//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: Muffins, CMC, Rainbow Dash and No Cures // Story: Dinky's Bucket List // by Br0nyb0y123 //------------------------------// Dinky is now apart of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, she was proud of it, the more she thought about it, she asked the girls before School ended that if they wanted to go to Sugarcube Corner and have some muffins, the 3 crusaders instantly agreed to, on the way there, Apple Bloom decided to ask her a question about her cancer, "Dinky? What kind of cancer is it that you have?" She asked. "Horn cancer" Dinky replied. "Oh, sorry, what are your' chances?" Apple Bloom asked once again. "70/30" Dinky replied again. "We're all sorry to hear that, Dinky" Scootaloo said. "Yeah" Sweetie Belle but in, "Have you made a bucket list?" "Yeah, I have, finding my cutie mark is one of my main objectives" Dinky replied to Sweetie Belle. "What are your other goals?" Apple Bloom asked, while fixing her bow. "Um........make amends with people who hate me, meet Rainbow Dash, meet the Royal Family, meet my dad for one last time and finally, say goodbye to everybody" Dinky spoke. "You're a fan of Rainbow Dash?" Asked Scootaloo. "Yeah, she's awesome" Dinky replied. "I know right, I want to be just like her when I grow up" Scootaloo said. "You know, Dinky? My big sister and Sweetie Belle's big sister are best friends with Rainbow Dash, if you want us to, then we can ask them to ask Rainbow to meet you?" Apple Bloom asked. "Yeah, I'll ask Rarity about it tonight" Sweetie Belle squeaked. "You guys would do that for me?" Dinky asked with a quiet tone in her voice. "Anything for a fellow crusader and good friend" The CMC all smiled. Dinky teared up a little, none of her other friends did anything like this for her, she was getting more and more grateful for being a Cutie Mark Crusader the more her friends looked out for her, "Thanks girls, I really appreciate it" Dinky smiled back. "Dinky, is it OK if I ask you another question?" Scootaloo asked. "Sure thing, ask away" Dinky said. "You mentioned something about meeting your dad for the last time?" she curiously asked. "Yeah, why do you ask?" She asked back. "It's just I can relate, I never really knew my dad well, or my parents for that matter" She said. "You're an orphan aren't you?" Dinky asked. Scootaloo nodded, "I'm an orphan as well, my parents died not long after I was born, it's just been me, Applejack, Big Macintosh and Granny Smith" Apple Bloom proclaimed. "Girls, since you guys are being so nice to me, I'll ask Pinkie Pie if she could give you a free cake, how about that?" "That would be great Dinky" They all said, "Thanks" The 4 finally made it to Sugarcube Corner, they all went inside to see that it wasn't just Pinkie Pie there, but also Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity and Scootaloo and Dinky's hero, Rainbow Dash. Once the 4 went in they were instantly greeted with "hi"s and "hello"s by the 6 older ponies, and Pinkie Pie, had a large basket of muffins with Dinky's name on it, keeping true to her promise, "Hey Dinky, you came for the muffins?" Pinkie smiled and asked. "Yes please, Pinkie" Dinky replied and smiled back. "Here ya' go" Pinkie said as she passed the basket to her. "Thank you, Pinkie. Oh, and Pinkie?" Dinky thanked and asked. "Yes?" Pinkie asked and replied. "If it's no problem, could you please give my three friends a cake as well?" Dinky asked. "Sure thing" Pinkie said. "Thank you Pinkie!" Dinky and her fellow crusaders said. Pinkie got each of the 3, their favorite cupcakes, she knew which ones were their favorites due to them ordering them whenever they are in the bakery most of the time, Pinkie got Apple Bloom a caramel apple cupcake, she then gave Scootaloo a chocolate fudge cupcake and finally gave Sweetie Belle a banana cream cupcake, all of the girls said thanks to Pinkie, and Rainbow Dash unexpectedly asked, "Dinky, aren't you Derpy's kid?" "Yes" Dinky said shyly and quietly to her hero. "What was that, Dinky?" Rainbow asked. "Yes" She replied a little bit louder. "Huh, I remember Derpy. Me, her and Fluttershy were always up to antics when we were younger back in Cloudsdale, eh Fluttershy?" She nudged Fluttershy. "Oh yes, we....we were always up to things when we were younger, I was always the more careful one of the group" Fluttershy said softly. "Did your mom ever tell you