A Derpy Princess

by Nailah

Chapter 2: I'm a Princess?

Derpy figured the best course of action was to find this Snow Heart person but this place was unfamiliar to her, so she really had no clue where to even begin. She looked around the town, noting how the houses weren't too awfully different from the ones of Ponyville. Perhaps this was just a different land of ponies that weren't connected to her own, what did Twilight call that? A alternate timeline? Something like that. How did a storm send her somewhere entirely different from her own world? She was beginning to give herself a headache so she shook the idea out of her head. For now she had to find the Princess but something caught her eye, in the center of the town there was not just one statue, but a couple and one caught her eye more than the others, it was a statue of her...but she was a Princess.

“Wow, can you imagine me as a Princess?” she giggled at the joke. It must be a prank she thought there was no way she could ever become a Princess, that took Twilight years to accomplish, and well she was just the mail delivery pony, there wasn't much special about her. Though maybe in this world she wasn't just a delivery pony maybe she had some special kind of power, just like Twilight had her magic! That would be really neat, she couldn't help but have a childlike grin on her hues, as she had almost forgotted she had to go find this Snow Heart person. Well if she was like the other princesses, she'd have a castle, so she should look for a castle! With a direction and a determined heart the gray pony stood up and trotted around this new town, noting where the different buildings were and keeping her eyes peeled for any signs of either a castle or something Princess like. There was no way she could fail, not when her daughter depended on her figuring this out. She took a deep breath and continued on, but little did Derpy know she was only just getting started.

“Hey there are you new here?” questioned a mare that approached her, Derpy paused in her tracks and couldn't help but to notice that this pony looked a lot like the one that Swift Bolt had mentioned.

“Um...yes but you see I'm not really from here.” replied Derpy trying to explain her situation, though how was she supposed to explain getting caught up in a storm and then being here? She was sure it wouldn't make sense but it was the truth.

“Oh well then welcome to our town, I haven't officially named it yet but I'm working on it. Oh my name is Snow Heart I should have introduced myself first, is there anything I can assist you with?” she asked in a kind and calm tone.

Derpy blinked as she looked towards her as she tried to think of what to say now, but she couldn't help but notice how welcoming she seemed. Few! At least she wasn't stuck up like some Princesses could be. She knew Twilight was nice because she had grown to know the ponies of Ponyville but the other Princesses usually didn't talk like this to the normal folk.

“Well um...you said you were Snow Heart right? I need your help, I think I'm lost.” began Derpy.

“I'll try to help however I can.” replied Snow Heart as she would wait to see what she had to say before trying to figure out the best course of action. It was odd to see Princess Derpy not know what to do though, she always seemed to stumble into a solution somehow but yet this one seemed to be lost in thought. How silly of her Snow Heart thought but she'd play along for now.

“Well, you see I was delivering the mail like I always do and when I was finished I went to head home but then there was a huge storm so I went to see what was going and now I'm here.” explained Derpy as best as she could.

Delivering the mail? Snow Heart couldn't help but chuckle. She put a hoof over her shoulder and looked to her seriously.

“Derpy, you haven't delivered mail ever since you ascended to a Princess so why would you think you would do that now? And what storm? There wasn't any scheduled storm.” began Snow Heart.

“Princess? I'm not a Princes. I mean I know Twilight is but I'm just you know a normal pony.” explained Derpy.

“I have no idea who this Twilight is but just tap your hoof on your forehead, you'll see what I mean then.” replied Snow Heart.

Well it seemed she was right about one thing, this wasn't the world she knew and now she knew that she was a Princess in this world, as she touched her horn on her head, it was a shocking realization. “I am a Princess...but how did I become one?” she then questioned.

“Don't you remember? You stopped the evil of our world from enslaving all of Pony kind, you are a heroine to us Derpy, and I have much respect and honor for you. Are you sure you don't know of what I speak?” questioned Snow Heart.

“Honestly no. I'm not the Derpy of this world, I'm from a different world, like a different Derpy!” explained Derpy.

“Well I've never seen this other Derpy, maybe you just need to get some rest. Once you feel more like yourself, meet me at my castle just over towards the Northeast, you can't miss it from here if you fly above the tree in the center part of town.” explained Snow Heart as she began to walk away. Derpy continued to stand there and just tried to figure out what to do now. This Snow Heart pony seemed to think she was Princess Derpy from this world, but she was just Derpy. It was kind of cool to be an alicorn though, she couldn't help but enjoy it just a little bit, even if she knew she would have to go back to simply being a Pegasi to return home. Derpy shook her head, she had to focus even if it was hard for her, Dinky was counting on her! She took a deep breath and would go to find the castle Snow Heart had told her about, though the more she thought about it the more she wanted to know about this other Derpy that was apprently her, maybe she could figure out how she had managed to become a Princess. Though she couldn't help but notice the Snow Heart's castle seemed a lot like Celestia's, she had only been to Canterlot a few times but never had any visit been so important, she needed answers and knew she had to find them on her own as her friends weren't here to help her. Though come to think of it would talking to Snow Heart about herself really help her? Maybe she should just explore the lands and seek out answers for herself and as she thought about that she turned on her hooves and would head away from the castle and from the town and out into the areas beyond the humble little town. Derpy couldn't fail, she wouldn't fail...she would find a way home and perhaps she could use her new found Princess powers to her advantage, with a child like grin on her face she teleported for the first time in her life.

