A Tale of Many Worlds

by King Xeno

Rating: teen
Tags: Human, Anthro, Comedy, Adventure, Crossover
Length: 31223

Hundreds of worlds fuse together, creating a much larger and crazier universe. The latest ariivals will have to get used to interspecies relationships, and a world of aliens, antropomorphic ponies, animals, and even demons!

It's been about three years since the first fusion. Two worlds became one, and then more and more worlds followed, fusing together and creating one big world. Those who newly arrive have things to get used to… Such as anthropomorphic ponies, blue hedgehogs that can run at the speed of sound, evil aliens that seek to consume all, a red half demon with a huge right hand, a pink puffball with a bottomless pit for a stomach, and many more things as well. Join these characters from all over T.V., Video Games, Movies, Comics, books and more as they try to adjust to their new world and home.

As of 3/4/16 on Hiatus while I work on some FanFiction.Net stories.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2015-09-16 17:23:06 UTC

Pines Twins Arrive

Dipper slowly began to wake up, he remembered sitting in his room reading the journal when a bright flash filled the room and he blacked out. The young boy slowly rose, he rubbed the top of his head and felt his hat was missing, but found the journal a few feet away from him. Next to it was a blue hat with a white face, on the white area was a blue pine tree. Dipper picked up the hat and the book, before placing them both in their respective places. The hat on his head, and the journal in a pocket on the inside of his vest. Dipper looked around the area and saw the woodland area he was in appeared to be very dark and gloomy, but what stood out most to him was the large pair of green eyes staring at him, he let out a startled yelp as the wolf moved close to him.

The wolf itself was nothing extraordinary, the only thing that seemed to confuse the young boy was the fact that it was made completely out of wood. It stared at the boy and continued to move towards him with teeth and claws ready to strike. Dipper began to step backwards away and felt his back make contact with a tree, but the wolf suddenly gained a look of fear and turned before running with a few yelps. Dipper was confused until he heard the heavy breathing, he whirled around to face the creature that was breathing. It was a large creature with long blue fur, sharpened fangs, and large claws. It wore red spiked shoes, and had large emerald green eyes. Dipper fell onto the ground and watched as the creature took long strides towards him, and reached out a clawed hand.

"Are you ok?" It asked in a gruff voice. Which surprised Dipper. He took the larger hand and felt himself get pulled forward. Dipper got back onto his feet and stared at the monstrous creature before him.

"Yeah... I'm fine... What... What are you...?" Dipper asked, but the creature didn't respond, instead it grabbed Dipper around his waist and began to run, while a pack of the wolves jumped at the location where they had been standing.

"Less talking, more running!" It shouted, and the wolves followed, but the creature broke through the brush and burst near a small home startling several animals that had been waiting near the edge of the forest. Dipper was amazed for the wolves stopped following them. The door to the house swung open and out stepped a strange creature, while it was human like it had a horse like head, with a pair of wings coming out of its red shirt, and its legs ended in hooves. Its fur was a pale yellow, its hair and tale were a powdery pink. It let out a loud gasp, clearly female, and rushed over.

"What happened? Are either of you hurt?" She asked, while Dipper was unsure of how to answer. He was too distracted by the fact that these two creatures actually existed. The creature smiled and hugged her, before they kissed.

"We're fine. Don't worry Fluttershy. I just saved... Saved... Uh..." The creature turned to face Dipper who quickly told his name.

"Dipper. I'm Dipper. Dipper Pines." Dipper said, he was nervous, there were two reasons behind this, with one being that he'd never imagined that a horse/human would fall in love with a wolf like monster, the other being he had no idea where he was.

"I saved Dipper from a pack of Timberwolves." The creature said with a smile.

"Dipper? Nice to meet you. I'm Fluttershy and this my husband, Sonic the Hedgehog." Fluttershy said, motioning towards the creature with her hand.

"You're a hedgehog?" Dipper asked, now confused. Sonic nodded and looked up at the night sky, but the sun could be seen creeping over the edge of the horizon, and Sonic smiled as the light touched him. Sonic was wrapped in a white light and once it cleared there stood a different looking creature. While it had the same basic shape as before, it now had short lighter blue fur, his teeth had rounded out, his shoes were spike free and had a rounded point at the end, and finally he wore gloves over his hands.

"Now do you believe me?" Sonic asked, and Dipper slowly nodded. Dipper went to speak but felt something slam into his side, knocking the air out of him. Dipper fell onto the ground to realize he had been tackled by his twin sister: Mabel. Her long brown hair went past her shoulders, her braces shone in the rising sun's light, and her sweater today had a shooting star on it.

"Mabel!" Dipper shouted happily, but this left Sonic and Fluttershy confused.

"You two know each other?" Sonic asked, but Dipper laughed.

"Guys this is my twin sister! How long has she been here?" Dipper asked, and Sonic shrugged.

"Fluttershy must have taken her in. I had no idea she was here." Sonic said with an embarrassed grin.

"So you're twins? Where are you from...? I mean... If you don't mind me asking." Fluttershy asked, before taking a step back.

"Flutters, we've talked about this. Use your confidence." Sonic said.

"Right. Can you please tell us where you're from?" Fluttershy asked, while she sounded more confident, she was still nervous.

"We're from a small town... Gravity Falls." Dipper explained, before realizing that he had no idea where they were. "Where are we now?" Dipper asked, and Fluttershy smiled.

"Your world must have gone through the Merge." Fluttershy replied, although this didn't really answer Dipper's question.

"The Merge? What's that?" Mabel asked, while Sonic placed his hand under his chin.

"Well the Merge is when a world fuses or merges with our own. It's been happening like crazy. Our worlds were the first to fuse." Sonic replied, pointing at Fluttershy and himself.

"You mean you two are from different worlds?" Dipper asked, now confused and scared.

"Yeah, you happen to be in Equestria at the moment. Although the worlds are sort of converted to continents. You've got all kinds of worlds here. Popstar, Mobius, even entire galaxies have fused with this world." Sonic explained.

"So our world has been combined with yours...?" Mabel asked, now frightened.

"Basically. We you're more than welcome to stay with us if you'd like..." Fluttershy said, while Sonic nodded.

"I guess that will be fine. Could you show us around town?" Dipper asked, and Sonic nodded before turning to walk there. The twins knew that this would be interesting.

Exploring Town

Dipper and Mabel moved around the colorful town, they had Sonic nearby to supervise but what they saw was a large melting pot of different races and species. There were the horse/human hybrid creatures, to which Sonic said were called Ponies, there were animals like Sonic, there were humans wearing heavy blue armor with large guns in hands. What struck Dipper as odd was that a group of them were blocking off an area of the town, there was a purple substance covering the ground. Before Dipper could investigate he noticed something else strange, there was a Pony staring at them, her pink mane was poofy and she wore a blue and white striped dress. She began to inhale and started floating above the ground a few inches. She suddenly zipped off and left Dipper standing there confused.

"DIPPER! YOU NEED TO SEE THIS!" Mabel shouted. Dipper turned to face Mabel who had her faced pressed against the window of a shop. He moved next to her and saw what had captivated his sister. Inside was a large display of cakes, fudge, and other assortments of delicious looking treats.

"You guys want me to buy something?" Sonic asked, startling the two.

"No, you don't have to do that. We're fine." Dipper replied, but Mabel was tugging on Sonic's arm trying to pull him inside.

"C'mon Dipper. My treat." Sonic said, and Dipper looked back at the desserts that lined the shelves.

"Well... Since you're offering..." Dipper moved and followed Sonic inside, the twins were quickly greeted with a face that Dipper recognized. The pink Pony stood behind the counter, she smiled and waved at Sonic before she noticed them.

"Oh! C'mere!" She shouted, and the twins approached cautiously.

"Yes? Did you need something?" Dipper asked, but she reached into her mane and pulled out two sealed envelopes.

"These are for you!" She happily said, and the twins began to open them. Inside were two pink cards, and handwritten on the front were large letters.

You're Invited! The two words confused Dipper, who looked up, but she pointed at the card again. This time Dipper opened it, and found more inside. I hope that you'll come and enjoy the party tonight at six! Dipper looked up confused and before he could ask, she began to shout.

"I bet you're curious as to what this is, and I'll tell you, so don't worry! First of all my name is Pinkamena Diane Pie, but my friends call me Pinkie or Pinkie Pie! Now back to the card, the party that it mentions is your party! Before you ask what party it's your Welcome to Ponyville party!" Pinkie shouted happily, but Dipper was still confused.

"She throws parties for everyone, for any occasion, at any time, whether they want it or not." Sonic explained, before being handed a couple paper sacks. "Here, I got you guys a couple things. A cupcake, some fudge, a donut. Just enjoy it." Sonic said with a smile. The twins began to snack while they explored the rest of the town. They found themselves at a stand with a few apple placed on it.

"Howdy. I ain't seen you 'round here before." A voice with a southern accent spoke. They turned to face the owner of the voice and there was an orange pony. She had a blonde mane and tail, and had green eyes. She wore a short shirt that cut off just above her stomach and a pair of jean shorts, finally she wore a tan cowboy hat.

"Yeah... We just got here... I'm Dipper and this is my twin Mabel." Dipper introduced the two of them, and the pony smiled before reaching out her hand.

"Nice to meet yah. Name's Applejack. I work and live down at Sweet Apple Acres, me an' the rest of my family work there. If yer ever in the neighborhood, don't feel shy and stop in tah say hello." Applejack said, she shook Mabel's hand then moved to Dipper who let out a quick gasp of pain, she was squeezing his hand very tightly.

"Firm handshake you got there..." Dipper muttered. Applejack bent over to be eye level with the twins, but this also attracted a few stallions who stopped and stared.

"You two wouldn't happen tah be the kids that Sonic an' Fluttershy took in, would yah?" She asked, before reaching over Dipper's head, grabbing an apple, turning around and throwing it at one of the stallions, hitting him straight in the nose. "Don't yall know that it's rude tah stare!" She asked, and the stallions quickly dispersed.

"Yeah actually we are... Why?" Mabel asked.

"Well then, if yah hang around them a lot, you'll probably see me often. You should really meet the others. There's me, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight. If yah see em' then tell 'em I sent yah!" Applejack said as the twins left waving.

"She seems nice." Mabel said, but she looked at Dipper meaning she wasn't looking where she was walking. Mabel bumped into something and fell onto her rear. She looked up at the large black metal that formed a human like body. The thing turned to face her and she saw an orange visor with a skull painted on it. Dipper pulled Mabel onto her feet and the two looked in fear as the visor retracted, the twins gasped in anticipation of the monster showing its face. When the visor was gone, they saw the hardened and older features of a man. His black hair and facial hair were getting some gray in them, his brown eyes seemed to have a certain sense of adventure to them.

"You two all right? Neither of yah are hurt now?" The man asked, and the twins shook their heads. "Good. Never seen you here before. I'm James Raynor." The man said, which seemed to calm the twins down.

"Well Mr. Raynor..." Dipper began, but he was cut off.

"Please, Mr. Raynor was my father. Call me Jim." Dipper began to speak again.

"Well... Jim... I'm Dipper and this is my twin Mabel... If you don't mind me asking, what are you wearing? Why are you cutting off this area?" Dipper asked, noticing the ring of blue colored soldiers behind Jim.

"This? Why this is my combat suit. As for what we're doing... I think you'll need to spend a little more time here in town first." Jim said, before the visor covered his face again. Jim moved towards the cluster of soldiers who didn't move from the circle.

"So now what should we check out?" Mabel asked, but Dipper shrugged. The twins were about to try and find Sonic, when they noticed something shoot past them. Whatever it was left a trail that shone in the colors of a rainbow. Dipper was just shocked while Mabel smiled from ear to ear. She let out a happy squeak before passing out. Dipper rolled his eyes before starting to drag his sister back to Fluttershy's home.

Party

Dipper sat at a round table with Sonic, Fluttershy, and Mabel. Although the twins were unsure of this place it seemed friendly enough, there were many ponies and other creatures relaxing here, Sonic had described it as a place to go when you want to unwind. Dipper could now see why, there was live entertainment, it was an open mike sort of deal. The place was owned by a pair of stallions, twins actually. Sonic said their names were Flim and Flam. This place had a variety of purposes, from being a bar to a family restaurant, to being booked for parties, weddings, and many more events as well. This was where Pinkie was throwing their "Welcome to Ponyville" party. He had to admit that he was having a good time, maybe it was being around these strange creatures and learning about them, but something made him feel good spending time around them. Dipper went to speak, but suddenly an alarm began to go off, and everyone stopped what they were doing and rushed to a wall marked with a large X.

"What's going on?" Dipper asked, and Sonic began to laugh.

"Maybe Pinkie should have booked your party for another day..." Fluttershy muttered, she looked frightened, but then two stallions rose up onto a table. They had matching hair styles and color, fur color, and even eye color, the only difference was one had a mustache.

"Step right up and make your bets! It's that time of the week again! So what will it be this time?" The mustacheless one asked, who Dipper was told is Flim. So that meant the one with the mustache is Flam. The creatures that had gathered began to shout out the names of monsters and animals.

"Giant scorpion? Did I hear fifty bits on a giant scorpion?" Flam asked, and several responded.

"I've got twenty bits on a giant bat (1) !" Flim shouted, while they both turned and pointed at the wall. Dipper and Mabel watched for what felt like hours, but eventually something happened. A loud grunt could be heard as something broke through the wall and caused several tables to flip over and get destroyed. What they saw was a man like creature riding on the back of a giant scorpion. The man was red, his eyes were pure yellow, he had a tail coming out from under a tan trench coat. What seemed the most out of place would be that his right hand was large and appeared to be made of stone. With a few quick punches the red man managed to fight the creature out of the building, then a quick gunshot caused silence. The red man walked back inside and looked at Flam.

"Get me something to drink... Put it on my tab..." He said, while those who had guessed "Giant Scorpion" got their money. While Dipper and Mabel looked at the large red man, upon closer investigation he was muscular.

"Who is that?" Mabel asked, while Sonic began to push the twins near him.

"Find out for yourselves. He's friendly... Most of the time..." Sonic said, and stopped when they were close by him. The man turned and faced them with a smile.

"Sonic. Haven't seen your mug here in a while." The man said, which made Sonic chuckle.

"I've been busy. These are our two newest guests. This is Dipper and Mabel Pines. Their world recently went through the Merge." Sonic explained, but nervousness was evident on the twins' faces.

"Look you two have got nothing to be afraid of. Hellboy's a great guy. He hunts demons, monsters, and other things for a living..." Sonic said, which made them loosen up a bit.

"So where you two from?" Hellboy asked, and Mabel began to respond.

"We're from Gravity Falls... A town where a bunch of weird and freaky stuff happens! I mean we've encountered zombies, a mind demon, evil gnomes, merpeople, a monster made entirely out of candy... I lost track of my thoughts... I'm just saying what comes to mind at the moment... I have a pet pig..." Mabel began to ramble but suddenly stopped. "WADDLES!" She shouted, having realized that her precious pig had not been found.

"Mabel! Calm down, I'm sure he's fine!" Dipper said attempting to comfort his sister.

"You said you got attacked by wolves made of trees! They'll turn him into bacon!" Mabel yelled, causing spit to fly onto Dipper's face.

"AH IT GOT IN MY EYE!" Dipper shouted, rubbing at his left eye, while Hellboy stared in confusion.

"I'll just leave you two alone to figure out... Whatever's happening now..." Hellboy said, rising from his seat and walking away with a bottle of rum in hand. Sonic sighed and ran off, at a speed which neither Dipper nor Mabel thought he would be capable of. Sonic returned with a pig that could be found on Outset Island (2).

"Is this Waddles?" Sonic asked, but Mabel shook her head. Sonic sighed and ran off, he came back with a squealing pink pig. "Is this Waddles?" Sonic asked, but Mabel again shook her head. Sonic groaned and ran off, only this time he came back with a pig that was taped to a goat. "Is this...?" Sonic began to ask, but Mabel cut him off.

"WADDLES! And Gompers too!" Mabel said, having forgotten that she taped the two of them together. Sonic began to undo the tape and watched as they quickly ran apart. Mabel appeared to be sad about this until they took a running leap at each other and butted heads.

"What was that all about?" Sonic asked, but watched only as the pig and goat sat next to each other.

"They're married!" Mabel said, which surprised Sonic.

"They're both guys right? Huh? I wouldn't have seen that coming..." Sonic said, and before Mabel could start ranting about how love isn't confined by genders, Sonic smiled and added "A pig and a goat... Now that is just weird." Mabel closed her mouth and looked at the two animals.

"They can stay with us right?" Mabel asked, and Sonic shrugged.

"That's up to Fluttershy not me. Now since Hellboy's little thing is over, let's get back to the party!" Sonic shouted, and they began to once again celebrate Dipper and Mabel's first day in town.

Vol. 4?

Mabel opened her eyes slowly, for some reason her head was killing her. She tried to remember what had happened, but she couldn't. Mabel tried to take a step forward and found herself taped to a wall. Several ponies and creatures were passed out on the ground, and it didn't look like they had partied too hard. Instead it looked like they were attacked. Mabel could barely see in the darkness, and could only make out four figures, one was Sonic, one was Fluttershy, one was Dipper, and the last one appeared to be another hedgehog like Sonic.

"Sonic? What's going on?" Mabel asked, which made the four of them turn their attention to her.

"Mabel! Just stay calm! We'll handle this...!" Sonic began to say, but the other hedgehog kicked Sonic in the chin, and caused him to fall onto the floor. Mabel could only watch as Fluttershy began to back away, but the figure punched her stomach, making her collapse onto the ground. The figure moved forward and lifted up Dipper by the front of his shirt and began to reach for him. Dipper was dropped and Mabel could see the figure was holding something, she saw a golden glint and the hand shaped mark and realized what had happened. The figure had taken the Journal.

"How pitiful... You can't even protect yourselves from me this time... Perhaps it was because I caught you off guard." A pair of red eyes lighted up, and they stared directly at Mabel. What moved to her was not a hedgehog, at least not a living one. What had shown itself to her was a machine, it was made to look like Sonic, but it was obvious that it was a fake.

"This journal holds many secrets... My master wishes to use them... I thank you for your cooperation." The robot said, as it reached towards Mabel and produced a single syringe. The robot injected Mabel with the liquid inside and she felt dizzy before passing out...

Mabel woke up and screamed, she punched at the figure before her and let out a shout. "Get away from me you robotic freak!"

"Mabel! It's me! Sonic!" Sonic yelled, and Mabel stopped punching. Sonic had several bruises covering him, and Mabel noticed that she was in her and Dipper's room.

"What happened!? Where's Dipper!? What happened to Fluttershy and the Journal!?" Mabel asked, now fearful of the future. However Sonic had been blocking Mabel's vision, so he moved. She saw Dipper lying in the bed across from hers, he was staring at the ceiling, while Fluttershy stood by his side.

Sonic turned t face his wife and said "I hope their all right..." Which confused Mabel, Sonic obviously knew that they were fine.

"Who are you talking about?" Mabel asked, and Sonic gave a soft smile before replying.

