My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Friends from Unexpected Places

Chapter 36

The Truth Comes Out

eTu`nes flew far from the school, wanting so hard to forget Derpy kissing Clockwerk. Tears fell from his face as he flew over the town. “why…?” he said all choked up. “I thought we had something special.”

“eTu`nes!”

The drake slowed down and looked back to see Derpy flying after him. He ignored her and kept on flying. “eTu`nes!”

“Leave me along!” he painfully yelled, trying to hide his heartbreak. He flew faster but Derpy wasn’t giving up.

She flapped her wings faster and was able to catch up to him enough to where she could grabbed his legs. “I’m not leaving until you talk, eTu`nes!” eTu`nes snarled like the dragon he is and landed near a tall building that looked like a carousel. Once Derpy let go, he started walking away. “Hey!”

“Go! Away!” he snarled. He felt something fill up inside him, something monstrous.

“Not until you tell me what the hell is going on, eTu`nes? You know, you’ve been acting weird since the camping trip and I think it’s time for you to come clean.”

“Go Away! I won’t repeat myself again!”

He started walking away. Derpy got in front of him and stopped him. “What’s going on, eTu`nes? Why are you acting like a grouch?”

eTu`nes angrily formed a fist. “You want to know why?”

“Yes!”

“Fine! It’s because of that bastard Clockwerk.”

“Clockwerk? What does he have to do with anything? What, is this because I went to the dance with him instead of you?”

“It’s because you kissed!”

Derpy was still confused by what he meant and it showed. “What? Because we kissed?”

“Yes!”

“but I don’t understand. We’re friends. Why would you be upset over a kiss?”

“Because I love you!”

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvs5bVqzLzQ

Sorrow - Xenoblade Chronicles OST

eTu`nes just heard what he said but couldn’t take it back. It was out there. And Derpy heard it.

“w-what?” she shockingly asked. “you… love me?”

The drake glanced away. “Yes. I love you, Derpy. I’ve loved you ever since we came back from Feather Top but… but I just couldn’t say it.” Derpy had no idea. After all this time, he never said anything about this. True, he acted weird but he always acted weird. “At least… until the camping trip.”

“the camping trip?”

“I told you my feelings back up on top of the waterfall and we had… and incredible night together but… you don’t remember anything! Do you have any idea how that made me feel when you said you couldn’t remember a thing?!”

“eTu`nes…”

“And now here you are, kissing some out-of-town pony you only knew half a day! You barely know him! Why did you kiss him?”

“I… I don’t know. I just… lost all control over myself. He was just so handsome and dreamy and…”eTu`nes heard enough and glanced away in a huff. “eTu`nes, I didn’t mean to hurt you. It’s just… I just think of us as friends.”

“Friends?”

“I love you, but not in that way. And besides… a pony/dragon relationship would weird everyone out and I don’t want that kind of ridicule.”

The dragons heart sank when he heard that garbage. “What? That’s why? Because of what someone else will think of you?” eTu`nes anger well up inside him until it burst. “ARE YOU INSANE!?” that sudden yell made Derpy fall back a bit. “you’re risking hurting my feelings all because your worried everyone will look at you weird!?! How stupid is that?”

His eyes glowed yellow, scaring Derpy. “eTu`nes… you’re scaring me.”

“What, like how you’re scared how everyone will look at you? I poured my heart and soul out to you and there you go, breaking it like some… some slut!”

“eTu`nes!”

“no no no. you are going to sit there and listen! I love you and you go out with that bimbo! I gave you my soul and you crushed it like a nut!” small beads of darkness began to float from his back. “you care about nobody but yourself, Derpy, and you don‘t care whose feelings you have to destroy!”

“t-that’s not true… I… I…”

“there. You see? You can’t even say it!” he scoffed. “it’s just as I thought.” he turned and left. “I don’t even want to see you again.”

