(A/N: And welcome back. Now for those of you who want to share this with others, I want to be perfectly clear about something: Don't tell anyone you're going to share this with that it's about Derpy. Why? Because I want this to have the effect I envisioned it to have if this was done properly as a movie set-up. As I may have mentioned before, this was my idea for an MLP movie that I turned into a fanfic. If this was a movie, to avoid stirring up the anti-Derpy rage, it would be wise of the marketing and advertising department NOT to use her in the trailers, or at the very least show that she's important to the plot. The movie would flow exactly like it has, barring padding on the off-chance this is too short, and Derpy, once established, ceases to be an offense to people with stereotypes and turns into an inspiration not just to them but to single mothers and she really suckers in the loving parents that dote on their children. Figured I'd double wham that one. The sheer shock value that she's important will drive the bronies wild with "OMG DERPY!" So, with the establishment of her this way, there is a single one-sentence counterargument for any anti-Derpy individual that still finds her offensive "Did you watch the whole thing?" So yeah in my ideal society this would be what would happen and I would love if this was actually turned into the actual MLP movie, but sadly, my luck is about on par with Rainbow Dash's in most cases. Now then, I'll stop rambling and you guys can read more of this).

Disclaimer: My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic is the property of Lauren Faust and Hasbro

A Few Weeks Later

"Hey! Get up! Get up! Get up!" Energetic and well rested, Dinky jumped on Twilight's bed to get her up. As usual, unknown to Dinky, Twilight had spent most of the night studying and therefore was not a morning person. Dinky then began to run around the room like a gerbil on caffeine. Twilight sighed as she gave into Dinky's game of cat and mouse, and not take the cheap way out, like she did the first time, of just grabbing Dinky via magic. The chase would continue until Twilight smacked into the library wall or caught Dinky between her hooves. After that, Twilight would escort Dinky to school, then return to the library and take a nap to get the rest of her sleep before studying a little while more before promptly picking Dinky up and taking her back to the library.

From there Dinky would quietly do her homework and Spike would entertain her while Twilight was busy with experiments and studying. Occasionally Twilight would let Dinky help if she felt the experiment was safe enough. Derpy had entrusted Dinky's safety and well-being to Twilight. Even if Derpy was never coming back, and even though it had been forced upon her, Dinky was Twilight's responsibility and she took it seriously. Of course, putting up with Dinky for as long as she had now, Twilight was beginning to wonder just how Cadence managed to do it all the time. It was a surprise the alicorn still had a mane left and didn't magically yank it all out in frustration.

Twilight's days certainly were not as exciting as Derpy's since she spent most of her day indoors reading, studying, experimenting or otherwise, occasionally leaving the library to run some errands. However, at the end of the day, no matter what she had done, no matter how tricky an experiment may have been or how mind numbingly she had studied, the end of the day was always the hardest.

When Dinky's curfew rolled around, Twilight would tuck her to bed in the wagon Derpy had brought her in and Dinky would always ask, "When's Mommy coming back?"

And Twilight would answer: "Soon, Dinky, I promise." However, in reality, Twilight had no idea if Derpy ever had any idea of returning to Ponyville at all.

Far away from Ponyville, Derpy was walking along the road with tired wings in hopes of joining the circus. She figured it was the best place for a "freak of nature" like herself. Dinky wouldn't understand, that's why she had to lie to her and force her with Twilight. She couldn't bear to tell Dinky the truth. She had tried to make it as painless as possible for her little girl. And yet, every time she thought about it, her tummy always hurt and Derpy would feel like crying. One of the things in Derpy's rucksack was a picture of her little girl. Derpy would smile while she looked at it. It was her only source of joy on the cold empty road of Equestria.

Above her the sky clapped with thunder and Derpy made her best towards shelter only having the option to use the overhang of a riverbed to avoid the rain. She laid down on her rucksack and fell asleep, shedding a tear as she parted from consciousness.

