Sonic's Equestria Girls
Chapter 5: Reunion and Invasion (Part 1)
Previous ChapterCanterlot High School - With Sonic and the Rainbooms (Minus Applejack)
Sonic was rapidly tapping his foot against the floor of Rarity's van with growing impatience. He knew that he couldn't just run willy-nilly all over town until he found the school, but this was taking too long for his taste. After what seemed like forever to the hyperactive hedgehog, they finally arrived at the school. Sonic disembarked with great eagerness.
"Ha! Thanks for the ride, but I think I'll just run here from now on now that I know where it is," Sonic said.
"Sure. Just try not to cause any traffic accidents with your speed," Twilight said.
"So what do we do now?" Rarity asked.
"Yeah, how are we going to find his friends?" Fluttershy interjected.
"Well, this school is a central point in the city. If they are here, odds are high that they'd show up here to get their bearings," Sunset replied.
"So where are we going to meet up with them?" Pinkie asked.
"Maybe the football field? It's open enough that his friends would see him there," Rainbow said.
Sure enough, Sonic immediately zoomed over to the football field. The Rainbooms all made their way over there and stood by him to wait with him before classes started. Sonic saw the track surrounding the football field and got an idea.
"May as well get a few laps in while we wait," Sonic said.
Once he was on the outer edge of the track, Sonic began to run. He ran building up speed until he managed to live up to the nickname of Blue Blur. The Rainbooms all watched the impressive display of speed with awe on their faces. Rainbow smirked at seeing Sonic's speed again.
"Where's Applejack?" Pinkie asked.
"She left this morning after getting a text from Big Mac," Twilight replied. "She seemed to be in a hurry".
"While we're on the subject, Rarity, don't you usually bring Sweetie Belle to school?" Sunset asked.
"Yes, but she said she wanted Applejack to bring her to school, today," Rarity replied.
As Sonic continued to run around the track, Rainbow couldn't help herself anymore.
"I think I'll have a run, too," Rainbow said before joining her speedy friend.
The two of them were blurs as they ran around the track picked up speed. But before they could break the sound barrier, a voice familiar to Sonic called out to him.
"Nice to see you, Blue!" the voice said.
The Rainbooms and Sonic turned to look at the speaker and saw a red creature similar to Sonic, but was red with long dreadlocks and spiked fists. Sonic smiled at seeing his friend accompanied by two human girls. He ran to the red creature and fist bumped him.
"Knuckles the Echidna! Nice to see you here. Took you long enough to get here!" Sonic said.
"Really? I saw you riding in a van," Knuckles rebutted. "Let me guess, you sat in the van with your arms crossed and tapped on the floor with your foot".
"Yeah, I did," Sonic admitted.
"Sonic! Knuckles!" a young male voice called.
From above them all, an orange fox with two propelling tails flew down to Sonic and Knuckles and wrapped them both in a warm hug. Sonic and Knuckles ruffled the fox's hair.
"Good to see you, buddy!" Sonic said.
"Glad to see you're alright!" Knuckles said.
Suddenly, a pink blur appeared out of nowhere and wrapped itself around Sonic. Sonic looked down to see a familiar pink female hedgehog wearing a red dress hugging Sonic. He smiled at seeing her.
"Sonic! I'm so glad you're okay!" she wailed with happy tears.
"Amy, it's okay. I'm just happy to see you're alright," Sonic replied. "Now can you let me up? You're kind of embarrassing me".
Amy let Sonic get to his feet. As he was dusting himself off, a flying figure circled above them all. It landed on the ground to reveal a beautiful female bat with a one-piece suit with a pink heart breastplate, gloves, and boots. She folded her wings behind her back and she waved at everyone.
"Well, I'm sure happy to see some familiar faces around here!" she said. "I'm especially happy to see you here, Knuckles".
Knuckles looked away with his arms crossed. "I would've been perfectly happy never seeing you here again, Rouge".
"Aw don't be like that," Rouge said.
Sonic cleared his throat in manner that said he wanted to talk to all of them.
"Well, now that everyone's here, why don't we all introduce our new friends to each other?" he said.
Sonic turned to the human girls and introduced them to his friends. He started with Tails.
"This is my best buddy, Miles 'Tails' Prower. He's kind of a boy genius," Sonic introduced. "Next, here's Knuckles the Echidna, the powerhouse of our group. Then there's Amy Rose, the melee fighter. And finally, this is Rouge the Bat, spy and thief extraordinaire".
The Mobians all greeted the humans in kind. Next, the human girls all introduced themselves to the gathered Mobians. With all that out of the way, Sonic and the others tried to figure out what to do next.
"Well, what do we do now?" Sonic asked. "We need to get back home".
"Yeah, I have a Master Emerald to guard," Knuckles said.
"Well, I know that we teleported to this world with Chaos Control, but how are we going to find the Chaos Emeralds?" Amy asked.
