Five hundred and sixty-six,
five hundred and sixty-seven,
five hundred and sixty-eight...
Phew!
Look at that, Pound Cake!
I am so close to breaking my personal cupcake icing record!
My goodness! I can't believe what I'm seeing here!
Pretty impressive if I do say so myself.
Pinkie, would you mind watching the counter
while I hop to the supply room.
We've just received a very special order
and the ingredients need to be perfect.
Okie-dokie-lokie.
Thanks, dear!
A baby?!
Shining Armor and Princess Cadance are having a baby?!
This is the best news ever!
I can't wait to tell Twilight!
Oh, em, Pinkie, it's a top secret surprise.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
A top secret surprise?!
That means I have to keep the exciting news...
to myself!
Even though I didn't technically
make a Pinkie Promise to Mrs.
Cake, I can't tell Twilight or anypony the big news!
That would make me a...
a...
a big old surprise ruiner!
Right, Gummy?
Did you take that from Pound Cake again?
Don't you know it's wrong to steal from a baby?
What's all this about a baby?
What? Who? What? Who said something about a baby?!
You did, Ms. Pie, just now.
What were you talking about?
Great! Everypony's here.
Now I don't have to wait any longer
to tell you all the wonderful news!
Somepony special is coming to visit Ponyville,
and I need your help getting everything ready!
It's-
Shining Armor and Princess Cadance!
...Yes, and they're coming-
Tomorrow!
Yes, on the...
Friendship Express rather than the Crystal Empire train
so as not to cause too much of a scene
when they skip town and come visit?
Yes.
Annnnnd?
...And that's it.
Oh.
Uh, how did you know all that?
Pinkie Sense?
So, you said you needed our help with something?
Follow me.
Sweet posters! Is that Smash Fortune?
It sure is! When Shining Armor said
he wanted to come to the castle and visit,
I started collecting things he liked
when he was a colt as a surprise!
Surprise?!
I've been so excited that it's been
hard to keep it to myself!
I have no idea what that's like!
Aww, look at the cute little ant farm!
And check out all these old comic books!
Be careful! They're mint-in-bag!
What's this?
This is Brutus Force.
Shining Armor used to carry him around like his baby!
Yeah! Really cute!
It is a bit juvenile for castle decor,
but it was very sweet of you.
I'm sure Shining Armor will love it.
Me too, but there's a few more things
I'd like to add before he gets here,
and I could really use a hoof collecting them.
Whatever you need, sugarcube, we'll help you get it.
Thanks everypony! I just can't wait
until they walk in and see everything!
Totally understandable.
Watching somepony else be surprised with something
is almost better than being
the one who's getting the surprise!
But, neh, what if the surprise is something
so incredibly exciting that a pony
can't keep it in any longer,
and she has to tell the pony standing
next to her what it is or she might explode!
I would say... no.
The pony who ruins a surprise for somepony else
has to live with that guilt, forever!
Gotta bounce!
So, I know the bar is set pretty high,
but does anypony else think that Pinkie Pie
was acting weirder than usual?
Phew, that was close! Too close.
Almost spilled the beans, beans that would be really hard to clean up!
I obviously can't be around my friends right now.
Or anypony for that matter!
Hmmm.
That's it!
If Shining Armor and Cadance are coming tomorrow,
then all I have to do is lock myself in my room
away from everypony until they arrive!
Then I won't ruin anything!
Oh, good, you're back!
Mrs. Cake needs my help but these deliveries can't wait!
I can't thank you enough for agreeing
to be my backup delivery pony, Pinkie!
I... did?
Maybe I should hire somepony to be my backup delivery pony.
I'll do it!
Really?
Sure! There's no possible way that I could ever
have anything that might interfere with doing that task,
like a gigantic, emotionally exhausting surprise
that would make it super hard to be around other ponies.
Great! Uh, you're sure you won't change your mind?
No way! Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!
Oh yeah. I Pinkie Promised I'd do it.
And I never break a Pinkie Promise!
Never!
Well, thanks again! You're a real cake saver!
Maybe it'll be a quiet day and
I can just avoid everypony!
Hi, Pinkie Pie!
Heard any good gossip today?
Yeah, we're bored. Please say
you have some interesting news?
Nope!
Fluttershy, what a surprise!
I mean, not a surprise!
You were in such a rush earlier!
Twilight wanted me to ask you if you would bring
some snacks to the castle for Shining Armor and Cadance's visit.
Definitely! Got it! Pinkie Promise!
Yeah!
You know, maybe some baby carrots...
What did you say?
Baby carrots! They're Shining Armor's favorite.
Mine too! Baby carrots are kinda like big carrots but smaller,
kinda like how foals are tiny versions
of their parents but smaller and cuter and
Albino squirrel!
Where? Is it Albert?
It's time to kick this operation into hyper-hoof,
and avoid all ponies by any means necessary!
It didn't feel good ignoring my friends like that...
Maybe I can tell just one little pony the surprise?
The pony who ruins a surprise for somepony
else must live with that guilt, forever!
You're right, spooky reflection of Rarity
that I know is actually my own imagination...
I can't tell anypony at all!
Then they would tell Twilight, and she wouldn't be surprised,
and then it would be all my fault!
Finally, I'm all aloney on my owney.
Wow, great idea! I'm starving too!
This apple is delicious!
What are you having, Gummy?
Oh no!
It's the list that Twilight helped me make yesterday
so I wouldn't forget all of my Pinkie Promises today!
And I have three more things to do!
Aw, four if you count bringing those snacks to Twilight's castle!
I've been getting liberal with those Pinkie Promises lately...
Ooh! I want a flamingo!
I want a goldfish!
Surprise me!
Is that a... baby bottle?
No! It's a... a... puppy!
Woof woof, ha ha!
