My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Friends from Unexpected Places

Chapter 10

Suspicion’s

Young Derpy and eTu`nes returned to their campsite after visiting a young Zecora to find a way to cure Derpy’s eyes. She gave them a potion that could work.

“Let’s see here…” eTu`nes said as he looked at the back of the vial of potion, looking for instructions. He found them. “have the inflicted person drink the healing salve for 3 gulps first, then apply the rest to the afflicted area. If the afflicted area is inside the person, like the lungs or the heart, rub it above the area where it is supposed to be.”

“I drink it?” Derpy asked.

“For 3 gulps, then I rub the rest on your eyes.” eTu`nes pulled the top off and took a sniff. “mmm. Smells like grape.”

“oh, grape.” Derpy exclaimed excitedly. “I love grape soda.”

“I don’t think this is soda.” eTu`nes laughed.

He walked over to Derpy and looked at the instructions again. “now, open wide. Time to take your medicine.” he stuck the vial in her mouth and she drunk it for 3 gulps. After that, eTu`nes pulled it out. Not much was left, just ¼. “now I gotta rub the rest of this on your eyes. Guess that means I hafta remove your bandages.”

“well, be careful please. I want to see again, not get glass eyes.”

“if that was a joke, It was a bad one.” he muttered. eTu`nes put the vial on the ground and proceeded to take off the bandages wrapped around her head.

Once fully off, eTu’nes gagged a bit. Derpy’s eyes were completely crusted over. “how do they look?” Derpy asked.

He couldn’t tell her the truth. “better then, then last time.” he grabbed the vial and poured the rest of the potion over her eyes. They immediately seeped in and eTu`nes put the bandage back on.

“so, how long do I have to wait?” Derpy asked, hoping for a short time.

The dragon looked on the back of the bottle again. There was nothing. He flipped it and saw writing on the other side, where only after the drink was gulped. “says here it should take 12 hours.”

“12 Hours!?!” Derps exclaimed.

“it’ll be done by the time we wake up.”

“Oh.”

“says here that side-effects include pain to the inflicted area…”

“oh, goodie.” Derpy sarcastically groaned.

“…as well as vomiting and dizziness.”

“well, I can deal with the last two but not with the pain.”

“it’s just for 12 hours, you don’t have to worry much. Besides, you’ll be asleep for 9.”

Derpy was gonna protest but she didn’t. she knew he was right. “what time is it?”

eTu`nes looked at the sun, which was far from setting. “at least 2, 2 and a half hours before the sun sets. Maybe.”

Derpy sighed as she fell backwards to the ground. “what kills a couple of hours?”

eTu`nes thought for a moment. “Well… you could tell me about you and your life?”

“what?”

“Well, I told you mine! It only seems fair.”

Derpy chuckled. He had her there. She laid down in the grass. “west Fillydelphia, born and raised…” she started. eTu`nes laid down next to her. “And on the playground is where I spent most of my days.” eTu`nes waited to see if she would burst into song. She did not.

“me and my parents moved to Ponyville a few years ago. It’s been tough making new friends but I’m managing to make a few. I met a couple of Pegasi like me not long ago; a shy thing named Fluttershy and a speed demon named Rainbow Dash. We 3 were to take place in a race at Summer Flight Camp.

“a strange rainbow shockwave appeared out of nowhere and sent me off course. I crash-landed in Everfree Forest and started looking for a way out when I bumped into you.”

“I think I remember something like that. A sonic boom with a rainbow color. Even we were mesmerized. But… then they went back to beating me up when it was gone.”

“sorry.” a depressed Derpy said. She hated hearing that part.

“it wasn’t your fault. Heck, you saved me. I’m grateful for that.” Derpy lifted her head in his direction and smiled. “Anyway, what of your parents or your friends? Surely, they must be looking for you.”

“I hope.” she shakingly responded. “it’s been a long time, eTu`nes. They probably think I’m dead by now. They probably gave up long ago.” she started crying.

eTu`nes couldn’t bare to look at her at that moment. He knew it. He could hear them calling for her when he goes out hunting at night. “w-well, maybe they are or maybe they aren’t. you aren’t gonna find out tonight, not with your eyes like that.”

Derps sighed. “I know. But still…”

eTu`nes started getting nervous. “so, un… what’s Ponyville like?”

Derpy explained well into the night what Ponyville is all about. So long into the night that they both fell asleep halfway though it.

“AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!”

eTu`nes woke up in the middle of the night to the sounds of screaming. It was coming from Derpy, who held her eyes as she rolled on the ground in pain.

