It was a nice day in the Brighouse, and the Mane 5 and Team Sonic were doing a little spring cleaning. They also helped Sunny organize some things in the process.

Sunny and Tails walked to the center of the living room and smiled as they watched their friends help with the cleaning. "You gotta love spring cleaning."

"Absolutely!" Tails said with a smile, holding a list and a pencil. "And nothing beats cleaning in an organized way!"

Then, Sunny saw Zipp holding her old roller skates from when she was a filly. "Aw. My first roller skates. Keep," she said with a smile, spinning one of the wheels that popped out and hit Sunny in the forehead before bouncing and crashing into something. "Or maybe recycle," Sunny said with a sheepish smile.

Pipp picked up a big hat, which she found weird that Sunny even had. "Donate!" Sunny suggested.

"Izzy! What do you wanna do with all these nosy-glowy gems?" Hitch asked as he walked in with a box with gems on his back.

"Sorry, Hitch. We asked for those, actually," Sonic said with a sheepish smile. He grabbed the box and ran upstairs to put it on Tails's working desk.

"Yeah, we still need to do more tests on a portal to get home..." Tails said with a nervous chuckle. "If we can make it work, that is, and if we already defeated Eggman, of course."

"Okay..." Hitch said, a little doubtful. "But, where is Izzy anyway?" he asks as the rest look around for their unicorn friend while Pipp is wearing the hat to post a picture to her Pippsqueaks. "Uh, Izzy?!" Hitch called out again.

Then they heard someone grunting and looked upstairs to find Izzy trying to open a closet with her teeth. "I almost got it," Izzy grunted.

While the rest looked at her weirdly, Sunny looked worried since she knew what was in the closet very well. "Izzy! No!" Sunny called out, but it was too late.

Izzy finally got the closet door open, but then piles of junk burst out, and it rivered downstairs with Izzy in tow, hitting the three ponies and the fox as they screamed.

Izzy popped her head out of the pile and gave her usual cheery smile. "And for my next trick, let's do that again!" she cheerfully told her friends.

The rest also popped out of the junk pile, and Tails felt anxious. "It was all perfectly organized..." he said with a scary and sad tone. "Now we have to start over from scratch..." he said, as he dramatically fainted on the pile.

"How can you even put so much stuff in one closet?" Knuckles questioned as he shook Tails, who started to wake up.

Sunny rubbed her head, then gave a sheepish smile. "I just couldn’t decide what to throw away or what to keep," she replied, a little embarrassed.

"Off-topic: should that thing be glowing?" Sonic asked, suddenly arriving at Sunny's side and pointing to something glowing in the ground.

Sunny walked close to it and unwrapped it, seeing what looked like an earth pony-themed blanket with a throne, crops around, an earth pony, and an echidna resembling Hitch, his critters, and Knuckles. When she unwrapped it, Sunny saw something else behind the blanket, which appeared to be a film player. She picked it up to look closer, but it fell from her hoof. When it hit the floor, it turned on and showed a film on the wall of Sunny's father, Argyle Starshine. The rest of her friends, near the wall where the film started to play, saw this in shock.

"Surprise, Sunny-Bunny," Argyle said in the film, waving with a smile.

Sunny gasped at the film as it showed an image she hadn't seen in a long time. "Dad?" Sunny asked with a heartfelt expression as tears formed in her eyes.

"I guess you found the old family blanket. Quite something, isn’t it?" Argyle guessed, adjusting his glasses. Sunny walked closer to the film with the same expression while her friends huddled around her. "It’s actually an ancient pony artifact, passed down from ten generations," he explained the true purpose of the blanket. "Other pieces were hidden in Zephyr Heights and Bridlewood years ago," he said, while Sunny looked at her friends to check if they knew about this but got a 'no' reply. "One day, magic will return. And Sunny, I know you will be the one to do it," he said to his daughter. Sunny gave a teary smile and wiped a tear, and her friends looked at her with a smile.

"It's even happier when you know that it already happened," Sonic said with a smile.

"But even still, it will take the whole family to get the other pieces," Argyle said in the film.

