Above the Crystal Brighthouse, Eggman was watching the building with a pair of binoculars.

He was riding his Eggmobile, and Misty was behind him. He looked scared of being so high and wearing skydiving gear.

"Hmm... the coast seems clear..." Eggman said. "Those three pests are out for a 'Movie Premiere' in the Mushroom Kingdom, so the ponies are alone. Good," he added as he put the binoculars aside. "Are you sure you still wanna do this, Misty?" he asked her with concern.

"No, but you know Opaline," Misty replied with a nervous smile, sweating heavily. "She wants that information. To get it without being noticed, I must do this..." she pointed out, gulping nervously but now preparing to jump from the Eggmobile.

"I mean, it isn't a requirement to––" Eggman tried to point out, but he got interrupted when he heard Misty screaming in fear.

He popped his face from the edge of his Eggmobile, and his jaw dropped when he saw Misty screaming as she skydived
towards the forest near the Crystal Brighthouse.

Eggman facepalmed and groaned. "... jump..." he finished with annoyance.

Meanwhile, as Misty was still falling, her amulet opened, and Opaline appeared. "Honestly, Mis…" she started, but as soon as she noticed Misty falling from the sky, she started screaming. "Whaaat is happening!? " she cried out in shock and surprise.

Misty's eyes were covered with Opaline’s cloud dust from the amulet, and she tried to avoid it. "Opaline, can’t see!" Misty called out as she tried to pull the line to her parachute while Opaline continued screaming.

"Misty, do something!" Opaline cried out in fright because even if she communicated from the amulet, she was also feeling the experience.

"Just… a second!" said Misty as she struggled to find the release string. "Aha! There you are!" she cheered, pulling the string and opening her parachute, safely bringing them to the ground.

However, Misty's chute got stuck to a tree, and Opaline had her eyes closed while her cloud-like arms hugged around Misty's head.

"Uh, Opaline, you can let go now. We're okay!" Misty smiled assuringly at Opaline.

Opaline opened one of her eyes and saw that Misty was right, but as karma struck, the parachute gave out, and the two fell to the ground.

"Whoa!" both cried out; Misty landed face first, and Opaline landed on top of her with a startled yelp.

Soon enough, Opaline got her bearings and looked at Misty in shock and irritation. "What was that, Misty?!" she scolded her. "Skydiving!?" she yelled in rage.

"Oh, this?" Misty asked with a small smile, gesturing to her gear.

"You never listen!" Opaline scolded, which made Misty flinch. "All I ask you to do is––"

"Get more information about the magic crystals and how they work," Misty abruptly interrupted, looking at Opaline with annoyance. "That is still what you want," she added, now glaring a lot at Opaline, who was surprised at Misty speaking to her like that. "Isn’t it, Opaline?"

Opaline raised an eyebrow and stood silently, surprised that Misty stood up and told her off like that.

"Yes..." Opaline said calmly, coinciding with herself. "You have been joining Eggman way too much lately. Now hurry up!" she added, then returned to the amulet.

Misty sighed in relief and gave a determined smile. "Let’s do this!"

"Good luck, Misty" Eggman said through the ladybug on her ear. "Oh, and be careful with Tails' security system!" he warned as well.

Misty smiled and nodded. "I will!" she assured confidently.

Later, a bunnycorn popped out of the ground, but Misty was underneath, crawling through a tunnel.

In a clearing underground, a family of bunnycorns enjoyed their carrot dinner, but suddenly, their home started to shake, surprising the bunnies.

They look at their family portrait as it falls to the ground, revealing Misty, who keeps digging.

"Oh! Hey bunnycorns." Misty greeted sheepishly. "Don’t mind me, enjoy your dinner," she added.

The bunnycorns were shocked by this, and the adult male fainted while the rest screamed in panic.

A little bit later, Misty got out of the tunnel, where a bunnycorn first surfaced; one of them, who was eating a berry, screamed and ran off as the one on her head screamed and ran off.

Misty groaned and pushed herself out of the rabbit hole but landed with a thud.

In the bedroom, Zipp heard the thud and placed tiredly her blanket over her head.

Outside, Misty was feeling tired as she climbed the walls of the Brighthouse with her suction cups on her hooves.

Suddenly, a small camera popped from a hidden spot and started to scan the area.

