That One Humanby Spin ArtChaptersFriendsDreamTell the Truth (I Hope They Understand)Your Best Friend or the Lyre?The Girl with Cyan Green HairFriendsI’m actually pretty excited about school. I hope you guys don’t think of me weird, but I’m not here for the homework. I actually enjoy being with people. I’m a pretty social person who likes to make jokes or that’s what I think. I think my jokes are pretty funny. I crack myself up all the time! Ahahaha…. I’ve been here at this school for a year now so nothing much is new to me. UCA is pretty decent. Surrounded by wheat fields, there is a patch of green grass, trees, and buildings. Behind the Administrative Building (the place where most classes meet) they’re making a new cafeteria which probably is that brown/gray part of the green. Compared to this cafe, the rest of the building on campus aren’t so nice and modern. Is it that dainty? Not really, so all of us manage. But this “Water Tower Plaza” is going to be sweet! As that is being taken care of behind the scenes, we students go TO SCHOOL! Hurray…. Remember I’m here for the dorm life and for my friends so meh, forget about that school part! … Nevermind, I actually want good grades…. After Registration Day where we sign some papers and get signed up to be involved, here comes the next day. The legit first day of school. Yes! I don’t have a 7:15 class or a 8:15 class! This Sophomore year is going to be chill. Time to sleep in.... I woke up at 8. My roommate was working right now. I laid in bed waiting for my 9:45 class. Maybe I should get ready. I put on my Rainbow Dash shirt on, some jeans, my Roxy sneakers, and my gray beanie on. Done. I went over to my desk and sat down. I have noticed my RD holographic trading card fell from it's shelf. I picked up the card and carefully let it rest on some stable object. "There you go." I said with a smile and glanced upward. My pony collection was spread all over my desk shelf. Sadly, their pastel colors didn't match the lavender walls we have. But they were my pride. I'm a brony and proud. I frowned with a bad thought. The new girls who enter the room think I'm crazy. My classmates from Freshman year already knew that I loved ponies. I thought that they were okay with it, but then four girls already have used this fact against me. So what about the new girls? What would be their reaction? But it's too late to hide it now. Everyone will know by then. Or maybe I'm just really lazy. "Whatever comes and goes...." I muttered to myself and played with a pencil between my thumbs. The sound of a key being inserted into a door tickled my ear. My roommate walked in. "Hey Lorena!" I said gleefully turning to face her. "Hey Gabby!" she replied. Lorena was a short girl who wore glasses. This year was her first year at UCA. Her brown hair covered her half deformed face. Since she was born her face was like that. Back at her old school she was bullied because of it. I had overcame the fact because she was my friend and my awesome roommate. Lorena walked over to her desk. "I'm so tired! You know what I do in the morning?” exclaimed Lorena. “What?” “I have to stack chairs on top of the table, sweep, and mop! So boring!” Lorena worked at the cafeteria. It seemed like this year everyone is working at the café this year whereas last year I worked at the café and everyone was off somewhere else. At least my friends were for the most part. “Hey, how many more minutes until the next class?” I asked her. “Twenty more,” Lorena sighed, “so where do you work again?” “Umm. Front desk remember?” “OH! RIGHT!” We both laughed. This year I work in the Girls’ Dorm front desk. The job isn’t hard, but it is a slow paced job sometimes. All you do is sit at the desk waiting for someone to come over for something or if the dean tells you to do something. Thankfully, I work in the afternoon. “Welcome students!” our teacher Mrs. Turner said joyfully. Thankfully I made it in time. The bell hasn’t rung yet, but I tried to find a seat. In the near back was a desk right next to these two boys. I managed to maneuver around the desk pods towards the back. I plopped down right next to them. The bell buzzed through the wall. Everyone became quiet and looked over to the front. I took off my gray beanie because I knew Mrs. Turner took points off for hats. Where was Lorena? I scanned the classroom for her. Over to the front right next to the teacher’s desks were two student desks that faced the class. Lorena sat in one of them. Good. She isn’t late. I sighed. “Let’s play an ice breaker game. We go around the classroom starting with Ella,” Mrs. Turner pointed to a girl in a pod in front of us, “and we use a positive adjective that describes you. The adjective must start with the first letter of your name. Then the next person will say everyone’s names that was said then yours.” The teacher paused and looked around for questions. There seemed to be none. “Ready? Go ahead Ella.” “Excellent Ella,” she said quietly. “Excellent Ella, Awesome Amber,” an Asian girl with blonde streaks repeated. I looked over to the third girl in the pod for a response. The girl was tan, skinny, and had brown wavy hair. It seemed like she needed help on her name. “Excellent Ella, Awesome Amber, and Crazy… Carly?” she hesitated. Mrs. Turner frowned. Crazy didn’t seem like a positive adjective to her. What did she think she was? An insane serial killer? “Okay, for now we can keep it. Keep going.” It was my turn. Everyone was waiting for me. All summer I couldn’t wait to use the adjective I was going to use. This was going to be easy, there were three people who already said their name. I took in a big breath. “Excellent Ella, Awesome Amber, Crazy Carly, and Glamorous Gabby!” I breezed by with a cocky smile, “get it right.” The funny thing was, I’m not those girls who wake up in the early morning to prepare their hair and face to meet guys. I think it’s good to look pretty once in a while especially when it’s Banquet day. It is special that way otherwise. Looking pretty everyday would just wear off the effect, simple logic right? One of the guys in my pod continued the game with his name as “Magnificent Mike.” Then the next guy responded right after. “Excellent Ella, Awesome Amber, Creepy Carly-“ The classroom bursted out in laughter. I was trying hard not to fall out of my seat. I glanced over to my best friend who sat in the middle back pod. Her name was Marijke. We always joked about how she was such a creeper. So how many creepers we have in this class? I laughed. It has been two days that school started. Lorena and I have been surviving with our new schedules. On the first day, I accidentally walked in a wrong class. I realized that I was not supposed to be there when I rechecked my schedule and the teacher said there were three extra people in the class. I woke up early again. What is the deal here? Maybe I'm just really worried that I might over sleep for some odd reason. I really don't want miss class again. I got up from my bed, grabbed my Derpy lanyard, and opened the door. Colorful streamers hung from our doorway. In front of our door, the wall had streamers that spelled out "Lorena 16." "OHHHHH..... RIGHT....." I said out loudly. Today was Lorena's 16th birthday. Everyone was telling me about it. How could I forget about it? What a great way to start out the school year, make it your birthday! All day everybody was greeting her with a happy birthday. Every time she walked into our room, I would always say a "Bappy Hirthday." She didn't like the attention a lot. It scared her. Today at Assembly everyone in the school sung/screamed their worst at Happy Birthday. What a sweet sixteen! In the distance, the sun begins to fade into an orange and purple. The day was ending while Lorena and I stayed in our room. Somebody knocked on our door. Lorena got up from her desk. "I GOT IT!" she retorted. At the door was a buff girl with blue long sleeves and cargo shorts. It was Sarah. In her hand she held a big bucket of ice cream and two boxes of cones. "Hey Sarah!" I exclaimed loudly. "Hey guys, so Lorena this is for you," Sarah handed the bucket and boxes to Lorena, "you better share with Gabby, okay?" "Okay!" Lorena agreed cheerfully, "hey Gabby, do you want to share this with our hall?" "Just one moment," I said without looking up as I finished up my homework. Lorena left the room with an accidental slam our door. "Sorry!" her voice was audible through the door. I shook my head with a chuckle under my breath. I got up from my chair and walked down the hall. Where was that girl? I turned to the left and there she was at the end of the hall about to knock. I ran behind her. Lorena turned around to make sure that it was no one suspicious and knocked. "Come in!" someone called out. I looked on the door, there were two name tags: Karly and Melia. Lorena opened the door. The two girls were in there staring at us to explain ourselves. One of them was Crazy Carly, one of the girls in our class. But her name was spelled with a "K?" Well then. I raised the corner of my lip. Melia is a Junior. I remember that she was here last year as a Sophomore. She had a round face, black hair, and blue eyes. I smiled at her hoping for a smile back. Melia nodded back with a smile. Karly looked down Lorena's arm to see what she had, it was the bucket of ice cream. Karly's face began to beam- "Hey do you want some ice cream?" Lorena asked them. "YES!" Both of them responded happily. We entered the room. "Finally! Some people on this hall wants ice cream!" Lorena sighed in relief. I looked at her, "well, practically everyone denied ice cream." "Now people want ice cream because I am here, duh!" I said wittily, "do you guys have any spoons and bowls?" The two nodded and got their supplies. We set the ice cream by their sink. Melia handed me a spoon and I began to dig in. I dumped loads of ice cream in Melia's bowl. Her face was blank as if she was into space. "Melia, is this enough? I mean-" I laughed, "-I could just be going on forever and you would be here saying 'keep going, keep going' and your bowl is over flowing!" Everyone laughed. Melia nodded off and told me that it was enough. Karly came over and I begin to dump some ice cream. "That's good enough." she said and walked off to her bed. With a leap, she jumped onto the bed butt first. Both of the roommates happily ate their ice cream. "But no, Gabby, the people on our hall were like, 'No I'm good,' or 'Sorry, I'm lactose intolerant!" Lorena kept going. I intently listened and dug into the bucket with a spoon the two