A/N: (crawls in and slams chapter) 10,000 hits... yay... It took me over two months to write this thing... I did have some distractions like Pokémon Violet and SacAnime which was last week... also I worked on the fic of the month of course... and I had to update other stories like Izuku One Half (which got a review celebration point) and Rise of Team Zodiac (which got art) as well as palate cleansing stories... but still two months... I really hope you enjoy...
Chapter 14: How We Got Here
At a café Derpy, Carrot Top and Everlasting were eating having lunch.
However things were tense.
"You have to be kidding." Said Carrot Top, "Seriously?"
Everlasting had ordered cream cheese on her sandwich.
"What! It's not that weird!" said Everlasting., "And it's not the weirdest thing I eat."
"It's still weird." Said Carrot Top.
"Oh come on… it's not that bad." Said Everlasting.
Derpy laughed.
"Cream cheese doesn't belong on things like muffins." Said Derpy.
Everlasting and Carrot Top looked at each other and started to laugh at Derpy.
"Derpy! There are a lot of muffins with cream cheese on it." Said Carrot Top.
"I know! Remember last year when I bought that dozen of Pumpkin Cream Cheese muffins." Said Everlasting.
"Oh yeah I remember that…" said Carrot Top
"I can't believe you forgot about that." Laughed Everlasting.
Derpy got angry.
"Oh you think it's funny thwart I forgot types of muffins!" said Derpy.
"You love muffins so much that you just forgot about cream cheese muffins." Laughed Carrot Top.
"It's no funny!" yelled Derpy.
"It's kind of unfunny…" said Everlasting.
Derpy slammed her hooves on the table.
"How could you!" she yelled .
"What's supposed to mean?" asked Carrot Top.
"I don't know if I can be friends with you anymore!" said Derpy.
"What!" yelled Everlasting.
"Am I just supposed to be just friend with Ms. I can't take of myself!" said Carrot Top.
"What's that supposed to mean." Said everlasting.
"You know what's it's supposed to mean! You eat garbage an d you never clean your house…" said Carrot Top.
"You can't judge me for that!" said Everlasting.
"I can! How many times have your pests caused some kind revolution?" asked Carrot Top, "Plus you like to eat things like I don't know sweetened ricotta and chocolate chips in a bowl."
"That actually sounds good…" mumbled Everlasting, "I mean I'm pretty sure my house was built at a magical point!"
"Are you still using that as an excuse! I mean what about the goats?" asked Carrot Top.
"I don't know why the goats like my house so much! But they won't leave!" yelled Everlasting.
"well there is something that's attracting them!" yelled Carrot Top.
"I don't know why!" yelled Everlasting.
"Maybe if you just cleaned your house." Said Carrot Top.
Everlasting groaned.
"Maybe I don't want to be friends with you either." Said Everlasting.
"Well fine it's all three of us then!" said Carrot Top.
"FINE!" yelled both Everlasting and Derpy.
However as it turned out the plans weren't just to eat lunch with the three of them. As Twilight, Fluttershy and Pinkie were there to eat lunch with them.
"So… was lunch calced?" asked Fluttershy.
The three sat down and tried to figure things out.
"They've beam friends since Evy moved into town a few years ago." Said Pinkie, "She was even shier than Fluttershy."
"What?" asked Twilight.
"It's true!" said Pinkie.
(Flashback)
A train arrived at the training station and a younger Everlasting got off the train. Her mane was a lot longer and way more messier.
She slunk to the house that she bought.
However a certain pink pony noticed her.
"Hi there!" yelled Pinkie.
Everlasting jumped.
"Oh hi…" she said quietly.
"Are you new in town?" asked Pinkie.
"I did just move here." Said Everlasting.
Pinkie gasped in excitement.
"Time to welcome you!" said Pinkie pulling out a wagon from somewhere.
She sang a song much to Everlasting's confusion.
"What?" she asked.
Then the strange exploded with cake batter and confetti drenching Everlasting in the cake batter.
"Whoops I accidently mixed up the cake batter and the confetti again." Said Pinkie.
Everlasting giggled.
Pinkie smiled brightly at this.
"Um… I really need to meet the movers to my new house…" Everlasting said quietly.
"Oh sure!" said Pinkie, "You're super shy… aren't you?"
Everlasting nodded.
"It's fine!" laughed Pinkie, "I get it."
