And there she is.
The most beautiful mare you’ve ever seen, right before you. Her eyes meet yours and she smiles widely. Her pastel coat shimmers in the moonlight coming through a nearby window as she slowly trots closer to you, her eyes fixated on your own. You can see that she is deliberately swinging her flank with each step.
She stops and quickly brushes her mane out of her beautiful golden eyes. Your heart begins to race.
“Hey, howbout you stop gaping at me and help me with these lights?” She asks unexpectedly.
You suddenly snap back to reality. “Wait what?” You notice Lyra holding a strand of multicolored lights before you in her magical aura. You snatch them from mid-air and walk to a bare window. “You’re a real mood killer, you know that?”
“Yeah, yeah, so I’ve been told. Now hang those lights and we’ll start decorating the tree. This place has gotta be perfect for the Hearth’s Warming Eve party tomorrow.”
Your face drops as you remember one crucial thing: you forgot to buy Lyra a gift. “Oh, y-yeah when’s that party again?”
Lyra looks over at you, puzzled. “It’s at 5:30. Didn’t you write out the invitations…?”
You freeze again. Oh shit. “Um yeah! Of course I did! What kind of boyfriend wouldn’t?” You let out a nervous chuckle as you remember the unsent invitations sitting in a desk by your and Lyra’s bed.
“Y’know what?” you begin, starting to your bedroom. You quickly toss on your coat and tuck the invitations into your pants pocket. “I gotta go see a man about a horse.” You run to the door.
“I mean, somepony about a… a… never mind! I forgot that I had a dentist appointment! Yeah, this filling is killing me, owwww.” You cup your jaw with your hand and overdramatically wince. Lyra looks at you, a smug smile on her face.
“I’ll be sure to call Colgate and let her know that you’re coming by then.”
“What? No, don’t bother. She’s probably busy! Yeah, see you later!” You slam the door behind you and sprint into Ponyville.
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*The Next Night*
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You slump into onto the couch and watch Lyra and Bon-Bon escort the final party-goer to the door. The three mares speak almost incessantly about everything from their manes to plans for the next day, but you barely pay any mind. The smile on your face says it all; you successfully managed to invite everypony and pick up Lyra’s gift all without any actual trouble.
Even better, the party was a massive success! You look into a far corner of the living room and notice Lyra’s lyre sitting on a stool where she had left it. You remember the amazing melodies she played throughout the evening, so soothing and yet, entirely captivating.
“Well anyway, I think I’m gonna get going.” Bon-Bon announces to you and Lyra, the latter trotting into the kitchen, more than likely to snack off the remaining appetizers.
“What? Where to?” you ask, confusion tinting your voice.
“I got a hot date tonight with Doctor Whooves.” Bon-Bon replies, smiling and winking. “Besides, I think you two deserve to spend your first Hearths Warming Eve together. Consider it my gift to both of you.”
“Are you sure?” Lyra calls from the kitchen. “We won’t mi-“
“Really, it’s ok. We’ve had enough Hearth’s Warming Eve’s together. I’m sure we’ll live being separated.” With that, she opened the door and stepped out, leaving you alone with the mare of your dreams.
Almost as if on cue, Lyra gallops into the living room and dives onto your lap, gracelessly. You laugh and catch her, pulling her close. You look into her golden eyes and feel your heart flutter. Before you know it, Lyra wraps her hooves around your neck and pulls you forward, lovingly.
“I got you something…” she whispers into your ear, her breath hot against your face. Your heart skips a beat. “But first!” Lyra shoves herself off of you. “You give me my gift.”
“W-what? Are you kidding?!” you cry, your hopes and dreams of a romantic moment fleeting before your eyes with each passing second.
“Hey, I got all night. Maybe I can catch up with Bon-Bon. I’m sure Doctor Whooves has a single friend…”
“Fine, fine. I get it.” You reply coolly, reaching under the sofa for Lyra’s well-hidden gift. “But if you’re looking to date me for my money, then you’ll be severely disappointed when you find out that I’m flat broke.”
Lyra chuckles and moves closer to you. “Well, I guess I can stay with you at least a little after I bleed your wallet dry.”
