Another day in Ponyville, and within Carousel Boutique, another sisterly spat had broken out.
"Come on, Rarity, PLEASE?!" Sweetie Belle begged for the third time as she followed her sister around the kitchen. Nearby on the stove was a tray of...something that was supposed to be edible, but once more looked like another charred mess. Rarity didn't have a clue what it used to be; maybe cookies, maybe even hot cereal, but all she knew was that she didn't want it anywhere near her mouth, a fact she made very clear, "No! Absolutely not! Sweetie Belle, I love you dearly, but as your sister, I'm afraid I cannot hold my tongue any longer! Your cooking.....needs work." Her frustration died out when she saw that look on Sweetie Belle's face, but she still managed to say what needed to be said.
When a pony somehow manages to both burn and LIQUIFY toast, that should make it clear to all that somepony needs cooking lessons. Still, Rarity did want to break to her easy, so she decided to point out another obvious fact, "Um, Sweetie Belle, you know, the mark of a truly good chef is remembering this all important rule. Before serving any dish to anypony, the chef needs to taste it first, to make sure that it's appeti-...ready to be served." That got Sweetie Belle to stop feeling down as she suddenly grew curious about the food she'd prepared. Looking over at the steaming black lumps of whatever used to be food, she used her horn to levitate one of those things off the tray and soon brought it to her mouth, " *Chomp* See? It's....BLECH!"
Rarity recoiled as she watched her sister cough it up on the floor, wiping her tongue furiously with her hooves before rushing over to the sink, magically grabbing a glass and filling it with water to chug down. Figuring she had suffered enough, Rarity once more put the truth gently, "I hated having to break this to you, Sweetie, but I'm afraid that nopony should have to eat that." Sweetie didn't respond, as she was too busy feeling down.
Later, at the Cutie Mark Crusaders Clubhouse:
"I can't believe it! How could my food taste that bad?" Sweetie Belle spoke aloud as she paced back and forth before her friends, and soon added, "All this time I thought I had a knack for cooking, but now..." Both Applebloom and Scootaloo gave each other uneasy looks, and steadily they tried to bring Sweetie out of her slump, with the latter saying, "It's not your fault, Sweetie Belle. I mean, you didn't even know what was going on." With her hoof places on her friend's shoulder, Applebloom soon did the same, "Yeah, and besides, maybe that means that now yah can learn how to cook the right way." Sweetie Belle's eyes lit up.
"That's it!" her voice cracked in that cute squeak, and she told her friends her revelation, "Applebloom, you're right! Now that I know what I was doing wrong, that means that I can make sure that it doesn't happen again! In fact, with enough practice, maybe I can learn how to make really great food! Maybe even get my Cutie Mark in Baking!" As Sweetie bounced off the walls, her friends were naturally happy for her, and Scootaloo said, "That's great. So, you gonna ask Pinkie Pie for some advice? Or Mr. and Mrs. Cake? Or Rarity?"
"Nah, I've got this in the bag now." And with that, a very overeager little filly hightailed back home, leaving her friends to once more exchange uneasy looks, and as Applebloom said, "This won't end well."
A few hours later, with Rarity off with her friends, her kitchen had become a disaster sight. There was batter and flour and all manner of gunk covering the floor, the counters, and even the drapes for some reason, and in the midst of all the mess was a very excited little filly who soon heard the oven ding, causing her to gasp, "Their ready!" She magically lifted out the try of cupcakes that actually wound up looking like cupcakes, and once placed on top of the oven, Sweetie Belle climbed up onto a chair she'd pressed up against the stove, and levitated over some frosting that she quickly began to smear all over the tops. Afterwards, she gazed upon her masterpieces, already positive that the second time would be the charm, "They look stupendous! I can't wait for Rarity to try them, I just know she'll be-....before serving any dish to anypony, the chef needs to taste it first."
And with that, she brought one of the cupcakes in for her to try, but of course, all was not right. True, in this attempt, Sweetie Belle had managed to not burn anything, but her inexperience combined with her strong desire to please her sister and anypony else left her making new mistakes. This time she wound up putting in ten times the recommended amount of butter, and so much sugar that it would give Pinkie Pie a toothache....so naturally when Sweetie Belle took her first bite, it turned out to be the most delicious thing she had ever tasted in her entire life.
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