gave us. "Someone on this hall is lactose intolerant?" I scoffed. "Yeah! But then there was these two!" Lorena pointed at the two, "Thankfully, we have people that can help us finish this with us!" "You're trying to make us fat, huh?" Karly responded. Lorena and I looked at each other. What was our response to that? "Dang it, we blew our cover." Lorena joked. "Oh no...." I whispered. There was a silent pause. Finally, I exclaimed loudly with arms flailing, "DARN IT!" Karly out of the corner of my eye, covered her face in her palms trying not to laugh so hard. "Let's make a move out, quick! TO THE ROOM!" I continued. Lorena and I dashed out of the room, "BYE!" "Bye...?" The two roommates were confused. We continued running. As we arrived at our door, we were laughing. "What was that even about?" I asked my roommate. Panting, I shook as I tried to insert my key into the door. Lorena shrugged. "I dunno," she paused, "but we're going back tomorrow!" DreamLorena and I hopped into bed. The lights of our room already turned off by the main power switch downstairs. I kept thinking about "Lyra." Crazy coincidence.... "Goodnight Lorena," I told my roommate. Turning off her IPhone and setting it on top of the fridge, she adjusted her covers. "'Night!" It took my a while to get me to sleep. It takes about thirty minutes for my brain to completely shut off. I tried thinking up "movies" in my mind that could make me fall asleep. Slowly and slowly I fell into a deep sleep. I imagined myself outside of Ponyville. I really don't know why. I never get My Little Pony dreams. It was different. In Ponyville every pony began to run around in a hurry. A dash of rainbow sped by me with a roar. Rainbow Dash.... I thought in awe. Rainbow Dash is my favorite pony, but my respect for her dropped by a bit from the pass by. How rude! Can she at least show off by maneuvering around me? Why is she in such a hurry? I begin to run after her. "Hey! RAINBOW!" I yelled from a distance. I don't think she heard me from her being "awesome." Haha. As I began to draw closer to the town, there were wanted letters posted everywhere. They were all for Lyra Heartstrings. What was this about? "LYRA! LYRA WHERE ARE YOU!?" some pony screamed as she searched. I turned to where the voice came from. It was from a pony who had a creme colored coat and a dark blue and light pink mane. It was Lyra's best friend, Bon Bon. Tears swelled in her eyes. "Please show up soon." "Finally, I've found you," said a low voice that sounded like John de Lancie. Discord.... I looked around to find that monster being, but he wasn't in sight. Only Bon Bon was in my sight. But suddenly, Bon Bon turned her head around. Something was off about her though. The whites of her eyes were yellow and her pupils were red beads. She gave a smirk then dashed behind me in a blur. I whipped around. The being's monster was composed of many animals that I could list of forever. "You need me?" I asked the rather tall draconequus monster, "why? I thought you are done with this craziness?" In the show, he comes to spread chaos in Equestria (again.) But after he learned the friendship of magic and stopped his doings. "Me?" Discord scoffed and waved his lion paw, "chaos is a fun wonder! Why, out of everypony, stop my doings? I thought you would know me a lot, since you ARE a brony?" I rolled my eyes and let out a deep gust of breath. "I don't know as much as a hardcore brony because I don't make my life be surrounded by a show! That's just a waste of time," I paused, "how much do you know about me?" "Hmmm, now let's see," he counted his eagle talons on his other hand, "you live in the Girls' Dorm at UCA, but you actually live in Portland, Oregon, a Rainbow Dash fan, friends with Lorena, Karly, Marijke, and Sarah-" "Okay, you're done!" I stopped him, "but you're pretty good. I mean this is my dream that I can make you spew out stuff." "A dream? A DREAM?" Discord cackled, "you know that one new girl in your school right? Lyra Heartstrings? She has been missing for a few days! Do you know where can she be found?" the being floated closer and poked my shoulder, "in your school! In the middle of the wheat fields!" I stared at him raising an eyebrow, "why?" "She was at the Ponyville well," Discord snapped his fingers and out of nowhere came a magenta chair. As began he to sit, he continued, "oh that wishy-washy unicorn, wanting to be a human! She has been throwing her bits [coins in Equestria] into the well for days! Lyra hoped to be a human someday! So I, a kind-hearted draconequus I am, decided to help her out. I came to her in a dream just like you and gave her the option of being a human! She took the option and woke up a human! I gave her the mindset of her going to UCA as a village student." "Wow okay. So the point is?" "Oh, just calm down. I was just being a nice Discord. But the reason why I'm here-" he got off his chair and then right after it made a small explosion just for random, "-is there needs to be an exchange, an exchange of the human world and the pony world. I bet you are the perfect candidate. Hmm?" A wave of nerve wracking tension came over me. I didn't know what to say. Why was I a perfect candidate? It made sense though, she wants to be human then I must be a pony. "But why you, you ask?" Discord grinned, "you do want to be a pony right? Make a grand adventure! Go through chaotic conflicts. Then you can tell all your bratty friends back at home right after and entertain them to your heart's content. Am I right?" I wanted to blurt out that he was exaggerating, but honestly he was speaking the truth. (It was how he described my friends as bratty that made me angry.) Discord smirked and floated in circles around me. "So what would be your answer, Ms. Gabby?" I thought about it. I do want to be a pony. What happens when I transfer over here? I bet everyone in school would be wondering where I was. Marijke would be like Bon Bon. My family will be crying over me. The deans will be going to the police asking where I was. Then nationwide, I imagine, AMBER Alerts flash on everyone's TV screens. Yeahhhh... no..... "Mmm... nah." Discord suddenly grew angry. He clutched his fists and started flailing around. "Ohhh! You are going to exchange no matter what-!" I began to laugh. Well he is so high and mighty now, "Ok! You know what? Here's the deal, sweets. Only you, your friends, Lyra should know about the alternate worlds." "Okay? But why only my friends-?" "D'ohh! I'm being nice here. If they spill any beans about a humanized pony on Earth, there will be chaos! Then I will finish the switch! More chaos will happen here in Equestria. Got it?" "Deal," I crossed my arms, "so when are you going to bring back Lyra? I mean, she has to go back sometime." "Oh when she decides to be a pony again. I bet that unicorn will keep learning about your world constantly! It will be a while. Heheheh," he chuckled. Discord looked at me in thought. He finished off and poked my forehead, "you can wake up now. I'm done with you." BRRRRRRRR! My alarm went off. Author's Note For my friends that are non-brony and want to get a gist of who is Discord click here. Tell the Truth (I Hope They Understand)"I swear I had the weirdest dream," I explained to Lorena as we headed to the Ad Building, "Lyra is a pony from Equestria." Lorena looked at me with a funny look on her face. "So you're telling me... first she is a weird "costume player" who is pretty good at playing Lyra Heartstrings. Now you are telling me she is the pony," she stated as she waved her hand at me to try and make a point. We opened the door of the building. I let her go in first. "Yes! .... I mean, yeah I'm a horrible accuser. But I'm serious!" I told her the dream was we headed up the stairs to the second floor. Lorena intently listened, but she still had that confused look on her face. Lorena, aware that I'm a brony, doesn't know anything about the show. She didn't know who Discord, Bon Bon, and Lyra was. So telling her the dream did nothing much to her. So I told her who the characters are. "Okay then-" "But no, Lyra is something more than a background character. Bronies have this idea that Lyra is a pony who wants to be human because of this one episode she was featured in. She was sitting on a bench in a way that humans sit: butt first." "I really want to believe you, but I really don't see it." "HI!" someone shrieked behind me. I turned around to see Marijke tackling me into a hug, "I miss you!" "But... I saw you yesterday-?" I gasped for air. She swayed me side to side. I mumbled, "can I go?" As Marijke lets go, I stumbled back and into the ground with a loud thump. Everyone looked at me for a moment then continued with their conversations. "So... whatcha talkin' about?" my best friend sweetly sang. I rubbed my side and slowly got up to my feet. "Okay, you know Lyra right?" "Yeah, the new chick." "She's a pony," I said flat out. Marijke gave me a blank look. She assumed that I'm just messing around with her like what I usually do. "she's a pony from the TV show." "Gabby had a dream last night that she was talking to a pony that said that Lyra was switched from the pony universe." Lorena whispered to Marijke. I began to fume. "Okay! I will prove to all of you that Lyra Heartstrings is the Lyra Heartstrings from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic!" I exclaimed loud enough where everyone was staring at me. Ah, ah, ah! The voice of Discord rang through my mind, remember our agreement? Yes, I did! Thank you much, everyone just thinks I'm a weirdo as usual. I spat. "It's okay Gabby. We still love you," Marijke insisted and patted my head. The bell rang and everyone was already streaming out of their classes. I adjusted my gray beanie once more. "I'm off to Algebra," I declared and turned away. The two yelled goodbye over the loud crowd while I headed in. The math teacher began to teach. He began to drone on and on about to move the x variable to the other side of the equation. I sat in the back day-dreaming as usual. I didn't like sitting in the back since I can't focus well and I knew that I was going to fail Algebra 2. But I didn't think about it. How on earth am I going to prove to everyone that Lyra is a pony? I thought to myself, there must be someway to do something about it. I can't think.... I got back into the math state once again since everyone was writing notes. I hate math a lot.... Maybe I can tug on her hair to prove that she isn't a cosplayer! .... Maybe not, they'll just say that she probably died her hair.... But Lyra