Dinky's Bucket List

by Br0nyb0y123

Chaper 7: Crusading

Dinky had finished her second breakfast, a plate of blueberry pancakes and syrup, it was delicious for her, and now that time has moved forward. She will finally go out and do some crusading with her fellow CMCs, she wasn't quite sure where about the treehouse was on Applebloom's farm, but she remembers it was used as the Rainbow Dash fanclub, during them incidents with Mare-do-well and Rainbow herself, so Dinky decided to go to Sweetie Belle's house since it was closest to her home, once she arrived at the door, she rang the bell and Rarity answered the door,

"Hello Rarity" Dinky greeted.

"Oh hello Dinky, you came here for Sweetie Belle, Darling?" Rarity greeted back and asked.

"Yes, I did" Dinky replied and nodded her head.

"OK, I'll just call her down" Rarity said.

"Thank you Rarity" Dinky replied.

Rarity closed the door slightly and backed away to the stairs and called up for Sweetie Belle saying that Dinky was at the door, Sweetie Belle came over to the door and was looking happy to see Dinky,

"Hey Dinky" She greeted.

"Morning Sweetie Belle" Dinky greeted back.

"You up for some crusading?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"You betcha" Dinky replied.

Sweetie Belle exited her house, said bye to Rarity and Opal and closed the door behind her, she then walked beside Dinky as they both left her front yard, she then asked Dinky,

"How was your morning Dinky?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"My morning was good, how about yourself?" Dinky replied.

"Not too bad, however, Rarity has been in a snit" Sweetie Belle mentioned.

"How come?" Dinky asked.

"She's been paranoid over some fashion thing, I don't think she's slept for 4 days" Sweetie Belle explained.

"Oh my, I'm sorry" Dinky apologised.

"Don't be, it's just Rarity being Rarity, I've gotten used to it after 5 years" Sweetie Belle chuckled.

"I understand" Dinky laughed.

"Anyways Dinks, what's been happening in your morning?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Dinks?" Dinky questioned.

"Yeah, Dinks. What was happening?" Sweetie Belle asked again.

"I went to the doctors" Dinky said.

"Again?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Yeah, the doc was telling me about a procedure I can take after I complete my bucket list" Dinky explained.

"Yeah? How does it work?" Sweetie Belle was curious.

"Well, since my cancer is in my horn, the way they do it is that they remove, but it could go 2 ways" Dinky said.

"What ways?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"One way gets me out alive, the other way..." Dinky spoke.

"Oh my, Dinky. No" Sweetie Belle said.

"Yep" Dinky sniffed a little, "I just hope I finish my list before I have nothing to lose, you know?"

Sweetie Belle nodded, she had grew closer to Dinky as a friend, and the talk of her dying or undergoing a procedure, made her upset as she didn't want to lose a good friend that she has known for years but never really spoke to,

"Sorry for that, Sweetie Belle" Dinky apologized.

"It's not your fault, I wanted to know, it's my fault. But anyways, let's talk about something else besides death until we get over to Applebloom's, we're almost there" Sweetie Belle suggested.

"That's a good idea" Dinky agreed.

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The two finally made to the Cutie Mark Crusaders Treehouse, they climbed up the steps and entered the treehouse, and the duo saw Scootaloo, Applebloom and her cousin, Babs Seed. Dinky had seen Babs since she was hanging around with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, and in that time, she deeply offended Dinky by calling Derpy "A cross-eyed idiotic mail donkey", she still hasn't received an apology from her yet,

"Hi girls" Scootaloo said.

"Hi Scootaloo, hi Applebloom" Sweetie Belle and Dinky both said.

"Hi Babs" Sweetie Belle said.

"Hi Sweetie Belle" Babs replied, "Who's your friend?"

"Babs, this is Dinky, she's a good friend of ours from school" Applebloom introduced.

"Nice to meet you Dinky" Babs greeted as she lifted her left hoof waiting for a hoof shake from Dinky.

Dinky looked at her and wanted buck her tooth out after what she said about her mom,

"Wrong hoof", Dinky said with nonchalance.

"Oops, sorry, left hooved" Babs chuckled as she put her left hoof down and raised her right.

"It's OK" Dinky's teeth gritted slightly.

