Chapter 33: Filly Filling
At a hilltop, Sunny, Sparky, and Hitch are running, from something as the two ponies, except for Sparky, are running in panic while screaming.
“Ruuuuun! Pumpkin-lanche!” Sunny cried out as she and Hitch screamed while Sparky cheered while running down the hill with numbers of giant pumpkins rolling after them.
Sunny and Hitch turned back and saw the giant pumpkins closing in on them as they screamed at the sight as they ran faster down the hill.
And then suddenly, Sunset came flying by and got in front of the giant pumpkins as she summoned her magic and got the giant pumpkins to slow down a bit, she strains a bit from the amount of pumpkins and how heavy they are.
After a bit of effort, Sunset got the pumpkins to stop, some splattered and broke on the ground while the others were left standing as a giant pumpkin rolled across the field a bit before stopping in the center as it stood up straight.
Sunny and Hitch, with Sparky in his hooves, pop their heads up from the piles as they have some pumpkin’s guts on them as Sparky laughs a bit, finding it fun.
Sunset landed on the ground as she looked around with a raised eyebrow at the two ponies at this outcome. “Let me guess, Earth Pony magic was too much for these pumpkins?” She guessed, with Sunny and Hitch shaking their heads in confirming that it was earth pony magic they used to grow these pumpkins that made them too big.
A little bit later, the Mane 6 regroup as Izzy chases Sparky around to play while Zipp, Pipp, Hitch, Sunny and Sunset look at the amounts of pumpkins.
Hitch then spoke first. “Good season for pumpkins this year. If anything, a bit too good.” He commented on the amount of pumpkins and how big they are.
“Why is it that everytime Earth Ponies use their magic, it makes fruit and vegetables the sizes of a pony?” Sunset questioned this. “You think they would master their magic right about now.” She added that Earth Ponies would control their magic right now.
“Maybe they’re still practicing.” Sunny shrugged, not sure herself since she and Hith can control their magic.
Zipp then spoke next. “What do you even do with this many pumpkins?” She asked, wondering what to do with this stack of giant pumpkins. “Any ideas?” She asked her sister next to her.
“I don’t know.” Pipp answered, not sure herself as she then smiled. “But I can ask my followers.” She said as she twirled her phone before going on it, about to ask her followers about this.
Zipp raised an eyebrow at Pipp from that. “Any ideas… of your own?” She asked while giving Pipp a look.
Pipp stopped and looked at her sister after what she heard. “Um, what’s that supposed to mean?” She asked while giving her sister an offensive look.
“You’re always asking the Pippsqueaks for help.” Zipp answered, stating that Pipp just kept asking the Pippsqueaks for some ideas, while giving her sister a smirk. “Maybe you should try trusting yourself to come up with an idea once in a while.” She added.
Pipp grew nervous as she gave a nervous smile at Zipp. “Um… easy!” She said with a nervous chuckle. “I can think of one right now. Right now. And it’s coming up. Idea coming up. Any minute. Here we go!” She stammered as Zipp rolled her eyes’ at her sister from that. “Aaaaaand, uhhhh….” She thought for a moment, but couldn’t think of one as she grew nervous.
“Now, come on.” Sunset then spoke after hearing the two sisters. “There is nothing wrong with asking for help and getting more ideas. The more ideas we get, the better the odds that one of the ideas will actually be very good." She said, defending Pipp’s pride as she spoke. “Zipp, don’t think your sister can’t come up with ideas, she may hit creative blocks at times, but she does know how to make music hits.” She said, with Pipp smile at Sunset, for defending her pride.
Before Zipp could reply to what Sunset just said, Sparky then sneezes as it releash one of his dragon fires, which hits a pumpkin as it turns into a carriage like from a certain fairy tale.
The girls looked at it in amazement as Izzy picked Sparky up in her hooves as she smiled at the pumpkin carriage. “Oh! Great idea, Sparky!” She said to the baby dragon, which made giggles in response. “Everypony loves a pumpkin carriage!” She added with a smile.
