//------------------------------// // Lazy Season // Story: Great power comes in Small packages // by Izalith //------------------------------// The Moonbucks Cafe was nicely placed next to Sugarcube Corner, the coffee shop is a nice place to get your coffee and small coffee snacks which was small cookies and whatever else goes great with such an excellent flavor. This establishment is nice, for being operated by ponies that is, at first I thought it was going to be slightly dirty but the sight of the two unicorns that run the place easily and efficiently cleaning it proved that they can both run their business and maintain it. That and they make one mean cup of black coffee, just one sip was enough to wake me up and another two was enough to keep me active for an hour or two, depending if I went for regular or extra strength. Smiling smugly to myself I took a single sip from my small cup, the coffee sitting within was black as the darkest void and tasted bitter and yet it had the power to give me the strength to fully wake up or in this case in the late afternoon calm me down. Sitting down near the front of the coffee house I enjoyed my cheaply bought cup of joe, for three gil a cup, which here is the cheapest I have ever seen since back home it was fifty gil. Letting out a happy sigh I took another sip and stared out the front door of the establishment, my eyes skimming about the ponies walking outside, most of them waved at me and even more cooed at me and said I looked adorable. Now don't get me wrong I like the compliments but when they constantly have to say that I look adorable and hugs me and then asks me where my parents are, that just infuriates me. Just because Lalafells have a childlike appearance and that our height never leaves past three-four feet we are always the butt end of a few jokes and even more at the end of a few cruel and unusual puns for us being tiny lovers, then came these ponies. Ever since I showed up I have been hearing nothing but these ponies asking me if I am lost and need to find my parents, if I need a hug for always being grumpy or just plain laughing at me, saying that I did not blow up Nightmare Moon on the night of the Summer Sun Celebration. My reaction varied from pony to pony in this town, a few mares that cooed at me for being adorable I can tolerate, the few ponies that asked me where my parents are I told them like the rest, they are resting comfortable in their home at Horizon in the western section of Thanalan. And then there are those that insult me for saying that I crippled Nightmare Moon for the Elements of Harmony to completely defeat her, those that make fun of me for that, I just give them a choice, to find out the hard way on how I defeated that black alicorn witch or to just accept the fact that I defeated her to the point where she can be permanently sealed away. Most choose the hard way. Staring down at my cup of coffee I take another sip, relishing in the rich flavor I sink into my cushion that I picked in the store, the soft silky fabric was nice and the gentle breeze of the afternoon reminded me of my many times at both the Quicksand Inn and The Walking Sands tavern, both times I sat upon a cushion just like this, sipping on grape juice that I made and listening to the stories of adventure my friends had accomplished while I was busy teaching the new thaumaturgists the fundamental lessons on how to properly channel the aether within their core and control it to the point where they can cast magic. Every day for three weeks a month I work under the guildmaster Cocobuki and his four brothers, and during those three weeks I would take the students out in the field to test their magical capabilities and luck would have it a few of them would catch on quickly to my teachings but fail in maintaining perfect concentration and nearly set me on fire, freeze me or give me a static charge before going back to the classroom to learn on how to do better next time. I can still remember the day I arrived here to this landmass as if it was yesterday and everything that transpired that night is fresh as a summer rose. Sighing sadly to that thought I was taken away from my comfortable position as a thaumaturgist instructor all because one pony couldn't hold her own in a battle against six mares that were half her size, strength, and magic capabilities. I bet I am going to have to retell that story at the Gala...maybe I could get lucky and have Nightmare Moon be there to take another Flare since she oh so obviously loved taking it to the chest the first time. Snickering at the thought of that night I take another sip, my coffee already half gone and the coffee mare with the work uniform was coming around asking the few patrons that are here if they want another cup as for me, I might need another cup because I see four stallions and a mare coming right at me. "So little one, did you really beat Nightmare Moon that night when Princess Celestia went missing?" the head stallion said, he was just a standard earth pony with a dark brown coat and beige mane and tail, his cutie mark was of a sailboat on the ocean with a net