Unexpected
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Chapter 9
Rainbow Dash gleefully informed her friends that Spitfire was coming home in two weeks and would be home on the day of the golden Pegasus' birthday. The rainbow-maned mare also told everypony about hosting a surprise party for her life mate. The whole group was thrilled and quickly settled down to plan the party. Twilight and Pinkie Pie would organize, Rarity would decorate, Applejack and The Cakes were going to cater, and Fluttershy and Spike were going to assist in anyway that they were needed.
Soarin' and Rainbow Dash eagerly joined in the organizing. The two life mates wanted everything to be absolutely perfect. The young mare was also working on something on her own, thanks to a little book, and she hoped that this something would work.
Before long, two weeks had passed and it was time for Spitfire to move back to Ponyville. Soarin' and Rainbow Dash had gone to pick their life mate up so as to help her bring her stuff home. It had felt wonderful when the Triad had all left Cloudsdale together and it had been even better when Spitfire had stepped into the house for the first time in over three months. Tank happily greeted Spitfire at the door.
The golden Pegasus expected to spend a quiet day home with her family, but was surprised when she was told that the Triad had places to go after lunchtime. Rainbow Dash grinned as she and Soarin' led Spitfire towards Sugar Cube Corner.
"Tell me again why we have to visit the Cakes today?" the golden mare asked.
"Mr. and Mrs. Cake wanted to see you," Soarin' explained, "Plus, Baby and I ordered your birthday cake from Sugar Cube Corner and we need to pick it up for our celebration tonight."
"You got me a birthday cake?" Spitfire inquired with a grin, "What kind?"
"Cinnamon-apple cake with butter cream frosting," Rainbow Dash answered as she nuzzled along the side of her golden life mate.
"Yum. My favorite," the older mare acknowledged with a happy smile, "You two shouldn't have."
"Now what kind of life mates would Rainbow Dash and I be if we didn't properly celebrate your birthday, Beautiful?" Soarin' demanded as he walked up to the door of Sugar Cube Corner.
Spitfire laughed as Soarin' held the door open and Rainbow Dash sped through the door first. The golden Pegasus stepped into the building and then gasped in shock.
"SURPRISE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
Spitfire looked with wide eyes at the beautifully decorated interior of Sugar Cube Corner. Every inch was decorated "Pinkie Pie" style and a large banner hung across the entire room that read "Welcome Home and Happy Birthday." Sugar Cube Corner was filled with The Wonderbolts team, Rainbow Dash's friends, the Cake family, Soarin' and Spitfire's parents, and a few personal friends that Spitfire had made in Ponyville such as Cherrilee and Big Macintosh.
"Surprise!" Rainbow Dash and Soarin' echoed as they led their bewildered life mate to the middle of the room to light applause.
"Oh, my gosh," Spitfire giggled as she looked around and smiled in greeting at her guests, "You two planned a party? I can't believe this!"
"Are you surprised, Beautiful?" Soarin' asked as he leaned over and gave his golden life mate a kiss on the cheek.
"'Blown away' is more like it," Spitfire insisted as she leaned over to nuzzle her youngest life mate, "I never expected a party. Not in a million years. This was your doing, wasn't it, Little One?"
"Who, me?" Rainbow Dash innocently inquired before she gave a naughty grin, "You know it! Who but the most awesome of awesome ponies could have put all this together?"
"Baby, you got a lot of help and you know it," Soarin' chuckled out before guffawing in earnest when his youngest life mate blew him a "raspberry."
"Way to ruin my moment," Rainbow Dash groused playfully before grinning as she turned to the golden mare, "Okay. Okay. All of us have been planning this party for two, whole weeks. We wanted your first day back to be special. Are you really surprised?"
"So much," Spitfire agreed, "Thank you for this. It is wonderful to see everypony."
The Triad grinned happily at one another, but looked up when they heard voices calling Spitfire's name.
"There's my Little Warrior," Firestorm cheered as he cantered over with his wife to snuggle his only daughter, "How are you?"
"I'm fine, Daddy," Spitfire assured as she smiled in greeting, "I've been through a lot, but I'm doing just fine now."
"Are you sure?" Golden Light demanded fretfully as she pulled her daughter into a hug, "Your depression is doing okay?"
"Yes, Mother," the golden Pegasus agreed as she hugged her mother back, "I'm getting better and better everyday. I have the strength and support of my two life mates to thank for that."
Soarin' and Rainbow Dash grinned happily at one another. Spitfire was doing so well and was continuing to follow Dr. Speak Freely's advice and counseling.
"Fires never really get put out…," Firestorm began with a smile of relief directed at his daughter.
"…they only burn back all the brighter," Spitfire finished understanding what her father was trying to say.
Spitfire happily chatted with her parents before she had to start the rounds to welcome and thank all of her guests for the party. The mare was overwhelmed by all the greetings and warm wishes for her health. Spitfire hadn't realized how much Ponyville had become her home until she had to leave. Soarin' and Rainbow Dash waved the golden Pegasus over to come and spend a little time with Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Spike.
"Welcome home," Twilight called as Spitfire trotted over, "We are so glad to see you and Happy Birthday."
"I am very glad to see everypony and dragon," Spitfire said with a smile, "The party is wonderful. Thank you so much for putting this party together for Soarin' and Rainbow Dash."
"We just helped, Darling," Rarity contested as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy shook their heads in agreement, "Your two life mates became absolute 'Party-Planner-Demons.' It was a pleasure to help and we had a ball planning all of this with them."
"I hope my two life mates didn't drive you too crazy," the golden mare chortled out as she imagined all the mischief her two bonded could get into.
