AN: I do not own anything... MLP belongs to Hasbro, and Cupcakes, Rainbow Factory, and Pegasus Device to their respective owners
The grand reopening was a bigger success than any of them could hope for, with them selling out almost immediately and having to keep baking right up until closing. After all the customers left and they had cleaned up, they gathered around the main dining table when Dash and Pinkie put all the bits they earned on the table.
"Well that was a far better success than I was thinking," Pinkie said breaking the silence, "here in front of us is all the bits we earned today. Would you like to guess how much is here Surprise, Leafy and Scoot?"
"750"
"Not even close Surprise" Dash said with a chuckle
"Umm...1,087 bits?" Scoot said slightly hesitant with the guess
"Not a bad guess but you are too low, your turn Leafy"
"1,298 bits"
"Closer but just a tad off, final count was 1,322, that is a new single day record. As for how the pay is decided, me and Dashie are gonna give the Cakes 15% of total sales at the end of the week. Then after paying for the utilities and taxes we split the rest evenly. Fun part is, the Cakes don't know we are gonna give them anything, it is a surprising to show our appreciation." The others nodded before locking the profits in the safe and headed home. Things went smoothly over the next few months but one night at the factory changed that.
"Mrs. Rainbow, Mrs. Pinkamena, you have a letter from the boss..." Gentle said entering the office and placed it on the table in front of them and trotted out without saying another word.
"Wonder what that was about?" Pinkie asked with a puzzled look as she opened the letter
"Dear Rainbow and Pinkie Dash,
We have a problem, despite mine and Tia's best efforts, the delagates from the other kingdoms have decided to have you both arrested for crimes commited before we switched to prisoners. My suggestion is for you two to come turn yourselves in because if you don't there is going to be war.
Sincerely yours,
Princess of the Night and New Lunar Republic,
Princess Luna
P.S. Tia loved the song and Rainbow...
...I am sorry I failed you as a mother..."
"Say WHAT!?" Dash and Pinkie both said looking at each other stunned as they jumped up from the table and took off for Canterlot. They got there in record time and landed in the garden before making their way straight to the throne room.
"Princess Celestia, Princess Luna" they both said with a bow but the two Alicorns teleported them to their bedroom and made it so nopony could get in or evesdrop.
"Listen you two, you have got to get as far away from Equestria as fast as possible." Celestia said in a stern tone
"but what about the war?" Dash softly asked
"We already got a plan in place to prevent that but you can never show your faces around here again...in this state anyway."
"Huh?" the two pegasi asked as Luna and Celestia's horns glowed as magic circled the two of them. They soon started feeling uncomfortable as they grew a couple of inches and their wings changed from pegasi wings to Alicorn wings then were hit with the worst headache of their lives as a horn grew in the middle of their foreheads.
"Listen," Luna soothly said, "Normally that spell would not work but since you are my daughter Rainbow it did and it worked on Pinkie since she is technically royalty by being married to you. Me, Tia, Cadance, and Twi will secretly be helping you progress your magical abilities and that includes disguise and illusion spells. When you perfect them, you both can return to Ponyville under your aliases and resume your old lives. We will take care of the bakery and factory in the meantime and the other Elements, Scootaloo, Surprise, and Leafy have all been forewarned and are in on this."
"I was gonna ask about that, am I really your daughter Luna?"
"Yes dear you are, and you have aged quite well considering I had you shortly before my 1,000 year banishment" she replied with a chuckle as Dash and Pinkie's jaws dropped "Guess it was meant to be that way huh? Also, I have a surprise for you Pinkie..." she leaned in tapped Rainbow's horn before discharging an electric shock into Pinkie's. She then whispered something in Pinkie's ear, making her turn bright red and faint.
"What the-"
"No time to explain daughter, take care you two" she teleported the two new Alicorns home, where Pinkie woke up after a few minutes. Soon Leafy came into their room with her bag packed
"I'm coming, we are gonna hide in my kingdom, Surprise is gonna look after Scoot while we are gone."
"but you fled from there"
"and remember, my parents don't care, and if push comes to shove I know my adoptive parents will protect me."
"You know we will..." Dash and Pinkie said trying to hold back tears
"Ay, now let's go" with that they left Cloudsdale and made their way towards the distant snowland kingdom
