Hi everypony and welcome back to another chapter. Sorry once again for the delay, I've been busy with Christmas stuff and trying out my new games.

Anyway, I've watched Season 4 since it started and it looks good so far. Discord was as awesome as ever (Especially in the latest episode), a nice CMC and Rarity song, and it looks like things are just getting started.

What was the locked box at the end of the second episode? What's inside? Where are the keys to unlock it? Only time will tell. Let's just pray to God this isn't the last Season of the series.

Anyway, enjoy the chapter. A friend of mine has been dying for this one.

(Warning: Long chapter, but worth it)

Chapter 51: Best Birthday Ever

It's been 4 weeks since we investigated Luna's castle and we haven't found any other leads since.

The only clues we had left was the golden mark on the Canterlot vault-room wall and the peace of Ebony armour, which had very little information.

However, they did point to a guard doing it, but they didn't tell us which one. There are probably over 100 guards in both castles and any of them could be the thief or thieves.

Luna had been keeping a close eye on Dusk during his suspension. From what she's told us in her letters, he hasn't done anything out of the ordinary…so far.

Everything in Canterlot has been as calm as ever. The news of the break-in became old and everyone up there went soon back to their natural life-styles as if it never happened. Nether the less, Celestia has taken all precautions to assure it doesn't happen again.

Many of us have wondered why the thief hasn't attempted to break into the castle again. He seemed so determined to steal all the Elements, but now it's so though he's disappeared completely.

Either he doesn't want to risk doing it a second time in case he gets caught, or he's binding his time until the right moment.

But right now, Twilight was trying to convince me to take a break from the investigation. The reason being my birthday was just one day away and she didn't want me to worry about the thief on my special day.

In fact, Twilight and our friends have been more focused on my birthday than the investigation lately. I guess I couldn't say anything against them for caring about me, but you'd think they would show a bit of concern for the problem-at-hoof too, wouldn't you?

But I'm one to talk, even though I was still worried out the investigation, I couldn't help but grow excited for tomorrow.

I've been getting cards and presents in the mail, some of the ponies in town say 'happy birthday' to me when I walk by, and I even got a letter from my parents saying they were coming to celebrate the occasion with us.

Yep, I had a feeling tomorrow was going to be a good day.

Ponyville library

It was nearly midnight and I had once again locked myself in the guest room so I could read Grimerd's journal without Twilight barging in and finding out about it.

I sat in front of the desk with the journal in my hooves. The light from the small lamp helped me see the pages so I could read them.

"Words of an Alicorn – page 7

It was not easy, but I finally took my first steps out of the tower and into the open world. The feeling of the grass under my hooves was enchanting, the wing in my face was wonderful, and there was so much space where I could wonder.

I felt as free as a Phoenix, I could do many things I could never do within the tower. I could take off into the sky and travel as far as I wanted to without turning back, I could perform magic without the risk of damaging my belongings, I could do absolutely anything.

All this magnificence, and all I had done was step outside the tower.

Now my dream has finally come true, for not only did I take my first steps out of the tower, I took my first steps into the city I have dreamed of entering since I was a young colt…Canterlot.

For once in my life, I do not feel trapped. And if my father has not intentions of returning, then he shouldn't. Where ever he is in the world, I hope he stays there for good!"

*Knock, knock* "Matt? Are you in there?" Spike's voice said on the other side of the door before I heard the doorknob giggle. "Why's the door locked? Are you ok?" he asked.

Panicking, I quickly closed the journal and flew it back to its hiding spot in the bookcase before I shot towards the door. The moment I landed in front of it, I unlocked the door and opened it to see Spike. "Hi…what's up?" I asked, acting innocent.

Spike looked at me with confusion. "Why did you have the door locked? What is it you do in here that you don't want anyone else to see?" he said as he walked past me to enter the room.

"Nothing, I was just having a few minutes to myself. I did it all the time back in England." I stated as I watched him scan the room.

Spike then turned his head around to face me. "Did you always have the door locked?" he asked with a raised eye-brow.

I grew slightly nervous by that question before I came up with an excuse. "No, mostly because I didn't have a lock on my door. But if I did, I probably would've locked it just the same." I said, hoping he wouldn't suspect anything.

As Spike gave me a suspecting look, I smiled largely and started to sweat. I just hoped he wouldn't turn around and notice the journal in its hiding place amount the other books.

After a moment of silence, Spike decided to give up and walked past me to leave the room. "…Ok then…" he said as he made his way towards his basket.

Once Spike had climbed into his basket to go to sleep with Jeff and Peewee beside him, I exhaled in relief before I yawned loudly. "*Yawn*…I think Spike's got the right idea there." I said tiredly to myself.

With that, I walked over to my bed to see Twilight sleeping soundly on her side of it. The sight of this brought a warm smile onto my face before I pulled the covers back with my hoof and got into the bed beside her.

After pulling the covers over my body, I leaned down to Twilight's head and gave her a gentle kiss on the cheek. "Goodnight, Twilight." I whispered before I lied my head down on the pillow and closed my eyes.

But before I could let myself go to sleep, I heard Twilight wake up. "Huh? Matt?" I heard her say tiredly.

I opened my eyes before I rolled my head over on the pillow to face Twilight. She was still resting her head on the pillow, but her eyes were open slightly. "Sorry, did I wake you?" I asked quietly.

Twilight nodded slightly. "Yeah…have you just gotten into bed? What time is it?" she said before she weakly looked over to the clock on the wall and saw the time. "Matt, it's nearly midnight, what have you been doing?" she asked as she looked at my face again.

Even though I felt like telling her the truth, I didn't want to worry her about journal, so I told her the same excuse I told Spike. "I was in the guest room again…thinking. You know, having some time to myself?" I said.

"Are you still concerned about the thief?" Twilight asked.

Despite how long it's been since we started the investigation, I still felt a bothered by the fact that the thief was still out there. "…kind of." I answered.

Twilight sighed. "Look Matt, I know you what you're going through. Trust me, I feel just as concerned as you do. But we shouldn't worry about that at the moment." She said before she nudged up closer to me and wrapped her arm around me. "Especially when your birthday's tomorrow. I want you look forward to it with no worries what-so-ever." She said with a sweet smile.

I looked into her eyes and returned her smile. "I know, Twilight…and…I guess I can take a short break from the investigation." I said before I rolled my over on the pillow until I was facing the ceiling.

Twilight's sweet smile turned into a pleased one. "That's good to hear." She said before she gave me a small kiss on my cheek and closed her eyes. "*Yawn*…Goodnight, Matt." she said as she let herself fall back to sleep.

"Goodnight, Twi." I said while I was still looking up at the ceiling.

As Twilight fell back to sleep with her arm resting on my stomach, I closed my eyes and let myself relax in the comfort of the bed. It wasn't long before I joined Twilight in a peaceful slumber.

The next morning: Carousel Boutique

After luckily waking up before me, Twilight sneaked out of library and made her way to Rarity's house. She had been planning something with her for a while now and she made sure I knew nothing about it.

Twilight trotted up to Rarity's front-door before she knocked on it with her hoof. A moment later, the door opened to reveal Rarity in her night-gown. "Twilight? What are you doing here so early?" she asked out of surprise.

Twilight was silent for a second before she answered. "I'm here for the…*looks left and right*…you know." She said in a whisper.

Rarity instantly knew what she was talking about. "Oh…of course, come on in." she said as she stepped aside to let Twilight pass.

"Thanks." Twilight said before she walked past Rarity and entered the Boutique.

Once Twilight was inside, Rarity closed the door and turned around to look at her. "isn't it a little early for this? I mean, what if Matthew wonders where you are?" she asked.

Twilight then stopped in the middle of the room before she turned around to face her. "I just thought I should pick it up now so I wouldn't have to later. And don't worry about Matt, he's still asleep." She stated.

"But what if he wakes up?" Rarity asked.

"I took care of that too. Before I left, I used a Nap Spell on him, it should keep him asleep for another hour or two. Giving me just enough time to come here, pick up the package, and get back before anyone's the wiser." Twilight said with a small smirk on her face.

Rarity titled her head. "You used a spell on your own husband?" she said with a raised eye-brow.

After hearing the questioning sound in her voice, Twilight's smirk went away. "What else could I do to make sure he wouldn't find out, Rarity? I want this to be perfect for him. I've been planning this for a long time, you know that." She said.

Rarity then patted the air with her hoof. "Alright, I understand." She said before she placed her hoof back on the floor. "So should we see it?" she asked.

Twilight nodded. "Yes please." She answered.

With that, Rarity walked past Twilight and made her way towards the stairs that led to the next floor. Twilight followed behind as they both went up the stairs.

Once they got to the top, they walked through the hallway until they stopped in front of the door to Rarity's working room. Rarity used her magic to open the door before they both walked inside and closed the door behind them

Twilight then noticed one of Rarity's dressing dummies at the other end of the room, it was covered by a large red sheet. Obviously it was displaying her order and the sheet was to keep it from getting dusty.