is supposed to dye her hair blonde or something to fit the policies in school! Right? I dunno. I might try that. I gave out a random smile as I stared off into space. The teacher looked at me with a funny look but continued teaching. Maybe if I catch her saying "everypony" or "anypony!" Hmmm... I don't think so. Any brony would say that otherwise. Ooooh, I don't know! I wrote down more math notes. This was going to be a long time. Lunch time came around. Everyone was already crowding behind the lunchroom doors. Some people cut to the front because they found their group ahead. I bet everyone was a bit impatient. Well, maybe not as impatient as me. I crossed my arms and leaned against the picket fence. I wanted food. I needed it so bad since breakfast at school starts at 6:30 in the morning. Did it seem like I'm that type of person to wake up at 6:30? In the distance, coming out of the Girl's Dorm, was Karly. She stood behind the crowd as if she were waiting in line like a goody-two shoes. Then she saw me. I waved her over, but Karly shrugged as if it were a question of "Why?" "Just come over here!" I yelled over the loud crowd but came down to a whisper, "please?" Karly weaved through the people and walked over. "You made me cut, Gabby. That's very rude," she sneered. I rolled my eyes. "You're hungry, right? You should be thankful that I made you come over," I retorted. She stuck out her tongue and rolled her eyes back at me. Then, I changed the subject, "so you know Lyra right?" "Yeah, I have PE with her," she answered, "she's really nice. You have classes with her right?" "English, Bible, and Health." "Oh. Cool. One thing about her is that she keeps going on about how cool it is to run, skip, jump, and all sorts of things during PE. It was odd." I took that to mind. Lyra is the one who wants to be a human, or at least be two-legged duh! Of course she would ramble on and on about it. Today in English, though, she didn't say anything about humans. "What's the long face for?" "Shut up," I muttered. "What! I'm just asking!" Would I tell her? I don't even think she knows that I like My Little Pony. I bet she will think I'm nuts when I first tell her that I like a little girls TV show, then tell her that Lyra was actually a pony from the show. Best to not tell her now. "Nothing." "I know you're lying," she studied my face. I gave her a solid look on my face. "I'm telling you, nothing!" I looked into her brown eyes, trying to make her believe I was telling the truth. She studied once more and looked away. Finally. I sighed. The flood gates of the cafe opened. People streamed into the cafeteria hurriedly. I decided to walk across the cafeteria to get in the other line where no one seemed to go much. Karly followed after me. "Stop stalking me!" I joked and paced faster. Karly tried to catch up. "I'm. Not. Stalking. You!" cried Karly. We sat at a table. As more people came into the cafeteria, Lorena, Marijke, Sarah, and Lyra came over. "Hello everypony! I mean- everyone," Lyra said eagerly. Maybe I should make a move? "Lorena, she said everypony. Do you think she is a pony now?" I whispered to her. Lorena shrugged back. "I don't know! I guess?" "Gabby, any brony could say that," Marijke who sat on the other side of me whispered into my ear. I groaned. I knew this would happen. "'Tch!" "So! How is everyone's day today?" Lyra said loudly and motioned her hands towards us. It seemed that she was very energetic. It kind of scared me. "Pretty good," most of us responded. Marijke disproved today because she was tired again. I disproved because of her, but I didn't say anything. "How about yours?" asked Sarah while she bit into her pizza. Lyra placed her finger on her chin and thought deeply. "I... I don't know," she stammered and rested her head on her elbow, "I kinda miss my best friend actually. She lives somewhere away from here." "Are you from around here?" Marijke asked. "No. I'm from Ponyville." "SEE?" I whispered to Lorena. She shrugged again. "Calm down, Gabby. Maybe she is." I slapped my forehead. Lorena glared at me, "you're being rude!" "Ponyville? Where is that?" Karly asked, her food was not touched yet. "Equestria." "Her name is Bon Bon, right?" I finally had to say something. Lyra, so full of shock, gasped loudly. She leaned forward, her hair was touching her food, but she didn't care. "H-How do you know?" tears swelled in her eyes. She wiped her eyes and looked at me sharply, "it's because you have those statues, you know my friends! That means you must know Bon Bon right?" Everyone on the table looked at me with confusing looks. Karly was the most confused one out of everyone. I glanced at everyone and tried to sum up something. They didn't believe me, (I have told Sarah during Bible) so what do I have to say? "I told you so?" What? "Umm," I began slowly, "not really. I mean, I just know who she is." Lyra tried not to cry. Everyone was quiet and was staring at each other. I began to eat my food slowly. I wonder why Lyra was so sad, I mean she is human shouldn't she be happy? I guess when she made that wish she didn't know what was there to come. She didn't know that even everyone in Ponyville was looking for her. I looked back at Lyra and began to notice something. She was crying! No, I'm not being immature about it! But there is something about it... The tears were genuine, she was definitely crying over her best friend and I don't think any cosplayer would do it as close to this. At the end of Freshman year, Marijke and I were fighting. Not physically fighting, but you know how girls fight? (They speak with words! Or then they cat fight....) It was because there were so many things that happened one of them being her jealous with her ex because he seemed to be looking at me. Before then she broke up with her boyfriend so it seemed like the time of month. Another one being that I wanted to be around her since began to hang out with other. We were arguing on Google+. To put it short, it didn't end well. I was crying at least every night. It was very painful. Even though this is a completely different scenario than what Lyra was going through, but I somewhat knew the pain of being separated from your best friend. During the summer it was somewhat resolved, but I couldn't seem to trust her still. How did I solve the problem? .... I tried making new friends. Maybe, Lyra could make some new friends. Your Best Friend or the Lyre?"Sooooo...." I headed out of the dorm as Karly and Lorena followed next to me. We were just walking around campus. I continued, "do you think Lyra is a pony now?" "Lyra is a pony?!" Karly spat. In my mind, I face-palmed. The reason was, one, because it was very obvious and two, I forgot to tell her everything. Karly added, "you guys are weird." "Whatever!" I gently shoved her. We all laughed. Karly and I began to shove each other off the sidewalk for a while. We calmed down and kept on walking. "I don't really understand how it works, but I'm going to say that she is," Lorena decided. Finally after trying to convince my roommate to believe that Lyra is the pony from the show, I sighed quietly. Lorena glared at me, "I'm just going to say that she is! Gosh, there is a difference between believing and just saying!" "I feel so bad for her though..." Karly stated and kicked a rock as we headed back to the dorm. Lyra, during lunch, was really bummed out about her best friend Bon Bon. She really missed her. Karly glanced to the side in thought and looked back down, "I think I saw her at the dorm. She's studying in the lobby." "Speaking of which," I remarked, "I have to work at front desk in five minutes." I left the two sitting and laughing by the fountain that was in the middle of the campus. I headed down the sidewalk that lead to the front of the dorm. Swinging the front doors open, there sitting at the lobby table was the girl with cyan hair. Lyra was carefully studying her Biology textbook. As I walk past her, she looked up. Her golden eyes glowed with her bright face. She greeted me with a wave of her hand. I couldn't help but smile back and wave back. I was glad that she was happy now after the incident at lunch. Maybe she still had those saddening thoughts, but as long as she smiled everything was fine. I quickly tip toed up the few steps towards the check in computer. After I checked in I went into the deans' office to enter through the back. Out of the cupboard I took the blue spray bottle. I walked back to the entrance. Fingerprints were smudged all over the door. With a spritz and a wipe, the smudges were gone. The door glistened better in the light. "Hey Gabby," Lyra called. Out of the corner of my eye Lyra shut her Biology textbook and walked over. I turned my head as I kept wiping the window and gave another smile. "Yo, Lyra!" I got up and opened the door to wipe the other side. Should I ask her how she is doing? ... "You okay now? I mean that like you miss Bon Bon and all-" Lyra nodded and giggled. "It's fine! I dunno... It's my first time away from home without her," Lyra watched me as I worked and sang, "what'cha doing?" "I'm working the desk over there," I pointed, "but I always have to wipe down the doors. Where do you work?" "Ummmm..." Lyra pondered. She looked around the room in thought, "I don't think I work anywhere. I want to work desk then! Sounds fun!" The girl snapped her fingers and smiled again. "Uhm," I added, "I don't think you will be wiping down doors... It's my job. I mean like, people every shift have different jobs like setting the alarm off, checking to see if the kitchenette is clean, or taking care of Guest Hall. That's not all you do though," Moving on with the next door, "you answer the phone from the desk, put away mail, get people's mail, and announce whatever the deans tell you to say. You see that microphone over there? We use that." "Ohhhhhh!" Lyra exclaimed, "I was wondering where the voices were coming from. I didn't know that." "But... you know what are microphones are right?" "Yeah, we have them in my place," Lyra then paused again. This time she stared at me for a while with uncertainty. "How do you know about Bon Bon, my friends, and Ponyville?" That question. I knew in the back of my head that sometime she was going to ask that. How am I going to explain that there is a TV show about their lives? I even have to explain what a TV is! I took in a deep breath and scratched my head. Here it goes. "First of all let me tell you this, we have an invention called television or also called a TV. It's like show performances from Ponyville but all