Cheesy as Pie
by AleximusPrime
First published
Flurry Heart and the Cake Twins help Cheese Sandwich get ready to propose to Pinkie Pie, but he starts to wonder if he can even do it right.
Silverstream takes Flurry Heart to Sugarcube Corner to introduce her to the Cake Twins when suddenly, Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich make a surprise visit. Flurry, Pound, and Pumpkin help Cheese with planning his proposal to Pinkie while Spike distracts her, but he starts to realize it is a lot harder than it looks and wonders if he's actually ready to ask for her hoof in marriage.
Inspired by the official show, this is part of a fan-made sequel series I created called "Flurry Heart's Story", which documents the adventures of Flurry Heart as she makes friends and faces new and familiar villains, some of which may still be redeemable.
This is a direct sequel to "Elements Assemble" which is the first episode of the series.
Flurry Heart's Story and its author are in no way associated with Hasbro or any of the creative team behind My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. This series is entirely fan-made and is created in honor of the official show. No copyright infringement is intended or encouraged. Please support the official release.
Chapter 1
Flurry Heart walked through the streets of Ponyville, accompanied by Spike and Silverstream. They were on their way to Sugarcube Corner where they would introduce Flurry to some new friends, just as the teachers had promised they would do.
“I can’t even remember the last time I went to Sugarcube Corner.” Flurry told them. “I feel like it was years ago back when Pinkie just invited us over for some desserts when I was visiting Ponyville. I don’t think the Cakes were even present.”
“Well Pound and Pumpkin are charming little ponies, Flurry.” said Silverstream. “Do you ever remember meeting them before?”
“No, but Spike said I made a pretty weird first impression back when I was still a baby.”
“Yeah, you should have seen it.” added Spike. “Twilight once left her with them while she was getting an order from Pinkie. Flurry tried breaking up a fight they got into over a toy, but she kinda made things worse and they started throwing cupcakes at her.”
“Aw. I hope they aren’t still holding a grudge.” Silverstream replied.
“Eh, they were babies. I’m sure they forget it even happened.” Spike told her.
They continued on until they finally reached the large building that resembled a giant gingerbread house. Sugarcube Corner was a confectionary where ponies would come to buy all sorts of sweets. Pinkie Pie used to live and work there. Her room upstairs and her “party cave” in the cellar below were still reserved for her when she would stay in Ponyville, but Pinkie was away right now with her boyfriend, Cheese Sandwich. Pinkie dealt so well with Flurry when she was born, so they were both very close. Flurry really wished she could see Pinkie now, but Spike promised her that she and Cheese would both be visiting soon.
They walked on up to the front door and Spike opened it for Flurry and Silverstream. Flurry walked in and saw a young pegasus colt behind the counter. He had a light beige coat with brown, curly hair and his cutie mark was a small chocolate cake with a slice taken out of it. This was undoubtedly Pound Cake, the older brother of the Cake Twins. He was kneading some dough for his mother, Cup Cake. She was a blue earth pony with swirly pink hair that resembled cupcake icing and wore glasses and an apron. She had just come in with a pan for the dough that Pound was using.
“Good job there, dear.” said Mrs. Cake. “Now in a few minutes, I’ll have the chocolate mousse ready for…ooooh! Princess Flurry Heart! We’re so sorry you caught us in the middle of something.”
“Aw, that’s fine, Mrs. Cake.” Silverstream said. “Flurry’s happy to be hear regardless!”
“Hey there, Mrs. Cake.” Flurry said.
“Welcome to Sugarcube Corner, Princess.” Mrs. Cake said, bowing her head. “This here is my son, Pound Cake.”
“Flurry Heart, great to finally meet you!” Pound said, as he flew in the air, spinning the flattened dough around on top of his hoof. He then wadded it back up in his hooves and rolled it around in a circular fashion while talking. “I’m Pound Cake. As you can see, the dough’s my specialty around here. My sister works with the flavoring and spices, of course she’ll work with anything when it comes to-”
“AAAAGGGGHHH!!!”
A young female pony yelled in the room behind them. She then burst through the door and ran out before skidding to a halt, right beneath Pound. She was a light shade of yellow, had orange, fluffy hair, and wore a cerulean bow in her mane that was a bit smaller than Flurry’s. Her cutie mark was a pumpkin, thus giving away that this was Pumpkin Cake.
