When you're Evi L.by Optimistic PessimistChaptersMeet the PairDaily life in the Bon Bon householdThe house of Lyra HeartstringsThe Devil can surely explain...Oh Celestia WhyOnly one can helpA few Days LaterIn the house of Evi LyraWhat's she doing anyway?What goes on in the atticAftermathMeet the Pair"Come on Lyra! We're gonna be late!" The earth pony was already outside her small cottage in the outskirts of Ponyville. She had on a beautiful dress, designed by Rarity herself. It was a beautiful deep blue, with a pink frill along its edges. It had wonderful pattern of wrapped sweets along it's bottom. She had an earring with a golden lyre hanging from its blue bead. "These gentlecolts aren't going to wait forever! Come ON!" "Alright, Bon Bon! These dresses are expensive you know!" Bon Bon turned to find the unicorn in her brilliant dress. It was a radiant white with golden accents and greens that matched her minty coat perfectly well. She wore a pair golden necklace with a single wrapped treat and a hair pin designed like a lyre. "Does my mane look alright?" "It's fine, now come on!" The two mares hurried into the waiting carriage that would take them to the grandest night of the year. The Grand Galloping Gala. ~~~~ Bon Bon and Lyra walked through the grand halls of The Canterlot Palace. The chandeliers threw brilliant lights against the stained glass portraits that lined the walls. The royal purple and gold trimmed curtains lined each window, and great streamers hung from the ceiling. "It's a beautiful place, don't you think?" Lyra chuckled. "Yeah. The lights absolutely define the shadows of the place. Magnificent!" The grand ballroom was absolutely filled with ponies. Four ponies were up on the stage, playing a variety of instruments while the guests enjoyed the drinks. Bon Bon poured herself a drink while Lyra helped herself to the desserts. She looked to the stage. She saw a strange pony dancing around. "What's Pinkie Pie doing?" Lyra picked up a napkin and wiped her mouth with it. "She looks like she's trying to entertain herself. It looks like it's working." They watched as Pinkie Pie proceeded to toss several of the guests up into the air. They laughed at the ridiculous spectacle. "I guess we all need a little chaos in our lives, don't we?" They knocked their glasses and drank. Lyra saw a mare reach to pick up a treat. She gently bumped the table, just enough to knock it out of her reach. She snickered at her frustration. "You know, speaking of chaos, I saw an interesting statue outside in the gardens. I wanna go check it out." Bon Bon nodded. "That's sounds nice." The royal garden was quiet that night. The stars shone in the sky like fire flies in the forest. The shrubbery was trimmed neatly and cropped for this occasion. "The statue garden's over here Bon Bon!" The earth pony turned and quickly followed behind. She stopped next to Lyra, who was looking a particularly strange statue. It was a statue of a strange creature. It had the head of a pony, but its' body was made up of all sorts of crazy animals. It had a ridiculously large tooth sticking out of its mouth. It looked like it was singing. "Very interesting statue, don't you think?" Bon Bon nodded. "It looks really weird." Lyra smiled. "All ancient stone work looks weird. They all have some sort of clothing on." Suddenly a crowd of animals ran past them. Bon Bon stared awkwardly after. "What are they running from?" She turned her head to find a crazed pegasus. "OH MY CELESTIA!" Bon Bon ran away screaming. Lyra looked back. "HAVE FUN WITH THAT!" Lyra looked back at the statue. Discords' face was stuck in that ridiculous gasp. "Dang, Discord. Quite the poser." Lyra laughed a little. "Even when you're petrified, you look good. Too bad you can't strut. Heh." "I'll be seeing you later, Discord." Lyra tapped the foot of the statue. She rolled her eyes at a barely audible groan coming from the statue. Daily life in the Bon Bon householdThe next morning, Bon Bon woke up in her bed. "Oh boy, that was one heck of a night! I wonder what Lyra's up to." Bon Bon walked down the stairs to find Lyra up, making a small breakfast. "Good morning Lyra. What are you doing up so early? Weren't you tired?" Lyra looked over her shoulder. "Oh! Good morning Bon Bon! I decided to make something for breakfast, seeing if I could get a second cutie mark." She laughed at her own little joke. "Would you like some?" Bon Bon chuckled. "No, no. It's alright. It looks... exotic. Yes, that's the word." Lyra looked down at the shallow pot. She had cut up some potatoes and bathed it in boiling oil. "Why aren't you using your magic?" Lyra frowned. "Huh?" Bon Bon looked at the pot. "Wouldn't it be easier to hold the pot with magic instead of your hoof?" Lyra was bending over the stove on her hind legs. She had one of her front hoof keeping balance, and the other wrapped around the pot handle. "Nonsense, I can get a better view of what I'm cooking up here anyway." Lyra looked back down to her boiling pot of oil. Some of it splashed on the unicorn, who recoiled and muttered under her breath. Bon Bon just shook her head. "I'm going to need the stove soon. I'm almost out of candy." Lyra laughed. "Alright, just wait until this turns gold." She used her magic to pull a fry out of the hot oil bath. "Almost done, just shake in a little salt... and done!" Lyra pulled out all the fried potatoes and put it on a plate. "It looks kind of hot..." Lyra took a small bite. "Nope. Eatable." She stuck the entire thing in her mouth. "Pretty good for an experiment, if I do say so myself." She laughed. "Try one Bon Bon!" Bon Bon hesitantly took one into her mouth. She coughed. "...um... it's... new! What's it called?" Lyra chewed happily while she took another one. "I'll call them, fries." Bon Bon smiled. "Alright then. I hope you're not gonna make any more. I need the stove to make more of my homemade treats." Lyra waved her hoof. "Go ahead. This is enough." Bon Bon usually made her own treats. Derpy Hooves delivered a list of requests that came from several places in Ponyville. She'd often help when the Cakes were planning an event. She's helped them more often now that they had children. Her treats earned her quite the profit, and she always made a little extra just for Lyra. "I'm going for a jog Bon Bon! I left the fries on the table in case you want any." Bon Bon smiled. "I'm never going to get over you jogging on two legs." It was true. Lyra always went for a jog on her hind legs. Lyra never had all four legs on the ground when she was jogging. "I told you, it's an exercise focusing on the hind legs." Bon Bon laughed. "What about your front legs? Are you going to go around jogging with your mouth dragging on the ground?" Even Lyra had to smirk at her joke. "Very funny, Bon Bon. Make your sweets. Save some for me!" "Don't I always?" Bon Bon heard the door close behind her. Bon Bon turned and looked out the window. She saw Lyra jogging to town on her back legs, attracting stares from the ponies in the streets. She mixed the batter a little more, and then set the spoon down. She walked up the stairs into the attic. Every night, when she'd wake up, she could hear voices in the attic. She knew one voice was Lyras', but she could never discern the other voice. The only things that she kept in the attic were old photo books and antique chest. But there was one thing in the attic that gave her the chills whenever she went up there. It was a mirror. It was framed in gold, detailed in a wicked curved and red ruby at its top. The ruby looked like a bloody eye, and the gold curled into a wicked claw. But the strangest thing was, it was never dusty. Not once in all the times she went up there was there dust on it. She had never seen anything like it. ~~~~ "I'm back Bon Bon!" The front door opened to Lyra. She was sweating on the brow, and she walked in slowly on her hind legs. "Hello Lyra! I'm glad you're back! I just finished a batch of my Raspberry Cherry Strawberry!" Lyra smiled and picked one up with her hoof, only to drop it back on the plate. "I told you, I just finished it! If you want one, there are some over there on the counter top." Bon Bon turned to find Lyra helping herself to the tray of sweets. "You know Lyra, there's been something I've been meaning to ask." Lyra stopped stuffing her face. "What is it?" Bon Bon looked around. "It's about that really odd mirror in the attic." Lyra stopped entirely. "That old thing? It's a little something I kept from a long time ago." Bon Bon looked up the stairs. "It's never dusty. I can't explain it. It's not covered with anything." Lyra smiled. "That's because I enchanted the ruby on top to keep the dust off." Bon Bon laughed. "Is that so?" Lyra nodded. "Then you should enchant this house. Make it dust proof." Lyra laughed. "Sorry Bon Bon. We don't have a gem big enough, nor do I have the magic for it." Bon Bon sighed. "Well, it was worth asking." She couldn't bring herself to ask about the other voice she heard at night. The house of Lyra HeartstringsBon Bon woke up in a cold sweat. Her eyes shifted nervously back and forth while she slowly got to her feet. A piercing sound caught Bon Bon off guard. She shrunk into a ball and shivered in fear. She recognized the sound as a violin. She backed away from the source until she hit a wall. She could not stop shivering as her ears took in its' evil tune. A single red light broke through the darkness. A single black figure stood in its shadow. The smoke blew away as the cape turned to reveal Lyra standing on her hind legs. Her eyes were slits, and she had the cruelest grin Bon Bon had ever seen. "I don't think I've introduced myself properly." Bon Bon couldn't believe the evil hiss that came from the unicorns muzzle. Lyra grasped the cape and flipped it back and forth. Bon Bon gasped at the astounding transformation. The being that stood there was the wickedest thing to have ever cross her eyes. It was small and impish. Its' head was little more than a sphere, and