Dinky looked over the table at her mother, and prodded her food with her hoof. Derpy’s left eye rolled up from her food and looked at her daughter, “Honey, what’s the matter? I thought you loved cherry strudel, and avocado hearts?”

“Oh I do!” Dinky chirped, before letting loose a sad sigh, “It’s just that Hearts and Hooves day is coming up in a few days, and I think it’s sad that the best mommy in Equestria doesn’t have a special somepony.”

“D’awwww! Dinky, you’re the only special somepony I need in my life, you’re my precious little muffin,” Derpy said with a sad smile.

Her daughter was more sad at her lack of love life than she was. Derpy admitted to herself that sometimes she wanted to find herself a good special somepony that’d love her and her daughters, but for some reason the few stallions that weren’t already snatched up by some mare, were gay, or learned she was a single parent and ran. But that didn’t matter to her. She had two wonderful daughters, and her eldest was in Celestia’s School for Gifted Unicorns. Something that filled her with pride, and she knew her youngest muffin was destined for a good future.

Her daughter giving a small squee brought her out of her contemplations, “Do you really mean that?”

“Of course my little muffin. You and your sister are the only ponies I need in my life, and I’m happy that you think I’m the best mom in Equestria, you two are the lights of my life,” Derpy said with a more honest smile.

Dinky dug into her food at that and as she finished she said, “Mommy, I’m going to give you the best Heart and Hooves day ever!”

Derpy worked hard to focus both eyes on her daughter, and a wide smile split her face, “Muffin, you already make every day special. But thank you for the sentiment.”

Dinky flipped her mattress to go through her super secret money hiding spot. She was saving bits over the last two years to get her mother the best gift possible. Something to show her how much she meant to Dinky. But hearing her mother say that she was her special somepony, and the greatest thing in her life. She wanted to be her official special somepony.

This is going to be the best Heart and Hooves Day ever. Mommy says I’m super adorable, and that my magic is as good as Amy’s when she was my age. And everypony knows Amy is super good at magic, not as good as Missus Princess Twilight. But she’s still super amazing.

All I need to do is do what I heard Sweetie Belle said her sister said to her friend, to help a friend of a friend … which is really confusing. But that doesn’t matter. All I need to do is leave letters signed secret admirer, and get her special things like her favorite flowers, and sweets. Then when she’s all excited reveal myself in a nice dress. Then ask her to be my filly friend. Then stuff happens, that I haven’t heard about yet, but whatever it is that special somepony’s do.

Looking at her collection of hard earned bits, she counted 1,404 bits that she had saved up from her allowance and odd jobs. She knew that it would cost her 400 bits for supreme Azalea bouquet, and 50 bits for Bon-Bon’s super sized gift basket. The rest would be good for getting a nice dress and hopefully a nice restaurant.

Dinky cantered up to the Flower Trio and looked up at Lily and gave Lily her most adorable puppy dog eyes, “Misses Lily, do you have a bouquet of Azaleas?”

“Argh! D’awwabetus!” Lily dramatically cried, before trying to collect herself from the onslaught of cuteness, “I do. Why do you need them Dinky?”

“Well I want to give my mommy the bestest Hearts and Hooves Day ever! And Azaleas are her favorite so I’m gonna buy her some,” Dinky replied with a face splitting smile.

“Gah! I’d love to give you some for free, but they’re expensive. Maybe I could give you one? How’s that sound?” Lily asked, shuffling her hooves.

“But I can buy them, I saved up my money for a special gift for her,” Dinky said bringing out her colossal bag of bits.

“Um … how many bits do you have?” Lily gulped.

“One thousand, four hundred and four bits. It took me two years, but I got enough bits to show my mommy just how special she is to me,” Dinky chirped merrily.

“Two years? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a filly saving up that much money, and to give your mom something special. I’ll tell you what,” Lily said looking at the rest of the trio, “do you girls think we can afford to give this hard working filly a nice discount on what she’s buying?”

When the group gave a nod she lowered herself to look at Dinky, “Tell you what, I’ll give you a 25% discount on whatever you buy. How does that sound?”

Dinky knew that was whatever something was divided by four because Mrs. Cheerilee told her so, and Mrs. Cheerilee was almost as smart as her mom in her opinion. With what she wanted to buy for her mom she knew that was going to give her tons of bits to spend on other special things. So giving a nod she withdrew one hundred bits, “Okay I would pretty please with a cherry on top, like a Supreme Azalea Bouquet, please?” She asked

“Of course, now since this is such a special gift, we’ll deliver it to your house in person, would you like anything else?” Lily asked with a soft smile.

“I think I’m good. Thank you very much Miss Lily, Now I gotta get some other stuffs,” Dinky almost sang with merriment at her good fortune before bouncing off.

Okay, now I have to put one of the secret notes I spent almost all night working on so it didn’t look like I wrote it … I’ll have to ask Shady Daze how to do that the bestest way again for later. Although I wonder why he thought I was playing a prank? Oh well colts are weird.

