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- PART ONE
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- >Day 43 in Equestria
- >You are Anonymous.
- >And you are sleeping.
- >...Well, you WERE sleeping two minutes ago.
- >But now, your neighbor living upstairs is with a girl. Again.
- >Well, 'mare' might be a better word around here.
- >Gotta get used to the semantics.
- >A loud moan interrupt your line of thoughts.
- >Fucking Scratch...
- >Always bringing guests over for some 'coffee'.
- >You don't mind that much, it's none of your business.
- >But Scratch as a knack for choosing the loud ones.
- >And it fucks with your sleeping schedule.
- >Meh.
- >You'll be a little early at work, that's all.
- >You get up and get dressed.
- >Thank god you were introduced to the Elements of Harmony when you got here.
- >The ruler of this land deemed you safe enough to wander free, but still wanted someone to watch over you just in case.
- >Sorry, 'somepony'.
- >If not for them, you wouldn't have a job, a home or even clothes.
- >You'd be a homeless guy in a pastel pony world wearing only the pants of his pajamas.
- >Anyway, you're just going to grab breakfast before leaving to your job.
- >You get to your kitchen and start rummaging through your cupboards.
- >Cereal sounds good right no-
- >You can hear a muffled voice from above, speaking and panting.
- >"Round three?"
- >Nope!
- >Fuck cereals.
- >You grab your apron and get the hell out of here.
- >You close the door just as the giggles and moaning are starting again.
- >Sometimes you wonder if your ceiling is made of cardboard.
- >You shake your head and groggily rub your eyes.
- >Way too early for this shit.
- >The blinding light of the sun hits you square in the eyes, making you feel like you just sprayed lava onto them.
- >You jokingly shake your fist at the celestial body, then sigh.
- >Hopefully the Cakes won't mind you being so early.
- >Onward to Sugarcube Corner.
- >Aggressive flaming ball of light aside, it's a pretty nice day.
- >The air is cool and fresh.
- >The sky is clear.
- >And the day has just begun.
- >You stop for idle chat with passersby a few times on your way to work.
- >Heh.
- >Two months ago, if someone told you you'd be talking to bright colored equines, you'd have them committed.
- >And now you're talking to them on a daily basis about how they're week-end went and *what-not*.
- >Pretty weird how quick a situation can change.
- >You're not complaining about it though.
- >Your life back on Earth was basically; wake up, shower, breakfast, work, dinner, sleep.
- >At least you don't risk getting bored around here.
- >For one thing, the locals are a bunch of sentient ponies with a color range larger than your old boss' ass.
- >They also have marks on their flanks which would make every academic counselors fear for their jobs.
- >Can't forget about those that can fly and others that can do fucking MAGIC!
- >Fasinating creatures.
- >The world itself is pretty interesting too.
- >Almost nothing related to nature works by itself in this land.
- >The ponies move the clouds, manage the weather, change the seasons, move the freaking sun and moon...
- >It's completely insane.
- >Took a little while to get used to, but it's all pretty convenient.
- >Everything seems controlled and planned.
- >Hell, you even have a calendar that shows you when it's going to rain.
- >That's pretty neat.
- >Anyway, enough mind rambling about your impression of this world.
- >You've arrived to your destination, Sugarcube Corner.
- >You ignore the 'Closed' sign and enter the bakery.
- >Ahhh, that aroma.
- >The smell of fresh pastries is probably the best thing about working here.
- >An elating scent.
- >The door closes with a second jingle of small bells.
- >A female voice is heard from the kitchen.
- >"I'm sorry, the bakery only opens in an hour!"
- "Mrs. Cake?"
- "It's Anon."
- >The mare comes into view.
- >"Anon? What are you doing here this early?"
- "Had a hard time sleeping, so I thought I'd make myself useful."
- >"That's very nice of you Anon."
- >"But, we only start preparing the shop in about 30 minutes."
- "I see..."
- "Well, anything else I can do to help?"
- >"Breakfast is almost ready, do you think you could go wake up sleepyhead upstairs?"
- "Sure thing Mrs. Cake."
