Life is good, thought Ditzy “Derpy” Doo as she trotted along on her mail route. She was so wrapped up in the happy feeling of life that she didn't notice her eyes were beginning to drift, or the brown Earth pony stepping out of his house. One thing she always noticed when she bumped into other ponies was that all Earth ponies felt like brick walls. She fell back with a little gasp as her mail bag spilled its contents everywhere. The Earth pony looked in her direction, his eyes wide as he began to apologize.
“I am so sorry Miss.” He said in a soft Trottingham accent, as he began to gather up the fallen envelopes. “I should really start to pay attention to what’s going on around me.” Ditzy looked up as he started talking and gasped again.
“You don’t need to apologize, it was mostly my fault anyways.” She explained reaching out to begin collecting the mail as well.
“Nonsense, it’s not like you’re blind or anything...” His sentence trailed off as he looked at her face for the first time. “Dear Celestia! Your eyes!” He whispered. No matter how many ponies pointed it out, it always made her want to melt away into nothing. She quickly ducked her head down and folded a wing over herself.
“That’s why it was my fault.” She mumbled into her wing. There was silence, and then a brown hoof touched her and lifted the wing off.
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have reacted that way. I’ve just never seen your condition before.” This caused her to shy away even more. “Wait, what did I..” He started to ask, and then a look of understanding appeared on his face and he facehoofed. “I did it again didn’t I.” He mumbled, as more of a statement than a question. He sighed and then smiled at her, “Let me introduce myself. My name is Doctor Timeturner, but most ponies know me as the Doctor. No idea why though.” He rubbed his chin at that. Ditzy’s eyes lit up in surprise when he said that.
“Oh!” She exclaimed, “You’re Pipsqueak’s dad!” It was now his turn to be surprised.
“You’ve met my son?” He asked.
“Oh yes. He’s friends with my daughter, Dinky.” She told him with a smile.
“Huh, well it is a small world isn’t it.” He smiled back. Just then a gust of wind blew by, causing the small letters to scatter across the road even more.
“Oh dear.” Said the Doctor as they fluttered by his legs. “Um, here, I’ll go collect the ones in the road and you can get the ones by my gate.” He didn’t wait for an answer as he trotted off and began to gather up the wayward envelopes. Ditzy sighed and then bent down to collect her own section, putting them neatly into her bag. Soon the job was nearly complete and she began reaching for the last one, but instead of reaching the letter her hoof was stopped by another brown colored hoof. She blushed and quickly pulled her hoof away. He in turn quickly swiped up the letter and deposited it into her mail bag, avoiding her gaze as he did so.
“That seems to be all of it.” He said as he looked at the ground around them, trying to spot any that were hiding.
“Yeah it does.” She replied. They stood there for a few seconds until she said, “I should really get going on my route.”
“Oh, of course.” Timeturner replied, still blushing. She began to trot away, and he had a thought. "Wait a minute Miss, um." He rubbed his head, "Heh, I don't seem to know your name."
"It's Ditzy." She told him with a smile.
"Of course, yes. Miss Ditzy, would you like to get some coffee and perhaps a little bit of lunch with me later? Pehaps at Sugarcube Corner?" He asked, with all the confidence in the world.
“Oh, of course. My shift actually ends in an hour, would that work?”
“That sounds perfect. See you then!” He sent her a small wave and then trotted off in the opposite direction. Ditzy smiled again and continued on her way, eager to see what the next hour would bring.
He was at a table next to the window, which offered a great view of the street outside. Ditzy was glad for she had always enjoyed ponywatching.
"Ah, there you are!" exclaimed the Doctor, noticing her presence. He trotted around the small, round table to offer her a chair into which she graciously sank. "I hope you don't mind but I already ordered for us. I got you a blueberry muffin and some coffee."
"Blueberry muffins are my favorite!" A look of surprise and happiness crossed her face. She smiled brightly at him, "Thank you for that Doctor. I hope I didn't leave you waiting for long if you already ordered."
"Nonsense. I only got here a few moments before you. Miss.Pie was simply ready to take the order and I saw no reason to keep her waiting." The Doctor waved the question off with a hoof and a small smile of his own. They chatted for a few more minutes, just speaking about what they had done for the last hour. The Doctor having prepared his clinic for opening, and Ditzy simply finishing her mail route. Finally the food came and they fell into a comfortable silence.
Ditzy ate her muffin at a speed that was only slightly above proper manners and then quietly sipped at her coffee, glancing out of the window by her side. As she sat there a slow ache began to build behind her eyes, and then it dissipated leaving her vision blurry and unfocused.
“Oww.” She set her coffee down and put her hooves over her eyes, wishing for the episode to end quickly.
“Are you alright Ditzy?” The Doctor looked at her concerned, reaching out to lower her hooves
“Y-yeah, I’m fine. This’ll pass in a minute or two.” She resisted his attempts at revealing her eyes.
“Ditzy please, let me see.” He commanded gently. She remained frozen for a moment, and then lowered her hooves. Her eyes floated in their sockets, but she at least tried to avert her gaze from his kind eyes.
“I’m sorry,” she whispered.
“It’s perfectly fine,” he whispered back, stroking her hoof gently. “You actually look rather cute like that.” He blushed faintly and went back to his coffee. Ditzy also blushed, and blinked at him in surprise before smiling and returning to her own coffee. Life is good.
Author's Note
I wrote this a while ago and it was mostly finished. Just a stupid little story I thought up, it has no meaning. Also, the part where I said that the Doctor is Pipsqueak's dad was just for plot purposes, I don't actually have that as a head canon.