Another lazy day passed in Ponyville and Rainbow Dash was still in bed. Soarin' had left minutes before so she decided to hang out with her friends.

Checking her messages, she found one by Twilight, and read it.

Flying to the Library as fast as she could, Rainbow Dash quickly entered the library.

"Twi! What happened?"

Twilight was a bit startled.

"Calm down! Sheesh..."

"What's wrong with my eyes? Everything is clear now because Soarin' bought me contacts."

"Rainbow Dash," began Twilight, preparing her for a long sentence, "I found a record book on the residents of Ponyville."

"So?"

"So apparently, two other ponies had the eye spell used on them."

If Rainbow Dash had a drink, she'd be spitting it out now.

"What? Who else?"

"Derpy and Dinky Hooves." replied Twilight.

"Why did they need the eye spell?"

"I don't know, it doesn't make any sense! The record book doesn't explain much else."

"But what does this have to do with me?"

"Because the previous eye spells messed up your eyes. You should ask them why and how they used the spells."

"Ugh," groaned Rainbow Dash, "But her house is faaaar..."

"Hey, either that or you risk blindness again."


Rainbow Dash rang Derpy's doorbell three times before she got a response. Derpy opened and smiled when she saw Rainbow Dash, her eyes somehow straight. She smiled when she saw Rainbow Dash.

"Oh, hey Rainbow Dash! Sorry, I had my hooves full for a bit. What do you need?"

"Derpy..." began Rainbow. "Have you ever...had an eye spell used on you before?"

At first, Derpy's expression was blank. Then it quickly turned into a look of sadness.

"Oh...yes..." she trailed off.

"Why did-"

"Please, just come inside..."

Derpy's house was, in Rainbow's opinion, awesome. Derpy was strangely neat and tidy, and her house full of pictures.

Rainbow sat in the kitchen table and Derpy brought her some coffee, sitting down in front of her.

"I dropped Dinky off at school..." she said to no one in particular.

Rainbow Dash was drawn to Derpy's face. Her golden eyes no longer crooked, but straight.

"This eye spell you mentioned...ruined my life." Derpy said again.

"What?" asked Rainbow, "Why?"

"My eyes used to be straight. People loved them, and they loved me. I used to have friends too..."

Rainbow was about to protest but was interrupted.

"Then one day...my vision began to fade...Doctors only prescribed glasses or contacts but I wanted to know WHY. Why I was losing my vision. I had my unicorn friend perform a vision enhancing spell..."

"So what went wrong?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"After a day, my eyes drifted apart. I was nervous, yes, but I was more concerned with how much higher my voice was. My level of panic was only matched by my strange craving for muffins."

Rainbow Dash was speechless.

"My friend performed another spell, you see." said Derpy. "One to counteract the previous one. It worked to a degree. My symptoms now return every day at six o' clock..."

"Ok...but what about Dinky?"

Derpy started crying a bit, worrying Dash a bit. After a minute, Derpy spoke.

"Dinky was born blind."

"What?"

"Yeah. My husband died before he could see her, but she couldn't see at all. The doctors were confused. I never knew bringing Dinky to my friend would ruin her too. But then again, I was in 'Derpy' mode..."

"What...what happened to Dinky?"

Derpy Hooves stared at Rainbow Dash.

"NOTHING."

"Huh?" was all Rainbow could say.

"She showed no symptoms of anything. I don't know why. I had wall eyes and she gets off scot free. Maybe because she's still a filly? Because she's a unicorn? I'll never know..."

"But...but..."

"My first symptom..." started Derpy, "Were vivid dreams. I never even knew I was sleeping sometimes. Has that happened to you?"

Rainbow nodded, worrying Derpy.

"The second symptom," she said, "were my hooves. I couldn't get them to stop twitching."

Rainbow's eyes widened.

"My eyes stung," said Derpy, "My head hurt, my hallucinations worse, and finally, my eyes drifted apart, changing my voice and intelligence. Essentially, it made me a new pony..."

"Oh Celestia..."

"Yeah...imagine all that, and having no way to stop it."

"There...has to be a way!"

"If there is," said Derpy, "I'd love to hear it."

The clock chimed.

"You should go," urged Derpy. "Sometimes I get destructive when I derp out."

"But you have plenty of t-"

"You never know."

Rainbow wanted to learn more.

"I'll speak to you again."

"Yes...I'd like that..."

And she left with her knowledge. Knowledge she HAD to share with Twilight.


Afterwards, it was time to go home. Twilight said she would call when she had an idea.

Laying in bed, she waited for Soarin' to arrive. She smiled when she saw him enter the bedroom wearing his Wonderbolt costume.

"Hi there..." she said playfully.

"What are you doing in bed already?" he asked.

"I love it when you wear your uniform. Now get over here." she growled.

He did, and they kissed, embracing each other. Rainbow's hoof trailed down Soarin's back and the other on the back of his head. Soarin' grabbed her with both hooves and...Rainbow stopped.

"What?" he asked.

But she couldn't reply. She was too busy staring at her hooves.

They'd begun to twitch.