“Are you sure this is safe Pinkamena?”
“Very sure, Lulu. This can actually be used medicinally as well. But in some cultures and sub-cultures this is used for recreation. It’s also a sign of friendship!”
“Very well then. Let us try a little.”
*
“Hurry up man!” a scratchy voice whispered. “Hide the stuff!” Frantically moving in one of the chambers of Canterlot Castle were four ponies: a pink earth pony stuffing plastic bags into a purple pouch, a beige earth pony carefully putting a vase like object into a metal box, a butter yellow pegasus flapping her wings to move smoke out a window, and a midnight blue alicorn doing the same as the pegasus. Knocking on the chamber’s oaken door made them move faster.
“Luna?” a regal voice asked. “I need to ask you something.” The knob on the door turned. The door opened slightly before the beige earth pony pushed her body against it.
“Do not invite yourself in without my order,” the alicorn said. “Haven’t you heard of manners?” She turned to the earth ponies. Both of them were nodding their heads. A clicking went off behind her. The pegasus gave out a sharp whistle. With a thought, the door opened. A white alicorn stood at the door way. She quirked an eyebrow as her head moved around the room.
“What have you been doing?” she asked.
“Nothing!” Luna screamed. The white alicorn blinked. Luna coughed into her hoof. “I mean. Nothing out of the ordinary, Celestia. We were just having a… a…”
“A private party!” the pink pony added.
“Yes,” Luna’s hooves hit each other. “A private party. Pinkamena over there wanted us to meet her friend, Strawberry Ice.” The beige earth pony bowed.
“Hello your Highness,” Strawberry said. “It’s nice to meet you.”
“Likewise,” Celestia replied. “Anyways… I overheard one of the guards saying…”
“And we invited Fluttershy,” Pinkie interrupted. “Because she’s a mutual friend that Lulu, Icy, and I share.” The pegasus nodded. Her eyes quickly moved back and forth.
“I see,” Celestia looked to her sister. “As I was saying: I overheard one of the guards talking about you and a pink pony being in the castle’s kitchen baking brownies. And that you two were giving them out for free.”
“That’s true,” Pinkie said. “When we first got here, we did some baking. And I wanted to share everything we made with everypony.”
Celestia smiled. “I’m glad to hear that. When I went to the kitchen to try a piece, I was told by the head chef that every brownie had been eaten.”
“Actually,” Fluttershy grabbed a glass oven tray. Inside it were nine brown cakes. “We saved some for you.” A golden glow enveloped one of the cakes.
“That was very considerate of you,” Celestia licked her lips. “Anyways, I have to go. I still have a few more officials to see before Day Court ends. See you at dinner, Luna. Thank you for the dessert.” The door gave off a golden glow and closed. The four ponies were waving as the door moved. They were silent as the sound of footsteps echoed into the room.
“You’re welcome,” they all said. As soon as the footsteps stopped, they all gave off a sigh of relief.
“Jeez man,” Strawberry wiped her brow. “That was scary.”
“We have fought monsters far worse than most can imagine,” Luna said. “But all of those creatures cannot even bring a thousandth the amount of fear we just felt.”
“At least it’s over,” Pinkie sat back down in her place. “Now we don’t have to go through that again.” Her friends murmured in agreement and returned where they were. All of them sat staring at a lava lamp with a silly grin on their faces. Soon, smoke once again filled the room.
“Hey Shy,” Strawberry said. “Can you pass me a brownie?” Fluttershy handed her friend the glass tray.
“Did you give my sister the ones from the metal tray?” Luna asked. The pegasus blinked.
“We have a second tray?”
Pinkie reached for a dark coloured tray. Like the glass one, it was full of brownies. “These ones aren’t the special ones. These are the ones we gave to the castle staff. The ones in the glass tray we’re supposed to keep to ourselves and whoever knows us.” All four of them had looks of concern on their faces.
“So if I gave Celestia a brownie from this tray,” Fluttershy said.
“Then that means that she ate the ones with the special ingredient in them,” Pinkie continued.
“And since she still has Day Court,” Strawberry added.
“That means….” Luna tapped her chin. After a few seconds, all of their eyes widened. The four of them sat there taking in their mistake. They had done something that could cause a country wide scandal. Panic was silently growing in all of them.
“Ten bits say that she giggles like Pinkie in front of the nobles and government workers,” Fluttershy said.
“Fifteen bits say that she freaks out,” Strawberry added.
“Thirty bits say that she fails to sit still and twitches a lot,” Luna grinned.
“A tray of brownies say that she gets lost in her own imagination,” All of the ponies turned to Pinkie. They cocked their head in confusion. “Brownies with white widow in them.”
“You’re on!” The four of them left the chamber with grins on their faces. A single thought was shared by all of them as they moved through the castle halls: this will be hilarious.