Ponyville always looked better when a holiday came for Pinkie Pie, while the sun was just rising Pinkie looked out her window and waited for the right time.

“Any second now,” Pinkie said with enthusiasm. Celestia was rising the sun higher from the hills making Ponyville brighter and Pinkie happier to know that the big day has come.

“Finally! It’s finally here, the biggest day of the year, the one day where I get to send out the most delicious treats and get the highest sales for the Cakes, it’s… HEARTS AND HOOVES DAY!” Pinkie said, shouting so loud it woke the babies and making the Cakes yell out “Pinkie Pie!” making Pinkie quietly say “sorry” and run into the halls

The early morning mist tickled Pinkie’s muzzle as she and Mr. Cake were pushing their cart of food to the booth for the festival, Mr. Cake always worried that Pinkie would forget what to do and just go off and do her own thing, so, while they were loading the booth with pies and cakes and other treats for the holiday, he made sure to go over everything before he left her alone.

“Now Pinkie Pie, what do we do when I leave?”

“Wait until the festival opens and don’t go on my own until it’s time to close the booth.”

Mr. Cake nodded, “And what do we do when a customer comes and wants a treat?”

“Give them what they asked for only if they pay, and don’t give any free food even if you know them really well,” then Pinkie thought for a moment.

“though, when I go meet my friends, can I give them some treats, they don’t have any special somepony, and we made a pact to enjoy the festival when I close the booth, so, could I bring them some treats, I’ll pay for them and everything,” Pinkie Pie said hoping that he would agree.

“Well, if there is any left when you close the booth then I guess it’s alright with me,” Mr. Cake said. Pinkie buzzed with excitement as she kept jumping up and down and shouting “oh thank you Mr. Cake,”

Then she stopped in mid-air and thought for a moment to repay him for his kind gesture, “and just to repay you, I’ll be your first customer,” Pinkie Pie said as she put the very first bit into the chest where they would keep all of the money.

“Thank you Pinkie Pie, now what would you want.” Mr. Cake said pretending that Pinkie Pie was a customer,

“Well, I could have the super delicious red velvet cake for myself, but I think I should save my appetite for something big, so maybe I’ll just take the super cherry soda pop stick,” Pinkie said as she took what she paid for and put it in her mouth.

They both laughed, and Mr. Cake nodded and said “Well, you look like you have everything cleared, but maybe we should go over everything one more time,” Mr. Cake said, but Pinkie knew he and Mrs. Cake had their own things to do today so she pushed him away from the booth.

“Nonsense, you and Mrs. Cake have your own schedule, so go on and enjoy today, I’ve got everything handled, now go get your loved one and most importantly, have fun!”

“Well, if you say so, then I guess I’ll just go, thank you Pinkie Pie for everything,” Mr. Cake said with cheer in his eyes.

Pinkie saw him leave to find Mrs. Cake as she waited for the first customer and thought about some things, things that she usually never thinks about, while looking at the scenery, she thought, “Boy, this holiday certainly had ponies going out of their way to make each other happy, I wonder, will this ever happen to me, I never thought of any love interest, but now that I think about it, I may like one, why am I thinking about this? Come on Pinkie Pie, you need to focus,” but the more she tried, the more she thought

“Maybe I should look into finding sompony so I won’t feel so left out,” now Pinkie felt sad when she thought about all of this, “Nopony really took a shine to me or never asked me to go out on a date before, and I never asked anypony before either, why? Was I afraid of commitment? Did I just think I never needed anypony before? Everypony needs someone in their life,” She became disappointed at the thought of nopony wanting her, her hair deflated and her eyes were starting to fill up with tears, then somepony came by to her booth, Pinkie cleared her eyes and tried her best to think clearly.

“H-Hello, welcome to sugar b-booth, would y-you like velvet sugar cake, or… or,” she was interrupted by the customer, “Excuse me, are you alright Miss Pinkie Pie,”

Pinkie looked at the customer, “how does he know me?” she thought, she never saw him before, he was a tall colt with green fur and his hair was dark brown and looked as if it was ruffled 200 times, he also had a cutie mark with chocolate pancakes, if Pinkie Pie knew who he was then she must have forgotten him, no doubt about it, he knew her. With sympathy in his voice, he also cared, and she thought it was nice for somepony to think of her.

“I’m sorry, do I know you?” Pinkie said questionably. It was strange, she knew almost everypony in Ponyville but she didn’t know him, of course, she remembered Mrs. Cake saying something about other ponies coming to Ponyville for this festival.

“I don’t think you know me, but I definitely know you, how can anypony not know the biggest party pony (next to cheese sandwich of course) in all of Equestria!” He said with excitement, Pinkie still looked pretty confused but flattered, and her hair puffed up by the sweet comment.

“Allow me to introduce myself, I am Flapjack Batter, I came all the way from Seaddle with my business, “Batters Breakfast House”, and I just wanted to know if you had any popsicles for me to buy,” Flapjack said, Pinkie looked for all of the popsicles the booth had in the freezer, then got out 4 types.