Misty was startled by that and stopped moving. She closed her eyes and waited for the camera to stop on her and accept her destiny.

However, the robotic ladybug beeped and activated a shield around Misty. Once the camera scanned the area where Misty was standing... it kept moving.

After that, the camera returned inside the Brighthouse, ignoring Misty's presence.

Misty opened her eyes and felt completely confused when she saw she had been saved and the camera had disappeared. She was also confused about why a shield was around her, but the ladybug on her ear deactivated the shield.

Deciding it was better not to question it, Misty shrugged and finished climbing up the wall to reach the top.

Once Misty got there, she felt dizzy and out of breath. However, it was all worth it because she saw the Unity Crystals shining bright through the crystal protecting it.

Someone should have told Misty that there was an open zone at the top of the Brighthouse to reach the Crystals and that there was no need to make a perfectly circular hole in the middle of the glass with a blowtorch.

But she did it anyway, then placed her suction cups on it to remove it. Misty struggled to remove it, so she grunted and took it out with both hooves.

Misty managed to remove it but apparently lost her balance and walked backward. "Whoa! Whoa! Whoooaaa!" she cried out, reaching the balcony's edge, leaning on her back, and dangling the glass over the edge. "Did not think that through," she said with a little smile that disappeared when the glass fell from her hooves and fell towards the ground. Wuh-oh..." she said nervously as the glass shattered on the ground.

In the bedroom, the four mares woke startled by the shattering sound.

"What was that?!" Pipp questioned in shock.

At the top of the Brighthouse, Misty knew she had screwed it up, so she quickly started to descend through the wall of the Brighthouse.

"Did you ponies hear that?!" Sunny asked in panic inside the bedroom.

"Yeah... It seemed like it came from the Crystal Room..." Zipp pointed out with a concerned frown.

Suddenly, however, the ground started to rumble violently, startling the four mares.

They all went outside the Brighthouse, but Zipp stopped them at the entrance when they saw something coming from the ground.

Sunny immediately stepped in front and activated her Alicorn form, preparing to protect her friends from whatever was coming.

However, no one expected a giant green pipe to pop from the ground and stop before them.

The four mares looked at each other confused, but as soon as the pipe started making weird sounds and lights showed up from the top, Sunny opened her wings and lightened up her horn, still prepared to fight if necessary.

But then, all doubts and fears dissipated when the pipe stopped making sounds, and then Knuckles came out of it, wearing a black suit with a red tie, a pair of sunglasses with the shape of the letter M, and a party whistle that he blew.

The four mares looked confused, especially since they didn't expect the Knuckles of all people to come out of a giant pipe.

"Knuckles?" Izzy called out, confused.

"Hey, girls!" Knuckles greeted with a smile, also waving his hand a bit.

After Knuckles got down the pipe, the next one to come out was Tails, who flew about in the air as he cheered before also landing in front of the pipe.

Tails was also wearing a black suit with a yellow tie. He wore a green hat with the letter L on the front.

Finally, Sonic also arrived, jumping out of the pipe while curled into a ball before returning to his normal state. He wore a black suit, blue tie, and fake mustache.

As soon as Sonic came out, the pipe behind them got back into earth, leaving the mares even more confused.

"Sup!" Sonic greeted with smirk. "Sorry if I woke you up with the pipe, but the party is over," he explained.

"I haven't had that much fun since that sleepover Izzy made a while ago!" Tails added with a huge smile. "I even won this Fire Flower!" he added as he pulled out a small capsule with a Fire Flower from the Mushroom Kingdom.

"Also, Luigi says he's sorry for what happened the other day when he came," Knuckles added, blowing the party whistle again.

The four mares blinked a few times before looking at each other, extremely confused about what was happening.

"Uh... who?" Sunny questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"Remember that ghostbuster we had to call because someone did something incredibly dangerous only for views even after I told them like 5 times not to?!" Sonic asked with anger and a frown as he glared daggers at Pipp.

Pipp only blinked a few times and looked away sheepishly as she hid her face with her hooves in embarrassment.

"Yeah, we do..." Zipp replied, looking at Pipp with a bored expression as well. "Why?" she asked to Sonic with a raised eyebrow.

"Well..." Sonic stated, looking at the ceiling and thinking about the proper words to use to say this.

