Title: Lyra Saves Ponyville

Premise: MLP: FIM. When a swarm of Parasprites attacks Ponyville, and Pinkie Pie is nowhere to be found, it's up to Lyra Heartstrings to save the day.

Date Posted: 12/12/12

Personal Comments: This is about the background Pony, Lyra Heartstrings, in one idea for the special talent that earned her lyre cutie mark. Also in this story is my OC, The monstrous sister of Queen Chrysalis, Princess Asphyxia. For more info on her, see my previous drabbles, "My Scenes at the Grand Galloping Gala", and "Trixie Versus Asphyxia".

It's been pointed out in the fandom how Lyra seems to have been a student at Celestia's School for Unicorns, and was acquainted with Twilight Sparkle. And then later in the series, she frequently appears in Ponyville. Imagine the possibilities for stories about her you could come up with for that. I'm sure many fans have already come up with creative stories for her.

I imagine her being able to play beautiful music with her lyre, combining her magic with the music to make it even more beautiful, and being able to not just perform beautifully, but being able to control the minds and bodies of other ponies if she really tries, similar to the pied piper.

She's also been depicted to be close friends, even lovers, with Bon-Bon. Have you seen recently that her name's been changed to Sweetie Drops? What was up with that? Why the sudden change? The fandom's come to know her as Bon-Bon! Why are we changing it all of a sudden this late in the series! It especially annoys me because of its similarity to Sweetie Belle's name, which just displays a lack of creativity! We should change her name back!

In this song, I've used "To Light" from Naruto Shippuden: The Lost Tower, which I do not own. It's a beautiful song, no? Thinking about it sort of brings back memories from my Narutard stage. Reminds me that I still have a long way to go on my Naruto fanfics...

If you hadn't guessed, a little bit of this on Asphyxia's part is based on Wreck-It Ralph. Again, fantastic movie!

Adoption Idea: MLP: FIM. The story centers around Lyra Heartstrings as the protagonist. It tells her story as she grows up in Canterlot, becomes one of Twilight Sparkle's closest friends, and then travels to Ponyville with her, where she becomes friends with Bon-Bon and some of the other background ponies, and occasionally partakes in Twilight's adventures. The antagonist of the story is Princess Asphyxia.

The Parasprites were devouring Ponyville once again. Where was Pinkie Pie with her magic to stop the creatures? She had been ponynapped by Princess Asphyxia, who decided she would not allow the pink pony to save the day as she did last time. No, the sprites would devour Ponyville until every last scrap was consumed.

In town, amidst the chaos, Lyra decided to take a stand. She knew what to do. She ran into her house, came back out almost instantly with her lyre, and started playing.

Instantly, all the parasprites paused the consuming, and listened to the wondrous echoing of the instrument. Each strum of the strings filled the air with such feelings of peace and bliss.

Lyra was levitating her lyre with her magic, as well as pulling the strings with such. Her magic in tuned with her instrument made the music that much more entrancing. She started singing a Japanese song she had learned long ago as she played.

Ro takaku noboru hikari,
Wakitachi taru omo hi,
Mamorubeki ryu no michi yo ,
Shi na hasha tsu sora o aogi.

She started walking away out of Town as she played and sang her song. The parasprites all followed like bugs into a limelight, unable to resist the call of the beautiful melody.

Asphyxia, rested atop the Mayor's office, and holding Pinkie hostage, noticed as the swarm started floating away after the green pony.

"You fools!" She spat. "Where are you going? Why are you following... the music?" She paused and her voice became soft as she listened to the music herself.

She released her hold on Pinkie and dropped down from the roof and followed Lyra along with the rest of the swarm.

Suna, kaze, ara koto mo,
Sagi kokoru koko no hi yo hana ni ma ichira.

Rasen ni tsutayu hikari,
Ryu no te wo tatsu niwa e,
Ari shi hi no omo kage yo,
To wa no uta wo kokoro tsunaii.

On the sides, the ponies who had intially been at distress and panic at the hands of the swarm, suddenly felt all their troubles slide down the drain as Lyra's melody entered their ears.

"So... beautiful," Asphyxia moaned. "Wait! No!" She shook her head and tried to get the tune out of her head. It did not work. "Aww... no! Beautiful... no! Cannot... resi- Shut her up!" Ultimatly, she could not resist the sound of the music, and was left in the same trance as the other parasprites.

Te na, na wa, na to uto mo,
Moe sagaru mane no hi yo yami wugi girisa ga.

Lyra lead on the swarm for about half an hour, playing and singing the same song over and over again. She was getting tired and running out of breath, but she had to keep singing.

Finally, they made it to the cliffside into the rushing waters below. This stream would carry the creatures away from Ponyville, without harming many of them. She stood aside of the cliff, out of the way of the other creatures as she willed them to drop down into the water. Unable to fly, the stream carried them away.

Asphyxia was more of a challenge. She maintained her song as best as she could.

Ro takaku noboru hikari,
Nakaru ru toki kioku,
Ayumubeki ikiru michi wo,
Yume ni ikiru sora o aogi.

"No! No!" The changeling princess yelped as she tried to resist before falling back into her trance. She walked closer to the cliff. "Follow the musi- AAAAAHHHH!" She finally hopped off the cliff and into the water, and was swept away by the current.

At last, Lyra dropped her lyre, and fell to her hooves. It was over. She had done it.

"Wow! Lyra! Girl!" Way to go girl!" Bon-Bon's voice called over. She, Twilight and Pinkie rushed over to her to help her up.

"Yeah! Great job, Lyra!" Twilight added.

"And thanks for saving me," Pinkie finished.

"Glad I was able to help," Lyra nodded.