My Little Dashie: Fifth Is A Gift.

Last night was the best sleep I have had in years. I don't know if it was because of Dashie sleeping on my chest or what. I woke up at around 10am to a sudden loud crashing sound. I sprang up from the couch,making sure Dashie wasn't on my chest first. I ran into the kitchen. My mind filled with thoughts of the worst possible things. I was relieved when I saw Dashie sitting on the kitchen floor with pots and pans sitting all around her. She even had a pan sitting on her head as if she was pretending to be a knight. I chuckled at the thought. She heard me and looked at me,dissapointed.

"Awww dad, you ruined the surprise. I was going to make you breakfast." I chuckled.

"Dashie you don't have to do that." I said as I helped her up and removed the pot from her head. "I know I don't HAVE to, but I WANT to. last night was the best sleep I have had in years." we smiled in unison. After we were finished cleaning up the mess, we went to the living room. She sat in her recliner. I know its technically my dads but she loves it so much that I call it hers. I sat down on the love seat. She grabbed the TV remote and turned it onto YTV.

sponge bob was on.

It had stopped a long time ago, about 6 years after I came to Equestria. But they repeated. Dashie didn't care. She still watched the same episodes over and over again. Her ears perked up as she heard sponge bob. "You like krabby patties, don't you Squidward?" the face sponge bob made always makes her laugh. "Dashie?"

"Yeah, dad?" she asked, eyes still glued to the TV. "I'm going to go into town for a few hours to get some more groceries." I lied, I really had to go meet Pinky Pie to make last minute preparations for Dashie's birthday party.

"OK dad." she said. I grabbed my jacket and put on my shoes and left. Just as I closed the door I ran as fast as I could. I haven't been able to do this in a while because of my old age but in heaven, you somehow get reverted in age.I had to stop down the street from Sugar Cube Corner to catch my breath. I could see Pinkie skipping on the spot,waiting. I could tell she was getting impatient. She saw me. "Hi Bryan!" She yelled from down the street.

"Wow she has good vision for someone who mainly eats cake and other treats." I thought to myself. "Hey!" I said, waving. She ran over to me, she's really fast when she's impatient. She ran up behind me and pushed me to the front door. "Umm thanks?" I said, unsure of what to say. "Come on Bryan, we only have a few hours to make her cake and do everything else." I noded. "OK then" i clap my hands together."lets do this" "YAYYY!" she screams,

almost into my ear.it was louder than someone having their bones slowly taken out while being burned alive. now i get angry. "pinkie! that was right in my ear!"

as i yell, her hair deflates and her ears flop as she looked at her hooves. i can see some tears. now i feel bad for yelling. i forgot that its not hard to hurt pinkie's feeling. i sigh. "I'm sorry pinkie, its just that... i'm tired." i lied, not wanting to hurt her feelings any more than i already have. "I understand that you're excited. so am i. it's just that you need to learn how to keep your voice down. OK?" she looks up and her hair re-inflate and her ears go erect again. "OK." she says as she sniffles but smiles at the same time.

"pinkie promise?" i say, smiling. her smile gets even bigger. "cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." we say in unison, all the while doing the actions that go along with the promise. we finish the cake a lot quicker than i expected. i head to the other ponies to make sure everything else was ready. applejack was in charge of the food,

rarity the attire,Fluttershy on the petting zoo, twilight on the special surprise, and finally, vinyl scratch.

i don't really talk to her but shes great with music and great friends with dashie. so i allowed her to do the music. everything is ready but 3 pm. now to just get dashie out of the house. and i know the perfect plan.

i get home and open the door. "it's not just a boulder, it's a rock." i hear sponge bob explain. i chuckle, this is Dashie's favorite episode. i look down at dashie. who's asleep in front of the TV. i nudge her with my foot. "dashie?" i say almost in a whisper. "daaaaashieee?" she wakes up and rubs her eyes with her foreleg. trying to wake herself up.

