“What do you mean she’s not home?” I asked, practically shaking with terror. This couldn’t be happening I just won’t accept it to be real. Please… I can’t… I won't be able to take it...
“I’m sorry,” said the officer, “but we didn’t find a single sign that Ms. Derpy was anywhere near this house for quite some time. We'll try to find out more of what we can but other that that... I'm sorry."
That had done it. Tears, real tears, began pouring down my cheeks and stinging my eyes. This couldn’t be happening, this couldn’t be happening, this… this…
I broke down, and sprinted home. ‘Maybe if I run from the house, it’ll just all go away.’ I was willing to believe anything right now. It felt as if my whole world was falling apart at the seams. Derpy, the one I truly loved was taken from me, and… will… she ever come back? The thought rattled in my mind as I began to feel the burn in my legs as I ran. I practically busted the door as I opened it; Rarity turned and saw the expression on my face. She opened up her forelegs as I approached her, and hugged me hard. I just sobbed like a filly and soon after a while she tilted me head up to meet my eyes. We stared into each other's eyes, and I was nearly able to see into Rarity’s soul. Her dreams, her desires all poured out and into me in that instant. She closed the distance between our muzzles touched. It felt soothing; not like the electricity I felt in the dream a few days ago but like a warm blanket spreading over me. Time seemed to slow down, and freeze in place until we parted for breath.
“There, there darling…” Rarity whispers while wiping a tear from my cheek, “…everything’s going to be all right.” She finishes with another kiss as time slowly stopped yet again.
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‘Where the heck am I going?’ Derpy thought as she walked through a thicket of trees. She saw a little sign that read, “Appleloosa next mile!” ‘Appleloosa? Isn’t it that town with the ponies living with buffalo?’ Derpy didn’t know, but suddenly she wondered, ‘If there was a town… wouldn’t there be an attorney’s office?’ This thought made her ecstatic! Finally she has a chance of getting back to Ponyville, and setting things right! She gave a heavy flap of her wings and zoomed towards the little town just over the horizon.
After only a few minutes she finally made it to the outskirts of the town, and began seeing the patches of other ponies walking and commuting. ‘Hm… I suppose I should find some place where most of the ponies gather.’ She came across a Saloon, ‘Perfect,’ Derpy thought. She stepped inside, and half expected the ponies to stop what they were doing and glare at her. Thankfully they didn’t bother her; in fact they seemed to ignore her. She walked up to the bartender, “Hello sir, can I get a sparkling apple cid—“ she remembered she didn’t have any bits with her. “Um… never mind.” Derpy said blushing a little.
The bartender looked up, “You from thes’ parts?”
“No, sir. But I need to find a lawyer, and fast.”
“Well,” the stallion said, “If t’at be the case, gon’ trot up yonder ways.” He pointed with his hoof across the street, “An’ meet up wit’ a stallion call’t Steel Thunder.”
“Steel Thunder?” Derpy asked.
“Eeyup, if anypony wer’ n’ need'n a lawyer, it be ‘im.” The tender nodded his head and continued cleaning glasses.
“Thank you so much… um…” Derpy trailed off.
The tender realized what she meant and smiled, “Brawny Boulder.”
“Ah, thank you Brawny!” Derpy said and trotted out of the saloon towards the building labeled, “Court Representatives.” ‘This is it! What I’ve been looking for!’ Derpy thought with extreme excitement. She stepped into the cool building only to be greeted by the supposed Steel Thunder.
“Good day, miss! My name is Steel Thunder, and I would like to help you with anything you need!” Steel said with the happiest smile it could put Pinkie Pie to shame.
“Oh um, hi! I’d like to know if there was a lawyer I could hire?” Derpy said with a surprised smile.
“A lawyer, huh? We good thing you came here! I’m a lawyer, Steel Thunder at your service! Steel bowed, and ushered Derpy to his office. It was slightly cluttered with nick-knacks and posters of bands and advertisements.
