By the way Royal Guard Derpy look like this:
"Do I really look that scary?" Derpy asked. Thorax and Dinky, who is still hugging each other in fear, timidly nodded.
Derpy put away her helmet and her eye patch. "Better now?" Derpy asked, hoping to appear less scary to the two ponies hugging in fear. Dinky and Thorax put away their fear to look at Derpy. Both Thorax and Dinky stare in awe at Derpy. Never in their mind would they expect a clumsy mare to ever be in the royal guard.
Derpy smiled and said, "It does tend to have that effect on ponies."
"How are you a royal guard? I never saw you in that armor." Dinky questioned.
"I was, it just that you did not see me in it." Derpy replied.
"Really?" Dinky asked, recalling that she has never seen Derpy in royal guard armor before.
"Yes, like during the recent Canterlot invasion. I was there in my armor, but nopony other than those from the guard could recognize that it was me." Derpy explained. Thorax and Sparky could only stare in disbelieve.
"But how could you be there? I was there and I never see a guard like you there." Thorax asked, recalling that he did not see her there despite being involved in the invasion.
"I was not present when it was stormed by changelings, I only appear after Canterlot was overran with changelings." Derpy stated. It was responded with looks of disbelieve from the three ponies present. A thousand questions ran through their heads but no pony or ling dared to ask.
Derpy caught their looks and sighed. "It's a very confusing matter, but this can be explained latter. It's easier to explain it with some context first." Derpy said. Sparky was the only one to reply, "A good place to start would be what lead you to join the guard in the first place."
"I agree, but it is kind of dark, do you all still want to hear it?" Derpy asked. All three ponies nodded. "Ok, it kind of started when I was a filly......" Derpy said, as she started telling the story of why she joined the guard.
About 20 years ago, Derpy's parents' house
Derpy's parents were contemplating on what to do with their newborn filly. They had not expected and did not want to have a filly that has misaligned eyes. "So, what do we do now? She has misaligned eyes and she is a disgrace to our family." Derpy's mom said.
"We must not let anypony know that she is our filly." Derpy's dad said.
"Maybe we should put her in an orphanage." Derpy's dad suggested.
"No! We will not put her in an orphanage! It can be tracked!" Derpy's Mom yelled.
"If we do not want to be tracked,.." Derpy dad said, as he raise his hoof and slide it across his neck. Derpy's Mom froze in shock, only for a wicked smile on her face a little while later.
"I got a better idea." Derpy mom said, as she explained the plan to her husband.
A while later.....
Derpy's mom went to Derpy's bed and noticed that she is asleep. 'Perfect' Derpy's mom thought as she took Derpy out of her bed and into the living room and went to the front door. Derpy's dad open the front door to allow her wife to pass through with the package. Derpy's dad then lock the door and catch up with Derpy's mom. Derpy's mom and dad arrived at the rubbish bin. Derpy's dad check out the surroundings to make sure that nopony is around and gave the signal for Derpy's mom to do her part. Derpy's mom then placed Derpy inside the rubbish bin and shut the lid. After that, the couple smiled at their successful mission and went back to their house.
Throughout the night, there was peace and quiet. An hour later, Derpy woke up to find herself in a rubbish bin. 'It is dark and smelly in here, where am I?' Derpy thought. Derpy started to move her hooves to feel her surroundings but all she could feel is some rubbery surface and nothing much. She started to take in her situation. To make the situation worse, she is starting to feel that it is getting harder and harder to breath. She didn't know what to do in such a situation and did the only thing she knew: cry for help.
Thankfully, a Pegasus guard was making her patrol around the area. She was patrolling alone as nopony wanted to do this job. She understands why, no normal guard would want to walk around alone in a dark environment. As she passed by the rubbish bin, she heard a pony crying. 'A pony crying? Who could that be?' The guard thought. She moved closer to the rubbish bins and asked, "Hello? Is anypony there?"
