Lyra walk up to the girl pretending to sleep “Snuggle is time to wake up”. Hearing her grunt, twist and turning in the couch. “Nope, all you been doing for the pass week is sleep all day and staying up all night, you need exercise”. Lyra receive a pillow on the face throw by the girl and the pony pout before grabbing the pillow and throw it back to the girl making her jump when the fluffy object hit her. “I said get ready because were going out” marching down the door exiting the house. Snuggle lazily woke up shaking her head, feeling her untamed hair on her forehead. I lost count on how many days has it been since I arrived in this world. What day is it? What hour is it? how did I even get here? There are too many questions storming my brain for the pass couple day. Is like solving a puzzle in the dark with missing pieces.

My owner was waiting for me by the door. I got up with the hopes of taking a shower with hot water and eating all the chocolate I could find but no, I have to go to a summer festival. Just by walking out of the house, there was a cluster of ponies gather in one spot carrying pieces of tents and food, setting up for tonight event. I saw to many eyes on me and quickly grab the first thing in my reach which was the door handled. The door was already close and lock, but it didn’t stop me from trying to open it. Lyra saw me forcefully making my way back to the house “Stop, what are you doing?” grabbing me by the waist and pulling back. Putting too much strain on the object, snapping right off, sending both of us hurling to the floor.

Snuggle landing on top of the soft pony breaking her fall but Lyra wasn’t so lucky. Harp push the heavy girl off while looking at the missing doorknob “Oh, you see what you did”. Noticing the object in my hand and quickly hid it behind my back. “I saw you, where is it?” Snuggle show both hands but she didn’t have it anymore. Lyra sigh “Just leave it somewhere, I’ll get somepony to fix it”. When I took notice of the way Harp was walking to the cluster of ponies, I grab the white picket fence from Lyra home and didn’t move “No, no, no, that new. Let’s just go from the back of the town, there lest ponies there, ok?”. I nodded and slowly let go of the fence.

While walking on the outskirt of the town taking in the fresh air. Lyra keep talking to me like I could speak back. I could, be she didn’t know that. This was not a good look for her, it just makes me think that she lonely and or she needs more friends. She when on and on about some random pony who stick bubble gum in her hair when she was little and how much she used to teased her. I didn’t care as much for her past and just close my eyes taking a deep breath and for a second, I felt a malicious present. When I look at the direction of the crowd, there were too many to know from where it came from, only seen a big pointy purple hat with star walking among them. We reach and area where it was emptier than the rest of the town. The tents were already set up and ready to open at any time. Lyra stop by what looks like a carnival game. “Hey, can I play one” Lyra spoke.

“We ain’t open yet” the older stallion said with gray hairs coming out of his main.

“It be quick, I swear”

“Umm maybe, if you pay double” the stallion made a mischief smile.

Lyra was about to say no but saw that not to many games were set up and Snuggle didn’t like big crowd so it be difficult to get her to come out of the house when the festival started. “Fine, how much is it”

“Just ten bits”

“What? That way to overprice”

“Take it or leave it”

“Fine, fine” she handed the money to the opportunistic stallion.

“The game is easy, all you have to do is get at least one ball in to this big bucket here and you win any prize” showing the cheap prizes. He handed the ball the sizes of a baseball to Lyra and pointed at the leaning bucket. Lyra threw the first ball, but it bounces back and out of the bucket. She leans on the counter to close the distant but my owner forelegs where to short. Throwing the second ball and bouncing right out. Harp look angry but keep her mouth shut while the stallion laughs low enough just for me to pick up the sound. I didn’t like him, no one embarrasses this minty pony unless is me.

Lyra turn to me and handed the last ball. She explains how to play and show me the movement. I knew how to play, I’m not stupid. I got in position and thought on how to win. Lyra problem was that she threw the ball with too much force and it would bounce back but that because she was too far away from the bucket, me on the other hand had an advantage. Leaning on the counter as much as possible and using my long arm to softly toss the ball on the bucket. The ball bounce almost falling off but stay inside. The stallion cries out foul “That not fair!”. Too bad I thought while looking for a cute prize. I took a key chain of a black cat with a moon on his forehead, but the old stallion looks bitter. “You theft, hand that back” he cries again. Lyra was uncomfortable with the confrontation.

“Snuggle give it back” she said in a low voice. He wants it back, fine. I extended my hand with the key chain in sight when he when to grab it I threw it behind me to a crowd of ponies.

“My money!” he panics and ran toward the useless toy. Harp look worry so she bit my shirt and drag the bored girl out of the way.