in a small box. They're moving pictures to be exact. Now, as weird as it may seem but there is a show about you guys called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic," I waited for a weird facial expression. Lyra slowly nodded in knowing. Continuing, "The main stars Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Applejack. Then there are background characters and you are one of them. You do nothing much but sit upward, get manipulated by the Changeling queen, and get your food eaten by parasprites." "Oh, I remember that," Lyra waved her hand and laughed. "Yeah, so you got it?" "Yup!" Well that was easy, I expected her to start questioning EVERYTHING. The girl began humming a tune as she examined the world around her. How did she was she able to understand quite easily?! "Say," I had to tell her about Discord. He might have diabolical plans for her here in the human world, does she trust the guy? "Discord sent you here right?" "Discord?" she questioned, "the monster that was turned back into stone by the Elements of Harmony?" "Yeah then Fluttershy turned him nice." "SHE TURNED HIM NICE?" she exclaimed, "WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?" "Um. Princess Celestia had an assignment for her so then she succeeded," I headed back to the desk. Lyra followed. "I need to see this show!" Lyra exclaimed and pointed the air, "I didn't know that these events happened!" "Okay, but Discord sent you here right?" I cut back to what I was going to say. Stop interrupting! ".... No, I wished my way here. I threw my bits into the well and wished to be human," Lyra responded slowly, "then a voice said to me 'You wish to be a human, hm? Well then, I will grant you the wish, but you can only bring one thing on your adventure. What would you like to bring?'" "What did you bring here?" I sat down on the swivel chair and asked her, Lyra sighed sadly. "I couldn't decide if I wanted to bring my lyre or Bon Bon. But instead, I thought of the lyre. Bon Bon and I were arguing about these mystical creatures called 'humans.' I screamed at her, 'You know what? I'm going to find out about these humans! When I do, I will become famous and rub it in your face!!!'" "Why didn't you wish for her to come? You can prove that we exist from here on out." "I decided to leave her at Ponyville and discover it for myself! So I decided to bring my lyre. I can't leave without my lyre right? Right?" I can't sing as good nor can't play any instruments. I was able to toot a few notes on the trumpet and I liked to sing... with my terrible voice. UCA was more of a musical school. There were so many programs for music, but for my credits I just took Band. Yeah, the band teacher removed me out of the class so I can practice more. I couldn't relate to Lyra and her lyre, but I can see why. I would like to bring whatever was personal to me like my computer and tablet. "But... I wish I brought her here. I kind of miss her. I miss all of the fun times we had even though I was here for a few days. Do you know what I mean?" she looked at me with hope. I looked at her back remembering what happened during the summer with Marijke. I stared at the ground filled with anger and sadness that seemed to mix but somehow clash. After Freshman year, Marijke and I were in an fight. She began to hang around with others but not me anymore. Jealousy came over me. Her response was the worst, she responded "Friends always lift each other up, friends push her the right way." I doubted myself. I knew I was her best friend. I was by her side when she was at the hospital or well, I sent her a letter. I wanted to be there with her, so badly. Through the thick and thin I was by her side. I was by her side since she was the person who I hanged out with the most to the point we were a "group." Then she had the guts to tell me that I wasn't a good friend?! She even labeled me as "ignorant to reality" since I liked "sparkles, rainbows, and ponies." She was one of the people who put me down since I liked My Little Pony. "Gabby?" Lyra waved her hand in front of my face, "you okay?" "Yes," I spat and responded back. "I understand what you mean." After then, I cried every night. I even though she put me down, I wanted to be by her side and help her. I wanted to be there. "I don't think you're okay. You're angry," Lyra said bluntly. I glared at her. She grimaced so I took back the glare. "I-I'm sorry, it's just... yeah. I know how you feel." I explained to her what I felt. "I'm so sorry. But aren't you still friends with her?" "Yeah, we sort of resolved the problem just a few weeks after. But I still don't trust her...." "Hey guys...." the dean called from her office, "Gabby you are supposed to be working, and Lyra you shouldn't be in the front desk area." "Oh... whoops! Hey, maybe we can talk later Gabby. I'll see you later," Lyra left the area to grab her stuff out of the lobby. I sighed and thought about Marijke. But then I realized.... I didn't tell Lyra about Discord. The Girl with Cyan Green HairDown the hallway of crowds, I headed down to my next class, Bible. It was just after lunch, my belly was full. Lorena was walking by me. It seemed we were on hurry since the bell was about to ring. "I told you we should have left then! If we waited any longer Pastor Fred was going to mark us tardy!" I adjusted my gray beanie. We stopped by our classroom where everyone seemed to be hanging out. "I'm sorry!" Lorena brayed. "Hey guys!" Sarah came over. Another girl walked over, it was my best friend Marijke. She had really short brunette hair. It was short that it was a guy's hair cut. She was a bit shorter in height than Sarah, but the two were tall. "Hi!" Marijke chirped with her high pitched voice then walked over to give me a hug. She was fluffy enough for hugs. "Why, you so fluffy...." "NO!" Marijke pushed me away, "I'm not fluffy!" I gave her the hardest frown that I could do. On top of that, I also gave her big puppy eyes. Marijke shrugged and hugged me once more. The bell rung. Everyone got up and crowded the door. It grew loud. The teacher wasn't even here yet. What's the deal?! I checked the entrance to see if he was coming yet, but down the hall was Karly. Behind her was a girl I haven't seen on campus yet. She had light colored skin and from here, does she have green hair?! How did she get her hair approved? I asked myself. UCA didn't accept "wild" hair. All they accepted was natural colored hair. The "crazier" can it get was that you can dye your hair red. That is it. "Guys, who is that?" "Haven't you heard?" Sarah tried to remind me slowly, "she's a new Sophomore. I mean, she arrived here today. She is a village student." A village student is a person who lives off campus. "Oh, no wonder why I haven't seen her," Lorena remarked as she stared at her. Karly came up to us. "Hey guys." "Hey, do you know the new girl's name?" I asked her. "Umm. I heard it was Lyra. She just came to UCA this morning. That's all I know." "HOW DID SHE GET HER HAIR APPROVED THOUGH!?" I whispered loudly, hoping that someone would answer. Everyone around me shrugged. I sighed and kept staring at her. She stood with our group. I guess she is in our Bible class. Where was her backpack even? The second bell rang. Where was the teacher?! We are all late! I have a slight tendency to be early on time. Back home my parents would take me to school late. I really want to be early. Everyone around me didn't seem to complain while I'm here fuming. Down the hall came the teacher, Pastor Fred. The crowd parted as he came by to unlock the door. "Gabby." Pastor Fred called and looked up. I raised my hand. "Here." "Karly." "Here." "And... Lyra Heartstrings?" Pastor Fred looked around for Lyra. Lyra Heartstrings? But that's a pony from the show isn't it? I looked around the classroom. She sat on the other side of the classroom. Her cyan green hair was different from the rest of us. Her golden contact eyes dazed around the room. She smiled as she played with her thumbs. Lyra must be very entertained. I shook my head in disappointment. The girl must have forgotten that this was school, not some brony convention. To be practical, cosplay is cool but not in your everyday life such as school. This "Lyra" was pretty good at acting like her. "I'm here!" the girl waved happily. "Like pulling my heartstrings, huh?" Pastor Fred joked. Lyra nodded. I sighed and chose to ignore my problem and continued throughout the day. School was over. Lorena and I were in our room once again. We were just chilling out while listening to Clarity by Zedd. Somebody knocked on our door once again. This time I got up to answer the door. I opened the door and to my surprise there stood the dean and Lyra. "So this is one of the rooms here," explained the dean, "and these girls are in your class, right?" Lyra thought slowly and tried to picture my face and Lorena's. She began to smile. "Why yes! Yes, I do remember them! I take Bible with the both of them and take Health with her," Lyra pointed at me. "Yup, you're right." I responded. "Do you have any classes with me in the morning?" "I'm not sure, I have PE first, English, ... and Geometry." "Only one class then," I added. I had English with her. Her eyes scanned the room and then saw the ponies on my desk. With a gasp, she pointed and quickly walked over to the desk. "Those are mine." "How are you so interested in ponies? I mean, they walk on their fours, how boring! As for us, we walk on two feet! Now THAT'S impressive!" I stared at her if she was crazy. As a brony, I would like to be a pony thank you very much! "Now, how did you get these little statues of my friends? That's a little creepy." I kept staring at her. What a weird cosplayer. A typical brony would have gone bonkers and start declaring the owner brony. (Which I do to almost anyone.) This girl was really good at being Lyra. "Well, Lyra and Gabby, we can chat later," the dean interrupted. She was about to shut the door. "Wait what are you guys doing?" I asked. "Oh, I'm just taking Lyra on a tour here to see if she wants to live here sometime." I replied with an inaudible "Oh." The dean finally closed the door. I kept staring at the door in confusion for a while. Lorena looked over her shoulder to see why I haven't moved yet. "Hey Gabby, are you okay? Did she insult your ponies?" "No, no! That's not the thing!" I went ahead of my thoughts. I turned around to face her. Lorena was so lost that she seemed a little sad. So I explained my thoughts to her. Slowly it made sense to her. "Okay then," she finally came to a conclusion. I threw my hat on our green little table and rolled onto my bed.
