Warriors of Time: The Stallion (Book 1)

   A gray pegasus was speeding on her hooves to get to the post office as quickly as she could. Some day it had been for Derpy Hooves; she had overslept and didn't have time to make her breakfast, so she went to Sugarcube Corner to get some muffins, but instead got a milkshake on her mailmare uniform the second she came into the threshold of the building. If that wasn't enough, she had to be at work exactly at 7:30a.m. Now, it was 7:36 and her boss was not exactly the forgiving type.

  "I am so doomed." Derpy thought as she was all of a sudden knocked to the ground by another pony who also seemed to be in a hurry. Derpy's mailbag had flown off of her and went five feet into the air as some envelopes scattered around her. The mailmare recovered and sat up to tell the other pony off, but when her one good eye came back into focus her mouth opened so much, it could have hit the ground.

    The reason behind this action was because of the pony the pegasus had ran into; she could recognize the purple coat, deep blue mane with dark purple and pink streaks with a unicorn horn, and wings any day. It was none other than the new princess, Twilight Sparkle! Judging by the alicorn's expression, she had been upset, too. However, when Twilight saw the winged-pony's face, her expression turned softer as she got up and went to help the opposite mare to her hooves.

    "I-I am-s-so sorry, y-your hi-highness! It w-was al-all my fa-fault!" the frantic wall-eyed mare stuttered as she quickly got on her hooves and bowed for the young princess. Derpy could remember when Twilight Sparkle moved to Ponyville. After all, Derpy was at her welcome party the night Twilight came, but she had never actually spoken to the unicorn-turned-alicorn.

    "Please don't apologize. I should have been watching where i was going, but I was just so excited because i got some new books from the Canterlot library today and I wasn't looking." Twilight gestured to some books that apparently fell out of her saddlebag, much like the envelopes did. Twilight looked back at Derpy and saw with a frown that the gray pony was still bowed, looking up at her with one eye not exactly "looking" at her. The princess felt really awkward because she didn't like it when ponies bowed for her, it made her feel like she was put on a pillar, while others worshiped her as though she was a goddess when she knew she wasn't.

     "Uh...you don't have to do that." Twilight said. Derpy regained her composure as Twilight spoke again, "So, um..... what's your name?" Derpy was stunned. Why would an alicorn, of all ponies, want to know who she was? "I'm Derpy. Derpy Hooves." she said with a smile.