Lyra vs. Bon Bon
First pony to eat a cupcake loses.
Inside the home of two longtime friends residing in Ponyville, a pair of mares by the name of Lyra and Bon Bon were sitting on their living room couch. Bon Bon, sitting on her stomach, was making some last second adjustments to her hair, making sure the blue colored half and pink color half weren't mixing. Lyra, sitting beside her, with her flank on the couch, reached to their camera in front of them and hit the record button.
"Okay Bon Bon, you tell everypony what the competition today is."
"Thanks Lyra and good morning everypony out there. The comp—"
"Of course we all know I'm going to win."
Bon Bon's eyes narrowed at Lyra for a second before refocusing on the camera. "The competition today is the first one to eat a cupcake loses. The loser will then have to pay a punishment that the winner will pick."
"I've got this one totally in the bag," said Lyra, lying back on the coach and resting her head against her forelegs.
Bon Bon turned her head towards her, raising an eyebrow. "Oh really? What makes you so sure?"
"That's because I know you can't resist sweets." Lyra leaned over and pointed a hoof to her friend's three wrapped candy cutie mark. "I mean that's what your cutie mark means."
"That's not what my cutie mark means. We've been friends for so long and you still don't know."
Staring back at her, at a loss for words, Lyra's confident smirk vanished. "Crap. This competition might be harder than I thought." She got up and walked out of the living room.
Bon Bon, still on the coach, reached for her coffee mug and took a sip. "Plus there's more sweets then just cupcakes, dummy," she said quietly in her cup.
In her room, Lyra was pacing around. "Okay, so there's a little snag in my plan. I originally thought I could just wait it out and Bon Bon would quickly crack." She sat on her bed, looking up to the ceiling as she tapped a hoof against her horn. She leaned forward and started rubbing her hooves together. "Looks like I'll have to go on the offensive if I want to win." She began laughing maniacally, raising her hooves in the air.
Back downstairs, in the living room, Bon Bon was enjoying her morning joe. Her head tilted up to the ceiling, her attention drawn by the insane sounding laughter. "Okay, that was weird. Anyway, my strategy for this competition is to just out last her. Sure cupcakes are delicious, but that doesn't mean I can't live without em. As for Lyra, that pony has such a sweet tooth so it's only a matter of time before she caves. I can outlast her."
Hours passed and neither side showed signs of caving anytime soon. Graced by Princess Luna, the sky had gone dark and the two mares were now preparing for bed. Lyra was lying on the couch with a pair of earphones as Bon Bon first made her way up the stairs. "Goodnight Lyra," she said, yawning as she trotted to her room.
"Goodnight Bon Bon." Watching her go, Lyra removed an earphone and perked her ear up.
*Click*
Hearing the door shut, she rose to her hooves. "Okay, it's time for Operation Cupcake Eater to begin. You try thinking up a better name."
Hours into the night, the only light in the house was the faint glow illuminating from Lyra's horn. Tiptoeing to the front of Bon Bon's bedroom door, Lyra carefully nudged it open. There in her bed was Bon Bon, sawing logs, completely unaware of what her friend had done and what was awaiting her.
Morning arrived and as the sun shined through Bon Bon's bedroom window, the alarm on the nightstand went off. Eyes closed, she slammed her hoof on it. Stretching her legs out, she yawned and opened her eyes, catching a glimpse of something dangling just above her mouth.
"Aaaaah!" she yawned, sweeping her head just in time to dodge a falling cupcake. Jumping out of bed, Lyra frowned as she stared at her pillow, now adorned with a complimentary cupcake splattered atop it. "Lyra!"
Her bedroom door instantly opened as the mint green pony burst in. "What happened? Did you eat a cupcake? I won didn't I?"
Bon Bon's stared death at her friend as her cheeks ballooned up. "And how exactly would you know that, huh?" she asked, tapping her foot.
Lyra leaned to her side, looking past her pouting friend to notice the treat plastering Bon Bon's headrest. She then turned back to Bon Bon who was still eying her and turned around, walking to the door. "Typical Bon Bon, your cravings almost got the best of you."
She followed her to the door. "That isn't going to work Lyra! You won't get me to eat a cupcake like that!" Bon Bon yelled as Lyra went back to her room. Seeing the door close, she sighed. "That was close."
Back in her room, Lyra sat down at the front of her bed. "Ok so my original plan didn't go so well. But Operation Cupcake Eater has only just begun," she said as she pounded her front hooves together.
In the kitchen, Bon Bon was preparing herself breakfast. "Ok, so it looks like Lyra may be up to something in order to trick me into losing the competition. I guess I should have made some rules, but I don't think I have to worry too much. I just need to keep my cool, she's bound to crack. In the meantime, I'm going to go have a nice breakfast," she said as she opened a cupboard "What the hay?"
Inside was a lone cupcake. She moved over to the other cupboard. "More cupcakes!" Cupboard after cupboard, all she found was more and more cupcakes. "Okay, this is too much." Bon Bon poked her head out of the kitchen doorway. "Lyra! What have you done with all the food?"
Her sly voice echoed down the stairs. "What do you mean? There are plenty of delicious things to eat down there. Go on have a bite."
"No! I know what you're up to, and it's not going to work because I'm going out for breakfast."
As Bon Bon headed for the door, Lyra ran to her window and stuck her head out, signaling to somepony below. With her belly growling, Bon Bon opened the door and stepped outside.
"Now!" Lyra yelled, using her magic to shut the door.
