Ditzy had to struggle against the wind. At times it blew against her, other times an up draft would push her dangerously closer towards the clouds. She remembered her instructor in flight school telling everyone that lighting from fully form clouds could severely injure anypony who happened to be flying between them.

That afternoon Ditzy had originally planned on walking home with Dinky after school. To her horror she arrived to find her gone and Ditty passed out on the floor. Cheerilee regretfully broke her the news that Dinky somehow found out that Ditty was her father. In a juvenile attempt to bring back his memories Dinky touched horns with him, which resulted him to pass out.

Ditzy fell down beside the unconscious Ditty distraught. She was in fact entertaining the notion of inviting Ditty over to her house for a meal that evening as a first step to what she hoped to addressing a treatment to him. She, Twilight and Nurse Redheart were already discussing ways to help him with his memories.

She also somewhat hoped she could get on Ditty’s good side, with him being on the rebound with Cheerilee. But her whole plan had come crashing down before her eyes.

In her grief, she draped her wing over him and touched his cheek. Ditty gave a small stir at her touch. Ditzy didn't not get up, she wasn't going to runaway or hide from him anymore. She started quietly talking to him. She apologized for hiding the truth from him, and spying on him. She started talking to him about when they met at school, and when they met again in Fillydelphia. She asked him if he could remember what they talked about the night they were together. What they drank, the pet name he had given her.

With the exception of the moment she touched his cheek, Ditty’s face and his body the entire time remained perfectly still. Ditzy grew even more scared. She kissed him on the cheek.

She started begging, pleading to him to come back. Her honest feelings final surfacing in her mind. She wanted to see those chocolate brown eyes of his again. She wanted to tell him the truth and show him pictures of Dinky as a baby and compare them with his own. She wanted take him out to dinner and make Cheerilee realized that she was thick one for passing up such a kind and wonderful stallion like him.

Ditzy just laid there for what felt like a lifetime asking over and over for him to open his eyes. When Ditty finally opened his eyes she didn't know what to say. He just looked at her and said.

"My first fan."

She immediately knew Ditty, her Ditty, was back.

Before she could even enjoy the moment of Ditty coming back to her. Ditty reminded everypony of the new emergency. Dinky her- no their- daughter was still lost.

Ditzy beat her wings harder when a light from a thunderbolt lit up the barn of Sweet Apple Acres ahead of her. She saw the little wood nestled beyond the Apple orchard and went in to a dive.

Ditzy landed beside the wood and ran in to it glancing up in to the trees.

She saw the tree-house nestled in the little clearing. She saw a small flickering light through the windows of the tree-house.

Ditzy flew up to the entrance and rushed through the door.

Inside she saw the house was relatively dry, with the exception of the bit of rain that was blowing in through the glassless windows. In the middle of the room, huddled in her cape sitting close to a small lit candle, shivering, alone was Dinky. Her back was to the entrance and Ditzy could hear her sniffling.

"Sweetheart?" Ditzy called to her.

"Mommy?"

Dinky looked up at her. Her face and hooves were slathered with mud. Her eyes were bloodshot red from crying, and she had a scratch her cheek that was bleeding a little.

"Oh baby!" Ditzy called out to Dinky and rushed up to her and pulled her up in to her fore hooves. "It's OK. I was so worried about you."

Dinky buried her face in to her mother's chest.

"I'm sorry!" She wailed. "I didn't mean to hurt anypony. I spied on you and Twilight when you were talking about Mr. Hooves being my Daddy. I thought I could use my magic to break the spell! I didn't know it was gonna hurt us Mommy. My horn burned after it happened and Mr. Hooves fell down. I was so scared!"

Ditzy held her closer and placed the side of her face on top of her head.

"Its OK baby. I'm here." She said soothingly.

"I thought everypony was mad at me so I ran here. I cut myself on a branch outside on the way here, and then it started to thunder and lightning."

