Author's Note

This chapter and the last were prologue to the actual story. The actual teams and building of the story and it's characters are set in the next chapter and after. Get ready for an adventure that will combine two of my loves. The sensational friendship of My little pony combined with the hero of the wind, Sonic the hedgehog.

A strange new world

Spike groggily rubbed his head as the light slowly faded into his eyes. “Where am I?” He stumbled to his feet only to fall and bonk his head against the wall. “Ow! What did I hit?” Spike waited a few minutes letting his eyes adjust to the light. When he was finally able to see, his reaction could only be that of shocked, his reflection showed a dragon much taller than actual size, but in reality his surprise came from the entire place being made of complete metal. “What in the world? When did I hit this growth spurt? Better question, what is this place, it’s nothing but metal and…….technology I think Twilight called it. We only just discovered how this technology works and this entire city is filled with it, amazing.”

“Hey get out of the road!”

It finally came to Spike’s attention that he was being honked at by some kind of levitating vehicle. “Excuse me but what exactly is that?”

“It’s a car nitwit, now get out of the way before I run you over with it.”

“Sorry I’m just a bit confused, could you help me?”

“Oh i’ll help you alright!”

The car sped up, the matte red paint job nearing closer and closer. Spike closed his eyes preparing for imminent pain until the sound of the wind in his ears shot them open again. He looked down to the moving metal ground below him then up to the clear blue skies. Spike had expected to see a stopped car in front of him but instead stared into the spines of a blue figure. "What the?..Hey..what's going on?"

"About time you opened your eyes, What's up?"

"Would do you mean what's up?"

"C'mon, you were just standing the road. If I hadn't made my speedy rescue, you would've bit the dust."

"That guy wasn't as understanding as I thought."

"Lotta people are like that, I just avoid them."

Spike looked around at some of the giant electronic billboards and noticed the face of his savior plastered across with two others. "Hey your face is up there, are you famous or something whoever you are?"

"You can say that. We're setting down at a air station, i'll let you off there, and by the way, the name's Sonic the Hedgehog."

Sonic set down his board inside the boxed off area. Two prongs slowly slid out of the sides of the box and clipped on to the side of the board, lowering it down into a oval imprint. There an electric field began to form around the board as it charged with air. The spring then popped the board up at least 4 feet where Sonic skillfully grabbed out of the air. "So Sonic was it, what is that thing?"

"Hmmm....you must be from some of the more, influential cities. This is EX Gear."

"EX gear?"

"Yea. The hottest, craziest, fastest, air riding, and completely customizable, thing going around the world."

"Speaking of world, what exactly is this place?"

"You're in Metal City.....on the land of Mobius. You don't get out much huh."

"Well, and you're gonna think this is crazy so don't get weirded out or anything, I'm.....you see....it's..like..well..I'm from a different world....like not this world...you guys don't exist there."

"Whoa...that's awesome!"

"I know it's weird and you just think....Wait what?"

"Dude that's cool, what's your world like?"

"Wait a minute, aren't you freaked out...at all."

"Are you kidding me, this is just extra on top of the giant pile of adventures and crazy things I get into on a daily basis."

"Daily basis? What do you do?"

"Later, first tell me about your world."

"That could take a while."

"I got time to spare."

"Only warning I guess, might wanna sit down. So it all started with the princesses." About an hour and half passed as Spike told of how the how Celestia imprisoned Luna in the moon, of how she escaped and brought darkness to the world, of how the mane 6 banded together and used the elements of harmony to stop her and every threat afterwards until their return to the tree. Finally he ended up at his current situation. "Then on my way to Canterlot, some weird light just sucked me in and here I am."

"Woah that is....detailed."

"Told ya."

"Well I would tell you mine, but it's getting dark, and we would be here until morning."

"What do we do?"

"Well I'm going back to the tower now. I could put you up for the night."

"Really, thanks Sonic. I won't be intruding or anything will I?"

