Redemption

“He’s gone off toward the Everfree forest” She said sighing at him tears flowing hard

“Where in the Everfree forest is he Derpy?” he said getting frustrated

“Just on the outskirts, there is a small pond there that he likes to go to when he gets angry.”

“Ok tell that too Luna or the guards when they show up. I am off to go talk to him about what happened.” Drako said turning around

He felt Derpy putting a hoof on his shoulder. He stopped and looked back into her wet face. She gave him a soft smile and said “Please try not to hurt him. I’m not saying that to protect him but to protect you. You have a good life now and a good job. You also have someone in your life again and if you hurt him it may mess that all up for you.”

“I won’t do anything to him unless I need to. I promise you that.” Said Drako walking out the door

Derpy watched him fly away then sighed again and walked back in to look over Scoot’s injuries. She smiled at the little filly then said “I’m sorry about all this Scoot. I really didn’t want to bother your family more with my problems.”

Scoot gave her a week smile “Listen Derp. You’re a part of our family even if you aren’t with my brother anymore. You have always been around for us when we needed you. When Drako left it was you and Dash who were here for me. I was only doing what I would do for any member of my family.”

“That…means a lot to me Scootaloo. I also wanted to thank you for getting Dinky out of the house like you did. He had never done that to her before and she is only a little filly. I just wish I would have known before you came and got hurt.”

“I wish you would have gotten home sooner, I didn’t come over to fight him. He just thought he needed to fight me for some reason.” Said Scoot

“What started it anyway?”

“Well I got back here and knocked on the door. He answered and blew up on me right away. He found that Dinky was gone and said I took her, he was right about that but still he didn’t need to be yelling at me like that. So I told him I took her somewhere safe and was going to tell you about what happened and Drako when he got home. He got even madder at that and told me he wouldn’t let me and he took hold of my arm. I hit him in the chest trying to get him to let go and he started screaming and well did this to me.” She finished pointing a hoof at her face

Derpy started to cry and again saying “I’m so sorry for this. I knew he was not a good pony for me but I just knew he wasn’t bad. He just has problems that he needs to work out and well I wanted to help him with that.”

“I think what you were doing was trying to find someone to save since you couldn’t do so with Drako.” Said Scoot

Derpy blushed and said “That has nothing to do with me dating Whooves dear.”

“You can say that as much as you want Derpy but I can tell. You have feelings for him. It’s ok to admit it.”

“It’s not like it would change anything if I did.”

“I didn’t ask about changing anything I just want you to tell me the truth and stop hiding your feelings. You’ll feel better once you do.”

A small smile came to Derpy’s face as she said “You are too smart for your own good you know that.”

She only smiled at Derpy and winked

“Well you’re right, I do still love him as much as I did the day he left me. I’m not sure that will ever change. When I see him my heart just seems to beat faster, and my knee’s go weak. But at the same time the same goes for Rainbow Dash. She feels the same as I do and its only fare that I give her the chance to be with him and that I let him choose his own path.”

“If you say so Derpy but don’t just give up also ok. I love that they are together but at the same time I want to make sure you’re happy too.” Said Scoot wincing a little

Derpy smiled then sighed again “Well I’m glad to hear that. For right now though let me go get nurse Redcross. She doesn’t live far and I want to make sure you’re ok. I’ll be back soon you just try and rest.”

“Ok Derpy just hurry back ok.” She said laying back and closing her eyes

Derpy made her way to the door and smiled back toward the living room. “You are a good kid Scoot.” And with that she shut the front door heading toward Nurse Redcross’s house

It didn’t take Drako long to find the pond Derpy had told him about. Also it didn’t take long for him to find Dr Whooves who was sitting next to it looking at a reflection of himself. Drako felt Rage fill him up again when he saw the pony who had hit his sister but he pushed it away and landed a few feet away. He waited for a moment to see if the pony would say anything to him but he just ignored Drako.

“Sulking or just trying to act like I’m not here?” he asked using a more forceful tone

“Does it matter? You’re here to get back at me for what I did to them so just get it over with so I can move on with my life.” Said Dr. Whooves still not looking at him

“I’m not here to hurt you Doc. I’m here to find out what happened and so I can bring you in. I am one of Princess Luna’s Guards and it is my job to make sure that she and the people in this town are safe. You also committed a crime and you can’t just get away with it.” He said

“I’m not leaving this place unless you make me Drako Moon. I’m not scared of you I hope you know. Before you took me by surprise but I made sure that I was ready for you this time.” he said

“I don’t buy that one bit Doc. I can see you shaking as we speak and like I said I didn’t come here to fight you. I have a job to do and I made a promise to Derp that I wouldn’t do anything to you if I could help it.” Said Drako still doing his best to hold back his anger

“Well good luck with that. I’m not leaving unless you make me leave and I’m also not going quietly. I had every right to do what I did to them. Your sister attacked me so she got what she deserved.”

