> Lyra's Confession
>  by Pusspuss
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> The Talk
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The Talk

“Today is the day.” Lyra muttered softly to herself as she paced back and forth on the kitchen floor. “I... I have to tell him”

Bon Bon rolled her eyes at her friend mutterings. She was trying to concentrate on the candy thermometer that was sticking out of a pot filled with her caramel candy mixture. She needed it to be exactly 250°F before she could add in her special vanilla extract. Unfortunately a certain mint green unicorn was making it very difficult to stay focused. 

“Lyra...” The light cream colored earth pony turned her head from the caramel mixture, looking back at her frantically pacing friend. “Could you please take your pacing and grumbling somewhere else? It’s very distracting.” She asked gently, trying to hide her annoyance. 

Lyra paused for a moment to look up at her friend, who was now glaring back at her. “Oh, sorry Bonny.” Lyra said with a noticeable strain in her voice. “It’s just… I can’t stop thinking about… Him.”

Bon Bon let out a heavy sigh before turning back to her work. She knew all to well about Lyra’s unhealthy obsession with her new human friend that popped up in Ponyville almost a full year ago. The earth mare knew Lyra wasn’t going to be going anywhere until she gave her little speech about how amazing he was while proclaiming her love for the weird, bipedal… Thing.  

Lyra continued, not noticing her roommates obvious disapproval of the current topic. “I just can’t stop thinking about him Bonny. He’s just so… And his hands are just… Gahh!” she grunted in frustration, keeping her declaration of love surprisingly short this time. “I can’t stop thinking about him! What if somepony else has already asked to court him. I bet it was one of the Elements of Harmony. I see the way they look at him! Always helping him and stuff,” she half shouted in jealous anger. “I have to tell him! I have to tell him how I feel before it's too late!” she announced, kicking a hoof on the cold tiled floor. 

Ignoring the ridiculous comment about Equestria’s national heroines wanting to engage with that strange creature, Bon Bon responded in an agitated tone “Lyra, you have been saying that for months now... Honestly, I don’t see why you can’t find a nice normal stallion to obsess over. You know, somepony that walks the right way and doesn’t have those weird…” She paused with a grimace, looking up to the ceiling, trying to find the right words. “Spidery, spindly, things on his hooves.” She mocked, holding a limp hoof in the air.

“You mean his hands.” Lyra deadpanned. “Besides you’ve never had him scratch behind your ears with those hands of his,” she hummed almost as if she was in a dreamy daze. Her eye lids started to droop slightly as she recalled all the times he would use those wondrous extremities to pet her when they sat around reading books together, or just laying next to each other under a nice shady tree. Sometimes if she was really lucky he would run those wonderful smooth digits of his through her mane. Oh dear Celestia how she loved that. The unicorn shivered in pleasure at the memory. 

“They're so soft and firm at the same time. They don’t poke or cut you like griffon claws do, and they're not as bulky as a hoof. Then when he starts to massage them into your fur…” Lyra started to trail off as her eyes closed and a slight blush appeared on her now smiling face. She lifted a hoof to her chest, rubbing her coat, as if to try and recreate the same feeling the humans hands would give her. She stayed like that for a little while before snapping back to reality. “Plus he gives the best belly rubs!” Lyra finished, placing her hoof back on the floor, looking back at her friend. 

Bon Bon closed her eyes and shook her head in disgust before looking back at her work.

The thermometer in the caramel mixture was now at 250°F, the perfect temperature to start adding in the vanilla extract. She turned the stove off, then quickly picked the pot up, biting on the wooden handle with her teeth. She then set it on an oven mitt that was laying on the counter. She grabbed the small bottle of vanilla extract in her mouth then poured out just the right amount into the pot before setting it back down. She got up on her back legs, resting her forelegs on the counter before picking up a mixing spoon in her hoof—somehow—and mixed in the vanilla.

“Yes, yes, I know how much you like those 'hand' things.” Bon Bon said, in a dry tone, still stirring the vanilla into the mixture. “You talk enough about them in your sleep.” She muttered softly to herself, not expecting Lyra to hear her.

Lyra’s ears perked up at the mention of her sleep talking. She stepped up next to the earth ponies side, smirking a little. “Do I really talk in my sleep? What do I say?” The unicorn asked, genuinely curious.

Bon Bon turned her head slightly to look at Lyra. A light shade of red started to appear on her cheeks as she thought back to what Lyra liked to mutter in her sleep. She was about to say something, but thought better of it. “Umm, you know what, never mind. Honestly though Lyra, I know you two are really good friends and all, but he might not even like ponies in that way.” She said, avoiding the awkward conversation, turning her attention back to the caramel. 

“Gaah, I know!” Lyra groaned loudly before slamming her head on top of the counter, causing Bon Bon’s pot to almost topple over.

“Lyra!” Bon Bon shouted, as she steady the pot with her free hoof.

“Swwry bwnny…” Lyra apologized, mumbling into the countertop. 

Bon Bon looked down at her depressed friend with concern. She has been obsessing over this stallion for almost as long as he has been in Equestria, and she just seems to get worse with every passing day. This was also not the first time she wanted to confront the human about her feelings. She would always say that she was going to confess her love, but then chicken out at the last minute, or something else would stop her from admitting anything to him. 

Bon Bon knew this had to stop. Lyra needed to go out there and finally admit that she loves this human thing. She didn’t believe that he would ever actually be interested in a pony. At least not in the way Lyra wanted him to be, but a ‘no’ was still an answer. Then once Lyra had her answer, she could forget all about him and turn back into her normal, obnoxious, but lovable self. Then while she’s at it, she can find a nice stallion to sweep her off her hooves and forget this whole human mess. 

The earth mare knew she had to help her friend somehow. She couldn’t just sit still anymore and watch Lyra turn into a depressed lump. She might not understand her friends love for this thing, but it was painfully obvious that if this continued any longer it would destroy the unicorn.

Reaching her free hoof out, Bon Bon patted the back of Lyra’s head, that was still pressed into the counter. “Look… Lyra, You really need to tell him how you feel, and really do it this time. You can’t let these feeling consume you.” She said, with that warm and friendly tone she always used when trying to comfort her friend.  

Lyra turned her head, so that only the side of her cheek was touching the counter. She looked up at Bon Bon with slightly teary eyes. “B-but… What if you're right? What if he doesn’t like ponies like that… Then he might think I’m a weirdo… I might lose him as a friend and I don’t want that. I would rather have him as a friend then not at all.” She almost cried, with a slight crack in her voice.

Bon Bon winced a little at her friends sadden expression and cracky voice. She hated it when Lyra was down like this. Still she managed a soft loving smile, looking down at her mopey friend, petting her mane softly. “Well, everypony already knows you’re a weirdo...” Bon Bon teased with a chuckle. “And I’m pretty sure he does too, so you don’t have to worry about that.” She giggled with a warm smile.

Lyra sniffled, but smiled a little at that. She had to admit to her self that she was a pretty strange pony. 

“I might not understand him at all, but I do know that you two are pretty much inseparable when you're together. You have both been such good friends for so long now, I doubt he would stop wanting to be your friend just because you’re having these feelings for him.” Bon Bon said, giving Lyra an encouraging smile.

“Yeah? You think so?” Lyra asked, smiling brightly, blinking away her tears. She was starting to feel a lot better now.

“Well of course.” Bon Bon chirped happily, feeling good that she was able to get her friend out of her little funk. “Now could you be a dear and help me with this caramel. I just need you to pour it into that pan over there.” She said as she pointed her hoof to the awaiting pan, next to Lyra’s head.

Lyra finally lifted her head up and looked. “Oh sure Bonny!” She said, with a little bounce, and a big smile. Her horn started to glow with a bright, golden hue of magic. The same glow appeared around the pot of caramel. Soon the pot was floating in the air, hovering over the pan. Lyra tilted the pot within her magic, slowly pouring its contents down, while Bon Bon used her mixing spoon to help spread the contents out evenly. 

Bon Bon knew Lyra loved helping her make her candy creations and this would help lift her spirits a little more. Even if Lyra wasn’t the best cook, she still could do simple things to help with her magic. Still something needed to be done about this ‘human obsession’ situation. Bon Bon’s expression changed to a more serious one as she tried to think of her next words carefully. “Lyra, listen…” 

Lyra finished pouring the last few drops of the caramel into the pan before turning to face her friend. She gave her a questioning look, waiting for her to continue. 

Bon Bon put the mixing spoon she was using in the sink before turning back to Lyra with a furrowed brow and determined look on her face. “If you can promise me that today will be the day you finally tell your human friend these feelings, then I will help you.” 

Lyra raised an eyebrow, cocking her head to the side in confusion. “You will help me? But you don’t even seem to like him." She said with slight concern and puzzlement in her voice.  

Bon Bon nodded, hopping down off the counter, facing the unicorn. “Yes, I know I don’t really understand him, or why you seem to like him so much, but I want to help you. You’re my friend and I’m not going to let you continue to mope around this house. We can make a plan of attack together, so you can finally tell him these feelings and stop beating yourself up over this." She paused, taking in a deep breath before continuing. "But only if you can promise me that you will tell him no matter what!” She said with a commanding tone, giving her the most serious look she could muster. 

Lyra sat back on her hunches, looking down at her forelegs, while drawing little circles in the tile flooring, feeling hot and embarrassed. “I-I don’t know Bonny… I-I mean, I keep getting really scared when I start to confront him, a-and what if I-“

Bon Bon cut her off, poking her in the chest with a hoof. “No! Like you said ‘Today is the day!’ No more excuses. You need to tell him your feelings now, or else you're just going to get worse. You know its true.”

“B-But… What if he isn’t interested in ponies like that? What if he isn’t interested in me like that? What if he thinks I’m ugly! Or he tells me he’s with somepony else! I’m not sure my heart could take it.” Lyra protested frantically. She looked away from Bon Bon, avoiding eye contact as her circle drawing quickened. 

The earth mare sighed. “If that happens, then at least you can say you have your answer. Then you can start moving on with your life, and no matter what happens…” Bon Bon stepped a little closer to the panicky unicorn, putting a hoof under her chin, so she could lift her head up. She smiled lovingly to her friend before continuing. “You will always have me.”

Lyra met Bon Bon’s eyes, making her panic melt away and her smile return. She slowly wrapped her hoof around her friends neck pulling her in close for a tight hug. “Thanks Bonny, you’re the best friend a mare could ask for,” Lyra said, nuzzling her cheek with her friends.

Bon Bon returned the hug, but quickly broke it to look Lyra in the eyes again. “Yeah, yeah, I know, but you still have to promise me,” she stated as her tone turned to a more serious one. 

“Okay I promi—“

“No!” Bon Bon interrupted, furrowing her brow. “It has to be a one of those silly pinkie promise thingies, so you can’t break it!" She said, waving a hoof lazily in the air, mimicking the pinky promise gestures. 

“A pinkie promise?!” Lyra half shouted before sighing. “Oh, fine…” She took a small step back from Bon Bon so she could properly act out the promise. “Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.” She finished by placing her hoof over her eye.

Bon Bon nodded her head once. “Very good. Now tell me. Does he like anything in particular? Like is there something that you could do that would help you get a message like this across?"

Lyra sat there, while placing a hoof on her chin in thought, looking down to the floor. “I’m not sure… I know he doesn’t understand our culture too well, so anything I would normally do to pick up a stallion won't work, trust me I tried...” Lyra gave out a heavy sigh, placing her hoof back down, looking sad again. “It all just seems to go over his head.” Lyra said as her voice got softer and more depressed.

“Really? I guess that’s to be expected.” Bon Bon scoffed. “Well you two spend a lot of time with each other. Has he ever told you how he would do that sort of thing on his old world?”

Lyra sat in thought for a little while longer, thinking back to all the times they talked about that kind of stuff. It didn’t seem to come up to often, but she did manage to remember something. "I think I remember him saying something about how he would try to court this one mare from his home world…"

“Oh? What would he do?” Bon Bon asked curiously.

“Well he told me that he was trying to take her out to this ‘prom’ thing when he was younger. He said that he would get all dressed up and groomed, then he would buy a bunch of flowers, like a dozen of them. Roses I think…” She paused to think some more. “Well anyways, he would give her the flowers, then ask her if she wanted to go to the thing with him.” Lyra explained.

“And that would let her know he’s interested?” Bon Bon asked, raising and eyebrow, sounding extremely confused. 

“I think so…” Lyra responded. She thought back some more, then placed a hoof behind her head, rubbing the back of her mane while looking off to the side as she remembered more of his story. “But then there was something about dancing too hard, then spilling punch on her, then getting a call or something the next day, then something about crying…” Lyra paused with a wince. “You know what, I’m not really sure the prom part is what we need to focus on.” She said matter-of-factly, placing her hoof back on the ground and looking back at her friend.  “I think its more about the dressing up, grooming, and the flowers.” 

“Hmm… right, okay” Bon Bon responded, still processing all the new information. “well from the sound of it, the flower thing is pretty similar to what we do, except its just a dozen of them. Roses might be hard to find, but I think Rose Luck still has a bunch to sell. It will be expensive though… The rest should be easy to address.” She finished with a warm smile.

“What do you mean easy?” Lyra asked, tilting her head in slight confession. “I think you're forgetting the dressing up part. My only good dress is still being repaired at Rarity's, and I don’t have enough bits to buy a new one right now. I doubt I even have enough for the flowers!”

Bon Bon waved a hoof in the air dismissively. “You still have that nice orange and white one in your closet. You know the one with all the yellow hearts around it.”

“That old frilly thing?!” Lyra shouted, jumped back in shock and disgust. “I haven't worn that in ages! I thought I told you to throw that away or sell it! Even Rarity thinks that thing is a fashion disaster. Remember she told me... To my face… When I was wearing it…” Lyra’s shouting tapered off as she remembered that little run in with the unicorn/fashionista.

Bon Bon thought back to that time for a moment. “Yes, I do recall her saying something like that, but then she made you that nice new one for free!” she added happily. 

“Yeah, the one that’s being fixed right now.” Lyra whined.

Bon Bon opened her mouth to say more, but was quickly cut off. 

“No, I will not wear one of yours! blue and pink just aren't my colors,” Lyra snapped. “Can we just forget the dressing up part,” she pleaded. 

Bon Bon wanted to argue, but sighed knowing that Lyra was right. “Well I guess if we can’t get you to dress nice, then we will just have to work extra hard with the makeover.”

Lyra shuddered a little at the word ‘makeover’. She wasn’t one to really enjoy such things, but at a time like this, she was willing to give it a try. “Okay Bonny, but don’t go to crazy with it please?” Lyra begged, with an unsure look on her face.

“Oh don’t be silly! You will love it and you're going to look amazing!” Bon Bon chimed, grinning ear to ear. “This will be so fun! Its been awhile since I did somepony's mane and tail. I think I still remember a few old tricks form when I worked part time at that barber shop all those years ago." Bon Bon reminisced.

Lyra rolled her eyes. Which did not go unnoticed by her friend.

“Oh, come now! I know you're not into the whole make-up and mane styling scene, but trust me. You will enjoy it, and it will help you feel a lot better.” Bon Bon said, smiling brightly.

Lyra sighed in defeat, blushing slightly. Bon Bon was right in a way. Getting her mane and tail done, did cheer her up at times, but it wasn’t something she really liked to keep up with. Her and Rainbow Dash were similar in that respect. It just kind of felt like a waste of time. But the mane and tail grooming wasn’t what she hated the most. It was the make-up part that she despised. That stuff was itchy. Plus she didn't like to hide her self behind all that junk. It was like wearing a mask that hid her true self from the world, but this was a desperate time, and if it would help, she was willing to try. “Just… Go easy on the make-up…” Lyra pleaded, frowning slightly.

“Eeek!” Bon Bon squeed happily, clapping her hooves together. “You're going to love it! Trust me!” Bon Bon said excitedly. She was looking forward to giving her tomboyish friend a well overdue makeover. It might be for something that could lead her to a broken heart, but she was still going to have fun beautifying her friend. “Now, let me finish cutting the caramel candies here. You go jump in the shower. I will be with you in a minute. Then after that we we'll give Rose Luck a visit. I'm sure she still has some roses we could buy from her. Then its off to confess your feelings!” Bon Bon said in earnest, giving Lyra an encouraging smile.

Lyra smiled, feeling a lot more confident in herself, now that Bon Bon was helping and supporting her. She really was a great friend.

Lyra slowly made her way to the shower, but before she entered the door to her room she stopped, turning her head back to Bon Bon.  The earth pony was still standing in the kitchen, watching her walk away with that lovable smile on her lips. Lyra’s own smile grew a little more at the sight. She had to thank the mare for going so out of her way to help. “Bon Bon… I just wanted to say… Well, thanks for everything.” 

Bon Bon closed her eyes and giggled a little at that. Lyra only used her real name when she was really emotional. This truly must mean a lot to her. Even if she was setting her friend up for a broken heart, she knew this had to be done and would be better for Lyra in the long run. She just couldn’t see that human wanting to be with the unicorn. They were both just too different of species. It wasn't that she was against cross species relationships, but this human thing was just so different from anything they had ever seen before and a little scary if she was to be completely honest. He was a nice enough stallion, but it just wouldn't work out like Lyra wanted it to. Plus she was pretty sure he felt the same way about ponies. Surely he would rather be with a nice human mare than a pony. 

Still, she knew that this was the right thing to do. She couldn’t just tell Lyra that he wouldn’t be interested, no that wouldn’t help her. It would just keep her thinking 'what if'. Lyra had to know for sure what the human's feelings for her were from his own mouth and when he rejected Lyra it would hurt at first, but she would heal in time. That way she could forget this whole mess and move on, but no matter what happened, Bon Bon would be there for her friend.

“You're most welcome Lyra. Now go get ready. I shouldn’t be long with these candies.” Bon Bon respond, shooing her away with a lazy hoof wave.

Lyra nodded then turned back to her original path, heading toward the shower. Her mind was buzzing with all kinds of wonderful and horrible thoughts. She was frightened and excited all at the same time. There was no telling how the day was going to end, but no matter what happened, it was going to be a scary day.
> The Confession
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The Confession

Rain poured from the cloudy somber sky, changing the dirt beneath the human’s feet into a thick muddy mess. The muck only made running increasingly difficult for Chris as he tried to escape his pursuers. He pushed through a field of knee high grass that only made running even more of a challenge. But if he knew anything about his pursuers, this grass would be even more troublesome for them to deal with, thus giving him a slight advantage. 

He kicked his legs up as high as he could, bounding over the tall grass, trying desperately to get away, but in the back of his mind he knew he couldn’t lose his stalker that easily. No matter how hard he ran, the hunter always caught it’s prey, and he was always the prey.  

