Of Fairies and Ponies

by K.C. Ellison

Chapter 7

(Author's Note: This chapter was made before Derpy's name was canonized in "The Last Roundup," so I don't want any comments relating to her name.)

Just one day before the winter solstice, the shadowy figure was overlooking a portal to the human world. On the other side of the portal were Tootie and Veronica chatting with each other. “The blond girl seems dumb to me, but the pig-tailed one has potential. She'd be the perfect patsy!”

Back in the forest, Tootie and Veronica were complaining at each other. “I can't believe I'm stuck here with this loser!” cried Veronica. “Why couldn't the teacher pair me up with Trixie?” “Well, I'd rather be paired up with Timmy than you!” replied Tootie. “It's always 'Timmy, Timmy, Timmy' with you, isn't it? You're so obsessed with that buck-toothed loser, I'd bet you've got a minute-by-minute report of everything he does!” shouted Veronica. Tootie grunted in anger. “I don't have to deal with listening to you!” Tootie said before storming off, unaware that she was being magically teleported to someplace unknown. “Well...who needs you, anyway?” Veronica said, only to see that no one was around. “Where'd you go?”

Tootie appeared on a rocky hillside overlooking a town, but she felt that something wasn't right. “Hey, why am I seeing hooves?” she said. What Tootie didn't realize was that she had become a blue earth pony, but she thought this was a prank. “Alright, what's going on? Who's responsible for doing this?” “This is no joke; what you're seeing is real!” said a dark blue alicorn. “Aww, what a beautiful alicorn!” gushed Tootie. “Thank you, young filly.” said the alicorn. “My name's Tootie; what's your name?” “I...am Nightmare Moon, and I would be delighted to give my new friend anything her heart desires.” the alicorn replied. “Anything?” asked Tootie. “Anything!” Nightmare Moon said with an evil smile.

Back in Ponyville, Trixie went inside Sugarcube Corner along with Pinkie Pie to get something to eat. The pink pony insisted that Trixie should try the cupcakes, but she refused on account of her trying to maintain her lovely figure. Instead, the purple pegasus decided on a bran muffin. “You're in luck, Trixie. That happens to be the last muffin available!” said Pinkie Pie. “Really? That's wonderful!” replied Trixie. Just then, a grey pegasus arrived. The pegasus had a blond mane, but the key feature that stuck out of this pegasus was that it had one lazy eye. “Muffin?” the pegasus asked Pinkie. “Sorry, but we're all out of muffins! Come back tomorrow!” replied Pinkie. The pegasus flew away dejectedly. Trixie couldn't help but feel sorry for the lazy-eyed mare. “Here, you can have my muffin,” she said. “Really? Thank you! I'm Ditzy Doo by the way, though most call me 'Derpy Hooves' because of my eyes,” said the mare. “I can see that; you're welcome, Ditzy!” said Trixie.

“Wow, that was really generous of you to give Ditzy your muffin, but what'll you have to snack on?” asked Pinkie. “That's okay; I just remembered that I still had these!” replied Trixie as she showed to the pink pony two white triangle-shaped things with a piece of dark green paper underneath each of them. “Hey Trixie, what are those things?” asked Pinkie. “They're riceballs. It's wet rice rolled into a triangle and stuffed with jelly! They're a treat from where my family once lived.” said Trixie. “Woah, they're like jelly doughnuts only made with rice!” exclaimed Pinkie as each of them took and ate the confections.

Just then, Trixie heard the sounds of ponies screaming and hooves clopping furiously. “A stampede?” thought Trixie. “Everypony run! Nightmare monsters are attacking Ponyville!” screamed a pony. Trixie and Pinkie ran towards Twilight and the others. “What's going on, Twilight?” asked Trixie. “It seems Nightmare Moon is making the first move. We've got to get out of here!” said Twilight. “Well if it's a fight Nightmare Moon wants, she'll get one!” said Timmy before ran towards the monsters. “What! Are you crazy, Timmy? You'll get hurt!” shouted Twilight just as Trixie followed Timmy.

Timmy and Trixie saw what all the ponies were running away from: a small army of blue-eyed, black creatures attacking a fruit stand. Nearby was Applejack, who had managed to get away from the monsters. “Hey, why don't you freaks pick on someone your OWN size!” Timmy shouted out, which got the monsters' attention. “What? Did y'all fall outta the hay barrel? RUN!” screamed Applejack. Timmy ignored Applejack's plea and cleared a line of monsters by dashing into them. “Timmy may be stubborn, but he's got a heart of gold,” Trixie told Applejack and Twilight before she joined in the fight by slicing through two creatures using her wings like they were a pair of swords. However for Trixie, the creatures dogpiled on top of her. She looked at Timmy, but he also had his hands full. She thought this was how it was going to end when a bolt of what looked like lightning scattered the monsters off her, which were then vaporized by a red beam which came of the horn of a violet unicorn with a black mane wearing a violet tophat with a red band on it.

Timmy finished off the last monster when he noticed the violet unicorn. “Michael, what are you doing here?” Sure enough, it was Michael, Timmy's evil half. “I'm a part of you; I go wherever you go,” said Michael. “Thanks for saving Trixie, perhaps you could stay here for a while?” asked Timmy. “No thanks, I wouldn't be caught dead inside this girly place!” said Michael. “Also, just because I saved your girlfriend doesn't change anything between us. The next time we meet, Timmy, I'd suggest you watch your back...” with that said, he winked out of town. Meanwhile, on a hillside, a female griffon looked at the violet unicorn with amazement. “That unicorn has got quite the attitude, unlike those other lame-o ponies,” said the griffon before flying off.

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--Kellen Clay “K.C.” Ellison.