Visitors from another world!

The following day arrived; Charlie woke up and went to the living room. What he saw was both priceless and adorable; Celestia and Luna were snuggled up to each other on the sofa where they were playing games. They were sound asleep, too. 'I shouldn't disturb them, but that might happen anyway.' They looked so adorable when they weren't angry. Just as I was about to make my way over to brew some coffee, Celestia's eyes popped open, now awake and aware of my presence.

"Oh, good morning, Charlie! I just wanted to repeat my thanks for letting Luna, and I had some fun last night. It was very nice." Celestia, as always, looked like a ray of sunshine. No matter how hard you tried, being mad at that face was impossible.

"Oh, it's fine; it's no worry at all. I was going to start some coffee. Do you want some?"

"Mmm, sure. What flavor will it be this time?"

"It's the one I got before coming home last night; on my way back from work, I visited the market."

"What is it?" Celestia looked at the bag, anticipating what I was about to brew in the next few minutes.

"Chocolate-mint espresso was a limited edition item, and I decided to get it."

"That looks like it'll be yummy. I can't wait." She looks at her still-sleeping sister and grins. "At least I'll be able to taste it before she does." Celestia looked satisfied, knowing she'd have something to brag to her sister about. That was until Charlie turned the coffee machine on, and the smell flooded the room. This had dashed Celestia's hopes as the aroma had roused Luna from her slumber.

"Mmm, that smells nice." Luna's eyes had opened; she cheerfully sat up from where she was sleeping, and her head jerked over to the coffee machine with a pleased smile.

"Well, darn it. I guess we'll both be having some together. Then again, that doesn't seem too bad. I actually might like that." Celestia sighed in defeat but accepted it regardless. "Hey, Luna, why don't you join us for coffee?"

"You don't need to ask me twice, Tia." Luna got up and hastily made her way to the dining table, with her cup in her magic as she set it down. "I am very thirsty for some of that good stuff." Cadence had woken up shortly after that. She was headed into the kitchen, guided by the aroma of fresh coffee.

"Wow, that smells good. I hope you ladies weren't planning on having any without me because that would be very rude." Cadence looked at them in kind as they looked back at her.

"Nope! Not at all." Celestia also wanted in on some coffee goodness, it seemed. Not that it could be helped; even Charlie could admit that coffee smelled delicious. "So Cadence, Twilight's still sleeping?"

"Yes, I think so. She's been reading some books all night. I think that reading might be an unhealthy obsession for her."

"You better be careful what you say around Twilight, Cadence. She'd go off on you if she heard what you said."

"Yeah, I know. So is that coffee almost ready, Charlie? I, Luna, and Celestia are thirsty."

"That's right, guys. It's almost ready to be served. So then, who wants both cream and sugar?"

Celestia and Cadence both replied, "Yes, please!" Luna, on the other hand, didn't.

"Just cream for me, no sugar." Luna usually preferred a bold taste over a sweet one. She sighed in bliss as she saw Charlie pouring coffee into the cups. This meant she would get it soon and couldn't wait much longer. "Please, Charlie. Can thous't hurry this along? I need it, now!"

"Alright then, your highness, I'll get it to you right now, gees."

"Was that mockery that I detect under your breath, Charlie?" He took a look at Celestia briefly. Then, Charlie looked back at Luna and grinned.

"Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't." Luna took notice of that and gave him her smirk in return.

"You better be careful about what you say around me, Charlie. Otherwise, I might have to do something about your attitude." Luna had a look on her face that said, 'I'm only joking with you.'

"Ooh... I'm terrified; I'm quivering in fear, milady." Charlie playfully nudged her on her shoulder as they giggled, and he placed the cup of coffee in front of her. "Enjoy."

"Oh, I definitely will." She took a big whiff of the coffee, and a rush of bold, chocolate-mint, and creamy goodness flooded her lungs, causing her to sigh in bliss before she took a sip. "It's like a drug, Charlie. It's... nice." Luna slumped in her chair with a look of pure happiness.

"So, is the Highness satisfied?"

