Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with any people, places, or things in this story. None of them, except for the character Blaze Bone. He is my alternate personality. He's also based completely on me. Now that that's out of the way, let's continue with this story.
Chapter 26: A Very Derpy Date
As I made my way across town, I had some time to think. 'How did everything come to this?' I thought. ' One minute, I'm a new visitor to this world. Then, completely out of nowhere, I'm a prince.' I contemplated. As I was lost deep in thought, a grey mare crashed to the ground in front of me. I reached down and helped her up. "Are you okay?" I asked. She looked up at me... I think. One eye was looking at me, the other was looking at the sky. "Flying is really hard without depth perception." She said. So the mail-mare is smart.
Looking at her, I realized just how pretty she was. Her crossed, yellow eyes were glistening in the sun. Its rays were dancing on her grey coat. Her blonde mane cascaded gently down her shoulders. "Do you know who I am?" I asked, smiling gently. "Oh, yes I do. I saw you below, but when I went to bow, I crashed." She replied, blinking. Maybe this mare isn't so smart. "I am willing to offer you a one time only job in my castle." I said smiling. "What kind of job?" She asked, a little worried. 'Why does everyone worry when I speak to them.' I thought. "Royal Messenger." I responded.
"How much does it pay?" She asked. "Twenty bits a day." I responded. "I only make five bits a day at this job. That's two hundred a month. Rent costs me one hundred eighty. I can't afford to eat more than salads. I can't even remember the last time I was able to eat out." She said. This made me a little disappointed. I decided to do something nice for her. "Meet me at my castle tonight at eight. We can talk more about the job then." I said, walking off.
I finally made my way to Dashie's house. "HEY! DASHIE!" I shouted up. Moments later I saw her poke her head out from her door. She floated down to the ground. She started to bow. "If you bow, I will punish you." I told her before she could bow. "So, how can I help you, your majesty." She said. I looked a little puzzled at why she was treating me this way now, when she hadn't before. I decided to shake it off as her being her. "I've come to offer you a job, as I am sure you got a letter from Celstia." I said. She looked down and nodded. "What is the job?" She asked sullenly. "I want you as my personal weather mare." I said. "So you want me to come all the way across town to change the weather at your castle, daily?" She asked. "Actually, I was planning to move your house to above my castle." I replied. "That could work. What about my current job?" She asked. "Quit it! You won't need it." I said excitedly. "All right, I accept." She said after a moment of thought.
After about twenty minutes, I reached SugarCube Corner. I knocked on the door. As soon as I knocked, I was tackled to the ground by a giant piece of chewed gum. "Pinkie Pie, please get your panties out of my face." I said. She stood up and brushed herself off. She reached down an arm and helped me up. "I'm sorry, I just got so excited when Princess Celestia sent me those letters. They told me that I was owned by you!" She said, before breathing. "Wait, letters, as in multiple?" I asked. "Yes one addressed to Pinkie Pie, and one addressed to Pinkamena Diane Pie." She explained. I decided to ask Celestia about it later. "Well, I wanted to give you a job as the Royal baker, and invite you to move in." I said. "I accept. I'll be there tomorrow at eight." She said. "See you then." I said as I left.
It was several hours later, when I finally returned to my home. I had also gone to Rarity, Applejack, Vinyl, and Octavia's places. So now I had a Royal Tailor, Royal Gardener, and Royal Musicians. Applejack was a hard one to persuade. It took thirty minutes, and several spare rooms. I had convinced her to live in the castle, but I had to let Big Mac, Applebloom, and Granny Smith move in too. I headed to my room, and got ready to meet Derpy. I stripped quickly, hopped in the shower, washed up, got dressed, and headed downstairs.
Once I spotted Derpy, my jaw dropped. There she stood, in a beautiful grey dress, with clear trim. The dress had a bubble cutie mark on it. "Well, are you ready to go?" I asked. "Go? Where?" She asked me. "Out to eat." I stated. It was her turn to drop her jaw. "Why? Why are you taking me out to eat." She asked me. "Well, if you are going to live in the castle, I can hardly start you out hungry can I?" I responded. "Is there anywhere you wanted to go?" I asked. "Well, there is this new place in Ponyville. It's called Sarah's Diner." She responded as my eyes went wide. I shook off my surprise. "I'll take you there, but I have to warn you. That restaurant won't be there tomorrow." I said. "Okay." She replied as we started walking to the restaurant.
Once we got to the restaurant, I saw a bouncer outside with a clipboard. I approached him. "Are you on the list?" He asked. "I don't think so." I said. "Then I can't let you in." He said. "I'm going to have this restaurant shut down then." I said. "Who are you?" He asked. "Prince Blaze." I said. He bowed and I laughed. "Go on in, your majesty." He said. I sat down at the table and ordered the two biggest meals they had. "So, before I start this job, I want to know about the man I'm working for." Derpy said. "Well, not much to tell, there. I grew up on earth, dirt poor." I said. "From the time I was five, until I turned eighteen, I was never able to get the newest things that I wanted. I got my first job at a gun store. My boss was a great man." I explained as the waiter brought our meals. She began to eat, as did I.
Once we were finished eating, she asked me to finish the story. "Well my boss, ran a very tight shop. If I messed up, I was fired. I was actually fired a few times, but he always hired me back. We got very close. A couple later, he passed away. He named me the owner of the store in his will. I worked there for another five years. That's when I had some very strange visitors start showing up. My life began to go sideways very fast. The rest, as they say, is history." I finished.
She saw that I was on the verge of tears. "So what do I have to do at this job? What are my duties?" She asked quickly. "Well, all you really have to do is deliver messages to people when I need them delivered. You will be paid a full week's pay every week, even if you only work for an hour. You are more or less being paid to move into my castle." I said as we walked out of the Diner. I left a note on the receipt for Sarah, asking her to come to the castle at eight in the morning. "Go home, get some rest. I will see you, at the castle, at eight in the morning." I said before going home and falling into a deep sleep.