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// Race 
// Story: My Little Pony: Red Version 
// by FaelaArts 
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Blue was the first to wake up, giving a yawn and heading into the kitchen and raiding it for some coffee. Sitting back down on the couch with his coffee, he then turned his eyes upon the mess around him.

The memories of last night were blurry at best, and he noticed the one part of the couch not covered in ick where Red had been sitting. On the other couch rested Lyra and that purple unicorn. He frowned, had he gotten the creature’s name? It wasn’t important.

Turning his head, he saw movement near the pile of Pokémon, and blinked as he watched two eggs cradled between the two sets of Pokémon, as if they were babies, rolled gently into view.  Turning his head once more, he saw Red walk in and meet his eyes.

“So…Who get’s the eggs?” Blue put down his coffee on the ick-encrusted table and walked toward his Pokémon, returning them, Red copying the action. They both picked up the eggs and gazed at them. Blue looked to Red and sighed.

“I really don’t want to explain this to those ponies. I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve never even heard of an egg.” Blue looked down at the Growlithe egg, before he pointed to the second egg.

“You can keep that one, you haven’t gotten an Eevee yet.” Blue waited for Red to put the egg in his bag, before looking to the Growlithe egg in his hand.

“Good morning,” spoke a voice from the couch as Twilight sat up, rubbing her eyes. The two looked to her as her eyes spotted the egg in Blue’s hand, and she blinked in confusion.

“An egg? What’s it from?” Twilight frowned as Blue glanced to Red, before snorting and shifting the egg to his second hand.

“A Pokémon egg.” Blue replied simply, looking to where Lyra was starting to stir.  Twilight blinked, and frowned as she stood up and came over, gently tapping the egg with a hoof. Blue stepped back, but eventually let her inspect it.

“Where did it come from?” Twilight’s curiosity was piqued when she saw Blue wince, once more looking to Red.

“We-ah-Don’t know where it came from.” Blue eventually answered, avoiding Twilight’s eyes. Twilight frowned, sensing more to the story than that, but she let it drop. All three turned as Lyra jerked awake, and groaned, holding her head as a headache rushed to greet her.

“I’m feeling pain, maybe I’m awake this time.” Lyra’s mumble was barely coherent, her eyes going to Blue’s coffee as she picks it up and drinks the remaining liquid, giving a groan as she puts it back down. Turning to look to them, she pulls a smile to her face.

“Good morning, what’s that?” Lyra pointed to the egg, and the two humans looked to Twilight, shouldering the explanation on her instantly.

“It’s a Pokémon egg.” Twilight glared at the two, but let it go. Even with her magic deadening the pain, she still had a hangover. Glancing to the two, she was surprised by how sober they looked.

“Uh, ok, what are you going to do with it?” Watching the three look to the egg, Lyra gave a yawn and stood up. The dream was still hanging on the fridges, but as she began interacting with he world around her, it began to fade from memory.

“Probably keep them in our bags until they hatch, like normal, why do you ask?” Blue gave a yawn, and looked mournfully to his coffee. Twilight rolled her eyes and went to make them all a batch, knowing Blue wasn’t going to go and do it himself. Lyra glanced at them, before glancing to the ground, and gave a shaky smile.

“Maybe I could have it?” Lyra waited, looking down at the floor, but eventually she raised her head to see them looking at each other.

“No.” Blue growled at Red, pointing to the egg.

“We can’t leave a Pokémon here. Do you want to damage the ecosystem?” Red raised an eyebrow, and pointed to the window as Scootaloo flew by, by coincidence of course. Blue’s glare deepened, and he poked Red in the chest.

“That’s different, she grew up here, not a Pokémon.” Blue put the egg in his bag and stormed toward the door.

“Besides, it’s potential would be wasted in a backwater world like this one.” Blue paused at the door to glance to Red once more, before snorting and turned to leave. However, he paused when Red stepped toward him, and grabbed the egg before stepping back. Blue’s eyes narrowed.

“Give me back the egg.” Blue warned Red, taking a step toward him. However, Red didn’t seem to even notice, and briskly walked toward the door. Blue made a move to grab Red, however Red effortlessly dodged the hand, moving out the door and leaping onto Rapidash quickly. Blue smirked, grabbing out a Pokéball and heading for the door.

