Mis-Adventures with Lyra

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She paid the driver a few bits and awoke her friends, each of them equally tired. As they stumbled out, they saw a bright sign that was illuminated with neon. It read "Che Gue-Vara" in yellow letters, all perfectly in tact...

"Why'd you bring the white one?"

"Vinyl? Oh... Well, it's a celebration dinner. I insisted on another place since Vinyl would be coming, but Lyra put her hoof down..."

"Woah woah woah! Don't drag me into this! You said this was a good place for a double date!" Lyra corrected, much to the annoyment of Octy. She blushed but tried to move past it. She grabbed Vinyl and dragged her back to the group as if she was a foal.

"Hello mares. I am Studded Diamond, here to take your order." He said in a slightly deep voice, but it was calm, keeping along with the fancy theme. He smiled reassuringly...

"He-Hey Everypony! I'm Vinyl Scratch and I got a special song for a special somepony! I'm sure they's use this song to describe me, so i'll put it in words for them!" She got ready to give the signal but she forgot that their table was right next to the stage. She saw Octy and Bon Bon there. Octy was blushing hard. All of the other ponies in the restaurant were whispering, wondering what is gonna come from this. Fiddel had heard Vinyl's announcement and ran from his office.

"What?! NO! DON'T!" He yelled. Too late. She nodded to the band and the trumpet went off...

As the song pulled to an end, all the ponies went silent. Fiddel had a look of shock on his face. Nopony was cheering this time.There was total silence. Nopony was expecting hip hop music. And that's how Fiddel wanted it.

"YOU'VE RUINDED MY RESTAURANT! ALL OF YOU, OOOOOUUUUTTT!" He screamed, braking the silence. He referred to all four mares, Octy, Bon Bon, Lyra and Vinyl...

"You know... Despite all the troubles of dinner, tonight has been truly magical." Octy smiled, taking a bite from her burger...

"This is the Best.... Night... Ever." Lyra told herself as she grabbed the dessert and headed back to their seats...

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Lyra finally got herself some much needed sleep. She was awake since 3 for weeks. Only had she gotten a break these past two days. So, she had been sleeping in until noon, just in time to see Bon Bon off before going back to sleep until two to see her son come home from school. She'd been at this routine for a few days and dragged herself out of bed at 1:50 this time, just to get a small shower in. At 2, she heard the door open and rushed down to the living room to meet her son.

"Hi Mommy." A small, green colt said. His hair was a bit frizzled and he wore glasses made of stainless steel. He had an accent that wasn't quite Manehatten-like but sounded from the Northeast. He set his stuff down by the door before running up to his Mommy.

"Hi there, son! How are you?" She asked smiling, picking him up into the air and swinging him around. He gave out some slight giggles.

"Mommy! Heh... I feel like a rocket!"

"Oh? Wanna be a rocket ship?" She got onto her back hooves, swinging her son around. It wasn't crazily frantic but it was still fun. After a few minutes, she let him down on the couch. The small colt was laughing hysterically as Lyra joined in. She laid on the ground next to the couch as they laughed together.

"Oh Mommy... You're so cool. I wish that school was better than it is. My home life is soo much better!" The colt sighed happily.

"Oh no... What happened?" She asked, sitting up to see him.

"Nothing... Just some complications with my heart."

"Ahh... You like a filly, huh?" She asked, causing him to blush hard.

"No! Just... Stuff!"

"Aww... It's okay. I'm your mother. You don't have hide anything from me."

"Well... Maybe..."

"What's her name?" She asked, raising her eyebrow.

"It's... Her name is... Apple Bloom." He smiled some as Lyra clapped her hooves frantically.

"Aww! She's so cute! I told you that she called!"

"Well... I dunno... What was school like for you as a filly? Did you have Cheerliee's mom as a teacher?"

"Well... No. Not really. I went to school in Canterlot."

"Canterlot?! Like where Princess Luna is?!" His eyes went to stars.

"Yeah... I was even a bridesmaid for Princess Cadence at her wedding." She bragged.

"Woah... Did you know Princess Twilight as a filly?"

"Know her? We were best friends! Well, despite her and her books that is." Lyra smirked to herself.

"No way... Do you have any stories?!"

"Do I?! Of course I do!"

"Can I hear one?"

"Hmm... Maybe. When you finish your chores." She said smiling. With that, the colt rushed off to finish his chores and homework. after about 30 minutes, he came back down to the living room. Lyra was lying on the couch knocked out. She left a TV Show on while a magazine was over her muzzle.