"Well partly you two. The other part our own kids.." Sonic said and Mabel began to piece things together.

"Fluttershy are you...? Do you mean...?" Mabel began, and Sonic nodded with a nervous smile.

"OH MY GOSH! YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PEAGAHOGS! Or would that be Hedgeasus?" Mabel asked, while they all turned their attention back to Dipper.

"He's been like that for about an hour or so... We'll leave you two alone... Once you two are up for it I've got something for you both..." Sonic said, before he and Fluttershy left the room.

Mabel moved over to Dipper and hugged him, Dipper returned the hug and the two stood there in silence. They left their room and began to move towards Sonic who sat with a white rabbit on his lap.

"Oh. So you two are ready I take it?" Sonic asked, before gently nudging the rabbit. It rolled its eyes and jumped onto the floor while Sonic moved and returned with a red book. The twins let out a gasp as they saw that it matched the journal that had been taken, however the number on the cover read 'four'.

"Where did you find this?" Dipper asked, and Sonic shrugged.

"It was on our doorstep, there was a not on the inside cover." Sonic said, opening the book.

What was inside made the twins feel nervous.

"Dear Pine Tree and Shooting Star,

It's been a while right? I guess I should start out with  the exact date of your deaths. P.T. yours is X/XX/XXXX. S.S. yours is XX/X/XXXX. Pretty neat huh? Well now to the important part. As you are hopefully aware, our world has merged with this world that has merged with hundred of others. I think this book should come in handy. I made it myself, as a little sorry for me coming back to defeat you in the future gift. I tried to match that little book of yours P.T. so it should fit nicely in your jacket. Oh and before I forget... You can't trust them... Not them, those guys... Over there... Do you see them? Good.

From, B.C."

Dipper groaned before slumping onto the ground.

"Can't he just leave us alone?" Dipper asked, while Mabel sat by his side.

"You know this B.C. guy?" Sonic asked, grabbing the twins by the back of their shirts and lifting them onto their feet.

"Yeah... His name is Bill... Bill Cipher... He's a mind demon. He tried to take destroy our uncle's business and life." Dipper explained, and Mabel then moved to add her comments.

"Not to mention he's a big fat jerk!" Mabel yelled, but Fluttershy walked in with a few plates.

"I fixed us some breakfast... I thought we could use something after all that happened." She said, which made them feel a little better.

"Thank you, Fluttershy. I'll clean up. I have one question though... Why did you use triangular bread?" Sonic asked, as he took his plate from Fluttershy. On there was a few eggs and a single piece of toast, and it was perfectly in the shape of a triangle. Suddenly an eye appeared on the toast and Sonic dropped the plate. It fell to the ground with a crash and the piece of toast began to float upwards. It turned yellow and randomly pulled out a top hat and black cane.

"HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Looks like I crashed this party... Oh wait... That was last night... Let me try again... Looks like I'm part of a nutritious breakfast! Wait... Oh forget it, I have arrived!" The triangle shouted, but Sonic made his hands into fists and took a step forward.

"I don't know who or what you are, but I will not let you hurt anyone here!" Sonic shouted, he jumped at the triangle who stretched himself upwards. Sonic disappeared inside of the triangle, who took out a rather large pocket watch. He stretched out again and Sonic launched out. (1)

"Listen here Prickly, I'm not here to hurt anyone... Yet... I just came by to see if the twins got my little gift." It said, which revealed its identity.

"So you're Bill Cipher. What's the big deal bursting into our home and ruining the food that we were going to eat? You just took money out of our pockets basically! Wasted!" Sonic yelled, ignoring the name that Bill had given him.

"Look if it makes you feel any better I can pay you back for the eggs and the single slice of bread." Bill said with an annoyed tone.

"Forget about that! Just get out! I'll find a way to kick your butt and I will!" Sonic shouted, but Bill looked at the Twins.

"A little known fact about that book. When you encounter something new... Check the Journal... It'll automatically update itself to help you out." Bill turned to face Sonic and began to laugh again. "It was nice stopping by, but now I've gotta get going. See yah later Prickly, you too Toots." Bill then disappeared and left them standing there.

Sonic had gone red with anger. "How dare he! Burst into our home, ruin our perfectly nice morning, and call my wife 'Toots'! I can't believe him!" Sonic shouted. While Sonic began to calm down the twins had begun to flip through their journal, knowing that there would be a lot to learn and find out.

The Princesses

Dipper watched as the white unicorn took his measurements for a suit, after all he needed a new one. From what Dipper could gather her name is Rarity and she runs this place. She then stopped and allowed him to get off the stool, so that Mabel could get measured for a dress.

"I must say it is very nice to meet both of you. I'm sure you'll like it here in Ponyville. After all we are a very diverse area now, I can still remember the first merge. Sonic and his friends and come here, and with them they brought a few... Undesirable... Ones as well... Like that Scourge fellow... He's nothing but trouble, so I'd stay away from him if I were you... Although he's not as bad as Jet... Even more arrogant than Rainbow Dash... However he's not even the worst... That would probably be Eggman... Ruthless scientist bent of taking over the planet and all the different worlds that have merged together." Rarity said, and Dipper was still very confused.

"All right you're done, I'll let you know when they're finished and then you'll really shine with perfection!" Rarity said with a large grin.

"Thank you. We've got to get going..." Dipper said, not wanting to stay there anymore. They rushed out and found themselves met with a purple pony who let out a gasp of shock.

"You scared me..." She said, and Dipper took notice of something. She had both a horn and wings.

"Sorry. Rarity just got us measured up..." Dipper explained.

"So you're new around here, right? I am Princess Twilight Sparkle. If you'll excuse me I need to get things ready for Princesses Celestia and Luna." Twilight said, walking around the twins and entering the building.

"That was... Strange... She didn't even ask who we were." Dipper said, but Mable poked his cheek.

"She's a Princess. She probably has royaly princessesy stuff to do." Mabel commented, but that still didn't mean she hadn't been rude.

"She mentioned more Princesses... Are they all related? I guess we'll find out..." Dipper said, he reached a hand into his jacket and pulled out the Journal. He began to flip through the pages and found one that seemed to interest him, there were pages on two creatures known as 'Alicorns'. He began to read the pages and found himself getting pulled into the information.

Princess Celestia. Princess Celestia is a god like being that controls unimaginable powers like her younger sister, Luna. She is responsible for raising the sun the morning, and taking care of her subjects. Dipper looked at the drawing and found that Celestia was a being with a blue, green ,and pink mane and tail, she wore mostly white and gold colored dresses. Dipper turned the page and looked at the other Princess listed in the book.

Princess Luna. Princess Luna is a god like being that controls unimaginable powers like her older sister, Celestia. She is responsible for raising the moon in the evening, and taking care of her subjects. It should be noted that Luna had been banished to the surface of the moon for one thousand years, for betraying her sister and Equestria, as a being that called herself Nightmare Moon. However thanks to the efforts of those who controlled the Elements of Harmony, they managed to return Luna to her normal self.  See pg. 45 for more information on Nightmare Moon. See pg. 47 for more information on the Elements of Harmony.

Dipper sighed, this book was useful, which made him question why Bill had given it to them in the first place. What was he planning and what would it do to them? Dipper wasn't sure but suddenly the book was yanked from his grasp and he looked upwards to see a pegasus sitting on a cloud, holding the Journal.

"So whatcha got here? Some kind of nerd book for eggheads?" She asked, which made Dipper angry.

"Hey! Give it back!" Dipper shouted, he tried jumping to grab the book, but found that he was a single millimeter too short. (1) Mabel was no where in sight so that meant that he was on his own.

"Relax little guy. I'm just messing with you. Here take it." She handed Dipper back the Journal and then began to introduce herself. "Name's Rainbow Dash. Fastest thing alive!" She said, which confused Dipper.

"I thought Sonic was the fastest thing alive..." Dipper said, but Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes.

"He beat me in ONE race. That's all... I let him win... That's it..." She said, before flying away at a slow pace. Dipper opened the journal and continued moving around Ponyville, hoping to find either his sister or someone he knew. Dipper bumped into someone and moved he journal away from his face. The first thing he saw was a spear pointed at his nose.

"Back away from the Princesses! That is an order!" The stallion holding onto the edge shouted. Dipper found himself unable to move,  he looked down at his feet and saw a pair of hand holding his feet down. He knew instantly that this was Bill's work.

"Back away! I'm warning you! I will not hesitate to strike." The guard shouted, and Dipper still found himself unable to walk away. "That's it..." The guard muttered, before moving to attack Dipper. Sonic jumped out of nowhere and kicked the spear out of the guard's hands.

"Not on my watch!" Sonic yelled, and once the guard saw him he took a few steps back and frowned.

"What are you doing!?" The guard yelled, which just made Dipper even more confused than he already was.

"Look. This kid is under my protection. So you leave him alone!" Sonic said, and the guard began to growl.

"Who made you king?" The guard asked tauntingly.

"Caliburn did. (2)" Sonic replied. The guard was interrupted by a pure white hand moving in front of his face. There stood Princess Celestia, who had a look of disappointment.

"Sonic. I am terribly sorry for the way my guard reacted. It is just that you know things have been on edge lately..." She said, while Sonic frowned.

"I know... Between Eggman and the Zerg this town is almost always under attack..." Sonic spoke, but Dipper simply stared at the Princess.

"Your world has recently merged with ours, correct?" Celestia asked, and Dipper nodded. "Then I am pleased to meet you. I am Princess Celestia, I help rule over Equestria with the help of my younger sister Luna, my niece Cadance, and my student Twilight Sparkle. You are?" Celestia said with a smile.

"Dipper... Dipper Pines..." Dipper responded, and soon Luna joined by Celestia's side.

"Sister? Is there something wrong?" Luna asked, but Sonic shook his head.

"Just meeting one of the newbies." Sonic motioned towards Dipper. Luna went to introduce herself, but Dipper cut her off.

"You're Princess Luna, right? You raise the moon each night?" Dipper asked, and Luna was astounded as to how he knew this.

"Yes... How did...?" Luna began, but Dipper pulled out the Journal.

"It's written in here. It was given to me as a gift... From someone I don't particularly care for..." Dipper answered, which made Sonic grin.

"If you're talking about that equilateral triangle guy, then I can agree that he is not someone I would want to meet in a dark alley." Sonic said, but before the Princesses could ask what he meant, Bill appeared next to Sonic.

"Aw, you flatter me Sonic. Your compliments fill me with joy. Or do they fill me with cheese pudding? It's one of two. So how you liking your gift Pine Tree?" Bill asked, but the sudden appearance of this creature began to draw a crowd.

"Look, Bill or whatever your name is! How many times do I have to say, you mess with my friends... You mess with me?" Sonic asked, but Bill shrugged. Mabel had burst through the crowd and took her place by Dipper's side.

"Possibly thirty nine thousand five hundred and sixty eight more times." Bill responded, before turning to face the Princesses. "So you two are in charge around this place? I'm just gonna give you a little warning. I've got big plans for not only Equestria, but for this entire planet as well! Remember... I'll be watching you... Always watching... (3)" Bill said, before floating backwards.

"Even when we're sleeping?" Mabel asked, and Bill began to laugh.

"Especially when you're sleeping!" Bill responded before he disappeared in a cloud of purple mist.

"Well... That was... Something..." Sonic muttered, but then noticed the large group of Marines and Terran soldiers rushing towards the edge of town. A loud voice was projected across the town, and it caused everyone to gasp and flee. Sonic grabbed Dipper and Mabel before bolting towards him home, all while the message continued to repeat.

Warning! Please make your way indoors. Feral Zerg incoming. Please remain inside until the all clear is given.

Zerg?

Sonic had begun to slam shut doors and windows, while he ordered Dipper and Mabel to gather as much canned food and bottled water as they could fit into a bag.

"What's going on?" Dipper asked, as he began to fill the sack with canned fruits and vegetables, while Mabel stuffed the same sack with bottles of water. Sonic sighed and looked around for anything else they could use, however he had found nothing.

"The Zerg are coming. We have to get to the basement, I've got a safe room in there." Sonic said, although this didn't explain much.

Fluttershy rushed down the stairs and looked at them.

"Is this really happening? They've never gotten this close to town before!" She said, there was obvious fear in her voice.

"Come on! We can't wait any longer, we need to get to the safe room now!" Sonic yelled, grabbing Fluttershy's wrist and began to pull to towards the basement steps, he opened the door and allowed her to go down. He looked at Dipper and Mabel who rushed down after her. Sonic heard the windows shatter, and he began to rush downstairs as well. The Zerg were closing in on him, with so little space, Sonic knew that moving any faster would dangerous. He saw the door to the safe room up ahead and jumped inside just as a Zerg creature fired a spine that lodged into Sonic's arm. He let out a loud cry of pain as he fell into the room, and the other three managed to shut the heavy metal door.

"Sonic are you ok?" Dipper asked, while Sonic yanked out the spine, the wound was deep and crimson blood began to pour from it.

"I'm fine... Everyone laughed at me when I told them I was having this built into the house... I knew that it would be needed one day... I never imagined against the Zerg though..." Sonic said.

"Meaning?" Mabel asked, and Sonic stood up.

"Meaning that if they get enough Roaches or Banelings this door will melt like ice cream on a hot day." Sonic replied, but he felt something touch him. Fluttershy ad begun to wrap his wound, and he sat down. He was exhausted, running from aliens really drains you quickly. Sonic looked at the scared faces around him, he sighed and pulled them close to him.

"Don't worry. I'm sure we'll be fine." Sonic said, while they tried to calm down, and they began to think about their lives. Sonic began to hum a tune, and eventually all four were humming it while they waited for either the Zerg to come and get them... Or to be rescued...

Gauss Rifles fired as the Zerg approached Ponyville, although some were managing to get through, they wouldn't live long. Raynor stood on the front lines firing his own personal Gauss Rifle, having been painted entirely black with the Raider's symbol near the muzzle. He knew that these Zerg were feral, there was no doubt about that. After all Kerrigan wouldn't attack a town like this without reason. He often wondered what Kerrigan was doing, the last he had seen her was when she had killed Mengsk. That was a day that he would never forget. He was jolted from his thoughts by a sudden pressure on his abdomen, the Zergling had taken a different route of attack this time. It had tackled him, normally this wouldn't have done anything, but because he had been distracted the small Zerg caused him to tumble to the ground. The Zergling growled and prepared to strike at his exposed face, but a spear pierced the Zergling's side, making it fall over and die. Raynor saw Shining Armor and a group of guard approach, and Raynor smiled got back onto his feet and continued to fight. The large amount of Zerg must have known that only with Zerglings and Hydralisks, they couldn't win, so they turned and began to retreat. The Terrans and Ponies let out cheers of joy and happiness knowing that the Zerg had left.

Sonic opened the door and peeked outside, he smiled and stepped out with Fluttershy, Dipper, and Mabel following. They went back upstairs to find barely anything had been damaged, mostly it had been around the kitchen for they had been searching for food in there.

"We made it... Glad they didn't have any Banelings... Or Roaches... I suppose we should see the damage in town." Sonic said, and they moved back towards the small town and observed the damage that had been done. Much too their surprise, the town was intact, there had been no damage to buildings, but several Marines had been killed fighting. Sonic moved and placed his hand on the chest of one Marine.

"You fought protecting us and making sure that we lived... You were a good man..." Sonic muttered, he turned to face Raynor, who had approached.

"You ok?" Raynor asked, and Sonic nodded.

"The twins are going to want an explanation. You're going to give it to them." Sonic said, before Raynor sighed and agreed to tell them.

Raynor waited for Sonic to bring them over and then he began to explain what the Zerg are, and why they do this, even though the twins refused to believe that something out there could be this malicious, this dangerous, this willing to kill without a reason. However the truth hurts and they were indeed hurt. Sonic placed his hand around Fluttershy's waist and pulled her close to him, she wrapped her arms around him, they both began to shed silent tears, knowing that peace may never be found.

Vol. 3 Lost Forever!?

Sonic stood outside of the library, mostly because he was waiting on Dipper, who had become a little book worm since arriving here, little did the hedgehog know that he was being watched. Sonic sighed, for Dipper had been inside for about an hour now. Sonic then noticed something strange, a small red dot on his chest.

"Well... That's not good..." Sonic muttered, before he dashed to his left, a second later a large orb of electricity hit the spot he had his feet. Sonic jumped forward and tackled the attacked, who had been hiding in some bushes. What the attacker was surprised him. It was a robot, only it was in the shape of a teenage girl. She was aqua and white, with a pair of aqua eyes. What stood out though was the symbol that had been stuck to her. It was Eggman's symbol, a strange version of his face. Sonic realized that this thing had been sent by Eggman.

"Now you'll get it!" She shouted, before jumping forward. Her hand retracted and out popped a large hammer, that was aimed directly for the hedgehog's head. Sonic avoided the attack and kicked her in the face.

"Look I don't know who you are, or what you want, but you've messed with the wrong hedgehog!" Sonic shouted, before grabbing her by the arm and throwing her into the library.

"Just give up and let me destroy you!" She yelled, jumping at him and trying to grab him by the head. Sonic grinned and jumped away from the robot and landed on her back.

"Oh come on! At least try to put up a fight!" Sonic said, before he felt her wrap her hand around his ankle. She had extended her arm and used that trick to grab him. Sonic frowned before getting thrown onto the ground and receiving several blows to the back of his head. Sonic curled into a ball and began to build up speed, he shot forward and slammed into robot. She kicked him in the stomach and punched his head. Sonic landed on his feet and looked up at her, she grinned before two large rocket launchers activated, and fired. Sonic ran and jumped over the missiles and they followed him, but Sonic had a plan. He jumped and ran behind the robot, whose eyes widened upon seeing the incoming missiles. They slammed into her and detonated, causing a large explosion that launched the robot upwards. Sonic jumped into the air and slammed him feet down on her stomach, knocking her down onto the ground, making her let out a loud cry of shock. Sparks flew from her body, and she fell to her knees. Sonic got down to her eye level and smiled.

"You tell Eggman that no matter how many robots he sends I will not let them terrorize anyone here!" Sonic said, starting to shout, before he kicked the robot away. Sonic grinned and looked back at the crowd that he had attracted and they began to cheer for him. However a laughing got all of their attention.

"You truly are all fools... I have come to deliver a message. My master is finished with the book..." The robot that had assaulted Mabel revealed itself, which Dipper and Mabel gasped at seeing. "He wishes for me to destroy it... And I will... However I want to see the look in your eyes as I do so... The pain you'll feel knowing that this book that helped you for so long... Wile be reduced to nothing..."

"Save your threats for someone else! You'll never drain our spirits Metal Sonic!" Sonic shouted, and the robot turned to face him.

"I do this not to harm you... Rather... Them..." Metal Sonic pointed at the twins, and he snapped his fingers causing a small flame to start. Metal raised his fingers to the book and it caught on fire. The book slowly started to burn and it was eventually reduced to ash. The twins let out shocked gasps and Metal Sonic began to laugh again.

Suddenly something slammed into Metal Sonic, cutting off his laughter and replacing it with a confused groan.