“Like you personalize your space, eh?” Derpy said with a smirk.
“Well of course! Like my dad always said, it’s only as boring as you make it out to be. And boy did I make this place out to be boring! So I decided to give it some pizzazz!” He pulled up two chairs, “So how may I help you in court?”
Derpy told Steel all about what had happened between Rarity and her. It was not an easy topic and she found herself stumbling on every other sentence and getting teary towards the end. Finally she gives way and lets her tears streak her face.
Steel see’s this, gets up, and walks to her side where he lays a hoof around her shoulder. “I know it must be hard to talk about this, but thank you for helping me understand.” Derpy gazed into those eyes of his, seeming only to hold love and compassion. But that was just a guess. He gave her an apologetic smile. “Now, there’s good news and bad news about all this.” Steel got up and paced around the room looking at a few of the pictures, then the floor. “Hm… good news is I think we can bring Rarity to court.”
“Great!” Derpy said as she flapped her wings out of excitement.
“But…” Steel continued, “there’s only two ways we can bring her to court by attempt at child endangerment and attempt at assault.” Steel was taken aback when he heard a stomp.
“I’ll take whatever I can get,” Derpy said with a determined look on her face.
Steel gave an approving smile, “Well we better fill out the paperwork if we want to get this done. Oh! But before we finish this transaction, I must do one thing!” He bent down and pulled something out of his cabinet, to Derpy’s surprise it was a mug saying ‘I <3 Lawyers!’ Derpy looked at it questioningly. “A-heh… well… it’s on the house!” Derpy still stared at it, and then cleared her throat. Steel checked her sides and blushed from embarrassment, “Oh you don’t have bags… right…” he chuckled nervously, “Why don’t you let me carry that for you?” He picked them up using his grasp spell and walked out of the building with Derpy by his side. Steel looked at Derpy and smiled again. Derpy smiled back.
It wasn’t until they reached the outskirts of town that Derpy started to panic, ‘Oh no how will he react to finding out that—,’ Derpy’s thought was interrupted by Steel’s question. “Hm, What?”
“You don’t live around here, do you?” He asked again.
Derpy looked at the ground in shame, “Well um… no.”
She expected him to be angry with her for not telling him prior, but he just smiled that smile of his and asked, “Well where do you live?”
Derpy looked up at him, not expecting the question to come up, “Oh well I live in Ponyville.”
“Ponyville, eh? I’ve heard about that place!” Steel’s eyes grew dreamy, “Isn’t that where the beautiful Octavia lives?”
“Oh, no no no Octavia lives in Canterlot… wait… you’re smitten for Octavia?” Derpy couldn’t help but grin at how cute of a couple they’d make.
“His blush grew even brighter, “Uh… yeah… yeah I have for a while now…” He looked up, but was dumb-founded to see Derpy standing still as can be, sweating furiously. “Hey… are you feeling alright?” Suddenly Derpy broke into a sprint.
‘I know I heard his voice, I know I know I know I know I heard his voice somewhere in all that clatter… Got to get away, can’t let him catch me… not again…’ Derpy was going crazy she swore she heard the voice of her father, lurking in the shadows.
Steel was sprinting right on her tail, ‘what’s gotten into her?’ He thought. “Derpy! Stop! What are you doing!?” Steel pushed harder keeping his distance between Derpy and him to a minimum. He started feeling his breath shorten, and seconds later his flank began to burn. ‘Keep up, with her!’ He willed himself, pushing even harder than before.
Derpy was still in panic mode, checking side to side up and down to make sure he wasn’t following her. Why? Why had, of all times, to show himself it been now? Why did he have to do that awful thing to her so long ago. She felt tears in her eyes, they stung but she kept up her pace. She lost her balance… no that was too easy to explain. What had happened? She finally understood when her body hit the ground with a thud. She tripped on a pothole.
