Note: Hello ponies! Just thought I'd do something for Derpy Day, so I came up with this short story for a few laughs. I use characters from my other story, The Phoenix Rises, so you may not be familiar with them. Just know that Leon breaks the fourth wall, Draco is a fairly dimwitted dragon, and that they get into mishap! Review please, so that I may continue the miniseries of the group and their misadventures after this first chapter! Sorry for being so long, but without further ado, enjoy!

Background: Takes place in the five year gap between The Phoenix Rises and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, specifically a year afterwards. This is canon to my story, but not to the actual MLP series. I do not own My Little Pony or any other franchises I reference here.

Chapter D: Derpy Day!

Leon and the Spiritual Searchers had all gathered in Sugarcube Corner, and were allowed by the owners Mr. and Mrs. Cake to prepare the shop. They were all older than before, now at the age of nineteen, and they had recently moved to Ponyville some time ago. They were all getting the shop ready for some reason, and judging by the streamers and confetti around the shop, it seemed like they were getting a party together. Leon, Cloud, Orion, and Doc were tending to decorations, using both wing power and magic to decorate the shop. Chloe, Annabelle, Percy, and Draco were tending to the catering, making muffins, and laying out silverware.

"Remind me again why we're doing this, Leon?" asked Draco. His voice was slightly deeper than before, but he still had the know-it-all attitude.

"Today is March 1st, and if you don't know what that means, we'll have to embarrassingly lecture you!" Leon exclaimed gleefully, looking towards … OK, you know what? He broke the fourth wall, like he always does!

"If it wasn't obvious by now, yes, I did." Leon said to the wall. He turned back to Draco. "Anyway, today is Derpy Day!"

"What's that?" asked Draco stupidly.

Every pony stared at Draco with a shocked look on their face. "Are you serious? You don't know what Derpy Day is?" asked Chloe.

"Well, it's a hoofiday that we ponies celebrate in commemoration of the one and only, Derpy Hooves, the one pony recognized by the creators of the MLP universe from fans!" Leon explained this very slowly so Draco could comprehend.

"MLP universe? What's that?" Draco asked.

Leon looked at him in disbelief. "You know what, you wouldn't understand," stated Leon.

"I honestly don't understand either," said Chloe.

He stood with disappointment, but remembered that he only had this ability. "Never mind."

Draco was irritated that they regarded him as stupid for not recognizing the hoofiday, and he muttered under his breath, "Stupid ponies." He then raised his voice. "OK, so how do we celebrate this 'hoofiday' then?"

"Well, we have to eat at least one muffin by the end of the day." Annabelle gestured to the oven as she said this.

"We have to deliver a letter to the wrong pony," explained Percy.

"We have to hoof-write at least one letter and deliver it to a good friend," explained Cloud.

"Make this face anytime we come up to a mirror," Leon explained. He had inverted his eyes so that one stared upward and the other stared downward.

"And wear an article of clothing that is grey," explained Doc. That's when Draco realized that the ponies were all wearing grey versions of their usual clothing. Percy had a grey top hat, Annabelle had a grey winter cap, Chloe had worn a grey cape, Doc wore grey contacts over his usual purple eyes, Leon wore a grey vest, and Cloud wore a grey flight cap.

"Well, what about me? I need some grey too!" Draco complained.

Leon grabbed a can of grey paint, and threw all of the contents inside at Draco, covering him head to toe in grey. "There, now you can stop your complaining and get ready before Derpy and her friends come. The muffins should be ready any minute now." Leon turned to look at the oven, and stood shocked. "Holy pony! Holy pony! The oven! It's burning! IT'S BURNING!" he yelled. The oven was indeed burning now, and they had all panicked.

"What happened!? We set the time right, the temperature wasn't too high!" Chloe exclaimed.

A pink pony then emerged from another room hopping up and down, and, you guessed it, was excited. She looked at the ponies, and waved hello. "Hey guys! OOH! I smell something cooking! Do you guys smell something cooking? It's like a mix of muffins and burnt toast! OOH I THINK IT'S BURNT FRENCH TOAST!" she exclaimed quickly and excitedly.