the story of how her eye ended up the way it is now?" Rainbow asked Dinky. "Nope" She shook her head. "Well, when we were younger. we tried pulling off a prank on our gym teacher in high school that involved salt, the plan back fired and some salt went into Derpy's eye, it messed with one of her blood vessels and caused it to go lazy" Rainbow told. "Really? I never knew that" Dinky replied. "Well, now you do, what does Derpy do now?" Rainbow asked curiously. "She's a mailpony" Dinky replied. "Awesome. I heard the pay is good." She said. "It is. Rainbow, can I ask you something?" Dinky asked her. "Sure thing, Dinky. What's up?" Rainbow asked back. "It's just, that I've got cancer now, and on my bucket list, one of my goals was to meet you and have a photo taken with you, if that wouldn't be a problem?" Dinky asked. "Oh my god! You have cancer, I'm sorry to hear that, Dinky" Rainbow said "And I'd love for a fan to have a photo taken with me, but I don't have a camera with me at the moment, sorry" "Oh, it's OK" Dinky said feeling a tiny bit disappointed at herself. "Oh, darling, it's OK, I've got a camera in my saddle-pack, I've been taking pictures for design influences on my new dresses" Rarity said, as she was getting a camera out of her saddle-pack. "Thank you Rarity." Dinky said. Dinky went beside Rainbow Dash and the both of them smiled for Rarity's camera, Rarity had a digital camera and said she'd print it out in 2 days or so, Dinky thanked her, and Rarity said she had to go afterwards, and Sweetie Belle went with her, as it was heading up for dinner at their home. "Thanks for taking the picture with me, Rainbow Dash" Dinky thanked her. "You're welcome, besides, anything for a fan" Rainbow said as she patted Dinky head. "Sugercube. Just out of curiosity, what kind of cancer is it you have, if you don't mind me asking? Applejack asked. "I have a rare case of horn cancer" Dinky said. "What are your chances?" Twilight asked. "She told us she has a 70/30 chance, is that right, Dinky?" Scootaloo asked. "Mhmm" Dinky nodded. "Twi, don't you have a book of cures in your home somewhere?" Applejack asked Twilight. "Not that I'm aware of" Twilight pondered. "It's OK, I don't think there is a cure found for horn cancer yet" Dinky said. "We can check, if you want to?" Twilight asked Dinky. "That would be great, Twilight, thanks" Dinky replied. "You're very welcome" Twilight said back. Dinky had one of her muffins, they were chocolate chip and very tasty, she offered a muffin to everypony else but they all declined one, they must have all been full with cakes they had earlier. Rainbow Dash was shocked that her childhood best friend's daughter was dying, so she decided to say something to Dinky, "You know, Dinky, you're really brave to be going through this" She said. "I'm not as brave as you, Rainbow" Dinky replied. "What makes you say that?" Rainbow asked, slightly puzzled. "Well, you're Rainbow Dash, only the most coolest, daredevil pony in all of Equestria. You can do anything in the air, why you're not in the Wonderbolts is anypony's guess" Dinky replied. "Listen, Dinky, you don't need to be a Wonderbolt or a daredevil like me to be awesome or brave, you don't need to be a high flyer, but when you have an illness that's killing you, and you're being cool about it, then Dinky, you're more braver than any Wonderbolt or me, for that matter, you're the bravest filly I've ever met." She said. Dinky, who stood there, and was extremely over-whelmed by the fact, that her hero, called her "the bravest filly I've ever met" made a tear slowly drip from her eye, Dinky gave Rainbow Dash a big hug, which surprised Rainbow at first, but Rainbow went with the hug, seeing how she knew Dinky would want a hug from her after saying that, Fluttershy, who was usually a sucker for things like this, gave a warm smile and a small tear dripped from her eye, as she watched Dinky cry into Rainbow's shoulder, Applejack, Apple Bloom, Twilight and Pinkie also gave a warm smile, "Thanks, Rainbow" Dinky said. "You're welcome" Rainbow replied as they both let go of each other. "Well, me and Apple Bloom got to go guys, Granny Smith is making dinner for us, I'll probably see you guys later" "Bye" All the other ponies said. "Hey, Scootaloo and Dinky, you guys free tomorrow?" Apple Bloom asked. "Yes, I am" Scootaloo replied. "I don't know I'll check with my mom, Apple Bloom" Dinky also