MY LITTLE DERPY
BY
BUBBLEPUFF
Hello, my name is Thunderstruck. I am a pegasus pony who lives in Ponyville. I have jet-black hair, a black and silver mane and tail, and a lightning cutie mark. I work at the weather factory, where it is my job to make thunderstorms. This is important because the nitrates in the rain fertilize the soil, and the lighting burns away dead, dry brush to make room for new plants to grow. But this story isn’t about me. It’s about a special little filly who changed my life forever.
I was running through the woods on the edge of Ponyville. Flying is important for a pegasus, but it’s also good for us to keep our legs in shape. I stopped to rest when I noticed something odd. A small pegasus filly, grey with a yellow mane and tail, was sitting under a tree and playing with bubbles. A young filly out in the woods all alone was suspicious, so I approached her.
As I got closer, I could tell that something was off about this filly. One of her eyes was off-center, and she was making bubbles by holding the bubble wand in her mouth and shaking her head. I got down to her level and spoke in kind voice.
“Hello there. What’s your name?”
The filly dropped the wand from her mouth and smiled. “I’m Derpy!”
“Why are you out here all by yourself?”
“Mommy told me to sit here and play with bubbles”
Her words worried me. “Where is your mommy now, Derpy?”
“I don’t know”
“Do you know where your house is?”
Derpy just shrugged her shoulders. I couldn’t just leave Derpy out in the woods. I decided to take her to the local guard station. “Derpy, would you come with me please? I’m going to take you somewhere with lots of nice ponies.”
Derpy smiled and nodded her head. She flapped her wings and got off the ground, only to fall back down. I guess she didn’t know how to fly yet. “That’s ok. Here, climb on my back.” She got on my back and I flew her to the guard station.
After arriving at the guard station, Derpy and I sat on bench while we waited for the guards to meet with us. I then heard her stomach growing. “Sounds like you’re hungry.”
“Yep!” Derpy said, rubbing her tummy.
“How about I get you a snack. What would you like?”
“Muffins!” Derpy said enthusiastically.
“Ok, I’ll be right back...” I dashed over to Sugarcube Corner and bought two chocolate chip muffins. I went back to the station and handed the bag to Derpy. She devoured both muffins in seconds. I couldn’t help but laugh a little. “I guess you really love muffins...”
“They’re my favorite thing to eat.” Derpy said with a big smile.
A guard came over and took Derpy to a special room that they had for fillies to ask her questions. I filled out a report telling the guards everything I knew, that I had found Derpy in the forest all alone and that she didn’t know where her home or mother were. The guard came out of the room after speaking with Derpy. Aside from her name he couldn’t get much information from her. Her hoof prints weren’t on file. It was like she just popped up out of nowhere.
“What’s going to happen to her now?” I asked the guards. They told me that until Derpy’s identity and family could be found, she would be placed in a foster home. That’s when I glanced over and looked at Derpy as she was being led out of the room. Her smile, the innocence on her face, it all just filled my heart.
“I’ll take her in. No need to pay me.”
The guards were taken aback. They were hesitant at first, but then agreed to let me take in Derpy. I was well known in Ponyville, and I had a spotless record. The guards knew that I wasn’t just some foster pony who only took in fillies just so I could get bits from the government.
I walked over to Derpy and leaned down to her. “Derpy, you’re going to be staying with me for a little bit. Think of it as a big sleepover.”
Derpy smiled. “I like sleepovers!”
We left the guard station and Derpy got on my back. I then flew her up to my cloud house that hovered above Ponyville. I unlocked the door and Derpy followed me inside. “I know this isn’t your home, but I’ll try and make it as comfortable for you as possible”
Derpy sat on the carpet in the living room. “What’s your name?”
I completely forgot. In all of the business of finding Derpy, I hadn’t told her my name yet. “My name is Thunderstruck.”
Derpy looked at me with a smile. “Can I call you Thundy?”
I couldn’t help but laugh a little. “Yes, you can call me Thundy.”
Derpy then walked over and looked out the window.
“What are you looking at?” I asked.
“The sun is setting. That means daddy will be here from work.” I didn’t have the heart to tell Derpy that her father wasn’t coming. I went into the kitchen and started making dinner. I set the bowls on the table and called over Derpy. Despite it being dark outside, she still waited by the window.
“Derpy, dinner time,” I called again. Derpy finally came over to the table and sat down. “I hope you like Macaroni and Cheese.”
Derpy looked at her bowl and sniffed it. “It’s yellow, like mommy!” she said with a smile. Derpy picked up a spoon and devoured the entire contents of the bowl.
After dinner I decided to put Derpy to bed. The spare room I had was full of boxes of old junk, so I had Derpy sleep on the couch until I cleaned it out. I grabbed a spare pillow and blanket and tucked in Derpy.
“I want Sweetie...” she said.
“Who’s Sweetie?”
“Sweetie is my friend. She’s yellow and taste like yuck” I gathered that Sweetie must be her stuffed toy. I thought for a second, then then had an idea.
“Hold on a second,” I went to the spare room and went through the boxes until I found what I was looking for. I went back to Derpy and gave her my old stuffed penguin.
“Derpy, this is my old friend Oswald. He’s very nice, and he would love to be your friend.”
Derpy held Oswald in her hooves. She looked him over, then smiled. “He’s gray like me and daddy!” Derpy hugged Oswald and I turned out the light, wishing Derpy sweet dreams.
The next morning, I was awoken when Derpy began jumping up and down on my bed. “It’s time to make muffins!” She said with glee. I should have been angry, but looking at her young face with her big smile just filled me with happiness.
“Ok, we’ll make muffins. What kind do you want?”
“Purple! Mommy makes them all the time!!”
