“W-What do you mean? I don’t have anything to ‘explain’. What would make you think that?”
“Oh please.”, Discord said as he got up, slurped away his chair and started circling around Lyra. “Changing bodies? That’s got chaos written all over it. Did you really think I wouldn’t notice? So tell me-”, he snipped once and a Deerstalker hat appeared on his head, a pipe in his mouth and a rather big magnifying glass in his hand, which was promptly pointed at Lyra ”-who are you?”
Well done Lyra, well bucking done! 5 minutes into this and you already screwed up.
“I-I’m Lyra Heartstrings. I live here in Ponyville.”
“Aha. So, tell me Lyra, why are you in Twilight’s body?”, he asked as he started circling her.
“Twilight asked me to swap with her for a week, so that she could take some days off.”
Discord, who was standing behind Lyra now, stopped instantly and bend his neck and head over her body until he looked into her eyes again, then the rest of his body snapped back into an anatomical acceptable position.
“And why would I believe that?” Discord narrowed his eyes until they were small slits as he continued to glare at her.
Come on, come on! there has to be some way out of this that doesn’t have me reduced to pink pony princess particles. Think ,think, think Lyra! Spike! Spike should know!
“Spike! Twilight told me that she informed Spike before she left!” As if on cue, the small dragon came down one of the staircases connecting the throne room to the rest of the castle. He looked rather surprised at seeing Twilight and Discord.
“What’s going on down here? Why are you already back Twi… wait. Are you Twilight? Or are you Lyra?” Lyra nodded frequently at that, then suddenly Discord teleported in front of Spike.
“Tell me, Spike is it true that Twilight Sparkle went on vacation and chose ‘Lyra Heartstrings’ as her representative ?” Discord asked, now leaning over Spike, who gave him a deadpan expression.
“Yeah. She did. Also, what are you doing here?” At that, Discords equipment disappeared and he teleported towards the exit.
“What I am doing here is community service. Whilst Celestia herself has probably forgiven me already, her little ponies probably haven’t, so she had to ‘sentence’ me to do some good for Equestria. I am also not allowed to use my magic, yadda, yadda, yadda. But I just couldn’t let this opportunity pass to play a prank.”
He bucking knew. Of course. It’s Discord. Of course he knew that I was telling the truth from the beginning. He just played with me. Aaaarghhhh. Now I let Twilights secret out for nothing. Or wait, did he know that as well?
“Don’t worry though,” Discord said as he placed his paw over his chest,” your little secret is perfectly safe with Discord.” And with that, he puffed away. Lyra and Spike sighed in unison.
“So, now that that’s over i guess it’s time to introduce you to your princess duties,” Spike said and turned towards another staircase. “Follow me.”
It can’t be that hard, right? Nah. There’s nothing that I can’t handle. At least not with these new, super-awesome princess powers
She followed Spike deeper into the castle.
A good hour later
“How did Twilight survive being a princess?!? This is unbearable! I’ve worked for Celestia-knows how long and this damned pile of paperwork hasn’t diminished in the slightest! There has to be some way to do this faster!” A very desperate looking Lyra turned to Spike who was dusting the room. “Please tell me that there’s some faster way than doing all of this paper by paper!” Spike stopped dusting and turned towards her.
“Listen Lyra, that pile right there is the reason that Twilight wanted a break. Unless you’re very lucky, the same amount of paper is going to be in again tomorrow. Twilight would work for hours and hours without taking break just to be able to keep up. If there was another way, I’m pretty sure she would’ve found it.” Lyra goaned and let her muzzle collide with the table she was working at.
This is definitely not what I signed up for. I can really see why Twilight wanted vacation. Maybe there’s some way out of… No. I told Twilight that I’d replace her and if I didn’t think about the duties that would come with it, then that’s my own fault. I just hope that I can do even only a small part of the work that Twilight can do.
Lyra rose from the table and breathed in and out several times. She then proceeded to start working again, this time far more motivated.