//------------------------------// // Chapter 10 // Story: Five Score Divided by Four - A Mother and Daughter's Paths // by Autum Breeze //------------------------------// Chapter 10 ___________________________________________________________ “You... y-you’re joking, right?” Party stutters, glancing from me to Honey Rays. We’re standing outside the back of the barn, as this isn’t a discussion I want just anypony or anybody overhearing. It’s been two days since I decided to confront Party about the possible new lives he’d helped create, but he was hard to track down til a few hours ago. Turns out his balloon molding talents were coming in real handy around the farm. I frown at him, shaking my head. “I realize we can’t blame you if it turns out I’m right, but Honey and I were both in heat when we all...” I blush, looking away and cough, “um, did it. And, with how we’ve been feeling recently... it’s a pretty good guess that two new ponies will be entering the world pretty soon.” Party’s face seems to lose its colour, though I suppose I can’t blame him. If you learned you may have knocked up to girls you met less than a month ago, how would you react? “You would think there’d be some home horse pregnancy tests on a farm like this,” Honey says, frowning, before a blush comes over her face. “Unless... you know... everypony’s already... used them?” That causes colour to return to Party’s face as we both join Honey in blushing. “Um... s-so... how do we figure out if you to are...?” he shuddered, his eyes widening. “Oh, good lord, please don’t let me be a dad to two already! I don’t think I can take turning into a pony and becoming a dad in the same month!” Honey sighs, scratching behind her head. “Well... if we could get our hands... erm, hooves on some horse pregnancy tests, we might be able to figure it out. Um, would a horse test even work on us, since we’re ponies and so different from earth ones?” she glances at me and I shrug with just an uncertain expression. I never studied this kind of stuff. I’m a pilot, not a vet. After a few moments, though, I sigh and look to Party. “Well, we’ll just have to ask one of the humans around here to by some horse pregnancy tests when they go for the next shopping run.” “Why not just ask your girlfriend?” Honey asks, cocking her head. My face goes bright red, my eyes widening and I shake my head furiously. “Not on your life! I’m not going to ask my girlfriend to go get a pregnancy test for me because I might be pregnant with the foal of a stallion we’ve barely known for a month! You realize how bad that would look?!” She wilts a little as she thinks about it. I take a deep breath, before looking to Party. “No, we’ll ask one of the other humans. Maybe Sweetie Belle’s human sister would be willing to do it. Party, you’ll have to ask her.” “What?” he cries, his eyes wide. “Why me?” I deadpan. “Honey and I are the ones who could be pregnant. If we ask, that will look way worse the the stallion who might’ve knocked us up askin’. For one, if you ask, the human won’t even know who you did it with. Whereas if one of us asks, it’s clear we did it with a stallion the human might not know is you.” “B-but...” he stutters, shaking. “I-I-I-I—” “She has a point, Party,” Honey says, looking to him. “If the stallion who sired the foals doesn’t ask, it could make him look like he’s trying to weasel his way out of it.” That makes him wilt further. Man, I feel really bad for the guy for putting him on the spot like this, since we were all to blame for the situation we could be facing now, but Honey does have a point. Much as it kicks my now pretty much already dead male pride in the gonads, he is the stallion among our trio of ponies; he needs to take responsibility for possibly making Honey and I living homes for two new lives. We all wait for a long while, before he finally sighs and nods, heading off to go and find a human to see about getting the tests if there aren’t any around here. ___________________________________________________________ I’m sitting on the bed in the RV, my eyes closed. Turns out there are no pregnancy tests for any kind of equine left around here. Other farmers bought out a ton of them and what had been brought to this farm prior the whole humans-turning-into-ponies was used up by anxious mares who had worried for nothing, since they’d all managed to somehow do it without getting preggers themselves. Though the reasoning behind some of them was both logical, whilst, at the