The Swift Chronicles: Canterlot High Stakes

My name is Mathew Swift. I am a bright blue hedgehog, with bronze quills like Shadow has red quills on his black fur. I am also a graduate at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and I was in Ravenclaw House. You could say I'm like the Hermione Granger of Sonic and Ravenclaw. I hope to travel different worlds to see if there was anything I can help to save it. That's it about me, now about my first world visit in which I like to call... "Canterlot High Stakes"

Act 1: Equestria Girls

I live on the Planet Mobius, Sonic's world, and went around to see if there is anything I can help with. Sure enough, I see Sonic the Hedgehog, facing off against one of Eggman's crazy inventions. Sonic used a Spin-Dash to knock it out, and he did it. The badnik was finished. Sonic noticed me on top of the loop, and waved.

"Hey," he said. "What's up?"

I do not have Sonic's speed, but I thought of a better idea: I pulled out my wand, pointed it at Sonic and said: "Accio Sonic"! Suddenly, Sonic was flying till he reached beside me.

"Woah" he said as he landed. "Are you one of Naugus's minions?"

"No, why would I?" I answered. "I hate that guy."

"Oh, OK, well, my name is Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog." Sonic did his thumbs-up pose at that note.

"I know. My name is Mathew Swift. I saw your moves out there!"

"Gee, thanks. So, what are you doing around here?"

I went blank. I don't know what I'm gonna do. Should I practice spells? No, that's too simple. Then, an idea popped in my head. I'm getting a lot of ideas, am I?

"Maybe I wanna travel around and save people."

"You mean, around the world?" Sonic understood me. Noone ever does whenever I talk about this.

"Well, yeah."

"Well, follow me to Tails' workshop. He's always making something new."

"Sure, in fact, that sounds fun!"

"Cool, race ya!" and he raced out of the Green Hill Zone at the speed of sound. I pointed my wand at my chest and said "Spedei Enhanciris!" and I, too, ran at the speed of light, but only for a while.

Knothole was a peaceful city, full of Mobians of any species, and it was the home of the Freedom Fighters. Sonic, Tails, Bunnie Rabbot, Antoine D'Coolete, Rotor Walrus and Sonic's girlfriend, Sally Acorn (all from the comics).

I went to a warehouse beside the tallest building in the city. Inside it is a two-tailed fox, who is working on a old plane (like Dusty off of Disney's Planes, but with Sonic colours) Sonic beat me, but by a few seconds, because my Talent Enhancement Charm wore off me.

"Hey, Tails," the speedy blue blur called his friend. "Come check this guy out!"

Tails turned and saw me. "Hello, sir. My name is Miles 'Tails' Prower, but you can call me Tails."

I smiled at the fox. "No problem, Tails. My name is Mathew Swift."

Tails was eying my robe that I always wear, and saw my most prized possession: my patch of my Hogwarts house, Ravenclaw.

"You're from the world of Harry Potter?!" he screamed in excitement."Well, I went to Hogwarts, and I'm a wizard, so yeah, but I am a hedgehog." I told him.

Sonic walked in front of me and walked me into the workshop. I saw a big pile of fan mail for Sonic, and on the top was addressed in colourful ink. Here's the address if you don't believe me.

Rainbow Dash

5581 Speedy Ave.

Canterlot, New York, USA

P.O Box T8K 0F3

I was confused. Isn't Rainbow Dash from that movie, with the ponies becoming teenage girls? I thought to myself. Nah. I won't let it bother me. Sonic and Tails came back to me and dragged me into their training simulator.

Knuckles the Echidna was resting by the shrine in which it contained the Master Emerald, a powerful substance in which keeps Angel Island flying in the air. He was going to eat a Doritos Supreme he bought from the only Taco Bell branch on Angel Island, when he noticed something out of the ordinary. "What the hell is that?" he asked, and they zoomed and landed towards Knuckles. They were roboticized (robots under Dr. Robotnik's command) humans, but each one is different. One has a head of pink, messy hair, and balloons on it's skirt, another was wearing a cowboy hat and blond hair, another has purple hair with wings and what looked like a unicorn horn, another one with wings, but with bubblegum pink hair, one with straight purple hair and the last one had rainbow hair with the most terrifying wings you've ever seen. The Rainbow Badnik spoke first.

