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// For a choice to be made. 
// Story: My Little Pony: Blue Version 
// by FaelaArts 
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“It’s nice you’re in a great mood and everything, but Green’s gone!” Lyra tried to keep her voice calm as she motioned to the clearing. Blue and Red spun around instantly, both scanning the clearing for tracks, before bending down near a footprint that was slightly dragged, leading into the forest.

“Damn it, he got her while we were...Distracted.” Blue stood up and turned his gaze on the Giovanni currently collapsed on the ground. Debating his choices, he wondered if there would be a method that would allow him to keep both Giovanni’s and Green. Thinking about it, he didn’t like where his thoughts had taken him.

“Red, wait!” Lyra shouted toward Red as he leapt onto his Charizard and took to the sky, vanishing quickly. Blue watched him go with a slow shake of his head. Red was unlikely to find him from above, but it was an idea at least. While Red did that, he motioned to Arcanine to begin tracking Green, and motioned to Lyra to follow. Blue picked up Giovanni like a sack of potatoes over his shoulder.

“What about Red? How will he find us?” Lyra hesitantly followed after Blue, glancing to the sky with concern.

“Don’t worry, Red can always find me. He had always been able to do so, whether I wanted it or not.” Blue attempted to keep the irritation out of his voice as he spoke. Gone to check if he can go to Victory Road? Red right behind him. Gone to talk to Giovanni? Red right behind him. Blue was honestly getting sick and tired of turning around and-

“Blue? Are you ok?” Lyra blinked as Blue visibly flinched in response to her voice. Turning, he forced a smirk on to his face and blinked.

“Couse I’m fine Lyra, what makes you think otherwise?” Blue scratched the back of his head before shifting Giovanni slightly and returning his gaze to the front.

“Maybe it’s the fact you barely ever smile anymore,” she answered, watching him miss a step slightly. Blue glanced back to her, a smirk painted onto his face.

“What? I smile all the time Lyra, it just shows how awesome I am after all.” Blue turned as Arcanine barked, picking up the scent. Sitting down on Arcanine, Blue positioned Giovanni in front of him and held on as they began to race through the woods.

“You weren’t smiling after Giovanni called you Red’s garbage can.” Lyra increased her speed so she was keeping pace with Arcanine, forcing Blue to have to either allow her to see his face, or turn away in an obvious fashion.

“Come on Lyra, do you really think anything that creep could say would affect me?” Blue turned, and rolled his eyes as his painted smirk returned once more to his face.

“Yes,” she replied, watching him closely. Watching his smirk fall and his shoulders slouch as his face turned away, she saw him increase the pace of Arcanine briefly so as to put him in front of herself.

“Yeah well…” Blue’s voice was barely audible to Lyra, who strained her ears to hear the final part of the sentence, her body nearly freezing in a block of ice at the utter defeat in Blue’s voice.

“You’d be right…”




The rest of the trek passed by uneventfully, and Blue realised they were heading in the direction of the clearing with the pool, again. Blue wondered the significance of it, as he began to clear some of the underbrush to make a fire. Motioning to Arcanine, he started it with a short burst of flame.

Red came down to land shortly after, returning Charizard to it’s Pokeball and glancing to Blue. Seeing Blue beginning to cook a small meal, he turned his gaze to Lyra who was standing in the clearing, an unreadable expression on her face. Red walked over and sat by the fire, eating the food as Blue served it out. Lyra quickly followed.

Dinner passed by without a single word being uttered between them, and before long they were preparing to sleep. Blue sat up tending to the fire as he waited for the others to go to sleep, comforted by the fact Arcanine sat guarding the clearing from any unwanted guests. Giovanni still hadn’t woken up, however he was breathing normally.

Bending his legs in front of him, Blue leaned his head down, wrapping his arms around his head as they leaned on his legs. Giving himself a single moment, he let his mind come to terms with everything he had bottled up and hidden away inside of him. The entire clearing around him dimmed as the weight crashed into him, and he found it hard to take a single breath.

Slowly, Blue began to hear the half-thought doubts hidden behind his wall, that had slowly broken over his venture in this world. Each one felt like a bullet hole to his chest, and he could barely muster the strength to oppose them. Each one rolled over him, and dragged him closer to the bottom of the ocean.

“Blue?” Lyra’s voice broke through, and he jerked upright, turning to glance to her.

“What is it Lyra? I was trying to sleep.” Blue suppressed his urge to growl at Lyra, who was half-asleep as it was. Stifling a yawn, she rolled back over, and swiped a hoof in his direction, dismissing him as sleep once more took over her. Blue considered himself lucky she had been too tired to question him further.

Leaning back down, Blue let himself fall back into the void.

Blue did not get a single wink of sleep that night.




That morning, they decided what to do. There were two major problems to deal with, and Red seemed determined to deal with Green first.

“Red, we’re heading in the opposite direction. By the time you finished Giovanni it would be too late. You gotta let me rescue Green while you go finish the time paradox.” Blue watched Red shake his head, turning to head for his Charizard, already released and ready. Red tossed the cloak over him, pulling the hood over his head. Blue grabbed Red gently by the shoulder.

“Come on Red, what’s the problem? Don’t think I can defeat Giovanni or something?” Blue saw Red glance toward him, before turning away and not answering. Blue could tell what Red was thinking, and he wasn’t sure what emotion to feel first in response.

“Red, just because I can’t defeat you doesn’t mean Giovanni’s in the same boat.” Blue didn’t let go of Red’s shoulder as Red tried to shrug it off. Red turned toward Blue, and their eyes met finally.

“Red, you really don’t trust me?” Blue couldn’t help but say exactly what those eyes told him, despite the twisting of his guts. Red didn’t answer Blue, and once more tried to turn around.

“Please Red, I need you to trust me.” Blue tried to keep the pleading tone out of his voice, but knew he hadn’t done a very good job. Once more Red glanced toward him, and opened his mouth as if to reply, and Blue knew the words about to come out of his mouth.

“Red don’t worry, I’ll keep both eyes on Blue.” Lyra stepped between them, and Blue let his hand fall to his side. Red turned his gaze on Lyra, who nodded confidently to him.

“Don’t worry, we’ll be fine. It’s only Giovanni.” Lyra’s confident tone seemed to work, because Red glanced to Blue, and gave a slow nod. Then Red turned and leapt onto his Charizard, and flew off in the direction of Ponyville.

“Thanks Lyra.” Blue turned his eyes toward Lyra’s back as she watched Red fly away. Lyra turned her gaze on Blue, and he saw her scrutinizing him, before she sighed and turned away,

“Let’s go find Green.”