Part 1- Starchaser
Part 1
It was a cold, stormy day in the city of Cloudsdale. Their was no light shining from the afternoon sun, and not many pegasi were out and about. In a large, hoof-made cloud house high in the sky, an obscure family resided, sitting next to a warmth cloud, fending off the snipping cold. If you had seen this family, you would've thought it be obscure too. A blue Pegasus, Rainbow Dash, with rainbow colored hair, who was the pride and joy of one Rainbow Blaze. Fluttershy, a yellow Pegasus with pink hair, was as shy and timid as any pony could possible be. Finally, there was Derpy Hooves, a grey Pegasus with yellow hair, who, if not noted, could've resembled Rainbow Blaze except for the hair and eyes. Rainbow Dash was the only true daughter of Rainbow Blaze, and the other two were adopted not too long ago. There had been some rough times for the yellow and grey pegasi, but they had fought through it to a new life.
They sat around the warmth cloud, talking, telling each other different stories that they had made up or heard from someone else.
"Yes yes, that's understandable...I guess." Rainbow Blaze stated.
They chuckled along with him.
Derpy sighed. "Oh, how my mother would've loved that story." Her smile faded, and she grew silent.
Rainbow Blaze glanced at her changed figure. "I just realized, you never did tell me about your mother Derpy." Rainbow Dash shot him a look and shook her head, from what seemed like worry. he glanced back at Derpy, sensing a mistake.
"I mean...you don't have to tell me if--"
"No, no you're right. You deserve the right to know. I guess...I never really talked about her because of how, down, I felt when I arrived here." She sighed. "Another reason is because I never knew my real mother. She, she left me when I was barley a newborn."
A foggy silence filled the room. Fluttershy gulped, and Dash could almost hear it.
Derpy took a breath before speaking. "I'll never forget some of the things she said, like...like the story of how I came to be with her." She paused, swallowing a lump in her throat before continuing. "It was a night, kind of like how it is right now; stormy, cold, pouring rain."
--She lit the last of the candles in the house, lighting it up with a vibrant orange color. It was pitch black outside, and if it hadn't been for the rain, there wouldn't have been a single sound in the house. She sighed, eyeing the light.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang on the door. She nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard that! It almost sounded like a tree branch had flown straight at her door, but that couldn't be possible. There were no trees in Cloudsdale. She grabbed one of the candles and sat it on a chair next to the door. She slowly reached for the door handle, turned it and pulled.
She couldn't see anything in the storm, and the impending darkness didn't make it any easier. She looked around for what, or who made the loud noise. When she looked down, she gasped.
Sitting there was a small cardboard box, slightly damaged and soaked in water. When she looked inside, her heart jumped in her throat.
Curled up inside the box was a lone, grey, Pegasus. It looked to have been barley a year old, and it was shivering and wet. She immediately picked it up out of the box. It shivered violently in her hooves, and it's eyes were shut tight.
"Oh, you poor, poor thing." She looked around again for the owners of this little baby. They were long gone by now, and she still couldn't see because of the storm. She looked down at the little bundle of grey fur. It whimpered lightly from the cold.
"Ohhh. Here, let's get you inside and get you dried up." She closed the door behind her, still holding the baby in one hoof. The baby Pegasus squirmed around in her arm, shivering, whimpering. It was so pitiful. She set her down on a small table, quickly looking around her house.
"Hang on. I'll get you a blanket." She rushed to the bathroom. The little Pegasus curled up again, whimpering. She returned a second later with a towel. She wrapped the towel around the little Pegasus, rubbing her fur lightly and forcefully. The tiny Pegasus squeaked from the feeling, enjoying the warm, dry towel on her cold, wet fur. She smiled at her feeble squeaks, sensing her happiness. Soon, she was dry, and her fur was wacky and spikey. She chuckled at the sight. The little Pegasus smiled happily, still not opening her eyes. She slowly covered her body with the small blanket, and the grey baby sighed from the comfy feeling. She had to wonder why she wasn't opening her eyes. Maybe she wasn't old enough, maybe she couldn't open her eyes.
"Hey little filly..." She paused, thinking of her words. "Would you like to, um, open your eyes?"
As soon as she said that, the little Pegasus turned away, whimpering. This came as a bit of a shock to her. Why did she seem so afraid?
"Hey...it's okay little filly. I'm not going to make fun of you, if, that's what you think." She smiled.
