“Sir! I’m going to have to ask you to leave!”
“Like hay I will!”
Arguing, someponies were arguing with eachother. One voice just sounded concerned, the other sounded furious. Must be the one being asked to leave, Derpy thought…
“Are you the father?!”
The voice said, there was a silence before the angry voice answered. Though it sounded more upset then angry now…
“…Yes I am…”
Once again silence over took the pony in the bed as she felt darkness take her…
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“Derpy! I’m so glad you made it!”
An excited voice said, a pegasus with red eyes was running across the field away from several ponies who were all standing in a line. He had a whistle around his neck and wore a Wonderbolts flight jacket, a Captain’s rank on the collar of his jacket. A baseball cap with the Wonderbolts emblem on the front of the cap, he had a large smile on his face as he came closer but when he saw the look on the grey pegasus’s face he stopped several feet away.
“Derpy?...” He said to the grey Pegasus with pale, light grayish apple green eyes full of tears. His heart dropped at the sight of Derpy crying, he took a few steps closer but she took the same steps back away from him… as if she was frighten of him…
“Derpy, what’s wrong?” His voice sounded full of concern for the female Pegasus, he came closer this time she didn’t retreat from him.
“Der-“ His voice was cut short as Derpy lashed out with a hoof slapping Red’s face, his head jerked off to the side from the impact. His eyes wide with panic, confusion, worry, so many emotions were in his eyes… Emotions Derpy had never seen Red have before, he slowly turned his head to her.
“W-Where were y-you?...” She asked him, he opened his mouth but she smacked him hard across the face once more silencing him before he could even talk.
“WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST?!” She screamed out, her normally crossed eyes were focused solely on Red. His grey cheek was now red from the smack, he looked so confused. What did he do wrong? It was written all over his face.
“Derpy, what are you talking about?!” He yelled back, she smacked him once more to silence him. Though Derpy wasn’t the strongest pony, Red knew he’d be feeling the stinging pain later on when the panic inside him wore off.
“You left me at the dance alone!” One of Red’s eyes peeked at her, a tear was glistening in it.
“I-I…” He was trying to find his voice, but she turned away from him.
“You n-never cared about me… you used me… til you were bored of me... you left me behind…” Derpy said, Red’s eyes snapped to her. But before he could say anything she took off flying…
“Derpy…?”
“Derpy!”
“DERPY!”
He screamed after her, but with her eyes full of tears she never looked back at the broken heart Pegasus name Red Bullseye…The blood eyed Pegasus looked down at the ground, as a tear slipped free from his eyes. He looked up once more to see the love of his life… fly away…
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“Waaaaah!”
Somepony was crying now… like a baby… it sounds so little…so… so…
“So fragile, is it mine? And… that monsters?”
“Or… is it his?”
These thoughts flowed from her mind as the intense pain, which was in her lower area was now on her stomach. Like somepony had cut her open, but the pain soon subsided as the pony on the bed passed out once more…
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“What do you mean you can’t go to the dance with me?!”
A panicked grey pony said as she lifted her head from the top of the other grey ponies head, the smaller pony was laying on top of the larger pony in the middle of the practice field for Junior Speedsters. The larger pony had a book opened up in front of him, which the smaller one was reading while she laid on top of him. It was a book about the history of the Wonderbolts, the larger pony turned his attention from his book to look at the smaller pony. His red eyes appeared gentle as he spoke his next words…
“Light Ning wants me to take the A.W.T.C, trust me I don’t like it anymore then you Derpy.” The pony said looking away from Derpy, it was true he didn’t like it at all. He really did wish to go with her to the dance but he knew if he had any intention of asking Derpy to be his special somepony. He needed work, a good job to make sure Derpy would live a good life… A life Red wanted so bad to give her, and if being Captain of the Wonderbolts meant he could give it to her. He’d do it without a second thought, he returned to reading his book as Derpy grew quiet for a minute or two before asking.
“A.W.T.C?” She finally asked, trying to cover up the sadness and worry for Red leaving her.