"SURRENDER THE MASTER EMERALD TO ROBOTNIK, OR DIE!"

Then, as fast as anyone can see, a black and red speeding ball came in, and smashed the Pink Badnik to the ground. It was Shadow the Hedgehog, the ultimate lifeform, and flying beside him was the Chaotix, Vector the Crocodile, the team's leader, Espio the Chameleon, the team's assassin, Charmy the Bee, the team's scout and Mighty the Armadillo, the team's brawn.

"Shadow," said Knuckles. "And I was going to call Sonic."

"No need." Shadow responded. He pointed to the Chaotix. "I figured you needed help today."

"Sup, Knux?" Vector called. "Ready to kick some metal?"

"Knuckles held out his gloves at the newcomers. "Let's party!"

And the battle for the Master Emerald has begun. Vector took the robot with straight violet hair, Espio took on the bubblegum haired badnik, Charmy took on the pink badnik, Mighty has the unicorn-horned badnik, Knuckles has the cowgirl badnik and Shadow was dealing with the rainbow badnik.

"What's going on?" asked Sonic in the simulator, taking out Virtual Robotnik. "Sounds like Knuckles needs help!"

"Woah," I said. "Sounds like Eggman up to no good again."

I heard the sound of clattering metal and a second later, a purple robot with wings and a unicorn horn smashed through the roof.

"Woah!" Tails shrieked! "Eggman's really going beyond call of duty!"

"Let's go." Sonic ran, but the robot took hold of Sonic's foot and dragged him to itself.

"Sonic the Hedgehog sighted." beeped the female robot. "Terminate on sight."

It's horn suddenly shone a light of laser, aiming at Sonic. Then, an instinct came to me. I pulled out my wand and said: "REDUCTO!" and the robot exploded.

"Nice save, Matt." Sonic winked. "Wanna kick Eggman's butt with us?"

I was excited. "I'd be deeply honored!"

"Well, grab on!" Tails handed me a helmet and I hopped into his plane. The engine started and away we were. Sonic was jumping from building to building, getting higher every jump. I was a Freedom Fighter, and I'll forever be one!

The battle was almost over. The Chaotix were down, but their opponents were too. The only ones left were the rainbow and cowgirl badniks, Shadow and Knuckles.

"Do you have a Chaos Emerald I can use?" Shadow asked Knuckles.

Yeah, I have all seven, they're in the glove compartment." Knuckles pointed to the secret hole on the first stair. "I'll hold 'em off. You get them."

Shadow ran for the compartment and opened it. The cowgirl badnik noticed Shadow.

"New Tahrget aquired! Must obtain Chaos Emeralds!" it responded.

"NOT ON MY WATCH!" Knuckles yelled and smashed the cowgirl to bits of scrap metal. The rainbow one didn't take kindly to this offense and knocked Knux in the head. It powered a gun and aimed it at Shadow, who didn't even notice.

"Target locked." The Rainbow Badnik said. "Firing in 3...2...1..."

"EXPELLIARMUS!" went another voice. A flash of red light shot the robot's gun and it dislodged on her. She turned to see me with a steaming wand, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Tails, who parked his plane. "You're not touching that thing!"

"Well done, Matt." said Sonic. "I would've been too late if it weren't for you."

"Thanks, Sonic." I said back. I saw that Knuckles was conscious and back onto his feet. The robot flew towards the Master Emerald and twisted it with it's metallic fingers. Shadow took action, but it was just quick-thinking.

"CHAOS CONTROL!" and a giant flash of light shone from Shadow and the badnik was destroyed, but that wasn't all. The Chaos and Master Emeralds were glowing an eerie light. Then, the Master Emerald vanished.

"NO!" Knuckles was upset. Then, we heard rumbling. Angel Island was going to crash... right into Knothole! I felt sick, until Shadow spoke up.

"I have an idea, though it may kill us." Shadow bowed his head. "We all have to use Chaos Control." He even pointed to me.

I joined hands with Sonic and Shadow and the Chaos Emeralds flew into the air and glowed. Then, we all shouted to the sky: "CHAOS CONTROL!"