The heavy rain blurred his vision, but he could see the markings of a large tree in the distance. If he could just get to it in time and climb it then maybe he could escape, or at least stay up there until his pursuer gave up. It was his only hope. He just needed to run a little farther. But it was too late.

A familiar golden flash of light burst into view in front of him, causing him to cease running completely. He tried to turn around and flee the other way, but was quickly knocked back by a large body that had wrapped its legs around his chest, sending him falling back onto the soggy ground. He landed hard on his back, but much to his relief, the grass cushioned his fall. He laid there panting heavily, keeping his eyes shut. This was it. He was caught. It was all over now.

The large body mass that was now on top of him started to shift. It pushed itself up, placing both of it's front legs on his chest, pining him down.  

Chris laid there catching his breath before finally speaking to his detainer. “You… You caught me…” He wheezed between breaths.

His captor giggled in an adorable, playful tone. Chris slowly opened his eyes, looking up at the pony that was now on top of him. His eyes where greeted by a beautiful minty green unicorn he knew as Lyra Heartstrings. She was now staring back at him intently with her own golden eyes. The mare's glossy, wet, cyan mane clung to her as she peered down at him. A smile grew on her lips as she giggled some more.“Hehe, looks like I win.” She sang, happily, in that sensual voice of hers.

Chris couldn't help but admire the cute mare on top of him. He stayed like that, taking in her beauty, thinking to himself how alluring she looked when her mane was wet like this. 

The mare laid down on top of him, pressing her chest against his, sliding her hooves around his neck. Her muzzle was now only inches away from his lips. The thought of pressing his lips with her’s was so tempting, but he held back. They were just friends after all. He couldn’t over step his boundary.

Lyra tilted her head slightly as she spoke. “Now that I've captured my prey. Perhaps its time I… feast…” She said in one of the most seductive tones he had ever heard. She leaned in closer to his lips, closing the gap between them as her lips parted slightly.

Chris’s heart pounded in his chest. He couldn’t believe what was happening, but he welcomed it. He wanted it. He wanted to kiss Lyra, to make love to her. Claim her for his own. It all seemed too good to be true.

He started to lean into the kiss, but before they could make contact, he froze. Something was different about Lyra. Her face was... changing. It was growing longer. Her eyes started to shrink and blacken. Her beautiful cyan mane started to shed away. She was morphing into something horrible. Her once beautiful appearance was slowly contorting into a horrendously disturbing horse head. Something from his old world. Something he thought he would never see again. 

Chris gasped and tried to scramble away, but the mare's body was growing larger, becoming heavier. He was pinned under her now bulky body. “No! NOO!” Chris cried out, trying desperately to get away.

Lyra’s face continued to change and distort. Her flesh seemed to slowly melt away, exposing some of her facial muscles underneath where skin once was. “What's the matter Chris? Don’t you love me?” The now demonic looking horse called to him, in a scratchy and satanic whine that sent shivers down his spine.

“No, no, no, no, no! It’s not right! You’re a horse! YOU’RE A REAL HORSE!” Chris screamed at the top of his lungs.

“Come on big guy… Give us a kiss.” The demonic Lyra said in a ghoulish voice that seemed to come from all around him. She leaned her awful horse mouth closer to him as he struggled to get free. He turned his head trying desperately to avoid her, but she was closing in. He looked down at the muzzle which was now splitting apart revealing rows of vicious jagged teeth. Before he could scream in protest the demon lunged at him, opening its jaws wide, casting him into a world of darkness.




“NOOOOO!” Chris screamed, jerking up from his couch sweating profusely and gasping for air. He quickly looked around, taking in his surroundings, realizing that he was not being eaten by a demonic Lyra horse. He was safe and sound in his newly constructed home.

His home was made special to accommodate him more comfortably. It was no different than any other home in Ponyville, except his ceiling and doors were made slightly taller. Since ponies only came up just a little below his chest, Chris was the tallest living thing in Ponyville. He was constantly ducking his head in and out of doorways, so adjustments had to be made for his own home.

It took him a while to save enough bits for his own place, but he managed by working lots of odd jobs. Most of those jobs were given to him by the six bearers of the Elements of Harmony. They were some of the only ponies willing to talk to him.  Not only did they help him find work around town, but they would also go out of their way to help him get better acquainted with the towns folk. 

Over time most of the ponies had grown used to seeing him around, but there were still others that didn’t trust him completely. He couldn’t really blame them either. He wasn’t sure how the hell he got dropped into this world filled with adorable pastel colored ponies, but he was now the only human they had ever seen, so the fear was justified. Still, he didn’t let that stop him from trying to make new friends and helping others.

‘Trying’ being the key word here. Most of the ponies didn’t seem to want anything to do with him. Even the element bearers were kinda hesitant at first, but there was always one pony that seemed to accept him. The only mare that gave him a chance from the very start when others would slink away in fear. That mare's name was Lyra Heartstrings, his only one true friend in this strange new world. If it wasn’t for her, he might have gone insane. 

But that horrible nightmare about her… 

Chris rubbed his brow with his hand, wiping some of the sweat away before falling back on his couch. He must have passed out there after working in the Apple family orchard with Applejack. That must be why he was still wearing his work duds too. He was exhausted, but there was no way he could get back to sleep after that nightmare. Plus it looked like it was mid afternoon. Thank god today was his day off.

He laid there thinking about everything that happened in the nightmare, trying to piece it all together. First he was running from Lyra. That wasn’t unusual. She loved to play cat and mouse with him. She would chase him all over Ponyville, much to the chagrin of the locals. He would run as fast as he could, outmaneuvering and dodging the unicorn at every turn, but she would always win in the end. She would always catch him with that damn magic of hers. She would levitate objects in front of him, causing him to trip, or just teleport in front of him like she did in his dream. But he would be lying to himself if he said he didn't enjoy it. 

That’s when he remembered how the chase ended. She was about to kiss him! Now that was something that would never happen when she caught him. Sometimes their game would end in a playful wrestling match, or Lyra would refuse to get off of him for some reason or another. Then they would just lay there. Sometimes he would pet her mane, or scratch behind her ears while she laid on top of him. She seemed to really enjoy it when he did, but it would never escalate past friendly pets, or the brushing of skin. So why the kiss?

Chris frowned as his thoughts drifted to more depressing matters.

Was he starting to develop feelings for Lyra? No he couldn’t be. She was an animal. There could never be anything more than friendship between them. He could never act on his emotions even if he was having these feelings.

Plus what if the situation was reversed? What if a weird looking alien thing, that he has never seen before, started to come on to him? Something that was completely different and foreign from him in every single way. He might be disgusted. Lyra must be in the same position. She obviously liked him as a friend, but anything more must make her sick. She can get rather touchy feely with him at times, but it seems to be nothing more than just part of the pony culture. All these ponies seem to have little to no respect for others personal space. Especially that bubbly pink mare...

Chris sighed to himself. 

This must be why Lyra turned into a demonic horse that ate his face off. It was most likely his brain telling him that he shouldn’t be thinking of such taboo things. Plus he just had to face facts. To the ponies he was just a bizarre creature, there was no way anypony would ever find him attractive. Or at least from what he could tell, they didn’t find him attractive. Honestly it was really hard trying to decipher the quadrupeds actions and culture.

From what little he knew of the ponies, it seemed like the females were the ones that courted the males, which was completely opposite to what he was used to back on his home world. There was also something about the equines being a polygamist culture. He guessed that was to be expected though, when the females in this world outnumber the males four to one.

Chris laughed a little to himself, thinking about how absurd it would be to date two ponies. One was bad enough.

Mulling over all this stuff he knew so little about made him think it would be beneficial for him to learn more about the pony culture norms. Seeing as how he was stuck here for the rest of his life. Next time he ran into Twilight he would ask her for a book about it or something. 

Chris sighed, rolling off the couch, falling face first onto the hard wooden floor. He just stayed like that for a while, grumbling, trying to get his body to move. He took this time to think about more uplifting things. Like Lyra, and how much he wished she was here to cheer him up. If there was something Lyra was good at, it was making him feel better about everything. Even if he was having taboo thoughts about her, he still wanted to hang out with the unicorn. Maybe she would be up for mushroom picking on the edge of the Everfree Forest again, or they could go see that traveling circus that was in town. He was genuinely curious what a pony circus would be like. Plus if it was crap, then he could laugh about it with Lyra. She always had a good sense of humor. Something that a lot of ponies seemed to lack, like that roommate of hers… Maybe later today he would go out and find her.

Eventually Chris grew uncomfortable laying face down on the hard wooden floor, and made a move to get up. Now that he was up, he might as well start the day. First off, he needed to shower and a change into some more comfortable clothing. Having made his plan of action he made his way to the bathroom.

After a quick shower, he changed into a simple pair of black pajama pants, and white muscle shirt that Rarity had so generously made for him. An outfit he would never be caught dead in if he had been in his old world. Mostly because he was slightly over weight back then, but now that he was working more physically demanding jobs, and eating a mostly vegetarian diet, he slimmed down considerably. Even showing a little muscle. Nothing too extreme, but he did look pretty fit. At least he thought so.

Deciding he would read a little before seeing Lyra, Chris walked back to his living room and plopped down on the couch. He reached over to the adjacent book shelf that was filled with books he still needed to read. He grabbed the new Daring Do book that Rainbow Dash loaned him, or rather, shoved in his face and demanded he read it.  He didn’t really care for Daring Do that much, but it was something for him and Rainbow to bond over. Plus she would be pretty upset if he didn’t read it.

Picking the book up, he opened it to where he last left off, but before he could start reading, he heard the familiar sound of hoof steps outside his front door. One flaw about Chris’s door is that it was made out of extremely thin wood. He could hear anypony walking up to his home before they even got close to it. The door was only a temporary one though, until the local woodworker could finish his real one. It had to be custom made to fit his taller than normal frame. 

Knowing that somepony was approaching, Chris set his book down and waited for the inevitable knock. He listen intently to the hoof steps. They sounded slow and steady. Whoever was out there, they sure were taking their sweet time. The sound of the hoof steps finally subsided at the front door. The knock was sure to follow.

From the sound of the hoof steps, it could be Fluttershy outside his door. She always had a soft step and slow stride. She might be coming over again to try and get him to adopt one of her animal friends. She always assumed he needed a little furry friend to keep him company in his new home. It was a kind thought, and he wouldn’t mind a new little buddy to keep him company. Maybe an animal companion would be nice, but at current time Chris wasn’t ready to adopt any pets yet. He would certainly have to decline her, which he always hated doing.

Chris was jerked out of his thoughts when he noticed that the knocking never came. The pony was still just standing out there. He turned his head to the door and waited some more.

Finally the sound of hoof steps could be heard rushing away.

‘Okay, that was weird.’ He thought to himself, grabbing his book again. But before he could start reading, the hoof steps came back. Then they left again. Then they came back, until it started to sound like somepony was outside his door just pacing around.

‘What are they doing?’ he thought, confused. He got up off the couch, putting the book away. After that he walked over to the door. placing his ear against the thin wood, trying to hear the pony outside.

Suddenly the pacing stopped, and the sound of soft mumbling could be heard. Like the pony was talking to itself. The mumbled voice sounded strangely familiar too. Chris decided he wasn’t going wait for this pony any longer, and opened the door. 

The door swung open inward, revealing a mint green, unicorn mare, who's backside was facing him. It was Lyra, and she didn’t seem to notice he had opened the door. She was mumbling while looking down at something that was being held in her magical golden aura. What it was he couldn’t really see from this angle. That and his attention was being absorbed by a very curvy and lush rump that was now in front of him. Her tail flicked back and forth slightly almost exposing herself to him. 

Chris felt his cheeks redden a little at the sight. He knew staring like this was wrong. It was his friend’s butt he was ogling after all. A pony butt no less, but he couldn’t look away…

The human was snapped out of his gawking by the sound of soft mutterings from the unicorn. “You can do this Lyra… You can do this… Oh Celestia you can’t do this.” Lyra said, barely above a whisper. 

“You can’t do what?” Chris asked.

“GAAH!” Lyra jumped a foot in the air, whipping around to face the source of the unexpected voice. “CHRIS!” The terrified unicorn shouted, scrambling a few steps back.

Chris tried desperately to hold back a laugh. The look on Lyra’s face when she jumped around was priceless. “W-Whoa there Lyra. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you so bad.” He said smiling, still trying to hold back a fit of laughter at his friends expense.

“D-d-don’t do that!” Lyra said in a shaky tone. Obviously still jumpy from the scare.

Chris let a little chuckle go, before opening his mouth to say more, but stopped when he noticed something about the mare. She was different somehow… She was… Was she? 

He looked the mare up and down slowly. She definitely looked different today. For one her mint green coat looked extra shiny and smooth. Almost as if she had just got out of the shower and brushed her whole coat for an hour.

Looking up a little more, Chris’s gaze stopped at her facial features. Lyra was wearing make-up! Or just a little of the stuff. It looked… stunning on her to be completely honest. 

Her eyes were well highlighted by the light eyeliner she wore, making her lashes look more full than they normally did. Above her lashes he could see a faint light green eye shadow that helped her eyes pop out from her green coat more. Not so much that it was obnoxious, but just enough to be noticed and appreciated. Looking a little higher, he noticed her short cut mane was just as shiny and glossy as her coat. Not only that, but it was brushed out. It flowed freely in the light breeze, almost creating the illusion of silk. Looking back at her rump, he could see that her tail reflected the same treatment that her mane did. She was extremely beautiful today, but the sight only confused Chris. This wasn’t really like her to get all dolled up. It really wasn’t her scene, and he knew it. What was she doing here at his house like this, and he still couldn’t see what was being held in her magic. Whatever it was, she was keeping it hidden behind her back this whole time. 

Lyra only stood there looking up at Chris as he stared down at her. His eyes were wide and looking all over her. He was obviously noticing how well groomed she was. It was hard to tell what he was thinking, but he seems to be… Shocked? Not sure if in a good way or not. Bon Bon must have over did it. ‘Great this whole thing is off to rocky start.’ Lyra thought.

Lyra took a deep breath, calming down from her shock and composing herself the best she could. “S-So, big guy… Sup?” She said with a slightly nervous tone, trying to forge a cool, calm, smile.

Hearing his nick name being called, Chris snapped back to reality. She must have finally composed herself if she was calling him ‘big guy’ now. She always gave him crap for how tall he was, so the nickname was inevitable. 

Chris blinked a few times then looked back into the mare's eyes, raising an eyebrow. “Sup? You come to my home, looking amazing as ever and all you say is ‘sup’?”

“O-oh sorry I, umm… was just walking around and… Wait you think I look-” Lyra half babbled, but sighed, trying to re-establish her calm demeanor. “I mean, I just wanted to come by and see my most favorite human ever!” She said, slightly more confident, ending with a forced laugh.

Chris paused and stared at her for a few seconds. “But... I’m the only human you know. Wait! You didn’t find another human to pester did you? You know you're not allowed to talk to any other humans without my permission. It’s human law.” He joked with a cocky grin.

“Oh you…” Lyra responded, mustering a weak smile, with a limp hoof gesture. 

Okay something was definitely up. He thought for sure that would get her to laugh a little more. She always loved it when he made weird crap up about being a human. She was acting all kinds of weird. Well more weird then usual. This wasn’t like her. The stuttering, the bright blush on her face, the obvious shakiness in her legs. She was nervous about something. Whatever it is, he was sure she would bring it up when she was ready, but for now he was more curious about what she was hiding behind her back. Also why was she was looking all… made up and stuff?

“So, what's with all the make-up? I mean I’m not complaining or anything, but you don’t seem the type.” Chris asked.

Lyra suppressed an embarrassed squee. "Well I…" she tried to think of an excuse.  "Umm... Well… What are you saying? A mare can’t freshen up from time to time?” Lyra said with a nervous laugh, trying to hide her blush, and awkwardly failing to mimic a fashion mare pose. 

“Right… Well, whatever the case may be, I’m glad you’re here. I was actually going to see if you are free today. Come on in.” Chris said, stepping aside.

‘Oh Celestia this was it… There’s no going back now.’ Lyra thought to herself. “T-Thanks.” She said, sounding even more nervous than before. 

Chris watched her as she trotted inside, trying to take a peak at what she was hiding. Whatever it was she didn’t want him to see. She moved the object underneath her, out of his line of sight, keeping it there until she was past him, then quickly floated it behind her again. Once she was inside he closed the door then turned to face his guest. “So… whatcha got there?”

Lyra’s eyes widened a little, causing her to take a step back. She looked down and away from him, blushing brightly, ears splayed back against her skull. She had a sudden thought of bolting right there and then, and just running back home. Maybe it wasn’t too late, maybe she could just leave now and forget this whole mess. Just try play it off as some weird prank she was trying to pull. Yeah then she could go home to Bon Bon and… Bon Bon. 

Thinking of her friend reminded her of the pinkie promise she made. Today had to be the day… She was stuck. This had to continue.

Lyra took a deep breath closing her eyes, then opened them again. She looked right at Chris, taking a strong stance. Her expression changed to one of a determined mare.

“CHRIS!” She shouted, causing him to jump back a little in surprise. Realizing her voice was a slightly louder than she originally intended, she tried to tone it down a notch before continuing. 

“IGOTYOUTHESEFLOWERS!” She shouted again, all in one breath before launching the bundle of roses out from behind her with her magic. The dozen or so flowers pressed up against Chris’s chest with a light, but noticeable force. She put more power into her magic then she originally intended. The flowers were only meant to hover in front of him. ‘You're blowing it Lyra!’ She mentally scolded herself.

Chris leaned back in surprise and looked down at the bundle of roses being pushed against him, raising an eyebrow. He looked at Lyra giving her a confused look then looked back down at the flowers. He grabbed the roses in his hand and then held it there, while Lyra’s magic faded away. "Uhh.." was all he could say.

‘What in the world is this mare doing giving me all these roses.’ Chris thought to himself. These flowers were expensive! He knew they were considered a delicacy to ponies, and it came at a very high price. He was actually looking into some recipes for some rose dishes to surprise Lyra with one day, but now she was here with about a dozen of them. Maybe she just wanted him to make her something with these. She was a terrible cook and she loved the meals he would make for her when ever he got the chance. Maybe that’s why she was acting all nervous too. She was afraid to ask him to cook her something. It must be more of the weird pony culture. To her it might be like if he asked a woman from his world to make him a sandwich. Now it all made sense.

“Oh, Lyra… You don’t have to be so nervous about this.” He said, looking up at the mare with a warm smile. “All you had to do was ask. I completely understand, and I’m okay with it.”

