//------------------------------// // Chapter 15 1/2 // Story: "My little Dashie" Sequel // by Roker999 //------------------------------// I felt my heart vigorously thumping in my throat. I was out of breath. My sides were aching. My knees were shaking. I'm sure I pulled more than a dozen muscles! The agonizing pain my hooves caused my eyes to twitch. I desperately called for help, yet not a single sound escaped my mouth. I felt like I was going to drop dead. Why did I do it? Why did I choose to run away from the marketplace? Back then, it seemed like a good idea. Now I'm collapsing from exhaustion. I struggled to keep a firm grasp on my waking consciousness. No use. The colorful houses, the road, the carriages, the pegasi - everything merged together into a messy, colorful soup. Soon, the blurry image of reality faded away completely. It wasn't hard for me to understand that my new body was in a very, very poor condition. My knees gave out, and I felt my entire, 900lb body impact with the hard, jagged road. I had just successfully caused myself to pass out. How wonderful... Even in my drowsy state, I still could make out the faint echos of various voices, circling around in my head. "Girls, girls! come here, quick!" Said one of them, presumably the leader. They all crowded around me, and started thoroughly examining me. In fact, I think one of them was sniffing my hair... I heard them whispering amongst themselves. I couldn't understand what they were saying (most of the time), but I thought I heard one of them mention Dashie, my daughter. "Then It's decided! We take...uh...him...to Twilight. Maybe she knows who he is. I think she might be able to help him too. He doesn't look too...healthy." Said the leader of the "gang". The thing that disturbed me was how in the name of Celestia they found out that I wasn't a female...Talk about personal space... I felt a dozen-or-so hooves heave me up off the ground. They carried me to the curb, and placed me on something hard, probably on one of those carts (which was parked on the side of the road). The pegasus, who was holding my head, didn't seem to want to let go. CLUNK! my head hit the hard, wooden planks of the carriage. I felt a sharp, stabbing pain shoot through my entire body. "Ow!" I screeched. "Ugh! I knew I shouldn't have taken her with us! She's nothing but trouble!" Said the leader, while wiping the sweat off her forehead with right hoof (I was peaking out of my right eye, so I managed to see what was going on). "I-I'm sawry! It won't happen again, boss!" Said a rather dull, dopey voice. The leader turned around, and fiercely growled in the face of the nit-witted pony (I couldn't see her face clearly, because I was still a bit drowsy) "I already told you....DON'T...CALL...ME...BOSS!!!" She barked at full volume. (she almost gave me a concussion!) The poor, frightened mare backed away from the leader, and shut her mouth in remorse. I also noticed that the pony's eyes weren't fully symmetrical. Is that who I think it is? Yes it is! It's Derpy! I was excited, because I never thought I would ever have a chance to meet Derpy hooves in person. What luck! I felt a warm feeling of Brony excitement fill my entire body. How can somepony be so mean to Derpy? I mean, who doesn't love Derpy? I remember, back in my world, Bronies would always support her "appearances" on the show. Maybe they STILL haven't figured out the full extent of her clumsiness... Meeting somepony in person is different than seeing them on a TV show! The leader-pegasus hopped down from the cart, grunted, and said: "Okay girls. Let's get a move on! After all, Twilight's house is only a block away!" I can't believe it. I was only a block away from Twilight Sparkle's house. So near yet so far! *Author's note*: I wrote this as an addition to the previous chapter (Since some of you guys wanted "Dad" to go to Twilight's. I decided to set things straight. Hope you enjoyed it!