- =BiE 22=
- >The damn sun woke you up again.
- >It seemed to be closer then it normally was.
- >Maybe this was Celestias payback for ruining her fun over estrus.
- >You peek at the clock, 10:00.
- >Aloe and Lotus had given you the day off for helping them over estrus.
- >You didn't want to do it, but you had some stuff to take care of and it provided the perfect opportunity.
- >You rolled out of bed and made your way to the kitchen, ignoring the sounds from Anon's room.
- >Damn kids.
- >Your 'special delivery' should be arriving soon, might as well get ready while you wait.
- >The abundance of pancakes at the market has allowed you to upgrade to eating them regularly.
- >The pancakes putting you in a good mood, you made your way to your shower and started going over the day's game plan.
- >Assuming magic worked the way you thought it did, it would just be a matter of practice.
- >You were screwed if it didn't.
- >You hoped they had enough room.
- >Considering who you were dealing with, you hoped you didn't get a hoof to the face first.
- >You hear a knocking at your door after your shower.
- >Just as you expected, Twilight was standing on your front porch.
- >"Hey, Twilight. You look like you handled the estrus as well as Celestia said."
- >She gets an embarrassed look.
- >"She uh...she told you that?" she stammered out.
- >"Only that you thought of everything and handled yourself well."
- >She still looks embarrassed, but she's wearing a smile now.
- >Twilight levitates a small box over to you, as well as a book.
- >"Force fields and barriers.". Promising.
- >"I have to say, I was a bit surprised when you asked for these things." Twilight said.
- >This WAS a bit out of it for you.
- >"Just trying to take care of a minor problem, I'm a bit surprised myself that Anon got the day off today."
- >She looks like she's blushing a bit. "Hehe...yeah...the Library isn't really fit for anypony to be in right now."
- >Well, there goes your mental image of Twilight being a paragon of willpower and toughing it out.
- >"Where is Anon, anyway?" she asks.
- >"Oh, he's around. It's not like he and Rainbow are FUCKING IN THE OTHER ROOM!" you yell.
- >Silence settles in before four knocks come from Anon's room.
- >"Yeah, they're fine."
- >Twilight looks like she's about to die of embarrassment as she cocks her head to the side inquisitively.
- >"They're on round four, if they get to round ten by noon; I win ten bits and have to call an ambulance."
- >The awkwardness can be cut with a knife.
- >"...I'm gonna go inside now."
- >Twilight just nods with a fake smile and a rather intense blush and walks away.
- >Damn, how can someone that smart get weirded out by mating?
- >You step into the town proper and start your search.
- >A quick study of the book Twilight gave you showed that, yes, force fields worked exactly how you thought.
- >The only question was whether or not she could do it.
- >You don't know where Lyra and Bon Bon live, but if they're 'together' then there's a decent chance finding one will find the other.
- >Bon Bon apparently ran a candy shop that rivaled Sugarcube Corner, so you start your search in the center of town.
- >You were getting an awful lot of looks.
- >Probably because of the big box you were carrying around.
- >You eventually break down and ask Carrot Top where Bon Bon lives.
- >Let it never be said that you fall into gender stereotypes.
- >You mentally prepare yourself for the situation ahead.
- >Best to play it arrogant.
- >You open the shop door and spot Bon Bon behind the counter.
- >She looks pissed.
- >"What do you want?" she asks.
- >You still can't get used to her different voice thing.
- >"Hey Bon Bon, Lyra here?"
- >Her frown gets deeper.
- >"No, Lyra is not hear. I imagine that she's blowing all her money at that spa of yours again."
- >That was true, Lyra came in pretty often.
- >Still, if she was out looking for you then she'd be back once she realized you weren't there.
- >"That's cool, I'll just hang out till she shows up."
- >Bon Bon walks out from behind the counter.
- >"I don't think that's a good idea." she says.
- >She still looks pretty mad.
- >"Aw, come on. We can swap stories about candy and junk."
