> Derpys of Life > by BlueCuddlePonyGhost > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chapter 1: Dinky > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1: Dinky Derpy Hooves flew around as she delivered the mail to their proper mailboxes. It was her job to make sure everything was done right, despite her cross-eyed look. Nevertheless, she was a mare of persistence. She could get this done. As she finished up her last mailing route however, she noticed the sun was going down. Once she got done, Derpy started to fly home... until she spotted a filly walking on the side of the buildings. That was strange. But what really grabbed Derpy's attention was that the filly looked a lot like her! The filly was a darker shade of gray, almost purpleish gray, her mane and tail a slightly darker blonde, almost dark cream colored. Finally, the filly was a unicorn, and not cross eyed. What was that filly doing out so late? "Hey wait!" Derpy said as she flew down towards the filly. The filly stopped and turned to face the gray pegasus. They just stared at each other for a while until Derpy asked "what's your name?" "Dinky," the filly answered calmly. The gray pegasus smiled. "My name's Derpy. What are you doing out here? Where are your parents?" Derpy replied. The filly's head lowered with sadness. "I-I don't know. I always spend time out here by myself. Most of the time I'm just out on my own or with somepony else, like The Doctor." Dinky responded. "You mean a real doctor or the brown pony who calls himself a doctor?" Derpy ask, wanting to understand who Dinky was talking about. "The brown one," Dinky replied. Derpy smiled gentely. She knew that pony, and decided to talk to him later. Derpy then put a hoof on the filly's shoulder. "Dinky, listen. I don't think it's a good idea to be out here on your own. Come with me back to my place. Once we get you comfy, I'll help you out. Okay?" Derpy offered, knowing Dinky would need help. Dinky was nervous st first, but then agreed. Derpy helped Dinky get onto her back, before she spread her wings. "Hold on tight," Derpy told the filly before taking off. Derpy flew gracefully, and not too high, so as to not make Dinky uncomfortable. Eventually, they got to Derpy's house. A brown house with a light purple roof to match, and white sections of the house -like the frames and outlines of the windows- help create a soothing affect. Derpy opened the door and let Dinky walk inside before she followed, and closed the door. Inside the house, it was also brown. There was a fernace for a fire with a rosie pink rug on the floor. Derpy took Dinky on a tour of the house, so she knew where to go, including a spare bedroom. The rest of the house was also brown with a combination of purples, blues, greens, whites, and other colors filled the rooms to give the house a more calming feeling. Dinky liked it. "Are you hungry Dinky?" Derpy asked, knowing the filly must have been after a long day at school. Derpy had seen Dinky go to school on many of her mailing deliveries. "Yes Derpy. Please?" Dinky said in response. Derpy then took them to the kitchen, which was brown and lime green. Derpy decided hay pasta was perfect. She cooked as Dinky watched. Once the meal was cooked, both Dinky and Derpy ate. Dinky liked the meal, and as Derpy was cleaning up, Dinky said "Thank you Derpy". "You're welcome Dinky. Now go to your room while I finish cleaning up. I'll be there soon," Derpy replied, turning her attention back to the dishes. It didn't take long before Derpy finished the dishes and got washed up. She then walked to the spare bedroom and knocked on the door. "Come in," Dinky said before Derpy opened the door and walked into the bedroom. Dinky was reading a book when Derpy walked in. "How are you doing Dinky?" Derpy asked as she sat next to her. Dinky put the book down and looked at the gray pegasus. "I'm doing good. I just... I just can't believe you are letting me stay here. Kind of hard to understand since I mostly stay with The Doctor," Dinky replied. "I know it's hard to understand now. But everything will be alright. I want to make sure you're happy Dinky," Derpy said in understanding. The two ponies hugged for a minute until the clock on the wall clicked. Derpy looked at the clock and saw it was nine o' clock. She then turned back to Dinky. "I'm sorry sweetie. But it's time to go to bed," Derpy said to the filly. Dinky nodded in understanding and got up on the bed. Derpy pulled the covers over Dinky as she layed on the bed. Derpy then kissed the filly on the head and smiled. "Goodnight Dinky," the gray pegasus said as she looked at her. "Goodnight Derpy," Dinky replied before she slowly fell asleep. Derpy exited the bedroom, but left the door ajar in case Dinky needed her. Derpy quietly walked down the stairs and into the living room before sitting on a chair "Poor Dinky. Why was she out by herself? How many times has this happened?" Derpy questioned, concerned for the filly's safety. Remembering that she was staying with Dr. Hooves, Derpy got mad. Very mad. Clearly Dinky didn't feel welcomed enough at The Doctor's home. It would be no surprise since he was a pony of inventions and science, but that was no excuse for not taking care of Dinky! What did Dinky do to deserve this neglect? Nothing! Nothing at all! Then a thought came across her mind. "Does she even have a family?" Derpy asked herself quietly. Derpy didn't know. Maybe Dr. Hooves would know. Whatever the case, she was willing to talk to him about it tomorrow. "That mare is going to have to get a new set of bolts for his inventions when I'm done with him!" Derpy snapped, not happy with Dr. Hooves at the moment. She then locked the windows and doors, turned out the lights and went to bed herself. Tomorrow would bring many surprises ... some, Derpy would not expect. > Chapter 2: Dinky's Mystery > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.