Derpy's Dream

Derpy felt the rays of sun strike her warm skin, she opened her eyes. She woke right next to Sky, who was still fast asleep. They were close, and Derpy could feel her soft, warm breath against her coat. She quietly and cautiously made her way out of her bed. She looked outside and noticed that they must’ve been asleep for at least ten hours. The sky outside was a light purple, as the sun slowly made its ascent, however, it was still blocked out by the tree line.

This is… nice… everything about it. Derpy thought, she turned back around to face Sky, who was still in a deep slumber. Her eyes looked much healthier now, and she looked very at peace. Derpy gave a smile, deep and sincere, and went downstairs to make some breakfast for the two of them. Pancakes. She got the batter, the eggs, other essentials, and got to work. This is love, it must be. But it feels different than the stories I’ve read had perceived it to be. It’s not something you can explain. It’s something you have to experience. After a few minutes, the batter was prepared, and Derpy plopped it onto the plate placed on the stove, and turned on the flame for the stove.  Was this to be my last lesson with Dr. Vinyard? About love and emotion? She thought as she flipped the pancakes over rather mindlessly. It almost went off the edge of the pan.

“Woops! Better be more careful Derpy, don’t want to screw up breakfast for the both of us!” she said softly aloud to herself. “I wonder what I’ll do today… I haven’t got a job any longer… Well, Dr. Vinyard said I had a great vocabulary, and a smooth voice, maybe a radio show host!” She flipped over a pancake, and rehearsed to herself aloud. “Good mooorning Mares and Colts,” Derpy said to herself in a pronounced voice, “Derpy here with your weekly… weekly… oh shoot, what in Equestria would I talk about? Ah! I got it. Your weekly report on natural and social phenomena! Now that would be fun to talk about!” She flipped over another pancake, she had made three, and they were looking pretty good to her.

She put two on a plate, and the other one in a container to keep them warm. She cautiously brought the ordinance upstairs to her bed room, and laid it on the bed stand closest to Sky. Her partner was still quite asleep, and rather serene. Derpy noticed that her side was exposed, and she thought of a brilliantly mirthful idea to awake her sleeping companion. She quietly opened the drawer of the bed stand and found exactly what she was looking for, a quill.

Ever so lightly she tickled the lower side of Skyblues body, who instinctively nudged sideways, and swayed her hoof where the sensation was just felt. Derpy made another assault, this time on the center of her now arched back. Sky rolled over rather quickly, and fell clean off the bed. Upon a soft, yet clean impact she shot up and spoke faster than Derpy thought was even physically possible.

“WHO IN THE NAME OF- HOLY COW IN ALL MY LIFE I’VE NEVER SEEN- GOOD GRAVY- OH… I’m awake.”

“I-I... HA! I made you breakfast S-Sky” Derpy said, trying her hardest to not break out into laughter.

“I appreciate the food, not so much the greeting, whew… Goodness.” Sky said, chuckling a little herself after realizing the hilarity of the situation. She got up and the two started laughing. Sky got back on the bed, and crawled her way to the other side. She picked up the fork and began eating the food Derpy had prepared.

“Mmm… this… is… really good!” said Sky through a full mouth.

“I’m glad you think so!” replied Derpy with a smile across her face. “I’m going to head downstairs and get mine, I’ll be right back!” She added, as she made her way out of the room shooting Skyblue a wink on her way out.

Derpy picked up her plate and used the same technique as she did for ascending the stairs with Sky’s food; cautiously. She made her way through the doorway into the bedroom, Sky had finished most of her meal already. This was alright seeing how Derpy had made less for herself. They both completed their meals with utmost efficiency.

Sky looked up at Derpy, she shone with a radiant glow, though her mane uncombed, and her coat not quite pristine. She still wielded an incredible amount of beauty. Perhaps it was how comfortable she seemed to be around Derpy not being necessarily well-kept.

“Derpy, I can’t thank you enough. I wish I could tell you just how I feel, but the words to do so just don’t exist. Thank you so much.” Said Sky, her voice full with emotion and gratitude.

“I think the word is love.” Derpy replied, in a calculated tone.

Sky looked at Derpy initially with confusion, she then gave her a strong smile. She got up from the bed, walked over to Derpy, and gave her a hug.

“I think you’re right.” Sky said to Derpy, “And I was thinking, maybe we should go out to the park, and just…”

“Be together.”

“Yea, let’s go.”

