Chapter 62: Pinprick

Dusk steps into the main room of the library, which is inhabited by a small purple dragon, who is carrying a grayish blue bucket filled with glass shards. He walks up to the bin in the kitchen, and pours all of the shards into the disposal unit. Neither of the two acknowledges each other's presence, since Spike's back was turned against the stallion, and Dusk didn't think that it was that important to talk to the dragon. It looks like Spike had something important to do anyway.

He opens the door to outside, and leaves the library without Fluttershy. As he steps out of the hollowed out tree, he starts to wonder  what he might be able to do before he walk back to the cottage. He thinks about getting something to eat from the Sugarcube Corner, but he remembers the bag of cookies that he bought just the other day. He then wonders how he forgot about them so easily, he never forgets about food that tastes so good.

He notices the amount of ponies which were out of their homes, which is a startling difference to the amount from yesterday. Unfortunately for him, there was nopony besides of his friends that were outside when he was chased by the deranged fashionista. (That has gotta be one of the worst words of the Equestrian language. The word is so cringe worthy to say.) He was a tad annoyed by the fact that not even one pony was outside at the time, and nopony bothered to look out of their windows to investigate the noise that they were making. Maybe the wind and rain blocked out any of the noise.

He finds a very familiar pony in the main part of town. He sees Ditzy Doo walking around with a little unicorn filly that he has never seen before. She has a similarly styled mane to his wall eyed friend, with a slightly messy blond mane. The filly has a light purple coat, with a small shade of gray mixed in. He could see that she hasn't earn't her cutie mark, as of yet. He felt that he knew her in some way, but he just couldn't put his hoof on it, but he knows that he has never seen the filly before.

Ditzy sees him as well, and greets him first, "Hiya Dusk, how have you been?" She asks enthusiastically.

'I haven't been too good, I just cried for the first time in years and I  remembered all of the ponies that I hurt in my life.'

He knows that he would never say something so sadistic to her, despite his mind toying with the idea. "I have been alright. How about you?"

She starts to smile in a cheerful manner, "I've been good... great actually. Ever since you helped me with the boss, her opinion of me has gotten a lot better. I haven't messed up a single day since you fixed things up between me and her. Also, I can't believe this happened but-" She is interrupted when the little filly starts tapping her on her body, to try and grab the mare's attention.

"Uh... who is this stallion mummy? I've never seen him before."

"Haven't I introduced him to you Dinky?" It is a rhetorical question, "He is my friend Dusk and-”

“Wait a second, I think I’ve seen him somewhere before.” The light purple filly thinks back to when she could have possibly seen him. “Isn’t he that weird stallion who yelled out something crazy as we walked past?”

‘Wait what?’ He begins to feel confused, offended, and shocked at the same time. He looks at the filly known as Dinky with an intrigued impression, before looking back up it Ditzy, who is looking at Dusk with the same expression. They both look back at Dinky again responding in two different ways.

"I don't know what you are talking about." Responds Ditzy.

"Weird, crazy stallion?" Asks Dusk, while trying to convey the proper emotions to summarize this situation.

The filly tries to drive her point across, "Yeah, he just yelled out something really random, as we walked past him about a week or two ago." She seems quite certain that this supposed moment has actually happened in the past. The two pegasi tries to think of a time where this could've happen, buck they both drew up mental blanks. They shrug it off, much to the disdain of the filly, and start to talk about another subject.

"So Ditzy, This must be Dinky, the daughter of yours that you mentioned." Recalls Dusk, remembering her mentioning Dinky a few times. "She's a cute filly.”

"Aww, thanks Dusk.” Thanks Dinky in a ridiculously cute way. (D’aaawwwwwww...) She is beaming at the complement, and this made Dusk chuckle.

“That’s no problem- wait a second...” Dusk remembers something that happened just before he left Ditzy at the post office about a week ago. She kissed him, meaning that she still likes him in that sort of way, but she is the mother of Dinky, which means that there is obviously a father figure of some kind.

‘But if there was already a stallion in her life, than would this classify as cheating? No, I couldn’t imagine Ditzy every cheating on anypony, ever. She isn’t seem like that kind of pony, isn’t she..?'

"Ditzy, who is Dinky's father?" He asks suspiciously, before a rather disturbing thought enters his mind.

'Oh Celestia, what if she no longer has a  husband/coltfriend, what if he broke up with her, or he died like Blitzkrieg did in Cheerilee's case.' His eyes go wider as he goes into the more sadistic possibilities. 'But what if she never actually had a coltfriend to begin with? One night stand gone wrong? Unfaithful partner?'