“Sure, we have candy hearted, red velvet, sugar cupcake (lots of sugar, little cupcake), or super cherry soda stick, (made by yours truly),” Pinkie Pie said in the cheerful voice she had before.

“I’ll take the cherry soda stick, it sounds like an amazing dessert for a certain pony I want to see tonight,” Flapjack said, blushing slightly. After he said that, Pinkie felt a twinge of jealousy, she thought he was single, oh well, she understood.

“Oh, and who is this… a certain pony?” Pinkie asked being as smartly as possible, forcing it a bit more than she wanted.

“Well, I have admired her for a long time,” Flapjack said, “Anyway, I’d like 2, please,” Pinkie did as Flapjack told and even put it in a red-flowered ribbon, then Flapjack paid his due and left leaving Pinkie to say goodbye and wait for the other customers to come.

The early morning was busier than any day of Sugar Cube Corner, Pinkie Pie was taking so many orders herself and was wondering why she thought of doing this alone.

“Now are you sure you can do this by yourself Pinkie? I wouldn’t want you to overwork yourself.” Mrs. Cake said as she and Mr. Cake were mixing together some sweets.

“Don’t worry Mrs. Cake, if anypony can do this, it’s me! Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye” Pinkie said as she did her special promise that was not to be broken.

Right. Pinkie facehoofed as she remembered the memory. She didn’t have time to think about that, what happened happened. You can never break a Pinkie Promise.

She finished her 97th customer when Flapjack came back, she was so happy to see his face.

“Flapjack, what are you doing here again?” Pinkie asked as she went to the back to refill one of the boxes up the front and come back with a pad and a pencil.

“So, what do you want,” Pinkie asked fast, her hair frazzled, making Flapjack wonder why she thought of doing it alone.

“Well, at first it was to order a cherry pie, but from how busy you're working, I think I should help, if I may,” Flapjack said shyly, Pinkie looked at him and smiled so happily, making him seem cuter and kinder to her.

“I would love it if you would help me,” Pinkie said thankfully, she didn’t know why he would help her when he was going to see another mare, but she would love any help she could get.

“Do you know the procedures of business?” Pinkie asked, wanting to know if he can handle the business of today. She trusted him, but today was going to be different for all of the ponies with businesses.

“I run my own business, I think I can handle a busy day,” Flapjack said profoundly.

“Great, then you can handle the front desk,” Pinkie Pie said giving him the pad and pencil when Flapjack asked for the first order, he realized the hundreds of ponies in line, he wrote everything down as fast as he could and noticed that Pinkie Pie was moving as fast as a rocket, putting treats inboxes and running out and back again, he pondered over how much energy she had but didn’t really have time to think about it. They worked throughout the day until her break time, very tired from working, they decided to go and explore the festival a little.

“It’s amazing how much stuff you can do for such a little town,” Flapjack said while drinking a smoothie from another booth and on a bench near the town hall.

“Well, one day we went to the town hall and the mayor suggested that we have a festival of hearts for everypony, not just those with loving ponies, but for anypony, which is why I and my friends made a pact to come here and enjoy the festival with each other rather than our… special some pony” Pinkie said finishing off sad, she still had it in her mind that she might want some pony in her life.

“You know, it really confuses me,” Flapjack said, hoping to do something to change her mood.

“what?” Pinkie asked.

“That you are such a fun pony, and no pony has asked you to be their special some pony, you seem like the best pony to be with,” Flapjack said while looking at her in a glowy kind of way.

“Well, that might be my own fault mostly,” Pinkie said with her head down, Flapjack looked at her like he was surprised at this.

“How so?”

“Well mostly I focus on my parties rather than any colt or somepony who might have liked me, I never thought of any love interest until today, I kept thinking about this holiday and how every pony treats each other with appreciation and it made me wonder if I would ever have one, I guess I always thought that my only love would be my friends, but... maybe I will want some pony to take care of me when I get ill. When I need to cry, when I need a hug... when I need lo…” Pinkie suddenly realized what she was saying and was getting red of embarrassment when Flapjack held her hoof, it was an unusual feeling that Pinkie didn’t exactly hate.

“Pinkie Pie, don’t say that about yourself, sometimes we realize when we might need some pony in our lives, but that doesn’t mean that we need to find them now, in time some pony will come, but you don’t need to blame yourself, it’s not your fault, you just didn’t realize it until now, but you will find some pony,” Flapjack smiled at her with the same glow he had before, it made Pinkie think he was cuter and sweeter than ever.

“Do you really think so?” Pinkie said smiling at him.

“I do, really soon, maybe,” He said. They both smiled at each other and blushed hard,

“Um, think my break is over, so,” Pinkie said, not really wanting to leave the grasp of his hoof.

“Oh, yeah, you should go,” Flapjack said, they both got off the bench and started walking in opposite directions,

“Thank you by the way,” Pinkie said, turning around with an enormous smile on her face.

