//------------------------------// // Ninjas vs Strawberry Prank Cake // Story: Equestria Ninja Girls Magical Mayhem // by Wildcard25 //------------------------------// At Pinkie Pie's house, the Turtles, Rainbooms, and Blade Swipe were watching her make a baking stream video with Bright Eyes. "Hey there, all you baking fanatics!" Pinkie Pie said into Twilight's camera drone. "And welcome to another episode of Baking Stream with Pinkie Pie. Today, I'm gonna be showing you how to bake the Sweetest! The Tastiest! Most Flavorfulishous Strawberry Shortcake Ever!" The camera zoomed in to her face with each word. "And here helping me, is our special guest, all the way from Equestria, Bright Eyes!" Bright Eyes waved awkwardly at the camera. "Um, hi?" "Man! I wish I could help Pinkie out!" Mikey complained. "Well, you can't!" Raph snapped. "She's broadcasting this to the internet, Mikey!" Donnie put in. "And we need to stay off camera!" Leo added. "Now, can you guess the first thing we need, Bright Eyes?" "Strawberries?" "Exactly!" Pinkie Pie held up a bowl of strawberries. "First, we add the strawberries to our mixing bowl," she poured them into the batter. "But not all our strawberries. Save half for the later step." "Wait, so you add strawberries in the cake?" Bright Eyes asked, in confusion. "Exactly! That’s why this will be the sweetest, tastiest, most flavorish Cake ever!" "At least she’s not forgetting any key ingredients," Sunset Shimmer said to Blade Swipe. "Well, she did learn a few baking tips from the other Pinkie Pie," Blade noted. "Now, finally, we pour the batter into our cake mold!" Pinkie Pie said. Bright Eyes held the mold out to her in her mouth. Pinkie pointed to her own mouth and Bright Eyes looked at the mold and got the hint. Bright Eyes smiled sheepishly, then dropped it in her hands. "Sorry, still getting used to the hands," she said. Pinkie Pie poured the batter into the mold. "Now before we put our delectable cake in the oven, we have to add our secret ingredient!" "More strawberries?" Bright Eyes guessed. "Nope, two friendship kisses!" Pinkie kissed Bright Eyes' cheek twice, making the girl giggle and two hearts fall into the batter. "Now we bake our desert!" And she popped it into the oven. "But don't you worry about the next step," she pulled out a cake that was already freshly baked. "Cause I pre-baked one for the best part, decorating!" She quickly coated it in pink frosting and stuck some strawberries all over it. "And done!" She sighed. "Doesn't it just make your mouth drool with pride!" She asked and started drooling. Bright Eyes wiped Pinkie's mouth with her apron, "I think that only happens with you." But while the two weren't looking, an orb of Equestrian Magic floated inside and touched the cake, making it glow. Bright Eyes was the first to notice. "Uh, Pinkie?" She asked, wearily. "Is the cake supposed to be glowing?" "No, why?" Pinkie Pie asked, and Bright Eyes pointed to the cake. Twilight Sparkle looked down at her Magic Tracker. She had brought it along in case they ran into any loose Equestrian Magic. It was beeping and she instantly realized why the cake was glowing. "Oh, no!" She cried. The cake continued to glow but then it stopped. Pinkie Pie poked it while wearing her oven mitt. "Phew! For a second there, I thought something bad was going to happen- " The cake suddenly chomped down on her hand with sharp strawberry teeth. "Aaaaahhh!" She shook her hand around. "Get it off! Get it off! " The cake flew off her hand along with her oven mitt. The cake ripped the mitt up like a dog and roared, before it quickly hopped away and disappeared into the next room. "We'll be right back after these important messages!" Pinkie Pie shut off the drone. "Something tells me that it got a new ingredient!" Blade Swipe said. "It did," Twilight held up her tracker. "A dose of Equestrian magic!" "Great," Raph frowned. "A cake that bites back." "We better stop it!" April said. "I’ll say!" Pinkie Pie agreed, holding up the remains of her mitt "It owes me a new oven mitt!" They heard the cake roar again, looked at each other, and drew their weapons. "Everyone, spread out and look for that cake," Leo ordered. Fluttershy trembled. "How are we going to find it?" "We won't. It'll find us!" Pinkie Pie said, grimly. "That's reassuring, thank you," Karai said, in sarcasm. "It couldn’t have gone too far," Donnie noted. "Yeah. Unless it grew arms and opened the door," Keno said. "Don’t say that, Keno!" Casey exclaimed. "Don’t you ever watch a horror movie?" Mikey added. "Right." "Alright stay alert," Leo said, and