Something Tugging At Your Heartstrings...by Soul_Cutter30ChaptersAwkward Introductions and SituationsPinkie Promises and Proper ReactionsWhat Have I Done...?The Next Morning and Ninja Stealth...Six Mares in the Fold...More and More Awkward...Special OccasionWaking Up and A Toothless Lizard...Friendship is CaptivityApples + Music + Pots + Lyres = FriendshipHearts and Hooves Day...Awkward Introductions and SituationsYou walk down one day to see Lyra talking with someone(pony?), a cream-colored mare with a blue and pink mane "Bon-Bon, right?" You try to keep out of sight, you do not know how others would react... "Hey, come on down" Lyra came up and bit the bottom of your shirt "come on, come on" You try to form a rebuttle to no avail as you are dragged by your new friend, "wow...you weren't just going crazy" you saw a hint of sadness in Lyra's eyes..."no she is not crazy...sorry..." you don't know what it was that made you stand for her honor like that...? Bob-Bon smiled "no need to get defensive, I was only joking" you avert your eyes, wanting to kick yourself, "smooth introduction..." An hour later, you are talking with Bon-Bon and Lyra like they were already your closest friend in the world...or any world for that matter... "Hmm..." Bon-Bon stares at you "what, something wrong?" she shakes her head "no...I just wonder what Lyra would see in humans, not much to go on..." you don't know how to take that, you don't know whether to be hurt or defensive, but Lyra jumps right in "well, so what if he has thumbs, if he has hair, not just a coat..." Bob-Bon smirked and giggled mockingly "everyone has their fetish..." you both blush at that and you silently make you way into the kitchen "why would THAT come up..." you think about Lyra, she is a pony...nothing like that would ever work...right? You shake the thought out of your head and walk back... "s-sorry about that.." Bon-Bon was laughing on the floor "I just had to see the look of your faces!" You and Lyra stare at each other and began to join in on the laughter "of course nothing like that could happen..." as you and Lyra turn, you end up staring into her big gold eyes...blushing slightly, "right?" Bon-Bon stands up and brushes herself off, "well, I got to get back to the candy store, come by sometime, you two" she winked as she made her way out "what was that about?" you ask Lyra "I don't know..." she smiles as she meets your eyes..."awkward..." Pinkie Promises and Proper ReactionsTwo weeks have passed since you found yourself in Equestria, two weeks you have been in Ponyville and still only Lyra and Bon-Bon knew that you even existed... You took a book off her shelf, you were in the middle of reading when you heard knocking at her door, Lyra was away, so you let that per-pony think no one was home...until..."hihihi" you jump and land hard on the floor in front of a pink pony "Pinkie Pie" "what are you, some kind of animal? No wait...you're a HUM-amph!" you cover her mouth and you carefully lead her to the kitchen, you try to plead with the pony "please, please, keep this a secret...if they knew I was...what I was, Lyra would be..." he stopped and thought, how would Lyra react? Pinkie smiled "oh ok, I understand, you got to hush, hush, ninja-like" she held her hoofs in front of her face, causing you to smirk slightly "I got ya...so..." she held out her hoof "I Pinkie Pie, promise to keep you a secret, not to tell Lyra I saw you, cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a muddy cupcake in my eye" she crossed her heart and smiled widely "there, now we have a Pinkie Promise, that makes us closer than most friends" she hugs you and jumps out the door "what just..." you coughed and went back to reading as if nothing had happened... Lyra came back a few minutes later, "so, what you do while I was gone?" You smiled into the book "nothing really..." something, however, was itching at you, you had to ask her "Lyra...if someo-pony found out about me...what would you do?" Lyra's face went pale "does somepony!" you are taken back by her outburst "no..." you hate having to lie to her, but..."I was just wondering, I mean, there are bound to be close calls, right?" she came over to you and sat down next to you "I know that...I...just don't want to lose you..." you put down the book "but, most people, in my world, I mean...wait...lose me...?" Lyra stared into your eyes "I know that they think I am crazy, but...if people did find you, think of the repercussions..." she put her head down and you stared at her "this whole time...she has been afraid for me...despite what people say, that she is crazy, she wants to protect me..." your next move was only one of half-consciousness, you lift Lyra's head and kiss her...you broke it as quick as you started and rushed upstairs, leaving Lyra stunned... As you locked the guest room behind you, you think "well, that may have been the worst reaction to anything..." What Have I Done...?As you lay on the floor in front of your door, you think about what you did "I KISSED her! I kissed a pony...I kissed a friend...I kissed a pony who is my friend?" you put your head down and sigh..."and I...liked it..." Meanwhile: Lyra felt her muzzle "did he just..." she blushed and tried to think about what to do next...as she felt her heart pounding, she stood up slowly and ran towards Bon-Bon's Candy Store. _ _ _ "wait, wait, wait, wait, waaaiiitttt...he did what?" Bon-Bon's eyes were wide open "the hu-sorry, he KISSED you..." Lyra blushed "you heard me...what now?" Bon-Bon smiled "well, now you get married and have beautiful ponies with thum-haha, sorry" Lyra hit Bon-Bon with a piece of licorice "the real problem is..." Bon-Bon closed in, "I kinda...liked it..." Meanwhile to the Meanwhile: you feel your lips "I can still..." you shake your head "what Is wrong with me, she is an animal..." suddenly, a small voice pops into your head "well, by your terms maybe..." you try to shake away the voice, but it keeps returning "face it, you like her, a lot, the heart wants what the heart wants and all that..." you stand up and try to open the window to let in some air, "wait, I could be seen..." you decide against opening the window and open the door instead...not much ventilation, but... Two Hours Later: Lyra opens her door, after a calming evening with Bon-Bon, to find you asleep with a book covering your face "good night..." she grabs a blanket from the closet and covers you with it, unconscious in your dream-like state, you mumble her name, "Lyra..." she quickly blushes and runs upstairs, locking her door and sitting on her bed... The Next Morning and Ninja Stealth...You jump out of bed with a start and dive into the shower, trying to erase any notion of being with Lyra...THAT way... as the water washes