"Mommy!" He shook her. She didn't respond.

"Mommy!!" He shook her harder, almost pushing her off the couch.

"Mmm..." She responded, still not awake.The colt shook his head. He went up to the TV and put it to max volume. He covered his ears before turning it to the "Punk/ Metal Rock" music challenge. As the guitar screeched out from the speakers, Lyra hopped up nearly 5 feet before landing on the ground. She rushed to the TV and shut it off.

"G! OW! Don't do that! IT hurt  Mommy's ears!" She yelled, matching the volume the music was playing at.

"Oh... I'm sorry... Just wanted to hear a story..." She sat on the couch, shaking her head slowly.

"Fine... Come on. Take a seat here." She patted the couch next to her. The colt smiled widely, rushing to the couch.

"Really? Is Mom making an appearance?"

"No... This was a while before I met Mom. No... This was us as fillies..." She said smiling, feeling like it was a flashback. The colt rested his head in her lap.

"It was many years ago... Back before Twilight was an alicorn. Before we were mares. Before I knew magic. We were students at Celestia's School for Unicorns. My friend Minuette was holding a meeting for all of us. There was her, me, Lemon Hearts, Twinkleshine, Twilight and Moon Dancer...

"All right girls! Meeting of the unicorns will now begin!" Minuette called out to the other 5 fillies sitting in the group. She was the leader before Twilight. this was before anypony got too much into studies. They were friends. Nopony became Celestia's student, so it was still open.

"What's it about this week?" Lemon Hearts asked, enthralled by Minuette's energy.

"Well, as you all know, the school talent show is coming up..." This was met by a cheer from all of the other fillies.

"And we're gonna win it!" Twinkleshine exclaimed.

"Of course we are! We've been practicing our song and dance for months!" Twilight filly said.

"So, we have another problem to address." Minuette said, bringing the fillies' attention back to her.

"What? Did we not get the smoke machine?" Twilight asked concerned.

"No..."

"The lights stopped working?" Lyra asked.

"No. We..."

"Is it..." Lemon began before she was cut off.

"NO! Can I just...  Talk?"

"Right... Sorry..." Lemon apologized.

"Okay... We need to come up with our acceptance speech for when we the award for 'Best Group Performance'." Minuette smiled. This again got the group riled up.

"I think that Twilight should say it!" Twinkleshine spoke up first.

"No... I couldn't..."

"Yeah! You're the best speaker here!" Lemon agreed.

"What about Minuette? She's the leader of the group!"

"Nah... I don't need to. How about Lyra?"

"Yeah!" Twinkleshine agreed.

"It was your idea in the first place." Twilight confirmed.

"Well... If you all think so..." Lyra blushed some, smiling.

"All in favor? say 'I'!" Minuette started. The was a chorus of 'I's.

"Any oppositions?" There was silence.

"Well, then it's settled! What are you gonna say?" Minuette asked.

"Hmm... I dunno... We still have a month."

"Well, you should pick something soon." Moon Dancer spoke up for the first time independently.

"Really? How come?"

"Well, you don't know what can happen later on. Best do it now just in case something happens."

"I don't know if much will change in a month... But if you say so!" Lyra smiled.

"Well. with that settled, meeting adjourned!" Minuette called out, hitting her hoof on the table, sounding like a gavel. With that, all the fillies left their meeting room behind the school. Lyra headed out, looking to go home. On the way there, she was caught up to by Moon Dancer.

"Lyra! Hold on!" she rushed up behind Lyra. She turned to meet one of her friends.

"Huh? Oh. Hi Moon Dancer!" She walked back, meeting her halfway.

"Hey Lyra, I just wanted to tell you something." The way she said it, it made the filly Lyra concerned for her friend.

"Uh... Yeah? What's wrong Moon Dancer?"

"I just had to tell you... Well, remember how I said things can change fast?"

"Uh... Yeah?"

"Well, next week, Celestia is going to pick one of us."

"How do you know it's gonna be one of us?"

"Well, because Minuette found the most talented fillies to be in the group. It has to bee one of us."

"Unless she picks a colt..."

"Pff... She has never picked a colt in the history of her private students. Listen, I just wanted to say that even though I won't perform, I'll be cheering and help you guys find a fill in for whoever is getting taken out."

"Oh... Okay. Thanks Moon Dancer. I never got it though. Why did you opt out?"

