Hello, everybody! Or should I say... everypony? XD Yes, I am a brony; closet brony, to be specific, since none of my friends or family know that I watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It's not really a major part of my life; it's just a little something that I like to watch every now and then. Anyways, I figured I would give a fanfic to everyone's favorite wall-eyed Pegasus, Derpy Hooves! Time to see where things could go for this clumsy-but-lovable pony...

It was just another day of mail carrying in Ponyville for Derpy Hooves. It was the same every time; she would clock in, fly the same set routes, deliver mail, take her lunch break, fly the next route, deliver the next set of mail, clock out, and repeat.

Of course, being klutzy as she is, Derpy was quite prone to making mistakes often. On occasion, she had delivered the wrong mail, gotten lost, lost some letters in the wind, and some other mistakes that always got her an earful from everypony. Because of this, Derpy's self-esteem had dropped considerably, and she suffered insomnia due to intermittent onsets of depression.

Derpy hoped that things would go alright soon... she wanted to show everyone that she was a good pony.

She had reached her first stop. She pulled the letters addressed to this location out of her rucksack, and tried slipping them into the mailbox through the slot. But they were not fitting through. She tried pressing harder, but still no luck.

"Ngh... why don't they make these slots bigger?" Derpy complained to herself.

It was then that she pressed the letters with all her might against the mailbox, hoping that they would slide through. But the mailbox's beam bent backwards, and when Derpy began to feel her strength deplete...

THWACK.

The mailbox slipped from her forehooves and hit her in the face, sending her flying a ways away.

"WOOOOOAAAAAH...!" Derpy shrieked as she flew through the air.

Just when she tried to spread her wings to orient herself properly, she fell into the fountain in Ponyville's central plaza. She stood and shook her head to get the water out of her mane as best as she could. She glanced down at the rucksack, which was now under the water, and her eyes went wide and her pupils shrunk.

"Uh-oh..." Derpy said.

Several ponies who happened to be passing by all crowded around the fountain to see what Derpy was doing. At that moment, Parcel Post came up to see what the commotion was.

"Ms. Ditzy Doo!" He said. "The Ponyville Fountain isn't your personal swimming pool! You need to be working, not playing around with—"

His eyes shown a look of sheer horror as he saw Derpy's letter rucksack under the water.

"THE LETTERS YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DELIVER!" Parcel cried. "THEY'RE ALL SOAKING WET!"

More ponies, hearing this, crowded around the fountain, and started shouting at Derpy.

"I was expecting a letter from my cousin in Canterlot!"

"I was sending out family reunion invitations!"

"My paycheck might have been in there!"

Parcel stood there, trying to hold back his rage. His nostrils flaring, his teeth grinding against each other.

"What is wrong with you, Ditzy!?" He scolded. "You decide to put off your job for your own leisure!?"

Derpy's looked at the ground. "I-I'm sorry...! I just don't know what went wrong...!"

"Well, you know I need to report this to Captain Express!" Parcel said.

Derpy's heart skipped a beat. If Captain Express were to hear about this... who knows what could happen? Nothing good, that was for sure.

Derpy looked around at the angry faces of all the ponies shouting at her over the possible loss of their mail. Her eyes began to well with tears, but she forced back her crying... and proceeded to head back to the post office with her head hung low, preparing herself for her imminent doom...

(XXXX)

"So, Ms. Doo," Captain Express sternly said to Derpy in his office. "Mr. Post tells me you lost the mail you were carrying in the fountain."

"Y-yes..." Derpy choked out, timidly shuffling her hooves.

"And I'm sure you are aware of how vital the postal service is to Equestria." Captain Express said. "Do you have any idea how serious this is?"

"I'm sorry..." Derpy said. "...I didn't mean to!"

Captain Express put his hooves to his face with his elbows on his desk, shaking his head. "Well, given the detriment you have caused the Ponyville Post Office, I'm afraid you have left me no other choice, Ms. Doo."

Derpy's pulse kicked in, and she was sweating bullets.

"I'm going to have to put you on suspension for two months... without pay." Captain Express said.

In that moment, Derpy held an expression of unbreakable shock. Suspension without pay... she could not even believe all of this was happening.

"I'll need you to hand in your uniform, and sign something real quick..." Captain Express said.

(XXXX)

Shortly after the process, Derpy left the Post Office, tears running down her face. And then, she broke into a run back to her house, shielding her face with one hoof and struggling to hold back her sobs. Several ponies were clearly still angry at her, as they all shouted at her as she rushed by.

"Crying? Yeah, you should be! I can't believe how STUPID you are, losing our mail!"

"You're so RETARDED, I honestly can't believe the Postal Service would actually hire you!"

"I'm honestly embarrassed to be the same species as you! You are so OFFENSIVE to Ponykind!"