"So how long have you been a member of CMC?" She asked Dinky.

"A day" Dinky replied, "The last name is HOOVES, by the way. Ring a bell?"

"Em, sorry, it's doesn't" Babs said as she shrugged slightly.

The other Cutie Mark Crusaders looked at Dinky and wondered what was going on, but they didn't want to say anything in case they start more controversy,

"I'm the daughter of a cross-eyed idiotic mail donkey" Dinky sarcastically explained.

"Oh my, um..." Babs was lost for words, she remembers now.

"You OK, Dinky?" Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle asked.

"I'm fine" Dinky replied.

"Sorry girls this is my fault" Babs explained.

"How?" Applebloom asked.

"You remember when I was being mean to you guys, when I was hanging out with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon?" Babs asked.

"Yes, we remember" The original trio of CMC said.

"Well, in that time I said something horrible about Derpy, i think that's her name. I called her a cross-eyed idiotic mail donkey, and Dinky, I'm sorry, I didn't know she was your mom" Babs said.

Dinky, as much as she wanted to hoof her, felt as if it wasn't her fault, because Diamond Tiara is always being mean to ponies by saying stuff behind everyponies back in Ponyville, and at least she apologised, maybe she and Babs can get along,

"I accept your apology, Babs, I know you were bullied in Manehattan, so that's why you stuck around with Diamond Tiara and co." Dinky said.

"Yeah...I feel horrible after that, but that was in the past and I'm sorry about that" Babs explained.

"Accepted" the Cutie Mark Crusaders said.

"So yeah, we up for some crusading?" Applebloom asked her friends.

"Yeah, let's go do some crusading. But where should we go?" Scootaloo replied and asked.

"How about Sugarcube Corner?" Dinky suggested.

"That bakery place?" Babs asked.

"Yeah" Dinky replied.

"No, we already tried baking" Sweetie Belle declined.

"It doesn't have to be baking" Scootaloo explained.

"Yeah, we could do the cleaning up, or we can babysit" Applebloom suggested.

"Babysitting?" Babs Seed seemed in shock, "Do you think that's a good idea?"

"Yeah Applebloom, besides Pinkie Pie would probably do that" Sweetie Belle explained.

"Yeah, but Pinkie deserves a break from work, and we can just look after the two little ones until Mr. and Mrs. Cake close up shop" Applebloom explained.

Dinky thought about that, as did the rest of the crusaders, Dinky thought it was a good idea and she thought getting her cutie mark in babysitting would be good, so Dinky said,

"That actually seems like a good plan"

"You know, we haven't tried babysitting yet. That could work" Scootaloo said.

"Yeah, the more I think, that doesn't seem too bad" Sweetie Belle explained.

"So we're doing babysitting?" Babs asked.

"I think so, everypony seems cool about about it" Dinky replied.

"So, it's settled. We're doing some babysitting today" Applebloom said.

"WOOHOO" The rest cheered.

"Let's head out, crusaders" Applebloom commanded.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders walked out of the treehouse and out into the abandoned part of the Applebloom's farm, the 5 young fillies headed into the direction that Sugarcube Corner was, hoping they can all find their Cutie Mark by looking after babies.

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The girls have made it to Sugarcube Corner, they all ask the Cakes if they could look after the fillies while they were doing work in the bakery, they were all extremely excited to see if this was their talent and if they'll get their cutie marks from this,

"Now girls, just look after Pound and Pumpkin and make sure the little rascals don't cause any trouble, if they are, just speak to me or Pinkie, she's in her room just now" Mr Cake explained, "Sorry about the results Dinky"

"It's OK, Mr Cake. What's the new baby going to be, boy or girl?" Dinky forgave and asked.

"Our new baby is going to be a girl, Dinky" Mr Cake replied, "Thanks for asking"

"OK, so should we call you, Mrs. Cake or Pinkie for help?" Scootaloo asked.

"When needed" Mr Cake replied, "OK, work calls, just go upstairs and the two are asleep, once they wake, just play with them, change them when needed, etc, etc"

"Sure thing" The 5 said.

