A bad day at Sugarcube corner.
It was a beautiful day and Twilight Sparkle was trotting along the streets of Ponyville. She had just finished reading a book about crime fighting and she was really exited about the whole subject! "Twilight Sparkle, crime fighter!", she thought to herself.
Twilight was on her way to Rarity's boutique to show the book for her. Maybe Rarity would like it too? She still carried some hope that she could somehow open her friend's eyes for the world of books.
But before she reached her destination the purple unicorn saw a plate with delicious looking cupcakes through a window at Sugarcube corner... She decided to stop by and maybe buy a specimen. What cold go wrong? She was soon to find out...
Twilight entered the store and found Mrs Cake busy putting the topping on some very elaborate strawberry cupcakes.
"Hello Twilight!"
"Hello Mrs Cake! The cupcakes sure look good."
"Thank you! It's always nice when you drop by. You're such a nice pony, Twilight."
"Oh, thank you, Mrs Cake."
Twilight moved a little closer to get a better look at the cupcakes. She then discovered an even more delicious looking cake on the counter. It was a strewberry cream cake. It was tall like a wedding cake and a true marvel to behold... Twilight forgot all about the cupcakes. They were nothing compared to this masterpiece.
"Oh, that cake looks delicious!"
"Mhm..." a busy Mrs Cake replied, now deeply concentrated with her own baking.
The unicorn stepped close to the chocolate cake to smell the wonderful flavour. She sniffed and her little nostrils were filled with the rich, wonderful smell of strawberry, cream, vanilla... Then she felt a little tickle in her nose. Oh no! She must not sneeze! Twilight quickly turned around and put a hoof to her snout.
"Pfff!"
She had successfully managed to muffle the sneeze. What a relief!
When Twilight turned towards the cake again she realized that she had somehow happened to drop one of her dark blue hairs right on the cake! She had to do something to remove it before Mrs Cake found out!
"Is everything all right, Twilight?" Mrs Cake asked while carefully placing a sliced kiwi upon a cupcake.
"Yes! Absolutely no problem. Everything is fine. Just fine!"
Slowly Twilight's horn began to glow with magic and she reached for the dropped hair. "Careful now, Twilight...." she thought to herself. "Careful..."
"PPPFFFHHHH!!!"
The loud, sudden sneeze that escaped her snout hit the cake with full force! Some of the whipped cream were even blown off from the cake's side!
Mrs Cake stared at the scene with shock and disbelief in her eyes.
"No... Twilight..."
"Oh, no! I'm so sorry... I'm so sorry!" said an embarrassed Twilight, while desperately trying to repair the damage on the cake. Her attempt only made matters worse.
"No, don't..!" Mrs Cake shouted and quickly put down the kiwi.
"But I can fix it! Please let me..."
Twilight tried to repair some of the damaged cream on the topping with her hoof, but the cream only got more smudged! She got some of it on her snout. When she tried to wipe it of against the tablecloth she happened to bump into the table a little, making it shake. Desperately trying to stop the cake from collapzing, Twilight took a firm grip around the base to stabilize it. She immediately realized that she had also accentently rammed her horn right into its side!
"Oh, no!" she said.
"Twilight Sparkle! Step away from that cake!"
Mrs Cake grabbed her from behind, causing her to lose balance a little. The purple unicorn made a face print right in the cream before Mrs Cake had managed to drag her away from the cake.
"Stop doing whatever you're doing Twilight! Please don't touch anything more!"
"But... but I only wanted to..."
"NO! JUST NO!!!"
"I'm so sorry..." Twilight said, still sporting a full beard of whipped cream. "I'll go right away! Sorry!"
She then tried to get away, but since she had some cream under her hooves Twilight slipped on her way out and dove into a plate of donuts, knocking them down to the floor. She then managed to escape through the door.
After a few blocks she realized that she had forgot her book! Twilight immediately ran back to Sugarcube corner, but when Mrs Cake saw her through the window she quickly locked the door!
"Hello! Mrs Cake! Please let me in!"
"NO! Go home Twilight!"
"But please..."
"No! You're banned! Go away!"
"But I..."
"No! You're not allowed in here anymore!"
When she finally arrived at Rarity's place, Twilight told the whole story to her friends. Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Fluttershy all listened with great anticipation.
"...and now they have my book and I can't get it. And I might be banned for life!" she said.
"Oh my," Fluttershy replied.
"How dreadful!" Rarity said, throwing herself on her sofa.
"Can't you ask Pinkie to get it?" Rainbow asked.