Lyra’s eyes widened, her face burned a bright-red. “Y-you mean.” she asked, with a shaky voice. She was in complete shock. It looked like her roses were finally getting the message across to him. Bon Bon was right! All she had to do was copy his own culture to get him to understand. Her mouth started to dry up while butterflies swarmed in her stomach. “Y-you mean you're… O-okay… With this?!” 

Tears started to build up in her eyes, as her muzzle turned up into a smile. She was so happy. To think that after all this time, this was all she needed to do.

Chris laughed a little before responding. "Well yeah! I mean if you wanted me to make you a rose petal dinner all you had to do was ask. I wouldn't be offended or anything.”

Lyra’s heart sank. Her stomach twisted into knots. She wanted to vomit.

Chris stared at her for a moment, noticing her expression and stance hadn’t changed in a while. She was like a statue. “Umm, Lyra? You okay?”

Lyra wanted to scream. She couldn’t tell if she was angry, or sad. How could he be this dense? And to just get her hopes up like that. 

Lyra’s legs gave out from under her, and she fell to the floor. She wrapped her forelegs around the top of her muzzle, covering her eyes. She just wanted to shrink away into nothing. She wanted to curl up somewhere and die.

“Umm… Ly-Ly?” Chris asked concerned for his fallen friend. 

Lyra groaned. She kept her hooves over her snout, hiding her shame. How can he not understand? Wasn't it plain as day by now? She'd tried everything she could think of to get him to understand. “Chris… You can’t be this stupid.” She finally responded to him from under her hooves.

"Hey! I resemble that remark!” Chris joked, with a cheeky grin that Lyra couldn’t see. 

Normally such a corny joke might have gotten a light chuckle from the mare, but she was in no laughing mood. Her nerves were eating her up inside, and it looked like nothing was getting through to her love. No, she was going to have to do this the hard way. The way she feared the most. She had to use the direct approach. 

Lyra took in a deep breath, exhaling slowly. She slowly stood up, looking into Chris’s eyes with a doleful expression. She took in one more breath before speaking. “Chris… I don’t want you to cook me anything right now.” She said in an exasperated tone. Chris gave her a puzzled look. 

Lyra took a moment to stare into his bright, beautiful, hazel eyes that she loved so much. She let herself get lost in his eyes for a moment, letting his gaze comfort her before she said more. “I came here today because… Well... we need to talk.” She admitted with a heavy sigh.

Chris’s brow furrowed with concern. Something big was up. He had never seen this side of Lyra before. It was a little scary to be honest, and those words. “We need to talk.” He knew those words well. It always meant trouble, but he was at a loss as to why they even needed to ‘talk’. He didn’t think he had done anything wrong, or at least he hadn’t done anything to have hurt Lyra. 

Had he? Oh god, what if he did do something to hurt her and he couldn’t remember what it was. The thought scared him even more. “L-Lyra, If I... If I hurt you in some way I--“

“You haven’t done anything to hurt me” Lyra interrupted. “Please, can we just talk?" She begged.

Chris nodded his head. “Of course Lyra.”

Lyra turned and walked to his couch, jumping up on one side. She looked back at Chris expectantly. He understood what she wanted, and joined her, sitting on the opposite half of the couch. Chris sat there looking towards her. He held the bundle of roses tightly, dreading what might come next. 

Lyra sat there in silence for a while, looking down at her forelegs. She started to draw little circles into the couch cushion with her hoof, not entirely sure how she wanted to approach this. Maybe she could work up to it. Start out small. Maybe ask him some questions. Perhaps his answers will help her get to the main reason why she was there. 

She looked to the side for a moment, but then turned her head back to Chris. He was sitting there, looking at her with deep worry, waiting patiently for her to do something. Lyra took in a deep breath, closing her eyes. “Chris...” She finally spoke up, keeping her eyes closed. "How do you feel… About mares?” Lyra asked, opening one eye to look at him again.

“Wh-what?” he was taken aback a little by the unexpected question. “Well I umm… Wait what do you mean?” He asked, genuinely confused. 

Lyra blushed a little at that. “I-I mean… Do you… like mares? Do you find them… attractive?” She asked, now looking at him with both eyes. 

Chris couldn’t believe what she was asking him. Why in the world would she care? He started to think about his answer. He thought back to all the mares he had met. He closed his eyes in thought, trying to think. Soon he started to see somepony. She was green, with a short cyan mane that sported a white highlight on the side. She had amazing golden eyes and- 

He was thinking of Lyra.

He shook the thought out of his head. There was no doubt about it, he did find her attractive, and she was a mare. But he could never tell her he was having such thoughts about her. Chris looked back at Lyra before responding. “Yeah I could say you mares can be pretty easy on the eyes.” He answered, truthfully. He wouldn’t flat out admit he thought she was drop dead gorgeous. He had to play it cool just in case she was trying to see if he was some kind of weirdo. 

A wave of relief washed over Lyra. It wasn’t a perfect answer, but it was something. That was one fear she didn’t have to worry about now, but she wasn’t out of the woods yet. Her heart rate shot up a little at what she was about to ask him next. She put her hooves up to her chest, holding herself, trying to calm her nerves. She sat up on her hunches, preparing herself to ask the next question. 

“Has… Has anypony tried to court you?” Lyra asked looking up into Chris’s eyes this time, with a worried expression she couldn’t hide.

Chris rolled his eyes. “No, Lyra. No pony has EVER tried to ‘court’ me.” He answered dryly, thinking the answer should have been obvious. 

Lyra felt even more relief wash over her, but before she could ask her last question Chris spoke up again. “Lyra, I hate to be a jerk here, but whats with the 20 question game? I thought we needed to talk about something.” He asked in a calm, but confused tone.

The mare scowled at him before responding. “I’m getting to that. Just please, be patient.”

She looked down at her forelegs again, which were now rolling over each other against her chest. She was about to ask her last question, the last thing she needed to know before she could come out with the true reason why she was in his home. 

Looking down to the floor and shutting her eyes, Lyra asked her question. 
“Wouldyoubeinterestedifamareaskedtocourtyou?’ She said in one quick breath. She kind of hoped that he didn’t hear the question, but he did, and he had no idea how to answer it.

Chris sat back a little at that. “Lyra… That’s kind of a big question. I mean… I…” He tried to think of a good answer, but nothing came. It was like he was drawing a blank in his mind. He really didn’t know how to respond. “I really don’t know, I… I just don’t know.” He wanted to just say no, but he couldn’t for some reason.  

Lyra turned to look at him, her expression turning dire. Obviously he didn’t give her the answer she wanted. She continued to stare at him, in hopes that he was going to say more, but he said nothing. He just sat there with a concerned expression on his face. He looked like he might have been blushing a little too.

Lyra looked away from him again, biting her lower lip. She planted both her shaky hooves back on the couch cushion, trying desperately to get them to stay still. 

That last answer wasn't helping her nervousness at all. She didn’t know how to take what he just said. It was like the first two questions didn’t even matter now. Her stomach was back in a knot, her mouth dry, as her heart continued to pound in her chest. 

She wanted to run away. Just run home and embrace Bon Bon in a tight warm hug. But she promised…

Chris sat there a while watching the trembling unicorn next to him, waiting for her to say something else. She still wasn’t looking at him, but he had an idea that might help her. She always liked it when he petted her.

Reaching out, Chris placed his hand on her back, petting her softly. “Eep!” Lyra jumped a little at the sudden contact. Her eyes went wide and she jerked her head around to face the now smiling human. 

“It’s okay Lyra, you can tell me anything. Whatever it is I’m sure its not as bad as you think. I’m here for you.” He cooed reassuringly, trying to make her feel better. From all the questions it almost seemed like she was going to ask to court him herself or something, but he knew that was impossible. There must be some other motive. 

She wanted to believe his words, but from what she could tell, he was still as ignorant as ever. It did little to comfort her, but not all his efforts failed. She was enjoying the feeling of his surprisingly warm hands, gently rubbing her fur down her back. She closed her eyes briefly while leaning into his hand, letting him pet her. She just wanted to stay like that forever. Sadly she had to finish what she started. She sighed deeply knowing that the only thing left to do was to get it out. She had to be subtle about it though. Act like it wasn’t a big deal. Be smooth, be calm.

“Chris, look I…” She paused looking into his eyes, biting her lip slightly before continuing. “I-I just want to say that... I… I...” She tried to push out the next word, but it would never come. 


Her eyes began to water, as she fidgeted with her forelegs, darting her eyes to the floor, then back to her oblivious loved one. 

“Lyra whatever it is you can tell me. We're friends, you can tell me anything.” Chris reassured her. He was really starting to worry about what she was going to say. She has been acting weird all day. This wasn’t like her in the least.

Before he could continue his thoughts, Lyra jumped up. She turned her whole body to face the clueless human. She inhaled deeply, shutting her eyes tight before shouting. 

“I LOVE YOU!!”

An awkward silence spread throughout the room. Lyra gritted her teeth, keeping her eyes shut tight, and her head held down low. She turned her head away from the human, feeling a tear trail down the side of her cheek; her eyes remained shut, not wanting to meet his gaze of possible horror.

Chris sat there in shocked silence trying to reboot his brain. 

‘Did she just say... She LOVES me?’ He thought to himself. ‘She really was trying to confess her feelings for me… But she’s a horse… She can't… I can't.’ The demonic Lyra horse from his dream flashed before his eyes. ‘No she’s an animal, I’m a human, I would never… There is no way it would work.’ His thoughts came to him at a mile a minute. ‘How can she love me? I’m just a strange gross alien thing that’s only meant to have sympathetic friends in this crazy world, just like Alf, or E.T. right? Do I feel that way about her? Is she just some weird alien thing to me?’

The silence was killing Lyra. Even though her eyes were shut, she knew he wasn’t taking this new information well at all. The tears flowed freely now. She furrowed her brow, shutting her eyes even tighter. She tried forcing herself to say something. She had to try and explain herself, but only soft whimpers came out.

Eventually she could form words again and spoke. “I-I’ve... a-always had f-feelings... For... For you.” She shuttered, still keeping her eyes shut and head tilted away from him. “E-Ever since... We first met... E-everypony feared you… B-but I could tell you were just... Just as a-afraid... I saw the good in your eyes and I-I knew... I knew you were something special.”

Lyra could feel the tears flowing down her cheeks, but could do nothing to stop them, she didn’t even move to wipe them away. She had to finish her explanation. “Th-then we started to spend more time together, and I got to know you more. W-we just seemed to click.” She said composing herself more. “You could always turn a bad situation into something fun. You always made an effort to help others and make friends, even when no pony else would give you the time of day. You’re so caring and kind, but also know how to be strong when the time calls for it. That’s something I really admire about you… You’re a stronger stallion then most ponies I know.” She sniffled a little, before continuing. Her voice sounding cracked and shaky again. “B-but most of all… Y-you make me feel co-complete… L-like a hole in my chest had been filled. I-I just-” She stopped knowing that her speech was pointless now. Chris has been sitting in silence the whole time. 

This was it. She had her answer, and it was ‘No!’ How could she have been so stupid. How could she have thought this was a good idea. She should have just kept her stupid mouth shut. Now things would be too awkward between them, their friendship was destroyed. Plus he must think she’s a weirdo now.

Lyra wanted to scream, she just wanted to bolt out of the house and run back to Bon Bon. To hold her tightly and eat all her freshly made candies. This was all a waste of time. The painful grooming, the expensive flowers, the whole scary confession. All of it! Just a stupid waste of time. She should have known better. 

The least he could have done was actually tell her ‘No’ with his own mouth. He couldn’t even do that for her. He just sat there like an idiot, letting her pour her heart and soul out to him without saying anything.

No, that isn't fair... It wasn't entirely his fault she felt this way and he didn't. She couldn't blame him for all of this. She did this to herself. 

Lyra let a soft sigh escape her lips. “I-I’m so sorry… This was a bad idea” she whimpered, starting to get up. Suddenly she felt a familiar touch on the side of her cheek. She didn’t dare to open her eyes though. Still she leaned into the hand that was now holding her, taking in its warm comforting feeling one last time before she would never feel it again. “I should go.” She said, in a cracked whisper, making her way to leave. 

Before she could move further, the hand on her cheek grasped her tightly, turning her head to the side. Then without warning she felt something new press itself on her lips. It felt so recognizable, but foreign at the same time. It felt… comforting, and-

Realization dawned on Lyra, her eyes shot open immediately. The sight before her caused her fur to stand on end and butterflies to flutter in her stomach. Her legs started trembling uncontrollably as her face burned a bright red. 

Chris was kissing her! HE WAS KISSING HER!!

> The Mask
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The Mask

Lyra jumped up on the couch, turning her whole body to face the clueless human. She inhaled deeply, shutting her eyes tight before shouting. 

“I LOVE YOU!!” 

Chris sat there in shocked silence trying to reboot his brain. 

‘Did she just say... She LOVES me?’ He thought to himself. ‘She really was trying to confess her feelings for me… But she’s a horse… She can't… I can't.’ The demonic Lyra horse from his dream flashed before his eyes. ‘No she’s an animal, I’m a human, I would never… There is no way it would work.’ His thoughts came to him at a mile a minute. ‘How can she love me? I’m just a strange gross alien thing that’s only meant to have sympathetic friends in this crazy world, just like Alf, or E.T. right? Do I feel that way about her? Is she just some weird alien thing to me?’ 

The stunned human thought about that a little more. ‘It doesn’t feel like she is an alien. Wait what am I saying? She is an alien right? She has hooves, I have hands. She has fur, I have bare skin. She walks on four legs, I walk on two. So why doesn’t it feel like that?’ His head started to hurt as his thoughts continued to conflict with each other.

Chris looked back at Lyra who was now looking down and away from him. Her eyes were shut tight while her whole body trembled. He’s never seen her like this before. This must really be a big deal to the mare. She was whimpering slightly. It sounded like she was trying to say more, but couldn’t get the words out. 

His thoughts booted up again. He remembered back to what he thought about after waking up from that nightmare. He recalled how he thought he might have been grossed out if a foreign creature started to show any romantic interest in him. ‘Am I disgusted like I thought I would be?’ The answer came quickly, much to his surprise. ‘No… No?... No I’m not.’ He thought to himself. He should be sickened right? What's the deal?

Chris’s thoughts were broken when he noticed Lyra crying. A single tear trailed down the side of her cheek, causing a line of black eyeliner to appear. The sight caused a pain in his chest that he had not felt in a long time. He HATED seeing the unicorn like this, and it was his fault. He needed to say something, but before he could open his mouth Lyra spoke again.

“I-I’ve... A-always had f-feelings... For... For you.” She stuttered, still keeping her eyes shut and head tilted away from him. “E-Ever since... we first met... e-everypony feared you… B-but I could tell you were just... Just as a-afraid... I saw the good in your eyes and I-I knew... I knew you were something special.”

Memory of that fateful day when he first met Lyra flashed before his eyes. 




Chris was wandering around the edge of the Everfree Forest when Lyra spotted him frightened and confused, but she never shied away from him, or ran in fear like he wanted to run from her. No, she instead called out to him, using some kind of baby talk. Once she knew that he could speak the same language, she immediately galloped over to help him. She didn’t quite know how to help the creature by herself, so she took him to meet a certain purple alicorn. What happened next he would never forget.

“Lyra! What in Equestria are you doing bringing that creature here! It could be dangerous” Twilight shrieked.  

Lyra took a step in front of the confused and worried human. “It’s okay Twilight. He’s just scared and lost. He can talk too! His name is Crust.”

“Umm… I-it’s Chris, actually…” Chris corrected softly, not wanting to upset the new slightly taller horse with wings and sharp pointy horn. He didn’t know why, but this new purple horse felt like she could be extremely dangerous. 

“IT CAN TALK!” Twilight shouted. It almost sounded like she was excited. She looked up at the creature with a more curious expression. “So you said you just found him wandering the forest?” Twilight asked, looking back at Lyra. 

“Yes, he needs help. He said he doesn’t know where he is or how he even got here.” Lyra explained, still standing between Twilight and the human.

Twilight stood there for a moment staring up at the bipedal creature. Finally she gave out a soft sigh before looking back to Lyra. “I have never seen anything like him before… I’m just not sure if we can trust him yet. You said he was on the edge of the Everfree Forest, and that worries me. I will have to ward him away somewhere until I can inform the other princesses. We still don’t know what he is capable of, so we need to run a few tests. I can’t risk the lives of every pony in Ponyville until we can determine for sure what he is and where he came from.”

Chris stood there in silence as the purple horse talked about him, as if he wasn’t in the room. He wasn’t sure if he should say something or not. He understood the horse creature's logic, and thought it would just be better to be as cooperative as possible. Lyra on the other hoof didn’t seem to like the idea of locking him away somewhere all alone. “If you have to keep him somewhere, then let me go with him.” The unicorn offered. 

“I’m sorry Lyra, but I can’t risk your life as well. He will have to stay here where I can keep an eye on him.” Twilight countered, ruffling her wings a little.

Lyra’s expression turned somber. “Twilight I have been with him all this time and he has shown me nothing but kindness. Let me stay with him. I know he’s not a danger, and he just needs a friend right now.”

Twilight smiled a little. It made her happy to see her fellow ponies using the magic of friendship when they could. “Okay Lyra, I will allow you to stay with him if that is what you wish, but only if you take a few guards with you. I will have to ward both of you up here. Are you sure you are okay being locked away with him until the other princesses arrive?” 

Lyra nodded, then turned back to the tall creature. “Don’t worry Kiss, the princesses are really nice. They will help you, and I’ll be with you every step of the way.” She gave the human a radiant smile. It was comforting to him to know that the mint colored unicorn was going to be with him. Even if she got his name wrong again, he was really starting to like her. 

“It’s Chris, but thank you.” He responded with his own gentle smile.




Chris beamed at the memory. She kept her word and stayed with him the whole day. She was even with him when the princesses interviewed him. In fact if it wasn’t for her confidence in him, the princesses might not have been so kind and willing to help at first. 

Chris was jerked back to the real world, when he heard Lyra continue to talk.

“Th-then we started to spend more time together, and I got to know you more. W-we just seemed to click.” Lyra said composing herself more. 

He couldn’t deny that she was right. They hit it off pretty well from the start. 

“You always turn a bad situation into something fun. You always try to help others and make friends, even when no pony else would even give you the time of day. You're so caring and kind, but know how to be strong when the time calls for it. That’s something I really admire about you… You’re a stronger stallion then most ponies I know.” Lyra added, sniffling a little.

‘She really thinks that about me?’ Chris thought to himself, listening intently to her words.