The Next Day

As Twilight and Dinky walked to school, Twilight started to notice all of the laughter being sent her way. She tried her best to ignore it, but Dinky was finding it increasingly irritating. At the schoolyard, Diamond Tiara reared her ugly head to exact some long awaited revenge. She'd waited awhile before approaching unicorn filly, wanting to perfect her warfare against her.

She approached and opened with: "So Dinky, what's it like knowing that your loving mother abandoned you out of shame?"

"That's not true Diamond Tiara. She…she just needs some time to find herself."

"You keep telling yourself that, but we all know the truth. Your Mommy is a freak and that makes you a freak as well. Everyone's laughing at Twilight Sparkle because she has to take care of a charity case like you. So what's it like Freak Flank?"

"When my Mommy gets back I'm going to tell her you said this."

"Wake up and smell the flowers, Dorky, your Mommy isn't coming back, ever!"

"That's not true! Twilight said Mommy would come back!"

"Your mommy would be too ashamed to ever show her face here ever again. Face it, you're the daughter of walking glue." It was the most ugly insult anypony could ever call another. It was the equivalent of a human calling another human the lowest level of mentally disabled and sometimes used to refer to the elderly who had finally lost the last of their marbles.

Everypony gasped and nopony could recover from the shock fast enough to stop what happened next. In a rage Dinky galloped as fast as her little legs would take her, turned her hind legs in Diamond Tiara's general direction and then bucked the pink pony in the face as hard as she could. Diamond Tiara was sent hurtling away and her signature tiara came off her head in the process.

"Don't you tare talk about my mommy like that. Nopony says that about my mommy, EVER!" Dinky exclaimed, tears in her eyes. "And if anyone else says such a rude and horrible thing about her," Dinky's horn flashed yellow, "Don't forget that I'm a unicorn that knows basic magic and I know how to use it!"

"What is going on out here?" Miss Cheerilee exclaimed dashing out to see the commotion.

Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle all tried to explain what had happened to Miss Cheerilee at once. "Girls! Girls! Settle down and calmly tell me what happened."

"Diamond Tiara was picking on Dinky again, saying bad things about her mama," Applebloom began.

"And then she called her walking glue," Scootaloo continued.

"We were all really surprised and then Dinky got really mad and bucked Diamond Tiara in the face."

"I…see," was all Cheerilee said. She was standing with her eyes closed, but everypony that was her student could tell that she was livid at the moment. "Diamond Tiara, let's go get you some ice. Dinky I want you to stay here. Every other pony please head inside and take your seats." She spoke so crisply and still kept her eyes completely shut that everypony did as she said.

Miss Cheerilee came back outside to speak with Dinky privately. They were now alone in the front schoolyard. The school teacher seemed to have calmed down a decibel, but she was still plenty mad and very disappointed in Dinky. "Dinky," she said, "What is the rule about physical violence in school?"

"Never use it against another pony unless they used on you first," Dinky quoted, "But Miss Cheerilee—"

"No buts," Miss Cheerilee spoke firmly, "I've already spoken to Diamond Tiara about using filthy language like…walking glue. That still doesn't give you the right to buck her in the face."

"But Miss Cheerilee—"

"I don't want to hear it, Dinky," Miss Cheerilee scolded, "Rest assured I'm going to have a long talk with Mr. and Mrs. Rich about this. I'd do the same with you, but…Twilight isn't your legal guardian, you're just staying with her, therefore I can't talk with her about this like I would your mother. Instead, you will stay after class and you will serve discipline the old fashioned way: writing on the board. Am I understood?"

"Yes, Miss Cheerilee," Dinky mumbled.

"Good, now go inside. I will have a talk with Twilight during lunch break to let her know that you'll be a while after class is over. Now go inside and let's try to have a lesson like nothing happened, okay?"

"Yes, Miss Cheerilee."

When Dinky was finally escorted home in the evening, she was ready for Twilight to lay into her. Twilight had heard about it from Applejack who had heard about it from Applebloom. All she said when she picked Dinky up was "We'll talk about it at the library."

