//------------------------------// // Lyra's Type // Story: My Little Pony: Red Version // by FaelaArts //------------------------------// Red stared at Lyra who waited for him to answer. Lyra had asked a question, but had ended with a demand. Red blinked in response as Lyra glanced toward the door, feeling slightly awkward now that she had said it outloud. Lyra felt stupid and cursed herself for not reading the mood better, “I’m sorry…you don’t have to do it if you don’t want to, of course” She noticed that Red was thinking deeply about something. When they had first met, Lyra wouldn’t have seen the tiny signs that separated the look he had on now from what was ‘normal,’ but after a while she had picked up a thing or two about him. Red’s mouth opened for a moment, then closed for no apparent reason shortly after. Before Lyra had time to ponder that, Red nodded in acceptance of her question. She smiled briefly, then mimicked Red’s Pokémon in seriousness, “Alright, uh, where do we start?” Red pulled his backpack off and brought out his notebook, flipping to a blank page. It took Lyra a few moments before she realized that Red wanted her to fill it out, but, truth be told, she didn’t really know how. After a few moments of silence, she finally asked, “Uh…what do you what me to do?” Without a response, Red headed for the door with notebook in hand. Lyra, unsure of where she would be going, followed him regardless. Lyra had expected him to take Rapidash, but he instead left her and her daughter to sleep and walked out onto the street. Ponies looked to him nervously, as he did have a history of violence. The crowds began to thin, however, and Lyra eventually realized that they were heading out of town Red didn’t stop walking even when the town vanished around a curve and they had passed a small hill with rocks. It wasn’t until they made their way to a large field with plenty of room near the outskirts of Everfree forest that he had finally stopped. Lyra nearly ran into him, but, as she turned to walk around and stand level with him, her eyes narrowed, “Is that Blue?” Lyra glanced to Red nervously, concerned about his intentions with the other human. She couldn’t read his gaze, this time, so she was in the right to be worried. As they walked over, Lyra noticed that Blue was slotting a Pokéball onto his belt. When he looked up and saw the two, his face fell for a moment before returning to normal. He raised an eyebrow, “I wasn’t expecting you to come all the way out here, Red. Something you need?” Lyra could sense that something was off about Blue. He wasn’t cracking any jokes or snide comments about how he was better than Red. Red responded to Blue by pulling out a notepad and facing the blank page to Blue, whose eyes widened slightly in realization. Lyra tilted her head in confusion at the exchange, but didn’t interrupt. Blue trained his eyes on Red seriously, “Are you absolutely sure you want me to do this?” Red nodded in reply without hesitation. They shared a long look, before Blue began closing the distance between the two and they were eye to eye with one another. Lyra could feel that something was passing through the air as they gazed into each other’s eyes. Slowly, a cocky smile began to form on Blue’s face as he threw a hand over Red’s shoulder and pointed to the open field. He started to walk away, pulling out a Pokéball and pointing it to Red once he was a good distance away, “No matter what you say, Red, you can never defeat me! I challenge you to a Pokémon battle!” Blue quickly ran his free hand around his belt to make sure all his Pokémon were present, “I’ll use six, how many will you use?” Lyra’s stomach did a backflip as she saw Red point to her after holding up a single finger. She swallowed hard and opened her mouth to ask him if he was serious, but then remembered what she had demanded of him earlier, “Ok, Red…I’ll give it a try…” The pony-turned-Pokémon took a few shaky steps to stand in front of him, glancing back worriedly. Once she locked eyes with him, however, her worries ebbed away. Red was confident in her; so confident that he pledged to defeat Blue with just her. He believed in her so much that she felt like she could tackle anything. Take on a hydra? She’d rip it to bits with Red guiding her. Her face was filled to the brim with confidence as she turned back to her opponent. The smile she had on her face, however, quickly vanished when Blue released his first Pokémon. “Go, Poliwrath!” Blue yelled out as the massive creature jumped out. It was blue in appearance, being coin-shaped with two beefy arms and black swirl on its chest. “Use water gun!” Blue commanded his Pokémon before it started charging toward Lyra. After considering the various attack methods and possible ‘moves’ that she had, she decided it would be best to run away. Her heart sank and she skidded to a halt when she ran right towards the Everfree forest. She wasn’t a fighter, so she didn’t really know what to do, “Please don’t hurt me, Pokémon thing!” She raised her hooves in front of her face and braced for impact, but noticed after a while that no attack came. Poliwrath was standing in front of her, looking as if it was contemplating its next move carefully. Lyra used Attract Harmony activated Poliwrath is now confused Lyra slowly stood up in confusion. Where was all the water? Poliwrath is confused Poliwrath used water gun Before she could react, she was slammed into a tree with a strong blast of water. Her hair flew back by force, but by some miracle she was still standing. Dripping wet and freezing, she growled in anger. Lyra used growl Poliwrath’s attack fell Lyra’s horn flared up in anger as she used her magic to lift up the Pokémon. She struggled under its weight, but managed to get it in the air before dropping it onto the ground. Lyra used telekinesis Harmony activated Poliwrath is now paralyzed Poliwrath fell, slightly winded and shook off the confusion it was previously in. It waited for Blue to give it orders, flinching