Today is June 11th, twelve days until the Summer Sun Celebration.
Kira opened his eyes suddenly, turning towards Lyra who was roused from her sleep as a result of his jumping.
"Another nightmare?" she asked, rolling over towards him. He was silent for a moment as Lyra leaned up, looking at him with a more concerned expression. "Kira?"
"I saw a large figure," he said slowly, "it was controlling other figures, and suddenly it broke in two and the other figures began to kill each other."
"That's abnormal. . ." Lyra said, "it must mean something."
Kira got up, looking at the time to see it was about five o'clock in the morning. Figuring it wasn't too early, he decided to dress himself.
"Perhaps it does," he pondered aloud, "I've never had nightmares like this in my life, let alone having a nightmare more than once or twice a season."
Lyra, with her still concerned expression, kept quiet as she couldn't make much sense of it herself. She got up as well, using her magic to assist Kira. After doing so, she walked ahead of him to fix breakfast. Unlike Bon-Bon, Kira wasn't picky at all with his food. He would eat whatever Lyra set out for him, even if she had forgotten to buy food, and it wasn't much. There would be an hour of silence between the two, as the nightmare had implied some fateful event happening. It was enough to make them think about their future, their actions, and how everything would come together.
But Lyra wasn't focused on that. A conspiracy theorist, perhaps, but no end-of-the-world enthusiast. She was more focused on the here and now, more focused on Kira. A human, the species she adored so much, coming in and being a pony that she could adore. Offering a kind of comfort that her deceased friend could not. Her sense of morality was not absent, as she understood and even felt a portion of guilt for enabling the killer. At the same time, however, she figured that it was natural. If such a person would step into her life, as opposed to any other equine on the planet, especially in her little town of Ponyville that was so insignificant to the world. . .
Wouldn't she have a right to choose who lived or died?
More importantly, she thought about Kira, not as a human, not as a murderer, but as a companion. Someone—somepony—she felt affection for that she never felt towards anypony else. She smiled at the thought, a smile that Kira caught in the corner of his eye.
"What's on your mind?" he asked in curiosity. Lyra blushed for a moment, walking to his side, looking into his eyes. After a moment of silence, she answered.
"You."
Kira only stared back, unsure how to respond. Lyra leaned closer to him, her face flushed red as she seemed to lose control of what she was doing. Kira, while confused, did not budge, allowing her to do whatever she may. As she inched closer, he felt her warm breath brushing across his skin, until—
THUD THUD THUD
She leaned back suddenly, her heart dropping at the sound. Kira looked in the direction of the door.
"I-I'll answer it. . ." she said, clearing her throat and walking towards the door. Kira, however, had a very solemn feeling about who was at the door, and, more importantly, why.
The door slowly creaked open, as Lyra peered out to see. . .
"Hey Lyra!" a mare said with a smile, "how've you been lately?"
Kira turned back to look towards the door, still out of sight. He figured it was just a friend of hers, curious about what was going on with Bon-Bon. It wasn't until Lyra began to speak that he realized the grave error in his thought.
"Oh, Twilight," Lyra said nervously, "I didn't expect to see you here so early in the morning."
Kira's eyes widened, it was the element bearer of magic, and he was certain she wasn't just there to "check up" on Lyra.
"I know, it's been a wild few days," Twilight said with a chuckle, "do you mind if I come in? It smells like you cooked some wonderful—"
"Uh, yes, actually," Lyra said suddenly, cutting her off, "I would mind. It's really early. . .you should come back later."
"Are you sure?" Twilight said with a frown, "your mane is fixed up all nice and you seem to be fully awake. . ."
"Look, just, not now, okay?" Lyra said, with a bit of frustration in her tone. Before Twilight could respond, another voice came from behind the door.
"Lyra, we need to come in, I'm afraid this isn't optional," a male voice spoke. Another human, accompanied by a much larger human. Lyra turned back to Kira, who's expression showed rage and fear.
'Higashikata Josuke!' He thought to himself, before the door was forced open by DIO himself. Twilight, DIO, and Josuke all locked eyes onto Kira, who stood up from the table.
"What's your name?" DIO asked, staring the strange equine in the face. Kira froze, unsure of what to say.
"His name is Golden Glaze!" Lyra said suddenly, "he's been around since Bon-Bon. . ."
Lyra seemed to be unable to complete the sentence, allowing the tears from her thoughts of losing Kira to flow as if they were for her deceased friend.
Josuke and Twilight immediately felt terrible, thinking they had intruded on her residence for nothing as her show was certainly believable. Her tears were genuine, but not for the purpose they believed it to be. A world of guilt flooded them, the thought of having barged in and scared the poor pony without any real evidence. Sure, the stakes were high, but in hindsight it seemed unnecessary to do things that way. DIO, however, kept his stance, not phased in the slightest by the remarks.
"Shit. . ." Josuke said, "We won't find anything here."
As they turned away, DIO stared at the so-called 'Golden Glaze'. Before Josuke and Twilight could walk away, DIO held his hand up.
"Wait. Tell me what you see." He said. Twilight turned around with a worried expression, thinking that DIO was going to be unnecessarily mean.
"Come off of it DIO," Josuke said quietly, "her loss is unrelated."
"Then why does that fully-grown equine lack a mark on it's flank?" he pointed out. "Every other adult equine has one, from what I understand, it's a critical part of childhood development in every equine." Both Lyra and Kira looked at each other with fear as Twilight and Josuke made the realization. As Josuke looked closer, however, he saw the eyes of the killer. The unmistakable glare of hatred and immorality.
"Yoshikage Kira!" Josuke shouted, summoning Crazy Diamond immediately as DIO also summoned The World.
Kira saw no choice, he knew Lyra would be held accountable for his killings, and for some reason, that was all that was on his mind. Rather than combating the feelings he had, he lunged out of the seat.
"KILLER QUEEN!" the Stand came out, much more powerful than it had ever been. DIO began to walk forward before Josuke stopped him.
"No, this is my fight, this is why I'm here!" Josuke said, "I will finish this, once and for all."
DIO stepped back, grinning at Josuke's determination, before uttering a good wish to him that DIO never thought he would speak in his life.
"Fight well, Joestar."