The two pegasi and the three earth ponies continue walking towards the town as it starts to appear is sight. The three strangers still continue to bicker amongst themselves behind the two mares. Rainbow Dash could've sworn she heard the stallion quietly yell at the colt about his own name and the colt saying that the name suits him, which caused Rainbow to wonder if the names that the colt told her and Fluttershy were their actual names, was the colt lying to them about their names? If so, why is he lying about their names? What is he trying to cover up? Rainbow decided to leave this question for later to not pressure these possibly hungry and tired youngsters.
Finally, they arrived at Ponyville where the streets were bustling with ponies of all shapes, sizes, and especially colour. The markets were full and crowded, buying their supplies for the day and the pegasi were in the sky managing the weather. The three strangers behind the two mares seemed shocked seeing these many ponies in one place and seemed downright scared seeing other ponies, walking so close to each other they almost tripped a few times. The three of them tried to take in the world around them, the colt who seemed the least afraid among them was studying every inch of what he was seeing. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy's suspicions increased even more, these ponies weren't just scared of them, they were scared of other ponies in general! What was going on with these three?
The five of them finally arrived at Sugarcube Corner, the sunlight reflecting off its frosting-covered roof and gingerbread coloured walls. The three strangers gazed at the bakery with awe.
"Is the roof actually covered real frosting?" Question Mark asked being weirded out.
"Honestly, I never thought of that." Rainbow Dash answered anticlimactically.
"I hope it is!" Smiley Face the pink filly said then licked her lips hungrily staring at the roof.
"Gross, who knows how long that's been up there." the white colt said disgustedly.
They entered the building and walked up to the counter where Pinkie Pie and the Cakes were preparing a new stash, the pink pony was the first to notice them.
"Hi, Dashie! Hey, Fluttershy!" Pinkie waved excitedly so quick her hoof turned into a blur.
"Hey, Pinks. You won't believe what we just found." Dash prepared to explain.
Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy moved out of the way to bring the three strangers into Pinkie's sight like presenters at a show. Pinkie stared at them with wide eyes for a few seconds, clearly making the newcomers feel awkward and uncomfortable. Suddenly the pink pony leaped up in the air gasping, surprising all five of them and then fled from the scene in a blink of an eye. All the five could do was stand there dumbfounded, trying to figure out what happened.
"What's up with her?" Doofus Dweeb asked breaking the silence.
"She probably got the right idea after noticing your presence." Question Mark snickered at his own insult.
"Oh, shut up." the scrawny stallion grumbled, his tone suggesting this isn't the first time his foal friend has mocked him like this.
"I'm so sorry about that, I don't know what came over her." Mrs. Cake went over to the spot Pinkie stood a few seconds ago.
"Hello there, Fluttershy! Hello there, Rainbow Dash! Nice to see you today...Who are these two lovely youngsters and stallion behind you?" the plump blue mare tried to look behind the two pegasi from behind the counter.
"You won't believe what happened, Mrs. Cake! We found these three coming out of the Everfree Forest and they don't look like they're from around here..." Rainbow explained.
"The Everfree Forest?! What on earth would they be doing in there?" Mrs. Cake looked worriedly at the newcomers.
The three of them didn't seem to be paying any attention to the conversation happening right in front of them as they were busy curiously observing the plump earth pony mare right in front of them.
"Well, Smiley. Looks like we finally found someone even fatter than you." Question Mark muttered to his slightly taller filly friend, which granted him a scowl from the pink filly and a shocked look from Mrs. Cake.
"Question Mark! That is no way to speak to other ponies! And we do not insult other ponies because they are overweight." Fluttershy lectured the white colt.
"What insult?! I'm just stating the facts! That lady is fat as hell. If I wanted to insult her, I would say something like...You're so fat, that if you were lying in an empty bathtub and someone decided to lay on top of you they would never realise that the bathtub was empty!'" the colt attempted to defend himself but instead offended the baker even more and gained more shocked looks.
"Actually now that I think about it, her flesh would be a perfect substitute for dough." the colt continued to pour more bags of salt on the wound and digging his own grave.
"Ka...Question Mark! Stop talking....!" Smiley Face whispered loudly to the colt.
"Why? I mean even if I was trying to insult her, it's not like that big tub of lard is gonna do anything." Question Mark sneered, that last part clearly trying to offend Mrs. Cake.
The blue mare seemed like she was about to lose it any second and beat some sense into the colt, but ultimately calmed down and looked down at herself sad. Mrs. Cake then walked out of the room looking embarrassed.
"Oh, no! Don't cry, your tears could send a shockwave that could encircle the Earth three times, the Tsar Bomba's record could be broken!" Question Mark mocked as the baker turned her back on the visitors.
"Question Mark, that wasn't very nice, young stallion!" Fluttershy scolded at the white earth pony colt.
"This is the shit I have to deal with everyday when this kid is around." Doofus said to himself hoping someone would be listening.
"Dude, what gives?" Rainbow said disapprovingly.
"I mean, you can't deny that that overgrown smurf was borderline morbidly obese. I mean did you see some of the flaps of fat she's packing under there...OW!" Question Mark says before his Smiley Face shut him up with a smack to the back of the head.
"What the hell?! Don't do that! Do you know how hard hooves are, you imbecile?!" he yells to the filly.
"Oh, sure. Disregard me." the scrawny stallion grumbles to himself.
Suddenly a yellow stallion almost as skinny as Doofus came out from the other room Mrs. Cake went through with a worried face, Mr. Cake trotted toward the counter.
"Did something happen? Cup Cake walked past me looking sad and she won't talk to me! Do you know what happened to her? Mr. Cake asks slightly panicked.
"We'll explain later, right now we need have to have a word with a certain colt." Fluttershy says staring intensely at Question Mark who looked completely unfazed, he has yet to see what Fluttershy was capable of.
"Oh, but you poor things must be hungry. What can we get you?" Fluttershy's mood changed quickly remembering why they brought the strangers here in the first place.
"I could really go for a cup of coffee with a jelly doughnut right now." Doofus Dweeb says.
"I'd like two jelly doughnuts, an Oreo cheesecake and a strawberry cheesecake, and maybe a milkshake?" Smiley Face suggests, sounding like she has a lot more ideas that what she's letting out of her mouth.
"I really want a chocolate doughnut covered in lemon-flavoured sprinkles, those are my favourite!" Question Mark says hungrily.
"Don't they only sell those at Dunkin' Donuts?" the pink orange-haired filly asked.
"Well if you're gonna order as much as an average American, surely my doughnut shouldn't be too much." the colt fired back at his friend.
Then the five of them walked over to their table.