The day Pipp was able to take a foal home, she sent Misty a text, she forgot to mention the name of the filly that she took home. Misty was going to send a text to Pipp asking for the name, but the door to the room opened, making Misty forget what she was about to do.

The process for her also took a long time, about four months as well. Some of the ponies of the orphanage were a little cautious of her, due to her past, but soon when they heard the full story, they became more sympathetic and granted her permission to go on with the adoption.

Misty looked up and saw that Lilly had walked in, “Hey Misty, I just wanted to say that we are about to start, I will say it’s best to put on your disguise so that we can start,”

“Alright,” Misty said as she lit up her horn, letting loose a magic aura that covered herself.

Once the magic faded Misty now looked completely different, her coat was now completely gray and her mane was no longer red, purple, and curly, it was now replaced with a silky blond mane, she also had wings on her back, giving her the ability to fly, but not too high or for too long. Her cutie mark was also no longer a butterfly but was now replaced with four bubbles.

“M-my name will be, Dinky Hooves…” Misty said, looking at Lilly a little scared.

“A pegasus, an interesting choice. Do those wings actually work?” Lilly said as she pointed at Misty’s wings.

“Y-yeah, but I can’t fly that high, it’s only up to ten feet and only for about five minutes, after that the wings would slowly lose their magic and I will go back to the ground, unharmed…” Misty said as she flapped them a little causing her to fly a little, “I have been practicing some of the pegasus’s wing languages as well and I have flown a few times to getting used to using them, so I feel like I would be ok with this one,"

*Oh that’s nice,” she said as she wrote down something on her clipboard. “Alright, the rules are simple, five minutes of introductions, and after that, you will read the questions from here, they will have their own questions as well, and you two will have ten minutes to ask as many of these questions as possible and after that, we will separate you two and ask if you feel as if they could be a good candidate, they will be asked if they feel as if you will be a good mother to them. How they respond and how they act as well as how you respond and how you act will determine if we feel as if they can be considered a good candidate.”

Misty nodded as she got on the chair and got ready to meet the first filly or foal, “How many will I be meeting today?”

“In total, it’s sixteen foals, eight fillies, and eight colts, hopefully, that isn’t too much, this will take a while and we are sorry if you do have something important to get to,” Lilly said as she placed a hoof on the door.

“I don’t have any plans for today, so this can go for as long as it needs to go for,” Misty said, hopeful that she would be able to find the right filly or colt for her to take in as her own today.

“Well that’s good to know, because your sister took a little over five hours before she found the perfect foal, so we will be here for a while,” Lilly said as she opened the door.

Misty’s ears flattened a little as she heard how long it was going to take, but she was still excited to meet the kids, no matter how long it was going to take.

“Well, if you are ok with it, then let’s get started,” Lilly said as she signaled for the first filly to come in.

And so it started, Misty went on for a little over six hours, and she was given a little extra time to talk to the kids due to her being shyer, which was nice because she was able to get more comfortable with them to talk to them properly, but sadly, none seemed like a good match for her.

“We have a list of two possible kids, a filly and a foal, they seemed to be the closest ones that would be perfect for you to hopefully make a connection with and hopefully adopt. Would you like me to bring them in?” Lilly said as she sighed a little, remembering how difficult it was for Pipp as well.

“If only the right one could just come in like how it was with Pipp,” she thought to herself.

Misty nodded, her eyes a little drowsy due to how tired she was getting, “Go ahead and bring them in, I—”

Just then a small pegasus colt opened the door, “Mrs. Harper…” said a young colt, he had a snow white coat, with a soft blue mane and tail with a streak of dark blue running down the side of it, and both were pretty spiky, but also nice and smooth, his eyes were amber colored.

“Oh, Thunder Strike, what do you need?” Lilly said as she checked her watch, “It’s past nine-thirty, you need to be asleep.”

“Well, Iron was teasing me again, I know I shouldn’t have, but well…” Thunder opened the door and revealed he was carrying another colt on his back.

“Oh my, Iron!” Lilly yelled as she picked him up, “Thunder why did you do this to him, I thought I told you to come and get me if he ever gets on your nerves!”

“I t-tried, but he dove onto me before I could get out of the room…” Thunder said as a tear fell from his eye. He quickly wiped it off before composing himself, “He was teasing me, telling me that Midnight would be thrown back in here and that we would spend our lives here together forever! Never to be adopted because we are not perfect… Like them…”

Lilly sighed a little as she grabbed the little colt to give him a little hug as he started to cry a little, “It’s ok, that’s not going to happen, you just need to have faith in her, she has only been gone for a day, you don’t need to worry about her.”

