//------------------------------// // Making Pie // Story: The Muffins Family // by PaintedNovel455 //------------------------------// It was a bright blue day in Rock Country. Small wispy clouds floated gently across the skies and the river sparkled with gems waiting to be found. Sweetie -Jasper- trotted over to the river. If her sister got her cutie mark in the river then her cutie mark must be somewhere else. Sweetie walked around the farm until Mama called her in for lunch. There were Limestone and Marblestone Pie, her cousins, sitting on the rug. “Blinkie, Inkie!” Sweetie said running up to meet them. “Hello Jasper!” Inkie Pie said hugging her cousin back. “Call me Sweetie. We made nicknames for ourselves like Pinkamena did.” Sweetie explained. “Hmm.” Blinkie stated, rubbing her chin. Clyde entered the room and stood in the middle of the circle, “I got my cutie mark!” “We got our cutie mark months ago.” Blinkie said with a sneer. Amy furrowed her brow, “..okay.” “We started baking with Pinkamena, we brought some Pineapple Turnover.” Blinkie said with a wide smile. “Thanks, we barely get anything sweet to eat!” Amy added. “We barely get anything to eat at all…” Sweetie said, staring at her flank which was void of a cutie mark. Inkie bit her lip and followed them to the kitchen, a fake silver tray sat on the counter, on it sat a square cake with rings of pineapple on it and cherries in the middle of those rings. Sweetie grabbed a small knife and cut slices for everyone. The fillies then went outside to eat. “Mmm, this is delicious, what’s in it?” Clyde asked, tasting her slice. Blinkie Pie pursed her lips. “You know, flour...stuff.” Inkie Pie added. “Well, it is delicious.” Sweetie added… Sweetie awoke the next morning and couldn’t find Clyde. “Amy where’s Clyde?” “I don’t know, let’s look.” Amy said trotting out the house. “CLYDE!” Sweetie called out every now and again. “Maybe she went back home with Inkie and Blinkie.” Amy said. “Okay let’s check…” Sweetie said, when they reached The Pie’s house they found their parents in the back working. “Have you’ve seen Cly- Garnet.” Amy asked. “We don’t not know where they are, they say to have gone into town.” Cloudy said. “Ugh.” Amy said, “let’s go…” “Hurry, Inkie!” Blinkie said dragging an unconscious filly to their cave. They kidnapped and tortured fillies and made them into cupcakes, which is why they were so good! “I’m trying, Clyde got a lot heavier.” “And Sweetie and Amy are gonna look for her.” Blinkie said, the cave being up a mountain. “They will never think to check here…” Inkie stated. “Clyde!” Sweetie said, running through town. “Sweetie.” Amy said, walking over to her broken sister. “Clyde…” Sweetie said crying heavily. “We’ll find her!” Amy assured her. “Let’s check the Pie’s House again.” Sweetie sniffed as she wiped her tears, “alright.” “We told you they are not here, do you not understand that?” Cloudy said. “We understand, but my sister is missing and I’ll find her.” Sweetie said, pushing herself past Cloudy Quartz Amy following behind. Sweetie seemed determined as the jumped up the mountain. “Uh...hey! She’s not up there!” Amy said, following her up the mountain. Sweetie was still climbing the mountain, “she swam a raging river and brought back her cutie mark and also a gemstone.” “Yeah… but, still be carefull.” Amy said, refusing to leave Sweetie alone. Inkie and Blinkie had finally got to the cave and were beginning to strap Clyde to the table. “What should we make?” “The usual cupcakes.” Inkie stated and buckled don Clyde’s legs in a Starfish form. “Okay…” Blinkie agreed, tying Clyde’s arms down. Sweetie stopped to breathe and stared at the sky. She saw a small opening that might be a cave, “let’s go there, into the cave!” “Are you crazy dragons could be there!?” Amy yelled. “We have to try!” Sweetie said. Amy bit her lip, “okay…” Blinkie got a set of knives ready on the table a few feet in front the captured Clyde. Sweetie pulled her forelegs onto the edge of the opening and climbed inside the cave. What met her there sent an icy blast through her spine. Amy pulled herself into the cave and was equally as shocked. Blinkie