Derpy Hooves Down In The Dumps
By: Green Leaf
I was walking through town one day, looking over a list Twilight had given me. The list was stuff that we
needed back at the library, scrolls, quills, a couple bottles of ink. I kept looking over the list when my tail started
twitching, which I knew was a sign of danger and jumped back. In front of me fell a grand piano, which
smashed into the ground. Then a grey Pegasus with a blond mane and tail flew down in front of me and said,
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, I hope I didn't hit you, I just don't know what went wrong." Then a large brown
Pegasus wearing a red workers vest yelled down, "DERPY! Quit droppin stuff on future customers heads. Now
clean that piano up and get up here." Derpy looked at me and said, "I'd better get going, the Boss doesn't like
it when I dilly-dally around too much." She then flew over and started picking up the pieces of the broken
piano. I walked over and looked at how smashed the piano was. I then said, "Here let me help," Using my
magic, I reassembled the piano and lifted it back up to where the Boss Pegasus was. Once up in the clouds I
saw the Boss Pegasus, as well as two smaller brown Pegasi, as well as a floating delivery truck. The Boss
Pegasus then looked to me and said, "Kid, that was pretty generous of you to help Derpy like that, how'd you
like to help us out today, I'll pay ya." I agreed and we placed the piano in the house that it was going to. We
then flew around to other places that various stuff was going to, and while doing a few deliveries I noticed
what had caused Derpy to become distracted in the first place, anything that posed some form of distraction,
from something shiny to something colorful. I didn't blame Derpy though, I had heard what she was like and I
kinda felt bad for her. At the times when she got distracted I would have to hold the object up with my magic till
the other Pegasi helped, we then had to call Derpy back.
At the end of the day the Boss Pegasi came over and put 30 bits into my hooves, "There ya go kid, nice job, we
actually got these deliveries done quicker than expected," He told me. I stuck the bits into my saddle bag and
turned around to see Derpy looking at me with a smile. She then said, "That was great, I've never had a friend
help me like that before." She raised her hooves above her head in joy, I smiled at her and asked, "What do
you mean by that?" She replied, "Well, um, I don't really have any friends." I looked at her with some concern
and asked, "But what about Rainbow Dash, aren't you friends with her?" Derpy said, "Kinda, I was mostly
helping her on that day to try and fix the mess I made." I looked at her with a bit of sadness and asked, "You
want me to fly you home?" She said, "Sure," and we flew back to her house. She invited me inside and I saw
that her house wasn't really that furnished, pretty simple really. The other thing was that anything that was a
necessity was bolted down, most likely to prevent Derpy from knocking it over. "Like I said," Derpy started, "I
don't really have any friends, not even a pet, but I guess I am lucky enough to have a house." "Did you buy it
yourself?" I asked, "It's pretty nice." "No," Derpy replied, "The Boss bought it for me." "He must be a really nice
guy," I said. Derpy then said, "He is, but, let me explain something first, you see, I was abandoned as a filly,
and when I was found by The Boss in foster care, he decided to raise me like a daughter. I don't know why I
was abandoned, either because of how I am or what, but The Boss is a nice guy, I just think he got me my own
place so I wouldn't destroy his." Derpy had a look of sadness and it made me feel bad for her. I then asked her,
"Derpy, how would you and I, as friends, like to go out tomorrow and take a look around Ponyville?" Derpy
smiled and said, "I'd like that." I left Derpy's house and flew back to the library, grabbing only a few of the
things that were on the list. It was getting late and I was going to get ink, when I saw the store was closed,
so I continued on my way to the library. Once I got there and headed inside, Twilight greeted me and asked
how my day went, seeing as how I was out all day, "Fine," I replied, placing the stuff I bought in a cabinet
where extra things were stored, "I did however make a new friend today, a mare by the name of Derpy
Hooves, she nearly dropped a piano on me and I helped her out, I do feel bad for her though because she was
abandoned as a filly and has no friends. So I asked her if she wanted to go out tomorrow with me, as friends,
and explore Ponyville." I had gotten fairly tired and had climbed up the stairs to my bed which was across from
Twilight's. I flopped down on my back and was just about to doze off when Twilight cuddled up to me and
whispered, "I'm glad that you made a new friend." I placed my hoof across her back and fell asleep.
I woke up around nine o'clock the next day, rinsed my mane, then grabbed my saddle bag. "I'll be back later
tonight," I told Twilight after I kissed her. I turned around and headed out the door, and just before I left
Twilight said, "Don't forget to pick up the rest of the things on the list," I kept walking but said back to her, "I
won't," I then flew off towards Derpy's house. Once I got there she was all ready and excited, "So what are we
gonna do today?" She asked me. "Well I did see a carnival as I was flying, maybe we'll go there." I replied. She
agreed, but before we flew to the carnival I stopped by the ink store and got the ink that Twilight told me to
get. We then headed to the carnival. Once there we did typical carnival things, got some food, won a few
prizes, went on a couple rides, turns out the Mane 6 had the same idea that we did, so we talked, I introduced
Derpy to everyone, well besides Rainbow Dash because the two already knew each other. After we introduced
and hung out for a while, the rest of the Mane 6 went on their way, and I told Twilight that we were going to
stay as Derpy wanted to do a few more things. So after going on a couple more rides and winning a few more
things we left the carnival and ended up sitting on a cliff ledge looking out towards the sunset. Derpy was
leaning against me, her head on my shoulder; She then leaned up, kissed me on the cheek, and whispered in
my ear, "Today was the greatest day of my life." She then leaned back and I smiled, not only had Derpy made
one friend, she had made six others. I didn't really think of Derpy as a love interest though, more of as a little
sister. Once the sun had gone down I looked down towards Derpy to tell her that it was time to go, but found
that she had fallen asleep on my shoulder. So I picked her up carefully, as not to wake her, and flew back to
her house. Once there I tucked her into bed, kissed her on the forehead and whispered, "Goodnight Derpy," I
then left her house, making sure to close the door quietly. Once I got back to the library I realized that I was
exhausted, "So how did it go?" Twilight asked. "Fine, fine," I replied, "We did a few more games and went on a
few more rides, but that was about it." I yawned and headed up to bed, jumped in and relaxed. Once again
Twilight cuddled up to me, but this time whispered, "I'm proud of you." I smiled, closed my eyes, and began to
think to myself; I had made a new friend, my new friend made a whole bunch of friends, and in a way I now
had a little sister to look after. After I thought of all this my exhaustion finally took over and I fell asleep.
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