My Little Pony - The Legend of Friendship (MLP remake with male OC added)

35. Generous Greedy Dragon

Today was Spike's birthday and Star Twinkle was on his way to the Golden Oak Library to attend his birthday party.

He carried a bunch of presents on his back.
In one of them were some gems that he dug out outside of Ponyville.
It took him one day to find only a bag full of gems.
But it worried him since he thought it wasn't enough.

He had no idea what he should do if Spike didn't like his present.

Trying to find a present for Twilight's birthday a little while ago, wasn't easy either.
He knew that she likes books but what kind of books?

He once asked her in a really subtle way in hope that she wouldn't find out.
But he had the feeling that she was looking through him and hinted at a specific book.

When he was about to buy the book, that Twilight hinted at, he realized that there were several volumes of this book.
Of course, Twilight didn't tell him which volume she had in mind so he decided to buy every single one.
All seven volumes...

Star Twinkle didn't even know what the book was about but Twilight seemed to like it.
She even seemed to be happy after hearing the story about how he bought the books.
She said it was really thoughtful of him.

Going by that logic, Star Twinkle could give Spike a gem to his birthday.
Would that be too obvious?
And what kind of gem is it supposed to be?
Since Spike eats those things.
Are there different flavors?
Star Twinkle came to the conclusion that birthdays are way too complicated for him.

Because of that, he found some more presents to give him.
Ranging from completely random to decently handy ones.

With his presents on his back, he finally arrived at the Golden Oak Library.
He was relieved when he saw how the rest of the girls were about to enter the library.
That way, he wouldn't have the feeling that he was too early or too late.

"Howdy there, Star Twinkle!" Applejack greeted.

"Are you planning to move into the library or why do you have so many boxes on your back?" Rainbow Dash wondered.

It may look a little strange, seeing Star Twinkle carrying a tower of presents on his back.
For a moment, he was wondering how he could balance them all on his back at all.

"Didn't know what you should get for the little dragon?" Applejack asked teasingly.

"How could you tell?" Star Twinkle said sarcastically.

"Star Twinkle, darling, you worry too much about those things," Rarity said, lifting some presents of off his back with her magic.
"A present is more important if it comes from the bottom of your heart.
Take this ruby for example," she said presenting Star Twinkle a red heart-shaped ruby, that she was wearing around her neck.
"It was a present from my little Spikey-wikey,"

"Spikey-wikey?" Star Twinkle said confused.

"He was saving this ruby for himself for a long time but he decided to give it to me.
It was one of the most kindest and generous things I've ever experienced,"

Her face was filled with pure happiness after retelling this story.
In fact, Star Twinkle never saw Rarity this happy before.

They eventually, decided to enter the library together.
As they entered the library, everypony gave Spike his presents and wished him a happy birthday.
But Spike looked at his presents with a confused look on his face and wasn't sure how to react.

"Don't you know you get presents on your birthday?" Rainbow Dash asked confused.

"Well, actually, this is my first birthday in Ponyville... I usually just get one present... from Twilight. A book," he replied with a rather bored or annoyed look on his face.