Steel didn’t have time to slow down and tripped on her. They tumbled together from the impact. When the dust cleared they were entwined, Steel resting on top of her. They sit still breathing heavily, their blushing palpable in the warm breeze.
“You… uh…” Steel said, “You almost forgot your paperwork…”
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The only thing I can register right now is the warm feeling cast throughout my body as our muzzles make contact again. I break from Rarity’s kiss, “You’ve been there in my time of need…” Rarity looked at my muzzle then into my eyes, “… thank you…” I whispered as I kissed her. What am I doing? Don’t I love Derpy? Why does this seem so wrong… but… so right? But she’s been there for me when I needed it most. This is Derpy we’re talking about, don’t I love her? These thoughts ravaged in my mind until I couldn’t take it. I parted our kiss, “I… I need to go get some fresh air, I’ll be back in a little bit.” I got up and trotted outside the door. The trip to Derpy’s house felt surprisingly short, I wasn’t expecting it to feel like that. When I finally got up to the front door, I heard a faint moan. It must have been my imagination, I mean: what could possibly moan like that? Then it hit me, I remembered those minutes we spent playing with her, cheering her up with her ‘new toys,’ and watching as she enjoyed the warm muffins Derpy made. I practically broke the door down in terror, and to my horror my thoughts had been correct.
There lay Dinky, nothing but coat and bones. The house didn’t look cluttered anymore it just looked torn and in disarray. There were plates scattered everywhere, spilt boxes of fruit snacks and powdered milk. This place did not look like Derpy’s home, then. No, it looked like an orphanage, a sad ram-shackled orphanage that takes little care of their kids. I knelt next to Dinky and looked her over. Nothing major, as it seemed, just starved. And near death. No… no I won’t allow her to die like this… not without her mother. Ok you can do this… you’ve read up on this you know what to do. Funny how books can help me so much, even if the situations in the books I read never happen often enough to be taken with heed. Until now, that is. I rushed over to one of the cabinets and pulled out a packaged muffin, then went to the sink where I poured a glass of water. I trotted back to Dinky and placed a small bit of muffin in her mouth. To great relief I saw that she responded to the food and chewed it. I gave her a sip of water and another bit of muffin, going in a fashion: Water, muffin, repeat. After a few minutes she whimpered slightly and stuck out her forelegs, as if gesturing for comfort. I was stunned. Never had I ever had to care for a filly, and now it wanted me to comfort it. Gently I picked her up in my forelegs and cuddled her. She returned the hug and snuggled into my chest. It felt wonderful; this must be what Derpy meant when she talked about the joys of having a filly. I pulled away and studied the most adorable foal in Equestria. I hugged Dinky harder, I wouldn’t miss it for the world…
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Derpy struggled to get off from Steel’s grasp, “GET OFF ME! PLEASE GO AWAY!!” She screamed at the top of her lungs. Finally Derpy couldn’t take it anymore she broke down into sobs and moans.
Steel put his forelegs around her in an attempt at a hug, trying anything he can think of to calm her down. From whispering soothing words into her hear, to brushing her mane gently in rhythm, to rocking her back and forth. At last she was able to control herself and just sniffled and wiped tears from her eyes, still in Steel’s forelegs. “M-mind telling me what that was about?” He asked.
Derpy shuddered, but knew she couldn’t keep a secret after all Steel seemed like a nice stallion. “He…” Derpy coughed, she really didn’t want to say anything, as if by not telling anypony would help hold down the secret. “He raped me….”
Steel was shocked, never… never had he heard of anypony doing this to anyone else. It didn’t even seem real, maybe that was all just something out of his imagination. Maybe she really said that he just forgot her in a mall or something. But no it wasn’t. It was rape, pure unholy ra… He shook his head. ‘I don’t even want to say it…’ He noticed Derpy was again back in her state of shock :I’m so sorry for what happened to you,” Steel said while giving her a comforting hug, “It wasn’t right for him to have done that to you, in fact once this mess is over with I think you need to turn him in.”