After Discord's redemption, Pipp started to lose followers like a maniac. She was afraid that her Pippsqueaks were bored of her, so to bring them back... she literally summoned a ghost.

Team Sonic immediately stepped back and refused to participate. Sonic even told Pipp that if her followers loved her, they would stick with her no matter what. He also tried to make her understand that not everyone's gonna like what she posts, but she refused to listen and still went ahead with her dumbass idea of playing the pony world equivalent of the Ouija and summoning a ghost.

This ghost, in particular, was from a girl tricked by her 'friends' to assist at a party where they never showed up. So, her soul wanted revenge, and Pipp accidentally summoned her.

At first, it all seemed to be just Zipp tricking Pipp since she wanted to teach her a lesson, but in the end, there was a ghost there, and while Zipp believed it was real, Pipp was convinced that it wasn't anything.

However, Zipp told Tails everything to be sure. Zipp also told Luigi to go to the Brighthouse with his Poltergust G-00 to get rid of the ghost.

Luigi, being the sacred man he is, was trembling the entire time as he hugged the vacuum of his Poltergust.

"Don't worry, man. I'm pretty sure Zipp's just exaggerating about something," Sonic said to the Italian plumber with a reassuring smile, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Uh, let me doubt it for a second," Tails said, using his Miles Electric to monitor any paranormal activity in the Brighthouse. "I do have some paranormal signals here," he revealed.

That made Luigi gulp, but he was still willing to help if necessary.

Suddenly, Tails' Miles electric went beyond crazy with the beeps, startling Sonic, Luigi, and the young fox. "This is about to get wild, guys..." he warned with concern.

Suddenly, a ghost with the figure of a pony appeared, but it wasn't the one Pipp had summoned.

Still, the three screamed in fear, so Luigi turned on his Poltergeist to capture the ghost.

Let's say that after all was said and done, the Mane 5 and Knuckles arrived for dinner, but they found Sonic, Tails, and Luigi panting heavily after capturing the ghost.

However, the instant Luigi saw the Mane 5 and Izzy said 'Hi!', Luigi fainted on the floor, shocked to see ponies talking, even if he had also seen weirder stuff.

The four mares made a collective 'Oooooh...' after Sonic explained the entire thing.

"Yeah... we should have been a bit more sensitive..." Pipp confessed.

"Agreed," Zipp said with a little smirk before frowning again. "But as much as I would like to hear how you guys even left to that other world or how the party was, I'm afraid we have a bigger thing to look after now," Zipp said with concern.

"What kind of 'thing' are you talking about?" Sonic asked with a raised eyebrow, removing the fake mustache from his face.

The whole group made it up to the Crystal Room a little later.

Team Sonic was still in their suits, but Tails put the hat and the Fire Flower in his room while Knuckles removed his sunglasses.

They were all surprised to find that the glass in the Crystal Room had been cut open in a perfect circle.

"Oh... is that kind of thing..." Sonic complained, even though he was frowning.

"Somepony tried to break in here," Zipp stated, looking at the hole with a frown, as Sunny, Izzy, Pipp, and Tails gasped while Sonic and Knuckles frowned. "But who would do that? And what do they want?" she questioned with worry.

"Oh, I could name a certain doctor that would try to get in here..." Sonic said angrily, as some electricity showed off and his eyes turned blue for a second.

On the other hand, they turned blue. Sunny looked concerned and worried at the ground.

Sunny was cooking breakfast in the morning, still worried about what they saw last night.

"Maybe the glass just fell out like that!" Izzy called out while Pipp, Zipp, Sonic, and Tails gave her bored expressions. "Whaaaaat?" she asked before taking a bite out of a pancake. "It could happen," she added with a smirk.

"Izz, I love you, but a perfectly cut circular hole doesn't come out of nowhere," Knuckles pointed out to his girlfriend with a neutral expression. "Still, with how much weird stuff happens daily, I wouldn't be surprised," he confessed.

"Knux, I get she's your lover, but please don't encourage her..." Sonic begged with a tired tone and a bored expression.

Pipp was eating a salad, while Sunny was still concerned as she placed more breakfast. "It's kind of exciting. Like a real-life 'who done it,' you know?” she said with a smile.

"Yeah... not exciting if you ask me..." Sonic said, still with a bored expression. "Last time a maniac tried to steal a Crystal, we had an unnecessary 10-issue arc to catch him. It only took a video and nice words to show him he was being a dumbass," he pointed out.

"Hey!" Discord complained with a frown as he suddenly appeared in a small mid-air portal.

"Am I wrong, though?" Sonic asked with a raised eyebrow.

Discord raised a finger from his lion arm and prepared to reply something, but after thinking about it, he got nothing, so he put on a bored expression and snapped his tongue.

"... Fair point..." Discord recognized before getting into the portal again and disappearing.

"Sonic has a point, Pipp," Zipp said with a frown while Sunny placed more breakfast. "Somepony tried to steal the crystals that gave us magic again. That's not exciting. It's dangerous," she added.

"Especially considering that Opaline is looking after the Crystals," Tails added with a frown before chomping a sandwich madly, even though he wanted to smile since the sandwich was delicious.

"Zipp and Tails are right," Sunny said with concern before showing a determined expression that surprised the rest. "As the Alicorn, it's my job to protect the Crystals and keep everypony in Equestria safe," she stated while the rest smiled at her.

Just then, Hitch arrived with Sparky, and both had bee stings on them while a couple of bees circled. "Sorry, I'm late! Sparky turned my keys into a swarm of bees, and then I had to get some honey to... and... Well, what'd I miss?" he asked sheepishly while Sparky burped out a bee and groaned a bit.

"Someone tried to steal the Crystals last night," Sonic explained vaguely, which made Hitch gasp. "And no, Discord's not the one behind it this time. Already checked that out," he added, which made Hitch sigh in relief.

"And you're just in time, Hitch. It's time for me to become the Alicorn that Equestria needs!" Sunny said determinedly. "But to do it, I'm gonna need everypony's help training!" she added, winking at her friends.

The rest cheered at herm, and they shared a high hoof, although Team Sonic put their fists instead.

After that, Sunny summoned her Alicorn form, ready to train and become a more powerful Alicorn.

Later on, Sunny and Zipp went to town and lowered down a bit, spreading their wings.

Sonic was in front of them, holding two speedometers and pointing them at Sunny and Zipp.

"Alright, girls. When I say 'Go!' and Izzy waves the flag, you boost flying, alright?" Sonic stated to them, as both of them nodded with determinate looks. "Very well, then. On your marks... Get set... GO!" he shouted as he boosted away backward.

Soon enough, Izzy waved the flag to start with a smile while the two ponies boosted right past her as well, making her twirl around very fast, but thankfully, she was caught by Knuckles.

"Already ending in my arms, honey? It's only been 3 minutes~" Knuckles told Izzy with a flirty tone.

However, Izzy snorted a bit, although she still blushed. "You just love to hold me like this, don't you, sweetie?" she asked him in a flirty tone.

"Maybe I do~" Knuckles replied, which increased Izzy's blush as she chuckled nervously.

Meanwhile, Sunny and Zipp flew past many ponies, creating dust from the winds as they went at high speed, while ponies around, like Misty, looked at them in surprise.

Sonic was measuring their speed with the speedometer, and even if he was running backward, he was still dodging everything so he wouldn't crash against something or somepony.

As Sunny and Zipp were neck to neck with each other, Zipp suddenly flew ahead of the Alicorn, and Sunny tried to zoom off to reach Zipp.

A little bit later, Sunny and Izzy were at the community garden.

Sunny used her horn to levitate a tomato, not noticing that Misty snuck up behind them. She wanted to see their training and learn more, but then Sunny turned and looked at Izzy with shock and surprise, while Misty hid behind a pillar as she watched as well.

They saw that Izzy was levitating two giant tomatoes with her magic, spinning them around her body until they stopped, while Izzy smiled at what she did.

Sunny was surprised by this and lost her focus entirely, which caused her horn to stop glowing. As a result, the tomato she was levitating fell on her face with a splat.

In Mane Melody, Sunny was standing on a stage, while Sunny turned off her Alicorn form.

She stared at Pipp and Sonic, confused, especially since they wore sunglasses.

"Okay, Sunny, say it with us..." Pipp instructed with a smile.

"I am strong!" Sonic and Pipp said as they both posed.

"I am strong!" Sunny repeated with a smile, following Pipp's and Sonic's movements.

