Whoa! Over 300 reviews with and a 2 year anniversary for this story! Thank you all for the long support and your feedback!

Sorry for another long delay, I'm now about to start with Job seeking and attending lessons to improve my Job Seeking skills and I had a recent family member who was very close to me had passed away recently, thank you to all my friends who supported me in my depression. Please forgive me if you don't see me posting often.

Thank you for reading and please enjoy Chapter 19! (My birthday chapter doesn't count.)

And a message to JacobWritesEverything...I have continued.

Special thanks to AnonJ31 for editing this! Thanks bro!

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Chapter 19: Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake

Equestria, Ponyville.

In Ponyville, another nice sunny day as the ponies of Ponyville enjoy their daily lives, Joe met a new friend who became his best friend yesterday called Shadow Breeze in which they now communicate often.

Across the fields appears Applejack's Orchard, thousands of apple trees dominate the land as they all grow red as paint and tasting like pure gold.
Grunts and thuds are heard, Joseph Brooklyn and Applejack are together bucking the apple trees letting the apples fall into the baskets. The farm pony wipes some sweat off her forehead and smiles at the human "Ah reckon we got enough Joe?" she asks.

Joe nods with a smile "I think we do Applejack, I'll just pick these up to the cart."

They both pick up the buckets and start walking together through the trees, Applejack looks up to her friend "Ah gotta say, it's really great having an extra pair of hooves...or hands. Thanks Joe, glad to have ya here" she said, tipping her hat at him.

"Thank you Applejack, I'm always happy to help you whenever you need me, it helps Twilight pay the bills, food and of course, for you guys" said the human, happily sharing his thoughts.

Applejack smiles widely "Any time sugercube. Not to be rude or anythin' but are ya havin' any thought about moving to a house just for yourself? With the money you're saving and you're earning from us, y'all could get a house."

Joseph stops, slowly looking down at the floor "O-Oh, well, I haven't...never thought about it at all. B-But I should, I can't stay at Twilight's forever, I have to be independent now I'm getting older."

"Now hold on there sugercube, Ah didn't mean to pressure you or make you think like that. Yeah, you're getting older but ya shouldn't think too hard, you're still young Joe. And Ah'm pretty sure Twilight wouldn't want you out at all." she chuckles at the end.

Joseph smiles weakly at her but more cheerful thanks to her "Thank you Applejack." he said as they continued walking to the cart.

While the human and farm pony were placing the apples in her cart, making sure it was secure for pulling towards the square, Applejack asked a question to Joe to pass time "So, what're ya going to do after y'all finished here?" she asked.

"I think I'll go see how Pinkie Pie is doing, to be honest, never got to see where she lived was like properly." said Joe.

Applejack chuckles "It may look like a baking shop, but upstairs in her room, not what you would expect."

This raises Joe's eyebrow curiously but has a thought of concern "Really? Is it...messy?"

Applejack shrugs in response "Can be or not, you never know when it comes to good ol' Pinkie Pie" she laughs.

Joseph Brooklyn stared at the ground thinking about all the party things that can mess up a room and this made him twitch "It will NOT be messy when it comes to me, I'll clean that room if I have to."

Applejack couldn't help but laugh loudly at this "Ahaha! Joe...ya look funny trying to act serious when it comes to Pinkie Pie!"

The human realises what he said, gently face palming "Oh goodness...I forgot that this is Pinkie Pie, She would want me to be happy and not serious from something silly as tidying a room." he laughs awkwardly.

Applejack trots towards him with a small bag of money as usual and gently places in his hand "There ya go sugercube, as usual...we really appreciate yer help y'know."

Joseph Brooklyn smiles, slowly bringing Applejack into a hug "It's the least I can do to thank you for everything."

The Earth pony blushes lightly as he hugs her, she smiles and hugs him back, enjoying every second that shouldn't be wasted. After a minute of them hugging, they slowly break the hug and smile at each other. "Well Applejack, I better be going now unless you need help?"

"Ah thank ya for the offer but you go get yourself to Pinkie Pie and see if her room needs tidying up." said Applejack with a slight grin.

Joe chuckles and shakes his head slightly "You'll never let that down, see you later Applejack." he smiles, starting to slowly walk backwards and waving.

Appleajack chuckles and waves back "Ya'll be careful now sugercube!"

Just as she said to be careful, Joseph suddenly trip on a small stone and falls on his back. He moans a little but quickly stands up, brushing some dirt off and blushes from embarrassment "I-I'm okay!"

Applejack rolls her eyes and smiles, seeing her human friend jog off to the square for to see Pinkie Pie. "What will we do with ya Joe, our best friend." She smiles wider and goes to set the cart on her back.