Hitch however thought otherwise. “Uh, except, as Maretime Bay Bylaw 927 clearly states, ‘No vehicles can be made from vegetables!’” He said while reading through his rule book, which earns weird looks from his friends, even Sparky, from a strange rule. “What? I don’t make the laws.” He said in defense of himself.
“You made up that magic restriction law that went out of hoof a while back, Hitch.” Sunset corrected the sheriff of a certain law they remembered way too well.
Hitch blinked once at that reminder. “Okay, you got me there. But this law was here before I even became sheriff. So this one is not on me.” He said, saying that this law even weird him out and that it was here before he became sheriff so he has to follow the rule book.
“Can’t argue there.” Sunset said, seeing Hitch’s point. “But I seem to remember from Twilight that she once did something similar for her and her friends to head to their first Grand Galloping Gala.” She said, having been told of the original Mane 6 first Gala mishap, which made the necklace that she had around her neck to vibrate as she picked it up and opened the star symbol in it.
Once the necklace is opened, the hologram figure of Twilight pops out of the necklace as she raises an eyebrow at Hitch. “Sunset’s right. I did something similar with my friends like that before.” Twilight said, having heard them from within the necklace as she remembered that day all too well as she and the rest of the girls, and Sparky, looked at Hitch from that.
Hitch chuckled sheepishly from what Twilight just said to him. “Okay then. But still, the law is the law and we’re gonna have to follow that one.” He said, going to follow the law until he finds a way to change that one since it was before magic returned as the girls nodded their heads, agreeing with Hitch on that one.
What the others didn’t know is that Pipp checked the pumpkin carriage as she flew around and went inside of it.
“Ooh. These pumpkins are super-luxe!” Pipp said, finding the inside of the pumpkin carriage amazing as she took out her phone to take selfies in the carriage.
Hitch then walked up to the carriage with the girls, and Sparky, following him. “Luckly, Sparky can turn that carriage back, easy as pie.” He said while smiling down at Sparky, having finally learned that Sparky’s dragon fire can turn things back to normal if they are hit with a second blast as Sparky giggled while waving his paws.
“Of course!” Sunny then announced, having an idea from what Hitch just said. “Let’s make these pumpkins into giant pies and have a pie-eating contest!” She announced, finding a great use of these pumpkins as her friends smiled at the idea.
“Pies.” Twilight sighs as she remembers something with pies. “I remember the pie festival me and my friends went to in Ponyville. It was around the time Pinkie realizes Rainbow hates pies and Rainbow has to apologize to Pinkie for not telling her why she kept throwing them away.” She said, remembering the time when Pinkie got mad when Rainbow threw away her pies and had to go through much to apologize to the party pony.
Sunset blinks at that. “I was not there when it happened, Twilight, but I’m surprised Rainbow Dash hated pies.” She said, surprised to learn that about Rainbow Dash, if pony Dash and Human Dash are anything alike, which they are, then Human Dash must hate pies too, something she never knew about as the group nodded their heads in agreement.
Pipp kept taking selfies in the pumpkin carriage as she kept striking poses as she clicked on her phone to take the pictures.
“Ooh. Sounds like a piece of cake!” Izzy said as she placed her hooves on her face with sparkles in her eyes. “Or a slice of pie. Either way, it sounds delicious!” She said, with a smile as she, Sunset, Sunny, and Zipp, along with Twilight from in the necklace star symbol, as they ran off to set up the contest.
Hitch picks up Sparky and aims him at the pumpkin carriage as Sparky releases his dragon fire at it as it begins to change.
Pipp, who happens to be inside the pumpkin carriage, begins to change. “Whoa! What’s happening!?” She asked herself in startled as the carriage turned back into a pumpkin as Hitch ran off to catch up with the others with Sparky in his hooves. “Why is it all pumpkiny in here?” Pipp asked, trapped inside the pumpkin as the inside is now full of seeds and pumpkin guts with some on her as she tried to push her way out but couldn’t. “Hello!? Anyone?! Hello!?” She called out to one of her friends if they could hear her but got no response. She then gasped as she had an idea. “My Pippsqueaks!” She said as she took out her phone to send a message to her Pippsqueaks to help her.
