Lyra finds a DeLoreanby MushChaptersNot a PreludeTime on her hoovesOperation â��Go back in time to arrange awesome party'Back to the PartyNot a PreludeLyra finds a DeLorean Chapter 1: Not a Prelude “... And thats why I am organising a super-duper-megarific Pinkie party here for the couple! They may be a teeny weeny little bit different than the rest of us but they are still Ponyville ponies and today is their special Pinkie party day for their anniversary!” Pinkie finally stopped talking at Twilight, but was still bouncing on the spot. “Er... Pinkie, who are ‘the couple’? You never said who they were” Twilight asked, feeling lucky to get a word in edgeways. “Duh!” Pinkie said, while turning her head upside down “Lyra and Bon-Bon of course silly! Lyra left me a note earlier on my doorstep to remind me and with recommendations for a cake she would like, that pony is nearly as organised about parties as me, but she isn’t really because she isn’t the party pony, I am!” “Right... so, when do you need the library again?” Asked Twilight, getting her diary out, “I mean, you need time to decorate right?” “Nopey Dopey!” Exclaimed Pinkie, as she pulled her PPC (Pinkie Party Cannon) out from seemingly nowhere and blasted decorations absolutely everywhere “My patented Pinkie Party Cannon can decorate in seconds! However I need to bake their cake and decorate it exactly as Lyra wanted it.” Pinkie put her hoof to her chin in thought “Give me about half an hour then Twi Pie!” “Twi Pie? Oh, yeah, half an hour, sure.”Twilight was still a little caught off guard by the new nickname Pinkie gave her. Pinkie bounced out of the library, looking forward to making a cake for the special couple. Not known for being the most careful pony, she bounced right into a mint green pony in a coat and Applejack’s hat. “Oopsie! Sorry Lyra, didn’t see you there! You looking forward to tonight’s party?” “Pinkie! Shh. I am in disguise! I am getting a present for Bon-Bon tonight, I nearly forgot” Lyra shushed Pinkie as to not let her secret out further. “Okey dokey lokey! I get it, super secret spy pony game! Have fun!” And with that, Pinkie bounced away toward Sugar Cube Corner. After rounding a corner she bumped into yet another pony. “Hay, watch it Pinkie! You could’ve hurt me!” “Sorry there, I wasn’t loo...” For once Pinkie stopped talking. She eyed the pony she just bounced into for the second time in a matter of seconds. “Lyra?” “Yeah, its me. I was just heading off home to go see Bonnie” The minty mare replied. “But weren’t you just getting a her present for your anniversary?” Pinkie queeried. “Nope, and how do you know it’s our anniversary?” Lyra questioned back at Pinkie, getting a little suspicious. “You left me a note to remind me about 2 hours ago, are you okay Lyra?” Pinkie was concerned, Lyra seemed to be forgetting things. “And where did your cool disguise go?” “Yes Pinkie, I am fine, just a little curious about who left that note. And what disguise? I have no disguise!” Lyra retorted ‘What's wrong with Pinkie, is she confusing me with somepony else. Maybe it’s that other green mare I just saw heading off to the EverFree with Applejack's hat on’. Pinkie just eyed Lyra suspiciously, her face going into a partial frown. Suddenly it switched back to happy mode “Okey dokey lokey, sometimes we all forget things silly Lyra!” And with that Pinkie bounced away as if nothing happened. One special cake baking later Pinkie was bouncing at the door to Twilight’s library reeling off names and saying ‘Hiya’ to every. Single. Pony. “Hiya Colgate! Hiya Carrot Top, haven’t seen you in ages and ages and ag... Hi Dashie, glad you could make it!” “’Sup Pinks, yeah, like I’d miss one of your awesome parties! Also, glad to see Carrot Top, she hasn’t been beyond her garden since that whole ‘Witchcraft’ ordeal.” Replied Dash, looking briefly over at the orange and orange pony. “Yeah, I heard she and Lyra were really really closest bestest friends at school so she decided to come! Hiya Ditzy! “Muffin!” “Woah, hold on everypony, here comes the super special guests of honour! Make a pathway to the cake! No Daisy, other side!” Pinkie ordered her guests to part ways to allow the couple to see the cake. The two stood in the doorway with hundreds of eyes upon them, Bon-Bon, not one for crowds, blushed slightly. Lyra on the other hand was bouncing on the spot with a huge grin on her face. “They did it, they actually threw us a party! Oh wow, look at that cake Bonnie, it has us on it! That’s an AMAZING idea!” Lyra was ecstatic about the surprise of a party and such a personalised cake. “Pinkie, where do you get your inspiration?” Pinkie just stood there, a little befuzzled. Hadn’t Lyra left her the picture they wanted on the cake just three hours ago? Is she some crazy schizo mare? Oh well, maybe she just forgot, silly mare! Lyra dashed over to the cake in a matter of seconds. “Come on Bonnie, let’s cut the cake together!” She was really excited for once. ‘I have never seen her so energetic, usually she is quite the lazy pony’ thought Bon-Bon ‘maybe cake brings out the best in her. Note: Make more cakes’. Lyra and Bon-Bon stood on either side of the cake, one had a knife in her mouth, the other in her magic. “Ok Bonnie, in 3... 2... 1...” The ear-splitting silence of cake being cut filled the library, the next sound to be heard was the knives hitting the board beneath the cake. A huge cheer went up from the crowd of ponies surrounding the cake cutting. Lyra span around and pointed with a hoof to Vinyl Scratch, the DJ at the party, and said “Spin that record Vinyl Scratch and never stop the music!” A “Wee, let’s go” could be heard from somewhere in the crowd and rave music filled the library. The party was officially on! Some serious raving later “Alrighty then everypony! It’s time for the two special ponies to give each other their super special presents!” Pinkie bellowed out of a megaphone she got from somewhere only we know. Lyra’s face fell. She forgot the present. At that moment, all the lights in the library switched off and ponies everywhere started to yell and scream. ‘What timing! I’ll dash out now and get Bonnie her present and make it look like I meant to make the lights turn off!’. A tap on Lyra’s flank caught her attention, she swung round and met two glowing purple eyes. “You forgot the present, didn’t you.” The mystery pony said. “Vinyl! Shh! Will you help me find something real quick to give to Bonnie?” Lyra whispered. “Ugh... I suppose I should help a fellow musician, now let’s go, quick” The two ponies galloped out of the still dark library and into the dark streets of Ponyville. ‘Wow, I didn’t realise how late it was’ thought Lyra. “Scratch, where should we go to find something quick?” “How about we head to the edge of the EverFree and find an exotic night flower to give her.” “Yeah, we should go get her a flower, mares love flowers!” In no time the pair were galloping toward the rim of the EverFree forest when a silver glint of light caught Lyra’s eye. Like a magpie to a ring, she veered off course toward the shiny thing. The shiny thing was far bigger up close than Lyra originally anticipated. “Hay Scratch, come check this out!” Forgetting their previous task in pursuit of knowledge about the shiny thing, both mares trotted up to what could now be called a metal carriage. “What is it Scratch?” Lyra questioned. “It looks like a mythical creature called an ‘Airplane’, but without wings!” The now cautious mares approached the silver carriage even more, they came so close that Lyra could now make out it was made of metal and not silver, but Scratch couldn’t see too well with her glasses making everything purple and rave. Just when Lyra went to touch the carriage, plumes of white smoke exploded out of the rear of it. Lyra stepped away from the metal carriage in caution, she had no idea what just happened. Vinyl, who wanted to keep up her fearless appearance tried to be bRAVE RAVE RAVE RAVE RAVE “Vinyl Medya Scratch, now is not the time to listen to your iPony!” Scratch tucked her iPony away again and looked away sheepishly. Lyra looked back at the carriage and spotted a not attached to the window of it. ‘Dear whoever finds this note; do not be scared of this metal carriage. It is harmless. This carriage is called a DeLorean, I found a note stating its name when I found it. The DeLorean is a time machine, believe it or not, and it moves on its own, without magic. If you open the door, there is a note inside explaining how to use it. P.S. Watch out when you open the door, I hit my muzzle when I tried it.’ Lyra looked at the metal carr... no, DeLorean and couldn’t find a door handle anywhere. She felt along the metal until she heard a click and the door opened... smashing her in the muzzle. Inside, everything was labelled with notes. The big round thing at the font was called the ‘Steering Wheel’. Under the wheel were two pedals; one with the note ‘Make go’ another with the note ‘Make stop’. Lyra jumped into the DeLorean and looked around the inside. Next to her seat there was a thing labelled ‘Time circuits, turn me on to work’. Lyra obliged, she pulled on the lever and the whole inside of the DeLorean lit up like one of Scratch’s rave parties, who was just outside of the DeLorean raving to her iPony. A metallic voice echoed throughout the DeLorean. “Hello user. Welcome to the DeLorean DMC-12 time machine by EverFree Motoring. Please state your destination” Lyra sat there for a moment looking bewildered. ‘Why am I just sitting here! I could go back in time to get a present for Bonnie!’. Lyra built up some confidence and said. “I would like to go back three h...” “AN ALICORN’S DESIRE, ATTEMPTS TO WELCOME HARMONY! TRY TO CREATE ORDER AND TO FORCE RESPONSIBILITY! TO OVER THROW THE KING UNDER CLAIMS OF SO CALLED ANARCHY! NOW ALL ARE FORCED TO LABOUR ‘NEATH CELESTIA’S TRYANNY!” “Scratch! Stop singing that awful song! Imagine if Celestia heard you!” Lyra bellowed from inside the DeLorean. Scratch didn't hear her at all. “I am sorry, user. I didn’t quite catch that. Please try again” The metallic voice stated. “I do apologise, Mr. DeLorean, my friend isn’t quite the quietest. I would like to go back three hours, please” Lyra said to the DeLorean. “Time circuits set, please accelerate to 88mph” The voice instructed. “And close the door please”. Lyra did as she was told, she stamped her hoof to the ‘Make go’ pedal and accelerated the DeLorean. And accelerated the DeLorean... And accelerated the DeLorean... “Excuse me, Mr. DeLorean, how long will it take us to reach 88mph?” “Give it another 30 seconds” “So what happens when we hit 88mph?” Lyra asked, not exactly sure about what will happen. “You are going to see some serious horse manure” “Ew” Time on her hoovesChapter 2: Time on her hooves “Brace yourself for temporal displacement, user” the metallic voice of the DeLorean warned. The car was reaching its target speed of 88mph, albeit slowly. Lyra just sat back in the driver’s seat and watched the number slowly climb above 85, as this happened the inside of the DeLorean started to light up even brighter and something that resembled a Y shape started to glow. Blue fire started to erupt from the front of the DeLorean as the numbers on the dashboard got closer to 88. Everything went white on the outside of the DeLorean, and Lyra was scared stiff inside. The pedal marked ‘Make stop’ depressed itself to the floor and the DeLorean came to a very sudden stop “Did we make it, am I in the past?” The metallic voice of the DeLorean did not respond, just a series of beeps echoed throughout the cabin. Lyra gingerly opened the door and stepped out of the DeLorean. “It’s light out, does that mean I went back in time? Mr. DeLorean?” Lyra was worried about the lack of response from the vehicle. She gave it a slight thump and more white smoke erupted from the vents at the rear of the DeLorean. “Time of arrival, 4:30pm. Charging mode activated. 0.074 of 1.21 Gigawatts charged. Estimated time to gain full battery is 1 hour.” The metallic voice rang out from the DeLorean, Lyra felt a little better knowing that it was alright. “So, I guess I’d better go and buy my present for Bonnie. Time’s a wastin’!” And with that, Lyra dashed back toward Ponyville, to save herself from an embarrassing anniversary. On the way back to Ponyville she passed Twilights library with Pinkie bounding away down the road. Lyra crept past the library as a confused Twilight was standing on the doorway mumbling to herself about ‘Twi Pie’ and how the nickname was ‘kind of cute, but odd’. “Woah, wait. If I get seen by Bonnie, she might ask me why I am out in a shop with a present addressed to her! I need a disguise.” Lyra thought out-loud. Then an idea popped into Lyra’s head, or onto Lyra’s head. “Ah hear y’all be needin’ a disguise! Don’t worry none, ah won’t tell Bon-Bon about whah yer in town is she sees ya” Came a very southern voice from behind Lyra, as a hat fell onto Lyra’s head, covering her horn. “Applejack... where did you... nevermind. Thanks for the hat, but I have got to get going!” Lyra thanked Applejack and rushed away. “Woah there nelly, that hat may hide yer horn, but yer cudie mark is still there. Ah think Twahlaht has a long coat y’all can wear that’ll cover up that there cutie mark nicely” Applejack did have a point, she was the only pony in Ponyville with a Lyre as a cutie mark. “Twilight!” Lyra called. “Huh? Wha? Oh, hi Lyra, can I help you?” Twilight was still thinking about that silly nickname. “I need to borrow a coat real quick so I can buy something for Bon-Bon, but she can’t see me and I need a coat to cover my Cutie Mark, can you help me?” Lyra pleaded. “Yes sure, here have this one” Twilight levitated a brown coat out of the library door and onto Lyra’s back, covering her Cutie Mark. “Thanks Twilight, but I have got to dash so ‘kay thanks bye” Lyra was galloping at full pelt through Ponyville towards a shop to buy a present when suddenly Pinkie out of nowhere. “Oopsie! Sorry Lyra, didn’t see you there! You looking forward to tonight’s party?” Pinkie apologised. “Pinkie! Shh. I am in disguise! I am getting a present for Bon-Bon tonight, I nearly forgot” Lyra shushed Pinkie as to not let her secret out further. “Okey dokey lokey! I get it, super secret spy pony game! Have fun!” And with that, Pinkie bounced away toward Sugar Cube Corner. ‘That silly pony, that’s the second time she has bounced into me today.’ One incredibly rushed present purchase later Lyra galloped back up to where she left the DeLorean, after giving her hat and coat back to their respective owners. The DeLorean was just sat there, being all shiny and stainless steel, as Lyra approached to open the door and missing her muzzle this time. “Hello user. Welcome to the DeLorean DMC-12 time machine by EverFree Motoring. Please state your destination” Lyra sat there for a moment, thinking. She had a time machine with all the time in Equestria and she was just going to go back to the future? Not likely, she is going to make her anniversary the best possible, and a personalised cake would be just perfect! “I would like to go back two more hours please Mr. DeLorean” “Time circuits set, please accelerate to 88mph” The voice instructed. “And close the door please”. Lyra obliged and started the long acceleration to 88mph. The things went blue, the Y glowed and then white happened at full force in the face for Lyra. “Ok, Mr. DeLorean, where am I now?” “Time of arrival, 2:30pm. Charging mode activated. 