"Have ya told him how yer feel?" a voice said at Applejack's side.

The farm pony yelps in shock but sighs in relief and frowns. "Big Macintosh, don't scare me like that."

Big Mac just gave her his plain stare "As ah said before, you should tell Joe how yer feel before somepony else takes him."

Applejack now blushes red, stuttering in her words "B-Big Mac, a-ah will one day but not now."

"Ah was just looking out for ya" he said with a small smile, rubbing her head with his hoof.

Applejack laughs a little "Ah know, yer my brother after all."

"Eeeyup."

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Joseph Brooklyn is walking in Ponville square like any other day, unlike New York City, he could never be bored of seeing the same things or same ponies. He knew where his new home is, Ponyville which he would never give up for, but knows deep down that New York City was still his old home and where Joe was born.
The human smiles, waves, talks to some ponies walking around, enjoying their company and talks of what they've been up to or going to do. As always, they'll very interested in what Joe's been doing and even wanting to know more about the Earth, where he lives which he was happy to discuss but tries to keep a balance of good and bad towards the Earth. Suddenly he hears wings flapping, sensing a familiar presence coming behind him "Wait...Shadow Breeze?"

The flapping stops and hears a gentle landing with a pair of hooves, the voice spoke surprised "Y-yes...how did you know without looking Joe?"

Joe turned around and sees his recently new best friend Shadow Breeze looking surprised, the human shyly rubs the back of his head "Uh...lucky guess I guess?"

Shadow didn't buy the excuse, staring at Joe for a few seconds but smiles "Okay then, how are you?"

"I'm fine thank you for asking, just finished working on the farm and got my bits. I'm going to visit Pinkie Pie and see how she's getting on today...maybe I'll get her a gift too" said Joe.

Shadow Breeze smiles "That's nice Joe."

"Want to come with me, Shadow?"

Shadow looks down sadly for a little bit "Sorry Joe, but me and Rainbow Dash are sorting out the weather today. Tight schedule, but I'd love to hang out with you tomorrow if that's okay?"

Joseph nods "That's alright, I'll finish the work at Applejack's and we'll meet up here tomorrow. Sounds good?"

Shadow perks up with a smile "Yeah! That'll be awesome!"

The human smiles "Great, we have a plan for tomorrow. By the way, how did Rainbow Dash take it when you met her yesterday?"

Shadow raises his brow but suddenly remembers "Oh, forgot you went back to the library. When me and Fluttershy returned home, I decided to go see Rainbow Dash at her house in the sky. When she opened the door, at first Rainbow Dash asked who I was but when I said my name, her eyes widened and asked me if I was telling the truth. I got out the photo of me, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash when we were kids, she glomped me and cried happily, calling me a big jerk then how happy she was to see me after so long." Shadow said, smiling happily at the memories.

Joseph kneels down and gently strokes Shadow's head "I'm happy that it went well, I better let you get back to work and hope you and Fluttershy are happy living together" he said, smiling widely.

Shadow Breeze gasps "H-How did you know?"

"Because Fluttershy told Twilight this morning when I was asleep."

"Oh..." Shadow said, blushing lightly.

The human boy stood up slowly "I'll see you tomorrow Shadow, I'll think of something to do for us both."

Shadow stood on his hind legs and hugs Joe "Me too, see you tomorrow!" he said, slowly flying up towards the sky.

Joseph waves goodbye and starts walking to the Sugercube Corner, seeing a few ponies outside on the tables enjoying their treats. He goes inside and is greeted by Mrs Cake at the desk counter, she smiles at Joe "Why hello Joe! How are you today?" she said, sounding more happy than usual.

Joe notices her happier tone "Hello Mrs Cake, you sound very happy today."

Mrs Cake beams brightly, looking very proud "Yes I am! It's been a month since me and Mr. Cake invited Pinkie Pie and her friends to see our newly born foals! And now they're a month old!"

The human's eyes widen in surprise but feels the corners of his lips grow as he slowly starts to remember hearing about this a month ago "That's wonderful Mrs. Cake! Congratulations!"

"Oh thank you Joe...but, I really, really must apologise for not inviting you along with Pinkie Pie and the rest back then." she said, having a look of sorrow.

Joe gently waves his hand to reassure her "That's alright Mrs. Cake, I didn't know because I left early to work on the farm for Applejack and when I got there, Big Macintosh told me she had gone out but didn't say where nor did Applejack say when she came back. Just said that it's a surprise you'll know about soon."