Twilight stayed in the middle of the room as Rarity walked up beside the hidden dummy and turning around to face her. "Now Twilight, are you ready to see what you requested?" Rarity asked.

Twilight didn't waste any time and nodded. "Yes." She answered.

"Very well then." Rarity said before her horn glowed and the blue magic gripped onto the red sheet. "Behold!...My newest masterpiece!" she said with a smile as she pulled off the sheet; revealing the outfit to Twilight.

Once she saw it, Twilight's eyes widened and she let out a small gasp. But her surprised look didn't last long as it was replaced with a pleased smile. "Rarity…it's wonderful! It's exactly what I expected it to look like." She said as she walked up to the dummy.

Rarity was more than delighted to hear this. "Do you really think so? I've never made something such as this before. To be honest, I thought it was a little plain." She admitted.

Twilight looked at her and gave her a kind smile. "Rarity, I love it, just like how I love the dress you made for me on my birthday. And I must say, for your first time making one of these things, you did an excellent job." She said.

Rarity smiled warmly at her. "Why thank you, Twilight. I just hope Matthew's likes it all the same." She said.

Twilight laughed a little. "I'm sure he will." She said before she returned Rarity's smile. "Thank you so much for making this, I know it must've put you through a bit of trouble." She said.

Rarity shook her head. "Not at all, Twilight. In fact, I considered it to be a worthy challenge for my talent." she said with a small smirk.

"Well I'm glad you enjoyed yourself, Rarity." Twilight said before they shared a small laugh.

Once they stopped laughing, Rarity put on a serious face. "Now on to the real task, what are we going to do about Matthew's surprise?" she asked.

"I'll explain it all later, first we need to get the others. Quick, go get yourself ready before we run out of time." Twilight said.

Rarity nodded before she quickly galloped out of the room to prepare herself for the day; leaving Twilight alone with her new outfit.

Half-an-hour later: The library

While I was still asleep in the bed, I rolled over to the left only to have a light shine through my eye-lids.

The bright light was disturbing my sleep and I moaned in annoyance. "Twilight…turn off that lamp, will ya? It's too bright." I groaned with my eyes still closed.

After getting no reply, I slowly opened my eyes to see the light wasn't coming from the lamb, it was coming from the window. That's when I realised it was the sunlight shining in my eyes.

I leaned up on the bed before I stretched my arms out and yawned. "*Yawn*…Oooh…how long was I asleep for?" I asked out-loud.

After stretching a bit more, I got out of the bed and looked around for Twilight. "Twilight?...Twi?...Where are you?" I asked. Once again, I got no reply.

I wondered where she was before I decided to ask either Spike, Jeff, or Peewee. Unfortunately, they weren't in their basket. "Huh…must be downstairs." I said to myself.

I then walked over to the top of the stairs before I made my way down to the living-room.

Once I got to the bottom of the stairs, I looked around the living-room only to see no-one was here either.

I was starting to wonder where anyone was until I heard a noise in in the kitchen. "Someone's in the kitchen." I said to myself before I walked over to the kitchen's entrance and saw Jeff & Peewee standing in front of the fridge.

"How many times do I have to keep telling you, Jeff? Don't go in the fridge! If Matt sees what's in there, it'll ruin everything!" Peewee said firmly to Jeff.

"All the food's in there and I'm hungry! What am I supposed to eat if I can't go in the fridge?" Jeff asked with an irritated tone.

"I think we have some birdseed left in the cupboard over there." Peewee answered.

"Oh no, no, no, no! I am not, repeat, NOT eating that dry stuff again. I may be a bird, but I don't eat like one. C'mon, Matt's not gonna see anything, he's still asleep in bed." Jeff said.

I wondered what they were talking about, so I walked up beside the two birds and looked down at them. "I'm not gonna see what?" I asked; making Jeff and Peewee yelp in fright.

Jeff quickly spun around and looked up at me. "Oh!...H-Hey Matt…urr…so…how did you sleep?" he asked with a nervous smile on his face.

I raised my eye-brow at him. "…fine…" I answered before I got to the real issue. "Now what was that you were saying about the fridge? It sounded like you said something was in there, something you don't want me to see." I said.

Jeff and Peewee shifted their eyes to the fridge before they looked back up to me. "What? No, no, no, there's nothin' in the fridge. Nothin' but…urr…left-over salad…a fresh daisy sandwich…some apples maybe…" he said in a way that sounded like he was struggling on what to say.

I continued to stare down at him with a raised eye-brow. "…Uh-huh, well I need to go in there anyway, I'm really hungry for some reason." I said before I reached my hoof towards the fridge door-handle.

But before I could grab it, Jeff flew up right in front of my face. "No! You can't!" he said loudly.

I was slightly surprised by his loud tone. "Jeff, what's wrong with you? Why can't I go in the fridge?" I asked.

Jeff then landed back down on the floor and looked up at me again. "Because…urr…because it's the middle of September and its cold in here. The last thing we need is to make things colder by opening the fridge." He said before he laughed nervously.

Peewee face-winged himself over Jeff's unusual excuse.

I just stared down at Jeff with confusion. "It's not like I'm gonna leave the door open, you know. I just need to open it for a second, what's the big deal?" I asked.

Before he could answer, Jeff suddenly noticed something behind me. He saw Twilight tip-toeing past the kitchen's entrance with a flat pick box hovering beside her.

Twilight looked directly at him and froze in place, unable to move due to the fear of me hearing her.

Jeff knew he had to keep me from noticing her and looked back up at me. "What's the deal? The deal is…urr…" he said before he looked back over to Twilight; earning only a shrug from her.

I noticed Jeff wasn't focusing on me anymore and I wondered what had caught his attention. "What?" I asked before I started to turn my head around.

Jeff quickly looked back up at me and panicked before he flew up in front of my head and grabbed my face with his wings. He then forced my head back around to face him. "The deal is…it's your birthday, dude! Happy birthday!" he said with a large smile on his face.

He then glanced back over to Twilight to see her tip-toe away until she was out of sight.

Once she was gone, Jeff released my face and dropped back down to the floor. I stared at him more confusion. "Urr…thanks, Jeff." I said.

"So how old are you now, buddy?" Peewee asked me.

I turned my attention to him. "Seven-teen." I answered.

"Wow, that's a big number. You're practically a stallion now." Jeff said with a small smile on his face.

"He's always been a stallion in my eyes, a very handsome one too." A female voice said behind me.

I turned my head around and saw Twilight standing next to the entrance. She didn't have the box anymore, implying that she had hidden it away. I smiled at her. "Hey Twilight, where have you been? I've been looking for you since I got up." I stated.

Twilight walked up to me and returned my smile. "Sorry, I was in the other room studying and I mustn't have heard you come down." She said before her simple smile turned into a warm one. "Happy birthday, Matt." she said sweetly.

I smiled warmly back. "Thanks, Twi." I said before we shared a small hug and Twilight kissed me on the cheek.

We then broke the hug and smiled at each other again. "So…where's Spike, isn't he going to see me open my cards?" I asked, wondering where he was.

Twilight grew nervous and shifted her eyes left and right. "Spike?...he's…urr…running an errand for me, he'll be back soon." She said before s nervous smile came on her face.

My ears dropped slightly. "Oh…ok, we'll just wait until he gets back then." I said before I gave her a small smile. "Why is everyone acting so weird today, it's as if they've forgotten my birthday or something." I thought.

Twilight then walked past me and over to a cupboard. "How about I make us some breakfast in the meantime? Sound good?" she asked while looking back at me.

"Yeah, ok." I said before I walked over to the kitchen table and sat down in front of it. "But if you're planning on going into the fridge, you're gonna have a hard time doing it. Jeff and Peewee have been blocking the way all morning." I said.

Twilight smirked before she looked over to Jeff & Peewee and winked at them to say they did a good job, they both winked back.

Twilight then returned her attention to me. "Don't worry, we have plenty more food in the cupboard." She said before she opened the cupboard with her magic. "Want some tined-fruit?" she asked.

I gave her a small smile. "That's sounds nice." I said.

With that, Twilight happily used her magic to grab the tin of fruit and pulled it out of the cupboard. She prepared both breakfast and her own before she sat by the table with me and we ate together.

Meanwhile: Sugar Cube Corner

Spike was standing outside Sugar Cube Corner with the rest of the mane 6. Applejack walked out of the cupcake-shaped building and closed the door behind her before she looked at the others. "Ok y'all, everything's set for the big surprise." She said.

Spike was holding a clipboard in his left-hand and a quill in his right. "Great." He said before he ticked off something on the clipboard. "Now all we need is cake." He said.

