Sickly Sweet

So, the girls were baking their special golden yellow cupcakes with the vanilla/chocolate filling, they were having so much fun, but they realize it was a lot to do. After all, it was a lot of work for two earth mares to do and they were on a deadline. So far Pinkie Pie was really excited that she can't quite hold it in, putting the ingredients in the bowl like crazy, stirring them up. And while she was doing that, she was just humming up a song to keep her in the mood. She dips her hoof in the batter, licks it only to see if it tastes good. "Mmm!" She said. "This is sure to make their taste buds jump for joy!" She added.

Then you have Applejack, who was really focused on those cupcakes, trying to make sure that she got all the ingredients in the bowl, hoping that she missed a thing, stirring that bowl as fast as she could. And then gets out the cupcake tray, places the cupcake holders in the tray, pours the batter in and puts the tray in the oven to bake.

Two and a half Hours Later...

As we look at the Oven's timer, the batch of cupcakes have about 9 more minutes to fully bake, then we move to Applejack who is very exhausted in baking those special cupcakes and then you have Pinkie Pie who is still going at it, even though they only have one batch, and it's the last batch in the oven.

"Whoo-Wee!" Yelled out Applejack. "I'm a beat, plus we got the next batch already baking."

"That's the ticket, Aj! We'll keep baking until there aren't any left to bake!" Yelled out Pinkie.

"Um, don't you think we should take a little break, plus it's the last batch to make. And we got about 15 minutes left till the banquet starts."

"What?!" Yelled out Pinkie Pie. Then, she looks at her watch to see what time it was. "It's 2:45pm, already? Wow, time sure does fly when you're having fun baking."

"I'll say- wait..." Applejack then had a confused look on her face, her left eyebrow lifted when she saw the watch on her right hoof. "Pinkie pie, when did you start wearing a watch?" She Asked. Then Pinkie looks at the watch that was on her hoof and she too pulls a confused look on her face. "Hmm.... I have no idea." Then she takes off the watch and just throws somewhere in the kitchen, to where it will never be found.

While the final batch of cupcakes were being baked, Mrs. Cake shows up to check in on how the girls were doing. As she walks into the kitchen, she sees a huge mess all over the kitchen, as if a tornado struck here. The look on her face was priceless when she saw the mess, her eyes widened and her jaw dropped when she saw the countertops, the table, the pantries and everywhere else... filled with batter. "Ooooh. Oh, my... is everything okay in here?" She asked nervously.

"Oh, hey there Mrs. Cake." Pinkie Pie said "Sorry for the mess, but as you can see we managed to bake all the cupcakes, put in the filling inside and have the frosting on top, with Sprinkles!"

Then, as Applejack shows Mrs. Cake the delectable Golden Yellow Cupcakes, Mrs. Cake was turned on by the gloriousness of the cupcakes. She didn't even bother to ask the girls to clean up the mess and warns them that the banquet is in 12 minutes. And with that being said, Pinkie Pie starts to bring the cupcakes from the kitchen to the lobby, just so they would be ready for the Banquet. All that, while Applejack stayed in the kitchen to clean up the mess, even though she really didn't have a choice, but it's not like it was her first mess.

And so, the banquet has finally arrived and everypony is all here ready to dine on all the delicious desserts that were on the table; Candied treats, cinnamon swirls, cakes, cupcakes and many more. Looking at all the ponies, their mouths were watering just by staring at the sweet delectables that Mr. cake, Pinkie and Applejack had made. So everyone was gathering up to the sweets on the table, getting whatever they whatever they wanted, just so they can take their first bites. As the ponies bite on those sweet goods, they were all so excited that they were speechless, savoring the enriched flavor of the baked pastries. The cakes were thrilled to see that the banquet was going great, Applejack had already finished cleaning up the kitchen and showed up for the banquet, only to see that everyone was dining on the baked goods.

And then, Twilight and the others had arrived to the banquet, Pinkie and Aj were really excited to see that they came to show support and enjoy the food.

"I'm soooo glad that you guys, could make it to the banquet!" Pinkie Pie hollered.

"Oh, come now darling. We would never think twice about missing an event such as this." Said Rarity.

As she was looking at all the desserts on the table, and admiring the scenery at Sugarcube Corner, the décor she was witnessing looked like something Rarity would make when it came to styling a place of interest.

Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash was eyeballing at the golden yellow cupcakes that Pinkie and Aj made. She was so mesmerized at the cupcake, the golden yellow coating, the frosting with sprinkles on top, she couldn't wait to take a bite off it. So she picks it up, removes the wrapper with ease, and eats it in one single bite. As she chews on it, she can feel the sweet, tingling sensation in her mouth, the chocolate/vanilla filling in the cupcake was literally making her smile and giggle. "Mmm! Pinkie Pie, Applejack..." as Rainbow was talking, her mouth was still slightly full from the cupcake she had ate. Then after chewing, she immediately swallowed it so she can talk clearly.

