A Baker's Dream

>Alright Anon, you've got it this time
>Just have to seperate the yolk from the whites and-
>The yolk slips out of the shell
>Damnit
"Okay, it's okay, I just need to try again..."
>You reach over to grab another egg from the carton, but your hand finds none
>Looking over, you see that you've run out of eggs
"Shit. How could I have wasted so many?"
>Throwing the carton away, the amount of shells you find in the can surprises you
"I don't get it, this is supposed to be beginner stuff! I should have gotten it by now..."
>You, Anon, are an aspiring baker
>And for the life of you, you can't seem to grasp certain tasks
>Like seperating the yolks from the whites
>Things that don't require these more specific skills, such as cupcakes and pies, are simple
>But not this
'Looks like I'll just have to grab another carton on the way home tomorrow. But for now I should just eat and go to bed, it's gotten rather late'
>Tossing a small TV dinner into the microwave, you tap in the time from the box and hit "start"
>Cleaning the counters while it heats up helps the drone of the microwave fade away
>Tidying up has always helped you relax, if only a little
>Once the dinner is done cooking, you reach in and pull it out
"Bon appetit", you mutter to yourself before devouring the rubbery steak and soggy green beans
>After finishing the meal, you toss the plastic container in the trash and head off to sleep
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'I swear, he only does this because he knows I won't quit'
>It's getting close to dark on your way to the store
>All because your boss made you stay late to help clean the utensils and stoves
>It wouldn't be so bad if he'd actually pay you for overtime
'I need to hurry before the store closes'
>If only you could afford a car, you'd be able to drive to one of the farther away stores, but your current job just barely supports your rent and other living expenses
>And the large amounts of baking supplies you buy
>Practice makes perfect, right?
>Picking up your pace, you can see the small gas station/convenience store come into view
'Thank God they're still open'
>You're about there when...
>What was that?
>A small light flashed in your peripheral vision
>And is that... laughter you hear?
>Heading closer to where you believe the source to be, you see another small flash of light
'Must be some kids playing with flashlights or something...'
>But that laughter certainly didn't sound like "some kids"
>It seemed as though it were a singular person
>Your curiosity takes over and you peek around the corner into the alley where you saw the flash the second time
>For the third time, you see a flash of light, except...
"Jesus!"
>The light grows extremely bright and seems to surround you, completely blinding you
>The laughter seems to be getting louder, but now you can hear a voice too
>"This is going to be so fun! Dashie will never see it coming..."
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>You are Pinkie Pie
>And you are about to pull off one of your greatest pranks yet!
"Ohboyohboyohboy, here she comes!"
>You crouch down behind a bush currently hiding your party cannon
>Except it's not the usual one you bring out to set up parties on the fly
>Oh no, this baby has been modified for extra-extra-fun capabilities!
>You giggle again at the thought of what you're about to do
>Twilight might be a little mad that you took her experimental teleporter without asking, but after she hears about what you did with it, she'll understand why
>Setting up the cannon to be able to fire out small portals took some time, but after you fixed the problem with the portals sometimes sending the objects sent through to... someplace they weren't supposed to, you spotted your prankee in the distance
>Placing the node that dictates where the objects sent through end up at, you fire a small portal at a nearby rock to make sure it's working
vvvvvvvVVVVVRRRRRRRRRRRRR-WHOOMPF
>The rock disappears and after a few moments, flashes into place on top of the node
>Giggling, you fire again at a nearby twig
vvvvvvvVVVVVRRRRRRRRRRRRR-WHOOMPF
>The twig flashes into place on top of the rock
'Alright, it works! Time to get this show on the road'
>You tie the node to a rope and hang it over the lake so that whatever comes out will be sent straight into the water
>Rainbow Dash will probably be angry at first, but a little water's never hurt anyp0ny!
>Taking careful aim, you line up the cannon so that it will intercept Dash's flight path
>After making sure you got the trajectory calculated correctly, you hit the button to fire a portal
>The cannon begins to make the warm-up noise
vvvvvvvVVVVVVVVRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-
>You begin giggling again
"This is going to be so fun! Dashie will never see it coming..."
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-
>Hold on a second...