"You lying, back stabbing, two-faced, double crossing, idiotic jerk!" The teenage robot shouted, while she mercilessly beat Metal Sonic, but much to her surprise, he turned into a silver liquid and began to slither away from under her, until he was gone.

"You know you've got a lot of nerve showing your face around here so soon..." Sonic said, the robot took on a sad looked and sighed.

"I... I wanted to apologize..." She spoke with a sad tone, which surprised many of them.

"Apologize? Why? I thought you hated me!" Sonic asked, but the robot shook her head.

"I was tricked... This man approached me and said that you destroyed innocent robots for fun... But based on what you had said earlier...I guess I was lied to... That robot was there too..." She explained, and Sonic suddenly took a step forward.

"This man... Was he fat? Shaped like an egg? Goggles and glasses?" Sonic asked, now curious.

"Yeah! Big stupid mustache?" She asked, which made Sonic burst into laughter.

"Exactly! Oh you may have tried to kill me about five minutes ago, but you just made my day!" Sonic shouted.

"I'm really sorry... I understand if you want me to leave..." She said, but Sonic grinned.

"What's your name?" Sonic asked, and she smiled.

"Well... I was given the name XJ9, but my friends call me Jenny." She said, and Sonic shook her hand.

"Nice to meet you Jenny. So I take it Eggman explained what happened... The Merge and all." Sonic said, and Jenny nodded. "Well, welcome to Ponyville!" Sonic said with a large grin and he began to laugh. "Stupid mustache... Not as funny as Baldy Nosehair, but it'll do..."

Dipper moved and lifted the ashes of Vol. 3 in his hands, he could only watch as they were blow away in the wind.

Meeting Discord

Jenny would have to admit that this was strange, she'd never really seen a place like this before... What she was used to was aliens, monsters, and other robots... However humanoid ponies? A talking hedgehog? That was strange, and there was no telling how much stranger it could get. After all she was the newest arrival. She did have with her two friends, but they stayed behind in the forest while she took on Sonic. She would need to go and get them, but from what she's heard that forest is dangerous, meaning she might need some backup. Sonic had agreed to come with, while he had also recruited the assistance of the Pine twins, not to mention the reluctant pegasus Fluttershy.

"My friends should be this way." Jenny said as she began to lead them forward.

"So, all of you seem to be afraid of this forest... What makes it so dangerous?" Mabel asked, while Sonic shrugged.

"If you don't count all the vicious monsters ready to rip off your face at a moments notice then it just weirds the ponies out. They freak out, mostly because the animals here take care of themselves, the clouds move on their own, and the plants grow without any assistance. I mean, it's just like my world before the merge, and if you guys come from worlds with humans then it might be the same." Sonic replied, which seemed to make sense to Mabel.

"Brad? Tuck?" Jenny shouted, trying to locate her friends. "Where are you? I made a mistake! Sonic isn't the enemy! It's the guy who talked to us!" She yelled, but received no response, until she saw Tuck peek his head out from behind a tree.

"What? He's not gonna destroy you for fun?" Tuck asked, who was a kid.

"No. He only fights robots that pose threats to anyone innocent... Where's Brad?" Jenny asked, noticing the older teen was not there.

"He went for a walk, he's been gone for a few minutes..." Tuck replied, and Sonic nodded before dashing off. Sonic returned holding a teenage human, with a confused look. He had red hair, wore a white shirt with a black vest, a pair of tan khakis, and black shoes.

"Uh... Jenny? Why is the guy we came here to beat carrying me?" He asked, but Jenny began to giggle.

"That's the thing. He's not the bad guy, the man that told us about him is. He's a hero." Jenny explained, while Tuck approached. He wore a red shirt with a black color and a single back stripe across his belly, a pair of blue jeans, and a pair of black shoes.

"How did you run so fast?" Tuck asked, astounded with the hedgehog's speed.

"Heh. I can run at the speed of sound! Nothing can beat me in a race!" Sonic bragged. They quickly began to leave the Everfree, knowing that it gets very dangerous at night, but they noticed the sun setting.

"Well... I hope all of you are ready for a shock..." Sonic muttered, but much to his surprise the sun began to dart around randomly, but it seemed to be tugged downwards, however it fought, and began to drop towards the planet. "Looks like Mr. Bright is coming to visit..." Sonic said, as the sun appeared to shrink and landed next to them.

"Geez, that Princess is getting on my nerves! Maybe I want to make the day a little longer for the summer time! She just won't listen to reason..." The Sun said with a huff, he had two arms with white gloved hands at the end and a simple face. Two black eyes and a mouth.

Sonic shrugged and Mr. Bright sighed.

"You just don't get it... Mr. Shine gets treated with respect, his Alicorn treats him fairly! Why do I have to be paired with that stupid Sun Princess?" Mr. Bright said, but Sonic looked upwards as the moon began to rise into the sky. However it stayed bright where Mr. Shine was. He floated off and eventually the darkness settled in, and Sonic grabbed his chest in pain. He fell to the ground and his gloves began to rip open, his nails grew into claws, his teeth began to sharped and longed, his fur began to grow out and he stood up with a loud howl.

"AAAAAAH!" Tuck began to shout, freaked out by Sonic's transformation.

"Calm down kid! It happens every time the nighttime light hits me. I turn normal with the light of day, and the cycle repeats itself." Sonic explained, but then he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to face what appeared to be a large mix-up of animals wearing a Hawaiian shirt, and a pair of sunglasses.

"Aloha! Did you all miss me?" Discord asked, but Sonic frowned.

"What happened? I thought you were off on vacation... traveling and visiting all the different worlds that have merged together..." Sonic said, but Discord laughed.

"I've visited them all, I also brought back some souvenirs!" Discord said with a grin, he snapped and Sonic was wearing a baseball cap with a pine tree on it. Sonic sighed and took the hat off. Discord snapped again, and Fluttershy was wearing a long green dress. "Well? Do you like them? Do you love them?" Discord asked, and Sonic nodded.

"Why are you back so soon though? Surely you haven't been everywhere yet." Sonic said, but Discord began to chuckle.

"Of course I went everywhere! Also, don't call me 'Shirley', my name is Discord. When I heard about the Zerg attack, I wrapped up what I was doing and decided that I'd traveled enough. So aren't you going to introduce me to your new friends?" Discord asked, leaning over the hedgehog.

"Discord, this is Dipper and Mabel Pines. This is Jenny, Brad, and Tuck. Now if you'll excuse me... I'm heading inside. I need to clean up." Sonic said, and then stopped moving. "Discord, stay away from the bathroom!" Sonic shouted, but Discord began to laugh.

"You aren't still upset about what happened are you?" He asked, and Sonic nodded.

"You turned the water into Cockroaches! Why would I not be made about that!?" Sonic asked, trying his best to restrain himself.

"You always are more hostile when you're like this... So are the rumors I've heard true?" Discord questioned, pushing Sonic and Fluttershy close together. "Are you two... Expecting?" Discord asked, and Sonic slowly nodded. "Oh joy! Finally someone to share my knowledge and talents of chaos with!" Discord said happily, but Sonic took a step forward.

"No way, no how! My kids are not going to be using chaos for fun like you do! If anything, they'll learn to use the good kind of chaos, the kind that I can control!" Sonic shouted, taking out a dark blue gem. "The Chaos Emeralds have positive and negative energy, I'll teach them to use the positive energy and do good with it, instead of random pranks and mischief like you would!" Sonic added, but Discord rolled his eyes.

"Please, they have to spend some time their Uncle Discord." Discord said, and Sonic's eyes widened.

"What?! I never said you'd be their uncle! You're not my brother, you're not Fluttershy's brother, you are not their uncle!" Sonic yelled, and Discord sighed.

"Please...?" Discord said, but Sonic shook his head. "Pretty please...?" Sonic didn't budge. "Pretty please with sprinkles...?" Sonic continued to glare. "Pretty please on a chili dog...?" Sonic sighed and nodded. Discord let out a happy chuckle and began to do a little victory dance. Jenny wasn't sure what this creature is, but it was certainly interesting...

Villain Group

Bill floated towards the large and run down looking building, it was grimy and gloomy, falling apart, the perfect place for the scum of this world to gather. Bill floated to the entrance and read the sign that hung above the door.

"Members Only, unless invited" Bill hummed to himself as he thought of a plan. Then it hit him, with a wave of his hand a card appeared in his hand. Bill knocked on the door three times and a small slot opened. He saw a pair of flowing yellow eyes.

"What's the password?" It asked.

"Eggman." Bill replied, and another slot opened.

"Invitation. Now." Bill handed the card and the door opened to reveal a green insect like creature, it had an obvious mouth and was wearing light armor with heavy weapons. "Get in." Bill floated inside, past the alien creature and stopped when he saw a table with a few interesting looking characters around it. One was obviously a scientist, with a red coat, black pants and shoes, a large red mustache and a pair of glasses. One was a large turtle like creature, its green shell was covered in spikes and it had fiery red hair, with several black bands around his arms and neck. Finally was a feminine creature, bee like with yellow green stripes, she seemed to be intelligent. Bill chuckled knowing he'd found the perfect group to join.

"So is this seat taken, or am I free to join?" Bill asked, but the turtle like creature propped its feet up on the stool that Bill had pointed at. "I get it, you don't know me so I may be a threat... Which one of you freaks is the leader of this group? You Eggman? Bowser? Vexus?" Bill asked, and the three villains exchanged uneasy glances.

"How do you know our...?" Eggman began, but Bill cut him off.

"I know lots of things. LoTs Of ThInGs..." Bill said, his voice turning deeper at the last part, and several images flashed through his body like some horrific television. It stopped suddenly and Bill moved next to Eggman. "Hey, want to see a trick?" Bill asked, and didn't wait for a response. Bill touched the glass of whiskey that Eggman held, and a large crab claw reached out of the glass and tried to grab the now frightened scientist.

"GAH!" Eggman threw the glass across the room, where it shattered on the wall and the claw disappeared. "W-W-What do you want from us!?" Eggman asked, and Bill began to laugh.

"I want to make a deal... I have a little... Pest problem... So what I propose is a team up... The four of us work together in order to defeat all our foes! Sounds great right? With all of us working together, there is absolutely no way we could lose...!" Bill had been shouting, while he was unaware of a metal object slowly moving towards him, it moved with an occasional twitch and then struck, spearing the mind demon, who began to laugh. "Well, it seems I've been impaled..." Bill said, still happy and with no sign of injury besides the spear like tail having been stabbed through his body. The tail lifted him up and bill found himself looking into the glowing eyes of a beast that would send the Manotaurs running like babies. The large metal dragon stared at Bill before speaking.

"You come in here, put one of my allies in danger, and then you have the audacity to ask for cooperation!? You either are very stupid... Or have very big balls..." It said, before flicking its tail and flinging the mind demon away.

"Ridley right? I understand that you have a mortal nemesis too. We can take her out as well..." Bill said, reaching out a hand which was soon engulfed in a spooky blue fire. Ridley seemed to contemplate this, before grabbing Bill's hand with his own. "We've got a deal! Now then we need to get started on a great plan to take down those heroes..." Bill said, with a malicious look in his eye.

Mystery Trio

It was a beautiful morning in Ponyville, with the birds settling on the trees and roofs of buildings, hoping to claim a few more minutes of sleep before they needed to start their busy days, and just as they began to shut their eyes, a loud scream of horror echoed throughout the entire town, the birds began to fly off in fear, hoping that whatever this scream belonged to wasn't a predator, but it was the voice of a pony who had been struck down in her own home.

Ponies and creatures surrounded the building, the home and workplace of Rarity. Inside were several Marines, and guards, as well as five of the Mane Six, Sonic, Jenny, and the twins.

"Seems like a quick clean murder... No blood, no signs of injury... Must have been quick..." A guard said, as doctors checked Rarity for any signs of life, they approached the guards.

"This case just got a bit more complicated... It wasn't a murder. She's only fainted... This was a robbery." The Doctor said, to which the guards began to laugh.

"How do you know she just didn't see a mouse and faint?" One asked, but the doctor rolled his eyes before holding out a note.

"Hai! I be stealing all ur gemz now! Plz don't call teh guardz. I thankz u. #GETREKT! From, da thief."

The guard sighed and quickly explained the situation to the crowd outside. However to Dipper it didn't make any sense.

"Why did she faint?" Dipper asked, but was soon given an explanation by Rarity's little sister.

"Rarity loves gems. She always uses them in her dresses. Once she noticed they were gone she freaked out." Sweetie Belle explained.

"Dipper. You know what this is a case for?" Mabel began to ask, Dipper smiled and they bumped fists.

"MYSTERY TWINS!" They shouted at the same time, but Sonic shook his head.

"Sorry guys. Not this time." Sonic said, but Pinkie ran forward.

"Ooh! I can watch over them! I'll make sure they don't get into trouble! Please! Please! Please!" Pinkie shouted, getting really close to Sonic.

"Fine! Just give me some room! Ok?" Sonic asked, and Pinkie let out a yell of pure joy.

"You here that guys!? We're the Mystery Trio!" Pinkie shouted, she reached into her mane and pulled out three objects, one was an old fashioned detective hat, another was a large magnifying glass, the final object was a pipe. Pinkie popped the pipe into her mouth, but instead of smoke rising from the top, bubbles floated upwards. Dipper looked at Sonic who shrugged.

"Don't question Pinkie Pie." Sonic said, but he let out a quick laugh upon seeing Pinkie had placed on a fake mustache.

"What seems like a regular Earth Pony, is actually a detective and a master of disguise!" Pinkie shouted, but Dipper pulled the fake mustache off. "OW!" Pinkie shouted, rubbing at her upper lip, but then began to smile. "Ooh... So smooth..." She said with a smile. Dipper couldn't believe that Sonic was going to allow them to watch over them, but Sonic did know her more than they did.

"Dipper, Pinkie, let's get going!" Mabel shouted, running towards the door and slamming into the glass door that she didn't see. "I meant to do that!" Mabel yelled, before opening the door and running out it. Pinkie giggled and began to bounce after her, while Dipper brought up the rear.

"Do we have any suspects?" Mabel asked, but Pinkie shook her head.

"OH! I guess we could check the Diamond Dogs." Pinkie said, lifting Mabel onto her back. "Let's go piggy back style!" Pinkie shouted, and Mabel let out a cheer of joy, while Dipper struggled to keep up.

"Guys...! Slow...! Down...!" Dipper yelled, between heavy breaths. However the two didn't hear him as they charged off towards the nearest mine where the Diamond Dogs lurked.

Dipper was covered in sweat when he finally found the two waiting for him. Pinkie held a glass pitcher of lemonade and poured Mabel a glass, before pouring herself a glass. Pinkie noticed Dipper and waved.

"HEY! You finally caught up! You look tired, maybe you need a nice cold glass of lemonade!" Pinkie said, but Dipper grabbed the entire pitcher and began to chug the contents. He felt the cold beverage flow down his throat and cool him down, he stopped and poured the remaining amount on his head, but then realized his mistake as he found himself sticky.

"Oh man..." Dipper muttered, but he felt a washcloth press against his face. Pinkie began to scrub his face and stopped when Dipper pushed her hands away. "Stop it! I'm fine!" Dipper shouted, and Pinkie gave him a soft smile.

"There. Now do you feel better?" She asked, and Dipper found himself smile before he nodded. Mabel laughed and pointed in one of the holes.

"There's some weird dog thing in there." Mabel said, her braces shone in the sunlight and the reflected light hit one of the dogs in the eyes. It looked up at them and Mabel's smile faded. "Uh-Oh..." Mabel muttered as the dogs began to growl and prepared to attack.

Mabel, Dipper, and Pinkie ran from the angry pack of Diamond Dogs who chased them with claws and clubs ready. Pinkie reached into her mane and pulled out a strange looking cupcake.

"What is that?" Dipper asked, but Pinkie didn't respond. Instead she pulled the cherry off the cake and threw it behind her, the dogs stopped and stared at the attempt before the cupcake exploded, showering them in frosting.

"Frosting grenade!" Mabel shouted, she began to laugh as the dogs left in annoyance.

"Well that got us nowhere..." Dipper muttered, but noticed a strange figure in a cloak. It began to move into the Everfree forest and Dipper began to chase it, confusing Mabel and Pinkie. "HEY YOU!" Dipper yelled, but the figure broke into a run. "Stop!" Dipper yelled, but the figure moved onwards until it entered a small hut. Dipper managed to slip inside and confronted it. "I've got some questions for you!" Dipper yelled.

"Leave now, you are not welcome here! Leave now, or be forced to by fear!" The figure yelled, with a voice that was clearly female.

"Not until you answer my questions!" Dipper yelled back, but the figure took a step forward, which made him realize that he was only a kid.

"You are either very brave... Or have a wish to go to the grave." She said, but Dipper stood his ground.

"All I want are some questions answered!" Dipper shouted, and the figure took another step towards him.

"Dipper!" Pinkie shouted, which made the figure stop.

"Pinkie Pie, is that you? A visit is long past due." The figure said, and Pinkie entered the building.

"Zecora, I'm sorry Dipper chased you. He must have thought you were some kind of bad guy." Pinkie said, while the figure pulled down her hood. The figure was a zebra, with a short mane that resembled a Mohawk.

"So you two know each other?" Dipper asked, and Zecora nodded. "Oh... I'm sorry... I thought you might have been the thief..." Dipper said, scratching the back of his head. Zecora smiled.

"A friend of Pinkie's is a friend of mine. It is nearly noon, would you care to dine?" Zecora asked, motioning towards a table.

"No thanks. We need to find out who stole Rarity's jewels." Mabel said, and Zecora nodded before sending them off.

They noticed something heading for them at a high speed, and Sonic skidded to a stop in front of them. "Hey guys... Turns out there was no thief..." Sonic muttered, but it made no sense.

"What about the gems... And the note?" Mabel asked, but Sonic gave a nervous chuckle.

"She moved them without remembering, as for the note, that was a prop from an old play... Weird message that was written on that... We should probably head home. Come on." Sonic said, but watched as they raised their hands towards the sky.

"MYSTERY TRIO!"

The Alchemists

Bill floated above the two figures, they were confused and a bit frightened by what stared down at them.

"So... You two are the new arrivals huh? Name's Bill Cipher and have I got something to tell you. Your world has merged with ours, something that's happened here many times, by now there are hundreds maybe even thousands of worlds that have been combined with this one. I know who and what you two boys are, you two are alchemists. However... I've heard rumors of two kids who use alchemy for evil... Mabel and Dipper Pines... Wouldn't it be your duty to stop them? I'll let you think about that for a while... If you want to show them who's boss, then head east from here. Until we meet again!" Bill shouted, before he floated upwards and disappeared from their sights.

"Brother...? Can we trust him? Should we trust him?" The large figure asked, although he was larger his voice was younger sounding.

The smaller figure seemed to think about this, before he replied "I'm not sure Al... I'm not sure..."

