“Wait up, Rainbow Dash!” Derpy called out to the rainbow-maned Pegasus. Her iris eyes turned to Derpy. “Huh? Derpy! C'mon, or we're gonna be late.” The two Pegasi were flying down from Cloudsdale to the special announcement that the mayor was going to give out. And the best part... Princesses Celestia and Luna were going to be there! Derpy gave a toothy grin at the thought, especially since Applejack promised something to her. Make that Pinkie Promised(thanks to Pinkie Pie)... muffins. She drooled at the image of the delicious treats. She could hear Rainbow's voice echo, calling her.
“Hey! Derpy!”
“Oh! Whoops!” Derpy crashed into Rainbow Dash, sending them both spiraling downward. “AAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!” they both screamed. They slammed down right into the ground. There was a huge crash and specks of grass and chunks of dirt went everywhere. It felt like an earthquake bombed all through Ponyville. Everypony yelled and shrieked, turning to where the supposed disaster shook. Pinkie Pie bounced over to the big gaping hole, its shape like a starburst. “Dashie! Derpy!” Pinkie chimed. In the moment that she said the goofy-eyed pony's name, everypony's faces turned from fear and shock to disappointment and boredom. And yet, they were relieved. Derpy's head was the first to pop up. Then Rainbow's head popped up. The adorable gray Pegasus hopped out the gaping hole and looked down at Rainbow.
“Oooo, Derpy,” Rainbow growled.
“Yeah yes?” Derpy asked.
“Why you—ah!” The Pegasus was hit with a piece of debris from a building near the crash site. She went crashing down farther into the hole.
“My bad!” Derpy said bubbly and cheerifully.
“Oh ow! I'm okay! Ope, maybe not!” Rainbow called out. Then there was low muttering.
“Now Dashie! We don't use that kind of language in this town! You know that there are young fillies and colts present!” Pinkie Pie chimed. Rainbow continued muttering.
“Haha! Oh no! Rainbow said no-no words!” Derpy giggled, but unhappily. A blue hoof reached out of the hole. Or maybe the more correct term would be ditch. Anyhow, she managed to get out, struggling desperately. She looked at the goofy Pegasus. Her mane was tattered and her tail was matted. Derpy giggled babyishly at her appearance. “You look funny!” she said giddily. Rainbow was about to lunge at her when the princesses appeared. The residents cheered and hoorayed. Rainbow gave a sheepish grin, blushing and her her arms behind her back. Then she zoomed off somewhere “off camera” to fix herself up. “Celmestiuuh and Cahoona! Hehe, oops, I mean Celestia! And Luna!” Derpy cheered. Celestia and Luna laughed heartily. “Hello, Derpy Hooves. And HELLOOO everypony!” Celestia shouted with glee. Everypony cheered once more. The mayor walked up to the two princesses. “Greetings, Princesses.” Celestia gave a smile and a wink. Luna trotted over to the podium on the stage.
“Greetings Ponyville! Wow I'm great at yelling. Any who, my sister and I are glad to be here for this glorious event!”
“Woo hoo! Go Luna!” cheered Twilight Sparkle.
“Muffins!” Derpy shouted happily. Everypony just stared blankly at her.
“Uh... okay! And muffins too! Now then, onto the business at hoof. We know that the Forest Fantasy Festival is going to begin soon. We wanted to make sure that all preparations were set. The Apple Family has graciously provided—”
“Muffins!” Derpy shouted out loud.
“Uh yes, Derpy. That's right. Now, besides that, they have also provided Zap Apple Jam from the harvest a few weeks ago. And Pinkie Pie has provided cup—” Everypony gasped. Pinkie turned to them all. “Oh, they're not that kind. See?” She disappeared for a sec and returned with a TV that was showing how she made her cupcakes. And they were normal. “And I'll even bake them during the festival so that you can see for yourselves live!” Pinkie smiled sheepishly. In the background, Fluttershy could be heard shyly saying, “Yay. Way to go, Pinkie Pie.” Rainbow could be heard whispering prayers about running a demon out of Pinkie. Luna smiled(also giving a worried look towards Rainbow Dash) and continued her speech. “And finally, performing live for the first time ever here in Ponyville... it's the one and only Wooden Toaster!” Everypony cheered more. Wooden Toaster was one of the best Pony Music Artists around. Nopony had ever seen him in pony before. “Celestia? Anything else?” Celestia shook her head and smiled. Derpy hopped up and down, or maybe it was down and up. But nevertheless, she was really happy. And so was somepony else...