"Because i'm too nervous to perform in front of the whole school. Remember, I have a fear of public speaking."

"Right... Well, thanks for letting me know." Lyra smiled, trotting off towards her house.

"After a few weeks, Celestia called the whole school together and made her choice. Of course, it was Twilight. so, she had to leave the school and went off to the castle to stay with Celestia. Which meant that we were out one filly. So, Minuette held another meeting."

"Well, as we all know, we're missing a member."

"Twilight..." Lemon sighed.

"And..." Minuette shook her head looking towards Twinkle and Lemon.

"Well, me and Lemon are... Going out of town the week of the Talent Show..." Twinkle sighed, bshying away some what.

"So, that means that only Lyra and I are going to be here."

"So... That means we have to come up with something totally different?" Lyra asked.

"Yeah... At least if Twilight were here, we'd be able to fill in for you two. But, two fillies can't cover for 3. So, we need ideas. Now." Minuette pulled out a whiteboard, letting the fillies come up to write any ideas. Unfortunately, the board was still blank after an hour.

"Girls... We have NO ideas? Really?"

"What about... If we did a song to talk about how much we'll miss them?" Moon Dancer spoke up first.

"Wow... That's pretty good. But, we have two weeks. Hoe can we learn a song that fast and dance?"

"We don't need to do a dance. Just the song."

"Moon Dancer... How can we win the award with no dance?"

"Maybe she's right! We'll get it for a duet! Plus, they'll be more heartfelt!" Lyra exclaimed, figuring out what Moon Dancer meant.

"Well... I... What song?" With that, Moon Dancer pulled out a stack of papers from her backpack. There were lyrics to a song on the paper.

"Hmm..." Lyra looked it over.

"Moon Dancer! This has a rap part! I can't do a rap. Can you Lyra?"

"I'm sure that I can learn. C'mon Minuette. We've got no other choices. It's either this or we go up empty hoofed."

"Okay... If you say so... Meeting adjourned." She banged her hoof on the table.

"After that, I went home to figure out how to rap and how to lean the lyrics. Honestly, that was the first time i'd ever raped. But, that's the reason why I'm so good now! But, anyway, we spent the next few weeks learning and barely got into it. So, once it was time for the Talent Show, we were the last ones up. Princess Celestia came up to announce..."

"And finally, we have the duet of Lyra Heartstrings and Minuette!" She said as the crowed cheered. As thought, Lemon and Twinkle were gone and Twilight was behind the stage, sitting with Celestia. As they came up, Lyra gave a smile to Twilight as the came up.

"Hello everypony... I'm Minuette, this is Lyra and we have a song here that we want to sing for our best friends Lemon Drops, Twinkleshine, Moon Dancer and... Twilight Sparkle." With that, they song began and Minuette took the first verse..

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As  they ended, the two fillies looked off the stage, seeing Twilight tearing up some. She wanted to run out on the stage and hug them hard but Celestia was watching her and she stayed put. Celestia came out, walking to the mic.

"Thank you girls! So, it is now time for the awards! For best musical group..." Celestia listed off every single award and every performance got an award, except for theirs.

"And now, i'd like Twilight Sparkle to accompany me on the stage." She said, catching her protegee off guard. Twilight quickly ran up to the stage.

"Yes Princess?"

"Who do you think deserves 'Most Heartfelt'?" She smiled, hoofing Twilight the microphone.

"Well, I think that many were good... But none were as great as the duet of Minuette and Lyra!" She announced. The two filles ran on stage, hugging Twilight hard. They received their award, taking a picture with Twilight, after gaining Celestia's approval...

"And that's the last I saw of Twilight before she first came to Ponyville." Lyra said, concluding the story.

"Wow... Where are Minuette, Lemon, Twinkie and Moon?" The young colt asked.

"Heh... Her name was Twinkle. And, they're all still in Canterlot. We might visit them one day." She stood up, smiling to her son.

"Mommy, that was an incredible story! Can I hear another?"

"Probably not tonight... I'm waiting for your Mom to get home."

"Oh... Okay! Thanks Mommy!" He smiled and went up to his room. Lyra went up to her room and pulled out a box entitled: Unicorn School Memories. She pulled out her trohpy for 'Most Heartfelt Song'. She smiled.

"I wish Bon were there on that day. But that was the best day of school." She smiled, put the trophy away and flopped on her bed, knocking out again...

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