Ever since she met two newlyweds who opened their own business in a relative small Ponyville, Princess Celestia made a habit of visiting Sugarcube Corner whenever she had royal business. Due to her long life-span she was able to see the growth of the store, the arrival of Pinkie Pie and the birth of the twins.

One year she was enjoying her tea when Mr. Cake basically pushed his son in front of her. The pegasus was already a young colt by that time. He was carrying a tray filled with chocolate cupcakes and failing to hide his blush. Celestia smiled and levitated a cupcake to her mouth. She only took one bite but couldn´t help but go "squeeeee" in delight.

"Your son truly has talent, Carrot Cake. I will love to have him among my royal staff in the future."

Pound Cake was beaming with happiness but the moment got ruined by his sister singing "Tia and Pound sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"

While the two siblings wrestled in the floor, Carrot Cake told the Princess "If you pardon my boldness Princess...you shouldn´t raise his hopes so soon. He´s just a small child and has plenty to learn. It will take years before he gets to that level."

Celestia simply said. "I can wait."

******

Many years later the door of Sugarcube Corner chimed as a bulky pegasus walked in the store.

"Family! I´m home!"

"You´re late! Whatever happened to our 30 minutes motto?" a unicorn complained.

"Oh excuse me, next time you take a flight to Cloudsdale! Oh wait, you can´t! You don´t have wings!"

"I can teleport you into the moon, you know?"

"Try it, shrimp!"

"Kids kids, stop fighting!" Mrs. Cake had to burst in and stop the twins. "Pumpkin, keep cleaning the tables! And you Pound...how was your flight back?" she said gently nuzzling him.

"I was careful, mother. Hey, Spike. Saw Rainbow today, awesome as always." Pound Cake said to the teenage dragon who spend the entire fight just eating cake and watching. He was about to answer when Pumpkin yelled at him

"Spike! Don´t talk while eating!" Pumpkin then noticed the teasing look her brother was giving her. "Stop it! We´re just friends!"

"Hey Pound, Pinkie left a letter for you."

Pound Cake took the envelope from Spike´s claw and read the content.

"My dearest student. Congratulations! You have completed your training. Your last task proved that you´re a worthy successor of our school´s name..."

"What training? I only did a delivery..."

"Now you´re ready for your ultimate challenge. Here you will find instructions to create the biggest cake in history that shall be delivered to none other than Princess Celestia herself."

The rest of the family wondered why Pound Cake fainted.

****

Pound Cake was extremely nervous, he was sweating more than that time a dragon chased him for disturbing his sleep.  Beside him Spike did he best to hold the largest piece of cake ever made for the family, the best work Pound Cake had ever done.

"You may pass." the royal guard said but Pound Cake was frozen in place.

Luckily, his sister was there. With one gentle push, she made him take that dreadful step.

The throne room was huge, scary even; but Pound Cake kept his face straight and bowed to the Princess. Celestia magically levitated a knife and spoon and took a bite of the cake.

"Delicious."

"So that means that..."

"Yes, Pound Cake?" Princess Celestia encouraged him to finish.

"Well, that proposal you made me years ago, about being one of the royal cooks...is that still on?"

Princess Celestia put on a stern face. "I´m afraid is not..."

Pound felt his heart crushed and Spike had to restrain Pumpkin from magically throwing a rock over the Princess.

Celestia descended the stairs and lifted Pound face with a gentle touch.

"I´m afraid I cannot have my husband locked in the kitchen all day."

Pound was so shocked he barely noticed the Princess kissing him.

*****

Pound Cake took a good look at the mirror. His beard had grown pretty large but it did matched his crown. He took the crown off and put on his cook hat, he still looked good. Celestia walked inside the room and greeted her husband with a small kiss on the cheek.

"The children are all asleep, my dear. And Luna has already raised the moon."

Pound nuzzled his wife back. "Sounds like we have the night for ourselves."

They decided to sit in the balcony, enjoying the beautiful night sky. Pound took a look at Celestia and realized she had aged less than a week in all these years while he was now about the same age his father was when he made that first tray for the Princess. Time had certainly affected them in different ways.

"Tia..."

"Yes, my husband?"

"I´ve always wondered. Why did you choose me? I mean, what´s so special about me to marry a Princess? I´m just a simple baker from Ponyville."

Celestia giggled a childish tone. "I´ve watched your for years. I´ve watched you grown from a lovely foal into a proud stallion. In all those years I enjoyed your pastries, filling with a warmth and happiness that I couldn't explain. A few years ago, I realized that it wasn´t the food but the love the chef but in every meal he made. I realized the reason why I was so happy to visit Sugarcube Corner every year, it wasn´t the food. It was you, Pound Cake. You made me happy. I don´t know if it was fate or simply a coincidence but I´m so glad that I met your parents and got to meet you."

Pound cake was blushing like when he was a child. "So...I conquered you through your stomach?"

Celestia laughed out loud. "You could say that!"

Pound and Celestia leaned into each other while Luna made the stars dance around the full moon.