"Human/Pony Interactions? No, I've read it." Lyra muttered, browsing the tiny section of the Canterlot Royal Library dedicated to the elusive species called 'Humans.' Lyra picked up another book. "Theories on Humans? Sounds good." She dropped it in her saddlebag. She picked up another. "Humans: A Field Guide. Haven't I read this?" Lyra flipped through the pages to make sure she hadn't already read the book. The book seemed to force her to open it to a certain page. Sitting in the gap between that page and the one previous was a small slip of paper. "What's this?" Lyra asked herself, picking up the slip. She unfolded it and read the text at the top. "Human/Pony Transformation Spell?" Lyra's mouth widened in a gleeful grin. "This sounds promising!" She slipped the paper into her saddlebag and left to check out the books.

"Hey." She casually said to the librarian.

"Hello, what can I do for you?" The mare asked.

"I'm just checking these books out." Lyra explained, setting the three books on the counter.

"Do you have a library card?" The librarian asked.

"Well, not exactly." Lyra answered. "You see, my friend loaned me hers, she used to spend a lot of time here."

"So, who is this friend of yours?" The librarian skeptically demanded.

"Twilight Sparkle." Lyra replied.

"Oh, Twilight?" The librarian seemed to be acting nicer now. "Go right ahead, just give me the card." Lyra handed the mare the library card. She began to check out the books. "Theories On Humans? A Study On Humans? The Human Species? These books haven't ever been checked out before."

"I'm a bit obsessed with them." Lyra explained.

"Don't worry, Twilight was obsessed with a lot of weird things, too, but they turned out to be important." The librarian consoled. "Did you know that everypony in Canterlot thought she was crazy about the whole Nightmare Moon thing? She was the only one who predicted it. But, sure enough, it happened."

"Thanks." Lyra said. She grabbed the books and put them back in her saddlebag. "Goodbye!" Lyra galloped out of the library at full speed, headed straight for the hotel. She burst in the front door and bolted up the stairs. She almost broke the door to her room.

"Woah, Lyra, slow down." Bon-Bon said, stopping her stampeding friend. "Where's the fire?"

"Nowhere." Lyra said. "I just wanted to show you something."

"What is it?" Bon-Bon asked, attempting to appear interested in whatever new tidbit about humans her friend had brought her. They had been friends for a while, and, once Lyra had spotted a human, it had become a bit more strenuous and annoying. Lyra was constantly coming home with a new fact or picture, detailing what she believed to be a 'superior species.'

"It's a spell." Lyra said.

"A spell for what? Turning ponies into humans?" Bon-Bon sarcastically suggested.

"How'd you know?" Lyra asked.

"Wait, that's really what it is?" Bon-Bon asked, suddenly intrigued. "Does it work?"

"I don't know, lemme try it out." Lyra began to retrieve the spell from her saddlebag.

"Wait." Bon-Bon intervened, stopping Lyra. "What if it doesn't work?"

"And if it doesn't?" Lyra asked.

"Well, we're staying in a hotel. We don't want to hurt anypony." Bon-Bon explained. "For all we know, some prankster shoved an explosion spell in there just to mess with ponies like you."

Lyra sighed. "Fine. But, Celestia as my witness, we're using that spell the minute we get home!"

"Okay." Bon-Bon said. "That's fine."

"I'm gonna go read." Lyra said, darting off to the bedroom. Relieved that her friend was gone, Bon-Bon sat down on the couch and began to review the events of the past few days in her mind. Lyra had gotten the crazy idea that Canterlot would have more extensive books on humans, despite the fact that Twilight insisted that they were all the same. Then Lyra had persuaded the unicorn to hand over her library card, and Bon-Bon had been whisked away along with her friend to the capitol of Equestria, for no other reason than to study what she found to be a fictional species.

Well, Lyra had been right. The Royal Library had more books than Twilight. But what was more intriguing was the spell Lyra had discovered. Did it really turn ponies into humans? And, if it did, were there any die affects? And, if so, what were they?

Bon-Bon sat on the couch for hours, unanswerable questions racing through her mind, until she fell asleep.