Chapter 5: Home Alone
Authors Note: Yep, writing this chapter took me a little longer than I wanted. At first my family distracted me then Ninja Gaiden 2 distracted me. I had the overwhelming need to cut ninjas up with Ryu. No, it's not weird of me to have this need. It's perfectly sane of any human. -NinjaDino4
Disclaimer: I do not own MLP. I only own my story and characters.
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.
"Ugh…" Emma sighed rolling over to turn her alarm clock off.
The clock read 6:40. Sluggishly shifting off her bed Emma flipped on her bedroom light. She walked as quietly as she could down the hall hoping that the others weren't woken up. Of course, her attempt was to no avail.
"What was that noise?" Twilight tiredly asked opening the guest bedroom door.
"Sorry, didn't mean to wake you, Twilight. It was just my alarm clock." Emma whispered.
"Actually, you woke us all up." Rainbow said as each of the five walked into view. "That was an alarm clock? Sounded more like a train whistle..."
"Crap…so sorry girls." Emma replied practically jogging to the kitchen.
"What's the big hurry for?" Rarity asked as each one followed their distraught friend.
"School." She said ripping open the fridge and grabbing a bottle of water. Emma tore open a cabinet door and took out a muffin.
"School?! This early?! It's still dark out!" Pinkie responded pointing towards the window.
"Hey, I didn't choose the time. I've been asking myself that question for a very long time." Emma ran for the bathroom, quickly eating her breakfast. She brushed her teeth and washed her face frantically while searching for a hair tie.
"How long are ya gonna be gone for?" Applejack asked.
"I'll be back around three thirty." She responded racing into her bedroom shutting the door behind her.
"Three thirty? That seems like a long time…" Fluttershy pointed out.
"School in Ponyville didn't start this early and sure didn't take quite as long. What could they possibly be doing for all that time?" Twilight questioned.
The door swung open. Emma was in a simple pale pink skirt, white button up and light brown ankle boots along with a dark brown large purse. Simple, yet sophisticated.
"That outfit is just so perfect." Rarity beamed with approval.
"Yeah, they always are. I don't have much longer. Maybe like ten more minutes." She went into the bathroom and pulled her hair up into a sleek ponytail with ease. Several minutes later she stepped out all ready to go after putting makeup on.
"I gotta go. Bye everyone." She said walking to the door.
"What about breakfast?" Pinkie asked slightly disappointed.
"I have to go. Like right now. I just don't have a minute to spare. You're gonna have to make your own." Emma exited the house shutting the door.
The six looked out of the window watching Emma drive down the road in her car. In only moments she was out of view.
"So…what do we do now?" Rainbow asked.
"Make breakfast!" Pinkie suggested happily.
"Easy enough." Twilight replied walking to the kitchen. Opening the fridge she had a look of stupidity hit her face. "What are we going to eat?"
"Meat!" Rainbow, Applejack and Pinkie shouted in unison.
"Eh…I'll take some eggs." Rarity cringed in disgust at the other three.
"Me too." Fluttershy quietly said.
"Meat…" Twilight muttered skimming all of the food. "I'm guessing this red stuff is the meat. It has the word…bacon on the front." She took the package and put it on the counter. Twilight easily located a carton of eggs and placed it next to the meat.
Pinkie pulled out a pan from a cabinet right above her and placed it on the stove.
"How'd you find that so fast?" Twilight asked a bit confused.
"It's where I'd put my pans." Pinkie shrugged in response.
"Okay then…well, does anyone know how to cook meat?" Twilight questioned staring at the bacon.
None of them said a word. Each glanced at one another with an odd look.
"…What about the laptop? Emma did say it was like a giant library…" Fluttershy suggested. To her surprise they all actually paid attention to her idea for once.
"Great idea, Fluttershy. You five go do that. I'll make the eggs." Rarity stated opening a drawer and miraculously finding a spatula.
"Are ya sure ya don't want help?" Applejack questioned.
"I'll be fine. Don't worry about me." Rarity assured her friends. She wanted to make sure everything was just right. Having an extra hand at the stove would've made it more complicated for her.