The 5 Crusaders went upstairs and quietly entered the babies room, to see that they were still sleeping, Pound had been sucking his hoof, and Pumpkin was sitting up and sleeping with her head tilting forward, keeping her balanced, the 5 fillies sat down on the carpet that was beside the babies' crib. Babs was wondering why Mr. Cake asked Dinky the question about "results", she was really curious to find out what he meant by that,

"Dinky?" Babs whispered.

"Yeah?" Dinky softly replied.

"What was that thing about results there" Babs asked quietly.

"Oh, I have cancer" Dinky replied shyly.

"Oh my, I'm sorry" Babs apologized.

"It's OK, it's not your fault, my chances are 70/30 and finding my cutie mark is pretty mandatory to my bucket list" Dinky explained.

"Hope you complete, Dinky" Babs said.

"Thanks" Dinky replied.

"Oh, Dinky. Have you told the rest about the procedure?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"I don't think so" Dinky said.

"What procedure?" Applebloom asked.

"Well, I went to the doctor's this morning with my Mom and the doctor told me that I can undergo a procedure that can cure me of my horn cancer" Dinky told them.

"How does it work?" Scootaloo asked.

"Well, they pretty much remove my horn and the tumor with it" Dinky explained.

"That seems good" Babs said.

"But, it could either end in me coming out of surgery alive, or the surgery will become complicated and I'll die" Dinky explained further.

The other crusaders were all lost for words,

"But at least I'll try and complete my list before surgery" Dinky said.

"We'll help you, Dinky" Scootaloo said.

"Yeah, anything for a good friend" Applebloom said also, "What else do you need to do on your list anyways?"

Dinky took a deep breath as she thought of her list, "I think I've only completed one thing out of six"

Unexpectedly to the five fillies, the two little ones, Pound and Pumpkin have woken up, their eyes widened and made a gurgling sound which alerted the five crusaders,

"Oh, I see that the babies have woken up" Sweetie Belle said.

"Do they need changing?" Dinky asked.

Babs peeped her head over to smell and check if the two needed changed, she sniffed their diapers and her eyes watered by the smell of their diapers, "Yep, they do"

"I'm not cleaning them" Dinky proclaimed.

"Neither am I" Babs said after her.

"I'm not doing it either" Scootaloo said.

"And I definitely don't plan on doing it" Applebloom called out.

Dinky, Babs, Scootaloo and Applebloom all turned their heads to Sweetie Belle who was going to say she didn't want to do but was too late, Babs still looked at her and tilted her head towards the crib Pound and Pumpkin were in and raised her eyebrows to point out where the babies were,

"Come on guys. Don't make me do this" Sweetie Belle pleaded.

"Sorry Sweetie Belle" Applebloom apologised.

"You spoke last" Babs added.

Sweetie Belle sighed as she didn't want to clean up the two babies and change them, she would probably be sick while changing them,

"It is only fair" Dinky said.

"I know" Sweetie Belle sighed again.

"Do you want advice?" Dinky asked.

"Yes please" Sweetie Belle replied.

"Just hold your breath, just so you're not as sick as you'll probably be" Dinky explained.

"OK thanks" Sweetie Belle said.

"Not a problem" Dinky said.

Sweetie Belle went over to a closet beside the bedroom door and opened it to find supplies for the babies, like diapers, baby powder, milk, etc. She got two diapers and baby wipes and placed them beside a pair of mats which were lying on the ground for changing the babies. She then got Pound and Pumpkin out of their crib and placed each of them on each of the mats, and was ready for changing them, well kind of....

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Sweetie Belle had finished changing the two little ones, and they were playing by their toy box with their stuffed animals with the five crusaders sitting beside them and keeping watch,

"So what do y'all want to do after this?" Applebloom asked.

"Not sure" Scootaloo replied.

"Cause I was thinking we could all have a sleepover at my place, me and Babs were discussing about it this morning" Applebloom explained.

"Yeah, we were. We both thought you guys would like to sleepover in the treehouse" Babs added.

"I would need to check" Scootaloo said.

"Same here, I'd need to check with my mom" Dinky said also.

"I think it would be OK for me, but I'm going to check with Rarity just in case" Sweetie Belle mentioned.

"Good idea" Applebloom said.

"So after this, we'll all check and we'll meet up at..." Scootaloo waited for an answer.