"Totally." Luna was in her little world now. Everything and everyone else just disappeared, leaving her alone with her coffee.

Charlie whistled and snapped his fingers to get her attention, but she was like a wall, with no reaction from her whatsoever. "Hey, Luna... you okay there?" Charlie waved his hand in her face... nothing.

"There's no point in trying that, Charlie. Once my sister gets a true taste for something, you'll have no choice but to wait for her to be done with it."

"I see, so then. How long would you estimate that, Celestia?"

"Perhaps... longer than most ponies. My sister loves very few things in life. But if you get her that one thing she loves, she'll be your best friend."

"Well, I suppose so long as she's happy, right?" Charlie looked over to Luna first, then back to Celestia.

"Charlie, I have to ask you something; why did you accept us as you did? Not that I'm complaining, just curious."

"Well, I-I don't know. I guess I'm just an accepting person. It's always nice to show kindness, you know."

"Mmm, good answer." Celestia was beginning to like Charlie more and more the more they talked.

"Well, it's a good thing I left Richard in charge of management in my absence; I told him I needed a sick day from work. So, I've all the time in the world right now." Charlie looked over to Celestia, who smiled warmly in return.

"Well, that's just lovely, Charlie. But what would we do now?"

"I thought I might as well get to know... e-everypony here a bit better. Ugh, I'll never be able to say that, and it not feel weird."

"Well, that sounds nice. So then, no trip to the park, like last time?"

"Nah. I think I can be here at home with all of you."

Luna's sudden outburst had broken the ice between Celestia and Charlie. "Hey, Charlie! I'm out of coffee. Another round, please!"

"Yeah, okay. I'll be right there." Charlie rushed over to take Luna's cup from her to fill it back up; she saw the stream of rich, hot coffee filling inside her cup. Just then, Luna began to sigh in bliss.

"Verily, this divine bitter nectar is fit for the gods. Like us." Of course, Luna was in her little world but aware enough to call out for more coffee.

"I'm sure. It's nice that you're feeling better, Luna." Charlie looked at her briefly as he saw her bright and happy face. It was official; this was better than how she felt and acted. Then, Cadence approached Charlie, bumping her snout on his left thigh to get his attention. Charlie looked at her to see her have the cutest "give me something" look he'd ever seen.

"Yes, what is it, Cadence?"

"Well... Charlie. I wondered if you'd want to go to the store with me to buy some delicious cinnamon sticks. You know, the ones from that park we went to yesterday." Cadence was dead set on those sugary joy sticks; she wanted them badly.

"Well... couldn't we just wait until the others finish breakfast first?" She whined at Charlie; she had intended to murder the poor man with her cuteness. Weaponized cuteness is the worst way to be snuffed out, for sure.

"Please... pretty please, Charlie?" That look was killing him inside.

"A-Alright then. Fine. We'll go now and then be right back, okay?"

She hugged him tightly and squeed with glee. "Oh, thank you, Charlie. You're the best." Charlie just gave Celestia a 'please help me' look on his face, to which she just shrugged it off and giggled.

"Alright then, we'll go out to the car. Cadence, get changed into a human, then meet me outside, okay?"

"Alright then." She had a bubbly and happy look on her face right now. They went outside to get into the car; Charlie opened the door first to let her into the passenger seat. "So then, how many are we going to get?"

"Maybe just one." Charlie was teasing her, but that pouting she gave him was murder on his conscience. "Okay. We'll get more than one if you drop that sappy look." Her face brightened up. "I'm beginning to hate that face now."

"You're the best, Charlie." Charlie started the car, and they both went to the market to buy more cinnamon sticks.

"Look at that, Joe. Charlie and that pink-haired slut of his made it into the market. You know, it does pay off to do your research and stakeout."

"Yes, Mortimer. I understand." Joe was still hurt that he was only a tool to Mortimer and nothing more. But since he doesn't know what else to do, he resigns himself to enduring himself and his selfishness.