- >You throw your apron on the counter and head for the stairs.
- >The mare voice is heard again from the kitchen.
- >"There's some breakfast for you too, if you want!"
- >Such a nice mare.
- >Both the Cakes have been very helpful since you got to Ponyville, offering you a job as soon as they knew you were a friend of the pink ball of party you now call a coworker.
- >Didn't even bother asking questions about you, what mattered was that you were in need of a job and a friend Pink McPoofyhairs.
- >Speaking of...
- >You don't want this breakfast getting cold.
- >You get upstairs and enter the room of your target.
- >Still sleeping.
- >Sneak-mode activated.
- >Slowly, you get closer to the bed.
- >Avoiding the balloons and other party accessories laying around on the ground.
- >Once you reached the bedside, you crouch down till your head is at the same level as the pillows.
- >You take a deep breath and prepare yourself.
- >As soon as you open your mouth to scare the hell out of the sleeping pony, a pink hoof stops you.
- >"Anon!"
- >"What are you doing here?!"
- "Hmph Mh Hmmh."
- >"What? I can't understand you."
- >You point to the pink hoof.
- >"Oh! Right, hehe. Sorry."
- >You sigh.
- "Morning, Bubble Berry."
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- PART TWO
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- >"Sooooo..."
- >"What are you doing here?"
- >You raise an eyebrow.
- "I... work here?"
- >"Nonono, I mean 'here' here!"
- >"Well I mean, yes you work here I know that I helped you get the job remember? It was like a week after you came here, you were totally jobless and looking for one so I thought 'How can I help my new friend?'"
- "Bubbl-"
- >"Then I went *loud dramatic gasp* and remembered that Mr. and Mrs. Cake said they could use some help with the register because of their new foals so I thought about you since you had claws that could handle thing easily and I stopped calling them claws when you told me they were hands, where was I going again?"
- "I'm he-"
- >"Right! And then I asked the Cakes if they could hire and they said 'Oh, I don't know Bubble...' and then I said you were a friend and looking for a job and it would make me happy and they were all like 'It's totes okay then!', well not really, Mr. Cake doesn't say 'totes' but you know what I mean right?"
- "Yes, you tell me that story about twice a we-"
- >"Hey! I just realised you never told me why you where here!"
- "B-"
- >"And I mean 'here' here, as in my room not 'here' here as in Sugarcube Corner."
- >You give him a deadpan look.
- >"Well come on, we don't have all day! I'm sure Mr. and Mrs. Cake are almost done preparing breakfast by now."
- "That's exactly why I ca-"
- "You know what? You're right."
- "Let's just go downstairs and have some breakfast."
- >"Sounds great! I'm starving."
- >Bubble Berry hops off his bed, balloons flying out of the blanket as he does.
- >You're barely phased by it.
- >You started getting used to all the crazy shit happening around him a few weeks back.
- >Balloons coming out of a blanket is pretty tame compared to what you already saw.
- >You mean... Sneezing confettis? Really?
- >Anyway.
- >Bubble Berry is already bouncing is way to the stairs, you should probably follow him.
- >As you enter the kitchen, you see that everyone is already getting seated all around the table.
- >Mr. Cake is walking towards the table with large plate of waffles on his back, banana-chocolate chips by the look of them.
- >Not a second after they are set in front of him, Bubbles starts to drown the waffles in syrup.
- >Guess he has to get all his energy from SOMEWHERE.
- >And apparently, that 'somewhere' is sugar.
- >Lots of it.
- >Turning your head to the opposite side of the table, you can see Mrs. Cake feeding both her foals their baby bottle.
- >You never understood how two earth ponies could give birth to both a pegasus and an unicorn.
- >Though, you can't say that you really looked into pony genetics.
- >Once the foals are burped, you ask for a plate of regular waffles and spread some strawberry jam on them.
- >Soon enough, chatter begins around the table.
- >Talking about the job for today, if there's any big orders you need to help with, if I was planning something for the week-end, etc.
- >Once about twenty minutes have passed, everyone's done eating and Mr. Cake opens the bakery to the customers.
