Prejudices

Eventually Eon and Lyra's newness wore off as Ponyville became their home and they became a part of Ponyville. Eon worked for Sugarcube Corner, where his good nature and ability to talk to just about any pony came useful. Even Zecora came to find him a nice pony to be around.

Lyra helped Rainbow Dash with the weather although she really needn't to. In truth Lyra worked on little days. Most of the time, she enjoyed the company of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Other times she read. Lyra read everywhere. On a cloud, in the library, in town, during lunch. Truly, every pony agreed she and Twilight were well matched to live together.

Fluttershy was not often seen roaming the streets, but Eon managed to bump into her on the days she was. Sometimes they literally bumped into each other. Eon found out where she lived after wandering around the grounds of Ponyville. He easily got along with most of her critter friends, but her pet Angel seemed to skeptically dislike him. Sweetie Belle, Rarity's younger sister, assured him that Angel didn't like anypony and had an odd way of liking Fluttershy.

Of the many ponies, Lyra had come to be privately closest to Fluttershy. She didn't miss the small universal moment the pony had with Eon and for his sake, she managed to wriggle into Fluttershy's confidence. Surprisingly, Angel approved of her which Lyra found heartwarming. And so they made it a routine where Lyra's cloud would eventually float over to Fluttershy's home and she would visit. They would have a tea party or picnic there or sometimes on a hill and Fluttershy's critter friends would join.

Another pony Lyra got along well with was Applejack. Lyra found that her agility had increase drastically after gracefully dodging the falling apples that was bucked on her first visit alone to Sweet Apple Acres.  Applebloom marvelled at her ability and Applejack found it admirable. Big Macintosh agreed with an "Eeyup" which made Lyra went as red as the apples she dodged.

Her newfound ability was a surprise to her too. One that Lyra liked to do. After getting caught doing it high in air, (there was a gap in the clouds that supposedly hid her) Granny Smith asked her if she would like to use her ability to get rid of the bad apples that fall before they reach the basket below them instead of "wasting it on doing loop de loops where no pony could see anyway" and Lyra gladly accepted.

And so life in Ponyville went on contentedly. Eon became friends with everypony which made him look real good in Pinkie Pie's book. Lyra began learning of Fluttershy's feelings of Eon and helped her to make sense of them. Angel wasn't particularly happy to learn that Fluttershy liked Eon a bit more than as a friend. Her other critter friends were happy that Fluttershy had found a special somepony.

As Fluttershy and Lyra's friendship grew, as did her crush on Applejack's brother and Eon's crush on Fluttershy. Fluttershy began sharing everything with Lyra, even her opinions, which she never spoke aloud. Lyra was honoured to be her friend and as Fluttershy asked her over for a sleepover, Lyra broke.

Literally as the Fluttershy brought forth chocolate milk (Lyra's favourite), Lyra bursted to tears. Immediately, a dozen critters swarmed her. "Oh my!" Fluttershy fluttered. "Did I offend you somehow? I didn't mean to, I promise!"

"N-No," Lyra blubbered. "It's just that you've given me everything and I've done nothing!"

"Oh, but you have," Fluttershy insisted. "You've helped me and my friends make sense of everything. You notice everything and understand them. Truly, you have been a great friend!"

"You are kind, Fluttershy," Lyra smiled through her tears. "And you are the first to have figured out the meaning of my odd cutie mark." Lyra looked at the eyes on her rump.

"But it isn't odd at all!" Fluttershy reassured her. Angel made a sound to say that it was fairly odd and the other animals looked bashful.

"I will tell you this. My biggest secret," Lyra sounded grave. "But you must Pinkie promise to keep it."

All the critters and Fluttershy made the gestures as the solemnly promised, "Cross my heart and hope to fly, Stick a cupcake in my eye."

"I didn't know when I realised it directly," Lyra began. "But I always knew things. Sometimes it's a feeling in the air, but most times, it's the slightest gestures that indicate the things I knew and understood. I could see past every trick in a story and I could understand everything a pony feels. At one point, I guess it just dawned on me that hey, this is something I did effortlessly everyday. It's not a bad thing and I knew my limits so this is maybe what I am to be. There was a shine on my flank and the eyes appeared. So my power is in my eyes. I see the tiniest things that can giveaway to big thing. I always used it to help those around me but when I tried to use it in certain situations involving myself, well I find that it isn't reliable."

Angel chittered accusingly at her. Fluttershy frowned at him, "biggest secret doesn't mean most embarrassing secret." Angel chittered again. "I'm not saying that!" Fluttershy crossed her hooves to indicate that it was a closed matter.

"He has a point," Lyra understood. "You trust me deeply and told me your feelings and opinions of things, something you don't tell everypony. Sometimes I just wish I could use my talent to help myself you know?"

"Ah," Fluttershy nodded in understanding. "Big Macintosh."

Immediately, Lyra turned red. She figured it was obvious, but she didn't know it was THAT obvious.

"I know what you mean," Fluttershy continued. "I get that feeling myself."

Lyra couldn't believe her ears.  It was obvious that Fluttershy liked Eon, but by the tone of her voice, it was probably a bit more than Lyra figured. "You should talk to him, you know. He really likes you."

"Really?" Fluttershy sounded astonished. "B-But I can't! I-I-I'm to shy."

"And so is he," explained Lyra. "But everytime you two bump into each other, he won't stop looking at you. Even as you walk away, his eyes follow you. I don't think he'll do anything until you make the first move."

The very idea of it scared Fluttershy, but determined to change the topic, she agreed feebly. "Oh, okay, I'll try. You should talk to Big Macintosh too. I want you to have your happily ever after too."

Lyra's brain ran frantic by the very thought of it. "Alright, it's only fair."

"You must also Pinkie Promise not to tell any pony anything that happened tonight."

That was an easy thing to promise. "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye."

And so it was done. The mares had to make the first move to get the stallions of their dreams.