Doughnut Joe is quite the player up in the heights of Canterlot, but one fateful day Joe decides to takes his doughnuts on tour around all of Equestria, starting with the quaint little town of Ponyville. On the train ride over, he meats an absolutely wonderful young filly by the name of Sweetiebelle, who he ends up befriending. Over the course of the story Doughnut Joe develops feelings that goes beyond friendship and slowly transforms into Love for Sweetiebelle. He is conflicted by her age though, and by the vexatious Rarity who quickly becomes smitten with the doughnut seller.