Lyra continued. Her voice sounding cracked and shaky as she spoke. “B-but most of all… Y-you make me feel co-complete… L-like a hole in my chest has been filled. I-I just-” She paused for some reason. 

‘I make her feel complete?’ The words she spoke rang through his head like an endless echo. His thoughts drifted once more as he started to realize something he should have a long time ago. ‘An animal wouldn’t be saying these things to me. In fact an animal wouldn’t be having these feelings at all… No… She wasn’t an animal, She wasn’t that demonic horse from my dreams. She was so much more than that. It's unfair to Lyra to think of her as something from my old world. She's a beautiful mare with a mind just like mine, a heart just like mine... I'm a fool... I let my past world's prejudices get the better of me' He thought to himself, frowning a little.

More visions flooded his mind. He was hit with memories of all the times he was with the unicorn.




Lyra tackled Chris to the ground, under a nice shady tree, in fact it was almost like she planned the chase would end there. 

“Okay you caught me… Again… Now can you get off of me?” Chris requested politely. 

The mare wouldn’t budge an inch. Instead she stayed laying on top of him, pinning him down with her body. She shook her head in response.

Chris sighed in defeat. “I know what you want…” He admitted.

“So, whats keepin’ ya hot stuff?” Lyra cooed, giving him a seductive look. 

The way she called him ‘hot stuff’ made Chris blush a little, but he ignored the comment and proceeded to scratch behind the unicorn’s ear like he thought she wanted him to do. But when he looked at her, her expression changed to a gloomier one, like he did something wrong, or she thought he would have reacted differently.

He pinched her ear between his fingers and rubbed them together, causing the mare’s eyes to roll back into her head and a smile to return to her face. 

What was it that he missed? He wasn’t sure what she wanted him to do. Did he do something wrong? Did she want him to act on the ‘hot stuff” comment? No she was just playing around like she always did. It couldn’t have meant more.




Another memory flashed before him.




Chris was carrying a few boxes of what little he owned into his brand new, freshly constructed, home. Lyra was behind him, carrying a box of pots and pans with her magic. They both entered his new dwelling setting the boxes down wherever they could. Chris turned to Lyra who was now inspecting the empty room. 

“Not too shabby.” Lyra admitted. “It’s a little bigger than I’m used to seeing, but seems okay for somepony who always has his head stuck in the clouds.” She teased playfully.

“Oh, ha-ha” Chris mocked, looking around the room as well. It was amazingly well crafted. Surprisingly so, considering ponies without opposable thumbs made it. He was really starting to like his new home. Also it was nice to know he didn’t have to live in that crystal castle with Twilight anymore. The bright colors in that place hurt his eyes.

Chris continued to look around the empty room until his gaze was met by Lyra’s backside. She was still looking over everything in the room, not noticing he was staring at her. His sights started to drift a little lower, until his eyes met with her flank. She always had a nice flank, and he particularly liked her cutie mark. The idea that a tattoo just appeared on her ass once she knew what she was talented in still blew his mind, and her cutie mark wasn’t a lyre for nothing. She was amazing at it. She could play a bunch of other instruments as well, but that one was always her favorite. His gaze lingered there as he admired her backside. Then he notice her tail started to flick back and forth lightly. Soon her rump started to sway back and forth as well. It was mesmerizing. Something of true beauty he had to admit. He wanted to keep staring, but he noticed something. Lyra was looking back at him now, with a wide smile, and half lidded eyes.“See something you like, handsome?” She teased with an inviting tone, giving him a come-hither look.

He didn’t even hesitate to respond. “Yeah, real funny.” He said turning out the door to grab more of his things, but before he turned around he noticed Lyra’s expression change to a more discouraged one, almost like she felt offended. He shrugged it off and walked out the door. She was just messing with him like she always did.




Chris mentally face palmed, as more memories of the unicorn flirting with him entered his mind. He shot her down every time. He didn’t even realize he was doing it. At least not at the time. How could he be such an idiot? The more he thought about it the more obvious it became. She had been flirting with him all this time, trying to get him to notice her. His stubborn mind blocked out all her advances. 

His thoughts came crashing back to present time, and only now did he see why Lyra had come by with the roses, looking like she did. She was trying to do what he did all those years ago back in his home world when he was trying to woo a girl. She did all of this for him… She even put on all that make-up… She hates make-up.

More tears started to pour from the unicorn's eyes, spreading more eye liner over her beautiful minty green cheeks. She looked terrible now. It felt like a hole was forming in the middle of his chest. He didn’t want to see Lyra hurt like this anymore, and he had the power to make her happy. To stop the pain she was feeling, but could he love her back like she wanted? Did he love her like she loved him?

Chris fell back into his mind thinking about his own feelings for the mare. Visions of that dream came back when she was about to kiss him. He wanted it, but did he want that outside the dreamscape?

A small smile started to form on the enlightened human's face. He really did want her, he had been wanting her for a while now, but only now could he realize how deep his feelings went. Now that he thought about it, he couldn’t picture his life without the unicorn. He even wanted to become more intimate with her… He… loved her. He loved her?... He loved her! HE LOVED LYRA HEARTSTRINGS!!!

Chris’s heart pounded with joy as he finally came to terms with the love he felt for the pony. It felt like a weight he didn’t know he was carrying had been lifted, and he was overcome with joy. He just wanted to embrace Lyra and tell her he felt the same. 

He was brought out of his thoughts by Lyra saying something that he almost missed. “I-I’m so sorry… This was a bad idea.” She whimpered. 

‘No!’ Chris mentally yelled to himself, dropping the dozen roses he was still holding onto. Without thinking he reached his hand out and gently held the side of her face, feeling the wet eyeliner that was trailing down her cheeks. He felt her lean into his hand a little, but she kept her eyes shut. She wouldn’t look at him.

“I should go.” Lyra said in a cracked whisper he could barely hear. She was about to get up and leave, but he wasn’t about to let her go. He tightened his hold on her cheek, turning her head to face him. She stopped her movements to leave, but she was still keeping her eyes shut. Chris leaned his head closer to the unicorn, thinking back to that wonderful dream when he was about to kiss her. He wanted that part of the dream to come true, and this time she wouldn’t turn into a monster. She would stay the bright beautiful mare he'd come to love.

He pressed his lips to hers, closing his eyes, petting the side of her wet cheek with his thumb. The kiss wasn’t as foreign as he thought it would feel. It felt amazing. He wanted to embrace her more, but her lips pulled away and his hand was left feeling empty. He opened his eyes to see Lyra’s beautiful golden orbs staring back at him in shock.

“Wh-what are you doing?”  Lyra cried, confused.

“Kissing you.” Chris replied softly, beaming at the alarmed mare.

“But I thought… Y-You were… Y-You didn’t…” Lyra stammered. 

“I know Lyra, and I’m so sorry.” Chris interrupted her stammering, frowning a little, looking away slightly. “I see now how much you cared for me... I was blind to it before, and I feel terrible for it...” He paused looking back into Lyra’s eyes again before continuing. “But I see now that I've been having the same feelings for you. My past preconceptions stopped me from seeing how much you cared for me, and how I truly felt for you.”

Lyra stared at him with wide eyes, dumbfounded, blinking a few times. “And what is it that you truly feel for me?” She asked in a flat unwavering tone. 

Chris chuckled a bit before answering. “I love you Lyra. I've loved you for as long as I have known you… It just took me this long to finally see the truth.”

The dumbfounded unicorn kept staring at him. Soon her expression turned into an angry glare. She wanted to hit him. After everything she did, and after all this time, NOW he says he loves her! He let her cry her eyes out in front of him while he sat there like a moron saying nothing. That jerk! That idiot! Lyra scowled, throwing a cupped hoof into the air, ready to strike. She wanted to punch that handsome face of his.

Chris noticed what she wanted to do, and pretty much agreed he deserved it. He winced, closing his eyes, bracing for the impact. 

Lyra wanted to hit him so hard and just smack the pretty right out of him. ‘How could he have ignored all my advances until now, how could he have not known! Then all of the sudden he comes out and say’s he LOVES me just like that!’ She mentally fumed, ready to strike, but she didn’t. She kept her shaky hoof held in the air. Her expression melting into one of love and delight as she thought more about what he said. He just said he loved her. He admitted he felt the same way she did about him, her dreams were coming true in the best possible way. The stallion of her obsession loved her! It was all too good to be true. Her nightmare was turning into a pleasant dream.

Chris never felt the impact of a hard hoof to his face, instead he felt two hooves being placed on the sides of his cheeks, holding him in place. He opened his eyes to see Lyra glowing at him through her smeared make-up. “You're such an idiot...” She whispered before leaning into him, placing her lips on his. She closed her eyes, kissing him deeply, taking a moment to actually enjoy the contact this time. It felt better than she could have ever dreamed of. 

The human ran his hand through her mane, holding the back of her head as he embraced the kiss. The added sensation of his fingers running through her hair sent shivers of pleasure down the unicorn's spine. Her insides burned with anticipation. She wanted him at that moment so badly. All her fantasies were coming true, and she wanted to experience every single one with him, but she knew that probably wasn’t a reality. Most stallions were not that ambitious, but she didn’t care. As long as she could finally embrace her love and make him her stallion, she would be happy.

Finally they broke the kiss panting slightly, looking into each other's eyes for a moment. Chris managed to catch his breath first. He still felt he deserved a punch in the face, but maybe an apology would suffice. “Lyra, I’m so sorry I put you through so much. Can you forgive me?” He asked, almost pleading with her.

Lyra thought for a moment, smirking a little at her soon to be coltfriend. “Well… I don’t know… You're going to have to make it up to me.” She said in a sensual and playful manner. She laid a hoof on his shoulder, then used the other one to draw little hearts into his chest, that still had that silly white shirt on. She wanted him out of that bothersome outfit so she could see all of him. She never could understand why he always wanted to wear those tantalizing things.

Chris’s cheeks burned with a bright blush. He could see where this was going, and he wanted it too, but not like this... “Lyra wait.” He said abruptly.

“Wh-what?!” Lyra half shouted, sounding confused. She has been waiting for this moment for so long. She just wanted to finally embrace him like she always dreamed. “W-Why? Chris please… Don’t make me beg.” She whined, giving him pleading eyes.

As much as the thought of having her beg him pleased the human, it wasn’t what he wanted. “I just have to do this first, I’m not going to go anywhere I promise.” Chris explained, wrapping his hand around the heart drawing hoof, giving it a reassuring squeeze. 

Lyra looked at him puzzled, but before she could protest more, Chris stood up and quickly jumped into the kitchen. Lyra sat there whimpering to herself. “Chris, you're really killing the mood here.” She called back to him as the sound of running water could be heard. 

“Just be patient!” He called back to her. Lyra just grunted to herself, puffing up her cheeks. ‘Be patient! I’ve been patient enough!’ Lyra mentally fumed. This was ridiculous. What could he possibly need to do? She had been waiting for this moment for so long and he just leaves right when it was getting good! Couldn’t they just finally become lovers? Why couldn’t he just embrace the moment? Lyra’s whole body ached with desire that was taken away from her so abruptly. 

Soon the teasing human came back into the room, interrupting her thoughts. It looked like he was holding a wet wash cloth in his hand when he came back. Lyra watched the cloth with a curious expression while Chris sat back down on the couch. He then turned to Lyra smiling a little. 

“Why do you have that wet cloth?” Lyra asked, pointing to his hand that held the damp fabric.

“Well…” Chris took a small pause to gather his thoughts a little more before speaking again. “I feel like if we are going to do this, then I want to do it with the real Lyra.”

Lyra cocked her head to the side in confusion. “But I am the real Lyra…” She said quite baffled. 

Chris chuckled a little before responding. “Yes I know you are, but I want to see your real face under all that make-up. I know it sounds silly, but I don’t want my first time with you to be behind a mask… Plus it’s kind of smearing a little now.”

Lyra’s eyes went wide, and her mouth fell open as a light shade of red appeared on her cheeks. She couldn’t believe what she had just heard. His words couldn’t have been more perfect. They really hit home with her emotions, and just made her love him all the more. “C-Chris…” She muttered softly, not sure what to really say to that. 

“Yeah I know it’s stupid and silly, and I know you did all this to impress me. I mean, I’m not saying you looked bad wearing it, you looked really nice.  You can keep on if you--“

Lyra interrupted him by placing her hoof on the hand that was holding the wet cloth. Chris looked into her now joyous face. She was smiling and looking up at him. She giggled a little before finally speaking. “You may clean my make-up off if that’s what you would like.” She said in a gentle loving tone, reassuring the human that his actions were welcomed.

Chris smiled and nodded. Lyra closed her eyes and bent her head slightly closer to him, giving him easier access. He gently placed the wet fabric over her eye lids, clearing away the light eye shadow she was wearing. It came off easy enough. He then moved to her eye lashes, wiping away the liner that still remained. After that he placed the cloth on her now rosy cheeks that still had the black lines from her tears. Before he could move his hand to clear the black lines away, a hoof gently placed itself on the top of his forearm that was holding the wet cloth. Chris looked up at Lyra who was now looking at him through her natural, but beautiful eyes. “Thank you.” She whispered softly to him, before letting his arm go. He responded with a smile, kissing the tip of her nose lightly before continued to wipe away the rest of her mask.

As soon as he was done, he tossed the now dirty fabric to the floor, not caring where it landed. Lyra beamed at him still blushing. “Better?” she asked. 

“Much.” He responded happily, giving her a delighted gaze, taking a moment to enjoy her natural beauty.  

Lyra giggled playfully then lunged at him, wrapping her hooves around his neck kissing him deeply again, but Chris quickly broke the kiss. “Lyra wait.”

“WHAT! No!” Lyra shouted. She was done with all the interruptions. What more could he want to do now? “Please Chris, I need this. Don’t do this to me. I just want to finally become one with you.” She begged, with a slight whine in her voice.

“And I want the same.” He countered, quickly placing both his hands on her flanks. Lyra enjoyed the feeling of his hands there, but before she could relish in the pleasure of those wonderful digits cupping her backside, she was suddenly lifted into the air. Lyra squeed in surprise, wrapping her hooves around the human's neck tightly. “Whaaa?” is all she could say. She'd never been lifted up like that before. 

Chris was now standing up with Lyra in his arms. The unicorn took a moment to look around. “So this is what it feels like to be so tall.” She whispered softly to herself.

Chris chuckled a little at her reaction. “We are taking this to the bedroom, and I am going to make love to you.” He stated, taking charge of the situation.

Lyra jerked her head to look into her lover's eyes. Her whole face burned in a blush as her heart rate shot up with those words. He sounded so determined. It only helped to excite her more. She said nothing as he started to walk forward, carrying her to his bed.

She finally started to relax in his grasp, nuzzling her head between his chin and chest. She held him tightly enjoying the ride and closeness. She had to ask why he had to carry her there though. She could have just walked. Not that she was complaining or anything. “So is this a human custom or something?” She asked curiously.

Chris chuckled, as he entered the door to his room with his beautiful lover. “Sure, let’s go with that.” He responded, trying to hide the nervousness in his voice. He had never done something like this with a girl quite like her, but he was going to do this, and do it right. She deserved that much. 



> The Exploration [CLOP]
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The Exploration

Chris walked into his room, carrying the surprisingly light Lyra Heartstrings in his arms. The mare he would soon be making love to. She was quite content being carried in the arms of the man she'd obsessed over for so long, letting her head rest on his chest, listening to his heart beat. It pounded with a fast and steady rhythm letting her know just how worked up he was. It could be because he was so nervous about what they would be doing, or maybe he was just as excited as she was. She hoped it was the latter.

Lyra let out a happy sigh, rubbing her cheek into Chris’s chest as she wrapped her forelegs under his arms, holding him lovingly. She enjoyed the warmth of his body against hers and the gentle rocking motions he made as he walked. It was a soothing feeling. She'd have to make him carry her like this more often.

The human continued his slow stride, making his way to his large, custom-made bed. The same bed he would use to take his friendship with one of the most amazing mares in all of Equestria to the next level. Lyra was always so much more to him than just a friend, and he was the biggest idiot for not seeing this sooner, but he would fix that mistake starting tonight. Tonight they would become lovers, and he would do everything he could to make her the happiest mare in all of Equestria.
 
But, he wasn’t quite sure how to go about it. Ponies were a lot different than humans, so he wasn’t too confident in his abilities to give Lyra the attention she truly deserved. Still, the thought of trying was a thrilling one, even if it was a bit scary. He wanted to explore every inch of her and make sure she’d enjoyed her first of many nights with him. He just had to figure out how... 

Chris snapped back to reality when he noticed his bed was only a few feet away, his arms started to tremble slightly as his heart pounded faster in his chest.

“It’s okay big guy,” Lyra cooed, hearing his heart beat increased in speed. She nuzzled her cheek into his chest lovingly, soothing his nerves a little. “Don’t be nervous.” She reassured, giving him a light squeeze with her forelegs.

The mare's actions helped him to relax, but he was still a little nervous about all this. He’s never done anything like this with a pony, it was still a foreign experience to him. It felt like he was a virgin all over again.

Once he reached the edge of the bed, he began to set Lyra down on her back. She giggled as he gently placed her head on one of his favorite pillows, resting her body on the dark red comforter. “Aww, is the ride over?” Lyra feigned disappointment, looking up into Chris’s eyes with a playful smile.

“Well it depends on how you look at it I guess,” he jested, grinning slightly as he positioned himself above the mare as he got up on the bed. 

The unicorn rolled her eyes, bopping him on the nose with her hoof. “Don’t be corny,” she teased.

Chris scrunched up his nose then blinked a few times, not expecting to be bopped like that. He looking back down at Lyra who was now focused on his pectorals, rubbing his shirt into his chest with her hooves, feeling his muscles through the fabric. “I like your chest,” she announced suddenly with a smile. 

The human raised his eyebrow then chuckled at the pony's actions. "You're a silly pony," he leaned in closer to the mare, while wrapping his arms under her back, fully intending to embrace her in a kiss.


Lyra looked up from his chest and saw what he was about to do then licked her lips in anticipation. She wrapped her forelegs around the back of his neck, closing her eyes as her head tilted up, giving him a clear shot of his target. They pressed their lips together tightly, causing her to let out a blissful sigh into his mouth. Lyra could feel the tip of his tongue pressing against her lips, demanding entrance. She gladly parted them, meeting his tongue with hers as they danced around each other for a while, until he tried to push deeper into her muzzle. She pushed up against him sending his tongue back into his mouth with her stronger, broader one. The mare wasn’t going to make this easy for him.

Chris’s tongue was easily overpowered, but he didn’t care. He was enjoying the feeling of her wet tongue in his mouth and the subtle minty flavor it brought with it. Eventually Lyra became bolder and started to explore him further. Chris had no choice but to succumb to her stronger muscle, letting her examine the confines of his mouth.

