My Little Pony: Ignorance is Bliss

Disclaimer: I do not own My Little Pony

We gallop out of the factory as fast as our hooves could carry us leaving a trail of blood behind us. We cross the bridge and cross the dirt path. I turn the corner and skid to a halt. There's a mob of mares who are claiming to be the princess. The mayor is taking each of their hoof prints one at a time. We push and shove our way through the crowd of mares. Honey Flower nearly gets trampled on the way out.

" Every pony out of the way. Some pony's hurt." I shout over everypony. There' a long silence. The nosey mares gather around us to see Derpy's wound. I mentally scold myself for making a big scene.

" Give her some room to breathe, everypony." The mayor says.

" Oh, it's only Derpy." Somepony in the crowd says. Everypony continues on with their business.

I hold the door open for Thunderwing so he could get Derpy through the entrance safely. Thunderwing looses his footing, but catches himself. Derpy Hooves mumbles incoherently to herself. Fluttershy holds her hoof.

" Derpy, could you hear me?" Fluttershy asks. Derpy's leg twitches and she grunts.

" We'll take care of you." Rainbow Dash says.

" How many fingers am I holding?" Pinkie Pie asks holding up her hoof.

" Four hundred twenty six." Derpy Hooves mumbles holding her head.

" Preytell,what is a finger?" I ask.

" Oh, right! I don't have any fingers." Pinkie says. She didn't answer my question. I guess this is another fourth wall thing.

I give Derpy Hooves a quick good luck spell before Nurse Redheart and carry her stretcher out of the waiting room. I shouldn't have brought her to the factory. I should find Princess Cloudstar on my own instead of dragging every pony else in danger.

" After we find out what happens to Derpy, I want you all to go home. I need to find Princess Cloudstar alone. I don't want anypony else to get hurt because of me." I say.

" Sprinkle Jinx, it's not your fault." Honey Flower says.

" We've already got this far. I want to stick with you to the end.." Thunderwing says. Our conversation is interrupted by the doctor's voices.

" The X-rays don't look good." Dr: Hooves says from down the hall.

" We need to give her emergency brain surgery immediately." Nurse Redheart says from the other room.

" It seems like she's suffered some serious head trauma in the past." Dr. Hooves says.

I pace back and forth in the waiting room. I haven't eaten all day but I'm not a bit hungry. Diamond Tiara taps me with her hoof.

"I don't want Derpy to die." Diamond Tiara says.

" I can't stop it." I say.

" Do you think she's going to make it?" Scootaloo asks.

" I guess we'll just have to wait and see." I say.

" What about Rarity?" Sweetie Bell asks.

" She seemed pretty okay to me." Apple Bloom says.

" Worrying doesn't solve our problems. Nopony knows what will happen to Derpy. Only time will tell." Twilight says putting down a magazine she's reading.

"All we can do is hope for the best." Applejack says taking off her hat.

" Can we draw some get well cards?" Apple Bloom asks.

" That sounds like a great idea." Honey Flower says.

The cutie mark crusaders and Diamond Tiara sit on the ground and draw flowers, hearts and stars. Scootaloo grabs a yellow crayon.

" Hey, I was using that!" Diamond Tiara says angrily. I clear my throat. " But, you can use it if you want."

" Stay in the lines there, Sweetie Bell." Thunderwing says.

" I'm going to draw an envelope with a muffin on it. Derpy loves to deliver mail and eat muffins." Apple Bloom says.

" Very creative." Thunderwing says looking at her picture. I hear the door open. Everypony stops in their tracks and the room fades into silence. My heart skips a beat.

" I have some news about Derpy." Doctor Hooves says in a low voice. I swallow a lump in my throat. "I'm afraid she won't be delivering mail anymore."

Nurse Redheart trots over and places a bag on the table. I feel something hard inside.

" This was found in her brain when we were performing the surgery." Nurse Redheart says. I feel something hard inside the bag. I shake it upside down. A sharp object hit's the floor. It's a horn. I narrow my eyes at Doctor Hooves. How dare he scare everypony half to death.

" She's an alicorn?" Honey Flower asks.

" But wouldn't that make her-" Thunderwing says.

" A princess?" I ask.

" How could she? How would she? How?" Rainbow Dash babbles.

" She must have lost her horn a long time ago because the brain tissue around it healed." Dr. Hooves says.

" She must have lodged her horn into her head when she fell out the window that night." Thunderwing says.

" But how would Derpy Hooves escape from the Diamond Dogs?" Honey Flower asks.

" You can go see her if you want. She might be a little groggy though." Nurse Redheart says.

Derpy lies motionless on the cot with bandages wrapped around her head.

" Derpy Hooves, could you tell me a little about your childhood?" I ask.

" Um, I woke up in a dark tunnel full of dogs and they told me to look for gems. I found a big gem and I wanted to bring it to them. I pulled on it so hard that the whole tunnel fell down. Then I saw a big bright ball in the sky. It hurt to look at it but I wanted to follow it. Then I saw Rainbow Dash. She asked me who I was and I told her I didn't know what my name was. Then she asked me if I was lost and where my mom and dad was. I told her that I didn't know who my mom and dad was. Then she named me Derpy Hooves and I lived in Cloudsdale with her and she taught me how to fly. The ponies there asked me to send mail to their homes. So I did." Derpy says.

I let out a sigh of satisfaction. I can't wait to tell Cadence that I found her sister Cloudstar. She'll be so surprised. It'll be so wonderful to see them reunited after fifteen long years of separation.