Chapters You are falling through a wormhole and see a strange creature. You look at him and ask, "Who are you?"
The creature smirks and says, "My name is Neo. I am a genetic hybrid made via genetic cloning. I am 17 and three-quarters. Although, technically I'm 2 and three-quarters. I was created as a fifteen year old. I weigh about 45 pounds. I am just under a meter in height. And I'm a one man army. I'm a pretty even match for Metal Sonic, Metallix, and Silver Sonic when they gang up on me. Yet they still can't beat me. I like tease Metal Sonic by calling him 'Tin Can'. Lets just say that my comeuppance came quick."
You aren't sure what to say about his rather lengthy response, but at least he was descriptive. "Oookay. Where did you come from?"
Neo frowns, "I was created by Dr. Kintobar 'Eggman' Robotnik. I was created to be the ultimate hunter and the ultimate fighting machine. Dr. Eggman put me through many tests to find my full potential, but upon doing those tests I sorta blew the whole base up... twice. I am capable of reaching speeds up to 1/5 the speed of light. I can also lift 60 tons." he paused, then continued, "Sonic the Hedgehog's friend Amy Rose the Hedgehog gave me the nickname, 'Dragonhearted'. She said it's because I keep fighting and don't give up no matter how greatly the odds are stacked against me, just like dragons from mythology. And, you know. I can't help but find this girl cute... wait, did I call her 'cute', heh, I'm man enough to say it, she's adorable."
"Sooo, what are you?" you ask him.
He chuckles, "Well, my design is simple, yet complex. My base genome is Mobian Hedgehog, the rest is complicated. Many of my features resemble those of Silver the Hedgehog and Shadow the Hedgehog. My back quills structure resembles Nazo the Hedgehogs'. My boots resemble Silvers, except unlike his, mine are neon blue and neon green. They have magenta soles, and they're hover boots. Lastly, they have a gold plate on top of the foot part of each, and a 2x4 pattern of small golden pipes on top of each plate, sorta like Knuckles the Echidna. My quills are neon blue, and most of them have neon green highlights. My back quills have neon green highlights along the top of them. My head quills resemble Silver the Hedgehogs except they're longer. The quills on top of my head resemble a Marijuana leaf. The two locks in front of my ears have a neon green highlight going along them. The locks in between the middle one and my ears are blank neon blue. The middle lock has a neon green highlight going along it, and a magenta highlight at the front of the neon green highlight. The magenta highlight is oddly enough, shaped like Chaos' brain.The two long locks that come from behind my head each have a neon green highlight going down them. My gloves resemble Silvers' except the design on his is cyan, and the design on mine are magenta. I also have an inhibitor ring on each wrist, with neon blue bracers that have neon green trimming. Similar, but not congruent to Shadows'. The only difference between them being the color of the bracers. As for my eyes, my iris' are a dead grey color, and my pupils are slits like a snakes'."
You took in everything he said. "Cool. So what happened? I mean, did you do he made you to do?"
Neo had a sad look on his face, "I left Eggman and became a... um, uh, what's it called again... oh, yeah, I became what Shadow the Hedgehog is sometimes referred to as, I became a 'Lone Wolf'. But everyone is afraid of me. I don't really mind... ok, that's a load of shit, it fucking hurts, not physically of course, but it hurts nonetheless. The only ones that really understand my situation are Shadow the Hedgehog, Mephiles the Dark, Chaos, Dark Gia, and Solaris the Eternal Flame. I'm too powerful to be part of a team. If I'm not careful, I could seriously hurt my teammates, or worse, accidentally kill one, if not all, of them."
You are surprised, "How are you that strong?"
"Alot of my power comes from the four gods sealed inside of my body", he explains, "Mephiles the Dark, the god of time, allows me to drain negative energy from opponent's, as well as granting me the ability to time travel without Chaos Emeralds. Plus full control of my Dark forms. Chaos, the god of chaos, gives my chaos powers a serious power surge whenever I need one, as well as granting me many unique high-power chaos moves. Dark Gia, the god of darkness, helps keep me physically stable, yes, I'm not exactly 100% stable, and grants me the ability to transform into a Werehog at night whenever I want, but I don't really use that ability. Solaris the Eternal Flame, the god of the sun, helps keep me mentally stable, as well as making both fireproof and lava resistant, basically, I can't be physically burned. I do have my own abilities. I have psychokinetic powers. And do to an interdimentional misadventure a few years ago, I know mixed martial arts, I know how to access my own internal 'Ki energy', and have a sack of special beans called 'Senzu Beans'."
