Derpy drooled at the thought of food. Freshly baked muffins coverered with sugar and some frosting perhaps. Or a giant cake decorated with candies in the shape of letters made from Sugar Cube Cornor. These thoughts were cuasing a rumble in the stomach of the gray colored Pegasus pony.
Derpy Hooves is a female Pegasus. Her birthplace was the grand airborne city of Cloudsdale, but Derpy moved to the more rustic Ponyville to escape all of Cloudsdale's hustle and bustle. Derpy works as a mail carrier: flying all over Ponyville each week day delivering letters, packages, etc.
Derpy was loved by all. With her kindness, bubbly personality, and comedic timing. It was hard, if not impossible, to believe that Derpy wasn't the living embodiment of all things wonderful with the world.
She was a reletivly normal sized pony. She had gray fur, two wings, two beautiful yellow eyes, and a blonde colored mane along with a blonde colored tail. On her flank was a desgin of sevreal bubbles. These bubbles were her cutie mark. A cutie make can either represent a pony's talent, their destiny, or thier personality. In Derpy's case it represented her bubbly nature.
The sound of clopping hooves echoed through the afternoon air. The brisk scent of spring was pleasent to Derpy. It smelled of freshly blossomed flowers, and a distinct humidity that was pleasent only during the spring time. Not a single cloud was in the sky, and the sun had nearly set, turning the sky into an orange color.
Derpy continued to dream about delicous deserts, and accidentally bumped into someone. The gray mare was startled and hopped backwards. In front of her was a stallion with brown fur, and a brown colored mane and tail. His cutie mark was an hourglass: it was her friend, The Doctor.
"Ditzy! How are you? I haven't seen you for 6 weeks," the stallion stated. His voice carried a bristsh accent.
"Doctor, what happened? I thought we were going to the fair. And you never showed up. I was sad for an entire day," Derpy replied. She mumbled at that last part, hoping he wouldn't notice how much she had missed him.
"Ah yes well I got caught up with sevreal mishaps in Manehatten. Long story short I arrvied 6 weeks late," he explained with an embrassed blush.
"Oh good. I thought you didn't want to see me again."
The Doctor paused, "Why wouldn't I want to see my favorite assistant?"
"N-no reason. Anyway, I should get going, Doctor. I have a party to go to," replied Derpy.
"Can I come too, Ditzy? I can be your plus-one," he said with a wink.
Derpy nodded. She was thrilled to be with her old friend again.
Derpy, and The Doctor, started walking together towards the location of the event: It was a party to congratulate the hard efforts of the mail ponies, and their dedication to the craft of delivery. Derpy was thrilled to be coming to the party since it was her third year as a delivery pony, perhaps she would receive a speical reward for her three years? Maybe a raise, or a trophy? Excitement filled the head of the female Pegasus as she dreamed about her reward.
The two candy colored equines arrived in front of a two story wooden building that was painted white with stripes of blue. The building had sevreal windows, double doors built into the front, and a sign was placed right next to the building that read, "Post Office: Mail Party tonight!"
Without a second thought, Derpy and The Doctor both walked into the building. Inside was a room consisting of burlap sacks filled with letters, a counter with a bell placed on it, a set of stairs that was built into the north-eastern corner of the room, and a door that led to another room.
Both ponies walked over to the other door, Derpy turned the knob using both of her hoofs, and a loud boom of sound came rushing out from the other room. Inside about a dozen ponies were dancing to a music that appeared to be set to the highest possible volume. Neon colored lights were in a surplus as they added blinding flashes to the somewhat dark room.
Derpy walked into the party room with a smile on her gray colored face. Suddenly the music died down (it just so happened that Derpy walked in when the current song ended). The blonde haired Pegasus waved to all of the familiar ponies in the room: which consisted of ten fellow Pegasus, and two earth ponies. They all greeted Derpy with smiles, waves, and one said, "Derpy! Sup girl?"
The Doctor walked in behind his friend. He politely waved to everyone in the room, and was greeted with a few "hellos." Loud music came back on. A catchy song started to play and caused the ponies to break into dance. Everypony was happy for the first hour.
"Cupcake, this is, The Doctor," Derpy explained. She was introducing one of her fellow mail ponies to the brown colored stallion.
Cupcake was a Pegasus like Derpy as well. She had cyan colored fur and a violet colored mane and tail. Cupcake had wings like Derpy, and also a cutie mark; a burlap sack full of letters. This pony was natural born mail mare. Cupcake could deliver more letters then any other pony in the shortest amount of time, and be positive she didn't make any mistakes. Though she made ocasnail mistakes mind you.
