be able to bake more! And we'd finally be able to do catering!"

Sunset raised her eyebrow. "And what would I be doing?"

"Selling stuff, maring the cashier, that sort of stuff. You don't need any work experience for that!"

"That sounds great Pinkie, but what would the Cakes say?"

"I'll go talk to them, be right back!" Pinkie said before whooshing off quickly.

Sunset blinked. "Did she just? Never mind."

Sunset finished her cupcake, and Pinkie came back, with Mr. and Mrs. Cake in tow. Sunset looked up at them.

"So you want to work here?" Mr. Cake asked.

"Yeah. It's actually really nice here," Sunset replied.

"Pinkie says you would do a great job. We trust her, but how well do you think you could do here?" Mrs. Cake questioned.

"I think I'd do alright. With some hooves on experience, I think I could get pretty good at it. I've never had a job, so I got to start somewhere."

"Are you kidding, Sunset? You'd be fantastic!" Pinkie said.

"We actually have been looking for somepony to hire recently, and you might just be the mare for the job," said Mr. Cake.

"To start catering, right?" Sunset asked.

"Actually, we won't be able to start that for a while. It's actually because I need to take some time off. I'm pregnant," Mrs. Cake said. "Actually, we were about to talk to Pinkie about it, and let her throw the baby shower."

Pinkie gasped. "Oh my gosh, yes! I'll do it! Does this mean Sunset gets the job? Please say yes! Please!"

"I believe so. There are just a few things we need to do to get it sorted out and make sure, but it looks like it," Mr. Cake answered.

Sunset smiled. "Thank you."

"No problem, dear. We'll get Pinkie to show you the ropes in a few days. Until then, rest up," Mrs. Cake said.

"Yay! We're going to be co-workers! Isn't that great, Sunny?"

Sunset smiled at her. "Yeah, and I'll be able to buy my own groceries."

"And get the employees discount here! It's going to be wonderful. But, I should get back to work, and you should tell Twilight!"

"See you, Pinkie," Sunset said as she waved, before leaving.

When Sunset arrived back at the Golden Oaks Library, she found Twilight and Spike organizing. "I'm home," she announced.

"Sunset! How did your job search go?" Twilight asked.

"Not well, for most of it," she admitted.

"But that means something must have gone well," Spike pointed out.

"Actually, yes. After I had stopped searching for a job."

"At Sugarcube Corner?" Twilight asked.

"Yes. I met up with Pinkie, and somehow, she got me a job there."

Twilight jumped on and hugged her sister. "That's great!"

"I know. More surprising than anything."

"When do you start?" Spike asked.

"In a few days."

"Good, that means you can help me organize this library. It's like nopony has organized it since it was built!" Twilight said.

Sunset laughed. "Sure, I'll help. Where do you want me to start?"

Author's Note

Finally done with this chapter. I know, it's been a while. But, it's done. Honestly, the biggest challenge was Sunset's biggest challenge, finding her a job. A big thanks to Novel-Idea for giving me some general writing tips to help get me out of writer's block. He really just redirected me to some posts he did about it, but it was a humungous help.

Now, who played spot the background pony? I squeezed in a few.

Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed this, and I'm looking forward to updating more regularly! :sunsetsmirk: