More Ships Than The Navy

Dear Dolphin Dream,

I wanted you to know that, no matter what happened between you on your friends, they are still your friends. And if you are still mad at me for being the 'cause' of this, you shouldn't be. In fact, if you had just asked for your house back, I would have given it back to you.

Love from Doctor Whooves

"No, no." He crumbled up the piece of paper and chucked it in the overflowing him behind him. "Love from? What am I doing! This is Dolphin Dream we are talking about. The mare of your dreams, Johnny." Doctor Whooves sighed. He turned away from his work table and picked up a framed photo. It was yellowed with age, but he could still make out the picture of filly Dolphin Dream.

He placed the photo in front of him, and took another piece of paper.

Dear Dolphin Dream,

I know this is a bit random, but I have something to huge to tell you about. Dolphin Dream, you are just amazing. Even in fillygarten you were great at shipping ponies. It was you who gave me the idea of...us. So, on the last day, I left you a box of chocolates and flowers on your desk. And then I waited. I had decided that that day I would tell you how I felt. However, you never came. Instead, Cheerilee, who was a real jerk back then, read out the card to the entire class. I was teased every day after that. Until, three months later, I moved to Vanhoover to escape the teasing. It was hard for me to leave you behind, but I have come back now. You are not the same pony you were. I think this is because of your friends. They were nice, at first, when they saw me again. Then their old selves were jolted back at my memory. You wouldn't have changed because you barely knew me back then. Now, I hope, I can find a way to bring back the Dolphin Dream I know and love. Please come back. I love you, with all of my heart.

Love from,

  Doctor Whooves

Doctor Whooves groaned. "Even worse. I have to take it slow, because I don't know if she likes me back." He picked up a new piece of paper. "Let's try again."

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My dreams were filled with huge, rolling waves and endless blue sea. A feeling of emptiness...loneliness... It was terrible. Drowning in my own fears. They were confirmed when I found a letter next to my makeshift bed. I was going insane. Who would leave me a letter in the middle of the town park? I sighed, and opened it.

Dear Dolphin Dream,

The house is yours, if only you ask.

Anonymous

I laughed. It was obviously a trick. One of my former friends must have left it there for me, to see me make a fool of myself. I get tongue twisted thinking about him.

"Are you sleeping here again tonight?"

I almost died as he said those words. I whipped around, and came face to face with Doctor Whooves.

"Doctor Whooves!" I exclaimed. Had he been the one who sent that note?

"Please, just...just call me Johnny." He chuckled nervously and looked over his shoulder. It was a trick! Still, I wanted a moment with the stallion of my dreams.

"Well, Johnny. How did you get away from your marefriends?" I asked casually, like I didn't care.

He looked confused. "You mean Derpy and Minuette?"

"Her name is Colgate. Well. Everypony calls her that."

"I prefer Minuette over Colgate. And Dolphin Dream over Sea Swirl."

I gasped. My name had been Sea Swirl until I changed it to fit my cutie mark. But not even Rose knew. How could he?

"And they aren't my marefriends. They might be smitten with me, but I don't like them."

I gawped. Where was all this coming from, and so randomly, too?

"In fact, there is only one mare I like... And it's you, Dolphin Dream."

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The ice was broken after that. He told me everything, from knowing me in fillygarten, to moving to Ponyville to find me. "I didn't mean for anything like this to happen," he said. I comforted him and said it was all right. I even snuggled up to him on the park bench at some point. We were soulmates.

"I think the best thing to do is to find them stallions of their own. And that -"

"- is my talent!" I finished. He nodded, and continued. "We need to set them up on a fake blind date, and pair them with a stallion they would fit best with. However, we need a cover for this. Maybe a sort of show?"

"Of course! Fifty Fates. I have wanted to start a show called Fifty Fates since fillygarten!"

"Exactly." We smiled shyly at each other.

He slid off the park bench and I did the same. I was much more clumsy about it, though, but he just laughed in a friendly way.

Johnny looked me in the eyes, and stepped closer. I felt like stepping back but I loved being this close to him, breathing in his scent. He smelt of pine needles and leather.

He stepped forward again.

I was close enough to nose boop him by now. My face was just a few inches away from his. Should I cross that distance? I didn't have time to decide.

Johnny crossed the distance and met my lips with his. They were soft and sweet, and made me feel goosebumpy all over. We kissed for a second or two, and broke apart. Johnny grinned cheekily at me. I smiled warmly back. Something told me this was the beginning of a long and happy life.