Spring finally arrived in Equestria.

Some leaves flew around as ponies prepared for the Spring Arrival Celebration in Maretime Bay.

However, Hitch slept peacefully in the Sheriff's Station on his bed since he lived above the station. Literally.

Suddenly, his clock alarm went on, and Hitch woke up with a yawn, also turning off the alarm.

He stretched a bit and smiled at the ceiling. "It's a beautiful morning," he said, waking up and approaching his calendar. And the first day of spring," he added. Which means it's time for the Spring Arrival Celebration!" he said with a cheery tone.

After that, Hitch went to the shower and bathed before getting ready for the day.

"Do you recall? The first day of Spring? The leaves were changin' the minds of all while chasin' the clouds away." Hitch sang as he washed his mane.

After getting out of the shower, Hitch dried himself and went to his closet, where he took out his sheriff's belt. Then he turned to see Kenneth and another bird standing on the open window in his room.

"As Sheriff of Maretime Bay, my duties of helping others bring me so much joy, but today, I get to help others by helping them get their groove on," Hitch told the birds with a smile.

After that, he went downstairs and prepared a cart by putting some boxes on it, including one that contained vinyl.

"DJ Hitch is ready to get on the ones and twos," Hitch said confidently. A squirrel approached him and gave him white headphones. "Thank you!" he said to the critter, putting the headphones around his neck. "I can't get hooves in the air without these," he added with a smile. Then, he walked towards the exit and opened the door. "This is going to be a blast," he stated confidently.

However, just as he got out of the station, somepony passed by at high speed, spinning him around and sending the vinyls flying.

"Whoa!" Hitch exclaimed, surprised, as he stopped spinning, then grabbed the vinyl's box and caught the vinyl one by one with his hooves, even using his mouth to grab one.

"I am so excited!" Sunny exclaimed with a smile since she was the one who passed by Hitch at high speed because she was also on her rolling skates. "Can you believe today is the spring celebration?!" she asked Hitch excitedly.

"Well, good morning to you too, Sunny," Hitch said with a smirk and raised eyebrow, putting the vinyl back in the box.

"Whoops!" Sunny said with a sheepish smile, slowly approaching Hitch. "Sorry, Hitch. I'm just really stirred up about today's celebration activities. Hayrides, Straw Bale Mazes, a Scarepony-making Contest, Applepie Bakingg... Gosh, I could go on!" she added with happiness.

"No way," Knuckles said, approaching with a bored expression. "It's not like you've been telling us every day for the past week or something," he added, rolling his eyes in annoyance.

"I thought I told you to take your day free today?" Hitch told Knuckles with a smirk.

"And let you do something stupid and reckless? Not happening!" Knuckles replied with a mocking smirk. Besides, I'm not wearing my belt or badge today, so I'm just going with you as your friend," he pointed out. "Also, I'll do whatever it takes to be away from your girlfriend and her hyperactive attitude to holidays. I don't want to get through another rushed Christmas ever again..." he muttered with an anxious look.

"Stop calling her my girlfriend," Hitch muttered with a bored expression.

"Hey, Hitch," Sunny called out, not hearing what Knuckles muttered. "Thank you again for agreeing to DJ," she said with a smile.

"It's no problem at all," Hitch said with a smile. "Helping others, especially my friends, is my calling. I can't wait to remind the good ponies of Maretime Bay how to feel the rhythm for the new season," he exclaimed joyfully.

"If you focus, that is," Knuckles said with a bored expression, his arms crossed.

"You two are great when it comes to helping others!" Sunny told Hitch and Knuckles with her front hooves and sparkling eyes together. "That's why I'm here. I need a small favor. Nothing you guys can't handle, of course!" she assured.

Hitch and Knuckles looked at each other before smirking, and then they looked back at Sunny. "Sure, although I need to get all my equipment set up," Hitch replied, rolling his eyes at Sunny's attitude.

"But I guess we can make a quick pitstop to help you," Knuckles added.

"Great!" Sunny exclaimed with a smile, placing a hoof around Hitch's neck. "Izzy asked me to get extra rings for the Unicorn Ring Toss Booth," she explained to Hitch and Knuckles. "You guys think you can stop at Neighborhood Sporting Goods?" she asked them.

"Anything to talk with the manager and make them change that name," Knuckles said, slightly punching his fists together.

"We're just the pony and echidna to get the job done," Hitch replied with a smile to Sunny.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Sunny told Hitch, embracing him in a hug.

"No problem at all!" Hitch replied with a smile.