Derpy and I headed into the kitchen to make the muffins. I told her to get the flour which was in a cupboard. Derpy grabbed the bag, then spilled it on the floor. A look of shock and terror came over her face.
“Derpy, its alright” I told her in a reassuring voice. “It was just an accident. We can clean it up.” Derpy sat there for a moment in silence. It was almost as if she was surprised that she wasn’t getting punished for something she had done accidentally.
We cleaned up the mess and then made a batch of purple muffins. After breakfast I decided to take Derpy to work with me for the day, seeing as I couldn’t just leave her alone at my house. I went to my garage and found an old cart for Derpy to ride in. She couldn’t ride on my back forever. I strapped her into the cart and rode off to the weather factory.
After we arrived, I gave Derpy a tour of the factory. I showed her the cloud machines, and the vats where the rainbows were made. Derpy took a taste and then spit it out. “Rainbows taste like yuck!”
I couldn’t help but laugh. “Well, they aren’t really known for their flavor,” I then took Derpy to the section where I worked, thunderstorms. I explained that it was my job to make lightning, and demonstrated by jumping up and down on a storm cloud. “Here, you try!”
Derpy climbed onto one of the clouds and stomped her hooves. “No, you have to jump” Derpy jumped into air, but still nothing happened. After a few more tries she finally created lightning. “That’s it! Now you’ve got it!”
I was so proud of her. Derpy excitedly jumped up and down on the cloud, laughing as lighting bolts shot out from underneath. Suddenly, Derpy slipped and fell off the cloud. I then remembered that she couldn’t fly!
I dove after her, flying as fast as I could. Derpy screamed as she fell. Fortunately, I caught her and flew back up to the weather factory. “Derpy, are you ok?” Derpy began crying uncontrollably. I held her closely to my chest, rocking back and forth and telling her that she was safe now.
I needed to calm her down. Good thing I had a lunch break. I placed Derpy in the cart and flew down to Ponyville. I stopped outside of a toy shop and ran, getting something that I knew would cheer up Derpy: Bubbles. I quickly came back out and began blowing bubbles. “Look Derpy, Bubbles!”
Derpy stopped crying and looked up at the bubbles swirling around her. “Here, you try,” I handed Derpy the bubble wand and the bottle. Derpy grabbed the wand with her mouth and started shaking her head. “No no, like this.” I showed Derpy how to hold the wand with her hoof and dip it in the bottle, then blow through it. After a few tries, Derpy got the hang of it and was blowing bubbles non stop. Suddenly, her flank began to glow, and an image of five bubbles appeared. “Derpy, you got your cutie mark!” I said with excitement. Derpy smiled and her eyes lit up with joy as she stared at her cutie mark. I then hugged her, joyous tears streaming down my face.
After the weather factory incident, I enrolled Derpy in school. My job was no place for a filly, anyway. I also cleaned out my spare room so that Derpy could finally have a room of her own. As I picked up Derpy from her first day at school, I asked her how it went.
“It was great, Thundy!” she said with a big smile. “I made friends, played games, and I made you this!” Derpy then gave me a picture she had made in art class. It was of me and her surrounded by a big heart. I smiled as a tear of joy ran down my cheek.
When we got home, I began to teach Derpy how to fly. We started with the basic hovering. After a few tries, she was able to do it. Derpy and I practiced on her flying every day after school for several weeks until she was flying on her own. We celebrated by having her favorite, purple muffins.
Then came the dark day. I was with Derpy in the living room. She was blowing bubbles with Oswald by her side on the rug while I sat in my chair and read a book. There was a knock at the door and I got up to answer it. I was greeted by two guards who had sad looks on their faces. I asked what was wrong. They told me that they had found Derpy’s parents, but the news was grimm. What they said left me in shock.
It turned out that Derpy’s real name was Ditzy Do, and that her family lived on the other side of the Everfree forest. The investigation had discovered that Derpy’s mom had been suffering from postpartum depression, and had been self medicating. Derpy’s mother had apparently tried to poison Derpy before abandoning her in the woods the day that I found her. The guards also informed me that there had been a fight between Derpy’s mother and father that resulted in her mother killing her father before taking her own life.
The guards and I stood silent for moment. When I asked what would happen to Derpy, they informed that since they could not find any other relatives that she would have to be placed in a foster home. Without hesitation, I looked at them both and said that I wanted to adopt her. I had been doing a wonderful job as her caretaker, and the guards agreed. They would come back later with the official paperwork. All I had to do now was break the news to Derpy.
I walked over to Derpy and told her that we needed to talk. “Am I in trouble?” she asked. I told her no. I told her that I needed to talk to her about her parents. “Are mommy and daddy coming home?” I let out a deep sigh. What I told Derpy was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.
“Derpy, your parents had to go away. They went someplace where they were needed, someplace very high in the sky. But they could not bring you with them, because you are needed here in Equestria. There are still many important things for you to do. Your parents love you, and they will never stop loving you. One day you will see them again”
Derpy’s eyes began to tear up. “You mean I don’t have a family?” She started crying. I hugged close to my chest as I began to cry too.
“No Derpy. You will never be alone. From now on you’re going to live with me. I will take care you, and I will never leave you, I promise.”
Derpy looked me in the eye. “I love you, Thundy!” she said with a smile.
“I love you too, Derpy...” I said, returning the smile.
I officially adopted Derpy the next day. I legally changed her name to Derpy from Ditzy, as Derpy sounded way less offensive. Derpy also took my last name, Hooves. Over the years I have watched her grow from a cute filly into beautiful mare. Derpy eventually got a job as mail mare, and even had a daughter of her own named Dinky. She has been through several ups and downs and many adventures. But no matter what, she will always be My Little Derpy.
xx-Carcass-xx Notes: Cute Story!! Derpy :3
Author's Note
This story is my own, and is not an official sequel to the original story.
