Pinkie smiled to herself as she scribbled on a notepad, blowing bubbles through a pipe. Her friends were seated around her, all piping up randomly as she scribbled.
"So far, we know they live in Ponyville, can be any gender or species, and... the next clue is somewhere in a cake." Pinkie blinked slowly as she looked over the clues, trying to make some sense of it, when she heard a western 'aha'.
"Ah think the clue is at Sugah Cube Corner!" Applejack's exclamation was met by several questioning pairs of eyes. "Cake... Mista' and Missus Cake?"
"Oh!" Exclaimed the others, and they all tore off towards the bakery.
Finally arriving at their destination, Pinkie was the first to burst through the door, running towards Mrs. Cake.
"Mrs. Cake! Mrs. Cake! Mrs. Cake!" exclaimed the pink mare, and Mrs. Cake smiled.
"Yes Pinkie?"
"Do you have any clues for us?"
"Clues..." said Mrs. Cake thoughtfully. "Do you mean this?" she held out a small, folded piece of paper which was quickly grabbed by a small cloud of pale blue magic.
"Yes!" exclaimed Pinkie, hugging Mrs. Cake briefly. "We'll be off now!" she exclaimed, grabbing her friends and herding them through the door. "To Twilight's!" she declared, and the others picked up the pace, eager to read the next clue.
They nearly broke down the door, if it wasn't for Rarity's quick save with her own magic. The five thundered in, sitting down in front of Twilight expectantly.
"Yes?" sighed the mare, magically closing her book.
"We found it! We found it!" sang Pinkie, waving the message around. "And Fluttershy can read it!" she added in the same sing-song tone, hoofing the message towards the yellow pegasus eagerly.
"Oh... um, okay," she smiled, then unfolded the note.
"What's it say?" pressed Rainbow Dash, trying to read it.
"Here's a tip,
The dad is a mare.
She's also a pony,
So there!" Concluded Fluttershy, flipping over the note.
"The next clue I believe is your last,
Unless you are dense, or your head is full of glass.
Check out the place
Where I myself live.
You girls have much 'credit'
I have yet to give!"
"Credit?" asked Rarity, looking around confusedly. Her eyes fell on the shelf of film reels, and her eyes lit up. "What about movie credits?"
"We'd have to watch all of them," groaned Dash, rolling her eyes.
"No' if they're special marked," said Applejack, and Rarity nodded, darting towards the film reels. Pinkie joined them, followed slowly by Fluttershy. Rainbow Dash hastened to set up the machine, then sat lazily down on a couch to wait for somepony to find it.
Dash didn't have to wait long before Fluttershy held up a small roll of film. "Is this it?" she whispered, and Rarity magically lifted it, glancing at the label.
"This would be it, darling," said Rarity kindly, setting the film onto the player and pulling down the screen with her magic. She smiled as the others curled around her, watching the screen intently. Words flashed onto the screen, their white brightly contrasting the black of the rest of the screen.
"When I say one of you knows who the father is, I mean one of you is the father. Here's a clue. The father lives at one of the places you haven't been. That takes off Pinkie, Dashie, and AJ. Here's another clue: The Element the father holds has an e, an n, an i, and an s," finished Rainbow Dash as the film ended, clicking emptily until she removed the film from its spin.
"Well, that means it's either Fluttershy or I," said Rarity snootily. "And Generosity has...all those. As does Kindness."
Pinkie smiled, then turned to face you. "Who do you think it is? Post your suggestion right down there!"