Lyra's Human Machine

CHAPTER TWO
Lyra woke up as Bon Bon was screaming.

"Geeez, Bon Bon, why are you screaming so early in the morning?" she said as she brought up her hoof to rub her head. Or her hand...

"Holy crap! Bon Bon it worked!" Lyra yelled jumping for joy. It was everything she had imagined. Fingers, toes, arms, legs, hands, feet, and so much more!

They were teleported behind a bush on a path. It was a good thing, too, because ponies don't wear cloths, so they were naked. As Lyra was jumping around being happy about what had happened, a girl about the same age as them stopped and stared for a second.

"Um... Are you ok?" the unknown girl said as she pulled out her ear buds, trying not to stare.

"Oh, a real human!" Lyra whispered to herself, "Why, is something wrong?" obviously oblivious of her cloths issue. The unknown girl looked at her funny, then answered.

"Well, it's just that... Um... You're naked..." she said indicating it to the overly excited young girl, "If you want, I'll go and get you some cloths..."

"You would? Thank you! But you'll have to get some for her, too" the mint haired girl said as she pulled up the girl with blue and pink hair.

"You mean there's two of them? Dear God, please help me... I think I should help them..." the unknown girl said to herself, "Well, I'll go and get you two some cloths, you guys stay here and don't let anyone see you, ok?"

"Ok!" said the young girl with the mint green hair as she ducked down under the bush. The unknown girl walked away.

About ten minutes later, she came back with cloths for them.

"Sorry I couldn't find anything more grown up, these were the only thing that looked like it would fit you two," she said handing them both a pair of jeans. Then she handed the the mint haired girl a shirt with a lyre on it, and the blue and pink haired girl a shirt with a small group of candy on it, "Oh, I'm sorry, I guess I never really formally introduced my self. My name is Sarah." she said smiling.

"My name is Lyra, and this is my friend Bon Bon!" Lyra replied.

"Bon Bon... Is that a nick name?" their new friend asked.

"Yeah! It's cause she loves candy so much!" Lyra said before Bon Bon could answer. She looked annoyed.

"Ha, that's cool, I've never had a nick name before," Sarah answered, "So do you two have anywhere to stay?"

"No, we just got here and we don't really know anypony," Bon Bon shyly answered.

"Well until you guys find somewhere to stay you could stay at my place, it's small but it would work," the kind girl said. She stopped for a second then continued, "Did you just say 'anypony'?"

"Well, we better get going, settle in, you know..." Lyra covered for Bon Bon. Sarah rolled her eyes and started to walk off. Lyra and Bon Bon were tripping over themselves when they first started. Sarah tryed not to laugh that two girls about her age coudln't walk right.

"Maybe they're drunk or high or something," She thought to herself. Once they got the hang of walking on two legs they headed back to her apartment.

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Meanwhile in Ponyville, Twilight was shelving books.

"I knew I shouldn't have hired Lyra, she will never come on time..." She muttered to herself. Just then she heard a knocking at the door. Twilight angrily trotted over and opened the door.

"Look, Lyra, if you are going to work here you'll have to-" she stopped when it was a pink pony at the door instead of the mint one she was expecting, "Oh, high Pinkie. Are you looking for another cooking book?"

"Actually no, the Cakes sent me over here to see if you knew where Bon Bon was! She didn't show up for work today and she always gets there early." The pink maned pony said looking worried.

"Hmmm... that's odd... I was just wondering where her room mate was... did she say anything about going on a vacation?" Twilight asked.

"Not that I know of..." Pinkie said, having trouble being her peppy self.

"Uh... How about you and I go look and check their apartment? Maybe their alarm clock didn't go off or something" Twilight asked.

"Okey Dokey Lokey!" Pinkie Pie said, regaining her usual peppyness.

"SPIKE!!! TAKE CARE OF THE LIBRARY WHILE I'M OUT!!!" The purple unicorn yelled as she walked out the door.

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After a long, awkward scilence, Lyra tryed to start a conversation.

"So... Sarah, do you believe in things like unicorns and pegasi?"

"Hmm, why are you asking? Do you believe in them? I mean... I used to when I was like, six, but I outgrew it. Unicorns and pegasi are mythological creatures, nothing more. Why would I believe in them at this age?"

Bon Bon blushed, realizing how it felt to be on the other hoof- or hand.

"Well, here we are! Home sweet home!" Sarah said as she opened the door to the small apartment. Lyra and Bon Bon looke around at the small apartment.

"It vaugely looks like our apartment back home..." They both thought.

"You two can sleep on the pull-out couch, that is, unless you don't like sleeping in the same bed..." she offered. Well, that's usually what they did at home, so they nodded saying that was OK. Sarah sudenly realized something.

"Oh, crap! After helping you two I completly forgot I was going to meet Megsy for lunch!" Sarah said as she grabbed her bag and headed for the door.

"Who is Megsy?" The ponies asked in unison.

"Oh, her real name is Megan, I just call her that. But you can't call her that she hates when anyone besides me does. Hmph... thinking about it she hates it when I call her that," Sarah replied, "Do you two want to come and meet her? She's very sweet and a little shy and one of the most kind people you could ever meet. I bet she would get along with you two."

"Hmmm... sweet, shy, and kind..." Bon Bon thought, "That reminds me of somepony"

They headed out the door together as Sarah kept informing them on her friend.

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Twilight and Pinkie Pie were finally arriving at apartment room 407 when Daisy came out and stopped them.

"Hey, have you seen Lyra or Bon Bon? I came to their apartment earlier to find out what the big noise was last night, and now their not here!" she said looking really worried.

"I don't know what happend last night, but something bad could have happend to them," Twilight said, "We have to get in there now!" The purple unicorn then used magic to break down the door.

The two earth ponies stared at eachother for a minute, then the pink one hopped joyfully into the apartment, "Hello? Anypony here?" she called as she hopped around. then she came out, "Nopony in there! Just a big machine for I don't know what!"

"Machine?" Twilight said as she walked into the apartment. She investegated the entire house untill she found the contraption, "Hmmm.... what is it supposed to do? It looks like it has a hole for a portal or somethi-" Twilight freezed for a moment in realization. "The books on human mythology, the concentrated unicorn magic, the spending all her time in the basement, Lyra built a machine that she thought would take her to a dimension with humans! Ugh... Bon Bon must have gotten sucked along with her! I have no idea where they could be, I know demensional travel is possible, but I don't know if they went to the right one!" Twilight burst out of the room and teleported herself and Pinkie Pie to the train station, "I need two tickets to Canterlot."