Chapter 2
Well I’d been putting it off for a while, but now the competition was in 4 days. Donutopia was just about complete but I still needed to head down to Ponyville to pick up some super sprinkles. While I do enter The National Dessert Competition every time it comes around and while I always try my best this time, winning meant a chance to show Princess Luna I wasn’t just anypony, and I couldn’t pass that chance up. I got on the next train to Ponyville and I was there in no time. I stopped by the Super Sprinkle Shop got my sprinkles and got back on the train, and that’s when I noticed I might be in for a little competition. Chef Gustave had some pretty great looking éclairs, those actually looked really good. I was so busy looking at the éclairs I hadn’t noticed the Cakes entry, the Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness. That also was quite a dessert, but just when I didn’t think it could get any worse Mulia came onto the train with a life size Chocolate Mousse Moose. Even though all the other entrants were pretty sure of themselves, I had worked so hard on Donutopia I was sure I’d win. I got some rest and the next day it turns out someone took a bite out of the Cake’s Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness. While it wasn’t me that did it, I wouldn’t have minded taking a bite. Now I’m not proud of it but when I had the chance, or rather when the lights went out I ended up eating some of Gustave’s éclairs. I knew it was wrong but Pinkie Pie made them sound so great how could I not eat just one, or maybe two. Well I ended up eating a lot of them, but just as I had finished I noticed something else. It was Donutopia.
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Somepony ate Donutopia, and words won’t describe how I felt, and while I was just as guilty for eating Gustave’s éclairs, I couldn’t help but feel my heart sink. I knew I would never win now and I might as well just go home. Twilight said for everyone to go back to their rooms while she investigated, but what did it matter? I can’t be upset though, I guess I deserved it after all. Not too long after we headed to our rooms Pinkie Pie called us all back to the cart where our desserts had been. Turns out that it wasn’t sabotage as she had originally assumed but it was in fact just Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Rarity, who just happened to be hungry. I was kind of nervous when they started asking who ate the other desserts, but it turns out none of us did it to win, we were just all interested in trying the others desserts. I was just about to give up when Pinkie Pie happened to speak up, I guess she had a plan to fix everything, Well I had nothing to lose at this point so why not?
The other chefs and I got the remains of our desserts together and headed to our kitchen.
“Well it is clear none of us can win on our own now” Gustave remarked.
“That’s ok though!” Pinkie called out from behind us “We can’t win on our own buuut, if we take our desserts and put them together we still might have a chance!”
I have to admit it wasn’t a bad Idea, and when we were done the cake looked even better than before.
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So the other chefs and I brought our cake down to the competition, and even though I wasn’t the only one responsible for our cake we still won. That wasn’t really a surprise to me, I mean that was quite a cake, but what I didn’t understand was why Luna hadn’t shown up yet. Everybody else in Canterlot was here, even Princess Celestia. I just sat there for a while, all this work for nothing, I put the shop on hold for a few days, and I baked the best I ever had, even though I won I still felt empty today. An hour later there were still people here trying out the deserts and having a good time, but I just wanted to go home, go back to the shop and what I knew. I was making my way out when I heard a familiar voice,
“Excuse me Joe, but where have you been?” I thought I was hearing things, but there she was, happy as ever.
“Uh, hi princess I’ve been in ponyville for a couple of days.” I replied.
“Well you weren’t at the shop this week, so I stopped by today and you weren’t there either, I’ve been there for a while waiting for you.”
“Well I had to pick up more Super Sprinkles, for my donuts I mean you don’t win first prize at the National Dessert Competition, without Super Sprinkles and help from some friends.” I said, maybe she’d notice my blue ribbon…
“Congratulations Joe, that is just wonderful, do you think it would be too much to ask for a piece of your prize winning dessert?”
“Um unfortunately Princess, Pinkie Pie ate all of it after it won.” I now regretted not making more donuts.
“That’s fine Joe, we could always just go back to the shop couldn’t we?” Alright this was my chance. She wanted to spend some time together and I just came in first place. Maybe I was thinking about it too much but either way It felt like this was the right time.
“Well I was thinking maybe tonight, I mean if you’re not doing anything, you would want to go out for a walk?”