//------------------------------// // Gingerbread House ; Sugarcube Corner // Story: Lost Memories // by iLikeMuffins //------------------------------// Chapter 3 : Gingerbread House ; Sugarcube Corner Sweetie Belle stayed at the same place she was, but this time, crying with her hooves blocking her face, preventing anypony to see her. She cried so loud, that even ponies from a few feet away could hear her. Most of the ponies asked her what happened, and wanted to help her, but she rejected all of the ponies' help. All of the ponies slowly walked away, looking back at Sweetie Belle several times, and then facing back to the front and disappear as they walked. Applebloom was passing by, she was heading to Sugarcube Corner, and she found Sweetie Belle laying on the ground, crying and sobbing. She walked to Sweetie Belle and lowered herself, so she could try to take a peek at her face. “Eh... Sweetie Belle?” she asked Sweetie Belle as she tries to take a peek. But failed to. She stood up and grabbed her friend's hoof and helped her up. “Come on now, don't be such a crybaby.” Sweetie Belle wiped her tears, still sobbing, her face was filled with grass, but she wiped them off anyways. “W-who are y-you? And what do you want from a useless pony like me?” “Oh, come on, Sweetie Belle! Ya ain't useless! And mah name is Applebloom. Rarity told me that ya lost yer memories, so ah'm gonna try mah best to help ya out.” Applebloom said, trying to comfort her crying friend. “Come on now, let's head to Sugarcube Corner. Scootaloo is probably there already.” Sweetie Belle gave out a weak smile, and followed Applebloom to Sugarcube Corner. There, she saw a orange pegasus. “Oh, what's up, Sweetie Belle!” Scootaloo ran towards Sweetie Belle, and looked at Applebloom. “What take you so long? I thought you said you'll be here with Sweetie Belle a few minutes ago!” “Well, ya see... Sweetie Belle was kinda crying at the park... And well, ah can't just stand there and watch her cry! She's our friend!” Apple responded, hoping that it was what Scootaloo was asking. “Oh right, eh, Sweetie Belle, this is Scootaloo.” Sweetie Belle stared at Scootaloo, running around in circles, and then stopped. “Are you a girl, or a boy?” Scootaloo facehoof herself right on the face. “Why does this happen every single time!?” Scootaloo shouted, her head on the ground, with Applebloom laughing at the side. Sweetie Belle wasn't sure what kind of answer is that, but she kinda ignore it. “Well, I'm a girl! Can't you see? I mean, long tail! Stallions and colts don't even have long tails, at least,I don't think so.” Sweetie Belle looked at Scootaloo for a moment, keeping the silence, but apparently somepony wasn't quiet enough... Sweetie Belle glared at Applebloom, hoping that she knows what she wants. Applebloom stopped laughing, and sat still, closing her mouth with her hoof. Sweetie Belle continued staring at Scootaloo, and Scootaloo almost dropped a sweat. “You're a boy in girl's make up, aren't you?” Sweetie Belle said. Scootaloo's mouth was wide open, and her face fell onto the ground. “I'm a girl! Not a boy! And I hate make ups!” “Whoa nelly, chill down Scoots. She's just kidding.” Applebloom reassured her friend, “And remember, she lost her memories, that is why she thinks you're a boy.” “Yeah ri—” Scootaloo's sentence was cut off with a accidental punch on the face by Pinkie Pie. “Is that Sweetie Belle? Of course it is! I mean, how could I not know if you are Sweetie Belle? Duh! I'm Pinkie Pie, and I have heard about your sad sad news, and want to introduce you to every pony! And I do mean every pony in Ponyville! Well, maybe not every pony, it's just because Zecora lives in the Everfree Forest, and every pony knows that it's dangerous there, so I may or may not be able to introduce you to Zecora. I'm not sure, I'm always not sure! Oh! I know! How about we throw you a happy get well soon party?! This will be so exciting!” Pinkie Pie said in a very fast, squeaky voice, leaving three little fillies sitting on the ground, confused, as she bounced away happily to the kitchen. “Now, who's that pink pony?” Sweetie Belle asked, hoping to get an answer from either Scootaloo or Applebloom. Scootaloo stood up, stretching her hooves, and answered Sweetie Belle, “That's Pinkie. She's crazy and random most of the time, and she knows nearly everypony here.” “She even could come out of no where. Even the places you do not expect her to come from! Sponges, apples, trees, cannons, ya name it!” Applebloom continued Scootaloo's answer. “That's just plain creepy.” Sweetie Belle said, looking a little scared and worried that one day, Pinkie might pop out of no where and haunt her down. Scootaloo picked up a cupcake from a tray, and gave it to Sweetie Belle. “Here ya go, Sweetie Belle. Pinkie baked some of these especially for you. It's your favourite. Or it was your favourite.” she went back to the tray and grab another cupcake for herself, and lick the icing off the cupcake before she ate the whole cupcake. Sweetie Belle thanked Scootaloo for handing her the cupcake, and she looked down at it. Staring at the perfectly frosted cupcake with white color icing and purple and pink sprinkles. She sniffed