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Lyra has been silent for a while just sitting on a picnic table covering her face with her hoofs. On occasions she would peek, checking if I was still sitting across from her. I felt I bit bad putting her on the spot. Looking at my left arm again glad to finally heal and regain is color. Opening and closing my hand making sure it doesn’t hurt anymore. But there was something that been bothering for a while. There was a malicious presence close by and it is growing, I can feel it. I just don’t know from where is it coming from. When Harp finally lift her head, she sighs and drop it right back when she looks behind me. When I turn to see what her problem was. Bon Bon was approaching us with a big smile on her face. “Celestia have mercy on me” Lyra said. The pink strip pony bump into another mare with a big wizard hat. They talk for a bit, but something was off. In the span of minutes, the blue mare gathers a crow around her. The audience boo and yell for her to stop bullying citizens. Lyra saw the large group forming and she got up to check on the commotion.

“So what, you should be grateful to be turn into a chicken by Trixie” the mare spoke with venom in her word.

“Everyone relax, she was just looking for her home and accidentally cast magic ” Bon Bon defend her. Lyra was in the front of the crowd worrying for the pink mare. She pretends to dislike Bon Bon but clearly there was some form of a relationship between them.

“Get out of here bully!” shouting was hear from the wild crowd. I was caught up in my own thoughts when I feel the presence yet again, I try to concentrate and see where it was coming from, but it was a lost cause. That when I realized the blue mare eyeing me from a far. The pony made a confused face but ignored me after the crowd started to talk to her. She was wearing a necklace around her neck with a crystal. The little crystal had a design of a hand with an eye in the middle. When I look at it, it gave me the chills. Right then and there, a slide of apple was toss and knock the wizard hat off. The mare looks at the hat on the floor and didn’t bother to pick it up.

“Hey, you can’t do that to her. What if you hurt her” Bon Bon stood up for the wizard again.

“If she thinks she can come her and humiliated us folks, she has another thing coming” someone yell and the crowd seen to agree with the individual.

The blue mare never spoke and just stare at the direction of the toss apple slide. The pony who yell was pick up from the ground and toss to the side like garbage. “Actually, I can do whatever I want” the blue mare started to levitate from the floor. Everyone just back away from the powerful pony. “You want real magic, I’ll give you a show you’ll never forget” this time a group of ponies was knock down but not as hard the first one.

“Stop, what are you doing?” Bon Bon yell.

“What does it look like, this is payback for the way they treated me”

“Trixie, You know that what they did to you was wrong but this isn’t right either”

“If you want to join them so bad, so be it” in a matter of second Bon Bon rise from the floor and was drop. She landed awkwardly spraining her hoof, making hissing noises when she hit the ground. Lyra yelp when she saw Bon Bon land and started to run after her but was knock to the side crashing with the floor. She didn’t move or made any noise when she was knock down.

I watch the scene play out like a movie figuring out why I wasn’t moving. It was my legs, they were shaking a little bit. A car of apple rose from the floor and was lunch directly toward Harp. That when my body reacted, without thinking I ran and grab Lyra pulling her away before the heavy car. The blue mare gave me a strange look before speaking “There something different about you, like a presence following you around”. I don’t know what she was referring to, but I need to make sure Harp was alright. There was no visible injury that I could see but she not moving. Trixie use her magic and a glow surrounded us but it disappeared. She looks annoy and left us alone. I had a calm and collected face, but I was in the state of panic. I can run away and be safe with Lyra, let other deal with their own consequences. Who care if one of them gets hurt that there own fault.

There was an older mare with a red main and a pink strip in the middle of the chaos looking confused at the crowd of ponies running around. Trixie approaching the unsuspected mare with animosity. “Mom! Run away!” Bon Bon yell from the floor. I saw the mare struggling to get up with all her might, but the pain wouldn’t let her. The moment happened to fast, when the older mare was cover in a glow, I felt the warm feeling come back to my body and with all my will I yell at the top of my lungs ‘AHHH!’ getting the attention from the sinister mare.

She pauses on the air and slowly turn with and curious face “I felt the presence of a magic user, did that come from a human?” watching the scare girl wrist shine bright. “Interesting, little girl, you have something that belong to me”. She tries to use her magic directly on my body, but I shook it off. “tsh, you ask for it” flipping a car fill with apple to a wall, breaking it and picking up three huge concrete rocks. There was something weird when she performs magic, the wall made three huge rocks of concrete, she lifts it them to the air and multiply them.

Creating so many of them that they would cover the background. One huge rock was thrown but I dodge it. If one bolder hit me I wouldn’t have to worry about going home not when my guts would paint the streets. Maybe, if I could get her out of the town, I can prevent her from hurting anybody else and hid somewhere. I started to run in the middle of the street, paying attention to the sound that came from above. When I hear a heavy object hurling toward me, I quickly change direction evading the second rock, hearing the impact. I would run in the between houses limiting the vision from the sky. “

I still see you” throwing a rock my way. Breaking a wooden wall next to me while the chips fly off hitting me on the progress, but I never stop running. We headed to the open field, I thought we would really die now when our body was exposed but Trixie stop by the edge of town and gather three tents and broke the them apart taking out five long sharp metal poles. Why would she need more things when she has and endless supply of rocks?