"How do we even know the Chaos Emeralds are even here on this planet with us?" Rouge asked.
"The Chaos Emeralds likely came here since one was used to transport us here," Tails replied. "So that means that we should try to track them".
"Wait, Knuckles, can't you track the Emeralds using your connection to the Master Emerald?" Amy asked.
"I can. But for some reason, I can't sense them," Knuckles replied.
"Does that mean they're not on this planet?" Sonic asked.
"It's not that. Whenever I try to use this sense, it's like I'm getting interference," Knuckles replied.
As the Mobians were discussing their situation, Twilight raised her hand to them.
"I'm sorry to interrupt, but what are these 'Chaos Emeralds' you're talking about?" Twilight asked.
"They're seven mystical gems of unimaginable energy and power," Tails replied. "No on knows where they came rom, but they're extremely valuable".
"Valuable is right," Rouge said with a familiar gleam in her eyes. "They're positively stunning".
"And they're subservient to the Master Emerald, a bigger and more powerful Emerald I guard," Knuckles said.
"So if you can't track the Emeralds, how are you going to do it?" Applejack asked.
"I think I have an idea," Twilight said with aa smile. "I think I could design a tracker that can track the unique energy signature of the Emeralds".
"You can do that?" Amy asked.
"It's not the first time Twilight here's made an energy-tracking thing," Rainbow said.
"Can I help you?" Tails asked Twilight. "I'm pretty good with technology".
"Of course you can," Twilight replied.
"Well, until we track down the Emeralds and get home, where are we going to stay?" Amy asked.
"Y'all are more than welcome to stay with me and my family at Sweet Apple Acres. We have more than enough room," Apple Bloom said.
"Thank you. That's more than generous," Sonic said.
Suddenly, Knuckles had a thought that made his happy face drop.
"Wait a minute!" Knuckles yelled. "I just thought of something!"
"What is it Knuckles?" Amy asked.
"If we're here, then that means... Eggman must be here, too!" he said.
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With Dr. Eggman
Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik. The greatest scientific mind in any universe. Brilliant, persistent, and rotten to the core. Left to his own devices, Dr. Eggman could've conquered all of Mobius in a matter of months. But the only thing that stood in his way was his arch-nemesis Sonic the Hedgehog.
But now that he was on another planet that didn't even know he existed, he could take over this world with little to no issue. But the bad doctor was anything but careless. Just in case Chaos Control brought Sonic to this world with him, he'd have a little surprise for him. And his pathetic little friends, too. Dr. Eggman was currently sitting in his Egg-Mobile leading his invasion force to the city of Canterlot. Orbot and Cubot joined the doctor at his sides.
"Doctor, what exactly are your plans once we get to the city?" Cubot asked.
"Simple, we show up with this city, we show them the size of our invasion force," Eggman replied. "They should surrender without a fight once they see the power I possess and am willing to use".
"And if they don't surrender?" Orbot asked.
"Then we level this city to the ground, rebuild it into Eggmanland, and use it as the capital of the Eggman Empire!" Eggman replied.
Eggman and his invasion force flew into the city, looking as intimidating as possible. The people below either stared up at the robotic force with terrified awe or ran away in terror. Eggman's Badniks armed themselves to prepare for any resistance they might encounter. After a few minutes, Eggman made it to what was obviously city hall. A well-dressed man with groomed blonde hair came out of the building. Dr. Eggman ran the man's name tag and saw the name "Mayor Blueblood" on it. The bad doctor stood up and bowed to him in a theatrical manner.
"Greetings, sir. I trust you're having a good day?" Eggman asked.
"Maybe. Who are you and what is this robot army of yours doing here?" Mayor Blueblood asked.
"To answer your first question, my name is Dr. Ivo Robotnik," Eggman replied. "And to answer your second question, I'm here to take over your city and establish my empire. You and your people will either submit to my rule or you'll be crushed like cockroaches!"
The gathered Badniks and Egg Pawns all pointed their armed weapons at the mayor. On the other hand, Blueblood started sweating and adjusting his tie nervously.
"Sadly, dear doctor, our city's charter forbids me from surrendering our city," Blueblood said.
Eggman grinned. "Then perhaps I can convince you to make an exception".
Before the mayor knew it, Eggman snapped his fingers. One of his nearby Egg Pawns fired a missile at a nearby hospital's roof, destroying a good chunk of the building itself. The mayor and his gathered attendants all stared in shock and then turned back to the grinning Eggman.
"Now will you surrender your city... Mister Mayor?" Eggman asked threateningly.
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With Sonic and Co.
"If we're here, then that means... Eggman must be here, too!" Knuckles said.
Suddenly, an explosion sounded in the distance. Sonic and the others all turned to the direction of the sound and saw a large pillar of smoke floating upwards in the distance. Sonic's face turned serious.
"Hey! That may or not be Eggman, but if there are any hurt people there, we've got to help them!" Sonic said.
