Raison D'être

by mechafone

58 - Preparations And Revelations

Emerald Skies and Lyra found themselves in the castle's gigantic library. It's towering walls were all lined with books, hundreds and hundreds of books. Emerald Skies, upon entering, had nearly had a fainting spell from excitement. His own library in Ponyville was so very, very small compared to this place.

As Lyra stepped away from Emerald, she felt a stabbing pang of guilt. She knew what she was doing to Bon Bon, and if she didn't fix it soon, she might lose her marefriend forever. But she was so blasted confused! The feelings she got whenever she was near Emerald made her heart pound. She'd never liked boys before she met him. Maybe it was just something to do with other green ponies? No, no it's not something to do with green ponies. You like him and you've been constantly flirting with him this whole trip and completely ignoring your girlfriend! This is wrong, you're wrong and you're just so rrggh!

Lyra came crashing out of her thoughts as a purple unicorn mare greeted them from the stairs. "Hello there!" she called, then let out a gasp at the sight of the green stallion. "Oh my stars, Emerald Skies!"

Emerald looked up from the book he was reading, then deftly plopped it back on the end table where he'd found it, a grin spreading across his face. "Twilight Sparkle! What a pleasant surprise!" The two old acquaintances stepped towards each other, both halting in their movements. They were happy to see each other, but both unsure of how to approach one another. A nervous blush broke out on the bookish ponies' faces. Lyra was not amused.

The mint green unicorn stepped closer and cleared her throat loudly enough to make her presence known. Emerald broke out of the awkward trap he'd gotten himself into and stepped closer to Lyra. "Oh, Twilight, allow me to introduce you to Lyra, she's a friend from Ponyville. Lyra, this is Twilight Sparkle. She's an old acquaintance of mine. She uh..." he trailed off as he remembered the bad fall-out between Twilight and Spark. "...well, let's just say we had an adventure, eh, Twilight?"

The lavender unicorn smiled appreciatively at Emerald's discretion. "Yes, I believe that's the best way to put it, Emerald." Twilight turned to Lyra and inclined her head to the other mare. "It's a pleasure to meet you. Any friend of Emerald's is most welcome in my library."

Your library? That's awfully big of you, you little tart...Lyra thought, but managed a smile and inclined her head in greeting. "Your library?" Emerald suddenly began to trot in place with excitement. "You look after a library as well, Twilight?"

Lyra looked on in horror as both Twilight and Emerald trotted in place and talked excitedly about their respective libraries. She was starting to feel like a third wheel. And that's when it hit her: Bon Bon. Had she been making Bon Bon feel like this by spending more time with Emerald Skies? I wouldn't be surprised, Lyra thought as she casually began moving away from the bookish ponies now gushing over some books or something.

The mint unicorn found her way to a couch and flopped down, pretending to find interest in a book. She had done a terrible thing to her girlfriend. Hadn't she told Emerald earlier that year that she wasn't interested in boys? And then the first chance she got to be alone with him, she opened up to him, opened up the possibility of getting closer to him. Yes, she was confused about her sexual orientation. Yes, she was attracted to Emerald, and probably boys in general.

But she was attracted to Bon Bon as well, and it was time to think about her. She was already in a stable relationship with her...right? Maybe not after today. Well...she needed to go and fix it before it really fell apart. Feeling better about thinking about things, she got up from her couch and trotted on over to Emerald, who was speaking animatedly with the lavender unicorn.

"Emerald, I'm gonna go find Bon Bon. You stay and have fun in here...I'm feeling kinda bad about leaving her back there, so I'll see you later." Lyra waved goodbye to the two without looking back and ran out of the library, her heart and mind heavy with guilt.

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Spark Storm stared at Anorax and Vinyl Scratch, his face frozen with shock. He looked up to the ceiling, then back down. "So that's gonna..." The two nodded. "And all I have to do is..." they nodded again, both grinning with mirth.

Spark stared up at the ceiling once more, then let out a shout of excitement. "Whoa! I-this-this is gonna be awesome!" he shouted again, dancing around in a circle.

Vinyl let out a chuckle and patted Anorax on the back. "It certainly is. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to finish up here. You two run along, and remember, it's this weekend." Vinyl turned around, then glanced back at the two of them. "That's in two days." Vinyl shoo'd them along before getting back to work, leaving Anorax and Spark grinning at each other before heading on out of the ballroom.

"Dude, this gonna be epic!" Spark said, bouncing as he moved along beside his old friend. Anorax laughed so hard, he thought his stomach might cramp.

"Ok Spark, settle down! We're in Celestia's castle, at least keep the volume down. Geez, I've never seen you so excited!"

Spark took a few deep breaths, his wings extending to give him balance. "Heh, sorry, it's just...this is really amazing! And it's gonna be in two days?!" Refusing to settle down just yet, Spark leapt into the air, propelled by his wings. He extended his wingspan and glided around in the hallway in a spiral motion until he plopped back down next to his friend. "All right all right, I think I've got it out of my system now. I mean, I think I do. I've never done what we're about to do, it's just..."

Before Spark could fly off then handle again, the two nearly ran into a fast-moving Lyra, who came to a skidding halt before the two stallions. She was silent as she leaned forward, catching her breath. "Uh...Lyra?" Anorax said, reaching forward with a hoof to touch his best friend's shoulder. She shied away from his touch, a hurt and panicked look in her eyes. At this point, she didn't want to be touched by any males.

"I'm...I'm sorry, Anorax. I just wanna find Bon Bon..." she said, sniffling as her eyes filled with tears. She ran past the two, heading for the gardens. Spark and Anorax exchanged worried looks as the unicorn disappeared around the corner of the hallway.

