Pound cake was a good colt, raised with his sister, Carrot Cake, by Pinkie Pie after their parents passed on. though Carrot was like Pinkie's apprentice, Pound wanted nothing to do with it. He began spending his days pondering the mystery of his parents. He looked nothing like them, talked nothing like them, he was just nothing like them. Ponies tried to tell him that some mysteries are ment to be unsolved, but he never listened. Now, the secrets he uncovers will change him, and everypony around him.