same time, complete bullshit. A lot of them had been from mares who’d had unicorns, before mare and stallion, use their horns. Yeah, I’ve no intention of ever letting a unicorn bring their horn near that area of my body. Annoyingly, a lot of ponies and humans who knew said ponies claimed it was reasonable to consider mares had gotten pregnant that way because of magical influxes working like when males release into a female. Heck, they ever said they were more likely to get pregnant that way. I sigh, shaking my head. Maybe I’m just a bit stressed. The days have just been getting more hectic as they go along. More and more ponies keep coming, meaning more space is being needed to be found every day to accommodate the growth of the pony population. Along with helping make more room, I’ve also taken up the task of delivering messages to ponies around the farm. It makes things easier and it does make me feel better that I’m doing my general job, from both before and after I was originally a pony. On top of that, I've actually found there's a pony here I want nothing to do with. Night Light, Twilight Sparkle's dad. Turns out the guy's a complete ass. He went up to Twilight Velvet and just acted like she'd come to him, no questions or protests. If Rainbow Blaze hadn't stepped in and made him back off, I'm pretty sure I'd have done so myself, but by having my hoof connect with that unicorn's head! I suppose that could be another reason I've been feeling out of it recently. Knowing that stallion is still on the farm and how he clearly doesn't care for Velvet's feelings grids my gears more than I can honestly say. Though it could just be backlash emotions due to Kelly’s dougebag of a brother and how he treated us. I have noticed something odd though. Jenny and Kelly seem to be talking to each other a lot. Something is clearly bugging Kelly, but she’s not telling me. I suppose since Jenny is her family, even if only because of previously mentioned asshat, it makes sense that she’d confide whatever’s troubling her with Jenny... but it hurts me that she’s not telling me what’s going on. Suddenly the door to the camper opens and I look up to see Party and Honey wearing frantic expressions. “What is it?” I ask, standing up right away, my body tense. Have the CND found us? Are they surrounding the farm to take us all in? “Haven’t you heard?!” Party gasps, looking anxious and giddy at the same time. “Everypony’s getting ready to head for Dubuque!” My tension leaves me and I cock an eyebrow. “Um... why?” Honey is practically vibrating. “They found it!” I just keep staring. “Um, who found what?” “The portal from Equestria Girls!” they both cry. “The portal back to Equestria!” I stare at them for several moments, before my eyes narrow. “Who said this, exactly?” Honey keeps grinning. "Shining Armour and Big Mac. They're gathering everypony and human up to head for the portal." I just stand there, blinking as I process what’s been told to me. The portal really exists. There’s a way back to Equestria. We can all go back. But... what about Kelly? My body sags as I think about that. Going by the logic of the portal, if Kelly went through, she’d become a pony like me. But... would she want to? Plus, is it even safe to travel through the dimensions, when there’s a chance Honey and I are both carrying? For all I know, inter-dimensional travel could screw things up, big time. My eyes widen as another thought crosses my mind. Dinky! I still don’t know where Dinky is! I can’t just go back to Equestria when my daughter is still out there in the world somewhere, looking for her mommy! I close my eyes. “I’m not going.” “To think, it was so close, all this time and... wait. What?” Honey looks to me with worry. I open my eyes and look firmly at them. “I’m not going back to Equestria.” They both stare at me as if they think I’m joking. I narrow my eyes. “I’m not leaving without Dinky!” They stand there, processing that, before they wear sympathetic smiles. Honey comes over, hops onto the bed and puts a wing around me. “I understand. Well, if you’re staying, then I’m staying too.” I look to Honey with a sad smile. “No, Honey. You don’t have to stay if you don’t want to, I...” She shakes her head. “Derpy, if you’re staying on Earth, I am too.” I blink, before leaning into Honey, enjoying the comforting warmth of her body against mine. “Thanks, Honey.” A sigh makes us look to Party, who’s shaking his head, but grinning. “Guess I’m staying too then.” Before