//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Choas and Trouble // Story: Muffins: A Super Duper Derpy Hooves Adventure! // by SunshineSprite //------------------------------// “Derpy! Dinner!” Derpy swam towards her neighbor, Mrs. Merrykins. She was making her favorite meal: Candy Shells. They were her favorite treat. She swam inside, taking in the smell. Her wings fluttered happily. Her gray tail wagged like a dog's. “Okay! I'm here!” But instead of finding Mrs. Merrykins, she found something else. It was a dark and cold figure. And it lunged out at Derpy. “AAAAAAHHHHH!!” Derpy shreiked as the darkness engulfed her... Derpy woke up with a start, screaming and gasping for air. Her head was wet with sweat, beading on her forehead like drums. Her chest was desperately sucking in and out, her heart going at exactly 100 mph. Derpy got up and decided to get some water. She trotted towards the bathroom. Going to the sink, she poured herself a glass of water, grabbing a cup. She gulped it down as fast as she could, choking in the process. She coughed and gagged, spitting water out into the sink, thankfully. She pressed her front hooves against it. She turned the water back on and splashed her face with it, feeling how cool and serene it felt against her hot and sweaty face. “Aaaah, that feels nice,” she said with relief. Putting the glass by the faucet, she trotted back to her room. That nightmare... what was that? She never met something like that. Not even when she used to be a Merpony. Maybe it was just a random dream? But that couldn't be it. Derpy never had crazy dreams like that. Just what was that? She shrugged it off, thinking that maybe she had too much chocolate before bed. She got back into bed and tried to fall back asleep. Derpy drifted off into nothingness, letting the sleep and dreams take her in. She dreamed of Cloudsdale, and how her and Rainbow Dash would fly around and play. She dreamed of how her and Dr. Whooves would have picnics in the park. She even dreamed of her time as a Merpony and how she would swim around with the fish in the sea, letting them twirl around her and let her dance. She was finally at peace... The next day, Derpy made her way slowly to Ponyville. She decided that she would forget that awful nightmare, having it replaced by sweet serene dreams of friendship. She dropped lightly onto the grass, feeling it beneath her hooves. Her mane and tail brushed lightly against the wind. She took in the air, puffing out her chest. Once she was done taking in her surroundings, she walked towards Sugarcube Corner. Pinkie Pie and Applejack said that they would have Derpy help bake some muffins. She walked into the sugary-coated kingdom. She saw the party pony and the country gal already getting things set up. Derpy gave a faint smile and trotted towards the two. “Oh hi Derpy Doo!! How's it goin'?” “Why howdy there, Derpy! Everythang goin' okay for ya?” “Ah nothing. Everything's fine,” Derpy shrugged. The two other ponies looked at each other and shrugged. Then they turned towards the kitchen. Derpy nodded, following the two of them. Sitting on the counter, there was all of the necessary ingredients. “Ahright, ladies! Let's get ta bakin'!” Applejack said with a cheer. She started humming “Raise This Barn” as she got the mixing bowl ready to put the ingredients in. Derpy bounced with excitement. She accidentally bumped the sack of flour on the counter. The flour flew in the air, the sack plopping right on Pinkie's head. “Aaah... ahh...” Pinkie took in. Derpy turned and gasped. Applejack covered her face with her hooves. Pinkie Pie then let loose. “Aaaaaachooooo!!!!!” Derpy laughed out loud, watching powdery white puffs of flour snowing around in the kitchen. Applejack rushed to Pinkie's rescue, grabbing a towel and starting to wipe the then pink pony who was now the snow white fairy off. “Whoo! Thanks Applejack!” “No problem, sugarcube.” “Haha! My bad!” Derpy giggled. The two smiled and laughed heartily together with Derpy. After about 5 minutes, the kitchen was cleaned off and they were continuing their baking process. 2 hours later... The muffins were perfect. They smelled delicious. Derpy licked her lips with anticipation. Applejack nodded and Derpy let loose. AJ promised her that she could have one muffin before the festive events went into full swing. Derpy was about to take a bite after jumping with joy for a minute(letting loose), when she heard somepony calling her name. It was Dr. Whooves. She decided to go and see what he wanted. “Be right back!” she said cheerily. She bounced out the front door. Pinkie and AJ smiled and started cleaning up the mess. They had finished in about 10 minutes. Just after that, Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake had woken up from their nap. Pinkie went to check on the adorable twins, Applejack volunteering. Shortly after they left, a dark figure entered the room and looked straight towards Derpy's muffin... Derpy had returned when all of a sudden, she shouted at the top of her lungs. “Who ate mah MUFFIN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!” she yelled, her voice booming through Sugarcube Corner. The floor shook with excitement, Pinkie and Applejack shrieking and throwing the twins in the air. Pound Cake hit the ceiling, fluttering his wings with laughter. Pumpkin Cake hovered herself with magic, giggling as well. Pinkie tried to catch Pound Cake, but to no avail. She tried and tried, but the adorable baby Pegasus kept calm and fluttered