Behind them, Misty stood behind the stage and smirked, feeling that this could be interesting information.

Somewhere else, a bunnycorn and his cubs were trying to move a dead tree out of the way.

Right then, Sunny and Hitch arrived along Tails, and the two Earth Ponies looked at each other with determinate looks before nodding and lifting their hooves that glowed in green before stomping them on the ground.

That activated their Earth Pony magic, which created two vines from the ground.

In a clearing, Sunny was standing a few meters away from Knuckles.

"Now, let's put your skills to good use, Sunny-bunny!" Knuckles stated with a mocking smirk.

"Hit me with everything, Knucklehead!" Sunny mocked up with a confident smile.

Knuckles snorted after hearing that before putting over a serious expression. "With pleasure," he stated, as his eyes turned red and electricity came out of his body.

After that, he smashed the ground with his right arm, which was charged with electricity, before literally taking a piece of earth off the ground and launching it at Sunny.

Sunny squealed in panic, but then she frowned and used her magic to shoot a laser into the piece of ground, turning it into a lot of confetti.

She smiled at that, but as soon as she saw that Knuckles was taking several pieces at a time and launching them at her, she put on a serious expression and spread her wings before boosting herself towards the pieces of earth.

Sunny shot several lasers at those pieces, turning them into small gems, golden rings, confetti, pink glitter, and even pillows that couldn't harm anyone.

However, Knuckles did hear Sunny when she said he should launch everything he gots, so he pulled his wildest trick yet: He dug in the earth, very, very, very deep on it, and after a while, the entire ground started to rumble, which startled Sunny.

However, what did surprise her was when the entire earth came out of the ground, being held by Knuckles, looking at Sunny with a frown and red eyes but still smiling.

"You said 'everything,' Starscout," Knuckles reminded.

Sunny gulped nervously, but then she spread her wings again and boosted towards Knuckles.

Knuckles let out a warrior cry and launched the giant piece of earth in the air before jumping and digging at supersonic speed through it. Once he came out, he stood in the air for a few seconds before charging up his hands with electricity and then making a supersonic clap, which caused the piece of earth to shatter into multiple pieces.

However, Sunny didn't flinch. She charged up another powerful laser bean with her horn and shot it toward all the pieces of earth that exploded in glitter.

Knuckles immediately dug into the earth to avoid getting covered by it, while the glitter covered everything else.

Sunny landed and smiled, also panting heavily because of the effort. Still, she sensed something strange and summoned a golden shield to protect herself before opening her eyes and noticing that Sonic just uncurled from the Spindash he launched towards her.

"Good job with your training with Knuckles, Sunny-bunny," Sonic mocked up with a smirk. "But now you gotta take me and my little bro down!" he stated confidently.

Sunny was still panting. She passed a hoof on her forehead to wipe some sweat away, but then she gave a determinate look and launched against Sonic.

Sonic smiled, and then he charged a Spindash against Sunny again.

"I am confident!" Sunny, Pipp, and Sonic said together.

At the Community Garden, Izzy levitated three giant tomatoes and smiled with sparkling eyes.

However, she looked at her side, surprised to see Sunny levitating three giant tomatoes with a smile. Then she looked at Izzy, who smiled back at her.

However, the unicorn lost her focus, and her magic faded out, so she looked up and saw that her tomatoes were about to land on her. She braced herself, but then she saw that they stopped and moved away.

Sunny seemed to have taken the tomatoes away, and she looked focused and determined as all six giant tomatoes circled her.

"I am the Alicorn!" Sunny and Pipp said together, while Sunny’s Alicorn form appeared and began to glow.

"I'm not a pony, so I'm not shouting that," Sonic said as he looked at you smugly and winked at you.

The bunnycorns were still trying to move the dead tree, but they saw the vines coming and moved aside.

The magic vines wrapped around the dead tree and lifted it tree up, revealing a rabbit hole, which made the bunnycorn family smile since they could go back home now.

The vines lifted the dead tree, but Sunny focused on the magic vines that put it back into place. These vines made the tree grow leaves, flowers, and vines, bringing it back to life.

Sunny, Hitch, and Tails smiled with sparkling eyes, but then Tails noticed how close Hitch was to Sunny, so he turned around and whistled innocently before 'accidentally' pushing Hitch closer to Sunny.

