Meanwhile back in Ponyville

A long booming screech can be heard as the train reached the station platform stopping at the spot. in a split second the coach doors opened up as the respected passengers exited the coaches after reaching their respected destinations. Each one of em breathed a sigh of relief after the long ride from each of their respected destinations, but now they were home and ready to enjoy the rest of their day. Except for one……………

The last passenger soon exited her coach with a look that could put a blank canvas shame, no emotions , no, anger, no nothing. after her outburst hours ago, all she wants now is to forget about todays events and to just return to her respected library/house and just be by herself. She didn’t even bother going back for her luggage that she purpously left behind after teleporting out of the wedding hall without the fear of the guards catching and arresting her, which wouldn’t have mattered as she could have easily teleported away from them again even when surrounded.

As Twilight sparkle exited the station platform, she couldn’t help but eye the many ponies exiting the station as well with some of em greeting their respected friends and family after being away for a while ,or just coming back from a long vacation with looks of relaxation on their faces, and even a few guards happily reuniting with their loved ones after months of being on duty. The unicorn couldn’t help but scoff at all of these happy faces thinking that it was nothing but a disgusting display of emotions.

“Pathetic” She quietly scoffed. “You all are just wasting your times, cause sooner or later the ones you love will betray and even abandon you when your of no use for them anymore” She continued to quietly berate the many displays of friendship and happy families around her as she continued her trek to her respected home. Not watching where she was going, the unicorn felt a slight bump as she accidentally collided into a familiar mare who’s bag of mail and parcels spilled out.

“Oh sorry” She apologized and was soon to quickly recognize the cross eyes Pegasus that she accidentally bumped into.

“It’s fine” She began. “ I’m not hurt………..wait Twilight?”

“Hey derpy” Twilight quietly greeted and then began to focus her magic as she began the fallen mail that spilled out of the mail carriers bag. After a few seconds the bag was soon refilled.

“Thanks Twilight” She said. “ My boss would have killed me if I let even a piece of junkmail blow away hehe. Say aren’t Your back a little early? “ Derpy replied. “ I thought you and your friends weren’t coming back till Friday?” Twilight couldn’t help but growl slightly after the Pegasus mentioned the word “friends”

“Yeah well, let’s just say stuff went down and I decided to return home a few days early” She said with her mad expression hidden underneath her bangs.

“But why did you come back alone?” Derpy asked. “ Did something happen to the others? Me and Whooves heard about the changeling attack during the wedding, are your friends and brother ok?” Twilights growl increased as she tried her hardest to keep her cool and not to lash out at the innocent Pegasus”

“Derpy not to sound rude, but i don’t really wanna talk about it ok?” She replied. “ Right now I just wanna head to my house and be by myself for a while, it’s been a pretty rough few days for me” As she finished her statement Derpy couldn't help but wonder what exactly went down in Canterlot prior to the changeling attack, but instead chose to brush it off for now as to not stress out her unicorn friend. As Twilight continued her trek the Pegasus called out .

“ Ok I understand, but just know if you ever need a friend to talk to, I’m always available” After hearing this a small smile formed on the unicorns face.

“Thanks Derpy” she said before departing, and soon Derpy took her leave as well not noticing that Twilights smile vanished replacing itself with a frown. “ But that word is dead to me now” With nothing else on her mind, the unicorn continued her way towards the golden oaks library. After a 5 minute trek, the unicorn finally reached her destination but as she was about to unlock the door, she stopped herself.

“Wait” she said to herself. “ This would be the first place they would look for me, maybe I should hide out somewhere for a while until I think about my next move. “Hmmm maybe I’ll hang out at the pub downtown for a while, I could really use a cold one after these last few days of hell” With that the unicorn abandoned her plans of walking home and instead made her way to the local pub.

Later that evening

We find Derpy returning home after a long day of delivering mail to the entire town, however her mind was in the clouds after her conversation with Twilight earlier. While it might not be of concern to her, the Pegasus couldn’t help but worry slightly at her friends sudden behavior all while wondering what went down during the Changeling invasion back in Canterlot or why she returned home so suddenly without her friends or spike.

Did she have a falling out with her friends, did something happen to them during the attack, or was the wedding cancelled altogether? These questions continued to play in her mind as her concern to one of her closest friends increased, as much as she wants to go over to try to get some answers in an attempt to try and cheer her up, she knew it was best to give her some space as to avoid angering the already upset unicorn. After thinking for a while, the Pegasus finally opened the door to her apartment and was soon greeted by her younger sister Dinky who was thrilled to see her older sibling home after a long day of work.

