While the three friends were looking for a place to eat, they met up with Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie, who to joined them for lunch. After looking around a little bit more, they decided on a nice outside restaurant.

They sat down on the bails of hay around the table and looked at their menus.

The waiter came over to their table. "Welcome. May I take your order?" he said in an obviously rehearsed voice.

"I'll have a daffodil and daisy sandwich… err… make that two," said Twilight.

The rest of them gave their orders and the waiter left. While the group waited for their food, they spent the time talking.

"By the way," Rarity said, "does everyone know what they are bringing to the picnic tomorrow?"

"Oh, yeah," said Twilight. "Spike and I decided on a cherry pie."

"I'm bringin' and apple pie," said Applejack.

"I'm bringing CUPCAKES!" Pinkie Pie sang loudly.

"This picnic's gonna be awesome," said Rainbow Dash, jumping out of her seat and hovering up in the air a few feet.

"Rainbow Dash, sit down this instant! Were in a nice restaurant!" Rarity said to her like a parent, her horn glowing blue and pulling the pegasus by her tail back down into her seat. Rainbow Dash crossed her forelegs in annoyance.

"Hey, Twilight, what's that rash on your legs?" asked Pinkie Pie suddenly.

"Huh?" said Twilight, looking down at her forelegs. She was surprised to find there was some spots on her legs where the skin was exposed, and there was some sort of strange rash on her skin there. It didn't itch, but it was turning her skin black and hard-like. She quickly glanced over the rest of her body and found the rash on her hind legs as well.

"I don't know," Twilight answered. "This is the first I noticed it."

"Maybe ya got into something while y'all were bucking apples this morning," suggested Applejack.

"Maybe…" began Twilight, but at that moment the waiter came back over with their food. He set each of their plates down in front of them. Twilight forgot about the rash as she looked hungrily at her sandwiches.

"Mm, yummy," said Rarity as she took a bite of her salad.

Twilight's horn glowed purple as she picked up the sandwich with her magic and took a bite. It tasted so good, especially the daisies. Her hunger taking control, Twilight shoved the entire sandwich into her mouth.

The others glanced at her out of the corners of their eyes as she was chewing the sandwich in her mouth. They were about to shrug this odd behavior off as just hunger but then Twilight picked up her other sandwich in her hooves and shoved the whole thing into her mouth. Her friends gave her odd looks.

"Mm, that was good," said Twilight after she swallowed. Then her stomach growled again. She was still hungry. "Waiter!" she called.

The waiter came over. "You called?"

"Please set me up with another order of daffodil and daisy sandwich's. Three this time."

The waiter nodded and walked away.

"Golly, Twilight!" said Applejack. "Guess you really worked up an appetite this morning."

"Guess so," said Twilight, glancing over at Rainbow Dash nervously, who looking at her with narrowed eyes. She hoped her friend would keep her promise and not say anything about the apples she had eaten earlier.

The waiter returned with another plate full of sandwiches for Twilight. Twilight just couldn't restrain herself and continued to shove the sandwiches into her mouth and gobble them down as quickly as she could.

The rest of her friends were soon all staring at her, eyes as wide as dinner plates.

"What's everypony staring at?" asked Twilight innocently once she had finished her second plate.

"Twilight, are you feeling okay?" asked Fluttershy. "You're acting kind of… unusual."

"I'm fine," she said reassuringly. "I'm just so hungry."

Her friends still gave her odd looks. Pinkie Pie, however, grinned. "ALRIGHT!" the pink Earth pony shouted excitedly, standing up and throwing her arms into the air, causing everyone around them to turn and stare. "TWILIGHT FINALLY PULLED THE STICK OUT OF HER BUTT AND LOOSENED UP! WOO!"

As soon as Pinkie sat down, Twilight called the waiter over again and asked for another plateful of sandwiches. He raised his eyebrow at her, but turned and got her some more sandwiches. Twilight hurriedly ate those down as well. And ordered some more, and more. At this point all her friends were finished with their meals and even Pinkie Pie was staring at her with her mouth open.