we can protest, he smirks. “Yeah, because, if it turns out I did get you two pregnant, it’ll look real good if I just bugger off to another dimension.” We both blink, before I snicker. Guess we walked right into that one. Still, even if we’re staying... it wouldn’t hurt to check out the portal, would it? “I’ll see if I can find Kelly. You two round up Jenny and the kids. I’m sure they’ll wanna see this.” ___________________________________________________________ “Kelly!” I call out as I fly over the hoards of ponies moving off in the direction of Dubuque. “Kelly, where are you? Kelly?” When it’s clear I’m not going to find her outside, I head for AJ and Mac’s house. As I enter, I can hear the sound of sobbing from deeper inside the house. Glancihng around, I see a few humans are just standing around, looking like they’re unsure about something. I notice a lot of them are packing small bags, some already done and pass me as they head out. I can’t help cocking an eyebrow at that, before shaking my head. Of course, they don’t want their family or friends that turned into ponies going off to Equestria alone. I mean, yeah, the place was great in the show and from what I can remember... but that was twenty-five years ago. During that time, Discord’s no doubt been having his fun with the place. Sure hope these humans realize what they’re in for. Putting those thoughts aside, I move towards the sound of the crying, recognising it now and feeling my heart sink. It’s Kelly. Following the sound of sobbing, I find myself coming to a room I think Dash was using. Cautiously, I push open the door with my snout and peak in. Kelly is sitting on the bed, Jenny holding her as the former sobs into her shoulder. The kids are also crying, holding onto their mother as their tears stream down their faces. I take a deep breath, steadying myself, before pushing the door open further and clearing my throat. At once they all snap their heads in my direction. Kelly leaps up from the bed and barrels over, pulling me into a tight embrace and sobbing into my shoulder. “Y-y-you’ve come to say goodb-b-bye?” she wails, the pain in her voice hurting my heart. I clench my eyes shut, before wrapping my forelegs as best I can around her, holding her us close to me as I can. “How?” She sniffles, before pulling back a bit and looking into my eyes. “Wh-what?” I glare at her, tears forming in my own eyes. “How can you think I’d just leave you?!” She looks back, slight uncertainty entering her eyes. “But... you can go home now. Everypony else and even a good amount of the humans are heading for the portal.” I shake my head, my tears starting to slide down my cheeks. “I... I could never leave you, Kelly! I love you!” “But...” she looks at me with pained confusion. “But... Equestria’s your home and you can go back after being taken away from it for twenty-five years. Don’t you want to go home?” I shake my head. “Kelly, wherever I am with you is home! I don’t care if I’m a pony and you’re a human. We’re been together for so long, been through so much together, you think I’d just abandon all that?” I lean forward, resting my head on top of hers. “I’ll be happy as long as I’m with you. I don’t care if that’s in Equestria, or here on Earth.” For several moments she remains silent, before she leans in more herself, brushing her head against my fur. “Thank you.” “Not to mention, there’s a daughter waiting for her here.” We all turn to see Honey and Party, both of whom are smiling. For some reason, Kelly blushes at that. “Um... wh-wha-what are you talking about?” Party smirks. “Well, her loving you is definitely one reason she’d wanna stay. But, the other is that Dinky’s probably still out there somewhere. Can’t go back to Equestria and leave a little foal wanting her momma, now, right?” Kelly’s eyes widen and she blushes deeper. “Oh, wow. I... I forgot about that.” She looks to me. “You... you were already a mother. I... Oh, jeez. I can’t believe I never even considered that.” She pulls me into a tighter hug. “I’m so sorry I didn’t consider that, Derpy!” I can’t help feeling confused. I understand Kelly cares about me, but something feels off about this. I just can’t tell what though. “So, are we going to go say goodbye to the rest of our pony kind?” we all look to Party, who’s expression has gone a bit sombre. “Let’s face facts. Even if any of them want to come back, there’s a good chance some of them won’t make it back. They are all going up against Discord, after