April 5th, 2013
Derpy "Ditzy Do" Whooves awoke with the sun shining in her window. As she tried to get to her hooves she noticed that she had fallen to the floor during the night...again. She hopped to her hooves, not letting a simple bump get the mail-mare down. She walked over to the bed and nuzzled the colt who lay there. The tan colt slowly woke up, waving his hoof in a shooing motion. She smiled at her success and began to walk to the kitchen.
After she arrived, she took out a pot from the cabinet located under the stove, and placed it upon the nearest eye. After turning the stove eye to a medium heat setting she walked over to a cabinet on the other side of the kitchen, opening the cabinet, she retrieved a box of oatmeal. After dropping about a cup of the oatmeal into the pot, she picked the pot back up and filled it with water using the sink next to the stove. Placing the pot back upon the lit eye, the mare covered the pot and walked to wake up her daughter.
Her daughter was much more receptive to the nuzzling. She had awoken quickly and bounced out of her bed. As her daughter readied herself for her day, derpy walked back to the kitchen, not before telling her daughter to hurry because breakfast was almost ready.
The brown haired colt had somehow snuck to the kitchen without Derpy noticing. He greeted her with a kiss and walked over to the stove eye, lifting the top off and began stirring the mixture with a wooden spoon. Derpy had found a gem when she discovered the colt, who called himself "The Doctor," lying in the Everfree Forest. She had been very wary of him at first, because of how he had acted, always talking about time and something he called a TARDIS. But he had never given her a reason to mistrust him.
She had been with him ever since, but it was still a surprise when, almost 5 months later, he proposed to her. On the anniversary of her former husband's death, Ditzy Do was entwined with "The Doctor," who by that point had taken the name Clockwork Whooves, in the bond that was marriage.
After eating breakfast and cleaning up after her family, Derpy walked to the front of her house. She grabbed her mailmare hat from the hat-rack beside the door and placed it on her head. When she heard a chuckle come from behind her, she turned around to face Clockwork. She smiled and asked him why he was laughing. He walked over and turned her hat around so it was facing the proper direction, then kissed her and told her to be safe.
Derpy had every intention of being safe. She had a family after all, why would she want to be unsafe. She returned the kiss and walked out the door. Once she had cleared the porch of her house she spread her winds and flew upwards. Derpy loved flying, almost as much as she loved how Clockwork would blush whenever she told Dinky how she met her husband. She loved the feeling of the wind rushing against her mane. She felt truly free up here. The only thing keeping her grounded was her love for her daughter and husband. They were a rather strange family. An Earth Pony, a Pegasus, and a Unicorn. They were happy though, and that was all that mattered to Derpy.
A few minutes of flying and she was at her job. "Cloudsdale Freight," plastered in big blue letters on the side of a small building. Of course, this was only the Ponyville branch. The building in Cloudsdale was so large it was once used to host the Grand Galloping Gala, when the castle was undergoing renovations to the ball room.
She picked up her first delivery assignment from the front desk. It was a simple delivery. A small shipment of books from the Canterlot library to a "Miss Sparkle, Twilight." that pony was always being shipped books, but whenever she would go to see her, twilight would alway be busy with, what her assistant, Spike, had called, "Personal Matters." It was none of her business but she would always hear somepony moaning in the background and the sighing of a male pony. She never pressed the matter, but today she decided to do just that.
Surprisingly Spike gave in and allowed her to come inside. She made her way casually to where Spike had told her Twilight was. What she saw was Twilight kissing a colt, but not just any colt, HER colt.
Derpy stood in disbelief for a few moments before running back outside and flying back to her house in tears, leaving Twilight Sparkle and the colt, both not even noticing her. Her already poor vision was made worse by the saline tears. She nearly clipped Rainbow Dash, who's only reaction was to tell her to watch out and cheer up. The words only made it worse.
When she had arrived back at her house, she immediatly ran into her room, slammed the door, locked it, the preceded to throw herself onto her bed face first and sob into a pillow. Not five seconds had passed before Clockwork opened up the door using a house key. He immediately walked over to her and sat down beside her on the bed, doing his dead-level best to comfort her and find out why she was crying.
Derpy, enraged that he would do that to her, yelled at him about what she saw. She told him that she hated him, she wanted him to leave. He did his best to keep her calm while trying to explain that it was not him. Derpy knew her eyesight was poor but there was no way she could mistake it. The colt had an hourglass Cutie Mark, just like Clockwork. The colt had the same manestyle, spiked and frizzy, as Clockwork. The brown colt even had tan mane, just...like...clockwork.