"Off course! Why didn't I think of that first?"
"And when you have it, I might wanna borrow it."
The same afternoon Twilight ran back to Sugarcube corner to tell Pinkie to get her book. But Pinkie lived on the second floor and to get there she had to enter through the store, which was impossible for the moment as Mrs Cake had locked all doors and fiercely guarded the windows against the bookish unicorn.
"Hello! Pinkie Pie? Hello!"
But Pinkie didn't hear her. Typical. Off course Pinkie Pie would be busy doing something... Maybe it she should throw a small pebble at her window? That might work... But Twilight feared that it would shatter the glass. Everything she had done today had ended badly. Maybe she could concoct another plan?
Twilight decided to use magic to teleport herself and knock on the windows in the tower on top of the building. With a flash she materialized on the roof! The unicorn carefully sneaked along the ridge. It was very steep and made from tiles that had been glazed to look like the topping on a cake or a gingerbread house.
When she looked through the window she saw that Pinkie Pie was doing some strange things in her room... The pink pony had donned a fake pig snout and ears and was dancing around for herself to polka music while throwing darts at a dartboard. She was really good. Twilight realized that the thing puzzling her the most was the dartboard.
"Pinkie?" she said and knocked on the glass.
Pinkie jumped into the air with shock!
"What? Who?"
"It's only me! Twilight!"
When she saw that it was Twilight, Pinkie unhooked the windowframe. But a sudden wind caught the window, swinging it wide open with full force! To avoid being hit by it Twilight stepped aside. And since the roof was very steep...
...the unicorn slid down the tiles, desperately galloping to get back to the safety on the ridge. Tiles shattered under her hooves and shreds of ceramic tumbled down on the street below. A big hole in the roof formed under her and Twilight fell through!
With a crash she landed right in the Cakes's bed! In confusion Twilight crawled around wondering how the hay she had happened to end up in this mess. Then she heard the thundering sound of hooves in the stairs! Mrs Cake was on her way and she would not be happy!
In full panic Twilight teleported herself right on top of a big closet. She managed to squeeze herself against the wall so she was nearly invisible from the floor moments before a shocked Mr Cake opened the door to the bedroom and witnessed the severe devastation of both roof and bed.
"What the...?! W...w...what has happened?" the yellow pony stuttered.
Twilight made herself so small she could, and Mr Cake didn't notice her at all. When Mrs Cake emerged behind her husband she nearly fainted at the sight of broken tiles, dust and insolation in their bed.
"The roof just broke down..." Mr Cake said.
"No... no... this is too much. This is just too much..."
"Go somewhere and rest, dear. I'll clear the rubble and then I'll put a plastic sheet over the hole. I will hire some ponies to repair the roof tomorrow," Mr Cake said and gently led away his now very shaken wife.
Then he returned and started to remove the debris from the bed and sweep away the dust. And all this time Twilight lay silent on top of the closet, nervously waiting for a chance to escape the place without being noticed. "And where the bucking hay is Pinkie Pie?!" she thought.
A few hours later it was dark outside and still no sign of Pinkie Pie, except for some distant polka music coming from her room. Twilight reluctantly realized that Pinkie must have forgot all about it. She was the only pony in the world who could forget about such a thing.
Maybe she could just use her magic a little to teleport herself down to the floor and sneak out of the room...?
Then Mr and Mrs Cake suddenly appeared. They were both tied and had just finished patching up the roof with plastic. Mr Cake threw his hat on the floor and took of his bowtie. Mrs Cake took of her apron and carefully removed her earrings. And neither of them saw what was still hiding in the shadows above...
The Cakes crawled into bed and turned the light off. Twilight slowly raised her head, making herself ready to escape. Her horn would glow in the dark if she tried to use her magic, but if she waited until booth of the Cakes were asleep she wouldn't be noticed... At last she would be able to get away. Twilight felt relieved and almost euphoric by the thought. She had made it! The rest from here would be a... piece of cake!
"I feel a bit spooked..." said Mr Cake suddenly. "I have red a book about criminals and stuff, and now I'm too scared to sleep..."
"There is nothing to be scared of, dear. There are no burglars here. Or mobsters. Or assassins."
"But..."
"All right, dear. I'll turn on the light above the closet for you," said Mrs Cake and turned on a lights switch. "And then you'll see that there is nothing strange or awkward in this room at all!"
A soft, not very bright light lit up right beside the hiding unicorn. And immediately the very recognizible shadow of a hiding Twilight Sparkle appeared all over the wall across the room!
THE END