It was 2 days after the incident with the diamond dogs when he was working on the orchard with Applejack and Big Mac, Rainbow Dash told them the news to quickly come by and see the newly born foals to the Cake family. Of course Joe thought deep down that he didn't want to intrude on something special so he told Applejack everything was fine and he'd help Big Mac.
Mrs. Cake smiles slightly "I still feel bad for not letting you know at least, but we can show them to you if you like, they're sleeping right now."

"Thank you Mrs. Cake, but before that...um...is it alright if I can get Pinkie Pie a gift?" Joe whispered, hoping Pinkie Pie wasn't around.

Mrs. Cake giggles "Of course, something romantic?"

Joe's face turned bright red and his mouth hangs open "W-W-Wha-no, I meant a gift a-as in...a-a gift please."

The earth pony giggles more and chooses a gift for Joe and wraps it up with a bow "I was only joking Joe, but she does like you very much."

"She...likes me?" Joe gasps with a light blush.

Mrs. Cake nods and gives him the wrapped gift "Oh yes, you're a super duper friend to her and always will be."

Joseph feels his heart beat more 'Pinkie Pie...'

"Pinkie Pie is out at the moment but will be back in a minute, you can put the gift in fridge since it's a cake and of no charge." said Mrs. Cake.

Joe blinks in shock "No charge? But Mrs. Cake, please take some money, I feel guilty not giving you money for something you made."

Mrs. Cake looks at Joe and smiles "If you're really sure Joe, that's very kind of you to do so even when I declined the bits. I promise Pinkie Pie will LOVE the gift."

Little did he know that the cake is a heart shaped cake with a note saying 'To Pinkie Pie, love Joe.'

The human paid for the gift that he didn't know what kind it was since he knew Mrs. Cake would never give a bad product out, especially for Pinkie Pie. She then asked Joe if he would like to see the two new foals of the Cake family. She guided the human upstairs and they quietly went inside a room and heard two soft breathing sounds. Joseph slowly walks over to a baby crib and sees two sleeping foals together.
Mrs. Cake looks at them too and could not help but to make a soft 'Aww' sound "They are so adorable aren't they? This one is Pound Cake our sweet little colt and there's our sweet little filly Pumpkin Cake."

Joe smiles at them, knowing that they are adorable looking as well as when they sleep "They are lovely foals you have Mrs. Cake, I know they'll grow up with loving parents."

Mrs. Cake smiles warmly at the comment "Thank you Joe, that's very kind of you."

Then, they hear a quiet bouncing sound, slowly getting louder as it gets closer, Mrs. Cake chuckles, knowing who it is "Aha, here comes Pinkie Pie and just in time too."

Pinkie Pie bounces into the foal's room and sees Mrs. Cake then Joseph "Hiya!"

Joe and Mrs. Cake make a hushing sound to keep the energetic pony from shouting, Pinkie Pie notices "Oooh, sorry, let's talk outside" she spoke softly.

As the three of them went out of the foal's room, Joe quietly closed the door and smiles at the pink pony "Hello Pinkie Pie."

Pinkie Pie smiles widely as possible "Hi Joe! Come to see my new little brother and sister? Huh?! Huh!?" she bounces around happily being like a big sister.

Mrs. Cake chuckles at this "Calm down now dear, I was wondering if you could do a little favour for me and Mr. Cake if that's alright?"

"Of course Mrs. Cake! Anything you want!" Pinkie Pie replies joyfully.

"Is it alright if you can take care of the foals while we go out?" Mrs. Cake asks nervously in hope that she is able to go out and buy things for the foals, also fearing it may be too hard on Pinkie Pie.

Much to her surprise, Pinkie Pie gives her a big hug "Yes! I'll do my best!"

Mrs. Cake's eyes widen, really surprised that the pink pony accepted without question, although she understands that Pinkie Pie wanted to help and be a big sister but to not think of the hard work that is needed "Are you sure honey? It may be a little difficult for you."

Pinkie Pie giggles at that "Aw c'mon, how hard can it be? Trust me Mrs. Cake, I'll do my best!"

Joseph watches them talk and thought about how hard it actually is to look after a child when they can't talk to tell you what was wrong or what they wanted. When he was in New York, his school handed out voluntary work for them to improve their skills in social interaction and in hope to find a job they were good at. Joe did voluntary work as a shop assistant, looking after children in clubs and caring for the old people in the homes. Then he had a real job at the Candy store.
Joe slowly raises his hand "Uh...if it's okay, could I help Pinkie Pie?" he asks.

Mrs. Cake's eyes go wide "R-Really? Are you sure too?"

The human nods "Yes, I did look after some children as a work experience a few years ago."

"Hmm...if you're really sure, thank you ever so much for helping! I'll be sure to tell Twilight about this." said Mrs. Cake.