Derpy ran until she collapsed in an alleyway. She buried her face under her hooves and cried.

"...Th-this..." Derpy sniffled. "...this is... th-the worst... d-d-day of my... l-life...!"

It was a little while later that Doctor Whooves was randomly passing by, and happened to spot Derpy in the alleyway. He rushed over and noticed she was crying.

"Derpy?" He asked. "What ever is the matter?"

Derpy looked up. "It... it's just awful, Doc! I screw everything up!"

"Oh, come now, Derpy!" Doctor Whooves said reassuringly. "You need not dwell on the negatives! If you are knocked down, stand back up and keep trying!"

"B-but... how can I... when everything keeps ending in failure for me...?" Derpy asked.

"Um... well... that is..." Doctor Whooves trailed off. He didn't know how to go about this; telling a pony to be more confident, when they were failing over and over, was simply horrible advice.

"...I just... w-wanna be alone...!" Derpy said as she stood and ran off. "I don't wanna m-m-mess up anything else t-today...!"

"Derpy! Wait!" Doctor Whooves called out to no avail. "I-I was also wondering if your daughter, Dinky, was aware of your predicament!"

"I DON'T HAVE A DAUGHTER!" Derpy called back.

The stallion stood for a moment, pondering. "Peculiar... Derpy struggles with tasks on a regular basis... but what happened this time to set her off so badly...?"

(XXXX)

Twilight Sparkle was walking down a street on Ponyville with Spike on her back; she was checking up on her friends to make sure their everyday tasks were up to speed so she could report it back to Princess Celestia.

"Well, Spike, looks like we're all caught up for the week!" Twilight said. "Got it all written in the letter to the Princess?"

"Yep!" Spike said, holding the quill he was using up.

At that moment, the two of them were startled to hear loud crying getting closer. Then they saw Derpy rounding a corner and rushing past them with one hoof covering her face as she ran.

"What the...?" Spike said.

"Derpy!" Twilight called out. "What's wrong?"

Derpy kept running, as if she didn't hear Twilight.

"Huh... Ditzy musta really messed up this time!" Spike said.

"Spike, that's not nice." Twilight said. "Derpy looked pretty upset... I think we should go and see what's wrong with her."

Spike pondered for a moment. "She probably won't wanna talk, what with all that crying and stuff. Think we should give her some time?" he asked.

Twilight narrowed her eyes at the ground. "Okay, we'll wait for her to calm down."

(XXXX)

Derpy made it back to her house, and spent hours crying her eyes out into her pillow. The sun began to set on the western horizon.

Being the "different" pony that she was, Derpy regularly put up with harassment, scolding, and overall bullying from other ponies. It did not help her feel good in the least bit, and, if anything, made her feel worse than the last time it happens...

...but poor Derpy has finally been pushed to her breaking point.

"I can't do this anymore..." Derpy said to herself, sitting up and looking out the window. "...I'm going away! I'm gonna leave Ponyville forever! As Celestia is my witness, I'll go somewhere that I am accepted!"

Derpy started packing a few things she would need into a fairly large satchel: food, water, her diary, some pencils, a sharpener, and some of the remaining Bits she had. And then she was out the door almost immediately.

"Well, this is it. Goodbye, everypony... forever! Derpy Hooves is out of your lives for good!" Derpy said as she looked back over her shoulder at the town.

She started along the path that lead through the Open Lands, and all the while, got to thinking...

"What if..." Derpy said to herself. "...what if the same thing ends up happening again!?"

Derpy had not considered the fact that her clumsiness and strange eyes made several of the ponies in Ponyville hate her so much. It's possible that she could end up trying the patience of others as well, even though she never means to.

"I... I just don't know what to do with myself anymore...!" Derpy said as she started tearing up again. "...M-maybe... maybe I... r-r-really am w-worthless...! I... r-ruin everything!" N-n-nopony... will want to... be anywhere n-near me...!"

Derpy had indeed hit rock bottom. Nopony in Ponyville, or maybe even Equestria would want to be on her side, she assumed. She had to go somewhere where she could get support and be able to make a living. Anything remotely satisfactory in comparison to Ponyville would be welcome, but Derpy just did not know where to turn, or where she could go without anypony getting mad at her just for who she was.

She needed help... she desperately needed help...

As sad as it is, I really think something like this could happen to Derpy. It just seems like she doesn't try to make anyone angry, but it seems like a good portion of real-life people who have seen her found her offensive in some way. I assume she's meant to portray someone who has a mental disability, possibly a form of autism, but I personally don't find Derpy offensive; I actually really like her (and this is coming from someone with ADD, which is a form of autism). Anyways, hopefully things can get better for MLP: FiM's most popular background pony, so stick around! Keep holding on...