Sonic Forces: The Sombra Wars

The cold air brushed against Scootaloo's mane as she balanced Rainbow on her back. They had been running for about half an hour with the young filly panting as she struggled to keep up with a low-speed Sonic. But she had to keep up the pace. The pony she looked up to since she could speak was currently on death's row.

"Sonic, how much further?" she asked as the blue blur skidded to a stop.

He stared up at the cliff side in front of them. "Hey, Tails! Ya' mind lettin' me and my new friends in?! It's a bit of an emergency!" Scootaloo jumped as the rock wall slowly, but surely opened up to reveal a fairly sizable room willed with gizmos and gadgets on the inside with a blue logo of Sonic's head painted on the floor.

"Whaddya think?" A bipedal orange fox with two tails and gloves and shoes jumped out of his seat in front of a large monitor.

"Tails, my friend, you have done it again!"

"Wow..." Scootaloo gasped as she took in everything around her. The strange and confusing technology around her slightly hypnotized her with their bright colors. She then shook her head, remembering the injured Rainbow Dash on her back.

"...so that's when I found this little girl right here. I'm sure you can do something about getting that other flying horse a new wing." Sonic finished.

Tails nodded and put a hand to his chin. "I should have everything I need in my lab." He then turned to Scootaloo. "Go and set your friend in the infirmary... um... Sonic what was her name again?"

It was Sonic's turn to think. After a moment, he sweat dropped. "No idea. I got swept up in the moment."

"It's Scootaloo and the pony on my back is the best flier in the entire world and my personal idol, Rainbow Dash!" The young filly beamed with pride as she ran off to the right hallway.

Tails then cupped his hands and yelled, "Second door on the right!" Scootaloo stopped and turned her head to nod before going towards the first door on the left. Tails playfully shook his head and turned to Sonic once more. "I'll go and help Scootaloo get Rainbow Dash to the infirmary. I'm pretty sure you don't wanna stay for the surgery, so go ahead and take this." He handed the blue blur and small ID card. "This'll get you back in once you return, Oh, and before I forget, bring those other two back here. They'll need some medical attention as well."

Sonic gave his best friend a thumbs up as Tails ran off in Scootaloo's direction.

The town of Ponyville was currently in shambles. While a few buildings still stood in a decent form, most were filled with broken glass and holes in the walls.

Sonic parkoured off of the broken homes, using momentum in his favor. With Tails operating on the injured pegasus, Sonic had a bit of time to do some thinking and run.

As he wall jumped between the alleys he couldn't stop thinking about that 'Rainbow Dash' girl. With a name like that, she had to be fast, right? He assumed she would probably need some time to get accustomed to her new limb, but for the life of him, Sonic could not name a good place to do this from what this world was giving him. Of course, what Sonic considered good was much different from others.

"Hmm. Maybe I can have Tails build a track or somethi-"

"Please... Stay away!" Sonic's train of thought shattered as a feminine voice struck his eardrums. It was soft and young, but more importantly: scared.

Jumping up onto the rooftops again, he looked down at a small group of stallions all surrounding two girls who looked no older than Scootaloo. The first pony was a white unicorn with a pink and light-purple curly mane.

"Whaddya want with us!?" The second pony had a southern accent and a little bit more confidant tone, but not by much. Her light yellow coat and brilliant amaranth red mane stuck out in the grey skies.

"Just give us that little jewel of yours and we'll let you go." The tallest of the group grabbed the unicorn with their magic and narrowed his eyes. "But at the same time, you don't really have a choice. Do it, or your friend bites it."

As much as the earth mare looked like she wanted to fight back, the thought of her friend getting hurt restrained her. She could see the look of fear overtake her friend.

The blue blur had seen enough to draw his conclusions. Springing into action, Sonic jumped off of the roof, landing right behind them. "Come and get some!" He shouted, getting into a fighting pose with his signature smirk on his face.

"What? Who's this guy?" one of the thugs asked.

