“I have a tragedy going on right now,” Lyra announced as soon as I sat down at the lunch table. Derpy sat to my left while Lyra and Vinyl sat across from us. Derpy shot Lyra a concerned look.

“What’s going on?” Derpy asked.

“I’m bored.” The three of us let out a groan and glared at her. I thought something serious had happened, like a family member dying or something.

“Don’t scare me like that again,” Derpy grumbled. “I thought something serious had happened, like a family member dying or something.”

“How did you know I was thinking that?” I asked.

“Magic!” Lyra exclaimed. “She read your mind.” I rolled my eyes.

“Magic isn’t real Lyra,” I proclaimed. Derpy quickly poked my side and shook her head.

“Magic is real. Unicorns are real. Mythological creatures are real!” Lyra exclaimed excitedly.

“Now you’ve gone and done it,” Derpy whispered with a smile. I was getting the feeling this wasn’t the first time this had happened. Probably wouldn’t be the last either.

“I’m a firm believer in all things mythological. Nothing will change my mind so don’t even bother trying to stop me,” Lyra looked at us all.

“Sunset looks angry about something,” Vinyl nodded to the fiery haired girl. Her two lackeys were following her. I later learned that their names was Snips and Snails. That’s not important right now.

“She speaks?” I stared in shock at Vinyl. Lyra gave a chuckle.

“I know right? I almost had a heart attack when she first spoke to me. She’s quiet,” Lyra explained. Sunset stopped at a spiky green haired girl and yanked her up, giving her a shove. She quickly walked her to the bathroom. “Now this I wanna see. Let’s go.”

“I don’t know about this one Ly Ly,” Derpy said nervously. “I don’t think they’re going in the bathroom to hug it out.” Lyra rolled her eyes.

“What about you Bon Bon?” Lyra looked to me hopefully. I had finished my lunch so might as well go see what’s happening.

“Yeah let’s go.” We both stood up and walked to the bathroom.

“This should be entertaining,” Lyra rubbed her hands together as we walked into the bathroom. It was pretty empty except for one other girl, Sunset and the girl she took in there. Sunset delivered a quick punch to her stomach and she stumbled back against the stall with a cry. My eyes slightly widened, I hadn’t expected this of all things. Sunset punched the girl in the face repeatedly until she fell to the ground. I glanced at Lyra nervously and stared in shock at her cruel grin. This wasn’t the Lyra I been getting to know. Sunset gave the girl a quick kick to the stomach and knelt down, grabbing her face.

“Don’t fuck with me ever again. Do it again and I won’t hurt you. I’ll hurt your friend,” Sunset nodded to the other girl who had been watching with a hand over her mouth the whole time. “And you know I keep my promises.” The green haired girl gave a shaky nod as she wiped some blood off her mouth and nose. Sunset let go of her jaw and stormed out of the bathroom.

“That was entertaining,” Lyra whispered to me as the other girl helped her friend up and walked her out of the bathroom.

“What the heck just happened?” I asked. I’ve never seen a fight before in all my life.

“I’m assuming Cherry Crash did something to piss her off. She deserves to get her ass kicked in all honesty. I don’t like her,” Lyra grumbled.

“But why? What did she ever do to you?” I asked curiously.

“It’s complicated between me and her. She’s my ex,” Lyra admitted. I didn’t know Lyra was into girls so this was a surprise.

“You’re gay?” I asked cautiously.

“I’m bi. Not gay,” Lyra corrected. “Uh what about you?”

“I prefer females to be honest. Guys are okay I guess. I’ve never been with either nor have I ever dated anyone,” I admitted.

“Fascinating. What are you doing after school today?” Lyra asked with a thoughtful expression.

“Nothing. Homework most likely,” I answered.

“Wanna go out to a bar?”

“Lyra, we’re underage! We can’t!” I exclaimed. Lyra smirked and rolled her eyes.

“Not one of those bars silly. I mean there’s a karaoke bar that doesn’t serve any alcohol downtown near my house I like to go to. They allow minors in there and have really good security,” Lyra explained. “So no one does anything bad in there.”

“You can sing?” I asked in awe. I didn’t know much about the girl but I didn’t expect that.

“Of course. I’m a girl of many talents,” Lyra smirked. “Whaddaya say?”

“I’m down. I live downtown so I can just walk there. Text me the address,” I smiled. Lyra nodded before her eyes widened.

“We haven’t given each other our numbers yet,” Lyra whipped a black marker out of her pocket. “Hand please.” I held out my hand and Lyra quickly wrote down some numbers on it before putting the marker back. “I’ll text you the address. It’s a date then,” Lyra gave me a wink and she strode out of the bathroom. A date? I thought to myself nervously. Surely she misspoke.

“So who all attends this place?” I asked as we stood outside a building with a microphone on the side.