"They might of drove us ah little crazy, but Soarin' and Rainbow only wanted everythin' ta be just perfect," Applejack confided with a wink, "However, Ah do think tha your stallion havin' ta sample ma apple pies for 'taste testing' was more for his benefit than yours."
"Soarin'!" Spitfire groaned as the stallion turned and quickly got himself lost in the crowd.
Spitfire and Rainbow Dash cracked up at Soarin's antics and the rest of the group couldn't help but join in. The mares settle down to chat and sample some of the party delicacies happily for quite a bit of time while Spike wandered off to grab some food and less "girly" company.
"Hello, my Dear," Mrs. Cake called out of the blue as she and her husband cantered over to see the guest of honor, "Happy Birthday, Spitfire."
"And may you have many more," Mr. Cake intoned as he sat his two, twin foals on the floor who toddled over to see the golden Pegasus.
Soarin' hurried over and exchanged a worried look with Rainbow Dash. Spitfire held still as Pound Cake fluttered up to examine her wings. The little colt giggled and plopped down on the golden Pegasus' back in order to play with her feathers. Pumpkin Cake joined in on her brother's laughter and cooed up at the mare.
"Hello," Spitfire chirped as she picked up the little, Unicorn filly, "What a pretty girl you are and what a handsome brother you have. How do you two do?"
"Oh. My goodness," Mr. Cake babbled as he scooped his son off of the golden mare's back and sat him back on the floor, "I am so sorry."
"Don't be," Spitfire assured as she rocked the smiling filly gently in a foreleg, "He was just curious. You two must be so proud. Your twins are lovely. Oh! Thank you for allowing my life mates to throw the party at Sugar Cube Corner. You are very kind."
Rainbow Dash and Soarin' smiled with relief at one another. Their life mate was happily chatting with the Cakes and holding Pumpkin Cake while playfully flicking her tail at Pound Cake as he tried to bite the end. Spitfire looked like she didn't have a care in the world. A few months ago the golden Pegasus couldn't even be in the same room as a foal and here she was playing with the twins. After a bit of time Spitfire gave the little filly back to her mother and trotted over to her life mates.
"I am so proud of you," Soarin' gushed as he hooked his neck around his life mate, "Did meeting the twins bring up any bad feelings?"
"A little," Spitfire truthfully admitted, "But those foals didn't cause anything to happen to me so why should I hold anything against the two? I enjoyed playing with the babies. Pound Cake is going to be a hoof-ful."
"Don't you know it," Rainbow Dash agreed as she rubbed her cheek against the golden mare's neck, "Are you sure that you are okay?"
"Fine," Spitfire chortled out as party music began to play, "No fussing! Now let's dance."
The Triad and the rest of the party guests quickly moved tables back to make room to dance. Spitfire had a blast rocking to the music and danced not only with her life mates, but also her Daddy. After the dancing there were all different types of party games. The golden Pegasus laughed the hardest when Rapidfire pinned the tail not on the donkey, but on Fleetfoot's head. The smaller mare giggled and gave the blushing stallion a kiss on the cheek. Rapidfire's startled grin made the whole room cackle gleefully.
"Present time!" Pinkie Pie announced loudly as she rolled a table loaded with presents towards Spitfire, "Let's let the Birthday Mare open her gifts!"
Spitfire blushed hotly and had to be pushed into the middle of the room by her laughing life mates. The golden Pegasus demurely opened her presents and thanked each pony, and one dragon, for their thoughtful gifts.
"Rapidfire?" Spitfire exclaimed when she opened his gift, "What in the world is this?"
"Wonderbolt socks," the stallion chirped as the rest of his team groaned, "What? Socks are cool."
Rainbow Dash lost it and fell on the floor in a giggling mess. Socks are cool? Whatever! Soarin' was doing everything in his ability not to join his youngest life mate, but couldn't keep a few stray giggles from escaping.
"They are!" Rapidfire defended beginning to feel a bit hurt.
"Um…of course they are," Spitfire assured as she placed the socks back in the box, "Thank you. My new socks are…great."
"Really great!" Rainbow Dash enthused as she tried to smooth Rapidfire's feelings, "Will you get me some when it is my birthday?"
"Sure," Rapidfire agreed with a wide grin while the rest of his team rolled their eyes behind his back in amusement.
Finally, Spitfire reached the end of her pile of presents, but was surprised to find that her life mates hadn't gotten her a gift. Soarin' and Rainbow Dash exchanged happy looks and placed two wrapped packages in front of the golden mare.
"These are from both of us," Soarin' explained as he nosed one of the gifts towards his life mate, "Open this one first."
"Hurry!" Rainbow Dash demanded as she excitedly watched the golden Pegasus.
Spitfire laughed and ripped the paper off of her gift. Under the wrapping paper she found a familiar, leather box.
"What is this?" Spitfire asked as she opened the box and then gasped in wonder at what she saw.
Rainbow Dash and Soarin' had gotten her See-Clearly 3000 goggles perfectly repaired. Her goggles had been broken during her accident and she had grieved at the destruction. The goggles had been her first Hearth's Warming gift from Rainbow Dash. The glass had been replaced and the leather had been expertly polished as good as new.
"Thank you!" Spitfire exclaimed as she threw her forelegs around her life mates while tears pricked at her eyes, "I love that you fixed my goggles. Thank you so much. I can't believe that you did this!"
Soarin' and Rainbow Dash were beyond happy at the golden mare's reaction and the party guests smiled in happiness for the Triad. This was perfect. Spitfire pulled back and grinned at her life mates.
"Now open this one," Rainbow Dash said with a tender smile, "I hope you'll like it."
"I'm sure that I'll love it," Spitfire agreed as she reached for the last present.
To be continued…
