"Where did she go?"
"I don't know Bonnie, but were not in Canterlot."
"Well where ARE we then?"
"How should I know? I've never been outside of Ponyville."
The breeze got colder. It brought a chill down both of their spines. "We need to get inside." Bon Bon said chattering her teeth. Lyra gave her a surprised look. Most of the time, Bon Bon was afraid of doing the simplest things like asking how much an apple fitter costs. Let alone go into a scary looking place. But it was getting cold. Lyra lead the way to the gray castle. It was an eye sore just to look at. The walls were rusted out and hard.
When they finally got to the door, Lyra reached her hoof out to knock but the huge doors opened by they're selves. They made an awfull noise when they opened. Bon Bon had to cover her ears.
When they entered, they were greeted by creepy items like swords and statues of dragons. But it was warm so they over looked them as much as possible. A fireplace with a cozy couch sat next to the right. To the left was a bar filled with achol drinks. And in the middle was a big flight of stairs. Bon Bon had enough of looking around and quickly ran over to the fireplace to warm up. Lyra, on the other hoof, had some exploring to do. Something just wasn't right to her.
She slowly trotted to the bar. All those wonderful drinks. She was so tempted to make herself a dry martini or a white russian or even some simple merlot she didn't care. Just something to give her a buzz. But she stopped herself. She was a two year recovering acholic anyway. Besides, Bon Bon wouldn't be to happy if she smelled achol on Lyra's breath. Lyra knew most of Bon Bon's family were a bunch of no good drunks. Even her own mother would hit the bottle.
Bon Bon's family had indeed a drinking problem. Her father left her family when she was just a young filly. Her mother was so depressed after that she would drink heavily. Sometimes she would beat Bon Bon for no reason. She would blame her for her father leaving them. Bon Bon always had to walk home after school because her mother was to sorry to ever leave the house after three o'clock. It was a sad thing indeed. But Bon Bon couldn't leave her. She was so tempted to tell her teachers that her mother was beating her so she could live a whole new life somewhere far away. But something always stopped her. When she was fourteen, her mom commited suicide. Bon Bon had no where to go after that. Most of her family were either dead or in jail. And then her best friend Lyra asked her to move in with her. Lyra was eighteen at the time so she had her own apartment. She didn't leave ever since.
Lyra came from a much differnet environment. Her mother and father were filthy rich. Lyra got whatever she wanted. But when she was sixteen, Lyra got involved with a bad crowd. She got into alot of trouble. She was arrested at least twice a month. Her parents got tired of bailing her out. So when she turned eighteen, they kicked her out. With no where to go, she livied with one of her hippie friends until she could work up enough money to rent her own place. She eventually found a job in the wagon factory. Lyra rented a small apartment and invited her best friend, Bon Bon, to live with her.
The blue unicorn contiuned to look. Hoping to find something that would explain who lived here. Just then, a white mare in a maid's uniform came down the stairs. "Is there something I can help you with?" The mare asked. Lyra looked over to see that it was the mare that sent them here. "You!" Lyra shouted with anger in her voice. She ran to the mare and grabbed her by the collar. "You said we were going to Canterlot but you sent us here!" Lyra motioned her hoof to punch the mare but was stopped by Bon Bon. "I'm sorry. My master told me to send you to his castle." The white unicorn said in fear. "Master?" Bon Bon asked still holding Lyra back. "Allow me to explain. I'm Swizzle. I work here. My master sent me to Ponyville to send you ponies here. My master really wants to met you."
"Well, why did the letter say that it was from the princess?" Lyra asked calmed down.
"He knew that you wouldn't come if it was just some stranger." Just then, a chiming sound rang all threw the castle. "Oh, that's my master calling me now. Come with me, he really wants to met you." Swizzle lead the way up the stairs.
The hall way was cold as ice. The ponies could see their breath. It was dark and narrow. The roof was leaking, the walls had holes in them, and the floor had broken glass everywhere. The ponies had to watch their steps. It felt like an hour had passed by the time they finally reached the door that Swizzle lead them to. "Well, here we are. The master's room. I must be on my way now, I have chores to do." Swizzle trotted off.
The two frighten ponies didn't know what to expect when they opened that door. Anything could happen.
"Well... I guess we should... knock."
"Lyra..."
"Yes Bonnie?"
"I wanna go home."
"Oh Bon Bon." Lyra reached out to comfort her friend. "We will go home, I promise. But right now, we have to do this." Lyra could feel the goosebumps on Bon Bon's back. It was painful to see her friend afraid. Lyra felt so stupid for putting her best friend through something like this. Bon Bon was so young, so delicate. Lyra felt like a mother to her. And if Bon Bon was unhappy or scared in anyway, Lyra knew she failed at being a good friend and a mother figure.