over you, you can hear her begin to stir in the next room. "geez...geez...geez..." you keep repeating to yourself as you dry off "what is going on with me...I need to get something straight or get the hell out out (or off) of Equestria" but you think about Lyra...what would happen to her if you left...? Lyra caught as you stepped out of the shower, a towel wrapped around you "good morning" you smile in general politeness, she just nods and continues downstairs "well, someone isn't a morning pony..." _ _ _ Even after breakfast, Lyra isn't her normal self "what is wrong, Lyra, I mean you are not even sitting like you usually do..." she looks up and a tear is seen shining down her face "I am sorry..." you stare up from your pancakes "Sorry? About what?" she sighed "I have forced you to stay inside this house for months now...I am just a bad friend..." while, admittingly, you would like to get outside, actually be able to feel the touch of Equestrian grass, trees, and other flora and fauna...you know it is impossible... "Lyra...you have made me feel welcome in this strange world and while I have not known much outside of the Everfree Forest excepting for those first confusing hours..." those short memories of fear and confusion rush back to you, "but you, Lyra Heartstrings...in the short time I have known you, I feel like I know more about this place, heck, even more than my own home..." she turns to you, tears rolling down her eyes "I think...I might know of a way for you to get outside...with me..." he last part 'with me' fills you with a feeling of happiness you haven't felt since...you quickly shake your head, trying to push back that moment... "umm...Lyra, you sure this will work?" you are standing inside one of her carts "hhmmph, if you don't move around much, that is" you crouch down as a sheet is thrown over you "I wish I could make you more comfortable, but..." you smile "I think I will be fine" she smiles "how do you think I got you here in the first place?" you chuckle and bury yourself as deep as you can, with a small strain, Lyra is able to pull the cart and begins to make her rounds "you know..." you whisper "I think you are the kindest soul for doing this, my friends barely helped me when I had a broken leg..." Lyra smiled and continued "hey, Applejack" you turn ever so carefully to see her talking to an orange pony with a stetson on her head "you jus' love those apples, ey' Lyra?" you smile and go back to hiding...shifting as a basket of those delicious apples are pushed next to you..."thank...Celestia..." you stifle a chuckle "I have already had breakfast" As Lyra continued on her rounds, you could hear pieces of conversation: "Rarity, how did that last order go?" "Twilight, how is it going?" "Bon-Bon...you will never guess...oh, of course, you can come with" "oh, Fluttershy, how is Angel and all the others?" "I am sorry, I can not give private lyre lessons, Sweetie Belle" "Big Macintosh, we appreciate it, but what kind of self-righteous mares would we be if you pulled around our stuff..." Conversations like this were in and out until "Pinkie Pie, I would like to place an order for...what, there isn't anypony in my cart...how would you..." you feel your heart beat increase as you feel the cart going up stairs and the sheet being lifted off you..."oh my god" those old thoughts of experimentation, dissection, or even...tortous experimental dissection came back... Lyra stood there staring at you, a look of fear and anger on your face as a certain group of six mares and Bon-Bon cover all the doors and windows..."well...so much for ninja stealth" Six Mares in the Fold...You stood there in complete silence, not even wanting to stare Lyra in the face..."I am sorry, I should have told...but, I didn't know what would happen to him" you feel your heart drop again, she was always trying to protect you "Lyra..." you turn to her and embrace her, holding her close "whatever happens to me...just leave my best friend alone...!" Lyra's eyes lifted at the words 'best friend' but stayed silent... "relax...neither you or Lyra are going to be hurt, but I do have about three hundred jokes to make up for..." you release her and stare at the mares as you step from the cart, Twilight Sparkle cleared her throat "in recorded histroy...you may be the first human, but you will definitely not be dissected or anything" you feel your heartbeat diminishing, so you relax "also, Pinkie Pie told us about you a while ago..." you stare at Pinkie "I thought we made a.." she winked "I promised not to tell Lyra I saw you..." you face-palm "dang..." Every lie you and Lyra had to produce crashed around you, not only did Lyra know that you met Pinkie and lied about it, the most prominent Mares in all of Equestria now knew about Lyra's human companion... An Hour Later: "wait, you thought if you were discovered, you would have been dissected or be turned into some sort of sideshow?" you rub your hair, now you realize how stupid it sounded... "well, I just wake up in Equestria and you don't expect me to be freaked out?" you all shared a short laugh, you already know these mares...the Elements of Harmony...they will keep your secret no matter what..."Lyra...” you stare over and find her and Bon-Bon sitting at a small table "excuse me, everypony..." you try to stay as polite as possible, "I have enjoyed talking to you all, but...I got to go hang with my best friends" you walk over to Lyra and sit down silently with them "so...it seems nice that you are getting out" Bon-Bon attempted to smile, only to stare right back at the table. "Lyra...I..." she stood up and began to walk towards the front door, leaving you, Bon-Bon and the Mare Six in the awkward silence... you sit back down and rub your temples "great...one lie and I may lose my first and best friend..." Bon-Bon stood up and you thought you were going to lose her too...only she put her hoof on your shoulder "hey, don't worry about Lyra...me and you both know she cares about you" you stare up at this supportive mare, knowing she truly is a good friend... You jump back into the cart and they cover you up "remember, you can not tell anyone" they all nodded as they helped push the cart back to Lyra's... you step out of the cart and carefully made your way back into the house, hoping to finally confront what has been bothering her... More and More Awkward...You step inside to dead silence "Lyra...?" you hear something upstairs and the noise leads you to her bedroom door, "Lyra, you in there" you heard a small 'hmmph' and you open the door to see her sitting on her bed (the way she sits always makes you smile) she looks up and you can see tears in her eyes "you know they will not tell..." she jumps on you, knocking you to the floor "Its not that..." you