Through Another's Eyes

Bon-Bon, famous candy maker of Ponyville, was having a blast at the Royal Wedding. She should really thank Lyra for the invitation. If Lyra wasn’t originally from Canterlot or wasn’t one of the bridesmaids, she would never have gotten to come to the biggest event ever in Equestrian history! Or, was that the founding of Equestria? Never mind, it’s still pretty big.

She was standing in the crowd, listening to Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Shining Armour make their vows. She took a quick glance to the bridesmaids, hoping to see her best friend as well as Colgate and Twinkle Shine. Instead, she saw some of Twilight Sparkle’s friends standing at their spot. Confusion overcoming her, she sneaked up towards the nearest one, Fluttershy.

“Psst, Fluttershy!” Bon-Bon whispered “Where are the other bridesmaids?”

“Oh, Bon-Bon!” whispered the quiet Pegasus “Apparently, Princess Cadence decided to replace her bridesmaids because she found out the only reason they wanted to be in the wedding was so that they could meet Canterlot royalty”

This made Bon-Bon extremely perplexed. Lyra could care less about royalty; her ego was probably higher than the royal ponies anyway. She had told Bon-Bon that she wanted to keep an eye on Twilight Sparkle, a personal request from Princess Celestia herself. Apparently, she needed somepony who knew Twilight during her Canterlot days to make sure nothing like the Garden Party or the Grand Galloping Gala happens again. If she could, she never would have come to some lame old wedding.

Thanking the kind mare, Bon-Bon shuffled towards the door. Somehow, the wedding seemed much more boring without her best friend here. Plus, she knew that something was wrong. Oh, why does she even bother trying to save Lyra’s flank anymore?

Her suspicions proved correct when Twilight Sparkle suddenly burst through the palace doors, yelling for the wedding to stop. There was an exchange of words for a few minutes before Princess Cadence suddenly transformed into a black insect-like creature.

‘I’m getting sick and tired of this’ thought Bon-Bon as she quickly ran towards the location of Lyra according to Twilight’s explanation, the Canterlot caves

After a few terrifying minutes of searching for the entrance of the caves while escaping changelings and panicking ponies, Bon-Bon finally spotted it, the entrance to the caves. It just so happens to be directly beneath the kitchen. Why it was there, she didn’t bother asking. After all, life in Equestria was anything BUT boring, especially when the Elements of Harmony are around.

Without any second thoughts, Bon-Bon jumped into the caves. Luckily for her, none of the changelings followed her down. If they did, the whole ordeal would have been much worse.

According to Twilight, the bridesmaids are all brainwashed and are fighting over a bouquet of flowers. Okay, that is SO not Lyra. She was never the type to actually try and do something so… natural. To Lyra, the crazier and weirder the better. She shuddered at the knowledge, wondering how the two became best friends.

To make sure that she would not get lost, Bon-Bon decided to take some icing from the kitchen and a flashlight. She smeared the icing on several parts of the wall knowing that its bright colour could be easily identified. The only thing that could go wrong was somepony would come and eat it all up. Hopefully, this will not happen.

After a few fruitless minutes of wandering, she heard the distinct sound of fighting nearby. She rounded a corner and was surprised by what she saw. The three bridesmaids were fighting over a bouquet of flowers, just as Twilight had said. Bon-Bon’s suspicions grew even more.

Colgate, or known as Romana by both Berry Punch and The Doctor, would never do something to ruin her reputation like arguing over a simple bouquet. Twinkle Shine was too kind to want to hurt anypony else as well. It just seemed so… out of character.

Trying to resolve this as quickly as she could, Bon-Bon jumped out of her hiding spot and yelled at the three bridesmaids. Good news, the three of them stopped. Bad news, they’re targeting Bon-Bon now. With a loud yell, the three mares chased after Bon-Bon with speeds that would never have been achieved by the ponies. Bon-Bon too was using her running lessons she took after so many dangerous events to good use.

She dashed through corridors, cornered corners, scaled walls and even jumped over wide trenches to save herself. However, the three pursuers would not let go of her that easily. Somehow, the three of them just appeared directly behind Bon-Bon no matter what she did to shake them off. She turned left once more and found…

A dead end.

“Oh no, oh no, oh no!” panicked Bon-Bon, seeing the three ponies walking menacingly towards her.

Bon-Bon started tearing up, wondering if she would ever get out of there alive. She started reciting her will when suddenly, she heard a loud thunking noise and all three ponies fell down and… transformed? With a shocked expression, Bon-Bon watched as the three mare transform into changelings. Looking at her saviour, she didn’t know if she should be surprised, glad or angry.

“Yo!” Lyra Heartstrrings, the REAL Lyra Heartstrings, said with a grin “What’s up?”

