Chapter Thirty-Five (Ditzy`s Point of View)
(Listen To "Leave out All the Rest": Linkin Park)
Jack, Dinky and I sat on the ground. The TARDIS had taken off by herself, and we were left stranded.
"So you guys met in this Ponyville, and then all of a sudden you became a couple?" Jack asked.
"No, we... we`ve known each other for about a week, but a couple for three days," I reminded him, wiping a fresh tear away.
"And then, about Dinky, who's her father-"
"-do you hear that?" I asked. A faint humming echoed.
We looked at each other before I took off on a mad sprint towards the cliff.
"It has to be, it has to be!" I said to myself. My legs were running faster than ever before, my feet slapping the ground so hard I was beginning to loose feeling.
"Ditzy!" I heard him calling my name.
"Doctor, please...?" But when I got there, the only thing there was me.
I sunk to my knees once more and covered my face with my hands, starting to sob again. "Doctor, please, please... I miss you already... I want you back!"
A hand planted onto my back, someone crouching next to me. "Ditzy, I missed you too." I looked up and saw him. His insane grin and eyes looked back into mine and he laughed.
I put my hands on his chest just to make sure he was real and not some figment of my imagination. "D...Doctor...?"
"Satisfied?" He asked with another laugh when I took away my hands.
"Is it really you?"
"In the flesh," he whispered. A tear dripped from his eye and his smile grew when he saw mine.
I said nothing, I just stared at him. He looked away at something in the distance before wrapping his arms around me so tightly I couldn`t breathe, but I didn`t care.
"Oh my God, it`s you," I sobbed into his suit.
"I know, it`s me..." he murmured into my hair with a faint laugh.
I tilted my head up and he pulled me into a long kiss that said "it feels like it`s been ages since I`ve last seen you". Jack, Dinky, and a woman erupted into applause but we ignored them.
"I can`t believe you," I said.
"Why? It`s neither of our faults that I fell," he smiled, his face not even an inch from mine still.
"How did you get up here?"
"Ditzy, I just want to say something," the woman coughed. I recognized the voice.
"...River Song?"
"So you still remember me, huh?" She asked with a faint laugh before adding "I`m sorry."
"Ditzy, River Song saved me."
"Is that where the TARDIS went?" I asked. The Doctor nodded. I walked over to River and I saw she was getting nervous with each step I took.
I finally reached her. "Ditzy, like I said, I`m sorry," she stammered. But I didn`t hit her. I hugged her and she sighed out of relief.
"You don`t need to be sorry."
"So you`re not mad...?"
"No, not at all anymore," I smiled at her, going back to the Doctor.
"What can we do now?" Dinky asked.
"I think it`s about time Harkness and I started heading home," River announced.
"But how will you two get back?" The Doctor asked.
"We have our ways," Jack smiled.
"Spoilers," River laughed, taking Jacks hand and walking away.
(Later That Night, In the TARDIS)
"...and then she dropped me off, parked the TARDIS somewhere else, and then I saw you," the Doctor explained to me about how River saved him. "She even made me my own sonic screwdriver, so now I don`t have to use yours!"
"What would have happened if River Song didn`t save you," Dinky asked.
"Bad things," I answered for him. "Now, it`s about 10, time for bed don`t you think?"
"Alright, mom," she groaned, beginning the walk to her bedroom. She shut her door and we began to talk again.
"I think we know what we talk about next," the Doctor laughed.
"Hmm, what is that?"
"Where to go to tomorrow...? I have a few ideas."
"Oh, FINALLY, an idea from the great and powerful Doctor," I laughed.
"What if we don`t go back home?"
"Huh?"
His eyes were unnerving, at least, but they still had that insane gleam in them. He had an idea. "We could run off, explore the universe and never, ever look back. We don`t have to worry about Equestria anymore."
"Now, Doctor, you know I love traveling, but what are you trying to say? That we could just not go back to Ponyville? How would that affect Dinky?"
"She`d miss her friends, but it isn`t like we aren`t going to see them ever again. We`ll have special days, we can have entire weeks, almost like vacations."
"I personally love the idea, but Dinky might not," I admitted. "How about we do it, and if she gets homesick, we can always just stay there for a few days or drop her off at Sparkler`s house?"
"Sounds good," his smile grew. "Now, back to my question – where to tomorrow?"
"Thought you said you had some ideas?"
"Oh, yeah," he laughs, "forgot. So, how about we go to Arcadia again? You kind of ruined that, huh?"
"Hey," I frowned, punching his shoulder, "I didn`t know the concept of time travel."
"Ow," he groaned, rubbing his arm where I hit him, but when he saw me have a "you`re-kidding-me-right" look towards him he smiled widely.
"That`s what I like to see," I returned his smile.
"You know what I just realized?" He asked me.
"No, what...?"
"We haven`t had our first official date."
"You call eating out and going on top of Big Ben at 3 in the morning not a date?" I laughed.
"Well, I never really asked you to go ON a date, is what I`m trying to say."
I raised my eyebrows at him and he smirked embarrassedly but said nothing.
"Where does my Doctor Perfect want to go, then?" I asked.
"Oh, I see, a nickname, huh?" His smile grew.
"Yes!"
"Do you want to know how I got your nickname?" He asked.
"Of course I do, duh," I rolled my eyes with a giggle.
"It`s literally our names combined. See? 'Derp' from you, 'tor' from me, and bam, you have 'Derptor.'"
I facepalmed, "dude, even I could have figured that out!"
"Oh, so now you don`t like it?"
"No, I love it! I think you just looked like you thought you were the smartest person alive to figure that out."
"Well, technically I am the smartest person alive. Well, there are some other Time Lords. Well, were..."
"You are not a person; you are merely a Time Lord." I laughed, now sitting on the table because I didn`t like sitting in those chairs for long.
"'Merely a Time Lord'...? Ditzy, love, to me you are merely a human." His laugh echoed softly throughout the halls. "Hey, wanna go outside? It`s getting kind of boring in here."
He took my hand, already knowing the answer, and led me outside.
Author`s Note:
I`m sorry I keep overusing the amount of time they spend stargazing but I just think that is a perfect romantic moment for Derpy, just laying on the grass outside of the TARDIS with the Doctor watching the stars. But it`s just adorable to me, that`s what I`m saying. I also do that to them laying next to each other. I can just picture that, haha, so I write it a bit more than needed.
But you have to admit, it IS really cute.