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// CHAPTER ONE: What The Storm Blew In 
// Story: Derpy and I 
// by Stormbringer 
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The rain had poured from the time Professor Twilight Sparkle Ph.D. left the Canterlot Polytechnic College where she was teaching classes in physics.  Lightning split the sky and the thunder rolled.  This kind of storm would mean that the weather front had set in for the evening and Twilight could expect to be awaken several times during the night by loud booms.
“The weather sure is nasty tonight,” said Twilight to no one as she was coming into her little home.  “Not a night to be out for man nor beast.”

Home… 

Right!  

Sure, it was her home since she graduated from Equestria University, valedictorian, maxima cum laude.  Then there was her Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics three years later.  That was five years ago.  The little two bedroom, one bath house was a graduation present from her parents.  
It was home, at least, because it was where she lived.  But it was missing something.  It was missing the closeness of her friends Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. 

Rarity had moved to Manehattan to open a boutique at the behest of Prim Hemline.  

Pinkie Pie had moved to Vanhoover.  She’d been recruited by the local TV station there.  She was starring in a comedy cooking show called ‘I Dare You Not to Eat It!’  Word was it was about to become syndicated.

Fluttershy had been offered the position of Assistant Curator of the Baltimare Zoo.  In college, she put forth a proposal how to change zoos from caged animals to more of a sanctuary where people were the outsiders and the animals were almost without confines.  

Rainbow had continued her schooling at the Equestrian Air Force Academy.  She was on track to make a name for herself as a top ranked pilot.  She is currently stationed at a nearby air base.

Applejack was the only one of her friends that hadn’t moved away.  Granny Smith had moved to Appleloosa because the doctor had said the dry desert would help with her rheumatism.  
And with Apple Bloom now serving in the Navy, Big Mac and Applejack had their hands full assisting Bright Mac and Buttercup, their parents, run the farm
It was a surprise and a mild disappointment to Twilight, that AJ had recently become engaged to a guy she met locally.  

Maybe because of that, Twilight was feeling that her life was missing even more than just the closeness of her friends.

Twilight put her wet coat on a hook by the door to dry.  Then walking in the living room, she put her purse on a side table.  Then went to her bedroom to change out of her work clothes and into some lay around the house pajamas.  Turned the radio on low to classical music and set the gas fireplace to low.
She then made herself busy making sure all the daily chores had been done.  She’d eaten at the dining hall at the college.  It was a little more money than eating at home, but she didn’t have to cook or clean up and also, she wasn’t alone.  

She tried to convince herself that she wasn’t alone at home.  Spike the dragon was there for her.  Okay, he was a bearded dragon, but dragon sounded more exotic.  He did appear to enjoy any attention Twilight gave him, especially if she was giving him crickets, meal-worms and lettuce.  But he wasn’t much of a conversationalist, he was just a lizard after all.  He’d been a gift from Fluttershy in high school.  She reflected on this as she gave her lizard some fresh meal-worms.  If a lizard could, he looked happy as Twilight stroked his head.  Then she covered the cage and used some hand sanitizer.  Not that she thought Spike was ‘disease ridden’ but it was always a good precaution.

She’d ask herself; other than toiletries, fuel and insurance for the car, food for herself and Spike or books, what else did she have to spend money on?  

Finally, Twilight had a pot of steaming hot water, her favorite tea cup and a blend of tea she got from her friend and herbalist, Zecora.  She had a little shop just outside the college campus.

Now she was reading a book the librarian had graciously loaned her from the ‘First Edition’ book collection.  
Or she was supposed to be reading.  
But she’d stared at the same paragraph for the last hour.  The rain against the window, the darkness and the quiet of the house brought into clear focus just how alone she felt with her friends in the far flung reaches of Equestria.  
She was remembering a talk she had with Celestia now the President of the Polytechnic College.  Being that Twilight was an educator, Celestia had become a good personal friend.





Weeks ago…

“So Twi,” said Celestia, “how’ve you been doing lately?”
“I’m doing great, Tia,” replied Twilight, “I had several offers after my Ph.D. but the one that grabbed me was the Polytechnic Physics job.  I understand several of the job offers were thanks to you.  Thank you by the way.”
“So why stay in a smaller school when your talents would be more at home in a larger University?”
“Maybe it’s the home thing,” said Twilight.  “Most of my really close friends have moved away, all but AJ.  But my family is close and there are other friends.  But most of all, I don’t feel like taking that step yet.  

