The Origin Of Derpy

The Origin of Derpy: Part 1 Chapter 7

Only a few seconds passed before I felt something slam against my back. My eye's snapped open, only to have them involuntarily snapped back shut by another slam to my back, and one more after that. I continued to clench my eye's shut for a few moments more. Nothing happened though. I creeped one of my eyes open while keeping one shut, still half prepared for another impact. I looked around me... Everything was still, no blurry images of me falling. No breeze rushing through my hair as I plummeted to my demise. I looked to what I now laid on and saw the wooden staircase that ponies that were forced to work within Zone 2 use to go down the mine shaft. I looked back up and saw 2 levels of the stairwell broken from where I had hit it. Dumbfounded, and lost for words from what had just happened, I fell backwards and began to laugh hysterically. My laughing was cut short from the three pains shooting from my wings, my broken hoof and my back. I jerked my head back up, clenching my teeth and bringing my one good hoof to my back as to bring some relief. I looked back up to the exit of the mine, and heard the shrieks of Sandy and the jeers of the onlookers. I lowered my head and glared at the exit. Regaining myself I rolled over onto my belly and slowly began to lift myself up. I stumbled a few times before I was able to stand and begin my way back up the stairwell. As I limped my way back up I muttered to myself.

"Heh... not today you son of a bitch..."

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Derpy

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"Wha...What is that thing?" I said in complete fear as Lily held it up on her shoulders. The device Lily held was a black cylinder, narrowed at the end of it. A glass case on top of it, and a metal grip at the bottom back of it. She waved it around a little as she began to speak to me.

"Oh this old thing? Well, you see Derpy. Your not the first foal to come to my orphanage with eyes of your kind, no there have been others... None quite as bad as yours though. You see through my research I had heard many tales and rumors, but none fascinated me more than directive energy, otherwise known as a laser. I read how lasers can correct said eyes when used properly. At first I thought not only lasers were a fairy tale but being able to repair a eye with them, it sounded even more absurd! Then I began to look deeper into the subject, I discovered unicorns can actually harness their energy into diamonds. The forced direct lighting from the magic into the diamond causes a focused amount of energy, thus creating a laser."

"But I thought unicorns can already create lasers." I said trying to gain some more time.

"What you saw was indeed a direct-ish current from a unicorn, but far too large in mass and too indirect to have enough effect on anything. Very simply put, without the assistance of a diamond a unicorn even as powerful as Celestia or Luna can not harness that which is a laser." She said as she raised a pristine ruby up into the air, then placing it into the holding chamber of the device. I knew that in only seconds she would be 'fixing' my eyes. I had to think of something fast... I had to stall her for as long as I could.

"So there were others?" I asked

"Yes well-" She said as she lowered the device and began to ramble on once more. I just needed to keep this up for as long as I could... Maybe someone will come.

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Sandy

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Thee already unbearable pain was increasing, with each passing moment another surge of pain poured over my entire body, but no part more so than my womb. As the moments passed it twisted inwards and outwards, causing my body to have spasms.. Somehow attempting to relieve the pain I was in. I knew that the baby was coming, that much was for certain. I jerked my head back over to the crowd of slaves that had been riled up from Cobblemane kicking my sister into the abyss of the mine. I looked back over at Cobblemane; He too was looking at me with a smile... A devious, proud, spiteful smile.

"Well now. That takes care of her... NOW ONTO THE MAIN ATTRACTION!" He shouted, once again flaring his arms upwards to rile up the crowd.

I was in no condition to fight back, or even stand on my own. I could barely make a sound other than the more and more constant screaming. I had to try though.

"Listen to me! Everypony! Is this what yo--arhhhHHHh-u want!? Which one of you are next!? You?!" I pointed into the crowd, not at anypony in particular, I just needed to get my point through to them. Cobblemane saw what I was doing; he only chuckled. "Today it's me Daze and my baby! What of tomorrow?! DO YOU THINK ANY OF YOU ARE SAFE FROM HIM!? SAFE FROM LI-AHH-LY!?"

The once riled crowd began to die down. My words were making an impact, they were quieting down to hear, and hopefully ponder on what I was speaking. Cobblemane became nervous, his eyes became beaded as a sweat broke from his brow. He looked back and forth as he saw the faces of ponder turning into anger.

"ENOUGH!" He shouted as he pressed his hind hoof onto my neck, ceasing my speech. Instantly the crowd looked away, wether it was to the clouds or the the earth they no longer wanted to see the sight. Their morale once again shattered. "See Sandy? Nothing you can do now to save yourself... This is the endgame." He stated as he pulled my hair and began dragging me to the gallows. I began to silently weep as I saw the crowd that was once for my demise, show sympathy for me. They knew what I spoke was the truth... They were next...

