Tying The Knot

Twilight awoke with the sun on her face, bathing her in golden light. She sat up and stretched her legs, letting out a powerful yawn in the process. She felt a sudden emptiness in the room, and her brain caught up to her when she noticed that Derpy wasn’t laying next to her.

“Derpy?”, Twilght called.

She looked around a bit more, maybe hoping to find the mare putting on her mail uniform. She found the hat and sack sitting by the door, which was very unusual.

“I wonder why her stuff is here? Derpy usually never takes days off”, Twilght questioned to nopony in particular.

Twilight used the bathroom and went downstairs. She looked around, only to find a note on her desk.

“Twily, went to a meeting with my boss. Will be home soon. With love- Derpy ❤️“, Twilight read to herself.

Twilight was about to question, but heard tiny hoofsteps approaching.

“Good morning, Dinky! Did you sleep well?”, Twilight asked the foal.

“Yeah. I like my bed, it’s soft”, Dinky said brightly.

Twilight chuckled, Dinky was such a little ray of sunshine.

“I bet; Say, you want some breakfast?”, Twilight asked.

“Yeah! Can we have some cereal, please?”, Dinky asked.

Twilight looked at Dinky’s expression, a smile on her innocent face. Twilight was glad that she took her and Derpy in, not only because of Derpy though. Dinky was like a little burst of happiness that Twilight needed everyday.

“Twilight?”, Dinky called out of confusion.

“OH! Sorry, Dinky. I’m a bit tired. Sure, we can have some cereal. Celesti-O’s sound good?”, Twilght asked the filly.

“Yeah!”, Dinky happily pronounced.

The princess chuckled and poured them both a bowl of the marshmallow treat. Though it was strange that their was cereal based on her mentor, Twilght loved marshmallow. So, she gave it a pass.

After they were done, Twilght began to clean the bowls out. Dinky sat at the table, wearing just as big a smile as she started with. After a moment, Twilight finished and sat in front of her.

“So, what do you want to do Dinky?”, Twilight asked.

“I wanna learn some magic!”, Dinky happily said.

Twilight thought about it for a few seconds, but eventually nodded.

“YAY! Thank you Twilight!”, Dinky said as she leaned over and gave Twilight a hug.

Twilight felt a warmth take over her, one that she hadn’t felt since she first kissed Derpy. It was a sense of completion, almost as if one half of her was happy. Now she felt complete, having a little angel who looked up to her.

Twilight snapped out of it and looked at the filly, who was smiling brighter than a star.

“I’ll try to teach you a simple beginner spell. Is that fine?”, Twilght asked.

“Sure! When do we start?”, Dinky asked.

“How about right now?”, Twilight said.

Dinky’s eyes lit up.

“Yay! What are we gonna do?!”, Dinky excitedly asked.

Twilight levitated a cup towards her and sat it on her right. She thought that this would be simple enough.

“Ok Dinky, I want you to try to levitate this mug. One thing first, have you ever tried to use your magic before?”, Twilght explained.

“Yeah, I’ve tried to”, Dinky said.

“Alright, so here’s how you do it. You need to focus your energy and lift the cup”, Twilght explained.

Dinky nodded and tried to levitate the clay cup. She squinted her eyes in pure determination as she made the cup move, filling her with hope as she did so. Twilight looked on with a proud grin, and continued to watch as it slowly began to rise.

Dinky opened her eyes and grew 5 times happier. The cup was floating, slightly bobbing back and fourth as seconds passed. Dinky, to focused on her success, let go unintentionally an dropped the cup. It shattered upon impact.

“Woah! Huh, that was loud. Be right back Dinky, I’ll get a broom”, Twilight said as she trotted to the broom.

When she turned around, she found Dinky looking down at the ground. The filly was lightly shaking, and little driplets of water were falling from her face.

“Dinky, what wrong?”, Twilght asked as she knelt down to Dinky’s level.

Dinky looked up at her and sniffled a bit.

“I-I’m sorry, T-T-Twilght. I didn’t mean to drop the mug. I bet you think I’m a loser now, huh?”, Dinky asked sadly.

Twilight felt something inside her grow a bit angry. Hearing an innocent, sweet little filly putting herself down because of her was heartbreaking.

“Dinky, I do not and will never think you are a loser. You made a simple mistake, big deal. Do you know how many things I broke when I began to practice my magic?”, Twilght asked.

Dinky solemnly shook her head.

“Let’s just say it makes that mug look like nothing”, Twilght chuckled.

The foal chuckled slightly, but still let her head down.

“But Twilight, you’re like the coolest, most prettiest pony ever! I don’t wanna make you mad. I don’t want you to leave me alone”, Dinky sadly said.

Twilight was just as heartbroken as this filly, those words tore at her heartstrings.

“Dinky, I would never leave you or your mom. You both have made an impact in my life. I wouldn’t even think of thinking bad if you, your a very special pony”, Twilght said.

Dinky, seeming a bit better, gave Twilght a hug.

“Thank you, Twilght. You’re the coolest princess ever”, Dinky nuzzled the alicorn.

Twilight’s heart could’ve blown up from cuteness. This little filly seemed to look up to her heavily.

“Twilight?”, Dinky asked.

“Yes, Dinky?”, Twilght said back.

“You’re with my mommy, right?”, Dinky asked.

“Of course, silly. Why do you ask?”, Twilght chuckled.

“Well, since your with my mommy...does that also make YOU my mommy?”, Dinky asked her.

Twilight froze on the spot, unsure of how to respond. On one hoof, she was gonna explode with joy and cuteness. On the other hoof, she knew that the only way that she could be Dinky’s mother is if she were to adopt her.

That actually sounded nice. She already kinda saw Dinky as a daughter. She was fun, very witty, and always grateful for everything that Twilght or Spike did. Maybe she did want to be Dinky’s mother..

“I-If you want me to be...”, Twilght stuttered out.

“I do! I want you to be my mommy!”, Dinky said.

“Dinky, you do know that the only way that I could be your mommy is if I marry your mom, right?”, Twilght asked.

Dinky’s little face lit up.

“Are you gonna get married to my mommy?!”, Dinky excitedly asked.

Twilight froze again. She hadn’t thought about it, actually marrying Derpy. The more she thought about it now, however, made it sound heavenly.
Just Derpy, Dinky, and her all together as a happy family. Spike also counts, she kinda forgot about him.

“I-I wouldn’t mind marrying your mom”, Twilght smiled.

“Then just ask her to marry you! I know she’d say yes!”, Dinky happily said.

Twilight smiled a bit as she thought about their wedding. All of their friends and family, all gathering to celebrate their special day.

“You know what, that doesn’t actually sound like a bad idea. You’re very smart, Dinky”, Twilght chuckled.

“You’re smart, Mommy”, Dinky smiled back.

Twilight began to cry a bit as the filly walked away, feeling so happy that she could die.