Cupcake Factory

“Oh, oh my... Derpy Hooves, lets kill her or make her crazy.” -SomeGuyCamping
“I do have this feeling Derpy is secretly behind it all, she bucked everything, and is planning to take over the world.” -Pop chatters
“Trixie comes, and fucks up the whole town with the alicorn amulet, so Rainbow and Pinkie make a game out of it to see who can kill her first.” -ApplePie Lord
“Can't poor little trixie the worthless and loveless join the factory crew? Or art she destined to a fate most cruel?” -Xaerouzle

Cupcake Factory

By Nero Darkard (aka. NeroTheDarklord)

Chapter 7: Let’s play a game

It felt like Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie were stuck in this elevator for ages now. At first, they thought it would be fun to tease the security guards by making out right in front of the camera, but even that turned boring after a while.

“Geeze! How much deeper is this going?!” Rainbow finally complained.

“Just a bit more, Dashie. The big boss doesn’t want any uninvited guests to find her secret lair that easily,” Pinkie responded.

“What’s with all those supervillains having a top secret lair? And this one is at the bottom of the ocean, too! Can it get any more cliché than this?” Dash wondered, rolling her eyes.

“Well, with Celestia being able to see everything where the sun can reach, she needs to make sure this stays hidden from her. What I’m way more curious about is why she wants to see us now,” the pink mare stated.

Bing!

“We are about to find out,” Rainbow replied.

A second later, the elevator door opened to a massive hall of metal and armoured glass, displaying the ocean behind it. Countless ponies in uniforms were walking around, transporting missiles, radioactive material containers and armoured tubes containing deadly bacteria from one place to the other. At the far end, in front of a massive glass shield with dozens of dangerous deep sea creatures was a large, throne-like chair. On it sat a gray mare in a black tuxedo. Her legs were casually crossed and with a cat laying on top of them, which the mare stroked in a slow, steady rhythm. Her head rested on the other hoof, letting her blonde mane hang freely while she smoked a pipe, stuffed with a familiar blue flower from Everfree Forest. To make the impression perfect, she even wore a top hat and a golden monocle in her left eye.

The mare sat idly, staring at the two mares entering her secret realm of organized crime. She just waited for them to come over and as they did, it was Rainbow Dash who first started the conversation.

“You look ridiculous, Derpy. British supervillain cliché overload. All that you are missing is the moustache and the evil laugh,” she stated.

“Some call it cliché, others call it classy. You are entitled to your own opinion, but do not forget who gave you the workers for the rainbow factory and arranged the laws to your favor,” Derpy Hooves responded.

“Anyway, why do you wanted to see us?” Pinkie wondered.

“It seems like I had a little security breach by one of your old friends,” the gray mare started, clicking on a button on her chair.

A large monitor moved out of the wall to their left, turning on to some security tape. They saw a disguised mare hack a console to open a treasury. Then, the angle switched, showing the perspective from inside the chamber. Although there were plenty of valuable objects, she only aimed for a familiar accessory. A black and red necklace known as the Alicorn Amulet.

Next, a security guard rushed in and tried to disable the thief. She, however, could defend herself and knocked the guard unconscious. But in return, the guard managed to remove her mask.

“Ugh… Trixie? Really? We put so much effort in getting that amulet away from her. If we knew your security was so bad, we would have never given it to you,” Rainbow complained.

“I’m afraid getting decent staff is a hardship. We already found the security guard responsible for this,” Derpy explained, pressing another button.

Suddenly, a massive fish tank opened up behind Rainbow and Pinkie. It contained countless sharks with laser beams attached to their heads. Next, a mechanical claw moved over the tank, holding a tied up unicorn mare who struggled in panic.

“I just don’t know what went wrong!” she shouted desperately.

“That is my line, you bramy twit,” Derpy stated casually, then pressed the release button.

The screams of the mare lasted only until she hit the water. Then, the noises changed into a crazy laser shootout, which only caused Rainbow Dash to roll her eyes yet again.

“I didn’t know we were in a comedy movie. Is your nickname Dr. Evil by any chance?” she wondered.

“Inspiration is one thing, but blatantly copying a completely different. I prefer being called Big Boss,” the gray mare responded.

“As if that wouldn’t be stolen from something else as well,” Pinkie whispered to Rainbow Dash, causing both to giggle a bit.

