//------------------------------// // Chapter 02: Happy Birthday Twilight! // Story: My Little Pony: Equestrian Quest // by KHXhero //------------------------------// Chapter 02: Happy Birthday Twilight It wasn't long for the four ponies to get to the building where the Surprise party was talking place. They went through the backway, since the entrance way is where they're going to surprise Twilight, that way they won't waste surprising whoever opens the door. The four went through the backdoor and looked around. The place was well decorated, with lots of balloons, confette strips, table clothes, balloons, drinks for the guests, a sign that said Happy Birthday Twilight, more balloons... Yes, there are lots of balloons, why? Because it's a party. "Wow... they did a great job." Night Light said. "They even have some strips that match Twilight's colors." "Hey sugarcubes!" a pony called from the crowd of mares and stallions. It was Applejack. "Aw Applejack, good to see you again." Velvet said. "How have you been?" "Just came back from pickin' up my little sister." Applejack said, who was followed by Apple Bloom. "Apple Bloom these are Twilight's folks." "Hello..." Apple Bloom said in a tired tone. "Yeah, she was off with her friends crusading for their cutie marks again." Applejack said. "Aww, I think that's so cute." Velvet said. "Are the others here?" Night Light asked. "Yep." Applejack said. "Applejack, can I go sit with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo please?" Apple Bloom asked. Applejack looked at her sister and smiled. "Ok, but don't get into trouble again." Applejack said, as Apple Bloom cheerfully headed to the table where her friends were at. "Hey Applejack!" a voice called from behind her, revealing to be Rainbow Dash. "Where did you put the cups again?" "They're near the front side of the room." Applejack said. "Ok..." Rainbow Dash said, but then turned toward Night Light, Velvet, Shining Armor, and Cadance. "Rainbow, these are Twilight's folks." Applejack said. "So you must be Rainbow Dash?" Night Light asked. "Twilight told me that you were a legend of some sort." "Yep, I'm a legend alright." Rainbow Dash said. "She told ya about me saving four ponies, that I did the Sonic Rainboom, and that I'm such a skilled flyer?" "Nope." Night Light asked. "But she did tell us that you saved a friend of hers from falling out of the sky." "Oh." Rainbow Dash said a bit disappointed, but she shrugged. "Yeah, I did..." She then turned toward Shining Armor and Cadance, with a bit of surprise on her face. "Shining Armor and Princess Cadance?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I thought you two weren't coming." "Well, we did." Shining said. "Hello Rainbow Dash." Cadance said. "Hey... there's something different about you..." Rainbow Dash said looking at the Princess of Love. "Wait wait, don't tell me.... you gained some weight." Cadance couldn't help but blush. "Are you calling my wife fat?" Shining asked. "No, I just said she gained some weight." Rainbow Dash asked. "Why? Is she pregnant or something?" Shining Armor was about to say something, but then began to stammer his words a bit, until Rainbow Dash's face grew with shock and looked at Cadance. "Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait... You're Pregnant?!" Rainbow Dash asked. "Yes." Cadance said with a smile. "HUH?!" Rainbow Dash asked. "Wow, I didn't know Shining Armor actually had it in him." Applejack then punched Rainbow Dash in her hoof. "OW!" "Don't be disrespectful Rainbow." Applejack said. "What?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Say, why don't you go check at the entrance to see if Twilight's coming." Applejack said. "Ok." Rainbow Dash said as she flew fast to the entrance door and peeped her head out. She then spotted a shadow cast from the otherside of the room, of a pony coming from that direction. It must be Twilight. "She's Coming!" Rainbow Dash called, signalling Pinkie Pie with both hooves. "Got It!" Pinkie Pie called. "EVERYPONY HIDE!!!" Then everypony in the room hid behind some of the chairs, the tables, and somepony covered himself with a table cloth. The entrance door opened, as a shadowy unicorn came inside. "Hello... anypony?" The voice asked. "SURPRISE!" Pinkie Pie and Hundreds of other voices shouted... but it was actually a surprise to them, for it was NOT Twilight Sparkle. It was a different unicorn, who was a