"I don't know her father," Dusk could feel his willpower begin to break. "But that is because I conceived Dinky via IVF." Dusk breathes out a sigh of relief, before he asks her about a few of the specifics of her decision.

"But why did you choose to conceive so early in your life, weren't you ever with a stallion before?" Asks Dusk.

"Yes, before I had Dinky, I had a coltfriend. He name was Doctor Whooves, and he was wonderful, a little bit eccentric, but still a great guy. He used to take me on all sorts of adventures, to places I never thought could be imagined." Dusk's head that starts thinking of dirty thoughts.

'Is this supposed to be a sexual innuendo of sorts?'

"But unfortunately, he needed to leave me in town, since something important had come up, and it would've been too dangerous for me. Sadly, he needed to 'cease this relationship' as he said it, he told me that it was too dangerous for me to be intimate with him, but despite the urge to come with him, there was no point in arguing with him.”

This answer intrigues Dusk greatly, since she knew it was dangerous, and yet she wanted to go with him. Dinky seems to know what her mother was talking about, since she doesn’t really seem shocked about this development. It was as if she has already been told about this beforehand. “So if it was so dangerous to go with him, why did you want to still be with him?”

Her eyes seem to glisten in memory, “I’m sorry, but he told me to keep one of the main reasons a secret, but lets just say that we travelled to places that I never thought would have existed, and he is just a special, caring pony. It is really hard to say why it feels so good to be around him, he just has that feeling about him..."

As she finishes, Dusk nods in acceptance of what she was saying. "Alright, I get you now, but does Doctor Whooves have anything to do whith your big decision to get an IVF at an early age?"

She shakes her head, and explains her reasons.,"It has always been my dream to raise a foal of my own, and believe me, I did try to get into another relationship, but I couldn't. Ponyville has quite a low ratio of stallions to mares, and the few stallions that I had a liking to were either in a relationship, or weren't interested. I remember that Big Mac was the most polite about this, even letting me take him on a date just to see how things would work out." She sighs in defeat, "Sadly, he didn't feel comfortable going on another date, but it was really sweet of him to see if things would work out."

Dusk's respect of Big Macintosh rose significantly, and he felt that this was enough information that he needed to get out of her. "So do you know what ended up happening to the good Doctor?"

"Well he fixed the time rift and returned back to see me for a few days, before going on another adventure of his, usually for weeks at a time. We are still good friends, but I rarely ever get to see him. He is still in Ponyville if you want to meet him."

Dusk has an estranged look as he asks, "Time... rift..?"

"There's no need to worry about that, it is too hard to explain anyway." Concludes Ditzy, opening up the opportunity for Dusk to change the subject.

“...Alright then?” He is still quite confused about what she was talking about, but he moves on.”A-Anyway, you were mentioning something, before Dinky interrupted you." Remembers Dusk.

"Oh did I?... I-I'm sorry..." Innocently apologizes the filly, which ends up tugging upon Dusk's heartstrings.

Ditzy begins to lovingly nuzzle her daughter, "You don't need to apologize my little muffin." The filly slowly begins to perk up again under her mother's contact. This warms Dusk to his very soul, as he watches the heartwarming display.

As soon the the two finish, the wall eyed mare starts to speak to Dusk again. “So you know the group of ponies that were harassing me?” It is a question that need not be answered, as he allows her to continue. “Well most of the ponies in the group actually went up to me and apologized to me. Although it wasn’t the whole group, it was a good feeling nonetheless.”

"Well that was awfully nice of them, if you count out the bast-" He stops in the middle of the swear, since he is in the presence of a foal. He could see her glaring at him, which ends up scaring him a little bit. “Uh... eheheh... if you count out the bad ponies that refused to do such a thing.” He cringes at his childish rewording. It was just so horrible, so degrading to say.

‘Damn it, why do I have to be around somepony so innocent. It is like the little filly has never heard a swear in her life.’

The mare loses her piercing glare as she continues the conversation, “The few that didn’t apologize to me harass me enough as it is, and that is why it felt so much better that everypony else went and apologized to me. It is like a mini victory."

"I think I know what you mean Ditzy, but if you don't mind, I'll need to be going now, we'll catch up on a later date, okay."

