Lyra oversleep yet again, to find the house empty. That strange, she knew Bree has been pulling jokes on me lately but the house was prank free. She been difficult to deal since we got back from Our Town but she finally caved in and said she’ll go to Fluttershy today. Harp when back to ‘their’ room because the girl broke her bed which still irk the mare, but she will live with it. She views where they sleep and next to the bed stood a small wooden table which she approaches. Lyra picks up the first thing that caught her attention, it was the book that Bree stole from twilight. I really should take this back, I feel terrible keeping something like this from a friend but Bree really love this book, even if she too lazy to properly read it.

Leaning against the table was the staff we took from Starlight, I don’t feel that bad from keeping something this dangerous away from her. I joke about teleporting from Our Town to Ponyville but Bree said that no one is going to use this thing, I wanted to ask why but I was too tired to get into any argument. In the floor she found Trixie necklace with a weird designed. We have too many dangerous items on the house and we have encounter two dangerous ponies.

Maybe Starlight had a point I should talk to Bree about stopping this magic stuff. I think is cool and I always wanted to learn spells but I don’t want me or one of my friends getting hurt because of it. Lyra grab her bag and took twilight book with her. She locks the door the best she could and roams the town looking for the girl, walking passes a couple stallion with applejack fixing the crater left by Trixie attacks. Watching the accident gave her an idea of how to find the girl. Lyra got some exercise while visiting Café Hay.

I’ll pay a visit to Bon Bon knowing that today is a slow day and because kind of owe her one for ditching her for the last two days. The pink stripe mare was outside with her uniform while taking care of an angry costumer. When I draw close, I invaded on their dispute “I refuse to buy another one when mine was stolen” the earth pony said.

“I’m sorry Cheerilee but does are the rules” Bon Bon explain. Cheerilee was an earth pony with a cerise coat and pink mane with a lighter pink stripe and three flowers for her cutie mark

“But it wasn’t me, it was that human” she complains. Harp recognized that this was most likely Bree doing, she knew that her human could be a continues headache but it was still my responsibility. Bon Bon saw me closing in and call my name.

“Harp… what bring you here?” she asks with worrisome. Cheerilee discern the human owner and pointed a hoof.

“You, your human stole my coffee” The pink mare stated her disdain.

Lyra sigh before answering “I’m sorry, how much was it?” I ask her but Bon Bon attended the angry customer.

“Cheerlie could you wait inside, I’ll ask Minuette to make you another one” she told the pony who huff and made her way to Café Hay. Bon Bon focus on the shy mare who avoided eye contact “So rockstar, you didn’t show up”

“I had to do something with Bree that night, it was out of the blue” Harp said while rubbing her forearm.

“Yeah but you didn’t look for me when you came back?” she ask.

“I was scared that you might be angry with me” Harp confess.

“Well, I am angry with you, angry that you haven’t apologized yet” Bon Bon answer back to the shy pony who finally look at her.

“That is? You just want an apology?” Harp ask clueless but her friend stay quite with a serious expression. “Ok your right, I should of come to you as soon as I got back but I didn’t and I’m sorry” Lyra said prepared herself for whatever was coming just to hear Bon Bon crack up with laughter making the minty pony confused.

“See, all I needed was an apology, no reason to be so serious about everything” Bon Bon said

“I really through you were going to give me hell”

“Nope, I understand that you and Bree have your own thing to do but remember that I’m always close if ever need anything, also the coffee was three bits”

“Oh the coffee, yeah” Lyra poke her head inside her bag and brought back the bits in her mouth. Bon Bon grew a frisky smile leaning her head forward leaving Harp petrified, she opens her mouth slowly approaching Lyra’s, biting the bits centimeter away from lip to lip contacts. Harp hid her blush with a cough. “Well, umm, It was good to see you but I was actually looking for Bree” Lyra said embarrassed.

Her friend eyebrow raise and she open her mouth letting the bits fall on her hooves “Oh yea, I saw her heading outside of town, maybe Fluttershy house”. It makes sense, I did show her where Fluttershy live and today she did say she’ll go but I was worry knowing how hot-headed Bree could get and how sensitive Flutter is. “Thanks but I really should hurry up” taking a couple steps back but stop to ask the mare in front her a question “Wait, you told me you had a gift for me?”

“You almost receive it” Bon Bon said entering the Café Hay, leaving Harp confused however she had no time to spear and ran through the city. On her way there she hears two ponies talking about thing magically combust. Making her pick up speed reaching the edge of the city and looking at the distant. She could see a tree full of bird and animals roaming around. She reaches her old friend house spooking the chickens around the lot. Next to the door a head peeks out of the window barely visible.

“Lyra, are you alone?” a soft-spoken voice muffle through the window.