"Honey, we're all packed and ready to go!" shouted Mr. Cake from downstairs.

Mrs. Cake walks down stairs and looks back at Pinkie Pie and Joseph "We should be back this evening, thank you so much you two! See you soon!" she called out before closing their front door.

When Pinkie Pie heard the sound of the front door closing, she jumps onto Joe and gives him a big hug "Thanks so much for helping out Joe! And sorry for not inviting you over to see the foals." her ears lower down in sadness.

Joe smiles "I'm glad to help you Pinkie Pie, wouldn't want you to do this alone, we can also have this chance to actually hang out for awhile. And don't worry about it Pinkie, I had to do some work and now I can spend some time with Pound Cake and Pumpkin too."

Like a fish, life sprung back into Pinkie Pie, the one everypony knows and loves "Oh yeah! Let's do this together Joe! We're gonna go in real quiet so we don't wake them up, just like in the script Shonen made!"

Joe nods happily "Okay Pinkie Pie, I'll-wait a minute, what?"

Pinkie Pie made a cute head tilt "What is it?"

"What script? And who is this...'Shonen' person?" Joe asks more confused than before.

"Huh? I did?" is Pinkie Pie's reply

Joseph shakes his head "Huh?"

Pinkie Pie giggles "Oh Joe, you're so funny, silly filly" she gently ruffles his head.

The human boy's eyebrow twitches, not being able to understand or get around what that was all about, however it was Pinkie Pie and there is nothing he could do question on what she does and decides to let it slide "Anyway, shall we?" he says, slowly opening the door and quietly going inside.

Pinkie Pie quietly bounces towards the crib without making a single sound, more silent than mouse with Joe standing besides her looking down at the foals. This made them both smile; Pinkie Pie speaks softly "Ever thought about having kids Joe?"

Joseph blushes but remains silent for a few seconds before answering "I did and I thought, I never want to." he said while looking away.

The pink pony gasps softly "W-Why not? You'd make a great daddy!"

"Thank you Pinkie Pie but I just afraid of the thought of me not knowing what to do. I fear that my child may need something and I may not know how. I don't want anything to happen to my child and wife if I have one." Joe says, taking a look at the ceiling.

Pinkie Pie is about to say something when she hears soft sounds from the crib, she looks down and sees foals slowly opening their eyes, revealing Pound Cake's brown eyes and Pumpkin Cake's blue eyes. They yawn cutely while rubbing their eyes, looking up; they see a pink pony and a very different creature they never seen before. The foals sat quietly while staring, waiting for something until Pinkie Pie broke the silence with a party popper Hiya!...again! I'm Pinkie Pie your new big sister and this is Joe! My friend and he's a really nice human!"

Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake looks at each other as if they understand each other then smiles at Joe and Pinkie Pie, gurgling happily. Pinkie Pie jumps with joy and holds the foals in her arms, seeing them in their diapers "Hey! Let's go and play! I'll make you laugh!" She giggles as she hops towards the door.

Joseph quickly follows her "Pinkie Pie, from what I learned...or remember if I can, don't they need to have something to eat or drink first? Warm milk?"

Pinkie Pie nods quickly "Oh yeah! Just look in the kitchen and find some power milk in the top cupboard and make some please, while I go make some laughs?"

The boy smiles seeing how much she wants to entertain them "Okay, I'll be back in a few minutes."

Joe walks into the kitchen and realises something "Oh, how in the world do you make baby milk properly again?"

He looks through some cupboards and sees a can of baby powder milk "There it is, how hard can making milk can be?"

As Joseph picks up the can, it feels light, too light so he opens the lid and sighs "There's no powder...um, Pinkie! We're out of milk powder!" he calls out.

Pinkie's head suddenly stretches in and holds a new can of milk powder for Joe, the human slowly takes the can "T-Thank you Pinkie Pie."

The hyper pony giggles "Anytime Joe!" she said, zooming off.

Joe looks at the back and reads the instructions and does the steps as best as he can "Alright, warm them up make sure the bottle top is sealed-" he got cut off by a crashing sound.

"W-What was that!?" he shouts and runs into the room to see Pinkie Pie under some toy blocks.

Pinkie Pie quickly gets up and smiles "hehe! I'm okay, we were just playing!"

Joseph looks around the foals gurgling and clapping their hooves together in excitement, he sighs "Pinkie Pie, please be careful to not overdue yourself in entertaining them. Don't want you hurting yourself."

"Oh Joe! You worry too much; I'll be fine, honest! By the way, the milk finished already?"