Sonic handed the plate of food to Mabel who sat down at the table. He had been doing all the cooking and cleaning lately, mostly because Fluttershy was coming near her due date. He just couldn't wait to see what they looked like, from what the doctors had told them they were having twins, but that didn't satisfy his curiosity. He just wanted to know if he was having a little boy to maybe play a few sports with, or a little girl whose quills/mane he would brush out every night. He just couldn't help it, he was excited. He looked over and saw Fluttershy sitting on a chair with a few animals nearby, they would often move near and comfort her, but otherwise they just wanted to be next to her. Dipper was sitting at the table, jabbing at his salad with a fork, but not really eating it, he was reading the journal again. Sonic sighed, moved over and took the journal before placing it on a shelf.

"Eat. Then you can read. I may not be your father, or your great uncle, but as long as you live in our house, you'll follow our rules. Understood?" Sonic looked at Dipper who nodded before eating his food. "That's better. I've got some chores to take care of, if you guys need anything come and get me." Sonic said, before he moved back into the kitchen and began to clean up. "Actually, you two can help me. I need some things from the market, once you're done would you go and get them for me?" Sonic asked.

"Sure. We'd be happy to help. Right Dipper?" Mabel asked, and Dipper agreed. The finished their food and quickly grabbed a few bits off the counter before running outside towards Ponyville. Once they arrived they noticed a strange pair of people there, standing just on the outskirts of town, it seemed like town was deserted, there was no one out there, not even a single insect seemed to near the place. Dipper knew that something was wrong, he grabbed Mabel's hand. but before they could hide the two began to approach them.

One was shorter and blonde, with a red jacket, a black shirt, a pair of black pans, and black shoes. The other was taller and appeared to be wearing some heavy form of armor.

"Excuse me." The larger one said, with a voice that sounded around the twins age. "We're looking for someone. Dipper and Mabel. Have you seen them?" He asked, but Dipper shook his head.

"Sorry. I wouldn't know where they are... We really need to get going, so goodbye!" Dipper said, pulling Mabel back towards Fluttershy and Sonic's home.

"They were looking for you two? Why'd you lie to them?" Sonic asked, while Fluttershy sat nearby chatting with Rarity and Rainbow Dash.

"You don't understand. I got a bad feeling when I saw them... A bad feeling in my gut, like they wanted us for something... Something evil..." Dipper explained, and Sonic nodded in understanding. Sonic suddenly let out a quick gasp and grabbed his head. "Sonic what's wrong!?" Dipper asked.

"Flutters! I've got the gitchy feeling!" Sonic said, his voice sounded worried.

"Gitchy feeling?" Mabel asked, tilting her head in confusion.

"It's an awful feeling that makes your head swim and your knees wobble." Rarity began to explain, but Rainbow Dash finished.

"It means something bad is gonna happen!" She exclaimed, which made Dipper even more nervous.

"Do you think it has to do with those two that the twins mentioned?" Fluttershy asked, and Sonic shrugged.

Sonic rose onto his feet. "I intend to find out. Dipper, Mabel, stay behind me. We're going to find out what these two want."

The two newbies looked at Sonic as Dipper and Mabel hid behind his legs, occasionally peeking out from behind him. Next to him was Jenny, and the larger newbie felt something inside of him.

"She's... So beautiful..." He muttered, but the blonde looked at him.

"She's a machine. Besides remember what we're here for." He whispered, but Sonic began to speak up.

"You two are new around here. Can I have your names?" Sonic asked.

"I'm Edward Elric, and this is my younger brother Alphonse Elric." The blonde said, but Sonic looked confused.

"He's the little brother? I thought it would have been you shorty." Sonic said, but this seemed to anger Ed... No, it definitely angered Ed.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE HIM UNDER A MICROSCOPE!?" Edward asked, now outraged, luckily Alphonse was holding him back.

"Just tell me what you two want." Sonic said, and Alphonse began to speak up.

"We're looking for two kids. Dipper and Mabel Pines. Have you seen them?" Alphonse asked, and Sonic nodded.

"They're standing right behind me, but if you wanna get them, you'll have to go through us!" Sonic shouted, as he Jenny rushed at the two.

"W-Wait a minute! I think there's been a misunderstand..." Edward didn't get to finish, for Jenny's fist slammed into his cheek.

"Brother!?" Alphonse asked, but Sonic slammed into his head with a homing attack, knocking off the helmet, causing the suit of armor to fall onto the ground. Sonic noticed something about the armor, the fact that it was completely empty.

"Did he get out of there before I hit him?" Sonic asked himself, but much to his shock the armor grabbed him ankle and threw him into the air. The armor punched Sonic in his back, causing him to go flying to the side of a building. "Ouch..." Sonic muttered as he fell off. Jenny managed to get a few hits off on Edward, but tore the sleeve off his right arm, revealing a fake limb.

"Huh?" Jenny asked, but Edward used her confusion to slam his metal fist into her face, knocking her away.

"Listen, we just have a few questions for them!" Edward shouted, which made them stop.

"We were told they were using Alchemy to do bad things. We just wanted to speak with them." Alphonse said, placing the helmet back on.

"Alchemy? We don't know anything about Alchemy!" Dipper shouted, which made the brothers face each other.

"So we couldn't trust him... I knew it..." Edward said, but this only made Sonic worry.

"Who? Who spoke to you?" Sonic asked, and Alphonse placed his hand under his chin.

"He said his name was Bill... Was it Bill Cipher?" That statement made the twins gasp in shock.

"I should have known. You can't trust Bill. He's some kind of mind demon!" Sonic explained, but was tackled by Rainbow Dash.

"SONIC! WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM!" She shouted, but before Sonic could ask anything she began to shout again. "IT'S FLUTTERSHY! IT'S TIME!" She added, which made Sonic's eyes widen.

"You mean...!?" Sonic began, but Rainbow Dash cut him off.

"You're gonna be a dad!" She said, before flying off towards the hospital. Sonic stood there in shock, before he took off running after her, with a large smile.

"I'M A DAD!" He shouted happily, leaving the other five standing there confused.

Newborn Children

All was quiet in the hospital, not a single sound could be heard, but something began to break through the silence, a loud yelling. Soon afterwards the crying of two babies started, and the joyed cries of their parents. Sonic watched as the two little girls were wrapped up and handed to them. One was a pale yellow hedgehog, however she had a small pair of bird like wings on her back, her green eyes were shut tight as she was held close to her mother. The other was a little blue pegasus, she had all blue fur, a lighter blue mane and tail, with big blue eyes, she gently whimpered in her sleep as her father had her in his arms. Friends surrounded them, the rest of the Mane Six, the twins, Jenny and Brad, finally Discord was there as well.

"Sir. There are a couple of humans here who want to speak to you..." A nurse said popping her head into the room.

"Who is it?" Sonic asked, but he saw them move close. It was the Elric Brothers, Sonic nodded and allowed them to enter.

"We just wanted to apologize... That whole fight was just a misunderstanding, we should have fully explained ourselves..." Alphonse said, but Sonic shook his head.

"I should be the one to apologize. I attacked you guys first. I thought you wanted to hurt them. Besides having a mind demon trying to trick you doesn't help." Sonic said, but Pinkie began to speak up.

"I'm noticing a reoccurring theme in this story. Someone is getting tricked by a villain. Jenny was tricked by Eggman, they were tricked by Bill, what's next will El Tigre be tricked by Ridley? I think the author needs to get a new trick or two." Pinkie said, which left them all dumbfounded.

"What are you talking about Pinkie?" Mabel asked, but Pinkie shrugged.

"I haven' broken the fourth wall in this tory until then. It just wouldn't be a story including me if I didn't break the fourth wall at least once." Pinkie explained, but this didn't answer anything, and they decided to drop it.

"Our little girls... They're so beautiful..." Fluttershy said, gently rubbing her daughter's quills.

"So Alphonse... If you don't mind me asking... Why are you...? Um... Why are you a...?" Dipper began, but Alphonse finished for him.

"A suit of armor?" Dipper nodded. "It was a long time ago, about three or four years when our mother died of a mysterious illness. My brother and I were devastated, she was the only family we had left. Brother and a plan, using alchemy we planned to bring her back to life, but we stepped into God's territory... Brother lost his left leg, and I lost my entire body... They were taken, and what was brought back wasn't even human... Brother traded his right arm for my soul and bonded it to this armor. I took him to an old family friend and she saved his life before giving him his fake limbs... After that we traveled around and became State Alchemists." Alphonse explained, but Dipper had another question.

"Alchemy? Did you turn silver into gold?" Dipper asked, but Edward sighed.

"It's against the Alchemists laws. You can't turn anything to gold." Ed replied, which made Dipper stop.

"Maybe you can show us later. For now... I just want to focus on my kids..." Sonic said, looking back down at his daughter.

"So have you thought of any names?" Twilight asked, and Sonic nodded.

"Fluttershy is holding Sonia. I'm holding Light Speed." Sonic explained, and he lifted Light Speed closer to his face. Sonic planted a kiss on her forehead and she opened her eyes and looked at him. Sonic chuckled and began to rock her gently until she fell back asleep.

"Brother...? What are we going to do? We can't reach Central from here." Alphonse said, but Ed shrugged.

"Why don't we search for any information while here?" Ed asked, and Al nodded before they turned their attention back to Sonic.

"About what?" Sonic asked.

"The Philosophers stone." Al responded, but they went into silence, and began to enjoy the silence and peace.

Aww Rapo...

Something watched four new figures from a distance, three of them were similar and the last one was completely different. Three of them were brown rabbit looking creatures, although from their clothing you could tell that two were girls and one was a boy. The boy wore a blue shirt and brown pants, a red scarf draped over his back, with a blue pair of goggles next to his long ears. One of the girls wore a yellow dress with a red ascott,, had curly brown hair, and a pair of gold earrings. The other girl was smaller with a green dress, a red pendant and blonde hair, but the most notable feature was that the entire left half of her face was covered in shadow. The last figure was human like, with spiky blonde hair, a red shirt, blue jean shorts and brown shoes. They all seemed to be unconscious and as a result were unaware that they were being watched. The watcher noticed something approaching and grew curious as to what this would be, and he found out that it was a strange animal like creature. The watcher would have to wait and see what events would unfold.

Sonic approached the passed out figures that appeared next to his home. He knew that they were here because of the merge, but they looked pretty strange. Before Sonic could say anything they began to wake up slowly.

"W-wha? What happened?" One asked, and Sonic rushed over.

"Are you ok? You might need to rest." Sonic said, and the rabbit like creature looked at him.

"Who... Who are you?" He asked, and Sonic reached out a hand, and it placed its paw in his hand. Sonic helped it to his feet as the others began to wake up. Sonic groaned and knew that this would take some explaining, so he allowed them to enter his home, for the time being, seeing as they would need to get caught up on things.

"Jowee, Mari, Heather, and Hero... Did I get that right?" Sonic asked, having been told their names.

"Yeah... So you mean to say that our world has somehow been combined with yours?" Mari asked, she propped her elbows up on the table. Jowee fiddled around with his goggles, Heather was standing near Jowee with a big grin, and Hero sat across from Sonic holding a silver sword, giving the hedgehog a suspicious glare.

Mari sighed and stood up, her earrings jingled with the movement. Jowee, Hero, and Heather turned their attention to her.

"Mari? Is something wrong?" Jowee asked, standing onto his feet, but Mari didn't respond, instead she seemed to be staring at something out the window. Sonic turned and his eyes widened as he saw what Mari was staring at, it was a shadowy monster that resembled the way that Mari, Jowee, and Heather looked.

"Wilfre!" Jowee shouted, pulling Heather close to him. Wilfre rolled his eyes before he floated through the window.

"What's wrong? Aren't you glad to see me?" Wilfre asked, with an evil grin.

"You know this thing?" Sonic asked, standing ready to fight.

"Know him? He..." Mari started, and tears began to fill her eyes.

"Oh you're still upset about that? I did it for the good of the village." Wilfre said, moving forward, reaching out a hand to put on Mari's shoulder. The sword was pointed at his face and he looked at Hero who had a look of disgust and anger. "Call of your dog..." Wilfre said, and Sonic took a step forward.

"Look, just leave and never come back or I'll..." Sonic began, but Wilfre started laughing and floated in front of the hedgehog.

"You think you can defeat me? That Hero was barely able to beat me! I could destroy you with a single punch, and I would laugh as you are consumed by darkness and hatred, forcing you to attack all of those you know and love." Wilfre said with a sick and twisted grin. Wilfre turned and began to float away, he said nothing and left the building, leaving them standing there in silence.

"Raposa? They look more like mutant rabbits to me... Are you sure they aren't mutant rabbits?" Rainbow Dash asked, and Sonic rolled his eyes before remembering something.

"GAH! RAINBOW CAN YOU SHOW THEM AROUND TOWN FOR ME!? I NEED TO GO AND CHECK UP ON FLUTTERSHY!" Sonic shouted, before running away towards the hospital. Rainbow Dash sighed and looked at the four standing before her.

"So what're your names? I'm Rainbow Dash by the way." She said and watched as the four walked to her.

"I'm Jowee, this is Mari..." Rainbow noticed that Jowee looked at Mari with a quick glance before turning to face rainbow Dash again. "This is Heather." Heather was hiding behind Jowee, she would occasionally peek her head out and look at the pegasus. "Finally this is Hero." Jowee finished, and Rainbow Dash knew that they would need to get to know town.

"Follow me, I'll show you around." Rainbow Dash said, leading them deeper into Ponyville. They traveled from Sugar Cube Corner, to the library, to Sweet Apple Acres, and all over the small town. "This is Flim and Flam's place, they rent this building out as all sorts of things, for parties, weddings, birthdays, and anything else you can imagine. However it's made into a haunted house every Nightmare Night." Rainbow Dash explained.

"Uh... Haunted house?" Mari asked.

"Nightmare Night?" Jowee questioned.

"Oh, right. It's not really haunted, it's just made into a sort of horror attraction. Nightmare Night is a holiday when we all dress up in costumes and go from house to house collecting candy, and playing pranks on each other." Rainbow Dash explained.

"Oh! So it's like Halloween!" Jowee said, the excitement in his voice unable to be hidden.

"Yep, a lot like Halloween..." Rainbow laughed, but now she heard a yelling. Jowee was nearly tackled by a pink pony, who was very excited to see him.

"HI! MY NAME IS PINKAMENA DIANE PIE, BUT MY FRIENDS CALL ME PINKIE PIE OR JUST PINKIE FOR SHORT! I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOUR NAMES AND I STILL WANT TO BE YOUR FRIENDS! OH THAT REMINDS ME I HAVE TO THROW YOU A PARTY! I'VE GOTTA GO GET STARTED ON THAT NOW!" She shouted, startling them all, but Heather gasped and began to run. Jowee turned and began to chase after her, which seemed to make Pinkie upset.

"Aw Rapo!" Jowee shouted.

"Did... Did I scare her...?" Pinkie asked, now sad, but Mari began to reassure her.

"Heather just scares easily, she's very shy! It wasn't your fault!"

"If you... If you say so..." Pinkie said, but Mari thought of something that might cheer her up.

"How about I help you with that party?" Mari asked, and Pinkie brightened up, before grabbing Mari's paw and pulling her away from Rainbow Dash and Hero.

Looking Around Town

Heather ran, she was scared, after all who wouldn't be afraid of a pink creature barreling towards you at a hundred miles per hour. She continued to wind around the many buildings and structures, but looked behind her to see in the pink thing was following. She slammed into something and fell backwards onto her butt. Heather looked up and gasped again, in front of her was a large metal creature that would tower over any Raposa, and its pinkish red eyes only made her more afraid. It turned to face her, and she covered her face in fear.

"Don't be afraid. I'm not going to hurt you." It said in a surprisingly young voice. She uncovered her face to see it had bent down to get to her eye level. "My name is Alphonse... What's yours?" He asked, and Heather didn't respond. "Can you tell me your name?" He asked again, and Heather didn't respond.

"Heather! Don't run off like that! Huh?" Jowee said noticing that Heather had been speaking to Alphonse. "Get away from that thing! We don't know what it is!" Jowee shouted, tugging Heather away from him.

"Hey, you don't have to be so mean..." Alphonse said, but Jowee hadn't heard him.

"How many times have Mari and I told you not to talk with monsters?!" Jowee asked, and Heather looked back at Alphonse.

"Hey, leave him alone!" Edward shouted, approaching them.

"Look, I just don't want Heather to hand around monsters!" Jowee yelled, and Heather broke free of his grasp.

"He not a monster!" Heather shouted, which shocked Jowee, considering she barely spoke.

"I... I'm sorry... I was just worried about Heather... She's just so young and... Defenseless..." Jowee apologized, and Ed went to speak, but Al spoke first.

"It's fine... I understand. How about we start over? Hi, I'm Alphonse Elric." Al reached out a hand to Jowee and the Raposa took it.

"Jowee... This is Heather." Jowee said, and then turned his attention to Ed. "Who's that?"

"He's my big brother. Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist!" Al said, but Jowee looked confused.

"Fullmetal? You think that title would be given to you... He's your older brother, I assumed that you were older than he was, I mean... He's so short!" Jowee said, but before Ed could say anything, Pinkie rushed by and shoved something into each of their hands. Jowee noticed that they each held a pink envelope, with a cupcake sticker keeping it sealed. Jowee opened it and found a card inside with a quick drawing of him on it.

You're Invited! Jowee opened it and continued to read. Tonight is a party for you! Talk with Sonic around Six P.M., and he'll tell you where to go! See you there! -Pinkie Pie Jowee looked at Ed and Al, before looking at Heather, who was having trouble peeling the sticker off of the envelope, and Jowee helped her.

"Well we should be going. It was nice meeting you two." Alphonse said, waving as he and Ed walked away.

"I'm sorry again! I hope we can become good friends!" Jowee called out, before he and Heather moved to look for Mari and Hero.

"GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO!" Several voices chanted as Jowee and Heather approached the center of town, and noticed that Hero was currently in an arm wrestling competition, and was losing, his opponent was a red stallion with an orange mane and tail. Hero was sweating heavily, while his opponent hadn't even been looking at Hero, rather he had his eyes closed. Hero's hand was slammed onto the table and his eyes widened in shock.

"We have a winner! It is... Big Macintosh!" Rainbow Dash shouted, while Hero glared at the stallion sitting across from him. Jowee ran forward and approached Hero with Heather following.

"Hero, what are you doing!? Where's Mari?" Jowee asked, worried about his friend/crush. Hero shrugged and pointed at Sugar Cube Corner, where Pinkie was probably planning their party. "She went with Pinkie? Why didn't you follow her!? Have you forgotten that Wilfre is here!?" Jowee asked, and Hero suddenly took on a look of worry before jumping onto his feet and rushing towards the building.

"What's got him so riled up?" Rainbow Dash asked, and Jowee turned to her.

"He was created with the task of protecting us. He saved our world from the wrath of a Rapo who did the unimaginable. He wrote in the Book of Life." Jowee explained. He began to explain how things worked back home in his village, from Wilfre destroying the Book of Life, to Wilfre murdering Mari's father, to Hero stopping him, then onto Wilfre's return, and how he was eventually stopped again. However it was then that Jowee began to talk about his friends.

