//------------------------------// // But they did not know that. // Story: My Little Pony: Mint-Green Version // by FaelaArts //------------------------------// “Red and Green can’t come for obvious reasons, but I don’t think you should go either Blue. I don’t know what happened at that explosion, but if they get a good enough look at you they might put two and two together.” Twilight shook her head as Blue made a move to step forward, and he sighed. “Just be careful, a lot of their pokemon are over your level.” Blue looked to Green and Red as they moved behind him, and took a seat on the bed. Green seemed mildly curious about his...appearance, and Red seemed very distracted. Blue glanced to Lyra, who was hesitating, debating her course of action. “Go, we’ll be here when you get back.” Blue walked over to Lyra and pulled out one of the six Pokeballs on his belt and held it out. There was an obvious moment of hesitation, but he followed through with the action. Lyra raised an eyebrow, and took the Pokeball. “That’s Mewtwo. I can’t give you any of the others because there’s a chance they’ll ignore you. Mewtwo can read your mind so he’ll be on top of the situation almost immediately. Don’t use him unless it’s absolutely necessary, he’ll be recognized almost immediately and you don’t want the Police knowing that you know me enough for...yeah.” Blue scratched the back of his head and sighed, Mewtwo was going to chew him out for this later. “Don’t worry, I’ll only use him if things look really bad.” Lyra leaned forward and quickly hugged Blue, who flinched slightly at the show of affection, and looked away. Lyra quickly released the hug and looked to Twilight. Twilight turned and left the room, Lyra following closely behind. Blue waited until he heard the sound of a door closing, before turning to look to Red and Green and meeting their eyes. “Calm down Blue, I know your situation isn’t entirely...normal, but at least you’re not dead yet.” Green let a fake smile fall onto her face as she tried to cheer up Blue. It was a futile effort, and he jumped onto the bed to sit beside them and sighed once more. “I’m beginning to think this whole world is hell bent on breaking me. And I’m not sure how much more pressure I can take.” Blue felt Green put an arm around him and pull him closer to her. Breathing in, he closed his eyes and enjoyed the familiar feeling of her hugs. It was over all too soon, and she released him. “I know, I saw how you were when we came in. I can’t imagine the stress you must be going through being turned into that, being on the run, wanted so you can be executed, and the fact our presence is hurting this world.” Green glanced to Red, who nodded once. From Blue’s view, that was strikingly close to a bear hug from Red, and a ghost of a smile returned to his face, before falling a moment later. “There’s more,” he replied, lowering his head, the ground getting slightly closer. Green paused, and for a moment she heard a small chuckle escape his lips. It might have been her imagination, as when he raised his head she blinked at the half closed eyes and slumped back of Blue. A brief chill curled down her spine. “I might not even be able to return to being human, and this magic thing they use that Lyra forced me to learn is…” Blue couldn’t finish his sentence, and he looked away, biting his lip as a shudder shattered his still form. Blue and Red knew exactly what the problem was with the magic, and Green put a hand on Blue’s shoulder. “Just hang in there, don’t shut down on us.” Green stood up and glanced to Red for a moment, before leaving the room and mentioning something about the kitchen. It was silent for a moment, and slowly Blue stopped hunching over and straightened up. It was then that Red stood up, and walked over. Blue raised his head to meet Red’s eyes as Red put a hand on his shoulder, and stood like that for a moment. Red turned and headed downstairs to find Green. Blue laughed and once more looked to where his hands were absent at the end of his arms. “You say this like it’s easy.” Lyra put the ball in the saddlebag, careful to keep it out of view of everypony. Behind her jogged Flash Fire, sensing the mood and raring for battle. She gulped, knowing full well that Flash Fire hadn’t been trained as well as those done by humans, who had plenty of wild pokemon to beat up along with their own. “There they are,” spoke Twilight, pointing to the large group of ponies arguing with the other 5 that made of the Elements of Harmony. As they trotted over, Lyra’s eyes widened as she recognised three faces she had hope would not be a part of the riot. “Your best isn’t good enough. They broke my precious heirlooms!” Bon Bon was the obvious leader, situated right at the front. Each time the Elements almost had the crowd tamed, she would rile them up once more into a near frenzy. “I can fight! I can win!” Scootaloo was wearing the armor from her brief moment after the rare candy incident, wings ablaze with flame as she stood to one side of Bon Bon, staring down Rainbow Dash. Twilight quickly stepped in to try and