Suddenly, the island was covered in light, and I accidentally let go of the hands I held. We were flying, flying into the unknown.

I was floating into the blinding whiteness and I closed my eyes. I was going to die, but I died a hero. That will be my last thought. But then...

BLAM!

I woke up from a really weary sleep and a really big headache. I felt my head and screamed. I became human. I was human to begin with, so I calmed down. I saw myself at a nearby window and I was, thankfully, impressed. I had brown hair, with bright blue skin with a couple bronze hawk tattoos. I wasn't wearing my robe anymore, but I still had my Ravenclaw symbol on the front a black t-shirt. I was also wearing denim jeans, and my shoes stayed on my feet. I checked my pocket and there was no wand. Oh, shit. Now what am I gonna use for my battles?

As I looked further into the window, I saw three young teenage girls, one of them holding a camera, another with a note-pad and was writing on it, and the last one was eyeing me suspiciously. I stepped back and looked around.

Everything looked as if they bought the building from Paris, but it was just how they did it. There were many windows and the lawn was incredible: it was huge, like a campus of a college, and there was a marble statue of a stallion on it. There was also a golden horseshoe with a "C" in the centre. The words below said "Canterlot High School".

"Okay," I was talking to myself, but I made sure nobody was watching. "Is is me, or is everything starting to get a little...familiar?" Suddenly, I heard another voice. "Matt?"

Then, I felt that someone was tapping my shoulder, and I saw another boy, with black hair with red highlights, red eyes, peach coloured skin, a white hoodie, with white converse shoes and black jeans.

"S-Shadow?" I asked.

"Yes." Shadow the Hedgehog - - er - - Human answered. "What happened?"

"I don't know... do you think the Master Emerald has something to do with this?"

"Possibly. Why are we transported to a human high school?"

"I don't know," I thought. But this is the world of Equestr- -!

"Excuse me? You two!" A shrill voice was piercing my ears, and so did Shadow's. The voice belonged to a woman, with dark blue skin, navy blue hair, and she was wearing a crescent moon bracelet, and she was coming towards us.

Princess Luna, my brain told me.

"Are you new here?" the woman asked.

"Yes," Shadow answered before I could say something.

"Your names?"

"I'm Shadow Swift and this is my - - er - - brother, Matt."

"Alright. I'm Vice Principal Luna, and welcome to Canterlot High."

"This place looks cool." I said.

"Thank you, now follow me, so the two of you can be enrolled."

When Shadow and I followed VP Luna into the school, I had to admit, the place looks a lot bigger inside. The foyer was decorated from banners with stallions to signs that say "GO WONDERCOLTS!" On Shadow's face was the look of satisfaction. I can tell that he will like it here.

We entered the office, and I saw the woman that resembles Princess Celestia, she was a tall, white skinned woman, wearing a colourful suit and green-pink-blue hair. She walked up and shook mine and Shadow's hand.

"Hello," she said in a melodious voice. "Please have a seat."

Me and Shadow sat down at the chairs in front of the secretary's desk. Principal Celestia handed us two identical pieces of paper, which they say:

Canterlot High Enrollment Form

Core subjects are included in your timetable

Please choose five of the following options for option periods

And there came a big, and I mean, biiiiiiig list of optional subjects. It was so hard to choose which five.

"Welcome to Canterlot High," Celestia said. "I am Principal Celestia."

I already knew this, for I have seen the movie on YouTube. I didn't want to be rude on my first day, so I went along with it.

"I am Matt Swift, and this is my brother, Shadow." I told her, pointing to Shadow, who was going through his form like a nerd was taking a test. I was actually shocked.

"Where are you from?" Celestia asked me.

"Mobius," I peeked, but Shadow was giving me a glare, so I thought of something else. "Mobius...uhhh...Vermont."

"Hmmmm... Very well. As soon as you're finished those forms, you may head for your first class."

"Done!" Shadow handed his form in before Celestia was finished talking. Celestia read through it carefully, typed on her computer, and a piece of paper came out. She reached for it and handed it to Shadow. Like I said before, I was surprised. And so will Sonic when I tell him.

