(9_6)
“Hey, Derpy?” Minerva asked, as everypony continued to wait for the teacher, Mostly just talking to one another about their summers.
“Yes?” Derpy asked, taking her eyes off the blank chalkboard in front of her. She really wished there were some posters on the bland, surrounding walls. She tried to imagine something hanging on them, but all that came to mind was the picture Dinky had made her the day before. “At least it'd be colorful,” she mumbled under her breath.
“You said something about having a daughter yesterday, is that true?” the unicorn asked in a whisper, trying not to draw too much attention to the group.
“Yeah,” Dilvent said anxiously. “Yesterday was so hectic with all that start of year stuff, we never got the chance to ask about it.” Even though he shifted closer in his seat to hear Derpy, he still wore an oddly straight face, his forelegs shaking slightly.
“Well, yeah, I do,” Derpy said with a slight blush. While Dilvent and Minerva looked at each other with confused stares, Derpy reached into one of her bags and pulled out a small picture. “This is my daughter, Dinky.”
Both Minerva and Dilvent looked at the photo in their friends hoof. It showed a small unicorn foal with periwinkle colored fur being held by Derpy. Both shared matching eye color and mane color, but, while Derpy’s mane was a bit jagged on its ends, the foals were rounded.
“Wow,” Minerva said, a clear look of shock and confusion on her face. “I didn’t even know you'd been pregnant. How?”
“Well, I didn’t actually give birth to her,” Derpy said sheepishly. “I'm adopting her, I just have to wait until I turn eighteen to sign the paperwork.” Again, Derpy blushed, imagining the day she would be able to sign the papers and legally be the foal's mother, rather than her legal guardian.
“She’s so cute!” Dilvent’s voice chimed in. The group couldn’t help but chuckle at the smile he had. He looked like a little colt in a toy shop, “I just wanna hug her like a teddy b-bea-bear… I mean, cute foal.”
“Thanks,” Derpy chuckled. “If you think she looks cute there, you should see her sleeping.”
“I don’t think he was talking about the filly,“ Carrot Top interjected with a sly grin. “I bet he was talking about the new hot momma on the streets.”
“CARROT TOP!?” Both Derpy and Dilvent yelled, both faces blushing madly.
“I am not hot!” Derpy whispered angrily towards her chuckling friend, already noticing how much attention the group was drawing. “You’re making a scene.”
“Tell that to him,” Carrot Top said, as she pointed a hoof at Dilvent. The stallion had proceeded to hide his head inside of his black jacket, his white ears just poking out of the neck hole.
“I was talking about the foal,” he huffed through his clothing.
“Sheesh,” Carrot Top chuckled, staring at the embarrassed stallion. “It was just a joke, no need to get angry.”
Suddenly, the room fell silent as a golden yellow unicorn walked into the room, her curly maroon hair bouncing slightly. “Good morning class,” the unicorn said as she levitated a piece of chalk in her magic and began writing on the board. “My name is Miss Dian, and I’ll be your health teacher for this year.”
Derpy just stared forward in complete shock as the unicorn wrote her name on the top of the board and did a quick scan of the room. As the two made eye contact a look of shock also appeared on the unicorns face.
“It’s you!” both exclaimed as they pointed a hoof at one another.
(o^o)
“My moms really smart,” Lily said threw her teeth, a yellow crayon in her mouth.
“My mommies smart too!” Dinky couldn't help but look at the picture her friend was drawing. She had already drawn two stick ponies, one yellow and the other a light red.
“That’s mom,” the unicorn stated, pointing at the yellow pony. “And that’s dad,” she continued pointing at the other pony. “I see him on the weekends.”
“Is he like grandpa?” Dinky continued to watch as Lily drew herself into the picture in-between the two stick ponies.
“That’s a great picture Lily! Is that your dad?” Lemonway asked as she pointed at the red stick pony.
“Uh huh,” the filly replied as she put her crayon down. “Mom says he works a lot so I can only see him on the weekends. But we always have a lot of fun together.”