- >She seems to not like your shit eating grin.
- >She opens her mouth to say something but is interrupted by the door opening.
- >"M-Mous!?"
- >"Lyra!" you and Bon Bon call out.
- >"Lyra, wha-
- >You interrupt Bon Bon before she finishes.
- >"Lyra! Hey, you were looking for me? Cause I was looking for you."
- >"Y-you were?" she asks.
- >"Lyra, I do-
- >"Yep! Got something to show you, you guys got a basement or something here?"
- >"Well, we have one for storage..."
- >"Great, lead the way!"
- >"Lyra!" you hear from behind you.
- >Bon Bon looks a bit hurt, still mad, but also hurt.
- >"Lyra...are you really going to go with him without knowing what he wants?"
- >"Bon Bon...I..." she says.
- >Fuck. Now you have to be the asshole.
- >"It's all good, Bon Bon, I'm a great guy. I'll get her back to ya in one peice."
- >You put your hand on Lyra's shoulder as you say that.
- >You can feel her tense up, this is exactly what happens when she used to come to the spa.
- >If Lyra was only considering leading you downstairs before, she just caved.
- >"It'll be fine, Bon Bon. Mous'll show me this thing and I'll be right back up."
- >She opens a nearby door and reveals a long stairway down.
- >You follow her down the stairs as Bon Bon comes up behind you.
- >"Well then why can't he show us both!" she shouts.
- >You turn around.
- >"This is kinda just for Lyra."
- >You don't wait for a response and shut the door.
- >A few minutes later, you're both sitting in a small circle of candles you removed from your box.
- >You were amazed that Bon Bon didn't kick the door in and throw you out.
- >People and ponies do weird things for the people they care about, it seems.
- >Lyra speaks up as you light the last candle.
- >"What's all this for, Mous?"
- >"Ambience."
- >Go hard or go home.
- >Might as well begin.
- >"Lyra, you're a unicorn, can you make force fields?"
- >She looks a bit confused.
- >"What's this about, Mous?"
- >"Please answer the question."
- >She sighs
- >"Yes, I can make force fields."
- >You don't move a muscle.
- >"Show me."
- >A minty glow envelops Lyra's horn and a similar colored sheet of light floats above the center of your circle.
- >You poke it with your finger, it has resistance, but gives if you push.
- >Perfect.
- >You extend your hands over to Lyra.
- >"Okay Lyra, I want you to make a force field around both of my hands.
- >She looks confused but complies.
- >A green bubble seals both of your hands, stopping at your wrists.
- >"Okay, now, shrink the force fields to match the contours of my hand. Be as precise as you can."
- >"Mous, I don't know if I can do that." she said.
- >"Have you ever tried?"
- >"Well...no...bu-"
- >"Then try. It's one of the most human ideals there is."
- >She gets a determined look and the glow from her horn intensifies.
- >As it does, the bubbles around your hands begin to contort and twist.
- >They shrink down further until both of your hands are on a mint green energy glove.
- >Lyra sighs.
- >"I did it..."
- >You nod.
- >"Yes, you did. Now comes the hard part."
- >The next few hours were spent in the basement with Lyra.
- >She was trying to learn how to bend her force fields the same way as your hands.
- >It was slow going, she had to stop more than a few times to rest.
- >Eventually though, you'd gone through almost every way a hand can bend you can think of.
- >"Okay, Lyra, final step. You ready?"
- >She nods her head.
- >"Okay, I want you to take these off my hands and put them on the end your hooves."
- >"What?" she says.
- >She doesn't look convinced.
- >"Do it. Worst case scenario is that we just lost a few hours over nothing."
- >Lyra shuts her eyes and hold up her hooves.
- >The magic gloves you've grown used to over the past few hours slip off your hands and float over to Lyra.
- >The 'hands' spin around and slowly lower themselves, connecting the wrists to the end of Lyra's hooves.
