Sonic and Friends: Into a magical world

Chapter 3: Interdimensional travel

Tails' was about ready to travel to another world as prepared a yellow satchel bag with all of his essentials; A laser pistol just in case whenever there's danger, a medium-sized box containing all of his high-tech tools, screwdrivers and parts, his trusty Miles Electric, a blank notebook with some pencils to go with it to document everything on his trip and the precious cargo, the Tiara. He also was working on a little device the shape of a flat cylinder-looking object on the desk screwing in some screws and what not. His guests should arrive anytime soon, and he's ready for his big show and tell.

"Almost done here," Tails said, as he placed the last screw his little device, "And done!"

Then, a loud knocking came from his door, making him wanting to get up and answer it, surprise, it was everyone he called for with Sonic standing in the front of everyone.

"Got everyone you've asked for Tails," said Sonic

"I can't wait what you've got to show us!" Amy was excited already from the left side of Sonic.

"Yeah, show us what you got there kid!" Knuckles curiously ask next to Amy.

"What In the world is an Equestria?" Silver questioned at him, next to Knuckles.

"This better be good, I'm in a hurry so make this quick," Shadow with a Stern look, arms folded between each other

"Alright everyone, come right in!" Tails asked his friends as he stood back to make some space for entering his home and closed the door when everyone is inside, "Okay, now stand back away from the table,"

The group sits what was ordered from Tails and went a couple feet back from the dinner table. Tails pulled the lever from his desk, which then descended the table and came to the machine with all of its sheen glistening from the sunlight.

"Behold, dimensional travel 2.0!"

"Wow!" both Amy and Knuckles said with a mesmerizing tone

"Amazing Tails!" Silver continued the compliments.

"Are you sure that this thing works?" Shadow, still with a Stern looking face asked.

"Of course Shadow, I've already tested it and I'm sure that it's perfectly safe for travel,"

Sonic walked towards Tails while noticing his bag on his desk, "Hey, you don't plan on leaving us to do you?"

"Why would I leave you? You're going with me right?" Tails scratched his head.

"I know, but I realize that we're entering the world without any chaos emeralds or a way back home." Sonic anxiously said.

"I know that's why I've invented this!" Tails grabbed his bag, opened the cover up with his right hand, and got out a little pocket-sized short cylinder with a round transparent glass on the top, "It's a portable version of my Arc-like but with less power and it allows to only travel back to my house not matter where we are across the dimension stream. Except It will only open for 5 minutes before it's out of juice,"

"Good, now if you could just fire this thing, we can go on the best vacation time of our lives," Sonic was ready for travel.

"How long are you going to be in Equestria?" Knuckles asked out loud.

"Probably like a month or two," Tails estimated to Knuckles about their time in Equestria.

"A month without my Sonic!" Amy panicked, placing her hands on top of her head.

"Amy, be brave," Sonic went to her, grabbing her shoulders, "If I get back to Earth after those 1-2 months, well I guess you can go on ONE date with me,"

"Really?" Amy had her eyes gleamed and her hands cupped together

"Yes, I promise,"

"YEAH!" Amy jumped up and down with no mercy, "See you in a month!"

"Okay, now can we please see this thing!" said Shadow, patiently.

"Alright," Tails readied his bag on his body and pulled the lever down on the console.

The machine started up and began to glow...a bright pink with a swirl turning clockwise. The group was mesmerized by the glow as the machine works, even Shadow was off his usual Stern look and looked impressed. Tails, however, was confused at the glow.

"Cool Tails!" Silver gave a thumbs up to him.

"Neat stuff their brainiac," Knuckles grinned at him giving him a slight punch on one of his shoulder.

"It's actually pretty impressive stuff you made them," said Shadow.

"That's weird it was supposed to be a bluish color. Oh well, as long as it ain't malfunction."

"Alright buddy, you ready?" Sonic faced towards him.

"Of course I am!"

Meanwhile, in the clouds above Equestria...

"What!" a cyan furred Pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail screeched out, "You lost your crown!"

"Yes Dashie, I couldn't believe it, but I did," Twilight sighed as she flew casually next to Dashie.

"Did you tell the princesses?"

"Spike sent a letter already, but still, that's not going to help me get my crown back.

"Maybe Starlight can use some spell or something?" Dashie suggested.

"You know what? I haven't seen Starlight at all when she left to get some stuff from AJ. In fact, she should be back at the castle by now," Twilight thought out loud.

"You go back to the castle, I'll try to find your crown with all my speed! Where did you see it last?"