Derpy gasped. “you can’t mean that.” eTu`nes continued walking. She got up and walked after him. “eTu`nes, stop and listen to me.” she grabbed his hand, unleashing something inside him.

“LET ME GO!” he slashed at her face with his claws. He hit, making her fall back. The glow in his eyes disappeared and the beads of darkness dispersed as he realized what he had done. He looked at his claws, which had blood on them. Derpy’s blood.

Derpy just laid there in stunned silence. eTu`nes… struck her… he hit her. She felt her cheek and felt something wet. She moved her hoof to see blood on them. He… attacked her. She looked to see eTu`nes shivering in fear, looking at his blood covered claws. “e-eTu`nes, you…. You…”

eTu`nes shakingly looked at her. “Derpy, I…” he didn’t think. He just ran.

“eTu`nes!” she called out but he was long gone. Tears began to form in her eyes. “I… I didn’t…” she spotted a letter from where he stood a couple seconds ago. She grabbed it and read it.

‘I love your squinted eyes and golden mane, your amusing smile and clumsy motions.

I wish to be grass under your hooves when you trot across a meadow covered with brilliant dew.

I wish to be wind in your wings when you soar up upwards to the bottomless blue sky.

I wish to be a soft cloud under your shapely stature when you sleep in evening beams of the sun.

I love you… Derpy…’

Tears fell down onto the paper as Derpy broke down and cried. “eTu`nes… I’m so sorry…” she fell over and cried her heart out. Her best friend was gone. Her first friend… was gone. Her stomach hurt again, adding more tears. And he said they had a intimate night together. Unless dragon anatomy says otherwise, that only meant one thing.

“eTu`nes… I love you too…” tears continued to fall. she just had to scream so she let loose. “eTu`nes…”

“COME BACK!!!”

8 years later…

Derpy stood in the same spot as from that fateful night 8 years ago. She played it in her mind, over and over, wondering if there was something she could’ve done different. “eTu`nes… I don’t know where you are now or even if you’re still alive, but…” she pulled out the letter from him and looked at it. The tear stains were still there and she began to add more. “please… come back to me… I miss you so much… and I want you to meet your daughter…”

She wiped her eyes and put the letter away. Even after 8 years, she regrets what she had done. She turned to head back to the library when she saw Jax run by with tears in her eyes. “what happened to her?” the mare asked herself. There was only one way to find out so she ran after her.

End Song.
2 hours earlier…

The group was hard at work, setting up the library for when Twilight comes home with little baby Starlight. Derpy and Edge put up a banner that made Sora question it.

“It’s a boy?” she commented.

“they ran out of it’s a girl.” Derpy nervously chuckled.

Pinkie noticed this and grabbed a marker. “I can fix that.” she hopped up and, with one swipe, wrote ‘not’ into it, making it ‘it’s not a boy’.

“wow. Very ‘Friends’-ish.” Bahamut commented.

Spike looked out the window and saw her coming. “She’s coming. She’s coming!”

Everyone quickly went into hiding.

The door opened and Twilight & Halo came in. “Wait. Why is it dark?” Twi asked. As if she even needed to ask. “*sigh* Spike.” she walked over to the light switch. “Ever since he started going out with Rarity, he’s be--” she flipped it and…

“Congratulations!” everyone cheered.

Twi was happily shocked to see that her friends went out of there way to do this. “Guys… you didn’t have to do this.” she said with a laugh.

“Told you. See ya.” Jax with a snip as she began to walk away.

“Jax!”

“What? I’m just playing with ya.”

Halo noticed the sign. “it’s not a boy?”

Everyone looked up to the sign and nervously laughed. “Un… it was Derpy’s job to get it?”

A few minutes later and this ‘welcome home’ party for Starlight that Pinkie thought up is in full swing. There were games and other entertainment for everyone. Unfortunately, they were all baby related so some got bored really fast.

“well, I just put Starlight to bed.” Twi said as she approached Req, Halo, and Cynder.

“Did you ever figure out what her cutie mark means?” Cynder asked.