The little filly hesitated, contemplating her decision. She turned her head again, and she slowly opened one of her eyes. She saw the smiling, dark grey Pegasus in front of her, and she opened the other one, blinking twice. She still had that slight look of fear, but it didn't seem like...fear of her.
"See? That wasn't so bad was--"
She noticed it suddenly. It was unmistakable.
"Your eyes are...crossed." She studied her.
She gasped, turning her head away and closing her eyes, whimpering again. She immediately felt guilty. She didn't know that's why she had her eyes closed, but she felt bad in the fact she said it. She hated to see this little Pegasus like this.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that. I actually...I thought your eyes were, beautiful." She said.
The little filly opened her eyes again, staring up at her in wonderment. She couldn't believe what she had just heard.
She smiled. "Yes, you heard me. Your eyes are beautiful, little thing." She smiled wide.
The little filly continued staring up at her, and a moment later, she smiled too.
She chuckled, but soon the realization hit her, the reason why her parents left her.
"Wait..." She paused. "Is, is that why your parents left you?" She asked.
The filly's smile faded, and she tucked herself into the blanket, not making a sound.
"They left you because your eyes are...different?" She said in shock.
She curled herself tighter, sobbing lightly into the blanket.
It took a moment to process this for her. It was one of the stupidest things she has ever heard of in her life, one of the most arrogant things ever. It left her a tad angry, and extremely shocked.
She saw the filly's position, curled up and crying, and she picked her up. cradling her in her hooves. This was probably the hardest thing to understand for her, especially at this young of age. She continued sobbing in her fur, shaking lightly from her feelings. She stroked the little filly's hair, trying to calm her. Finally, after a minute pure silence, besides the soft sobbing of the Pegasus, she spoke.
"Well, you know what? If they don't want to love you just because your eyes are...different, than, they don't deserve to be true parents."
The little filly looked up at her, her eyes sparkling from her tears. She smiled at her.
"Well, since they aren't your parents anymore," She thought about her next decision. It would be one that would change her life forever. "How would like it...if, I became your mother?" She asked, hoping she'd understand the question.
The little filly's yellow eyes shown something new, something like, surprise and maybe, happiness. She hadn't shown either of those emotions tonight, except when she said her eyes were beautiful, so it was a very nice sight.
"Well, what do you think?" She asked.
She stared up at her in silence, and then she smiled, nodding her head.
She smiled back, hugging her tightly. "Well then, welcome to your new home."
As she continued hugging her, the little filly began crying on her shoulder, but this time, the Pegasus knew that these were tears of joy.
"Aw..." Was all she could make out. This was the most touching moment she had ever experienced. The little filly eventually gathered herself, and she looked up at her new mother, her eyes glistening her tears. It's like they were shining.
The Pegasus hugged her again. "Well, since you're with me now, you need a new name." She thought about the perfect name, one that would suit this little Pegasus well. "Hm...let's see..." She thought of her favorite constellations, the one's she looked at every night. Some of the names would be really odd, like naming your Pegasus...Pegasus. That would not be suitable. She thought of a different one, and it clicked in an instant. The constellation, Derpius Ostilauous looked somewhat similar to Derpy's eyes. It was two separate ovals, each with a smaller oval inside it, and they were pointing separate, diagonal ways. It was perfect for her.
"How about..." She looked down at her in that instant. "Derpy Hooves!"
The little filly gasped, reacting to the name. Her eyes glanced around, thinking. She really hoped that she would like the name, it would really suck if she didn't. After a moment of silence, the little filly smiled and squeaked, giving the obvious happy answer. She smiled back, hugging her again.
"Well then, welcome to your new home, Derpy Hooves." She said, tears forming in her eyes.
The little filly nuzzled herself into her chest, sighing from the softness. She looked down at her. She looked absolutely adorable. Her face was nuzzled into her chest, her corn yellow hair flowed along her head, her little ears were down. Her breathing slowed as she drifted off into a slumber. She slowly walked to her room, carrying the little grey Pegasus in her hooves. She was already fast asleep, breathing softly into her body. She smiled down at her, crawling into the bed. The little filly stirred lightly on her chest, sighing. She stroked her soft hair, before she fell into a deep sleep.
--Derpy finished her story, smiling to herself. The others had been deathly silent throughout the entire story, listening very intently.
"Awwww!" Dash and Fluttershy said at the same time. Dash quickly gasped, clearing her throat and blushing. She wasn't much into the soft stories, or, anything soft for that matter (except clouds, because clouds are amazing), and the way she reacted was very...un-dash like.