“Bro, you didn’t tell me she was gonna be here this soon!” she squawked before turning to Flurry. She then grabbed one of Flurry’s hooves and shook it very fast. “Anyway, hey, Princess! I’m Pumpkin Cake! I love sweet stuff and I love mixing it in with other sweet stuff and making it super tasty so everypony who comes here has the best treats ever! You’re gonna have so much fun here and we might even bake you a special guest cake! Ooooh, that would be awesome, wouldn’t it, Pound?!”
While she continued running her mouth, she finally let go of Flurry’s hoof. Flurry continued to vibrate out of control until Spike walked up behind her and put his finger on top of her head to get her to stand still. The vibration went through his arm, but was absorbed by his dragon chub and quickly wore off.
“Hehe, thanks Spike.” Flurry told him as he giggled a bit.
Just then, their father, Carrot Cake walked in. He was a taller, more slender earth pony who wore an ice cream parlor hat and an apron like Mrs. Cake did. His coat and mane colors were very similar to Pumpkin’s.
“You’ll have to forgive Pumpkin.” Mr. Cake said as he stood next to his wife. “She takes after her favorite babysitter, Pinkie Pie.”
“Well hey, Pinkie’s like an aunt to me so I’m totally cool with that.” Flurry replied.
“Oh, and don’t worry about the old toy hot-air balloon. We grew out of that thing fast.” Pound told Flurry as he landed in front of her.
“Er, wait, you guys remember that?”
“Nah, we were babies. Pinkie just told us.”
“She tells us everything.” Pumpkin added with a big smile on her face.
“Well it’s great to meet you guys.” Flurry continued. “Silverstream said you’d keep me company during my stay in Ponyville this summer.”
“Yeah, sounds like you’re already having quite an adventure. We heard about what happened the other night with that big red rhino thing that turned out to be a changeling.” Pound told her.
“That must’ve been crazy! Silverstream, is it true you guys are the new Elements of Harmony?” Pumpkin asked, excitedly.
“Hehe, I guess we are.” Silverstream gigged while shrugging. “We’re not sure when we’ll ever need to use those things again, but we’re trying to not worry about it too much. We kept the Elements back in a vault in the crystal castle. But hey, we have Flurry to thank for figuring out it was us who were the ones to stop General Scutellum.”
Silverstream put her talon around Flurry’s shoulder as Flurry blushed.
“Well guys, I’d better go.” she said as she walked towards the entrance. “Gallus and I have some plans for the day so I’d better go get ready! Have fun, Flurry!” she said, waving.
“Bye Silverstream! Thanks again for bringing me over!” Flurry called back as everyone else waved to Silverstream.
“So, Pound, Pumpkin, you guys wanted to show Flurry something?” Spike said to the twins.
“OOOOH! YEAH YEAH YEAH!!” Pumpkin said with widened eyes. “Pound, everything’s ready over in the living room! Should we take her in right now?”
“Oh right! Yeah, let’s do it now while we still can!” Pound said, flying over to the next room.
Flurry looked confused, but Spike motioned for her to follow them. Eager to know what the surprise was, she went into the living room next door to see a small makeshift stage that had been set up. Pumpkin sat down in front of the stage and patted the ground next to her for Flurry to come join her. Flurry sat down and Pound turned off the lights in the room and pulled the shades. He then walked over to a spotlight behind them and shone it on the stage. The buildup of drums could be heard from a nearby boom-box and a familiar voice began to speak. Flurry instantly recognized the voice. It belonged to Cheese Sandwich.
“Fillies and gentlecolts, thank you for joining us today! We’re as excited to be here as you are to see us! So now, to our super-special guest from the remote land of the Crystal Empire, Princess Flurry Heart, we welcome you to Ponyville!”
The sound of an accordion could be heard and the curtains parted to reveal Pinkie’s party canon in the center of the stage. It was lit from behind and appeared to be a little bigger than usual, almost as if something big and round was inside of it. Suddenly, it exploded and spat out a chubby, pink pony with fluffy magenta hair. She was wearing the same exact bow Flurry had and her cutie mark was three colorful balloons. It was Pinkie Pie!
Pinkie flew up in the air out of her canon and landed on the edge of the stage, right in front of the Cake Twins and Flurry. Flurry gasped and made the biggest smile she could possibly make. Pinkie began to sing as Cheese continued to play his accordion in the background.
