Calypso's nymph

                  "Dinky!!! Derpy's home!!" Derpy called to her baby. She paced into the cottage, hoping not to wake her sleeping sister. She saw her mother resting on the plush sofa, a blank expression washing out her gorgeous face. Derpy placed her book bag on the coat hanger and walked over to the baby room. Dinky had just woken up with a smile on her face, surprised at the sight of her favorite person. She motioned for Derpy to come towards her, and Derpy did just that. The two sisters were best friends, but Derpy knew they only had each other. Knowing that dropping out of the academy was her only decision, she kept a smile on her face and remembered who she had.

               Her mom lay still and paralyzed, an obvious sign of her severe depression. Derpy had no idea what to do about Delphaline's pain. She figured the best thing to do was to let her rest and think to herself, yet Derpy could sense that being alone was killing her. But what could she do? Derpy was equally traumatized with what happened to her, and what she had done. Derpy began warming a bottle of milk for Dinky, when she heard the same angelic voice that sung to her as an infant weakly ask "D...Derpy...is that you?"

          "Derpy looked over to see the stunning, red-rimmed eyes of her mother peering at her with hurt flooding them. "How was school,darling?" The pegasus asked. Derpy placed Dinky on the baby swing and walked over to hug Delphaline. "Good, mommy. How was your day?" She asked quietly. Delphaline grabbed Derpy's hoof and held it close. "Sweetheart, how I could I be? I've been forcing you to raise Dinky for months while I sat here feeling sorry for myself." She responded with tears stroking her silver skin. "After that day- "Mommy, don't mention it. It hurts you." Derpy blurted. Delphaline swallowed and pulled her daughter closer. "After he...raped...me...I became a fool. I let him win." she said, choking on tears. Derpy fought to hold them back herself, remembering what she had done. "We can't let that bastard win, we have each other." Delphaline assured herself. Derpy swiped her hand away from mother Hooves and ran to the corner. "Mom, please stop reminding me!! I killed him, alright?! I finished him! He can't win anything now!" Derpy yelled frustratingly. Delphaline looked at her daughter skeptically as the words seeped into her mind. "Derp, he's in the hospital. That's what you told me." She told her angered child. Derpy's tears were uncontrollable as she faced her mother. "Mom, he...died on the...spot. I was in...in a state of shock the moment...I did...it. I couldn't bear to see him do that to you. After years and years of abuse, I just didn't know what to do. It's like a hidden person inside of me just went for it, but I didn't know I was the one doing it. I could almost see that person doing it, but I thought I was just watching. The hatred I had just seeped out of my skin and poisoned the better part of me." Derpy answered through choked sobs.

         Delphaline rose from the sofa, anger and confusion boggling her thoughts. Derpy ran over to get comfort from little Dinky. "Where did you bury him, Derpy Hooves?" Her mother asked her furiously. Derpy wiped her tears and tried to ignore Delphaline, but the grown pegasus became outraged. "Answer me, you murderer." Derpy couldn't believe her ears. The rain fell harder and harder as Derpy's heart grew colder. "He's in the sugar plum river, mother. His blood contaminated the water. that's why it's considered toxic now." She shyly answered. Delphaline's confused emotions made her lose control. She screeched like an ultrasound message. Derpy's ears rang as she witnessed her mothers breakdown. The world was almost silent, and Derpy prayed she would just fall dead. "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS, DERPY?? WHY?? HOW COULD YOU RUIN YOURSELF LIKE THIS??" Delphaline yelped. She fell to the wooden floor in vibrating agony. Derpy swiped Dinky in her arms and headed for the door, tears blinding her once again. "GO!! GO, GO LIKE YOUR SELFISH FATHER!! YOU'RE BOTH THE SAME!! YOU BOTH DESPISE ME!!! GO, YOU MISTAKE!!!" Delphaline cried as Derpy escaped.