Before Pipp could ask her Pippsqueaks for help, she thought of what Zipp just told her. “You're always asking the Pippsqueaks for help…” The thought as Zipp’s voice echoed through her mind.
Pipp then gives a scowled look at that thought as she looks at her phone. “No, wait! I can do this myself.” She said in determined as she put her phone away. “Zipp is wrong. I don't always need my fans. I am perfectly capable of— Whooooaaaa!” She cried out as her pumpkin began to roll.
Outside the pumpkin, Hitch is rolling it as he starts whistling while not hearing Pipp’s cries inside the pumpkin.
Sometime at the Brighthouse, Izzy is in the kitchen, making a bunch of pumpkin pies as she starts scattering and singing as she tosses a spoon in the air as it lands in a bowl as she twirls around.
The front doors opened as Hitch came in, looking a little out of breath from rolling the giant pumpkin. “That's the last one of 'em, Izzy.” He told Izzy, while sweating a bit as he placed the pumpkin in place.
Izzy then looks at the bot she made, which is her ‘Breakfast Bot’ she kept. “Froggy McBakertons, let's make some pies!” She announces that the bot now name Froggy then starts to turn on as it heads to the pumpkins, and one of them is Pipp’s pumpkin that she is trap in as it drew closer to her.
Later on, the Mane 6, san Pipp, set up the pumpkin pie contest as Jazz and Rufus are on the stage, as the final competitions with Sunny and Izzy at the side as ponies around them eating pies while chatting to each other while an earth pony got bloated up by eating so many pies as he burps with ponies looking down at him strangely at him eating that many pies.
“This is a great idea, Sunny.” Sunset said with a smile at this, finding the contest great, but then looks around as she realizes a pony is missing in their group. “By the way, where’s Pipp? I haven’t seen her all day.” She stated about Pipp's whereabouts.
“I’m not sure. Maybe she’ll show up when she can.” Sunny answered, not sure where Pipp is either as she turned to the crowd. “It's the final round in Maretime Bay's first annual pie-eating contest! Just two ponies remain.” She calls out to the crowd as she points at Rufus and Jazz, the former doing some stretches while the latter is filing her hooves with each having smirks on their faces. “Bring on the pies!” She announced.
Izzy then pulled a lever as the conveyor belt brought out two giant pies as Izzy smiled at her baked goods. “Mm-mmm! Freshly baked! Final pies of the day!” She announced while giving the two ponies a smirk, knowing she made it interesting to make the pies that size as the two pies came up in front of the contestants.
Inside Jazz’s giant pie, Pipp, who surprisingly survives Botty’s cooking while being baked into a pie, hears Sunny’s announcement. “Ugh! I never thought I'd ever be in a pie-eating competition! And certainly not as the pie!” She squeals in worry as she shakes her head, in a state of panic, not like this one bit. “I gotta get out of here!” She cried out as she then tapped her hooves at the crust of the pie to break out, but it wouldn’t budge as some crumbs fell off. Pipp gasped as she realized something. “Oh, no! It's a thick crust!” She cried out as she began to sweat nervously.
Outside the pie, Sunny and Sunset got in front of the two contestants. “First pony to finish their pie wins! Ready...” Sunny said with a smirk as Rufus got into stand ready.
“Set…” Sunset said next with a smirk.
“Looks delicious.” Jazz said with an exciting smile at her pie as she placed her hooves at her cheeks with sparkles in her eyes.
“...EAT!” Both Sunset and Sunny announce as Rufus and Jazz then start eating their pie as they chomp like crazy.
Inside the pie, Pipp saw Jazz chomping through the crust as she began to get even more nervous. “Jazz! No! Stop! DON'T EAT ME!” She called out through the pie as she groaned, which Jazz heard her as she stopped and backed away a bit.
Pipp then moves back-in-forth in the pie as the ponies around saw this and grew nervous as Pipp then got her eyes through the holes Jazz chomp through and got her legs out from under the pie.
The ponies around then start screaming at that as they run off, except for Sunset who saw the hooves and is familiar with them.