Safely making it to the forest and taking cover behind a tree, away from the edge, where the sun would cut off under the shadow of the wild. Lyra was still with me and sadly unconscious, I softly smack her on the cheeks, but she didn’t react. That when I notice the bright light illuminating from my wrist and quickly realizing that it was giving away my position. I jump out of the tree when I hear strange noises. That’s when a metal tube pierces the tree almost stabbing Lyra and me. I stare at the weapon and fell into panic. Inhaling short loud breath while the flying mare made her way to me

“I’m not playing games anymore, give me the bracelet or I’ll take it by forces”. She was serious, I’ll happily give it to her, but the thing won’t come off and I can’t tell her that when I have this thing in my mouth. In a moment of hysteria, I try my best to run but I was low on stamina, not paying attention to where I was steeping, I fell when I ran on top of soft sand. Lyra landed in front of me but I’m too tired to carry us too far. I turn to the blue mare with a killer look

“Wrong choose”. She moves her hoof and one of the metal poles from the twenty others align its aim. I was staring at death himself. I’m ganna die, I’m ganna die, I’m ganna die, repeatedly shouted in my head. Beating myself up for putting both of us in harm’s way. why can’t I never protect the people I want to keep safe. The feeling of warm never left but it grew stronger almost lighting a fire inside my body. When the spear was launch, I lift it my arm to cover my face and a tree snap falling in front of us, stopping the pole from making shish kabob out of us. The tree was big enough to cover us from Trixie sight.

“What, how?!” when she floated to the fallen tree. The girl and the minty pony disappeared “Whereee areee youuu?”. I made light noises while walking on the grassy plain with Lyra on my hands, making my way to a large wall of grass. Accidentally snapping a twig to the effect of Trixie turning my way and quickly aligning multiple poles and launching them at the same time. I made a run for it and close my eyes, waiting for the blow. Successfully making it to the big bush consuming me out of sight. Confused, how I’m I not dead?

”uggh, you insufferable little girl” Trixie approach the wall but never when in, deciding to shave off some leaf with the sharp pole but the grass was too thick to see through “It would be a real shame if I go back to Ponyville and trash the town for a bit” she said. I walk carefully to not cause more noise. I’m really tired, I can’t carry Lyra anymore, so I set her down on the floor making sure she was comfortable. Please wake up and tell me you’re ok, I don’t know what I would do if Lyra wasn’t here.

Plus, this Trixie girl treating not just my life but the life of many folks from the town and that’s unacceptable in my book. I don’t want to fight but right now I feel a fire on my soul to stand up for what’s right. Looking at the glowing small stone giving me a newfound hope to create magic just like my first night here in Ponyville. I open my hand and raised it and the small leaf and peddle rose from the ground. I manage to throw the peddle out by extending my arm.

This is the power I need to defend everyone who need a helping hand. Feeling powerful but not in control, it was like driving a car blindfolded. Lyra has been doing subtle movement for a while hopefully that means she’s waking up, I’m not strong enough to carry you or don’t have the stamina to outrun the hunter. Deciding that it be better if I fight Trixie head on but unlike my newfound powers I’m not going in blind, I have a theory on her magic but if I’m wrong, I’m going to end up impaled on a tree. There medium size rock I could use as projectile levitating wasn’t the problem, but calculating my shot would take a while, I was too slow in using magic, my chances of taking her down with a rock is low I need a better plan and more time.

I left Harp alone and exit the wall of grass exposing my vulnerable body. First, I need her to chase me, taking her away from Lyra. “You finally show- Hey!” I didn’t let her finish I ran in between tree raising a rock away from Trixie vision. “To you really think you-“ abruptly stopping when she saw an object going her way. The rock wasn’t nowhere near her, but she felt scared enough to move to the side, hitting herself with a tree branch. When I saw how the scene play out, I quickly had an idea.

Analyzing a new scheme for the tunnel vision mare. I need to concentrate if I wanted to perform multiple spell so I can’t be running around. I rose a couple rock but keep them hiding waiting for the opportunity to strike. I would show my body and stand still, almost taunting her to use her full strength, but that was the trick. I knew there was a reason for her not to attack me with an avalanche of rock or metal poles. She threw another pole, but I hid behind the tree, missing me. The pole bend and broke on impact, that another one down, popping my head from the other side and I commanded a couple small rock to fly toward her and successfully hitting her in different part of her body but it didn’t do a lot of damage. She groans with a look furious on her face.

