My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Friends from Unexpected Places

Chapter 22

Eris

Rainbow yawned as she lazily laid on a cloud bed high above the ground. She had been at Flight Camp for 2 days and so far, there was only a instructional program on what to expect while they’re here.

“I’m bored!” Dash whined as she turned over. Something crinkled under her, catching her by surprise. She reached under her and pulled out the letter Derpy had giving her when she left. “oh, crud. I completely forgot.” she thought back to when Derpy gave her the letter. “what was I supposed to do with it, again?”

She remembered there was a note on the back. She flipped it and found the post-it.

‘Dash, please take this to 32 Mane Street in Ponyville and please make sure you go at night. I don’t want you to get further involved in this. Just leave it in the mailbox and get out. Easy, right?’

“rrrright. Easy, Derpy.” Dash sarcastically said, taking the post-it and throwing it aside.

Dash opened one eye as soon as it was light’s out. She slowly and quietly climbed out of her bed and snuck out, letter in her mouth. she was out WAY past curfew. She had little to no time to spare or else she was gonna get into trouble.

Dash flew down into Ponyville as quiet as she could. Thankfully, the street lights were on so she was able to fly though town without fuss.

“32 Mane Street. 32 Mane Street. Where the hay is Mane Street?” Dash slammed right into a pole, causing it to shake quite a bit. Dash slid on down and fell back onto her back. “that hurt.” she groggily said. She waited for her vision to clear before seeing what she ran into. “oh. Mane Street.” she said, looking up at the street sign she ran into.

Dash got up and got her bearings. “let’s see…” Dash walked up a street and found the address 59 Mane Street and beyond that was 61 Mane Street. “okay, that goes up, so…” she turned around and flew in the opposite direction.

“44... 37... 32. Here we go.”

Dash stopped in front of the house with the address. Just above the mailbox said ‘Doo’. “Derpy’s last name is Doo? I thought it was Hooves. Makes more sense.” Dash muttered. “Derpy Doo? It just sounds wrong. Ditzy Doo, on the other hoof…”

Dash flew on up to the porch and hovered in front of the mailbox. She double-checked, making sure it was the correct address. She opened the flap and put it in.

“nice. Now I gotta get out of here before someone notices me.” she whispered to herself. She turned to leave when the door opened.

“excuse me. Are you the pony who dropped off this letter?” a young voice asked.

Dash skidded to a halt and hovered there nervously. She slowly turned around to see a filly a couple years younger then Derpy standing there. The room behind her was dark with light coming from adjacent rooms so Dash was only able to see a outline. “un…”

“do you know where my sister is? Do you know where Derpy is?”

Dash gulped. She was caught between a rock and a hard place with no way out.

18 Years Later…

Crickets chirped and wolfs howled in the dead of night.

A flash of white suddenly shined, quieting the crickets and forcing the woodland creatures to flee from the area.

“… … …”

Something stirred in the bushes for a couple of seconds before it stopped and fell silent.

The day after Hearts and Hooves was the best day for everypony in love, especially ones who had their hearts broken from time to time. Some ponies, however, did not like the lover’s holiday and are having difficult times to get though it.

Satoshi grunted as he put the finishing touches on the engine room.

“having fun, Satoshi?” Aura joked as he walked in.

“Not really.” Satoshi grunted. He pulled out a nail that didn’t take. “Rainbow Dash was supposed to help me but she hasn’t appeared all day.”

Aura grabbed a hammer and spun it thought the air. “I think I can answer that.” Satoshi pointed up at a loose nail. Aura spun the hammer again and proceeded to pull it out. “ever since Shadow left, she’s been in one heck of a depression. Not only did she love him, but she feel’s she was the reason he left.”

“dang. see, that’s why I’m gay. You don’t have to deal with heartbreak 24/7.”

Aura wasn’t so sure about that. “un… you sure, Satoshi?”

Satoshi grunted as he pushed a major component into place. “What did I say? Sorry, but I’ve been working all day. I’m tired as heck and don’t really know what I’m saying.”

