-Why Is Everypony So Cruel?
Vinyl reached her hoof towards Derpy. She wanted to help her up, and clean off her face from all the tears. But Derpy backed away. She wouldn't even look at Vinyl in the face anymore. She looked down at the floor, and said nothing. She looked awful. As if her heart had shattered, and Vinyl knew that it probably did.
She was positive that Derpy felt complete despair, and humiliation. She was so sorry. She didn't know what to do. If only she hadn't of invited Derpy. Maybe even if she never met her. Derpy would had probably been better off. Vinyl should have known that the ponies that come to her shows, and party were rough. She should have known it wasn't the place for a small, innocent pony like Derpy.
It was all her fault. She completely blamed herself for everything. Derpy would probably never trust her. She would probably never speak to her again. Vinyl would never get closer to the cute pony that she longed to know more about. It would never happen now. She was so close, and she ruined it.
'Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!' Vinyl turned her head to the left, but peered through her shades at Derpy, who was still facing the floor. Vinyl then too faced the floor. She had lost all hope, and she had no idea what to do or say. It was hopeless. Derpy hated her. Derpy blamed her as well. Vinyl knew she did.
Suddenly Vinyl heard the pony start to get up. She quickly turned her head towards her.
Derpy was now standing up above Vinyl.
"Derpy, I--"
"It's okay." Derpy interrupted.
Vinyl's eyes widened. She then stood up. She was so close to Derpy's muzzle, almost close enough to kiss her. Vinyl had no words to speak. She had been forgiven. When she was unforgivable....she had been forgiven...
Vinyl slowly wrapped her arms around Derpy, who didn't stop her embrace. The two ponies held each other. Vinyl felt Derpy's heart beating. It hadn't shattered. It was still there. Derpy was so warm against Vinyl's skin. She couldn't help but hug her tighter. She stroked her mane, and whispered:
"Thank you, Derpy. Thank you..."
Derpy and Vinyl had made it back to Vinyl's home. Derpy never did ask to leave. It was has if she didn't have anywhere else to go, but Vinyl didn't hesitate to let her sleep over with her again. This time they would sleep in a bed, instead of on her cold, and not so clean, floor.
Vinyl had never slept in the same bed with anypony before. She wondered if Derpy hadn't neither.
It was a pleasant feeling. Vinyl was close enough to here every breath that Derpy took while she slept. She was close enough to feel the bed slightly move everytime Derpy turned over. She was close enough to feel the warmth from her very alive body. She was close enough to smell Derpy's sweet scent. Muffins. She smelled like freshly baked muffins. How delightful!
Vinyl was tired, but she couldn't sleep. She had to feel the wonders of somepony next to her. She had to live up the moment, for what if she never had the opportunity again? What if she slept through her one chance? She was not going to take any chances, so Vinyl stayed up. Closely, next to Derpy, Vinyl stayed awake. Protecting her. That's what Vinyl was doing. She was protecting Derpy.
The thoughts of those mean ponies wouldn't leave Vinyl alone. They kept coming back. They were haunting her. All she could think about was how cruel they were. How Derpy's face looked when she was being brutally attacked with their hateful words, and evil actions.
Just like Derpy, Vinyl had suffered a lot that night. Vinyl had never felt so much pain before. When she saw what was happening to her sweet friend, she couldn't bare the pain she was feeling. It was horrifying. Her heart broke.
She would never let this happen again. She just couldn't let it happen again. She had to keep Derpy away from such evil, such cruelty. Derpy was too sweet, and kind to have to deal with that. All just because of her eyes too. Something Vinyl had thought was a very becoming look for Derpy. It wasn't stupid looking. It didn't make her look unintelligent. It made her look unique, and Vinyl loved unique things. Is that why Vinyl had practically taken Derpy from her usual life? What was Derpy's usual life anyways? She had no clue. But Derpy didn't seem to mind staying with Vinyl. So if she didn't mind, Vinyl had nothing to worry about.
The morning had finally came. Vinyl was still awake. Her eyes were glued to the ceiling. She had never taken off her shades that night either. Under them, Vinyl was sure her eyes were probably blood shot. She kept them open all night, never giving them the slightest rest for fear that she would doze off to sleep without even realizing.
She took of her shades off for a moment to rub her eyes. Then she placed them back on. She lifted herself up, and with her hoofs, patted down her mane. She wanted to make sure she looked decent before Derpy woke up.
After a few minutes, Derpy arose. She yawned sweetly, and opened her eyes to see Vinyl already awake, not knowing she had been awake all night long.
Derpy smiled at Vinyl, and got out of bed.
"Good Morning my dear!" Vinyl said, as she too lifted herself out of her bed. She used her magic to place the sheets, and pillows back into place before walking out of her bedroom.
Derpy was already in the kitchen. She was looking through the fridge.
"Oh, um...you probably won't find anything in there.." Vinyl said, while rubbing the back of her head.