Joe gasps and rushes back to the kitchen and gasps louder "Oh no! I forgot to seal the lips on and now it's in the water! B-Better start over and hope the kids don't-" he hears cries from Pound and Pumpkin "...cry."

Pinkie Pie quickly tries to cheer them up by making strange faces only she can do, the foals stopped crying and watches her do the silly faces until Pinkie Pie stops. Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake look at each other then begins to cry again, causing Pinkie Pie to look confused "H-Huh? H-hey! Uh...look at this!"

Pound and Pumpkin looks at her again to see Pinkie Pie playing many musical instruments causing the foals to be quiet again...for a short time until they cried again "Aww...why are you crying, that hungry? Joe! Is the milk ready?" Pinkie Pie calls out.

"N-Not yet...it'll take a few minutes" Joe calls out.

Pinkie Pie smiles with determination "Guess it's up to me to cheer you up until it's finished."

She starts to bounce around slowly, gaining the interests of Pound and Pumpkin, even more when she starts to go faster and faster. Pinkie Pie is now bouncing like mad for about 10 minutes causing her voice to be silly and making the foals laugh happily until she stops and breathes for air "That...was...fun" Pinkie smiles weakly and falls on the floor.

Joseph walks in with two warm milk bottles "Here we go! Two warm milk bottles for..." he notices Pinkie Pie flat on the floor "Um...are you alright?" he asks.

"Yeah, just...a little tired for a few seconds, promise! Whew!" replied Pinkie Pie.

The human boy gently picks up Pound and Pumpkin to place them in their seats and gives them their bottles which they instantly take hold of and drink it quickly "N-No no! Not too quick."

Joe gently pulls out their bottles and sighs when he sees them breath "You mustn't drink too quickly or else you'll choke from not getting air."

Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake look at each then gurgles in response, Joseph smiles and gives the bottles back and watches as they drink slowly with Joe helping to take the bottles out and give them back. Pinkie Pie watches him and smiles 'Guess he remembers that skill from Earth? And I do too now!'

When the foals finished with their bottles, they suddenly start to cry which startles Pinkie "W-What's wrong?!"

Joe calms her down "P-Pinkie, its okay, I think it's that they need help burping." he gently picks them up and gives Pinkie Pie, Pumpkin Cake.

"Now, we gently pat their backs until we hear a burp." Joe starts to pat Pound's back gently.

Pinkie Pie smiles happily "Oooh! I see now!" she now pats Pumpkin's back gently and hears a soft burp that makes Pinkie laugh.

Joe keeps patting Pound Cake's back until he hears a rather loud but too loud burp which surprises him with a gasp, including Pinkie and they both laugh "H-Haven't done this in ages, forgot what it was like to make baby's burp." said Joe "Why doe's my shoulder feel wet?"

Pinkie Pie takes a look and giggles "Eww, Pound Cake's has drool on your shoulder!"

The boy's eyes widen and haves a look "Oh my...you're a tricky one aren't you?"

Pound Cake simply gurgles and flaps his wings, leaving Joe's hands, making the human gasp "Oh no! How can a foal do that at his age?"

Pinkie Pie giggles "That's not an uncommon thing, ponies can usually walk when they're foals and even use their horns or wings which can be very troublesome for parents!"

Joe watches Pound Cake fly around and tries to catch him "T-That's not helping us Pinkie Pie."

Pinkie Pie giggles loudly at him trying to catch Pound Cake "Don't worry, all you gotta do is catch Pound while I-" she realised there's nothing in her arm and sees Pumpkin on the floor, her horns glows and disappears to the kitchen door way.

Pinkie Pie gasps loudly "Oh no! She can use magic without having full control of its use! Help!"

Joe jumps to catch Pound Cake but misses and lands into a pool of water inside a ring pool "W-Whoa! C-Cold! Why is this here Pinkie Pie!?"

Pinkie Pie runs around to catch Pumpkin but fails to do so each time Pumpkin Cake teleports away. "Oof! I was gonna swim for them, forgot about that!"

Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake sat besides each other, looking very messy and dirty from the kitchen and dust and gurgles at having so much fun but they let their guard down when Joe and Pinkie pick them up "I think it's time for you two have a bath." Joe said.

The foals crosses their arms suddenly cries, Pinkie Pie frowns a little "Hey, we all need baths sometimes! Get all nice and clean."

Joseph sniffs the air and covers his nose and coughs "Diapers...need changing."

Pinkie Pie also sniffs and covers his nose too "Whoa! I'll go get the diapers and run a bath!" she zooms off.

Joe takes Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake to a table and lays out a soft cover for them and gently places their backs on it. Seeing them cry he decides to tickle their tummies, making them laugh and flail their legs around and making Joe chuckle too. "Wonder how your mommy and daddy handle this so much? Must be harder for them when they need to sleep...boy howdy."

