It’s Spike’s birthday and everypony in town is celebrating it with him. Everypony, except Royal Riff. Why isn’t he at the party with all of his friends? Is something bothering him?

This story is inspired by this song, which was inspired by this story.

This story has been a long time in the making. I would like to thank everyone who helped me with it, especially the proof-readers who helped me out more than they know. I would especially like to thank my friend FlashKenshin77 for his help with a certain pony's dialogue.