Everypony knows that Pinkie Pie has a bit of a sweet tooth, even Pinkie herself is aware of this fact.
Even as she pulled a fresh batch of pastries out of the oven, half of which would probably end up in her own mouth instead of put up for sale like she should be doing (maybe that's why the Cake's didn't pay her all that much), she found herself wondering why it had to be a tooth. I mean, her teeth didn't feel all that sweet, even if they were covered in sugar, it was only the sugar that was sweet, not the tooth itself.
Furthermore, why didn't she ever hear of anypony else having a sweet tooth? Was it something that was only unique to her? How come she never heard of anypony else having a sweet tooth? Wait... Didn't she ask herself that already? Meh... Whatever.
Her idle and scattered thoughts were interrupted as she heard the distant doorbell ring, somepony had just entered the shop. "Coming!!" She shouted from the back as she flipped the fresh goods into the air, catching all but one of them on a serving tray, the last one being caught by her tongue and subsequently disappearing into her mouth. She giggled happily to herself as the taste of butter and sugar ran down her throat, there really was nothing better than sweets to start off the morning.
Pinkie carried the tray with her as she made her way to the front. "Twilight!" She cheered when she saw her unicorn friend waiting up front.
Twilight greeted her with a smile that almost broke out into a giggle when she was greeted by the pink party pony. "Morning, Pinkie," she said in return. "Just you this morning?"
"Yeppers," said Pinkie as she carefully slid the tray onto the counter as it balanced off a single curl of her mane. "The Cake's are away for a few days. They wanted to show off the twins to their relatives in Trottingham. How bout you? Up late studying again?"
Twilight nodded happily, eager to talk about her favorite topics. "I actually found an old journal that used to belong to Chancellor Puddinghead. It was kind of interesting reading about how earth ponies used to live way back when Equestria was founded." Twilight scratched her head for a moment. "She also had a very long list of deserts she liked in there as well. Reading about it actually made me a bit hungry. Left me with a bit of a sweet tooth this morning."
Pinkie's ears perked up at the mention of a sweet tooth, it was almost as if Celestia herself had sent Twilight herself to sate her curiosity this morning. "You have a sweet tooth as well, Twilight!?" She piped all excitedly. "I've been trying to find mine all morning. I still can't figure out which one it is," she said as she made a show of running her tongue over her pearly whites.
Twilight laughed at Pinkie's antics. "Oh Pinkie," she said. "It's not something you can find. A sweet tooth is just what ponies say when they like sweets."
"Mmm hmm," Pinkie nodded along like what she was saying was obvious. "That's what I'm saying. It's something I can't find, and of course I like sweets," she said, clearly not following what her friend had said at all.
"Heh heh," Twilight laughed nervously. Pinkie was starting to get that look in her eye like she was going to be stuck on this for a while. "Anyway," she said as she looked at the fresh tray Pinkie had carried out. "Those look amazing. Can I get a few?"
"Sure can," Pinkie said as she happily tossed a few on a plate for her friend. "That'll be four bits."
Twilight took the tray in her magic and carried it over to an empty table, all while cautiously watching Pinkie out of the corner of her eye. They had all seen the infinite bundle of energy get stuck on a topic before, and she probably should've retreated to a safe distance before Pinkie remembered what they had been talking about, but the fresh pastries she carried just smelled so good. She didn't want to wait until she got home.
A few minutes later she was finishing off the last of the pastries, they tasted just as good, if not better, than they smelled. Her sweet tooth satiated, she was ready to get back to the library and resume her studies. She had so much she was looking forward to reading today.
"So how's your sweet tooth," said Pinkie, appearing next to her.
Twilight almost jumped out of her skin at Pinkie's sudden appearance. She still wasn't sure how she managed to appear seemingly out of nowhere and gave up trying to figure it out after the "Pinkie Sense" incident, but that didn't mean she'd ever get use to the way Pinkie just showed up like that.
"My sweet tooth's fine," Twilight finally said as she got over her shock. "It's actually gone for now. Those pastries really were good."
Pinkie's reaction ended up being the opposite of what Twilight expected. Instead of delight at Twilight's compliment, she instead had a look of horror on her face like the world was about to end.
"Oh no," said Pinkie. "I didn't mean to make you lose your sweet tooth. Fear not," she stood up straight, the look of confidence and determination on her face.
"Pinkie," Twilight said desperately as she tried to head her friend off before this inevitably spiraled out of control. "That's not what I..."
"I will find your sweet tooth!" Pinkie declared, her mind already made up. "I will not rest. I will not sleep. I will search high and low until I find your missing sweet tooth."
Twilight tried one last time to pull Pinkie out of this brand of crazy she was known for, but it was already too last. Before She had a chance to say anything else, Pinkie had already bolted out of Sugarcube Corner at full speed, determined to find the missing sweet tooth.
Twilight sighed as the dust settled and Pinkie was nowhere to be seen. She wanted to go back to her books, but she wasn't sure it was going to be that simple anymore with Pinkie on the prowl. It was looking like it was going to be one of those kind of days.
It must be a Tuesday.
Author's Note
It's been a while since I've done some one-shot nonsense.
Hopefully this'll help me get the creative juices flowing again.
I hope you enjoyed.
