>"Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear... uh... Happy birthday to you!" >This is not exactly how you planned spending your birthday, but you're not complaining. >The incident was well over six months ago, you're used to things as they are now >But your twentieth birthday is too unlike all the others >Namely because everypon- EVERYONE you know is pastel and hooved >Your dad and brother are here, and your mom bothered to drop by >Your only two friends are here too >You wish you could remember what their names were >You wish you could remember what their faces looked like >But that's not what you're all here for >The time for lamenting what you can't remember has long past >It's time for cake and balloons, fun and friends >You are a cyan-furred blue-maned unicorn >And you are happier than you've ever been >Sure, your own name escapes everypony >But that doesn't matter when you're setting up the monopoly board >Even when your feathered friend blows over the board when he goes bankrupt, you can't help but laugh >Funny, you'd've chewed his flan- ASS out this time last year >"Why don't we watch a movie?" Your little brother suggests >Hm, still sounds awkward in your head, you should all just choose names or something already "Sounds great, I'll put on something." >Even your voice sounds happier than you ever remember it being >Looking to the shelf of movies, you lock your eyes on the best of the bunch: Blazing Saddles >"Good choice uh... birthday pony!" your earth friend responds >Seems he didn't notice his mistake >Oh well >Movie time >You laugh with everyp- everyone else, something you're glad you get to see >Earth friend never smiled, and your mom was never without her scowl >Now they're smiling like they've never known anything else >Yeah, this kinda is the best birthday ever >Maybe it's time to let go of that little voice that keeps telling you the truths you don't remember