The quest to save Derpy

        I just can't believe what I'm experiencing right now. my all time favorite background character from one of my favorite television shows is right here by my side. But, what I also can't believe is what she told me. A defenseless, mentally impaired Pegasus, beaten up by all who she thought liked her. I know she said everypony who I thought was my friend beat her up. But exactly who? But whatever is going on I'm gonna get to the bottom of it, because Depry doesn't deserve this. Just to think this all started with just a simple animation error.

        "Jackie, are you seriously going to bring that...thing with us?" Brianna scoffs, huffing, and puffing.

        "Yes I am. besides, if I don't, I know a very nice inanimate object that wants to meet you. Face to face, remember?" i quicken my pace to catch up with her, bumping her in the side.

        "Whatever. So how did your homemade apple juice taste? Huh? Bet Ya tried it too." She rolls her eyes, giggling to herself.

        I look back to Derpy, who is dragging behind about ten feet away from us. From here I can tell her breathing is shaky, and her steps are wobbly. I'd pick her up and carry her, but I'm not some stuck up body builder on steroids, now am I?! well then again, Pegesai are supposedly light as a feather. She notices my looking at her, and she stops walking.

        "I look stupid, I know. You don't have to stare." She grunts, gazing at the ground. I walk over to her and kneel down, and place a hand on her shoulder.

        "Derpy, I don't think you look stupid. I'm worried about you okay? We'll talk about this when we get to my grandmas house okay?" I say with a soft, and soothing, supportive tone. I ruffle her mane a little.

        "Jackie, do you hear yourself right now? You somehow discovered some weird talking winged pony and you act like you've known it for ages. And I just realized that whole dashboard thing was Kate's thing!"

        She steps closer to me, causing Derpy to back away a little. Gosh if she's like this now, how will she be in a truck with four humans like four times her size in a small compact space? I don't know, but I'll have to make this work.

        "You don't understand what's going on with her so back off!" I snap back at her. "Come on derpy, let's go." I bring Depry to all fours, and I lay a hand on her back, leading her up the hill and to the truck.

        "What in the world to you so long, Jack Jack?" Kate scolds from the drivers passenger window.

        "Well..." I beast ure my head to Derpy and her face goes blank. All the color flushes away, leaving her a pale white.

        "What...is that?"

        "OH MY FRICKING LORD!! AM I THE ONLY ONE ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET THAT KNOWS WHAT A PEGASUS IS!?!" I collapse to my knees, placing my head in my hands.Dont worry I'm not crying. I just sit like this to relieve stress. No worries. :)

        "J-Jackie?"

        "Yes Derpy?"

        "What is that thing?"

        "The best thing created by man." I sigh, still in the same position.

        "Uhm, did somebody poison me with shrooms? Cause I swear that thing just talked!" Kate exclaims, with her arms out of the window.

        I stand back up.

        "No you are not on shrooms, at least I hope you're not, and yes she talks. And one other thing." I say calmly, walking up to her. "She's not a thing. SHES...A...PEGASUS!! P-E-G-A-S-U-S!!" I shout, poking her nose with each letter I spell out.

        "Are you on your period?" She asks as Brianna hops back Into the truck.

        "No, but if you don't treat her right I will be putting a period to your LIFE!!"

       "Well damn. Just get in the truck already." She points a thumb to the rear of the cab, with an angry sigh.

        I know I'm not on my period. dis bitch is delusional. I had my period the other day! Maybe she is on shrooms and they are messing...her...up. I turn to face Derpy who looks frightened out of her mind. either it's being surrounded by aliens, or its cuz of me yelling, or both!

        "Okay, Derpy, we're gonna get I to the truck okay?"

        "Is it safe? y-you're not gonna do anything to me are you?"

        "Of course not. if they do, there will be hell to pay for them okay?" I lean forward, giving my newly made friend a friend hug. "I loves Ya derpster!" I give her a little nuzzle like they do in the show.

        "Okay..." She whispers.

        She looks up at the big red vehicle as it towers over her. They don't have these in Equestria, so I doubt she knows how to get in. So I lift her up into my arms, lighter than I thought because she is light as a feather. This cause me to lose my balance, but luckily i don't fall. To bad for all you suckers who were hoping for us to end up rolling down the hill like a couple of rag dolls. I manage to get the door open, and I sit my but on the black leather seat, swiveling to face foward. I have Derpy in my lap now, and she looks so dreadful and adorable at the same time. I smile as I set her between me and Brianna. I buckle myself in, then Derpy.

        "She is kinda cute. just except for all those bruises and such." Brianna coos.

        "Yeah no kidding."

        "So is everybody, and pony ready?" Mark asks. I'm shocked. it's the first thing he says and he doesn't seem to be phased at all with a talking Pegasus in the back seat.

