My Little Pony: The Mobian Era (Season 3)by Mister E-NonymousChaptersEpisode 3: The Solaris Saga (Part 3): Days of Future PastEpisode 4: The Solaris Saga (Part 4): Disaster Among Time [Edited to go with BronySonicFan's Sonic/MLP-G5 Stories]Episode 5: The Solaris Saga (Part 5): Race Against the ClockEpisode 6: The Solaris Saga (Part 6): ArmageddonEpisode 7: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 1): Broken WorldEpisode 8: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 2): The Gaia ManuscriptsEpisode 9: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 3): World RestorationEpisode 10: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 4): Remembering the ForgottenEpisode 11: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 5): Eggman LandEpisode 12: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 6): Perfect Dark GaiaEpisode 13: The Extreme Gear Christmas RaceEpisode 14: The Wisp Saga (Part 1): Alien RoundupEpisode 15: The Wisp Saga (Part 2): Planetary DiscoveriesEpisode 16: The Wisp Saga (Part 3): Mind over MatterEpisode 17: The Wisp Saga (Part 4): Coaster of NightmaresEpisode 18: The Wisp Saga (Part 5): Interstellar Amusement ExplosionEpisode 19: The Wisp Saga (Part 6): Mother Wisp Knows BestEpisode 20: Marine and the Sky PiratesEpisode 21: The Generations Saga (Part 1): Birthday BashedEpisode 22: The Generations Saga (Part 2): A Tale of Two SonicsEpisode 24: The Generations Saga (Part 4): Chaos RisingEpisode 25: The Generations Saga (Part 5): Fragile TimesEpisode 26: The Generations Saga (Part 6): All the Time in the WorldEpisode 1: The Solaris Saga (Part 1): The Flames of DisasterEpisode 2: The Solaris Saga (Part 2): In a World without MagicEpisode 23: The Generations Saga (Part 3): Best Frenemies ForeverEpisode 3: The Solaris Saga (Part 3): Days of Future PastEpisode 3: The Solaris Saga (Part 3): Days of Future Past In the castle of Zephyr Heights, the battle against Mephiles was coming to an end. Shadow, Omega, future MC and future Maria were looking at Mephiles as he was losing the battle. "Shadow... eventually, you will be taken down by the humans who you've been protecting," Mephiles said. "Those who have trusted you will eventually be afraid of your power, and will seal you back up." "I don't believe you," Shadow said. "Besides, I doubt that happened in this reality. Right?" Shadow looked at future MC and future Maria, who both looked at the ground in shame. "You've gotta be kidding me. It happened?" "Yes," future MC said. "And I know where you are." He then looked towards Mephiles and said in shock, "Hey! Mephiles is getting away!" the group looked towards Mephiles, who was getting away in a time sphere. "Get back here!" Zipp Storm called out, screaming towards Mephiles, who closed the portal behind him. "NO!!" "Zipp! Calm down!" Pipp said, running up to Zipp. "I'm upset at what that Mephiles guy did, but there's nothing we can do. He's gone now." "And I'm trapped here in the future," Shadow said. "I'm not living the rest of my life here." "Shadow!" Omega said. He then opened up a compartment in the robotic stomach area, revealing the Green Chaos Emerald. "I was tasked with giving this to you. Which is why I was in standby mode for 200 years." "That makes sense," Shadow said, taking the Chaos Emerald. "But this isn't enough. We need two Chaos Emeralds and two chaos beings to open up a space-time portal." Future MC sighed and pulled something from his cloak. "So basically, we're trapped here," Shadow said, not paying attention to future MC. "There's no way we're gonna open up a portal that easily by saying..." "Chaos Control!" Shadow and future MC said in unison. That made Shadow look at MC in shock. "You... induced Chaos Control?" Shadow asked. "It took me 10 years to perfect it," future MC said. "Of course, that was after the Flames of Disaster started. Now go!" He then tossed the red Chaos Emerald to Shadow who caught it. "Thank you," Shadow said. "I'm going, too!" Zipp said. "That creep killed my mother. I have to take him down." "Zipp, that's crazy!" Pipp said. "You can't just..." Zipp didn't pay any attention to her as she jumped into the portal. "Zipp! Zipp no!" She then chased Zipp into the portal. "Hang on!" Sunny said, jumping into the portal. "Sunny, wait!" Hitch Trailblazer said, running into the portal as well. Izzy jumped into the portal saying, "Wee!!" "Oh, boy, this is gonna be a lot of paperwork!" future MC said. Shadow and Omega then headed for the portal. "Make sure you get them to the Freedom Fighters of the past!" Shadow nodded before he and Omega jumped into the portal. The portal then closed after Shadow and Omega jumped in. Future MC turned to the crowd and said, "175 years ago, Equestria lost magic because they lost trust in each other. But that doesn't mean you have to continue not trusting each other. We all need to trust each other. No more rivalries, no more distrust, just bringing peace back to the land." He then walked over to Queen Haven, who was dead, and pulled the crystal off of her crown. "You see, Equestria was founded upon all three types of ponies." He then held up the crystal with his right hand. The crystal was shaped like pegasus wings. "The pegasi..." then he put the round crystal in the space between the wings of the pegasus crystal. "...the Earth ponies..." then he put the unicorn horn shaped crystal on top. "...and the unicorns all found this place, and made peace and harmony with each other. We lost harmony before, but we can have it back again." The ponies looked at each other, listening to what future MC said. Then Phyllis Cloverleaf walked up to future MC. "So... you're really in charge of Equestria?" Phyllis Cloverleaf asked. "Yes," future MC said. "Then..." Phyllis said before bowing. Then all the other ponies started bowing. Future MC sighed and rolled his eyes. But then it zoomed away from that to the MC of the present, waking up in a bed. "Whoa!" MC said, waking up. "Sheesh. What is up with these dreams?" MC and the CMC met up with the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles. Twilight then explained to MC that it would be safer to send the CMC back to Equestria. "You may be right," MC said. "Better safe than sorry. Where in Equestria should I send them?" "I've already contacted my brother and Cadance," Twilight said. "They're gonna help out with watching them." MC then threw his Super Warp Ring to open a portal to the Crystal Empire. There were some guards waiting outside and they motioned for the CMC and Spike to go through, which they did. "Are you sure it's gonna be alright?" Scootaloo asked. "It'll be fine, Scootaloo," Twilight said. "Nyx, Joshua, listen to what Shining and Cadance say." "Okay," Nyx and Joshua said in unison as the ring was closing. MC then took the ring as it went back to its normal size. MC then sensed something. He then said, "Uh oh." "What is it?" Sonic said. "Eggman captured Elise again! Go!" MC said. Then Sonic and the Mane 6 started heading towards the castle. He then sensed something. He then said, "I'll talk with you guys later. I've got someplace to be." He then ran off. MC jumped up a building to get to where he needed to go. He then saw the shipping yard full of Eggman's robots, firing upon Shadow, Rouge and Omega, along with four mares and a stallion. "What the heck?" MC asked. "No, it couldn't be." He then jumped from the building to the crane of the shipping yard. He then yelled as he jumped down from the crane. "Chaos Dragon Fist!" MC then punched the ground, sending robots flying from their positions and disassembling in mid-air. He then looked towards Shadow and said, "What'd you do to Eggman this time?!" "Nothing. Their target is probably Mephiles," Shadow said. Then he finished up the last remaining robots. "What is Eggman up to? Who is Mephiles?" Omega asked. "Mephiles?" MC asked. "That name... why does that name sound familiar?" He then looked towards the five ponies and asked, "Do I know you five?" "What?" Sunny asked. "You should know, you brought us together." "I have never seen you in my life," MC said. "But for some reason, you all were in my dream last night." "What dream?" Shadow asked. "I saw all of you, except Rouge, in this castle, helping me fight off this creep that looks like you that killed a royal pony," MC said. "That wasn't a dream," Shadow answered. "That was 200 years in the future." "What?" MC asked. He then looked at Sunny and asked, "You guys are from the future? Just like that Silver guy?" "I have no idea who this Silver guy is, but I am from the future," Sunny said. She then thought of something. "Wait. Does that mean that Twilight Sparkle is..." "Yes," Shadow said. "Twilight Sparkle is alive in this timeline." He then turned to MC and said, "Can you take these ponies to Twilight and the others?" "Sure, but I'm gonna have to wait," MC said. "Sparkles and her friends are with Sonic, going after Eggman. He got Princess Elise... again." "Then I'm gonna need a talk with Doctor Eggman," Shadow said. "Personally." He then saw the state of Sunny and her friends. "You should probably get them some new clothing." Pipp was holding up her smart phone and said, "Ugh. I can't get any service. How am I gonna let my Pipp-squeaks know I'm okay?" MC then took her phone and inspected it. "Listen, Princess... I know. Since that dream of mine was actually a vision of the future. "You're not getting any signal because you have a phone plan that doesn't exist yet." "Ohh..." Pipp said. "That makes sense." "Okay, pal," Hitch said. "I'm a sheriff back in my time, so I'm gonna need to get back there to keep Maretime Bay safe." "Listen, pal," MC said. "Even if I opened up a portal, there's not a hundred percent chance that you'll return to your own reality. To prevent that future, we're gonna have to prevent the event that started the chain reaction to cause that future." "Wait," Zipp said. "If that future won't exist, what happens to us?" "Oh, it'll still exist," MC said. "We just won't have any access to it if we stop the events. And you'll all be still existing. It's a part of the multiverse effect. Thank you, Alex Lynol." "Perhaps we should get them some new clothing," Rouge said. "After all, they're gonna need to blend in here." "You're right," MC said. "This way, you five." Then MC and Rouge let the five future ponies away from that place, Omega following. Later, on a moving train, Eggman was sitting in a seat with Agent Stone standing next to him. Just then, the ceiling behind him burst through, and Shadow came out of the hole in the roof. "Wouldn't the door have been easier?" Eggman asked. He and Agent Stone turned around to face Shadow. "So, what do you want now?" "Who is Mephiles? And why are you trying to capture him?" Shadow asked. "Doctor," Agent Stone said. "Are you sure it's wise to tell him? "If you want to know, Shadow, you should go find him yourself," Eggman answered Shadow. "But here's a hint... It's all linked to the Soleanna disaster 10 years ago." Shadow then remembered what Rouge told him and said, "The Solaris Project." "Indeed," Eggman said, turning around to face the computer. "When you capture Mephiles, you must bring him to me. Then I'll tell you the truth about Solaris." Hesitantly, Shadow nodded, but he was still unsure about what he agreed to do. Meanwhile, in the city part of Soleanna, Silver and Blaze were by the clock tower when they saw Mephiles, in the form he had taken when they met him, standing there with his head hanging. "Mephiles..." Silver said. He and Blaze looked at each other and walked towards him. "Tell me. Who is the Iblis Trigger? Why does he want to destroy the world?" "Why does that matter to you?" Mephiles asked looking up. He then pointed at Silver, saying, "Unless you complete your task, your future will remain the same... forever." He then looked at Silver, putting his hand down. "He's currently at the terminal station." He then motioned a hand showing the city. "It's now or never if you want this." He then started walking away, leaving Silver and Blaze to think to themselves. Over at a nearby clothing store, MC, Hitch, Rouge and Omega were waiting by the dressing area where the four mares were getting dressed. "I like this outfit, but it needs something," Zipp said in her dressing room. MC groaned and said, "Look, just come on out with what you're wearing and we'll discuss it later." Just then, the four mares came out of the dressing rooms. Sunny's and Izzy's outfits were restored to their glory while Pipp was wearing an elegant dress that was turquoise with a golden yellow sash in the belt area that goes well with her Greek style headdress. And Zipp was wearing a red and pink striped shirt with denim jeans. "Nice choices you two," MC said. "Wait a minute." He then looked at the dress that Pipp was wearing. "Is that..." He then checked the tag on the back of the dress. "'Rarity for You'. This is one of Rarity's designs." "I didn't know what to choose," Pipp said. "This one just speaks to me." "I understand that, girlfriend," Rouge said. "We all have choices of clothing that just speak to us." Zipp looked at herself in the mirror and said, "This outfit is good, but something's missing." MC thought of something and said, "Try this." He then used his power to forge a leather jacket with wing holes. "A leather jacket?" Zipp asked. "Isn't that...?" "It's faux leather," MC said. "Faux as in fake. Try it." Zipp then held her arms back and her wings extended. MC then helped with getting the wings through the wing holes of the jacket. Zipp then looked in the mirror and said, "This actually looks better. Thanks." "Well, we better go check out these items," Rouge said. "I've got it covered." Then they all headed for the counter, except for MC and Hitch. "So, you're actually royalty?" Hitch asked. "Yup," MC answered. "I'm actually gonna bring you five to Sparkles when they're all done." Meanwhile, at a train yard, Sonic had busted out of Eggman's train with Elise in his arms. The Mane 6 follows them, side by side. "I knew it!" Elise said. "I knew you'd return! You had to!" Just then, Sonic saw a light blue blast heading towards them and they all jumped out of the way. "...You again," Sonic said. "Don't you think you've had enough of this?!" Twilight asked, angrily. "I'm sorry for this, but to prevent Iblis from coming, the Iblis Trigger must die!" Silver said. He then used his power to throw the Mane 6 out of the way and he held down Sonic, who couldn't move. "So how was your little walk, Princess?" came Eggman's voice. Elise looked towards where the voice came from and saw Eggman's transport and its arms reaching out to grab her. She screamed as she was grabbed. "No!!" Twilight called out. "Elise!" Sonic said. Just then, he was lifted up and then slammed down onto the ground. "It's time to end this!" Silver said before he was about to make the final blow, but it was interrupted when Shadow jumped in between the two hedgehogs. "Who?" He then got a good look at Shadow, but he thought he was someone else. "Mephiles! Why are you getting in my way?" Shadow stood up and said, "I'm Shadow. Shadow The Hedgehog." He then turned towards Sonic and nodded. Sonic replied with a thumbs up. He then started running off. The Mane 6 then recovered and they followed Sonic. Silver then tried attacking Shadow, but he held out the Red Chaos Emerald, saying, "Chaos Control!" Silver was then moving in slow motion as he was about to punch Shadow. Shadow then moved behind Silver and kicked the back of Silver's head, making him go to the ground at normal speed. Silver was getting up and said, "You..." "Don't bother," Shadow said. "With a Chaos Emerald's power, I control time and space. You can't break free." "I won't give up!" Silver said, as he was getting up. "It all depends on me! Can't lose... Not when I'm so close!" He then pulled out the Blue Chaos Emerald and shouted. He then charged at Shadow. "Chaos...!" Shadow said, holding up the Red Chaos Emerald. "Chaos...!" Silver shouted, holding up the Blue Chaos Emerald, impacting Shadow's arm with his Emerald. "...Control!" Shadow and Silver said in unison. Then a Space-Time rift opened up between them. "You... induced a Chaos Control," Shadow said, surprised. "I won't let anyone get in my way!" Silver said. "I'll change the past and save the world." Shadow shook his head and said, "Mephiles isn't trying to help you create a better future... He's trying to eliminate the past." Silver was confused and asked, "What? What are you talking about?" "To discover what happened, it seems we must see what took place 10 years ago," Shadow said, walking up to Silver. Silver pondered what Shadow said. "Follow me if you want the truth." He then jumped into the Space-Time rift. Silver thought about what Shadow said. But then he jumped into the portal, following Shadow. Meanwhile, Sonic and the Mane 6 followed Eggman's transport into a valley near the forest. They saw Princess Elise at the edge. "Now stop it," Eggman said. "You have nowhere to go." "I would rather die than be your prisoner again!" Elise said. "Hmph! So, what are you going to do, Princess?" Eggman asked. "Do you plan to jump?" Elise then leaned over the edge. "Farewell," Elise said before she fell to the ground. Sonic then came in and caught her. The Mane 6 were behind him. "What?! No!" Eggman said. He then growled and said, "You won't get away that easily!" Then a flying machine came over their heads. From a distance, MC, Sunny, Izzy, Hitch, Pipp and Zipp were running towards the forest and they saw the flying machine over the valley. "Oh, crud!" MC said. "It's Eggman!" "Who's Eggman?" Hitch asked. "A wicked scientist who believes only because of his intelligence that he should be ruling the entire planet," MC said. "Right now, he's planning on unlocking the secrets of the Solaris Project." "Can you stop him?" Sunny asked. "It's actually why we formed the Freedom Fighters," MC said. "Let's go!" Then the six of them headed towards where the machine was. They came in to find Sonic fighting the machine and the small robots coming from it. Twilight was using her magic to throw the robots at the flying machine. Sunny gasped in shock and excitement to see who she was seeing. She was seeing the Twilight Sparkle helping out in the fight. Along with her friends. "It's... it's... it's...!" Sunny said. "Yup," MC said. "That's Twilight Sparkle. For short, I call her Sparkles." Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash were flying overhead, leading some missiles to the top of the machine. But when the missiles impacted the top of the machine, the force pushed back the two pegasi, making them go unconscious. "Rainbow Dash! Fluttershy!" MC said. He then saw them. "They're out cold!" "What are we gonna do?" Izzy asked. MC then grabbed Zipp. "Hey, what are you doing?!" Zipp asked. "You're no longer in a world without magic!" MC said. "Which means..." He then released Zipp and launched her into the sky, sending her towards Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, whom she caught and brought them back slowly. And she was still flying. "Whoa!" Zipp said. "That... was... awesome!" Twilight, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Rarity saw Zipp and Rarity asked, "Who is that?" "I don't know," Twilight said. "I've never seen her in my life." MC, Sunny, Izzy, Hitch and Pipp saw that Zipp saved Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. MC then looked at Pipp and said, "Pipp, get me a lift to the top of that machine!" Pipp nodded and started flying. She then picked up MC and took him to the top of the machine. "What are you gonna do?!" Pipp asked. "I'm gonna cut this machine down to size!" MC said before Pipp let him go on top of one of the wings. He then ran towards the head of the machine, and he reached the end. He then faced the wing, raised his left arm and said, "Time to take this thing down. Chaos Claw!" MC then bared his claws and sliced the wing off, making it fall to the ground below. Luckily, the ones below got out of the way. "Warning! Egg-Genesis has taken extreme damage! Initiating self-destruct sequence! Prepare to die!" the machine then started descending. "Oh, crud!" MC said. He then went down to the side of the machine where it was gonna make the impact first. Twilight and Rarity used their magic to try and keep the machine from descending. "It's too... heavy!" Twilight said. "I'm not... use to lifting... something this heavy!" "I can't hold onto it much longer!" Rarity said. They were being pushed back. MC looked towards Pipp and Zipp and said, "Pipp! Zipp! Get the others down there for support!" Pipp and Zipp nodded and flew up towards the mountain and they grabbed the others. Izzy was held in the middle, Sunny was holding onto Zipp's left arm while Hitch was holding onto Pipp's right arm. Then they landed. Izzy then lit up her horn and helped with holding back the Egg-Genesis, but it was too heavy for her as well. "Sunny, Hitch, Applejack, Pinkie! Help support them with your strength!" The four Earth Ponies nodded and supported the two unicorns and Twilight. But they weren't enough. MC then thought of something. "Applejack, get ready to buck my legs!" "On it, sugarcube!" Applejack said. She then got in front of the group. The Egg-Genesis was descending closer and closer to them, and MC got to the lowest part of the Egg-Genesis and he extended his legs. Applejack had her back facing MC, got onto her hands, and got ready to buck MC's legs like it's an apple tree. She got into position. "Now!" MC said. Then Applejack used her apple bucking skill to buck MC's feet, and the force went through him, sending the Egg-Genesis into the sky, and the bottom of MC's feet got stuck to Applejack's and both of them fell to the ground. "Okay... that was awkward there!" "Ya said it, Sugarcube," Applejack said. Then they looked where the Egg-Genesis was going, and it blew up in the sky. Twilight then walked up to MC and said, "I believe introductions are in need." "Right," MC said. "Sparkles, guys, meet Sunny Starscout, Hitch Trailblazer, Izzy Moonbow, Pipp Petals and her older sister, Zipp Storm. They're all from 200 years in the future as well." "What?!" the Mane 6 asked in unison. "And at the time, Sunny was the only one who believed that harmony could be restored," MC said. "Right now, we should get out of here." He then got up and pulled out his Super Warp Ring, and opened a portal to the castle." "That was a gutsy move, Elise," Sonic said. "But right now, we should get out of here." Then the group walked through the ring and it closed behind them. A Space-Time rift opened up at the old castle in Soleanna, 10 years in the past. Shadow and Silver came out of it, seeing they were in a hallway that led to a science lab. Meanwhile, in the main lab, there were scientists working on something in the middle of the room. There was orange electricity in a large tube with a smaller tube over it with a purple field. "An electromagnetic pulse has just been generated!" said one of the scientists. "Injecting a decompression agent! No, the level's not dropping! A spatial meltdown is inevitable! My Lord, it's too late! We've got to take shelter!" The Duke of Soleanna slammed his hands on the control console and said, "Why, Solaris? Why do you refuse to listen to my voice?" "Father!" came the voice of a little girl. It was Elise, 10 years younger. "Elise!" the Duke said. Just then, the machine was about to explode. He then shielded his daughter from the explosion that came. Shadow and Silver looked at each other when the sound of the explosion came to their ears. They then ran down the hall to the lab. When they arrived, they saw the lab was blown up. Shadow and Silver went down to see if anyone there was still alive, but most of them were too weak to even move by themselves. "Is that?!" Silver asked, seeing the Solaris Project. He saw a flying black orb hovering over a cauldron. The orb then cracked, revealing a slowly increasing flame. And black goop coming out of the cauldron. "That flame... It's Iblis!" "And the black Shadow is the original Mephiles," Shadow said. "That's Mephiles?!" Silver asked in shock. Iblis then started flying off in one direction while the goop was heading off somewhere else. "They're escaping!" "We'll have to split up," Shadow said. "I'll pursue Mephiles." "OK. Then leave Iblis to me!" Silver said. But when they started to chase the two, they were stopped. "Wait," the Duke said, weakly. He then held up something. It was the Scepter of Darkness. "Seal it with this..." Shadow took the Scepter. "Hurry!" Silver said as he started chasing Iblis. Shadow then started pursuing Mephiles. Silver had chased Iblis into an altar area and held it with his power. Iblis was trapped in Silver's hold. He didn't know what to do with it until the Duke walked in, carrying his daughter. "Hey! What are you doing?" Silver asked. "You've got to leave!" "I have my duty," the Duke said, "This Living Flame has been entrusted to the royal family." He was approaching Iblis. "The Flames of Disaster will awaken if nothing is done! That must not happen." He then puts young Elise onto the altar and pulls something out. It started flying up and over young Elise. "Eternal Sun! The Living Flame that has been entrusted to the royal family!" the Duke said. "Fall into slumber with a royal soul!" Iblis then started shrinking and was being absorbed into the Chaos Emerald. Then a red beam came out of the bottom of the Chaos Emerald and became merged with young Elise's soul. Silver let go of Iblis as it was being put into young Elise's soul. After it ended, the Duke picked up young Elise and handed her to Silver. "I'm sorry, but... Can you take her to a safe place?" Silver nodded as he carried young Elise. He also put the Chaos Emerald into Silver's hand as well. He then pet young Elise's head. "That's a good girl, Elise. Remember, be brave. Don't cry, no matter what happens. Otherwise your tears will call forth the flames inside you... Become a strong queen who doesn't cry no matter what happens. And... live... happily..." He then fell down to the ground, officially dying. Silver closed his eyes in shame, knowing he was now in possession of a royal orphan. Meanwhile, with Shadow, he was still in pursuit with the original Mephiles, who was trying to get away. Just then, Shadow held out the green Chaos Emerald. "Chaos Control!" Shadow said, making the original Mephiles stop. "...What? ...Stop!" the original Mephiles said. Shadow then held up the Scepter of Darkness. Then the scepter started absorbing Mephiles into it. "Who...... Who are... you?" "I'm Shadow. Shadow The Hedgehog," Shadow answered. "Shadow... Your face... Your form... I will remember," Mephiles said. "Your death... Certain... You... will die!" As soon as Mephiles was sealed in the scepter, it fell to the ground. Shadow then picked up the Scepter and walked out of there. Later, the two hedgehogs came out of the old castle, and stopped by a tree closest to the entrance. Silver was holding young Elise while Shadow was holding the Scepter of Darkness. "Did you do it?" Silver asked. "Yes. And you?" Shadow asked. Silver nodded and said, "...Yes. The 'Flames' are properly sealed. It's done." Silver then carried young Elise over to the tree and laid her at the base of it. Shadow then held up the Scepter of Darkness, looked at Silver and young Elise, and then he walked to the tree, kneeled and laid the Scepter next to young Elise. "You're gonna leave it behind?" "Yes, I already know what becomes of it in the future..." Shadow said getting up and looking at Silver, pulling out the green Chaos Emerald. "It's time to return." Silver looked at Elise before looking back at Shadow, pulled out the Blue Chaos Emerald and said, "Yes... Of course..." Both of them held out their Chaos Emeralds while approaching each other, and in unison, they said, "Chaos Control!" Then a Space-Time Rift opened up and Shadow jumped into the rift. Silver then looked back at young Elise who was struggling in her sleep. Silver was about to jump into the rift until he heard something. "Father..." young Elise mumbled. Silver looked back at young Elise and pulled out the Blue Chaos Emerald. He looked at the Emerald and thought of something. He then walked back to young Elise, kneeled, grabbed young Elise's hand, and put the Blue Chaos Emerald into her hand, saying, "It's a lucky charm." He then gently put her hand on her lap and Silver then jumped into the rift and it closed behind him. Back in the present time, MC offered to let Hitch stay with him in the hotel he was staying at. He prepared himself to sleep on the sofa in the room while Hitch took the bed. "Are you sure you don't mind taking the couch?" Hitch asked. "I mean, I can sleep on it so I won't be a bother." "No way, Sheriff," MC said. "I don't mind letting you have the bed. Besides, I have to prepare for what's coming. Especially for what Mephiles is up to. No way that I, Prince Michael Crayton, will let monsters like him destroy my world." "I thought you were a king," Hitch said. "In my culture, the first born child of the king doesn't officially become a king until his 18th birthday," MC said. "And I'm only 16." "Oh," Hitch said. "Sorry. Forgot, that was the future you I've met back in my time." MC then sat on the couch and said, "So, Hitch, is there anything you've also done in your childhood?" "Not that much," Hitch said. "Although, I wanted to help cheer up Sunny of what she believed in when we were foals. But... due to those false facts, thanks to somehow the ponies stopped trusting each other, we've all forgotten how Equestria was founded. It was just you guys that are as intelligent as us ponies." "Really?" MC asked. "What happened to all the other Equestrian species?" MC asked. "What... other species?" Hitch asked. "Dragons, Griffons, Hippogriffs, Yaks, Changelings and Kirins," MC said. "You haven't seen any of them around?" "Actually, no," Hitch said. "I haven't really seen those. Although, there are some weird hybrid pets or animals. Some animals have wings that aren't supposed to, and some have unicorn horns." "Okay, that's weird," MC said. "What was even weirder is that all of the animals appreciated me wherever I go," Hitch said. "Some even wore some small hats made of garbage and tried to serve me as they were my deputies." "Really?" MC asked. He then thought of something. "Hitch, I think you might, and I do mean might, be a descendant of Fluttershy. She has animals that worship her. In fact, her special talent allows her to understand animals." "Huh," Hitch said. "I guess I'll have to look into that." He then yawned. "Well, I should... hit the hay." "Alright," MC said. "Good night, Hitch." "Good night, MC," Hitch said. MC then reached for the lamp, and turned off the light. Author's Note Next Episode: The Solaris Saga (Part 4): Disaster Among Time Episode 4: The Solaris Saga (Part 4): Disaster Among Time [Edited to go with BronySonicFan's Sonic/MLP-G5 Stories]Episode 4: The Solaris Saga (Part 4): Disaster Among Time The next morning, the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, Sonic, Tails, MC, Amy and Maria were all headed into a buffet for breakfast. Pinkie Pie and Izzy were getting along quite nicely. "And I've been working on some plans for something special!" Izzy said. "I'm calling it... a glitter cannon." "A glitter cannon!" Pinkie Pie said excitedly. "No way! I've made a bunch of party cannons that I use on different occasions! I'd love to help you with making a glitter cannon!" "Really?!" Izzy asked. Then the two of them high fived. "Oh, boy," MC said. "This is gonna be a long day." "You're telling me," Twilight said. "And on that note, how did you know that Sunny and her friends are from the same future we went to?" "In a way, I was there," MC said. "For the past few nights, I've been getting these strange dreams. Seeing the world on fire. Equestria started becoming dis-harmonic. Equestrian magic failing entirely. I had no idea why I've been having those dreams." He then sighed. "Until yesterday morning. When Shadow and Omega appeared from the future with these five ponies." "You found out that those dreams of yours weren't dreams, but visions of the far future," Sunny said. "Bingo," MC said. "I could see everything I'm gonna do in the future." "So, do you recall what will happen in the future?" Twilight asked. "What led to the future that was when we went there?" MC sighed and said, "It all started after the Flames of Disaster started spreading. When the people saw the fire spreading and lava rising, the people started running for their lives. Many people helped out as much as they could to get everyone to safety, but most of them got burnt alive. Including..." MC then looked towards Twilight. "I tried to save you, but with your last breath, you told me to watch over Equestria, and I've been keeping my promise." He then sighed. "The magic kept the Flames of Disaster out, but it was not enough to keep when harmony started losing its grip." "This is so interesting," Sunny said, writing the stuff down in a notepad. "Where did you get that?" MC asked. "That bat girl bought this for me to take notes," Sunny said. "I was in desperate need to get information about the other types of ponies, what they can do, and get as much knowledge of what led to my present time." "Okay, that's a good point," MC said. "Anyway... after that day came to pass, Maria and I were the only Freedom Fighters in the world that were left alive. I was tasked to keep Equestria safe by Sparkles, but... Maria wanted to stay and watch over the survivors of the burnt Soleanna. Eventually, she and I departed and... basically, I hadn't seen her in years." "You both were trying to do the right thing," Twilight said. "But what led to magic fading." MC was hesitant to talk about it. He eventually said, "25 years from now, the ponies will start distrusting each other. Basically, it was due to the loss of their current leader." In the future, after 25 years without Twilight, MC was looking around the land of Equestria and in the continent. He then saw the pony tribes starting to get distant from the others. "You unicorns are abusing your magic!" came one earth pony colt yelling at a unicorn. "Give me back my bag!" "Make me!" said the unicorn filly. "You're such a loser!" "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" MC said, getting in between the two. "Stop it!" MC then took the bag out of the filly's magic hold and gave it back to the colt. "Tell me what's going on?" "This unicorn is using her magic to constantly pick on me!" the colt said. "This colt smells!" the filly said. MC took a sniff at the colt. "He doesn't smell too bad," MC said. He then looked around and saw ponies fighting with each other. He then shouted, "HEY!!" His voice was nearly as powerful as the Royal Canterlot Voice. He then looked around. "What is going on here?! All the pony tribes are supposed to be getting along! Why are you all fighting?!" "Why should we answer you?!" asked a pegasus stallion. "You're a sorry excuse for a leader! You're not even an Equestrian!" "I may not be an Equestrian, but I do care for this land," MC said. "I promised Sparkles that I'd lead this place as well as she does. But I can't understand what's happening until someone tells me what the heck is going on!" Everypony then started arguing again. Just then, it started snowing. "Huh? Snow?" He then looked up into the sky, seeing some snow clouds spreading, and some creatures coming out of them. "Huh. So that's what a Windigo looks like." Then the ponies started panicking. MC looked up at the sky and then he started running to the Castle of Friendship. He headed into the throne room and went over to Twilight's throne. He moved the seat cushion and revealed a keyhole. He then made crystal clones of himself by the other thrones, who did the same with the other five thrones that belonged to the Mane 6. MC pulled six keys out of a pocket, which were the same keys to open the Chest of Harmony. MC prime moved the keys towards the clones, who each took the key to the thrones they were near. They then put the keys into the keyholes in each throne and turned the keys clockwise. Then the Cutie Map started glowing and it revealed three magic crystals. The same crystals that future MC was collecting. "It's time, Sparkles," MC said. He then grabbed the crystals and headed upstairs to the top of the Castle. He then climbed up to the very top of the castle with the crystals in his tail. He then called out, "Ponies of Equestria!" All of the ponies looked up at the castle. "Your fighting with each other is what's causing the Windigos to come back. We all must unite together. Bring peace and harmony to the land. We must come together! Bring peace to the land!" He then held up the crystals. "The Pegasi! The Earth Ponies! And the Unicorns! Unite!" Then the Crystals came together. The Crystal then brought out three different lights that connected to each pony that were connected to them. The white light went through the Earth Ponies, the blue light went through the unicorns, and the green light went through the pegasi. They all floated up and their magic was used through the crystal to take out the Windigos. They vanished. MC then looked down at the ponies and shouted, "You see! It's unity between each tribe that keeps us safe from the Windigos! It's what Princess Twilight would have wanted you to do!" But then he saw the pony tribes continuing their arguments. "No! Stop!" Just then, he heard a cracking noise. He looked down to see the Castle of Friendship cracking apart. "NO!!" Just then, the Castle of Friendship started coming down, breaking into chunks below him, and he fell down to the ground, screaming. Just then, all the ponies there watched as the Castle of Friendship broke apart, with no sign of MC. And just out of the rubble, two pieces of the crystal, one being the horn and the other being the pegasus wings. A unicorn took the blue crystal and the pegasi took the green one. MC spoke from the background. "I was buried under that rubble for 3 days. I'd failed on keeping harmony between the three pony tribes. Ponyville, Canterlot, Cloudsdale, all of those places abandoned." MC waited underneath the rubble, too upset to get himself out of there. Just then, the rubble in front of his face and he could see the future versions of Twilight's friends. "Ah've found him!" said the older Applejack. They walked over towards MC and helped him out of his pinned position. "You've been able to get out of any prison before," older Rarity said. "Why haven't you done it this time?" "I've failed..." MC said. "Failed to keep harmony. Failed to keep friendship among the other ponies. Failed my promise to Sparkles. You should just leave me." "No way, dude," older Rainbow Dash said. "You're our friend, too. And no way we're letting you stay under there in your own self pity." Applejack and Pinkie Pie helped MC up and carried him on their shoulders. Pinkie Pie on his left, and Applejack on his right. "Not even Twilight would give up after a failure." "Yeah," Pinkie Pie said. "Like the time she accidentally switched our Cutie Marks!" "Or when she thought that she had a due date and tried to force a problem to solve it," Fluttershy said. "We'll always be there," Applejack said. Just then, she and Pinkie Pie fell down to the ground due to MC's weight. "Whoa!" Pinkie Pie and Applejack said in unison. "Oh, no, not again!" Applejack said. "What's happening?" MC asked. He then looked at Rainbow Dash who was flying, and then she just fell to the ground. "Oh, man, not again!" Rainbow Dash said. "No harmony... no magic... And those who still believed in harmony eventually lost their magic as well. Through what magic they had left, they took me to the Crystal Empire. The last place in Equestria that had a standing castle. But since then, things have still continued getting worse and worse." In the present time, the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, and the Freedom Fighters that were there were all listening to what MC saw in the future. "Dude... don't let all that get you down," Sonic said. "It all hasn't happened yet. We can still prevent that future from happening." "He's right," Twilight said. "You can prevent that from happening. You just need to tell us what's going to happen and when." "Well, for starters, it starts off..." MC said, closing his eyes. He then thought of something. "What day was the Festival of the Sun?" "Two days ago," Tails said. He then remembered. "Oh, no!" "That's right," MC said. "Eggman will be..." Just then, a huge shadow appeared outside, and the people started panicking. The Freedom Fighters, Mane 6, Sunny and her friends ran outside to see the Egg Carrier flying over the city. "Princess Elise, ruler of Soleanna..." Eggman's voice came from a speaker. "By refusing to negotiate with me, you have forced me to take drastic actions. Meet me at the specified point alone at 4 o'clock today. Failure to do so on time, will result in my leveling of this city so that nothing but ashes remain!" "We have to stop him now!" Twilight said. "No," MC said. "If we do that, he'll level the city anyway." "And if we let Eggman get Princess Elise, the Egg Carrier will crash, Elise will die, and Iblis will burn the world," Tails said. "What are we gonna do?" "We'll wait," MC said. "Where's the bear boy? Truemen?" Just then, Truemen ran towards the group, saying, "I'm here. Sorry. Had to deal with some weird human pretending to be Sonic." "That guy again?" Tails asked. "He's really gotta stop taking credit for things Sonic did." "MC, what do you think we should do?" Twilight asked. "We're gonna have to wait until the Princess of Soleanna agrees to meet with Eggman at that location," MC said. "We're gonna have to wait until the right time comes to go out to save the world." "Well, how are we gonna do that?" Sonic asked. "If you might not recall, I'm not that well at patience." "I don't know," MC said. "We're just gonna have to wait." He then started to walk away. The rest of the group seemed to notice that, and Twilight approached him, placing a hand over his shoulder. "MC? A-Are you okay?" MC seemed to be a bit anxious, nervous and confused, as his eyes moved around while his ears kept standing in an alert position. He also either ignored Twilight, or he actually heard her, but he's too stunned and confused to even react. "Um... dude?" Sonic's variant called out as well, now standing in front of him and waving his hand on his face. "You doing good?" That last move seemed to be what took him out of his shocked moment, but then he looked straight at Sonic, still with an anxious look. "...I... I feel strange..." MC finally spoke. "Strange?" Tails asked, confused. "What do you mean?" "It's hard to explain..." MC replied with concern. "My mind is kind of... shouting... It tries to warn me about something... about someone..." "MC, what else but Eggman should we be aware of?" Twilight asked, also kind of confused. "Twilight has a point, man," Sonic's variant said with a smirk. "Besides Eggman, I doubt we should be aware of someone else! Like, what's the worst that could show up? Another me?" And just like you could expect, the sky broke apart with the shape of an X, and so, Sonic fell from the sky, curling into a ball before landing on the ground with a, let's say, 'superhero pose.' Everyone else stared in pure shock and confusion at the arrival of this new Sonic, specially MC, who felt his jaw almost touching the floor as his left eye twitched in pure confusion. "...Okay... maybe we do have to worry..." Sonic's variant said with an anxious expression. "I was just joking with the 'other me' comment!" Sonic, on the other hand, stood up slowly and cleaned the dust from his body, before looking back at his clothes and smile when he saw his red shoes with white stripes on both sides and two black lines in the middle, as well as his gloves with grey colors on the fingers were back. "Neat!" Sonic said with a smile. However, as he lifted up his head and looked around, his smile kind of got erased, and his expression showed nothing but panic. "...Oh no... not Soleanna... Anywhere but this damn place! I can only have enough nightmares with The End taking control over my body, I don't need to remember a human girl kissing my dead body again!" "Who the heck are you?!" MC asked in anger, and Sonic turned around. His eyes widened when some claws appeared straight on his face, while he saw behind MC variants of Tails, Amy, the Mane 6 and the Mane 5... but these last two groups were now anthropomorphic ponies, and they gave him a huge déjà vu when he remembered that time Hitch, Izzy and Pipp turned into Mobians in his own universe. "Huh... I don't know if I like what I'm seeing, or if I should go seek therapy once I leave..." Sonic said with a curious look. "Also, I forgot how awful I used to look with long quills..." To this, Sonic's variant blinked and looked at his quills, before looking back at Sonic and frowned. "Hey!" He complained, before boosting to his face. "And who are you supposed to be? A copycat? A clone of mine? A new Metal Sonic that Eggman managed to finally look exactly like me?!" "Bold of you to assume Eggman can replicate this gorgeous face," Sonic mocked up with a smirk, also pointing at his face. Sonic raised an eyebrow confused, while MC lowered his claws just a bit, because that statement confused them both. "As for your question, Fox McCloud, I'm this guy, but from another universe!" Sonic replied to MC, pointing at Sonic's variant with a smirk. "...You're from another what now?" Sonic's variant asked confused. "Multiverse stuff, different worlds, other Sonics, Eggman's gonna blow this place if I don't leave, blah, blah, blah..." Sonic replied with a bored expression. At this, MC frowned for a second and sniffed Sonic for a moment, but then, he smiled, and put his claws away. "Yeah, that settles it." Both Sonic looked at MC with raised eyebrows. "Wait, so he's saying the truth?" He asked, and MC nodded with a smile. "...That's it? You just sniffed which perfume I'm using today and decided that I'm not lying?" Sonic asked, confused. "I can literally smell if someone lies!" MC replied with a confident smirk. "So, how can I help you?" Sonic just deadpanned after hearing that. "Okay... What I'm supposed to do now? Is this the part where I just run away and refuse to give you an answer? 'Cause that's what I've been doing for the past 5 universes..." "Listen, man. I can literally do a lot of crazy stuff––" MC tried to explain. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't care," Sonic said with a frown, shushing MC by placing a finger on his mouth before sighing. "Alright... You wanna help? Just keep an eye on this universe, and whatever you do: Don't. Interact. With more. Variants! Nor from me, nor from yourself, nor from anyone else!" MC raised an eyebrow, but still shrugged it off and nodded. "I can do that." "Good," Sonic said with a smirk. "Wish I could stay, but the whole multiverse could collapse if I don't leave right now!" After saying this, Sonic ran on his place, with his feet making the shape of an eight, while his discs opened another portal. With this, he boosted away, disappearing through another X portal. With him gone, Sonic's variant huffed. "My quills look cooler being long!" He annoyingly stated with his arms crossed. MC deadpanned after he said that and rolled his eyes annoyed. Twilight then thought of something. She then said, "MC, wait." MC stopped in his steps. "Do you know what happened to Nyx? What came of her?" Sunny leaned towards Rarity and asked, "Who's Nyx?" "Nyx is Twilight's adopted daughter," Rarity said. "She's supposed to be a reincarnated Nightmare Moon given a body of her own. But since the first part of the spell was interrupted, she cannot be who she was supposed to be. Now, she's just a little filly." MC sighed and said, "When magic started dying, Nyx was starting to become the shreds she was made from." He then remembered the dream vision of him and Nyx. In the dream vision, he was being pulled by Rainbow Dash into the Crystal Castle in the Crystal Empire. He then saw Nyx's body cracking with faint blue lights within the cracks. "Nyx was going to die. She was only one of the last things left of you Sparkles. Besides your brother, Cadance, Spike and Joshua." MC of that time pounded the ground, trying to think of something. "I gotta find a way to save her!" MC said. "She's important to Sparkles as well. I can't let her die." He then sensed something. Something of Equestrian Magic that wasn't the Crystal Heart. Somewhere close to Ponyville. "Oh, I know the place to take her." MC then used his Super Warp Ring and opened up a portal. He then carried Nyx through the portal and put her near a column in the place. They were inside the Treehouse of Harmony. The older version of Twilight's friends walked into the room, looking around. "Are ya sure that bringing 'er here is gonna save 'er?" Applejack asked. "This is the only place in Equestria that has the last of Harmonic Magic," MC said. "It's the only place for Nyx to stay alive." Just then, a crystal gurney appeared. MC then put Nyx onto the gurney, and then a field came in over her. "M... C..." the older Nyx said, weakly. "It's going to be okay, Nyx," MC said. He then sighed. "I'm... afraid that I can't go back. For I have to keep Nyx alive." "So... does that mean..." Pinkie said. "Don't give up on what you believe, Pinks," MC said. He then sighed. "Take good care of what's left of Harmony." Twilight's friends nodded and went back through the portal. "I had to stay there to watch over Nyx. I had to isolate myself just to take care of Nyx. I kept in touch with the others there. But eventually... time passed... and... they all started passing. Applejack... Pinkie Pie... Rarity... Rainbow Dash... Fluttershy... Joshua... Apple Bloom... Scootaloo... Sweetie Belle... Dinky... Babs... Twist... All of the ponies I knew eventually passed on around me." Back in the Present, MC was telling the story as he and the others were heading through the city. They all were walking beside him as they were in the city part of Soleanna. "So, Nyx was still alive after two centuries?" Twilight asked. "The Tree of Harmony kept her alive," MC said. "Even when the Windigos came back." "The Windigos returned?" Twilight asked. "How did you handle it?" "I had no choice," MC said. "I had to absorb them and contain them in a crystal orb." "So, where was that orb?" Twilight asked. "I kept it in my pocket for over 100 years," MC said. "Nyx wanted me to go out and check out the world, get some fresh air one day. So, I did. I went out, and checked out the land to see if anyone was trying to reunite the tribes. But so far, there were two Earth Ponies that still believed in true Harmony. Although, the mare was pregnant at the time. They went back to their home, and that was when that mare's water broke." He then smirked. "But then something came out. Something that would be a light of hope for Equestria." "What was it?" Sunny asked. MC smirked, looked at Sunny and said, "You." Sunny was surprised and asked, "Me?" She then thought of something. "Those two ponies were my parents?" "Argyle Starshine was happy to see you born," MC said. "But he lost his wife after she gave birth to you." He then sighed. "I was there to help with the birth." "You helped with Sunny's birth?" Hitch asked. "Yeah," MC said. "My future self attended his funeral." He then looked towards Sunny and said, "His death took a heavy toll on the whole town." "It did," Sunny said. She then sighed. "I can't imagine what my father would think of me by being stuck in the past." "Sunny," Twilight said, wrapping her arm around Sunny's shoulders. "Your father would be proud for you finally getting to know the truth about how Equestria had been together." Sunny looked towards Twilight with a sad smile and said, "Thank you, Twilight." Then she hugged Twilight, which shocked the alicorn. She then smiled and hugged her back. "Okay," Rarity said. "So what does Sunny do for a living?" "Since her dad died, she got a job making fresh fruit smoothies," MC said. "I haven't tried one myself, but they have been getting good reviews." "Really?" Pinkie Pie asked, excitedly. "Yeah," Sunny said. "I should make some for you all before I go back to my time. If there is a way back there." "Yeah," Sonic said. "It actually sounds good." Sonic then looked towards Eggman's ship, flying off in the distance. "We have to do something about Eggman eventually." "He's right," Twilight said. "Where are we going to go to find Eggman?" "We'll figure that out later," MC said. "He's right," Zipp said. "I wanna find that creep that killed my mother." "Our mother deserves to be avenged," Pipp added. "I want to get rid of that monster that took our mother away from us. In the future that is." "I better call Rouge," MC said. He then held up his right hand and said, "This is Prince Michael Crayton calling Rouge." "Rouge here," Rouge's voice came from MC's communicator. "What is it, Crayton?" "Two of the mares from the future want to get back at Mephiles for killing their mother," MC said. "We're gonna have to help them avenge her." "Oh, we'll stop him," Rouge said. "Omega is on the hunt." "We'll meet you there," MC said. He then looked towards the group. "Maria, Truemen, Pinkie, Flutters, Applejack, Hitch, Pipp and Zipp, you're all coming with me. Let's go meet with Rouge. The rest of you, spread out and find Eggman's base. Check out all the other places that Eggman's been reported spotted." Then they all headed off in different directions. At one part of town, Blaze was waiting by the clock tower. Just then, a Space-Time Rift opens up and out comes Silver from the rift. Silver noticed Blaze standing by. "Blaze..." Silver said. Blaze crossed her arms and asked, "What did you see?" Silver looked down at his hands, saying, "The Iblis Trigger... wasn't Sonic the Hedgehog." "I see..." Blaze said. "Of course it wasn't Sonic the Hedgehog. I've known him longer than you have." The crowd of people around them started panicking. "They're quite noisy," Silver said, seeing the commotion. "Yes," Blaze said. "I heard that the Princess here left for Dr. Eggman's base in response to his earlier threat." Silver then thought of something and said, "What if his ultimate objective was to release Iblis?" The two of them looked at each other in surprise and then started running off in a certain direction. At the dock yards, MC's group ran there, meeting Rouge. "Whoa," Rouge said. "You've brought the cavalry." "Where's Shadow?" Maria asked. Just then, a Space-Time Rift opened up in front of the group and out came Shadow. "Never mind." Rouge walked up to him and said, "Omega is still in pursuit of Mephiles." She was pointing off in a certain direction. "So, where's the kid? What did you find 10 years ago?" Shadow then looked at Rouge and said, "Bring MC the Scepter of Darkness so he can restore it to its former glory. That way, we can..." "Seal that living darkness back to whence it came so he won't hurt anyone in the future," MC said. "Or the past. Or whatever timeline he'll end up in because of his time travel ability." "So he's going to be back in his own prison," Hitch said. "That'll show him." "And our mother will be avenged," Zipp said. MC then tossed the Super Warp Ring to Rouge and said, "Get the Scepter and meet us at the beach. I sense some dark energy coming from there. That must be where Mephiles is." "Got it," Rouge said. She then threw the ring towards which led to the ruins of the old castle. MC then closed the ring behind Rouge and he took the ring. "Let's move," Shadow said. "Omega's probably on his way there." Then they all headed out of there. Meanwhile, Eggman was in the Egg Carrier with Elise. They were both on the bridge of the Egg Carrier. Elise was sitting in a seat as Eggman was talking to her. "You've wasted so much of my time," Eggman said. "If you had cooperated with me earlier, I wouldn't have to do this." "What are you trying to do, Dr. Eggman?" Elise asked, pondering over what he was up to. "Why do you wish to revive the Flames of Disaster?" "Did your parents ever disclose to you anything about Solaris?" Eggman asked, walking over to Elise. "Solaris's secrets are in his eternal flames. His power... can change time, and even manipulate the fabric of time itself. I wish to obtain this power and dominate everything in this world. From the past all the way to the future!" "You wish... to rule over... Time?" Elise asked. "Yes. Truly," Eggman said. "And the secret... It remains dormant in you, Princess." He then walked over to the control console and typed on the computer keys. The Princess of Soleanna and the seven Chaos Emeralds... Once I have everything, the fate of the world will change. And one of the beautiful gems is just ahead." "Chaos Emerald located," the computer said. "Finally... Now, let's go collect that Chaos Emerald," Eggman said. At the beach, Omega was firing blasts at Mephiles there, but he wasn't taking any damage. "This only proves you were created to stop Shadow, the ultimate life form," Mephiles said. Omega stopped to ponder, or calculate, what Mephiles said. "Don't tell me you didn't know. You may have been programmed by humanity, but what you did to Shadow in the future, that was your..." Omega's hands then transformed into Gatling guns and fired upon Mephiles. He then fell down to the ground, laughing. Then he disappeared into the shadow underneath him. Shadow, Rouge, MC and the others met up with him. "What just happened?" Rouge asked. "He just disappeared into his own shadow," MC said. "Irony." "Shadow," Omega said. He then turned around to face Shadow. "The one that defeats and seals you in the future... is me." Shadow then looked towards MC. He held his head down in shame and nodded. "It's... It's so unfair!" Rouge said. "Yeah!" Pinkie said. "After all, Shadow has helped out with saving the world three times already, even though the first time was from an incident he caused due to the loss of his friend and forgetting the promise that he made with his friend and..." Just then, Applejack covered Pinkie's mouth with an apple and Applejack shook her head. "He did all that?!" Hitch asked. "He's changed since then, Hitch," Maria said. "Even though he's done so much in the past, he's still a hero. Even if Shadow will be locked up for being too powerful, we'll back him up." Shadow looked towards Maria and smiled. He then said, "Thank you, Maria." He then looked around and said, "We need to find Mephiles." Rouge then handed MC the Scepter of Darkness. "Is there anything we need to know about Mephiles. What he has, where he could be going?" "Obviously, Mephiles would get as much power as he needs to be the most powerful thing in the Multiverse," MC said as he was repairing the Scepter of Darkness. "He's probably going to find the other Chaos Emeralds. He doesn't have any." "Um... actually..." Fluttershy said, lowering the volume of her voice. "What is it, Flutters?" MC asked. "Mephiles has one of them," Applejack said. "The purple one." "So we have to find the Purple Chaos Emerald to find him," Pipp said. "How do we do that?" "Perhaps I will use the database to locate the Chaos Emeralds in the area and..." Omega said until he was interrupted. "Found him," MC said, his eyes glowing in a golden aura. "He's heading through an old temple in the desert." He then saw something. "Shoot... he's after the yellow Chaos Emerald which is in the core of the temple!" "Then we have to get there first!" Rouge said. "Let's move it!" Then all of them headed towards the desert. Meanwhile, Twilight looked up and saw the Egg Carrier heading towards the valley. Smoke was coming from the Egg Carrier. Twilight then pulled up her communicator and said, "Twilight to anyone who's not with MC's group. He's heading towards the valley. And I can see some smoke coming from the Egg Carrier." "Oh, no!" Sonic said. "That must be what led to Elise's death. Meet me there." Then Twilight teleported away from there. Twilight then appeared outside of the valley where Sonic was. Along with Rainbow Dash and Rarity. "Let's go save Elise," Rainbow Dash said. Then they were about to run into the valley, but were stopped by robots. They were about to fire upon the four, but were grabbed in a light blue aura. "Oh, sweet job, Rarity." "This isn't me," Rarity said. Just then, Silver dropped in front of them, his hands glowing, and then he threw the robots away, blowing up as they collided with some trees and other stuff there. "You all look like you're in a hurry," Silver said. "...So what's going on?" Sonic asked, crossing his arms. "Yeah, last time we saw you, you tried to kill Sonic," Rainbow Dash said. "What was up with that?" "Circumstances have changed," Silver said. "I need to rescue the Princess." "To prevent Iblis from getting out," Twilight said. "It probably crashed into the thing that Iblis was sealed in." "Iblis was actually sealed within Princess Elise," Silver said. "If she passes... or even cries... Iblis will be released from her. So we cannot let that happen." "What are we waiting for?!" Sonic asked. "Let's go save Elise!" Then Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Sonic and Silver ran through the valley. Blaze then caught up with them. Meanwhile, in the Egg Carrier's bridge, Eggman was trying to control the Egg Carrier when it was going through a system failure. "Huh? The engines are malfunctioning," Eggman said, typing on the computer. Elise stood up. "What's this? Stop all engines now!" The computer did not respond. He then pounded on the control console. "...Why is this happening? No! We're about to crash!" He put his hands to his head as the Egg Carrier was slowly descending, the engines smoking. Author's Note Next Episode: The Solaris Saga (Part 5): Race Against the Clock Episode 5: The Solaris Saga (Part 5): Race Against the ClockEpisode 5: The Solaris Saga (Part 5): Race Against the Clock Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Sonic, Silver and Blaze ran towards a cliff side that has a view of the valley. They saw the Egg Carrier descending towards a mountain, set ablaze and coming closer to the ground. As soon as it was out of sight, the Egg Carrier exploded. "Elise!" Sonic called out, holding out an arm. He then landed on his knees in despair. Twilight walked up to him and hugged him. "I'm so sorry," Twilight said. "Dang it," Rainbow Dash said. "If only we'd go back in time to stop that from happening." Silver then widened his eyes and said, "Wait a minute! We can! There's a way to change this." The group then looked at him. "If we return to an earlier point in time, we'll be able to save her." Sonic stood up, and said, "I understand." Silver then held up the White Chaos Emerald while Sonic held up the Light Blue Chaos Emerald. "Chaos Control!" Sonic and Silver said in unison. Then a Space-Time Warp opened up. "Wait a minute," Rarity said. "Are we seriously going to risk the timeline if we run into our other selves?" "I spoke to myself to try and warn my younger self not to get too stressed out," Twilight said. "I think we'll be fine." Sonic was walking towards the portal. "Silver!" Sonic said, tossing Silver the Light Blue Chaos Emerald. Silver caught it and was confused about him receiving the Chaos Emerald. "I can handle this myself. Besides, you've got somewhere to go, right?" Silver was amazed by receiving the Chaos Emerald and said, "You..." "I'll make sure to change Elise's fate," Sonic said, raising a fist. "And that in turn should change your future, too." Silver nodded in agreement with Blaze putting her hands on her hips. Sonic then gave Silver a thumbs up and said, "Thank you, Silver!" "Yeah... just save her!" Silver said. Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Sonic jumped into the portal. As soon as they went in, Silver and Blaze went into the portal after them, heading to a different point in time from when Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Sonic were going. Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Sonic came out of a Space-Time Warp in the middle of the city section of town. Then they heard the bells of a clock tower, which they looked up at the time. "We got four hours to find Eggman's base!" Twilight said. "We've got to move. Fast." Then the four of them started running around town. Just then, they accidentally bumped into someone. They looked and saw Izzy there. "Izzy? What are you doing?" "Sunny and I have found Eggman's ship!" Izzy said. "Follow me!" Then she led the group towards somewhere. They basically went into the sewer system. When they got in, they saw a doorway with Sunny standing there. "There you guys are," Sunny said. "I would've contacted you, but we don't have anything to communicate with you." "If you guys decide to stay in our time, we're getting the five of you communication devices," Sonic said. Just then, they heard something. "Thrust increasing. Engine output at maximum. Course plotted." Just then, they heard something. They looked in there and saw a huge door starting to open, and they were on a platform above the Egg Carrier. "Gate open. Lifting off." The Egg Carrier then started moving from its spot, heading off towards the open door. Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Sonic, Sunny and Izzy started running and they jumped onto the top of the Egg Carrier. "Okay, we're in!" Sunny said as they were holding onto the top of the Egg Carrier. "Now what do we do?!" "We go in, save Elise, and get out before this ship blows up!" Twilight said. She then used her magic to teleport the six of them inside the ship. They started running, searching for Elise. Just then, the ship started shaking. "What's going on?!" Izzy asked. "The ship's going to explode!" Sonic said. "We've gotta get Elise out of here before this place explodes!" They started running towards the bridge of the ship. "...Why is this happening?" Eggman asked, typing on the console. He then held up his hands to his head. "Noooooo!!" "Playtime's over," came Sonic's voice. Eggman and Elise looked towards the door to see Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Sonic, Sunny and Izzy standing there. "Sonic!" Elise said, running up to the group. "This ship is about to crash," Sonic said. "Too bad, Eggman." Eggman then threw a tantrum and said, "I'm not finished yet!" Just then, a platform raised the six heroes and Elise up and onto a larger platform over the Egg Carrier. "What is he doing?" Rainbow Dash asked. Just then, she saw something coming up. "This time, I'll end you all, once and for all!" Eggman's voice came from the machine. "And then I'll learn the secrets of the Solaris Project." Then the machine started charging towards the group. They got out of the way of the attack. "Is this guy crazy?!" Sunny asked. "Believe me, this is one of his better days," Twilight said. Sonic then jumped towards the cockpit of the machine and struck it. The machine started to falter but then it recovered. "You won't defeat me that easily!" Eggman said. "This Egg-Wyvern will destroy you!" Twilight then tore some of the ship apart with her magic and threw it at the cockpit of the Egg-Wyvern. The Egg-Wyvern took damage from the attacks. But then the place started shaking again, making Elise almost fall. But she was caught in two magical auras. One light blue and one pink. Rarity and Izzy were using their magic to bring Elise to safety. Rainbow Dash then flew up to the cockpit and grabbed the horn on top of it, making the Egg-Wyvern crash into the ship. Eggman in his transport then started flying away. "We gotta get out of here!" Rainbow Dash said, flying to the group. "The ship's going down fast!" Sonic then grabbed Elise. Then all of them started running towards the side of the ship, which was falling apart near a cliff side. "Sonic!" Elise said, pointing at a booster that was flying faster than the ship. "Aren't you worried?" Sonic asked. "It's like you said, 'If you have time to worry, then run,' right?" Elise asked. Sonic smiled at that. Twilight used her magic to lift Rarity, Sunny and Izzy and started flying to the cliff with Rainbow Dash flying right beside her. Sonic then leaped off the self disassembling Egg Carrier onto a different part of it, and jumped from many pieces of it. He then jumped off the last part and headed to the top of the cliff side, but he didn't make it. Just then, a piece of the Egg Carrier collided with the cliff side below him and the explosion sent him and Elise up and onto the cliff. Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Sunny and Izzy walked up to the two. Elise rolled on the ground while Sonic and the other girls stood around her. Then out of nowhere, all of them started laughing. Izzy was laughing the loudest as she fell down to the ground. "Nice smile," Sonic said, looking down at Elise. Twilight looked over at Izzy and said, "I'm not certain, but I think that Izzy just might be a descendant of Pinkie Pie." "It would be a possibility," Sonic said. "We should probably head on out of here," Sunny said. "I can make us all some fresh smoothies at the hotel." "Sounds good," Twilight said. Then all of them started walking away from the cliff side. Meanwhile, at the edge of the desert, MC, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Hitch, Zipp, Pipp, Truemen, Shadow, Rouge and Omega were looking out among the sand. "There's no doubt in my mind," Shadow said. "His movement shows he's seeking any Chaos Emerald he can find. Supposedly, he needs one in order to join with Iblis again." "I will seal him before that," Omega said. Then they all headed down the stone steps. As soon as they were about to step onto the sand, MC held his arms out and stopped them. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" MC said, stopping the group. "Don't step on the sand!" "Why not?" Rouge asked. MC then went over to a column and used his claws to go down and it fell into the sand. Just then, the column started sinking. "Quicksand," MC said. "How are we gonna get across this place?" Hitch asked. "I'm sure that Rouge, Fluttershy, Pipp and Zipp won't be able to carry all of us over there." He then looked at Omega and said, "Not even the robot here." "I agree," Omega said. "I'm incredibly heavy for any normal flyer to pick up." MC then held up his right hand to his face and said, "Nicole. Come in." "What is it, MC?" Nicole asked. "Bring the Spirit of Freedom to my location," MC responded. "We're gonna need a lift." Later, the Spirit of Freedom landed near the group, not landing on some sand. MC opened up the door to the ship, then faced the group. "I'll lead you guys to the Chaos Emeralds and tell you where to land," MC said. "Shadow, either you and Rouge have to..." Just then, the sound of buttons being pushed came in. The group looked in and saw Zipp pushing buttons. The engines started whirling up. "Zipp! What are you doing?!" "This thing was found in the future," Zipp said. "I've practiced flying this thing in its simulation mode." "The Spirit of Freedom has a simulation mode?" Maria asked. "Of course it does," Nicole's voice came from the Spirit of Freedom. "Mutt has been wanting to try it for a while. He just needs permission from one of the leading Freedom Fighters to fly it." "That makes sense," MC said. "Where did you keep that thing, Zipp?" "At the abandoned train station underneath Zephyr Heights," Zipp said. "There's a train station there?" Pipp asked. "There was," Zipp said. "It was thought of before the three pony types split up." "Well, since you know how to fly it, do me one favor," MC said. "And that is?" Zipp asked. "Don't scratch it," MC said. Zipp nodded and then Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Shadow, Rouge, Omega, Truemen, Hitch and Pipp went into the Spirit of Freedom and Zipp started piloting the Spirit of Freedom. MC started leading the Spirit of Freedom as it was in the air. Eventually, they made it to the entrance to the old temple. The group then got out of the Spirit of Freedom and headed into the temple. "Everyone be careful!" Rouge said. "Temples like this are often booby-trapped. So watch your step and watch out for holes in the walls, or pendulum axes." "Wow," Hitch said. "Why are old temples like this?" "To protect their treasures," Shadow said. "I've read them in some history books." MC led them through the temple, triggering every booby trap in his path, having him take every blow. "Why isn't he dodging the traps?" Pipp asked. "And how isn't he reacting in pure pain?" Hitch asked. "Oh, MC has a healing factor," Maria said. "He basically can't die. I have a healing factor, too. But he's used to physical pain so much, it doesn't bother him." "Really?" Zipp asked. "How does he handle all the pain?" "He had so much emotional pain that it overridden the physical pain," Rouge said. "Oh... kay..." Zipp said. She then thought of something. "Wait. What emotional pain had he gone through?" "He lost his family and his kingdom on his seventh birthday," Pinkie said. "And it wasn't until recently that he found out that his mother, Queen Sarah Crayton, was still alive as the mysterious do-gooder of his kingdom, the Iron Mask," Rouge said. "She died defending MC from the strongest fighter of the Black Aliens, Eclipse." "Spike helped out as well!" MC called out from ahead. "Who's Spike?" Hitch asked. "He's Twilight's royal advisor and adopted son," Applejack said. "He's also a dragon." "Wait... dragons are real?" Hitch asked. "What happened with the other creatures of Equestria?" Fluttershy asked. "They all spread around the world in the future!" MC said. "The yaks went to the only place in the world that stayed cold; the Himalayas. The dragons went to Japan. And the changelings, hippogriffs, griffons and kirin have all made sanctuary in Delphius." "That makes sense," Applejack said. "Where in the world is Delphius?" "Classified!" MC and Truemen said in unison after MC turned around. Then the two of them looked at each other. "Where do you think I got this arm?" Truemen asked, held up his metal arm. "That makes sense," MC said. He then started walking away. He then sighed. "This is gonna take us forever. This temple is like a maze." He then pulled out his Super Warp Ring. "Shortcut!" MC then used it to get to the treasure room of the temple. They went running through the portal and onto a platform. "Mephiles!" Shadow called out. Mephiles was up on an altar, holding something. "I was expecting you sooner," Mephiles said, turning around. "As you must know, you're already too late. But there's still time for you to change your mind. Join me, Shadow. Let us teach this world a lesson and rewrite the future." "Don't try to deceive me," Shadow said. "What?" Mephiles asked, surprised. "You have no desire for revenge," Shadow said. "You only crave destruction. Your only lust is to fuel Iblis until there is nothing left of time itself." "I've seen what you've done in the future, Mephiles," MC said. "You've killed our mother!" Zipp said. "We're taking you down!" "It's a pity, you all," Mephiles said. He then levitates the two Emeralds he had above him. "Truly a shame that you all wish to go against me!" Then he launched a force to send all of them back and the platform under them went into a black and dark purple aura. Mephiles then disappeared. "Where'd he go?" Hitch asked. Pinkie's tail started twitching as she called out, "Twitchy Tail!" Then a bunch of stone debris fell from the ceiling. The heroes then started moving out of the way. Omega was using his rocket launchers to destroy the bigger pieces. Then from the ground, Mephiles sent giant monsters from the dark aura under them. "Whoa!" MC said. "I thought he was tough before in the future! But now he's become nothing but a monster!" "Time to arrest this guy!" Hitch said. "You can't arrest him, Hitch," Rouge said. "For three reasons. One, he's a monster that must be sealed up in the temple. Two, you have no jurisdiction. And three, you have to be deputized by the actual authorities in this timeline." "Oh, okay that makes sense!" Hitch said. MC then jumped up to the ceiling, and then he jumped from the ceiling, using gravity to increase his power and used a golden aura punch to make the dark aura and the monsters disappear. Mephiles then popped out of the ground. "There he is!" Zipp said. She then flew towards Mephiles and kicked him. Applejack then used her lasso to tie up Mephiles's arms. MC and Truemen then charged at Mephiles with a golden and orange aura and punched him to the ground. Omega then used his Gatling guns to shoot Mephiles. "Nice form, man," MC said, high five-ing Truemen. "Thanks, dude," Truemen said. Mephiles then got up and charged at the two, but Shadow and Maria appeared in front of him, Maria's eyes were red, and both of them said in unison, "Double Chaos Blast!" The blast sent Mephiles back, and he started melting into a puddle. "Now, Shadow!" MC said. Shadow then walked up to the melted Mephiles and held up the Scepter of Darkness. Mephiles started getting absorbed into the Scepter. When Mephiles got sealed in, Shadow was struggling. Just then, the Scepter of Darkness exploded. "It's destroyed!" Rouge said. In mid air, Mephiles was in a dark spiral. "The 'I' of now absorbed your power through your shadow in the past," came Mephiles's voice from the spiral as he was taking back form. "What may have worked 10 years ago, no longer does!" He then used his power to send the heroes back to the center of the platform, making it crack up underneath them. Then the Green, Yellow and Red Chaos Emeralds were above him, going in a figure eight as more and more of him surrounded him. "You must realize now that you cannot hope to stop me with your limited power." "So you say..." Shadow said as he and the others started recovering. "It's futile," Mephiles said. "The world will betray you. Why fight at all? Why risk your life for those who will persecute you later?" If the world chooses to become my enemy, I will fight like I always have!" Shadow said, taking off his Inhibitor Rings. MC and Maria nodded at each other. MC removed his Stabilizer Rings while Maria removed her Inhibitor Rings. Then all three of their power combined with all the heroes there and they charged through the Mephiles clones, all of them being destroyed as the heroes charged through them. Meanwhile, back in the future, Silver and Blaze were outside the entrance to the volcano. "I know how to save our world, now," Silver said, holding up the White and Light Blue Chaos Emeralds. "We don't have to change the past. I'm sure of it." "So you have a plan?" Blaze asked. Silver looked at Blaze and nodded. "Well then, let's hurry. I sense his flames." "You two aren't going alone," came a voice. The two of them looked off where the voice came from. Out of the shadow came future Maria. "And I've called in some old friends." Then a Super Warp Ring appeared and opened up. Then future MC and future Nyx came walking through the portal. "I've been waiting for this day to come for 200 years," Future MC said. "Me, too," Future Nyx added. "Thanks for coming and getting me, MC." "It wasn't easy to restore Harmony, but I did it," Future MC said. "And eventually, magic came back and now I have to teach everypony how to use their horns, wings, and strength. The strength I can handle, but the horn and wings, I can't handle." "I can handle that," Future Nyx said. "Although, it's gonna be awkward for them to see me." "Right," Future MC said. "You are a failed Nightmare Moon given a body of her own." He then smirked. "It's good to know that three of my friends are still alive. Even though one of them is locked in a very complicated prison." "Alright, you three," Silver said. "Let's go." Then the five of them headed into the volcano entrance. Silver, Blaze, future Maria, future MC and future Nyx were going through the volcano, evading the lava and fire bursts from the rocky terrain under their feet. Blaze used her powers to control the flames. "Wow," future Maria said. "You weren't kidding about Blaze. She can control all the flames around her." "You should've seen her when she accidentally came to our dimension with the Sol Emeralds," future MC said. "The Chaos and Sol Emeralds aren't supposed to be in the same dimension," Blaze said, putting her hands on her hips. "Their magnetic fields were going to tear the world apart." "That would've been worse for the world than Iblis," future MC said. The five of them came across a river of lava with some large rocks coming down from the stream of it. "Let's get going," Silver said. Then he and Nyx started hovering over the river of lava. Future Maria, future MC and Blaze started jumping from rock to rock to follow Silver and future Nyx. "We're almost there!" Blaze said. "I sense his power getting stronger the closer we get to him!" They then arrived near the core of the volcano. Just then, they saw something in front of them. "Shoot... it's bigger than last time!" future MC said. "C'mon, Iblis! This time I'll finally stop you!" Silver said. Iblis then gave out a roar and started coming near the group. Future MC then punched a nearby wall and brought out a huge boulder. Future Nyx used her magic to throw the boulder at Iblis to stun him. "That's it!" Silver said. "We have to keep him distracted!" "How are we going to stop this thing?" future Maria asked. "We're gonna have to cool him off!" Blaze said. "But we don't have anything that's cold enough to freeze Iblis!" "Wait a minute!" Future Nyx said. "MC, do you still have those Windigos from the incident?!" "Oh, yeah, I do!" Future MC said, pulling out a crystal orb. "I see what you're saying!" MC then tossed out the crystal orb and said, "Tossed this at Iblis!" Silver nodded, took it in his light blue aura, and he threw it towards Iblis. When the orb made contact, it melted and the Wendigos came out and surrounded Iblis. He then started roaring, and he started cooling off. Future MC then punched another wall and an even bigger boulder came out of the wall. Silver and Nyx used their magic and power to throw the rock at Iblis. Then Iblis started to falter and come closer to the group. "He's coming closer!" Future Nyx said. "What are we gonna do?!" Future Maria asked. "I've been waiting to do this for 200 years," Future MC said, charging up his fist with golden energy. "This is for Sparkles." He then jumped up and dive-bombed at Iblis, roaring as he dropped from the sky. "Chaos Dragon Fist!" MC's golden aura fist collided with Iblis's forehead, making him crumble up and become a giant ball of flames. MC then landed back with the group, looking at the flaming ball. "Now what do we do?" "We have to contain it!" Silver said, holding up the Chaos Emeralds he had. "Chaos Emeralds, lend me your power! Eternal Sun! The Living Flame that has been entrusted to the royal family! Fall into slumber with my soul, Iblis! You cursed Flames of Disaster!" Just then, the flames of Iblis started going into the Chaos Emeralds, and when the lights tried going into Silver, it was burning him. "Silver! Stop it!" Future MC said. "No!" Silver said. "Why won't it accept me as the vessel?" "210 years ago, Iblis was sealed within someone with royal blood in their veins," Future MC said. "I know it was Elise. Shadow told me that you were there when you saw Iblis get contained within her." He then took the Emerald. "And since I'm royal blood, I will..." Blaze then bumped him, took the Emeralds, and held them up. "Blaze!" Silver said. "I'll take Iblis," Blaze said, confidently, holding up the Chaos Emeralds. "Don't worry. My soul is already alit with flames, and I am of royal blood as well. I will be accepted." The Emeralds then let Iblis get absorbed and they went into Blaze, and flames started swirling around her. "Come on, make it quick. Use your Chaos Control... to stop time. Then... seal us into a different dimension." "No! I can't do that to you!" Silver said in shock. Blaze turned around and said, "Didn't we already go through this? We agreed to save the world at any price!" She then faced the core of the volcano again. Silver then tried using his power to do it, but he couldn't do it. He then said, "I can't! I wouldn't know what to do without you! You've fought alongside me to save the world... You're my friend... Right?" "You're still so naive," Blaze said before turning back to face Silver. "But... I... I've always liked that about you." "We'll find a way to bring her back, Silver," Future MC said, holding him back from trying to grab Blaze. But then, Blaze closed her eyes and the flames power evaporated her body, leaving her soul to come out and ascend into the sky. Waving towards the group, Blaze's spirit let out three last words. "Good luck, Silver." And as soon as Blaze reached the smokey clouds above them, the clouds started breaking apart. Sunlight started peaking through and the fires among the world started dying down. "She... she did it," future MC said. "She saved the world." "Blaze..." Silver said, falling onto his knees. He then started crying. Future MC, future Maria and Future Nyx came around Silver and hugged him. They felt bad for him for losing Blaze. "She was my friend, too," future MC said. "Even though, when we met, she was a loner." "She was a loner?" Nyx asked. "Like Twilight was before I came in?" "Oh, yeah," future MC said. "She was focused on saving the world by herself, she didn't want anyone to help her. Until a certain young rabbit and Chao came into the picture." "Cream and Cheese," future Maria said. "Exactly," future MC said. "Now, let's get out of here. I've got a country to run." Then they all walked away from there. Before Silver left the area, he looked back up into the sky, hoping that Blaze was watching him from the afterlife. He then continued on foot, following the group out of there, hoping that they'll be walking out to a better future. Author's Note Next Episode: The Solaris Saga (Part 6): Armageddon Episode 6: The Solaris Saga (Part 6): ArmageddonEpisode 6: The Solaris Saga (Part 6): Armageddon In the valley, Sonic and Elise were walking through the valley. Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Sunny and Izzy were walking around until Sunny stopped. Twilight noticed it and asked, "What is it, Sunny?" "Something doesn't feel right," Sunny said. "You said that there were seven Chaos Emeralds, right?" Twilight nodded. "Didn't you say that Mephiles had that Purple Chaos Emerald?" "Yeah, why?" Twilight asked. "Then why is it over there?!" Sunny said, pointing somewhere. The others looked towards where Sunny was pointing and saw the Purple Chaos Emerald glowing in a bright light, blinding all those who were there. Especially Sonic and Elise. But then, Sonic felt something go through his entire torso from back to front. The group looked at Sonic and saw that he had an energy laser going through him. "Sonic!" Twilight, Rainbow and Rarity said in unison. Then the group looked towards where the beam was coming from and they saw Mephiles there. "Hey! It's that Mephiles guy!" Sunny said. "Sonic! Sonic!" Elise said, trying to wake him up. But he wasn't coming. Mephiles was laughing evilly at the group. Elise then tried to wake up Sonic but he wasn't responding. Elise then remembered something her father said. "Yes, Elise... Don't cry, no matter what happens." "Oh... no," Elise said, starting let out some tears. "Wait, no!" Twilight said. "Don't...!" "Nooooooooo!" Elise cried out. Just then, a huge burst let out, sending the five mares back. "It's Iblis!" Twilight said. "The world is doomed!" Sunny said. Mephiles laughed and said, "Finally, the seal is broken! At long last, I'll be able to join with you! Iblis!" He then held out the Purple Chaos Emerald. "Now, Chaos Emerald! It's time for the final curtain call!" Then Iblis started being absorbed into the Chaos Emerald, and it shot a beam into Mephiles. Then he started glowing white. Meanwhile, in the desert temple, Shadow, MC and Maria were putting their rings back on their wrists. Hitch then looked towards the Chaos Emeralds. "Wait..." Hitch said. "Pinkie, you said that Mephiles had the Purple Chaos Emerald, right?" "Uh-huh," Pinkie said. "Why?" "Then where is it?!" Hitch asked. Then they all froze up when the Chaos Emeralds started glowing, blinding the heroes there. Then the blinding light started spreading throughout the land of Soleanna. The light started blinding everyone there. Including Tails, Knuckles, and Amy. Somewhere, there was a platform with seven walkways with rifts at the end. The platform was similar to the statue at the Festival of the Sun. The Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, MC, Maria, Truemen, Shadow, Rouge, Omega, Silver, Eggman, Agent Stone, Elise and the corpse of Sonic were all there. Most of them were looking around at where they were. "What is this?" Tails asked, looking around. "Where are we? What's going on?" Amy asked. "Is this because of that light?" Knuckles asked. The group then looked around and saw Silver there with them. "The Chaos Emeralds... have disappeared," Silver said. "Silver?!" Amy asked. Silver saw the group that Amy was there, asking, "What are you doing here? This is all so confusing..." "It's because of Solaris..." came Rouge's voice. The group looked towards her and saw Rouge, Shadow and Omega standing there. "Solaris?" Twilight asked. She then looked up, along with the rest of the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends. "It seems we were all caught by the spatial distortion," came Eggman's voice. They all looked towards him. "Julien?" Maria asked. "Iblis's seal has been broken," Eggman said. He then looked towards Sonic and Elise. "Due to Mephiles manipulation." The others also looked towards where he was looking. "Sonic?" Amy asked. Then they all ran towards him, except for Shadow and Omega. "No... You don't think..." Tails said. "Sonic!" Knuckles said in despair. MC then checked Sonic's pulse. He lowered and shook his head saying, "He's gone." Amy fell onto her knees and started crying. Twilight and Sunny comforted her. "Mephiles played us all for fools!" Eggman said. "His plan all along was to cause the Princess to be consumed with despair that she'd cry." So that's why he wanted me to kill Sonic before..." Silver said. Shadow turned away with his arms crossed and his eyes closed. Just then, a roaring sound came from above them and there was a white light. "Solaris!" "This creature will consume all existing timelines," Eggman said. "And time itself will collapse and disappear into nothingness." "It's gonna devour the entire multiverse?!" MC asked. "That's not good." "What do you mean?" Sunny asked. "If Solaris consumes the multiverse..." MC said. "Then everyone and everything will cease to exist, and there will be nothing," Eggman said. "The instability of time caused this time-space rift," Shadow said. "And it won't remain much longer," Twilight said. "We've got no time to waste," Knuckles said. "We've got to defeat it now!" "No, it is a transcendent life form that exists in the past, present and future," Eggman said. "Defeating it here, now, would do nothing." "No, I won't give up," Silver said, looking up in the sky. "There has to be a way." He then looked at Eggman. "If you say it exists in the past, present and future, I'll destroy them all at once!" Silver then clenched his fist. "Certainly, it might have been possible, if he was still alive," Shadow said, looking at Silver. He then looked towards Sonic to show who he was talking about. "Sonic! Sonic!" Amy said, balling her eyes out. Truemen then put his left hand on Amy's shoulder. Everyone there was mourning in their own way. Just then, some wind blew, and Elise could feel something in it. "Sonic..." Elise said quietly. Silver noticed it and asked, "What's the matter?" "I feel... Sonic's presence in the wind," Elise said. "I don't think he's dead yet!" Amy then uncovered her face and everyone was looking at her in shock. "I'm sure of it. It's not too late!" Silver nodded and said, "Of course! Let's call him back with the power of the Chaos Emeralds!" Everyone then looked at him. "Focus your thoughts on using its power to perform this miracle..." He then ran over to Sonic and Elise. "You can do it, Princess!" "I can?" Elise asked. "You were the vessel that was used to seal Iblis," Silver said. "You should be able to use the gems' power to rescue Sonic's soul!" Elise thought about it, nodded and said, "I'll do it!" Eggman then brought out a small device and Maria asked, "Julien?" "Doctor?" Agent Stone asked. "Solaris flung the Chaos Emeralds to the distant corners of this distorted world," Eggman said. "To collect them all in time, we'll have to split up!" Tails said. "I'll go, too! Because it's for Sonic!" Amy said. "So Elise... Watch over him!" "Twenty-one heroes... seven Emeralds... seven teams of three..." Twilight said. "Everyone get into your groups." Then they all divided into groups. Twilight was with MC and Shadow. Applejack was with Rouge and Hitch. Rainbow Dash was with Tails and Zipp. Rarity was with Pipp and Amy. Pinkie was with Izzy and Silver. Fluttershy was with Maria and Knuckles. And lastly, Sunny was with Omega and Truemen. "We all know the plan," MC said. "Get the Emeralds, and meet back here." Then they all headed off in their groups in seven different directions. Then Eggman and Agent Stone looked at each other. "What are the chances they'll get the Emeralds back in time?" Agent Stone asked. "Unlikely," Eggman responded. "No doubt that all of them would be sucked into a black hole." Rainbow Dash, Tails and Zipp ended up in a place that looked like the future version of Soleanna. They all looked around at what was around them. "This place looks like the future version of Soleanna!" Rainbow Dash said. "Does that mean...?" Tails asked. Rainbow Dash and Zipp looked at each other and started flapping their wings, which was still allowing them to fly. "Oh, good. You two can still fly." Just then, some black holes opened up near them. Tails was being sucked in, but Rainbow Dash started flying fast, trying to get Tails out of the suction. "Don't worry, Tails, I got you!" Rainbow Dash said. Zipp then looked