There was no reply, but she could still hear the sobbing of a pony. She went towards the rubbish bins and heard the crying sound getting louder. Her eyes open wide in shock as she realize that a pony could be trapped in any of these bins. She must think of a way to find the trapped pony before it's too late. She started knocking each of the bins with her hoof. But no pony knocked back, which means no pony was inside. There is a total of ten separate bins and it takes time to check each bin. Unfortunately for Derpy, she was in the tenth bin. It was a race against time. Derpy could hear the banging of nearby bins and tried to knocked back but the more she tried, the softer the sound. Despite the fact that the guard was at the fifth bin, she manage to hear Derpy's knock. She rushes to the last bin and knocked once. She heard a soft knock in reply. Upon hearing Derpy's knock, she tried to lift the lid of the bin but it was secured with a lock. The lock had a keyhole but there was no time to find the key to unlock the lock.
'A lock? I could request for help but there was no time for it. The pony could be stuck and running low in air in that bin.'the guard thought. 'There is a way, but.... then again there is no pony around here.' A smile formed on the Pegasus guard.
She took off her horseshoes, helmet and chest plate and transform into a draconequus. The draconequus' body was mostly purple, with its neck and body fur being in different hues. The head was pony shaped but its ears were big and floppy and two small stubs protruded from behind its head. Its mane was messy and colored dark blue with stripes of magenta and lavender streaking through it. Its eyes were similar to Discord's, with a yellow sclera and no iris, but it had a violet pupil instead of red. Its forelegs were that of an eagle, colored in darker shade of purple than its body fur. Its hind legs were that of some big cat in the same shade of purple as its forelegs. It had hot pink serpent's tail with a tuft of hair, the same coloration as its mane, at the end of it. On its back were two small pegasus wings. She snapped her claws and the lock dropped instanly. She open the lid and saw the filly inside. She immediately grab the filly out and place her on the ground.
Concerned of any injuries this filly has, she asked, "Are you alright?"
Derpy's Perpective
Derpy saw as light started to enter her eyes. She also briefly exchanged glances with the creature that saved her. To Derpy, it was quite unique. As she stared into the creature's eyes, the creature used her claws picked her up and placed her on the floor. The creature ask her if she is alright, she gave a nod in reply as she could breath better now as compared to being trap in the bin. Derpy was amazed by the creature, it was something she never saw before. Her curiosity lead her to ask, "What is your name?"
The Creature stare at blank space for a moment as if she did not expect that question, only after the initial shock did she replied, "My name is Clover. What is yours?"
"My name is Derpy." Derpy replied, while smiling at the creature.
(End of Derpy's perpective and flashback)
"You met a draconequus guard?" Sparky asked, intrigued by this new information.
"Yes." Derpy replied calmly.
"But how can there be a draconequus guard? I thought the only draconequus in existence is Discord." Dinky shouted.
"Let's just say Discord is not the only draconequus in existence. Her story is a little complicated to explain." Derpy replied.
"Does this mean she has Discord's powers?" Thorax asked.
"Well, not exactly. It is harder to explain it myself. How about I ask her to come down to answer your some of your questions about her?" Derpy asked.
"That will be great, thanks in advance Derpy." Sparky said.
"I will write a letter to Clover while you guys have your lunch." Derpy said, as she took out a box of freshly baked muffins out of her mane.
"How did you do that?" Sparky asked.
"The taking things out of your mane thing?" Derpy asked. Sparky nodded.
"It's something Clover thought me, along with other things that made me join the royal guard." Derpy said.
The three ponies stare at Derpy as she went upstairs to write her letter, with one question in their mind 'Does Clover the draconequus even exist?' They also quickly dug in to eat their lunch.
Meanwhile, Derpy wrote:
Dear Clover, I have told DInky and two other changelings I trust partially of the story of why I join guard. They seem to be more intrigued about you than me. Do you mind taking your time off your busy schedule to come and talk to them?
