My Little Pony - Equestria Boy

by OliverSparkle


Chapter 25

The morning sun began to rise in the horizon and started to bathe Ponyville in a warm and bright glow. Fluttershy slept in her bed soundly with Lightning Twister snuggled up next to her. A few minutes later, a knock on the front door woke Fluttershy up from her peaceful sleep. Without waking him, she picked up Lightning, got out of the bed and gently set her son back in the bed. She quickly tucked him and gave him a kiss on the forehead before flying downstairs to answer the door.

When she opened the door, Fluttershy was greeted by all of her friends.

“Morning Fluttershy,” Starlight said happily before Pinkie bounced in front of her with her party canon.

Pinkie was about to start screaming and set off her canon but she then saw Fluttershy giving her a look telling her that Lightning was still asleep and now wasn’t a good time to start making noise. Pinkie immediately quickly put her own hooves over her mouth to silence herself. Fluttershy softly smiled and giggled at Pinkie before allowing her friends in. The eight stepped into the cottage and went into the living room as Fluttershy stayed behind them. They all looked at Fluttershy and began speaking in tone that was loud enough for them to hear each other but quiet enough to not wake Lightning.

"Fluttershy darling," Rarity said, "I finished making your gift for Lightning and I just know it will be his favourite gift out of all of ours. I will wrap it and bring it to the party for you."

Fluttershy nodded as Twilight spoke up.

"Me and Oliver invited Spike, Sandbar and his friends to the party,” she said calmly and quietly, “And we just found out that Cadence, Shining Armor and Flurry Heart are visiting for a few days. We’ve told them all about Lightning Twister and they are excited to finally meet him. Celestia and Luna have also provided us with rooms for the night, just in case it gets too late."

“Constantine and Vincent will there too,” Oliver added.

Fluttershy simply smiled as Rainbow Dash began to quietly express her excitement about tonight.

"Aw yeah, I can't wait to show Lightning my sonic rainboom," She said happily, "Pinkie and I came up with an awesome idea last night, but I'm not going to say what it is."

Pinkie was giggling happily as she thought of the special surprise for her nephew.

"I asked Apple Bloom and her friends to come too since they are Lightning's friends as well," Applejack said while smiling.

Words could not express how happy Fluttershy was right now. Every one of her friends were going way out of their way to make tonight a night for Lightning to always remember.

"Thank you all so much, everypony,” Fluttershy said happily, “I can't even begin to think about how happy Lightning will be when he finds how much you all have done.”

"Fluttershy, I think you’re counting yourself out," Sunset said as she put a hoof on Fluttershy's shoulder and smiled at her.

Fluttershy gave her a look on confusion as Twilight trotted up to her and smiled.

"You've done the most for Lightning out of all of us," she said, "You gave him a home, you made him your son and you have shown him more love and compassion than anypony else here. We love Lightning with all of our hearts, but he does not love anypony else more than you."

Fluttershy felt tears roll down her eyes and she wrapped Twilight in loving sisterly hug.

"Thank you so much Twilight," she said sweetly.

Twilight smiled and wrapped her forelegs around Fluttershy.

"You’re welcome Fluttershy," Twilight said gently, "I better get back to the castle. I'll see you there before we go to the train station."

Fluttershy nodded as Twilight left her cottage. Everyone else followed her out the door so they could go to their homes.

With all of her friends gone, Fluttershy closed the door and went into the kitchen to make Lightning a special breakfast. When she finished, she went upstairs to wake her sleeping son.

Entering her bedroom, Fluttershy went over to Lightning and gently kissed him on the cheek.

"Lightning, it's time to wake up sweetheart," she said softly.

Lightning opened his eyes and rubbed them with his little hooves. He looked at his mother and wrapped his forelegs around her neck.

"Good morning Momma," Lightning said softly.

"Good morning sweetie, happy birthday," Fluttershy replied sweetly.

Lightning smiled at his mother and said, "Thank you, Momma."

"You’re welcome sweetheart," Fluttershy replied with a smile on her face. "Now, let's give you your medicine then we can go downstairs. I made a special breakfast for you."

Lightning nodded his head and Fluttershy went to the bathroom to grab his pills and a glass of water. When she returned, she handed the glass to Lightning and a small blue pill. Lightning let out a sigh, swallowed the pill and drank the water. After letting out a few small coughs, Lightning looked into his mother’s loving and caring eyes.

"Alright sweetie, now that you've had your medicine, let's go downstairs and have some breakfast."

Fluttershy gently picked up Lightning and held him close to her. She then flew downstairs as Lightning gently held onto his mother’s neck. When they arrived at the kitchen, Lightning saw his breakfast and smiled. On the plate was a stack of delicious pancakes that had whipped cream on the top as well as a few sliced strawberries.