Her dad chuckled. "I heard that." She blushed even more.
Derpy smiled to them. "The reason I loved her so much is because...even though she wasn't my birth mother, she, she was still my real mother. And, she treated me like her real daughter." She looked to them. "I was her real daughter, no matter what anyone said." She sighed, looking up. "She was with me through it all, she saw my growth. She was there when I said my first words, when I took my first steps, and when I took my first flight." She chuckled. "I remember, one of her favorite things to do was, look at the stars. Every night, around 9 or so, she would fly me up to this cloud that was much higher than the others. As she described it, it was her star watching cloud. Since the day I could remember as a filly, she took me up to that cloud, and every night we would watch the stars." She sighed. "I'll never forget the first time she told me about it. At least...this was the first time I ever remember her bringing me to it..."
--Derpy clutched her mother tight as they lifted into flight. The cold night air blasted them, causing Derpy to bury her face into her fur. Even though she wasn't able to fly by herself, she loved to fly with her mom by her side. The thrill of it all, the wind, the adrenaline, the pure feeling of lifting off the ground, was incredible. She exhaled a chilled breath, still holding on tight.
Her mom slowly halted and floated down on a small, light cloud, sitting down on it, still holding Derpy Hooves in her arms. The little filly sighed.
"Oh...I f-feel a little...lightheaded..." She said, rubbing her temple.
"Well, you've only flown three times with me, and that's it. You're just still not used to it, but once you are, you'll love it." She smiled.
She nodded. She looked around, wondering where they were. She shivered. It was much colder up here than way down in Cloudsdale. She wrapped her hooves around herself, exhaling cold air.
"Hey Derpy, look up." Her mom said.
Derpy glanced up, and she gasped from the amazing sight above her.
Stars. Stars everywhere. They illuminated the entire sky, glistening and flashing with it's crystal white color. Derpy was mesmerized. She had never seen so many stars, and she had never seen them shine so bright. She couldn't take her eyes of them. Derpy's mom had secretly been watching her, sensing her reaction. She smiled.
"You like it?" She asked.
Derpy looked back at her after many moments of star-staring. Her smile was wide. "Y-Yes! It's beautiful!" She stared up at it again.
"Mmm hmm..." She looked up with her. "Before you came into my life, I would go up to this cloud every single night and watch the stars, counting them, looking for their constellations."
"C-C-on-st-tell---a-a-tions?" She tried to pronounce.
She wrapped her hoof around her. "Constellations." She said. "Their the stars that paint a picture, make an image that you can see with a telescope, or with your eyes. I told you about the telescope, right?" She asked.
Derpy nodded. "Yes. It's that thing that..." She rubbed her chin with her hoof, digging deep in her mind, trying to remember. "...You can like, look through it and...see the stars and the...p-planets up close." She finalized.
She nodded. "Very good. Well, when I met you, you were just a wee-little filly, not even a year old. And, since you were now my daughter, I needed a good name for you. At first, I was a little stumped. I couldn't think of the right name. Then I thought of my favorite constellations, Pegasus, Olock's Wing, The Magic Horn, but there was one certain one that I knew would fit perfectly." She paused, pointing up to the stars above. "See if you can find a set of stars that are in the shape of two big ovals, with two smaller ovals inside of them. Also, this constellation will be a slightly more yellow color thean the shiny white. Give it a try." She said to her.
Derpy looked up again, excited to have a challenge put in front of her. She always loved a challenge, including one that she could complete on the spot. She looked and looked and looked, trying to find the slightly yellow stars. It took a while, but eventually, she spotted a pair of circles, each pointing a different direction, with two smaller ovals inside them, and they were slightly more yellow than the other stars.
"Is...is it that one?" She asked, pointing up at the spot.
Her mom nodded. "Yes it is." She looked up with her. "I named you after that constellation." She looked to her, and she turned her head. "It's called, Derpius Ostilauous." She waited for her to figure it out.
Derpy gasped, realizing it quickly. "Derpi-us...Derpy! Like me!" She said happily.
She smiled wide, chuckling. "Yes, just like you." She hugged her tighter. "I named you after that little group of stars." She said.
Derpy smiled. "I like it." She said, looking up at her. "I really like it."
"I'm glad." She replied.