the only protrusions were a horn and a pair of twice clipped ears. It's eyes were big and cat like, and its' mouth was lined with jagged sharp teeth. Its hands and feet were little more than elongated stumps. Its' hand, if it could be called a hand, had dark steel claws protruding from it. It wore a broken halo as a shoulder accessory. The only way it was vaguely related to the unicorn Bon Bon knew was a glowing lyre design on its' forehead. "When the devil is too busy, and deaths have been too much. They call on me, by name you see, for my special touch. To the gentlecolt I'm Miss fortune. To the fillies I'm Sir Prise. But call me, by any name. Any way it's all the same!" Bon Bon looked around nervously. Dark lights had appeared all around her. Each was accompanied by its' own black apparition. "I'm the fly in your soup, I'm the pebble in your shoe. I'm the demon in your bed. I'm a bump on every head. I'm the peel on which you slip, I'm the pin in every hip. I'm the thorn in your side, Makes you wriggle and writhe!" Bon Bon could only just hold back her screams of terror as the ghosts danced around her. "And it's so easy when you're evil! This is the life, you see! The devil tips his hat to me! And I do it all because I'm evil! And I do it all for free!" The creature stepped up to Bon Bon and wiped a single tear of horror from her eyes. "You're tears are all the pay I'll ever need!" Bon Bon looked around. The creature that was supposedly Lyra took her tear and strung it on a necklace. "Looks good, don't you think?" Bon Bon refrained from yelling as the creature put the string over her head. "It's... lovely." The creature rubbed her chin. "Needs more skulls." The creature snapped its' fingers, and a pair of miniature skulls alongside the tear. "Tada! Its' brilliant, if I do say so myself." Bon Bon was speechless with fear. "Oh! I'm so sorry! Did I frighten you?" The area echoed with an eerie cackle. "My name is Evi. You know me as Lyra Heartstrings. That's not wrong though. My full name is Evi Lyra Heartstrings." Bon Bon smiled nervously. "H-hello, Evi." Evi cackled. "You're too friendly, Bon Bon! All too kind! You need a little evil in your life. That's why you have me around!" The creature floated up and around Bon Bon. "I'm the Evil of this world. Pleasure to meet you!" Bon Bon was unsure whether the outstretched claw would shake her hoof or tear it into ribbons. "Your...fingers... are nice! Sharp as a blade!" Evi looked down to her fingers. "Oops! My bad! I forgot! It's been so long since I'd been like this! Forgot I had claws!" "So...you're an Evil? Why haven't I seen you like..." Lyra chuckled at Bon Bons' fear. "Like what? This?" Lyra smiled and flashed her bony sharp teeth. "Well, do you think other ponies would like if I went around like this?" She flicked her forked tongue at her. "Not the prettiest pony on the street am I? They wouldn't like me at all! I would know, I am evil manifested." Bon Bon sat there. Some how, her fear had eased just the slightest bit. In some twisted way, it made sense. "You seem kind of..." Evi looked at Bon Bon. "Devilish? Oh, you flatter me! I'm nothing like that rogue." Then Evi gasped. "Would you like to meet him? I know a short cut!" Bon Bon almost threw up when Evi grasped her mouth and opened it to the size of a doorway. She felt a pat on her back. She turned to find another Evi smiling its' razor smile. "Don't worry, Bon Bon! I won't bite! Probably." Evi chuckled as she pushed the screaming Bon Bon into the gaping mouth. The Devil can surely explain...Bon Bon fell face first onto a rock floor. She got slowly and looked about the dark area. It was a cave, and it was a dark cave at that. Ghostly blue flames hung occasionally from time to time, giving just enough light. Bon Bon looked from side to side. There was enough light to see that the cave stretched for potentially miles. Bon Bon looked behind her and jumped. Ghostly apparitions with all sorts of disfigured bodies and faces looked at her. The earth pony shivered with fear and cold. She jumped again at a booming voice coming from the cave. "Hurry up, mortal. I don't have forever." Bon Bon looked around. All of the ghost remained on one side of the cave. As if they were in a line. Bon Bon got up and started walking towards the voice. "All of you dead don't even belong here! Back to the surface!" Bon Bon flinched at a horrible cry and a large explosion. Half of her wanted to walk the other way. "MORTAL! HURRY UP." Bon Bon looked to a desk with a small little man sitting in the chair. His skin was red and a pair of horns grew from his bald head. A red trident leaned against the side of the desk. "Finally. You're here. Let's get down to business." He folded his hands. "I'm the devil. I say who goes where. No questions. Ask what you will. You won't get it. I'm tired of all these mortals asking for their loved ones back. 'He was too young' this and 'he's all I've got' that. You won't get it." Bon Bon stared with a surprised expression. "I was just wondering what an Evil was." The devil raised an eyebrow. "An Evil? Huh. haven't heard of those in a while. I'm busy. Let me call something up." He pulled out a microphone from under his desk. "HEY DEADY! SOMEONE NEEDS YOUR HELP." He put down the microphone. "You've got five minutes. Then I gotta send you back." Suddenly, something struck the ground with an incredible force. Dust blew up around it. Bon Bon coughed as she struggled to look through the cloud of dust. What she saw amazed her. "A teddy bear?" She heard an audible growl. "I'm NOT A TEDDY BEAR! I'm DEADY! Greatest EVIL EVER! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU?" It was a black teddy bear. It had red skull patch stitched over its' right eye. On its' stomach was a skull. It had a broken heart over one of the skulls eyes. It sighed. "Oh boy. Everytime. Sometimes I wish I could get a different body to have." He held out his adorable bear hand. "Hello. I'm Deady Vile. Evil of the entire dimensions." Bon Bon hesitantly held out her hoof. Suddenly three crazy sickle shaped claws lashed out from his paw. "Gotcha!" He gently ran one claw under her chin. "Tell me, pony. What do you want?" Bon Bon started to sweat. Deady smiled. "Aw, come on. Don't be shy! I won't hurt you!" Deady twisted his claw. A drop of blood fell. "Or would I?" Bon Bon looked at the crazy teddy bear. "Y-you're an Evil right?" Deady chuckled. "Oh yes. I'm an Evil. What tipped you off? The name? Dead-y-Vile?" Bon Bon gulped. "Can you explain to me what exactly an Evil is?" Deady rubbed his chin. "You know, you're too friendly. It's not gonna get you anywhere." He shrugged. "A friend of mine wrote a song about Evils. It really quite interesting." "When the devil is too busy..." Bon Bons' eyes shot wide open. "That's the same song that Evi sang!" Deady looked up in surprise. "Evi?" He thought for a little. "OH! Evi! She sent you here didn't she?" Bon Bon nodded. "Well, let me skip to the explanation." "While there's children to make sad, While there's candy to be had. While there's pockets left to pick, While there's grannies left to trip down the stairs, I'll be there. I'll be waiting 'round the corner. It's a game, I'm glad I'm in it; Cause there's one born every minute." "And there you have it! An Evil explained in less then thirty seconds!" Bon Bon just stared. Deady dropped his hands. "Yes, there's more." "An Evil must be attached to another being. It's usually with the first being they come in contact with. When they're gone, they simply wander until they find another." Bon Bon nodded. "And how do I..." "ALRIGHT MORTAL! TIMES UP!" Bon Bon was suddenly swept off her hooves and was brought in front of the devil. "Tell me where you're from." Bon Bon sweated and her eyes darted from side to side. "I come from Ponyville, Equestria." The devil raised his eyebrow. "Funny. You look kind of cheery to be from around Tartarus. Anyway, goodbye." Bon Bon suddenly was dropped onto a floating rock platform. She was dashed away towards Tartarus. Bon Bon screamed the whole way. Oh Celestia WhyBon Bon raced towards her home in Ponyville. Tartarus wasn't that far from Ponyville, but What she had to face at home was even worse. She knew what Lyra was. Lyra was an Evil. An Evil that had attached itself to her. She saw a clearing through the Everfree Forest and ran straight for it. Ponyville was just in sight. She ran towards towards the edge of the forest. Only to stop. What was she going to do? She was living with an Evil. A manifestation of all things bad in Equestria. possibly in her world. She had a mirror that could talk to anything. Living or... less then that. She walked slowly with her eyes wide open in fear. She could feel the strange stares coming from the ponies around her. "What happened to her?" "She looks so scared." "What happened?" Bon Bon ignored all this as she walked towards her abode. She looked up to the house that she called her own. But she knew it was no longer hers. It was the Evils' the moment she let it in. Now she knew. Slowly she walked up to the door and she walked in ever so slowly. She looked around the kitchen. It looked so eerily dark despite it being high afternoon outside. She walked slowly through her haunted house. The platter of fries were still there, half finished. Several boxes of her sweets were left untouched and a new list of customers laid on the floor. Bon Bon stopped. She was scared of closing the door. Closing herself in a world ruled by an Evil. She closed it anyway. "Oh! You're back!" Bon Bon turned in fear to the unicorn coming down the steps. "How was the trip?" Bon Bon shook her head. "Don't pretend it didn't happen!" The unicorn smiled and flicked her snake tongue. "I'm not pretending anything." Bon Bon stared in fear as the unicorn stepped out the door. "I'm going for a jog, okay?" Bon Bon didn't respond as the door closed behind Lyra. She just stood there in horror of what she had lived with all this time. Only one can helpTwilight Sparkle