However, Derpy has never made a mistake when delivering a letter because she dosen't rush her work. However, often she can't meet time correctly. More then twice Derpy has arrived late to work, and arrived hours early. Impatient ponies complained sometimes. But the Post Office manger could never tell Derpy that others complain about her.
"Wonderful to finnaly meet you, Doctor. Derpy has told me so much about you," Cupcake examined him,"You're not as handsome as she had bragged about." Cupcake was famous for causing others social humiliation due to her always moving mouth.
The male earth pony blushed,"Why Ditzy I didn't know you considered me handsome."
"Hehehe I might have forgotten how homely you looked. It's been 6 weeks after all," Derpy replied. Her face was red now.
Cupcake giggled, "6 weeks? Umm Bright Eyes has been going on and on about you since the last Winter Wrap Up. So that makes it almost a year now."
Derpy's heart skipped a beat. Why did Cupcake call her that name?
"Bright Eyes, I had no idea. Maybe we can have dinner tomorrow," the British sounding stallion suggested. He blushed even more.
Derpy's heart skipped sevreal beats. Why were people calling her that naughty name? She felt bad and sad now.
Cupcake coughed loudly to gain attention. She signaled for everyone to listen. Then the Pegasus started to talk, "This has been a fun party. But now let's celebrate the best mail pony in the history of Equstria. And her name is, Bright Eyes!"
Loud screams were brought out in perfect unosin. Sevreal of the voices screamed, "Bright Eyes!" No one noticed how distraught Derpy was.
"Who knew that our little mail girl was the only pony in existince to work three years in the art of mail, and never messed up where a letter or packge went. Let's give a big hand to, Bright Eyes!" Cupcake said. She cheered for Derpy, and was backed up by the crowd.
The Doctor chimed in, "And may this wonderful equine continue to deliver paper to all equines."
Cupcake clapped her hooves. She smirked, "Let's cheer for Bright Eyes!"
Sevreal more beats were skipped by Derpy's heart. She was dizzy.
Their cheering become echoey, and became impossible to understand. Derpy's head stung with a rough pain that made it hard for her to keep her eyes open. Finnaly the gray pony allowed a tear to roll out of her left eye, it was unnoctied.
The cheering continued for a full minute. After it was done, Derpy explained how she was heading home early, "Tommrow is Friday .I have to work. So see you all later!" The pony walked out of the Post Office along with her plus-one.
Crisp night time air stung Derpy's eyes. She rubbed them, and sneezed: just allergies. But her heart skipped an occasional beat.
"I guess I'll see you tommrow, Ditzy. Thanks for bringing me along to the party," the earth pony thanked.
Derpy sniffed, "No prob, Doc. See you later!" She waved him off as they went separate paths.
Once he was far away enough. She started to think in her head. Why did you call me that awful name back there? Tears welled in Derpy's eyes as she remembered what everyone was calling her. Bright Eyes. The most hurtful thing anyone could ever say to her.
Bright eyes. Bright eyes. Bright eyes. Let's all cheer for, Bright Eyes.
The loud ringing of an alarm clock caused Derpy to lazily open her eyes. She yawned, turned off the alarm, and rubbed her face with her hoof. After throwing her blanket off and rising off of the bed. The Pegasus walked out of her bedroom.
Derpy walked downstairs, took a bite out of an apple, put on her navy blue colored worker's hat, slunges on her satchel, and walked out the door of her two-story home.
The chilly outside air caused Derpy to shake. Her teeth chattered briefly. Without complaining, Derpy walked away from her house, and started through the streets so she could arrive early at her wonderful job. The morning sun had only just briefly risen, so the sky was a dark blue color. Derpy had allowed her amuture grasp on time get the better of her. She was over an hour early to work.
The navy blue colored cap on Derpy's head bounced up and down as the Pegasus walked. It tipped unevenly to the left side of Derpy's head: symbolizing her messiness. The faux leather satchel that was slung on Derpy is the satchal she uses to hold her letters. It is surprisingly clean for such a disorganized pony.
Upon her early arrival to the Post Office. Derpy was surprised to see that the lights inside the building were on. She pushed open the double doors, and entered the mail room. No one was in there, the doors were unlocked, had someone broken in? The thought of a criminal caused Derpy's heart to speed up.
The door to the other room opened; out came Cupcake. Her voliet colored mane was ruffled, her cyan colored fur was messy and some of it was gathered in clumps. Her eyes were bloodshot red.
"Cupcake, why are you here so early?" Derpy asked.
"Bright Eyes, I never left. I crashed here for the night," Cupcake explained with a lazy yawn.
"You left the door unlocked. Don't do that it's dangerous," Derpy scolded.
