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// Flour War 
// Story: Give them a push 
// by Aurora_Glow 
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Flurry opened her eyes, looking around. She had finished her nap, and was feeling a little bit hungry. In the corner of the room, she saw Sunburst and Starlight on the floor, reading a book together. Neither seemed to have noticed that Starlight was leaning on Sunburst, too preoccupied with the book in front of them. 

Flurry got off the bed and flew over to her uncle and aunt. They didn't notice her, too wrapped up in their own little world. Which would normally be cute, if Flurry wasn't itching for a snack after her nap.

"Uncle Sunburst? Auntie Starlight?" the filly questioned. Sunburst and Starlight looked away from the book, before realizing how there was little to no distance between the two of them. Both ponies scrambled up, a slight flush on their cheeks. The blanket they were sharing fell off their back.

"Sorry Sunburst," Starlight said sheepishly. "Looks like I got a little bit carried away with reading." Sunburst shook his head. "It's fine Starlight. I didn't mind..." He whispered the last sentence so quietly that neither Starlight nor Flurry heard him.

"What was that?" Starlight asked. Sunburst turned crimson. "Nothing nothing. It was nothing..." he said. Starlight narrowed her eyes at him before shrugging and letting it go.

"Sorry we didn't realize you were awake Flurry," Sunburst said, turning his attention to the filly. "Guess we kind of lost track of time..."

Flurry flew up to Sunburst and Starlight's eye level. "I'm hungry," she declared. "I wanna have a snack." 

Starlight giggled and pat the filly on the head. "Okay Flurry. Hmm," she said, scratching her chin. "I'm kind of in the mood for something sweet. How about we bake some  cupcakes together? If that's okay with Sunburst."

"Yay! Cupcakes!" Flurry cheered, and landed on Sunburst's back. "Please Uncle Sunburst?" Sunburst chuckled. "I guess it's fine Flurry. Let's go to the kitchen."

Excitedly clapping her hooves, the princess hopped of Sunburst's back, and impatiently tugged on Starlight and Sunburst's hooves. "Then come on!" she exclaimed, rushing out the door. The two adults chuckled and followed.





"Now according to the cookbook, we add the water and vanilla extract, then mix until smooth," Starlight said, reading from the cookbook. "Do you want chocolate cupcakes Flurry?"

Flurry nodded. Chocolate was the best! And cupcakes were also the best! she thought. What did Auntie Pinkie used to say again? Oh right! Cupcakes, so sweet and tasty! Mix chocolate and cupcakes together, and you get the best possible thing ever!

"Well, then Flurry, pour the bowl of cocoa powder in the batter. You want to mix this time?" Starlight asked. Flurry nodded, and followed Starlight's instructions.

Soon, the batter was done, and a batch of cupcakes were popped into the oven.

"Now the frosting," Sunburst said. "Hmm, it says here to just mix the pack of royal icing sugar and water together. All right." 

The three ponies followed the instructions, and it didn't take long for some icing to form. "I want it pink!" Flurry said. Starlight laughed and got out the pink food colouring, adding it into the bowl. Sunburst took a spatula, mixing it evenly.

"Perfect!" exclaimed Flurry when he was done. "Now let's set this aside and wait for the cupcakes to be done," Starlight set, levitating the bowl, covering it and putting it on another table. "Now it's time to clean up."

Flurry looked around, and a mischievous glint appeared in her eyes. She dunked her hooves into some left over flour, then flew over Sunburst. Before Sunburst could register what was happening, Flurry clapped her hooves, causing flour to fall onto the stallion. His mane and part of his coat turned white. Starlight couldn't help but laugh out loud at his misfortune.

Sunburst glared at her. "Game on you two," he said. He levitated a bowl of flour, and threw the flour at Starlight, earning a squawk from the mare. An adorable squawk, if Sunburst did say so himself.

The now white Starlight narrowed her eyes, and got her own bowl of flour. She aimed at Sunburst. It didn't take long before a flour war erupted in the kitchen.

Chaos ensued.

Flour was thrown at each other, and soon so was cocoa powder and sugar. Starlight and Flurry went against Sunburst. The stallion did his best to defend himself, but he was no match for the powerful unicorn and alicorn. 

The ring of the oven timer brought them back to their senses. The cupcakes were done. 

The ponies looked around. There manes and coats were completed white with a few patches of brown. The kitchen was a mess. There wasn't an inch of space on the countertop that wasn't white or brown. The floor wasn't spared either. Hoofprints could be seen in the places where the three had ran around.

"Twilight's gonna kill me," Starlight muttered as she surveyed the mess. Sunburst gulped. "Let's frost the cupcakes and put them away. Then we can clean ourselves up, then the kitchen," he suggested. 

Starlight nodded, and went to get the cupcakes out of the oven. "Come on Flurry. Let's frost these together." Flurry smiled, and took the piping bag that was filled with frosting from Sunburst. 

After the cupcakes were frosted and had been put into the fridge, and the ponies had all taken a quick shower, they got to work cleaning the kitchen. However, even after half an hour of cleaning, it seemed as though they had barely cleaned anything. 

Starlight looked at the mess, dejected. There was still flour, cocoa powder and sugar everywhere. I wonder... she thought.

The unicorn looked over at Sunburst, who was hard at work scrubbing a particularly stubborn stain with Flurry. "Hey Sunburst?" she asked. "Remember that spell we used to use when we were foals to clean up our messes?"

Sunburst nodded. "Of course!" he said. "What was it called again? Celeritas..." He scratched his head. "Purgatio exponentia!" Starlight and Sunburst finished together, grinning at each other. "I think I still know how to do it," Starlight said, closing her eyes and concentrating. 

With a blast of magic, cleaning supplies such as mops and brooms came out of the broom closet. The supplies cleaned up everything in their path, leaving a stainless, glittering surface, before they went back into the closet.

Flurry clapped her hooves. "That was amazing Auntie Starlight," she said, looking up at Starlight with admiration. Starlight blushed. "I can teach you the spell some other time. I'll need to find a book with the spell in it. But your Uncle Sunburst was the first one who taught me that spell. If there's anyone to credit, it's him!" she said, pointing a hoof at Sunburst.

It was Sunburst's turn to blush. "It was nothing Starlight," he said. A small part of him leapt with joy at hearing Starlight praise him. "I just showed you the spell. You did all the work on your own." The two ponies looked away from each other, a bit embarrassed by the praise. A large blush remained on their cheeks. Flurry watched them with a knowing grin on her face.

"What do you say we try the cupcakes?" Starlight said, wanting to find any reason to move on to another topic. The other ponies nodded, and soon, all three of them were enjoying the delicious fruits of their hard work and success.