>You sense that something might be wrong with the cannon, but before you can try and power it down, it begins to vibrate violently
RRRRRRRRRRRRR-WHOOMPF
>A bright flash of light shines from the end of the cannon and then from the node
>"AAHHHHHHHHH!-" *splash*
>You hear what sounds like a stallion screaming before shooting out of the node hanging over the lake
>He shot out so quickly that you couldn't make out who it was
>Running over to the edge nearest to where he was sent flying in, you peer into the lake trying to see who it was
"Ohmygosh, I'm so sorry! I've had problems with objects being sent somewhere else, but never with somep0ny from somewhere else being sent back through!"
>Whoever was sent through begins to rise closer to the surface...
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>You are once again Anon
"AAHHHHHHHHH!-" *splash*
>And holy shit, you can't breathe
>After being blinded by the flash of light, you felt yourself accelerate extremely quickly before crashing into what you were guessing was water
>Struggling to get rightside-up so that you could swim back up, you hear a voice faintly from above the surface
>"Ohmygosh, I'm ... sorry! I've ... with objects ... else, but never ... somewhere else ... sent back through!"
>It's difficult to make out most of what the voice is saying, but it helps you re-orientate yourself and you begin to rise towards the surface
>Finally reaching it, you break through and begin sputtering and gasping, coughing out some water that had gotten into your throat
>After rubbing your eyes clear, you open them and look towards where you thought you heard the voice come from
>...
>What?
"What?"
>You look around a couple times to make sure that nobody else is actually nearby
>All you can see is what seems to be a pink pastel coloured pony that looks like it came from some kid's cartoon standing near the edge of the lake you were currently treading water in
>Wait, a lake?
"Where the hell am I?..." you wonder aloud, not really expecting an answer
>"Why, just outside of Ponyville, silly!"
>Hold the phone, did that cartoon pony just speak?
'No, it couldn't have, it must be some kind of oversized plushie...'
>"Again, I'm sorry about what just happened! I didn't expect somep0ny to be sent through..."
>It did it again
>It talked
>"Anyways, my name is Pinkie Pie! Who are you? Or, what are you? I've never seen anything like you before! Well, except for maybe at Fluttershy's cottage. She was taking care of this injured monkey and..."
>Pinkie Pie? Fluttershy? These sounded like cheesy names, but then again, Anon wasn't a normal name either
>"...had hair everywhere, but that's beside the point. What's your name?"
"...You can talk?"
>No shit Anon, it just asked you a question
>"Well of COURSE I can silly! Why wouldn't I be able to? I've got vocal cords just like everyp0ny else!"
"No, I-I mean... you're a pony, how can you talk?"
>"Huh? All ponies can talk silly! Now are you going to tell me your name, or am I going to have to call you monkey-boy?"
"Oh, uh.. Anon. My name is Anon"
>The pony gives you a funny look before breaking out in laughter
>"That's a funny name! Anon! Eheeheehee!"
>Hearing this talking pony ridicule your name somehow offends you
>"Well, Anon, are you going to sit in the lake all day or what?"
>Oh yeah you forgot about that
>Weird how you managed that one
>Oh yeah, talking pastel ponies
>After quickly swimming over to the shore, you climb up and out of the water
>"Wowee Anon, you sure are big!"
>It wasn't until now that you noticed how much smaller this pony was compared to what you've seen at the zoo
>Its head barely leveled even with your waist
>"You're gonna catch a cold if you don't get dried off soon Anon! It'll be dark in just a little while, so maybe it'd be best if you went home and dried off"
>Go back home?
>Just now do you realize that you really have no idea where you are or how you got here
"Uh, yeah, about that..."
>The pony looks up at you curiously
"I have no idea where this is
>"I've told you already silly, you're just outside of Ponyville!"
"Yeah, I got that, but I don't know what that place is"
>"You mean you've never been? You sure have missed out then, Anon! Ponyville is home of lots of cool stuff, not to mention that the Princess is going to be visiting next week for-"
>Princess?
"Wait, what do you mean Princess?"
The pony looks up at you again, this time with a confused look on its face
>"Princess Celestia, of course! The ruler of Equestria? She raises the sun every morning, and her sister Princess Luna raises the moon. Don't tell me you've never heard of her?!"
"As a matter of fact, no, I haven't.. also, what's Equestria?"
>The pony seems to almost frown at this, although it's hard to tell since its eyes make it look as though it is still smiling
>"Anon, could you please come with me? There's somep0ny I think you need to meet"