“-as a reminder that Princess Sweetheart was always watching over them. The End…” Pinkie Pie closed the small pink book and looked down at the now sleeping Cake foals. She has always wanted to read that story to children of her own but the Cake Twins will have to do for now. She let out a quiet sigh and set the book down on the table next to the crib. Princess Sweetheart was a story that pretty much any filly had heard at one time or another but to Pinkie, it was her favorite story. Granny Smith told her the story many times and she loved her for it.

Pinkie Pie headed downstairs to meet up with Mr. and Mrs. Cake. Who were packing several bags. “Babies are asleep Mr. and Mrs. Cake!”

“Wow that was fast. You’re getting good at handling them Pinkie.” Mrs. Cake was carefully setting a few clothes in her own bag. “I’m so thankful you agreed to watch over the twins while we are gone. This is a big opportunity for us.”

“This business deal will may finally put us on the map.” Mr. Cake added. “It will only be 2 days so we will be back right in time for you birthday.”

“Hehe, yeah… I’ll make sure to not forget this time. Don’t want a repeat of last year.” Pinkie jumped behind the store counter rising up with an apron she got out of nowhere. “And don’t you worry about the store. I’ll make sure to keep business going while you’re gone.”

Mrs. Cake finished putting away her clothes in the suitcase and closed it. “Ok, we are all set. Ready to go?”

“All packed up honey.” Mr. Cake lifted a couple saddlebags over his back. “See you 2 days Pinkie.”

“See ya!” Pinkie waved to the Cakes as they were about to leave when a pony came in. He watched the Cakes walk away waving.

“Hello, is this Sugar Cube Corner?” He was a unicorn with a darkish red coat and a black mane spiked backward and a flaming ball as a cutie mark.

Pinkie suddenly jumped over the counter and came right up to the nervous pony’s face. “Ohmygosh! I’ve never seen you around here before! Ooh, now I need to set up a party for the new pony!”

“Woh, slow down there. I’m only passing through…”

Pinkie was disappointed. “Aw, but I can still throw you a party. I do for every new pony I meet.”

“Well, I guess that is fine. So do you run this place?”

“No, the owners were just leaving on a business trip as you were coming in. Were you hoping to talk to them?”

“Kind of... You see, my name is Fire Tongue. I’m a traveling sweets salesman. I go around to different shop and sell them my products.”

Pinkie was bouncing up and down in excitement. “Ooh, what kind of candy!?”

“Hot stuff, you know, candy that would set your tongue ablaze if you so much as touched it.” He reached into his saddle bags and pulled out a couple bright red spherical pieces of candy. “Want to try one?” Pinkie quickly swiped every piece from his hoof and shoved them into mouth. “Oh no wait!”

She chewed them all at once spreading out her cheeks. “Hmm, delicious. Not as spicy as I thought though…”

Fire Tongue was speechless. His bottom jaw nearly touched the floor. “That’s… Impossible… A normal pony would have burst into flames eating so much at once. You must have one heck of immunity to hot foods.”

“Well, I do put hot sauce on everything. Even cupcakes.”

“Hmm, I wonder…” Fire Tongue reached into his bags again and pulled out a rainbow colored gumball. “What I have right here is a ‘Rainbow Inferno Gumball’. This is the absolute spiciest thing I have ever created. Only those who’s taste for the spicy rivals all others can taste the pure flavor of this masterpiece of a sweet.”

Pinkie’s eyes went wider than they ever had before. She slowly took the gumball from his hoof and placed it on her tongue and pulled it into her mouth. She chewed it slowly for a few before her eyes shot eyes shot with psychedelic rainbows in her eyes. “HOLY MOLY THAT IS DELICIOUS!!! I HAVE NEVER TASTED SOMETHING SO AMAZING IN MY LIFE!!!”

“Amazing, you are only the 2nd pony ever to actually taste the Rainbow Inferno Gumball…”

“Who’s the first?” Pinkie spoke threw the gum.

“It was years ago. I was still a colt just starting out. The gumball is the first thing I created myself.”

“Do you think I can get the recipe? I’d love to make more of these in the future.”

“Sure, I’ll pick up my recipe book from the room I’m staying in. I’m staying here for the weekend so I was thinking we could hang out together.”

“Well my birthday is in 2 days. I’ve love it if you came to it!”

“I wouldn’t miss it for the world!”

Just then, Pinkie friends all came in through the door. “Hiya Pinkie.” Rainbow called out. “We ran into the Cakes and they said they were leaving you in charge for the weekend so we thought we would help you run the shop.”

“Thanks girls, it would be a bit help.”

Fire Tongue scratched the back of his head. “Well, I should probably be going now. Was nice meeting you Pinkie. See you soon.” He turned to the door and left quietly.

“Who was that?” Twilight asked.

“Oh, that was Fire Tongue. He is a Traveling Sweets Salesman.”

“Tell me he is not like those annoying Flim Flam Brothers…” Applejack asked.

“Oh no, he was quite nice. I’m going to throw him a party tomorrow. I know he isn’t staying but everypony deserves a Pinkie Party at least once in their lives.”

“Sounds good to me. So what are we going to do first?”

“Let’s make some CUPCAKES!”

It had turned nighttime over at Canterlot. Luna’s royal guards were all stationed outside the castle keeping watch. Two unicorn guards in particular were just outside Luna’s quarters.

*CRASH*

“What was that!?”

“That sounded like glass breaking.” The two guards ran towards the source of the crash. It came from the castle’s royal artifact treasury. It was the place where Celestia kept all the magical objects in their possession, aside from the Elements of Harmony. The guards entered through the door to see shattered glass on the floor. “Where is he?” They looked around but found nothing. Aside from the window, the glass casings were untouched. Most of the building was open to the public like a museum as most of the artifacts were not dangerous.

Not finding any traces of an intruder, the guards approached a sealed section of the building. It was locked off to everypony but royalty and guards. They both used their magic to break the seal on the area and opened the gate. Before they could do anything, a dark figure fell from the ceiling chopping both of them in the neck knocking them out instantly. The intruder entered the forbidden area, ignoring the glass cases on the sides of the hall. Then something caught his attention, a large case with a manikin in the center wearing a set of clothing. The intruder could only give off an evil smirk.

Author's Notes:

I know this isn't much but I thought I would at least move the story along and show I am in fact continuing this.