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Redheart

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Maverick slowed his pace down, taking his place beside me once more.

"We're about 2 minutes from the compound." I only nodded in response. "Two of my squad will go into Ms. Lily's office and see what they can find,3 other's will take care of her guard's and the rest of us will be making our way to the middle of the compound. Once we reach the compound I'm gonna need you to stay out of th-"

"No! She is my daughter, I wasn't there for her a while back... I'm not going to feel that helpless feeling again!" Maverick caught off from my stern tone towards him. All the while he understood why and nodded his head in response.

"Fine your coming with me then, I don't want you to get hurt after all." I agreed and we picked up the pace. A few moments later we broke through the forest and into the 'Acre' that lead up to the orphanage. Just a little while longer girl's.

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Daze

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I brushed up against the side of the dirt wall of the mine as I made my way back up, that is until I came onto the first gap between me and Sandy. I began to estimate how far I was going to be able to jump. No matter how hard I tried to think of a way to get to the other side It all ended up the same, I wouldn't be able to make it. I looked back at my half bandaged wings, they cringed at the very idea of me even trying to use them. I looked down at my broken hoof, then back at my wings. I took some time to think about my situation and came to a conclusion. I backed myself up about ten feet and unwrapped my wings from their bandages. I took a heavy sigh and began to sprint as fast as I could with a limp. I then jumped up off of the ledge and unfurled my wings trying to gain as much lift as possible. The pain from my wings was excruciating and almost as quickly as they unfurled they snapped back shut. I fell onto my side as I landed on the opposite side of the stairwell. I took a moment and picked myself up again.

"Alright... One more to go..." I made my way up and repeated the process, this time I landed on the edge. My weight caused the ledge to creek and eventually break causing me to scurry on the ground trying to escape the fall. After the crumbling had subsided I gathered myself up again and began to walk up the stairwell.

I was near the top of the entrance now and I took notice of a pickax leaning up against the wall.It must have been left by one of the colt's that worked the mines, typically Cobblemane would make sure all the equipment was put back; but with the sudden gathering up there, one of the ax's must have been forgotten about. I got up on my hind legs, my front right cringing towards my body as my left one took hold of the ax and began dragging it up with me. I slowly poked my head up from the hole and saw a quiet crowd looking at the gallows; I slowly turned my head around and saw what they saw. Cobblemane and Sandy were on stage. A trail of blood followed Sandy wherever she went as she was dragged to the middle of the stage. I turned back to the crowd and took a closer look, I could see them... Almost crying from what they were witnessing. I looked down at the pick ax and tightened my grip on it and proceeded slowly towards Cobblemane as he began addressing the crowd once more.

"Is this not better?! Is this not order?!" He shouted.

Everypony in the crowd noticed me instantly as I limped my way out of the hole. No one took more than a momentary glance, they kept their focus on Sandy and Cobblemane. I made my way behind Cobblemane's line of sight and began heading towards the back entrance stairs to the gallows. After a few moments I had reached the stairs and took a position behind them, I had to wait for the right moment...

"This is what happens when you disobey me..." He sounded off in a quiet voice as he took a brown wool bag off of the gallows floor and wrapped it over Sandy's head. He then lowered the noose that hung above Sandy and tied it around her neck. She couldn't protest, she could only cry out in agony from the birth. Cobblemane then stepped to the right edge of the gallows where the lever to lower Sandy stood.

"Let this be a lesson to all of you!" Shit! I didn't have an opportunity. Cobblemane then began reaching for the lever. I began to lift myself up, hopefully try and stop him... But I knew it was a feeble attempt... Until I heard a voice sound off.

"No!" Cobblemane froze. As did I.

"What?!" He said as he moved his hoof away from the lever. "WHO THE FUCK SAID THAT?!" His voice engulfed with anger and hatred at that one voice. Another voice sounded off.

"NO!" Then another voice sounded off... then another, all of them a different mare, a different colt... Their words picked up speed and began to chant in unison.

"Silence all of you! I AM THE LAW OF THE LAND, SILENCE!" This was it... this was my chance. I took careful steps as I limped my way up all the while dragging the pick. The chanting became louder and louder, completely silencing my approach towards Cobblemane as he screamed as flared his hooves to the crowd the present his dominance over them. I was now a mere three feet from where he stood. And as abruptly as the chanting had started it had ceased all at once.

"YOU WILL OB-" Cutting his sentence short; Sensing that something was a miss Cobblemane turned his head around. His blood instantly ran cold as he saw me... the bitch... the whore... his pet... With an ax all wound up at him.