was reading in her library when suddenly a knock came to her door. "Come in!" Twilight turned to find a barely recognizable Bon Bon. Her mane was a complete mess, and her small eyes were obvious signs of fear. "Help me Twilight! You have no idea what I'm going through right now." Twilight watched as the earth pony raced around the library, looking frantically around the shelves. "I can tell. What are you looking for?" Bon Bon didn't look away from the book shelves. "I'm looking on a book about Evils. Hurry up and help me!" Twilight looked strangely at the earth pony as she pulled out the 'Strange Myths and Legends.' She stared strangely at the frantic earth pony as she flipped through the book. She stopped under 'E' as she scanned through the page names. "Here, Evils. Page 38." Bon Bon rushed over quickly. "Does it say anything about how to get rid of them?" Twilight frowned as she read the excerpt. "You have an Evil?" Bon Bon nodded slowly. "And I need to get rid of it now." Twilight stared in surprise at the panic stricken pony. She turned back to the excerpt. Her head drew slowly backward as she read what exactly an Evil was. "Wow. This is serious." Bon Bon smacked Twilight over the head. "Ow! What was that for?" Bon Bon stared angrily. "You THINK? What's it SAY?" Twilight rubbed her head indignantly and she turned to read what it says. "'A powerful containment seal will be required along with a place of occupation.'" Bon Bon stared hopelessly. "How am I supposed to CONTAIN the thing?" Twilight Sparkle looked around. "That bottle looks nice." Bon Bon looked up suddenly, and a crazed smile came across her face. "Twilight. Make the seal. Let me close the windows." Twilight turned in surprise. "Oh no. Not here." Bon Bons' eye twitched. "Of course not here. I'm going to trap her in my own house." ~~~~ "Bon Bon! I'm home!" The mint unicorn walked in on her hind legs. "Bon Bon?" The unicorn looked around the kitchen. It was empty of everything. "Bon Bon? What happened?" The unicorn suddenly heard the door slam shut behind her. "What?" The unicorn turned to find the door closed behind her. She rushed over. She turned the handle easily, but she couldn't open the door. She shook the door, but to no avail. She looked through the window. "Bon Bon?" The crazed earth pony looked through the door window. "HA! HA HA HA! HA HA! You can't go ANYWHERE NOW!" Bon Bon smirked. Her crazed eyes were as bad as the eyes of the Evil now contained withing the house. "You're STUCK! With NO WHERE TO GO!" Bon Bon laughed crazily as she put up a sign. Lyra read the words through the paper. Tears came to her eyes. 'Do NOT remove seal. Unspeakable Evil lies within.' A few Days LaterPonyville was calm. Everything went by as usual. The birds sang, the grass grew, and ponies were happy. But in the town library, things were a little less so. "Twilight! Did you get the list?" The purple unicorn closed the door behind her. "It's a big list Bon Bon. Are you sure you can handle it?" The earth pony came down from the steps. She was covered in several smears of food coloring. "I'm sure Twilight. The only thing I could wish for was a bigger oven." The earth pony took the list from Twilight. "Thanks for keeping the customers and me." Twilight smiled. "You pay me half of your profit! I honestly can't complain." It was true. Bon Bon had lived in The library along with Twilight ever since the Evil had been contained there. "I'm sorry I make such a big mess around here. It must be a hassle for poor Spike." Bon Bon looked over to the disgruntled dragon assistant. "Bon Bon, can you at least try to be less messy?" The earth pony rubbed the baby dragons head. "I'm sorry, it's just the way I work. Here, I'll make a big batch of sweets, just for you." Bon Bon winked at the dragon. "Alright?" Spike smiled. "Alright. Make it chocolate. I love chocolate!" Bon Bon smiled as the dragon continued to wipe the floor. "Isn't he just the cutest thing?" Twilight smiled. "Yeah, he is. When he's not being a nuisance." The mares shared a laugh. They were interrupted by a loud rapping at the door. "I wonder if it's another customer." Twilight opened the door to find the mayor carrying a scroll. "I was informed a one 'Bon Bon' could be found here?" Twilight nodded. "Yes, just one moment." Twilight called back to the earth pony. "BON BON! IT'S FOR YOU! THE MAYOR!" The earth pony came to the door. "Oh. Hello Mayor. What can I do for you?" The mayor handed the scroll to Bon Bon. "This is an official complaint signed by all of Ponyville." Bon Bon frowned as she looked it over. "For what?" The Mayor pointed to a dark house. "All the ponies hear a strange wailing from that house and it not only keeps us awake, it makes us scared to go back to sleep!" Bon Bon looked over to the house. "That's strange. I don't hear anything coming from there at all." The Mayor shook her head impatiently. "Well, the rest of us do. You were the last pony spotted in that area, and all the ponies point at you." The Mayor sighed. "You have an obligation, Ms. Bon Bon. If you don't comply, I can remove you from this town." Bon Bon stared at the Mayor. "You would do that?" The Mayor sighed again. "It's not that I have a choice Bon Bon. The town is entirely freaked out. I don't think such a trivial matter is enough to alert the Princess about." The Mayor turned away. "Have a good day. And hurry up." And with that, the door closed. ~~~~ "I don't get it." Bon Bon just sat there on the steps of the library stairs. She looked over to Twilight. "Do you hear them too?" Twilight nodded. "Spike can't go to sleep with the awful noises. I can barely catch a wink with all that awful wailing." Bon Bon sighed. "It's so weird. I sleep perfectly fine. I don't hear anything." Bon Bon got up and looked out the window towards her old home. "Could it be Evi?" Twilight looked in curiosity. "Evi?" Bon Bon nodded. "That's the name of the Evil that lives there. I can't hear any of this 'wailing' you ponies are talking about. Twilight sighed. "I guess you're gonna have to deal with it again. At least until you can get that awful wailing to stop." Bon Bon turned to Twilight. "What does this, 'wailing', sound like?" Twilight stopped and thought for a moment. "It's almost like a cry. Like whatever's making that noise lost something. Lost something important. It's almost like when I lose a letter or a schedule. Only it's a dozen times scarier." Bon Bon thought curiously. She looked over to a plate of treats that had been left over from that days baking. It was the plate that Spike ate for his compensation. Bon Bon recognized the flavor as Raspberry Cherry Strawberry. Spike always finished it off, but that day he had went to bed early. Bon Bon stared at it and felt a small longing that she didn't feel when Spike finished it. It was as if she was missing something. Something important. She suddenly realized how much she missed Lyra. Not Evi; Lyra. The kind, loving, practical joker of a unicorn. She missed her. So much. Twilight watched as Bon Bon stood up and wrapped the leftover candies. "What are you going to do with those?" Bon Bon slung the bag full of candy over her shoulder. "I'm going to right wrongs." Twilight stared in surprise as the door closed behind the earth pony. In the house of Evi LyraBon Bon stared up at her old house. It looked older then the last time she had been there. The roof seemed grayer. The walls seemed whiter. The grass around it were brown with lack of care. Bon Bon stared at the sign she had put up so long ago. 'Do NOT remove seal. Unspeakable Evil lies within.' Bon Bon looked around. There was no one around, save for a few birds. She quickly shooed them away. The mare looked at the door again. The seal was still there, and was still effective. Slowly she walked towards the door. She grasped the handle and turned it. The door opened without much trouble. Bon Bon stepped in. She took a step into the all too familiar kitchen that she had once baked treats in. She closed the door slowly behind her. Her ear twitched. She could hear something coming from the attic. Bon Bon slowly walked up the steps. The noise turned into a voice. The voice turned into a song. Bon Bon looked up. She was just under the attic entrance. She could hear a sorrowful cry and a sputtering song. "It gets so lonely, being evil. What I'd do to see a smile. Even for a little while. And no one loves you when you're evil." Bon Bon leaned against the wall to catch herself in her sorrow. The voice broke down into an uncontrollable sob. "I'm lying through my teeth. Your tears are all the company I need." Bon Bon looked up to the source of the sound. The sobbing was not just any sobbing. It was as if it was over the death of a loved one. Bon Bon couldn't help but to wipe a tear from her own eye as she steadied herself. Slowly she pulled herself up the steps. Oh so carefully she lifted the entrance to the attic. She saw the small creature from the nightmare a few days ago. It sat pathetically with its claws lying limp on the floor. Its' sobbing was ever so much louder now that the mare was closer. If it weren't so sad, any other pony could have passed it off for music. "Lyra?" The creature looked up. "What are you doing here? Are you going to rub in my face how bad I am?" The mare couldn't respond. "Look at me. A crying wretch. Sitting here crying over something I could easily replace. Why?" Bon Bon walked up into the attic and sat down on the entrance. "Manifestation of all things bad. There's no bad here." The creature turned to Bon Bon. Its' eyes were watery with tears and the glowing sign on its' forehead had faded almost completely away. "Why am I crying?" Bon Bon was speechless. The creature was the manifestation of all things evil in this world and yet; It laid there pathetically. Almost like a beaten dog. Bon Bon set down her bag of treats. "You know, I heard you singing." Evi looked up. "You did?" Bon Bon nodded. "Yes I did. It was sadder then anything I have ever listened to." Bon