It was a regular day in strawberry land as the mail carrier came by. In his bag he had a ton of glittering pink letters. Heading up to the residence of strawberry shortcake he was jumped and licked by an excited and exstremly hyperactive pupcake. "Well a good day to you too pupcake" the mail carrier said as he pet they hyper active pup. As he put the letters in the box he passed by a working strawberry shortcake. "Good afternoon strawberry" he said. "And a berry good afternoon to you too" the redhead with a heart of gold answered as she tended to her strawberries. After a while she picked up her mail and inside in addition to the normal letters she noticed the glittering pink envelope.

"what do you have there strawberry shortcake" her pet pink cat custard asked. "I don't know" strawberry answers. She noticed the mark on the envelope belonging to the sparkle corps industries. She opened up the envelope. "Oh wow apparently the owner of sparkle corp id having a glitz pageant competition for the title of miss strawberry land, and i was invited". Custard replied "wait glitz pageants, you mean those fru-fru competitions where girls wear those poofy cupcake dresses." Custard asked. "Yes that is right, but apparently this one is much bigger then that. They will have the classic contest but it also will include a princess competition, a ballet competition, general knowledge of all things pretty, and of course makeovers" strawberry said in a sweet way. "And listen to this, out of all the girls competing the top winner will receive 1 million dollars, become the fact of sparkle corp, win a life time supply of gowns, and the tittle of the first ever little miss strawberry land" strawberry said. Custard replied "wait your not actually going to compete in this event are you?" Strawberry smiled "of course i plan to custard, if I'm invited its rude to turn it down, plus it is happening at the pastry princess castle hotel and theme park. Every girl that enters is going to stay in one of the many beautiful bedrooms for a month, get free admition to berry princess park, be treated like royalty, plus i hear they have an amazing pet spa just perfect for you and pupcake to enjoy, all free for pageant participants, plus they will have a perfect share of gowns and costumes to choose from there." Then she looked outside and noticed her little sister apple dumplin. "Oh dear i almost forgot"

over dinner apple dumplen asked her big sister "what's wrong strawberry?" Strawberry explained her situation. "I just don't know if i can do it. I mean i have you and so much responsibility." Apple dumplin commented "strawberry you know you can count on me to take care of everything around here in your absence" strawberry was hesitant. "Well i don't know"

Apple dumplin decided on a different tactic. "I bet you your friends are invited, if they do promise me you will go with them" strawberry though and smiled. "Well sure ok"

after dinner strawberry began to make calls to her friends in the part of strawberry land she lived in. She called gingersnap, orange blossom, angel cake, blueberry muffin, peppermint fizz, Lemmon Meringue, rainbow sherbet, plum pudding. Every one she called she heard similar reactions, "of course", "i cant wait", "I wouldn't miss it" and exc. after hanging up she turned to Apple Dumplin. "Well a deal is a deal, im going to compete to be little miss strawberry land." Strawberry said.