My Little Pony: Mint-Green Version

by FaelaArts


Both were forced to push it aside for bigger problems.

Blue sipped his drink thoughtfully, and waited for Red and Green to return. Lyra had gone upstairs to sleep. Left alone with his throughs for too long, he began to sigh inwardly to himself as they quickly formed a loop. If he didn’t get a distraction soon, it was likely he’d starting thinking about his feelings and stuff, and he really did not want to go there. Thankfully, a knock at the door distracted him. That was strange, Red and Green would know to come in.

If Blue was a smarter person, he would have ignored the knock and instead snuck upstairs to rouse Lyra. But sadly, he placed his drink down and slowly walked over to the door, and slowly opened it. Blinking, his mouth paused halfway in its motion to say hello as the form of a human registered, and he closed it again. The human in question pulled out a slip of paper with a name on it.

“Hello, I’m Enforcer Foxtripe, is a Miss ‘Lyra’ home?” If Foxtripe recognized Blue, he certainly was a master at hiding it. Foxtripe was dressed entirely in the Police uniform, helmet and all, and he looked like he was here for business. Blue blinked and glanced upstairs, biting his lip before turning back to answer.

“She’s asleep, I can go wake her if you want.” Blue motioned toward the stairs, feeling Foxtripe’s eyes on him.

“Right, well is a ‘Twilight’ here?” Once more, Foxtripe glanced to his sheet of paper as he read the name out. Blue looked him up and down, before answering slowly.

“She went for a walk.” Blue’s ear twitched as he head the sound of a door opening, and Lyra peeked her head out from the top of the stairs, stifling a yawn. After seeing who was at the door, she stiffened and quickly joined Blue standing near it.

“Perfect timing as usual Miss ‘Lyra’.” Once more, Foxtripe glanced to the piece of paper. Blue took a single step back, sharing a look with Lyra.

“Did you want something Enforcer Foxtripe?” Lyra tilted her head, biting her lip as she watched Foxtripe glance to Blue once more, before smiling cheerfully at her.

“I just came to inform the -uh-ponies in charge of a change of plan. I was expecting a ‘Twilight’ to be here as well but I am sure you will inform her of what I am about to say.” Foxtripe raised one eyebrow, and Lyra realised she was meant to nod. He chuckled as she began to bob her head enthusiastically.

“Well, orders have just come in from top, and we’re pulling off the searching in this world indefinitely. They believe this as all a ruse and the real hiding spot is the mountain Red and Green were last seen flying toward. They’re leaving a small stationary force here, under my command, to ensure the target does not slip through when we are not watching.” Foxtripe paused and looked to Blue before continuing.

“My men see this job as being payed to sit around and drink liquor, so they’re not going to be much of a problem in the future. I have permission to punish any who disobey the orders I have given them and I -uh- ordered them to refrain from interacting with ponies as Pokemon but instead as people. So far the uh, meetings with the local populace have been on pleasant terms. So it’s...likely things will continue to improve over the…” Foxtripe paused once more, and turned his eyes on Blue and disbelief entered his voice.

“I’m sorry but, you really don’t recognize me? I know you were pretty full of yourself at the time, but I’m surely more memorable than that. Is it the hair dye? Or the lack of cape? I knew the code against no capes would be a problem. Maybe this will help.” Enforcer Foxtripe reached up, and pulled off the helmet that kept his hair flattened. As he took it off, it sprung up almost like a spring, and settled into a hair pattern strikingly similar to Blue’s own. Blue narrowed his eyes, but shook his head. Foxtripe sighed and struck a pose, his voice lowering as he spoke.

“You know that dragons are mythical Pokémon! They’re hard to catch and raise, but their powers are superior! They’re virtually indestructible! Well, are you ready to lose? Your League challenge ends with me!” Enforcer Foxtripe leaned back and began to laugh as Blue’s eyes finally widened and his mouth hung open in a surprised ‘o’ shape. Enforcer ‘Foxtripe’ put his helmet back on with a chuckle.

“Sometimes laws are made to be broken kid,” he smiled at Blue, and turned to walk away, giving a salute as he left. Lyra glanced between them, confused as hay.

“Most of us are with ya whatever you decide to do. We always follow our Champions. Didn’t I tell you that when you became a Gym Leader, eh?” He glanced back and winked at Blue, who returned a shaky smile in response. Lyra growled, annoyed at being left out of the loop, but remembered her ‘little outburst’ and proceeded to wait patiently.

“You bloody bastard.” Blue laughed, shaking his head as he returned to the living room. Lyra’s eye twitched and she closed the door, walking robotically to sit beside Blue, who still hadn’t told her who it was. Finally, she growled and outright asked. Blue blinked, and chuckled sheepishly as he remembered Lyra was there.

“He’s a Pokemon Rights activist. Went up against Team Rocket a few times too. Call’s himself the Dragon Master.” Blue shook his head, smiling at the memory. Lyra’s ear twitched but she sighed. Whatever had happened, this was good news for them. It seemed they had friends in high places. Apparently those friends had fetishes for capes, but it wasn’t important. Humans were certainly weird sometimes. Lyra smiled, feeling as if, finally, they weren’t backed into a corner, and they could actually lead somewhat regular days like they used to.

They might just survive this yet.