Hitch bumped a bit with Sunny, and both earth ponies blushed a bit, but Sunny still rested her head on Hitch's shoulder, making Hitch's heart bump faster than ever, as he also laughed nervously.

"Tails, you are a great wingman!" the young fox told himself, patting his back with a confident smile.

"I am strong!" Sunny said determinedly.

All the fruits and vegetables in the garden began to levitate and circle Sunny while she and Izzy looked at them with smiles and sparkling eyes.

"Whoa!" Izzy said in awe.

Sonic was trying to hit Sunny with Homing Attacks and Spindashes.

However, the Alicorn kept dodging his attacks or created golden shields to protect herself from Sonic's attacks.

Desperate, Sonic decided to charge his fists with electricity and tried to punch Sunny through her shield, but she only smirked and used her magic to levitate Sonic in midair, turning his powers off.

Sonic looked down at Sunny before smiling sheepishly. Sunny just smirked, then used a harmless laser beam to send Sonic through the sky, several meters away.

"Nante osoroshī kimochideshou!" Sonic shouted in fear, screaming, 'What a horrible feeling!' in Japanese.

Seeing what just happened to Sonic, Tails jaw dropped, and as soon as Sunny looked at him sideways, Tails pulled out a white flag, immediately giving up before Sunny could do anything to him.

Sunny rolled her eyes but also giggled a bit at Tails' attitude.

"I am confident!" Sunny said again, with determination growing inside of her.

Sunny and Zipp were flying high in the sky, with Tails holding the speedometers this time and flying backward since Sonic cannot fly.

Sunny looked on with determination, focusing her magic on her wings, which glowed bright and surprised Zipp. And then, the Alicorn boosted away, knocking Zipp back.

The surprised Pegasus rolled in the air before regaining her balance, and she looked in surprise at how Sunny zoomed off, leaving a trail of magic and creating a sonic boom while disappearing into the distance.

"Whoooaaa!" Zipp cheered in awe with sparkling eyes.

Tails was still going as fast as Sunny to calculate her speed, and he was surprised to see that she had already reached 500,000 meters. This wasn't impressive to him since he was that fast, but he was happy to see how much Sunny had improved.

"Nicely done, Sunny!" Tails said with a smile, as he couldn't help but hug Sunny brotherly.

That made them stop flying so fast, but Sunny smiled and returned the hug to him.

"I am... the Alicorn!" Sunny called out with a determined look. Pipp wiped her tears of joy, and Sonic smiled and patted her back.

Soon enough, Sunny glowed so much that she also brightened all of Mane Melody.

At the front of the Brighthouse, Misty was hiding behind a bush.

However, as soon as she saw Sunny approaching the Brighthouse, she hid inside her bush.

Meanwhile, Sunny zoomed by and flew around the Brighthouse before landing on the top balcony. Looking down, she saw her friends and Sparky cheering for her with sparkling eyes.

The Alicorn smiled at her friends, then flew up and landed on the ground with them.

However, Eggman was watching her again in the skies with his binoculars with his binoculars. He frowned, as he had been watching her the entire training, and he didn't like how powerful Sunny was becoming.

"Misty..." Eggman called out with a frown, communicating with the unicorn through the ladybug on her ear. "Reveal your position and say you were hiding from whatever's gonna show up, alright?" he instructed.

Inside the bush, Misty gulped nervously but looked on determinedly. " O-okay, doctor..." she replied.

After that, Eggman closed the capsule of his Eggmobile and backed away while Sunny was talking with her friends.

"Sunny, that was incredible!" Zipp cheered with a smile and sparkling eyes while Misty's bush moved behind them. "I've never seen anypony that isn't Tails fly so fast!" she added.

But as Misty was hiding, her necklace opened up, and Opaline appeared with a groan. "Tell me something about those crystals, Misty! What is taking so long?!" she complained, growing impatient.

"Well…" Misty started with a nervous laugh, also clearing her throat. "Funny story. I, uh…" she tried to explain, but as she placed her hoof down, she almost hit Pegamice inside the bush with her, and they squeaked in surprise.

The Mane 5 and Team Sonic heard the squeaking, and they started to look around. "What was that? Is somepony there?" Sunny questioned with a raised eyebrow.

