Kyra II

Daisy opened her front door as Kyra entered in behind her. She stood in the living room and looked around. To the right was a large window behind a couch, set across from a fireplace. There was a hall to the left and the kitchen seemed to be next door.

"Not bad," Kyra said as she stepped into the hall and headed down. On her left was the bedroom and on the right was the bathroom.

She made her way into the bedroom with Daisy following close behind. The demon then climbed onto the bed and rolled onto her back with a deep sigh.

“Oh, that feels nice,” Kyra sighed. “So much better than sleeping under a pile of rocks.” The room was unsettlingly quiet. Kyra lifted her head to see the mare standing by the doorway. Smiling, she rolled over onto her belly. “You know what would look fantastic on a cute mare like you?” Daisy stared at her before shrugging. “Socks.”

“S-Socks?” Daisy asked, confused.

Kyra nodded. “Yeah, maybe, uh… silver and black striped socks.”

“Silver and black?” Daisy asked.

The demon sighed as she rested her head. “I’ve always liked that color combo.”

Daisy took a step forward. “What about red and gold?”

Kyra tilted her head with a smile. “What gave you that idea?”

"Well..." Daisy began. "you're red and... your eyes are golden-ish. Maybe yellow. So..."

Kyra's eyes flashed red as she giggled eerily. "Mmm... Red and gold socks for my sexy little plaything," she cooed deviously. "I like it." Daisy blushed and averted her eyes. "Tell me. Are you afraid?"

The pale magenta mare hesitated before looking the demon in the eyes. "Yes, but..."

A grin spread across Kyra's face. "But?"

"But safe," Daisy finished.

The demon just smiled before sitting up. "Good. Because, as long as you obey, you are safe. Now, let's head out. You got things to do, I'm sure, and I want to see Ponyville again. It's been so long, after all."

Twilight waited in the library, pacing back and forth. A few minutes passed before the door opened and the others came in.

“Got ‘em all!” Pinkie exclaimed triumphantly.

“Is it true?” AJ asked, taking off her hat. “Kyra’s back?”

The unicorn nodded. “Pretty sure, but no proof yet. The only lead I have is Daisy and that Derpy said she saw Kyra by the mountain.”

Before anyone could say anything else, the door opened and in walked Luna. “Have you seen her?”

“I did,” Derpy said as she took a step towards the alicorn. “She looked hurt. But, I’m the only one who saw her.”

“Maybe not,” Twilight said with a smile.

Luna gave Derpy a smile before looking at the purple mare. “What do you mean?”

“Daisy was saved by, who we’re assuming is, Kyra,” Twilight explained. “If Daisy saw her, Kyra could be using her house as a place to hide.”

“Then, she could be torturing Daisy,” Derpy pointed out. “Like me.”

The room went completely silent. They all knew they couldn’t send help without causing more bloodshed. Kyra may not be active right now, but they couldn’t risk provoking her. Twilight cleared her throat to break the silence.

“I’ll swing by Daisy’s,” the purple unicorn said. “She has a pretty big window in front of her house. I’ll make a pass, take a glance inside, and keep walking. If I notice Kyra, I’ll avoid eye contact and pretend to not see her.”

“That is extremely risky, Twilight,” Luna said worriedly.

Twilight nodded. “I know, but… it’s the only way.”

Daisy joined Roseluck and Lilly at their flower stand, the two mares immediately jumping her with questions.

"What happened?" Asked Roseluck.

"Yeah, who saved you?" Lilly chimed in.

"Relax, you two," Daisy sighed. "Everything's okay. I'm fine. I just... had an interesting morning."

Kyra made her way through Ponyville, keeping an eye out for Twilight and her friends. As she trotted, she saw two ponies by the large fountain at the town’s center. They seemed happy. Kyra tilted her head in confusion before making her way over. When the mint green unicorn spotted her, she smiled lightly.

“Hello,” She greeted.

Kyra stood behind them, her eyes darting back and forth between them. “What are you two doing?”

Both mares looked at each other before looking at the red mare again. "We're on a... date?" The minty one said with a light smile.

"A date," Kyra repeated. She knew what a date was as her sister went on dates with her marefriend quite often. She just never understood love and something was now intriguing her about the subject, despite her not knowing why. "Are you... having fun?"

"Of course," the unicorn giggled. "We always have fun together. And, our dates are never boring."

"I see..." the demon muttered. "So, you're... happy?"

The unicorn's face remained the same as she nodded. "So, what's your name?"

The red mare opened her mouth to say her name before stopping. She knew she couldn't let them know her name or Twilight and the others may find out. "Amber," she replied, before turning and trotting away.

"Oh, well, nice to meet you, Amber," the unicorn called back. "I'm Lyra." When the red mare didn't respond, she just shrugged and went back to her date.

Kyra walked away from the fountain, taking one more look back at Lyra and her date. "Happy."

She then found herself thinking about whether or not she was happy. As she walked, she past by the shops and saw the flower ponies, among them being Daisy. When the pale magenta mare spotted the demon, she smiled lightly and waved. Kyra stopped and slowly raised a hoof. Instead of waving, she just held her hoof up before looking at it, wondering why this all mattered to her now. Never before had she given relationships a thought, be it a loving one or a friendly one.

“Kyra?” Daisy asked loudly, making the demon snap back to reality. “You okay?”

The red mare eyed her and then the ground. “I’m… okay.”

“Just okay?” Daisy asked with a smile. “Wanna wait for me at home and we can… talk about it?”

“Why are you being nice to me?” Kyra asked, avoiding eye contact.

Daisy’s smile slowly faded. “Because, I can see the good in every pony. And, I see good in you, too.”

“But, I…” Kyra started to blurt out. “What about what I did? What that stallion was going to do?”

“True, that some fail to see the good in themselves, like that stallion,” Daisy explained. “But, here you are, having a conversation with me and I haven’t seen a single drop of blood all day.

Kyra wanted to say something but ended up sighing instead. “I’ll see you back home.”

As the demon left, Rose walked up to Daisy. "Who's that?" She asked with a smirk. "Is someone in love?"

"N-No," Daisy weakly protested as she blushed. "We just..."

Roseluck let out a gasp. "Was she the one who saved you?"

Daisy was about to refuse, but sighed. "Saved me, yes. But, not the one that killed the stallion."

"Oh, there were two saviors, huh?" Rose asked.

Daisy sighed. "Can we just drop it. That mare is... cute, I'll give her that. And, maybe... I could give her a chance."