The Mystery Of Pinkie Fazpie's Cupcakes

by Foxy Fox

This Can't Be Real. Right?

Mike waved good-bye to the assistant manager, who he learned was named Farley Fellow, (a pretty generic name if you ask Mike), and settled into his office. Farley was a real nice guy, but he did seem oddly...sympathetic for some reason. He told Mike to never EVER leave his office, no matter what the circumstances may be. When Mike asked if he could leave his office if there was an intruder, Farley said to not worry, and that nopony would dream of breaking into the place. Even if they did Mike had the emergency doors, and the windows were bullet-proof. Before he left he said that the previous night watchpony had left a message on the phone that would play automatically at 12 am and should explain just about everything to him.

Mike glanced at his watch. It was only 11:50 so Mike passed the time by walking around a bit, checking for anything suspicious, like he always did when he was early, before all the lights went out at 12:00 due to the company's low-budget. He wouldn't have to worry about running out of power. There wasn't anything electric he could use except the emergency doors, the door lights, his office light, and the small fan on his desk. He'd probably only be using the office light and fan which didn't use too much, if really any, power. Mike arrived in front of the main stage and looked at the three ponymatronics. There they were the same old mares from his foalhood. Twilight, Fluttershy, and the main attraction, Pinkie Fazpie. They stood silently, Twilight Sparkle with her electric guitar around her shoulders, Fluttershy holding a pink cupcake with eyes in one hoof, and Pinkie holding a microphone near her mouth.

Mike walked around some more, when a smaller stage, with a purple curtain adorned with stars, caught his attention. If he remembered correctly, it was called Pegasus Cove and there was a blue Pegasus ponymatronic named Rainbow Dash. He remembered being disappointed when Rainbow Dash had been put up and used for scrap. There was a sign in front of the miniature stage that read 'Sorry! Out Of Order'. They took her away when she made a foal, too young to even be there cry. The mother of the child had insisted that she would sue if they didn't either get a new, less scary-looking ponymatronic, or at least get rid of her. Rainbow Dash had been in pretty bad shape after all, with her hind legs being bare and her mouth having some trouble opening and closing. He glanced at his watch which read 11:58.

"I should really get back to my office," Mike thought aloud. He remembered Farley mentioning something about being in his office before 12:00 AM.

Two minutes later, Mike sat in the swivel chair in his office and waited for the message to play. RING!RING!RING! Mike jumped a bit, then relaxed and leaned his ear towards the phone as the message began.

"Hello? Hello, hello? Umm, hey! And welcome to your new job at Pinkie Fazpie's Cupcakes, a place where fillies and foals can have fun! Well, before I tell you how to get through you first night, I've got some disclaimers that I'm required to tell you," the stallion cleared his throat and continued," Pinkie Fazpie's Cupcakes is not responsible for any injuries/dismemberment to ponies that may occur in our establishment. We are not required to inform the authorities about any mishaps until 48 hours after the incident, and before the entire facility has been thoroughly scrubbed and bleached and all carpeting has been replaced. Everpony, excluding the night watchpony, must leave the building upon closing time, for we can not be taken responsible for anything that happens to them during the night either, this includes the night watchpony. Okay, I know that might sound bad, but there's really nothing that you need to worry about. Anyway, you've probably noticed the ponymatronics standing on the main stage. Well, they tend to roam around a bit at night, you know, to keep their servos from locking up. You're not in any danger, no, I'm not implying that. Well, i guess the only hazard is that, umm, if you let the ponymatronics see you, they won't exactly recognize you as a pony, you see, due to the dim lighting, their facial scanners don't work as well, and they will probably identify you instead as a naked endoskeleton. And since being out of costume is against the rules here at Pinkie Fazpie's Cupcakes, they'll..... well. They'll probably try to forcefully stuff you into a Pinkie Fazpie suit. And since they're aren't any empty suits back there well.....you can imagine the discomfort. And death. It would bring. And we don't want to let that happen, now do we? But don't worry, you've got the emergency doors to keep them out. Just press the red button on the wall besides the doorway that says door, and the white button controls the door lights. You can use the lights to see if they're outside of your door. Make sure you check them frequently because you might only have a few seconds to react. Well, I think I've went over all you need to know for now. And don't forget there is a limited power supply so don't use your doors, lights, or cameras for too long, okay? I heard Pinkie Fazpie gets more active in pitch black darkness, and if I were you, I wouldn't want to find out if that was true or not. I'll let you go now, and good luck. Your'e really gonna need it"Click.

Mike's mouth was almost touching the floor. This had to be some sort of sick prank that the staff was pulling on him. He was the new guy after all. Yeah. This was some kind of joke. Mike rolled his eyes and his mouth formed a sly grin.

"Ha! Ha,ha, ha! Very funny. You almost got me." Mike looked around the office. He knew there were some cameras that were recording his reactions. " Well, you can't fool me. I'm not stupid. I'm going to start my normal shift, with these normal cameras, and the normal ponymatronics. Nothing bad is going to happen."

Mike pulled up his camera pad and flipped through the rooms, until he got to the main stage. He did a double-take as he noticed that something wasn't right. Where 's the purple one? Twilight Sparkle? Mike thought to himself. He recounted them and recounted them, then recounted them again. He couldn't believe it. She was missing.

Somepony had to have picked her up and moved her. How did they do pull it off without making noise and how'd they do it so fast? Those ponymatronics were made more than two decades ago, so they were bulky and heavy. Nopony could've moved them fast enough to get her out of the camera view. He flipped to the dining area camera and his eyes opened in shock. Standing in the dining area was Twilight Sparkle, her blank eyes looking off into the distance. What the heck was going on in this crazy restaurant? Somepony was taking this freaky prank too far. Inanimate objects couldn't move on their own. Could they? Mike was really starting to panic. How could this be? Unless multiple ponies were moving that thing around,........ it was moving on its own.

As crazy as it sounded Mike was starting to believe it. No. It was impossible. There had to be somepony moving that robot. As badly as Mike wanted to leave his office and confront the pranksters, he remembered what Farley had said to him about never leaving his office no matter the circumstances. Mike pulled the camera and stared at Twilight. He knew that nopony could move her while he was watching. Suddenly, the screen was filled with static and he was momentarily inhibited from viewing any of the rooms in the building. Mike switched from room to room trying to find one that he could see, when the static dissapeared as suddenly as it had appeared, and Mike was free to look around once more. He went back to the dining room camera and was shocked to find that Twilight had moved again. Now he knew that ponies weren't moving her. Nopony could move her in only a few seconds. And a unicorn would have to use very advanced magic to teleport the huge hunk of metal that quickly, if at all. The truth was slowly dawning on Mike. This might not be a joke. Maybe, just maybe, that stallion on the phone wasn't kidding about what goes down inside the restaurant at night.

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Comments

[LOLMusatche]

I hope Mike survives the night.

[Sdrawkcabsitxetsiht]

What could possibly go wrong?

[Harmony771]

Great so far, keeping my eye on this loving it!