Are you sure? Because it looks like a-
Next!
Uh, a baby pony, please!
Uh, unless of course that would be a royal pain...
Interesting choice of words, Featherweight.
Was it?
I dunno, was it?
Uh, maybe you'd better just make me a giraffe.
My, your friends weren't kidding when
they said you had a great filing system, Pinkie!
You are Ponyville's best kept secret!
No I'm not!
Speaking of secrets,
have you ever known somepony else's secret?
Noooooo.
A surprise that was so big and exciting,
that it was all you could think about?
No!
Me neither...
That's just what I wanted, thanks, Pinkie!
You're welcome!
Oh, by the way, can you help spread the word
about the big crib sale I'm having?
Treat your foal like...
royalty?!
Pretty good slogan, huh?
Came up with it all by myself!
Oh. I thought it was clever.
Those look yummy, Pinkie!
Let me help you!
But we'd better cover them up so they don't get spoiled.
Why would they get spoiled?
We're all gonna eat them super soon!
Oh, didn't anypony tell you?
Shining Armor and Cadance are held up.
They may not arrive 'til Saturday.
Whaaaaaaaaaat?!
You mean...
I have...
to wait...
another whole day?!
I don't know if I can!
Pinkie Pie, do you have something you need to say?
You seem like you've been keeping something in.
We're here to listen.
Well, go on then, sugarcube.
We're not going to judge you, darling.
You'll feel so much better once
you get it off your chest!
Come on-
Whatever it is, you can tell us!
We're best friends!
Friends! Friends! Friends!
Tell! Tell! Tell!
Friends! Friends! Friends!
Tell! Tell! Tell!
Okay, okay, you win!
Shining Armor and Cadance are gonna have a-
An awesome weekend with the best
little sister in all of Equestria!
Hi everypony.
Shining Armor, Cadance!
You're early!
I thought something had come up and
you weren't gonna make it until Saturday!
So did we. Turned out we weren't
needed in Maretonia until next week.
And the summit we were supposed to attend
today had to be rescheduled, so...
we got here even sooner than planned!
Surprise!
It's wonderful to see you all again!
I'm so glad you're here!
I have a big surprise for you!
Oh yeah?
Lucky we came when we did, huh?
I'm guessing you saw the scroll we sent
to Mr. and Mrs. Cake?
Hey, I'm impressed you've been able
to keep our secret this long!
So you're gonna tell Twilight now?
You're gonna have to wait just a little bit longer.
We have something special planned.
It'll be worth it, I promise.
It'd better be.
So, do you think Shining Armor liked his surprise?
Didn't you see him? He couldn't stop raving about it!
Where did Shining Armor and Cadance say they'd meet us?
I'm starving!
In the town square.
I wish they'd waited to walk over with us,
but they said they had something to take care of first!
They're gonna have a lot more to take care of soon...
What?
Nothiiiiiiing!
That's odd. Usually they're quite punctual.
Ughhh! I need a hayburger in my belly right now!
What's this?
What does it say?
A scavenger hunt! Shining Armor used
to set these up for me when I was a filly!
At the end, there was always a big prize,
like a new book, or several new books, or...
We get the picture! You like books!
So what's the first clue?
I hope it's something about eating lunch!
You've got a scroll, you're on a roll,
why don't you take a peek where
young ones spend their week?
A piece of paper will continue this caper.
I've got it! 'Where the young ones spend their week'.
I'm not quite followin'.
It's the Ponyville schoolhouse!
Good enough for me! Now where's the next clue?
Extra, extra! Get your Ponyville news!
Read it in the paper!
A piece of paper will continue this caper'.
It's in the Foal Free Press!
Ooh, look at that dress Mayor Mare
is wearing for the social report!
Why, it's stunning!
Uh, didn't you make that, Rarity?
Yes, what is your point?
Focus, everypony!
You know, there's really no time
limit on these scavenger hunts, Pinkie.
A-ha! There!
Though this hall is rather small,
in it you'll find files of all kinds.
Take a look on the back of the birth certificate of Applejack.
I don't like where this is goin'.
Baby, a royal ba-
A-hem?
Does anypony know where the birth certificates are kept?
Ooh! I do, I do! Go down that hall,
then you take a left, then a right,
then another right, then a slight left
and it's the third door on the right!
Wow, Pinkie. I never knew you knew so much about town hall.
There's a lot of things I know, that you don't know I know!
This next place is where you can buy a table or chair,
or some comfy beds to rest little heads?
Ugh, really? None of you?
It's obviously the furniture store!
Go in go in go in!
I don't know...
Daagh, fine!
Wow, you're scary good at this, Pinkie Pie.
It seems we saved the best for last,
we hope that you have had a blast.
Now it's time to take a break
where you can get a slice of cake!
Sugarcube Corner!
That was an easy one.
Surprise!
Twily, did you like the scavenger hunt?
It was perfect! Just like old times,
except even better because this time
I got to share it with my best friends!
There's just one thing missing, isn't there?
What's that?
Mm-m, the book prize at the end!
There's still a prize,
but it's a little different this time.
Oh. I don't understand.
All the places we sent you today had something in common.
First we went to the schoolhouse...
Then we read the Foal Free Press...
After that we found Applejack's birth certificate...
And then the last clue was under a crib.
Hmmm... School... foal...
birth certificate...
and crib...
Can it be?
Are you two-?!
We're having a baby!
A baby, Twilight! It's a baby!
Woohoo!
You mean... I'm going to be an aunt?
This is the best prize ever!
Oh, I love you guys! And I can't
wait to meet your little foal!
Neither can we.
I did it, I did it, I did it, I did it!
Go Pinkie.
You did it, Pinkie Pie!
You kept it a surprise!
Thank you!
Was it much trouble?
Piece of cake!
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