It's Your Birthday Again!

You and your group arrive at Bob Evans without the ponies being spotted. At first you wanted them to either lay on the floor or in the bags, but the rest voted against it. As you pull into the parking lot, you instruct the ponies to climb into their respective back packs. You and Just pull the bags out of the back seats and hoist them over your shoulders before you lock the car doors.

"So, this place is supposed to have good food?" Dark asks as he pokes his head out from his back pack.

"Yeah it's pretty nice." You say as you push Dark head back down into Justin's pack. You all enter the restaurant and patiently wait by the 'Wait to be seated' sign.

"Smells good in here." Pin Point's muffled voice comes from your backpack. Minutes later, an older blonde woman approaches you at the waiting sign.

"How's everybody doing today?" She asks. She wears the traditional red uniform with Bob Evans embroidered near the pocket on her left breast. A name tag with Susan written on it is on the opposite side.

"Fine, how are you?" You reply.

"I'm great! How about I show you folks to your seats?" She waves for you to follow her and makes her way to your seats enthusiastically. Luckily, you were given a booth towards the back of the eatery, so you had less of a chance of the ponies being seen. You and Justin set the ponies on the inside of the booth just in case. After the bags are down you see the zipper on yours glow blue before flying open.

"*GASP* Holy shit it's hot in here!" Pin Point says. You put your hand on her head and shush her.

"Dude! We're in public right now! And even if they don't see you, they'll hear you and think that we snuck more people in with us." She crouches down back into the bag some.

"Alright, so what are we having to eat?" Dark asks as he sticks his head out of Justin's bag. Justin grabs one of the menus and places it in front of Dark with it open on the breakfast page. He looks over the choices as you hand Pin Point your menu. You and Justin agreed to let the ponies order what they felt comfortable with eating, and you would choose the drinks. In your peripherals, you see the waitress coming back your way.

"Shit!" You shove Pin Point's head back into your bag and Justin quickly catches on, doing the same.

"Alright, are we ready to order?" She asks with a huge smile on her face.

"Uh, yeah..." You say. You lean your head down to your bag. "I'll have the...  whisper whisper... Chocolate chip pancakes and toast." Justin leans his head up to tell the waitress his order. He was most likely doing the same thing.

"I'll have some biscuits and gravy with a side of bacon." Justin says. You shoot him a look. "Oh! Um make sure the gravy doesn't have any meat in it, please?"

"Fine by me! And what to drink?" You think a moment.

"I'll have a Mr. Pibb." You say.

"I'll have a coke." Justin orders.

"Alright! I'll be right back with your drinks and I'll have you your food in a few minutes." The waitress merrily walks away as Pin Point and Dark lift their heads from their bags.

"Cut some holes in this shit!" Pin Point screams/whispers.

"I will when we leave, alright?" You reply. Pin Point huffs.

"Hey, what's bacon?" Dark asks.

"Fried pig meat." You answer. Dark's eyes widen as he flips his head to face Justin.

"You eat meat!?" He asks with new found confusion.

"Humans are omnivores, dude." Pin Point says in a snobbish tone. You're beginning to think that she's purposely hating on the guy.

The waitress returns with your drinks and food a few moments later. Once she's gone, Pin Point and Dark emerge from their bags for the umpteenth time that day.

"You ever had chocolate chip pancakes?" You ask your pony.

"Yeah? I'm twenty one, man. It's not like I've lived my whole life without a single bit of anything good." You ignore the sarcastic statement.

"Yes, but have you ever had Earth chocolate chip pancakes? Or more specifically, have you ever had American chocolate chip pancakes?" Pin Point shakes her head. You pick a fork up off of the table and hold it in front of her and as she grabs it, you point to the pancakes before you. "You will regret living this long without them." You say whimsically. Pin Point smiles and rolls her eyes as the magic enveloped fork lifts a chunk of the creamy cake into her mouth.

"HORY MUFFER FUNKING SHMITT!!" She shouts through a mouthful of pancakes. "DISH ISH SHOOO FUNKING GOOT!" You smile as you slap two pancakes onto her plate and two onto yours. Across the table, you see Dark slowly eating his biscuits as he watches Justin eat his bacon. Dark seemed to be both horrified and fascinated by the fact that Justin was eating meat.

"Alright, so where are we going after this?" You ask. You know exactly where you're going, but you want the next location to be a surprise for the ponies.

"We're going putt putt golfing!" Justin says with excitement.

"What if someone sees us?" Dark asks.

"Then we'll freak them out. I don't really see a problem with people we don't know seeing you. But I actually know this waitress." You say. "She's my ex-girlfriends's grandmother. So I don't want her seeing you and sending the FBI to my house."  By this time, Pin Point has nearly finished off her pancakes and Justin seems to be in the same condition. You've always been a slow eater no matter how good the food was. Dark seemed to share that trait with you. Pin Point levitates the Mr. Pibb to herself and takes a sip.

"Dude, the waitress!" Justin warns you. "I think she saw the glass!" You quickly shove Pin Point's head into your bag and Justin does the same as your waitress approaches you.

"How were you doing that?" She asks.

"Doing what?" You counter.

"Floating that glass."

"What glass?"

"That glass!" She says as she points to the half empty drink.

"What about that glass?" You ask.

"How were you making it float?"

"Making what float?"

"The glass!" She shouts.

"Yes it is!" You reply. The waitress gives a confused and annoyed look, but shakes her head instead of continuing.

"I was going to ask if you all needed refills."

"No, we're fine. Actually, we need a couple boxes for the food we have left." You say.

"Alright. I'll be right back with that." She says with a smile again.

You open your bag a little, just enough to see Pin Point.

"We almost got saw!" You say. Pin Point giggles and you shut the bag again.

Your waitress returns moments later with your boxes. Justin and you both pack up your things and leave the restaurant, but not before leaving a generous tip.

"That was a pretty nice place." Dark says once you're back in the car.

"Yeah." You reply.

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A dimly lit television screen flickers in front of a single person in a dark room. Various pictures of different ponies litter the walls and floor and footage of different ponies plays on the television. The man in the center of the room is interrupted in his pony studies by one of his associates.

"Sir?"

"Yes?" The man replies.

"We've located the source of the portal rift. We've got a very strong signal this time." After a few seconds of silence the man stands from his chair.

"Finally..." He says as he approaches the television. "I've waited years to get my hands on one of these pony-like creatures. I know that their powers can be harvested." He turns to his associate. "I've known that for quite some time now..."

"Yes, sir." He replies.

"Take me there." The man orders as he leaves the room. The door shuts and nearly all light leaves the room, making the only visible thing the television screen with a video of a blue and gold maned mare and a brown coated stallion walking through a parking lot with a couple of humans.