she looks at me. "hey pops. what's up?" "nothing dashie." "where are the groceries dad?" damn! i knew i forgot something. i had to think fast. "the store was closed." turns her head to the left. "oh." i think she believed it. "then where were you?" shit. i think she knows. i have to act fast. "i was at Sweet Apple Acres. i met Apple Jack on the way. she said it was closed and that she needed help building a new farm."

she returned her head back to normal. "oh OK." she believed me. "listen dashie, i need you to do something for me." "umm sure, what is it?" " i need you to go into town to get some..." damn it. what to say what to say? "some quails." "umm OK but why didn't you get some on the way back?" without thinking i say: ""i forgot to." she smiles. "OK sure." she says, i can hear that she's very eager. i hand her some bits.

just enough to grab a hoofful. "be back in 20 minutes." she says as she opens the door. "OK love you." i say. "love you too,pops." she closes the door. i watch out the window waiting for her to leave. as soon as she was out of sight i let the other ponies in through the back door. "OK we only have 20 minutes to get ready." "Apple Jack, do you have the food?" "of course I do sugar cube." she replies, holding up nearly a buffet of treats. she moves over to the kitchen table. and places it there.

"flutter shy, do you have the animals ready?" "their out back. are you sure they will be OK?" she asked, clearly getting more use to talking to me, i know this because she isn't whispering as much as she used to. "yes i'm sure." i say, putting my hand on her shoulder. " i promise." she nodded."vinyl, do you have the DJ booth ready?" "why of course i do." "OK good." "rarity, did you finish the clothing?" "i almost didn't finish them but i did it." she hands us all a dress and a tux to me. she has gotten alot better at making clothes for me. we all put them on right away. "twilight, do you have the thing?" i said, winking.

"yes it took alot of energy but it was worth it."

"good." and lastly i directed my attention to pinky. "pinky do you have the cake and decorations?" she pulls out her party canon and shoots it. it decorates the whole lower level of the house in less than 2 seconds. "and here's the cake!" she says excitedly, holding out the cake. "OK put it over there by the buffet." i say the last word sarcastically

" okey dokey lokey." i chuckle, that catchphrase always made me laugh. "OK dashie should be here in about.." i check my watch and my eyes widen. "5 minutes!?" i made it into both a question and a statement. "every pony, hide!" they run off to hide. i walk over, close the door and shut off the lights and hide. i soon hear hoof steps getting closer. the door swings open. "dad?" she asks. "dad are you home?"

she closes the door and turns the light. we all jump out. "surprise!!!" we all scream in unison. well almost all of us. "surprise!" says pinkie. she looks around and then to the floor. "dang it." we all laugh then i remembered the episode where she did the same thing. that only makes me laugh harder.

"wow dad, i thought that you might have forgot about my birthday." "why in the world would he do that?" asks rarity as she trots over to Dashie's side and puts her arm,or is it leg? i still need to learn the pony lingo, around the back of her neck. "what kind of father would i be if i forgot my one and only daughter's birthday?" she smiles. "well you DO have a point there." we all laugh. "wow is that the cake?" she asked,pointing towards the cake that me and pinky worked so hard on. "yes me and Bryan made it. all by ourselves." pinky says."wow thanks dad." she hugs me and i return the hug.

later on it was time to give out the presents. Rarity gave her a beautiful dress,Fluttershy gave her a bunch of gorgeous wild flowers,pinkie gave her some balloons,applejack have her some apple tree seeds for her garden in the back.and twilight and i gave her the box, it was the same one i gave her for her last birthday in equestria. she recognized it almost instantly. she screamed in excitement. even though she had it in equestria,it was never brought here.

"i had twilight go back to equestria to retrieve it."she jumped in joy and hugged me and twilight i then nodded to vinyl who then played some music. we then went out to the back to the petting zoo that FlutterShy had set up only hours ago. time passed quickly and i soon found myself going to sleep.