//------------------------------// // Training // Story: A Story About Bubbles // by creation62 //------------------------------// "So THAT'S how you became a mailstallion!" Dinky was on the edge of the bed. Derpy mocked an offended expression. "Ahem?" "Oh, sorry, mailmare." Dinky rolled her eyes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It was Ditzy's first day of training. She and Paper Mache were flying around Canterlot. Mache was teaching her the basics of being employed by the postal service. Ditzy was using her wonderful ability to tune people out. "...which means we're banned from it. Anyway, being a mailstallion..." Ditzy snapped back to attention and mocked an offended expression. "Ahem?" Mache paused. It took him a moment to realize what he had done. He rolled his eyes and corrected himself. "...being a mailMARE, you need to know how to fly carefully." Ditzy rolled one of her eyes and flipped onto her back. "Psh, careful is my middle name. Ditzy. Careful. Do-" Thats when she collided with the vegetable cart. It toppled over, spilling the vendors goods onto the street. "MY CABBAGES!" Ditzy quickly corrected herself and caught up to Mache. He was laughing histariously. "That never happened." Mache wiped tears away from his eyes and managed to continue. "Right, anyway, lets just go over the route." He finally calmed himself as he pulled out a map from his saddle bag."The maps pretty complicated, take a look." Canterlot was known as the most annoying city for pegasi ever. Most houses were no-fly-zones, others were guarded, and the rare few that were fine to fly past were clogged with sky-traffic. "Now this is our start point." Mache pointed to a small house on the outskirts of town. "And then we go... here, here, here, here, here..." His hoof zigzagged all over the map. "...here, and... here. Now, most ponies take weeks to memorize all the twists and turns, so take a rough crack at explaining to me whatever i just said." Ditzy looked over at him with a confused look. "What are you talking about? That wasn't complicated. All you need to do is this, this, this..." After fully tracing the route, she looked back at Mache. His face was in awe. "Read that again." Ditzy nevously retraced the route. Mache was staring directly at her face. "Um... What are you doing...?" Shock spread onto Maches face, followed closely by awe. "Do... Do you realize what your eyes are doing?" Ditzy looked quietly to the ground. Her first real chance at a job was also ruined by her stupid derpy eyes. "Oh, they're acting weird again aren't they... I'm so sorry, i'll just go." "Wait! No no no! Stay here! Let me explain what just... happened." Mache's eyes panned left and right, seeming to search the air for the words his mind lacked. "Your eyes are... well, they're looking at different parts of the map." Noticing Ditzy's confusion, he tried another word. "They're scanning it. Connecting the different points. Its... Hard to explain." He pushed the map in front of her again. "Here, try to notice it this time." Ditzy scanned the map. She suddenly noticed the distinct difference in her vision. "Wait a second. Tell me..." She pointed to two points on the map. "these are... right next to each other... right?" Mache glanced over between his wing flaps. His face was pensive. "Those are on opposite ends of the map." "Huh. I guess i just connect th-" Ditzy connected into the side of the barn. Mache glanced back. "SORRY?" He yelled back in a sarcastic tone. "YOU CONNECT THE WHAT?" Ditzy thought her cutie mark might end up changing into a headache. "The..." She sighed. "Dots." "If I knew how it worked, I would tell you. It just clicks, you know?" Ditzy was trying to tell Mystic about her newfound ability. It turns out it wasn't just maps; Diagrams, drawings, she could even look at pictures and perfectly analyze them. "Well, maybe you should talk to Princess Celestia." Mystic stuffed a roll into his mouth. "Fee migft felt joo." Ditzy giggled a little. "Mystic!" Her voice turned sarcastically regal. "Didn't your nanny tell you about chewing with your mouth full?" Mystic managed to swallow his roll. "I said, she might help you." Ditzy looked down. She quietly whispered to herself, "But... I don't... I don't need..." Mystic looked up from his plate. "What was that?" "I said," Ditzy explained, feeling more confident, "I don't need help anymore!" She laughed to herself. "I'm the best darn map-reader in all of equestria! I feel on top of the world!" She knocked over Mystic's glass. "Oops." Mystic managed a smirk. "Well, at least you've got job security then!" Ditzy giggled to herself. "Yeah, i guess i do. I feel like I could take on anything now!" Mystic's smirk widened into a smile. "Well, not everything." Ditzy started to flap her wings to look bigger. "Oh yeah? Name the time and the place." "Hmm..." Mystic turned pensive, and started to look shy. "How about the theater? At... say... 8?" "Sure! What am i gonna do? Act? Sing? Dance?" Mystic smiled. "Oh, much harder. You're going to go on a date with me." Ditzy's face turned to shock. Mystic's smile faded. "That is, you know, if you want to." He looked down at his plate. What have i done? He looked back up to Ditzy. She was literally vibrating. Her smile covered her whole face. "Uh... Ditzy? Are you ok?" She kept vibrating in her seat, wings pinned to her side. Mystic prodded her with his hoof, and he swears to this day she dissapeared. "Ditzy? DITZY?" He looked around panicked. Then he heard something in the distance above him. "WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" He looked up just in time to see Ditzy disappear behind a cloud. Alright Mystic, just take that as a yes.