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Discord's Birthday Gift - Chapter One

BOOM!

"SURPRISE!"

The sound of a cannon pierced the silence of the supposedly-empty room, followed by the turning on of the lights, revealing a mass of multi-colored confetti floating down from the ceiling, and a large group of mares and stallions standing around a large birthday cake wearing big smiles on their faces as they all looked to a very well known party pony, whom the author of this story is fairly confident the reader will know pretty well by now.

Pinkie Pie's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates, sparkling with joy and excitement, her face undoubtedly the happiest expression anypony had ever seen. The gathering of ponies couldn't help but chuckle as Pinkie began hopping up and down squealing happily and repeating 'oh my gosh, oh my gosh!' over and over again without pause for breath. When the party mare finally calmed down (which took quite a number of minutes, probably due to all that sugar in her system) she beamed an even bigger smile than usual as she looked on over her friends.

"This is the best birthday surprise ever I had no idea you were hosting a surprise party for me but I guess that was what made it a surprise a party because if I had known then it wouldn't have been a surprise and so it wouldn't have been a surprise party so thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!", exclaimed Pinkie in a single breath as she started hopping up and down in one spot again causing the rest of the Mane 6 to roll their eyes, but nevertheless smile at their friend's childish antics.

Twilight Sparkle was the first of the group to approach Pinkie and wrap a foreleg around her friend. "Happy birthday, Pinkie Pie," the purple alicorn said with a kind smile. "I hope this little party is okay. We're not as good as you are at throwing great parties. That's your specialty after all."

Pinkie simply beamed as she threw her forelegs around the alicorn, almost choking her in a death-gripping hug of affection. "Are you kidding? This is like, the best little birthday party EVER!", she squealed with delight, clearly unaware of the fact that she was close to breaking many rib bones in her friend's body. The rest of the Mane 6 looked on stifling chuckles to themselves at the sight.

"Pi-Pi-Pinkie!", the alicorn barely managed to wheeze, slowly turning a shade of blue. "Y-you're crushing me!"

Pinkie quickly released her powerful grip from Twilight, who was now greedily gulping as much air as she could get. Pinkie gave her a nervous smile as Twilight shot her a glare, but when Twilight suddenly lightened her expression and laughed, Pinkie understood the joke, and joined in her friend's laughter as well.

"So where's the cake? Is there a cake? Wait, of course there's a cake! What is a birthday party without a birthday cake?", Pinkie asked looking up, down left, right, vertically, horizontally, and everywhere else in-between.

"Um, it's, um, over there...Pinkie," Fluttershy replied, her voice barely more than a whisper, as she pointed a hoof over to where a very large cake, complete with pink and magenta frosting and icing, was laid on a table, towering high enough that it nearly touched the ceiling. "The critters were really helpful and nice enough to help bake it, even Angel Bunny lent a paw too."

Pinkie Pie let out a gasp that seemed to drag on for a minute, before she tackled Fluttershy, holding her in another one of her strong hugs, albeit more gentle given the animal carer's delicate nature. "Fluttershy, the cake looks super duper mega hyper awesome terrific! Oh thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!", Pinkie Pie again squealed in a single breath before putting Fluttershy back down, gently, and then hopping away to mingle with her other guests.

"I reckon this here lil' get-tah-gether went down a treat?" Applejack asked Twilight, smiling as she watched Pinkie Pie bounce around. The pink pony's hyperactive enthusiasm pretty much answered the farm pony's question.

"Why of course it went well, darling," Rarity said, gesturing at Pinkie Pie, who was standing by the table with the huge birthday cake, eyeing it up and down and all around. with a hungry look in her eyes. "Just look how happy the dear looks. I think she is more than pleased with our little surprise, wouldn't you agree?"

"Well, that depends on whether or not bouncing around like a Flubber defines being pleased."

The ponies turned around to be met with the crocodilish smile of none other than the reformed Discord, towering over the lot of them and giving them a little wave. "Hello there," he said.

"Discord? Why are you here?", Rainbow Dash queried with suspicion. Despite the fact that Discord was reformed now - or at least was less of a troublemaker than he used to be - Rainbow Dash was not particularly convinced that the ex-master of chaos was entirely all that he seemed. "You better not be here to ruin Pinkie Pie's party," the pegasus growled, eyes narrowed.

Discord gave her a look of shock and surprise as an angelic halo suddenly appeared over his head, accompanied by the sound of a heavenly choir. "What? Me? Cause trouble for one of my dear, dear friends after kind Fluttershy? How little you must think of me, Dashie, to even consider the thought that I would stoop so low!", he replied melodramatically, his lion-pawed arm raised against his head.

"Then why're ya here, of all days?", asked Applejack, an eyebrow raised.

The halo above Discord's head disappeared, replaced with a doughnut ring, on which the chimeric entity began to munch upon. "Why, to present Ponyville's favorite party planner with a gift, of course!". With a snap of his eagle talons, a small box poofed out of thin air, landing in his palm. "And I think it's safe to say that Pinkie will most certainly enjoy this doozy of a present too."

"Oooooh! A present? For me?". Pinkie Pie suddenly appeared right next to Applejack, making the farm pony jump back in shock. Pinkie Pie eyed the little box Discord held with curiosity and wonder. "What is it? Is it a cupcake? A really tiny trombone?"

Discord smiled and shook his head. "Even better, my mad dear. You see, I've been wondering for a while now just how exactly I can make all of Equestria believe that I'm not the mad villain that Hasbro made me to be in the show, that I am truly changed. And then just an hour ago I had a most grand idea. What if I were to willingly give all of my powers to one lucky somepony for, oh let's say, a whole day and a half, as a sign of good will and trust?". His eyes shot into his head and popped out the back to look at the group of friends. "In particular, the trust of four certain ponies who don't seem to be convinced by my good behavior thus far."

"Sooooooo, what's the present?", Pinkie asked, intrigued now by whatever it was Discord was giving her.

Discord held out the box towards Pinkie with a smile. "My present to you, dear Pinkie, from your lovable and friendly neighborhood reformed son of a gun, are all of my powers."

Everypony's mouth dropped to the floor, eyes wide with shock. "WHAT?!?"

Discord snapped his fingers, and a megaphone appeared in his paw. "I SAID, I AM GIVING ALL OF MY POWERS TO PINKIE PIE, FOR ONE WHOLE DAY!", he whispered into the device. "AND A HALF!", he added before throwing the megaphone aside.

He looked down at Pinkie Pie with a grin. "So, my dear. Ready to walk in my metaphorical shoes for a while?"

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