Ditzy look down at her daughter's cut cheek. She wanted to wash the mud away from it but she realized she had nothing to wipe it with. In her haste at the school house she had ran out the door leaving her coat behind. All she could do at the moment is hold her closer as a cold wind blew through the tree-house causing the candle to flicker violently.

"I hurt him really bad Mommy. I'm so sorry! He will hate me when he wakes up, I just know it."

Ditzy felt herself shiver as the dampness of Dinky's cape started chilling her already soaked fur.

"No, no sweetheart." She said to her daughter. "He's OK, it just took a little while for him to get back up. He's looking for us right now."

"He's not mad?" He daughter ask looking up at her.

"Oh no, just worried. Like I was."

"I'm sorry." Dinky said as a new wave of tears overcame her.

"Its OK baby, it'll be OK."

Ditzy held her daughter as she whimpered in to her. The two of them held each other close sharing each other's body heat as the room around them started growing more and more colder. The minutes ticked away as the thunder rumbled outside. Ditzy hoped that Ditty would arrive soon.

"Ditzy!? Dinky!?" Ditzy heard Ditty's voice calling from outside.

Before Ditzy could respond a set of hooves galloped up the ramp outside, and Ditty burst through the door. He took one look at the two of them sitting together in each other's hooves and a look of relief crossed his face.

"Oh thank Celestia!" He said as he closed the door.

Ditty took off his overcoat and threw it over the two of them. He rubbed it down making the friction give Ditzy and Dinky more much needed warmth.

"Dinky?" Ditty ask looking down at the filly in her mother's fore hooves.

Dinky still held her face buried in her mother's chest. She did not look up when Ditty entered the tree-house.

"Sweetheart." Ditzy said quietly. "Someone important would like to speak with you."

Dinky teary eyed peeked up at Ditty with a scared look on her face.

"Hey Dinky." Ditty said with a soft look on his.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you." She said in almost a whisper.

"We know you didn't sweetheart." Ditty said pulling out a semi-wet hoofkerchief from one of the pockets of his jacket.

He reached down and gently cleaned of some of the mud on her cheek near her cut.

"You just gave us all a scare back there." He said kneeling down so he could talk to her at face level. "I should be the one who's sorry. You were telling me the truth, you were right. You believed in me, even when I didn't believe in it myself."

A warm smile grew across Ditty's face. He leaned in closer to Dinky and dropped his voice to a whisper.

"You were right my baby girl! You were right!"

Ditzy felt Dinky's grip loosen around her as she turned to face Ditty directly.

"The magic spell?" Dinky asked him in a still shaky tone.

"You broke it." Ditty said affectionately nuzzling his nose against Dinky's. "Your magic put me in a deep sleep where my memories came back to me. When Mommy found me at school she held me and talked to me and helped me wake up."

"You mean Mommy help break the spell too?" Dinky asked a look of happiness finally starting cross the little filly's face.

"I could not have done it without the both of you." Ditty said giving her nose another nuzzle. This time Dinky gave a tiny nicker and nuzzled back.

Ditzy bit her lip at loving scene she was witnessing before her. She always wondered since Dinky was born how the two of them would meet as father and daughter. Her imagination never fathomed this and how emotionally powerful the moment was. Ditzy felt tears of joy streak down her cheeks.

"Your not gonna run away from Mommy?" Dinky asked.

Ditty looked up at Ditzy. He noticed she had started crying. He stood up and using the hoofkerchief still in his hoof he wiped her tears from her face. He then held her in his fore hooves and kissed her.

Ditzy felt his lips on hers, she held him closer and fervently kissed back.

"No sweetheart." Ditzy said back to Dinky when they finally pulled apart. "Daddy's not gonna run away."

"Daddy." Dinky said. Hearing herself say it as she held her hooves up at Ditty for a hug.

Ditty reached over and picked up Dinky in to a full embrace.

"That's right, my little pony. You have a Daddy." He said holding her tightly.

Ditzy put her hooves around the two of them and joined in their embrace.

