Chapter 3: Good Morning
Derpy woke up with the sun shining through the window. She turned around and saw nopony in the bed next to her. She sighed quietly and got out of bed. Derpy went downstairs and saw Dinky and Package staring at the couch. They saw Film on the couch sleeping. Derpy stood herself right next to them and noticed that Film had a bottle of vodka in his hoof that was hanging over the bed. "Where did he get that from?" Derpy thought to herself. She looked over towards the end of the couch and saw an open backpack. Derpy sighed and took the bottle out of his hoof. Derpy walked over towards the kitchen and threw away the bottle. She went back into the living and Dinky looked at her.
"Mommy who is this?" Dinky asked.
"His name is Film Don't worry he's four years older than you." Derpy replied.
"Why is he here?" Package asked.
"I found him in an alleyway. So I told him he could spend the night here if he wanted to." Derpy replied.
"Is he drunk?" Dinky asked.
"Yes. But he needs help." Derpy replied.
"With what?" Package asked.
"He's heading down the wrong road and he needs help going back on the right one." Derpy replied.
Film moaned and sat up. He shut his eyes tightly and put his hoof on his forehead.
"Ow my fu....Morning." Film stopped himself from cussing when he noticed the children.
"Good morning." Dinky said gleefully.
"Morning." Package said.
Film leaned his head back against the pillow and looked at his right hoof.
"I could have sworn I fell asleep with a bottle." Film said.
"You did. I threw it away." Derpy said.
Film looked at Derpy. "Why did you do that?" Film asked.
"You need to quit that habit. You're walking down the same road I did. It took me a while but I found the way back to the right path. I won't stop until you're back on track." Derpy said.
Film sighed and got off of the couch. He looked down and smiled at Dinky and Package. "What are your names?" Film asked.
"My name is DInky." Dinky replied.
"And my name is Package. Package replied.
They both looked up and smiled at Film.
"My name is Film." Film said.
"Hi Film." Package and Dinky said together.
Derpy smiled and started to head towards the kitchen. She stopped in front of the door and turned around to face Film.
"I'm going to make us some breakfast." Derpy said.
"Okay." Film said softly.
Derpy smiled and went inside the kitchen to make some muffins.
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10:00, Derpy's house. Derpy was sitting in front of the oven watching the timer tick down to zero. Film walked in the kitchen and walked up towards Derpy.
"Derpy where is your bathroom?" Film asked.
Derpy looked at Film and noticed that he was really pale. "He might have drank too much." Derpy thought to herself. Derpy made a small smile.
"Upstairs to the right." Derpy replied.
"Thank you." Film rushed out of the kitchen and went upstairs. Derpy slowly walked out of the kitchen and went upstairs. She stood right in front of the bathroom and she heard Film puking. Derpy went back downstairs to check on the muffins. The timer dinged. Derpy walked over towards one side of the kitchen to put on kitchen gloves for her hooves. She opened the oven with her mouth and gently pulled out the muffins and set them down on the kitchen counter. She took off her gloves and opened a cupboard to take out four plates. She picked up one muffin for each plate. She cut the muffin in half and split them up far enough to put butter in the middle. She pulled out four plastic knives and placed one on each plate. She grabbed two plates one for each hoof and went out to the living room to give then to Package and Dinky. Dinky and Package grabbed their plates out of Derpy's hooves. Derpy went back into the kitchen to grab the other two plates. She came back into the living and set one plate on the couch. Derpy started to eat her muffin.
Derpy started to worry about Film. She went upstairs to check on him in the bathroom. She leaned her head against the door and heard him throwing up still. Then, the toilet flushed. Derpy knocked on the door with her hoof.
"Is everything okay in there?" Derpy asked.
Film came out of the bathroom pale. He looked up at Derpy and smiled weakly.
"Somethings wrong." Derpy said.
"No i'll be fi.." Film started moaning in pain.
"I'm going to need you to lay down on the couch." Derpy said.
"Okay." Film said.
Film slowly walked down the stairs and stopped in front of the couch. He picked up his plate and started to eat his breakfast. Derpy looked at him and smiled. "At least he's eating." Derpy thought to herself. She walked up to Film and put her hoof on his forehead. His forehead was hot.
"I think you have a fever." Derpy said.
"No I think I drank more than I usually do." Film said.
"I'm going to get the thermometer." Derpy said.
Derpy walked upstairs and into her bathroom to grab the thermometer. She walked back downstairs and stood right in front of Film.
"Open." Derpy said.
Film sighed and then opened his mouth. She put the thermometer in his mouth and Film closed his mouth. After a few seconds the thermometer beeped. Derpy pulled it out of his mouth.
"Oh goodness. You do have a fever." Derpy said.
"No it's probably nothing." Film said.
"a hundred degrees is not nothing. You need some sleep." Derpy said.
"But you've done so much for me. I don't need you doing this for me." Film said.
"It's nothing. Now why don't you lay down on the couch and try to get some sleep." Derpy said.
Film sighed and looked at the couch. "Okay." Film said. He laidd down on the couch slowly and pulled the cover over his shoulders. Derpy looked at Dinky and Package.
"Why don't you two go upstairs and play." Derpy said.
"Okay mommy." They both responded.
Derpy smiled while they walked upstairs. There was a knock on the door and Derpy went to answer it. She opened the door and saw Rainbow Dash.
"Rainbow." Derpy said gleefully.
"Hey Derpy." Rainbow said.
Derpy leaned in and kissed Rainbow on the lips. Rainbow responded back. The kiss broke and Derpy had a huge smile on her face.
