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01/18/11(Tue)09:36 No. 22715693 Can't think of a better place to post this so whatev, fanfic attack For weeks, Twilight had been wondering who would call their foal a name like Derpy Hooves, but had never gotten around to asking. Until today. “…now Twilight, I suppose you don’t know that as far as we know, that wasn’t the name her folks gave her.” Applejack explained patiently. “…wait, you aren’t even sure?” Asked the sceptical Twilight. Applejack sighed. “…I sometimes forget that you haven’t been in town that long, Twilight, and you don’t know all the things that we don’t like to talk about. But knowing you, if you want to find something out there’s no point in tryin’ ta stop you, so I guess I’ll have to be explainin’ it all for you…” Twilight Sparkle sat down and listened, as Applejack started to tell a story it was clear she didn’t often tell. “Now you may not have noticed what with having Spike to do all that for you, but for us common ponyfolk, Derpy Hooves is the mailpony who carries letters, packages and all sorts that we send to each other. She’s good at it too, never given us cause to complain, even though she doesn’t look the reliable type.” Twilight couldn’t help but agree, and continued to listen. “But before she came to Ponyville, we think she may well have been even better at it. She used to work as a courier, carrying all sorts of gear back and forth across Equestria… til she got that one order she couldn’t deliver. Was some kinda shiny bauble, a strange artefact from parts unknown, that she was hired to take from somewhere in the wilderness to all the way up in Canterlot. On the way she dropped by Ponyville to rest for the night… and well…”