they all split up into teams to search the house for the cake. Blade Swipe looked back at Bright Eyes. "You, wait here!" He said, sternly. "Why?" She asked. "This could get dangerous and I don't want you to get hurt!" Blade answered. "But I can-" Bright Eyes started, but he and everyone had already left. "... help." Raph, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Casey searched all over the kitchen for cake. "I don't see why we gotta be careful," Raph said, leaning against the fridge. "Yeah, it's just a cake," Casey agreed. "It can't do anything to us." "You know, it's funny how you always say that, and then things get much worse after!" Applejack frowned at them. "Well, I agree with them on the not needing to be careful thing," Rainbow Dash said. "I mean, what's that cake gonna do? Bite us?" As they were talking, Raph heard a low snarl then looked up and screamed as the cake gobbed down on his head. "Hang on, Raph!" Rainbow Dash rushed forward and tried to jab it with the stick end of her spear, but the cake let go at the last minute and she ended up hitting Raph in the face, knocking him out. "Whoops!" Casey launched his hockey pucks. "Goongala!" But the cake ate them and shot them back at Casey hitting him in the head, the gut, the face, and finally in the crotch, making him drop to the floor in pain. Applejack swung her claws, but the cake dodged and rammed her into a cupboard, making a bag of flour drop down on her. She sat up, coated in flour. "That cake's strong," she said. Rainbow Dash tried to slash it with her spear, but she missed and the cake bit onto her leg. "Ow!" And still holding on to her leg, the cake body slammed her back and forth twice, spun her around, and threw her into head first into the counter, making a bowl of batter drop onto her head. Then the cake hopped away laughing. "Next time y'all say there's nothin' to worry about," Applejack said. "Do me a favor and shut your pieholes!" "Noted," the three groaned. "It's somewhere around here," Twilight Sparkle said, holding out her tracker. She, Leo, Sunset, Karai, and Blade were searching the living room for the cake. "It's a good thing you have that thing here," Sunset Shimmer motioned to the tracker. "I was able to modify it after the Friendship Games to only track Equestrian Magic," Twilight Sparkle explained. "It shouldn't absorb our magic this time." Blade Swipe looked around and from behind the couch, he saw something that looked like the cake. He snuck up and stabbed whatever it was with his sword, causing everyone to jump and Twilight jumped in Leo's arms in fright. Then when he lifted his sword, everyone saw it was only a bunch of pillows. "Nice work," Karai said, sarcastically. "I think it's dead now." "Sorry," Blade Swipe apologized, shaking the pillows off. Twilight Sparkle grinned sheepishly as she got down from Leo's arms. "Awkward," she sing songed, rubbing the back of her neck. Leo smiled, before the cake attacks him on the head. "There it is!" Twilight shouted. "Get it!" Sunset Shimmer called, as she and Twilight tackled Leo trying to get it, only to see that the cake snuck out and they were attacking Leo. "Sorry." "There it goes!" Leo pointed. Blade chased after it, but it disappeared. "Alright, where are you?" He saw it's shadow laughing from behind a chair. "Ah ha!" He kicked the chair aside, only to find the it wasn't there, then the cake jumps up from behind and bit him in the butt. "Aah! " Then it then throws him into the closet. The cake laughed and tried to run, only to get picked up by Twilight's magic. "Oh, no you don't!" She said. But the cake shot out some strawberries, hitting her and the others. She uses her magic to halt the them, but by doing so, she dropped the cake and it glomped on her head, making her stumble back. Then it let go, just as she crashed into the others, knocking them over and causing her magic tracker to fly off. The tracker soared through the air and landed at Bright Eyes' feet. The four sat up and saw the cake had a small catapult loaded with eggs right at them! "Oh... no!" Twilight and Sunset said, in unison. "You gotta be kid-!" Leo and Karai said at the same time, just as the cake pulls the string and pelted all four of them, knocking them down again. The cake hopped away laughing, just after Blade burst out the closest, wearing mix up of all of Pinkie's clothes: her old clothes, her Battle of the Bands costume, and her Camp Everfree outfit. The four sat up again, this time covered in egg yolk. "That cake is so dead!" Karai growled, almost turning into her snake form. "How did it build a