"Whole family?" Sunny asked in confusion, facing the film with teary eyes. "But it’s just me now..." she said with sadness.

The rest of her friends looked at each other and then gave Sunny a sympathy look since she didn’t have any family left by blood.

Zipp turned off the film player and then sniffed the ancient blanket. "This smells... like a mystery!" she announced with a smile.

Sonic smiled and placed his arm around Zipp, giving the blanket a closer look. "It smells more like an adventure to me!" he announced, grabbing the blanket momentarily. "Time for another treasure hunt!" he added, ready for another adventure.

"That’s right, Sonic! Come on, everypony!" Sunny called out, placing the blanket on her back and trotting off with the rest of her friends following her.

Later, Queen Haven, Thunder, and Zoom walked around Zephyr Heights peacefully until they saw the Mane 5 and Team Sonic running towards her.

"What a wonderful surprise," Haven said with a smile, walking close to her daughters and Team Sonic, who were the first to arrive.

The rest of the Mane 5 caught up, out of breath, since they had to run the rest of the way. "Queen Haven!" Sunny called out through her panting. "We need to ask you! " She stopped and showed the blanket to Haven.

"Wow! That blanket!" Haven said, recognizing it. "My throne room hasn't looked like that in centuries! Wherever did you––?" she tried to ask but got cut off when Zipp zipped in when she mentioned the throne room.

"The throne room! I knew it looked familiar!" Zipp said with a smile. "Thanks, Mom!" she thanked her mother as she and the other Mane 5 zoomed past her to get the other piece.

Haven looked confused as she watched the Mane 5 go. "Y-You're welcome, darling! I think," she said.

"Excuse them, your majesty," Sonic said since he and the rest of Team Sonic were still there. We're on a quest again, but it doesn't need to steal or break up anything this time," he assured her with a smile. "Hopefully," he added, now unsure that nothing would break.

Later, the whole group made it to the throne room, where Sunny looked at the blanket and then at Haven's throne.

"Huh. I guess that's where the next piece is?" Sunny asked with a little doubt. "How do we––?" she got cut off when Izzy walked by and cleared her throat to gain their attention.

"I've got this, ponies. Open sesa-pony!" Izzy called out as she used her magic to levitate Haven’s throne, but she started to strain since it was too heavy to lift. "Any... minute... now!" she strained as Haven’s throne started rumbling side to side.

Zipp looked on and smirked as she looked at her sister. "Hmmm…" she muttered, using her head to tell Pipp something.

Pipp saw the gesture and smiled. "Mom's not going to like this!" she said, and then the two sisters flew to the throne.

And now Izzy, Pipp, and Zipp were straining while they tried to lift the throne, but it was still too heavy.

"This is painful to watch," Tails said as he scratched an arm slightly.

Sunny watched her friends straining and then looked at the blanket, focusing on the figure of an earth pony. "Hitch! We need earth pony magic, too!" she said to Hitch.

Hitch walked in front of Sunny with a confident smile on his face. "Say no more, Sunny. Critters, roll out!" Hitch ordered as two of his crew birds posed beside him before going in front of the throne. "Now... lift!" he ordered as the two birds tried to lift the throne, but they suddenly got thrown to the ceiling, with the rest watching in surprise.

"Hitch, I, um... meant our other earth pony magic," Sunny pointed out while the two birds landed on Hitch.

"Yeah, that... makes more sense," Hitch said, giving Sunny a sheepish smile. "Good hustle, team," he said to his critters, thanking them for their efforts.

Sunny and Hitch summoned their earth pony magic as their hooves glowed, and they stomped them down on the ground as vine roots began to lift Haven’s throne a little, but it still didn't get up.

Tails then looked at the blanket again and noticed something that made him gasp. "Knuckles! We need your muscles, too!" he called out to his equine friend.

"It'll be my pleasure," Knuckles said with a smile as he cracked his knuckles and got behind the throne. Once he started to grunt, the throne finally started to lift. Once it elevated completely, a new piece of the blanket was revealed.