Bon proceeded to unwrap her bag of treats. "The Devil told me all about an attachment any given Evil could have." Bon Bon opened the bag. Evi stared at the plate of treats. "I cooked these earlier today. I didn't even notice that I cooked them. It was almost as if it was a habit to cook Raspberry Cherry Strawberry treats even if I didn't have any orders for them." Bon Bon slid the platter of treats over to Evi. "Then I remembered that it was your favorite." Evi looked down, then looked back up. Astonishment as clear on its' face. "The mayor told me that she heard these awful noises coming from this house. Everypony said the same thing. I didn't hear anything of that sort. All I could've heard was that song." Bon Bon rubbed her leg. "I'm not sure whether that has anything to do with the attachment, or if it's just me. I do know one thing. I miss it." Evi looked at Bon Bon. It looked down to the floor as its' eye began to water. "Why? Why are you doing this?" Bon Bon sighed. "I don't know. I think maybe it's because I miss Lyra." Evi looked up. "But I'm Lyra." Bon Bon shook her hoof. "Not Evi Lyra Heartstrings," Bon Bon edged slowly to Evi. "I miss Lyra Heartstrings." Bon Bon put a hoof the Evis' shoulder. "I miss the fun loving unicorn that loves practical jokes. I miss the unicorn that would go jogging on her hind legs. I miss the Lyra that ate fries." Evi looked up to Bon Bon. "You miss Lyra?" She nodded. "Yes. I miss Lyra. Lyra Heartstrings." Evi fell onto Bon Bon. "I'm so sorry! How could you forgive me?" Bon Bon patted Evi on the back. She sang in the silken voice of an angel. "I'll do it all for free; Your tears of joy are all I'll ever need." Evi looked up to Bon Bon. The Evil looked down, hiding sobbing tears. A barely audible 'Thank you' could be heard. Bon Bon simply smiled. She suddenly jerked. "Ow!" Evi instinctively pulled back. "What?" Bon Bon pointed to Evis' hand. It looked down to its' razor claws. Evi stared in surprise. "Hehe. Oops. We're still cool right?" Bon Bon stopped. She started to laugh. "Of COURSE we're cool!" Bon Bon started to laugh out loud. Evi stared in confusion. But fairly soon she started laughing too. Pretty soon they were laughing together. And they loved every minute of it. What's she doing anyway?"Can you please hurry? Lyra can come back at anytime." Bon Bon was looking around nervously in the town library. She had taken Lyras' mirror and brought it over to the library. She didn't know much about magic. She was only an earth pony. However, Twilight Sparkle, a unicorn from Canterlot, had a prestigious reputation for all things magic. She was hoping she could identify it and any features. "You said this is Lyras'?" Bon Bon nodded. The unicorn looked back to the mirror. She squinted her eyes, and her horn sparked with magic a few times. She turned to the earth pony. "Alright, I haven't come up with much." Bon Bon was looking out the window. "I'll take whatever you have." "This is the most fiendish mirror I've come across. I've never seen anything that gives me such a chill." Bon Bon walked towards the mirror. "I've used some minor magic, and if I can tell you anything, I can tell you one thing." Bon Bon frowned. "What is it?" Twilight shook her head. "That's not gold. It's Devils' Candle Wax." Bon Bon stopped. "Devils' Candle Wax?" Twilight nodded. "It's made from gold, but it incorporates ground Cerberus tooth and hydras' scale with it. You can't grind hydras' scale to a dust. At least, it's not possible yet." Bon Bon nodded. "The ruby on top is not even a ruby. It's a cockatrice eye." Bon Bon blinked in surprise. "Then why aren't we statues?" Twilight rubbed her chin. "It's written here that if a cockatrice eye is treated in just the right solution, it's effects are nullified, and the eye itself is petrified. It makes a really nice accessory if it's made correctly." Bon Bon blinked in fear at what the mirror was made of. She shook it off and wrapped the mirror in a blanket. "Thank you Twilight, but I really have to go." The scooped the mirror onto her back. "Thanks for everything!" "Wait!" Twilight was too late as the door slammed. "Do you really want to keep it?" ~~~~ "I'm back Bon Bon!" Lyra walked in on her hind legs as usual. Bon Bon smiled. "You're back! I left a new batch of treats on the counter over there." Lyra smiled greedily as she made her way through the kitchen. Bon Bon stared at Lyra as she ate the sweets. Lyra noticed. "What?" Bon Bon shook her head. "Oh nothing. Nothing at all." She turned away and frowned. What would an innocent unicorn like her be doing with such a hellish object? What goes on in the atticBon Bon woke up in the middle of the night. She looked over to her clock. It was only one in the morning. She yawned and got out of bed. She was a bit hungry. The door to the refrigerator opened in a cold blue light, and Bon Bon reached her hoof in to take out a small sandwich that she had left over in the afternoon. She poured herself a cup of milk and sat down to eat. As she chewed, she could hear two distinct voices. She looked up the stairs and heard them coming from the attic. She left her half eaten sandwich on the counter and slowly walked up the steps. As she came closer, she could hear Lyra laughing softly. She walked ever so slowly so as not to alert the other voice. Pony. Whatever. "Oh Discord, you really are quite the joker! It's a pity you're a statue in Canterlot." Bon Bon frowned. Discord? Isn't that the name of the statue back in Canterlot? "I must say Evi, for a being of such great power, you do an amazing job of keeping it a secret." Evi? "Oh please, Discord. Deceit is everything for a being such as I. It's how you operate, right?" Discord laughed. "You're all too right. As always!" Bon Bon slowly climbed the ladder that led to the attic. "Have you been to the Grand Galloping Gala, Discord? You should have been there two nights ago! You'd be perfect." Bon Bon slowly lifted the cover that led to the attic. "You really can't get over the fact that I'm petrified, can you?" Bon Bon peeked over the edge. Lyra was sitting facing towards the mirror. Her back was to Bon Bon. That was probably a good thing. Bon Bon had a great view of the conversation. Suddenly she saw a face move to face her. It was a head of a pony, but it had the horns of a dragon and a deer. It had a single huge tooth hanging from its mouth. "Your friend can fit the task well. Snooping around as she is." Bon Bons' eyes flew open in surprise. She dropped the cover with a loud bang. "Drat." Bon Bon raced down the hall as she could hear the opening of the attic door and the swish of movement. Bon Bon turned back to find a black shape chasing her. She ran face first into a wall. "Oh, Bon Bon. You always were too curious for your own good." The earth pony turned to find the familiar shape of the unicorn. But when Lyra opened her eyes, Bon Bon went cold with fear. The golden eyes were no longer round, but slits of a cats. "Don't worry Bon Bon, I won't hurt you." Lyra opened her mouth. A forked snake tongue wove its way back and forth across Bon Bons face. "Oh. I never realized how good you tasted. Such innocence." Lyra retracted her tongue and licked her lips. Bon Bon screamed as a huge black hole of a mouth closed over her. AftermathIt was a lovely day outside. The birds were singing, the skies were clear, and the sun shone brightly. A perfect day for a walk for Twilight Sparkle. It was the first time she had the energy to go out in a while. The past couple of nights she had been kept awake by an awful shrieking sound she heard at night. But it stopped as suddenly as it started. It was also the same night Bon Bon had stepped out to stop it. "I wonder where Bon Bon is. She didn't come back to the library after she left. I hope she's okay." "TWILIGHT!" The unicorn turned to find Bon Bon waving at her from a park bench. Twilight smiled and trotted over. "Hey Bon Bon! It's good to see you again." Bon Bon giggled. "No, I'm serious. I was getting worried? What happened to the Evil?" Bon Bon smiled and pointed to the unicorn next to her. She was sitting with her hind legs in front of her. "There's your Evil." Lyra looked over to Twilight and waved. "Oh hey Twilight! Haven't seen you in a while!" Twilight stared skeptically. "You're the Evil? Sorry but, you're nothing like the book described." Twilight laughed. She was cut off by a flickering snake tongue. Twilight looked back to Lyra. Her eyes were like a cats', and metal claws had appeared out of nowhere from her hoof. "There is always the evil of Deception Twilight. Don't forget that." Lyra retracted her tongue and blinked. Her eyes were suddenly round again. She smacked her lips, revealing a perfectly normal tongue. "Oh! Ice cream!" The unicorn hopped off the bench and headed for the ice cream cart. Twilight just stood there. She was utterly startled. Bon Bon laughed. "She has the best disguises, don't you think?" Twilight shook her head to break from the astonishment. "Lyra was the Evil? You've lived with her for how long now?" Bon Bon laughed again. "The best part is, I didn't even know until five nights ago! Isn't she brilliant?" Lyra came back holding the ice cream cone with her magic. "You want some Twilight? It's good!" Twilight remembered the snake tongue the unicorn had. "I... think I'll pass." Lyra shrugged. "Suit yourself." She sat back onto the bench in that awkward position. Twilight held her hoof up in hopes of not letting Lyra hear. "Bon Bon, She's an Evil. Manifestation of all things bad. You've got to get rid of her." Bon Bon only smiled. "Twilight, you can't get rid of an Evil so easily. Besides, I like Lyra." The earth pony jumped off the bench. "Hey Lyra! Bet you can't beat me in a race!" The unicorn looked over. She smiled, and shoved the rest of the ice cream cone in her mouth. "Oh, you're ON!" Twilight watched as they raced away. It was as if Bon Bon didn't even care what she was living with. She shook her head and sighed. "Just as long as I can sleep."