are confused by her sudden impulse, but you know you must comfort her, "then what is it...you know you can talk to me" you begin to rub her mane, supposedly just a comforting move...right? you can see her tail begin to swish back and forth..."it's...you are so kind to me...even minutes after you got here...you made me that gift...and now" she snifled "you were willing to sacrifice yourself for me..." you rub her mane a little slower "Lyra...you are someone who I know I care for, someone...I think I like...or maybe..." you shake your head, but Lyra edges you on "you...?" she has her head on your chest at this point, you can feel her heartbeat on you..."someone I...l-love..." Lyra closes her eyes "I think...I feel the same way about you..." Despite the moment of bliss...you know one thing that will always keep you apart "Lyra...even if I love you, I am a human...and you are a..." you feel a tear, possibly your own, "I know...I know...I know..." she crawls up to your face, her muzzle only an inch from your face... "but...Lyra Heartstrings is not somepony who gives up easy..." You feel your mind go blank as her muzzle connects with your lips “this is...why do I care...” you wrap your arms around her and she breaks the kiss...”well....things are just getting more and more awkward, huh?” you smile as you stare into her gold eyes...kissing her on the snout... ”frankly, awkward has nothing to do with it...” As you and Lyra stand up, you don’t know what to do now “so...are we something or...” she winks and walks out, leaving you to question... Special OccasionYou walk downstairs to hear Lyra in the kitchen "Lyra, would you like some help?" you step into the kitchen to see three places set at the table, "is Bon-Bon joining us?" she nods and continues to fix a salad "wow, fancy, what's the occasion?" she stands up and nudges you "like you don't know..." you blush and rub her mane, "Lyra...are you sure, you and me...I mean, Bon-Bon may think it's kinda, no, completely and utterly weird" she levitates three glasses to the table "why do you think I want to tell her" you chuckle and take a seat "it does look fantastic, by the way" As you place your napkin in your lap (trying to be a fancy as you can) you hear a knock and Bon-Bon joins you at the table "hiya" you smile and Lyra places the salad in front of you "do you have any dressings?" she levitates a small container of salad dressing "thank you" Bon-Bon dives into her salad "oh my, this is incredible, Lyra, I didn't know that you could cook like this" she licks her lips "so...what happened, who died, or who's getting married?" she joked, you and Lyra smile "well...the thing is...haha" you rub the back of your head and begin to eat your salad... One Simple Explanation and Hours of Laughter Later: "I can't believe it, I thought it was weird when Rarity fell for that rock!!" she took a deep breath and tried to gather her composure, "I am sorry, really, I am happy you found each other, really I am, I thought there may have been something, but..." she busted out laughing again, "o-oh Cel-Celestia...!" Lyra and you start to smile at each other as Bon-Bon finishes up her latest laughing fit "so...would kind of entree did you make?" ... After dinner, you and Lyra sat down in front of the fireplace, not warming up, just enjoying each other's company "Lyra, if I was a pony, who you still feel this way...?" she nudges you playfully "of course, I would miss the thumbs, but..." you both laugh "but in all seriousness, I want you, whether you be human, pony or even rock" you chuckle again, meeting her eyes "I wish I could live here with you...just, not in hiding...I would want to be the 'stallion' that you would be happy to show around town" she smiles "you would make all the other mares jealous and full of envy" you kiss her cheek, the awkward feelings drowned by the feelings for this lime-colored mare... she feels her cheek "I would love that more than anything..." you think of what life you left behind...and of the superior life you are and could be living... "Twilight, I mean, she is the student to Princess Celestia, right?" she nods, her head comfortable on your chest "well, and I am just thinking, what if there was some sort of cloaking or...species change spell?" Lyra stared up "I suppose, magic, even after thousands of year isn't truly understood, it may be possible" you smile "if it's possible...maybe, I could be the stallion of your dreams, someone you don't just have to hide..." you cover your mouth "I mean, I know that..." Lyra silences you with a kiss on the lips "I know what you mean...tomorrow, I will bring it up to her" you try to stretch yourself out and begin to rub Lyra's mane, feeling more serene and happier than you have in a long time...although, out of all the burning questions still at the back of your mind, one stands out from the rest..."How did Lyra come to know about humans in the first place...?" Waking Up and A Toothless Lizard..."what the hell..." you stand up feeling as if something had knocked him over the head, did something knock you over the head? You had no way to knowing where or why...you look around...something about the forest was...familiar... "w-who's there?" You jump when you heard a strong (but timid) voice coming closer, you don't want to take any chances and duck behind a tree, out to the clearing was something that makes your mouth open...it was a pony! you try to rack your mind, it wasn't just any talking, yellow and pink, you stop your train of thought right there, "Fl-Fluttershy?!" you whisper shocked. "guess it was my imagination..." Fluttershy turned around and walked into the forest "just what the hell am I doing in Equestria...?!!" you put your hands to his head "no, no, nothing about this makes sense...I am not in Equestria...I must be sleeping...dreaming, ya" you try every method to wake yourself up, you pinch yourself, slap yourself, bite yourself and all other means of physical torture... after your third time attempt of slapping yourself awake, you step from behind the tree, "no...I can't really..but, it seems, how can I know for sure?" there was a small rustle behind him and you jump again, but all that came ot was an alligator...with no teeth? "oh...no..." you whisper, you look around for any sign of...you know, and ducked behind the tree again "go away, Gummy..." the alligator continued to step towards you "no, no..." Gummy bites down on your hand "of course..." you try to shake the toothless little reptile off your hand "come on" the alligator finally let go and walked away with a blank expression "well...at least it wasn't..." you couldn't dare finish that thought... ._ _ _ You stumble over another stump "dang it!" you stand back up and brush yourself off "well, I guess I will