Lyra stood up and looked to Red, walking over and raising her head to see into his eyes. Realising there was something different in them, Lyra gives a shaky smile, and Twilight walks over to join her.
“Listen Red, Blue told us about what happened…” Lyra glanced to Twilight, who nodded, opening her mouth to continue.
“We’re not entirely innocent here either, we keep creatures as pets. And we understand where you are coming from now. But we have to apologise.” Twilight shook her head, motioning to the window.
“Our world isn’t yours, and we know nothing about your world, we didn’t grow up in it. It’s not our place to say what is wrong or right, it’s defined by the rules of your world.” Twilight and Lyra looked to Red, both noticing there was a slightly different air about him. Red gave a nod, and they smiled in relief, they had patched things up. Blue stood up to say something, however he paused when Pinkie Pie came in, waving her arms and shouting.
“Nonononono! No! No poopy sappy sad stories at my party. We’re gunna forget all the tipsy whipsy confusing stuff and have fun okay?” Pinkie Pie glared at both Red and Blue, and both gave a nod. Twilight glanced to Lyra as she sighed.
“I’ll go grab the stronger stuff.” Lyra opened a cupboard, picking out a few bottles of her secret ‘berry punch’ supplies. All five sat down on the couches, Red and Blue sharing a glance. Blue watched as the bottle was placed on the table, and Twilight quickly poured a cup for each of them. Blue drowned his quickly, and everyone else taking a sip.
“The guests are here,” whispered Pinkie Pie, motioning for the ponies to enter through the broken door. Ponies began muddling around the room, eating cake and sipping cider. Blue accidentally released Eevee, and decided to release Arcanine shortly after. As Pinkie Pie went to get them saucers of cider, Red released Pikachu and Growlithe. The pokemon greeted each other, excited by the commotion around them.
The pokemon were in a corner, seeming to be having a discussion of their own. They were currently playing a game of strip poker with a mare dressed in a coat. A few ponies were cheering each time the pokemon won, Pikachu winning someone’s sunglasses and poker hat from a rainbow haired pony. Growlithe and Arcanine were laying on a wooly jumper, which another white mare with a diamond cutie mark was desperately trying to win back.
Pinkie Pie handed out cake and cider with ease, no one ever having to look around to find the nearest bottle. However, one time she had slipped in a puddle of something and had lost an entire cake in the face of her orange friend, who was quick to help her up. Pinkie quickly went to get cleaned up, before returning to her duty as self proclaimed party queen.
However the party faded into the background as the three talked, Red sitting next to Blue and listening in quietly, while Lyra and Twilight talked from the other couch. Taking a sip of his cider, he leaned back and a ghost of a smile flittered onto his face.
“Oh my god Red, is that a smile? Please tell me it’s not the apocalypse.” Blue mocked horror, leaning into Red and smirking at him.
“Careful Red, someone might think you have actual emotions.” Pushing into Red, Blue smirked further as Red’s smile didn’t fade, even as he put down the cider and glanced to Blue. Then, very casually, Red pushed Blue to the other side of the couch, and the smile was gone.
“Awww, why so serious? It’s a party, relax a bit mr ‘primary colour.’ Or is that too abstract for you to understand?” Blue chuckled, and Red picked his drink back up and took another sip. Blue slammed his cup down and pointed to the four around him.
“Drinking contest, right now, no backing out.” Blue poured his next cup, and motioned for Red and the others to drink theirs down. Red glanced to Lyra and Twilight. Pinkie Pie giggled, and appeared with five more bottles. Blue smirked, Twilight smiled sheepishly, Lyra looked determined, Red blinked. All the guests turned, grabbing their own drinks, willing to participate.
“Bring it on,” challenged Twilight, sculling her drink and wiping the drops from her mouth. Red followed suit, drinking it down slowly, but easily. Lyra drained her second cup of cider hesitantly, and instantly blacked out. Blue raised an eyebrow, but shrugged it off.
Drink after drink the three prevailed. As other ponies lost their last meal to the ground and left for the night, they continued. Pinkie Pie, seeing they weren’t stopping anytime soon, escorted the still conscious guests out of the room, leaving the unconscious ones there.
Blue drowned another cup, swaying slightly and looking plastered. He glanced to Red and noticed how calm and quiet he was. In fact, Red didn’t even look drunk. Twilight noticed this, and pointed a hoof at Red.
“How many ciderz have you drunken?” Twilight pointed an accusing hoof at Red, Blue smirked, finishing his cup and looking to Red. Red casually sipped his cider, looking at Blue as if he hadn’t even taken a single sip. He placed his drink down and held up 4 fingers.
“Four cups?” Twilight swayed, giving a hiccup. Red shook his head and pointed to one of the bottles. Twilight blinked in shock, and even Blue was surprised at the amount.
“Four bottles? But how in the hell do you lt’s-it-l” Twilight stopped, and put her drink down as she stood up. Turning to face the couch, she promptly threw up on it before passing out right on top. Blue grimaced, and glanced to Red. The challenge was down to just the two, but Blue was quickly losing steam.
“You-You know Red I dun thin I’ve ever beaten you once, evan-even at this.” Blue drowned another drink, standing up and spewing onto the table, wiping his mouth with his hand before wiping it on the couch, and sitting back down. Red put his drink down, he didn’t need to drink anymore. Blue gently grabbed onto Red’s shoulder, and locked eyes with him.
“D-Dun go back to that you you were earlier, the moody one with no idea if the world is bla-black or white. Tha-The world aint like tha’ and you need to focus on doin wh-wha you do besth Red.” Blue leaned back against the couch, his eyes looking into Red’s.
“T-The world needs ya to be Red. I need you to be Red. You’re the one person I have yet to defeat, you’re my drive Red. Without you, I have no reason to push myself to my limits, no reason to go on battling, no reason to live.” Blue’s eyes closed, and his head fell to the couch.
Red watched Blue fall into a drunken sleep, and glanced toward the cup he had remaining. Watching the liquid roll around the cup as he tilted it, he closed his eyes, Leaning down so the tip of the cup rested against his forehead, a small smile lit up his face.
“...”
Suddenly Red flinched and glanced over to where the pokemon were. Taking one look, he quickly stood up, and walked out of the house. Red decided he would sleep with Rapidash tonight.