Cupcake smirked, "Derpy, stop worrying about burglars. You're the most paranoid mare to ever live. But you happen to be the greatest mail carrier so at least you've got that going."
The gray Pegasus filled her satchel with a hand full of letters, and some packages. She yawned, "Cupcake. I'm going to start my route early. You clean up the place, and head out when you're done."
Without motivation, Derpy walked outside, flapped both of her wings, and took off flying. From far away she looked like a large gray bird.
Lyra used her horn to magically turn the current page of the newspaper. She took a bite of an apple. Lyra is a unicorn. Instead of wings she has a horn growing out of her forehead. She is teal colored, except for the silver streaks in her mane and tail. Her cutie mark is a golden lyre.
A knock came from the door. Lyra got out of her chair, walked over to the front door, and used telekinesis to open the door without having to touch the knob. On the unicorn's front porch was a gray colored Pegasus wearing a navy blue cap.
"Derpy, good morning," Lyra greeted.
"Morning Lyra. You have a package," Derpy explained.
Derpy reached into her leather satchel, and pulled out a wraped box about the size of a lunch tray. She handed it to Lyra, who signed her name on a piece of paper Derpy had brought out.
"Alright, then. Bye, Lyra!" Derpy called out and waved.
Once the door was closed Lyra used her magic to rip into the box. Inside was small packets of cupcake batter. She received the wrong delivery. Derpy made a mistake, one of her firsts.
"Sign here, Bonbon," Derpy asked.
The mail mare had arrived at SugarCubeCorner. She was delivering a package to one of the employes. The employe's name was Bonbon. She was an earth pony with beige fur, a blue colored mane and tail with pink streaks running though them, and her cutie mark was a picture three hard candies.
Bonbon grabbed a pen using her mouth, and wrote her name on a piece of paper provide by Derpy. Whom handed her a box.
Derpy waved off, and left the store. Then Bonbon opened her package, and inside was a golden colored scarf, not the sugar packets she ordered. Derpy had made another mistake today. But her worst mistake was still coming.
Flying around town at a moderate speed. Derpy would drop letters into the mailboxs of each pony's house. The wind threw her hair back, and if Derpy went any faster her cap would fly off. Rushing wind tasted dry, kind of like the wind from an industrial fan.
After an hour of delivering items. Derpy had finished her route for the day. She smiled at her new record. Why, even Cupcake couldn't finish her route in an hour.
Feeling accomplished, Derpy started a slow flight to the Post Office.
Upon arriving there she was met by the secretary who sat at his desk. He was an earth pony with white colored fur, and a gray colored mane and tail. The mak pony's cutie mark was a picture of a desk. He was almost an elder, but he had a few years left till retirement. His eyes had bags under them. His name was Jonathan Escritorio.
The older stallion looked up from his work, and stared at Derpy. "Ditzy? You're early today."
"Actully. I just finished my route," Derpy replied.
"Prepostrious. I just opened the Post Office."
"No, you see Cupcake slept here all night. And I came really early today. So we both grabbed our stuff, and took off," Derpy rambled.
Jonathan nodded. He was surprised that Derpy was mature enough to come to work early just for the sake of doing her work. The older stallion then said. "Well done, Bright Eyes," he congratulated.
Derpy's heart skipped a beat when he said 'Bright Eyes'. That awful word struck Derpy more the anything. It made her feel self-conscious about her right eye.
You see Derpy's right eye is a little wonky. It goes 'wrong', and never matches her left eye. Though her vision is perfectly fine. She is very offended when people remark about her eye. And the term 'Bright Eyes', gives her an uneasy feeling that tightens her belly, and forces her heart into unnatural acceleration.
Derpy smiled, "Thank you, Jonathan. Anyway, I'm heading home. I have a dinner date with a friend later this evening."
"Ditzy you seductive dog you. Who's the lucky stallion? Or mare if that's what you're in to."
"His name is The Doctor. And he's a wonderful man. Though I have trouble around him," she admitted.
Jonathan stroked his chin, "Prey tell. Does your heart speed up when you're near him? Do you feel speechless? Do you want him to hug you?"
Derpy's eyes widened. She nodded excitedly, "That all happens!"
"Ditzy. You love him. You love him and want to go steady with him," he mocked.
The gray Pegasus blushed. She bit the bottom of her lip and said, "Oh would you look at the time. Gotta go!" She rushed out of the building, and broke into flight.
Jonathan stayed back inside. Grinning and smirking all day. Until two dozen ponies arrvied complaining about how their delivers had been all mixed up. And the mare mail of thier area, was Derpy Hooves. Now a former, mare mail. She had lost her job becuase of all of the mistakes she made. And she didn't learn until it was far too late.