You cock an eyebrow, "What do you mean 'transform'?"
Neo smirks, "I can turn into a Super form, a Hyper form, a Dark form, a Super Dark form, and a Hyper Dark form. And, of course, the Werehog form. Oh, and that's not all. My final form is rather nightmarish looking. The final form looks like Mephiles, Solaris, Dark Gia, Chaos, and myself had a baby, and shards of the Master Emerald were jutting out from its head, back, knees, shins, and elbows. Oh, and amplify Hyper form, or Hyper Dark forms' power 1000000 fold. We call this final form 'Allout', because in that form, I'm holding nothing back."
You shiver, "Sounds scary. So, where are we ,exactly?"
Neo looks around. "We are currently stuck in a seemingly never-ending wormhole. Don't ask how we got in here. Because I don't even know how I got in. One minute, I'm running to Mobotropolis. The next minute, I'm flying around this thing and I can't get out. Huh? Well shit..."
You look around, slightly panicking, "What?"
Neo gulps, "End of the line for me...", He falls out of the wormhole, "Well, I'm out of that nightmare. And, my powers still don't work. And I'm falling from 37000 feet. Do my hover boots have power back ye... nope. Welp, pardon my French but... son of a bitch."
You saw and heard everything, "Well, that just happened..."
Impact, Retrieval, and Awakening
Neo hit the ground so hard that everything instantly went black.
Meanwhile...
Princess Twilight Sparkle was walking through the small town of Ponyville. Though the town was small, all the big stuff seemed to happen there. Twilight Sparkle was happily walking down the streets of Ponyville, to her right was her student Starlight Glimmer, who also was in a rather cheery mood. The two mares had had a rather rough day, and were looking forward to a well deserved rest.
But, luck wasn't on their side as the mares looked up to see, something falling from the sky, they didn't get a very good look at it because it was falling rather quickly. The object, whatever it was hit... no, hit's an understatement, this thing seemed to have decided to body slam the ground. And when it hit, the ground shook. It shook so badly, that the ponies feared that the ground would crumble beneath them. Everypony was in a state of fear-feuled panic.
Suddenly, a massive wave of pure raw energy blasted through the town somehow temporarily cutting off the unicorns' and alicorns' magic, and giving everypony a boost in strength, and speed. Once the weird power surge was over, and the ponies were back to normal, Twilight and Starlight went to check out the weird object that fell. They searched and searched, but couldn't find any sign of it.
Starlight Glimmer looked at Twilight and said, "You know, you'd think that something like that would be easy to find."
Twilight Sparkle giggles, "I know right. But we need tooo fffiiii..."
Twilight trailed off. She had walked through some fallen trees mid sentence and saw lying there in the center was a creature that could very well be the very definition of strange. Starlight trotted up and took one look at the creature. The first question that popped out of Starlight's mouth was, "Dafuq is that?"
Twilight put her ear up to its chest and gasped. It had a crazy heartbeat. Almost as if two hearts were beating inside its chest. She looked at Starlight.
Twilight, with a concerned yet stern tone, said, "This thing has a seriously weird heartbeat. We need to get this... whatever it is, to Fluttershy's quickly."
Starlight cocked an eyebrow. "How is Fluttershy going to help? This thing definitely isn't from Equestria. Twilight, I don't even think that it's from this planet."
Twilight sighed, "I don't know, Starlight, and you might be right about it being an alien, but it's unconscious at the moment, and I know Fluttershy will do whatever she can to help this thing, whatever it is."
About thirty minutes later, the two mares got to Fluttershy's cottage. They had to physically carry the creature there. They weren't sure how, but this animal was completely immune to magic. Twilight knocked on Fluttershy's door. Fluttershy came to the door, opened it, took one look at the unconscious creature her friends were carrying, and gasped.
Fluttershy was in a state of minor shock, "Oh my goodness. What happened to him?"
Twilight and Starlight looked at each other, at the creature, at each other again, then at Fluttershy.
"How do you know it's a 'him'?", Twilight asked.
"Simple really.", was Fluttershy's really simple response.
Starlight had a whimsical look on her face. "What do mean, Fluttershy?"
Fluttershy smiled. She was happy to tell her friends about animals. "His bodily structure. It's not a feminine shape, it's more of a masculine build. Plus, I just know. And he seems to somewhat resemble a hedgehog, but he's about as tall as a pony. What exactly happened to him to knock him unconscious, if you don't mind me asking?"
