//------------------------------// // Chapter Seven: Possible Cure // Story: A New World, A New Way: Deepground // by ElementBrigade //------------------------------// Chapter Seven Possible Cure [Canterlot Library] “I would like to check these books out please?” Bon-Bon asked as the librarian looked over the books for a moment before looking at Bon-Bon with a raised eyebrow. “It’s for a friend of mine. She wants to learn more on how to teleport from Canterlot to Manehatten.” “Let me guess. Lyra?” “That obvious?” “This wouldn’t be the first time she came here to learn teleportation magic. Then again it was back when she was a kid and trying to find out if humans exist.” “...That would explain why she kept herself locked in her room as a little filly for long periods of time.” She said before noticing the librarian opening the books and marking the back part of them. “But I assure you, she only needs them to get from here to Ponyville.” “Given how prices are for a ticket to Ponyville and anywhere else, I wouldn’t blame her for wanting these books. Though it might take her a while to get the hang of it. I mean, she’s not an alicorn like the princesses.” “I know, but you know how the mare can be when she sets her mind on something. She won’t give up until she accomplishes it.” “Yeah, just make sure she doesn’t go overboard.” The pegasus mare said before handing the books over to her. “Have a nice day.” “I’ll try,” Bon-Bon said as she picked up the books by mouth and placed them in her saddlebag, one by one. Once she was finished, she began to make her way out of the library and through the streets of Canterlot. As she was making her way through the city, she pressed the communication device in her ear. “Bon-Bon here. I got the books you need.” “Perfect, maybe the books that you bring me might give me a clue as to how to teleport on a world level.” “Let's hope so. I prefer not to be a common thief and have to go into the forbidden library in Canterlot Castle.” “We’ll only get in trouble if we’re caught. Keep in mind that I can make myself invisible if I need to.” “Still doesn’t change the fact that we could get in trouble for doing this.” “Well, it’s not like I have much of a choice in the manner. Now please stop complaining and bring the books over to me as soon as possible. That way, I’ll be able to look over them once I finish helping Burgundy and Georgia become human again…or at least as human as possible.” “....I’m sorry what?” “It’ll be easy for you to see it then for me to explain it over a communicator. Just get over here as soon as possible.” Emma said before ending the conversation. “....I have a feeling Lyra has something to do with what she said about changing pokemon into humans.” The earth pony said as she continued making her way back to the hotel Emma and Lyra were in. Just as the mare left the area, Mewtwo appeared within seconds of Bon-Bon leaving as he scanned the area. He soon saw a pair of hoof prints leaving the library and headed down the street, but the trail vanished as it caused the psychic pokemon to groan in annoyance. “This is starting to become nothing more than a wild goose chase.” He said while still scanning the area for the source behind the energy he was seeing. “It would be much easier if I could just read the minds of ponies. Though I get the feeling father is having someone looking over me.” “You’re not wrong~,” said a familiar female voice as it caused Mewtwo to deadpan and look over his shoulder to see mew looming over his shoulder. “Howdy~” “Of course, he would send you to look over me.” “Well can you blame him? Especially after multiple times, you used force to try and get your way with some of the diplomatic ponies.” “If you had been there during the meeting, then you would know why.” “Sending mental images of what the humans have done to you may have worked in not having them try and kick us off this planet, but it didn’t help to gain Celestia and Luna’s trust. If anything, it made it worse.” Mew said as she started to float around Mewtwo. “It’s not my fault they have incompetent ponies in charge of diplomacy.” “And there was the time when you mind rape that poor human that you thought was a Metagross with high mentality.” She said which caused him to flinch from the reminded pain he felt in his chest. “Which caused you to be under house arrest for a couple of days.” “I get it-” “And there was the time you threw Lyra out of Ponyville for asking you questions about the human world.” “Correction, I didn’t throw her out of Ponyville, I simply teleported her out of Ponyville and into a lake.” “And that makes it better because?” “She’s lucky I didn’t throw her off a cliff.” He said bluntly as it caused Mew to facepalm herself. “You see, it's stuff like