Shining Armor came down the stairs and stopped. There before him sat his family around a large wooden table. His mother was a very light gray unicorn with white and pale purple mane. His father was a blue unicorn with a darker blue mane and tail. Between them sat Twilight Sparkle, with Miss Smartypants beside her.

"Mom? Dad?" Shining moved forward, looking at them. "What are you doing here?"

"Aren't you glad to see us?" Dad asked.

"Well, yeah. But why didn't you tell me you were coming?"

"Here you go!" Pinkie Pie shouted as she popped up beside the table. "Pinkie Pie's Super Delicious Secret Very Berry Waffles!" The pink pony set down five plates, silverware, a bottle of syrup, a can of whipped cream, and a plate that had to be holding nearly twenty waffles. She dealt the plates and silverware out to the four ponies like playing cards, sending the fifth to a spot just as Spike was walking up to it. Pinkie Pie then repeated the action with the waffles, dealing each of them two.

"There's plenty more if you want seconds," she said with a grin.

"Thank you Pinkie Pie," Twilight said as she reached for a fork.

"Yes," Mom spoke up, "Thank you Miss Pie. It was very nice of you to make breakfast for us. Spike! Manners!"

"These are delicious," Spike said as he grabbed the second one from his plate and tossed it into his mouth.

Shining Armor took his own fork and cut off a piece of one of the waffles. Bringing it to his mouth, he took a bite, and froze.

There was blueberry and blackberry, strawberry and raspberry. He could even taste cherry. And those were the ones he could identify. There had to be at least three other berries in it. The flavors did not mix though, or at least not completely. It was like he was tasting each and every individual berry on its own. At the same time, each had a hint of the other, giving a mix to balance the berries out so that one did not have a stronger taste than the other.

After ten seconds, he resumed chewing before swallowing.

"How is this possible?" Shining asked, turning to Pinkie Pie.

"Sorry, Shiny," Pinkie replied, "but that's the secret of Pinkie Pie's Super Delicious Secret Very Berry Waffles."

"Shining," his mother said, "we actually did come for more than just a visit. There is something your father and I would like to talk to you about."

"Ooh." Pinkie shifted. "This sounds super interesting." She looked a the clock. "I have to get going though. Need to get Sugarcube Corner. Customers will be coming in soon and we need to start baking for the afternoon. See you later."

"Wait," Shining Armor called out. "Pinkie, could you take Twilight with you? Maybe introduce her to the Cake twins so she has somepony to play with while we talk?"

"Do you want to?" Pinkie asked Twilight.

"Can Miss Smarty Pants come?" the filly asked.

"Of course." The pink pony gave a grin.

"Can I help you bake?"

"Well you might have to talk to Pumpkin about that, but I don't think she'll mind too much."

Grabbing one of the waffles, Twilight shoved as much of it into her mouth as she could fit. She then grabbed the doll and climbed down from her seat. The young unicorn filly then followed quickly after the pink mare as they left the library for the morning.