A Clone Gargoyle's Equestrian Tale

Journal Lessons: Maud Pie

S4 E18 Everypony! For Whom The Sweetie Belle Tolls is up next!

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Maliu blinked sleep out of his eyes, struggling to wake up as him and his friends headed over to Sugarcube Corner around 5:30 in the morning.

He heard Applejack give a little sigh. "Has anybody heard from Pinkie Pie since yesterday?"

The others shook their heads, Rainbow Dash stretching. "I don't see what's so important we had to meet here this early. Celestia hasn't even raised the sun yet!" She exclaimed, gesturing to a rooster. Malibu noted the rooster snoring softly, making him chuckle sleepily.

"Maybe it's something important," Malbiu pointed out. Twilight nods in his direction while knocking on the door. "I hope everything's ok."

After knocking there was a crashing noise, making Malibu jump into the air a little before showing Pinkie Pie in the doorway. "Thank goodness you're all here! There's no time to lose!"

She next yanks all 6 of them all inside, Malibu crying out and finding himself falling onto a pile of what looked like... rock candy?

"Careful!" Pinkie Pie warned as Twilight almost stepped on some of it. "What is all this?"

Malibu nods, shaking the crushed rock candy off of him. "Yeah, what did you want us over for?"

Pinkie Pie kept stirring some more rock candy in a bowl. "My sister Maud's gonna be here soon, and I need your help taste-testing my rock candy recipes!"

Applejack cringed up. "Uh, we're happy to help you Pinkie Pie, but this seems like an awful lot of candy."

Malibu nods in agreement, not having seen this much of it in his life but was curious about what Pinkie's sister would be like since she had grown up on a rock farm. "Yeah, even for you."

Pinkie gives a sheepish smile. "I might have gone a teensy bit overboard. But let's get to munching!"

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An hour later on, Malibu's stomach felt really bloated and sore, his hooves holding it while hearing his other friends were all groaning from so much rock candy.

Pinkie Pie came over with more new flavors. "Everypony ready for more?"

Rainbow Dash grimaced. "Ugh, my teeth hurt."

Malibu nods, his face feeling tired. "Yeah, my stomach feels like it is pregnant." He croaked.

Fluttershy moans as well, Applejack nodded. "I think we've had plenty. And shouldn't you be on your way to pick up Maud from the train station?"

Pinkie Pie's face was worried though. "Oh, but you've only tried half of the flavors, and we have to choose the perfect ones before she gets here so I have time to make more!" She began to get into an eating frenzy, Malibu's ears flattening from the sight of that, as he went up to her with a smile.

"Easy there Pink. I'm sure Maud would love the rock candy." He tried to assure.

Twilight nods in agreement. "Yeah, and I'm sure you've made enough. She's only staying for the week."

The pink party pony giggles. "Aw, it's not just for Maud, silly. I'm making candy for all of us!"

Hearing that made the others especially Malibu groan, knowing he needed to be on an off candy diet for a while.

Pinkie Pie pulled out a journal displaying pictures of herself and Maud. "It's part of a very important super duper special tradition that only the closest and bestest of friends can share! It all started when Maud and I were fillies on the rock farm. She taught me the Pie family rock candy recipe! It has a secret ingredient: It's rocks! And she showed me how to string the pieces to make them into a necklace! And once we were done, we trade! Maud and I been trading necklaces back and forth since I moved to Ponyville. They're a sign that we'll always be best friends!" She explains.