"Well as I said before, Hero was once a mannequin brought to life by the Creator. Heather was being held hostage by Wilfre. Mari's been my best friend for as long as I can remember, she's a pretty cool Rapo. I mean... She's smart, funny, beautiful, she's an amazing mayor..." Jowee said, unaware that she was behind him, but Rainbow Dash began to snicker, which prompted Jowee to turn around.

"Did you really mean all that Jowee?" Mari asked, while Jowee turned a bright red.

"I... I... I um... Hey shouldn't we be getting to the party!? I think we'll be late if we don't go now!" Jowee said, turning and running off towards Sonic and Fluttershy's home.

Mari sighed and began to follow with Hero and Heather following her.

Best Party Ever (So Far)

Music blared from the large building, for there was a party going on, not just any party, but a Pinkie Pie party. In fact Pinkie had gotten some help from Mari, without her help it would have never gotten done in time. Pinkie was proud, although she knew that Sonic and Fluttershy wouldn't be able to come mostly, because they were still getting things adjusted to having babies in the house, but that wouldn't stop her from having a good time.

"How's everypony enjoying the party?" Pinkie asked over a microphone and received a positive yell. "I can't hear you!" She shouted, and the crowd roared louder. Pinkie went off to find out how everyone was enjoying themselves at the moment.

Edward looked at the broken glasses and plates, knowing that it had partially been his fault he had to help fix them. Ed clapped his hands together and placed them on the floor, where a blue light engulfed the broken objects and fixed them. Ed received gasps and shouts of approval, knowing that he had done a good thing he could relax now. He turned and let out a shout of shock as Pinkie was directly in his face.

"Are you trying to give me a heart attack!?" Ed shouted, but compared to the music he was as quiet as Fluttershy.

"No silly willy! I just wanted to see how you're enjoying the party! Are you having a good time?" Pinkie asked, and Ed nodded, mostly because he found her horribly obnoxious and annoying, but that seemed to satisfy her for she walked past him and moved towards Alphonse.

"Hi Pinkie." Alphonse said, and Pinkie smiled.

"Hi Al. Are you enjoying the party?" Pinkie asked and Al gave a nod with a happy look in his eyes.

"It's been so long since I've been to party, this is great!" Al shouted, which made Pinkie laugh happily.

"That's great! I hope you enjoy the rest of it!" Pinkie said as she moved on to find the others.

Jenny stood with Brad and Tuck, who were talking with others. Jenny was having a good time, and she was just enjoying the time with her friends. However she was not prepared for Pinkie to hang from the ceiling and scare her.

"HI!" Pinkie shouted, which made the robot jump.

"Don't do that... You startled me..." She said, while Brad and Tuck stared at them.

"I just wanted to see if you guys were having a good time!" Pinkie said, still hanging upside down.

"Yeah, it's great!" Jenny said, while Brad and Tuck agreed.

"Perfect! Keep on partying!" Pinkie said as she shot upwards and disappeared into an air vent.

"I wonder if she does that kind of thing often..." Tuck said, while Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes.

"You have no idea..."

Jowee stood next to Mari and Heather, while Hero stood nearby ready to fight if needed. However a clanking from above could be heard as Pinkie dropped down and landed in front of them.

"Hello! Are you four having fun?" Pinkie asked and Jowee began to laugh.

"Yeah, this party is awesome!" Jowee shouted, jumping up and down happily.

"I'm having a great time too. I really think that it's amazing we set this up in such a short time." Mari said, while Heather ran behind Jowee's legs.

"Don't be scared. I just want to make sure you're having a good time." Pinkie said, and that seemed to comfort Heather. She peeked out and began to slowly approach Pinkie who smiled and outstretched her arms for a hug. Heather moved forward and hugged Pinkie, which made Mari and Jowee smile.

"So I hope you enjoy the rest of the party! I've got to get back on stage before..." Pinkie began, but was cut off by an explosion. Suddenly Egg Pawns began to flood the place, each armed with various weapons, and ready to fight. They began to approach them and a loud snap was heard, and before their eyes the Egg Pawns were turned into cheese, but were still fully operational.

"Come now, you aren't really going to ruin our little party are you?" Discord asked, floating above them all. "I just want to have a little fun, just like everyone else here." He motioned to he crowd below him. "And we can't have you ruining that... Now can we?" Discord snapped his fingers again, and thousands of mice appeared around the Egg Pawns, before they charged and began to devour them. Discord descended and lifted up a small piece of cheese before turning to face the crowd. "Now that's taken care of, shall we continue to..." Discord stopped and thud was heard, Discord slumped limp to the ground, having been knocked out while a figure with a long red staff stepped inside.

Worst Party Ever (So Far)

The figure stepped forward out of the darkness of night and into the lighting of the party, which revealed it to be Wilfre. He had a sick smile on his face as he approached holding a red staff, he stepped over Discord's unconscious body and stared at all of them.

"Well, well, well. I hope I didn't need an invitation to join in." Wilfre said, as he approached Jowee, Mari, and Heather. "You know what I've come for. I want it. Now." Wilfre frowned and held the staff out, pointing the end at Jowee.

"You can forget it Wilfre! We'll never hand it over to you! You've got a better chance of actually making some friends before that happens!" Mari shouted, which caused Wilfre to burst into laughter.

"Funny you should say that... I have made a few friends..." Wilfre said, his smile returning. A familiar insane sounding laughter filled the room, and Bill appeared before them.

"Long time no see! Look, here's the deal, you can either hand over the Book of Life... Or we'll start killing folks until you do!" Bill shouted, before breaking into laughter again. Everyone turned and looked at Jowee, Mari, and Heather with either looks of fear or anger.

"We won't give it to you..." Jowee said, but this seemed to make the others angry, they began to shout at them to just give the book to the duo, but Wilfre let out a sudden cry of pain as Hero slashed his chest with his sword. What appeared to be oil began dripping from the area of Shadow that had been cut off, revealing a body underneath. They could barely make out the blue suit, before the shadow swallowed it up again.

"I forgot about you... Look you little cretin, I beat you once, and this time your little friends in the other villages won't know that you're in danger! Which means..." Wilfre shot a rainbow colored beam his staff, and when it hit Hero he let out a loud cry of pain. Wilfre stopped and looked at Hero in the eyes. "Bow to me." Wilfre ordered, but Hero moved to stand again. Wilfre shot another beam at him, and this one knocked Hero onto his back. "Bow to me!" Wilfre ordered, and Hero moved to once again rise, however this time he couldn't even get close for Wilfre began to attack with a nonstop beam that fired his staff. "BOW TO ME! ALL OF YOU!" Wilfre shouted, looking at the crowd, and they hesitantly bowed, leaving only a few standing. Jenny, Mari, Jowee, Heather, Edward, Alphonse, Dipper, and Mabel.

"We won't bow to a villain like you!" Dipper shouted, but Wilfre turned and fired a beam at him, however the child was able to avoid the attack.

"Hold still you little brat!" Wilfre shouted, firing the beams rapidly, until Hero was able to get back onto his feet and this time impaled Wilfre with his blade. The oily substance once again began to flow, this time at a faster rate, while Wilfre began to cough some up. "You think this will end me...? You're wrong... Dead wrong..." Wilfre turned and slammed his staff into Hero's head, while Dipper jumped onto the evil Raposa's back. Wilfre shook and thrashed, attempting to get Dipper off, but Dipper began to pull apart the Shadow on top of Wilfre's head and fell still with a grip on the stuff. As Dipper fell, the Shadow was being ripped off like a kind of Band-Aid, it made a sick sound as it tore, and Dipper felt his feet hit the ground. Half of Wilfre had been exposed, they could see what lied underneath the shadow was a Raposa like Mari, Jowee, and Heather, only instead of brown fur, he had silver.

"You'll pay for that..." Wilfre said as the shadow began to cover the exposed half of his body. Wilfre aimed it down at Dipper and prepared to attack, when Hero slashed him across the back.

"It's obvious we aren't going to be getting the book at the moment. We'll go and grow our numbers, then we'll return to take that book from you!" Bill shouted, grabbing Wilfre by the back of his neck and floated away, no matter how much Wilfre protested and shouted. Jowee pulled out a thick red book and sighed.

"We can't let him get a hold of the Book of Life... If he does... Who knows what will happen..." Jowee muttered as the crowd began to leave, knowing that the party had been ruined. Jowee turned to face Jenny, Ed, Al, Dipper, and Mabel. "Thank you for standing up against Wilfre..." He said with a faint smile.

Mabel grinned before saying "Literally." Which made them start to laugh, maybe this wasn't going to be such a bad place after all.

"I don't need to work with these... Fools!" Wilfre shouted, standing next to a table.

"Well you're gonna have to. We're working on a plan to get rid of them all, and we'll need your help to get it done." Bill informed, and Wilfre sighed looking at Eggman, Vexus, Bowser, and Ridley.

"Fine. Just make sure you all stay out of my way. I want to see that Hero burnt to a crisp before I end his pathetic existence..." Wilfre said, before exiting the building.

"I kind of like him." Vexus said, which surprised them. "He's got potential, a fire burning inside of him, with a hate for a hero that will never be extinguished."

Mystery Cure Part 1

Sonic ran from corner to corner, still trying to avoid time as it ticked past him, always faster, knowing that if he was late, then he'd get an earful from them. He had three seconds... Scratch that no seconds left, which meant that he was late. Sonic burst through the doors of town hall, and found all were staring at him, he chuckled nervously and ran to the front joining several others that were there. The Mayor cleared her throat and continued the meeting.

"As you are all aware, Ponyville had been under attack much more than normal, this proves that those sour characters are planning something. We need to come up with a plan of defense against them, we have Sonic, XJ9, the Elements of Harmony, and several other heroes, but we may need a bit more firepower, that's why we are requesting that Raynor's Raiders help provide protection beyond the Zerg, and they've requested that we hold a meeting about it, to see if the public would feel comfortable with their presence. We are going to take a majority vote and that will decide what we do." She said, while the votes were being casted.

"All right, now we have a verdict, due to the full vote, Raynor's Raiders will be patrolling the town in order to assist with these threats. The meeting is now over." The Mayor said, which meant that they should begin to leave.

"You almost done? Bill?" Wilfre asked, while Bill worked on something, which Wilfre was curious to see the result of. Bill dumped blue flowers into Ponyville's water supply, he did not touch the plants, mostly because he knew of their obnoxious habit.

"Just give me a little longer. Done." Bill said, and floated away from his handiwork, "Once anything drinks this contaminated water, they'll get something horrible." Bill began to laugh manically, and Wilfre rolled his eyes.

"Didn't you need to get something from Rarity?" Wilfre asked, and Bill's eye widened.

"Oh, you're right... I need to take and unassuming form... I've got just the one..." Bill said, before he began to change shape.

The Mane Six gathered in Twilight's castle, where they had a major problem, Twilight was unable to use her magic, she was covered in blue spots. Pinkie couldn't open her mouth, her tongue was sticking out and it was also covered in blue spots. Rarity was covered in white shaggy fur that covered her eyes and almost all of her. Rainbow Dash flew around the room erratically, unable to control her movements. Applejack had shrunk rapidly and was able to fit in Twilight's hand. Finally Fluttershy stood there, while she looked normal there was something else that was wrong with her. Sonic, Jowee, Jenny, Dipper, Mabel, and Alphonse burst into the room.

"You guys need... Us...?" Sonic said, noticing them all.

"What happened?" Alphonse asked, an Twilight sighed.

"Someone, or something introduced Poison Joke into our water supply. We were sabotaged!" She shouted.

"Spike said something like this happened before, is it the same as last time?" Sonic asked and Twilight nodded.

Pinkie popped in front of the hedgehog's face and attempted to speak.

"Pthb! Pbthu pthub pthu!" She shouted, spraying spit onto his face.

"Ok, next time. Let someone else speak, so Pinkie can't talk... Applejack is the size of a Smurf... Rarity is covered in hair... Rainbow's flying like a maniac... Twilight can't use magic... So what's wrong with Fluttershy?" Dipper asked, and Applejack rolled her eyes.

"Would yah tell em what's wrong with yah?" Applejack asked, her voice having gone higher several pitches, which made Sonic burst into laughter.

"Oh! Please stop talking! You'll kill me with that voice!" Sonic shouted, while Applejack glared at him.

Fluttershy shook her head, and Sonic began to grow concerned.

"Fluttershy? Will you tell me what's wrong?" Sonic asked, and Fluttershy once again shook her head. "Why not? Are you afraid?" Sonic asked, and Fluttershy nodded. "Afraid of what I'll think of you?" Sonic asked and Fluttershy once again nodded. He gave her a weak smile before saying "Flutters, you know that nothing will change the fact that I love you. So will you please tell me?" Fluttershy slowly nodded and began to speak.

"I just don't want to talk about it." She said, her voice had dropped several octaves and Sonic took a step back in shock.

"I wasn't expecting that... No matter, we'll just have to find a cure for you, all of you. You guys up for the challenge?" Sonic asked, turning to face the others, Jenny, Jowee, and Alphonse nodded, but the twins were laughing. Fluttershy let out a low pitched whimper of sadness, and Sonic turned to face them. "You two need to take a look at what you've done. You've made Fluttershy sad, so I am going to distribute a punishment, since your 'Grunkle' made me and Fluttershy your legal guardians until he has a chance to come and take you home. You two are going to do a day of chores for each of them once we fix them up, no objections, no arguments, or I'll let you feed the chickens, and they get a bit nasty this time of year." Sonic said, grinning while the twins stopped and sighed.

"For now we're probably going to need Dipper's new Journal... Right?" Jowee asked, and Sonic nodded.

"Well then, let's go and find something to help them out, standing around here all day won't do anything." Jenny said, while Alphonse opened the door.

"We should plan a bit first, try to find information before we go on!" Alphonse said, with excitement clearly in his voice,  they rushed out leaving the Mane Six standing there in silence. Unaware that they were being watched. Rarity began to think before she remembered something.

"Does this mean that Sonic didn't drink the tea I made last night?" She asked, but this confused Fluttershy.

"Sonic was home with me and our kids all last night, he didn't go anywhere." She said, which raised the question.

"If that wasn't Sonic... Then who was it?"

Wilfre lied on his back, kicking his legs in air while laughing. "You're such and idiot! You drank tea made from you own poisoned water!" Wilfre shouted, before breathing heavily. "Now you can't be called 'the triangle guy' anymore, you'll have to be called 'the square guy'! Wilfre yelled, while a square shaped Bill floated above him with an unamused look.

"Oh shut up, will you?" Bill shouted in anger.

Mystery Cure Part 2

Sonic sighed as he read the note on the small hut.

Sorry I cannot be there to greet you, I have other things that I must do. I have traveled to see my family, I will return though most definitely!

"So Zecora is out of the picture... Looks like we are going to need Dipper's Journal..." Sonic said, which prompted him to take out the book and begin to search through it.

"I got something! Deep in the Everfree forest, there is said to be a special root that when grounded up and boiled using a very high energy level, can cure anything! However it is guarded, by a large beast that will ask three riddles, and should you answer incorrectly, you will be spared, but will be unable to attempt ever again..." Dipper said, reading straight from the journal.

"Well we've got a lead. Let's go!" Mabel shouted, but Alphonse held up a hand.

"Slow down there. We aren't going to just rush in there and get killed. We need to take this calm and steady..." Alphonse began, but the noticed that they were gone. Alphonse let out a shocked cry and ran into the forest after them shouting "WAIT FOR ME!"

The group stopped and waited for Alphonse to catch up, which gave them time to think about what these riddles could be.

"Do you think he's gonna ask some overused riddle, like the one about the three stages of man, or some super complicated riddle that would be impossible to figure out?" Sonic asked, and no one replied, instead they were all looking ahead at the giant monster that stood before them. It was a plant monster, a large mushroom like creature, with glowing orange eyes, vine like growths that slithered around, and finally the large mouth filled with jagged, pointed teeth.

"You seek the Root of Healing? Am I correct?" It asked, and Sonic nodded. "Then I will ask you three riddles, and should you fail one, you will leave empty handed, and forbidden to touch the root." It then said, and Sonic nodded again, the vines began to dig into the ground and spell out a riddle.

My first is in "near" and my last is in "unicorn", you'll find me in "finger" and "hand", but not in "glove". What am I? Sonic placed a hand to his chin, while he thought about this, Dipper flipped through his journal searching for an answer, Jowee paced around trying to think of something, Jenny searched through her database for anything that could help, but ultimately it was Alphonse who came up with the answer.

"The letter 'N'. The word near starts with n, the world unicorn ends with n, the letter is in both finger and hand, but there is no n in glove." He said, which shocked them, they hadn't expected Alphonse to answer.

"Good. Now for the second riddle." The mushroom said.

Who makes it, has no need for it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it? Was inscribed onto the ground, and this one came to Jowee's mind.

"A coffin? I mean, if you make one then you're obviously alive. If you can buy one then aren't going to need it right away. A dead creature cannot feel nor see anything, so they wouldn't be able to see or feel the coffin!" Jowee said, jumping up and down happily.

"I must admit I am shocked. However my final riddle will be the hardest." The mushroom spoke with a grin.

What question can you never answer yes to? Was written in the dirt, however they all remained silent.

"That's a hard one... What question can you never say yes to?" Mabel muttered, while Sonic sighed and leaned on a tree.

"Maybe we should take a break, maybe a little nap to help refresh our brains." Mabel said, but Sonic's eyes widened.

"Are you asleep yet?!" Sonic shouted. "You can't say yes to that question, if you did then you wouldn't be asleep!" Sonic yelled with a grin.

The mushroom began to laugh and it thrust one of the vines underneath the ground before raising out a large yellow root that seemed to shine with a white light.

"You have proven yourselves worthy of the Root of Healing. Take it and cure what ails you." The mushroom said, it began to sink into the ground and eventually was gone.

"Well that was... A thing that just happened..." Dipper said, and they began to rush back towards Twilight's castle, now that they had the root that would be able to cure their Poison Joke.

The Mane Six were given the special medicine and quickly drank, or in Pinkie's case, placed directly onto the tongue, their helpings, although it wouldn't have instant effects, by the next morning they should be returned to normal, so for now they would just have to wait.

It had been at least a day or two since the Mystery Cure had been given to the Mane Six, and they had found themselves back to their normal selves, and they each began to prepare special chores for the twins, who would be doing this under Sonic's orders. They knew that it might seem a little much, but this lesson might come in handy for them. So to begin they started with what the chores should be.

Dipper and Mabel's Punishment

Dipper and Mabel stood outside of Twilight's Castle, where Twilight was waiting outside, with a small purple dragon, whom they had never met before. This made them nervous as he could be dangerous and maybe even deadly. However he gave them a warm smile and waved, which comforted them.

"So you two are Dipper and Mabel Pines? Nice to meet you, I'm Spike, personal assistant to Princess Twilight Sparkle." Spike said with a grin. He wasn't much taller than they were, certainly shorter than Sonic and Discord, but what they didn't know may be a danger to them, although he seemed rather friendly.