on. “Get. Down. From. Here. Young. Colt. Foal. I'm. The. Responsible. One. Gah!” Pinkie struggled. Applejack was running around the room, in a circle, trying to catch little Pumpkin Cake. The small Unicorn filly giggled and laughed as she flew around the room like Peter Pan. Derpy yelled once again from downstairs. “WHO ATE MAH MUFFERN!!!!!!!!!?” She had reached a very feverish pitch in anger. Ponies could have seen flames in her eyes, burning like infernos. What she didn't notice through all of this was that there was dark laughter going on outside... Twilight Sparkle lifted her head from her desk, having written a long report to Princess Celestia. She fluttered her wings with suspicion from the noise coming from outside. She turned to Spike and said, “Did you hear something?” Spike turned to her and said, “Actually yes. I felt a disturbance in the force.” Twilight nodded and trotted over to the window. She squinted at the sight: she could've sworn that there was steam coming out of the chimney of Sugarcube Corner. And that the whole building was shaking. But there wasn't an earthquake. So, what could it be? Then she felt the worst revelation: somepony had taken Derpy's muffin. She just had that feeling. “Oh no,” she whispered, wide-eyed. “Somepony took Derpy's muffin. Quick Spike! Duck and cower—I mean cover!” Spike was already on it. Within minutes, they were barricaded, along with Twilight’s pet owl, down in the basement library. They were just getting relieved when all of a sudden, a terrible figure rose out of the ground. And it looked like a very familiar character. One who had fought the Mane 6 at the Crystal Empire. Spike and Twilight only had time to say “King—“ before being engulfed in darkness... Fluttershy and Rarity were having another spa day when they heard roaring noises that sounded a lot like Derpy Hooves going through an exorcism. The two shuttered at the thought of Dr. Whooves shouting, “The power of Celestia compels you!” to a very psychotic, demon-filled Derpy. They were leaving the spa when Princess Luna popped up. “Why hello there Fluttershy and Rarity.” Fluttershy uttered a small “Hello” and Rarity gave a very feminine bow. Luna smiled and then jumped when a dark lightning bolt the size of a sonic rainboom jolted through the sky. Luna and Rarity shrieked, Fluttershy squealed as loud as she would allow herself and cowered behind a weed, unfortunately unable to camouflage herself. Fluttershy's tail shook with fright with a very quick “twitch twitch twitch” movement. Twilight was then seen being sent flying across the sky, Spike on her back. It looked like they were shot of a cannon of darkness. The expressions on their faces was pure terror and shock. The two of them looked like two deer in headlights. It was almost as if they were trying to say, “Farewell! We're off to save Equestria!” Luna gasped and charged after them, determined to save them while Rarity and an “emotionally scarred for life” Fluttershy watched on... Derpy was in the middle of her rampage when a young Stallion peeped his head through an open window saying, “Is Mrs. Cake having another foal?” There was another voice that said, “Well, they did say that anything can happen in Ponyville!” Derpy turned towards him, giving him a death stare, despite how goofy her eyes made the stare look. The Stallion screamed like Fluttershy and took off running, shouting out that Derpy had serious problems. Derpy took a breather and looked outside, wondering why it was so dark all of a sudden. But the one thing that caught her attention: the muffin. “MUFFIN!” she cheered. The delectable treat was floating across the sky, as if taunting the Pegasus. She rushed out the back door, determined to catch the delightful goodie. She unfortunately ran into some obstacles: poles, trees, tripping on her hooves, and occasionally, on benches. She ran with all her might nevertheless, soon almost at her goal. “We are finally reunited my love!” Derpy shimmered. She was about to jump up and grab it when it was suddenly pulled away from her. It dropped on the ground, making a depressing mushing sound. The muffin was totally ruined. She dropped dead in her tracks, a really sad look spreading across her face. Tears formed around the bottom rims of her eyes. She sat there with a defeated posture. The song “How Could This Happen To Me?” played in her mind. Her ears were flopped downward, and she soon started to sniffle. (Poor Derpy just can't win today!) A very ashamed voice called to her from her head. All of a sudden, she was whisked off of the ground, it being ripped from its roots. “Wheeeeeeeee!!!!!!” Derpy squealed. Celestia had just arrived on the scene when she spotted Derpy shooting across the town like a shooting star. She could hear her shouting, “I believe I can fly!” Celestia just stared. Then she spotted Luna gripping Twilight’s tail with her front hooves screaming, “Dear Celestia! Dear sister save me!!!!!” while she flapped wildly around. Spike was trying to grip onto Twilight's neck, all three though looking like they were on an extreme roller coaster ride. She turned to see Fluttershy and Rarity being trapped in a bowl of darkness. She looked to see Pinkie Pie and Applejack trying to restrain the Cake Twins, looking like they were just playing a happy game of “Ring Around the Rosie”. The twins giggled happily, Pinkie and AJ desperately pleading for them to stop. Darkness soon engulfed them too. Celestia panicked and looked up to see what she didn't want: floating in the middle of the sky, with all of his might... was King Sombre.