“Derpy!” he exclaimed as he ran over.

“My eyes! They hurt!” she exclaimed in pain.

“Well, we knew it was coming. Said so right on the bottle.”

“but I didn’t know it was gonna be this baAHHHHHHH!”

eTu`nes bit his right pointer claw. “oh man. I don’t know what to do.”

The pain hit again, this time strong enough to make her shed tears. “e-eTu’nes…” she painfully asked. “what do I do?” she cried.

eTu`nes stood there. He didn’t know what to do. “I don’t know. Guess we’re gonna have to ride out the storm.”

“What? Do you know how much this hurts!?!” she exclaimed.

eTu`nes thought back to his beating. “I can.” he walked over and sat down beside her. “but I’m gonna support you every step of the way.”

Derpy smiled up at him. “thanks.” she whispered. eTu`nes smiled back and even blushed a little.

Derps yelled out in pain again as the potion went to work. eTu`nes held her close, comforting her as the pain consumed her.

20 years later…

Not long after declaring to throw a party for Halo and Zilver Light, Marble Cake, Storm Shadow, and the humans that are staying at Ponyville, Pinkie immediately went to work getting a ‘welcome to Ponyville’ party ready.

Satoshi, still in his stoned out state, laying beneath a table while the Humans and the Mane 6, minus Fluttershy and Pinkie, were getting Sugarcube corner ready.

“Explain to me again why we’re doing this if the party’s for us?” Jax asked, hanging up a banner that said ‘welcome to Ponyville‘.

“Cause Pinkie had to go and tell Fluttershy, that’s why.” Ash said, putting up the other end..

A.J. stopped baking some apple-based goodies for a moment. “speaking of Shy, anypony else notice that she’s been cooped up in her house for the past few days and hasn’t come out since?”

“I did notice that. Bahamut’s acting the same way as well, being cooped up in her house.” Aura mentioned, stringing popcorn.

A very naughty thought entered Twilight’s mind, who was looking a checklist over. “you don’t think… that Fluttershy and Bahamut are…”

“are what?” Dash asked.

“un…. You know…” Twi insinuated.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at each other with confusion, then looked back at Twi. “no, we don’t know Twi. Mind filling us in?” Req asked.

“mmm… *clears throat* you don’t think that Bahamut and Fluttershy are… having romantic relations… do you?” Twi asked.

Everyone looked at each other and broke out laughing. Req and Jax fell to the floor and rolled in pain.

“What?” Twi exclaimed.

Sora laughed but slowed it down and gasped as she spoke. “Twi. Twi. Twi. There‘s no way that those 2 are doing the horizontal tango.”

“and what makes you say that? All the evidence points to it.” Twi exclaimed.

“I can think of 2 reasons.” Sora snorted. She stopped and took a deep breath. “one, I don’t think a Pony and Dragon relationship will work.”

Spike was a little bit surprised by that. “wh-What makes you say that?”

“it’s 2 different species falling in love.” Satoshi laughed half stoned. “Not once have a inter-species relationship ever worked. We know, we checked. They always end in failure.” he swung his arms in the last explanation and fell forward, where he instantly fell asleep as soon as his head hit the floor.

“the stoner just proved my point.” Sora said. Spike sadly looked to the ground. “which brings me to reason number 2: there is no way Bahamut would ever, ever, EVER cheat on Sapphyre.”

“how so?” Rarity asked.

“too much in love. He’s Romeo to her Juliet.” Ash said with a smile.

“who-meo and juli-who?” Dash asked.

“VERY famous romance couple from back home. Don’t matter much now. Can we get back to getting the party ready before I blow my mind?” Jax angrily asked as she went back to work.

Everyone and Everypony were caught by surprise by the severity of that.

Pinkie bounced on down the path to Fluttershy’s cottage, eager to tell her and Bahamut about the party.

She reached it and prepared to knock when she heard groaning coming from within. “Fluttershy? You okay?” she asked. No response. “hey, B-boy?” she asked, hoping Bahamut would answer. Again, nothing.

Worried, she opened the door. “hello?” Pinkie asked. “you guys in here?” she entered the cottage and looked around. Everything was okay. The animals were doing soundly, same with Fenrir and Cobalt.

The groaning came from up the stairs. Now curious as to what was causing it, Pinkie went upstairs. “if this is a practical joke, why are you bothering to pull it on the master?”

Pinkie poked her head up and turned it like a periscope. Nothing out of the ordinary, except something was in Fluttershy’s bed and groaning. The rest of her body cranked up and she trotted over. “If Behe is sick, why didn’t you tell me? Laughter is always the best medicine.” she said.

