Lyra sat down beside Bon Bon and offered Twilight the marshmallow-ey chair opposite them. 'Do you want a drink?' asked Lyra.
'Oh, no thanks, I've just had lunch.'
And then they got down to business.
'So did you get the information we needed?' asked Twilight. Lyra looked guiltily at nothing in particular.
'Most of it. The lawyer hung up on me, so...'
Twilight looked disgruntled. 'Well, let's start with what we have got. We need to accumulate the data and see where we'll go next.'
'Okay,' said Lyra. She took out Twilight's list of questions and reviewed it.
'Thee attacker was female, but we didn't get a name. She was attacked down Nocturn Alley, you know the one? Doctor Whooves had left her just outside. He heard the scream, but didn't see anything. Caramel saw it from a distance, though. The mare was a yellow earth pony. They'll be calling one witness, I have no idea who.'
'Do you have any witnesses?'
'Yes. Caramel said he'd come in. Doctor Whooves too, but I don't really see what he could do.'
Lyra could practically see the cogs in Twilight's brain go into overdrive. After a while, Twilight sighed. 'Ponyville was founded by Earth ponies, as you should know. Out of all three Equine races, not including Alicorns, Earth ponies have been seen as the ones to uphold traditional values and morals,' she said, 'Do you see where I'm going here?'
Twilight obviously didn't want to say it, so Lyra spared her the pain. 'They attacked Bon Bon because we're lesbians,' said Lyra stiffly.
'Yes,' Twilight admitted, 'They view it as unnatural and undermining of their mare/colt marriage.'
'But that's so not fair!' said Lyra loudly.
'That's not for me to decide,' said the purple unicorn.
'So what do you think of it?' asked Bon Bon.
'To be honest, I think everypony should be allowed to love anypony they want. I'm not really one way or another, just so long as nopony's being homophobic. Which they are, which is why I'm taking your side. I just can't believe they'd justify it to themselves.'
'Some ponies are unbelievable,' said Lyra, 'But what do you think will happen in court?'
'You say the accused was female, and calling one witness? Here's what I say. I say that they'll claim GP defense.'
'What's that?' asked Bon Bon.
'Gay panic defense,' said Twilight, 'If the accused claimed Bon Bon was trying to chat her up, and she freaked and attacked Bon Bon in a lapse of judgement, there's nothing you can do. They'll get away with it.'
'What?' said Lyra, 'How does that even work? It's no different from chatting up a colt!'
'It's a completely predjudiced and corrupt, but there's nothing you can do. Even if Bon Bon had been killed, the mare would get as little as 3 months on parole, if she pleaded guilty to ponyslaughter and used the GPD,' said Twilight dismally.
'That is so unfair,' said Lyra.
'I'm sorry,' said Twilight, 'But I don't know what to do. If you're both calling witnesses, then there will be two different stories, and they won't be able to prove anything, or put anypony behind bars. The most important thing is to not lose your cool in front of the jury.'
'That is such utter bullcrap,' Lyra seethed.
'I'm sorry,' said Twilight again. Then after a while she left, for there was nothing to be said.
They sat in silence for a while, not speaking or moving. After a while, Bon Bon's seasoned voice broke the silence. 'Wh-what are we gonna do Lyra?'
Her words felt like a hundred knives stabbing into Lyra's chest, then twisting themselves around in an endless circular motion. She wanted to protect Bon Bon so badly, but she just couldn't. The despair in Bon Bon's voice was almost too much for her to bare.
Lyra's ear twitched, not in a nervous way, but the way it did when she got an idea. She perked up, held her hooves against Bon Bon's and said:
'We go to the court case. Then we go to Canterlot. We spread the love. Then, finally, we go to Princess Celestia. That's what we do. What do you say?'
Bon Bon's eyes widened. 'We could do that?' she said, 'We could take this to Celestia?'
'If we don't, then who will? Bons, we've been together for years, and we love each other more than anything. I know that without a doubt I would die for you. And I think it's about time we fought for something that everypony in Equestria has been denying us our whole lives: The right to get married.'
'You... You want to get married? To me?' asked Bon Bon incredulously.
'Bon Bon, don't you?' asked Lyra worriedly.
Bon Bon smiled, 'It's all I've ever dreamed.'