“I’m sure you do,” Lemonway replied as she picked Dinky up. “Come on everypony, its story time.”
“Yay! Story time!”
(9_6)
“Again Miss Hooves, I’m sorry for my outburst at the beginning of class,” Dian said as most of the class began to leave the room. “I just never expected”
“It’s ok Miss Dian,” Derpy chuckled as she looked back at her friends. “I didn’t expect to see you here either.”
“Are we missing something here, because I’m pretty confused right now?”
“Oh yes,” Dian said as she looked over towards Derpy’s friends. “We met each other briefly yesterday when I dropped my daughter off at daycare, although it was only at a passing.”
“Ooooh!” the other three ponies said together, each nodding in understanding.
“So which class is your brother or sister in Miss Hooves? Maybe they're in the same class as my foal?” Dian asked as she looked back at Derpy.
“Oh, I don’t have any siblings,” Derpy chuckled, not noticing the confused look on her teachers face.
“Then why were you there?” Dian asked, scratching under her chin with a hoof.
“I was dropping off my daughter,” Derpy said with a smile. Pulling out the picture once again, Derpy showed it to her teacher. An odd silence filled the room as nopony said anything. Suddenly, a wild laugh broke the silence.
“Hahahahaha!” Dilvent blurted out, pointing a hoof forward. “That look, priceless!”
Even Derpy couldn’t hold back a chuckle at the expression her teacher now had. One of her magenta eyes was twitching while the others pupil had shrunk to a miniscule size. She also seemed to be mumbling something, but her voice was too low for anypony to hear clearly.
“B-but your… and I mean…” the unicorn began stuttering, finally finding her voice.
“Oh buck, we’re gonna be late for next period,” Minerva interrupted as she looked at a nearby wall clock, barely giving her friends time to follow as she rushed out of the room.
“Hay, wait for us!” Carrot Top called as she rushed after the unicorn, closely followed by a laughing stallion and a chuckling pegasus.
“Okay, Dilvent, it wasn’t that funny,” Minerva sighed as the group made their way down another hall, the stallion still laughing hysterically.
“But did you see the look on her face?! Derpy, we gotta do that again!” Dilvent suddenly stopped halfway through the hall and looked back at Derpy, a look of excitement in his eyes as he flashed a smile of dagger shaped teeth.
“Close your mouth you dingus!” Carrot Top shot as she hit Dilvent across the face with a hoof. “And you wonder why ponies are afraid of you?!”
“Can we finish this discussion after we get to our next class?” Minerva interrupted, still making her way down the hall.
“Party pooper,” Dilvent sighed as he rushed to catch up.
“Lets go Derpy,” Carrot Top quickly said. Derpy chuckled as she followed close behind the group, making their way down a nearby staircase.
“So, what do all of you have next period?” Derpy asked as they entered the first floor. “Because I don't want to be stuck going to gym alone this year.”
“I got AP magic this period,” Minerva said with a confident smile. “This is going to be great!”
“I got bio,” Carrot Top grumbled, a clear look of displeasure on her face. “What about you Dilvent?”
“I got gym too,” the stallion said with a shrug.
“Well then, lets go,” Derpy said as she made her way towards the gymnasium.
“Lets not, but say we did,” Dilvent mumbled as he began to follow the pegasus. “Besides, all were going to do is sit around as they give us a locker and tell us to work out on our own.”
“Then we can sit and talk,” Derpy said with a smile as she continued towards the gym..
“Exactly,” Carrot Top said, a devious smile on her face as she followed behind the white coated stallion, “the perfect time to confess your love for one an…”
“Just get to class,” Minerva interrupted, dragging Carrot Top away by her curly orange tail.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” Dilvent sighed, trotting towards the gym entrance. Derpy chuckled as she proceeded to follow her friend into the gym.
“You know she’s just messing with you,” Derpy giggled as she followed Dilvent towards an open group of benches.
