This story tells of how the owners of Sugarcube Corner came to be
This story tells of how the owners of Sugarcube Corner came to be. This is the story of how Cupcake and Carrot Cake met. Won second place in the Youngverse February Contest!
Mr.Cake walked anxiously around Sugar Cube Corner. His very important client was coming in ten minutes and he still couldn't find his lucky baking mitt.
"Where is it?" panicked Carrot Cake.
He had spent the past hour tearing the kitchen apart. He even dumped the flour out of its container. He looked through every corner of the kitchen. He checked boxes of ingredients, the fridge, even the bathroom. Even though that had nothing to with the kitchen. Carrot Cake ran to Cupcake.
"Oh honey what am I to do?" he moaned. "IM DOOMED!" he said dramatically getting on his knees and lifting his hooves in the air.
Cupcake rolled her eyes Carrot Cake could be so dramatic. She pulled out the mitt.
Carrot Cake squealed like a foal on Hearthswarming Day.
"You found it!" he squealed "But here was it?"
"On the mitt rack. Where its supposed to be." replied Cupcake sarcasticly.
"Oh right! " said Carrot Cake sheepishly. "What would I do without you?" "You wouldn't have someone to tell you to clean up the kitchen." remarked Cupcake. "Right." mumbled Mr. Cake. "I'll talk to the client you clean up." replied Cupcake. With that she handed him the broom, got the cupcakes, and walked out the door.
Carrot Cake looked around the bakery. He had known this place his whole life. Of course he knew where the mitt rack was. Mabey he was just tired. He had been here a while too. Mr. Cake smiled. He had the most wonderful life. A beautiful wife, the sweetest foals in Ponyville, good friends, and a great job. Things turned out so great for him.
"Carrot Cake?" smiled Cupcake.
Carrot Cake snapped out of his thoughts.
"Yes dear?" replied Mr. Cake
"Are you alright?" concerned Cupcake. 'Im fine honey." smiled Mr. Cake weakly. "Its just been a busy week." "Hey what do you say we close early and spend some time with the kids? Just the four of us." smiled Mrs. Cake. "That sounds great." smiled Mr. Cake. "What about me?" squealed a voice from outside the door. "Pinkie Pie?" questioned Mrs. Cake. "Whoops." laughed the pink mare turning a shade of red. "Pinkie Pie I told you its not polite to snoop." replied Mrs. Cake. "Im sorry." frowned Pinkie. "Ok I guess we can spend the night together just the five of us." smiled Mr. Cake. "After all Pinkie we are family." "Hooray!" cheered Pinkie. Mr. Cake trotted over to the door. "Its been a slow day." smiled Mr. Cake smiled "Lets head upstairs and go play a board game or something." "That sounds great dear." smiled Mrs. Cake. They all walked up the stairs to the living room.
Pinkie was excited she never really got to spend quality time with cakes. She felt like Mr. and Mrs. Cake were her grandponies. They were important ponies in her life. She glanced around the Cake's living room.It feels like just yesterday when the Cakes moved in Pinkie remembered that day she going to have her first home. She had finally moved to Ponyville from the rock farm. Somewhere with more color. She saw an empty bakery. It looks like no one had moved in yet. Pinkie walked in. The walls were grey and there were just a few boxes of old baking supplies in the room. Pinkie guessed it must have been some kind of bakery. She trotted up the brown staircase in the back of the room. There was a living room with a few bedrooms and a bathroom. Attached to it.Then there was another set of stairs Pinkie trotted up. An oval shaped room with windows. Pinkie 's eyes darted to something she could not believe her eyes more stairs. She galloped upstairs to see what she would find. But this time it wasn't a room but a narrow walkway lining the whole room. Pinkie wondered why add this and stairs. It seemed pretty pointless. But then Pinkie looked at a set of doors. Pinkie slowly walked out. A cool breeze suddenly hit her face. But what she saw was incredible. She was in no room. She was standing on a balcony. Pinkie stared at the breathtaking view. You could see every shop every home. You could see fillies and colts running to the schoolhouse. You could see Mr. Davenport bringing in a shipment of sofas and quills. Pinkie looked and noticed two ponies walking towards the building one was a tall, skinny, orange stallion and the other was a light blue, small mare. Then the rest was history. Pinkie and the Cakes were neighbors you could say. Who lived in the same building. Pinkie lived in the room above the living room and the Cakes lived in the living room with the rooms attached to it. Pinkie was happy to live with other ponies. She hated being alone. She lived with the Cakes for a long time and soon enough she started working at Sugar Cube Corner. And soon enough she lived with the Cakes for along time. They were happy with that and so was she.