"Thank you." Shadow said and left the office. I was clueless on what my subjects should be so I picked Fashions, Food Studies 101, Drama, Volunteer Class and Computer Studies. I handed it to Celestia and I was handed my own timetable.

"Have a nice day." Celestia opened the door and smiled. I left and looked at my timetable.

8:45-9:30: Food Studies

I was relieved, because I am good at cooking, I mean, I made almost half of my dinners by hand on Mobius, and I hope Canterlot is no different.

I headed up the stairs to Room 205 to get to my Food Studies class hoping I can meet someone familiar, like Tails or Sonic or anybody that I know of. Suddenly, a group of kids were blocking my way. One was fat, blue skinned and has a pair of scissors on his shirt. The other was skinny and orange and he has a shirt that has snails on it.

"Excuse me, but I need to get to class." I tried to say politely, but the kids were still in my way, no matter where I go. "Hello? Can you hear me?"

"Yeah." The skinny one replied. "We heard ya."

"Then, why are you in my way?" Before I can resort to something other than magic, a voice spoke. It was female, but it was cold.

"Because I told them to." It was indeed a girl, but she had red hair with big yellow highlights, and bright blue eyes. She had sunset-orange skin, with a glow around it, and was wearing a leather jacket, a shirt with a picture of the sun on it and a deep-orange mini-skirt. I know who she is - - she was the movie's antagonist, Sunset Shimmer.

Uh oh, I thought, so I pretended I was new again. Sunset approached me and examined. Then, she prodded a finger to my chest.

"You must be new here." She asked me.

"Yes?" I was confused.

"I'm Sunset Shimmer, the popular one here," she told me. "So I just have to warn you, if you ever get in my way of anything, I swear to God, I will have Snips and Snails hunt you down!" She sounded a little threatening, but I get that, usually, against Slytherin House at Hogwarts. I chuckled.

"What are they going to do, get in my way again?" I said and I bursted out laughing! Then, Sunset was choking me with her right hand, and I gotta tell you, that was painful, and I can barely breathe.

"I mean it, kid!" She grasped harder. "If you interferee with my plans, you'll be number one on my list!" Then, she let go and called to her lackeys. "Come, Snips and Snails!" The kids turned and gave me the "I'm watching you" gesture. I rolled my eyes and continued my journey through Canterlot High. Today was surprisingly unusual.

I made to class with a minute to spare, even though Sunset Shimmer and her lackeys threatened me earlier. I walked to a nearby desk, which was by a person, wearing a cowboy hat, who has blond hair and gold-brown skin with yellow freckles and emerald green eyes, who is wearing apple boots and his wearing a cowgirl shirt and denim mini-skirt... Applejack!

I turned to my other end to see a kid with dark red hair that sticks up and has dark blue eyes, he was wearing a black shirt with a white sleeveless hoodie. I recognized him...it was my old friend, Aura the Hedgehog...only human. I tried not to stare at the pair, but it was kind of difficult, you know how guys are, right? RIGHT?!

"OK, class, welcome to Foods Studies 101, where some of you are new, like Mr. Charmy Bumble, here," The teacher pointed to a little kid, wearing a helmet with locks of black hair sticking out. He had a yellow and black shirt with big shoes. That is the Charmy Bee of the Chaotix of Equestria Girls. What are the odds? "Then, we have Mr. Mathew Swift." and now the teacher pointed to me. I rose and the class sort of applauded. I concur, but as I sat down, Applejack held out her hand.

"Howdy, pardner," she said in a whisper. "Names' Applejack."

"Uhh, hi?" I was trembling when I shook her hand.

"What's th' matter? Never shook a cowgirl's hand before?" Applejack asked me.

"Oh, yeah, I have." I chuckled, but it wasn't a true chuckle.

"Somethin' th' matter?" Applejack was now looking stern, so I told her about Sunset Shimmer and how she threatened me. It was a long explanation, but we got through the lesson. "So she threatened y'all and yer just gonna let 'er walk all over ya? Ya can't just let 'er do that to ya. Stand up ta her!"

"You're right, Applejack." I answered. "I shouldn't let her do that to me! Right before ... uh..." I checked my timetable quickly. "...P.E after Volunteer Class, I'm going to show her a lesson about honesty! Thank you, AJ!"

