Lyra and Bon Bon's Amazing Adventureby Snapple JackChapters~Chapter Two: The Trip.~~Chapter Three: The Castle~~Chapter Four: The New World~~Chapter One: The Letter.~~Chapter Two: The Trip.~The two ponies were over joyed the next day. "Hey Bon Bon! You packed up yet?!" Lyra screamed from the living room. "Almost!" Bon Bon shouted back from the bedroom. "Ohhhhhh where is it? Where is it?" Bon Bon looked frantically for a certain item. Under the bed, in the drawers, the closet but it was no where. Then she finally found it. "There you are!" Bon Bon reached under her pillow for her lucky blanket. It was a faded yellow with a few tears and rips here and there. Bon Bon stuck it in her bag carefully. "Ready Lyra." Bon Bon said coming out of the bed room hooves full with suitcases. "Your not taking that much stuff are you Bonnie?" Lyra asked jumping off the couch to help her friend with her bags. "They're just a few necessities." Lyra chuckled. She knew she was lieing. Lyra liked that about Bon Bon. She always made her laugh. As they walked up to the post office, they saw Ditzy Doo putting up some flyers on the billboard. "Hey Ditzy, what's new?" Lyra asked behind the gray pegasus. "Hey you two, just putting up some flyers." Ditzy said with a mouth full of muffin. Lyra and Bon Bon read a flyer that said 'Discord Escapes, Watch out!'. They didn't really pay attention to it. They were to excited about the trip. When they walked into the post office, they saw that almost half of Ponyville was there. "Bon Bon! Lyra!" They're friend Golden Harvest shouted from behind them. "Harvest, what's going on?" Lyra asked. "We all got a letter saying we were invited to a specail meeting from the princess." Bon Bon sighed lowering her head. "Told you it was a scam." "I know. Lets just go home" The two ponies walked out the door disapointed. When they were stopped by a pony wearing a black cloak. "Bon Bon and Lyra?" The mysterious pony asked. "Yes." The two ponies answered together. The pony wearing black looked around to see if the coast was clear. She then motioned them to follow her. They followed her to the dumpster next to SugarCube Corner. "Ew what are we doing here?" Bon Bon asked covering her nose. "Keep your mouth shut." The pony wearing black demanded. "Don't talk to her that way!" Lyra shouted defending her best friend. "You wanna get to Canterlot or not?" The best friends nodded they're heads to respond. The unknow mare then put both hooves on their shoulders. "Close your eyes." The mare in the black cloack demanded. They did. Three seconds later, they could smell a fresh pine tree sort of smell instead of a gross dumpster smell. They felt the wet grass under their hooves instead of the cold cement. A breeze flown through their manes. They opened their eyes and saw that they weren't near the dumpster but instead on a path way leading to some sort of castle. The sky was orange like the sun was about to set, but it was morning when they were at the post office. They looked around to try to find the mare, but she was gone. ~Chapter Three: The Castle~"Where did she go?" "I don't know Bonnie, but were not in Canterlot." "Well where ARE we then?" "How should I know? I've never been outside of Ponyville." The breeze got colder. It brought a chill down both of their spines. "We need to get inside." Bon Bon said chattering her teeth. Lyra gave her a surprised look. Most of the time, Bon Bon was afraid of doing the simplest things like asking how much an apple fitter costs. Let alone go into a scary looking place. But it was getting cold. Lyra lead the way to the gray castle. It was an eye sore just to look at. The walls were rusted out and hard. When they finally got to the door, Lyra reached her hoof out to knock but the huge doors opened by they're selves. They made an awfull noise when they opened. Bon Bon had to cover her ears. When they entered, they were greeted by creepy items like swords and statues of dragons. But it was warm so they over looked them as much as possible. A fireplace with a cozy couch sat next to the right. To the left was a bar filled with achol drinks. And in the middle was a big flight of stairs. Bon Bon had enough of looking around and quickly ran over to the fireplace to warm up. Lyra, on the other hoof, had some exploring to do. Something just wasn't right to her. She slowly trotted to the bar. All those wonderful drinks. She was so tempted to make herself a dry martini or a white russian or even some simple merlot she didn't care. Just something to give her a buzz. But she stopped herself. She was a two year recovering acholic anyway. Besides, Bon Bon wouldn't be to happy if she smelled achol on Lyra's breath. Lyra knew most of Bon Bon's family were a bunch of no good drunks. Even her own mother would hit the bottle. Bon Bon's family had indeed a drinking problem. Her father left her family when she was just a young filly. Her mother was so depressed after that she would drink heavily. Sometimes she would beat Bon Bon for no reason. She would blame her for her father leaving them. Bon Bon always had to walk home after school because her mother was to sorry to ever leave the house after three o'clock. It was a sad thing indeed. But Bon Bon couldn't leave her. She was so tempted to tell her teachers that her mother was beating her so she could live a whole new life somewhere far away. But something always stopped her. When she was fourteen, her mom commited suicide. Bon Bon had no where to go after that. Most of her family