The Doctor adjusted the green tie that was attached to his white collar. He looked relatively classy this evening. His mane was just as messy as it should be, his fur clean, and his mouth was minty fresh. He could easily win over any mare, even the beautiful Derpy.
"Ditzy should be here in a few minutes," he assumed. The brown colored stallion stood sevreal meters away from the entrance of a restaurant. A warm evening was occurring, not like a chilly evening, but a warm summery type one.
Then out of the corner of his eye came his date, the pony whom he had accompanied to a party just the other night. She looked the same cosmeticly. But she had on a Pearl nekclace, and wore a simple yet stunning white dress. Derpy looked more beautfuil then usual, The Doctor thought.
She approached her friend, bowed, and said, "I'm starving, Doc. Let's go eat!" she suggested. She grinned excitedly.
The stallion nodded, he was nervous. As he led his date into the resurant, he could feel himself sweating bullets. In a minute or two he would stink of B.O, and not notice because his date was the most distracting thing in the history of distracting things. And she was distracting in the good way. The pretty, mesmerizing way.
Once they had their table, and made thier orders. They started to share some banter (talking for smart people).
"Lovely weather we're having today," Derpy started.
"I know. But it is spring after all. So I guess that's.... predictable," he replied brainlessly.
Derpy compleimented the pony sitting across from here, "Anyway you look nice in that tie."
"You look nice in that necklace and dress. I love the use of white. Really brightens up your eyes, Ditzy," he examined.
"Thanks, Doc," she said with a blush.
"Why do you call me that?"
"Call you what?"
"Why do you call me 'Doc'?"
Derpy shrugged and placed her hoofs on the table. She replied, "Its only a nickname, Doctor."
The brown colored stallion frowned, "Ditzy, its offensive. I like being called 'Doctor' or 'The Doctor'. Don't call me 'Doc'. Its as offensive as me calling you 'Bright Eyes'," he ranted.
"Wait. You knew that nickname was offensive to me. And you still called me 'Bright Eyes'?!"
"Course I did. Your mates were calling you that. So I assumed its normal. Wait, It, wasn't normal?" he asked surprised.
Derpy shot daggers at her date. Her uneven eyes showed disgust, "You knew it was hurtful. And you still called me it?"
The Doctor stuttered, "W-well to be fair, Ditzy. You acted rather unaffected."
"I was affected! That horrible name made me cry all night. I was really hurt by it," she replied. Tears formed in her eyes. Her speech was warbled.
"I'm sorry, love. I didn't mean to...... I'm sorry."
Derpy frowned. Her face was wet with tears.
"Love?"
"See you tomorrow, Doc," she said angrily
Derpy left her date alone. He had on a sad face. She felt he had deserved being ditched. Derpy was about to eat dinner with a man who knowingly and willfully called her a hurtful nickname. The Doctor knew he deserved this. He cried just as much as the Gta colored Pegasus did.
And Derpy would cry more when she arrived home and found a letter in her mailbox. It read, "You have been fired from 'The Eqsutrian Postal Alliance."
Tears poured out of her eyes. She cried and laid down on her front porch. She stayed there until very early morning.
Bright Eyes. Bright Eyes. We got rid of Bright Eyes.
Derpy handed a box of cupcakes to the current stallion in line. He smiled, and walked out of the store with his unhealthy order. After being fired from her mail related job. Derpy was given a chance to work with Bonbon at Sugar Cube Corner.
"I appreciate you getting me a job here, Bonnie," Derpy thanked.
The beige colored earth pony deposited some coins into the cash register close to her. She turned and replied, "No problem, Derpy. So?"
"So what?"
"Give me the gossip about your date with The Doctor," Bonbon demanded.
"I snapped at him. Then I left in the middle of dinner."
Bonbon blinked. She had no response to that. Derpy is capable of anger? She hadn't known that.
Derpy continued, "Can I do any deliveries? I want to get some fresh air."
"Sure. Here, I need this box of cupcakes delivered to this hotel suite," Bonbon explained. She handed Derpy a box, and a strip of paper with the address printed on it.
Without hesitation Derpy took off. She soared high above Ponyville like a large gray bird. As she glided around, her stress eased a bit like a snake going through two rocks. With a breeze through her mane, and the taste of the spring in her mouth, she felt wonderful. Forgetting about last night's drama.
After locating the correct hotel from the air. Derpy landed carefully on the front steps and walked inside. She walked past the front desk, and went down the nearest hallway. Once inside she started to scour for room 23, as was printed on the strip of paper she used for guidance.
At the end of the hallway Derpy's uneven eyes spotted a door with the numbers '23' printed on it. She knocked and waited a reply. The door then creaked open.
