Shadow Equestria: The Poisoned Curse

I could understand that this pony was probably a very gentle pony... That idea quickly flew out the window when she answered the door, she quickly scooped me up and brought me inside, she nearly shut the door in Lyra's face... which honestly did give me something to laugh at. Anyway, getting back to the topic, we are all currently sitting in Fluttershy's living room with Lyra and I acting like I am really a blind cat... I had to keep any emotions from clouding my judgement as I finally was able to act like I was able to tell where the butter-colored pegasus was sitting, the look she had on her face as Lyra told her that she had found this adorable ball of fluff in the Everfree made me think that it would be a much better idea to keep my eyes off of her lest I break my disguise and confess my lies... And that would really ruin the plan.

"Oh you poor little kitty... you must be starving, I wouldn't think that Lyra had any sort of food you could eat... I'll be right back." I will have to say, despite the fact that she has hooves instead of hands... she has the gentlest touch I would've thought possible. I even found myself false-purring at her touch... I didn't even know I could do that. She flew out to the kitchen where we began to hear the sounds of actual cooking.

Lyra tried to ask the pegasus a few questions but the sounds of cooking and the pegasus' desire to care for me must've blocked the questions, Lyra wasn't getting answers so she settled on petting my side. Once again, it felt really nice, I was surprised to notice that these ponies' hooves were so soft when touching other creatures. As Lyra continued to pet me I had to will myself awake otherwise I would fall asleep and stop my technique, my attention fortunately was snapped back to reality as Fluttershy flew back into the living room with a bowl of cooked fish, I took a few sniffs to make sure my eyes weren't decieving me and went over to her. She said something about how even blind animals can let their noses guide them to food but I didn't care as I began to eat, the fish tasted amazing, I really wanted to find a way to let her know I liked the fish and the perfect opportunity presented itself after I finished the small amount she brought out. I acted like I was sniffing her out after she laid down on her couch, I leapt up next to her and acted like a cat normally would when they enjoyed what they had. She ended up draping a wing over me and I can without a doubt say that today had so far been the most comfortable undercover mission that I had ever done.

I listened intently as Lyra began to ask Fluttershy questions.

"So, what kind of stuff do cats eat?" She began. I noticed Fluttershy was a little hesitant about the answer she was about to give, so I naturally listened even closer.

"Well, cats usually eat small animals like mice, rats, birds, squirrels and animals that many cooks consider to be vermin." She certainly looked like it was a touchy subject... at least in my opinion she looked that way, "...But since I take care of all kinds of animals I make sure that all cats under my care..." She tossed a glance at me in the middle of her sentence.

"Don't worry Miss Shy, I wouldn't dream of eating a raw pest... I'd cook it first." What? I've had to eat far worse on missions that would keep me away from the village for long. I shudder at the bland sawdust-esque taste of those damn soldier pills.

"...To eat fish instead of the other animals that have made their home here." Fluttershy finished her sentence with a fluff of her wings. I got up and made my way over to Lyra so that I could leave with her when she finally decided to leave. There is a plus side to spying as a cat... I found out I don't have to give up meat completely here!

"Since I think that it's now standard curriculum in schools to teach about how to have a balanced diet... You do know that eggs are a good source of protein... right?" Every time she paused I could see her shrink back a little as if she was afraid of offending the mint-green unicorn.

"Yeah, I knew that... Why?" Lyra urged the yellow mare to go on.

"Well... Cats are animals that need... Protein in their diets... so you could... you could pobably find... somepony in the market who sells cat food that helps your cat keep a balanced diet..." I had to keep myself from d'aww-ing as she nervously scratched one of her forehooves over the other, she was just so adorable... Why couldn't there be creatures like this back home!? So many wars could've been avoided if you offered one of these adorable creatures as a peace offering, No one could resist their charm well... even I barely resisted and I was trained to be a merciless assassin.

...What happened to me anyway? How did I end up getting here... I know I didn't die... I could see the fog around my village... but... what else happened... it almost hurts to think about it, so I'll just concentrate on the obviously important conversation that I just "happened" to miss.

"His name is Hikaru!" Lyra told Fluttershy happily, that was really what got my attention... and I thought I was going to have to start slitting throats around here... that is, if I hadn't hesitated long enough for Fluttershy to start talking again.

"Oh, I heard that you really liked those movies about humans... is that where you got inspiration for the name?" When we both noticed the look on Lyra's face Fluttershy quickly tried to explain her question, "I-I didn't mean to sound rude... I just wanted to know... because... I..." If it hadn't been for my overwhelmingly amazing ninja-hearing, that I'm incredibly proud of by the way, I would've never heard the end of her sentence, "...also like humans..." I had the incredibly uneasy feeling that she was like someone else in my family. What was it about her that was so familiar? I just had to put it on the growing list of 'things to think about when I no longer need a disguise'. Lyra sat there with a look of confusion on her face since she hadn't heard what the pegasus had said, fortunately enough for the cricket about ten feet from my right she finally broke the silence when she decided to answer Fluttershy's question.

"I...uh... Those movies gave me inspiration... but I don't now if there's a character in the movies that has that name..."

DAMN IT CRICKET! I SAID SHUT UP! BY TRYING TO BREAK THE AWKWARD SILENCE YOU ONLY MAKE IT MORE AWKWARD!

Lyra finally decided to leave the house before a chorus of crickets could join that first one, I was relieved when she got up because I quickly proceeded to leap onto her back. With another awkward goodbye we set off for Lyra's house.

I spoke up after I made sure there were no possible eaves-droppers with my byakugan, I will have to admit, being able to see yourself in the third-person view tends to be a little jarring at first.

"I never expected the day to be this tiring... I've been using up my chakra since I met you just to keep this disguise up... I'll be happy once I can get some sleep." She gave me a smile and a nod as I noticed her pick up her pace.

"I can't wait to go to bed too." She replied as we were about a street from her house.