        "Yes" I tell him. He places his hand on the clutch, moving it forward Into drive, and we are off.

        Derpy now looks as if shes about to faint. I mean seriously. take the situation from her point of view. Neglected and bullied by friends, then whisked away to a world where she does not belong, and now in a something that moves that she has never been in before with four strange creatures surrounding her. Not my idea of a pleasant pick nick. I put an arm around the back of her, and I pull her into leaning on me. It's a friendly way of showing that she's safe with me. She looks up at me with pleading eyes that don't speak, yet they scream a thousand words.

        With my other hand I begin to stroke her mane. I know this may seem weird, but I want to make sure that she knows we can be trusted. Surprisingly, she leans her head on me with a yawn, and with no further words, she falls asleep. I can't help but smile. Yes I've said it already I can't believe she's here, but now I'm protectively holding her, and she's fallen asleep on me. This is the perfect example of bittersweet. Sweet that I get to be the lucky one to hold her, yet bitter that she's taken quite the physical and emotional toll.

        I continue stroking her mane, and I notice her tail begin to slightly say in a soft of way, that's she's in a state of comfort. Brianna looks at her, then me, and shakes her head. I can tell Derpy is getting to her. Then I watch as she reaches a hand out and begins to pet her back. She smiles at me, and gives a shrug. I know what she's saying pretty much. "Hey she's cute, it's not wrong to pet her, is it?" She doesn't say it, but I can tell. Derpy'so head moves to be right under my chin, and I notice her muzzle begins to form a small smile.

        An hour or two later of driving, I begin to feel quite sleepy, and drowsy. We've been driving for like four hours now! Seriously grandma! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO LIVE SO FAR AWAY?! What is this, Shrek or something? "Welcome to 'Far Far Away'!" "Grab your torch and pitch forks! Doesn't that bother you?!" Oh...wait...that's from the first one, Duh! Lol I just pulled a Derpy. Speaking of Derpy, she's still asleep, the same way she fell asleep, except for the fact that she was struggling to get more comfortable due to the seatbelt. So I unbuckled her, and she moved onto my lap! In her sleep!

        So here I am, holding Derpy Hooves in my lap. Like, this is so weird and cute all together. But adorableness out weighs weird by far. I think I'm getting sleepy because it's starting to get dark out, but luckily it's only another hour till we get to grandmas. It's so nice that she lives in the next state. Oh the wonders of never ending driving, and gas expenses that come from MY wallet!! I was saving up money for a really big Derpy plushie, but I have to spend it on something I absolutely do NOT care about. But hey, having the real Derpy makes up for it though!

        "Jackie?" Brianna asks,

        "Y-yeah?" I reply with a yawn.

        "Sorry for you know...Judging Derpy. If I knew what was going on I wouldn't have been the way I was. Plus she's really cute. To be honest, Im jealous you're the one holding her."

        "Really?"

        "Yeah. I feel bad for her. yeah it's strange having a talking Pegasus from another world here with us, but the general idea she had lots of friend that turned their backs on her like that is just sad."

        "I know. She's scared out of her mind. She doesn't know who to trust anymore. I just hope she can trust the three of us."

        "Yeah."

        ...

        "You tired Jackie?" Askd Brianna.

        "Yes, I am. I would be sleeping, but with this whole thing going on, my brain refuses to shut down."

        "Eh. Well I'm going to sleep. Wake me when we get there."

        "Okay, will do."

        Brianna lays her head against the back of the seat, closing her eyes, and soon begins to snore. I usually don't like snoring but hers sounds kinda funny. it sounds kinda like a squeaky toy. I notice Kate at the front, and she's fallen asleep as well, all but me and Mark. Mark had to drive since he's the only one with a lisence, so he CANT sleep. I wish I could. But I guess he wonders of sleep aren't on my side this time.

        I look down at Derpy, all cuddled against me. I'm happy she's asleep. She really needs it. I hug her softly, and protectively. I don't want anything else bad to happen to Her. She's been through more than enough as it is. I wonder why she warmed up to me so fast though. maybe she does trust me, and that's exactly what I want, is for her to know she's safe. I just hope I can find someway to get her back to Equestria. Or maybe not because she'll just be mistreated again.

        Right now, I would do anything to make her happy, because A happy Derpy is the second best thing next to a happy pinkie pie. I get the urge to just give her a kiss, so I tilt my head down a little and I plant a small kiss on her forehead. She kind of reminds me of my pet cat I had as a kid. His name was Snowball. Guess how he died. He was run over. But I never got a Snowball two though.  A few minutes later, my sleepiness gets to be too much For me, and I finally pass into the dream world.

        In my head I hope this is just a dream, then again, I don't want it to be.