“Is that so, and what about Derpy and Dinky huh?”

“Dinky’s a brat and a trouble maker I was only teaching her a lesson so she could grow up to be a better mare. Derpy well she is just so damn stupid sometimes. I mean no pony can be as much of a klutz as she is without having some kind of mental problem.”

Drako dug his hooves in the ground and said in a harsher tone “Listen you have no right to be hitting anyone let along a mare, and two fillies. And if she is so stupid like you say then why are you dating her?”

He laughed at that and turned to look at Drako for the first time. Drako was shocked a bit when he saw that Dr. Whooves had been crying; he smiled a bit at Drako then said “You should know that one. She’s a really good fuck isn’t she? She may be stupid as all hell but she is really good in the sack. Found that out the first night I got her drunk at a party a few months back. She was also so despite to find someone to help her take care of her child I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity.”

Drako’s anger hit a boiling point and he walked over and kicked Whooves in the side throwing him back a little bit. He walked up to him and pinned him down getting right into the other pony’s face as he said slowly “Listen to me Dr. Whooves, stop feeding me the lies and tell me the truth. I know you don’t like me and I know you want to push me to hurting you. I should for what you did to my sister and to Dinky and Derpy but I won’t. You started getting like this after I came back to town not before. You are jealous and I can see it in you.”

“Jealous, of you? You have to be kidding me. I am a great pony with a great job, and I’m smarter than most of the pony’s in the dirty town. No I’m not jealous of a low life Pony like you.” Said Whooves then quickly he brought his hoof up and hit Drako in the face knocking him off

Drako swore blinking as he staggered off of Whooves. His left eye had never fully healed and when it took a hit like that his vision went black on that side and it brought a lot of pain to his head. He shook his head trying to bring back his sight. As he did he felt another blow hit him across his face again. He fell this time, pain filling ever inch of his face.

He opened his right eye trying to make out the other pony but do to the pain everything was blurry. Dr. Whooves just laughed and hit him again saying “That eye of yours is your weakness. You must have done a lot of damage to it when you were younger. And I’m sure you never let it heal properly after the fire. Yeah I know all about it Drako.”

He swore and moved away from the other pony saying “How do you know about what happened to me?”

“Derpy told me about most of it but also so did a good friend of mine who knew your family really well back in the day. She was on the police force at the time and she dated my younger brother. I may not be a medical doctor but I still know a lot about how the body works. You took a beam to the eye and got splinters in it. It did a lot of damage to the nerves, So if you take a hard blow to the side of the head or on that eye it causes a lot of pain and near blindness. See I told you I’m not scared of you. That is because I know your weakness.” He said laughing

“You’re not the first person to know about my weakness and you won’t be the last. It’s no big secret. The problem with knowing someone’s weakness is you underestimate them thinking you won just because of that one fact you know about them. Let me ask you Whooves what else do you know about me?” said Drako grinning

He frowned and took a moment to think then said slowly “You were one of the fastest Flyers in Cloudsdale, you left your sister to go join the army which you never really got to do, and you serve the Princess as a guard and kind of a pet when it comes to Celestia.”

Drako smiled at that then said “So my cover has been solid. That is good, well I think it’s about time people knew more about me. Have you ever heard of the CPSF?”

He hit Drako again and said “What are you blabbering on about?”

Drako spit out a glob of blood then said “Celestia’s Privet Special Forces. A unit made solely to protect the Royal Family and against any major attacks on Equestria. We are the last to be called in when there is a Dire Crises on hand. We only work in secret and normally we have to give up our normal lives to make sure that we can do our jobs properly.”

“So what. Who cares what your real Job is it won’t change the fact that you’re in trouble right now.”

“No it means that I was trained to be able to take any amount of pain in any situation and make it work to my advantage.” And with that Drako flapped his wings hard and flipped over kicking Whooves in the jaw. Then just as quickly he flipped back around and picked the pony up flying him high into the air.

