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// Later on, they got together to have a talk. 
// Story: My Little Pony: Blue Version 
// by FaelaArts 
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“So what are we going to do with Giovanni?” Lyra turned her head to look to Blue, who shrugged, brushing away one of the many vines hanging from the trees around them. The forest was especially dense around them, with plenty of low hanging branches. Strangely enough, Blue’s head never got hit by a single one.

“I’ve got a way to contract gramps, he’s going to come through with some police to apprehend him. We said we’d bring him back, but he replied the police said they wanted it done ‘the right way’ or something.” Blue pulled out a bottle of water from his bag and opened it, drinking it down enthusiastically, before looking at the remaining water in the bottle with a curious glance.

“Ah, I see, that makes sense.” As Lyra closed her mouth, she was shocked as she realised they had lapsed into silence, and she glanced between the three. Red she could understand, but Blue too? The Blue she knew would fill the air with jokes and comedy to prevent such silence for long. Turning her head, she peered at Blue’s back and wondered if there was something slightly off with him today.

“Are we heading for somewhere specific?” Green spoke up, breaking the silence, and looked to Blue. As Lyra followed her gaze, she realised Blue hadn’t even glanced toward Green, still watching Red.

“Not really, we can make the portal anytime. It’s hooked up to the same place as the first experiments, so all we need to do is head for the edges of the town. Our past selves are currently in a party I recall.” Blue shrugged, and once again they all lapsed into silence. Green glanced away from the group, and took in the surroundings with mild curiosity. Lyra sighed, and looked up toward the sky and tried to piece together what she could. However, she couldn’t work out what could be causing Blue’s change from jerk to…whatever he was right now.

And that was when a blazing form crash landed in front of them, setting the forest around them on fire before quickly putting it out as the light dimmed. Lyra blinked away the spots in her eyes, and as soon as she could see she blinked, eyes widening as she realised it was the sun goddess in front of her.

“I certainly hope defying me was worth it.” Wings flared, eyes glowing with power, mane alight with the colors of flame, Celestia was truly a fearsome sight to behold. Lyra saw even Red take a step back at the sight, before standing his ground. Blue was quick to stand beside him, and Lyra watched Green follow suit. Walking and taking her place, Lyra felt a smile ghost onto her lips before vanishing.

“Yeah, it kinda was.” Blue answered simply. Celestia’s wings flared open even further, and she narrowed her eyes, before looking to the tied up Giovanni behind them. Rearing onto her back hooves, she opened her mouth to speak, and the light around her grew slightly.

And then an Arcanine burst through the forest, skidding to a stop between them, a second Blue sitting on top. All eyes turned to him as he leapt off and returned Arcanine. Looking between them he noticed the tension in the air, and a sly smirk fell upon his face.

“I guess this counts as being fashionably late eh?” Blue looked between the people, his smile held on his face by willpower alone. The second Blue seemed just as surprised as he was, and as the legendary looked to him a cold chill travelled down his spine.

“So uh, anyone know why there’s two of me?” Both Blue’s spoke at the same time, much to their own annoyance, and both turned their gaze to Red and Green. Red blinked in response, and turned to glance to Green who was ‘hrm’-ing as she held her hand to her chin.

“They fell in that pool right? Doesn’t it duplicate items? It probably does the same for people too.” Green raised her head and noticed everyone was looking at her, and held a sheepish smile in response. As attention returned to the main attraction, both Blue’s were quick to realise the underlying problem.

“But wait, Giovanni fell in too.” It took exactly three seconds for the penny to drop, and all three looked to the sly smile on Giovanni as dread began to set in. Red put his hand on a Pokéball, and his stance went from casual to alert. Green stepped close to Red, hand cautiously held out as if to grab onto his arm. Lyra glanced around before shrugging and standing where she was, ready for action. Both Blue’s glanced to each other, and approached their double.

“Rock, Paper, Scissors!” Both Blue’s cast their hands out, annoyed when both revealed a fist that ended the game in a tie. Realising any game of chance would likely end in a draw, they decided to ignore it to deal with the immediate threat. The legendary was getting tired of waiting.

“Listen, Celestia was it?” The first Blue began, motioning to Giovanni.

“We’ve kinda got a situation, d’ya think we might postpone this ‘fight’ for another time?” The second Blue finished. Both watched Celestia glance between them, before swearing and folding her wings, lowering her head and settling into a less threatening stance.

“Very well humans, but first I need to deal with the duplicate.” Celestia reared up, casting a spell and firing it at the Blue that had travelled with Red, Green, and Lyra, and making him vanish. All blinked, and decided to take another step back despite the fact they knew it wouldn’t help.

“How do you know that was the wrong Blue?” Lyra’s voice was shaky, and she looked to the ground as she thought of what might have happened had they started fighting. It was hard to remember that their kind and smiling princess had once possessed the power to turn anyone to stone.

“Mainly a hunch, I doubt the real-Blue was it? I doubt the real Blue would settle for saying the second part of a sentence.” As she settle back into a casual standing stance, she turned her gaze on Blue, who couldn’t help but let a small smile fall on his face, closing his eyes as he suppressed the urge to chuckle.

“That’s good and everything, but how did you know that? We spent barely an hour together in total.” Blue put his hands into the pockets of his pants, opening his eyes and glancing to Celestia. She looked toward the sky, a knowing smile on her face as she looked in the direction of Ponyville. More specifically; a cloud house where a certain element bearer lived.

“I know someone with a similar disposition.”  Celestia turned her attention back to Blue, and flared her wings again.

“Now that the situation is under control, please allow me to escort you back to Canterlot with your prisoner while I clean up the mess you have made in the Everfree.” As she stepped toward them, Celestia noticed them instantly change into more aggressive stances in response to her pushing. She relaxed in response, and noticed them respond in turn.

“No, you see that wasn’t the situation we meant. There’s another Giovanni, we need to go capture him before-” Blue’s annoyance grew as he was cut off, and all three trainers slowly went for their pokemon.

“I will be sure to remove the second Giovanni when I locate him, but you must go to Canterlot immediately.” Celestia watched their faces slowly frown, and their hands moving for their containers. They faced each other off, her attention focusing on the Red one, who was moving forward to take the lead. Not realising she had tunnel vision, she failed to see the ball arc straight for her head until the moment she was surrounded by a red light.

Celestia was sucked into a Ultraball, a Pokeball with the highest catch rate, excluding the Master Ball, which fell to the ground with a dull thunk sound. It rocked once, twice, and a final time before falling silent. All the humans instantly relaxed, and Blue walked over and picked it up, holding it at arms length like it might bite him at any time.

Dismay and disbelief in his voice, he shouted, “why the hell did I do that!?”