(A/N: Where the hell is the Dinky Doo tag?)

Ditzy felt herself surface from the dreaming world. Sighing she just sat in her bed as the birds chirped and her Ventian Blinds slanted, the sunlight giving her room a darkened look to it.

(Cue the music!)

She felt her heart sink, another day, another chance of getting ridiculed, sneered at. She lazily began moving her back hooves in the silky cloud. Unwilling to get out of bed she continued to stare at her ceiling.

It's early in the morning

She tried going back to sleep, but the sun seemed to pester her as it attempted to light up the inside of her house. Grumbling and irritated she slowly made her way out of the cozy embrace of her bed.

I'm laughing at the sun

She apathetically shook her mane to get out most of the frizz and knots, outside she could hear the subdued sounds of life. Muted giggles and the constant sound of hoof fall stated that evidently she had slept in. Snorting a bit she looked in the mirror.

My mirror disappoints me.

She sighed, there staring back at her was a defeated mare with sunken eyes due to working overtime to pay for their small condo. Crow's feet lined her eyes as she squinted trying to get rid of the lazy eye. Just once, just for once she wanted to try and appear....normal.

Am I the only one?

Sighing and letting her eyes return to their cross ways she grumpily opened her bedroom curtains, instantly her bedroom was flooded by light, mid-day light to be precise. Grumbling she made her way downstairs. After fixing herself a cup of coffee, she looked at the wall clock. It in turn read 3:00. Smiling a bit she yawned as the coffee took effect, forcefully driving away all sleepiness.

[Chorus]

Lazily she flopped onto her couch, reveling in the silence of it all. There were only two places, only two places she ever felt welcome. The first was her home. Home sweet home. The silence, the welcoming silence seemed to suck away all those whispers that seemed to follow her everywhere. Grunting she arched her back extending the compressed cartilage. Working the graveyard and over-time shifts killed her back. But it was all worth it. If it made her happy. Then it was all worth it.

On the verge of sleep, a niggling thought popped into her head. And the instant, the very instant before she was about to drop off again. It shook all the cobwebs out of her head by asking a single question: shouldn't you be picking up Dinky? Her eyes shot open as she cursed under her breath. "Horesapples, how could I have forgotten her?!" She cursed herself before quickly running out.

I think i'm getting closer. But the scenery's the same.

Huffing, she flew as fast as her wings could carry her. The schoolhouse was, by no means close to the house. Ditzy sorely wished she could make enough to move closer to private school, but right now the two bedroom condo was about the only thing she could afford. Today of all days, the air traffic above Ponyville had kicked into high-gear. A combination of early evening deliveries, and ponies just getting off for lunch. Sighing, Ditzy decided to just hoof it. And as she descended to the ground, she could feel the apprehension growing in her belly. There was a reason she barely walked amongst the town-folk anymore.

Am I a disappointment?

And as soon as she landed. As SOON as she landed, the bustling crowds, the multitudes of ponies seemed to part like the red sea. Sighing, she willed for herself not to pay them mind as they began whispering.

"Oh no it's her again!"

"Quick! Kids get back inside!"

"C'mon hun, before 'Derpy' starts acting up again."

However hard she focused on happy thoughts, however happy those thoughts were. They couldn't keep out the voices, they swirled like flies but their sting was twice as painful. It hurt. It really hurt to hear her 'friends' those whom she held dear talking behind her back like that.

I blame it on the pain.

But, that soon passed. She was only two blocks away. And soon, so soon, she would see her again. The shining star of her life.

Ditzy could feel the corners of her heart begin to lighten, she felt the muscles of her mouth twitch as she heard her daughter's pre-pubescent, sing-song voice. "Dinky! Dinky Doo!" She called out as she approached the small fenced off building. And there she was, talking to both her friends Applebloom and Scootaloo. Ditzy had to stop and smile as she watched her daughter animatedly retelling the days events to the two who nodded their heads and chimed in along the way.

A year ago when the two moved to Ponyville, Ditzy noticed that Dinky was sad, sad and alone. And Ditzy a year ago, Ditzy saw a younger version of herself in that filly. "That day I promised myself I'd make her happy." She thought sighing as she watched her now giddy daughter from afar. Ditzy remembered how she would always go out of her way to cheer up her daughter, whether it be acting foalish in public or singing songs. She remembered how after her long days, even though she was tired and sore, she would always put on her brown paper bag and smaller paper-bag shoes and parade around their little townhouse making her laugh.

Chorus

In the middle of her quiet reverie, Ditzy hadn't noticed Dinky waving her friends good-bye and running over to her. "Momma? Hello? Equestria to momma!" Chirped the much smaller unicorn. This instantly snapped Ditzy out of her day-dream. And as it did, her eyes which had previously gone even farther into their wall eyed stage, now returned to semi-lazy stage as she tried fixing her daughter with her eyes. And as you can tell from lazy eye, it didn't work. She saw her daughter, the space above her daughter, and for some odd reason, be it a a ghost of the mind or a hiccup in her vision, she could also see the space off to the right behind her daughter. And she frowned because there were two very familiar fillies there pointing and laughing at Dinky. "C'mon muffin, let's get out of here." She said as the two evil fillies began cackling.

All I need is you is all I need. If you could simply believe in me then we could be forever. Together!

Mother and daughter walked in silence for a little while. Dinky hadn't told her mother...but she had heard the other filly's laughing at her mother. And it hurt her. Ever since Ditzy had come to the annual parent-teacher get-together. Everypony always seemed...afraid...disgusted...repulsed by her. And it hurt her because they accepted Dinky for who she is, but no matter how many times Cherrilee talked about looking beyond somepony's outside and looking inside...they never did. They always assumed she was...handicapped. And Dinky knew how smart and strong her mother was. She remembered every single night Ditzy had come home, broken and tired, Dinky saw how her mother sagged as soon as she entered the door only to brighten and parade for another hour just to keep her happy.  And it saddened her. "Momma deserves better than this." She thought to herself every time things like that happened. But...but she also saw how her mother lit up whenever she saw her. How she smiled.

"Hey muffin? Wanna ride on my back? You know, like how you used to?" Asked Ditzy all of a sudden. Dinky stopped and looked at her mother with concern...but ill concealed joy. She always did love riding on momma's back, she always loved the powerful jolts and steady hammering of her mother's heart.

"Can I? Can I can I can I?" She asked jumping up and down like a little filly. Ditzy only laughed and lowered herself onto her knees. Dinky climbed up and the two began walking home.

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Ditzy could feel the little hammering of Dinky's heart as the two continued home. Now Celestia's sun was slowly setting, covered by the houses of Ponyville. Ditzy didn't care, she was wrapped up in motherly contentment. She hadn't felt so happy since she got the news she was a mother.

Ditzy decided to start jogging a bit, sending the little filly on her back into hysterics as the two galloped home.

Chorus

Even though the town disregarded her, even though she had to work grueling hours just to eek out a meager existence. Even though she couldn't give her daughter what she wanted...she was happy.

"Thank you momma." Said Dinky, the two were now well into their walk home, as stated before they lived a while from the schoolhouse.

"For what muffin?" Asked Ditzy perplexed.

"For being you." Said the little unicorn dropping off to sleep. "Nighty night momma." She yawned, falling asleep.

(A/N: There! Spent all goddam day on this chapter! Happy?!?)

Even though she couldn't see it. Ditzy looked to the stars, the sun had set a little while ago. "Thank you muffin." She whispered, tears in her eyes. Next Chapter: My night with the musician from Canterlot Estimated time remaining: 5 Minutes