have to live in here, seeing how there is NO way I can go into..." as if on cue, you see the gates of Ponyville in the distance "speak of the..." you hide as Ponies of different colors and types enter and leave "alright...so I know where I am...what do I do about it?" just like that, you feel something heavy go over your head and you pass out with nothing short of a grunt... Friendship is CaptivityYou wake up on a couch, you feel something cold on your head and something else...ropes on your hands and feet "oh man...this is how I die..." you begin to play out multiple scenarios, each worse than the last "torture, experimentation, dissection...torturous experimentation by dissection!?" you hear hoofsteps coming closer "at least give me a proper burial..." you close your eyes...and you feel yourself being untied? "sorry about the ropes, I had to make sure you were still until we got by everypony" you pry open your eyes and stare face to face with none other than Ponyville's number one human-sitting Pony, Lyra Heartstrings... "I can't believe it though, I finally found a human!" Lyra stands you up and brushes you off "so, what do you call yourself?" this was like a kidnapper giving her captive the guest room, which she did by the way..."umm..." you tell her your name and Lyra's eyes light up "I like it...I am Lyra Heartstrings" you nod "nice to meet you...and thank you for giving me a concussion..." she rubs the back of her head "oh ya...I am SO sorry, it's just...most peope wouldn't be happy if I was trying to smuggle a struggling human into Ponyville" you think about this for a minute and actually smirk "I suppose...I could relate if our roles were switched" "so...what do you eat?" you think of this as scientifically as you can "well, humans are omnivores, we can eat just about anything" Lyra's eye grew wider "oh man, you can eat BOTH plants and meat" you nod slowly "would you like something to eat?" "I thnk I could eat" the rumbling stomach pushes your point "well, come on, I don't want you to think of me as some weird...nutjob kidnapper" you hear the sadness hidden in her voice, for some reason, you can't help but comfort her, "hey, Lyra...although you didn't make yourself the best hostess at first" you rub your wrist "you're starting to make up for it" she smiled and ran into the kitchen, you slowly make your way to the kitchen to see her hopelessly trying to find something "hay, daffodils...I really should have thought about this more carefully" you slowly step into the kitchen "what about an apple?" Lyra turned around shocked "oh, right, forgot I bought a bundle" she runs (trots?) over to a basket and hands you one, in a word...delicious... Lyra can sense the joy you feel of biting into this Red Heaven Apple grown on a Tree of God..."that is one of those from Sweet Apple Acres" you lick your lips "oh man...I can not believe I have missed out on apples as fine as these" you see her smile and you continue the small morsel, Lyra enjoying one next to you, sitting, as usual... Apples + Music + Pots + Lyres = FriendshipAfter you have eaten that apple and three more, for that matter, you stand up and stretch "man...delicious apples are delicious..." Lyra giggles "hold on..." she runs upstairs and come back down with her lyre "oh..dinner and a show?" you have completely forgotten that this is the same Pony who knocked you unconscious and bound you...but not that you may be the only human in Equestria...but you let that fact sit as you listen to her beautiful serenade ... After she had finished, you clap, in means of politeness of course, but Lyra is taken back..."thank you, thank you" she exaggerates her bowing and you both start to laugh, "Lyra...if you wouldn't mind, could you play some more?" Lyra smiles "of course, any reque-oh...right" you smile at her and she hides away a small blush, one that you can see clearly, however... ... After Lyra's third song, you hand her a pot or your pseudo-trophy "Colts and Mares..." finally taking your residence into account "you are looking at Lyra Heartstrings, winner of the 'Equestrian String Finals'" Lyra holds up the 'trophy' "I would like to thank everypony who helped me get this far..." with that, you both burst out in laughter "wow..." you realize something, she turns "what" you smile "I am here for two hours and I think I already made a friend..." Lyra stares at you and hands you back the pot, smiling "could you put that pot away? I feel like spaghetti tonight..." Hearts and Hooves Day...Lyra rushes into the house, almost in tears "what's wrong?" you know you feel something for her, but, you have to keep it down to pure sentiment... Lyra cries into your chest "no one loves me...no one" you are trying to piece everything together, trying to hide the fact that you must be 'no one'... "wait, wait, what happened?" Lyra snifled "sorry...alright, I will tell you, I was at the post office..." Lyra goes into detail of all the happy and blushing mares and stallions that were hugging their own Heart and Hooves Day cards...and she didn't even have one Remembering somewhat bad luck on Valentine's Day back in the human world, you feel honest sentiment towards her... "what if...they didn't get delivered yet when you got there, maybe, it was like a problem with the mail, I have seen the mailmare" she smiled and looked up at you "you really think so...?" you nod "it is worth a shot, isn't it, you can't just give up hope..." She hugs you and slowly trots out her door...with the locking of her door, you spring into action..."she will have something on Heart and Hooves if it kills me..." "where is the...I can use this...I can improvise...now something gold or is it yellow, dah! Where'd all this tissue paper come from anyway?" you run upstairs to hide your present, just in time to see a heartbroken Lyra "I went there, I looked everywhere...even the back room..." You can not stand to see your friend this way, "Lyra, follow me" You lead her to her room, "alright, cover your eyes..." she closes her eyes as you guide her, "alright...now!" she opens her eyes and they fill up with tears "oh my, you...made this for me..." your art skills may be slim to none, but it turned out pretty decent, the collage of Lyra and her lyre was placed carefully at the foot of her bed "I ain't much of an artist, but...luckily you had some tissue paper, I guess from some sort of party?" she couldn't say a word "I...you...I love it..." she hugged you as tight as she could, something you wouldn't mind, if you didn't feel kinda... "Lyra...can you...?" Lyra backed off with a surprised glance and you look down "umm..." you blush deep red "Happy Hearts and Hooves..." you run from her room, locking the guest room door behind you...leaving Lyra blushing and smiling "indeed..."
