Life amidst the others

PLEASE NOTE: This chapter will still be taken in first person view; however it will be from Lyra's perspective.

Blue Flare exited the door with remorse; however he imagined it was best to leave me alone.

"Get a hold of yourself Lyra, you're better than this," I thought to myself as some of my tears dried away.

I got up off the bed, grabbed my saddlebag, and left the house. I was going to get to the bottom of this. I know these rumors are true, and ever since Shane confronted the Princess, he forgot all about himself. I was going to see why the Princess was enforcing this, its insanity. I bought train tickets and rode all the way over to Canterlot, despite the long journey and how many bits it took to do it; it was worth it for the sake of the human race. I made it to Canterlot castle.

"Halt! State your name and business," One of the pony guards stopped me and said.

To be honest, I really had no good excuse to make me seem like I'm not up to something, I tried to be vague as possible.

"Lyra, I came to see the Princess," I spoke brushing one of my front hooves on the ground.

One of the guards gave me a grim look, and responded.

"...And what would require presence the Princess in such urgency?" He questioned.

With sweat drizzly down my neck, I try to mutter out words to form a sentence, however I got interrupted.

"I... am trying... to..." I said while being paused.

"It's alright guards, let her through," The princess calmly said coming to the entrance.

Something tells me she knows why I am here. We walked for quite a bit, hallway after hallway, until we finally reached a metal room with a magic barrier surrounding the perimeter of it. The guards locked the door on the so nopony could get in, it was just me, Princess Celestia, and a guard pony in a dark and dank room. Something tells me that what I am about to hear should not be discussed elsewhere.

"This is the seclusion room, we discuss the most top secret information here, including what were about to discuss," The Princess stated.

"I am afraid your involvement with humans has gone too far this time, Lyra," She said with a serious look on her face.

"Certain penalties are in order, now I'm going to need you to be a good pony and stand still," She continued.

The guard pony snuck up from behind me, forced me into prone position, and magically bound my hooves to the ground. I couldn't move and I was not good enough at magic to release myself.

"Now if you please sign this contract, restarting your life with no memory, that would be great," She levitated a paper and pen in front of me.

"I know you still have access to your levitation, now sign it!" The princess shouted.

"Why... Why would you do this?" I asked in fear.

"It's simple really; I give humans a chance to fulfill their lives as ponies. Most of the humans are desperate to live their lives as ponies, even if they had to leave their original lives and memory behind," She said.

"Guard, I'm going to have to ask you to escort Miss Lyra to her jail cell," She said.

The guard removed my saddlebags and left them for another guard to take, unbound me from the ground, and stuck me into a tiny cage, the cage had a magical lock preventing it from opening unless the spell was undone, and the cage attached to the guards saddle. I was carried for several minutes until I reached the Princess' dungeon, not very surprisingly empty in here since most of Equestria is friendly. The jail cells had a magical binds surrounding each individual cell. Each cell contained a bathroom hole and a bed. Neither of those were enough to make me feel at home. The guard threw the cage in, locked the door to my jail cell, and unbound the magic lock to my cage. I had nothing better to do, so I hopped onto my bed and slept.

I awoke to the unpleasant sound of a guard waking me up for breakfast. The breakfast was to die for, and when I said to die for, I meant if you ate it, you would die from eating them. There was an apple that didn't look nearly ripe, a soggy sandwich, and a flower with dirt all over it, not only was this a very small amount of food, but it didn't even look edible. The guard casted a spell upon the food so it could pass through the barrier around my cell and slid it through the slot under the cell cage door.

"Enjoy the compliments of the Princess," The guard laughed as he walked back upstairs.

I stared back at the food; the Princess was out of her right mind if she thought this was edible. Despite how gross it was, it was my only rations I would have for hours, if not days, I got desperate. I haven't eaten since before 'Blue Flare' came to my house yesterday. I really didn't enjoy doing this but I had no choice, I levitated the flower and tried to dust it off to the best of my abilities, however my hoof only removed some of it, I took a bite, it tasted terrible. However, I had to press forward if I wanted to survive down here. When my entire platter was finished, my eyes widened and my ears twitched, it was the most disgusting thing I've ever eaten and it went WAY beyond my standards. I could definitely feel a stomach ache coming, I went back to my bed, and rested it off.

I was woken again, but late in the afternoon, by one of the guards.

"The Princess requests your presence,"

In the same fashion of getting down to the jail cell, a guard magically locked me into a tiny, uncomfortable cage and hauled me up to the same room again.

"Lyra, I've made up my punishment," She said starring at the ground, facing away from me.

"I have no choice but to send you back to Earth, and turn you human again," She continued.

Author's Notes:

I am well aware of this being an early release, but I had a lot of time on my hands today, I made an early release since I would not be able to release tomorrow morning, and I am sorry for giving you guys a heart attack for saying it will be released on Friday.