Meet the Pair"Come on Lyra! We're gonna be late!" The earth pony was already outside her small cottage in the outskirts of Ponyville. She had on a beautiful dress, designed by Rarity herself. It was a beautiful deep blue, with a pink frill along its edges. It had wonderful pattern of wrapped sweets along it's bottom. She had an earring with a golden lyre hanging from its blue bead. "These gentlecolts aren't going to wait forever! Come ON!" "Alright, Bon Bon! These dresses are expensive you know!" Bon Bon turned to find the unicorn in her brilliant dress. It was a radiant white with golden accents and greens that matched her minty coat perfectly well. She wore a pair golden necklace with a single wrapped treat and a hair pin designed like a lyre. "Does my mane look alright?" "It's fine, now come on!" The two mares hurried into the waiting carriage that would take them to the grandest night of the year. The Grand Galloping Gala. ~~~~ Bon Bon and Lyra walked through the grand halls of The Canterlot Palace. The chandeliers threw brilliant lights against the stained glass portraits that lined the walls. The royal purple and gold trimmed curtains lined each window, and great streamers hung from the ceiling. "It's a beautiful place, don't you think?" Lyra chuckled. "Yeah. The lights absolutely define the shadows of the place. Magnificent!" The grand ballroom was absolutely filled with ponies. Four ponies were up on the stage, playing a variety of instruments while the guests enjoyed the drinks. Bon Bon poured herself a drink while Lyra helped herself to the desserts. She looked to the stage. She saw a strange pony dancing around. "What's Pinkie Pie doing?" Lyra picked up a napkin and wiped her mouth with it. "She looks like she's trying to entertain herself. It looks like it's working." They watched as Pinkie Pie proceeded to toss several of the guests up into the air. They laughed at the ridiculous spectacle. "I guess we all need a little chaos in our lives, don't we?" They knocked their glasses and drank. Lyra saw a mare reach to pick up a treat. She gently bumped the table, just enough to knock it out of her reach. She snickered at her frustration. "You know, speaking of chaos, I saw an interesting statue outside in the gardens. I wanna go check it out." Bon Bon nodded. "That's sounds nice." The royal garden was quiet that night. The stars shone in the sky like fire flies in the forest. The shrubbery was trimmed neatly and cropped for this occasion. "The statue garden's over here Bon Bon!" The earth pony turned and quickly followed behind. She stopped next to Lyra, who was looking a particularly strange statue. It was a statue of a strange creature. It had the head of a pony, but its' body was made up of all sorts of crazy animals. It had a ridiculously large tooth sticking out of its mouth. It looked like it was singing. "Very interesting statue, don't you think?" Bon Bon nodded. "It looks really weird." Lyra smiled. "All ancient stone work looks weird. They all have some sort of clothing on." Suddenly a crowd of animals ran past them. Bon Bon stared awkwardly after. "What are they running from?" She turned her head to find a crazed pegasus. "OH MY CELESTIA!" Bon Bon ran away screaming. Lyra looked back. "HAVE FUN WITH THAT!" Lyra looked back at the statue. Discords' face was stuck in that ridiculous gasp. "Dang, Discord. Quite the poser." Lyra laughed a little. "Even when you're petrified, you look good. Too bad you can't strut. Heh." "I'll be seeing you later, Discord." Lyra tapped the foot of the statue. She rolled her eyes at a barely audible groan coming from the statue.
Daily life in the Bon Bon householdThe next morning, Bon Bon woke up in her bed. "Oh boy, that was one heck of a night! I wonder what Lyra's up to." Bon Bon walked down the stairs to find Lyra up, making a small breakfast. "Good morning Lyra. What are you doing up so early? Weren't you tired?" Lyra looked over her shoulder. "Oh! Good morning Bon Bon! I decided to make something for breakfast, seeing if I could get a second cutie mark." She laughed at her own little joke. "Would you like some?" Bon Bon chuckled. "No, no. It's alright. It looks... exotic. Yes, that's the word." Lyra looked down at the shallow pot. She had cut up some potatoes and bathed it in boiling oil. "Why aren't you using your magic?" Lyra frowned. "Huh?" Bon Bon looked at the pot. "Wouldn't it be easier to hold the pot with magic instead of your hoof?" Lyra was bending over the stove on her hind legs. She had one of her front hoof keeping balance, and the other wrapped around the pot handle. "Nonsense, I can get a better view of what I'm cooking up here anyway." Lyra looked back down to her boiling pot of oil. Some of it splashed on the unicorn, who recoiled and muttered under her breath. Bon Bon just shook her head. "I'm going to need the stove soon. I'm almost out of candy." Lyra laughed. "Alright, just wait until this turns gold." She used her magic to pull a fry out of the hot oil bath. "Almost done, just shake in a little salt... and done!" Lyra pulled out all the fried potatoes and put it on a plate. "It looks kind of hot..." Lyra took a small bite. "Nope. Eatable." She stuck the entire thing in her mouth. "Pretty good for an experiment, if I do say so myself." She laughed. "Try one Bon Bon!" Bon Bon hesitantly took one into her mouth. She coughed. "...um... it's... new! What's it called?" Lyra chewed happily while she took another one. "I'll call them, fries." Bon Bon smiled. "Alright then. I hope you're not gonna make any more. I need the stove to make more of my homemade treats." Lyra waved her hoof. "Go ahead. This is enough." Bon Bon usually made her own treats. Derpy Hooves delivered a list of requests that came from several places in Ponyville. She'd often help when the Cakes were planning an event. She's helped them more often now that they had children. Her treats earned her quite the profit, and she always made a little extra just for Lyra. "I'm going for a jog Bon Bon! I left the fries on the table in case you want any." Bon Bon smiled. "I'm never going to get over you jogging on two legs." It was true. Lyra always went for a jog on her hind legs. Lyra never had all four legs on the ground when she was jogging. "I told you, it's an exercise focusing on the hind legs." Bon Bon laughed. "What about your front legs? Are you going to go around jogging with your mouth dragging on the ground?" Even Lyra had to smirk at her joke. "Very funny, Bon Bon. Make your sweets. Save some for me!" "Don't I always?" Bon Bon heard the door close behind her. Bon Bon turned and looked out the window. She saw Lyra jogging to town on her back legs, attracting stares from the ponies in the streets. She mixed the batter a little more, and then set the spoon down. She walked up the stairs into the attic. Every night, when she'd wake up, she could hear voices in the attic. She knew one voice was Lyras', but she could never discern the other voice. The only things that she kept in the attic were old photo books and antique chest. But there was one thing in the attic that gave her the chills whenever she went up there. It was a mirror. It was framed in gold, detailed in a wicked curved and red ruby at its top. The ruby looked like a bloody eye, and the gold curled into a wicked claw. But the strangest thing was, it was never dusty. Not once in all the times she went up there was there dust on it. She had never seen anything like it. ~~~~ "I'm back Bon Bon!" The front door opened to Lyra. She was sweating on the brow, and she walked in slowly on her hind legs. "Hello Lyra! I'm glad you're back! I just finished a batch of my Raspberry Cherry Strawberry!" Lyra smiled and picked one up with her hoof, only to drop it back on the plate. "I told you, I just finished it! If you want one, there are some over there on the counter top." Bon Bon turned to find Lyra helping herself to the tray of sweets. "You know Lyra, there's been something I've been meaning to ask." Lyra stopped stuffing her face. "What is it?" Bon Bon looked around. "It's about that really odd mirror in the attic." Lyra stopped entirely. "That old thing? It's a little something I kept from a long time ago." Bon Bon looked up the stairs. "It's never dusty. I can't explain it. It's not covered with anything." Lyra smiled. "That's because I enchanted the ruby on top to keep the dust off." Bon Bon laughed. "Is that so?" Lyra nodded. "Then you should enchant this house. Make it dust proof." Lyra laughed. "Sorry Bon Bon. We don't have a gem big enough, nor do I have the magic for it." Bon Bon sighed. "Well, it was worth asking." She couldn't bring herself to ask about the other voice she heard at night.