"Alright. I guess we should all get to it then." Twilight stated heading to the couch. The other four peeked over her shoulder as she turned the laptop on. Remembering everything Emma did, she managed to get on the internet.
After a few moments of staring at the screen Twilight found the search bar. Slowly, but surely she typed the question and clicked on a random website that came up. They all read the instructions word by word, but still weren't all that sure.
"I got this. I'm pretty sure I know how to make it now." Rainbow said confidently.
"Pretty sure or absolutely certain? Twilight asked worried about what could happen.
"Is pretty certain a choice?" Dash questioned feeling a little less confident due to the looks she received.
"Good enough." Pinkie pulled out a baker's hat from the couch cushion and threw it on Rainbow's head.
The five joined Rarity back into the kitchen, who just finished cooking the eggs.
"Perfect." Rarity sighed admiring her fine work that filled up three plates.
"The eggs look amazing." Fluttershy smiled.
Rainbow looked at the bacon slightly nervous, but tried to hide the feeling.
"Alright, let's do this." She sighed taking a deep breath.
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"Put it out! Put it out!" Rainbow screamed as her heart began to beat right out of her chest.
Applejack quickly grabbed the pan's handle. The fire blazed almost touching her face. She could feel the intense heat rise with each passing second. Tossing the pan into the sink and quickly smothering it the flames fizzled out.
"Ah thought ya said ya knew how to cook this stuff?!" AJ shouted nearly scared half to death.
"I thought I did." Rainbow winced then laughed nervously. "Guess I didn't."
"I'm surprised the fire alarm didn't go off." Rarity stated as she slid the back door open causing the smoke to trickle outside.
"Dashie, I don't think you need that hat." Pinkie snatched the baker's hat and placed it carefully onto Rarity's head.
"I need it? Why exactly would I?" Rarity asked glancing up.
"Cause you're our new designated cook!" Pinkie replied as if it were obvious.
"Of course…What else would I be?" Rarity responded, not very enthusiastically.
"That's nice and all, but what are we gonna eat since somebody decided to burn our food?" Applejack eyed Rainbow who looked a tad embarrassed in response.
"I suppose I could make more eggs. Is that alright with you three?" Rarity suggested.
"Whatever you want to make is fine with me." Pinkie agreed to the idea.
"Same here." Dash replied.
"Eggs sound plenty good right now." Applejack said.
The other five set the table while Rarity cooked the other three eggs. They all ate together, but were stumped as they had no clue how to pass time after the fact.
"It's only been like an hour! What else are we supposed to do?" Rainbow groaned in frustration.
Each one turned their heads to the side, there in the living room was the answer to their question.
"TV!" They all shouted at the same time.
Pinkie grabbed the remote and turned on the food network.
"We just ate food. Why would we all wanna watch something about food?!" Rainbow complained snatching the remote. "I was thinking we could watch something scary."
"Not so fast. I want to watch something that has sophistication to it. Perhaps a dress designing show." Rarity took the remote.
"No way! There's gotta be somethin' on this thing that's actually entertainin'." Applejack grabbed the remote fiercely. "Besides, ah almost got my eyebrows burned off. So ah should choose the show."
"Actually, I was thinking we could all watch something that educated us about this world. I'm sure Princess Celestia will come to get us in no time, but it wouldn't hurt to learn." Twilight quickly took the remote from Applejack. "Come to think of it…why haven't I just tried sending the Princess a sign that we need help getting back to Equestria?..."
While Twilight was busy going off into a deep thought Fluttershy took the opportunity to steal the remote. "Sorry, Twilight. I just thought I would get to choose the show…"
Rainbow lunged forward and stole the remote back. "Haha! I get to choose!"
"Watch out everyone! Rainbow might set the TV on fire." Applejack took the remote and tried changing the channel.
They all soon broke out into a fight. Fists were flying and hands were grabbing. Pinkie Pie and Rarity were yanking back and forth over the device.