Well I was walking to Ponyville at night after some late night errands wearing it on my head, and back at the castle, I wore it until I was getting ready for bed," Twilight said to the Pegasus.

"Alright, be back In a jiffy!" Dashie zipped out of Twilight vision as she flew back to her castle, wondering where Starlight is.

Then as she reached the door to her castle, it flew opened with Starlight looking quite beat up mostly on her left eye looking swollen and part of her lips too followed by a few bruises and an Ice pack on her head using her horn to keep it still, "My gosh, what happened to you Starlight?"

"Don't ask," she slowly moaned in pain, "So... I've heard you've...lost your crown?"

"I know, but I'm more worried about you!" Twilight panicked as her friend and pupil were in pain, "Did somepony mugged you?"

"Let's just...say I've...taken care of it," Her words only confused the princess.

Back to Earth...

"Alright buddy, you ready?" Sonic faced towards him.

"Of course I am!" Tails answered back.

The two went for a running start as the entered the portals' glow, and disappearing from the other side, leaving the group with a happy smile.

"See you later you two!" Silver waved goodbye.

"Bring me something when you get back alright?" Knuckles shouted.

"I don't think they can hear you," Shadow cleared out as went forward to the screen of the console, "Now we just need to shut this thing down-"

Then, the portals glow, suddenly went bright than usual as ever as the rim of the arc was flowing with pink electrical waves that surround the console containing the emeralds.

"Shadow! What did you do?" Amy said, looking all scared.

"I didn't touch anything! I swear!" Shadow yelled as the portal's electricity was getting louder.

"Error, system malfunction," the voice of the computer warned as the chaos emeralds started to destroy the console itself and started to glow.

"Oh no!" Knuckles heart raced as the emeralds went near the portals glow, "Chaos control!"

Then, as they never guess, the portal started to create a suction of some kind and slowly made the emeralds to be sucked into the portal.

"The emeralds! Silver quick!" Knuckles yelled to him.

"Alright,". Silver quickly used his ESP to keep the emeralds floating at Bay, unfortunately, the vacuum was starting to get stronger and he's just starting to lose focus, "I can't hold it for much longer!"

Silver is seen trying to stable his footing from the suction, but it was enough that he gave in and went being sucked into the portal. Not until a red echidna grabbed him with his right arm on his left shin, too bad he didn't have time to stop the emeralds late into the portal as they disappeared into the portal, "No! The emeralds!" Knuckles' yelled out.

He was crazy enough to let go of the hand that was keeping him and silver from being sucked into the portal and resulting with the two being the second ones to go, leaving Amy and Shadow as they were holding onto the peeling floor boards of Tails' house.

"What are we going to do Shadow!" yelled out the pink hedgehog.

"I guess we have no other choice but to let go!" Shadow yelled back at her, trying to be loud enough to let her listen from the rough winds.

"But why-"

"Just follow me!" Shadow quickly grabbed Amy's hand and let go of his hand holding the floor boards. Making Amy let go of hers.

"Aaahhh!" was all from the room as the portal sucked all the gang up, including the chaos emeralds.

With Sonic and Tails...

Just a few seconds of their lives they were traveling into a new world with new species and new areas, the trip wasn't that long as they were already on the ground, in the wide open. Starting to wake up from their short nap. Sonic was a bit groggy but manage to sit down from his awakening, and Tails too was about the get up as well. First, they looked at their surroundings turning around with their heads 180 degrees and back.

"Where are we buddy?" Sonic asked his friend, still looking excited.

"Don't you see that Sonic!?" Tails quickly pointed out the near village in the distance.

"It's just some village, don't see what's so special-"

Then Sonic heard from the sky, a flying horse zooming to the village... of ponies? Sonic was complete without words, seen it all.

Tails decided to fill his quietness with some data, "Sonic, listen closely, based on the equestrian life forms living in that village with a high percentage of understanding the English language, I can assume that we're in-"

"EQUESTRIA!" Sonic shouted as loud as a Sonic boom to be heard from a distance, "Tails, you are a freaking genius !"

"Well, It's nothing really," Tails smirked, standing up from the ground, "We should try to ask around the townsfolk about the missing crown,"

Then Sonic looked the opposite direction of where he was looking at and pointed a finger at a huge castle, right in front of them, "How about we start off there?"

"Wait!" Tails froze his head at the huge tree castle once more, "That's the same exact castle I've seen when I was testing out the portal!"

"Really? Well, let's get moving!"