that is what gives pokemon a bad name. You’re supposed to be an ambassador between pokemon and ponies to bring peace. Not give them a reason to fear us.” She said as Mewtwo simply grunted before returning to his search. “Look like it or not, you need to set a good example for us. And using force to get your way, isn’t going to pay off in the long run. Especially in your case seeing how you have one more strike before I replace you as ambassador~” “....Fine. I make no promises, but I’ll try not to use force to have my way…even though it’s for the benefit of our kind.” “Don’t use force,” Mew said in a serious tone before vanishing from his sight. “Don’t use force. Doesn’t she realize that you need to force in getting things done?” “Yes, but the way you do it doesn’t help~,” Mew said telepathically as Mewtwo looked up at the sky for a moment before returning to his search. [Canterlot Hotel] “I gotta say. Pokemon D.N.A. is very interesting.” Emma said as she continued to type on her laptop. “I’m surprised the people on your planet haven’t done anything involving gene splicing.” “Gene…splicing?” Georgia asked. “It’s a process using recombinant D.N.A. technology to join by attachment or insertion a D.N.A segment from one source to a D.N.A. segment from another source.” She said before showing them a digital example of what she meant. “Kind of like this. Taking a sample of one segment of D.N.A. and placing it in a segment of D.N.A. to replace it.” “I…don’t think we ever reached that area of science back in our world…have we?” Burgundy asked as Georgia shrugged. “You’ll have to ask a pokemon researcher…that is if we can find one,” Georgia said before turning her attention onto Emma. “So is there a way to change us back into humans.” “I’ll need to run a few tests to make sure one of my theories is proven. But rest assured, I will make you both into humans. One way or another.” She said before noticing Lyra heading into the kitchen. “Mind getting me something to drink?” “Soda or water?” Lyra asks as she enters the kitchen and opens the door to the refrigerator. “Water would be fine. Mind heating up what we had last night?” “Sure, won’t take me that long to- '' Before Lyra could finish her sentence, a bright light erupted from the kitchen followed by the sound of glass breaking. Emma paused in her typing as she looked over at Burgundy and Georgia who were looking at her for a moment before the trio headed over into the kitchen. Once in the kitchen, they saw a figure in the shape of a human. The moment the green glow around the figure vanished, it revealed a tan-colored human with mint-colored hair, pony ears, a unicorn horn, and a tail that resembles that of Lyra’s pony features. “....Okay, I was not expecting to see something like this,” Emma said as she noticed Lyra rubbing her head. Lyra blinked feeling something strange happen to her hoof. She soon looked over at it and noticed that her hoof was now a hand. The mare quickly looked over herself to see that her once pony body was now that of a human body…a naked one to be accurate. “...Am I…a human?” Lyra asked as she started feeling herself. She soon used her magic to levitate a mirror off of the wall in the kitchen to get a better view of herself. The mare’s eyes widen upon getting a better view of herself as she lets out a frantic scream of joy, causing Emma, Georgia, and Burgundy to cover their ears. “I’m a human! I’m a human! Sweet Celestia, I’m a human!” “Yeah, we see that you’re a human. The question is, how?” Georgia asked as she and Burgundy looked over at Emma with raised eyebrows. “What?” “You’re the scientist. Explain how she was able to turn into a human.” Burgundy asked as the soldier simply shrugged. “Okay, just because I’m smart doesn’t mean I have an answer for everything.” She said as she looked over at Lyra, who was admiring herself in the mirror. “There wasn’t anything that I…oh….wait.” “What? What did you do?” The deerling asked as she noticed Emma reaching into her pocket to pull out a green orb that gave off a warm glow. “Isn’t that the orb thing that lets you use magic?” “This is the only thing that I can think of that might explain why Lyra’s a human. Just another thing to study if this can happen to other ponies.” “Or us,” Georgia said as Emma turned her attention onto the glaceon and deerling. “Remember? You said you can change us back into humans…right?” “That I did…It would be interesting to see how pokemon would react to having the ability to use magic.” She said before pulling out another materia orb. “Fair warning, you can’t blame me if this doesn’t work. And even if it does, I don’t know how long it’ll take for the transformation to happen. It could take days, months, hell even years. Are you sure you want me to do