//------------------------------// // So she let it go. // Story: My Little Pony: Mint-Green Version // by FaelaArts //------------------------------// The Charizard dived down, dodging an attack aimed to both slow and hurt. The two passengers on the back glanced back, both bathed in the fierce glow of fire as Charizard leaned his head around and fired a barrel of flame at their pursuers. Rounding a large mountain, they dived under the cloud cover and into the snowstorm, vanishing from sight as Charizard was returned to his ball. Quickly, both retreated into a cave well hidden by the snow. It would be impossible to find on a good day, let alone during a snowstorm. “This isn’t working like I had hoped, but at least Blue hasn’t been caught yet.” Green shivered in the cold, pulling her cloak around her. Smiling at Red as he handed her his, she gratefully took it and shivered in the below freezing weather. Fire was out of the question, it would melt their hideout. “What are we going to do Red? We managed to postpone it but how are we going to save Blue?” Green turned her searching eyes on Red, who looked to the entrance as the sound of wings was heard for a moment, vanishing once more into the howling wind. Red frowned in response, and took a seat, not bothered by the cold even remotely. Red opened his mouth to speak. Blue jerked awake once more, this time falling off his bed. Laying face down, he moaned for a moment before picking himself off the ground and rubbing his head. Opening the door, he walked down the stairs and found Lyra eating some sort of sandwich, a second one on a place nearby. Blue sat down beside her as she motioned to the place. “Mmphf, try it, they’re delish.” Lyra laughed as Blue looked to her with a raised eyebrow, but breathed out and relented anyway. Picking up the food, he opened his mouth and took a small bite. “Tastes like chicken mixed with some dirt between two pieces of bread,” he commented, putting it down. Lyra chuckled and quickly finished both sandwiches off. “How would you know? You’ve never tried chicken before,” she spoke, licking her hooves clean. Blue laughed and scratched the back of his head. “Ah, yeah, of course not.” As Blue ignored the pointed glance Lyra shot him in response, both rose and began to head out the door. “Why are we going to Twilight’s?” Blue watched Lyra lock the door, before following her down the street. Immediately he noticed the amount of humans walking down it, entering homes only to exit a moment later. “We might as well see if there’s an update on making you human again. After that we’ll go get some groceries.” Lyra had also noticed the increase in humans, had something happened? As they opened the doors to the castle, Lyra realised something had indeed happened. “Pinkie go and help Roseluck by the market, Rarity head down to Trotting Lane and check to see if they’re still searching houses, Fluttershy make sure all animals stay out of the city at all times, Rainbow Dash get the weather team working on absolutely terrible weather, Applejack you go to Cheerilee and make sure the kids stay at the treehouse until their parents come to pick them up.” As Twilight spoke each one saluted and dashed off, running past Lyra and Blue without a word of notice. “What’s going on?” Blue and Lyra approached Twilight who was combing through various piles of scrolls, hair slightly out of it’s normal uniform position. Turning she sighed once at them before continuing her search. “The humans have started forcibly searching Ponyville, and they’re not being nice about it. A lot of ponies have been seriously wounded just for speaking up. The Hospital is already close to being overrun. Celestia and Luna are dropping everything and bringing the Royal guard in, despite your words it won’t help. And that’s not mentioning all the paperwork I’ve got to fill as complaints come in about what the humans are doing and ordering us to go Element of Harmony on them.” Twilight paused to take a breath. “But I keep telling them the Elements don’t work like that. But the complaints keep coming in, and now they’re starting to break property as they comb the city. So far everything’s under control, and I have ponies everywhere trying to minimise both damage and casualties but there’s only so much I can do when they refuse to treat us as equals and we don’t have the power to force them to.” Twilight paused once more, talking to a pony who ran in, giving him orders before dismissing him again. “Can we help?” Lyra stepped forward, Blue quick to follow. Both knew the situation was only going to get worse with time, especially as their trails went cold. “You can Lyra, but it’s not safe for Blue to do so. They might recognize him.” Twilight handed Lyra a small walkie talkie and gave her a location to patrol. Quickly, she went over how to handle each of the situations, and then once more turned back to her paperwork. Lyra turned to Blue. “Sorry Blue, you’ll have to get the shopping without me. I’ll keep you posted, could you give him a walkie talkie too?” Lyra caught the device as it was tossed to her and handed it to Blue as they left. Giving him a quick wave goodbye, she quickly dashed off to where she had been designated. Blue watched her go, before turning in the direction he hoped was the markets. It was only moments before he was once more lost, this time without an easy solution like Pokemon to get him out of it. Sure he could, but he would be noticed immediately. Blue paused in the completely empty street and frowned, looking around for the way back to the castle. However, with the houses looming over him, he couldn’t tell what way was the right one. “I’m telling ya Bruce, if we catch one they won’t notice. Bill’s already got three critters he snagged from the woods. They’re just small, dumb creatures, but I’m certain we could get away with a pony.” It was two Policemen, one was pointing to Blue as he spoke. “I don’t know Marv, you could get court martialed for it. You know how hard it is to land another job at our age?” They both paused and looked to each other, one pulling out a blank Pokeball. “I’m gonna do it, you’re free to be without one of em rare ponies if you want. I’ll breed ya some when I get a pair.” Both turned toward Blue, and looked down at him as he narrowed his eyes. They wouldn’t dare. The ball hit Blue on the head, and bounced harmlessly off. “Wha, it says he’s a trainer’s Pokemon.” The guy pulled out a second ball and tried again, achieving the same result. Blue now had a twitch in his eye. “Hey, you.” Blue watched them finally look at him, and he began to laugh at their audacity. How dare they try to catch him. They both took a step back as his horn began to spark, unbeknownst to Blue. “You know, I’ve met some assholes in my time but for you to actually try to capture me leads me to believe you are the most stupid people I have ever met. And I know rocket grunts.” Blue gritted his teeth, and began to shake in anger. He wanted to punch their lights out and hang them from a tree as Pinatas. “I am so furious right now I really don’t know what to do because all of it is directed at you. You have just lit the fuse, and I’m not going to go easy.” Blue laughed as they reached for the Pokemon. No, their Pokemon would not save them. For each they released he would release one thousands of times stronger. Blue no longer cared about ‘staying incognito’. This was now about pride. The pressure built in his body, he so desperately wanted to pull out his Pokemon and give these guys exactly what they deserved. Blue didn’t notice at first, but when he managed to step back from his rage for a moment he realised there was a large pressure on his forehead. It was then the second guy tossed out his Growlithe, and smiled, thinking he had won. Oh that was it. Lyra walked down the street, having talked two ponies out of arguing with one of the humans. It was a thankless effort, but it had to be done. Turning, she glanced toward the other side of town as something caught her eye, a bright flash of light. Suddenly, a large explosion caused her ears to implode and she cried out in pain as she was also blinded by the wave of dust that erupted from the explosion. After a moment of rocking as her ears cleared, she rubbed the dust out of her eyes and went over to see what had happened. Lyra found Blue near the castle, some distance away from the fight, ears down and head close to the ground as he snuck toward the castle. Narrowing her eyes, Blue noticed her and headed inside. Lyra followed him in and was about to chew him out when she realised he was almost laughing. Standing up on two legs, Blue began to twirl around the room. “Blue has learned explosion, would you like to delete a move to make room for explosio-pffhahaha.” Blue fell backwards, landing on the hard ground without seeming to care. Lyra noticed he hadn’t stopped in his nonsensical ramblings. Blue had finally gone insane, and he’d picked the perfect time to do so.