over at a statue. The statue's description was of a green orb with a stone eagle above it. "What does this do?" Zipp asked. She then touched the orb and then the black holes disappeared. "Whoa. Okay, that was awesome." "No way!" Rainbow Dash said. "You saved us, Zipp!" Tails then brought up his communicator. "Alright, everyone. Listen up! There's a statue in each of your locations. It's a green orb with a stone eagle on top of it. It'll stop the black holes from sucking you up." "I see the Chaos Emerald!" Rainbow Dash said. They looked at a skyscraper, seeing the yellow Chaos Emerald there. Then they all started flying towards it. Then they eventually grabbed it. Over with Sunny, Omega and Truemen, were going through the volcano area of the future. The three of them were evading the lava and the black holes opening up. "Beware of where you step, you two," Omega said. "Molten lava and black holes everywhere." "The black holes we can stop with those statues, but the lava, that's another story," Truemen said. "This is like that old game, 'The Floor is Lava.' Ever heard of that game, Sunny?" "No, not really," Sunny said. "I was too into the stories my father taught me about the legend of Equestria." "Of course you are from 200 years in the future," Omega said. Then Sunny and Truemen started getting sucked in by a black hole. But Omega fired upon the statue and the black holes disappeared. Just then they reached the Green Chaos Emerald. Fluttershy, Knuckles and Maria were in the jungle area of Soleanna of the current world they were in. They had obtained the Light Blue Chaos Emerald. Pinkie, Izzy and Silver were in the desert area, and they reached the White Chaos Emerald. Applejack, Hitch and Rouge were running through the beach area, and they reached the Purple Chaos Emerald. Rarity, Pipp and Amy were running through White Acropolis, and they reached the Blue Chaos Emerald. And finally, Twilight, MC and Shadow were going through Kingdom Valley, evading all the dangers of that part. "This place is getting more and more unstable as we get through it," Shadow said. Just then, Twilight landed on an unstable piece of ground, and almost fell into a black hole under it. She screamed before being grabbed by MC, who was holding onto the ground near where Twilight fell. "I got you, Sparkles!" MC said. "Michael!" Twilight said. "If something happens to me... promise me you'll..." "No!" MC said. "I'm not gonna lose you! I will not let that future come to pass!" "Michael..." Twilight sighed sadly. "It's okay. You'll make a good leader of Equestria. I'm sure of it." "I'm not going to lead Equestria!" MC said. "Not without you! It's not for the ponies or the other creatures of Equestria that I'm concerned about!" Just then, the black hole vanished, leaving Twilight in one piece. Shadow then came back, helping the two up from the cliff side. "Are you two alright?" Shadow asked. MC and Twilight got up. "We're fine," MC said. "What do you mean it's not just about the creatures of Equestria you're not concerned about?" Twilight asked. "It's more about your kids," MC said. "Spike... Nyx... and Joshua." "Oh..." Twilight said, her ears drooping. "Right." She then sighed. "Joshua had already lost his parents before he came to Equestria. And Nyx is just..." "I won't let that happen, Sparkles," MC said. "Kids need their mother. We've got to get the Chaos Emerald and get out of this freaky limbo." "He's right," Shadow said. "We're gonna need that Chaos Emerald to get out of here." "Yeah," Twilight said, looking down. She then went wide eyed. "We do need the Emerald. And I'm looking at it right now." Then MC and Shadow looked down off the cliff to see the Red Chaos Emerald. "Jackpot!" MC said. Then he jumped down, landed on the lower cliff, grabbed the Emerald, and came back up. "Let's get out of here. Shadow then took the Emerald and said, "Chaos Control!" But nothing happened. "I don't think that's gonna work here," Twilight said. "Let's just run!" MC said, picking up Twilight. He then used his Super Speed to carry Twilight out of there. Shadow then sighed and followed with his own Super Speed. Later, the heroes came back to where they ended up, the seven Chaos Emeralds were around Sonic, and Elise was standing outside the circle, her hands together and near her mouth, as if she was praying. "Oh Chaos Emeralds, gems of miracles. Please heed my call," Elise said as they started glowing brighter. "I wish to save this world. I wish to cleanse my father's sin. And, I wish to talk to Sonic... once again!" Then the Chaos Emeralds and Sonic's lifeless body started floating. Elise then started walking towards Sonic. "You have given me so many things. Now it is my time to return the favor. I care not what happens to me. But please heed my voice. Sonic, come back! To me... To us!" Elise then kissed Sonic on the lips, and then a bright light appeared where Sonic was. And when the light dimmed down, there was Super Sonic. Elise then fell into Super Sonic's arms from exhaustion. "Thank you, Elise," Super Sonic said to Elise. Elise then stood back up and Super Sonic looked at the other heroes. "Shadow... Silver... MC... Twilight... and Sunny." Sunny was surprised that she was picked. MC and Twilight grabbed Sunny and brought her towards Super Sonic. "What's going on?" Sunny asked. "What are we doing?" "Oh, relax," MC said. "Future me saw something in you that I don't know yet, but I'm sure that you're able to perform miracles." Twilight looked at MC with a smile. "Hold out your hands towards the left and right," Twilight said. Then the five of them did. Going clockwise, it was Silver, MC, Sunny, Twilight, Shadow and Super Sonic. Super Sonic was transferring power from him and the Chaos Emeralds to the others. The five of them transformed. Shadow, Twilight, and MC became their super forms, Silver also transformed in a similar way to Sonic and Shadow, and Sunny, she gained ethereal wings and a horn, her mane gained red, yellow and blue streaks, and her cutie mark appeared over her arms and legs. "Let's do this!" Twilight said. The other super heroes then nodded and they started flew straight up towards the white light in the sky above, their friends cheering them on. The six heroes flew up into the white light to see Solaris in a monstrous form. "Sweet lord!" Maximum MC said. "It's bigger than I thought it was gonna be!" "What are we gonna do?!" Twilight asked. "We better do some different attacks!" Super Sonic said. "Twilight, you and Silver use your telekinetic abilities to throw debris at him. Shadow, Sunny, you two have energy attacks. Use them to attack Solaris. MC, you and I have a very strong head on attacks." "Once Solaris's defenses are lowered, we'll take him on, and take him down," Maximum MC said, smirking. "Let's do this!" Then they all spread out, surrounding Solaris. Solaris then started throwing debris at the heroes. Twilight then used her magic to grab the debris and threw them back. Solaris tried blocking the attacks with the armor on its left arm, but the armor was getting damaged from the attacks. Eventually, the armor broke off. Solaris then focused its attacks on Sunny. She was evading the attacks. "Guys!" Sunny said. "I'm not used to this power! How am I supposed to use these powers?!" "Focus your power through your ethereal horn and your arms!" Twilight called out. "That'll make you fire those energy attacks!" Sunny then closed her eyes, and energy started coming out of her horn and arm. She then launched orange blasts towards Solaris. Solaris tried blocking the attacks, but the attacks pierced through the armor. "It worked!" Sunny said. She then fired more attacks, and they pierced the armor again. And last blast, she destroyed the armor. "Alright! I got through it!" "Okay, my turn!" Maximum MC said. "Time to take down this beast!" Maximum MC charged at Solaris, making contact with the core of Solaris. Solaris tried blocking the attack with both arms, but MC was too fast. He then started flying circles around Solaris, going clockwise. Solaris tried hitting Maximum MC, but the fox charged again, hitting Solaris's core. It let out a roar and tried getting Maximum MC but he was too fast. Maximum MC then charged one last time, calling out, "Chaos Dragon Fist!" After Solaris got hit, it started falling. "Is it over?" Super Silver asked. "No... it's not over yet," Super Shadow said. Just then, Solaris came back up, in a different form. "I guess it's not gonna be that easy," Super Sonic said before Solaris roared. "Everyone! Focus your attacks on the core!" Maximum MC said. "I sense its consciousness coming from the core!" Then they all started flying around Solaris, clockwise. "Focus all your power on one point!" Twilight said to the others, who all nodded. Twilight led the group, evading Solaris's attacks, and then they all charged together, heading towards Solaris. "I'll take the lead!" Maximum MC said, going in front. He used his claws to destroy the debris coming for them. "Now!" Super Shadow said. Then they all hit Solaris's core, and it started exploding. The heroes from where they ended up earlier saw it and started celebrating the victory. "Well, how about that," Hitch said. "Sunny was right. Her father was right." Then Twilight, Sunny, Super Sonic, Super Shadow, Super Silver and Maximum MC returned to the group. Then the exploding Solaris started imploding, turning into a sample white flame. And everything around it went black. Twilight, Sonic, Shadow, Silver, MC, Sunny and Elise were floating in an abyss. They looked around. "Did you all destroy it?" Elise asked. "No," Sonic said, seeing a white light. The group looked towards the light. "That must be the true Solaris," Twilight said. They all were being sucked towards the white light and everything went black again. Then it showed some sort of shrine with a white flame, with a young Elise and her father standing in front of the shrine that held the flame. The color was different, as if looking at it as if it were a western movie. "Look, Elise," the Duke said. "This is Solaris, the flame of hope." "It's so beautiful..." young Elise said. "When the flame has grown large enough, our world will change," the Duke said. "Solaris will allow us to control time and move through history. People will be able to rectify past mistakes and avoid bitter fate." "Will we be able to see momma?" young Elise asked. "Yes, Elise," the Duke answered. "We'll both be able to see your mother once again." Then they started walking away. But young Elise looked back at the flame. The Duke then looked back at his daughter, then back at the flame. Then he and young Elise looked back at each other, nodded, and headed out of there. Then the colors started changing back to normal. Twilight, Sonic, Shadow, Silver, MC, Sunny and Elise walked into the room, seeing the flame. "This is where everything began," Elise said. "Who knew such a tiny flame could bring such devastation?" Then she opens up the case and takes the white flame with its candle holder. "If we put out this flame, Solaris will never exist. And then we'll never have to worry about the Flames of Disaster, right?" The others nodded. "But our encounter..." She then faced the six heroes. "I wouldn't have met any of you. It will never have happened." "It'll be okay, Elise," MC said. "We'll be fine." "I... To tell the truth..." Elise said. She then shed a single tear. "I don't care what happens to the world!" Then Twilight and Sunny walked up to Elise and hugged her. "Elise," Sonic said. "Just smile." Elise looked down at Sonic, and gave a faint smile. Elise then softly blew out the white flame. And the world around them went black. It then went back to the night of the Festival of the Sun. The fireworks were going off, the people were cheering, and Elise was waving to the people. Sonic was running on the side of the canal, trying to make it to the Festival. He even ran through crowds, spooking them. The wind Sonic was creating spooked Elise. "Miss Elise?" one of Elise's ladies in waiting asked. "It felt like... like someone was calling me," Elise responded. "I'm sure it's just the wind," the lady in waiting responded. "Of course. But it felt so familiar somehow..." Elise said. From atop a building, the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, MC, Amy, Truemen, Shadow, Rouge, Omega, Maria, Silver and Blaze, who came back from the afterlife, were all looking down at the Princess. "How are we still here?" Sunny asked. "When Elise blew out the flame, reality rewrote itself around just us," MC said. "Elise has no memory of what happened in the other reality." "And for those who died within that reality, it never happened," Silver said. He then looked at Blaze, who smiled. "So, I guess we're stuck back here," Sunny said. "We should... try to find a place to stay." "Yeah," Silver said. "We have no idea where we're going to stay." "Well... we did create some guest houses on our property," MC said. "Increased price, yes, but it was worth it. You guys can stay there as long as you want." "That would be nice," Hitch said. He then sighed. "Although, it's gonna be hard for us to fit in since we're from the future and there are no records on us." "We can call the president of the United States to get you all officially registered," Rouge said. "It worked with Shadow and Maria." "It wasn't easy, but we're registered," Maria said. "Alright, everyone," MC said. "Let's get out of here." MC then used his Super Warp Ring to open a portal out of there. He then looked at Truemen and asked, "You've got some place to be?" "Well, I've been living in the Oracle's secret land for the last few months," Truemen said. "I've been sent here to help you out. Now that it's all over... I'm on my own." He then started walking away from the group. MC and Twilight looked at each other with a smirk. "Where do you think you're going, fellow Freedom Fighter?" MC asked. Truemen stopped in shock. He then turned around and looked at the group. "You could use a new home." He then held out his left hand. Truemen then used his left hand and shook it. Then they all headed through the portal. But Sonic looked back out at the feathers from Elise's hair that came in, and started floating towards the moon. Sonic looked at the moon with a smile as the picture started fading to black. Author's Note Next Episode: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 1): Broken World Episode 7: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 1): Broken WorldEpisode 7: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 1): Broken World Above the Stratosphere of Earth, there was a fleet of Eggman's battleships being destroyed by the Mane 6 and Super Sonic. They finished destroying the fleet and met up together. "Okay, that's the last of the fleet!" Twilight said. "Good," Super Sonic said. "The only thing that is left is that!" Sonic pointed towards something. It was some large needle-like ship. Then they flew towards it. Eggman was waiting for them inside the ship in the dark. They flew into the place and were standing over some kind of circle. "Where is he?!" Rainbow Dash asked. "Gotcha!" came Eggman's voice. Then seven panels rose and surrounded the seven heroes. Then the panels released some energy rings, trapping the seven of them. They heard Eggman laughing as they were contained. Just then the panels started sprouting electricity, shocking the seven heroes. As more pain came to them, they all went back to their normal forms and the Chaos Emeralds were floating around them. "Ho ho ho ho ho! Oh, I've waited a long time for this!" He then pushed a button. "Fire!" Then the giant needle shaped space station started opening up and revealed a laser. It then fired towards the planet, the beam heading into the ocean. Then the planet started breaking into seven large pieces. Equestria was along with the North American Continent. And coming out of the cracks was a giant creature, and it was roaring. "Whoooah!" Eggman said watching the creature rise from the cracks. Meanwhile, the Mane 6 and Sonic were transforming. Twilight's mane was going up, styled like fire. Her horn had a white glow and a white glowing mask appeared around her eyes. Her clothes changed into a tight purple, dark purple and magenta dress. Her shoes changed into purple boots. And her wings got bigger and became a darker shade of purple. And the whites of her eyes became turquoise. Applejack's body started growing wood and bark. Her muzzle extended and wood was growing around the face, making it look like a mask. Some of her teeth sharpened into fangs. Her gloves and shoes ripped open, revealing wooden claws. The whites of her eyes became a lighter shade of green than her normal eyes. Rarity's body changed as well. Her white coat became black, her horn got longer, and her mane grew longer and a large white stripe appeared in it. Then the irises of her eyes got bigger and gained four pointed stars in them, and the pupils became dragon-like. Her outfit transformed into an elegant dress that was dark blue with purple splotches at the bottom, and crescent moons across the shoulder straps. Fluttershy started changing as well. Her mane started growing and getting messy. Her mouth then started gaining fangs. Her wings then transformed into bat wings. Her ears became bat-like as well. Then her outfit became a black dress with the red lining. And her eyes went from their normal green color to orange. Rainbow Dash started changing. Her coat became a darker shade of blue while her mane became more messy and edgy. Her ears became edgy as well. Her wings became bigger and sharper. Her eyes became a darker shade. Some of her teeth became fangs. And her outfit changed, similar to the Shadowbolts outfit. Pinkie Pie started changing as well. Her mane started becoming straighter while a Pharaoh's hat appeared on her head. Her eyes had make up like an Egyptian woman's and her eyes became like a dragon's. The tips of her ears gained more puffs of fur. Her hands became bigger with claws coming from her fingers and her clothing became like Cleopatra's, but mixed with mummy wraps covering her arms and legs. And her tail started becoming thinner and thinner, like a lion's tail, but the poofiness was still at the tip of it. And her teeth became sharper. Sonic's transformation was starting. His hands and arms got bigger, ripping through his gloves. His shoes became bigger, more metallic, and spikes came out of the bottom of the shoes and on the white stripe of his shoes. He then got a lot hairier. His teeth even sharpened. Then all of them fell down, the Chaos Emeralds went dark and Eggman said, "Ho ho ho! Success! A brilliant success! It's just as the Gaia Manuscripts foretold! The entity that was sealed within the planet has awakened. Now I just need to harness its power. Eggman Land will finally come to be! Nyah ha ha ha!" The Mane 6 and Sonic got up, turning around and faced Eggman, Sonic saying to him, "You've really... gone and done it this time, Eggman." "Ahh, Sonic. That's a good look for you and your friends," Eggman said. "Festive! So long, friends!" Then a glass shield covered Eggman as the window closest to Sonic and the Mane 6 open, and the seven of them were sucked out of there, along with the darkened Chaos Emeralds, all of them falling towards Earth. All of them yelled as they were falling. Then the creature coming out of the planet roared one last time before it split off into pieces, scattering across the globe. Outside of Rio de Janeiro, the Mane 6 and Sonic crash landed right by a windmill. They were about to get up when each one of the Chaos Emeralds bounced off their heads. Eventually, they got up from the craters they were and looked around. "What the heck is going on?!" Sonic asked. He looked around and saw something on the ground. It was a small creature, which was unconscious. Sonic picked up the creature, poked his belly and said, "Hey! Are you okay?!" The creature was still unconscious as it was saying, "Can't... I can't... Eat another bite." "Hey!" Sonic said, shaking the unconscious creature. "Pull yourself together!" Then the little creature started waking up. He was hanging upside down and he was looking towards Sonic's feet to his face. He saw Sonic's face, along with the faces of the Mane 6 and got scared. He jumped out of Sonic's grip, ran towards a rock and hid behind it, calling out, "Don't eat me! I taste bad!" "You okay? Nothing broken?" Sonic asked. The creature started calming down and said, "Oh, I'm just fine!" He then started flying up towards the group. "Thanks for asking, Mister Monster Guy!" "Mister... Monster guy?" Sonic asked. Then the Mane 6 and Sonic looked at themselves and were in shock. "What am I wearing?!" Twilight asked. "Oh, goodness!" Fluttershy said, looking at herself. She even saw her bat wings. She then felt her fangs with her tongue. "Looks like things have gotten pretty ugly," Sonic said. "Yeah! Look at those teeth! And those claws!" the small creature said, inspecting them. "And those crazy outfits. What are your names, anyway?" "I'm Sonic," Sonic responded. "Sonic the Hedgehog." He then extended his arm towards his friends, who all nodded when their names were said. "And these are my friends. Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity." He then looked towards the unnamed creature. "And you are?" The small creature then put a hand to his chin, trying to think of his name. "Huh? Hmmmm." He then got a panicked look and said, "Huh? What IS my name? AHHH! I don't know! I can't remember!" "What?! You forgot who you are?!" Sonic asked. "Yup..." the small creature said. " I remember something falling from the sky..." He then body slammed himself to the ground. "...and everything just going all white... and then nothing!" He then spun his head in a daze. "I can't remember a thing past that!" "Y'all don't think one o' us landed on him, do ya?" Applejack asked. Everyone else plugged their noses and waved in front of their faces. "Applejack, your breath stinks!" Rarity said. Applejack was confused. She then breathed into her hand and sniffed it. She then shrugged. "What happened to her breath?" Sonic asked. "She must be part timberwolf now," Twilight said. "Equestrian Timberwolves have breath so bad, you can smell it from a mile away." "Ooh... I can smell why," Sonic said. "Oh, man, what am I gonna do?!" the creature said, flying up. "What can I do? Where do I go from here?! What'll I..." He then fell down. "Oof, I'm hungry." Sonic caught him and said, "Hey, don't worry! We'll help you get your memory back." "Really? You mean it?" the small creature asked. "Of course we can," Fluttershy said. "In fact, Twilight knows a memory spell. It might be able to get you back to your normal self." "Really?!" the small creature asked. "Well try it out." "Hey, guys, look!" Rainbow Dash said. "The sun's rising!" The group then looked towards the rising sun. They smiled at it. But then, the Mane 6 and Sonic all felt something in their chests. "Are you all okay?" the small creature asked. Then the Mane 6 and Sonic transformed back into their forms before Eggman changed them. "Whoa!" The Mane 6 and Sonic inspected themselves to make sure nothing was out of place. "That was amazing!" Rarity then looked over and saw the city of Rio and said, "Perhaps... we should head over towards that town and... call for a pick up." "Yeah, you're right," Twilight said. "Let's go." Then all of them headed towards the city. Back in Station Square, Sunny and Maria were making some breakfast for the Freedom Fighters and their new members. Which included Silver, Blaze, Truemen, and Sunny's friends. "Wow," Sunny said. "You guys sure have a lot of amazing places here. I just thought that there was nothing beyond Equestria that wasn't on fire." "That's all in the future we'll never see now," Maria said. She then looked around. "Where's MC?" Just then, the sound of MC groaning came in. The group looked towards the door and saw him coming into the kitchen. "What's wrong, MC?" Silver asked. "Yeah, you don't look so good," Hitch said. "I don't know," MC said. "It's probably just a fluke, but for some reason I feel... weak." "I'm sure that you'll get over it," Zipp said. "So, where are Sonic, Twilight and her friends?" "They're on a mission to stop Eggman's fleet," MC said. "Hopefully things will be okay." He then noticed Izzy brushing her ears with an electric toothbrush. "Izzy, what are you doing?" "Oh, I'm just cleaning out my ears with this nifty earbrush," Izzy responded. "What?" MC asked. "There's no such thing as an earbrush! Where did you get that?!" Then Mutt walked in saying, "Has anyone seen my toothbrush?" Mutt then noticed Izzy brushing her ears with Mutt's toothbrush. "Ewww! That's gross!" "This... is for brushing your teeth?!" Izzy asked. She then dropped it. Then Nicole came in as a hologram, saying, "I'm ordering you a new toothbrush right now, Muttski." Mutt nodded. "Anyway, I have some news. Princess Twilight has called me from Rio de Janeiro. She, Sonic and the others need an immediate pickup." "Alright," MC said. "Tails, as soon as you're done with breakfast, you need to take the Spirit of Freedom and go pick them up." "Why can't I take the X-Tornado?" Tails asked. He then thought about it and said, "Oh, wait. Not enough seats." "Bingo," MC said. Just then, the sound of glass breaking came in. The group looked and saw Sunny stepping away. "Sunny, you okay?" "I accidentally dropped the glass," Sunny said. "It's okay, I'll get it," MC said, extending his left hand. But then he got shocked. "What the heck?!" He then looked at his hand and concentrated, trying to get his hand to glow. But it wasn't. "What's going on?" He then looked at his hands. "My powers... they're gone!" In Rio, Sonic, the Mane 6, minus Twilight, and the unnamed creature walked into town. They all looked in the town, looking around. Sonic was juggling two darkened Chaos Emeralds. "What do you figure that was all about?" Sonic asked, juggling the Chaos Emeralds. "The hair, the arms, the wings, the fangs, the clothes... And look at the Chaos Emeralds!" Twilight came back to the group saying, "Okay, I let the Freedom Fighters know where to come and pick us up." "Well, it'll give us time to look around for anyone who knows him," Sonic said. He then looked towards the small creature that wasn't there. "Huh? Where'd he go?" Pinkie Pie wasn't with them either. The group looked around, but Rainbow Dash pointed somewhere and said, "Found him... and Pinkie Pie!" They all looked towards where Rainbow Dash was pointing. It was towards an Ice Cream Stand where Pinkie Pie and the unnamed creature were gawking at the ice cream sundae that was being made. "Looks good, don't it?" the Ice Cream Vendor asked, making Pinkie and the unnamed creature nod. "That there Chocolate Chipped Cream Sundae Supreme is the pride of the city! The whole world can come tumbling down, but they'll still line up for a taste!" The unnamed creature rubbed his belly as Sonic called out, "Hey! What about your memories?" "Chocolate chip... sundae... supreeeeme!" the unnamed creature said, drooling. The Ice Cream Vendor grabbed it and waved it around, saying, "Ha ha, you said it! Enjoy it, kiddo. Satisfaction guaranteed! If you don't love it, you get your money back!" "HEY!!" Sonic and the Mane 5 called out to Pinkie and the unnamed creature. "Oh, I looooove it!" the unnamed creature said. "Okay, how much?" Pinkie Pie asked. "And which country are we in?" "Welcome to Brazil," the Ice Cream Vendor said. "These sundaes cost 4 Reals, each." "Okie dokie lokie!" Pinkie Pie said, pulling a suitcase out of her mane. She opened it up and inside was money from all different countries." "Where did she get all that money?!" Sonic asked. "MC gave us a ride to all the countries in the world," Twilight said. "Pinkie Pie was the most ecstatic and got paid so much money for her parties all over the world." "Okay, that makes sense," Sonic said. Just then, Pinkie and the unnamed creature came up to the group with eight sundaes. The unnamed creature was holding his sundae while Pinkie carried the other seven in some holders. "Well, when in Brazil..." They all took a sundae and started walking. "Mmmm-mm! Wow, this chip-whatever stuff is great!" the unnamed creature said. "Meh, not bad," Rainbow Dash said. "How about you give me a hand and help look for somebody who knows you, Chip?" Sonic asked the unnamed creature, who was confused on what he was called. "Chip?" "Gotta call you something, don't I? Whaddya think?" Sonic asked. "Yeah! Chip... Chip! I love it! Yum!" the unnamed creature said, officially going by Chip. "Now what do you say we start asking around and see if anybody here knows you?" Twilight asked. "Okay," Chip said. Meanwhile, back at Freedom Fighter's Mansion, in a home gym, MC was trying to bench press 1000 pounds on the barbells. But it wasn't even getting off the rack. Zipp was watching him trying to lift the barbells with a new cell phone close to her mouth. "New mystery update," Zipp said into her phone. "Prince Michael Crayton, one of the founding members of the Freedom Fighters, has somehow lost most of his powers. So far, the remaining powers he does have are super speed, claws, wall climbing and enhanced senses. He's currently trying to lift barbells weighing at a thousand pounds as we speak, failing to even get it off the rack." "Zipp!" MC said, giving up on the barbells. "What are you doing?!" "Sorry, I'm just taking notes," Zipp said. "In fact, I've been leaving my notes on my new phone for more information, and then putting it on my computer." "Looks like we have a royal detective," MC said. He then stood up and walked towards her. "Well, you and the others are now registered citizens here in the US. I think that you and Hitch should get a job at the police station. I can drive you two there if you'd like." "Maybe later," Zipp said. "But for now, I wanna get more information on you and how your powers aren't working anymore." "MC!" came Mutt's voice. Mutt ran into the room and said, "The planet! It's broken!" "What?!" MC asked. Then Mutt ran out, MC and Zipp followed him. They went into the living room to see the news. They saw that on the news was Scarlet Garcia with a satellite view of the planet, currently. "I'm Scarlet Garcia, and behind me you can see the planet in its current state. It would seem that Doctor Julian Robotnik, also known as Doctor Eggman, has somehow broken the world apart into seven pieces. Will the Freedom Fighters restore the planet back to its former glory? We'll keep you updated for the progress on the planet." "That's it!" MC said. "That's why my powers aren't working!" "What do you mean?" Zipp asked. "MC's powers are connected to the planet," Mutt said. "And with the planet broken up..." "He's in a weakened state," Zipp said. "This is something I have to update." "Update?" Mutt asked. "She was taking notes on me trying to figure out why my powers aren't working?" MC said. "Nicole!" Then Nicole's hologram appeared right by them. "Yes, Michael?" Nicole asked. "We need to figure out someone that has information about all of this," MC said. "The planet has broke up into pieces." "I'll get on it," Nicole said. "Don't bother," Mutt said. "I know someone who can help." He then looked towards Nicole. "Contact Tails, tell him this after he picks up Sonic and the girls, tell him to go to Spagonia University and talk to Professor Pickle. He's an expert on this. Something about... manuscripts." "Okay," Nicole said. "I'm telling Tails as we speak." Mutt nodded. "Now, aren't you supposed to be at the Station Square Community Center for setting up the Halloween Party coming up?" "Oh, shoot," MC said. "We gotta go." Then the three physical creatures walked out of there as Nicole vanished. Back in Rio, the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were all walking around Rio, looking for anyone who knows Chip, or even his real name. But it seems that no one had even recognized him, let alone know his real name. It was already night time as they were walking by the coast. "Hmmm. Still no luck finding anyone who knows me," Chip said. "Don't worry about it," Sonic said. "Even when Twilight tried using her memory spell on you to see if you can remember... twice. Maybe your memory'll come back on its own." He then faced Chip. "Remember anything yet?" Chip then thought about it. He then said, "Mmm... Nope!" "Well, we can't rush things," Rarity said. The group then saw Twilight over by a pay phone. "Okay, Tails," Twilight said. "We'll meet you there." "What did he say?" Sonic asked. "Tails told me that we should all go meet him at the Jesus statue," Twilight then pointed towards the statue up the mountain. "Okay," Sonic said. "We better get going." He then noticed that the sun has gone down and the street lights were lighting up. Just then, the Mane 6 and Sonic bent down and groaned. "Are you all alright?" Chip asked. Just then, the seven of them had purple clouds coming out of them and they transformed into their monster forms from earlier that same morning. "Whoooa! You're all those monster things again!" "Oh, dear," Fluttershy said, looking at her outfit and bat wings. "So when the sun goes down, we become... these?!" Sonic asked. "Are you all okay?" Chip asked. The others looked at each other, thinking about the question that they were asked. They all nodded. "We're fine," Twilight said. "Yeah," Sonic said. "We just need to be careful who sees us like this." Chip then turned around and noticed the Ice Cream Vendor from below. He then said, "Sonic! Girls, look!" "What is it?" Applejack asked, getting everyone else to wave away Applejack's bad breath. Chip was flying towards the Ice Cream Vendor, who was weeping for some reason. "It's hopeless," the Ice Cream Vendor weeped. "The whole planet has split apart. We're doomed." Mister? Hey, Mister! Hey, don't cry!" Chip said, trying to cheer up the Ice Cream Vendor. He then noticed the Chocolate Chip Sundae Supreme on a stand. "Ice cream!" He then grabbed it. "How about some more of this super-tasty stuff?" "What good is ice cream at a time like this?" the Ice Cream Vendor asked before going back to weeping. He then accidentally pushed Chip making him drop the cone. "Whoops!" Sonic said, reaching out to grab the Ice Cream. His arm stretched out and grabbed the Sundae, and it came back to him. The Mane 6 were shocked by what just happened. "Did your arm just...?" Twilight asked. "Stretch!" Chip said. "Your arm just stretched!" "Weird..." Sonic said. He then extended his arm towards the stand where the Sundae was, and he put it back onto it. "But it could be useful." The Ice Cream Vendor noticed it, but then he went back to weeping. Pinkie then asked, "Why's he crying?" "Did you hear him?" Rainbow Dash asked. "It's because Eggman broke up the planet! What else are we to do?!" Fluttershy wasn't paying attention as she saw some purple smoke coming from the Ice Cream Vendor. "What's up with the smoke coming from the man?" Fluttershy asked. The group then looked. "Huh, you're right, Fluttershy," Twilight said. "I better get a picture of this. Pinkie, you have your camera?" "Let me check," Pinkie said pulling off her hat. She then pulled her camera out. Then she took a picture of the Ice Cream Vendor, who freaked out when he had his picture taken. But then he fell backwards. "Mister? Mister! Are you alright?!" Chip asked. Just then, something came out, and it wasn't human. And it roared. The Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were walking away from the Ice Cream cart backwards, getting away from the monster. "What the heck is that thing?!" Sonic asked. "I don't know, but it looks mad!" Applejack said. Then more creatures came out. Lots of them. "What in Equestria are those?!" Twilight asked. "I don't know, but they're coming after us!" Rainbow Dash said. "Let's take them down!" Then all of them started fighting the monsters back. Fluttershy was trying to escape but she got blown down by the small round creatures. Rainbow Dash noticed it and called out, "Fluttershy!" She then flew and took down the round creatures. "These things are nothing but dark emotions!" Twilight said. "I can feel them for some reason!" "Time to fight fire with fire!" Sonic said. He then extended his arm out, punching the big creature, pushing him back. Sonic was surprised and said, "Whoa! It worked!" "We gotta get to Tails!" Rarity said. "These things could be where he's going to meet us!" "Rarity has a point!" Rainbow Dash said, picking up Fluttershy. "We've gotta get to him!" Meanwhile, at the Jesus statue, Tails was landing the Spirit of Freedom by the entry way. He then walked over towards the statue, and he saw a good look at Rio. "Wow!" Tails said. "This is amazing! I never knew this place looked so amazing at night!" Just then, he noticed something. It was a bunch of creatures coming up towards him. "H-huh? He then turned around and he saw more of them blocking his way towards the Spirit of Freedom. "Oh, no." Just then, something big landed near him. He looked at it and was surprised. "Whoa, hey!" Tails said backing up, not noticing that he was surrounded. "Settle down, guys! C'mon!" He then saw the monsters around him. "H-heeelp!" He didn't have anywhere else to go. Just then, the big creature was lifted in a dark purple aura and was thrown away. Then the Mane 6 and Sonic came in, taking down the creatures. Sonic then charged at the big creature and pile-drived it into the ground. Then it vanished. The Mane 6 took out the rest of the evil creatures. Tails had his face covered, not seeing the battle. The light of the moon was covered by clouds. "Hey, Tails," Sonic said. Tails uncovered his face and asked, "Sonic?!" He then looked towards the seven heroes who were coated by the darkness. Then the clouds opened up, shining light on the seven heroes. "What are you doing out here?" Sonic asked. "Sonic... girls... Is that really you?" Tails then flies over towards the group. "Those are some interesting looks. What happened?" "You know us," Rainbow Dash said. "Never a dull moment." Then Chip flew up to Tails, holding out a bar of chocolate. "Want some chocolate?" Chip asked. "Uh... thanks," Tails said. He then looked towards the group and asked, "Who is this?" "This is Chip," Twilight said. "We started calling him that since we don't know his real name. He lost his memory." "Oh," Tails said. "Well, perhaps when we find Rouge or Olive, we can extract this guy's blood and see if we can get a match on who he really is. So, mind telling me what's going on?" Time passed as they were looking out at Rio. "That's some story. I'll bet that means that you all turning into... those, MC losing his powers and the planet breaking apart are somehow related," Tails said. "What?!" Twilight asked. "MC lost his powers?!" "MC's power is connected to the Earth itself," Tails said. "And with the planet broken up, MC's at a weakened state." "I need to find Eggman and make him fix this, and fast!" Sonic said. "About that..." Tails said. "Mutt knows a guy who might know something about what's going on here." "Really?" Twilight asked. "Leave it ta the Mutt ta save the day," Applejack said. Tails plugged his nose and stepped back. "Whoa! Applejack!" Tails said. "Your breath stinks!" "Sorry," Applejack said. "Anyway, Professor Pickle at Spagonia University!" Tails said. "Mutt told me to get you guys and go see him there. With what data Nicole and I picked up in the Spirit of Freedom, and add it to his research findings, we might be able to get to the bottom of all this." "Spagonia? That's in Sally's country in Europe," Sonic said. "That's overseas and over cracks in the broken Earth." "No problem!" Tails said. "I was told to bring the Spirit of Freedom and we'll all get there in no time! Let's get going!" The Mane 6 and Sonic nodded. Then they all headed towards the Spirit of Freedom. The Spirit of Freedom then started taking off and started flying Northeast towards the European Continent. Author's Note Next Episode: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 2): The Gaia Manuscripts The ideas of the Mane 6 as Monsters were all brought up by RainbowRapterDash1. I just had to make a couple adjustments. To Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash's night forms. Hopefully you all like the changes. Episode 8: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 2): The Gaia ManuscriptsEpisode 8: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 2): The Gaia Manuscripts In the city of Spagonia, Sally Acorn, one of the founding members of the Freedom Fighters, was walking around the streets during the daytime. The people were waving towards her as she waved back. "Yo, Sal!" came Sonic's voice, getting Sally's attention. She turned around and saw the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Chip running up to her. Sonic and the Mane 6 were in their normal forms. "Sonic, Tails, Twilight," Sally asked. "What are you all doing here?" "We've come here to have a talk with one of the professors at Spagonia University," Tails said. "Mutt said that he knew him and we need some information about the planet being broken apart." "Oh, I know where that is," Sally said. "So, which professor are you going to see?" "Professor Pickle," Twilight said. "Oh, yes," Sally said. "I remember him. In fact, I saw a picture of him, Mutt and Sir Charles in his office." "That's how Mutt knows Professor Pickle," Sonic said. "Mutt was my uncle Chuck's assistant while he was still alive." "That would make sense," Twilight said. She then looked at Sally. "Anyway, you mind taking us to the University?" "Sure," Sally said. "Follow me." She then led them all towards Spagonia University. The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally and Chip went up to a directory of the University. They saw one name. The professor that they were looking for, Professor Pickle, in the History building. They then walked over towards the building. They reached the office of where Professor Pickle works at, but they were then stopped. "I'm sorry, but you can't go in there!" came a man's voice. The group looked towards who spoke and saw someone. "Sorry to disturb you, sir," Sally said. "But my friends need to see Professor Pickle." "I'm sorry, Princess," the man said. "But I'm the Professor's assistant. And sorry to disappoint you, but sadly, the Professor has been kidnapped. "Whaaat?" Tails asked, surprised. "Professor Pickle's been kidnapped?!" "It was a little bit before the tremors hit," the Professor's Assistant said. "This old man showed up... With a..." He then mimicked a large belly around his body. "And a..." He then mimicked a large mustache. "And a whole pack of robots. They carried poor Professor Pickle off, lab data and all!" "It can't be!" Twilight said. "We were so close!" "That sure sounds like Eggman," Sonic said. "What a horrible thing to do!" Chip said. "We've got to go help that professor guy out, and fast! If he got kidnapped that long ago, he's got to be really hungry by now! And-and, if I was that hungry... I-I don't know how long I would last! I'd rather be dead!" He then fell down, but then his body fell, but his soul was still flying. It was still talking, but no words were coming to the ears of the others. Fluttershy on the other hand was freaking out that she was seeing a ghost of the small creature. She jumped into Tails's arms. "I-I'm sure Eggman is feeding him," Tails said. "Even he's not that cruel." "Go back to your body, Chip," Rainbow Dash said. Chip then looked down and saw his body passed out on the floor. He then flew back into his body, retaining his life. "We've already told the authorities about this," the Professor's assistant said. "GUN has sent one of their best agents there. A rabbit in a red jumpsuit and spy gear. She was accompanied by an otter with a bow and a quiver with trick arrows, and a little pink pegasus with a Shirley Temple hairstyle." The group looked at each other. Twilight, Sonic, Tails and Sally all said in unison, "Olive, Alex and Cozy Glow." "They said that they found some mud from the Amazon Jungle," the Professor's Assistant said. "They think that's where Professor Pickle is being held." "Then let's move!" Sonic said. Then the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally and Chip ran out of the building. They all went into the Spirit of Freedom and started taking off towards the South American Continent. Eventually, they made it to the Amazon. It was already nighttime, and the Mane 6 and Sonic were back in their monster forms. "Whoa, you weren't kidding when you said you guys turned into monsters at night," Sally said. "Told ya," Sonic said. "Now, let's get going." When they got out, they saw something there. It was Midpoint's ship, the Patriot Arrow. "They're here." "Follow their footprints," Tails said. Then they looked down at the ground, trying to find the footprints of Midpoint and Olive. But eventually, they stopped. They almost went over a cliff. "Okay, new rule!" Rainbow Dash said. "Watch your step." "Yeah, especially with Quicksand in random places here," Sally said. Then she saw something ahead. "Look!" They saw a building out in the middle of the forest, surrounded by robots. Sonic then said, "That must be where Eggman's holding Professor Pickle." "Let's go," Twilight said. She then levitated her friends and started flying towards the base. When she got there, the robots aimed their weapons towards them. "Oh, boy." Sonic then jumped out of Twilight's hold and started fighting off the robots. The Mane 6, Tails, Sally and Chip then joined in. But then eight robots surrounded them in an electrical field, trapping the group. "Oh, great!" Sonic said. "We're trapped!" Then they started getting closer to the group, the electrical field shrinking. "Looks like this is the end o' the line!" Applejack said. Then they all waved away Applejack's bad breath. Then a bunch of arrows landed on some of the robots while the rest got blasted by lasers. The electrical field surrounding the heroes vanished. The group looked in one direction and saw Midpoint, Olive and Cozy Glow there. Olive had her fists extended and Midpoint was in a position that looked like he had released an arrow from his bow. "Golly!" Cozy Glow said. "What happened to you guys?!" "Eggman happened," Rarity said. "You guys came at a good time," Midpoint said. "We've been having a hard time fighting off those monsters out there." "So, this is where Professor Pickle is being held?" Tails asked. "Yes it is," Olive said. "And luckily, we've got the key!" She then extended her left fist, and a laser fired from her glove, destroying the control console. Then the door glitched and opened up. They then all ran into a room. "Look up!" Midpoint said. They all looked up and saw a containment area. "Professor Pickle!" Sally said. "Are you okay in there?!" Tails, Chip and Cozy Glow flew up towards the containment cell, seeing Professor Pickle with a sandwich. "Professor?" Tails asked, knocking on the cell. "Uh, hello?" Chip asked. "How dare they call this culinary concoction food?" Professor Pickles said. "He