all.” We all stay silent as we think about that. After several minutes, Kelly stands up and wipes the last of her tears from her eyes. I don’t get to see more than that though, for I’m bowled over by the kids, who wrap their arms around me tightly as they cry. Apparently that’s been really scared of the idea of me going away and them losing their Aunt Derpy. It takes another few minutes, but they eventually calm down and we all head out, joining the horde of ponies and humans heading for the portal. I’ll bet Dash can’t wait to sock it to Discord for what he’s done. ___________________________________________________________ “That... wasn’t quite what I’d expected,” Jenny says as we ride in the plane with a few army guys. It’s been three days since the portal opened, two since Discord was defeated. Even though we hadn’t gone through the portal, we’d waited to find out what happened. Turns out the CMC, Sweetie’s human sister and Daring Do were able to use the Elements of Harmony to take Discord’s power away, leaving him mortal, which had led to his defeat. When the first human returned through the portal (by which I mean it was a pony who wanted to return to Earth and the portal made them human again), he’d told everypony and everybody what had happened, all the while a couple others returned. It seemed choosing not to go in was a very good idea. If I had gone through, I would’ve ended up a human when I came back out. Now, that sounds all well and good in some ways, but I’d still be female. And, from what I’d seen when Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle came back briefly to say goodbye to their parents suggested about what my body would be like, I’d have ended up with a very large rack. ... Yeah, I may have come to terms with being a mare, but being a woman with massive boobs? Nope. Nowhere near comfortable enough for that. “I mean, I know fans drew human and anthro versions of Dash with big tits, but seeing it for real...?” Honey blushes. “Um... yeah.” “I’m just thankful Derpy had the sense to cover my kids’ eyes with her wings,” Jenny says as we take a sharp turn. “I can’t really take too much credit for that,” I blush. “It’s not like I intended to get a wingboner.” “Quiet, guys,” Party murmurs, glancing at the two snoring children sitting against Jenny, they heads laying back. “This ain’t really something they should hear. Plus, I think you're making these guys uncomfortable.” Looking around, I can see several of the army guys are either blushing like crazy or looking a bit woozy. One of them is even sitting in a position I'm all to familiar with from back when I was a guy and trying to hide something. I giggle and give an apologetic smile to them all. "Sorry, boys. We'll stop with that conversation, okay?" They all gives sighs of relief, before some chuckle. After the portal was closed, Velvet helped us get some supplies, then when I told her we'd be heading for Sydney to try and find my daughter, she did me a favour by actually looking into it herself, even getting us a flight escort so we wouldn't have to worry about not being allowed on planes to Australia. For those wondering what we’re talking about, it happened whilst we waited for news of what was happening in Equestria. ~June 1st~ “Derpy, please, stop pacing,” Honey begs as I pass her for the umpteenth time. She's holding a cup of soup provided by the ponies with Twilight Velvet. “You’re wearing a groove into the grass.” I stop, glancing down and see a line of pure dirt among the brown grass around us. “Dear, I know you’re anxious...” Kelly says softly. I sigh, looking to her. “Can you blame me? We don’t know what’s happening over there and they're a chance we could have bomb dropped down on us all because some idiot thinks us ponies will bring destruction to the Earth. Nopony’s come back since they went in and that was hours ago.” It’s only been a few hours, technically, but I’ve had to fight the urge to just jump through the portal to find out what’s going on. We're not the only ponies that remained behind. Like I said, Twilight Velvet remained, along with the group of ponies that came with her. The humans that came with them have actually gone into Equestria to lend an assist, since they're all Army Ranger, thus have experience with fighting in wars. As for what I said about a bomb? Rainbow Blaze, Dash's dad, and Fleetfoot are currently up in the sky, patroling for an F-22 that's been sent to drop a bomb on us if something goes