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Lyra stepped out into the gardens, feeling more terrible than she'd ever felt. She couldn't even begin to imagine what she'd put Bon Bon through. Well, she'd make it up to her, and then some. She'd buy her dinner, take her out for a night on the town, and then maybe give her a night she wouldn't soon forget. That last bit put a smile on Lyra's face. Feeling a little turned on at the thought, the unicorn tread deeper into the garden.

There were some curious sounds abound in the gardens. It was a low, breathy sound, almost like...passionate breathing. And it sounded like Bon Bon. Starting to panic, Lyra ran towards the sound. She came to what looked to be a small maze, and the breathing, now sounding like pleasured moans, began issuing from the center. Feeling tears of rage and betrayal forming in her eyes, Lyra's horn lit up. The maze walls parted, and she ran inside.

Wall after wall parted for her until she came to the middle. There, resting against a tree, sat Sohl with Bon Bon sitting between her legs. Sohl's winged arms were wrapped around Bon Bon, and that damned harpy had her face on Bon Bon's chest. However, Bon Bon didn't look like she was in this situation of her own volition. Her hooves pushed against Sohl in vain, and tears streamed down her cheeks.

When Bon Bon saw Lyra, she turned her head to her lover, fear and shame in her eyes. "Please, help me, Lyra!" she cried, actually sobbing, her body shaking. Sohl peered over at Lyra, then stood slowly. As Bon Bon tried to run, one of Sohl's enormous talons came down on the earth pony's back and held her down on the ground.

"Well well. You're just in time for the party, little girl. You were so busy playing with your boy-toy you almost missed fun time. Come on over here so your girlfriend won't be lonely." Sohl said in a most cruel tone. Lyra stared at Sohl with wide, intense and angry eyes. Her mane started to drift as the wind began to pick up. Lyra's breath began to quicken, adrenaline rushing through her blood.

Sohl smiled a wicked smile as she raised her wings, opened her mouth, and screamed. The harpy's scream erupted through the garden, destroying bits of hedge maze before it hit Lyra. At the same time, Lyra chanted, "Scutum!" Immediately, a transparent shield appeared in front of her, blocking the attack. She wasn't done. As soon as she could breathe again, she shouted "Mittent scutum!" and on command the shield shot out towards Sohl. It connected with the harpy and crushed her against the tree behind her.

Sohl grunted and stood back up to her full height, towering over Lyra. "Not bad, kiddo. I hope you've got more than that, though, 'cause...mergi!" she screamed. Her harpy scream, merged with a spell, hit the ground Lyra was standing on. Immediately the ground turned to a thick, loose mud that started to pull Lyra down into. Lyra started to panic as she was pulled down, too scared to react. Bon Bon looked on in horror as her lover's head disappeared under the mud.

A single bubble popped to the surface in the silence. Then another. And another. Soon the surface of the mud looked like a simmering soup, and Lyra burst forth from the mud, completely covered in the wet earth. The parts of her that showed glowed an ethereal mint green. "Omnipotens ventilabis!" she announced, her voice broadcast throughout the garden. The wind immediately shot for Sohl, pushing her so hard that her body broke the tree and took it with her until harpy and tree both crashed against the palace wall.

All was quiet in the garden for a few moments. Palace guards remained hidden, many of them hoping they wouldn't have to step in and try to stop the mint unicorn from causing further damage. They'd never seen spell-casting like the harpy and the unicorn had been using; it was fearsome and extremely damaging. For some reason Celestia had given her guards instructions not to interfere.

When Sohl didn't get back up, Lyra stepped over to Bon Bon, who looked up at her in fear and in awe. The earth pony mare sat up slowly, trembling from the terrible show of power between the two just now. Lyra frowned and sat before Bon Bon, unsure of what to say. Bon Bon decided to be the first to speak. "Lyra...I'm so sorry I made you-"

Lyra held up a hoof to Bon Bon's lips, and the cream-colored mare didn't care that it was muddy. Not at all. "Hush, sweetie. You don't need to apologize for anything, I do. I completely ignored you on our way here. I...I realized I'm attracted to boys too, Bon Bon. But that attraction is nothing compared to how much I love you." Bon Bon's eyes filled with tears. Lyra had never told her those three words before. "I'm so sorry for ditching you, making you jealous...I just can't tell you how much you mean to m-"

Lyra didn't get to finish. Bon Bon tackled Lyra onto her back, and kissed her deeply, their tongues dancing together, dancing with both love and lust, spurred on by the heat of the moment. Their affections grew, their hooves wandered, and moans of pleasure began to fill the air. More than a few guards disappeared back into the palace with a blush on their face.

Over on the far side of the wall, a broken tree rose and then fell as Sohl regained consciousness. A long, curving set of talons gripped the tree and slowly shoved it off of her. She stood and quickly fell over, bracing herself on the wall. She tilted her head as the sounds of passion caught her attention. So they made up? Cute. Next time that crazy earth pony has an idea...I'm not agreeing to it. That little bitch is tough! Think I broke a rib. Welp...as much as this is turning me on...Sohl thought to herself as she turned and carefully and clumsily walked towards the far side of the gardens where she could feel Orea's amusement at the whole situation.

Comments

[Jacensolo43]

soooo... did Bon-Bon plan for that to happen? I thought she wanted to make Lyra jealous, not get hurt.

[mechafone]

1124847 Oh believe me, it was all Bon Bon's idea. Sohl was gonna throw the fight, but she wasn't expecting to get her ass handed to her like that :3

[Melody Brush]

'where she could feel Orea's ammusement about the whole situation.' That was good Mech! And, Soul Of Songs, Bon Bon is spicey!

I don't know why I used the word 'spicey'.