Twilight was the first to respond. "He fell from the sky, falling faster than Rainbow Dash can fly."
Starlight nodded, "You didn't feel the tremors from his impact?"
"Or the massive energy wave that followed?", Twilight added.
Fluttershy was surprised. "You mean, all that extra strength and speed I had a little while ago... came from him?" She points at the creature.
Twilight nods. "But, that's not what's worrying me, what's worrying me is the fact that the energy wave temporarily cut off all of our magic. And our magic has no effect on him, almost as if he's immune to it.
Fluttershy looked at him. Her composure became serious. "Bring him inside. I'll take care of him until he comes to."
Twilight and Starlight took the pony-sized hedgehog-like creature into Fluttershy's cottage, and carefully set him down on the couch.
After a brief conversation between the three friends, Twilight and Starlight went back to Castle Friendship. Twilight wrote a letter to Princess Celestia, telling her about the energy wave and about the creature,as well as asking if Canterlot had been effected the same way Ponyville was. Starlight went straight to bed, and as soon as she hit the bed, she was out like a light.
Back at Fluttershy's cottage, the creature stirred. Fluttershy looked at him. The creature sat up, and looked around. That's when he did something that actually didn't surprise her, it spoke, the creature was strange looking so, why not?
The creature looked around, "What happened?"
"You can talk? That's neat.", Fluttershy smiled.
The creature smirked, "Well I can do a lot of things."
Fluttershy, speaking in a calm, sweet voice, said, "You had a pretty nasty fall. You need to rest."
The creature chuckled, "Is that why it feels like I was hit by a train? Where am I? And who are you?"
Fluttershy smiled, "You're in Equestria. My name is Fluttershy, it's nice to meet you."
"Fluttershy? Huh?" He smiled.
Fluttershy, still smiling, said, "Mmhmm. Do you have a name?"
"Well of course I have a name." he smirked, "I'm Neo ,the Genetically Modified Hedgehog."
The next morning, Twilight and Starlight went out to get their friends. They went to Sweet Apple Acres to get Applejack, Carousel Boutique to get Rarity, Sugarcube Corner to get Pinkie Pie, and then to Rainbow Dash's house to get her. Finally, the group went back to Castle Friendship.
Rainbow Dash wasn't very happy that her friends woke her up. "What's this all about Twilight?", she asked.
Twilight looked at her friends and asked, "Did any of you notice that weird energy wave that hit yesterday?"
Nods all around. "Did it effect any of you?", Starlight asked.
Rarity was the first to respond. "My magic stopped working." Next was Applejack. "Ah bucked one of the apple trees, and it went flying." Rainbow Dash chuckled. "I don't know how, but it made me faster." Starlight looked at Rarity. "Everyponies magic stopped working."
Twilight sighed, "Me and Starlight went out to look for whatever caused the temporary loss of magic and increased physical speed and strength."
"We found something lying unconscious in the midst of fallen trees.", Starlight continued.
Rainbow realized something, she turned to Pinkie, "You didn't say anything about what that energy wave did to you."
All eyes were on the hot pink mare. She smiled her usual ear-to-ear grin, "I induced a Chaos Control!"
The others were confused. "What's a 'Chaos Control'?", they asked in unison.
"It lets the pony who did it do one of four things. Teleport, slow time down, travel through time, or stop time all together! Squee!"
Bronysaurus: Pinkie Pie, you cannot be serious.
Pinkie Pie: Nope, I'm DEAD serious!
Bronysaurus: Oh, brother.
To say the other mares were surprised was a damn lie.
Neo: There really isn't any reason for that.
Pinkie Pie: He's right you know.
Bronysaurus: Great, now there's two fourth wall breakers. What's next, Deadpool?
Deadpool: Did somebody mention Deadpool?
Bronysaurus: Grr, I was only kidding.
Neo: Sure you were. And, I haven't been reading the story so far.
Bronysaurus: Was that sarcasm?
Neo: Maybe.
Deadpool: Wow, it's pretty ok so far. Get back to it.
They were used to her randomness at this point. Twilight cleared her throat and continued, "We took him to Fluttershy's place last night, he's probably still there."
With that said, Twilight went and got Spike, and the group headed to Fluttershy's. Along the way, Pinkie was singing, "Down the streets, and out of town, to Fluttershy's house we go!"
Neo and Deadpool: Hahahaha! Down the streets, and out of town, to Fluttershy's house we go!