Sunny picked up the piece and unraveled it to see that it had three ponies, a hedgehog, and a fox. One pony at the bottom looked like herself in her alicorn form, with the hedgehog next to her looking like Sonic. Two pegasi over them looked like Zipp and Pipp flying alongside the fox, which looked like Tails. Also, this piece was shining.

Izzy got next to Sunny, and she gasped when she saw something familiar on the blanket. "I know that place!" she cheered out, but she lost her concentration as the throne stopped levitating and crashed over Knuckles, breaking into pieces.

The Mane 5 and Team Sonic looked at the destroyed throne worried, but Pipp and Zipp were the most worried ones, as Knuckles pocked his head out of the destroyed throne and looked at it in shock. "Um, we should probably…" Zipp stammered.

"Yes! Let's!" Pipp agreed with her sister.

"Gotta go fast!" Sonic called out as he grabbed Knuckles's arm, and they all left the castle.

The palace doors opened, and Haven came in. She looked in shock at her throne, now destroyed. "My throne! Guards!" she called out, wanting the guards to fix the throne as soon as possible.

After escaping Queen Haven’s wrath a while later, Izzy led her friends to another part of Bridlewood that looked like a swamp with bubbles popping and big crystals all around.

"Ta-daaaaa!" Izzy cheered, but her friends Sonic and Knuckles cringed in disgust since they found the swamp disturbing. "I told you! Just like the picture! Let's see if I remember how it works..." she said as she approached the big crystal. "Uhhhh... uni-cadabra!" she called out, and once she touched the crystal, it began to glow and make chiming sounds.

Then, one by one, the crystals all around the area started chiming in a pattern.

The rest watched in amazement, and their disgusted thoughts of the place vanished once they saw the crystals glowing. "Whoa…" Hitch said with awe.

"It's beautiful!" Sunny called out with sparkling eyes.

"I'd say it again: you ponies never cease to impress me!" Sonic complimented with a smile.

"Ready, ponies?" Izzy called out to her friends. "Once I hit the big gem, you have to hit all the others in order, okay?" she instructed them on what to do.

Sunny came next to one gem and hit it as it chimes. "Ohhhh. Like Just Prance!" she clarified, remembering the dancing game she entered to get the Unicorn Crystal.

Hitch touched another crystal, which glowed in red and made an off-key chime. "Only bigger, harder…" he pointed out.

"And muddier!" Pipp cried out because she got mud on her hooves, and then Sonic returned and cleaned up one of them.

"We've got this," Zipp confidently said to the group.

"Let's do it!" Tails stated with a smile.

"Well then... uni-kazam!" Izzy announced and pressed the big crystal, signaling her friends to start.

The Mane 5 and Team Sonic got off to the wrong start, as multiple off-key chimes occurred as they hit the wrong crystals.

Sunny looked around, following the pattern, until she pointed to one for Zipp to hit. Once she did, a harmonious chime came out of it, saying it was right. The group looked at each other, knowing what they needed to do. Izzy then pressed the big crystal to restart.

This time, the group hit the right crystals since multiple harmonious chimes were coming out of them.

Pipp and Zipp find the last crystal that needs to be pressed, so they fly off as fast as possible to press it. However, they crash into a bunch of vines that tangle them up.

"Whoa, whoa!" Zipp called out from the vines.

"Ew, ew, ew, ew!" Pipp was grossed out to have swamp vines wrapped around her.

Sonic saw this and tried to run to hit the last crystal and help the sisters, but his feet got stuck in the mud. "Are you serious? Right now?!" he complained. Then, he remembered that the second piece of the blanket had Tails on it, so he looked at him. "Tails! Try to catch the crystal!" Sonic called out.

Tails then looked at the crystal and gave a determinate look. He prepared his Tails, twirled them around, and boosted out, flying towards the crystal. Some vines appeared in front of him, but he smirked and used his tail as a pruner to cut the vines out of his way, and then he touched the crystal, sweating a little but smiling as well since he made it in time. He then looked at the sisters and boosted, flying towards them, then used his tails as a pruner again to free them from the vines and flew back with the rest as Zipp and Pipp followed him.

