Chapter 2: Dinky's Mystery
The sun shined bright and early as Derpy got up, got showered and started making Breakfast. Being Derpy, it was muffins. Duuuuh?! What else would she make? As she made the muffins, she knocked on Dinky's door and walked in. The filly was sleeping soundly, the covers all twisted, which told Derpy Dinky wasn't completely use to sleeping in a bed. How odd. Derpy gentley put a hoof on Dinky and whispered her name.
"Dinky? Dinky? Time to get up for school," Derpy whispered, taking her hoof off the filly as Dinky opened her eyes. Dinky rubbed her eyes, and slowly got out of bed, the covers shifting over the side of the bed as the filly got off.
"Go get washed up Dinky. I put a extra toothpaste and a toothbrush in the bathroom for you. Then come down for Breakfast," Derpy told Dinky with a smile. Despite the pegasus's cross-eyed look, Dinky knew she was happy. Dinky went to get washed up before Derpy went back down to the kitchen to finish the muffins. Once the muffins were done, Derpy got them out of the oven with a mitten and waited for them to cool. She put the muffins in a basket out on the table for Breakfast. Within minutes, Dinky walked into the kitchen all washed up. Derpy sat at the table as Dinky approached.
"Good morning Dinky. Would you like a muffin?" Dinky said, taking a muffin for herself. Dinky smiled and took a muffin too. They ate for a while until it was time to head to school.
"Come on Dinky. We need to get you to school!" Derpy said, letting Dinky finish her muffin. Dinky grabbed her backpack and went outside with Derpy.
"Hop on!" Derpy said, motioning for the filly to get on her back. Dinky did as she was instructed, and then Derpy went flying straight in the direction of the school. They got there in no time, and Dinky got off of Derpy's back.
"Bye Dinky! Have a good day at school!" Derpy said, waving goodbye to the filly as she waved back. Once Dinky was gone, Derpy's face grew serious as she flew to the home of a certain pony inventor. She knocked fiercely on the door before waiting. The door opened, and Dr. Hooves greeted her.
"Ah, Derpy. Nice to see you. Thank goodness you're here! Have you seen Dinky? She didn't come back her after school last night and I'm worried!" Dr. Hooves exclaimed.
"Yes. I saw her walking home and invited her back to my place. She's at school right now as we speak," Derpy replied.
"Phew! Thank goodness. So, what did you come here to talk discuss?" Dr. Hooves responded. Derpy's face grew angry and serious. Her cross-eyed look now looking scary.
"DR. HOOVES! You have some explaining to do!" Derpy said angrily. Her gaze not moving an inch away from the doctor pony.
"D-Derpy? What do you mean?" the male pony asked, as he nervously stared at Derpy. The mail pony took and deep breath, exhaled, then looked at Dr. Hooves again with a serious and concerned look.
"Dr. Hooves, I found Dinky walking home from school at sunset. And when she told me about staying here, well ... I had to come and talk to you. How could you put your inventions first before Dinky?! I know you're an inventor, but that's no reason to ignore or neglect her like that! How could you be so selfish?!" Derpy exclaimed angrily.
"You're right Derpy. I should have taken better care of little Dinky. I mean I help take care of her. But you are correct with no spending time with her. Ohhh. I feel ashamed! But I couldn't just let the poor thing just trot all over Ponyville! Especially when I found her in that box. I had to do something!" Dr. Hooves replied. Derpy's eyes widened.
"You found her in a box?! Why?" Derpy asked in shock, not being able to believe what she had just heard.
"I found her sleeping in a box in an alleyway. She only had a few things with her. I couldn't just leave her like that!" Dr. Hooves explained.
"Wait! You mean ... Dinky is homeless? Does she have any paperwork?" Derpy asked. The Doctor nodded and went to get Dinky's papers.
"It isn't much, but it's what she had with her. Here," Dr. Hooves said giving the gray pegasus the papers. True to his word it wasn't much to go on. All the documents Derpy had was a birth certificate, medical records, and other bits of information.
"Doctor, I know it isn't right to get involved in other pony's business, but for Dinky's sake, I want to see what else I can find out about her. And, if it's okay with you, I might consider adopting her. She can still see you, but I don't want her to feel lonely. We can both help her out when the other is busy. If that makes sense," Derpy offered. Dr. Hooves thought about it.
"You're right. I can watch her when you do mail deliveries later than normal, and you can watch her when my days or nights are busy as well. And we both can coopeate as best as possible. Yes, that is a good idea," Dr. Hooves agreed before he and the gray pegasus shook hooves.
"Wish me luck," Derpy said before taking the papers and trotting out of The Doctor's house towards the Ponyville Hospital.
"Hello Derpy. What can I do for you?" the nurse at fhe front desk asked the cross-eyed pony. The clumbsy pony put the papers on the desk.
"I found out some info about Dinky from Dr. Hooves, but I have no idea about her parents or background other than these papers. Could you help me?" Derpy tried explaining as best she could. The nurse pony nodded and took the papers. Derpy sat in the waiting room as the nurses and doctors searched the papers with their files. After what felt like hours, a nurse came back.
"I have a pony here for a filly named Dinky? Hello?" the nurse pony asked.
"Here!" Derpy said before following the nurse to a separate check-up room. The nurse sighed.
"Miss Derpy. We looked everywhere. But our records don't show anything about Dinky before you gave us the papers. I am afraid, Dinky is an orphan," the nurse pony sadly told Derpy.
"May I adopt her? I have no fillies of my own. Dr. Hooves even agreed to adopt with me!" Derpy said hopefully.
"Well, considering no pony seems to be taking care of her or claiming any responsible for the filly, then yes. But you will have to fill out the form with Dr. Hooves. Both parents must be present to formally adopt. Unless, you wished to adopt Dinky as the only parent, but that's not the case according to you. So, anytime will work. Just give us a call," the nurse pony told the gray pegasus.
"Thank you nurse!" Derpy said happily before letting out a 'Squeak!' of glee. She then took the papers, then trotted out of the hospital, and headed for home.