"Thanks…" she whispered.
He left to go to her new house.
(End of Flashback)
"Yeah she was comply different the first time she came to Ponyville… even her main…" said Pinkie, "Though to be fair I think she always says something about Imagination Genes giving her a messy mane…"
"She told me that too." Said Fluttershy.
"She told me about her mane too." Said Twilight, "I had to ask due to her author's picture…"
"Okay… good." Said Pinkie.
"Either way I think we should talk to them." Said Fluttershy.
"Or we should lock them in a closet with a bunch of pillows." Said Pinkie.
Twilight sighed.
"Maybe we should talk to them." Said Twilight.
Fluttershy nodded in agreement.
Pinkie sighed at this.
And so they decided to talk to Carrot Top first.
"You came to talk to me about my broken friendship… seriously?" asked Carrot Top.
"Well…" said Twilight.
"Look! I don't want to talk about them okay!" said Carrot Top.
"But…" said Twilight.
"Look it doesn't matter anymore." said Carrot Top, "IT doesn't matter that I just cut ties with the two ponies I befriended after my parents ditched me!"
"What?" asked Twilight.
Carrot Top sighed realizing that Twilight didn't know about that.
"I'm not in the mood to tell you…" sighed Carrot Top.
Twilight looked at Pinkie and Flutter who both shook their heads having heard about what happened.
"Maybe it's best if you leave." Sighed Carrot Top.
"Okay." Said Twilight.
They ;left and Carrot Top sighed again.
(Flashback)
Carrot Top sighed as she finished her work for the day.
"Are you okay dear?" called out a voice.
Carrot Top turned around and saw Granny Smith.
"I'm fine…" said Carrot Top.
"Don't give me that." Said Granny Smith, "I know you've been having a hard time since your parents left."
"I know… I can handle it." Said Carrot Top.
"You shouldn't hold it in." said Granny.
Carrot Top didn't say anything.
Then Granny Smith hugged her.
"Look your parents still care about you I know it…" said Granny who muttered something under her breath about the Pears… Carrot Top couldn't' really hear it.
"You should head into town and maybe get some fresh air." Said Granny Smith.
"I am getting fresh air." Said carrot Top.
"What I meant is get out for a bit and not work yourself or just hold yourself in your house." Said Granny Smith.
"I guess so…" said Carrot Top, "Like that would help me…"
"Nice to see your sarcasm is coming back." Laughed Granny Smith.
Carrot Top sighed.
"Fine whatever." She said.
She headed into town get some "fresh air" so to speak.
Hopefully getting her mind off her parents leaving.
(End of Flashback)
Twilight, Fluttershy and Pinkie all went to Everlasting's house next.
They all had to clean house of course...
Which had all sorts of problems that day.
Everlasting shooed away the goats.
"I hate goats." Muttered Everlasting.
"They're not like pigs…" said Twilight.
"I know!" said Everlasting who started to feed Fuffles, "So what did you want to talk about?"
"We heard your fight earlier and…" said Twilight.
"Oh can we not talk about it?" asked Everlasting.
"What?" asked Twilight.
"Look what happened back there I'm not talking about it." Said Everlasting.
"But…" said Twilight.
"Look I don't want to talk about it… who cares if they're the ones that bork me out of my shell." Said Everlasting.
Pinkie gave Twilight.
"Look you're new in town… Fluttershy was just like me when I first got here and…" said Everlasting, "Actually was the one to welcome me into town so she knows a bit more than you two… but still… if they just make fun of me all the time about how I don't clear my house and the fact I eat weird stuff… yeah…"
There was a silence.
"I don't need them any more… maybe I should become friends with I don't know… a larper and a comic book nerd." Said Everlasting.
"What?" asked Twilight.
"Not in this universe." Said Pinkie.
"What?" asked Everlasting.
"What?" responded Pinkie.
"Look I don't want them as friends anymore." Said Everlasting.
"Okay…" sighed Twilight
They all left and Everlasting sighed.
(Flashback)
Everlasting sighed as everything was now moved in.
She should go into town and explore things after all…
She needed to get to the know the town after all.
"This isn't like San Franciscolt where I can just blend into the background…" she sighed, "But I can do this… just try to introduce yourself…"
She looked out the window and looked at her pet pig.
"All right Fuffles I can do this…" she said.
Her pet pig oinked as she left the house.
She nervously explored the town after that.