“no. it could be anything. But… why would it be a… a… darn, what was it called again?”

“Pocket watch?” Req said, holding hers out.

“yeah. That’s it.”

Req looked at her watch, trying to figure out why Starlight would also have it for a Cutie Mark, when it hit her. “Wait… maybe it has something to do with time.”

“Time?” Halo asked. She and Twi looked at each other and burst out laughing. “Hahaha. Don’t be silly. There’s been no pony capable of manipulating time.”

“there was Starswirl. He made all those spells and turned the Princess’ immortal, didn’t he?”

“and there are a number of time manipulators. Spyro could, once upon a time, and I heard Riku say that he once fought a manipulator of time.” Cynder said.

Twi chuckled. “I’m positive that is has nothing to do with time.”

“are you sure?”

Twi was going to answer, then thought about it. She wasn’t really sure. Something like Starlight never happened before so… maybe… “well…”

Req quickly looked around and grabbed a cup of punch. “only one way to find out.” she said as she headed on up.

“What are you doing?” Twi asked.

“just a little experiment.” she walked up on. Twi, Halo, and Cynder nervously looked at each other. Even Aura felt concerned. The 4 walked up after her to make sure she doesn’t do anything stupid.

Derpy looked at the time. “Um… listen, I have to get going.” she told Edge.

“should we get going too, mommy?” Dinky asked from on top of Sparkler.

“No no. you two stay here and enjoy the party. This… is a private matter.” she turned and headed out the door.

“Private?” Dinky and Sparkler repeated.

“speaking of private, can anyone wheel me to the bathroom?” Sora asked.

“I got it.” Ash said. He grabbed Sora’s wheelchair and wheeled her on down to the restroom. “you do know you’re doing the private stuff yourself, right?”

“What are you planning, Req?” Twi asked as she, Halo, Aura, and Cynder followed her into Twi’s room. Req was looking though the bookcase for something Twi won’t miss as much.

“just a little… something. Aha!” she grabbed book titled ‘Harry Cloper and the Half-Blood Princess. She took the same cup of punch she took.

“Req…”

“what?” she asked, accidentally spilling the punch onto Starlight, making her cry.

“Req!”

Req winced. “oops.” nobody noticed it but Starlight’s horn glowed. Next thing they knew, the event they just saw began rewinding. The punch went back into the cup and Req spoke backwards as she put the book back. The horn stopped glowing and Req went back to doing her thing. “…just a little… something.” Req said in the same way she just did.

“Whoa whoa whoa! Did you see that?” Cynder exclaimed.

Req stopped and looked back. “See what?” she honestly had no clue what they were talking about.

Aura tried to find a way to explain it. “un… you… spilled punch on Starlight and then… I don’t know. You seemed to reverse.”

“reverse? Like… rewind?”

Twilight walked over to Starlight and looked at her. “I hate to say it… but it looks like you were right. She has control over time.”

“I was right? Holy Crap.” Req chuckled. “I was just making a wild assumption. Didn’t expect me to be right.”

But that, however, made Twilight worry. Starswirl the bearded may have been able to manipulate time but that was though decades of practice. Starlight was born able to do it at will. Faust knows what will happen if anyone horrible finds out.

Jax’s faced winced in pain as she had to go to the bathroom really badly. “Oh, screw Sora. She’s been in there long enough!” she whined as she ran to the restroom. “oh, gods. I’m gonna explode.” she turned into the kitchen and ran to the bathroom. As she ran though it, she saw Sora kissing Ash and… *Screech* wait, what? Jax backed up and looked in a mix of horror and anger.

“no…” she gasped. “no… Ash… is my crush… he’s mine…” without even thinking, she ran out the backdoor as fast as she could.

