Twilight receives a very special delivery on Hearts an Hooves Day! In addition to being something she craves it comes with a special bonus that could lead to interesting developments down the line...
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Nothing involvin flation or fattenin or anythin like that...yet, but soon to come!
There's a little off-color humor but it's pretty subtle an meant in fun.
Sorry it's takin so long to write nowadays thanks to technical difficulties, but hopefully the Capn' is breakin his silence spell.
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A continuation of the MLP nightmare series
Prt 1: Luna's Nightmare http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6763155/
Prt 2: Rainbow Dash's Nightmare http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7422921/
Prt 3: Pinkie Pie's Nightmare http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7572102/
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The Chocolate Pony Conspiracy (Twilight Sparkle’s Nightmare)
Part 1: Sweet Delivery

Twilight looked crossly up from a thick volume propped on her bookstand.
“Spike…you know you’re one of my closest friends right?”
“Um…I guess so.” Spike raised an eyebrow.
“Then you understand what kind of mood I’d have to be in to say that unless the immediate future of Equestria and at least one surrounding territory is in the balance I’d prefer not to be disturbed.”
“What about mail deliveries?”
Twilight sighed, setting her hoof down to keep her place.
“That again depends. Are we talking The Equstrian Daily?”
“Um…no.”
“The Steers and Roebuck Catalogue?”
“Well, there is one of those, but there’s something else too.”
“If it’s another of Discord’s creepy singing Hearts and Hooves Day cards I’m less then not interested…”
“Nope.”
“Some other admirer taking advantage of this silly holiday to waste my study time?”
“Er…maybe. It does seem like it’s related to Hearts and Hooves day anyway.”
Twilight rolled her eyes and stepped down from her reading platform.
“Specify. You have my interest for at least a few minutes now. First off I have a pertinent question for you though…why didn’t you just bring in this item so I could see it for myself?”
The young dragon grinned timidly.
“Well…it’s kind of…um…huge.”
“Can you give me an estimate? Bigger or smaller then a pony?”
“Er…no.”
“That’s not really an answer, Spike.”
Spike shrugged.
“It’s the only one I can give, Twilight.”
The unicorn furrowed her brow, her horn glowing slightly as she concentrated.
When the glow faded her irritable look returned.
“It’s EXACTLY the size of a pony, isn’t it?”
“And the shape of a pony too!” Spike chuckled, clapping his paws together. “Nice one!”
Suddenly Twilight’s vexed look broadened into an expression of genuine interest.
Maybe even more then that given the light that shone in her eyes.
“Twilight…you okay there?”
She smiled enigmatically.
Then without even so much as an ‘excuse me’ she bustled past at a gallop, almost knocking Spike head over heels.
When he’d recovered Twilight was already down the stairs and out the doorway, leaving the door to swing uncharacteristically free of a latch.
As he trotted cautiously over the threshold he heard a strange sound he couldn’t immediately place: Something like he’d heard when Rarity had sponged off a stain from a dress train with her handkerchief once.
Then he saw her, hind hooves planted firmly, front legs propped against, and her face just shy of the chocolate pony (more accurately colt) statue, her eyes closed and her tongue sweeping the underside of the statue’s chin.
“So you like chocolate?”
She jumped down from her perched position so quickly she stumbled and fell before rapidly recovering herself.
“Huh? Oh…uh…this is a…gift…from a friend.”
“You lie about as well as AJ.”
“Fine.” Twilight hung her head “I found him…it…in a catalogue and I just felt like I could use a little pick me up on H and H day, okay?”
Spike folded his tiny arms.
“A LITTLE? He looks a lot like a big pick me up from where I’m standing.”
“Nonsense…he’s about the size of an ordinary colt, see?”
She brushed against the statue with her flank to compare dimensions. It was just a little taller then she at the withers, as was generally true for males.
“You got to admire the work on this thing though!” Twilight beamed. “See? The mane is beautifully carved. You can almost see it moving.”
“Uh huh.” Spike nodded. “It is pretty neat I guess.”
“And the tail is very detailed and the legs are well represented and…”
Twilight looked below the statue briefly before yanking her head back, blushing slightly.
“Yup…every detail!”
“Uh huh…” Spike scratched his chin. “So, is it hollow?”
“Solid.”
“Wow…that’s a LOT of chocolate!”
“Yeah…” Twilight murmured dreamily, gazing at the sweating edifice.
“So…you going to share this with the others?”
“No…”
Twilight’s eyes snapped fully open.
“What I mean is…I’d love to! But…see…there’s only one of these, and you remember what happened the last time I had a limited amount of sharable items.”
“It looks big enough to share fine.”
