My Little Pony: Ignorance is Bliss

Disclaimer: I do not own My Little Pony Friendship is Magic

Author's note: Sorry if this chapter took a little longer. Making a code by hand is harder than it looks.

At Sugar cube corner I buy two cupcakes. I eat the one cupcake and I keep the other in a box for Diamond Tiara. I am very proud of her for changing her attitude. I hope it lasts. I start writing the little clues that we found in a notebook with my quill.

" I wish I was a unicorn or a pegasus." Honey Flower says.

" It ain't so bad bein' an earth pony. Ah like the way ah am." Apple Jack says tipping her hat.

" So, have you found anything?" I ask.

" We put wanted posters all over Ponyville. We didn't find any alicorns around." Rainbow Dash says.

" I'm… I'm sorry…" Fluttershy mumbles ducking underneath the tables.

" It's no big deal. Alicorns are one of the rarest creatures in Equestria. I knew from the start that this wasn't going to be easy." I say.

" We reported the information to the mayor. She says she's going to hold a meeting at town hall." Rarity says. Diamond Tiara and Apple Bloom trot into the bakery.

" Hey every pony! I've been lookin' all over for yall. I betcha can't guess what happened today. Diamond Tiara said she was sorry for calling me a blank flank and she bought me a cookie." Apple Bloom says.

" How did that happen?" Applejack asks.

" Diamond Tiara met her match." Honey Flower says giving her the cupcake I bought her.

" Thank you." She says.

" You're welcome." We say.

" The Cutie Mark Crusaders are going to play at the Pony Park. See you later." She says.

" Something smells funny." Derpy Hooves says making faces at the reflection of her spoon.

" What do you know?" Rainbow Dash asks.

" Wait! I smell smoke. Pinkie! What did you do?" Twilight Sparkle asks.

" I figured if I turned the oven up twice as high the cupcakes would bake twice as fast." Pinkie Pie says.

" Stop, drop, and roll!" Derpy yells rolling on the ground.

" You only stop, drop and roll when you're on fire." Twilight says between coughs.

We gallop in the Sugar Cube Corner followed by a cloud of smoke.

" Is everypony alright?" Honey Flower asks.

" I think so." I say.

" Pinkie, aren't Mr. and Mrs. Cake going to be angry about their business?" Fluttershy asks.

" Nah! They're used to it." Pinkie Pie says.

" Citizens of Ponyville! May I have your attention? Fifteen years ago Princess Cadence's sister, Cloudstar, went missing after she was captured by Diamond Dogs. She has escaped so there might be a chance she's still alive. If you find her report her whereabouts immediately." The mayor says from behind her podium. Every pony struggles to get towards the front of the crowd to get a quick glimpse of Princess Cloudstar's wanted poster. I'm stuck in the back trying to peer over the tall stallions in front of me. I can only see a streak of her wavy golden mane.

I see a blur coming from the sky swiftly hitting the stage. The mayor ducks from behind the podium. A long pointed sphere gets imbedded into the stage. Every pony in the crowd panics and scrambles into a chaotic frenzy. My friends and I climb onto the stage to see if the mayor is alright. She lays on the floor frozen in fear.

" Jeepers, Mayor! Are you okay?" Derpy Hooves asks.

" I think so!" The Mayor stutters.

" Let's get that spear out of your stage." Rarity says levitating the spear out of the ground.

" What's that thingy?" Pinkie Pie asks.

" It looks like a note with a bunch of gibberish on it." Thunderwing says turning a slip of paper upside down.

" If what they said in the letter is a secret, why would they even write it to us." Applejack asks.

" The paper feels came from a maple tree." Honey Flower says.

" How do you know so much about plants?" Rainbow Dash asks.

" My father is a botanist. I took care of all the plants I his lab." She says.

" Let me see the note." I say putting on my reading glasses.

" Looks like a code letter." Twilight says.

" Looks like this guy has a lot of time on his hooves." Thunderwing says.

" Maybe it's a letter saying that he wants his spear back." Pinkie Pie says hovering over my shoulder.

" The mayor is alright, every pony." Derpy Hooves says into the microphone on the podium. Her chin hit's the microphone and it falls off the stage making an awful screeching sound. " Oops!" She mumbles. I unroll the scroll of the code and read.