"Let go, Pinkie!" Rarity snapped holding onto the remote as much as she could.
"Never! You let go!" Pinkie pulled back with as much force as she could manage.
Both put up the charade for as long as possible, but Rarity began to lose grip. The remote began to slide from her hands. Pinkie's grip loosened and before they knew it the remote went flying over their heads.
All of their eyes widened. Only seconds later the remote crashed through the living room window.
"Buck." Rainbow said in shock.
"Did…we just…break the window?..." Rarity asked with a tinge of fear.
"Uh huh." Pinkie slowly nodded her head in response.
"We…are in so much…trouble! Emma is gonna kill us!" Twilight began to freak out.
"I'm sure she'll understand. I mean…it was an accident. She won't be mad, right?" Applejack tried reassuring herself, but it didn't really help her.
"She'll be so mad at us! I shouldn't have taken the remote. Maybe this wouldn't have happened if I didn't." Fluttershy spat out worriedly.
"Wait! I have an idea everypony!" Pinkie shouted, but caught the little mistake. "I mean everybody!"
The other's heads perked up a little bit.
"What is it? What's your idea?" Twilight questioned having a little bit of hope.
"We could all pitch in and clean this place! Emma is always freaking out about things being out of place or dirty! Maybe she'll be a little less mad at us if we fix this place up." Pinkie suggested eagerly.
"Ain't nothin better. Guess it's the only thing we can do." Applejack replied a bit discouraged.
They all nodded and got straight to work. A few hours later they finally managed to get the whole house spotless, except one room, Emma's room.
"Phew." Twilight wiped her forehead. "It's already three twenty. I can't believe we've been at this for so long."
"And only one place left to clean." Pinkie looked over to Emma's room.
"Are you sure we should be cleaning her room? Isn't that her job?" Rarity questioned.
"We'll just spruce it up a bit. No big deal." Rainbow said opening the door.
"Fine. I'll get the closet!" Rarity ran into the wide walk in closet with joy. It was her favorite place in the entire house.
Fluttershy dusted all of Emma's furniture, Twilight re-shelved books, Applejack and Rainbow made the bed, but Pinkie had nothing to do.
"Hmm…" Pinkie said looking around the room trying to think of a job for her. "I know! I'll clean under her bed." She dropped to the floor and stuck her head under the bed. She saw a big dark spot near the wall. Curiosity got the best of her and she slipped her body underneath managing to reach for the object. To her surprise it wasn't one object, it was six.
"I found something." Pinkie announced pulling herself out taking a couple of the objects with her. "Look what I fou-" As soon as she came out she noticed what they were. Everyone gasped.
"Wha-What. Is that…is that you?" Twilight asked staring at the stuffed toy and Pinkie.
"It's me. But why would Emma have me? That doesn't make any sense…" Pinkie sat down with a confused look as she stared at the animal.
"I have to say, that does look like me. It's just spot on!" Rarity squeaked, but earned a glance from everyone. "I mean…how dare she have stuffed versions of us."
"Wait! There's more!" Pinkie squeezed back under the bed and rolled out the other four. Each one picked up their stuffed counterpart.
"Okay, this is just creepy." Rainbow stated in disgust.
"She had these all along?" Fluttershy questioned staring at hers.
"I think they all look just right. I mean, they even got my curls right." Rarity approved. "But…this is a tad weird."
"I don't even know what ta think of this." Applejack eyed hers disapprovingly.
"Should we ask her about it?" Pinkie asked leaning on the bed.
They all heard Emma's car which meant it was 3:30.
"She has some explaining to do. Come on." Twilight frowned. They all walked to the door with their stuffed versions behind their backs. The front door opened revealing Emma.
"Hey girls." Emma greeted, but noticed the angry looks that they all shot at her. Even Pinkie and Fluttershy looked slightly ticked. "Everything alright?"
"Mind explaining this?!" Twilight growled. Each one revealed the pony plushies behind their backs. Emma's eyes shot open in a mixture of shock and fear.
Could've made this longer, but it's way more fun cutting it off right here. I'm so evil.