Friendship Is Random: My Little Pony One-Shots
Chapter 4: Pinkie Pie: Closing Time
Previous Chapter Next ChapterAuthor's Note: I'm so, so, so sorry for the delay on this chapter :(
The thing is I've had a busy two weeks and all ^^; I went to an Art Walk on Thursday, Saturday went to a Brony Meetup, and Sunday, October the 6th was my 18th birthday :) And then the rest of the week and this week was college, getting ready for my Art midterm tomorrow ^^;
But I have a new chapter here for you all :D
This chapter goes to my favorite pony out of the Mane 6, Pinkie Pie! As she was requested three times ^^
Thanks to Jade, Guest, Pinkie Pie (Guest), and Twilanes for reviewing last chapter :)
I'm sorry to Twilanes because I've never seen Friendship is Witchcraft before ^^;
Now! Onto Pinkie Pie's chapter! :D
"Ding ding!"
The oven chimed as a pony, decked out in pink, turned the switch off and carefully pull the pastries out of the hot oven.
The Element of Laughter smiled at her confectionary creation and took a big whiff of it.
"Hmm! Chocolate cupcakes!" She said with glee, as she proceeded to eat her dinner.
Yes.
Dinner.
It was near midnight at Sugar Cube Corner and Pinkie Pie was working the night shift, the Cake family having already gone to sleep.
The night shift was boring job to most ponies because it wasn't lively as the day, when everypony was awake and about. Nevertheless, Pinkie Pie loved her job and she always smiled no matter what she did, even at her job, no matter what time of the day either.
While she munched into her cupcakes, she thought about today. Ponies came in for some sweets, she played with the twins, Derpy came in before her daily mail route, Cutie Mark Crusaders also came in today looking for Fluttershy, but to no avail, and the rest of the day breezed by.
"Ding-a-ling!"
Pinkie Pie looked up. She knew she flipped the door sign to CLOSED. Right?
"Hello?" A voice came from the downstairs.
The pink party pony wiped off any excess bits of chocolate from her face and went downstairs to investigate.
The pony that was downstairs looked around. No pony seemed to be here. He went off to the counter and looked at all the pastries in the glass display. He licked his lips and almost drooled a little bit.
"Hi there!"
"AHHHH!"
He fell back by the sudden appearance of the Element of Laughter.
"Where did you come from?!"
"Oh silly, I came from upstairs!"
'What?!' He thought and wondered.
He saw that there was only one set of stairs, and he surely would have seen this oddly pink pony go behind the counter. He merely dismissed it because he was at Sugar Cube Corner for a reason, midnight cravings.
"So, what are you doing here, mister?"
"Oh, um, well, I saw that lights were on and I assumed that the shop was open." He rubbed a hoof on the back of his head.
"You didn't see the CLOSED sign on the door?" Pinkie asked.
"…"
"Mister?"
"I'm so sorry."
"It's alright! What would you like?"
The stallion already knew what he wanted. After all, he'd been craving it for the past few hours. He checked the glass display and saw that they had what he wanted.
"I'll have an Orange Frosted Cream Cupcake!"
"Ooh! Nice choice!" Pinkie said. As she went to go get the cupcake, she decided to make some small talk.
"So, I've never seen you around here before! What's your name? Are you new to Ponyville?" Pinkie asked the stallion.
The stallion nodded, "Yeah. My name is Jardin. I just moved here this morning and was busy unpacking the entire day. I'm still not done but I suddenly had a craving for some sweets. So, I set on a mission to find a place that sells sweets." He rubbed a hoof to the back of his head again. "That was 2 hours ago. Since I'm new to this town, I kinda got lost, and not many ponies are out at this time of night. I saw the lights on at this place though and was gonna ask for directions, until I realized this was the bakery." He smiled. "Mission accomplished, I guess?"
Pinkie Pie set the cupcake on the counter and smiled, "Mission accomplished! And all the more reason to celebrate!"
Jardin picked up the cupcake and set down full of bits, "Celebrate? What for?" He took a bite and closed his eyes, savoring the orangey flavor.
The Element of Laughter at his question, as if he didn't know it was common sense, "Well, one, you're the last customer of the day, and two, to welcome you to Ponyville!" Pinkie ducked underneath the counter and then reappeared less than a second later, this time with a party hat, party horn, and her signature Party Cannon.
The Party Cannon went off with bits of confetti and streamers flying out all over Jardin. Unfortunately, this caught him off guard, mid-cupcake-enjoying. He yelped, but the sound was not heard as a piece of cupcake in his mouth went down his throat and became lodged. Jardin brought his hooves to his throat, indicating Pinkie to save him, but at the moment this was happening, Pinkie was distracted by something else.
"Hmm?" Pinkie inspected her Party Cannon, "That's weird, there was supposed to more stuff coming out the Party Cannon, hold on a sec, I got a wrench down here somewhere." She looked at the stallion, "Awww! You're so happy that you're getting all choked up! Well, be back in a jiffy!" She smiled, and then went down to check the drawers around the counter.
Jardin could not believe that she didn't notice that he was actually choking. He went to the counter and peeked over, only to find that the pink mare was nowhere around. He looked in the front of him, the Party Cannon pointed straight at him. Anger welled up in him by now, due to Pinkie not saving him, and without thinking, he hit the Party Cannon with his hoof.
Bad choice.
Jardin stepped back as the Party Cannon began making some weird sounds and shook a little bit. It did this for a few seconds until it came to an abrupt stop.
Jardin blinked.
Once.
Twice.
Then it happened.
A fruit cake came flying out of the Party Cannon, towards Jardin.
Before the flying pastry could register into his mind, it connected to his chest, bringing him down.
Luckily, the blow his chest was enough to dislodge the cupcake piece in his throat, and surprisingly enough, into a trash can across the room.
"GAHHH!" Jardin coughed violently. He got up with a nasty look on his face. "Buck this! I'm out of here!" He left in an instant, forgetting about all the bits he left on the counter.
As he left through the door, Pinkie came up from below the counter. "I didn't find a wrench, but I found a sextant! That'll do, right?" She said, as she observed the altitude instrument. Pinkie waited for a response, but found that she wouldn't get one. She looked around the bakery, Jardin was no longer present.
Pinkie was about to ask herself where in Equestria could he have gone, but she looked down and noticed something else instead.
"Hey, the fruit cake! I've been looking everywhere for this!" Pinkie laughed, as if it were the funniest thing in all of Equestria.
Her laughter was cut short when a pony wearing a mud mask and cucumber slices on both eyes walked in, "Pinkie Pie, dear, it's midnight. Please close up and then go to bed."
The Element of Laughter stopped with the fruit cake and apologized, "Sorry, Mr. Cake. Good night!"
Mr. Cake just grumbled and went back to bed.
Pinkie giggled at herself as she closed up shop and went upstairs, not to go to bed. No. She would stay up due to the amount of sweetness in her dinner. She would stay and do random things with her pet toothless alligator, Gummy, but as quiet as she could.
Yup, just another night at Sugarcube Corner.
Alright, got it! Up next is Twilight and then Rainbow Dash! Look out for it and i'll try to have it out faster than i took with this one ^^;
Btw, wish me luck on my Art Midterm tomorrow! ^^