Discord stepped out of the library, his pony form in place, and walked into town. He had decided to go and visit Derpy. Guessing that she lived in Cloudsdle, he had traded in the unicorn horn for a pair of pegasus wings. He stretched them out and admired them with a smile. "Not bad."
He had asked Derpy last night if she would be I town. She had said 'yes', but he had had his doubts. Still....better safe than sorry. He chuckled to himself. Safe? Since when did he worry about being safe?
It didn't take long to discover that Derpy was indeed in town. What tipped him off? The sound of something crashing.
"No! Just set it down!"
Discord picked up the pace until he rounded a corner to discover a moving carriage. Boxes were everywhere. And in the middle of it all...
Derpy was looking at the ground, her eyes crossed slightly. "Sorry."
A large stallion stood nearby, his face in is hooves. "Whatever. Why don't you take the rest of the day off?"
Discord backed away as Derpy took off into the air. He watched her go, her sad eyes burning in his mind. He looked back at the stallion and frowned. With a mischievous smile and a hoof stomp, the rest of the boxes in the carriage came toppling down. The stallion's head surfaced from the cardboard pile and looked around in confusion. Discord smiled to himself and ran off after Derpy.
It took him all of three seconds to realize two things. One, he would never catch a pegasus on hoof. Two, he was a pegasus! Why was he running at all? He unfolded his wings and jumped into the air. He looked around for any signs of Derpy. Nothing.
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It took several flybys above town, but Discord finally spotted a yellow tail hanging from a cloud higher up in the sky. He flew up and around until he was eye level with Derpy.
It was several seconds before she spoke. "You have wings."
A smile crept to his face. "I do. I thought I'd come visit you in Cloudsdale. But here we are, a cloud in the sky."
Derpy rolled over onto her back. "Have you ever laid on a cloud? It's comfy."
Discord stared at her or a few moments. She had such a simple way of thinking. Had she always been like this, even before her accident?
For no apparent reason, she giggled. Discord smiled at that. She giggled just like Startail. What else had she inherited from her mother? More importantly, what had she inherited from him? He couldn't decide if he wanted to find out.
Realizing there had been nearly a minute of silence, he cleared his throat. "Would you like to fly around for a while?"
Derpy turned back over and smiled.
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The rest of the day was spent flying between the clouds. Discord would show off by performing simple aerial tricks mixed with magic. Derpy in turn would laugh and show off as well.
It surprised Discord how she seemed more normal now. She wasn't klutzy, cross-eyed, or anything. Perhaps it came from having somepony who was interested in her. He had seen how some had reacted to her before. He guiltily admitted to himself that he was one of them. But now as he flew through the sky with his daughter, he saw a different side to her.
This new side came with a surprise. They had landed on a cloud to rest and Derpy looked at Discord. She blinked a few times and tipped her head to the side.
Discord locked eyes with her. "What's wrong?"
"You... You look familiar."
He rolled his eyes. "I should hope so. We've been flying together all day."
She shook her head. "No. I mean.... I recognize you from somewhere. A long time ago."
How could she recognize him from somewhere else? He had never used this pony form anywhere else except...
Startail led him towards a small booth. "Come on! It'll be fun.
"What exactly are we doing Star?"
She kissed him on the nose. "It's a photo booth. It takes your picture."
"Doesn't sound very fun."
She smiled. "Don't you want a picture of the two of us? Something we can cherish forever?"
Discord smiled. She must have kept those photos. And Derpy had seen them! She was remembering something.
He looked at the pegasus. "Do you know where you've seen me before?"
Derpy closed her eyes in concentration. There was absolute silence for a few minutes. When she opened her eyes, they had grown sad. "Sorry."
Discord couldn't believe what he was about to do. He reached a hoof around her and gave her a hug. He had never given hugs out of sympathy. Only for annoyance. This was a first. But he felt the need to comfort Derpy. Was he...acting like a father?
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Discord walked into the library, a smile on his face. He conjured a couch and laid down.
Twilight appeared from the upstairs room. She paused as she took in the scene in front of her. "Well, it looks like you had a good day."
He didn't respond. He didn't want to raise her hopes by mentioning Derpy's epiphany. He didn't want to raise his own hopes either, even though they were already higher than the moon. She was beginning to remember.
MOAR!!!1!
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All those feels.