“I know that,” Dilvent huffed as he laid himself down on one of the benches. “But even you have to admit that it’s getting annoying.”
“Maybe if you actually found a special somepony, she would leave you alone,” Derpy chuckled, sitting down on the ground. Dilvent just huffed and looked away while Derpy smiled, knowing she had hit a soft spot. “You're too easy, you know that?”
“Bah,” Dilvent huffed, still looking away. Derpy just shook her head and decided to look around. The gymnasium wasn’t that big, but still held a lot of different courts and baskets. The roof was even made to open up so pegasus could fly in and out of it.
“So are you going to participate in any pegasus classes this year?” Derpy asked, still looking around. About half of the other benches were already full of other ponies, almost an even mix of pegasus, unicorns, and earth ponies.
“Nah, I still suck at keeping my wings out,” Dilvent sighed as he looked over at all the other ponies. “That and I had to up my prescription again.”
“Well, I guess that can’t be helped,” Derpy sighed as the bell rang. Looking towards the door, Derpy watched as the rest of the ponies set for the period entered, she recognized a few, but only one stood out to her.
“So I guess Shooting Star’s in our period this year,” Dilvent commented as the mare in question walked in. Derpy could already feel her anger reaching a new point as she stared daggers at the pegasus, as if daring her to do something.
“Hay, Derpy, is that a tracking device on her hoof?” Dilvent asked out of nowhere. Derpy wasn’t surprised to see a small black box attached to the mares left foreleg. Even from that distance, she knew it was in fact a tracking device, her father having shown her one once before.
“Well that’s better than nothing I guess,” Derpy seethed, the anger in her voice easily noticeable.
“I see you two are as good of friends as ever” Dilvent sighed, rolling his eyes. Derpy huffed in annoyance as she kept her gaze locked on the pegasus. “You know why that things on her leg?”
“Yep,” Derpy said, finally taking her eyes off Shooting Star only to stare angrily at a wall.
“You gonna tell me what it is?”
“Nope,” Derpy continued. “All you need to know is that she deserves to be in jail for what she did.”
“Alrighty then,” Dilvent sighed as he got up from the bench. “Not like I really wanted to know anyways.”
“Then why did you ask?” Derpy asked, a little annoyed to still be on the subject.
“Because obviously, it annoys you,” Dilvent chuckled as a sly grin spread over his face. “Besides, I’m bored and the gym teachers aren't here yet.”
“You know what, I’m done talking to you!” Derpy huffed as she walked towards a corner of the room.
“What did I do this time?!” Dilvent called as he rushed after Derpy.
“You didn't do anything,” Derpy sighed as she made it to the wall. Derpy slouched against the wall as she turned to look back at Shooting Star. The pegasus was now sitting alone at the other end of the room, staring at the black box attached to her leg. “I Just feel like she was let off too easy for what she did, and it makes me SO angry that I just want to attack her again and…”
“Again?!” Dilvent interrupted loud enough to draw the attention of most of the other ponies in the room.
“Yes, again!” Derpy whispered, becoming even more annoyed. “Now can we just stop talking about it…”
“Ok,” Dilvent chuckled, obviously trying to lighten the mood. “Why not tell me about your daughter then?”
“Sure, that sounds good,” Derpy grinned, the mood rising slightly.
(o^o)
“I’m sure she’ll be here at any moment sweetie,” Lemonway told the waiting foal, chuckling slightly.
“But its almost time for lunch and mommy said she was going to come for lunch again!” Dinky kept her gaze locked on the room door as she partially hopped in place, waiting for the slightest indication that it would open. “Maybe she’ll bring me a muffin today for a snack.”
“Hey, Dinky!” Lily called as she rushed over to where the waiting foal sat. She held a giant grin and seemed really excited about something. “You missed it Dinky. I did magic!”
“Magic?” Dinky stared at the filly, slightly confused.
“Well, it was by accident,” the filly admitted, still smiling. “But I still did it! I was even able to control it for a second!”
