CLICK
the flap made a satisfying sound as she closed the front of the mailbox; that was her favorite part. It was always fun when she got to meet the recipient, they usually had something interesting to say, but that didn't often happen. She wasn't supposed to linger as she had to get mail to the entire town by midday, and hurried off to deliver the next letter. It was the little filly's first job and she was all too excited to get it done. One house down, about a thousand to go. She flapped her wings and fluttered along happily to the next house. Reaching into her mailbag, the grey Pegasus pulled out the next envelope to be delivered.

As she trotted up the front steps to the house, the front door suddenly opened to reveal a tall grey unicorn. He looked down at her, grinning.
"Oh, well hello there little miss, what have you got for me today?"
the little filly looked back up at him with an adorable smile, holding out the letter with her mouth, and bouncing up and down with excitement. The unicorn's horn glowed and the letter floated up to him via magic.
"Thanks there squirt, and I've got something for you too" he levitated a small cone shaped object out to her. It had a large opening at one end, with a loosely knit screen just inside. The smaller end was shaped so she could grip it with her teeth, and had a very small hole in it. Inside was a liquid that would jiggle around when it moved.

She always loved delivering to this house, in the one week she had been delivering mail he had always had some small gift for her. Squealing with delight, she accepted the gift and promptly grabbed it between her teeth. As she blew air through the little hole, lots of little bubbles began to float out from the other end. She continued blowing bubbles as she moved along to the next house, staring in wonder at the way they floated freely through the air. Inserting the next envelope into the mailbox, she closed the front with her nose, enjoying the click it made as the latch locked into place.

When she was all finished making deliveries, the little Pegasus made her way back to the post office. She turned in her mail bag to a large walnut colored Pegasus.
"Hey, look who it is, it's little Ditzy Doo! Welcome back kid." The large Pegasus ushered her in with his hoof, rubbing it on her mane as she walked in. "wait there kid I'll get ya all done up in a jiff." He turned around and walked toward the back of the building. Ditzy Doo sat back and blew bubbles again.

"Hey Al, why do you call her Ditzy Doo?" a young maroon pony asked when Alphonse got to the mailroom. He had a leaf green mane and a dark red apple on his flank.
"Because Macoun, she's the Doo's kid, remember the two pegasi who used to help take care of the farm when you were little? Donnie and Dilamena, boy that was one pretty mare."
"But why Ditzy, and what happened to them anyway?" Macoun asked.

"Well nopony really knows what happened to Donnie, he disappeared one day and never came back. But Dilamena tragically got sick later that year, we were barely able to save the baby. That was about, twelve years ago, you woulda been a colt still. Such a shame, those were the two nicest ponies you ever met, always devoting any time they had to helping everypony in any way they could. They even made a very generous donation to helping rebuild the town hall. Anyways I'd promised Dilly I'd take care of the kid if anything ever happened to her, and Ditzy was the first sound she made when I took her home. She was just so cute; tiny little thing. So I just started calling her that; she seems to like it. The kid doesn't say much, but she sure has her parents' talent for helping people, when she wanted to help deliver mail to ponyville, how could I say no? "

He hung her mailbag up on the shelf and placed a few bits into a small pouch, and then headed back to the front desk. The room was now filled with bubbles, which lazily drifted around on small air currents. Alphonse spotted little Ditzy Doo in the corner where he'd left her, happily blowing into a little cone between her teeth.
"Here ya go Ditzy, now go have fun." He handed the little pouch to the young filly, who took it in her mouth and headed off out the door giggling.

When Big Al handed her the pouch, Ditzy Doo took it happily and ran off out the door. There were all sorts of things she could do with the little gold coins she got for helping him deliver the mail. Today she was headed toward the new bakery that was opening downtown. The place was called Sugar cube Corner, and it had the most delectable of treats. She could barely contain her excitement as she raced along down the street.

When she got to the little shop and ran inside, she went straight to the front counter and put her hooves up on the display case. So many yummy goodies, her mouth watered and she wagged her tail excitedly as she stared down at all the sugary sweets. Lollipops, candied apples, candy canes, gumdrops, cupcakes, and on the side were some nice big muffins. She looked up at the Pony running the counter and tapped on the glass near the muffins with her hooves.

"Oh did you want that?" the blue pony asked her. Ditzy nodded. The selected muffins were whisked off the shelf and placed in a brown paper bag. The paper bag was then handed to Ditzy Doo, who accepted it, and placed two gold coins on the counter. The blue pony slid them into a drawer and smiled at her
"thank you, enjoy the muffins dear."

