//------------------------------// // The Quest // Story: My Little Caboose: Blue is Magic! // by DarkWing //------------------------------// Caboose awoke with a strong sense of pressure on his skull. He quickly rolled off the bed and let out a loud yawn. Pinkie peeked over the bed and smiled at the sight of Gummy attached to Caboose's head by his toothless mouth. "What is it?" Caboose asked with confusion as he felt an object on his head. "Am I wearing a hat?" Pinkie reached over and pulled on the item that was clutching Caboose to reveal her scaly friend. "Gummy, my food is not head." Caboose said happily, hugging the baby alligator. "You mean your head is not food." Pinkie said as she hopped towards the door. "It isn't?" Pinkie giggled until she saw a big circle on her calendar. She trotted back up to it and squealed. "Is it a spider?" Caboose said, sitting straight back up. "No it's the mailmare’s birthday today!" Pinkie said as she ran out of the room. Caboose looked at Gummy and placed him back on his head as he followed Pinkie down the stairs and to the kitchen. "Where are the blueberries?" Pinkie muttered to herself as she started shuffling through a cupboard. "I am right here." Caboose said confusedly. "No silly, I'm making blueberry muffins for the town mailmare. They're her favorite. Aha!" Pinkie said, pulling out a small container that had a picture of a blueberry on it. She quickly set to work on the muffins when the doorbell rang. "Oh, she's early. Can you go get that Boosey?" "Okay." Caboose smiled as he trotted lazily to the door, opening it to find Twilight standing next to Church who was staring silently at him. "I didn't know you were a mailmare! Why didn't you tell me?" "I'm not... Caboose?" Church asked dumbfoundedly. "Why is there a small alligator biting on you?" "Oh this is just Gummy. He is my hat for the day." Caboose said as Gummy wagged his tail. "Would you like to hug him? He likes hugs." "No thanks." Church said. "Oh Twilight!" Pinkie said, her head peeking around the kitchen door. "Do you mind giving me a hoof? You too Church." Twilight and Church turned to each other and shrugged as they walked towards Pinkie. "What do you need Pinkie?" Twilight asked. "I have somepony coming over so I need your help while I work." Pinkie said as she reached in a cupboard and pulled out a large bag titled “Party Supplies”. "Sorry I don't do that whole party thing..." Church said as he pushed the bag to the other side of the counter. "Aw, please?" Pinkie pouted. "It would be really nice if you helped out." Church rolled his eyes and pulled the bag back towards him and opened it. A flurry of balloons shot out and floated to the ceiling, followed by a shot of confetti. Church slowly looked up and looked at Pinkie bemusedly. "Alrighty then, I'll just ask you to grab some of those balloons and-" There was a sudden sporadic knock on the door and Pinkie's ears perked up and her nose crinkled. "She's here!" Pinkie said. "Caboose, you let her in while we finish preparing." "Okay!" Caboose said from the other room. After a few minutes of setting up, Pinkie sent Church and Twilight to go check on Caboose. They soon heard yelling and rushed out to see a gray pegasus yelling at Caboose. "Muffins!" The pegasus yelled. "Cupcakes!" Caboose retorted. "I said muffins!" Caboose shook in anger and his pupils slowly started to grow in size. "Both of you be quiet!" Church yelled, causing Caboose's eyes to return to normal. Church turned to the gray pegasus and raised a brow. "Who are you?" "My name is Derpy." Derpy smiled, but it quickly faltered as she turned her attention back to Caboose. "And muffins are better!" "What are you two arguing about?" Church asked quickly, trying to deter further arguing. "She is saying that muffins are better when cupcakes are clearly the betterer ones." Caboose said sadly. "What do you think is better Church?" "I am not going to answer that." Church said. "Why do you two even care?" "Because she is wrong." "No you're wrong." Derpy said as she stuck out her tongue. "Take that back!" Caboose said. "Make me!" Derpy said. "BOTH OF YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Church yelled, causing Derpy and Caboose to shrink down and stare at him. "Jesus, it's like you're both six." "I'm way older tha-" "Shut. It. Caboose." Church said as he took a deep breath and let out a sigh. Pinkie came out of the kitchen with a fresh tray of blueberry muffins that she placed on the table. The delicious smell quickly filled the room and surprisingly calmed Church down. "What's everypony talking about?" Pinkie asked as she placed a muffin on a plate and gave it to Derpy. "They're arguing about muffins and cupcakes." Twilight said. "Ohh, that's a toughie." Pinkie said, scratching her head. "I really like cupcakes, but muffins have such a great taste too." "Please don't encourage them." Church groaned. "What about a muffcake?" Pinkie asked quickly. "That sounds like the greatest thing ever!" Caboose exclaimed as he jumped up and down in excitement. "I want one!" "We should have thought of that sooner." Derpy said giddily. "Why didn't we think of that?" "I could name a few reasons." Church chuckled. "A-are you making fun of me?" Derpy asked sadly. "Church..." Twilight started. "What?" Church asked as he saw Derpy's eyes. "Wait, I didn't mean it like that I just meant that if they weren't arguing they could have thought of it. Here's an idea, why don't you just put icing on a muffin?" "Are you crazy?" Derpy yelled. "Yeah Church, you can't just do that!" Caboose exclaimed. "Why do I even bother with you people..." Church muttered. "Do you know how to make a muffcake Pinkie?" Twilight asked. "Yes, but we are going to need to get a lot of ingredients for it. They're also really hard to find." Pinkie replied as she tapped her chin. "That would be the best birthday food ever!" Derpy said. "I think I got that brain thing." Caboose exclaimed. "An idea?" Twilight asked. "No." Caboose shook his head. "Wait. Yes!" "You have an idea? I really want to hear what your brilliant plan entails." Church scoffed. "It is time to go on the quest for the greatest thing ever!"