FriendsI’m actually pretty excited about school. I hope you guys don’t think of me weird, but I’m not here for the homework. I actually enjoy being with people. I’m a pretty social person who likes to make jokes or that’s what I think. I think my jokes are pretty funny. I crack myself up all the time! Ahahaha…. I’ve been here at this school for a year now so nothing much is new to me. UCA is pretty decent. Surrounded by wheat fields, there is a patch of green grass, trees, and buildings. Behind the Administrative Building (the place where most classes meet) they’re making a new cafeteria which probably is that brown/gray part of the green. Compared to this cafe, the rest of the building on campus aren’t so nice and modern. Is it that dainty? Not really, so all of us manage. But this “Water Tower Plaza” is going to be sweet! As that is being taken care of behind the scenes, we students go TO SCHOOL! Hurray…. Remember I’m here for the dorm life and for my friends so meh, forget about that school part! … Nevermind, I actually want good grades…. After Registration Day where we sign some papers and get signed up to be involved, here comes the next day. The legit first day of school. Yes! I don’t have a 7:15 class or a 8:15 class! This Sophomore year is going to be chill. Time to sleep in.... I woke up at 8. My roommate was working right now. I laid in bed waiting for my 9:45 class. Maybe I should get ready. I put on my Rainbow Dash shirt on, some jeans, my Roxy sneakers, and my gray beanie on. Done. I went over to my desk and sat down. I have noticed my RD holographic trading card fell from it's shelf. I picked up the card and carefully let it rest on some stable object. "There you go." I said with a smile and glanced upward. My pony collection was spread all over my desk shelf. Sadly, their pastel colors didn't match the lavender walls we have. But they were my pride. I'm a brony and proud. I frowned with a bad thought. The new girls who enter the room think I'm crazy. My classmates from Freshman year already knew that I loved ponies. I thought that they were okay with it, but then four girls already have used this fact against me. So what about the new girls? What would be their reaction? But it's too late to hide it now. Everyone will know by then. Or maybe I'm just really lazy. "Whatever comes and goes...." I muttered to myself and played with a pencil between my thumbs. The sound of a key being inserted into a door tickled my ear. My roommate walked in. "Hey Lorena!" I said gleefully turning to face her. "Hey Gabby!" she replied. Lorena was a short girl who wore glasses. This year was her first year at UCA. Her brown hair covered her half deformed face. Since she was born her face was like that. Back at her old school she was bullied because of it. I had overcame the fact because she was my friend and my awesome roommate. Lorena walked over to her desk. "I'm so tired! You know what I do in the morning?” exclaimed Lorena. “What?” “I have to stack chairs on top of the table, sweep, and mop! So boring!” Lorena worked at the cafeteria. It seemed like this year everyone is working at the café this year whereas last year I worked at the café and everyone was off somewhere else. At least my friends were for the most part. “Hey, how many more minutes until the next class?” I asked her. “Twenty more,” Lorena sighed, “so where do you work again?” “Umm. Front desk remember?” “OH! RIGHT!” We both laughed. This year I work in the Girls’ Dorm front desk. The job isn’t hard, but it is a slow paced job sometimes. All you do is sit at the desk waiting for someone to come over for something or if the dean tells you to do something. Thankfully, I work in the afternoon. “Welcome students!” our teacher Mrs. Turner said joyfully. Thankfully I made it in time. The bell hasn’t rung yet, but I tried to find a seat. In the near back was a desk right next to these two boys. I managed to maneuver around the desk pods towards the back. I plopped down right next to them. The bell buzzed through the wall. Everyone became quiet and looked over to the front. I took off my gray beanie because I knew Mrs. Turner took points off for hats. Where was Lorena? I scanned the classroom for her. Over to the front right next to the teacher’s desks were two student desks that faced the class. Lorena sat in one of them. Good. She isn’t late. I sighed. “Let’s play an ice breaker game. We go around the classroom starting with Ella,” Mrs. Turner pointed to a girl in a pod in front of us, “and we use a positive adjective that describes you. The adjective must start with the first letter of your name. Then the next person will say everyone’s names that was said then yours.” The teacher paused and looked around for questions. There seemed to be none. “Ready? Go ahead Ella.” “Excellent Ella,” she said quietly. “Excellent Ella, Awesome Amber,” an Asian girl with blonde streaks repeated. I looked over to the third girl in the pod for a response. The girl was tan, skinny, and had brown wavy hair. It seemed like she needed help on her name. “Excellent Ella, Awesome Amber, and Crazy… Carly?” she hesitated. Mrs. Turner frowned. Crazy didn’t seem like a positive adjective to her. What did she think she was? An insane serial killer? “Okay, for now we can keep it. Keep going.” It was my turn. Everyone was waiting for me. All summer I couldn’t wait to use the adjective I was going to use. This was going to be easy, there were three people who already said their name. I took in a big breath. “Excellent Ella, Awesome Amber, Crazy Carly, and Glamorous Gabby!” I breezed by with a cocky smile, “get it right.” The funny thing was, I’m not those girls who wake up in the early morning to prepare their hair and face to meet guys. I think it’s good to look pretty once in a while especially when it’s Banquet day. It is special that way otherwise. Looking pretty everyday would just wear off the effect, simple logic right? One of the guys in my pod continued the game with his name as “Magnificent Mike.” Then the next guy responded right after. “Excellent Ella, Awesome Amber, Creepy Carly-“ The classroom bursted out in laughter. I was trying hard not to fall out of my seat. I glanced over to my best friend who sat in the middle back pod. Her name was Marijke. We always joked about how she was such a creeper. So how many creepers we have in this class? I laughed. It has been two days that school started. Lorena and I have been surviving with our new schedules. On the first day, I accidentally walked in a wrong class. I realized that I was not supposed to be there when I rechecked my schedule and the teacher said there were three extra people in the class. I woke up early again. What is the deal here? Maybe I'm just really worried that I might over sleep for some odd reason. I really don't want miss class again. I got up from my bed, grabbed my Derpy lanyard, and opened the door. Colorful streamers hung from our doorway. In front of our door, the wall had streamers that spelled out "Lorena 16." "OHHHHH..... RIGHT....." I said out loudly. Today was Lorena's 16th birthday. Everyone was telling me about it. How could I forget about it? What a great way to start out the school year, make it your birthday! All day everybody was greeting her with a happy birthday. Every time she walked into our room, I would always say a "Bappy Hirthday." She didn't like the attention a lot. It scared her. Today at Assembly everyone in the school sung/screamed their worst at Happy Birthday. What a sweet sixteen! In the distance, the sun begins to fade into an orange and purple. The day was ending while Lorena and I stayed in our room. Somebody knocked on our door. Lorena got up from her desk. "I GOT IT!" she retorted. At the door was a buff girl with blue long sleeves and cargo shorts. It was Sarah. In her hand she held a big bucket of ice cream and two boxes of cones. "Hey Sarah!" I exclaimed loudly. "Hey guys, so Lorena this is for you," Sarah handed the bucket and boxes to Lorena, "you better share with Gabby, okay?" "Okay!" Lorena agreed cheerfully, "hey Gabby, do you want to share this with our hall?" "Just one moment," I said without looking up as I finished up my homework. Lorena left the room with an accidental slam our door. "Sorry!" her voice was audible through the door. I shook my head with a chuckle under my breath. I got up from my chair and walked down the hall. Where was that girl? I turned to the left and there she was at the end of the hall about to knock. I ran behind her. Lorena turned around to make sure that it was no one suspicious and knocked. "Come in!" someone called out. I looked on the door, there were two name tags: Karly and Melia. Lorena opened the door. The two girls were in there staring at us to explain ourselves. One of them was Crazy Carly, one of the girls in our class. But her name was spelled with a "K?" Well then. I raised the corner of my lip. Melia is a Junior. I remember that she was here last year as a Sophomore. She had a round face, black hair, and blue eyes. I smiled at her hoping for a smile back. Melia nodded back with a smile. Karly looked down Lorena's arm to see what she had, it was the bucket of ice cream. Karly's face began to beam- "Hey do you want some ice cream?" Lorena asked them. "YES!" Both of them responded happily. We entered the room. "Finally! Some people on this hall wants ice cream!" Lorena sighed in relief. I looked at her, "well, practically everyone denied ice cream." "Now people want ice cream because I am here, duh!" I said wittily, "do you guys have any spoons and bowls?" The two nodded and got their supplies. We set the ice cream by their sink. Melia handed me a spoon and I began to dig in. I dumped loads of ice cream in Melia's bowl. Her face was blank as if she was into space. "Melia, is this enough? I mean-" I laughed, "-I could just be going on forever and you would be here saying 'keep going, keep going' and your bowl is over flowing!" Everyone laughed. Melia nodded off and told me that it was enough. Karly came over and I begin to dump some ice cream. "That's good enough." she said and walked off to her bed. With a leap, she jumped onto the bed butt first. Both of the roommates happily ate their ice cream. "But no, Gabby, the people on our hall were like, 'No I'm good,' or 'Sorry, I'm lactose intolerant!" Lorena kept going. I intently listened and dug into the bucket with a spoon the two gave us. "Someone on this hall is lactose intolerant?" I scoffed. "Yeah! But then there was these two!" Lorena pointed at the two, "Thankfully, we have people that can help us finish this with us!" "You're trying to make us fat, huh?" Karly responded. Lorena and I looked at each other. What was our response to that? "Dang it, we blew our cover." Lorena joked. "Oh no...." I whispered. There was a silent pause. Finally, I exclaimed loudly with arms flailing, "DARN IT!" Karly out of the corner of my eye, covered her face in her palms trying not to laugh so hard. "Let's make a move out, quick! TO THE ROOM!" I continued. Lorena and I dashed out of the room, "BYE!" "Bye...?" The two roommates were confused. We continued running. As we arrived at our door, we were laughing. "What was that even about?" I asked my roommate. Panting, I shook as I tried to insert my key into the door. Lorena shrugged. "I dunno," she paused, "but we're going back tomorrow!"