She couldn't wait to devour them, and ran as fast as she could to the park, where she could enjoy her spoils. Sitting down beneath her favorite tree, she ripped open the bag and looked between the three round muffins before her. Three? She had only paid for two. She decided not to worry about it and selected the one with the blue berries in it. It was delicious, so soft and bubbly on the inside, the little pockets of air trapped within the muffin tickled her tongue as she chewed. The blueberries were so moist and juicy; she gobbled it up hungrily.

After eating the other two muffins, she lay back and blew the rest of her bubbles out through the little toy the kind unicorn had given her. Realizing it was no longer morning, she got up and turned to head back towards home, and smacked straight into the tree. She shook her head to clear the dizziness, and continued on back toward the house.

When she got to her house, she ran inside to grab her things. It was the first day of school, and she didn't want to miss it. It was so exciting, she got to go meet all the other colts and fillies her age, and learn all sorts of exciting things about Ponyville. Gathering up her little saddlebag, she threw in an orange for later when she would want a snack, some notebooks, and a few quills to write with, as well as a bottle of bubble soap for when she was sure they would let her outside.

She was so excited when she got to school that she tripped over her own hooves as she ran through the door to her classroom. As her hooves slid out from under her, she fell in an awkward heap on the floor, her face pressed against it in such a way that she had trouble getting up. The entire class of colts and fillies burst out laughing.
"Look at that derpy Pegasus, she can't even stand on her own hooves."
"Uh DERP!"
"What's wrong Derpy Hooves? So scared you can't even walk straight?"
"She's so stupid she can't even walk through a door without falling over."
"What a dope!"

They all just kept pointing and jeering. What a way to start her first day at school. Her eyes began welling up with tears.
"Hey, cut it out!" a squeaky voice called out from beside her. Ditzy looked up to see a small pink filly, with curled poofy pink hair standing next to her, staring defiantly at the class.
"You guys are all just a bunch of big mean meanie pants. Leave her alone!"
Taking advantage of the sudden distraction, Ditzy turned and ran from the room as fast as her little legs could carry her, eyes shut tight as tears streamed down her face. She needed to get away.

At some point her hooves had left the ground, and when she opened her eyes she found herself on the roof of the school. She pulled out her little bubble wand and began to blow bubbles. She had always loved the way they floated so freely on the breeze. They could just fly wherever they wanted to go; not a care in the world, and no mean colts and fillies to think about. Watching the bubbles allowed her to relax; she could just let all of her troubles drift away in the wind. As she lay on her back, staring up at the little floating circles, she wished that she too could just fly away, but her wings weren't quite strong enough yet.

"Are you okay there filly?" chirped a voice from behind her.
She rolled over to see the same pink filly who had defended her against the whole class. "You've been up here a really long time, everypony's really worried." Ditzy sat up, eyeing the pink pony skeptically.
"Hi, my names Pinkie Pie, what's your name?" Ditzy just looked down, unsure of whether to respond or not. The pink pony's face appeared under her downcast gaze, with an encouraging expression.
"Aw come on, nopony likes a frowny face. Everything's fine, those meanies aren't gonna bother you anymore, don't you worry, now let's see a smile on that nice face of yours."

Ditzy looked up, forcing one cheek into a sort of half smile.
"There, come on filly, now everypony can see your beautiful eyes, they're really nice you know"
Her new friend's praise reminded Ditzy of the way Al used to tell her she had beautiful golden eyes. She smiled at that, feeling happy now that she knew she had a friend.
"See, there's a smile" Pinkie Pie said happily, grinning really wide. "Now let's get back to class before everypony really freaks out."

They were up really high, she couldn't figure out how she'd gotten up here. Pinkie Pie showed her the way down, and after several drops and a light bounce, they were back on the ground. As they walked into class, one of the colts who had bullied her earlier noticed and pointed at her.
"Hey look it's the d-" her friend snapped her head around and shot him a stern look. The pony who had made the remark jumped back a foot, holding his foreleg in front of him defensively, with a frightened expression on his face.

Pinkie Pie smiled and trotted along back to her seat, Ditzy followed, feeling a lot better knowing her friend could defend her. She took the empty chair next to her new friend and looked up at the teacher in the front of the room. After school got out, Ditzy started to walk home, when she was stopped by her pink filly friend.
"hey, you still never told my your name silly filly."
"oh, um… it's Ditzy Doo" she responded
"Well Ditzy Doo, why don't you come over to my place and we'll throw a party. I love parties, they're the best way to make new friends."
"um, okay" Ditzy replied.

(i forgot to put this earlier: this story is currently on beta, im going to revise it and maybe change a few things before uploading the final version on fimfiction, so i just figured you might want to know that. i'll post an update in the latest chapter when it finally goes up)