Upon reaching her tentative home, Dinky hung her head and prepared to be yelled at, but Twilight did nothing of the sort. "I'm not going to yell at you, since it's not my place, but I am going to tell you what I think." Dinky picked up her head. She could sense no malice in Twilight's voice. "First and foremost, I think it was good that you stuck up for your mother. She would be happy to know that you still think of her so highly. However, kicking people in the face isn't appropriate behavior. I know what Diamond Tiara said is inappropriate language, but that doesn't give you the right to kick her in the face."

"But she made me so mad!"

"I know. I can imagine how you must have felt. I would've done the same if I was in your shoes and somepony said that about somepony I cared about. You know you did wrong, but since I'm not your legal guardian and I'm just your temporary caretaker it's not my place to punish you. However, I'm going to ask: what would Derpy do if you misbehaved?"

"Mommy would send me to bed early or not let me have dessert or she'd send me to my room."

"Well since you really don't have a room here, what I want you to do is pick one of the two and stick to it. You know you did wrong so do the right thing and properly discipline yourself. I'll make sure you follow through."

"I'll go to bed early then."

"Alright then, then I'll set your curfew for eight-thirty rather than nine."

"Twilight, is Mommy really going to come back?"

"She will, Dinky. Your mother is too good of a pony to leave you behind forever. Of that I'm certain."

"Why do so many ponies think Mommy's weird, people are now starting to think I'm weird too because she raised me and now it's getting to you too because you're taking care of me."

"It's called prejudice," Twilight told her.

"Prejudice?"

"Ponies judge other ponies unfairly just because of what they are or how they act and the people associated with them. It's as ugly a concept as 'walking glue' is an ugly name."

"But why are ponies prejudice?"

"It's just equine nature Dinky. It's too complicated to explain."

Dinky started to cry a little. "What's wrong with being a little different? All ponies are different. Mommy always liked her eyes and she liked her name. She was proud of it and she was always proud of herself. I don't care what she says." Dinky shut her eyes and exclaimed, "I still want to be like her when I grow up!"

Twilight grabbed a tissue with her magic and used it to wipe Dinky's eyes. "And that's why she'll come back, because you haven't given up on her. Just give it time Dinky, she'll come around."

"Thanks, Twilight."

"That's what I'm here for."

A few days later

Unfortunately not much changed even after all was said and done, but Dinky learned to have a thicker skin and not succumb to the prejudice she was put through. She intended to walk with her head high with pride, ignoring the neigh-sayers and ponies who looked down upon her. She knew who she was and she wasn't ashamed of it. She was Dinky Hooves and happy to call herself such.

The problem was that today was the day of the Muffin Festival and Derpy had yet to return. Muffin production was plentiful, but nowhere near as good as it would have been had Derpy been around the last few weeks. Still the festival was bountiful as ever. Unfortunately, Dinky was not in a festive mood and Twilight understood why. She sat there staring at a muffin on a coaster as she and Twilight sat at a festival table and all the little filly could see was her mother projected over it.

"Mommy always loved the Muffin Festival. It was her favorite time of the year. She always looked forward to it ever since she was a filly, she said," Dinky told Twilight.

Twilight said nothing in return. She had no idea how to lift Dinky's spirits in the slightest. She looked around everypony seemed to be enjoying themselves for the most part. Rainbow Dash was bobbing for apple muffins and Applejack was helping with the sales alongside the Cakes. Pinkie Pie was up to her usual antics and Fluttershy was doing her best just trying to purchase one muffin, but having a hard time being heard over the roar of the crowd.

"Hey Dinky, Twilight," Twilight looked past the filly she was with to see Rarity and Sweetie Belle together.

"Oh! Rarity, Sweetie Belle, how are you two?"

"Rather well, actually," Rarity stated. She looked at Dinky. "Is the little one not well?"

"No, she's just sad because her M-o-m isn't here and she loves the festival."

"I know how to spell, Twilight," Dinky said with minor irritation, causing Twilight to cringe.

Rarity sat next to Dinky and put a comforting hoof on her shoulder. "There, there darling, don't be blue."