yellowish white unicorn with gradient purple glasses, with a moderate cobalt blue mane with brilliant cyan stripes, and her cutie mark was a beamed music note symbol. The unicorn was musician DJ Pon-3, otherwise known as Vinryl Scratch. "AHHH, Oh Thank You So Much, This is the Best City in All of Equestria!" Vinryl said. All the other ponies just sighed or some replied with an awww. "Ok... this is not the kind of party that mare told me it would be." Vinryl said as she just came in and talked with one of the other ponies, with Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity looking at her, and then at each other. "Well, that was a bit... awkward." Rainbow Dash said. "Yeah... way to waste the energy on the surprise." Pinkie Pie said. "Well I suppose we should return to our hiding spots again." Rarity said. "I Hear Somepony Coming!" One of the guests shouted after peeping through the door. "EVERYPONY HIDE!" Pinkie Pie shouted as everypony in the room ran back to their hiding spots. One of the ponies, who couldn't find a hiding spot, suddenly ran to the side of the doorway and froze, hoping he wouldn't be recognized by Twilight. The pony that walks in, was again not Twilight. It was a goldish gray earth pony with a dark gray mane with a lighter tint, and grayish mulberry eyes. It was musician Octavia Melody. She turned her head to see the pony freezing in place. "What are you doing?" Octavia asked. "SURPRISE!!!" Everypony shouted as they jumped out of their hiding spot, nearly startling her. "Um... it's Not my birthday." Octavia said. Everypony just sighed again in disappointment. "Oh, Hey Octavia!" Pinkie Pie said as she jumped from the crowd. "Say did you see a lavender alicorn before coming in here?" "No." Octavia said as she went to talk with one of the other ponies. "Awww." Pinkie Pie said. "Where Is She?!" "You don't think that she's lost... do you?" Fluttershy asked. "Flutters, there's no possibility of that happening." Rainbow Dash said. "Well, we can't even start this party without her!" Pinkie Pie said. "What's going on?" A voice asked behind them. "Waiting for Twilight to come to surprise her." Pinkie Pie said. "What?" A voice asked. This caused everypony in the room to stop and freeze a bit. They then turned toward the main entrance to see Twilight Sparkle and Spike standing there, watching the whole thing. Everypone was nervous of what to do... They accidently spoiled the surprise, and Pinkie Pie was the most nervous of them all. "Uhhh... Surprise?" Pinkie Pie said with a high voice. "Surprise!" Everypony said nervously. Twilight looked at the room, seeing the decorations, the balloons and confette with the purple, lavender, dark pink, and blue colors, and of course the banner at the top that said Happy Birthday Twilight! on it, hanging down. She then looked at everypony inside, Her family; Shining, Cadance, Velvet, Night Light, and her friends; Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy, and of course several other ponies inside. Twilight couldn't help but twitch, and then her eyes began to water up as her face squeaked. "Uh oh." Rainbow Dash said as the mares approached. "Um... now Twi... don't cry." Applejack said. But then Twilight just started crying. "Awww we ruined it..." Pinkie Pie said. "And I put so much work into planning this whole party." Spike felt a bit nervous as Twilight kept crying, so her approached. "Oh Twilight, please don't feel sad." Spike said. But Twilight soon grabbed Spike and hugged him, as she made a big smile on her face. "I'm Crying because I'm Happy." Twilight said. "You Are?" Spike asked. "You Are?" Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy asked. "You Are?" Shining, Cadance, Velvet, and Night Light asked. "You Are?" Everypony asked. "Well of course." Twilight said with tears still coming out, but smiling very happy. "You guys put so much work on this party. I Couldn't Be More Happier! Thank You Guys So Much!" She hugged her five other friends, who replied with a relief sigh. "Oh, I Need to Bring In The Cake!" Pinkie Pie called as she dashed out and began pushing the cake inside, as the ponies inside the room began to sing. Oh she's a jolly good fello Oh she's a jolly good fello Oh she's a jolly good fellooooooo... which nopony can't deny! Twilight couldn't help but smile as she blushed. "Oh you guys..." Twilight said. "C'mon, you liked the song." Rainbow Dash said. "Ok, I guess I liked