The Lost Cake
By
Sparknanator
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Cotton Pipette. That name ran through Cup Cake’s head; never leaving. Not since she had Pound and Pumpkin. She could not get the name Cotton Pipette to leave, everywhere she looked that name would pop up somehow. Cup Cake wanted to tell her husband about her daughter and not Pumpkin, her first born daughter but she was afraid that Carrot would either get angry or leave her and take her foals with him. Cup Cake knew she would have to tell Carrot some time but not now, some other time.
It was a rare sight to see Cup Cake zoned out. She almost never did even when she was pregnant with Pound and Pumpkin. She would not zone out, even when her doctor told her not to work she did anyway. Cup Cake felt that without her Sugar Cube Corner would fall apart.
Cup Cake did not notice the blue stallion in front of her waving his hooves around Cup Cake snapped out of her little trance “Oh hello deary welcome to Sugar Cube Corner how may I help you?”
“Yes I will take...” the stallion said as Cup Cake zoned out yet again, trying to get the name Cotton Pipette out of her head. She knew that was the birth name she gave her first daughter but she did not know what her adoptive parents renamed her.
“Yes that will be ten bits.” Cup Cake said writing down the stallion’s order so that way her foster daughter could get to work on it, “Your order should be ready in a few hours.”
“Thank you ma’am. You have a good day.” The stallion said, placing the bits on the counter and walking away.
“Yes you too.” Cup Cake said as she took the order in the kitchen, “Pinkie deary, we have a new order.” She said in a cheery voice, trotting up to the bubbly mare Cup Cake placed the order on the, as Pinkie called it, ‘Pinkie’s Super Special Orders’ counter.
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Diamond Tiara trotted along the long path to the school house, she looked at the cobble stone under her hooves in deep thought. Diamond always met up with her best friend to go to school and that friend was none other than Silver Spoon.
But not today, it was this way every year on this day. Diamond Tiara felt odd, like something was missing in her life... but what? She didn’t know, she didn’t even have the energy to tease the Cutie Mark Crusaders, all the little filly wanted to do today was get her school work over with and go home.
Home. Diamond Tiara used that word so many times yet when she went home it did not really feel like she belonged there. The filly kept walking, letting out a small sigh. She kept walking along the path, ever since she could remember she did not care about being wealthy like her parents did. Diamond Tiara’s father never even let her have fun like the time she was helping Applebloom help her grandmother make
Zap apple jam. When they got home he yelled at her saying stuff like ‘You are a rich!” and ‘You do not play with those poor ponies! You are only to play with Silver Spoon am I understood!?’ The problem wasn’t that Filthy Rich yelled at her if he even saw her standing near the cutie mark crusaders it was that she never got to spend time with him, not even at dinner. Filthy Rich got a nanny, she was nice and would help the filly out whenever she needed any help.
Nopony would believe it but Diamond Tiara was a sweet filly though she had to keep up the facade of being rude and only liking rich ponies when, in all honesty, she hated them. She thought they were all snooty and stuck up. The day she got her cutie mark she was so excited but she had no clue what it meant; her father said it meant she was indeed his child and she would start running his business one day but her mother said she was the gem of her eye. Deep down Diamond Tiara knew she was not meant for this life she was meant for something different, what? she didn’t know.
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Cup Cake sighed after being forced to take a break, it was more of Carrot got Pinkie Pie to stand next to her and talk without stopping. Normally Cup Cake could stand it for an hour or two before snapping at Pinkie but this time she ignored it for several hours before she finally gave in. With her family instead of giving each other the silent treatment they gave each other the ‘get Pinkie to follow you around and keep talking until they give in’ treatment. Sadly Cup Cake gave in and took the break she needed. Cup Cake had dug up her old diary from when she was in her teens and flipped to a random page.
Mane,18
Well I am now officially four months pregnant, my mom is still angry and I don’t care. I want to keep the foal but the father left... It was like he didn’t even care that he was going to be a father. mom has been drinking more than normal and calling me things like tramp and horse. I know she isn’t happy that I want to keep the foal but that is all on me, I am going to at the very least put it up for adoption an-
Cup Cake slammed her old diary shut when she heard a knock on the bedroom door, “Come in.” She said seeing the door open it was her husband, “Carrot you kept been bugging me to take a day to myself, you even went as far as the talking treatment.”
Carrot let out a small laugh “Yeah sorry about that sugar plum.” he began as he trotted into the room, “What’s that you're reading?”
“Oh this? It’s nothing, just a book.” Cup Cake said, “Just an old book from my teenage years. I just felt like reading over it.” Cup Cake lied, hoping Carrot would not ask anymore questions. Ever since she had met Carrot she had planned on telling him that she had a foal but Cup Cake never did and through all the years they had been married she knew that in her wedding vows she promised not to keep any secrets from Carrot; but this could ruin the life she had built with him and she didn’t want that.
Cup Cake had wanted to be honest about everything and she was for the most part except this one thing. She couldn't remember what Cotton Pipette looked like. She knew she had a picture of her somewhere but she was not sure where the picture was located. Nor did know who had adopted the filly. She hoped she was adopted by a good couple.
“Well do you think I can read that book someti-” Carrot started only to be cut off.
“NO!” Cup Cake shouted quickly, “S-sorry but this book is something I’ve had for years and I don’t want anypony else reading it.” She was almost panicking, already feeling bad for snapping at him.
“Alright fine sugar lump, I won’t look at it” Carrot said with a smile. Cup Cake sighed in relief but what if maybe, just maybe, she could find a trace of Cotton Pipette or even who adopted her. She’d feel much better if she knew what she was like now and who her new parents were. She’d need her husband’s help if she wanted to find Cotton faster.
Author's Note
Welp it took me forever to even finish this chapter but I kept getting writers block when writing it but hopefully I will get the new chapter out soon.
And as always thanks to my awesome editor Mikoyose!