were either dead or in jail. And then her best friend Lyra asked her to move in with her. Lyra was eighteen at the time so she had her own apartment. She didn't leave ever since. Lyra came from a much differnet environment. Her mother and father were filthy rich. Lyra got whatever she wanted. But when she was sixteen, Lyra got involved with a bad crowd. She got into alot of trouble. She was arrested at least twice a month. Her parents got tired of bailing her out. So when she turned eighteen, they kicked her out. With no where to go, she livied with one of her hippie friends until she could work up enough money to rent her own place. She eventually found a job in the wagon factory. Lyra rented a small apartment and invited her best friend, Bon Bon, to live with her. The blue unicorn contiuned to look. Hoping to find something that would explain who lived here. Just then, a white mare in a maid's uniform came down the stairs. "Is there something I can help you with?" The mare asked. Lyra looked over to see that it was the mare that sent them here. "You!" Lyra shouted with anger in her voice. She ran to the mare and grabbed her by the collar. "You said we were going to Canterlot but you sent us here!" Lyra motioned her hoof to punch the mare but was stopped by Bon Bon. "I'm sorry. My master told me to send you to his castle." The white unicorn said in fear. "Master?" Bon Bon asked still holding Lyra back. "Allow me to explain. I'm Swizzle. I work here. My master sent me to Ponyville to send you ponies here. My master really wants to met you." "Well, why did the letter say that it was from the princess?" Lyra asked calmed down. "He knew that you wouldn't come if it was just some stranger." Just then, a chiming sound rang all threw the castle. "Oh, that's my master calling me now. Come with me, he really wants to met you." Swizzle lead the way up the stairs. The hall way was cold as ice. The ponies could see their breath. It was dark and narrow. The roof was leaking, the walls had holes in them, and the floor had broken glass everywhere. The ponies had to watch their steps. It felt like an hour had passed by the time they finally reached the door that Swizzle lead them to. "Well, here we are. The master's room. I must be on my way now, I have chores to do." Swizzle trotted off. The two frighten ponies didn't know what to expect when they opened that door. Anything could happen. "Well... I guess we should... knock." "Lyra..." "Yes Bonnie?" "I wanna go home." "Oh Bon Bon." Lyra reached out to comfort her friend. "We will go home, I promise. But right now, we have to do this." Lyra could feel the goosebumps on Bon Bon's back. It was painful to see her friend afraid. Lyra felt so stupid for putting her best friend through something like this. Bon Bon was so young, so delicate. Lyra felt like a mother to her. And if Bon Bon was unhappy or scared in anyway, Lyra knew she failed at being a good friend and a mother figure. "Well don't just stand there, come in." A voice said. It came from the other side of the door. Lyra and Bon Bon reached out to open the door together. When they walked in, they saw nothing but white. "Welcome, Mon Mon and Kyra is it?" The voice echoed through the room but there was nothing but white. "Um... no... I'm Bon Bon... an- and this is my best friend, Lyra." "Well, your just in time for the party." The voice echoed. Just then the whole room turned into a big party room. Streamers, balloons, cake, the whole package. Bon Bon turned around to see a balloon with a face right behind her. She hid behind Lyra. "Like it? I put it together myself." The balloon said. Bon Bon was terrifed and Lyra just stood there. Quiet. "C'mon, it's a party. Have some fun!" The balloon said flying around the two. "Whats going on?" Lyra asked with no fear in her "Oh, silly me, where are my manners?" The ballon asked as it popped. The ballon turned into some sort of beast. With a pony's head, a lion paw, a snake's tail, etc. "I'm Discord. I'm the ruler of chaos." Discord said with a huge grin on his face. "Can I get you something to drink? A dry martini? Maybe some red wine? Merlot? A Bloody Mary? Or how about some-" "SHE DOESN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DRINK!" Bon Bon shouted. "Do you Lyra?" Lyra didn't answer. She was drolling. "Lyra? LYRA?! Snap out of it!" "Huh? Wh- what?" "You don't want anything to drink do you?" "Oh umm..." "Oh Lyra, c'mon. Don't let her spoil our fun." Discord said pouring himself a glass of wine. "Stop it Discord!" Bon Bon demanded. "I shall do no such thing. I'm just being a good party host." Discord said still pouring the wine. Lyra watched in aw. It looked so good. All that red wine pouring down into a cyrstal clear glass. It made Lyra's mouth water. "Lyra don't give in!" "Lyra, you know you want it." "Stop it Discord!" "Stop it Discord!" "Stop mocking me!" "Make me." Lyra didn't listen to the rest of the argument. She was to amazed to the wine. She started to walk towards it slowly. But she stopped herself. "No... must... not... give... in..." The unicron fought herself from getting close to the glass. Discord got bored of waiting. He snaped his fingers and turned the whole room into a sea of wine. Lyra's jaw dropped at the wonderful sight but Bon Bon was drowning. "He- Help! I can- can't sw- swim!" Discord tried to ignore her but decied to help anyway. "Ugh, fine..." He snaped his fingers and brought Bon Bon aboard the wine glass boat. "Isn't this wonderful Lyra? It's a sea made of wine." Discord said chugging the ren wine through a crazy straw. 