Lyra Looked behind her towards the voice that called out. Again she gulped as her eyes met the new company.
Approaching her was four ponies, two stallions and three mares. Among them are Thunder Lane the one that bullied her the most, Cloud Chaser, Flitter, Bon-Bon, and caramel.
"W-what do..do you want?" Lyra questioned the group as the slowly circled her. Thunder Lane sized Lyra up with his eyes, a smirk sprawled out across his face.
"Oh we just wanted to know how our favorite blankflank is doing? is that so wrong?" questioned Thunder lane as he closed in more space to Lyra.
"Yeah" both Cloud Chaser and Flitter giggled in unison.
"Fine, I'm doing f-fine." answered Lyra.
"Now see was that so hard ,Lyra I mean really." Thunder Lane dipped his head low. "So whatcha got in the saddlebags?"
Lyra eye pinpricked as she backpedaled away from the stallion, head held up high.
"N-nothing just my...-" Lyra darted her head left and right at the others -"j-just my schoolwork"
"Oh! goodie I need help with math homework!" quickly spoke Cloud Chaser as he darted forward lifting off Lyra's staddlebags as she took off causing her victim to jump and fall backwards. Muttering to herself Cloud Chaser started digging through the saddlebags. " Haha oh man really? A book on human?"
"Hey that's mine!" yelled Lyra. "give it back please?" The group of ponies started to laugh at Lyra, pointing hoofs.
"Guys catch!" shouted Cloud Chaser tossing the book to Flitter, who started a game of keep away. Lyra followed the book path over and over spinning in circles, as the laughter of her tormentors rang in her ears. Finally growing tired of the teasing Lyra horn started to glow in a mint light aura caught hold of the book. stopping it in the air.
"Its mine!" shouted Lyra
"Nope" was all Lyra heard before she hit the ground as Flitter pushed her. She laid there rubbing her muzzle tears collecting in her eyes.
"haha No way! I found her diary." Caramel said as he waved the bound book in his hooves.
"That's great!. give it here Caramel."
"sure thing Thunder." Caramel tossed the book and Thunder Lane caught it staring at Lyra with a wicked grin.
"sooooo freaky Lyra has a diary?" putting on his best mock voice Thunder Lane said. "Dear diary today I saw Discord and me and him had a picnic with a human while riding cotton candy clouds, I even got my cutie mark." The group once again burst into laughter. Lyra covered her eye with her hooves hiding her tears, while Thunder Lane, Cloud Chaser, and Flitter started to chant.
"Freaky Lyra, freaky Lyra, freaky Lyra the blank flank"
"u-umm hey guys its getting late we should g-go home before our parents come looking for us." Bon-bon who had mostly been quite aside from joining in on the laughter and playing the game of keep away finally spoke.
"Y-yeah! Bon-bon is right guys." Caramel agreed shaking his head up and down.
"Fine....Lets roll girls" Demanded Thunder Lane as he turned and started to walk away throwing the book behind him. " I was getting bored with blank flank anyway." The five ponies left Lyra on the ground with the contents of her scattered around her. Slowly she stood up watching them fade into the distance until Caramel and Bon-bon turned around to look back at her, Lyra picked up her possession and ran off to home tears streaming down her face.
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The door slammed behind her flank as she bolted inside, shaking her threw down her saddlebags. Taking a few deep breaths to calm herself Lyra called out.
"I'm home!....anybody here?" no answer she walked into the living room to find it empty, she continued to the kitchen and found a note sitting on the counter. she levitated the note in her magic holding it up to her face.
"Dear Lyra we went out to a play in Canterlot won't be back till this weekend. p.s. didn't fix dinner find whatever you want in the fridge your on your own till we get back xoxo." Lyra stared at the note with a deadpan expression before grabbing it from her magic with her hooves ripping it apart. "Figures! they always leave me all alone!" Lyra groaned stepping over to the fridge. opening the door she scanned her choices of food. "Daisies, apples, honey suckles." Lyra stood there a moment before finally making a selection of honey suckles and apple juice. She took her plate to her room shutting her door behind her. A smile graced her lips as she looked around the open room poster of the wonderbolts, drawings of her fantasy, and even her personal action figures as she called them spread all through out the room. Setting her plate down at her vanity Lyra used her magic to levitate a bite of her food to eat, while pulling out her recovered book. Wiping the mud from the cover she smiled.
"Atleast I have my books." Lyra cracked open the book pouring her heart into the activity, page after page, chapter after chapter she read. Look of wonder sprawled on her face ,she truly felt happy even if human weren't real she could atleast daydream they were. Lyra had finish reading half the book when she looked up into her vanity mirror. Frowning she looked at her reflection, dried mud sticking to her coat, faded line running across her face from the tears she had cried, sighing she closed her book. Out her window she could see the nightmaremoon moon, judging it was very late at night.
"I better get a shower for ...school I..guess."
Once in the bathroom Lyra used her magic to turn the faucet adjusting the temperature of the water to her liking. Lyra pour a greedy amount of shampoo into her hoof, rubbing it into her coat making sure she got all the mud and avoiding the scraps she had. she worked her way from front to back stopping once she reached her flank. she stood there staring at he flank the works blank flank echoing in her head. After rinsing off and turning off the water Lyra wrapped a towel around her waist and her mane, returning to her room she climbed into bed only wanting sleep. Several minutes passed and Lyra tossed and turned not quite finding a comfortable position to sleep in regardless if she could even sleep. Her mind was wondering far to many topics to calm down enough to sleep. She found herself staring at her saddlebags before out of the tip of the bags stuck the corner of a book, the very one Inkwell had given her. Levitating it with her magic Lyra brought it to her face, eyeing the covered locked book Lyra scooped it up in her hooves. She curled up holding the book in a tight embrace before her eyes fluttered shut.