(End of Flashback)
Of course the group decided to talk to Derpy next.
And she was angry they were doing this.
She didn't get word of it but the second they showed up she knew…
"Are really going to do this?" asked Derpy.
"What?" asked Twilight.
"You're going to convince to me to try to rekindle my friendship." said Derpy.
"What?" asked Twilight.
"We were supposed to meet up." Said Derpy, "You probably saw our fight and wants us to make up."
"Uh… well." Said Twilight.
"It's not going to happen! I'm smarter than I seem! And I don't need to be friends with ponies who think I'm that dumb." Said Derpy.
She groaned.
"I know I'm not that smart! But traveled a lot when I was younger… and other things like that!" said Derpy, "I'm not just a pretty face either."
"What?" asked Twilight.
"We need to leave!" said Pinkie.
"Right now…" said Fluttershy.
They left and Derpy sighed.
However outside Twilight was just confused.
"Why did she say that." Said Twilight.
Then it hit her.
Derpy was once married.
"Wait… does that have to do with?" asked Twilight.
The two nodded.
It was clear that Derpy at least was upset with something else as well.
(Flashback)
Derpy and her husband were at an outdoor café.
"You're so beautiful my love…" said her husband.
Derpy blushed at this.
"Plus I love life with wife just the two of us…" said her husband.
"Well about that…" said Derpy, "There's something I need to talk about."
"Oh what do you need to learn about?" asked her husband.
As it turned out both Everlasting and Carrot Top both arrived at the same time and saw this.
"That's what I wanted to talk about I don't need to learn anything." Said Derpy.
"If you say sop… don't you worry your pretty little head about this." Said her husband.
He then checked his watch.
"Oh I forgot there's something I have to do something." Said her husband.
"But we haven't eaten yet." Said Derpy.
"I'll be back soon." Said her husband.
He left the table and Derpy.
"Um…" said Everlasting, "Are you okay?"
"What?" asked Derpy.
"I mean with your colt-friend." Said Everlasting.
"He's my husband." Said Derpy.
"Oh sorry didn't know…" said Everlasting.
"Didn't he ditch his last wife to marry you?" asked Carrot Top.
"It didn't happen like that." Said Derpy.
"It sounded like that to me." Said Carrot Top rolling her eyes.
Derpy looked at Everlasting.
"I just moved to Ponyville today… so I don't know everything yet…" said Everlasting.
"Did you see Pinkie Pie yet?" asked Derpy.
"Is she that pink pony with the welcome wagon?" asked Everlasting.
The other two nodded.
"I did." Said Everlasting.
:Okay good!" said Derpy.
"To be honest I would have been tempted to rat you out." Said Carrot Top.
"What?" asked Everlasting.
"But you met her already so it's fine." Said Derpy.
"Okay…" said Everlasting.
She then blinked.
"Should I be worried about her?" asked Everlasting.
The other two ponies both waved their hooves "Eh…" they both said at the same time.
"Okay…" said Everlasting not sure how respond to that.
"Trust me things with Pinkie Pie tend to get really weird." Said Carrot Top.
"Yeah… I don't know how she does it… and I've seen a lot of things." Said Derpy.
"Oh wow…" said Everlasting.
"Yeah…" said Carrot Top.
That was when Derpy's husband returned and the other two mares stopped talking to Derpy.
(End of Flashback).
Twilight sighed.
"Look this isn't how they settle things and you know it." Said Pinkie.
Twilight was going to say something.
"I heard about the slumber party." Said Pinkie.
"SO what are we going to do?" asked Fluttershy.
"My way! Which is also their way." Said Pinkie.
Twilight sighed.
"This might back fire." She said.
"Like your plan didn't." said Pinkie.
Twilight sighed at that.
"Fine…" said Twilight.
(Flashback)
Derpy was trying to figure things out.
So she decided to talk to her husband's ex-wife who was laughing.
"This isn't funny." Said Derpy.
"It kind of is." Said the ex-wife.
"What is?" asked Derpy.
"You knew what you were getting into when you married him." Said the ex-wife.
Derpy pouted.
"Look if you're worried just tell him but he's not going to tell it well either way." Saied the ex-wife.
Derpy glared at the ex-wife.
"What did you think this conversation was going to go? That I'm going to help you and give fantastic advice?" asked the ex-wife, "Find your best friend or something get advice from them."