“Advanced Wonderbolts Training Course, he believes I can pass it in only a month. And if so, then I’ll replace Light Ning as Captain of the Wonderbolts” Red said answering Derpy’s question, she looked down trying to hide her pain. Though she knew Red could see right through to her heart, it had only been three months since they met. Yet Red knew her better, and understood her better than anypony else. He closed his history book and turned his head to her smiling.
“Everything will work out I promise Derpy, do you trust me?” He said, his voice full of concern and care for her. She couldn’t help but smile at him, she then rubbed her head gently against his affectionately.
“I’ve always trusted you Red, I know you won’t hurt me” She said softly, making Red’s face turn red a bit. He knew he couldn’t let her down now, he had to do this to make a future for them both… and maybe for a little one down the road…
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“Hush now, quiet now…”
That voice…
“It's time to lay your sleepy head…”
It sounded so kind, so…
“Hush now, quiet now…”
Loving, like somepony comforting a child…
“It's time to go to bed…”
As those words left someponies mouth, the filly on the bed opened her eyes weakly. The sun must have set since the lights were off, curtains covering the windows open to let in the beautiful moon light. The filly turned her crossed pale, light grayish apple green eyes to a shadowy figure that stood in the moon light. Her vision blurred from hours of having her eyes closed, she could faintly make out the figure was carrying something. It almost looked like they were… rocking it slowly, was whatever the figure carrying alive? The filly tried to get up only to grunt in pain, as her hoof touched her stomach faintly feeling stitches. The figure raised it’s head from whatever it had its arm, it seemed to stand there for a moment frozen like a deer in headlights before finally it said…
“Mommy’s awake little one…” The voice said, it caused the filly to jump a bit as the figure slowly turned around. Or it felt like it was slow, though the whole world felt slow to the filly as her eyes widen in alarm as the moon lit up a Pegasus with red eyes… eyes like the setting sun. His mane dark brown, a grey coat just like her, the Pegasus took a step closer to the filly in the bed.
“R-R…” The filly weakly said, she couldn’t find her voice both her eyes solely focused on the older pony in front of her. He walked closer til he was beside her bedside, he then offered the object he was rocking to her.
“I believe this dinky little filly belongs to you…” The Pegasus said in a gentle and kind tone, the filly looked down to see the object was a baby wrapped in a blanket. She blinked slowly reaching for the baby with both hooves, cradling it carefully as Red let the baby slip from his arm into her’s. Derpy looked down at the small creature, it had a grey horn… his horn… but it had her eyes only they were normal not goofy and stupid looking like her’s. She exhaled a bit in relief, she feared others would make fun of her baby if they had the exact same eyes.
“Her eyes are just as beautiful as yours” Red said, Derpy eyes both of them focused on Red’s face which she could see clearly now. He was smiling… that same soft smile he’d always give her it hadn’t changed. He looked older… tired… like he hadn’t slept in weeks, but he looked… happy?..
“R-Red…” Was all she could she could choke out, she reached one hoof up letting her baby settle on her chest. Though weak she tired her best to reach out to Red’s face, she had to make sure she wasn’t losing it… seeing her wildest dream coming true. Though as her hoof was a few inches from his face she felt her strength draining, as her hoof went lower and lower… til it pressed against Red’s chest…
“You… are real…” She said weakly, he was… there was no doubt she could feel his heart beat under her hoof. This wasn’t a dream, he was really here, in front of her, letting her touch him. Even after everything she did to him, blaming him for her mistake when she knew it wasn’t his fault. He had a chance to make a life for himself what right did she have to steal it away…
“Well ofcourse I’m real, who were you expecting the Easter Pony?” Red said a small laugh escaped his lips, a dry sounding laugh. But it sounded like he was happy none the less, he carefully reached up and gently took Derpy’s hoof in his.
“Of course I’d be real Derpy Hooves, I’m really here…” His voice lowered as he repeated himself; as if he couldn’t believe he was here either, his eyes resting on her hoof as he held it. For a moment silence took over in the room, as neither of them had any idea what to say. Well they did know, Derpy wanted to know why he’d come back to her. Why he wanted to even see her in a 100 mile radius, but she kept quiet out of fear he’d slip away and disappear again.