The kick had knocked Whooves out of it a little. By the time he came back to himself Drako had taken him so high that he could barely see road or the pond anymore. He started to scream “Put me down right now! I’m sorry ok just please don’t take me up so high! I’m scared of heights!” He flails his hooves in a panic trying to get away.

“I had a feeling you were. Most pony’s that aren’t Pegasus are. Now it’s time for you and me to talk like adults and no more of this crap you keep saying to me. I’ll let you back down when you tell me the truth.” Said Drako winces some as the screams from Whooves made his head hurt some.

Whooves shook and closed his eyes finally saying “Fine, ok it’s true I am jealous of you. Derpy wanted you to be her husband back when you two were dating even though she never told you. She told me once when we first started dating. I saw how much she missed and cared for you when she spoke of you. Back then I really didn’t notice or care. Then you just showed back up and it was like I didn’t matter anymore. She only talked about you and your sister and Dash. She loves you still more than she will ever love me. I just couldn’t deal with that not again.”

“What do you mean again?” asked Drako

Whooves was crying now as he said “My wife left me for an old stallion she used to date back when she was in school. She just up and left me leaving me a note. At first I thought it was a joke until I saw her with him happy a few weeks later. I moved to Ponyville after that and never looked back. I told myself that I wouldn’t ever love again but that was before I met Derpy. She was just so nice to me.”

“How did you really meet her?”

“At Bon Bon and Lyra’s shop when I went in to get treats for myself. She was in there with Dinky and we just started talking. Soon after that we started Dating. I was happy again then YOU showed up and everything changed. She didn’t talk to me the same and Dinky acted differently too. So I started Drinking hoping it would make me feel better but it didn’t. All I did was hurt them and your sister. I don’t hate them. I just hate you, I hate you for coming back and making my Derpy feel differently about me.” He was balling and screaming at this point

Drako felt for him and he just sighed and said “That at least was the truth. I can understand why you feel the way you do but at the same time you can’t do this to others. You are not just hurting yourself but the others around you. For what you did drunk or not, mad or not it doesn’t change the fact that you hurt two filly’s and a mare. For that I am going to teach you a lesson then I’m arresting you and having you sent to Canterlot for Treatment and therapy.”

“You can’t do that to me. I can’t lose Derpy I just can’t.”

“I’m sorry Whooves but you already have. Now I think it’s time you learned a lesson. Lesson one…” Drako hit him in the stomach hard “You get hurt when you mess with someone’s little sister and his friends. And Lesson Two this is what happens when you mess with someone like me.” Said Drako and with that he dropped him.

There was a blood curdling scream from Whooves as he fell toward the earth. He thought his life was over as the hard earth below came closer to him. In that moment he saw his life flash before his eyes, and in that moment he knew that he had not done anything good with his life. He had worked hard as a time keeper and that was about it. He hurt so many ponies in his life without even knowing or caring about it. His ex wife hadn’t left because she fell for someone else; she left because he was never around. He was always too busy with work to care or make time for her. Derpy had loved him and he knew that. He just miss read her feelings for Drako. She still loved him but she wouldn’t have left him for an old heart throb if he had just tried to show her how he felt.

He deserved what he was getting right now, and as the earth came closer to him he welcomed it knowing it was his own fault. As he closed his eyes he said out loud “I’m sorry…for everything, I just wish I could have figured this all out before today.”

“That was all I wanted to hear.” Said Drako

Whooves opened his eyes and looked next to him seeing Drako diving next to him. He smiled and took hold of Whooves and right before they hit the ground he pulled him up and away. It hurt when he did this but it was a lot better than the alternative. Slowly Drako set him down on the soft grass then landed next to him still smiling.

“What on earth has gotten into you?” He asked as he laid there on the ground shaking.

“I never intended to let you fall to your death. I’m not a killer in any way, but it was the only way I could get you to see the light. You were going into a dark place Dr. Whooves and I wanted to help you. I told Derpy I would, and I saw what she saw when I looked into your face.” Said Drako putting a hoof on his shoulder

Tears started to fall from Whooves eye’s as he said “I’ve been such a bloody fool. I can never take back what I did.”

“You can try and make up for it though. I know where you’re at right now may not seem great or good but it is trust me. I have been where you are in a way at one point and look at me now. Just work your way through all of this and maybe one day you’ll be as blessed as I am.” Said Drako

“I’m not sure I can do that.” Whooves dropped his head sadly feeling the weight of what he had done fall onto him.