4-5-1-18 16-9-20-9-26-5-14-19 15-6 16-15-14-25-22-9-12-12-5,

9-6 25-15-21 5-22-5-18 23-1-14-20 20-15 19-5-5 25-15-21-18

16-18-9-14-3-5-19-19 1-7-1-9-14, 25-15-21 23-9-12-12 13-5-5-20 13-5

2-5-8-9-14-4 20-8-5 3-5-13-5-20-1-18-25 1-12-15-14-5. 9 23-9-12-12 2-5

23-1-9-20-9-14-7 6-15-18 25-15-21 1-20 4-21-19-11. 2-18-9-14-7 13-5

6-9-6-20-5-5-14 20-8-15-21-19-1-14-4 2-9-20-19 20-8-5 9 21-9-12-12

7-9-22-5 8-5-18 2-1-3-11. 2-18-9-14-7 1-14-25-16-15-14-25, 15-18

4-15-14'-20 2-18-9-14-7 20-8-5 13-15-14-5-25, 1-14-4 19-8-5

4-9-5-19. 4-15-14-'20 20-18-25 2-15 20-18-9-3-11 13-5. 9 1-13 19-13-1-18-20 5-14-15-21-7-8 20-15 21-18-9-20-5 20-8-9-19 3-15-4-5. 9 23-9-12-12 3-1-20-3-8

15-14 20-15 1-14-25 15-6 25-15-21-18 20-18-9-3-11-19.

" What does it say?" Thunderwing asks.

" I think I could figure it out. It seems like the numbers are one to twenty six. There are twenty six letters in the alphabet. I can probably solve this if I had a pencil to work it out on." I say.

" Why don't we go to the library and check it out?" Twilight asks.

" That sounds like a marvelous idea." Rarity says flamboyantly.

" Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Pinkie Pie says.

" Race you there! Ready!" Rainbow Dash says.

" Set!" Applejack says getting into position.

" Go!" Thunderwing says swooping past them. Thunderwing slows his pace and pants. Applejack and Rainbow Dash were way ahead of us.

" Ah gocha that time." Applejack teases.

" That's because Thunderwing got in my way when he was in the sky. I can beat you any day." Rainbow Dash says.

" We both win some and lose some. You beat me last time fair and square." She says.

" What's all that noise?" Rarity asks putting her hooves over her ears.

The library is right around the corner from town hall. It would be the perfect place for some code solving. I open the front door and the whole place is packed with mares.

" A party!" Pinkie Pie cheers.

" Umm… Twilight…" Fluttershy says softly.

" What is it, Fluttershy?" Applejack asks.

" Didn't we ask any pony who is or has found Princess Cloudstar to come to the library to collect their prize?" Fluttershy says. The mares swarm around us bickering over who the real princess is. We gallop over to a nearby restaurant. The first number is four. That means D. Five is the number after four. So that's an E. One is A. I'm assuming the word is dear and replace the eighteen with an R. The waiter walks over to our table just as I encode the first word.

" May I get anypony anything?" He asks. We each pick out something from the menu to eat. Getting Fluttershy's order is like pulling teeth.

" Do you have muffins?" Derpy asks. The waiter chuckles and accidentally spills hot coffee on my lap and the code. The hot brown liquid burns my thighs. He gallops away and comes back with napkins to wipe off the table completely ignoring my injury.

" We don't sell muffins here, but at least the mess is gone!" He says not even apologizing for spilling somepony's drink on my lap.

" And so is your tip." I say through my clenched teeth. The waiter lowers his head in shame and sulks in the kitchen.

" Can you still read the code?" Honey Flower asks.

" Yeah, kind of." I say. The waitor opens up the refrigerator and three cartons of eggs fall of the shelf and onto the floor right in front of his boss. The boss hollers at him for making a mess and takes off his uniform.

" Did you make that happen, Jinx?" Thunderwing asks.

" Not on purpose. I can't control my power. My emotions control people's luck . My power has a bit of a mind of it's own sometimes." I say solving the first two sentences. I make myself a map key on top of the page with all the letters horizontally and their numbers underneath. The farther I solve, the easier it gets. " I got it." I say.

"Dear Citizens of Ponyville,

If you ever want to see your princess again, you will meet me behind the cemetery alone. I will be waiting for you at dusk. Bring me fifteen thousand bits and I will give her back. Bring anypony, or don't bring the money and she dies. Don't try to trick me. I am smart enough to write this code. I will catch on to any of your tricks." Twilight reads out loud.

" Do you know what this means?" Honey Flower asks rhetorically.

" They're inviting us to an ice cream party?" Derpy asks.

" Ice cream? Party!" Pinkie says.

" I think it means that somepony has the princess." Thunderwing says.

" Wait! I think I remember this handwriting." Rainbow Dash says.

" From who?" Applejack asks.

" Gilda." Rainbow Dash says staring at the numbers.