"Go, Tails!" Hitch congratulated them as they regrouped.

"Did you see that?!" Izzy asked in excitement.

"You did it!" Zipp exclaimed to Tails.

"Way to go, little bro!" Sonic said as he hugged Tails from behind, and the young fox giggled.

"Great work, Tails!" Knuckles congratulated with a smile as well.

But then, rumbling started as a chest came out of the ground and sparkled. Sunny opened the chest, and she smiled with sparkling eyes, picking up the last piece of the blanket with a picture of Maretime Bay and a unicorn that looked like Izzy.

The group returned to the Crystal Brighthouse sometime later, and Izzy was putting the blanket pieces back together with her sewing skills. While the rest waited, Zipp and Sonic could hardly contain their excitement.

"Is it done? Come on! Let me see!" Zipp said in excitement as she flew around Izzy.

"Please, Izz! I can't take it anymore!" Sonic said with a smile, running around the unicorn.

"And... presto!" Izzy called out as she spread the blanket. Now that they had the full picture, they saw a blanket with the Mane 5 and Team Sonic in the three of their tribe's hometowns, with Sunny and Sonic in the middle and Sunny in her Alicorn form.

"Well, that is something," Hitch said in amazement as the blanket glowed.

"It's hooftag #Vintage!" Pipp cheered as she took a selfie with the blanket on her phone.

"It's... us," Sunny said with a smile as they saw the blanket.

"I believe destiny wanted us to reunite, one way or another," Sonic said with a smile. "I guess ending on Equestria wasn't an accident after all; it had to happen if this thing was made before we arrived here, of course," he pointed out.

"Like some kind of prophecy?" Tails asked.

"Yeah," Sonic replied with a smile. "Now I feel glad to have activated that machine, except for the part where I scared these two for six months," he added, hugging both Tails and Knuckles.

Then, Sunny accidentally hit the film player with one of her hind hooves, which resumed Argyle’s filming.

"Now, you're probably thinking our family's a little too small to do all this," Argyle chuckled as the Mane 5 and Team Sonic watched the film, and Sunny paid close attention to her father's words. "And you'd be right. But 'family' is just a fancy word for ponies that always stick together," he said, as he picked up Filly Sunny, wrapped in the blanket as she snuggled close to her father in her sleep while Sunny watched with a heartfelt expression and tears forming in her eyes. "Your friends can be a family you choose. And Sunny, hoof to heart, I know you'll find that someday," he finished.

Sunny then gave her father a teary smile and looked at the rest of her friends, who were smiling in return, knowing that Sunny had friends to be there for her. Sunny then looked at the film of her father one last time. "I already did, Dad," she said to her father as she smiled tearfully.

The rest of the cast comforted Sunny while Argyle cuddled his young daughter in the film.

On a distant hill, where the Brighthouse could be seen, a robotic camera zoomed in on the Mane 5 and Team Sonic hugging while it looked specifically at Sonic and Sunny, gathering some info on them.

It's then revealed that Metal Sonic has somehow reactivated himself, using lots of trash and damaged pieces as body parts. He was ditched in a dumpster after Team Sonic defeated him on Zephyr Heights.

"Objectives located," Metal said to himself. "Current mission: Kill Sonic the Hedgehog and Sunny Starscout. Mission status: Ongoing. Success rate: 89.4%. Pending missions: Steal the Unity Crystals and the Chaos Emeralds. Current status: damaged, must repair main functions immediately," he said to himself.

He then zoomed back at the Brighthouse, but now at the Unity Crystals, and if he had a mouth, he would be giving a mischievous grin right now.

"Soon enough, I'll get my revenge, Hedgehog," Metal confidently stated. "And as for you, Sunny Starscout, it would be a pleasure to meet you finally... too bad I'm going to have to kill you, tho. We won't have enough time to meet," he added, chuckling a little. "Until that moment arrives, enjoy the last few days of peace you and your friends would have..." he finished as he started to walk away from where he was standing.

THE END...?

Author's Note

Thanks to JD1 for editing this chapter!