You hand the gift to Lyra who takes it eagerly in her golden aura. “Now, I know this definitely isn’t what you want to hear, but I didn’t really know what to get you. Shopping for ponies is a lot harder than it looks…”
Lyra dives into the hastily wrapped present and smiles at the large book of sheet music sitting on her lap. “All of Buch’s symphonies for the lyre? How did you even find this?! This is- this is awesome!” she says excitedly. “I mean, I love it, thanks.” She leans over and kisses you on the cheek.
“Yeah, I guess I did pretty good.” You lean back and put your arms behind your head. “I mean I also got you this necklace, but whatever, man.” Smiling, you nonchalantly drop a jewelry box onto her lap.
She opens it and squeals excitedly. “It’s beautiful! This… this is amazing! Oh thank you so much!”
“I knew you’d love it.” You say, pulling Lyra toward you. “So, was this a perfect Hearth’s Warming Eve, then?” you ask, happy with yourself.
“Well… I guess…”
“W-what? What do you mean?! The party and the presents and, well, everything!”
“Well yeah, they are all great, but there’s one thing …”
“What is it?!”
“Nah, it’s nothing. You can get it for me next year.” Lyra waves a hoof and turns to walk away.
You reach an arm out and pull her back toward you. She tries not to smile but fails miserably. “What is it? You name it and I’ll get it for you.”
“You’re too sweet, you know that?” Lyra leans in and nuzzles your neck, unexpectedly.
“So what do you want?”
Lyra leans in once more and kisses you. “Kids!”
THE END
My first foray into the world of romantic fics. Originally created as a trolling clop fic, this took one hell of a wild ride before it wound up with the fic here. Needless to say, I hope you all like it and any feedback, thumbs and favorites are greatly appreciated!
I want to thank everybody out there who helped keep me sane while I wrote this as well as my other stories. To every one of my fans: you guys are amazing. Thanks for sticking with me. Hope this is up to par!
Bad authors notes are bad.
Thanks for letting me read this early, man! I loved it! Especially the ending
The characters were believable, unlike the majority of HiE fics I've seen and it was overall well written. BAM.
I thought you were NEVER gonna finish this! God, it took long enough
Edit: Im happy you kept your style of humor in it. It made the story that much better
You wrote it. That's good enough of a reason to insta-like and fav. I'll read it later, don't worry
So, six likes and only two views. Yup. That makes sense.
721279 Why thank you
720869 seems legit
ANYWAY
I don't have anything to say
I really liked your... story?
I mean, I really liked your story.
721336 It's that bad, huh? Guess I should stick to obvious troll stuff
if only it didnt have the human tag...
721381 What's wrong with the tag?
721345 NO NO NO NO NO THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT
I meant, I am speechless, I just don't have anything to add to my comment
So here's my attempt at one:
Liked the bit about Lyra and bon bon not being together, that was cute.
LYRA GOT FRIEND-ZONED
or so she thought...
Liked lyra and... "the persons" personalities.
I thought the scene with "the person" pulling all the faces was a bit weird (It sounds like "the guy" was pulling some really out there faces, just didn't really get what face he was trying to make)
I think every body suited there character over all.
I give it 7.879/10 because it's not the best (you've written better sorry to say ) but I still enjoyed it and liked the fact that there was no LyraxBonBon. IT IS SO CLICHÉ.
That's my attempt at a comment. I liked the story. Good read, not to many javascript codes that it makes it unreadable. Didn't notice any grammar or spelling errors (although I suck at picking up on them)
721399 Oh the humor picks up again. The ending, now THATS what I'm proud of the most.
721396 Bahaha yeah it's a bit strange to read something NOT incredibly random and trollish from me. While it's not the best thing I've written (easily), I'd say this was the most rewarding thing to write. It's the complete opposite of all of my fics.
721388 nothing. im just not that into humanized fics. other than that, i would DEFINITELY read this. ill give it a shot though...maybe i just need to be a bit more open-minded.
721412 Well, it's more about a human ("you") in Equestria than about humanized ponies. I agree, those stories kinda annoy me
kids realy
Well done on the fic Neutral!
It's quite good! Well written, short and sweet, and yes, I did smile and chuckle my way through because I can associate some of the things that happened in this fic as to how I used to mess around with my now girlfriend...