On the other side was a brown colored stallion with dark brown painted on his fur, tail, and mane. It was The Doctor. A heartbeat was skipped from both equines.
"Ditzy. You're delivering sweets now?"
Derpy was filled with sudden rage, she spoke through her gritted teeth, "Yeah. Turns out I got fired from delivering mail. So here I am."
The Doctor frowned sadly at her, "I didn't know," he paused, "Ditzy, can I apologize for my negligence?"
"Just pay for your order already!" Derpy shouted.
"Certainly," he replied. The Doctor handed her several gold coins, and grabbed his box of cupcakes. He then continued talking, "Anyway, I'm sorry I didn't realize 'Bright Eyes', was offensive to you."
The female Pegasus then simultaneously fake snorted and held back tears. She was in no condition to be talked to by him
"Ditzy I'm so so sorry. If you never forgive me I'll be ok with that. But I need one thing from you," he begged.
"What do you want?" Derpy asked bitterly. She just wanted to run away, and cry.
But her escape was stopped frozen when the brown stallion in front of her leaned forward. He smiled slightly, and kissed Derpy softly on her mouth.
While their disaster of a date last night was ruined by rumors, Derpy still blushed as she was being kissed. This single moment in time had been very bitter-sweet for her, like a mixture of sugar and salt.
"Ditzy?" The doctor asked.
Derpy started to cry and didn't hold back. Tears fell down her face just like how they fell last night. But now, it hurt worse because she was more confused then sad. Her vision became disrupted with water.
"I forgive you. But, I need to go back to work," she muttered through tears.
"Do... do you really forgive me?" The Doctor asked.
Emotions bubbled to the surface of Derpy's mouth as if they were material items, "Of course I do. I just need some rest."
Feeling hungry, Lyra the unicorn entered SuagrCubeCorner. Her stomach grumbled loudly and she had an annoyed expression painted on her face. Without hesitation she leaned towards a fake cupcake left on one of the displays. Drool rolled down her mouth as she didn't realize it was fake.
"Well, I never," Bonbon complained. She stayed at the counter the entire time watching as the teal unicorn prepared to eat a display.
Lyra blushed a little bit as she turned around and faced the worker, "Oh. Su'p, Bonnie."
"Lyra, you better not eat anything from there. Those are fake cupcakes."
"Yeah well I'm hungry. Anything on the menu?"
Bonbon tried to force comedy, "Plastic cupcakes are. So I guess you could say, I caked your hunger."
"Pointing out your flaws don't count as comedy. Anyway, we got real cupcakes? I'm pretty sure I had to see a doctor about those bad samples I got yesterday. They tasted like metal!" Lyra complained.
Bonbon sighed, "Nope. They were metal. The baker used your lyre as an ingredient"
The unicorn took this time to sit down on a nearby chair like a bipedal creature. She stroked her mane, and asked, "Did you order some cupcake batter two days ago?"
"Uh-uh. Looks like our deliveries were swapped. But why didn't you bring it back to me?"
"I didn't notice the address on the box of batter that I got in the mail. Derpy must have...." Lyra thought for a few brief seconds, "How could you tell it was my lyre?"
"We're friends. So I know everything about you," the earth pony blinked nonchalantly.
"Can I have food now?" Lyra asked. Her stomach growled even more.
Their conversation was cut short when the front door swung open and inside came Derpy. She looked downwards towards the ground as if looking for something missing from her. Though she was decent at hiding the simplest of emotions on a normal day. Her unnatural sadness acted as a sort of magical cloak that ended her friend's conversation right on the dot. The room's atmosphere resembled something of forced drama.
Scented spring clashed with the strong smell of baked goods creating a sort of unnatural mood. Derpy felt the need to yawn.
Lyra yawned along, "Hey, Derpy. You know you messed up a delivery."
Ignoring her friend, Derpy talked to Bonbon, "I need to go home. I'm stressed."
The beige colored earth pony suggested, "Why don't you go to a counselor? You're not your usual silf."
"What was that last word at the end?" Derpy asked.
"I said self. You're not your usual self," Bonbon answered.
Lyra butted in, "Seriously, go see a counselor. It's like you've got batter in your eyes."
"Did... you just call me. Bright eyes?" Derpy asked shocked.
You should have payed more attention back in school. You would have learned calculus and become a focused pony. You can't focus on anything without making a stupid smile followed by a dumb joke. Look at me! Look at me! Look at me!
"Derpy!" screamed Twilight Sparkle, a jack of all trades kind of pony who was acting as Derpy's counselor.
Awakened by this sudden screech, Derpy shook her head as if she was covered in something. Her left wing twitched.