Pinkie:
We welcome you
Hope you have fun
We’re going to party and make merry
Till the day is done
Now there’s no time to waste
Let’s make your stay worthwhile
Flurry Heart, get ready to smile!
“Take it away, Cheesie!” Pinkie called as a silhouette of Cheese with his accordion could be seen walking in from the side of the stage. He jumped right in where the spotlight shone next to Pinkie and sang.
Cheese:
We’re here to entertain you
We’re here to make you laugh
It won’t be just a piece of cake
But more like half
Pinkie:
Oh, yummy!
Cheese:
We’re so anxious to get started
Brightening your day
Sit back! Relax!
Enjoy your staaaaay
Both:
Flurry, we’re so happy
To see you want to learn
The friendship lessons Twilight taught
Now it’s your turn
Your time right here in Ponyville
Will be the perfect start
Gooooooo get em, Fluuuuurryyyyyy Heaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaart!
Cheese stood tall and played the final notes on his accordion as Pinkie slid on her knees in front of him. She stretched her arms out and leaned her head back with her mouth open wide as they both sang the final note. Several mechanized, miniature party canons rolled in on both sides and spat out confetti and fireworks as a large banner that said “WELCOME, FLURRY HEART!!” unfurled from the top curtain. The music and singing finally came to a stop.
Spike and the Cake twins all started clapping loudly. Flurry jumped in the air and flapped her wings while squealing. She flew towards the lovable, plump mare to get a hug.
“PINKIE PIE!!!” she squealed as she dove in and wrapped her arms around Pinkie’s neck and cushioned herself against her plump, soft belly.
“FLURRY!! HOW’S MY LITTLE MATCHING-BOW MARE?!” Pinkie shouted, hugging her tenderly
Author's Notes:
The tune to the "Welcome, Flurry Heart" song can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j7bbX5ScAzTzXAeGHQgRbUociYwCuuvw/view?usp=sharing
Chapter 2
“Pinkie, I’m so happy you and Cheese are here!” Flurry squealed as she continued to hug the plump, pink pony.
“As soon as I heard you were coming to Ponyville, we had to visit!” Pinkie replied. “I couldn’t possibly miss a chance to hang out with my little Matching-Bow Mare!”
“Cheese! I haven’t seen you in a while!” Flurry said as she went over to hug Cheese.
“Haha! I know, right?! We’re only sorry we couldn’t have been here to see the battle the other night with that changeling! Must’ve been one heck of a fight!” Cheese replied, setting her down gently.
“Spike, did you know they were coming?” Flurry asked Spike.
“Sure did!” he replied. “I’ve been holding it in too long now, but here we all are!”
“Spiiiike! Long time no see!” Pinkie said as she leaped off the stage and tackled Spike to the ground.
“Pinkie, great to see…WHOA! AAAGH!!”
“C’mere big guy! I’m gonna getcha!”
Pinkie began tickling him as he flailed his legs around and laughed uncontrollably. She then jumped on top of his large belly, pressed against it with her lips and blew as hard as she could. Spike laughed even harder and tried pushing her off.
“NOOOO!! AHAHAHAHA!!”
Pound and Pumpkin rolled on the floor laughing at the sight until they finally recollected themselves. Cheese and a rather giggly Flurry jumped down from the stage and everyone joined up on the floor.
“Alright, alright, ya got me! Hehe…heh.” Spike said as he tried his best to stop laughing while standing back up.
“I’m so super happy we’re all here!” Pinkie exclaimed. “Twilight sent me and Cheese a letter saying Flurry was coming for the summer, and I absolutely HAD to make this trip! And it’s even better now to know you’re staying the whole summer! Why, I’m so excited, I haven’t been this excited before! Well I mean there was that one time when I first met Twilight: she was all like ‘Um…hello?’ and then I realized she was new and hadn’t made any friends yet, so then I was like HUUUUUUUUUUUUU…”
Pinkie threw her head back and took a long gasp to reenact the moment she met Twilight in Ponyville over a decade ago. She gasped so hard, her entire body began to lose its chubbiness and she slowly reverted back to her thinner physical appearance. She finally stopped gasping and quickly inflated like a balloon back into her plump self. Cheese giggled and rolled his eyes at his silly girlfriend as she continued blabbering on.
