Microwaving chocolate and peanut butter seemed like a good idea at the time. It smelled delicious for the first 32 seconds. And then it smelled somewhat...crispy. Eventually the microwave beeped twice, belched forth a cloying cloud, flashed a message saying it would surrender if only the suffering would end, and shut itself off.

Princess Sunsparkle eyed the quivering Goody Gumdrop. For her part, Goody Gumdrop did resist mentioning the usual I-told-you-so's, but she still looked like the Hand of Pony Damnation was going to come out of the sky and squish her.

"It's ok," Sunsparkle grinned "It was Cherry Blossom's stuff."