“Lots of people. Vinyl is the dj. She works here,” Lyra explained. “It’s how I get in for free. I’m friends with the owner, nice lady.”

“Interesting,” I shrugged. “I should get a job. I just help mom out in the candy store. Sometimes I work the register or stock the shelf or wrap the candies. I like making them the most.” Baking was probably the best part of the job.

“So how do you get paid then?” Lyra inquired.

“Mom just gives me the money as my allowance. Plus I’ll inherit the business one day,” I answered.

“Where is this candy store at?” Lyra asked.

“The big factory downtown. We live in the upstairs.” Lyra snapped her fingers.

“I know the place. Me and the others walk past it all the time. We watched them working on it for a few months,” Lyra nodded.

“Do we have to sing here or no?” I asked hesitantly.

“Nah. Some do, some don’t. It’s perfectly acceptable to just watch,” Lyra smirked as she held open the door. I gave a grateful nod as I stepped inside and stared in awe.

“Wow. That’s a nice building,” i commented. There was a stage with microphones and Vinyl was sitting on the stage with a laptop. Lyra gave me a wink.

“I know right?” Lyra smirked as she walked up to Vinyl and fist bumped her. Lyra had changed out of her normal ripped black jeans into a pair of normal ones and a long sleeve blue shirt. “You can sit anywhere. Just sit and watch.”

“Uh watch what?” Lyra picked up a microphone and gave Vinyl a quick nod who pressed a button on her laptop and music started playing.

“I could stay awake just to hear you breathing, watch you smile while you are sleeping. While you’re far away and dreaming. I could spend my life in this sweet surrender. I could stay lost in this moment forever. Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure,” Lyra sang and smiled at me. I’ve never heard anyone sing quite as good as this.

“Don’t want to close my eyes, I don’t want to fall asleep. Cause I’d miss you baby, and I don’t want to miss a thing. Cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream will never do. I’d still miss you baby, and I don’t want to miss a thing.” My cheeks turned faintly red.

“I don’t want to miss one smile. And I don’t want to miss one kiss. And I just want to be with you. Right here with you, just like this. And I just want to hold you close. I feel your heart so close to mine. And just stay here in this moment. For all the rest of time.”

“Don’t want to close my eyes, don’t want to fall asleep. Cause I’d miss you baby and I don’t want to miss a thing. Cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream will never do I’d still miss you baby and I don’t want to miss a thing.”

“Don’t want to close my eyes, don’t want to fall asleep. Cause I’d miss you baby qnd I don’t want to miss a thing. Cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream will never do I’d still miss you baby and I don’t want to miss a thing. Don’t want to close my eyes, I don’t want to fall asleep, yeah and I don’t want to miss a thing,” Lyra finished singing and gave a quick bow with a grin as the other people started clapping. I quickly joined in. Lyra set the mic down and sat next to me.

“That was spectacular Lyra,” I smiled at her.

“Thank you,” Lyra blushed slightly. “It wasn’t that good.”

“Are you kidding? That was amazing!” We stood up at the same time. Time flies when you’re having fun, feels like we just walked in here but it was hours later. I glanced at a girl with large orange poofy hair and a red gem around her neck curiously before we walked outside.

“So did you have fun?” Lyra asked as I heard a faint rustling in the bushes behind us.

“Yeah. It was fun.”

“I’m glad we got you a bit out of your shell,” Lyra commented as she hip bumped me. That was good and all but I had a quick question.

“Can I uh ask you a question?” I asked.

“You just did but go ahead,” Lyra smirked.

“You uhm called this a date back at school. Is this what that was or no?” I asked curiously. Lyra rolled her eyes and stepped to me. She gave me a quick kiss on the mouth and played with my hair a bit. My eyes widened as she stepped away and my cheeks were burning again as I heard the rustling sound again. She stepped away and smiled.

“Does that answer your question?” She asked. I gave a slow nod and she chuckled. “You should see your face right now. Absolutely adorable when you’re flustered. I’ll see you Monday at school Bon Bon. We really should do this again sometime soon.” She gave a wave as she started to walk away.

“Yes we should,” I said to myself as I walked to the car and opened the door, sitting next to mom.

“So who was that?” Mom grinned.

“A friend from school,” I replied. Mom raised an eyebrow.

“Didn’t look like just a friend to me,” she commented.

“It’s the truth,” I answered. In all honesty, I didn’t know what to feel or why I had a weird feeling in my chest and stomach. Mom maintained her teasing grin.

“If you say so.”

Author's Note

In one of the sequels to this, I mentioned Sunset beating Cherry Crash up so figured I'd show it. Story has a lot of things connecting and explaining things in my other stories in this universe. Like Derpy offering so quickly to sunset etc. Enjoy!

I don't own any rights to the song used. All rights belong to Aerosmith. https://youtu.be/T-doQhcwDS8