"Derpy, dear, can you check the mail?"
"Sure, Mum!" said Derpy Hooves, a gray pegasus foal. Her pale yellow bangs fell over her golden eyes and she let out a giggle. Soon, the little filly was chasing her tail. She had completely forgotten about checking the mail!
"Derpy!!!!!" shouted her mother, Spitfire, causing Derpy to trip.
"Oops! Sorry Mum! I'll go now!" Derpy said quickly and trotted outside. She approached the mailbox. The little filly opened it and took out the mail.
Returning inside, Derpy sorted through the mail. Three bills for Mum and Da....The latest issue of Ponyville Spotlight magazine for Mum...A box of hardware supplies for Da...Oooh! A letter for me! thought Derpy.
She picked up her letter and took it into her room. Sitting on her bed, she began to read.....
Dear Derpy Hooves,
You are invited to C.W.T.A. - Canterlot War Training Academy. At this special academy, you will learn to fight with a dagger, learn to be a stealthy spy, learn to fight with a sword, and other things that are important in battle. If you accept, please fill out the form attached to this message.
Sincerely, C.W.T.A.
Derpy Hooves gasped. Go to war!? Her!? Derpy sighed. She knew her Da, Soarin', had once been a war pony ten years ago. But that war, the War of the Changelings, was over.
She shook her gray head. I will discuss this with Mum and Da. The gray filly decided. Shetook the letter and walked into the kitchen where Spitfire and Soarin' were eating cheese and crackers.
Derpy set down the letter and form on the counter. "Read."
After reading, her parents exchanged glances. "Honey.." murmured Spitfire.
"Yea?"
"We want you to go to this academy." mumbled her Da. He obviously expected her to throw a fit.
"Ok, Da. Do you think the same, Mum?" Derpy asked calmly.
"Yes, dear..." Spitfire said softly.
Derpy puffed out her chest. Her golden eyes were brave. "Ok. I can go fill it out, if you'd like."
Smiling, her da said "Sure, honey."
Derpy sat down and got a pen. She started to fill out the form.
Gender? Female
Type of pony? Pegasus
Soon, she finished the form by signing her name and attaching a photo of herself. She walked to the mailbox, put in the enevelope, and switched the flag up. She trotted inside....
Derpy lay on her bed, dazed. She was daydreaming.
Derpy Hooves ran through the raging battle. Enemy ponies fought her teammates around her. She was holding a dagger in her mouth. The dagger had poison at the twisted tip, ready to strike.
Derpy found a n injured enemy writhing on the ground. He was in pain. "You aren't dead...." She muttered and stuck the poisoned dagger into his heart. "Let me help you with that."
Her victim screeched as the poison kicked in.Soon, he stopped screaming and moving and Derpy felt no heartbeat. He was dead.
"Derpy blinked and snapped out of the daymare. Her golden eyes were filled with tears. No, don't cry, Derpy! You gotta stay brave for Mum and Da. Derpy thought, blinking away the tears.
She fell asleep.....
Derpy Hooves took the dagger out of the slain warrior's chest and cleaned off the blood with a hankerchief. She then started to fly through the battle.
Soon, the gray pegasus saw one of her teammates fighting an enemy soldier. The soldier pushed her teammate to the ground was about to slit open her belly with a sword....
Derpy tackled into the enemy and pushed the dagger into his forehead. He let out a shriek and died.
Her teammate nodded respectfully to her and raced away.
Derpy Hooves let out a scream and awoke. It was morning, and she had not gotten a good sleep. Her dream was just her daymare continued! Derpy started to cry silently and hugged on her favorite toy, Miss Sweetie....
Soon, after crying in her room, she wiped the tear streaks on her face away and went into the dining room. She sat down at the table and her mum set a plate in front of her. Pancakes, apple fritters, hashbrowns, and orange juice was on the plate.
She picked up her fork and knife and started to cut her pancake. The room was silent. Spitfire was avoiding her golden gaze, and Soarin' only picked at his food.
They're afraid that I'll die during war. Derpy thought. She ate a piece of her delicious pancake. Her mum took a small sip from her orange juice, and Soarin' finally took a bite of his apple fritter.
"Whats new?" Soarin' managed to ask his wife and daufghter.
"Oh, nothing.." Spitfire muttered.
"I'm going to C.W.T.A...." Derpy murmured coldly.
Her da looked at her. "I'm sorry..." He said softly. "I'm such a bad father."
"No, you're the best!" Derpy yelled and scampered over to him. She stood on his lap and gave him a big hug.
Soarin' hugged her back and a tear slipped down his cheek. "I love you, Derpy."
"I love you, too, Da." She managed to say.
After breakfast, Soarin' and Spitfire thought they should go to the park. Derpy happily accepted. She loved the park, and it would probaly be the last time she would go with her beloved parents.
At the park, the three played frisbee. Derpy sucked at the game, but she loved it. But soon it was time to go.
Derpy returned to her room when she got home. At the park, she had felt like she was just a normal foal. But when she went back home, she felt sad again. She also had many questions.
Would there be other foals there? Would the foals be nice to her? What kind of training goes on at C.W.T.A.? Wha was this mysterious war? Was this just a prank? All these questions raced through her mind, and she passed out...
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AUTHORS NOTE: Hello! I am Eclipsesun! If you've read Twilight's Flying!, then you've probaly heard of me. Anyways, I just wanna say, I accept criticism, but I am only ten, and I've only wrote one book before. DEAL WITH IT! Lol anyways, just letting you know!