“And then I got everyone I knew in Ponyville to help make a welcome party for her! Oh my gosh, it was soooo weird seeing Twilight be all reclusive back then, but we made friends with her quickly after we beat Nightmare Moon! I know this is kinda off-topic, but hey, if it weren’t for that moment, we probably wouldn’t all be here like this now! SUCH MEMORIES!!”
Flurry, Pound, Pumpkin and Spike snickered at Pinkie’s antics and could not stop smiling.
“That’s our number-one babysitter, eh bro?” Pumpkin said, hugging Pinkie.
“You said it, sis!” Pound replied as he and everyone else joined in one big group-hug.
Later in the dining area of Sugarcube Corner, the six of them all joined each other for milkshakes at a large round table.
“Pinkie and I have done parties in several different cities in Equestria so far this year. We’ve already hit Las Pegasus, Fillydelphia and Manehattan. We’re trying to get up to Vanhoover at some point.” Cheese explained to the kids.
“Don’t forget our rock-fest we did for Maud’s birthday earlier just outside of my family’s rock farm, Cheesie!” Pinkie added.
“We had such a blast! Maud was so happy!”
“Are you guys gonna stick around in Ponyville for the whole summer this year?” Pound asked.
“Well we’ve definitely wanted to take a bit of a break and especially spend some time with Flurry.” Cheese continued as he put his arm around Pinkie. “I don’t know about you, sweetie pie, but I could really use some vacation time in the quaint little town I first met you in.”
“When you put it that way, I wanna do the same! Anything for my Cheesy Weezy!” she said to him as they both began rubbing their noses together and giggling flirtatiously.
Flurry smiled as she saw Pinkie and Cheese being sweet on each other. She felt so happy that they were in such a good relationship. Pumpkin giggled to herself as she watched them while Pound just smiled, smugly. Flurry noticed that Spike was looking at the clock and then seemed to signal to Mr. Cake who was peaking his head out of the kitchen door. Spike walked over quietly to speak with him. They were whispering so Flurry could not hear, but she wondered what they were talking about.
“Well those were some tasty shakes, Pinkie!” Pumpkin said after she slurped up the last of her milkshake.
“So what’s on the agenda for the rest of the day?” Pound asked.
“Well, Pinkie and Spike were going to go meet Maud in town for a little rock fair they’ve got going on down there.” said Cheese. “I was thinking you kids and I could stay here to catch up and also help me brainstorm for my next performance…if that’s all right with you, Pinkie?”
“Aw, no probsy, Cheesie!” Pinkie replied. “The fair’s going on throughout the week, so you guys can come by later if you want. I really need to catch up with Maud. It’s been so long since we last talked. Oh and when we’re done, I’ll bring her over here and she can join in the fun and we can all make some rock candy necklaces and play some games and stuff!”
“WOOOO! Yay for Maud! We gotta see her again!” Pumpkin said, hopping around on the floor.
“Hey, Pinkie, you ready to go to the fair now?” Spike said, walking over to her.
“Sure am, Spike!” Cheese, you gonna be good over here with Flurry and the Cakes?”
“Sure as sugar am!” Cheese said, hugging her one last time before she took off.
“Okey dokey lokey! Let’s bounce, Spike!”
Spike held the front door open for her and she hopped out while humming. He looked at Pinkie and then back at Cheese. He smiled nervously and gave thumbs up to him as Cheese nodded his head up and down.
“Give us about three hours, got it?” Cheese whispered.
“Got it.” Spike whispered back.
Spike closed the door and Cheese crept over to the window to watch them both leave. Flurry, Pound and Pumpkin looked curiously at him, wondering what was wrong.
“Cheese, you okay?” asked Pound.
“Oh I’m fine, just…really nervous.” Cheese replied with some tension in his voice.
“What’s the matter?” Flurry asked as the three of them gathered around him.
“Well, there’s a reason I really needed Pinkie out of the house for the next few hours.”
Cheese motioned for them to move in closer and he began to whisper in their ear.
“I’m…I’m actually gonna try and propose to her later tonight.”
Flurry, Pound, and Pumpkin all gasped loudly and froze for a second. Pound covered his mouth with both hooves as Pumpkin screamed in delight and zoomed around in circles at blinding speeds. Flurry just stood there with her eyes huge and her smile reaching from ear to ear.