“Wait a sec…” Sunset tried to speak at what she was saying as Pipp then jumped off the stand as she began to run off. “Hey! Wait!” Sunset called out as she raced after the running pie.
“Uh, what is going on?” Hitch asked anypony in confusion and a little scared at their panic state until he saw something. “What?!” He cried out in shock as he saw the ponies running in fright as Pipp then stomped her way around the contest while making thudding sounds with Sunset behind her. “Aah! Zombie pie! A ‘zom-pie!’” Hitch cried out in shock and fright at what he was saying.
Posey then came out of the tent with a raised eyebrow. “Zom-pie?” She asked in confusion, having heard Hitch until she bumped into the Pie-trap Pipp and looked in shock.
Pipp then turned around as she felt the bump and saw Posey. “Posey? Is that you?” She asked through the pie.
Posey then screamed and pointed at Pipp. “ZOM-PIEEEEE!” She screamed out in fright as she jumped on the table jumped off as she ran away in fright as Pipp then crashed into the table as she gave chase.
“Get back here!” Sunset called out to Pipp in the pie, but looks like she can’t hear her with all the screaming in the crowd.
Pipp then followed a couple of ponies while hitting one of the pumpkins, breaking it as she then hit the balloons as they flew away.
The ponies then run around the contest as Rufus is still eating his giant pie as Izzy just looks around the place while Pipp, in the pie, continues to run around with Sunset chasing her while trying to stop her.
“Run! Run for your lives, everypony!” Hitch screamed in panic, it seems that he’s running but he’s not moving.
Zipp then flew to Hitch as she gave him a strange look. “Uh, Hitch? You're not gonna get far on that, buddy.” She said while pointing down at Hitch.
Hitch looked down at where Zipp was pointing at as he saw that he was on the conveyor belt as he kept running. “Oh, yeah! Good call!” He thanked Zipp for pointing that out, not feeling embarrassed about one bit as he got down and cleared his throat as he yelled out. “Run for your lives! Zombie pie!” He cried out as he ran off.
“Hitch! Wait up!” Pipp called out to him from in the pie as she ran past Zipp and followed after Hitch.
“The pie knows my name!” Hitch cried out in fright as he ran faster.
Sunset then stopped as she was out of breath as she stopped next to Zipp as she caught her breath. “For a pie that size, that pony sure is fast.” She said to Zipp, finding Pipp’s speed surprisingly fast with a heavy pie she’s trapped in.
“Pony? What are you talking about, Sunset?” Zipp asked Sunset in confusion, still out of breath, Sunset then pointed to the bottom of the pie that is chasing Hitch. Zipp followed where Sunset was pointing and saw the hooves. “Hey... I've seen that hooficure before…” She said, seeing that style before as she widened her eyes in realization. “Pipp?! That you?!” She asked out to the trapped pony in shock.
Pipp didn’t hear her sister as Hitch was still being chased by her, until she slipped on some pumpkin substance and then started rolling on the side of the pie. “Whoa-whoooaaaaa!” She cried out as she started to roll as Hitch then started screaming as she was catching up to him and ducking for cover from behind a table.
The ponies close to him screamed as they ran off to get out of the rolling pie’s way as Pipp kept rolling. “Whoa! Whoa!” Pipp cried out as the pie then hit a tree, it stopped and then started cracking as the crust then broke into pieces. Zipp and Sunset came next to the pie as Pipp then got out of the crumble crust, looking really dizzy from the rolling and messy from the inside of the pie.
The ponies around, even Hitch, looked on in shock to realize that Pipp was inside that pie as Izzy appeared with a smile. “Whoa! Some entrance!” She cheered to Pipp, thinking that was a great entrance.
“Wait, you've been stuck in that pie?” Zipp asked her sister as Pipp shook the pie contents off her.
“And I’m surprised as well after seeing your hooves come out of that pie.” Sunset said. “You manage to survive being baked into a giant pumpkin pie without serious injury if you were really trapped in there?” She asked.