"But I'm gray," Dinky stated.

"What Rarity's trying to say is, you don't need to be so depressed. Your mother would want you to have fun. Imagine if she was sick today instead of not being here, wouldn't she want you to be out having fun?"

"I guess so," Dinky stated, "But I can't just pretend. It hurts too much."

Both Twilight and Rarity showed looks of concern. Nopony said a word for about a minute until the ground began to shake and suddenly a shadow shot up from beneath the table and sent Rarity, Twilight and Dinky tumbling to the ground. The large shadow took form and rose to become taller than Equestria's highest building as dark, foreboding clouds appeared over the normally quiet town. The shadow was cunicular in nature with its ears and hands, but had no feet and just was a mass of shadow towards the bottom and its face wouldn't look out of place on a Nightmare Night Jack-O-Lantern without a nose.

"Finally, I've been so patient waiting for this festival to come. All these muffins I've bought have let me return to full power."

"Full Power, what's it talking about?" Twilight asked.

Dinky shook her head and looked up. She could tell as she looked up at the monster that the shadow was not lucid like most shadows and actually made up of several block shades of black. "Wait so it's…WAAAH!" Dinky screamed as the monster hoisted her up into the air. It laughed.

"Wa ha ha! I've got you right where I want you my little filly. You're not going to tell anyone about my secret." The monster talked with a deep booming voice. It then reached down with its massive hand and dumped a whole cartful of muffins into its mouth, expanding and growing. "Up here your tiny voice will never reach the other ponies to tell them my true form."

"True form? What are you talking about?" Twilight demanded to know. "What are you?"

"Can't you tell? It's me, the funniest stallion in Tampa Hay."

"Clyde Chucklehead?" Twilight gaped. "But you're an earth pony."

"Clyde Chucklehead is an earth pony, but I am not he. I am the devourer, gobbler of goodies, scarfer of sweets. I am ponyville's end!" Lightning cracked and set a house on fire. "I must commend you all for not having any care towards your fellow mare. It made running that wonky-eyed equine out of town rather easy."

"I don't understand," Twilight shouted as the wind picked up, "What does Derpy have to do with this?"

"She is the only one capable of revealing my true form, so I was incredibly wary of her as a result, but now she's gone and now nopony can stop me." The shadow monster reached down and grabbed another cart full of muffins before letting a blast of freezing cold air out of his free hand.

"Muffins make him stronger, but what kind of creature gets stronger by devouring muffins. And what did he mean by Derpy revealing his true form?" Twilight panicked. She ran around as her friends all met up in the same place.

"Guys, I think I figured out a plan. We need to find Derpy! That thing said something about Derpy being able to reveal its true nature. I think it has to do with the fact that Derpy is good at magic eye puzzles."

"Oh, but the poor dear must be a thousand miles away by now, whatever shall we do?"

"Oh no!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed. "What do we do? What do we DOOO?"

"Panic?" Fluttershy asked.

"That's your answer for everything."

"We are not going to panic," Twilight stomped her foot. "Rainbow Dash, fly off and see if you can't spot Derpy. You're the fastest pony in Equestria so you're the best shot we have at finding her.

"I'm on it!" Dash bellowed and rocketed into the air.

"What should the rest of us do?" Applejack wanted to know.

"For now let's just concentrate on protecting the residents of Ponyville and rescuing Dinky."

"That's a pretty adaptive plan, Sugarcube."

"Let's also concentrate on not getting our flanks handed to us. Come on girls!" Twilight said and led the charge back towards the monster.

Somewhere in Equestria…

Flying high in the sky, but low enough that she could see the details of the ground, Rainbow Dash flew all over Equestria in the direction Derpy had left, following the road, believing Derpy was simple and sensible enough to follow the path. Conveniently for Rainbow Dash she found Derpy not too soon after she had left ponyville. As both a faster flyer and because Derpy had conserved her energy by walking most of the way, it took Dash less time to reach Derpy than it took Derpy to get where she was. The blonde Pegasus hadn't cut or groomed her mane in the last several weeks so it had gotten progressively longer to about Fluttershy's length in both directions.