Pinkie Pie appears besides Joe and places some clean diapers and wipes "Here you go Joe! Better clean them and then put them in the bath."

Joseph smiles a little "Is the bath a good temperature for the kids?" he asks.

The pink pony nods "Uh huh! Oh no, they're going to cry again...how about this!" She yells as she pours some flour on her head which pleases the foals very much.

As the human starts cleaning the foals while coughing from the smell, facing away of course when he does that and bins the dirty wipes and diapers. Noticing Pinkie having flour on her head, he blinks "Um...you'll need a bath too."

Joe and Pinkie Pie carry the two foals to their bath and put them in the tub, Pound and Pumpkin and cross their arms, not happy from their fun being stopped. Joe puts his hands on his hips "Now now you two, you're all dirty and need cleaning. No running away this time."

For about 15 minutes, Joe and Pinkie Pie gently cleaned them with soap while the pink pony sings songs to the kids but they wanted to play around some more and they had every intention once they got out and had their diapers on. After being dried and having new diapers, Joe and Pinkie Pie go to the foals' room and gently tucking them into their crib wishing Luna to give them sweet dreams through the night. Almost having room to breathe, when Pinkie Pie is just about to close the door, she quickly opens it to find that Pumpkin Cake and Pound Cake are missing "What!?" shouted Joe and Pinkie Pie.

Joseph sees Pound flying over him with a ribbon on his hind leg, the human goes to holds onto the ribbon in hope it would make Pound stop in midair but very much to Joseph's horror, he is being dragged downstairs and accidently messing things in the kitchen and storefront, knocking over baked goods and then he is dragging upstairs. 'Oh my god! How is this even possible!? Pound is strong! And oh Lord...the place is a mess, what will the Cakes think of it?' He thought as he comes to a halt when he sees Pinkie trying to stop Pumpkin from eating the toys from her crib.

The human looking dazed like he witness the end of the world. "This is nothing like the ones I did back on Earth...I understand why Mrs. Cake was uncertain."

Joe then feels his wrists and arms being closed together tightly and Pound giggles at tying Joe with the ribbon. The boy widens his eyes in shock "Yes...definitely nothing like Earth."

Pinkie Pie is looking around frantically, her hair starting to have curl more and her pupils grow smaller, sweating in frustration and sits on the ground. "Ah! I can't take it anymore!" She cries with large fountain of tears coming from her eyes.

Joseph Brooklyn gasps, he never ever seen Pinkie Pie like this in all of his time in Equestria, always thinking that the hyper and party loving pony was always so full of life and endless amounts of energy that seemed to come from nowhere. Now to see her so upset from all the stress and hard work that's involved, even ponies like Pinkie Pie must have at least some limits to their amazing personas. Joe slowly felt the ribbon loosen and walks over to her, gently hugging her "Hey now, it's okay Pinkie Pie."

The twins look at each other, feeling bad for what they did, they decide to try and cheer Pinkie Pie up doing the same trick that worked best for them, pouring flour on themselves. Pinkie Pie watched this and even giggles at them "A-Aww...you two are now dirty again, better clean you up." she laughs alongside the twins.

Joseph watches them laugh together 'I guess they realized that Pinkie Pie couldn't handle all from her crying; now they know that adults can have limits to having fun. They learned a lesson...and so have me and Pinkie too.'

Pound Cake holds out a handkerchief for Joe to wipes some of the dirt off his face which the human kindly accepted and smiles at him. "Thank you Pound Cake, and you too Pumpkin Cake...for realizing that me and Pinkie Pie couldn't handle it all."

They all laugh together like one big happy family, Pinkie Pie quickly washes and dries them off to get rid of the flour and with Joe's help, and they put the twins back into their crib, once again wishing them Luna to give them sweet dreams. Before closing the door, they take a quick look if they got out but rest assured they did not, seeing them closing their eyes and sleeping together peacefully. Pinkie Pie makes a long 'Awww' sound before closing the door and smiling tiredly at Joe ."Wow...what a day huh?"

Joe breathes out and smiles "You can say that again Pinkie Pie."

Pinkie Pie raises her eye brow "I said...what a day huh?"

Joseph blinks confused "Um...that was a figure of speech Pinkie."

"Oh!" Pinkie Pie just giggles away "Guess we better get this place cleaned up?"

Joe looks around and his shoulders slump at the sight of the whole mess around the place "Yeah...or else the Cakes are gonna bake us for supper."