then held it up to the three flying creatures. "Look here, do you see this sorry excuse for a sandwich? The bread should be no less than 3/4 of an inch thick. Upon it, one tablespoon of mayonnaise and a pinch of black pepper. The contents: fresh cucumber sliced thinly if you please! Am I quite right, you three?" Tails and Cozy Glow looked at each other confusedly while Chip was bewildered. "I know I learned something here today!" Chip said. Just then, the cell opened up and descended to the ground. "We better get out of here," Midpoint said. "Nice to see you again, Professor." "Nice to see you again, too, Alex Lynol," Professor Pickle said. "Especially in that new look of yours. I remember you since you were still human." "We've gotta get out of here before more of Eggman's robots show up," Twilight said. "Oh, yes. Quite," Professor Pickle said. "But let us be sure to collect the contents of that vault before departing." Sonic then looked towards the vault, and then he stretched his fist towards the safe, and it broke apart. "Whoa!" Midpoint said. "That's new!" Cozy Glow then flew into the vault and grabbed what was inside. It was a rolled up scroll in a container. "Ahh, thank you. Those documents are our only hope for surviving this crisis," Professor Pickle said. "Let's go. There's no time to lose. I'm half-starved after being fed nothing but those terrible sandwiches!" They started walking away as Chip flew up to the Professor. "Want some chocolate, Professor?" Chip asked, holding up a chocolate bar. "My, my! Don't mind if I do!" Professor Pickle said. He then took the Chocolate Bar from Chip. Then they all headed out of there. The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally, Midpoint, Olive, Cozy Glow and Chip made it to Spagonia University. In Professor Pickle's Office, Professor Pickle was showing the group the contents. It was still night time there. Olive was gathering blood from Chip for finding out who he was. "These ancient documents are known as the Gaia Manuscripts," Professor Pickle said. "They tell the legend of a disaster that befell our planet some tens of thousands of years ago." "A disaster...?" Tails asked. "According to these manuscripts, this wasn't the first time the planet was broken apart," Midpoint said, looking at the manuscripts and the ancient language translator. That made the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Sally look at each other in amazement. "The cause lies at the very core of the planet," Professor Pickle said. " All of the phenomena we've witnessed are the direct result of one creature... the hyper-energy organism spawned at the planet's core, Dark Gaia." "So how do we stop this Dark Gaia and put the world back together?" Sally asked. "Luckily, Dark Gaia has yet to be fully reborn," Professor Pickle said. "We most likely have Dr. Eggman's pre-mature wake-up call to thank for that. If we act now, we may be able to restore the planet by returning power to the Chaos Emeralds." Sonic then held out one of the darkened Chaos Emeralds. Sonic, Twilight, you and your friends must travel to each of the temples listed in the Gaia Manuscripts. The planet's power will restore the Chaos Emeralds, and in turn the Chaos Emeralds will restore the planet and help it heal naturally." "Okay," said Rainbow Dash. "So where's the first temple?" Olive then looked at the Gaia Manuscripts with her cyber patch and went wide eyed. "No way..." "What is it?" Applejack asked. The others then waved in front of them. Except for Cozy Glow. She fainted from the smell. "Applejack, get a breath mint!" Midpoint said. "Sorry," Applejack said. "Anyway, it would seem that we were actually close to a temple back in the Amazon," Olive said. "Which means..." "Eggman will eventually locate the temple there and destroy it before we get a chance to restore it," Twilight said. "It's a race now." "Get back there and get to the temple, and start bringing the planet back together," Professor Pickle said. "Get going!" Then the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally and Chip headed out of there. Olive then walked over to Cozy Glow with some smelling salts and got her to smell it. Making her wake up. "Whoa!" Cozy Glow said. "What happened?" "You passed out getting a whiff of Applejack's breath," Midpoint said. "And boy, did it stink! Whoo!" Hours later, back in the Amazon, there was a campsite there, and a bunch of people were backing up in fear due to the robots coming at them. "Who are you?!" asked one camper. "Oh ho ho ho! Fear not good camping folks!" Eggman said. "If you all behave, I won't have to do anything nasty. All you need to do is tell me where the Temple of Gaia is." "We're not telling you anything!" a little kid said, throwing a rock at Eggman. Just then, a small round robot came from the Egg Mobile, laughing at him. The kid was pulled back and Eggman pushed down on the robot, saying, "So you dare to defy me, do you?" Just then, Sonic came down, smashing all of the robots. Eggman noticed what was happening. "Wh-whaaat?! Sonic!" Just then, Sonic landed and the Mane 6 came in behind him. "Yo, Eggman," Sonic said. "Thanks for that little skydiving adventure the other day!" "I should have known you all would still be alive, you stubborn little creatures!" Eggman said. "What are you doing out here?" Twilight asked. "I see no reason to tell you!" Eggman said. "In any case, I'm busy. Farewell!" He then flew away in the Egg Mobile. Chip flew towards where the Egg Mobile hovered, calling out, "Wha-? Hey! Wait! That's playin' dirty! Come baaack!" "Just ignore him," Sonic said. Then he and the Mane 6 looked towards the campers. "Is everyone here all right?" Back in Station Square, MC was supervising the preparation of the Halloween Party they were setting up. Since he didn't have his powers currently. "Alright, guys, we've got a few days to get this place decorated!" MC called out. "Halloween is almost here! And we have to get this place decorated!" He then noticed something. "Izzy! That's a tablecloth! Not a ghost costume!" Zipp was still watching MC as he was leading the group. She then pulled out her phone and said, "Update on MC's power failure. It would seem that MC's power is connected to the planet itself. And since the planet is broken apart, MC is left without most of his powers. For some reason, Doctor Eggman has broken the planet into huge pieces. Why he's done it, I don't know. For ruling the world in fear, or some other dastardly goal." "Zipp! Mind giving me a hand with this banner?!" came Pipp's voice. Zipp then rolled her eyes, put her phone in her pocket, and she went to help Pipp with the banner. As the two were putting up the banner, Pipp asked, "So what were you doing with MC earlier today?" "I've been trying to figure out why his powers disappeared when the planet broke apart," Zipp said. "And why would Eggman do that?" "It's because Eggman is trying to release a monster that has been living under the planet's crust for a long, long time," came Mutt's voice. The two futuristic pegasi looked down and saw him standing there. "How do you know that?" Zipp asked. "I was the assistant to Sir Charles Hedgehog, who happens to be Sonic's uncle," Mutt said. "And Sir Charles knew a man who studies some ancient documents that showed what happened to the planet thousands of years ago." "Really?" Zipp asked. "What is it?" "Something called... Dark Gaia," Mutt said. "I don't know much about it, but the only one who knows about this is Professor Pickle." "So, where can we find this Professor Pickle guy?" Zipp asked. "Spagonia University," Mutt said. "But I wouldn't go alone. Besides, ever since the planet broke apart, there have been sightings of monsters at night." "Monsters?" Pipp and Zipp asked in unison. "Yeah," Mutt said. "Things have been getting stranger and stranger since the planet broke." "Well, maybe I should go to this Professor Pickle guy and find out what's going on," Zipp said. "You're not going alone," came another voice. Zipp looked towards the voice and saw Amy and Truemen standing there. Truemen then said, "Amy just wants to go and find Sonic." "Why else would I go?" Amy asked. "I have to find Sonic and help him out on his big adventure!" "Sheesh," Zipp said. "So how are we gonna get there?" Later, Amy, Truemen and Zipp were at the airport waiting area, waiting for their plane. Amy handed something to Zipp. "You forgot your passport," Amy said. "Passport?" Zipp said. "When did I get a passport?" "When going to another country, always bring a passport," Amy said. "Good thing we've gotten them for you, Sunny and the others who are from the future. Along with one for Blaze since she's from another dimension." "Flight Four-Three-Nine-Seven to Spagonia, now boarding!" came an announcer on the intercom. "That's us," Truemen said. "I still can't believe you've gotten past those metal detectors," Zipp said. "How did you?" "Easy," Truemen said. "I just told them that the arm doesn't come off without making the metal detectors going crazy. I told them I'd take the pat down." "Smart move," Amy said. They then grabbed their bags and headed onto the airplane. They were lucky to get a row all together. Eventually, the plane started taking off as it headed on up and over towards Spagonia. Meanwhile, back in the Amazon, Sonic, the Mane 6 and Chip were running through the rainforest, chasing Eggman who was flying through a huge clear path with a machine coming near him. "Eggman!" Sonic called out, getting Eggman's attention. "Rrgh! How'd you get here so quickly?" Eggman asked. "No matter. Your road ends here!" Just then, the machine then turned around as the Egg Mobile landed where the head of it should be. "Behold! My new power!" Eggman said from the cockpit. "Egg Beetle, go!" The Egg Beetle then clamped its pincers, trying to intimidate the heroes. The seven heroes then got into fighting positions as Chip was striking some poses. Eggman then started flying backwards as the heroes started chasing him. Eggman fired missiles at the group, but Twilight caught them with her magic. She then threw them back at Eggman. "Gaaagh!" Eggman cried out. "You little... you little...!!" "Ha ha! Good job, Twilight!" Sonic said. "Why I oughta...!" Eggman said. He then moved the machine closer to the group, the pincers were about to snap them, but Applejack jumped up and prevented the pincers from pinching the group with her strength. "Impossible!" Sonic then jumped over Applejack and struck the cockpit. "Gaah!" Sonic and Applejack then landed on the ground. "Nice job, girls!" Sonic said. "We gotta finish him off!" "Remember that move we've done back before Canterlot Castle fell off the mountain?!" Rainbow Dash asked. "Yeah, but we don't have Tails, Amy or MC with us," Pinkie Pie said. "Oh, I think we can manage that," Twilight said. She then lit up her horn and a magenta circle appeared in front of them. Sonic then spin jumped into it, rolling circles in it. Then the Mane 6 were surrounded in a white aura, and a rainbow beam came out from the center in between them and went into the circle with Sonic. Then Twilight used her magic to throw the circle and Sonic, then they collided with the cockpit of the Egg Beetle. "Gaaaaah!!" Eggman said as the Egg Mobile was launched from the Egg Beetle after it exploded. Sonic then came back down and landed in front of the girls. Chip then flew up to the group. "Way to go... guys..." Chip said, panting. He then looked around and saw something between the trees. "Hey, look!" Sonic and the Mane 6 looked towards where Chip was pointing at and saw some kind of stone building. "Is that the Temple of Gaia?" Sonic asked. "Only one way to find out," Twilight said. Then the eight of them walked towards the temple. They went inside and there was a path that led to some kind of altar, and on the sides of the path were columns with turquoise glowing gems, shining the path for the heroes. "Whoa! Awesome!" Chip said. "Are you sure this is the temple?" Fluttershy asked. "It's so... spooky." "If it is, I'm sure it's just how old temples are supposed to be," Rainbow Dash said. "Remember when we went to that one temple, Fluttershy? With the chest plate that makes you tell the truth just by touching it?" "Oh, right," Fluttershy said. She then noticed the altar. "What's up with that thing over there?" Chip then flew towards it and looked inside it. He then asked, "Hey, what's this hole?" "Hold on!" Twilight said. "It could be some kind of..." Then the place started shaking. Twilight noticed Chip's collar glowing as he was near the altar. Just then, a small pedestal came from the altar, and in the middle of it was a small hole. "Hmm? What's that?" Chip asked. "Ah don't know, sugarcube," Applejack said. "It could be somethin' that might have held some sorta treasure." Rarity then inspected it, then looked at the mural that was over the altar. She then looked at Sonic and asked, "Sonic. Mind giving me one of the Chaos Emeralds?" "Why?" Sonic asked, holding out one of the Chaos Emeralds, Rarity taking it in her magic. "If this is the Temple of Gaia, and it needed the Chaos Emeralds to put the continent back into position..." Rarity said. She then grabbed the Emerald in her right hand and then she put the Chaos Emerald onto the pedestal, standing up correctly. Then the Chaos Emerald started rising and green energy came towards it, restoring it to its former glory. "Wahoo! The Emerald's come back to life!" Chip said excitedly. "Rarity, you did it!" Twilight said. "If the Chaos Emerald is restored to its former glory, that means..." "This was the Temple of Gaia!" Sonic said. "That's got to be why Eggman was so keen on taking the place over." Then the place started shaking and all of them started losing their balance and crying out. "Here we go agaaaain!" Chip yelled out. Getting a satellite view, the South American Continent was lowering back towards the core, it being in its regular position. Meanwhile, back in Station Square, Mutt was putting away some extra supplies into the storage closet. On the floor was a bucket that was on its side, a wooden plank, and some gardening sheers on it. As Mutt was putting the last of the stuff away on the top shelf, he accidentally pushed over some stuff that made a domino effect, heading towards a bowling ball, which fell off the shelf, landing on the risen side of the plank, sending the gardening sheers towards MC. "MC! Incoming!" Mutt shouted. MC looked towards Mutt, seeing the sheers coming towards him, them piercing through his chest, and him crying out in pain, "GAH!!" "Noooo!" Mutt said. "MC, I'm sorry! I didn't mean it! It was an accident!" MC groaned at the pain. He then pulled the sheers out of his chest, but there was no sign of blood on the sheers. Then the wound hold started glowing in a golden aura and them sealing up. "Whoa!" Mutt said. "You... you healed!" "I'm... getting my powers back?" MC asked. He then thought of something. "Nicole, status of the broken world update!" "Checking live satellite view," came Nicole's voice. "Interesting! It seems that the South American Continent has been put back into its original position." "And with each continent moved back into position..." Mutt said. "One of my powers restores to its glory," MC said. "I got my healing factor back. Nicole, send this information to the news across the world, and to Tails. He's gonna want to show Sonic and Sparkles." "Already on it, Michael," Nicole said. Meanwhile, back at the South American Temple of Gaia, the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were heading back towards the entrance until they heard Tails's voice. "Sonic! Good news!" The group looked up to see Tails, carrying Sally, who was carrying Tails's tablet, the Miles Electric. "The planet! One of the broken pieces of the planet moved back into place!" "All right!" Sonic said, looking towards Rarity and Chip. "Nice job, you two." "Take a look!" Tails said as Sally held out the Miles Electric. The group looked into it and saw the South American continent was lowering back into position. "One down..." Twilight said. "Six to go!" Tails said. "At this rate, you'll have the whole world back together in no time, guys!" "A planet-sized jigsaw puzzle?" Sonic asked. "Sounds like a great excuse to see the world!" They all nodded and laughed at Sonic's comment. Author's Note Next Episode: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 3): World Restoration Episode 9: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 3): World RestorationEpisode 9: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 3): World Restoration It was night time in the streets of Spagonia. The Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were going through the streets when they heard something. They heard a bunch of people having a good time for some reason. Dancing around like fools. "HEY! What's the big idea?!" came Amy's voice. "Let us go!" came Truemen's voice. "Quit it!" came Zipp's voice. "Ah ha ha ha! Come on, babe, let's dance the night away!" said one of the people there, which was the Professor's assistant, who was dancing with Amy. "Ack, heeelp!" Amy cried out. "Whoa, is there some kinda party going on?" Chip asked as the group was looking at the dancing people. "No... Something's not right here," Sonic said. "Ah sense somethin' ain't right, too," Applejack said, making the others cover their muzzles from Applejack's breath. Then Twilight noticed three creatures there that weren't a part of the dancing. She then said, "Hey! Isn't that Amy, Truemen and Zipp?!" The group looked over and saw their friends there. "I said... LET GO!!!" Truemen shouted, lifting his metal arm into the air, sending out a flash of orange light. But then, the dancing people got woozy and a bunch of Dark Gaia creatures started coming out of them. "Whoa!" Chip said, pulling out Pinkie's camera, aiming them at the group. "It's a carnival of creeps out there!" He was taking pictures as the Mane 6 and Sonic were running towards the creatures. Amy, Truemen and Zipp were trying to fight the Dark Gaia creatures, but they were too overwhelming. One of them pushed Truemen away as Amy hit that one with her hammer. But it didn't even move. "Huh?" Amy asked. The creature laughed, but it was then punched by Sonic's extending fist, sending the creature flying. Amy then looked towards the stretching arm. "S-Sonic?" "Get out of here!" Sonic called out to Amy. "But... how did this...?" Amy asked. "Why do you look like that?!" Then a bunch of arrows rained from the sky, landing on the Dark Gaia creatures. All of them fell to the ground. "There's only one person I know who's that good of a shot," Amy said. Then she, the Mane 6, Sonic, Truemen and Zipp looked up to see Midpoint jumping from one building and landing near the Mane 6. "Lynol!" Sonic said. "How did you...?" "After doing some research on your nighttime form, I've noticed that what's caused it is very similar to the energy these suckers are made from," Midpoint said. "And since these Dark Gaia creatures are made of Dark Gaia energy and can only be taken down by the same energy, I've made these special tip arrows to deal with them." "Not bad," Twilight said. "Anyway, I've located the next temple," Midpoint said. "It's in a small village in China. That village is known as Chun-nan. Go there and restore the continent." "Got it," Sonic said. Then he and the Mane 6, minus Rainbow Dash, headed out of there. "What about these creeps?!" "I got this," Midpoint said. He then started whistling, and his flying arrow came out of his quiver, going through all the monsters around him. Zipp and Rainbow Dash were fighting the same monster until the flying arrow went through the monster's head, and it fell to the ground, disappearing. "Whoa!" Zipp said. "That is the coolest arrow I have ever seen!" Rainbow Dash said. She then noticed the rest of the Mane 6 and Sonic heading out of there. "See ya, Zipp!" She then flew away from Zipp. Eventually, all the Dark Gaia creatures were taken care of. Amy, Truemen and Zipp went up to Midpoint. Amy then asked, "Was that... Sonic?" "Yeah," Midpoint said. "He, Twilight and the others got the worst of it, but did not lose to the darkness in their minds." "So, what happened?" Zipp asked. "I'll explain it over at Professor Pickle's lab," Midpoint said. "I was just out here getting some pizza for me, Olive and Cozy Glow. You three want in? 'Cause I prefer not to eat anymore cucumber sandwiches." Amy, Truemen and Zipp looked at each other and Truemen said, "I could go for some pizza." Amy and Zipp nodded in agreement. Then the four of them headed away from there. Meanwhile, in China, the Spirit of Freedom landed near the Temple of Gaia that was there. The Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were heading for the Temple when they saw an old man laying on the ground by the temple. They all went to check on him when something came in, surprising the heroes. "Is that a phoenix?!" Twilight asked. "Looks like it's angry!" Rainbow Dash said. Sonic looked towards Fluttershy and said, "We'll take care of this thing! You restore the Chaos Emerald!" He then handed Fluttershy a Chaos Emerald. "But..." Fluttershy said. "Just do it, Fluttershy!" Twilight said as she took off. "And take Chip with you!" Chip was confused as Twilight continued talking. "That collar started glowing when he got near the altar of the first temple!" "O... Okay," Fluttershy said. Then she and Chip headed inside the Temple. Then she and Chip flew towards the Temple. They ran in. Meanwhile, the Phoenix tried blocking the path of Fluttershy and Chip, but Sonic came in and slammed the Phoenix to the ground. Sonic then held his left arm up to his lips. "This is Sonic calling Alex Lynol!" Sonic said. Meanwhile, in Spagonia, Midpoint was at a computer, trying to pinpoint the next temple. He then received the transmission from Sonic. "Alex Lynol here," Midpoint said. "What is it, Sonic?" "We're at the temple, but there's something preventing us from getting in!" Sonic said. "What is it?" Midpoint asked. "It's a giant Phoenix!" came Twilight's voice. "A phoenix?!" Midpoint asked. He then looked at the Gaia Manuscripts. He then went wide eyed. "Guys, stand down!" It then went back to Chun-nan. The Mane 6 and Sonic were listening to Midpoint's transmission. "The Phoenix is the guardian of the entire village, and the temple!" Midpoint's voice came from the communication devices. "It only gets mad if the planet is broken apart!" "I could feel its anger," Fluttershy said. "Let me talk to it." "I highly suggest something else, Fluttershy!" Midpoint said. "It's really, really difficult to negotiate during it's temper tantrum!" "I can do it," Fluttershy said. "I know I can." She then flew up to the Phoenix. "Um... hello!" "Oh, I can't watch!" Twilight said, closing her eyes. The phoenix roared as Fluttershy said, "Listen. I know you're meant to protect this temple, and I know you're upset that the planet is broken, but my friends and I are here to restore the planet back to normal. All you have to do is let us into the temple." The phoenix then roared and started flying around, landing on a nearby platform. "Thank you." "Holy smokes, it worked!" Sonic said. "Didn't see that coming," Midpoint said in the communicator. Fluttershy and Chip went into the temple. Chip flew towards the altar, stood on it, and raised his chest. Then the smaller pedestal appeared. Fluttershy then flew up to the pedestal and put the Chaos Emerald on it. Then the Chaos Emerald started floating and it started glowing red. Then the Asian continent started descending, eventually getting back into its normal position. Then Fluttershy and Chip started flying out of the Temple. When they reached their friends, they were looking at the Phoenix, which was now different. "The moment the temple lit up, the beast woke up," the old man said, walking around the Phoenix. "It appears he's come back to his senses." "So Lynol was right," Sonic said. "I'll bet your job is to guard the Chaos Emerald temple. You must've gone berserk when the emeralds lost their power." The Phoenix screeched in response to Sonic's words. Fluttershy then said, "He said that you're correct." Chip then started flying up to the Phoenix. "Well, I'm glad you're back!" Chip said. He then pulled out a chocolate bar. "Want some chocolate?" The Phoenix then took the chocolate bar from Chip. Then the Phoenix started flying up and landed near a nest on top of the mountain behind the Temple of Gaia. Meanwhile, back at the Station Square Community Center, Hitch was trying to lift a heavy crate from a truck. But he was having difficulty getting it off. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Hitch said. "This thing is heavy!" Just then, MC rushed in and helped him. "Whoa! Thanks, MC!" He then realized something. "Dude! You got your strength back!" MC checked himself and said, "Huh. I thought I felt some strength coming back. Nicole, is there another continent back into place?" "Checking, Michael," Nicole said. "It appears that the Asian continent has returned to its normal position." "Send the information to the news!" MC said. He then looked at the lowering sun. "We'll get this crate inside and call it a night." Hitch nodded and the two of them carried the crate inside the Community Center. Somewhere in the world, Eggman was at a base, sitting in front of a computer, eating a submarine sandwich. Then the robot from earlier came up. "Doctor!" the robot said. "It appears that both the South American and Asian Continents had been put back into their original positions!" "What?!" Doctor Eggman asked. "No!" He then slammed his hands on the computer. "Deploy my next big weapon in Spagonia where the Temple should be located! Those pesky ponies and that irritating hedgehog will not get in the way of me collecting the energy of Dark Gaia!" He then groaned. "If only there was a way for me to bring them all together at once!" He then got an idea. "Wait, that's it! Of course!" He then walked over towards another computer. "Eeh hee hee hee. With this... This! All of my plans will be realized!" Meanwhile, the Spirit of Freedom was flying back to Spagonia. It was already daytime when they got there. The Mane 6 and Sonic then started running towards Spagonia University as Chip was flying next to them. Eventually, they made it where Midpoint was checking out the Gaia Manuscripts. Sonic then said, "Hey, Lynol! Where's the next temple?!" "Looking!" Midpoint said. Just then, Cozy Glow came in through a window. Midpoint looked towards her and asked, "Where have you been?" "I've been looking around this place, and I found some old temple," Cozy Glow said. She then brought out her phone and showed the pictures. "See." Sonic then took the phone. "Hey!" "Sorry," Sonic said. He then saw the images that Cozy Glow took that day. "That's... that's one of the Temples of Gaia!" "What?!" Midpoint asked. He then checked the Gaia Manuscripts for the European Gaia Temple. "Whoa! Guess I didn't see the closest one!" "Alright, so where was it?" Sonic asked. "The entrance to it is right behind the nearby church," Cozy Glow said. Just then, the place started shaking. "Whoa-oa!" "What's going on?!" Fluttershy asked. "Thi-i-i-i-i-is ma-a-a-a-a-a-akes my-y-y-y-y-y-y-y voi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oice sou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound si-i-i-i-i-i-illy!" Pinkie pie said during the vibrations. Twilight looked out the window to see one of Eggman's mechs flying over the city. Twilight then said, "It's Eggman! He sent one of his mechs here!" The machine was heading towards the Gaia Temple. The Mane 6, Sonic, Midpoint, Olive, Cozy Glow, Amy, Truemen and Zipp ran outside. "If that thing destroys the Temple, Dark Gaia's minions will still rise!" Midpoint said. "Cozy, lead Sonic, Twilight and her friends to the Temple," Olive said. "We'll take care of this mech." Cozy Glow nodded. "Follow me, guys!" Cozy Glow said, leading the Mane 6 and Sonic towards the Temple. "Alright, guys," Midpoint said. "Let's turn this giant fish into sushi!" Then they all started going after the machine. As the five of them were running, they passed Professor Pickle. "Where are you all heading off to?" Professor Pickle asked. "Eggman's sending a giant machine to attack the Temple of Gaia that's here in Spagonia!" Zipp called out. Midpoint then launched a grappling hook arrow up at a building, where the rope was connected to his belt that had a reel connected to it. Olive did the same with a grappling coil coming from her glove. They both went up to the building. Truemen grabbed Amy with his left hand, and he used his robot hand to blast the ground, sending the two of them up to the same building. Zipp flew up to the building, catching up with the others. Midpoint then pulled out an arrow, prepared it in his bow, and aimed it at the machine. He then fired it and it attached to the main part of the ship. "What was that supposed to do?" Truemen asked. "Just watch," Midpoint said. He then pushed a button on his right glove, and the arrow attached to the ship started activating an electromagnet. Then the ship started imploding. It then started going down towards the river. Truemen then raised his left hand, using some sort of energy to move the machine to land in the path of the river. As soon as it landed, the mech exploded. "Guess that's a fish that can't live in water," Olive said, making the others chuckle. Amy looked at Truemen and said, "That was really impressive. Thanks for the leg up." "You kidding, girl?" Truemen asked. "You are worth lending a hand. And that hammer you use, it's actually impressive how you're so powerful with it." "Well, a girl's gotta know when to defend herself," Amy said. "Oh, brother," Zipp said, crossing her arms. Meanwhile, at the Temple of Gaia, the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were following Cozy Glow. The nine of them entered the temple and ran all the way down the path to the temple. Pinkie Pie took one of the Chaos Emeralds, saying, "Ooh! Ooh! My turn! My turn!" Chip then flew up to the altar, his collar started glowing. Then the platform in the altar had arisen. Pinkie Pie then placed the Chaos Emerald into the small hole. Then the Chaos Emerald started floating upwards, and then it got its glow back. Then the place started shaking. From a satellite view, the European Continent started descending It then went back into place, reconnecting with the Asian Continent. Back at the Station Square Community Center, MC was setting up the stage setup for a performance. He then pulled out Nicole and asked, "Nicole, who do we have for the entertainment?" "I'm afraid that all the top rated performers are all booked," Nicole responded. "Maroon 5?" MC asked. "Booked." "Bruno Mars?" "Booked." "Coldplay?" "Booked." "What about 'Weird Al' Yankovic?" "He's busy as well." "Dang it," MC said. "The good ones are always booked! It makes me so mad, I just wanna..." He then roared like a dragon. He then realized what he just did. "I think I just got back my vocal manipulation." "Sounds like it," Nicole said. "Checking the world progress." It waited a few seconds when Nicole responded. "It appears that the European Continent has been restored." "Send that to the news," MC said. "I wanna know what's going on." "It appears that Twilight, her friends and Sonic are all restoring the planet by going to the Temples of Gaia, and restoring the power of the Chaos Emeralds," Nicole said. "So far, three of the seven pieces of the world have been put back into their original positions." "Three down... four to go," MC said. He then noticed Pipp and said, "I think I know who can perform for Halloween." He then walked over to Pipp and said, "Yo, Pipp!" Pipp then looked over at MC. "Come over here! I wanna have a talk with ya!"' Pipp then walked over towards MC and asked, "What is it?" "How would you like a debut performance in this timeline?" MC asked. That made Pipp gasp with excitement. Back at Spagonia University, Midpoint and Professor Pickle were looking at the Gaia Manuscripts. The Mane 6 and Sonic were looking at the two as they were deciphering the Manuscripts with current locations. It was already night time, so you know what that means for the Mane 6 and Sonic. "So, where's the next Gaia Temple?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Well, there are four more temples for you to go to," Midpoint said. "North America, Africa, Oceania, and Antarctica." "So, which one are we gonna go next?" Applejack asked. "Dang it, Applejack!" Midpoint said. "The smell of your breath is so bad, it would make MC even pass out." "I doubt it," Twilight said. "He once confronted a pack of Timberwolves back in Equestria and he turned the alpha into sawdust with his Chaos Claws." "I heard that one was still regenerating," Rainbow Dash said. "Well, it looks like Antarctica is the place to go," Midpoint said. "Although, the sun won't come up for another two days, so it's gonna be completely dark if you go there." "Looks like we don't have a choice," Sonic said. "Antarctica is going to have to be our next stop." "Tails and I better make some modifications to the Spirit of Freedom," Midpoint said. "It's gonna be freezing cold down there." "Got it," Sonic said. Later, Tails and Midpoint were working on the heat shields of the Spirit of Freedom at the mechanics department of Spagonia University. The Mane 6 and Sonic walked up to the two. "Okay," Midpoint said. "The heat shields will now give the ship protection from the cold temperatures." He then handed the Mane 6 and Sonic some devices. "And these are personal heat shields for your bodies when you go outside. These things will protect you from the temperatures that are at least 55 below." "That should be good," Twilight said. "Let's get going." Tails then got into the cockpit. "We'll be back," Tails said. "Afraid not," Midpoint said. "According to the Gaia Manuscripts, there's a Gaia Temple in Shamar. That's in Egypt. Luckily, Professor Pickle has a research lab down there." "Okay," Tails said. "We'll get there as soon as we can." Midpoint nodded as he was walking out of the Spirit of Freedom. Tails then looked at the computer and said, "Luckily, Alex put the coordinates of the Gaia Temple into the guiding system. Let's get there." The Spirit of Freedom then took off as Midpoint was at least 30 yards away. "Good luck, guys," Midpoint said. Later, the Spirit of Freedom came near a large crevice. The Mane 6, Sonic and Chip went down the crevice and looked around. "The Temple of Gaia should be around here somewhere," Twilight said as her horn was giving off a bright white light. "But where could it be?" Rainbow Dash asked. Chip then noticed something. He then said, "Huh. What's that?" When they looked at the thing, there were a bunch of electrical lights coming on, nearly blinding the group. They saw some weird creature, frozen in ice, on a platform. The eyes of the creature rolled around under the ice. It then saw the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip. "Whoa," Rainbow Dash said. "What is that thing?" "It seems to be some sort of new species," Twilight said. "This must be some kind of historical discovery!" Sonic then saw some people frozen in ice and said, "Holy smokes! Those people are frozen in ice!" "But what could've caused that to happen?" Applejack asked. Then the ice surrounding the creature broke, and the creature roared loudly. "Aye-yi-yi-yi-yi!" Pinkie shouted. The creature then fired some orb from its mouth, heading towards the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip, who all jumped out of the way, the entryway being blocked by an explosion of ice. "So that's what froze those people!" Rainbow Dash said. "How do we stop this eel?!" Sonic asked. "Wait," Fluttershy said. "Eels are coldblooded. That's why it was coated in a blanket of ice." "If we freeze this sucker, it'll be open for us to attack!" Rarity said. She then looked at the creature. "And I think I know where its weak spots are. It's those green spots that are on the creature!" "Rarity, I think you might be onto something!" Twilight said. She then saw some containers of liquid hydrogen. "Sonic, what's liquid hydrogen?" "It's a chemical that can freeze anything instantaneously," Sonic said. "Use it on this sucker!" Twilight then used her magic and threw the container at the creature, which froze instantly. Applejack then charged at the spot on the creature's stomach and punched it hard. Sonic then jumped up onto the creatures back and scratched the green spot there, and then Rainbow Dash flew up high. Then she started flying down and when she made contact with the green spot on the monster's head, it made a Sonic Rainboom, the impact made the creature fall into pieces, Dark Gaia energy coming from it and the creature vanished. "Yeah!" Sonic and Rainbow Dash said, high-fiving each other. "Alright, guys!" Twilight said. "Let's go!" Then the eight of them started heading into the temple. They headed in and went towards the altar. Chip landed on the altar, and his collar started glowing. Then Applejack took one of the Chaos Emeralds and headed for the platform that had arisen from the altar. She then put it on the hole. Then the Chaos Emerald started floating, gaining light blue energy, bringing the Emerald back to life. Then the place started shaking. Then from above, the Antarctic Continent started descending, getting put back in its original position, reconnecting with the South American Continent. Back in Station Square, MC was laying on a table, fast asleep. But then, he got heavy all of a sudden and broke the table. "Oof!" MC said, waking up. "What the...?" He then noticed the table was broken. "What happened?!" Sunny asked as she and Hitch ran up to him. "I... I don't know," MC said. He then thought of something. "Wait a minute. Hitch, hit me." MC then pounded his chest. Hitch shrugged his shoulders and just hit MC in the same area of his chest, but he didn't move. Hitch then shook his hand which was in pain. "I don't believe it! I got my density manipulation back!" "Whoa!" Sunny said. "Okay, that is pretty cool!" "What does that mean?" Hitch asked. "Sparkles and the others must've brought back another continent," MC said. He then pulled out Nicole. "Nicole, which Continent came down?" "It appears that Twilight and the others have brought back Antarctica," Nicole said. "Whoa! Now that's cold!" MC said. "Really?" Sunny asked. "It's cold down there?!" "The farthest north and the farthest south of the planet are the two most coldest areas in the world, Sunny," Nicole said. "You'd need some very heated gear to go down there without freezing to death." Meanwhile, back in Antarctica, the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip got the frozen people out of the crevice and into the Spirit of Freedom. The people were being thawed out during the flight. "That was one epic beast," Sonic said. "Where to now?" "As you may recall, Alex said that he, Professor Pickle, Olive, Cozy, Amy, Truemen and Zipp are all heading to Shamar," Tails said. "We're gonna meet them there." "At least these guys will be plenty warm when we get there," Rainbow Dash said. The Spirit of Freedom was now flying over the ocean, heading towards the African Continent. Author's Note Next Episode: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 4): Remembering the Forgotten Episode 10: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 4): Remembering the ForgottenEpisode 10: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 4): Remembering the Forgotten In the Egyptian city of Shamar, during the daytime, the Spirit of Freedom was landing near one building. Outside the building, Olive was waiting for them. She was holding a fan trying to keep herself cool. The Spirit of Freedom landed and then it opened up. Then all the people who were frozen in Antarctica ran out, still trying to thaw out. "What happened to those people?" Olive asked while the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Chip walked out of the Spirit of Freedom. "Some Dark Gaia creature froze them solid," Twilight said. She then started fanning herself. "Wow, it's really hot here." "No wonder they're so cold," Olive said. "Alright, guys. Follow me." Then they all headed inside the building. They walked into one room which was a laboratory with a giant vat of water. "What's with the vat of water?" Twilight asked. Just then, Midpoint came out of the vat of water, getting the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Olive and Chip wet. "Sorry," Midpoint said. "It's really hot here. Otters need to cool off in the water." "That answers my question," Twilight said. "So, where's the next temple that's here?" "It's 5 miles West of the city," Midpoint said. "Although, we've got a bit of a problem getting in there." "And why is that?" Applejack asked. "There's a team of archaeologists out there trying to unbury the temple from a mountain of sand due to a sandstorm," Midpoint said. "The team is led by a Mobian and an Equestrian." "Really?