Bizarre Adventures in Equestrian Folklore

     It was a very early morning in Ponyville as Celestia had decided to raise the sun particularly early this morning.  A hoof-full of clouds littered the sky above the Books and Branches Library.  The sun's rays poked through the window into Twilight's room, waking her from her too-short slumber.  Groggily, she got to her hooves and made her way over to her bureau.  Examining her sleepy form in the mirror, she rubbed sleep from her eyes.  Her stomach grumbled in protest at the need for food of some sort or another.

     "I hear you, I hear you," she said with some exasperation.  "But pancakes and waffles aren't going to do today.  I need some chocolate!"  She checked her secret stash to see if there was any left -- but it was empty.  "Spike, can you get me some chocolate?" she asked her assistant.

     Spike came into her room, tell-tale traces of chocolate upon his lips.  "Um, there isn't any more chocolate, Twi," he said sheepishly.

     "Don't tell me you ate the last of it!" she admonished him.  Her tone was impatient.

     "Umm...maybe?" he said hesitantly, his sheepish grin getting larger, the true extent of how much chocolate he had just eaten becoming quite obvious.

     "SPIKE!  I was saving that!" she said with even greater exasperation.

     "Sorry, Twi, I was craving chocolate as well -- I guess I got to it before you did," he said, his sheepish grin turning into a mischievous one.

     "YOU'RE going to get me some more chocolate!" she commanded impatiently.  "And you're going to do it TODAY!"

     "Okay, okay, sorry Twi!  I'll get right on it!" he exclaimed as he tried to show remorse at having eaten the last of Twilight's personal stash of chocolate.  He left to go find some chocolate for her, but it appeared he was heading over to Fluttershy's cottage for some strange reason...

     "Okay, fine, be that way then," she muttered as she headed off to Sugarcube Corner.  "Pinkie's gotta have some chocolate for me, I know!" she exclaimed to no one.

     "Hey, Twiley, you looking for me?" Pinkie Pie asked her.

     "You have some chocolate at your shop?"

     "Oh, sure, Twi!  I'll join you for the epic journey to my shop!  We can have a 'find me some chocolate' party!" she exclaimed with great enthusiasm, bouncing alongside Twilight, who was now silently fuming over having attracted the pink earth pony's attention.  Twilight continued to trot slowly towards Sugarcube Corner, remaining silent for most of the trip, only taking time to give curt answers to the more obnoxious questions Pinkie was constantly asking.

     "Remind me never to call your name when I have important business to attend to," Twilight grumbled.

     "Sure thing, Twiliey!  Oh look, we're here now!  I'll go check to see if we have any chocolate," Pinkie said optimistically.

     "I'll go inside as well -- I want to see for myself."

     "Um, sorry Twi, but the Cakes told me they just ran out," Pinkie said through a mouthful of chocolate.

     "What's that you're eating, Pinkie?  I can smell it!  You're eating chocolate!" exclaimed a flabbergasted Twilight.

     "Oh, this?  Oh, I just found it in my room -- it's the last of it, sorry, Twi.  Maybe you can try the market?"

     Twilight trotted out of the Bakery and quickened her pace to the market.  On her way to the market, she ran into a certain great and powerful show-mare.

     "Trixie, please tell me you have some chocolate!" Twilight pleaded.

     "Trixie has some chocolate, Twilight -- but you will have to take it from her mouth!" she grinned.

     "That's disgusting!" Twilight spat.

     Her need for chocolate was becoming more intense.  "Please tell me somepony here has some chocolate for sale!" she pleaded.  Every shopkeeper in the market responded with excuses or apologies as none of them had any chocolate.

     "Have you tried Canterlot yet?" one of them asked her.

     "I have my dignity!" she shouted.  "I will not debase myself for the sake of -- oh, forget it."  She trotted over to the ticket counter and purchased a ticket to Canterlot.  "This had better be worth it," she muttered to herself.  "I can't believe I'm traveling to Canterlot just to get some chocolate!"

     The train ride lasted five hours, putting Twilight way behind schedule for her studies.  Her craving for chocolate had led her to the markets in Canterlot, and her patience was wearing thin.  She managed to find one merchant who had a single bar of chocolate left for sale.

     "Do you have any chocolate?" Twilight asked, almost in desperation.  Her mane and tail were a frazzled mess, and her nerves needed the calming effect chocolate had on her.

     "Yes, ma'am, I do!  I have just one bar left, and it can be yours for the small sum of a hundred bits!" he exclaimed proudly.

     "WHAT??!?  A HUNDRED BITS!?  Are you out of your mind?"

     "How long have you been searching, my dear?  It's a small sum for the last bar of chocolate in Canterlot," he offered slyly.

     Just at that moment, Prince Blueblood happened to trot by the shopkeeper's stall.  "I say, good sir, do you have any chocolate?"

     "But of course, Prince Blueblood!  Just a hundred bits for the last bar in Canterlot!"

     "I'll take it, just put it on my tab -- Auntie Celestia will take care of it for me," he said in his usual condescending fashion.

     "WHAT?  I NEED that chocolate!" Twilight pleaded.

     "You're too late, you can't have it.  You're not worthy of such extravagant comestibles," he chuckled.

     At this point, Twilight lost control of her temper.  A look of sheer rage came across her face.  "I traveled all the way from Ponyville to get some chocolate!  And YOU of all ponies take the LAST BAR!" she shouted.

     "So what," the Prince said dismissively.  "You'll just have to keep on searching then, won't you?"

     Twilight's rage went into over-drive as she transformed into her hyper-flame mode.  "GIVE ME THAT CHOCOLATE NAAOOWW!!"

     "By my Aunt's beard!" the Prince wailed, dropping the chocolate on the ground.  Twilight cooled off immediately and dropped to the ground, landing on her hooves.  Using her telekinesis, she grabbed the bar and started nibbling on it.

     "Ahh, much better!" she said as she flashed her evil grin.

     "Hey, you didn't pay for that!" the shopkeeper protested.

     "Put it on my tab, Princess Celestia will take care of it for me," Twilight said dismissively as she trotted towards the train station to catch a ride back home.