Part 3

` The other fillies gasped. Mrs. Creampuff turned her head.

"Who did that?" She demanded to know. Scootaloo gulped. She was about to tell her that it was her, when Silver Spoon beat her to it."

"It was Scootaloo, Mrs. Creampuff." She told her. Scootaloo glared at her. She was going to confess, why did Silver Spoon just blurt it out?" Mrs. Creampuff trotted up to Scootaloo.

"It is true, Scootaloo?" The young filly looked at her, not able to speak.

"Scootaloo! Did you throw that cake at me?" Scootaloo sighed and lowered her head in shame.

"Yes, Mrs. Creampuff."

"Oh, Scootaloo, that was a very bad thing you did."

"I know and I'm sorry."

"But I'm very proud of you for telling me." Scootaloo looked up with hope.

"So, I'm not in trouble?"

"Oh, you're in trouble all right." Scootaloo frowned.

"Tell her her punishment!" Diamond Tiara said.

"And because you destroyed your cake," Mrs. Creampuff continued. "You won't get your badge tonight and will have to make a cake by yourself at home, then you will get your badge. Understand?"

"Yes, Mrs. Creampuff."

"Good. I'll get something for you to clean that up."

"Yes, Mrs. Creampuff." The leader then trotted off.

"Scootaloo?" Sweetie Belle wanted to know. Scootaloo didn't look at her. "You okay?"

"Yes."

"Why did you ask if you were in trouble?" Apple Bloom asked. "Didn't you know you were in trouble?"

"Yes."

"Then, why did you ask it?"

'To make sure. There's always hope." Mrs. Creampuff then came back with a mop cart.

"Mop this up." She told her. "Then I want you to apologize to Mrs. Cake for getting cake over her floor. Then you can join the others."

"Yes, Mrs. Creampuff." Scootaloo grabbed the mop in her mouth and went to work, cleaning the spot where the cake was. Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara went up to her. She looked at them.

"Gee," Silver Spoon faked. "I feel sorry for you." Scootaloo gave her a hopeful look.

"Really?" She wanted to know.

"Yeah too bad there's no Cutie Mark for 'throwing cake at your scout leader', then you'd get that for sure." She and Diamond Tiara then hoof-bumped, and then trotted off, laughing. Scootaloo glared after them, sighed, and resumed her work.

"Mrs. Cake?" Scootaloo said to her as soon as she found her and when she was done cleaning up the mess. Mrs. Cake looked at her.

"Can I help you, dear?" She asked.

"I'm sorry for messing up your floor with cake." Mrs. Cake smiled.

"That's okay. I know you didn't mean it." Mrs. Cake motioned to the mop trolley. "I'll put this away."

"Thanks!" Scootaloo then headed off to her friends while Mrs. Cupcake wheeled the mop trolley back.

"So, how are my little salesponies doing?" Mrs. Creampuff asked a couple weeks later at filly scouts.

"Good, Mrs. Creampuff!" The fillies answered. Mrs. Creampuff smiled.

"Good. Now, as you all know, filling out cake orders is all over with. Now, we will start selling them." Every filly in the room cheered.

"We're done with the cake orders?" Sweetie Belle asked. "Wow! It feels like only six weeks ago that we just started."

"That's because we did start six weeks ago!" Scootaloo told her.

"How many cakes did we sell?" Apple Bloom wanted to know. "Did we beat Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara?"

"I don't know." Scootaloo replied. "We'll compare cake orders with them tomorrow at school."

"Now," Mrs. Creampuff continued. "NeighMart has generously offered us to sell the cakes in front of their store this Saturday and the Saturday after that." The fillies cheered again.

"Now, on to tonight's assignment." The fillies fell silent and prepared to listen to Mrs. Creampuff. "Tonight we will prepare for the two Saturdays by making a poster advertising what we're selling and what they cost. Our troop will be there from ten in the morning to five in the evening. Now of course we'll have shifts of two fillies each with me supervising. As we make our poster, fillies who will like to may sign up. And after all of that is done, we have a treat." Each filly 'oohed' at the word 'treat.' "Scootaloo has made cake to earn her badge because she didn't get it last time at Sugercube Corner and would like to share it with all of you." Cheers erupted from each filly again. "Now, let's get started."

"How are we going to decide which pony will sell when?" Apple Bloom wanted to know when she, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo were in line for the sign up. "There's three of us and only two fillies can do a shift. One of us will have to do it with somepony else."

