Delivery gone wrong {OPEN}

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"Move it! Out of the way! Coming through!" Ponies leaped to the side, barely dodging the runaway green and pink blur. That green and pink blur, was none-other than Minty delivering an order. The problem was, she had five other orders to deliver today, and several mint candy orders to fill! She couldn't walk to the pony's house! She had to get there as fast as possible!

So, as she barreled down a hill on roller skates, she couldn't help but wonder if she should have picked a route that didn't go over every hill in Ponyville... Nah, it'd be fine! Plus, it was super fun! The ponies rushing out of her way probably didn't share the same sentiments.

Minty spotted the house ahead, and began to speed up. If she got this out of the way, she'd have enough time at the end of the day to go to her friend's party! Minty jumped over a stray rock, and skated faster, closing her eyes to let the wind blow through her hair.

Well, that was the wrong choice. Minty bowled over a bench, and the box holding the order went flying into the air. The door to the house opened, and the cake inside smacked right onto the pony's face.

Minty's ears went down, and she nervously chuckled. "Th-That'll be twenty bits?" Minty had a feeling she wasn't going to make the party.

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'Compass? You saved up to get a surprise for us?' A green pegasus mare asked, and the colt nodded. "It is your birthday after all." the unicorn sibling replied, much to the surprise of his sisters. They hadn't seen him act like this before, and were a bit surprised he was being so nice despite all the teasing they liked to do. "I placed the order the other day, I'll go pick it up right now." he smiled, hopping off of the chair near the breakfast table.

He was wondering how they'd react to the fact he was getting them their birthday cake, he thought it'd be funny to see their confusion, but all thoughts were soon cut off by a sweet surprise once he opened the door. Literally, the lenses to his glasses were blocked off as the cake that had flown from Minty landed square in his face. His sisters stared at their little brother, trying and failing to hold in their laughter. The colt was a little saddened at this. The ponies at the bakery went out of their way to deliver this cake, and the cake was now covering his face as he wiped his glasses clean to at least see what was going on. To his surprise, however, a tongue had glided on his cheek as one of his sisters had decided to taste the now ruined cake.

'You ordered a cake for us? That's so sweet, Compy~ Thank you so much!' she thanked her little brother as he chuckled nervously, hearing the price of the cake. "H-Here, and keep the change." he replied to Minty, handing her twenty-five bits. He knew she didn't want a mistake to be held against her- accidents happened, after all.

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Minty was surprised by how everything played out. She should've been in super trouble! She just threw a cake on a colt's head! Minty was shocked. "I-I, uh, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to! I was roller skating here, and I closed my eyes for a second, and I tumbled over a bench, and I'm so sorry! Y-You don't have to give me the money, I-I ruined your cake..."

Minty began scrambling to stand back up, only succeeding in her legs flailing and knocking over a bird fountain. "Eeep! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to-" Then, Minty accidentally backed into the bench, sending her tumbling back over it. She groaned, rubbing her head with the skates. This was not going well, at all!

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His attempt at diffusing the situation was shot down by Minty's panic attack- she had declined the payment due to the fact she had ruined the cake by throwing it on his head while explaining what happened. The colt blinked, putting the money away just in time for Minty to start scrambling to her wheeled hooves- which only ended in her knocking over a bird fountain and soon enough her falling over a bench. While his sisters went over to get the bird fountain back from the ground to make sure it did not break, Compass trotted over to Minty.

"Here, I gotcha." he stated, the cake-faced colt helping the filly up. He didn't focus on what else was happening, just so long as Minty was alright. "You ok, Ma'am?" he asked her as he helped her to her skated-hooves.

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Soon after her fall, the colt ran over and helped her to her hooves. "Oh, thank you. I, uh, I'm sorry about your cake, and your bird fountain. I really should get to my other deliveries, and-" Minty took a single step, and pain shot through her leg.

She didn't notice it until now, but there was a large bruise on her left foreleg. "Oh, no no no, this is not good! I have so many deliveries today! I can't get hurt now! Oh, what am I gonna do?"

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While Minty apologized about the cake and the fountain, one of Compass's sisters gave the colt a wet rag so he could clean his face off. ”It’s ok, really.[/i] he assured her as he wiped his face clean. Thanking his sister for the rag and returning it to her, the colt watched as the delivery mare tried to leave, only to see her flinch in pain. "Are you ok?" he asked, worried for the mare before noticing the large bruise on her leg. uh-oh.. he thought, but that was the least of it. He really wanted to help Minty now, she was hurt and, from the sound of it, it was a very inconvenient time for that to happen. But how the heck could he even help her? He couldn’t carry her, he was much too small. But then he saw the box in which the now splattered cake was carried, and that gave him an idea.

"I…” he hesitated, not sure if this would work, but he decided to give it a shot anyway. "I could make the deliveries for you…if you want..” he offered. He was thinking of the bright sides of volunteering like this. Minty would not have to worry about not making them since she was hurt, and it would give him a chance to get his cutiemark. He didn’t know if he was any good at delivering, but he knew he would still be helpful.

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Let this colt make the deliveries? Oh, she wanted to say no, but she couldn't do it with this bruise, but she couldn't make this colt do her work after ruining his cake, but she-Oh, what was she gonna do?! She bit her lip, trying to come up with something that could work.

"My other deliveries are back at my house, but I can't make you do that for me! This is all my fault, and..." She sighed. Minty didn't know what else to say. Her ears lowered, as she tried to unbuckle her skates. It was kind of hard, but she managed to get the bruised leg's skate off.