Pinkie's favors and flavors

'Okay, I know I have to do SOMETHING to get the princess's attention, but what?' Pinkie pondered, rhythmically tapping her front left hoof on the plush rug that covered her room floor. 'I don't want it to be super obvious, but I want her to maybe get her thinking that somepony likes her.' She scrunched up her snout and poked her tongue out her pursed lips cutely as she wracked her brain for some kind of idea, when it suddenly hit her. 'I think I need to start small. A few assorted treats should do the trick!' And with that, she zoomed downstairs into the kitchen with renewed hope.

A few hours later, she was smiling down at her small rectangular box that held two chocolate eclairs, three candy canes, and five butterscotch hard candies with vanilla cream inside. She was very well pleased with her work. One small problem remained. How to get them to the princess? As she was mulling it over, Derpy the mailmare trotted in and, with a cheery smile, delivered the usual paper, although later than usual and sat down briefly to rest. It was then that Pinkie knew how to get her gift to the princess.

"Hey Ditzy, could you do me a super duperly important favor?" Pinkie asked the grey pegasus. "Sure thing Pinkie, what is it?"

"I need you to deliver this box to the palace gates and tell them it's for princess Celestia please. But DO NOT tell them who sent it." As she finished her sentence, Pinkie's mane and tail fully deflated, and a red glint could be seen within her eyes, reinforcing the fact this was extremely serious.

Derpy, noticing the sudden change in her normally bubbly friend, took an involuntary step back and a single bead of sweat ran down her back, all the way from her mane to her very ample derriere. "Uhhh... Of course Pinkie. I won't forget..." And with that, she suddenly placed the package in her mailbag and flew straight toward the castle. Once Derpy left, Pinkie let out a sigh and felt a little bad about having to be so serious with her friend, but it was very important that Derpy understood.

Derpy arrived at the castle gates quicker than she expected. Fear was a good motivator to go fast. Once she touched down, she announced to the guards at the entrance that she had a package for Celestia that needed to go to her chambers as soon as possible. She made up a small lie about who gave her the package by saying that she had her back turned at some point in the day and when she returned to her bag, it was inside. The guards thought for a second, before taking the package inside and Derpy released a held breath and was hoping all would run smoothly.