“Sure you can. What you need is a friend to help you through all of this. Even after what you did to my sister I’m willing to be that friend if you’ll let me.” Said Drako smiling down at him

He sniffed and said “Really?”

“If I didn’t find a friend to help me when I was down I would have never made it here. I’m doing what I can to make sure you get better. You have issues you need to work on and I know you can do it and I’ll help you.”

“Ok Drako Moon…I’ll do my best to help fix this. First I should go with you. I believe you said you needed to arrest me.”

“I do but I think if you stay good like you are right now then we can have a peaceful walk back.” He said

With that the two of them started slowly walking back toward Ponyville. As they did Whooves said “So what is this unit you were talking about? The Celestia’s Privet Special Forces I think you said?”

Drako sighed wishing he would have kept his mouth shut “It’s nothing and it’s something you can’t talk to anyone about. If they found out I told you about it I would be in big trouble.”

“Don’t worry I can keep a secret don’t you worry about it ok.” He said smiling

Drako sighed again and walked faster. They walked the rest of the way back in silence. Both of them thinking about what would happen next to them. Whooves wondered more about what he would do when he was arrested and how he can fix his life. Drako on the other hand was thinking about Dash and Derp. His feelings toward both of them were so strong it made his heart break in two. He just wished he could find a way to work it out without hurting one or the other.

He also had the end of the summer on his mind too. He only had two months left to figure out a way to get Celestia off his back about marrying Luna. Though in the past week Luna and him had grown much closer and he told himself that marrying someone like her wouldn’t be so bad too. She was kind, fun, and didn’t act like most Royalty. But he also had Scoot on his mind. What would happen if he had to leave Ponyville? Would he take her with him or leave her with Dash again? For now he would just have to wait and see what happened.

Soon they found themselves walking back into Ponyville. Waiting for them in the town square was Luna with a few of the Royal Guard. She gave a sigh of relief when she saw them walking up to them and she said “Drako I was worried that…well something happened.”

“It’s ok Luna I didn’t do anything bad…well in a way. But I talked with Dr. Whooves and he is turning himself in. I want him to be treated well and to be signed up for AA and with a Therapist. He has a few issues he needs to work out.” Said Drako bowing quickly to Luna

“I’m glad to hear that. I hope he can work through them so he can maybe make up for his crime.” Said Luna

“Maybe one day I’ll be able to win back Derpy’s Heart.” Said Whooves

Like saying her name made her just show up out of nowhere Derpy stepped out from the small crowed and said slowly “Sorry Whooves but we won’t ever be together again. I know you had problems but what you did was still uncalled for. Maybe one day we can be friends again but as of right now I don’t want to see you.” And with that said turned and flew away.

Dr. Whooves eyes got watery and he said “I should have expected that.”

“She’s just hurt right now just give her time. Maybe you two won’t get back together, but she is a forgiving pony. Don’t give up so fast ok.” Said Drako then he looked at Luna “Do you think the three of us can talk without a crowed Luna?”

“Sure thing my Guard.” She said then rose her head “I would like you all to please leave for now. Guards wait at Twilights for Us.

After everyone left Drako said slowly “Princess Do you by chance know a Memory Spell?”

“I know many why do you ask.”

Whooves looked confused as Drako looked at him and said “I accidentally told him about the C.P.S.F. I need to make sure he won’t be able to tell anyone about it.”

“Hey now I said I would keep it a secret.” Said Whooves backing up some “You can trust me.”

“I wish I could but knowing about it puts you in danger as well as myself and my family. I’m sorry Whooves but this has to be done.”

“Do you need the memory blocked or whipped out fully?” asked Luna looking over Whooves

Drako sighed as he looked at Whooves and he said “Take everything about the C.P.S.F…and anything that he may have heard about it from others too.”

“No you can’t do that it’s not right.” Yelled Whooves

“I’m sorry my friend.”

“You’re no friend of mine! A friend would trust one another!” he yelled

“Soon you won’t know what happened. Once again I’m sorry. Now please Luna do it quick.”

“I will Drako. I know how importuned it is to keep you all a secret.” She said and with a glow of her horn and a flash along with the quick yell of Whooves, it was done.

Drako turned away at the dazed looked on Whooves Face. He then said “I’ll be out walking. If you need me just call ok Luna.”

“I understand…come by my house tonight when you feel like it. There are things we need to talk about my friend.” She said then she lifted Whooves up in a levitation spell and walked off.

“Yeah…I know we do…” and with that he walked away…