'It's... it's... beautiful... I... I've never seen so much wine." Lyra said in amazement. "Ha ha... I KNEW you would like it." Discord passed her a crazy straw. "Have a sip... you'll love it." "No Lyra! Don't do it!" Bon Bon shouted from the other side of the boat. "I bet she'll give in a second." "No she won't!" "Wanna bet? I've got an idea. Why don't we play a little game?" "I don't wanna play your little games Discord! I want my friend!" "Not until we play a little game Bonnie." "... How do you play?" "The rules are simple. If Lyra gives in and drinks the wine, I win. If she doesn't, you win and you get to go back home." "What do you get if you win?" "Anything I want." Bon Bon had to think about this. Anything could be, well, anything! But she knew her friend wouldn't do something so terrible. "... Deal ..." Discord gave a pleased look. Bon Bon got an uneasy lump in her throat. What did she just do? Discord snapped his fingers and made a lawn chair and a pair of sunglasses appear. "I'm going to work on my tan while I wait." Bon Bon gave a puzzled look but didn't question it. She ran over to her friend as quickly as possible. "Lyra, please don't give in." Lyra didn't answer. She was to busy looking at her reflection in the wine pool. "Lyra, snap out of it please. Your stronger then this." Bon Bon put her trembling hoof around Lyra's neck. Hours passed. Bon Bon and Lyra didn't move. Discord was getting bored. He decieded to end this right now. He snapped his fingers to hyponotize Lyra. Lyra's eyes went into a swirl. "L- Lyra?" Lyra dipped her entire face into the pool and drank the liquid. "NO!" "YES! I win!" Discord did a victory dance. Discord snapped his fingers and made everything normal again. Lyra snapped out of her trance. "Wh- what happed?" The unicorn asked in a daze. "I'll tell you what happend my dear, YOU just bought yourself a ticket to another world!" Discord said with an evil laugh afterwards. "Lyra... how could you?!" "Bon Bon! I'm- I'm so sorry." Discord snapped his fingers one more time and made the ponies disapper. ~Chapter Four: The New World~"HEY! I'M WALKING HERE! "YOU TOO BUD!" "YOUR MOM!" "WHAT ABOUT MY MOTHER?!" "SHE'S A SKANK!" "I ODD TO PUT YOU IN THE HOSPITAL!" Those were the sounds the two ponies woke up to. "Ohhh... my head." Lyra said as she rose up. "Tell me about it." Bon Bon replied. "Wh- where are we?" The unicron asked looking around. "Not sure. I'll go check." Bon Bon peeked behind the dumpster her and Lyra slept under. She saw things she never seen before. Flesh colored ponies that walked on two hooves and metal objects zipping by. Of course, Bon Bon didn't know that the flesh colored ponies were humans and the metal objects were cars. "Well, how are you two enjoying it here?" A voice asked. "Discord!" The two ponies said together. Just then a mouse came up behind Lyra. It didn't look like the mice that were eating the garbage. "You didn't answer my question, how do you like it here?" The mouse asked. "It's awfull! Take us home!" Lyra demanded with her hoof motioned into a fist. "I will do no such thing. Besides, I won the game so you HAVE to stay here" "Well it was a very unfair game." "I know, aren't I bad?" "SEND US BACK RIGHT NOW!" "Calm down Bonnie, tell ya what? I'll transport you back when I get bored of you being there." "How do we know this isn't a trick?" "Hmm... smart pony. Fine, I'll take a vow." Discord rose his lion paw to do the vow. "I don't care about your silly little vow! I want to go home! I have a job to do!" "Fine then, don't take my vow. Just stay here forever. See if I care." Discord said jumping off Lyra's shoulder. "Wait! ... Ok ... deal." "Perfect! I love it when we play by my rules. It makes everything go so much smoother for everypony." "Your sick Discord." "Not as sick as you were when you drank my wine eh Lyra?" "Shut up! I didn't have any control over that." "Oh Lyra. Poor poor Lyra. You know you enjoyed my wine. Everypony knows that your worse then Berry Juice when it comes to drinking. But you embrace it. That's what I like about you. You aren't afraid of doing things your own way. But Bon Bon doesn't appreciate your care free ways." "What? No, Bon Bon lets me be myself." "Well, define yourself. The fun Lyra that likes to party, or the Bon Bon Lyra that wants everything to be done right?" Lyra took a long pause to think about this. Maybe Bon Bon was controling. Lyra was, after all, a wild pony at heart. She hasn't partied in years. Was it because of Bon Bon? No, no Discord was just getting to her head. "Leave me alone." Discord shrugged and then vanished into thin air. Days past, and the two ponies started to get hungry. "I'll go find us some food." Lyra suggested "No Lyra! It's dangerous!" "I'll be fine. Don't worry. I'll come back with some food and then will figure a way out of here and back to Ponyville." "But, those... 'things'. What if they see you?" "It's a risk I'm willing to take Bon Bon. I'll be back. I promise." So Lyra went off to find some food for her and her friend. Bon Bon waited, and waited, and waited. It felt like hours had passed by. Bon Bon had no idea where she was or where her best friend was. She's never been so scared as she was that day. She kept thinking about what Lyra said. 