//------------------------------// // Donuts, More Movies, and Baking // Story: Equestrian Recreation // by luigitime22 //------------------------------// Minuette opened the door to her home to answer whoever it was knocking. “Hello?” she asked. “Minuette!” an excited voice quickly answered. Unsurprisingly, it was Pinkie Pie, wielding a piece of paper around in a rush of delight. “Look!” Pinkie promptly slapped the paper right into Minuette’s face. After magically removing the source of her sight obstruction, Minuette paused to read it over. “Hmm,” she said. “Donut Joe’s is having a sale on double chocolate donuts with sprinkles, today only.” A moment later she gasped as realization set in on her. “Do you know what this means?” Pinkie asked with a giant grin on her face. A giant grin quickly appeared on Minuette’s face as well. “It means all the double chocolate donuts with sprinkles we want!” “That’s right!” Pinkie answered. “What do you say? Wanna head over there and eat donuts right now?” “Of course!” Minuette answered instantly. “Let’s go!” After Minuette wisely remembered to shut her door, the two ponies instantly transformed into blurs of motion as they rushed to Donut Joe’s with a triumphant shout of delicious victory. In his shop, Donut Joe heard the two coming. He quickly looked over to his supply of donuts, realizing he was about to run out of them at a rapid pace. “Oh no,” was all he could utter. ~~~ “Now that Sweetie Belle is finally done singing,” Discord said, “we can finally pick out what movie we want to watch tonight.” “What are the options?” Zipp asked from the back with her hoof raised. “I was about to get to that,” Discord grumbled. “Don’t be so impatient.” He then produced two large screens that were currently blank. “So tonight’s options are ‘Space Wars,’” Discord pointed as the first screen lit up with the title. “Or we can watch ‘Lord of the Things.’ Or at least the first part of the trilogy. Sort of a long term endeavor with that one.” A decently intense debate swiftly began over which film to watch. Being very much focused on action, Rainbow Dash and Applejack were quick to support Space Wars. Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pipp on the other hand wanted Lord of the Things, which they found to be a more pleasant and beautiful universe, and countered that Lord of the Things also had action. Various ponies wound up joining the two sides, alliances were made and broken, and soon it seemed all the time for the get-together would be used arguing instead of picking a film. Or it would have, but Twilight Sparkle pulled rank 2 minutes into the argument and selected Lord of the Things, claiming that Space Wars had “outlandish scientific flaws.” ~~~ Soon all that could be heard in the room was the munching of popcorn (Pinkie Pie was sure to make enough to counteract Misty’s voracious popcorn appetite.) and the film. And various ponies (and Spike and Discord) making comments throughout. After the jokes about how Pinkie Pie would make an excellent dwarf with all her rock farming died down, comments were generally a bit more random throughout. “No Sweetie Belle,” Rarity said. “I am not making you a cloak that turns you invisible.” “Why did he use the One Thing on top of the fortress?” Rainbow Dash grumbled. “He KNEW the ghosts could still see him!” “No Sweetie Belle,” Rarity said. “You may not have a whip made out of fire.” “Can you turn up the volume!?” Zipp shouted from the back. “Am I the only one here who actually read the books?” Twilight asked. “I read them!” Pinkie Pie answered. “No Sweetie Belle,” Rarity said. “You may not have a sword that glows when Zombie Ponies are around.” ~~~ Rarity walked into Sugarcube Corner with a smile, as Pinkie Pie came out from the kitchen to greet her. “Hello Pinkie!” Rarity said pleasantly. “Hey Rarity!” Pinkie responded, taking off her baker’s hat. “Are you here to pick up Sweetie Belle?” “That’s correct,” Rarity answered. “Are her cooking and baking lessons going well?” “You bet!” Pinkie chirped. “She only burned the toast to liquid once this time! And the juice was edible!” Rarity let out a small sigh, but did mentally admit to herself it was legitimate progress. “That’s… thrilling,” she said. Smoke suddenly began pouring out of the kitchen as Rarity and Pinkie stared at it in horror. “Sweetie Belle!” Pinkie yelled as she rushed into the kitchen. “I told you to only put the cookies at 375 degrees! What did you put them at?” Rarity could only put a hoof to her face and groan when she heard the answer of 500. ~~~ The fire was put out without incident, though a batch of cookies was rather effectively destroyed. Applejack herself said that it was “the sorriest display of cookie baking I ever laid my eyes on.” Zipp called it “a crime against baking,” and was going to interrogate Sweetie Belle for attempted arson before Rarity cut her off. Pinkie was a bit more encouraging though. “Don’t worry Sweetie Belle!” she said. “Next time I’ll show you how to use an oven!” She then paused for a moment. “Again,” she added. “Perhaps we should work on something a bit safer, Miss Pie,” Rarity suggested. “Great idea!” Pinkie agreed. “Maybe next time I’ll teach her how to use a freezer. We don’t need a repeat of the popsicle incident.”