“eh… never mind. You were delusional.” Aura hammered in a nail, accidentally hitting his thumb. “Ow ow ow. That’s smarts.” Satoshi rolled his eyes. Looks like Orion’s restoration just got delayed a few days.

“huh…”

Requiem intently looked at a book, learning all she could about this world. Something felt off about the country of Equestria. Why did they need 2 princess’s to raise the sun and the moon when the celestial bodies were perfectly capable of working themselves? And why did the animals need the pony’s help with every aspect of their lives and why did the weather need the equines help to change? And if it’s so well and good, why isn’t the rest of the world doing it? There’s something screwy with this world and she plans on finding out what.

The thing that appeared in a flash of white light stirred in the bushes yet again. A reptilian style hand came out first, followed by a lion’s paw.

Scootaloo and Fluttershy laughed as they walked though Canterlot. Scootaloo brought Flutters here to introduce her to her cousin Soarin’. they arrived to see him in a… precarious situation with Spitfire. Ever since then, they were laughing up a storm, telling each other their embarrassing stories. Edge didn’t really get what they were talking about since he just arrived in Canterlot to get some exotic food at Angel‘s demand. Guess he had to have been there.

“it’s a true story.” Scoot’s laughed.

“I believe you.” Shy laughed.

Edge scratched his head in confusion. “eh… I don’t get it.”

“don’t worry about it. It’s nothing.” both girls laughed.

Edge shrugged. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a familiar cyan Pegasus looking over the edge of a view point. “is that Dash?” he asked, pointing to her.

“yeah. Yeah it is.” Scoots said. “What’s she doing here in Canterlot?”

Fluttershy took a closer look. “and is that… rope? Why does she have them wrapped around her wings?”

Edge got a not so pretty picture in his head. “Uh-oh. I think I know.” He ran on over to her. Concerned, ‘Shy and Scoot’s followed.

Edge trotted up next to Dash. She didn’t move or react. She just stared at the ground far below with soulless eyes. “un… Rainbow?” he waved his hoof in front of her eyes. “Rainbow Dash? You okay?”

The 2 Pegasi trotted up. “what’s wrong with her?” Fluttershy asked.

“I don’t know. She’s not saying a word.” Edge replied.

Scootaloo walked in front of Dash and waved her hooves. “Cous? You okay?”

“I…” she soullessly replied. The trio looked at each other, more then frightened. “I have… nothing… to live for…” she clutched a letter tight.

“nothing to live for?” the mares repeated. “What are you talking about?”

Without a reply, without warning, not giving them time to react, Rainbow Dash jumped over the edge.

“WHOA!!!” Edge exclaimed.

“DASH!!!” The mares exclaimed.

“…thank you and have a nice day.” Marble delightfully said, having just sold some cupcakes to Raindrops.

“I really like the new you, Marble. Much better then the old Emo you.” Sora said as she pulled herself up onto the counter.

“thank Pinkie for that. If it wasn’t for her and Diamond, I’d still be in a rut.”

“Agreed.” Sora reached down and grabbed a cupcake for herself. She tossed down a couple of bits on the counter. Marble got a bit peeved and looked up at her. “What? I paid for it.”

Suddenly, Pinkie bounced down the stairs. Thing is, though, is that it’s involuntary. “Pinkie? You okay?” Marble asked.

“I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I’m having a d-d-d-d-d-d-do-o-o-o-ozy of a Pinkie S-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-sense-e-e-e-e-e-e.”

“Pinkie Sense?” Sora and Marble asked each other.

“Oh, I think Applejack said something about those.” Sora said. “she said to be on the lookout for Doozy’s. supposedly, when they happen, something big is going down.”

Marble looked to her marefriend and gulped. “hope she’s not pregnant.”

“think that wouldn’t count as a Doozy.”

Pinkie still shook. “A-a-a-a-and this d-d-d-d-Doozy is a big o-o-o-o-one. I t-t-t-think something’s go-o-o-o-o-oing to happen to r-r-r-r-r-r-r-Rainbow Dash.”

“Dash?” Marble and Pinkie asked.