“OH MY GOSH!” Flurry cried. “CHEESE, I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!!”
“AAAAAAGGGGGGHHHH!!! HE’S GONNA PROPOSE! CHEESE IS GONNA PROPOSE TO PINKIE!!”
“SSSHHHH!! Pump, let’s not give him away!” Pound said, stopping his sister in her tracks by placing his hoof firmly into her mouth.
“Don’t worry. Your parents both know.” Cheese replied. “I just wanna keep it as secret as possible. I was wondering if you kids wanted to help me figure out how I’m gonna do it. Pinkie and I brought along our stage and a bunch of other fun equipment to do that surprise for you, Flurry, but I also brought it cuz I wanted to try making some big presentation right as I propose to her.”
“Aw! We’d love to help you out with that, Cheese!” Flurry said, delightfully.
“YES YES YES!!! Count us all in!” Pumpkin said as she jumped in right next to Flurry. She then stretched her arm out to pull Pound in right next to her and used her other arm to pull Flurry in closer.
“And we’ll do what we can to help out as well, Cheese.” said Mrs. Cake as she came in with her husband. “Believe me, we’re just as happy to hear our favorite employee is going to finally be married!”
“Glad you’ve all got my back.” Cheese said, gratefully. “I just hope Spike can keep her distracted long enough out there. I’d hate for her to come back when I’m not ready yet.”
Just then, the door burst open and Pinkie appeared. Cheese jumped in the air and his mane and tail stood on end for a brief moment as he looked horrified.
“Oopsie doopsie loopsie! Forgot my shake!” Pinkie said as she hopped back in to pick up her milkshake from the table.
Everyone stood frozen in place with shocked looks on their faces. Spike was in the doorway looking really nervous, but thankfully Pinkie didn’t appear to know what was going on. She grabbed the milkshake with her prehensile bangs, and kissed Cheese on her way out. Cheese blushed and watched nervously as she exited. Spike exhaled deeply and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
“Don’t worry, I'll keep her distracted.” he quietly told Cheese as he finally left them all to their business.
Everyone walked over to the window to watch Spike and Pinkie until they finally disappeared behind a building in the distance. Cheese slid down the wall and exhaled in relief.
“Phew! That was close.” he said.
Chapter 3
Pinkie and Spike walked through the streets of Ponyville to get to the rock fair on the other side of town. She joyfully bounced up and down next to her dragon friend as he was reading a flier about the fair to figure out what he and Maud should do to keep her distracted long enough.
“Oh Spike, I’m so excited for this rock fair! Maud’s gonna be in her element here!” Pinkie said.
“Well Pinkie, as soon as we find Maud, I think we should head to the geode exhibit first.” Spike replied as he looked carefully at the map in the flier.
“Hehehe, you would wanna go there for the snacks, silly!” she teased.
“What? Oh no, I wouldn’t dare eat any of the set pieces! Although those rock candies on a stick do look pretty tasty.”
“Hey guys.” called a monotonous voice from several yards away.
They both looked over to see a grey pony with purple straight hair, wearing a dark aqua frock. She had her hair in a bun and was wearing some small glasses and a wedding necklace of a golden twig and stone. It was Pinkie’s sister, Maud Pie. Her face had a somewhat blank look on it because she did not use facial expressions to convey emotion, which caused her to not fit in too well with others. Despite this, Pinkie was always somehow able to tell what Maud was thinking, and right now, Maud had a slight smile on her face, indicating that she was very happy to see her sister.
“MAUD!!!” Pinkie screamed as she ran over to hug her.
“Ah, Maud, there you are! That didn’t take long!” Spike said.
“I thought I’d never find you guys.” Maud replied as she took out a small round stone from her frock. “Boulder was starting to get a little impatient.”
“Aw, don’tcha worry, Boulder! We’re here!” Pinkie said, petting Boulder. “Well hey, I’m so happy that they finally listened to you and made a rock-themed fair in Ponyville! Now everypony will love rocks!”
“I’m glad to see quite a few ponies showed up. There are a lot of kids saying they want to become geologists now. Equestria coulduse more geologists.”
“It could also use more of those delicious, mouth-watering mountain gems!” Spike said as he rubbed his belly and drooled.
“Now now, Spike.” Maud replied. “The rocks here are for show only, but I’ll see if I can find some cheap ones for you to snack on.”
