Transcendent

Pinkie Pie finds a new cupcake bakery in Canterlot, where the dragoness owner's cupcakes give Pinkie a life-changing experience.

Cover art is by illegal2ailen!
Contest Entry for the Thousand Word Contest.
Contains vague references to the Witchlight Carnival and species from D&D, magical edibles that cause self-awareness, and a touch of symbolism.

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fanreader999999

fanreader999999 #1 · May 22nd, 2022 · 2 · 1 ·

Hrm.

FanOfMostEverything

FanOfMostEverything #2 · Jun 10th, 2022 · · ·

Oh my goodness, girl! You sure do have a lot of questions

To be fair, she's only asked two.

“Do you understand the beauty of love? What it means to suffer? To hope?” Myernaan asked.
“Wait, what does that have to do with cupcake flav-”

Pinkie certainly understands what all of those have to do with baking cupcakes in the first place, but not necessarily flavoring them.

Pinkie may be the pony best equipped to handle this revelation. Cadence and Twilight are on the short list as well. I'd like to see what happens to Pinkie after this; it's really more of an inciting incident than a full plot in its own right. Still a fascinating little snack of a story. Thank you for it and best of luck in the judging.

Bicyclette

Bicyclette #3 · Jul 12th, 2022 · · ·

But then, in the middle of two restaurants, was a hot pink building with a big cupcake symbol labeled Cake Up Call.

ehehe, love that name for a cupcakerie!

“I don’t remember a…” Pinkie shook her head. “Nevermind that! They. Have. Cupcakes!”
Pinkie screeched as she barreled towards the bakery, opening the doors and seeing the rosy pink walls with cream yellow counters and tables inside. Each table had a bouquet of flowers inside a vase, and Pinkie found herself taking mental notes of the bakery’s setup. Glancing over at the glass display of cupcakes underneath the cash register, Pinkie’s jaw dropped as she stared at the colorful variety of cupcakes. There were pink cupcakes with mixed berries on top, bright blue cupcakes with blueberries, forest green cupcakes with orange slices on top, and a dozen more different flavors of cupcake.

augh, Pinkie Pie is in her heaven, i love it

“Oh this?” The dragoness placed her claws underneath the jewelry on her body. “This here represents a…few lovers of mine back home.”

poly dragonesses!

“Well, sure,” the dragoness shrugged. “These damn portals keep dropping me and my cupcake shop off in the wrong dimension, one of these days I’ll get back to them. Nothing wrong with finding myself a little until then.”

ahaha, that does explain why it popped up out of nowhere!

She doesn’t know who I am?

aww, what a rarity for the Element of Harmony that knows everypony around

“Do you understand the beauty of love? What it means to suffer? To hope?” Myernaan asked.
“Wait, what does that have to do with cupcake flav-”

Pinkie has a good question!

Only one glittery golden yellow and sea green cupcake was out on the nearest counter with a pink heart resting on the top. As Pinkie walked towards it and looked at it from different angles, she saw that the colors shifted to pink and purple at one angle, and then red and blue at another. It encapsulated every color known to her, and when she leaned in, she took a generous sniff. Feeling the indescribable scent rushing through her veins, Pinkie’s pupils shrank as she suddenly felt a pang of longing.

ooh, now that is a fascinating cupcake

And you, my pink little pony, are free to take it for yourself.”

augh, always love ponies described as "my little ponies"

“Or don’t,” Myernaan shrugged. “Believe me, I’d gone a very long time resisting it myself. But I promise you, once you’ve properly tasted what I’ve felt, you’ll never be satisfied with anything less.”

that, uh, sounds a bit ominous!

Making up her mind, Pinkie lifted the cupcake into her hooves and threw it into her mouth in Pinkie fashion, chewing it a few times before swallowing it all.

so true

“Don’t make the same mistakes I did,” Myernaan begged as Pinkie’s vision faded to black…

well, if anypony has to have a magical cupcake-induced transcendental revelation from an extradimensional traveler, it really can only be Pinkie Pie, huh?

and oof, i certainly hope Pinkie does not repeat Myernaan's mistakes, they do sound not good!

“I don’t know dear, I just found you here,” Rarity frowned. “Let’s take you to the doctor dear, you feel like you’re burning up.”
“Let me go say bye to-” Pinkie stopped mid-sentence, looking at the two restaurants side by side, with no bakery in sight.

aww, and all this becomes just another strange Pinkie anecdote that everypony just kinda shrugs over without questioning it! that does make too much sense.

well, that was interesting! it felt very much like a crossover, and that i was supposed to know who Myernaan and her lovers were, kind of like a guest star on an episode that says things that are clearly references to things familiar with the guest star should know. but in any case, certainly a fun bit of Pinkie silliness. thank you for it!

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