"It's at the library, Twilight said she would take Matthew out somewhere so we could go in and get it." Rarity stated.

"Oooh, this is so exciting. I can't believe it's finally Matthew's birthday today! I've been waiting for this even since his mom told me about it last month." Pinkie Pie said with excitement as she hopped up and down on the spot.

"Me too, I hope he likes what we've prepared for him in there." Fluttershy said as she looked over to the front-door of Sugar Cube Corner.

"Of course he will, Fluttershy. Matthew may have told us he wasn't much of a party-pony, but that doesn't mean he won't like what we have for him." Rarity stated with a confident smile.

Rainbow Dash then walked up beside Fluttershy. "Besides, I think he meant he didn't like big noisy parties filled with a bunch of ponies he barely knows. This'll be a small party with just us and possibly his parents." She said.

Suddenly, Pinkie Pie popped up beside Fluttershy and wrapped her arm around her shoulders. "Don't worry, Fluttershy. I'm totally sure Mattie will totally love this party! And if he doesn't, well, there's always next year." she said with a large smile.

"I guess so." Fluttershy said quietly before Pinkie released her from her grasp.

Applejack then stepped forward. "Alright everypony, we need to focus on getting' a hold of that cake before Matt finds it." she said.

Rarity nodded in agreement. "I agree, but we can't all go get it, what if Matthew's still there and he spots one of us?" she asked.

Applejack thought about what she said and realized she was right. "Hmm…ya make a good point there. I think at least two of us should go get it, now who's it gonna be?" she asked.

At that moment, they all stared directly at her. Applejack looked at everyone in confusion before she got the message. "*Sigh*…I guess I'm doin' it, now who's gonna come with me?" she asked.

They were all silent of a moment before Pinkie Pie walked up beside her. "I'll go with you! It'll be like we're spies trying to take something from a super-secret base without anyone seeing us." she said with a simple smile.

Applejack looked at her weirdly. "Urr…I don't exactly know what ya just said there, but sure, you can come with me." she said with a weak smile.

Pinkie smiled with joy. "Great! I'll get my disguise!" she said before she shot inside Sugar Cube Corner.

Everyone was silent as they looked at each other with awkwardness.

A few minutes later: Library

After finishing out breakfast, Twilight and I went into the living room to find more books about spells. For some reason, Twilight wanted me to choose my next set of spells to perform with my Horned Helmet.

"So why are we doing this again?" I asked while lying on a cushion in front of Twilight who was also lying on a cushion.

Twilight smiled at me. "I thought it would be a good idea to be prepared. You know, for your next magic lesson." She answered before she looked down at the open book between us. "Now let's see…ummm…oh, how about Transformation Spells?" she asked.

"Transformation Spells? Are you sure I'm ready to start those? I mean, I'm technically still I Beginner." I stated.

Twilight looked at me again and gave me a soft smile. "You'll do fine, Matt. I started practising Transformation Spells when I was just a filly." She said.

"Yeah, but magic is your special talent, Twilight. I'm not as good as you." I said.

"Maybe not, but I'm sure if you practise hard enough, you might grow to be a talented Sorcerer one day." Twilight said as she placed her hoof on my shoulder.

I sighed with doubt. "I wouldn't put so much hope into it, Twilight. Celestia knows I'm not cut out to for the magic stuff. If I was, I would've been turned into a Unicorn when I first arrived here. Instead, I got these two." I said as I stuck out my wings and showed them to Twilight.

Twilight then closed her eyes half-way. "Did you pull yourself down this much when you lived in England?" she asked.

I closed my wings before I answered. "…no…" I said while shifting my eyes left and right.

-Meanwhile-

Outside the library, Applejack and Pinkie Pie were tip-toeing up to the kitchen window. Once they reached it, they stopped and faced each other. "Alright Pinkie, Twilight's kitchen should be right behind this here window. Now we need to do this quietly so Matt doesn't notice us." Applejack said.

"Right." Pinkie responded with a nod.

"But first, there's one thing I need ya to do." Applejack said with her eye-lids half closed.

"What's that?" Pinkie Pie asked curiously.

"Take off that dang disguise!" Applejack answered firmly.

Pinkie was wearing a long light-brown coat, a dark-brown hat, a pair of big glasses, and black fake mustache. "Why? I told you I was gonna get my disguise back at Sugar Cube Corner." She stated.

"I thought you were jokin' 'bout that." Applejack said.

"Joking? No way! I always wear a disguise on top secret missions. My fans demand it." Pinkie said with a small smirk on her face.

"What fans?" Applejack asked with a raised eye-brow.

"Those ones." Pinkie answered as she turned around to reveal a bunch of air-fans standing behind her.

Applejack looked at her weirdly before she shook off the awkwardness. "Anyway, here's the plan. I'm gonna slowly open the window and hoist you through it. Once you're inside, open the fridge without makin' any noise and grab the cake. Then climb back out and we'll both head back to Sugar Cube Corner. Got it?" she asked.

Pinkie Pie nodded. "Got it." she said.

"Alright, here we go." Applejack said before she turned to face the kitchen window and reached her left-hoof up to it. Once she had hold of the window, she slowly opened until it was wide open.

She then carefully peeked through the entrance of the widow and look around the library.

"See anypony?" Pinkie Pie asked.

Applejack then spotted me and Twilight in the front room. Luckily, I was facing the other way from them. "Yeah, Matt and Twilight's in the livin' room." she answered.

Pinkie Pie then grew a worried look. "*Gasp* Quick, get away before Matt sees you." she said.

"Don't worry, he's facin' the other way. As long as Twilight keeps him distracted, he won't see us." Applejack said before she pulled her head away from the window and looked at Pinkie. "Ready to go in?" she asked.

Pinkie gave her a strong smile and nodded. "You bet!" she said with confidence.

"Alrighty then, get over her and climb up." Applejack said before she lowered her body to let Pinkie climb up.

Pinkie Pie then walked over to Applejack before she climbed up onto her back. With a grunt, Applejack lifted her up until she was at the same level as the window. "Ok AJ, just a little bit to the left." Pinkie said.

Applejack struggled, but she managed to move to the left so Pinkie could get through the window properly.

Pinkie Pie then examined the line-up between her and the window. "Now just a teeny bit to the right." Pinkie Pie said.

Applejack did as she said and stepped to the right.

Pinkie examined the line-up again. "Ok, ok, now just a teeny tiny bit-"

"Pinkie, can ya get a move on already? My back's startin' to hurt." Applejack groaned while struggling to keep herself standing.

Pinkie looked down at her and smiled simply. "Ok, that's good enough." She said before she leaped off Applejack's back, through the window, and into the library.

Once she did, Applejack breathed deeply to try and regain her strength. "That pony's heavier than she looks." She said to herself.

-Meanwhile-

While I was looking through some more Spell Books, Twilight was still lying in front of me when she suddenly noticed a coated pony enter the kitchen from the window.

It didn't take long for her to realize it was Pinkie Pie in another one of her silly disguises. Twilight stared at her in confusion until Pinkie eventually saw her.

With their eyes locked onto each other, Twilight mouthed the words. "What are you doing?"

Pinkie Pie understood the words she said and pointed her hoof at the fridge. "Getting the cake." She mouthed.

Twilight also understood her words and knew what she had to do, she'd have to try and distract me for as long as possible. "Urr…so Matt, found any interesting spells you'd like to learn?" Twilight asked.

I looked at her and shook my head. "Not yet, there's not many spells I understand in this book." I said before I looked back down at the book. "Take this one for instance. The Clairvoyance Spell? What the hay does that mean?" I asked.

"The Clairvoyance Spell is a spall used to guide your way through unfamiliar areas. For example, say you were lost in the Everfree Forest with no idea how to get back, what would you do?" Twilight asked.

"I'd fly above the trees until is the town." I answered.

Twilight raised her eye-brow. "…Or you could use the Clairvoyance Spell, then a small blue light would shoot out of your horn and guide you back here. Simple as that." She said with a small smile.

"Hmm…I guess so." I said before I looked back down at the book to read more about the spell.

While I was doing that, Twilight looked over me to watch Pinkie Pie open the fridge. She saw her reach into the fridge and pull out a large round tin; containing the cake inside.

Pinkie Pie looked over to us one last time before she closed the fridge and made her way back over to the window. But suddenly, she tripped over and the tin flew across the room.

Both Applejack and Twilight panicked as they watched the tin fly through the air. Pinkie Pie also panicked before she zipped over to where it was going to land and caught it in her hooves. Applejack and Twilight let out a silent sigh of relief.

With the tin back in her possession, Pinkie Pie stood up and turned to face the window to see Applejack holding her hooves out to take the tin. Pinkie Pie happily gave it to her before she tried to climb out of the window.

Twilight watched with awkwardness as Pinkie Pie kicked her hind-legs to try and force her way through the window. Eventually, she managed to squeeze through and dropped down to the grassy ground below.