She found Derpy in the middle of the road with a forest alongside one side of the road and an ocean on the other side with a guard rail to prevent ponies from simply falling into it. The path was lush with green grass on both sides of the dirt road itself and there was a tall mountain in the distance.

"Derpy!" she exclaimed and dove towards the ground. She landed in front of Derpy on the road and skidded to a halt. Derpy looked at her and walked right past her. Rainbow Dash galloped forward to get in front of her again. "Derpy you've gotta come back to Ponyville, everyone needs you!"

Derpy kept walking. "Ponyville only needs me to provide entertainment. If Pinkie Pie is the comedian then I'm the punch line," the blonde Pegasus said in a huff.

"That's not true," Dash stated, racing ahead of her again, "We really need your help."

Derpy continued to walk with a glare in her eye, still plenty mad. "Rainbow Dash I might be clumsy, but I'm not gullible."

She continued to walk. Rainbow Dash didn't follow after her. Instead she looked down to the side and put her forward right hoof on her left foreleg. "We…really hurt your feelings, huh?"

Derpy stopped walking. "Do you know how it feels to have everyone laugh at you, to be so embarrassed in front of a crowd of ponies while they all point their hooves and laugh at you?"

"Actually, I do," Rainbow Dash said and walked up alongside Derpy, "Why do you think I dropped out of flight school, it's cause other ponies were always picking on me for always crashing into things. Rainbow Crash. That was my nickname. How many ponies do you think laughed when you pulled me into the ground when you messed up city hall?"

Derpy's head sunk lower.

"Okay, bad example, maybe, but the point is?" Rainbow Dash said, walking closer, "Everypony laughs at everypony for being a screw-up in some form of another. What Clyde said was mean. I know his jokes really hurt you and I'm sorry for laughing at you, but it turns out he said those things to get you to leave Ponyville and you're the only one who can stop him. Dinky's been really worried about you all this time too and now he has her hostage. You don't belong in the circus. You're not a freak of nature. You're a citizen of Ponyville. So are you going to sulk about what happened and go run off and join the circus or are you going to come back to Ponyville?"

Derpy looked up at the sky. Rainbow Dash thought she had gotten through to her, but suddenly Derpy took off into the sky.

"Well fine!" Rainbow Dash shouted after her. "Go join the circus! Run away! It's not like we need you anyway!" She turned around only for a gust of wind to rush past her and for Derpy to be standing in front of her, mane back to normal size.

"Sorry, I just had to cut my mane. Lead the way Rainbow Dash!"

Ponyville

The situation had only gotten worse with time. The shadow was slowly consuming all of Ponyville as it devoured more and more muffins. Many ponies had already fled to the outskirts while a few brave ponies stayed to stave off the vicious thing.

On the ground, Twilight, Applejack, Big Macintosh and Rarity were all standing around and backing up while Pinkie Pie was wearing a ninja costume while standing on one hind leg and posing as one.

"This is bad y'all," Applejack stated.

As the shadows closed in around two other ponies trapped in the middle of the thick shadow, one an earth pony with a long black mane and a dusty brown coat, the other a unicorn with spikey blue hair and red sunglasses, the unicorn said to the earth pony: "Octavia, it's been an honor celebrating with you today." She then pulled out a mixing board and played some funeral trumpet music.

As the shadows surrounded Twilight and friends it looked like they were doomed.

But then, suddenly, the light of hope arrived in the form of a sonic rainboom that tore through the air and caused the creature to shrink momentarily as it was blinded by the bright light spectrum and shaken to its core. Octavia, and her friend Vinyl "DJ Pon-3" Scratch, then ran for the hills with the other ponies that had already managed to escape the oncoming apocalypse.

The shadows receeded away from Twilight and friends as Derpy landed triumphantly in front of them walking towards the shadow monster as she glared at it intensely. "Hey! You!" she shouted up at it. The monster turned to face her, the glare from Rainbow Dash's sonic rainboom having worn off.