“You think you could take me out all by yourself, I meet new and powerful friends and they have your head carve on a stick” when she finishes talking, she pushes the tree I was hiding behind breaking it. I fell but manage to roll out of the way before the thick piece of wood squish me. When I try to run, I was hit with a small piece of rock, the object flew and smack me on the shoulder bringing me back to the familiar scene of grass and dirt on my face. “When I take that crystal your holding, everyone who ever wrong me will perish. Starting with that town and your friends”. You got another thing coming if you think I’ll let you walk out of here. I stand my ground and got up, levitating the last big rock I could find behind me, this has to work.

“I gave you a change to hand it over but that ok, is more fun this way” launching one of the poles again. I raise my hand and stop the pole inches away from my face. I was angry this time and my face show my emotion. Trixie look scare when I manage to stop her magic, she put more force into the pole creating a struggle of power. The pole would move inches away and forward, almost touching my face. Loud noises from a cracking wood was hear from the tree next to Trixie but she ignored it. In a state of panic the blue mare launch a multitude of sharp pole. I stood still and waited for the poles to come toward me. When they got too close, the pole would disappear. Proving my theory true, there were illusion. She would cover the real object with images.

While she was distracted, I move the rock behind me sneakily over Trixie head and letting it drop. She hears the object swiftly falling and took shelter under the tree next to her. I couldn’t help but smile when all the pieces fall in the right place. The tree finish cracking and quickly fell. Trixie realized the tree falling but it was to late, she tries to fly away but was caught in one of the branches, knock down the mare. Getting stuck under the tree. I manage to push the pole away from my face letting the object drop.

The illusion of poles never stops but they were just that, images. One of the poles didn’t disappeared but it glare with the light. Thinking that it was weird for the object to fly at high speed and made a sharp sound of a bullet. Realizing that projectile was very much real, and it was heading directly to my head. It was too fast for me to actually do anything receiving the hit. the projectile made a loud ‘chink’ sound and the pole ricochet off my face. Sending my head straight to the floor making me roll a couple times, making my vision dizzy. When I try to get up, I would fall over and over until I lean to a tree and stood up.

I’m alive, yeah, I defiant death yet again. I laugh uncontrollably thought my muffle voice even if it hurt my head with every breath I took, I continue to laugh. One of the screws from the metal device fell out slowly breaking apart as I laugh. I swear lady luck was smiling above me. I walk to the unconscious blue pony and bend over to retrieve the necklace, hiding the object in my pocket.

When I got up, I saw a small line of blood shoot from my face. That’s weird, when I touch my face the metal device fell out. When I stare at the device falling to the ground, I saw my shirt cover in blood. That’s a lot of blood, but that’s ok, no one would care if I die anyways. At least nobody die thanks to this idiot. I slowly made my way to Lyra, I would wobble and occasionally hit a tree.

When I found Lyra, she was peacefully sleeping just like I left her. I manage to pick her up and walk with her. The walk was slow and silent and when we left the shadows of the forest, I saw Lyra eyes open staring at the strange girl. I felt bad covering the minty pony in my blood. When did she open her eyes? Is that blood? Where I’m I?

My legs gave out and I fell on my knees. The cute horsey in front of me look scared, kind of remember of… who was I talking about? The little mare was looking at me scared. I gave her a big smile “Don’t worry, I’ll keep you safe”. My voice was raspy, and it hurt when I spoke, but I carefully pick the words that felt true.

I don’t think I help her because she looks more terrified when I spoke. Animals are weird, what was I doing? Oh yeah, I’m tired so I probably need some rest. Letting her head fall first on the grass with the worry mint pony spring into action when the girl drops to the floor “Snuggle, Snuggle” calling out for her but she wasn’t responding. She bit the girl shirt and put her on the mare back. The weight of the human was a bit too much for Lyra but not impossible. Slowly running back to town with the injured girl.

Author's Note

A/N: I just realized i screw up again (That's nothing new) and i put chapter 11 on the 10 repeating the story oops, is fix now also i apologize if people get spam with story update i don't know if people get notification with every minute update and I do appreciated your patience.

I made a couple changes to some previews chapter but don't worry, i'll give you the details here.

In chapter 6: A Doctor Appetite and chapter 7: Two Pseudologist: The doctor (fauna) point out the glaring eyes of the girl and how she remember seen does hostile eyes somewhere but she doesn't explain where.

Chapter 11: Keep Your Friends Close...: i change one of the lines at the start of the chapter when the women randomly response to the girl saying - "i don't need validation" . Now the line is "why did you kill him?" again there no context for any of them but the scene plays out the same way.

Thanks for reading and again i'm sorry if sometime my second language is not as strong and I make dumb little mistake. I do try very hard to write something that people might enjoy.