Awkward Introductions and SituationsYou walk down one day to see Lyra talking with someone(pony?), a cream-colored mare with a blue and pink mane "Bon-Bon, right?" You try to keep out of sight, you do not know how others would react... "Hey, come on down" Lyra came up and bit the bottom of your shirt "come on, come on" You try to form a rebuttle to no avail as you are dragged by your new friend, "wow...you weren't just going crazy" you saw a hint of sadness in Lyra's eyes..."no she is not crazy...sorry..." you don't know what it was that made you stand for her honor like that...? Bob-Bon smiled "no need to get defensive, I was only joking" you avert your eyes, wanting to kick yourself, "smooth introduction..." An hour later, you are talking with Bon-Bon and Lyra like they were already your closest friend in the world...or any world for that matter... "Hmm..." Bon-Bon stares at you "what, something wrong?" she shakes her head "no...I just wonder what Lyra would see in humans, not much to go on..." you don't know how to take that, you don't know whether to be hurt or defensive, but Lyra jumps right in "well, so what if he has thumbs, if he has hair, not just a coat..." Bob-Bon smirked and giggled mockingly "everyone has their fetish..." you both blush at that and you silently make you way into the kitchen "why would THAT come up..." you think about Lyra, she is a pony...nothing like that would ever work...right? You shake the thought out of your head and walk back... "s-sorry about that.." Bon-Bon was laughing on the floor "I just had to see the look of your faces!" You and Lyra stare at each other and began to join in on the laughter "of course nothing like that could happen..." as you and Lyra turn, you end up staring into her big gold eyes...blushing slightly, "right?" Bon-Bon stands up and brushes herself off, "well, I got to get back to the candy store, come by sometime, you two" she winked as she made her way out "what was that about?" you ask Lyra "I don't know..." she smiles as she meets your eyes..."awkward..."
Pinkie Promises and Proper ReactionsTwo weeks have passed since you found yourself in Equestria, two weeks you have been in Ponyville and still only Lyra and Bon-Bon knew that you even existed... You took a book off her shelf, you were in the middle of reading when you heard knocking at her door, Lyra was away, so you let that per-pony think no one was home...until..."hihihi" you jump and land hard on the floor in front of a pink pony "Pinkie Pie" "what are you, some kind of animal? No wait...you're a HUM-amph!" you cover her mouth and you carefully lead her to the kitchen, you try to plead with the pony "please, please, keep this a secret...if they knew I was...what I was, Lyra would be..." he stopped and thought, how would Lyra react? Pinkie smiled "oh ok, I understand, you got to hush, hush, ninja-like" she held her hoofs in front of her face, causing you to smirk slightly "I got ya...so..." she held out her hoof "I Pinkie Pie, promise to keep you a secret, not to tell Lyra I saw you, cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a muddy cupcake in my eye" she crossed her heart and smiled widely "there, now we have a Pinkie Promise, that makes us closer than most friends" she hugs you and jumps out the door "what just..." you coughed and went back to reading as if nothing had happened... Lyra came back a few minutes later, "so, what you do while I was gone?" You smiled into the book "nothing really..." something, however, was itching at you, you had to ask her "Lyra...if someo-pony found out about me...what would you do?" Lyra's face went pale "does somepony!" you are taken back by her outburst "no..." you hate having to lie to her, but..."I was just wondering, I mean, there are bound to be close calls, right?" she came over to you and sat down next to you "I know that...I...just don't want to lose you..." you put down the book "but, most people, in my world, I mean...wait...lose me...?" Lyra stared into your eyes "I know that they think I am crazy, but...if people did find you, think of the repercussions..." she put her head down and you stared at her "this whole time...she has been afraid for me...despite what people say, that she is crazy, she wants to protect me..." your next move was only one of half-consciousness, you lift Lyra's head and kiss her...you broke it as quick as you started and rushed upstairs, leaving Lyra stunned... As you locked the guest room behind you, you think "well, that may have been the worst reaction to anything..."
What Have I Done...?As you lay on the floor in front of your door, you think about what you did "I KISSED her! I kissed a pony...I kissed a friend...I kissed a pony who is my friend?" you put your head down and sigh..."and I...liked it..." Meanwhile: Lyra felt her muzzle "did he just..." she blushed and tried to think about what to do next...as she felt her heart pounding, she stood up slowly and ran towards Bon-Bon's Candy Store. _ _ _ "wait, wait, wait, wait, waaaiiitttt...he did what?" Bon-Bon's eyes were wide open "the hu-sorry, he KISSED you..." Lyra blushed "you heard me...what now?" Bon-Bon smiled "well, now you get married and have beautiful ponies with thum-haha, sorry" Lyra hit Bon-Bon with a piece of licorice "the real problem is..." Bon-Bon closed in, "I kinda...liked it..." Meanwhile to the Meanwhile: you feel your lips "I can still..." you shake your head "what Is wrong with me, she is an animal..." suddenly, a small voice pops into your head "well, by your terms maybe..." you try to shake away the voice, but it keeps returning "face it, you like her, a lot, the heart wants what the heart wants and all that..." you stand up and try to open the window to let in some air, "wait, I could be seen..." you decide against opening the window and open the door instead...not much ventilation, but... Two Hours Later: Lyra opens her door, after a calming evening with Bon-Bon, to find you asleep with a book covering your face "good night..." she grabs a blanket from the closet and covers you with it, unconscious in your dream-like state, you mumble her name, "Lyra..." she quickly blushes and runs upstairs, locking her door and sitting on her bed...