"It's like...when we arrived here," She paused. "I forgot about everything in the outside world. I forgot all about the good things and the bad things, and now, I'm just here, in this wonderful place." She paused. "I love this feeling."
Her mother rubbed her shoulder lightly, and she sighed. She began looking slightly drowsy, which wouldn't be surprising. It was very late, and she usually went to bed about an hour ago.
--"I don't remember what happened next. I probably fell asleep. I was pretty tired." She said, chuckling lightly.
Fluttershy "awed" again and Rainbow Dash smiled. "Wow...that would be nice, wouldn't it?" She asked her dad.
"What?"
"Just, looking up at the stars. It just sounds so...calming." She said. She suddenly glanced around at them. "I mean, not like I wanna' do that or anything!" She quickly stated, keeping her pride and not letting her compassionate side take over. That wasn't her, obviously, and it wouldn't be unless it was necessary. She still could think it was nice in her mind though.
Her dad chuckled, and she blushed again.
Derpy smiled. "My mom and I had such good times. She was the greatest mom could've asked for; kind, compassionate, caring, while still having a stint of humor. But the one thing that I loved about her the most was, she never got really mad at me." She paused. "You guys know that I'm very...clumsy, and, obviously with that clumsiness, I sometimes, mess things up or accidentally knock things over. I did that a lot when I was younger." She sighed. "You've seen it, that obvious side of me." She shook her head. Dash nodded. "But...she never truly got angry with me. She would get a little upset, don't get me wrong. I've broke some of her favorite items when I was younger, but even amidst that, she never yelled at me, or reprimanded me, she just told me not to do again or to be more careful, and...I loved that. I loved that she never got angry. It made me feel...special, appreciated, loved. It's like she appreciated my clumsiness. I don't think she did but it almost seemed like she did." She smiled in that instant, but it faded a second later. "But...those good times took a sharp turn." Her face darkened greatly. "Too quickly..."
They could feel the mood change drastically in the warm, sunset lit room. It changed from the very happy, upbeat story that it had been for most of the it's length, too a darker. deeper aspect, and they could sense that just from Derpy's words, and how she presented them.
"What do you mean?" Fluttershy asked, fearing her answer.
Dash gulped, already knowing what she was about to say. She stayed silent however.
Derpy made a breathy sigh, shutting her eyes for a moment. "Well, one day, about 3 years ago, my mom started getting really sick. At first we just thought that it was a cold or some other random sickness. A week past, and she was getting worse, so she finally went to the hospital. Hours passed with no word from her. Finally, a doctor came to our house and told me that my mom would have to stay for a couple of days, so that they could run some tests. Already, that didn't sound good. You never really want to hear that from a doctor, you know? So, another three days passed, an finally, she came home, looking as good as ever. I was very excited to see her, obviously. She had been gone far to long, and I was stuck at the house praying for her safety and health." She paused, gulping. "S-She led me to my room, and sat me on the bed. She stayed silent for a full two minutes, before finally uttering four words that I will never forget, as long as I live."
Dash bit her lip and turned away for a second. Fluttershy noticed.
It took Derpy a couple of moments to gather herself, for the tears had started forming already. She took a breath, continuing with a staggering voice. "S-She said..." Derpy closed her eyes, fighting the tears. "D-Derpy...I have cancer."
You could hear Fluttershy's gasp clearly over the engulfing silence. Dash looked back at the grey Pegasus, her eyes glistening a bit. Even Rainbow Blaze shifted from the uncomfortable turn that this story took. He deeply regretted bringing the topic up. He scooted over closer to the feeble Pegasus.
Derpy shut her eyes for a minute, thinking deep, remembering her past thought's, sad one's that she would love to keep away forever, but she knew she never would.
She gulped before continuing. "She told me she would do everything she could to stop it, and I believed her. I stayed by her side the whole way, giving her confidence, keeping her spirits up. I think the my general presence kept her fighting." Derpy's mouth twitched slightly. "But..."
Right as she said that, the outcome was clear. Fluttershy whimpered almost silently in her spot, and Dash gulped the lump in her throat.
Derpy breathed again. "B-But...we couldn't do it. We tried everything, every possible thing to stop it...b-but we couldn't. It was already spreading to much, and a very fast rate. The last time she went to the hospital, the doctor, who had been one of the most helpful pegasi on earth, said she had about two months to live." She dropped her head for second, sniffling. Dad was there, wrapping a hoof around her, pulling her closer to him.