Applejack placed the tin into her saddleback before she grabbed Pinkie's hoof and helped her up. "You ok, sugar cube?" she asked in slight concern.

Pinkie Pie smiled and nodded. "Sure I am." she said. Just then, she noticed something odd. She felt around her face with her hooves until she came to her upper-lip, she felt nothing, and that was just the point. "*Gasp* My mustache!"

"You must've dropped it when ya tripped over." Applejack said.

"I need to get it back." Pinkie said before turned around to face the window and tried to jump up to it.

Applejack quickly grabbed her with her front-hooves and pulled her away. "There's no time, we have to get back to Sugar Cube Corner before we run out of time." She said.

As much as she wanted to go back for her moustache, Pinkie knew she was right. "*Sigh* Ok." She said as she turned back around to face Applejack.

Applejack saw that she had a slightly upset look on her face. "Hey, it's alright, we'll get ya a new fake mustache. They're bound to have plenty at the Joke Store." She stated.

Pinkie Pie worked up a smile. "Yeah, you're right. C'mon, let's get that party ready." She said before she hopped past Applejack.

Applejack smiled with slight amusement before she followed the still hopping Pinkie Pie back to Sugar Cube Corner.

-Meanwhile-

Once Pinkie had left the library, Twilight returned her attention to me. "So, find anything interesting about that spell?" she asked curiously.

I looked up at her to answer. "Not really, but we'll add it to the list of spells I want to learn." I said.

Just, I then felt a small urge to get a drink. "Hey I'm little thirsty, I'm gonna get something to drink." I said before I stood up onto my hooves. "Do you want one as-well?" I asked.

Twilight smiled. "Yes please, a glass of water would be good." she said.

I smiled back. "Coming right up." I said before I turned around and made my way into the kitchen.

Once I entered the kitchen, I walked over to the fridge and opened it to see all the food we had. I examined everything in the fridge before I found what I was looking for, a glass bottle of soda. I smiled with satisfaction before I grabbed one of the bottles with my hoof and took it out of the fridge.

I placed the bottle down on the floor beside me before I looked back into the fridge and grabbed a plastic bottle of spring water.

I then closed the fridge and made my way over to the cupboard to get a clean glass to put the water in. But along the way, I suddenly stepped on something. I looked down and saw a small furry thing under my hoof. "What the hell?" I said before I raised my hoof to see what it was.

I saw that it was some sort of fake mustache. I looked at it with confusion before an amusing thought came to mind. I grabbed it with my hoof and stuck it onto my upper-lip. "Haha, wait 'til Twilight sees this." I said to myself.

After getting both drinks ready, I returned to Twilight with the drinks on a small tray and placed it down between us. She was looking down at a book, so she didn't notice me.

"Hey Twi." I said with a giggly smile.

Once Twilight looked up at me, a strange look came on her face. "Matt…what's that on your face?" she asked.

I chuckled a little. "A mustache. Like it? I think it suits me." I said with smirk.

Twilight closed her eyes half-way. "Where'd you get that?" she asked.

"It was on the kitchen floor. I don't know how it got there though. It might be Spike's, he was once interested in having a mustache, right?" I asked.

Twilight then shifted her eyes to the corner. "Pinkie." She said under her breath.

I didn't know exactly what she said, but she definitely said something. "What was that?" I asked.

Twilight quickly returned her sight to me. "What? Nothing! Y-You're probably right, it could be Spike's. Urr…say…how long has it been since we went for a stroll in the park? The flowers are really lovely this time of year." She said with a nervous smile.

"It's September, most of the flowers are dead because of the cold weather and snow." I stated with a raised eye-brow.

Twilight's face grew blank as her eyes shifted left-and-right. "Urr…exactly, sometimes it's nice to be in the cold." She said before she stood up. "C'mon, get your boots on and we'll go." She said.

I watched Twilight with confusion as she went off to find her boots. I then decided to just go with it and did as she asked.

"And take that mustache off, you're not taking it with us!" Twilight's voice called from the other room.

"Oooh." I said with disappointment before I took the mustache off and place it down on the nearby table.

I then put on all 4 of my dark-green boots and I waited for Twilight to get ready. Once she was, we both left the library and made our way through town to go to the park.

Later that evening: Sugar Cube Corner

After a peaceful stroll through the snow-covered park, Twilight convinced me to go to Sugar Cube Corner for my birthday treat. On the way there, I couldn't help but reflect on the events of this day so far.

It seemed as though no-one had anything to say about my Birthday. I mean, Twilight and the others said happy birthday to me this morning, but that was it, nothing else.

I couldn't find the cards and presents I got in the mail, and I didn't even get a cake. To be honest, I was starting to feel as though nopony cared. At that moment, I shook off the thought. "What am I thinking, Twilight's my wife and everyone else are my friends, of course they care." I thought strongly.

My strong thought didn't last long as the bad feel came back to me. "But…why hasn't anyone taken interest? They've been acting so weird today and that whole thing with the Spell Books wasn't really what I'd call a birthday activity." I thought.

After thinking it through, I decided to take a risky step and ask Twilight about it. "Umm…Twilight." I said nervously.

Twilight turned her head to face me. "Yes?" she responded with one of her kind smiles.

Seeing her smiling face almost made me reconsider asking her this, but I just had to know the truth. "You…you do know what today is, right?" I asked with an even more nervously.

Twilight gave me a sweet smile. "Of course I do, Matt. It's your Birthday. I know it hasn't been good so far, but just wait, things will liven up sooner than you think." She answered.

"Are you sure? Because it doesn't look as though anyone else remembered. I mean, I haven't seen Spike all day, I couldn't find the cards I got in the mail, and the weirdest thing of all is that Pinkie Pie hasn't popped up out of no-where with a Birthday song. I just want to know what's going on...did I do something wrong?" I asked as I with a slightly upset voice.

Twilight knew by the look on my face that I was starting to get upset. She decided to help, but she still couldn't reveal too much about the surprise. "No Matt, you haven't done anything wrong. Everypony's probably just…urr…caught up in their work. Rarity has her outfit orders to complete, Fluttershy has her animal friends to tend to, and you know how busy Applejack gets with her farm." She said.

"I know but…still…you'd think they would make a little time for me on my own Birthday." I said as my ears dropped slightly.

Twilight then gave me another kind smile. "Trust me Matt, once we get to Sugar Cube Corner, you'll feel better about today." She said.

"…Ok, Twi…" I said as I looked down at the ground with my ears still low.

-A few minutes later-

After reaching Sugar Cube Corner, Twilight and I walked up to the door and stopped in front of it. Twilight then turned her head to face me. "You ready to go in?" she asked with a simple smile.

I looked at her and nodded. "Ok, sure." I answered.

With that, Twilight returned her attention to the door before she placed her left-hoof on it and gently pushed it open. But when I looked inside the shop, all I saw was darkness.

I tilted my head in confusion before I looked at Twilight. "Why are all the lights off?" I asked.

Twilight shifted her eyes back and forth. "I do not know, Matthew. Maybe you should go inside and check it out." She said in a very weird way.

I noticed the odd tone in her voice, but I didn't say anything about it. All I did was look at her with more confusion before I returned my attention to the dark room in front of me.

I slowly walked into the room with Twilight following behind. As we reached the centre of the room, we both stopped and tried our best to see through the darkness. "…Hello?..." I called.

Suddenly, the room lit up and Spike & the rest of the main 6 jumped out from behind the counter. "SURPISE!" They all yelled with large smiles on their faces.

I was stunned for a moment before I shook it off and looked at everyone. "W-What? What's going on?" I asked in confusion.

At that moment, Pinkie Pie hopped up in front of me with a large smile on her face. "It's your Birthday, dah, and this is your Birthday surprise party!...Surprise!...again!" she said as she threw her hooves in the air.

I then looked around the decorated room to see that it did look like a party. "There was a nice looking cake on a big table with a few cups of cider standing beside it, a pin-the-tail-on-the-pony poster nail up against the wall with a fake tail pinned next to it, and a bunch of presents in colourful paper piled on another table.

Once I was done, I returned my sight to Twilight and the others. "You all did this….for me?" I asked.

"Of course we did, darling. Why wouldn't we?" Rarity asked with a kind smile.

"Well…it's just that…no-one's ever thrown a party like this for me before." I said with an honest look.

"Well we did, sugar-cube. Ya know why? Because you're our friend and we want ya to have the best birthday ever." Applejack said with a warm smile on her face.

I couldn't help but smile lovingly at all my friends before me. Never have I had friends that would go to this much trouble for me.

I remained silent with the smile still on my face as I rushed over to Twilight and hugged her. The others came closer joined us in a group hug. "Thank you all so much….I love you guys." I said.

"We love you too, Matt, and we always will." Twilight said lovingly.