"I have to tell you something." Derpy said.
"What is it?" Rainbow asked.
"Well I went to the bar last night and found this fourteen-year old colt in the alleyway. He was drunk so I took him home and he slept here. He's not feeling well so he's laying on the couch." Derpy replied.
"Really. How does he look?" Rainbow asked.
"Horrible. He tried to convince me on letting him go but I couldn't do it. Come look for yourself." Derpy replied.
Rainbow walked inside the house and looked on the couch. *gasp* Rainbow pulled her head back. Film was asleep and his face was super pale. Rainbow's face turned into worry within seconds.
"Wow he looks horrible." Rainbow said.
"I know. But I don't know if it will get better or worse. I think he needs to go see a doctor." Derpy said.
"Let's give it an hour. If he gets worse then we'll take him to a doctor." Rainbow gave a small smile trying to cheer up Derpy.
"O-Okay. I guess." Derpy said.
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An hour later. Film's temperature went down and his face started to gain its actual color. Derpy felt calmer. She saw the sleeping colt and for some reason she felt like as if the colt was her own son. She smiled and Film slowly started to open his eyes.
"Oh god." Film grabbed his stomach quickly.
Derpy gasped and ran up towards him.
"Do you need to throw up?" Derpy asked.
"Yes." Film grunted.
Derpy helped Film upstairs to the bathroom. Once they made it to the bathroom, Film quickly went inside and closed the door. Derpy stood in front of the door waiting for Film to come out. Ten minutes, Film came out of the bathroom.
"How do you feel now?" Derpy asked with a worried tone in her voice.
"Yeah. I feel better now." Film replied.
Film gave Derpy a weak smile and Derpy smiled back.
"Can I get a glass of water please?" Film asked.
"Sure."Derpy smiled and went down to the kitchen to get Film's water.
She grabbed a glass from the cupboards and got tap water from the sink. She went into the living room and saw Film folding his blanket from the couch. She walked up to Film and handed him the glass of water. He gently took it out of her hooves and drinked all the water. He set it right next to the couch and continued folding his blanket. Once he was done folding the blanket, he put it in his backpack. Derpy looked at him in confusion.
"Are you leaving?" Derpy asked.
"Um yes I am." Film replied.
"But you just got better and you shouldn't just leave like that." Derpy said nervously.
"You've done more than just letting me sleep here. You've nursed me back to health. There's nothing else you have to do for me." Film started coughing.
"Your not healthy. You're still sick." Derpy said.
"It'll go. But I can't be found here with you." Film said.
"And why not?" Derpy asked.
Film put on his backpack and started heading for the door. Derpy stopped him by standing in front of him.
"Derpy please move." Film said.
"You didn't answer my question." Derpy said.
"Okay fine. I ran away from home. I didn't want you to know. But you kept on putting out your hoof and it was so hard for me to deny it. If I was found here with you. The town would think of you as a coltnapper." Film said.
"Film let's take you home. You need to fix things with your parents. You can't just keep on drinking away your misery." Deroy said.
Film lowered his head to the ground and Derpy lifted his head with her hoof.
"Film lets take you home." Derpy said.
Film sighed. "Okay."
Derpy opened the front door and they both flew towards Ponyville. Once they arrived Film's house, Derpy knocked on the door and waited for somepony to reply. Somepony answered the door and it was Film's mother. Once she saw Film she quickly pulled him in for a hug. Film started to cry once his mother held him. Film's mother looked up at Derpy and Derpy was smiling.
"Thank you." Film's mom said.
"You guys have some things to work out. But your welcome." Derpy said.
"We do indeed. How can I repay you? Film's mom asked.
"Listen to him and that's all the repayment I'll ever need." Derpy replied.
"Okay" Film's mom slowly closed the door on Derpy.
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Two weeks later. Derpy was in the park watching Package and Dinky playing together in the grass while Rainbow was eating lunch with her. Derpy looked last Dinky and Package and she noticed Film sitting on a park bench. Derpy got up and headed towards Film. She sat herself right next to Film and he smiled at her.
"Hey I wanted to say thank you Derpy." Film said.
"All I did was give you a place to stay and get you better. I'm just a mother who helped out another colt." Derpy said.
"No its not that. Its for helping me get back on track. I mean I still drink now and then but not to get drunk anymore. I got s marefriend a few days ago. My parents are trying to change the ways that they've been treating me. That's why I'm saying thank you." Film said.
Derpy wiped a tear from her eyes and looked at Film. "That's great to hear. Your welcome." Derpy said.
"What are you going to do now?" Film asked.
"I don't know. I seem to have a lot of hardships in my life but what are you going to do about it." Derpy replied.
"I'm trying go make myself better for my marefriend. I wanna make sure that she knows that she means a lot to me." Film said.
"That's very thoughtful of you Film. Your life does seem to be back on track." Derpy said.
"Not fully but its getting there and its all because of you. You made me realize how much I meant to other ponies." Film said.
"Its only because I understood what you were going through. I can't save all of Equestria but I can try my best to save those I can." Derpy smiled.
"That's nice. Did you come up with that right now?" Film asked.
"A couple nights ago" Derpy replied.
"I don't know the next time we will see each other. But if we ever do I'll try my hardest not to forget you Derpy." Film smiled at her.
Derpy got up. "I know I won't."
Derpy sat walked over towards Rainbow Dash and sat herself right next to her. She wrapped a wing around Rainbow and held her tight. She gazed up at the sky and made a bigger smile.
The End.
Written by: Cameron.
Hope you enjoyed.