Dinky opened her eyes, having shut them in fear, looked down and saw Derpy standing there. "MOMMY!" she cried out to her in a cheerful voice.

The monster laughed, "Well, well, well if it isn't the wonky-eyed freak show."

"Call me what you want, but you've got three seconds, to let go of my little girl before I do things to you I swore I'd never to do anypony ever."

The monster just laughed at her, failing to believe Derpy could do anything to it.

Derpy continued to glare. "One," she scraped her hoof on the ground, "Two," the monster continued to laugh, "Two and a half," Derpy over counted, "Two and seven eights," and then without missing a beat she shouted, "Three!" Like a rocket, Derpy tore into the air and dove with a single hoof extended straight into the monster's center. It gasped and wheezed like a stallion that just got whacked between the hindquarters. Derpy followed up by pulling up sharply and bucking it at the base of its ear, sending it tumbling to the ground. Then with magnificent speed she bit its finger at a certain point and the monster recoiled and let Dinky fall, but Derpy caught Dinky with her back and triumphantly floated to the ground.

Derpy affectionately nuzzled Dinky against her as she held her in her hooves. She then put Dinky down as she faced Twilight. "Derpy, how did you do that? We've been trying to fight that thing since Rainbow Dash left to find you, but we've hit naught but shadow."

"It's like a magic eye puzzle," Derpy explained, "That creature is all covered in shadow, but it has a very thin structure hidden within it. I was able to see its points so I knew where I could attack it."

"A creature of shadow with a thin structure, I've heard of this before. This is a Grime Giant. They start off as just little parasites that latch onto other ponies, but eventually fall off. Then they take the shape and obtain the memories of the pony they were attached to. They get stronger by eating their favorite food and the type of food is different for every Grime Giant.

"Do they have a weakness?" Derpy asked.

"As a matter of fact they do and I know just how to take it out," Twilight said with a smirk, "Follow me Derpy!" She galloped away.

"Ah, hey, wait up!" Derpy said only to find that something was holding her back. Dinky was biting her tail again. Derpy smiled back and picked the little Filly up again and gave her a big hug. "I'm sorry for leaving. Things can go back to exactly how they were once we're done here."

Meanwhile, outside ponyville, almost every citizen had watched when Derpy gave the grime giant what for.

"Was that really Derpy?" Lyra asked, still in a little bit of shock.

"I've never seen that side of her before."

"Say what you will about her, but that Derpy is a good mother," another pony exclaimed.

"Look," the mayor cried, "The shadows are receding closer into town."

The citizens of ponyville went to go check it out as they clomped towards their home.

The Grime Giant, running low on energy after Derpy gave it a thorough lashing, crawled itself towards Sugar Cube Corner to get more muffins. It managed to break in, devour some muffins and grow again, but by the time it came back out Derpy was standing between it and the rest of ponyville, a good portion of it currently on fire. Old West showdown music would not be out of place given the glares each individual sent the other. All that was missing was a clump of rolling tumbleweed.

The Grime Giant looked at Derpy as she stood near her bubble machine. "Honestly, you and that bubble machine, when are you going to give up on that stupid thing? If it didn't work the first four hundred times it's never going to work."

"Tanis Edistallion once said: I didn't fail one thousand times. I learned one thousand ways not to make the light bulb," Derpy scratched her ear, "Or was that Alexcanter Gram Colt?"

"Bah! It matters not! I'll not give you the chance to use that infernal contraption!" The grime giant brought its arm down to crush Derpy, but she quickly picked up her tube and took a deep breath, she exhaled with all her might into the tube as the net over the hole expanded with sudsy soap. The net expanded out farther and farther until finally the desired effect was wrought. Normally this would be the time when a geyser of bubble soap would shoot out of the holes and cover Derpy and everything around her in slippery soap, but not today. Today, Derpy finally managed to pull off her bubble machine to do exactly what she wanted it to do and numerous bubbles exploded from the net in a bubble extravaganza. As they popped against the Grime giant's skin it began to dissolve him on contact.