'I'll be back, I promise.' That promise ran through her head. She prayed to Celestia that her friend would be ok. "Well Bonnie, I guess Lyra ditched you." A voice echoed. "No she didn't! I know she didn't!" "Aww, poor Bon Bon. Being out here in a stange place with no one to comfort you." Just then, a old stray dog came to Bon Bon. She knew it was Discord. "Go away Discord. I don't want to talk to you right now." "Oh Bonnie..." "Stop calling me Bonnie! It's Bon Bon." "Well then Bon Bon, I guess you don't want this then." Discord snapped his paw and a yellow faded blanket levitated over Bon Bon's head. "My blanket! Where did you get this?!" Bon Bon asked as she grabbbed her blanket. "I found it. I know the history between you and this blanket." "What?" "You use to cuddle with this blanket after your mother would beat you." "How did you know that?" Bon Bon grabbed Discord's dog body by the neck. "Oh Bon Bon, I just know these things." Bon Bon was confused, but she didn't really pay attention to it. She had her blanket. And she felt safe. She snuggled close to it feeling protected. "Well then, I see that we have a deal then." "What? What are you going on about?" "I'm talking about the trade. I give your blanket, while I keep Lyra." Discord snapped his fingers revealing Lyra trapped in a magic bubble. "Lyra!" Bon Bon shouted with happiness. She ran up to the bubble and hugged it with all her might. "Thank Celestia your alright." "I'm fine Bon Bon." Lyra said with a tear in her eye. "So then, we DO have a deal?" Discord asked coming up behind the two friends. Bon Bon froze. It was a tough choice. This blanket had made her feel safe during hard times in her childhood. But Lyra was her best friend in the world. She looked at the blanket, and then at Lyra. Lyra looked back at her best friend with tears in her eyes. Bon Bon bit her lip and made her choice. "This blanket." "Glad we could make a de-" "I'm not finished. This blanket did help me. But no blanket is worth risking my best friend." Bon Bon said as she tossed the blanket to the mud. "Oh Bon Bon!" Lyra said as the bubble popped. She ran to her best friend and gave her a hug. The best friends were back together. Just then, a big shining heart floated above the two. "No... no... NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Discord shouted as he turned to stone from the heart's beautiful ray. The magic of friendship had stopped Discord's evil way for good. And with that, the heart transported the two friends back to their home in Ponyville. "Oh thank Celestia were home!" Bon Bon shouted as she jumped on the couch. "Yeah... hey Bonnie?" "Yes Lyra?" "Thank you, for chosing me over you blanket." "Oh Lyra, your worth more to me then any old blanket." "And, I'm sorry for drinking when we were at the castle." "Hey, I know you didn't do that on propose. Now c'mon, I'll make us some cookies." "Mmmm, with the little choclate chips?" "I think you used all of them on my birthday cake." Bon Bon said with a chuckle. "Oh yeah, I forgot." And the two best friends, lived happily ever after. ~Chapter One: The Letter.~Lyra and Bon Bon have always been the best of friends. They did almost everything together. They even lived in the same house! They had a special bond those two. Even as little school fillies those two were the best of friends. "Bon Bon... Hey Bon Bon wake up." Lyra whisperd in Bon Bon's ear as she was fast asleep. Bon Bon opened one eyes to see that Lyra was right in her face. "Happy birthday Bon Bon!" "Aw thank you Lyra... but you didn't have to wake me up at 8 a'clock in the morning did you?" "Of course I did silly! Your my best friend and I wanted to make sure I was the first one to wish you happy birthday!" "Well that was sweet of you Lyra. Thank you." "Come to the kitchen. I thought we could have some birthday cake for breakfast." Bon Bon knew that Lyra made the cake herself. She was like that. The kind of pony who wanted to do everything herself without anypony's help. That's what she like about Lyra. She was what Bon Bon wanted to be like. Bon Bon tasted the cake and knew what she was in for. Lyra was her friend and all but when it came to cooking, Bon Bon was the better half. "Well? How does it taste?" "Well Lyra I can say it certainly is... new..." "I know! I added some choclate chips for the flavor." Bon Bon could indeed taste some choclate in there but it still tasted uncooked. But she ate it anyway. Bon Bon knew it would make Lyra's day if she ate it. There wasn't much to do for the rest of the day. Bon Bon decied to clean while Lyra went back to sleep. Lyra had to be at work in a couple of hours. They both agreed that if Bon Bon did the chores, Lyra would work. Lyra worked at a wagon making factory. She made sure that the wheels were attached to the wagon tightly. One of the more boring jobs, but it brought home the money. When Bon Bon had finshied sweeping, she went to check the mail. It was the same mail they had gotten everyday. Bills, bills, more bills, a small check from the wagon factory, but something caught Bon Bon's eye. She saw a letter with the royal seal. Bon Bon opened it and read it outloud. "Too whom it may concern, Princess Celestia has requested any brave pony to a special meeting at the royal castle in Canterlot. If you are interested, we will gladly pay for your trip. Please met us at the Pony Post Office. Thank you. Signed, A friend." At first, Bon Bon thought it was some sort of scam. But it had the offical royal seal, it had to be real! After Lyra got off of work, Bon Bon had told her about the odd letter. "Well... are we gonna go?" Lyra asked taking off her uniform. "It sounds fun. I think we should." "It could be a scam Bon Bon." "Maybe, but will never know unless we go." "Well... ok but tommorw. I'm dead tired."
