The Pursuit
After both Lyra and I checked out of the hospital, we all headed back to my home to discuss the previous events between ourselves, including Dinky and Sparkler. We all circled the kitchen table, all with either dead pan glares or confused faces, glares belonging to Lyra and I, and confusion for Sparkler and Dinky.
"Sparkler, Dinky," I sighed. "As you can imagine, there is something I haven't told you two."
"Are you kidding me?!" shouted Sparkler. "First we find you being loaded into a donkey cart, without explanation! Then when you wake up, you don't give us an explanation. Then finally when we get home, you tell us that you've been keeping this 'explanation' from us for years?! It's like you can trust us, but we can't trust you!" she spat bitterly.
"Sparkler, please let me explain!" I tried to calm her down to no avail, but she did stop screaming.
"Ever since I was a little filly, I've had these..." I sighed "visions." Lyra's ears and eyes perked at the word. "They're extremely painful, and until today, I've been able to hide it... Not just from you two, but from the world." I could see the pure shock from Lyra, undeniable disgust from Sparkler, and the utter confusion from Dinky. "Every vision contains the same images, ponies in cages crying, giant creatures, and this, machine that sends ponies away!" I began to sob. I sounded like a mad mare, trying to explain something nopony understood or listened to. I felt like a stranger to my own family and friends. I felt a gentle hoof brush the back of my neck and down my back. I looked up from the tears to see it was Lyra who was comforting me.
"You're not alone Derpy." she chuckled with a somber tone. "Thats why I was in the cart too. I see the same things. It's happened to me too." She paused. "I have the visions too."
"Lyra,*sniffle*, what did you see, at Sugarcube Corner?" I asked.
"Well, it consisted of the same things you said. Ponies in cages, crying out for help. I myself was put on the machine. And of course there was humans. Except instead of blurry it wa-..."
"Wait, wait, wait. What was that word you used? Who-mans?" asked Sparkler. I was equally confused with the word. But back then I didn't know that the word would play a huge role in my life.
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Present
Every now and then I think back to these past events. Back to when I thought things were normal, when of course, they weren't. Back when the ponies of Ponyville didn't believe me of my visions. But now, they do.
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Past
"Hu-mans." Lyra explained. "They're creatures from a different world. They walk on two legs and have skin instead of fur. They talk like us, have emotions like us, they are like us." She paused to take time to think and catch her breath. "They don't have hooves or tails, no horns or wings like a unicorn or pegasus. What they do have is hands, fingers, and toes." She found a nearby paper and pencil and began to draw by horn. She drew a circle. Then she drew 5 skinny ovals connected to it. Two of the ovals were shorter than the others, while one of the two was fatter that the other. "This is the palm." she said pointing to the circle. "These, are fingers. they help the human grab things, with out magic of course. This one, however, is the most important. The thumb. Without this, they wouldn't be able to grab things."
This was all too much to take in, how did she know all of these facts? What does this have to do with our visions of the past? I felt my eyes going haywire from confusion. "Woah, woah, woah. How does this tie to the visions?" I asked.
"Sorry," said Lyra "I tend to ramble, especially because I haven't told anyone about humans. The creatures in yours and mine visions, are humans. Why they did such a thing in the visions, I'm not sure."
"But Ms. Heartstrings?" said Dinky. "How do you know about the Hyoomans?"
"I remember Dinky." she said as a reply but, she acted like she was talking to someone somewhere else. "I remember."
We were all confused as to what she meant. Then, all of a sudden she seemed to snap out of her self-endussed trance. "Well, sorry about today! I had a fun time with you all! Give me a call if you're looking for some fun! Bye bye!" Then she sped out the door in a hurry.
"Well that was interesting." said Sparkler, who decided to trot off to bed without further discussion. "Dinky, you should go to bed too." I whispered to Dinky. "Okay, mommy." she began to trot off when she asked "Mommy? Will we ever see a hyooman?"
"I don't know Dinky. Get some rest now. You've had a big day. We all have. I love you Dinky."
"Love you too Mommy." she said with the smallest smile, then went to bed.
I myself could not sleep yet for I had one thing left to do before I could rest at ease. I walked over to the phone, because there was only one person who could possibly help m at this point.
"Hello?" said the voice on the other line.
"Yes, can I speak to Twilight Sparkle?" I asked.
"Okay, hold on. TWILIGHT! Phone for you!" said the voice. It sounded young and unlike any voice I've heard before. He sounded cranky, after all it was late.
"Hello?" said a much kinder and recognizable voice.
"Hello, it's Derpy Hooves from down the street."
"Oh, hello Derpy! Are you enjoying '101 Muffin Recipes'?" Twilight asked.
"Fine, thank you. Um, do you have any information on, uh humans?"
The other line went silent, then a huge ruckuss in the background. "UH, what was th-that you asked?!"
"I said, do you have any books on humans?"
"S-sorry the library is shutting down for the night come back tomorrow! BYE!" the other line hung up.
It was now obvious that if I wanted to find this out for myself, I'd have to do it myself.