Author's Note

A little story about my favorite family in all of Ponyville. Just a little warning, there's going to be LyraBon shipping here, so if you don't like that kind of thing maybe you should look away. This fic is going to (probably) have three chapters, so if you liked it, wait patiently for the next.
Hope you like it!

The morning

The sweet scent of freshly baked muffins filled the kitchen as Derpy Hooves hummed a melody her mother used to sing to her when she was depressed or when she went to bed. It always brought a smile to her face, all the memories it carried along combined with the sweet treats she was preparing always made her day a little brighter.

While setting up the table, Derpy looked through the window once again. It certainly was a beautiful day outside. “I have to remember to tell Rainbow Dash she really outdid herself this time” Derpy thought, smiling as she finished setting up the table for her and her two daughters.

Derpy let out a sigh. “I wish he was here too.” Derpy’s smile faltered as her head was slowly filled with memories about The Doctor and all of the adventures they went through together, but she shook her head and the smile returned. “Come on Derpy, don’t get sad now” She whispered to herself “He said he would come back as soon as he finds himself some time. I’m sure he’ll knock on the door when we least expect him to.” Her smile grew wider “As always.”

Finally, Derpy stepped out of the kitchen and was on her way to the stairs and towards her daughters’ bedrooms when she heard a door opening and a very sleep deprived Amethyst Star, a.k.a. Sparkler, came out of the room walking zombie style towards the bathroom. “Sparkler. Did you go to sleep late again?” Derpy said trying to sound angry, and failing because the worried tone of her voice was very poorly disguised.

“Izokaymom. Imfeelin’mazin” Sparkler mumbled as she pretty much crawled inside the bathroom.

“Breakfast is ready. Come down when you are done” Derpy said while walking towards Dinky’s room.

A barely audible “Okay” was all the answer Sparkler gave.

Derpy tried her best not to laugh as she came closer to Dinky’s bedroom door. She knocked on the door and said “Wake up, wake up, my little muffin. I know it’s Saturday, but it’s not good to sleep for too long” Derpy waited for an answer but none came, so she softly opened the door while saying “Coming in” Dinky was snoring softly, wearing her favorite blue pajama with the drawing of Freddy Fazzbear and his friends, Chicka the chicken, Bonnie the bunny and Foxy the pirate fox. “I never understood how that pizzeria became so famous, those robots are very creepy looking if you ask me” Derpy thought, though thankfully they looked very cute drawn on the pajamas.

As she came closer to the bed she realized Dinky was holding something in her arms. It was a picture, but not any picture. It was the picture of that wonderful day The Doctor invited them to a picnic and the only day they spent from sunrise to sundown all together. Before he had to go away once again he asked a mare with big black and pink glasses and a funny accent to take a picture of them and since then that picture became pretty much a family treasure.

Derpy softly leaned closer to her little muffin and gave her a long kiss on the forehead. Dinky stopped snoring but she still didn’t open her eyes.

“Hmmmm. How strange” Derpy said “Normally that should be enough to wake up little miss Dinky Doo”

Dinky tried to maintain a calm expression but Derpy could easily notice she was holding laughter.

“Perhaps” Derpy slowly raised her hands “I need to recur to…”

Dinky opened her eyes and said “No mom, wait”

“A TICKLE ATTACK!” And Derpy launched herself towards her daughter, tickling her mercilessly. Dinky laughed and started kicking uncontrollably begging her mom to stop. After a few more seconds Derpy stopped to let her daughter fill her lungs with air.

Dinky wiped the tears from her eyes and looked up at the best mother in ALL of Equestria. “Good morning mom” She said smiling and jumping from the bed into her mothers embrace.

“Good morning muffin” Derpy set the little girl on the ground “Breakfast is ready, so go brush your teeth and come down so we can plan out how the evening will go”

“Okay mom!” Dinky ran towards the bathroom.

“Oh, Dinky wait!” But it was too late, Dinky entered the bathroom and Sparkler scream was heard all the out to the street.

“Sweet merciful Luna, Dinky! How many times do I have to tell you? Knock on the door before entering the bathroom!” Sparkler said in very annoyed tone of voice.

“Sorry sis” Was all Dinky could say before closing the door and waiting by the door, head hanging low.

