//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Muffin! // Story: Pinkie Pie Goes to Hell // by iamthemithras //------------------------------// PINKIE PIE GOES TO HELL Chapter 1: Muffin! It has been five days since Sugarcube corner ran out of stock for everything. No more flour, no more eggs, no more sugar, no more chocolate, no more baking powder, no more salt, no more anything. Pinkie Pie just lay in her bed, her eyes focused on the ceiling of her room as she somehow accept her fate to starve to death... okay, that's a bit morbid but it's what she feels though. Two weeks ago, Mr. and Mrs. Cake left Pinkie Pie to run Sugarcube corner herself while they visit Manehatten so that the baby cakes can spend time with their grandparents. The first few days are alright, business as usual until the fifth day or so. Stock was running out fast. She didn't know why. There weren't an unusually large amount of orders lately but around the next few days, Sugarcube corner completely ran out of ingredients. "Ohhh...." the sound of Pinkie Pie's stomach grumbled for the 14th time this day "How did we run out of stock so fast? I swore Mr. and Mrs. Cake left a month’s supply..." this is all so confusing and bad for Pinkie. Five days it has been when she had to close shop. Five days of not doing any work. She spent the first few days with her friends, but the lack of sweets finally got the better of her. Because let's be honest, there's just not much satisfaction in eating, say an apple instead of a muffin. "Ohhhh....." eyebrows slant and her mouth dry, she turned to her toothless pet alligator slumped at its fluffy cottony basket next to her bed "Oh Gummy... I wonder what went wrong.... how did Sugarcube corner run out of stuff so fast?" "Excuse me! I've been waiting for 3 minutes already! What's taking my cookies so long?" The voice of an annoyed mare at the counter interrupted Pinkie Pie's meal at the stock room. "Oh - Sorry! I'm just looking for a good batch" she screamed from the room as she gobbles another cookie from the stock "NOM NOM NOM... mmm! This one's a good batch too!... maybe I should check more, I might just be hungry!" she took another cookie and shoved it with her hoof at her mouth "NOM NOM NOM.... mmmm!" "If only there was some way I could tell how the shop ran out so fast..." She curled up to her side opposite of Gummy and heaved a sigh at her sorry predicament "I'm so hungry... I would do ANYTHING for a--" The scent of a week-old muffin caught Pinkie's nostrils at that moment. She took another sniff no make sure, the smell was no doubt that of a week-old muffin. Where was that muffin? All of Pinkie's secret stashes are all out of treats but somepony out there has a muffin! WHO DARES HIDE SUCH A DESSERT FROM PINKIE PIE?! Following the scent, she opened her room window to see a gray pegasus, somehow acting suspicious at the town fountain. Derpy darted her eyes or rather her good eye at every direction, making sure nopony was looking. Copping a certain spot of the fountain, she slowly removed the loose slab at the side and slowly reached for her secret muffin lovingly wrapped in paper. When the shop was running out of stock she knew she had to save what she has and hid a muffin at a secret spot at the fountain. It has been a week and she can't take the pressure anymore so she went and finally took her secret stash. Looking at the muffin at her hoof, she gazed with childlike wonder and her mouth watered, she opened up her mouth to take a bite only to be interrupted with the sound of somepony screaming "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!" Pinkie Pie lunged from her window straight to the grey pegasus as they immediately wrestle for the muffin. Rolling over several times Derpy looked at Pinkie Pie's glare in shock as she feels the absence of the treat from her hand Both of them realizing that the muffin was not in their reach, they both scanned the area for the dessert as they both see the it lying on its side a short distance away from them. Both jumping to the spot, Pinkie Pie almost grabbed the it only to have her victory thwarted by being pulled away by her tail by Derpy. Derpy then flung the pink mare to the side to grab the muffin only to be bucked by Pinkie to the fountain. With Derpy confused and soaking wet, Pinkie Pie lowered her head to eat the lying confectionery only to be lunged almost instantly by the grey pegasus. Both wet and wrestling for the sacred food, they both rolled over several times on the ground, simultaneously Pinkie and Derpy rolling on top of the other. Pinkie Pie bit Derpy's wing as Derpy pound her hooves at Pinkie's face, they both fight to the death for the worthy prize of an unintelligently wrapped week-old muffin. "G-GET OFF DERPY!" "N-NO! THIS IS MY MUFFIN!" "NO, IT'S MINE!" Pinkie Pie and Derpy wrestled for victory as a huge cloud of dust gather at them for cartoony effect. For what seemed like not very long Derpy stood triumphant over Pinkie Pie lying down below her as she munch her prize from her hoof "mmmm.... muffin!" with a happy tone, Derpy celebrated by taking another bite as she stand victorious over the mare who dared to challenge the mighty mail mare with all her derpy glory. Pinkie Pie sighed as she lay down like a carpet, gloomy yet again that she has to endure not being able to eat a good treat. After a short while she somehow can feel Derpy feeling a bit wobbly on top of her "...urrrrr.... I don't feel soo gooood..." the grey pegasus held a hoof over her rumbling stomach and dropped the unfinished muffin to the floor. She proceeded to fly away from the spot, feeling the need to unload Derpy flew away from the fountain as Pinkie's eyes grew at the sight of the half-finished muffin dropped on the floor. "Ooooh! Muffin!"