The house of Lyra HeartstringsBon Bon woke up in a cold sweat. Her eyes shifted nervously back and forth while she slowly got to her feet. A piercing sound caught Bon Bon off guard. She shrunk into a ball and shivered in fear. She recognized the sound as a violin. She backed away from the source until she hit a wall. She could not stop shivering as her ears took in its' evil tune. A single red light broke through the darkness. A single black figure stood in its shadow. The smoke blew away as the cape turned to reveal Lyra standing on her hind legs. Her eyes were slits, and she had the cruelest grin Bon Bon had ever seen. "I don't think I've introduced myself properly." Bon Bon couldn't believe the evil hiss that came from the unicorns muzzle. Lyra grasped the cape and flipped it back and forth. Bon Bon gasped at the astounding transformation. The being that stood there was the wickedest thing to have ever cross her eyes. It was small and impish. Its' head was little more than a sphere, and the only protrusions were a horn and a pair of twice clipped ears. It's eyes were big and cat like, and its' mouth was lined with jagged sharp teeth. Its hands and feet were little more than elongated stumps. Its' hand, if it could be called a hand, had dark steel claws protruding from it. It wore a broken halo as a shoulder accessory. The only way it was vaguely related to the unicorn Bon Bon knew was a glowing lyre design on its' forehead. "When the devil is too busy, and deaths have been too much. They call on me, by name you see, for my special touch. To the gentlecolt I'm Miss fortune. To the fillies I'm Sir Prise. But call me, by any name. Any way it's all the same!" Bon Bon looked around nervously. Dark lights had appeared all around her. Each was accompanied by its' own black apparition. "I'm the fly in your soup, I'm the pebble in your shoe. I'm the demon in your bed. I'm a bump on every head. I'm the peel on which you slip, I'm the pin in every hip. I'm the thorn in your side, Makes you wriggle and writhe!" Bon Bon could only just hold back her screams of terror as the ghosts danced around her. "And it's so easy when you're evil! This is the life, you see! The devil tips his hat to me! And I do it all because I'm evil! And I do it all for free!" The creature stepped up to Bon Bon and wiped a single tear of horror from her eyes. "You're tears are all the pay I'll ever need!" Bon Bon looked around. The creature that was supposedly Lyra took her tear and strung it on a necklace. "Looks good, don't you think?" Bon Bon refrained from yelling as the creature put the string over her head. "It's... lovely." The creature rubbed her chin. "Needs more skulls." The creature snapped its' fingers, and a pair of miniature skulls alongside the tear. "Tada! Its' brilliant, if I do say so myself." Bon Bon was speechless with fear. "Oh! I'm so sorry! Did I frighten you?" The area echoed with an eerie cackle. "My name is Evi. You know me as Lyra Heartstrings. That's not wrong though. My full name is Evi Lyra Heartstrings." Bon Bon smiled nervously. "H-hello, Evi." Evi cackled. "You're too friendly, Bon Bon! All too kind! You need a little evil in your life. That's why you have me around!" The creature floated up and around Bon Bon. "I'm the Evil of this world. Pleasure to meet you!" Bon Bon was unsure whether the outstretched claw would shake her hoof or tear it into ribbons. "Your...fingers... are nice! Sharp as a blade!" Evi looked down to her fingers. "Oops! My bad! I forgot! It's been so long since I'd been like this! Forgot I had claws!" "So...you're an Evil? Why haven't I seen you like..." Lyra chuckled at Bon Bons' fear. "Like what? This?" Lyra smiled and flashed her bony sharp teeth. "Well, do you think other ponies would like if I went around like this?" She flicked her forked tongue at her. "Not the prettiest pony on the street am I? They wouldn't like me at all! I would know, I am evil manifested." Bon Bon sat there. Some how, her fear had eased just the slightest bit. In some twisted way, it made sense. "You seem kind of..." Evi looked at Bon Bon. "Devilish? Oh, you flatter me! I'm nothing like that rogue." Then Evi gasped. "Would you like to meet him? I know a short cut!" Bon Bon almost threw up when Evi grasped her mouth and opened it to the size of a doorway. She felt a pat on her back. She turned to find another Evi smiling its' razor smile. "Don't worry, Bon Bon! I won't bite! Probably." Evi chuckled as she pushed the screaming Bon Bon into the gaping mouth.
The Devil can surely explain...Bon Bon fell face first onto a rock floor. She got slowly and looked about the dark area. It was a cave, and it was a dark cave at that. Ghostly blue flames hung occasionally from time to time, giving just enough light. Bon Bon looked from side to side. There was enough light to see that the cave stretched for potentially miles. Bon Bon looked behind her and jumped. Ghostly apparitions with all sorts of disfigured bodies and faces looked at her. The earth pony shivered with fear and cold. She jumped again at a booming voice coming from the cave. "Hurry up, mortal. I don't have forever." Bon Bon looked around. All of the ghost remained on one side of the cave. As if they were in a line. Bon Bon got up and started walking towards the voice. "All of you dead don't even belong here! Back to the surface!" Bon Bon flinched at a horrible cry and a large explosion. Half of her wanted to walk the other way. "MORTAL! HURRY UP." Bon Bon looked to a desk with a small little man sitting in the chair. His skin was red and a pair of horns grew from his bald head. A red trident leaned against the side of the desk. "Finally. You're here. Let's get down to business." He folded his hands. "I'm the devil. I say who goes where. No questions. Ask what you will. You won't get it. I'm tired of all these mortals asking for their loved ones back. 'He was too young' this and 'he's all I've got' that. You won't get it." Bon Bon stared with a surprised expression. "I was just wondering what an Evil was." The devil raised an eyebrow. "An Evil? Huh. haven't heard of those in a while. I'm busy. Let me call something up." He pulled out a microphone from under his desk. "HEY DEADY! SOMEONE NEEDS YOUR HELP." He put down the microphone. "You've got five minutes. Then I gotta send you back." Suddenly, something struck the ground with an incredible force. Dust blew up around it. Bon Bon coughed as she struggled to look through the cloud of dust. What she saw amazed her. "A teddy bear?" She heard an audible growl. "I'm NOT A TEDDY BEAR! I'm DEADY! Greatest EVIL EVER! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU?" It was a black teddy bear. It had red skull patch stitched over its' right eye. On its' stomach was a skull. It had a broken heart over one of the skulls eyes. It sighed. "Oh boy. Everytime. Sometimes I wish I could get a different body to have." He held out his adorable bear hand. "Hello. I'm Deady Vile. Evil of the entire dimensions." Bon Bon hesitantly held out her hoof. Suddenly three crazy sickle shaped claws lashed out from his paw. "Gotcha!" He gently ran one claw under her chin. "Tell me, pony. What do you want?" Bon Bon started to sweat. Deady smiled. "Aw, come on. Don't be shy! I won't hurt you!" Deady twisted his claw. A drop of blood fell. "Or would I?" Bon Bon looked at the crazy teddy bear. "Y-you're an Evil right?" Deady chuckled. "Oh yes. I'm an Evil. What tipped you off? The name? Dead-y-Vile?" Bon Bon gulped. "Can you explain to me what exactly an Evil is?" Deady rubbed his chin. "You know, you're too friendly. It's not gonna get you anywhere." He shrugged. "A friend of mine wrote a song about Evils. It really quite interesting." "When the devil is too busy..." Bon Bons' eyes shot wide open. "That's the same song that Evi sang!" Deady looked up in surprise. "Evi?" He thought for a little. "OH! Evi! She sent you here didn't she?" Bon Bon nodded. "Well, let me skip to the explanation." "While there's children to make sad, While there's candy to be had. While there's pockets left to pick, While there's grannies left to trip down the stairs, I'll be there. I'll be waiting 'round the corner. It's a game, I'm glad I'm in it; Cause there's one born every minute." "And there you have it! An Evil explained in less then thirty seconds!" Bon Bon just stared. Deady dropped his hands. "Yes, there's more." "An Evil must be attached to another being. It's usually with the first being they come in contact with. When they're gone, they simply wander until they find another." Bon Bon nodded. "And how do I..." "ALRIGHT MORTAL! TIMES UP!" Bon Bon was suddenly swept off her hooves and was brought in front of the devil. "Tell me where you're from." Bon Bon sweated and her eyes darted from side to side. "I come from Ponyville, Equestria." The devil raised his eyebrow. "Funny. You look kind of cheery to be from around Tartarus. Anyway, goodbye." Bon Bon suddenly was dropped onto a floating rock platform. She was dashed away towards Tartarus. Bon Bon screamed the whole way.
Oh Celestia WhyBon Bon raced towards her home in Ponyville. Tartarus wasn't that far from Ponyville, but What she had to face at home was even worse. She knew what Lyra was. Lyra was an Evil. An Evil that had attached itself to her. She saw a clearing through the Everfree Forest and ran straight for it. Ponyville was just in sight. She ran towards towards the edge of the forest. Only to stop. What was she going to do? She was living with an Evil. A manifestation of all things bad in Equestria. possibly in her world. She had a mirror that could talk to anything. Living or... less then that. She walked slowly with her eyes wide open in fear. She could feel the strange stares coming from the ponies around her. "What happened to her?" "She looks so scared." "What happened?" Bon Bon ignored all this as she walked towards her abode. She looked up to the house that she called her own. But she knew it was no longer hers. It was the Evils' the moment she let it in. Now she knew. Slowly she walked up to the door and she walked in ever so slowly. She looked around the kitchen. It looked so eerily dark despite it being high afternoon outside. She walked slowly through her haunted house. The platter of fries were still there, half finished. Several boxes of her sweets were left untouched and a new list of customers laid on the floor. Bon Bon stopped. She was scared of closing the door. Closing herself in a world ruled by an Evil. She closed it anyway. "Oh! You're back!" Bon Bon turned in fear to the unicorn coming down the steps. "How was the trip?" Bon Bon shook her head. "Don't pretend it didn't happen!" The unicorn smiled and flicked her snake tongue. "I'm not pretending anything." Bon Bon stared in fear as the unicorn stepped out the door. "I'm going for a jog, okay?" Bon Bon didn't respond as the door closed behind Lyra. She just stood there in horror of what she had lived with all this time.