catapult?!" Leo asked, in disbelief. Then they all stared at Blade. Blade Swipe looked down at himself. "Not a word!" Mikey, Shini, April, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy were searching upstairs. "Um... Here cakey!" Fluttershy called nervously. "Come out!" "Ollie Ollie oxen free!" Mikey shouted. "Come on out! Dr. Michelangelo prescribes you get in my belly!" Just then, the cake jumped and glomped on Mikey’s head. He screams and flailed around, until April used her telekinesis to pull it off, only for the cake to pelt her with strawberries too, causing her to drop it. "Why couldn’t the aeon disintegrate that thing?" She complained. Pinkie Pie and Shini blocked it off on each side. Then the pink girl pulled out two spatulas. "Be a cooperative little cake and let. Me. Cut. You!" She tried to cut it, but the cake kept dodging and blew a raspberry at her. Pinkie lunged at the dessert, but it jumped high in the air and she collided into Shini. Then the cake hopped around a corner. "After it!" Mikey shouted. They dashed around the corner, only to slip on some bars of soap the cake had left waiting for them. They slid across the hallway and crashed into the bathroom. The girls landed in the bathtub and got a cold shower. Mikey landed head first into the toilet and got a swirly. "You know," Shini said, in annoyance. "My dentist warned me about after dinner sweets. You'd think this is what he meant!" Mikey got his head out of toilet. "Strawberry Prank Cake is totally messing with us!" He glared. "Strawberry Prank Cake?" Fluttershy inquired. "Yeah, cause it's pranking us!" Mikey explained. "And winning!" "Well it's got a real twisted sense of humor!" April frowned, tapping her fingers on the rim of the tub. Donnie, Rarity, and Keno were searching another part of the hallway, when Rarity turned the corner and froze. Strawberry Prank Cake was sitting right in front of her and grinned an evil toothy grin. "Donnie! Keno!" She called, quietly. "You see it, Rarity?" Keno asked. "It's right here, Keno," Rarity quivered. "It's looking right at me." "Don't move," Donnie advised. "It won't hurt you." Strawberry Prank Cake roared and charged towards the fashionista and she screamed. Keno and Donnie hurry over to find Rarity on the ground. "Rarity! Are you okay?" Donnie asked. "Did it hurt you?" Keno added. "Worse!" Rarity put her wrist to her forehead, and pointed at her foot. "It ate my shoe!" Donnie and Keno looked over to see Strawberry Prank Cake had Rarity's shoe in it's mouth before it swallowed it and belched. Rarity stood up in a rage. "You little frosted ruffian!" She fumed. "Now it's personal!" She whipped out her sickles and chased the cake with Donnie and Keno not far behind. The cake taunted Rarity and she dove at it. But the cake dodged to the side and Rarity crashed into a potted plant. Strawberry Prank Cake flipped over Donnie and Keno and hopped down the stairs. The two followed after it, but Donnie didn't notice until too late that Strawberry Prank Cake left a banana peel in his path. He slipped, crashing into Keno, and they both tumbled down the stairs and face planted right into two pies the cake left waiting for them at the bottom. Rarity climbed down the stairs, covered in dirt from her head to her dress. "Did you get the scoundrel?" She asked. "No," Donnie pointed to the pie on his face. "It got us!" "There it goes!" Keno pointed. Raph, Casey, Applejack and Rainbow Dash ran out of the kitchen. Donnie, Rarity, Keno run from the stairs, quickly followed by Mikey, Pinkie Pie, April, Shini, and Fluttershy. Leo, Twilight Sparkle, Karai, Sunset Shimmer, and Blade rushed in. All of them charged at Strawberry Prank Cake from all directions. But the cake jumped in mid-air and they all crashed into a heap. Strawberry Prank Cake laughed as the ninjas and girls stood up. Now they angry. "Alright you dirty cake," Raph growled. "We're taking you down!" "I second motion!" Rarity added. Strawberry Prank Cake responded by roaring at them, blowing them back a bit. Then Pinkie Pie had an idea. "Hey, Strawberry Prank Cake! Chew on theses!" She threw her sprinkles and the cake ate them. But then, the sprinkles exploded, blowing up the troubling making cake to crumbs and getting frosting all over them. Rarity happily grabbed her high heel and hugged it. "My shoe!" Pinkie Pie dusted off her hands. "Well, that's the end of that nasty cake!" "And good riddance!" Casey griped. "I wouldn't celebrate too soon!" Twilight Sparkle pointed up. The wisp of Equestrian Magic was now a dozen wisps floating in the air. The sprinkles had