SEIZED
Disclaimer: I do not own My Little Pony Friendship is Magic or Taken.
Chapter 2: Fish and Chips
Through a stroke of luck Derpy, was very good at delivering the mail. For the eighteen years that she had been delivering the mail only two complaints had been filed against her. And both had nothing to do with a wrongly delivered letter. Never in her career had she delivered a wrong letter. So the post office was happy to have her deliver letters. However, due to her habit on being overly through with details; the post office was not happy to have her sort the mail in the afternoon. So a deal was made, Derpy would make more deliveries in exchange for not having to do sorting in the afternoon. Due to her speediness and thoroughness, Derpy had always finished her shift a few minutes after eleven thirty.
She would return home and occupy herself with various things, mostly cleaning her house, while she waited for Sparkler's and Dinky's last class and would then go to pick them up. Today however, she did nothing. She did nothing but sit on her couch staring at the permission letter as if trying to will it to go away. So she was caught by surprise when suddenly there came a knock from her door.
'What? I'm not expecting any…' Derpy thought as she went to the door, but then stopped as she remember what today way. 'Crap.'
Opening her door, she was greeted by three other women holding various food stuffs, "Hey!" They cried out joyously at seeing her.
Upon seeing the face that Derpy was giving them, the middle brown haired woman spoke saying, "You forgot didn't you?"
"I didn't forget, Fritter. Well, not completely anyway," replied Derpy as she uncrossed her eyes in front of them.
"It still freaks me when you do that." Said the silver haired woman on Fritter's left.
"It freaks a lot of people out, Rockie," Derpy replied with a chuckle. Turning to face the third woman before her Derpy asked, "How've you been Fleetfoot?"
"I've been good," replied the dark haired woman. "Can we come in? We brought lunch." She asked as she proceeded to lift up a small bundle of fresh fish from the nearby market.
"Sure come on in," replied Derpy with a smile.
In no time at all the four women were in the backyard with the fish gutted and scaled ready for the deep fryer along with the potato slices.
"I can't believe you forgot, Derpy." Called Fleetfoot as Derpy put the first round of fish into the fryer. "Once every six months, third Monday of the month, Ponyville, lunch, your place, sound familiar?"
Chuckling at her friend's remark, Derpy said, "What can I say, becoming a mother has changed me."
"Becoming a mother didn't change me that much," commented Rockie. "And I had triplets."
"Yeah, I know. Speaking of your triplets, I hear your oldest of the three's business is doing well and that she was picked to plan the party reception for Princess Mi Amore Cadenza's wedding up in the Crystal Empire," said Derpy.
"She has been," replied Rockie. "And I'm very proud of her, but don't let her know that. She bounces of the walls enough as it is. I don't need her bouncing off the walls and breaking them."
With a small chuckle at the older woman's response, Derpy turned to Fleetfoot and asked, "So how are you enjoying your retirement with the Wonderbolts?"
"Simi-retirement, if you don't mind," she replied. "The Wonderbolts are great and everything, but if I don't do something during those five months of down time I would go crazy. So, I'm still partially active with Fritter; unlike you and Rockie."
"Well, I enjoy my retirement." Derpy replied to the flyer.
"I still don't get it," Fritter spoke aloud. " You were the youngest person ever to become an agent at the age of sixteen after graduating college at the age of 12. The most outstanding record of any agent in the department. Heck, if you had stayed with it you'd be running the department by now. God knows, Luna was wanting to make you the head."
"What can I say?" Derpy asked with a shrug. "I found someone more important. I loved my country and I was proud to serve, but none of that made me feel as great when I look into my daughter's eyes and she calls me mom."
Silence descended on the small group of friends as the three thought about what Derpy said.
After a moment, Derpy spoke saying, "How's your cousin Big Mac, Fritter? We haven't spoken since our one night together."
"Don't remind me that you two had sex," replied Fritter with a slight shutter. "Besides, shouldn't you know how he's doing? You both live here in the same town."
"Yeah well, ever since his sister, Jackie, filed that complaint against me after she found Zecora, Mac and me on that Clydesdale naked and-"
"ENOUGH!" Fritter shouted desperate to not have to hear anymore. After catching her breath for a moment and the other laughing at her expense, Fritter replied. "Last I heard he's dating the spa twins."
"Oh, which one," Fleetfoot asked.
"I said 'twins'. He's dating both of them," replied Fritter.
"Both Aloe and Lotus? That's impressive," Rockie commented.
"And here's the best part," Fritter began with a bark of a laugh. "They're both expecting."
"What's her plan to do?" Derpy asked.
"What else? Make them honest women of course. You know how Big Mac is about taking responsibility. He's not going to turn tail and run because he's now going to be a father." Fritter replied to Derpy.
"Yeah, but is marrying both of them even legal?" Fleetfoot asked curiously.
"Actually, it is," replied Rockie. "It's an old law, that hasn't been used in nearly a hundred and twenty years, but it is still law."
"Speaking of Aloe and Lotus," Derpy spoke, changing the subject. "Earlier today Sparkler told me that she had won a study abroad program from her computer club to study for a semester in Prances and wants my permission to go."