She walked over and pulled back the covers. What she saw made her comically gasp.

Fluttershy and Bahamut flew on back to the cottage, taking in the vista.

“thanks for helping me pick those flowers, Bahamut. When Edge wakes up, I’m sure he’ll enjoy it.” Fluttershy cheerfully said.

“Considering Changelings like flowers.” Bahamut said, holding a entire bushel.

“I’m sure they do. They’re half insect and insects like flowers, right?”

“I guess.”

They approached the cottage as Pinkie ran out like the Roadrunner, freaking out by what she saw.

“uh-oh.” Bahamut said. He dropped the flowers and went after Pinkie.

Pinkie ran as fast as her hooves could carry her back to Ponyville. “Changeling! Changeling! Cha--” Bahamut slammed into her, shutting her up.

The 2 rolled like a wheel right into a tree. Pinkie fell first, giving Bahamut time to pin her to the ground.

Fluttershy ran up to them both as Pinkie continued to freak out. “Changeling! There’s a Changeling in your house! There’s a…”

Bahamut shoved a branch into her mouth, shutting her mouth. “What are you doing?” Fluttershy exclaimed.

“stopping her from blabbing to the entire town.” Bahamut grunted as he kept her from running. “grab her hind legs. We’ll carry her back and sort out this whole mess.”

A book was tossed aside and another was magically grabbed and pulled towards Luna. She had grabbed any and every book relating to Humans from the royal archives and scanned though them, searching for some reference to her suspicions.

“I thought I would find you in here.” Celestia said as she walked in unannounced.

“hello, Tia. Sorry, but I’m busy.” Luna said, not pulling away from the book.

“busy? Busy doing what?”

“I trust you heard by now, about Humans being in Ponyville.”

“yes, I did hear the rumors that there are. And Twilight recently wrote to me about them.” though some magic, a scroll appeared in front of Celestia. Luna glanced up.

‘Dear Princess Celestia,

I’m sure you will have heard of it by now but if case you didn’t, I’ll tell you. There are humans, HUMANS, living among us. I wouldn’t have believe it myself if I didn’t see it. I thought they only existed in old fairy tails. Who knew they would be real?

‘anyway, the humans are from another world and they came to ours by, by their worlds, a fluke in order to get supplies. And without us knowing, too. Not sure how that would’ve worked but it apparently didn’t as a giant monster draped in shadow heavily damaged their vessel and has stranded them on Equestria.

‘we got to know each other quite well. In fact, until their ship is repaired, we offered to let them stay with us. Turns out they visited loads of worlds before ours and helped take out a deadly threat. Except for that monster, I think their trend is broken.

‘sorry I couldn’t go into more detail right now but I gotta go to a party Pinkie’s throwing for some new ponies that just arrived in town, as well as for the humans. And one of them, one of the ponies that is, is quite hot. Sincerely

Twilight Sparkle.’

“well, it’s good to see that Twilight found something interesting other then books.” Celestia snickered.

“there’s something I don’t trust about those humans.” Luna said.

Celestia rolled her eyes. “you said the same thing about Discord 2100 years ago.”

“And look what happened with him!” Luna pointed out. Celestia remembered and didn’t say anything else. “Trust me, Tia. Something’s not right here. I can feel it in my gut.”

“you’re probably just hungry. Get something to eat before you turn into skin and bones.” Celestia said just before she left.

Luna scowled as she got up. No use trying to figure out a mystery on a empty stomach. But she knew her feeling was right. She was never wrong when her gut said something was wrong with someone, and Requiem and her crew are no different.

Bahamut slammed the door to the cottage and locked it. Pinkie continued to blather on like a idiot.

“Changeling! Changeling! There’s a…” Bahamut slammed Pinkie into a chair and covered her mouth as a frightened Fluttershy watched from her room.

“Yes, there is a Changeling up there but let us explain before you go and blather everything to the entire town. Okay?” Pinkie nodded. Bahamut removed his paw. “to make a long story short, me, Fluttershy, and the CMC found him near death. We brought him here and Fluttershy is doing as best she can to save him. And due to them not being really popular with the crowd at the moment, we’re keeping him a secret.”

“a secret? Oh, I love secrets.” Pinkie said, back to her usual self.

Bahamut went slack-jawed and looked at Fluttershy, not really sure what just happened. “So, you’ll keep Edge a secret?” Fluttershy asked.

“Edge?”

