Lyra
“What do you think about coming to my house for Christmas?” Bon Bon asked as we walked down the hallway side by side.
“I don’t know,” I sighed as I shifted my backpack slightly.
“You okay?” Bon Bon asked worriedly as she squeezed my hand.
“I’m fine.”
“You suck at lying.”
“I might just skip Christmas this year,” I admitted as she raised an eyebrow.
“Parents?” Bon Bon asked and I nodded. “It sucks I know. But you’re welcome at my house whenever. My mom adores you.”
“We will see.”
Bon Bon frowned slightly and squeezed my hand reassuringly. It wasn’t I hated Christmas, quite the opposite but the house always felt empty.
Sunset rolled in front of us with her sister on top of her as the pair slammed into a locker with a bored looking Sunburst behind them.
“What are you two doing?” Bon Bon cried out as we both moved to separate them. Spitfire threw Sunset into a locker as everyone in the hallway gasped and I grabbed Sunset.
“Hey what gives?” Sunset demanded.
“You’re fighting your sister, that’s what!”
Bon Bon placed a hand on Spitfires chest as the two fiery haired girls laughed.
“We’re playing!” They both said in unison.
“What?” Bon Bon asked.
“They’re wrestling,” Sunburst said helpfully. “They used to do it everyday as fillies. It annoyed me to no end because they always play fought when I was reading in the living room.”
“Shush you,” Spitfire sneered. “You and Starlight did the same thing!”
“I did what?” Starlight called out from the crowd.
“Different Starlight!” Sunset called back.
“Oh!”
“We probably shouldn’t have done this here,” Sunset admitted sheepishly as she blushed faintly. “She was talking shit.”
“I was what?” Spitfire snapped and grabbed Sunset’s head with her arm. “Come here damn it!”
I watched Spitfire rubbing Sunset’s head aggressively with her spare hand as Sunset flailed around and failed to get away. My smirk grew slightly wider as we all stepped away.
“Maybe we should let them be for now,” Bon Bon said as Sunset finally broke from the head lock and tackled Spitfire as the pair laughed.
“Do you do this with Twist?” I asked curiously as Sunset pinned Spitfire down with her knee on her chest.
“What? No! She’s too young for this rough playing!”
I held my hands up protectively.
“Just checking.”
I sat lazily on the couch as I watched the snow fall yet again on my windows. Twist and Bon Bon sat with me as we quietly watched outside.
“Is that a yes to coming to my house for Christmas?” Bon Bon asked quietly as Twist played on my phone. “You know how much we all worry about you in this house.”
“I guess. Just not feeling Christmas this year right now I guess. Which is weird but I have everything I want already. Ya know, Derpy, Vinyl, you, even Trixie and Fluttershy. And Twist of course.”
“Why not Lyra? Chrithmath is the coolest time! Dinky and I are planning to go sledding even it thows. Wanna come with?” Twist offered hopefully and I melted a bit at her expression.
“Yeah of course kid.”
“Do I get to come?” Bon Bon pouted as I laughed quietly.
“Of course thith! Apple Bloom and her sister might join us too if everything goes right. I keep hearing about anon a miss. What’s that?”
Bon Bon and I looked at each other, having a silent argument. We had wanted to keep it a secret from her sister but I guess she did overhear Sunset’s sister mention it during her intimidation of her human counterpart.
“Your friends Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo did something really bad and hurt a really close friend of ours pretty bad. She wasn’t the same for a good while after wards and it hurt us all to see,” I began and paused to sip my hot chocolate.
“It was like our friend wasn’t herself anymore,” Bon Bon took over. “In a matter of three weeks, all of her confidence was gone and she was depressed. It was like the person we knew and loved had died in a way.”
“But I thought you loved Lyra?” Twist pointed out.
“I do,” Bon Bon laughed. “But I love this person in a completely different way. She might be family one day after all.”
“Anyway, it was worse for Cheerilee because that was the second time she had to see Sunset depressed and with like no confidence. Cheerilee despised the Rainbooms for a long time afterwards and she almost never hates people,” I said.
“Thunset is nice to me.”
“She’s nice to everyone now,” I agreed readily. “Of course she wasn’t always that way but people change. But anyway, they framed her for something she didn’t do and everyone instantly hated her again. It was like all her hard work was for nothing.”
“Why?” Twist asked curiously and I sighed. “Scootaloo is her sister though.”
“Well she wasn’t always her sister. And they were all jealous Sunset was spending time with their sisters and sister figure. It was a tense time for everyone in the school. It’s why Sunset’s sister went off on her counterpart.”
“Are both Spitfires twins or something? How is there two of them?” Twist asked as I smirked slightly.
“Maybe one day soon we will show you. But we gotta ask Sunset first. Security and all,” I said as someone knocked on the door. “I’ll get it.”
I stood up and strode over to the door, opening it slightly to reveal a woman with flowing hair.
“Princess Celestia?” I asked curiously as she nodded. “What can I do for you?”
“I’d like to speak to you in private. Mainly about your friendship with Sunset,” she answered and I raised an eyebrow.
“Not much to tell. She’s my girl, do anything for her. What ya wanna know?”
“I’m talking to all of her friends,” Celestia answered and I stepped aside to let her in. “Thank you. Now where can we speak? Is Bon Bon here?”
“Yeah, she is. We can talk in my room,” I said as we walked past the living room and Bon Bon gave me a confused look.
I shrugged in reply and gestured for Celestia to follow me upstairs.