"Spikey!" cried Yosh as he dashed around their nursery. "Spikey-Spikey-Spikey-Spikey!"
Spike groaned as he woke from his slumber.
"Too early," he moaned.
"Not too early!" Yosh exclaimed as he scampered into Spike's bassinet. "Mommy Celestia come soon!"
"Mommy Celestia?" asked Spike.
Yosh wrapped himself around Spike and rolled all about.
"Yes, yes, YES!" he quacked. "I hatched today and she said I'd be getting a super-duper-extra-special-amazing-fun-surprise!"
Spike belched a small burst of green gas from the stomach upset he was getting from Yosh's rocking and rolling.
"Stop it!" he moaned. "You're making me feel sick to my tummy."
Spike's cheeks puffed up as he groaned.
"But it's my birthday!" proclaimed Yosh as he bounced about Spike on all fours. "I hatched today! Aren't you excited? I know I'm excited! You wouldn't have a friend like me if I didn't hatch today!"
Spike couldn't hold back the ill feeling he was getting. So, in a mighty burst, the purple dragon belched out a torrent of green flame that burned his mobile to a crisp.
"Whoa!" exclaimed Yosh. "Are you okay? I know when you do that you usually aren't feeling okay. Is there something I can do to help you? Water? Juice? Diaper change?"
Spike's head began to hurt. There was no way he was getting back to sleep. Not so long as Yosh was going above-and-beyond his typical, obnoxious, morning behavior.
"I'm up!" he grumbled while tossing his blanket off. "Why can't you sleep?"
Yosh ran behind Spike, gave him a super tight hug that made the purple dragon gasp for air, and replied, "We did sleep! Mommy Celestia sang to us and then she changed our diapers and then she tucked us in and then she turned on the nightlight and then Auntie Luna-"
"Yosh!" growled Spike as he wriggled his way out of the duck-dragon's grasp. "I know how Mommy Celestia puts us to bed!" He then looked towards his bassinet and groaned, "Which is where I should be right now!"
"Ugh," he groaned while rubbing his eyes. "I'm not ready to be sunny side up."
"But I am!" cried Yosh as he ran alongside Spike. "It's my birthday and I am so excited for what surprises Mommy Celestia has planned for me and to see my pony, Dawny, and maybe your Twi-Twi Sparkles will come, too!"
Spike's headache just kept getting worse-and-worse with each word Yosh blasted out from his beak. Something had to be done. Something like what he just on the lower shelf of the changing table.
"Hey, Yosh," said Spike. "I have a surprise for you."
"You do!" Yosh exclaimed while leaping into the air. As he did, his little arms and legs fluttered about like a blur as he accidentally kicked Spike forward while he went about hovering in the air.
Spike stumbled forward and fell on his stomach. This caused him to belch out another burst of green, fire breath that engulfed the diapers on the changing table and made them disappear in a puff of smoke.
Spike gasped upon realizing he had made the diapers disappear. Mommy Celestia wasn't going to be happy and it wasn't even completely his fault.
Yosh landed from his mid-air flutter and helped Spike to his feet.
"What's the surprise?" he asked. "I can't wait! I'm so excited! I really know you have a good surprise for me, because you and I are such special friends and will always be brothers and friends forever!"
"Okay," said Spike as he squeezed Yosh's beak closed. "I need you to keep quiet and close your eyes."
"Close my eyes?" asked Yosh.
Spike sighed as he knew the whole 'keep quiet' part was next to impossible for his roommate.
"Just keep your eyes closed, okay," he insisted.
"Okay!" cheered Yosh. "Oh, I bet it is going to be super-wonderful-great-awesome..."
Yosh just kept on talking as he clapped his hands and scampered in place. The clapping only added to Spike's pounding headache and the obnoxious rustle of Yosh's diaper as the dragon-duck moved about in place made for a sound combination that just couldn't be tolerated much longer. Birthday, or not.
"I hope this works," he said as he grabbed hold of the largest pacifier from the changing table.
"Here comes," grinned Spike as he aimed the pacifier for Yosh's continually moving mouth.
"Oh, I can't wait! I can't wait! I can't-"
*SPLOP*
Yosh stopped scampering and clapping as he felt something press into his mouth.
"Mumble-Suckle-Suckle-Mumble," said Yosh as he felt at the pacifier in his mouth.
"Now," said Spike as he grinned from ear-to-ear. "You can't take it out unless Mommy Celestia tells you to."
Yosh mumbled something that sounded a lot like, "Why not?"
"That is a super-duper special paci that I picked out just for you and it'd make me very sad if you didn't like it." replied Spike.
Yosh nodded and smiled while suckling even more proudly upon the pacifier.
"Knock, knock" called a familiar voice.
Spike gasped as Celestia entered into the nursery.
"I must say, Spike, that was certainly one way to tell me you needed your diaper changed," she remarked as she used her magic to put the diapers back to where they belonged. "Having a bunch of diapers shower down amidst a boring meeting certainly livened the mood and made for a good laugh."
Celestia then took notice of Spike's, charred mobile.
"Wow!" she gasped. "Someone needs his gems!"
The princess then appeared quite confused. Something just wasn't right.
Yosh.
"Where's Yosh?" she asked while looking about the room.
Spike grinned as he patted Yosh on the back and stated, "He's right here, Mommy Celestia."
"Oh!" she gasped. "I'm just so used to hearing him talking up a storm when I come in here. As it is Yosh's birthday, I thought he'd really be a flurry of conversation today."
Yosh tried to talk, but he remembered the promise he made Spike and he was going to keep it. Spike was his brother and he wasn't going to be a bad brother after getting such a special gift and committing to such a meaningful promise.
"Happy birthday!" cheered Spike. "It's going to be a great day!"
"That it is," stated Celestia. "But, first we've got to take care of that burnt mobile and get you some gems before you get a tummy ache."
It may have been Yosh's birthday, but Spike felt like it was his own special day. His headache was going away and he was about to get a big, gemstone breakfast, and-
"Wha?" asked Spike as Celestia levitated him onto the changing table and began to take off his diaper.
Spike sighed, "I can't wait until I don't need these things."
Yosh simply suckled merrily at the special pacifier Spike gave him as he made his way up to watch his friend get changed. It'd be his turn next. But, for now, seeing his bestest best buddy getting all cleaned up by Mommy Celestia made him oh-so happy. What a wonderful start to what would be a magical day.