The two mares were inside of a large tree like castle that was painted with purple and light blue crystals. Derpy laid down on a fainting couch colored rose red. Above her hang a chandelier, and surrounding her were books. Hundreds of books placed on large shelves that stretched up to the celling like mountains. Twilight, the pony in front of her was a violet colored female pony with beautiful eagle like wings, and a unicorn horn: she was a magnificent looking alicorn. Far better looking then simple Derpy.
"I was asking if you had any trouble sleeping the past few days," Twilight asked. She levitated a pen and notepad in unison while writing observations down.
"Just last night. No biggie. I had to wake up early anyway since breakfast is very important, so important," Derpy responded cheerfully.
"Is there any reason why you're not paying attention? Or looking me in the eye?" Twilight quizzed.
"Oh no! Your books are disorganized! You put 'Of mice and stallions', next to 'The rocks of wrath'!" Derpy lied.
Twilight spread open her eagle like wings like an alert predator, "This is awful. They should be organized in alphabetical order accordingly. Sorry Derpy, I need to get a diagram, and an extra pair of hooves. You go home and relax."
A twitch spread through Derpy's left wing. Relaxation was all that she needed.
"Alright, Doc. What did you do to Derpy?" Bonbon demanded.
The Doctor rubbed his head, and replied, "That's not important."
The two ponies sat across from each other at the corner table inside of SugarCubeCornor. Bonbon had noticed a major shift in Derpy's attitude when she was excused from work today. Not once did she happily smile at anything. Or greet customers with happy faces. Instead she worked with a wistfull face that displayed a sort of stress.
Bonbon had noticed this unusual behavior and realized there must have been some sort of huge event. If Derpy had gotten angry at The Doctor last night she would have worked bitterly. But instead there was an air of unhappiness surrounding her.
So Bonbon assumed The Doctor must have hurt Derpy a lot. Even though Derpy claimed she was the one who got angry in the first place.
"Spill the beans, Time Lord. What did you do to my friend?"
"I love her..." he muttered quietly.
"What?"
"I love her," he replied louder.
"No you don't."
The brown stallion glared daggers in response. "You have no idea how much I care for her."
Bonbon pounded the table, "Then how come she came back depressed after delivering you your order?"
"I don't know"-The Doctor put a hoof to his chin-"Maybe it's because I kissed her. She had an odd look on her face when she left the hotel."
"Wait. You kissed her? That's great news! She's never kissed anypony before," Bonbon thought for a second,"Wait. What did happen on your date with her? I don't have that many details. So fess up."
The Doctor paused. He looked about ready to cry when Bonbon mentioned the disaster of a date.
Bright Eyes. Bright Eyes. Three cheers for Bright Eyes.
Derpy's body shook as she waited in line to pay for her items. She had stopped by the Ponyville general store and picked up some items like a sturdy rope, a roll of duct tape, and a hook.
The inside of the store felt as sterile as an empty operating room. The lights above Derpy were florescent, and the inside of the store felt oddly cold even though outside was rather warm.
You're so great Bright Eyes. I hate and love you at the same time. I'm crazy for you. And you're crazy
"Miss? Aren't you going to pay for those things?" the mare at the counter asked.
Derpy nodded slowly, and walked over. After paying for her items. She left the store, and started to walk through town. Her left eye looking down while her right eye stared upwards.
The voices in her head were screaming.
"So. She was fired from her job?" The Doctor asked shocked.
Bonbon nodded.
"She came to me for help, and I offered her a job..... I felt bad for her, so I asked my boss to make her pay greater then mine."
The Doctor smiled, "That's very kind of you to do something like that."
Bonbon shrugged, she then frowned, "Yeah, well I don't think calling Derpy an offensive name, and then kissing her the next day was a very kind thing to do. What is wrong with you?"
There was a pause as The Doctor thought of an answer.
"Derpy is my irreplaceable assistant. I'm a traveling scientist, and Derpy assists me by going with me on missions, as I call them."
"Ok. Go on."
"Six months ago we were in my ship."
"Yes. It's called the Time And Relative Dimension In Space. Or, T.A.R.D.I.S for short, right?"
The Doctor nodded, "Correct. You see we were both sharing some banter, and the moment felt very odd."
Bonbon tilted her head in confusion.
"I had complimented how her mane looked. And she called me handsome," he explained. There was a smirk forming at the corner of his mouth as he had said the words 'handsome'.
"So. What happened?"
"I told her that I could never love her. And asked her to leave."
Bonbon's face became distorted with hate.
Oh Bright Eyes. Your simple pegasus wings could never compare to my beautiful alicorn wings. You're too simple. You can't even look a stallion correctly in the face. You're not even a princess.
"I'm too simple. I'm too simple. I'm too simple," Derpy chanted as she walked through the town.