Derpy saw this and walked towards the little girl “Don’t worry muffin, just try to be careful next time. Okay?” Derpy said while patting lightly on Dinky’s head. Dinky’s answer was a slight nod. “Give your sister some time and when you are done go down to the kitchen. I baked your favorite muffins”

Dinky’s head went up, a look of pure joy on her face “You mean, chocolate chips muffins?”

“Mhmm. Why don’t you go change your clothes while you wait?” Derpy said

Dinky gave a salute “Right away ma’am”

*some time later*

Dinky was wolfing down her plateful of chocolate chips muffins with gusto while her mother and sister just stared at her, Derpy with amusement and Sparkler with shock.

“Gee Dinky, thank Celestia you only eat like this when mom makes this muffins” Sparkler said “’Cause if you ate like this on a daily basis you’d end up looking like that classmate of yours, what was his name again? Snails?”

“No” Dinky said, with her mouth still full of muffins. She swallowed them and continued “Snails is the skinny one and Snips is the fat one”

Derpy put on a serious face “Dinky Doo! It’s not good to refer to other people by their physical appearance.”

Dinky looked at her mom and then down at her legs as sadness took over her face. “I’m sorry mom. I didn’t mean…”

“I know you didn’t mean it” Derpy said in a reassuring tone “But it’s not good to do that kind of thing. You can hurt people really bad by saying that kind of things” If there was someone who knew full well how that felt, it was Derpy.

“I know. Sorry” Dinky said.

“It’s okay Dinks” Sparkler joined the conversation. “We all make mistakes. Besides I’m kind of at fault too. I shouldn’t have brought that up” Sparkler scratched the back of her head as she said this.

The rest of the breakfast went on normally; small chats about nothing in particular and lots of more delicious muffins for each of the three Hooves family members.

“Well” Derpy said while taking the plates and cups to the sink “How about we start making plans for the evening? How does that sound?”

Sparkler and Dinky looked at each other and with they fingers they counted together “One, two, three, four.” And together said “YAY!” and shared a laugh.

“Well, my idea was that you, Sparkler, should go with Dinky to the park and spent the day there while I go to-“

“Wait, what?!” Sparkler interrupted her mom.

Derpy looked at her with a confused face “What’s wrong Sparkler?”

“I can’t do that. I have to finish that project for college with Twinkleshine and Sea Swirl. It’s going to take us until pretty much nightfall at least” Sparkler said.

“B-but I have to work today. I have to make up for last week’s accident, remember?” Derpy said with a worried tone

“You never told me anything mom.” The purple unicorn responded

“I didn’t?” Derpy’s left eye went downwards while her right eye looked at the opposite direction, signaling she was thinking really hard. After a few more seconds she gasped “You are right! I didn’t tell you! Oh, I’m such an airhead” Derpy covered her face with her hands “What are we going to do now? Can’t you take her with you and your friends?” The wall-eyed pegasus asked her daughter.

“We are going to Sea Swirl’s house; she barely has space for us three to fit in. And we are going to be super busy. We can’t take care of her and do this homework at the same time”

While her mother and sister panicked, Dinky started thinking about a possible solution. Sparkler couldn’t watch over her, and Dinky didn’t want to be close if they were going to be working on those complicated projects. Sparkler tends to get pretty grumpy when she’s doing that kind of thing. And her mom was going to be extra busy trying to repay her boss for the last week’s accident, so what could be a possible solution.

While thinking, she looked out through the window and saw Lyra Heartstrings walking out of Bon Bon’s house. The owner of the house was on her knees taking good care of the beautiful flowers at the entrance of her house and Lyra was taking her a glass of water or lemonade, Dinky couldn’t say for sure.

Lyra gave the glass to her girlfriend who drank the whole thing on one go and later returned the glass to the green unicorn, but not before they shared a quick but sweet kiss on the lips. Dinky always loved Bon Bon’s sweets, and though she tended to be a bit grumpy towards everybody except Lyra, Derpy always said that it was all a cover and that she’s actually sweeter than the candies she make. And Lyra was well know for being a talented song writer and musician and being one of the most cheerful girls in town, only beaten in that aspect by, obviously, Pinkie Pie.

Slowly, Dinky walked towards the two still arguing women in the room and raised her hand to get both of their attention. When they both stopped panicking and looked at her she said “How about we ask Miss Lyra and Miss Bon Bon to take care of me?”