My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: Baby Cakes
A/N: Hey, guys, here's the next chapter.
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CHAPTER TWO: BABYSITTING ISSUES
The Cakes went to see Fluttershy at her home first, hoping that she could look after the twins.
"Oh, I would love to babysit!" said Fluttershy regrefully. "But I can't today, sorry. I promised Angel we'd go on a picnic." And she nodded to the white bunny, who was tapping one foot impatiently. "You understand, don't you?" she called after the Cakes as they sadly left. "Y-you're not mad at me, are you? Please don't be mad at me!"
Pinkie Pie danced around, trying to get the attention of the Cakes while cradling a bunny in her forelegs. "I'll do it! Pick me!"
The Cakes went to see Twilight Sparkle next at the library, hoping that the purple unicorn could care for the twins for a few hours.
Twilight Sparkle shook her head regretfully. "I have to finish this report for the Princess summarizing all my other reports to the Princess," she informed them while nodding to Spike, who was balancing on a stool while holding a bunch of reports.
Nodding sadly, the Cakes left, missing out on Pinkie Pie, who had put a diaper on a book and was cradling it like a baby. "I wanna babysit! Pick me!"
The Cakes headed over to Sweet Apple Acres, where Applejack was frantically bucking apples out of the trees into the baskets.
"Babysit?" she repeated, tossing apples into the baskets that'd missed. "Now? When there's a swarm o' hungry caterpillars headin' this way? I gotta get all these apples picked before they get swarmed on!" And she snatched up an apple before one of the hungry caterpillars could eat it.
Pinkie Pie danced around the Cakes as they left, her forelegs filled with apples. "Ooh, ooh, I wanna do it!"
At the Apothecary, they found Sunrise Blossom frantically mixing up a potion and she shook her head when the Cakes asked her to babysit the twins. "I really wish I could," she said regretfully. "But Applejack need this potion to keep the hungry caterpillars away from the apples, and I still have dozens of bottles to fill! Oops!" She cringed when the potion exploded, leaving their manes standing on end. "Sorry!"
"That's understandable, Sunrise," said Mrs. Cake as they left with Pinkie Pie following after them, begging to do the babysitting.
The Cakes found Rainbow Dash on a cloud and they asked her if could babysit the twins, who were enjoying the trip.
The blue pegasus shook her head. "I got tickets to the Wonderbolts airshow this afternoon. Gotta dash!" And she flew off.
"Ask me!" Pinkie Pie pleaded. "Mememememememememememememe!"
The Cakes went to the boutique to ask Rarity, who reacted in a startling manner.
"Moi? Babysit?" she asked and shook her head quickly. "N- Oh nonononononononono! I'm flattered that you would think about me though," she added, shutting the door.
Mr. Cake glanced at the pink pony, who was looking at them hopefully and he groaned. "Pinkie Pie, how would you like to babysit for us?" he asked unenthusiastically.
Pinkie Pie gasped, delighted, and then pretended to change her mind. "I dunno. I'll have to check my schedule," she remarked before nodding eagerly. "Yes!"
Returning to Sugarcube Corner, the Cakes frantically began loading their cart with baked goods while Pinkie Pie was standing with Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake.
"Now, Pinkie, are you sure you really understand the responsibility of watching over two babies?" Mr. Cake asked the pink pony urgently.
"I can be responsible," Pinkie Pie assured him. "Why, responsibility is my middle name. Pinkie Responsibility Pie."
"But this time you need to take care of them, not just play with them," Mrs. Cake reminded her with a serious expression. "You have to be responsible."
The pink pony nodded vigorously. "Yes, I know. I will. I am," she promised.
Although uncertain, Mrs. Cake pushed a tall multi-layered cake out of the kitchen and tossed a scroll to the pink pony. "Oh, here you are, dearie," she informed her. "All your responsibilities are on this list."
Pinkie Pie blinked as the scroll rolled across the floor, revealing the long list of responsibilities. "Whoa!" she exclaimed. "That's a lot of responsi- Consider it done." And she saluted.
Mr. Cake hurried over to the cake and spoke to his wife. "We'll frost it when we get there! C'mon, sugarplum, tick-tick!" And he pushed the cake out the door, and the pink pony pushed Mrs. Cake outside, too.
"Take good care of our two precious little ginger snaps!" Mrs. Cake requested.
"No problemo, Mr. and Mrs. Cake," Pinkie Pie promised. "Everything is under control." She waited until they left and she went back inside, shutting the door behind her. She smiled at Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake, who stared at her for a long moment before they both burst out crying. "Uh-oh."
The twins were still crying and Pinkie Pie wasn't entirely sure of what to do, but she was determined to prove to both the Cakes and herself that she could be responsible.
"Oh, don't cry, little friends!" she pleaded and then she duck behind the doors to the kitchen to do the hide-and-seek game. "Look, look! Where's Pinkie Pie…? Where's Pinkie Pie?" she asked, but Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake kept crying. Alarmed, she came out so that they could see her. "Oh no… I'm right here, see?"
As the twins kept crying, Pinkie Pie hurried over to them and made both silly sounds and funny faces to cheer them up, but they just kept crying. "Oh, think think think… Aha!" she said, getting an idea, and she hurried them into the kitchen.
