Sonic Discord - Equestrian Chaos
Part 2 chapter 1b: Doctor... who?
Previous ChapterNext ChapterSonic and Rainbow Dash stared at the sight, as the British accented pony with the brown mane and tail and the hourglass cutie mark stepped out of the police phone booth. "Well I've seen you before, Rainbow Dash. But I don't think I've seen your friend" the brown pony said.
Rainbow Dash -thought- she recognized him, he looked an awful lot like the Ponyville timekeeper, Time Turner. But his voice, accent, and seemingly everything non-visual about him had changed. "Dr. Hooves, what's that blue box of yours?" she asked.
"Doctor... who? No, just the Doctor. And the police box? I thought you knew. It's the TARDIS. Time and Relative Dimensions in Space. But it seems to have been acting strange ever since odd activity pulled me into this world."
"Doctor... who?" Sonic asked, having never met a doctor with no given name. It also sounded rather odd that another pony would look EXACTLY like the "Dr. Hooves" Rainbow Dash mentioned. "And how has your... TARDIS been acting strange?"
"No, just the Doctor. Who are you?" The Doctor addressed the question to Sonic.
"I'm Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog."
"Well, I was on my way to visit my companion, Clara, for our weekly adventure when the TARDIS's sensors detected unusual activity. But before anything else could be found out or done, whatever created the activity pulled the TARDIS in, and next thing I know, I'm in Equestria, my human looking form changed back into the pony form I have here. All attempts to leave, with or without time travel, just bring me to different places."
This all sounded very odd and unbelievable to Rainbow Dash, though. She knew the pony with the brown coloring and hourglass cutie mark. Why would he suddenly be a time traveler with a Trottingham accent? "This makes no sense! What happened to you? And what is a human?!"
"Well... a human looks... sort of like a mostly hairless ape with the ability to walk totally upright, although they usually wear clothing."
"Huh? How could such a ridiculous sounding creature exist?" To Rainbow Dash, the very notion sounded silly.
-Meanwhile, on an island in the sky-
3 ponies of varying size with unicorn horns and pegasus wings, and a bald man in a red coat and black pants with a large red mustache and egg shaped body were among ancient ruins. The bald man was none other than Doctor Eggman from earlier. Eggman wasn't sure WHY he and the ponies, 2 of which had been his captors were on the island, but if their story was to believed, Discord had to do with it. Additionally the island looked very similar to Angel Island from his world.
They were following a gleam in the center of the ruins. Sure enough, it was a small part of the Master Emerald. A discovery that was completely useless without Knuckles (a red echidna) present to do anything about it. But there was one of his aircrafts crashed on the island, it must have fallen onto the island amidst the chaos brought about by Discord. "A craft from the Egg Fleet! Maybe we can use it to see if anybody can be contacted!"
But the tall white pony, Princess Celestia, was slightly worried. The thing was partially damaged, and the last act Eggman had done had caused this whole mess. "Are you sure this is a good idea?"
"Now, now, Your Highness. My last action was out of ignorance of your world. But this island and that aircraft are from my world. I'm sure I know what I am doing this time."
Going to the aircraft, he switched on the com system. Luckily, it still worked. "If anyone is able to receive this transmission, this is Dr. Eggman..."
Back in what remained of Manehattan, the Doctor heard a notification sound coming from the TARDIS control room. Rushing in, he turned on the communication system and after listening to the transmission, called for Sonic and Rainbow Dash to follow.
"Whoa! It's bigger on the inside!" Sonic said, as Rainbow Dash just looked at how much bigger the interior was and said "Oh... my...".
The Doctor, having gotten such reactions from his guests for centuries, stayed on topic and asked "I'm getting a transmission from a man calling himself Dr. Eggman. Apparently he and Princesses Celestia, Luna, and Cadance are on a place called Angel Island. He says someone called Discord is behind this. He also says this world seems to be a combination of his world and Equestria."
"Discord again!" Sonic and Rainbow Dash could not help but reply.
"Additionally, he seems to be uncomfortably asking for help from you, Sonic. As for you, Rainbow Dash, he mentioned the Elements of Harmony."
Rainbow Dash's ears perked up upon hearing that. "Of course. That's what sealed Discord away last time. It should be as easy as going to Canterlot, right?" After a brief pause, she added "But they still need my 5 friends to work."
"But first we'll have to find where Canterlot is now."
"Hey, Doctor, you think that if this world is made from my world and Rainbow Dash's world, that you might be from another world as well?" Sonic asked the Doctor.
"That would explain why I would look so much like that Dr. Hooves fellow but be so different. Perhaps other 'alternate' variations of individuals from your worlds are in this world as well? In any case, we should follow that transmission to it's source. Could one of you close the doors?"
Sonic closed the doors, and the TARDIS vanished from Manehattan, rematerializing on Angel Island where Dr. Eggman and the Princesses watched in surprise as the TARDIS appeared out of nowhere.
-Meanwhile, elsewhere in Discord's new world-
Tails found himself on a platform high in the clouds. This place looked rather familiar, like he had been here in the past, but the abundance of other, more intact and somewhat out of place structures among the ancient temple ruins seemed to say he was not in quite the same place. Some of the other structures looked fairly modern even. He saw a purple unicorn next to him waking up, and they both stared at each other in surprise.
Fluttershy (a yellow pegasus mare with a cute pink mane and tail, and a cutie mark of 3 pink and blue butterflies) woke up in front of a large jungle looking half like the Everfree forest, but it also looked unfamiliar and new and was full of ancient waterlogged ruins. Next to her was a large bipedial rabbit with a red dress, that had large ears and a coat of cream and orange fur.
Amy (a pink hedgehog girl in a red dress) came to as she saw she was in an oddly familiar place. 2 oddly familiar places? She saw a green jungle area, and then the metal and concrete of... old Station Square, as it looked back before Chaos attacked? She was even in front of Twinkle Park, and with her was a pink pony with a picture of 3 balloons on it's flank.
Applejack (a cream-orange Earth Pony mare with a blond mane, cowboy hat, and a cutie mark of 3 apples) found herself in what appeared to be... a large sandy resort area surrounded on one side by water. With her was a large red creature with dreadlock hair.
Rouge (a black winged bat with a white furry head and seemingly a hairless body covered by clothing) found herself with a white unicorn that had a beautiful purple mane and a picture of 3 diamonds on her(?) flank. They were in what appeared to be a jewel mine with no way out except upwards and through.
-Back in the Mystic Ruins-
Big and a fully fed Derpy went through the ruins to find the way back out of the jungle. Big seemed surprised as he looked and saw a familiar sight, the large ancient temple in the center of the city, was missing. But that was not important right now. As he led Derpy back out to the main island, he saw strange sights beyond the familiar island area. Next to Tails' workshop was a simple but elegant wooden cottage with various homes for small animals, and beyond what was once the cliff face of his island was a tropical region with many palm trees, wooden bridges, and large flowers. His home island was now part of large hilly area covered in greenery.
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