"But I know don't know when he is." Said Derpy.
"Well tough for you." Said the ex-wife, "Wait… did you say when?"
"Nope! Definitely said where… where for sure…" said Derpy.
"Okay then…" said the ex-wife.
The ex-wife left and Derpy sighed.
She didn't know what both Carrot Top and Everlasting saw this.
Neither were sure if they should say something…
But they decided to after all .
"Are you okay?" asked Everlasting.
"You need to talk?" asked Carrot Top.
"Yeah…" said Derpy;.
(End of Flashback)
"All right!" said Pinkie, "Now's it's time for my plan!"
"I have a bad feeling about this." Said Twilight.
"Well I had a bad feeling about your plan…" said Pinkie.
Twilight sighed at that.
She did have a point.
"All right there's the plan." Said Pinkie.
She told them the plan.
Twilight sighed at this but knew her plan didn't work and she wanted them to talk things out .
"I really hope this works." Said Twilight.
(Flashback)
Derpy had finished the story to the two mares who were surprised and shocked by it.
"You really shouldn't be scared of telling your husband that." Said Carrot Top.
"I know but he's saying stuff about how it's nice to be just the two of us." Said Derpy.
"That sounds bad…" said Everlasting.
"Yeah…" sighed Derpy.
"You knew what you were getting into." Sai Carrot Top.
"I guess…" said Derpy blushing.
"He swept you off your hooves, didn't he?" asked Everlasting.
"Yes…" said Derpy blushing a little.
"Not really surprised." Sighed Carrot Top.
Derpy blushed at this.
"Well." Said Derpy.
"Called it." Said Everlasting.
"It sounds like he just wanted a really pretty mare." Said Carrot Top.
Derpy was quiet.
"I know I was always afraid of that…" said Derpy.
It became quiet among the three of them.
"I would like to help you tell him." Said Everlasting.
"Yeah… I'll help too." said Carrot Top.
"Really?" asked Derpy.
The two nodded.
(End of Flashback)
Everlasting was beating back some spiders when suddenly she trip.
"What?" she asked.
She saw it was some kind of magical rope.
"What?" she asked.
That was when she was in some kind of magical nets.
"Really Twilight?" asked Everlasting.
Twilight pulled here away with the net.
"Sorry…" she said blushing.
At Carrot Top's place she left her house.
That was when suddenly she was lassoed.
Turned out Fluttershy asked Applejack to help her and explained what happened.
"Of course they recruit you." Said Carrot Top.
"Yeah… you need to work things out." Said Applejack.
"Of course." Said Carrot Top.
Meanwhile Derpy was walking home when she saw a muffin on the ground.
"Ooh! Muffin!" she said.
She ate it.
Then she saw another.
"Oooh a muffin!" she said and ate the next one.
Then she saw another and another each time saying "Oooh a muffin!".
While she was distracted by the muffins, Pinkie came out of nowhere and jumped het with a crate.
"Well that was easy." Said Pinkie.
(Flashback)
It was decided to tell him the new out in public.
"Are you sure it's a good idea." Said Derpy.
"If he tries dumping you in public then everyone will know." Said Everlasting.
"The fact that he dumped you word will spread but much faster." Said Carrot Top.
"I guess…" said Derpy.
"You got this…" said Everlasting.
Carrot Top nodded in agreement.
That was when she saw her husband walking towards her.
"Hello my dear! Are you ready to get our lunch?" asked her husband.
"Of course!" said Derpy.
She looked at the other two who nodded and followed them.
(End of Flashback)
The three friends were suddenly forced into a room with lots of pillows.
"Of course they would do this!" said Carrot Top.
"Yeah… kind of predictable…" said Everlasting, "Let me guess you won't let us out until we talk things out."
"Yeah… it's kind of the point." Said Pinkie on the other side of the door.
Carrot Top and Everlasting sighed.
That was when Derpy tossed a pillow at Carrot Top.
"Are you kidding me!" yelled Carrot Top.
Derpy was about to throw another pillow.
"Wait!" said Everlasting.
Derpy pouted, until Everlasting took off her glasses and moved them to a safe location. Derpy knew that was a good thing to do.
"Okay! Time in!" said Everlasting.
She then grabbed her own pillow.
She then smacked Derpy with a pillow.
Then Carrot Top joined the fray.
(Flashback)
Derpy and her husband were talking.