now and then at something wrong with its system. Blue frowned, “Poliwrath, return! A psychic type, eh? Hmmm…this should do it. Go, Dragonite!” Lyra’s eyes widened as she shook in her hooves at the sight of a massive dragon creature. She had no other way to describe the orange thing. It was a dragon that was coming to attack her, and she was doomed. Blue grabbed a disc from his pocket and gave it to his Dragonite to eat, “Here, this should do it. Dragonite, use twister!” Lyra cried out in fright and pain as she was sucked into a massive tornado. Rocks flew all around her, beating her from all sides and causing bruises everywhere. She fell to the ground and looked to Red. Standing up, she realized that she didn’t feel quite as bad as she thought that she would. It had hurt, but it was more the fact that the entire situation was completely INSANE that made it worse. Dragonite used Twister It’s normally effective Blue returned his Dragonite and took out a third Pokéball, “Alright, this should be the last one” Lyra stumbled over a bit, before finally managing to cast her shaky gaze on Red, and- “Jynx, use confusion” she heard before she was slapped by an unknown telekinetic force collapsing on the ground once again. Pulling herself up, the world around her swam and swirled. Jynx used confusion It’s not very effective Lyra is confused Lyra couldn’t take much more punishment. Red was trusting her to fight and win, but she was getting her flank handed to her. Tears began to streak down her face as she tried to fight the swirling world around her. A voice sounded, but she couldn’t hear what it said. Suddenly, she stopped swaying and smiled. She knew what to do Lyra is confused Lyra used Sing Opening her mouth, she began to sing the tune she would play on her Lyre if she hadn’t left it at home. It was a sad and peaceful tune that reached the Pokémon’s heart. Harmony activated Jynx is now confused Jynx is confused Jynx used Powder snow She snapped out of her daze and started to shiver. It was colder than normal. It got colder, and colder, and colder until Lyra couldn’t feel her horn. Lyra felt the moment become too much, and was grateful when was finally greeted by the black void of unconsciousness. It’s super effective Lyra fainted Blue sighed and rubbed his head, calling back his Pokémon, “The creatures here aren’t exactly Pokémon, you know, and it’s obvious why” Red closed his notebook and walked over to Lyra. With practiced ease, he pulled out a revive and a full restore and used them in quick succession. Lyra was back in pristine condition, soon enough, but wasn’t fully awake yet. Blue walked over to look at Red’s drawing of her in his notebook, “Nice job; you really captured her expression of confidence. Makes her look like a real Pokémon” He smirked and glanced to Red, who gave no outward reaction. Lyra stirred, but was still sleeping. “You’re not going to tell her, are you?” Blue sighed and spoke a few curse words under his breath at Red's shake of the head. He rolled his eyes, “Alright, but it’s your train wreck” The two lapsed into silence, waiting for Lyra to wake up. Blue seemed content to just stand there; not berating Red about how much more awesome he was like he did when others were around. He broke the awkward silence that always followed Red, “If it makes any consolation, I would have done the same thing if I was you and you were me. The difference is that I wouldn’t have held back” Blue looked into the gently swaying forest, “You think too much, Red. Just DO for a change. You know, like when you went to the top of that mountain for no reason and stood at the top for the sake of it” He paused cautiously as the pony started to wake up, then decided that it was time to wrap things up, “I know, I know, the world doesn’t need two Blues. Even I can imagine how bad that would be. Just…try to smile on the outside a little more, like the old Red” Lyra’s eyes flicked open and she groan. She wasn’t sure why she felt completely fine considering that she was just blasted by water, sucked into a tornado, and frozen. “Tch! I’m not sticking around any longer than I have to with you losers. Smell ya later, Red” Blue said as he called out his Pidgeot and flew away without another word. Red helped Lyra up, who yawned slightly and stretched her muscles. She watched him fly off in silent annoyance, “Once a jerk always a jerk I guess. Now tell me; why did I have to go through that?” Red held up his notebook, and showed that the blank page had been replaced by a drawn picture of her and some notes he had made. Lyra wanted to complain about how Red put her through that, but at the same time she felt that she finally knew what being a Pokémon meant. Still, she was starting to dread the results of her demand, and what it entitled her to be put through. “Wow, that’s amazing!” Lyra exclaimed as she took in all the small details. She was both amazed and confused at the little numbers he had written down alongside his notes. Everything had been done in pencil so that it could be easily edited. Lyra frowned, “But what’s this third move, solar beam?” Red held out a disc, indicating that she should eat it. Lyra grimaced, but swallowed the disc whole and waited for the effects as she recovered from the taste. Out of nowhere, she realized exactly what solar beam was and how to use it. She took a deep breath, amazed at the information stored and given to Pokémon via those strange disc things. Turning back to gaze at the page, she took in her picture. “Is that me? I look so…confident” Lyra gaped as she stared at the picture. Lyra couldn’t believe that she would ever look that confident, but realized that it wasn’t what she thought she looked like, but rather what Red thought she looked like. She blushed, impressed that Red thought so highly of her, but quickly got over it. It was then that the revelation hit her like a ton of bricks, “Wait, am I officially your Pokémon now?” Red spun around and headed back into town. “Reeeeed!” Lyra whined in response.