Derpy looked up at him, into his eyes. Was he serious? Never had she thought of that after all her dad was a P.I. he’d probably find a way out of that kind of mess.
Steel sensed this and said, “Don’t worry I’ve never lost a case, yet!” he stated that with so much confidence it seeped into Derpy and made her feel a bit better. “At least… well I’m not being completely true. I have lost one case, and it almost shattered my career... I lost my home, fell into a dark depression... and my wi... my...
Derpy placing a hoof to his muzzle cut him off, “You don’t need to say it. It’s bad enough one of us is like this.” She gestured toward herself with a shaky laugh.
Steel smiled. “You… you can’t be all alone right now." Derpy tried to reject the offer, but Steel cut her off, " No don’t you go on about how you got places to be, you’re staying with me until we get this court over and done with.” He ended with a smile and hugged Derpy. “Come on, now we should get going while there’s still some light.” Steel got up and picked her up to her hooves and together they walked back to his home, where Derpy would be living for some time. She didn’t know what to think of Steel. ‘He’s so charming and sweet, and not too shabby on the eyes. In great condition he seemed to be the stallion every mare wished for. But… he’s already fallen for another.’ What was she thinking? Hadn’t she fallen for Twilight? Why was she suddenly having feelings for… him… even if she didn’t really know if it was just in the moment or if…no... her heart belonged to Twilight and nopony other.
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I walked home to my warm library levitating Dinky so as not to disturb her while she sleeps. The air was cold and crisp so I tried to pull out a warmth spell around Dinky, don’t want her having a cold now do we? I finally walk inside and light some candles to see where I’m going. I gently set Dinky down on the lobby couch while I get something to eat. When I got back I decided it was pretty late so I levitated Dinky and walked up the steps leading to my bedroom where I tucked in Dinky and lay next to her. I really hope Derpy comes back… what if she’s dead? The idea of that caused a tear to fall from my eye. I gently brushed her mane before dozing off. ‘If it ever comes to that… at least Rarity and I will raise her… it’d be for the best. She’d want us to.’ The thought of Rarity came to mind. ‘I wonder how Rarity will take this. Maybe she’ll be happy we can care for her together.” The last thought I had before I fell asleep was of Rarity and Dinky laughing in a park somewhere warm and pleasant their happiness blatant for each other. “Like a perfect family…” I slowly said as I fell asleep.
Author’s Note:
Well here we are at last! The half way mark to the series! So as you can see, I added my OC into the mix I hope you guys like him so far! And I hope you enjoyed this newest installment to the series of “Opposites Attract!” Don’t be a afraid to comment and rate, I’d love to know what to improve on and/or any other feedback you have to give me! Another thing is, I’ve noticed that there is suddenly a wave of Derpy shipping since mine was published, and if you want to give it a shot don’t let anything get in the way of your dreams, no matter how small! I’d like to give thanks to a few people, for if it weren’t for them I probably wouldn’t have written this piece.
Pat Roison: Thanks to you this story exists! I know I say that there were a few people that inspired me to write this fiction, but your “AppleShy” really took the cake. Keep on writing, and keeping on brightening readers lives with your talent!
Samsara: Not much to say to you other than you are the BEST SHIPFIC WRITER I’VE EVER SEEN (other than Pat)! Please keep updating that wonderful “Study Buddies” It means to world to me! Keep on writing, brother!
And last but certainly not least the wonderful and talented Banksyt whom made the first of the wave said earlier, THANK YOU! Thank you for writing that great follow-up story! Thank you for the shout out in the 4th chapter. And most importantly thank you for helping me with the constructive criticism, and giving me the moral uplift when I needed it most!
And to everypony out there, keep on reading, and keep on living with all your heart! I’ll see you guys next time with the next chapter to this wonderfully fun-to-write series!