“Anyhow, back to the topic. It appears as if Trixie has yet again set out to achieve revenge. My spies reported that they saw her coming to Ponyville, likely in attempt to murder princess Twilight Sparkle. I do believe it would be in both our interests if this could be prevented,” Derpy explained.

“Say no more! We got this!” Rainbow stated.

“Yeah! We will make sure this meanie will never be able to steal anything ever again!” Pinkie cheered.

“That is what I wanted to hear,” the big boss replied.

Rainbow and Pinkie turned around, watching for a moment as the sharks swallowed the last remaining laser-cooked bits of the mare. Then the tank closed again and they were about to leave.

“Oh. One more thing,” Derpy started.

“What is it?” Rainbow wondered.

“Next time you come here, please do not distract my security guards again by waving your rumps into the camera. While I am quite fine with uphill gardening… or homosexual acts as the common folk would say it, I must insist on my workers being paid for guarding, not clopping to the cameras,” the gray mare requested.

“Party pooper…” Pinkie spoke in a disappointed tone.

Finally, the two mares were leaving again. Just as they stepped back inside the elevator and went on their way back to the post office in Ponyville, one of the security guards at the monitors started carefully looking around. Judging that nopony was watching, he accessed the security tape of the elevator from about ten minutes ago, licking his lips as he observed the two young mares toy with each other.

Rainbow Dash was the first to step out into Ponyville. She already had her head hanging low and an angered grimace on her face.

“So much for our plans of opening the cupcake factory today,” she mumbled.

“Ah, come on, Dashie! It’s not a big deal! Actually, we could make some fun out of this!” Pinkie spoke.

“What do you have in mind, Pinks?” Dash wanted to know.

“You are super duper fast. I am super duper skilled. How about we make this a race? Whoever can kill Trixie first wins!” the pink mare suggested.

Swiftly, a determined smile grew on Rainbow’s face.

“Now that’s a good idea! To make it more challenging, we should start it right away, so the pony who first spots her gets the advantage! Down with it?” she suggested.

“Absolutely! Ready?” Pinkie asked, jumping in position.

“Ready!” the athletic mare replied, also getting ready.

“Then let’s go!” Pinkie shouted and bolted away.

Trixie stood up on a hill, observing Ponyville. She already had a sinister grin on her face, anticipation filling her whole being. Finally, she let out an evil laugh.

“At last, I have the amulet back! Now I can match Twilight Sparkle’s magic again! Oh, how long I have been waiting for this day! All the preparations are finally coming to fruition!” she spoke to herself.

What she couldn’t have known was that Rainbow Dash had already spotted her. The light blue mare was hiding in a bush nearby, watching the whole scene with a knife in her mouth. She would already have jumped her target if there wasn’t another pony approaching her. Some stallion from the village Rainbow had seen a few times before.

As Trixie and the stallion spotted each other, he instantly noticed the infamous necklace and tried to run away. But Trixie couldn’t let him go and alarm the whole town. Using her magic, she lifted the stallion and forced him to hover right in front of her face. With evil glowing red eyes, Trixie stared at him in fury while he whimpered in fear.

“Where is she? Where is Twilight?” the wicked mare shouted.

“D-down in the marketplace!” the stallion responded shakily.

A bright flash filled the air and suddenly, Rainbow Dash was were Trixie used to be.

“Ah fuck. Too late,” she stated while rubbing her head as she realized she just narrowly missed her target.

Rainbow looked around in search. The stallion was just beneath her, the knife stuck in his head and not moving anymore.

“Oh come on!” the athletic mare shouted in frustration.

When Trixie materialized again, she was in the middle of the marketplace. The bright flash caught a lot of attention and as the villagers realized who was standing there, wielding the Alicorn Amulet, they remembered what happened the last time. Instantly, they all broke out in panic and started running away.

Trixie, though, remained focused. She just ignored the chaos around her and kept searching for a purple mare with both a horn and wings. As she casually trotted through the town, Pinkie prepared a small powerful catapult, hidden on top of the town hall. To make sure the strike would definitely be fatal, she loaded it with the heaviest anvil she could find and aimed it at Trixie.

Seconds passed while Pinkie tried to line up the shot perfectly. Finally, she cut the rope. The anvil went flying all over the town and aimed straight for Trixie. But just as it was about to hit her, a panicking mare pushed Trixie aside. The anvil landed perfectly on her head, crushing it to a bloody mush.

