She Likes Sweet and Cuddly Things
You and Lyra make your way to Twilight’s palace. While Lyra’s insistence on going to Twilight’s wasn’t unsettling enough, the way she walked with a little stomp and frustration in her eyes was really the cherry on top. Something was wrong, and you knew that Lyra was going to go all out on Twilight. Being honest, you didn’t see or know anything that would set Lyra off. Was there some sort of deal between the two? Was Twilight suppose to enchant Patches to only feel happiness? What was there to learn? So many questions ran through your mind as you kept up with Lyra’s walking speed.
‘Geez, for such a laid back gal, the mare can get steamed.’ You think to yourself as you follow Lyra. It doesn’t take long for you two to arrive at Twilight’s palace. You stand behind Lyra as she knocks on the giant doors. A few seconds go by until Spike opens the door.
“Oh, hello Lyra. What do you need?” He asks.
“I want to see Twilight. It’s important.” Lyra says sternly. Surprised, Spike looks over at you, hoping to find an answer. You simply shrug, you’re as lost as he is. The baby dragon directs the two of you to Twilight.
“She’s in here. This is her study, she’s working on some documents for Princess Celestia so try to make it quick.” Spike informs.
“Thanks Spike.” You say, Spike replies with a thumbs up and walks off to complete whatever task he was attending to before.
You and Lyra enter Twilight’s study to find Twilight reading through a pile of documents. She quickly catches glance of you and smiles, but then she sees Lyra and melts in fear.
“Twi. I thought you and I had a deal about Patches!”
“What? What’s wrong?” Twilight asks, sounding alarmed.
“Anon here says Patches has been feeling lonely and sad for the last few days. You said all you would do is enchant her to feel happiness and joy!” Lyra says angrily.
“I know, I know. I’m sorry, but I wanted her to be as realistic as possible. Not some happy robot Anon would have to live with. I wanted Anon to have a real companion, I’m sorry if I disappointed you Lyra but it was for the greater good. Besides, why does she feel that way anyhow?” Twilight asks. You then explain the whole story about being the only plush pony.
Twilight was speechless.
“I knew she would feel like this soon. I knew that if I were to give her normal pony emotions, she would eventually catch onto the fact that she’s the only plush pony and would either take that in a good or bad way. Sadly, she took it badly. So now I have to help, don’t I?” You and Lyra nod. “Well, I wish I could. Really I do. But Celestia has given me so much paperwork to do. Paperwork that’s important for future events in Equestria, if I don’t get them organized and shipped out by tomorrow, we’ll all be lost and unprepared for the next festivals we hold.” Twilight explained.
“Well then how can you help?” You ask.
“Well, Lyra is a unicorn. Lyra, how good are you with spell casting?” Twilight asks.
“I know some tricks here and there. What’s it to ya?”
“Because I’m going to give you the spell that brought Patches to life. Well, there are actually two spells so both spells that brought Patches to life. The Living Spell, and The Emotions Spell. Both are slightly difficult to get right, but when practiced, they’re easy to master. I’m sure a unicorn of your level can handle something like that.” Twilight assumed.
“A unicorn of my level? What’s that supposed to mean?” Lyra asks with an annoyed tone to her voice. Knowing that it will only go downhill from here, you decide to intervene.
“Hey! Thanks for the help Twi, we’ll just take those spells now and we’ll be on our way! Good luck with those documents, c’mon Lyra don’t start something you can’t finish.” You warn. Lyra reluctantly turns and follows you out the door. Before you two leave, you see Lyra do a hoof gesture to Twilight which you could assume is a pony’s equivalent to flipping the bird.
You rush Lyra out of Twilight’s study and palace and make your way back to Lyra’s shop.
‘Oh it was going to turn into some Jerry Springer stuff. I’m talking about two black girls going at it Jerry Springer’ You think to yourself as you and Lyra walk through town square towards her shop. You look through the spells Twilight gave you and to you, it looks like gibberish. But to a unicorn, this stuff could be simple so who knows.
Before you knew it, you were back at Lyra’s and she asks you for the spells.
“Hey, are you OK? You were a little feisty back there.” You comment.
“Yeah, I’m fine now, it’s just I really care for Patches. Even if all I did was stitch her together, I still care about her. She’s special, you know?”
“Yeah, I getcha. But, now we have the spells and you can help her Lyra. You can help her by making her own companion. Think of it as giving Patches a sibling.” You say to Lyra. Her face is blank, she’s only looking through the spells Twilight has given the two of you. She then looks up at you with a happy smile.
“Right, so, tell me how you want it.”
“Excuse me?” You ask.
“How do you want me to make Patches’ sibling? What does Patches like?” Lyra asks.
“Well, she likes cuddling. So, I guess anything cuddly.” You see Lyra taking notes in a small notepad.
“Uh huh, continue.”
“She doesn’t need to eat but, she likes eating chocolate, and marshmallows. Anything sweet really, but her favorite foods are chocolate and marshmallows.” You describe. Lyra is still taking notes, so you continue.
“She likes the color blue, and… That’s all I can think of now.” You say. Lyra finishes up her writing and smiles.
“So, I’ll make this one about the same size as Patches, height wise. I think sometime tomorrow is when I’ll have her finished. So come back at… three o’ clock. Okay?”
“Yeah sure, I can do that.” You say. After some goodbyes, you leave her shop. Excited to what Lyra has in store for you and Patches tomorrow.”
“I gotta keep it a surprise. I’m going to love the look on Patches’ face when she see’s her new sister!” You say to yourself, with a pep in your step as you walk home.