Realizing her mistake Derpy immediately spun around and begged for forgiveness. Her husbands only response was to pull her into a tight hug, and to tell her that he loved her, and nopony else. Derpy wept, not just because she had wrongfully accused her husband, but tears of joy as well, she had never been so at peace.
The rest of her day went along as normal. She finished up a few more special deliveries, and went along her normal mail-routes. She stopped by Sugar Cube Corner to purchase herself a cinnamon muffin for lunch. Pinkie Pie was her normal hyperactive self, but she didn't question the mailmare's choice for lunch.
Derpy had completed most of her route when she saw her husband talking to the colt she saw with Twilight. Derpy was forced to do a double take when she saw him, she thought she was seeing two of her husband. Walking over, Clockwork introduced the colt as Time Turner, the local watchmaker and clock repair-man. Clockwork explained that he worked with Time Turner on a special project in Canterlot. After her husband introduced her to Time Turner as "Ditzy Whooves," Time Turner greeted her like she was the Princess, he took a short bow and picked up her right hoof to kiss it. Clockwork chuckled when he saw how Derpy reacted. She recoiled slightly but allowed him to kiss her hoof.
After they had been introduced, Time Turner looked at his watch and preceded to run off exclaiming that he was going to be late. Derpy assumed it had something to do with his job or Twilight. She thought nothing of it as she began to trot home with her husband. Along the way back to their house, Clockwork stopped to enjoy the scenery. Derpy was not sure what her husband enjoyed about the dirt and grime, but as long as they were together, it didn't matter what they were doing.
Upon returning home, Derpy walked into the kitchen and began to work on a dinner. She decided that simple Daffodil sandwiches would be delicious. Clockwork picked out ripe daffodils, clipped and cleaned them. Dinky was hard at work in her room, and Clockwork told Derpy that it would probably for the best if they left her alone for now, at least until dinner was prepared.
After their meal was prepared, eaten, and cleaned up after. Derpy decided to go to bed early. Clockwork followed her to bed. As they went through the customary preparations, brushing teeth and the like, they both crawled into the queen sized bed. Derpy closed her eyes, relaxing and de-stressing herself. The last thing Derpy remembered was her husband leaning over and whispering in her ear.
"I love you, Ditzy Whooves"
She smiled as she slowly drifted off the sleep, the last thing she heard were the words of her precious husband echoing in her mind.
"I Love You..."
"Love You..."
"Love..."
April 5, 2013
Clockwork's day started off like any other. He was awoken by Derpy, who as usual, woke him softly and gently with a kind nuzzle. Oh Celestia, how he loved that. He loved the way she talked. The way she would nuzzle him to wake him. The way she looked, even her wall-eyed expression. He loved everything about that mare.
His presence on this world was a complete accident, as most things that happened to him were. He was in his TARDIS, running a simple flight, nothing complicated, when his TARDIS materialized too close to a black hole. Not even a TARDIS can escape a black hole, but for some strange reason his tried. It locked him in a time loop. He was not in control. His TARDIS dematerialized, and then...nothing. Just nothing.
He woke up in the Everfree forest. He had wandered for several minuted before he stumbled across that wall-eyed mare. She called herself Ditzy Do. She was cute. Ditzy was very helpful to him as he adjusted to his life as a pony.
He stayed with her, not just because she was a great helper, but because she needed help herself. Ditzy was made fun of quite often, and the duty of a comforter and protector fell to him. A duty he took upon himself many times voluntarily, As time went on, he began to grow closer and closer to Ditzy. He never felt this way about anything, not his TARDIS, not any of his previous companions, not even his "granddaughter" Susan.
He found a fashionista, a pony named Rarity, and asked her what to do. Rarity had suggested asking for her hoof in marriage. He had shunned the idea for several months before he finally decided. He went to Ditzy, and invited her on a walk through Everfree forest. He walked with her to where she had found him. He turned to her, and kneeled, which for a pony is quite an accomplishment. Right there, in the middle of the Everfree forest, in one of the most secluded areas, she accepted his proposal.
A date was determined for the wedding. He was not aware until later that her previous husband had died on that date. She had insisted on that date. She told him later that she wanted to have a sad day, for her, turn into one of the most joyous days of her life.
