Dinky was devastated at the loss of her mother. She'd always looked up to her as a role model for what she'd like to do in the future. But with Ditzy Doo in a coma, Dinky was direction less. This period of her life was very brief, as another Unicorn offered to help her out. Twilight offered to help Dinky out with researching ways to wake up Ditzy Doo. It was a constructive way of spending her time, and the offer of hope. Needless to say, Dinky latched onto the concept.
" Twilight, I'm here to study!" Dinky said, announcing her presence at the library.
" I've set aside several books on magic to supplement your lessons in school, and some historic books on magically caused sleep." Twilight said, taking notes on one of her advanced study books.
" Twilight, do you think we'll really be able to wake up Mommy?" Dinky asked, opening one of the books and reading the first few lines.
" Of course Dinky, there isn't a single thing you cannot do with magic. You just need practice." Twilight said distractedly.
Dinky stayed at Twilight's studying until the sun had set, and she had to go home to feed her mother dinner. She packed up the books she hadn't yet finished examining into her mothers mail mare bag and walked home. The night wasn't as frightening as it had once been, since the Heroes of Harmony had saved Princess Luna from the darkness that was Nightmare Moon. Regardless, Dinky's Horn illuminated her path through the dark streets.
" Mommy, I'm home, and I've brought you blueberry muffins." Dinky said, pulling the cool muffins from the specialized compartment of the bag, where she'd kept them after buying them from Sugar Cube Corner on her way to the Library.
" Muffins..." She heard from the bedroom, she had been told that it was just a natural reflex manifesting itself, but even that minute reaction encouraged her. To Dinky it was telling her that her mother could still hear her.
She hung the mail mare bag on the peg next to the door, dusting the table surfaces off as she passed, carrying a pile of muffins into the bedroom in front of her. One by one she peeled the paper off of the muffins and floated them over Ditzy's mouth allowing the reflexes to take over once Ditzy's nose caught a whiff of the baked goods.
The legend of Rumplestilt Pony says that in exchange for the finest bed in existence Rumplestilt offered 15 years of his life. He'd thought that the exchange would be done immediately, and his life shortened, but instead, when he first laid down his head to rest, he slept for 15 years. Missing out on the growing up of his children and aging of his wife. When he woke up many things had changed, and were confusing to him.
" Somehow, I don't think this legend will help me think of a way to wake up Mommy..." Dinky said, idly turning the pages of the books Twilight had loaned her while feeding Ditzy.
Once she had completed her self-inflicted chores, she tidied up the house and cooked herself a simple meal of oatmeal cookies, and apple fritters. She sat down over her own dinner to do her homework from school. The other ponies looked at her pityingly but she felt that it was unnecessary. Her mother wasn't dead. She was just in a very deep sleep. And Dinky, being a unicorn, potentially had the power to wake her up.
Although it didn't stop her from crying to sleep every night, next to the sleeping form of Ditzy Doo. She'd refused all of the other Ponies kind offers to take her in. She'd thought that it would be selfish to leave her mother all alone. Though, now she realized that she was the one to be alone, until someone found a way to wake Ditzy Doo.
Reader's Note: While this is a continuation of Power of the Derp Side, it's also a story all unto it's own, I'd appreciate reviews and the like if you don't mind. I intend to develop the master & apprentice relationship between Twilight and Dinky. We all know Twilight's 'very busy' all the time, maybe I'll introduce Owluicous or Spike as a substitute or Tutor