thrown over the side, a sea fishermen...fisherpony. Putting down my cup of coffee I reached down to the side of my cushion and grabbed my Stardust Rod before resting it on my lap, hinting of what I might do to them if they dare laugh at me. "Yes, I did, and before you laugh or even question me on how someone so small can beat somepony that is a great deal larger then myself. So choose wisely, fire, ice, water,or lightning if you are going to insult me." I said calmly, my left hand tapping lightly on the hard metal rod that was handle of the staff, the one eye that the ponies could see calmly staring back at them. The stallion and his friends shuffled a bit on their hooves, looking uneasy at each other until the head stallion finally spoke up. "Not saying I don't believe you and all..." he started out, his voice wavering a bit before he swallowed the lump in his throat and pressed on, "but there is no way a little guy like you could have beaten that alicorn all by yourself." Staring at the head stallion I pulled out a single gil and placed it on the table, waiting for him to choose which element he wants to get hit with for insinuating that I am wrong in defeating Nightmare Moon a week ago. "Oh...uhh....water?" he finally said and as soon he started to give the nervous laugh I got up from my cushion, finished the rest of my coffee, held my staff up and gave it a single twirl before the soft hum of magic surrounded me. "Hey! No casting magic in this establishment!" "Sorry about that sir." I said and with a tip of my hat I walked outside before talking back to the stallion, "You, follow me, time for me to prove you wrong." and with that statement he trotted out, his body shaking in terror, seeing how he was victim number fifteen to my proving ponies wrong tally. Twirling my staff again and as soon as they heard the gentle hum of mana in the air and thrusting my right hand forward, the stallion only saw two small spheres of water opposite of each other spinning at the same speed and height downward until it hit the ground by his hooves, the last thing he heard clearly was the sound of water exploding beneath him and completely soaking him to the skin in freezing cold water. "And that was the only non-harmful combat magic that I know of, besides using healing magic on the undead voidsent." shrugging at the sight of the only mare in the stallion's group of friends, she just gave me a confused stare, not knowing that there is such thing as the 'undead'. They are real, they are annoying, they never need to eat or sleep, never complain and that they are always easy to kill. Once my demonstration is finished I let out a shrill whistle, everypony that was around me that heard that whistle lowered their ears down from the loudness of it but what then drew everyponies attention was the loud chirping noise that followed the whistle. Coming down the street, still wearing the saddle, stirrup and Ul'Dahn flag was my faithful chocobo, Dizzy, still active and spry as the day I hatched him. At a young age Dizzy was very active and was always climbing, jumping and running all over the place in my parent's home, he always got into everything he could stick his beak in. As he grew up we started to bond, we went everywhere Horizon together, from the bottom of the partial mine shaft and up to the top of the ramp of the town and sometimes to the neighboring town that was past the small ponds and land fishes. When Dizzy finally reached full maturity I had a saddle and stirrup made just for him, and by the time I had reached my eighteenth birthday I left home to be an adventurer the two of us were inseparable and once we had our name out there we eventually joined the Immortal Flames and well, that's how he earned the flag attachment. That and he also earned himself a few pats and pets from a few Hyur's, Miqo'te's, and Elezen's. As Dizzy came running down the street I saw that Rainbow Dash was flying beside him, easily keeping up and every few seconds ducking and diving around his head. The two of them became the best of friends ever since we showed up here, apparently Rainbow Dash has a need for speed and Dizzy, well he just like something that is able to keep up with him when he does his daily running, and sleeping. Watching the two race each other is sometimes funny to watch cause they always try to outdo the other, Dizzy would try to nip her tail and pull her back and for Dash, she would just confuse him and almost trip him up, the two can be amusing at times except for when they are asleep, then they are just boring. When the two finally showed up, Dizzy being the loser and plopping down beside me, and Rainbow Dash being the winner and landing on top of Dizzy's saddle before snoring almost instantaneously. One moment she was up and about, flapping her wings like a champ and the next, fast asleep and snoring like a Roegadyn logger after a hard days work, how one can fall asleep that fast without the help of a sleeping spell is beyond me. Sighing in defeat that my chocobo was asleep, my plans to go to the Apple Family today had to be altered a bit, and since I was supposed to help