The Agents of SMILE and the Case of the White Rabbit

Lyra was sitting down at her favorite place to eat at the Burger Barn. She got an invitation from Bon Bon to meet her here at noon. The mare was waiting in anticipation, wondering if Bon Bon was going to stay in Ponyville. The anticipation made her antsy as she squirmed in her seat, unable to sit still. But after what felt like an eternity she spotted Bon Bon coming over, looking rather cheery as she skipped over towards her and chirped, “Hey Lyra!”

“Hey, Bon Bon!” she chirped and waved a hoof as the earth pony skipped over to her and the earth pony plopped her flank across from her. The agent was brimming with anticipation of their meeting, and she cried, “So I got good news!”

“What is it!?”

Bon Bon looked around, making sure no one overheard, and then exclaimed, “I'm going to be permanently involved in operations here in Ponyville!"

The unicorn couldn’t believe her ears and squealed, “That means you're staying!”

Bon Bon gave a few nods and added, “Yeah, and the best part is that I got promoted to head agent of Ponyville!”

“Oh wow, you're really moving up, huh?”

“Yeah, my boss is so cool anyway. I just wanted to say that I, um…over the past few months since being assigned to Ponyville, I’ve grown to really enjoy your company.”

Lyra blushed, and her heart fluttered in her chest, and she said, “I as well. You’ve always been there for me, and I haven't met a pony who I liked more.”

The earth pony’s cheeks flushed red, and they said, “And um…I thought since we were becoming such good friends, I thought that maybe we are starting to become more than friends…”

There was a long pause as a waiter came over and coughed. The two quickly gave their orders, and as their waiter left. The unicorn mare was taken aback and replied, “Well, I was thinking the same thing!? I mean…we’ve spent so much time together, but? I didn’t know you saw me like that?”

“Well, the truth is I’ve had feelings for you for a while, but this job that I do is dangerous, and I didn’t want you to get hurt.”

Lyra started to feel tears filling her eyes as she placed a hoof on her chest and whispered, “Bon Bon.”

The earth pony held out a hoof and said, "The name is Sweetie Drops. Bon Bon is my alias.”

The unicorn was rather surprised to see another secret about the pony she loved stung a bit and then replied, “Okay, Sweetie Drops, listen. I am so happy you decided to tell me the truth about your secret life. If you hadn’t, I would’ve had to say no to us being more than friends.”

The earth pony sighed in relief, “Well, from here on out, no more secrets.”

“Okay, so what do your new duties entail?”

“Well, I’ll know every agent currently in Ponyville, and we are going to work together as a team. But Twilight Sparkle and her new friends seem more than capable of handling anything big. We’ll just handle cleaning up any mess they leave for us.”

“I'm sure. I guess that means you’ll have a lot more free time on your hooves.”

Sweetie Drops leaned in, put a hoof on her, and said, “I want to spend every minute with you.”

Lyra touched a hoof to her chest, “That’s so sweet, d…do…you wana?”

Despite the unicorn’s inability to finish her stance, Sweetie Drops blinked, and then she heard Lyra reply, “Kiss?”

She leaned in, and they held each other in their embraces, closing their heads as they finished and broke away. Lyra rubbed a hoof over her cheek, still taken aback by the kiss and whispered, “That was awesome.”

“Yeah, it most definitely was,” She gave her another peck on the cheek and got up. “So, I don’t think I have anything else on my schedule. Did you want to do anything?”

“Wana just hang out on a bench and talk?”

“Sure,” Sweetie Drops snickered as the two got up to go over to a nearby park bench just to hang out. The two mares finished their food, paid their tab, and trotted off together to spend the rest of the day together.

As the next day came, Sweetie Drops was still reeling from her date with Lyra. As she entered her quaint little home, she had a small table filled with snacks set up as she decided to meet with her new agents. She now was going over the Agents in Ponyville; one was a snazzy-looking gentlecolt from Trottingham, his Code name Time Turner, true name Doctor Whooves, an Agent and an expert scientist with a knack for inventions and gadgets; he has several Ph. D.s in Physics and Chemistry.

The next on her list of agents, a grey coated pegasus flying into the room, her code name is Derpy, a pegasus from Cloudesdale. Her true name is somthing she doesn’t wish to disclose, the bubbly-looking pegasus she doesn’t look like much, but she’s one of the best delivery ponies in Equestria and will prove useful if their magic watch doesn’t work.

Then there’s Urtica, the changeling. Her code name is Pencil Pusher. Despite her nerdy appearance, Urtica is quite knowledgeable of Changeling's history and has a vast understanding of Ponyville’s history and the ponies. It is only second to Pinkie Pie. These three were undoubtedly an odd group, but they all contributed to Ponyville’s security without any pony knowing, and she respected all of them.

They were all standing by in her room as she cleared her throat. They all turned to her, and she smiled, “Hello. My name is Agent Sweetie Drops, and as of today, I am now head of the Agency of SMILE in Ponyville.”

There was a short round of applause, and then Derpy looked up and asked, “So, um? I have to ask if you said there would be free muffins.”

Sweetie sighed, pointing to a table filled with snacks and a basket full of muffins just for the muffin-living pegasus. Derpy clapped her hooves in delight as she went to eat her fill. As the Doctor and Urtica also went over and smacked as well and they started making small talk, she decided to hold off. After her fellow agents ate their fill, Sweetie Drops turned and said, “Well, now that I have your attention, we need to discuss what our mission parameters are while keeping Ponyville safe.” She turned to Urtica and asked, “Can you take it from here?”