The Next Morning and Ninja Stealth...You jump out of bed with a start and dive into the shower, trying to erase any notion of being with Lyra...THAT way... as the water washes over you, you can hear her begin to stir in the next room. "geez...geez...geez..." you keep repeating to yourself as you dry off "what is going on with me...I need to get something straight or get the hell out out (or off) of Equestria" but you think about Lyra...what would happen to her if you left...? Lyra caught as you stepped out of the shower, a towel wrapped around you "good morning" you smile in general politeness, she just nods and continues downstairs "well, someone isn't a morning pony..." _ _ _ Even after breakfast, Lyra isn't her normal self "what is wrong, Lyra, I mean you are not even sitting like you usually do..." she looks up and a tear is seen shining down her face "I am sorry..." you stare up from your pancakes "Sorry? About what?" she sighed "I have forced you to stay inside this house for months now...I am just a bad friend..." while, admittingly, you would like to get outside, actually be able to feel the touch of Equestrian grass, trees, and other flora and fauna...you know it is impossible... "Lyra...you have made me feel welcome in this strange world and while I have not known much outside of the Everfree Forest excepting for those first confusing hours..." those short memories of fear and confusion rush back to you, "but you, Lyra Heartstrings...in the short time I have known you, I feel like I know more about this place, heck, even more than my own home..." she turns to you, tears rolling down her eyes "I think...I might know of a way for you to get outside...with me..." he last part 'with me' fills you with a feeling of happiness you haven't felt since...you quickly shake your head, trying to push back that moment... "umm...Lyra, you sure this will work?" you are standing inside one of her carts "hhmmph, if you don't move around much, that is" you crouch down as a sheet is thrown over you "I wish I could make you more comfortable, but..." you smile "I think I will be fine" she smiles "how do you think I got you here in the first place?" you chuckle and bury yourself as deep as you can, with a small strain, Lyra is able to pull the cart and begins to make her rounds "you know..." you whisper "I think you are the kindest soul for doing this, my friends barely helped me when I had a broken leg..." Lyra smiled and continued "hey, Applejack" you turn ever so carefully to see her talking to an orange pony with a stetson on her head "you jus' love those apples, ey' Lyra?" you smile and go back to hiding...shifting as a basket of those delicious apples are pushed next to you..."thank...Celestia..." you stifle a chuckle "I have already had breakfast" As Lyra continued on her rounds, you could hear pieces of conversation: "Rarity, how did that last order go?" "Twilight, how is it going?" "Bon-Bon...you will never guess...oh, of course, you can come with" "oh, Fluttershy, how is Angel and all the others?" "I am sorry, I can not give private lyre lessons, Sweetie Belle" "Big Macintosh, we appreciate it, but what kind of self-righteous mares would we be if you pulled around our stuff..." Conversations like this were in and out until "Pinkie Pie, I would like to place an order for...what, there isn't anypony in my cart...how would you..." you feel your heart beat increase as you feel the cart going up stairs and the sheet being lifted off you..."oh my god" those old thoughts of experimentation, dissection, or even...tortous experimental dissection came back... Lyra stood there staring at you, a look of fear and anger on your face as a certain group of six mares and Bon-Bon cover all the doors and windows..."well...so much for ninja stealth"
Six Mares in the Fold...You stood there in complete silence, not even wanting to stare Lyra in the face..."I am sorry, I should have told...but, I didn't know what would happen to him" you feel your heart drop again, she was always trying to protect you "Lyra..." you turn to her and embrace her, holding her close "whatever happens to me...just leave my best friend alone...!" Lyra's eyes lifted at the words 'best friend' but stayed silent... "relax...neither you or Lyra are going to be hurt, but I do have about three hundred jokes to make up for..." you release her and stare at the mares as you step from the cart, Twilight Sparkle cleared her throat "in recorded histroy...you may be the first human, but you will definitely not be dissected or anything" you feel your heartbeat diminishing, so you relax "also, Pinkie Pie told us about you a while ago..." you stare at Pinkie "I thought we made a.." she winked "I promised not to tell Lyra I saw you..." you face-palm "dang..." Every lie you and Lyra had to produce crashed around you, not only did Lyra know that you met Pinkie and lied about it, the most prominent Mares in all of Equestria now knew about Lyra's human companion... An Hour Later: "wait, you thought if you were discovered, you would have been dissected or be turned into some sort of sideshow?" you rub your hair, now you realize how stupid it sounded... "well, I just wake up in Equestria and you don't expect me to be freaked out?" you all shared a short laugh, you already know these mares...the Elements of Harmony...they will keep your secret no matter what..."Lyra...” you stare over and find her and Bon-Bon sitting at a small table "excuse me, everypony..." you try to stay as polite as possible, "I have enjoyed talking to you all, but...I got to go hang with my best friends" you walk over to Lyra and sit down silently with them "so...it seems nice that you are getting out" Bon-Bon attempted to smile, only to stare right back at the table. "Lyra...I..." she stood up and began to walk towards the front door, leaving you, Bon-Bon and the Mare Six in the awkward silence... you sit back down and rub your temples "great...one lie and I may lose my first and best friend..." Bon-Bon stood up and you thought you were going to lose her too...only she put her hoof on your shoulder "hey, don't worry about Lyra...me and you both know she cares about you" you stare up at this supportive mare, knowing she truly is a good friend... You jump back into the cart and they cover you up "remember, you can not tell anyone" they all nodded as they helped push the cart back to Lyra's... you step out of the cart and carefully made your way back into the house, hoping to finally confront what has been bothering her...