Misty gasped and panicked a lot. "We better get out of here! I'll fill you in later, Opaline!" she said quickly, pressing the amulet to close it.

"What do you mean you'll tell me later, Mistyyyyy?!" Opaline questioned loudly as she faded out, while Misty flinched once Opaline disappeared.

"I heard something right over…" Sunny started, still looking around. The bush where Misty hid moved and rustled a bit, which caught her attention. "...here..." she finished with a suspicious look.

"Um, that hedge just moved," Hitch said with a raised eyebrow while the others approached the bush.

"Ah, Hitchy-poo," Izzy waved it off with a smile. "You're seeing things, buddy. Hedges don't just––" she started, but Misty ran off with the hedge before she could finish, which surprised them. "Oh, wow, look! There it goes!" Izzy cheered in surprise as Hitch gave her a bored expression while the rest looked surprised.

Sonic was about to say something, but Sunny spread her wings and boosted them at high speed before he could, leaving her friends surprised.

Misty tried to escape while in the hedge, but Sunny landed before her, choking the poor unicorn.

Sunny frowned and looked very intimidating, which was already surprising, but then, Sunny activated her Earth Pony magic and stomped her hooves down to bring out two giant vines that grew on her sides.

After that, she focused the vines to move them towards the hedge and moved them out of the way, revealing Misty’s face.

Misty yelped from this as she saw she was revealed, panicking a bit. However, as soon as she remembered what Eggman told her about acting like she was hiding from something else, she recomposed herself. "Oh! Thank hoofness is just you, Sunny! I-I thought you were that weird guy!" she said shyly.

"Misty?" Sunny asked in surprise, smiling and retracting the vines back to the ground. Oh, thank goodness it's you. I thought it was somepony dangerous," she added in relief, while Misty gave a nervous smile. Look, guys! It's just Misty," she told them, still smiling.

"Hi, Misty!" Izzy cheerfully greeted her, appearing next to her with a wave. This surprised Misty a bit, but she still turned to her with a sheepish smile.

"Yup, just your old pal Misty," Misty said as she got out of her hedge nervously and laughed while the rest smiled at her, except for Zipp, who felt suspicious about her.

"Hey, uh, Misty?" Tails called out. "If you don't mind me asking, why were you hiding?" he questioned, even though he was still smiling.

"Yeah, I was wondering the same thing," Zipp confessed, although she managed to smile a bit so no one could tell she was suspicious of Misty.

"Hang on... You mentioned that you were glad I wasn't a weird guy... what did you mean?" Sunny asked, a bit concerned.

"U-Um... well... you see... I-I was hiding from––" Misty tried to explain herself.

However, the ground started to rumble before Misty could reply, startling Team Sonic, the Mane 5, and Misty. Soon enough, something approached them as it dug into the ground.

Sunny and Sonic stood in defensive positions to protect everyone else, while Hitch grabbed Sparky protectively, and Knuckles stood in front of Izzy to protect her.

Then, a giant driller emerged from the ground before showing off Eggman himself, riding his Egg Driller with a smirk.

"Kon'nichiwa!" Eggman greeted mischievously, opening the capsule of the Egg Driller and popping his head out of it.

"... him..." Misty replied with a genuinely scared look, not because of Eggman but because of his machine.

"So Egghead was messing with ya, huh?" Sonic asked with a frown, charging his electrical powers. "Explain yourself, Eggman!" he demanded.

"I don't need to explain anything!" Eggman stated with a frown. "By the way, nice training, Sunny! You finally are being useful after almost a year with magic, huh?" he mocked up with a smirk.

"Sonic has made a clear point, doctor," Sunny said with a frown. "Now, leave immediately, or I will make you," she warned with a frown.

"You think I'm scared of a pitiful pony with fake wings and a horn and a childish and nonsense dream? Ha! Even the Werehog is more intimidating than you, and he looked ridiculous!" Eggman mocked up.

"Oh, you are asking for it now, Egghead!" Sonic said with a frown. "Let me repeat what Sunny said: Leave immediately, or we will make you leave!" he warned one last time.

Eggman, however, only snorted and entered the Egg Driller again, closing the capsule and turning on the driller.

"The hard way it is..." Sunny stated, frowning but also smirking.