"Oh, come on, Joe. Wipe that sappy look off your face before I go and do it myself!" He did his best to try to look a bit happier. "That's a bit better, Joe." Mortimer then points over to the market entrance and huffs. "There, Joe. That palooka Charlie is on the move; let's tail them both and remember not to be noticed."

"Yes, sir. Right away, sir!" They managed to make it to the entrance far from Cadence and Charlie. Once they entered, they kept their safe distance from them and tried to sabotage their day.

"Hey, Charlie! Look at all of these wares! Wow!" Cadence was in shock and awe for some strange reason.

"Why do you look so surprised? Haven't you seen a modern supermarket before? Don't they have those where you come from?"

"Mm mm." Cadence shook her head. "Nope. Sure, we have markets and other various shops where I come from, but never anything like this."

"Hmm... so you have no idea what you were expecting, huh?"

"Well, depending on how you'd look at it, that's not necessarily an easy question for me to answer. I could say yes, but then I'd have to remember that this world is nothing like ours."

"Touche. So then, where to, your highness?" Charlie was looking at Cadence, ready for her response.

"Oh, come on, Charlie. You know exactly why we came in here. Those heavenly cinnamon sticks." Cadence was practically drooling at the thought of them.

"Churros. That's what they're called."

"So that's the name of those lovely cinnamon sticks, huh? Whoever invented that was a bucking genius." Cadence looked like she was on a hunt; those sugary churros were the quarry, and she was the predator.

"So you're telling me nothing in your world has compared to these things?"

"Nope. The cakes that Celestia likes, I don't. And those pies that Luna eats, I rarely eat. Twilight hardly eats any sweets at all. But once my lips had touched those sticks... I then knew love at first bite."

"You're obsessed over them. And these things aren't even that expensive. I'd imagine that a princess like yourself would have better tastes than for a snack fit for a pauper."

"Then buying more than one shouldn't be a problem for you."

"I hate you sometimes; you know that?"

"Thank you for getting them for me, Charlie." Cadence's victorious look said, "I won," as she giggled and skipped to the candy and sweets aisle. Charlie huffed in annoyance as he resigned to her demands.

"Okay, Joe, they're heading down the Candy and sweets aisle. You got the firecrackers ready?"

"They're right here, boss. So then, how do you want me to use them?"

"You see that open space on the opposite side of the aisle they're on?"

"I do."

"That open space right at the top shelf should work out nicely. The explosion would cause everything on their side to collapse over them, burying them underneath a lot of weight."

"But, sir, wouldn't that be potentially life-threatening for them?"

"Don't question me, Joe. Just do it!"

"Y-Yes, sir, right away, sir." Joe did as he was told and ran ahead of Cadence and Charlie, making sure not to get caught by them as he positioned himself at the location, set the pack of firecrackers on the top shelf, and waited for Mortimer's cue. After he gave Joe the thumbs-up, signaling to go for it, he lit the match and struck the wick as it ignited the fuse to the firework, making a very loud whizzing and popping noise. Just then, Joe tried to run but tripped and fell onto the floor as the explosion went off and caught everyone by surprise.

"Joe, you dumbass." Mortimer huffed under his breath as he saw the display going down.

The first few rows of stocked bags of sugar, flour, starch, and other heavy containers and bags have fallen. They were aimed right at Charlie and Cadence as Charlie saw her shocked face. "Look out!" Charlie pushed Cadence out of the way as one bag of flour hit her back, making her yelp in pain, but she was otherwise fine. Charlie, however, was nearly in a lot of trouble; only his leg was pinned under a lot of weight, and his ankle was likely sprained.

"Charlie!? Are you okay? Can you stand up?"

"Yes, Cadence, I'm fine. What the hell just happened?"

"I don't know, but it scared the crap out of me." Cadence managed to stand upright as Joe did, and they saw each other from the gap between both aisles; Joe had a box of matches in his right hand and had a very guilty look adorning his face. With a scowl, Cadence recognized him from the park yesterday. "Hey! It's you again! I remember you from that trip to the park we had yesterday. Where's that creepy balding guy that was with you?"

