Living Off the Fat of the Belly
[At Sweetheart's house...]
``Gosh I'm hungry today. I wonder what there is to eat?'' said Sweetheart to herself.
``Doesn't look like there's anything at all, not even leftovers,'' added Teddy opening the cabinet doors.
``That can't truly be right. We always have food in the house,'' protested Sweetheart.
``Guess not today,'' remarked Teddy.
``It's okay though. I'm not starving or anything. Maybe there's food in the fridge for later?'' replied Sweetheart. *She opens the fridge*
``We must be out of food!'' declared Teddy.
``Maybe mom went to the store and is coming back?'' suggested Sweetheart.
``There's a note that says to turn on the TV,'' stated Teddy. *They head to the TV and turn it on*
``Breaking news from Pudgyville. A food shortage has taken effect due to destroyed crops from last year's drought. Officials say there's no telling when crops will be restored,'' said Sherry.
``Goodness, that means we're starving for a while,'' realized Sweetheart.
``That also means the entire town will be slimming down,'' added Teddy. [Meanwhile in her jail cell...]
``Pure genius getting their crops to die off. Maybe now they'll be at a more normal weight for once in their lives. Now to put in phase two,'' thought Stella before calling her cousin Gloria. [At her house...]
``Ah, cousin Stella, how've you been?'' said Gloria.
``I'm in jail for fraud you imbecile,'' muttered Stella.
``Oh, right. So I take it you called me to either bail you out or implement another plan for those ponies?'' replied Gloria.
``Bingo. I need you to fatten up so that you can infiltrate their town and gain their trust before sabotaging their efforts to keep their weight up, or more specifically, bring it down,'' ordered Stella quietly.
``Whatever you say, cousin. I'll get right on it,'' agreed Gloria.
``You'd better and don't screw this up,'' warned Stella quietly before hanging up. [Back in Pudgyville...]
``This....cannot......be happening!'' said Melody.
``I wish it weren't true but it is,'' shrugged Starlight.
``How will we live like this?'' asked Sweetheart.
``I can't marvel over my girlfriend's body on an empty stomach, not that she'll be anything to marvel over if she loses weight,'' complained Teddy.
``This town will fall apart if we can't fix this,'' wailed Bon Bon.
``What will we do?'' asked Clover.
``That's the million jangle question, Clove. We can't allow this to continue,'' said Bright Eyes.
``Think perhaps this isn't a real crisis?'' suggested Melody.
``What are you saying, that we actually have more food than we realize?'' asked Bon Bon.
``Kind of, more like it was done by someone else and not a normal drought,'' elaborated Melody.
``We should go check the crop for ourselves,'' suggested Bright Eyes. *They walk over to where their crops are being grown*
``Wait a minute, the crops are fine but there's no food growing on them. How can that be?'' asked Patch.
``Someone stole the food! That must be it but who could've done such a thing and how did they do it so quickly?'' added Bright Eyes. [Meanwhile...]
``They won't find me here and I'll blend in using the very food they grow. I may not like the feeling myself but those ponies are too occupied with their ``drought'' to realize when they've been had,'' said Gloria munching on food. [Back in her jail cell...]
``With Gloria taking care of those soon-to-be slender ponies, I'll have my ultimate revenge on them!'' declared Stella quietly. [In Pudgyville once more...]
``Good thing I was born fat so I won't be losing my figure,'' stated Jasmine.
``So even as a baby you were overweight? That must've been stressful on your parents,'' said Patch.
``Not exactly. I just had the ingredients there from when I was born,'' explained Jasmine.
``Perhaps Jasmine is the key to turning things around in this town,'' pondered Starlight.