"Ah, the City of Love," Fritter said with a sigh.
"And a lot of danger," added Rockie.
"Oh, come on Rockie," Fleetfoot said in exasperation. "The city isn't like it was back in the war or even fifteen years ago. Sure there are still some dangers just like there are in every city. But you no longer have to feel like you're going to be taken right off the street.
"Yes, but here's the thing," Derpy said as she spoke up. "Should I let her go?"
And thus, began the topic of conversation that would keep the four friends talking all throughout lunch as they debated whether or not Derpy's daughter should go.
With lunch having wind down, it was time for the three visitors to hit the road and continue on with their own lives. But as they left Derpy's home, Fritter turned back for a moment to speak once more to her friend.
"Derpy, I know you may not to, but I really think you should let Sparkler go on this trip." Fritter began, before continuing on. "I know you don't want to admit it, but she's growing up and soon she'll be leaving home whether you like it or not. Now, you can let her go on this trip and learn what it's like to be on her own and advance her studies. Or, you can refuse to let her go and keep her here, but with the trade-off of having her very angry at you for a long time. When she finally does leave home, will it be with happiness and joy or bitterness and resentment towards you?"
With a small sigh Derpy said, "I just want to keep her safe as long as I can."
"I know you do," replied Fritter. "But you can't stop the world Derpy. At least think about what I said."
"Alright Fritter. I'll think about it," answered Derpy.
As Fritter turned to leave, she looked back once more and asked, "By the way, why do you pretend to have crisscrossed eyes?"
"That's very simple," replied Derpy as she crossed her eyes once more. "By pretending to have this handicap, everyone drops their guard around me. No sees me as a threat, just the cute cross-eyed MILF."
"You really never should have quit," Fritter said with a shake of her head at Derpy's reasoning as she left.
Derpy slowly ascended up the stairs to speak with her eldest child. After picking up Dinky and Sparkler earlier, Sparkler had all but refused to talk to her mother; giving only the very shortest of answers and speaking only when she had to. She walked up to Sparkler's bedroom door and gave a polite knock. Sparkler answered the door a moment later with red watery eyes from having cried so much. "What," she asked in a sharp tone.
Derpy held up the paper and said, "Three conditions. One, I want the address and number of where you'll be staying. Two, if you move I want to know where and with whom. And third," Derpy said as she lifted up a wrapped box, "you are to call me when you land and every night before bed."
Sparkler's eyes widened at what her mother had just said. She looked at the paper and then at the gift wrapped box in the mother's hands before looking back at her mother. "You mean?" She hesitantly asked.
Derpy nodded her head and said, "Yes, as long as you follow my conditions, you can go."
"THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU," Sparkler cried out in joy as she glomped her. "What's the box for?" She asked as she released her mother from her hug.
"How can I expect you to call me, if you don't have a phone?" replied Derpy. "Consider this an early birthday present as you'll be in Prances."
Sparkler's eyes widened with surprise as she took the box and began to tear off the wrapping paper. Once the wrapping paper was off, she opened the box to see that her mother had gone all out and bought her a Droid Razr Maxx HD smartphone; along with a protection case, screen protection, and belt holster for the phone and bought her a Droid XYBoard tablet with it's on accessories. Sparkler looked up at her mom in surprise and awe.
Seeing her daughter's look Derpy said, "They were on sale. I also got one for Dinky and myself. We get twelve thousand shared minutes between the three of us and unlimited data. I've already programmed both mine and Dinky's number into your phone and added put in the information to this three hundred dollar gift card so you can buy whatever you want on your phone." She then pulled out the card and handed it to Sparkler.
"Wow. Mom, this is a lot. Don't you think it might be too much?" Sparkler asked. She was grateful for the chance to go and the gifts, but she didn't want her mother to go broke. "Also, is it really a good idea to give something like this to Dinky?"
"I just want you to stay well connected to us. I figured the tablet could help with your school work," Derpy explained and then continued. "I agree Dinky is younger than I'd like her to be before giving her this. As such she is only going to get the phone and I've placed restrictions on it. I'm also giving her the phone because even though she may not act like it all the time, she looks up to you a great deal. And at first she may think it's cool to have her big sister outta the house at the place to herself, sibling wise. She's going to realize soon enough how much she misses her sister and wants to talk to you. When that happens, she can just call you on her own new phone."
Sparkler nodded her head in agreement as her mother made a valiant point.
"Now, get to bed," Derpy said in a motherly tone. "We've got a lot of errands to do tomorrow to get you ready to go."
"Okay mom," Sparkler replied as she hugged her mother good night and began to get ready for bed.
As Derpy left her daughter's bedroom she silently thought to herself, 'I hope this is the right thing.'
A/N: I hope everyone has enjoyed reading the second chapter of SEIZED. While this story is a parody of the movie TAKEN, there will be parts coming up where the story will differ quite a bit from the movie. I hope that it will still be an enjoyable read for majority of those who read this story. Please leave a review telling me what you think of the chapter. Also a virtual cookie to anyone who can guess who Rockie is.