"Oh no!" Derpy said to herself. She watched in terror as Rainbow Dash was falling to the ground. She saw her being levitated to the hospital by Twilight. She felt so bad. She was getting poured on by the storm, but she didn't care. She felt like she was a monster. She cried and sobbed until she had enough courage to speak to Rainbow Dash. She was scared Dash would hate her.
After about 2 hours, she flew into the hospital.
"Excuse me. What room is Rainbow Dash in?" she asked Nurse Redheart, softly. Her coat and mane were dripping from being in the pouring rain.
"Room 45." she said with a smile on her face. It was 11:30 at night. She knocked on the door.
"Come in." she heard a raspy voice say quietly. She walked in slowly, her ears hanging down, and a frown on her face. She started crying.
"Hi Derpy. What's-" she was cut off by a devastated Derpy.
"Im so so so so so so so so so sorry Rainbow Dash! I wasn't playing attention and I jumped on the cloud before I was supposed to, and now you're hurt, and it's all my fault!" Derpy shouted, tears flowing out of her eyes.
"Shh." Dash said, as she pointed to Scootaloo, who sleeping by her side. She motioned for Derpy to come by her. Derpy walked over to her, but kept a good distance away from her.
"Derpy. What are you talking about?" Dash asked, confused.
"It's all my fault. I j.... jumped on t.... the stor.... storm cloud and n.... now you're in the hospi.... tal because of m.... me." she said between sobs.
"Derpy. It's okay. We all make mistakes."
"But not mistakes that nearly kill some pony." Derpy said angrily. She started hitting herself. Rainbow tried to stop her.
"Derpy! What are you doing?!" she said, concerned.
"I have to punish myself. You nearly died because of me. I'm a monster." she said, crying. She rubbed her red, sore cheek.
"Derpy. You're not a monster." Rainbow said firmly.
"Yes I am." she said.
"I have to go." she flew off to her house.
"Derpy wait." Rainbow called, but Derpy didn't hear.
She walked into her house to see a worried filly.
"Mom. Where were you?" asked Dinky. Dinky tried to hug her mom, but Derpy moved away.
"Don't come by mommy." Dinky was hurt by these words.
"Why?" she asked, starting to cry.
"Mommy's a monster." Derpy said, crying.
"No you're not! Why would you think that?" she said crying and angry.
"Listen to me. I just need some time to think. Who's your closest friend at the moment?" Derpy asked her daughter.
"Probably Apple Bloom." Dinky said. She was scared and confused to what her mom was going to say next.
"Okay. I want you to go pack your things. Im going to ask Applejack if you can live at the farm for a while." Derpy didn't want to do this, but she had too. She was a monster and she didn't want to hurt her daughter. She needed time to be alone.
"MOM! NO! I WANT TO BE WITH YOU!" Dinky shouted, trying to stop her mom.
"Go now." Derpy said sternly, tears escaping her eyes again.
Dinky ran upstairs, and cried while packing her belongings. Derpy called Applejack. Applejack said of course, and said she'd come to get Dinky the next morning.
At about 1:00 am, she went into Dinky's room. She saw she had packed her things. She was sleeping on the floor of her room. Derpy cried. She saw her daughter's eyes were red and she had marks on her face.
The next morning, Derpy cried and cried and cried. Dinky did as well. She wasn't allowed to go by her mother, and she would be leaving her for Celestia knows how long.
"I love you Mommy." Dinky said sadly.
"I love you too."
"I'm really really really gonna miss you."
"I'm going to miss you so much Dinky. I'm sorry you have to go for a while." Derpy didn't dare to look at Dinky. Seeing her sad, little face would only make Derpy feel like more of a monster.
A few minutes later, there was a knock on the door.
"Howdy Derpy." AJ said a bit sadly.
Derpy hugged her daughter one last time and waved goodbye.
"Dinky. Listen to me. Mommy will call you every week okay. And don't worry this isn't goodbye forever." Derpy said seriously.
"I love you Mom." Dinky said, crying. She walked away with Applejack and Apple Bloom. Derpy closed the door to her housed, slumped down behind the door and just sobbed into her hooves for a good hour.
