The Box

by Candy-Sweets_12


Chapter 4

I can't help but pace around, looking for anything else I could clean. They said they were sending someone in today, and I was as nervous as ever. Dinky stared up at me from the ground, her golden eyes were following me back and forth each time I passed.

Finally there's a knock on the door. I can't help but jump up as I rush to it. I take a look through it's window and find a primly dressed raspberry mare with a crimson mane who I had never seen before.

It had to be her. I take a moment to breathe in a deep sigh and smooth my mane a bit. Then I open the door.

"Hello." I said, putting on my biggest smile.

"Yes, are you Miss...Muffins?"

"You can call me Ditzy Doo, or Derpy. Either's fine." I reply.

She clears her throat and levitates a clipboard. "Yes, very well Miss Doo."

"Please, come in." I say, moving to the side and gesturing for her to come in. She smiles a small smile and looks around, writing furiously. I can't help but break into a sweat. She moves slowly, keeping a watchful eye on everything her eyes caught.

Finally they land on Dinky, who looks up to her curiously and toddles towards her blocks.

"Seems she in good shape. Any trips to the doctor?"

"I just took her there Tuesday." I say. A memory that I'd rather forget. "Let's just say it Dinky didn't enjoy it so much." I add, not even wanting to mention my own experience.

"Good." She pulls a picture from her clipboard and turns towards me. "This is the picture you sent to us, am I correct?" She says, holding up the picture I took the day after I brought Dinky home in a blue aura.

"Yes."

"Seems she has recovered immensely. I believe that you answered most of the questions with someone else. Let's just continue with inspection shall we?" She says. I nod. "Where is the bedroom?" She asks. I point towards one of the doors in the hallway and lead her there. Though I couldn't miss the fearful yet curious glare Dinky had on us.

She walks in and looks around, writing a comment or two on her clipboard.

"How's she sleeping?" She asks, looking at the bed.

"Not too well." I admit. "She's always waking up from these bad dreams. Then again, I'd feel the same way if I was left abandoned in an alleyway." I say. She nods and writes away.


The next hour was quite possibly the most stressful I've ever experienced. She looked everywhere around the house, she looked for every possible problem that could be found, even did a number on Dinky when she had to look at her toys. She had to read through medical records, ask me personal questions, everything.

I was sweating bullets. It felt like I was holding my breath the entire time. I finally got a moment to breathe when she handed me the adoption forms.

"Okay Ms. Hooves, we just about covered everything. All you have to do is fill out these forms." She pulled a stack of stapled sheets of paper from the clipboard and set it in front of me. I take the pen and start writing the information, feeling a bit of a spark in me. I felt excited, yet nervous at the same time. So much that it was starting to show a teeny bit in my writing. Finally, after signing and resigning numerous times, I give her the documents.

She smiles.

"Congratulations Ms. Doo." She gets up and shakes my hoof with a grin, I nod and smile back, shaking her hooves frantically while throwing thanks at her. She smiles and turns to the door, not before giving a little wave to Dinky, who shyly mimics her. When the door is finally shut, and she's well out of distance of my home, I heave a big sigh and fall to the ground next to Dinky.

She just giggles and tries to climb my stomach, full of laughs. I smile and fix her out of place mane as she works her way onto my chest. "I'm so glad that's out of the way." I say to her. She looks to me and then my outstretched wings, deciding to climb down to play with them.

"It's going to be so hard telling my friends and family about you Dinky." She looks up at the sound of her name. "But now that you're mine, I can finally tell them the 'big secret' I've been hiding." She cocks her head to the side curiously, as though she could understand what I was saying. The look in her eyes just spelled, 'Why hide it?'

Truth be told, I never wanted it to be some big surprise to show everyone. I just wanted to see if I could take care of her on my own before I could let my friends or family see her. Now that the whole adoption thing was out of the way, I can officially call her my own.

I stroke her mane again and look to the ceiling.

"The Doctor asked me on a date on Friday." I say aloud. "I'm not sure if I should go. What do you think? She cocks her head to the side again. It was so adorable. Besides, it's not like I actually expected much of an answer. I turn to my side and sigh.