But if there's one thing I can criticise is the number of chapters in comparison to the number of words... Some of the chapters could be rolled together and make it a much more whole feeling experience with a bit of creative writing. I mean, I understand where the idea of short chapters comes from but it's difficult to become immersed in anything, even a short and sweet fic like this, when the chapters are about 1k on average...
Maybe i'm nitpicking but hey, at least it's honest feedback.
721420 all right. ill read it and see where it goes. good luck, im hard to please! Really hard.
721429 Well, I was originally trying to write a Crowley-esque fic, you know with the short chapters and a (thankfully in this case omitted) clop chapter, but in the end I canceled the whole idea. I'm happy you liked it, I was trying to get a more realistic relationship between "you" and Lyra, unlike all the Mary Sue fics I see on this site.
Thanks for the feedback and I'm glad you liked it
721427
721433 Oh crap. I hope it's up to par, then
721445
721451 Slightly more reluctant ....
Bad ending?
721461bad ending
721465 Duly noted.
721505 Glad you liked it I was beginning to fear that I made a serious mistake
I laughed... not sure if that was your goal, but I laughed.
721538 It was! Glad you liked it
You seriously need to continue this story. I almost got in trouble at work for reading on the job. Meaning I found this more important to read than work. Glad my supervisor is a brony...
If I could give it two thumbs up, I would
721768 No. I refuse your thumbs. BLEH.
721641 I hope to sometime in the future I love the characters way to much to just leave them flat like this. But I'm happy you liked it that much! See, it's comments like this that make writing worthwhile
Cliche title is cliche.
Still gonna read it anyway.
721801 Trust me, I know. I'm still looking for a title to replace this one.
You made my first Comedy fic a great one.
I almost never read comedy because I would imagine cheesy jokes that make me puke on my iPad but this was hilarious.
721908>>721993 I'm really happy you guys liked it! Thanks for reading!
I think I can sum it all up with one word: Sequel?
Okay, one word and a question mark. Sue me.
You wake me up from a long day of sleeping for this!?!?!? Nah just kidding. THIS IS AWESOME
The human's personality is very believable
722033
Thank YOU for making an awesome fic!
Just one request;
SEQUEL WITH JUST AS MUCH IF NOT MOAR HUMOUR!!!
My first story as a brony. THIS WAS AWESOME!
I thought this was a great story. This is the kind of story that I would read if you continued it until the characters died. Mind you that I would not like you to take it that far, but I would like to read more. That last line just made me want to read more.
Cute and funny, a very nice fic. It's got a very different attitude than most fics I've read, so kudos on making that interesting all the way through too.
722478 To be honest, I'm not sure. I hear it a lot on stories that feature humans in Equestria and saving the world from some villain or something. They usually have the human this perfect guy/ brony with no flaws whatsoever who speaks like a poet and everypony loves dearly.
722419 I was surprised to see this fic get so popular. But with so many people asking (and the fact that I love Lyra and her human as characters), I'll gladly write more in the future
722350 Glad you liked it, mate!
722434 Hearing that from you has made my day. Scratch that, my whole week (or month). It's awesome that you even read it, nonetheless said that you liked it. Thank you.
Anthro ponies incoming! XD
Awesome fic! I like that it's different from your usual. Not that I don't like your usual.
An intelligent romance fic with realistic characters and believable situations, with a generous sprinkle of your usual humour? Perfection!
722608 N00B Glad you liked it, EVEN THOUGH YOU EDITED IT
Kids?
This I gotta see. All in all great fic.
That might be the best romance of its length I've ever read. Well done
722611 Shaddap
No, I really like this story! And editing it was great fun! I really like the changes you made. The final product is indeed magnificent.
This fic is pretty damn funny.
722754 Trotting Dead fan?! My day has been made even better
722719 Glad you like it, man
722478 I'm a network admin for the small business I work at. Got my supervisor hooked on mlp a few months ago. Helps he was already a fan of anime and cartoons.
I loved this. Great job man!
It's funny how all these Lyra fics have "Hearstrings." in the title.
Like this one, and this one, and this one, and this one! And now yours!
But seriously. This was nice. Lyra is second best BG pony all the way.