Necronomicooking

Summer Harvest came home again from the local library. Ponyville only had one library, but it had a massive array of books. Summer had searched through the shelves, looking for something that might help her get her cutie mark. Summer Harvest was a young wheat-colored earth filly with a yellow and orange mane. She found herself disappointing time and time again by her quests to find a cutie mark, starting with her first one and leading up to now, where she looked for ideas in a library.

Summer Harvest had started with the most obvious choice, trying to find a cutie mark that matched her name, but she was no good at farming. She still appreciated the help from the young mare at the farm, Misses Smith. Summer continued her search for her cutie mark for over a year, but to no avail. Now she was running out of ideas, and was forced to search for a cutie mark at the library.

Summer Harvest's hopes had returned when she found a book, Necronomicooking, she had never tried cooking before, so she was excited to try something interesting and new. Summer Harvest had been at the library when she had spotted a book near the bottom corner of a shelf. She had picked it up and looked at the cover. Cooking was perfect for her! She always helped her mother with cooking so what better way to get a cutie mark?

Summer entered her house, and called to her parents "Mom, Dad, I'm home!"

"Hi honey, we wont hold you up, you can get right to work on that cutie mark." replied her mother.

"Okay mom, I'll be in my room." And with that Summer Harvest went upstairs into her room. She opened up to the table of contents.

Page 1..................................Cupcakes

Page 2..................................Chimicherrychangas

Page 3..................................Glass Patina

Summer Harvest stopped at Chimicherrychangas. It was something she'd never heard of before, and it sounded excellent. Nopony had ever made Chimicherrychangas before, but everypony has done cupcakes. They're almost overdone. But this, this was something new! Something nopony had ever seen before, and Summer Harvest was gonna make them for the whole town!

She flipped open to page three and looked for a picture, but there was none. She instead closed up the book and ran downstairs to the kitchen. She placed the book onto the counter and opened it up again. Summer Harvest ran around, gathering up all the supplies she needed from the kitchen. As she went over the list, there was one more thing she had missed, she frowned, and then thought out loud "What's a 'Deathly Nightshade?'" Summer Harvest realized she was going to need to make another trip to the library. She closed up the book and placed it in her room. She wanted to surprise everypony, so they couldn't see what she was making.

She galloped as fast as she could to the library. Summer knocked on the door thrice, and the librarian let her in. She was such a nice pony,, but she was getting old, and many feared she would die soon. Summer Harvest greeted her with a smile. Summer ran through the shelves of books until she found one about plants. She opened it up to the glossary and searched for Deathly Nightshade. She found it, and opened up to the page. She skimmed through until she found a picture of the plant. She neglected reading the caption underneath the photo and closed the book. She placed the book back on the shelf and ran off. She had seen plants like these before, near the Everfree Forest.

Summer Harvest had darted off through the streets until she came to the edge of town. She snuck past the guard pony, who was there to keep out monsters from the Everfree Forest. Since they were the first settlers of Ponyville, the creatures didn't take too kindly to the forest just being cleared out like this.

Summer continued running as soon as she was clear of the guard. She neared the Everfree Forest and immediately spotted the purplish ivy. She grabbed onto it with her teeth and pulled it out of the ground. It came out easily, almost as though it wanted to be pulled. She ran back towards Ponyville with the plant. She once again snuck past the guard and into Ponyville. She had a bitter taste in her mouth from the plant, but even a yucky ivy wasn't going to stop Summer Harvest from getting her cutie mark. Summer had run all the way home before she ran out of breath. At the door she stopped to rest, and then went inside. She placed the plant with the other ingredients and retrieved the cookbook. She flipped open to page two once again and began cooking.

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Summer Harvest finished cooking the delicious looking food and looked to her flank. Nothing. She frowned, but decided to serve her dish anyways. It still looked delicious, and would be a waste not to eat. She brought out the dish to her parents in the dining room. They began to clap, but stopped when they saw her flank was still blank. "Still no cutie mark?" asked her mother. "No, nothing"

"But this dish! It looks perfect!" exclaimed her father

"I know, but I guess it's not my special talent."

"Well I don't care, you can cook any time you want sweetie."

"Are you gonna eat it?"

"of course!" Her father and her mother took a bite out of the Chimicherrychanga. They chewed, nodding with approval. Then something odd happened, they stopped.

Summer Harvest became slightly concerned "Mom? Dad? are you okay?" she shook her father by the shoulder, but he slumped over, landing face first in the Chimicherrychangas. "What's wrong?" she whimpered, tears beginning to form "What's going on? Wh-why aren't you answering me?" at this point she began bawling her eyes out. She realized what was wrong, they were dead. They hadn't choked, no, they would have coughed or showed some indication of choking. Something was wrong with the food.

Summer Harvest ran out the door and to the library. Everything in the recipe checked out, except for the Deathly Nightshade, but what was wrong with it? She frantically knocked on the door of the library. The librarian opened the door again, smiling at Summer Harvest "You're becoming an avid reader little one." she said. Summer harvest ignored her and galloped towards where she found the book about plants. She found it and flipped it open, looking at the caption underneath the picture, she read: "Deathly Nightshade is severely toxic to ponies, usually causing death." She began to tear up again, she closed the book, and placed it back on the shelf. She then ran home once more.

She galloped past ponies, concerned with what she was crying about, but soon dismissed her when she did not answer. She opened the door to her home, grabbed the cookbook and ran out the door again. Nopony should ever use this book she thought to herself I'm gonna get rid of it, or hide it, or something to where nopony ever uses it again. Summer Harvest opened the door to the library once more. She didn't care if the librarian was closing, she needed to hide this book. Summer harvest opened the trap door in the middle of the floor, She climbed down to the basement. In the middle of the room there was a table. She carefully slid it underneath one of the legs. Nopony would ever see this accursed book again she told herself, she finished downstairs and climbed up to the surface. She closed the trap door, placing a nearby rug on top of it. She then galloped home.

When she arrived at her house she saw her reflection in the window. Her face was stained with tears, she looked absolutely torn, but then her eyes fell on her flank. Summer gasped, her cutie mark had manifested. On her flank were two pony skulls, one for each of her parents, in a puddle of poison. She was horrified. Her special talent was... poisoning ponies. She trembled, there was no way that was true... but it was there. Fresh tears began to form as she trotted inside. She approached the bodies of her parents. She gave each of them a hug, and then leaned over the table and took a bite of her horrible creation. The taste was sweet and-

Summer Harvest fell over, her muscles had given out. She slowly drooled and then felt very...tired...she tried... to keep her eyes... open... but.... she... was just so...tired... she gave in and... closed her eyes... she felt her heart... slow...until all... went...black...

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