My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: MMMystery on the Friendship Express

A/N: Hello, world and welcome back to MLP: Friendship is Magic! Sorry for the delay, but things got busy at the movie theater, plus I was babysitting my nephews, and earlier I took my client from my other job to her doctor's appointment. Nothing to worry about, just a routine checkup.

So, that's enough about real life, time to get this story rolling. Onward!

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Disclaimer: I don't own anything from My Little Pony: Magic is Friendship. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.

CHAPTER TWO: MIDNIGHT RAID

That night Pinkie Pie marched back and forth in front of the cake, determined to keep it safe, and she was also determined to stay awake the entire night if she had to. However, after about an hour, she began drooping and was on the verge of falling asleep when a shadowy figure zoomed behind her, waking her up.

"Huh? Stop, you saboteur!" she shouted, chasing after the figure through the cars until she reached the last one, and nearly flipped over the railing. "I have you now! Wha?" She looked around, wondering where the figure had gone.

Unable to find the figure, the pink pony returned to the dessert car when she saw another shadowy figure wearing a hat, and she gave chase, this time toward the front of the train. "A-ha!" she shouted, but there was only the engineer shoving coal into the engine.

Pinkie Pie dashed back into the dessert car to check on the cake. "Ahh?! Oh!" she gasped, relieved when she saw that the cake was still intact. "Thank Celestia you're okay! But one of those bakers is mixing up something bad, so I'm not leaving you again no matter what," she vowed when the blinds suddenly snapped shut, plunging the car into utter darkness.

"Huh? Who turned out the moon?" she demanded when she heard galloping and went charging around in the dark to stop the possible thief. "Don't go near that cake, thief! Stop, thief!" She ran into something and heard a grunt. "Oh, are you okay, thief?" she asked before the door opened and she raced into the nearby sleeper car, only to find it devoid of shadowy figures.

Growling in frustration, Pinkie Pie straightened the nearby portrait that'd been knocked sideways by the thief before opening the binders to let the moonlight in. "Huh… Overreacting, my hoof," she grumbled, returning to her post. "I knew I was going to have to keep a close eye on you, and that's just what I'm gonna do."

She stared intensely at the cake for several seconds before falling fast asleep, snoring loudly.

The next morning, Pinkie Pie was still sleeping on the floor when a rooster crowed and she woke up, "Huh? What?" She gasped and looked at the cake while getting up on her hooves. "The cake! Oh, MMMM, you look mmmm-marvelous."

Yawning, Twilight Sparkle and Sunrise Blossom both entered the car and when they looked at the cake, they both gasped. "Whoa!"

"I know," the pink pony agreed happily. "I think some congratulations are in order for a job well done."

Twilight Sparkle went over to the cake, examined one of the sides and then looked at her friend. "Um, you better hold off on giving yourself an award just yet, Pinkie," she advised. "Look." And she turned the plate that the cake was on a bit.

"Look at what?" Pinkie Pie and looked at the side of the cake that'd been facing the wall. "Huh?" She gasped in horror at the sight of the three large bite marks in the side of the cake.

"Um, I think we have a cake thief on board," said Sunrise Blossom uneasily, wishing that she'd taken her friend more seriously.

The pink pony began screaming and the other ponies came running into the car to see what was going on.

"What is it?" Applejack asked, concerned.

"What happened?" Rainbow Dash asked, looking around frantically.

"It's the Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness, it's been" Pinkie Pie cried "mutilated!" And as the group gasped in horror, she became unexpectedly calm and a determined expression etched itself across her face. "Now we just need to find out who done it," she announced, and wrong-footed them.

Twilight Sparkle was the first to recover from the emotional change in her friend. "You mean, who did it," she corrected.

"Exactly," the pink pony agreed. "Who did-done-dood it."

"That's not a real word, Pinkie," Sunrise Blossom pointed out, rolling her eyes.

"Well, having read many mystery novels, I know that the only way to discover the culprit is to investigate," the purple unicorn remarked.

Pinkie Pie nodded and planted a detective hat on her own head, clamping a pipe in her mouth, blowing bubbles. "Exactly," she agreed. "And as chief detective, that's exactly what I'm gonna do."

"Uh, you're investigatin'?" Applejack asked skeptically.

"Yes!" said the pink pony, planting a bowler hat on Twilight Sparkle's head, earning an annoyed look from her friend. "And Twilight shall be my lowly assistant who asks silly questions with obvious answers."

Twilight Sparkle rolled her eyes. "Fine, Pinkie," she grumbled. "Should we start looking for clues?"

"Perfect silly question, my dear Twilight," Pinkie Pie agreed, blowing more bubbles as she paced before the group. "Because the obvious answer is…"

"Yes?" the purple unicorn suggested.

The pink pony shook her head. "No! 'Cause I know who did it," she announced and the group gasped.

Had Pinkie Pie really solve the case?

A/N: Hmm, has Pinkie really solved the case already? Well, you'll just have to wait until Tuesday to find out. Yeah, I know that's a long wait, but that's just how it is. Bye for now! R&R everyone!