After a few seconds, we all separated and Spike tapped my side; gaining my attention. "And we've got another surprise for you." he said before he rushed through the pair of Swing-doors that led to the kitchen. "Ok, you can come in now." I heard him.

We all then watched as Spike came back into the room with my parents following behind. Once I saw them, I smiled with joy. "Mum! Dad!" I said before I rushed over to them and hugged my Mum, she was wearing the Star Amulet that brought them here.

My Mum hugged my back. "Hey sweet-heart, happy Birthday." She said kindly before we separated.

I then turned to my Dad and hugged him as well. "Happy Birthday, mate, how are you doing?" he asked as he hugged my back.

"I'm fine." I answered before we separated. "When did you two get here?" I asked while looked at both of them.

"Half-an-hour ago. We were going to come to the library, but Applejack met up with us along the way and told us about this surprise party. We both thought it would a good idea if we waited here until you arrive, that way we'd surprise you." My Mum explained.

"Well it worked, I'm surprised." I joked before we shared a small chuckle.

Suddenly, Pinkie Pie popped up in front of me again and wrapped her arm around my neck. "And it gets better, c'mon." she said before she pulled me over to the table with the cake on it. "The last time I saw your Mom, she told me all about your birthday and what you liked. She even gave me a copy of the recipe for your faverate cake, sponge-cake with jam in the middle and icing-sugar on top." she said as she presented the cake to me.

I looked down at the cake and was surprised to see that it looked exactly like the cake I use to have back in England, only it looked more….cartoony. It even smelled the same. "Nice, thanks Pinkie." I said kindly.

"She also told me that you liked the drink called Coca-Cola or something like that. I looked all around Ponyville for some, but there's no such drink here." Pinkie stated.

"It's ok, Pinkie. I didn't expect there to be any here anyway." I said with a calm smile.

"That's why we brought these." My Dad said as he came over to us while carrying a plastic-bag in his mouth.

Once he placed it down on the table, I looked inside it and saw two big bottles of Coke.

A large smile instantly grew on my face. "You brought Coke! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I said loudly as I hugged my Dad tightly.

My Dad smiled at me and patted my back with his left-hoof. "You're welcome, mate." He said before we separated.

I then returned my attention to Pinkie and she showed me the cups of cider standing next to the cake. "Here we have the drink we prepared for you. Applejack told me how much you love cider, so we decided to give you exactly that." She said.

I looked down at the cups of cider and smiled. "Awesome, I love cider." I stated.

At that moment, Rainbow Dash shot up beside me. "Yet another thing with have in common." She said with a kind smile.

Before I could do anything else, Pinkie Pie gapped me and pulled me over to where all the games were. "And here is all the games we're gonna play tonight. We've got Pin-the-tail-on-the-pony, spin the bottle, Twister, and a Piñata." She said as she pointed them all out to me.

I smiled with satisfaction. "Cool, we'll play some of those later." I said.

Pinkie Pie then looked straight at me. "So does this party look like the supersest party ever? Was it everything you thought it would be? Huh? Huh? Huh?" she asked as her face came right up in front of mine.

I took a few steps backwards to give myself some space between her before I answered. "Well it does look like a great party, Pinkie. But there's only one way to find out if it's truly the best party ever." I said.

"Really? What's that?" Pinkie asked curiously.

A small smirk then grew on my face. "Let's get it started!" I said.

Once she heard that, Pinkie smiled largely with joy. "You got it!" she said before she looked over to Rarity who was standing by the gramophone. "Hit it, Rarity!" she said loudly.

Rarity nodded before she turned on the gramophone and it started to play music, the music it was playing was the same music Twilight had on her Birthday. "Hey, nice choice of music, Pinkie." I said.

"Oh, I didn't choose it, Applejack did." Pinkie stated.

I then looked over to Applejack with an amused smirk. She saw this and shrugged. "What? You can't argue with jazzy music." She said before she started dancing along to it.

"I agree with her." Twilight said as she walked over to me and grabbed my left-arm with her hoof. "C'mon you, I wanna see if you still got those moves." She said before she gently pulled me over to the centre of the room.

Once she released me, Twilight started dancing in front of me with the rest of the main 6 and Spike joining her. I looked at all of them before I started dancing lightly with them.

My parents just stayed where they were and watched as I enjoyed myself with my wife and friends.

As for Jeff and Peewee, they just stood on the table were all the drinks were and watched. "Well this party's definitely gone off to a good start. I mean, Matt's happy, everyone else is happy, and best of all no annoying birds saying 'hoo,hoo' down my ears all day." Jeff said with a pleased smile on his face.

"Hoo!" a voice said from behind.

Jeff's smile instantly went away before he turned around to see Owlicious standing right behind him. "Oh who invited you?" he said in annoyance.

"Hoo." Owlicious said.

"Don't start with me! It's Matt's big day and I'm not gonna let you annoy me today." Jeff said in a huff before he turned back around to look away from him.

Owlicious said nothing as he looked at Jeff with a raised eye-brow as if he didn't understand what he was saying. The two birds just stayed quiet as me, Spike, and the main 6 danced to the music.

A few minutes later

Once the music had ended, we all settled down for a bit with a slice of my cake. It tasted just as good as it did back home.

After finishing the cake, Pinkie decided that it was time for me to open my presents. So without a single argument from me or anyone else, we all gathered around the table where the presents were and I sat down in front of it.

I then opened the first few presents.

The first one was from Applejack, she had gotten me a colourful well-made Poncho, kind of like the one Clint Eastwood wore in his old western movies. I quickly tried it on and it was surprisingly comfortable.

Applejack said that it would look great on me during our trip to Appleloosa. However, I had no idea what she was talking about, we never arranged any trip to Appleloosa. That's when Applejack explained to me that Twilight had told her of my love for western-themed things and was planning on taking me there sometime in the future.

Hearing this made me feel excited because I indeed loved western-themed things and I always wanted to visit an old western town. I thanked her by giving her a grateful hug, which she returned without hesitation.

The next present was from Rarity, it was a light-brown winter hat along with a red wool scarf, obviously for the upcoming winter. She said that she worked almost an entire day making them especially for me. That kind of hard worked deserved another grateful hug, so I gave her one and she also returned it.

The next present was from Rainbow Dash, it was a build-it-yourself punching bag. She said it was for me to practise my fighting moves and keep my strength up. I somehow knew she was going to give me a present like this, after all, she did give Spike a lifting-weight on his birthday. Nether the less, I thanked her kindly for it.

The next present was from Fluttershy. After my parents had told her of my love for animals such as birds, she got me a large wooden bird-house big enough to home over 30 small birds. We didn't have a bird-house at the Library and I was starting to think it would make it look nicer, I told this to Twilight and she agreed. Like the others, I gave her a thankful hug for this lovely present.

To move things along, I'll tell you the other presents I got in a quicker way.

Pinkie Pie got me a practical-joke set, saying that we could use it to play some pranks on some ponies in the future.

Spike, Jeff, and Peewee gave me a present that was from all three of them. It was a nice dark-blue suit. Of course, it didn't include pants, what suit in this world does? I looked closely at it to see it had some thin brown lines going down it. If you looked at it in a curtain way, it looked like the blue suit the David Tennant wore on Doctor Who. I thanked them all for this.

My parents' present was small, but it was definitely something I liked. It was two 6-packs of Coke cans. This made me happy because it meant I'd have more left after these two bottles ran out. I gave them both a loving hug for this.

I placed the presents I had unwrapped so far on the side as I opened the remaining two. Everyone watched as I grabbed a part of the paper with my mouth and tore it off shred-by-shred until we could see the top of the box. "Who's it from, Matt?" Fluttershy asked.

I then looked down at the tag on the present before I cupped it up in my hoof and read it out-loud. "To Matthew, Happy Birthday, I hope you find these useful in improving your Element and Horned-Helmet. Sensory: Shining Armor." I read.

Twilight looked slightly surprised by this. "Shining Armor sent you a present all the way from Canterlot? Ooh, I wonder what it is." She said as she looked at the still un-opened present.

"Well let's find out." I said before I opened the box lids and saw what was inside it. It was a spray-can of polish and a polishing cloth. I picked them up out of the box and showed them to everyone.

"That must be what he meant by 'Improving your Element and Helmet', he got you polishing equipment so you could make them look cleaner." Rarity said as she eyed the two objects in my hooves.

"And shinier!" Pinkie Pie added.

I then looked at them with a small smile. "Well I guess that was nice of him, I'll be sure to send him a thank you letter later." I said before I placed the can and cloth down with the other presents.

"Looks like you got one more left to open, Matt." Applejack said as she pointed her hoof and the tall present beside the table.

I then looked up at its size with slight awe. "It's a big one, isn't it?" I said.

"Sure is, but it's not about the size, it's about what's inside it. Go on, Matt, open it up!" Rainbow Dash said with excitement.

