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// The Bond 
// Story: Pony Response Team 
// by Jimtans12 
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	  The sun had started to glare into Derpy's window as the new day was approaching. After a few minutes, or what at least felt like minutes, Derpy started get up and end her sleep for the morning. Though, I did stay in bed for a little bit longer than Derpy had. Even though I had fell asleep on the train for hours, I still didn't want to get up. I bet i'm not the only one that feels that way. Ever since I had left Los Pegasus and heard about that stress call, it made me want to go back. Not for my parents, but my friends. I still felt bad about leaving them behind. Though deep inside, I felt some kind of feeling for this gray mare. Something I had only felt once towards another mare.

After a few more minutes, I got myself out of bed and went towards the bathroom after grabbing my comb from one of my bags. My mane was hard to keep under control. Though, most ponies that have green hair like me tend to get the wildest of hair. Derpy was still nowhere to be seen, so I took the time to get ready for the day, putting on a dress suit that I had originally had made by a pony back in my home town. It was my favorite green flannel.

Not hearing Derpy enter, she came up behind me and asked, "Are you willing to get a tour of the town today?"

"I was thinking about it." I said with a smile. 

"Well, somepony is looking sharp today. What's the occasion?" she said. 

"Oh, its just a flannel that I wear a lot. It's been mine for a while now. Nothing special." I replied.

"Well then, you about ready?"

"Whenever you are." I said, and with a snag of my hand, I was on my way out of the house and through the front door.

This must have been Ponyville's best morning, or something along the line of that because the air was nice and fresh. Way better then the smoke back home. Derpy started to show me around, she had first shown me where she worked, which surprisingly was at the Ponyville Post-office. She told me that she worked as their mailmare, as I had seen when I bumped into her. She also told me about all of the top hit restaurants in town, and which one's to stay away from, she specifically said, "Sometimes the restaurants here make me gassy." Which was more then enough information. I was, weirdly, more interested in her then anything she was showing me. Its just that she looked so amazing in that lovely dress she was wearing, which was what she must have put on while I was combing my hair. I didn't even notice it. Until now of course.

"So, Ponyville is sure looking nice, kind of like you, you know?" I said with a stupid, but hidden grin.

Why did I even say that? I asked myself.

"It's a really nice town, I really like living here. I sure you would too Wild, and thanks, but you don't have to say that, you know." Derpy said with a emphasis on you know. 

"I know, but its true, especially since I have a house to live in." I said with a wink. She smiled turned around to show me a place with a sign the spelled: Ponyville Boutique.

"Rarity runs this store. She made this pretty dress for me for half price. Let me tell you, she can do amassing work on anything." she said while pointing down at her dress. 

"She sure does know what your into i'm guessing." I said with a smirk. 

"She knows what everyone is into, and if she doesn't, she'll make sure she does. I just hope she's doing alright, Los Pegasus is a dangerous place for most ponyfolk." Derpy said with a sigh. 

"Yea, me to." I said with a added sigh.

After our talk, we walked a little bit more around town, then stopped at the store to get dinner for the next three days. But questions kept making my mind wonder. 

What is happening? Why did they leave on such short notice? What was posing a threat against not only Los Pegasus, but Equestria itself? Were some of the questions that circled my mind while walking with Derpy back to our house. I really wanted to know what was going on, and why did the town start losing its "Magic of Friendship". It really made my head hurt to a extent. It got to the point that lying down was my only option of suppressing the headache that I cooked up.

"Are you doing alright?" I heard Derpy say as she quietly entered the room. 

"Yea, I just have so many questions about whats going on currently. Thinking to hard kind of gives me a headache sometimes." I replied back. 

"You must really be worried about your ponyfolk back there." she said.

I shook my head, "Not really my parents, but my friends are who i'm worried about mostly." 

"Why not your parents?" she asked, tilting her head in confusion.

"My parents abused me, not just when I was little, but ever single day they would find something about me that was bad, which was a very hard thing to do, and they would beat me for it." I said, I mostly didn't talk about my parents. I only talked about them to one friend, who later became a step-sister.

Comet Star. I whispered internally.

"Oh dear, why did they do that to such a nice stallion like you?" she asked as she brought her hand up to my cheek. She wanted to know by the look in her eyes. 

"They were always mean to me, no matter what situation. I don't recall them ever smiling around me." I said as I grabbed Derpy's hand while she continued to stroke my cheek. "I just hope at least my friends are alright."

"They most likely are fine Wild, there's nothing to be worried about. The Mane 6 have it under control." Derpy said as she brought me in for a hug. "Ever since I first met you, which was only yesterday, I felt like karma had brought me more bad luck as a new pony was in town, and that meant that I was going to be made fun of cause of my eye," she then pointed to her eye. I never noticed that one of her eyes wasn't exactly lazy, but more of the opposite.

"I had never noticed that your eye was like that, in fact..." I started to say with a chuckle. Give it to her, tell her you think she's cute! Your mind yells as she raises an eyebrow. "...It looks kind of cute." I said, I could feel my cheeks start to blush. 

"You really think so?" she asked.

"Yea, I think it really brings out your fun and friendly side of you." I said with a smirk. 

"You really know how to cheer me up." Derpy said. 

"I could say the same for you." I said, and brought her in for another hug.

After that moment, I realized the feeling I felt towards her, I felt love towards her. I had gone into the kitchen after a half hour, and started to cook dinner, but I was interrupted by a knock at our door. 

"I'll get it!" I yelled as I rushed to the door. I opened it up to see a Royal Guard standing on the front doorstep. 

"Are you Wild Spark?" he asked in a deep tone. My whole body started to shake.

"Yes, is there a problem?" I asked the guard. 

"I have a note for you from Celestia herself, she would have given it to you personally but had to fly off with the other princesses to Los Pegasus. It looks like the threat is becoming to much for the others." he said while fetching a note from his saddle bag. "Take good care of it, it might be important." he said after handing me the note. 

"It must be, since she had to leave for Los Pegasus, do you know if the residents are ok?" I asked. 

"I'm not sure, I have been back in Canterlot on my patrol, but if I here anything, I will let you know as soon as I can. Good day to you Mr. Spark." he said as he turned to walk away. 

"Good day to you too." I said and closed the door. Los Pegasus was in danger