A Tale of Two Lunas

by Everythingpossible


Lyra

Ordinarily, any sane human would go insane over the thought of being captured by a blue-green unicorn from another dimension and being held for days underground. However, Luna Lovegood was by no definition ‘ordinary’, and toed the line a bit when it came to ‘sane’. On the contrary, she was quite quiescent.
“So, do you want me to take off my clothes or anything?’
“What? No! Eww, why would I make you do that? I don’t want to see you naked” said Lyra, herself wearing nothing except two latex gloves and two fuzzy slippers.
“I thought all of you didn’t wear clothes”.
“Well, yes, but humans are… different”.
“I suppose so,” Luna said, her voice trailing off as she examined the room one more time.
“Do you see humans very often?” she asked.
“Mhm.. what?” Lyra responded, looking up from a piece of equipment she was holding. “Oh, no, never. You’re the first one I’ve seen, except for pictures”.
“Have you ever seen a crumple-horned snorkack?”
“A–what?” Lyra responded, her curiosity piqued. “No, no I haven’t. Why? Are there a lot of them where you come from?”
“No, but they exist. My father told me. He runs a magazine. We’re going to Sweden this summer to find some.”
Lyra’s curiosity once again got the best of her with the mention of a place where humans live.
“S-Sweden? Where is that?”
“In Scandinavia. It’s very cold there.”
“Where is Scandinavia?”
“In Europe”.
“Where is Europe?”
“It’s a continent”.
“Oh…” Lyra said, desperately wanting to know more.
“So, what exactly are you doing?”
“I–” Lyra came to a sudden and unwelcome realization. “I– I have absolutely no idea. I’ve never actually found a human before”.
“Oh. Interesting. I’ve seen lots of unicorns before.”
“You– you have‽
“Oh, sure. But the ones I’ve seen don’t talk very often”.
“Huh”.
Their interesting conversation was interrupted by an explosion. Lyra turned around, horrified to see two Royal Guards standing in the doorframe where the secret passageway once stood. Luna, still tied to a chair, was utterly stoic. The two guards walked into the room once the smoke had cleared.
“Lyra Heartstrings, you are hereby under arrest for aiding and abetting a known criminal and trespassing in the Royal Canterlot Gardens”.
What‽ How–” she said, turning perplexedly to Luna. “You’re- a criminal?
“Oh. I am. Interesting.” Her utter apathy was interrupted by the entrance of a certain purple unicorn.
“Tw-Twilight‽" What the buck are you doing here?”
“Thank you, officers, I’ll take it from here” she said, gesturing towards the two pegasi blocking the only exit. She then turned to Lyra.
“Special assignment from Princess Celestia. I’m afraid that your little experiment, while extremely interesting to science, is wanted for heinous crimes against Equestria”.
“By Celestia’s beard, what the holy buck did you do‽” Lyra exclaimed at Luna. She shrugged.
“Your friend here is accused of breaking into Canterlot castle, freeing Discord, possibly kidnapping Princess Luna, and littering”.
“Daaaaaaaammnn” said Lyra.
“...Which is why I’m unfortunately going to have to arrest you both for further questioning.”
“What did I do?” Lyra shouted.
“You brought her here to Ponyville, thus aiding her in her escape”.
“I wasn’t trying to escape, she kidnapped me” said Luna, ignored by both unicorns.
“B-but… what about Bon-Bon?”
“I’m afraid we’re going to have to take her too.”
“You can’t do this! I have rights! I–”
“I’m so sorry about this Lyra, but I have no choice. Princess’ orders.”
“But I–”
“Trust me, it’s for your own good. Goodnight, Lyra”.
“Good night? But it’s only n–” she said, interrupted by a large blunt object impacting the back of her skull.