I looked at her with a slightly amused smile. "Alright, alright, keep your horse-shoes on." I said before I got up and walked up to the present. I once against looked up at its size before I turned my attention to the sticker-tag stuck onto the paper.

I looked closely at it as I read it. "Open me up and let me out!" I read out-loud. Confused, I looked over to Twilight with a small smirk. "This one's from you, isn't it Twi?" I asked, expecting her to say 'yes'.

Twilight returned my smirk. "What makes you think it's from me?" she asked.

"Well I just assume because I haven't gotten a present from you yet." I stated with the smirk still on my face.

"Well I'm sorry to disappoint you, sweetie, but that present's not from me. It must be from someone else." Twilight said.

At that moment, my smirk went away. "Really? B-But this is the last present…are you sure it's not from you?" I asked.

Twilight nodded. "Yeah, I'm sure. Don't worry, Matt, I've got you a present, but you're gonna have to wait 'till tonight to get it." she said with what looked like a small devious smile.

For a few seconds, I wondered why she wanted me to wait until later to receive her present. But I soon saw that everyone was still waiting for me to open the large present in front of me, so I decided to trust her words and returned my attention to the present.

It was so big that I had to use my wings to reach the top-half of the present. After a minute or so, all the paper was off; revealing a tall cardboard box. I flew up to the top of the box again before I opened the lid and looked inside it.

At first, there was nothing but darkness. But soon, a large grey face with yellow eyes popped up in front of my face. "SURPRISE!" It yelled.

I yelled in fright as I quickly flew backwards away from the box. Once I was a safe distance away, I saw the face that scared me was in fact Discord. He laughed in amusement at my reaction. "Haha! So sorry, Matthew, but I couldn't resist! Hahaha!" he laughed.

Everyone saw this and gave him a firm look. "Discord! What do you think you're doing?!" Twilight said loudly.

Discord opened the side of the box like a door before he stepped out of it. "Just attending a good friend's Birthday party. If you didn't want me to come, then you shouldn't have given me an invitation." He said with his arms crossed.

"I don't remember making you an invitation." Rarity stated with a raised eye-brow.

Discord then reached his lion-hand into his right-ear before he pulled out the invitation he had received and showed it to Rarity. "There, does that help?" he asked.

"Who sent you that?" Rainbow Dash asked while eyeing the invitation in his hand.

At that moment, Pinkie Pie hopped in. "I did! That was me!" she said loudly.

Everyone then looked over to her with both confusion and sternness. "Why did you send Discord an invitation without telling us?" Twilight asked.

Pinkie turned her head to face her. "I thought it would make a nice surprise." She stated with a simple smile.

Twilight then walked over to me, I was still breathing heavily due to my little fright. "Well that little 'surprise' nearly scared Matt to death. We're trying to surprise him nicely, not give him a heart-attack." She said.

Discord floated over to us as he sighed. "Ok I see where this is going. *Clears throat*, I'm sorry that I scared you, it was not my intention." He said.

I looked up to him and gave him a small smile. "It's ok, Discord…I'm glad you came, by the way." I said kindly.

After hearing this, Discord turned to the others and smirked. "Well, well, well, at least somepony's happy to see me." he said.

"I'm happy to see you." Pinkie Pie said with her smile still on her face.

Discord looked down at her and waved him talon-hand. "Well, somepony and Pinkie Pie." He said before his snapped his fingers and a present appeared in his hands. He then back around to face me and held it down to me. "Happy Birthday, Matthew." He said with a nice smile.

I looked at the present before I looked up at him with confusion. He had just apologized for a humorous act and now he was giving me a present. "Are you alright, Discord? You don't seem like yourself today." I said.

"Oh that? That's just be turning over a new leaf. From now on, I am going to be a much friendlier Discord. No more pranks that could hurt someone's feelings, no more selfish acts, and no more behaving like a spoiled school pony." He said proudly.

Hearing this left us all with our mouths handing open, we were left in complete disbelief. "B-But Discord, you've already changed, you don't need to prove yourself anymore." I stated.

Discord held his talon-hand up. "I know that, Matthew. But some of the ponies out there still think I'm bad, they think I'm playing some sort of trick on everyone. So if what I've done so far isn't enough for them, then I'll just have to do better. And as my first act as Nicer Discord, I am giving you this present. I hope you find it useful in certain situations." He said with the present still in his hands.

I still didn't fully understand, but he had explained enough of it for me to get his idea. So with a kind smile, I took the present and placed it down in front of me. "Thanks, Discord." I said.

I then looked down at the present and started ripping off the paper with my mouth. Once the paper was off and the cardboard box could be seen, I opened the box's lids to see some sort of large light-blue cube inside. I grabbed it with my hooves and pulled it out of the box.

I looked at it with confusion before I looked up at Discord. "Urr…what is it?" I asked.

"I thought you'd ask that." Discord said before he answered my question. "It's a Request Box, my own creation. Ask it for any item, and whatever you asked for will magically appear inside the box. Go ahead, ask it for something." he said.

I then looked back down at the box curiously before I did as he said. "Ok…I'd like a…umm…a new hairbrush?" I said with a raised eye-brow.

At that moment, the box then glowed a little before the lid sprung open. I looked inside the box and saw a small wooden hairbrush. I grabbed it with my hoof and lifted it out of the box before the lid closed itself.

Everyone looked at the box with awe and surprise. "Wow, it actually works." Rarity said.

Discord looked at her. "Of course it works. And it doesn't just give you small objects, it can gives you bigger ones if you ask for it. Here, let me demonstrate." He said before he took the box in his hands and held it in front of him. "I would like a snow shovel." He said.

The box once again glowed before the lid flung open. Discord then reached into the box with his talon-hand and pulled out a long shovel. "See?" he said with a smirk on his face.

Discord then returned his attention to me. "And if you're not satisfied with what it gives you, just simply do this." He said before he slipped the shovel back into the box and closed the lid himself. "Vanish!" he said.

After the box glowed again, he opened the box and showed me the inside of it so I could see the shovel had gone. "Whow! That's cool. One question though…where did it go?" I asked.

Discord rubbed his head with his lion-hand. "Actually, I never figured that part out. But I'm sure it doesn't go anywhere important." He said with a confident smile.

Meanwhile: Manehattan streets

A light-brown Unicorn pony in a grey jacket stood by a street-corner in the heavy rain, he was using his magic to hold an umbrella above himself to keep dry. He looked like one of those big-city ponies who spend too much time a work and had a hard life at home. "Taxi!" he called as he saw a taxi cart coming by.

The Earth-pony who was pulling the cart stopped beside him and the pony climbed aboard. The taxi pony looked back at him. "Hey mac, can you believe this weather we're having?" he asked with a friendly smile.

The pony closed his umbrella and shook the rain off it. "Tell me about it, it's raining so hard the sky might as well be falling." He said.

Suddenly, the shovel fell down from no-where and hit the taxi pony on the head; leaving him in a short daze until he shook it off. Both the city pony and the taxi pony looked down at the shovel before they looked at each other. "I saw nothing if you didn't." the taxi pony said.

"Deal, now get me out of here!" the city pony said in a slightly panicky tone.

With that, the taxi pony rushed away from that area with the city pony riding in the cart behind him.

Back at Sugar Cube Corner

"Well I hope not." I said.

While we were talking to Discord, my parents had slipped into the kitchen for some and, after a few minutes, my Mum came back into the room. "Matt." she called.

I and everyone else then looked over to her standing by the kitchen entrance. "We've got another surprise for you." she said before she stepped aside to let my Dad come back in.

I looked at him to see he was carrying a big flat square box on his back. I recognized the box all too well, it was a 14-inch pizza box. I gasped in surprise. "Is that what I think it is?!" I asked.

My dad nodded. "Yep." He said before my Mum helped him place it down on the table in front of me. "Got it straight from Papa's Pizza." He said with a smile on his face.

I quickly open the box lid to reveal my faverate pizza, Garlic-bread with cheese. The smell reminded me so much of the Saturday nights I use to have back in England where I would have one of these pizzas and my family would have a Chinese take-away or something.

And best of all, it looked in good condition. The cheese looked well melted and the crust was slightly black and crunchy (the blacker the crust, the more flavour it adds).

Everyone looked at it and took a big whiff of it. "Mmm…that smells good." Twilight said.

I turned my head to face her. "Trust me, it tastes better then it smells." I said before I peeled a slice off the pizza and held it in front of her. "Wanna be the first to try it, sweetheart?" I asked.

Twilight gave me a simple smile before she took the slice in her magic and took a bite out of the end. She chewed it for a minute before she hummed it satisfaction. "This is delicious." She muffled before she swallowed.

After hearing what she said, Spike and the rest of the main 6 looked at each other before they walked up to the pizza box and took a slice each. Good thing there was always 8 slices in my pizza, because now there was only 1 left, but I didn't mind as long as the others enjoyed it too.