~Chapter Two: The Trip.~The two ponies were over joyed the next day. "Hey Bon Bon! You packed up yet?!" Lyra screamed from the living room. "Almost!" Bon Bon shouted back from the bedroom. "Ohhhhhh where is it? Where is it?" Bon Bon looked frantically for a certain item. Under the bed, in the drawers, the closet but it was no where. Then she finally found it. "There you are!" Bon Bon reached under her pillow for her lucky blanket. It was a faded yellow with a few tears and rips here and there. Bon Bon stuck it in her bag carefully. "Ready Lyra." Bon Bon said coming out of the bed room hooves full with suitcases. "Your not taking that much stuff are you Bonnie?" Lyra asked jumping off the couch to help her friend with her bags. "They're just a few necessities." Lyra chuckled. She knew she was lieing. Lyra liked that about Bon Bon. She always made her laugh. As they walked up to the post office, they saw Ditzy Doo putting up some flyers on the billboard. "Hey Ditzy, what's new?" Lyra asked behind the gray pegasus. "Hey you two, just putting up some flyers." Ditzy said with a mouth full of muffin. Lyra and Bon Bon read a flyer that said 'Discord Escapes, Watch out!'. They didn't really pay attention to it. They were to excited about the trip. When they walked into the post office, they saw that almost half of Ponyville was there. "Bon Bon! Lyra!" They're friend Golden Harvest shouted from behind them. "Harvest, what's going on?" Lyra asked. "We all got a letter saying we were invited to a specail meeting from the princess." Bon Bon sighed lowering her head. "Told you it was a scam." "I know. Lets just go home" The two ponies walked out the door disapointed. When they were stopped by a pony wearing a black cloak. "Bon Bon and Lyra?" The mysterious pony asked. "Yes." The two ponies answered together. The pony wearing black looked around to see if the coast was clear. She then motioned them to follow her. They followed her to the dumpster next to SugarCube Corner. "Ew what are we doing here?" Bon Bon asked covering her nose. "Keep your mouth shut." The pony wearing black demanded. "Don't talk to her that way!" Lyra shouted defending her best friend. "You wanna get to Canterlot or not?" The best friends nodded they're heads to respond. The unknow mare then put both hooves on their shoulders. "Close your eyes." The mare in the black cloack demanded. They did. Three seconds later, they could smell a fresh pine tree sort of smell instead of a gross dumpster smell. They felt the wet grass under their hooves instead of the cold cement. A breeze flown through their manes. They opened their eyes and saw that they weren't near the dumpster but instead on a path way leading to some sort of castle. The sky was orange like the sun was about to set, but it was morning when they were at the post office. They looked around to try to find the mare, but she was gone.
~Chapter Three: The Castle~"Where did she go?" "I don't know Bonnie, but were not in Canterlot." "Well where ARE we then?" "How should I know? I've never been outside of Ponyville." The breeze got colder. It brought a chill down both of their spines. "We need to get inside." Bon Bon said chattering her teeth. Lyra gave her a surprised look. Most of the time, Bon Bon was afraid of doing the simplest things like asking how much an apple fitter costs. Let alone go into a scary looking place. But it was getting cold. Lyra lead the way to the gray castle. It was an eye sore just to look at. The walls were rusted out and hard. When they finally got to the door, Lyra reached her hoof out to knock but the huge doors opened by they're selves. They made an awfull noise when they opened. Bon Bon had to cover her ears. When they entered, they were greeted by creepy items like swords and statues of dragons. But it was warm so they over looked them as much as possible. A fireplace with a cozy couch sat next to the right. To the left was a bar filled with achol drinks. And in the middle was a big flight of stairs. Bon Bon had enough of looking around and quickly ran over to the fireplace to warm up. Lyra, on the other hoof, had some exploring to do. Something just wasn't right to her. She slowly trotted to the bar. All those wonderful drinks. She was so tempted to make herself a dry martini or a white russian or even some simple merlot she didn't care. Just something to give her a buzz. But she stopped herself. She was a two year recovering acholic anyway. Besides, Bon Bon wouldn't be to happy if she smelled achol on Lyra's breath. Lyra knew most of Bon Bon's family were a bunch of no good drunks. Even her own mother would hit the bottle. Bon Bon's family had indeed a drinking problem. Her father left her family when she was just a young filly. Her mother was so depressed after that she would drink heavily. Sometimes she would beat Bon Bon for no reason. She would blame her for her father leaving them. Bon Bon always had to walk home after school because her mother was to sorry to ever leave the house after three o'clock. It was a sad thing indeed. But Bon Bon couldn't leave her. She was so tempted to tell her teachers that her mother was beating her so she could live a whole new life somewhere far away. But something always stopped her. When she was fourteen, her mom commited suicide. Bon Bon had no where to go after that. Most of her family were either dead or in jail. And then her best friend Lyra asked her to move in