With no immediate princess or headmare duties to deal with, Twilight Sparkle baked cookies with a new ingredient she had invented. To Eric Reed's misfortune, Twilight asked him to be her victim taste-tester.

Eric would normally be happy to help, but the cookies' smell made him – and his stomach – want to take an indefinite rain check.

Unfortunately for Eric, with Twilight being Twilight and having her pseudo-scientist hat on, declining to eat up would be ineffective for curing his sudden "Persistent Alicorn Syndrome."

But fortunately for him, five words would turn the situation on its head.

This story is one of a series of stories that all take place after A Giant Adventure to Equestria. However, it is not necessary to read any of them to understand this story, but "A Giant Adventure to Equestria" does show how and why the human OC Eric Reed is in Equestria.

If you enjoy this story and would be interested in reading any of the other stories with Eric, you can find the list of all current ones here.