Seating them at a small table, Pinkie Pie set up her own stage and did a comedy bit. "Hey guys, watch this!" she said, using a broom as a microphone. "Hey, you're a wonderful crowd here tonight! Where y'all from? Wow, that's great. Y'know, I used to have an ant farm, but I had to get rid of it because… I couldn't find tractors that small!"
Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake looked at her blankly and Pinkie Pie repeated the joke. "Get it? Tractors that small?" she asked, but they still didn't laugh, and so she tried a different joke. "The other day, I spilled spot remover on my dog… and now I can't find him!" And she looked hopefully at the twins, but they started crying again. "Gee, tough crowd," she muttered. "Tell me about it."
The pink pony then set aside the broom and duck behind the curtain. "Fine, I wasn't gonna pull off a show stopper, but you're a lovely audience and I think you deserve it!" She came back out, wearing a pig nose and she began bouncing and dancing around as she sang and made pig noises.
"First you jiggle your tail! Oink oink oink!" she sang. "Then you wriggle your snout! Oink oink oink! Then you wiggle your rump! Oink oink oink! Then shout it out! Oink oink oink!" And the twins stopped crying, and they were watching her. "First you jiggle your tail! Oink oink oink! Then you wriggle your snout! Oink oink oink! Then you wiggle your rump! Oink oink oink! Then shout it out! Oink oink oink!"
Unfortunately, the song didn't encourage Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake to laugh, instead they started crying again.
"First you jiggle your tail! Oink oink oink!" Pinkie Pie kept singing, now desperately. "Then you wriggle your snout! Oink oink oink! Then you wiggle your rump! Oink oink oink! Then shout it out! Oink oink oink!" She was so focused on her singing, that she ended up tripping on her own tail, went rolling across the floor, and ran into the fridge. A bag of flour then fell off the top and it landed on her with a ploof!
Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake stared at her for a moment and then they began giggling.
Completely covered with flour, Pinkie Pie was relieved to see that they were happy. "There, see? Nothing to this babysitting business! Ugh!" She then flopped backward, exhausted.
After cleaning up the flour, Pinkie Pie put the twins in their high-chairs and she checked the list that she'd taped to the side of the cupboard. "Snack time," she read and she grinned. "That's easy enough." She then went to the fridge and found two bowls of baby food. She took them out, warmed them to the proper level, and then set them before the babies. "Okie-dokie! Eat up!"
When Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake didn't start eating, the pink pony picked up one of the bowls and pretended to eat. "Like this! Num-num-num, num-num-num-num! Ahh!" She then set the bowl back in front of Pumpkin Cake.
Pumpkin Cake started reaching for the bowl, but she pushed it aside to get to the tablecloth instead. "Nom-"
"No, Pumpkin Cake," Pinkie Pie scolded, pulling the tablecloth out of her mouth, "we eat food, not tablecloths." And the baby started crying.
Scowling, Pound Cake tossed his bowl into the air and landed on his head, splattering him with food, and they were crying.
Thinking quickly, Pinkie Pie retrieved a bag of flour and ran back to the twins. "Huh, huh? Uh, hey, guys, look at me!" She then opened the bag and the flour landed on her with a ploof! "Achoo!" she sneezed, and Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake started giggling. "Yeah," she muttered. "I think I can see where this is going." And she snorted.
Once the kitchen and herself were cleaned again, Pinkie Pie took the twins upstairs to the bathroom for a bath, which was next on their to do list. Once the tub was filled with warm water and bubbles, she turned off the water and turned to grab the babies.
Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake ran away, giggling, and the pink pony chased them all over the bathroom, and panicked when the female baby grabbed one of the towels to chew on. "Towels are not food, Pumpkin Cake!" she protested, still chasing them and finding them hiding in the cabinet above the skin, and behind the curtains. "Drop it… Drop it… Drop it!?"
Pinkie Pie finally grabbed Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake by the scruff of their necks with her teeth, and she dumped them into the tub, where they immediately started crying. "Ooh, look, guys! Bubbles!" she said and played with the bubbles by blowing them into the air and making a beard.
The twins stopped crying and were starting to giggle when one of the bubbles popped on Pumpkin Cake's horn, and they both started crying again. "Uh, uh, uh, uh, don't cry! Look, look, uh, floating things! Ooh, aaah, eeh!" And she loaded the tub with all kinds of bath toys, but they kept crying.
Pound Cake was so upset that he waved his forelegs around and broke the fauset on the tub, so that the pink pony was sent flying backwards by the spraying water, and she crashed through the door, leaving behind a pony-shaped hole.
Soaking wet, Pinkie Pie entered the bathroom with a grim expression on her face and carrying a bag of flour on her head. "Uh, don't make me do it, guys!" she warned, holding the bag over her own head. "You know what happens when you mix flour and water, don't you?" But when Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake wouldn't stop crying, she opened the bag and the moment she was covered with flour, it turned into dough.
The twins stared at her and they went back to giggling. Annoyed, the pink pony went to clean herself up once again.
A/N: Babysitting isn't easy, I can agree with that, but I never had had to use bags of flour to make my nephews happy thankfully. See you all on Tuesday! R&R everyone!