Being Lyra

"Lyra, help!" I could hear her say in screams of terror.

There was nothing I could do but watch her fall to her doom. No, I won't let this happen. A sound chimed as my horn started to glow, and then Bon Bon started to glow as well. Bon Bon then started levitating in midair and stopped screaming. Soon enough, she floated back on up.

"I suppose we could consider this as one piece of good news and two pieces of bad news," Bon Bon said as she landed peacefully onto the surface of the ground.

"The good news is: You now know how to use Lyra's levitation spell. The first piece of bad news is: Lyra's memory and life force are draining at an incredibly faster rate than I anticipated. The last bit of bad news is: we're running out of time, that crazy doctor said you'd permanently become Lyra if we fail to stop the takeover, not even Celestia's magic would help after you've finished. I just hope Celestia can restore what you had already taken from Lyra, you seemed pretty confident about her before," she continued.

"I don't know what you're talking about and I still don't even know why were in the everfree forest, it's dangerous out here," I replied.

All she could let out in reply was a huge sigh, I had a feeling she would do that.

"Look, thanks for saving me, but the only reason why it's hard for you to think is because you're not really Lyra, you only think you are. You currently have the memory of two different ponies, Lyra and Shane, mostly Lyra, now before you lose the memory of me telling you this, we need to get to Canterlot to revive you two into to your former selves before you end up completely taking over her memory, body, and life force," she responded.

"What are you talking about, of course I am Lyra! Bon Bon, are you implying that I am not the one who you spent an endless amount of time together?" I asked turning my head in sorrow.

"I am sorry, but no, you are not, you only have the memory of that happening, you never really did it, the real Lyra I know did it," she said putting her right fore-hoof over my shoulder, trying to sympathize me.

"If I am not Lyra, then who am I?" I asked.

"Your name is Shane; at least that is what you told me earlier today. Now, we need to work together to sort this out, we're going to Canterlot to help you, but we have to go to Dodge Junction in order to do so, and I need every bit of your help I can get," she responded.

"Bon Bon, I appreciate your honesty, despite my small amount of disbelief towards your claim and my mind tricking me into thinking I am not who I really am, my heart tells me that you're right and we should just move forward," I replied gathering my thoughts together.

"Well, we should get a move on; we only have 5 days, including today, to get to Canterlot. The next train to Canterlot leaves tomorrow afternoon and it is only a three day trip. If we can make it on time then we might have a whole day to get things sorted out," she stated.

"Right," I replied.

As dark and scary as the forest was, it wasn't as bad as I thought. I was surprised that we have not encountered a single creature that inhabited the forest. Half of the creatures have got to be nocturnal, so there is no reason for them to not be out and about.

"If we continue to stay on the outer regions of the forest, we should be fine, however it might take longer to get to the other side," Bon Bon said.

Alright, that answers my question; however it is still too hard for me to take all this in. Was my purpose to destroy a somepony's life? Why was I truly born as a pony before or was I made as a mental disease?

After nearly 16 hours of walking around in the forest later...

"Bon Bon, are we almost there yet? My hooves are getting sore," I stated.

"We should be a couple of hours away, we should camp here and wait until morning arrives, and continue tomorrow. I'm going to go look for some twigs or logs to start a fire. I won't be too far away, so call me if you need me," Bon Bon said as she wandered off into the woods.

It was not too long until she got back with a stack of logs, sticks, and twigs.

"Unfortunately, we can't use leaves to help us light it or it would give away our position to not only creatures in the forest but also any pegasi that doctor hired to scour the skies for us. For now, I'll agree to calling you Lyra, but don't get any bright ideas. 'Lyra', be a dear and rub these logs together via levitation?" she said walking over to me and placing the logs on the ground.

I quickly swiped several logs together in midair, sparked one of the logs on fire, placed the logs on the ground, and let the fire slowly spread to the other logs.

"Bon Bon, why do you suppose I am, or rather my mind, is doing this?" I asked.

"I was just about to ask you the same question, however it's quite obvious that you are not fully responsible, so don't be ashamed of yourself," she replied.

"Thanks, Bon Bon, now I think I'm going to hit the hay," I said as I yawned.

"Alright, I'll just watch the fire, I brought a few blankets from the hospital in case if you needed them, I guess you can have them now, just remember that you're most likely not going to wake up until two days from now, the other Lyra will wake up instead," she said as she pulled a red thick blanket out.

I lay out the blanket and slowly close my eyes and drift the night away. After a while, I could feel something cuddling up against me, it was Bon Bon. Was she that desperate for attention or was she more worried about the comfort of what I haven't taken from Lyra? How is the other Lyra going to fare on getting to the train tomorrow with her lack of knowledge to speak, interpret what other ponies are saying, using magic, how to eat or sleep, or even walk? I let it slide and continued to sleep.