"U-Um, his name is M-Mortimer, miss. He's meticulous about that." Joe sheepishly gazed into Cadence's angry face.
"Damn, she looks cute when she's pissed off."

"Like I care about what he finds more comfortable for himself. You two nearly killed us; why I ought to." Cadence quickly got up and had an enraged, fiery pink aura around her; it scared both Charlie and Joe. Joe gulped in fear as he got up and ran for it.

"It's time to amscray on out of here, Mortimer. We've been compromised! Euaghhh!" Joe panicked as he began to run away toward Mortimer.

"W-What the--No! Joe, you idiot, you're leading that harlot right over to us!"

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!?" Cadence said in a nearly demonic tone out of sheer anger.

"U-Um... b-boss, I think you made her even angrier." Both Joe and Mortimer had made a mad dash for the exit as Cadence was right onto their tails; with her enraged motivation, she was gradually catching up to them. "T-This is not how we had planned this out, is it?"

"No. You don't say, Joe! Just keep running!" Both were right up to the exit door, and Cadence was too. "Well, Joe, there comes the point where one must take one for the team to prevail. You'll thank me for this later."

"W-What do you mean, boss- aaughh!?" Mortimer pushed Joe right into Cadence as he left the store unharmed. "No! Please don't leave me with her, boss! Please..." Then Cadence grabbed Joe by the back of his collar and dragged him over to a stand where the paddles were kept and found a wooden one with small hollowed-out holes, the kind that would hurt like a bitch to get hit with. "W-What are you gonna do to me?"

"Giving you what you deserve, you little shit! I'm going to tan your hide, old-fashioned style!" This threat had caused Joe's pupils to shrink to pinpricks as he screamed in terror and struggled as he managed to pull himself away from Cadence's grip. He ran to the door right as it was about to close.

Cadence managed to block the revolving door with a wooden supply barrel by propping it between the center of the two doors, preventing them from closing, trapping poor Joe halfway in and out of the store. His legs were wiggling, and his ass was sticking out on Cadence's side as she prepped the wooden paddle.

"No! No, no, no, no, no! I don't want this to happen to me. Mortimer, help me!"

"Consider this as a learning experience for you, Joe. You'll learn to be much more cautious next time." Joe's face had turned ghost-white as he silently prayed for a miracle. The paddle was coming in hot as it made contact with Joe's backside.

KA-SLAP!!!

The sound equal to that of a gunshot was heard as Joe was in silent agony for that moment in his life; he felt actual pain beyond his darkest fears. Then it came out, his anguished screams. "Aaaughhh! Dear God almighty above! This hurts so badly!"

"Nobody, and I mean nobody, gets in the way of me and my churros!" She slapped his ass with the paddle again, making it numb and sting badly.

KA-SLAP!!!

"I-I can't feel my ass or my legs... Mortimer! Help me out of this door!"

"Well, Joe, my only regret now is that I didn't snatch a bag of popcorn while in there. This is the best amusement that I've had in years."

"M-Mercy, boss. I'm begging you here."

"Alright then, Joe. I'll bail you out of this, just this once. But after that, you'll be on your own, understand?"

"Y-Yes, boss. Thank you." Joe's teary-eyed face met Mortimer's as he grabbed Joe's hands and pulled his body free right as Cadence went in for a third slap, hitting the door instead of her intended target.

"Hey! You bring him right back over here, right now!"

"Alright then. Watch it, you harlot. Stand back! I've got pepper spray, and I'm not afraid to use it, either."

"Like that's going to save you two from me!" Then he sprayed it into her eyes as she was blinded and backed away. "Aauugghhh!"

"That's right, you bitch. Back away, or else I'll do it again. Let's go, Joe!" Cadence was in a blind fury, unsure of what pepper spray was until now, and from this point onward, she will never forget it, either. Those two managed to slip away; this did not even please the loving princess. Charlie was hobbling over to her to calm her down.

"Cadence? Cadence! It's alright now; you chased them off. Relax. Deep breaths!"

