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// "Dear Diary" 
// Story: Destiny Is Not A Choice 
// by Sempre Luna 
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January 31, 3613
00:00 hrs

Ponyville, Main District

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Dear Diary,

I know it's late, but I couldn't sleep.

I'm worried about Lyra.

It all began a week ago. See, she's very interested in the past. The far past. Even before the age of Celestia. I can't even begin to be interested in last week, let alone thousands of years ago! I suppose it's a harmless hobby, but lately, she's been getting more enthralled with it.

I know she hasn't been able to find work for a while, given she was recently rejected from the Royal Canterlot Symphony Orchestra. I'm just saying she should have known that grey pony could handle the entire string section in her sleep. I've been to the Grand Galloping Gala. That pony can play! Back on track I suppose. I know it weighs on her. That doesn't change the fact she has responsibilities and should find temp work. Maybe work on the Apple Farm or run errands for that fashion unicorn. What's her name? Rarity, right. But that's just the thing. She's not looking for work. She just sits. And sits. And sits alone in her room, mulling over her history books. I'm sure it's unhealthy.

I accept it as a hobby, but it clearly has become an obsession. Every day, the same routine. Wake up and never do a daily routine. Just come downstairs looking like a wreck (probably didn't get sleep). She talks about her work, eats breakfast, and heads back upstairs. Likely to learn more about the "hooman". All these rumors and half-truths. Can you imagine being able to  arrive on the moon without the fate of banishment? Please! I've seen better imaginative thoughts come from Applejack.

That's why I'm worried, primarily. She never was this way. I know the anniversary of her mother's disappearance is coming up soon. That may be why she's so passionate. Her mother was a historian for the Canterlot Library. Most of her work was given to Lyra following the official disappeared pony report. And not to be cruel, but her mother had been known to be a few apples short of a bushel. She was nice, don't get me wrong! Both our mothers got along nicely. But it's not like Lyra wasn't influenced. I sometimes wonder what her life was like. Study of anthropology. Please. What about astronomy? Economics? Something real? It only pains me because she is my best friend. I just wish there was-

I just heard a noise. I'll be right back.

~ BB