“I just miss her, she was the only one that would be nice to me and now she is gone with a stranger she has only met for a day,” Thunder said as he continued to cry softly.

Misty looked at him with sadness, something told her to go and confront him and to maybe try and talk to him a little.

“Lilly, would it be ok if you told me who was the one that took her yesterday?” Misty said, hoping that she could do something.

“I’m sorry, but that information is not available to the public, so I sadly can't tell you,” Lilly told her, trying to wonder what she was doing.

Misty walked up to Thunder, the colt a little nervous, but still putting on a brave face, “Hello, my name is Dinky Hooves, do you want to talk about what’s going on?”

Thunder looked at Lilly, not knowing what to do or what to say. Lilly smiled warmly and with one hoof just gently pushed him up to Misty, urging him to talk to her. Misty smiled as she wrapped her wings around the colt, this seemed to instantly relax him as he felt the feathers of her wings, his crying softened and he was no longer trying to make himself look as tough.

“He can be quite aggressive sometimes, so please be gentle with him,” Lilly said as she saw Misty hugging him.

Misty picked him up with one hoof and took him to a small bed of pillows, she placed him on the pillows and laid next to him, her wing still around him.

“How old are you?” Misty asked, hoping that by asking him questions it could calm him down.

“I’m s-seven…” Thunder said a little scared, but also relaxed since he was still under her wing.

“What’s your full name?” Misty asked him, wanting to know him better

“T-Thunder Strike…” He said, still a little scared

“What are some things you like to do?“ she asked.

“Play guitar and go for walks…” Thunder said, opening up more.

“Oh, I actually like to write some music, I actually like to play the harp, though I'm not that good at it since it’s more of a hobby and I only tend to play when I’m completely free, I actually work as a tea café manager, one of my cafés is here in Zephyr Heights actually,” Misty said, quite happy that they had found something that is somewhat in common. "Maybe we can play together sometime," Misty added.

As they both talked, Lilly smiled at the sight of the two, it was as if she was seeing a mother and her child just enjoying each other’s company.

“So you know a place where we could go and possibly play together!” Thunder shouted, very much excited that Dinky would love to play with him one day, despite her being very shy.

“Well, the main shop is not here in Zephyr Heights, it’s in Bridlewood, there is a tea café, called the Crystal Tea Room, I know the owner and he was the one that helped me get mine up and running, it’s where I like to go from time to time, mainly to thank him and to play some music,” Misty said, happy at his enthusiasm.

Thunder jumped in the air, his wings flapping in joy, “I want to go, I want to go, I want to go!” He yelled, causing Misty to laugh a little at just how excited he was.

Misty suddenly realized that she might not be able to make his dream come true, as she didn’t know if she could take him.

He wasn’t part of the interview, she was just trying to comfort him, dropping her head a little, she turned to look at Lilly.

Lilly simply nodded, causing Misty to smile, “Well, why don’t I take you with me for the month? I did come here to adopt and was hoping to take one of you with me, but none seemed right, but you…” Misty said as she pointed at Thunder, “I feel like you and I would be happy together. I don’t know why, but I just have a gut feeling that we are a match, so what do you say, would you like to come with me for a month? To see if you and I would want to be an actual family one day?” Misty asked.

Without hesitation, Thunder dove into Misty’s arms, wrapping her in a big hug, “I would love to go with you Miss Hooves…” he said, before he paused “… but, what about Midnight? We arranged for me to meet her every week, if I’m not here then—”

“Those arrangements would still be active, Miss Hooves, would it be ok if every Friday you bring Thunder to Maretime Bay? Midnight and the pony that took her will be there as well, we have arranged for them to be together every Friday, and I would hate for that to not be possible.” Lilly said as she winked at her.

Misty sensing something was up, agreed, but she could tell that it was nothing bad, but she was very much confused, she would have to go to Maretime Bay to refuel Pipp’s necklace…

That’s when she realized, “Pipp took Midnight!?” She thought to herself.

“Yes, I will definitely take him, I do have some things to do at Maretime Bay almost every Friday either way, so it would be perfectly fine for me to take him,” She said with a small smile on her lips.

Iron gently groaned on the back of Lilly’s back, and broke the moment for a bit, which caused Lilly to run to the emergency room of the orphanage to tend to him.

With all that done, the papers were signed, the next day Misty, wearing her disguise, went to pick up Thunder, and off they went.

Author's Note

Hello everyone, sorry it took so long for this one to come out, I was very busy with many stuff in life, but it’s out now, hope y’all enjoy it.