Call on Lyra

Call of Lyra

Wake up call

The ceiling looked odd, like somepony simply tossed paint on it and was done after that. It had air bubbles all over it and was dripping while it dried, like nopony cared. Then again why would anypony care about how a ceiling looked, all the rooms went way higher then eye level. That being said, what was she doing right now? Judging the very thing she just insulted, it was not the ceilings fault that somepony neglected it. The more she thought about the whole thing, the more she realized that what she was looking at looked spongy. Maybe she was sleeping under a large sponge and all it needed was for a pony to squish it. Why was the ceiling made out of squishy sponge anyway, and how could a pony reach that high in the first place? They would have to be some crazy freak of nature, or maybe they were simply a pegasus. That made more sense.

Lyra was laid out on her back, legs out stretched as she tried in vain to reach the ceiling. What started as struggling and straining for the sky dissolved in a very weird pony simply wiggling every hoof in the air randomly. With a quiet giggle, the noodle like legs began pointing all around the room as the unicorn spun on her bed. With a loud grunt Lyra threw her body into the air, but since she started out laying on the bed she simply rolled off onto the wooden floor.  Blowing her mane out of her eyes, she shook a hoof in the air and crawled back into bed. "I'll get you tomorrow night Spongy!"

"Don't you mean tomorrow morning?" A familiar and rather frustrated voice said from the door way, followed by the bump of hoof beats on the floor. Lyra faked a frown at her roommate, wiggling her front hooves and bursting into laughter. "Hellooooo Bon Bon, come to help with the assault against Spongy?" The earthpony did not try to hide her smile, though her tone was still a little upset. "No you weird pony, I came to wake you up so we will make it to the meeting this morning. I don't want to miss this one because somepony had to sleep in late again." She was now glaring at Lyra. "It is a simple meeting, so everypony in ponyville will know their place in other town meetings." The frustration left Bon Bon as she listened to herself talk.

"I'm glad the Mayor put Twilight in charge of town planing, but does every little detail need to be perfect?" Lyra sighed, realizing how sleepy she was. "I'm sure you can remember my place for me. Just make sure I'm not near anypony else." The unicorn gave one last hoof wiggle and pulled her blanket over her head. "No Lyra, you have to go this time. I looked like a fool trying save a spot for a no-show pony last time. That was the last meeting for meetings, this meeting will be a meeting for the rest of our meetings. If you don't show up..."

Bon Bon stomped over to the bed and threw away the covers with her teeth. Lyra's response was a simple "No." With a smirk the blanket was wrapped in magic and floated back over her. "Lyra, don't test me today, I'm not in the mood."

From under the covers the weird pony chirped back. "Test test test, testing Bon Bon, one two thr..." She was interpreted by a tugging again, this time forcing her and the mattress to topple onto the floor. "Hey, I was only kidding. No need to make a mess!" Still giggling to herself, Lyra rolled on the wooden floor and huddled under her blanket. "Enough playing, the longer this goes on the less time we have for breakfast." The earthpony said with a mouth full of blanket. "The longer you keep this up, less sleep I get." Lyra grunted, doing the same to the other end.

What started as a simple annoyance was now a full blown tug-of-war match in the bedroom, that Lyra was clearly winning. Before long Bon Bon gave up fighting, letting go and sitting down in a huff. Caught off guard, the green unicorn fell back, losing her own grasp and letting her blanket fly into the air. The thin piece of fabric fell right over her head, her horn poking right through.

"That barely touched you, how did your horn cut through it?" Bon Bon gasped, her head tilted to the side. "I sharpen it, needs to be pointy." Lyra smiled, though most of her body was covered.

"You... sharpen your horn?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Well Bon Bon, some fillies grow up in hard towns, they have to work hard. Things out there were rough and I was not very good with magic. So I turned my horn into something useful: a weapon." Lyra crossed her hooves, still hidden under the sheet.

"We both grew up here in ponyville and we had the easiest time. We were friends the whole time and nothing bad ever happened." Bon Bon facehoofed, as if she was in pain from hearing the story. "Now come on, we need to go get breakfast."

Lyra stayed still, shaking her head and moving the whole blanket with her. "No, not until you let me change."

That was it, Bon Bon went red and was almost steaming. "Change? Into what, you have nothing to wear. I have nothing to wear. We. Wear. Nothing!" She now how both hooves firmly planted against her own face. "Fine, then I guess I'm going like this." The smug unicorn stood up and brushed past the earthpony, making sure to smack her with her tail.

Bon Bon was left sitting on the floor, her hooves rubbing against her temples in hopes of getting rid of a headache. "I hate you Lyra."

"Love you too, now hurry up. You don't want to make us late for this meeting."