"Our job as Sheriff and Deputy of Maretime Bay is to help all the ponies in town," Knuckles said with a proud smile, but then McSnips, Kenneth, and other critters made a sound to him. "And critters," he added, getting why the critters were mad at him.

Sunny nodded with a smile at them. But before she could leave, she looked at Hitch sideways while the sheriff was putting the vinyl box in place; then she took a deep breath and quickly kissed Hitch's cheek before starting to roller skate away.

"B-Bye, Hitch, Knuckles! S-See you later!" Sunny shouted with a smile and a slight blush. "I have a Tug-of-War Game to set up!" she added, now rolling and skating away completely.

As Sunny skated away, the critters around Hitch burst laughing, while Knuckles himself was speechless, even though he had gotten completely off guard by Sunny's action. But Hitch was the most affected: he froze in place, and his face was as red as a tomato.

"Huh..." Knuckles said, finally waking Hitch from his trance. "The kiss wasn't scripted, but I'm not complaining," he added. Then, he looked at Hitch with a mocking smirk while the sheriff tried to hide from the fact that that just happened.

However, Kenneth stared at Hitch with a frown for accepting help even when he already had much to do. "Hey, don't look at me like that," he said the bird. "I can help Sunny and set my stuff up," he stated confidently.

"Let me doubt it," Knuckles said. "Are you helping her for a good cause, or just because it was Sunny from all the ponies?" he asked playfully while Hitch blushed again and frowned.

"Don't get me started, Mr. Moonbow," Hitch scolded, walking toward the town.

"Hey!" Knuckles shouted, blushing as well. "Leave Izzy out of this!" he warned, following Hitch towards Neighborhood Sporting Goods.

Sonic was bored.

After Discord threw him away, he crashed against rocks aligned as pillars, then against a mountain. In the process, he broke his ankle, and when he rolled downhill, he crashed against some bushes with thorns before finally landing on the ground, weak and hurt.

He somehow managed to stand up and walk towards the Crystal Brighthouse. But before he could open the door, he fell to the ground, completely weak, and after a few seconds, he became unconscious.

He woke up two days later on his bed and felt surprised to find Pipp asleep nearby. It didn't take too long for her to wake up as well, and she saw that Sonic was awake.

After she hugged, slapped, and hugged him again, she went downstairs to tell the others.

Of course, they needed to know what happened to him and where he went since he didn't show up on Fluttershy's Cottage. So, he told them the truth, and they scolded him, just as he expected. Although Pipp slapping him again was unexpected, he knew he deserved it.

And now, here he was, resting for the past two weeks until Tails came by and asked him if he could go back to run around freely or if he still needed to rest.

He was a free spirit who loved to run around freely, but right now, he was stuck on his bed with a broken ankle and a hurt belly.

He wasn't bleeding there, thank Chaos for that, but he had a scar. Not as bad as the scar he got on his left shoulder, but still.

"How did I even get a scar on my stomach, anyways?" Sonic wondered. "I mean, I crashed against the mountain, then I rolled downhill and passed through some bushes with thorns–– Oh..." he said, realizing now how he got some of his injuries.

Then, the bedroom door opened, and Pipp entered with a small smile, approaching Sonic.

"How are you feeling, Blue Star?" Pipp called out, sitting at the edge of his bed.

"The same way I've been feeling for the last two weeks," Sonic replied. "Bored," he added with a teasing smirk, which caused Pipp to roll her eyes.

"This could have been avoided if you hadn't gone on your own to face Discord," Pipp pointed out with a bored look.

"I know, Little Pipp," Sonic said, rolling his eyes. "You've been telling me that every day since I got hurt," he also pointed out with a bored look. "How many times do I have to apologize for not saying a thing?" he asked rhetorically.

"Sonic, I get you wanted to get some answers and help us, but doing dangerous stuff or traveling on your own is not the right way," Pipp explained with a worried frown. "We appreciate your help and intentions, but please stop acting without thinking," she begged.

Unlike when he got his scar on his back, Pipp seemed concerned. She was not completely mad or even close to crying, which was a good sign already, but she still seemed worried about him.

Sonic sighed and looked at her with a weak smile. "Yeah... I'm sorry. I just wanted answers so desperately, and it almost cost my back and ankle," he added with sarcasm. "Sorry for worrying you for the millionth time, Pipp."

Pipp let out a sigh and placed a kiss on his cheek. "Don't worry, I'm not mad. Just... don't do anything that gets yourself killed, okay?" she pled.

