//------------------------------// // The Cake, Clue #2 and Mailtime // Story: Blues Clues: Spike's Birthday Party // by Big Imagination E //------------------------------// The girls went straight to the kitchen where we see Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, and little Paprika getting ready for the party. Paprika was making a picture for Spike while her parents were busy with the cake. They stopped when they saw the girls coming towards them. "Oh hello! You must be Spike's friends!" Mr. Salt said. "Yes we are. And you are?" Rainbow said. "Oh im Mr. Salt. This is Mrs. Pepper. And that is Paprika." He introduced. "Hi girls. Spike told us all about you." Mrs. Pepper said. "He did? I mean of course he did!" Pinkie said. "Yes but we have a problem. We need to finish making the cake. But we lost track on the patterns. Could you help us?" Paprika said. "Never fear cause Pinkie's here!! I'll help you finish the cake!" Pinkie said. "Thanks Pinkie! Now we have two layers and each one has a pattern. All you need to do is find out what's next in the pattern." Mrs. Pepper said. "No problem! So the pattern on the first layer goes purple, green, purple, green, purple, green, purple.....uh oh there's a spot missing. Do you know what comes next?" Pinkie said. "Green!!" The reader said. "Oh yes! Green! It's next in the pattern! Good work!" Pinkie said as Mr Salt frosted the next spot green and continued on completing the pattern. "Ok now let's see the pattern on the 2nd layer. It goes green stripes, purple polka dots, green stripes, purple polka dots, green stripes, purple polka dots, green stripes......uh oh. There's another spot missing. Do you know what comes next?" Pinkie said. "Purple polka dots!" The reader said. "Oh yeah! Purple polka dots! It's next in the pattern! Good job!" Pinkie said as Mrs. Pepper frosted the next spot and completed the cake. "The cake is finished!! Thanks for your help Pinkie!" Mr Salt said. "Your welcome! Now we gotta find more clues! Come on girls!" Pinkie said as they went out of the kitchen to find the the other two clues. The girls split up again which left the group of Pinkie, Applejack, and Twilight all alone in the living room. But while they were looking they didn't notice that on the table there was a bowl with a paw print on it meaning it's the second clue! "A clue! A clue!" The reader said. "Yeah we know. How could Pinkie forget a present out of the blue?" Twilight said. "I said sorry girls!" Pinkie said. "We know Pinkie. Let's keep thinking of something." Applejack said. "No a clue." The reader said. "Oh you see a clue! Oh where is it?!" Pinkie said. "Yeah. Where's that clue anyway?" Twilight said. "It's right there!" The reader said. They all looked and saw the bowl with a paw print on it. "Oh! There's the clue! Girls! We found the second clue!" Applejack said as the others ran to her. They saw the bowl with a paw print on it. "Good eye Applejack! There's our second clue! And it's on this...food bowl." Rarity said. "Then the food bowl must be another part of the answer." Twilight said. "It sure is Twilight. Now let's write it down in our handy dandy....." Sunset said. "Notebook!!" The reader said. "Notebook! Right!" Sunset said as she and the girls all took out there notebooks ready to draw again. "So let's draw this food bowl." She said. "First a line down across to the right and up. Then we draw an oval and a smaller one for the inside. Color it in. Now we add a wave line on the bottom. And there a food bowl." Sunset said. "Ok. So what present could we give Spike for his birthday with a collar." Twilight said as the image flew above along with the other. "And a food bowl?" She said. "Maybe something that could have both of those things?" Rainbow said. "Good thinking." Sunset said as the images flew back in. "But we need to find one more clue. Then we'll know for sure." She said as she and the others heard some singing. (Pretend it's Twilight singing) "Where is that sound coming from?" Fluttershy said. "Hey girls. It's mailtime!! We better go get it! Come on!" Twilight said as she and the others ran to get the mail. She started singing as Blue danced along and when we got to the end she wailed 'Mail' out. Then Mailbox came in through the window as the girls all went to the Thinking Chair. "Hey girls! I got a special letter all ready for you!" Mailbox said as he opened his lid giving Twilight a orange letter. "Thanks Mailbox!" Twilight said as he left. "We just got a letter!" Twilight said as she started to sing again. When she finished singing she opened the letter as the others were curious to see who it was from. To their surprise it was from Spike! "Look! It's a letter from Spike!!" Pinkie said as they all listened to what Spike had to say. (In the Letter) "Hey girls! I hope your all doing ok. I know me and Steve are. We just finished meeting Joe and he was a nice guy. He does all sorts of fun things in Blue's special room! He really wanted to meet you but he couldn't. Maybe next time. Well im gonna be back in about 30 minutes. Maybe earlier. Once we return we can start the party! See ya soon!" Spike said. (Out of the letter) "Bye Spike!" Twilight said as she closed the letter and put it down. "Twilight he'll be back soon! We need to find a present for him!!" Rainbow said. "Relax Rainbow! We have two of the clues. We just need the final one. Let's go find Blue. Maybe she knows where it is." Fluttershy said as she and the others went to find Blue.