Derpy stood in the same spot as from that fateful night 8 years ago. She played it in her mind, over and over, wondering if there was something she could’ve done different. “eTu`nes… I don’t know where you are now or even if you’re still alive, but…” she pulled out the letter from him and looked at it. The tear stains were still there and she began to add more. “please… come back to me… I miss you so much… and I want you to meet your daughter…”

She wiped her eyes and put the letter away. Even after 8 years, she regrets what she had done. She turned to head back to the library when she saw Jax run by with tears in her eyes. “what happened to her?” the mare asked herself. There was only one way to find out so she ran after her.

Before she knew it, Jax found herself at Eternity Hill. The hill got it’s name as across from it was a poem that read ‘you will be in my heart eternally, my one and only love’.

“that’s a load of crock.” Jax sobbed. “Ash… is supposed to be with me.”

Derpy approached Jax from behind with a worried expression. “um… Jax? Are you okay?”

“no! I’m not!” she snapped. “just… just go away!”

“not until we talk.”

“no.”

Why is Derpy suddenly feeling a case of déjà vu? “Jax… what’s going on?”

Jax groaned. “My god, you’re annoying!”

“what?”

She angrily looked back at Derpy. “you… you just have to put your nose in where it doesn’t belong. You just have to get into other peoples business. Well, guess what? Nobody likes that! And, on top of that, nobody likes you!”

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOJJ5vTSTeE

Anger, Darkness of the Heart - Xenoblade Chronicles OST

Derpy found that hard to believe, she dismissed it with a scoff. “Okay, Jax. I think you’re a little tired so why don’t you just calm down an--”

“I’m not kidding! Nobody Likes You! They never have!”

“not true. I have friends an--”

“And what? I talked to Colgate and Lyra and the others. They were only friends with you because they felt sorry for you. That and they were afraid of that dragon you called a friend? How is he by the way? Oh, wait. You don’t know. Because you caused him to run away!”

“that was a…”

“Face it, Derpy! Nobody has ever liked you or even loved you! You caused your best friend to run away and I heard that your husband disappeared! That’s because he was sick and tired of you!”

“That’s not--”

“and your daughters? I talked to them! They would rather have a Diamond Dog be their mother then you!”

That part, even if it was true, hit Derpy like a bag of bricks. “You’re lying! Sparkler and Dinky love me and I l--”

“No they don’t! Sparkler hates you because you spend more time with Dinky anyway and because she feels that you’re responsible for her parents dumping her when they moved! And Dinky? Dinky hates you for leaving her in Canterlot during the war where she could get injured to the point of near death and having dragon wings grow in her body because that drek Oscurita infected her with some disease!”

“j-jax, I… I…”

“Face it Derpy! You’re a parasite that only lives off of other’s affections for you! You’re the reason why your friend and your husband ran away! And pretty soon, everyone you know will hate you and want to leave you as well! Face it, Derpy! NOBODY LIKES YOU!!!” a few small streams of darkness came out of Jax’s back but she didn’t notice it.

Derpy just stood there with a shocked expression. Was it true? Was there something about her that made everyone despise her? She didn’t think it all the way though as she burst into tears and ran away from Jax.

Once Jax had calmed down, she saw what she had done and held her head. “Oh, no. Derpy… I didn’t mean any of that. I was just…” she sat down in the grass and sighed into her hands. “what have I done?”

“my my. And I thought I was cold.”

Jax gasped in fear when she heard that voice. She looked back and saw the crazy man with the freaky hairdo and the multiple personality disorder standing behind her.

“it seems Derpy isn’t the one that drives away friends and loved ones.” Glacies chuckled.

“You again!” she grabbed her chakrams and pointed it to him. “I thought we left you to die on Symphonia! What are you doing here!?”

Glacies walked to the side of the hill where the poem was in clear view. “To once again make a offer.”

“Offer?”

“yes. Join with me and together, we can make wondrous changes to this pitiful realm of reality.”

“Pfft. As if I’m gonna join you. You nearly killed my sister in Flanoir so what makes you think I’m gonna help you?”