0.037 of 1.21 Gigawatts charged. Estimated time to gain full battery is 1 hour and 15 minutes.” “So, I have an hour and fifteen huh? I guess I’d better make my party super special by telling Pinkie exactly how I want our cake! Oh, I do love cake!” Lyra spoke to nopony inparticular. “L-Lyra?” A small voice from behind her caused her to turn around. “Oh, hay there Flutts, whats up?” “Lyra what is that big scary metal carriage? Did it try to eat you?” Fluttershy was concerned, the big scary thing came out of nowhere and spat out Lyra. “Oh no Fluttershy, this is my... er... personalised carriage! I call it DeLorean and it runs off of my magic, which is why it looks like it moves by itself.” Lyra fibbed, Fluttershy wouldn’t believe it is a time machine. “Oh, ok” Fluttershy said, feeling a little better. And with that Fluttershy fluttered off shyly back toward her cottage. Lyra stood oddly on her hind legs and rubbed her hooves together as a sly grin covered her face. “Let operation ‘Go back in time to arrange awesome party’, begin!” She then fell over backwards because ponies aren’t meant to stand on two legs. Silly Lyra. Operation â��Go back in time to arrange awesome party'Chapter 3 Operation 'Go back in time to arrange awesome party' Lyra had just over an hour to get to Pinkie's, organise a party with her just as she wanted, and get back to the DeLorean. Despite how nice the day was, Lyra couldn't help but feel a little odd. Her body clock still read 8:30pm, but it was barely past lunch at 2:30pm. 'Time travel is awkward' thought Lyra. She wasn't paying full attention, but she did hear a crash behind her in the direction of Fluttershy's and yelling. Dismissing it as Angel bunny having a tantrum, Lyra continued onward toward Ponyville. After a short trot, Lyra arrived at Pinkie's and was about to knock on the door when it flew open to reveal Pinkie looking worried. "Are you a vet Lyra?" Asked Pinkie. Lyra just looked at Pinkie oddly and shook her head. "What's wrong Pinkie?" Asked Lyra. "Its Gummy, he needs to go to the vets!" "The vets? What is it?" Lyra was a little concerned. "Its like a hospital, but for animals, but that's not important right now! Gummy ate a balloon and now he's feeling ill!" "He ate a balloon." Lyra rolled her eyes. "Surely you can't be serious?" "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley." Replied Pinkie. "I need to take him to Fluttershy's but I am scared that if I move him he'll suffocate, but if I leave him alone he might try to eat something else! Please can you get Fluttershy as fast as..." Pinkie was interrupted by three enormous bangs from just down the street. Lyra and Pinkie looked down said street to see a large silver object come dashing towards them. Luckily for Lyra, the silver thing stopped just before it hit her. "What in Equestria...?" Pinkie just looked at the silver thing as it's two wings lifted to reveal "Lyra and Fluttershy? What is going on here?!" Pinkie was now very confused. "I have an idea! I'll be back before you or I know it!" Lyra yelled as she dashed off back to Fluttershy's place. One hasty gallop to Fluttershy's later "Come on! Answer!" Lyra yelled as she thumped the doorbell with her hoof, she was getting impatient. "I'm coming, hang on!" Came a very quiet yell from the other side of the door. "Oh, hello again Lyra. How can I help you?" "It's Gummy, he ate a balloon and Pinkie needs you now!" "Oh no, not again. I though we were over this after her birthday party." Fluttershy muttered. "I'll just pack my things." "Ok, you go pack, I'll get DeLorean to get us there fast." Lyra stated, Fluttershy nodded in agreement and went to pack. Lyra galloped around to the back of Fluttershy's house to where she parked the Time Machine and opened the door. “Hello user. Welcome to the DeLorean DMC-12 time machine by EverFree Motoring. Please state your destination” Lyra sat there for a second 'It took me an hour and a bit to go to Ponyville, see myself and come back? I need to keep track of time better if I am to use a time machine.' Lyra pondered. "Not yet, Mr. DeLorean, can you move around the front of the house there please." "Destination set, estimated time of arrival, less than a minute" Echoed the metallic voice. The DeLorean slowly drove around to the front of Fluttershy's house, it did not take into account however that Fluttershy's cottage had a fence. And the DeLorean ate the fence. "I'm coming I'm coming. Oh my goodness!" Fluttershy was panicking as she left her cottage with bags everywhere. She ran over to the car and stood there for a while just looking at it. "How do I get in?" "Just feel along the black line, and mind your muzzle" Lyra yelled from inside the DeLorean. Lyra saw Fluttershy do as she said, apart from the 'mind your muzzle' part. "You okay?" "Mmhmm, jutht a little thore from where it hit me. Doeth it alwayth do that?" "Only if you're not careful. Right, climb in, don't be scared." Lyra encouraged Fluttershy. "We are going to go to Pinkie's now, so be prepared." Fluttershy just nodded in silent agreement, still nursing her tongue. "DeLorean" Lyra said to get the computer's attention. "Hello user. Welcome to the DeLorean DMC-12 time machine by EverFree Motoring. Please state your destination" The standard voice echoed. Lyra did some quick maths in her head and came up with a good time to go back. "Fifteen minutes ago, in the direction of Sugar Cube Corner" "Time circuits set, please accelerate to 88mph. Passenger, can you please close the door." Fluttershy just sat there, confused. "It means you Flutts" Lyra added in an attempt to get Fluttershy to shut the door. After the door slammed shut the DeLorean started to roll forward and turn in the direction of Sugar Cube Corner. "Grab onto something." Lyra warned as the car accelerated. "Lyra, what does it mean by time circuits?" Fluttershy asked, getting more worried for her own existence. "Fluttershy, I don't know how to tell you this, but you're in a time machine" Lyra said as the speed climbed above 50. "Oh, okay then." Fluttershy replied nonchalantly and sat back and just looked out of the window as the DeLorean passed 70. "I'll ask later" Lyra yelled over the noise of the Y thing behind her. The DeLorean was inching closer to 88mph and the inside of the car started to glow familiar colours. Lyra and Fluttershy looked out of the front window as they tore through the very fabric of time, which so happened to be white. As soon as the white went away, Lyra realised they were in eye view of Sugar Cube Corner. Lyra slammed the 'Make Stop' pedal to the floor and the DeLorean came to a screeching halt just in front of a confused Lyra and a confused Pinkie. "Quick, get out and see to Gummy" Lyra said as the doors swung open. "What in Equestria...?" was all that Pinkie could say to begin with. "Lyra and Fluttershy? What is going on here?!" As Lyra got out of the DeLorean, Lyra just looked at her, the gears in her mind were working overtime. "I have an idea! I'll be back before you or I know it!" Lyra yelled as she dashed off in the direction of Fluttershy's. "Right, now that I am taken care of, Fluttershy can see to Gummy and I can tell Pinkie why she is confused. Lyra explains what just happened, if you wan't to know what she says, re-read the story! "... So I cam here with Fluttershy to help you! And now that Gummy is being seen to, I can ask you a question!" Lyra finished her explanation. "Oh, one more thing, if you meet me later, act like this never happened, it will confuse past me and everyone else." "Okey Dokey Lokey!" Pinkie bounced. "Wait, you're not confused about me travelling trough time, you just accept it?" "Yes indeedy!" Pinkie bounced... again. "I don't get it, how come you and Fluttershy are so open about the concept of time travel?" "When you are a friend of Twilight's, you get used to weird stuff all the time. There was that time that we all got transported to an alternate universe where we were stallions and you were called Harpsey and we stayed in a bush! And another time when..." Lyra made Pinkie be quiet by using the age old art of 'Stick your hoof in her face'. "So, Pinkie, can I ask you a question?" Lyra said. "Okey dokey! What can I do for my time travelling pal?" "Can you make a cake for me and Bonnies party this evening?" "What party? I don't know of any party! Am I invited? Am