“ Hi sis” Dinky greeted and was quick to hug her sister whom happily returned it.

“ Hey Dinky” Derpy replied. “ How was school today?”

“ It was good” She said. “ But it wasn’t as awesome as Mr Whooves letting me help him with his latest invention when I got home”

“ Oh? Was my little sis my boyfriends little assistant today” Derpy replied.

“ I sure was!” Dinky said with a hint of thrill. “ He even let me test it out , it was so cool I felt like a scientist” A smile formed on Derpys face happy that her sister was getting along well with her boyfriend. “ BTW did you deliver my letter to Bloom and the others? Me and the rest of the class heard about the Changeling incident back in Canterlot and I was kind of worried that something happened to them”

“ Yes I did” Derpy answered and then rubbed her sisters cheek. “ And no need to worry lil sis, I’m sure Bloom and the others are safe. After all you know their sisters wouldn’t let anyone mess with them especially a bunch of Changelings”

“ Hehe yeah I guess your right, nothing can stop the Cutiemark crusaders” Dinky replied.

“ You said it” Derpy said. “ Is Whooves still down in the basement?”

“Yes he is” Dinky answered. “ He’s just running a few more tests on the time machine, also hope you don’t mind but he ordered us some take out for dinner tonight”

“ That’s fine” Derpy replied. “ I was actually planning on take out myself, now how bout you go up and clean up ? I’ll let you know when dinner gets hear”

“ Ok sis” Dinky said and then gave an understanding nod as she walked upstairs to go clean up before dinner leaving the Pegasus alone, As her sister departed upstairs to clean up Derpy made her way towards the door leading to the downstairs basement of her apartment where her boyfriends makeshift laboratory resided. She then proceeded to head on down the basement stairs as the sounds of welding and metal clanking can be heard from the bottom, no doubt Whooves was working really hard today if his latest project required his more heavy duty tools.

As Derpy finally made her way to the bottom, she see’s Whooves welding one of the frames onto his time machine as the hot sparks flew into the air as the torch made contact with the heated metal surface. Luckily the genius earth pony was wearing a welders helmet and gloves to protect him self from the hot sparks, Derpy was relieved that he was wearing proper protection this time as to not repeat the last incident where he almost got himself killed for not wearing protective gear when working with dangerous tools.

“ Alrighty that should do it for the day” Whooves says as he removed his welding mask, but was soon surprised to find a small peck touch his left cheek. He turned around to find the source being non other than his girl.

“ It’s coming along great doc” She said.

“ Hehe thanks” Whooves replied with a blush and then brought his girlfriend into a passionate kiss which she was quick to return, after a few seconds the kiss ended as the stallion spoke again. “ Welcome home luv, how was work?”

“ Work was nice as usual” Derpy said. “You know delivering mail, making the citizens happy, same old same old” saying this earned her a giggle from the stallion who was well await of the Pegasus love for delivering mail to the citizens. “ So word on the street is you let my little sister help you today?”

“ Oh yes” The stallion replied proudly. “ After I showed her the progress that I made while she was at school, she practically begged me to let her help. And I just couldn’t say no, and I must say she makes a lovely little assistant and is as helpful as her big sis”

“ you didn’t let her use power tools did you?” Derpy said in a stern tone.

“ Hehe no, no power tools luv” he replied. “But I did let her wrench and screw in a few bolts, nothing too dangerous. And I must say, thanks to her assistance, I should have my time machine up and running in no time………” But before he could finish his sentence, the scientist noticed Derpys expression change. “ Are you alright my dear?”

“ Oh……….sorry honey” Derpy said having snapped out of her minor state. “ Well actually, I saw Twilight today”

“Twilight?” He asked. “ I thought she and the others were due back till the end of the week?”

“ Yeah I thought the same too” Derpy began. “ When I asked why she was back so early she just said that she doesn’t want to talk about it and to just leave her alone, the weirdest part is she came home alone. There was no sign of Spike, rarity, and the others, I figured that if she was coming back early the others would too. It makes me think that something went down during the changeling attack, are the others in the hospital or did they have some sort of falling out or something? Whatever happened it’s driving me crazy, and it makes me want answers” Derpy started to get anxious for a brief second until Whooves stood up and gently rubbed her shoulders.