"Hmmmm," Scootaloo pondered out loud.

"Scootaloo!"

"I'm thinking, I'm thinking!"

"Well, think faster! We're next in line!" She then had an idea.

"I got it!"

"Well, what is it?"

"We can do coin flips. The fillies that get the same thing will be paired up together.

"But, what if all three of us get the same thing?" Sweetie Belle wanted to know.

"Then, we'll do it until two fillies get the same one and the other pony gets something different. Let's ask Mrs. Creampuff if we can barrow three of her coins for a bit." Both friends agreed and went to ask Mrs. Creampuff.

After they got the coins from Mrs. Creampuff, they all went back to the sign-up sheet.

"Okay." Scootaloo said. "Go!" All three fillies flipped their coins and all got heads. "Again!" They all flipped the coins again. This time, they all got tails. "Come on; three times the charm!"

"Ugh!" Scootaloo complained after the sixth try. "Come on! One of us has to get something else."

"Maybe we should do something else." Sweetie Belle suggested. "This really isn't working out."

"Girls?" Mrs. Creampuff called from the table. "Are you done? I need you all to come back to the table please."

"Comin'!" Scootaloo called back. She looked back at her friends. "One last time. If this still doesn't work, we'll do something else." Her friends agreed and all tossed their coins one last time.

Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo got tails, and Apple Bloom got heads.

"Yes!" Scootaloo cheered.

"Finally!" Sweetie Belle put in. Scootaloo signed up, and then let Sweetie Belle sign by her name. Apple Bloom then signed her name next to another filly's name on the Saturday before. Then, the three fillies trotted back to the table.

"Scootaloo!" Mrs. Creampuff said to her when they were having their cake. Scootaloo trotted over to her.

"Yeah, Mrs. Creampuff?" Scootaloo questioned. "Do you like the cake?"

"It's delicious." Mrs. Creampuff looked at the other fillies. "What do you think girls? Do you think I should give Scootaloo her badge?"

"Yes, Mrs. Creampuff!" The fillies replied. Mrs. Creampuff looked at Scootaloo.

"Well Scootaloo, your peers have spoken." She then reached into her bag, and pulled out a 'cake making' badge. "And as promise, here's your cake making badge." She put it on Scootaloo's sash. "Congratulations." Scootaloo looked at her badge and smiled. She looked back at her scout leader.

"Thanks, Mrs. Creampuff." She went back to her friends and they all resumed eating their cake.

"So, how did you girls do?" Apple Bloom asked Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara at school the next morning. "We got 900 orders filled." Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara looked at her like she was crazy.

"No way!" Diamond Tiara said. "We got 900 too." Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo gasped.

"So we tied?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Looks like it." Silver Spoon told her.

"Don't forget," Scootaloo reminded them. "Ponies who didn't order can still get cakes."

"So we can still win." Silver Spoon stated. Scootaloo narrowed her eyes at her.

"Or we can still win."

"Whatever."

"I'm glad you girls sold so many cakes." Mrs. Creampuff told Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle on the last Saturday they were selling cakes as they were waiting for customers. A customer who didn't do a cake order got one, along with five for birthday parties. The Cutie Mark Crusaders were winning by six points! Sweetie Belle had an Equestrian Filly book with her.

"Yeah!" Scootaloo blurted out, smiling ear to ear. "We may actually beat those girls!" She then gasped. "Did I say that out loud?"

"Yep!" Sweetie Belle answered. "You did." Mrs. Creampuff turned to them with a questioning look.

"What? No, no, no! The Filly and Colts' Hospital of Ponyville. I do charities like these because I want to teach you girls it's more important to help the less fortunate then getting more money then somepony else. I hope you girls understand that." Scootaloo sighed.

"We know." Scootaloo said. "We're sorry we made this into a completion."

"That's good. Now, get ready, here come some customers." Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo turned around as some customers approached.

"Hey!" Said a familiar voice. "It's you again!" Scootaloo looked at the little colt, confused.

"Do I know you?" She asked.

"You were at my house that one day, remember?" Scootaloo wanted to agree that she saw him before, but she couldn't put a hoof on it.

"Scootaloo." Sweetie Belle said. "Do you know him?" Scootaloo shook her head.

"No, but apparently he knows me." The colt was about to protest, when a pony rushed towards him.