Not alone.”

Celestia raised an eyebrow.

“Who is he, Twi,” asked Celestia with a sly smile, “that Flash Sentry guy?”
“Oh, gag!” snickered Twilight.
“I thought you dated him in high school.”
“If you count two dances at senior prom and meeting once at the Hey Burger as dates,” chuckled Twilight.  It was apparent that she wasn’t disappointed about this herself.  “Besides, he and Sunset Shimmer married a year ago and now have three kids.”
“Three kids in a year?  That was fast.”
“Flash had neglected to tell Sunset that multiple births ran in the family.  They now have triplets, three identical girls.  She swore she was going to kill Flash after she found out.  Luckily for Flash, it was just an empty threat.  But she insisted that he have a vasectomy after the girls were born.”
The two laughed.
“You stay in touch with her?”
“Yes,” said Twilight looking a little sad again, “but as you might imagine, she has her hands full all the time.  Not a lot of time for socializing as of yet.”
“So no one else?”
“No Tia, truth is, I’m not looking.”
“Why?”
“Lately, I’ve been feeling the need for a companion,” said Twilight, “there just isn’t anyone I want to be with.”
“Surely there are guys that have asked you out.”
“Yes, but I haven’t wanted to go out with them,” said Twilight.  Then with a bit of trepidation she continued. “There’s presently only one person I might consider…  

But AJ is now engaged.”

Twilight looked at Celestia, in spite of rumors and hints, Twilight was ready to get a rebuke.  It didn’t happen, Celestia just smiled.  Celestia knew what Twilight was hinting at.

“Twi, this isn’t a hundred years ago.  There isn’t anything wrong with persons of the same sex being companions, lovers or even spouses.  You remember Trixie Lulamoon?  She and Starlight Glimmer have been happily married since high school.  
And truthfully Twilight, I’ve known that you’re a lesbian since high school.  You know what they say: 

‘It takes one to know one’,” said Tia with a wink.

“Thanks, Tia,” said Twilight working up a real smile, finally. “I really think I needed to hear that.”
The two hugged and then the talk turned to more mundane topics.





The present…

With the soft classical music on the radio, Twilight was starting to fade.  But suddenly, there was a frantic knocking at the door that brought her back to the here and now.

“Gracious!” said Twilight, “who could that be on a night like this?”
Twilight went to the door and peered through the peephole.  
She saw it was a woman that she’d known from high school.  Someone Twilight never really had a lot of contact with.  But a person she’d occasionally see around Canterlot since their days in school.  Twilight had never heard anything positive about her but Twilight never paid any attention to gossip.  
But truthfully, she’d never heard anything negative as well.  Twilight removed her hand from the ball bat she kept by the door ‘just in case’.

Twilight opened the door and there stood the woman soaking wet and shivering.  Even soaking wet, Twilight felt some attraction to this person, as unkempt as she was, Twilight saw what she deemed to be a beautiful woman.  At least by her own standards.  By the curb, in front of her home was parked an older car.

“Derpy!” said Twilight, “get in here before you catch your death of cold!”
“I’m sorry, Dr. Sparkle,” said the woman, dripping on the mat.  “My car broke down, I can’t get it started.  May I please use your phone?  My cell shorted out in the rain.”
“Of course,” said Twilight.  “Let me get you something dry to put on.  I’ll put your clothes in the dryer while you wait.  
And please, just Twilight.”
“I don’t want to be a bother, Dr. Spark… Uh… Twilight,” said the forlorn woman, “I can wait in the car until help arrives.” 
“My foot you will,” said Twilight, “do you have someone at home to contact?”
“Not really, I share rooms with Carrot Top.” Said Derpy, “but we come and go as we please.  Most of the time Carrot has a boyfriend over.  It can be embarrassing sometimes.”
“Then why don’t you stay here tonight?” asked Twilight. “It’s Friday, I don’t have any classes in the morning.  You can get some rest and call a mechanic in the morning.  I’m sure if you call now, there’d be an afterhours fee.  Those can be a bit pricey.”
“I don’t want to impose.” Said Derpy, apparently getting happier with Twilight suggesting this.  Twilight did notice the twinkle in Derpy’s eyes.
“It’s no imposition.” Said Twilight, “as you can see, I’m not exactly that busy.  Let me get you those dry clothes.  The bathroom is this way, there are dry towels in there as well.”