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Who's the Equestrian?" "A pegasus mare named... Daring Do," Midpoint said. "Daring Do?" Cozy Glow asked as Twilight and Rainbow Dash looked at each other with wide smiles. "Isn't she a fictional character in those books Rainbow Dash likes?" Midpoint chuckled and said, "Oops." "I know Daring Do," Rainbow Dash said. "Heck, the six of us do." She then remembered something. "Wait. Is the Mobian leader who's leading with Daring Do a purple dog named Ava Muttski, who happens to be Mutt's mom?" "Sounds like we have a wildcard," Rarity said. "We better call the Freedom Fighters back home and tell Mutt to come here." The others nodded. It was 5:30 in the morning back in Station Square. Mutt was sleeping in his bed. Just then, Mutt was being shaken. Mutt opened his eyes to see MC. "MC?" Mutt asked, tiredly. "What is it?" "Sonic just called," MC said. "He needs your help to get into the Temple of Gaia in Egypt." "Really?" Mutt asked. He then yawned. "Why does he need me?" "Because your mom and her team of archaeologists had found it and are cleaning it up," MC said. "They're keeping out anyone who gets near." "Really?" Mutt asked. He then sat up. "Okay. Where in Egypt are they?" "Follow me," MC said. Then Mutt got out of bed and followed MC, grabbing his hat, shoulder belt and shoes. When he got into the living room, Mutt had his hat, shoulder belt, and his right shoe on. He was still getting on his left shoe. "Whoa!" Mutt said, tripping on the floor. "I'm okay!" He then got up. He then saw Sonic on the Television. "Oh, hey, Sonic." "Hey, Mutt," Sonic said. "Okay, MC, I'm gonna need you to use your Super Warp Ring to send Mutt here." "I'm gonna need to see where you are before I throw the ring," MC said. "Okay, so picture this!" Sonic said. Then the screen flipped, revealing what was in front of him. Sonic was outside the lab at the moment. MC then nodded, pulled out his Super Warp Ring, and threw it towards the Foyer of Freedom Fighters Manor. Then the ring got bigger, becoming a portal to Shamar, which appeared on the screen. "There's your ride, Mutt," MC said. "See you later." "You sure you won't need me to help with the preparations for the Station Square Halloween Party?" Mutt asked. "No, we got this," MC said. "All I need to know is what you're going to the party as." "I already got my costume," Mutt said. "It's in the box underneath my bed. I'm going as Indiana Jones." "Irony," MC said. "Now go." Mutt nodded and he headed through the portal. MC then closed the portal and reverted back into a ring. Meanwhile, in Shamar, Mutt looked around, and he was already getting hot. Then Sally came up to him with a blanket, covering him from the heat. "There you go, Mutt," Sally said. "Sorry about that. The sun here is brutal." "The sand was even worse the last time I was in Egypt," Mutt said. "In fact, Mom was the one who gave me this stuff." "Makes sense," Sally said. Then she, Sonic and Mutt went into the lab. "Alright, guys," Sonic said, "Mutt's here." "It was 5:30 back in Station Square and it's 12:30 here," Rarity said. "He looks really tired." "I need something to eat first," Mutt said as Chip flew up to him, holding a chocolate bar. "Want some chocolate?" Chip asked. "No thanks," Mutt said. "I'm allergic to chocolate." "Oh. Okay," Chip said, flying back. "Who is that?" Mutt asked. "That's Chip," Sonic said. "Well, we don't know his real name. We found him outside of Rio with no memory. Speaking of which. Olive, did the guys of GUN figure out who he really is?" "Not really," Olive said. "Although, it was weird. According to his blood, it says that he's over four-point-five billion years old." "What?!" the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally, Midpoint, Cozy Glow, Mutt, Amy, Truemen and Zipp all asked in unison. "That's what I said," Olive said. "The guys at GUN had double-checked and even triple-checked to make sure their equipment wasn't buggy, but the computer kept coming up with the same result." "So what is Chip?" Mutt asked. "Some kind of god or something?" "He might be, but why he was found in Rio with no memory is a mystery to us all," Olive said. Twilight then thought of something. She remembered all the times in the altars of the Temples of Gaia, and how Chip's collar glowed when he got near them. "I wonder..." Twilight said. "Well, I should take you all there," Olive said. "I already got some jeeps to get us there, but I won't be able to drive all of them." "Ah can drive one," Applejack said. "I can handle another one," Rarity said. "You all can drive?" Midpoint asked. "Thanks to the Freedom Fighters," Twilight said. "Although, Rainbow Dash barely passed her written test when we put some DMVs across Equestria." "Alright, let's get going," Olive said. Then the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally, Mutt, Olive and Chip headed out of there. They drove through the dunes outside of the city of Shamar and towards where the Temple of Gaia should be. They saw a bunch of tents around a huge dune. "Oh, yeah," Twilight said. "There's no way a dune like that can be that big." The vehicles were stopped by some archaeologist security guards. One of them shouted, "Halt!" The group stopped the vehicles and got out. The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally, Mutt, Olive and Chip moved towards the security guards. "Excuse me, good sirs," Twilight said. She then used her magic to bring up Mutt. "This here is Ben Muttski, and he's..." "Hold on, miss," one of the security guards said. "Does this Ben Muttski have any relationship with one of the head archaeologists, Ava Muttski?" "She's my Mom," Mutt answered. The security guard pulled out a walkie-talkie and said, "Miss Muttski, we have a group of Mobians and Equestrians, and we have one claiming to be your son." "Ben's here?" came Ava's voice from the walkie-talkie. Mutt then took the walkie-talkie and said, "Hey, Mom!" "Yep! That's my son!" came Ava's voice. "Let them in!" Then the security guards let the group into the area. They went in and saw the area where the team of archaeologists were trying to unbury the temple. "Whoa!" Rainbow Dash said. "That's a lot of people trying to clean up this place!" "You said it, Dash," came a voice. The group turned around and saw Daring Do standing there. "Daring Do!" the Mane 6 said in unison. "Hey, guys!" Daring Do said. She then saw Mutt. "Hey, Ben. Your Mom wanted me to escort you and your friends to her. Follow me." Daring Do then started leading the group over towards a tent. And coming out of that tent was Mutt's Mom, Ava Muttski. "Mom!" Mutt said, running up to his mother. The two of them hugged each other. "I'm so glad you came," Ava said. She then saw the others. "Come in, all of you." All of them then headed into the temple and explained what they were doing there. "And that's why we're here," Sonic said. "To restore the power of the Chaos Emeralds, bring the world back together, and prevent Dark Gaia from destroying the people of the world in its darkness." "That would explain the strange behaviors during the night time," Ava said. "And don't forget the creature," Daring Do said. "Creature?" Tails asked. "You see, at night, there's this strange beast that comes out of the sand and prevents anyone from getting near the temple," Ava said. "And it's very vicious." "See for yourself," Daring Do said, pulling out a photo. The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally, Mutt, Olive, and Chip looked at the photo and gasped. "That thing looks mean!" Mutt said. "It is," Daring Do said. "Trust me when I say, you do not want to be in the path of its hammer." "Don't sweat it," Rainbow Dash said. "We can handle that thing when it comes back." "Then you're gonna help us unbury that temple," Ava said. "We'll have to get it out before dark. Let's go." Then they all walked out of the tent, and headed to dig out the Temple of Gaia. The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally, Mutt, Olive and Chip were all helping the people dig out the Temple of Gaia. They were working through the harsh conditions through the heat of the desert. Some of them even gave each other water to drink. Eventually, they unburied the temple. "Wow," Chip said. "It's finally uncovered." "Yeah," Sonic said. "Now let's go before..." "The sun's going past the horizon!" Twilight said, pointing towards the sun. They all looked at the sun as it was descending. Just then, the Mane 6 and Sonic transformed into their nighttime forms. "Gaaah!" Mutt said, jumping into Olive's arms. "They're monsters!" "Grr... It's okay, Mutt," Sonic said. "We're still... us... while we're in these forms." "It's true," Chip said, flying up to Mutt. "They won't hurt their friends. Even if they're currently monsters." "Wait..." Sally said. "Mutt, didn't your Mom and Daring Do say something about a..." Just then, a beast came from above, slamming its hammer on the ground, making the group fall over. It was the same beast from the photo. "It's that thing from the picture!" Twilight said. The beast roared and went to attack Twilight, but Sonic got in its path and blocked the beast's hammer. "This thing is strong!" Sonic said. "But I won't let it get the best of me!" Sonic then punched it in the face, the beast landing in front of the entrance. It then put its hammer in its mouth, raised its hands, and shot a beam straight up. Just then, a storm cloud appeared and started releasing bolts of purple lightning around the area. "Shouldn't there be rain coming from that storm cloud?!" Rainbow Dash asked. "It's dry lightning!" Ava said. "It's a storm cloud that has no rain in it to drop! Very dangerous if you're near it!" "Don't have to tell me twice!" Applejack said, running up to the beast. The beast countered her with lightning landing in front of her, making her fall back. "You wanna mess with my friends?!" Rainbow Dash asked. She then started flying upward, and then looped back around, and doing a barrage of attacks. "That... wasn't... very... cool!" She then flew upward and came back down, performing a Sonic Rainboom. The beast then roared because its ears were hurting. Then Rainbow Dash kicked the beast into a column. The column then started tipping over as the beast was trying to recover, but it didn't see the column coming towards it and it landed on top of it. "Ooh!" everyone watching said. Just then, the beast vanished in a cloud of purple smoke. The dry lightning cloud vanished as well. "Okay," Twilight said. "That thing's gone." "Let's get this continent back into position," Sonic said. "Okay, everyone!" Tails said. "You're gonna experience some shaking coming from the ground. It's just apart of bringing the planet back together!" The Mane 6, Sonic and Chip went inside the Temple of Gaia. They reached the Altar. Sonic then handed Rainbow Dash one of the Chaos Emeralds, saying, "You're up." Rainbow Dash nodded, walked over towards the altar as Chip's collar lit up, lifting the platform. Rainbow Dash then put the Chaos Emerald into the hole. The Chaos Emerald then started floating, and yellow energy started going into it, bringing the Emerald back to life. Then the place started shaking. Then from a space view, the African Continent started coming down, getting back into place, merging with the European, Antarctic, and South American continents. Later, the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally, Mutt, Olive and Chip went back to the Professor's lab in Shamar. Midpoint and Professor Pickle were trying to find out where the next temple is. "That's five," Sonic said. "We just need two more. Where in the Oceanian Continent is that Temple of Gaia?" "It's pretty much difficult to find as we speak," Professor Pickle said. "We basically haven't found it yet." "Found it," Midpoint said. "Ooh. This one is the most tropical." "Where is it?" Rarity asked. "It's actually in Koroyanitu National Park," Midpoint said. "And where is that?" Tails asked. "Fiji," Midpoint said. "Ooh!" Twilight, Rarity and Fluttershy said in unison. "I've heard great things about Fiji," Twilight said. "If we weren't fighting Eggman, I would take the kids there for a family vacation." "Hey, Alex," Mutt said. "Has... MC received any more of his powers?" "According to Nicole... he got his Elemental Mimicry back," Midpoint said. "Looks like you're all heading to Fiji." "Maybe I should stay behind," Mutt said while Olive was on the phone. "I can..." "Hey, Michael!" Olive said. "We're gonna need you to use that Super Warp Ring to bring Mutt back to Station Square." Just then a ring portal opened up. "Never mind," Mutt said. He then ran into the portal as it closed behind him. Meanwhile, at Eggman's current base, Eggman was checking the percentage on his plan with his robot assistant. "All systems are green," the robot said. "Dark Gaia activation is confirmed on all seven continents. Electromagnetic homing signals are locked on. All units converging on Point Zero." "Yes, yes, perfect!" Eggman said before walking around. "Gathering Dark Gaia's pieces is such a pain. I'll have them come to me instead! A brilliant shift in perspective! An idea worthy of Dr. Eggman, super-genius! Oh ho ho ho!" The robot started clapping as it said, "Your skill at self-aggrandizement is unparalleled." Eggman was still laughing before he looked at the robot in anger. He then slapped him while saying, "Silence!" The robot then leaned back. "Activate the Dark Gaia fusion furnace. And while you're at it, get those energy conversion circuits warmed up!" The robot recovered and said, "Understood. Commencing 'Project Dark Gaia.' Requesting final clearance." Then a button rose up from the panel in front of Eggman. Eggman slammed the button saying, "Granted! Finally, my ambitions will be achieved! Gah ha ha! Oh ho ho ho!" Then the robot started beeping while saying, "Alert! Five of the Seven Continents are now placed back in their original position!" "What?!" Eggman asked, angrily. "Drat! Those pesky Equestrians and that nasty hedgehog are trying to stop my plans! Get a mech to the one continent that hasn't been put down yet! Those pesky heroes don't know that I've built my base on top of the North American Temple of Gaia. Time to show them who's boss." Meanwhile, the Spirit of Freedom was heading towards Fiji. The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally and Chip were all in it, all waiting to get to their destination. Later in Fiji, there was an explosion behind some trees during the daylight hours. Robot parts were raining everywhere. The Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were walking away from the explosion. "Seriously?" Rainbow Dash asked. "That was the best he could do to prevent us from reaching this temple? We've taken on King Sombra better than that!" "Well, MC took on King Sombra back in Delphius," Twilight said. "Thanks to Joshua using runes and MC's claws, he cut off Sombra's horn and it fell into lava. Now Sombra is just a unicorn colt with no memory of the evil in him while being raised by Star Swirl." "Sounds like Sombra became the next Nyx," Applejack said, making the others nod. Eventually, they made it to the Temple of Gaia that was there. Chip looked around, giving a worried look and moaning. "What's wrong, buddy?" Sonic asked, noticing Chip's worry. "Huh?" Chip asked, looking at Sonic. "Oh, right. I'm just... scared." "Scared?" Rainbow Dash asked. "It's just another old temple, darling," Rarity said. "Yes," Fluttershy said. "And it doesn't look like anyone's around either." "That's... That's not what I mean," Chip stuttered. "That's not... N-never mind. I'm fine. Let's go!" Then he started running towards the temple. The Mane 6 and Sonic were confused about Chip's behavior. Twilight especially. They then followed Chip into the Temple. When they went inside, the Mane 6 and Sonic saw a mural over the altar. "Whoa!" Sonic said. Twilight got a good look at the mural. She saw something in it, and compared it to Chip. "Sonic, you handle this one," Twilight said. Sonic nodded and headed for the Altar. Twilight then pulled out her phone and aimed its camera towards the mural. "Alex, get a good look at this mural." Meanwhile, in Shamar, Midpoint and Zipp were at the computer. They saw the mural that Twilight was showing them on her phone. "Whoa!" Midpoint said. "Is that... Chip? Wait a minute!" Midpoint then grabbed the Gaia Manuscripts. "According to this, each time the Earth was brought back, there was tale of a small creature that was able to banish Dark Gaia back under the crust of the planet!" Zipp said. "It can't be...!" Midpoint and Zipp said. "What is it?!" Twilight asked through the phone. "There is darkness..." Midpoint said. "But there is also... light." After Chip raised the platform on the Altar, Sonic put the Chaos Emerald into the hole. The Chaos Emerald then rose and it was surrounded in Purple Energy, restoring the glow of it, bringing it back to life. Chip then flew up to the mural and gently touched it. Just then, the mural started glowing in a white light. Then there was some sort of suction trying to swallow up Chip. He was trying to get away, but the suction was too strong. "Chip!" the Mane 6 and Sonic all said in unison. Meanwhile, Chip found himself in a space-like void. He looked around, trying to see if he could find a way out when an orb of light floated near him. "I welcome your return..." came a voice from the orb, getting Chip's attention. The orb even sounded like Chip. "Messenger of day, of light, of rebirth." Then the orb of light let out a piece, it entered into Chip. Just then, Chip went wide eyed. Later, he came out of the Mural and hovered in front of the Mane 6 and Sonic. "Sonic... Girls... I remember now. All of it," Chip said. Later, at a dock, the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were looking out at the setting sun. Twilight looked at Chip and said, "Over 4 billion years old, a collar that can activate the altars inside the Gaia Temples, and a mural with you inside one of those temples, there is only one conclusive answer to who you are." Chip looked over at Twilight. "Since there's a Dark Gaia, there also has to be a Light Gaia. And you're him, aren't you?" Chip nodded and said, "I am. I draw power from the day and light, and guide the planet to its rebirth. My job was to protect the planet from Dark Gaia." He then looked towards the rest. "But Eggman broke the world apart himself, and Dark Gaia and I were awakened before we should've been." He then looked away. "That's why Dark Gaia broke apart, and I didn't know who I was." He tapped his head. "I didn't remember what I was supposed to do." He then looked back towards the Mane 6 and Sonic. "All because this isn't the proper Time of Awakening." "Time of Awakening?" Sonic asked. "Dark Gaia grows over millions of years, then rises to destroy the world," Chip said, walking towards the edge of the dock. "And I put it all back together. We've been doing this over and over, again and again... since the very beginning of time." "So you were asleep all this time?" Pinkie Pie asked. "For millions of years?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Yes. For ages and ages," Chip said, looking back at the Mane 6 and Sonic. He then faced the setting sun. As the sun set, the Mane 6 and Sonic transformed back into their monster forms. "I'll bet it's thanks to you," Sonic said. Chip looked at Sonic confused. "Even at night when we're like this. We're still ourselves. Not like all the other people we've seen." He then looked at Chip. "You must've been protecting our minds this whole time." Chip shook his head and said, "I haven't done anything, Sonic. You all are the reason you all haven't changed at all. You all are too strong to lose yourselves!" "We're the reason?" Twilight asked. "Yeah! You all never doubt yourselves, no matter what," Chip said. "You all never give in to the night, or to the darkness inside your hearts. I think it's because I knew that about you all. That's why I wanted you to help me." He then smiled. "Especially when you all found the missing piece of the planet and brought it back to Earth." "Missing piece?" Twilight asked, confused. She then thought of something. "Wait, wait, wait. Are you saying that Equestria was originally from this world, and we never knew it?!" Chip looked towards Twilight and said, "Yes. It all changed over a thousand years ago. It was then when Dark Gaia came back that year. So for all of your safety, I had to... banish the entire land of Equestria and beyond to the other side of the Galaxy before I did something about Dark Gaia that time. And to make it worse, I had to... erase all the memories of the inhabitants in that land, and the rest of the Earth, to keep each other safe from their darkness. But now that you're all back, it can be as peaceful as it was again." "Whoa," the Mane 6 and Sonic said. "It's been so fun!" Chip said as he flown up in front of the group. "Getting to see the world. I've lived here since the planet began, but... I didn't know a thing about it. That it's so pretty, or that food tastes so good, or that people are so nice! I'm so glad I got the chance to discover all that with you all! And I'm so glad that you all helped me find my memory. Sonic, girls, I will never, ever forget you all. Thank you. Goodbye, my friends!" He then started flying away. "Hey!" Sonic said. He then stretched his arm out, grabbing Chip who was already 100 yards away. "Whoa, wha-?!" Chip asked as he was being pulled by his tail and back to the group. "Where do you think you're off to all by yourself?" Sonic asked. Chip then walked around nervously, saying, "What... but... My memory is back now, and... Well, from here on out, it's my responsibility, so, um... I mean, there's no reason for you all to come along, so I should just..." He was trying to find a reason to leave the group, but just couldn't. "Do we need a reason to want to help out a friend?" Twilight asked. Chip then smiled and said, "Thanks, guys." Then the Mane 6 and Sonic put their hands in. Sonic turned towards Chip, leaned his head quickly, telling Chip to join in. Chip smiled and put his hand in as well. Then all of them put their hands up and cheered in celebration. Back in Station Square, MC was looking around, his eyes glowing in a golden aura. Sunny was watching him. "I can see it all!" MC said. "I have my Mind Sight back!" "Okay, that's good," Sunny said. "Does that mean that the planet's restored?" "No," MC said. "The North American Continent is still floating above the magma underneath the planet. They still need to restore the last Chaos Emerald and bring down the Continent, in order for the planet to be restored, and me getting the last of my powers back." "That means you can lead Sonic, Twilight and her friends towards the last temple," Sunny said. MC looked towards Sunny and nodded. He then said, "Your father would've been proud of you Sunny. For knowing the truth, and helping bring unity back to the ponies in your original timeline." Sunny nodded. She then said, "I kinda wish he was still with me." "Oh, he is, Sunny," MC said, walking up to her. He then put his hand on Sunny's chest. "In here. When you truly love someone, they never leave you. They remain in your heart forever." "Is that a reference from 'The Haunted Mansion'?" Sunny asked. "You've been streaming Disney again, haven't you?" MC asked. "I gotta do something while I'm at home," Sunny said. "After all, I don't start working at the Smoothie Shop until after Halloween." Then the two of them laughed as they were walking out of the room. Author's Note Next Episode: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 5): Eggman Land Episode 11: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 5): Eggman LandEpisode 11: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 5): Eggman Land The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Sally arrived back at Professor Pickle's lab in Shamar. Midpoint, Professor Pickle, Olive, Cozy Glow, Amy, Truemen and Zipp were looking through the Gaia Manuscripts. It was Daytime there. "Okay, we have to find out where the next Temple of Gaia is," Sally said. "Obviously, it's somewhere in the North American Continent," Sonic said. "Obviously, we're gonna need to know where it is." "We're looking everywhere on this ancient map and trying to pinpoint where it currently is, but we can't find the last temple anywhere," Zipp said. "We won't need the map for this one," Midpoint said. "Why not?" Twilight asked. "Because... we're gonna let the one person, who can see everything on the planet he touches, to lead you all towards the Temple of Gaia," Midpoint said. The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Amy, Olive and Cozy Glow went wide eyed. Then in unison, they all said, "MC!" "Bingo," Midpoint said, pointing towards the Mane 6 and Sonic. He then typed on the computer there. Meanwhile, in Station Square, MC was leaving the Station Square Community Center. He was the last one to leave the Community Center, and he locked up the door. He later got into his truck and his communicator started beeping. He then moved his right arm towards his head and he pushed a button on his hand. "This is Alex Lynol calling MC the Fox," Midpoint's voice came from the communicator. "We're gonna need your help to find the last Temple of Gaia. Just look for a place that has something similar to this image." Then an image of an altar of the Temple of Gaia appeared in front of him. "Sonic, Twilight and their friends need to find this temple to fully bring the Earth back together." "Got it," MC said. "I'll send a homing beacon when I get close to it. That way, the others can do the rest." MC then started up the truck after the image vanished. Later, the Spirit of Freedom was flying through the skies. Tails and Sally were at the controls, following a homing beacon coming from MC's communicator. "Got it!" Tails said. "We're getting close!" "MC's homing beacon is close by!" Sally said. "Well, this is where we'll get off," Sonic said. "What?!" Tails asked. "But we're a thousand feet in the sky!" "I've jumped from higher, remember?" Sonic asked. He then opened up the back. "Let's do this!" The Mane 6 and Chip nodded. Then they all jumped out of the Spirit of Freedom. All of them were screaming as they were going down. Some in excitement, some in fear. Twilight then used her magic to levitate her friends and bring them all down safely. Luckily, they landed near where MC was leaning against a tree. He was accompanied by the Young 6. "What are you all doing here?" Twilight asked. "They insisted on coming," MC said. "Yona feel the urge to smash!" Yona said. "No way we're gonna let Eggman prevent us from saving the world," Gallus said. "Well, they got the heart to do it," Sonic said. "So, where's the Temple?" "I'll lead you there, but you're not going to like where it is," MC said. "What do you mean?" Twilight asked. Just then, they heard the sound of Eggman's laughter. MC pointed towards where the laughter was coming from. They all headed over a hill and gasped at what they saw. It seemed to be some dark amusement park. "Oh ho ho ho! Welcome to Eggmanland, the brainchild of my heart and soul!" Eggman's voice came from a speaker. Then a golden statue came up from in front of the entry way, the statue was of Dr. Eggman. "This is my magnificent empire, made possible through my genius and the limitless energy harnessed from Dark Gaia!" "Wha-WOAH. This place is CRAZY!" Chip said, falling on his back. "I'll never understand Eggman's tastes," Sonic said. The Mane 6 and the Young 6 nodded their heads in agreement. Chip took some pictures of the place. He then waved his camera towards Sonic and said, "Get a good shot!" Sonic took the camera as Chip got into position, posing in the same pose as the Eggman Statue. Sonic even took pictures of Chip in that same pose. "Ahh ha ha ha ha haaa! Surprised? Yes of course you are!" Eggman's voice continued on the speakers. "Sonic! If you have any complaints, come deliver them to me in person. If you can, that is! Ahh ha ha ha haa.. ...ha-HACK! Hwaugh, koff! Whew..." The Mane 6, Young 6, Sonic and MC started walking through the entry way of the place. "He's enjoying this way too much," Sonic said. "I'm starting to judge his relationship with Maria," MC said, making Sonic and the Mane 6 nod. "Sonic!" came Chip's voice. The group all looked up at the statue, seeing Chip on it, taking pictures of the place. "I can feel the last temple nearby! He must have built this place on top of it." "Of course he did!" MC said. "I can see it! I can guide us through!" "And as you do, we're just gonna have to tear this place down!" Sonic said. "Fine by me," MC said, baring his claws. Then they all walked into the dark base, that looked like an amusement park. "Seriously?!" Twilight asked. "He had to make it look like an amusement park?!" "I can't believe he actually did it," MC said. "He's been planning this for years." "Why?" Rainbow Dash asked. "He thinks that making an amusement park will persuade people to think he should be the world's ruler," Sonic said. "But now, I believe with the power of Dark Gaia, he can force people to obey his every command by keeping everyone in until dark," MC said. "And he'd have to keep the planet from being put back together to do it," Twilight said. "So in order to stop Eggman from conquering the world..." Ocellus said. "We'll have to find this last temple and fix the world completely," Sandbar said, finishing for Ocellus. "I'm surprised none of the water from the Earth isn't falling into the cracks," Silverstream said. "Yeah, I wonder why that is," Smolder added. "Oh, that was Dark Gaia's doing," Chip said. "Every time the planet comes apart, there's a field around each piece of the continent that prevents water from getting off the Continent." "There are some questions we'd prefer not ta ask, y'all," Applejack said. "Alright, guys," MC said as they all reached a corner. "Be on guard." He then looked around the corner, seeing a bunch of robots guarding a building. MC then used his mind sight to look into the building guarded by the robots. "Okay, I see the temple." "Where is it?" Sonic asked. "It's at least 200 yards underneath that building," MC said. "We're gonna have to get past those robots." "Perfect," Sonic said. "How do we do that?" "Yona can smash robots!" Yona said. "No," MC said. "We have to think smarter than that." MC then looked around and he saw a manhole cover. He then smiled. "Sorry, Rares." "Why are you apologizing to me?" Rarity asked. She then noticed what MC was looking at. She then looked back towards MC and said, "No!" MC then ran over towards the manhole cover, opened it up, and went wide eyed after looking into it. He then said, "That's something you don't see every time you open a manhole." Twilight then looked into the manhole and went wide eyed as well. "A sewer full of lava?" Twilight asked. "That's definitely dangerous." "Smells worse than any normal sewer," Sonic said. "Well, let's get in there." Sonic then climbed into the manhole, holding onto the ladder in the sewer. MC was leading the group through the sewer system of Eggman Land, trying to get into the main building that controls the entire place. "The heat from this lava flow..." Fluttershy said. "It's... hurting my eyes." "Meh, not as bad as the Dragon Lands," Smolder said. She then looked down at her outfit. "I tried going into a lava pit back in the Dragon Lands in the clothes I was wearing, and all I came out with was the swimsuit I was wearing underneath." "You're welcome," MC said. "For all the dragons of Equestria, I made sure that all their swim suits, trunks and bikinis were all lava proof." "I insisted on him doing that," Rarity said. They then reached a vent. MC halted the group when they saw a bunch of robots passing by. As the sound of the robots passed, the screws of the vent started unscrewing from a magenta aura and the vent opened up. MC then climbed out of it and then he helped the others out, starting with Twilight. "Any more heat and my mane and tail would've started frizzing," Twilight said. "I do have some hairspray, Twilight," Rarity said. "I wouldn't," MC said. "Hairspray is very flammable." "Good point," Rarity said as she was being pulled out. MC then put a finger to his mouth, telling the group to be quiet. MC continued to help the others out of the vent. The group then made it to a metal door with some grips on the bottom. The Mane 6, the Young 6, Sonic, MC and Chip all stopped in front of the door. MC then smirked. "I got this," MC said, walking up to the door. He then grabbed the grips on the bottom of the door, but he got hit by some dark energy. "Gaaah!" He was then flung back and Yona caught him. "What happened?!" Twilight asked. "I felt... I felt... some kind of dark energy," MC said. "Like when I was fighting Sombra." "It's Dark Gaia Energy," Chip said. "I know. I've fought it for billions of years." "How are we gonna get in?" Sandbar asked. Just then, the Mane 6 and Sonic transformed into their nighttime monster forms, scaring the Young 6. Ocellus jumped into MC's arms as all of the Young 6 screamed. "Whoa!" MC said. "When Mutt said you guys become monsters at night, I thought he was just exaggerating!" "You know kids that age," Sonic said. "Sometimes, it's not all imagination." MC nodded as he tried dropping Ocellus, but she was in the same position she was when she jumped into MC's arms. "Dang, you are a very good gripping Changeling," MC said. "Let go." "Oh... sorry," Ocellus said, going back to the ground. "Ah bet Sonic can lift that door," Applejack said, making the others hold their breath. "Whoo!!" MC said. "I thought the Timberwolves back in Equestria had bad breath, but your breath out stinks them!" "Sorry!" Applejack said. "Sonic," Twilight said. "Think you can lift the door?" "I'll try," Sonic said. "Stand back." He then went towards the door, and he grabbed the grips on the door, and he started lifting the door. It was then slammed upward. "Whoop. That was a little too much." Then they all walked in they were ambushed by Dark Gaia creatures. All led by some new ones. There were six different versions of them, and one of them was on fire. "Holy smokes!" MC said. "These guys are already fired up for a fight. Especially that guy." The monsters then roared. "We're gonna have to cool these guys off," Twilight said. "We need some water, especially on the one that's on fire!" Gallus said. "Where are we gonna get some water?" Ocellus asked. Just then, some water drenched the monster that was on fire, and the one that had electricity coming out of it. But then the electric one just passed out and vanished. The group looked up and saw MC holding a water pipe, aiming it at the monsters. "Try the sprinkler system," MC said. "Of course Eggman's gotta have a plan for fire damage." He then put the pipe back into position. He then did a spin dash and started pounding on the monsters from above, ricocheting off the walls, ceiling and floor, only hitting the monsters and not his friends. "Whoa!" Chip said. He then looked towards Sonic and asked, "Can you do that?" "Well, only the spinning," Sonic replied. "I've never bounced off the walls like that." The monsters didn't disappear after getting pounded by MC's attacks. "They're getting back up!" Pinkie Pie called out. "Let's take 'em down!" Rainbow Dash said. The rest of the Mane 6 and Sonic nodded and charged at the monsters. They fought them off. MC then looked around, his eyes glowing in a golden aura. "I see the temple!" MC said. "We're going down!" MC then used his claws to rip open a hole in the floor. "Let's go! Wooohooooooooo!!" MC said, jumping into the hole. "I am still falling!" "Wow," Twilight said. "That is a deep hole." They eventually finished off the Dark Gaia creatures and then they all jumped down the hole. Eventually, they made it to the ground and Twilight used her magic to catch the ones who couldn't fly to slow their descent. When they made it to the ground, they saw MC on the ground, his body bending in places it shouldn't be bending. Eventually, his joints went back to normal. "If I had the last of my remaining powers, I'd be able to absorb myself into the ground and come back up instantly," MC said. He then stopped. "You've gotta be kidding me." The group looked towards where MC was looking and they saw the gates of the Temple of Gaia, along with a bunch of Dark Gaia creatures. They were mostly Titans and some new creatures. "Whoa!" Sandbar said. "Those are big!" Sonic howled and then he and the Mane 6 charged at the monsters. MC, Chip and the Young 6 went over towards the monsters. The new monsters then opened up its stomach, a bunch of little monsters coming out of them. "Dang!" Sonic said. "There's so many of them!" "Sparkles! Use your magic to hold them all still!" MC called out. Twilight then looked up at her horn. She then smirked and then she used her magic to lift up the monsters. The monsters had no chance of getting their butts whooped. The others then took out the monsters. The monsters were then all then taken down by the Mane 6 and Sonic. "Heh. That was too easy," Sonic said. "Well, looks like this is it," Chip said. Chip's collar then started glowing and then the gates to the temple of Gaia started opening up. "Thanks for helping us get here, MC," Twilight said. "No problem, Sparkles," MC said. "Well, I gotta get back to Station Square." He was about to grab his ring and said, "Oh. One more thing." He then zoomed around the Mane 6 and Sonic and then went back to where he was before speeding around the group. He then looked towards Chip and asked, "So I'm guessing they won't be like this once the planet is restored to its former glory?" "Yup," Chip said. "All of Dark Gaia's energy will be reverted back once the last continent is back in place." "Good to know," MC said. "Better get back." MC then grabbed his Super Warp Ring and threw it, opening a portal somewhere. "C'mon, kids. You all need some sleep before tomorrow night. Tomorrow's Halloween." "See ya," Gallus said as he and the rest of the Young 6 followed MC through the portal. After they all went through, the ring vanished. Then the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip started walking into the Temple. The eight of them made it to the Altar, and Chip used his collar to bring up the platform. Sonic then pulled out the last Chaos Emerald and gave it to Twilight. "It's your turn, Twilight," Sonic said. Twilight nodded and walked towards the platform. She then put the last Chaos Emerald into the hole. Then the Chaos Emerald started rising and white energy came into it, bringing the Emerald back to life. "The final Chaos Emerald... Back at last!" Chip said. Then the place started shaking. From a satellite view, the North American/Equestrian Continent started descending, heading back to its original position. Later, the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip walked out of the Temple of Gaia as the gates were closing. Chip then said, "This should put the world back to normal. Dark Gaia will go back to being sealed within the core, and my work will be done." The Mane 6 and Sonic turned to face Chip as Sonic said, "That's great, Chip." "Yup. Thank you, Sonic!" Chip said. "Along with Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie! It's all thanks to all of you!" Then they all put their hands together and waved them upward in celebration. Above the Eggman Land sight, Tails was in the Spirit of Freedom, piloting it and having a conversation with Professor Pickle. "Oh... It appears that Sonic and the girls have restored the last of the Chaos Emeralds," Professor Pickle said. "Things should settle down around here before long." "That's right!" Tails said. "Satellite footage confirms that the last piece is moving back into place." "That's wonderful!" Professor Pickle said. "I'll await your safe return, then. You can give me a full report over a plate of luscious cucumber sandwiches." "Uh, I'll be happy to fill you in, Professor," Tails said. Just then, some laser blasts came in front of the Spirit of Freedom, surprising Tails. He then moved the yoke to get the Spirit of Freedom out of the line of fire. Meanwhile, back in front of the Temple of Gaia, the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were walking away from it until some rumbling came to their attention. The group then looked around. "Hmmm? Do you feel that?" Chip asked. Just then, the roof was broken through and in came a new mech. "What is that?!" Rainbow Dash asked. "Ahh ha ha haa!" came Eggman's voice. The group looked up at the hole and saw Eggman descending in his Egg Mobile. "Looks like you're all a bit late, heroes!" "Eggman!" Sonic said, gritting his teeth. "Thanks to my wondrous technology, Dark Gaia is whole and complete!" Eggman said. "I harnessed its energy to put together this little creation." He pointed at the mech that he was talking about. "Behold, the ultra-hyper Prototype-1!" He then pointed towards the heroes. "Crush them!" Just then, the mech extended the arm with the drill on it, firing it at the heroes, destroying the floor and all of them falling. The Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were falling down a shaft, heading through the planet's crust. Eventually, they all landed on a falling platform. The mech from before came in and the Egg Mobile combined with it. "Ohh ho ho ho ho! This gorge will be your tomb!" Eggman said. "Hehehahaha!" "Not gonna happen, Eggman!" Twilight said. She then fired a blast towards where Eggman was, but he was protected by some sort of energy shield. Eggman laughed. "Did you really think I wouldn't prepare myself for this type of battle?!" Eggman asked. "You're all fools to think you can defeat me now!" Then the arm with a cannon on it extended, firing upon the heroes. All of them were dodging the blasts from the mech. Meanwhile, back in Station Square, MC was heading towards the kitchen to see Mutt there. "Not tired yet?" MC asked. "Yeah," Mutt said. "Especially with the quake waking me up." "Yeah, that's true," MC said. His eyes then started glowing. He then gave a confused look. "That's odd." "What is it?" Mutt asked. "The last Chaos Emerald is restored..." MC said. "But the Continent isn't all the way down. Why is that?" "What?" Mutt asked. "Wait, you don't think that that creature, Dark Gaia, is coming, do you?" "I sure hope not," MC said. "Nicole, get me in contact with Sonic." "Calling," Nicole said. "Error. Communications with Sonic, along with Twilight and her friends, have been interfered." "Interfered?" MC asked. "By what?" "Unknown," Nicole said. "Still trying to get communications with them." "I wonder what's causing the interference," Mutt said. Back in the gorge, the Mane 6 and Sonic were still battling Eggman in his Egg Dragoon. Twilight was trying to call for help, but she wasn't getting a signal. "I can't get any reception!" Twilight said. "That's because my machine here is interfering with your cell phone reception!" Eggman said. "You can't call for help even if you want to! Time to finish you off once and for all!" He then fired the drill upward, and then it came right down in the middle of the platform they were on, destroying it. The Mane 6, Sonic and Chip fell down to another platform. Sonic then said, "I'm getting tired of getting our keisters handed to us! Time to take Eggman down before we all land in the lava!" He then charged towards Eggman's mech. He then grabbed the window on the mech's underbelly. The Egg Dragoon fired the drill, aiming towards Sonic, who got out of the way. "Whaaaa! No!" Eggman said. Sonic then went up to where Eggman was on top. He then punched the mech, knocking the Egg Mobile out of its position. He then grabbed it and threw it off the mech. Sonic then landed back on the platform with the Mane 6 as the mech exploded. "Yeah!" Sonic said. "Take that, Eggman!" "Alright, everyone!" Twilight said. "Let's get out of here!" "How could I lose?! This isn't over!" Eggman said, pounding the controls on the Egg Mobile. "I'll build a Prototype-2 and it..." He was then distracted when he saw something. Some weird purple snakes made of energy came from the lava. "Wha?!" Sonic asked. "Whoa!" Chip said. "What's happening?" Twilight asked. Just then, a large creature came from the lava, the energy snakes being connected to it. "What?!" Sonic asked. "Is that who I think it is?" Twilight asked. "It's Dark Gaia!" Chip said. Dark Gaia looks towards the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip. Then it roared. Author's Note Next Episode: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 6): Perfect Dark Gaia Episode 12: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 6): Perfect Dark GaiaEpisode 12: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 6): Perfect Dark Gaia "How could I lose?! This isn't over!" Eggman said, pounding the controls on the Egg Mobile. "I'll build a Prototype-2 and it..." He was then distracted when he saw something. Some weird purple snakes made of energy came from the lava. "Wha?!" Sonic asked. "Whoa!" Chip said. "What's happening?" Twilight asked. Just then, a large creature came from the lava, the energy snakes being connected to it. "What?!" Sonic asked. "Is that who I think it is?" Twilight asked. "It's Dark Gaia!" Chip said. Dark Gaia looks towards the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip. Then it roared. "Yes, YES!" Eggman said. "Dark Gaia! Crush the insolent little hedgehog and those ponies! Kick them to the outer limits of space!" Eggman didn't notice that a snake from Dark Gaia was coming towards him until he saw it in front of him. It then struck the Egg Mobile, sending him out from under the crust of the last continent. "Why meeeeeee?!" Then Dark Gaia's snakes charged towards the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip. Sonic grabbed Chip, then they all jumped out of the way, jumping from platform to platform, eventually, landing on the same one. They all looked towards Dark Gaia with angry looks. Dark Gaia glared at the group, making Sonic and the Mane 6 fall to the ground. Chip didn't notice as he was punching the air in front of him. He then saw the others on their hands and knees, groaning. "Sonic! Girls!" Chip said. "What's wrong?" The Mane 6 and Sonic continued their groaning until they screamed as the Dark Gaia energy from them was extracted from them and was absorbed back into Dark Gaia. Dark Gaia then started mutating, gaining three new eyes. Chip shuddered and said, "Sonic, girls, you've got to get up! Sonic!" Sonic and the Mane 6 were all back in their normal forms. "Chip. R-run, Chip!" Sonic said. Chip was worried for the group, but with a determined and furious look towards Dark Gaia, he saw Dark Gaia going in for another attack. But Chip's collar started glowing, and the entire platform was surrounded by a light green orb, blocking out the snakes. The orb then started floating above the platform. "Seven lights of the earth rekindled!" Chip said. In Station Square, MC and Mutt were heading back to the bedroom areas, but then the continent shook. "Get down!" MC said, pushing Mutt to the corner of the nearby wall and the floor and MC got on top of him, protecting him until the shaking stopped. Basically, all over the world, the Gaia Temples were rising, surprising the people around them. Including Daring Do and Ava Muttski back in Egypt. "The temple!" Daring Do said. "It's... flying!" Then the temple disappeared. From an outer space view, the temples were flashing in white lights, heading towards under the North American/Equestrian Continent, all seven of them leading towards Chip, the Mane 6 and Sonic. "Awaken, and gather here to me!" Chip shouted. The seven Temples of Gaia then surrounded the group. Eventually, they all merged together after a flash of light. All seven temples became a colossus. On the colossus, the Mane 6 and Sonic recovered and looked around. They saw that they were on the front piece of the Gaia Colossus. "Where are we?" Fluttershy asked. "Wait," Applejack said. "This thing kinda reminds me of the Temples of Gaia." "That's because this thing is made of all seven Temples of Gaia," came Chip's voice. The group all looked towards the head. "It's time we take out Dark Gaia!" Dark Gaia then grabbed a giant rock from the lava and threw it towards the Gaia Colossus. But the Gaia Colossus caught it and threw it back at Dark Gaia. Dark Gaia then roared after being hit by the lava rock. The Gaia Colossus then started accelerating towards Dark Gaia and started punching Dark Gaia. Back in Station Square, MC opened up a portal to Professor Pickle's lab and he and Mutt ran through, meeting up with Midpoint and Professor Pickle. "What's going on, Pickle?" MC asked. "It would seem that Dark Gaia is on the rise," Professor Pickle said. "He's somehow gotten more powerful than he did ever before." "Sonic, Twilight and her friends are under the continent, fighting off Dark Gaia as we speak," Midpoint said. "Dark Gaia is basically too powerful by some other Dark Gaia energy from somewhere." MC then thought of something. He remembered when the Mane 6 and Sonic transformed into monsters at night. The energy that came from the Mane 6 and Sonic and the energy that the Dark Gaia creatures were made of were basically the same. "Alex, I think I know where Dark Gaia got that extra energy," MC said. "From Sonic, Sparkles and the others." "That... actually makes sense," Midpoint said as MC showed the Mane 6 and Sonic in their monster forms. "Dark Gaia absorbed the energy from Sonic and the girls, increasing his power." "How are they going to beat them?" Mutt asked. "I don't know," Professor Pickle said. Just then, Ava and Daring Do ran in. "Ben?" Ava asked. "Mom?!" Mutt asked. He then ran up to her and hugged her. "What's going on, Mrs. Muttski?" MC asked. "The Temple of Gaia just started floating and vanished," Ava answered. "I don't know how that happened, but it did," Daring Do said. MC then thought of something. He then said, "That little guy, Chip. He was Light Gaia. He's been holding off Dark Gaia since the beginning of the planet's creation." "He must've called the Temples of Gaia to fight Dark Gaia underneath the crust!" Midpoint said. "That little guy has thought of everything!" "Okay," MC said. "Looks like they've got it covered. We better get back to Station Square." "Oh, wait, wait, wait," Midpoint said. "Send me the scans of Sonic, Twilight and the other girls." "Why?" MC asked. Midpoint answered by pulling up a belt with a device connected to it. MC went wide eyed at the devices and asked, "Is that a BIDS?" "Yup," Midpoint said. "And now with this, they all have costumes for the Halloween Party in Station Square." He then started typing on a computer, connecting the BIDS to it. Back under the North American/Equestrian Continent, Dark Gaia was close to the Gaia Colossus and it grabbed it in it's claws. It then tried crushing the Gaia Colossus. The Gaia Colossus tried pushing back Dark Gaia as it was trying to crush it. "Sonic! Now, Sonic!" came Chip's voice. "Roger that, buddy!" Sonic said. Then he started running across one of the Gaia Colossus's left arm, running towards one of Dark Gaia's green eyes. "Time for the big finale!" Sonic then ran up the Gaia Colossus's arm and it launched up and he was launched towards the eye. He then collided with the eye, making Dark Gaia let go of the Gaia Colossus, covering the eye that Sonic attacked with a Spin Dash. "Oooooh!" the Mane 6 said in unison. "Right in the eye!" Rainbow Dash said. Sonic then ran back to the girls, saying, "That's one big eye." Then Dark Gaia attacked the Gaia Colossus with it's left claw, but the Gaia Colossus blocked the attack and then punched Dark Gaia back, sending him back. Dark Gaia then grabbed the Gaia Colossus again. This time, Sonic started running on the right arm, heading to Dark Gaia's left green eye. Sonic then did a Spin Dash attack on that eye, making Dark Gaia push the Gaia Colossus back. Then the Gaia Colossus started punching Dark Gaia in the main face. "Keep it up, Chip!" Twilight said. She then used her magic to fire a beam towards Dark Gaia's face, sending him back. Dark Gaia then roared and grabbed the Gaia Colossus again. This time, the Gaia Colossus had its hands against Dark Gaia's face. Dark Gaia then roared. "Last green eye," Sonic said. He then ran up one of the Gaia Colossus's arms, running across it, and then Sonic launched himself towards the middle green eye, attacking it with a spin dash, sending Dark Gaia back. Dark Gaia then recovered from the attack. The Mane 6 and Sonic stood on the Gaia Colossus, glaring at Dark Gaia. Just then, Dark Gaia leaned its head upward, sending some kind of purple gas from its mouth, heading towards the bottom of the continent, and sending the gas outside and it covering the entire globe. The people around the world were freaking out on what was happening. In Shamar, Midpoint, Olive, Cozy Glow, Amy, Truemen, Zipp, Ava, Daring Do and Professor Pickle ran outside, seeing the commotion. "Wh-what's happening? It was broad daylight a minute ago!" Amy asked. Professor Pickle was tired from running, looked up and said, "Dark Gaia has regained its true power. The beast is complete." They all looked up at the gas going across the sky. "It's just as the Gaia Manuscripts foretold. 