“Also we need to save some to make necklaces and then we’ll bring them to Sugarcube Corner so Flurry and the Cakes can make some with us! Oh you should have seen the look on Flurry’s face when Cheese and I surprised her back there! I haven’t seen her smile that big since the day I gave her that bow for Hearth’s Warming Day!” Pinkie babbled on as they began to walk along.
Just ahead was the rock fair. There were tents and stands set up near a paved path for villagers to walk along. At each stand were some ponies and even a few other non-pony citizens selling rare rocks and sculptures. The bigger tents had shows and exhibits inside. Spike studied the map until he had a plan set for the day.
“Alright ladies, I think we should just take this time to browse around for any gifts and snacks first cuz the geode exhibit doesn’t open for another hour.” Spike told them. “And after the exhibit we can go to the fashion tent where you get to judge some of the rock-themed dresses Rarity helped make for the show, Maud.”
“They better be good.” Maud said flatly.
“She’s locked and loaded for some super serious critiquing! Hehehe!” Pinkie snickered. “Oh man this fair’s gonna be great! I just wish Flurry could see all this…”
Spike had a nervous look on his face after Pinkie mentioned Flurry. He was worried Pinkie might try to go back to Sugarcube Corner to get Flurry to come over and interrupt Cheese’s planning. He and Maud exchanged glances and Maud tried to take Flurry off of Pinkie’s mind.
“Well hey, Flurry’s gonna love those rock necklace rocks when you bring them back.” she said.
“We’ll just stick to the schedule and make sure I’m not late for the fashion show. After that, there are plenty of other exciting things we can do here.”
“Oh abso-tutely-lutely, Maud!” Pinkie replied, saluting. “Alright, well who’s up for some rock candy!? Last one to that stand over there is a moldy cupcake!”
Pinkie zoomed off at high speeds, leaving behind pink and aqua streak marks and a cloud of dust from the ground. She went in front of a stand to wait in line while bouncing up and down on her hooves. Spike and Maud looked at each other while she was distracted.
“Well that was close.” Spike said. “You think she’ll last for three hours?”
“She should.” Maud said. “It’s pretty easy to distract my sister. Just so long as Cheese gets his supplies he ordered to Sugarcube Corner.”
“Oh, those haven’t come yet?”
“Not yet. He said they’re supposed to arrive today.”
“Darnit. Well, Flurry can message me with a scroll in case things get hairy.”
“HEY, YOU SLOWPOKES WANNA MUNCH ON SOME ROCKS OR WHAT?!” Pinkie teased.
“Whoops…COMING!” Spike called back as he and Maud hurried over to the concession stand to wait in line.
Back at Sugarcube Corner, Cheese began setting up tons of decorations on the stage that he and Pinkie used earlier. He had several of Pinkie’s mechanized mini canons scattered throughout the room to shoot confetti the moment he would propose to Pinkie and a huge sign that read, “Pinkie, will you marry me?” that would hang down at the same time. Meanwhile, Flurry, Pound and Pumpkin were in the kitchen, making some special crafts and artwork of Pinkie and Cheese to use during the proposal.
“What do you guys think so far?” Pumpkin said, holding up a crayon drawing of Pinkie and Cheese with a heart over their heads. “I thought I’d go with something kinda minimalistic!”
“That looks great, Pumpkin!” Flurry complimented. “I think I’ll just go with the picture I made earlier and try to help Cheese with some of the music. How about you, Pound?”
“I thought I’d do something different and go into the next dimension. How do you guys like these?” Pound said, holding up two paper-crafts that looked like Pinkie and Cheese.
“Oooooh! Nice idea, bro! Make em kiss, make em kiss!” Pumpkin said, eagerly.
Pound moved the paper-crafts towards each other and made them kiss and began to speak out of the side of his mouth to make them talk.
“Mwah, mwah! Pinkie, I love you so much! Will you marry me? OMIGOSH, YES!! I TOTALLY WILL CHEESE!! Mwah, mwah!”
“Hehehe! So cute! And then when the wedding comes around, we can dress them up and use them as the cake toppers!”
“Not a bad idea! What do you think Flurry? Flurry?”
Over to the side, Flurry was going through some sheet music and was deep in thought and didn’t realize she was being talked to at first.