The two of them laughed at the last part but did start to really think about it and began to clean the place up before the Cakes arrive. When cleaning, Pinkie Pie asks Joe a question "Sorry about today Joe, for doing all of this and seeing me like that, guess I'm not cut out for it huh?"

"Well...we did learn something from this today Pinkie Pie, didn't we? I learned that looking after children is WAY past difficult than I ever thought which makes me think about being a parent, although as hard as it seems...I think being there and trying your hardest for them is what makes a great parent. I never knew what it truly meant even with dad, parents don't have it easy...but now I'm more than willing to try harder. Who knows, maybe I can be a babysitter too?" said Joe in deep thought and smiles at understanding parenting and what is like to look after a child.

Pinkie Pie laughs at that "Maybe working on the farm suits you better, besides, it's my job now! And you're right, I did learn something and I'm going to write about it to Princess Celestia about it! I've learned that even though having fun and entertaining them is good and all, but I never realized how much responsibility it was. But now that I know, I can go with full confidence and prepared to responsible for them and myself too." she said with a proud smile.

Joseph makes a warm smile at her 'Wow...when Pinkie stops and thinks things through slowly, it's like listening to a great voice from an audio book' he thought.

Pinkie Pie sees Joe staring at her with a warm smile and blushes lightly "U-Um...Joe? We're almost done now?"

Joe shakes his head "Y-Yes! Sorry for staring!" he said, quickly cleaning things up nervously with a blush.

The hyper pony smiles warmly at Joe, feeling her heart beat softly and continue to help him cleaning the clean place up.

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30 minutes later

The sky became a darker as time went by, the human or pony never noticed due to all the work they did, when they putted the foals to bed, it was 7pm and now it is 7:34pm. Mr. and Mrs. Cake are seen walking towards the Sugercube corner with baskets on their backs. Mr. Cake noticed lights are still on and gulps "I wonder how Pinkie Pie and Joe went with Pound and Pumpkin? Hope it wasn't too bad..." he said.

Mrs. Cake has a look of worry in her eyes at the thought of the state of the house and maybe the state of Pinkie Pie and Joe "Only one way to find out, wouldn't blame them, it is a hard job even for us but it was something we had to take in as parents."

They walk up to their door giving a look towards each other before they open their front door, slowly but surely, the door opens and they call out "We're back."

The Cakes listen for a reply but don't hear anything except for some snoring from another room, knowing the sounds; they're Pinkie Pie and Joe's. They quietly put down their bags and walks over to their living room to see two figures sleeping on a sofa. Joe is laid on his back with Pinkie Pie sleeping on his chest, Mrs. Cake sees Joe barely holding onto the sweeping brush and smiles "They must of cleaned up the place, I'm going to take a picture of them since it's just too adorable to not take!" She grabs a camera and takes a picture.

Mr. Cake, who went upstairs to check on the foals, came back down "Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake are fast asleep together. The rooms are all tidy too; they've done a pretty good job on their first attempt honey."

Mrs. Cake smiles and gently leans on her husband "I don't have the heart to wake Joe up, it's just too nice. We can explain to Twilight, right?"

"I think so."

Mrs. Cake kisses her husband and puts a blanket over Pinkie Pie and Joe "Night you two, thanks for doing a great job."

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Morning

Joseph slowly opens his eyes and blinks a few times to get his vision back, seeing the ceiling he yawns and smacks his lips together "Man...what a night, slept like a log." he said as he hugs something soft and warm.

"Wow, something is fluffy soft and warm...breathing, moving, alive?" Joe says to himself and looks under the covers and his mouth drops.

Pinkie Pie yawns cutely and makes a wide smile everypony knows of and giggles at Joe "Morning Joe!"

Joe didn't know what to say, he didn't know how they slept together "P-P-Pinkie Pie...w-why are we s-s-sleeping together?"

"Oh! I remember! We were soooo tired from all that work and cleaning you flopped onto the sofa and slept so quickly it's a new record while I just slept on your chest without too much thought. You were really comfy and warm! Thank you!" Pinkie Pie said, giggling and now bouncing around with a small blush.

The human blushes deeper, a little embarrassed and he hoped there wasn't anypony who saw it to tell the tale, the last thing he needs is Spike doing the same thing with Applejack. They decided to go into the kitchen and see the Cake family together including the foals with their breakfast. Mrs. Cake who is feeding Pound and Pumpkin notices Joe and Pinkie entering the kitchen "Well, good morning you two! Slept well?"

Pinkie Pie beams "We slept like logs!"

Mrs. Cake giggles at that "I'll bet, sorry for not waking you up Joe, thought you could use the rest from last night. We invite you for some breakfast before you go?"