wrong. Yeah, understand why I'm pacing anxiously now? “Not to mention,” I bite my lip, “I’m worried about Dinky. We’ve no idea where we’ll need to start looking, provided we even have the option without having to worry about Discord rearing his ugly head.” Party lights his horn, holding me in place. “Derpy, we’re all worried.” Honey sighs, looking down. “If only one of us had known the human that turned into her, ya know?” Sally looks to her, cocking her head. “Whatcha mean?” Honey giggles. “Well, I’ve had some chats with some other ponies, including the Mane Six and Velvet over there. When the curse started wearing off, they went through old photos, saying the names of whomever was in them. Several times they faltered and, instead of saying the human name, they said the pony name.” Her expression saddens and she looks down. “Too bad that’s not happened to any of us.” This seems to bring down all our moods; Party even releases his grip on me. I don’t move though. We all just wait in silence, each of us glancing at the shed where the portal is every few moments. Suddenly the silence is broken by a filly's cry. “Somepony's falling!” We all whirl around and see a little pink Pegasus filly with no Cutie Mark pointing up. Turning my attention to the sky, I see somepony is indeed falling. With my Pegasus eyesight, I can just make out it's Fleetfoot. She's tumbling. I don't think she'll be able to pull out of it before she hits the ground. “It’s only got one wing out, the other ones straight up, it’s hurt,” another voice calls out, confirming my fears. I flare my wings, getting ready to try and catch her. I may not be a speedster Pegasus, but I'm not letting one of my own fall to her death when I can do something about it. I end up not getting a chance though, as i see Velvet run out and teleport away. Watching with my eyes focused on the falling Pegasus mare, I see Velvet reappear near Fleetfoot, in the air. At first I'm wondering if Velvet's finally lost it, but then, they teleport again, not even moving and start... going up? I blink a few times, trying to process what's going on, before it clicks. Velvet made a vector change on the teleport, so the momentum they'd picked up on the way down was working in reverse, sending them falling in the opposite direction. At part of my brain wants to argue as to how that's even possible, but I shake it off. I'm a pilot, or was before the change, anyway. I know how inertia works and working that with what I know about how teleport spells work from the show, it makes sense. As one of the ponies that came with Velvet levitates Fleetfoot in her magic and takes her to get some medical help, we all jump when Jenny shouts, “Wait! It has!” We all turn to her with confusion, indicating for her to elaborate. She just stares at me. “Ben, you did! The day this all started!” I just give her a more confused look. “I did what now?” She points at me. “You called someone Dinky! You were talking with them as they wished you happy birthday over the phone. I didn’t think anything of it back then, but, you called them Dinky as well as... um... what was their name again?” she glances at Kelly, who’s giving her an odd look. Velvet looks at me in both confusion and concern. "Derpy, does she mean you knew your daughter when she was still human?" I frown, thinking back to that day. Was it really only about a month ago? It feels like years. It takes a moment to sift through my memories of that day. I woke up next to Kelly, we noticed my Cutie Mark, we went down and had breakfast and learned I couldn’t eat red meat anymore and then Tom called me to wish me happy birthday. “So, after the call came, I called Tom Dinky?” I blink, frowning. “What does that... have to...?” My eyes widen. “No.” Jenny nods slowly as dawning seems to enter Kelly’s eyes. "I... but if I called Tom... but, then that would mean...” “We were closer to Dinky than we could’ve thought before the curse started lifting,” Kelly gasps, her hands flying to her mouth. I just remain stock still for several long moments as my brain goes into shutdown. My daughter is on Earth and she’s in Australia, the very country Kelly and I were in before I changed into a pony. At that moment, the portal shimmers and a human steps through. ~June 4th~ “I’m still surprised Velvet was willing to arrange this all for us” Jenny says as she looks out the window. “I still can’t believe you’re okay with calling me Derpy now,” I honestly say, shaking my head. She sighs, glancing