Tales from the Equestrian Postal Service

There was only silence in the Ponyville post office as the two grey colored Pegasai each with a blonde mane and tail with bubbles for a cutie mark took turns in walking around each other and marveling in the similarities between them.

Derpy sat clumsily knocking a small brochure stand over as she tried to find her voice to address this unfamiliar familiar mare.

Ditzy however was a little quicker off the mark and spoke first…

“I-I came here to visit the Ponyville orphanage… I’m looking for my sister… My twin… Sister… But the orphanage isn’t there so I just came in here for help…”

Derpy flinched at the mention of the orphanage but replied slowly in as clear a voice as she could manage through all of her barely contained excitement.

“Uh… The orphan… The orphanage burned down…”

“Oh my… That’s terrible… How did it happen…?”

Derpy went crimson and hung her head as the memory of her first and only attempt at a second job flickered through her mind like the flames caused by her cookery class…

Ditzy frowned as she caught something about burnt muffins and singed foals from the mumbling response she received, gathering that this might be a touchy subject for her double she began again.

“…Like I was saying I’m looking for my sister she was… …Left at the orphanage not long after we were born…”

“…Um… I guess that’s you…? I mean that’s if you don’t have parents…?”

Ditzy trailed off awkwardly as the thought crossed her mind this Derpy might not know she was adopted!!!

Ditzy was woefully unprepared for this first meeting since she’d figured her sister would have been adopted years ago so a trip to the orphanage was to gain a lead, never in a thousand suns had she imagined she’d just run into her like this.

Derpy shook her head with a big smile on her face.

“Post office my parents… …I mean ponies here my family, took me in brought me up… …Left here not orphanage…”

Ditzy was working this out in her mind as she noticed the post office had become even quieter and as she looked around she realized the older mare from the counter had recovered from her shock, and was now busily cleared all the bystanders from the place.

Letting Derpy’s speech roll around in her head as she tried to think of something to say her train of thought was derailed by the sound of the door closing.

The older mare whose name was First Class made her way between the two mares and asked them if they wanted to discuss this somewhere more comfortable.

In agreement they followed her out to the back as the other pony sat behind the desk waved a hoof at them smiling as he set about binning all the complaint forms for that day.

Ditzy watched her vainly trying to stuff a mountain of paper into an already overflowing bin, to her surprise the pony also removed cotton wool from his ears before making another attempt to try to dispose of the paper.

In the back of the office was the sorting room for all of the post and moving between tables was a huge stallion who was trying to ignore the pair of mares as he took instructions from First Class to take the rest of the day off.

Before any pony could settle however the silence was broken as a door at the back crashed open and two ponies came running in laughing and playing as they scampered through the piles of letters and packages.

As they came to a screeching to a halt in front of the three mares the shock on their young faces was clear…

Ditzy looked first at the young mare then the filly next to her, the first was a reddish purple and looked to around thirteen while the filly was grey with a blonde mane and tail…

Derpy noticed the surprised look on Ditzy and banging a hoof on her chest she spoke in a proud voice…

“Mine!”

“Y-Yours… Wait you mean YOURS???”

Ditzy was blown away as she went back to studying the pair before she realized something…

“B-Both…?”

“…Yup!!!”

“B-But how… I mean she’s got to be at least a teenager… …And… Wait… does that mean you’re married…?”

Ditzy’s mind swam as she thought about the couple of stallion friends she’d had in the past and how for her, the thought of getting married or even having foals was years away…

Derpy let the last comment sail by as she introduced her children, pointing a hoof at the oldest of the pair.

“…Sparkler.”

Then as the teen stood open mouthed still trying to understand what was going on Derpy pointed down at the filly.

“…Dinky.”

Dinky who like her sister was catching flies with her mouth managed a nod as Ditzy introduced herself, Ditzy watched as the two kept switching their eyes between the two nearly identical mares.

“W-Wha…”

Sparkler who was still settling in with her new mom and sister and had only recently overcome the feeling of being the odd one out scowled.

“…Mom……You never told me you had a sister…?”

Calling Derpy that still felt weird given the short number of years between them, but Sparkler was beginning to feel like she’d been left out of something to do with family and her old insecurities surfaced.

Dinky saved the situation as she said in a small voice…

“I-I didn’t know either…”

Derpy smiled.

