Marshmallow Fillying

As Joe and his filly trio began to set up shop outside the boutique, the little golden filly with the red mane asked a pertinent question.

“So why are you selling doughnuts all the way down here in ponyville, when mah sister told me that you have your very own doughnut shop all the way over in Canterlot? How could you not be makin' enough money with all those fancy ponies livin up there; They got plenty of bits to spare!”

Joe simply smiled and shook his head “Oh I make plenty of money little one, but I'm not doing any of this for the bits. I’m doing this because there’s nothing I love more than to see the smiling faces on those ponies when they bite into my home-made doughnuts. Heck, if i was only in this for the bits then my cutie mark would be a sack of gold and not a delicious doughnut now wouldn’t it?”

The three little ponies pondered for a moment before all collectively shrugging in agreeance.

“Tell ya what there girls, you three are trying to get your cutiemarks, right? Well using variety in your search is one of the best things you can do, so im gonna assign each of you your own special assignment. Now which one of you is the fastest?”

Scootaloo began hopping up and down “Ooh! me me me me! I’m the fastest filly in ponyville! Well, besides rainbow dash of course.”

“Good! Then I need you to tell as many ponies as possible around town about my shop.” Scootaloo’s eyes dropped and she began to frown “Hey, don't get all down, think about it: if you do a good job with this maybe you’ll be a...uuhhhhh....Royal Courier! Spreading news for Princess Celestia all across Equestria!”

Scootaloo’s eyes lit up and a wide grin spread across her face. “Sir yes sir! I'll tell everypony in town in ten seconds flat!” The excited filly burst off towards town and began knocking on doors and yelling through windows.

“And you there, er, Applebloom was it? I’m going to give you this bag of bits and I need you to buy as many doughnut ingredients as possible. There’s a list inside the bag with all the fixings that I'll need.”

“Well I can get yer ingredients for ya, I mean I do live on a farm after all, but how’s that gonna help me get mah cutie mark?”

Joe’s eyes began to shift back and forth. “Why you could...you coooouuullllddd......Aha! You could be a delivery pony!”

A scowl came across Appleblooms face “A delivery pony? Seriously? You think thats gonna be mah calling? The Apple Family Farm has been here for three generations now, and you think I should just up and leave to deliver packages? ”

“Errr....yeah! Just think, you could deliver all of the products from the apple family farm to the far corners of Equestria! There will be ponies from locations you didn’t even know existed, coming all the way over here just to see the farm where that produced the fantastic products that you delivered to them! You’d be doing your family and the farm a great service!”

“Well I guess that makes sense....I’ll get right on it, Mr. Joe!” Applebloom began to trott off into the distance, leaving just Sweetiebelle and Doughnut Joe left.

“What do you want me to do Joe?” Sweetiebelle asked with the most eager emerald eyes.

“You have the most important Job of all Sweetie, helping me make and sell doughnuts!”

Sweetiebelle was practically shaking with anticipation. She took in an incredibly wide breath of air." What if my special talent is doughnut making just like you and then we could make doughnuts together and make ponies smile and I could open shop right next door to you or maybe we could even open a shop together and then we could play together all the time and I could make us custom matching aprons and we could live right above the shop together and then I would be really really reaally reeeaaaallly happy and *gasp* *gasp* that would be amazing!”

Joe grinned and began to chuckle, party due to the amazing run on sentence, partly due to Sweetiebelle’s voice cracking on “Amazing” and partly because he had been hoping for just that to happen as well. “We shouldn’t waste any more time then should we Sweetiebelle? let’s get started!”

It didn’t take long for Scootaloo to get the word out or for Applebloom to fetch the ingredients, and before long the smell of doughnuts was wafting through the air and a line had begun to form at Joe’s stand. Sweetiebelle was gleefully hopping back and forth between Joe and the customers, trading orders and bits for boxes of doughnuts. By the time noon had struck, the line for Joe’s doughnut cart stretched halfway through Ponyville. After selling ten boxes to a hyperactive pink pony, a sky blue pony with a beautiful rainbow colored mane stepped up to the register.

“Hey there, Sweetiebelle, long time no see. That little squirt, Scootaloo, told me that this place has some of the best doughnuts in town, and that I absolutely had to come try some, and how could I say no to a tyke like her? I’ll take one box of your finest doughnuts! Pronto!”

