>community service in horseville is retarded
>for your unrepentant crimes in a form of [spoiler]growth inducing[/spoiler] booping spree, you're sentenced to a terrible fate
>not being a dick for one single day and actually helping someone in a productive manner or something
>that's what it said on Royal decree, anyway
>you're pretty sure it said that, at least
>you don't read horse and the guards just let you walk straight out of the castle
>except for one
>a white cutie with a brown-red mane kept glaring at you as you confidently strut towards the door
>she tries to stay professional, but she barely fit in the room, being tall enough that she has to duck through the Friendship Castle Playset™ double doors
>you wiggle your fingers and blow her a kiss
>she goes red in the face, scrunches her muzzle and starts shaking strong enough that some locks of her mane actually fall out of her carefully done ponytail and get in her face
>but she still doesn't block you from leaving the room to face your archnemesis
>a society of friendly sociable beings
>today's going to suck
 
>be tickled pink
>actually, white
>a bit brown
>fuck, you love baking, but why can't ingridients stay in the bowl?
>the sacrifices you make for parties
>a chime at the door interrupts your daydreaming about the world with automated vacuum cleaners that can also be used as dishwashers
>I mean, they have brushes too, right?
>it can't be that difficult to turn one into the other
Hello? Anybody there?
>Oh Celestia he found you
>No idea how...
>Wait, you kinda live and work here
Hey, Ponk, I kinda need a favour
>At least he doesn't want to try cooking
>flashbacks intensify
Oh, and can I use a stove for a bit?
>Fuck
 
>Be Spc. Sunflower, a young PV RG division recruit [spoiler]I have no fucking clue if a specialist can be a recruit. They can in this story[/spoiler]
>getting out of the meeting hall was an absolute pain in the flank
>Literally, too, since those double doors don't open all the way for some reason and you had to squeeze through
>Once you're out of cramped quarters, though, you finally get to stand tall
>You shut your eyes and just enjoy the warmth of the sun on your skin
>Raising your head to stretch just a bit further, you instead bang your head on the balcony
>It usually overlooks the entirety of Ponyville
>A lock of your auburn mane is knocked free again and you blow it away
>Your mane became even more unruly after Anon's shenanigans
>Not to mention all other size related inconveniences
>With an exasperated sigh you start to lean on the Friendship Castle Playset™, but lean away once you hear crystals cracking
>Honest to Celestia, if you hear just one joke about your weight, you'd...
>Well...
>You don't know what you'd do yet
>you blush a bit thinking of some potential scenarios
>summer can get tiring for a lonely guardmare
>you shake your head a bit to clear it and start slowly strolling away from Friendship Castle Playset™ and leaving round dents in the soil
>The trees come up to your chest and as you walk you can't help brushing against some canopies
>when else are you going to get a chance like this?
>A small giggle bubbles up in your throat from all the branches and leaves tickling against your coat and you indulge in a short run
>before you see a plume of smoke from down the road
>You do a double take confirming that it's coming from Ponyville proper
>A leisury run turns into a thundering earth shaking dash
>Guards save ponies
>No matter what from
 
>shit's on fire yo
>and it's absolutely 100% not your fault, fuck biased Ponk
>do not believe her lies
'Nonny, do you have a fire extinguisher?!'
Find your own, Pank!
'It's all your fault!'
>Fuck baking
'How did you even set fire to the mixing bowl?'
Wasn't me, I...
>You stop yourself when you feel something wrong
>aside from bakery on fire and three empty extinguishers scattered around
>that much is normal, as far as your experience with bakeries tells you
>instead you hear a weird thumping noise and you could swear you feel the ground shift
Wait, is your oven working off gas or electricity?
>the noise is getting louder, to the point of being distinctly heard over the roar of the fire
'What is electricity?'
>fuuuuuuuuuuuuck
>A loud snapping sound comes from above, and you react quickly by snatching Ponk and shielding [spoiler]you[/spoiler] from the debris of the ceiling
>Yet when you look up to the flaming roof you see that not only is it not collapsing on you, it is being lifted up
>moments after it is lifted away, an auburn lock of hair falls in sight, followed by a concerned face
>hey, you know this one
>Private Bunplower or something
>her face goes through a myriad of emotions as she looks inside of a flaming building, shifting from concerned worry, to angery indignation to complete confusion
>'Is that... cake?'
>both you and Party horse (still hanging in your outstretched hands with all of her hooves tucked in) turn to look at the blaze
>actually, now that the roof has been removed and smoke started clearing, you can see that the fire has mostly died down
>everything is covered in either foam or whipped cream tho
>in your defence, whipped cream canisters were red as well
>but in the blaze, a cake was born
>an almost 3 meters tall monstrosity that looked smaller than a cupcake to the colossus looking at you through a hole in the roof
'Hiya, Sunny! I wanted to cheer you up, so I started baking to get ready for a party just for you but then Nonny...'
>you shift her around a bit so you can hold her with one hand and put the other one over her mouth
>it never stopped Ponk before, it doesn't stop her now, but at least you can say something yourself now
>Don't fuck up
Hey, you're pretty. Sorry for making you grow. Have a cake.
>Lt Sunshower tears her eyes from a huge [spoiler]4u[/spoiler] cake and looks back to you
>Her mouth is slightly agape, her ponytail has shaken a bit loose during her run here and bits of her mane frame her orange eyes, some of it lying over the broken roof and hanging down inside the bakery
>you weren't lying for once, this girl looks good
For a horse, anyway
>scruch mode initiated
I said that out loud, didn't I
>hospital