"Is that my breakfast, Momma?" Lightning asked curiously but happily.

Fluttershy giggled and said, "Yes it is, sweetheart. I wanted to make you a special birthday breakfast."

Fluttershy gently set Lightning into one of the chairs and Lightning began to eat his delicious breakfast. After he was finished, Fluttershy took the plate and put it into the sink before returning to her son's side. When she looked at him, she began to giggle. Lightning had a patch of whipped cream underneath his lips. Fluttershy continued giggling as she took a napkin and wiped his face.

"Thank you for my delicious breakfast Momma," Lightning said happily.

Fluttershy smiled at her son and nuzzled his cheek lovingly in response. Lightning wrapped his hooves around Fluttershy's neck and laid his head against her chest. The two stayed like that for a few minutes until Fluttershy gently picking up her son, walked to the living room and placed Lightning on the couch.

Once he was comfortable, Fluttershy went over to one of the bookshelves and picked out a Daring Do book that Rainbow Dash gave to her.

"Would you like me to read you a story for little while, Lightning?" Fluttershy asked her son gently. "Rainbow Dash has told me all about these books and she gave me some because she thought you might like them."

Lightning stared at the book for a moment and nodded his head. Fluttershy smiled at him and flew over to the couch. She sat down beside Lightning and opened the book. Lightning snuggled into his mother's side as she wrapped a foreleg around his body and held him close. Both of them smiled at each other until Fluttershy began to read to Lightning.

A few hours had passed and Fluttershy was halfway through the book. She looked up at the clock and saw what time it was. She closed the book and put it on the table in front of her. Lightning looked at her and gave her an unhappy look.

"Aw, do we have to stop, Momma?" Lightning asked as he was greatly enjoying the story.

Fluttershy giggled and nuzzled Lightning before saying, "Yes we do, sweetheart. Don't worry, I'll read you the rest of the book tonight as a bedtime story. Besides, your aunties, uncle and I want to take you somewhere very special."

Lightning looked at Fluttershy curiously.

"Don't worry sweetheart, you'll see where we're going soon enough," Fluttershy said sweetly before giving Lightning a gentle hug. "Now let's go see your Auntie Twilight."

Lightning nodded his head as Fluttershy gently set him on her back. Lightning gently held onto his mother's neck as she flew out of the cottage and made her way towards Ponyville.

The sun was beginning to set when Fluttershy and Lightning Twister arrived at Twilight’s castle. After Fluttershy knocked on the right side door, it opened and revealed a smiling Twilight Sparkle.

"Hi Fluttershy, please come in," she said while motioning a hoof to come inside.

Fluttershy entered the castle as the three made their way to the throne room and saw the rest of Fluttershy’s friends and Lightning’s friends were there as well. Lightning held out his forelegs to Twilight as she gently scooped him into her hooves and hugged him.

"Happy birthday Lightning sweetheart," Twilight said as she kissed him on the forehead.

Lightning smiled softly and said, "Thank you, Auntie Twilight."

Twilight went over to the rest of the group as Lightning held onto her neck.

"Well hey there sugarcube, happy birthday," Applejack said sweetly.

“Hello cutie, happy birthday,” said Starlight as she then nuzzled Lightning on the cheek.

Everyone else said Happy Birthday as well and Lightning thanked them all. He continued to hold onto Twilight's neck as he smiled at everyone happily.

"Thank you so much everycreature, this is the best birthday ever!" Lightning cheered.

"You’re quite welcome honey," Sunset said gently. "But we have a special surprise waiting for you in Canterlot."

Lightning looked at his Aunt Twilight in confusion before asking, "Canterlot? Isn't that the place where the princesses live?"

Twilight smiled and said, "Yes it is, sweetheart. And we have something special for you in the castle."

Lightning's eyes went wide with excitement. "Ooh what is it, Auntie Twilight!? What is It!?" He asked excitedly.

Twilight laughed and handed Lightning back to Fluttershy before saying, "If I told you, it would ruin the surprise, sweetheart."

"Alright everycreature, let's quit the small talk and get to the castle before it gets any later," Rainbow Dash said before flying out the door.

Fluttershy gently placed Lightning onto her back, once Lightning was situated, everyone made their way out of the castle with Spike being the last creature out so he can lock the doors.

"You ready to see Canterlot, cutie?" Silverstream asked as Lightning nodded happily in response.

Everyone smiled and made their way to the train station. Once they arrived at the station, they gave the conductor their tickets and found a car to sit in. Lightning and his friends were all crowded together laughing. Fluttershy smiled at her son’s happiness, she was so glad that he was enjoying his first real birthday with his family and friends. When the train arrived at Canterlot, everyone made their way to the castle as the moon began to rise.