Only one can helpTwilight Sparkle was reading in her library when suddenly a knock came to her door. "Come in!" Twilight turned to find a barely recognizable Bon Bon. Her mane was a complete mess, and her small eyes were obvious signs of fear. "Help me Twilight! You have no idea what I'm going through right now." Twilight watched as the earth pony raced around the library, looking frantically around the shelves. "I can tell. What are you looking for?" Bon Bon didn't look away from the book shelves. "I'm looking on a book about Evils. Hurry up and help me!" Twilight looked strangely at the earth pony as she pulled out the 'Strange Myths and Legends.' She stared strangely at the frantic earth pony as she flipped through the book. She stopped under 'E' as she scanned through the page names. "Here, Evils. Page 38." Bon Bon rushed over quickly. "Does it say anything about how to get rid of them?" Twilight frowned as she read the excerpt. "You have an Evil?" Bon Bon nodded slowly. "And I need to get rid of it now." Twilight stared in surprise at the panic stricken pony. She turned back to the excerpt. Her head drew slowly backward as she read what exactly an Evil was. "Wow. This is serious." Bon Bon smacked Twilight over the head. "Ow! What was that for?" Bon Bon stared angrily. "You THINK? What's it SAY?" Twilight rubbed her head indignantly and she turned to read what it says. "'A powerful containment seal will be required along with a place of occupation.'" Bon Bon stared hopelessly. "How am I supposed to CONTAIN the thing?" Twilight Sparkle looked around. "That bottle looks nice." Bon Bon looked up suddenly, and a crazed smile came across her face. "Twilight. Make the seal. Let me close the windows." Twilight turned in surprise. "Oh no. Not here." Bon Bons' eye twitched. "Of course not here. I'm going to trap her in my own house." ~~~~ "Bon Bon! I'm home!" The mint unicorn walked in on her hind legs. "Bon Bon?" The unicorn looked around the kitchen. It was empty of everything. "Bon Bon? What happened?" The unicorn suddenly heard the door slam shut behind her. "What?" The unicorn turned to find the door closed behind her. She rushed over. She turned the handle easily, but she couldn't open the door. She shook the door, but to no avail. She looked through the window. "Bon Bon?" The crazed earth pony looked through the door window. "HA! HA HA HA! HA HA! You can't go ANYWHERE NOW!" Bon Bon smirked. Her crazed eyes were as bad as the eyes of the Evil now contained withing the house. "You're STUCK! With NO WHERE TO GO!" Bon Bon laughed crazily as she put up a sign. Lyra read the words through the paper. Tears came to her eyes. 'Do NOT remove seal. Unspeakable Evil lies within.'
A few Days LaterPonyville was calm. Everything went by as usual. The birds sang, the grass grew, and ponies were happy. But in the town library, things were a little less so. "Twilight! Did you get the list?" The purple unicorn closed the door behind her. "It's a big list Bon Bon. Are you sure you can handle it?" The earth pony came down from the steps. She was covered in several smears of food coloring. "I'm sure Twilight. The only thing I could wish for was a bigger oven." The earth pony took the list from Twilight. "Thanks for keeping the customers and me." Twilight smiled. "You pay me half of your profit! I honestly can't complain." It was true. Bon Bon had lived in The library along with Twilight ever since the Evil had been contained there. "I'm sorry I make such a big mess around here. It must be a hassle for poor Spike." Bon Bon looked over to the disgruntled dragon assistant. "Bon Bon, can you at least try to be less messy?" The earth pony rubbed the baby dragons head. "I'm sorry, it's just the way I work. Here, I'll make a big batch of sweets, just for you." Bon Bon winked at the dragon. "Alright?" Spike smiled. "Alright. Make it chocolate. I love chocolate!" Bon Bon smiled as the dragon continued to wipe the floor. "Isn't he just the cutest thing?" Twilight smiled. "Yeah, he is. When he's not being a nuisance." The mares shared a laugh. They were interrupted by a loud rapping at the door. "I wonder if it's another customer." Twilight opened the door to find the mayor carrying a scroll. "I was informed a one 'Bon Bon' could be found here?" Twilight nodded. "Yes, just one moment." Twilight called back to the earth pony. "BON BON! IT'S FOR YOU! THE MAYOR!" The earth pony came to the door. "Oh. Hello Mayor. What can I do for you?" The mayor handed the scroll to Bon Bon. "This is an official complaint signed by all of Ponyville." Bon Bon frowned as she looked it over. "For what?" The Mayor pointed to a dark house. "All the ponies hear a strange wailing from that house and it not only keeps us awake, it makes us scared to go back to sleep!" Bon Bon looked over to the house. "That's strange. I don't hear anything coming from there at all." The Mayor shook her head impatiently. "Well, the rest of us do. You were the last pony spotted in that area, and all the ponies point at you." The Mayor sighed. "You have an obligation, Ms. Bon Bon. If you don't comply, I can remove you from this town." Bon Bon stared at the Mayor. "You would do that?" The Mayor sighed again. "It's not that I have a choice Bon Bon. The town is entirely freaked out. I don't think such a trivial matter is enough to alert the Princess about." The Mayor turned away. "Have a good day. And hurry up." And with that, the door closed. ~~~~ "I don't get it." Bon Bon just sat there on the steps of the library stairs. She looked over to Twilight. "Do you hear them too?" Twilight nodded. "Spike can't go to sleep with the awful noises. I can barely catch a wink with all that awful wailing." Bon Bon sighed. "It's so weird. I sleep perfectly fine. I don't hear anything." Bon Bon got up and looked out the window towards her old home. "Could it be Evi?" Twilight looked in curiosity. "Evi?" Bon Bon nodded. "That's the name of the Evil that lives there. I can't hear any of this 'wailing' you ponies are talking about. Twilight sighed. "I guess you're gonna have to deal with it again. At least until you can get that awful wailing to stop." Bon Bon turned to Twilight. "What does this, 'wailing', sound like?" Twilight stopped and thought for a moment. "It's almost like a cry. Like whatever's making that noise lost something. Lost something important. It's almost like when I lose a letter or a schedule. Only it's a dozen times scarier." Bon Bon thought curiously. She looked over to a plate of treats that had been left over from that days baking. It was the plate that Spike ate for his compensation. Bon Bon recognized the flavor as Raspberry Cherry Strawberry. Spike always finished it off, but that day he had went to bed early. Bon Bon stared at it and felt a small longing that she didn't feel when Spike finished it. It was as if she was missing something. Something important. She suddenly realized how much she missed Lyra. Not Evi; Lyra. The kind, loving, practical joker of a unicorn. She missed her. So much. Twilight watched as Bon Bon stood up and wrapped the leftover candies. "What are you going to do with those?" Bon Bon slung the bag full of candy over her shoulder. "I'm going to right wrongs." Twilight stared in surprise as the door closed behind the earth pony.
In the house of Evi LyraBon Bon stared up at her old house. It looked older then the last time she had been there. The roof seemed grayer. The walls seemed whiter. The grass around it were brown with lack of care. Bon Bon stared at the sign she had put up so long ago. 'Do NOT remove seal. Unspeakable Evil lies within.' Bon Bon looked around. There was no one around, save for a few birds. She quickly shooed them away. The mare looked at the door again. The seal was still there, and was still effective. Slowly she walked towards the door. She grasped the handle and turned it. The door opened without much trouble. Bon Bon stepped in. She took a step into the all too familiar kitchen that she had once baked treats in. She closed the door slowly behind her. Her ear twitched. She could hear something coming from the attic. Bon Bon slowly walked up the steps. The noise turned into a voice. The voice turned into a song. Bon Bon looked up. She was just under the attic entrance. She could hear a sorrowful cry and a sputtering song. "It gets so lonely, being evil. What I'd do to see a smile. Even for a little while. And no one loves you when you're evil." Bon Bon leaned against the wall to catch herself in her sorrow. The voice broke down into an uncontrollable sob. "I'm lying through my teeth. Your tears are all the company I need." Bon Bon looked up to the source of the sound. The sobbing was not just any sobbing. It was as if it was over the death of a loved one. Bon Bon couldn't help but to wipe a tear from her own eye as she steadied herself. Slowly she pulled herself up the steps. Oh so carefully she lifted the entrance to the attic. She saw the small creature from the nightmare a few days ago. It sat pathetically with its claws lying limp on the floor. Its' sobbing was ever so much louder now that the mare was closer. If it weren't so sad, any other pony could have passed it off for music. "Lyra?" The creature looked up. "What are you doing here? Are you going to rub in my face how bad I am?" The mare couldn't respond. "Look at me. A crying wretch. Sitting here crying over something I could easily replace. Why?" Bon Bon walked up into the attic and sat down on the entrance. "Manifestation of all things bad. There's no bad here." The creature turned to Bon Bon. Its' eyes were watery with tears and the glowing sign on its' forehead had faded almost completely away. "Why am I crying?" Bon Bon was speechless. The creature was the manifestation of all things evil in this world and yet; It laid there pathetically. Almost like a beaten dog. Bon Bon set down her bag of treats. "You know, I heard you singing." Evi looked up. "You did?" Bon Bon nodded. "Yes I did. It was sadder then anything I have ever listened to." Bon Bon proceeded to unwrap her bag of treats. "The Devil told me all about an attachment any given Evil could have." Bon Bon opened the bag. Evi stared at the plate of treats. "I cooked these earlier today. I didn't even notice that I cooked them. It was almost as if it was a habit to cook Raspberry Cherry Strawberry treats even if I didn't have any orders for them." Bon Bon slid the platter of treats over to Evi. "Then I remembered that it was your favorite." Evi looked down, then looked back up. Astonishment as clear on its' face. "The mayor told me that she heard these awful noises coming from this house. Everypony said the same thing. I didn't hear anything of that sort. All I could've heard was that song." Bon Bon rubbed her leg. "I'm not sure whether that has anything to do with the attachment, or if it's just me. I do know one thing. I miss it." Evi looked at Bon Bon. It looked down to the floor as its' eye began to water. "Why? Why are you doing this?" Bon Bon sighed. "I don't know. I think maybe it's because I miss Lyra." Evi looked up. "But I'm Lyra." Bon Bon shook her hoof. "Not Evi Lyra Heartstrings," Bon Bon edged slowly to Evi. "I miss Lyra Heartstrings." Bon Bon put a hoof the Evis' shoulder. "I miss the fun loving unicorn that loves practical jokes. I miss the unicorn that would go jogging on her hind legs. I miss the Lyra that ate fries." Evi looked up to Bon Bon. "You miss Lyra?" She nodded. "Yes. I miss Lyra. Lyra Heartstrings." Evi fell onto Bon Bon. "I'm so sorry! How could you forgive me?" Bon Bon patted Evi on the back. She sang in the silken voice of an angel. "I'll do it all for free; Your tears of joy are all I'll ever need." Evi looked up to Bon Bon. The Evil looked down, hiding sobbing tears. A barely audible 'Thank you' could be heard. Bon Bon simply smiled. She suddenly jerked. "Ow!" Evi instinctively pulled back. "What?" Bon Bon pointed to Evis' hand. It looked down to its' razor claws. Evi stared in surprise. "Hehe. Oops. We're still cool right?" Bon Bon stopped. She started to laugh. "Of COURSE we're cool!" Bon Bon started to laugh out loud. Evi stared in confusion. But fairly soon she started laughing too. Pretty soon they were laughing together. And they loved every minute of it.