When they got to Fluttershy's, the were surprised when nopony came to the door. Rarity looked concerned, "Fluttershy darling, are you home?" Twilight opened the door. And their friend was nowhere to be seen, the same could be said for the creature. There was blood on the ground. Things were broken as if a battle had taken place. And, there were a few pale yellow feathers laying around.
Rainbow Dash was pissed, "When I get my hooves on that thing, I'm gonna... I'm gonna hurt him!" Twilight examined the blood. "It's Changling blood!" THAT didn't settle into the Equestrians' heads. They were trying to think of what to do, when they heard somepony scream.
"That sounded like Fluttershy!", Spike half-yelled. The group turned and ran to the place the scream came from.
When they got there, they gasped. There was Fluttershy, her mane, tail, and wings were ruffled up a little. In front of her, with his back to her, was the pony-sized, hedgehog-like creature completely conscious. The look on his face was a mix of a cocky smirk, and eyes practically filled with determination and compassion. His stance looked like a fighting pose. The ponies and baby dragon quickly found out why. Dozens of Changlings appeared. Fluttershy looked at the creature, "Neo, you can't be serious. Nopony can take on so many Changlings all by themselves." He looked at her and smirked, "Well I'm not a pony, am I?" The ponies and dragon gasped, except Fluttershy who giggled. "No, you're an alien hedgehog with superpowers." He chuckled, "That's right." Neo looked over at the others, "Are those your friends?" She looked where he was looking, "Yes." "Go to them. Get out of here." "But why?" "This place is going to hell, and I'm the one who's taking it there."
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Fluttershy ran to her friends, "Neo says we need to get out of here." Twilight shakes her head, "No, Fluttershy. He hurt you, we can't just-" "Neo didn't hurt me. He protected me.", Fluttershy stated with a look of DEAD seriousness on her face. "The Changlings attacked me, but he got in between them and me. Seriously hurting one of them when it got to close. That's why there's blood on the floor of my cottage."
The other ponies felt ashamed of themselves. They looked over and saw Neo prepare himself for a serious fight. And then, lunge forward. He smashed and bashed the Changlings around like ragdolls. The ponies were stunned. The Changlings suddenly used their special trick, turning into a whole army of Neos. Neo chuckled, "You know, just 'cause you look like me," Neo activates his chaos powers, "doesn't mean a damn thing! CHAOS SPEAR!!!" Neo swung his arms forward throwing the chaos energy spears at the Changlings, causing small explosions that killed a few Changlings and seriously injuring others. The ponies heard "chaos spear", and instantly became afraid of Neo.
Neo readied his chaos powers again, only to get knocked to the ground. He got up, but was instantly knocked to the ground again. "They're tougher than I thought. ", he thought to himself, he smirks, "Well then, time to make things interesting. " Neo took off his inhibitor rings, "Showtime!", he said simply. A MASSIVE shockwave of pure energy rang off of the young hybrid.
Neo was up and ready for round two...
Round Two and Then Something
Neo lunged forward as fast as lightning. He took out many of them rather quickly. He fired chaos spears, threw punches, threw kicks, and to finish them off, he activated his chaos powers again, "CHAOS BLAST!!!", a super massive beam of energy fired out of his palms. The blast was so big, it made the shape shifting freaks panic. The ponies were incredulous. Twilight became confused, "He is using chaos to fight. Could he be one of Discords' creatures? No, he's using chaos to protect us. Could he be... no, could it truely be him? The being of ancient lore? Could this guy really be... The Knight of Chaos? "
She wasn't sure at the moment. She decided to tell Princess Celestia about it later. Or, tell her now, Twilight looked at Spike, "Spike, I need you to send a letter to the princess' telling her to meet us here." "Why, Twilight?" "Because they need to see this.", Twilight gestured towards the fight. Spike nodded, pulled a piece of paper and a quill with ink out of Pinkie's mane, and began writing.