DreamLorena and I hopped into bed. The lights of our room already turned off by the main power switch downstairs. I kept thinking about "Lyra." Crazy coincidence.... "Goodnight Lorena," I told my roommate. Turning off her IPhone and setting it on top of the fridge, she adjusted her covers. "'Night!" It took my a while to get me to sleep. It takes about thirty minutes for my brain to completely shut off. I tried thinking up "movies" in my mind that could make me fall asleep. Slowly and slowly I fell into a deep sleep. I imagined myself outside of Ponyville. I really don't know why. I never get My Little Pony dreams. It was different. In Ponyville every pony began to run around in a hurry. A dash of rainbow sped by me with a roar. Rainbow Dash.... I thought in awe. Rainbow Dash is my favorite pony, but my respect for her dropped by a bit from the pass by. How rude! Can she at least show off by maneuvering around me? Why is she in such a hurry? I begin to run after her. "Hey! RAINBOW!" I yelled from a distance. I don't think she heard me from her being "awesome." Haha. As I began to draw closer to the town, there were wanted letters posted everywhere. They were all for Lyra Heartstrings. What was this about? "LYRA! LYRA WHERE ARE YOU!?" some pony screamed as she searched. I turned to where the voice came from. It was from a pony who had a creme colored coat and a dark blue and light pink mane. It was Lyra's best friend, Bon Bon. Tears swelled in her eyes. "Please show up soon." "Finally, I've found you," said a low voice that sounded like John de Lancie. Discord.... I looked around to find that monster being, but he wasn't in sight. Only Bon Bon was in my sight. But suddenly, Bon Bon turned her head around. Something was off about her though. The whites of her eyes were yellow and her pupils were red beads. She gave a smirk then dashed behind me in a blur. I whipped around. The being's monster was composed of many animals that I could list of forever. "You need me?" I asked the rather tall draconequus monster, "why? I thought you are done with this craziness?" In the show, he comes to spread chaos in Equestria (again.) But after he learned the friendship of magic and stopped his doings. "Me?" Discord scoffed and waved his lion paw, "chaos is a fun wonder! Why, out of everypony, stop my doings? I thought you would know me a lot, since you ARE a brony?" I rolled my eyes and let out a deep gust of breath. "I don't know as much as a hardcore brony because I don't make my life be surrounded by a show! That's just a waste of time," I paused, "how much do you know about me?" "Hmmm, now let's see," he counted his eagle talons on his other hand, "you live in the Girls' Dorm at UCA, but you actually live in Portland, Oregon, a Rainbow Dash fan, friends with Lorena, Karly, Marijke, and Sarah-" "Okay, you're done!" I stopped him, "but you're pretty good. I mean this is my dream that I can make you spew out stuff." "A dream? A DREAM?" Discord cackled, "you know that one new girl in your school right? Lyra Heartstrings? She has been missing for a few days! Do you know where can she be found?" the being floated closer and poked my shoulder, "in your school! In the middle of the wheat fields!" I stared at him raising an eyebrow, "why?" "She was at the Ponyville well," Discord snapped his fingers and out of nowhere came a magenta chair. As began he to sit, he continued, "oh that wishy-washy unicorn, wanting to be a human! She has been throwing her bits [coins in Equestria] into the well for days! Lyra hoped to be a human someday! So I, a kind-hearted draconequus I am, decided to help her out. I came to her in a dream just like you and gave her the option of being a human! She took the option and woke up a human! I gave her the mindset of her going to UCA as a village student." "Wow okay. So the point is?" "Oh, just calm down. I was just being a nice Discord. But the reason why I'm here-" he got off his chair and then right after it made a small explosion just for random, "-is there needs to be an exchange, an exchange of the human world and the pony world. I bet you are the perfect candidate. Hmm?" A wave of nerve wracking tension came over me. I didn't know what to say. Why was I a perfect candidate? It made sense though, she wants to be human then I must be a pony. "But why you, you ask?" Discord grinned, "you do want to be a pony right? Make a grand adventure! Go through chaotic conflicts. Then you can tell all your bratty friends back at home right after and entertain them to your heart's content. Am I right?" I wanted to blurt out that he was exaggerating, but honestly he was speaking the truth. (It was how he described my friends as bratty that made me angry.) Discord smirked and floated in circles around me. "So what would be your answer, Ms. Gabby?" I thought about it. I do want to be a pony. What happens when I transfer over here? I bet everyone in school would be wondering where I was. Marijke would be like Bon Bon. My family will be crying over me. The deans will be going to the police asking where I was. Then nationwide, I imagine, AMBER Alerts flash on everyone's TV screens. Yeahhhh... no..... "Mmm... nah." Discord suddenly grew angry. He clutched his fists and started flailing around. "Ohhh! You are going to exchange no matter what-!" I began to laugh. Well he is so high and mighty now, "Ok! You know what? Here's the deal, sweets. Only you, your friends, Lyra should know about the alternate worlds." "Okay? But why only my friends-?" "D'ohh! I'm being nice here. If they spill any beans about a humanized pony on Earth, there will be chaos! Then I will finish the switch! More chaos will happen here in Equestria. Got it?" "Deal," I crossed my arms, "so when are you going to bring back Lyra? I mean, she has to go back sometime." "Oh when she decides to be a pony again. I bet that unicorn will keep learning about your world constantly! It will be a while. Heheheh," he chuckled. Discord looked at me in thought. He finished off and poked my forehead, "you can wake up now. I'm done with you." BRRRRRRRR! My alarm went off. Author's Note For my friends that are non-brony and want to get a gist of who is Discord click here.
Tell the Truth (I Hope They Understand)"I swear I had the weirdest dream," I explained to Lorena as we headed to the Ad Building, "Lyra is a pony from Equestria." Lorena looked at me with a funny look on her face. "So you're telling me... first she is a weird "costume player" who is pretty good at playing Lyra Heartstrings. Now you are telling me she is the pony," she stated as she waved her hand at me to try and make a point. We opened the door of the building. I let her go in first. "Yes! .... I mean, yeah I'm a horrible accuser. But I'm serious!" I told her the dream was we headed up the stairs to the second floor. Lorena intently listened, but she still had that confused look on her face. Lorena, aware that I'm a brony, doesn't know anything about the show. She didn't know who Discord, Bon Bon, and Lyra was. So telling her the dream did nothing much to her. So I told her who the characters are. "Okay then-" "But no, Lyra is something more than a background character. Bronies have this idea that Lyra is a pony who wants to be human because of this one episode she was featured in. She was sitting on a bench in a way that humans sit: butt first." "I really want to believe you, but I really don't see it." "HI!" someone shrieked behind me. I turned around to see Marijke tackling me into a hug, "I miss you!" "But... I saw you yesterday-?" I gasped for air. She swayed me side to side. I mumbled, "can I go?" As Marijke lets go, I stumbled back and into the ground with a loud thump. Everyone looked at me for a moment then continued with their conversations. "So... whatcha talkin' about?" my best friend sweetly sang. I rubbed my side and slowly got up to my feet. "Okay, you know Lyra right?" "Yeah, the new chick." "She's a pony," I said flat out. Marijke gave me a blank look. She assumed that I'm just messing around with her like what I usually do. "she's a pony from the TV show." "Gabby had a dream last night that she was talking to a pony that said that Lyra was switched from the pony universe." Lorena whispered to Marijke. I began to fume. "Okay! I will prove to all of you that Lyra Heartstrings is the Lyra Heartstrings from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic!" I exclaimed loud enough where everyone was staring at me. Ah, ah, ah! The voice of Discord rang through my mind, remember our agreement? Yes, I did! Thank you much, everyone just thinks I'm a weirdo as usual. I spat. "It's okay Gabby. We still love you," Marijke insisted and patted my head. The bell rang and everyone was already streaming out of their classes. I adjusted my gray beanie once more. "I'm off to Algebra," I declared and turned away. The two yelled goodbye over the loud crowd while I headed in. The math teacher began to teach. He began to drone on and on about to move the x variable to the other side of the equation. I sat in the back day-dreaming as usual. I didn't like sitting in the back since I can't focus well and I knew that I was going to fail Algebra 2. But I didn't think about it. How on earth am I going to prove to everyone that Lyra is a pony? I thought to myself, there must be someway to do something about it. I can't think.... I got back into the math state once again since everyone was writing notes. I hate math a lot.... Maybe I can tug on her hair to prove that she isn't a cosplayer! .... Maybe not, they'll just say that she probably died her hair.... But Lyra is supposed to dye her hair blonde or something to fit the policies in