with her. Lyra was eighteen at the time so she had her own apartment. She didn't leave ever since. Lyra came from a much differnet environment. Her mother and father were filthy rich. Lyra got whatever she wanted. But when she was sixteen, Lyra got involved with a bad crowd. She got into alot of trouble. She was arrested at least twice a month. Her parents got tired of bailing her out. So when she turned eighteen, they kicked her out. With no where to go, she livied with one of her hippie friends until she could work up enough money to rent her own place. She eventually found a job in the wagon factory. Lyra rented a small apartment and invited her best friend, Bon Bon, to live with her. The blue unicorn contiuned to look. Hoping to find something that would explain who lived here. Just then, a white mare in a maid's uniform came down the stairs. "Is there something I can help you with?" The mare asked. Lyra looked over to see that it was the mare that sent them here. "You!" Lyra shouted with anger in her voice. She ran to the mare and grabbed her by the collar. "You said we were going to Canterlot but you sent us here!" Lyra motioned her hoof to punch the mare but was stopped by Bon Bon. "I'm sorry. My master told me to send you to his castle." The white unicorn said in fear. "Master?" Bon Bon asked still holding Lyra back. "Allow me to explain. I'm Swizzle. I work here. My master sent me to Ponyville to send you ponies here. My master really wants to met you." "Well, why did the letter say that it was from the princess?" Lyra asked calmed down. "He knew that you wouldn't come if it was just some stranger." Just then, a chiming sound rang all threw the castle. "Oh, that's my master calling me now. Come with me, he really wants to met you." Swizzle lead the way up the stairs. The hall way was cold as ice. The ponies could see their breath. It was dark and narrow. The roof was leaking, the walls had holes in them, and the floor had broken glass everywhere. The ponies had to watch their steps. It felt like an hour had passed by the time they finally reached the door that Swizzle lead them to. "Well, here we are. The master's room. I must be on my way now, I have chores to do." Swizzle trotted off. The two frighten ponies didn't know what to expect when they opened that door. Anything could happen. "Well... I guess we should... knock." "Lyra..." "Yes Bonnie?" "I wanna go home." "Oh Bon Bon." Lyra reached out to comfort her friend. "We will go home, I promise. But right now, we have to do this." Lyra could feel the goosebumps on Bon Bon's back. It was painful to see her friend afraid. Lyra felt so stupid for putting her best friend through something like this. Bon Bon was so young, so delicate. Lyra felt like a mother to her. And if Bon Bon was unhappy or scared in anyway, Lyra knew she failed at being a good friend and a mother figure. "Well don't just stand there, come in." A voice said. It came from the other side of the door. Lyra and Bon Bon reached out to open the door together. When they walked in, they saw nothing but white. "Welcome, Mon Mon and Kyra is it?" The voice echoed through the room but there was nothing but white. "Um... no... I'm Bon Bon... an- and this is my best friend, Lyra." "Well, your just in time for the party." The voice echoed. Just then the whole room turned into a big party room. Streamers, balloons, cake, the whole package. Bon Bon turned around to see a balloon with a face right behind her. She hid behind Lyra. "Like it? I put it together myself." The balloon said. Bon Bon was terrifed and Lyra just stood there. Quiet. "C'mon, it's a party. Have some fun!" The balloon said flying around the two. "Whats going on?" Lyra asked with no fear in her "Oh, silly me, where are my manners?" The ballon asked as it popped. The ballon turned into some sort of beast. With a pony's head, a lion paw, a snake's tail, etc. "I'm Discord. I'm the ruler of chaos." Discord said with a huge grin on his face. "Can I get you something to drink? A dry martini? Maybe some red wine? Merlot? A Bloody Mary? Or how about some-" "SHE DOESN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DRINK!" Bon Bon shouted. "Do you Lyra?" Lyra didn't answer. She was drolling. "Lyra? LYRA?! Snap out of it!" "Huh? Wh- what?" "You don't want anything to drink do you?" "Oh umm..." "Oh Lyra, c'mon. Don't let her spoil our fun." Discord said pouring himself a glass of wine. "Stop it Discord!" Bon Bon demanded. "I shall do no such thing. I'm just being a good party host." Discord said still pouring the wine. Lyra watched in aw. It looked so good. All that red wine pouring down into a cyrstal clear glass. It made Lyra's mouth water. "Lyra don't give in!" "Lyra, you know you want it." "Stop it Discord!" "Stop it Discord!" "Stop mocking me!" "Make me." Lyra didn't listen to the rest of the argument. She was to amazed to the wine. She started to walk towards it slowly. But she stopped herself. "No... must... not... give... in..." The unicron fought herself from getting close to the glass. Discord got bored of waiting. He snaped his fingers and turned the whole room into a sea of wine. Lyra's jaw dropped at the wonderful sight but Bon Bon was drowning. "He- Help! I can- can't sw- swim!" Discord tried to ignore her but decied to help anyway. "Ugh, fine..." He snaped his fingers and brought Bon Bon aboard the wine glass boat. "Isn't this wonderful Lyra? It's a sea made of wine." Discord said chugging the ren wine through a crazy straw. 