“There must be something we can do!” Lyra began pacing around the room, racking her brains. There had been many ways she had seen Blue four years ago, but laughing hysterically over his own death had not been one of them. Blue sat back down and let his head fall into his hands.
“What if we hide you?” Lyra spoke first.
“They have Growlithe’s, I would be sniffed out in an hour,” he replied.
“What if we protect you by a forcefield of magic?” Twilight knew compared to the creatures Blue kept her powers were nothing, but maybe they would be enough.
“They’d just overwhelm you.” Blue spoke from inside his hands, not moving an inch.
“What if we travel in one direction, just set out and make a long, round trip?” Applejack considered the possibility of running. It wouldn’t be nice to run forever.
“They’d just send someone with six of the fastest pokemon, who could change the moment one pokemon got tired. Whereas mine would need to sleep, they could catch us when we’re resting for the night.” Blue raised his head and looked to the ponies with a defeated expression. They continued.
“What if we hide you in something super stinky?” Pinkie Pie held her nose and made a disgusted expression.
“It wouldn’t fool a Growlithe.” Blue returned to looking at his hands.
“What if you flew really really fast so they couldn’t make up the distance you could sleep?” Rainbow Dash seemed pleased with her idea.
“It wouldn’t work,” he replied simply.
“W-What if y-you-” Fluttershy jumped when Blue cut her off, his tone becoming slightly more irritated.
“It wouldn’t work,” he repeated.
“What if we disguise you as something absolutely FAB-” Rarity leapt back as Blue stood up, looming over the ponies, and shouted loudly, opening his arms wide to emphasise his point.
“It. Would. Not. WORK.” Finished, he once more returned to the couch. Silence returned for a moment, and then the sound of knocking came from the door.
“This is the Pokemon Police, open up.” At that sound, Blue stiffened and backed up as far away from the door as possible, knocking over a lamp in his fright. Lyra looked to Twilight, asking for guidance.
“For now, we need to get him somewhere we can buy ourselves time. You stall, we’ll teleport to the new castle so there’ll be no scent trail.” Twilight whispered everyone the plan, and Lyra nodded. Motioning Blue over, before growling and dragging him over by magic, she prepared a circle of her friends around her and teleported out of Lyra’s house with a soft ‘poof’.
“Hello officer, sorry for the wait.” Lyra opened the door and stepped aside as a Growlithe and two humans barged into her house. The Growlithe sniffed, before whining once and looking to his trainer.
“Where is he,” the trainer turned to Lyra.
“Where is who?” Lyra took at step back as the Growlithe growled at her, all three approaching her. The Growlithe took a good sniff of her, and stepped back.
“Where is the fugitive, we know he was here.” The trainer growled and watched his pokemon sniffed around, before making for the door.
“Fine, we’ll find him ourselves.” With that, the two humans and Growlithe left.
“How long do you think we have?” Lyra entered the castle and quickly closed the door, locking it behind her. Sitting on one of the crystal seats, Blue hadn’t seemed to of changed position.
“Fifteen minutes at best,” he replied, sighing as he waited for them to give up. Unless they pulled out an idea from the abyss, which they weren’t going to, he was boned. Blue raised his head and rested it on top of his hands, looking to the ponies. He wasn’t going to tell them not to try though.
“Well what are we going to do? None of our ideas would work apparently. They would smell him if he hid, catch him is he ran, and find him if he was in a disguise.” Lyra took a seat next to Blue and groaned in frustration. There had to be a way, it just couldn’t end with Blue meekly going to his execution.
“So the problem is his scent right?” Twilight raised a hoof to her chin thoughtfully, and Blue shuddered. Whatever was coming, he was not going to like it.
“Yeah, and his appearance. If they saw either of those he would be on a one-way trip to the executioner’s block. Why, have you thought of something?” Lyra got to her feet and approached Twilight, light reflecting off her eyes.
“Well, do you remember when the Breezies needed help getting home?” Twilight paused, looking to her friends as understanding dawned on their faces, and they smiled. Blue winced, this didn’t sound fun.
Lyra nodded, “Yeah. You transformed into Breezies so you could help them fly home…” Lyra trailed off, and slowly looked to Blue, who had a very fake smile on his face. His hands were clutching the chair like his life depended on it.
“I couldn’t be sure, but it should change his scent. And even if it doesn’t, they won’t recognize him so they won’t bring him in.” Twilight beamed at her friends, who nodded enthusiastically. It was the perfect plan, their only plan really. Lyra watched Blue, narrowing her eyes as she saw how suddenly squeamish he had gotten.
“No, it’s perfectly fine. I’d much rather be executed than be turned into some sort of bug is uh-Thanks for the offer but I decline.” Blue stood up and began walking backwards, pausing after a few steps. Lyra turned as a knock on the door sounded, and an identical message to earlier rung out.
“I'm not turning you into a Breezie, I can do other creatures too, and I find it insulting you think Breezies are some sort of bug.” Twilight began to approach Blue, who backed away a step in response. She paused, and looked to Lyra, asking a silent question.
“We don’t have any options, do it.” Lyra gulped, knowing she was forcing Blue to do something he didn’t want to, but they had no other options. If this didn’t work, he would be off to be killed, and she couldn’t allow that to happen.
“Uh, no that’s quite alright pleasegoawayTwilight.” Blue continued stepping back as Twilight approached, her horn beginning to spark to life. Blue breathed in as he realised he had painted himself into a corner and looked pleadingly to Twilight, who hesitated for a moment.
“Sorry Blue, but this has to be done.” Twilight leaned forward, and cast the spell, watching it hit Blue.
All turned around as the doors to the castle were blown off their hinges by a large Pokemon.