Chapter 16: cooking with memories
"so, how do you make those again?"
Pinkie pie was standing in the middle of sugarcube corner's kitchen, showing shadow how to bake the "perfect cupcakes." She and shadow were standing in front of many ingredients, along with cupcake tins, frosting, and a bowl with a spoon. Pinkie pie was guiding shadow's hand. "one half flour, 3 cups of sugar, 6 pieces of candy, 3 teaspoons of salt, one teaspoon of vanilla extract, and two cups of rainbow." together, they slowly poured the ingredients in the bowl.
"what now?" Shadow asked her. "the fun part!" pinkie took the bowl and started mixing. "whoa! Hey pink, slow down a bit!" Shadow laughed, narrowly dodging the splatter. "you have to mix fast, silly! it makes a lighter, fluffier cupcake!" She put the whisk down with her hair. "you try." shadow reluctantly took the bowl away from her. He picked up the whisk and mixed slowly.
"don't be afraid to get messy, shady! It's all part of the fun!" shadow mixed a little faster. "oh, come on! You can do better than that!" Pinkie smiled brightly. "you know pinkie, I've never been a cooking type, not to mention baking. Can't you do this?" He stopped mixing. Pinkie pie sighed, then smiled a small smile. She took the bowl from shadow and nuzzled him. "you will learn soon enough."
She poured the mix into the cupcake trays, and handed one to shadow. "you can put cupcakes in an oven, right?" she jokingly teased and nudged him with her hoof. he sighed, and grinned in defeat. "of course I can." They put the tins in the oven and closed the door. "and now, the boring part." Pinkie pie trotted out to the front counter and sat down on the ground. Shadow stood behind the counter. The two were silent for a moment, before shadow spoke. "you know, I kind of lied." Pinkie turned her head to him. " I can cook, just not as good as you." Pinkie pie jumped up. "oh shadow, you're probably a really great cook of you tried!" She walked over to him, and placed a hoof around him. in return, shadow placed an arm around her lower neck, his hand reaching her back. "maybe."
Another silence followed as they both stood behind the counter. "when maria and I lived on the ARK, we had to conserve a lot of pre-made food. So In her spare time, she liked to cook many different things. I remember one time when we were in that kitchen together...
*Flashback*
"what are you doing, Maria?" The young shadow asked her as she opened a cupboard, grabbed some cocoa powder, and set it down on a small counter. "I'm making brownies, shadow." Maria smiled sweetly at him as she reached down for a bowl. The young hedgehog was confused. "what are brownies?" Maria set the bowl down and thought for a minute. She grinned. "brownies are brown, usually small, sweets. They are a favorite of mine." As she was talking, she finished collecting the rest of the ingredients. "do you want to help me?" Shadow nodded, and the two set off to make the brownies. Shadow got messy and messed up few times, but the brownies came out wondrously.
The two shared a small piece together. "That was fun, Maria." Shadow told her as he took a bite. "Yeah! Maybe we should cook together more." Shadow nodded in agreement. "Every Friday?" Maria asked him as she put an arm around his neck. "Definitely." Shadow smiled at her and held her free arm in his arms and hands. "So, are we going to finish the pan or not?" Shadow jumped up. "as long as you save a piece for grandpa." Maria inquired. "Race you to the kitchen!" Shadow laughed as he dashed towards the counters. Maria rolled her eyes and smiled. "Not if I beat you first!"
*Flashback over*
"It was really fun trying out recipes, even if some of them didn't turn out quite what we expected them to be." Pinkie pie rubbed his back and nodded. "But, the brownie recipe is the one I remember the most, besides the recipe for chocolate. She nodded once again, and then smiled a small smile. "Would you like to show me how to make it?" Shadow looked at pinkie pie. He smiled. "Of course." He took his hand off her back, took her hoof, and the two re-entered the kitchen.
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¨The cupcakes are done!¨ pinkie placed the hot tin on the counter. Shadow was holding a glass pan that contained the brownie mix. He slid it into the oven and turned to pinkie. ¨ok, now the REAL fun begins!¨ she exclaimed, tossing bags and containers of frosting onto the counter. they both held up a butter knife. ¨i bet I can frost faster than you." pinkie teased. Shadow smirked. ¨try me.¨
the frosting explosion commenced. they both were splattered by frosting; the kitchen looked like a warzone. it was a beautiful disaster.
"Ding!"
The oven went off just as they were boxing the cupcakes. Still splattered in frosting, a cheerful shadow reached into the oven and pulled out beautiful, brown brownies. "would you look at that." Shadow sighed to himself. Pinkie pie looked up from the pink box. "so how did they turn out?" She asked, as she took the box over to the display counters. Shadow placed the glass on the counter. "just magical." Pinkie pie walked over next to him. Her eyes widened a bit. "wow. Just wow." Pinkie was surprised that shadow did so good. "you did great." Shadow inhaled the smell deeply. He looked over at pinkie pie. He smiled lovingly. T
standing in the doorway, he saw Maria. Shadow's eyes widened. She smiled at him, and nodded. The vision faded away. "shadow?" Shadow snapped out of it and focused back on pinkie pie, still standing in front of him. "are we going to eat this or not?" Shadow regained his composure. " duh!" He said in a matter-of-fact way. The rest of the afternoon was spent eating brownies on pinkie's balcony.
Another good memory.
I hope you liked this chapter! Sorry it took so long, I am currently working on a rewrite of opposites attract and taking short breaks. If you like these relaxed chapters, let me know! Write you later!