"you guys have outdone yourselves." She added.

"Thanks, Rainbow. After all, we made these cupcakes special, just for you guys. And everypony else." Said Pinkie as she smiled.

"Yeah, we worked real hard just to bake those cupcakes to perfection. And let me tell ya, I am beat." Said Applejack. Then, she grabs one of the cupcakes that they made, takes a single bite, and was very impressed with the results.

Yes, everypony is having a wonderful time, they were stuffing their mouths with every delicious treat that was there, their faces filled with excitement, all the "Mmms" and Yums" were everywhere and just hearing the pony folk enjoying the dessert. Just seeing their faces so full of life and frosting, has Pinkie Pie wanting to chow down on the sweets. So she has her eyes set out on the one golden yellow cupcake, with the strawberry frosting, the frosting was covered in colorful sprinkles and what's more... is that it was the only cupcake that has a cherry on top of the frosting.

It made it extra delicious, she was ready to eat it, but then...  as she starts to, she begins to envision it in it's glory. she was even complimenting on how glorious it looks and how it should be treasured as the most delicate item that she had ever witnessed.

"Oh my, I never knew how beautiful it looks, I mean look at it's natural golden coat, so dashing. Then you have the bright pink strawberry frosting, which is a nice touch by the way. And then you have sprinkles, making it a free spirited cupcake, like me! But really, what's really special about this cupcake, is the intoxicating aroma that surrounds it. Which makes it worth having! Oh, and let's not forget the cherry on top, a good finishing touch if I do say so myself."

After Pinkie kept complimenting on the cupcake, she was imagining herself with the cupcake, they were outside, they were frolicking through the flowers, the cupcake was on top of her head bouncing while she was hopping. She then had the cupcake in her hooves and were spinning around as the flowers were coming down like snow. Then she and the cupcake were at a picnic, and she was admiring the scenery while the cupcake was just standing there, looking cool. Afterwards, she was at the gala having the time of her life by dancing while the Cupcake was just standing there on the table. And then finally, after visualizing her time with the cupcake, she turns to the table, looks at the empty plate, not noticing the cupcake's disappearance until she started talking.

"I realized how special this cupcake is to me, that's why I should treasure it and-" Right then and there, she finally realized that the cupcake wasn't there. She made a huge gasp and says; "Oh no, where did my cupcake go?!" She started freaking out, looking around to see who has her cupcake, so far Nopony has the cupcake she was looking for but she was still searching for it. Pinkie was looking high and low for that cupcake, searched up and down at every table, she was even looking at everypony's hooves to see if they had her cupcake. Pinkie Pie kept scattering around and has everypony worried about her, even the cakes were starting to question why she was acting so strange.

"Um, honey? What's going on with Pinkie Pie?" Mr. cake asked.

"I, uh... I don't know." Replied Mrs. Cake with a hint of nervousness. They were both seeing Pinkie was running around, appearing to be looking for something, causing some trouble in the banquet, and they start become a little worried.

After searching for the cupcake, Pinkie Pie stops and takes a little break, trying to catch her breath. She is frighten of the fact that somepony might actually eat her cupcake, or that they already ate it and she has no more reason to be worried. Although she would have to face the fact that seeing that one particular cupcake was a once in a lifetime moment and she'll never have THAT moment again. So now, a sad little Pinkie Pie has to put it behind her and carry on with the rest of her day, as she gets another cupcake to eat, she starts looking at all the other ponies having a good time eating their treats.

She then looks at the treat she was holding, and nothing. Not one single moment. And so, as she removes the cupcake from it's holder, ready to eat it and get the day over with.  But, she then looks to the right, noticing a young, purple and green baby dragon named Spike, holding her special cupcake.

"My cupcake..... it's still alive!" Pinkie Pie proclaimed. However, it was too soon to celebrate, for Spike was just about ready to eat that cupcake of Pinkies. Her eyelids widen, her corneas shrunken as she was witnessing Spike ready to put that treat into his little dragon mouth. Everything was slowing down, the moment was getting intense for Pinkie, then her frighten look turned into anger and then she ran over to him yelling out; "DON'T YOU DARE EAT HIM!" And then she just tackle him in the nick of time, only to prevent from eating the cupcake.

As she did, the cupcake was already in the air, everypony was looking at it, and then as it was about to fall, Pinkie Pie turns around her face had expressed a terrified look when she sees her treat about to fall to it's doom. "Oh, no! MY CUPCAKE!!!" She yelled, as she tried to think fast and moved to the spot where the cupcake was about to land, everypony was in suspense at what they were looking at and right when the cupcake was about to fall, Pinkie Pie was already below it ready to catch it.