"Arraaughh! I hate those two so badly! My eyes... they burn!" Charlie took out a rag and a water bottle to get the rag wet and then gently rubbed her eyes to clean them so she could at least see them move around. Then, he hugged her, and she began to feel better.

"I know, Cadence. But it's over. Okay? You beat them. Now relax; I got you." Then, Cadence began sobbing and leaned her face into Charlie's left shoulder to cry. "Hey, Cadence, I'll buy you as many churros as you want, okay?" This seemed to satisfy her entirely as she began to feel better.

"T-Thank you, Charlie."

"Yeah, those two always cause trouble. But let's get those churros and head back so you can relax for the rest of the day."

Meanwhile, Twilight was still sleeping in from some of her overnight reading; Luna had to jump onto this opportunity and draw a washable black marker on her face. While quietly giggling, she began with the classical curly mustache on Twilight; her goal was absolute perfection.

Celestia watched from the open door leading out to the hallway while she sighed and shook her head, disregarding her sister's actions, knowing that they weren't dangerous, just irritating. "Twilight's going to have a field day with Luna this morning. Or at least, what's left of this morning, anyway."

Twilight's nose began to twitch slightly as she was somewhat stirred, but then she went back to sleep, causing Luna to continue working on her face. After the curly mustache, she went for the goofy eyeliner and the smiley face on her right cheek, and then, she was finished as she exited Twilight's Room and made it back out to the Living Room where Celestia was waiting for her. "You're aware she'll be angry with you, right?"

"Verily, dear sister. If anything, that's exactly what I'm counting on."

"Ugh.. why does my face feel all funny?" Twilight got out of bed to wash up. She looked in the bathroom mirror and gasped. "AArugghh! My face! LUNA!"

"Oh dear, Twilight was having such a peaceful morning, too."

"Not anymore; she isn't."

"You've still got that cruel streak in you, sis. I'd be more careful that Twilight doesn't consider vengeance against you."

"Oh, come on, Tia. How mean could she possibly be?"

"You're about to find out right now, Luna!" Twilight had burst into the Living Room to confront Luna. She leered at Luna with venom in her eyes. "I can't have at least five minutes of actual beauty sleep, can I?"

"Five minutes.. more like thirty, Twilight."

"Umm, Lulu. Not helping your case here." Celestia chided in.

"You better believe it isn't. This ink better not be permanent, Luna."

"Or else what, Twilight?"

"Or else... I'll do something mean to you. I don't know what it is yet. But you'll be the first to know when I think about it. And I don't think you'll like it."

"Ha! You do not frighten me, Twilight."

"Oh.. is that so? We'll have to see about that, won't we? And you'll never see it coming, either." Twilight was then content with being patient and waiting for the right time to strike out at Luna.

"I want the whole lot of them!" Cadence looked at the barrel filled with them and was drooling at seeing them. She took all of them and put them in the cart as she thoroughly cleaned the shelves.

"Oh man.. this is going to be expensive, but I made a promise," Charlie muttered as he pushed the cart to check out. Just as he feared, they were costly. There must have been about fifty churros in there. Each one dashed up to three dollars.

"That'll be one hundred and fifty dollars plus tax. Is paper or plastic good for you?" The clerk asked Charlie.

"Plastic will be fine, thanks." Charlie opened his wallet to put his card into the scanner so it could withdraw the money and the food would be paid for. After the beeping and then the cha-ching, out came the receipt from the register, and then the food was bagged, and they were headed out. "Oh, hey. You guys aren't still mad about.. well, you know?"

"We caught who was responsible on our camera feed, and we have determined that you and your friend here were not the ones that caused the incident. Therefore, no action will be taken. Have a wonderful day." The cashier bowed respectfully as he waved us goodbye, and we did the same.

"Oh my... I'm going to have a churro party, all to myself." Cadence was eyeballing those churros like they were life to her.

"You can't wait until after dinner, huh?"

"Nope. I may snack on a couple.."