Applebloom with her cutie mark hunting I had to be prepared for the unexpected, and that I needed to ask her if she needed any assistance with her math homework. Walking to the farm was nice and quiet, a few ponies waving at me and cooing at my adorableness and after a while I finally reached the field of apple trees, all of them perfectly aligned and not one apple was out of place. "Horseapples!" a familiar southern accent shouted, the voice clearly female and that was coming to the west of me, somewhere deep within the orchard was my target, Miss Applejack. Every time I want to spend time with Applebloom to help her with her homework and to help her get her cutie mark I would have to check in with the nefarious apple farmer, of course when I first met Applebloom I was taken aback a bit because she reminded me of my younger sister, who at the time was training to be a weaver. Not sure why little Damimi Yayalito would want to be a weaver but her aspirations to become the very best weaver in the world proved itself when she passed the test on her first try, it took me five attempts before I finally got it right. Walking toward the sounds of hooves stomping on dirt I bobbed and weaved through the rows of trees, my eye looking around for the orange farmpony and to no avail did I see but I kept hearing her voice, her shouts of pony profanity was my only indicator that I was getting closer. I eventually found Applejack, she was busy kicking an apple tree, or well from where I am standing, she is missing the tree, her hooves keep hitting nothing but open and each miss made her spout some sort of profanity or an actual word taht is profanity, something I would never suspect the honest mare to be doing. "Miss Applejack, are you alright?" I said while approaching the slightly tired mare from the left, and when I barely put down my hand on her back she reacted rather, violently. "Ah buck!" Applejack shouted and before I knew what happened she turned her back to me and in a second I saw my life flash before my eyes, from my humble beginning as a tiny tot of cuteness, to a child waving a stick around trying to cast magic like the heroes of light, to me taking my first steps in the Quicksand Inn to become an adventurer, my first day as a thaumaturgist, taking my oath as a black mage, fighting in the Bowl of Embers against the Primal Ifirit, and before I could remember anything else I felt and saw both her rear hooves fly past my head, both of them coming into contact with my hat, the pointy cone of my hat bending backwards from the impact and in that scant second of her hooves over my head I saw something I rather not see causing both of my eyes but mainly the one that everyone sees to clamp shut, my body stiffen up then falling slowly backwards like a tree being brought down by a logger. 'Nald'Thal, please scrub what I had just seen from my eyes for I cannot do it alone.' As I laid on the nice soft dirt floor, my eye staring up at the sky watching clouds move overhead and the trees swaying in the breeze, and as soon as I let myself recede to the fate of the startled farm mare, said fate deciding mare never said anything until after Twilight Sparkle came over to talk to her friend. "Hey Applejack, are you alright you seem to be...what happened here?!" Still laying on the ground and staring at the sky I just let out a small guttural groan of discomfort before waving my hand around over my head to show to the purple unicorn that I am still alive and in one piece. "Tatalito, are you okay?" "Yes Twilight Sparkle, I am...I am alright, just having my life flash before my eye after nearly having my head kicked off by a startled farm pony who is obviously sleep deprived. And I can't move out of fear of getting nearly kicked again." I said, not moving an inch as the farm pony somewhat stood over me and from here I can see that she is swaying back and forth a bit and that she was on the verge of falling asleep where she stood. As Twilight started talking to Applejack I slowly shuffled my legs back and forth, inching my way out from underneath the sleep exhausted pony I dragged myself out and away from the line of fire. "Good luck with your friend Twilight Sparkle, you will need it since she nearly kicked my hat all the way to that dark forest." and with that I got up, dusted myself off the best I could and jogged over to the tree house that Applebloom loves to hang out in. The jog took a few minutes out of my day but I can bare with it knowing that my teaching skills will not go to waste in this land of talking mythical beings and foolish winged unicorn tyrants. Arriving to the filly's clubhouse I went up to the finely made wooden door, straightened out my pointy hat and made sure that the eye-patch was tightly secured to my head and with that I knocked on the door three times, waiting for my friend to open the door. Only having to wait for a few seconds I heard the sounds of small hooves scrabbling on the wooden planks and the door was opened to reveal the little yellow ball of energy and excitement, Applebloom, and boy was she excited for no reason that I can guess besides she