"I'm sorry about this, but Sonic just wants to make sure you two are respectful of others... Although he doesn't show it sometimes..." Twilight said, while Dipper and Mabel nodded in understanding. "Well, I was thinking you two could alphabetize the books in my library, you'll only have to do three shelves." Twilight explained, as she led them to her library, and the twins let out a gasp upon seeing it, there were hundreds if not thousands of book shelves, each one about fifteen feet tall, stocked to the brim with books. "Don't worry, you'll be alphabetizing the smaller shelves over there." Twilight pointed at five smaller shelves, most likely for Spike to reach. The twins sighed and moved over. Dipper was the reader, and normally he'd di this kind of thing if he was very, very, very, very bored, but at the moment there were hundreds of things that he could do all over town. For Mabel this was pure torture, she would rather be running around outside, trying to find some adventure or journey to go on, so she was very upset.

"This is a load of garbage!" Mabel shouted about halfway through the first shelf. Dipper rolled his eyes and continued to place the books in their proper places, which didn't take long considering he was used to doing things like this. They finished and left, ready to take on their next chore for the day.

Dipper groaned as he pushed the large bucket of apples across the grass, he knew that he had to get this to the Apple family's home, and he wasn't very strong. He stopped and began to pant, he was drenched with sweat and wiped his forehead with his arm, before looking back at Applejack and Big Macintosh. Applejack kicked a tree with a single hoof, and several apples began to fall from the trees into more of the buckets. Big Mac took a different approach, he backed away and charged at another tree, slamming into it with his shoulder, causing the apples to fall into the buckets. Dipper looked as Mabel picked up the ones that missed the buckets and threw them into there. Dipper thought this was going to be easier and that's why he agreed to do this part.

"Yah doin' ok over there?" Applejack asked, and Dipper nodded in response with a large fake smile. "Don't lie to me, it ain't difficult for me tah tell when someone's lyin'!" She shouted, frowning. Dipper frowned and shook his head. Applejack moved over and lifted up the bucket, before dropping it at the house. "There, if yah need help don't be afraid tah ask." She said, and Dipper nodded, before he started to move another bucket, they would be allowed to go once they got ten buckets of apples, and considering he'd been working on that one since they'd started, this was going to take a while.

"Now just sort them out by type, and I'll be back to check on you in about ten minutes." Rarity said as she exited the room. Mabel had been given the task of sorting out Rarity's gems, mostly by type, while Dipper did something else. While Mabel wasn't sure what it was, she knew that he would never give up.

"I better get started." She said, as she started placing the beautiful gems into piles based on their kind. Meanwhile, Dipper sat on a stool while Rarity hemmed the pair of pants that she was working on.

"I can't thank you two enough, I would have had such a busy day. This should give me some time to work on my novel." She said, which surprised Dipper.

"You're writing a novel/" He asked.

"No, I'm reading one. A romance novel about a strong independent warrior griffon who just wants to find her love. I take it you enjoying reading as well?" She said and Dipper nodded.

"I mostly read mystery novels though." Dipper said, while Rarity gave him a warm smile. He let out a quick yelp as she pricked him with the needle.

"Oh! I'm terribly sorry! Hold on, I'll check it." She said, moving the pants and inspecting Dipper's leg. There was a small cut that bled a small amount, so she left and returned with a bandage. "Once again, I'm very sorry." Rarity frowned, but Dipper smiled.

"Don't worry about it, I've been through worse." Dipper responded, and he knew that this might just be a well needed rest.

Dipper and Mabel looked at the oven which was now completely engulfed in flames, while Pinkie stood next to them.

"Maybe I shouldn't have put that super flammable flour in the cake..." She said, as Dipper inspected the bag.

"Pinkie... This isn't flour... It's aluminum powder..." Dipper said, looking back at the oven, amazed that the fire wasn't spreading to the rest of the kitchen.

Rainbow Dash flew around in small circles, before spinning and looping around again. Dipper and Mabel were bored out of their minds, while it was true that this was cool for the first five minutes, after three hours it starts to lose its touch. Perhaps Scootaloo was the only one still enthralled with Rainbow's performance. This was what Rainbow wanted them to do, watch her fly around for a few hours. The twins could think of a million things they would rather do, and had even begun to list them out.

"Rip out my braces." Mabel said.

"Give Waddles a sponge bath." Dipper continued.

"Burn all my sweaters." Mabel added.

"Find the author of the journal." Dipper said with a smile.

"Go on a date with Gideon." Mabel had a very bored look.

"Find a... What?" Dipper looked at his sister with a confused expression.

"Fight gnomes." Mabel said.

"What was that last one?" Dipper asked.

"Give Soos a haircut." Mabel ignored her twin and kept listing things.

"Mabel, what was that one thing?" Dipper asked.

Dipper and Mabel knocked on Sonic and Fluttershy's door, and much to their surprise Angel answered it.

"Angel!" Mabel shouted excitedly, before the rabbit's eyes widened and it broke into a run away from the twins. Mabel frowned before saying "Aw..."

"I can't really blame him, remember what you did last week?" Dipper asked, as Mabel recalled the events, she had dies Angel blue and put him in a tiny pair of Sonic shoes and placed white gloves on his paws, before placing fake quills on his head. She had said something about him being a tiny Sonic and the rabbit stormed off angrily.

"Oh yeah... I brought him an apology sandwich." Mabel said, but Dipper sighed.

"You know he doesn't eat sandwiches... You tried for weeks before that..." Dipper said, facepalming.

"I still haven't given up on him... I will get him to eat at least one sandwich..." Mabel said, taking on a more serious tone. Fluttershy walked over and noticed the open door.

"Oh, are you two done all ready?" She asked, and they shook their heads. "Then is something wrong? Is somepony hurt!?" She asked, beginning to panic, but the twins quickly reassured her.

"No, we've only got you left." Mabel said, before they walked inside.

"Well, I've all ready done most of the chores around the house, maybe you could go and check on Mr. Manticore. Don't worry he's very friendly." She said, before leading them outside, and motioning towards a basket of fish. "If he gets hungry, just give him a fish or two. Although I don't really like to do this... It's just something that has to be done..." She said sadly. The twins then noticed the Manticore sitting near the chicken coop. It watched the birds with a hungry look in its eyes, occasionally licking its teeth.

"Mr. Manticore! Fluttershy sent us out to feed you!" Mabel happily shouted, and the large cat like beast approached. They quickly threw him a fish and he moved back to the chicken coop, but the hungry look was gone, knowing that they were done for the day, they twins went back inside and prepared to go to sleep, but first they would need to get a bite to eat themselves.

The Conman Arrives

"So you almost done with your weird machine doohickey?" Bill asked, pulling back an antennae and letting it go so it vibrated. He began to chuckle, until Eggman swatted one of his gloved hands at Bill.

"Away you annoyance! If you want me to get this done in time, then you'll need to stop asking me every five minutes!" Eggman yelled, but Bill floated away a small amount.

"You know all work and no play, makes Bill a dull triangle." Bill said, but Eggman let out a groan.

"I don't know why you think this will work. We'd never be able to get this into town... Especially not now that Raynor's Raiders are patrolling every second..." Eggman muttered, but Bill rolled his eye and patted the scientist's bald head.

"I have my ways. So can you tell me how Wilfre's been adjusting to this place? Has it had any bad effects on him?" Bill asked, but Eggman shook his head.

"I don't know how you want me to do both of these at the same time! You're just lucky that I'm..." Eggman began, but Bill cut him off.

"Scared of me? Scared of me to the point where you'll do anything I say?" Bill teased, but a gloved hand swatted at him again.

"Will you just go away! I need to concentrate on this if you want it done in time!" Eggman shouted, slamming his fists onto the table.

"Well fine then. I'll go." Bill said with a huff before floating away.

Dipper and Mabel stood near the large port that connected Equestria to the planet's oceans, for they were awaiting a very special guest to arrive. They knew the ship should be arriving at any moment, and were just excited enough to burst with joy. They saw the approaching ship and their excited faced grew to ones of confusion and embarrassment. Surrounding them were big, beautiful ships, several bright colors decorated with symbols and fancy names, but the ship, if it could even be called that, they saw approaching was nothing like any of the ones around, and the several ponies and creatures seemed to take notice. The small vessel was falling apart, held together by tape in several place, while it was the color of rotting wood, not to mention it had a putrid smell among it. Standing there was an older man, not quite an elder, but not a young man either. His gray hair was poking out from a red fez with a golden symbol decorating the front, his black suit looked very neat compared the 'ship'. His glasses covered his eyes, while the red tie he wore was neatly tied.

"Hey Kids! You happy to see your Grunkle Stan?" He shouted, but Dipper and Mabel noticed the total strangers beginning to chuckle and even show disgust. "Hello? Dipper, Mabel? You two all there?" He asked, his voice was closer now. It wasn't long, although for Dipper and Mabel it felt like an eternity, before their Grunkle had stepped onto the pier and grabbed the twins in a hug.

"Grunkle Stan, I thought you said you were gonna take a nice boat." Mabel said, starting to calm down after seeing the others had begun to return to whatever they had been doing.

"I took the nicest looking boat that I could get for three dollars. So..." Stan said, before rubbing the back of his neck. "How have things been here? Last time you wrote you had said something about kids being born, some shadow monster and a killer robot?" Stan asked, and the twins nodded quickly, hoping to get away from this place, noticing that the boat Stan arrived in had just burst into flames.

Stan began to take in the small but colorful town, it may not have been much but apparently before the Merge it was even smaller, it had a certain charm about it. "So this is the place you two have been staying?" Stan asked, now curious as to what this place held.

"Not in town, Sonic and Fluttershy live about ten minutes that way!" Mabel shouted, pointing in the wrong direction.

"Isn't that the path we took to get here?" Stan asked, trying to hide a grin.

"Yeah... They live that..." Dipper began, but was interrupted by Mabel.

"THAT WAY!" She shouted, once again pointing in the wrong direction.

"That way." Dipper said, pointing behind him to a trail. Just as Dipper turned he saw Sonic and Fluttershy approaching, each one carried a swaddled child. "Oh, there they are!" Dipper said, before he and Mabel rushed over to them.

"Guys! You're actually out of the house! It's a summer miracle!" Mabel yelled, while Sonic chuckled.

"Sorry about our absences. These two can really drain a hedgehog... A pegasus too I guess." Sonic said, turning to look at his wife, who gave a weak smile. It was obvious they'd been getting little sleep, Fluttershy's mane was frazzled and looked like it hadn't been brushed in a day or two, Sonic's fur seemed to be a bit of a darker color, and they both had heavy bags under their eyes.

"Hello. I'm, uh... I'm Stanford... Stanford Pines." Stan said, reaching out a hand. They shook hands and Sonic gave another smile.

"Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog. This is Fluttershy, my wife. Now these two are new additions to the family. I'm currently holding Sonia, our little... What was it you had called them Mabel?" Sonic asked.

"I think Sonia would be the Hedgeasus. Light Speed would be the Pegahog." Mabel replied.

"Well our little Hedgeasus, and Fluttershy is holding Light Speed out little Pegahog." Sonic explained, before wondering something. "Stan, what are you doing here? Last time we had spoken was... Well not to long after your Merge." Sonic said, but Stan gave a grin and decided to answer.

"I thought I'd come over, see the kids" Stan quickly placed his hands on Dipper and Mabel's shoulders "And just see what this little town is like. I also thought I should thank you two in person. You know, for getting these two out of my hair for a little while." Stan said, and Mabel quickly punched his side. "All right, all right! For letting 'em stay with you." Stan said, laughing.

"It's not really a problem, the only real problem would be if..." SOnic began, but was quickly cut off by Raynor.

"Sonic? We got a problem. Lots'o robots heading our way. Badniks, Egg-Pawns, you name it, it's there." He said, which made Sonic frown.

"Something like this happens..." Sonic finished before handing Sonia off to Fluttershy.

"Be careful." She said with her soft voice.

"I'm always carefu-AH!" Sonic said, tripping on a tree root. He shot back onto his feet before saying "I meant to do that!" Sonic rushed off at his incredible speed, leaving Fluttershy, Raynor, Stan, Dipper, and Mabel in the dust.

"Welp... I better get back to the front lines and help out." Raynor said, walking away.

Fluttershy frowned. "I hope it isn't anything too serious." She said, before turning her attention back to Stan and the Twins. "How about I show you around town Mr. Pines?" Fluttershy asked. Stan gave a nod and watched as Fluttershy began to walk towards town with a worried expression.

Eggman Attacks

Sonic barely avoided the large metal fist of the robotic suit that Eggman wore. He let out a chuckle and rushed at the man, quickly delivering a swift kick to his chest, and although it didn't do much damage was enough to stagger the man. "This is probably the smallest suit you've used so far. I have to say that I'm disappointed." Sonic said.

"Why you little...!" Eggman said, cutting himself off. "All Badnik's focus your attacks on Sonic!" Eggman shouted, which prompted the insect and animal like robots to ignore the soldiers that fired their gauss rifles and threw grenades, among other things. Sonic let out another chuckle and began to unleash a string of homing attacks against the robots, breaking open their metal shells, releasing the animals trapped inside.

"C'mon Eggman! I thought you'd put up a better fight than this!" Sonic taunted, shooting forward and slamming himself into Eggman's chest, knocking the scientist onto his back, which caused a small black cube to fall from the suit. Sonic moved over and picked it up, just as Raynor approached.

"No more Badniks or Eggpawns. Just this clown." Raynor said, motioning towards Eggman.

"So Eggy? What's with this?" Sonic asked, holding out the object.

"L-Listen, do whatever you want with me! Just don't break that box!" Eggman shouted, which made Sonic frown.

"All right I won't." Sonic said, which made Eggman let out a confused gasp.

"WHAT!? WHY IS IT THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME I'VE SAID THAT IN THE PAST YOU'VE DESTROYED THE OBJECT IN QUESTION ANYWAY!? OH, BUT NOW WHEN i ACTUALLY WANT YOU TO DESTROY IT, YOU DON'T! JUST SMASH THE STUPID THING ALREADY!" Eggman yelled, his normally pale face turning bright red with anger, while his mustache began to flair out at the ends.

"If you want me to do something, then I'll do the opposite. for two reasons. One: It usually means you lose. Two: I like to make you mad." Sonic replied with a grin.

"I hate you so much!" Eggman yelled, but a third robot arm shot out from the suit's chest and knocked the box out of Sonic's grasp. It fell and shattered against the grass, which revealed a small device that fell onto the ground. It was large enough to bee seen in the tall grass, but small enough for Sonic to pinch between his pointer and thumb.

"What's this Eggman? Some kind of world-domination machine?" Sonic asked, but Eggman began to laugh.

"Not exactly, it's known as flash-bang." Eggman said, and the machine exploded in a bright flash of white light. Sonic felt Eggman roll out from under his foot, and he let out a groan. Before he could react he felt a metal hand slam into his stomach, knocking him over.

"Aww... Did the poor widdle hedgehog fall over?"  A voice asked. Sonic instantly recognized it, and slowly forced his eyes open. floating above him was Bill. "Look at you. So fallen over and helpless." Bill said, his eye squinting, almost as if he was smirking.

"I'm not helpless yet!" Sonic yelled, curling into a ball while leaping straight up. This took Bill by surprise and as a result allowed Sonic to land a hit directly onto his exposed eye.

"AH MY EYE! EGGMAN, KILL THIS SAVAGE!" Bill shouted, covering his face. Sonic was able to dodge the next strike Eggman made, and spun, revealing a large battery pack.

"Really Eggman? You couldn't try to keep your suit's weakness a little more protected?" Sonic asked, quickly leaping towards the pack, disconnecting it from the suit. Eggman fell over, with his suit powerless he was unable to move.

"GAH! YOU... YOU... YOU WRETCHED LITTLE HEDGEHOG!" Eggman yelled, his face again becoming the bright red. "I WON'T STAND FOR THIS!" He shouted, but once again found that Sonic's foot was on his chest.

"Maybe not, but it looks like you'll take it lying down." Sonic replied with a grin, as Eggman fumed, Bill made his escape, furious as what had happened.

Sonic returned to town, following him was Eggman who had his hands bound, while several of Raynor's soldiers followed, making sure he didn't try to run. The inhabitants of Ponyville began to cheer at this sight, one of the world's villains has been captured and would be locked up where he belonged, and they had Sonic to thank for it, for Raynor and his boys, wouldn't accept the credit. Sonic waved at the people, ponies, and other creatures as well, as they all cheered for him. To tell the truth he was a bit embarrassed, he had gotten used to being just a normal member of town, now it was like he had never even left his own little world.

"Sonic!" Mabel shouted, running over with Dipper and Fluttershy, while Stan trailed behind. She nearly tackled him with a hug, as Dipper and Fluttershy joined in. Sonic grinned, before looking back at Eggman, who had his head hung low in shame.

"So... Where'd your little buddy head off to?" Sonic asked, but Eggman lifted his head and revealed a smile.

"You'll never stop Bill. He'll destroy all of you! And he'll destroy this world as well!" Eggman shouted, before starting to laugh, but Sonic pressed his hand against his chin.

"Wouldn't that mean he'd destroy you too?" Sonic asked, and Eggman suddenly began to realize.

"You've got to stop him! He's insane! I don't want to die!" Eggman shouted, with terror obvious in his voice, terror that had been there a long time. It made Eggman sound much older than he really was, almost ancient. He looked older too, Sonic could pick out graying hairs in his mustache. The roars of the crowd still filled the air, while Sonic frowned before turning and walking towards his house, hoping that he would be able to make sense of everything.

Bill floated into the hidden facility, and passed through the floor until he was at the lowest level. "Bowser! Vexus! Wilfre! How you three doing?" Bill asked, but they simply stared at him. "So... I've got some bad news... Eggman may have been captured." Bill said, which made Wilfre spit out the water he was drinking.

"WHAT!? That big headed bozo was the only thing keeping your plan together! He was working on Organism R-57!" WIlfre shouted, splashing the water at Bill, who was unable to dodge.

"Hey! That's slightly irritating!" Bill shouted, before regaining his calmness. "Look, we can have the Space Pirates finish working on Ridley, they've still got all of Eggman's data and plans don't they?" Bill asked, and Wilfre quickly nodded. "So we don't need to worry, do we?" Bill asked, and Wilfre slowly shook his head. "Good. Now then, if you'll excuse me... I've got a date with destiny..." Bill began pulling out a large pocket watch. "In about ten days, two hours, fifty minutes, and twenty three seconds... Twenty two seconds... Twenty one seconds..." Bill finished, beginning to count down the time until his plan would be set in motion.

Horrible Dreams

Dipper tossed and turned in his bed, he let out gasps and groans, before beginning to speak. "No... No...! NO! Get... Get away from me...!" He shouted, waking not only Mabel, but Sonic and Fluttershy as well. Sonic entered the room, while Mabel shook Dipper in an attempt to wake him up.

"Dipper, you gotta wake up!" Mabel shouted, but turned to Sonic. "Oh thank goodness you're here! Something's wrong! Horribly, horribly wrong!" Mabel continued to yell, and Sonic lifted one of Dipper's eyelids.