More and More Awkward...You step inside to dead silence "Lyra...?" you hear something upstairs and the noise leads you to her bedroom door, "Lyra, you in there" you heard a small 'hmmph' and you open the door to see her sitting on her bed (the way she sits always makes you smile) she looks up and you can see tears in her eyes "you know they will not tell..." she jumps on you, knocking you to the floor "Its not that..." you are confused by her sudden impulse, but you know you must comfort her, "then what is it...you know you can talk to me" you begin to rub her mane, supposedly just a comforting move...right? you can see her tail begin to swish back and forth..."it's...you are so kind to me...even minutes after you got here...you made me that gift...and now" she snifled "you were willing to sacrifice yourself for me..." you rub her mane a little slower "Lyra...you are someone who I know I care for, someone...I think I like...or maybe..." you shake your head, but Lyra edges you on "you...?" she has her head on your chest at this point, you can feel her heartbeat on you..."someone I...l-love..." Lyra closes her eyes "I think...I feel the same way about you..." Despite the moment of bliss...you know one thing that will always keep you apart "Lyra...even if I love you, I am a human...and you are a..." you feel a tear, possibly your own, "I know...I know...I know..." she crawls up to your face, her muzzle only an inch from your face... "but...Lyra Heartstrings is not somepony who gives up easy..." You feel your mind go blank as her muzzle connects with your lips “this is...why do I care...” you wrap your arms around her and she breaks the kiss...”well....things are just getting more and more awkward, huh?” you smile as you stare into her gold eyes...kissing her on the snout... ”frankly, awkward has nothing to do with it...” As you and Lyra stand up, you don’t know what to do now “so...are we something or...” she winks and walks out, leaving you to question...
Special OccasionYou walk downstairs to hear Lyra in the kitchen "Lyra, would you like some help?" you step into the kitchen to see three places set at the table, "is Bon-Bon joining us?" she nods and continues to fix a salad "wow, fancy, what's the occasion?" she stands up and nudges you "like you don't know..." you blush and rub her mane, "Lyra...are you sure, you and me...I mean, Bon-Bon may think it's kinda, no, completely and utterly weird" she levitates three glasses to the table "why do you think I want to tell her" you chuckle and take a seat "it does look fantastic, by the way" As you place your napkin in your lap (trying to be a fancy as you can) you hear a knock and Bon-Bon joins you at the table "hiya" you smile and Lyra places the salad in front of you "do you have any dressings?" she levitates a small container of salad dressing "thank you" Bon-Bon dives into her salad "oh my, this is incredible, Lyra, I didn't know that you could cook like this" she licks her lips "so...what happened, who died, or who's getting married?" she joked, you and Lyra smile "well...the thing is...haha" you rub the back of your head and begin to eat your salad... One Simple Explanation and Hours of Laughter Later: "I can't believe it, I thought it was weird when Rarity fell for that rock!!" she took a deep breath and tried to gather her composure, "I am sorry, really, I am happy you found each other, really I am, I thought there may have been something, but..." she busted out laughing again, "o-oh Cel-Celestia...!" Lyra and you start to smile at each other as Bon-Bon finishes up her latest laughing fit "so...would kind of entree did you make?" ... After dinner, you and Lyra sat down in front of the fireplace, not warming up, just enjoying each other's company "Lyra, if I was a pony, who you still feel this way...?" she nudges you playfully "of course, I would miss the thumbs, but..." you both laugh "but in all seriousness, I want you, whether you be human, pony or even rock" you chuckle again, meeting her eyes "I wish I could live here with you...just, not in hiding...I would want to be the 'stallion' that you would be happy to show around town" she smiles "you would make all the other mares jealous and full of envy" you kiss her cheek, the awkward feelings drowned by the feelings for this lime-colored mare... she feels her cheek "I would love that more than anything..." you think of what life you left behind...and of the superior life you are and could be living... "Twilight, I mean, she is the student to Princess Celestia, right?" she nods, her head comfortable on your chest "well, and I am just thinking, what if there was some sort of cloaking or...species change spell?" Lyra stared up "I suppose, magic, even after thousands of year isn't truly understood, it may be possible" you smile "if it's possible...maybe, I could be the stallion of your dreams, someone you don't just have to hide..." you cover your mouth "I mean, I know that..." Lyra silences you with a kiss on the lips "I know what you mean...tomorrow, I will bring it up to her" you try to stretch yourself out and begin to rub Lyra's mane, feeling more serene and happier than you have in a long time...although, out of all the burning questions still at the back of your mind, one stands out from the rest..."How did Lyra come to know about humans in the first place...?"
Waking Up and A Toothless Lizard..."what the hell..." you stand up feeling as if something had knocked him over the head, did something knock you over the head? You had no way to knowing where or why...you look around...something about the forest was...familiar... "w-who's there?" You jump when you heard a strong (but timid) voice coming closer, you don't want to take any chances and duck behind a tree, out to the clearing was something that makes your mouth open...it was a pony! you try to rack your mind, it wasn't just any talking, yellow and pink, you stop your train of thought right there, "Fl-Fluttershy?!" you whisper shocked. "guess it was my imagination..." Fluttershy turned around and walked into the forest "just what the hell am I doing in Equestria...?!!" you put your hands to his head "no, no, nothing about this makes sense...I am not in Equestria...I must be sleeping...dreaming, ya" you try every method to wake yourself up, you pinch yourself, slap yourself, bite yourself and all other means of physical torture... after your third time attempt of slapping yourself awake, you step from behind the tree, "no...I can't really..but, it seems, how can I know for sure?" there was a small rustle behind him and you jump again, but all that came ot was an alligator...with no teeth? "oh...no..." you whisper, you look around for any sign of...you know, and ducked behind the tree again "go away, Gummy..." the alligator continued to step towards you "no, no..." Gummy bites down on your hand "of course..." you try to shake the toothless little reptile off your hand "come on" the alligator finally let go and walked away with a blank expression "well...at least it wasn't..." you couldn't dare finish that thought... ._ _ _ You stumble over another stump "dang it!" you stand back up and brush yourself off "well, I guess I will have to live in here, seeing how there is NO way I can go into..." as if on cue, you see the gates of Ponyville in the distance "speak of the..." you hide as Ponies of different colors and types enter and leave "alright...so I know where I am...what do I do about it?" just like that, you feel something heavy go over your head and you pass out with nothing short of a grunt...