not only blew up the cake, but had also caused the wisps to multiple. The wisps then all floated into the kitchen. Then a few seconds later, the ninjas heard a series of growls and snarls. "Uh, Pinkie?" Sunset Shimmer asked, nervously. "How many deserts did you bake before we got here." "Um... let's see," Pinkie Pie counted on her fingers. "One, carry the five. A lot!" Suddenly a small army of cakes, cookies, and pies came out and growled. "Oh, this just keeps getting better!" Raph said, sarcastically. "Uh, nice desserts?" Mikey said. The desserts roar and everyone screamed as the were attacked and mobbed by the pastries. When suddenly... "Hey, you diabolical desserts!" Everyone looked and saw Bright Eyes standing off to the side. "Lay off mah friends!" She said, in a low angry voice. The desserts snarled and Bright Eyes grinned. "Let's, dance!" The desserts got off the ninjas and rushed at her. "Bright Eyes, no!" Twilight cried. But just as the desserts lept up to attack, Bright Eyes whipped out the Magic Tracker. "Gotcha!" The Tracker assimilated all the magic out of the desserts and they fell flat onto the floor. Bright Eyes closed the device and smiled. "As Professor Rarity would say, Ze Voila, darlings! Told you I could help." The ninjas stared in shock at what just happened. Twilight Sparkle was the most surprised. "How did you... how did that... huh?!" She stammered in shock, then grabbed the device from her. "But I thought I fixed it so it wouldn’t absorb magic?! I even tested it to make sure!" "I guess it only can't absorb our magic," Sunset Shimmer said. "We're gonna have to be extra careful with that thing." "Agreed," Leo nodded. "Though how did you know it would work?" Donnie asked Bright Eyes. "When Twilight dropped it, I was trying to give it back to her when the shortcake tried to attack me," the girl explained. "So I held up the device and it looked afraid and ran off." "That was a dangerous risk you took!" Blade Swipe noted. "Yeah. But I just saved your lives!" Bright Eyes countered. "So I think a little gratitude is in order!" "She’s right," Karai said. "We owe her our thanks." "Yeah!" Mikey said, munching on some of the sweets. "If it weren’t for her, we’d be-" "Don’t say it!" Rainbow Dash warned. "Creamed!" Everyone groaned. Blade sighed, realizing they were right. "Thank you, Bright Eyes," he said. Fluttershy gave her a hug. "Yes, thank you very much!" "So, what do we do about the magic?" Keno asked, pointing at the tracker. "Hmmm, I think I might have solution to that," Donnie suggested. He took out his portal ray and opened a small portal to Equestria. "Now, open the Tracker." Twilight Sparkle held the tracker out, while shaking in fear. The last time she opened it with magic inside, it had turned her into Midnight Sparkle. "Please don't turn me into Midnight Sparkle!" She squeaked, and opened the device and the magic came flowing out. "Whah!" She jumped, shutting her eyes, and covering her head in fright. But the magic went straight into the portal and closes it up. "It’s okay, Twilight," Leo tapped her. "You’re still you." Twilight opened her eyes and saw that Leo was right. "Phew!" She sighed in relief. "On the plus side, this could be our break," Applejack said. "So we zap em and trap em!" Casey stated. "Where have I heard that before?" Raph said. "Well, at least that makes the magic problems easier to fix," Sunset Shimmer stated. Just then, the door opened and Fugitoid walked in with Zach and Caitlyn. "Hello, my friends," he said. "Sorry if we're late. But you would not..." he paused after seeing the mess. Zach scooped some frosting off the couch and tasted it. "Not bad," he said. "Did we miss something?" Caitlyn asked. "We'll tell you guys later," Sunset Shimmer said. "But now we have a way to fix the magic problems." Then they all heard a timer go off. "Ooo, and even better!" Pinkie Pie raced off into the kitchen and comes back with the other cake. "My second cake is done! Want some?" "PASS!" The Turtles and Rainbooms took a step back. "We'll have some," Zach said for him and his sister. "Me too," Bright Eyes added. "Say, Bright Eyes?" Rainbow Dash asked, in embarrassment. "You won't tell anyone about..." she motioned to herself and the others. Bright Eyes stiffled a giggle. "Maybe!" She said, before she burst out laughing. The ninjas frowned in embarrassment. They were never going to live this down. They, trained ninjas, had been defeated and humiliated, by a cake of all things! One thing the ninjas had learned from all of this, was that Equestrian Magic was a lot more trouble then they thought.