"Looks like he's stuck in some kind of dream loop..." Sonic said, but this only confused Mabel.

"Wait, so what do we do to stop it?" She asked, and Sonic frowned.

"There's nothing we can do. Hopefully Princess Luna will get there soon and put a stop to it." Sonic explained, but the look of pure dumbfoundment made him realize that he should explain in greater detail. "Princess Luna can travel into the dreams of anyone, anypony, or anything. She's made it her goal to stop nightmares and provide good, healthy dreams to all. She's the only one that can stop this..." Sonic said, and Mabel began to grow suspicious.

"Sonic... How do you know this? Are you a villain in disguise!? Is the real Sonic still upstairs sleeping!?" She asked, quickly grabbing a Magic Eight Ball, and threw it at the hedgehog. It connected with his forehead and he let out a quick yelp of pain and shock. "All right, I guess you're the real Sonic after all." Mabel nervously said.

"I know this because it's happened to me before... That's the way that Princess Luna had explained it." Sonic said, before noticing that Mabel had started looking at Dipper again with a concerned expression. Sonic sighed and pulled a chair into the room. "I'll stay until he calms down, if he doesn't within an hour, I'll contact the Princess myself." Sonic said, which made Mabel give a weak smile. "I wonder what's causing this though... And what's so terrifying..." Sonic added.

Dipper couldn't believe it. Before him was Ponyville, only something horrible was happening. The end of everything. That's the only way he could describe it. Ponies, and creatures, and humans, and... and... monsters ran down the streets, and ran into buildings. Dipper could hardly believe the destruction and chaos being caused around him, but a triangular shadow fell over him, and looking up he saw Bill.

"Howdy there Pine Tree. You don't look so good. Is something wrong?" Bill asked, his voice seemed to boom with loudness, while softly whispering into his ear, with an echo, and this was all at once. Dipper noticed Bill was holding something. It appeared to be a chin, that led to a metal collar, that was around the neck of Discord. "You don't like the remodeling I've done around here? Shame. Discord, why don't we go and cause more chaos?" Bill turned his attention to his captive, for Discord's eyes were glossy, almost as if he was under some kind of spell.

"N-No... Please..." Discord said, it was barely audible, but Bill had heard him clearly.

"But I thought you loved chaos and disharmony. Isn't that what you are? The very embodiment of chaos and disharmony and destruction?" Bill asked, and Dipper noticed tears streaming down Discord's face.

"Dipper... Run... Turn and never look back... Run..." Discord whispered again, and Dipper ignored this advice, moving deeper into town. Dipper swore he heard Discord speak again. "You fool..."

What Dipper was greeted with terrified him, corpses littered the ground, many whole, but several half eaten. Humans, ponies, monsters, animals, even one that looked just like him. "What's happening?! Why is this happening!?" Dipper asked, although it came out in a very quiet tone, he just couldn't bring his voice to rise any higher, his throat was sore.

"Dipper, run!" Sonic's voice filled the air, and everything else seemed to go quiet. Whirling around, Dipper saw Sonic was lying on the ground while a large metal dragon stood over him with its massive claws raised. Dipper began to pick out certain details in the dragon. It's back was lined with weapons, large cannons, small blasters, even a few blades. It's eyes glowed blood red, with a fury that none would be able to match. Dipper backed away as the dragon brought its claws down quickly, slashing the hedgehog in half, while Dipper screamed in pure and utter fear.

"Help!" He heard Mabel's voice, and Dipper's eyes widened as he pivoted and began to run towards his sister's voice. "Dipper! Help me!" Dipper found himself running at her, but the two demons holding her, ran as well and they eventually took off with large leathery wings that were much too small when compared to their large muscular bodies.

"No... No...! NO!" Dipper yelled, but noticed the triangular shadow once again. Bill began rushing at him, with his thin black arms out stretched, ready to snatch him up. Dipper began to run, while Bill continued to accelerate and his horrible cackle filled the air. Dipper felt Bill's hand wrap around his shoulder, and begin to lift him upwards, before dropping him, causing the New Journal to fall out from his vest. Dipper scrambled to reach it, and began to flip through the pages, but found they all said the same thing.

"YOU'RE DOOMED!" Had been scrawled over everything in thick black ink that started to seep out of the pages and pool around Dipper's feet, but he continued to flip through page after page, despite the fact that they all said the same thing.

"There has to be one! There has to be one!" Dipper yelled, and he found the only page that did not have the message. It was an entry... On the Chaos Emeralds, and then he found another, one on the Elements of Harmony, and finally one on the Journal itself. Dipper didn't understand how these things tied together, how they all connected. In his deep thought, he had failed to notice that ink had risen to his knees and showed no signs of stopping. The ink continued to rise, and Dipper finally noticed this when his hands began to become submerged in it, Dipper let out a gasp and lifted the journal above his head, hoping to finish reading the current entry.

This Journal was given to Dipper Pines on the date of X/XX/XXXX. He had taken it despite the fact that it was possibly a trap and found that this was a wise decision. Now he's currently reading this entry in hopes that it will explain what is happening, although he should be searching for its higher purpose.

"Higher purpose?" Dipper asked, but suddenly began to cough and sputter as the ink began to flood into his mouth. He needed to find this higher purpose.

Little does Dipper know that this journal holds the key to preventing... Dipper's eyes began to burn as the ink started to cover them, and he was forced to close his eyes, clocking out the journal, and soon felt the ends of his hands sink under the rising ink. Suddenly the ground beneath his feet disappeared, and he began to fall. It was slow, but he could feel himself falling, and knowing that it would burn, had to open his eyes in an attempt to see what was happening now. He slowly peeled his eyelids apart and felt no burning sensation. He looked around and then attempted breathing. He found that he could, despite still being submerged in ink. Then something familiar came into his view, it was a wooden door that was covered in splinters, despite that it was structurally sound, and had a silver knob. Dipper began to swim towards the door, and quickly flung it open, sending him sliding within as ink began to fill the room like water, but he managed to shut the door and prevent the room from flooding, leaving only a puddle around his feet.

"This is... Me and Mabel's room... Back in Gravity Falls..." He said to himself, and looked at the journal. Nothing here was making sense, and Dipper just wanted to know what was going on.

"You're dreaming." A voice said. Dipper's eyes shot back up and looked at his bed. There sat Princess Luna, she wore the same long blue and black dress that he had seen when they first met. She had her mane flowing freely at the moment, and looked at Dipper with her blue eyes. "Rather, you're trapped in a nightmare." Luna added, but this confused Dipper.

"Does this mean that you're a dream too?" Dipper asked, and Luna began to chuckle.

"No, I am not part of the nightmare. It should be over now, but it's been long since I've seen such a nightmare. Dark, mysterious, and chilling to the bone." Luna replied, and Dipper nodded slowly. He moved and sat down on Mabel's bed.

"So why are you here? Did you stop the nightmare?" Dipper asked, and Luna nodded.

"It is my duty to make sure that everyone, everypony, and everything in our world has pleasant dreams, but ever since the first Merge sometimes there are even nightmares that I cannot stop. They are usually like yours, which is why I am confused. I haven't been able to stop a nightmare like this for almost three years." Luna explained, and Dipper could see why she was confused.

"Do you think it means something?" Dipper asked, and Luna was startled by this question.

"Do I think what means something?" Luna asked, back, knowing what he meant.

"The nightmare. Do you think it means something?" He asked again.

"N-no. I do not. It was simply a nightmare." Luna lied. Dipper let out a loud sigh.

"That's a relief. I think... I think I'm ready to wake up now... If that's all right." Dipper said with a weak smile.

Luna nodded and Dipper noticed everything began to glow white, before he was unable to see anything at all.

Dipper shot upwards gasping, which startled Mabel and Sonic.

"Dipper!" Mabel happily yelled, nearly tackling her twin.

"Don't worry Mabel. I'm fine. I was just having a nightmare." Dipper said with a grin, but then noticed Sonic approaching.

"We're glad to have you back buddy. We were..." Sonic suddenly stopped and inhaled sharply, before finishing. "Afraid you wouldn't wake up... Luckily Princess Luna was able to break through, otherwise you might have had the same nightmare over... And over... And over... And over..." Sonic frowned, before kneeling so he was eye level with Dipper. "You want to tell us what it was about?" Sonic asked and Dipper quickly shook his head. "That's fine. I just thought I'd offer. Come on, I've got breakfast ready. I may not be as good of a cook as Fluttershy, but I tried right?" Sonic asked exiting the room. Dipper and Mabel both rose to go and eat, while something tugged at Dipper's mind.

"Luna? May I ask what's bothering you?" Celestia asked, as her sister was preparing to sleep.

"Nothing. Nothing at all..." Luna replied, but Celestia grabbed her sister by the shoulder.

"Luna. I'm going to ask you again. What's wrong?" Celestia said, with a frown.

"It's the Pines child. Dipper." Luna replied, but this only led to more questions.

"What about him?" Celestia asked, and Luna sighed.

"He had a nightmare... Although... I fear it is more. A bad omen of things to come. There was fire, and destruction, and most of all... Death." Luna answered, and Celestia let out a soft gasp.

"I can... I can see you aren't ready to talk about it. Just let me know when you are. Sleep well." Celestia said as she exited the room.

"I'll try..." Luna muttered, as she closed her curtains and let darkness fill the room.

Little Arrest

Everyone in Ponyville had gathered around the large wooden stage that had been seemingly set up overnight, despite warnings from Raynor's Raiders. Half of the curtains that covered part of the stage appeared to have been sown together from smaller fragments of purple cloth and appeared ratty. The other was a brilliant and beautiful sky blue with several stars on it. Although this was foreign to most, to Sonic and the ponies it was very familiar.

"What's going on? Some kind of theater group?" Dipper asked, while Mabel's eyes lit up.

"I love theaters!" She shouted happily, while Sonic had a large frown.

"I just hope it isn't who I think it is." Sonic muttered as the curtains began to open and revealed a light blue unicorn. She wore a purple tux with a long purple cape, and a purple witch-like hat. She had a cocky grin, while several ponies began to murmur in anger and wonder.

"Greetings Ponyville! I know that you've all awaited the return of the Great and Powerful TRIXIE!" She shouted, rolling the "r" in her name. Dipper noticed Rainbow Dash cup her hands around her mouth.

"No pony waited! We were glad you were gone!" She shouted, as the crowd began to chuckle and laugh. Trixie stomped her foot in anger, and continued.

"As Trixie was saying, I have with me a very important guest! We had become business partners after he had his career ruined. Trixie swore that she would repair the broken shambles of his life. I present to you..." Trixie trailed off as tiny footsteps could be heard rushing from the stage. Soon a child emerged, wearing a blue tuxedo with a bolo tie, his white hair was at least twice the size of his body, and he appeared to be a bit chubby.

"Lil' Gideon!" He shouted, raising his hands into the air. The very sight of Gideon made Dipper and Mabel gasp, which confused Sonic.

"Is something wrong?" Sonic asked, and noticed that Mabel was gone. Looking back he saw her opposite to the stage. "Uh... Dipper...?" Sonic began but noticed him chasing after her. "I guess I'll just stay here..." Sonic said, turning his attention back to the stage, seeing that both Gideon and Trixie were speaking.

"For our first trick we'll need a volunteer..." Trixie began to scan the crowd and her eyes fell upon Sonic. "You!" She shouted, which shocked the ponies in the crowd. "Come now good sir. We don't have all day." Trixie said with a grin, as Sonic slowly made his way up to the stage. "Now we have never met, is this true?" Trixie asked, as most magicians do.

"Yes, we have. I chased you out of town last time. Mostly because you lured that Chimera here in an attempt to get revenge on Twilight." Sonic said and Trixie stomped on his foot, making him give out a quick yelp.

"Such a kidder! Isn't that right, Trixie?" Gideon nervously asked, and Trixie quickly nodded.

"Now, watch as Trixie wraps him in steel chains! Then with the power of my mind I'll break 'em and free this fine gentleman!" Gideon announced, before Trixie's horn began to glow. Several chains began to flow around Sonic, wrapping around his body, tying themselves together and making movement nearly impossible. Sonic started to tilt forward, but Trixie grabbed him with her magic just as his nose began to touch the ground.

"H-Hey! I didn't agree to any of this! L-Let me go! Now!" Sonic shouted, while the crowd stood there in utter shock and anticipation. Sonic noticed Gideon placed his right hand over his tie, and the chains began to creak until they shattered, sending bits of metal and debris flying in all directions, while the crowd cheered.

"Lil' Gideon! Child psychic!" Gideon shouted, raising his hands upwards, while Sonic struggled to regain his balance.

"A mediocre trick at best. Trust when I say that I've seen better." A voice cut through the crowds screams of excitement and adoration, and the crowd suddenly fell silent. They all turned while a now furious Trixie and Gideon searched for the speaker.

"Which one of you said that!?" Gideon asked, his chubby white face was starting to turn as red as a tomato. "Well!? Who said it!?" Gideon asked, scowling at the crowd, but Trixie had seen who it was and she had gone pale.

"I did." A white gloved hand raised above the crowd, as its owner began to approach the stage. It was a black hedgehog, with red stripes on his ears, going down the back of his quills, he had a large tuft of white fur on his chest, and his fiery red eyes glared at Gideon and Trixie. Following him was a gray-white hedgehog with a white ring of fur around his neck and chest, his gloves had a golden cuff at his wrists, while his white, gray, and blue boots had a similar cuff around the ankle, his yellow eyes were focused on Sonic.

"An' just who do you think you are!?" Gideon asked, while Trixie had backed up.

"I am Shadow the Hedgehog, the Ultimate Life Form." He replied, while the white hedgehog continued to silently follow.

"Well what about your friend there? Who's he?" Gideon asked.

"Silver. Silver the Hedgehog." The white hedgehog answered. They began to make their way onto the stage. Shadow climbed up the stairs, while Silver began to float while wrapped in a light blue aura, this caused the crowd to gasp and some even let out sounds of approval.

"How did you...!?" Gideon began, but Silver cut him off.

"Do that? It's simple. I have the power of psychokinesis. I can move almost anything with my mind." Silver replied, while they approached him.

"You can do similar things can't you? So called Child Psychic." Shadow said, his words cutting through Gideon.

"W-What do you want?" Gideon asked, as he began to realize his current predicament.

Shadow pulled out a badge, and held it for Gideon to see. "I'm a G.U.N. agent. You're wanted for breaking out of a maximum security prison in Gravity Falls, Oregon." Shadow said, while they continued to get closer and closer to Gideon. "Silver, the tiny handcuffs that the officers provided us with." Shadow turned to face Silver, who handed the small metal object to him.

"No way! I ain't going back there!" Gideon shouted, placing his hand over the tie again.

"I know all about your tricks! Your secret little magic amulet that you keep in your tie! There's no use trying to fight the inevitable!" Shadow shouted, but something flew out from behind the curtain heading straight for the hedgehog's face at an alarming speed.

Dipper, Mabel, Stan, and Fluttershy approached the large crowd and Fluttershy began to point out the two new hedgehog's standing on the stage.

"That's Shadow and Silver... What are they doing here? Last I'd heard Silver had taken a job as a temporary G.U.N. Agent, and Shadow was supposed be his partner..." Fluttershy explained, but they noticed something fly out from behind the curtain right for the black hedgehog's head. It made contact and Shadow stood there, with his head hanging back, while everything went silent. Then much to the Pines' surprise, Fluttershy took of running towards the stage, seeing that Sonic was up there as well.

Sonic couldn't believe what he'd just seen and he rushed over to Shadow, as the metal object fell onto the ground. It was simply a metal brick, most likely a prop for another magic trick.

"Shadow...? Buddy? You ok?" Sonic asked, but then noticed a thin trail of blood begin to drip from Shadow's nose. "Aw crap... Uh, kid. If I were you, I'd start running!" Sonic shouted, and Gideon ignored this advice, but rather stood there with a confident smirk, waiting for the moment that the black hedgehog would fall onto his back. Gideon looked back at Trixie, who had gone ghost white. He turned when he heard feet shuffling, and saw Shadow tilt his head back up and wipe the blood away with his left hand.

"Silver... Sonic... Don't hold me back." Shadow said, and they realized this was code for You'd better get a damn good hold on me, so I don't end up going to prison for what I'm about to try to do. Silver instantly grabbed onto Shadow's right arm, while Sonic grabbed his left. Shadow tried to rush forward, but the weight of the two hedgehogs was making it difficult, and they showed no signs of letting go. However, with a quick whip of his arms, he flung the two onto the wood of the stage, where they landed with heavy thuds. Shadow moved full speed at Gideon, who began to float upwards, thanks to Silver's quick thinking. This wouldn't stop Shadow however as he began to leap upwards, swiping his hands at Gideon looking for a place to take hold, but found nothing, only grazing the front of his suit with his fingertips.

"JUST LET ME GET ONE SWING AT HIM!" Shadow yelled, but Silver refused to lower the child.

"One swing is all you need to kill him!" Silver shouted, and Shadow eventually calmed down, only now realizing that most of the crowd had fled the moment he wiped the blood from his face.

"Gideon Gleeful, you are under arrest..." Shadow said with a glare, cuffing the child, and taking him away with Silver following. Sonic sighed and moved over to meet with Dipper, Mabel, Fluttershy, and the others, before moving on with the rest of their day.

Eggman's "Cooperation"

"Three hours, thirty minutes and five seconds... Four seconds... Three seconds... Two seconds... One second... One hour, twenty nine minutes and fifty nine seconds... Fifty eight seconds..." Bill continued, still holding the pocket watch in front of his face. Wilfre, Bowser, and Vexus watched, while each one had a confused look.

"How long has it been since he's moved... Scratch that, how long has it been since he's blinked?" Wilfre asked, and Vexus rolled her eyes.

"About ten days, an hour, twenty one minutes, and forty seconds." Vexus replied, while Bowser waved his clawed hand in front of Bill's face.

"It's no use, he's not going to stop until he finishes his count down... Anyway it seems that R-57 is almost complete." Wilfre said with a grin as he looked at the monstrosity before them. Several Space Pirates attached weapons and heavy armor to the creature, still adding finishing touches, polishing the armor, making sure everything is in perfect condition. They worked relentlessly, not stopping no matter how had they were pushed, however it appeared they had their limits for occasionally one would go unconscious and another would take its place. Wilfre began to laugh before saying "The ultimate weapon of destruction that any of these worlds have ever seen is almost complete!"

"It's what!?" Sonic asked, looking across the small wooden table at Eggman, who was chained to the wall by his ankle.

"It's almost complete. They've most likely gotten the Space Pirates to take over the work, and if that's the case then it's almost complete." Eggman replied, normally he would have a cocky grin, but today he wore a scowl.

"Is there any way to stop this R-57? A weakness? Anything?" Sonic asked, and Eggman shook his head.

"The armor is too thick, the weapons too strong, there is nothing that can be done... In your current form. However in theory if you obtain the Chaos Emeralds, then your super form may be able to break through the armor and the weapons... Maybe..." Eggman answered, and Sonic began to chuckle. He pulled out the light blue Chaos Emerald and looked Eggman in the eyes.

