//------------------------------// // But she did not think he dreamed of her back. // Story: My Little Pony: Mint-Green Version // by FaelaArts //------------------------------// Whycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRed You’re pathetic, can’t even handle people wanting you dead well, why don’t you just lay there and die like the pathetic meat sack you are? I bet Red would get up and face this head on, never flinching despite the circumstances. I bet, if it was Red he would have already gotten his sentence revoked. You know why? Because Red is a Champion. You’re just a loser. You are the loser designed to make everyone else feel better. Even then you can’t do it right. You just break the hearts of anyone who has the gall to show you kindness. Now you’ve gotten Red to do your dirty work with Green, and you’re being hidden by the girl you dumped because you’re a loser! I bet if everything turned out fine in the end, you’d just go back to your loser job in the loser gym. That’s it, curl up into a ball and hide it. That’s all you’re good for isn’t it? Whycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRedWhycan’tyoubemorelikeRed “Gah!” Blue jerked upright and rubbed his forehead, groaning. Looking to his bed, he realised Lyra must have put the sheet on for him. Looking to his hoof, he gave a single sigh, before swinging his legs around and hopping off the bed. Blue took a few steps around the room, and noticed he wasn’t as shaky as yesterday. Looking to the stairs, he was unsure if he should risk them, but decided it wouldn’t hurt him to try. Apparently falling downstairs didn’t hurt like hell anymore. Blue supposed it was a pony thing. Taking the first step down, Blue was pleased to see the ground stay underneath him, despite the sharp angle the stairs seemed to descend at. Blue moved slowly down them, and his ear flicked once as he heard voices. He paused, noting the fact his ear had flickered. Blue gritted his teeth and proceeded to ignore it. “I just wish there was something I could do to help this but this situation is so annoying! We’re in a corner with no escape and the situation just seems to get worse.” Turning the corner, Blue saw Lyra was drinking a cup. From the smell of the room, it was likely cider, which meant it was likely she had only just started. “Well, to be honest I’ve been in worse.” Blue took a seat beside Lyra as he registered who was in the room. Most of the ponies were strangely absent, and the only pony there was Lyra. She was currently talking to a Pokemon on her lap. Blue zeroed in on it, and had to do a double take. “Wow Lyra you got him to evolve!” Blue forgot his situation for a moment and reached out toward the Pokemon. After his hoof came into view, he quickly remembered the situation and quickly retreated once more to the other side of the couch. “Is that a good thing?” Lyra patted Flash Fire as Blue stared at the Pokemon. Lyra smiled, so this was the key to getting Blue distracted. Lyra should have known. “Why don’t you get Eevee out, they can play together while we wait for news from Twilight.” Smiling warmly, Lyra let Flash Fire jump to the floor, and turned to Blue. “Well, I don’t think that’s a good idea…” Blue scratched the back of his head, then blinked and brought his hoof to the front of his face. Just how had he done that with a flat hoof? “Why not,” asked Lyra, who noticed the confused gaze of Blue and began to think on how to help Blue learn how to be a pony. It would take a bit of convincing on her part. “Well, my Pokemon only know me as a human. They might not realise it’s me now I’m a…” Trailing off, Blue pulled out a Pokeball and looked to it, forcing himself not to sigh for the umpteenth time since he has gotten here. “Nonsense, those humans recognised you. And personally I think Pokemon are the smarter specie.” Lyra winked, and was rewarded as Blue coughed a laugh out. “Alright, it’s worth a try.” Blue tossed the ball into the air and released the small brown creature called Eevee from it’s Pokeball. At first the Pokemon looked confused as it scanned the room. After a moment, it locked eyes with Blue, and dived into his arms. Blue smiled warmly, and chuckled as his Pokemon reaffirmed their connection. “You might be right Lyra, they’re certainly smarter than Ponies.” “Hey that’s an insult!” “So where are we going?” Blue followed Lyra closely, Eevee riding on his back. As much as he wanted to dwell on that fact, he knew it was pointless and time-consuming to do so. “To Rarity’s. I know how to help you get used to being a pony.” Lyra was excited. Blue was finally starting to return to the one she remembered from four years ago, and he was more confident about walking now. Lyra could tell he was far from ready to run a marathon, but she was confident it would only be a matter of time. “My my Lyra, what are you doing