“Certainly!” the changeling chirped. She then pushed her glasses up her nose and said, “Well, first, it seems Twilight and her friends are more than capable of handling any major foes. The only thing we need to concern ourselves with is the incident regarding the mysterious bookstore you mentioned.”

“Yes, that,” Sweetie Drops grumbled, as she had no leads on that. She continued, “As of now, it’s a mystery with no leads, so it's not something I'm really that concerned about.”

Doctor Whooves paused and said, “On the contrary, I believe that it is something we need to consider! The fate of Equestria could hinge on this anomaly.”

Urtica nodded and said, “I agree with the doctor; we can’t just leave this alone.”

Sweetie Drops put a hoof to her face as she didn’t want this meeting derailed by one odd anomaly they still didn’t know anything about. Then she said, “Listen, Star Seeker, my old handler is on the case, and Urtica, I suspect you're doing research as well.”

The changeling nodded in agreement.

Agent Sweetie Drops replied, “Then there, you and Star Seeker should stay in contact to continue the investigation on the anomaly."

“Understood!”

“Now, if that’s settled, is there anything else we should address?”

There weren’t any voices of dissent as they were all dismissed. Then, a knock came, and a familiar green unicorn slowly poked her head inside as she entered the room with an embarrassed look on her face as she asked, “Um, sorry to intrude but this is where the Agents of SMILE for Ponyville taking place?”

Sweetie Drops was rather stunned to see her new marefriend standing there. A hundred questions went through the agent’s mind about why Lyra was here and blurted, “Lyra, what are you doing here?”

The unicorn looked up and said, “I’m sorry for interrupting your meeting. I gave what you said some thought, and if you're going to create your own spy agency in Ponyville, I want to join.”

Everypony gasped as Sweetie Drops scowled, she slammed a hoof down, and shouted, “Lyra! You can’t!”

The teal unicorn stared back just as angry and snapped, “Yes, I can!” She turned to face the other agents in the room and asked, “You all volunteered, right?”

Sweetie Drops stood there all slowly nodding their heads as she turned back to Sweetie Drops. “Well, I want to be an agent, too, then.”

The earth pony was more annoyed than before as she slammed a hoof down on the ground and scowled, “You have no idea what you're signing up for!?”

“Did you when you became an agent!?”

“Yes, of course I did! My brother and I both!”

Lyra was taken aback by the response and cried, “Wait, you have a brother!?”

Sweetie groaned, throwing a hoof down her face at the mention of her twin brother, “That’s besides the point! Lyra, you're going to be put in so much danger.”

Lyra got up and trotted across the room and got right into her marefriend’s face and snapped, “Well, if you're going to be an agent and be in danger all the time, then I should be too!”

The two glared at each other, and Sweetie Drops looked angrily at Lyra, who was only doing this for her, but there was nothing she could say to stop her. The agent threw a hoof up and snapped, “Fine, I guess there’s nothing stopping you!”

She then saw the rest of her fellow agents just looking confused, so she slammed a hoof into the ground and shouted, “Meeting adjourned! I have to sign up our newest recruit up. If you have any questions please address them later.”

The other agents all left rather quickly seeing how awkward things had gotten. Sweetie Drops grumbled to herself as she got out the paperwork needed to get Lyra started and snapped, “You better not be doing this just because of me.”

“No, I'm not. I saw what you and Twilight did, and I know I can get hurt. But I want to help the pony I love and help keep Ponyville safe. I'm not going to stand on the sidelines while you rush off to danger. If you want us to be more then friends, then you have to let me into your world.”

“Fine,” Sweetie grumbled, giving her a form on which Lyra wrote her name. Then, as the earth pony put the form into her magical typewriter and sent it off, she turned to Lyra and said, “I still don’t think you know what you’re doing.”

“Maybe not.”

Sweetie Drops gazed up at her marefriend, looked into her big gold eyes, and said, “Lyra, even if you’re an agent, the agency can’t know of us. Alice my boss most likely will terminate my stay here or yours. She might think our relationship would hinder us as agents.

“And you're saying if she learned that we’re together when I’m not an agent, she wouldn't do the same?”

“You're right, but the chances of getting caught might grow because of you being in the agency. If your doing this for me then we can stop this now."

Lyra sat by her marefriend and nuzzled her. “It doesn’t matter, this is my choice, I want to help keep Ponyville safe as much as you do. And like you said on our date, Twilight and her friends will handle the big stuff."

Sweetie Drops felt a shiver go down her spine and replied, “Yeah, maybe, but it doesn’t mean it’ll all be easy for us.”

“Regardless, my decision still stands.”

Sweetie Drops sat there, seeing that Lyra’s mind was made up. Despite her misgivings about Lyra’s decision, it seemed there was no way she was going to change it, and she relented, “Then I concede. You’ll be an agent, and you’re going to be put through some serious training first anyways.”

Lyra threw a hoof with a chuckle, “I'm sure it’s not that hard.”

“Trust me, it’ll be difficult, but I'm sure you’ll manage,” Sweetie Drops then got up and sat on her bed again and said, “After that, I assume we can try to keep you stationed here, and after that…”

Lyra leaned into her marefriend and the two started to kiss again, whispering, " We’ll see where things go from there.” They then kissed again and again, unable to stop, the two then clambered into Sweetie Drops’ bed. Lyra lit her horn and shut off the lights.