/ The Sweetness of a Muffin/ Story: New Land, New Customs, New Life...New Love?/ by StormHoof/-/
A/N: Hey sorry guys, couldn't help myself. had to write this. Fic is now officially on hiatus and status will not be changed until mid august. sorry. Anywy, enjoy!
It had been about two weeks since Chryssie had gotten out of the hospital. And not only that, but I had my home made larger, mainly because my herd wanted to live with me. And now I have to deal with royal guards standing around all the time, which is annoying as hell. I mean, I'm not gonna lie, I have been enjoying every moment with them, including the more intimate moments.
I sat up in my bed, Rarity on one side and Celestia on the other. I looked down at them and smiled. Slowly stepping out of bed so I wouldn't wake them, I headed over to my closet and put on a quick outfit consisting of a pair of jeans and a plain white shirt. It took quite a bit of persuading on my part to get Rarity to make the jeans. And all she did was complain all the way through about how atrocious it was and how she shouldn't be allowing such an atrocity of fashion to continue.
Once I was dressed I wrote a quick note saying where I was going, just in case one of them were to wake up and find me gone. I went downstairs, put on my shoes and headed outside, on my way to Sugarcube Corner. I was planning on picking up breakfast for my herd considering today was saturday and nopony had to work. I looked up and saw the sun begin to rise, which meant Tia was up. I walked up to, and into Sugarcube corner, where of course Pinkie was already up and awake, waiting for the breakfast rush.
"Hey Pinkie." I said, smiling.
"Hi Alan! How are you! You here for breakfast or to get away from the princesses and there love?" she said all too happily.
"Just the breakfast Pinkie," I laughed, "The usual please."
"Sure thing!" she replied as she placed three big box's on the counter.
"That'll be 40 bits."
I smiled and handed over the bits, which were put into the register at once. I grabbed the box's and brought them out of the shop. It was a lot harder walking and carrying these box's for me than it would have been for anypony else, considering they could see where they were going. Which didn't help any when I felt somepony fly into me, knocking not only me over, but my load as well.
I groaned as I got up and saw that all the warm donuts and muffins were now sprawled out on the ground. I frowned after realizing I would have to get another batch. I looked for whoever had hit me and noticed a grey pegasus with a blonde main and tail, lying on the road. She sat up and looked over to where me and my lost cargo had fallen. I saw her eye's go wide as she looked up at me. I almost had a cuteness heart attack right there. Her eye's were adorable. One was looking right at me while the other was looking off to the right. She had a very apologetic look on her face.
"Oh no, I'm so sorry! I didn't hurt you did I?" she asked.
My heart officially stopped. She had the most beautiful voice. It could have matched Tia's.
"Uhhhhhh." I said staring at her dumbly.
"A-are you okay? If you want I can pay for another batch of your treats. I really am sorry for running in to you." she said.
I was finally able to get my mouth to open. "Um, it's no problem miss uh..."
"Ditzy, Ditzy Doo, but you can call me Derpy if you like. Everypony else does." She said smiling an adorable smile that made my heart jump.
"Well, like I said, it's no problem Miss Derpy. I can just get another batch, after all I am friends with Pinkie." I replied.
"Oh, okay. Well do you mind if I go with you? I was on my way to get breakfast. Maybe we can talk?" she asked.
"Sure, we can talk for a bit." I said.
We went back and entered the shop and had to explain to Pinkie what happened. She just smiled and handed me another three box's. One of which Derpy offered to help with. I happily placed it on her back. When we left I decided to ask her why she happened to run into me.
"Well, I'm sure you already noticed my eye's. You see, I was born with a condition that caused my eye's to remain like this. And it makes it exceptionally hard to fly. And normally I wouldn't fly, but I heard that Pinkie had come up with a new muffin flavor and I wanted to be the first to try it." She said as she held up the muffin she had purchased. It was a golden brown muffin with bits of yellow, blue and orange.
"What flavor is that?" I asked.
I waited for her to finish chewing her first bite before having asked.
"It's banana citrus berry blast. It's got Banana's, blueberry's and oranges. It's really good!" she said happily.
"That sounds amazing." I replied.
"So this is your place?" she asked with curiosity and awe.
"Yep, would you like to come in?" I asked.
She smiled and politely declined, saying that she had to go and get started on her mail route. I said goodbye to her and went inside to find everypony waiting at our table. Which had been brought in to accommodate all of us who were living here. I smiled and placed the box's down on the table.
"Alright everypony, dig in!" I said. As soon as those words left my mouth, the box's were opened and the treats devoured. I swear, Chryssie, Tia and Luna could eat at least twice their own wait in food.
I continued to think about Derpy. To be honest, she had been almost as adorable as Fluttershy had been when I first met her. I knew that tomorrow I would have to find her and find out more about her.
Oh well, I thought as I ate a muffin and a donut.
