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// I. A Blast from the Past 
// Story: Derp on Over the Rainbow 
// by Death_Brony 
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Today was a typical Friday. After work at Cloudsdale Mail and Freight, I decided to come straight home to my amazing daughter Dinky, who's doing really well at taking care of herself when I'm not home. I feel so bad that I'm at work most of the day. I really wish I could spend more quality mother-daughter time with Dinky.

Dinky really is the best daughter a mother could ask for. She's talented, loving, she has a hilarious sense of humor, and she really is a beautiful little filly. And no, I'm not just saying that because she's my daughter.

Anyways, after Dinky showed me what she learned from Twilight Sparkle today, who is teaching her basic magic, we had dinner and she went straight to bed. The poor dear was so tired from her magic lessons.

I decided to lay on the couch and watch some television, which is when I found you, my old journal! I thought I had lost you ages ago. I saw that I hadn't written anything to you in so long, so I decided to start writing again.

That reminds me! I'm getting much better at writing now. It's still a bit hard when I'm seeing two things at once, but I'm really improving! I can write within the margins without messing up now. Oh, Rainbow Dash would be so proud!

Oh, and that reminds me of another thing. I bumped into Rainbow earlier today on my way home - literally. I was flying down from Cloudsdale and saw her talking to her friend Flitter, and I could have sworn I was out of her way. That's when I flew right into her. We smashed into a cloud and I landed on top of her. At first she looked a bit flustered, then she realized it was me and laughed.

"Hey Derpy!" she said. "Just get off work?"

"Yea," I said, getting off of her and helping her up. "I was just heading home. Sorry I bumped into you." I blushed and tried to hide it with my mane, without much success. 

"Oh, it's okay. Flitter and I-" Before she could finish her sentence, Flitter butted in.

"Who's this?"  Flitter asked, attracting my attention. "And what's with her eyes?" 

I know I should be used to hearing that, but every time somepony comments on my eyes, it hurts. A lot. Just because I'm a little different doesn't mean I'm not like other ponies. But I tried to ignore that. I knew that Flitter was only naturally curious. 

I thought it was kind of cute when Rainbow Dash defended me, though. She said, "This is my best friend, Derpy. I don't see anything wrong with her eyes. There must be something wrong with your eyes if you think something's wrong with her."

I think she went a little far, though. That was a tiny bit mean. Flitter looked offended. "I was just asking," she said. "No need to be rude about it. I never said there was anything wrong with her eyes." 

I decided to apologize for Rainbow. "She didn't mean it. She was just defending me is all. My eyes are like this because I had an accident a few years ago and they got all messed up. I like the change, though. It makes me unique." I smiled, trying to calm down Rainbow Dash as well as keep a friendly atmosphere. 

Flitter frowned at me and said, "I see. Anyways, me and Rainbow Dash are a bit busy, so we'll catch you later!" She turned to Rainbow and waved a hoof at her. Rainbow left my side and flew over to Flitter.

"I'll see you later, Derpy. Have a good day. Tell Dinky I said hi!" With that said, she waved goodbye and flew away with Flitter. That's when I turned and flew home with no further accidents. 

Now, I know that Rainbow defending me like that might sound a bit crazy. I mean, Rainbow doesn't usually get that defensive unless she's really offended.

Well, me and Rainbow have an interesting past. I wasn't exactly telling the truth when I told Flitter my eyes were crossed because of an accident. I mean, they were, but it wasn't an accident I had.

Does that make sense? I'm not sure if it does. How about I just tell you? Yea, that sounds like a good idea! 

Okay, first, I'll tell you of the story of how me and Rainbow Dash first met.



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It was about eighteen years ago, when I was just a few years older than Dinky is now. Me and Rainbow Dash used to be neighbors up in Cloudsdale. We lived in a large neighborhood, and not many ponies had children, so we were never outside. 

Anyways, this was all before either of us had gotten our cutie marks. Not sure if that's important or not. Just thought I'd throw it out there.

I lived with my aunt back then. My parents had died the previous year in a horrible flying accident. My aunt wasn't really the nicest of ponies. Or at least that's what I thought when I was a filly. I understand now that she just had a few problems and couldn't deal with them.

One day she came home drunk. I mean, she did all the time, but this time it was worse. She had literally crawled the entire half mile from the bar back home and was crying intensely. To this day I still don't know what had happened to her, and I never will.

But that's besides the point. We had a horrible argument, and things almost got physical. She threatened to throw me out and I yelled at her and ran out. I didn't get very far, though. I had only made it a block before I noticed a group of large stallions following me.

Now, keep in mind that I was only a little filly. I didn't know any better.

I turned around and asked them what they wanted. That's when everything went wrong. One of them jumped on me and pinned me to the ground (well... the cloud) so that I couldn't fly away. It's still painful thinking of what they did next... I'm not going to go into detail. Let's just say that such things should never happen to such a young filly.

That's when Rainbow Dash showed up. I knew for a fact that the entire neighborhood heard my screams. But most ponies were too scared to act out back then. This wasn't the first time this 'gang' had done such a thing. Rainbow had a lot of guts standing up to them.

She flew at top speed and knocked right into the stallion on top of me, knocking him over. She immediately grabbed me and flew away as fast as she could. They quickly followed, of course. I was too weak to fly myself, so Rainbow had to carry me, which really dragged her down. That didn't do much to her speed, though. She was fast, even as a filly. 

I'm not sure exactly how she out-flew four full grown stallions. I passed out almost right after Rainbow rescued me. All I remember next was waking up in a strange house surrounded by three ponies. I couldn't make out any details; my eyesight was a bit hazy. I remember listening to them then passing out again.



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And that's the story of how me and Rainbow met. We started hanging out a lot after that day. Thankfully, she never mentioned that night ever again. Me, her, and Fluttershy were the best of friends as fillies. I don't see them much now, mainly because of work.

I think I'm going to go to bed. Goodnight, journal. Hm... You know what? I'm going to give you a name. How about... Amico? That means 'Friend' in my mother's native tongue, Italian. So yea, goodnight Amico. I'll be sure to write to you tomorrow.

Your dear friend,
Ditzy  'Derpy' Doo



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