Back at the fight, Neo was starting to lose energy. His moves weren't as fast as before. This concerned the ponies and young dragon. Now, it was the Changlings turn to bash him around. But, he wouldn't be having any of that. With so much of his power drained, he had no choice but to use one of his last resorts. Spike had sent the letter a few minutes ago, and the princess' arrived just in time to hear Neo say, "My energy is almost gone. I hardly have enough to keep standing. Grrr, I really wish I didn't have to do this," he said, "but I have no choice," looks at the ponies, then back to his opponent, "I can't let these get to the ponies." he stands up, wobbling a little, he extended his arms out to the side, "Mephiles the Dark, god of time, I release you, please, finish what I started!" Neos body shined, and when the light dimmed out, standing in front of Neo, who was now on his hands and knees because he didn't have enough energy to keep himself standing, was a creature that looked sorta like Neo, but not quite. "Mephiles," the being looked at Neo, "my friend, I don't have enough energy to keep standing. Let alone keep fighting. Can I count on you to keep the ponies and the tiny Barney safe until my energy returns?" The group noticed Mephiles didn't have a mouth, but much to their surprise, he nodded, and then he spoke, "You have my word that I shall do whatever I can to make sure they are safe." "I'm counting on you, buddy." With that said, Neo's inhibitor rings returned to his wrists, and he passed out. Mephiles picked him up gently, and walked towards the ponies. "And I am counting on you to watch over him until I finish what he..." Mephiles turned around, and saw only one Changeling still standing. This one was bigger than the rest. "Hmm, who are you?" The creature cackled, "I am Chrysalis, Queen of the Changlings. I have come to stop the extermination of my children. And it seems that you shall meet your maker on this day!" Mephiles cackled, never once lifting his head to show her his face. "Wha-what is so funny?! Who are to laugh at me?!", she demanded. He started walking towards her, still staring at the ground, "I am Mephiles, Mephiles the Dark, the god of time, and... the Iblis Trigger.", he stopped in front of her, and looked up at her. When she saw his face, she screamed. He had no mouth, his scleras (the white part of the eyes) were a demonic shade of red, his irises were a slime green color, his pupils were slits like a reptiles', and to top that, he wasn't blinking. "Cannot defeat me, for I am immortal.", he began, "Go home to your hive. You are the Changling Queen, are you not?" "Yes, I am." "Then do tell, what would happen to your Changlings," he got closer to her ear, "if you never came home?" Chrysalis was afraid of Mephiles before, but now she was absolutely terrified.
Neo: Well of course she's terrified. Who wouldn't be scared after a not so subtle threat like that. Especially when it's coming from a guy like him.
Deadpool: Yeah, that threat wasn't even directed at me and I'm freaked out.
Neo: Yeah. Oh, um, this is kinda off topic. But back at the beginning of the chapter?
Bronysaurus: Yeah, what about it?
Neo: Twilight was thinking, and her thoughts mentioned a "Knight of Chaos", what is that?
Bronysaurus: You'll find out Neo, just wait and see.
Neo: Fine...
The threat echoed around her head a little. Then she growled, turned, and flew off, "Don't think you're going to defeat me, and my Changlings. There are millions of my children. We will not be stopped." Mephiles turned to the ponies. He walked up to them. Turning to Fluttershy, who was checking Neo's injuries, he said, "You do not need to check his wounds, Fluttershy." Fluttershy looked at him, and asked, "Why not?". As if to answer her question, Neo's injuries began to heal at a rapid pace. "Oh my goodness!", she said, surprised. Applejack was concerned, she turned to Mephiles, "How did you know her name was Fluttershy?" His response was this, "Me, Neo, and three other's share the same body, mind, and soul. She told Neo her name, so now me and the others know it as well." Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were stunned. "Are you truelly Mephiles?", Princess Luna asked. He nodded. Princess Celestia suddenly became serious, "Mephiles, who are these three others? What do they do?" "Dark Gia, the god of darkness, Solaris the Eternal Flame, the god of the sun, and last but not least, Chaos, the god of chaos. Why do you ask?" Princess Luna gasped, "Four gods in one body?!" "Yes, we help him, and he helps us." Rainbow Dash was confused, "How does that ball of spikes help a god, let alone four?" "Simple. He showed us something nobody had ever shown us before." "And what was that?", Starlight asked. "True friendship, at first it was us helping him. But then we began to notice his acts of heroism weren't just random acts. And during fights, he always gave his enemy a choice. A choice to stay and die or drop their weapon, flee and live. More often than not his opponent's didn't choose to flee. He showed compassion. And he used the extra abilities we gave him to protect rather than destroy. He showed true friendship by showing us a different perspective of the world we call home." Rarity smiled, "That was beautiful." Mephiles nodded and said, "Until we meet again, new friends.", and with that, he turned into a shower black particles, sorta like the purple speckles that the Enderman in minecraft leave behind when they teleport, and fazed into Neo. Roughly ten seconds later, Neo came to. He looked around. "Did I get 'em?" The ponies giggled. Spike said, "Yeah, you got 'em." "Sweet." And he passed out again.