A Sprinkle of Surprise

   Pinkie Pie decided to make some salt-water taffy. Rainbow salt-water taffy. So she went into the back where the taffy mixer was and put in all six colors. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Then she added some salt-water and started the mixer.

   She was about to wash her hooves to the access taffy off when the doors of Sugarcube Corner burst open. Which seemed strange to Pinkie, because the sweet-shop didn't open until 1:30 PM and it was only 11:25 AM. Pinkie almost objected the early arrivals until she saw who the two beings were. It was Rainbow Dash with Spike on her back.

   "PINKIE PIE! PINKIE PIE!" the rainbow pegasis shouted excitedly. Pinkie suddenly shot up in excitement. "What?!" she shouted. She was excited to see what Dash had to to say. But instead, Spike burped up a scroll. It hovered slowly to the now bouncing pink pony.

   "It's a letter from some-pony I think you'll recognize." Spike said.  The scroll opened and read:

 'Dear Pinkie Pie,

   It's me! Sprinkles! Your old baking apprentice? I'm coming to Ponyville from Trottingham! I figured from your little friend Spike that I should come and visit. Especially from the new cupcake recipe I've put together! I think you'll be impressed...! :)

   See you tomorrow at 1:30 PM!

         -Sprinkles'

   "SPRINKLES IS COMING! But wait... Tomorrow?!" Pinkie asked, scanning the letter to make sure she was not mistaken. "Actually... Well, first, you see, Twilight wanted some cupcakes-you how she can get kinda snacky sometimes-but she deserved the best cupcakes ever, because of how much she did for me. So I looked up, 'Best cupcakes in Equestria' on Twi's computer and Sprinkles popped up. I found out she was in Trottingham, and so I went there.

   "We started talking, and she found out she knows you, too, Pinkie! I told her I was coming back to Ponyville and she told me to give this to you." Spike explained, pointing to the still levitating scroll. "Oh, and she wrote that yesterday. I think I should have given you that scroll yesterday..."

   "So that means shes coming... TODAY?!" Pinkie suddenly went into panic. How was she supposed to get the sweet-shop cleaned and all the sweets baked and made before the shop opened and Sprinkles got here? "What's wrong, Pinkie Pie? You don't look so good..." Rainbow Dash asked. "Oh  fine... I mean, I only have three hours to clean the sweet-shop and get the sweets baked and made before Sprinkles and the customers get here! Why wouldn't I be okay?!" Pinkie shouted, and suddenly started getting dizzy.

   "We can help you clean while you bake the sweets and make the taffy..." Dash offered. Pinkie suddenly remembered. "THE TAFFY!!" she ran as fast as she could to the back, and skidded to a stop in front of the taffy mixer. It was done, thankfully. She pulled the taffy out of the mixer and shaped it into small, rounded rectangles.

   "Well, we can help you make the candycanes..." Spike began. "CANDYCANES! I need Twist! SOMEPONY GO GET TWIST!" Pinkie shouted un characteristically. Rainbow Dash shot out of the sweet-shop to get the candy making pony.

   "Spike! Please please PLEASE help me bake some more cupcakes! I'll make the mix... But can you please hyper-bake them with your fire?" Pinkie begged. "Yes 'mam!" Spike said with a happy solute. "As well as cupcakes, WE NEED S'MORES!!" The pink pony gasped.

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   When all of the sweets were made, including the cupcakes, the s'mores, and the candycanes, and Sugarcube Corner was cleaned, everypony (and dragon) was exhausted on the floor.

   "I never thought I'd say that I helped Sugarcube corner open. But I did. And it deffinately isn't easy." Dash said.