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My name is Ditzy Doo, but what you should call me, for protection reasons, is Derpy Hooves... and I am an assassin.
Do you not believe me? Does my clumsy state say otherwise? Well it should, for it is my cover. Ponies who have mistakenly seen me as a fool... let's just say some aren't around anymore... but I'm getting ahead of myself. Let us start from the very beginning...
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A very tired mare, having just given birth, was laying in a hospital bed while her husband was sitting next to her, smiling.
"You did it Dinky," the stallion said.
"We did it, Tisudo," the mare replied.
A doctor walked in with a little foal all wrapped in a blanket, "Congratulations Misses Doo, you gave birth to a filly... but..."
"But what," they both asked worried.
"She... she has strabismus, meaning her eyes are stuck crossed, and... she has a cutie mark."
"Sh-she has strabismus," Tistudo repeated.
"You did also hear the cutie mark part right?"
"Oh... yes of course... umm... can we see her?"
"Of course."
The doctor hand over the small bundle to Dinky. Dinky looked at the little gray foal who opened her eyes. A tear fell down Dinky's face as she see saw the filly's eyes were in fact crossed.
"So... have you two thought of a name," the doctor asked.
Tistudo wiped the tear from Dinky's face, then said, "we have in fact. We will call her Ditzy... Ditzy Doo..."
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...and so my story begins. A filly born with a cutie mark and has strabismus. Those are pretty amazing things... I mean, being born with my cutie mark... it's... amazing, unheard of, but... it was never my true destiny...
My parents were... the greatest parents ever. They adored me and... talking about them now is a little hard... and when they died... apart of me died with them... I was only seventeen... So young and I lose both of my parents... They gave me so much joy and love... they always hid something though...
They never me outside without their supervision. I always thought it was because of my eye problem but... there was a bigger reason... one I never expected... and I never found out till the day of their burial...
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Ditzy was at her parents caskets looking at the photo of the two standing together with a younger Ditzy in front of them. A single tear fell off her face as she closed her eyes.
"You ok Ditzy," Princess Celestia asked. She attended for unknown reasons at the time... but Ditzy never gave it much thought.
"Yes your majesty," Ditzy replied, with her eyes still shut.
"Hush now child, there is no need for properly addressing me," Celestia scolded, "just call me Celestia."
"Alright," Ditzy said.
"By the way," Princess Celestia took a moment to look around, raising Ditzy's suspicions but not enough to open her eyes, then continued in a whisper, "come by my castle after the ceremony. Then you'll find out what your cutie mark means."
"What are you..." Ditzy opened her eyes and turned around, but Celestia was gone, "where did you go..."
"Hey Derpy," exclaimed a tomboyish voice, making her jump.
"Hey Rainbow Dash," Ditzy replied, "and I thought I told you to quit calling me Derpy!"
"Ehh, I like the name," Rainbow Dash shrugged, but then got serious, "you ok?"
"Yeah," Ditzy replied.
"Well alright, but if you ever need a shoulder to cry on, you got mine... just try to not go too mushy. Got a reputation to uphold."
"Pride always came first with you," Ditzy smiled.
"You know it, catch you later," Rainbow smirked, then took her seat among the crowd.
The ceremony continued without a dry eye. Ditzy's aunt and uncle from her mother's side was the first to say a few words, then her grandparents, then her very close uncles, Connor and Edward from her father's side. Connor was a blood relative, he had a brown coat and black mane, spoke with a buffalo indian accent, and had a tomahawk with a strange symbol as the blade. Edward was a distant cousin, more of a good friend then anything. He had a very light tan, almost white, coat and a blond mane. He said he works as a privateer in the navy, which explained why he spoke with a Marebbean accent and a flag as his cutie mark, but never explained why it was a black flag with the same symbol as the blade on Connor's tomahawk mark, but with a skull and crosswords inside. Finnaly, Ditzy stood up to say a few words.
"I would like to thank all of you for coming. I am so touched by how many have turned up for these two ponies, and I am sure they both would have been touched too. My parents were the greatest parents a filly could ask for. They were honest, loyal, generous, kind, and always brought a smile to our face. They also brought the magic in our lives... and now... now they are gone." Ditzy couldn't take it anymore and fell to the ground crying in her hooves. Immediately, Connor, Edward, and Rainbow shot up to go and help her down from the podium and into her seat.
"Hey," Connor kindly said while hugging her, "it's alright Ditzy. It's alright. Let it all out."
Ditzy continued crying while the caskets were buried. Then one by one, family and friends left. Ditzy stayed there at the edge of the graves, while Connor, Edward, and Rainbow sat next to her.
"You three really don't have too stay," Ditzy told them.
"It's alright Derpy," Rainbow replied.
"Ay, we won't leave until you decide to say goodbye," Edward added while Connor nodded in agreement.
"Thank you all," Ditzy said, as tears started running down her face, "just... thank you."
The four ponies continued to sit as they remembered there time with the two ponies now underneath their hooves. After about an hour, Ditzy broke the silence with a sigh and said a final fairwell to them.
"Goodbye mom and dad. I will never forget you."
The three escorted Ditzy out after their final words to Dinky and Tisudo.
"So now what Ditzy," Connor asked.
"Well, Princess Celestia wanted me to head to her castle for some reason that has to do with my cutie mark," Ditzy replied, looking at it.
"Already," Edward asked concerned.
"I agree way to early," Connor nodded in agreement.
"Why are we letting her in," Rainbow asked.
"Shut up," Connor and Edward growled at Rainbow.
"What are you three going on about," Ditzy asked.
"Nothing," they all exclaimed, "just give us a moment"
"Alright," Ditzy replied as the three huddled together in whispering to each other.
They continued whispering at each other in different tones, yelling and then trying to hush up so Ditzy couldn't hear them, and every now and then would look up at her. Finally, they all nodded as if in agreement and approached Ditzy.
"Hey Derpy," Rainbow asked, "do you mind if I tag along?"
Ditzy was taken by surprise, but replied, "Sure, but may I ask why?"
"I don't know, I'm bored I guess. Plus, I need the exercise. I've been slacking off a little and my awesomeness is paying for it."
"I thought you need it first before you can lose it," Edward grinned as Connor tried his best not to laugh.
"Real funny, Edward," Rainbow sarcastically said, then growled, "let's see how funny my punch in your side is?"
"Hey, hey, calm down, Ms. no fun," Edward said, "You two probably should go ahead and fly off. We have to head home anyways."
"Alright, by guys," Ditzy said, hugging both Connor and Edward.
"Bye Ditzy," they bothe replied.
Ditzy and Rainbow flew off towards Canterlot, however, when they left, Ditzy looked back to wave bye, but when she did, Connor and Edward were already gone.
'They must have been in a rush,' Ditzy thought as she looked back foward to catch up to Rainbow.
(To Be Continued...)