I couldn’t study up on Equestrian citizenship on an empty stomach, so I needed to find somewhere to eat.

The establishment that I chose was not a restaurant, but it was good enough for me.

“Welcome to Sugarcube Corner, dear!” said a blue Earth pony mare, who saw me trotting in.

“I’m Cup Cake,” she told me. “And this is my husband, Carrot Cake,” she continued, pointing to a yellow Earth pony stallion.

“Would you mind if I stayed here to eat my apples?” I asked Mr. and Mrs. Cake. “I don’t want to buy any sweets today,” I explained.

“Of course, you may,” Mr. Cake told me.

Mr. Cake assigned me to table 11. I sat down there, and with my horn, I untied my sack to eat the apples that Applejack had given me for free.

No sooner had I bitten into my first apple than a pink Earth pony mare popped out and squealed at me!

“SURPRIIIIISE!” she squealed, making me drop my apple onto the table!

“Did I surprise you?” she asked me, talking at about 300 words per minute! “Did I? Did I? Huh, huh, huh?”

“You didn’t just surprise me; you scared me!” I snapped, giving her a stern reprimand.

Apparently, I had made the pink Earth pony cry, because she wailed like a newborn foal!

As an act of contrition, I asked her, “Would you like a sour apple?”

She stopped crying immediately and shouted, “Ooooooh—would I ever!”

I hoofed her two of the apples left in my sack.

I could tell that she enjoyed the apples’ taste, because after she ate them, she said, “Yummy-licious!”

“Yummy-licious?” I thought aloud, rather confused.

“Uh-huh!” she answered. “I love goofy, made-up words!”

“I presume that you also love the color pink,” I guessed.

“Yes-indeedie-doodles!” she answered cheerfully. “My name is Pinkie Pie!”

“And my name is Lonesome Knight,” I answered back.

“Oh, no!” she cried in horror upon hearing my name. “I don’t want anypony to be lonesome!”

“Chill, Pinkie!” I told her. “It’s just my name; I don’t mind being alone.”

“Whew!” she shouted, and sighed in relief.

Eventually, I ate all four of my leftover sour apples and said good-bye to Pinkie Pie and Mr. and Mrs. Cake.

The three of them said good-bye right back to me, and I left Sugarcube Corner to head for the Golden Oak Library.

Author's Note

The title of this episode comes from a lyric from the full version of the theme song from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.