"No problem, partner, but y'all probably won't have any energy left after P.E."

I was confused again. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, that my best friend, Rainbow Dash, has P.E. the same time as ya, and she is th' best athlete in this whole state."

"Oh, boy." The bell then rang. "See you around, Applejack."

Applejack waved. "See y'all around th' plains, Mathew." I actually smiled. I never knew that a hot girl would like me.

"Of course she would." I whirled around and saw Aura in a corner. "You better not mess with her." he said to me.

"Oh, sorry." I kind of felt embarrassed. "I never knew that you and AJ are in a relationship."

"We're not." was all he told me and he walked away.

"Okay? so who's - - er - - what's next?"I told myself and I checked my timetable.

Mathematics-Room 17-9:30-10:15

Period Break- 10:15-10:22

Drama-Gymnasium Stage-10:25-11:00

Okay, so which Equestrian Girl likes Drama? I thought for the millionth time. Hopefully, its Pinkie Pie. So I put away my timetable and headed for Room 17, hoping that he wouldn't be ambushed by Sunset Shimmer again. Once is enough.

I was at the stage a few minutes early, just so I can get a good look on who's in my class. So far, it was nobody I knew, but then, a girl with bubblegum pink hair and bright yellow skin entered the room. She was wearing a green mini-skirt with butterflies and a white tank top. It was Fluttershy.

I also saw a girl with pink hair with a red hair piece enter the stage area. She was wearing a red dress with white linings and a pair of red boots. Amy Rose is here, too? I asked myself. I thought me, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow and the Chaotix were on Angel Island when we got seperated. Guess all the Mobians got transported here. Hopefully not Eggman.

The Drama teachers, Mr. Flim and Mr. Flam, walked onto the stage happily greeting us all.

"Hello, children," said Flam. "Welcome to Drama Class of 2013."

"Yes, and our first lesson of the year will be singing." cheered Flim.

The crowd booed, but me and Fluttershy. I knew that Flutter was too shy to even get up on stage, so I sat down next to her and tapped her shoulder. She flinched, but I calmed her down.

"Sorry," I asked. "But I noticed that you're a little scared about singing."

"Oh, it's okay." She said in a whisper. "I never usually volunteer at this class."

"But why?"

"Because I'm... a little... shy."

I almost laughed, but I stopped myself. I leaned closer to her. "Don't worry, everyone gets shy on their first day of a class they've never been in. Like when I moved away from my first house in another town, I said the wrong thing. I was made fun of for weeks, but I just got through it." (Author's Note: This actually happened.)

"Oh, really? Well, if I go out there and sing in front of everybody, they'll laugh at me."

I scoffed and turned to Flutter again. "Then, don't listen to them. You have friends that appreciate you, no matter what you do, right?"

"Y-yes."

"Do they laugh at you when you try something new?"

"No."

Well, picture these people as multiple versions of your friends. Does that help?"

Fluttershy closed her eyes and opened them again, smiling. "Yes, that helps. Thank you, uh..."

I slapped myself in the head. "Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. Names Mathew Swift."

"I'm...Fluttershy." She answered in a low whisper.

Then, an idea popped into my head.

The rest of the class were somewhat between awful and good singers. Amy Rose was just finishing her love song she supposedly wrote for Sonic.

"I LOVE SONIC, HE LOVES ME!" That was the end of a annoyingly long song. I can see why Sonic has no interest in her. Then, Flim walked up on stage.

"Next up," he said, as he checked his clipboard. " is Miss Fluttershy."

I raised my hand and spoke. "Excuse me, Mr. Flim, but you don't mind if me and Fluttershy sang together?"

Flim and Flam were surprised. So was the class. "No?" said Flim.

I walked up onto the stage, holding Fluttershy's hand and the surprised teachers put a cassette in the radio. It was my favourite love song from Disney's Aladdin. Alan Menken's masterpiece came flying into my head, so I sang first, as Aladdin did. I sang Aladdin's parts and Fluttershy sang Jasmine's.

I was tired from that singing, but Fluttershy looked as if it was the best feeling in the world. The crowd, including the teachers, cheered and whooed her and me. Flim and Flam handed her and me a piece of paper with the same thing on it.