"Twilight!" Derpy called to her.

Using her magic, Twilight grabbed hold of the bubbles and flung them at the Grime Giant until he was smaller than a newborn foal.

Derpy stood over him, glaring. "Now it's your turn to leave Ponyville and never come back." She picked the Grime Giant up in her teeth and took to the air before twirling in a circle at high speeds until she launched him over the horizon. "He's going…going…gone! Two points! No you see it now you don't!" Derpy declared.

The citizens of ponyville had seen it all. Despite how badly they had treated her, Derpy had saved their lives.

Together with Rainbow Dash, Derpy then collected some rain clouds to help put out the fires, but let Dash do all the work when all of the clouds she grabbed kept letting loose thunderbolts, making Rainbow Dash very reminiscent of the last time Derpy helped with the weather.

When all the fires were put out, Twilight used some magic to help restore the damage to everyone's homes as best she could. When everything was calm, Derpy prepared to leave the scene, but Lyra called out to her.

"Derpy, wait!"

Derpy turned around with a tired look. Lyra was standing around with practically every pony in Ponyville.

"Derpy…we saw it all, you saved us…even though we treated you so badly. We're really sorry."

"You all should be!" Dinky said rushing towards her mother and standing by her. "Think of how much less damage would've been done if you hadn't chased Mommy out of Ponyville."

"We know Dinky," Bonbon spoke up, "And we all feel really terrible. We should've never judged you just because you act weird sometimes. We saw it all, we know just how much you care about Dinky. We'd never seen you like that before."

"The same as when you rushed out of the theater," Lyra continued, "You can be angry or hurt just like any other pony in Equestria."

"We're really, really, reeeeeaaaally sorry Derpy, can you ever forgive us?" Bonbon asked her.

"You guys really hurt me," Derpy said in a depressed tone, but then as soon as she said that she turned towards everyone, goofy smile upon her face and declared, "But what the hey, I've never been one to hold a grudge."

The ponies cheered as a mob rushed towards Derpy as they began tossing her in the air shouting her name.

"I hate to be the bearer of bad news," Mr. Cake said, approaching the crowd as they let Derpy down. "But because of the rampage of that Grime Giant there are NO MUFFINS!" He exclaimed.

"What?" Everypony collectively went.

"But that's terrible!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed. "You can't have the Muffin Festival without Muffins! What are we going to do?"

"Of all the worst things to happen, this is THE! WORST! POSSIBLE! THING!" Rarity declared.

Suddenly however a joyful expression crossed Derpy's face. Within five minutes she returned with a large black safe that she dropped on the ground. "Ladies and Gentlecolts, I bring you," Derpy spun the lock and opened it, "MUFFINS!"

Everyone gasped with joy.

"But I thought that Grime Giant ate everything inside. Where were these?"

"I store all my leftover muffins in my basement that's why I keep it at refrigerator temperature. You never know when you're going to need a stockpile of muffins," Derpy declared.

"Wow Derpy didn't just save Ponyville," Minuette began.

"She saved the Muffin Festival too!" Berry Punch exclaimed.

"YEAH!" A large white, overly muscular Pegasus shouted.

Lyra and Bonbon walked up alongside Derpy smiling. "You know, we should hang out more often."

"Yeah and now that your bubble machine works, you should get that patented and make some money off of it," Bonbon suggested. "You can quit the entertainment job and we can hang out more."

"Awww, you guys are just being nice to me again," Derpy said.

"No, we really mean it this time, honest," Lyra told her.

"We didn't realize up till now what a cool mare you are, Derpy."

"Yeah, any Pegasus that can go hoof to claw with a beast like that is okay in my book," Lyra told her. She looked down at Dinky, "especially for their little one."

"All right then, yeah we should totally hang out some more," Derpy beamed.

"That's the spirit!" Bonbon cheered.

"Awesome!" Lyra added.