"GOTCHA!" She hollered as she managed to grab it with her hooves. She then tried to get a closer look to see if it was still intact. "Oh, cupcake holder check. the frosting is still good yes, the cherry is still on top, that's good. Oh I'm so glad you're safe."

Pinkie Pie was relieved to see that her precious cupcake was in perfection condition, then she tells everypony everything is okay and that the cupcake is safe. Afterwards, she walks into her room, minding her own business and everyone was just confused about the whole situation. Leaving them all to question about Pinkie's motives, even the cakes were worried about Pinkie's irrational behavior and how it has effected the banquet, you could even see how they were just pulling big smiles and laughing nervously because this is a huge embarrassing moment for them.

Meanwhile, Twilight and the others went to go check on Spike to see if was all right after that little mishap with Pinkie. So far, he was able to get back on his feet, he was still in pain and a little dizzy he could barely function well. "Oh, what happened to me, mommy?"

"Oh, Spike. Are you all right, do you need any help?" Said a very caring Twilight as she was offering him a First-Aid kit.

Spike then shakes his head to stop the dizziness and notices everyone was crowding him. "Huh? Oh, no thanks. I'm good, really--" Then of course, Spike soon notices the first-aid kit that Twilight was holding. "Um... where did you get that?"

"What do you mean, Spike? I always carry a first-aid kit whenever you get a boo-boo."

Everypony then proceeded to laugh as the see Spike being pestered by Twilight, like a mother and a child. Spike's cheeks then turned red when he sees how Twilight his treating him and everyone laughing as they watch. "A boo-boo, Twilight? Really?!"

"What? I gotta make sure that you're not hurt and that you don't get hurt. I do often worry about my little #1 assistant, after all." Said Twilight.

Then the subject gets changed when Rainbow Dash starts talking about Pinkie Pie's unusual behavior that's happened today. "Uh, Guys, I believe that there's something odd about Pinkie Pie."

"There's always something odd about Pinkie Pie, Rainbow." Proclaimed Twilight.

"No, she's right, Twilight." Applejack said. "I do believe that there is something going on with Pinkie. Even though she's always a few fries short of a happy meal, this is really strange behavior. Even, for Pinkie Pie."

The girls were starting to become worried about Pinkie and how she was acting, in fact, Twilight was still wondering if that whole fiasco with Spike and the cupcake was just another one of Pinkie's random antics. However, the others don't see it the way Twilight sees it...

Meanwhile in Pinkie's room, Pinkie Pie was just putting her cupcake on a plate, then puts a glass lid on top to conceal it's intoxicating aroma. She then closes her door and locks, so that no one could come in and then she walks back where she put the delectable to watch over it. It was all she could think about, she wouldn't keep her eyes off it, she couldn't believe that she actually saved it from being devoured by Spike, although she does feel sorry for what she did to him. But... she had to do what she needed to do in order to protect the treat she so deeply cares about, though, it may have attracted a lot of unwanted attention, but that didn't seem to matter to Pinkie because what matters most now... is her new friend.

"Oh, I am so glad that you are safe. there are no holes or rip lines on the holder, the frosting is unscathed, and your shiny golden yellow coat is still as shining as I first laid my eyes on it."

Pinkie was so mesmerized by that one simple pastry, that the thought of eating it, was completely out of the question. Which wasn't like Pinkie Pie at all, when she sees anything that is purely delicious, she will gobble it up like Nopony's business. But not this cupcake though... apparently, she doesn't see as a treat to eat, NO! This pastry is now her new friend, she's even going to give it a name...

"Hmmm... if you're gonna be my friend, then I'll need to give you a name." Pinkie then started to think of a really good name to give the pastry and while she was thinking, the cupcake was just idly standing there. And then, after a few seconds of thinking, Pinkie Pie has managed to come up with a name for it.

"AH-HA! How about I call you... Chuck. What do you think, pretty fitting don't you think? A cupcake named Chuck." And so now Pinkie has given the cupcake a name, Pinkie and... Chuck, are going to be spending some quality time together by doing whatever Pinkie Pie wants and have a good time...

"You and I are going to be... the bestest of friends!" Pinkie hollered as she jumped with total excitement. Then, she starts throwing a little birthday party for Chuck, because she wants this to be the best part for Chuck and plus... today is the day that he was made. While the party was still going, what was going on outside her room, was Twilight eavesdropping on everything Pinkie Pie had said.

"Oh dear... I really hope this is just some phase she's going through and that it'll pass soon..."