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// Chapter 5-Visiting Derpy as a Family 
// Story: Of Softness and of Chaos 
// by Creativa-Artly01 
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A few days later, Fluttershy and her girls make their way to Derpy’s after putting together a basket of all of Derpy and Dinky’s favorite goodies. “Bubbles, muffins, check and check, we’re good to go,” says Fluttershy that morning as Screwball uses her magic to tie the ribbon to the basket. They then head out the door. A few minutes later, they arrive at Derpy’s where they’re greeted at the door by Dinky. 

“Hey Dinky,” says Screwball. “Can we come in?” 

“Sure,” nods Dinky. She leads the three inside and over to where her mom is sat in a rocking chair near a windowsill. 

“What happened?” Inquires Fluttershy. “How did the surgery go so wrong?” She sits down in front of Derpy and hands her the basket. Derpy feels inside and pulls out a blueberry muffin to snack on. With the help of Dinky’s magic, Derpy gets the wrapper off. 

Derpy finally speaks. “Flutters, I wish I knew what went so wrong. All I heard as it was happening was the panicked voices of my doctors saying they messed up, saying it made me blind. I began to panic. That surgery was supposed to fix my eyes not make me go blind. I sued, only got a measly 200,000 bits out of 700,000 I was owed. We’re still working to get the rest of the money. I also wish doc was here. It’s hard going through this without him.” She lets out a sigh. “Where the heck in time and space is he? I wish I knew.” She begins to tear up and cry. She misses the Doctor so much. 

A few minutes later, the girls go upstairs to talk and catch up with Fluttershy and Derpy’s permission of course so the two of them can continue to talk in private. “So your dad still hasn’t come back, that must be rough,” says Flittersoft to Dinky. 

“Yeah, and mom is taking that super hard and I can’t blame her,” sighs Dinky, “I just wish he were here, for her sake. Right now she needs him the most. You’d think time would be able to wait.” 

“Yeah, you’d think,” adds Screwball. “You really do deserve him back in your lives.” 

“Yeah, don’t we know it,” giggles Dinky, “but heck if that ever happens.” She goes to a shelf and pulls out a worn photo album and opens it and shows the pictures to her friends. “He was there when I was born then he just disappeared…into the time stream. Who knows when or where he even is anymore?” She lets out another sigh. “I just wish he were here with us. I miss him.” She begins to tear up and cry a bit herself. “I just want him home, here with us, with mom and me.” 

“Yeah, and you will someday, Dinks,” responds Screwball as she goes over and hugs her friend. “Surely, he’ll come back someday.” 

“Yeah, here’s hoping,” sighs Dinky with a sniffle. They change the subject after a few minutes before going on to talk for hours on end. Meanwhile, downstairs, Derpy and Fluttershy do the same. It’s been an all around great visit, Fluttershy just wishes it was under different circumstances that weren’t her best friend being almost completely blind that is.