rationalise with Scootaloo that fighting wouldn’t solve the problem. “They have no right to treat us like lower lifeforms! Growlie is intelligent and I will not let them treat their pet’s like objects to be tossed in the garbage can. We will fight!” Sweetie Belle was standing on the other side of Bon Bon, Rarity was currently trying to get her to calm down. Applejack and Applebloom were right beside her. “Bon Bon, don’t do this,” spoke Lyra, approaching her friend. Bon Bon turned and looked to her scornfully. “I should have known you would take their side. You’re just like those humans. Next time; stay where you belong!” Bon Bon spat at Lyra’s feet, and they charged through Twilight and the others, heading straight for the encampment. Twilight began to cast a spell, aiming to trap them in a bubble shield, however as soon as she tried every unicorn fired a makeshift spell at her designed to stun. One of them wouldn’t have hurt her at all, but against an army, she felt it. Lyra quickly helped Twilight back up, and all of them quickly ran around the mob and once more approached the leaders. Bon Bon saw them and increased the pace, the encampment in sight. Enforcer Foxtripe stood up, grabbing a pair of Binoculars and took in the two separate parties. It was obvious one group was desperately trying to stop the other, and he made a mental note to go easy on the ponies after the riot. “Alright, try not to hurt them too badly but don’t go easy. Pokemon out, we’ve got a riot on our hands. Treat it like Team Rocket, and faint each and every one of the bastards. Corporal Buttermouth and Chippertooth, you take the two guarding the ring leader. I’ll handle the the two from group B that might be a problem if they begin to show resistance. Alright, battle stations. Pokemon out!” Pulling out his own Pokemon, Foxtripe released his Growlithe. It had been his gift for graduating, each one of them had received one. Most didn’t name their Pokemon, but he had called his Phoenix. Foxtripe wasn’t sure where he had gotten the name from. But for some reason a Pokemon that was made to sniff out clues and was a fire type was perfect for the name. “Attack!” The fight began with the cry from Enforcer Foxtripe, both sides descending into an all out frenzy. The humans tried to stay out of the fighting but most ponies were going straight for them instead of the Pokemon. This meant that it quickly turned into a three-way battle as Pokemon lost sight of their owners and began to attack anything that so much as blinked. Foxtripe wasn’t faring so well either. Twilight and the others quickly went to work subduing as many ponies as they could, herself firing shot after shot of a stun spell into the fray. It was slowly reaching the stage she would have to adopt a shoot them all, sort them out later strategy. Applejack stood beside her, protecting her back from the enemies that tried to stop her from knocking out the forces. Lyra dived for Bon Bon but quickly lost herself in the tangle of bodies, and cast a small pulse of magic outward to clear the space around her. For a brief moment she saw Bon Bon, but then realised her mistake as all three sides soon began attacking her in earnest, and she cried out in pain as something bit down on her leg. Catching a glimpse of Twilight, her eyes widened as she saw both Applejack and Twilight be swallowed up by a wave of Pokemon. Lyra turned and kicked the enemies around her away, and reached into her saddlebag and tossed the ball onto the ground. A bright flash of light briefly distracted all parties, who soon returned to the fighting. Some humans were out of the fighting enough to actually realise what the flash was, Foxtripe was among them, and his mouth opened wide as he saw the red light fade and the shape of the pokemon be revealed. “Mother of Arceus, it’s Mewtwo.” The pokemon barely glanced to Foxtripe as it looked at the fighting, quickly locating Lyra who was gripping the ball for dear life as the bodies pushed her around the clearing. Mewtwo breathed in and raised both arms, slapping his hands together in front of his body. Raising them above his head, he slammed them down to a vertical position in an almost chopping motion. A sudden thud sounded through the clearing as a dark purple wall separated the two sides of the clearing. As Mewtwo slowly moved his hands apart, opening them wide, the wall split into two and each side was slammed into one of the walls. Any humans on the pony side were pushed back to the human side along with the Pokemon, and any Ponies on the human side were pushed to the pony side of the clearing. As both sides picked themselves up and out of the dust, Mewtwo lowered himself close to the ground to hover slightly above the only pony not touched by his telekinesis. Softly, and gently, he helped Lyra to her feet with his psychic powers, and she looked around the clearing. Lyra paused for a moment, looking to Mewtwo, and wondered what her next course of action should be. ’I would suggest telling them this squabble is a futile and fruitless affair.’ Flinching slightly, before realising it was Mewtwo talking into her head, Lyra forced herself to stand tall and proud as she first faced the Ponies. “Alright,” she shouted,” listen up!” Twilight and the others were off to one side, looking between Lyra and the riot. Every single pony was paying attention to her. “Fighting is not going to solve anything, and in fact Celestia had already solved the problem before you idiots decided to declare war! Celestia ordered the humans to not do any more harm to either us or our possessions. So if they continue to do so and this ends in war, it is your fault! Not the leader of this riot, you!” Lyra paused, and glared at each and every pony in the crowd. All but one looked away. Bon Bon met her gaze, and narrowed her eyes, a challenge. Lyra turned, this time to face the humans. “And you! You better believe that if you don’t uphold your word that this is going to happen again. You were lucky we were here to stop this descending into a full out war. And no side would win in that scenario, you know this to be true!” Lyra met the eyes of Enforcer Foxtripe as he stood at the front of the pack of humans. Foxtripe gave a small nod, Lyra nodded in response. “You just want to protect your precious humans!” As Bon Bon spoke out, stepping out of the line of ponies, Lyra once more turned to her. Closing her eyes, she sighed once as she realised there would be no chance of repairing their relationship after this. No matter, she reopened her eyes and stamped the ground. “And you think bringing war to ponies will protect us? All that will do is cause bloodshed, and we will lose that battle Bon Bon. If you wish to prove me wrong, step forward and face the full might of just what ‘my precious humans’ can do.” Lyra glanced to Mewtwo, unsure if he would go along. However, as he stepped in front of her and landed on the ground, she knew he was going to support her in her effort. Mewtwo curled his hands into fists, and released a psychic blast of energy as he cried out, sending chills down the spine of every pony and human in the clearing. Bon Bon looked to Mewtwo, narrowed her eyes, and stepped forward. Lyra closed her eyes and sighed, Bon Bon was calling her bluff. Looking to Mewtwo, she knew he would try not to seriously hurt Bon Bon, but even so this would ruin her chances of ever fitting in again with anypony. Was peace worth it? Twilight and the others looked to her sympathetically, but could do nothing but watch. “Mewtwo, a lesson has to be taught here, as much as it pains me to do so to an old friend.” Lyra lowered her head and wiped away a single tear, shaking it off and once more appearing strong. It was more for the ponies sake that she did so. Lyra needed to show reluctance in her actions, otherwise they might just see her as the villain. Bon Bon took a step forward, and barely had time to widen her eyes as Mewtwo was in front of her in an instant, he curled a fist and raised his arm, intent on slamming it straight into her forehead. Bon Bon cringed and ducked low to the ground, knowing it would not save her from it. However, opening her eyes, she realise the pokemon had stopped mere millimeters from her head. “Do you wish to continue?” Lyra looked down at Bon Bon, who glared at her in response. However, as she stood up, she bowed her head and backed away. Bon Bon knew when she was defeated. Lyra knew this wasn’t the last she would hear of it, but it would be the last the humans heard of it. “Say, Pony.” Turning to look toward the humans, she realised Enforcer Foxtripe was slowly crossing the dead zone. Both sides were beginning to thin now that the fighting was over, and Twilight and the others slowly came over to join them. This time, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle were with them, and looking very guilty. “Where did you get that Pokemon?” Foxtripe watched Lyra pull out a pokeball and hold it out to Mewtwo, who allowed himself to be sucked in. Putting it away, she turned back to the human. “It was a gift from one of the best Pokemon Trainers in your universe.” Lyra looked directly at Foxtripe as he watched her thoughtfully. Both knew that the other has some inkling of what they were thinking, and Lyra showed she wasn’t going to back down if he planned on trying to force something into happening. However, Enforcer Foxtripe merely chuckled, shook his head, and began walking back to the camp. “I’d have loved to talk to him about that particular venture one day, it’s a pity that is never going to happen given our current circumstances.” Glancing back once at Lyra, Enforcer Foxtripe winked once at her, before turning and joining his men at the camp. A few cheers went out as one man began to recount his experience during the riot, catching a few laughs as he made strange motions. Lyra smiled, and followed Twilight back to the other side of the clearing, saying goodbye to the rest of their group as they began to disband. Glancing back once, she couldn’t see Enforcer Foxtripe from this distance, but she could certainly feel his eyes. Turning into the streets of Ponyville, Lyra felt a curious smile fall on her face.