“Though I don’t know why I’m here… why I’d appear here after a year. A whole year of not searching for you, not talking to you, not saying sorry to you… I should just go…” He mumbled as he tried to pull away, releasing her hoof only for her to squeeze it tightly well as tight as she could in her condition.
“You have nothing to be sorry for…I.. I hurt you R-Red.. I shouldn’t of blamed you for my moment of weakness… for myself losing faith in you…” She said, her words shaky as her emotions finally let loose; the tears she had been holding in since he appeared again broke free all at once. Happiness he was here beside her once again, sad because she hurt him so bad he blamed himself for what happen, fear for losing him again, guilt, hurt, so many emotions she didn’t even know existed. But what she did know is she couldn’t lose him again, weather he be there as a friend or her special somepony she couldn’t lose him.
“Derpy…” He said weakly, weak? She never thought he was capable of being weak he always stood so strong in the face of danger, he never feared flying fast, taking on a hurricane, even when Rainbow Dash sent those clouds flying he didn’t pause for a moment to protect others. But he was stuck there in her grasp, she could almost feel his own strength draining from his body. This scared her, no terrified her this stallion was the strongest one she ever met. Stronger than her parents, stronger than Firefly, and stronger than Billy, but right now in front of her. He looked broken, like someone just stole everything from him. Why did he look like this?
“Derpy, when you came to training that day…and left me.. I gave up, I gave up on happiness, gave up on the Wonderbolts…” He said, her ears pinned back against her skull she sniffed softly as her sobs finally subsided.
“Why? Red, w-why give up on your dream?” She finally choked out, he laughed once weakly as a few tears fell onto her hoof.
“Dream? Y-You… you were my dream Derpy, not the Wonderbolts. I agreed to become one for you…” Red weakly said, Derpy’s eyes widen in surprise. She was his dream? How? She was a clumsy pony everypony bullied for her eyes, how she could be his dream when he was so talented, strong, amazing, kind, hand…
“I… I wanted you to be my special somepony…” He said cutting off her thoughts, if her eyes got any wider they would right now. Almost popping out of her skull, it didn’t help that a blush as red as his eyes crossed her cheeks.
“W-WHY?! I’M JUS-“ Her words were cut off as Red suddenly looked up at her, his tears streaming down his face. But the look on his face, anger… something he never showed to Derpy others sure but never her. It scared her…
“You’re beautiful! Kind! Cute! Y-Your… innocent…” As those last words came out he suddenly closed the gap between them as his lips pressed against her. A squeak escaped her throat but faded away into his lips as her eyes fully focused on his closed eyes. He was shaking against her lips… was he scared that she wouldn’t return his love… of course she would… this was what she wanted since her eyes first laid on him. Since he first touched her, she desired more from him nothing bad. But… she couldn’t explain it, she wasn’t very practiced in love. Though judging from his shaking… neither was he… so without a moments paused her eyes fluttered closed as she used every bit of strength in herself to press her lips back. Tears once again flowed from her closed eyes, but not pain or sadness… happiness was all she felt.
It took a full minute though it seemed like forever til he broke away from her lips breathing a bit on the heavy side. Though her lips were still out waiting for his as if she was frozen in time, he couldn’t help but smile… a real smile for once in a long time he was feeling happiness she looked so cute… though after another minute of not moving his smile faded.
“Derpy?... Derpy?...” He gently poked her lips with his hoof as soon as he touched her, she slowly fell backwords. Red’s eyes widen in panic but as her head hit the pillow, she smiled more as she passed out from exhaustion.
“I think I broke her…” He said softly but as he did he broke out laughing, tears falling from his eyes as his sides slowly began to hurt after a moment or two he fell forward. His head gently landed on Derpy’s lap as his own exhaustion took him…
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A small filly laughed lightly in her sleep as her two parents slept together for the first time… without a nightmare only their hooves joined together as if nothing could break them apart again.