"You think I actually wouldn't have these? I've been collecting them behind the scenes. You may have the army of robots and Space Pirates, but I've got the emeralds!" Sonic said, and watched as Eggman began to chuckle.

"Listen, listen, are you listening?" Eggman asked, making sure that they were paying attention. "You are the only one that can stop this threat. I'll be rooting for you... But only this once. After this is all over, we're back to being bitter foes. Agreed?" Eggman asked.

Sonic smiled and nodded. "Agreed." Sonic left the room, and the guards began to escort Eggman back to his cell, but pulled a small device out of his coat sleeve, and pressed the button, creating a bright light, stunning the guards. Eggman managed to knock one of the guards away, before bolting for the rear exit. He threw the door open, shocking many, including Sonic himself.

"I now make my escape... But remember what I told you Sonic... I'll be rooting for you..." Eggman began.

"But only this once... Then things go back to normal." Sonic said, and Eggman nodded, before running off towards the Everfree forest, quickly disappearing in the trees.

"Should I go after him?" Rainbow Dash asked, but Sonic shook his head.

"Let him go. We need to prepare for R-57... Whatever it is..." Sonic replied, before moving to the center of town to discuss their plan.

R-57's Attack Part 1 (Chasing the Twins)

"Three... Two... One..." Bill said, before going silent, which was noticed by Bowser, Vexus, and Wilfre who had begun to play cards. "PARTY TIME! Launch R-57! Send it to attack Ponyville!" Bill shouted.

"I was winning though..." Wilfre groaned, but he got up from the table and slammed one of his hands onto a large button, activating R-57. R-57 quickly began to take flight, crashing through the metal ceiling, while letting out a loud and angry roar.

Sonic stood at the center of Ponyville, watching the last of the civilians move towards the trains and ships, hoping to find some point of refuge until Ponyville would be safe from this R-57. He let out a sigh as Dipper and Mabel approached.

"Sonic! Where do you want us?" Dipper asked.

"Yeah! We're ready to kick some robot butt!" Mabel yelled, she held a grappling hook in her hand.

"I want you two and your Grunkle on one of those trains or boats." Sonic replied, which confused the twins.

"What do you...?" Dipper began, but Sonic cut him off.

"I mean that you two aren't fighting. You're getting on a boat to Station Square, or you're getting on a train to Canterlot, where you'll wait for R-57 to be destroyed, or where you'll see Ponyville reduced to a crater in the earth." Sonic replied, his voice had a certain harshness that the twins had never heard before.

"Sonic are you feeling okay?" Dipper asked, grabbing the hedgehog's wrist. Sonic quickly pulled it away at the sound of Stan calling for them.

"There's Stan. You two are leaving. End of story. Not up for debate." Sonic said, and Dipper thought he heard sadness mixed with the harsh tone, almost as if he didn't want to do this.

"Sonic? Are you sure that everything is fine?" Mabel asked, and Sonic started to nod slowly, but then stopped.

"No. I'm scared... Scared that I won't be able to win this fight. Scared that I'll fail... Scared about what will happen... Scared for my wife... For my children... For you two..." Sonic said, wiping tears away from his face. "You two... You two are..." Sonic began, but stopped almost as if he didn't know how to word his next sentence. "As far as I'm concerned... You two are family." Sonic knelt down and pulled the two into a hug. "Just promise me... Promise me you wouldn't do anything I wouldn't do." Sonic said, giving the twins a soft smile. They nodded, and felt Stan's hands grab their shoulders. Sonic waved as they left, as they boarded a ship to Station Square, as they saw R-57 land in the center of town.

At the very sight of R-57, Dipper let out a loud gasp, which got Mabel's attention. "What is it?" She asked, and Dipper quickly bolted off the ship, back onto the dock, which shocked Mabel. She quickly took off after her brother, and they both turned to see Stan calling their names, for the ship had begun to depart. "Dipper! Look what you did! We're trapped in the middle of a war zone!" Mabel shouted.

"Well, I didn't tell you to follow me!" Dipper yelled back, unaware of the approaching Space Pirates. They glared at the twins and rushed forward, with their energy scythes ready to slice through their flesh. However they were quickly knocked over by Sonic who glared at the twins with twice the anger of the Space Pirates.

"What are you two doing here!? I had you sent off so you wouldn't get killed! This is a war!" Sonic shouted, only pausing to kick a Space Pirate in the jaw. "Didn't I tell you not to do anything I wouldn't do!?" Sonic asked, and the twins quickly screamed. Before Sonic could question them, a large clawed metal hand smacked him to the side.

"You have no hope. I am this world's ultimate weapon! Nothing can compare to me!" R-57 shouted, and Dipper felt the journal vibrate. He quickly opened it as R-57 began to back them into a wall.

R-57 was once the Space Pirate leader known as Ridley, but through the slick and tempting words of Bill Cipher this creature was quickly altered and made into a large robot, having nearly all organic parts replaced with metal counterparts, and had several weapons added onto its back. This monstrosity is currently attempting to destroy Ponyville and all of Equestria. For more information on Ridley see Pg. 307

"Oh great, no weaknesses mentioned!" Dipper shouted, and looked up to see a large pair of claws heading right for his head, however he managed to duck in time and avoid the attack. Mabel had also avoided the attack and the twins then began to run.

"Dipper, why did you run off the ship?" Mabel asked, narrowly avoiding a large blast from one of R-57's cannons. She felt the heat from the attack shoot past her face, before it exploded onto the side of a building, sending bits of wood and stone raining down on them.

"Do you remember the night I was stuck in that dream loop?" Dipper asked, and Mabel nodded. "Well, I saw that... That... Thing in my dream! It had... Killed Sonic... Slashed him in half with its claws! I just couldn't let that happen!" Dipper yelled, while R-57's footsteps could be heard getting closer and closer. Dipper and Mabel turned corners, doubled back, and used every trick in the book, but were unable to lose the large metal dragon on their tail, and it seemed that their luck eventually ran out, for they found themselves in a dead end. The twins turned to face the now slowly approaching monstrosity as it chuckled in its deep, robotic voice. Dipper opened the Journal and quickly began to flip through its pages, hoping to find something, anything that would help them, and he came across and interesting entry.

The Eclip... The Journal was knocked out of his grasp by R-57, who now stood nose to nose with the twins.

"I hope you've enjoyed the nine years of your pathetic little lives, for you will never see another sun!" R-57 yelled, lifting one massive clawed hand into the air.

"For the record we aren't nine..." Dipper began, before grabbing Mabel's hand and quickly shooting the grappling hook past the R-57. "We're twelve!" Dipper yelled, quickly getting pulled along the wire with Mabel in tow, they both laughed in relief and satisfaction. Satisfaction that they got away from the robotic dragon that for the past ten minutes had been chasing them. Their humor was short lived when R-57 took off into the sky after them.

"How did we forget he could fly?!" Mabel asked, before looking at Dipper. "This might hurt!" Mabel shouted, before biting down onto the thin wire that pulled the twins upward, severing it. The descent was quick, with both of them letting out loud horrified screams as they both plummeted towards the earth. Before they hit the ground, something grabbed both of them, and their fall was cushioned by Sonic.

"Geez you two are a lot heavier than you look..." Sonic groaned, forcing himself to sit up.

"Sonic!" The twins shouted, quickly hugging the hedgehog. Sonic held the Journal out for Dipper who quickly took it and began to flip through the pages until he found the entry that he had begun to read.

The Eclipse Cannon is a massive weapon capable of piercing stars. It was originally created by Prof. Gerald Robotnik. One of Dr. Eggman's ancestors. The Eclipse Cannon had been used by Shadow the hedgehog, Dr. Eggman, and Rouge the Bat to intimidate Earth into surrendering to their demands, but it was later used to destroy the Black Comet, home of the evil alien race known as the Black Arms. See Pg 103 for Shadow. See pg 104 for Rouge. See Pg 105 for Eggman. See Pg 106 for Prof. Gerald. See Pg 107 for the Black Arms.

"Sonic, would this thing be of any help?" Dipper asked, showing the entry on the Eclipse Cannon to the blue hedgehog.

"The Eclipse Cannon? Not at this range it wouldn't... If R-57 was closer to it, then maybe..." Sonic said.

"Why wouldn't it be useful now?" Mabel asked.

"Well considering it would probably destroy all of Ponyville, and us, the aftershock would destroy any cities in at least five thousand miles." Sonic replied. He began to think and nodded.

"That may actually work... Listen, you two gotta get to me and Fluttershy's house, there's a communicater there. Speak with Shadow and tell him to track R-57, and I'll let him know when to fire the Eclipse Cannon. If we can get R-57 high enough into space, then he may be weak to the Eclipse Cannon without destroying everything!" Sonic said, and the twins nodded in understanding. The three were about to break off, when Mabel grabbed Sonic's hand and looked him in the eyes.

"Be careful. Don't do anything we wouldn't do." She said. Sonic nodded with a smile and ran off, to distract R-57 while the twins hopefully were able to get a hold of Shadow. For the fate of the world was lying on their shoulders.

Emerald Coast and the Mystic Ruins Trip

Sonic looked over the boat's edge, while it was moving quickly, it was still slow for him, and his excitement was getting the better of him. He had finally convinced the Mane Six to go with him to see a place from his world. They were heading to the busy city of Station Square, where they would spending a day at the famous Emerald Coast, a very popular beach in the city. Sonic had actually managed to get ahold of Dipper and Mabel's summer caretaker, Stan Pines. He had allowed them to go seeing as business where he was is booming. The Merge usually had an effect like that, new people and creatures finding things they've never seen before and end up either hating it or really enjoying it. Jenny, Brad, and Tuck would be tagging along too, although Jenny would have to stay on the shore, otherwise she would rust. He was just excited, in fact he was wearing something Rarity had made for him, a simple pair of swim trunks, she had made custom bathing suits for all of them, and it was a very kind gesture. This would also allow them to reunite a couple of Sonic's friends who had left Ponyville. The least to say the hedgehog couldn't wait. However Discord ruined the moment when he promptly dumped Sonic in the ocean. After a light scolding from Fluttershy, Discord apologized and began to speak with Sonic.

"I must say something Sonic. When I was on my little tour along this planet of ours, I found Emerald Coast to be the highlight of my tour! It really is a wonderful place. The best part... I wasn't looked at like a freak! If I had come here ten years ago then I'd be called a monster and probably hunted down for a reward." Discord said with a grin, but Sonic wasn't really paying attention, he saw a distant figure, the only thing that could really be made out was that it was yellow. Sonic knew who it was and he couldn't be happier as the boat stopped at the edge of the city and allowed them to exit. The figure ran over and hugged Sonic, all that Dipper and Mabel could tell was that it was a fox, with two tails, and blue eyes.

"Tails! It's been way too long buddy!" Sonic said, once the hug had ended.

"I know! It seems like it's been forever. I see you brought everyone and a few new guys. For those of you who don't know me, I'm Miles Prower, but you can call me Tails!" The fox said, before the Mane six took turns exchanging hugs with the fox. "So what're you guys going to do first?" Tails asked as he walked with them.

"Well first we were going to hit Emerald Coast." Sonic replied, but that made Tails look nervous.

"You mean you haven't heard?" Tails asked, now taking on a sad look. "Something there's been terrifying anyone that goes on the beach! If anyone can stop it, it would be you Sonic! Good luck!" Tails said, before spinning his tails like a propeller and taking off to the skies.

"Huh... We should investigate this..." Sonic muttered, before he led them to through the hotel and onto the beach's warm sand. Then without warning, a large tentacle broke through the surface of the water and began reaching at them. "WHOA!" Sonic yelled, but the tentacle stopped and a familiar face popped out of the water holding the fake tentacle.

"Knuckles!? Was this just some big prank?" Sonic asked, now angry.

The red echidna began to laugh and agreed. "You really thought we wouldn't pounce on this opportunity?" Knuckles asked, grinning at them.

Sonic sighed as Tails flew down next to them. "Sorry guys... It was too good to pass up..." Tails said, and Sonic shook his head.

"You know... I thought you were much more mature than this Tails... I guess you still are just a kid..." Sonic said, frowning and shaking his head. Tails went to say something and Sonic shoved him into the water. "THAT'S FOR PRANKING US!" Sonic shouted with a grin, while Tails realized the trick. "Now let's just enjoy this day at the beach!" Sonic shouted, and they all began cheer. the group split up to do different things and try to pass the time for as long ask possible.

Sonic sat on a lounge chair with a pair of sunglasses over his eyes, he was trying to relax and enjoy himself, but he couldn't get rid of this feeling in his gut that something big was coming... However, he noticed everything get dark and he took of his shades to see Fluttershy standing over him. Sonic grinned and stood up. He began to take her in, she was very beautiful, her mane was wet and it hung heavy under gravity's effects, her thin arms were at her sides, her slender legs planted hooves into the sand, her pregnancy was starting to show, for she had become a little rounder in the belly area, but he didn't care. Sonic hugged her, and saw Discord with a mischievous grin. He changed his shape to fit a shark and began to flop towards Tuck, but Sonic let go of Fluttershy, picked up a small stone and threw it at Discord. It hit him directly on the nose startling him, which caused him to return to normal and fall face first into the water. Tuck looked behind him and began to laugh, although Discord didn't seem very amused. Sonic rolled his eyes and looked back to Fluttershy who was frowning, she looked at Sonic and he sighed giving in and apologized to Discord, who accepted it. That seemed to make Fluttershy happy, as she was smiling now. Sonic looked around the beach to see if he could spot everyone. Tails floated lazily in the water, while Knuckles lurked below, Dipper was making a sand castle with Jenny and Mabel, Brad and Tuck seemed to stay near the shallow water, Twilight sat cross-legged in the sand reading a book, Rarity had brought an inner-tube and floated in that, Applejack and Rainbow Dash were racing in the ocean, while Pinkie leapt out of the water at random times and startled them whenever possible. Sonic knew that they just needed a day off, after all the chaos that had just happened. However noticing that it wasn't even noon yet, knew that this day might be longer than they thought.

"OH MY GOSH! HE'S SO ADORABLE!" Mabel shouted, she had walked further down the beach and pointed at something in the water. Jenny and Dipper looked and they both agreed. Sonic, who was now curious what this thing was, approached and smiled. What was swimming by was a small round creature, it was bright pink with red feet, it had two nubby little arms and big blue eyes. However it was wearing a snorkel and a diving mask. Sonic picked up another small stone and gently tossed it near the creature, getting its attention. It noticed them and waved before heading for them. It stepped out of the water and removed the snorkel and mask before breaking into a run towards them.

"Kirby, I didn't know you were coming here today." Sonic said calmly, and Kirby jumped into the air happily. "So you liking it so far?" Sonic asked and Kirby nodded. "Well these are my friends. I'm sure they'd like to meet you." Sonic then pointed at Jenny, Dipper, and Mabel Kirby waved and said something in a strange language. Only Sonic and Fluttershy only seemed to understand was he was saying.

"Well. I suppose you need to be going, don't you Kirby?" Fluttershy said, and Kirby nodded before running off into the distance.

"We should wrap it up, I want you guys to see the Mystic Ruins before we head back home." Sonic said, and they began to collect and gather their things.

Now wearing more casual clothing instead of their bathing suits, with the exception of Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, they approached the train that led there.

"We've got to take the train. Usually I'd run in front of it, but the conductor's requested that I stop. Makes him nervous. It should only take about five minutes or so." Sonic explained, as they boarded the train and waited to arrive at the Mystic Ruins.

The train stopped, allowing them to get off, when the doors first opened they saw the old looking wooden structure that led them to the ground. They saw the nearby cliff side and the few trees that were in the area.

"Welcome, to the Mystic Ruins! Where Tails has a workshop." Sonic announced, pointing at the building in the distance. They moved over and saw a large waterfall with a pool of water at the edge. "Pretty neat huh?" Sonic asked, as Pinkie inspected an old looking mine cart.

"Does this thing still work?" Pinkie asked, and Sonic nodded.

"You actually take it to get to the ruins." Tails said, before they each boarded it and allowed the cart to take them through a large tunnel. One they came out many of them were shocked and surprised at the sights before them, a large collection of nature, trees, animals, and no sign of civilization. The group climbed down a ladder and approached the ruins that lied ahead, they were large and very old. Sonic took a deep breath before beginning to explain what he knew.

"This was at one point a great area for an ancient tribe of echidnas, they built their city around this structure and things only went downhill from there. Their Chief sought power, for all the wrong reasons. He wanted to take the Chaos Emeralds for himself, and use them to destroy all his enemies. However during their charge on the area where the Emeralds were kept they injured small creatures known as Chao. The current guardian of the Emeralds went into a rage and absorbed their power, before trying to destroy the world. The Chief's daughter had become good friends with the guardian and wanting to save both him and the world, sealed the guardian away inside of the Master Emerald, it was five years ago today that the Guardian was released by Eggman. With the power of the Chaos Emeralds and my friends I was able to calm him, allowing him and the Chief's daughter to finally rest." Sonic explained.

Jenny whirled around and her hand turned into a strange looking weapon, it was obviously used for firing something, but what she was focused on was something following them. Much to her surprise the creature was not a threat and was actually kind of adorable, even if it did horrify Rarity. It was a small green frog, just big enough to fit in her palm. She began to gently rub under its chin and it gave out a few happy croaks.

"Froggy? What're you doing here?" Sonic asked, moving to the animal. "Wherever you are... Big isn't too far away..." Sonic muttered, but they soon felt the ground begin to shake under their feet. A loud stomping was echoing through the trees, and it was getting closer and closer. They saw the source of the stomping was a large purple cat. He had a simple pair of boots, a brown belt with a golden buckle, and a pair of tan gloves. In his right hand he carried a fishing rod. The jumped and slid forward on his belly, causing them to be forced into the air a few inches.

"Froggy! I found you! How many times have I said not to run off like that?" The cat said, talking to the frog that was in Jenny's hand. "Hm? Sonic? You're back!" The cat shouted, rising onto his feet and wrapping the hedgehog in an enormous hug. They let out looks of shock when they heard something crack.

"BIG! SPINE BREAKING! CAN'T BREATHE! AIR! PLEASE!" Sonic shouted, and the cat's eyes widened realizing that he was crushing his friend. Big dropped Sonic and the hedgehog fell onto the ground attempting to suck air into his lungs. Big picked Sonic up and set him on his feet, before looking back at the frog.

"Thank you for finding Froggy. I don't know what I would have done if he'd run off..." Big said, reaching out his left hand, the frog jumped from Jenny's palm into Big's and let out a happy croak.

"Guys, this is Big. He didn't come with to Equestria, mostly because he was worried about Froggy." Tails explained, and the large purple cat waved to them. After a short conversation with Big they knew it was about time to start heading back to Equestria. for the day was ending and Mr. Shine would soon be in the sky. So they said goodbye, leaving Tails, Knuckles, and Big in Station Square while they traveled back home to get some well deserved rest.