She nods in acceptance, "Alright then, we need to get back home before it gets dark anyway. See you later." The two began to walk towards the direction of their household, until Dusk stops them

"Wait a second Ditzy, I need to ask you something before you go." The mare turns around, and Dusk whispers into her ear, "Do you still like me?"

This question makes the mare blush intensely, as she begins to get more flustered. Neither of her eyes were looking at the stallion as she spoke, "Um... uh... well, I.. don't like you in that way anymore..." Her face scrunches up as she finishes.

Dusk easily picks up on all of this. "Oh Celestia this is good, you are doing the blush, the flustering and the scrunchy face. All I can say is, you are a terrible liar Ditzy."

"I'm I?  Well that's a shame got to go BYE!" She embarrassingly fires out before trying to fly out of the vicinity of the stallion. She then snaps back into reality and she remembers that Dinky was watching the whole ordeal between the two. She wanted to leave the area as fast ae she could, but she wouldn't leave her daughter like this. She needs to improvise...

"Uh mummy, are you feeling okay? You are acting really funny." It is at this moment, when Ditzy figures out what she should do to escape.

"Dinky, do you want me to fly you back home again?" She was getting her wings primed and ready for flight.

The filly begins to brighten as her smile grows and her eyes begin to sparkle. She wanted this, "Yes please!"

There is a smug grin on her muzzle as her daughter climbs on her back. Dinky grabs around the lower part of her mother's neck, as Ditzy readies herself. "Goodbye Dusk." There is still a visible blush on her face, but she focuses on the flight ahead." We are flying in five, four..."

Dusk is quite amused by the display that the two were doing. He could see the enthusiastic look of increasing anticipation on the filly's face, and  the mother's  embarrassed, yet determined look.

"...Three, two, one...and we are go." She says the last part as she takes to the air. And then suddenly, she  launches herself into the air, and starts to fly at impressive speeds.

"Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-" Yells out Dinky in childish glee. This made Dusk laugh and "D'awwww-" at the same time. As soon as Ditzy disappears from the skyline, Dusk starts to walk back to Fluttershy's.

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Dusk is mindlessly walking through the middle of town, slowly making his way back to Fluttershy's residence. He thought about all the time that he has been living with her for, and he remembers that he had moved with her as soon as he 'entered' the town. He hates the fact that he moved in with somepony not just in the beginning, but before then. It is actually somewhat hypocritical of him, since he wanted the moving in stage to happen at least one month after they were in a relationship.

And speaking of which, this whole relationship has been a tad quick for his liking. Not only has he moved in almost immediately, but he slept on the same bed as her at the very first day. Not only that, but he actually had sex two weeks into this commitment, but strangely, this didn't make him feel like an exploitative pony.

Despite the fact that he has only been in a relationship for two weeks, it has felt like so much more than that. So much has happened to him since he has been in town, although a lot of the things that have been rather detrimental. Maybe he has brought bad luck to the town and it’s residents. But anyway, this week has felt like it has gone for so much longer than two weeks for Dusk. He has done more in a week, than most ponies should do- “AGH! What the buck?!”

He could feel a ferociously sharp pain on his right forehoof. Contrary to popular belief, the hard bottom of hooves are not impervious to pain, since there are still nerves there. He checks what in Equestria could have possibly cause such a pain. He gasps in utter fear, as he retracts from these very familiar objects. He began to uncontrollably hyperventilate, and look on with the look of petrification.

He could not stop staring at the bloodied needles in the ground. He is overwhelmed by indescribable fear, and is immobilized to the spot. The few ponies in the vicinity couldn't help him, since the mares were all in a group and walking away from him, blissfully unaware of the stallion in the area. He falls down onto his huanches, and just continues to stare at the needles.

"Oh my word, what's wrong?" Worryingly asks a mare who is walking up behind him. He really wanted to turn around and look at her, but he isn't able to. His new fear kept him rooted to the spot.

"Dusk? Are you okay?" She asks him, while levitating the needles away from the ground with a light blue aura. With no object to fearfully look at, he diverts his attention to the mare behind him. He immediately recognizes who the mare is.

It is Rarity, who has a saddened look. She knows why Dusk was acting the way he was before, and starts to remember the events from yesterday's unfortunate incident. She truly felt bad for the stallion, and she hates knowing that somepony actually feared her. She doesn't notice his growing look of fear until it was too late however. She didn't figure out the connection that Dusk was forming.

All he could see is Rarity holding a multitude of needles with her magic... Next Chapter: Chapter 63: Misunderstanding Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 41 Minutes