I? Huh? Huh? Huh?" "Pinkie, you organise it! Remember, it has been a year since me and Bon-Bon moved to Ponyville and become house mates! So, do you think you can organise a party for me an Bonnie with my good friend Vinyl Scratch being the DJ?" "No party is too hard for Pinkie Pie to handle! And I'll make your personalised cake for you as fast and as soon as Gummy is okay!" "So, when will you be finished baking the cake, decorating and handing out invites? I need to know how far forward I need to go to get Back to the Future" Lyra asked. "I can't tell." Pinkie admitted. "You can tell me, I'm a time travelling pony." "No, I can't tell you how long it will take, it depends on the cake and where I hold the party." "Can you at least take a guess?" "Not for another four hours." "You can't take a guess for another four hours?" "No, the party will be ready in four hours, roundabouts. But it depends on whether Twilight lets me use her library and if Gummy is okay enough for me to go and set it up!" Pinkie explained. "Right, so now I know how far forward I need to go. Pinkie, I must leave now to go four hours into the future, give a present to Bon-Bon and fix Fluttershy's fence." "What about my fence?" Fluttershy chirped up from somewhere in the shop. "You'll see when you get home" Lyra said, ears going slightly flat and blushing. "Lyra, I swear to Celestia if that big bumbling metal monster hurt any animals, I can't be held responsible for what I do." Fluttershy threatened. Lyra just looked up sheepishly at Fluttershy and grinned oddly. *Squeee* Back to the PartyChapter 4 Back to the Party After a lengthy apology to Fluttershy about her now flat fence, Lyra quickly made a mental checklist of things she needed to do before going back to the party with Bon-Bon. ‘Lets see, get gift, check, that’s on the seat. Now, organise my own party to surprise me... er. Check, I think. Take gummy to Shy’s, check. Seems to be about it. I guess I can go back now and stop messing around with time!’ After waving goodbye to Fluttershy and saying sorry for the umpteenth time, Lyra closed the door to the DeLorean and drove away from Fluttershy’s cottage, as to not scare the animals any more than they need to by a thundering, huge glowing metal monster. “DeLorean, what time did I leave on my first trip?” Lyra asked the car. “The earliest time departed by user... 7:30pm today. Do you wish to return?” The same toneless voice as always echoed out of seemingly nowhere. “Could I go back to 7:20pm, I need to get back to the party before I leave.” Lyra stated. “Time circuits set, please accelerate to 88mph” The voice instructed. Lyra hammered her hoof to the small pedal and waited for the DeLorean to reach 88mph. Whilst this was happening, Lyra had a thought. ‘I should really leave notes for somepony else, so they know how to use this amazing machine. It’s just not fair if I hog it.’ Hastily Lyra looked around and found some unused post-it notes and started to write out hasty instructions for the next lucky pony. (She hastily wrote the first note before she even reached 88mph!) After arriving in the future... past... present. At 7:20pm anyways, she got out of the DeLorean and stuck a note to the door. ‘Dear whoever finds this note; do not be scared of this metal carriage. It is harmless. This carriage is called a DeLorean, I found a note stating its name when I found it. The DeLorean is a time machine, believe it or not, and it moves on its own, without magic. If you open the door, there is a note inside explaining how to use it. P.S. Watch out when you open the door, I hit my muzzle when I tried it.’ She stuck one on where she turned on the time circuits; ‘Time circuits, turn me on to work’ and one on each of the pedals, ‘Make go’ and ‘Make Stop’. The last notes were rushed as she was running out of time, she had now 7 minutes to get to the party and replace herself. With the present in her magic, she set off in a gallop to get to Twilight’s tree house before she left it. She arrived at the front door and slowly inched it open to see herself and Bon-Bon dancing... badly. ‘I really dance like that?’ Lyra needed a distraction, something to make everypony not see her. Just at that moment, Pinkie yelled “Alrighty then everypony! It’s time for the two special ponies to give each other their super special presents!” Pinkie bellowed out of a megaphone she got from somewhere. ‘This was it, this was when all the lights turned off earlier, but why are they turned on still? Did I break time?’ Lyra was thoroughly confused, and in her confusion she backed into the light switch and turned all the lights off in the library. ‘Wait.... So I cause the lights to... So I... what.’ Lyra was very confused and was trying to wrap her head around what a closed time loop was. ‘I... turned the lights off so I, the other I, can go and get the DeLorean that I left for myself. So where did it come from. What in the name of Celestia.’ While confused, Lyra and Scratch have already left, the lights have cone back on and Bon-Bon was stood over the confused and now crouching Lyra. “Lyra... are you okay?” Bon-Bon finally asked after seeing her housemate* have some kind of mental breakdown. Lyra looked up at Bon-Bon sheepishly and this snapped her out of her time-travel induced mental coma, she stood up and gave Bon-Bon a little smile. “Yeah, I am fine. Here, I got you a special present. It took me half an hour to convince Splint to make one.” Lyra said. “Lyra... who is Splint? I know the name but what does he do?” Bon-Bon asked, curious. “If I told you that, I’d ruin the surprise.” Lyra teased as she dangled the present in front of Bon-Bon’s face. “Let me open it then!” Bon-Bon retorted Lyra set the box down and pushed it with a hoof toward Bon-Bon. She hastily unwrapped it and looked rather disappointed at the wooden model inside. “Lyra, what is it? It looks like a flat toy cart that foals use.” “Come over here Bon-Bon, and let me tell you a story of how I got that little thing.” Lyra led Bon-Bon over to a quiet corner to tell her the tale of her time travelling ways. Lyra sat awkwardly and started to tell the tale from only a few minutes ago... The above story later “So, let me get this straight. You forgot my gift, left to find one, found a Time Machine and went back to get a gift for me, go back further and set up this party, help gummy, come back, give YOUR SELF the time machine, then turn the lights off for yourself?” Bon-Bon wasn’t buying it. “Pretty much yeah.” Lyra said flatly. “And this little wooden toy is a mock-up of the time machine?” “Yep” “And you expect me to believe this?” “Kinda, because it’s true.” “I don’t know what to say. Either you can tell amazing tales just to excuse a small wooden... thing. Or its true and you are the best friend a pony could have.” “What do you want to believe Bonnie?” “I want to believe that you are the best friend a pony could ask for!” Bo-Bon finished, gave Lyra a little nuzzle and went back to dancing, badly. After Bon-Bon went to dance, Spike waddled up to Lyra and poked her to get her attention. “Oh, Hay Spike! Awesome party huh!” Lyra said, not seeing the angry look on the dragon’s face. “I just wanted to say that that title, the ‘best friend a pony could ask for’ is taken. By me. Just warning ya.” And with that he waddled away like the plump little post-box he is. Lyra then decided she didn’t like Spike anymore. (Take THAT conventional Fanon! Yeah, Lyra’s straight, she just shares a house with Bon-Bon and they’re good friends, well, thats what’s in my head anyways. Their anniversary is only to mark a year living in ponyville together.) A note from Mush Hay guys, Mush here. Just apologising for the week long update, life overrides poniponi so... Also, I may write more random short stories, all featuring Lyra as the main protagonist/unfortunate pony. If you have any ideas for another little mini-story, don't hesitate to leave a comment or message me. This has been really fun, and I hope reading this took up some time so ou weren't bored. Bai!