“I sure did.” Pipp said while still getting the pie contents off, having to endure the intense heat from Froggy when he was making the pie from the pumpkin she was trapped in.
“I didn't think you were durable enough to withstand the heat of Izzy's oven.” Sunset added in surprise, seeing how Pipp is strong enough to endure the heat of Izzy’s oven.
“Trust me, Sunset. It was no walk in the park. Luckly, Izzy’s chef robot did an instant bake, so I managed to survive the heat when the pumpkin I was trapped in turned into a pie.” Pipp said, glad that Froggy did an instance bake in two seconds for her to survive.
“Wait. You said you were trapped in a pumpkin before the pie?” Zipp asked in confusion.
“Yeah. I did.” Pipp answered.
“Was it the pumpkin turned carriage Sparky made that you were in?” Sunset asked, having a feeling how Pipp was in that pie.
“Yes. That is when the carriage then turned back into a pumpkin! Trapping me inside!” Pipp yelled out in frustration.
Sunset then narrowed her eyes at a certain stallion. “Hitch! You didn’t even check the carriage for anything before you let Sparky change it back?!” She questioned in anger at Hitch with said stallion flinch from not checking before doing something as Sunset turned to Izzy. “You didn’t even check the pumpkin yourself instead of letting your chef bot bake it with Pipp inside, Izzy?!” She questioned the unicorn, who flinched at that as well since she let her chef bot do the baking with half the pies that were made to save enough time as the two ponies chuckled sheepishly at the outcome as Sunset sighs from this. “I’ll deal with you two later.” She said in a firm tone, going to give them a firm talking to later.
“Why didn't you ask for help?” Zipp asked her sister, wondering why Pipp didn’t ask for help when she was trapped.
“Oh, I dunno.” Pipp started as she gave a look at Zipp before turning her back to her sister. “Maybe because somepony thinks I'm always asking for help?” She sarcastically reminded her sister of what she said to her before about not thinking about something on her own.
“Ooooh. Ouch.” Zipp cringes while placing a hoof at her chest, remembering what she said to Pipp as she feels guilty for saying that to her sister.
“Zipp. Really?” Sunset asked in disbelief. “You shouldn’t have said that to your sister.” She frowned at Zipp for what she said to her sister about not thinking of something without help from others.
Zipp sighs, finding Sunset’s words true as she turns to her sister. “Pipp, I'm sorry I made you feel that way. I didn't think—” She apologizes to her sister but didn’t get any further when Pipp spoke.
“It's okay Zipp.” Pipp said to her sister before turning to her with a forgiving smile. “See? I got out by myself after all. With no help.” She said with a smirk, finally got out of her pie trap with nopony help.
Zipp chuckles at her sister with a smile, finding that true. “Yeah, you did.” She gave her sister a light punch on the shoulder at her effort of coming up with a plan on her own. “No other pony could have ever pulled off an idea like that.” She said as she gave a proud smile at her sister.
“Yup!” Pipp cheered as she sighs. “Big ideas are totally my thing.” She said as she gestured to herself.
“After a little running around in a pie. You don’t see that part everyday.” Sunset added with a smile, which made her, Pipp and Zipp to laugh at that, finding it true and funny, you don’t see a pie running around everyday.
At the stage, Rufus is eating the last piece of his giant pie, ignoring what just happened as he was focused on the contest. “And…” He then ate the last piece as he belched. “...finished.” He said as he rubs his belly, full from the giant pie he ate.
Sunny then got up a bit, looking a little dirty from the chaos Pipp made as she looked dizzy. “Uh, I declare Rufus the winner of Maretime Bay's first... and last... pie-eating competition!” She declared Rufus the winner, stating that they will not do this again after what happened as she flopped on the floor, passed out as Sunset and Pipp came next to her as Sunny passed out.
“Huh?!” Jazz asked in shock at what Sunny said. “No fair! My pie escaped!” She cried out that her pie was running around so she didn’t get the chance to win as Pipp looked at her sheepishly before backing away, knowing to never speak of this again as Sunset comforted the passed out Sunny on the ground from what happened today.
End of Chapter 33.