Twilight gulped.
“But…chocolate in large quantities is bad for your health! I purchased this because of…artistic interest, but they might be…tempted to…see?”
Spike nodded slowly, narrowing his eyes.
“So…like me and gemstones, huh?”
“Exactly!”
Twilight blinked.
“Um…no, not like that. I mean…sort of…if by that you mean the temptation to…”
“Seems exactly like that.”
“Spike…”
Twilight couldn’t meet his eyes but she had bolstered her whisper with maximum sincerity.
“You won’t bring this up, right? I know it’s wrong. I know that but…it’s just that I’ve been working really hard at my studies and I never seem to get anything for Hearts and Hooves Day…”
“Except from Discord, Snack Mix, and Rainbow Dash.”
“Discord…ugh.” Twilight stuck out her tongue. “Snack Mix is sweet but for some reason he keeps giving me an empty box of chocolates.”
She looked bewildered.
“Rainbow Dash?”
“She might have written out the wrong address.”
“But you understand, right?”
“I’ve got a pretty good idea about obsessions.”
“And you also know that there’s nothing wrong with a little indulgence.”
“Every time I do that I usually get evil or turn into a gigantic monster.”
“Oh…right. Still, you won’t talk about Cropper will you?”
“Sure, sure…”
Spike paused mid pivot.
“Cropper?”
Twilight lay a hoof on the chocolate statues hindquarters where the engraved image of a pair of scissors could clearly be seen.
“Every one of these in individually cutie-marked. This one, according to the tag around his leg is ‘Cropper’. It’s adorable. It has a date of birth, hometown…”
“What’s that other tag say?”
“Other tag?”
Spike stepped up the statue and held up a gleaming piece of metallic paper attached to a bridle-like ribbon wrapped around the chocolate colt’s neck.
“Probably nutrition information or something.”
“I don’t think so. Says here ‘Congratulations. You are the lucky recipient of one of thirty limited addition statues with a free tour of the Heartthrob Confection Boutique.”
“WHAT?”
This time Spike really did go sailing through the air as Twilight dashed to snatch the voucher from his claws.
“I…I couldn’t have dreamed!”
She clutched the voucher to her chest in an ecstasy of delight while behind her Spike pushed himself to a sitting position, allowing his eyes to cease spinning in their sockets.
“I knew there was a chance at it, but knowing my luck it seemed impossible to hope…!”
“Who the heck is Heartthrob and what the heck is a boutique? Sounds like something Rarity might say.” Spike grumbled.
“Well…”
Twilight shut her eyes tightly, her horn blazed with light, and moments later a magazine materialized in midair.
“Nice summoning spell there.”
“Thank you. To answer your questions though, here he is.”
The magazine was THE CHOCO-FILES and seemed to be entirely devoted to all things surrounding the industry, manufacture, artistry and consumption of chocolates specifically. That was odd enough but the front piece was entirely devoted to what appeared to be an usually muscular colt with tan hide, a square chin, and a classy, undoubtedly expensive suit. His bowtie was deep red and his shades were in the shape of hearts with lenses the same color.
Below text declared HEARTTHROB: THE ASTOUNDING CHOCOLATIER.
“So what’s a boutique?”
“It’s where he makes those amazing statues of his!” Twilight giggled. “I never thought I’d get to see what that was like! It’s very exclusive.”
“Not for thirty ponies and/or colts.”
“Well it’s fitting isn’t it? Heartthrob only makes about thirty statues a year. Spike…”
The fire returned to her eyes.
“Do you think he’d make a statue of me?”
“I dunno.” Spike looked uncertain. “Wouldn’t you feel weird eating yourself?”
“Well it wouldn’t really be me, silly.”
“Of course not, but still I’d probably say no to a Spike shaped cake made of diamonds…well…okay maybe not diamonds.”
The baby dragon licked his inexplicably moistened lips.
“Oh…I have to pack! I have to tell Rarity so she can make me look perfect!”
“This guy really tickles your fancy, eh?”
Twilight frowned.
“I like his work. It’s fully in the interest of greater knowledge.”
“And the fact that the article promises a wheel-barrel full of premium chocolate to attendees…”
“…is a welcome but wholly unnecessary benefit to attaining that knowledge.” Twilight finished testily. “Don’t you have something to….dust or something?”
“Sure, sure. And while I’m at it I’ll see if I can find your inhibition. It’s probably around here somewhere…”
“You do that. Thanks Spike!”
Twilight lasted a full minute staring longingly at Cropper before her head snapped back towards her door.
“HEY!”
But by then all that remained apparent of Spike was his muffled laughter coming from upstairs.