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All In for Sugar Cookies
“More sugar, more sugar! More sugar! More! Sugar!”
Twilight winced when the loud cry was punctuated with a mad cackle. The ponies cowering behind her in the narrow alley whimpered and sunk to their bellies as hundred of thousands of years of evolution told them to make themselves as small as targets as possible. No pony screamed or cried out and Twilight thank her lucky stars that she wouldn’t have to silence one of them so that the herd might escape.
She glanced up when she felt the pressure of eyes on her back. Twilight turned slowly and kept her body low and close to the wall that was shielding her and a dozen other Ponyville residents. Beyond the alley, across the main road, she spied movement in the shadows a moment before the welcome sight of Applejack crept into view. AJ held herself in the alleyway opposite of them and mouthed silently.
“The coast is clear.”
Oh sweet Celestia, thank you! Twilight sighed in relief and felt the tension drain out of her shoulders. There was an opening, there was a way out of this for all of them. She stood then and motioned to her wards, urging them to their hooves. She pointed at Applejack and it took them only a moment to get the idea.
The ground rumbled under them when all twenty plus ponies broke into a skittish canter, the farm pony with the big Stetson in the lead. Applejack lead them into the next alley and then behind the town hall, down another backstreet until she stopped at Roseluck’s house. Twilight moved forward, slipping through the crowd until she was next to Applejack and ducked down to press herself into the shade Rose’s overgrown window gardens provided.
“What’s wrong?” She whispered near AJ’s ear.
The orange mare flicked her ears and nodded her head toward the next broad thoroughfare. “We got to time this one just right, Twi. Otherwise, Pinkie is gonna see from that big ol’ oven she’s got in the square. We’re gonna have to get these folks across one at a time.”
Twilight hissed under her breath and glanced back at the ponies behind them. “Ok. You go first and I’ll cover the rear. We’ll send them across and then I follow.”
“After this, it’s a straight shot outta town. Cover all the way.”
Twilight opened her mouth to speak when another wail of laughter echoed from the middle of town. Pinkie Pie, her friend and one of the nicest ponies she had ever had the pleasure to know, cackled with unrestrained glee from atop the immense oven that had appeared overnight.
“That’s it! That’s all of it!” Pinkie’s voice carried well, but she sounded sick, as if her throat was raw from all the shouting and laughing. “All the sugar in Ponyville is in there! My greatest masterpiece!”
“Princess Twilight!” Minuette, Ponyville’s resident dentist, poked her head up from the clump of scared evacuees. “We can’t stay any longer! I don’t know what Pinkie is up to, but she’s getting weirder by the moment and when weird stuff happens in this town, it can only be the harbinger of much worse weird stuff!”
Several ponies spoke up and murmured their agreement. Twilight frowned, but she knew if she didn’t get them all moving soon, somepony was going to break ranks and then Pinkie would notice them. She still didn’t know what was going on, but she knew she didn’t want to let anypony be captured and forced into sampling whatever Pinkie was creating.
“Ok, AJ, get across. As soon as the way is clear, we start getting these ponies over and out of town.”
Applejack nodded and pulled her hat down tight over her eyes. She glanced around the corner and then, like a shot, she was off and across in a blink. Applejack skidded to a halt on the other side and spun around to check if Pinkie was looking their way and then waved her hoof while Twilight organized the exodus from her end.
Celestia must have been watching from above for all of the ponies to make it across unnoticed.
Twilight took a deep breath and watched the last pony cross. She bunched her legs and waited a moment more before launching herself out into the open.
“Twilight!”
Her hoof caught on a cobblestone and Twilight hit the road hard. “Go! Just go!”
Twilight winced when the loud cry was punctuated with a mad cackle. The ponies cowering behind her in the narrow alley whimpered and sunk to their bellies as hundred of thousands of years of evolution told them to make themselves as small as targets as possible. No pony screamed or cried out and Twilight thank her lucky stars that she wouldn’t have to silence one of them so that the herd might escape.
She glanced up when she felt the pressure of eyes on her back. Twilight turned slowly and kept her body low and close to the wall that was shielding her and a dozen other Ponyville residents. Beyond the alley, across the main road, she spied movement in the shadows a moment before the welcome sight of Applejack crept into view. AJ held herself in the alleyway opposite of them and mouthed silently.
“The coast is clear.”
Oh sweet Celestia, thank you! Twilight sighed in relief and felt the tension drain out of her shoulders. There was an opening, there was a way out of this for all of them. She stood then and motioned to her wards, urging them to their hooves. She pointed at Applejack and it took them only a moment to get the idea.
The ground rumbled under them when all twenty plus ponies broke into a skittish canter, the farm pony with the big Stetson in the lead. Applejack lead them into the next alley and then behind the town hall, down another backstreet until she stopped at Roseluck’s house. Twilight moved forward, slipping through the crowd until she was next to Applejack and ducked down to press herself into the shade Rose’s overgrown window gardens provided.
“What’s wrong?” She whispered near AJ’s ear.
The orange mare flicked her ears and nodded her head toward the next broad thoroughfare. “We got to time this one just right, Twi. Otherwise, Pinkie is gonna see from that big ol’ oven she’s got in the square. We’re gonna have to get these folks across one at a time.”
Twilight hissed under her breath and glanced back at the ponies behind them. “Ok. You go first and I’ll cover the rear. We’ll send them across and then I follow.”
“After this, it’s a straight shot outta town. Cover all the way.”
Twilight opened her mouth to speak when another wail of laughter echoed from the middle of town. Pinkie Pie, her friend and one of the nicest ponies she had ever had the pleasure to know, cackled with unrestrained glee from atop the immense oven that had appeared overnight.
“That’s it! That’s all of it!” Pinkie’s voice carried well, but she sounded sick, as if her throat was raw from all the shouting and laughing. “All the sugar in Ponyville is in there! My greatest masterpiece!”
“Princess Twilight!” Minuette, Ponyville’s resident dentist, poked her head up from the clump of scared evacuees. “We can’t stay any longer! I don’t know what Pinkie is up to, but she’s getting weirder by the moment and when weird stuff happens in this town, it can only be the harbinger of much worse weird stuff!”
Several ponies spoke up and murmured their agreement. Twilight frowned, but she knew if she didn’t get them all moving soon, somepony was going to break ranks and then Pinkie would notice them. She still didn’t know what was going on, but she knew she didn’t want to let anypony be captured and forced into sampling whatever Pinkie was creating.
“Ok, AJ, get across. As soon as the way is clear, we start getting these ponies over and out of town.”
Applejack nodded and pulled her hat down tight over her eyes. She glanced around the corner and then, like a shot, she was off and across in a blink. Applejack skidded to a halt on the other side and spun around to check if Pinkie was looking their way and then waved her hoof while Twilight organized the exodus from her end.
Celestia must have been watching from above for all of the ponies to make it across unnoticed.
Twilight took a deep breath and watched the last pony cross. She bunched her legs and waited a moment more before launching herself out into the open.
“Twilight!”
Her hoof caught on a cobblestone and Twilight hit the road hard. “Go! Just go!”