"Tiny Miracle!" She scolded. "Don't you run away from me like that. You had mommy all worried!"

"Sorry mom." The colt apologized. The mom looked at Mrs. Creampuff.

"Sorry about this." She said to her. Scootaloo looked at the mom closely and then it clicked. This was the pony that couldn't afford a cake. And her son was walking and didn't look so sick, no wonder why she didn't recognize her son.

"Oh, it's okay." Mrs. Creampuff reassured the mother. The mom then noticed Scootaloo looking at her and smiled.

"Hello again." Mrs. Creampuff was shocked. She looked at Scootaloo.

"You know this pony, Scootaloo?" She wanted to know.

"She was at our house a few days ago." The mom answered. "She tried to sell us a cake, but we couldn't afford it because we were saving money for my son's operation."

"But now my opreration's over now." Tiny Miracle stated. "And I'm all better." He trotted in circles. "Look; I can walk again!" Scootaloo smiled.

"Good for you." She said. "I'm glad to see you all better and walking." She then looked at the mom. "I'm sorry I lied to your son. I shouldn't have done that."

"Oh, it's okay." The mom told her, She then looked at her son. "I'm just glad my son's operation was a success and that he can walk again, but now he's a lot faster." Mrs. Creampuff giggled.

"So I see." She said.

"I say this calls for a celebration!" Sweetie Belle spoke. "Would you like some cake?" The mom looked at her son, then back at Sweetie Belle.

"Sure." She told her. She took out her wallet from her purse. "How much?" Mrs. Creampuff looked at Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle.

"Girls?" She started. "Tell the lady how much a cake costs."

"5 bits." Both fillies said at the same time. The mom counted out 5 gold coins, then handed them to Sweetie Belle, who put them away where the other coins were, in the moneybox.

"Good thing we bumped into you guys when we did." The mom spoke. "When I told my son we couldn't get a cake this year, he was so disappointed. Good thing his operation was a few days earlier than we thought, otherwise we'd might've missed out."

"Daddy thought it was tomorrow." The colt explained. "But it was five days ago!"

"Okay Tiny Miracle," His mom told him. "What do you say to these ponies?"

"Thanks!" Tiny Miracle thanked them.

"Well, you're welcome." Mrs. Creampuff said to him. They then said their goodbyes.

"Enjoy your cake!" Sweetie Belle called to them as they left. Scootaloo looked at the moneybox and smiled. This was really going to help the Filly and Colt's Hospital of Ponyville! It felt good helping for a good cause.

"Guess which pony we saw on Saturday!" Scootaloo told Apple Bloom at school on Monday. Apple Bloom thought about this.

"Is it Twilight?" Scootaloo shook her head.

"Nope!"

"Pinkie Pie?"

"No, not Pinkie Pie.

"Rainbow Dash? Rarity? Applejack?"

"No, no and no. Well, I did see Rarity when she dropped off Sweetie Belle."

"Scootaloo." Sweetie Belle whispered to her. "I don't think Apple Bloom knows this pony."

"I don't think you know this pony."

"If I don't know this pony, then why do you want me to guess who you saw?"

"I'll tell you. Do you remember the pony I tried to sell that cake to, but couldn't?"

"Because you lied to him and he couldn't afford it?"

"Yes, that pony. He and his mom came, and he was all better. So he and his mom got a cake from us!" Apple Bloom smiled.

"That's awesome! I'm so glad to hear that his operation was a success." Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo smiled.

"Me too."

"Me three!" Sweetie Belle added.

"So, how many cakes did we sell now that cake selling season is over?" Apple Bloom wanted to know. "Did we defeat Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara?"

"Well, I tallied up how many cakes we sold together last night." Scootaloo began. "And we sold….1,000 cakes!" Both Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom gasped.

"1,000?" Sweetie Belle said and smiled. "Wow, that's a lot!"

"It sure is. I don't know about Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon through. Let's go ask them!" The others agreed. They were about to ask them when they approached.

"So blank-flanks," Diamond Tiara started. "How did you do? I bet you didn't do as well as us. We sold 999 cakes." The Cutie Mark Crusaders all smiled wickedly. "So if you lost, like we knew you guys would, you guys all now will have to serve us for a whole week. Now, here's the first thing we want you to do…" Silver Spoon tapped her friend.

"Uh, Diamond Tiara?" She asked. "Why are they grinning at us like that? It's creepy!" Diamond Tiara noticed this.

