You're about to pick one of the cupcakes when something strikes you.
"Wait a minute. How did you know I'd have a big weird book?" you ask.
"It's poking out of your saddlebags, silly! How could I not see it?"
"No, that's not what I meant. If you made me special cupcakes because you knew I was going to have a special day you must have known about the book already. And I didn't see you there this morning."
You've stood up, you realise, and with good reason. Is this some sort of game? Is she just playing with you here? Somepony has messed up your Winter Wrap Up and so help you Celestia, if it's Pinkie you'll buck her into next Tuesday.
"Did you dump this book on my steps, Pinkie? Because if you did-"
"No!" she says, quickly. "It wasn't me! I promise! Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye! I just saw it being put there. And I was going to deal with it myself, but then I thought you could have a really special day because of it, so I went home and made you your cupcakes."
"Okay. Great. You made cupcakes. Just one thing- who left this book on my steps, Pinkie?"
"Are you sure you wouldn't rather just have a cupcake and get on with your super special-"
"Pinkie! Book! Steps! Who!?"
"I don't think I should tell you. You seem pretty angry and I don't let angry ponies on the ice-breaking team."
"I seem angry? I am angry!"
"Well, just stop being angry! It's not a big deal, right? You can just have a cupcake! Or even no cupcakes! We can just do ice-breaking!"
The problem is, she's right. Time's getting away from you here- if you want a nice Winter Wrap Up, you should probably drop it. But somepony's dragged you into this, and they gotta pay. Right?
To fly up in front of the crowd and get whoever lumped you with this book to own up RIGHT NOW, Click here for Chapter 39.
To give up on the book so long as Pinkie can get you on the ice skating team, Click here for Chapter 40.
To blow off Pinkie and just get on with your day- including getting rid of this freaking thing- Click here for Chapter 41.
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To go back a step, Click here for Chapter 7.