The Searchers all stared at her questioningly. "Um, who's that?" Leon asked the wall.

"Who are you asking?" asked Draco.

"The fourth wall, who do you think?" Leon waited for a response.

The pink pony was no other than Pinkamena Diane Pie, fourteen years old as of the timeline, and hyperactive, but good-natured.

"No, silly, that's not it! My name is Pinkie Pie!" she responded to the wall.

There was apparently a big difference between her two names, so let's just call her Pinkie Pie. Seems I forgot she could speak fourth wall.

"You can speak fourth wall as well?" Leon asked.

"Sure can! OH! Whatcha doing here? OOH! Is it to make muffins for Derpy Day!?" she exclaimed questioningly.

"Yep!" He said proudly with a satisfied look on his face. He stood still with a blank look on his face afterwards, and remembered that the oven was on fire. "Oh, Celestia! The oven's still burning!" He ran to the oven, wondering what could have gone wrong. He saw that the muffins were almost ready, but they were cooking at a temperature of over 9000… degrees!

"Chloe… I thought the temperature was just fine!" Leon exclaimed.

"It was! It was at 450 degrees when we put in the muffins!" Chloe exclaimed.

Pinkie Pie ran up to the oven. "She didn't do that! I did! I did the right math, and figured rather than wait for thirty minutes, I'd have them ready in five!" she stated proudly, clearly unaware of what could happen when the oven was that hot.

"I don't think that oven will last much longer, so… let's get OUTTA HERE!" exclaimed Orion.

All the ponies fled from the shop, and ran for cover. After hiding for some time, they all looked over behind their cover, looking at the shop. They all looked in relief that the shop was completely untouched. "False alarm, Searchers. I think it's safe to go inside now…" Leon didn't finish his sentence before a rumbling came from the shop. He looked down in disappointment, sighed, and turned back to Pinkie Pie. "Wanna do the honors with me?" he asked her.

"Sure!" she said with a smile. Both Leon and Pinkie raised their voices for what was about to happen next.

"WHAT THE FU…" they both shouted at the top of their voices, before the shop's roof exploded and came completely off the building. Bits of roof and many muffins rained down from the sky.

"Whoa!" Draco said. He looked up, and showed fear in his face. "Oh, not again..." A piece of roof landed on him, and he lay injured under it. After some time passed, a voice came from under the rubble. "I'm OK…" Draco said weakly.

The Searchers all turned around to find Derpy, Mr. and Mrs. Cake, and some other ponies behind them. They all stared in horror at the remains of the shop, wondering what could have gone wrong. "What… What… happened… to my… shop!?" asked Mrs. Cake with very much dread in her voice. Mr. Cake could not handle this, and he fainted on the spot.

"Um… Derpy Day?" responded Leon pathetically. A muffin fell out of the sky and fell into his hoof. He stuck out his hoof and offered them a baked good. "Muffin?" he said weakly.

Derpy took the muffin without hesitation, and smiled with joy. She devoured the entire muffin in one bite, and stood with a blank look on her face. Leon and the Searchers waited with dread and anxiety at what she thought of the muffins. She then smiled very excitedly, and showed glee at the taste of the muffin. "Whoa! Muffin and chocolate chip flavored! Thanks a ton, Leon!" she exclaimed.

The Searchers all looked at her dumbfounded, and began to laugh, and so did Derpy. The other ponies soon joined in too. All of them began laughing … well, except for Mrs. Cake. She looked at all of them in shock. "I don't get what's so funny! My shop is burned to the ground! How is this a laughing matter?" But her ranting was drowned out by the sound of laughter from the whole square.

Leon, Pinkie, the Searchers, the Mane 6...er I mean Mane 5, Derpy, and other famous background ponies turned toward the fourth wall. "Happy Derpy Day, from Equestria to you!" they all shouted. "Eat muffins and be grey!" Leon turned toward Derpy. "And why, Derpy, do we do this?"

"I don't know! Therefore, muffins!" she exclaimed happily.

Note: Well, shucks! What do y'all think? May continue the series of mishaps if this gets enough reviews! Whatever happens, hope you enjoyed this one! Remember, this is a different work than my other one, but takes place in the same universe. Thanks for reading!