The Spy had just finished disposing of the changeling's corpse. It was quite brittle, actually, making hiding it all the easier. This wasn't the first time he had seen them, nor was it the first time he disposed of one. It was, however, the first time one attacked him.
Leaving the trash can, he looks to the fake corpse of 'Lyra', which was nearly faded away. He had arrived in Equestria a couple of months ago, in an incident involving a teleporter, jarate, the Engineer's Pomson 6000, and a Medic who thought it would be a great idea to uber a Spy. Since then, he had lived right under the ponies' noses. To his knowledge, the only ones who knew about him were the changelings he disposed of, and he plans to keep it that way.
Confident that nothing else would come up, the Spy set up the stairs, heading to Lyra's room. She was currently away in Canterlot, about to play for the Gala; the very same Gala that Bon-Bon thought she was practicing for now. It wasn't easy making sure that news of the real Lyra leaving never spread, but he was rewarded with a disguise that was guaranteed to not draw suspicion, at least for one more day. He didn't want to kill any of the ponies (after all, they were still civilians), he just wanted to find a way back home. So far, however, he had no luck.
Entering Lyra's room, the Frenchman went straight to where the unicorn kept her stash of various pieces of information, both gathered and created, on humans. The Spy had thought it was strange when he first found them, but now he sees it as amusing. Grabbed a book with a faded brown cover, he opened it to the first page. After reading some, he found out that this was a personal journal that Lyra kept. It had the usual reports of things happening to her, as well as the less usual notes on humans, and her theories on them. They were surprisingly close to reality, the Spy noted, but still was a bit off on key things. Near the end, he found what appeared to be a sketch of a human hand. Comparing it to his own, it was rather lumpy and disproportionate. Turning another page, he finds the most recent entry:
I can't believe I was chosen to play at the Gala! This is very good news, and I hope to do my best there. I won't be bringing this journal with me, for a couple of reasons. First, I wouldn't want anypony to find out about my rather eccentric interests in supposed "legends". Also, as much as I want to admit it, I feel that humans might not be real after all. Maybe I'll finally give up this obsession. Or maybe I won't No, I definitely will.
The Spy grinned wickedly. Normally, he wouldn't partake in something like this (it was more like something the Scout would do), but he just couldn't resist. Finding a quill in her desk, he starts writing down something on an empty page.
Dear Lyra, you shouldn't stop believing in us. After all, we are real. We always have been. Some of us have even been right under your nose all this time. Jusqu'à notre prochaine rencontre face à face, je vais regarder.
As a sort of signature, he traces his hand on the opposite page. Still grinning, he puts everything back to the way it was; it was like he was never there at all. Just the way he likes it.
Suddenly, there's a knock at the door. His expression turning serious, the Spy dons the Lyra disguise again. Nearly three months here, and he still wasn't comfortable with walking on all fours to complete the disguise. Grumbling to himself, he heads back out to meet whoever it is who decided to visit.
I'm beginning to think the only things I can write are crossovers.
Still, this idea has been cooking in my mind for a while, and I finally decided to write it so the voices in my head would shut up.
Also, the French was done in Google Translate, so please forgive any errors there.
nice i need MOAR and they need to be LONGER PLESE
Very nice, very nice!
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A bit short... but I like it.
Well, I like what you have so far. It's interesting, and a fun read. The only thing that really bugged me was how often you slip between tenses; pick either present or past and then stick with it.
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Thumbed/Faved.
Write more. Now. *cracks whip*
As said, watch out for your tenses, you're slipping between past and present.
Otherwise, I'm interested.
1119263 Seems like its 95% past tense. Honestly I didn't even notice that until you mentioned it.
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Hmm...I'll be watching this closely...
That pony is a spai!!!!!
I love most TF2/MLP crossovers (if it weren't for one, I'd still hate this show). My only problem is your use of present tense: I don't like it.
Beyond that, I am very much looking forward to the rest of this story.
My attention has been obtained.
You have my attention for a brief moment. Don't waste it.
1119191 That gif made me lawl :D
I can already tell this is gonna be good just by the sheer fact that it was written by you.
I do like the touch of French you put in there, but might I ask that you put the translation somewhere? Like maybe at the end of the chapter or in a comment?
This is good, I shall not send hitmen. UNLESS YOU DON'T CONTINUE!
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In that case, the French used there was something along the lines of "Until we meet face to face, I'll be watching."
I'll probably think of a way to make more French usage more convenient.
Pfft, what, ANOTHER TF2 Crossover? You know, this site is getting filled wit-
*sees it's spy-only*
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Proceed.
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Don't worry. French student-ness has its benefits
I know basics through "Subject Object Verb" sentences.
Ahem Mentlegen
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1120772 Oh, cuz it was SO hard to paste it in google translate...
1125527 When I read a story, I don't want to break the immersion by having to stop reading, pop open another tab, and highlight and copypasta the text into the translator. Even having a translation in parenthesis following the dialogue (which is what I did in my story when it briefly turned Spanish) is better than that in my opinion, and I just wanted to let The Card Holder have some of the delicious constructive criticism he so desperately desires.
Do you feel me, dawg?
1125691 lol yea, but if that's the case, then no translation would be better. Translating it would besically nullify the effect of it being in french in the first place.
Know what I mean, dawg?
1126662 I getchya, bro. To each his own opinion.
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1117733 Good. That's my favorite type anyway.
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"in an incident involving a teleporter, jarate, the Engineer's Pomson 6000, and a Medic who thought it would be a great idea to uber a Spy."
No joke, this shit happened to me once, unfortunately no Equestria or ponies.
OH HELL YES!
Funny spy is funny.
This looks promising. The only thing bugging me are the minor slips from tense to tense.
1198070 Maybe you did it wrong? Still, how do you even..?
Spy: Troll lol lol lol lol lol! lol looooooooool!!!
I Don't Uber often, but when I do, It's a spy.
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If you want to fix that give me a PM. I'll help you with an original storyline and events to fill it up. Then I'll help you out with getting it started if you want.
This runs vaguely parallel to Anthropology just before Lyra goes to the gala, but I guess there are some fairly common themes with Lyra revolving around humans and her music.
I think it would have been better if he traced his hand.
Gobble gobble!
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Well, there are a veritable orchard of TF2 pony fics, and all of them that I've read so far were entertaining in one way or another.
I'm sure this one will be, too.
I've yet to see one where Scout cried after seeing Rainbow Dash, though,
Oh phew, Lyra is not dead...
also,
"Jusqu'à notre prochaine rencontre face à face, je vais regarder."
Until we meet face to face , I'll watch.
Ah yeah, Spy is so cool!