Sonic and Tails paved themselves to the castle entrance, where the met the yellow colors stairs leading to the door. The two quickly walked up leaving them to stand there looking at the unique design of the castle. It was well strange that a tree is made out of all crystals.

"Why do you think tiara belongs to this place Sonic?" Asked the curious fox.

"Think about it, a huge castle near a village? Probably some princess in their huh?"

"Yeah..." Tails made a gulp in his throat and quickly checked his satchel bag if he had everything he packed. It looks like it's all in their, including the tiara, "Looks like I've had everything in tacked,"

"Well, care to do the honors?" Sonic asked him, turning to the doors waiting for Tails to knock.

"Here goes nothing," The Fox readied his fist and did two knocks on the door.

*Knock* *knock*

The two were shaking vigorously as they don't know what they are putting themselves into. Is the princess nice enough to be trusted? Or not?. The two stood still as they heard someone, or something walking towards the door from the other side.

"I'm on my way!" a female voice was slightly heard from what lies beyond the door.

"What could it be Sonic?" Tails acting a bit shaky while remaining his stance.

"Just, embrace yourselves, buddy!" He only answered back.

At last, the two doors slowly opened outwards, making them step back a bit to see...a lavender pony with a pair of wings and a horn on her head, looking quite confused at the hedgehog and the fox as she tilted her head and observed them, "What in Equestria are you?"

"Alright Tails, let's start off with a simple and clean introduction,"

Tails cleared his throat and began to speak, "We...are...from..."

"Huh?" she interrupted, "Can we make this quick because I'm having a hardship at the moment,"

"Well, me and my friend here..." Tails pointed out to Sonic next to him, "Aren't quite from here, yeah!"

"Oh, is it your first visit to Ponyville?" She continued her conversation.

"Uh-"

"What my friend is trying to say is that we came here to report a lost item," Sonic took over Tails' explanation, "We have come across that said item near the forest and we would want you to come see for yourself,".

She just quickly giggled at them making them look like idiots,"Really? Well, I'm sorta missing something very precious to me, but what you said can't be my element of-"

"Magic!" Tails finished her sentence before rummaging through his bag in search for the tiara and got it out with his hands, "Is this your element of harmony!?"

She quickly gasped at the sight of her crown just about a few feet from her, "That's my crown!"

"It is?" Tails reached back to her, "Wow, traveling through dimensions was really worth it huh Sonic?"

"You bet Tails," Sonic gave twin thumbs up at him.

"Wait! You're from another dimension?" The princess asked as soon as Tails just spoke to his friend, "But how?"

Tails smirked at her as he tries to explain her question as simple as possible,"Well, It was just using advance science and my intelligent brain to create-"

"An inter-dimensional arc portal that can rip through the fabric of space and time and thus can create an opening to create two paths in the universe," she perfectly answered with absolutely no flaws.

Tails just stood there with his jaw all the way down and twitchy eyes, "That...was exactly...wow!"

"I can't believe you two really found my crown and returned it!" She used her horn to levitate the crown off of Tails' hands and replaced it on her head, "And to who should I congratulate for founding my crown?"

Sonic then stepped forward and began to point towards himself, "Well it was nonother than,"

"Me! I found your crown!" Tails pointed to himself, pushing Sonic aside.

"Well," She turned her head back from him and began to blush slightly, "Since you came so far away, I guess you deserve this,"

Then, she quickly looked back at the fox, walked up towards him and gave him a great big hug to the little thing, making him return the favor by wrapping his arms around her returning the hug. Seconds later, they retracted, leaving a flustered Tails standing next to Sonic, putting a huge grin.

"Okay Tails, I see you!" Sonic's thoughts said.

"Thank you so very much Tails'," She smiled at him, "You two deserve something in return. How about a place to stay for the night in my castle?"

"Well," Sonic proceeded to answer the princess' offer, "We don't want to take too much luxury, but since you asked, we could stay huh Tails?"

He was still suspended in mid-air, with the same facial expression. Sonic quickly then snapped his fingers right in front of his eye, making him snap back into reality, "Huh! what?"

"Tails, buddy. Do you want to stay in the princess' castle for the night," Sonic once again asked him?

"Of course!" he answered right away in seconds.

"Oh! excuse me my manners. I've haven't even introduced myself, I'm Twilight Sparkle. The princess of friendship," Twilight properly introduced herself.

"I'm Miles' Tails Prower, but my friends call me Tails!" the Fox introduced himself to Twilight.

"Twilight, you're in luck because you are looking at Sonic the Hedgehog! the fastest thing alive," Sonic smirked at her, crossing his arms.