Not a PreludeLyra finds a DeLorean Chapter 1: Not a Prelude “... And thats why I am organising a super-duper-megarific Pinkie party here for the couple! They may be a teeny weeny little bit different than the rest of us but they are still Ponyville ponies and today is their special Pinkie party day for their anniversary!” Pinkie finally stopped talking at Twilight, but was still bouncing on the spot. “Er... Pinkie, who are ‘the couple’? You never said who they were” Twilight asked, feeling lucky to get a word in edgeways. “Duh!” Pinkie said, while turning her head upside down “Lyra and Bon-Bon of course silly! Lyra left me a note earlier on my doorstep to remind me and with recommendations for a cake she would like, that pony is nearly as organised about parties as me, but she isn’t really because she isn’t the party pony, I am!” “Right... so, when do you need the library again?” Asked Twilight, getting her diary out, “I mean, you need time to decorate right?” “Nopey Dopey!” Exclaimed Pinkie, as she pulled her PPC (Pinkie Party Cannon) out from seemingly nowhere and blasted decorations absolutely everywhere “My patented Pinkie Party Cannon can decorate in seconds! However I need to bake their cake and decorate it exactly as Lyra wanted it.” Pinkie put her hoof to her chin in thought “Give me about half an hour then Twi Pie!” “Twi Pie? Oh, yeah, half an hour, sure.”Twilight was still a little caught off guard by the new nickname Pinkie gave her. Pinkie bounced out of the library, looking forward to making a cake for the special couple. Not known for being the most careful pony, she bounced right into a mint green pony in a coat and Applejack’s hat. “Oopsie! Sorry Lyra, didn’t see you there! You looking forward to tonight’s party?” “Pinkie! Shh. I am in disguise! I am getting a present for Bon-Bon tonight, I nearly forgot” Lyra shushed Pinkie as to not let her secret out further. “Okey dokey lokey! I get it, super secret spy pony game! Have fun!” And with that, Pinkie bounced away toward Sugar Cube Corner. After rounding a corner she bumped into yet another pony. “Hay, watch it Pinkie! You could’ve hurt me!” “Sorry there, I wasn’t loo...” For once Pinkie stopped talking. She eyed the pony she just bounced into for the second time in a matter of seconds. “Lyra?” “Yeah, its me. I was just heading off home to go see Bonnie” The minty mare replied. “But weren’t you just getting a her present for your anniversary?” Pinkie queeried. “Nope, and how do you know it’s our anniversary?” Lyra questioned back at Pinkie, getting a little suspicious. “You left me a note to remind me about 2 hours ago, are you okay Lyra?” Pinkie was concerned, Lyra seemed to be forgetting things. “And where did your cool disguise go?” “Yes Pinkie, I am fine, just a little curious about who left that note. And what disguise? I have no disguise!” Lyra retorted ‘What's wrong with Pinkie, is she confusing me with somepony else. Maybe it’s that other green mare I just saw heading off to the EverFree with Applejack's hat on’. Pinkie just eyed Lyra suspiciously, her face going into a partial frown. Suddenly it switched back to happy mode “Okey dokey lokey, sometimes we all forget things silly Lyra!” And with that Pinkie bounced away as if nothing happened. One special cake baking later Pinkie was bouncing at the door to Twilight’s library reeling off names and saying ‘Hiya’ to every. Single. Pony. “Hiya Colgate! Hiya Carrot Top, haven’t seen you in ages and ages and ag... Hi Dashie, glad you could make it!” “’Sup Pinks, yeah, like I’d miss one of your awesome parties! Also, glad to see Carrot Top, she hasn’t been beyond her garden since that whole ‘Witchcraft’ ordeal.” Replied Dash, looking briefly over at the orange and orange pony. “Yeah, I heard she and Lyra were really really closest bestest friends at school so she decided to come! Hiya Ditzy! “Muffin!” “Woah, hold on everypony, here comes the super special guests of honour! Make a pathway to the cake! No Daisy, other side!” Pinkie ordered her guests to part ways to allow the couple to see the cake. The two stood in the doorway with hundreds of eyes upon them, Bon-Bon, not one for crowds, blushed slightly. Lyra on the other hand was bouncing on the spot with a huge grin on her face. “They did it, they actually threw us a party! Oh wow, look at that cake Bonnie, it has us on it! That’s an AMAZING idea!” Lyra was ecstatic about the surprise of a party and such a personalised cake. “Pinkie, where do you get your inspiration?” Pinkie just stood there, a little befuzzled. Hadn’t Lyra left her the picture they wanted on the cake just three hours ago? Is she some crazy schizo mare? Oh well, maybe she just forgot, silly mare! Lyra dashed over to the cake in a matter of seconds. “Come on Bonnie, let’s cut the cake together!” She was really excited for once. ‘I have never seen her so energetic, usually she is quite the lazy pony’ thought Bon-Bon ‘maybe cake brings out the best in her. Note: Make more cakes’. Lyra and Bon-Bon stood on either side of the cake, one had a knife in her mouth, the other in her magic. “Ok Bonnie, in 3... 2... 1...” The ear-splitting silence of cake being cut filled the library, the next sound to be heard was the knives hitting the board beneath the cake. A huge cheer went up from the crowd of ponies surrounding the cake cutting. Lyra span around and pointed with a hoof to Vinyl Scratch, the DJ at the party, and said “Spin that record Vinyl Scratch and never stop the music!” A “Wee, let’s go” could be heard from somewhere in the crowd and rave music filled the library. The party was officially on! Some serious raving later “Alrighty then everypony! It’s time for the two special ponies to give each other their super special presents!” Pinkie bellowed out of a megaphone she got from somewhere only we know. Lyra’s face fell. She forgot the present. At that moment, all the lights in the library switched off and ponies everywhere started to yell and scream. ‘What timing! I’ll dash out now and get Bonnie her present and make it look like I meant to make the lights turn off!’. A tap on Lyra’s flank caught her attention, she swung round and met two glowing purple eyes. “You forgot the present, didn’t you.” The mystery pony said. “Vinyl! Shh! Will you help me find something real quick to give to Bonnie?” Lyra whispered. “Ugh... I suppose I should help a fellow musician, now let’s go, quick” The two ponies galloped out of the still dark library and into the dark streets of Ponyville. ‘Wow, I didn’t realise how late it was’ thought Lyra. “Scratch, where should we go to find something quick?” “How about we head to the edge of the EverFree and find an exotic night flower to give her.” “Yeah, we should go get her a flower, mares love flowers!” In no time the pair were galloping toward the rim of the EverFree forest when a silver glint of light caught Lyra’s eye. Like a magpie to a ring, she veered off course toward the shiny thing. The shiny thing was far bigger up close than Lyra originally anticipated. “Hay Scratch, come check this out!” Forgetting their previous task in pursuit of knowledge about the shiny thing, both mares trotted up to what could now be called a metal carriage. “What is it Scratch?” Lyra questioned. “It looks like a mythical creature called an ‘Airplane’, but without wings!” The now cautious mares approached the silver carriage even more, they came so close that Lyra could now make out it was made of metal and not silver, but Scratch couldn’t see too well with her glasses making everything purple and rave. Just when Lyra went to touch the carriage, plumes of white smoke exploded out of the rear of it. Lyra stepped away from the metal carriage in caution, she had no idea what just happened. Vinyl, who wanted to keep up her fearless appearance tried to be bRAVE RAVE RAVE RAVE RAVE “Vinyl Medya Scratch, now is not the time to listen to your iPony!” Scratch tucked her iPony away again and looked away sheepishly. Lyra looked back at the carriage and spotted a not attached to the window of it. ‘Dear whoever finds this note; do not be scared of this metal carriage. It is harmless. This carriage is called a DeLorean, I found a note stating its name when I found it. The DeLorean is a time machine, believe it or not, and it moves on its own, without magic. If you open the door, there is a note inside explaining how to use it. P.S. Watch out when you open the door, I hit my muzzle when I tried it.’ Lyra looked at the metal carr... no, DeLorean and couldn’t find a door handle anywhere. She felt along the metal until she heard a click and the door opened... smashing her in the muzzle. Inside, everything was labelled with notes. The big round thing at the font was called the ‘Steering Wheel’. Under the wheel were two pedals; one with the note ‘Make go’ another with the note ‘Make stop’. Lyra jumped into the DeLorean and looked around the inside. Next to her seat there was a thing labelled ‘Time circuits, turn me on to work’. Lyra obliged, she pulled on the lever and the whole inside of the DeLorean lit up like one of Scratch’s rave parties, who was just outside of the DeLorean raving to her iPony. A metallic voice echoed throughout the DeLorean. “Hello user. Welcome to the DeLorean DMC-12 time machine by EverFree Motoring. Please state your destination” Lyra sat there for a moment looking bewildered. ‘Why am I just sitting here! I could go back in time to get a present for Bonnie!’. Lyra built up some confidence and said. “I would like to go back three h...” “AN ALICORN’S DESIRE, ATTEMPTS TO WELCOME HARMONY! TRY TO CREATE ORDER AND TO FORCE RESPONSIBILITY! TO OVER THROW THE KING UNDER CLAIMS OF SO CALLED ANARCHY! NOW ALL ARE FORCED TO LABOUR ‘NEATH CELESTIA’S TRYANNY!” “Scratch! Stop singing that awful song! Imagine if Celestia heard you!” Lyra bellowed from inside the DeLorean. Scratch didn't hear her at all. “I am sorry, user. I didn’t quite catch that. Please try again” The metallic voice stated. “I do apologise, Mr. DeLorean, my friend isn’t quite the quietest. I would like to go back three hours, please” Lyra said to the DeLorean. “Time circuits set, please accelerate to 88mph” The voice instructed. “And close the door please”. Lyra did as she was told, she stamped her hoof to the ‘Make go’ pedal and accelerated the DeLorean. And accelerated the DeLorean... And accelerated the DeLorean... “Excuse me, Mr. DeLorean, how long will it take us to reach 88mph?” “Give it another 30 seconds” “So what happens when we hit 88mph?” Lyra asked, not exactly sure about what will happen. “You are going to see some serious horse manure” “Ew”
Time on her hoovesChapter 2: Time on her hooves “Brace yourself for temporal displacement, user” the metallic voice of the DeLorean warned. The car was reaching its target speed of 88mph, albeit slowly. Lyra just sat back in the driver’s seat and watched the number slowly climb above 85, as this happened the inside of the DeLorean started to light up even brighter and something that resembled a Y shape started to glow. Blue fire started to erupt from the front of the DeLorean as the numbers on the dashboard got closer to 88. Everything went white on the outside of the DeLorean, and Lyra was scared stiff inside. The pedal marked ‘Make stop’ depressed itself to the floor and the DeLorean came to a very sudden stop “Did we make it, am I in the past?” The metallic voice of the DeLorean did not respond, just a series of beeps echoed throughout the cabin. Lyra gingerly opened the door and stepped out of the DeLorean. “It’s light out, does that mean I went back in time? Mr. DeLorean?” Lyra was worried about the lack of response from the vehicle. She gave it a slight thump and more white smoke erupted from the vents at the rear of the DeLorean. “Time of arrival, 4:30pm. Charging mode activated. 0.074 of 1.21 Gigawatts charged. Estimated time to gain full battery is 1 hour.” The metallic voice rang out from the DeLorean, Lyra felt a little better knowing that it was alright. “So, I guess I’d better go and buy my present for Bonnie. Time’s a wastin’!” And with that, Lyra dashed back toward Ponyville, to save herself from an embarrassing anniversary. On the way back to Ponyville she passed Twilights library with Pinkie bounding away down the road. Lyra crept past the library as a confused Twilight was standing on the doorway mumbling to herself about ‘Twi Pie’ and how the nickname was ‘kind of cute, but odd’. “Woah, wait. If I get seen by Bonnie, she might ask me why I am out in a shop with a present addressed to her! I need a disguise.” Lyra thought out-loud. Then an idea popped into Lyra’s head, or onto Lyra’s head. “Ah hear y’all be needin’ a disguise! Don’t worry none, ah won’t tell Bon-Bon about whah yer in town is she sees ya” Came a very southern voice from behind Lyra, as a hat fell onto Lyra’s head, covering her horn. “Applejack... where did you... nevermind. Thanks for the hat, but I have got to get going!” Lyra thanked Applejack and rushed away. “Woah there nelly, that hat may hide yer horn, but yer cudie mark is still there. Ah think Twahlaht has a long coat y’all can wear that’ll cover up that there cutie mark nicely” Applejack did have a point, she was the only pony in Ponyville with a Lyre as a cutie mark. “Twilight!” Lyra called. “Huh? Wha? Oh, hi Lyra, can I help you?” Twilight was still thinking about that silly nickname. “I need to borrow a coat real quick so I can buy something for Bon-Bon, but she can’t see me and I need a coat to cover my Cutie Mark, can you help me?” Lyra pleaded. “Yes sure, here have this one” Twilight levitated a brown coat out of the library door and onto Lyra’s back, covering her Cutie Mark. “Thanks Twilight, but I have got to dash so ‘kay thanks bye” Lyra was galloping at full pelt through Ponyville towards a shop to buy a present when suddenly Pinkie out of nowhere. “Oopsie! Sorry Lyra, didn’t see you there! You looking forward to tonight’s party?” Pinkie apologised. “Pinkie! Shh. I am in disguise! I am getting a present for Bon-Bon tonight, I nearly forgot” Lyra shushed Pinkie as to not let her secret out further. “Okey dokey lokey! I get it, super secret spy pony game! Have fun!” And with that, Pinkie bounced away toward Sugar Cube Corner. ‘That silly pony, that’s the second time she has bounced into me today.’ One incredibly rushed present purchase later Lyra galloped back up to where she left the DeLorean, after giving her hat and coat back to their respective owners. The DeLorean was just sat there, being all shiny and stainless steel, as Lyra approached to open the door and missing her muzzle this time. “Hello user. Welcome to the DeLorean DMC-12 time machine by EverFree Motoring. Please state your destination” Lyra sat there for a moment, thinking. She had a time machine with all the time in Equestria and she was just going to go back to the future? Not likely, she is going to make her anniversary the best possible, and a personalised cake would be just perfect! “I would like to go back two more hours please Mr. DeLorean” “Time circuits set, please accelerate to 88mph” The voice instructed. “And close the door please”. Lyra obliged and started the long acceleration to 88mph. The things went blue, the Y glowed and then white happened at full force in the face for Lyra. “Ok, Mr. DeLorean, where am I now?” “Time of arrival, 2:30pm. Charging mode activated. 0.037 of 1.21 Gigawatts charged. Estimated time to gain full battery is 1 hour and 15 minutes.” “So, I have an hour and fifteen huh? I guess I’d better make my party super special by telling Pinkie exactly how I want our cake! Oh, I do love cake!” Lyra spoke to nopony inparticular. “L-Lyra?” A small voice from behind her caused her to turn around. “Oh, hay there Flutts, whats up?” “Lyra what is that big scary metal carriage? Did it try to eat you?” Fluttershy was concerned, the big scary thing came out of nowhere and spat out Lyra. “Oh no Fluttershy, this is my... er... personalised carriage! I call it DeLorean and it runs off of my magic, which is why it looks like it moves by itself.” Lyra fibbed, Fluttershy wouldn’t believe it is a time machine. “Oh, ok” Fluttershy said, feeling a little better. And with that Fluttershy fluttered off shyly back toward her cottage. Lyra stood oddly on her hind legs and rubbed her hooves together as a sly grin covered her face. “Let operation ‘Go back in time to arrange awesome party’, begin!” She then fell over backwards because ponies aren’t meant to stand on two legs. Silly Lyra.
