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// Part 3 - Sweet Potion 
// Story: Sweet Strings 
// by DashCamp(IDBrony) 
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Julian - CsCamper - DashCamp(IDBrony)

Part 3 – Sweet Potion



Gloomy days grew in Lyra’s life for a while, she lost a lead point on searching for Octav. Lyra lost her only hope on searching for her first love, her heart broke, turned deep inside a depressed state. Lyra looked like a living pony zombie, her mind was blank, she didn’t care about anything. Every night her parents could hear her mourning words, Lyra’s parents tried to take her to the doctor, but none could help. Bon Bon was very worried about Lyra, she tried to lighten her up, but Lyra only stared to the front, looking into nothing.

Lyra depression could be feel just by being around her, she didn’t want to talk to anyone, not even too her parents. Her green bed was her only companion, she lied down with a pillow on her head, thinking about nothing. “May I come in?”, Bon Bon asked slowly through the door, but Lyra gave no reply. Bon Bon opened the door silently, she saw Lyra sleeping in a mess, photos were scattered on the floor, and Lyra didn’t look fine.

“Oc..tav... c..come.. back...”
“Don’t.. don’t leave me... alone...”
“Mom, I’m sorry, Lyra, I’m sorry too”
“Octav... but why? Octav! OCTAV!”
.......
“GUWAH!”, Lyra woke up with sweat all over her mane, “A dream..”, she said to herself. Lyra wiped her eyes slowly, clearing her sight. Sunlight sneaked through the window curtain, shining her room in light. “Oc..tav..*shrug shrug*, what should I do now... *shrug*” ,  her eyes went wet, she wiped her eyes again to clear her tears. She was getting off the bed when she felt something heavy near her back leg. She widened her sight to the end of the bed, a filly was sleeping on the blanket. Lyra then pulled her hoof out slowly, she grabbed her saddlebag ,opened the window and went out quietly.

Lyra just took one step from the window when she felt something on her back, “I’m going where you’re going”, Bon Bon talked to Lyra while holding Lyra’s saddlebag. Lyra pulled her saddlebag from Bon Bon and walked away leaving Bon Bon behind, Bon Bon lost her grip and fell down off the window,but then she quickly stood up and chased after Lyra. Not far away, Lyra was walking quietly with her head down, her hoofstep was stopped with a bump on her face. In front of her Bon Bon was standing up straight, blocking her way. Lyra didn’t take a single look at her friend’s face, and just walked away.

Bon Bon quickly pulled Lyra to her, *SMACK*, a punch flew straight into Lyra’s cheek. “Wake up!...”, Bon Bon shouted with tears dropping from both of her eyes, she left Lyra alone in tears. Lyra was still dumb shut, she wiped her cheek and continued walking. Step by step, tears slowly dropped from her eyes, “What have I done..?! I’m such a stupid pony, stupid, stupid, stupid,*shrug* damn stupid.”, the drops quickly turned into a flow, a sad flow of tears flowing from her eyes, feeling of sorrow poured from her heart.

Bon Bon ran away leaving Lyra, “Lyra, you idiot!”, she repeated it a lot of time while running, tears dropped as her hooves stepped along, and the feeling of pain drilled through her heart. Unknown to her, Lyra then chased her back, she ran faster and managed to catch up with Bon Bon within a couple of seconds. Lyra ran straight into Bon Bon, she crashed into Bon Bon and both of them fell into the ditch, “I’m sorry,Bon Bon. I’m so... sorry, I never did care about you, I didn’t even thank you, I’m such a heartless moron, sorry, sorry...”, Lyra apologized with a hug following her words.

Bon Bon was shocked, she didn’t expect an action like that from Lyra, she hugged her back, “I’m sorry too, we’re still friends, right? Lyra?”, “yes, Bon Bon, we are.”, the two ponies hugged tightly ending their miserable moment in a ditch. Lyra felt better after that, she was blind to her surroundings, her mind was stuck with Octav, but Bon Bon, took care of her blindness, wiped some of the sadness away.

“Lyra, want some candy I made earlier?”, Bon Bon brought up a pan of  wrapped candy out from the kitchen, “I think you made too much candy, even YOU’re a candy, haha..”. The atmosphere turned brighter, it had been days since their incident, and Bon Bon helped Lyra a lot to maintain her sanity. Sweets helped Lyra to think better, and slowly she managed to get rid of Octav out from her mind. Two years has passed since the incident, Lyra sometimes still thought about it, but she didn’t mind about it anymore.

“Have you ever considered about opening your own candy shop, Bon Bon?”, a question from Bon Bon’s mother started the breakfast talk in their house, “Candy shop?”, Bon Bon asked her mom back, “I see that you have talent in making candy, why don’t you sell it? you can also help our family by doing it sweetie.”. Bon Bon felt excited, a candy shop of her own dream, where she could make beloved candies and sell them to other ponies. “But...”, Bon Bon felt a bit nervous, “Mom, I’m still 13.. and I haven’t even got my cutie mark yet.”. Her mother smiled a bit, she pecked a small kiss on her daughter forehead and replied softly, “oh.. sweetie, I didn’t say you must start now, but if you really want to.., mommy can help.”, “Yay...!” Bon Bon replied happily, her mind was full of what she would do for her dream.

Lyra was trotting around ponyville, enjoying the evening view, when she saw a large crowd in front of Bon Bon’s house. Lyra was so curious that she tried to squeeze through the crowd, slow but sure, she reached the front part of the crowd. “Lyra, I never thought you were here!”, Bon Bon greeted her through the busy customers, “Bon Bon, what’s with all these crowds, what’s happening here?”. Lyra was stuck between the customers, she could hardly moves, she could hear Bon Bon’s voices through the crowds, “Wait a minute Lyra, I need to handle these crowds”, Lyra slowly crawled through couples of ponies and finally reached back to her starting point, “Ah... my body is still in one piece”, she mumbled to herself.

An hour later, the crowds slowly wore off, Lyra then proceed to get inside. Bon Bon and her mom just started cleaning the mess in the kitchen when Lyra came inside, “Oh.. Lyra! Sorry I was too busy, I’m sorry, tehe..”, Bon Bon apologized while washing some dishes on the sink, “It’s fine”, Lyra replied, “but I think somepony should be happier than usual”, Bon Bon’s mom cut their talk, and pushed Bon Bon’s flank up.

“My Cutie Mark! OH YEAH! WOOOT!”, Bon Bon cheered happily, “Congratulations, Bon Bon! But I think I’m still lost here”, Lyra congratulates her dear friend while scanning through the pans and dishes. Bon Bon took off her mittens and proceed to grab some candies “Oh! I forgot to tell you, me and my mom decided to open a candy shop, and the result is, my Cutie Mark! Yes...! So, you want to try some, Lyra?”, “Uhuh” Lyra replied short, she levitated the candy with her horn and slowly bit the soft candy with her teeth, she felt something warm from the candy, along with her Cutie Mark appearance, but why did it appear?

To be continued....