Mr. and Mrs. Cake tucked Pumpkin and Pound under the blanket in their crib. They both then kissed them on the cheek.

“Mama! Dada!” Pumpkin and Pound said with smiles respectively.

Mr. and Mrs. Cake both giggled. “Goodnight my little sweethearts.” Mrs. Cake said. She and Mr. Cake then left the room and turned out the light.

As they got ready for bed, Mr. Cake noticed that his wife seemed a little down. “Is something wrong honey?”

Mrs. Cake sighed. “It’s just, the twins are growing up so fast. They are already starting to speak with full words, and they have already begun potty training. A part of me just thinks that they’re growing up too fast.”

“Listen, there is no need to be worried.” Mr. Cake said reassuringly. “We both knew that Pumpkin and Pound wouldn’t stay as foals forever.”

“That’s true. But I just kind of wish that they would stay foals forever.”

Mr. Cake Chuckled. “Don’t worry. No matter how old they get, they will always be our kids and they will love us as much as we love them.”

Mrs. Cake smiled. “You’re right. I guess I’m just being a worry wart.” She and Mr. Cake then climbed into bed and kissed each other goodnight.

The next morning Pinkie Pie woke early. She did morning workouts, and she always did them in front of Pumpkin and Pound Cake because it entertained them and Pinkie Pie got motivation from seeing them smile. She put on her workout clothes and went straight to Pumpkin and Pounds room.

“Okay Pumpkin and Pound, are you ready for another amazing workout!” Pinkie Pie said in her usual cheerful voice as she entered the room. But something seemed off this morning. Usually Pumpkin and Pound would start squeeing with glee as soon as they heard her voice, but this morning they were unusually quiet.

Pinkie Pie approached their crib. “Pumpkin? Pound? Are you two still asleep?” Pinkie Pie approached their crib and looked down. She let out a loud scream.

The scream instantly woke up Mr. and Mrs. Cake. They both rushed into Pumpkin and Pound’s room.

“Pinkie Pie, what’s wrong?” Mr. Cake asked.

Pinkie Pie looked over at the Cakes with a look of shock on her face. “Something has happened to Pumpkin and Pound!”

Mrs. Cake could not believe what she had just heard. “What happened? What’s wrong?” Mrs. Cake then ran over and looked into the crib. What she saw was freighting.

Pumpkin and Pound had been turned into stone!

The Ponyville police arrived on the scene immediately once Pinkie Pie ran to get them. Mr. and Mrs. Cake hugged each other as they cried. Twilight and Spike were walking by on their way to the market when they noticed what was going on. Twilight walked over to Pinkie Pie.

“Pinkie Pie, what’s going on? Why are the Cakes crying?”

Pinkie Pie was crying a river of tears. She looked over at Twilight. “Oh Twilight, it’s horrible! Pound and Pumpkin have been turned into stone!”

Twilight and Spike both gasped as their eyes went wide. “They were turned into stone! How did this happen?!” Spike asked.

“The police don’t know!” Pinkie Pie said as she struggled to hold back the tears. “Everything was perfectly quiet last night, and when I woke up this morning to do my workout I found them in their crib completely turned to stone!”

“Is there any evidence that it could have been a Basilisk, Gorgon, or Cockatrice?” Twilight asked.

Pinkie Pie shook her head. “The police found no signs of a break in by anything! Oh Twilight, what I’m I going to do? I was supposed to help Pumpkin and Pound. This is all my fault!”

Twilight put her hoof on Pinkie Pie’s shoulder. “This isn’t your fault Pinkie Pie. No pony could have known this would happen.”

The police came out of Sugarcube Corner with a stretcher. On it were Pumpkin and Pound in their petrified states. They still looked like they were sleeping peacefully.

Both Twilight and Spike began to cry. Twilight wiped away her tears and looked at Pinkie Pie. “Don’t worry Pinkie Pie. I will get to the bottom of this.”

That night at Ponyville hospital, Nurse RedHeart looked over the newborn foals in the maternity ward. They were all fast asleep.

Nurse ReadHeart walked out of the maternity ward and into the adjacent office. “Finally, the foals are asleep.” She thought to herself. “They are super adorable, but their constant crying can really get on my nerves.”

Nurse RedHeart then sat at a desk and started to fill out paperwork. Just then, a bright light shone through the door to the maternity ward.

“What in the name of Celestia was that?” Nurse ReadHeart said aloud. She walked back into the maternity ward and turned on the lights. What she saw next left her breathless. All of the foals had been turned to stone.

The Mane 6 all gathered at Twilight’s castle and sat around the cutie map.

“I’m glad that all of you could make it.” Twilight said. “We have a serious situation on our hooves. Yesterday Pumpkin and Pound Cake were found by Pinkie Pie, and they had been turned into stone.”

Twilight’s friends were all shocked. “Who could have done such an awful thing?!” Rarity asked.

“The police have no idea. There is no evidence whatsoever.” Twilight explained.

“The Cakes and I didn’t see or hear anything the night that it happened.” Pinkie Pie said.

“Could this have been done by Tirek, Cozy Glow, and Chrysalis?” AppleJack asked.

Twilight shook her head. “I checked in with Celestia and Luna. Those three are still in their stone prisons.”

Spike then came running into the room. “Twilight! It’s happened again!”

Twilight got up from her chair and walked over to Spike. “Calm down, Spike. What happened again?”

More foals have been turned into stone! It happened to all of the newborn foals at Ponyville hospital!”

“What?!” Pinkie Pie shouted. She and the others then headed over to Ponyville hospital as fast as they could.

Author's Note

This story is really hard to describe, so I just picked Random and Adventure. Also, it's a bit of a slow burn in the beginning.