"And then I said to him," Gallus said sitting up at his table in the cafeteria. "I may not be a wonderbolt, but I can still fly better than you!"

Smolder and Silverstream let out a boisterous laugh in reponse. Smolder because she actually found the story funny, Silverstream because pretty much everything was funny to her.

Yona and Ocellus on the other hand were just staring at him with raised eyebrows.

"Yona not get joke..." the Yak exclaimed looking at Gallus. Gallus sighed in response.

"I don't really get the joke either. It sounds like the joke is just you being snarky to him. Not very nice if you ask me." Ocellus said with a slight frown, crossing her fore-hooves over her chest.

Gallus opened his beak to explain, but he was cut off when a certain pale green earth pony pranced into the room, putting a letter in front of each of the creatures. It was a white envelope with a smiley face drawn on it.

The five blinked down at them confusedly, only taking their eyes off them to turn to Sandbar who was simply standing there, staring at them expectantly with a dumb smile on his face.

They returned their gaze to the envelopes on the table and, with a unified shrug, they began tearing into the envelopes, pulling out the letters.

"Dear Gallus/Ocellus/Smolder/Silverstream/Yona." Gallus started reading.

"You are here by invited to my birthday party on the tenth." Ocellus continued.

"Which is in 10 days (I know you don't have a calendar Smolder)?" Smolder finished with a raised eyebrow. "How did you..."

"What's with the letters?" Gallus asked, setting his down staring at the pony.

"I mean... I thought the reason would have been pretty obvious... maybe I should have been more specific..." Sandbar mumbled putting a hoof to his chin.

"No, no, no. I got the point. It's your birthday in ten days, yeah. But like... why didn't you just tell us?" The Gryphon asked again.

Sandbar paused, not saying anything for a couple minutes. "Uhhh..."

"Ah it's fine Sandbar. You should get out of here though." Silverstream said. "We are going to start talking about what gifts to get you!"

"Oh right yeah!" Sandbar said with a smile, before turning around and starting to walk away waving to his friends. "I don't want any surprises spoiled, so I'll see you guys later!"

Everyone watched him as he left. The second he was out of earshot and eye shot everyone quickly turned back to their cards.

"What the heck is a birthday?" Smolder asked as she read over her letter once again.

"You don't know what a birthday is?" Silverstream said, perking up with a smile. "Oh it's just the best. Basically all of your friends and family come over to your house and then you play a ton of games like conch shell toss and the hook game-"

"Hook game?" Gallus asked leaning over to get a better look at the Hippogryph, confusion on his face.

"Yeah! Basically there are these hooks tied to string that you lower into the party zone from up above, and they have food attached to them, and you have to get um off. If you don't manage to get it all off though, you get hooked and dragged all the way up towards the surface! It's so fun!" Silverstream cried out, excitedly standing up in he seat and throwing her claws into the air.

Everyone else just stared at her for a couple seconds.

"You know that really doesn't answer my question..."

"Well uhh... us changelings don't really do birthday parties either. Mostly because of Chrysalis. Like... we celebrated her birthday as some kinda holiday, but really all the celebration consisted of was us giving all our love to Chrysalis while she lounged on her throne all day." Ocellus said as she shank in her seat, muttering something about Chrysalis being a terrible ruler.

"Yeah I never had a birthday party either. Not because Gryphons don't celebrate them or anything, I just never knew what day I was actually born on."

"Oh you didn't? Did you ever try asking your pa-" Smolder started, but she was shut up when Ocellus rather roughly, for a meek little changeling at least, jabbed her in the ribs with an elbow.

"Yeah I would of, but I never knew them. I just showed up on grandpa gruff's porch one day in a basket. You know he literally took the basket and left me outside for two days?" Gallus grumbled crossing his forelegs over his chest and snarling. "Crazy old codger."

"What about you Smolder?" Silverstream asked the dragon, wanting to quickly change the subject to a less depressing topic.

"Dragons don't have birthdays. I mean, literally all dragons are kinda born on the exact same day so you aren't really the special birthday drake who everyone is going to throw a party for." Smolder shrugged.

"Oh my... not being special? That sounds awful!" Silverstream cried out putting her claws on the side of her head.

"Ehhh... I think I'm still pretty special. I betcha I could beat all four of you in a fight if I wanted to." Smolder said with a smirk, flexing one of her arms to prove her point.

"How about you, Yona? How do Yaks do birthdays?" Ocellus asked, turning to the Yak, who was literally shaking in her seat waiting for the chance to explain the superior yak birthday celebration ritual to her friends.

"Yak birthdays best birthdays!" Yona cried out, sitting up and slamming her hooves on the table with a wide smile. The entire table shook, knocking over glasses and flinging silverware into the air.

"First, yak family gathers up logs and-" Yona started.

"Then you smash them?" All four of the other students finished for her.

"Well... if friends need to spoil ending..." Yona mumbled quietly, visibly deflating.

"So, we've had a nice bonding session over this culture exchanging," Gallus said leaning into the table and resetting his silverware after it had been launched at least a couple feet into the air. "But, do any of you guys know how ponies celebrate their birthdays?"

There was an awkward silence. Ocellus was the first to break the silence.

"Maybe we should ask Professor Pinkie..."

"You young uns did the right thing coming to you're old auntie pinkie for this." Professor Pinkie said, eyes narrowed in thought.

She was sitting in a chair in her office, which was actually Twilight's office but she was out for lunch. The five creatures we know and probably love were standing in front of her desk staring at her with alternating faces of concern and fear.

Pinkie Pie suddenly sat up a wide smile on her face. "Don't worry about the party at all. Sandbar actually came to me earlier the other day to ask if I would help him set up the perfect birthday party which I was more than happy to agree to! All you need to worry about is getting him some birthday presents!"

"Presents?" Smolder asked with a raised brow.

"Yeah! They are a truly vital part of any equine birthday! You need to get presents, which usually mean some kind of sentimental value to the receiver. Also, make sure it's not more than 30 bits. You don't want to go to expensive or you'll end up looking like a meanie who wants to upstage their friends." Pinkie explained quickly getting out of the office chair quickly bouncing along the ground towards the exit of the room.

"Now then," Pinkie continued at the exit. "If you guys need me, I will be at Sugar Cube Corner! Oh, and if Twilight asked, please tell her I wasn't here. She usually doesn't like it when I sit in her chair!"

And like that, with a burst of confetti, Pinkie Pie disappeared.

The five students quickly turned to each other.

"We need to get jobs." Ocellus exclaimed. The rest nodded in agreement.

Author's Note

This is my first non-one shot to be about the young six. I hope to make it charming and cute. Ya know, cause it's cute.