“Of all the things could have possibly happened this is the. Worst. Possible. Thing!!!”
Both Derpy and the Doctor looked from the shocked unicorn to the huge mess they made of her shop. “If you’ll pardon us, Miss Rarity, but there was-“
“It was my fault!” Derpy interrupted.
“What?” The Doctor tilted his head.
“What happened, Ditzy?!” Rarity sounded furious.
“I was-Uh...sleep flying!”
“Sleep flying?!”
“Yeah. I had a terrible nightmare that the statue in the middle of town came to life and was chasing me!”
“Oh, how dreadful.”
“I guess I must have come into your boutique to get away…”
“Right, and I was getting back from a trip when I saw her and tried to wake her!”
“Right! And when he tapped me I thought it was the statue, so I ran...but I ran into the ceiling and fell to the floor…”
“And apparently you took one of the statues with you.” Rarity poured at the dust of the statue.”
“Uh...guess so...sorry, Rarity.”
“Oh, Ditzy, What will we do with you?!”
“I can fix it!” Derpy blurted out.
“Ditzy, Daaarling, even with all the unicorns in Ponyville, it would take a week to get everything back to what it was. Oh, and look!” She pointed to the manikins that were in various states of disarray, “all of my manikins a ruuuuuiiiined!” She started sobbing, fainting on a fainting couch that came out of nowhere. The Doctor was starting to consider that this entire world was full of impossibilities.
“Ohhhh, Rarity...there must be someway I can help...maybe I can pay for everything…and do everything I can to get it back to normal, I promise!”
Rarity sniffled, wiping her mascara stains off her white fur like it was nothing, “I suppose we can give it a shot. I know you didn’t mean to, Ditzy.”
“Yup...you know me…”. Derpy shrugged. “When should I start?”
“Well, let’s start today, but let’s wait until after Celestia raises the sun!”
“I’ll help as well, seeing as I was a part of this…”. The Doctor mentioned.
“Well, I would say so!” Rarity shot back, crossly, “you should know far better than to wake a sleeping pony! Especially when you are a Doctor!”
“Uh-Well, I’m not that kind of Doctor.”
“Darrrrling, how many kinds of doctors could there be?”
“Oh boy….”
Rarity happened to look at her shop again, causing her to cry once more, tears shooting out of her eyes like two hoses. “My poor Boutique!” She moaned. Derpy hung her head.
“Come along, Derpy, let’s get you home for some rest.” The Doctor pushed her away from the Rarity, and outside. The moon was still high in the sky. Derpy yawned. Her exhaustion was getting to her now that the threat was gone. “I’m a bit surprised you lied.”
“What was I supposed to say? ‘Sorry, Rarity, but we were fighting moving statues that send ponies back in time when they touch you?!’ Even in Equestria, that sounds crazy.” Derpy yawned half way through.
“Ah. I see your point. I do worry about the Pegasus and normal one.”
“Earth Pony, Doctor, like you!”
“Right...uh oh.”
“What’s wrong?” Derpy looked to see a herd of ponies walking their way, yawning, annoyed, some down right angry. “You don’t think-”
“They must have felt the shockwave from that blast you did! I’m still curious as to how that worked.”
“Me too to be honest.” Derpy sighed, “what are we going to do, Doctor?! No pony is going to believe that I caused something that every pony in town could feel! I mean, I did...and I’m still not sure how I did, but-Doctor, do Angels glow before they’re destroyed?”
“Don’t know, never seen one crushed before.”
Derpy bit her lip, eyes going away from the Doctor, “doctor...did I...did I kill it?”
The Doctor’s head stayed pointed at the herd closing in, but he looked sideways at her, with a hint of sadness in his eyes. Derpy immediately regretted asking, “you were acting in defense, Derpy. You were fantastic. Don’t forget that.” He ended with a warm smile, and Derpy felt a warmth spread to her heart she had never experienced. If felt as if something momentarily replaced her heart with a greasy warm muffin. “Now, we will face this together. I’m with you, Derpy.” He wasn’t sure if it would help, but he put up a hoof. Derpy put her hoof on his, nodding with a smile. The heard murmuring, wondering what had happened. Doctor and Derpy walked forward, the heard slowly noticed the two, and soon all eyes were on them. “Pardon me, everypony. I’m sure you’re all here because of the...earthquake.” The Doctor began.