Twilight led Derpy to the bathroom, then she went to get some warm pajamas for her guest.  Then returning to the bathroom door, Twilight knocked.

Twilight was expecting the door to crack open and Derpy’s hand reach out for the clothing, she wasn’t prepared for Derpy to open the door all the way and be standing there completely naked.
It was evident that Derpy had put on a little weight since school.  Not obese but she’d filled out quite nicely and was quite curvy.  Her skin tone was a creamy white/pink.  The way she felt right now,  Derpy was officially the most beautiful woman Twilight had ever seen.  Twilight was afraid she was going to drool.  
She’d never felt this way before looking at another person.  It was apparent that Derpy was noticing the way Twilight was looking at her and didn’t mind.  She had a blushing smile and her crossed golden eyes twinkled.
“Uh… Here’s something to put on.” Said Twilight trying to act if there was nothing wrong.  “I don’t mean anything by this, but I don’t think my underwear will fit you.”
“That’s okay Twilight,” giggled Derpy, “I don’t wear any when I sleep.”

At that comment, a flood of images washed over Twilight’s mind.  This turned up Twilight’s arousal thermostat another notch or two.

Derpy set the dry clothing on the back of the toilet and turned her back to Twilight then bent over to pick up the wet clothing off the floor.  Twilight didn’t know how she was able to control herself at this moment.  The sight of Derpy’s round ass and her ‘goodies’ on display was Twilight’s last piece of evidence confirming she was indeed a lesbian.

The other thing that piqued Twilight’s curiosity was that Derpy giggled when she did this.  She wasn’t just a free spirit or didn’t have any modesty.  

She was teasing Twilight!

Derpy handed the wet clothing to Twilight and closed the door to get dressed.  Twilight didn’t realize that she had just stood there staring at the door.  But it wasn’t the door on her mind.

Twilight went to wash the clothing.  No need to dry ‘dirty’ clothing.  But she was having trouble handling Derpy’s sheer lacy panties and the matching bra.  
She realized that it’d be completely creepy of herself if she was to smell the panties.  

But she did it anyway.  

It wasn’t an unpleasant scent and it aroused Twilight more than she thought she could be.  Also, holding the bra to her chest, she saw that it had larger cups than her own, but Twilight had already seen the evidence of this.  And they were stuck in her mind, along with the rest of Derpy’s body.

Twilight was unaware that Derpy was peeking around the corner and saw what Twilight was doing.  This was more than Derpy had hoped.  But she quickly went to Twilight’s living room before Twilight saw her.
Twilight had some of her own under clothing to wash, so she threw hers in as well to make a load for the washer.  When she had that going, she went back to the living room.


As Twilight entered, she saw Derpy was sitting in the middle of the sofa waiting patiently.  Twilight was amused at herself, trying not to stare.  Because of the difference of Derpy’s breast size, the pajama top was perhaps a bit too small.  The buttons of Twilight’s pajama top were fighting hard not to come open and they were losing the battle soundly.  Also, Derpy hadn’t buttoned it up all the way.  In fact as Twilight approached, Derpy looked at Twilight and drew a deep sigh, several more buttons came loose, all the way down to the bottom level of the breasts.  They were still covered…  Mostly.  But with what Twilight had seen earlier, this was perhaps another tease. 

Derpy looked down at herself and her generous cleavage and knew at what Twilight was looking.   Derpy was pleased.

“I’m sorry Twilight, am I making you uncomfortable?”
“Heavens no!” said Twilight then smiling a smile Derpy understood, “I really don’t mind at all.
I was just having some tea.” 
Twilight was trying not to continue looking at Derpy’s breasts, but they were hard to miss.  In fact, Twilight was a little jealous that hers didn’t measure up to this beautiful woman’s ‘charms’.  Twilight was realizing just how badly that she was wanting them!
“It’ll help warm you.”
“Oh yes.  That’d be lovely.” Said Derpy looking up and giving a smile.