acquired her cutie mark but a quick look at her flank showed nothing but fur and more fur. "Lito! Yer finally 'ere!" The little filly shouted as she grabbed me by the hand with her hooves and started to drag me in. I know that sometimes small things can contain hidden power but this filly, I bet she can buck one of these tree's in half if she gave it all she got. Sitting down on the wooden floorboards I took off my hat and reached inside of it, pulling out a small roll of scrolls, the homework assignments that I have created off the top of my head that the little filly can easily finish on her own. Taking out a spare ink well and quill from my pocket I motioned for the farm filly to sit beside me, her practice work is ready for her and that by doing this simple multiplication and division homework Applebloom would be able to pass her math test that is coming up at the end of the week this month. "So Applebloom, are you ready to begin today's assignment or do you still need some time to get your things together?" I asked the yellow filly with the authoritative tone of a teacher and yet I kept it down to the point where I came across as a father figure helping his daughter with her schoolwork. "Ah'm ready Mr. Yayalito." her words muffled from the pencil in her mouth as she began to put her mind to the paper, slowly solving and handling the problems set before her. Watching the little filly work on her practice work I pulled out my own parchment and quill, my thoughts leading to Ul'Dah and how it is faring, I know that I have only been gone from it for eight days but even I know that eight days is enough time for an attack to take place from either the beast tribes or from the empire. Shuttering at the thought of the empire making the first strike against Ul'Dah and her allies while we are still licking our wounds and reforging our tools of war for another skirmish against the imperialism that is the Garleans. Pulling myself from my thoughts I went back to the parchment in front of me, dipping the tip of the quill into the ink I started to scribble down a short list of things I must do be it mainly owning my own home, modifying it to where it will have a large garden for my plants, an underground section for my forge and anvil, and lastly a master bedroom for myself, afterall I do love sleeping in giant beds since it makes me feel like I am living in the life of luxury. Staring down at the scroll on the floor I rolled it up before putting it back inside my hat, my eyes moving over to Applebloom as I watched her write down a simple algebraic problem, a cute little concentration face was being worn and just seeing her actually put her heart into this was heartwarming to me seeing that my teaching skills won't be wasted and that I have a student actually apply themselves to do their practice work and their homework. After an hour has passed along with five pages worth of practice assignments completed I told the young mare to pass me the scrolls to see how she well she did with something that should be a little more advanced with what she usually does at the school she goes to. "Alright Ms. Applebloom, that is all for today, remember to always pay attention to what symbol is on the paper and to follow the rules that are for it. And also please tell your sister to go get some sleep, she is sleep bucking and nearly took my head off when I told her to go rest." and with that I tipped my hat to the little mare, bid her a fond farewell and left her clubhouse to go straight to Sugarcube Corner for my mid-afternoon snack of two chocolate muffins and a small shake, how Eorzea doesn't even know on how to produce such a simple and yet tasty delicacy is beyond me. As I was walking down the dirt road that led back to Ponyville I saw a cyan blur shoot across the sky, my ears slightly catching the sounds of her voice screaming loudly in the air. I merely shrugged it off as Rainbow Dash being crazy with her tricks, and speaking of tricks I do believe my eyes are having illusions placed upon them or I am actually seeing Applejack trying to corral a bunch of woodland critters by force instead of being gentle with them. Slowly shaking myself from what I had just seen I push myself to keep going to snack central for Ponyville, the grumbling emptiness that is my stomach demanding for the pastry confectionaries of the pink party pony is too damn high and my gil needs to be offloaded somewhere reliable, that and I think Bon-Bon doesn't like me for constantly distracting her sister cause I have 'hands'. Now that I think about it, seeing Miss Lyra together with Miss Bon-Bon practically all the time is making me think that they are not sisters but the best of friends, or significant others, or do I dare even say it out loud but due to me loving the fact that I want to live so I will just say it in my head, 'fuck buddies?'