"D..Da-" I unleashed the ax as soon as he began to speak my name, unleashing all the hate and rage that had been pent up from years of torment and abuse. All of my emotion's were set free with that one swing. The ax landed right into his eye and bursted out behind his head, revealing the blood and brains of the monster... I let go of the ax and my body limped downwards, my legs barely able to support my weight. Cobblemane's body stood there... Motionless for a few moments before falling onto his knee's then falling to his right, falling off of the gallows... I let out and exhausted smile as I caught my breath.

"Fuck you..." I then collapsed.

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Derpy

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"And then I said oatmeal are you crazy? But I digress..." Ms. Lily had finished her explanations and I was fresh out of idea's. "With that let's begin shall w-" Her sentence cut short by a firm strong voice coming from another room.

"MHPD, come out with your hooves up!" Scattering could be heard in the other room. I instantly yelped from the voice.

"Help!" Ms. Lily quickly smacked me across the face, but to no avail. They heard me.

"I think it came from within here." As the colt had finished his sentence a large pounding could be heard coming from the outside of the door. He was beginning to knock it down.

"You stupid bitch! I was trying to help you!" Ms. Lily screamed at me. I only smiled back at her in triumph that I was going to be safe. "YOU SMUG PIECE OF SHIT" She screamed aloud as she raised her hoof once again to strike me, but was halted by the door being knocked down. She instantly turned around to face the intruders. She lit up her horn brighter than the sun and activated her device sending red sparks blazing across the room. The colt saw the oncoming assault and jumped to the cover of a metal slab.

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Redheart

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Two colt's stood in our way to the hallway to enter the compound; Mavericks men made quick work in detaining them. While two of his squad wrapped them up we continued our way into the compound and making it through the hallway. We all halted and began looking around frantically, trying to figure out which way to head next. That is until we heard a ruckus coming from another hallway marked Mare's/Colt's.

"Something must be going on over there, everyone move out!" Maverick ordered. We all bolted after him as he led the pack of us out into a wasteland, filled with a crowd of what looked like prisoners.... But these were just kids. All of us stopped our sprint and  just stood there trying to process what was going on. Our presence became known among the crowd, as all the face turned around to see us. As we continued to look the crowd began dispersing down the middle, creating a pathway to a wooden platform. Where two figures laid on it, one with bright cyan hair and crimson red mixed within i-......

"Oh dear Celestia... DAZE!" I sprinted my heart out as I ran through the crowd and up the stairs, sliding a bit as I went to her side. I began to shake her by the shoulders and cried out her name. She slowly opened her eyes and lifted her hoof up wearily pointing the other body that was hunched up into a ball.

"Sandy...Baby.." I looked back at the body. She turned over onto her side revealing her gut. My eyes widened and I set down Daze and ran to the side of Sandy. I ripped the mask from over her heard; Once I did she let out a large deafening cry.

"Oh god the babies coming...Shit.. Maverick! I need some towels and some hot water!" Maverick hadn't even noticed the bodies on the gallows, his attention was caught by the corpse laying to the side of it with a ax in his head.I shouted out at him again. "Maverick!" His thoughts ceased from the sound of his name. He quickly got up and looked at me.

" Uhhh right! Can anyone of you show me where to get those!?" He said pointing to the crowd. One mare raised her hoof and led the way back into the compound. "I'll be right back!" He shouted back at me.

"Okay, it's going to be okay Sandy... Just breathe." She let another scream and clenched her gut. Shit this isn't good

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Maverick

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I followed the mare back into the compound for the supplies Redheart requested. Until a voice came through the walkie talkie.

Sir, are you there?

"Whatcha got Rex?" I responded as I continued to follow the mare.

I got a pissed of Ms Lily firing some sort of weapon at me, I'm pinned down sir. I'm in desperate need of back up.

"Alright where's your position?"

In a back room of Lily's office

"Alright i'm on my way. Everyone make your way over to Rex now!" I shouted into the communication device. "You!" I pointed over to the mare; she stopped from my call out. " I need you to get those things for Ms. Redheart as quickly as possible, also tell her that i'll be back as soon as possible; can you do that for me?" She nodded in response and headed back into her previous direction, where as I made my way back out to Zone 1.

Once I was out in zone 1 I looked around and saw her office. As soon as I started heading towards the entrance the rest of my squad joined back up with me. As we entered the office we could hear a strange sound, never heard once by any of us, yet it was becoming more and more familiar to Rex. We scouted the room and found the entrance leading into the backroom. We pressed our backs to the wall of the door way, as my squad awaited my orders. I looked down and saw some shattered glass. I bent down picked up a large shard and held it out into the doorway so as to gain an idea of what the situation was. What I saw was a deranged Lily swirling her weapons beam across the room, her movements dreary and with each move she made it weighed on her more. Her horns aura flickered on and off cutting the beam off for fractions of a second, but cutting it off none the less. I looked back at two of my pegasai squad members.