'And the world shall be plunged into the dark of night, the dark of destruction.'" He then fell to his knees. "Oh, that it should come to this! We're doomed. The planet is lost!" "I don't think so," Truemen said. "Sonic, Twilight, and the others haven't let us down before. They're more powerful than Dark Gaia will ever be." "He's right," Olive said. "Dark Gaia will never win." "Sonic would never let the planet end like this!" Amy said. "Are you sure they can handle this?" Zipp asked. She then looked towards Midpoint, who was sitting on a chair, his eyes closed, and his head shaking like Doctor Strange in Avengers: Infinity War. "Guys. Is... that normal for him?" She pointed at Midpoint, the others looking at him as well. "Lynol!" Olive asked. "Are you okay?!" Midpoint then gasped and said, "Now I know how Doctor Strange felt in Infinity War." "You looked into the future?" Cozy asked. "How many different futures did you see involving this battle?" "14,000,105," Midpoint answered. "How many did they win?" Amy asked. Midpoint was doing a pause for dramatic effect. He then said, "One." The group then looked up into the sky. Back under the North American/Equestrian Continent, Dark Gaia roared and not only did it's mouth open, but so did the large teeth on the sides of its head. Dark Gaia's body then started sprouting four extra arms on its body, spilling out green slime. And from the teeth, there came more eyes, and a huge one appeared in Dark Gaia's mouth, giving Dark Gaia seven new eyes. "Oh, goodness!" Rarity said. "That's... that's disgusting!" "I think I'm gonna throw up!" Rainbow Dash said, her face turning green in disgust. "What are we gonna do?" Fluttershy asked. "I got an idea," Twilight said. The others looked towards her. Twilight then looked up at the head of the Gaia Colossus. "Chip! We need the Chaos Emeralds!" "I see," Chip's voice came from the Gaia Colossus. "That'll give you all a fighting chance against Dark Gaia! Good thinking, Twilight!" "By taking on Dark Gaia in our super forms, we'll be able to win this thing!" Sonic said. Inside the Gaia Temples, the Chaos Emeralds started glowing brighter. Then they started coming out of the Gaia Colossus, heading up to the Mane 6 and Sonic. "Let's do it!" Sonic said when the Chaos Emeralds started rotating around the group. Then they all went into their Super Forms and they started flying in front of the Gaia Colossus. Without realizing it, a drone was getting live footage of the fight about to come to show to the entire world. MC, Mutt, and the others that were there were watching the battle on the news from the Living Room TV. MC then said, "C'mon, Sparkles. You all got this!" "Give it all you got!" Sunny said, without realizing that her ethereal horn and wings appeared on her, getting the attention of MC. "Whoa!" MC said. "Sunny, we're gonna have to have a talk with Sparkles about that!" "About what?" Sunny asked, not noticing her ethereal horn and wings. "Up here," MC said, pointing at his forehead. Sunny didn't know what MC was talking about until she felt her ethereal horn. She then looked up and saw it. "Whoa," Sunny said. "Yeah, we should talk about it later." She then got an idea. "That gives me an idea for my costume for the party!" She then ran out of the room. "Only Sunny," Hitch said, shaking his head. Back under the North American/Equestrian Continent, the Mane 6, Super Sonic and the Gaia Colossus were all flying towards Perfect Dark Gaia, who put a barrier around him to prevent the heroes from getting to him. The group made it to the barrier, but the Mane 6 and Super Sonic couldn't get in. Super Sonic then groaned and said, "We've gotta take out this shield!" "My turn Sonic!" Chip's voice came from the Gaia Colossus. The group looked towards the Gaia Colossus. "Chip, what are you doing?!" Pinkie asked. "Rh... RrrRAAAGH!" Chip's voice came from the Gaia Colossus as it was going through the barrier, getting Perfect Dark Gaia's attention. Super Sonic was dumbstruck as he said, "Chip, I... You were... Wow!" "I'll get its attention, all of you!" Chip's voice came from the Gaia Colossus as it was about to punch Perfect Dark Gaia. "You do something about this shield! I think those big snake things are creating the shield!" "Good!" Twilight said. "We take out the snakes, the shield goes down! Everyone, spread out! Take out a snake each!" Then the Mane 6 and Super Sonic spread out to each take out a snake that was holding up the barrier. Even Fluttershy was giving it all she got. "You... are just... a big... MEANIE!!" Fluttershy said, her voice booming. She then punched the snake that she had, it being vaporized. Applejack punched the snake she went to. Rainbow Dash flew through the head of another snake. Pinkie Pie blasted one snake with a bunch of party cannons. Rarity cut off the head of one snake with giant magical scissors. Super Sonic did a spin dash at one snake. And Twilight blasted the last snake with her magic. All of the snakes vaporized and the barrier vanished. "Yes, the shield's gone!" Super Sonic said. "Sonic! Girls! You did it!" Chip called out from the Gaia Colossus. Then Perfect Dark Gaia used all six of his hands to grab the Gaia Colossus. "Nnguaaaaagh! Nnrrrgh!" "Chip!" Super Sonic called out. Perfect Dark Gaia was preparing a huge ball of energy to attack the Gaia Colossus. "Everyone!" Twilight shouted. "Let's free Chip! Aim at an arm!" Super Sonic, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie quickly flew around Dark Gaia. They eventually attacked all six of Dark Gaia's wrists, making him let go of the Gaia Colossus. "Eat THIS!" Super Sonic said, hitting Perfect Dark Gaia's wrist. The Gaia Colossus then moved back as Perfect Dark Gaia was about to attack it, but Twilight used her enhanced magic to block Perfect Dark Gaia's energy attack. When the attack stopped, the Gaia Colossus hit Perfect Dark Gaia with a left hook, leaving himself open for one last attack. "This is what you get for messing with our home!" Twilight shouted. "Behold!" "THE MAGIC OF FRIENDSHIP!!!!!" the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip all said in unison. Then the Mane Six and Super Sonic charged towards Perfect Dark Gaia, all aiming for an eye each. From left to right, it was Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Twilight, Sonic, Applejack and Fluttershy. They then went through Perfect Dark Gaia's eyes, coming out through the back of Perfect Dark Gaia's head. Then Dark Gaia started falling back, green slime coming out of it and falling down towards the magma. The Mane 6 and Super Sonic looked towards the Gaia Colossus. Super Sonic then smirked and then they all went back to their normal forms, exhausted from lack of sleep for days. They all started falling towards the magma, but the Gaia Colossus caught them in a green aura, all of them landing safely in its right hand. Meanwhile, all the people of the world were celebrating that the sky had been cleared because of the actions of the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip. Midpoint, Olive, Cozy Glow, Amy, Truemen, Zipp, Ava and Daring Do and Professor Pickle looked up at the sky in Shamar. "You were right," Truemen said. "They did it." "Let's get back to America," Midpoint said. "We've got a Halloween Party in Station Square to attend." He then pulled out his phone. "MC, go get Sonic and the girls from Brazil. I'm sending you coordinates of where to meet them." "Roger that," MC's voice came from Midpoint's phone. "Wait. Why would they be there?" "You'll see," Midpoint said. He then looked towards the group. "Who's up for a Halloween party, American style?" The group nodded and they headed out of there. Meanwhile, back under the North American/Equestrian Continent, the continent was starting to lower. The Gaia Colossus looked up and saw it lowering. It then looked down at its hand, seeing the Mane 6 and Sonic still unconscious. Then Chip, in a ghostly form, appeared in front of them. "Sonic... Girls..." Chip's spirit said. "You all must live." He then waved goodbye and flew back to the Colossus. "Chip?!" Sonic asked in his sleep. Chip looked back at the group before disappearing. Then the Gaia Colossus threw the group up and out of the continent before it was sealed up, the Colossus not following. Later, it was pitch black. But then a voice came up. "Sparkles!" came MC's voice. "Sparkles, wake up!" It was showing what Twilight was seeing. She saw MC in front of her. It then went to show the group all waking up. "You all had me worried!" "Sorry about that, MC," Twilight said. She then looked around, seeing that she and the others were back in Brazil. "Where's Chip?" They all looked around and Fluttershy gasped. She then shouted, "There he is!" The group all looked towards where Chip was. He was unconscious. Sonic rushed to grab him, but he vanished, leaving his collar there. "I'll never forget any of you," came Chip's voice in their heads. "I'll be here by you, always. A part of the earth you tread." Sonic then sighed. He then put Chip's collar on his wrist. Just then, the Spirit of Freedom came in, landing near the crash sight. The main door opened up, revealing Tails and Sally. "Sonic!" Tails said. "Tails!" Sonic said. He then collapsed. MC rushed towards him. "Whoa, take it easy, Sonic," MC said. "When was the last time you took a nap?" "Actually," Twilight said. "We hadn't slept... well... since before Eggman broke the world apart." "Wow," MC said. "Alright, you guys need your rest." MC then helped Sonic onto the Spirit of Freedom. Tails and Sally then helped them out. "Heck, I'd be tired too if I had something like that." "Did you get all your powers back?" Twilight asked. "Yes," MC said. "You guys go ahead and take a nap. We'll wake you when we get back to Station Square. And tonight's the Halloween Party." "The Halloween Party?!" Rarity asked. "Oh, goodness! We don't have costumes!" "That's... where you're wrong, Rares," MC said. "Lynol has gotten these prepared." MC then pulled out some devices. Then holographic images of Midpoint, Olive and Cozy Glow appeared. "These are Bio-Illuminating Disguise Systems," Midpoint said. "Or for short, B-I-D-S." "B-I-D-S?" the Mane 6 asked. "Yeah, BIDS," Midpoint said. "They're special devices to disguise yourselves into whatever or whoever you want to be. It's like a digital version of Changeling Magic." "Yeah," MC said. "And it was better than its last name. Bio-Illuminating Technological Changing Holograms." "Oh, you mean..." Cozy was about to say before Olive covered her mouth. "Whoa! Kids your age are not allowed to use that kind of language!" MC said. "Yeah!" Pinkie said. "Besides, if this were a TV Show, it would be rated TV-Y7." The group then looked at Pinkie Pie in confusion. "What? That's what all action TV Shows are now, aren't they?" MC sighed and said, "I'll never be able to understand her. Or Izzy. She mistook unicycling for recycling." "Wow," Twilight said. "Hopefully, things will get better tonight." She then yawned. "Right now... I'm gonna..." She then fell asleep. The rest of the Mane 6 and Sonic started nodding off. "Sweet dreams, Sparkles," MC said. Later, that night, a bunch of people were enjoying the Halloween Party. A lot of people were enjoying themselves. The Mane 6 were wearing BIDS belts, making them look like their monster forms at night. They were also having a conversation with Professor Pickle, Daring Do, Ava, MC, Tails and Midpoint. MC was dressed up as a knight. Midpoint was dressed up as Hawkeye from Avengers: Age of Ultron. Ava, Daring Do and Professor Pickle weren't in costumes. "And so, we cannot live without the night," Professor Pickle said. "We all must sleep. We all must rest. Darkness is a part of our world, just the same as light. It may be that the darkness has not been destroyed, but merely laid to rest. It grows strong over the eons, rises up, then is put to slumber by the light. Perhaps that is the true balance of Dark and Light Gaia. That balance may be the very will of the planet itself." "So Dark and Light Gaia will return," MC said. "Eventually. Heck, who knows. Maybe I'll be able to see him again." "It's true," Twilight said. "We went to a post-apocalyptic future and MC and Maria were both still alive." "Seriously?" Daring Do asked, looking towards MC. "You'll live that long?" "Maybe even more," MC said. "Who knows?" Just then, Sunset Shimmer and Starlight Glimmer walked up to the group. Sunset was dressed up like a werewolf, like she did in that one Equestria Girls short. Starlight was dressed up like a scarecrow. "Nice costume, guys," Sunset Shimmer said. She then saw Fluttershy. "Huh. Okay, now I can see her as a bat." She then looked at Daring Do. "Whoa! Nice Daring Do costume, miss!" Then she and Starlight walked away. "Right," Rainbow Dash said, bumping Daring Do, trying to hold in her laughter. "Costume." She then saw something. "Is that... Sunny?" The group looked towards where Rainbow Dash was looking and saw Sunny dressed up like Nightmare Moon. She even gave off a gloomy expression to make herself look more like Nightmare Moon. She even had a black jumpsuit under the armor. "Whoa!" Twilight said. "Am I crazy, or does she really look like Nyx when she was bigger?" "Oh, right," MC said. "I've been meaning to talk to you. It seems that when she went super, she kept the ethereal horn and wings." "What?!" Twilight asked. "I'm gonna have to talk to her about that. But for now, let's enjoy the party!" Then they all continued partying, enjoying the night away. Author's Note Next Episode: The Extreme Gear Christmas Race Episode 13: The Extreme Gear Christmas RaceEpisode 13: The Extreme Gear Christmas Race At the airport in Washington, DC, a bunch of people were slowly walking through the walkway of the terminals, taking their time since they were early for their flights. Until... "GANGWAY!!" came MC's voice. The people looked towards where the voice came from and they saw the entire Sparkle Family, MC, Maria, Shadow, Silver, Blaze, Sunny, Hitch, Pipp, Zipp and Izzy running for a terminal. The people got out of the way as the Mobians and Equestrians were running for a terminal. "This is why we leave for the airport early!" "It wasn't my fault we overslept," Pipp said. "Izzy thought it was a good idea to unicycle our alarm clocks into decorations." "Recycle!" Twilight said. "It's actually recycle! A unicycle is a single-wheeled vehicle for entertainment!" "There's our gate!" Shadow said. "Everyone, get your tickets!" MC said. "Shining, get your air sickness pills ready!" "Fine," Shining Armor said. Then they all got into the plane, heading for their seats. Zipp looked at her ticket and asked, "How come none of us are sitting together?" "This time, we were lucky to get on the same plane," MC answered. "Enjoy Christmas in Denver," the ticket lady said. "Thank you," Maria said as she was handed back her ticket. She then went in and then the others went in following Maria. They eventually made it to their seats. Luckily, Flurry Heart, Guard Armor, Shining Armor and Cadance were around the same seating. They got the airplane seats connected to the seats and they got their seats ready. "Good afternoon, everyone," a stewardess said into the PA system. "Everyone take your seats and prepare for takeoff. This is a nonstop flight to Denver, Colorado, so everyone get comfortable. Merry Christmas and happy Holidays." Outside, the plane was getting ready to take off. It eventually started taking off, heading West to Denver. At the Denver International Airport, the group then got out of the terminal and headed for the baggage claims. MC grabbed his bags. "Shadow and I will get the rental cars," MC said. "You all stay here and get your bags." "MC?" came a voice. The group all looked towards the voice and saw Tom and Maddie Wachowski. "Hey, how's it going?!" "Tom? Maddie?" MC asked. He then walked up to the two and did a power bump with them. "What the heck are you two doing here?" "Well, since Green Hills is doing pretty well, and Rachel is wanting to celebrate Christmas somewhere with lots of snow, we decided to book a vacation here," Maddie said. "Good to see you again." She then saw the group. "These must be the Equestrians you were talking about." "Of course," MC said. "Of course, some of them are actually from 200 years in the future." "Really?" Tom asked. He then looked towards the group. "Mind introducing them." "Oh sure," MC said. He then walked up to the group. "Alright, everyone. I got someone to introduce you all to. Sparkles, you and your family already know Tom and Maddie." "Of course," Twilight said. "Nice to see you again." "Nice to see you, too, Princess," Tom said. He then looked towards the future ponies. "And these five ponies are?" "Of course," MC said. "Meet Sunny Starscout, Izzy Moonbow, Pipp Petals and her sister, Zipp Storm, and former Sheriff of the town he grew up in, Hitch Trailblazer." "No way, you're a sheriff?" Tom asked. "So am I?" "Well, I was," Hitch said. He then thought of something. "Huh. Weird. There's something about you that seems... familiar." "You know, I'm getting that same feeling," Tom said. "And these guys are Shadow, Silver and Blaze," MC said. "Shadow happens to be from the same place Maria was." "Nice to meet you," Tom said, extending his hand. Shadow just rolled his eyes. "He doesn't seem too friendly?" "He has his reasons," MC said. "Silver is also from the future as well. He's been fighting off a living flame for years in a post-apocalyptic future that no longer has a way there." "Makes sense," Tom said. He then looked at Blaze. "And this is Blaze," MC said. "She's a princess from another dimension that her biggest enemy accidentally blew up." "Guess she's still adjusting to living here, huh?" Tom asked. "Well, all of them." "Time has changed since the 1970s," Shadow said. "So, are we getting to the resort or not?" "Alright," MC said. "Let's rent some Ford Transits and get to the resort." Later, there were two Ford Transits driving along a freeway. MC and the Sparkle Family were in one while Shadow, Maria, Silver, Blaze, Sunny, Hitch, Izzy, Pipp and Zipp were in the other transit. They also had a conversation through the Bluetooth connections from the transits. "Alright, guys," MC said. "When we get there, we all must decide what to do before Christmas. Grab a brochure on certain activities, and Sparkles will schedule them." "Since we all know I'm good at scheduling things," Twilight said. "So, when's Nicole getting here with the rest of the supplies?" Shadow asked. "It could be a couple of hours, or maybe tomorrow," MC said. "Whoa, is that a zeppelin?" Cadance asked, looking out the left side windows. The group looked towards the left and saw the zeppelin. "I didn't know they did zeppelin tours here." "Wait a minute," MC said. "I know that zeppelin. It's not for tours." Eventually, they made it to the resort where they reached a mansion-like rental house. MC got out of the car and looked towards the zeppelin. "I can't believe those idiots are here." "What do you mean?" Twilight asked, walking up to MC. "Who's airship is that?" "I don't have time to deal with these guys," MC said. "C'mon. Let's get settled in." They all headed into the mansion and they all went to different rooms. Velvet and Night Light shared one room. Shining Armor, Cadance, Guard and Flurry were all sharing the Master Bedroom. Pipp and Zipp were sharing one room that had two beds in it. Sunny and Izzy were doing the same. Shadow and Maria went into one room which had a full size bed. Spike, Nyx and Joshua were all sharing a room which had a single bed and a bunk bed. Silver and Blaze also had a room with two beds in it. "One room left," Twilight said. She then looked over at MC with a smile. "You don't mind... sharing it, do you?" MC then smiled at Twilight, then pointed his left hand up and fired a small blast from his forefinger, making a plastic mistletoe appear over them. Twilight noticed it and the two of them kissed, getting the attention of Twilight's parents, Shining Armor and Cadance. "WHAT?!" Shining Armor asked loudly, making Twilight and MC break up the kiss. Velvet, Night Light and Cadance snickered at that. "You went to first base with my sister?!" He stomped towards MC. "That inning was a long time ago, Shiner," MC said. "And that was when she made the first move." Shining looked at Twilight and asked, "You kissed him first?" "Well, Michael is technically royalty," Cadance said. "Cadance!" Shining said. "Shining, stop!" Twilight said. "I'm old enough to make my own decisions." "Twylie," Shining said. "I'm not so sure that Michael is a good match for you." "Shining, take it easy," MC said. "It's the holidays." Shining Armor then sighed and said, "I guess you're right. And I'm also sorry about your mom. Since she is now, officially, dead." "Whoa!" Zipp's voice came in. A sled came out of the room she and Pipp were sharing and it was heading down the stairs, heading towards the group. "Jump!" MC said. Then the grown ups of the Sparkle Family and MC jumped up and over the sled as it passed under them, going through the front door, and hitting something outside. Or rather, someone. "Gah!" came a voice. MC then looked towards the door and said, "You've gotta be kidding me." Then MC walked back outside, seeing some figures. "Oh, man. Not these guys again." "Well, well, well," the green bird said. "If it isn't Michael Crayton of the Freedom Fighters. Where's the rest of your team?" "Jet," MC said with a scowl on his face. "What's the matter, Jet? Going through a crisis after losing to Sonic so many times?" "Who are these guys?" Shining Armor asked. "The Babylon Rogues," MC said. "A team of Extreme Gear racers and treasure hunters. Their leader, Jet the Hawk, has been trying to race Sonic and prove he's the fastest thing alive, but only on the Extreme Gear." "Jet is the fastest thing alive!" the gray bird said. "Take it easy, Storm," the female bird said. "So, where are the other pathetic losers?" "They're spending Christmas somewhere else, Wave," MC said. "And I don't have time for your stuff." He then headed back inside. "Oh, I think you have time," Jet said. "Royal Breaker!" MC paused at what Jet just said, his eyes widened. "Oh, no," Twilight said. "What does that mean?" Velvet asked. "I've read it in the Crayton Family Journal," Twilight said. "Royal Breaker... is a word to challenge the Crayton family for the throne, and it cannot be turned down, otherwise, the royal family loses their royal status." MC then turned back towards Jet, scowling at them and said, "You're gonna regret that. Sonic would never do something like that to me." "I know," Jet said. "I just wanted to race you." He then pulled out something. "In fact..." He pulled out a rolled up poster and unrolled it, making MC and the Sparkle Family look at it. "The Extreme Gear Christmas Race?" MC asked. "Isn't that a team race?" "It is," Jet said. "I win, your whole fortune goes to me and my team." "And if I win?" MC asked. "Your decision," Jet said. "Fine," MC said. "I win, you stop challenging the Freedom Fighters to a race wherever you go when we're in that certain area!" "Deal," Jet said, extending his left hand. "I know that you're a natural lefty, so I'd figure you'd take it." MC then held out his left hand and shook Jet's. "See you on Christmas Eve." Then the Babylon Rogues left the area. "You didn't have to do that, Michael," Velvet said. "If those guys are a professional racing team, you're gonna need a team who are very good at Extreme Gear Racing," Night Light said. Then Blaze and Silver walked out, holding out some Extreme Gear boards. "We're in," Blaze said. Twilight, Velvet, Night Light, Shining Armor, Cadance and MC looked towards the two. MC then smirked. "You ride?" MC asked. "I've been getting some practice after our first meeting," Blaze said. "In fact, during my time in the alternate future, I've been teaching Silver how to ride." "Perfect," MC said, putting his hand in. Silver and Blaze did the same. "Let's do it. Team Dimension." Silver and Blaze nodded. A few days had passed. It was Christmas Eve. Everyone there was sitting at bleachers for Extreme Gear racing. MC, Silver and Blaze were at the side near the bleacher area, where Twilight, Shadow and Maria were looking down towards the three racers. "Are you sure you all can handle this?" Twilight asked. "A Crayton has never turned down Royal Breaker," MC said. "We've always come up on top and kept our status." "Does Sonic know about this?" Shadow asked. "Yes," MC said. "But he knows not to do it to me. It's... very personal." "I can understand that," Shadow said. "O... M... Goodness!" Pipp said, getting the attention of Twilight, MC, Shadow, Maria, Silver and Blaze. They all looked over, seeing Pipp holding her cell phone, Sunny, Zipp, Izzy and Hitch all looking at her. "Somepony, or rather, somebody filmed my performance! I'm trending here!" "Nice, sis," Zipp said. "Whoa! Look at all these comments! People want to make you a celebrity here!" Pipp then gasped and said, "Someone here runs a holiday concert tonight wants me to perform a Christmas Song. Oh, what should I do?" "You kidding?" MC asked. "In the future, you're the most famous pop star singer and trans setter throughout Zephyr Heights. You got this." "Racers, too the starting line!" came an announcer on the PA system. "Ooh hoo," Izzy said. "This is gonna be a great race! Frosty Shivers!" What they didn't see was Izzy's horn glowing in a blue aura. Just then, it started to snow. MC, Silver and Blaze, along with the Babylon Rogues, made it to the starting line. Along with some other racers. "The countdown will begin momentarily," the announcer said. Then the countdown started, and the racers started stepping back. "Why are they stepping back?" Twilight asked. "Wait for it," Maria said. When the countdown went to two seconds to start, the racers started running towards the starting line. Then they jumped on their boards, racing on the track. "So what's the goal of this race?" Twilight asked. "It's a full on lap around the mountain," Shadow said, reading a pamphlet. "They have to go up the track on the mountain, head into a tunnel that leads to a forest, and it'll lead you back to the starting line." "Whoa," Twilight said. "That's a long race." "Yeah," Izzy said, looking at the pamphlet. "What a track." She then looked around. "Ooh, snacks! Good for a good Frosty Shivers!" Twilight noticed Izzy's horn glowing blue. "What was that?" Twilight asked. Meanwhile, during the race, the racers were racing through the track. Jet's team was currently in third place with MC's team in last place. "It's time we take out the competition," Jet said. Wave and Storm nodded. Then they broke away. Storm went to one group and slammed his right arm towards one person, knocking that person off his Extreme Gear, him landing on other people, making them get knocked off as well. "Whoa!" MC said, dodging the people. "Already playing dirty, huh? Time to speed things up." MC then leaned forward speeding up in the process. MC leading forward was caught on camera, showing it on a screen where the people on the bleachers were watching. "What's he doing?" Sunny asked. "He's leaning forward, decreasing wind resistance," Zipp said. "Thereby increasing his speed," Twilight said. "If he keeps that up, he could win this." "But isn't this a team race?" Hitch asked. "Shouldn't he slow down for Silver and Blaze to catch up?" "Wait for it," Shadow said. On the screen, Silver and Blaze were catching up with MC, both of them leaning in the same position as MC. "Oh, there they are," Hitch said. Just then, Izzy came back with some hot chocolate. "Oh, hey Izzy." "Frosty Shivers!" Izzy said, handing over the hot chocolate to Sunny, Pipp, Zipp and Hitch. "What does that even mean?" Sunny asked. "It's something unicorns say around this time of year," Izzy said. "Really?" Twilight asked, looking back at the group. "So, what do you all do for Hearth's Warming?" "What's Hearth's Warming?" Hitch asked. "What?!" Twilight, Cadance, Shining Armor, Velvet and Night Light asked in unison. "You guys don't know what Hearth's Warming is?" Shining Armor asked. "Oh, wait," Twilight said. "MC said that his future, Post-Apocalyptic self had contained the Windigoes due to the ponies of the future fighting amongst one another." "Thereby, letting the ponies end up in war with each other over small things," Shadow said. "Well, since that is a future that will never come to be, who's thirsty?!" Izzy asked, holding out the hot chocolate. "Frosty Shivers to everyone!" Her horn then started glowing blue again. Meanwhile, on the track, Team Dimension and the Babylon Rogues were the last two teams on the track. MC and Jet were trying to get ahead of each other, but then they felt a chill. "Oooh," MC said. "Is it me, or is it getting colder up here?" "You know, you're right," Jet said. "How is it getting so cold?" Back at the starting line, a blizzard was coming in. "Ladies and gentlemen, an unexpected blizzard is starting to roll in!" the announcer said. "How will this affect the racers?! And will they find their way back to the starting line?!" "How is it getting so cold?" Maria asked. "I shoulda stayed in the cabin," Spike said. "I'm freezing my scales off." "How are you freezing?" Shadow asked. "Aren't you a fire breathing dragon?" "Dragon's are technically reptiles, which are cold blooded," Maria said. "Oh, right," Shadow said. Back in the race, team Dimension and the Babylon Rogues made it to the tunnel, out of the blizzard. Both teams, except Blaze, were all freezing. "I've seen really bad blizzards in America," MC said. "But this one is the worst one I've ever seen." "Something must've triggered some kind of weather phenomenon in the sky," Wave said. "It's a high probability." "Blaze!" Silver said. "Think you can warm us all up?" "Alright," Blaze said. "Prepare yourselves, everyone. It's about to get hot in here." Then Blaze started glowing in an orange aura, emitting some heat. Everyone there started feeling warmer. "That actually feels pretty good," Storm said. He then looked ahead. "Incoming!" The group looked up and saw that the tunnel exit was blocked by snow. It was shown on the monitor back at the starting line. "It seems that the racers have their path blocked up ahead!" the announcer called out. "Will this be the end for the race?!" "Oh, no!" Twilight said. Back in the tunnel, team Dimension and the Babylon Rogues were heading towards the snow patch fast. "Blaze, melt us a path through!" MC called out. "Got it!" Blaze said. She then took the lead and then she released fire from her hands, firing fireballs towards the patch ahead, melting the snow ahead. They eventually came out through a big hole in the snow, going through the forest. "There's too much snow!" Wave said. "I can't see where the path lines are!" "I'm not done yet!" Blaze said. "Let's stop before we continue!" Then they all stopped, keeping Blaze in the lead. Blaze then used her heat powers to melt the snow, clearing the path. But the snow kept coming down hard. "There's too much ice!" Jet said as all of them were covering their eyes from the falling snow. "What is causing this?!" "Wait a minute," MC shouted through the blizzard. "I know what this is! Before Sunny and her friends came here from the future, Hitch's grandma Figgy had a tale of different pony type traditions! And the unicorns were trying to find a spell to bring snow to have a good time! And I know what that spell is!" "Well, what is it?!" Silver asked. "Frosty Shivers!" MC called out. Back at the starting line, the crowd were watching the group. The Sparkle Family, Sunny and her friends all gasped at what MC just said. "Frosty Shivers?!" Hitch asked. "It was Izzy who caused this snowstorm?!" "I... I didn't know!" Izzy said. "I thought it was a tradition!" "Well, we're gonna have to find a way to reverse this spell!" Twilight said. "Well, what am I supposed to say?!" Izzy asked. "Warm Wishiehoof?!" Just then, Izzy's horn started glowing orange, which made the snowstorm die down. "Hey! I think it's working!" Shadow said, looking up. "It must be," Maria said. "Just a few more times, Izzy!" Izzy smiled and looked up. She then said, "Warm Wishiehoof! Warm Wishiehoof! Warm Wishiehoof! Warm Wishiehoof!" Her horn was shining brighter every time she said the words. It was enough to stop the snow storm. Back with team Dimension and the Babylon Rogues, the two teams still had their faces covered, trying to keep the storm out of their eyes. Just then, the snow storm dropped down to a minimum. "The snow storm's dying down!" Jet said. He then looked at MC. "You know what... it's Christmas. Let's finish this race in a tie." MC sniffed and said, "You smell of truth. Let's do this." The two of them then fist bumped. Then they all started continuing towards the starting line. All of them got in position of finishing the race together. "Here they come!" the announcer said. "Which team will make it to the finish line first?! Team Dimension, or the Babylon Rogues?!" They eventually made it to the finish line, all six racers finishing at the same time. "It's a tie!" "A tie?!" Twilight asked. "Did they plan that on purpose?!" MC, Blaze and Silver stopped as the Babylon Rogues kept going. Jet looked back at the group and nodded. The three of them kept going, but crashed into some really strong glass. "Ooooooh!" MC, Blaze and Silver said in unison. Then they started laughing. "That was ironic!" MC said as the Sparkle Family, Shadow, Maria, Sunny and her friends walked up to them. "What is?" Twilight asked. "Birds can't see glass," MC said. That made them all laugh. "Sorry, Jet!" "All good!" Jet said, raising a thumb. At a stage in the resort, the crowd was getting ready to watch the performance of Pipp Petals. Behind the curtains, Pipp was getting nervous. "Oh, man," Pipp said. "I'm so nervous." Then Twilight and Sunny walked up to her. "Pipp, weren't you a famous pop star back in the future?" Twilight asked. "I was, but that was when all my Pipp-squeaks gave me the encouragement to let me keep going," Pipp said. "But since none of them are born yet, it makes me so nervous!" "Chill, sis," Zipp said, flying down to her. "You got this. It's not like you haven't sung during the holidays before." "True," Pipp said. "But you were always there singing with me." "You sing with her, Zipp?" Twilight asked. "Around this time of year for the..." Zipp said before being joined in by Pipp. "Zephyr Heights Wishentine Royal Carousel Concert," Pipp and Zipp said in unison. "Woowee, that takes a long time to say," Izzy said, walking up to the group. "Right?" Pipp and Zipp asked in unison. Twilight then thought of something and said, "I've got an idea." In the crowd, MC was sitting with the Sparkle Family, Shadow, Hitch, Silver and Blaze. He then looked around. "Where's Sparkles?" MC asked. "That's odd," Shining said. "Twylie's usually here with us for time with her family." "Maria's not here either," Shadow said. Just then, Izzy came to the group. "Where have you been?" "Oh, just talking with the others backstage," Izzy said. "Well, we might as well have a good ol' Frost..." Just then, Shadow and MC covered her mouth. "Don't ever... say that spell... again," Shadow said, making Izzy nod. "Ladies and Gentlemen," came an announcer's voice. "The Denver Ski Resort Christmas Spectacular is proud to present, upcoming pop star, Pipp Petals, performing 'All I Want for Christmas is You'. And to our surprise, she will not be performing alone, but with some friends of hers." Then the curtains opened up, revealing Twilight, Sunny, Pipp, Zipp and Maria on stage. "What are they doing?" Shining asked. "Oh, this is gonna be good," Izzy said. Then the music started, making Pipp start the lyrics. Eventually, all of them kept singing the lyrics to the song, getting the crowd into the beat. Eventually, the song ended, and everyone had to go on back to their rooms before they froze. The Sparkle Family, MC, Shadow, Maria, Silver, Blaze, Sunny and their friends made it back to their cabin. MC opened up the door. "You sure you didn't want to sit on Santa's lap, Joshua?" MC asked. "I'm kinda too old to still believe in Santa Claus," Joshua said. "Besides... he probably won't see me tonight." "Besides," Shadow said. "The people at GUN had been looking up at the North Pole for years. There's no Santa Claus because there's no workshop at the North Pole." He then looked towards the tree and saw something that wasn't there before. "Did... you do some extra Christmas Shopping?" The group then looked towards the tree and saw some presents that weren't there before. MC then said, "He couldn't have come early this year, could he?" "Wait," Shadow said. "You believe in Santa Claus?" "I've met him," MC said, picking up a present. "The real Santa Claus. You see, Santa doesn't live at the North Pole. The reason why you couldn't find him at the North Pole is because his workshop was never there in the first place." "Then, where is his workshop?" Nyx asked. "There's a reason why the North Star shines the brightest," MC said. "The North Star is where Santa lives?" Joshua asked. "Wow. No one has ever thought about looking there." MC then saw a note on the tree. He then opened it up. "What the heck?" MC asked. "What is it?" Twilight asked. "This note... it's written in my hand writing," MC said. He then checked to see who it was from. "It's from me... from the Post Apocalyptic future." The note read: "To Sunny and friends, if you're reading this, then you may have received the gifts I've sent you from the future. To make your stay in that time seem closer to home. To let you all know, with what you've all believed in, especially you, Sunny, Equestria has harmony and magic once again. Hopefully, your counterparts in that current universe you have now will do the same. I know you'll adjust well living in the past. Signed, King Michael Crayton. PS... Pipp, Zipp, you might want to let your present out to do some business." "Why would future MC suggest that?" Zipp asked. Just then, one of the presents started shaking. Pipp and Zipp then looked at each other in confusion. The two of them walked over towards the shaking box. The tag on the box said, "To Pipp and Zipp". They then opened up the box and they were surprised to see what was in it. Pipp and Zipp gasped and said, "Cloudpuff!" The winged dog then jumped on them, licking their faces. "What is that thing?" Maria asked. "It's Pipp and Zipp's family pet," MC said. "That was nice of them." "Hey, look," Hitch said, opening up his gift. "I've got my family's photo album." "My family's photo album too," Sunny said. "Ooh!" Izzy said. "Some of Alphabittle's cookies!" She then scarfed them all down in one gulp. "I'm pretty sure that Izzy is somehow a descendant of Pinkie Pie," MC said, making the other ponies in the room nod. Then all of them laughed. Just then, it zoomed out, showing the outside of the cabin. And flying over the top was a sleigh being pulled by nine reindeer. The lead reindeer had a glowing red nose. And as it was going over, a voice came from the sleigh. "Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas to All, and to All a Good Night!" Author's Note Next Episode: The Wisp Saga (Part 1): Alien Roundup Episode 14: The Wisp Saga (Part 1): Alien RoundupEpisode 14: The Wisp Saga (Part 1): Alien Roundup There was some sort of space station that was above Earth's atmosphere, connected to Earth by a giant elevator. The station also had some planets that were connected by laser chains. At the main station, it was themed like an amusement park with the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, MC, Maria, Sunny, Hitch, Izzy, Pipp and Zipp walking in. "Welcome to Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park, where you can enjoy five planets for the price of one!" Eggman's voice came in on a speaker. He loves to hear his own lips flap, but I gotta hand it to the Eggster, this place is epic," Sonic said. "Everyone and their brother is gonna want to come here." "No doubt but now I'm not sure why we're here," Tails said. "This place looks totally harmless." "He always wants you to think that," MC said. "Besides, if Eggman's up to something, it's gotta be bad." "Aww..." Pinkie said, looking around. "But this place is so fun looking!" "Yeah!" Izzy added. "I wanna go on the fun rides!" "I'm not so sure that that's the right thing to do, Izzy," Hitch said. "After all, does he have the official building permits to make this entire park." "Eggman doesn't care about laws unless its his," Twilight said. She then looked around. "But what the heck are those things that are connected to this place?" "Planets," MC said. "There's a small probability that life forms may be on each planet." "Life forms? Other planets?" Sunny asked. "Are you saying that aliens exist?! Oh, man! This could be a huge scientific discovery!" "We've already been attacked by evil aliens before you five got here, Sunny," Maria said. "Yeah," Tails said. "And it's because of those aliens she mentioned is why Truemen has a metal arm now." "Ouch," Sunny said. "So where do we start lookin'?" Applejack asked. "Eggman is somewhere on this metal amusement park o' death!" "I have a suggestion," Fluttershy said. "What is it, Flutters?" MC asked. "Um... Huh?" Fluttershy asked. "You're... the first one who actually heard what I want to say?" "I have great hearing," MC said. "Now, you were saying?" "How about we ask those two chasing those creatures there?" Fluttershy asked, pointing at two robots. "What the heck are those?" Twilight asked. "Eggman's always making new mechs to serve him," Sonic said. Then he started running towards the bots. The two robots were trying to capture some creatures. "Yee haw! Git along, li'l aliens!" said the cube shaped robot in a southern accent. "Your voice chip is stuck on cowboy again!" said the round robot. "Stop talking and net those aliens!" "You got it partner!" the cube shaped bot said. "Come on here, you little varmints, come back here! I'm gonna get you! Hey, come here! I gotcha! I gotcha!" He was about to snatch the aliens, but Sonic rushed in and grabbed them before the robot caught them in the net. "Huh?!" Sonic then appeared on a platform with the two aliens surrounding him. He then said, "Hey, what's going on?" Just then, the cyan creature flew into his body and he became something. He then zoomed off ahead, destroying every robot in sight, making the other heroes watch. "Whoa!" MC said. "Did you see that?!" "He just became a living laser!" Twilight said. "Those little creatures are so interesting!" "If Eggman wants them for some reason, we can't let him get them!" Sunny said. "Let's go!" Then they all nodded and started running across the place. MC smashed a container full of white aliens, releasing them. MC then looked at them as they were flying around him in delight. MC then smirked. "I have no idea what you're all saying, but I know you're all pleased," MC said. The aliens nodded and started flying away from him. He then saw Tails with one alien while he was tinkering with his Miles Electric. The Mane 6, Maria, Sunny and her friends walked up to Tails as well. "What the heck are you doing with your Miles Electric?" "I'm trying to create a new feature so we can understand what these things are saying," Tails said. "It's not as easy as it looks. Hmm. Now, let me see. Gotta connect the framistatic capacitor to the maximizing modulationzor..." The creature then started talking. "I wish I knew what you were saying, little guy. Or gal. Or whatever you are." Then a Cyan laser came in, revealing it to be Sonic. Oh man! That... was... CRAZY!" "It looked crazy to all of us," Twilight said. "And awesome!" Rainbow Dash said. "You became a living laser for a moment! How did that happen?" "I absorbed those aliens and got powered up with like, some kind of wild energy!" Sonic replied. "And after a few seconds they'd pop outta me!" "There's gotta be some kind of logical explanations for that," Hitch said. "This is definitely something I have to look up," Zipp said, pulling out her phone and spoke into it. "New mystery update. Alien creatures that can distribute powers into figures just by absorbing them. Cyan alien power, laser. Able to make absorber go at high speed at any angle towards any enemy and bounce off towards another one." "These things are so strange," Rarity said. "But... strangely useful in some situations I suppose." "It's kinda hard for me to believe," Tails said. Then the creature started talking in a non-understandable language. "Okay, seriously, we need to find Eggman and figure out why he's catching these aliens fits into whatever heinous plan he's hatching," Sonic said. "And wreck his plan, right?" Tails asked. "Obviously," MC said. "What else do we have to do when Eggman's up to something. The others nodded. Twilight then looked towards Sunny. "Sunny," Twilight said. "I need to talk to you about your... magic." "My magic?" Sunny asked. "It would seem that your magic hasn't left you since you became an alicorn thanks to the Chaos Emeralds," Twilight said. "I think that you were destined to be an alicorn to lead the Equestria of your time to help the ponies of Equestria in that time to help keep Harmony among the other ponies." "Huh," Sunny said. "All I was doing was just being myself. Like when you showed me around Ponyville. I wanted to help some ponies on some of their eating habits, and nopony was paying any attention. Then when I became an alicorn, everypony just... seemed interested in me." "Alicorns are technically royalty in Equestria," Twilight said. "Believe me. I've had a hard time adjusting to being an alicorn full time when I got these." Twilight then unfolded her wings to show Sunny what she was talking about. "But since your wings are ethereal and not flesh, bone or feathers, you're only a part-time alicorn." "I guess that makes sense," Sunny said. "Although, I might just have to... adjust... to what I have." "We'd better get going," Twilight said. Sunny nodded and the two ran over to catch up with the others. At another part of the place, Eggman was looking at all of the collected alien creatures. He was even counting them himself. "...twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five... Bah! Not nearly enough aliens!" Eggman said. He then looked towards the two robots. "Want us to get more?" the orb shaped robot asked. "No, I want you to get me a cheeseburger and a shake," Eggman said, sarcastically. "That'll be easier," the cube shaped robot said in a cowboy voice. "Cheeseburgers don't run as fast as them l'il alien varmints." "IDIOT! Get me more aliens!" Eggman demanded. Then the two robots started hovering away. But then the cube shaped bot turned around. "Y'all want fries with that?" the cube shaped bot asked. Eggman then threw a wrench at him, the wrench hitting the robot in the face. "OHH...! I reckon' that hurt a bit..." He was heading off in a direction away from the round shaped bot, but then he realized where he was going. "Wait a minute! I need to go over yonder! Heh, sorry." "Hmm... Precious little aliens!" Eggman said, looking at the Wisps. "I'll harness their Hyper-go-on power and then nothing will stop me! I know, I say that every time, but this time, really, nothing will stop me!" The round shaped robot returned, looking in one direction, saying, "Eh, boss?" "What?" Eggman asked before seeing where the round shaped bot was looking. "SONIC!?" "Who you calling 'nothing'?" Sonic asked as he was standing with the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, MC and Maria. The robots from earlier came in and floated in front of Eggman's transport. The cube shaped bot then asked, "Huh?" "He means since the boss said 'nothing will stop me' and Sonic here is going to stop him, it's like the boss was calling Sonic 'nothing'," the orb shaped bot said. "Great! I thought nobody would get that," Sonic said. "Fine! You're so smart, robot, you take care of this mess!" Eggman said, pointing at the round shaped robot. "Release the Big Boy! At least I know he won't screw it up!" Then the transport he was in put up a dome over him. "Hasta la bye bye, suckers!" "Wait! Wait for me!" the round robot said, chasing after Eggman. Just then, over a gate, a huge machine came in, holding onto a Ferris Wheel like ride. "Whoa," Rainbow Dash said. "Never fought a Ferris Wheel before," MC said. "Should be interesting." "Guess it's time for us to start stopping," Sonic said. Then they all headed towards the robot. Sonic jumped on the cube shaped bot's head, and catching up with the others. "I git it!" the cube shaped bot said. The Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, Sonic, MC and Maria were fighting the machine that was climbing all over the Ferris Wheel. It fired lasers and tried grabbing some heroes. "Whoa!" Zipp said. "Okay. This thing is mad!" "You got that right," Rainbow Dash said as she grabbed Zipp just as the robot was about to attack her. MC then looked up at the robot, looking at it dead in the eye, and he smirked. He then said, "Found it's weak point." He then whistled and called out, "Yo, cyan guy!" Then the Cyan Alien looked towards MC. "Mind helping me take this guy out?!" Then the Cyan Alien flew towards MC and got absorbed into him. Then MC became a living laser, attacking the creature in the eye. Combined with MC's claws, the damage was more destructive. Then the robot started coming apart, and it spread across the place. "Wowie Zowie!" Pinkie and Izzy said in unison. Then they looked at each other and they started laughing. "MC, you are something else!" Sonic said. Then MC came back to the group. "I need a vacation," MC said, his head spinning. "Man, am I dizzy." "I'm sure it'll pass," Maria said. "We should get back to Tails." They all nodded and started moving over to where Tails was. Twilight then looked up, looking at the Earth that was above them at the moment. She then said, "What a view. Sure, the ARK had a good view of the planet below, but here, there aren't any windows to block certain views." "Yeah, you're right," Maria said, looking up. "And to think, that creature you called Chip, said that your entire world was just a missing piece of the planet we had here." "Oh, yes," Rarity said. "I still wonder how something like that was even possible." "Chaos Control," MC said. "Obviously, Chip needed a lot of power to transport the Equestrian Continent from our world to somewhere in the cosmos for its own safety from Dark Gaia." "MC's right," Sonic said "It'd take a lot of power just to send a part of a continent to another part of the universe. If Equestria was originally a part of Earth, it would've been written in the Gaia Manuscripts." "Perhaps they are," Zipp said. "I'm probably going to have to ask Professor Pickle about that to see if it's true." "That's actually a good call, Zipp," Twilight said. "We'll do that once we get back down to Earth." Eventually, the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, Sonic, MC and Maria went back to Tails who was with the white alien from before. "Okay, just tighten this last bolt..." Tails said, making an adjustment to his Miles Electric. Then he saw the group walking up to them. "Oh, there you all are. Where'd you run off to?" "I did a little shopping, grabbed a bite to eat, and trashed a giant killer robot," Sonic answered. "Oh. Really?" Tails asked. "They've got shopping here too?" "This place has everything," Pipp said. "If this place wasn't an evil base, I'd take a selfie right now and send it to my new Pipp-Squeaks." "Pipp-Squeaks?" Rarity asked. "It's what she calls her fans," Zipp said. "She's a very popular singer and trendsetter back in our timeline." "Ah, that makes sense," Rarity said. "So, how's that translation app you're making coming along?" MC asked, looking at Tails. "I think it's done," Tails said. "It's in binary code so, only I can read it." Then a satellite dish attached to the Miles Electric started aiming towards the alien. "Okay, ask away." Sonic cleared his throat and asked, "Who are you and what is happening to your people?" The alien then started speaking in a non-understandable language, which Tails was looking at his Miles Electric, trying to see what the creature was saying. "Okay, he says his name is 'Talks a lot' and he's from a far away soda and where flowers water them with dances," Tails said what he was reading. "That is not what he said," MC said, shaking his head. The alien was shaking his head as well. "See, he agrees with me." He then thought of something. "You are a 'he', right?" The alien then nodded. "Good. 