Derpy was shocked at where she appeared, it seemed to be another castle like area but this one was dark and shrouded in fog. She could barely tell where the stone marble pathway led, but she had a feeling it would lead up towards the creepy looking palace. She couldn't help but wonder if it was Sombra, she had heard Twilight and her friends talk about how Sombra had almost broken through Cadence's barrier and had almost taken the Crystal Empire back if not for Twilight and Spike. Derpy took a gulp as she began heading towards the darkness, she really didn't know why she was doing this but she knew the only way to get answers was to find them herself. She was cautious though, she knew for a fact even though she was an alicorn even they could be defeated and captured and sometimes even corrupted as in the case of Nightmare Moon. She took each step with a deep breath as she urged herself forward. She noticed how empty the area was, there wasn't even any trees growing anywhere near this place. No flowers, no nothing just a bunch of fog and dust. She coughed a bit as she got onto what was an old stone spiral stairpath as it continued to lead up. Derpy wouldn't let fog stop her though, she was going to find out exactly what was going on.

Once she made it to the top, she took a split second to catch her breath before she went to the large double doors and pulled on the lion handle and knocked it against the door while she awaited a response. She stood there for a few minutes before the door was opened with a creaking sound. Her ears droped slightly at the loud noise when she noticed another pony of whom she had never seen, though this one kind of reminded her of big mac but was female.

“Hello can I help you?” she asked politely as she glanced back and forth to make sure no one else was around.

“Um, yes my name is Derpy and I'm not from this world, I'm trying to figure out how to get home, do you know who lives here and if they can help me?” she asked the pony, she couldn't help but notice the pony was wearing some kind of collar but she had never seen anything like it before so she thought maybe it was just a fashion statement she was sure Rarity would understand but she really couldn't make heads or tails of it.

“Princess Derpy?” questioned the mare.

“Yes, that's me.” replied Derpy. Suddenly out of nowhere she was pulled inside and the door was swiftly shut behind them and bolted shut. The red mare then looked towards her with a very slight smile that arose to her lips.

“You don't know how long I've waited to hear that name. I've prayed and prayed for someone to save us and now you're here. Please help us...” she begged as she leaned against her with tears in her eyes.

Derpy was beyond confused, this pony had prayed for her help? But she wasn't the Derpy that they knew, even if she had this horn she had never saved any pony before and now this pony was depending on her. Oh dear now what was she supposed to do or say? Before she could even open up her mouth to speak she could feel an overwhelming sense of evil coming from the stairs as a deep voice spoke.

“Slave you do not speak without permission.” spoke the male voice as his hooves descended down the stairs towards the two.

Derpy was thinking it HAD to be Sombra and if it was what was she supposed to do other than panic? She hurried to grab a hold of the mare and would try to teleport them outside only to discover her horn didn't work inside this castle. Great just great...she was trapped just like this other pony and the door was dead bolted. Oh dear...what would Twilight do? She shook that thought out of her head, she wasn't Twilight and she knew she would never be Twilight. No she had to think like Derpy would, if what Snow Heart said was really true that meant she had defeated the evils of Equestria but she still didn't know how she had done that but she wasn't about to give up and just let this evil pony win.

“Slave...who have you brought to our home? You know only I am to answer the door.” spoke the stallion's voice as he came into view and at first Derpy thought “Sombra” but then noticed that he had dark blue hair and his cutie mark was a star. No this wasn't Sombra then who was it?

Author's Note:

Hello every pony I hope you are enjoying this as it is quite a different kind of story for me to write and it's helping me flesh out my own world of basically my own version of my MLP area. Let me know what you guys think! Chapter 3 will be started after I finish Chapter 2 of A Corrupted Princess and Chapter 3 of Spring Love. New Tricks is on Hiatus for the time being as I am all "blargh" on writing that one at this time.

Comments

[DavisSentoV5]

Oh boy, whoever that was can't end well for Derpy or anyone else for that matter.

[Nailah]

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Indeed, Derpy's in trouble now! Glad you are enjoying it so far. <3

[DavisSentoV5]

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Thx! Who doesn't love Princess Derpy

[General Sparky]

Like where this is going