“Oh, sorry guys.” she responded. “I was just going through some possibilities for a soundtrack to play while this all happens. I thought it would be cool to have the tune of the “Party Planner” song playing as she steps in. She and Cheese sang a reprise of that back when she found out that she was what inspired Cheese with his special talent. It’s such a happy little tune and I think it goes great with all of this. Oh, and Cheese could propose to her in the tune of his “Confession” song when he told her his backstory. Maybe I should run this by him first though in case he’s got something else planned.”
“I think it sounds good!” Pound told her.
“Me too! Go tell him!” Pumpkin added.
Flurry got up and flew into the living room where the stage was. Mr. and Mrs. Cake were setting up some party supplies everywhere and some little standees of bushes and trees with a little pathway could be seen. Everything was decorated so splendidly and would definitely catch Pinkie’s eye. There were arrows on the pathway that would tell Pinkie where she’d need to go. As Flurry walked along the pathway, several little stones she stepped on triggered photos of Pinkie and Cheese to come out of the bushes as well as small confetti shooters. Flurry eventually made it to the stage where Cheese was looking at a clipboard and checking things off with the pen in his mouth.
“Hey Cheese, how’s everything going?” she asked him.
“Pretty good so far.” Cheese said while carefully reading his clipboard. “I’ve got pretty much everything I need here. All that’s left is to get a few more decorations around and then set up the sound system and the big-screen monitor in the front. I’ve got a short movie to play for Pinkie while she sits up here with me at this table. The monitor’s on its way in the mail. I would’ve brought the one I have stored back in Manehattan, but my cousin’s borrowing it right now. Besides, I was starting to get a little worried that Pinkie would figure out what I was up to if I took too many things with us. She thought we were just going to put on that little welcoming show for you, but I was able to hide some of these things in the crates they were transported in.”
“Is that why you used these standees for the decorations?” Flurry asked.
“Yup. Thin, easy to package and they can slide right in out of sight next to everything else. She doesn’t suspect anything.”
“What music are you gonna be playing for her while it happens?”
“I was gonna use some emotional music right around the time I’m ready to show her the ring box. I’m not too sure it’s going to work though. You’re welcome to give ideas.”
“Well I noticed you and Pinkie keep sheet music of some of the songs you’ve sung throughout the years, and I think these two would be great to play. You can do an instrumental of Party Planner while she’s walking in and then after you show her the movie, you can do the Confession Song instrumental.”
Flurry flew up on the stage and handed him the sheet music. He glanced at them real quick and then started to smile.
“Ooooh, these old songs! We sang them on the day we met back during Rainbow Dash’s birthday party. Yeah, they would go great as background music and I’m sure it’ll give her a little nostalgia hearing it. Great idea, Flurry!”
“Yo Cheese…” called Pound as he flew in with his paper crafts. “I made these. You want me to hang them from the ceiling or something?”
“Wow, those are adorable, Pound! Yeah, go ahead and put them wherever you want. And you guys can put any artwork and photographs on the pop-ups behind the bushes. Pinkie really loves pop-ups.”
“This is going to be so exciting!” Pumpkin squealed with delight. “Mom, Dad, you guys done with your stuff over there?”
“Well we’re almost done, Pumpkin…” Mr. Cake replied, “…except your mother and I are having a little trouble with these cords.”
“Yeah, the instructions are easy to follow, but I can’t help but feel we’re missing something.” Mrs. Cake added.
Everypony suddenly had concerned looks on their faces. Cheese hopped down from the stage to go see what was wrong.
“You’re missing one of the cords?” he asked the Cakes.
“Yeah, the speakers over here aren’t going to work without that cord.” said Mr. Cake, pointing to the instructions.
“That cord? Oh cheddar on ciabatta, I forgot that one!” Cheese said putting his hooves on both sides of his face. “Darnit all, I knew there was something telling me to go back and triple-check the crates!”
“It’s okay, Cheese. The hardware store might have something like that down the street. Want me to go check?” Pound asked.
“That would help out a ton. Here, take these instructions and show them this one right here.”
“Got it. Mom, Dad, can I borrow some bits?”
“Sure, dear. Go ahead and take a few out of the piggy bank up in our bedroom.” Mrs. Cake told her son.
“On it!” Pound replied, saluting. He then sped off up the stairs to get the money needed for the cord.
“Don’t worry, Cheese.” Flurry said, patting him on the back. “Pound will find the cord, and if we can’t get one, I’m sure we can use that entertainment system over there.”
