//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: Brownies, Dogs and Loving // Story: Blue and Purple // by BlueCuddlePonyGhost //------------------------------// Chapter 3: Brownies, Dogs and Loving Rainbow Dash flew as fast as she could to get to Pinkie Pie's place. Hopefully she wouldn't be late! After flying for what felt like minutes - and the cold weather didn't help out much either- Rainbow finally arrived at Pinkie's home. Mainly The Cake's bakery. She landed, and knocked on the door. "Hi Rainbow Dash! Glad you got here just in time! Come on! We need to start baking! I promised Twilight I'd bring over dessert for tonight's gathering - and you're gonna help!" the pink earth pony said as the two friends walked towards the back of the kitchen. "Okay! First up, you chop up, and mix the chocolate, while I get the other ingredients, and get the oven started!" Pinkie Pie told Rainbow Dash as she started grabbing a variety of objects like eggs, milk, flour, bowls, cutting boards, ect. Once she had that done, she carefully started the oven so it could pre-heat. "Remind me, what are we making again?" Rainbow Dash asked as she crushed and stirred the chocolate in a mixing bowl with a wooden spoon. "Brownies! Plan and simple, with decorations for everyone! Keep going, you almost got the chocolate ready!" Pinkie Pie replied as she herself started mixing the ingredients together, and carefully adding them to the chocolate concoction. Once they were done mixing, stirring, and got everything ready, they poured the chocolate into a rectangular pan, and Rainbow Dash put on some oven mits, before putting it in the oven. "Perfect! Now the icing. Help me stir these puppies up!" Pinkie Pie said, getting the powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, and milk set up and putting them all into different bowls. Five bowls were passed to Rainbow Dash, while Pinkie had the other five bowls. "Ahoooo?" came a whining sound near the door, echoing through the bakery. Rainbow and Pinkie Pie looked up from their baking, and ran to the front desk to see Winona, Applejack's dog sitting by the front door. She had a red leash on, with her ears were pulled back, tail wagging, her eyes sparkling wide as she looked at the two ponies behind the counter. "Winona? What are you doing here?" Pinkie Pie asked the dog, confused as to why she wasn't with her owner. Winona whined again. Rainbow thought for a minute, then quickly realized why AJ's dog was there. "Ah Pinkie, I think Winona heard you say 'puppies' and thought you were talking about her," Rainbow Dash said to her pink friend. Pinkie's eyes widened. "Ohhhh. Okay. Sorry Winona, I wasn't talking about you. Or any real dog for that matter. It was an expression. I'm sorry," Pinkie told the dog. Winona whined again, looking sad that somepony didn't call her to give her attention. "Winona? Where are you girl?" Applejack's voice called out. The dog wagged it's tail, perked it's ears up, and a smile came across it's face before barking. The farm pony walked into Sugarcube Corner to find her dog waiting for her. "Winona? What in apple sauce were you doing?! Runnin' into Pinkie's place like this?!" Applejack said firmly to her furry friend, confused as to what happened. "That was my fault Applejack. I said the word 'puppies' and Winona must have heard me, thinking I called her somehow. I'm sorry," Pinkie Pie explained. "Aww. I'm sorry Winona. Thank you for explaining Pinkie Pie," Applejack said before petting her dog. Winona's tail wagged happily, knowing AJ was no longer mad at her. "You're welcome AJ. And just to give you a little something for your troubles, I got some fresh dog treats in the back. One minute please," Pinkie Pie replied before washing her hooves and running towards the back. She quickly opened a shelf, grabbed the container with dog biscuits in it, grabbed a treat, put the container back, closed the shelf, then ran back to the front desk. "Here you go Applejack!" Pinkie said, tossing the dog treat to the orange mare. The farm pony caught the treat in her hooves. Winona jumped, barked, and wagged her tail, showing her excitement for the treat. Applejack giggled. "Whoa, easy Winona! I know you want the treat, but I'm not gonna give it unless you earn it! Come on, girl! Thank you Pinkie Pie, thank you Rainbow!" Applejack said before putting the treat in her jacket's pocket and then taking Winona by the leash. "You're welcome Applejack!" both Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash replied. Pinkie then thoroughly washed her hoives before her and Rainbow Dash went back to making the icing for the brownies. "Well that was unexpected! First you were almost late coming here, then Applejack has to retrieve Winona from Sugarcube Corner just as we started the icing. Hopefully we don't get any more distractions! Speakong of which, why were you almost late coming here?" Pinkie said as she mixed the bowls of icing. Rainbow Dash's face turned bright red; like the color of Winona's leash. The memories came back in clear detail; her and Twilight by the fire, her having feelings for Twilight, the fight over the blanket, both of them getting tangled up under the blanket, then leaving. What was she gonna say? To make matters worse, she was icing purple icing on the brownies! She instantly felt the loving emotions she had had for the alicorn before, but quickly pushed them to the back of her head. "I'm sorry Pinkie Pie. I got freezing cold after helping with the weather machine, that I had to get somewhere warm! So I just flew back to the friendship castle to sit by the fire. Even when I went home to shower, and put on clean clothing, and winter layers, I was still cold outside!" Rainbow explained so her pink friend would understand. "Makes sense! It is cold out today! Oh! The brownies are done. Hold on!" Pinkie Pie replied before getting the oven mits so she could get the brownies out of the oven. Pinkie and Rainbow let the brownies cool as they kept making the icing, which was almost ready. After a few minutes or so, the brownies were cooled off. "Okay, first, I'll cut the brownies into squares, then we decorate them!" Pinkie Pie said, getting a cutting knife out. The earth pony then carefully cut the brownies into squares, then put them on three different plates. Rainbow put on the icing, as did Pinkie, then put the brownies with icing on them on a clean plate. As they iced the brownies however, Rainbow Dash noticed the icing colors looked just like her and her friends coats and mane colors. "So these are for us and our friends, right? What's the occasion Pinkie?" Rainbow Dash asked, curious as to why they were making so many brownies. "For tonight's dinner! I volunteered to make dessert for tonight, and since Twilight and Spike decided to make dinner for everypony, I figured I'd do the honor of making dessert for after we have our big meal! Just something nice for everypony," Pinkie Pie responded happily. Rainbow smiled. That's Pinkie Pie! Always wanting to make others happy. Once the brownie squares had icing on them, wrapped in tin foal on a plate, and cooled in the refrigerator, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash made sure they had everything cleaned up, washed up, and organized! Soon enough, it was six fourty-five. The pair of ponies took the brownies out of the refrigerator, got on their winter clothing, and went to the Friendship Castle.