Twilight smiled with content as she turned around to look at Spike and began circling around him. "Spike, take a letter." The young dragon took out a scroll and quill. "Dear Princess Celestia…

Present Day

"…Today every pony in Ponyville learned a very important lesson about the way to treat others who are a little bizarre from the standard everypony. It's not right to mistreat another pony because they seem different or less intelligent than other ponies. And, just because a pony has a disability or isn't the same as every other pony doesn't mean they can't accomplish great things either. Derpy proved that today. She may be incredibly clumsy and have a very strange name with crossed eyes, but she's a normal pony just like everypony else. There are other ponies out there like here I'm sure who may be less well off than her and they too should know that what they have shouldn't let them be forced to be treated with such cruelty and that they aren't incapable of accomplishing great feats on their own or having a complete life. Derpy herself even does everything she does just to see Dinky smile, it's truly an inspiration to ponies everywhere. So as a lesson to me, to you, to Canterlot, to everypony, it's not okay to mistreat another pony and say cruel things about them. You have to love and tolerate. You have to treat everypony like everypony else because who knows what that pony cold be capable of when pushed into a corner too. This fiasco with Derpy taught us all something very important, a lesson all ponies should know and nopony should forget. Sincerely, your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."

Celestia smiled as she finished reading the letter again who knew how many times since she first received it. Twilight was right. It was important to treat everypony the same. Nopony should be treated differently or cruelly or looked down upon because they have a disability. Smiling again, Celestia returned to her throne, wondering how things might have been going on in Ponyville right about now.

Ponyville

As the alarm clock buzzed for eight-o-clock again, Derpy swiped at her alarm clock and broke it again. She pushed the window open to greet the day, but rather than declare a loud good morning simply floated gently down to the ground and saw Lyra and Bonbon marching up the road. "Hey girls," she smiled.

"Morning Derpy," they said in unison.

"You wanna join Dinky and me for Breakfast? I was going to make Pancakes and muffins!"

"Sounds delicious," Bonbon said, following Derpy inside her house.

"Could you make some coffee for me as well?" Lyra asked.

"Sure thing," Derpy stated.

At the end of breakfast, Derpy took Dinky to school as usual before heading off to the post office to start her day.

"Derpy, I need this package delivered to Carousel Boutique as soon as possible. It's not fragile, but don't drop it. It doesn't have the most secure cap and the bottle inside could open and leak everywhere."

"You got it, boss!" Derpy said taking the package where it belonged.

After a day at the post office, Derpy took a walk around Ponyville with Lyra and Bon Bon. They trio looked to see how some ponies were already using mass produced versions of Derpy's bubble machine, which Derpy had patented and was constantly getting checks in the mail for.

"See, I told you it was a good idea," Bonbon told her.

"Yeah, I'm glad I listened to you."

"What are friends for?" Lyra asked her.

For Derpy the entire day was just like this: blissful and serene, for real this time. And, of course at the end of the day, Derpy tucked Dinky into bed and kissed her goodnight. As she went for the light switch she heard the familiar call of, "Good night Mommy, I love you."

Derpy looked over her shoulder back into the room, "I love you too Dinky. And I always will, no matter what."

END

(A/N: Cue credits. So yeah this is rather short, I'm sure it could be expanded upon if it was an actual movie, but hey at least I have it written and out of my head. Now to close, to clarify, I know that no one with a disability would be able to so conveniently be able to be accepted by doing something of such grandeur. That's not the point. The point is that just because you have a disability, if you have one, doesn't mean you should take it lying down. And if you're socially awkward and people are laughing behind your back don't let them get to you. Be like Dinky, stand your ground. True, Derpy's quickness to forgive and forget is somewhat unrealistic, but I myself have never been one to hold to grudge and I envision her experience sort of like how some of mine were in primary school when I was much more naïve and willing to trust, but hey that's MLP for you. And, as the final point should be perfectly clear: once you've reached your goals, whatever they may be, your life is just fine. I don't think I need to repeat Twilight's letter so I won't. So please comment and review, I would love your feedback on this).