Derpy looked over at her, mouth in the shape of a small circle, and closed the fridge without taking another look inside.
"Oh, but if you want something...I can always take you into town, and get you some breakfast!"Vinyl suggested.
Derpy smiled, and nodded her head. Her mane swayed around, and her bangs fell over her eyes. She blew them back in place, and continued to smile at Vinyl.
Vinyl took Derpy's frantic nods as a yes, and led her out the door. The two ponies headed into Ponyville.
At their arrival at Sugar Cube Corner, Vinyl magically opened the door and let Derpy go in first. She closed the door behind her, and the two ponies went to the counter.
A pink pony jumped up from behind the table. She greeted the two with a huge welcoming smile.
"Hi there! Wow! You're Vinyl Scratch, right? Super cool! I've always wanted to meet you! Though I like to meet a lot of ponies! You know? I always love to see new ponies! Meeting ponies is the best! I make lots of friends that way. You know, friends are great! I have the best of friends! I love them a lot! You should be one of my friends too, then we could be friends, and that would be great!!!! Ohhh! And your friend here too can be my friend, then we could all be friends! We could have loads of fun together! Fun is always fun!"
Vinyl was wore out from listening to the hyper, pink earth pony ramble. She ordered two apple custard cupcakes, and some tea, and seated herself, and Derpy.
The pink pony came out with her order quickly, and tried to talk to Vinyl and Derpy some more, but Vinyl politely asked if she could have some alone time with Derpy. The pink pony caught on, winked at Vinyl, and hopped away smiling.
Derpy licked her lips, and dove into her cupcake. She gulped down her tea, and Vinyl offered her cupcake to Derpy who wholeheartedly accepted, and devoured it as well.
"So Derpy, what do you usually do....or what did you do before you met me?"
Vinyl wanted to know more about where Derpy came from, and what she used to do before she got a hold of her. Derpy looked over at Vinyl from across the table. She seemed as if she was trying to remember. But then she finally answered.
"Nothing."
Vinyl looked kind of shocked. Nothing? How could anypony do nothing for a living? Unless somepony took care of her, but who?
"Did you live with somepony else? Do you have any relatives around here...?" Vinyl smiled gently, trying to act as if she were asking simple, innocent questions that had no significance to them at all.
"No...I live alone." Derpy stared right into her reflection on Vinyl's shades. Looking at herself seemed to make her...sad.
"Do you have any close friends around here? Maybe you could introduce m--"
"I don't have any friends."
Vinyl's ears slightly went back. No friends? No family? How does this pony live? Vinyl started to feel sympathy for the lonely pegasus.
'I should have known something was up since I met her in the middle of the night behind a building, acting sad. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!'
Vinyl was not very good at noticing obvious things.
"Why....why don't you have any friends?" Vinyl quickly regretted saying this. She wanted to smack herself in the face.
'Stupid! Stupid! Stu--'
"Nopony likes me."
Vinyl's thoughts were interrupted by Derpy. Nopony likes her? Why? Why? Why?
"Ever since I was a filly. Everypony always hated me. Last night, that was nothing. I've had worse. My parents didn't want me, so they gave me away to my grandparents. They didn't treat me too well. They said they didn't want more fillies to take after. I tried to raise myself on my own so I wouldn't be a burden to them in their old age. They soon passed away. I was left to be taken care of by my school teacher. But she was always so busy too. She was awfully nice to me though. She fed me, and let me stay with her at night, but I would always try to stay out of her mane when I could. I didn't want to bother her either. When I was in school, all the other fillies would pick on me. They said I looked stupid. That my eyes were weird. They said it was no wonder why nopony wanted to take care of me. To love me. They said nopony would ever love me. Even the teacher didn't. That's what they told me. I believed them."
Vinyl didn't know what to say. That was the most she had ever heard Derpy speak, and it was so sad. Why was everypony so mean to her? She had done nothing wrong.
"After school I tried to run away from all the fillies I used to know. I didn't want to stay in Cloudsdale. I couldn't. I came to Ponyville hoping ponies here would be different. I stayed out of everyponies way, trying to live a nice, peaceful life by myself. But it didn't take long for ponies here to think wrongfully of me either. They never wanted me to participate in any of the towns festivities, or clean ups. They didn't want me to work. They didn't want me to have access to any of the shops, or restaurants. And if they ever had the chance, they would push me around, and take all their anger out on me. I just don't know what I did to anypony. I don't know why I was born with this stupid face. These stupid eyes. I just don't know what went wrong..."
Derpy had ended her story. She went back to being quiet. It was as if she had two personalities. One was when she acted as if she knew no pain, and the other was when she felt the pain tremendously, and didn't know how to escape it.
Vinyl had no words. She leaned over the table, and made her way over to Derpy.
Their muzzles touched, and then connected. Derpy felt tears run down her face, but they weren't hers, but Vinyls. As Vinyl continued to kiss Derpy, all she could think about was...
Why is everypony so cruel?