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// Prompt #321-Ponywatching 
// Story: Ponywatching 
// by ThunderTempest 
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“What do you think they talk about?”

Lyra turned from her position on the bench beside her friend Bonbon.

“Who?”

“Them. You know, Twilight, Rarity, that group of mares.” 

Lyra followed Bonbon’s outstretched hoof to see Equestria’s newest Princess, Twilight Sparkle taking a casual stroll with Rarity. The two mares were casually chatting as they walked through the park. “Probably completely normal, average, pony things.” 

Bonbon didn’t seem happy with that answer. “But those six have been at the centre of everything that’s happened to this town for the last two years. They’re even national heroes, twice over. You want to know what I think?” 

Lyra sighed in resignation. As much as she loved her friend, Bonbon’s imagination could be a bit wild sometimes. “What do you think, Bonbon?” 

The other mare needed no further prompting than that. “I think they talk about really interesting stuff, like obscure magic, potential threats they could be facing off against, tactics. Maybe new developments in pastry warfare. Or maybe even...”

“So why don’t you go and ask them?” put in Lyra, cutting Bonbon’s incoming list off before it could really get started on the truly weird.

“But that would take away the mystery,” moaned the earth pony. Lyra slipped off the bench, and stood directly in front of her oldest friend to make sure she got her point through.

“Bonbon. They are normal, everyday ponies like you or me. They aren’t magical warriors from outerspace, Neighponese ninja or anything else you can dream up. They’re just ponies who happen to be in the right place at the right time. That’s it. They’ll talk about normal, everyday pony things. Not potential enemies, not tactics, and not Advanced Pastry Warfare. 
They. Are. NORMAL. PONIES!” Lyra’s voice had risen slightly throughout her speech, and when she finished, she was heaving for breath.

“Alright, I get it, I get it.” Bonbon sulked, and Lyra sat back down, pleased that she had temporarily quelled her friend’s overactive imagination, and the two settled back into conversation about Bonbon’s strategy for the upcoming Equestria Candy Maker Faire.


“Rarity, what do you think they talk about?” 

The white unicorn turned to face her alicorn companion. “What who talks about, dear?” 

“You know...normal ponies.” Twilight gestured around the park the two were walking through.

“Probably the usual things. Why?”

“But what are the ‘usual things’? I never really had a chance to see that when I was younger, being as concerned with books as I was back then.” 

Rarity giggled lightly. “You mean as you still are, my dear,” Twilight blushed in embarrassment. “The ‘usual things’ in casual conversation are things like mane care routines, business ideas...much of the same things we talk about when not saving the world, or attending Princess coronations.” 

Twilight took on a look of understanding. “Thanks for clearing that up, Rarity.”

“It’s not a problem my dear. I sometimes forget how unlike a normal pony your younger life was. Now, I do believe that Fluttershy is waiting on us at the spa, so let’s pick up the pace a bit, hmm?”

“Oh! Sorry.” And then the two ponies continued on to a perfectly ordinary day.