Robot Pony

by Dreadnought

Happy Birthday!

♪Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Applejack
Happy Birthday to you! ♫

Applejack leaned forward and blew out her candles. Everybody clapped there hands in celebration.

"Happy birthday, Applejack," said Granny Smith.

"Happy birthday to the best big sister ever!" cheered Apple Bloom.

"Eeyup," added Big Mac.

"Aw, shucks," said a bashful Applejack.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"

Applejack leapt out her chair. "What in tarnation!"

Wheee! Pinkie blew a noisemaker and threw a handful of colorful confetti into the air.

"Pinkie Pie! What are y'all doin' here!" demanded Applejack.

She eyed Applejack. "My birthday sense was going off," she explained nonchalantly.

Apple Bloom leaned over to Big Mac and whispered, "She has a birthday sense?"

"Well, thanks for coming to my fourth birthday," said Applejack.

"What!" cried Pinkie. She reached into her hair and drew out a bundle of papers. "Something's not right," she mused.
Running her finger down the list, she proclaimed, "Ah ha! You celebrate your birthday on the 1^st of March."

"Eeyup," confirmed Applejack.

"And the 1^st of March isn't until tomorrow."

"Eeyup," confirmed Applejack.

"And you were born sixteen years ago."

"Eeyup," confirmed Applejack.

"And I know these are facts, because I made my list and checked it twice."

"Eeyup," confirmed Applejack.

"So tomorrow you should be celebrating your sixteenth birthday tomorrow," concluded Pinkie.

"Enope."

"What?"

"This here is my fourth birthday."

"What?"

"I was born on February 29^th. It only comes round every four years."

The sound of grinding gears could be heard and Pinkie's eyes glazed over.

Applejack waved her hand in front of Pinkie's face.

"Ah think you broke her," observed Apple Bloom.

"Eeyup," confirmed Big Mac.

Pinkie seemed to snap out of it. "Here you go!" she handed a wrapped gift over to Applejack.

"Oh thanks," said Applejack as she opened the package. "Uh... a keychain?"

Pinkie shrugged. "I hadn't bought your gift yet. This is from my emergency birthday present stash."

TV STATIC

Author's Note:

Happy February 29^th!

- Dreadnought

Comments

[Boltstrike58]

Apple Bloom leaned over to Big Mac and whispered, "She has a birthday sense?"

I don't know why you're surprised by this.

[Okie Brony]

"So tomorrow you should be celebrating your sixteenth birthday tomorrow," concluded Pinkie.

I would call that "redundant," but it sounds like something Pinkie would say. Please don't fix it. I'm a bit surprised she didn't pull a cake, complete with lit candles, from her hair.

[Dreadnought]

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You know, when you read something that you just wrote, you often gloss over errors like that. It's a good thing that my next major story has been in the works for 2 years! Plenty of time to catch mistakes!