“What’s up?” Bon-Bon said with anger imminent in her eyes “What’s UP?! I ran in here looking for you because I thought you were in trouble and had to run away from three changelings and all you say is ‘WHAT’S UP’?!”

“Whoa, calm down, girl!” Lyra said, fanning Bon-Bon playfully “Evil Cadence put a sleep spell on the three of us and left us in Luna’s room, which I might add is incredibly comfortable”

“You mean to say that you were SAFE all this time?!”

“Pretty much, yeah”

Bon-Bon, who didn’t feel like trying to strangle her best friend, simply sighed and trotted towards the way she came. She told Lyra to help her find some icing she smeared on the wall and her flashlight she dropped while being chased by the changelings.

“Uh… yeah, about that” Lyra started to say, making Bon-Bon shudder “I sort of, accidentally, kicked a flashlight into the deep chasm and… that cake icing was delicious”

Bon-Bon started weeping, thinking that it was all over. They were going to be stuck down there for the rest of their lives and Bon-Bon would never find the stallion of her dreams. She would never grow up to become Equestria’s most renowned candy maker. She would never even find out what happened to the wedding after she left! Oh, this was terrible!

“Relax, I’ve got it all under control” Lyra said with her mischievous grin as she placed a hoof around her best friend’s shoulder “Trust me, Romana and The Doc are gonna save us alright”

“Wait, I thought only Berry and The Doctor called Colgate Romana”

Lyra was going to say something else when a sound could be heard . Lyra quickly said that it was the sound of the universe, which confused Bon-Bon. That was when something appeared out of thin air, the big blue box The Doctor was famous for. From the door, two bickering ponies came out, a brown stallion and a blue mare.

“Out of all the times you could have modified your biology to pass off as a pony using your Chameleon Arch, you had to choose today!” Colgate, or Romana, or… whatever, yelled at the stallion

“Well, it’s not my fault I was being chased by changelings who had a working vortex manipulator!” The Doctor stated coolly “Honestly, it almost worked last time”

“You mean you’ve done this before?!”

“He said he turned into a human to run away from the Family” said Ditzy Doo who appeared behind the two with her wall eyed expression “He also fell in love with this nurse named Joan, if I’m not mistaken”

“Twice you’ve used it, twice your pursuers have found you, TWICE YOU’VE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH SOME GIRL!” the mare was furious now “Out of all the mares, why Carrot Top?!”

“I don’t know, honestly saying” The Doctor said matter-of-factly “I’m guessing that’s a question for John Smith, not me”

The two would have argued all day if it weren’t for Lyra interrupting. She pulled her best friend into the TARDIS and sat there gleefully, amazed at all the contraptions. Bon-Bon was still trying to get over the initial shock of the whole thing.

“So then, back to the wedding, I presume?” The Doctor asked

“Yay! I wanna see the REAL Royal Wedding!” Ditzy Doo squealed

“Well then, Derpy. Pull that lever and let’s go!”
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Lyra and Bon-Bon walked through the crowd as Bon-Bon tried to recollect herself from the shock of everything she had just witnessed. She knew nopony would believe her. Heck, she was having a hard time believing it herself. They stopped by two mares, pink and grey respectively, who were having a discussion.

“You really mean it, Octavia?!” Pinkie Pie said with her air of euphoria

“Yes, Pinkamena. I do” Octavia said with a kind smile as she playfully hugged her sister

“What’s all the hubbub?” asked Lyra

“Octavia just agreed to move to Ponyville and live with Vinyl Scratch!” Pinkie Pie yelled “Isn't this exciting? Are you excited, 'cause I'm excited, I've never been so excited! Well, except for-”

“Pinkamena, breathe” Octavia said as she placed a hoof over her sister’s mouth

Lyra congratulated the classy pony for doing so. She asked her why she suddenly wanted to move, which Octavia replied by saying that she felt a little lonely ever since Vinyl Scratch moved away. There was some chatting before Lyra spotted Vinyl Scratch at the turntable. The group moved towards her, eager to tell the news of Octavia moving.

“Hey Scratch!” Lyra said enthusiastically “Did you- hey, weren’t your eyes red?”

“Yeah, I was wondering that when I pulled her out of my hammer space” Pinkie Pie added

“You keep her in a hammer space?” Octavia raised an eyebrow at the information

“In case of a DJ emergency” was all Pinkie Pie responded

When they turned back towards Vinyl Scratch, they were surprised to see her galloping away. To make matters worse, she suddenly transformed into a changeling who quickly buzzed off into the horizon. Mouth agape, Bon-Bon finally fainted as she muttered something about changelings and time lords.

“Hey guys, did I miss anything?” the real Vinyl Scratch said as she appeared next to them drinking a glass of punch.