Sonic smiled softly now. "Okay, okay. I'll see what I can do," he replied jokingly. Pipp hit him softly on the shoulder, and Sonic chuckled playfully.

"I just wanted to check on you before heading to the Harvest Day Celebration," Pipp said, getting down from the bed. "You keep resting and don't. Move," she warned with a cold stare.

"It's not like I can go anywhere, you know," Sonic said mockingly.

Pipp rolled her eyes and left the room. "Take care, Blue Star," she said with a little smile, blowing him a kiss and closing the door.

"You too, Little Pipp," Sonic said with a little smile, before lying again on his bed and sighing heavily, once again feeling completely bored.

Hitch and Knuckles passed by in town as they saw the ponies preparing for the Spring Arrival Celebration.

"The start of a new season gives me hope that we can find Discord," Hitch said with a smile, as he saw a pegasi and an earth pony placing a sign saying 'Spring Arrival' near the bridge.

"That is, if no one else departs on their own and tries to confront him alone," Knuckles said with a bored expression.

"Oh, come one, Knux," Hitch said with a small frown. "What Sonic did was reckless, totally, but he has something!" He pointed out. "Yeah, he may not remember the name of the book Discord stole, but when he does, maybe we'll finally get him!" he stated with a confident smile.

"Well, until he remembers the name of the book, I'm afraid we're stuck at square one," Knuckles also also pointed out.

Finally, they arrived at Neighborhood Sporting Goods. "This place is massive," Hitch said with an amazed expression.

"And I already hate it because of that," Knuckles said with a bored expression.

They entered the place, to see that it was even bigger on the inside.

"Oh, come on!" Knuckles groaned with frustration.

"All right. Now, where do they keep those rings?" Hitch questioned, walking by some sports materials.

"Found 'em!" Knuckles exclaimed, as he ran back with Hitch. He gave him the rings with a smirk.

"Neat!" Hitch replied with a smile. "Now, let's buy them and head to town so we can give them to Izzy."

Once they got the rings, Hitch and Knuckles returned to town, walking by some stands on the small fair that the town prepared for the celebration.

"Bingo!" Hitch exclaimed with a smile as he saw his DJ Hitch Booth in the distance.

But then...

"Hi, Hitch! Knuckie~!" Izzy greeted them with a smile, getting in the middle of their way.

"Oh, hey Izzy," Hitch greeted me back.

"Sup!" Knuckles greeted her as well. "Sunny asked us to bring these to you," he added, extending the rings to her.

"Aw, thank you so much!" Izzy told them with a smile, also giving Knuckles a side hug. "Do you guys mind coming with me to the Unicorn Toss Booth?" she asked.

"Not at all!" Knuckles replied with a little smile.

"Lead the way!" Hitch added.

As they walked towards the Unicorn Toss Booth, Izzy couldn't help but squeal in excitement. "Isn't it just wonderful how everyone has come together to bring in the new season?" she asked Hitch and Knuckles with a cheery smile. "Earth ponies, unicorns, and pegasi all springing together," she joked.

"Ah, I see what you did there," Knuckles said with a smirk, and Izzy chuckled and blushed a bit.

"Well, I can't wait to see everyone hoof up the dance floor when I play the greatest pony hits," Hitch added with a smile.

Suddenly, Izzy smiled sheepishly at them. "Hey, uh, I was wondering if you could grab some arts and crafts supplies for me?" she asked her friends.

"Well, I need to get my DJ Booth set up," Hitch pointed out with a worried expression as they arrived at the Unicorn Toss Booth, and Izzy used her magic to levitate the rings from Knuckles' hands. "But I guess one more errant won't hurt," he added with a little smile.

"Hitch..." Knuckles scolded with arms crossed and a frown.

"You're lifesavers, guys!" Izzy told them with a smile.

"Anything for my friends!" Hitch replied, smiling back at her.

Izzy then blushed and quickly kissed Knuckles' cheek, and then she walked away as she hummed to herself.

Now it was Knuckles' turn to get blushed and stay freeze in his place, while Hitch at his side chuckled and bumped his arm with a hoof.

"Look who's blushing now!" Hitch said with a mocking smirk, walking away and towards the town again.

"S-Shut it..." Knuckles muttered, following Hitch.

Once again, they walked through town, and this time, they saw Sunny and other ponies getting ready to play Tug-of-War.

"On my mark," Sunny announced with a changeling look. "Ready, set, pull!" she shouted as the two teams started to pull the rope.