Lyra took in every inch of his unusual mouth, feeling just how different he was from her. She ran her tongue over his teeth feeling his canines and letting the sharp jagged points poke and prod her tongue, helping to fuel her arousal. They felt so distinct, so… exotic.   

They both broke the passionate kiss, gasping for air and leaving behind a small strand of saliva connecting their lips. “Oh… wow…” Lyra gasped.

Chris chuckled at the mare. “You umm, like my mouth?” he asked, giving her a wide grin. The mare simply nodded her head in response. He gazed down at the beautiful mare under him with a bright smile, but soon his expression melted into one of worry as he thought more about how clueless he was in this situation. Lyra quickly picked up on his hesitation.

“Chris?” She called softly, rubbing his chest with her hoof. “Are you alright?” she asked, giving him a worried look, concerned that he might be having second thoughts about all this.

Chris looked back into her eyes, letting out a nervous laugh. “Yeah, I’m okay, I’m just… not really sure what to do here.”

Lyra cocked her head to the side slightly, giving him a confused look. She thought it was pretty obvious what he should do. “Well when a stallion loves a mare, he takes his—,”

“No, I know about that,” he interrupted. “I’m just not really sure how to…” he sighed as he thought more about what he wanted to say. “Look Lyra, could we just take this a little slow? This is all pretty foreign to me, not that I haven’t done this kind of thing before, just not with a…” Chris sighed again. “I mean… I think I would like it if, umm... Could I just kind of... explore you… for a while?” He asked, sounding more insecure as his words trailed off.

Lyra blinked at the strange question. She wanted to just say 'no' and tell him to 'bucking rut me already'. How much more of a tease can this human really be? Is this how it’s always going to be with him? Other stallions would have been all over her by now. She just hoped he wasn't regretting doing this all of the sudden. 

Maybe he was just a little scared. For all she knew, she was going to be the first pony to be intimate with him, he could still think this is all a little strange. She hoped that wasn’t the case. Celestia knows she was more than okay with this, but if this ‘exploring’ will help him… Then… she guessed it would be fine. She just wasn't sure what his exploring would entailed, but she had hopes of what it might include.

Chris picked up on her hesitation. “I think you will like what I have in mind,” he reassured her, trying to manage a confident smile as he ran his fingers through her mane.

Lyra stared up at him for a while, but nodded her head slightly, giving him his answer. 

Chris smiled back at her, gaining some confidence back with her approval. 

She watched him as he laid on his left side, propping himself up with his elbow, still facing her. Lyra was curious about all this, but... did she need to do anything for it? 

“Umm, is there something I should do?” she asked.

“Yes, you stay there and keep looking beautiful.” He praised with a slight smirk on his lips.

Lyra huffed at him. “Oh? Okay yeah sure, I’ll get right one that.” she retorted sarcastically, rolling her eyes.

Chris gave a light chuckle, before gently placing his hand on her chest between her forelegs.

Lyra looked down at the warm hand that was now on her chest. She spread her forelegs out a little to give him easier access, watching closely. She always enjoyed the raw feeling of his touch there, but he has done this many times before. Is this what he meant? Did he just want to rub her coat like he always does before they got to the main event?

Chris continued to run his hand over Lyra’s chest, running his fingertips through her soft mint green coat, taking a moment to really admire her. He had seen her like this before, but now it was different. It almost felt like he was seeing her for the first time. She looked so exposed and alluring now that he could finally accept his own feelings for the mare. All she had to do was spread her hind legs a little to give him a view of everything. His mouth started to dry up as his excitement burned hotter within him, making his pants feel increasingly more bothersome the longer he took in her elegance. She truly was a beautiful creature.

He moved his hand down lower, gently stroking her adorable belly up and down like he had done many times before, only now it meant more than just a friendly belly rub, it was erotic and thrilling all at once. He lifted his palm slightly, pressing his fingertips against her fur, running them across her abdomen for a while, hitting a spot that made the mare giggle. She seemed extra ticklish there. He made a mental note to remember that certain spot for the future wrestling matches with her.

Lyra laid there trying hard not to giggle, his fingers felt so tingly as he ran them over her. Chris never really used his hands on her like this before, and it felt nice. Maybe this whole exploring thing wouldn’t be so bad after all. Just as long as he kept using those delightful hands.

After a while Chris started to use his index finger, drawing little letters into her stomach seeing if she would realize what he was writing.  S-E-X-Y-P-O-N-Y

Lyra scrunched up her face and bit her lip, trying to not laugh at the ticklish feeling and silly nonsense Chris was spelling into her abdomen. She stuck her tongue out in his direction, blowing a childish raspberry at him in response.

Chris laughed, but didn’t stop his movements. He guided his finger over to her petite navel, tracing lightly around it’s edges, looking back at the mare to see if his actions were getting the reaction he hoped they would.

Lyra gasped as a light chill shot through her body. It was a bizarre feeling, but very enjoyable. He had never touched her in that spot before. 

She cooed softly as he continued to trail his finger around her little belly button.

Chris smiled when he got the positive reaction he was hoping for. It seems he was on the right track. The human looked back to his hand, getting himself ready to continue his journey. He laid his palm flat on her stomach before smoothly making his way down, feeling her body grow considerably warmer as his hand traveled. He licked his lips nervously as he got closer to her more intimate parts.

Lyra watched his hand intently as it slowly descended, causing her cheeks to redden and her heart to beat a little faster. Thoughts of all the things his hands could play with down there rushed through her mind. She often fantasized about what those strong flexible digits of his would feel like on her more... sensitive parts. The unicorn prayed to Celestia that she would get her chance to find out tonight. 

Slowly she started to spread her hind legs apart, giving him easier access and letting him know his descent was welcomed.

Chris paused for a moment to look at the now fully exposed mare. His cheeks burned as he gazed upon her small delicate breasts, getting a perfect view of them for the first time. They had a similar shape to ones he was used to, only they were smaller and lower on her body. Her nipples looked quite similar as well, except they were slightly bigger and a different color. It was a darker green than the rest of her coat. They looked so soft and malleable, he just wanted to cradle them in his hands.

Lyra watched him with increasing excitement, holding her breath as he inched closer to her breasts. She brought a hoof up to her face, trying to hide her blushing cheeks as butterflies started to flutter around in her stomach. He was so close now.

His hand made contact with her breast as his fingers brushed over one of her erect nipples, eliciting a sharp gasp from the unicorn. Her hind legs twitched at the sudden contact. Chris repeated the same action a few times, brushing her sensitive and swollen nipples with his fingers over and over again, sending tingles of pleasure down the mare's body. She had been touched there from past lovers before, but it felt nothing like this. His multiple digits added so much more to the sensation. She prayed to Celestia and Luna that he would grasp one of her teats with his fingers and rub it between them like he would always do with her ears.

Before she could think more about what she wanted him to do, Lyra felt his thumb and index finger pinch one of her sensitive teats, twisting it back and forth, causing a moan to escape her lips. She quickly covered her mouth with the back of her hoof, helping to suppress her reaction. She wasn’t expecting it to feel as good as it did, but oh sweet Celestia did it feel good.

He kept rubbing the sensitive nub between his fingertips, making Lyra clench her eyes shut and blush brightly, trying to hold back more moans.

Chris let go of her now tender nipple, rubbing it against his palm gently before cradling her breast in his hand. He kneaded and massaged it lightly, feeling how soft her breasts were. He wished they made pillows as soft as this. Maybe she would let him lay his head on her breasts one day… Or is that too weird?

Lyra whimpered lightly in disapproval. Having his hand holding her breasts like that didn't feel as good as what he was doing before, but she had to admit, his warm hands did feel nice holding her like that. She opened her eyes slightly, peering down at his hand, enjoying the relaxing feeling of Chris cradling her breast for a moment.

Chris smiled to himself as he held her. So far he was getting the reactions he had hoped for, and it helped him regain a little more of his confidence. In fact it seemed like Lyra was even more sensitive than his past lover from his home world. This fact only encouraged him more, but it didn’t mean he was any less nervous. He was only inches away from his true goal now, but couldn’t get a good view from where he was. It all seemed normal from his viewpoint, but he wondered if she would feel different down there. What if she felt too foreign or strange to him? He took a deep breath, giving the soft mound in his hand one final squeeze before sliding his slightly shaky hand lower.

Lyra’s eyes shot open as she felt his warm touch leave her breasts and descend lower. She watched with wide eyes, praying to Celestia, Luna, and Twilight that he was going to ‘explore’ her now dripping wet marehood with those wonderful and amazing hands of his. Her heart raced as her excitement burned within her. She whimpered helplessly as he neared her aching sex. He was so close, so tantalizingly close.

Chris gently cupped her soft vulva in his hand, feeling how aroused she was just from the way her entrance radiated heat. She was definitely warmer than a human girl. He pressed his hand down a little harder feeling her entrance convulse and wink, coating his palm with her natural lubricant, making him shudder slightly. It was an extremely arousing feeling and he knew that the winking meant she was just as aroused and aching for more of his attention, and he would give her all the attention he could, but his nerves were getting the better of him. He started to gently rub her sex against his hand as he tried to build up his courage to keep going.

Lyra stared down at his hand yearning for him to continue, but he just kept rubbing her. It felt nice, but it only helped to tease her more. All this teasing was driving her crazy! 

The flustered unicorn looked up at the human who was focusing on his hand with an unsure expression on his face. Lyra bit her lip, mentally screaming for him to explore her more. She pawed at his chest gently with her hoof trying to get his attention. Chris broke his gaze to look down at the mare next to him. She looked up with pleading eyes. “K-keep going... please,” she begged softly.

Chris swallowed the lump in his throat. He had to keep going now, whether he was ready or not. He laid back a little more, wrapping his arm that was propping him up under the mare, getting a little closer to her body before running his middle and ring finger between her soaked folds.

Lyra squeaked in response, shutting her eyes tight as her whole body seemed to tense up at his touch. Her marehood tingled with excitement as he traced her burning entrance with those magical fingertips of his. 

Chris continued to caress her, spreading her arousal around his fingers as the mare squirmed slightly in his arm. He stretched and separated his fingers, spreading her open, exposing Lyra‘s delicate insides to the world as she gasped in surprise. He wished he was in a better position to see what she looked like.

He relaxed his fingers and started to rub her entrance again, noticing a familiar aroma in the air. It was a strong musky fragrance that could only be coming from the aroused mare in his arm. He had been around the ponies long enough to know that each mare had her own scent, but the odor was never offensive to him. He actually kind of liked how all the ponies seemed to smell nice naturally, but nothing could compare to Lyra's natural minty green tea scent. It was quite pleasant, and now it was overwhelming Chris's sense of smell. The fragrance only served to arouse him more, encouraging him to continue as if her musk was helping to fuel his excitement.

Feeling bolder now, Chris moved his fingers over her clitoris, feeling it pulse against his touch. He firmly pressed his fingertips down on the slick nub, rubbing it in a small circular motion, testing to see if Lyra would react the same way his ex-lover did.

Lyra inhaled sharply, jerking her hips up into his stimulating fingertips. She pressed the side of her head against his chest while pushing a hoof into his body as he continued to assault her sensitive clit. If her hoof was a hand she would have been grasping the fabric of his shirt tightly. His fingers felt so much better than a hoof ever did, or could. They were so precise, hitting everything they needed to so perfectly.

Chris started to massage her button up and down, pressing into her a little harder, being rewarded with sharp gasps and yelps from the mare.

 Lyra’s body was swimming with funny feelings. She just wanted to feel those delightful digits inside her so badly. “C-Chris- Ahhh!” She tried to make her desires known to the human, but couldn’t form words under the onslaught of pleasure she was experiencing.   

Picking up on the mare’s desires, Chris stopped his massaging, aligning his fingers between her now soaking wet entrance. He laid his head on top of Lyra’s mane just in front of her horn as his fingers slowly pushed inside her warm wet love canal. She felt so soft, yet there was a firmness making him have to push a little more to enter her completely.

Lyra cried out in satisfaction, enjoying the feeling of being spread apart with his fingers. She was finally getting to live out one of her more frequent fantasies she had about the human. She could feel every little detail of his fingers as they pushed deeper inside her. “Yeeeesssss…” she hissed in delight. 

Chris could feel her convulse and suck at him, consuming his fingers eagerly, wanting to pull him even deeper within her. His erection ached in its cloth prison demanding to be set free, but he wasn’t about to stop what he was doing now. Not until she was satisfied. 

He started to curl and flex his fingers, getting a good feel of her insides. He could feel all the soft ridges and little bumps of her inner walls, making him grunt softly to himself. Her texture was unbelievable. 

With his curiosity satisfied, he slowly started to work his fingers in and out, rubbing her walls with his smooth fingertips.

Lyra squeezed her eyes shut, pressing her hoof into him harder as she whimpered and moaned. His fingers felt so wonderful flexing and stretching inside her. They felt so alive, touching everything they could reach, turning her marehood into a soaking mess. She couldn’t help but roll her hips slightly and flick her tail back and forth as he stimulated her. 

Chris started to change his tactics a little, curling his fingers slightly and pushing up as far as he could go, rubbing and massaging her upper walls, hoping he would hit that one sweet spot, if she even had it.

Suddenly Lyra yelped in surprise as he grazed over a sensitive spot deep within her that she didn’t even know she had, making her whole body jerk reflexively causing her horn to flicker with a faint golden aura.

“Y-You hit s-something…” she whimpered.

Chris’s smile grew a little knowing that he found what he was looking for. He continued to massage that same spot fast and faster, taking his fingers as deep as they could go.

Lyra’s body tensed up and her horn started to glow brighter and brighter as he picked up speed and pressure. “C-Chris, w-wait! Ahh!” She almost screamed, shutting her eyes tightly, feeling a pressure starting to build up within her, but he wouldn’t stop. In fact this seemed to make him work faster. He keep rubbing her from the inside in ways she never would have thought possible. It was all just too much. Wave after wave of pleasure rushed through her body with increasing intensity making her hind legs buck uncontrollably and her horn glow brighter. She was helpless against the assault and could do nothing but let her climax wash over her.  

Chris looked at the now glowing horn next to him. He remembered Lyra saying something about unicorn horns being sensitive, which made him wonder. What would happen if… 

The human stuck his tongue out and pressed it against the unicorn’s glowing horn, licking it from the base to its tip in one slow motion.

“GAAHH!!" Lyra cried out in shock as her back legs stretched out and stiffen, arching her back to the sky, pushing her hips up into his hand even harder while she was bombarded on both ends with pleasure.

Seeing as how his efforts were bearing fruit, he kept up his attack on her horn, licking it slowly from the base to the tip then gently kissing it as he kept pressing and kneading her sweet spots deep within her.

Lyra’s love juices were pouring freely now as her inner walls clenched down on the human’s digits, making it almost impossible for him to move anymore. Being serviced from both ends like this was driving her mad. She felt like she was going to explode! Her body locked up and trembled. “C-CHRIIIISS!” she screamed, as her warm love juices shoot out between his fingers, coating his hand and part of his bed in her essence. Her horn exploded into a shower of golden sparks that danced and twirled in the air for a while, before fading out of existence, much to Chris’s surprise.    

The mare’s walls continued to pulse and twitch around his fingers as she came down from her high. She panted heavily trying to remember how to breathe again. “I… Wha… Aah,” she half babbled between breaths, still in a daze. “Oh sweet Celestia…” She huffed, trying to recompose herself. Her hoof pawed against Chris’s body uselessly while she tried to open her eyes.

Chris laid back, feeling proud of himself for being able to get such an amazing reaction from the mare. It was safe to say that he knew what he was doing the whole time and was worried over nothing, in fact he was pretty shocked at how much she seemed to enjoy what he did, and those pretty stars that exploded from her horn were beautiful. It was like a little galaxy had exploded from her head, and the little starts tickled his face when they touched him. It was amazing, and he loved it. 

He slowly removed his fingers from her glistening sex, cupping her entrance with his hand and gently massaged it, helping her to calm down a little more. Chris placed one last kiss on the tip of her horn, causing Lyra to shudder and moan softly. “Feel good?” He asked, grinning to himself.

Lyra was still trying to wrap her mind around what had happened, being pleasured on both fronts like that was a pretty new sensation for her. She didn’t even know how he knew unicorns liked their horns to be licked and touched like that. It was a wonderful feeling, and she wanted to tell him how much she liked it, but she was still a little out of it. “C-Chris… I-I… you… then you… hahh.” She tried to comment, between her light gasps of breath. After a short pause she was able to pull herself together a little more. “You were right… I did enjoy that.” She sighed happily.

Chris chuckled under his breath. “I’m glad you liked it.” He responded softly. “I loved your little light show too.”

Lyra’s eyes shot open. ‘Oh buck...’ she thought to herself not realizing that she had just exploded magical cum into his face. Her eyes were shut when it happened, and she was so lost in the moment that she... That normally never happens to her, but apparently it did happen! And right in his face too! She was so embarrassed. What if he thought that was rude of her to just do that all over him without any kind of warning? Stupid Lyra! He might think she’s a weird pony who’s into that kind of thing, even if the thought was a little exciting to her, she wouldn’t admit it.

“Oh my gosh! I’m so sorry! I didn't mean to do that!" She cried jerking her head around, sitting up slightly, looking back at him. She gave him a sad expression, almost like she was on a brink of tears. “Please don't hate me! I-I wouldn’t have done that without your permission!” She added quickly.

Chris blinked a few times at this. Apparently what she did was considered a pretty bad thing. "Lyra its fine. It's okay, honestly. I really mean it, I loved it. I’m not offend by it or anything. In fact, I would love to see you do that again,” he reassured her using the most loving tone he could muster. “It was like watching little stars burst out and dance around. It was quite beautiful.” He added.

Lyra’s heart skipped a beat. ‘Did he just say it was... beautiful?’ She thought, being taken aback by this. “You… You really liked it?” She asked feeling a little better now, and slightly more turned on.

Chris smiled at her. “I loved it.” He said, kissing the tip of her horn gently, helping to prove his point. 

The unicorn shuttered at the kiss, but smiled up at him, feeling a lot better knowing that he actually liked the demeaning act. It was a little weird that he did, but she wasn’t about to complain. She laid her head back into his chest, letting herself enjoy what little was left of her afterglow, snuggling a little closer to him.

Chris let the mare enjoy her high for a little while longer, still cupping her sex in his hand, and laying soft kisses on her horn every now and then as he held her close.