'It's... it's... beautiful... I... I've never seen so much wine." Lyra said in amazement. "Ha ha... I KNEW you would like it." Discord passed her a crazy straw. "Have a sip... you'll love it." "No Lyra! Don't do it!" Bon Bon shouted from the other side of the boat. "I bet she'll give in a second." "No she won't!" "Wanna bet? I've got an idea. Why don't we play a little game?" "I don't wanna play your little games Discord! I want my friend!" "Not until we play a little game Bonnie." "... How do you play?" "The rules are simple. If Lyra gives in and drinks the wine, I win. If she doesn't, you win and you get to go back home." "What do you get if you win?" "Anything I want." Bon Bon had to think about this. Anything could be, well, anything! But she knew her friend wouldn't do something so terrible. "... Deal ..." Discord gave a pleased look. Bon Bon got an uneasy lump in her throat. What did she just do? Discord snapped his fingers and made a lawn chair and a pair of sunglasses appear. "I'm going to work on my tan while I wait." Bon Bon gave a puzzled look but didn't question it. She ran over to her friend as quickly as possible. "Lyra, please don't give in." Lyra didn't answer. She was to busy looking at her reflection in the wine pool. "Lyra, snap out of it please. Your stronger then this." Bon Bon put her trembling hoof around Lyra's neck. Hours passed. Bon Bon and Lyra didn't move. Discord was getting bored. He decieded to end this right now. He snapped his fingers to hyponotize Lyra. Lyra's eyes went into a swirl. "L- Lyra?" Lyra dipped her entire face into the pool and drank the liquid. "NO!" "YES! I win!" Discord did a victory dance. Discord snapped his fingers and made everything normal again. Lyra snapped out of her trance. "Wh- what happed?" The unicorn asked in a daze. "I'll tell you what happend my dear, YOU just bought yourself a ticket to another world!" Discord said with an evil laugh afterwards. "Lyra... how could you?!" "Bon Bon! I'm- I'm so sorry." Discord snapped his fingers one more time and made the ponies disapper.
~Chapter Four: The New World~"HEY! I'M WALKING HERE! "YOU TOO BUD!" "YOUR MOM!" "WHAT ABOUT MY MOTHER?!" "SHE'S A SKANK!" "I ODD TO PUT YOU IN THE HOSPITAL!" Those were the sounds the two ponies woke up to. "Ohhh... my head." Lyra said as she rose up. "Tell me about it." Bon Bon replied. "Wh- where are we?" The unicron asked looking around. "Not sure. I'll go check." Bon Bon peeked behind the dumpster her and Lyra slept under. She saw things she never seen before. Flesh colored ponies that walked on two hooves and metal objects zipping by. Of course, Bon Bon didn't know that the flesh colored ponies were humans and the metal objects were cars. "Well, how are you two enjoying it here?" A voice asked. "Discord!" The two ponies said together. Just then a mouse came up behind Lyra. It didn't look like the mice that were eating the garbage. "You didn't answer my question, how do you like it here?" The mouse asked. "It's awfull! Take us home!" Lyra demanded with her hoof motioned into a fist. "I will do no such thing. Besides, I won the game so you HAVE to stay here" "Well it was a very unfair game." "I know, aren't I bad?" "SEND US BACK RIGHT NOW!" "Calm down Bonnie, tell ya what? I'll transport you back when I get bored of you being there." "How do we know this isn't a trick?" "Hmm... smart pony. Fine, I'll take a vow." Discord rose his lion paw to do the vow. "I don't care about your silly little vow! I want to go home! I have a job to do!" "Fine then, don't take my vow. Just stay here forever. See if I care." Discord said jumping off Lyra's shoulder. "Wait! ... Ok ... deal." "Perfect! I love it when we play by my rules. It makes everything go so much smoother for everypony." "Your sick Discord." "Not as sick as you were when you drank my wine eh Lyra?" "Shut up! I didn't have any control over that." "Oh Lyra. Poor poor Lyra. You know you enjoyed my wine. Everypony knows that your worse then Berry Juice when it comes to drinking. But you embrace it. That's what I like about you. You aren't afraid of doing things your own way. But Bon Bon doesn't appreciate your care free ways." "What? No, Bon Bon lets me be myself." "Well, define yourself. The fun Lyra that likes to party, or the Bon Bon Lyra that wants everything to be done right?" Lyra took a long pause to think about this. Maybe Bon Bon was controling. Lyra was, after all, a wild pony at heart. She hasn't partied in years. Was it because of Bon Bon? No, no Discord was just getting to her head. "Leave me alone." Discord shrugged and then vanished into thin air. Days past, and the two ponies started to get hungry. "I'll go find us some food." Lyra suggested "No Lyra! It's dangerous!" "I'll be fine. Don't worry. I'll come back with some food and then will figure a way out of here and back to Ponyville." "But, those... 'things'. What if they see you?" "It's a risk I'm willing to take Bon Bon. I'll be back. I promise." So Lyra went off to find some food for her and her friend. Bon Bon waited, and waited, and waited. It felt like hours had passed by. Bon Bon had no idea where she was or where her best friend was. She's never been so scared as she was that day. She kept thinking about what Lyra said. 