Trixie stared at the mare who apparently just died by a freak accident. But swiftly, her determination returned. Nothing would be able to distract her from her goal today, not even something like this. As the wicked mare continued, Pinkie sat on top of the town hall and nervously tapped her front hooves against each other.

“Oopsie!” she spoke meekly.

The hunt continued in front of Sugarcube Corner. Trixie was still completely oblivious to the fact that two mares at the same time aimed to take her life while she kept looking around. Finally, Rainbow was ready to assault again. She prepared a board on a nearby house to have several long nails stand out of it. With just a small push, it would come loose and launch straight into Trixie’s chest.

Her target was approaching. Just a few steps more and Dash could trigger her trap. But then, Pinkie came running around a corner, holding a small container with something that looked like acid. If she reached Trixie first, she would win!

Rainbow couldn’t have that. She jumped out of her cover and aimed straight for Pinkie, knocking the container out of her grip. It went flying across the street, causing cauterizations on several ponies before a splash landed on Rainbow’s trap, causing it to trigger early and nail another bystander to a wall.

“Hey! What the fuck, Dashie! You’re cheating!” Pinkie complained.

“Nopony ever said we couldn’t sabotage each other! You know I hate losing and this just makes it a whole lot more interesting!” Rainbow explained swiftly.

“You are such a dirty pony, Rainbow Dash. And not just that way,” the pink mare spoke with a displeased expression.

While they were arguing, Trixie just casually walked by, neither one of them noticing it until it was too late.

“Crap!” Rainbow shouted, picking up a pointy metal piece and aiming to fly after her.

But before she could take off, Pinkie grabbed her tail with her mouth. Out of the momentum, Rainbow lost her grip on the metal piece, sending it flying and yet again killing another villager by freak accident.

“Hey!” the athletic mare complained with a grim glance.

“Nopony said we couldn’t sabotage each other,” Pinkie responded with a sly expression.

Finally, Trixie disappeared behind a corner again. Now, Rainbow Dash became furious. She just couldn’t lose, no matter what.

“That’s it! It is on!” she shouted.

The chase has officially turned crazy. While Trixie just pushed away all the ponies that tried to block her, Rainbow and Pinkie kept competing against each other behind her back. Their attempts to assassinate Trixie constantly backfired due to the other manipulating it, only causing the wrong ponies to die. In fact, these two mares caused way more destruction and deaths than Trixie did.

Finally, their conflict escalated. At some point, Pinkie and Rainbow completely forgot about why they were fighting in the first place and just started arguing loudly. Like this, minutes passed by until they started hearing noises coming from Twilight’s library.

“Oh fuck! She’s already there!” Rainbow shouted in shock.

The whole building was shaking heavily, causing several leaves to fall off. All sorts of colourful light could be seen from the inside, as well as magical sparkles. Rainbow and Pinkie could only imagine what kind of extreme battle to death Trixie and Twilight must have at this point.

“This is all your fault, Dashie! If you would just play fair for once, we would have had her long ago!” Pinkie complained.

“Hmph. I hate to admit it, but I guess you are right, Pinks. You know what? Screw this game! Let’s go and save our friend!” Rainbow Dash responded.

Instantly, both mare shot up and started running.

By the time they reached the library, it was already all over. Trixie came casually walking out of the library, sweaty but smiling widely. Just as she started walking down the road, she suddenly found herself tackled by two mares at once and pinned to the ground.

Rainbow Dash was furious, but mostly with herself. Now, she was aiming to let it all out on Trixie. But just as she was about to deliver the first punch, Trixie already pressing her eyes shut and raising her front hooves in protection, she realized something.

“Huh? The amulet is gone!” Dash stated.

“You’re right! Where did you put it, Trixie?” Pinkie asked angrily.

“P-please! Don’t hurt me!” Trixie whimpered.

“Then answer the question! Where is the amulet?” Rainbow repeated.

“What’s going on out there?” another voice spoke suddenly.

Pinkie and Rainbow raised their heads. In the open library door stood Twilight Sparkle, just as much soaked in sweat as Trixie.

“You are alive?!” Pinkie and Rainbow shouted at the same time.

“Of course! Why wouldn’t I- By Celestia’s mane! What happened?!” Twilight spoke, analyzing the destruction.