“Your very welcome,” Flapjack said, “My little gumdrop,” He said quietly,

“What was that!” Pinkie shouted from the hill

“Oh nothing,” He said loudly

The rest of the day was pretty busy for Pinkie, but when it was time to close the booth, she couldn’t have been happier because it was time to meet her friends, and fortunately for Pinkie, there were exactly 6 treats for her friends, Flapjack stopped by a few more times to pick up some things, she didn’t know who this “certain mare” was, but he definitely was going out of his way for her, but she didn’t have time to think about that, she first went to Fluttershy’s but she saw her with Discord, he told her she was interrupting something, so she went to everypony else’s house before seeing Fluttershy, but it took a while for everyone to come out.

The festival looked even better at night, all of the lights on the booths and rides made it look beautiful, Pinkie gave her treats and they all had a really great time, the Wonderbolts show was amazing, but Rainbow Dash looked very tired, however, she didn’t notice that. They even caught a surprise with Rarity, but it was getting late and every pony decided to go home, but when Pinkie was walking towards Sugar Cube Corner, she spotted a piece of candy.

“No Pinkie, remember what Twilight says, ‘If it’s on the ground, leave it,” Pinkie said, shuffling her hair making an exact replica of Twilights mane and imitating Twilights voice, but Pinkie kept looking at the candy while walking away then stopped again.

“Then again, it is wrapped so it is clean,” Pinkie said, second-guessing herself.

“No, no, the wrapper is on the ground too so that means it’s also bad, right?” She said walking away but keeping her eye the sugary solid. In the end, Pinkie Pie couldn’t resist the temptation of sugary treats and had to take the candy, then she found another one, and another one, then she found a trail of candy leading all the way to the back of Sweet Apple Acres to their gazebo.

She saw a blanket with bowls of sweets and pies and cake, with a rose of magenta and the bright huge moon Luna was bringing out.

“What is this?” Pinkie said almost as if she was interrupting some ponies date.

“It’s a picnic for a certain special somepony,” A shaking bush said, Pinkie looked closer and saw it was Flapjack.

“Oh no, is this where you and your special somepony is supposed to meet,” Pinkie asked.

“No it’s for you, I wanted it to be a surprise,” He held up a flower to Pinkie Pie. “It’s for my certain mare,” Pinkie Pie suddenly understood everything, Why he was getting so many treats, why he wanted to help her with business, why he comforted her when she doubted herself, it was all because she was his special admirer.

“H-how long have you felt this way about me?” Pinkie asked, stammering.

“It all started whenever you came to Seaddle, it was my sister’s birthday, and you came and made it better than any party I have ever seen, but you caught my eye most of all, you looked so fun and happy I couldn’t stop staring, I was going to ask if you were doing anything later, but before I could say anything, you were gone, but that didn’t stop me from seeing you, some customers I saw were from Ponyville and talked about you being so great, I wanted to come every time but I knew I couldn’t because of my business, but then I heard about this festival here and some pony gave me a few bits, so I came and found you, now I know that what they said was true, you are the best pony and I can’t think of any pony else I could be with, I know one thing, I want to be there for you, I want to be your special some pony, and if that means losing my business, I’ll do it, just to be with you.”

Pinkie looked at him and blushed from what he had said. Until she remembered what his last words were, “Did he just say what I think he said?”

“What did you say?” Pinkie asked hoping she didn’t hear his words right.

“Be my special somepony?” Flapjack said, trying to guess what she meant.

“No I mean before that,” Pinkie said.

“Oh, you mean losing my business for you?” Flapjack asked as if nothing was wrong.

“Yes! Why would you do that?” Pinkie said, having her hope blow up in her face with a frown. Flapjack looked at Pinkie as if she didn’t just hear him.

“Because I want to be with you,” He said, trying to make her understand.

“I know that, but is your business doing good? Is it a big thing in Seaddle?” Pinkie said looking in Flapjack’s eyes wanting to know answers.

“Yes, we have the biggest sales, the Batter family do our best to get good sales but-”

“But you would just forget all about that, your life's work just to be with somepony you’ve only known for a day,” Pinkie said with sorrow and annoyance in her voice.

When she put it like that, Flapjack could feel what Pinkie Pie was saying, and suddenly he knew what he had to do.

“Then I guess I’ll just have to go without you... or you could come with me,” Flapjack said with a bit of enthusiasm in his words, making Pinkie's heartbreak into pieces.

“That may be good for you, but I would miss all of my friends and the Cakes, I also have to leave Ponyville, my home, where all of my greatest memories are,” Pinkie said, hoping that Flapjack would understand.

“I think that it is so sweet that you would give up your business for me, but I see it in you that you would hate it as much as me.”

“So what does this mean for us?” Flapjack asked with tears in his eyes and in a sorrowful tone.

“It means we were never meant to happen,” Pinkie said while crying. They both knew that this was for the best, but like always, it’s hard to say goodbye to those you love, so when Flapjack stood up, he said goodbye to Pinkie, but before he walked out of her life forever, she ran to him and kissed him, then they both relaxed and started their passionate kiss.

While Pinkie’s Hearts and Hooves day ended sadly, she hoped, with everyone being busy today, had a better night, from the things that happened in the festival, it sounds like it was crazy, but also very sweet and she hoped their Hearts and Hooves day ended better than hers.

Author's Note

Sad? yeah, but don't worry, wait until the end.