Very well done. We almost cried. 100%

Fluttershy's smile grew and she gave me a hug. "Thank you." she whispered in my ear. After that, the bell rang, so I collected my things and checked my timetable.

Science-Room 118-11:00-11:45 AM

"Awesome," I said. It's about time I meet Twilight Sparkle."

I sat down between two familiar faces. On my left of them was, of course, Twilight Sparkle, who has violet hair with magenta highlights, purple skin and she was wearing a bow-tie with a skirt with her signature unicorn horn on it. On my right was a young boy, with gold-yellow hair, with three locks in front of his white skinned face. He was wearing a orange t-shirt with two tails on it and he was wearing white and red shoes. It was Tails' Equestrian Girls form. In front of me was Shadow, in his own Equestrian Girls form. Guess Science is real business.

The Science teacher gave me goosebumps. He was really fat, really bald, with a really hairy mustache, a cherry red nose and has two glass eyes. He was wearing a white lab coat. Eggman?! My mind was raging in anger. If I had my wand, I would finish him off. Eggman held up his hand to silence everyone.

"Hello, children," Eggman said in a calm. "I am your new science teacher, Professor Ivo Robotnik, and your recent teacher retired, so I will be teaching till further notice, so let the lesson begin." He wrote on the blackboard.

Lesson 1: Chemistry

Everyone was actually excited. Eggman smiled at the class and got out two beakers, and some colorful liquid. I guess Eggman doesn't know about the Master Emerald being in a high school...yet.

"Today, I want you to split into groups of three, and collect your things. We will be combining different elements in liquid form." said Prof. Robotnik.

Everyone scattered to find their teams, but I went to Tails. "Psst, Tails," I whispered in his large ear. "It's me, Matt Swift."

"Matt?" Tails turned. "You look different."

"So do you." I said, but Twilight approached us.

"Hello," she said. "I heard about you," she pointed to me. "Mathew, right?"

"Yeah?" I said. "Mathew Swift is the name."

"I know." Twilight said. "Fluttershy told me about what you did for her in Drama. That was so nice of you." Her eyes suddenly turned to Tails. "And who's your friend?"

"My name is Miles Prower," Tails shook Twilight's hand. "But you can call me Tails."

"I'm Twilight Sparkle." She bowed. "Do you have your team set up?"

"Oh, uh, no."

"You can pair up with me. I'm practically the smartest girl in this school."

"Wow!" Tails' eyes widened. "I'm the smartest kid in my old school."

"Great, so let's get started." We followed Twilight to her desk and sat beside her. I noticed that Tails was in awe with Twilight. I know that look. He was in love.

The bell for the next period rang and we collected our things. I guess everyone has a good side, and Eggman used his in his class. He even helped Tails on a problem. Me and Tails had the same thing in our timetable.

Free Period 11:45-12:15

Lunch 12:15-1:00

Phys Ed-Gymnasium-1:00-1:45

"Cool!" Tails was looking at my timetable. "Maybe we can try to find the Master Emerald." So we set off around the school, to find it. How can a big emerald be well hidden? As we were going to look at the cafeteria, we saw a blue haired boy, with a leather jacket and a shirt with a bolt of lightning and a shield. He was Flash Sentry, and someone was already beside him. He was a big guy with red locks and violet eyes. He was wearing a white tank top and he was wearing spikey gloves. Finally, after three chapters, I found Knuckles the Echidna.

"Hey," Knuckles called to us, and we walked towards him. "Guys, this is Flash Sentry. I met him in my P.E class."

"Hey," Flash shook our hands. "You guys know Knux?"

"Yeah," Tails chimed in.

"We were getting beat in Dodgeball, and the coach said all gym classes have Dodgeball today."

Oh, crap! Dodgeball! I suck at Dodgeball, and Applejack said Rainbow Dash is in my class?! It's going to be a nightmare, but I asked. "What kind of Dodgeball?"

"Boys vs. Girls." Flash said. Great. Like I said, it's going to be a nightmare playing against Rainbow Dash for 45 minutes, but at least I have Tails for company, for when I get creamed by the strongest athlete in the school.

