- This chapter is from Sun Glows point of view.
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As I woke up the next morning I had one thing on my mind. My sisters birthday was tomorrow (she’d probably forgotten about it) and with all she had done for me in the past week, I wanted do something in return. I was going to throw the best party ever for her. But first I had to plan it, and I had no idea what Moon Dust liked doing at parties.
I quickly brushed my mane, then ran across to the dining room. Sitting on the table was a plate of freshly baked cupcakes. My sister often reminded me that cupcakes aren’t good for breakfast, but I still loved to eat them. I could live off cupcakes, they are by far my favourite food. I gobbled down the treats. I was just finishing them when Leafy the dragon came in.
“Mffflamphp” I said with my mouth still full of cupcake.
“Nice to see you too Sunny” The green dragon replied.
“I see you’ve come back from Canterlot. Did you have fun?” I asked
“Yes I did, the boring meeting about boring stuff was very fun” She said sarcastically
“Oh. In that case, did the meeting go well?”
“Yes it did”
Leafy headed over to the kitchen to get some of the gemstones stored for her. When she was coming back I had an idea.
“Leafy?”
“Yes”
“It’s Moon Glows birthday tomorrow, do you know what type of party she likes? I want to throw a surprise party”
“Nope. I could ask the council to do a bit of spying if you like, maybe they could find out.”
“That’d be great. Thanks”
“No problem. You know what. Why don’t I teach you a little baking so you can make some food for the party. I know how much you love cupcakes, so there will probably need to be quite a few at the party” The dragon offered
“Really. Thank you so much. When can we start?” I said excitedly
“Come back here after lunch”
“Okay”
A few seconds after I said that, Moon Dust walked in.
“What are you two discussing so secretively? If you’re planning to bake me a cake, thanks in advance, but it’s probably not that” The grey alicorn said happily.
“No. We were just talking about my trip to Canterlot” Leafy said, covering the fact we were actually planning on baking Dusty a cake. Well, a type of cake anyway.
“Okay then. I’ll just grab my breakfast and leave you two to talk about the postage stamp conference”
A postage stamp conference! Why would anyone even consider going to one of those!
Moon Dust left.
“So, see you after lunch?”
“Definitely.”
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After lunch I met Leafy in the kitchen.
“So, are you ready to start baking?”
“Yep”
“Okay then. Here’s the recipe”
I looked down at the book. It had a label saying Cupcakes, but the rest didn’t seem like a recipe. Instead it was a song.
“I think you got the wrong book. This is a song book not a recipe book!” I exclaimed while flicking through the other pages.
“It says recipes on the cover”
She showed me the front of the book. It had a picture of a pink pony with incredibly poofy hair. The title said ‘Super yummy recipes’ and underneath it said ‘By Pinkie Pie’.
“That explains a bit. Pinkie is a good baker, but she can be incredibly eccentric. I’m not surprised the recipes are written in song” I said.
“Oh. Well, you’re in luck. I’ve got another book too”
This book looked slightly more conventional.
Okay, it says here we need, eggs, flour, sugar etc. You come and read it, I can’t be bothered reading it all out.” The green dragon said.
After a few minutes searching for ingredients we had everything we needed to bake cupcakes.
We followed the instructions and eventually we had a bowl of cupcake mixture ready to be put into the muffin tray and baked. While spooning out the mixture the most unexpected thing happened.
A cluster of purple sparkles surrounded my flank. After a few seconds it disappeared leaving a picture of a spoon and a mixing bowl.
“My cutie mark!” I practically shouted. I bounced around the kitchen for a few minutes. I was so happy, the thing I had been trying to find for years had finally appeared. Actually, I wasn’t happy I was ecstatic.
“Well that was definitely unexpected” Leafy said.
“Who would guess your cutie mark would be for baking”
“I know. Isn’t it awesome!” I responded
“I can’t wait to tell Moon Dust”
“But then she might find out about the surprise party” Leafy said
“I didn’t think of that. What am I going to do. She’ll probably notice it before tomorrow” I said
“Well it is quite cold today. Maybe you could get away with wearing wooly clothes over it for today” The reptile offered.
“Okay, that should work for today at least”
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I spent the rest of the afternoon baking. It was starting to get dark by the time I left the kitchen to have dinner. I had my woolen vest pulled over my flanks hiding my cutie mark.
“Hey Sunny!” Moon Dust called
“Hiya sis” I said
“I haven’t seen you all day, where were you?” The grey alicorn asked
“Outside helping Rose trim the Ursa’s fur” I responded. It was partly true, I had spent the morning doing that. I still felt guilty lying to my sister. I planned to leave as soon as possible to avoid questions that I couldn’t answer.
“Wow, it must have heaps of fur if it took all day to trim it”
“Yeah, it looked like a sheep” I lied.
“That must have been funny to see” Moon Dust said with a laugh
“Yeah, it was” I replied with hardly any enthusiasm.
“From the way you’re speaking I think it wasn’t as funny as it sounded”
“Dinner’s ready” Said one of the kitchen staff. He brought two plates of delicious smelling food and placed them on the table.
“Thank you”
“No problem. Enjoy the food” He left
As soon as he was gone I gobbled down the food with manners very inappropriate for a princess.
“Slow down. The foods not going to run away you know” Said Moon Dust through giggles.
“Yeah, but I’m in a hurry. Got to go now bye” I said hurriedly
“Wait! Why are you in a hurry” My sister asked using her magic to stop me leaving the room.
“Homework. Gotta go. See ya” I sprinted out the door just to hear my sister say “But you don’t have homework. You don’t go to school”
Once out of the dining room and away from my nosy sister I stopped running. My next stop was in town. I was going to get a present for her.