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// Chapter Five: Thunder Cries 
// Story: The Failure 
// by sparklerthesableye 
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	That night, 'Derpy' dreamed about love. As in, feeling it herself. She dreamed about what it would be like to love, and even kiss someone. Princess Luna showed up in her dream. "Hey, what's up?"

"We are very confused. You are not the real Derpy?" 'Derpy' looked sad.

"...No..." Then, her features twisted in confusion. "Wait... you couldn't have figured that out from my dream, I'm dreaming about..." She thought back to kissing the Doctor in her dream. "Never mind."

"We gained suspicion from Octavia's dream. She is convinced that you are a changeling, which we now know you are, but she is going insane trying to prove it."

"Hey, Luna? You aren't going to tell anyone that I'm a changeling, are you? If I was found out... C-Chrysalis would..." 'Derpy' started crying.

"Of course not. We are friends, are we not?" 'Derpy' smiled. "Besides, even if we were not, Chrysalis would punish you if you failed, which we still probably would not want to see happen." Luna started to do her usual dream exit. "Also, just because you are a changeling does not mean that you do not have the option to love. we saw the other dreams!" She disappeared, leaving 'Derpy' to think in her wake. Did she mean that Iam capable of loving someone? Preposterous! Though, with the way I was acting around Doctor Whooves... I guess I could confess this later. It is fairly obvious he likes me. That bow on the muffin basket... 'Derpy' got up happier than ever, and actually skipped through her morning routine instead of walking. She put the bow in her hair very beautifully, and hurried off to her job. She really hoped Doctor Whooves had mail. She cried tears of joy.

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'Derpy' had just left her house when Octavia arrived. Octavia snuck in through a window, and crept to the basement. "The real Derpy is probably down here if anywhere. Now to find her..." Octavia almost screamed when she saw it. "I need to get this to Twilight!" She struggled to lift it, but managed to, and somehow made it to the library without being noticed. She knocked on (headbutted, actually) the door. Twilight's magic opened the door.

"Come in! I'll be there in a minute." Twilight rushed down the stairs. "Oh, hi, Octavia! How- what the hay is on your back?!"

"My proof. Look inside." Inside of the changeling pod was Derpy Hooves.

"Mother of Celestia! You were right! What do we do?"

"We need to tell Doctor Whooves. He's being tricked. We have to get to him, and fast."Twilight nodded.

"Here's hoping we aren't too late..."