The PA
Chapter 1: Welcome To The PA
Load Full Story Next ChapterDerpy Hooves glided through the Everfree forest, her eyes furrowed in concentration as she tried to focus on not crashing into anything. Of course her attempts failed and she ended up flying straight into a thick tree. After a few seconds she simply slid down the trees trunk and into a bundled heap on the grassy floor.
Derpy closed her eyes and sat silently beneath the tree. Already she could recall the shenanigans that got her into this whole mess, she'd only been trying to help prepare the town hall before Applejack left for the rodeo, but she ended up nearly obliterating it instead!
The town hall wasn't exactly in pristine condition though, but Mayor Mare, being the greedy bit guzzling pony she was, put the blame on Derpy, and worse of all, she expected the pegasus to pay back every last bit. So, Derpy had to take on another job.. Now she wasn't just the Ponyville Mailmare, but also a waitress at The Café in Ponyville.
Nearly all of her income went towards the repairs to the town hall, which left little for her to take care of little Dinky and Sparkler. Thankfully Carrot Top offered to let them stay at her house. Still, she was far away from having enough bits to pay for all the repairs... So she took on another job.
And that's why Derpy was currently in the Everfree forest, searching for some place called the 'PA'. The ditzy eyed mare pondered for a moment on why she'd actually thought of every single little detail that'd gotten her into this mess, it just seemed unneccessary!
She was about to dive deeper into her own psyche when she noticed a slight glimmer a ways off, with nothing to lose (And a job to get to) she decided it'd be in her best interests to head towards that glimmer.
As Derpy trotted closer towards the glimmer she soon found out that it was the reflection of the noon sun on a smooth metallic surface, well, a wall really. She inspected the wall closely, a slight outline of a 'door' was there, but from what she could see there was really no way to enter it. After a few seconds of staring the door suddenly 'swished' open.
A blinding light washed over Derpy, causing the mare to fall back onto her haunches with a soft 'thump'. A murky green unicorn mare with a ruby red mane in a medical coat stood in front of the open door, blocking out the light. "Ugh, Hayweed, Peppermint, one of the patients escaped again..." the unicorn's voice was filled with agitation. The unicorn took a step towards Derpy, and the pegasus reacted by pomfing her wings up into a defensive position.
"Now now, just calm down.. We'll take you back to your room an-" "That won't be neccessary Jellybean." A pegasus interrupted the unicorn whose name was Jellybean and nudged her aside with a single hoof, he was a large aqua colored stallion and was wearing a matching medical coat, his mane a bright blond much like Derpys. "I do believe this is the new Caretaker." he glanced towards the ditzy eyed mare and nodded his head. "Miss Hooves I presume? Or was it Miss Doo... I do apologize for Doctor Jellybean's behavior. She's still quite new and needs to remember that not all ailments are physically visible. Isn't that right Miss Bean?"
Jellybean gave a soft huff before trotting back into the PA, the stallion on the other hand approached Derpy. "Allow me to introduce myself, I am Doctor Skylight, and this here is the PA. Well, the entrance at least. But, before I explain more I'll need you to sign this document.." Skylight reached into the medical coats pocket with his mouth and pulled out a piece of paper, and afterwards a pen. He continued to speak as Derpy looked over the document.
"Once again, I apologize for the behavior of my collegue. She can be quite... Judgemental at times. I on the other hand think you'll fit right in with us at the PA, of course everything that happens here is strictly confidiential. You're not allowed to speak to anypony, Griffon, Dragon, or Celestial being about what goes on in the PA." It didn't take long for Derpy to realize that Skylight was actually reciting the document, at least the parts about confidientiality.
Derpy honestly just skimmed through the form, after all reading wasn't her strong suite and she would much prefer to use her energy reading a good book rather then some document. She picked up the pen inbetween her teeth and tried to sign the document, instead she ended up writing in the dirt. It wasn't until the third try that she managed to successfully sign the form, afterwards Skylight gently placed the piece of paper back into his coat pocket and made a gesture with his hoof towards the brightly lite entrance.
"Welcome to the PA Miss Doo."
Skylight trotted through the door, Derpy close behind him. A bright light enveloping the two before the smooth metalic door slide shut.
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