'Cause that would've been awkward." "I think your machine still has some bugs," Sonic said. "I don't see any bugs on his machine," Pinkie said. "I'm sure it's a figure of speech, Pinkie," Hitch said. "Yeah. I think I can figure this out though," Tails said. He then tweaked the Miles Electric. "Okay, he said his name is Yacker. He's from a race of beings called 'Wisps'." The alien, known as Yacker, started nodding. "Lisps?" Sonic asked. "No, he said Wisps," Twilight said. "With a W." "Wisps," MC said. "Like Will o' the Wisps, from Scottish Lore?" "Oh, yeah," Maria said. "Just like in that Disney Pixar Movie, Brave." "Perhaps the Scottish found some kind of evidence that these guys were on Earth many years ago and it must've fallen to legend," Zipp said. "That's a possibility," Tails said. "Yeah, I'll just stick with aliens if that's OK with everybody," Sonic said. "Sure, so anyways, they are either being used for their magical powers by an evil man, or to make underwear to be worn by salad," Tails said, not understanding the translation. Sonic and Yacker were exasperated from what Tails was saying. Then Yacker went into a pleading position. "I just hear save them, save them, over and over." "When I was running around trashing robots I saw a map that had a couple of interesting places," Sonic said. "Think I'll go check them out, and maybe save some aliens." MC then looked around and he sensed something. He then said, "Interesting." "What is it?" Twilight asked. "I sense a Chaos Emerald here," MC said. "Perhaps we should go get the Emerald before going to other worlds." "He's right," Tails said. "If Eggman has the Emeralds, it could be bad. It's best we get them before he can use them for evil." "Then let's find it," Twilight said. "Then we'll get off of this part and move onto the other places." "Let's move it," Sonic said. Then they all spread out, trying to find the Chaos Emerald that was there. The Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, Sonic, Maria and MC were looking everywhere for the Chaos Emerald that was there. Meanwhile, the two robots from earlier were cleaning up the battle. "The bossman said to wrangle every piece o' this mess," the cube shaped bot said. "When you consider what we're doin' from a robot's point of view, it's actually pretty gruesome." "Don't think about it," the sphere shaped bot said. "Iffin' ya say so," the cube shaped bot said. The sphere shaped bot then looked around and said, "I'm missing an arm. Have you got an arm?" "Naw, but really, how much can it matter?" the cube shaped bot asked. "I guess it can't matter much," the sphere shaped bot said. He then set his tools aside and the two hovered off. But what they didn't know is that on a tower, the arm from the robot was wedged in, some purple gas leaking from the tower. Meanwhile, MC was looking all over the place for the Chaos Emerald that was there. He was looking around for it, but he couldn't find it. "Odd," MC said. "I sense it, but I can't see it." He then jumped to the ground, where Twilight and Sunny were. "Are you sure you sense it?" Sunny asked. "It could be a fluke." "It's not a fluke, Sunny," MC said. "I'm sure it's here somewhere." Twilight then looked up at the lamps. She saw that most of them were glowing white while one was glowing green. She then said, "Uh... MC. Look at that lamp." She pointed at the lamp. MC and Sunny looked towards where Twilight was pointing. They looked at the other lamps. "Out of the seven Chaos Emeralds, they couldn't use the white one to disguise it as a lamp?" MC asked. He then went to the lamppost, and ripped off the top. He then grabbed what was in it. "Seriously... they couldn't use the white one?" MC asked. "Who even put this one in there? Cubot?" "Cubot?" Twilight asked. "Eggman has given those two robots names," MC said. "The red round one is Orbot, and the yellow cube one is Cubot. For obvious reasons." "That makes sense," Sunny said. "So, should we go find the others?" "Might as well," MC said. "Let's move out." Then they headed over towards Tails. He then held up his communicator wrist and said, "MC here. Sparkles, Sunny and I have the Chaos Emerald. Meet over with Tails." Tails looked up at MC and asked, "Where'd you find it?" "Some idiot bot thought it'd be a good idea to disguise the Chaos Emerald as a lamp," MC said. "If you're going to disguise it, at least use a color that matches the other ones." Then Sonic ran in, saying, "I agree. All the lamp lights are white. Why hide the Green Chaos Emerald in a lamp? It's too obvious to not know it's not the right place to hide it." Then the rest of the group came in. MC then checked out the souvenir map. He then said, "This place has five planets connected to it. Are there any more of these Wisps on them?" Yacker nodded and spoke in its unrecognizable language. "He says to go up to each airport to brave the mothers?" Tails asked, reading his translator. "That is not what he said," Hitch said, with Yacker shaking his head. "Were you trying to say, 'save the others'?" Yacker nodded. "So, I guess we should go there." He then pointed at one planet. "Which planet is that?" "According to the map, that planet is known as... Sweet Mountain," MC said. "Ironically, it's an entire planet... made outta baked goods." "Oooooooh!" Pinkie and Izzy said in unison. "Don't even think about it!" MC said. "This is a mission, not a vacation." "Then let's get moving," Twilight said. Then they all headed towards where Sweet Mountain was." Everyone of them headed for the place. While they were doing that, Eggman was watching them from one camera from his base. Eggman was groaning as he was watching. "That was stupid," Eggman said. "I can't believe those robots actually hid the Chaos Emerald in there instead of somewhere else!" Meanwhile, the heroes arrived at Sweet Mountain. the group looked around at all the sweets around them. "This place is weird," MC said. "More like sweet!" came Pinkie's voice. The group looked towards her and they saw her leaning down and licking the ground as she was walking. "What did I say about this place?!" MC asked, raising his voice. "Forget it, MC," Twilight said. "When it comes to Pinkie's appetite, she's gonna listen to her stomach rather than to her friends." MC grumbled. "How do you put up with her zaniness?" MC asked. "We've all gotten used to her zany self," Rainbow Dash said. "Twilight's still trying to figure it out herself." "I'm gonna have to agree with Pinkie," Izzy said. She was eating a piece of the ground from under her feet. MC sighed and said, "I don't eat what I step on." He then walked over towards one area and saw a capsule container containing a different kind of alien. "Whoa. What do we have here?" Yacker started speaking and Tails was translating. He said, "Yacker said that this one is... a frill wisp, and has the ability to frill through burps?" "That is not what he said," Hitch said. MC groaned and said, "Only one way to know what he's saying due to that faulty translator." MC then punched the capsule and the alien absorbed itself into MC. MC then went down into the ground, leaving a big hole in the ground. "Whoa!" Twilight said. "Wait a minute. It doesn't say 'frill'. It says..." Then a yellow drill came out of the ground, going 20 feet up in the air. MC and the alien separated and land near the group. "Drill." "Oh, that makes much more sense," Tails said. "So, how deep you go?" "200 meters in the ground," MC said. "My claws combined with the drill made it even sharper." "Well, we're gonna have to be careful when we work with this guy," Sunny said. "Any sign of the Chaos Emerald?" "Not from down there," MC said. "It's not in this area." He then grabbed the Chaos Emerald and used it as a compass. When he faced in one direction, the Chaos Emerald started glowing brighter. "It's that way." "Then that's where we're going," Sonic said. "Let's move!" Then they all started heading off in the direction. They continued running off in one direction. Author's Note Next episode: The Wisp Saga (Part 2): Planetary Discoveries Episode 15: The Wisp Saga (Part 2): Planetary DiscoveriesEpisode 15: The Wisp Saga (Part 2): Planetary Discoveries The Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, Sonic, Tails, MC and Maria were walking throughout the planet. Pinkie Pie ate as she was walking. MC grumbled and said, "Pinkie, I think it's best if you watch your weight." "Why would I need to watch my weight?" Pinkie asked. "It's not like it's going anywhere." "That's actually not gonna happen, Michael," Rarity said. "Pinkie Pie has been able to eat as much food as she wants and not gain any weight." "I've heard of fast metabolisms, but that's just ridiculous," Tails said. "Any sign of the Chaos Emerald yet?" "It should be around here somewhere," MC said. He then smelled around. "Something's not right." "You're telling me!" Pinkie said. "All this dessert, and no chocolate sauce to pour on it!" "Not that," MC said. "I sense something wrong here. Really wrong." They then came across a generator of some kind. "Experience has taught me to investigate anything that glows," Sonic said, looking at the generator. Then the place started shaking. "Huh?" "What's going on?!" Sunny asked. Just then, a huge pirate ship came in from the cliff side. "Experience has also taught me that the best way to solve problems is to kick robot butt," Sonic said. Then Eggman's voice came on a speaker. "Visitors are cautioned to avoid feeding, petting, or saving any aliens." "Excuse me, giant killer robot," Sonic called out. "You wanna do this the hard way or the easy way?" "That's just a ship, Sonic," Twilight said. "Obviously the one who's taking the helm is the evil robot." Just then, the robot who took the helm came to the side of the ship. "Okay, that makes sense," Sonic said. "Let's dance." "You guys go," MC said. "Tails and I will see something about this generator." MC and Tails then ran towards the Generator. Twilight, Sonic and Sunny went towards the ship. The rest of the ponies and Maria stood by MC and Tails. Twilight, Sonic and Sunny were fighting the robot pirate while the others were seeing how the generator was working. "Okay, looks like this thing is feeding off of something," Tails said. "Whatever it is, it's powerful." "I think I know," MC said. He then punched into the generator and ripped something out. "Huh," Tails said. "That makes sense." Just then, the generator shut down. "Okay, so how are we gonna get back to the main part of Eggman's Space Theme Park?" "Why else would we bring Maria with us?" MC asked. "Chaos Control," Maria said, getting the hint. "Of course. I get it." MC then handed Maria both the Chaos Emeralds they had. "Huh. Is it Christmastime already?" That made the group laugh. "I get it," Hitch said. "Since the traditional Christmas colors are red and green, and we have the red and green emeralds." "I've been meaning to ask, why aren't most of the Emeralds green?" Pipp asked. "The Chaos Emeralds all used to be green, but due to evolution, they changed colors," MC said. "They haven't been green for, at least, 30 years." "That's true," Tails said. "I bet even Chip knew that." Just then, the pirate ship blew up. The group looked up at it and saw Twilight, Sonic and Sunny coming right towards them. "Hey, guys. You missed the BBBE," Sonic said. "Huh?" Tails asked as he started fidgeting with his Miles Electric. "Best Boss Beating Ever!" Sonic said as he was striking some poses. "I've seen better," Twilight said. "Remember the Egg Golem?" "Oh, right," Sonic said. "MC took that attack on purpose so he could absorb himself into the Egg Golem and turn the tables on Bokkun." "Yacker," MC said, looking at the alien. "Any more info about what's going on here?" The antenna on Tails's Miles Electric aimed itself towards Yacker as he started speaking. Tails then said, "It's still not 100%, but I think I can translate as best as I can." He then started reading. "It seems that these creatures are made up of... 'Pied Pipers and So Han'? No, that's not right. Oh, Hyper-go-ons. It's inside them." "So, it's like some sort of battery?" Sonic asked. "Oh, maybe it's their life source," Twilight said. Yacker nodded vigorously. "Perhaps you're right, Twilight," Tails said. "When you guys absorbed it, you got a taste of what happened. 'Battery' is sort of an understatement. The funny thing: it was first translating as 'horrible body odor.'" "Eww," Rarity and Pipp said. "Well, it's a good thing that was only a mis-translation," Rarity said, making Pipp nod. "So, what was Eggman trying to do with these things?" Zipp asked. "Well, it seems an evil man, and you might know him, who they call 'Baldy Nosehair' was..." Tails said, that was when the group, except MC and Maria, started laughing. MC only smirked. "Baldy Nosehair?!" Sonic asked. "Oh, man. I remember MC using something like that when Equestria first came to Earth. Or should I say, came back to Earth." "What was it that you called him that day, MC?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Baldy McNosehair," MC said. "Right after I shaved his head clean." "You shaved his head?" Maria asked. "Wow. Good thing you're not a barber." "I'd almost thought that he'd come back one day with a really bad toupee," MC said. "I know," Tails said. "That would've been hilarious. Anyway, he's draining them of their power, all of their power, and using it for an evil..." He then tried translating what Yacker was saying. "...aquatic mammal? An evil dolphin? No, a porpoise!" He then got the translation. "Oh! An evil purpose." "That's great intel. Keep working on it," Sonic said. He then started walking off. "Hey, where ya goin'?" Tails asked. "To find Baldy McNosehair, of course," Sonic said before chuckling. "I'm totally calling him McNosehair." "Oh, boy," MC said. "Let's just..." He then saw another Wisp container. "What's this one?" MC then punched open the container, and a new Wisp came out. "Whoa!" Rainbow Dash said. "That one looks awesome!" "Looks almost like a firework," Twilight said. "No... it's a rocket!" MC said. That was when the orange wisp absorbed itself into MC. Then MC changed into a rocket and he went sky high. "Definitely a rocket," Tails said, looking up. They continued looking up for five seconds until Tails spoke up again. "Oh, he's coming back down." MC was screaming all the way down and he crashed into the ground, leaving a hole in his shape in the ground. Then MC came out of the ground 10 feet away from the hole. The group came around MC. "There are three ponies with horns, five ponies with wings, and a flying two-tailed fox, and none of you could've caught me?" MC asked. "Sorry," Twilight said. "But, none of us knew if you were heavy or light." "Because of my density manipulation, I get it," MC said. "But still..." He then got out of the hole. "We need to get going. Who knows what Baldy McNosehair's up to." Then the group started laughing. "Meh, you called him that first," Sonic said. "At least in this series," Pinkie Pie said, bouncing around. "Alright, Maria," MC said. "Let's get off this planet." "On it," Maria said. The group then got closer to each other. "Chaos... Control!" Then they all vanished, heading towards a different part of the base. Meanwhile, back at Eggman's security room, Eggman was watching the group as they were leaving the planet. "It seems that Maria has mastered Chaos Control on her own," Eggman said. "So, what are you gonna do about it, boss?" Orbot asked. "Oh, they won't get far with the Chaos Emeralds," Eggman said. "Not with what I have planned. As soon as I get enough of those aliens, I will rule the world." "Y'all thinkin' he's goin' a li'l overboard there, partner?" Cubot asked, looking at Orbot. "He's always been this way," Orbot said. "I just hope that he doesn't do anything too dangerous." "I heard that!" Eggman said, standing up. "I'm going to use whatever power we've gotten from those aliens and see if they'll get what I need to make the world mine!" He then walked out of the room. "Oh, this is not going to be good," Orbot said. "Yer tellin' me," Cubot said. "Wanna round up more o' them varmints?" "If it'll cheer the boss up," Orbot said. Then they headed out of there. The group of heroes arrived back at the main part of Eggman's space amusement park. MC then pulled up a map and the group looked at it. "Okay, looks like what's next is the Starlight Carnival," MC said. He then got a good look at it. "Almost reminds me of Rainbow Road from those Mario Kart games." "Makes sense," Sonic said. "Even though this is basically an evil base, Joshua would get a kick out of that world," Twilight said. Just then, Pinkie Pie started laughing. "Pinkie, why are you laughing?!" "Check out this video that's trending!" Pinkie said, showing the video to the others. It showed Apple Bloom and Scootaloo trying to catch Cloudpuff. "Sweetie Belle!" Apple Bloom said in the video. "Stop recordin' this and help us catch this pooch!" "Sorry, but this is just too funny!" Sweetie Belle's voice came from the video. "I just couldn't help but record this!" MC sighed and said, "Told you not to leave Cloudpuff with the Crusaders." "They seemed trustworthy and responsible!" Pipp said. "Trustworthy, yes," Applejack said. "Responsible... a little on the fence." "Let's get going," Sonic said. Then they all started heading off towards the next planet. As they were walking, someone was walking in behind them. A metal arm was placed on MC's right shoulder, shocking the gray fox. He then grabbed the metal arm and flipped what was attached to it to be flipped over, with a southern woman's voice screaming. "What in the--?" MC asked, seeing who he flipped. "'Sup, sugah," Bunnie said. "Sorry for the scare there." "Bunnie?!" the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, MC and Maria all asked in unison. MC then helped Bunnie up. Sunny and her friends noticed Bunnie's arm and legs and all gasped. "Look out!" Zipp said. "She's a cyborg!" "Stand down, Zipp," MC said. "Bunnie may be half robot, but she's one of us. A Freedom Fighter." "Right as rain, sugah," Bunnie said. "Bunnie D'Coolette. A pleasure ta meet ya." "Bunnie, meet Sunny, Hitch, Pipp, Zipp and Izzy," MC said. "They're all from 200 years in the future." "200 years?" Bunnie asked. "No way. Time travel hasn't been accomplished yet." "Sonic... Maria..." MC said. "Do it." Maria then gave Sonic one of the Chaos Emeralds, and they held them close together. Then the two hedgehogs said in unison, "Chaos... Control!" Then a time portal opened up above them. "Oh mah starz!" Bunnie said. "What is that?!" "It's a Space-Time rift," MC said. "It can open up to a portal anywhere in time. Whether it's in the distant past or the far future." "Like this one time we had to come back from a post-apocalyptic future," Tails said. "No way, it couldn't be that bad," Bunnie said. "Everything was on fire," Sonic said. "Even a tornado there," MC said. "I've been having visions of that future in my dreams for a certain amount of time." "Zat is something hard to believe," came another voice. The group looked towards the voice and they saw more of their friends. Sally Acorn, Antoine D'Coolette and Rotor. "You're all here?" Sonic asked. "No way we'd miss this adventure," Sally said. "So, what are we dealing with?" "Eggman's trying to steal energy from little aliens to take over the world," Sonic said. "What for, we still don't know," MC added. "Well, we've seen him do worse," Rotor said. "Kidnapping the Crusaders and their classmates," Rainbow Dash said. "Releasing a creature made o' water," Applejack said. "Blowing up half the moon," Pinkie Pie said. "Splitting the planet into pieces," Rarity said. "Of course, Sally saw that personally." "It's true, I did," Sally said. "Although, it was creepy for these guys at night." "You said it, Sal," MC said. "Then those creeps showed up." "What creeps?" Rotor asked. "Have you seen any weird activities when the planet came apart?" Twilight asked. "I was too busy trying to find a way to repair the planet," Rotor said. "Or make it bigger." "The bigger the planet, the stronger the gravity," MC said. "It'll make everything harder." "He's right," Twilight said. "Making the planet bigger might make it harder for everything. Flying machines or creatures, moving, we don't want to make it hard." "I see your point," Rotor said. "Meh, but we should go on and stop Robotnik." "He's going by Eggman now," Sonic said. "So we should probably go on and find the Chaos Emeralds, save those aliens, and stop Eggman from taking over the world for whatever reason he's got in his head." "We better get our butts to the next world if we're gonna stop him," MC said. "Good thinking," Tails said. "Let's get going." Then the group started running towards the next planet transport. The group arrived at the planet, but they were blocked by a wall of blue cubes. "MC, can you get us past this wall?" Twilight asked. "On it!" MC said. He then held his arms out and bared his claws. "Chaos Claw!" He then slashed through the cubes, but the scratch marks vanished within 2 seconds. "What the heck?!" "But MC's claws always slash through all elements on the planet," Rainbow Dash said. "Our planet," Tails said. "We're in a whole different world. The elements of this world are completely different." MC then put his hand on the cube as Tails was talking. "What do you feel?" Twilight asked. "Some sort of... energy," MC said. "Like... something is supposed to be connected to it. Similar to the wisps." "Perhaps a wisp must be able to get rid of it," Fluttershy said. "Not bad thinking, Fluttershy," Sonic said. "Be right back." He then zoomed off and came back with something. "Got one." "Let's see what this one does," MC said. He then held his arms out, the wisp getting the hint. It then absorbed itself into MC, and he transformed into a blue cube. He then gave out a pulse and the blue cubes vanished. Then MC went back to normal as the wisp got out of him. "Whoa," MC said. "That felt weird." "Okay, now we know what he does," Tails said. "We should go on out and find the generator and the Chaos Emerald." "Okay," Twilight said. "We just gotta find the generator that has this planet connected. The generator is what connects the planet here to Eggman's base." "So we shut down the generator then we find the Chaos Emerald," Bunnie said. "Sounds simple enough." "The Chaos Emeralds are what power the generator," Applejack said. "Let's find it, quickly." "Hey, Zipp!" Izzy said, looking at the white pegasus. "Lookie what I made." She then handed Zipp a special visor. "Whoa-hoa-hoa!" Zipp said, taking the visor. "This is... awesome!" "Where... did you get that?!" MC asked. "I made it in Tails's lab, unicycled from the junk pile in there," Izzy said. "Unicycled?" Sally asked. "She means recycled," MC said. "Izzy, it's recycled. A unicycle is like a bike, but just the seat, one wheel and pedals connected to the wheel." Zipp put the visor on and she looked around. She then thought she'd get a better view from the air. She started flying and looked around. She then set the visor to energy detection. She then saw a huge glow of energy from her visor. "Yeah, we're still adjusting to life in this timeline," Sunny said as Zipp was looking around. "Although, we can't go visit our relatives because they're... well..." "Not even born yet," MC said. "But there is a way to see your ancestors." "He's got us there, Sunny," Hitch said. "Hey! I found it!" Zipp said, making the others look up at her. "Follow me!" Then she started flying towards the generator, the others following. Zipp was flying towards the generator at a slow pace so the others could follow. They eventually made it to the generator. MC then started sniffing around. "Hold it," MC said, holding up his left fist. "What is it, MC?" Zipp asked, coming down. "Maria, your cousin's nearby," MC said. "I can smell him." Tails then looked around and saw the Egg Mobile in sight, and it had something connected to it, that something being aimed at Sonic. "Sonic, look out!" Tails said, jumping towards Sonic, pushing him out of the way as Eggman fired the ray. The ray made contact with Tails. "Tails!" Sonic shouted. He then looked towards Eggman and tried rushing towards him, but Tails, who was in a trance, blocked his path. "Tails? Buddy?" "Hoo Ho Ho! He's my buddy now," Eggman said. "Julian, what did you do?" Maria asked. "What have you done to him?!" MC shouted. "Me? I did nothing at all," Eggman responded. "Unless shooting him with my mind control beam that runs on alien energy counts as doing something to him. Does it?" Sonic then tried getting past Tails, but Tails kept blocking him. "To get to me you're going to have to go through your best friend. Hooo, Ho, Ho. This turned out much better than I could have hoped, and I only used a small prototype." "Why you...!" MC said, charging at Eggman. But another ray came out of the Egg Mobile, and fired towards MC, making contact with him. "NO!!" the Mane 6 shouted, but it wasn't the same result as Tails. "Ha ha ha ha ha!" MC laughed. "Stop it! Stop it, that tickles! Ha ha ha ha! I'm gonna wet my fur! Ha ha ha ha!" "Say what?" Rainbow Dash and Zipp asked in unison. "What?!" Eggman shouted. "Impossible! That's supposed to take over your mind!" "I can't... ha ha ha... I can't be...!" MC said, between laughs. "I can't be mind controlled! Ha ha ha ha! Telepathic immunity! Ha ha ha ha!" "Why you...!" Eggman said. But then the mind control rays stopped, MC stopped being tickled and Tails coming out of his trans. "What the...?" Twilight and Sunny ran up to MC and Twilight asked, "Are you okay?" "I'm fine," MC said, smiling. "Just... need to recover from being tickled." "Huh? Where am I?" Tails asked as Sonic was helping him up. "Why is my nose hair tingling?" "Lousy cheap alien energy," Eggman said, pounding his Egg Mobile. He then noticed the tubes in the back being empty. "Ran out of juice! Well, I'll get more. Lots more! And then I won't just control one little punk, but the whole universe. In the meantime, enjoy the park. I'll leave you your own private tour guide." Just then, a huge ship came out from the sky as Eggman started flying off in his Egg Mobile. "Whoa!" Rainbow Dash said. "That thing's enormous!" Rarity said. "Let's take it down!" Sonic said as he ran towards the robot. Twilight and Sunny followed him. "You guys go," MC said. "I'll... trash the generator and get the Emerald." Applejack and Hitch helped MC up to his feet. MC then walked over towards the generator. Sonic, Twilight and Sunny continued running towards the machine. Sunny then became an alicorn and she and Twilight used their magic to hold the machine in place. Sonic then did a spin dash attack and went through the robot. Then they went back to the others. "Are you sure you can get it out of there?" Pipp asked. "I got it," MC said. He then punched his left fist into the Generator, and he pulled out the Chaos Emerald. "Whoa!" Zipp said. "Okay, that makes three emeralds. Four to go." "Okay, we should get out of here," Sally said. Then they all headed out of there. Tails then noticed Sonic, Twilight and Sunny coming back. "Hey, Sonic! Did you give the guide your complaint?" Tails asked. "Oh, I gave it to him pretty good," Sonic said. He then saw Yacker. "'Sup Yacker?" Yacker then started dancing in celebration. "So did you get any more info out of him?" "It wasn't easy, but yeah," Tails said. "We figured out the hard way that he's stealing energy from the aliens for his mind control ray," Twilight said. "But how is Julien getting those aliens?" Maria asked. "At first I thought Yacker was talking about how Baldy Nosehair was using burps to do it," Tails said. "Hmmm, he is pretty gassy," Sonic said. Pinkie Pie and Izzy were trying to cover their laughter. "Maybe the smell would knock 'em out. I dunno, something doesn't seem right with that." That made Pinkie Pie and Izzy laugh loudly. "That's what I said! It made no sense," Tails said. "Then I made a tiny adjustment and realized he was saying 'generators.'" "Better than burps," Rainbow Dash said. "Tell me about it," Tails said. "So basically, Eggman is using five tractor beam generators to hold their planet in orbit while he scoops the aliens all up." "Hold a whole planet?!" Pipp asked. "How can someone do something like that?" "Okay, that was two generators we took down," Hitch said. "And there are five planets. That means there are three generators to go." "Yacker said that we don't have much time," Tails said. "Let's save the galaxy," MC said. Then they all started walking away from the generator, heading off to the next location. Author's Note Next episode: The Wisp Saga (Part 3): Mind over Matter Episode 16: The Wisp Saga (Part 3): Mind over MatterEpisode 16: The Wisp Saga (Part 3): Mind over Matter At Eggman's lair, Eggman was at his computer, typing on it. He was smiling evil like he always does. "Hooo Ho Ho! Soon the mind control weapon will be full of energy I've siphoned from the aliens, and the entire Earth will be the center of my interplanetary theme park," Eggman said. "Y'all reckon you'll be able to get yerself 'nuff o' that energy to take over the whole dang planet?" Cubot asked in his cowboy accent. Eggman then mocked Cubot's cowboy accent and said, "Yes, I 'reckon' I will." He then went back to his normal accent. "Where is your new voice chip?" Then Orbit came in with a voice chip, saying, "Got it right here sir! Just need to install it." He then floated over towards Cubot. Then he started installing the new voice chip, while singing. "The think bone's connected to the talk bone, the talk bone's connected to the mouth bone..." He then stopped singing as he finished installing it. "There, good as new." "Finally," Eggman said. "I don't think anything could have been more annoying than that cowboy chatter." "Yar! Feelin' ship-shape with me new voice chip, I am," Cubot said in a pirate accent. He then turned to look at Orbot. "Ah-beggin' yer pardon, Squire, but me and my matey are going to sail off an' search fer that lubber Sonic! Arr!" He then hovered out of the room. "I think that's the wrong chip," Orbot said. "Really? Are you sure he doesn't normally speak in pirate?" Eggman asked sarcastically. "On the bright side, he's much more exotic now," Orbot said. "Just go find him and fix that chip!!!" Eggman shouted. Orbot then quickly hovered out of the room to find Cubot. "Shortly, I will have no need for those idiots. In just a few hours, Earth will be under my control. When it is, it will be the crown jewel of my amusement park; the greatest amusement park in the universe. Hooo Ho Ho!" He then clutched his stomach from pain from the laughing. "Ouch. I think I gloated so hard I pulled a muscle." At the map of Eggman's Stellar Amusement Park, the Freedom Fighters, the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends and Yacker were all looking at the map. "Looks like the next planet is where Eggman has gotten the aliens enslaved," Twilight said. "Why would they lock them up there?" Sunny asked. "It doesn't have a name," MC said, reading the map. "Nor does it seem to be open to the public yet." Yacker then started speaking in his language. "What's he saying, Tails?" "I'm looking," Tails said, looking at his Miles Electric. "It either says that that world is his... 'Dome of plants?' No, that can't be right." "Or maybe he's trying to say 'home planet'," Zipp said. Yacker then delightfully cheered in his language. "Oh, that makes sense," Tails said. "So, we're gonna have to free the Wisps main planet before Eggman does something to it." "So, I'm guessing we're gonna have to go up to their home planet, huh?" Rainbow Dash asked. "It'd probably best that we should," Rarity said. "If the doctor wants their power, he'd take over their entire home world. Which is a bad thing." "So not a good way of getting attention," Pipp said. "They won't have a choice if Julian uses those mind control rays on the people of the planet," Maria said. "Don't remind me," Tails said. "I got the worst of it." "But how did MC not get controlled like Tails did?" Hitch asked. "Telepathic immunity," MC said. "Every telepath in the world had tried to get into my head. Only one succeeded, and she lived in another dimension for a few years." "We should get going," Sonic said. Then they all headed off towards the home planet of the wisps. They eventually made it to the Wisp home world and saw that the place was under construction. They looked around to see what the robots there were working on. "You know, as alien as this place is, there is something very... Eggmanish about it," Sonic said. "Obviously he's making it a part of his theme park," Rainbow Dash said. "The aliens here are in danger as well." "At least he didn't try to absorb energy from the Black Arms," MC said, making everyone there disgusted. "He would've been unstoppable," Sonic said. "At least you, Twilight, Maria and Shadow took them down." "Attention guests. If you can hear this message, you are trespassing in an area still under renovation. If you are not a robot, please return to the main park areas and ignore anything evil you might have seen here. Thank you." Eggman's voice came on a PA system. "It looks like the 'theme' of his park is universal domination and conquest of alien races," Sonic said. "It's more than a theme; it's a reality," Tails said. "He's using them like some kind of living intergalactic gasoline." "That's pretty low, even for a sleazeball like Eggman," Sonic said. Eggman's voice on the PA system returned, but it was speaking quickly. "Some displacement of indigenous aliens and destruction of natural resources may occur. Eggman Enterprises not responsible." Then a white and cyan wisp hovered in, speaking in a panicked tone. "What are they saying?" Sally asked. "It sounds like they're in shock because of public transportation and a loony nurse," Tails said, translating what the Wisps were saying, but the translation wasn't correct. "Oh, no wait, scratch that. They're in shock because of their planet's strange transformation and having been dragged across the universe!" "Well I still can't believe he kidnapped a whole planet," Sonic said. "How can somebody do that?" "Tractor beam technology, obviously," Rotor said. "It must be what the generators are for." "The generators are keeping the tractor beams going," Zipp said. "And they're using the Chaos Emeralds to power the generators," Hitch said. "So if we take down all five generators..." Pinkie said. "Then all o' them planets and critters'll be free ta do whatever they want to," Applejack said. "I don't think it's gonna be as easy as that," Maria said. "How the planets will respond to their new position might endanger our part of the galaxy." "Maria's right," MC said. "As soon as we take down the generators, and get all the Chaos Emeralds, we'll use them to send the planets back to their original position. Simple as that." He snapped his fingers to prove his point. "I'm not so sure it'll be that easy," Tails said. "Even if we get the Chaos Emeralds, we don't know if we can put the planets back in their original position." "We won't know until we try," Twilight said. "Sparkles is right," MC said. "We gotta try when we get all the Chaos Emeralds." "We'll worry about that later," Sonic said. "Right now, I think it's time we stop these 'renovations'." Then they all ran across the terrain of the planet. The group made it to the generator that's holding Planet Wisp. All of the robots they passed were all smashed, disassembled, slashed, ripped apart or had holes through their torsos. "And there's the generator!" Sonic said. "Seems like these guys are getting harder and harder to find." Just then, the ground started shaking. Then a robot similar to the one on the main park appeared. "I know for a fact these guys are getting harder and harder to beat," Sonic said. "Time to take this guy down," Twilight said. "Let's do this," Sunny said. "Please remember, all planets in Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park are, as far as you know, wholly owned properties of Eggman Enterprises and its subsidiaries," Eggman's voice came on a speaker. "All unauthorized photography, video reproduction, or shutting down of generators is strictly prohibited. Thank you." "Eggman!" Sonic called out. "We are going to save this planet, and we are going to free these aliens. No copyright law in the universe is going to stop us.We can save a lot of time and broken robots if you just quit now!" The robot then got into a fighting position. Sonic then sighed. "You try to be reasonable..." Then Sonic, Twilight and Sunny started running towards the robot. "Time to take down this generator," MC said, walking towards the generator. Twilight, Sonic and Sunny made it to the robot and they started using their powers to take down the robot in the eye. Twilight used their magic to keep the eye open, and Sunny used her magic to throw Sonic towards the eye. Sonic went through the eye of the robot, making it self-destruct. The three then made it back to the rest of the group, Sonic saying, "Wow, sometimes I even impress myself." "Alright," Twilight said. "Let's get the Chaos Emerald and free this planet." MC was standing next to the generator, which had a huge hole in it. The generator was toast. Sonic then walked up to him and asked, "Where's the Emerald?" MC then held the Chaos Emerald out to the group. "They couldn't think of putting this Emerald in the main park?" MC asked. "They made that one too obvious," Sonic said, his arms in a shrugging position as he shook his head. "We should get to the next planet," Tails said. "Right," Twilight said. "Let's go." Then they all headed out of there, but then MC stopped when he saw a wisp capsule. He got confused by it, walked over to it, and tapped on it 3 times. There were 3 taps coming from the capsule in response. MC then punched it open and then MC transformed. He then made it in front of the group in a pink aura. "Whoa!" Sonic said, making the others yell in surprise. MC then transformed back. "Sorry," MC said. "Got a new one." He then extended his hand towards the wisp that he found. "Whoa," Twilight said. "This one's sharp." "Ironically, this one is known as a Spike Wisp," MC said. "Imagine if Spike got one of these absorbed into him." "He'd be... Spiked," Pinkie said, making everyone there laugh, Pinkie and Izzy rolling on the floor laughing. "We better get going," Twilight said. Then they all headed out of there. Back at the main park, the group were looking at the map of Eggman's amusement park. "So, which one do we go to next?" Hitch asked. "By the looks of this map, the next one is..." MC said, reading the map. He then snickered. "Uh oh." "What is it?" Twilight asked. She then looked at the map. She then got a shocked expression, which then went to a smirk face. "Oh, this would be both bad and good for Sonic." "What?" Sonic asked. "What is it?" Just then, Twilight used her magic to hold Sonic in the air. "Hey, hey! What are you doing?!" "Sorry, Sonic," Twilight said. "Our next planet is the Aquarium park." "Aquarium?!" Sonic asked. "No! I am not getting wet!" "Sorry, Sonic," MC said. "That's where the next generator is. We gotta get going." "No! Nooooooooo!" Sonic said as they were walking towards the Aquarium Park, Sonic trying to get out of Twilight's magic hold. "Why's Sonic behaving like that?" Pipp asked, looking towards Applejack. "Water freaks him out," Applejack said. "He refuses to get wet." "Then how does he clean himself?" Pipp asked. "He does shower or bathe like normal people," Tails said. "He just doesn't go in water that goes higher than his neck." "Not even a hot tub?" Pipp asked. "Nope," Tails said. "He refuses to even go into a pool area." "Believe me, he was like this when we had gotten on a cruise ship," MC said. "And was almost spoiled by the Storm King's Army who tricked Eggman into destroying the world," Rarity said. "The what King?" Zipp asked. "The Storm King," Applejack said. "A nasty feller who tried takin' all the power he could get his hands on ta make the mother of all storms." "Let's get to the Aquarium Park," Twilight said. "NO!" Sonic shouted. "NO WATER!!" Sonic tried swimming in the air, trying to get out of Twilight's magical hold, but it wasn't working. They continued on to the next planet. The heroes arrived at Aquarium Park. MC had a grip on Sonic's leg as he was trying to pull himself away from the park. "No! Please don't bring me closer to the water!" Sonic begged. "I can't swim!" "Wow, he's really afraid of water!" Izzy said. "He needs some serious therapy when we get back to Earth," Zipp added, making the others nod. "Sonic," MC said. "It's time we get to work. You don't have to get wet too much. Just stay on the driest or shallowest paths through this park." "Seriously?" Sonic asked. "Water can't hurt you," Twilight said. "In fact, our bodies have water inside of them. So it's perfectly okay to get wet." "Hey! Hey guys, look!" Pinkie said, running up towards the group with a wisp by her side. "Look what I found!" "Whoa! A new wisp!" Zipp said. "What does this one do, Pinkie?