"Okay, here's the plan. She's lost it and she's worn from continued firing of that weapon. Both of you are gonna rush the room, one taking a left flight pattern and one taking a right, forming a X as soon as you enter the room. She'll choose on of you to go after, whoever she does you take cover while the other one attempts to tackle her and remove that weapon. As soon as she's chosen her target I'm going to charge in aswell; i'll have a straight shot at her. So taking her down will be a ease." I took another look into the room, this time noticing a gray filly worming her way in restraints.

"Shit... This just became a hostage situation..." I looked back at Tele (one of my unicorns in my squad). " Tele i'm going to need a protective aura over that filly, can you do that for me?" She nodded a yes. "Alright, as soon as I run in, begin casting the aura around her. Alright... Three...Two...One! GO GO GO!" my two pegasai bolted in following my orders. Lily took the bait and began chasing the one that ran to the left allowing me to make my way in at full charge. As soon as I was in the room I saw the filly begin to glow bright yellow from Tele's protective aura. Lily noticed the aura and turned back around, only to see me in mid tackle. I made a hard collision with her, knocking the device away from her control. I then pinned her down. I then began cuffing her and reading her, her rights.

"Lily, you are under arrest for foal enslavement, rape, murder, assault on police officer's, physical and emotional abuse on multiple accounts" As I listed off the charges; something was pulling at me. This whole thing didn't feel right... She had a weapon like none other and I was able to take her down incredibly easy. As I pondered on this I took notice of a grin that Ms. Lily was making at me. "We're going to take you down town where you will be detained until a jury of your peer's can be summoned and administer a proper trial."

"Not today deary." She smirked as her horn began to glow again.

"Shit! Tele I need you t-" But it was too late she had teleported out before I could tell Tele to use a counter spell against her. "FUCK! Everyone scout the compound I want her found! In the mean time I have to get back to Redheart." They all saluted me and left. I then turned my attention to the filly in the restraints.I calmed down as best I could before speaking to the filly. "Hey there, what's your name?" I said in the most soothing voice I could muster; after what I could only imagine what Lily was going to do to her, she must have been pretty shook up.

"Derpy, my name is Derpy"

"Are you alright Derpy?" I asked as I unshackled her restraints, she didn't answer. Instead she asked me a question in response.

"Redheart, where is she?"

"I never said anything about Redh-... Are you her daughter?"

"Daughter?"

"Uhh never mind, Redheart's back over in zone 2 caring for a filly that's giving birth. Follow me and I'll lead you to them." She lifted herself up from the metal slab and we both sprinted out of the room heading towards zone 2.

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Redheart

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The mare had arrived with the water and towels like I requested. She's loosing too much blood...I looked back at the dead bastard Cobblemane, how could he possibly do this. She didn't deserve this...

"Is she alright?" Daze muttered as she was still on the ground, in pain. All the while not caring, just making sure her sister was alright. I just shook my head. I turned my attention back to Sandy, and with a heavy sigh I began to speak to her.

"Sandy, can you hear me?" I had to make sure that she could even hear me with all the screaming she was doing. She could only jerk her head up and down and she clenched her teeth to respond to me in a yes. "Sandy, your loosing too much blood... I don't have the medical resources to save you... Your going to die no matter what I do. You have to make a choice here, I can still save your baby, but at the rate that your loosing blood your not going to be strong enough to give birth. So option one is you continue in your state and hope for a quick death. Or two I cut open your womb and take your life, but save your babies." Her screams became muffled with sobs and curses. I lent her my hoof and she gripped on it for dear life. Putting all her strength into that grip. She lifted herself up and looked at me, into my very soul and gave me a slight nod. I set her back down and whispered to the mare that had brought the supplies to me "Go get me a knife..." She instantly ran off to get fetch me one.

"Wait what's going on?" Daze said as she became increasingly worried. I looked back at her with a dead expression.

"I'm sorry, Sandy is going to die... She's going to die but we're going to save her Child..."

"WHAT?! No don't save that bastards child Sandy!" She scolded.

"Damnit Daze shut up!" I yelled at her and she fell quiet. "She's loosing too much blood, either way she dies!" Tear's began to form up at Daze's face as she finally began to grasp the situation.