“Mirror’s Edge. That’s the Changelings name. all he said before he lost consciousness.” Bahamut said. “but the question stands; will you keep him a secret?”

“I Pinkie Promise.” Pinkie said.

“Pinkie Promise?”

“you break the unbreakable promise, you must suffer the consequences.” Pinkie said in a scary voice.

Bahamut wasn’t scared but pretended to be for Pinkie’s sake. “Ahh. Okay. Pinkie Promise. But… why the sudden change of heart? 5 seconds ago, you were gonna blab it to everyone.”

“easy. Fluttershy’s one of my best friends and it’s very rare that she herself tells someone to keep something like this a secret. So when she says to keep a secret…” Pinkie literally zipped her mouth shut.

Bahamut rolled his eyes and unzipped her mouth. “that easy?”

“That easy? Besides, I never had a Changeling friend before!” Pinkie squealed as she bounced.

“well, we don’t know if he is friendly or not. Other then a attempt to leave while still badly wounded, he never said anything other then his name.” Fluttershy said.

“Well, guess we’ll find out soon. OH! I should throw a party for him when he wakes up!” Pinkie squealed.

“un…. Okay.” Bahamut said, not really sure what happened.

“oh, that reminds me. I came here to tell you guys that I’m throwing a party for the new ponies in town, as well as you and your friends, Bahamut.”

“you are?” Bahamut asked in surprise. He never had a party for him before. “wait wait wait. You said your throwing a party for us… and you will throw one for Edge when he wakes up. Right?”

“Right.”

“so… why not wait till Edge is all better?”

“well, it does sound like a good idea…”

“but…?”

“but nothing! It’s a good idea! I’ll go and tell everyone to hold the party!” Pinkie said as she bounced to the door.

“Wait!” Fluttershy exclaimed, much to Pinkie’s surprise. “What do we tell everyone?”

“already got that figured out.” Bahamut said.

Jax groaned is she sat down in a chair. “my feet hurt.” she groaned. “give me some ice.”

“Get in line!” Sora exclaimed, her feet already in it.

“how does Pinkie do this in a few minutes?” Applejack groaned.

“she’s Pinkie. Trying to explain her is like trying to explain quantum physics.” Twilight said.

Speaking of Pinkie… she, Bahamut, and Fluttershy walked in to see everyone on the floor. The gun-slinger looked up and saw them. “there she is and she brought the others!” Ash exclaimed.

“What are you all doing?” Bahamut asked.

“taking a break! This is harder then it looks.” Requiem said.

Bahamut lowered a eyebrow and looked to his right. “Satoshi doesn’t seem to be tired.” Aura was about to say something but Bahamut stopped him “forgot. Sora gave him loony pills.”

“It was an Accident!” Sora exclaimed.

Aura shook his head ‘no’. “So, what have Fluttershy and Bahamut been doing? Twilight suggested it was something… well, not gonna go into detail but let’s just say…” Aura made a bed-squeaking noise.

“Ew! No! I’d never cheat on Sapphyre.” Bahamut countermanded.

“What does he mean by that?” Fluttershy asked.

“you don’t wanna know.” Bahamut said.

“I’m gonna go ahead and get straight to the point; the party is canceled.” Pinkie said.

The ponies looked up at her like a tradition has just been broken. “come again?” Rarity asked.

“Canceled? You never cancel a party.” Rainbow said.

“True true true. But this is an exception. See, the reason Fluttershy and Bahamut were cooped up in their house was because they’re nursing a poor pony.”

“nursing?” Aura asked.

“healing.” Req explained.

“it’s true. We found the poor little guy near death. We took him back to the cottage and are busy making sure he lives.”

“why not take him to the hospital?” Spike asked, carrying a box of streamers.

Bahamut quickly thought of a lie. “he’s…. one of those ponies that doesn’t believe in modern medicine. He insisted on traditional methods… just before he lost consciousness.”

“okay… what else did he say?” Twi asked.

“he said his name was Mirror’s Edge before he lost consciousness. Guess that means he makes mirror’s or something.” Fluttershy guessed.

“and you’re gonna wait till he’s back from certain death before throwing a party, I get it. Sort of a ‘welcome back to the land of the living party for him as well.” Ash said, putting 2 and 2 together.

“yep. But when is the question of the week.” Bahamut muttered.

*author’s notes*
Sorry for the abrupt ending or how... bad it looks but I got a lot to do, which is also cause for the delay, so this is where this chapter ends. Also, I am aware that there is another Fanfic out there with a Changeling named Mirror Edge. To be honest, I named my character after because I liked the game. It was pure coincidence.