“ Easy luv easy” He said in a soothing tone. “ Don’t overextend yourself now, listen whatever happened down there back in Canterlot during the attack and if it really was a falling out of sorts. It’s Twilights business and we have no right to interfere in private affairs” Derpy having finally calmed down let out a long sigh.

“ I know doc” She replied. “ But I just can’t help it, next to Dash Twilights one of my closest friends. Whenever I accidentally screwed up with something or someone makes fun of my “condition” Twilight was always there to cheer me up, like Rainbow Dash she always had my back. But know she’s feeling down and it makes me feel down to see one of my friends sad and upset, a part of me just wants to go over and see what’s the matter in the hopes of being able to cheer her up like she always cheers me up”

“ I know you care about your friend Derpy” Whooves said. “ But I feel it’s for the best to give her some space for now, whatever happened down in Canterlot definitely took a toll on her if she came home alone not wanting to speak to anypony right now. I know you care about her , but Maybe it’s best to give her some time to cool off before attempting to talk to her without the fear of upsetting her even more” The Pegasus thought for a moment, while she desperately wanted to go over to speak to her friend, she knew that Whooves was right about giving her some space for a while until she’s ready to talk about her problems.

“ Your right doc” She replied. “ I’ll give Twilight some space for now and wait till she’s ready” Whooves then wrapped a comforting shoulder around the mates neck.

“That’s my girl” He said proudly.

“ Hehe you know for the smartest scientist in town, you also make a perfect therapist” Derpy replied with a chuckle earning a chuckle from the stallion as well.

“ Hehe well you can thank my fathers side for that” He said and then the sound of the door bell can be heard from upstairs alerting the couple from their conversation. “ Looks like dinners here, what do you say we go up and eat? It’ll help clear our minds”

“ Sounds like a plan babe, after all those deliveries today I’m starving like a son of a gun” Derpy replied earning another chuckle from her boyfriend, with nothing more to say the couple made their way upstairs ready to start dinner with Derpy having a new boost of confidence thanks to her lovers words of wisdom.

Meanwhile

Speaking of Twilight, we find the blank faced unicorn make her way inside of the local pub across town. As she stepped inside of the building, she took a second to survey her surroundings and to her relief found not one single sign of anyone that she knows hear. After the events a few days ago she just couldn’t face any of her other friends in town or be around any friendly townsfolk right now. She just wanted to get a drink without any conversation and get home immediately to isolate herself from the outside world for the rest of the night. The unicorn took her seat on an empty booth, but as she was about to order a drink was placed right in front of the surprised mare.

“ On the house” The barkeep said” y’all look like you’ve had a long day”

“ Thanks” Twilight said showing her gratitude to the keepers kind offer, as he continued on with his business the unicorn tool a long swig of her alcoholic drink as the taste of strong fizz and bubbles entered her taste buds relieving most of but not all of the pain away. Unknown to her another patron entered the building wearing a black hoodie which blocked off most of their appearance, they then made theirway towards the same booth as the purple unicorn.

“ This seat taken?” They asked.

“ Nah” Twilight replied. “ Knock yourself out” the hooded figure nodded a thank you before taking their seat next to the blanked out unicorn, the figure then signaled a nod towards the barkeep who nodded back knowing that the figure was asking for the usual that she got the last time she was in this pub. After a minute the figures drink was presented to them as Twilight took a quick glance at the mysterious figure instantly recognizing the mare who tried her hardest to conceal her identity.

“ Hello Trixie”

Dun , dun, dun!!!

Another chapter bites the dust👍 TBH I had a bit of a writers block when starting this one But hopefully the rest of the chapters will go more smooth like☺️ Also in case your wondering, in my headcanon Dinky is Derpys little sister and their mother was a unicorn and their father a Pegasus. But on Derpys 18th birthday their parents died from a carriage accident leaving the two siblings all alone. With no other relatives around to take them in and not wanting to go through the struggles of foster care or an orphanage, Derpy decided to take a job as a mail delivery mare to help support herself and her sister. And since she was 18, the Pegasus was given custody of her sister on the grounds that she provide a healthy environment for the filly. So Derpy rented a studio apartment and eventually her friend later boyfriend Doctor Whooves moved in with the siblings helping out with the rent thanks to his genius inventions and commissions by various entrepreneurs.

I know about the fan theories about Dinky being Derpys daughter, but honestly they seem more like siblings to me than mother and daughter.

But anyways hope you guys are enjoying the story so far, and I’ll ch 4 up soon. Until then peace out