Without any hesitation, Sonic and his friends took off in the direction of the smoke. The Rainbooms all looked at each other all thinking the same thing.
"What do you say, girls?" Sunset asked. "Ready to help our new friends?"
"Heck yeah!" they all shouted.
Following the lead of the Mobians, the Rainbooms all took off in the direction of the emergency. Rainbow flew carrying Twilight and Fluttershy and Rarity used her crystal powers to carry herself, Sunset, Pinkie, and Applejack through the air after Sonic and his friends. Soon enough, they were able to catch up with the Mobians.
"You didn't think you'd do this by yourselves, did you?" Sunset asked.
"This is our world, you know. We have to protect it, too," Rainbow said.
"Sure thing!" Sonic said. "The more, the merrier".
As the group neared the center of the city, they saw a large army of flying robots. And these were robots that looked all too familiar to Sonic and the Mobians.
"No doubt about it! Eggman's here!" Knuckles said.
"Then why don't we say hello to him?" Sonic asked.
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With Dr. Eggman
As Dr. Eggman was grinning in triumph over the terrified mayor, a bashed Egg Pawn flew between them and skidded to a halt to the far right of the doctor. Mayor Blueblood took the opportunity to run away like a little girl.
"What the--?" Eggman asked until the sight of a familiar blue hedgehog stopped in front of him.
"Hey doc! Did you miss me?" Sonic asked him with a smirk.
Eggman slammed his fists against the dashboard of his Egg-Mobile in fury. He glared at the hedgehog through his sunglasses.
"I definitely did NOT miss you, you blue rat!!" Eggman shouted.
"Aw, you're hurting my feelings, doctor," Sonic said sarcastically. "Did you not miss my friends, too?"
Seemingly out of nowhere, the rest of Sonic's friends showed up and stood before Eggman in dramatic fashion. The doctor's anger only continued to rise at seeing his furry enemies again. Curiously, though, they were joined by a group of... human teenage girls?
"How about you hightail it outta here before we make you?" the rainbow-haired one asked with a smirk like Sonic's.
"So this world has annoying little pests like the Mobians? Must there always be obstacles to get in my way?!" Eggman thought furiously.
Eggman flew up and back towards his invasion force and swung his hand towards the group.
"All troops, destroy the bothersome blue rodent and his troublesome troupe!!" he shouted.
All of Eggman's Badnik's swarmed towards Sonic and his friends. Sonic did what he did best: running around and bashing bots. The others quickly joined in the fray, taking down Eggman's robots. Just as Sonic was knocking down a couple of Buzz Bombers, he noticed that the doctor was keeping his armed Egg Pawns and Egg Gunners back in reserve.
Applejack was punching back a few Motobugs with a grin on her face. "I had no idea a fight like this could be so much fun!"
"Yeah! This is usually what fighting Eggman's like!" Knuckles said by her side.
Rainbow joined Sonic in taking down Badniks. The two of them were fighting in such synchrony that it looked like they had rehearsed the whole thing. Twilight was using her psychic powers to grab the robots and slam them into walls or the ground or into each other. Rarity was using her powers to both protect her friends and literally slicing her robotic opponents in half. Pinkie, somehow carrying infinite bottles of sprinkles, was blowing up Badniks with sprinkle-bombs. Fluttershy was communicating with birds, getting them to fly in front of the Badniks to distract them so the others can get close enough for a final blow. Sunset... was using a metal baseball bat. The rest of the Mobians were fighting the same way they usually did. Eggman turned to Orbot and Cubot.
"Did you arrange for special reinforcements to arrive?" Eggman asked.
"Indeed, boss. They should arrive very soon," Orbot replied.
"Excellent. Let's keep the hedgehog and his beast buddies busy until they arrive," Eggman said. "Second wave, concentrate all fire on the hedgehog!"
The Egg Pawns and Egg Gunners pointed their wrist-mounted cannons at the group and opened fire. Sonic and the others had to take cover behind a few cars to protect themselves from the volley of laser fire. As they were pinned, Sonic saw something through the reflection of the window behind them. Eggman grinned manically and pointed to the containers.
"May I introduce your new opponents: Team Metal!" Eggman announced.
Several Buzz Bombers were carrying large cylindrical containers towards the battlefield. Suddenly, the gunfire stopped as the Buzz Bombers placed the containers on the ground. One of them opened up to reveal none other than Metal Sonic, Sonic's robotic rival. The other containers opened up to reveal something more unexpected.
The other containers held robotic versions of the rest of Sonic's friends. There was Metal Knuckles, Amy, Tails, and even Rouge that stepped out with glowing red eyes and a desire for combat with the heroes. Eggman flew above them and made a sweeping motion with his hand.
"Team Metal, crush that blasted hedgehog and his simple-minded sycophants!" Eggman shouted.
This battle was now at least a little bit harder.
