D.E.R.P.Y.H.O.O.V.E.S.

5 years later...

"Derpy!" Carrot Top called, "Get out of my carrot garden! Go dig your muffin cellar somewhere else in the backyard, just not my garden!" Derpy looked up from the hole she was starting to dig in the garden and sheepishly began to refill the hole. Carrot sighed. "Poor Derpy, my little Muffin. It was easier back when we were in the ESS. Carrot took a long sip of her hay tea, then smiled as Derpy began back toward the house for her lunch. It was the usual, a nice, big, fluffy muffin baked fresh from Sugarcube Corner. As Derpy sat in her chair, she noticed Carrot looking at her sadly. "Carrot," Derpy asked in her nasally innocent voice, "what's wrong?" Carrot quickly snapped back to reality and shook herself awake. "Sorry, Derpy, what did you say?"

"Are you okay?" Derpy asked once again. "I wish I was, Muffin, but the lack of sales I've been having have hit me pretty hard," Carrot Top lied. Derpy frowned, "Carrot, what's wrong?" Now Carrot Top was visibly irritated and replied grouchily, "It's not something you would want to know, Muffin." Now Derpy was irritated. "I know you're lying to me, Carrot! What's wrong?" Carrot jumped out of her seat, tears forming in her eyes, and yelled, "I said, you don't wanna know, Derpy!" And with that, Carrot ran off to her room. Derpy grabbed Carrot's tea and slumped, taking a sip. "I just don't know what went wrong." she sulked.

Carrot Top sobbed into her pillow. She remembered the day they came to Ponyville, five years ago. Derpy got a job as Mailmare that day, but had a hard time adapting back to normal life. She saw one pony eating a muffin, and went all muffin-crazy. Probably because Carrot used to call her, and still does call her, her little Muffin. Used to. That thought hit Carrot the hardest. She remembered the promotion she was going to get, as High Councillor of the ESS Mission Board. But, her connection to Aquaswirl was too much for her to lose. Carrot couldn't fathom the idea of leaving her only friend. There was a soft rapping at her door. Derpy. Carrot thought. "Come on in, Derpy." she sniffled. The grey pegasus poked her head inside the brightly-lit room. "Someone's here to see you, Carrot." Derpy opened the door wider to reveal... "Sergeant Hard Drive!" Carrot got up and out of her bed and said softly, "Derpy, go finish eating your muffin."

Derpy happily trotted back to her unfinished muffin, and Carrot saluted. "At ease, Agent Carota." Hard Drive said softly. "What do you need me for, Sergeant?" Carrot asked. "We need Agent Aquaswirl. The Mane Six have disappeared." Carrot Top was shaken. "Agent Aquaswirl? She's decommissioned! She can't help without her memories." Hard Drive nodded. "Meet at Canterlot Castle at 1200 hours sharp... And bring your pegasus friend. We need her now." Agent Carota nodded solemnly. She knew what had to happen. And they needed Agent Aquaswirl now.

Sergeant Hard Drive left soon afterwards, and Carrot told Derpy to pack some clothes. "We're going to Canterlot tomorrow," she told her, "to see the Princess." Derpy's wall-eyed eyes brightened, and she immediately flew to her room to start packing. Carrot smiled, due to seeing Derpy so happy, and the fact that she was going to get her old friend back.