P.S. One of the changelings is Sparky. I don't know if it is her a not, you need to come down to confirm it.
By: Rommel was the commander of the 7th panzer division in France 1940
"Toothless, do you mind sending this letter to Rommel?" Derpy asked her shrunk down dragon.
Toothless nodded as he breath out fire and the fire send the letter to Clover.
"Thanks, Toothless. Notify me when she replies." Derpy said, as she went back downstairs
By the way, clover in draconequus form look like this:
While Derpy is upstairs, the three ponies downstairs have a little discussion while eating Derpy's muffins.
While eating, something came to Sparky and she asked, "Dinky, what do you think happen to your grandparents?"
"I don't know, Mum never told me. Why did you ask? " Dinky replied, while eating her muffin.
"Oh nothing, it's just me being curious that's all." Sparky said. "I mean, your grandparents is pretty harsh to Derpy. If this sort of thing happens in the hive, the queen would have them executed."
"Really? I didn't know that." Thorax added. Dinky asked, "Your Queen seems very harsh, how do you put up with her anyway?"
"She is technically our mother and She is our leader. It is like your Princess Celestia or Luna. That is why we listen to her." Sparky explained. Thorax seems like he wanted to say something but before he could say anything, Derpy came down from upstairs.
Derpy approached them and sat down, eating the muffins with them. Before Derpy could eat her muffin, Sparky blurt out, "Derpy, what happen to your parents?" Derpy stare into blank space for a while, thinking about Sparky's question.
"I don't know. When I was small, I asked Clover that question too but she says that she will tell me when I am older." Derpy replied. Sparky look at Derpy and DInky, 'It must be hard to not know what happened to your parents, but then again who would want a parent like that, killing their child almost after they are born. If they want to kill such a nice pony at birth, they might as well just not have a baby at all.' Sparky thought. The more she thinks about it the more angry she is, as she took another muffin, she crush it to pieces. In addition, her vision became a bit blurry.
"Sparky, are you alright? Why are you crying?" Derpy asked. That broke Sparky's train of thought, Sparky then used her hoof to wipe the tears away and replied, "I'm fine."
"Are you sure?" Derpy asked, concerned about Sparky.
"Yes, I am fine." Sparky replied. Derpy did not questioned any further. Throughout the rest of lunch time, it stayed silent.
After eating their lunch, Derpy asked, "Is anyone still hungry?" All three ponies shook their head.
"Good, now let be continue from where I left off just now.." Derpy said, telling the second part of her backstory.
After introducing themselves to each other, Clover asks, "Derpy, do you know who dump you here?" Derpy shook her head. Clover then says, "You poor thing, let's get you back to your family. Do you mind if I take a strand of your hair?" Derpy shook her head again. Clover pluck one strand of Derpy hair with her claws and snapped her claws. "I know where your parents are, do you want me to take you to them?" Derpy nodded.
"Clover put Derpy down on the floor and transform back into a pegasus. Clover placed her royal guard armor back on and place Derpy on her back. She went back to Derpy parents house.
Once she arrived, she knocked on the door. Two pegasus opened the door. "What do you want from us at this late hour?" Derpy's dad asked.
"Is this filly yours?" Clover asked as she presented Derpy to them.
"No, this filly is not ours." Derpy's mom replied. Clover mentally replied 'You are lying.'
"Are you sure?" Clover asked.
"Yes, this filly does not belong to us." Derpy's dad said.
"This is your daugther and I am sure of it." Clover said, her eyes looking directly at Derpy's parents.
"That is false! I suggest you go now before I file a complain about you." Derpy's dad yelled., trying to get Clover and Derpy away as fast as possible.
