//------------------------------// // Party Time! // Story: A Beautiful Light From Within The Darkest Clouds // by Princess Glitzy //------------------------------// Chapter 17 "Happy Birthday Ruby!" She beamed and shouted happily "Twilight! I`m so glad you could come! Come say hi to everyone!" They walked towards a huge crowd of mares, stallions, colts, fillies and every type of pony. "Hey Twinkle, Cloud Kicker, Carrot Top, Rose, Cherilee, Lyra, Thunder Rush, Derpy, Time Turner, Berry Punch, Rumble, Lucky, Octavia and Pipsqueak! It`s so nice to see you guys here!" Twilight said giddily. "Yeah! I`m so happy you could make it to my party!" Twilight looked at Ruby eagerly. "When are we having cake and when will you open my- I mean our presents." When she said 'our' she gestured towards the others. "Whenever!" They all looked at each other. "Presents first and then cake!" shouted Lyra and Bon Bon. "Yeah!" Cloudkicker agreed. Lucky walks up to Ruby and hands her a little box. "Thank you." All the other ponies started stacking their ups in the corner. She opens Lucky`s gift. It`s a little charm bracelet with three charms. "You can add more." She thanked him. She then opens Twinkle`s, it`s a pair of fake wings. "You can glide with them so if you jump from something kind of high up then you can use these to make the fall epic." She hugged her. Octavia handed her a cello and a card. Happy Birthday! I love my cello so I figured you might want to try it. If you don`t like it I have many other instruments you can try! Ruby said "I would love to learn to play an instrument. Thanks!" Cloudkicker handed her a weird shaped present with purple wrapping. She opened it up and it was a baseball set. "It has padding so the ball won`t hurt you and the bat is meant for fillies so it shouldn`t be too heavy." Ruby hugged her. Lyra walked up without a gift. "You cannot hold my gift, but here it is." She played her a fantastic song on her lyre and about 3/4 through the song Octavia joined in with her cello and they played music. Twilight thought that it was so fun that she started singing without realizing. Everyone stopped short to listen to her beautiful voice. Soon Flitter started harmonizing with Twilight and so did her sister Cloudchaser. Octavia and Lyra started playing again and soon everyone started singing for Ruby. Ruby thought that this was so beautiful that she started crying. Once they finished Ruby started clapping and whistling. Once everypony calmed down they started up presents again. Time Turner gave her a watch that is the same color as her coat and has rubies on it. She loved the small gift. "Thanks!" Rose gave her a chocolate rose and a bouquet of roses with different colors. She thanked her. Berry Punch gave her a skateboard that was rainbow with glitter. "Awesome!" Carrot Top handed Ruby a box of carrot muffins and a medium sized carrot cake in a container that says 'Happy Birthday!'. "Yum! Thanks!" Thunder Rush walked up and handed Ruby a pack of make up for fillies. "This will be helpful!" Derpy handed her a paper bag. Inside was some bubble soap and a picture she drew of Ruby. "Thank you! I love the picture." Cherilee gives her a picture of everypony with her and a mini chalkboard. The picture has all of them from when Twilight first met them. "This so thoughtful!" Pipsqueak hands Ruby a toy sword that has one ruby at the base. "I love it!" Rumble hands Ruby a large, brown stuffed teddy bear. "It`s soooooo cute!" Twilight is the last person to give Ruby a gift. She hands her a very large box that isn`t wrapped with holes on the top. She opens it and there is a puppy in there. Twilight then hands her a bag and says "This has everything you will need for a puppy for the first three months. You will need to play with her and feed her. She will need to be taken to the vet every couple of weeks until she is an adult." "This is one of the best presents I`ve ever received and I`ve only known you for a few weeks!" Twilight hugged Ruby and said "Happy Birthday Ruby." "Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Ruby! Happy Birthday to you!" "Blow out the candles!" *Blowing* "YEAH!" Ruby cuts the cake while her cousin Berry Punch puts the cake on everypony`s plates. "Yum!" For the rest of the party they play games and laugh. This has been the best party ever!