"Who cares? Get him!" The leader shouted, throwing a small butterfly knife with his magic. Sonic, being the cocky hero he was, decided to preform a small break dance, ducking under the weapon by mere inches. The stunned thugs watched as the strange hero jumped back onto his feat and yawned.

"Come on. Aiming for the eyes? That's just cheap." As another thug went up for a melee attack, Sonic grabbed his arm and threw him with a back flip, sending him into a wall and knocking him unconscious. "Also, this is what you do for kicks? Threatening little kids? There are so many better options!" The blue blur curled up and moved in the blink of an eye, taking out the other two crooks with a Spin Dash, leaving the leader as the last of the group standing.

"Don't come any closer! I have two hostages! You wouldn't want them to get hurt, would you!?"

Sonic could hear the outright fear in his tone and felt a small amount of pity. "Fine, I won't come any closer." He held his hands up as if to signal his "defeat."

The thug sighed in relief. "That's right. Now, give me everything you've got."

"As you wish!" Sonic quickly grabbed a medium-sized rock and clutched it in his hand. He then charged up another Spin Dash before using all of that momentum to chuck the rock at his head. The thug fell backwards from the blow at an alarming rate, dropping the unicorn filly and leaving everyone in complete shock.

"Wow! I even surprise myself sometimes!" He then bent down and looked at the unconscious leader. "You know, for a minute there, I wasn't sure I could pull that off. Ah, who am I kidding? We BOTH knew how this was gonna end!" Sonic chuckled, only to be interrupted by a single cough.

"Uh, are ya' talking to the unconscious stallion?" the earth mare asked in a nervous tone.

A moment passed before Sonic thought up a suitable comeback. "Um, that's between me and the stallion. So, are you two okay?"

They both nodded. "Thanks to you. We were looking for a friend of ours and I guess we lost track of where we were headed. After that, we ran into them and I think you know the rest." the white filly smiled. "I'm Sweetie Belle and this is Apple Bloom."

"I'm Sonic the Hedgehog! Hero of worlds. Righter of wrongs. Fastest thing alive."

Apple Bloom tilted her head. "You don't look like any hedgehog I'll ever seen." she stated.

Sweetie Belle nodded. "Yeah. Aren't they usually brown, black, or peach?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about, but you mentioned that you're looking for a friend?" Sonic continued, shrugging off the question.

Apple Bloom nodded. "Yeah. She's an orange pegasus about our age with a dark magenta mane."

"You mean Scootaloo?"

Both fillies' eyes widened. "You've seen her?"

"Of course! She's back with Tails in our base."

"Tails..?" Sweetie Belle started.

"It makes much more sense when you meet him." Sonic chuckled. "Oh right, before it slips my mind, that guy mentioned something about a jewel you had?" The mention of those valuables made the two fillies start to slowly back up. "Don't worry. I'm just curious."

With some reluctance, Apple Bloom pulled out a perfectly cut emerald with a mystical dark green glow to it.

Sonic's gaze drifted to the glowing jewel as his jaw dropped. "Whoa! You found a Chaos Emerald!" Apple Bloom immediately dropped the emerald at the mention of "Chaos."

"Sweetie found it outside of her house this morning. But I don't want anything to do with it if that's Chaos related!" Apple Bloom took another step back.

Picking up the emerald, Sonic continued to stare intently into the strange item.

"I'll go into more detail once we get back to my base, but all you need to know is that this is very important. Like, 'your last ice cream in the middle of summer' important."

The two started to move forward, intrigued by what this really was. The blue blur seemed to think intently for a moment before making his mind. "Grab onto my leg."

"Ya'll sure 'bout that?" Apple Bloom asked, tilting her head again.

"Either grab on, or your walking to our base." Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle immediately latched onto his leg. "Okay. Let's go!" Holding up the emerald, he focused a portion of it's energy and shouted "CHAOS CONTROL!!!" A bright flash of light emitted from the emerald, this time much more intense. Suddenly, in a flash, they vanished into thin air without a trace. Well, nothing but a single, small, golden ring.