//------------------------------// // Chapter 34- All Hands On // Story: Reformed Unicorn Group Podcast // by Quoterific //------------------------------// It was going quite well in the studio that day. Everypony was involving themselves in the conversation about simple topics, like how Pinkie throws the best parties, Rainbow’s sonic rainboom and other matters that came up in the groups head. However, fate had something planned to disrupt a good day of presenting the show’s loyal listeners. Suddenly, the door burst open, causing the door to be knocked off its hinges. Every head turned towards the door, displaying varying faces of shock, except Trixie who had a face of annoyance. There, standing where the door should have been, was a fresh, minty green unicorn, her horn flaring with a slight orange aura and a lyra for a cutie mark. Her face was the most disturbing, rivalling that of Pinkie when she was down in the dumps. Her pupils were pinpricks, darting around the room, her right eye developing a nasty twitched. Her mane and tail was a frazzled state, like a serious case of bed-mane. All in all, to say that the group was disturbed was an understatement. “Excuse me,” Trixie huffed with annoyance, “Can’t you see we are recording live right now? No guests or fans until the end of the day!” Trixie folded her arms and glared at the unicorn who interrupted the show. The unicorn, however, didn’t seem to pay attention as her eyes fell on Sunset Shimmer. Sunset felt her coat stand on ends, like as if a ghost walked past through her. The sound of hooves running soon caught everypony’s ears as another pony ran into the room. This time it was an cream-coloured earth pony with a dark blue and pink mane and tail. She had three sweets as a cutie mark. “Lyra? What in the name of Celestia do you think your doing?” She panted, showing that they both ran some distance to the studio, “Can’t you see your interrupting the show?” Lyra didn’t seem to pay attention, as she took a step towards a now scared Sunset. “Hands…” Lyra trailed off slowly. Everypony looked at her with curiosity, but Sunset had a faint idea what she wanted. She wasn’t going to like this. “What did you say?” Tempest asked with trepidation. That was all she got as Lyra darted towards them and tackled Sunset to the ground. Sunset, dazed and confused found herself encased in Lyra’s magic and Lyra was hugging her hooves. “Where are the hands? Show me the hands! Are they hidden underneath your hooves or something? Tell me your secrets, unicorn!” Lyra pried at Sunset’s hooves, much to Sunset’s confusion. Starlight was quick to her feet, using her magic to grab Sunset’s tail and yank her back to the group. Lyra used her magic harder to pull Sunset back to her. Trixie and Tempest got up and pulled helped started pulling on Starlight, trying to help her steady her magic and get Sunset back. Bonbon was at Lyra’s side, trying to get Lyra back to her. A strange game of tug-of-war soon developed, with the three unicorns on one side, Bonbon and Lyra on the other and poor confused Sunset in the middle. Sunset was beginning to feel the strain of both unicorns pulling with their magic. “What is her problem?” Sunset strained as she was caught between green and orange magical auras. “I’m sorry to get you involved in this,” Bonbon wheezed, “Lyra has this strange obsession with appendages. She must have heard about them on the show and wanted to have hands of her own.” “Well there is a Lyra in my world,” she answered simply. This only made Lyra pull harder. “There is another me with hands and walks on two legs? Now I want her to tell me everything!” Lyra shouted. Eventually, Starlight, being the more magically powerful, managed to win the game, causing Sunset to crash into the group. Lyra crashed into Bonbon, overpowered by the magical surged to get Sunset back. Dusting herself off, she pointed a hoof directed at the terrified unicorn of her desire. “This isn’t over. You will tell me everything I need to know about hands, no matter what!” With that she darted out of the busted doorframe. “Lyra wait! We’re going to talk about this when you’ve calmed down!” Bonbon chased after the mare. The rest lay on the floor, dazed and disturbed about what had transpired today. Eventually Sunset spoke. “Starlight, tell Twilight to shut down the mirror for a few days. I will write to the girls explaining the current situation. I’ll be staying at the castle for a while before this blows over.” “I think it’s best if we stay together for the rest of the week,” Tempest suggested, “Safety in numbers and all.” “I agree,” Starlight said before struggling with her magic to get to the microphones, “We’re going to stop there after what has happened. Hope we will get this sorted and fix everything real soon.”