“One box of doughnuts Joe!- “For the awesome Rainbow Dash!” added in an excited Scootaloo.

Doughnut Joe approached the counter himself “Sorry everypony, but that last pony completely cleared me out. If you want some more doughnuts, you’re gonna have to come back tomorrow.”
Rainbow dash began to fly off with a pout “Every freakin time!” the rest of the disgruntled crowd began to disperse as well.

“Whoa now everypony hold on a minute! None of this would have been possible without sponsorship from the magnificent Rarity’s boutique! For the finest dresses in all of Equestria, look no further than Rarity’s!” The crowd continued their dispersal. “*sigh* If you don’t buy her dresses then I won’t be able to sell doughnuts here anymore.” within seconds Rarity’s boutique was packed to the brim with eager customers willing to buy anything and everything that rarity had to offer.

Satisfied, and quite wealthier than he was at the beginning of the day, Joe looked down and was shocked to see a saddened frowning Sweetie Belle. “Whats the matter Sweetie? Everything went great! Why are you so down looking?”

“I didn’t get my cutie mark. That means that my special talent has nothing to do with doughnuts, so I'm not gonna be able to open up a shop with you, or play with you ever again, or live with you-” Sweetie began to tear up “-or be happy with you. And once you leave ponyville, I probably won’t even get to see you again and I...I...*sniff*” Tears began to roll down Sweetiebelle’s face.

Joe picked Sweetiebelle up and hugged her as tight as he could. “Hey, c’mon now. You did a fantastic Job today. So what if your cutie mark isn’t doughnut related? I promise that I’ll come and visit you at least once a week, regardless of whatever work I have going on. Because it doesn’t matter to me what your cutie mark ends up being, you’ll always be my adorable wonderful little Marshmallow."

The tears continued to stream down Sweetie Belle’s face, but for the opposite reason of before. She began to Squeeze Joe back and she gave him a little peck on the cheek. “Thank you Joe.”

Joe began to blush as he set the little filly down. He had forgotten about the large crowd of ponies standing directly behind him, and he thought it might be bad for half the town to see him embracing a little filly. “And hey Sweetie Belle, I sort of lied about being completely out of doughnuts. I saved one eclair for myself, and one for you and each of your friends to thank you for all your hard work. I made sure to make these eclairs extra big and with extra filling just for you three!”

Joe reached under his cart and pulled out two massive Eclairs, one of which he handed over to Sweetie Belle.

“Wow, thank you so much Joe!” Sweetiebelle struggled to grasp the giant eclair in her hooves. “It’s so big! And look! You put so much cream in it, that it’s actually bursting out of the end of the eclair!” Sweetiebelle brought the long delectable to her mouth and began to lightly lick the white cream oozing out of the top of the eclair. She swirled her tongue around the top for a bit before lightly inserting the tip into her mouth and gently sucking out the cream all whilst the phrase “mmmmm” could be heard escaping from her lips. “This is delicious Joe! Your eclair is the best eclair i’ve ever had! It’s also the first eclair I’ve ever had, but still. And watch, its so full that i can do this!” Sweetiebelle squeezed the eclair from the base and the white cream filling shot out of the top and into her mouth, with just a little bit hitting the sides of her face and dribbling down her chin. She licked the residue off of her face in one smooth swirling motion and smiled up at Joe.

By this point in time Joe had attained quite the large Eclair of his own, and not just the one in his hands. “Sweetie, can you wait here a minute, something just came up that I need to...take care of real quick.”

Joe quickly ran inside the boutique headed straight for the bathroom, however Rarity cut him off at the stairs. “Joe, you’re a miracle worker! i’ve sold more clothing in the last 10 minutes than I have all month long! You have my sincerest thanks! I would do anything to repay you!” Rarity leaned in real close to Joe and whispered seductively into his her “Anything”. She then kissed joe deeply on the mouth and headed back to her busy customers.

Joe, now in more need to relieve himself than ever before, practically sprinted to the upstairs bathroom and began scanning the room for something to empty himself into. Kleenex? The toilet? The tub? Then Joe looked down at the eclair he was holding in his hooves, and a wicked smile spread across his face.