at me. “Well, once we learned Discord was beat and all, I just felt it was disrespectful to keep calling you Ben when you seem so much more comfortable with Derpy.” I’m sure you’re thinking, why am I not on edge, when we know where we need to go to look for my daughter? Well, I am. And the fact we're in a plane and it's messing with my Pegasus senses isn't helping. I’m just much calmer than I probably would be thanks to Kelly. Man, fingers are wonderful. You don’t realize it til you’ve lost them and turned into a small equine but, Sweet Celestia do they feel good running through your mane. It helped calm me down and I’ve been able to think this through. Velvet had done some searching and, though it was tricky, she'd found report via the Australia Military that apparently, there is a settlement of ponies a six hours drive outside of the town Dubbo. Once the plane lands, we'll be escorted to the rental car area, where Kelly has hired one for us to drive to the settlement. ___________________________________________________________ “So... Dubbo,” I say as we sit in the hired car. After we were dropped off, the army guys had to return to the US to handle some other things, but I told them to tell Velvet I said thanks again. Honestly, there's a chance she helped me find my little filly. Both of us being mother's I know she understands my worries and I cannot be thankful enough for her help. “Yeah,” Kelly says, glancing at me as I sit next to her in the passengers’ side. “Not really what I was expecting, either. I mean... Dubbo? Really?” I chuckle nervously. We passed through Dubbo before I woke up, after stopping so Jenny could ask for directions to the pony settlements, and are now following the road that should lead us there. “Worried about Dinky?” she asks softly. I nod, my shoulders slumping. “I mean, Tom was living in Sydney, getting ready for uni when I first started changing, so, if he really did turn into Dinky, she should’ve been able to get to where we’re going, but... what if she didn’t? What if she’s somewhere else and we’ve come all this way for nothing?” She just gives me a reassuring smile. “Don’t worry, sweetie. I’m sure she’s there.” We laps into silence for the rest of the drive. After about two hours, we come to an overturned truck. As the van slows down, we all glance at each other. “I don’t like this,” Jenny says, frowning. I nod. Something’s off here. “Let us get out first. If there’re any ponies keeping watch, it’ll be better if they see other ponies first.” They nod and I open the door, Party opening the side door and him and Honey stepping out. “Don’t move!” a voice suddenly calls out and we freeze. "You are in the sights of a half dozen rifles." Okay. Not the best start. “Hello?” I call out, looking around, trying to spot where they could be hiding. “I’m Derpy Hooves. These are my friends Party Favour and Honey Rays. We’re looking for my daughter and someplace to stay.” I doubt we’ll be able to go back to America at this point, so may as well make a home here, right? There’s silence for several moments. “And the humans?” a different voice from the first says. I frown. “My girlfriend and her sister-in-law and niece and nephew. In short, my family.” There’s another pause. “What’s that accent?” a third voice asks. I smirk. “I’m from Australia, too, but I’ve lost a bit of my accent from the change.” After several more moments, a stallion steps out from behind the truck, looking us over. I almost take a step back as I gulp. This guy can give Big Mac a run for his money when it comes to height and bulk. He has a tan coat and a forest green mane. He looks us over, before smirking. “Well, if yer lookin’ fer refuge, ya’ve come ta the right place.” Oh, God. Now I remember why I preferred not to live in the more rural areas. I may be Australian, but even I can’t stand that Outback Aussie accent. I glance back at the van. “So... can my family come with or what? They’re good people, I promise. If not for them, I doubt any of us three would still be around today.” He looks at the van skeptically for several moments, before nodding. “But you’ll have to park that van somewhere else though. We don’t need others causing problems because they see a human vehicle.” I nod, before, looking back at the van and indicating with a wing for them all to come out. They do, Kelly and Jenny looking anxious, whilst the kids looked curious. I explain and Jenny quickly parks the vans in a more hidden spot, as we were