Derpy's Dream

The sky was bright, it shone with the luminescence of the rising moon, a night of epic lunar beauty. The forest of Whitetail was always gorgeous at this time of night, with just a little bit of its green colouring poking through the veil of midnight darkness. Reflecting the moons rays around it, creating a nocturnal glow.

The Cliffside was equally gorgeous, sporting its smooth rocky surface, reflecting the stars, and promoting prolonged glances out to the world around it. It was like standing on top of a miracle, surrounded by little wonders as far as the eye could perceive.

“D, let me throw a hypothetical your way. What if we just stopped… if something happened, like one of us moves away? What would we do?” Sky said to Derpy, breaking the omniscient silence.

A little frightened at first, Derpy flinched. Once she comprehended what was just dropped on her, she began to imagine a world without Skyblue.

“I-I dunno… I’m so used to having you here, and being with you that. Well, not be cliché, but it hurts to imagine life without you right now. So much of my life is centered around us, moving on would be so hard. I just don’t want to think about unless it’s something that will happen.” Derpy responded, her voice shaking, eyes tilting the way they do when she’s confused, but slowly returning to a normal orientation.

“I can’t imagine it either. I just wish though, that people wouldn’t mind us so much. It’s not often, but it still comes up.”

“You mean today, when those colts I saw back when we were first dating, started to yell at us?”

“No I mean the nice lady that offered us muffins, which you devoured…” Sky responded sarcastically.

“Impulses! Can’t help it!” She said, attempting to make it sound like an innocent act that is easily understood.

“It’s fine!” Sky said laughing, “but yea, those colts worry me, they’ve gotten more headstrong. What if they start to make a scene this time? Today it was us walking through the park with no one there, what if next time it’s in town? Think of all the things that could happen!” Sky said nervously.

“I think we should just forget about it. Why don’t we sleep, always gives good ideas, besides, I brought a blanket for us, it’s in the basket.” Derpy said, pulling a comfy blanket out of the picnic basket next to her. Sky moved in to Derpy, nuzzling her snout into her neck, as Derpy laid the blanket down over them both.

Sky closed her eyes and released all tension in her body as she started to fall to sleep. Derpy stared out at the glorious night, it was so overwhelmingly beautiful. It was like staring out into a vast ocean, so large that one can simply not begin to fully understand it, and even more lay beyond the horizon.

A noise arrived from behind, the sound of hooves.  Trotting along in a painfully casual manner. Derpy looked back. Her eyes deceived her mind, as her perfect moment faded, and the world stopped spinning for a second. Now it was not two ponies on the cliff, no, it was 5.

The four colts Sky was talking of. Were slowly advancing, taking their time. The lunar glow illuminated their faces, it was clear and present like a developed photo film. They stared at Derpy and Sky, with a malevolent glare that only suggested a sickening joy. They moved in faster now. The large pegasi in front started to speak.

“Someone’s at the wrong place at the wrong time. You gonna keep bein’ a freak like that? You’re a retard, you’re deficient, you’re incompetent, and there is nothing admirable about you. Stop pretending like you’re smart, and stop being a disgrace to Ponyville, trotting around with a mare in that manner. You don’t get it, you’re a freak, we’ve just about had it with you, and you’re through.” He said in a dark tone that sounded like smoked glass.

Sky woke up, she looked around, and saw the horrifyingly true evidence of demise.

“We’re gonna end you, make your pitiful existence end with a bang. Rather a hoof.”

“How? Why? What have we ever done to you! Nothing! Go on and enjoy yourselves while sharing tolerance for others, just, go!” Derpy said in retort, eyes tilting slightly again. Sky shot up, horn blazing a bright yellow, sparks of magic fizzing off its tip.

“Stay away from us you creeps!” She said defensively.

“Well, I just can’t back down from a challenge now can I?”

They colt pounced at them, Sky shot a bolt of lightning at one in mid-flight and sent him flying backwards in a static mess. The pegasi and his partner landed on Sky, throwing a fury of punches down towards her.

“NO!” Derpy screamed, she turned back around, and bucked on of them right in the jaw, he staggered and fell to the floor clasping his broken jaw. The larger one diverted his attention to Derpy, and launched at her sending them both to the ground. The larger one was on top, throwing punches unmercifully toward her. Every noise was a singular blur, a piercing ringing that never ceased. Her mouth felt warmer, it was filling with her blood. How bizarre, I feel nothing.

Out of the darkness of silent pain, a bolt of yellow lightning came and struck the attacker off his hooves as he went spiraling off the Cliffside. As soon as the bolt sent him off, the other colts bucked her side, sending her to the floor violently. Derpy looked off the Cliffside, and saw the pegasi fly upwards and back towards the Cliff. Derpy stood up, she bucked the two colts off sky, not with enough strength to send them towards the floor, but enough to get their attention. She kicked again, this time striking them both in the face. They reared towards her, she struck again, and started running down the Cliffside, the two colts, and airborne pegasi in close pursuit of her. I have to leave, I have to save Sky.

She turned into the trees, branches and leaves striking her face, her main getting tangled and her coat gathering dirt. She ran, the forest seemed endless, she turned right. The forest was thinning out, and the sound of hooves became more distant. She kept running. The forest thinned more, it felt like hours she was running. The forest finally ended, and a grassy hill lay ahead. She took flight and reached the top of the hill. She could see the Cliffside far away, and saw Sky running down the trail. I can’t return, this can’t happen again, not to her. Derpy looked down and saw the colts running right through the forest still, on a lost trail.

I can’t go back. I have to leave. She looked out at Ponyville and saw the sunrise, it felt painfully familiar. It was, she had been here but once before. This was her nightmare, this was the field that she reached when she ran away. This was the sunrise she saw, and now she’s running away again. She has to. This is it, I have to leave, no goodbye’s, I have to go. I’ll find Doctor Vinyard, I’ll ask for his help, I need to find my parents. I need someone, I need help.

The sun continued to rise, and rain began to fall lightly on its beams of light. A faint rainbow appeared across the sky. Derpy looked out once more, on her life. She rose above all expectations, she was a lover, she was prosecuted. She had a new life indeed. But this isn’t her dream, and she knows it. There’s so much left for her to still do, this can’t be the end. I will find Doctor Vinyard, we’ll find my parents, we’ll reunite, and together we will rise against the belligerence of intolerance. I have lived my dream, it’s time to dream again…