it." Twilight said, and then she looked at the cake, and noticed that the cake was frosted with lavender and blue coloring, with the candle sticks were Purple and Dark Pink. "Wow... the cake's frosting are exactly the same color as my skin and hair." Twilight said. "Well of course it is." Pinkie Pie said. "After all it is your birthday." The two chuckled... "Um... should we be getting back to celebrating?" Rainbow Dash asked. "She's Right!" Pinkie Pie said. "Oh, can I do that new trick I showed you guys last week Twilight? Pleease?" Twilight looked at the party pony, and she smiled, seeing her happy hyper friend always love starting a party. "Go ahead Pinkie Pie." Twilight said. "YES!" Pinkie Pie said as she quickly brought out a pink jetpack that she straps on her back. She then pressed a button, and within only seconds, She took off to the air, blasting a hole through the ceiling, into the sky. "LET'S PARTY!!!!" Pinkie Pie called as she pulled a string, and her jetpack let out balloons that allowed her to float back to the ground. Right after that, the party began as everypony danced on the floor, as DJPon-3 was behind the DJ stand, raising her hooves in the air. Half of the ponies danced as the other half talked with each other. Twilight and Cadance were talking to Rarity and Fluttershy. "This party sure is a blast." Twilight said. "I guess Pinkie Pie did a really good job on it." "She sure did." Fluttershy said. "Well, we all chipped in too." Rarity said. "Thanks guys..." Twilight said. "I really appreciate it..." She then turns toward Cadance. "And again, thanks for coming." "Well, I didn't want to miss my sister-in-law's birthday." Cadance said. "Oh, and Twilight, I also talked to your parents, asking them if me and Shining could stay at their place for a while." "Oh, well that is a surprise." Twilight said. "I'm pretty sure that way you don't risk going into labor on the train ride home tomorrow." "Yep, I'm taking precaution, for our foal's sake." Cadance said. "Oh I've got to know, how are you feeling with well... you know." Rarity said. "Oh, I'm feeling pretty fine." Cadance said. "My first couple months into pregnancy was... well, I can't say it was a huge disaster. The only negatives I have toward it is the craving for... strange foods, such as the hot fudge banana split sundae I had a couple months ago. The other con is feeling nauseous and having to... what's the word?" "Barf?" Twilight asked. "Yes, barf unexpectedly." Cadance said. "It's only a temporary side effect Cadance." Fluttershy said. "Everypony experiences that during almost any stage of pregnancy. "My... well that doesn't sound that bad." Rarity said. "My worry is has everypony been treating you differently lately?" "Not much actually." Cadance said. "Except that reporter who was trying to take photos of me last month." "Was it almost the same way Spike acted?" Twilight asked. "Well Twilight, someponies can't help it, wanting to know much about pregnancy." Fluttershy said. "The circle of life is very interesting, and yet mysterious." "Okay?" Rarity said. "Anyway as I was saying, everything is alright with your pregnancy?" "Oh yes, besides the side effects, and that situation with the reporert, it's continued without complications." Cadance said. "Besides, I'm beginning to enjoy this pregnancy experience." Then she looked around for a minute, and spotted Shining Armor talking with some of the ponies. "Would you girls excuse me?" Cadance asked as she quickly slipped away, leaving Twilight and the mares a bit confused, but then she smiled, as if she knew what Cadance was doing... oh wait she knew. "Where she going?" Rarity asked. "Oh probably to find my brother." Twilight said. "For what?" Rarity asked. "Oh just for some time together." Twilight said with a smile. With Shining he was talking with some of the ponies he knew from home. . "The Crystal Empire is beautiful, but it's sort of... predictable when ruling it-" Shining said, but then Cadance placed her hoof on his shoulder. "Shining, can you please excort me to the bathroom please?" Cadance asked. Shining, who was a bit confused, nodded his head. "Um sure... why?" Shining asked. Before she could answer she pulled him with her toward the bathroom. She opened the door with her magic, and the two slipped inside. She turned on the light very quickly. "Cadance, what's going o-?" Shining asked. Then she quickly approached him, causing him