I kind of get the feeling Discord is gonna keep chickening out of telling Derpy he is her father for a while, and she'll accidentally fall for him, leading to some awkward moments.
...Sounds like a bundle of laughs.
Only saw one grammar error.
I'm actually quite surprised about how this story is turning out. I'm especially liking the unique back-stories for both Discord and Derpy. The only other truly unique story surrounding Derpy's origin that I can recall is Code Majeste by Chatoyance. I won't spoil anything, but that story (if you like her take on ponies and the TCB-verse) WILL hook you from beginning to end.
Cute and MOAR!
Im waiting for the obvious reference in the awkward timing where Derpy falls in love with Dissy where he says:
Derpy... I. am. your. father.
I'm waiting for Dissy to find out he's a grandpappy.
2169625
This. All of this.
the cover pic is adorable!
2169709 someone has been watching friendship is witchcraft.
2170236
I have? Odd, I wasn't aware of that...
2170277 thats the plot of the new episode
2170370
I suppose I should actually watch those, then. I have been meaning to, I just never got around to it.
Funny that I came up with that without knowing.
Quick question... Do you even lift?
10 bucks says Derpy goes full on psycho mare when she finds Discord is her pa.
lol awesome!
i hope to see more to this
and i will be honest when i saw what it was about i thought....thats dumb
BUT wow is this a surprise to me! no longer will it be in the read later section it is now in faves >:D
This is a great story. I've love reading it. Question: Do you write on the site? or on word, note pad ect? because i right on word then post it.Just want to know. Love the story. it be cool if it turn into a real epasode. i know i spell it wrong. i'm not spell checking it.
2169625>>2170048
AGREED
There were photo booths 1000 years ago?
2169735 I don't think that's an error... 'They had grown sad' sounds like an acceptable sentence to me, if we're talking about eyes. Then again, I never paid attention in English class, so I could be wrong.
2171819 It was one of those new amazing novelties back then.
2171819 From my understanding, Equestria is either in a medieval stasis for thousands of years or it has a really wacky technological profile.
Come to think about it, it may well be both.
more pwease!!!!!!!!1
2171844 It said 'gown' rather than 'grown', though. 'Sad' may have been a misunderstanding on my part.
2171940 Ah HA! I see now, I completely missed that. Cheers.
discord daughter oh it another screwball fanfic...OH MY GOD DERPY!
2171886 I would say both. It comes from having magic. Some things advance while others can stay simple. Hence the medieval looks while still having some of the better tech. You were always told things were magic when you were little. Now you know it's true!
You've done a great job of keeping Derpy - my favourite pony - in character. I luvz dis fic.
great fic need more!
I wonder what will happen when Derpy fully remembers...
Chapter. Give. Now. Have a like and a fave.
2172493
Ditto .
2172607 Amen
It would be cool if derpy could do magic, even if she is a pegesus.
2169625
Agreed. For the love of Luna, Celestia, and Twilight, MOAR!
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!!
Uhm....that is..if you don't mind...
This would be a perfect set up for Ditzy to fall for daddy and not know it.
Favtracked.
So far it is well!
Oh shit...it seems like she is remembing, something is going to go wrong.....very impressive, though with Discord something is bond to go, well least it's can't get any worse...in which case the CMC would somehow mess it
2172354
I was thinking this the entire time.
2170370
I would like to see that as a Season 4 Episode, Discord finding out he's Derpy's, Screwball's, and/or that Barking Pony's (from "Read It And Weep") dad.
2169895
How about the fact that the Doctor is his Son-In-Law?
Have you forgotten screwball?
2181649 And where is Dinky?
He didn't respond. He didn't want to raise her hopes by mentioning Derpy's epiphany. He didn't want to raise his own hopes either, even though they were already higher than the moon. She was beginning to remember. HOLY CRAP HE'S DRUNK RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
She remembers him. Sweet
AWWWWWWWWWW
She remembers...that's so sweet!
Whenever discord remembers something it's kinda sad though
Awww another sweet moment so Discord was about to visit Derpy but apparently she's been having some difficult time especially with her kletziness apparently and she felt really sad about it so he went over to Derby and ask her if she wants to have company which she did one company and apparently she's starting to have fun with him especially flying around and everything but then suddenly she starting to remember something about Discord but still nothing but I'm sure he doesn't want to rush this I wonder if she ever going to remember