. Somewhere out in Ponyville, a cream colored mare sitting on the bench beside a lime green unicorn sitting upright and sipping on a slushie shivered involuntary as somepony was talking about herself and Lyra being together in an intimate fashion. Walking down the streets of Ponyville I came to realize that I had no general idea of where Sugarcube Corner is located, at the time I just followed Twilight and Barb to it since they lived here and that I didn't really need to know where everything is located but as of now, I am standing in front of a spa and the nice mares inside told me that the establishment I am looking for is across town. They didn't exactly paint me a picture of where it is but just a general direction so that is a start but when I get back to my place of residence I am going to have to look for a map and study it, memorize it, and lastly remember where my chocobo is currently resting at since Fluttershy didn't exactly tell me where she is staying. Thinking about what my precious big yellow bird is up to the tall tell sign of somepony shouting at the top of their lungs and it was getting louder as the source of the disturbance got closer. It wasn't before long that the source of the yelling landed in front of me, the dust cloud it made upon impact, waving my hands in front of me I pushed away the cloud of debris until I came face to muzzle with a disorientated and very dazed Rainbow Dash. 'Damn, this girl got some distance from that launch...I wonder if I can get my chocobo to get on that and see how far we can fly.' Helping the dazed pegasus up I inquired as to what happened to her and her response was fairly humorous from my perspective. "Applejack was half asleep and leapt off the platform without telling me and launched me practically above Cloudsdale!" her nasally voice somewhat irritating but her tale of being launched almost into the dark void of the sky was something of an achievement. Looking at where she came from I saw a thin cloud trail of where she sailed through, bits of clouds moving downward told me that she went through one before crash landing before me. "Well Dashie, I went over to help Applebloom with her math homework and when I tried talking to her I nearly got my head bucked off and saw something that can't be unseen. At least I helped Applebloom overcome her fear of geometry." helping her brush the dust and dirt out of her mane and wings I saw that each time I brushed against one of the feathered appendages that they would twitch and flutter almost erratically to the point of it being funny. "Quit it!" she nearly shouted, pulling her wings away from me while trying what seems to be her best at keeping them under her control and back by her sides instead of being fully exposed in a threatening manner. Raising both my hands in a defensive manner, stepping back a few feet away from the obviously fuming mare, not wanting to get my head bitten off since she is acting like any other female I have met here or back home that when they get irritated that they will lash out at the cause of annoyance, mainly me since I can be fairly blunt when it comes to certain matters. After waiting a minute or two for the cyan mare to cool down I came back to her to ask what she was hoping to accomplish by getting launched into the atmosphere by a catapult, her answer was to do a really cool trick with the extra speed that the catapult would have provided for her. The extra thrust she said, would have allowed her to do tricks easier since she didn't have to build much speed to do them, sort of amazing that she thought of that but what she didn't think of was what could of happened if she was wrong about having a pony toss themselves over the side to fall onto a piece of wood with a target on it and that if she went past her target speed and injured or worse, killed herself. "Rainbow Dash, I would say that what you were planning wasn't the most brilliant of things you could have done..." I said as Rainbow Dash got up close to my face to the point where her forehead was pressing against mine but I continued on knowing that it might result in getting my butt kicked, "but at least you managed to reach the proper speed you were striving to achieve, good for you. Now all you really need is someone reliable enough to launch you when you are ready." As soon as the conversation was over I stepped back, turned on my heel, and wandered off long enough to turn the corner before quickly running as fast my stubby little legs could take me, turning another corner before slowing down to catch my breath, running really isn't my forte. Turning my head back and seeing that the cyan pegasus wasn't following me at the moment I let out a short sigh of relief before bumping into Twilight, apparently she heard the sound of her friend falling from the sky before plowing into the ground in a spectacular fashion and was on her way to see if she is alright and when she inquired me on what I was doing I told her that I was on my way to Sugarcube corner for my mid-afternoon snack. With a wave of goodbye from the both of us we went our separate ways, my destination somewhere in this area and that was when it hit me, I should have asked Twilight for directions since she is bound to know every single route throughout this village like the back of her hand--er--hoof. Looking back to see if she was still within earshot but sadly she was already