She sniffed. "I-I'll never forget the last moment I s-spent with her..." She breathed a helpless breath that was a combination of sadness and remembrance.
--I sat there, waiting, praying, hoping for any sort of miracle to keep her alive. I knew it wouldn't help. It was inevitable. This horrible, painful fact was inevitable. It was going to happen, weather I wanted it to or not. I sighed in sadness.
The door opened up, and the doctor came walking out slowly, sighing. I turned to him. He was looking down at me, his eyes full of consent and what seemed like, pain.
"Would you like to see her, Derpy? This might be the last time you will get too." he said remorsefully.
My heart wrenched at that sentence. I nodded slowly. He stepped aside, leaving the entrance open. I took a deep breath, before entering the door.
My eyes were already filled with tears.
There she was, the once healthy and happy Starchaser. Now, all the color of her usual pink fur, her usual shinny silver mane and tail, was gone. Her fur was a light pink-white, and he mane was the color of grey dirt. She was thinner than ever, having not eaten in three days. I continued to stare, seeing the hollow shell of my mother.
"I'll be back in a moment." The doctor said before closing the door behind him.
I slowly approached the bed, afraid to see the rest of my mother. The cancer was nothing like I had ever seen. It had taken her pride, her health, her soul. And we thought we could fight it...
I jumped on the chair near the edge of her bed, and I winced and wept at the sight in front of me. Her eyes were closed and her face had ridges, like she was clenching from indescribable pain. I almost couldn't bear the sight.
"M--Mom..." I said weakly.
She opened her eyes slowly, turning to me. She smiled slightly at the sight of her daughter beside her.
"Hi Derpy..." With a breathy voice that sounded like a ghost. "I'm...I'm glad to see you again..." She sighed.
I nodded, my mouth quivering from my tears, my hooves shaking as I stroked her soft brow.
"O-Of c-c-course..." I stuttered. I couldn't say much more past that.
She made a deep sigh. "Derpy...I just want you too know..." She gasped suddenly from pain, clenching her eyes shut and tensing up, before finally relaxing with another sigh. She gulped. "I just want you to know...that...you have been...the greatest experience...in my life. Before you came along...I didn't know...I didn't know what I would do with my...my life. My husband was dead...my life was partially empty...but then...y-you appeared on my doorstep..." She winced again. "And...and my life was changed forever..." She smiled wider than last. I continued crying, smiling along with her. "Y...You have been...the greatest part of my....my life...and...I love you so, so much..." She sighed again, her breaths becoming ragged. I looked on in worry. She relaxed again, taking choking breaths. "Derpy...I...I don't want you to...to grieve over me...I want you to..." She winced, gulping. "I want you to live your life...I want you to be happy...don't dwell on my loss...please...that's the l-last thing I want you to do..."
I heard the door open. The doctor appeared before us a moment later. I looked back to my mom. She looked at me one last time, smiling at me. For a split second there, I could've sworn that I saw the stars in her eyes, her soul recalibrated for a brief instant.
"Derpy...I love you...don't...don't ever forget that..." I hugged her tightly, crying into her shoulder. The doctor watched on silently, closing his eyes for a moment.
"N...Now y-you can c-chase stars in t-t-the heavens!" I wept. crying even more.
I could feel her tears on my body as well, cool droplets that I would never feel again. I finally pulled away, shaken, weary.
"Whenever you feel down...alone...sad...just...look to the stars...I will be watching you...forever." She said at last.
I nodded, smiling. The doctor put a hoof on my shoulder.
"It's time for you to go, Derpy." He slowly lead me out the room, even though I cried for my mom, almost resisting. When I was outside the door, he closed it, and I was left, soul shattered, mind blank, tears rolling. I crept back to the bench, and lying on it, I curled myself into a ball, and cried.
--The doctor approached Starchaser eyeing her condition. He stopped above the edge of her bed. He reached inside his jacket, and pulled out a needle, with a substance already inside it.
He gave a hefty sigh. "Are you ready, Starchaser?"
She nodded slowly, not able to speak.
He slowly took the safety cap off of the needle, took her right hoof in his own, and slowly stuck the needle inside her vein, pressing down on the top to let the morphine flow inside.
Once he finished, he discarded the needle and knelt down beside her bed, looking directly into her eyes.
"I'll take good care of her Star, you know you can trust me." He said.
She smiled.
