//------------------------------// // Where's Lyra? // Story: The Little Pony // by Shim15 //------------------------------// "Still reading mythology, your highness?" came a British accented voice that came from a lovely young woman. Her dark purple curls surrounded her white, pretty face that showed big, dark blue eyes. Those eyes were looking at a young man with blonde hair, leaning over a book. "Hm? Oh, yes Rarity. Actually, it's the only interesting thing in this entire library." the Prince sighed. He rolled his eyes to look at Rarity, and blinked. "What are you wearing?" "Oh, you noticed!" she said, batting her eyelashes. "Why I just made it today out of the finest of silk, and see how it shimmers? you see it is quite rare and the combination of the colors were simply-" "Yes, yes. Thank you. Now was there any particular reason you came to bother me?" the Prince sighed. "Well," she huffed, tossing her curls aside. "Captain Dash had me come to remind you that your cruise is ready." she narrowed her eyes slightly while mumbling, "Though I don't know why she'd want to remind you." "Thank you, Rarity. I shall be there in a moment." the Prince sighed. Rarity curtsied and left the room, muttering of how he couldn't have noticed the marvelous details of her gown. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "So, without further ado, my group will present it project." said a lavender alicorn, turning to the taller, pale pink alicorn who nodded. "Go ahead, Twilight." Twilight cleared her throat, and showed her a portrait of a human. "Ever since my trip to that other world, my group has begun studies of these creatures, known as 'humans'. I have gather only the best. Now, Doctor Hooves will start us off by some basics. Doctor." "Thank you, majesty." Dr. Hooves said, coming up in the front of the room. He looked to see all the ponies that had gathered for this class, hoping to hear the tale of Twilight's adventure. "From the information Twilight has given us, and by studying our books, we have learned that...." He gave a lecture about humans, about their lives, how their body works, and all that stuff. After about forty-five minutes or so, he finally announced: "Now Lyra Heartstrings will give us a demonstration on how humans work. Miss Lyra." Everypony waited for the minty green unicorn to step up. She didn't. "Umm.... Lyra...." still, nopony came. After a few callouts, and a few ponies looking for her, he turned red and growled. "That mare....." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Bonbon, lookie here!" exclaimed Lyra, pulling out a baby blue shirt with puffy sleeves. "It's a shirt- the one Twilight wore when she went to that world!" she placed it down carefully and got her camera, taking pictures. "Uh.... yeah..... um.... Lyra, do you think this is such a good idea?" Bonbon asked, nervously looking around. "I mean, this is where the Princesses come and do important studies, and ever so rarely do other ponies come here!" "Oh don't be a chicken." Lyra said, grinning, looking further into the chest of items. "We are just.... investigating." "Sneaking is what you mean." Bonbon replied, frowning. "No... we're just looking around....." "In black suits with our faces covered? Yeah, that's sneaking." "Naw- hey, lookie here!" "What is it?" Bonbon asked, trotting quickly to her. "It's a.. a..." "A boot." "Not just any boot." Lyra said, almost annoyed. "Look at it- it look weird, right?" "Um..... yeah....." "How can you be like this when we are discovering some of the most amazing things about amazing creatures!" Lyra announced. "Shhh, not so loud!" Bonbon hissed. "Listen, it looks weird because human feet- what they call the bottom parts of their hind legs- fit here. They have something called 'toes' that go like this." Her hoof traced along the boot footing where the toes were shaped. She snapped a couple more photos. "Wow... that's-" "Hey, you two!' came a gruff voice. They turned their heads to see a big guard, standing at the door way. "Uh oh.... run!" Lyra called out, grabbing Bonbon's hoof and dragging her quickly out of the room. "Get back here you troublemakers!" yelled the guard as he chased them. The two ran swiftly through the halls. Lyra's camera bounced against her chest as she ran swiftly with Bonbon close behind. "Bonbon, hold on to me. I know how to teleport some." she called to her friend. "Some?!" "As in we won't go very far, c'mon!" she grabbed Bonbon once more, and lit up her horn. Soon, they found themselves outside in the Canterlot Square. "Keep running. To the hotel- but get yours masks off so nopony will suspect us." As they ran through the streets, they took their masks off, revealing their faces. Soon they made it to their hotel they stayed at, and went to their rooms. Quickly getting out of their black outfits and hiding them in bags, they leaned against the wall, in relief. "That was way to close." Bonbon said, looking at Lyra with a sweaty face. "Yeah at least we got some pictures!" "I hope Doctor Hooves will be happy." "Doctor Hooves....? Oh no! The human lecture with the princess!" "That was toady?!" "Yes, oh I forgot! Doc's gonna kill me! I have to get going!" Lyra grabbed her saddlebag, hid her camra in it, and dashed out the door.