Finally, summer had been over. The warm days were slowly becoming more rare, colors outside shifted into yellows, reds and browns and the wind was slowly picking up. Rem decided he would close the store for a few days after the busy summer sales of ice confect, chocolate popsicles and sea salt ice cream. He needed to find some things that would fit the season a bit more so he figured he’d use the down time to work through a bunch of recipe ideas he wrote down throughout the year.

Rem had been spending all day in the kitchen, tempering chocolate, storing candies in the fridge, baking several sheets of cookies and cakes. He was completely in his element, the world around him was a blurr as he was mixing chocolate chip dough. Everything around him was quiet, just his inner voice kept him company, adding and mixing several ingredients in his head to see how they would play out. As he flipped through the pages of his recipe collection, Rem remembered he had been asking around the town for things the other ponies and creatures would like to see in his shop, he came across on of exactly these post-it note and his thoughts came to an abrupt halt.

“Pumpkin…butter? What in Celestia’s name is pumpkin butter??”

Rem’s train of thought had been completely shattered as a loud CRUNCH could be heard echoing through the kitchen. He turned on the spot, spotting Nighttide Blush, climbing over the edge of the kitchen table and devouring all the chocolate bat cookies he had made prior. Only three had been left from the 40 he made for the customers to test, and they were only left because Tide wasn’t able to reach them.

“Tide? What are you doing up so late - I though you were fast asleep??…. Wait… Why is your hair orange??” Rem kept stirring the dough as the bowl floated steadily next to the kitchen counter, slowly dripping dough onto the wooden floor.

Nighttide drooled as he tried to reach the freshly made chocolate caramel buns, which Trembling Spirit had shaped neatly into small Pumpkins, each with a different facial expression. “I figured it was time to finally adjust to my new life in Hazlegrove, and be a bit more fitting to the season! Those cookies were great!” Rem smiled slightly as he moved the book aside a bit, turning back to the counter and the dough mix he had prepared for his next project. “Well… I am certainly glad you liked them… but I am afraid I either have to make more, or my customers have to wait another week to be able to try them… Hey Tide? Do you know what in Equestria pumpkin butter is??”

Tide shook his head rapidly as he reached closer and closer to the caramel buns: “Dunno - don’t care! Now give me one of those!!”

Rem finaly realized what he was trying to do as he quickly looked over his shoulder: “TIDE NO! BE CAREFUL! THEY’RE FRESH OUT OF THE OVEN!!” But he was allready too late as he watched Tide stuff one of the steaming hot buns into his mouth in one piece. He squeezed his eyes shut, tears streaming down his cheekes as he mumbled. “THO WORFF IFF!!”

547 Words! Whooo!

This was so much fun to work on!! I love how the late night cooking ambiance turned out ;w; the lighting worked better than expected!!
This is my entry for the Fall Event for Equestria Falls <3

Ponys popping up in this piece are:
Trembling Spirit owned by me - TheBlackCatsTale
Nighttide Blush owned by WiiinterVA