A Case of Mistaken Identity

Chapter 1: A Spell Gone Wrong

It was a peaceful day in Equestria, as ponies from all walks of life, Earth Pony, Pegasus, and Unicorn, were going about their normal business. It was the case in a town called Ponyville, where there has been much activity, which included attacks in the town. Nopony knew if the attacks were over yet, but at least things would be peaceful, for now. In a castle that was built from the town not too long ago, an Alicorn was reading a book. Her name is Twilight Sparkle, the named Princess of Friendship, and faithful student of Princess Celestia. She was trying to find a spell that allowed her to swap bodies with other ponies because her friend Rainbow Dash, known as the fastest flyer in all of Equestria, bet that she would be a good fit to be a princess. Twilight brushed it off earlier, but Rainbow had been picking on her nonstop until she finally had enough and said that she'll do it, but only for a week. Twilight kept reading, while Rainbow paced the floor, waiting for her time to be a princess. Twilight looked up from her reading, an annoyed look on her face.

"Will you stop pacing, Rainbow?" she asked. "You're making me nervous."

Rainbow turned to her, smirking as she stopped pacing. "What else do you want me to do, egghead?"

"You can go outside, and talk to somepony while you're waiting for me," Twilight replied.

Rainbow just snorted. "Nah, I want it to be done as soon as possible, that's why I'm staying right here."

Twilight groaned. She knew there was no way she was getting out of this, either. She made a Pinkie Promise, in which their friend Pinkie was a witness. If she had broken the promise, she wouldn't be hearing the end of it anytime soon. So she kept reading, while Rainbow kept pacing. Eventually Twilight found the spell. "Here it is, now just give me a few seconds to learn the spell...."

Rainbow rolled her eyes. She was willing to be patient, but that was a while ago. Now she was anxious, wanting to be a princess. She smiled when Twilight said, "Here goes nothing."

Rainbow closed her eyes as she waited for the spell to hit her. She was ready to become a princess when...

"HI, TWILIGHT!" came a very happy Pinkie Pie.

Twilight jolted her head to Pinkie in shock and launched her spell on to her. It missed, but curved upwards to the air. Twilight and Rainbow exchanged glances and bolted outside. They found the spell, but only for a second, as it disappeared right before their eyes. Rainbow looked angry, and when Pinkie trotted along, she glared at the party pony. "Great going, Pinkie. Now we have to do it again."

"Whoops-y. Sorry, Dashie." Pinkie said, looking embarrassed at her mistake.

"I used up quite a bit of energy for the spell," Twilight said. "It'll take awhile for me to do it again."

Rainbow groaned. "How is this day going to be worse?"

Meanwhile, in another world, a blue hedgehog was sleeping in the shady spot of a tree. His name is Sonic the Hedgehog, known as the World's Fastest Hedgehog and worldwide hero. After defeating Dr. Eggman, a mad scientist bent on taking over his world, for the umpteenth time, he had a nicely deserved rest. That is, until his best friend and brother, Tails, who is a genius mechanic with two tails, came running up to the blue hedgehog.

"Hey, Sonic!" he said.

Sonic woke up from his position and looked at his buddy, a smile on his face. "Hi, Tails. What's up?" he asked.

"Would you mind coming to my workshop for a little bit? I want you to see the new plane I just built!" Tails stated. It was clear he was excited to show his best friend whatever plane he made.

Sonic got up from his spot, stretching out before saying, "I don't mind. Let's see what you got." He was about to run with Tails to the workshop when he stopped. "Hey, check that out." he said, pointing to the sky.

Tails looked up and saw what Sonic saw. It looked as if there was a magical beam of energy falling from the sky. Sonic and Tails looked at each other, shrugging in confusion, then looked back up. Then Sonic's eyes widened in shock as he realized the beam was headed straight for Tails. "Tails, watch out!" Sonic shouted, and pushed his buddy out of the way. Unfortunately, he was hit by the beam, and was sent flying for a few meters before crashing to the ground, knocked out cold.

Tails looked shocked, and ran over to Sonic's side. "Sonic!" he yelled in fear for his friend. Then he saw a purple aura coming out of his friend's body and backed up. The same beam of energy that went for him shot out of the blue hedgehog's body and disappeared from the sky, leaving a very confused fox to take care of his friend. He took Sonic by the shoulder and used his twin Tails to propel both in the air, heading straight for his workshop. I hope you'll be okay, Sonic., he thought.

Back in Ponyville, Twilight, Rainbow and Pinkie were waiting for something to happen because of the magical beam that Twilight shot. Both Pinkie and Twilight had looks of concern, while Rainbow looked annoyed. "We've waited long enough. Let's go and do it again, already." the cyan Pegasus stated.

"It's only been a minute, and you still want to be a princess?" Twilight replied. "Can you at least wait another minute? Something will happen, I'm sure of it."

Rainbow groaned. She hated waiting, but at least nothing could go wrong, right? Sure enough, the beam came back from the sky, and it was headed straight for Twilight. She looked up, but it was too late to do anything, as she was hit by the beam, sending her flying until she crashed, knocked out cold.

Rainbow and Pinkie looked at each other in shock, then rushed over to Twilight's side. "Twilight!" they shouted in unison. Rainbow picked up the passed out alicorn and looked straight at Pinkie. "Go get the others. I'm taking her to our castle."

Pinkie nodded. "Right." she said and galloped to get her friends. Rainbow took her friend by the shoulder and flew to the castle, straining with the effort. "My gosh, you're so heavy!" she said to herself. This is how today gets worse?, she thought.