Charlie and Cadence had returned home, and they both entered the house. Then Charlie closed the door as Cadence transformed back into her alicorn self. Celestia, Luna, and Twilight saw the giant bags filled with churros. "Um, Charlie? What're in those bags?"

"Churros, Celestia. All of them are churros."

"And where are Cadence's eyes red and sore? What happened out there?"

"You don't want to know, Celestia."

Celestia's eyes began to glint as she addressed him further. "Charlie! You will tell me what happened right this instant! If one of our beloved friends were ever harmed, I want to know about it." Celestia began to have an angry white aura around her that said, 'Don't fuck with me.'

"Okay, alright. We were in a fight. Well, kinda."

"Oh. I bet you Cadence kicked some serious flank out there." Luna interjected.

'Oh. you don't know the half of it, Luna.' Charlie glanced over to Luna. "Let's just say that nobody ever gets in the way of her churros." Charlie then fixed his gaze on Celestia and said. "She got pepper-sprayed in her eyes by both Mortimer and Joe. Well, Mortimer. Joe got his ass whipped in the revolving gate. That was funny."

"Don't worry, my babies... momma's got you." Cadence was hugging the bags of her churros in an almost creepy fashion.

"Oh yeah. Well, you better not spoil your appetite for dinner. There's supposed to be plenty for everyone."

"Don't worry about it, Charlie. I'll be a good girl. I promise."

"Yeah... sure." Cadence entered her room with all the churros and hummed a happy tune.

"Alright, my pretties, it's just you, me, and all the time for us to spend together." Cadence began digging into all the churros, not showing any quarter to them.

A few hours had passed, and it was now dinnertime. Cadence hasn't left her room in nearly four hours. "Hey, dinner's ready. Where's Cadence? Is she still in her room?"

"Yep. I think she still is, Charlie." Twilight piped in.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding me." Charlie went to check on Cadence; he opened her door and was shocked at the scene before him. "Oh, my god..."

Cadence was lying on her bed as she burped out and groaned with a bloated belly filled with churros. "Ughh... too many sugary sticks. I picked a fight that I couldn't win.."

"C-Cadence? You ate all of them, didn't you?"

"Oh, dear. I can't watch this." Twilight left the room as Luna fell onto her back, laughing hysterically.

"Luna! It's not nice to laugh at somepony else's expense."

"I'm sorry, dear sister. But I guess she's living large now." Cadence's stomach gurgled, making her groan.

"Please, Luna... no puns, not even the bad ones," Cadence whined from his full belly of sugary fried and twisted dough.

"Luna, you're pushing your luck here. Now apologize to Cadence right now!"

"Yes, dear sister. I shall do this at once." Luna approached Cadence. Unfortunately, she was facing Cadence's butt and had a light blush as she began apologizing. "Alright then, Cadence, I'm sorry-"

Bbbrrpptthh!

A gassy pink cloud of sulfuric gas hit her square in her face and blew back her mane as she gagged and reeled her head back. "Bleugh! I'm sorry that I insulted you. yuck, that reeks!" This caused Cadence to lightly blush as she saw Luna collapse onto the floor, gagging.

"Oh, dear... I'm so sorry about that, Luna."

"Hmm. Maybe that'll teach her not to be too mean. I guess her ending stunk."

"Ugh. N-Not funny, Tia."

"Oh, come one, that one was good, and you know it."

"Well then. I guess it's safe to say you already had dinner, Cadence. I guess you'll have to sleep it all off." Charlie said with a sigh.

"Unfortunately so, Charlie. You did warn her not to spoil her appetite, didn't you?"

"Yes, but what's done is done. I hope everyone else here is hungry." Charlie looked at Cadence with pity. "I'm sorry, Cadence, but this'll have to be a lesson for you to learn."

"Will you just get out of my room, please?" Cadence was very annoyed right now, especially with Luna and her antics. Everyone went to go and enjoy their dinner, and Cadence was left in her room to her wishes.

"I hope you feel better, Cadence. Have a good night." Charlie said before he closed her door. And then he went to go and serve dinner to the other three and himself.