Twilight was about to order a seventh helping when Rainbow Dash shouted, "TWILIGHT! WE'RE NOT MADE OF MONEY, YOU KNOW!"

Twilight was taken by surprise by her friend's outburst, but then she looked around at the rest of her friends' speechless expressions and she realized just how much she had eaten.

Embarrassed, Twilight called the waiter over and asked for their check. When Twilight looked at the piece of paper and saw the numbers, she really felt bad.

"I… uh… I don't quite have enough on me to pay for my meal," she said sheepishly, as her meal had been, by far, the most expensive.

Her friends all sighed and then reached into their saddlebags and played the remaining amount of Twilight's meal that she couldn't.

"Thank you all," said Twilight. They all turned and started walking out of the restaurant. "I promise I'll pay you all back tomorrow."

"Don't sweat it, sugarcube," said Applejack. "We're worried about you though."

"Yeah," said Pinkie Pie. "Are you sure you're feeling okay?"

"I feel fine," said Twilight, though she was now less sure than before. "I-I'll see you all later."

She walked away from her friends, her mind deep in thought. What was wrong with her lately? Why was she suddenly acting so impulsively and eating so much? And why wasn't she full yet? She had just eaten more sandwiches then she could count right off the top of her head. She should be stuffed… but she wasn't.

Twilight decided to head back home to her library. When she entered her dwelling a wonderful scent instantly hit her nose. She didn't know exactly what it was, but it sure made her mouth water and her stomach grumble loudly. She followed the scent to the kitchen and saw a bunch of new groceries lying on the counter. Twilight started to walk towards the area, still sniffing. Then, a freshly baked cherry pie, that was sitting next to the window, caught her eye. Twilight approached it and sniffed it closely. The warm scent was driving her crazy. She lost control of herself and instantly pounced it, devouring every last warm and gooy bit of it. Some cherry goop hung out the corners of her mouth and she licked it up hungrily. After she had devoured the whole pie, she was licking the pie tin clean when she heard a voice behind her shout, "TWILIGHT!"

She spun around to find Spike staring at her. Twilight realized she was still holding the pie tin and then realized she had done it again! She dropped the tin on the floor, looking embarrassed.

"Twilight! That was the cherry pie for your picnic with your friends tomorrow," Spike moaned. "I had to go to the store this morning to buy the ingredients for it as well as all the other food you ate this morning, and then I just spent the last two hours baking it and letting it cool."

Twilight hung her head in shame. "I'm so sorry, Spike. I just don't know what's wrong with me lately. I keep feeling this compulsive need to eat."

Spike's expression softened. "Well, maybe you're sick or something. Maybe you should see a doctor."

"No," said Twilight, straitening up. "I'm sure it will pass, what ever it is. And don't worry about the pie. I'll take care of it later."

Then Spike pointed to her legs. "What's that?"

Twilight looked down at her legs and realized he was talking about her rash. "Oh, its just some rash I've got. Nothing to worry about." Then she noticed that the strange, black discoloration seemed to have spread somewhat from where it had been at lunch when she first noticed it.

She thought little of this and walked out of the kitchen. Suddenly Twilight felt a little sick. Perhaps all that food she had eaten today was now coming back to punish her. She ran to the bathroom and brought her head over the toilet and threw up in it. When she was done emptying her stomach, she was surprised to find that the mess she had made in the bowl was quite red and she realized it was blood. There was blood in her vomit!

She groaned, her body now tired from throwing up. She felt dizzy. She made her way up to her bedroom. She didn't know where Spike was at that moment, or if he had even heard her vomiting.

Twilight threw herself down on her bed, stressed by all that had happened so far that day. Perhaps Spike was right and she should go see a doctor. She closed her eyes and felt herself slowly drifting off to sleep.