"You guys can meet up at my place" Sweetie Belle suggested.

"OK, so we'll check with our parents or guardians and meet up back at Sweetie Belle's house" Dinky explained.

"Yeah" Apple bloom replied, "But we have to finish watching over these two"

Pumpkin was looking around for one of her stuffed toys, she then found her favorite stuffed animal, her monkey, once she found it, she looked around once more and started to eat the tail, much to Dinky's notice,

"No. No. No. Don't eat that" she said as she pulled the tail away from her mouth.

Pumpkin and Pound both looked at Dinky, as if the two of them were confused, then looked at each other and started to laugh, something wasn't right. Dinky looked back at her friends behind her and looked back at the babies to see that Pound was flapping his wings and began to fly towards the ceiling with Pumpkin, using magic, followed after him,

"Em....." Dinky was lost for words.

"Shouldn't we get them down?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"How?" Babs asked.

"Scootaloo, you're a Pegasus, fly up and get them down" Applebloom said.

"Oh, well, um...." Scootaloo stuttered.

"What is it?" Applebloom asked.

"I can't fly" Scootaloo mumbled.

"What?" Applebloom asked.

"I can glide, but I can't fly" Scootaloo replied, "Besides, why can't Dinky or Sweetie Belle use magic?"

"I can't, horn cancer, it hurts" Dinky said.

"OK then, Sweetie Belle, what about you?" Scootaloo asked.

"I'll try" Sweetie Belle said.

Sweetie Belle went into the centre of the circle that Pound and Pumpkin were flying around above her, she then cast a spell that slowed down the two babies but Sweetie Belle couldn't hold on to them long because they moved fast enough to break the spell,

"OK, this is just brilliant, we have a Pegasus who can't fly, which is weird because Pound can out fly an almost teenage Pegasus, and two Unicorns who can't use magic, well at least you have a reason Dinky" Babs said.

"Shut up Babs!" Scootaloo scowled.

"Yeah. Me, Scootaloo and Dinky haven't seen you or Applebloom try anything!" Sweetie Belle shouted.

"Oh me and Babs will try!" Applebloom proclaimed.

"Oh yeah? Try then" Scootaloo said.

Applebloom and Babs stood across from Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, with either side gritting their teeth as is they were going to start a fight, Dinky was standing away thinking of the action she is going to take. She doesn't want them to start insulting each other because of babies,

"Knock it off!" Dinky shouted, straining her voice slightly, "Guys, you're fighting over nothing!"

"She making fun of us" Sweetie Belle said as she pointed at Babs.

"I know, but for no reason, we're all fighting because them two aren't coming down from flying" Dinky explained.

"Sorry, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, I was just aggravated that we CAN'T GET THEM DOWN" Babs raised her voice to alert the babies, it didn't work.

"Apology accepted" Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo both said.

"Should we get Pinkie Pie, she might know how to get these two down?" Dinky asked.

"We might as well" Babs said.

"OK then, me and Babs will get Pinkie Pie, the rest of you guys should stay here and make sure these rascals don't anything else devious" Dinky explained.

Everypony nodded and Dinky and Babs approached the door, they opened it to see Mrs. Cake who was almost going to open the door before Dinky and Babs beat her to it,

"Oh hello girls, I was coming up to say that we're closing early. How have the babies been?" She explained and asked.

"That's just what we came to see you about" Dinky replied, "The both of them have been flying around the ceiling and we can't get them down"

"Oh OK" Mrs. Cake said, "Pound. Pumpkin. Time to get fed."

Instantly the babies stopped flying and went over to their mother to get fed, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders stood there, slightly annoyed at themselves. They all approached the door and said,

"Bye Mrs. Cake and congrats on the new baby"

"Thanks girls, and I'll see you soon" she replied.

The 5 crusaders all exited and puzzled themselves to think why the bakery had already closed so early in the morning, but now was the time to stop their crusading for the day. They all looked at their flanks to see that their cutie marks haven't arrived and they all sighed to themselves, then they said they would meet up back at Sweetie Belle's home in half an hour after they find out if they are aloud to have a sleepover or not, and in Dinky's case, she thinks she won't be aloud, but she'll find out soon enough