It was an ordinary day when Discord came to visit. He was excited to know what fun he would be getting up to today. That is, until he entered Sugarcube Corner and saw Pinkie dashing about everywhere in the bakery.
"Hello, what can I... Oh! Hi Dissy, I can't talk now, Lot to do! Hey can you help me?" Pinkie said in a rush.
"Sure, what do you need?"
"Can you watch the front for me? I don't have much time to take care of customers."
"And why is that?"
"Well," she said, taking a break. "The Cakes are out for the week. They're in Manehattan catering a party for a friend. They left the shop for me to watch. But anyway, there are three different orders for me to fill, and deliver across town, so I'm too busy right now to talk to customers. In fact, I'm a little too busy to be talking to you." She said running back into the kitchen. Discord followed with mild amusement. It was always funny watching Pinkie rush about frantically.
"I'll watch the shop front. Is there anything else you need me to do?" he asked.
"No not really, just if it gets too overwhelming you can close the shop and get one of my friends to help. If they're not too busy as well. Or you can get one of the people on the list under the counter. They're qualified to work here part time." And with that she went back to work. Discord just rolled his eyes and sat at the front. He was more then qualified! And he wouldn't get overwhelmed. He had done this many times before and it wasn't that hard, even during the morning rush.
Sometime later, Pinkie came out of the kitchen with lots of pink boxes. Discord went to the back and got the rest, for which Pinkie was grateful. "Okay I'm off, I have no idea when I'll get back. There's at least one party to cater, and the other two aren't nearby at all!" Pinkie said upset.
"A party without you planning it? I thought I wouldn't see the day." Discord said dramatically.
With a giggle she said, "Well of course! Ohh ohh ohhh, I forgot ohh! how can I forget, just with you here and the baking. I forgot the twins. Can you watch them? They're in their room right now. I know I showed you how to care for them. A little bit, but it's simple."
"It's fine, I know what to do. With my age you get to learning a lot of different things, and I've watched you with them. They'll be fine until you get back. Okay?"
Exhaling, Pinkie said, "Okay, thanks again."
"Not a problem." With that Pinkie left.
Discord went back in to man...beast...draconequus...whatever, the counter. He didn't expect there to be much going on today. Sigh, Maybe she'll finish up sooner than expected, and we can have some fun together. He mused to himself. Then the phone rang.
"Hello? This is Sugarcube Corner." Discord said exactly like he had been told.
"Yes I'd like to place an order."
What's with today and orders? "Yes and what will that be?" Discord nodded as he wrote down the order. It was for three dozen blueberry muffins. "Okay it'll be done in two hours so swing by then." He hung up the phone. Well time to get to work.
He went to the back and had started to work on the batter when the door chimed. He then went to the front and dealt with the customer. "Hello, and what can I get you today?" he said leaning on the counter.
"Ohh, it's you." the grey pony said nervously "Is Pinkie here?"
"No she's out and probably will be all day." Though I really hope not.
"Ohh, okay well, I'll be getting a bear claw."
"Coming right up." Discord got the pastry and told the pony the price. He even waved after the customer as they left. There had been one time he had given somepony a real bear claw but... Pinkie can be scary when she's mad.
Discord went back to continue working on the muffins when the door chimed again. This time it was Twilight. "Why hello there! And what can I get you today?" He said with a little charm and his widest smile.
"What do you think you are doing?" Twilight was still very wary around him. She didn't think Pinkie should be trusting him in the bakery. What if somepony got hurt? It could ruin the Cakes.
"Why I'm helping out of course. Pinkie's out delivering orders, so I'm here to watch the shop and watch the twins." He said proudly.
"You? By yourself? With the twins?" Twilight said.
"That is what I said, isn't it?" Discord replied. "Okay. Well I'll just go then." Twilight said as she turned around.
"But aren't you going to get anything?"
"No I was just... coming in to say hi." Then she left.
Well that could have gone better. That's when he heard the twins crying. Great, and I haven't even gotten the muffins in the oven yet.
It turns out that the twins were just tired of being left alone, so he carried them down to the kitchen, and put them in their play pin. He then set out to making those muffins.
He managed to get the first batch in the tin before the phone rang again. It turns out that with all of the great weather, a lot of ponies were having picnics and outdoor parties. The pony on the phone requested two dozen cupcakes, which wasn't all that much, except that it was a bunch of different combinations of flavors.
He went to the back and put the muffins in the oven. He was just going to start on the next batch of muffins and then to prepare the cupcakes when the door chimed again. It was Twilight and her friends. They had come to 'help' him out.