Friendship is CaptivityYou wake up on a couch, you feel something cold on your head and something else...ropes on your hands and feet "oh man...this is how I die..." you begin to play out multiple scenarios, each worse than the last "torture, experimentation, dissection...torturous experimentation by dissection!?" you hear hoofsteps coming closer "at least give me a proper burial..." you close your eyes...and you feel yourself being untied? "sorry about the ropes, I had to make sure you were still until we got by everypony" you pry open your eyes and stare face to face with none other than Ponyville's number one human-sitting Pony, Lyra Heartstrings... "I can't believe it though, I finally found a human!" Lyra stands you up and brushes you off "so, what do you call yourself?" this was like a kidnapper giving her captive the guest room, which she did by the way..."umm..." you tell her your name and Lyra's eyes light up "I like it...I am Lyra Heartstrings" you nod "nice to meet you...and thank you for giving me a concussion..." she rubs the back of her head "oh ya...I am SO sorry, it's just...most peope wouldn't be happy if I was trying to smuggle a struggling human into Ponyville" you think about this for a minute and actually smirk "I suppose...I could relate if our roles were switched" "so...what do you eat?" you think of this as scientifically as you can "well, humans are omnivores, we can eat just about anything" Lyra's eye grew wider "oh man, you can eat BOTH plants and meat" you nod slowly "would you like something to eat?" "I thnk I could eat" the rumbling stomach pushes your point "well, come on, I don't want you to think of me as some weird...nutjob kidnapper" you hear the sadness hidden in her voice, for some reason, you can't help but comfort her, "hey, Lyra...although you didn't make yourself the best hostess at first" you rub your wrist "you're starting to make up for it" she smiled and ran into the kitchen, you slowly make your way to the kitchen to see her hopelessly trying to find something "hay, daffodils...I really should have thought about this more carefully" you slowly step into the kitchen "what about an apple?" Lyra turned around shocked "oh, right, forgot I bought a bundle" she runs (trots?) over to a basket and hands you one, in a word...delicious... Lyra can sense the joy you feel of biting into this Red Heaven Apple grown on a Tree of God..."that is one of those from Sweet Apple Acres" you lick your lips "oh man...I can not believe I have missed out on apples as fine as these" you see her smile and you continue the small morsel, Lyra enjoying one next to you, sitting, as usual...
Apples + Music + Pots + Lyres = FriendshipAfter you have eaten that apple and three more, for that matter, you stand up and stretch "man...delicious apples are delicious..." Lyra giggles "hold on..." she runs upstairs and come back down with her lyre "oh..dinner and a show?" you have completely forgotten that this is the same Pony who knocked you unconscious and bound you...but not that you may be the only human in Equestria...but you let that fact sit as you listen to her beautiful serenade ... After she had finished, you clap, in means of politeness of course, but Lyra is taken back..."thank you, thank you" she exaggerates her bowing and you both start to laugh, "Lyra...if you wouldn't mind, could you play some more?" Lyra smiles "of course, any reque-oh...right" you smile at her and she hides away a small blush, one that you can see clearly, however... ... After Lyra's third song, you hand her a pot or your pseudo-trophy "Colts and Mares..." finally taking your residence into account "you are looking at Lyra Heartstrings, winner of the 'Equestrian String Finals'" Lyra holds up the 'trophy' "I would like to thank everypony who helped me get this far..." with that, you both burst out in laughter "wow..." you realize something, she turns "what" you smile "I am here for two hours and I think I already made a friend..." Lyra stares at you and hands you back the pot, smiling "could you put that pot away? I feel like spaghetti tonight..."
Hearts and Hooves Day...Lyra rushes into the house, almost in tears "what's wrong?" you know you feel something for her, but, you have to keep it down to pure sentiment... Lyra cries into your chest "no one loves me...no one" you are trying to piece everything together, trying to hide the fact that you must be 'no one'... "wait, wait, what happened?" Lyra snifled "sorry...alright, I will tell you, I was at the post office..." Lyra goes into detail of all the happy and blushing mares and stallions that were hugging their own Heart and Hooves Day cards...and she didn't even have one Remembering somewhat bad luck on Valentine's Day back in the human world, you feel honest sentiment towards her... "what if...they didn't get delivered yet when you got there, maybe, it was like a problem with the mail, I have seen the mailmare" she smiled and looked up at you "you really think so...?" you nod "it is worth a shot, isn't it, you can't just give up hope..." She hugs you and slowly trots out her door...with the locking of her door, you spring into action..."she will have something on Heart and Hooves if it kills me..." "where is the...I can use this...I can improvise...now something gold or is it yellow, dah! Where'd all this tissue paper come from anyway?" you run upstairs to hide your present, just in time to see a heartbroken Lyra "I went there, I looked everywhere...even the back room..." You can not stand to see your friend this way, "Lyra, follow me" You lead her to her room, "alright, cover your eyes..." she closes her eyes as you guide her, "alright...now!" she opens her eyes and they fill up with tears "oh my, you...made this for me..." your art skills may be slim to none, but it turned out pretty decent, the collage of Lyra and her lyre was placed carefully at the foot of her bed "I ain't much of an artist, but...luckily you had some tissue paper, I guess from some sort of party?" she couldn't say a word "I...you...I love it..." she hugged you as tight as she could, something you wouldn't mind, if you didn't feel kinda... "Lyra...can you...?" Lyra backed off with a surprised glance and you look down "umm..." you blush deep red "Happy Hearts and Hooves..." you run from her room, locking the guest room door behind you...leaving Lyra blushing and smiling "indeed..."