Sonic adjusted his glove and then looked back at Sunny. They both nodded with determinate looks. After that, they accelerated towards the Egg Driller, and Eggman himself only smiled sinisterly.

The doctor separated the drill from the rest of the kart and launched it towards the Alicorn and the Hedgehog.

Sonic immediately moved aside, but Sunny smirked and turned the drill into a lot of glitter while Eggman started launching missiles at Sonic. However, he not only dodged the missiles and made them explode in the ground, but he also managed to make them crash against each other.

Eggman groaned, so he pressed a button to remove two drillers from the sides of the kart and launched both at Sonic.

The hedgehog noticed that and started running away, but Sunny soon joined him.

"I think we should wrap this one quickly!" Sonic stated with a smirk.

"Me too!" Sunny agreed, also smirking. "Wanna give Eggman a bit of his own medicine?" she asked.

"Girl, you just read my mind!" Sonic said with a chuckle.

So, both turned around and boosted towards the drills before jumping over them and then boosting towards Eggman again.T. The drillers spun before following them again.

Meanwhile, Eggman panicked once he noticed that Sonic and SUnny were boosting towards him. "Oh boy..." he complained, his mustache flatted slightly.

Sonic charged up a Spindash and crashed against the Egg Driller, causing Eggman to hang into his chair. Then, Sonic landed on earth and grabbed Sunny before launching her toward Eggman.

Eggman panicked even more but couldn't escape because Sunny used earth pony magic to attach vines to the kart and avoid any attempt to escape. Then, Sunny used her magic and punched the Egg Driller with another laser beam, startling Eggman even more now.

Sunny was elevated in the air for the finisher, and Sonic jumped and curled into a ball. Then, Sunny levitated Sonic and started spinning him fast around her while Sonic charged electricity. After a while, Sunny launched Sonic toward Eggman, with Sonic surrounded by both a golden aura and his electrical powers.

As a result, Eggman screamed in a very girlish way, so he pressed the eject button on the Egg Driller. This caused him to be sent backward in the air with everything and his Eggmobile.

"CURSE YOU, SUNNY STARSCOUT! COURSE YOU TOO, HEDGEHOG!" Eggman shouted in anger as he was ejected away.

As he did that, Sonic crashed into the Egg Driller and smashed it completely. Then, the two drillers from before also arrived and crashed into the Egg Driller, making it explode entirely.

The others saw everything with amazed looks, especially at the last trick pulled by both Sonic and Sunny.

Misty looked in horror at how they almost crushed Eggman. Since he had left safe and sound, or at least sort of, she sighed in relief and decided to run away before anyone could notice.

Soon enough, Sonic and Sunny returned with their friends, and they smiled at each other and fist/hoof bumped.

"Guys! That was BEYOND amazing!" Hitch said with sparkling eyes.

"I mean, I knew you were good at fighting, but this is something else!" Tails exclaimed as well with a smile and sparkling eyes.

"Thanks, guys!" Sonic said with a smirk. "Now that should teach Egghead to not mess with us ever again, right Misty?" he stated with a smile.

However, since nobody replied, they all realized that Misty was gone.

"Uh... Misty?" Sunny called out, confused.

Zipp, however, noticed something below the bush where Misty had been hiding before. When she lifted it, she found broken glass.

She frowned, then looked back at the Brighthouse and saw that the hole in the Crystal Room was still there.

"Something's wrong with that mare..." Zipp muttered to herself with suspicion. "Was she hiding from Eggman... or was she hiding from somepony else?" she questioned with concern.

She knew perfectly that nobody would trust her if she said that she suspected something about Misty, especially Tails and Izzy, so that she won't tell anyone about her suspicions... for now...

THE END...?

Author's Note

Welp... This chapter went through 5 different drafts in a matter of 2 days, but this is the definitive one.

I am not satisfied with the final result, to tell the truth, but it doesn't matter this time. I don't have any other pre-established plots in mind, so I'm just gonna do what I've been doing so far: Adapt the episode the way I find the best.

Also, if that One-Shot of IDW based on the next special (called Bridlewood Stock) comes out in June, wouldn't that mean that Chapter 4 comes out this month?

I'm just gonna leave that there. If it doesn't comes out, you already know who to blame for giving you fake hopes :)

P.S.1: Tails is a W wingman.

P.S.2: Thanks to JD1 for editing this chapter!