Chapter 13: First Birthday
I opened the door to the postoffice and stepped inside. I saw a gray mare with a golden mane behind the desk, and she was clearly enjoying a muffin.
"Excuse me miss, but I wanted to see if anything arrived for me?" I asked her.
"Okay, what's your name?" She said with only one eye looking directly at me.
"Swift Breeze." I told her.
She turned to a mail room and I could hear the shuffling of papers and boxes. A few moments later she arrived with a brown box in her mouth. She set it on the counter and I picked it up. Placing it in my bag, I thanked her and left the office.
I trotted down the road towards my house to get to my daughter. I hopped that the gift wasn't too much for her first birthday. But I wanted to give the world for her. I saw Aerohead and Rarity trotting down the road togeather. On Aerohead's back was a small gray unicorn with blue hair. I began to trot towards them to congratulate the arrival.
"Hey, I see you got a kid of your own, Aero!" I said standing in font of him.
"Yeah, he is probably the best thing that has happened to me. Other than you Rarity, of course!" He said kissing her cheek.
"Well, I need to get back to my house. It's Silver's birthday today and I just got one of her presents in the mail." I said to them.
"Alright, I'll see you later!" Aerohead said, following Rarity.
I trotted to my house and opened the door. I saw Rainbow holding Silver in her hooves and Silver was holding her gift from Dash. The small box was wrapped in colorful paper and a bow was tied around it. I sat next to them on the couch and held the box in a hoof.
"Go ahead and open it!" I said ruffling Silver's mane.
Dash helped Silver unwrap the box and open it. Silver reached inside. Her head and torso fell into the box and her legs stuck up in the air, waving. We both looked at the waving pairs of legs and laughed. Dash lifted her out of the box, and Silver held a teddy bear, about half the size of her. She looked at it and smiled. She wrapped her hooves around the bear and hugged it tight.
I ripped the tape off my box and set it in front of Silver. She scooted on the ground to get closer to the box. She flipped the box on it's side and 3 strips of paper slid onto the floor. Silver picked up one and so did Dash. Dash brought the paper closer to her and read the text. Her eyes shot open and stared at me.
"A cruise?!" Dash exclaimed looking back at the ticket. I looked at her and nodded my head.
"It leaves in about a week." I said wrapping a hoof around her shoulder. Dash leaned in and landed a kiss on my lips. It had been a while since we kissed so deeply. We broke the kiss and looked to Silver who was putting her head in the box like a shelter. I picked up the box and set her back down on the ground. She giggled and move back the the bear. She laid down and set her head on the chest of the bear and fell asleep.
We woke Silver a while later to take her to her party at Sugar Cube Corner. She happily held her bear as she sat on my back. We arrived and all of our friends were inside and cheering for Silver. We set Silver at a table and sat next to her. Pinkie Pie brought out a cake with a single candle on it. All the ponies in the room sang happy birthday to her and Silver was about to blow the candle out. She leaned in and blew out the candle, but at the same time, she lost her balance and landed face first into the cake. Everypony laughed and I lifted her out of the cake. Rainbow grabbed some napkins and cleaned her face off. Silver giggled and stuck a hoof to the cake and pulled out a small piece. She popped the chunk into her mouth and began to chew it. Her eyes spread wide as she tasted the sweet cake. She laughed and her wings buzzed as she reached for more. We pulled her away and handed her a slice. Instead of sticking her hoof in the whole cake she can do it to her own piece. Everypony grabbed a slice but avoided where Silver left her face imprint.
A few hours passed and the party came to an end. All the ponies went home and Silver was tired out. She fell asleep on my back, gripping her bear. I opened the door and Dash moved up the stairs and I followed close by. I set Silver into her bed and placed the covers over her. She began her mall snoring and gripped her bear to her chest. I kissed her on the head.
"Happy birthday..." I whispered and smiled down at her.
I moved to the bed and cuddled up to Rainbow. We laid together as the moon shined through the window, lighting the room with a dark blue. I eagerly awaited the arrival of out trip.
>Author's notes:
Okay, this was a bit short chapter, but believe me, the next chapter will be about 3x as long as this one. I still don't want to end this story yet and I don't know why. But anyway, I got the idea of the cruise from my birthday present, which was a cruise. Thanks for reading, and remember to leave comments! I appreciate all the daw feedback I get.