"Well don't just stand there, come in." A voice said. It came from the other side of the door. Lyra and Bon Bon reached out to open the door together. When they walked in, they saw nothing but white. "Welcome, Mon Mon and Kyra is it?" The voice echoed through the room but there was nothing but white.
"Um... no... I'm Bon Bon... an- and this is my best friend, Lyra."
"Well, your just in time for the party." The voice echoed. Just then the whole room turned into a big party room. Streamers, balloons, cake, the whole package. Bon Bon turned around to see a balloon with a face right behind her. She hid behind Lyra. "Like it? I put it together myself." The balloon said. Bon Bon was terrifed and Lyra just stood there. Quiet. "C'mon, it's a party. Have some fun!" The balloon said flying around the two. "Whats going on?" Lyra asked with no fear in her "Oh, silly me, where are my manners?" The ballon asked as it popped.
The ballon turned into some sort of beast. With a pony's head, a lion paw, a snake's tail, etc. "I'm Discord. I'm the ruler of chaos." Discord said with a huge grin on his face. "Can I get you something to drink? A dry martini? Maybe some red wine? Merlot? A Bloody Mary? Or how about some-" "SHE DOESN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DRINK!" Bon Bon shouted. "Do you Lyra?" Lyra didn't answer. She was drolling.
"Lyra? LYRA?! Snap out of it!"
"Huh? Wh- what?"
"You don't want anything to drink do you?"
"Oh umm..."
"Oh Lyra, c'mon. Don't let her spoil our fun." Discord said pouring himself a glass of wine. "Stop it Discord!" Bon Bon demanded. "I shall do no such thing. I'm just being a good party host." Discord said still pouring the wine. Lyra watched in aw. It looked so good. All that red wine pouring down into a cyrstal clear glass. It made Lyra's mouth water.
"Lyra don't give in!"
"Lyra, you know you want it."
"Stop it Discord!"
"Stop it Discord!"
"Stop mocking me!"
"Make me."
Lyra didn't listen to the rest of the argument. She was to amazed to the wine. She started to walk towards it slowly. But she stopped herself. "No... must... not... give... in..." The unicron fought herself from getting close to the glass. Discord got bored of waiting. He snaped his fingers and turned the whole room into a sea of wine. Lyra's jaw dropped at the wonderful sight but Bon Bon was drowning. "He- Help! I can- can't sw- swim!" Discord tried to ignore her but decied to help anyway. "Ugh, fine..." He snaped his fingers and brought Bon Bon aboard the wine glass boat.
"Isn't this wonderful Lyra? It's a sea made of wine." Discord said chugging the ren wine through a crazy straw. 'It's... it's... beautiful... I... I've never seen so much wine." Lyra said in amazement. "Ha ha... I KNEW you would like it." Discord passed her a crazy straw. "Have a sip... you'll love it." "No Lyra! Don't do it!" Bon Bon shouted from the other side of the boat. "I bet she'll give in a second."
"No she won't!"
"Wanna bet? I've got an idea. Why don't we play a little game?"
"I don't wanna play your little games Discord! I want my friend!"
"Not until we play a little game Bonnie."
"... How do you play?"
"The rules are simple. If Lyra gives in and drinks the wine, I win. If she doesn't, you win and you get to go back home."
"What do you get if you win?"
"Anything I want."
Bon Bon had to think about this. Anything could be, well, anything! But she knew her friend wouldn't do something so terrible. "... Deal ..." Discord gave a pleased look. Bon Bon got an uneasy lump in her throat. What did she just do?
Discord snapped his fingers and made a lawn chair and a pair of sunglasses appear. "I'm going to work on my tan while I wait." Bon Bon gave a puzzled look but didn't question it. She ran over to her friend as quickly as possible. "Lyra, please don't give in." Lyra didn't answer. She was to busy looking at her reflection in the wine pool. "Lyra, snap out of it please. Your stronger then this." Bon Bon put her trembling hoof around Lyra's neck.
Hours passed. Bon Bon and Lyra didn't move. Discord was getting bored. He decieded to end this right now. He snapped his fingers to hyponotize Lyra. Lyra's eyes went into a swirl. "L- Lyra?" Lyra dipped her entire face into the pool and drank the liquid.
"NO!"
"YES! I win!" Discord did a victory dance.
Discord snapped his fingers and made everything normal again. Lyra snapped out of her trance. "Wh- what happed?" The unicorn asked in a daze. "I'll tell you what happend my dear, YOU just bought yourself a ticket to another world!" Discord said with an evil laugh afterwards. "Lyra... how could you?!" "Bon Bon! I'm- I'm so sorry."
Discord snapped his fingers one more time and made the ponies disapper.