Another Morning in Ponyville
The sound of blue birds chirping accompanied the rising sun, which set its warm rays of light on the grey pegasus’s face. Derpy awoke, embracing the morning with the same cheer she met every day with, stretching all four of her legs and wings.
"Time to deliver the mail again." She said to herself. She did this every morning before breakfast. It was more than just her job, it was her life. She loved to go about, interacting with the ponies of Ponyville and seeing her friends as she made her routes. Everypony was happy to see her, excited that they were getting mail.
All incoming mail was drooped of in a large box outside her door, where she would collect and sort it before flying out into town. Derpy went outside to collect the day's mail from the box. She lifted the lid, and found it only contained one letter today. This wasn't uncommon, mail took a while to reach Ponyville, and often, it came in as a trickle. She grabbed the letter with her hoof and brought it inside.
"Now, where am I going to deliver this today?" She asked herself, reading the address. What she read puzzled her. The letter was from Canterlot, but it was only addressed to Ponyville, there was no name or address number, and the hoof writing was scribbled and barely legible.
"What am I going to do now? I don't know who to give this to?" Not delivering a letter was out of the question for the committed mail mare. She stared at it again, but there was no mistake, the letter only had the town's name scribbled on it. A feeling of frustration came upon her, this wasn't fair.
Then she got an idea. She wasn't the brightest of ponies, but she could solve problems when she needed to.
"Maybe I should read it," she thought, "it may have somepony's name on the inside. It occurred to her that this may be an invasion of privacy, but there were not many options she could think of. "Maybe if I just read the first part..."
Derpy opened the envelope, trying to keep it as intact as possible. She pulled the letter out and unfolded it on the kitchen table. The words were just as scribbled as the address, written as though the writer had to make a great effort just to write each word. On the top right, a date was placed, May 6th, which placed the letter back more than six months ago. That surprised Derpy, mail never arrived that late. She began reading the first line.
*To my dearest daughter, I am so sorry...
Derpy didn't want to read the whole letter, but the first line hadn't given her any clues.
...it's been so long since I left Ponyville. Back then, you were just a small filly. Your mother and I loved you so very much. It was a hard decision leaving you, but Equestria needed me. I still remember how hard you cried when I said goodbye, if you must know, I was crying too. My time serving in the royal guard was dedicated to you. I wanted to protect Equestria, but especially my family. Unfortunately, I found my skills pulled me away from any contact. I know you must feel as if I left you behind, but not a day went by that I didn't think of you or your mother.
I am writing you now, against the will of my superiors. I have to hide it, because they feel what I am about to say will hurt you too much. However, I feel you must know the truth. A few days ago, there was an attack on Canterlot. Your father took charge of defending the city from the attacking creatures, leading his fellow guards from the front. It was during the battle that I became mortally wounded. I have been hospitalized, but I'm told I have a very slim chance. Every day, I'm in incredible pain, not just physically, but in my heart as well, for I feel I will not make it. It's been so long since I held you or saw your face, and now, I may never do so again. The doctors will be placing me in a coma soon, in an attempt to save my life. I simply ask, if you get this letter, to visit me, and be by my side. Even if I am unconscious, at least I'll spend my last few hours with you. You were my world, the reason I fought, I will always love you, in this life and the next. Goodbye my dear Scootaloo. *
By the time Derpy had finished reading the last line, the table was soaked in tears. Derpy's heart was heavy with the sadness the letter contained. It was a strange, new feeling to her, one that she could not handle. She broke down into a sob, burying her face into her hooves, while images of Scootaloo, happily playing with her friends circled through her mind. She wanted to destroy the letter, so that the young filly would never know the kind of sadness she felt.
But then there was her father, how he wanted Scootaloo to know how much he really loved her. It was important to him that his daughter got his letter. Derpy didn't know what to do, for the first time, she wished she had never woken up. Ultimately, it was her job to deliver the mail, no matter what, she decided. It would just take her a while longer to calm down.
* * *
Derpy knew that all the fillies and colts of Ponyvill would be in school, since it was still morning. She headed to the school house with the one letter in her bag, walking slowly instead of flying.
"Hi Derpy!" Her friend Rainbow Dash yelled to her, passing by. Derpy said nothing and continued on. "Hey, what's wrong?" Dash asked.
"Nothing, Dash," she replied, softly, "just leave me alone for now."
"Um, ok...see ya around..." Rainbow Dash took off.
The school house was getting close, and Derpy started to regret her decision. Maybe Scootaloo wouldn't read it till she got home? She didn't want to break down and cry again, especially in the middle of the school house. The door was open, and she could hear Miss Cheerilee happily instructing her students. Derpy's legs shook as she walked inside. "Ec...excuse me, Miss...Miss Cheerilee..." she was about to cry, "I have a...delivery for Scootaloo...."