"Now, think of a place where nothing is bad, a perfect paradise where everything and everyone you love is there. Derpy, your husband, and think of all the stars, the constellations. Imagine your flying high above the sky, where all the stars can be seen. Your flying with the other Pegasus, with Derpuis, and of course, your own loving daughter. In this paradise, you'll find new stars, and explore new galaxies, new worlds, new stars to find and fly with. Imagine all this, let your body rest, in death and in peace."
The morphine had already invaded her senses. She could feel no pain, no breaths, no heartbeat, nothing. She was finally at peace.
The doctor took a breath, closing his eyes once more, lowering his head.
"We'll miss you, Starchaser."
He left her body to rest for another moment, as he shut the door behind him.
--Derpy couldn't hold back her tears as she cried into Dad's chest, shaking. He stroked her soft hair, comforting her deeply. Fluttershy had crawled close to me, and during the story, I wrapped my hooves around her in a comforting hug as she bawled into me. I couldn't hold my tears either, which was a repeat of when I heard the story for the first time. This was the one story that broke me every time.
Dad continued stroking her hair softly, slowly. "Wow Derpy..." He paused. "That...that story touched my heart deeply." The little Pegasus clutched him tighter. "I never knew that's how it went." She nodded slowly in his fur.
She squeaked in response, still sobbing into his fur. Eventually, she pulled away, whipping her fuzzy eyes, sniffling.
"S-So...t-that's the...st-story of my l-life." She said weakly. "A-After she...passed..." She hated saying anything related to the word 'death.' "I-I stayed with the d-doctor...w-who my mom had, b-been friends with for...a couple y-years..." She paused, trying to regain her composure. "He...he helped us through this, t-tough time, giving her the chemo therapy and, other types of medicines, along with the, usual comforting w-words..." She paused, taking a breathy sigh. "I stayed with him for a, couple of y-years. Obviously, with how hectic his job was, he never really had much time to spend with me." She sighed. "That didn't really float well with me but, I got used to it. Through those two years, I became very independent. I did everything on my own. The only time I ever had with him was when he came home after work, and even then, I spent maybe thirty minutes with him before I had to go to bed. But again, I got used to it, and even with the little bonding time we had, he still treated me like his daughter, and I still loved him enough to be my temporary dad."
Fluttershy nodded. "Well, at least...at least you had a dad for a while." She realized what she said, and she turned away, leaning her head on Dashes shoulder. Dad noticed and he sighed. Derpy also saw her change, but she decided to not ask any questions. She didn't want to have another emotional conflict.
"Yeah." Derpy said after a moment. "For a while." She paused, smiling to Dash. "When I heard that you guys had accepted Fluttershy and I into you're family, I jumped with joy." She paused, smiling to herself. "That was the happiest I'd been in two years."
Fluttershy smiled with her. "I agree Derpy. That, to be honest, was the happiest moment of my life."
Dash and Dad were both equally surprised to hear that. They gave each other a glance.
"I...I love you guys..." Fluttershy said softly, looking down in embarrassment. Dash wrapped her hoof around her, shaking her lightly. Dad hugged Derpy tighter, and she buried her head in his fur, feeling the soft warmth.
"And we love you!" Dash said, smiling. She gasped, quickly letting go of the yellow Pegasus, blushing. She had let her more compassionate side come out again, which is something she didn't like to do. Fluttershy chuckled.
Dad glanced up at the clock. "Oh wow, it's late. You three need to get to bed."
"Aww!" Dash whined. As she did that, both Fluttershy and Derpy yawned, Derpy snuggling herself closer to him. Dash groaned, knowing she lost.
"Come on, let's get to bed." Derpy stood first, stretching her hooves. Fluttershy started towards her bedroom, but she stopped before she reached the doorway. Dash trotted over to her room.
"Goodnight guys." She said before closing the door.
Dad gave Derpy one more pat on the head before entering his room.
"Sweet dreams you two." He said to Derpy and Fluttershy. Derpy smiled at him as he closed his door. She sighed.
"Hey, Derpy." Fluttershy said.
"Hm? What is it Flutters?" She asked.
"Um...do you mind...if you slept with me tonight? I...I want to tell you a story, and I think i'll need someone there to, help me..." She said softly.
Derpy thought about what she meant by "help," but she nodded, agreeing to her plan.
"Sure. I'll "help" you." She said with a smile and chuckle. "What's this story about anyway?" She curiously asked.
"Oh, you'll see in a moment." Fluttershy said. Derpy walked into her room. Fluttershy sighed under her breath before closing the door.