"You remind me of my friend Rainbow Dash," she giggled at him, making him feel like a joke, "She's the fastest flyer in Equestria!"

"Interesting..." Sonic rubbed his chin with his thumb and his index finger, "Maybe you could invite your friend over?"

"Yes, I'll invite all my friends!" Twilight answered back, "You to should come in, you must be exhausted from your trip."

"Ha!" Sonic chuckled, "I'm never tired, always up for an adventure I say!"

We transition to a red echidna and a silver hedgehog lying down on the ground, all bruised up and unconscious in some vast acre of apple trees. As the two were still inanimate, we see an orange furred pony with no special features, bucking the trees with her two back hoofs and came falling down, loads of apples into large, wood bucket just about a few meters away from the two. She is known as Applejack, the bearer of the element of honesty and a hard worker at the apple acres. It was not until she saw the mysterious creatures as she was making way to call it quits.

"What in tarnation are those?" Aj reacted surprised, "They dead or somthin?'"

She quickly galloped to the rescue as she was right in front of the two, trying the hear a heartbeat from their chests. Fortunately, they aren't dead by the slow beating of their hearts, "Better git Big Mac to help me with these fellas,"

Minutes has passed as the Apple siblings had carried the two creatures in their home. Aj placed the red one on the sofa as she started to get a blanket for him while Big Mac placed the silver-looking on the ground doing the same as his sister. Applejack worried for those two, they must be in very critical condition, like they fell from high above the sky. She was worried for them, as she sat they're trying to see which one could wake up until the red creature she just placed on the bed started to slowly wake up, still not being able to see fully as its eyelids were just peeking to the light.

"Uhh," it moaned in pain, "Wha? where am I?"

"Don't worry, you're gunna' be fine," Aj answered, giving him some space.

"What happened?" it pleaded again, slowly started to gain conscious, "W-where are m-my friends?"

"When you fell, we only saw you and your silver friend and brought you inside our home here," Aj explained to him.

"Is that...so?" he wondered to him, "Just where are we?"

"Don't worry fella, you're safe and sound here at the Sweet Apple Acres!"

"Sweet apple acres? Never heard of it," he replied.

"Well, it's right next to Ponyville," she explained."

Then a sudden burst of adrenaline rushed from the red creature as he fully gained consciousness, "WHAT!"

He stood up with two of his feet, one accidentally on top of Silver's stomach region, making him cough as he started to fully awake, "Ah! Knuckles get off of me!"

"Sorry!" apologized, raising his foot off his stomach, giving him some room to stand up, looking at the orange pony pointing right at her, "Just what the hell are you and what did you say where we are!"

"Easy there partner!" Aj tried to ease out the mad creature, "Names Applejack, the middle sibling of the apple family. And you and you can't just waltz up like that after we took you in our home,".

"Wait Knuckles!" Silver got up, pressing his right arm on the pain in his stomach, "Didn't Tails' said something about going into a world filled with ponies or something?"

Knuckles turned to Silver as he still is hunched back from his accidentally step, "You're telling me that I'm across some universe full of ponies with the Master Emerald UNGUARDED!"

"Yeah, basically."

The red echidna was furiously mad as he cracked his fingers with his two hands, "When I see Tails again, I am going to turn his own brain inside-out!"

"Calm down feller!" Aj shouted, "Can you please just slow down a bit!"

The redhead took a deep breath and began to speak calmer, "Sorry, Applejack is it?"

"Yup," She answered back.

"I forget to say thanks for bringing us here, and I want to apologize for my outraise," Knuckles formally said, "My name is Knuckles by the way,"

"And I'm Silver!" The silver hedgehog said, still having a hurtful stomach, "Let's just say we aren't from here,"

"Beg pardon?" She shrugged.

"Guess we got alot of explaining to do," Knuckles began to sat down on the couch.

We go into Ponyville, where some of its residents was a bit distracted as they saw two unusually creature walking upright, looking back at them. Shadow and Amy, were those creatures, as they walked around town. Unlike the others though, Shadow was grateful to have the green chaos emerald near him as they were transported into this world, Amy, however, was just scared and confused.

"Shadow!" She whispered next to his ear, "They keep looking at us!"

"Try to ignore it!" He answers back, "I'm looking for someone to help us navigate this village,"

He hid the chaos emerald with one hand behind his back to prevent any "attention" to them. Then, the two stopped in their tracks to see a weird looking structure of a life-sized gingerbread house, with ponies coming in and out.

"What could be inside Shadow?" asked Amy.

"Don't know, but someone there could be very helpful for information about this place,".