A Case of Mistaken Identity

Chapter 2: "Who Are You?"

Sonic woke up from a bed. He didn't know what had happened a few minutes ago, but he knew something bad went down. It took a moment to find his surroundings, and when he did, he found himself in a large room that had darkened walls, a few beds and... ponies? He cocked his head in confusion, wondering why there would be ponies where he was. He expected Tails and the rest of his friends to be there, but these ones looked concerned. He took note of what type of ponies they were. Two of them looked like average ponies, another two had wings, one of them had a horn, and the last two had both wings and a horn each. He didn't know what to make out of this, so he kept silent.

"Are you alright, Twilight?" the tallest pony in the group asked.

Sonic looked dumbfounded. Who was this Twilight? Was he this Twilight? One look at his new body proved it. His eyes widened in shock and he screamed, making the ponies cover their ears. He then sent out rapid-fire questions and statements. "Wh-wh-who are you?! What is this place?! Am I stuck like this?! Please tell me I'm not stuck like this! Where's Tails?! Where's Knuckles?! Where's-"

"ENOUGH!" the cyan Pegasus shouted. "It's clear she's not Twilight, girls. So I have some questions for you."

Sonic had a look of disbelief on his face when he turned to the cyan Pegasus. "Uh, I don't even know who you are, ma'am. So how do I know I can trust you?"

The tallest pony nodded to the second tallest pony, who levitated an assortment of necklaces and a tiara. "Because of these, my little pony. The Elements of Harmony." she said.

Now Sonic knew he was in another world. He tilted his head in confusion. "Um, sorry, what? First of all, why did you call me a 'little pony'? And second, what the heck are these 'Harmony Elements'?"

Everypony giggled at Sonic's expense, which made him look very annoyed. Once the giggling died down, the darker colored pony approached Sonic. "She is used to calling her subjects 'my little pony'. I do it sometimes, but not as much as she does. Also these are called the Elements of Harmony because they"- she pointed to the five ponies with the taller pony- "As well as the former host of thy current body are what keep friendship intact here in the land of Equestria."

Sonic looked to the side, putting a hoof near his mouth and broke the fourth wall. "Yeah, I'll just stick with Harmony Elements if that okay with everybody." he said, clearly not caring about the others hearing him.

The ponies looked confused, except for the pink pony, who giggled madly. "You break the fourth wall, too? Did you know that a crossover between us would happen?"

Sonic looked at the pink pony, then let out a smirk. "Yeah. I knew it would happen. We should work together and demolish it some time."

Both of them giggled, while the rest had looks of concern. Two ponies who knew how to break the fourth wall? That was troubling. Then the pony with a cowgirl's hat and ponytail spoke up. "I guess we should introduce ourselves to, uh, whoever the new girl is. My name's Applejack."

"I'm Pinkie Pie." the pink pony stated happily.

"I'm Fluttershy." the yellow Pegasus said rather quietly.

Sonic didn't pick it up. "Uh, I'm sorry. What was that?"

"Her name's Fluttershy. She's the quiet one of us." the unicorn said. "I'm Rarity, by the way."

"Name's Rainbow Dash, the fastest flyer in all of Equestria!" the cyan Pegasus proclaimed. Sonic raised an eyebrow, looking intrigued.

"I am Princess Celestia, but you just call me Celestia." the tallest pony said.

"And I am her sister, Luna," the darker pony said with a warm smile. "Who are you, my friend?"

Sonic gathered himself, and said, with a smile and a hoof in the air, "I'm Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog."

"You're who now?!" Amy yelled. She couldn't believe what she was hearing out of Twilight, who had a look of concern on her.

"I'm Twilight Sparkle. Please, calm down, Amy. It wasn't my fault that this happened."

Earlier, Twilight woke up seeing two hedgehogs, an echidna, a two-tailed fox, and a bat in an unfamiliar place. After screaming when she realized she didn't have her old body, and checked out her newly-found hands, earning chuckles from the group with her, she asked for their names, and gave hers back, even though they didn't believe her. Amy was having fits, Shadow rolled his eyes, Knuckles looked bored, and Rouge and Tails looked curious.