“RAINBOW DASH!!!”

Dash fell from Canterlot and towards the ground which lay 1500 feet below. With her wings wrapped in rope, there was no way she would come out of this alive. And she doesn’t want to. With Shadow gone and no chance of entering the Wonderbolts now, life was no longer worth living. The ropes slipped off in the force of the wind but she kept her wings from gaining air.

“Rainbow Dash!”

Fluttershy flew as fast as she could after Dash but she was falling too fast.

Eventually, Fluttershy stopped.

“*pant. Pant. Pant. Pant.* RAINBOW DASH!” she called out to her falling friend. She got deathly worried. “oh, Dash.” she started to cry. A orange blur fell beside her and after Dash. “was that…”

The strange thing in the bushes continued to stir. “RAINBOW DASH!” someone yelled. It looked up to see these events happening.

“RAINBOW DASH!!!”

That familiar child’s voice forced her eyes open. She looked to see Scootaloo falling after her. “Scootaloo?!”

Scoots flapped her wings as fast as she could, trying to catch up to Dash but she wasn’t fast enough.

They quickly caught up to the ground. Scootaloo crashed though tree branches and landed on her chest into a pretty big branch. Dash fell though the branches and fell to the hard ground.

A mattress suddenly appeared. Dash landed on it and bounced up a few feet. The mattress disappeared and Dash fell onto her back on the ground. Scootaloo fell out of the branch and onto Dash.

Scootaloo sniffled as Dash opened her eyes. “Squirt?”

“how could you…” Scoots sniffled. Dash looked at her with slight confusion. Scootaloo raised her tear-soaked head up. “HOW COULD YOU TRY AND KILL YOURSELF!?!” Scootaloo’s tears fell from her face and landed on Dash. “WHY WOULD YOU DO IT!?!”

“Scoots…”

“Do I mean nothing to you? Does Soarin’ mean nothing? Do your friends and family mean nothing? Do we mean nothing to the point where you‘d try to take your own life?” Scootaloo’s crying gain intensity. “Dammit, I don’t want to lose anyone else important to me!”

“Squirt… I…”

Scootaloo hugged Dash and kept crying. “Why? Why would you even attempt this?”

Dash didn’t know what to say. What could she say? The rope she used to tie her wings together fell over them both. Dash picked it up and looked at the knot. It was loose. Some part of her was telling her that this was a stupid idea to begin with. Dash unfurled the letter she was holding before and passed it to Scootaloo. She tapped Scoot’s shoulder, getting her attention. Sniffling, Scootaloo looked up, saw the letter, took it, and read it.

“Scoots… I… I did this… because my…” The letter fell to the ground with even more tears following it. “my mom… died. Add Shadow leaving and anyone could see I would’ve done this.”

“but Suicide? That was…”

Their tear filled conversation was interrupted when the bushes shook. The thing that was rustling though them all day finally came out and revealed itself.

“What in the world?” Scoots exclaimed.

“Is that a…”

“SHE DID WHAT!?!” everyone in Ponyville exclaimed.

After not being able to catch up with Dash, Fluttershy flew back up to Canterlot and told Edge. After that, the 2 returned to Ponyville and broke the news to everyone. Obviously, they did not take it well.

“You heard us!” Edge exclaimed. “she… she…” he couldn’t bring himself to say it. He didn’t want to believe it either. “she… committed Suicide.”

Nobody in Ponyville wanted to believe it, including Dash’s closest friends. “no. no no no.” a unbelieving party pony shakingly said. “no, she can’t be dead.”

“Guess Shadow leaving really did hit her hard.” Ash said. “she just didn’t let on about it.”

“but Suicide? That’s a bit over the top, don’t you think?” Carrot Top exclaimed.

“I guess. But… people are known for doing crazy things.”

“That still doesn’t justify this!”

“Enough!” Requiem yelled. “Arguing about this isn’t going to change it.” she turned her attention to Edge and Fluttershy. “You say Scootaloo fell after her?” they both nodded. “okay. This is a long shot, but maybe Dash saw Scoots falling after her and didn’t want her to die as well so she reacted and saved her, saving her as well. So… so let’s be hopeful about that.” the entire congregation muttered, half in agreement, half not really sure.