here?” Rarity opened the door, noticing Blue following behind Lyra. Letting them both in, she closed the door with her magic. Lyra pointed to Blue and grinned. “I need your help in teaching him how to be a pony.” Lyra saw the spark flicker through Rarity’s eyes and knew she had an idea of what Lyra was hoping would happen. “Alright Blue, I need you to pick up that book lying on the floor there. Sweetie Belle always forgets to clean up.” Rarity watched Blue look confused for a moment, before he walked over to the book and tried to pick it up. After a few attempts, he managed to wedge it between two hooves and hold it up as he sat down. “Ok dear, you can put it down now.” Rarity turned and pulled a small ball of yarn from off her desk, and waited as Blue put the book down and turned to her. “Here, catch,” tossing the ball at him, Rarity did it as fast as she could so reflexes would take over instead of letting him have the chance to overthink it. Blue caught the yarn on reflex in one hoof, and blinked once. Looking to it being held in his hoof, his brain exploded. “Wha-bu-huh,” he stammered as the yarn fell off his hoof. Blue glared at Lyra as she chuckled at his confusion, and considered tossing the yarn at her, once more making his mind go blank as he tried to work out the how. “Blue, stop trying to work out how, that’s why you can’t pick it up. It’s magic silly.” Lyra giggled and tossed another ball of yarn at Blue, who this time got hit in the head by it. Lyra winced, she had never been a good tosser. “But it just-argh.” Throwing his arms into the air, Blue gave up. It would have to fall under the category of how Charizard has a flaming tail. Blue looked toward the book Rarity had asked him to pick up and sighed, his ears flopping back on his head. Blue raised his head as he noticed this, and rapidly shook it once more. If he was going to keep questioning how this worked, he would never get anything done. So, Blue reached down and put a hoof on the book, and picked it up. “I still don’t like this,” he commented irritably. Lyra rolled her eyes and walked over, helping Blue to his feet. “Just wait until you learn how to use magic.” Lyra winked as Blue’s eyes widened and he put the book down, turning to her. “No thanks, the less I know the better.” Blue turned and headed for the door, passing a quick thanks for Rarity. Lyra tilted her head. “I don’t understand, why don’t you want to learn?” Lyra’s confusion intensified as Blue flinched, and his ears flopped back. “I-uh-Just don’t want to know about it.” Blue quickly exited the building, meaning if Lyra wanted to pry she would have to be quick to catch up. Lyra paused for a moment, before trotting after Blue. “You should try it Blue, once you learn to use it you’ll realise how useful it is.” Lyra leaned into Blue as she tried to reason with him, confused as to why he didn’t want to learn. “Yeah well, I am plenty useful without it. I don’t see the use in it, I’m fine without it.” Blue purposely avoided Lyra’s gaze as they walked through the street, not paying attention to where he was going. “Alright Blue, cut to the chase. What’s the real reason you don’t want to learn magic?” Lyra pulled Blue to a stop and forced him to look at her. It was frighteningly easy to force him to do as she wanted. Blue looked down to the ground and Lyra a few times, glancing away and back as he tried to avoid the issue. “Can’t I just not want to learn something without you having to know every little reason?” Blue looked to Lyra with a look of desperation, asking her not to bring the issue up. Thankfully for Blue, they had stopped right outside the train station as Twilight got off the train. “Oh hey, how did you know I was on my way back?” Twilight walked up to them, giving both a warm smile. Lyra’s ears fell down and she glared to Blue. “We didn’t,” she responded. Twilight looked between them and laughed awkwardly. “Aah well, the search is going well. We’ve found lot’s of records on the spell I used so it’s just a matter of going through them. Celestia is going to send me a letter when she has more information.” Twilight saw Blue nod, and was relieved to see he wasn’t shaking at his own hooves anymore. Blue must have known all he needed was to sleep it off, otherwise why had he made such a remarkable recovery? “Yeahthat’sreallyinteresting-Say Twilight, Blue here was just wondering if you could teach him magic.” Lyra narrowed her eyes at Blue, and he narrowed his in response. Twilight gasped, wings flaring as she rounded on Blue, who leaned back as Twilight got very close. “Reallythat’sgreatlet’sstartrightawayohwhatfunwe’llbehaving!” Twilight picked up Blue in her magic and proceeded to drag him back to her new home in the palace. Lyra smirked at Blue, who met her gaze and breathed out, going limp as he knew fighting was useless. Lyra felt really guilty all of a sudden.