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// Prologue 
// Story: Borrowing Pinkie Pie's oven 
// by WinterFang 
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Mr. and Mrs. Cake nervously waited in the Ponyville hospital lobby waiting to see the doctor. The reason being was that, they wanted to see if they could have more children. It didn't take too long before the two bakers were in Dr. Stable's office. Unfortunately, the doctor had bad news for, the couple due to the last pregnancy and Mrs. Cake current age, the bakers won't be able too conceive anymore children.

"Are you sure that we can't have any kids, doc? Isn't there something we could try?" ask Mrs. Cake with eyes full of tears.

"There might be. Tell me, have either of you heard of surrogacy?" inquire Dr. Stable.

Mr. and Mrs. Cake both shock their heads. The doctor went on to explain that, surrogacy was a process in which another mare would offer to carry a married couple foal or foals to term. The downside was that, for the volunteer to become a surrogate mother, they would need an unicorn to preform the spell, and unfortunately none of the unicorn doctors on staff, knew the spell. The two bakers felt like their world got completely annihilated. They gave their thanks to the doctor and headed for home.

"Welcome back you two. What did the doctor say?" asked Pinkie Pie as her employers walked in through the backdoor.

Mrs. Cake simply walked past Pinkie causing her husband to tell the pink party pony what happened. Pinkie's mane and tail deflated a bit at the news, before returning to normal a split second later.

"I've got an idea that might help. Can you and Mrs. Cake meet me at Twilight's castle tomorrow?" asked Pinkie.

Mr. Cake nodded and said that they be there, somewhat confused at what the pink mare was planning. He knew that whatever Pinkie Pie had in mind, she was trying to help in her own random way. The rest of the day was spent in relative quiet, save the occasional customer. Mr. Cake and Pinkie Pie closed up shop, once evening rolled around. Mrs. Cake was barely seen since arriving back the doctor's office. The other two just assumed that she needed some time to herself and her thoughts.

"I'm sorry for not helping with shop today, dearie." Said Mrs. Cake as her husband got into bed.

"Don't worry about it, hon. Pinkie and I were able to handle it. You had a lot on mind today after that doctor visit." Mr. Cake replied.

Mrs. Cake merely nodded as she let out a small sigh. Seeing this, Mr. Cake placed hoof on his wife's shoulder and explained that Pinkie Pie had some sort of idea that might help them. A small smile crossed the blue earth mare lips that news. The two bakers turned off the lights and slowly drifted to sleep.