this?” Both Georgia and Burgundy deadpans at the soldier as they presented their paws and hooves to her. Emma blinks upon seeing this as nods and moves over towards them. Kneeling, she gently places the materia against their chest. There was a moment of silence before they felt a warm sensation flowing through their bodies as they saw the orb slowly enter their bodies. Once she is done, the soldier backs away from the two pokemon as she sees a faint green glow appear on both their bodies before vanishing. “So…anything different…anything life-changing?” “I don’t know,” Georgia said before closing her eyes to concentrate. In a matter of seconds, a ball of fire appeared in front of the glaceon. “You tell me~?” “Huh…Seems like she can instantly learn the spell without training. Just like me.” Lyra said before noticing a deadpan expression on Emma’s face. “Seems like we’re special compared to where you come from~” “...While I am angry at the fact that it took me two years to learn a lot of the spells that I have under my belt, I am a bit interested in seeing how you two can be able to use magic like that…wait, what about you Burgundy-” Before she could finish her sentence, the soldier quickly ducks underneath a gravity spell heading towards her face. The spell soon hits a potted plant before instantly falling flat onto the floor. Like a steam roller ran over it. The soldier soon turned her attention onto the deerling as she had a sheepish smile on her face. “In my defense…it was an accident.” She said as Emma rolled her eyes at her excuse. “Guess that answers my question.” The soldier said as she pulled herself up. “I’m a bit curious as to how you both can use those spells like they were second nature to you…how is that possible?” “I…Don’t know,” Georgia said as the fireball disappeared. “It was like…The images of how to use them just appeared in my head. Like reading an instruction manual with pictures on how to put something together.” “Weird, that’s the same thing that happened to me…is that something normal for people from your world, Emma?” Burgundy asked as Emma shrugged. “Again, it took me two years or so for me to learn a lot of the spells I have on me, but I never had the materia instantly let me use the spell…I’ll add that to the list of things to research once I figure out how to teleport back to my planet.” She said before looking over at Lyra. “First things first. We need to get you some clothes…this world has a clothing store…right?” “It does…but they don’t see clothing for humans,” Lyra answered. “Well, guess I’ll have to loan you a spare set of clothes for the time being.” “You have spare clothes to wear?” “Again, I’m a soldier. I come prepared for almost everything given the stuff I’ve been through.” “...Where are you even from? I mean I know you’re not from where we come from given how you never heard of pokemon.” Georgia said as Burgundy spoke up. “Not to mention you can use magic and have all that weird-looking equipment. So what kind of world do you come from?” “Can’t tell you,” Emma answers, which causes Burgundy and Georgia to glare at her. “Remember the agreement? Seeing how I solved your human turn pokemon problem…at least I hope I did. You need to tell me about your world. At least as much as you can.” “Oh…right….well a deal’s a deal after all,” Georgia said as she was about to give Emma a full explanation about her world, only for the door to the room they’re in to open up. “I’m back! Got the books you need along with some food!” Bon-Bon said as she closed the door behind her. “Did I miss anything while I was out!?” Upon hearing this, Lyra, Emma, Burgundy, and Georgia looked at each other for a moment, then at Lyra. “Um…Try not to freak out…but I accidentally turned Lyra into a human.” Emma answered as they soon heard something heavy hit the floor followed by the sound of hoof steps making their way into the kitchen. The four of them looked over to their right to see Bon-Bon standing in front of them, but her attention was locked on Lyra. “Um…Hi?” Lyra said while giving Bon-Bon an awkward smile while waving. In a matter of seconds, they soon saw Bon-Bon’s eyes roll into the back of her head before passing out on the floor. “Okay, not the response I was going for.” “I kind of suspected something like this would happen.” The soldier said as she reached into her bag to pull out a pair of shorts, long sleeve shirt, and a pair of boots. She soon handed them over to the mare-turned-human as Lyra used her magic to examine them closely before noticing Emma pulling herself up and walking over to Bon-Bon. Once she was over near the earth pony, she carefully picked her up and took her to the couch. “Put these one for the time being. Georgia and Burgundy will help you with that.”