[CR DD&AH] 30Min Writing Challenge #3 *TreeTime Edition*

It was yet another beautiful day in Ponyville, when everyone’s favorite mailmare was out for delivery. Derpy was lazily flying through the skies over town, with a heavy package in her saddlebags. This caused her already opsided flying to already lisy even morwe than usul, making her spin in half-circles. Given her destination was on the other end of time-er town, right? Right- no adventures with the Doctor today, she had work. Right! With her destination on the other end of town, she was likely to be very dizzy by the time she arrive.

Amd what diestination was this?Why, it was Twinkleshine’s house, of course! but whetever she had ordered that weighed so much Derpy would ike to know. It was really making flying diffi-

WHOOHSHH!

Out of nowhere, a stray gust of strong wind sent Derpy’s lop-sided flying spinning wildly out of control, making the mailmare flail her hooves about desperately while her wings flapped about like whipping leaves. She felt herself veering dangerously off course, lunging towards- wait was that?! It was! the bottomless pit, just outside of Ponyville! EVERYpony knew to avoid that! Story had it that any pegasi dlying too close to the pit, and being sucked down into a never-ending vortext. Where the pit led to, nopony could say, but Tartarus was a populare assumption.

Not particularly keen on being sucked into anything, Derpy flapped ever harder, trying to regain some sense of balance, and steer away from the ever-approaching pit. She glided low, ducking into the trees to cut off access of the wind trying to blow her to it, but was bounced around somewhat hasrhly for her effort- resembling a grey pinball as she bounced through the trees. Thankfully, her saddlebags took the brunt of the damage, and Depy was able to land safely, and regain her footing. Shaking out her hings, Derpy elected to trot the rest of the way to Twinkleshine’s house.

She arrived a little before noon, giving a resounding knock on the unicorn’s front foor. the pink-aned, white unicorn opened quickly, having been eagerly waitingh for her package.

“Oh! I can’t wait to openirt it!” She exclaimed, wrapping the package in her magic, and tearing the paper covering. “My collector’s cookie jar for Captain Equestria and Buc-”

But alas, as Twinkly opened her box, out came a tinkling of broken powrcelain- followed by a broken-hearted- and then irritated- look shot at Derpy. The mailmare grinned sheepishly.

“I just don’t know what went wrong!”