"Not at all, your as good as gold."

"Great."

"Now let's get going." Sonic tossed his board down watching as it floated helplessly above ground. Before Sonic could put both feet on board, the billboard lit up with the words breaking news. Sonic along with two other mobians flashed on screen. Sonic took his foot of the board and chuckled. "Yes, the commercial finally aired."

"Commercial?"

"Hey guys Sonic the hedgehog here. Thanks to my good ol buddy Tails, team Sonic saw a slight increase in our financial section....a big slight increase. So without further ado, to all you mobians watching at home, we'd like to announce our very own EX 4 Ever World Grand Prix! Want a chance to go up against us yourself, then get a sign up sheet at Hyper tower, constructed by Tails himself, the most technologically advanced tower in Metal city. See you there!"

The screen returned to it's usual advertising and Sonic stepped on his board. "Nice, finally it's time to train."

Spike stepped on the board as well observing the board. "What's this World Grand Prix about?"

"Well while their a good source of transportation, most of the use goes towards Extreme racing."

"So people actually race these things?"

"Yep, we customize, train, and race it out to see who's the fastest on extreme gear."

"Interesting." Sonic and Spike rode through the streets of Metal City until the giant tower came into view. Spike's eyes widened at the sight, all the technology that was invested, the colors and lights that seemed to travel up and down the spire. "Wow, that's that Hyper tower you were talking about in the video right?"

"Oh yea, took 2 years to build it but Tails did it."

"Tails? I'm guessing that was the yellow girl next to you with the tails right?"

"Yea that was Tails, and 'he's' a fox."

"Oh sorry about that."

"Don't worry he get's it all the time. We're coming up on the tower now."

"How do you even get in there?"

Hyper Tower

"Well for regular guest it's a gravity lift under the center of it, but for those with an extreme gear, well..." Sonic continued along the street leading straight to the tower. As they closer, four smaller spiral like towers came into view all the same height and width. Sonic whipped into a side street and sped up, one of the towers slowly growing larger as they closer. They sped into a clearing before reaching the tower. The entrance wasn't even a regular door but a large opening that curved upward. "Hold on."

Spike grabbed on tight as the gravity began working against them. From his perspective the inside of the tower shot thousands of miles into the sky, curving in complex spiral. Sonic sped up the spiral with his extreme gear like it was nothing. Spike blinked for one second and instantly found himself atop the tower. "Wow...how did we get up here so fast?"

"Are you kidding me? Hehe, it's in my name, the fastest hedgehog in Mobius. Now hold on, things are about to get a little weightless."

"Weightless?" Sonic slowly moved his board near the edge of the top, nearing closer and closer to fall. It was then that Sonic shifted his foot and tapped something with his foot. A small circular orb appeared from the edge of the top of the tower setting up it's position in front of Sonic. Sonic lowered his foot to the ground and waited. The orb began to change a little, two hatches on both sides of it opened up revealing a giant hole through it's entire body. Suddenly it shot off with incredible speed, giving Sonic the cue to push as hard as he could with his foot. Spike took hold of Sonic's body even tighter and closed his eyes in fear. "Sonic what are doing?! We're gonna fall!....huh?" Spike felt the rushing air pass by his head but moving horizontally not vertically. He opened his eyes to see not ground nor hear the sound of crashing but them floating amidst the air. "What? So you can fly too?"

"Well no and yes. The board can but I can't. We're riding turbulence to the tower."

"Being able to ride the wind like it's a solid force. Wow this world has some amazing things."

"Mobius is special after all."

"So is Equestria, you'll have to visit some time."

"He, I'll give it a try if it's possible. The tower's coming up, keep you balance for second."

"Oh no, what's that whoa!"