"It's okay Daze..."Sandy said surprisingly calm. "I was never destined to leave this place, as much as I would have loved to be free... once in my life. This was always my destiny."

"Sandy..." The mare had now returned wielding the knife and handed it over to me.

"Jus... Just promise me you'll take care of my foal.."

"Sandy I.. I ca-"

"DAMNIT DAZE PROMISE ME THAT. JUST LIKE YOU PROMISED TO KEEP DERPY AND I SAFE BEFORE. PROMISE ME MY CHILD WILL MAKE IT!" She screamed. Daze was put off guard by Sandy's words. She took a moment before responding.

"I promise." And with that Sandy let loose a smile of confidence and satisfaction. She then laid back down on her back and turned her eye's to me.

"I'm ready... mom." With that, tears began to stream down my face. She let go of my hoof and closed her eyes. I placed the knife over her stomach.

"I'm so sorry.. so so sorry Sandy..." And with that I began cutting into her womb. Instantly her eye's bolted back open and she began screaming louder than any other sound I have ever heard before in my life. Daze turned her head away from the sight and closed her eyes shut. I continued to cut into her, my tears falling into her womb. I had finally cut her fully open and felt her pass in my very hooves. Her head that was lifted from the pain, now fell back onto the wood of the gallows with a soft thud. The entire zone was now quiet as I reached in pulling out a little unicorn filly with blonde hair and tail. She was a purplish gray with yellow eyes.

"Towel please" I asked of the supply mare. She handed it to me and I wrapped it into the towel and stood up.

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Derpy

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We had just entered zone 2, my heart set a flutter from the fact that I was about to see Ms. Redheart again. That is until the feeling of depression overtook both me and Maverick. The entire crowd was quiet and was looking towards the gallows. The worst thought's crossed my mind in a flash and I began to bolt once more towards the gallows.

"Ms. Redheart!!! Ms. Redheart.!" I shouted as I bursted out of the crowd. I stopped my sprint after seeing the stage. Daze lied there motionless. I could make out Sandy with a huge gash in her stomach where as Ms. Redheart stood there on her hind legs; her back facing me. She turned around.

"Derpy... Your, your talking" She said wiping away the tears from her eye's and forcing a smile. I saw the filly that Redheart held in her hooves and I just collapsed. As if the whole weight of the world was put onto my shoulders in a single instant. I began to sob quietly into my hooves, as I heard a pair making their way towards me. I looked up and saw Redheart plant herself in front of me.

"I'm sorry Derpy... there was nothing, nothing at all I could do. This was the best option she had, to save her child." She looked down at the child she held and motioned her hoof in front of the filly's face; The filly began playing with it with a sound of joy coming from her. "Would you look to see her baby? I think Sandy would have loved it if you said hello to her." She said as she extended the foal toward's me. I lifted myself back up onto my haunches and reached back out, grasping the baby in my hooves. I wrapped my hoof around her as my one free hoof wiped my eyes clean. The child looked back at me and began giggling. A smile broke onto my face, she had her mother's eyes. Redheart extended her hoof out at me and placed it on my shoulder.

"I'm sorry, for all that's happened to you. To Sandy, and to Daze. I swear on my life that nothing like this will ever happen to you, Daze, or this newborn for as long as I live." She paused for a moment and looked back over her shoulder as Daze who remained motionless on the floor."I have to go attend to Daze now, take good care of this filly while I'm over there alright?" I nodded as she got up and went over to treat Daze as best she could with the resources she had available. The crowd of onlookers gathered around, surrounding me and the foal. Just looking at us with sympathy and guilt.

"What now?" A voice sounded off.

"Your all going to be taken out of here. And we'll find you good homes." Maverick said outside of the crowd, making all of them turn around and look at him. "Your free now. We'll make sure you have a real shot at life, and I personally assure you nothing like this will happen to any of you again." The crowd began to cheer and hug one another from the news. The crowd dispersed running about and cheering, Maverick walked over to me and sat down. "Redheart is a good mare... You have no idea how much she cares about you, Daze or even Sandy. The amount of fear I witnessed in that mare's eye's when she told me what was going on... It damn near broke my heart to see her in that state. She'll be a good mom, and you'll have a good home. But after all that's happened to you though... I wish there was more that she and I could do for you." And with that he got up from talking to me and walked over to Redheart. I looked back down at the filly and thought to myself.

Atleast your free now Sandy...

~~Author's Note~~

Okay so wow, Part 1 is done with. Yup there are question's un-answered. Look for Part 2 coming out soon to get them answered. On a side note I hope you enjoyed reading my first fic ever and I look forward to hearing all responses to this story.

Sincerely, Trollestia Scott Grimm

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Part 2 link here