Twilight went into the kitchen to get more tea, hot water and another cup.

Derpy noticed the book Twilight was reading.

“String vs Membrane Theory,”  Derpy read aloud, then looking at Twilight as she came back in with the tea.  “I thought it was a good primer, but a little biased on the membrane theory side.  Probably due to it being written by an exotic particle theoretical physicist.  I’m not quite on board with the whole membrane theory.  String theory does make more sense to me.  But both are still highly theoretical.”

Twilight almost dropped the tray in shock, but caught herself before it actually dropped.  

“You read theoretical quantum physics?” She asked in disbelief. 
“Oh yes, when you’ve studied to get your Ph.D. in nuclear physics, you need to know these things,” said Derpy matter-of-factly. 

Twilight handed a fresh cup of tea to her guest.  Derpy politely sipped, her eyes went wide.

“Hibiscus and juniper!”  Exclaimed Derpy, “with a touch of wormwood to add the right bite.  I’d know a Zecora blend anywhere.  I don’t get enough time to get my own from her as much as I’d like.  But it’s such a joy to sit and talk with Miss Zecora.  Her speech patterns are like music.  From a linguistics standpoint, I don’t know how she keeps it up.”
Twilight sat on the couch by Derpy, sipping her own tea and trying to believe the person with a doctorate in nuclear physics sharing tea with her and the ‘screw-up’ spoken so lowly of by Rainbow Dash in the past, a person she trusted the word of implicitly, were the same woman.  The look on Twilight’s face didn’t go unnoticed.  

“I’m sorry, have I said something wrong?”
“Heavens no!” replied Twilight, “it’s just your knowledge of physics, herb lore, and forgive me, but your manner and demeanor aren’t what I was expecting, or at least what I was led to believe.”

Derpy looked down, a shadow passed over her expression.
“That’s why I’m here”.
“I thought your car broke down,” said Twilight uncertainly.  
Derpy shook her head.

“But Derpy…” said Twilight starting to ask about what Derpy meant, but she was interrupted. 
“Muffins,” said the woman.

“Beg pardon?” said Twilight confused that the conversation would turn to food this quickly.  Perhaps Rainbow was right after all.  “I don’t think I have any muffins, I might have a scone or two.”

“No Twilight, my name is Muffins, Muffins Starr.  Everybody has called me that name or Ditzy Do since grade school.  Because I have a disability, everyone thought it funny.  And that name followed me through school, so much so, it just became an unintentional and unwelcomed nick-name.

I hate it.

Then in college and post grad work it was so hard to have the professors take me seriously, simply because of my eyes.” 


The façade of smiles vanished.  Twilight was now seeing a person who was desperate enough to come out in the pouring rain and late to an almost complete stranger as a desperate attempt to seek comfort.

Muffins started to cry hard, Twilight embraced her and allowed her to cry on her shoulder while Twilight stroked her long blond hair.  

‘Damn,’ thought Twilight, ‘I shouldn’t feel this way with her hurting so, but it feels so nice to hold her.  She’s so soft, warm and lovely.  And her breasts against me are about to drive me wild.  Oh god!  I so need someone like her.’

Muffins sat back, still holding Twilight.

“I’m sorry, for lying to you Twilight,” said Muffins.  “My car is fine, you were my last hope.”

“Last hope for what?”

“Twilight,” said Muffins, “I had a boyfriend for about a year until about three weeks ago.  I guess I was looking for a commitment, he was only interested in sex.  When he realized that I wasn’t going to drop everything and come running to him just to ‘put out’ just because he summoned me.  He informed me that I wasn’t the only girl he was seeing and he could find someone who was more ‘accommodating’. 

Then today, I was let go from the power plant by the VP, who’d never even met me before.  He didn’t think he could trust my vision to monitor the reactor.  In spite of 3 years without incident.

When I got home and told Carrot, she told me I couldn’t stay because I wouldn’t be able to pay the rent.  She’s not a bad person, I just think she was looking for an excuse to have the house to herself and her boyfriend.  
Who could blame her?