Sonic began to turn slightly as he neared a small corridor just beneath the large top part of the tower. Sonic was almost a complete 90 degree turn making it hard for Spike keep his feet on the board. Trying his best to remain on the board, Spike realized the opening was alot smaller than what he thought, only suitable for at least one. Spike closed his waiting for imminent death until a tap from Sonic got his attention. "Hey you alright?"

"Y..yea fine, I think."

"Don't worry there's no more surprises for now. Just gotta stop up ahead, open the hatch and get inside.

"Oh thank god."

"You don't do alot risk taking do you?"

"You'd be surprised actually."

"I figured. Here we are." Sonic stopped his board right below a small square hatch. Both him and Spike hopped off as he turned a latch and pushed the hatch open. He tossed his board up and climbed through. "Give me your hand." Spike took hold of Sonic's hand and felt himself pulled through. Sonic closed the hatch and put his board on a spot on the wall. "Welcome to home sweet home."

Spike's eyes widened as he stared around the gigantic room. On a wall directly right of him there were magnetic hooks for EX gear. Behind that wall was the kitchen. On his left was a gigantic living room. In the middle was an enormous red couch sitting upon a red velvet carpet. On both sides were glass coffee tables, in front was one big coffee table. To the left and right of the center table were two smaller red couches, to it's front hung a gigantic TV on the wall. Above the boards were stairs leading to the rooms. It was obvious which room was which. Sonic's door was blue, Tails's was yellow, and Knuckles's was red. "Wow....Fancy place you got here."

"Oh yea, Tails went all out here. You want some food?"

"Oh yea big time, you got any gems?"

"Gems?"

"Well yea don't all dragons eat them?"

"Well i'm not too sure about that. In this world, we don't eat things that will probably kill us."

"Oh, well what do you got?"

"You wanna try one of my world famous chili dogs?"

"What?! You eat dogs?!"

"No no, not real dogs, a hot dog. See there are animals in this world that use to survive in the form of cows, pigs, and chickens, feral of course."

"Oh man I thought you meant...nevermind. I'll guess i'll try one.

"Sweet, give me ten minutes."

Spike sat on the couch and waited patiently for ten minutes. Finally Sonic appeared from the kitchen holding one plate with two chili dogs on it. He sat it down on the glass table and sat down next to Spike. "So these are chili dogs right?"

"You got it?"

"Alright then, how exactly do I pick this up and..eat it."

"So basically you just hold it like this long way facing you and you just get your mouth around it and take a bite simple."

"Um....ok let's see here. So like this and..." Spike took one bite out of the chili dog. At first the heat surprised him making his eyes water but after the pain subsided, the taste set in. "Wow that's amazing."

"That's only the ones I make. If you want a real chili dog, then there's a street vendor in the city that makes them like no one else."

"I hope to take you up on that offer, until then." Spike quickly scarfed down his chili dog. "More please."

"Are you kidding? I have enough ingredients to make dozens! You wanna know how?"

"Heck yea!" Sonic and Spike rushed into the kitchen with lightning speed and began cooking. An hour later there sat 24 chili dogs on the glass table. Spike and Sonic licked the lips as the they stared the food down. They began to eat until Spike took a quick glance at the TV. "So what is that thing?"

"A TV?"

"Yea, what's it for?"

"Basically it just shows and bunch of shows."

"Shows...like plays?"

"Like plays but with way more power."

"Define power."

"Well thanks to the TV, you can watch a wide range of different shows, not just one. It's better if I just show you." Sonic grabbed the controller and flipped the TV on. "See, basically your plays but on a screen and if you hit this button you can flip through different channels...i mean plays."

"Wow your world is so awesome. Hey what about that?"

"What the Mobius360? It's a game console."

"Game console?"

Sonic pressed the center button on the console. It lit up blue as the console powered on. Sonic pressed a button of the controller and the screen went black and switched to the console's input. Sonic handed Spike a Mobius360 controller and sat down. "Spike my boy, we have alot to discuss. First off, the best game to play is Sonic unleashed and yes, the events that transpire inside the game are real."