Pinkie snapped out of her train of thought when she heard a giggle. Then she noticed Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake were sitting on the floor playing a board game.
"Oh Pinkie good your out of your train of thought." laughed Mrs.Cake. "How long was I staring at the wall?" replied Pinkie blushing. "Oh just five minutes." smiled Mr.Cake. "What were you thinking about?" "Well," smiled Pinkie. 'I was thinking of when you both moved here at Sugarcube Corner." Mrs. Cake smiled and glanced lovingly at Mr. Cake. "And I couldn't be happier." replied Mrs. Cake lovingly. Mr. Cake smiled and turned a shade of pink. Suddenly an idea popped into Pinkie Pie's head.
"Hey Mrs. Cake when did you and Mr. Cake meet?" questioned Pinkie happily. Mr.Cake smiled "Pinkie you don't want to hear that its a long story." Pinkie Pie laughed "I love stories really! I don't mind at all." "Well," replied Mr. Cake "It all started on a Tuesday a long time ago."
Cupcake slowly opened her eyes. Sunlight poured from her bedroom windows. Cupcake groaned. School. She was the new pony. She hated moving. She didn't want to meet lots of new ponies. Like her mother and father said. They had to move just because they needed to expand the shop. This shop was called Cupcake Castle. Supposedly her mother and father were the king and queen of cupcakes. They knew every recipe, had every ingredient. If you asked for a dessert they could make it. Only one problem. That made Cupcake a princess. She hated attention. Just exactly why she hated being the new foal in Ponyville.
Cupcake finally decided to get up. She trotted to her mirror. She picked up her comb and brushed through her curled pink mane. Then placed a yellow bow in her hair. She smiled. She loved the way the yellow bow looked in her mane. If only she was pretty like the other fillies. Now don't get me wrong she was more beautiful than most of them. But she wasn't cool like them. So Cupcake wanted to make a good impression. So she begged her mom for a bow to put in her hair. So her mom agreed. They went to the store. So she could find one. So she picked the yellow one because pretty meant happy and when she thought happy she thought of the color yellow.
Cupcake trotted down stairs to her mother making pancakes over the stove. While her father was reading the newspaper and drinking coffee at the table. Cupcake smiled raspberry pancakes. Her very favorite breakfast.
"Good Morning dear." smiled Lemon Cake her mother. "Good Morning." smiled Cupcake. "Good Morning sweetie." smiled Blueberry Cake her father. "Good morning daddy." smiled Cupcake sitting down at the table.
"So are excited for your first day of school?" smiled her mother putting down the raspberry pancakes in front of her. "I guess." frowned Cupcake looking down at the pancakes. "Sweetie are you worried about something?" asked her mom. "I don't know mom just what if all the other ponies make fun of me." frowned Cupcake. "Now why would they do that?" questioned Lemon Cake. "I don't know I guess cause maybe cause they'll think im weird or something." replied Cupcake sadly. "Well don't let that get to you.' exclaimed Lemon Cake. "Your going to show them that a Cake is proud of who they are." "I don't know." drooped Cupcake Blueberry Cake smiled. "Perhaps we should give her it now." "Give me what?" questioned Cupcake. "Oh just something to help you on your first day of school." smiled Lemon Swirl. Cupcake smiled it was nice of her family to get her something. They didn't have as much money as most folks. Being bakers they needed customers and if no one came they could lose money and not be able to pay bills. Thats why they moved. They decided they needed to expand so they could have more customers. Cupcake thought her parents had the coolest job though. Baking to earn money. That didn't seem like a job to her it sounded like fun. Plus being surrounded by sweets you could eat whenever you wanted. Wow!
Cupcake looked over to her mother coming back into the room with a present wrapped so beautifully she didn't want to open it. Plus the ribbon was yellow. Her favorite color. It matched her bow. The wrapping paper was hot pink her second favorite color.She smiled and carefully opened the box there were two items in it she pulled the first one out a pink saddle with yellow trimmed coat underneath. This was all the rage right now. She bet it would be in Ponyville too. She was devastated when she forgot to pack hers. Hopefully the little filly who was supposed to move into that house likes it as much as she did.
Cupcake hugged her mom and dad. "Thanks mom! Thanks dad." she smiled feeling better. "There is one more thing in there." grinned her mother. Cupcake pulled the second item out of the box. It was a light pink book.
"Um daddy wheres the cover?" questioned Cupcake. "Turn it around." smiled her father. Cupcake turned around the pink book on the front in shiny yellow letters it said DIARY. Cupcake smiled and hugged her parents. "Thanks mom and dad." "Your welcome sweetie." smiled her father. "Now you better get to school. You don't want to be late." grinned her mother.
