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Colored Leaves

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The wind was blowing through the autumn trees, picking up golden leaves and scattering them like glitter on a card, all the while leaving a storm as beautiful as a candle flame. Sitting underneath an oak was a fair gray pegasus.  Her youthful appearance disguised her true age, which was evidenced by the second figure. Huddled against Derpy Hooves was a smaller pony, a unicorn filly. Her pale lavender coat and spiked straw mane were reminiscent of her mother. Both their eyes were transfixed on single orange leaf which waltzed slowly to the ground. Finally Dinky Hooves spoke.

"Mommy, why aren't you running this year?"

Derpy blinked, carefully formulating her reply. She could just say she didn't feel like it, which was the truth, but she felt there was more to it than that. As she thought the leaf continued to dance back and forth, bounced up by each gush out of the wind. At last she came up with an explanation and brought it out without taking her glance of the leaf.
"You see that leaf?"

"Yeah."

"Well, do you remember when it was green?"

Dinky stalled and scrunched her nose, confused at the question.

"Well, I don't know. I'm not sure if I've ever seen that leaf before."

Derpy closed her eyes. She knew she would have probably have ended up thinking the same thing.

"Okay, do you remember when most the leaves were green?"

This clarification of the question did little to unscrunch Dinky's face.

"Yeah, of course I do."

Derpy took in a deep breath and continued.

"Well, the leaves were green for most of the year, working hard to help the trees. Eventually they get tired and have to stop to rest for the winter. However, the leaves decided to change up the change of pace for a season. They decide to turn from green to brown, yellow, orange and red. "

Dinky watched as the leaf they were falling hit the ground and then her gaze moved to a second one.

"I remember Cheerilee talking about something like that once, but mom, you still haven't answered my question."

"Well, I'm feel like a leaf. I've been running with the leaves for years, and this time I want to try some different."

Derpy then let out a small chuckle.

"Besides, Celestia has the leaves change so that the ponies can enjoy their beauty, and I want to see what the leaves look like from this perspective, where I can get a better view."

Derpy then turned away from the falling leaves for a second to look at her daughter. Her beautiful daughter. She was now surrounded by a light layer of leaves which served to guild the foal. The unicorn stood out like an amethyst in a pool of gold. Derpy couldn't help, but smile, expecially after she heard what her daughter said next.

"The leaves are pretty. I'm glad you can see them, you're pretty too."

Derpy pulled Dinky closer and snuggled her, but the foal pushed out of her grasp. After a moment of silence Dinky spoke again, only this time it was more of a mumble.

"Today a colt tripped me. He then called me a retard and said that you should never have been allowed to marry daddy. Why did he say that? Why did he do that to me? Why must I be different."

This stopped Derpy cold. This rendered her speechless. Not just because she didn't know what to say, but because she couldn't speak at all. She felt too awful, this dragging pull at her core tearing her down. She remembered what it was like all those years ago, what they said and did to here. She also remembered what it was like, to not be able to speak. How hard it once was to move her mouth to form the consonants and vowels, and even harder to push air through her throat without shrieking.

It hurt. She thought she had killed these demons when she had found her mother, but they were here to stay. All she could do was follow the leaves as she brooded. And follow the leaves she did. She traced their every movement, and calculated their next one. Through the movements of the leaves she could practically see the very wind itself. Soon enough she was able to calm herself down, and then she managed to once again use to leaves to formulated a metaphor.

"You..said...the leaves...are pretty."

She then picked an yellow-brown leaf with her wing.

"Do you....think this leaf...is pretty?"

Dinky thought for a second.

"Well, yes, but it looked prettier when it was moving around with the other leaves."

Derpy then crushed the leaf into dust before Ditzy's eyes. She imagined it was the bully, but that's not what it was going to be in the metaphor.

"It's also very fragile. Not everyone can sees the leaf's beauty. They might also hate it
because it does not provide for the trees in the way that they did when they were green. They might take advantage of the leaves fragility and destroy it because they cannot comprehend it's true purpose, it's real beauty."

Derpy than picked up a deep orange leaf.

"But just because he can't see it's purpose doesn't mean it doesn't have one. Look at this leaf."

She then gestured out to the following leaves surrouding them.

"Now look at the forest. Isn't it beautiful? Even if the leaf doesn't know where it belongs in the forest it still has it's purpose. The forest needs the leaf to be beautiful. Dinky, that bully might not be able to see it, but I want you to know that you are the most beautiful leaf in the entire fores, and you are important."

Dinky stared at her mother for a moment, than blurted out "You're wrong." With that she levitated the leaf out of the perplexed mail mare's hoof and placed it behind the older pony's ear.

"You are the most beautiful leaf in the forest."

And with that Dinky cuddled up to her mother's side. Together they stayed and watched until the last leaf fell down.
Just cute little Derpy and Dinky story.

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