Hitch wanted to stay and watch, but Knuckles quickly cleared his throat, and Hitch reminded him that they had to keep going, so he resumed his walk.

They passed by Sprout and her mother, with Sprout in charge of managing the celebration this time because... well, I don't know. Because his mother allowed him, I guess?

"Hey! Rein it in!" Sprout shouted to a colt that ran by, who also ignored the red earth pony. "Don't make me get the Harvest Day Celebration rule pamphlet!" he warned, then turned to see Phylis, his mother, with a sheepish smile. "How am I doing, mommy?" he asked.

"Maybe take it down a notch," Phylis replied, as Sprout got covered in mud since one of the teams from the Tug-of-War game lost. Sprout looked on with a bored expression.

On the other hand, both Hitch and Knuckles arrive at a store called 'Pasture Arts & Crafts'.

"Seriously, who the heck is in charge of the names in this generation?!" Knuckles shouted with anger.

"At least the store is much smaller," Hitch pointed out, ignoring Knuckles' comment and getting inside the store. Knuckles rolled his eyes at Hitch and went inside the store as well.

After 10 minutes, Hitch and Knuckles came out of the store, with Knuckles carrying a white bag with Izzy's new supplies.

But then, Izzy arrived with them all of a sudden. "Oh, guys! I am so sorry," she apologized with a sheepish smile. "I found my supplies just after you left," she explained, while Hitch frowned a bit. Knuckles forced a smile, getting a twitchy eye as well. "I tried to track you down sooner but stopped to watch Sunny's Tug-of-War Contest. I left before it got too messy," she added, still smiling sheepishly.

"Don't worry about it," Hitch said, trying to give her his best smile. "Now you have extras," he added.

"And I need them too!" Izzy replied, now smiling cheerfully as she levitated Knuckles with the bag of supplies. You didn't read that wrong: she levitated Knuckles. "And I'll need your help, handsome~" she added with a flirty tone, only looking at Knuckles, who blushed at Izzy's sudden change of attitude. "Thank you for your help, Hitch!" she said the sheriff, hopping away with Knuckles.

"Guess I'll see you later, sheriff!" Knuckles shouted, getting away from Izzy's magic. "And don't forget to say 'No' if you need to!" he added.

Hitch sighed, a bit frustrated. Not only did he waste some time, but now Knuckles was pretty much dragged away from him.

"I mean, I do enjoy helping. It's my thing," Hitch told himself with a worried expression. "But now I may have to rush to set my booth up, especially with Knuckles not helping out anymore..." he said with concern.

He walked a bit more but stopped when he saw a big group of ponies gathered around a stage, where Pipp was singing alongside an earth pony mare and a unicorn mare.

"Oh, great," Hitch groaned in annoyance. "I need to find a way around this parade," he said.

But just as he was about to turn in another direction, Pipp noticed him. "Hitch!" she called out with a smile as she flew down and grabbed the sheriff, then lifted to the stage as well. "Get up here!" she said.

"Whoa!" Hitch exclaimed, surprised that Pipp didn't even struggle to lift him. "You're surprisingly super strong!" he pointed out.

"You can thank Sonic and Tails for helping with that," Pipp replied, putting him down and then looking at him with a sheepish smile. "You are just the pony I was hoping to see. I need your help," she said.

"Pipp, I need to get ready for my DJ Set tonight," Hitch explained with a worried frown.

"It will be quick, I promise,," Pipp assured. "My camera guy is nowhere to be found, and I need someone to record my performance and post it to my social media accounts. "

Pipp's cameraman panicked in the May Maze since he got lost in the maze.

"HELP!" the cameraman shouted.

"Usually, Sonic will be the one helping out, but you know why he can't right now..." Pipp pointed out with a sheepish smile.

Hitch let out a sigh and smiled. "Just one song. Okay?" he said.

"Totally!" Pipp said, smiling and giving her phone to the sheriff.

Hitch lifted it and pressed the record button to record Pipp's performance.

"A new season has begun. Our summer fun isn't done. We're still going up like the sun. It's time for the Spring Arrival Celebration!" Pipp sang while the crowd around her cheered in excitement.

"Celebration!" the mares behind Pipp sang as well.

After Pipp finished her song, Hitch returned her phone and trotted away before she decided to keep him longer.

"I really gotta blaze a trail now," Hitch said to Kenneth, who stood on the cart he kept dragging and looked at him with a bored expression. "Don't like me like that. I know I could have told Pipp no," he told Kenneth. "But without Sonic there to help, I couldn't deny it. Besides, I'm Hitch! I always make space for others," he pointed out with a worried frown, then thought of how his friends could look at him if he refused to help. "I don't want to let my friends down. They depend on me," he added.