gone around the corner and that my endeavor to find the bakery within time for me to get my discount for happy hour, but from the look of things I wasn't going to make it in time. Jogging around the next bend, my mind and stomach hoping that I can still make it in time before happy hour is over but seeing how the sun is already past midday and that I just saw Applejack gallop on by and when I saw where she was going I was finally happy to see that it was into Sugarcube Corner, my salvation close at hand. Walking into the confectionery producing establishment I took in a deep sniff, smelling the overwhelmingly sweet aroma of baked goods, cakes and most importantly, cookies, sweet delicious cookies. And from what I can hear in the background of clattering pots and pans, something is going on back there but my suspicions that they were being robbed was put to rest when a happy looking Pinkie Pie skipped into view, holding a tray of cupcakes on her back before placing them on the counter, apparently those are the free ones. Upon them being placed down the tray was immediately assaulted by a mob of hungry ponies, the cupcakes didn't last long and I could feel a single sad tear slide down the inside of my eye-patch before it sizzled into purple smoke and dispersed into the air. Staring at the empty tray covered in crumbs and saliva, the blown out tray was slightly rattling in place before it stopped moving, my eye glued to the tray as I moved over to it, my hands reaching for it and once I lifted it up I found nothing but bits and drool. "I am never going to get the good stuff..." I muttered, dropping the tray on the floor before slowly dragging my feet out of the building but I was stopped when I heard someone shout within the kitchens. Turning around I saw Pinkie Pie hopping over to me, and between her teeth was a brown paper bag. As she stopped in front of me I looked at her then she looked at me then I looked back at her before her eyes went from me to the bag and I took the hint. Reaching out slowly I found my hands grabbing the paper bag and looked at Pinkie, the bubbly pink mare was smiling widely at me before she motioned for me to open the brown sack up, and with a loud swallow of spittle I bent my head downward, slowly pulled the bag open, then with a holy glow, saw three delicious looking cupcakes. "P...Pinkie....this...thank you." I said while holding open my cupcake bag, tears of happiness threatening to slip out but with my strong mental will and that I do not want to waste tears of cupcakes that will keep me going till dinner time. "Don't thank me, I just don't want to see you all mopey and sad cause you couldn't get a cupcake from the happy hour special!" With a warm smile, something I hardly ever do unless it is earned or warranted but this girl always seems to find a way to worm one out of me. Thinking about pulling one out and eating one here I shook that thought off and decided to eat them at home, maybe even show it off to Twilight and Barb before eating it in front of their faces, maybe that will get Barb to at least stop pestering me. With a short hop, skip and a near trip-to-faceplant I made my way back home, the sounds of ponies soon reached my ear as they all slowly made their way away from me, they all looked like they came down with some sort of sickness. Straying from my path back to the tree library I continue to see more and more ponies looking slightly green, acting woozy and looking like they just ate the worst food imaginable and their stomachs are trying to pump themselves free of the vile contents...that or some pony managed to organize all of them to behave like this around me so I would be worried that a disease is running rampant through the village. Either way I am not giving up these cupcakes, they belong to me and I will freeze any of these ponies solid if they try to remove my cupcakes from my plump little hands. The light sounds of pitter-patter coming from each step I take can be easily heard in the streets as they have been hastily emptied, why they were empty I do not know but what I do know is this, it makes me feel smaller then normal when there is no one around to help compare sizes with. That and if there was ponies out here then I could easily be lost amongst them since the only way to find me is by looking for a tall purple pointy hat in a crowd of pastel colors that are always moving. Good luck with that one endeavor. Smiling to myself I waddled on back home, my eyes on the paper bag in my hands, my thoughts filled with a jaunty tune I once heard in the Quicksand Inn and the small clicking of nails on stone told me that my favorite little ball of yellow feathers was right behind me, following me closely as I saw my bundle of joy eyeing my cupcakes like he was going to get one. "No Dizzy, my cupcakes." I said as he slowly moved his beak close to my paper bag, slightly nipping at it, trying to rip it open so one of the tasty delicacies would fall on the ground but I easily moved the bag away from his inquisitive beak. Huffing in slight annoyance Dizzy tried again but this time brought his head lower so he can try to