school! Right? I dunno. I might try that. I gave out a random smile as I stared off into space. The teacher looked at me with a funny look but continued teaching. Maybe if I catch her saying "everypony" or "anypony!" Hmmm... I don't think so. Any brony would say that otherwise. Ooooh, I don't know! I wrote down more math notes. This was going to be a long time. Lunch time came around. Everyone was already crowding behind the lunchroom doors. Some people cut to the front because they found their group ahead. I bet everyone was a bit impatient. Well, maybe not as impatient as me. I crossed my arms and leaned against the picket fence. I wanted food. I needed it so bad since breakfast at school starts at 6:30 in the morning. Did it seem like I'm that type of person to wake up at 6:30? In the distance, coming out of the Girl's Dorm, was Karly. She stood behind the crowd as if she were waiting in line like a goody-two shoes. Then she saw me. I waved her over, but Karly shrugged as if it were a question of "Why?" "Just come over here!" I yelled over the loud crowd but came down to a whisper, "please?" Karly weaved through the people and walked over. "You made me cut, Gabby. That's very rude," she sneered. I rolled my eyes. "You're hungry, right? You should be thankful that I made you come over," I retorted. She stuck out her tongue and rolled her eyes back at me. Then, I changed the subject, "so you know Lyra right?" "Yeah, I have PE with her," she answered, "she's really nice. You have classes with her right?" "English, Bible, and Health." "Oh. Cool. One thing about her is that she keeps going on about how cool it is to run, skip, jump, and all sorts of things during PE. It was odd." I took that to mind. Lyra is the one who wants to be a human, or at least be two-legged duh! Of course she would ramble on and on about it. Today in English, though, she didn't say anything about humans. "What's the long face for?" "Shut up," I muttered. "What! I'm just asking!" Would I tell her? I don't even think she knows that I like My Little Pony. I bet she will think I'm nuts when I first tell her that I like a little girls TV show, then tell her that Lyra was actually a pony from the show. Best to not tell her now. "Nothing." "I know you're lying," she studied my face. I gave her a solid look on my face. "I'm telling you, nothing!" I looked into her brown eyes, trying to make her believe I was telling the truth. She studied once more and looked away. Finally. I sighed. The flood gates of the cafe opened. People streamed into the cafeteria hurriedly. I decided to walk across the cafeteria to get in the other line where no one seemed to go much. Karly followed after me. "Stop stalking me!" I joked and paced faster. Karly tried to catch up. "I'm. Not. Stalking. You!" cried Karly. We sat at a table. As more people came into the cafeteria, Lorena, Marijke, Sarah, and Lyra came over. "Hello everypony! I mean- everyone," Lyra said eagerly. Maybe I should make a move? "Lorena, she said everypony. Do you think she is a pony now?" I whispered to her. Lorena shrugged back. "I don't know! I guess?" "Gabby, any brony could say that," Marijke who sat on the other side of me whispered into my ear. I groaned. I knew this would happen. "'Tch!" "So! How is everyone's day today?" Lyra said loudly and motioned her hands towards us. It seemed that she was very energetic. It kind of scared me. "Pretty good," most of us responded. Marijke disproved today because she was tired again. I disproved because of her, but I didn't say anything. "How about yours?" asked Sarah while she bit into her pizza. Lyra placed her finger on her chin and thought deeply. "I... I don't know," she stammered and rested her head on her elbow, "I kinda miss my best friend actually. She lives somewhere away from here." "Are you from around here?" Marijke asked. "No. I'm from Ponyville." "SEE?" I whispered to Lorena. She shrugged again. "Calm down, Gabby. Maybe she is." I slapped my forehead. Lorena glared at me, "you're being rude!" "Ponyville? Where is that?" Karly asked, her food was not touched yet. "Equestria." "Her name is Bon Bon, right?" I finally had to say something. Lyra, so full of shock, gasped loudly. She leaned forward, her hair was touching her food, but she didn't care. "H-How do you know?" tears swelled in her eyes. She wiped her eyes and looked at me sharply, "it's because you have those statues, you know my friends! That means you must know Bon Bon right?" Everyone on the table looked at me with confusing looks. Karly was the most confused one out of everyone. I glanced at everyone and tried to sum up something. They didn't believe me, (I have told Sarah during Bible) so what do I have to say? "I told you so?" What? "Umm," I began slowly, "not really. I mean, I just know who she is." Lyra tried not to cry. Everyone was quiet and was staring at each other. I began to eat my food slowly. I wonder why Lyra was so sad, I mean she is human shouldn't she be happy? I guess when she made that wish she didn't know what was there to come. She didn't know that even everyone in Ponyville was looking for her. I looked back at Lyra and began to notice something. She was crying! No, I'm not being immature about it! But there is something about it... The tears were genuine, she was definitely crying over her best friend and I don't think any cosplayer would do it as close to this. At the end of Freshman year, Marijke and I were fighting. Not physically fighting, but you know how girls fight? (They speak with words! Or then they cat fight....) It was because there were so many things that happened one of them being her jealous with her ex because he seemed to be looking at me. Before then she broke up with her boyfriend so it seemed like the time of month. Another one being that I wanted to be around her since began to hang out with other. We were arguing on Google+. To put it short, it didn't end well. I was crying at least every night. It was very painful. Even though this is a completely different scenario than what Lyra was going through, but I somewhat knew the pain of being separated from your best friend. During the summer it was somewhat resolved, but I couldn't seem to trust her still. How did I solve the problem? .... I tried making new friends. Maybe, Lyra could make some new friends.
Your Best Friend or the Lyre?"Sooooo...." I headed out of the dorm as Karly and Lorena followed next to me. We were just walking around campus. I continued, "do you think Lyra is a pony now?" "Lyra is a pony?!" Karly spat. In my mind, I face-palmed. The reason was, one, because it was very obvious and two, I forgot to tell her everything. Karly added, "you guys are weird." "Whatever!" I gently shoved her. We all laughed. Karly and I began to shove each other off the sidewalk for a while. We calmed down and kept on walking. "I don't really understand how it works, but I'm going to say that she is," Lorena decided. Finally after trying to convince my roommate to believe that Lyra is the pony from the show, I sighed quietly. Lorena glared at me, "I'm just going to say that she is! Gosh, there is a difference between believing and just saying!" "I feel so bad for her though..." Karly stated and kicked a rock as we headed back to the dorm. Lyra, during lunch, was really bummed out about her best friend Bon Bon. She really missed her. Karly glanced to the side in thought and looked back down, "I think I saw her at the dorm. She's studying in the lobby." "Speaking of which," I remarked, "I have to work at front desk in five minutes." I left the two sitting and laughing by the fountain that was in the middle of the campus. I headed down the sidewalk that lead to the front of the dorm. Swinging the front doors open, there sitting at the lobby table was the girl with cyan hair. Lyra was carefully studying her Biology textbook. As I walk past her, she looked up. Her golden eyes glowed with her bright face. She greeted me with a wave of her hand. I couldn't help but smile back and wave back. I was glad that she was happy now after the incident at lunch. Maybe she still had those saddening thoughts, but as long as she smiled everything was fine. I quickly tip toed up the few steps towards the check in computer. After I checked in I went into the deans' office to enter through the back. Out of the cupboard I took the blue spray bottle. I walked back to the entrance. Fingerprints were smudged all over the door. With a spritz and a wipe, the smudges were gone. The door glistened better in the light. "Hey Gabby," Lyra called. Out of the corner of my eye Lyra shut her Biology textbook and walked over. I turned my head as I kept wiping the window and gave another smile. "Yo, Lyra!" I got up and opened the door to wipe the other side. Should I ask her how she is doing? ... "You okay now? I mean that like you miss Bon Bon and all-" Lyra nodded and giggled. "It's fine! I dunno... It's my first time away from home without her," Lyra watched me as I worked and sang, "what'cha doing?" "I'm working the desk over there," I pointed, "but I always have to wipe down the doors. Where do you work?" "Ummmm..." Lyra pondered. She looked around the room in thought, "I don't think I work anywhere. I want to work desk then! Sounds fun!" The girl snapped her fingers and smiled again. "Uhm," I added, "I don't think you will be wiping down doors... It's my job. I mean like, people every shift have different jobs like setting the alarm off, checking to see if the kitchenette is clean, or taking care of Guest Hall. That's not all you do though," Moving on with the next door, "you answer the phone from the desk, put away mail, get people's mail, and announce whatever the deans tell you to say. You see that microphone over there? We use that." "Ohhhhhh!" Lyra exclaimed, "I was wondering where the voices were coming from. I didn't know that." "But... you know what are microphones are right?" "Yeah, we have them in my place," Lyra then paused again. This time she stared at me for a while with uncertainty. "How do you know about Bon Bon, my friends, and Ponyville?" That question. I knew in the back of my head that sometime she was going to ask that. How am I going to explain that there is a TV show about their lives? I even have to explain what a TV is! I took in a deep breath and scratched my head. Here it goes. "First of all let me tell you this, we have an invention called television or also called a TV. It's like show performances from Ponyville but all in a small box. They're moving pictures to be exact. Now, as weird as