Cupcake walked down the steps of their bakery home. She looked up at the bakery then looked up above at her bedroom window. She tightened her yellow saddlebag. Then trotted off to school. She paced all the strange houses. Not as nearly as the ones in Canterlot but in a way they were more interesting. More quaint. More happy. Not so regal and serious. But laid back and happy. Cupcake smiled she might like it her after all. Maybe. Even though she just moved to town yesterday. Cupcake knew where the schoolhouse was. She could see it from her balcony window. She could see everything up here. When she was up there she noticed a vacant building like this on the other side of town in the distance. Maybe i'll live there one day she thought. Cupcake crossed the purple bridge. For some reason ponies would do musical numbers for no reason. Everypony would think its normal and go along with it. The horror of them moving in with a welcome song. With a huge dance number. All she could think the whole time is did they plan this? What are they doing? Am I the only one bothered? Then I looked up at my parents and could see they were bothered too? What the hay? Cupcake still couldn't get that song out of her head.
WELCOME WELCOME
WERE GLAD YOUR HERE TODAY WE HOPE YOU WILL
STAY AND STAY FOR WE IN PONYVILLE LIKE NEW FRIENDS WHO LIKE TO SMILE
WE HOPE YOU STAY HERE FOR A WHILE------------------------------------>
Let me tell you I wasn't smiling. But today it was clear. No musical dance numbers. Yet. I kept walking until in the distance I saw a red schoolhouse. This is it. The one I saw on my balcony. There were fillies and colt running about. It must have been morning recess. Like at my old school. I looked around. All I had to do was make a new friend. I looked around. When I spotted a mare with a tan coat and glasses. With white curly hair. She was reading a book. I trotted over to the tree was under. I trotted up to her expecting her to look up but she didn't. She was entranced in the book she was reading. POLITICS FOR FOALS!
"Politics?" blurted Cupcake. The mare looked up and glanced at the cover for book." "Yes." she smiled. "Oh im sorry I didn't mean to interrupt your book." replied Cupcake sheepishly. "No its ok thats really never happened before." smiled the mare. "Not to be rude but why are you talking to me?" Cupcake smiled. "Because your all alone. I thought you could use your friend." "My friend?" questioned the mare. "Um I don't have any friends." "Well I could be your friend if you want." grinned Cupcake. "Really?" squealed the mare. "I mean sure." smiled Cupcake. Then the mare jumped up and hugged Cupcake. "Cant breath." gasped Cupcake. The mare let go. "Sorry." she blushed. "I just have never had a friend before." "Thats ok." smiled Cupcake. "How come you have never had a friend?' "Well everypony thinks im a dork." frowned the mare sadly. "Thats not very nice." concerned Cupcake. "Ya." frowned the mare. "But don't worry im used to it." Cupcake frowned maybe she should change the subject. "Hey whats your name?" smiled Cupcake. "Marion Muesly Mare the second." bellowed the mare. "But you can call me Mare." "Well that won't be hard to forget." giggled Cupcake making them both laugh. "So whats your name?" questioned Mare. "Oh im Cupcake." smiled Cupcake. "Cupcake? I like it!" beamed Mare. "So do you like school?" smiled Cupcake. "Oh schools fine." whispered Mare. "Are you sure?" questioned Cupcake
"Well you see there's these mares you need to stay away from." whispered Mare. "Whos that?" questioned Cupcake. "Maybeline and Lemon Chiffon." whimpered Mare. "Whos that?" asked Cupcake. "Only the meanest ponies in school." exclaimed Mare. "Well, well, well. If it isn't dorkzilla." a voice retorted. "Oh no." cried Mare. "Who said that?" I yelled. "You don't know you must be new." replied the voice. "Im Lemon Chiffon." retorted a filly coming from behind a tree. "And im Maybeline." echoed another voice. Then soon enough another filly came from behind the tree. "You must be new."retorted Lemon Chiffon. She was a peach blonde color with orange blonde hair in a perfect bun. With a rose clip in hair. "I've never seen you before." scoffed Maybeline. She was purple with blonde hair in a perfect braid. But the thing about them they were both wearing tons of makeup. "Shes new." whispered Mare. "Im sorry dorkzilla was I talking to you?" spat Lemon. "I was talking to her!" "Hey don't treat her like that she was just trying to help." yelled Cupcake. "Honey, you have the looks so why don't you come hang with the cool ponies. Before dorky over here ruins your brain?" laughed Maybeline. "No thank you." replied Cupcake. "Im going to hang with a pony who doesn't make fun of others." Mare smiled. But Lemon and Maybeline were shocked. "Did you just say NO to us?" gasped Lemon. "You heard me." "No one says no to us." barked Maybeline. "Well I just did." replied Cupcake blankly. "Come on Mare." Cupcake replied. Mare couldn't believe it who is this pony? Then with that she skipped after Cupcake. "Who is this pony?" questioned Lemon Chiffon. "I have no idea but shes to pretty and wit minded to give up on." replied Maybeline. Then the bell rang. School had now begun.