grabbed a dull knife and when she heard hoofsteps she spun around. To face her shocked cousins. Inkie Pie turned around and pursed her lips, sweat dripped from her brow. “WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!” Sweetie suddenly yelled, filled with more rage than she had ever felt in her life. Her love for her sisters was just too great. “I-” “YOU SICK TWISTED, BASTARDS, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU’RE DOING!!” Sweetie added. Blinkie was truly shocked making her drop the knife she was holding. Sweetie took that chance to run up and buck Blinkie across the face with her front hooves. Sweetie grabbed the knife in her hoof and cut her sister free. Clyde hit the floor and that’s when she woke up. Clyde’s vision was blurred but when it cleared she saw Sweetie and Inkie fighting for a knife, Blinkie passed out cold on the floor, and Amy standing there with wide eyes and her hooves clasped over her mouth. Clyde stood to her hooves, the ringing in her ears subsiding. Clyde could her Sweetie yelling, “you were gonna bake Clyde into what? APPLE PIE-” The room lit up in a bright flash and everypony gasped. Blinkie recovered from her daze and slowly woke up. Sweetie looked around from the source of the flash, that seemed to happened behind her. Sweetie spun around until she saw a single pie on her flank. Sweetie smiled but, it quickly fell as Inkie leaped over and tackled her. Inkie punched Sweetie across the face before Amy leaped over and knocked Inkie off her. Blinkie jumped onto Amy and bit down on some pony's back hoof. “Ahh!” Sweetie screamed feeling something prick her ankle. “EVERYPONY STOP!” Clyde screamed, but drew her ears back when she had everyone’s attention. “What’s going on!” Clyde said, “we can’t keep fighting forever.” Inkie sighed and explained the process of how Blinkie, Pinkie, and herself would kidnap, torture, and bake ponies in pastries. She then explained how they were gonna kill Clyde. “I got my cutie mark by saving my sister from serial killers?” Sweetie asked, “how am I ever gonna explain this to the village!” Inkie’s face changed color, “no...d-don’t do that.” “You’re killing ponies! Over what, some pastries?” Sweetie said. “It makes them tasty.” Blinkie said, smiling nervously. Amy burst out laughing. “So you really can’t bake at all, your ‘pastries’ suck so bad you need to kill ponies so they taste decent? HA!” “How dare you insult Pinkamena!?” Inkie yelled. “Calm down!” Clyde stated. Blinkie hung her head, “let’s go home…” Nothing more was said on the matter and they all descended the mountain… “How did you get your cutie mark.” Sweetie’s Mom asked during dinner with the Pie’s. Blinkie bite her lip and Inkie seemed to be praying to Celestia that Sweetie wouldn’t tell them about their ‘baking.’ “Me and the Pie’s...baked a pie…” Sweetie lied and Blinkie sighed. It was late at night and the Pie sisters were staying over. “Thanks for not telling…” Inkie said after minutes of silence. “Just stop, I can’t believe you guys are murders…” Sweetie said. “You can join us if you like…” Blinkie said and Amy turned to face her like she had 3 heads. “Are you kidding me, killing is a sin. Not to mention crazy!” Clyde stated. “You can get revenge on the people who hurt you…” Blinkie said. “No thanks but, when I die I would like to be at peace, and not stuck in a agonizing limbo with everyone who ever hurt me.” Sweetie said but then glanced at her flank. It would be a constant reminder that her own cousins tried to kill her sister. “What does your cutie mark even mean.” Inkie asked. “The PIE sisters tried to kill me, and turn me into a PIE.” Clyde scoffed. “I have you know we were planning on making cupcakes…” Inkie added. “THAT’S NOT THE ISSUE HERE!” Amy yelled. “Then what is!” Blinkie asked. “YOU GUYS KI-” Sweetie began before Amy the closest one to her slapped her hoof over her mouth. They quickly shut their eyes and pretended to sleep when Igneous Rock came in to check on them. When he left, Amy was the first to speak again, “just promise us this.” “Don’t kill us…” There was a silence. “Okay…” Inkie said tossing a knife across the room. “What?”