terinal-soul

Tick.  Tick.  Tick. It was strangely quiet in the employee lounge at Equestria Speedy Shipping Services.  The only sounds were the ticking of the wall clock, and the low, vibrating hum emitting from Watt, as was normal for him when he was actually sitting still.  Glow and Cloudcover had already been sent on assignment, and, more worryingly, Ditzy hadn't shown up yet at all. Breeze glanced once again at the clock.  "Where in Equestria is Ditzy?" he asked absently to Watt.  "She's been a little late before, but she should have been here over an hour ago." "Maybe she's taking the

The next three or four months were some of the happiest times Ditzy had had in years.  With the cat finally out of the bag about her job, the mare found herself able to be honest with her daughter more fully than she had since beginning her employment there.  Breeze was promptly invited to dinner once again, and this time, the three ponies were able to have a proper conversation, in which the two adult ponies discussed some of their funniest and most memorable moments in the business.  Dinky had laughed herself almost to tears by the time Ditzy finished her story about her visit to Pinkie Pie's imaginary world.

A warm, cheerful summer morning always succeeded in lifting the spirits of the residents of Ponyville, and this morning was no different.  The sunlight bathed every inch of town with its soothing rays, signaling to everypony the start of another carefree summer day.  It seemed there wasn't anypony for miles who was anything less than perfectly content. Anypony, that is, save for a certain grey pegasus, who was slowly being consumed by her own anxiety. Ditzy trudged silently toward the front doors of Equestria Speedy Shipping Services. She opted not to fly for once; her distracted state of mind combined with her already