Clover wanted to just change back to her draconequus form and just strangle Derpy's parents but she could not bare to do that. Clover mentally said 'You two don't know what you are dealing with, you irresponsible parents.' Clover simply walk away and took Derpy with her. Seeing Clover taking her away from her parents, she yelled "My parents are there! Where are you taking me?" Clover did not reply and continued walking without looking back. Seeing this, Derpy started to cry loudly and started to use her hoof to hit Clover, telling Clover to let her go back. Clover looked at Derpy directly in the eye and said, "You do not deserve those parents, Derpy. Stop making things difficult for me and stop crying." Derpy pretended that she did not hear Clover's statement and continued crying, this time more loudly. Clover responded by simply changing her hoof to claws temporaly and snapped them, causing Derpy to fall asleep immediately. Clover eyes started to tear up and said, "I am sorry I had to do this to you Derpy. I promise no matter what happens I will take care of you." Clover continued to weep silently on her way back to the Royal Guard base on Cloudsdale.
As she reach the base, she look at Derpy and at the base. She could bring her inside and need to answer a thousand questions or bring her back to her home first. Clover chose to bring her back to her home first. On her way back to base, she realise that her claws are still there. She snapped her claws and appear in her home she placed Derpy on her bed and snapped her claws once again to make sure that Derpy would sleep until the end of her shift. After she placed Derpy on her bed, she teleport back to outside the base and changed her claws back to hooves.
Inside the base....
"Clover, did anything happen on your patrol?" Clover's commanding officer, Ivory, asked.
"No, sir."
"Good, you may leave now." Ivory said. Clover than head back to her bunk and rested. Her rest was short as another guard started to order her to do another patrol in place of another guard. Clover got up from her bed and did as she is told. This is the second day that she has been doing patrol straight and Ivory knows about it. Despite almost daily being ordered to do things for other guards, she never once thought of leaving her job, especially not now when she has a filly to take care of.
Back to the present.....
"Clover was never respected by other fellow guards just because she is a mare. Thanks to her, I never have to become her when I joined the guard." Derpy said, recalling her time in the guard.
"What do you mean?" Sparky asked.
"Clover has done so many things in such a short time. She may be a draconequus in disguise but that doesn't mean she needs to do all those things for them." Derpy explained.
"What sort of things did Clover do for them anyway?" Throax questioned.
"Some unspeakable things and some ridiculous things. Clover doesn't like talking about it." Derpy said, as her smile changed into a frown.
"Why did you join the guard if Clover make it sound so bad?" Sparky questioned.
"Because I want to protect fellow equestrians!" Derpy replied without thinking.
"So how is your guard days, mum?" Dinky asked.
"When I first entered the guard, it was hell. Other Guards would force me to do things for them and mock me because of my eyes." Derpy said. "The turning point was when I scored full marks for archery. I manage to get my marksman badge and also earned the respect of fellow peers. That was when other guards started to look up to me. My officers recognised that there is potential in me to become an officer and so after Basic Military Training (BMT) they sent me to Officer Cadet Course (OCS)."
"Wow! You really do all that? I am so proud of you, mum.' Dinky yelled.
"Thanks! During BMT, I met your dad and after surviving BMT, we went on many dates. Just before the day I had to go to OCS, we got engaged." Derpy said and smiled, recalling those fun times they had when they were dating.
"What happened to him?" Dinky asked, wanting to know what happen to her father. Derpy turned her head, knowing that this was coming. Derpy broke down and cried. In between her sobs she said. "He....died....to protect us."
Dinky joined Derpy in the mourning of her father.
Sparky and Thorax walked away to give them time to cry. They felt tempted to cry with Derpy and Dinky but somehow the tears refused to come out.
After some time, the Derpy and Dinky stopped crying. Derpy said, "If he never took that arrow, I would have been the one shot and you would never be born."
"It's okay, as long as we got each other, right mom?" Dinky asked, her eyes still red from all that crying.
"Yes." Dinky and Derpy gave each other a hug. To them the hug lasted forever but to the two changelings it lasted only 5 seconds.
"Ding" It sounded like a bell struck once. Sparky asked, "What was that?"
Derpy replied, "Clover has replied to my letter."