Darkness had begun to fill the town as the crescent moon rose slowly like a snail. The air still felt warm, but the atmosphere around Derpy was hopelessly void. It was as if Derpy was casting a spell that made the area around her feel dead and lifeless. Often it was the opposite for Derpy. She would often bring warm happiness to the area around her. In fact, when Derpy stayed happy she would bring more warmth then the actual sun.
It's not like you have anything to live for. In a little while you'll have no money left, and you might have to live in a cardboard box. Simple Bright Eyes.
"Hey, Derpy! Sup?" Lyra the mint colored unicorn called out.
She trotted over to her gray colored friend, and walked by her side. She felt the void around the pegasus, and chattered her teeth briefly.
"So. You feeling better?" Lyra asked.
"Kind of. I'm going to do a small little project before I go to bed through," Derpy explained. She pointed to her satchel, and motioned for Lyra to open it.
After peeking inside Lyra saw a hook, a sturdy rope, and duct tape. She also saw a note written in red ink, or at least it looked like ink.
"So, are you going to go swinging or something?"
Derpy's right eye twitched, "Yup. Swinging."
Bright Eyes. Bright Eyes. Bright Eyes.
The two mares walked past SugarCubeCornor. Lyra noticed it was still open. Bonbon was probably still there. Then right at that moment Lyra looked at the note more closely and realized that some 'ink' had rubbed onto the hook. Ink can't do that.
Lyra's heart skipped a beat. She then said, "I'm gonna head home. You have fun with your swinging."
The unicorn walked away from Derpy, and waited until she had gone a fair distance from her. She then broke into a sprint, and ran right inside of SugarCubeCornor.
"Lyra. You look worried. Something up?" Bonbon asked.
"Bonnie! I need your help. It's Derpy. She's gonna do something bad," she explained quickly.
The Doctor asked, "What kind of bad?"
"Guys, she has a rope, a hook, duct tape, and a note written with... blood."
"She wouldn't," the female earth pony replied. Her face was painted with fear.
The brown colored stallion spoke up, "If we don't want anything to happen to our friend. We better go help her now."
The two girls blinked. They looked ready to cry.
"Now! We have to help her now!"
Bright Eyes. Bright Eyes. Simple little Bright Eyes, carrying your mail. Walking with two uneven eyes. Two simple wings, and a body that is gray. The time man kissed you, and you flew away.
Bright Eyes. Bright Eyes. Ugly little Bright Eyes. Only to be remembered by a note, stained with blood.
The tree Derpy stared at was something you should only see in your worst nightmares. It was an odd tree with branches cleaned of any leaves. It's bark was colored a brown so dark it almost appeared singed. The branches hanging on it were thin and long, probably not that strong. And it wasn't that big or tall, appearing to be only fifth-teen feet tall.
An adrenaline filled body of the gray Pegasus as she stared at her future demise. A demise she refuses to avoid. A demise that the voices in her head had encouraged her to take.
Stick the hook to the tree, tie the rope around your neck, and tie the other end to the hook. Then you jump, simple little Bright Eyes.
What the voices ment by jump was to Jump into the lake below. The tree had grown near the percipe of a cliff. A cliff that was a mere twenty feet away from the ground. Nothing spectaular, but enough to attract ponies from all over town, and encourage them to do spectaular dives into the lake.
In this case the cliff would't really do much. It was the lake. The lake would serve as the resting grounds. The wet resting grounds of a gray Pegasus.
Bright Eyes. Bright Eyes. Broke her neck, and sank. Bright Eyes. Bright Eyes. It's the end of Bright Eyes.
"Did you see where she went, Lyra?" The Doctor asked as he sprinted alongside the two mares.
"Yup. She was walking towards the lake," Lyra answred.
"Then let's hurry up!" Bonbon chimed in.
The trio of ponies walked through a cluster of trees before arriving at a lake. Moonlight danced off it, and it's water looked like purple liquid in the lack of light. The lake was still, yet the three ponies stood there with nervousness painting their faces with frowns. They all but their lower lips in unison.
Glancing towards the sky. The Doctor noticed a medium sized cliff with an odd tree planted at the top. The tree appeared to be dead as if it had never received sunlight in years, and it's lack of leaves furthur implied it was dieing.
And standing next to that tree was a four-legged shadow. It was hard to make it out in this darkness. But The Doctor quickly realized it had to be Derpy.
"Girls, look!"-he pointed near the tree-"It's Derpy!"
"It must be!" Bonbon exclamied.
"She's on a cliff. How are we supposed to get up there?" Lyra butted in,
Bonbon placed a hoof on her chin, and gasped in excitement, "I have an idea!"