"We gotta head to music, see ya." Knux said, but I came closer, so Flash wouldn't hear. "Any sign of the Master Emerald?" I asked.

"No, but I heard about this girl who's obsessed with jewels and clothes, try asking her." He told me.

I dashed across the hallway at Sonic speed, with Tails following my rear. If Rainbow Dash is going to skin me alive in less than two hours, I'd better find the Master Emerald for the Mobians...FAST! I knew that Rarity is obsessed with jewels, so so far, she's the suspect.

I was preparing for the worst. I'm going to get murdered by Rainbow Dash, in front of all the girls, along with Tails. I walked down the stairs and I saw that Flash was right. We are playing dodgeball, and the girls look dangerous, especially Rainbow Dash. She was so beautiful, with her rainbow-coloured hair hanging on her head. She was wearing her Canterlot Wonderbolt Sweater, alongside her pink and white mini skirt and her really high top shoes. She was giving us boys a murderous stare, even me. I was starting to get scared. Rarity was in this class too, so I'll ask her about the Master Emerald later... if I'll be able to speak after this class is done.

We lined up in the gym in gender forms, until Coach Storm Catcher came in. "I decided to rearrange the teams a bit." He looked down and stepped in front of the crowd. "We'll have a 6-on-6, best-of-three tourney, Team Dash vs. Team Prower. Rainbow Dash and Miles Prower are the leaders. Come on up, so you'll get picked." Even more bad news. If I had to play with either Rainbow Dash or Tails, I'd choose Tails, because he's my friend and if he'll get creamed, I'm going down with him. Tails and Rainbow Dash stepped beside the coach and looked through the crowd.

"Gilda," said Rainbow Dash, and a eagle-looking girl walked up beside her. Tails eyed a kid with magenta hair, with a pointed yellow-skinned nose. It was...

"Espio!" Tails cried and the Equestrian who used to be Espio stepped beside him. Rainbow Dash walked closer to the crowd and stared into my eye. Then, she said, "The kid with the headphones." and Vector, the leader of the Chaotix, who now looks like a combination of Flash Sentry with Skrillex's green hair, came beside Gilda. I was nudging Tails to pick me, so I wouldn't have to worry as much, but he ignored me and picked Mighty, a kid with straight dark red hair, like an armadillo's shell and big muscles. I just rolled my eyes at Tails, and Rainbow Dash said something that changed my mind. "Rarity."

My thoughts are back on the Master Emerald when I saw Rarity. Her straight hair was flowing as she walked alongside her friend. I was actually steaming, and I'll scream If I'm picked last. Tails looked through the crowd and gasped. I didn't know why he did that, but that was taken care of when he said "SONIC!"

Sonic the Hedgehog was heading for Tails...only that he wasn't a hedgehog. He had blue hair, sticking out the back, wearing a blue denim jacket, like Rainbow Dash usually wears, a red shirt with the word SEGA on it. He was smiling at Rainbow Dash, and like earlier, Rainbow gave Sonic a murderous glare. Then, I heard her voice chime in: "Anyone here named Mathew... Swish, or whatever?"

"It's Swift!" I shouted, and I ducked back down quickly. Rainbow Dash drew her attention to me, and walked towards. I was a bit shocked, but as she smiled at me, I calmed down. "I want to thank you for what you did for Fluttershy." She whispered. "Come on." and she dragged me beside Vector, Gilda and Rarity. Then, Tails took a turn. "Uhhh, The girl with the white hair and pink top?"

"The name's Rouge," The bat in her EG form with white, snowy hair and pink top said. Then, I saw Silver, in his EG form. He had silver hair that sticks up, with a white shirt with Silver's signature symbol on the front. Rainbow Dash must've caught my eye, because she said "That silvery kid." Silver somehow levitated to them and winked at Rainbow Dash. Then, to end it, Tails pointed to a kid with dark brown hair with black highlights that stick out everywhere.