Dinky continued to stare at her friend, still not understanding what she was talking about. She knew unicorns could do magic, but never paid enough attention to really care.
“That’s very impressive Lily,” Lemonway said, having heard what the filly said. “But I don't want you to trying it again unless you’re with your mother, ok?”
“Yes, Miss Lemonway,” Lily replied still smiling brightly. Looking back at Dinky, “I can't wait for my mom to show me how to levitate stuff.”
Just then, the room door opened as a gray pegasus pony walked into the room.
“Mommy!” Dinky rushed to her mother as she was scooped up into a soft hug.
(9_6)
“So how has she been today Miss Lemonway?” Derpy asked as she carried Dinky over to the rooms large round table.
“She’s been doing great Miss Hooves,” the older unicorn responded as she wiped a young colts face with a cloth. “She’s very smart for her age.”
“Because she’s my smart little muffin,” Derpy giggled as a small yellow unicorn sat next to her and Dinky.
“I did magic today,” the little unicorn abruptly announced to Derpy, a wide grin on her face. “I was able to turn a page in my picture book.”
“That's very impressive,” Derpy told the filly, smiling at her excitement. “I bet your parents are going to be proud.”
The filly merely giggled in agreement before taking a bite out of a piece of celery she had in front of her. Suddenly, Derpy recognized the young filly.
“Your Miss Dian’s daughter, aren't you?” Derpy said, remember seeing the two together the morning before.
“You know my mom?” the filly asked excitedly with a smile.
“Uh huh,” Derpy replied as she felt Dinky try to get her attention. Looking down, the pegasus noticed that Dinky had dropped her spoon and couldn't reach it. “She’s one of my teachers in school.”
“Cool,” the filly exclaimed, taking another bite of her celery.
(o^o)
“Why can't you stay though mommy?” Dinky hated that her mother had to leave, even though she knew that she'd be back in a few more hours. “Can't you stay and play?”
“I’ll be back to get you in a few hours muffin,” Derpy said giving Dinky a final hug. Dinky did her best to squeeze as much love into the hug as she could, hoping that the day would pass by quickly.
“If you see my mom, can you tell her that I did magic?” Lily asked from the table, her smile still spread wide.
“If I see her, I promise to tell her,” Derpy giggled as she made her way out of the room.
“I wish mommy didn't have to leave all the time. I liked it better when we spent all day together.”
(9_6)
“You told them?!” Derpy yelled at Carrot Top as they made their way down the street.
“What?” Carrot Top huffed back. “You were off seeing Dinky and they asked me out of concern. Its not like you told me I couldn't.”
“I know that, it’s just…” Derpy trailed off, a little annoyed that her friend had discussed her personal matters without her permission.
“Look, I know you don't want other ponies knowing about everything that happened,” Carrot Top apologized, moving in front of Derpy to gain her attention. “But they're our friends, and you can't just... not tell them.”
“But did you see the look in Minerva’s eyes?” Derpy asked, finally regaining control of her voice.
“Yeah,” Carrot Top smiled, obviously thinking she knew right. “It was the look you give a friend…”
“When you pity them!” Derpy interrupted, taking an abrupt turn, just missing a passing couple.
“Derpy!” Carrot Top yelped, “nopony pities you, you know that right?”
“No, its my muffin that they pity,” Derpy sighed as the daycare came into view. “I know its something I shouldn't worry so much about, but I don't want ponies feeling sorry for her. I want them to love her, like I do.”
“Derpy…”
“I know I’m overreacting, but I can't help it when it comes to my muffin,” Derpy once again interrupted, now standing outside the daycares front door. “I just... just..”
“Its ok,” Carrot Top said with a caring smile. “I’m sorry I told them without asking. But I’m sure they don't pity her.”
“Yeah,” Derpy weakly chuckled. “Come on, once we get Dinky we can go get ice cream together.”
“I’d like that,” Carrot Top replied, following Derpy into the daycare.