"Don't forget to say 'No' if you need to. " Knuckles' voice suddenly echoed in his head.

Hitch shook his head at the sudden appearance of Knuckles on his head and kept walking. And so, he happened to arrive at an obstacle course.

"Oh, great!" Hitch said with a little smile. "Maybe I can sneak by without anyone seeing me," he stated.

And so, he moved quickly to the side of the obstacle course, hoping nobody would notice him. But this story is about Hitch having bad luck for a day, so as you expected, he was noticed.

"Hey, Hitch!" Zipp called out as she flew in the sky with a bright smile.

"Ah, hoof..." Hitch muttered with an annoyed expression.

He tried to move faster, but Zipp managed to catch him anyway.

"Wait up!" Zipp said with a smile. "Save some for the obstacle course," she said, landing at his side. "My partner ate too much apple pie. I will ask Tails, but he's checking on Sonic's state, so I need your help,," she explained with a sheepish smile.

"Oh, geez," Hitch said with a worried expression. "I'm sorry to hear that, Zipp, but I need to––" he tried to add and to deny, but Zipp kept insisting.

"Please!" Zipp begged, placing her front hooves together. "I promise It'll be fun," she assured.

In the end, Hitch sighed and just nodded, seeing that Zipp wouldn't leave with a no as an answer.

And so, Zipp lifted Hitch and flew towards the obstacle course entrance.

"Wow. You and your sister are ridiculously strong," Hitch told Zipp, genuinely impressed.

He knew Zipp was strong, just not strong enough to lift a pony so easily. And he didn't expect it from Pipp.

Once they were both in their places, alongside two earth ponies, a pegasus stallion flew by wearing a white hat, a whistle, and a white shirt with black stripes.

"The first to reach the finish line is the winner," the pegasus stallion announced. "Play fair; we don't want a repeat of last year's incident. " He said this with a bored expression.

As soon as he saw the obstacle course, Hitch gulped and started to feel dizzy, and Zipp noticed that.

"Don't worry. This'll be a piece of cake," Zipp assured with a confident smirk.

"That's easy for you to say..." Hitch replied with a nervous expression.

Back on the Brighthouse, Tails had already checked Sonic's injuries, as well as his broken ankle.

"Well, the good news is that all of your injuries have healed, the one on your stomach included," Tails told Sonic with a smile, then pulled out a walker boot. "However, your ankle still needs 3 weeks, or maybe a month, to heal completely," he said, carefully placing the walking boot on Sonic's ankle.

"Guess that's a whole month without running..." Sonic said with an annoyed expression.

"Yeah, but you can walk now at least" Tails said with a smile. "Just don't pressure it too much or else..." he tried to warn, but Sonic cut him off.

"Or else it'll hurt as hell. I know, I know," Sonic said, slowly standing up and carefully walking around to ensure he can walk. "Yeah, it doesn't hurt that much. Guess resting here without doing a thing did help after all," he added with a little smirk. "Thanks again for helping, little bro," he said, patting Tail's head.

"No problem!" Tails replied. "But I hope you take this as a lesson to not do stuff alone without telling anyone. And knowing Discord's magic, you better not try something similar again with him," he warned with a frown and arms crossed.

"Both you and Pipp have been harsh on me for being such an idiot, so you can be sure I won't do it anytime soon," Sonic assured me with a smirk, then made a pain expression and looked at his broken ankle. "Especially with my ankle's current state," he pointed out.

"Uh-huh," Tails said with a bored expression. "Anyways. Have you remembered anything in the book Discord took away?" he asked curiously.

"Just that part of the title said something like 'Daring Do,'" Sonic replied. "Beyond that, I got nothing," he added.

"Well, at least we have something," Tails pointed out with a little smile. "Maybe we can ask Sunny after the Celebration's over," he suggested.

"Yeah... maybe..." Sonic said with concern.

Hitch was now walking away from the obstacle course at slow paste, feeling his stomach hurting after clearing the obstacle course with Zipp.

"Ugh... That obstacle course made me sick," Hitch told himself with a dizzy expression. "I don't want to see another apple for the rest of the day," he added.

But again, this story is about Hitch having bad luck, so he saw a pony dressed as an apple, and that was the straw that broke the camel's back for him.