It was several minutes, but to her felt like forever before she reached the Candy Shack, Bonbon’s premiere candy story. When she walked in she felt her jaw drop, and rivulets of drool drip out. With a force of will far greater than most fillies, she did what she did every time she had walked by this shop, and told herself her bits were needed for the greater good. And there was no greater good than making sure the best pony to ever be born had the best things bits could buy.

“Welcome to the Candy Shack, where the best candies in Equestria are made,” Sang a voice behind the counter. Dinky grinned at Bonbon who wore a victorious smile as if she won a bet like Scootaloo and Apple Bloom are always doing, “Hi Dinky, what brings you in here?” Bonbon asked.

“Well its almost Hearts and Hooves Day, and I wanted to make it the best day ever for my mommy, so I’m getting her the bestest of the best candy,” Dinky said with a giddy grin.

“Awwww! Nothing for yourself?” Bonbon asked.

“Nope, my mommy is more important than sweets, but she likes sweets. Even if she can’t always afford them, and she says that her coin purse ate her bits. Which sounds mean to me, but I can’t find a muzzle for a coin purse, so I’m going to get her candy instead,” Dinky rambled adorably.

Bonbon swooned, and fell into the waiting clutches of her marefriend Lyra, “That is the most noble, d’awwabetus inducing thing I’ve ever heard. I hope when Lyra gives me a baby she’ll be half as sweet as you. Well Dinky today is your lucky day, for the next few days we have some discounts around the store. How much were you looking to spend?”

Dinky took out the massive weight of her coin purse and dropped it to the ground, “Ummm … I saved three hundred bits on flowers, so I could probably go with about three hundred and fifty bits or less. Can that buy enough candy Miss Bonbon?”

“Just call me Bonbon, Miss is my mother, and yeah I think we can hook you up with something. Hmmm … tell you what, since this is for your mom and not yourself right?”

“Right Mi- I mean Bonbon.”

“Well I can give you ten percent off of our mega delux, heart melter package.”

“But I don’t want my mommy’s heart to melt! She needs that to live!” Dinky cried. Which had the effect of causing every adult in the building to fall down laughing so hard tears were flowing, much to the consternation of Dinky Doo.

“No, no! Its not actually melting a ponies heart, heart melting is an expression. It means that a pony loves something so much that they can’t control their gratitude, or love of that thing. Trust me it’s great,” Bonbon said between breaths as she struggled to control herself.

“Oh okay, that sounds just like what I’m looking for, how much is it?”

“For you, it’ll be a hundred and eighty bits, and we’ll even throw in a gift card for the Cakes Confectionary Emporium for sixty bits. How does that sound?” Bonbon said with a bright smile. Even though she was losing eighty bits, helping out a filly who was willing to spend her hard earned bits on another pony was the least she could do.

“That’d be amazing!” Dinky said, counting out the bits she let Lyra pick them up and with a filly’s enthusiasm glomped the pair. Hugging their legs with all she was worth, “I can’t wait for my mommy to get her heart melting candies. This is going to be the best Hearts and Hooves Day for her ever! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!”

“You’re welcome, Dinky, by the way how much bits did you have, and how did you get all those bits?” Lyra asked.

“Well I had one thousand, four hundred and four. Then I spent a hundred on flowers that I got on discount. Then I spent one hundred and eighty here. So now I have … one thousand, one hundred and twenty four. As for how I got it. Easy, I saved all the bits I made working and for my allowance for two years while looking for the bestest gift to show my mommy how much I love her. So now I’m going to give her the bestest Hearts and Hooves day ever. Oh! But you have to keep it a surprise! I want to keep it a secret until I get everything ready.”

Bonbon looked at Dinky with wide eyes and Dinky heard sniffles throughout the building, “That is the most sweetest thing ever. You mom is really lucky to have a filly like you,” Bonbon said before turning to nuzzle Lyra lovingly, “Tonight, you and me, we’re going to have a foal as sweet as Dinky.”

Dinky remembered a little of what Miss Cheerilee told them about how foals came from and she felt herself blushing brightly as she remembered Cheerilee telling them how a lot of mares had babies if they weren’t able to find a stallion of their own. Especially if one was a unicorn of average power. Giving a squeaky goodbye she ran from the store. The first part of her plan being set into motion.

Author's Note

And this kickstarts the fic. Any comments, criticisms, or critiques y'all want to give would be appreciated. What inspired this fic was mostly my pre-reader, as well as the fact that there are tons of one shots of Dinky and Derpy having sex. But no multi-chapter fics, or anything that explores their relationship which I found a shame. So here it is. There's a lot of tender moments, and adorableness throughout the fic, and I hope y'all enjoy this as much as I did writing it.

Edit: I wrote the A/Ns of the future chapter after each chapter was finished. Originally I planned on posting once every four days. But after talking with my collaborator decided for 4 chapters a day for 5 days. And for all of you readers out there. Thank you, it's because of people like you who give me the inspiration and creative energy to write as much as I do. So with out any further ado, have a good day / evening.