Soon Lyra finished basking and smirk to herself a little. She started to sit up and move out of the humans grasp, much to his disappointment. She stood up on her legs and spun around to face the human. “My turn!” She announced happily, sitting back on her haunches.

Chris only gave her a nervous look, but he sat up, placing his back against the headboard of the bed.

“You umm, want to explore me now?” he asked, unable to hide the nervousness in his voice.

Lyra gave a happy smile and nodded her head enthusiastically. She was really liking this idea of exploring each other. It was something that she had never really done with another stallion before, plus she needed to see what he was like under all that bothersome clothing that he was still wearing, for some reason... “I want you out of those clothes, Mr. Human,” she commanded, pointing an accusing hoof at him.

Chris wasn’t surprised by the command. In fact, he knew it was going to happen sooner or later. That didn’t mean he was any less nervous of what she might think after seeing him naked. He knew his anatomy was a lot different than what she was used to, but this had to happen eventually.

He moved to take his shirt off, but was quickly stopped by a hoof that was now resting on top of the hand he was going to use to undress with. “Wait… Can I do it?” Lyra asked with a slight blush.

Chris stared at her for a moment, but relaxed his body, giving the unicorn a nod.

Lyra bit her lip as her horn started to glow with magic. The same glow started to appear around Chris’s shirt, quickly lifting it up. Chris raised his arms helping her to pull off the garment. Once it was over his head, Lyra threw the thing across the room. 

Seeing Chris shirtless wasn’t anything new to Lyra. She had seen him like this a few times and already knew she preferred him without it, but what she was really excited for was what he was hiding under that bulge in his pants. He was obviously extremely aroused at the moment, and Lyra had to know what he was like down there.

The unicorn moved closer, eyeing her target like a curious little filly, burning with excitement. Her tail flicked from side to side as she leaned down, biting the string that held his pants up within her teeth. Once she had a good grip she gave it a quick tug, undoing the knot it was tied in. His pants fell loose and could be pulled down easily now. She placed her hooves on the brim of the fabric, wanting to take them off the more manual way instead of using her magic. It just felt more satisfying that way. If only she had hands to grip it for this part… But, before she could remove the rest of his outfit, Chris interrupted her by placing his hand over his pants, blocking her view and spoiling her fun.

“Wait Lyra… It’s… It’s going to look different from what you're used to seeing…” he said nervously. “You might not like it.”

Lyra scowled, huffing at him in annoyance. She used her magic to move his hand up and away. “I will be the judge of that,” she declared, pulling his pants down with her hooves not wanting to give him another chance to stop her. The fabric slid down his waist easily, causing his fully erect manhood to spring up in front of Lyra’s muzzle. It stood up proud and strong, almost painfully so, leaving him completely exposed to the unicorn.

Embarrassment and shame shot through the human as he looked down at the mare hoping she wouldn’t run, or start laughing.

Lyra said nothing. Her eyes were as wide as dinner plates and her mouth was in the shape of a small ‘o’. Without taking her gaze off his hard arousal, she started to lie down in his lap, inching her face closer to the foreign appendage while pinning his legs under her body. She tilted her head to the left, then right, looking over every inch of what he had, studying him with a burning intensity. A small smile started to appear on her lips. “It’s… bigger than I was expecting.” She exclaimed with a joyful expression.

“Umm, thanks?” Chris responded, not sure what else to say to that. Well, at least she wasn’t laughing.

The mare studied the strong length standing before her, admiring it fully. She reached a hoof out, gently touching the underside with the softer part of her hoof, feeling it up and down. 

Chris gasped at the sudden contact. It felt a lot nicer than how he thought it would. Her hoof was firm, but had a certain softness to it, and it was surprisingly… warm?

Lyra giggled at the human’s reaction, before continuing to feel his hard throbbing member against her hoof. It wasn’t too different than a stallions, in fact it was pretty much the same. It was just the shape that was off. It didn’t have a flat head, but a round one, and his middle ring was missing. Still, it looked like it would feel wonderful going into her. 

The unicorn bit her lip as her thoughts became more lewd. Her marehood started to tingle with excitement again as she reached both of her hooves around the back of his length, pressing her nose against the underside, nuzzling it affectionately. “I like it!” She sang happily.  

Chris inhaled sharply at the sensation of her soft muzzle rubbing against his sensitive girth. It was quite an odd and slightly embarrassing feeling, but enjoyable. She looked so cute hugging him like that too.

Lyra lifted her head away, grasping the sides of his hard sex between her hooves, holding him there for a while. She pushed his member around a little, watching the way it tilted back and forth in front of her. It looked so adorable with its cute pink mushroom head, like it was wearing a little helmet. She giggled at the silly thought, but she really did like its appearance. It looked a lot nicer than other stallions anyway. 

She started to rub her hooves up and down on him, making soft moans escape the human’s lips. She liked the sounds he made when she did that. It meant that he liked what she was doing, but she thought how nice it would be if she had hands to do this with. It would probably feel a lot better for Chris too if she didn’t have these stupid bulky hooves. ‘Oh, well, I’ll just have to make do,’ she thought to herself.  

Lyra looked up into the human’s eyes to gauge his reaction. He was peering back at her, panting slightly and giving her pleading eyes. It looked like he was enjoying it, but she had an idea of what he might like even more. He might not want to keep going after, but he did such a good job of making her feel good... She just wanted to do the same for him. She could wait until tomorrow when he was ready again, then she would make him her stallion.

Chris panted slightly as he watched the mare play with his almost painful erection. It was a wonderful feeling; her hooves had a very unique and squishy texture to them that only seemed to add to the sensation. It almost felt better than his own hand when she would use both of them to squeeze down on him. He wanted her to keep going, but before he could think more of how nice her hooves were, Lyra licked him from the his base to the tip in one quick motion. 

“Ahhhh,” he gasped as his whole body shivered at the sudden feeling of her warm and slick tongue on his stiff member. 

Lyra giggled leaning down for another lick. This time she licked the tip of his head a few times, tasting the pre that had accumulated on it. She pulled back licking her lips, savoring the flavor. “Hmmm, tastes pretty good too,” she said under her breath, more to herself than to Chris. The human didn't seem to hear, but let out a soft groan at the lick. Lyra bit her lip as she aligned his tip with her muzzle. She peered up at Chris through her mane that was now covering most of her eyes, giving his head a light kiss.

Chris inhaled sharply, trying to hold back the urge to buck up into her lips. “L-lyra…” He called softly to her. His heart pounded in his chest as he watched. 

The way Chris called her name like that made the mare smile and her body tingle with excitement. She was going to love making him feel good and getting him to him call out for her. The thought was exhilarating. To think that only a few moments ago she was worried that she would never get this chance to make him feel good and love him like she always wanted, but now her dream was coming true and she was going to make him feel wonderful. 

Lyra parted her lips slightly encasing his sensitive head between them as her tongue flicked back and forth on the very top of his pink helmet.

“Oh… Buck!” Chris grunted, using his new favorite swear word he learned from the ponies as her broad wet muscle washed his head, making his member throb and twitch against her lips. 

Lyra continued to tease his tip before slowly consuming him, sliding her tight pressed lips down as her tongue pressed him against the roof of her mouth, making her giggle around his length as his rounded head tickled the roof her mouth. 

Chris held his breath as he watched this length disappear into Lyra’s muzzle, making him grunt and groan in delight. Her maw was so warm and wet and the feeling of his tip running over the soft ridges on the roof of her mouth sent shivers of pleasure down his spine.  

The mare smiled a little around his length, closing her eyes as she sucked on him eagerly. Every once and a while she would rub his underside with her tongue, making little muffled humming sounds that would send small vibrations through his member.

Chris shut his eyes tightly, gritted his teeth, and grunted in pleasure as she sucked on him like a lollipop. “Holy…” He tried to say more, but the words escaped him. 

Lyra giggled in the back of her throat at the adorable grunts and groans he was making. The sounds only encouraged her to descend lower onto him. She continued to take more of him into her, only to be stopped once she could feel his tip hit the back of her throat, causing her to gag slightly. Opening her eyes a little, she could see that her lips were only a few inches away from touching his base. She closed her eyes again, determined to take all of him. 

Repositioning herself a little, she started to move down more, pushing him deeper into her throat until she could feel her lips kiss his base. She suppressed the urge to gag pretty easily, in fact she was pretty comfortable and now she knew that she could take all of him with little to no trouble. She was really going to enjoy making him feel good.

Chris could only stare with wide eyes as he watched Lyra take him in completely. “O-oh God...” he whispered to himself, pressing his back against the headboard a little harder. He could feel that his head was resting in back of her throat making him use all his willpower to not just hump up into her muzzle.  

Lyra started to massage the underside of his length with her tongue, stopping every now and then to make a swallowing motion, trying get rid of the excess saliva that was building up in her mouth, causing her throat muscles to clench down on his tip. 

Chris shut his eyes as tremors of pleasure rocked through his body. He could feel her throat trying to swallow him. It was unreal. If she kept this up he wouldn’t last long at all. “L-Lyra, w-wait…” he stuttered trying to warn her.

The unicorn only smiled around her mouthful and went to pull her head back, taking a deep breath through her nose once his tip was free from her throat, only to drop down on him again, interrupting whatever it was he was going to say. She could feel him throb and expanded inside her mouth. She knew that meant he was getting close.  

“Ha-ahh!” Chris gasped in surprise as the mare started bobbing on him, making it even harder for him to hold back. He reach his hand out reflexively holding the back of Lyra’s mane as she worked him. “L-Ly…” Chris groaned trying to call out to her again. 

Hearing the human’s moans only made Lyra move faster, almost consuming his whole length every time she pushed her head down, sending his tip into the back of her throat. She pressed her lips around him tighter, sucking at his massive girth, wanting to consume his life essence that was buried deep inside him. Her body quivered at the thought, making her suckle at him harder. 

Chris arched his back, humping up into her mouth, unable to hold back any longer. His hand grabbed a clump of her beautiful silky mane, squeezing it tightly as his climax quickly approached. He had to warn her. “W-Wait! S-Stop! I’m about t-too-AHH!”

Lyra wouldn’t stop, she wrapped her hooves around his hips and pulled him closer to her, consuming him deeper into her mouth, pushing his head all the way back into her throat again. She stayed like that, suckling at him like a starving foal, desperate for its milk, swallow over and over again, tugging at his tip with her throat while her tongue massaged his underside.

“LYRA!!” Chris shouted in pleasure, his whole body tensed up and convulsed as burst after burst of pent-up seed splashed against the back of her throat. 
 
Lyra’s eyes shot open in surprise as his length throbbed and shot thick strands of warm liquid into her maw, quickly filling every empty space she had within her mouth. She kept her lips pressed around his base, not wanting anything to escape while she desperately sucked and swallowed, consuming everything he gave her.  

Chris snarled, gritting his teeth, still gripping Lyra’s mane tightly as his climax subsided. His body slowly started to relax once he felt the last spurts of his life essence leave his body. 

Lyra closed her eyes again, feeling his barrage of seed slow down making her relax her grip around his hips. She pulled her head back and started to hum happily as she continued to suck on his length and ingest what little he had left.  

Breathing heavily, Chris let go of her mane, placing his hand on his forehead, and looked down at Lyra in complete awe. He felt like he just ran a marathon. “L-Lyra… That was.”

The unicorn looked up at him as she slowly started to ascend off his now wet and still throbbing member. She took a moment to catch her breath before smiling brightly at him, opening her mouth to show him that she had consumed everything he gave her.

“Oh buck…” Chris moaned in response. The sight was unbelievably arousing. He felt his member pulse and harden again at the sight. “T-That… was…” He tried to form words, but he couldn’t find the right ones. He wanted her so bad at that moment. 

Lyra giggled up at him. “I... knew…. you would like that... big guy.” She said between breaths, using one of her hooves to rub his lower abdomen lovingly. She licked his now over sensitive tip a few more times. “And you tasted pretty good too,” she added, pulling back a bit, licking her lips, savoring the flavor. “It’s nice and salty.” 

Chris just stared at her with wide eyes. His erection twitch and felt like it was even harder than before.

Lyra beamed up at him, picking herself up and walking over his body until their chests were parallel with each other. She dropped down on top of him, getting herself nice and comfy and ready for a nice cuddle session, resting her head under his chin. “I’m just glad I could make you feel good.” She sighed happily, nuzzling his neck a little, fully intending to fall asleep like that. She wished they could keep going, but she knew he wouldn’t want to after that. She would have to wait. 

Suddenly Chris wrapped his arms around Lyra and rolled over, taking her with him, plopping her on her back under him again. 

“Eep!” Lyra squeaked in surprise, looking up at the human who was now peering down at her with a hungry sensual stare. “W-what are you doing? What's gotten into you?” She asked bemused. She was really comfortable on his chest, and he was a little too big for him to sleep on top of her. This was a really awkward cuddling position for the unicorn.  

Chris gave her a confused look. “What do you mean?… I’m going to make love to you and make you my mare. This night isn’t over yet.” He declared with a determined expression on his face. 

“What? But you just… I mean I made you… Aren't you done?” She asked, clearly confused and shocked.

Now it was Chris’s turn to give her a confused expression. “Done? After what you just did, I’m pretty much ready to go all night at this point. Plus I haven’t even made love to you like I said I would,” he said, adjusting his self to better align their hips.

Lyra’s eyes widened at that statement. “You mean… You would want to keep doing this with me... all night?” She asked, dumbfounded.

“What? Well yeah, of course. Why wouldn’t I?” He asked perplexed. 

The mare looked up at the human for a short while, giving him an unsure expression before responding. “Are you just teasing me? Most stallions just kind of do their thing then lose interest in doing anything else until the next day or so.” 

Chris looked back at her as if she just told him the sky was made of jelly. “It’s true!” She shouted at him.

He just raised an eyebrow at her. “Well I find that extremely hard to believe, but for me at least, I could go most of the night with you if that’s something you want.”

Suddenly the human found himself being jerked down by the unicorn's forelegs around the back of his neck, pulling him into a deep kiss that she quickly broke. “Lets do it all night!” She shouted excitedly. 

Chris looked down at the pony, slightly shocked for a moment. “Uhhh, yeah sure. If thats what you want,”  He started to smirk a little before continuing. “but, I can't do that right now.” He paused to see Lyra’s somewhat perplexed expression. 

“W-what? But why?” Lyra whined. “You just said...”

“Well, you see... I was just about to make love to the mare of my dreams before I was so rudely interrupted, and I would like to get back to that if you wouldn’t mind.” He teased, peering down at the unicorn with smug smile.

Lyra bit her tongue, trying desperately not to bust out laughing from the stupid corniness of his words, but she figured two can play that game. She gazed up at him through half lidded eyes, smirking a little. “Oh? I’m so sorry, I wasn’t aware. So where is this lovely dream mare of yours?” she cooed, looking around the room for somepony. 

“Stick around and you just might find out,” he restored in a lustful tone, peering at her with hungry eyes.

Those last cheesy words excited Lyra to no end. The way he said it with that expression of longing and desire made the mare’s body ache for him. She could see how much he wanted her in that gaze he had and she wanted him more than ever. She gave him a happy hum, leaning her head up to kiss him deeply.

Chris closed his eyes, leaning down to meet her lips with his, embracing the kiss as he pushed back against her. His excitement burned deep within him as memories of how wonderful she felt around his fingers flooded his mind. This was it. He was finally going to take Lyra and make her his mare. They would be friends no more, but something stronger. They would become lovers and he wanted that more than anything.

Lyra’s legs trembled slightly in anticipation as they kissed. The love of her life was about to take her and make her his own. That thought alone caused Lyra’s heart to skip a beat. She prayed in the back of her mind that this blissful dream would never end.

Chris continued to kiss Lyra deeply, feeling her shaky hooves around his neck as he reached back between their warm bodies aligning himself up to her dripping entrance. He rested his tip between her warm, winking folds, prodding and rubbing her as she moaned into their kiss. The heat emanating from her sent chills of pleasure down his spine as he coated his tip with her juices. 

The unicorn furrowed her brow in agitation. The feeling of him rubbing her was driving her insane. She had enough of all this teasing.

Lyra broke the kiss, panting lightly. “No more teasing,” she growled, taking charge of the situation as her horn started to glow. Chris could feel an invisible force being applied to his lower back pushing him into the warm confines of her marehood.

Chris removed his hand from between their bodies, placing both of them on the comforter, bracing himself as his tip sank in her tight velvety entrance. He let out a low growl clenching his teeth as she eagerly consumed him.

Lyra arched her back, pressing her hips towards him, trying to push him deeper as his rounded tip easily stretched her apart.  "Mmmmnnn…” she groaned in pleasure as she continued to push inch after inch of his girth into herself with her magic. Her back legs buckled slightly as she took more than half of him into her. It felt like she would split in half if he just suddenly jerked his hip forward. The thought made her whole body shiver and clench down on him in anticipation, wanting him to do just that.

Chris felt her body quiver under him as her walls suddenly clasped down, making him thrust his hips forward out of pure instinct, forcing most of his length into the mare, canceling out her magic. 

Lyra yelped out in surprise, and clenched her eyes shut at the sudden feeling of being filled with his solid warmth making her inner walls squeeze and pulse around him, trying to accommodate for his surprisingly large size as her tail flicked back and forth between his inner thighs widely. 

Hearing the mare yelp suddenly made Chris stopped his movements completely. “A-are you okay?” he asked in a shaky, concerned voice. 

Lyra whimpered softly, opening her eyes to look up at him. “Y-yeah...” she sighed. “Please… Keep moving... I’m okay,” she reassured him between breaths, massaging one of his shoulders with her hoof.

Chris only nodded, leaning down, scooping both his arms under her, holding her tightly against him as he pushed into her again, pushing their hips together and hilting himself inside her completely. 

Lyra let out a soft groan as she felt his tip kiss the deepest part of her. She returned the embrace, closing her eyes while rubbing her cheek on his, reveling in the feeling of being filled completely with his burning-hot length. Something she had often fantasized about, and he felt better inside her then she ever imagined. She could feel every little detail of his throbbing member that was wrapped tightly within her. He fit perfectly, even with his exotic shape it felt like they were a perfect match as if his warmth was meant to be there forever. Thoughts of just staying like this entered her mind and she loved the idea. 

“I love you Chris,” she whispered lovingly into his ear.

Chris nuzzled the side of her cheek, pressing their chests together, enjoying the amazing feeling of her warm insides enveloping him completely. He could feel every velvety soft ridge convulse and squeeze around him. She felt wonderful, better than anything he had ever experienced in his life. 

“I love you too Lyra,” he whispered back into her ear lovingly. He wanted to stay there in her embrace, enjoying the warmth and closeness, but his natural instincts wouldn't let him do that for too long.