"Can you tell us what had happened that caused you to be in Sonic's body?" Tails asked.

Twilight nodded. She didn't know who Sonic was, but at least she'd give out info on what happened. "Yes. Earlier I was trying to find a spell that allowed me to switch bodies with anypony I wanted..."

"Hold it right there." Shadow said, annoyance in his voice. "Did you just say, 'anypony'?

Twilight looked offended. "Yes. The world I came from its population is mostly ponies. So I'm used to saying anypony. Is that a big deal?"

Shadow shook his head. "Nope. Continue."

"Thank you. So the spell I was looking for would let me switch places with my friend Rainbow Dash, who is the fastest flyer in Equestria. She bet me that she'd be a good fit to be a princess, though I know that she wouldn't. I had found the spell and was about to cast it when my other friend Pinkie Pie, who a very happy party pony, burst through the doors of my castle. I looked at her in shock and accidentally released my spell on to her. It missed, but I guess it ended up in this world and... well, you know the rest."

"So that's what happened, huh?" Sonic said to Rainbow Dash, who explained what had happened before the swapping occurred.

"Yep," she replied, "now we just have to wait for your friend, Tails or whoever you said was a 'genius mechanic' to build some portal or what-not to come here, and find a way to get you back in your body."

"But first, she needs to learn how to cast spells." Celestia said.

"Not to be rude, Tia, but I'm a 'he', not a 'she'." Sonic said, annoyed.

Luna shook her head. "I'm the only one who calls my sister by that name, Sonic."

Sonic raised an eyebrow. "Is that a problem?"

Celestia giggled. "I see no harm in him calling me Tia."

"But now we have a problem," Applejack said. "He calls himself a 'he', but he's in a mare's body."

"I guess I can be a 'she' for now." Sonic said, answering the question before it could be even asked.

The girls nodded in agreement, as Sonic got up from his bed. He instinctively started walking on two hooves, but ended up face-planting to the floor. Rainbow Dash laughed at his expense, but one glare from the small alicorn stopped it. "It's a learning process, Dash. I'm still in disbelief at the fact that I'm a pony."

"Not just any pony, Sonic." Celestia stated. "You are the Princess of Friendship."

Sonic's pupils shrank to the size of peas. "WHAT?!"

"You're a Princess? Sounds interesting." Rouge said. "What's it like to be one?"

"Well, It's only been a month or so, but having to share the weight of Equestria with the hooves- uh, hands of other Princesses is hard. But my friends and I have banded together and are tasked with solving friendship problems throughout Equestria." Twilight said.

"That's all well and good, but what are we going to do about getting your body back to where it was?" Amy said, crossing her arms.

"I'll work on creating a portal to Equestria, while the rest of you teach all of Sonic's moves and speed to Twilight." Tails stated.

"Wait, speed?" Twilight looked confused.

"Yeah, you have the body of the world's fastest hedgehog." Knuckles said.

Twilight looked scared. "I'm not sure I can handle his speed, but okay."

She got up from her resting place, and instinctively started walking on all fours. Shadow, looking annoyed, grabbed Twilight by the arm and lifted her up to her feet.

"You're not a pony anymore, Faker. You can walk on two feet." he said.

"Um, thanks?" Twilight said, confused. Then realization came to her and she looked mad. "Hey! Why did you call me Faker?! If anything you could be the faker!"

Shadow smirked. "Sonic and I have a friendly rivalry between each other, which is why I called you Faker."

"Okay, but I'm not Sonic, so you have no right to call me Faker." Twilight shot back.

Shadow just nodded in understanding. Twilight then turned to Tails. "So, how long will it take for the portal to be made?"

Tails thought for a moment. "It shouldn't take more than a couple of weeks, barring anything bad happening. We just need to keep the Chaos Emeralds with us, we need them to teleport Twilight to her world."

Twilight tilted her head in confusion. "What are Chaos Emeralds?"