"Oh, Rainbow Daaaaash!"
Rainbow Dash groaned and covered her face with her hooves as she heard Pinkie Pie's voice break the serenity of the summer day. Great, a perfect day for resting in the clouds and now this… Maybe she hasn't seen me, yet! Rainbow ducked her head inside the coolness of the cloud which she'd been using as a makeshift mattress.
"C'mon, Sugar Cube." Applejack caught up to Pinkie as the pink pony scanned the skies for their friend. "Rainbow will show up soon."
Twilight came up behind the group and used her Magic to set up a picnic blanket under a grand tree, "Yeah, I'm sure she heard you. I mean, I'm sure all of Equestria did…" she gave a wry smile.
Pinkie bounced around her four friends, springier than the curls in her hair. "Oh, oh! I knoooow she'll be coming soon! Because, no one can resist the smell of Pinkie Pie's Purple Prickly Pear and Pomegranate Picture Perfect Pie!"
"Prickly Pear and… what was that last part?" Rarity raised her eyebrows. Pinkie took a deep breath, ready to repeat the full title of the treat when Fluttershy pointed upwards. "Look! There she is!"
Rainbow Dash flitted from her perch in the clouds and caught up to her friends, "Did I hear the word 'pie'?! Count me in!"
Twilight set the last of the plates on their checkered picnic blanket, "Yeah, today's a special day!"
"What day is that?" Rainbow eyed the plates, growing hungry.
"Your birthday!" Pinkie pulled a large, still-steaming pie from Twilight's picnic basket and presented it to Rainbow Dash, practically stuffing her face in to it.
"My birthday…?"
"What's this?" Rarity stepped forward. "You mean you didn't know?"
Applejack added, "That's unlike you, Dash."
"Yeah." Twilight gave her friend a look of concern. "You love birthdays, especially your own! And Pinkie went through a lot of trouble to plan today for you."
Rainbow Dash looked down, dragging her hoof in the dirt and feeling a twinge of shame. She shuffled her wings nervously and then looked up at Pinkie, coughing through an apology, "Sorry, Pinkie."
"I started planning this party for you two years ago!" She gave Rainbow her properly chastising glare, and then broke into a big grin. "But, it's okay. You don't have to be sorry. It's a day for partying! Hee hee!" she tugged on a string hanging from the tree overlooking their group, dozens of colorful balloons, streamers, and confetti exploding like fireworks. "I just want to see you smile!"