Joe nods shyly from her seeing himself and Pinkie sleeping together "Uh...thank you but I really must be going back to Twlight, she could be worried about last night."

"Ah, yes, we've told her last night, but we won't stop you, thank you so much for helping Pinkie with the foals, they really like you" said Mrs Cake.

Pinkie Pie sighs "Awwww...I'll see you soon today?" she asks Joe.

Joseph smiles and kneels down to give her a big hug "Of course Pinkie Pie, of course you will." he stands up to walk to the door and waves goodbye for the morning.

Pinkie Pie walks over to find some milk for her cereal but sees something "Oooh! A box of chocolates! Hmm, it says something here, to Pinkie Pie *gasps* that's me! And it's from...'Love Joe'..." Pinkie Pie pauses and suddenly zooms off like never before seen possible.

Mr. Cake lowers his newspaper "What was that all about?"

Mrs. Cake giggles at that "Oh, just something I thought of would be nice." she said with Pound and Pumpkin cheering.

The human has stepped out of the Sugercube corner and breathes in the morning air, seeing Celestia's sun slowly rising up from the hills "Thanks...m-mother."

Then suddenly, Joe was glomped to the floor and he sees Pinkie Pie on top holding a box of chocolates that he wanted her to have from yesterday. His pink pony friend had the largest smile Equestria could offer "Oh Joe! ThankyousomuchforthechocolateIreallyloveit!" she yells, giving Joe a long kiss on his cheek.

Joseph's face slowly turns to lobster red at the kiss to the cheek, feeling warm and almost fainting until Pinkie Pie gives Joe a hug that made him make a loud noise and she zooms back inside. The human sat in front of the door, unable to understand what just happened 'W-W-Wow...she must really...love chocolate' he thought.

He slowly touches his cheek and smiles softly "I-I better get to Twilight now." Joe said and stands up and slowly walks off without falling to the ground.

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Equestria, Unknown

Trixie is pacing backwards and forwards, the mysterious figure and the cloaked ponies took her to a location she didn't know...of course guards and no windows made it more difficult for her "Argh! The Great and Powerful Trixie has had enough of waiting! She demands to see Discord now!"

"And you will right now Great and Powerful Trixie" a voice spoke out from the shadows, walking into her view.

Trixie yells, falling to the ground and frowning "Don't ever do that again!"

"My apologies, but would you like to see Lord Discord now?" the mysterious figure asks her calmly.

Trixie huffs and follows the figure's lead into a dark portal and they have stepped into a large room with stone stairs leading up to a stone throne, something or someone is sitting in it. Trixie's eyes widen and shivers a little, knowing who it is from the statue and books "T-Tell me now, h-how is the princesses not knowing of his freedom?"

The mysterious figure chuckles "A simple trick, my dark crystals create a precise match which makes the statue fool their senses but at the cost of having most of Lord Discord's power. Also this place is surrounded by my dark crystals' magic to cover up our location, even from sensing the darkness."

Trixie gasps at that "I-impossible!"

"Quite possible, this magic is beyond the princess and Lord Discord will use it to his advantage to gain his revenge and rule Equestria." replied the figure.

A soft chuckle is heard from the throne and it moves the head from the shadows to reveal Discord himself, smiling like an evil plot master and resting his head on his fist "Now then, Great and Powerful Trixie, we have much to discuss don't we? Care for some tea?"

To Be Continued

Hey guys, I want to deeply apologise for the massive delay, I had an extremely difficult few months after the last update. I had to do a lot of things that were more important than the story but I never forgot about it. And I recently in December lost my grandfather a few weeks before Christmas and my Birthday; it was really hard to suddenly hear that you lost a family member and I took it really hard and cried for days. But I knew I had to be strong my family and him like he would want me to. This chapter is to help me remember him and his great praise for this story over these 2 years. Thank you Granddad for everything.

But this chapter I think went horrible, I made a promise to make original chapters from now on but I just couldn't help to not put in Pound and Pumpkin Cake in and have Joe help Pinkie Pie. And sorry for all the mistakes that I made...even did a Level 2 English class *face palms* me and my stupid memory. And this is rushed as you can tell, I'm sorry for not making quality for you guys but I made this in 3 days since I got a certain review. I will try to do my best in the next chapter!

Also! I have a PS4! Yes! I love it and can't wait to have more games! User name is DavidXlongshotX and please send a friend request on PS3/PS4 and say how you know me! Got Killzone, Resogun and DC Universe Online for multiplayer and soon beta for FFXIV: ARR PS4 beta!

Thank you guys so much for the support over these months and fear not! I'm back and will get back to work on the next chapter really soon!

Please read and review and remember...FOR THE BRONIES!