"I've always, sort of liked him, but I never thought that he'd feel the same about me. Should I go with him on Friday? Or do I just tell him no?" I turn my head towards her. She grins and touches me nose, filling up with giggles again.

"I guess that means I'm going." I say. I scoop her up and give her a little hug, just before kissing her forehead again. She buries herself in my fur and smiles, yawning a tiny bit.


This week seemed to be so stressful for me. Time seemed to be tricking me whenever it'd speed up during the day and slow down at night. I had done so much to prepare for this little date of mine. But the look on the Doctor's face when I told him I'd go was worth it.

"Really!" He said, bouncing in place a bit.

"Yes, really. It'd be nice to spend time with you after such a long week." I said. He smiled brightly. "Where do you want to go?" I asked him.

"You'll see." He said with a sly grin.

All he told me was to wear something nice, even then, I was so clueless on what to wear. I finally just went with a simple blue dress. It wasn't to long, though it seemed a little bit bigger than I remembered it.

After a few minor alterations, I simply added a bit of mascara and hopped into my best pair of matching shoes. I grabbed a good hold of Dinky, who had fallen fast asleep next to her doll. I smile warmly and pick her and her doll up, bringing her to bed.

I grabbed a hold of her pacifier, dipping it in honey as I did often nowadays, and gave it to her. She smiled warmly and hugged her toy, suckling all the while.

Sometime within the next half hour or so, there was a light knock on the door. He was right on time. I brushed at my dress and fixed my hair, before rushing off to answer it.

"Hello Der-" He stopped midsentence as he stared at me. The flowers he held dropped to the ground.

"Is something wrong Doctor? Do I not like right?"

"That's not the case at all, you look dashing!" He said. I can't help but blush.

"Oh you're so sweet, but you look great too. Even better than silly old me." I say, brushing it off.

"Oh not at all! I look so little compared to you," He gasped. "Your look lovely than the stars at night when the moon is waxing to it's full form." He said, pointing to the stars.

"That's an awfully nice thing for you to say. " I reply, feeling my cheeks and ears heat up. He then remembered the flowers he had dropped and scrambled to pick them up. They were a bit flattened, but beautiful, nonetheless.

"The most beautiful flowers, for the most beautiful mare." He said, seeming to bow like a guard to a Princess. I blush a bit more and take them, giving them a good sniff.

"These are lovely." I say as we step off into the sidewalk.

"But of course, as soon as I saw these, I thought of you." He said.

"Doctor, you're being so nice to me, and haven't done much to you in return."

"But of course, you said yes." I hide my face in my flowers, sighing deeply at the fragrance.


After a short walk, we end up at the pond. The moon reflected with it's light across the surface, showing it's wavy water.

I find a small little blanket with a basket on it. An oak tree stood high next to it.

"This looks wonderful." I said.

"Is it...not what you expected? Or not what you wanted, we could go somewhere else if you'd like." He said with a raised brow.

"No, no, this is just perfect. I couldn't have asked for a better place to have this moment." I say as I sit across from him.

I don't know how long we've talked. It felt like time just seemed to stop all at once. He told me funny stories and new things he'd learned about. I told him about how tired I felt from delivering mail, and how happy I was to get a two week break after this one for Hearth's Warming.

I didn't tell him about Dinky, I had my heads so high in the clouds, and so many things on my mind, that I felt ashamed when I forgot the center of my life at the moment.

Before I could even mention it, we had to leave. The basket was completely cleaned out and we both had a good laugh. It had to be a bit past midnight at the least.

"That was really fun." I said as we stood up. Stretching our legs out. "I hope that we can do it again sometime." He smiled.

"Those next two weeks sounds like a good time." He said. I smiled.

"You got it. I have to get home, I need to get in as much sleep as I can right now." I say with a yawn.

"Would you like me to take you home?" He asked.

"No, it's okay." I reply. "Though I'd like you to come over to my house for a visit sometime. I want to show you something." I say.

"When would be a good time?"

"Tomorrow's my last day before I get time off. So how about then?" I say.

"See you then."