"Really?!" Scootaloo cried, happily, "what is it?!"
Internally crushed by Scootaloo enthusiasm, Derpy reached into her bag to pull out the letter...
"Excuse me, sorry to interrupt, but I'm looking for someone I was told I could find here..." Everypony turned around to see who had just spoke. In the doorway was an armored stallion, a guard, with his helmet removed. He had a few visible scares, and his right ear was half missing. It took him one look at the foals in the schoolhouse to recognize a familiar face...
"Scootaloo..." he fell to his knees.
Scootaloo was in shock for a moment, but the memory of her father’s face came flooding back, and she ran to embrace him. "Daddy!!!"
Derpy didn't know what to do. Overcome by emotion and relief, she broke down and tiered up along with everypony in the classroom as Scootaloo embraced her father. The letter remained tucked away in her bag.
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2856790
Thanks, I'll fix it
hmmmm... The sad tag is somewhat misleading.
I was getting ready for a real tear jerker, then the dad just walks in? EDIT: This just gave me an idea! Mind if I use it?
Awww well. Happy endings all around.
2857000
Come on, the happy ending is still a tear jerker! : )
Yea, go ahead if you want, I'd love to hear about it.
I think you meant "teared" at the end, but that was a wonderful story. A like and a fav to you!
2857022
Muchos gracias!
That was pretty good.
2857274but did you listen to sad music and cry?
Played Sad Music and Read this I did the opposite of Cry...I laughed...gee maybe I really am Nuts
2857469THAT MAKES YOU PART EVIL
2857021 Many thanks
2857492
And that's why I work at the Rainbow Factory
2857312
Actually I read Three Hundred and Fifty... That made me hold in the tears.
Good story, I liked it. Although it did seem a bit rushed there in the end to me. Then again, whenever I read, I always prep myself for a full on novel. Lookin forward to more from ya man.
2860069
It was just meant to be a quick one shot to see where I'm at. Glad you liked it, I wasn't sure how it would turn out.
Not bad. Good one parter
2864123
Thanks man, wish I could do stuff like this more often.
2864626yea I'm in the same boat as you. I got a couple great ideas for fics but don't have the time. My computer is broken too. Deploying again in January and since my ideas would be long story's I wouldn't want the readers to wait 7 months for a new chapter
Sad, but still very good stuff.
2864662 on a float? I'm going on the 31st in November. Wish I could go back to Afghan instead.
2864688
Thanks, it was supposed to be sad until the end. I didn't obtain the level of emotional shock I wanted to, but it's still there, I hope.
2864692 either Spain Africa or some other euro shithole. Yea Afghanistan was fun. I was in Garmsir. Where were you in the Stan?
2864923
Northern Helmand, Musa Qala or hwever you spell it. There is actually a natgeo special on my unit out right now called battleground Afghanistan. It follows my platoon specifically, so I have a decent amount of screen time.
2864953 yea I saw the first episode. Definitely more kinetic than my deployment was. They would only fight with the ANA and would run when we showed up. We wanted to throw on our green FROGs and pose as ANA but they wouldn't let us do partnered patrolls with them after a bad green on blue attack we lost 3 in
2865161
Sucks. We did partner patrols all the time
2865450we did too until the ANP murdered our PAT team. Il be on Xbox later a little later. Gonna nap now that we gut released for libo. Happy chucks day
This is a really sweet story i have been sitting here scrolling through for good scoot stories and
im about to cry!!!!!
2878301
Thanks, that was the intent.
Your a good writer i want to write fics and post them on here but i have no clue how to post them sooo can somepony give me a hoof????
2878448 you gotta create the story, go to stories and add new, then fill out the form, submit it, then add chapters and put it up for submitting. The sites FAQ explained it better.
2878541 Thanks i sent one in and they said to try again so im making one about like me (Ditzy) running away (human) and running into the portal after another 30 moons and trying again and im shipping Ditzyshy
Friend: really a cat?
Me: Shut up!
Friend: what every Night...
No help what so ever.
Good story! I really liked it.
That was so lovely and touching, really wonderful. Fantastic work, my friend.
I was listening to Yirumas River Flows in You, not quiet sure if that was the sad music you had in mind
. Not too shabby. I would reconisder the Cheerliee tag. Only tag Main or important characters.
The ending seemed kinda smack- done, but I liked this. A felt for derpy as she read it and feared that, after reading the letter, scootaloo would go to her mother, however that was in this Fic, and they'd arrive at the hospital, nly to learned he'd already passed months ago. I am glad it was a happy ending