Lyra’s heart melted with those words. She let out a happy sigh, closing her eyes, nuzzling the side of his face. This moment was too perfect to be true. She was lost in a state of pure happiness of being one with her love and she never wanted to be found, but the pleasure of being made whole was soon interrupted by a feeling of that wonderful warmth inside her leaving her body. Lyra moaned out in protest hating the emptiness it left behind, but before she could vocalize her disapproval, the warmth came crashing back making the unicorn cry out as she was filled once again.

Chris started to rock his hips, sliding out only to push back in at a steady rhythm, sliding his member in and out of the moaning mare.

Lyra’s body shuddered with pleasure every time he pushed back into her. She couldn’t help the soft moans that escaped her lips with every thrust, but she didn’t care. She let her voice travel around the room and enter her lover's ear, letting him know how much she wanted this. How much she wanted him.

Chris groaned, feeling his tip grind against her soft rippling walls every time he thrusted into her. He continued his steady rocking as he nibbled on his lover's ear, but she seemed too lost to even notice him, too busy wrapped up in it the blissful, intimate moment they shared. 

Lyra could feel her love juices start to flow as Chris stretched her apart. He felt so much bigger then he looked and it was such a good feeling. “Y-you’re… so b-big.” She moaned between breaths. 

“Am I… hurting you?” he asked, slowing his pace a little.  

Lyra slide her forelegs under his arms, wrapping them around his chest, squeezing tightly as she pushed her hips into his, trying to coax him go faster again. “N-no… keep going… you feel… w-wonderful,” she whimpered. 

Chris didn’t say anything, but did as the mare asked, picking up his speed while her inner walls massaged his length making him grunt and groan through his teeth. He had to fight the natural urge to just thrust away at her. He wanted to take his time and let Lyra enjoy the moment..

Lyra whimpered in his ear, squeezing her hooves against his back as she bucked her hips up to match his steady thrusting. Her arousal was dripping and making a mess of the comforter under her, coating her lover’s member and lower abdomen, making Chris’s thrusting easier for him. She could feel it. He was pumping in and out of her so smoothly now, but she wanted more. “F-Faster...” She whimpered softly into his ear.

Chris was more than willing to comply. His steady rhythm started to increase in speed, causing their hips to make a wet slapping sound every time his soaked skin hit her fur.

Lyra moaned as her back legs started to buck in the air involuntarily, tail whipping back and forth between Chris’s legs, slapping against his inner thighs. Her insides started to clench and suckle him, trying to milk him for everything he had as her climax built deep within her.

The human had to fight with all his strength to not lose it right then and there, even with his previous climax he could feel himself edging closer. The faster he pumped, the harder it was to hold back, but he could tell that Lyra was closer. She clenched down on him, making it a little harder for him to move his hips and making it even harder for him to hold back. He just had to hold out a little longer.

Lyra quickly jerked her head back giving Chris a lustful glare. “Kiss me,” she demanded, pressing her lips to his and kissing him deeply.

Chris pushed into her kiss, opening his lips and letting her tongue slip inside his mouth. Lyra tried to explore him again, but she was so close to her own climax that it was hard for her to concentrate. This time the human had the advantage and his tongue was able to push hers back into her muzzle. His tongue twisted and rolled over hers, feeling all the contents of her mouth that he couldn’t before. He started to increase his speed even more, sending loud slapping sounds through the room as their hips collided.

The mare’s whole body was drowning in a sea of ecstasy. She shut her eyes tightly, moaning loudly into Chris’s mouth as her body tensed up from his onslaught. She convulsed and clenched down on him harder and harder, causing him to stop his movements completely as her marehood splashed his crotch and lower abdomen with her sticky love juices.

“MMMUUMUM!” she moaned loudly into his mouth as her back legs kicked out against the red comforter, pushing her hips up into Chris while she let her climax overtake her. Her whole body tensed up as she wrapped her forelegs around him in a death grip.

Chris held Lyra tightly in his arms as he let her ride out her orgasm. Her marehood continued to clenched down on him tightly as she came over and over again. 

Soon her body fell limp, breaking their kiss as her head to fell back. She could barely keep her hold on Chris as she struggled just to open her eyes to look up at him.

Chris smiled down at the temporarily incapacitated mare, happy that he was able to please his lover so much. He kissed and lightly bit her bottom lip, keeping himself inside her, letting her bask in the afterglow of her orgasm.

Lyra’s lips turned up into a soft smile as she finally started to come around, regaining control over her body. Her hooves slowly slid off Chris’s back and started to rub his sides gently. She finally opened her eyes a little, looking up at her human lover. “Hmmmmm…” She hummed happily.

Chris beamed down at the unicorn still in his arms, leaning down to kiss her on the lips one more time, making the unicorn giggle.

Lyra looked up at him in a slight daze, but something was off. She felt like something was missing. There was a lack of something that should have been there after their passionate love making. 

Her eyes snapped open as what was missing dawned on her. She looked up at Chris with a somber and confused expression.

“You… didn’t… f-finish?” she asked, stammering a little on the last word, sounding a little depressed. “W-was I bad? D-did you not like it?” she asked a little worried, rubbing his sides with her hooves a little harder.

Chris gave her a loving and gentle smile. “You were wonderful Lyra. I just wanted to make sure you were happy and that you could enjoy yourself.” He reassured her, with another kiss.

Lyra kept her somber gaze on him. “Wha… B-But… You were suppose--,”

“It’s okay Lyra, we don’t have to keep going if you want to rest now. I’m just glad I was able to make you happy.” He interrupted her.

Lyra didn’t like this at all. Not one bit. It was amazingly sweet that he held back for her, and it was impressive that he could even last this long, but he was supposed to finish with her. She started to say something, but that awful empty feeling started to return as Chris started to move to get off her.

“No!” She shouted, squeezing his hips tightly with her hind legs the best she could, stopping him from leaving her. “N-no Chris… I want to go all the way with you.” She begged, giving him a desperate expression. “I want you… to… to c-cum inside me,” she stuttered a little on the dirty word.

Chris swallowed thickly. “L-Lyra… It’s ok-Gahh!” He was interrupted as her marehood squeezed down on his still hard length like a vice. “Ahhh, L-Lyra r-relax a bit,” he said through a somewhat pained voice.

Lyra ignored his demands as she started to roll her hips around his length, scraping his sensitive tip around her innermost walls. “Come on big guy… M-make me your m-mare,” she cooed weakly, still trying to recover from her previous orgasm, still squeezing down on him.

“F-ff-fuck!” Chris moaned loudly, using the curse word from his old world. He could feel all the soft ripples of her inner walls clamping down on him, driving him insane. His body shivered slightly as his mind started to blank, being replaced with mind numbing pleasure. “L-Lyra,” he grunted as his natural instincts started to take over, pushing his hips forward on their own.

“Yesssss…” Lyra hissed in satisfaction as his hard warmth sank back into her where it belonged. “That’s it big guy…” she cooed, wrapping her hind legs around his waist, just in case he tried to leave again. 

Chris gritted his teeth, pulling himself back out of her. He could feel her suckling and trying to pull him back in, working to draw out his climax as quickly as possible. 

Loud groans and growls started to escape his lips as his throbbing length made its way back inside her, having to push through her vice like grip with a great deal of force. 



Lyra’s breathing became heavier and more drawn out as he picked up speed. She could feel his member started to pulse and twitch inside her. He was getting close now, so very close. “Y-yes... T-that's it,” she whimpered, feeling her own climax building. She didn’t let that stop her though. She kept flexing her muscles as hard as she could milking him with her marehood.

Chris was barely aware of anything now. He was lost to his own pleasure, letting his body take over completely. His hips slammed into the unicorn with a powerful slap that echoed loudly in the room every time their hips collided.

Lyra was starting to lose her grip on him as he slammed into her over and over. The pleasure was becoming too great, making her lose all composure. She had no choice but to relax her body against the onslaught of his thrusting. Her horn started to glow brightly again as a great pressure started to build up inside her, just like the time he used his fingers. She was close, but that didn’t matter, because he was almost there. She could feel him expanding inside her… Just a little longer...

“Oh god, Lyra!” Chris cried out, slamming inside her faster and faster.

She knew instantly what was coming. “I-inside! Inside! Please!” Lyra begged, holding him tightly against her body as her horn radiated light. She could feel him start to swell within her, making her marehood clench down on him in reflex, coaxing out his end even more. 

“LYRAAA!” Chris cried, hilting into her with one final powerful thrust, hitting the deepest part of her marehood as he released everything he had into her. 

Lyra felt the first burst of burning-hot liquid splatter against her deepest barrier making her push her hips against his, ensuring she took everything he had. Another wave of his essence exploded into her, coating her walls with its warmth, triggering her own climax, filling the room with a bright golden light as a sea of swirling stars exploded from her horn for the second time that night. Her whole body arched upward, pushing against Chris’s stomach as her back hooves buckled and locked in the air. She wanted to cry out and scream his name, but she couldn’t. All that came out of her mouth was a loud drawn out cry that could easily be heard outside the walls of his home. 

Chris collapsed on top of his lover’s chest as her insides continued to convulse and milk him. He shot rope after rope of his seed deep inside her, filling her sex with his fiery essence, groaning loudly. He stayed like that, riding out his orgasm, trying to piece his mind back together. 

The two lovers stayed like that for a while, clinging to each other. The only sounds that could be heard was the sounds of their heavy breathing.

“Hmmmm Chrissss,” Lyra exhaled slowly in blissful pleasure as she indulged herself in the joyful feeling of being filled with her lover’s essence and finally becoming one with her coltfriend. 

Chris collapsed to his side, taking Lyra in his arms with him. The two lovers embraced each other on their sides like that in a comfortable silence for a long while. Their foreheads pressed together, enjoying the blissful afterglow of their lovemaking.

They both opened their eyes looking at each other with a half lidded gaze. Lyra was the first to break the silence. “I love you Chris. I’ve never been so happy.” She admitted truthfully beaming brightly at her coltfriend.

“I love you too Lyra, and I was an idiot for not seeing that sooner.” Chris admitted truthfully, smiling brightly at his marefriend.

Lyra gave him a playful lick across the lips. “Yes… You ARE an idiot,” Lyra replied.

Chris just chucked, holding her a little tighter in his arms.

“You better hold up on your promise to keep going tonight,” Lyra teased, smirking at him.

Chris nodded his head slowly, still in a little bit of a daze. “Of course, my love.”

Lyra smiled, nuzzling closer to him, sighing in content. ‘I can’t wait to tell Bonny what happened,’ she thought to herself. ‘She’s going to be so happy… And then maybe once she gets to know Chris more… we can become a family.’
> The Return
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The Return

'What is taking Lyra so long? She should have been back last night...' Bon Bon thought to herself as she fiddled with the candy wrapper in her hooves. She had just finished making a fresh batch of bonbons for her candy shop in town and needed to wrap each one individually, which was always a pain for the earth pony. It wasn't that she couldn't do it, it just... took a while. If only Lyra was here to help with that lovely magic of hers.

Bon Bon let out a heavy sigh, dropping the candy wrapper back on the countertop that she used as a work space. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes before laying her head on the cold counter top surface, facing all the candies she still needed to wrap. The mare was exhausted from staying up all night worrying about her friend who was supposed to be home after she got rejected from that... human. Something just wasn’t right about all this, it shouldn’t have taken this long.

'What if he did more than just reject her? What if he hurt her? What if he cooked her up and ate her!?' Bon Bon jerked her head up in a panic as her thoughts drifted from one extreme scenario to the next . ‘What if that human monster locked Lyra in his basement and started to do unimaginable things to the poor defenseless unicorn!’ 

"Oh no, Lyra! I should have gone with her to make sure he didn't do anything terrible! I have to go find her! I have to save her from that monster!" she shouted, pushing herself off the counter and galloping out of the kitchen. 

‘But... how can I save her?' 

Bon Bon came to a screeching halt just a few feet from her front door, contemplating more about how she could even manage a rescue operation like this. For all she knew the human could have some kind of mind control magic... That would explain why Lyra was always so infatuated with him and everypony else had the right mind to keep their distance. She would have to act fast, maybe if she kicked his horn fast enough she could... wait does he have a horn? Maybe he hides it under all those clothes he wears. 

“Come on Bon Bon, think!” she shouted to herself, furrowing her brow in deep thought, trying to remember everything she knew about the human. He had to have some kind of weakness, but she knew next to nothing about him. The only thing she could recall was Lyra saying how 'amazing' he was. That's all she would ever say about him... She would always go on and on about how he was so wonderful, and perfect, and handsome. 

She scrunched up her muzzle in disgust at that last thought.

Bon Bon sighed in defeat. Nothing useful was coming to her mind. She was in the dark about the human and couldn't just blindly attack the creature. Help would be needed for this mission, but who could help? Perhaps Princess Twilight? Yeah, Twilight could help! She could loan her a few hundred guards to apprehend the human. It was a solid plan. 

'Don't worry Lyra, your Bonny is coming to save you!' she mentally cheered, getting herself ready to bound out the door, but before she could spring into action, a golden glow started to appear around the door handle in front of her. The mare froze as her eyes shot open, watching the door slowly swing open, revealing an exhausted looking mint green unicorn.

"L-Lyra…” Bon Bon called out in a soft shaky voice, not expecting to see her friend return ever again. 

“Hey Bon-OUUF!”

The unicorn was interrupted by the heavy earth ponies body slamming into her, taking her into an extremely tight bear hug. 

Lyra winced in pain as she buckled her back legs to brace herself for the impact. “C-careful Bonny… my back end is still a little sore.” Lyra groaned, returning her friends embrace, wrapping a foreleg around her neck. 

Bon Bon pushed out of the hug, holding Lyra out in front of her with her hooves . She stared straight into the unicorn's bright golden eyes with an expression of deep concern and sorrow. “Lyra, what happened to you? I was about to get Princess Twilight to come help rescue you! I was so worried. Are you hurt? Oh sweet Celestia, I should have gone with you! I’m so sorry!” she cried in a panic as tears started to accumulate in her eyes. 

“Oh I’m hurting all right… hurting in the best way possible.” Lyra responded in a dreamy daze, unaware of the extent of her friend’s hysteria.

“WHAT!? Lyra, what did that monster do to you?!” she cried, trying to hold back tears. She needed to be strong for her friend, she couldn’t lose it now, not when her friend needed her the most.

“Everything…” Lyra sighed softly, rolling her eye's up slightly, recalling all the events the previous night entailed. 

Bon Bon gave her an extremely puzzled look. “Lyra, you're not making any sense, please... tell me what happened…” She begged, blinking away the tears from her eyes. 

“Oh Bonny, you wouldn't believe it!” Lyra shouted happily, coming back down to earth. She looked back at her friend with a bright smile that only confused the earth pony more.

Bon Bon paused for a moment, giving the unicorn in her hooves a questioning look. ‘Is she smiling?’ she thought to herself. She shouldn’t be smiling if that monster hurt her like she said he did. 

The earth pony looked over her friend, trying to find any signs of where she might have gotten hurt, but she couldn’t see anything. Her body was as perfect as it always was, but her lovely make-up that she worked so hard on was gone. There was also something else about Lyra that was different. It was her scent. Her natural minty scent was a lot stronger now and there was something else mixed with it… something that she couldn't place. It wasn’t a bad odor, just foreign and overpowering. Whatever it was, it was overwhelming her senses as it mixed with Lyra’s strong musk to the point that she couldn’t help but scrunch up her face a little. She let go of her friend and stepped back, covering her snout with a hoof, wanting to stop the strong smells from tickling her nose so much.

"Umm... Lyra... you really stink right now..." She pointed out, try not to sound too offensive.

"Yeah... sorry," Lyra apologized sheepishly, rubbing the back of her head with a hoof. "I haven't taken a shower yet." She said, giving the earth mare an awkward smile.

Bon Bon wanted to ask about that new smell that was on her, but she was more curious about how she lost all her make-up. Why would she take it off? She dropped her hoof that was covering her nose and looked at the unicorn’s natural features one more time before she asked her question. “Lyra… what happened to your make-up?” 

“My make-up?" Lyra asked, looking slightly confused, forgetting that she went to Chris's house all groomed up and proper. 

"Oh, yeah…" She said, finally remembering. "Sorry Bonny, Chris umm… took it off of me,” she explained, drawing little circles into the ground with her hoof, becoming quite shy all the sudden.

“He... took it off of you?” Bon Bon questioned, feeling quite perplexed. “Why in all of Equestria would he do something like that?” she asked in a slightly angry tone. Bon Bon worked so hard to make Lyra look her best and he just took it all off?

Lyra laughed nervously, looking down at the floor a little, trying to hide the blush on her face as she recalled her love’s wonderful words before he wiped her make-up away. “W-Well… you see," she started to explain, smiling to herself. "He said he wanted to see the natural me while we, ummm...” she paused, thinking of how she could best explain what happened. "Well..." she continued, standing up, making a lewd gesture with her hooves by bumping them together. “You know…” she added.

Bon Bon just stared at the unicorn. “Bumped hooves? I thought you said he didn’t have hooves,” she asked tilting her head to the side a little. Lyra wasn’t making any sense at all. 

Lyra slapped her hoof to her forehead, sighing loudly. “Maybe I should just start from the beginning.”

The earth mare just stared at her. “Yes, please… I would really like to know what happened,” she said, sounding worried again. 

Lyra inhaled deeply. “Okay, so there I was right? Inside Chris’s house with him just being all confused at how fancy I was and stuff. You know, with my mane all brushed out and the make-up you helped me with.”

Bon Bon nodded in understanding, showing Lyra that she was paying attention. 
 
“I was so scared you wouldn’t even believe it! But I pulled myself together!” Lyra exclaimed, holding a proud hoof to her chest, taking a more heroic pose for a short while before continuing her story. “I gave him the flowers like we planned, and at first I thought it worked,” she added excitedly. “But then he thought I just wanted him to make me a rose dinner or something.” Lyra huffed in slight annoyance, remembering how clueless Chris was at the time.

“He thought you wanted him to make you a rose dinner?” Bon Bon asked raising her eyebrow a little at that. “I thought you said those were a symbol of love or something. You know, from his old world. He didn’t get that?” she asked.

“No! He didn’t get it at all! I was so broken hearted after that, it was terrible…” Lyra said, looking a little saddened by the memory.

“Well, then what happened? Is that when he hurt you?” Bon Bon asked sounding worried again.

