What do you do when someone who has helped you grow in life suddenly just isn't there anymore? When one second you are happy and looking forward to a great new year, what happens when you get the call that changes your life...forever?

(With a new year comes new life)

This is a story about new beginnings and trying to forget a past life. Sorry no gore, just a simple story of making new friends and the official adoption of Dusty as my daughter.

Derpy is often made fun of; she puts on a brave face and is able to get through her life without letting it get to her; until one day she is forced to put everything she has learned from Rainbow Dash about bullies into practice. Will Derpy be able to stand up to the bullies; and what is with this note she has received from Rainbow Dash? Is Derpy's time in Ponyville over; or is this the day something truly amazing is going to happen in her life.