Both Pinkie and Rainbow had a look around. The whole town was heavily damaged. Several ponies were injured, a few even heavily and multiple corpses were laying on the streets. With a quick glance, the two mares looked at each other. They now came to realize that they were the cause of this. They really overdid it with their competition. But luckily, they could frame somepony else.

“This was Trixie’s fault! She used the Alicorn Amulet to spread havoc over the town!” Rainbow stated quickly.

“W-what?! No! I didn’t do any of this! The villagers just panicked!” Trixie tried to reason.

“Oh yeah? Then how do you explain all this? And what did you do with Twilight anyway?” Pinkie wanted to know.

Simultaneously, Trixie and Twilight suddenly started to blush. Trixie even went so far as to cover her face in shame.

“Uh… Well… You see… We kind of… um…” Twilight stammered.

It took Pinkie and Rainbow a moment, but they finally put the pieces together. The sweat on both mares was a give-away and the fact that Twilight was holding the Alicorn Amulet in her front hoof now only made it even clearer.

“Oh…” was all Rainbow said and allowed Trixie to stand back up.

“What did you need that amulet for anyway?” Pinkie wanted to know.

“Um… Let’s just say that it is not so easy to really get on my level… If you know what I mean…” Twilight stated, blushing even harder. “Anyway, she willingly gave up the amulet right after we were… done… Oh gosh this is embarrassing.”

“You tell me…” Trixie agreed. “If the great and powerful Trixie knew things would turn out like this, she would have never accepted this ID card.”

Instantly, Rainbow and Pinkie looked at each other with serious glances. Everything was coming together now.

“Derpy…” Pinkie whispered.

“Yeah… I can see her down in her hideout right now, rubbing her front hooves together while saying ‘Just as planned’. Fucking hell,” Rainbow whispered back in frustration.

Both mares sighed. The only pony who really won something out of this game was Derpy Hooves. This must have been very amusing to watch and with all the chaos in the town now, she could easily increase her influence in Ponyville by providing support to reconstruct and preparing the funerals.

“Anyway, Trixie. Even if you didn’t intend to cause all this destruction, you need to pay!” Rainbow insisted.

“But we can’t report this incident to Princess Celestia! She will definitely get into big trouble!” Twilight stated.

“Yeah and that’s just what she deserves!” Pinkie continued.

“No! I don’t want to be thrown into a dungeon again! I had just been a few weeks ago for stealing an apple because I was starving! Please! Not again! Anything but that!” Trixie begged, her eyes filling with tears.

Suddenly, Pinkie and Rainbow started feeling something they never thought they would feel for Trixie. They felt sorry for her. Ever since she stumbled into their group, her whole life has gone downhill. She lost her wagon, her job, her reputation and apparently doesn’t even have enough money to pay for food anymore.

“Hey! I have a brilliant idea!” Twilight suddenly started. “You two wanted to open the cupcake factory soon, right? How about you hire Trixie!”

“What?! No way! Forget it, Twilight!” Rainbow protested.

“Oh yes. You will take her in. I can’t have her get in even more trouble. As a princess of Equestria, I have the power to deliver a verdict. So I hereby declare that the pony Trixie will be pardoned for all actions that happened here today if she pays off the costs by working for the Ponyville cupcake factory! Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie: I insist on you two employing her and giving her a good wage!” Twilight declared.

Sadly, she was right. Twilight really had power when it came to such matters. Trixie really could be lucky she just had a mating session with her, otherwise Pinkie and Rainbow would be tearing her to shreds. But now, they could only surrender to their friend’s verdict and sigh in frustration.

“Fine,” both mares spoke at the same time.

Trixie grinned widely. This is the first time she had a proper job since she was kicked out of the rock farm. With a small gesture, Twilight ordered them to show her the way. Unwillingly the two mares started walking ahead, closely followed by their newest employee.

“What are we going to do with her?” Pinkie whispered.

“Let’s just have her work with the icing or something. The less she knows, the better,” Rainbow replied.

“Yeah. Good thing we still have Chrissy. There is no way Trixie would dare to sneak past her,” the pink mare agreed.

While the three mares were walking out of Ponyville, another was sitting on her seat deep below the ocean. She watched the whole scenario on a big monitor while constantly caressing her pet. Finally, she began to smile widely and rubbed her front hooves.

“Just as planned,” she spoke to herself.