The others stared with excitement as well.
"Lyra, you can teleport us up there with magic. Then we can stop Derpy from.... you know what," the earth pony explained.
The trio didn't notice. But Derpy hovered up, and attached a hook to one of the branches using some duct tape.
"Small problem. I don't have enough raw magical power to bring all of us over there. Maybe if one of you were unicorns we could combine our magic, but you're earth ponies."
The Doctor smiled, " Don't worry none. I can add some extra energy to your spell."
"How so?" The mint unicorn asked.
"I have a tool. It can magnify the energy in your horn, but it's risky."
"Risky how?"
"You'll go into a state of magical surge. Having the raw power of an Alicorn, but you'll be so strong you'll pass out after one spell. Send me next to Derpy, I'll stop her," The Doctor explained very quickly.
Derpy at that same time began to tape the blood written note on the trunk of the tree. She cried while doing it.
Hesitant at the idea of passing out, Lyra bit her lower lip. She thought for a second and nodded,"Ok. Let's do it."
The Doctor reached into his brown mane and pulled out a silver pen like device. He pointed it at Lyra's horn, pressed a button, and it released a blue light along with a bzzzzzzt sound.
Shutting her eyes, Lyra caused her horn to become envolped in a misty teal colored aura. As the seconds went by she felt a headache like pain, and then she lost consiouss for a breif second.
In her mind she was floating through outer space. Surrounding her were far out stars that looked like specks of light from afar. Then her dream was shattered. Space crumbled around her as she was alone in an empty black void. She tried to teleport out of there.
At the same time Lyra's body opened her eyes without her consent. However, her eyes were no longer normal. They were replaced by white brilliant lights as if she had entered a magical surge. Which she did.
"Amazing," Bonbon muttered.
"Lyra! Teleport me over there!" The Doctor ordered. He touched her and pointed towards the percipe of the cliff.
As if still control of her body, Lyra blinked and instantly teleported the stallion right next to where Derpy was standing. The Doctor hadn't even noticed what had happened. In milliseconds he had found himself right next to the gray Pegasus. He shook his head in disbelief.
"I'll never understand magic," he complained in his thoughts.
Refocusing on the mission at hand, he tapped Derpy's cheek. She whirled around and screamed at him. The Pegasus backed off until her back was to the tree.
"Why are you here?" she asked.
"I've come to stop you from doing this," The Doctor explained.
"But I need to die. This whole town is begging me to commit... you know the suicide thing."
"The whole town? What simple minded Dalek loving twit would say that to you?"
"Well. Not really the whole town." Derpy sniffed as if holding back tears.
The brown colored stallion crossed his from hoofs angrily. While Derpy gentlely rubbed her back leg, there was a scartch on it that showed some blood.
"Who's making you do this?"
"The voices in my head."
"What?"
"Kill him, Bright Eyes. Use the hook to cut his thoart. Then finish the job you came here to do!"
Derpy shook her head, and angrily demanded, "Stop telling me what to do, voices!" she looked at her friend, "There have been voices telling me how simple I am. How simple looking I am. And how I should end it all."
"Simple?"-The Doctor started to walk over to her-"That's the last thing I would call you."
A smile formed on Derpy's face. But the voices screamed, "Attack! He dosen't mean any of that! You must end it all here!"
Flinching at the voices Derpy backed away from the approaching stallion. Whom had a smile of happiness on his.
"Ditzy. You're a sweet, kind, bubbly, loving, beautiful, mare. You have done so many selfless things throughout your life. More selfless things then I could ever do," he complimented.
The voices started to die down.
"But. I've made so many mistakes. So many life changing mistakes."
He placed a hoof on her gray chin, and looked into her golden eyes. A warm breeze passed by as both of their hearts sped up.
"Can you fix the mistakes you made two days ago?" he asked
"No," she answred.
"Can you fix the mistakes you made yesterday?"
"N-no."
"Can you fix the mistakes you are going to make?"
Derpy smiled, "Yes. That I can fix!"
The voices died. Only an echoey whisper remained. And it said, 'simple'.
"But, Doctor. Do you think I am..... simple?"
He shook his head,"Derpy Hooves. You are a golden eyed angle. You are beyond simple."
A tear fell from both of their faces, Derpy muttered "Doctor."
"Yes?"
"I love you."
A stream of tears fell from the stallion's face, he muttered, "I love you too."
They pulled into a warm kiss that erased Derpy's mind of the voices. Now replaced by new voices.
I love you, Derpy Hooves. I love you, Derpy Hooves. I love you, Derpy Hooves.
The brown stallion also had a voice in his head. And it would whisper this pharse over and over, I love you too, Doctor.