Bon Bon, staring down the barrel of a strange looking machine, backed herself against the door. "Is that a can—" A cupcake fired, splattering just inches away from her face. She turned, trying to open the door to no avail. She started banging on the door. "Lyra! Open the door! You open it right now, you hear me!"
A barrage of cupcakes flew at her. Bon Bon shielded her face as the frosted sweets pelted her. The wall became smeared with cupcakes, leaving only an outline shaped like Bon Bon untouched. A pile of cupcakes piled by the door erupted and standing by the door was a pony. The cream that covered her face melted revealing a scowling Bon Bon. The front door had creaked open only slight and she was already halfway up the stairway.
Inside her room, with all her possessions barricading the door, Lyra sat in the corner hiding behind a collection of stuffed animals. Right outside, her best friend was standing outside, waiting to share a treat with her by shoving it down her throat.
Bon Bon banged on her door. "Lyra." The banging got louder. "Oh Lyra, let me in." She started to buck the door. "I just want to share something with you." Lyra knew that playful tone of hers, it only meant death. She stayed in her room, praying to Celestia that the door would hold until Bon Bon tired herself out.
In front of a highly dented door, an exhausted mare went to take a bath. Finally removing the last bit of cupcake out of her mane, Bon Bon headed back to her room, hoping that the worst was over. "Oh come on!" Sprawled all over her room were hundreds and hundreds of cupcakes. Every single one had icing with the imaged of her best friend on it. "You've gotta be kidding me. This is too much!"
"Hungry?" whispered a voice behind her.
Turning around, Bon Bon saw Lyra's smiling face. "Where are you getting all these things?"
"That isn't important. What is important is that you get ready."
"Ready? Ready for what?"
"For the big party at Sugarcube Corner."
"Party?"
"Yeah! Pinkie Pie came earlier when she brought the can— I mean came to visit and gave us an invitation."
Bon Bon gave her a suspicious look. "This isn't a trick is it? You're not trying to hit me with cupcakes again?"
"It's just like I said, Pinkie Pie is throwing a party and she invited us. Besides, you must be hungry, considering you missed breakfast." Lyra said with a grin.
"Who's fault is that?"
"Oh come on, it'll be fun."
"Fine," said Bon Bon, unable to resist that smile of hers. "But clean up the mess in my room first."
Lyra's horn began to glow and the cupcakes rose up from the ground. With a twist of her neck she sent them all out the window. "There, all done. Now let's go."
Sticking her head out the window, Bon Bon looked down to the pile of treats outside of her window and sighed.
Over at Sugarcube Coner, it was party time and everypony knew it. The house was hopping as ponies danced to the music, enjoyed punch, chatted and ate tons of delicacies. Lyra was having a blast, enjoying the festivities; meanwhile Bon Bon was feeling a little on edge.
Seeing the Earth pony dethatched and not having fun, Pinkie Pie approached her. "Hey, what's the matter Bon Bon? You look like you're not having fun."
She shook her head, snapping to attention. "Huh, wha? Oh, Pinkie Pie. Sorry, it's nothing. I've just been having a crazy day. Thanks to a certain pony," she said, looking over to Lyra who was busy shaking her flank over by the phonograph.
"Well then this is the perfect place to relax, unwind and have fun." Pinkie quickly ran to the table in the corner, grabbing a slice of cake and then came back. "Here try some cake."
"Thanks Pinkie," Bon Bon said, taking the plate from her. "Mmm, this is really good."
Pinkie smiled. "Thanks. Lyra said you'd like it."
Bon Bon suddenly froze, another piece dangling inches away from her mouth. "What?"
"Lyra told me you were feeling down so she asked me to make you your favorite cake. It has cupcakes baked on the inside; Lyra told me you'd love it and she was right."
Bon Bon looked down at the plate in her hoof, observing the side of the cake slice. There, inside of it, was an outline of a cupcake. Suddenly, she felt a presence right behind her.
"I win."
At a complete loss for words, Bon Bon's eyes sunk, realizing what happened.
"Ok, Bon Bon. Since you couldn't control your urges, I won the competition. And I've already got the perfect humiliation punishment. Bring it in!" she yelled as a giant bowl of mush was pushed into the center of the room. "Since you love cupcakes so much and because I didn't want to waste all those cupcakes from earlier, I decided to mash them up to make a nice bath for you."
Her eye twitched hearing Lyra explain as she watched the massive bowl move closer. "I just bathed," she whimpered.
"And now you get to take another one," Lyra said with a devious smile. "Now jump right in."
"I can't believe you went so far to trick me," Bon Bon griped as she made her way to the top of the bow and stood at the edge, overlooking the cupcake muck.
"Jump! Jump! Jump!" the crowd around them chanted.
She took a deep breath, and dove in. Cupcake mix splattered everywhere as she splashed in. Everypony erupting into cheers as her head popped out of the mush. Covered in the colorful mix, Bon Bon wiped the slush from her eyes. Her cream colored cheeks became cherries as she waved out to the adoring crowd.
"Cannonballs!"
More mush spattered, smothering her face again as the crowed roared. Shaking off the gunk for a second time, Bon Bon stared over to the pony that jumped in. "Lyra?"
"Yeah?"
"What? What are you? I mean?"
"I wasn't going to let my best friend do this by herself, especially when it's something this fun," Lyra said as she splashed her hooves about. The two friends exchanged smiles. "But you still lost, so here," she said, tossing some cupcake sludge to Bon Bon's face. Laughing it off, the two of them shared a hug.
After the party, the two piles of mush trudged back home.
"Well you won this one Lyra, but next time I'll be the winner."
Lyra sloped one leg onto Bon Bon's shoulder. "Sure you will Bon Bon. Sure you will."