Coach Storm Catcher examined the teams and winced. "Alright, let's play!" and he blew his whistle. The game has begun. Everybody ran towards the balls, and as usual, I never get it. Mighty has the most balls, holding three with his arms, Sonic was running at a portion of his speed, and Tails was typing into his calculator. Rainbow Dash was running towards Espio, and shot her ball. It was almost like a bullet and it knocked out the chameleon-looking kid. Vector cried "NO!" and Gilda shoved him aside. "We're playing against him, you big dumb bell." It's true, we were leading by one man. Then, the unmistakable happened: Sonic was using his full speed and knocked out Rarity with two balls at once, one in the head and one in the back of the head. There goes my chance to talk to her about the Master Emerald. Three familiar looking girls were crowding her, and I recognized them: they were the Cutie Mark Crusaders, except they were "Equestrified*". They were eying me at the window earlier.

"WOW!" cried the girl named Apple Bloom. "New Kids Knock Out Champions!"

"Go, Rainbow Dash!" shouted Scootaloo.

"C'MON, TEACH 'EM A LESSON FOR KNOCKING OUT MY SISTER!" screamed Sweetie Belle.

Then, I saw a spark in Rainbow Dash's eyes, the spark of revenge and justice. That's the look Eggman gives Sonic in the pictures of the Daily Hedgehog, Mobius' most read newspaper. She bared her teeth, and to my surprise, they were sharp and threatening.

"You wanna do this the hard way?" she shouted at Sonic. "WE'LL DO THIS THE HARD WAY!" Her voice was beginning to sound like Sunset Shimmer, I thought. All Sonic did was laugh and pose.

"Come on, this is nothing!"

Both speedsters bolted and Rainbow Dash threw her ball at an incredible speed, it left a rainbow explosion behind and Sonic, out of pure skill, avoided it. It hit Rouge and it sent her flying to the wall, hitting Tails too, knocking them both out. Sonic was mad. If anyone hit Tails, Sonic's best friend, in front of him, they would pay dearly.

Sonic ran at an even more incredible speed with his ball in his hand and his teeth bearing. He threw his ball, in which it turned into a blue blur. Vector turned to Rainbow Dash and said "You're fucked!"

Instinct took over and I tried to run for cover, but the next thing I knew, I felt a really severe pain on my left cheek and all I saw was darkness. I was knocked out, and that's what happened. What was I thinking?

Blackness was all I saw, until I woke up. As I did, I was pelted with candies and cards. I coughed on a peppermint when I saw a flash of pink. The flash was Pinkie Pie, holding a big basket, with comics, video games, thank-you cards and chocolates. Sonic was beside me, in a chair.

"Hey, man." He said, apologetically. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." I answered. "How long was I out?"

"An entire day." Sonic answered. That's good. But the game? "Did I...win?" I asked.

"No, Sonic's team won, so Rainbow Dash is a bit...aggressive at the moment." said Pinkie Pie. "But when we get to her house to tell her your alright, she's going to murder Sonic."

"I'll go to her house...alone." I suggested.

"Are you sure?" asked Pinkie. "She's pretty mad at you, too."

"Why?"

"Because you lost!" Pinkie was going berserk. "She hates losing, and losers, at that."

"But what about when Twilight Sparkle lost a game of soccer with her, but she's her friend?!" I was going berserk, myself.

"How did you know about that?" PP was getting suspicious.

"Uhhh, Internet?" I lied. "I'll go now, actually." So I got up and left the hospital. Pinkie Pie was unconvinced.

"Wow, there are a lot of psychic people these days."

It was a full moon, and I was walking through the empty, peaceful street of Cloudsdale Street. It was mainly mansions and manors along the street, full of children, playing in the backyard and collecting fireflies. I found a house with a lightning bolt as a door knocker, so I walked up to it and, well, knocked. Rainbow Dash answered and slammed it again. "Rainbow," I called. " It's me, Matt Swift." No answer. So I knocked again. She opened it again.

"What do you want?" She asked me. "I came to tell you I apologize about losing." I told her.

"Really?" she sniggered. "Well, thanks to you, I'm the biggest loser in the school, and now GET OUT OF MY FACE!" And she slammed the door on me again. I turned away and started to walk back to our homing point, hoping to not meet with Rainbow Dash, tomorrow. That was sad. I didn't want to have her as my enemy. I decided to find somewhere to sleep, and I found an abandoned trailer, just on the other side of the school. It wasn't comfy, but I fell asleep instantly.