The Strings of her Heart

It had been two months since that night. Lyra and Rainbow Dash were still very much in love. After two weeks of dating, they decided to break the news to their friends. They were worried at first, as Lyra and the six Elements of Harmony all gathered inside Twilight’s library. They were scared that their friends wouldn’t accept them, they would hate them and would run them out of Ponyville. These fears were soon shown to be absurd, as when they broke the news excited, happy squeals were heard from all of the ponies. Pinkie Pie shouted something about having to throw a party while Fluttershy, Twilight and Rarity all moved in to congratulate the two lovers. The only one who seemed to act odd was Applejack, who muttered out congratulations and then left, saying something along the lines of “Needing to harvest apples.”

She acted strangely at Pinkie’s party as well. Pinkie Pie had thrown quite a small party, just for the seven of them, but had spared no expense in making sure it was brilliant. However, Applejack wasn’t very talkative; she just sat in the corner near the punch bowl, taking long swigs out of a cup that was being filled with punch every 5 minutes. When Rainbow Dash went to ask what was wrong, she just put on a weak smile and said “I’m fine sugarcube. Just a hard day on the farm, is all.”

It had been a peaceful few weeks. Rainbow had been kept quite busy with work, but would always drop in to see Lyra; there had even been talk of them moving in together. But the two ponies wanted to take it slow. Something that is perfect shouldn’t be rushed. And so Lyra was content to just see Rainbow on a daily basis. Lyra had taken on extra shifts at the Café so that she was also being kept busy.

Lyra sniffed the air and caught a delicious smell. She followed it back to her kitchen, where she was cooking her and Rainbow’s romantic meal. She took the lid off of the pot and gave it another stir. Rainbow would be here any minute and the food was nearly ready. The table had been laid and Lyra had put on her best dress. As if Rainbow had been reading her mind, there was a banging sound on the door. “Ah, she’s here!” Lyra summoned over her brush and gave her mane one last groom before opening the door.

“Lyra! How are you today?” Rainbow stepped inside and immediately went for her lovers lips. She was also dressed up – Wearing the same dress she had worn the night they went to the club. After a short, sweet kiss, the two went to the kitchen.
“Mmm, smells good!” She sat down at the table as Lyra turned off the stove.
“Rainbow, you’d eat tree bark if it smelt nice.” Rainbow Dash laughed.
“Hey, there’s nothing wrong with appreciating good food! Especially if it’s as good as yours!” Lyra served the meal on to the bowls in front of them before sitting down. Using her magic she lit the candles in the middle of the table.

Lyra would have attempted to converse but knew it just fall on deaf ears. Or more precisely, on ears that were filled with the noises of Rainbow’s own pig-like eating. Lyra looked across the table at the pegasus with her head in her bowl and smiled to herself. She loved this pony. These last two months had been the best in her life. Rainbow Dash was just perfect for her. They laughed together, they cried together, they cared for each other, and Lyra wouldn’t trade it for anything in Equestria. The two had soon finished their meal and Lyra washed all of the dishes. Rainbow came up behind Lyra and wrapped her forelegs around her waist.
“Rainbow, honey, I’m trying to clean up.”
“I know, but could ya hurry it up a little? I’m getting bored!” A brilliant grin gleamed across Rainbow’s face.

No sooner had Lyra finished washing up than Rainbow was atop her, deeply kissing her. The unicorn stood up and led her cyan lover up the stairs. They fell onto the bed in each other’s arms, their tongues inseparable. Rainbow rolled over and stared deep into her lover’s eyes.
“I love you, Lyra.” Rainbow whispered into her lover’s ear.
“I love you too, Rainbow.”

And with that, they gently fell to sleep, holding each other.

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Lyra was stood in the middle of a crowd on ponies she didn’t recognise. She immediately started to panic. Where was Rainbow? In fact, where was anypony? She was scared right now. She felt herself being swept along with the group. No matter where she turned, she saw no familiar faces. She felt herself growing more and more fearful.

All of a sudden, the crowd began to diverge. Lyra’s fluttering heart began to slow down. Maybe she could get out of the crowd where they were branching off. She started to push back and force herself through the crowd, until she reached the hollow point of the congregation when, all of a sudden, she saw something that made her heart freeze.

At the centre of this area stood a pony that she knew very well, the blue mane with a pink streak making it glaringly obvious. The beige coloured pony turned around to face Lyra and shot her a malicious smirk.
“Well, well, well. Hello Lyra. Long time no see, right?” The pony turned and slowly walked over to her. “Lyra, don’t say you’ve forgotten me already!” The pony inched ever closer, but Lyra was stuck to the spot. “You always were so forgetful… Well, I’ve already thought of a brilliant way to jog your memory. The pony stared at the ground for over a minute. Lyra finally summed up the courage to speak. “Bon Bon… What are you-“

She didn’t finish her sentence before the pony’s head shot up. Her eyes had been replaced with black holes and her teeth had all become long, sharp fangs. With a beastly roar she leapt upon Lyra and the last thing she saw was the pony’s mouth shoot towards her neck.

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Lyra shot awake, screaming. Tears were cascading down her face. She couldn’t get Bon Bon’s monstrous face out of her head. Her body was heaving strongly with her erratic sobs. The noise and movement had been enough to wake Rainbow Dash.
“Lyra? Lyra, baby, what’s wrong?” Rainbow threw her hooves around the tearful unicorn. “Lyra, speak to me, what happened? What did you see?”

All the while, the only thing Lyra had imprinted in her mind were Bon Bon’s eyes right before she attacked her.