Name: Lyra Heartstrings
Species: Unicorn
Occupation: Musician
Lyra Heartstrings was born with a gift for playing the harp. She never dared play in public, but her abilities were far more impressive than she believed them to be. Everypony could tell by her cutie mark that she played the harp, but only her best friends knew she was actually good, and even then, only her closest friend Bon Bon knew of her singing that she’d sometimes do as she played her harp.
Even still, a lot of ponies wouldn’t know about Lyra’s harp skills. Usually what would happen is a pony would see Lyra walking by and think, “Hay, it’s that pony who believes in humans.” Lyra wouldn’t deny that she did have a fascination with these strange, albeit mythical bipedal creatures who had hands rather than hooves. However, Lyra had recently noticed that everypony is starting to think she was completely obsessed with humans. Even Bon Bon was starting to think this, in fact. This wasn’t true though. Lyra cared just as much about many other things as ponies think she cares about humans.
Not long after realizing this, Lyra received word of the Equestria Battle Tournament. Lyra wasn’t much of a fighter, but this looked like the perfect opportunity for her. She’d enter the tournament, show her skills, and become the pony who defeated Princess Celestia in combat rather than that weirdo who believes in humans. Besides, the prize was 1,000,000 bits, so that money could probably be used to help Bon Bon’s sweets shop.
To kill two birds with one stone like this; save her reputation and help her friend. This was an opportunity that Lyra just plain couldn’t pass up. It was settled. She would enter the tournament, win it, and become famous for all the right reasons for once. However, if she wants to win, she’ll have to face some pretty tough competition, not to mention possibly having to fight her friends. That was a risk Lyra was willing to take, though. If it meant proving to her friends and to Equestria that she was something more than a weirdo, then so be it.