Apple Tales: Poundsel and Pumptel
Author's Note
Pinkie Tales is originally created by Magpiepony but I just had a story idea, and since she had made Applejack announce in the last Pinkie Tales she had done that she will be doing Apple Tales, then I will cover it.
Once Upon A Time...
Once upon a time...
In a small and humble cottage inside the Everfree Forest, there lived a humble widowed merchant that lived with his two kids, Poundsel and Pumptel. They were both sweet little foals who had helped his father since they were very poor.
As the years had passed, their father had married a new wife as he was getting lonely due to the passing of their original mom. Unfortunately, the twins' attempts to grow close with their new stepmother had failed.
One day, the stepmom had took the twins on a hunt for food in the Everfree Forest. However, she only did so that she would get rid of them for good. Poundsel was getting hungry in the middle of their hunt.
''I am hungry, Pumptel. Can we eat these basket of berries already?''
''I am hungry too, Poundsel, but we better get these home before it is dark.''
Poundsel rolled out his eyes and fell into a bush as he didn't look at where he was going. On the other side of the bush, he was met by a giant house made of delicious sweets. The house was made out of chocolate tiles and there was candy canes surrounding the house as a fence. He licked his lips in delight but called out for his sister to come check this out.
''Wait!'' Pinkie Pie interrupted. ''Why are Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake in this story?''
''Because it is perfect!'' Applejack replied. ''I was originally goin' to make Big Macintosh and I be in their places but it has always been us in Magpiepony's Tales, so I decided to switch it up a bit and give Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake the roles.''
''But Applejack, you are reading them the story.''
''Yeah, so?''
''So why would you-you know what? Never mind! Carry on, Narrator!''
Thank you, Pinkie Pie. Anyways, the twins trotted towards the delicious-looking house and took out a chunk for themselves to munch on. Unfortunately, none of them two knew that inside that house lived an evil witch. Her name was Pinkie Pie.
Wait a minute, did I read that right? Is it really just 'Pinkie Pie'?
''Oh,'' said Applejack with a slight chuckle. ''Well, I sort of ran out of puns of combinin' 'Pinkie Pie' and 'witch' together, so I just kept it as that. I hope you don't mind or find it distractin'.''
Okay. Well, how about Witchie Pie then?
''Hmmm, sound good. Sure!''
Witchie Pie was reading her newspaper while eating one of the finest cupcakes she had baked. She was sitting on her chair, swaying about, until she heard some munching noises coming from outside. She lowered her newspaper and trotted on towards the door grumpily.
As she opened the door, she was met by two foals eating her sweets that were decorated all around her house.
She gasped in horror. ''What do you two think you are doing?''
Poundsel had an amount full of sweets in his hooves until it all dropped to the ground when he saw a witch standing in front of him. He shivered his legs in fear and screamed in terror. His sister, Pumptel, joined along as she too saw the witch standing in front of her.
Witchie Pie grunted and blocked their mouths to prevent them from shouting. further
''How dare you two eat my secret stash of candy?'' she asked with an unamused facial expression.
''Well, it is not really a secret since it is all around your house,'' said Poundsel smartly.
''I am sorry, Mrs. Witch. My brother and I were so hungry and we found your delicious-looking house so we-''
''Hungry, huh?'' the witch interrupted. ''You don't say. My house is very delicious, but if you are hungry, you could just say so!''
''Huh?'' the twins uttered in unison as they both glanced at each other.
''Come on in, folks!'' she exclaimed.
None of them moved.
''We would love to but,'' said Pumptel, ''we need to get going.''
The witch groaned in annoyance and dragged the foals into her house. Her house was a lot scary compared to the outside. There were cobwebs in the corner of the room, slugs sliming around on the walls, half-eaten donuts on the table, and a cauldron. The twins gulped as the witch pushed them forward.
''Now,'' said Witchie Pie. ''Sit on this chair, filly, and I will give you all the sweets you could ever imagine.''
Pumptel's eyes widened in shock. Witchie Pie placed a plate of cookies in front of her on the table and kept on coming with different type of candy. Pumptel didn't even hesitate to dig in the yummy candy. As for Poundsel, Witchie Pie smirked deviously and secretly grabbed him from the back and tied him with a rope inside of her cauldron. The colt screamed in horror, which had alerted his sister. Pinkie Pie tackled evilly.
''HELP!'' he screamed in horror.
''Hey!'' Pumptel yelled. ''What gives, meanie?''
''Mwahahahaha!'' Witchie Pie tackled evilly. ''You little foals should know better than to trust strangers! Now you will never escape and I can bake you two into cupcakes!''
''What?'' Poundsel shrieked.
Witchie Pie hummed a rhythmical tune as she sat into her chair again and got back with her newspaper. However, Poundsel was struggling to get out of his grasp.
''Pumptel,'' he whispered. ''Get me out of here!''
Pumptel bit her lip in response and scattered around the room to find a way to save him. She couldn't just walk up towards him and free him like that, or else she would get caught. However, she did think up a plan. She smirked deviously as she did. She had found a stove.
''Hey, Mrs. Witch!'' Pumptel called. ''Can you make me a cake? I am starving!''
The witch lowered her newspaper and rolled her eyes out in annoyance. She trotted towards her counter and got out baking supplies in order to bake a cake. Pumptel found it hard to get her in front of the oven as she had kept moving down the aisle. Once she placed the bowl of batter inside the oven, Pumptel quickly stood behind her back and pushed her inside the oven. The witch screamed in horror and tried to pull the little filly's tail but she had missed.
''NOOO!'' she shouted. ''I just wanted to cook you all up into cupcakes!''
''Yeah,'' said Rainbow Dash. ''That is not going to happen again, Pinkamena Diane Pie!''
''What about you and your rainbow factory, Rainbow Dash?'' Applejack pointed out with a sly grin.
''Yeah but,'' Rainbow Dash mumbled, ''this story isn't about me, is it?''
''No, I suppose not.''
''Good, now shut up.''
''Hey!'' the cowgirl called out. ''You can't tell me to shut up! I'm the creator of this story, I-''
Pinkie Pie hopped. ''Carry on, Narrator.''
Pumptel quickly ran towards her brother and untied him out of his grasp. They both sighed in relief and stormed out of the house, leaving the witch burned into flames. Fortunately, they had both made it home safely and got their dad's divorce with their stepmom. And they all lived happily ever after. The end.
''Now that was quite a gripping tale!'' Applejack commented. ''I hope you all enjoyed this story and now where did those little foals run off to?''
She caught the foals slopping over a basket full of apples. Applejack gasped in horror.
''My apples!''
The End