“Yeah, why do you ask?” Harp responded hoping not to get the answer she was expecting.

“Well, I was feeding my chicken when a human appears out of nowhere and she just stare at me” she said disappearing from the window and opening the door. Fluttershy is a pegasus pony with a yellow coat and pink mane and has three pink butterflies for a cutie mark.

“Did she just stare at you” Lyra ask.

“No, she suddenly chase me around my yard and I manage to get inside my house and lock the door but she keep hitting it, I just don’t understand how a scary human made it to Ponyville” Flutter said scanning her surroundings for the human.

“That would be me, she actually my human” Lyra regretfully admitted, leaving Flutter mortify to have spoken I’ll will of a friend pet.

“D-did say scary, I mean to say… different?” she sheepishly try to make the mare in front of her feel better. Lyra chuckle knowing that Fluttershy is a really good friend.

“I was planning on taking my human here for you to check up on her if you’re still willing to meet up” Harp ask with hopeful eyes.

“I don’t know?” Flutter lower her head.

“I know that my human can be scary but that because… she full of energy and she really playful” Harp did a half-true.

“Really?” the shy mare question.

“I swear, she the nicest person you’ll ever meet” Harp said with sincerity.

“Well, every human I meet have been nice, so I guess that be all right”

“That perfect thanks you so much, but have you seen where my human when” Lyra anticipating her answer.

“I think she when back to town” Flutter spoke softly.

“Ok thanks!” Harp wave goodbye as she speeds back to down to Ponyvile and luckily enough it wasn’t set on fire. She advances toward the center of town to find Cloud and Derpy by the fountain. I proceeded to walk towards my friends, but I noticed that Hooves face had doodles, draw glasses and a little mustache. Clouds was helping hooves get clean up with a wet rag. “Hey guys” Harp happily greeted.

“Lyra, I miss you so much!” Derpy almost jump from her spot but was halt by Clouds who didn’t look very pleased to see.

“I was only out for one day” Lyra joke.

“But I still miss you so much!” Derpy put her hoofs up to be dramatic. “Also have you seen my marker, I lend it to Snuggle but I think she took it by accident” she explains. Lyra facehoof knowing that not even Hooves was safe from this girl wrath.

“No I haven’t seen your marker, I’ll see if Bree has it” Both of them seen confused by the random name I threw out. “I change Snuggle name” I announce. Derpy look visually upset at the news.

“Aww, but I like Snuggle” Derpy whine.

“Muffin close your eyes and scrub your face, I need to talk to Lyra” Clouds said while handing a wet piece of scrap.

“Ok!” she loudly yell. Picking up the rag to scour her face. Clouds flew next to me moving me away from Derpy.

“Look Clouds I’m sorry I didn’t make it to the pegasus race” Harp said but Clouds keep her disapproving mannerism.

“I don’t care if you didn’t make it to the pegasus run but I have a couple thing to tell you” she step over Lyra personal space and look at Derpy, making sure she had her eyes close “When you first show up I was worry, Muffin told me you just disappeared from Ponyville leaving her alone, but you just show up one day and everything is fine and dandy” Clouds said with a frown plaster in her face.

“I don’t understand” Lyra took a couple step back.

“Then I’ll spell it out, frankly I don’t like you and I don’t care if you like me but when you left it hurt Muffin. I meet her one day in school when she started to cry out of nowhere and I try to comfort her, that how we became friend. Now that your back all she talks about is you and this human. You should have seen how excited she was when she told me you were going to the race. She want it to take picture of all her friend but when never show up… I wish you could of seen the look on her face” Clouds spill out her guts to the pony standing in front of her.

“I-I don’t know what to say…” Harp voice drop to what felt like a downhearted speech. Clouds seen angrier by response making her put her hoof on the minty pony chest.

“You wanna know the worst part, not once since you been back have you apologized to Derpy, and what I hate the most is how much she looks up to you when your such a pushover who can’t even control her human!” Clouds push Lyra back to prove a point. Harp didn’t know how to response to the angry mare. No matter what I say or do it won’t help defuse the situation so she when with the next best thing.

“Your right” Harp admitted pausing for a second. “About everything, I haven’t been a good friend and worst yet I haven’t taking responsibility for a lot of my mistake, because I’m scare of getting in trouble” Harp said sounding defeated.

“And you should be, if you ever hurt her again I’ll make sure it hurt you more” Clouds threaten. Lyra took the conversation very serious which the pagasus appreciated “Apologized to Muffin when she doesn’t look like a clown, thanks to your human”. The angry mare flew back towards Derpy and took the rag off her face. Clouds face switch instantly forming a huge smile and softer eyes “Muffins I won’t allow you to carry any more permanent marker”

“But I need them for my job” Derpy whine with a little mustache in her face. Clouds laugh while scooting over next to her friend, putting the scrap of cloth on the fountain. She slowly started to wipe away the doodle on the mare.