“And what a doozy of an earthquake it was!” Pinkie popped up from behind him, “there I was sleeping with sweet dreams of marshmallow covered peppermint trees when suddenly, my twitchy tail wakes me up. I jolt out of bed, and feel a rumble all over my body, and got out of the way just in time before my cake cookbook fell off my dresser, right on my pillow! Apparently, everypony in Ponyville felt it!” Murmured of agreement followed, “Sooooo, I followed the ponies to see who had worse and worse things fall and it seems like it started close to here!”
“You’re right...it started in Rarity’s Boutique...and it was my fault…” Derpy admitted. The herd laughed despite themselves.
“Oh, Ditzy, Don’t be silly!”
“It’s true…”. Derpy sighed. She knew nopony would believe her. “I was sleep flying and I had a nightmare and-and-“
“Oh, Ditzy.” Pinkie smiled, before starting to sing:
“Fault isn’t something to put on your own flank.
Like nopony can cause a giant earthquake.
The town has faced a hardship
That’s easy to see.
But instead of guilting ourselves, we can help, just fallow meeeeeeeeee!
Just give a helping hoof. Just a bit of help can save
A pony a lot of stress at the end of a hard day!
It’s hard to think of what’s been lost when nature goes astray-ayyyyyyy!”
And everypony joined, “lend a helping hoof to brighten others’ day!”
The Doctor giggled a tiny bit again, going up to Pinkie, “great idea, Miss Pie. Rarity’s Boutique seemed to be the epicenter. Everything is in disarray!”
“Rarity’s? No problem!” Pinkie grinned, before going back into song.
“When other ponies need some help the best thing to do.
Is lend that pony a helping hoof and help them see it through!
Cuz everypony knows it’s the right thing it’s true,”
Everyone joined again, “And it’s what we hope others do when bad things come to you!
Just give a helping hoof. Just a bit of help can save
A pony a lot of stress at the end of a hard day!
It’s hard to think of what’s been lost when nature goes astray-ayyyyyyy!”
“lend a helping hoof to brighten others’ day!”
As they sang, they straightened and cleaned the Boutique, and all the houses around that had been disheveled. By the time the song was over, the town was back to normal. The Doctor was slack jawed. “I thought Rarity said the entire unicorn population of the town would take a week to clean up her shop alone!”
“Well, I suppose I can be just a touch on the dramatic side now and again.” Rarity admitted a bit sheepishly, “but you must admit, it was a dreadful mess. Thank you, everypony, for helping my shop look as good as new. Imagine, I actually thought Ditzy did all that mess from sleep flying!” She laughed, “but now I see that was only a small part, and the earthquake did more.”
“And a special thank you to the window makers for giving everypony a discount on their windows last minute!” Pinkie grinned, putting a colt in the spotlight for a moment, waving awkwardly, before shoving him back from wherever he came from.
Everypony noticed the sun was up, getting ready to go about their day. Buzz raised once again when each pony realized that they would know this day if Ponyville was chosen for the Summer Sun Celebration. The herd thinned more and more until Derpy and the Doctor were the only two left.
“I mean, how much time did it take us to clean? I don’t remember much about a sunrise...and how did we clean so fast? You ponies just keep surprising me, Derpy!” He smiled, looking over to see Derpy sleeping standing up, a small trail of drool falling out of her mouth. He smiled warmly, “Well, you did have quite the night. Let’s get you home for some well deserved rest!” He gently took her hoof, waking her slightly, before pulling her toward her home, “and when you wake up, we’re going to find out why The Angels are stalking about.” He murmured as he tucked her in, Amethyst watching as she got ready for her day, smiling a bit too widely at the Doctor, as if she knew something he didn’t. He gave a nod, sneaking off as to not wake Derpy, who began to snore softly.