"This is not cool... I wanna see..." Atticus complained as he tried to remove the blindfold.
"Nope." Drell made sure he couldn't take it off until they were there.
"Fine." Atticus pouted.
The others chuckled as the wait would be worth it. Soon, Atticus was taken all around until they came to a stop.
"Okay, you can look now." Twilight allowed.
Atticus soon took the blindfold off.
"Hey, Atticus!" Shining Armor smiled to the boy. "Happy Birthday."
"Thanks, Shining Armor!" Atticus beamed. "What brings you here?"
"I asked him for a favor." Twilight smiled.
"Greetings, Atticus." Celestia greeted the birthday boy.
"Princess." Atticus bowed.
Celestia smiled as she bowed with him before they then stood up beside each other.
"What's going on?" Atticus asked with smiles to the Equestrians.
"I decided to come celebrate your birthday." Celestia said.
"Well, it's nice to have you for my birthday." Atticus smiled.
"Also, I came for a favor from Twily," Shining Armor put his arm around Atticus. "How'd you like some training for the Royal Canterlot Guard?"
"I-I'd love it." Atticus smiled.
"I thought you would." Shining Armor smiled back.
"When can I start?" Atticus asked.
"I'd say right now, but maybe we could have some time off for your special day, right, Celestia?" Shining Armor asked.
"Of course, let him take this all in at once." Celestia agreed.
"Let's party!" Pinkie smiled.
Confetti soon exploded and fell everywhere with balloons as Atticus's birthday party was back on and it had to be his favorite ever. Soon, after cake, it was time for presents and after that, would be games. Pinkie grinned to Atticus since she loved parties, of course, her being her. Even Gummy seemed excited as he floated in the punch bowl while everyone else partied. The presents that Atticus got were great. Spike drooled at the sight of a sapphire charm that Atticus got that Rarity had for him, but he soon calmed himself down and resisted the urge to eat the gemstone.
"Good Spike." Atticus patted the dragon on his head.
"Sorry, I can't help myself sometimes." Spike said as he wiped his mouth.
After opening the presents, the last one was revealed to be an arm-wrestling table.
"An arm-wrestling table?" Atticus asked before smirking and joking. "All right, who's the sucker?"
Shining Armor soon came to the table, looking stronger than he did a few seconds ago. "That would be me." The unicorn stallion smirked playfully as Patrick was heard whistling innocently.
Atticus glanced at his father before looking back to the white unicorn stallion. "All right... Let's do this..."
Shining Armor and Atticus soon linked arms and began to wrestle each other like Applejack and Rainbow Dash once did over a competition with each other, and where it seemed like they were almost equal, but since Shining Armor was older than Atticus, he was stronger.
Shining Armor soon won. "I won!"
"Somebody beat Atticus in arm-wrestling!" Cherry said before laughing.
"He's older then Atticus with a strength boost." Drell said.
"But still!" Cherry giggled.
"It's not that funny." Atticus deadpanned.
"Okay, okay, I'll stop." Cherry smiled.
"Hold that pose!" Atticus said as he took out his phone and took a picture before smirking. "Now I'll always have a sincere smile from Cherry."
"Oh, you are scum." Cherry groaned.
Atticus simply kept his smirk. Cherry soon tried to reach for his phone, but he carried it out of her reach which made everyone else laugh. And with that, the party was over. Pinkie Pie was exhausted after the party and even fell asleep as Gummy buried himself into her mane.
"I trust you had a great party." Twilight smiled to Atticus.
"I sure did." Atticus smiled back.
The two then shared a hug together.
"Happy Birthday." Twilight smiled.
"Thanks, Twi," Atticus smiled back. "And Shining Armor? I'll be back tomorrow for some Royal Guard training." he then added.
"That sounds good to me," Shining Armor smiled. "I'm looking forward to havin' ya."
"Thanks for having me." Atticus smiled back.
"No problem, now don't keep me waiting tomorrow." Shining Armor smirked playfully as he held Atticus in a headlock.
Atticus laughed. "I'll try not to!"
Once they all arrived back on Earth, it was time for all Equestrians to go back to their home.
"Have a good birthday?" Jessica smiled to her little brother.
"Yeah, thanks, Jessica," Atticus smiled back. "Even though there were troubles, I had a great day."
"Well, I'm happy for ya, I'd also like you to visit me someday," Jessica replied. "Our school's doing X-Games sometime and I think you'd like to watch them. They're no Equestria Games, but I'm sure you'll love the sports. There's skating, biking, and it's like the Olympics!"
"I'll come by sometime." Atticus said.
"I'm sure Max would appreciate that," Jessica replied. "He'll start his first semester soon, there's gonna be a barbecue at the Goof place to celebrate."
"How's Goofy handling it?" Atticus asked.
"He says he's fine, but I know he's gonna miss Max a lot," Jessica sighed softly. "I haven't seen him that down, since... The incident..."
"Has he started dating yet?" Patch asked.
"Uncle Goofy?" Jessica replied since Max had earned Roxanne's affections over the summer of their last day of school even though he lied to her about Powerline.
"Yeah, him." Patch said.
"Oh, I don't know," Jessica replied. "I've never really seen him in love with anyone who wasn't his wife."
"Are there any girls in his work place?" Patch asked.
"Not that I know of." Jessica shook her head.
"Too bad." Patch said.
"We'll worry about that later," Jessica smiled as she tucked Atticus into bed like she used to when he was a baby. "Get some rest, Birthday Boy, you've had an exciting day."
"Yep and tomorrow, I'll have a more exciting day or more." Atticus said.
Jessica kissed his forehead. "Sweet dreams." she then said and shut the bedroom door on her way out as she clicked the light off.
Atticus soon fell asleep with Patch at the foot of his bed. Patch and Atticus smiled to each other and soon went to sleep after an exhausting birthday.
The End