He made his way to a bush and threw up all the pain in his stomach behind it. After that, he looked on and sighed, pretty tired after delaying his stuff to help others. But then, he noticed that the sun was setting on the horizon and panicked.

"Oh no, it's almost time for my set! I gotta get moving!" Hitch stated, running towards his DJ Booth to set everything up, passing by some ponies at top speed. "Pardon me!" he exclaimed.

But once he arrived at his DJ Booth, he felt surprised when he found it almost done.

"Oh, great. Now I'm hallucinating," Hitch told himself.

"AHEM!" a voice called out from his back. As he turned around, he saw his friends there: Izzy levitating a speaker, Zipp carrying a box, and Knuckles holding some cables.

"What are you all doing here?" Hitch asked, both surprised and confused.

"I knew you wouldn't be able to say 'No', so I gathered everyone, and we decided to give you hooves and hands to help," Knuckles explained with a smirk.

"Sometimes you have a hard time putting yourself first," Sunny added with a smile.

"We felt awful about not being great friends and making sure you do," Izzy added with a sheepish smile.

"So we're here to help you," Pipp added.

"Like you've helped us today," Zipp said too.

"Yeah, well, he didn't help me out today," Sprout, who was also there, said annoyedly.

Knuckles smacked his head after that.

"I... I don't know what to say..." Hitch said with a thankful expression.

"How about you say No next time?" Knuckles suggested, placing an arm around Hitch's neck. "No one will hate you if you refuse to help now and then. You might be the sheriff, but you can't do everything," he smirked.

"Now come on! Let's get your DJ booth party ready," Izzy declared with a determined look.

Several minutes later, the gang was placed all together.

"I hope you like the decorations Knuckles and I made with the extra art supplies," Izzy said with a smile as she and Zipp lit the booth.

In another segment, Sprout instructed two earth ponies to move a table towards the booth.

"Pick up the pace," Sprout instructed. "A little more horsepower, pleas,e" he added.

Near the DJ set up, Pipp, Sunny, and Knuckles placed some pumpkins on the ground.

"We're almost done, Hitch!" Pipp said with a smile.

"Are you ready?" Sunny asked, smiling as well.

"Almost," Hitch replied, placing all his DJ set up on the table the two earth ponies from before brought up. "I only have one more thing left to do," he stated.

Then, he pulled out a black ponyhead with blue heart eyes and hair, and soon enough, he started to put on the music.

The ponies around started to dance on the dance floor, with Pipp dancing with Zipp in the air and Knuckles inviting Izzy over to dance.

Sonic decided to look for the book on his own.

He was in the basement of the Brighthouse, looking at Argyle's old stuff to see if he had the book.

After researching for a while, he found a box with many books... and one of them had the Daring Do title on it. Sonic smiled, then grabbed the book and blew the dust from the cover... and then the tittle's memory returned as soon as he saw the entire title: Daring Do and the Curse of the Basaltic Caves.

Sonic smirked, seeing that he got the right book and the clue that would lead the group to Discord. "I got you now, old man," Sonic stated with a confident smirk.

However, he also saw a giant crystal in the basement. He raised an eyebrow, not understanding why it was there, but when he decided to touch it, the image of Fluttershy appeared.

"What the––" Sonic tried to ask, but then he heard the message from Fluttershy to Discord.

"... I can tell how hard it's been for you to let go of the pain caused by these magical divides" Fluttershy said on the message with a worried tone. "I'm creating this message for you in the hopes that whenever you feel overwhelmed, you can listen back and remind yourself why anger is not the answer. Our magic makes us different, and that's something we should embrace. Lead with your heart, Discord. It will always show you the way..." she finished, with her image finally disappearing.

For the very first time since he met him... Sonic felt bad for Discord.

Again, he understood his point, and he knew that Discord was not a bad guy; he was just so blinded by hate and anger that he was using umethods that were nfavorable. He was still a bit mad at the draconequus for not explaining himself better about the matter with the Chaos Emeralds, but now he had a different view of him.

"Fluttershy is right," Sonic muttered, disappointed in himself. "Anger is not the answer," he added, concerned.

To be continued...

Author's Note

Let me explain why I decided to change this from fall to spring:

In my canon, this entire story (that is, from Issue #1 up 'till now) happens like one or two months after Winter Wishday. (Yes, I will make connections with Tell Your Tale so you guys can read this properly, I'm just waiting for the right episode to drop so I can make the proper connection.)

This way, I save myself from a massive plot hole, despite my desire is to keep this as canon as possible. Hopefully, the next issues won't requiere this kind of changes.

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