“Look their smoke on the air” Lyra hear a random pony say. The minty pony sigh knowing that her human could be behind the fire

“Someone call Dash” another voice said, Harp was staring at Clouds and saw her huff when Rainbow Dash name pop out. Lyra walk away silently to not bring any attention to herself just to see ponies pointing upward. It a smoke line coming from outside town too far away from Fluttershy house making Harp sigh in relieve. She knew where she was, but I can’t go there yet. I need to do first.

She stroll until she centers on Twilight home and stood next to the tree, knocking on the door. After a while the bookworm answers the door with the ever so friendly smile “Lyra, how are you?”. The kindness Twilight presented made the next part more difficult.

“I’m sorry” was the first word I blurt out. Twilight was taking back and scratches her head.

“Is this a prank?” She replies. Harp put the bag on the ground and reveal Twilight missing book, putting it on the floor next to the owner.

“I… stole this book a while back but I want to return it and apologize” Lyra admitted. The bookworm stare at the book and back to me with a neutral expression. “I know that an apology is not enough so if you want to report me to the authority, I’ll unde-“ she was cut off by Twilight laugh, jolting the minty pony. “W-what?” she asks confused.

“I knew it, but I almost didn’t want it to believe it” she said with a smile on her face.

“Wait, you knew?” Harp reply confused.

“Yes, you wanting to learn magic and then my magic training book disappeared, it doesn’t take a detective to figure it out” she joke.

“So, you knew all along, why didn’t you say anything?” I responded.

“I knew you were going to return it” Twilight said while picking the book and putting it back on the bag leaving Lyra perplex.

“No, that your Twi”

“Yeah, and you have to promise me you’ll return it one day. It makes me proud to see somepony studying so hard, how could I take that away. also, I would love to have a spar partner sometime” she said with a smile. Lyra offer a weak smile back and nod. “Actually, I want to ask you something for a while, trusting you’ll answer honestly” Twilight asks with a very serious tone.

“Ok” Harp answer with little confidence.

“Princess Celestia send me a couple magical items for me to make a report but when it was time to return it, one of them was missing. You wouldn’t happened to know where it is?” she asks withdraw from any emotion. Lyra stair back knowing exactly what she meant but would I answer honestly.

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Lyra made it to the old unused stadium overrun with grass roots. She would enter through an open dark corner and advance to the field. In the middle of the yard were a couple burning wooden chair stack up. Bree was by the stands sitting by her lonesome with her usual cloth. Harp move to the stairs watching her steps on the slimy roots splatter on the stairs with Bree footprint. Making her way to the stands where she finally meets with the human.

Bree stare at her for a while sitting on the plastic blue chair while Lyra close near her waiting to see what happened. Harp imagine seen the girl mischievous smile or laugh at the chaos she been causing but no, she looks like she been crying her eyes out. The girl rubs her eyes and extended her arm to rib the vine of the chair next to her, cleaning it for her friend to sit. “Hey” Lyra said while taking a chair.

“Hey… you look upset” Bree said.

“Yeah I am” Lyra admitted. She took her bag off on set it up next to her chair.

“Want to talk about it?” the girl said while putting her leg up on the chair.

“I been dealing with the aftermath of your pranks all day, one pony gave me a hard time but she was right, I need to change, be more asserted. I was thinking of coming here an scream at you but I think that would be counterproductive” Lyra replies calmly.

“You can still yell at me, if it make you feel any better” Bree answer while brushing her hair. Harp reflected on the human offer but she shook her head.

“No, we’ll talk more about it later, but you look pretty upset too, want to talk about it?” Lyra ask carefully to not sound forcibly.

“I don’t know, things are confusing in my head like…” she started to say but her voice drop and so did her shoulder like she was giving up. Bree gaze fell to her arm to look at the crystal “Harp, could you tell me about the queen”

“You mean the princess” Harp corrected with a neutral expression.

“You don’t have kings or queens” Bree ask.

“No, we have three princesses but Princess Celestia rules Equestria” Lyra responded. The girl stays silent surveying the fire at the stadium waiting for the mare to continue. “Celestia is the kindest and pretty’s mare of the lands and her generosity is only match by her undying love for her loyal subjects” Harp answer.

“Sound like a lotta bull” the girl sprouts out without thinking. “Sorry” she quickly apologized.