- >You stand behind the counter and see your first customers coming in.
- >A bunch of kids asking to buy a cake for their teacher.
- >Adorable.
- >They pick a nice red velvet cake and leave the bakery, no doubt going to school before the classes begin.
- >Second client.
- >A regular.
- >You don't know her that much, but she's being coming here a lot more since her little accident.
- >Poor gal twisted her ankle while the pegasus where outdoing themselves with the rain.
- >So you carried her home.
- >"H-hi Anon!"
- "Hello Caramel, how are ya doing today?"
- >"Great!"
- "You'll be taking the usual?"
- >"The usual?"
- "Yeah, you always take a danish when you come over here at this hour."
- >"...Do I really come here that often?"
- "About five times a week, I'd say."
- >"R-really?"
- >"Well, It's... the... danish."
- >"Yeah. I love these danishes. They're really good."
- >Her eyes are a little shifty as she stutters her way through those last few words.
- "Right. Danish."
- "Let me get that for you."
- >You reach into the counter and pull out a danish that you drop into a small bag.
- "Here you go, that'll be 3 bits."
- >Three gold coins soon clink on the counter next to Caramel's order.
- >"Hey Anon, thanks again for... you know..."
- >She lifts her right front hoof and wiggles it around a little.
- "Don't mention it."
- "I couldn't really leave you on the ground back there now, could I?"
- >"Still, I'm glad you went out of your way to help me."
- >She just stands there, smiling and looking at you.
- >You can see two ponies about to enter the bakery.
- "I'm sorry, but I'll have to ask you to move aside a little for now."
- "You can eat your breakfast at a table if you want."
- >"O-oh, no it's cool. I was leaving anyway."
- "Suit yourself. Enjoy the danish."
- >"Y-yeah, you too!"
- >She hurriedly grabs her bag and leave.
- >The rest of the day is mostly uneventful, aside for the occasional silly shenanigan from Bubble Berry.
- >You're still waiting on someone to come pick up that last order you have.
- >Twelve cupcakes for 'D.S.'
- >Bubbles has already begun cleaning the kitchen while singing some improvised song about washing the dishes.
- >You're watching him work while humming the chorus with him when a familiar jingle is heard.
- >It's the front door's bells.
- >You turn and face your customer.
- "Oh, hey Dusk!"
- "Nice to see you."
- >Dusk Shine's a good friend of yours, well at least you think he is.
- >Prince Solaris sent you to his home when you first arrived in Equestria.
- >Well, tree-library might be a better term.
- >A nice place with an equally nice host.
- >You owe a lot to Dusk. He fed you, gave you a place to sleep, allowed you to borrow his books and taught you the basics of Equestrian culture.
- >A real nice guy.
- >Really focused on his studies of... well, everything.
- >But you can respect that, knowledge is power and all that.
- >"Hello Anon."
- "Grabbing an evening snack before going back to hiking on Mt. Bookpile?"
- >"Ha. Very funny, but no. Tonight I'm going stargazing with a few friends."
- "Oh? I don't think I've ever been stargazing before."
- >"It's great! You should try it sometime."
- "Anything special going on in the sky tonight?"
- >"Yeah, actually. We'll be able to see Pristine Star's comet."
- "Pristine Star?" You ask while turning around to grab the box of cupcakes.
- >"A great unicorn that discovered a few dozens spells and had a knack for astronomy."
- "I see, that's pretty interesting."
- >You present him the box.
- "Twelve cupcakes for a certain 'D.S.', is that you?"
- >"Oh! Yeah, that's me."
- "Bringing snacks over for your stargazing buddies?"
- >"Hmhm." He answers, nodding.
- >"Oh my, look at the time."
- >"I really need to start moving my stuff to the hill."
- "Alright then, enjoy the cupcakes and comet!"
- >"Thanks."
- >Dusk grabs the box with magic and makes his way to the door.
- >"Enjoy your evening too!"
- >Heh.
- >You kinda wish he would have asked you to come along.
- >But, oh well.
- >Sounds like you've got another evening of reading ahead of you.
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