They made their way to the door of Derpy’s home. Derpy opened it, Skyblue exited, and as the warm sunlight hit her skin, she seemed to sparkle.

The smile on Sky’s face could not be beat. There was an angulating splendor about her. She seemed to radiate with some beauty that couldn’t be matched. But a doubt, a certain fear began to arise in her mind. What would the people of Ponyville think? Two Mares?! Actually… Who gives a flying feather about what they think!! It’s us that’s important! She thought, and a smile spread wide on her face.

Derpy’s front door swung shut behind her as she and Sky started to walk down to the road. The sun felt new on Derpy, and the world around seemed to have a new luster, everything was bright now. And then she felt a warm sensation on her neck. Sky had placed herself close to Derpy, and rested her head on Derpy. A tingle shot down her spine, and the world stopped again. Nothing was important except for her and Skyblue.

But then the fantasy ended.

Derpy heard snickers from some colts rung through Derpy’s ears, she looked to her left where the sound originated from. And she saw a group of colts, around Derpy’s age mostly. There were 4 of them, two were laughing hysterically, one looked rather pleased with himself, and was giving a stare at Derpy. The last, and the largest, was giving her a malevolent stare. Sky’s eyes were closed, she hadn’t noticed. Not yet at least. No, no!? This is paranoia, they honestly are just laughing about some silly joke. They are NOT talking about us.

“What’s wrong D?” Sky said to Derpy, sounding concerned.

“Nothing. Wait though, two things. What makes you think something’s up, and I’m ‘D’ now?” Derpy replied with humor.

“Well, to answer your first question, you’re breathings short, so that got me up, silly. And ‘D’ sounds cute!” Sky said with enthusiasm.

“Fair enough,” My breathing got short?! Since when do I not notice that?! “Anyways, let’s find a seat, my legs are sore. Late night and all, sore limbs.” Did I really just say that…? Smoooooth, Casa Nova…

“Sounds like a plan to me!”

The two pulled over, rather uniformly, and sat down on a street bench. Derpy sat facing Sky, and she rested her head on Sky’s shoulder.

“We should go out somewhere.” Derpy said.

“Well, we sorta already are.” Sky answered comically.

“Yea, but somewhere special, with an adventure waiting to happen.”

“Like what?”

A colt holding a CD player passed the two of them, loud music emitting from his headset.

“A concert! Music is a great way to express emotion, and with autumn approaching, bands will flock for the Running of the Leaves!” Derpy said enthusiastically.

“That sounds like it could be fun! Yea definitely! Um… Don’t take this the wrong way but… what do you do for a living? Just so like… We know about… cost.” Sky asked cautiously.

“Oh, well I’m not sure, I mean. I used to deliver the mail, but I’m not sure. I mean, I want to do something with my life, something people will remember me for.”

“Well, what are you interested in?”

“I mean not mail anymore. I’ve always been interested in the music Dr. Vinyard played for me early in our lessons.”

“What kind of music?”

“It tended to be Classical. But that opened me up to other music, like Rock and stuff. I actually have a synth keyboard at my house, Dr. Vinyard gave it to me, along with some music books.”

“You play? Or you’d like to. I mean music’s actually looking pretty promising, seeing how Vinyl and Octavia are the only professional musicians in Ponyville. A lotta room for new talent.”

“I do play, or I did…. I haven’t played in a while. I could get back on top of it though, and who knows, maybe it would kick off.”

Sky gave a smile and said, “I’m sure you’re awesome, and I earn a pretty generous salary at the Finance Office downtown, so I can support you if things get shaky.”

Finance Office? She works at a Finance Office? For who? “You mean the Ponyville Town Finance Office? The one Mrs. Mayor runs?”

“Yep, my Dad knew Mrs. Mayor, went to High School with her! He was able to hook me up with a good job in Finance. I really like it.” Sky answered.

Well how ‘bout that… learning a lotta’ interesting things today. Then again, I’m pretty certain she didn’t know I “play” keys. She must’ve been thinking out loud, her face shone when the realization that she could pursue a little sudden dream and have support hit her. Derpy was well aware that she was displaying unfiltered thoughts through facial expression, because Sky looked just as happy about her. Sky leaned forwards and gave her a kiss.

Though it lasted merely a moment, once again, the world paused. Will this happen every time? I kinda want it to. Derpy thought to herself. And the world faded and blurred around her.

Here’s to a new life…