Being an accident-prone pony has many drawbacks. Now, however, is the worst time for Derpy's mistakes to take their latest toll on her finances.
When paying for damages incurred by her clumsiness leaves her unable to pay for her daughter's birthday present, she is determined that Dinky will have a wonderful day anyhow.
That’s easier said than done, however, when the only pony you have to turn to in a crisis is yourself.
Or so she thinks.
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Cute story, and I always liked this artwork.
Further evidence that Luna is best princess.
Seriously though I almost cried I was so happy for Derpy getting her wish. Very nicely done, I can't wait to see what you have in store for us in the future.
Oh this is getting so fav'd!
Very well written, I'm glad to see such a good one shot. Keep up the great work
Honestly, Something about the sentence structure here made this difficult for me to read.
Short and sweet.
Good work!
This... made me cry tears of joy...
Well done.
That was absolutely adorable and very well done
Luna helps Derpy FTW
Great story.
:,) *starts crying like a filly*
that was... that was :,D
That was lovely, just lovely
That was so sweet and touching. I'm adding this to my favorites.
Oh. See my avatar?
You made it cry.
That was beautiful. And seriously, reading fics on YouTube, reviewing them, writing great works... is there anything you can't do?!
4239158 I meant to elaborate on why that is. But I was having trouble piecing my thoughts into words and then I just forgot. But now I remembered.
I couldn't figure out how to summarize it all so I just gave the whole story an editing pass and put it in this link. Make of it what you will.
Very beautiful and a truly lovely story.
And I can't explain really, but thank you for the story.
I love heartwarming little stories like these, and I've got to say, you did a fantastic job, Scribbler. I teared up a bit at the end.
I LOVE IT.
this story is so sweet ,so sad, and truly shows the love a mother has for their child.
it needs a small sequal to show who the staliions was I really want to know.
Today I finished two fan fics first was love letters to which I had stopped because it was sad enough to make me have to pause halfway through when I figured out how it end. I forced my way through it and found it to be quite a good story, a bit tragic but I thought it was very nice. This fic on the other hand I hadn't been able to finish due to being busy, however I must say it turned out to be quite pleasant and very heart warming. Thank you for writing something so uplifting that cheered me up after reading love letters. I really enjoyed the pretrial of luna here as she is giving a more personal ruler helping her subjects individually. Thank you, this is why you are one of my favorite authors.
This was terrific. I seem to have a real soft spot for fics with elements of fairytale. Any plans to turn this into a reading?
I think fimfiction has a glitch the last bit of that chapter got all blurry.
I always loved that piece of art, and you made it truly heart-breaking in a way I didn't expect.
Simple and touching, and despite not being a Hearth's Warming fic it would fit rather well at this time of year. I really liked how you portrayed Derpy's love for Dinky -- that was certainly my favourite part of the fic. Not quite the ending I'd expected or hoped for (in which the doll wasn't perfect, and was loved even more as a result) but it's hard to be critical of that. I certainly enjoyed reading this one.
Absolutely beautiful. This is going in Rated 'E' for Everyone
This was so lovely, heartfelt and charming... I cannot tell you how pleased I am to have had any little role in helping to inspire it!
This was a great story. i love the dynamic between the three characters. I always imagined Sparkler in the role of the surrogate sister to Dinky.
A lovely one-shot, Scribbler. So many of the best fics on fimficiton are inspired by art works or songs. Perhaps I should start looking around for more diverse forms of inspiration.
I can't begin to imagine who difficult it is for a mother in Derpy's position to take care of a child. I'm surprised society allows her to keep Dinky, judging her incapable to of being a parent. But I guess the laws are more lax in the magical land of Equestria.
Luna helping Derpy get her wish was so sweet. I'm glad she just did simple stuff instead of including lavish gifts or something. It would take away from all the hard work Derpy put into getting her daughter's birthday right. And it would seem like something Derpy could do herself. Still, I wonder if Dinky will ever find out that the cake came from a princess? I bet she would be thrilled to learn that Princess Luna cares enough about her to send her a birthday gift.
Wonderfully done Scribbler, I know this is an older story of yours, but gosh darn it, I'm a sucker for warm fuzzy fluff stories like this, and this one delivered in spades.