to back away until his back hooves hit the wall. "Shining... I just want us to be alone for a while..." Cadance said as she leaned her head closer to his, resulting with both their horns touching each other's. "Couldn't wait?" Shining asked as he smiled. "No..." Cadance said as she pulled Shining Armor toward her. "Cadance...." Shining said. "Shining...." Cadance said. The two then leaned toward each other and kissed passionately. But then Cadance silently gasped. "What's wrong?" Shining asked. "I just felt the baby kick..." Cadance said. "R..Really?" Shining asked. He moved his hoof on Cadance's tummy, feeling the slow movement from the outside. Shining smiled, as did Cadance. "We're going to be family..." Shining said. The two smiled and kissed each other on the lips, romantically and passionately. But then suddenly the door opened, causing the two to stop what they were doing, and move their heads, looking at a pony with some reading glasses on, looking at them for a few seconds. "Uhhhh..." Shining and Cadance said. "Privacy?" "Don't worry, I Come Back Later." The pony said with a japanese accent as he closed the door. Meanwhile... back at the party, Spike began checking around, looking through the crowd of ponies at the party. He was looking for somepony near the table. He soon stopped as his eyes spotted Rarity talking with one of the pony guests. His eyes filled with hearts as he smiled and walked through the crowd and toward her. But suddenly, he tripped on the floor, dropping his drink, and flat on his face, knocking him unconsciously. "Spike? Spike, are you alright?" A voice asked him. He suddenly opened his eyes to see Rarity looking down on him, with him in her hooves, quickly resulting with him blushing. "Oh, uh... yeah, I'm fine Rarity." Spike said as he quickly jumped out of her hooves and blushed. "Just slipped and fell that's all..." "Are you hurt?" Rarity asked as he grabbed his chin, and examined his face. "Oh my, you got some dirt on your face! Here let me clean your cheek." She quickly took a white napkin and began to rup his face with it, causing him to blush even more. Probably from embarrassment, but mostly because he was liking it. As she finished up, he smiled happily. "Thanks Rarity." Spike said with another blush. Rarity suddenly noticed his cheeks getting red. "Dear, are you blushing?" Rarity asked. Spike then suddenly realized and tried to cover his cheeks. "Uh... No, No I'm Not!" Spike said trying to hide it, but Rarity did spot his cheeks getting redder and redder. "Oh My, Spikey-Wikey, you are blushing!" Rarity said. "Awww, you are such an adorable dragon." She hugged the baby dragon. This time he wasn't blushing because she was hugging him, he was blushing because he was embarrassed. "Wh... I'm Not Adorable!" Spike said as he quickly pushed her away. But quickly his embarrassment and anger soon stopped as he became shocked that he pushed Rarity like that, especially her. "Well, that was very rude Spike." Rarity said. "Hasn't Twilight taught you about manners?" Spike couldn't help but grumble and just walk away, leaving Rarity looking at him go outside, with some of the ponies looking at her. "My My... looks like the dragon got his tongue bit by a cat." Pony #1 said. But her insult only resulted with Rarity turning around and look at her with an angry look. "Now, you listen here missy." Rarity said with a strong voice. "Nopony insults Spike like that, especially you." She then walks away, and to her luck, she spots Twilight speaking with Fluttershy. "Twilight?" Rarity asked, getting her attention. "Yes Rarity?" Twilight asked. "I think I accidently embarrassed Spike again." Rarity asked. "Trying to be cute with him again?" Twilight asked, seeing that this is the second time it happened, with the first was when they were watching the Dragon Migration. "Yes... he went outside." Rarity said. "Ok, I better check on him." Twilight said as she headed for the back door. Luckily it didn't take long for Twilight to find Spike. He was looking down, seeing the river flowing down the stream. He was looking at a gemstone, which was a gift from Rarity after he helped him work around her office back in Ponyville. Dragons are very fond of gemstones, especially since gems are what most dragons eat. But he never ate the one he's holding now, since it was a gift from Rarity, with love in every sparkle. "Spike, are you ok?" Twilight asked. The baby