'I'll be back, I promise.' That promise ran through her head. She prayed to Celestia that her friend would be ok. "Well Bonnie, I guess Lyra ditched you." A voice echoed. "No she didn't! I know she didn't!" "Aww, poor Bon Bon. Being out here in a stange place with no one to comfort you." Just then, a old stray dog came to Bon Bon. She knew it was Discord. "Go away Discord. I don't want to talk to you right now." "Oh Bonnie..." "Stop calling me Bonnie! It's Bon Bon." "Well then Bon Bon, I guess you don't want this then." Discord snapped his paw and a yellow faded blanket levitated over Bon Bon's head. "My blanket! Where did you get this?!" Bon Bon asked as she grabbbed her blanket. "I found it. I know the history between you and this blanket." "What?" "You use to cuddle with this blanket after your mother would beat you." "How did you know that?" Bon Bon grabbed Discord's dog body by the neck. "Oh Bon Bon, I just know these things." Bon Bon was confused, but she didn't really pay attention to it. She had her blanket. And she felt safe. She snuggled close to it feeling protected. "Well then, I see that we have a deal then." "What? What are you going on about?" "I'm talking about the trade. I give your blanket, while I keep Lyra." Discord snapped his fingers revealing Lyra trapped in a magic bubble. "Lyra!" Bon Bon shouted with happiness. She ran up to the bubble and hugged it with all her might. "Thank Celestia your alright." "I'm fine Bon Bon." Lyra said with a tear in her eye. "So then, we DO have a deal?" Discord asked coming up behind the two friends. Bon Bon froze. It was a tough choice. This blanket had made her feel safe during hard times in her childhood. But Lyra was her best friend in the world. She looked at the blanket, and then at Lyra. Lyra looked back at her best friend with tears in her eyes. Bon Bon bit her lip and made her choice. "This blanket." "Glad we could make a de-" "I'm not finished. This blanket did help me. But no blanket is worth risking my best friend." Bon Bon said as she tossed the blanket to the mud. "Oh Bon Bon!" Lyra said as the bubble popped. She ran to her best friend and gave her a hug. The best friends were back together. Just then, a big shining heart floated above the two. "No... no... NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Discord shouted as he turned to stone from the heart's beautiful ray. The magic of friendship had stopped Discord's evil way for good. And with that, the heart transported the two friends back to their home in Ponyville. "Oh thank Celestia were home!" Bon Bon shouted as she jumped on the couch. "Yeah... hey Bonnie?" "Yes Lyra?" "Thank you, for chosing me over you blanket." "Oh Lyra, your worth more to me then any old blanket." "And, I'm sorry for drinking when we were at the castle." "Hey, I know you didn't do that on propose. Now c'mon, I'll make us some cookies." "Mmmm, with the little choclate chips?" "I think you used all of them on my birthday cake." Bon Bon said with a chuckle. "Oh yeah, I forgot." And the two best friends, lived happily ever after.
~Chapter One: The Letter.~Lyra and Bon Bon have always been the best of friends. They did almost everything together. They even lived in the same house! They had a special bond those two. Even as little school fillies those two were the best of friends. "Bon Bon... Hey Bon Bon wake up." Lyra whisperd in Bon Bon's ear as she was fast asleep. Bon Bon opened one eyes to see that Lyra was right in her face. "Happy birthday Bon Bon!" "Aw thank you Lyra... but you didn't have to wake me up at 8 a'clock in the morning did you?" "Of course I did silly! Your my best friend and I wanted to make sure I was the first one to wish you happy birthday!" "Well that was sweet of you Lyra. Thank you." "Come to the kitchen. I thought we could have some birthday cake for breakfast." Bon Bon knew that Lyra made the cake herself. She was like that. The kind of pony who wanted to do everything herself without anypony's help. That's what she like about Lyra. She was what Bon Bon wanted to be like. Bon Bon tasted the cake and knew what she was in for. Lyra was her friend and all but when it came to cooking, Bon Bon was the better half. "Well? How does it taste?" "Well Lyra I can say it certainly is... new..." "I know! I added some choclate chips for the flavor." Bon Bon could indeed taste some choclate in there but it still tasted uncooked. But she ate it anyway. Bon Bon knew it would make Lyra's day if she ate it. There wasn't much to do for the rest of the day. Bon Bon decied to clean while Lyra went back to sleep. Lyra had to be at work in a couple of hours. They both agreed that if Bon Bon did the chores, Lyra would work. Lyra worked at a wagon making factory. She made sure that the wheels were attached to the wagon tightly. One of the more boring jobs, but it brought home the money. When Bon Bon had finshied sweeping, she went to check the mail. It was the same mail they had gotten everyday. Bills, bills, more bills, a small check from the wagon factory, but something caught Bon Bon's eye. She saw a letter with the royal seal. Bon Bon opened it and read it outloud. "Too whom it may concern, Princess Celestia has requested any brave pony to a special meeting at the royal castle in Canterlot. If you are interested, we will gladly pay for your trip. Please met us at the Pony Post Office. Thank you. Signed, A friend." At first, Bon Bon thought it was some sort of scam. But it had the offical royal seal, it had to be real! After Lyra got off of work, Bon Bon had told her about the odd letter. "Well... are we gonna go?" Lyra asked taking off her uniform. "It sounds fun. I think we should." "It could be a scam Bon Bon." "Maybe, but will never know unless we go." "Well... ok but tommorw. I'm dead tired."