She took a breath and she looked at the two pointed whop were eating a nearby table.
"Um… I have something to tell you." Said Derpy.
"What is it?" asked her husband.
"I'm pregnant." Said Derpy.
"You are?" asked her husband.
"I am." Said Derpy.
"Well… I thin k our marriage isn't working out." Said her husband.
Everything became quiet.
It wasn't just Derpy and the other two's table.
But other tables heard this as well.
"I'm guessing you're keeping it…" said her husband, "Then I'm put."
"Dude! What are you doing!" yelled a nearby stallion.
"If the mare I cared about told me she was pregnant I'd be celebrating! Not breaking up with her." Said another nearby stallion.
"She's not meant to be a mother she's too dumb! I married her to just look pretty on my foreleg! I don't need her anymore." Said her husband.
Several ponies pretty much jumped in and yelled at him.
The two motioned over to Derpy to follow them as it clear he was surrounded by angry ponies.
She followed them knowing she couldn't be there. Several ponies noticed her leaving giving her nods knowing that it was for the best for to leave.
(end of Flashback)
All three of them laid on the floor… it was clear all of their anger was out.
"When you made fun of me…" said Derpy I was reminded about him.
"Why didn't you say anything!" said Carrot Top .
"Oh wait… is that time of year…" realized Everlasting.
"You didn't notice…" said Derpy.
"It makes sense we didn't notice… the last couple months have been hectic." Said Carrot Top.
"Yeah..,., I guess…" said Everlasting, "I didn't mean anything but it either…"
"You can eat whatever you want… unless you get sick." Said Carrot Top.
"I know… I learned that lesson when I was young when I decided to put a small amount of water in hot coco mix."
"That sounds good though… it's like batter,…" said Derpy.
"It still made me sick a little." Said Everlasting.
"Eww…" said Carrot Top.
"Hey and Cream Cheese does go on a lot of things." Said Derpy.
"You really should clean your house though." said Carrot Top.
"I know…" said Everlasting.
Outside of the room it was clear that they were friends again.
(Flashback)
They went to Everlasting's house.
"Why are there so many pillows?" asked Carrot Top.
"Because I had more than I thought at my old place." Said Everlasting.
"Okay then…" said Carrot Top.
"I don't know what to do!" said Derpy, ":I'm just so mad! I don't know what to do!"
That was when she tossed a pillow at the two of them.
"Hey!" said Carrot Top.
Everlasting laughed and removed her glasses putting them on a shelf and was about to smack Derpy with a pillow but Carrot Top stopped her.
"Wait she's pregnant." Said Carrot Top..
"I think it's fine! It's just pillow!" said Everlasting.
"Yeah! Plus the baby is very small right now, I'm sure a pillow fight won't hurt them." Said Derpy.
Carrot Top sighed realized they had a point then grabbed a pillow and hit the two of them.
When they were done… they all laid together on the floor.
"That felt so good." Said Derpy.
"I know…" said Carrot Top.
"You have something you're angry about?" asked Everlasting.
"My parents recently moved away to go site see Equestria." Said Carrot Top, "They figured they could do it since I'm grown up."
The other two nodded.
"What about you." Carrot Top.
"I just needed a change of scenery from the big city." Said Everlasting, "No tragic back story here."
The two nodded.
"So you want to do this again?" asked Everlasting.
"Oh yeah!" said Carrot Top.
"It was fun and I really needed." Said Derpy.
The three just laid on the floor.
"Did I ever give my name?" asked Everlasting.
"Nope…' said Carrot Top.
"I don't think so." Said Derpy.
"Oh… I'm Everlasting Imagination." Said Everlasting.
"Can I call you Evy?" asked Derpy.
"Sure." said Everlasting.
"I'm Derpy Hooves." Said Derpy.
"Carrot Top." Said Carrot Top.
(End of Flashback)
"So we're friends again." Said Derpy.
"Friends again." Said the other two.
Applejack unlocked the door as Twilight wrote a letter to Princess Celestia about knowing that friends have their own ways to patch things up after arguments and they shouldn't be forced to talk if that's not how they patch things up.
"Tol you so." Said Pinkie.
Twilight sighed .
But still their friendship was still strong… even after this time…
Next Time: Rarity makes them all dressed for the Grand Galloping Gala. However most of the dresses aren't to the ponies tastes... what will happen? Find out next time!