She turned to leave when, “Because I just learned of your disease.” Jax stopped in mid-step. Glacies lightly chuckled. “that’s right. I know of the incurable illness that’s slowly but surely killing you. You may be able to delay with those shots but sooner or later, you are going to run out and not even Requiem will be able to bring you back from the Afterworld. There’s no physical way if the body is dead.” he offered his hand to her. “join with me and my compatriots and we can cure that illness.”

Jax would be lying if she said she didn’t consider it. She barely had any time left to try and find one herself and even a goddess couldn’t cure her. She stared at the hand, then up to Glacies’ face. It was a tempting offer, but… “no.”

“no?”

“I’m not going to abandon my friends just because some crazy man with the most odd hair-cut ever is offering to cure something that even a Goddess couldn’t. if there is a cure out there, I’ll find it my own way. Whoever your compatriots are, tell them that they can stop trying to convert me to your side. Cause it’s not going to happen!” she turned and stormed off, leaving Glacies to stew in anger.

One flash of dark fire later, the knight appeared beside him. “She didn’t take it?”

“Nope. She’s as stubborn as a mule.”

“are you surprised? She is not one to betray her friends lightly. Well, other then now. So what now?”

“Don’t worry. I’ll get her on our side soon enough. I have a couple more plans I want to put in play before I give up. Besides, I still have to finish up with this pitiful world. Chrysalis and Discord may have weakened it but it hasn‘t fallen yet. What of you? I understand you had some help with altering the fabric of this world as well.”

Tsylatac pulled out the pocket watch and flipped it open. He just stared at it before closing it. “hard to believe he let this thing go without a fight. Stupid doctor.” he put it away.

“So when should we expect HIM to arrive?”

“for us, a few days. For him, he has to wait 17 more years for her powers to mature.”

“he’s gonna be in for a long wait.”

“Indeed.”

The 2 disappeared in flashes of dark fire.

End Song.

Jax woke up the following day with a rotten taste in her mouth. She tried to find Derpy to apologize but she couldn’t find her. She figured she went home to cry it out. At least, that’s what she hoped.

Jax left the Orion, feeling terrible about what she did yesterday, and headed to Derpy’s place. She headed in and saw Dinky crying into Carrot Top’s lap. Sparkler rubbed her sister’s back as Time Turner just looked on with a somber expression. “What’s wrong with Dinky?”

Sparkler sadly stared up at her then handed her a note. Curious, Jax read it.

‘dear… everyone…

I recently realized that I’m just a burden to you all. That… that you all hate me. I didn’t mean to but…

Whatever I did to make you all hate me, to turn me into someone you hate… I’m sorry. I’m so, so sorry.

I… I just don’t know what went wrong.

Carrot Top. Time Turner. Please take care of Dinky and Sparkler for me and tell them… tell them that their mother is sorry.

Good bye forever…

Derpy Whooves…’

Jax put the letter down and sighed.

“We looked all over town but we couldn’t find her anywhere.” Time Turner said. “she just… disappeared. I’m not sure why she thinks we hate her, though.”

Jax knew. She knows why Derpy thinks that and she felt terrible for it and it showed on her face. Carrot Top noticed it. “Jax?”

“I un…” she was about to tell them the truth but didn’t. “I need… I need to fix something.” she quickly ran out the door, leaving the 4 of them confused.

Jax ran as fast as she could out the south exit of town and out into the wilderness. “Derpy… where did you disappear too…?” she asked herself. She jumped over a boulder and kept running, unaware of 2 small masses running after her.

Derpy flew up to the top of a mountain with only a saddle bag and a sad expression. Far off in the distance was Ponyville, which she could barely see.

“bye, everyone.” she sadly said as she walked into a cave at the top of the mountain.

Little did she know that fate had her choose that cave for a reason- a 8-year old reason that will answer a lot of questions.

Author's Notes:

oh, crap. this isn't going to end well, is it?

next chapter, a old friend and a dangerous foe comes back.