replied. "OK, then, see ya both later" Apple Bloom said. "Bye" Scootaloo and Dinky replied. Applejack and Apple Bloom both left Sugarcube Corner for Sweet Apple Acres, a short while later, Fluttershy left as well, to check up on her animals, Fluttershy wished Dinky the best, and Dinky was grateful and thanked her, Pinkie Pie was still talking to Rainbow Dash about what she was doing on the weekend, as the both of them were meeting up tomorrow for a drink, Twilight wanted to find out more about Dinky's cancer and asked Dinky, "Dinky, I'm going over to my place to check about your cancer, you coming?" "Sure thing" Dinky replied. "Can I come as well?" Scootaloo asked. "Sure, you can tag along" Twilight smiled. "Thanks" Scootaloo smiled back. Twilight and the 2 fillies both left the bakery and said bye to Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, and Dinky once again, thanked Pinkie for the basket, which Dinky obviously took with her. The 3 ponies walk didn't take too long, only about 6 minutes to get from the bakery to Twilight's tree home, the 3 went inside the home and saw Spike sleeping on the job, his job was to tidy up the library, which Twilight was too happy about, "Spike!" She shouted. "Wh- Huh- Twilight?" Spike said groggily. The two fillies laughed and Spike jumped up and went back to work in an instant, as if he expects Twilight not to notice, and even he knows she's much smarter than that, the small incident made the 2 fillies laugh, and Twilight laughed as well feeling a little disappointed for Spike, "Spike, since you're now awake, can you please find me the book on pony illnesses please?" Twilight asked him. "Sure thing, Twilight, and I never was asleep" Spike replied. "Of course you weren't" Twilight replied sarcastically. Spike stopped tidying up the books, and scavenged around on the floor to find the book and after about 2 minutes, he did. He then gave the book to Twilight and she flicked through the pages to find the page on Horn Cancer, she read out some of the text, "Horn Cancer: Highly dangerous........usually found when you're in a Poison Joke plant for a frequent amount of time.........where's the cure?........usually treated against young ponies......can't find the cure.......where is it?..........there is no known cure" Twilight read, "Dinky I'm sorry, I don't think I have another book, this is the only book on illnesses that aren't supernatural or anything like that, that I have, sorry" She apologized. "It's OK, Twilight, thanks for trying to help though" Dinky replied. "You're welcome" Twilight tried to smile, but felt a bit upset with herself, seeing she couldn't find a cure. "Anyways, me and Scootaloo should be getting home, do you want a muffin before I go?" Dinky asked Twilight. "No thanks, Dinky, they're yours, you should eat them" She replied. "OK, thanks for helping me out" Dinky said as she was going towards the door to say bye, but stopped to suddenly remember something, "Oh, Twilight, I almost forgot" "Yes, Dinky?" Twilight asked and replied. "You know the Princesses personally, right?" Dinky asked. "Yes, why?" Twilight asked back. "It's just.....one of the things on my bucket list is to meet the Royal Family, and I was wondering if you cou..." "Sure thing" Twilight stopped her from finishing her sentence, "I can arrange for you to meet the Royal Family" "Really? Thanks Twilight" Dinky cheered. "No problem my little pony" Twilight smiled, "Just come to me when you want the arrangement to be made" "OK, me and Scootaloo will be going now, for real, bye Twilight. Bye Spike" Dinky fare-welled as Scootaloo did the same thing. "Bye Girls" Spike and Twilight both said as they saw Dinky and Scootaloo walk out of their house. The 2 fillies both decided to go home after that, they both walked in the same direction, though Scootaloo's house was about 4 houses away, they both talked about what they both enjoyed today at school, and Scootaloo told Dinky about how she aspires to be a scooter racer or flyer, and Dinky, was the happiest she's been in a long time, maybe she could go through the cancer with a smile on her face, with most of her bucket list objectives coming together, she could be at peace, Scootaloo said goodbye to Dinky as Dinky went over to her front door, Derpy must be worried sick, though Dinky thinks she can explain the best she can. And she can finally tick off "Meet Rainbow Dash" off of her bucket list.