Sweetie Belle! It’s… It’s you! I mean, not you but you you! Oh my gosh, it’s been so long since you even recognized me!

Me? I’m fine! We’re fine! Everythings… I mean it’s been years. A lot has changed. Do you know Twist? One of the fillies you go to school with? Bon-Bon has been training her in candy making for over a year now. I think she plans to offer her a summer job after this school year ends. If somepony else could watch the store for her, that’d give her more time to herself! Which would be pretty convenient since she and I have been traveling here and there lately.

Bon-Bon and I have… got ourselves involved in a sort-of project. I probably won’t go back to teaching once this year is over. Not that my working in a high school ever really effected you.

But how are you doing, Sweetie? I mean, I see you and your friends around town sometimes. Do you have your…? I mean, it caused quite a stir in the academic world when you three got them. But of course it’s okay if you don’t! It’s not a big deal or anything. It’s just… I’ve seen you helping others with their cutie marks. I just want to congratulate you personally if you… you know… have yours.

It’s so good to hear from you, Sweetie Belle. I don’t know how all this multi-dimensional stuff works, but it’s just good to know that you’re still out there somewhere.

Well, it’s actually a difficult subject to touch upon. I don’t have any hard evidence one way or another.

You know the theories regarding parallel dimensions? Well, I don’t think they’re parallel. I think they curve into one another and ponies and events get mixed together! There’s the Scootaloo that left of course, but Sweetie Belle is another good example. Some days she recognizes me; other days she genuinely has no idea who I am.

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You may recall me mentioning that Twilight did some work for the weather team. Well, the whole story is that she grossly miscalculated and now the weather team is having to pull a friggin’ blizzard!

Ponyville gets its power from Canterlot, so what I’m basically saying is, I might lose power. Might not too, just in case.

1) Oh hey! I too make highly technical, but easy to operate, things in my limited spare time that I have no intention of using and offer them to complete strangers for free, despite their value in both physical materials and custom labor!

But in all seriousness, no thank you. I have a thing about taking candy from strangers.

2) Bon-Bon and I had a pretty good time. Princess Luna has been awful nice about coming to Ponyville every year for Nightmare Night. Did you get to see her? She never looks happier. Not that I see her very often.

3) No. At least, not that I know of. Not exactly a badge you wear on your saddle, you know?

I’ve been back to lower Canterlot a few times since I moved here. Talked to a few folks. Like I said, it’s a lot better now than it used to be.

4) Oh, there’s alternate dimensions. Of that there’s no doubt. But… Well, if your asking for my personal opinion, that’s where things get complicated.

5) I try not to worry about it. If you can’t change it, there’s really no reason to. So much goes on in every corner of every plane of existence. Who would even want to know all of it? Or even most? Or even a fraction?

ask-princess-ataxia:

The dark side is my place of origin, but I currently reside within the Princess’s castle in order to more easily assist her.

Without the light of the sun, there is a difficulty in being able to see; thus, artificial light is constructed within magical materials that exude a specific radiance at all times. The glow, for me, as I was born there, is more soothing to me than the light of the sun, but such is only of my particularity.

Chilling.

Well, if this is Grity Lyra, and this is Silly Lyra, and this is Professor Lyra, and this is Band Lyra, and this is Normal Lyra…

I have no idea. I was just the First Lyra (check the date).

Edit: Also this one, but I’m not terribly familiar with her.