"Hey yeah! Stop that; that is creepy! Why are you all smiling like that?"

"Because we sold 1,000!" Scootaloo informed them. Both fillies were dumbstruck.

"What?!" Diamond Tiara said. "That's a lie! You did not sell 1,000 cakes."

"Believe it or not, it's true." Diamond Tiara growled in her throat.

"So, what do we have to do?"

"We don't know yet. I'll tell you when we do, though."

"Peachy!" And with that, the two fillies left them.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders all squealed in delight and danced happily.

"I can't believe we beat those girls!" Apple Bloom said.

"Yeah!" Scootaloo agreed. "Neither can I, but we did. If that pony, Tiny Miracle didn't get a cake, we would've tied! And who knows what'd happen then!"

"Hurray for Tiny Miracle!" Sweetie Belle cheered. "We should go somewhere to celebrate!"

"But, where are we going to celebrate at?" Apple Bloom questioned. The three fillies thought about this.

"We could go for pizza." Sweetie Belle suggested. "At Pizza Place."

"Nah!" Scootaloo said. "That's too far."

"Ice Cream?" Apple Bloom questioned.

"No, the ice cream machine broke down yesterday at the closest place that sells ice cream, and they said it won't be fixed until Friday."

"Oh yeah." Scootaloo then had an idea.

"I know!"

As soon as the Cutie Mark Crusaders went to the back of the line of

SweetBerryCherry, , Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara entered the bar.

"What are they doing here?" Apple Bloom asked.

"To get yogurt, probably." Sweetie Belle replied. "This is a yogurt bar after all. They can be here if they want." Scootaloo hatched an idea

"I got it!" She said. Her friends looked at her, confused.

"What do you got?" Sweetie Belle asked. Scootaloo looked at them.

"Remember I told Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara that we'll tell them what we want when we think of it?"

"Yeah." Apple Bloom said.

"Well, I know what it should be!"

"What?"

"We should let them treat us to yogurt."

"Hey yeah!" Sweetie Belle agreed. "May as well since we'll all here to get it over with." Apple Bloom nodded in agreement.

"Sounds like a swell plan to me!" She responded. "Let's do it!" And with that, they trotted to Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara.

"Hey guys!" Scootaloo greeted. They looked at her.

"What do you want, Blank-Flanks?" Silver Spoon questioned.

"Oh, nothin'."

"Then, if you wanted nothing," Diamond Tiara started. "Then why did you even bother coming over here? Just to gloat?"

"No. We want yogurt."

"Then, why don't you buy them yourselves?" Silver Spoon questioned. "Isn't that why you're all here?"

"Yeah, but we want you guys to treat us to yogurt."

"And why in Equestria would we do that?"

"You said you guys will do anything for us if we sold more cakes than you." Apple Bloom put in.

"So?"

"So, we want yogurt." Sweetie Belle said.

"Um," Diamond Tiara said. "Can't you guys want something else from us? We were saving up to get our manes done at the beauty salon."

"Sorry." Scootaloo said, shaking her head. "You promised whatever we wanted. And we want yogurt."

"But…but…"

"Whatever we wanted." Silver Spoon sighed.

"Fine! What flavors do you girls want?"

The Cutie Mark Crusaders told them what each of them wanted, told them where they're be sitting, and sat in the table and waited.

"I feel bad for them." Sweetie Belle said. "Did we do the right thing?"

"Relax!" Scootaloo reassured her. "They agreed that they'd give us what we wanted if we won."

"And we did win." Apple Bloom put in. "Don't worry about it; we're doing the right thing."

"Exactly! And they can always go to the beauty salon."

"I guess." Sweetie Belle said with a sigh.

"Here are your yogurts." Silver Spoon said as she and Diamond Tiara came to their table with their yogurts and set them on their table.

"Thanks!" Scootaloo thanked them. "You can go now." The two fillies left and went back in line for their yogurts.

"I know that Mrs. Creampuff told you guys that we shouldn't have made this a completion between us and them, but it feels great to win."

"Yeah, but it even feels greater that we helped the hospital!"

"Yeah!" Both of them agreed. Scootaloo held up her cup.

"To Tiny Miracle and everypony at the hospital!" Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle held up their cups.

"To Tiny Miracle and everypony at the hospital!" All three of them chanted, chinking their cups together. And with that, they ate their yogurts.