“Just found her…”

“Don’t you mean ‘just found out…?”

Ditzy was still trying to get to grips with Derpy’s unusual speech pattern as she corrected her.

Derpy nodded a silly grin on her face as she announced proudly to her children whilst pointing at Ditzy.

“Girls say hello to… Um…”

*Pause*

“…Auntie Doo!!!”

Ditzy paled as the obligatory title was given… …An auntie? She was an auntie to a young mare and a filly…?

First Class watched the new arrival as she went through a variety of emotions before being nearly bowled over as the excitable Dinky gave her new aunt a big hug around the neck.

It was obvious the two were twins and the fact they both carried the same cutie marks (a set of bubbles) was more than a little unusual but not unheard of she thought…

Big Package had also given the two some scrutiny and as he shared a bemused look with First Class it was Sparkler who asked the question both the older ponies wanted to but didn’t feel right asking… Well that and all the others that came to mind...

“So if your mom’s… …Sister… Why haven’t you two met before…? And where did you grow up… And where’s her… I mean your parents… And why did they give her up and not you…?”

By the time Sparkler had taken a breath every poignant question had been covered and Ditzy was feeling more than a little overwhelmed by the situation and the small filly wrapped tightly around her neck.

Derpy seemed less than excited to find out as she fidgeted next to her not looking (well not directly) at her.

Sparkler let her anger show as the feelings of abandonment and fury at her own unknown parents bled through, faced with the situation she’d always dreamed would happen to her she was near to tears…

It was First Class who spoke first as the older mare knew such a discussion would require more suitable surroundings.

“Now listen here my dears, I think you should all come up stairs for a cup of tea and we can sort this all out, now Sparkler… Until Miss Ditzy has told her side you will be patient and listen…”

*Pause*

“Dinky I do believe she’s turning blue so stop choking your aunt and go with your sister upstairs and we’ll be right up...”

Ditzy took in great gulps of air as the filly finally let go of her death grip of unreserved joy at having an auntie, Ditzy watched as she ran off towards a small staircase tucked away in the corner of the room.

Sparkler less than convinced stomped after her giving Ditzy a dirty look as she passed, Derpy gave her twin an apologetic smile as her eyes once more seemed to be doing whatever they felt like as they roamed around.

Ditzy watched them for a few seconds before going cross eyed and feeling dizzy, shaking her head slightly she was surprised when, the moment the girls left the room Derpy gave her a vice like hug and with small tears of happiness followed after them.

Big Package and First Class both smiled at her as they too headed for the stairs and as they too disappeared leaving her to follow when ready, Ditzy smiled and wiped away her own tears and slowly got to her hooves.

“There you are…”

Ditzy nearly jumped out of her skin as a voice behind her made her jump.

Standing in the doorway the girls had entered by was a yellow earth pony mare with a bright ginger mane, next to her was a cyan Pegasai with the most colorful mane.

“Huh…?”

“…Derpy… …There’s something… Rainbow Dash wants to tell you…”

The rainbow Pegasai scuffed a hoof on the floor before she approached the confused grey mare.

“Look I know it’s completely out of the blue but…”

“I… …Um… I’m not…”

Rainbow Dash drew level with Ditzy… She appeared to be blushing and nervous for some reason…

“Hi… …Um if you’ll just listen… I’m not… Oomph…!”

Ditzy barely had time to blink before the rainbow Pegasai planted the most passionate kiss on her lips she’d ever experienced.

Before Ditzy could react the Pegasai broke the kiss and with cries of ‘oh no…’ and ‘I didn’t mean to just…’ along with ’call me!’ before she turned and at incredible speed disappeared through the still open door to the outside.

The mare with the ginger mane was still laughing at Ditzy’s expression when she realized something was different about Derpy today…

“Hey I know you said you weren’t into mares and all but she really does have a crush on you…”

“…I’m sorry I didn’t think she’d just do that you know…”

A minute or two passed in silence before the mare continued.

“…Hey are you OK Derpy…?”

“…Yep!!!”

The ginger mare blinked…

She could have sworn Derpy’s lips hadn’t moved but as she felt some pony next to her she turned and came face to face with Derpy.

Ditzy was broken from her daze by the resulting scream as the ginger mare feinted clean away…