dragon turned his head to see Twilight approaching him. "Oh, hey Twilight." Spike said. "What are you doing out here? Aren't you suppose to be at the party?" "Yeah, but I came looking for you, after what Rarity told me." Twilight said as she sat next to her number one assistant. Spike couldn't help but sigh, and continued to look at the gemstone. "This was a gift from Rarity a couple weeks ago..." Spike said. "She said it had love with every sparkle..." "I see." Twilight said, but noticed that the dragon wasn't smiling. He was thinking about Rarity, and he always has been thinking about her most of the time everyday, ever since the day he met her. Soon a question rang in his mind, hopefully it could be answered by Twilight. "Twilight, does Rarity like me?" Spike asked. "Well of course she likes you Spike." Twilight said. "You're her best friend-" "No, that's not what I mean actually..." Spike said. "I'm talking about... you know... the way your brother likes Cadance?" "Ahhh..." Twilight said then she realized what Spike was talking about... Love. "Well, I don't know Spike... But I can tell you that she knows that you like her a lot though." "Yeah... but you know the way she acted toward me, you know, the whole me blushing and how adorable I am..." Spike said. "What about it?" Twilight asked. "Is she really doing that because she feels the same way, or is it because she's just doing it for my own sake?" Spike asked. Twilight was first speechless, since she wasn't a good expert on romance, despite that fact she has felt it many times and still does. "I don't know Spike..." Twilight said. "Look, Spike, I know you like her, but isn't she a bit... old for you?" "Twilight, do we have to go through this again?" Spike asked. "We already been through it... three times." "I know Spike..." Twilight said. "Oh just forget it..." Spike said. "Who am I kidding... Rarity isn't probably gonna feel the same way I do..." Spike looked at the water near the bridge, feeling lonely inside. But he (and Twilight) are completely unaware of a light gray skined mulberry and grayish rose maned and light grayish harlequin eyed cutie mark crusader watching from a far distance, with a weak smile on her face. She sighed and walked back into the party building. "Well, sometimes it takes time for a pony- or a dragon to find love Spike." Twilight said. "You'll find it one day, or maybe somepony will like you too." Twilight said. "Then why haven't that pony told me yet?" Spike asked. "Because it takes time." Twilight said. "Just be patient... ok?" Spike looked at Twilight, and smiled, seeing that she was right. "You're right Twilight." Spike said. "Ain't I always?" Twilight said. "Most of the time." Spike said. "Most of the time?" Twilight asked. "Well, sometimes you can't be right all the time. Right?" Spike asked. Twilight thought about it and then smiled, seeing that he was right. She may be right most of the time, but not all the time. "Ok, I guess most of the time would work." Twilight said, as both of them laughed and giggled. But then suddenly, Twilight felt something, not on her body, but something deep inside. She slowly moved her head, as if she heard someone call her name, much to Spike's notice. "You ok Twi?" Spike asked, with Twilight responded by turning her head towards him. "Huh?" Twilight asked. "I asked if you were alright." Spike said. "Oh.. yeah... I think so." Twilight said, but then suddenly a worried face grew on her face, especially since sometimes, she feels worried. Whenever something good is going on, she always has that impression that something is going to happen. "Spike... do you ever get that strange feeling that something terrible is gonna happen?" Twilight asked. "You mean like you always do?" Spike asked. "Yeah." Twilight said. "Twi, you worry too much." Spike said. "Remember what you said during your coronation?" "You mean, Everything is going to be just fine?" Twilight asked. "Yeah." Spike said. "Yeah, I did say that, but then I crashed into that tree after I flew into the sky." Twilight said. The two then startled laughing. "Well as long as you don't worry too much, everything will be fine." Spike said. "You're right Spike." Twilight said. "Man, I need to learn to take my own advice." "Happy Birthday Twi." Spike said as he hugged her, and she returned the hug. Although the day is over, it has only begun, for Twilight is gonna be in a big surprise tomorrow...