"Sometimes the only reason we smile is to keep ourselves from crying."
Everypony in Ponyville knows Derpy Hooves, their friendly, cross-eyed and clumsy but reliable mailmare, a hard-working single mother who is never seen without a smile. For years, she and her family have been residents of the small town, and yet she has never once spoken of where she came from or what she did before her job with the Ponyville Post. Most ponies have simply written such things off over time as curiosity gives way to routine. Some, however, have started to notice just how strained the seemingly happy Pegasus' smile is becoming.
(Gore tag added as a precaution for implication rather than explicit description)
(A huge Thank you! to both Bad_Seed_72 and my brother Corwin for pre-reading this for me)
Well, since all fanfics are alternate universes (case in point: Word Of God says that just after the final scene of Slice Of Life, they had to fight off the mandatory Changeling Invasion that happens at all weddings now thereby making my take on it an alternate world), I look forward to your world.
I LOVE IT!!
I shall await more.
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I'm glad you're looking forward to it. Thank you
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Thank you! Glad you approve and hopefully i shall not disappoint!
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That there is a lot of feels
That has to be one of the most adorable fantasy sequences I ever read. I especially like your view into Dinky's thoughts and how she keeps having difficulty with words.
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Many thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
I can't wait for more, you're doing great.
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Thank you very much! New Chapter should be out next week (I hope)
Wow, been a while since I've read this story, so I can't say how it compares to the original. I do really like this opening chapter though. Poor Derpy.
D'awww, that was adorable. Especially the ending.
I'm loving the Dinky/Sparkler/Derpy dynamic here.
Awesome chapter! Like I mentioned before, it's been a while, so I don't remember much of the original version, but I'm loving this story as it is now. I'm a bit surprised though about Trailblazer. I was thinking that Shining Armor was Dinky's father for some reason instead of an OC. Still, really stuff going on here, and I can't wait to see where you go with it. Keep up the good work!
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Thanks for all the comments Bad_Seed, very glad to see that you're liking the re-write
The original story was pretty much the same as this one, I just changed the opening a little and expanded in a couple of other places. Eventually I'll actually catch all my typos too
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Yes... yessssss.... the evil plan of adorableness is working.... seriously though, I can't write dark and dreary all the time, but yeah, this part was really fun to write and I honestly think it works better as it's own chapter rather than in the middle of Chapter 2
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Thank you!
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Thank you again and I'm glad you're loving it! This chapter was never actually published before so it's brand knew all together (aside from being partially written in my mind) and while Shining Armor isn't Dinky's Father, he is important later on... and it took me for freaking ever to come up with a name for her father!!! Next chapter should be out sometime next week
This looks promising. We have some similarities in our Derpy headcanon. I'll have to watch this and see how yours play out.
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Thanks!
So far this story is awesome! But will there be anymore?
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Considering I've been dealing with other projects on top of severe case of writer's block in regards to this, in beginning to wonder, but I haven't given up on it yet! I'm hoping now that most of my other stuff is finished I can get back to this. Thank you for the comments and I'm glad you're enjoying it!