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// After going through his journey, he set out to a new world alone. 
// Story: My Little Pony: Mint-Green Version 
// by FaelaArts 
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“It’s fine, Lyra’s right, they’ll just release her. Lance will be fine, they can’t keep him away from his job. What we need to do now, is use Red’s plan, and the knowledge he gained while he was still in our world and we were separated. We use that, and after I’m cleared this whole mess will be over, right?” Blue turned toward the others, and listened to the silence. Twilight and Green were still catching their breath, but Red seemed as still as a statue.

“Red?” Blue walked over and lent down, watching Red tilt his head lower, hiding under the brim of his hat. Blue felt a chill travel up his spine, and opened his mouth again. Twilight and Green looked over, still unable to speak. They weren’t as used to running as Red and Blue were, given their occupations.

“Red? You have a plan, right?” Blue heard the slight tone of uncertainty as it crept into his voice, but didn’t bother hiding it. After a moment of silence, Red shook his head, still not meeting Blue’s eyes. It was silent for a few moments as Blue absorbed what Red’s motion meant. Blue leaned back, and looked up, disbelief in his voice.

“No, you don’t have a-” Blue cut himself off and leaned forward, punching the tree behind Red, leaving a very large dent, he grabbed Red by the vest and pulled him forward. Finally, Red slowly met Blue’s eyes. Blue’s pupils constricted, and his face contorted with fury as he began to shout.

“You can’t not have a plan! You’re Red! Nothing stops you! When you’re faced with a challenge you step all over it! You single handedly defeated Team Rocket, you defeated the Elite Four! You scaled mountains! You can’t not have a plan! You just can’t!” Blue began to shake Red backward and forward, his voice reaching new heights as he finally released Red and lowered his arms, still looking at Red. Slowly, Red’s face changed. Eyebrow slanted, curve pointing downward, and finally, he opened his mouth.

“I can’t save you.” Red lowered his head, breaking eye contact. Blue looked at Red’s hat, at the wide brim almost perfectly designed to hide his face. It was almost as if he didn’t even need a mask in the first place. Blue leaned back, and fell into a sitting position, arms limp as he looked at the ground between them.

“Sorry Red, I never meant to put so much pressure on you.” Blue breathed out, and closed his eyes, voice low and barely audible. Red’s head tilted up slightly, but still hidden by the cap. Blue closed his eyes, and with a soft poof, he turned back into a human. Putting a hand on Red’s shoulder, he waited as Red slowly raised his head. Blue smiled warmly, tilting his head.

“You’re my brick wall Red, you know? I forget sometimes that even the most perfect brick wall has cracks in it.” Blue leaned forward, and gently hugged Red, pulling away barely a moment later, and standing up, brushing off his pants. Blue looked to the sky and breathed out, swallowing once as he breathed in and looked to his hand.

“No matter what happens Red, you’ll always be my rival, don’t forget that. I don’t want you to sit on a random mountain for the rest of your life again, you better start traveling. Ya hear me?” Blue glanced down and smirked and Red, who merely blinked in response. Blue chuckled and shook his head, turning as Green spoke.

“What are you going to do?” Green and Twilight stood up, followed closely by Red. Blue smiled warmly at them and then turned to look in the direction they had come from. Gulping once, he smirked, ignoring the sweat trickling down his face. If Red noticed it, he said nothing, as always.

“I’m going to face my execu-tion.” Blue felt quite proud of himself, his voice only broke on the last syllable. Green and Twilight gasped, and even Red’s eyes widened slightly. Blue turned and smirked at them, once more ignoring the sweat on his forehead. Green and Twilight were just far enough away they might not see it.

“Relax, I’m not going to go quietly. If all goes well I should be able to get a retrial, and with the evidence that legen-Celestia provides, we should be able to make a convincing case.” Blue saw Twilight and Green nod, it sounded like a decent plan. There was, however, one problem.

“But what if it fails Blue?” Green glanced toward Red, sending him a look of concern. Red didn’t respond, and Blue gulped once more, before returning to his smirk. The chance of it failing was a lot higher than he liked to admit. There was nothing stopping them from launching the army of Pokemon to take down his six. Sure, he could mow them down quickly, but they had a machine to heal them back up, and he did not.

“Well, it’s the best I can come up with. We can’t run forever.” Blue glanced once more in the direction of the camp, his smirk fading as he thought of Lyra. Would she really be okay? Blue shook his head, ignore it for now, there were more important matters to deal with sadly. Blue could imagine the scrunched up face of Lyra if she heard him say that.

“We’re with you, it’s not the most foolproof plan, but it’s certainly worth a shot.” Green smiled and glanced to Twilight, who nodded as well, flaring her wings and narrowing her eyes, determined. Blue glanced to Red, and watched his hand go to one of the Pokeballs on his belt, and give a nod. Blue smiled, and reached down for his own belt.

“Right, let’s go-” Blue’s voice cut off mid sentence and he coughed. Smiling sheepishly, he was grateful none of the others were commenting on it. Once more brushing off his clothes, he tried again.

“Let’s go face my execution.”