it may seem but there is a show about you guys called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic," I waited for a weird facial expression. Lyra slowly nodded in knowing. Continuing, "The main stars Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Applejack. Then there are background characters and you are one of them. You do nothing much but sit upward, get manipulated by the Changeling queen, and get your food eaten by parasprites." "Oh, I remember that," Lyra waved her hand and laughed. "Yeah, so you got it?" "Yup!" Well that was easy, I expected her to start questioning EVERYTHING. The girl began humming a tune as she examined the world around her. How did she was she able to understand quite easily?! "Say," I had to tell her about Discord. He might have diabolical plans for her here in the human world, does she trust the guy? "Discord sent you here right?" "Discord?" she questioned, "the monster that was turned back into stone by the Elements of Harmony?" "Yeah then Fluttershy turned him nice." "SHE TURNED HIM NICE?" she exclaimed, "WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?" "Um. Princess Celestia had an assignment for her so then she succeeded," I headed back to the desk. Lyra followed. "I need to see this show!" Lyra exclaimed and pointed the air, "I didn't know that these events happened!" "Okay, but Discord sent you here right?" I cut back to what I was going to say. Stop interrupting! ".... No, I wished my way here. I threw my bits into the well and wished to be human," Lyra responded slowly, "then a voice said to me 'You wish to be a human, hm? Well then, I will grant you the wish, but you can only bring one thing on your adventure. What would you like to bring?'" "What did you bring here?" I sat down on the swivel chair and asked her, Lyra sighed sadly. "I couldn't decide if I wanted to bring my lyre or Bon Bon. But instead, I thought of the lyre. Bon Bon and I were arguing about these mystical creatures called 'humans.' I screamed at her, 'You know what? I'm going to find out about these humans! When I do, I will become famous and rub it in your face!!!'" "Why didn't you wish for her to come? You can prove that we exist from here on out." "I decided to leave her at Ponyville and discover it for myself! So I decided to bring my lyre. I can't leave without my lyre right? Right?" I can't sing as good nor can't play any instruments. I was able to toot a few notes on the trumpet and I liked to sing... with my terrible voice. UCA was more of a musical school. There were so many programs for music, but for my credits I just took Band. Yeah, the band teacher removed me out of the class so I can practice more. I couldn't relate to Lyra and her lyre, but I can see why. I would like to bring whatever was personal to me like my computer and tablet. "But... I wish I brought her here. I kind of miss her. I miss all of the fun times we had even though I was here for a few days. Do you know what I mean?" she looked at me with hope. I looked at her back remembering what happened during the summer with Marijke. I stared at the ground filled with anger and sadness that seemed to mix but somehow clash. After Freshman year, Marijke and I were in an fight. She began to hang around with others but not me anymore. Jealousy came over me. Her response was the worst, she responded "Friends always lift each other up, friends push her the right way." I doubted myself. I knew I was her best friend. I was by her side when she was at the hospital or well, I sent her a letter. I wanted to be there with her, so badly. Through the thick and thin I was by her side. I was by her side since she was the person who I hanged out with the most to the point we were a "group." Then she had the guts to tell me that I wasn't a good friend?! She even labeled me as "ignorant to reality" since I liked "sparkles, rainbows, and ponies." She was one of the people who put me down since I liked My Little Pony. "Gabby?" Lyra waved her hand in front of my face, "you okay?" "Yes," I spat and responded back. "I understand what you mean." After then, I cried every night. I even though she put me down, I wanted to be by her side and help her. I wanted to be there. "I don't think you're okay. You're angry," Lyra said bluntly. I glared at her. She grimaced so I took back the glare. "I-I'm sorry, it's just... yeah. I know how you feel." I explained to her what I felt. "I'm so sorry. But aren't you still friends with her?" "Yeah, we sort of resolved the problem just a few weeks after. But I still don't trust her...." "Hey guys...." the dean called from her office, "Gabby you are supposed to be working, and Lyra you shouldn't be in the front desk area." "Oh... whoops! Hey, maybe we can talk later Gabby. I'll see you later," Lyra left the area to grab her stuff out of the lobby. I sighed and thought about Marijke. But then I realized.... I didn't tell Lyra about Discord.
The Girl with Cyan Green HairDown the hallway of crowds, I headed down to my next class, Bible. It was just after lunch, my belly was full. Lorena was walking by me. It seemed we were on hurry since the bell was about to ring. "I told you we should have left then! If we waited any longer Pastor Fred was going to mark us tardy!" I adjusted my gray beanie. We stopped by our classroom where everyone seemed to be hanging out. "I'm sorry!" Lorena brayed. "Hey guys!" Sarah came over. Another girl walked over, it was my best friend Marijke. She had really short brunette hair. It was short that it was a guy's hair cut. She was a bit shorter in height than Sarah, but the two were tall. "Hi!" Marijke chirped with her high pitched voice then walked over to give me a hug. She was fluffy enough for hugs. "Why, you so fluffy...." "NO!" Marijke pushed me away, "I'm not fluffy!" I gave her the hardest frown that I could do. On top of that, I also gave her big puppy eyes. Marijke shrugged and hugged me once more. The bell rung. Everyone got up and crowded the door. It grew loud. The teacher wasn't even here yet. What's the deal?! I checked the entrance to see if he was coming yet, but down the hall was Karly. Behind her was a girl I haven't seen on campus yet. She had light colored skin and from here, does she have green hair?! How did she get her hair approved? I asked myself. UCA didn't accept "wild" hair. All they accepted was natural colored hair. The "crazier" can it get was that you can dye your hair red. That is it. "Guys, who is that?" "Haven't you heard?" Sarah tried to remind me slowly, "she's a new Sophomore. I mean, she arrived here today. She is a village student." A village student is a person who lives off campus. "Oh, no wonder why I haven't seen her," Lorena remarked as she stared at her. Karly came up to us. "Hey guys." "Hey, do you know the new girl's name?" I asked her. "Umm. I heard it was Lyra. She just came to UCA this morning. That's all I know." "HOW DID SHE GET HER HAIR APPROVED THOUGH!?" I whispered loudly, hoping that someone would answer. Everyone around me shrugged. I sighed and kept staring at her. She stood with our group. I guess she is in our Bible class. Where was her backpack even? The second bell rang. Where was the teacher?! We are all late! I have a slight tendency to be early on time. Back home my parents would take me to school late. I really want to be early. Everyone around me didn't seem to complain while I'm here fuming. Down the hall came the teacher, Pastor Fred. The crowd parted as he came by to unlock the door. "Gabby." Pastor Fred called and looked up. I raised my hand. "Here." "Karly." "Here." "And... Lyra Heartstrings?" Pastor Fred looked around for Lyra. Lyra Heartstrings? But that's a pony from the show isn't it? I looked around the classroom. She sat on the other side of the classroom. Her cyan green hair was different from the rest of us. Her golden contact eyes dazed around the room. She smiled as she played with her thumbs. Lyra must be very entertained. I shook my head in disappointment. The girl must have forgotten that this was school, not some brony convention. To be practical, cosplay is cool but not in your everyday life such as school. This "Lyra" was pretty good at acting like her. "I'm here!" the girl waved happily. "Like pulling my heartstrings, huh?" Pastor Fred joked. Lyra nodded. I sighed and chose to ignore my problem and continued throughout the day. School was over. Lorena and I were in our room once again. We were just chilling out while listening to Clarity by Zedd. Somebody knocked on our door once again. This time I got up to answer the door. I opened the door and to my surprise there stood the dean and Lyra. "So this is one of the rooms here," explained the dean, "and these girls are in your class, right?" Lyra thought slowly and tried to picture my face and Lorena's. She began to smile. "Why yes! Yes, I do remember them! I take Bible with the both of them and take Health with her," Lyra pointed at me. "Yup, you're right." I responded. "Do you have any classes with me in the morning?" "I'm not sure, I have PE first, English, ... and Geometry." "Only one class then," I added. I had English with her. Her eyes scanned the room and then saw the ponies on my desk. With a gasp, she pointed and quickly walked over to the desk. "Those are mine." "How are you so interested in ponies? I mean, they walk on their fours, how boring! As for us, we walk on two feet! Now THAT'S impressive!" I stared at her if she was crazy. As a brony, I would like to be a pony thank you very much! "Now, how did you get these little statues of my friends? That's a little creepy." I kept staring at her. What a weird cosplayer. A typical brony would have gone bonkers and start declaring the owner brony. (Which I do to almost anyone.) This girl was really good at being Lyra. "Well, Lyra and Gabby, we can chat later," the dean interrupted. She was about to shut the door. "Wait what are you guys doing?" I asked. "Oh, I'm just taking Lyra on a tour here to see if she wants to live here sometime." I replied with an inaudible "Oh." The dean finally closed the door. I kept staring at the door in confusion for a while. Lorena looked over her shoulder to see why I haven't moved yet. "Hey Gabby, are you okay? Did she insult your ponies?" "No, no! That's not the thing!" I went ahead of my thoughts. I turned around to face her. Lorena was so lost that she seemed a little sad. So I explained my thoughts to her. Slowly it made sense to her. "Okay then," she finally came to a conclusion. I threw my hat on our green little table and rolled onto my bed.
