Six little stories

It was right. Just like another ordinary morning, Sugar Belle worked in the sugarcube corner. It was a fun job, especially because it was one of the best-rated snack bars in the city. At first, Sugar Belle was so confused by Lyra's request... something "mysterious"? Well, anyway, the decoration of the cupcakes wasn't really the problem, for now.

"Oh, Celestia!" – Sugar Belle commented, while that half-empty bag of flour fell onto her hooves. – "Mrs Cake, we're out of flour!"

"Don't worry, sweetie!" – Mrs Cake goes to the reserves – "There must be something right here... oops, we forgot to refill." – She put her hoof on her face in disappointment. – "We had a lot of orders this week and we forgot to get more from the farm."

"Don't worry, ma'am." – Sugar Belle smiled, calming the situation. – "I can go to the farm, I'm sure Big Mac still has a lot. He's sooo responsible!" – she blushed as she fidgeted, until Mrs. Cake brought her back to reality.

"Well, you better get going." – She laughed a little. – "That pony really wanted the cupcakes for today. Which is a bit strange, since she should have asked for it a week before like the others..."

"All good!" – Sugar Belle walked out the door – "I'll be right back, see you later!"

Mrs Cake just smiled back, admiring her employee's determination and willpower. But anyway, on the farm, Applejack and Carrot Top seemed to be discussing something at the moment.

"Hey Hey! I know the payment is late, but you have to trust me!" – Applejack said nervously.

"Ah, yes! Come on, I work here like a convict for a month and at the end of it you didn't fix anything?!" – Carrot retorted angrily.

I"t's just... you know, there's new people at home... and you know, me and Big Mac are the only ones who pay the bills and-"

"Ah, tell me again! Are you serious?" – Carrot didn't even let Applejack say anything else.

"I am literally the element of honesty!" – She puffed out her chest to appear bigger at that time.

"Excuse me?" – A calmer voice silenced them both. Sugar Belle had arrived. - "hmmm... me..."

"Ah! Sugarcube!" – Applejack approaches her sister-in-law. – "Is everything okay? Sorry... I was just having a conversation about negotiations." – Aj's ears lowered with a little fear when he saw Carrot's frown. – "Heh, or something like that..."

"I was looking for flour, Big Mac still has it in the barn, right?" – She was just happy to talk about him.

"Yes, there is. It's just that it's in his cabin, which is locked. He left for Appaloosa to take care of some rather personal matters. He always takes the key with him, right." – Aj seemed to be lying, but Sugar Belle didn't notice much.

"Oh... right?" – She lowered her ears a little. – "Oh, right... I'll try to get some at the fair, can you lend me some bits for change?"

"Oh, yeah. Ah have it." – She hands Sugar Belle some coins. This only angered Carrot even more

"Thanks! I'll pay you back later." – She smile again, returning to the city to go to the Ponyville fair. Halfway through the trip, she saw the figure of a stallion dancing with a training dummy. It was so fast and it also hid... it looked like Big Mac. Or she don't know, maybe she was thinking about him a lot. Anyway, she went to town and saw all that crowd of ponies again. That party was going to be so big, his eyes even sparkled feeling the freedom to celebrate and be happy that day. Ponies came and went from everywhere. Even Lyra was there, carrying that slate and rounding up some ponies.

"One bag of flour, please." – She picked up that bag, knowing it would be enough for the day. She loaded it into her wagon and delivered the bits. – "Thank you, man!"

She was even going back to SugarCube Corner, but was stopped by Derpy. Why did she have a foil hat on her head...?

"You! Did you know?" – Derpy flew over SugarBelle, with his purest and most innocent way. – "The repitilihumans! are among us!"

"Reptilihumans?! What is this?" - Sugar Belle had trouble saying that weird word, but she believed it. – "And- and they're going to arrest the ponies? what do they do?" – Before responding, Derpy thought, trying to remember something she had heard.

"Woahh! Yeah, they're going to overpower us!"
"Dominate us?!"
"Erase our memories!"
"Our memories?!"
"Aanndd... take away our freedom!!"
"Ahh! I dont wanna this! – She covered her nose with her hooves.

Soon, that same brown Earth pony, Doctor Hooves, arrived in the conversation.

"Derpy... what did I tell you about sensational news? Even in the pony world there's that- I mean... oh, please, right?"

"oohh..." – She nodded – "What is that?"

Uhh... Okay, let's go. Yes, a conspiracy theory can be considered sensationalist news because bla bla bla bla..." – He even explained it well, but Derpy ended up getting distracted by Sugar Belle's trembling.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot to say that this all has a chance of being a lie. Lyra was the one who said that!"

Sugar Belle blinked nervously at the thought of having her freedom taken away.
"Lyra?" – its snout was pointed at that greenish unicorn, which was acting as if it were an epilogue to its presentations: perhaps a rehearsal. She tried to call as many ponies as possible.

"Oh, right... i get it, I'll be more careful..." – She is almost going home, but this time she ends up tripping, so a stud who thought he was VERY hot offered to help.

"Hey princess" – He extended a hoof with a wink. – "Where are you going?"

At that moment Sugar Belle's muzzle twitched. – "You just tripped me on purpose!"
"I? No, mon'cherrie!" – He leaned on a place.

Sugar Belle suddenly remembered about the reptilihumans.

"Hey, I won't tolerate this again!" – She lowered her ears angrily.

Before he could respond, the stud who thinks he's hot was soon pushed away quickly when Sugar Belle was just a few feet away from the sugarcube corner. At that moment, she felt happy, excited and most importantly; free. The wind rushed through his curly mane and tail, swaying in the wind. His fur felt the breeze once more, and his hooves exercised. She smiled like never before. Arriving at the sugarcube corner, to his surprise the cupcakes were already being prepared.

"Oh, hello sweetie!" – Mrs Cake smiled. – "It turns out that yes, we had more flour saved, it's enough for today. I hope you don't get mad."

Sugar Belle's face looked confused at first, but soon brightened up, laughing. – "Ahah, don't worry, really. In fact, the walk was the best part. Running is really good, let's go make these cupcakes."

then the three ponies prepared those delicious cupcakes; but one thing couldn't get out of the unicorn's head. – "where's BigMac, anyway?" – She asked, still thinking about him, and comforting herself by adjusting that mass.