Twilight, Cheerilee, and Nurse Redheart eventually arrived at the tree-house, and all of them successfully got Dinky back home safe and sound.

Ditzy noticed Ditty’s breathing had gotten a bit labored when they got back in to town. Before anyone could say anything, Nurse Redheart immediately forced Ditty to lay down on the sofa in the living room so she could run a full physical of him. She threatened to sedate him if he dared to show one hint of protest.

Sure enough Ditty had over exerted himself. He found when he laid down on the sofa the adrenaline in his system had finally worn out, his limbs felt massively heavy. Nurse Redheart confirmed it was from a magic induced concussion he was suffering from.

"You’re on medical watch for the next twelve hours." Nurse Redheart scolded. "That means tonight somepony will have to watch you and wake you every hour to make sure you haven't fallen back in to a coma."

Ditzy volunteered to do it immediately without giving it a second thought.

"Yay! Daddy's gonna have a sleep over with Mommy tonight." Dinky gave a cheer.

Ditzy saw Cheerilee raise her eyebrows at Twilight and the two of them started stifling a giggle.

Nurse Redheart picked up on their unspoken innuendo, rolled her eyes and looked over at Ditzy.

"He needs to rest, real rest. No physical activity of any kind!" She turned back to Ditty. "Same goes for use of magic; telepathy and unicorn kisses. If if makes horn glow, you are forbidden from using it for at least a week."

Ditty gave a frown at her but didn't say anything.

"Now it's time for your check up." Redheart said walking over to Dinky eyeing the scratch on her cheek.

Dinky gazed up and gave a similar frown like her father's.

"You've may not have fallen down from it, but you too experienced the same trauma as your father. We need to make sure you haven't hurt the same way as well."

Ditzy gave a worried a look at Nurse Redheart. Dinky saw the seriousness in her mother's face and allowed Nurse Redheart to continue.

As Nurse Redheart gave her physical to Dinky, Ditzy walked in to the kitchen across the hallway and put the tea kettle on the stove.

As Ditzy watched the kettle, she saw in the other part of her vision Ditty was watching her from where he lay on the sofa. She felt a little wave of warmth spread across her face when she saw his expression. He held his chin up with his hoof, his dark brown eyes were locked on her, as if they were drinking in the whole image of her.

Ditzy still facing the stove, nonchalantly flapped her wings the same way she usually did at the end of a long day, and then finally look over to Ditty. His eyes were even more focused on her and a subtle little smirk grew on his face.

Ditzy smirked back at him and gave him a look as if to say 'I know what your thinking, but you need to wait.' Ditty gave a nod as if to understand her and gave her a wink before he looked over at Dinky with Redheart.

"Well there’s good news and little bad news Dinky." Nurse Redheart said finishing up her exam.

Ditzy stepped in to the living room to listen to the news.

"The good news is the only damage from your little magic show this afternoon is your horn is little warm and it will probably be that way for the next few days."

"It still feels sore." Dinky said glancing up at it.

"My feels the same way too sweetheart." Ditty said sympathetically to her as he gestured at his.

"To be expected." Nurse Redheart commented. "Just let it be and you both should be fine."

"The bad news?" Ditzy asked the nurse.

"The bad news dear, is your daughter has the early signs of a fever. She should known better than run outside in the rain without a coat."

Dinky upon hearing the news sheepishly walked over to the sofa Ditty was on. Ditty made some space for her as she hopped up and snuggled next to him. The other adults in the room gave a sigh of relief, the flu was bad but not serious.

"Well that's a relief." Ditzy said. "You had me...ah...ah...AH CHOO!" Ditzy gave a sneeze.

Nurse Redheart gave a sigh and placed a hoof up to Ditzy's forehead and shook her head disapprovingly.

"Looks like mom doesn't know better either." Nurse Redheart reprimanded reaching in her bag and pulling out a bottle of pills. "You and Dinky take two these every six hours. Drink plenty of fluids and get plenty of rest. Doctors orders. Oh and one more thing, Dinky is forbidden to use magic as well, no unicorns kisses or telekinesis for a week."