the cupcake, it smelled like vanilla and blueberry combined together. She took one tiny bite out of the cupcake, “Mmmmmm, so yummy and tasty! It's so sweet!” She took another bite, and another, until she ate the whole cupcake. She went to Applebloom and asked her if they had anymore of those cupcakes, “Applebloom, if you don't mind me asking, do you have any of those cupcakes?” “Well, of course. Their on that tray over there.” Applebloom pointed at the tray which is near where Scootaloo is standing. Sweetie Belle walked towards the tray, like a predator that is hunting it's prey. Then jumped on the table and gobble the cupcake down! Instead of tasting a wonderful vanilla and blueberry flavor, she tasted apple and orange flavors, both combined with a slight taste of chocolate. “Ew.... What is that yucky taste?!” She said as she tries to get the flavor out of her mouth by rubbing her tongue using her hooves. “Who's cupcake is this anyways? It has yellow icing, and some pink icing that shaped like a ribbon with some orange sprinkles!” “Oh, that was mine. Ah don't even like it. Pinkie keeps thinking mah favorite flavor is orange and apple both combined, with a slight taste of chocolate. But mine is apples! Just plain old apples!” Applebloom said. “Oh, and, eh... The taste it kinda strong.” she said, pointing to Sweetie Belle's tongue. “How long does it take you to take this flavor off anyways?” Sweetie Belle asked, sticking her tongue out. Applebloom scratched her head for a moment, “Ah'm not so sure, but ah think it's more than a month.” “MORE THAN A MONTH?!” Sweetie Belle shouted in her squeaky voice. “I don't think I can live with this taste that long!” Scootaloo laughed softly at one corner, then slowly increases her volume, until she fell down into the ground, laughing loudly. “It's not funny!” Sweetie Belle stomped her hoof on the ground, “What happens if you got this taste in you mouth, and unable to wash it off for a month?” Scootaloo kept laughing, but she was able to say something. “Ahahahah!!! Well, haha! I.. Well, hah! I tasted that, hehehe! Before! BAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAA!!!” Sweetie Belle stomped her hoof on the ground once again, and she went out of Sugarcube Corner. “Dumb Scoota what.” She said to herself, looking back at laughing Scootaloo and confused Applebloom. She walked away, until she met the same two ponies who bullied her just now. She tried to hide, but the two ponies seem to notice her before she was able to hide behind a barrel filled with grapes. “Well, well, well... If it isn't one of those, what should I say?” Diamond Tiara said, as she tries to think of an insulting word for Sweetie Belle, “Blank Flank crusaders?” “I'm... I'm.... I'm....” Sweetie Belle said softly about to cry. “I'm not a blank... Flank...” the last word turned into a squeak. Diamond Tiara flicked Sweetie Belle's horn, “Don't you dare squeak like that! You may hurt my ears, and if that happens, you'll know what will happen to you.” she said glaring at Sweetie Belle. “Hey! Nopony says that to Sweetie Belle!” Scootaloo said, defending her friend. Diamond Tiara backed out a few steps. “What did you say?!” “I said nopony says that to Sweetie Belle!” Scootaloo said as bravely as she can, trying to threatened Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, so they would leave. “What do you think you have better than her anyways?!” “Well, we got our cutie marks.” Silver Spoon said, showing off her mark. “And we are much more prettier than you!” Diamond Tiara said poking Scootaloo. “At least we have much more friends than you! All the time, I only see you and Silver Spoon together!” Scootaloo shouted in rage. “You know what? Forget about it. This conversation is over. Nopony even likes you.” Scootaloo said, dragging Sweetie Belle along with her and left Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon standing there. “URGH!!!!” Diamond Tiara said in rage. “This isn't over... Come on Silver! We got something else better to do than staying her talking with a bunch of blank flanks!” “Yeah! What do they think they have better than us? Humph!” Silver Spoon trotted along with Diamond Tiara. Meanwhile, Sweetie Belle was repeatedly thanking Scootaloo for defending her. “It's nothing, really. Could you let go of me now?” Scootaloo asked, trying to wiggle her way out of Sweetie Belle's grip. “Oh, okay.” Sweetie Belle let go off Scootaloo's hoof and dusted off some dirt on her hooves. “I think I better be going now. There is so many places to explore!” “Yeah, you go on ahead. I need go grab more cupcakes. See ya!” Scootaloo said, waving goodbye, and trotted happily. Sweetie Belle waved goodbye to her too, and walked away. “Well, I guess that went well. But that Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon pony was mean. I better tell Rarity about this once I go back home.” she thought to herself. She walked around the area, and found a humongous oak tree in the middle of where she was going. She went inside to check it out. “Wow, is this a library?” “You bet it is!” A pony walked down the stairs, and introduced herself, “My name is Twilight Sparkle, and I bet you may have forgotten that. But that's alright.”