“(Least I hope so.)” Requiem thought to herself. “If they are alive, I hope they aren’t in any trouble.)”

The two Pegasi were stunned by what stood in front of them.

“Is that a…”

“…Draconequus?”

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The little baby Draconequus just stood there, staring at the two with a curious expression.

“Discord had a kid? There’s no way.” Dash exclaimed in surprise. “besides, Screw Ball’s the closer candidate.”

“Aw. It’s so cute.” Scootaloo said.

Dash walked in front of Scoot’s and put her hoof down. “abada, Scoots. Trust me, these things aren’t friendly. Remember Discord?”

“But this is a baby, Dash. What harm can a little baby be?”

“A lot. Discord was dangerous because he had full control over his powers. This is a baby and has no idea what it’s doing; ergo, it’s powers are out of control.”

Scootaloo ignored her, shoving Dash’s hoof out of her face and walking over to the baby. “hey there, cutie. What’s your name?” the baby cocked it’s head in stupidity. “do you even have a name?”

Dash rolled her eyes. “I doubt it has a name, Squirt. Discord got his name because he CAUSED discord. Trust me, that thing is dangerous.”

“no it’s not. It’s just a baby. Doubt it even know’s who Discord is.” Scootaloo took Dash’s hoof and pulled her over. Dash landed face-first in front of the baby. It laughed at the comical sight. “guess she likes Slapstick.” Scoots chuckled.

“then we’ll give it to Pinkie.” Dash grunted, her head still stuck in the dirt. The baby clapped her hands together, inadvertadly causing her to use her powers. Dash disappeared for a second then reappeared in the same spot, head out of the dirt. Clean even. Dash was stunned by that little trick. “What was that?”

“That…” Scootaloo picked up the baby. “…was this little cutie here helping you.” the baby reached up, wanting to hug Dash. “and look. She wants a hug.”

“Hug.” the baby said in a cutsy-wutsy manner.

“And look. Her first word. I think.”

Scoots handed her over to Dash, who really didn’t want her. She held her out, completely unknown on what to do. “Un… hi.” the baby cocked her head to the side. “Un… what’s your name? do you have a name?” The baby stayed quiet for a moment. “told you it doesn’t have a name.” Dash smirked at Scoots.

“Eris.”

That sudden word surprised them both. They both looked at the baby. “Eris.” she said again.

“I think her name is Eris.” Scoots said.

“I heard her.” Eris’ eyes sleepily drooped as she yawned. “and she’s sleepy. Wonderful. We can leave her here.”

“We’re not leaving her here!” Scoots exclaimed with force.

“that what do you propose we do with her?”

Scootaloo thought for a moment. “Well, we could take her back to Ponyville.”

“What? Twilight would eat her alive just for being a Draconequus. Heck, Celestia might banish her to the moon.”

“Rainbow Dash! I saved your life. You own me.”

Crap. She had her there. “Fine! We’re take her into Ponyville. Maybe Requiem can take her off my hands.” she proceeded to hand Eris over to Scootaloo and walked off. “besides, they might be planning our funerals already. ’shy always was one to go overboard when stuff like this happens.”

Scoot’s looked at the baby in confusion, then to Dash in a bit of anger. She trotted over and plopped the baby on Dash’s back. “You carry her.”

Scootaloo said as she ran off for home. She was too far away for Dash to call her out. “Crud.” she looked back at the sleeping Draconequus. “one wrong move and you’re on the first express train to Cloudsdale.” she threatened. The baby ignored her as she continued to sleep. Even Dash had to admit, Eris looks cute when she sleeps. She shook her head, snapping her out of it, before beginning the long trek back to Ponyville.

Author's Notes:
from sad and depressing to overly cheerful in 3 seconds flat. i beat Bambi's time record.

and no, Eris is not mine. rather, she's the Fanon's. she's got a lot of fan-art from a lot of fans, despite not appearing in the show