Ditzy had looked so beautiful in that dress. The white dress flowed so gracefully. He wore a simple black tuxedo, with a black bow-tie. He watched that blue-grey mare walk up that aisle. He barely noticed the Princess reading off the wedding writes. He was lucky to be able to get the Princess to do the wedding. It took him using his physic paper, his wit, charm, along with a large amount of flattery, to get her to accept. She read Ditzy's vow and waited for a response. Ditzy accepted. And as the Princess read his vow, he thought back. Here he was, a TimeLord, over 1,200 years old, getting married to a pony. As the princess finished she looked at him, he didn't realize for several seconds before he realized she had finished talking. He looked at his Ditzy, smiled, and spoke.
"I do."
Those words echoed throughout his thoughts, every time he saw her, he would think about those words. Were they a mistake? No, he knew that he would never have done it any other way. The TARDIS had left him, she always knew what was best for him, if this had not been for the best, it would not have left him here. Perhaps it thought that the young mare was what he needed. Or perhaps the Ditzy needed him. No matter what anypony had said, he was always there, she would always look to him for support. Maybe thats what he loved about her so much, the fact that she believed in him the whole way.
These things rolled through Clockwork's mind as he readied himself for the day ahead. His job was as at a local clockwork store, the owner had the exact same cutie mark as himself, which he found interesting at first, but never dove deep into it. His co-worker, who was named Time Turner, had the same manestyle as himself, although his mane was a light tan and his coat was a dark brown. The two were easily confused for each other.
His day at the Time Turner Emporium was usually a rather boring day. He would mind the shop for a few hours while Time Turner visited with his marefriend,
And then when Time Turner returned they would usually switch roles, although clockwork usually went home instead of looking for Ditzy. She was always busy and last time he nearly caused her to seriously injure somepony, he felt sorry for that purple mare.
During his break, while he was at the cottage, Ditzy came flying in the house crying her eyes out. She flew through through the house, into their room, slamming the door behind her. He had never seen her like this, what happened? Who did this to her! Normally, he was a pacifist, but he would rip out the throat of whomever did this to her.
He walked to their room, quietly opening the door with the house key. Slowly, he walked over to where she was lying facedown on the bed, crying into the pillow. He sat down on the bed next to her, but as soon as he attempted to touch her, she screamed at him, yelling about how she had seen him with Twilight Sparkle. Clockwork knew he was nowhere near Twilight the entire day, in fact the last time he had seen her was when he caused Ditzy to drop a small amount of heavy objects on top of her. He tried to convince Ditzy that the pony she saw was not him. She would not hear it, she yelled at him to leave, and that she hated him, she turned to look at him, with an expression of pure rage, she told, well more of yelled to, him what she saw, as she described how it could have only been him, her expression turned to one of realization, quickly to remorse, she began crying again, telling the timelord how she was mistaken. He decided the est thing to do was to simply hold onto her. He grabbed her up in a tight embrace, letting the mare weep into his shoulder. He realized who she was describing to him.
The rest of his day went along without much of a problem, he had picked up Dinky before going back out to help Time Turner close up the store. He talked to Time Turner,who he later introduced to Ditzy. Time Turner greeted her like one would greet royalty, and Clockwork appreciated the gesture. After a brief conversation, Clockwork and Ditzy walked back to their cottage, sharing the lovely view as they trotted through the small town. He enjoyed looking at the scenery around him, he had long ago accepted the general belief that an Alicorn had created this world, even though he knew different. He had seen the formation of many planets, none of them had been created, save for one, now two according to the local lore.
His mind usually wandered while walking through the small town. His thoughts shifted from the day's activities, or lack thereof, to Ditzy's beautiful mane, to where his TARDIS could be. Most of the time they remained silent, trotting through the town.
Upon reaching their cottage, the duo went to work fixing up the dinner for the night. Dinky was hard at work upstairs, doing whatever she liked to do in her spare time. He never really got that filly, why she would hoard herself up in her room. When asked she would just say that she was working on a project. He had not been in her room, never needed to, since he had moved into this cottage with Ditzy.
After their dinner had been completed, and consumed, Dinky cleaned a few dishes before racing back to her room. He and Ditzy completed the dishes, Clockwork washed them while Ditzy dried and placed them in their proper places. After they had completed the "kitchen duty" Ditzy told him she was tired, and would be going to bed early.
Following her upstairs, he went through his regular procedure to prepare for bed. He brushed his teeth, and washed his mane and hooves. By the time he had finished Ditzy was already in bed. Slowly, and gently, he crawled under the simple covers, joining her in the bed.
As she drifted off to sleep he embraced her from behind, leaning up and whispering in her ear. He could feel her warmth and her smile as they fell asleep.
"I love you Ditzy Whooves."