A Clone Gargoyle's Equestrian Tale

Next Lessons: Lesson Zero

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A week since the defeat of Discord Malibu was happy to have just a normal day in Ponyville. He was roaming about in town, just enjoying the peaceful sights and the smells of the food market.

He spotted Twilight and Spike from afar, Spike holding what looked like a really long checklist. It made Malibu grin, knowing Twilight she was obviously doing a whole lot of chores she needed one of her famous checklists for.

"Hey, Twilight!" Malibu called out, waving his hoof at her. Twilight saw her friend, grinning. "Malibu! A nice day, isn't it?" He nodded. "Yep. And I see you are obsessing over your checklist, huh?" She flushed but nodded. "Yeah. Do you want to hang out? If you aren't doing anything?"

The teal alicorn looked pleased to hang out with any of his friends. "Sure! What's up next on your list?" Spike had an excited face. "Cupcakes!" The baby dragon said excitedly. Malibu liked the idea of visiting Sugarcube Corner, wanting to have something sweet himself now.

Inside the sweet shop they opened the box of cupcakes, Spike longing to eat them, making Malibu chuckle. Twilight however had a concerned look on her face. "Uh, I only ordered 12," She complained to Mrs. Cake. Malibu then noted how many cupcakes were squished together. Mrs. Cake walked out. "Oh, I know dear. But I had an extra. So I thought I'd make it a baker's dozen!"

Malibu grinned. "That's nice," He said, but Twilight shook her head, pulling Spike away from the cupcakes. "Oh, that's very thoughtful of you. It's just some of the icing from the extra cupcake is getting all over the one next to it. See?"

Mrs. Cake from Malibu's perspective looked confused. "Ohh... sure..." Twilight grinned. "It's just that I'm sharing these at a picnic later and I don't want to feel like somepony else is getting more icing!"

The young alicorn spoke up. "I'm sure they wouldn't care—." He tried to say but Twilight shook her head. "Not to worry, I'll just move some of this one to..." She used a spatula to move the icing. "Hm... I think I may have scooped too much... oops! Now those two have more! Let's just try this again!" The unicorn began to go into a frenzy over the cupcake icing, trying to make it right. Malibu just stood there, blinking a little over her obsession.

She muttered to herself over it, eyes going slightly crazy. "Ooh, a little bit here, and here, and... perfect!" Now there wasn't much icing left on them all, Mrs. Cake covered in icing. She grinned awkwardly. "Oh, yes, much better..." She said.

"Okay, time to tackle the next item on our..." Twilight and Malibu saw Spike covered in the pink frosting. Malibu couldn't help the laugh that came. "Oops! Looks like we're going to have to add 'give a baby dragon a bath' to our list."

Spike shook his head, his tongue coming out, spinning himself and licking all the icing off in seconds. Malibu stared, somewhat grossed out by that sight. He hopped onto Twilight's back when they left. "Very efficient! And a little bit gross." The baby dragon shrugged with a grin. "Eh." Malibu himself always wondered how other animals found it sanitary to lick themselves clean.

Back at the library Spike leapt off her back and pulled out the list. "Looks like that's everything!" He declared. Twilight shook her head, Malibu wondering what could be next. "Almost everything!"

Malibu saw Spike looking at the last thing. "Triple-check checklist to make sure we didn't miss anything when we double checked the checklist." Ok, that's a mouthful, the former gargoyle thought, shaking his head. "Uh... check. Ugh!" He dropped the quill, his wrist looking rather cramped. "I've been holding that quill for so long, I've got a claw cramp!"