What's she doing anyway?"Can you please hurry? Lyra can come back at anytime." Bon Bon was looking around nervously in the town library. She had taken Lyras' mirror and brought it over to the library. She didn't know much about magic. She was only an earth pony. However, Twilight Sparkle, a unicorn from Canterlot, had a prestigious reputation for all things magic. She was hoping she could identify it and any features. "You said this is Lyras'?" Bon Bon nodded. The unicorn looked back to the mirror. She squinted her eyes, and her horn sparked with magic a few times. She turned to the earth pony. "Alright, I haven't come up with much." Bon Bon was looking out the window. "I'll take whatever you have." "This is the most fiendish mirror I've come across. I've never seen anything that gives me such a chill." Bon Bon walked towards the mirror. "I've used some minor magic, and if I can tell you anything, I can tell you one thing." Bon Bon frowned. "What is it?" Twilight shook her head. "That's not gold. It's Devils' Candle Wax." Bon Bon stopped. "Devils' Candle Wax?" Twilight nodded. "It's made from gold, but it incorporates ground Cerberus tooth and hydras' scale with it. You can't grind hydras' scale to a dust. At least, it's not possible yet." Bon Bon nodded. "The ruby on top is not even a ruby. It's a cockatrice eye." Bon Bon blinked in surprise. "Then why aren't we statues?" Twilight rubbed her chin. "It's written here that if a cockatrice eye is treated in just the right solution, it's effects are nullified, and the eye itself is petrified. It makes a really nice accessory if it's made correctly." Bon Bon blinked in fear at what the mirror was made of. She shook it off and wrapped the mirror in a blanket. "Thank you Twilight, but I really have to go." The scooped the mirror onto her back. "Thanks for everything!" "Wait!" Twilight was too late as the door slammed. "Do you really want to keep it?" ~~~~ "I'm back Bon Bon!" Lyra walked in on her hind legs as usual. Bon Bon smiled. "You're back! I left a new batch of treats on the counter over there." Lyra smiled greedily as she made her way through the kitchen. Bon Bon stared at Lyra as she ate the sweets. Lyra noticed. "What?" Bon Bon shook her head. "Oh nothing. Nothing at all." She turned away and frowned. What would an innocent unicorn like her be doing with such a hellish object?
What goes on in the atticBon Bon woke up in the middle of the night. She looked over to her clock. It was only one in the morning. She yawned and got out of bed. She was a bit hungry. The door to the refrigerator opened in a cold blue light, and Bon Bon reached her hoof in to take out a small sandwich that she had left over in the afternoon. She poured herself a cup of milk and sat down to eat. As she chewed, she could hear two distinct voices. She looked up the stairs and heard them coming from the attic. She left her half eaten sandwich on the counter and slowly walked up the steps. As she came closer, she could hear Lyra laughing softly. She walked ever so slowly so as not to alert the other voice. Pony. Whatever. "Oh Discord, you really are quite the joker! It's a pity you're a statue in Canterlot." Bon Bon frowned. Discord? Isn't that the name of the statue back in Canterlot? "I must say Evi, for a being of such great power, you do an amazing job of keeping it a secret." Evi? "Oh please, Discord. Deceit is everything for a being such as I. It's how you operate, right?" Discord laughed. "You're all too right. As always!" Bon Bon slowly climbed the ladder that led to the attic. "Have you been to the Grand Galloping Gala, Discord? You should have been there two nights ago! You'd be perfect." Bon Bon slowly lifted the cover that led to the attic. "You really can't get over the fact that I'm petrified, can you?" Bon Bon peeked over the edge. Lyra was sitting facing towards the mirror. Her back was to Bon Bon. That was probably a good thing. Bon Bon had a great view of the conversation. Suddenly she saw a face move to face her. It was a head of a pony, but it had the horns of a dragon and a deer. It had a single huge tooth hanging from its mouth. "Your friend can fit the task well. Snooping around as she is." Bon Bons' eyes flew open in surprise. She dropped the cover with a loud bang. "Drat." Bon Bon raced down the hall as she could hear the opening of the attic door and the swish of movement. Bon Bon turned back to find a black shape chasing her. She ran face first into a wall. "Oh, Bon Bon. You always were too curious for your own good." The earth pony turned to find the familiar shape of the unicorn. But when Lyra opened her eyes, Bon Bon went cold with fear. The golden eyes were no longer round, but slits of a cats. "Don't worry Bon Bon, I won't hurt you." Lyra opened her mouth. A forked snake tongue wove its way back and forth across Bon Bons face. "Oh. I never realized how good you tasted. Such innocence." Lyra retracted her tongue and licked her lips. Bon Bon screamed as a huge black hole of a mouth closed over her.
AftermathIt was a lovely day outside. The birds were singing, the skies were clear, and the sun shone brightly. A perfect day for a walk for Twilight Sparkle. It was the first time she had the energy to go out in a while. The past couple of nights she had been kept awake by an awful shrieking sound she heard at night. But it stopped as suddenly as it started. It was also the same night Bon Bon had stepped out to stop it. "I wonder where Bon Bon is. She didn't come back to the library after she left. I hope she's okay." "TWILIGHT!" The unicorn turned to find Bon Bon waving at her from a park bench. Twilight smiled and trotted over. "Hey Bon Bon! It's good to see you again." Bon Bon giggled. "No, I'm serious. I was getting worried? What happened to the Evil?" Bon Bon smiled and pointed to the unicorn next to her. She was sitting with her hind legs in front of her. "There's your Evil." Lyra looked over to Twilight and waved. "Oh hey Twilight! Haven't seen you in a while!" Twilight stared skeptically. "You're the Evil? Sorry but, you're nothing like the book described." Twilight laughed. She was cut off by a flickering snake tongue. Twilight looked back to Lyra. Her eyes were like a cats', and metal claws had appeared out of nowhere from her hoof. "There is always the evil of Deception Twilight. Don't forget that." Lyra retracted her tongue and blinked. Her eyes were suddenly round again. She smacked her lips, revealing a perfectly normal tongue. "Oh! Ice cream!" The unicorn hopped off the bench and headed for the ice cream cart. Twilight just stood there. She was utterly startled. Bon Bon laughed. "She has the best disguises, don't you think?" Twilight shook her head to break from the astonishment. "Lyra was the Evil? You've lived with her for how long now?" Bon Bon laughed again. "The best part is, I didn't even know until five nights ago! Isn't she brilliant?" Lyra came back holding the ice cream cone with her magic. "You want some Twilight? It's good!" Twilight remembered the snake tongue the unicorn had. "I... think I'll pass." Lyra shrugged. "Suit yourself." She sat back onto the bench in that awkward position. Twilight held her hoof up in hopes of not letting Lyra hear. "Bon Bon, She's an Evil. Manifestation of all things bad. You've got to get rid of her." Bon Bon only smiled. "Twilight, you can't get rid of an Evil so easily. Besides, I like Lyra." The earth pony jumped off the bench. "Hey Lyra! Bet you can't beat me in a race!" The unicorn looked over. She smiled, and shoved the rest of the ice cream cone in her mouth. "Oh, you're ON!" Twilight watched as they raced away. It was as if Bon Bon didn't even care what she was living with. She shook her head and sighed. "Just as long as I can sleep."