Nurse Redheart put on her raincoat and turned to the group in the living room.

"Ditty I expect to see you in the office tomorrow at ten for a follow up."

Ditty gave a salute at Nurse Redheart then reached over and tousled Dinky's mane.

"Have a good evening." Nurse Redheart said to everyone. "Remember Ditzy, tonight check him every hour on the hour. Best you set a timer. And....." She leaned closer and spoke softy so only she could hear. "No physical activity. Make him sleep on the couch, at least for tonight."

Ditzy felt a combination of embarrassment and irritation. She was angered by everyone’s raunchy conclusions when she'd volunteer to watch Ditty for the night. She felt embarrassed that Nurse Redheart might have picked up earlier on the glances she and Ditty had shared across the room at each other, confirming the thought may have crossed Ditzy’s mind.

Nurse Redheart waved good bye and trotted out the front door.

"Well," Cheerilee said in a light hearted accusing tone. "Looks like all of you as a family in a single day have successfully gotten each other sick. What have you got to say for yourselves?"

Twilight gave a nicker.

"I remembered to wear my coat outside." Ditty said in a mockingly dignified matter looking between Dinky and Ditty.

Dinky sat up and stuck her tongue out at him. Ditzy walked up him and gave him a little glare.

"For your information Mr. Hooves, I wasn't the one who ran through half of Ponyville immediately after he had suffered from a magical concussion that put him in a coma." She leaned down at him inches from his face looking him straight in the eyes.

"I love you." He said defensively and gave her a small peck on the forehead.

"Me too!" Dinky said blinking her big innocent eyes up at her.

Ditzy grinned at the adorableness of the two of them looking up at her.

"You two!" She said. "What am I going to do with you?"

Ditzy awoke with a little jolt, she had lazily fallen asleep on Ditty's shoulder while to two of them laid on the sofa flipping through photo albums.

"What time is it?" Said blinking the sleep out of her eyes.

"Quarter to three. Go back to sleep honey, you don't need to wake me for another fifteen minutes." Ditty said obviously still awake enjoying the pictures of Dinky and Ditzy.

Ditty nickered at his own dumb joke, Ditzy gave him a playful swat with her tail. She stretched her wing over the side of him like she had done before in the schoolhouse and cuddled up closer to him getting more comfortable.

"Sounds like the rain has stopped." Ditty said glancing up at the window.

"Mmmhhhuh." Ditzy sleepily agreed, having decided to take Ditty's suggestion on going back to sleep.

"I guess the weather ponies would be heading home by now with a job well done." Ditty said out loud thoughtfully.

The word weather ponies reminded Ditzy of something.

"Uhhhh Ditty?" She said opening her eyes up at him.

"Yes?"

"I just realized we might have an issue breaking the news to my father about us."

"Oh?" Ditty asked, and then a realization with a touch of dread crossed his face. "Oh. Dinky mentioned him to me last week. I believe it was something along the lines of Grandpa thinks Daddy is a bad pony..... I guess that means me....."

Ditty ran his tongue nervously across the inside of his lower lip.

"Yeah, he’s not even aware you are new teacher in town. And well ‘we’ only just happened tonight" Ditzy said heavily.

"How are we gonna do this?" Ditty glanced at her.

"Well if I have learned anything from all of this, is it's better not hide anything. I need to tell to tell him straight out."

Ditty affectionatly rubbed the side of his face with hers.

"We will, together." He said calmly.

"Yeah, together." Ditzy replied still a little worried but encouraged by Ditty.

"Awww! Look at that, a little firefighter!" Ditty exclaimed.

His gaze had fallen to a picture of Dinky dressed up as a firefighter for last years Nightmare Night.

"And what are you?" Ditty quizzed looking at Ditzy standing in the background of the picture wearing paper bags on her hooves and head.

Ditzy gave an embarrassed gasp and snapped the album shut before Ditty could take a harder look.