“That might work. Carrot, does it play CDs?” Cheese asked Mr. Cake.
“Eh, unfortunately no. Cup and I are a bit old-fashioned. We’re still using vinyl.” Mr. Cake said, nervously.
“I have a CD-player up in my room!” Pumpkin chimed in. “It’s all pink and has flowers on it, but Pinkie will appreciate that design.”
“I guess we can use that as a last resort option.” Cheese said with relief. “I just hope that monitor I ordered arrives before Spike and Maud bring her back. It’s supposed to come today so we shouldn’t have anything to worry about…I hope.”
“It’ll be ok, Cheese.” Flurry said. “Once the monitor gets here and Pound brings the cord, we should be good.”
“Alright guys. I got the bits. I’ll go see if they have that cord down at Hoofers Hardware Store.” said Pound as he hovered around, carrying a small bag of bits and the instructions in his hooves.
He flew into the dining room in Sugarcube Corner and out the front door to make his errand just as the wall-eyed mail-mare, Derpy Hooves walked in front of the door to knock on it. After a few seconds, Mr. and Mrs. Cake opened up.
“Oh, hey there, Derpy.” Mr. Cake said to her.
“Hello, Mr. Cake.” she replied, using one of her eyes to make contact with him and using the other one to look at the letters she was handing him. “I’ve got your mail here, but I have some bad news. You were supposed to get a large package today, but it’s been delayed.”
“WHAT?! The package won’t make it today?!” Cheese said as he pushed through to get to Derpy.
“It should be here tomorrow though. Is that going to be a problem?”
“A problem?! It’s going to be a HUGE problem! That monitor was supposed to get here today! Oh brie on brioche, I knew I should’ve ordered that thing days in advance!”
“Sorry. We’re not sure what the hold up is, but it hasn’t reached the post office yet.” said Derpy as she looked very empathetic for Cheese. “Well hey, I’m sure whatever you needed it for can wait another day or two, right?”
Cheese could not react to Derpy’s comment; he just sat on the doorstep and pulled his lower eyelids down with his hooves while groaning.
“Sorry again, it’s just part and parcel of the packaging industry. Oh, hehe, pun not intended.”
“We’ll be okay, Ms. Hooves.” Mrs. Cake said, patting Cheese on the back. “We were just really needing that thing today for something important that Cheese wanted done, but we’ll manage.”
“Take care!”
The pegasus mail-mare took off, flying to the next house to deliver some letters. Cheese continued to sit on the doorstep, looking rather worried. Flurry and Pumpkin just came out, having overheard the conversation. They did their best to comfort him.
“Well that’s a real bummer.” said Pumpkin.
“Without that monitor, that’s going to ruin the biggest part of what I had planned!” Cheese said. “I had that really awesome video planned for her and it’s not going to work on your guys’ TV. Well, I guess we can just show the vidoe for the wedding anyway, but still, I was really anxious to show it to her right before I propose!”
Just then, Pound flew in, holding a bag and the instructions. He landed in front of Cheese and pulled an item out of the bag.
“I got the cord, everypony!” he said, panting. “They were running low so I was just in time! Did the monitor come yet? And what’s the matter, Cheese?”
“Thanks, Pound, but the monitor won’t be making it today. The package got delayed and won’t be here till probably tomorrow.” Cheese told the young pegasus colt.
“What?! Aw shoot! What are we gonna do now?!”
“It’s okay, Pound.”
Cheese stopped pouting and stood tall and confident. He took the package with the cord and opened it up carefully; examining it to make sure it was the right kind.
“Now that I have this cord, I actually just realized something I still can do. It’s time for Plan B.”
“What’s Plan B?”
“What Cheese Sandwich does best: musical performance! Flurry?”
“Yeah, Cheese?” Flurry said, walking right next to him.
“Can you send Spike a letter from here?”
“Yeah, what do you need me to tell him?”
“Tell him to keep Pinkie distracted for three more hours if possible. I’ll be needing as much time as I can get to prepare the most amazing musical number to sing to Pinkie.”
“Okay, three hours. You think that’ll be enough?”
“It should be.” Cheese said in a very grim voice. “Pinkie and I have written and composed many songs in record speed; sometimes even right on the spot. Three hours is all I’ll need to write this song for my love!”