It's Derpy Day, so we read!
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Head on down below to read about Derpy. Thanks to Whisper Key for scouting them out as always.
Slice of Life
Last Minute Deliveries by Unity Bringer [3k words]
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It is Hearths Warming Eve. A day meant spending time with friends or family, to gather around and cherish time together...
For Doc, it typically means spending time with those who can tolerate him long enough.
Except one of those few ponies is still working to the last minute on Hearths Warming Eve...
Sounds like an investigation is needed to look into why his dear old friend is still delivering, and to find the injustices within the system!
Hearth’s Warming Trepidations by Admiral Biscuit [6k words]
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Every year, Dinky is part of a big Hearth’s Warming gathering, and this year she impulsively decided to invite Lily Longsocks, her fillyfriend. Of course Derpy says yes; the more ponies, the merrier.
The only problem is, Dinky hasn’t mentioned that she and Lily are more than just friends, and she’s worried what Derpy might think.
Eyes of Gold by CanterlotGuardian [5k words]
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Everypony has known Derpy Hooves to be a Ponyville staple for as far back as they can remember. Their mail has always gotten delivered on time, at least as long as everypony can remember. But when Twilight Sparkle is doing some research for her upcoming book on the history of Ponyville, she comes to startling realization: nopony can actually recount when Derpy came to Ponyville, or why she came there to begin with.
And when Twilight goes to ask her, she finds she may not have been prepared after all, for the repercussions of her one simple question: Just who is Derpy Hooves... and how far is she prepared to go for the ones she loves?
A New Income by gapty [2k words]
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Time Turner struggles with fundings for his new inventions, as there is no need for non-magical machines anymore. Derpy has built something to help him out, but he is shocked by what it does.
Comedy
Parent-Teacher Conference by Rego [6k words]
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For months now, Ponyville Schoolhouse has enjoyed peace and harmony, but such tranquility can never last. A new bully has risen to power, striking fear into everypony at school, and her name is Dinky Doo! When she's not listening attentively in class, taking a test, or doing her homework, she becomes the baddest of the bad. It falls to Miss Cheerilee to set the filly back on the straight and narrow before it's too late, at least according to Dinky herself.
Motor Boating by Smiles [1k words]
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Rainbow Dash is tired after the competition at Rainbow Falls, and decides to take a nap.
Ditzy Doo is left temporarily jobless after her vouch to become RD's replacement leads to the Cloudsdale Mail Service to become flooded with fan-mail.
What do these two events have in common? Motor boating, of course!
Teach Me Derpy-Sensei! by Rated Ponystar [4k words]
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Everypony knows that Pinkie Pie is one of the best bakers in Ponyville. However, one pony is better at making muffins then even the party pony herself and that is Ponyville's clumsy mailpony: Derpy. Her secret? Using deductive reasoning and logic to figure out what type of muffins would be best for certain ponies based on their mood, behavior, looks, mail, and more.
Upon learning this, Pinkie Pie sees a way to give more joy to those she cares about with her treats and asks Derpy to take her on as a student.
Derpy Accidentally a Portal Gun by Admiral Biscuit [3k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
On an otherwise boring day, Derpy accidentally triggers a portal gun. Then a second time, on purpose.
Given the recent ban on Humans in Equestria, how will Princess Celestia moderate the conflict?
The Fifth to Final Move by The Lunar Samurai [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Chess-by-mail can be stressful, especially when Twilight realizes her horrible mistake. Will Chester notice it? Will Derpy find the lost letter? Will Twilight ever explain to Applejack how the 'towers' move?
Dinky's New Word by TheKing2001 [1k words]
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When she was helping her moms friend Carrot Top in her field a day, she overhears Carrot Top say a very interesting word. Excited by her vocabulary being expanded, she rushes home to tell her mom and sister the news.
The Rejuvenation Play by Purple Patch [16k words]
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Derpy Doo, heavily-pregnant, is taking part in the town play of the Rejuvenation Festival, a very important time that celebrates the birth of Laurelore the Firsticorn, the first alicorn ruler of Equestria. Mayor Mare and friends organise the event and, when the big night comes, are fully expecting something to go wrong.
Princess Celestia, meanwhile, comes to Ponyville for some mild respite and watches the play.
And a lonely traveller, finally having found his true place in the universe, returns to Equestria to help an expecting mother.
What happens will change their lives forever as on this night, just as it was many centuries ago, a very special foal will be born in Ponyville.
Derpy's Got it in the Bag by Wand3r3r3 [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Literally
Derpy's got it made this year, and she feels good. She's not-quite-Hell-bent-but-
But though, in her mind, she believes that she's a harmless kid at heart, who's just making her once-a-year route, the events that unfold more than blatantly prove otherwise.
Sad/Dark
The Price of Family by 8_Bit [3k words]
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Everypony has secrets. Dinky will soon reach the age of curiosity, and there is one question her mother can never answer honestly: Who is her father?
Ditzy can never tell her the truth. Not to deliberately withhold the information and leave her in the dark, but simply to protect her from the horrors of the past.
Shipping
A Breakfast for Two by 007Delta [4k words]
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Time Turner, or as Derpy calls him, "Dr. Whooves," invites Derpy to spend a nice breakfast with him after work. Soon, the punctual stallion finds himself hard pressed to keep his emotions to himself.
Muffins’ Angel by Short-tale [4k words]
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There was an angel only two lockers down that Muffins never noticed. Now that she had she couldn’t take her eyes away. She felt weird, and scared just being near her. What should she do? What was that feeling? Maybe angel magic? Muffins asks her friends Lyra and Bon Bon to help figure it out.
To Love a Mailpony by Real_SilentPony [14k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
This is a story of two forgetful ponies and their love for one another. Join Ditzy as she struggles through a cold winter and a lonely heart.
Dance of Two Ponies by gapty [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
The war has begun. I see you standing before me. We have to fight, but we dance.
Adventure
Magic of the Heart by Pegasus Rescue Brigade [350k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
A few years have passed since the events of Hocus Pocus, and the lives of Ditzy Doo and her daughter Dinky have never been more exciting. Dinky's final year of study at Celestia's Academy for Gifted Unicorns is about to begin, and Ditzy's relationship with her coworker, Autumn Breeze, has blossomed into a beautiful partnership.
But when a figure from both ponies' past reappears, events quickly escalate out of control, and soon, Ditzy and Dinky find themselves wrapped up in what may be the greatest crisis Equestria has ever faced.
In this final chapter of the Shipping and Handling trilogy, two ponies learn about the greatest magic of all.