I took the last slice and started eating it. As I chewed my first bite, I looked at the others to see the smiles on their faces. "Mmmm, this is awesome!" Rainbow Dash said.

"My word, Matthew, I didn't know food from your world could be this good." Rarity said before she swallowed and took another bite out of the pizza slice.

"Mmm…you have to get this more often." Pinkie Pie stated.

"I agree with Pinkie, I've never had anything like this before." Spike said as he too took another bite out of his slice.

After swallowing the chewed up pizza in my mouth, I smiled at them. "Well I'm glad you like it. But you're gonna want to use mouth-wash afterwards, the garlic really does a number on your breath." I said.

"Don't care!" Applejack said before she took a large bite out of her slice.

As I was about to take another bite out of my slice, I looked back at everyone else and realized that there wasn't any slices left for them. "Oh god, sorry, I completely forgot. Do you want to have a bit of mine?" I asked as I held my slice out to them.

My Mum and Dad shook their head. "No, you're alright, you enjoy yourself. We don't want any." My Dad said.

Discord put his hands up. "I'm not that fond of food I'm not familiar with." he said.

"We're ok too. We're birds anyway, we don't eat that stuff." Jeff said with Peewee nodding in agreement.

After hearing what they said, I nodded. "Ok." I said before I went back to eating my slice.

We all then ate the rest of the pizza until there was none left. Pinkie Pie finished her slice before she hopped up. "Ok everypony, now that all the presents have been opened and the foods been eaten, it's time for the games. Let's start with Pin-The-Tail-On-The-Pony!" she said.

We all looked over to her and stood up. "Oh yeah, my favourite game." Spike said with joy as we all made our way over to the game.

Later that day

It was starting to get dark outside and we were all still playing some of the games Pinkie Pie. My parents had left the party early and gone back to England, but they said we'd see each other again soon.

So now it was only me, the main 6, Spike, Jeff, Peewee, and Discord. And we were playing the most dangerous game every created, Spin-The-Bottle!

Applejack grabbed the bottle with her hoof and spun it. We all watched it spin until it stopped and pointed at me. "Oh dear." I said under my breath.

Applejack looked at me with a devious smirk. "Alright Matt, truth or dare?" she asked.

I thought about it for a moment before I decided. "Truth." I answered.

Applejack was slightly disappointed that I didn't choose 'dear'. "Fine, let's see…urrr…how much do ya love Twilight?" she asked.

Twilight and I then looked at each other before I gave her a loving smile. "I love her more than life itself, I'd fly around Equestria for her." I said.

Twilight returned my smile. "Aww, Matt." she said before she planted a small kiss on my cheek.

"Awww!" All the girls said as they watched us. Spike and the other guys put their fingers in the mouths with disgust.

Just then, Pinkie Pie leaned over to Applejack and whispered something in her ear. Once she was done, Applejack chuckled. "I don't think that'll work." She said.

"Let's try it anyway!" Pinkie whispered.

Applejack rolled her eyes before she looked at me again. "So, you love Twilight that much, huh? You wouldn't…let's say…kiss another girl if you could? Even if you were paid to do it?" she asked.

I instantly shook my head. "Absolutely not. Twilight's the only girl I'd ever kiss. I mean, I did kiss Luna once, but that was different." I stated.

Applejack and Pinkie looked at each other again before they looked at me with devious grins. "Is that so?" Pinkie said before she spun the bottle with her hoof.

While it was spinning, Pinkie whispered something to Rarity and she nodded to her. Her horn then glowed and the bottle stopped, it was pointing at me again. "Oh aren't you fortunate today?" Pinkie said as if she didn't know it was going to happen. "Truth or dare?" she asked.

"…Truth…" I answered.

"Oh c'mon, Mattie, pick dare, you've been picking truth all through the game." Pinkie said.

I rolled my eyes. "Fine, I'll be fair…Dare." I said.

Pinkie's grin grew larger. "Hehe, alright…I dare yo to…kiss Rainbow Dash for twenty seconds!" she said.

"WHAT?!" Both Rainbow Dash and I said at the same time in shock before we looked at each other. We both then looked back at Pinkie. "You can't be serious!" Rainbow Dash said.

"You have to do it, it's the rule." Pinkie said with a giggly smile.

"But I can't kiss another girl! Especially with Twilight sitting right here." I said as I pointed my hoof at Twilight.

Pinkie looked at me. "The sooner you doing, the quicker it's done." She said with the giggly smile still on her face.

I then turned my head to face Twilight. "Twilight, I…I can't, it's not right." I said.

Twilight gave me a small smile. "It's ok, Matt, it's just part of the game. I mean, it's not like you're kissing a total stranger. Just do it quick so it's over with." she said.

"But…but I…" I said before I was interrupted by Rainbow Dash grabbing my head with her hooves and forcing my head to turn around to face her. I could see the anger in her eyes.

"Like they said, the quicker we do it, the quicker it's done. So just shut up and do it already!" Rainbow Dash growled before she pulled my face towards hers and our lips connected.

My eyes widened in surprisement and shock as Rainbow kissed me. Everyone watched in amusement. Just then, Discord appeared between the girls. "Oh, I'm definitely catching this moment." He said before he snapped his fingers.

A video-camera then appear in his hand in a flash of light and he held it against his eye, I couldn't believe he was actually recording this. All I could think about was how Twilight must feel about this. Finally, after exactly 20 seconds, Rainbow Dash and I separated.

Rainbow Dash turned her head away and started spitting on the floor and wiping her mouth. "BLAH! Never make me do that again!" she said loudly.

I quickly looked at Twilight and saw the amused smile on her face. "Haha, enjoy your dare?" she asked.

I tilted my head in confusion. "You're…not upset?" I asked.

Twilight shook her head. "Of course not, Matt. I know it wasn't real. Because if it was, I'd probably turn you into a duck." She said with a smirk.

I laughed nervously. "Haha…you can actually do that?" I asked.

"Want me to prove it?" Twilight asked as her horn glowed brightly.

I quickly shook my head. "No! No! You don't need to do that! I believe you!" I said.

Twilight's horn then stopped glowing. "Got cha." She said as she tapped my nose with her hoof; earning a laugh from the others.

I laughed a little with them before exhaling in relief, glad that Twilight didn't turn me into a duck. Once we had all calmed down, we went back to playing our game.

An hour later

After playing a few more game and doing other things, the party finally came to an end and everyone was getting ready to go back to their own homes.

Twilight and I stood by the door as we watched our friends leave. "That was a cool party, Matt. But if you ever even think about kissing me again, you'll end up missing, got it?" Rainbow Dash said firmly.

I quickly nodded. "Yes, ma'am." I said. We then watched Rainbow Dash as she left the building while giving me a small glare.

Applejack and Fluttershy then walked past us. "Great party, Matt. Hope ya enjoyed it." Applejack said.

"I did, thanks. And I'm really looking forward to that trip to Appleloosa with you." I said with a kind smile.

"Me too. I know just you're gonna love it, Matt." Applejack said with a slightly excited smile.

"I bet I will. Again, thanks for coming, now go on back home before your family starts to worry." I said.

Applejack nodded before she walked out of the door and into the streets. Fluttershy then gave me a soft hug. "Happy Birthday, Matt." she said sweetly.

I smiled warmly at her before I hugged her back. "Thanks Fluttershy." I said before we separated. "Do you think you can find your way home okay?" I asked.

Fluttershy gave me a small smile. "Oh I'm sure I can, I mean, it's not that dark." She said before she looked out the doorway. Once she saw all the darkness and shadows in the street, she grew a slightly frightened look. "Or…maybe Pinkie Pie will let me stay here for the night." she said.

Twilight then looked over to where Pinkie Pie was. "I don't think she's in any condition to do anything at the moment." She said.

Fluttershy and I then looked in the same direction as Twilight and saw Pinkie Pie lying flat under a table. "Looks like she's in a Party-Coma." Twilight said.

"That the second time this month." I stated.

Fluttershy's ears then lowered. "Oh…umm…I guess that means I can't stay here then." She said in her quiet voice.

I looked at her with pity before I sighed. "I suppose, if you want, I can walk you home so don't have to go through the streets alone." I said.

Fluttershy's ears then perked up. "Really? Y-You would do that?" she asked.

I smiled kindly and nodded. "Of course I would. That is, if it's ok with Twilight." I said before I turned my head to face Twilight and waited for her answer.

Twilight was silent for a second before she smiled. "Sure, why not? I need to speak with Rarity about something anyway. Just head back to the library once you're done, ok sweetie?" she said to me.

I nodded to her. "Sure." I said before I turned my head to face Fluttershy. "Come on, Fluttershy. Let's get you home." I said before I walked out of the doorway with Fluttershy walking beside me.