Operation â��Go back in time to arrange awesome party'Chapter 3 Operation 'Go back in time to arrange awesome party' Lyra had just over an hour to get to Pinkie's, organise a party with her just as she wanted, and get back to the DeLorean. Despite how nice the day was, Lyra couldn't help but feel a little odd. Her body clock still read 8:30pm, but it was barely past lunch at 2:30pm. 'Time travel is awkward' thought Lyra. She wasn't paying full attention, but she did hear a crash behind her in the direction of Fluttershy's and yelling. Dismissing it as Angel bunny having a tantrum, Lyra continued onward toward Ponyville. After a short trot, Lyra arrived at Pinkie's and was about to knock on the door when it flew open to reveal Pinkie looking worried. "Are you a vet Lyra?" Asked Pinkie. Lyra just looked at Pinkie oddly and shook her head. "What's wrong Pinkie?" Asked Lyra. "Its Gummy, he needs to go to the vets!" "The vets? What is it?" Lyra was a little concerned. "Its like a hospital, but for animals, but that's not important right now! Gummy ate a balloon and now he's feeling ill!" "He ate a balloon." Lyra rolled her eyes. "Surely you can't be serious?" "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley." Replied Pinkie. "I need to take him to Fluttershy's but I am scared that if I move him he'll suffocate, but if I leave him alone he might try to eat something else! Please can you get Fluttershy as fast as..." Pinkie was interrupted by three enormous bangs from just down the street. Lyra and Pinkie looked down said street to see a large silver object come dashing towards them. Luckily for Lyra, the silver thing stopped just before it hit her. "What in Equestria...?" Pinkie just looked at the silver thing as it's two wings lifted to reveal "Lyra and Fluttershy? What is going on here?!" Pinkie was now very confused. "I have an idea! I'll be back before you or I know it!" Lyra yelled as she dashed off back to Fluttershy's place. One hasty gallop to Fluttershy's later "Come on! Answer!" Lyra yelled as she thumped the doorbell with her hoof, she was getting impatient. "I'm coming, hang on!" Came a very quiet yell from the other side of the door. "Oh, hello again Lyra. How can I help you?" "It's Gummy, he ate a balloon and Pinkie needs you now!" "Oh no, not again. I though we were over this after her birthday party." Fluttershy muttered. "I'll just pack my things." "Ok, you go pack, I'll get DeLorean to get us there fast." Lyra stated, Fluttershy nodded in agreement and went to pack. Lyra galloped around to the back of Fluttershy's house to where she parked the Time Machine and opened the door. “Hello user. Welcome to the DeLorean DMC-12 time machine by EverFree Motoring. Please state your destination” Lyra sat there for a second 'It took me an hour and a bit to go to Ponyville, see myself and come back? I need to keep track of time better if I am to use a time machine.' Lyra pondered. "Not yet, Mr. DeLorean, can you move around the front of the house there please." "Destination set, estimated time of arrival, less than a minute" Echoed the metallic voice. The DeLorean slowly drove around to the front of Fluttershy's house, it did not take into account however that Fluttershy's cottage had a fence. And the DeLorean ate the fence. "I'm coming I'm coming. Oh my goodness!" Fluttershy was panicking as she left her cottage with bags everywhere. She ran over to the car and stood there for a while just looking at it. "How do I get in?" "Just feel along the black line, and mind your muzzle" Lyra yelled from inside the DeLorean. Lyra saw Fluttershy do as she said, apart from the 'mind your muzzle' part. "You okay?" "Mmhmm, jutht a little thore from where it hit me. Doeth it alwayth do that?" "Only if you're not careful. Right, climb in, don't be scared." Lyra encouraged Fluttershy. "We are going to go to Pinkie's now, so be prepared." Fluttershy just nodded in silent agreement, still nursing her tongue. "DeLorean" Lyra said to get the computer's attention. "Hello user. Welcome to the DeLorean DMC-12 time machine by EverFree Motoring. Please state your destination" The standard voice echoed. Lyra did some quick maths in her head and came up with a good time to go back. "Fifteen minutes ago, in the direction of Sugar Cube Corner" "Time circuits set, please accelerate to 88mph. Passenger, can you please close the door." Fluttershy just sat there, confused. "It means you Flutts" Lyra added in an attempt to get Fluttershy to shut the door. After the door slammed shut the DeLorean started to roll forward and turn in the direction of Sugar Cube Corner. "Grab onto something." Lyra warned as the car accelerated. "Lyra, what does it mean by time circuits?" Fluttershy asked, getting more worried for her own existence. "Fluttershy, I don't know how to tell you this, but you're in a time machine" Lyra said as the speed climbed above 50. "Oh, okay then." Fluttershy replied nonchalantly and sat back and just looked out of the window as the DeLorean passed 70. "I'll ask later" Lyra yelled over the noise of the Y thing behind her. The DeLorean was inching closer to 88mph and the inside of the car started to glow familiar colours. Lyra and Fluttershy looked out of the front window as they tore through the very fabric of time, which so happened to be white. As soon as the white went away, Lyra realised they were in eye view of Sugar Cube Corner. Lyra slammed the 'Make Stop' pedal to the floor and the DeLorean came to a screeching halt just in front of a confused Lyra and a confused Pinkie. "Quick, get out and see to Gummy" Lyra said as the doors swung open. "What in Equestria...?" was all that Pinkie could say to begin with. "Lyra and Fluttershy? What is going on here?!" As Lyra got out of the DeLorean, Lyra just looked at her, the gears in her mind were working overtime. "I have an idea! I'll be back before you or I know it!" Lyra yelled as she dashed off in the direction of Fluttershy's. "Right, now that I am taken care of, Fluttershy can see to Gummy and I can tell Pinkie why she is confused. Lyra explains what just happened, if you wan't to know what she says, re-read the story! "... So I cam here with Fluttershy to help you! And now that Gummy is being seen to, I can ask you a question!" Lyra finished her explanation. "Oh, one more thing, if you meet me later, act like this never happened, it will confuse past me and everyone else." "Okey Dokey Lokey!" Pinkie bounced. "Wait, you're not confused about me travelling trough time, you just accept it?" "Yes indeedy!" Pinkie bounced... again. "I don't get it, how come you and Fluttershy are so open about the concept of time travel?" "When you are a friend of Twilight's, you get used to weird stuff all the time. There was that time that we all got transported to an alternate universe where we were stallions and you were called Harpsey and we stayed in a bush! And another time when..." Lyra made Pinkie be quiet by using the age old art of 'Stick your hoof in her face'. "So, Pinkie, can I ask you a question?" Lyra said. "Okey dokey! What can I do for my time travelling pal?" "Can you make a cake for me and Bonnies party this evening?" "What party? I don't know of any party! Am I invited? Am I? Huh? Huh? Huh?" "Pinkie, you organise it! Remember, it has been a year since me