THE BABY PONY MYSTERY

By Cherry Sweet

One day in the fields of Ponyland sat a group of ponies. ‘Order, ORDER!’ shouted a pony in the middle. The pony was sparkly pink with purple hair with strands of shiny tinsel in it. The ponies’ chatter stopped and they turned to look at her. The pretty pink pony then nodded to another pony. The other pony was slightly smaller and white. She had a horn and a sparkly symbol. ‘Thanks Princess Sparkle!’ the white pony said and then turned to her audience. ‘Hello Ponies! My name is Gusty and I am the leader of PSMWA. (Pronounced Pismwa) Ponies Solving Mysteries with Action. I am pleased to announce that we have solved the crime of the missing cookies. Baby Lickity Split was the culprit. In the crowd mother Lickity Split blushed and shrugged.  ‘Sadly though,’ continued Gusty. ‘Another mystery has popped up.’ The ponies looked around talking or whispering. Gusty rolled her eyes. ‘Ponies… Ponies…. PONIES!’ shouted Gusty and soon the chatter died down. ‘Please ponies-keep your chatter to a DULL roar.’ The ponies giggled ‘Well anyway, it seems something is up with the baby ponies. They are acting very quiet and not as, lets say, naughty. I am sure they are plotting something but I can’t think of anything. What do you ponies think?’ There was a cough in the crowd then a sneeze. Gusty shook her head. ‘Well I now pronounce this is a MYSTERY! Now with the help of Cherry Sweet, Moon Bug, Lady North Star and Darklighter we will try and solve the mystery!’ with that she clapped as the ponies stood up at turn, Darklighter bowing at her turn walked off stage, while the ponies chatted and clapped. The meeting was over!

 

Cherry Sweet ducked around a corner and giggled. She felt very silly. She munched on some grass then galloped over to the nursery. Walking with her head down she casually walked by until she reached the window. She then stuck her nose in the window and looked around. Inside were Baby Gusty, Moondreamer, Stockings, Bouncy, North Star and a couple others. Baby Gusty was standing on a mountain of pillows and talking to the ponies. Cherry Sweet chuckled and tossed her wild red hair. Baby Gusty was exactly like her mum. She let her mind drift for a minute to think about Gusty. It was her birthday in two weeks. What should she get her? Suddenly a baby pony saw her and rushed to close the blinds. Well! Thought Cherry Sweet and trotted away. Then she heard a shout. ‘Swait, Serry Tweet!’ shouted a baby pony. ‘Come din!’ she smiled and ran into the nursery….

 

Darklighter dove round a tree and hardly ducked Baby Lofty hitting her. Baby Lofty giggled and smiled as she flew clumsily into the air. ‘I’ll give her something to cry about in a minute!’ she whispered to Lady North Star. LNS smiled and patted Darklighter’s head. ‘Don’t worry,’ she whispered. ‘We’ll get em sometime!’ She then galloped away beckoning for DL to follow. DL shook her head and trotted after her.

 

Moon Bug and Gusty looked around the bend with binoculars. There was a group of baby ponies sitting down in the Paradise Estate kitchen making something. It made Gusty smile. Her own baby was sitting there giving orders as usual. Moon Bug looked at her and raised a perfectly arched eyebrow. ‘What do you suppose they are doing Gust?’ she whispered to Gusty. ‘Hmmm?’ said Gusty. She was dreaming of her birthday the next day where Baby Gusty said she would have the best present ever. She wasn’t even sure if the others realized it was her birthday. However Gusty didn’t see CS, DL and LNS sitting around with the ponies. Only Moon Bug did and smiled. Just then Baby Heart Throb looked over and for a minute she thought that the baby pony WINKED at Moon Bug. But it was probably only her imagination…

 

The next morning on Gusty’s birthday, Gusty woke and hopped out of bed. She couldn’t wait to see the surprise that Baby Gusty would give her. Baby G yawned as she came into the warm kitchen. ‘Hi Mummy. Sappy Birthday!’ 

The little pony reached out and gave her a hug. ‘Now come outside to see my present!’ they went outside and she looked around. There was a breeze in the beautiful surrounds but somehow Gusty figured her baby didn’t give her that. Then, out of the blue, all her friends, Darklighter, Cherry Sweet, Queen Sparkle, Baby Princess Sparkle, Moon Bug and Lady North Star and the nursery babies all jumped out and shouted –SURPRISE! Gusty smiled and laughed. She was shocked! In the middle Moon Bug placed a wonderful cake on the lawn table and all the ponies started celebrating Gusty’s birthday. It just goes to show how some mysterious simply shouldn’t be discovered!

Thanks for reading!

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