Cupcake trotted in. She was expecting to sit by Mare. But that seat was taken.
Mare smiled and shrugged she didn't seem to mind. Cupcake didn't care that much either.There was only one seat left on the back row. In the very middle. Between a light brown pony with black hair and a yellow pony with an orange mane. The light brown coated one is counting his lunch money over and over again while the other one is drawing pictures of desserts. I look over to the counting money. Oblivious that im looking at him. So I turn my head to the one doodling pictures of cakes and cookies with the most beautiful designs. I look at his cutie mark. Carrot Cakes go figure. Afraid he might notice me I look at the ponies in front of me. Suddenly I wish I hadn't sat here. I see Lemon Chiffon and Maybeline grinning ear by ear. Oh brother.
"Whats your name?" asks Lemon Chiffon. "Cupcake." "Thats so hot! I love it." smiles Maybeline. "Whatever." I state blankly. "Look do you want to be friends or not?" griped Lemon.
"Um no." Cupcake replied. "WHAT?!" raged Lemon. "You'll regret this." cried Maybeline. "Im shaking." smirked Cupcake. Mare watched the whole thing and smiled. Im liking her more and more each second.
Suddenly the teacher walked in.
"Good Morning class." grinned the teacher. The talking of students continued. "Suddenly the yellow teacher used her magic to ring a bell. Everypony jumped up surprised. "Class pay attention." announced the yellow unicorn. "We have a new student today." smiled the teacher. Everypony looked around until they were all staring at Cupcake.
"I see you have all found her." giggled the yellow unicorn. "Come on up here." smiled the teacher staring at Cupcake. Cupcake slowly got out of her seat. Everypony was staring at her. She walked up to the front of the room and gulped. She hated having the attention on her. Cupcake looked around the room. There were smiles on all the fillies faces. Some blushing from the colts. Then there was Lemon Chiffon and Maybeline looking at her with death stares. But she just ignored them and their looks and looked at Mare. Who was smiling proudly at her new friend. Cupcake smiled and cleared her throat.
"Hello My name is Cupcake. Im new to Ponyville. My special talent is baking cupcakes. I live at the new bakery Cupcake Castle. With my mom and dad. I like yellow and hot pink. I like making friends. Oh and I almost forgot im from Canterlot."
The class smiled happily when suddenly Lemon Chiffon coughed "Canterlot Snob." "Canterlot Snob." coughed Maybeline Soon enough some other ponies started coughing Canterlot Snob. Canterlot Snob? Whats a Canterlot Snob? "Lemon Chiffon! Maybeline! Is there something you would like to share with the class?" yelled the yellow unicorn. "Um no Ms. Bee." stammered. Maybeline. "N-no mam." stammered Lemon Chiffon. "Good." smiled Ms. Bee. "Welcome to the class Cupcake. Im Ms.Bee If you need anything just let me know." "Thanks." Cupcake smiled. The trotted back to her desk. Soon the lesson dragged on about world agriculture. With Lemon Chiffon and Maybeline giving me mean glances the whole time. But I didn't care. I was glad to be apart from Ms. Bee's class.
Soon it was recess and everypony headed outside.
Soon I caught up with Mare and soon we started talking. She said there was some extra credit work she needed to do. I just shrugged and let her do her own thing. Who was I to stop her from telling her that there is no grade higher that A+ 100%. Oh well. I walked outside and sat under the tree and looked in my saddlebag pulled out a sharpened no. 2 pencil and my diary. I opened the first page and started writing.
February 13
Dear
Diary,
School is going pretty ok so far. I have even made a new friend her name is Mare. There are some bullies though but I have decided to avoid them. I think some of the colts in class like me but im not to sure. I can't wait for Hearts and Hooves Day. Special somepony? Me? Are you kidding? No colt would ever ask me! Would they?
I closed my book and looked up there was a colt standing in front of me. He was the colt with the light brown coat and the jet black mane. Now that I see up close has too much hair gel. He was the one counting his lunch money over and over again.