and Bon-Bon moved to Ponyville and become house mates! So, do you think you can organise a party for me an Bonnie with my good friend Vinyl Scratch being the DJ?" "No party is too hard for Pinkie Pie to handle! And I'll make your personalised cake for you as fast and as soon as Gummy is okay!" "So, when will you be finished baking the cake, decorating and handing out invites? I need to know how far forward I need to go to get Back to the Future" Lyra asked. "I can't tell." Pinkie admitted. "You can tell me, I'm a time travelling pony." "No, I can't tell you how long it will take, it depends on the cake and where I hold the party." "Can you at least take a guess?" "Not for another four hours." "You can't take a guess for another four hours?" "No, the party will be ready in four hours, roundabouts. But it depends on whether Twilight lets me use her library and if Gummy is okay enough for me to go and set it up!" Pinkie explained. "Right, so now I know how far forward I need to go. Pinkie, I must leave now to go four hours into the future, give a present to Bon-Bon and fix Fluttershy's fence." "What about my fence?" Fluttershy chirped up from somewhere in the shop. "You'll see when you get home" Lyra said, ears going slightly flat and blushing. "Lyra, I swear to Celestia if that big bumbling metal monster hurt any animals, I can't be held responsible for what I do." Fluttershy threatened. Lyra just looked up sheepishly at Fluttershy and grinned oddly. *Squeee*
Back to the PartyChapter 4 Back to the Party After a lengthy apology to Fluttershy about her now flat fence, Lyra quickly made a mental checklist of things she needed to do before going back to the party with Bon-Bon. ‘Lets see, get gift, check, that’s on the seat. Now, organise my own party to surprise me... er. Check, I think. Take gummy to Shy’s, check. Seems to be about it. I guess I can go back now and stop messing around with time!’ After waving goodbye to Fluttershy and saying sorry for the umpteenth time, Lyra closed the door to the DeLorean and drove away from Fluttershy’s cottage, as to not scare the animals any more than they need to by a thundering, huge glowing metal monster. “DeLorean, what time did I leave on my first trip?” Lyra asked the car. “The earliest time departed by user... 7:30pm today. Do you wish to return?” The same toneless voice as always echoed out of seemingly nowhere. “Could I go back to 7:20pm, I need to get back to the party before I leave.” Lyra stated. “Time circuits set, please accelerate to 88mph” The voice instructed. Lyra hammered her hoof to the small pedal and waited for the DeLorean to reach 88mph. Whilst this was happening, Lyra had a thought. ‘I should really leave notes for somepony else, so they know how to use this amazing machine. It’s just not fair if I hog it.’ Hastily Lyra looked around and found some unused post-it notes and started to write out hasty instructions for the next lucky pony. (She hastily wrote the first note before she even reached 88mph!) After arriving in the future... past... present. At 7:20pm anyways, she got out of the DeLorean and stuck a note to the door. ‘Dear whoever finds this note; do not be scared of this metal carriage. It is harmless. This carriage is called a DeLorean, I found a note stating its name when I found it. The DeLorean is a time machine, believe it or not, and it moves on its own, without magic. If you open the door, there is a note inside explaining how to use it. P.S. Watch out when you open the door, I hit my muzzle when I tried it.’ She stuck one on where she turned on the time circuits; ‘Time circuits, turn me on to work’ and one on each of the pedals, ‘Make go’ and ‘Make Stop’. The last notes were rushed as she was running out of time, she had now 7 minutes to get to the party and replace herself. With the present in her magic, she set off in a gallop to get to Twilight’s tree house before she left it. She arrived at the front door and slowly inched it open to see herself and Bon-Bon dancing... badly. ‘I really dance like that?’ Lyra needed a distraction, something to make everypony not see her. Just at that moment, Pinkie yelled “Alrighty then everypony! It’s time for the two special ponies to give each other their super special presents!” Pinkie bellowed out of a megaphone she got from somewhere. ‘This was it, this was when all the lights turned off earlier, but why are they turned on still? Did I break time?’ Lyra was thoroughly confused, and in her confusion she backed into the light switch and turned all the lights off in the library. ‘Wait.... So I cause the lights to... So I... what.’ Lyra was very confused and was trying to wrap her head around what a closed time loop was. ‘I... turned the lights off so I, the other I, can go and get the DeLorean that I left for myself. So where did it come from. What in the name of Celestia.’ While confused, Lyra and Scratch have already left, the lights have cone back on and Bon-Bon was stood over the confused and now crouching Lyra. “Lyra... are you okay?” Bon-Bon finally asked after seeing her housemate* have some kind of mental breakdown. Lyra looked up at Bon-Bon sheepishly and this snapped her out of her time-travel induced mental coma, she stood up and gave Bon-Bon a little smile. “Yeah, I am fine. Here, I got you a special present. It took me half an hour to convince Splint to make one.” Lyra said. “Lyra... who is Splint? I know the name but what does he do?” Bon-Bon asked, curious. “If I told you that, I’d ruin the surprise.” Lyra teased as she dangled the present in front of Bon-Bon’s face. “Let me open it then!” Bon-Bon retorted Lyra set the box down and pushed it with a hoof toward Bon-Bon. She hastily unwrapped it and looked rather disappointed at the wooden model inside. “Lyra, what is it? It looks like a flat toy cart that foals use.” “Come over here Bon-Bon, and let me tell you a story of how I got that little thing.” Lyra led Bon-Bon over to a quiet corner to tell her the tale of her time travelling ways. Lyra sat awkwardly and started to tell the tale from only a few minutes ago... The above story later “So, let me get this straight. You forgot my gift, left to find one, found a Time Machine and went back to get a gift for me, go back further and set up this party, help gummy, come back, give YOUR SELF the time machine, then turn the lights off for yourself?” Bon-Bon wasn’t buying it. “Pretty much yeah.” Lyra said flatly. “And this little wooden toy is a mock-up of the time machine?” “Yep” “And you expect me to believe this?” “Kinda, because it’s true.” “I don’t know what to say. Either you can tell amazing tales just to excuse a small wooden... thing. Or its true and you are the best friend a pony could have.” “What do you want to believe Bonnie?” “I want to believe that you are the best friend a pony could ask for!” Bo-Bon finished, gave Lyra a little nuzzle and went back to dancing, badly. After Bon-Bon went to dance, Spike waddled up to Lyra and poked her to get her attention. “Oh, Hay Spike! Awesome party huh!” Lyra said, not seeing the angry look on the dragon’s face. “I just wanted to say that that title, the ‘best friend a pony could ask for’ is taken. By me. Just warning ya.” And with that he waddled away like the plump little post-box he is. Lyra then decided she didn’t like Spike anymore. (Take THAT conventional Fanon! Yeah, Lyra’s straight, she just shares a house with Bon-Bon and they’re good friends, well, thats what’s in my head anyways. Their anniversary is only to mark a year living in ponyville together.) A note from Mush Hay guys, Mush here. Just apologising for the week long update, life overrides poniponi so... Also, I may write more random short stories, all featuring Lyra as the main protagonist/unfortunate pony. If you have any ideas for another little mini-story, don't hesitate to leave a comment or message me. This has been really fun, and I hope reading this took up some time so ou weren't bored. Bai!