“Don’t be, I truly believe most of what they taught us in school and everyone who ever meet her only talks about how amazing and gorgeous she is but” Harp hesitated on her words knowing that the next couple thing that would come out of her mouth will go against everything they ever taught her, but she was serious when she said she was going to change. Say the thing that might scared her the most. “Bree, to you know anything about the war”

“No, this is the first time I hear about it” she said. Harp tired eyes gaze at the fire and lean back getting comfortable.

“In school we learn a lot about Celestia history but in history books you learn the nitty-gritty detail. When the princess was born, Equestria was ruthless, only the strongest survive and ponies where at the bottom of the food chains. One day Celestia village was attack by monsters and it was obliviate. Years later she rose up with her sister by her side and she didn’t just fight monster she slayed them. Celestia told stories of the slaughter her village face, inspiring ponies of all kind to unit creating the foundation of civilization” Harp explain. Bree was absorbed by her friend tale.

“So there where monster?” the girl asks.

“Supposedly but Equestria had many years of peace that is until the war, I’m not sure you could call it a war when it was one-sided. Anyways, Princess Celestia became a symbol of hope and progress but not everyone felt that way” Harp explain.

“You mean other ponies like Our Town?” Bree reply.

“No, it written that Celestia wrote rules for every nations and other races, they needed to comply or they would be consider a threat”

“Did anyone refuse the princess?”

“Lots, but none of them were as vocal as the yaks. I never seem one in person but in the pictures, they look like big, hairy oxen. In books they wrote that yaks are very proud of their culture and they refuse bend the kneed which cause Celestia to personally visit their lands and... make an example of them” Harp said.

“Did she take an army of ponies?”

“No, Celestia single handily wipe out the largest population at the time, the yaks. Later the griffons join the centaurs and minotaur’s to live far away from the mainland but they refuse to live under Celestia enforcement and they meet the same fate. Other ponies fought for the right of individualism, denying the princess term but they were exile” Harp finish speaking leaving the girl eyes glue to her.

“I set the chair on fire, I did it so I can recreate Starlight spell but I can’t do it” Bree change the topic seen that it upset her friend.

“Funny” the minty pony said while taking the spell book out and putting it on the girl lap “I told Twilight that I stole the book”. Bree was confused because she still had it. “She told me I could keep it as long as it used with it intended purposed. Bree, if your serious about learning magic I’m all in”. Bree eyes glow with excitement.

“Really! Your going to help me!” the girl raises her voice with eagerness.

“Under one condition” Lyra warn.

“Anything!”

“You have to apologize-“ Harp jump back when the girl grabs her in a tight hug.

“Sorry, sorry, sorry-“ But Bree was cut off when Lyra try to detach herself from the girl, putting her forearm on her face. The pony realize that Bee took off her bandage and all she had was a small scar on one of her cheek.

“Not me dummy” Harp squeak leaving the girl bemuse. She releases her friend and set down. “I want you to apologize to Twilight, Fluttershy, Derpy, Clouds and everyone you hurt”

“Excuse me, did you forget that I’m a human that talks and no one is supposed to know that” Bree sneer. Lyra expression soften and her gaze fell on the fire again.

“I know… I try so hard to please other and make everyone happy but I feel like I take one step forward and two steps back. All I ask is for you to one day, not today, not tomorrow, not this year, but one day for you to remember and say sorry” Harp said in earnest. The girl crosses her arm and she put on the toughest face she could muster. Lyra sigh knowing that the girl is strong headed.

“Fine!” Bree declares. Harp was taking back with by the seriousness in her voice. The girl got up and pointed a finger to her mare friend “I’ll take your offer but in return, you have to become my teacher!”. Lyra was surprised but happy to see Bree in a positive light. She smiles and extended her hoof.

“Deal” she said expecting a hoofshake but she receives a fist bump instead. “What was that?” Lyra asks looking at her hoof.

“Is call a fist bump, and that how were greeting from now on” Bree answer.

“Ok” she responded still perplex. “Where did you learn that?”

“Why do you always ask so many questions?” Bree said in her diva voice. Lyra couldn’t help but smile.

“You’re unbelievable” The brief moment of silent was disturb when Bree laugh and Lyra quickly follow. They laugh loudly Blissfully unaware of a single cloud floating in the clear blue sky.

A certain colorful rainbow hair pony would stare at the couple as they laugh. Rainbow dash was at disbelieve from what she hears, a human talking. She remembers seen that girl in Twilight house, she was kind of cute. the mare quickly shook her head for having weird thought. Dash poke her head catching a glance of the pair before hiding again letting the cloud go with the flow. She lay on her back and watch the sky.

Author's Note

A/N : Sorry for disappearing on you, I was trying to fix as many error as I could but nevertheless as punishment i wrote the first two prologue on the other story and i'm outlining the 3rd story. Now It back to the normal schedule - every week.