//------------------------------//
// Chapter 6: Bittersweet Sour, Part 4 
// Story: Chronicles of an Unknown World - The Awakening 
// by Blue Blaze {COMET} 
//------------------------------//


{*Omniscient point of view, Sugarcube Corner*}


The kitchen door inched shut as the blue pony behind it kept a weary eye on what was outside. She stared at Griffin through the tiny keyhole underneath the door handle, making sure he didn't pull any funny business. Meanwhile, her husband was giving Twilight an glare a few feet away.

"Twilight, care to explain where you got an ALIEN in the middle of nowhere?" he interrogated.

The unicorn looked back at her speaker with tired, pleading eyes. When Mr. Cake stared further, she sighed in defeat and let her ears droop. "Well, Applejack and I were traveling across Sweet Apple Acres when he crash-landed into the planet. It was just him. No spaceship, no companions, just Griffin and his clothes."

She glanced up at him, making sure he was following. "After that, I really had no clue what to do. We couldn't have left him there in the middle of the field, he would have waken up sooner or later and might have caused a ruckus in Ponyville! I decided to take him into the library with the help of Applejack. Once that was done, I sent Applejack to go find Fluttershy. I figured that with her talent with animals, she might have been able to help to control him once he'd woken up."

Twi turned her back from Carrot, looking at the cloud-ridden sky outside the window. "And he woke up alright. He had so much of a panic that I panicked and almost killed him. Thankfully, he didn't die, and instead, made a full recover, sanity intact. From there I started to... Ask him a few questions. I wasn't sure if he was still safe to interact with, so I had to use a bit of magic to make some rules clear..."

The young mare hesitated, recalling and regretting her decisions a mere day ago. It was dragging down her mood that she actually acted that way towards Griffin, when he just arrived at the planet and was clueless to what was going on. She reflected once again that she should have acted with kindness and welcoming, not like the aggressive display she began with. "It was a bit rough, and I did some things that I'm not happy about. I later learned that what I did only angered him, instead of accepting me as his first contact from Equestria. It also didn't help that all of my friends caused a little bit of trouble too, but..."

She looked back and smiled. "Thankfully, everything turned out alright. Everypony calmed down and apologized for verbally and in some cases, physically attacking him. To make it up to him, I..." She paused, wondering if telling Mr. Cake was the right thing to do. Trusting his judgement, she continued. "I wanted to teach him magic."

"WHAT???" Mr. Cake exclaimed before Twilight could go any further. "Why would you want to do that? Isn't he dangerous enough without magic under his control?"

"Mr. Cake! He is not dangerous in any way, shape or form! I thought we already established that!" Twilight counteracted. The mustard-coloured earth pony glanced towards the door, unsure of himself. Cup Cake was still keeping a straight eye on the outsider inside their bakery.

"By communicating with him, I found out that his species, 'humans' did not know how to perform magic, and yet he seemed to be a living, breathing source of it!"

Mr. Cake was speechless at her statement, his jaw agape at her news.

"There was just so much untapped potential that could have gone to waste if I didn't encourage anything! So I did. I taught him the basics and the results went, uh, much higher than I expected." Twilight finished, sheepishly blushing with that last sentence.

"I'm not sure if I approve of you teaching a 'human' such a powerful power..." he commented.

"Well, with all due respect, Mr. Cake, I wasn't looking for your approval." Twilight snapped back.

"But are you certain that you can trust him? I mean, he is from another planet, right? And he just appeared out of nowhere, without any warning?" Then, Mr. Cake had a thought. "When did he appear, before or after the storm started?"

"Before." The lavender-coated student answered.

"And you found him when?"

"Yesterday."

"Right before the storm started?"

"Well..." Twilight hummed, hesitant to tell the truth. Sure, Griffin had told her that he had no idea what was going on, but at this point she wasn't sure that the Cakes would believe her. They were being strangely aggressive today, and that wasn't going to win her any favours any time soon if she flat out spoke the honest word.

"No, actually n-now that I think about it, I may have found him a few days ago. Ye-yes, I in fact, did find him a few days ago. Yesterday was Tuesday, right?" Twilight said, closing her eyes purposely to not have to look at her speaker while nodding.

"No, yesterday was Wednesday. And Twilight? You're a terrible liar." Mr. Cake deadpanned. Twilight reeled back in shock, having seen her fib get caught so easily.

(Oh my gosh! I don't believe it! Didn't Griffin warn me about my lying skills already?)

"Tell me the truth, Twilight. Did he appear before or after the storm?"

Seeing no way out of the inevitable, Twilight dropped her head and replied with a defeated tone, "Before."

Mr. Cake gritted his teeth in anger. "Darn little bugger... He probably started this entire storm too!"

"Mr. Cake, what has gotten into you?" The librarian asked. "I know for a fact that he had nothing to do with the storm! What's causing you to be so mean to him? He's done nothing wrong!"

"Are you positive that he's done nothing wrong? Because I don't think that you realize the situation here, Twilight! This is a real-life, honest to Celestia ALIEN we're talking about! One that could probably take over the entire planet with just one call to his alien buddies up above! What makes you so certain that he isn't biding his time, waiting for his moment to strike?" the baker questioned, puffing his chest out and standing tall over the slightly cringing unicorn.

Twilight had had enough. Mr. and Ms. Cake's behavior was definitely unusual, but she wasn't going to let them get away with ridiculing and insulting her friend like that! She stood up and proud before continuing on.

"Because, Mr. Cake," she began, "Applejack, told me so. And Fluttershy, and Rarity, and Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash! They were all with me one-hundred percent that without a doubt, Griffin is not planning anything sinister! And before you say anything else, Applejack told me that he was telling the absolute truth. I would think that means a lot, coming from both the Element of Honesty and one of my dear friends, wouldn't you?"

Mr. Cake turned away and said nothing. He saw in the corner of his eye that Ms. Cake had stopped looking through the keyhole and turned her attention to the scene behind her. Concern in her eyes, she had the helpless look of not knowing what to do in this type of situation. The mother of two waited for a response from her husband, searching for some kind of direction towards this hopeless situation.

"Ok Twilight, I believe you." he affirmed, directing his gaze back at Twilight. "And if you have the support of others, then I can trust this... Alien, too."

Twilight smirked, the rush of victory running over her mind.

"But, please, try and keep him in control?" he requested, calming down all of his emotions and thoughts.

"For the last time, he is not a PET!" Twilight roared, causing all of the objects in the kitchen to rattle slightly. Her eyes glowed with a creepy violet light before dimming to a scowl. The Cakes flinched back before leaning their place in the household and nodding in acceptance. Looking towards his wife, Mr. Cake was actually somewhat glad that that matter was over and done with. He approached the door to the front room, a small grin stuck on his muzzle.

"Honeybun, I think it's time we go back and apologize..."