- >They hold themselves there as Lyra opens her eyes and smiles.
- >Her smile only grows bigger and bigger as she wriggles her new fingers.
- >"Mous...I..."
- >She looks up to you.
- >She has tears in her eyes.
- >"I-I don't know how to thank you."
- >You sigh.
- >"You want to thank me?" you ask.
- >You extend an arm down to Lyra.
- >To her credit, she gets the idea and grabs your hand with her new ones.
- >"Do two things for me."
- >She nods her head as she stands on her hind legs.
- >"One: Stop coming into the spa so damn much, you have 'hands' now, satisfy your own fetish."
- >Aloe and Lotus could never know of this, they'd kill you for getting rid of a customer who came this often.
- >"And Two:"
- >You gesture with your thumb through the floor above you.
- >"Go talk to your girlfriend. I could see the looks she was giving me when we came down here."
- >Lyra's face drops.
- >"Bon Bon...I don't know what I'm going to do about her..."
- >"Do you want her gone?"
- >Lyra jumps back.
- >"No! No, no...I lo-really like Bon Bon...it's just...I don't know what to do."
- >You put your hand on her shoulder, even on her hind legs, she was a bit shorter then you.
- >"Go talk to her, work something out, if this did what I wanted and got you over whatever was making you come to the spa so often, then it should be pretty simple."
- >You start your way up the stairs
- >"I don't know why she thinks I'm so worth it..."
- >You stop and look at Lyra over your shoulder.
- >"Lyra, you're probably the most important person in the world to Bon Bon, of course you're worth it to her."
- >You head out the basement door and head for the exit when a voice stops you.
- >"Homewrecker."
- >You turn to see Bon Bon sitting on a couch in the other room.
- >She's holding a pillow tight to her chest.
- >She looks like she's been crying.
- >She gives you a death glare as you walk into the room.
- >"You took the most important person in my life."
- >Bingo.
- >"And stole her away from me."
- >"Bon Bon, nothing happe-"
- >She tosses the pillow across the room at you.
- >"SHUT UP!"
- >She looks furious now.
- >"Don't tell me nothing happened! Nopony spends four hours in a basement and does 'nothing'!"
- >She has her head in her hooves now.
- >"It just-I always tried to be so understanding! Everypony called her fascination with humans weird, but I looked past it. I looked passed her sitting, I looked past her trying to walk on her hind legs, Celestia knows I even looked past her going to that spa to see YOU so often!"
- >She jams a hoof in your direction.
- >"But I don't think I can get past her ignoring me just because you fell into our town..."
- >She keeps staring daggers at you.
- >"...Bon Bon?"
- >You both turn to the basement door to see Lyra walk out, on all fours, it seems.
- >"Bon Bon...nothing happened." She says.
- >"I really wish I could believe that Lyra..."
- >Lyra takes a few steps closer. "Hey, I may be weird."
- >She gets up on the couch next to Bon Bon and throws a hoof around her.
- >"But I'd never hurt you."
- >Bon Bon throws Lyra's hoof off her and retreats to the other side of the couch.
- >Lyra tries again only for Bon Bon to shoot her down.
- >The room is quiet for a long time.
- >You start to back away towards the door
- >"I should go."
- >Lyra looks up at you.
- >"Thanks Mous...for everything."
- >"Yeah, right..."
- >You start to walk to the door.
- >Quick, say something to lighten the mood.
- >"Play nice, you two."
- >Fuck.
- >You walk out the door and hurry home before the idiocy of that remark comes back to haunt you.
- >The sun was setting, the perfect setting for the relationship you just ruined.
- >This blows.
- >Dammit, you were trying to help.
- >This always happens when you try to help.
- >You trudge into the living room when you get home, Anon and Rainbow are there.
- >"Hey dude...you okay?" Anon asked.
- >"I'm fuckin' fine."
- >You didn't need to talk about it.
- >You fucked up.
- >It was your responsibility.
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