rub his neck against me which would hopefully distract me long enough so he can nip the bag open to get at my cupcakes, it earned a swat to the beak with two fingers and a stern "No.". I think he got the message this time cause he stopped trying to bite my bag but as soon as we made it to the tree library my Lalafell senses were tingling, my senses telling me that behind door number one was six ponies and a little hatchling were waiting just for me. Slowly placing my left hand on the doorknob I gently twisted it to the left, pushed the wooden door forward and to my 'surprise' there was no ponies there waiting for me. "Huh....I wonder where those mares went...usually they would be waiting right here for me to talk about friendship or some sort of lesson or even if I found someone to take to the 'Gala', as if I would take anyone to a snob party." talking to myself in an empty library is a common thing for me, why is it common is simple. No one can bother me when I am face deep in a book that has earned my undivided attention. Sneaking into the kitchen I placed my paper bag on the table and to be sure that no one finds the cupcakes I unbuttoned my hat from my eye-patch and collar, re-buttoned the eye-patch to my collar then lastly placed my hat over the bag to conceal the sugary treats beneath it. Hearing the sounds of hooves tapping against the carpeted floor I turned around to see that Twilight was carrying Barb on her back, Applejack looks like she has some sleep, Pinkie Pie is slightly green, Rarity and Fluttershy talking softly to their sick friend and Rainbow Dash was flying by her side, my guess discussing on who could have pranked her like that. "Oh, Tatalito, glad that we have found you." Twilight said as they made their way into the kitchen, Barb climbed off Twilight's back and lifted herself up onto the table and looked at my hat. "And what is the reason as to why you were searching for me Miss Sparkle?" I muttered loud enough for them to hear as I placed my staff on the table pointed at Barb, a silent warning to stay away from the hat of power. "Well...we were wondering if you know of any cures for food poisoning." Twilight spoke again but this time it caught me somewhat by surprise, my hand stopping itself from lifting up my hat to go for the bag. "Food poisoning?" I said in mock surprise, knowing that these mares are probably gonna ask me something more secretive about me or ask if they can have a piece or one of my spare cupcakes when my guard is down. Lifting up my hat I revealed to them the brown paper bag and in that instant they all looked at me as if I was holding a powder keg with a lit torch hovering above it. Plunging my right hand into the bag I pulled out one of the cupcakes, my eye looking at the tasty looking confectionary snack with a gluttonous glazed stare and before they could speak up I bit down on the cupcake, humming in approval of its exquisite taste before taking another bite, then another, and another, and before long I ate the whole thing, and to show that it was gone I let out a loud, but rather short belch of approval. "Yes, apparently a sleep deprived Applejack was helping-" as Twilight was talking I pulled out the second cupcake and took a large bite out of it. At this point all seven of them were just staring at me in shock and slightly in disgust but when I was finishing off the second cupcake Twilight decided to drop a major schism on my head, "and maybe Applejack made a large mistake and put in things that shouldn't be mixed into the cupcake mixture and has practically poisoned half of Ponyville." I stopped in mid-bite and stared at the cupcake in my hand then to Applejack who was looking mighty sheepish as my eye looked back at the cupcake before I shrugged and finished it off. "It doesn't taste that bad Twilight. Sure it has a grainy texture to it and that its a lot squishier then normal but it still has that great taste." I said as I began to eat the third one but it was when I began to eat it did my stomach let out a loud grumble. "Woah, that cupcake has one hell of a kick." I said as I took another bite, finishing the last one off as my stomach grumbled again but this time it was louder then the last one. "Oh...I think there is something wrong with that last cupcake..." my vision started to get a bit woozy as I felt green in the gills and my guts was rumbling rather badly. "Ohhhhh.......ohh gods....my tummy doesn't feel so good." I felt my stomach do a complete flip on itself, the contents of my gut was now on the march but in the wrong direction. "I...I think I am going to...to....urp." I muttered the last part before I covered my mouth and ran up the stairs with all possible haste to the bathroom. As soon as I arrived to the bathroom I slammed the door shut, not locking it, and as soon as I unbuttoned the upper part of my coat I shoved my head over the toilet and let loose my guts upon the porcelain throne. "HURK!" was the only sound I could make that the ponies and dragoness could hear outside the door besides the sounds of partial solids and liquids hitting the toilet water and bowel. "Umm....ma' bad gals."