Balloons and Needles

Chapter 2: Talking With Cake (In Your Mouth)

Mrs Cake led Pinkie out of the kitchen, giving Mr Cake as look as he walked past them, telling him to clean up the mess that Pinkie had made on the kitchen floor. A groan from Mr Cake could be heard when he saw the mess, thinking that it had only been some spilled icing or curdled milk that Pinkie spit out. Mrs Cake laughed in her head, a small smile creeping onto her face, but it was quickly gone as she remembered why her husband had to clean up, and what he was cleaning up.

"Pinkie, what happened?" Mrs Cake asked seriously, dropping her usual way of speaking so that Pinkie knew it was something serious. Pinkie looked at Mrs Cake in confusion for a moment, before another drop of the liquid ran down her hind leg, accompanied by a sound that was similar to someone slapping their wet hooves together, which made Pinkie giggle. With one look Mrs Cake wanted to vomit, as the liquid had now begun to pool around her hooves again.

"Pinkie, what is going on with you?" Mrs Cake asked, putting a hoof on Pinkie's shoulder to try and make her understand that this was a very serious issue. Pinkie's usually playful attitude seemed to disappear for a short while, but it quickly returned when Mr Cake carried a cart with a two day old chocolate fudge cake on it.

"Can I have that?!" Pinkie asked happily, surprising Mr Cake because she popped up behind him without any warning. He reluctantly handed it over to her, and she shoved the entire cake into her mouth with one big bite. Pinkie trotted back over to Mrs Cake, giving Mr Cake a clear view of where the liquid was coming from, which made him look over at Mrs Cake worriedly. It was obvious what was going on, and it worried both Mr and Mrs Cake. For all they knew Pinkie could have been attacked by somepony at night, or she could be hiding a serious relationship from them, but no matter what it was, they wanted to know what happened.

"Sho what did yhou whant to talk abhout? (So what did you want to talk about?)" Pinkie asked as she stopped in front of Mrs Cake, who was soon joined by her husband.

"Pinkie, why are you..." Mr Cake tried to ask, but he was too nervous to finish his sentence.

"Ehating a whole chake? (Eating a whole cake?)" Pinkie asked, completely oblivious to what Mr Cake was asking about. The two Cakes looked at each other as they tried to figure out how they were supposed to ask Pinkie about something to personal, meanwhile Pinkie attempted to swallow the cake, unable to get it all down smoothly because of how tough the cake had become since it was made two days ago. She began to make weird gagging noises as a large chunk of the cake started to slip down her throat, which was accompanied by some odd noises from the other end of Pinkie's body.

"What dhid yhou whant to thalk abhout? (What did you want to talk about?)" Pinkie asked, looking between the two Cakes in confusion as she gave one more push to get the cake down, finally sending it down with a happy sigh. Now that she had managed to get the cake down she was able to completely focus on both of the Cakes, something that was quite rare for her. Of course, it didn't last long as another drop went down her leg so she turned around, looking to see what it was. Thinking back to when she had attempted to lick it up when she was in her room, so she really began to think long and hard about.

"I wonder what happened last night" Pinkie said out loud, making the Cakes give her a strange look. They had been under the impression that she knew what was going on, and what had happened to put her in this situation, but now it was clear that she was as lost as they were. Just before they went to try and ask Pinkie if she had any idea whatsoever what had happened somepony opened the front door, running to the backroom where they were as fast as he could.

"Which one of you broke into my house last night?!" Pokey Pierce asked loudly as he skipped around the corner, looking at the three of them angrily. The Cakes immediately looked between Pinkie and Pokey, and idea starting to form in their heads. Pokey saw their heads turning as they did, which raised his confusion level until he finally noticed the odd pool that had formed around Pinkie.

"Is that..." Pokey said slowly, his eyes squinting as he tried to confirm the type of liquid that it was. With a giggle Pinkie turned around, making Pokey's dark blue face turn completely red. He tried to talk but all that came out was an awkward stutter that made Pinkie giggle even more.

"So what were you saying about someone breaking into your house?" Pinkie asked, still being completely ignorant of what was going on between her, the Cakes, and Pokey. Pokey stood in shock for about a minute, watching as Pinkie happily bounced around as the Cakes watched her in complete confusion, but once the shock wore off he ran out of the bakery. He immediately went into his house, and then tried to forget anything had ever happened. Meanwhile Pinkie continued to bounce around, making Mr and Mrs Cake let out a loud sigh and walked away, wanting to get to work on the baking they had to do for today.

"Awww..." Pinkie moaned when she stopped bouncing around, "Where'd everypony go?" Pinkie looked around slowly before shrugging it off and heading towards the shower, wanting to get the weird liquid off of her hind legs because it had begun to feel really weird.