People have always counted me out as shallow and ignorant, just because of my eyes.

I’m afraid I started to become quite despondent.  I remembered as I drove through this neighborhood this morning I saw you leaving your house and I remembered you from school.  And how I always wanted the chance to get to meet you.  
So, after I was turned out by Carrot Top, I thought if I came on strong to you, you might be open to perhaps having me around.  Truthfully I’ve had a crush on you since high school.  
I figured if you’d show some attraction to me then I wouldn’t have to… 

To…“

“To what, Muffins?”
“Twilight,” said Muffins crying hard.  “If you’d turned me away, then I was going to drive off the pier and into the river.”
“Muffins,” said Twilight alarmed, almost shouting.  “No!”

Muffins cried hard against Twilight some more, Twilight tightened the embrace.  

Twilight was in shock that someone would come to her hoping to start some relationship with a high school crush as a last resort to killing themselves.  

Twilight tried to figure if it were an insult or complement that she was the last choice before suicide.  Then again, there hadn’t been any contact between themselves all the way back to high school.  But she realized that it wasn’t a last choice, but a last chance.  

A last desperate act to reach out to someone to ease her pain.  To see if anyone could find some worth in her sad life.  
It was a complement, she saw Twilight as a potential savior. 

Truthfully, Twilight already had started to feel an attraction to this woman to an extent since Twilight had opened the front door.  

Then the display of her body in the bathroom only made Twilight want her more.  Before Muffins had shown up Twilight had been thinking how lonely she was and how she wanted not to be alone.

Would this be fast?  

Yes.  

Would it be desperation of both their parts?

Perhaps.

Would it be pity? 

No. 

Would it give a chance to see if something could be there?  

Yes.  

Most of all, could she see herself falling in love with this distraught and heart broken woman?  

Most certainly!  Perhaps she was starting to already.

Twilight held Muffins until she got her crying under control.  Then she just held her close, Muffins head was resting on Twilight’s breasts.  Twilight was gently rocking Muffins.  

“It’s okay, Muffins,” said Twilight, giving a little kiss on the top of her head, “don’t cry, I’m not going to turn you out or away.  You’re more than welcome here.  Tomorrow we can talk and see if we can figure this out.”

After about a half hour of holding Muffins and enjoying her soft and warm body next to her own, she knew what she wanted to do.  Perhaps even before Muffins opened the bathroom door naked.

Twilight lifted Muffins chin and looked into her eyes.  At this distance, her visual accommodation had forced her eyes into an almost normal gaze.

“I don’t know what the other people’s problems are; your eyes are so very pretty,” said Twilight.  Muffins smiled.
“Nobody has ever called my eyes pretty,” said Muffins, now with tears of joy in her eyes.
“That’s because they never took time to get close to you.” Said Twilight, “but their loss is my gain.”
“How close, Twilight?”
“This close.”

It was if the gravity of the other drew them to the other.  The kiss was unlike any she’d ever felt.  She’d kissed before, but not like this.  It was so deep, so moving, it thrilled her at a visceral level.

It took her breath away.

After several minutes of uninterrupted kissing.  Twilight couldn’t hold back, her hand reached between them to finish unbuttoning Muffins top, then she started to caress Muffins’ breasts gently and tenderly.  Muffins responded by increasing the intensity of the kiss.

But soon Muffins was starting to reach under Twilight’s top.  Twilight only paused long enough to gasp.  No one had ever touched her there.

After a time of kissing and heavy petting, Twilight stopped, stood and took Muffins by the hand and stood her up as well.  
Twilight led Muffins to the bedroom door.  But she stopped and looked questioningly into Muffins’ eyes.  Muffins understood that Twilight was asking if this was alright.  Muffins was glad that Twilight had the decency to not just assume something was being offered that might not have been.  Muffins smiled a private smile, gave Twilight a little kiss and then Muffins reached out and turned the doorknob then pushed the door open.

Twilight led them into the room where Muffins allowed Twilight to complete the undressing of herself.  

Then Muffins undressed Twilight.

It was all new to Twilight, but Muffins didn’t complain. Twilight lay Muffins back on the bed and the two proceeded to make love almost all night.