“No, but I knew then what I had to do," she continued with a determined look on her face. "I had to just tell him how I felt. Nothing else was working! So I told him everything!” Lyra exclaimed, stretching her hooves out in a big arc, symbolizing how much she told him. “Then… he kind of went silent for like a long time. He wouldn’t say anything to me, like he didn't like what I told him. I was about to give up and come home, but before I could leave he just reached out and grabbed me...” she continued, pausing for dramatic effect, looking up to seeing how her friend was reacting to her story. 

Bon Bon just stared at her with unblinking wide eyes. “...Well, did he hurt you after that?” she asked in an agitated tone, wanting Lyra to continue her story. 

Lyra bit her lip trying to contain her excitement about what she was going to tell her friend next, but she couldn’t hold it back. “HE KISSED ME BONNY!!” she exclaimed loudly, jumping up in excitement.

Bon Bon’s pupils dialed into little dots as the shock of the new information hit her. “HE KISSED YOU?!” Bon Bon shouted, jumping back in disbelief. “But you said he just went silent for a long time!”

“I know and I was freaking out!” Lyra explained trying to keep herself from jumping around too much. “But he kissed me! He kissed me and then he told me he felt the same! He loves me!” she squealed happily, shuffling her hooves up and down in rapid succession, unable to hold back her excitement.

Bon Bon sat back on her haunches with her mouth agape. “You’re serious?” she asked flatly.

Lyra just shook her head up and down enthusiastically. “Yeah! I couldn’t believe it! Oh Bonny it was amazing!” she shouted as her thoughts drifted back to that moment.

“But wait, what about the make-up. You said he took it off. Why did he do that?” Bon Bon asked, rubbing her forehead with a hoof, still trying to make sense of all this new information. 

Lyra stopped her excited outburst, blushing a little. “Well… umm you see.” she cleared her throat a little before continuing. “He said he wanted to see the real me when we…” She paused briefly, blushing a little deeper before continuing. “Ehh... made love,” she said in a soft voice that could rival Fluttershy. 

Bon Bon lifted her ear up a little higher, tilting her head to hear better. “I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that… when you?” she asked.

Lyra coughed, clearing her throat again before giving her friend a more serious look. “Made love,” she said in a flat, calm voice.

“WHAT!?” Bon Bon yelled in shock, jumping up on all four legs again. “YOU TWO HAD SEX!?” she yelled out in shock. This couldn’t be true, the human actually wanted to be with a pony. There was no way, it had to be a lie. 

“Oh sweet Luna did we ever,” Lyra responded in a dreamy daze again, letting her excitement of the past events take hold of her again. “We made love all night Bonny. It was… wonderful,” she sighed happily. “And that's why I’m... hurting," Lyra added with a nervous laugh. "I'm still a little sore from everything we did last night,” she admitted, pointing to her back side with a hoof.

"Eew Lyra..." Bon Bon responded in disgust.

The earth pony didn’t know a whole lot about stallions in... that way, but she knew enough to know that Lyra had to be lying. She knew that it was hard to find a stallion partner that could last longer than a few minutes, let alone all night. At least that's what Berry Punch tells her. She’s only been with one stallion and he was… 

Bon Bon shuddered at the unwanted memory. She shook her head getting herself back on track. “Lyra, you can’t be serious about all this. You mean to tell me you two did… stuff all night?” she asked not believing anything the unicorn was telling her.

“Yeah! I couldn’t believe it myself,” Lyra exclaimed happily. “And his dick had this cute pink helmet on it!” she blurted out overcome with excitement. 

Bon Bon just blinked a few times, not really sure if she heard the unicorn right. “I’m sorry, what?”

Lyra continued not hearing her question. “Oh and you wouldn’t believe what he can do with those wonderful fingers of his. He used them to pinch one of my nipples and then he—,”

“Lyra Heartstrings!” Bon Bon blushed brightly, shouting over the unicorn's voice, drowning out whatever it was she was going to say. She didn't want to hear the end of that sentence. 

Lyra didn't seem to notice her friend’s disapproval and continued. “But that wasn’t even the best part! Once he got those amazing digits of his inside my mare bits he started to—,”

“LYRA, GROSS!” Bon Bon shouted even louder, slamming her head to the floor, pulling her ears down with her hooves, trying to keep the lewd things Lyra was spewing out from entering her mind. It worked, but it seemed like Lyra was still talking about what happened between them. Her lips kept moving as she made weird gestures in the air with her hooves, she didn’t seem to realize that Bon Bon’s head was pressed into the floor with her ears pulled down.

After a while, Bon Bon took a chance, and let go of her right ear, to hear if her friend was still talking about the dirty things she did with the human. 

“And then he came like a gallon into into my mouth and it tasted really nice and salty but I swal-mmh mhmu mmmff.”

Bon Bon placed a hoof over her friend’s mouth, stopping the obscene things that kept pouring out.

Lyra looked up at her scowling friend, smiling around her hoof a little. 

The earth pony glared back at her with an annoyed expression. “I get it Lyra, that’s enough,” she deadpanned, taking her hoof away from the unicorn’s lips.

Lyra gave her an innocent smile. "Sorry Bonny. I guess I got a little carried away."

Bon Bon sighed. “So that’s why you never came home last night? You were being... intimate... with your human friend?” she asked. “I was up all night worried sick you know…” she added in a tired voice.

Lyra laughed nervously. “Y-yeah, I’m sorry Bonny, and it’s coltfriend now," She corrected happily. "I would have come back, but we just got caught up in the moment…” she tried to explain. “I didn’t mean to make you worry so much,” she added, looking a little down and feeling terrible for making her friend stress out so much.

"And you're telling me the truth about all this? He didn't seriously hurt you in any way?" Bon Bon asked in a worried tone.

"Well I might have a little limp for a while, but other then that no." Lyra joked, giving Bon Bon wide grin.

Bon Bon glared back at the unicorn, furrowing her brow in anger.

Lyra sighed. "No Bonny, he didn't hurt me and I'm telling you the truth about everything."

Bon Bon let out a long sigh of relief. She must be telling her the truth about all this. That would explain the mystery scent that was mixed with hers. It must belong to that human, but at least she was home again and wasn't seriously hurt. 

The earth pony reached a hoof out, pulling her friend into another hug, this time a more loving and gentle one. "Oh Lyra I was so worried about you," she admitted with a sad tone, nuzzling the side of her neck.

“Hey, it's okay Bonny. I'm fine, really.” Lyra reassured, embracing the hug, wrapping a hoof around her friend.

“I know, I’m just so relieved,” Bon Bon said, squeezing the unicorn a little tighter. 

Lyra smiled, leaning into Bon Bon, taking a moment to enjoy their hug, before breaking it off and taking a step back. “I won't make you worry about me like that ever again, I promise,” she reassured her distraught friend. “But he loves me, Bonny. Chris said he loves me just as much as I love him, and I never would’ve known that if it wasn't for your help,” she added happily. 

Bon Bon smiled brightly at her friend. She was truly happy for her, even if she didn’t really understand how she could love that human. Still, it was nice to see her friend finally find a coltfriend. Even if she just ended up heartbroken in the future when she finally saw that a relationship like this could never last, but Bon Bon couldn't let Lyra know that’s what she truly thought. Now wasn't the time for that. For now Lyra was happy and safe, and that's all that mattered. If Lyra did end up with a broken heart, she would be there for her no matter what.

“I’m so happy for you Lyra. Now you can start growing that family you’ve always wanted,” Bon Bon said, smiling brightly. Even if she didn't really believe her own words, she didn't want to spoil Lyra's big moment.

“Y-yeah about that…” Lyra said, laughing nervously. 

Bon Bon raised her eyebrow at the unicorn. 

“Umm… listen Bonny.” Lyra started to say looking away from her friend slightly as her cheeks turn into a more rosy color. "You know I care about you a lot, right?” 

Bon Bon nodded in response. "But of course, and I care deeply for you," she replied truthfully with a gentle smile, not knowing where her friend was going with this.

“And we have been really close friends for a long time now… like, really close” Lyra continued, looking back into Bon Bon’s eyes with a more loving and knowing expression. 

Bon Bon giggled at that, blushing a little. "Y-yeah," she admitted softly.

“Well I guess what I am trying to say is... now that I have a coltfriend… I was wondering if you would like to...," Lyra paused to take in a deep breath. "Join my family?" she asked, exhaling slowly.

Bon Bon’s eyes widened and her mouth fell open. “L-Lyra… You want me to join your herd?” she asked aghast, holding a hoof to her chest.

“Well, of course I do Bonny. I know you would be perfect to…," Lyra paused, gathering her thoughts a little more.. "What I mean to say is… I love you Bon Bon... and I want to raise a family with you,” she expressed warmly, smiling lovingly at the earth pony. 

“Oh Lyra…” Bon Bon said in a some what saddened tone. She wasn't surprised that Lyra loved her. In fact she was overjoyed that Lyra could finally say those words openly after all these years. They were always extremely close to each other and even shared a few intimate moments... okay more than a few intimate moments, but this wasn't what bothered her. No, it was the fact that Lyra was asking her to start a family with that... non-pony. 

“I am honored that you would want me to be a part of your family, truly I am, and you know that I have always loved you, but… I just can’t do that with... him…” she stated, flatly.

Lyra was expecting this answer. “Listen, I know you don’t really understand him, but you have to believe me Bonny, he’s right for you. I know you both really well now, and I can tell he's a perfect match for both of us. You just have to give him a chance, and I know you will find love with him like I did,” she explained softly, looking deeply into Bon Bon’s cerulean colored eyes. “He’s a really nice stallion that we could end up spending the rest of our lives with,” Lyra added with confidence in her voice.

Bon Bon let out a heavy sigh. “I know, he’s nice to you Lyra... but—,"

"He's nice to everypony!" Lyra blurted out in Chris's defense. "Bonny, I know he's different than us, but he's a stronger stallion than most. You have to trust me here, just give him a chance and you’ll see," Lyra begged.

"Lyra…” Bon Bon said letting out an exhausted sigh, still feeling tired from her unexpected all-nighter. “He’s just not a real stallion.” she countered. She didn’t want to say these next words to Lyra, but she had to make a point. “And I’m sorry, but you just can’t really have a family with somepony like him… we wouldn’t be able to have any foals of our own with him," she added with a somber tone. She didn’t want to point out that painful fact and crush her friends dreams of creating a family with the human, but it was the truth.  

“But we can!” Lyra almost shouted.

Bon Bon just gave her a confused look.

“I thought about all that stuff, and I found a way we can do that with him…” Lyra explained. 

“And that is?” Bon Bon asked curiously, raising an eyebrow at the unicorn. 

“Well… you remember that herd with the griffon in it?” Lyra asked.

Bon Bon thought back for a moment. “Yes I think I do remember hearing about a herd like that,” she recalled.

“Well did you know that the pegasus mare of that herd tried to have a foal with him? Do you know what they did?” Lyra asked again.

“No, I honestly have no idea,” Bon Bon replied. 

“They went to Princess Cadance! She used a special spell that helped them to successfully give birth to a healthy pegasus colt!" Lyra said with a bright smile. 

"Really?" Bon Bon asked, not really believing her friends words.

"Yeah! The colt is still around today and is doing well. He's growing up to be a perfectly normal pegasus with his family right now," Lyra explained, smiling brightly. "Cadance’s spell uses traits from both parents, but the foal won’t have any abnormalities or defects because the offspring will take after it’s mother, so we can do the same thing with Chris and our little filly or colt would be a pony like us!” Lyra continued, unable to hide the excitement in her voice, thinking that she might have convinced her friend.

Bon Bon just gave her a puzzled look. “Lyra… If this is true then how come I haven’t heard of this…” 

“Well it happened in the Crystal Empire, so no pony down here really heard about it. I had to do some digging to find out what really happened, but its all true,” Lyra said with a wide smile. 

Bon Bon just shook her head before responding. “We don’t even know if Cadance's magic would work on the human… You told me yourself that your own magic acts funny when you use it on him.”  

“But I got better at it. Now I hardly have to concentrate when I use magic on him,” Lyra countered. 

Bon Bon let out a heavy sigh. “Don’t you see Lyra? You have to concentrate just to have little spells affect him. Don’t you think a spell like the one you're talking about would be a hundred times more difficult, even if its coming from an alicorn like Princess Cadance?”

“Yeah but—,”

“And not only that, but griffons and pegasi are already pretty similar to each other so that could have helped the success of the spell. Your human on the other hoof is so different from us that there might be no way of telling how the spell would affect the foal, and that's if the spell even works at all,” Bon Bon continued, interrupting Lyra.

“But—,”

“And do you even know if the Princesses would be okay with you and the human wanting to do something like that? Would they even be okay with your union?” Bon Bon interrupted Lyra again, raising her voice slightly, quickly becoming annoyed that this conversation has gone on as long as it has.

“Why would they be against it? Ponies marry into other species all the time,” Lyra countered. “And if it meant I could have a happy family with Chris, then I would ask the Princess to help us a hundred times over," she added proudly, stomping a hoof on the ground. “And even if the spell doesn’t work, or Cadance won't help us, we can still be a happy family…” she said in a softer tone, drooping her head down a little, knowing that she wasn't going to win this debate.

Bon Bon rubbed her temple with a hoof, as a headache started to accumulate deep in her mind. She stopped rubbing and took a deep calming breath before speaking again. “But I want a little filly or colt one day Lyra… You know its not fair to me if there’s no guarantee that we can have a healthy foal with him. You might be okay with just growing old with the human, but I need to have the option of becoming a mother one day,” Bon Bon stressed in a somber tone. “But its not just that… He’s not even a real pony. I was raised in a traditional herd. One with two mares and one stallion. A real stallion, and that's what I want in my family,” she stated, trying to keep her composure.

“B-but... he’s...," Lyra stammered, trying to come with a good defence, but she couldn't think of anything. "You just have to give him a chance Bonny…” Lyra whimpered, splaying her ears back, trying to hold back her tears. She knew that convincing Bon Bon would be a challenge, but she held on to the hope that she would at least try to make it work with Chris, but that hope was slowly dying the longer they talked.

Bon Bon quickly picked up on the sadness in Lyra’s tone. She approached her, taking the unicorn into another hug, nuzzling her cheek a little before speaking. “Listen Lyra, I know you really love him, and I am happy that you could find that special somepony, but he’s just not the stallion for me,” she said still hugging her friend.

Lyra leaned into the hug, nuzzling her back. “But I would be even happier with you by my side Bonny…” she cried softly, still trying to hold back her tears.

Bon Bon broke the hug, to look into her friend's eye’s with a bright smile. “I’m not going anywhere, you silly pony,” she pointed out in a loving tone. “You'll always have me by your side as a loving friend,” she added. “Besides, you've only officially been with him for what, a day now? Don’t you think you're putting your cart before the pony?” Bon Bon teased with a giggle.  

Lyra looked up at her friend, smiling a little, blinking away her tears, keeping her ears splayed back. “Yeah… I guess I did kind of jump at the bit a little too soon...” she admitted.

“See? Don’t you think you should just take this time to enjoy your new coltfriend all by yourself?” Bon Bon teased, sticking her tongue out at the unicorn a little. 

Lyra sighed, but smiled a little more, starting to feel a little better. “Yeah…” she agreed weakly. “I would like to enjoy him with you though…” she added barely above a whisper, looking away from Bon Bon.

Bon Bon could barely hear what she said, but she did hear it. She wanted to say that there were plenty of other mares out there, but something stopped her from saying that. For some reason the idea of her looking for a different mare for her family made her sick to her stomach, but she knew it was selfish of her to think that way. She decided to just ignore what Lyra said for now and try to change the subject to a more cheery topic. 

“Hey listen, since you're back home now, I could really use some help wrapping all these bonbons I made this morning,” she said with a joyful smile. “You can even have a couple if you like, I know they’re your favorites,” she added in a singsong voice. 

Lyra brightened up at this, smiling more to her friend. “That does sound nice...” Lyra said in a slightly more cheerful tone.

“I knew you would like that! And you can tell me more about what happened while we work.” Bon Bon added sounding happier, now that she was able to cheer up her gloomy friend and change subject. She turned and started to make her way back into the kitchen where she had left her work. “Come on, I got the bonbon’s all ready on the counter.” 
 
Lyra followed slowly behind her friend, dragging her hooves a little as she walked. “I can’t stay too long… I have to shower and I told Chris I’d be back in a little while. He said he wanted to take me out to dinner, and go see that circus that was in town,” Lyra explained, keeping her head down a little. 

Hearing that made Bon Bons heart sink. She didn’t really give it any thought until just now, but she might not get to see Lyra as much anymore now that she was with the human. It was a pretty depressing thought.

“O-oh? W-well that's okay, it shouldn’t take to long with that lovely magic of yours,” Bon Bon replied, looking over her shoulder at Lyra, trying to hide the distraught in her voice. 

“Yeah…” Lyra replied with a somber tone, still keeping her head down, following behind Bon Bon.

Suddenly the unicorn stopped in her tracks as an idea popped into her mind. Her ears perked up as a wide smile started to appear on her lips. “That's it...” she said softly to herself.

Bon Bon stopped and turned around to face her friend with a puzzled expression. “What’s it?” she asked.

“Chris could help us with his hands! That way we can get it done fast and I can take my shower! Then Chris and I can just head for the restaurant when the work is done! Yeah, I’ll go get him!” Lyra exclaimed excitedly, dashing back to the front door. “He would love to help, too!”

Bon Bon’s eyes widened in panic. She didn’t like this idea at all. “W-what?! Lyra no, wait I—,”

“Then they can finally start meeting each other and become friends! It’s perfect. Then Bonny will see the truth.” she said more to herself than to Bon Bon.

“Lyra wait!” Bon Bon shouted to the unicorn, trying to catch her before she could galloped out the door.

“It’s okay Bonny, I’ll be back in five minutes!” she shouted back to her friend as she galloped past the open door.

“Lyra I don’t want him to—,” 

Bon Bon tried to reason with the mare, but was interrupted by the door slamming in her face. Lyra was too excited about her plan to get her two love interests to know each other more, that she didn’t even realize Bon Bon trying to stop her.

The earth pony tried to open the door as fast as her hooves would let her, but it was too late. Lyra was already bounding towards Chris’s home, and was too far away for her to hear anything she said. 

Bon Bon let out a heavy sigh, turning around and slowly making her way back into her home. She wasn’t happy about the human coming over to help with her work. She wouldn’t be able to avoid him that easily now. The thought actually scared the mare a little. He was such a tall thing, and those creepy spidery looking hand things always sent chills down her spine. She hoped that this wouldn’t be a regular thing, but from the way Lyra was so determined for them to become friends, she figured this wouldn’t be last time she would have to see the human. 

The earth pony sat down in the middle of her living room. She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. ‘There is no way in tartarus I would ever be friends with that thing,’ she thought to herself.

END.