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// Derpy's day, and the note 
// Story: Derpy`s full potential 
// by pvtread 
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                                                                          DERPY'S FULL POTENTAIL
A story by pvtread   



It was a typical day in Ponyville and every pony had things to do.  The Cakes were busy baking, Rarity was busy in her Carousel Boutique, and Twilight and Dash were in the library reading.  Dash had finished the second book in the Daring-Doo series and was on book 3.  Every pony was busy including Derpy Hooves.  She had spent her morning taking Dinky to school; and then was off to Sugar Cube Corner, where Pinkie Pie was already waiting for her with a fresh out the oven muffin.  After all Derpy loved her muffins, and she was actually able to tell subtle differences in the way they were made each day.


“Good morning Derpy got any letters for me?” asked Pinkie.  “Not today; sorry Pinkie, maybe tomorrow, thanks for the muffin it hit the spot.”  As her day went on, Derpy did what she always did every day; delivered mail.  She had a special route she always took, avoiding some ponies who really didn’t like her very much; which to her was ok.  To her every pony was different; if they didn’t like her that was fine and dandy, she wouldn’t let it get to her.  However today was different; her usual way was blocked by construction ponies doing a bit of work on the ally she had always taken.  She could have just flown around this; but she had a special package for Rarity and promised her no flying due to her being cross-eyed, and it often times affecting her flight.  As it did the day she had tried to help Dash get town hall ready for Applejack's rodeo send off.  She just didn’t know what had gone wrong that day; but she was still happy to help any pony out even if it did cost a lot of money.


“Nope” she heard a construction pony say.  “Sorry miss; you can’t go this way today.”   She turned around and started for the main road in Ponyville.  It wasn’t far to Rarity’s boutique anyway, so she trotted along; when out of nowhere she heard a voice say; “Hey cross eyes, can you see where you’re going?”  She knew who the voices were; they were the very same 3 stallions who continually gave Rainbow Dash a hard time, and called her Rainbow Crash; even though Dash hadn’t actually crashed in quite some time since having to go to the Ponyville Hospital where she picked up her new found love for reading.  This kept her grounded a lot lately; and she was fine with it.  It gave Dash and Derpy some time to be able to hang out every now and then.  Dash would tell her how to deal with those ponies who mocked her and made fun of her; and Derpy would take it all in.  Well today was the day all of that would be put into practice.  She simply said to them “I have a busy day ahead of me, and have no time for you.”


They blocked her way and continued to mock her until seemingly out of nowhere, Rainbow Dash landed at her side telling them to just leave Derpy alone.  She told them several times before she had to; in typical Dash fashion, show them up by flying circles around them and making them dizzy.  In the process they fell on the ground, and dash got one in on them.  "So boys; how’s it feel to crash like that?" with that they were gone; pride hurt but nothing else.


Since Dash had nothing to do the rest of the day, she decided to hang with Derpy to see if she was ok.  Derpy always said yes; and had a lot of courage, but dash knew better and she just left it at that.  They laughed and joked all the way to Rarity’s boutique.  When they got there; Rarity informed Dash that she had a very special client coming into town who just so happened to be a Pegasus.  Dash knowing where this was going reluctantly agreed to help her friend.  Under her breath saying "darn you Element of Loyalty."


Derpy delivered the package to Rarity; and was once again on her way to continue to deliver mail, the ponies that had made fun of her earlier nowhere to be seen.  It was about lunchtime when Derpy made it back into town.  As usual she stopped by Sugar Cube Corner to have... you guessed it; a muffin.  It wasn’t like Derpy only ate muffins; it was… well; just that she loved them, she would eat other things here and there, but muffins were a constant.


“Hey I’ve got 4 minutes left right now; I will be right back” Derpy said.  “I’ve got to quickly get to the post office.”  She crammed the muffin in her mouth with her hoof, then was off like a flash.  This was an all too common thing for her to do.  She often would take so long chatting with Pinkie, due to her willingness to talk just about any pony’s ear off; but she was Pinkie, and every pony knew that including Derpy.  Derpy just made it back in time to clock back in to work, when the Post Stallion General of the Ponyville Post Office called her into his office.  “You…you called for me sir?"  “Ahh Derpy my girl how are you today? Don’t answer that” he said; cutting her off before she could say a word.  He wasn’t very long on conversations unless he had to be.  He simply handed her a note; and told her to take the rest of the day off.  She looked at the note and was going to say something, when the stallion told her; “DONT OPEN THAT HERE!” in a gruff voice.  He told her she would still get paid for the rest of the day; and with that promptly ended the meeting.  Confused; Derpy read the letter; it read as follows.  (Why don’t you take some time to figure some things out for yourself.  Wait for me in the middle of the big field outside of Ponyville; your pal Rainbow Dash.)  Slightly taken aback by this; Derpy was both happy for the rest of the day off, but also confused at the note.  "Oh well if Dash wants me there I will be there."  She said to herself trotting along.


Derpy had left Ponyville on an almost daily basis due to being a mail mare; it came with the job.  She had been to several other places in her life as well.  Manehattan, Fillydelphia, Appleloosa, along with Canterlot to name a few.  She was used to leaving town... but the note was bothering her.  "Take some time to figure some things out for myself."  She thought to herself as she sat in the middle of the field for what seemed like hours; until she started to cry.  She often cried; though not in public, in fear of being looked at for it.  “Heck not even Rainbow Dash cries; well not that she will admit to anyways”  Derpy said to herself, as she sat there for what seemed like a few hours.  Who knows; it may have only been a few minutes, but when Derpy was alone, time just seemed to drag on and on.  


She was about to just give up and go home when a familiar voice rang out of nowhere.  “HEY DERPY!!”  It was Dash; flying at just about 6 feet off the ground.  Derpy turned to look at the one who had... in her mind, lied to her and had made her sit all alone out here for what seemed like forever.  She was going to say something, when out of the corner of her eye she saw almost all of Ponyville coming down the road.