“Challenge accepted.” Blue walked out the door, tossing his ball and releasing his Dragonite, and jumping onto it. Lyra dashed outside, looking at the two as they gazed at each other, and noticed the air around them still. Red pulled down his cap, and Blue smirked, and for a brief moment, all was silent. And then it was shattered in an instant as Red seemed to vanish, Dragonite giving a roar and taking off after him. It only took a split second, and they were gone from view. Lyra blinked, and galloped full throttle after them.

Inside the house, Twilight placed the coffee down and sighed, shaking her head. Not only had all three vanished, but she hadn’t had a chance to tell them the news.

“Celestia will be here soon, oh boy.”




Rapidash dodged out of the way as Dragonite dive bombed them, her flame burning brightly in response to the excitement. Ponies barely noticed the blur, only realising something had passed when the slipstream knocked them off their feet. When two Pegasi in the air noticed this, the dived down, sensing the unspoken challenge in the air, they both smirked, and joined Lyra as she followed behind them, the gap slowly growing larger.

“Hey Lyra, what’s the commotion?” The mare with the rainbow mane called Rainbow Dash was the first to comment, her beaming smile filling her face as the challenge in the air sung to her nature. Lyra glanced to Dash, before returning to focusing on the running, slipping up would cause her to loose them.

“She’s not answering Dash, let’s try catching up to what’s up there.” The purple Pegasi, recently reformed, was easily keeping up. However she didn’t have the same love for competition as her idol, and was still getting used to her newfound abilities now the Rare Candies had worn off. The two increased their speed, catching up to the two Pokémon with only minor trouble.

“What’s going on!” Scootaloo’s voice shouted through the wind gusting around them. Blue glanced to her and answered back fairly quickly.

“Red’s got my egg! I’m trying to get it back!” Blue picked up speed, and Dragonite dived for Rapidash once more. Leaping over a building, Dragonite swerved to avoid it, losing valuable speed.

“Can we play?” Rainbow Dash grinned at Blue, even flipping to fly backwards to show her overconfidence. Blue smirked and gestured for her to go ahead.

“If you think you have a chance, go ahead.” Blue watched the two Pegasi speed up, and slowed slightly so he could watch them. Both trainer and Pokémon waited for the perfect moment to intercept.

Rapidash sensed the form to her right and leapt to the side as Rainbow Dash made a dive for the egg. Leaping back the other way, she avoided Scootaloo, leaping over Dash and heading down a side street.

Seeing the street ended in a dead end, the two sped up to try and catch Rapidash when she slowed to maneuver. However to their surprise, she leapt at the wall, catapulting into the air, and sailing past them harmlessly.

The two Pegasi blinked, but quickly recovered and chased after Rapidash. However, Rapidash was too focused on watching behind her to notice Dragonite heading towards them. Red dug his heels in, and Rapidash jumped instinctively, sailing over Dragonite and speeding down the square once more.

However, a magical aura snatched the egg from Red’s hand, and the chase abruptly ended as Lyra stood there with the egg in her magic, panting heavily. Before she could open her mouth to speak, Scootaloo dived at the egg, snatching it and holding it like a trophy.

Rapidash leapt up, and Red stood up to try and grab it. However Scootaloo leapt higher into the sky, and looked down at Red before sticking her tongue out.

“Yoink,” spoke Dash, taking the egg from Scootaloo and began to fly again, preparing to restart the chase battle. However, she fumbled the egg and it began to fall, sailing down. All ponies and humans and Pokémon dived for it, but none were going to make it in time.

And then Sweetie Belle walked out from behind the house, looking at her hooves.

And then the egg landed safely in her hooves.

She then looked toward the group as they fell to the ground, having dived for the egg, in a heap.

And then the egg hatched, revealing a male Growlithe who looked to Sweetie Belle and gave a cute huff of affection.

“Whelp,” started Blue, climbing out of the pile of bodies, followed by Red who seemed to not have a single hair out of place, the others following suit quickly.

“Looks like you’re the mother.” Blue brushed himself off, returning his Pokémon and giving a smirk to Red, who blinked in response. Sweetie Belle imitated Red, looking at the baby Pokémon in her hooves with mute shock.

Until the baby Growlithe gave a yawn and curled up into a small ball of fur.

“Awwww,” was all she could say.