Eyesight Taken, Life Restored
/The Reason Why Derpy's Eyes are Crossed\
By MCGrassblock210
It's a normal day in Ponyville. The magnificent town bathed in an array of sunlight with very little clouds present thanks to the usual rounds from the weather ponies. The roads were rather busy today, making the most infamous of mailmare's jobs even more of a hassle. Her clumsiness already led her to losing many packages during her work hours and often times resulted in some pretty unhappy faces.
Derpy, why must you be so clumsy?
"Whoops! Sorry miss!" Derpy shouted above the loud activity in the road apologetically, after she managed to smash into yet another mare on her way to the Golden Oak Library for the fifth time. She was frantically scooping up a huge package with her hooves and mouth.
It was none other than Berry Punch she happened to bump into.
"Oh! Are you okay?" Berry Punch gasped.
Derpy's wings were crooked after just landing a faceplant. She yanked her head out of the dirt, spitting out whatever peebles she had in her mouth. "Yeah, I'm fine... I gotta go!"
Berry Punch helped her gather her parsel.
Her eyes straight ahead, Derpy stormed to Twilight's Library.
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A knock was heard at the door.
"I'll be right there!" Twilight shouted at the door.
She trotted there and opened right up, revealing the dirty, battered mare before her.
"Derpy! It's a pleasure-" Twilight stopped mid sentence. "Are you okay?"
Derpy had a look of disappointment on her face. "No, I'm not. Here's your package. It's the last one today."
"Ah, my new Spell Book of Sense Enhancement! Thank you Derpy!" Twilight said with glee.
"Your welcome..." Derpy said. Right as she turned around to take her leave, Twilight put her hoof on her shoulder. "You look depressed. C'mon, let's talk."
Stepping into the library and taking a seat at the nearest table for four, Twilight sat with her. "What's wrong? Your always happy, and it's hard for me to see you this sad."
Derpy hesitated to come out with an answer, as she had an idea of where the conversation may go.
"I'm here for you Derpy." Twilight said reassuringly.
"I..." She struggled for an answer. "I don't want to be Derpy anymore."
Twilight raised a brow. "What?"
"I don't wanna be Derpy anymore. I can never have a sense of direction of where I go. I'm always bumping into ponies, and most of the time they get mad... My eyes work just fine, but I can't seem to hear or have any awareness of where I am..."
She sobbed into Twilight's shoulder. "Your a talented unicorn. You can do something to help me right?"
Seeing Derpy in such a state of sadness irked Twilight. "I will see what I can do." She took out her schedule and crossed off everything on it. She had one goal to achieve for the day, that much was clear.
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Twilight was readying herself and her magic to cast an experimental spell from her freshly delivered Spell Book of Sense Enhancement. Quite the convenient package to receive given the circumstances.
"This spell called 'Derpshade' sounds kinda ridiculous... but it's supposed to heighten your awareness and reduce accidents... are you ready?"
"Yeah, but are you even sure this will work?"
In my experiences as a unicorn wizard of sorts, one thing I learned was to never cast a spell without studying it's effects first... She thought, practically making herself feel on the less intelligent side of things given she never followed the proper magical spell testing procedure. "I can't lie to you, but I'm not sure this eill work at all... Let's try it!"
Her horn bursting and flailing magic about like a baby with a rattle, Derpy turned a blinding white tint and just as quickly returned to normal.
"H-how do you feel?" Twilight asked.
"Just the same actually... What's with your face?"
Twilight was attempting to keep her jaw from dropping on the floor.
"Oh. My. Celestia!" She screamed in horror. "Your eyes! Your bucking eyes!"
Spike was coming down the stairs in a hurry, trying to investigate the racket the mares were generating.
Derpy glanced back, and Spike stormed up the stairs followed by a loud slamming noise.
To her right, Derpy glanced at a tall mirror.
"AHHHH! My eyes are crossed! Twilight!? What the heck did you do to me!?"
I really screwed up this time... Twilight thought, only imagining what pain she could've caused to Derpy. "I'm so sorry!"
Derpy attempted to storm out of the library, only to head butt into the thick wooden walls. Her eyes rolling from the collision, she stood, searching for the door. Once she found it, she galloped away in a flurry of tears, but not without tripping on her own hooves.
"What have I done...?" Twilight muttered to herself. "I just made Derpy... even more Derpy!"
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In the days that followed Derpy's crossing, she had a strangely easier time delivering mail. She still helplessly bumped into ponies and smashed into objects, but because of her eyes, everypony took it much easier on her. In fact, they loved it when she crashed into something or someone. Everypony always regarded her as looking adorable when she crash lands on the norm.
Maybe my eyes aren't so bad after all! Derpy thought happily as she trotted to the next mailbox... but not with smashing into it first.
Ah, Derpy. What would Ponyville be like without you around?
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Dear Princess Celestia,
I've learned a valuable lesson today. Derpy came by my library about four days ago, telling me she didn't want to be Derpy anymore. But, after an accident with a spell we had that day, she became even more Derpy! The lesson I learned was, you shouldn't try to be something you are not. You can only be yourself, and if you go about your days like that, everyone will start to love you, even if not at first.
-Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle.