Derpy heads to Sugarcube Corner to purchase their final muffin of the day. That is, until Octavia swoops in and takes it before Derpy can. Can Derpy do everything she can to retrieve HER muffin? Or will she cause more trouble than she can handle?
warning- I wrote this years ago and it’s honestly pretty bad and I never finished it and don’t intend to now- so uh read it at your own leisure, but just don’t expect anything near the quality level of Twizzle.
It's just a normal afternoon in the life of Derpy, as she goes to Sugarcube Corner to claim the last muffins of the day. But sometimes things don't go as planned. Octavia gets the final muffin before Derpy has the chance to get her hooves on it. Will Derpy, with the help of Dr. Whooves and Twilight Sparkle, be able to retrieve Derpy's muffin before it's too late?
Drama tag for a small, yet comedic amount of drama by Derpy.
"I must hurry up if I want to get the last muffin at Sugarcube Corner today!" Derpy said to herself as she started to fly a little faster. She ran into a few ponies along the way, tripping at times. She eagerly trotted into the doors of Sugarcube Corner, only to see that there was a line. Derpy's left ear drooped like her Derpy Eye on the left side of her face, then she took a deep gulp of fear.
Thoughts started to circle her mind. "What if somepony takes my muffin? Oh Derpy that probably won't happen.. Everypony knows that you love muffins the most! They will save it for you...right?!?" She watched Octavia walk up to the counter, hoping her muffin would stay.
"Ever since I saw Derpy yesterday, I have been craving the Triple Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins. But last night, I especially wanted them as my typical midnight snack." As Octavia said those words, she seemed suddenly displeased, as if somepony had caused it.
Mrs. Cake looked intrigued, as she always enjoys listening to ponies gossip. She wanted to say "tell me more", but that seemed too rude and obvious. So she said, "What's wrong, Octavia? What makes midnight snacking so typical?"
"Well, living with Vinyl is harder than you may think. She wakes up at 11:30 PM every night to practice her DJ skills. And apparently 100 is the lowest volume setting on that thing. I want to tell her to cut it out so I can sleep, but I don't want to hurt her feelings, or worse, our friendship. So after a half an hour of burying my head under my pillow trying to sleep, I go into the kitchen to get a snack to help me relax. Last night, I really wanted a muffin, but to my surprise, Vinyl had ate them all even when I put a "DO NOT EAT" sign on it addressed to her. She just ripped it off, crumpled it, and threw it away, while proceeding to eat my muffins! She can be really inconsiderate at times. sigh... I never get sleep... Do you happen to have any more muffins?"
"Why yes! One more, in fact! Derpy usually gets it, but I haven't seen her around lately. Maybe she got tired of muffins. Here you go!" Mrs. Cake cheerfully said as she placed the muffin in a bag.
Derpy wanted to shout "I'M RIGHT HERE! THAT'S MAH MUFFIN!" But she would NEVER do that to a friend! Especially if it could cause more problems than it solves. Derpy tried to keep in her sadness, but as it built, it was all too much. Derpy started to cry, and interrupted Mrs. Cake before she could ask Octavia if she wanted anything else. "H- How could you do this to a friend!" Derpy said before running out of Sugarcube Corner. Mrs. Cake then proceeded to ask, " Anything else, Octavia?"
"Hmm... Oh yes! Vinyl did say she wanted a Mega Melty Chocolate Chunk Cookie."
Mrs. Cake put the cookie in the bag with the muffin, and Octavia handed her bits, and put the treats in her saddlebag as she walked out.
Doctor Whooves was working hard on a new time machine, wrench in hoof, tweaking his design when needed. The door to his steampunk lab abruptly opened, and he didn't even have to turn around before he said, "How's your day been, my little muffin?" Derpy and Doctor Whooves had always been especially smitten together. She was the only pony he trusted. She was the only other pony allowed in his lab. Sometimes, if she promises not to derp up his projects and gadgets.
A tear-filled Derpy walked into the lab. "Don't even MENTION muffins anymore! And don't even THINK* about Octavia!" That's when he dropped his wrench and trotted over to his upset mare. He wrapped his hoof around her shoulder, and let her lean on him once they sat. "What's going on, Derpy?" "Well, I was going to Sugarcube Corner this afternoon to get their last muffin of the day, and Octavia was in front of me. She stole MY muffin! She even said she wanted it because of ME. And if that wasn't enough, :sniffle: Mrs. Cake said that she hadn't seen me that day when I was RIGHT THERE. And I went this morning for some muffins! "
Derpy didn't want to be rude, but she thought Mrs. Cake had the memory of a parasprite. And that's not a lot.
By this time, tears were rolling down her face, and onto Doctor's green tie.
"Oh Derpy... I'm so sorry... did she say if she was eating it right away?"
":sniffle: Actually, Yes! She was going to save it for a midnight snack! Why?"
"We can get you that muffin. Princess Twilight is great at friendship problems and organizing, I can ask her to help us!"
Derpy and Doctor set out immediately to Twilight's castle, in seek of her support and guidance.
"Your Highness! Princess, we need your help! Octavia bought Derpy's muffin, and we need your help to get it back before she eats it tonight! Can you help us?" Doctor said in a frazzled state, as he ran up to Twilight, who sat in her throne, reading Daring Do and the Ring of Destiny, her favorite Daring Do book.
Twilight turned around, and trotted towards the two panicked ponies. "Okay, what happened, and how can I help?"
The two told Twilight the whole story, and barely letting Derpy finish, Twilight was in. " Okay. Let's get you the muffin that you deserve!"
And with that, the three ponies rushed over to Octavia and Vinyl's split two toned cottage.
Doctor knocked on the door, and moments later, a messy, dazed Vinyl showed up at the door, wearing an off white bathrobe with her cutie mark design printed around it, hair in a bedhead look, tired, red eyes, red nose,and coffee floating in her blue horn aura.
":snuff: whuh- whadoya want- Oh! Sorry, Princess, I didn't expect to see YOU here!
With that embarrassment, Vinyl started sweating a bit.
"really, SO sorry... I'm just- :snuff: comin' down with a bit of a flu.." ACHOO!
Vinyl's embarrassment didn't end. She just sneezed a massive sneeze into Princess Twilight's face.
Twilight gave a silently polite "ulgh" then rubbed the slime off of her face.
"Is Octavia home? We'd like to see her." Twilight said, trying to change the subject.
"Oh, yeah sure. Tavie's home. Come in, sorry about the tissues."
The three ponies were hesitant at first to enter the germy house, but they figured that knowing Octavia, she'd probably had cleaned fairly recently.
Trying to stay healthy, Twilight and Derpy hovered, and Doctor was being cautious. After knocking into a seemingly expensive vase and failing to keep it intact, Derpy then landed to join Doctor.
Then, at the end of the hall, was a completely, tissue-free zone- the end of the hall that Octavia's room is in.
They knock on the side, even though her door is open. No response. Then, Twilight notices the sound of water rushing, a bit muffled. She comes to a conclusion about what it is.
"Um, guys, Octavia's taking a shower. Maybe we should come back later."
Then, the water stops, and a door knocks open. After a minute, Octavia, in a towel, walks out, without realizing her visitors. Twilight knocks the wall again.
Octavia jumps in embarrassment, then lets out a small shriek, and blushes.
"Uh, one minute!" Octavia says, motioning to Twilight to close the door.
Twilight abruptly shuts the door, blushes, and waits with Doctor and Derpy.
"She's a little busy at the moment... Give her a sec..." Twilight nervously says, embarrassed at what had happened.
A few minutes later, Octavia opened her bedroom door.
"Sorry about that, Princess Twilight. I wasn't expecting visitors..." Octavia blushed again.
A small awkward silence occurs. Then Octavia speaks up. "So, what brings you here?"
Twilight motions Doctor over to speak.
"Well, Derpy told me that she was waiting in line for her muffin, then you purchased said last muffin before she had her turn. But this may be on the faults of Mrs. Cake, who didn't remember Derpy reserving it earlier that morning. Have you, by any chance eaten it? I hate to pressure you, but Derpy here was pretty upset when she came home."
"No, I haven't eaten it yet, and I'm so so so sorry, I wasn't thinking. I would have told Mrs. Cake to save it for you any day. I was just a little frazzled. With Vinyl being sick, and me having had a lack of sleep, :sigh: I'm sorry."
Octavia walked into the kitchen, then returned with a white paper bag in her mouth. She put the bag down in front of Derpy, pushing it closer with her hoof.
"Here. It's clearly more important to you than it is for me. Now that I think about it, since Vinyl is sick, she's probably going straight to bed tonight, instead of to her DJ booth. I might finally get some sleep!"
Derpy placed the bag into her saddlebag.
"Thank you so much, Octavia! You are a great friend!" Derpy then hugged Octavia. Twilight pushed forward.
"Good luck, with sleep, and with Vinyl."
"Thanks, Princess. And never speak of this incident again." Octavia motioned into her bathroom, and winked. Twilight winked back.
"Ok, let's go!" Twilight said as she took off to avoid tissues again.
"Wait, Twi? Can we go to Sugarcube Corner to talk to Mrs. Cake? I want to talk to her about this."
"Sure, Derpy. Whatever makes you happy!"
They carefully left Octavia and Vinyl's house, and headed towards Sugarcube Corner.