requested to do. We start following the stallion. “Took guts, bringing ’em here, ya know,” he says as we walk, each of us carrying whatever we could bring with us in bags on our backs, us ponies using saddlebags, of course. Again, I find myself mentally thanking Velvet. Even if we didn't need all these supplies she gave us, we can use them in the camp itself. I frown at him. “Well, considering we’re ponies, we weren’t expecting to have guns pointed at us since all we’re doing is trying to find my daughter.” He frowns at me curiously at that. “Who is your daughter and why do you think she’s here, of all places?” My frown deepens. I can hear the accusation in his tone. I don’t understand why he’s being so suspicious of his own kind. “I think she’s here because she was living in Sydney before her change and, seeing as this is the only pony settlement I know of right now, I’m hoping she’s here,” I state firmly, as I speak, we end up in a large area and I stop talking out of shock, despite us still moving. “Wow.” He smirks. “Yep. Pretty big, ain’t it?” This place is huge. And there are ponies everywhere, though there seem to be very few pegasi or unicorns. In fact, the majority seem to be Earth Ponies. I can’t help noticing a farmhouse and finding some humour that those places seem to be where ponies come together. Unlike Applejack and Big Mac’s farm, there’re way more tents. Nothing seems permanent, though. It’s clear the ponies don’t plan on being stuck just in this area for long. “So, you’re daughter?” the stallion asks, his tone snapping me back to the present. “Provided she’s here, of course. Or really exists?” I inwardly growl. What’s with that condescending tone? We’re ponies too, for crying out loud! Why’s he gotta treat us suspiciously? I snort. “Oh, she exists, buster. And her name is—” “Mommy!” I stop, my eyes widening. That voice! Before I can really think, though, something slams into me, causing me to hit the ground, all the while, a little filly is rubbing her head against my chest, sobbing happily, “Mommy! Mommy!” I’m stunned for several moments, before reality catches up to me and I wrap my forelegs around the sobbing filly. “Dinky.” “Dinky, what’re you...? Whoa.” “Well, this is a surprise.” "Oh, boy." The new voices cause me to glance up, only to leap up, forcing Dinky to let go and moving into a defensive stance. Standing before me are three unicorns and an Earth Pony, two of the unicorns and the Earth Pony are mares with pink coats for the unicorns and a yellow one for the Earth Pony and the other a stallion with a grey coat and a dark-purple mane and tail. The mare on the right has a slightly dark tone to her coat, her mane and tail are purple and Pinkie Pie levels of poofy, both tied back in a braid. Her Cutie Mark is a cupcake with pink icing and a cherry on top. The stallion causes me to blush upon recognizing him. It's Written Script, Dinky's father and the other is Carrot Top! The other mare unicorn, however, has a much lighter coat and her mane is purple with blue streaks, tied back in a long ponytail. Her Cutie Mark is a single four-point purple star, more like a fancy square, really, with another white fancy square behind it in a position so you only saw its corners around the purple one, with a light blue trail making it look like a shooting star or a comet doing tricks. Party and Honey also get into defensive stances, Party in particular glaring at the unicorn. “Mom, wait!” Dinky says, trying to get out from under my protective wing. “Starlight helped me.” I hesitate, glancing at Dinky, before looking back to the two unicorns mares, both of whom look uncertain, Starlight Glimmer the most. “Yeah, I realize I’m not exactly the most liked pony from the show,” she says slowly, clearly wary that she’s dealing with a protective mother, “but, it is true.” “She’s not lying,” Sugar Belle says, looking to Party Favour. “Listen, I don’t remember much, but I’ve seen us in the show, Party. I know you don’t have a reason to trust her after what she did to us, but Starlight really is a better pony than the one in the show.” Script just looks at me firmly. "Derpy, she helped us save Dinky and Carrot." "Please," Carrot says, taking a step forward. "Just here her out. Starlight isn't as bad as the show makes her out to be." I look back to the filly under my wing, who looks up at me pleadingly. After a few moments, I take a deep breath and look to the other two unicorns. “Alright. Let’s start from the beginning.”