Twilight watched us walk away into the streets before she used her magic to close the door. At that moment, Discord appeared in front of her in a flash of light. "Well Matthew, that was a wonderful party, I should really thank Pinkie for-…" he then stopped once he noticed I wasn't there.

"Hey, where's the birthday boy?" Discord asked as he picked Twilight up and looked under her. After placing her back down on her hooves, he looked at her with a raised eye-brow. "Don't tell me he left without saying goodbye." He said.

"He just left to walk Fluttershy home, but if you want, I can pass on a message for you." Twilight said.

Discord sighed. "Fine. Please tell him I hope his had a great birthday, thanks for having me, and I hope he finds my gift useful in the future." He said.

"Ok, I'll tell him. Goodnight Discord." Twilight said with a kind smile.

"Goodnight, Twilight." Discord said before he snapped his figures and disappeared in a flash of light.

Twilight then turned her attention to Rarity who was standing in front of the unconscious Pinkie Pie with Spike, Jeff, Peewee, and Owlicious standing beside her. Rarity was tapping her belly with her hoof to try and wake her up.

Twilight walked over to them before she stopped beside Rarity. "Hey Rarity, can I talk to you for a moment…in private?" she asked.

Rarity stopped tapping Pinkie Pie and turned her head to face her. "Of course, Twilight." she said before she and Twilight walked away from the others. Once they reached the other side of the room, they stopped and faced each other. "What is it you want to talk about, darling?" she asked with a kind smile.

Twilight looked over to Spike and the three birds before she looked at Rarity again. "If it's not too much trouble, I need you to do something for me…it's kinda important." She said.

"I'll certainly do what I can to help, but what is it you want me to do, Twilight?" Rarity asked curiously.

"Well…do you have a spare bedroom in your house?" Twilight asked as she looked over to Spike, Jeff, Peewee, and Owlicious again.

Later that night: Library

After walking Fluttershy home, I had made my way back to the Library and entered it. I closed the front-door behind me and walked into the centre of the living-room. I saw all my presents on the table with the wooden horse head on it.

"Twilight! I'm home!" I called.

At that moment, Twilight trotted down the stairs and saw me. "Oh good. Was Fluttershy ok?" she asked as she came up to me.

I nodded. "Yeah, she was fine. Did I miss anything after I left?" I asked.

"Discord told me to say he hoped you enjoyed your birthday and he wanted to thank you for having him there, and Rarity basically said the same thing." Twilight answered.

"I'll have to say thank you to them the next time I see them both." I said. Just then, I noticed that only Twilight was in the room with me. "Urr…where's Spike and the others? Are they upstairs sleeping?" I asked.

At that moment, Twilight took a few steps towards me. "No, I asked Rarity if they could sleep over at her house tonight and she agreed." She said.

"Why did you ask her that?" I asked curious.

Twilight suddenly nuzzled her head against my neck. "So we could have the whole place to ourselves." She said in a slight whisper before she stopped and looked me in the eyes.

I then realized what she was doing and smirked at her. "Haha…well then, best enjoy it while we can." I said as I brought my head closer to hers.

But before I could get close enough to kiss her, Twilight held her left-hoof up in front of my face. "Not yet, first you need to use mouth-wash, your breath reeks of garlic." She said with an amused smile.

I returned it "Fine." I said before I made my way to the bathroom. Along the way, I looked back at her. "I'll be back for you." I joked. Once I reached the bathroom, I entered it and closed the door behind me.

A few minutes later, I came out of the bathroom with fresh minty breath. I re-entered the living-room and looked around for Twilight, but I couldn't see her. "Twi?" I said in confusion and I looked around the room.

"Over here, Matt." Twilight's voice said softly. I looked in the direction the voice came from and my mouth dropped at what I saw.

It was Twilight wearing a pink night-gown made of see-through fabric, I could see her body right through it. It glittered in the light like a stars. Right now, Twilight was literally taking my breath away. "T-Twi?...Wh-…wh-…"

Twilight then walked up to me before stopping in front of me. "Like my new outfit, Matt?" she asked.

I was still struggling to speak. "Twi…w-where did you get that outfit?...It…it's…" I couldn't finish my sentence due to the fact that there was no word to describe how amazing it looked on her.

"I had Rarity make it for me, I've been saving it all day for this one moment. And now that we're alone, it's time to give you my present." Twilight said with a sly smile on her face.

"Y-Your present…as in, your present to me for my Birthday?" I asked nervously.

Twilight nodded. "Yes, Matt. Wanna know what it is?" she asked. And then, without even letting me answer, she whispered it into my ear.

Once she told me what it was, I grew even more nervous. Twilight pulled her head away from my ear and I looked into her eyes. "You mean…you want to…." I said without finishing.

Twilight calmly nodded. "Yes…no distractions…no interruptions…just you, me, and a romantic night alone." She said with a loving smile.

I didn't answer, I didn't know how to answer, I just stood there in silence as Twilight stared into my eyes. "You don't have to answer…just follow me and you'll be fine." She said before she took my left-hoof in hers and gently pulled me towards the stairs without taking her eyes off me.

I soon started following without her aid and she released my hoof. Twilight then turned around and went up the stairs with me following right behind her.

As we entered our bedroom, I saw that the whole room was dark, the only light that was on was the bed-side table lamp beside our bed. I followed Twilight up the second smaller set of stairs that led to the floor where the bed was.

Once we reached the top of the stairs, Twilight walked over to her side of the bed before she climbed onto it and lied down on her side. She looked over to me to see I was standing in front of the bed. "Well Matt…here we are." She said.

I gulped slightly. "Twi…a-are you sure about this?" I asked nervously.

Twilight then gave me an honest smile. "…Yes Matt, I've always been sure. I want this." She said.

I then walked around to my side of the bed before I climbed up onto it and lied down on my side beside her. "…I want this too, Twi…I have for a long while." I admitted.

Twilight smiled warmly at me before she started nudging towards me, I did the same until we were close enough to be hugging, which we did. As we held each other in a loving embrace, we both shared a passionate kiss which eventually led her Twilight being on top of me.

Once we broke the kiss, we both looked into each other's love-filled eyes. "Happy Birthday, Matt. I love you so much." She said with another loving smile.

I returned her loving smile. "I love you too, Twilight…More than life itself."

With those words said, Twilight and I shared another passionate love-filled kiss. As we kissed, Twilight's horn glowed and the table lamp beside the bed turned itself off; rendering the room completely dark.

My Birthday may have ended, but my special night with Twilight had finally begun.

The next morning: Carousel Boutique

As the sun rose above the horizon, it's light shined through the window of Rarity's room and onto the sleeping Unicorn. She was muttering in her sleep. "Mmm…yes…I would like a crumpet..." she muttered.

The light from the sun then shun on Rarity's closed eyes and it eventually woke her up. "Ooh…I knew I should've worn my eye-mask." She groaned before she leaned up on the bed tiredly and stretched her arms up.

As she yawned, she suddenly caught the whiff of something foul. Rarity's eyes shot open and she covered her nose to prevent smelling any more of it. "My goodness, what on Earth is that dreadful odour!" she said in disgust.

As much as she didn't want to, Rarity sniffed it again and she found out where it was coming from, her mouth. "Oh my, it's my breath. Matthew certainly wasn't joking when he said that pizza would cause bad breath." She said before she quickly got out of bed and rushed into her bathroom.

She used her magic to open the small cabinet above the sink and pulled out a bottle of mouth wash. She poured it into the lid (That also worked as a cub) and sipped it all up. Rarity swilled it around in her mouth before she spat it out into the sink. "Note to self…never have that pizza again." she said to herself as she placed the mouth wash bottle back into the cabinet.

But once Rarity closed the cabinet's door, she suddenly saw something in the reflection of the small mirror on it. It was reflecting something from inside her room. From Rarity's POV, it looked as though part of the bedroom wall was missing.

Rarity quickly turned around and saw what it truly was. It was her safe that had been built into the wall. The door was broken wide open, and on the floor in front of it was a ripped portrait of Opal. The portrait was obviously used to hide the safe.

From the bathroom, Rarity could see the inside of the safe. It was completely empty.

Once Rarity saw this, she screamed loudly in shock and horror; knowing that not only had her home been broken into while she was sleeping, but whoever broke in had stolen The Element of Generosity.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter.

Again, sorry for the delay, I've been going through sh*t you wouldn't believe XD

Pony News: Many episodes are coming in the future, and I'll give you a small taste of what what'll happen in them.

Pinkie is threatened by a new party pony planning a party for Rainbow Dash. Featuring in the guest voice of Wired Al Yankovic.

Rarity becomes more like Applejack.

Fluttershy needs to get a singing group back together

And The Cutie Mark Crusaders take advantage of Twilight to become more popular.

That's it so far.

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Next chapter will be up as soon as it can.