"Hey there beautiful." he slyly grinned. I tried to pass him but he was blocking my path. "The names Filthy Rich." he boasted. "But you can call me Rich!" "Are you from Tennessee?" he cooed. "Cause your the only ten I see." I rolled my eyes. "I told you im from Canterlot." "Of course." he grinned. "Only a beauty like you could be from Canterlot." "Thank you." I cringed. "Now if you excuse me." But he backed me into the tree put his hoof over the path that lead away from him. "Whoa there princess." he grinned slyly. "Your not going anywhere." He grinned and leaned forward. "Not until I get my kiss." He puckered his lips and headed straight for my lips. I closed my eyes and expected for the worse. When I opened my eyes again a hoof had grabbed him. It was the orange colt doodling desserts. The colt knocked him to the ground. Then pinned him down and looked him the eye. "Don't you ever do that again." he barked. Leave her alone. Treat her with respect!" "If I ever see you do something like that again your history!" he snapped. "Got it?" Filthy Rich nodded terrified. Then ran off dropping his lunch money on the way. The colt ran up to me. "Are you ok Cupcake?" asked the colt concerned. "Oh im fine." Cupcake blushed. "Thank you for what you did." The colt blushed. "Oh that it was nothing. I just didn't like the way he was treating you.' "Whats your name?" Cupcake smiled. "Carrot Cake." he grinned.
Cupcake skipped happily off to school. She was excited it was Hearts and Hooves Day. On the way there all she could think about was Carrot Cake. As soon as she got to school all the fillies and colts were gossiping about Hearts and Hooves Day and who was going to be whos special somepony. Cupcake looked around and she finally found mare. Working on a diagram. "Hi Mare." smiled Cupcake. "Cupcake!" squealed Mare."Happy Hearts and Hooves Day!" "Thanks." I smiled. "I got you something." I grinned. Then I pulled a card out. "Oh Cupcake." she exclaimed "Its beautiful." "Im going to frame it!" she announced. "Sure." giggled Cupcake. Then I pulled out a red velvet cupcake. "Well im not going to frame that." she said licking her lips. That both made us laugh. I smiled im glad I have a good friend like mare. Suddenly Cheerlie ran over to us. "Is it true?" she exclaimed. "Is what true?" Cupcake asked. "Was Filthy er I mean Rich about to kiss you then Carrot Cake saved you just in the nick of time!" squealed Cheerlie. "Where did you hear that?" I questioned. She pointed toward Green Breezy. "Mr. Breezy pants over there saw the whole thing." she exclaimed. "Wait does Carrot Cake have a crush on you?" squealed Mare. I rolled my eyes and blushed. Then they started squealing and jumping up and down like a bunch of love struck idiots. But who could blame them it was Hearts and Hooves Day. "Can we go now." I muttered. Then Cheerlie ran off to talk to some other ponies. "Oh I almost forgot!" exclaimed Mare. "Then she handed me a pamphlet?" "Have Hearts and Hooves Day!" she squealed. "Its not a card but a pamphlet on how Hearts and Hooves Day was made. I smiled of course instead of a card Mare would make a pamphlet. That is just her. Shes going to do something great one day I smiled. Then headed into the schoolhouse.
Ms.Bee started announcing the rules about passing out cards. But through the whole instruction. I couldn't pay attention. Cause Carrot Cake was staring at me. I looked at him and he looked away. This went on like forever. When finally Ms. Bee stopped talking and said we may get started. Well Mare came over to my desk and started talking to me about the history of Hearts and Hooves day reading from her pamphlet. But I wasn't really paying attention. Colts and Fillies kept coming up to my desk telling me Happy Hearts and Hooves Day and I would thank each one of them. When suddenly Carrot Cake came up to my desk. Mare grinned a mischievous grin. Lemon Chiffon and Maybeline looked my away their mouths dropped to the floor.
"Happy Hearts and Hooves Day." Carrot Cake blushed. "Happy Hearts and Hooves Day. Cupcake smiled. Then Carrot Cake handed me a purple box. I slowly opened the box. I pulled out a cupcake with yellow and hot pink frosting all swirled with heart shaped sprinkles. "Oh my gosh." I exclaimed "Thank you this is the most beautiful cupcake I have ever seen." "Here you go." I blushed then I handed him a orange box. He blushed then opened the box. "A carrot cake cupcake!" he exclaims. "And its one of my designs." "I saw you doodling-" But before I could finish my sentence your father had hugged me.
"Then there was that time Mare broke into the election poles and tried to run for Mayor at that age. But thats another story." smiled Mrs. Cake. Mrs. Cake smiled at her husband "I love you." He smiled back "I love you too."
"AND I LOVE ALL OF YOU!" squealed Pinkie hugging all of them. "We love you too Pinkie." exclaimed Mrs. and Mr. Cake. Because love was the true thing that filled the air.