Derpy hopped happily on home to her “humble abode” in Cloudsdale. Standing there was her adoptive mother, Peppy Mint. She was busy taking care of little Pegasus fillies and colts. “Oh, why hello Derpy! And how are you on this fine morning?” Peppy said, well, peppily. Derpy gave her a toothy grin. She giggled at the cute little fillies and colts climbing over one another. She knew that they were all orphans. It made her sad. But she cheered up right away, knowing that Peppy was there. “Okay Momma Peppy, I'm gonna go ahead and go inside now. Good luck! Goodbye you cute little muffin cakes!” Derpy said with glee. Peppy smiled and continued her work with the children. There was a total of six: two of them were twins, both with light curly pink manes and snow white coats and blue eyes. They were both fillies. Both of their tails were curly. The other filly was pure black with a semi curly pale blue mane. She had sea green eyes. Her tail was straight, curving at the end. The colts were all triplets. They all had a mane like Big Mac's, a lime green color with a pale yellow coat. They also all had orange eyes. The way that ponies could tell the difference between them was that the first had freckles, the second had none, and the third had a white muzzle. All six of them were about 5 years old, except for the third filly, who was six. She also was a bit taller and lankier than the others. Her wings were also a bit more slender. No matter what they looked like though, Peppy loved them all equally.
The mysterious figure watched intently at the cute children as they played together. He smiled crudely and licked his shadowy lips. Oh, he knew that this was going to be fun. But first he needed a certain pony's assistance. He flew down towards the house, taking precautions with all the Pegasi around. He snaked over to a nearby window and looked inside. Standing there, dancing around without a care in the world... was the one he was looking for. Derpy.
Derpy was dancing around, listening to Wooden Toaster's song “Rainbow Factory”. She knew all the lyrics, repeating the song over and over again. She was just starting over again for the sixth time when she thought that she heard a scratching noise. “Huh,” she shrugged. She continued on, until she stopped again. She pricked up her ears and dropped to the floor. She whipped her eyes, or tried, back and forth. Just then, there was knock at the front door. She crawled to the door, wiggling her legs furiously. Her nose touched the door. She raised a hoof to open it. She turned the knob... “THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!” she yelled out. She jumped on top of the supposed “invader”. There was a tiny squeak. Shaking furiously under her was Fluttershy. Derpy got all into her face. “Oh! Fluttershy! Hi!” Fluttershy wiggled out of Derpy's reach and ran off screaming—very quietly. Derpy gave off a sad look. Then she spotted Rainbow Dash. “Ah!” Derpy gasped suddenly. She rushed to Rainbow, shoving her to the ground while she ushered an “Oof!” in response.
“Derpy! Ah! What are you doing?”
“Shh, they're watching us...”
“Who's they?”
“...”
“Derpy?”
“... The Muffin Stealers,” she uttered.
“Oh dear Celestia, kill me now.”
“I said shoo shoo!” Derpy tapped Rainbow's muzzle. “I is trying to listens!”
“Really.”
“Yesh.” She lowered her ears, slanting slightly, making her butt shove straight into Rainbow Dash's face.
“Uh, Derpy? I really don't need to see your crack of dawn. So PLEASE GET YOUR SNOOTY BOOTY OUT OF MY FACE!!” Some ponies had heard her yell and looked to see what the hubbub was all about. They gasped, looking horrified. They thought that Rainbow was trying to sniff Derpy's butt. Derpy felt something poke her there and she shrieked, bucking Rainbow in the face. Rainbow shrieked, unfortunately making it sound like a dying donkey. “YEEHAAWW!!!!!!!” she shrieked. Derpy snorted and laughed, enjoying Rainbow's “funny”. Her face had a huge hoof mark right square in the middle. “OW!! GET THE BUCK AWAY FROM ME!!!!!!!!!!!” She screamed right in Derpy's face. Derpy curled into a ball. Everypony there gasped more. Rainbow saw the pain in her face. “Oh Derpy, I'm so sorry.” Derpy's left eye was trying to hold back a tear that was threatening her vision momentarily. It blurred her sight of Rainbow on the left side, and soon the right chimed in. Fortunately, she was able to make them disappear.
She got up and smiled. “I just don't know what went wrong! Oh, I know! Want to get a cupcake?” That was it for Rainbow Dash. Her coat turned snow white, her eyes rolling over her head. “Dear Celestia... oh dear!” She fell to the ground, passing out like a fainting goat. Her tongue stuck out the side of her mouth, her legs spread apart, her tail straight as an arrow. She just laid there on her back. “Hahaha! Rainbow Dash is practicing her acting skills! Uh, Dash? Dash? Ohmergard!” She realized that Dash really had passed out. Then she muttered, “Here lies Rainbow Dash's pride and dignity... what a baby.”