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Check it out," Pinkie said. "Do it." Then the green wisp absorbed itself into Pinkie Pie, who transformed. She then started hovering over the group. "She's... flying," Fluttershy said. "No," Twilight said. "She's... hovering." "Looks like we found a way for Sonic to get through here without getting wet," Hitch said. "Sweet," Sonic said. He then looked around at the fish. He then said, "Boy, looking around at nothing but fish put me in the mood for sushi. I doubt Eggman had the decency to put a good sushi joint in this park." Eggman's voice then came on the PA system. "Remember ladies and gentlemen, try the newest dining experience here at Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park, The Bucket O'Sushi. Now with fish." "There's the generator!" Rarity shouted, pointing at something. It was the generator that had the power to the tractor beam. "Let's get there!" Sonic said. He then started running towards the generator with Twilight and Sunny following, but they were stopped when a submarine blocked their path, and a robot was standing atop it. "Sheesh," MC said. "Things are starting to get fishy around here." That made the others laugh. "Let's take this guy down!" Twilight said. Then she, Sonic and Sunny ran towards the submarine. "We better get to the generator," Tails said. "Let's go." Then the others headed for the generator. But what they didn't notice was that Yacker was abducted by Orbot and Cubot. He tried screaming for help, but the group didn't hear him. Sonic, Twilight and Sunny were taking on the robot, but the robot had the upper hand by making the Submarine go underwater. "No! NO! I can't swim!" Sonic shouted. He then tried paddling his arms to keep himself over the water, but he went down. But there was a bubble of air over his head. "Huh?" "Thought you could use some air," Twilight said. Sonic looked over towards the two ponies, and they had air bubbles over their heads. Twilight's horn was glowing. "A little trick I picked up from the last time I went to Seaquestria. You also don't have to worry about grip problems with the ground. I've made your feet able to run across the floor while we're underwater." "Sweet," Sonic said. "Let's do this." Then they all rushed towards the robot. Twilight and Sunny used their magic to keep the robot in place and Sonic used his spin dash attack to take out the robot, and the submarine. Sunny then grabbed Sonic with her hands and they swam up to the surface as the submarine and the robot exploded. They were forced out of the water, landing in front of the generator. "You sure know how to make an entrance," Sally said. "Did you take out the generator?" Twilight asked. Just then, the sound of metal being torn came in. They looked towards the generator and saw that MC punched the generator with his left hand. He then pulled his hand out of the generator, making it shut down, and he had something in his hand. "Okay, this one is accurate," MC said. "Light blue for water." "Yeah, that makes sense," Rainbow Dash said. "So, where to next?" "Let's get out of here and find out," Sunny said. Then they all headed out of there. Sonic looked back at the planet, and smirked. "Sonic... you gotta stay out of the water," Sonic said to himself. Then he started running up to the group as they were heading for the exit of that planet. Author's Note Next episode: The Wisp Saga (Part 4): Coaster of Nightmares Episode 17: The Wisp Saga (Part 4): Coaster of NightmaresEpisode 17: The Wisp Saga (Part 4): Coaster of Nightmares On the last planet that's connected to Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park, there was a factory with a bunch of capsules heading towards it. The Mane 6, Sunny and her friends and the Freedom Fighters were walking towards it. "What is this place?" Twilight asked. "Looks like some sort of factory," Hitch said. "Almost reminds me of Canterlogic back in our time." "What's Canterlogic?" Rarity asked. "It was a factory that was making stuff that was supposed to be defense against unicorns and pegasi," MC said. "Too bad at the time, they didn't know that the other pony tribes had no magic." "You'd know a lot about the future through those vision dreams," Rainbow Dash said. "At first, when I had those visions, I thought they were some weird dreams," MC said. "Until those four mares and this stallion actually came from the future." "I still can't believe you five ponies came from the future," Rotor said. "Whoa!" Sonic said when they all made it inside. The others gasped at what they were seeing. "Holy cow!" MC said. "This must be how Eggman is converting the Wisps into negative wisps for his mind control ray!" "There are... so many o' them," Bunnie said. "Zis is bad," Antoine said. "Sally, think you, Bunnie, Antoine and Rotor can get them all out?" MC asked. "We'll try," Sally said. Then the four of them ran towards one side of the factory. "We gotta find that generator and tear it apart," MC said, looking at the rest of the group. "He's right," Twilight said. "Let's get going, everyone." Then they all headed out of the factory. "I haven't seen Yacker for a while, guys," Tails said. "We'll find him, Tails," Sonic said. "But for now, we've got a generator to smash." The group arrived at the main park of the planet they were on. Every single piece of rock had a roller coaster track connected to it. "Whoa!" Rainbow Dash said. "Is that a..." "Roller coaster," MC said. "A dangerous one to be exact. None of them are finished." "Or he wants everyone to think that," Zipp said. "We've gotta stop Eggman's plan for global mind control." "I don't think he'll stop at that," Maria said. "If he gets enough Wisp energy, he might just take over the entire universe." "We can't let Eggman take control of even one planet, not even one creature," Sunny said. "Sunny's right," Twilight said. "How do we find that generator?" "We follow the beam," MC said, pointing off somewhere. They saw a beam from the planet connected to Eggman's Theme Park. "Okay," Twilight said. "We'll start there." Then they all started heading off towards the tractor beam. Meanwhile, back on Earth, the Crusaders were watching Cloudpuff at Freedom Fighters Mansion. Scootaloo and Nyx were trying to catch Cloudpuff in midair. "Come back here!" Scootaloo called out. "Man, this flying dog is really hyper!" "Come here, Cloudpuff!" Nyx said. Just then, the Young 6 arrived in the Freedom Fighters Mansion. "Hey, guys," Sandbar said. "What are..." He then saw the two winged fillies chasing Cloudpuff. "What in Celestia's name is going on here?!" "Hey, y'all!" Apple Bloom said. "We're just... watchin' a dog that's owned by two pegasi from far in the future." "Far in the future?" Smolder asked. "Time travel is possible?" "It sure is," came Silver's voice. They all looked towards the voice and saw Silver and Blaze coming out of the kitchen. "I came from that same future. And in that future, it was a post-apocalyptic future." "Oh, it couldn't have been that bad," Ocellus said. "Everything was on fire everywhere but Equestria," Blaze said. "Seriously?" Smolder asked. "When's that gonna happen?" "We changed the past so it wouldn't happen," Silver said. "Can we get some help with getting Cloudpuff?!" Scootaloo called out, still chasing Cloudpuff through the house. Just then, the two were grabbed in a light blue aura. They all looked towards where the aura was coming from and it was coming from Silver's hand. "Whoa!" Yona said. "Hedgehog have magic like unicorn ponies!" "He did say he's from the future," Ocellus said. "Silver just might be a descendant from a unicorn pony." "Meh, I don't think so," Silver said. He then thought of something. "Well, I never knew my parents. Who knows where my heritage comes from?" "He's got a point," Blaze said, taking Cloudpuff out of Silver's telekinetic grip. "Here you go." She was handing Cloudpuff to Apple Bloom. "Thank ya," Apple Bloom said. "This dog is weird," Sandbar said. "I have never seen one with wings. How is this possible?" "We don't know," Nyx said. "We'll have to ask Pipp and Zipp when they get back." "Who are Pipp and Zipp?" Ocellus asked. "Two out of five ponies that came from the same time as him," Joshua said, pointing at Silver. "We might not be able to go back to the future we came from due to the path to that future is gone," Silver said. "Wait, but doesn't that mean that you all will cease to exist?" Ocellus asked. "Actually, according to Midpoint, a new universe is created by a different choice made in life," Blaze said. "And the universe we're in is decided by the choices we make. Basically, every other universe is a 'What If' by different choices." "So, we just hafta be careful on the choices we make?" Apple Bloom asked. "In certain situations," Blaze said. "Alright, everyone," came Truemen's voice. "Time for lunch." He then noticed the Young 6, groaned and said, "I'll make some more food for our guests." The Young 6 looked towards Truemen as he was walking back into the kitchen and Smolder said, "Is he from the future, too?" "Nope," Silver said. "He's from this time." Smolder smirked and said, "Guess it is possible for someone to go back in time. Even Doctor Hooves is gonna be surprised at that." "Actually, Twilight and Spike went back in time over a year before the School of Friendship first opened," Nyx said. "Starlight Glimmer was evil at the time," Joshua said. "So, where is Twilight?" Sandbar asked. Just then, the TV turned on and on came a commercial from Eggman. He was on TV with Orbot and Cubot. "Ho ho! Hello, world! My name is Doctor Eggman! Amusement Park builder and not an evil mastermind trying to capture aliens for Hyper-go-on power! We are proud to announce that Doctor Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park is now open to the public!" Then Orbot said, "That's right, boss. Not only is it in outer space, but it's also six amusement parks in one." Then in a normal accent, Cubot said, "Wow, six?! I can't even count that high! No, really! Is that after eleventy-four?" Orbot just facepalmed himself. Then it showed different parks. Eggman's voice was coming from the background. "Enjoy our Tropical Resort. There, you can enjoy our gigantic Ferris Wheel. Then transport to to the Starlight Carnival. There you can ride the Rainbow Road from ship to ship." Then Orbot's voice came from the background. "Be sure to have fun on our roller coasters at Asteroid Coasters. Bear in mind that not all coasters are complete." Then Cubot's voice came from the background. "And at Sweet Mountain, you can get hit by giant missiles... filled with candy." Then Orbot's voice came back from the background. "Afterwards, you can watch on to sea life at the Aquarium Park." Then Eggman's voice came back to the background. "Finally, be sure to visit our alien enslavement camp... er, I mean Planet Wisp. Once we're done with construction." Then it showed Orbot and Cubot on the screen. Cubot then said, "Wow, this sounds like the best amusement park ever." "I know," Orbot said. "Just listen to what these customers have to say." Then robots that looked like Sonic and Twilight appeared on the screen. The robot that looked like Sonic said, "Hey, I'm Sonic the Hedgehog, and I approve of this amusement park." Then the robot that looks like Twilight said, "This has got to be the best vacation ever!" Then the logo for the Amusement park showed up on the screen and its motto below it as Eggman says it. "So come up to Doctor Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park. It's for my amusement and your enslavement." The ones at the mansion were watching the TV with scolding looks on their faces. Nyx then said, "We all knew that those weren't the real Twilight and Sonic, right?" The others nodded in agreement. "We better call them to see what's going on up there," Truemen said, walking towards the kitchen. Back at Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park, the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, Sonic, Tails, MC and Maria were all heading towards a roller coaster ride. They got into one, but MC stopped when his phone started ringing. He checked it and then answered it. "What is it, Truemen?" MC asked. "Yeah, we're at that amusement park. What do you think we're doing?!" Just then, the roller coaster started moving while MC was still distracted. "Yeah, I gotta go." He then hung up the phone. "Hey, wait for me!" He then jumped on the rail and started grinding to chase the roller coaster cart. "C'mon, MC!" Rainbow Dash called out. "You can catch up!" "You think I don't know that?" MC asked. He then started leaning in as the roller coaster was starting to go down a slope. MC then jumped off the rail and he started falling faster than the moving cart. He then landed on the front of the front cart where Sunny and Twilight were. "Alright, guys. We've got a dead end coming up ahead. Get ready to jump." MC's hands then started glowing, making the safety bars open up. Then they all jumped out of the cart as the roller coaster carts jumped off some rails and crash landed on an asteroid, the carts exploding. "Whoa," Izzy said. "Good thing we jumped off when we did. Or else we woulda been toast." "You said it, Iz," Pipp said. "That would be very brutal to my hair." "Oh, tell me about it, darling," Rarity said. "In fact, something dreadful happened to my mane before Equestria was pulled into Earth." "Hey, Rares," Rainbow Dash said. "Remember what Chip said when he got his memories back? He said that Equestria was actually a missing piece of the planet that he sent away for our own protection." "Oh, that's right, darling," Rarity said. "He did say that." "Gotta admit," MC said. "If that little sucker's actually a god that protects the planet from so much darkness, he must've been very powerful." "He must have," Twilight said. "So, should we keep going out and find that generator?" "Twilight's right," Sonic said. "Let's continue following the tractor beam." Then they kept walking towards the beam. MC held up his right hand and said, "Yo, Sally. How's it going with trying to free all of those Wisps?" Back at the factory, Sally, Bunnie, Antoine and Rotor were trying to shut down the factory and free the wisps. "These capsules are sealed tight," Rotor said. "It's hard just trying to get at least one open." "Stand back, sugah," Bunnie said. She then used her robot hand to punch the capsule, releasing the wisps. The wisps were cheering in excitement. Just then, something came crashing in. "Oh, crud! It's Metal Sonic!" Sally said. "Metal Sonic?!" MC asked through the communicator. "Shoot. Get outta there!" Just then, a red wisp showed up and hovered in front of Bunnie. The wisp absorbed itself into Bunnie's robot arm. Then Bunnie's arm cannon came out. She aimed it towards Metal Sonic and a huge burst of flames came out, pushing both her and Metal Sonic towards the walls they had their backs faced. "Oh, mah starz!" Bunnie said as the wisp exited her arm. "This li'l feller brings out a burst o' fire power." "Literally," Rotor said. Metal Sonic recovered and he started charging towards Bunnie. Metal Sonic slammed her down to the ground, making Antoine worried. "BUNNIE!!" Antoine shouted. He then sliced open a capsule and a different kind of wisp came out. The purple wisp absorbed itself into Antoine's sword, making Antoine angry, his eyes getting a faint purple glow. He then sliced at Metal Sonic, the left arm of the robot coming off and the energy from Antoine's sword literally consuming it. "Whoa, Antoine!" Bunnie said, getting up and recovering. "Calm down, sugah." Then the wisp got out of Antoine's sword. Then the wisp turned into a different color. "Whoa," Sally said. She then saw Antoine, panting heavily. "Antoine, are you okay?" "Zat was... Zat was awful," Antoine said. Rotor saw the purple wisps, who were angry as much as Antoine was. Then he saw the other ones. "Guys, avoid the purple and violet wisps," Rotor said. "They're very corrupted. Making them very dangerous." Back with the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, MC, Maria, Sunny and her friends, the group came across a tunnel which was supposed to lead the group to the generator. "Corrupted wisps, huh?" MC asked. "Figures. Must've been because of Eggman trying to use their energy to fuel the mind control ray." "And what's left over from the wisps becomes very vile and angry," Tails said. "We're gonna have to free those wisps from the darkness corrupting them," Twilight said. "Let's get there already!" Rainbow Dash said. She then started flying up and towards the tractor beam, but a force field prevented her from getting past the cliff side. She fell to the ground, landing on Zipp and Hitch. "Ow..." "Ooh... that hurt," Zipp said. "Hopefully we'll all be okay for the battle," Hitch said. "Actually, Sonic, Sparkles and Sunny were the ones doing the bad guy bashing," MC said. "I was just smashing generators." "Yeah, that's true," Hitch said. "Guess the only way to the generator is to go through that dark, ominous tunnel," Izzy said. That comment didn't make Fluttershy very happy. She then tried to hide her face behind her mane, but since her haircut during the invasion, it was harder for her to hide her whole face. "Oh... right..." Fluttershy said. She then stroked her mane. "Is something wrong with your mane, Fluttershy?" Pipp asked. "I can make it fabulous if you'd like." "That's not the problem, Pipp," Fluttershy said. "Fluttershy's mane and tail were a lot longer than it is now," Twilight said. "Due to an alien invasion, her mane got caught on some debris. She had to get her hair cut so she could be free." "My claws were the instrument that cut her mane," MC said. "And it was my sister who had to aim MC's claws to do it," Sonic said. "Guess it must've been an emergency," Pipp said. "Fluttershy's mane might be shorter now, but it was for an emergency during the time," Rarity said. "I'd say her hair looks positively more lovely when it's shorter." "Oh... um..." Fluttershy said. "You... really think so?" "Perhaps with a little more bounce, you can be even more stunning," Pipp said. "We can make your inner beauty shine out." "R-really?" Fluttershy asked. "I'd listen to her, Fluttershy," Zipp said. "Basically, Pipp knows all the best hairstyles for those based on their personalities. She can probably make your mane even more stunning. She'll let your inner beauty shine out." "Um... I... I don't know," Fluttershy said. "Not the time, Pipp," MC said. "We got a bunch of planets to save. Let's hoof it." "There's something we haven't heard in a while," Rainbow Dash said, making the rest of the Mane 6 laugh. "What does that mean?" Sunny asked. "Before Equestria was brought back to Earth, the most of the creatures of Equestria were all... quadrupeds," Twilight said. That comment made Sunny's eyes widen. The group, except for Sunny and Hitch, started going into the tunnel. "Sunny?" Hitch asked. "Are you alright?" "Another thing my dad was right about!" Sunny shouted, her fists up in the air. The group continued through the tunnel. Twilight and Rarity had their horns lit up, and MC had his fist glowing in a golden aura, illuminating the tunnel. "Ooh hoo hoo!" Izzy said. "Nice trick." "It's just a simple light spell," Rarity said. "Unicorns learn this spell at a young age. How come you haven't?" "Rarity, I think we all know the answer to that," Tails said. "Remember when the eight of us and Knuckles went into that future? Where everything there was on fire." "Oh, that's right," Rarity said. "Rainbow Dash almost fell to her death." "I kinda understood how Scootaloo was before MC made her wings bigger," Rainbow Dash said. "Technically, I didn't make them bigger," MC said. "The cells that cause growth were dormant in only her wings. I just had to wake them up." "Really?" Zipp asked. "That little filly's wings couldn't pick her off the ground?" "She had a difficult time getting off the ground," Rainbow Dash said. "She gets a kick out of walking on clouds." "Walking on clouds?" Pipp asked. "Winged Equestrian creatures can walk on clouds," Twilight said. "It's a part of their magic." "Wow," Zipp said. "Why didn't we try to do that when we went to Ponyville?" "MC can walk on clouds," Tails said. "More importantly, he's walking on the water in the clouds." "So that's why the cloud walking spell didn't work on him," Twilight said. Just then, they came across a bunch of pipes blocking their path. "Oh, great." "These pipes are blockin' our path," Applejack said. "Yo, MC, think you can cut through these pipes?" Rainbow Dash asked. "No way," Tails said. "These pipes are hardwired with electricity. MC would be electrocuted if he cuts through those electric wires. And electrical burns will heal slower than he usually does when he normally gets wounded." "There's gotta be a way to get through," Zipp said, leaning on a capsule. She looked in it and saw a violet wisp. Zipp then looked towards the others with a smirk. "That's a terrible idea," MC said. "Which is the only idea we have left," Zipp replied. At the end of the tunnel, a black hole of some kind with creepy yellow eyes and a smile came out of the tunnel, consuming everything in its path. Tails, Maria, MC, the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends ran out of the tunnel behind the black hole. The black hole stopped and transformed into Sonic, who was panting heavily. "Sonic... are you okay?" MC asked. "That... was horrible, yet... filling," Sonic said. He then belched. The wisp was hovering next to Sonic. It was hovering in excitement. "Tails, what's wrong with this one?" Twilight asked. "Why isn't it changing back?" Tails looked at his Miles Electric, and he read what it was translating. "It says that the wisp is very freaked out about its new appearance, but is wondering what else he can do. Huh. I guess he just wants to see how far he can go with this new change." "Hopefully, things will be back to normal when we're all done with this," MC said. Then he looked ahead. "Oh, you've gotta be kidding me." The group looked ahead and they saw a flying robot guarding the generator. Twilight, Sonic and Sunny started walking up towards the robot. Twilight then said, "Get to the generator. We've got this." "On it, Sparkles," MC said. Then the others headed towards the generator. "You know, I don't like what you're doing to my friends in there," Sonic said. "It's messed up. So I'm gonna mess you up." The robot just hovered in place. Sonic then started stretching. "Yeah, that's right. I'm stretching. You got a problem with that? I wanna be able to fully enjoy taking you apart without some pulled muscle slowing me down." He finished his stretching. "Okay, now I'm ready. Of course, if you want to run away, please feel free. There's no shame in it...well, maybe a little shame." The robot didn't respond, making Sonic shrug his shoulders. "You guys don't talk much do you? Fair enough. Don't say I didn't warn you." "Sonic, I don't think it's gonna respond at all, except for its attacks," Sunny said. "Oh, I know," Sonic said. "Just trying to rile it up." Then the three of them started going after the robot. The rest of the group headed for the generator. Meanwhile, back at the factory, Metal Sonic was taken down by Sally, Bunnie, Antoine and Rotor. All of the wisps that were there celebrated that they were free. "Alright, MC," Sally said. "We've shut down the factory, freed all the wisps, and taken down Metal Sonic." "That's good," MC said. "We're about to take down the last generator. We'll meet you back at Tropical Resort. See you there." Then the four of them and the wisps that were in there left the building. Back near the generator, MC and the rest of the group reached the generator. MC then started swinging his left arm in a windmill rotation, then he used it to break through the generator, and he pulled out the Chaos Emerald. "That's the last one," MC said. Then there was an explosion. The group looked towards the robot. Then Twilight used a teleportation spell, bringing herself, Sonic and Sunny to the rest of the group. Twilight and Sunny had some burn marks on their clothes, and parts of their manes were singed. "That tough, huh?" "You have no idea," Twilight responded. "You guys did it!" Tails said. "Couldn't have done it without you, buddy!" Sonic said. "Thanks!" Tails responded. "Hey, we all deserve some kind of reward." "Yeah! Let's go to an amusement park or something!" Sonic said. "Ha ha, right. But, one that's, y'know, less evil than this one," Tails said. Everyone there started laughing. "Any amusement park that's not run by Baldy McNosehair is always the better choice," MC said. They all laughed again. "And with the generators down, all the wisps should be freeing themselves," Hitch said. "I hope Yacker's okay," Tails said. "I think he'll be fine," Sonic said, patting Tails's back. "You don't think the weapon you were shot with still works?" "Not without power flowing to it," Tails said. "I think we're all good." "That's what I like to hear," Sonic said. Then they all started heading towards the exit. Author's Note Next Episode: The Wisp Saga (Part 5): Interstellar Amusement Explosion Episode 18: The Wisp Saga (Part 5): Interstellar Amusement ExplosionEpisode 18: The Wisp Saga (Part 5): Interstellar Amusement Explosion Right outside of Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park, the tractor beams were all being shut down, letting all of the planets be free from the forced orbit. Back at Tropical Resort, the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, MC, Maria, Sally, Bunnie, Antoine, Rotor, Sunny and her friends were looking around. All of the Wisps were cheering in excitement. "Sweet! The tractor beams are gone!" Tails said. "The planets are free!" "Was there ever any doubt? I mean, really?" Sonic asked. "Great job, buddy." MC had the Chaos Emeralds they had gotten from the amusement park hovering around him. He then said, "Six down. One to go." "Okay, but there aren't any more places here to hide the last Chaos Emerald," Twilight said. "Where could the Doctor hide it?" "Perhaps he didn't hide it," Sally said. "He must have the last one with him." "Guess that would make sense," Hitch said. "If he'd want something to keep him as powerful as he wants, he'll have to keep one Emerald then come for the rest." "And how would you know that?" Rotor asked. "You'd be surprised what knowledge you've grown up with," Hitch said. "For most of my life, all of the Earth Ponies of Maretime Bay thought that the other pony type is gonna attack us with their magic or flight." "Things were messed up at that time," MC said. "The Earth Ponies were setting up illegal defense weapons, the Pegasi were too afraid to come down from the mountain, and the unicorns were very superstitious." He then looked at Izzy. "Well, except for Izzy." "Superstitious?" Twilight asked. "Why?" "The unicorns of Bridlewood had no magic for so long, they thought that certain words would give you jinxies," Izzy said. "Which words?" Rarity asked. "Magic, feather, wing... oh, and mayonnaise," Izzy said. "What's wrong with mayonnaise?" Applejack asked. All Izzy did was shrug her shoulders in response. "Whenever one of those words were said, the unicorns would do a ridiculous dance to thwart off the potential bad luck that comes," MC said. "It goes something like this." MC and Izzy then got on all fours, and did the dance. They slid their arms back as they were bending forward. Then they snorted like horses and ponies. Then they bopped their heads up and down. And they started dancing around in a circle on one foot each. "O... kay...?" Zipp said, confused about it. Then the wisps came around, dancing in celebration. "I guess we should head home," Bunnie said. "Looks like the aliens are happy to be going home too," Tails said. "Uh, I think we're in the middle of a party." "The middle?" Sonic asked. "We are the party. I think we're their guests of honor." "Totally," Tails said. "Party time!" Pinkie Pie said, pulling her party cannon out of her mane. She then fired it and all the wisps got even more excited. MC just smirked and shook his head. "How did that fit in her mane?" Pipp asked. "It's best if you just go with it," Rainbow Dash said. "Pinkie Pie is one of the most unsolvable mysteries of all time. We just go with it." Then they continued celebrating their current victory. At Eggman's base, Eggman was watching the monitors. The monitors were showing the process of the mind control device. Orbot and Cubot were also in the room. One tower was fully loaded while the other two were two-thirds full. Eggman stood up from his seat. "Hoo ho ho!" Eggman laughed. "Those foolish Freedom Fighters think they've won just because they destroyed all my generators. Well the mind control cannon is full enough for what it has to do. I will have the last laugh!" Cubot applauded at Eggman's speech. "The last laugh?" Orbot asked. "How is laughing last special? Isn't that like being the slowest one to get the joke?" Then Cubot started talking like a gangster. "Yeah, I laugh last all the time. People look at me like I'm an idiot. Fogetaboutit!" Eggman facepalmed himself, then looked at Cubot and said, "That's because you are an idiot!" Cubot was processing what Eggman told him. Then he asked, "You talkin' to me?" "Yes, I'm talking to you!" Eggman shouted. "There's nobody else here besides Orbot, and Agent Stone is about to go down to Earth to let the people into the park, so I must be talking to you! Why haven't we fixed your voice chip yet?!" "Yo, quit bustin' my batteries over here, I been workin' on it all day," Cubot responded. "What does that even mean?!" Eggman asked, angrily. "Oh, never mind." He then pushed a button on the console and a lever connected to a large plug and outlet came out of the floor next to the console. "In a few seconds it won't matter anyway since the world will only have one thing on its mind." "What's that, boss?" Orbot asked. Eggman chuckled and said, "Me." He then plugged in the giant plug into the outlet, which started up the giant mind control ray. Then it showed the bottom of the main park of Eggman's Amusement Park, seeing towers that were the Mind Control Rays. But one of the towers had an arm of the Rotatatron in it. Then the arm cracked and exploded. It then started a chain reaction, making a lot of purple smoke come out of it, then it became a giant sphere of purple energy, and it was expanding. Eggman pounded on the console, shouting, "No! This can't be happening! It's backfiring! Impossible! How?!" He then kicked his hover chair, making it bounce off the wall, making Cubot go into it, and soon enough, the chair stopped moving. Cubot then got out of it. "Ta-da!" Cubot said. He then looked towards Eggman. "Yo, what do you mean impossible? Your plans have been crushed by Sonic and his friends for like, eh, ever. He stops you like it's his job or somethin'. In fact, I can't remember a plan he didn't stop." "What are you talking about?" Eggman asked. "They haven't stopped all of them." "Name one," Cubot said. "Um..." Eggman then thought of every scheme he had tried to win, but he remembered only the battles he lost against Sonic and the other heroes. All the defeats he had in the past adventures with the Freedom Fighters and the ponies. And even one time when was under a sleeping Big the Cat, trying his hardest to push him off. "Way to pay attention, pal," Orbot said, patting Cubot's back, making Cubot to straighten up and then his head turned. "Thank you, buddy," Cubot said, in his normal voice. "Hey! My voice... It's back!! Alright!" "Ah, there's the sweet sound my auditory processors know and love," Orbot said. Eggman facepalmed and said, "Now I remember why we changed his voice chip." He then sat back in his hover chair as it was heading back towards the console. Eggman then pulled out something from a drawer on the console. "Eh, no matter! I have suffered a setback, but this thing's far from over!" Eggman said. "I will crush Sonic and those insignificant little friends of his!" The hover chair then started going up into an escape hatch. "The man gets an A for effort, that's for sure," Cubot said. At the Tropical Resort, the Wisps then started flying away in fear. The Mane 6, the Freedom Fighters and Sunny and her friends looked around at all of the Wisps fleeing for their lives. "What's happening?!" Fluttershy asked. "This can't be good," Zipp said. MC then looked around until something caught his eyes. He then said, "Ah, heck no!" Then the group looked towards where MC was looking and they all gasped. They saw one mind control ray tower was exploding, causing a chain reaction. "We gotta get outta here!" "Quick! To the space elevator!" Twilight shouted. Then they all started running from that area, heading towards the exit of the park. As they were running, they saw that the explosion was getting bigger. "We need to speed up!" Sonic shouted. "We need some wisps!" MC shouted. "Laser, Drill, we're gonna need you!" Then cyan and yellow wisps came in. They all absorbed themselves into the heroes, and they sped up faster, getting a good distance away from the explosion. "Okay, this is getting dangerous," Maria said. "We need to get out of here before it's too late." "Maria's right," Twilight said. "We gotta get out of here!" Eventually, they made it to the exit. The space elevator was right where they needed to be. "Perfect," Sonic said. "Time to bail!" Just then, a giant mech appeared in front of the group, destroying the system that moves the space elevator. "Isn't that...?" Tails asked. "It can't be!" Sonic said. "Leaving so soon?" Eggman asked as the hatch opened up. "There are no lines, and I've saved the best rides for last. At least let me stamp your hand so you can come back in." "I know you're trying to be clever with this whole amusement park pun thing, but it's just coming off lame," Sonic said. "I agree," Twilight said. "You're pushing it too far." "Say you're going to destroy us and stop embarrassing yourself," Sunny said in a snarky tone. "Curse you, heroes!" Eggman shouted. "Not only do you foil my plans, but you foil my speeches as well! I work hard on them! No matter." He then looked up with his arms held up. I will destroy you and I will be victorious!" He then looked back at the group. "Is that better?" "Like, a million times better," Sonic replied. "Thank you." "That entire conversation is going on my social media account," Pipp said. "I had to start all over on social media being me, Sunny, Hitch, Izzy and my big sister Zipp being from the future. Along with my family's dog, and that Silver the Hedgehog guy." "I can understand that," Eggman said. "Coming from the past, that's easy because there are records from the past that can be found. But from the future, that's going to be very difficult. Anyway, this robot here is special! He's powered by the energy from your little friends. He is invincible. So I'd say it's been nice knowing you... but it hasn't." "I have to admit I'm a little scared," Tails said. "I don't think we can beat this guy." Twilight looked towards the elevator. She then said, "All of you, on the space elevator." "But there's not enough room for all of us," Rainbow Dash said. "We barely had room when we first got on it. There's no room for four more." Sonic then looked at all of them. He then used his speed to get the others into the Space Elevator, except for Twilight, Sunny and MC. He then said, "See you on the ground, buddy!" He then closed the door. "Huh?" Tails asked as he was the last one on the elevator as the door was closing. "Sonic! No!" "MC, get them all towards the ground, quickly!" Sonic said. "On it!" MC said. He then got in front of the space elevator. He then forged a rigging system onto the elevator, making him able to pull the elevator with his torso. He then used his strength and speed to pull the elevator towards Earth. "We'll take care of this, MC," Twilight said. "We'll meet you back on Earth." Then Twilight, Sonic and Sunny got into battle. The hatch of the robot closed and Eggman got ready to fight himself. Then the robot started flying backwards towards Earth. Twilight, Sonic and Sunny then started pursuing Eggman to take the fight on foot. Also to get away from the growing sphere of purple energy coming closer and closer to the exit of Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park. This would be one fight they would never forget. On the ground, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, the Young 6, Silver, Blaze and Truemen arrived at the bottom of where the space elevator comes and goes. "This is the place," Truemen said. "Whoa," Silver said. "This is the entrance to Eggman's Amusement Park. It's so..." He then looked up and saw an elevator coming down fast. "Whoa, incoming!" The rest of the group looked up and saw the elevator. Silver used his power to slow down the space elevator. He made it stop. Just then, MC came down screaming, crashing into the ground. "Ooooooh!" the others said. MC got angry and stood up. He then held his arms straight up to catch the elevator. Silver let go of the Space Elevator and MC caught it. He then set it down gently. "That's it!" MC snapped. "No more missions in space! I'm done with it! Game... over!" He walked over towards the door of the space elevator and ripped it off. "I wouldn't blame you," Hitch said. "After everything you've been through with all those space missions, it must've been exhausting." "Hey, guys," Truemen said. The group looked towards the ones who arrived. "Truemen," MC said. "It's a good thing you're here. We've got some friends for you to meet. You've already met Sally." "Good to see you again, Truemen," Sally said. "Likewise," Trumen said. "The rabbit with the robot arm and legs is Bunnie, and the coyote is her husband, Antoine D'Coolette," MC said. "And the Walrus is Rotor." "So, these guys are some of the original Freedom Fighters, huh?" Truemen asked. "Guess it's time we've got to know each other more." "We might have to do it somewhere safer," Blaze said. She then pointed up. "Look!" The group looked up at what Blaze was pointing at and gasped. The giant purple sphere was expanding. "What's happening?" Fluttershy asked. Tails was scanning the giant sphere with his Miles Electric. "By my calculations, that much energy being let out is starting to evolve into..." Tails then gasped when got the results. "...a Black... Hole!" "A black hole?!" MC asked. "If that thing keeps expanding, it could swallow the entire universe up!" "What are we gonna do?!" Zipp asked. "There's nothing we can do..." Tails said, falling to his knees. "Not even with all the Chaos Emeralds. We're dead." "No..." Silver said. Everyone looked at Silver. "Sonic hasn't given up yet to stop a disaster. He's faced time... space... and reality... just to save our homes a bunch of times." "Twilight did the same thing as well," Rarity said. "She'd do anything for us to protect the friends she loves." "And Sunny..." Hitch said. "Sunny's too stubborn to give up just like that. She hasn't been wrong about Equestria being friends with each other. They can pull it off." The group looked up into the sky towards the growing sphere. Tails then said, "I hope you're all right." Back on the tower to the Interstellar Amusement Park, Twilight, Sonic and Sunny were running down the tower, battling Eggman. Eggman's machine then started charging up for its final attack. "Any last words?!" Eggman called out. Just then, a bunch of non-corrupted wisps came in and surrounded Twilight, Sonic and Sunny. They absorbed themselves into the three heroes, increasing their speed and power. They went through Eggman's machine. Sunny, during the moment, saw that Eggman had the last Chaos Emerald. She grabbed it as the three were passing through the machine. When they fully went through the machine, the machine exploded, sending the Egg Mobile out of it, landing closer to the growing purple sphere. Eggman groaned and said, "Oh, my head. Who turned out the lights?" Then a speaker flew past the Egg Mobile, getting caught in the suction coming from the growing sphere. It was giving off a message. "At Dr. Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park you can feel comfortable knowing your safety is our number one priority." Then the Egg Mobile got caught in the suction as Eggman shouted, "Oh, shut uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup!" Twilight, Sonic and Sunny stopped as they were halfway down the tower. Sunny then said, "Hey, guys, look!" She then held out the Chaos Emerald. "You got the Chaos Emerald?!" Twilight asked. "Took it from that machine," Sunny said, pointing back at the machine, which then got sucked up by the growing sphere. The group looked towards the sphere and got shocked. "This might not end well," Sonic said. Then all of them started running down the tower. They ran as fast as they could, but they got caught in the suction. But then a bunch of Wisps caught them and brought them down to the ground. Twilight, Sonic and Sunny were all unconscious. They then gave off a white glow and they eventually made it back to the ground. The others on the ground ran up to the three as the three were gaining consciousness. "Sparkles!" MC shouted. "Sunny!" Hitch called out. "Sonic! Are you all OK?" Tails asked. "Man, I can't believe you made it through that!" "Like you thought we wouldn't?" Sonic asked. "You surprised us all, Sonic," Sally said. "True dat," Truemen added. "We had to do what we had to do," Sonic said. "Great job, Sonic," Tails said. "Thanks, but we had a little help during that last part," Sonic said. Then the wisps from before started glowing in a white light, going through the giant purple sphere. Then all the wisps in the sphere reverted to normal, and all the wisps gave off a big white light, making the purple sphere vanish. Then the wisps came down, and from the group of wisps came Yacker. He was happy to be free from Eggman's prison. Yacker started talking and Tails read the translation on his Miles Electric. "Uh, he said, 'Thank you for saving us.'" "You're welcome," Sonic said. "Thank you for saving us." Yacker talked again and Tails read the translation. "He says, 'You are welcome.'" "Looks like that things gotten the full translation," MC said. "Yeah, I finally got all the kinks out," Tails said. "We can talk to them perfectly now." "Well, we now have all seven Chaos Emeralds," Twilight said. "We should be able to send them and their worlds back to their part of the galaxy." "You know what?" Sunny said. "It's been a long day. I'm gonna... head on home... and get some sleep." "Sunny's right," MC said. "We'll head back home to Freedom Fighters mansion and get some rest." Then they all walked out away from the tower. Sonic then looked up at the wisps, who were all following. "What are we gonna do about them?" Sonic asked. MC looked up at the following wisps. "Do you think the mansion has enough room for 300,000 wisps?" Twilight asked. "Uh..." MC said. Later that night, Mutt was walking out of his room, heading for the kitchen. He walked up to the fridge, grabbed out the container of milk, and poured milk into a glass. He then drank from it. As he was drinking, he noticed all of the wisps in the living room, sleeping. "Uh..." Mutt said. Just then, his mouth was covered by Twilight. "Shh... let them sleep," Twilight said. "They'll be out of our hair by tomorrow." "Uh... okay?" Mutt said, confusedly. He then finished drinking the milk. Twilight then took the glass. "I'll wash it up," Twilight said. "Head on to bed." "Okay," Mutt said, walking back towards his room. Twilight then turned off the lights to get to bed herself. Author's Note Next episode: The Wisp Saga (Part 6): Mother Wisp Knows Best Episode 19: The Wisp Saga (Part 6): Mother Wisp Knows BestEpisode 19: The Wisp Saga (Part 6): Mother Wisp Knows Best At Freedom Fighters Mansion, Sunny was making some fresh fruit smoothies for everyone there. She finished up blending in the fruit smoothies. "Okay, everyone!" Sunny said. "Smoothies are done!" Just then, the wisps came in and drank the smoothies before the other ponies, Freedom Fighters and creatures could grab them. "Seriously?! I just made those!" "Sorry, Sunny," Tails said, reading his Miles Electric. "They're wanting to get home as soon as possible, so they need a lot of food to keep their energy up." "Where do they even put all that?" Hitch asked. "I don't even wanna know," Zipp said. Sunny got frustrated and said, "There's not enough fruit in the world! Why?!" She was raising her foot to get ready to stomp, but her entire shoe was glowing in a green aura. She then slammed it down and green vines came from the ground, and then an apple tree sprouted, surprising everyone. There were even apples on the tree, ready to be picked. "What the heck?" "What... happened?!" MC asked. "You haven't seen this before in the future?" Sonic asked. "Never," MC said. "I've never seen this kind of magic before, either," Twilight said. "It must be... some new kind of Earth Pony Magic." "Evolution," MC said. "Evolution of Earth Pony Magic." "Guess it'll take some time for the Earth Ponies ta learn that..." Applejack said. "Might even take years fer that ta happen." "It is a possibility," Twilight said. She then sighed. "We'll let's prepare the wisps so they can go home." The wisps then started cheering. "We'll get on it," Tails said. "We better continue searching the star charts." Tails then brought out the star charts on his Miles Electric, trying to find the original locations of the planets through the universe. Meanwhile, outside of Earth's Atmosphere, there was something coming closer and closer to the planet. There was some silhouette in the middle of a giant sphere of dark purple energy. It roared as it grew closer. At the airport, Midpoint and Cozy Glow were walking out of the baggage claim area with their bags. A black van came up and parked in front of them. The window rolled down and in the driver's seat was Shadow and in the passenger seat, there was Olive. "You sure there's big trouble coming?" Olive asked. "Believe me, I wouldn't be here for nothing," Midpoint said. "We need to get to Freedom Fighters Mansion, quickly." "You still haven't told me what's happening, Alex," Cozy Glow said. "What is going on?" "Something almost as bad as Dark Gaia," Midpoint said. "And also something like the last alien invasion, but not quite." "Aliens?" Shadow asked. "I'm not getting involved with any aliens if they sided with Black Doom." "Nah, these guys are friendly," Midpoint said. "As long as they're not corrupted." "Corrupted?" Rouge asked. Rouge was sitting in the back seat. "What do you mean corrupted?" "You'll see," Midpoint said. "Move it, Shadow." Shadow then drove away from there, heading towards the city of Station Square. Meanwhile, back at Freedom Fighters Mansion, Sunny and Hitch were testing out the new magic that they had, and Twilight was still working on trying to find the proper location of where the other planets were before Eggman brought them to his amusement park. "This is so weird," Sunny said. "Yet, so interesting." "I'm not so sure we should be using this kind of magic, Sunny," Hitch said. "It could be dangerous. Maybe we should not use it until we find out what it is." "That would be a bad idea, Hitch," Twilight said. "What do you mean?" Hitch asked, looking at Twilight. "If you hold in all your magic, it'll soon leak out and be out of control," Twilight said. "Remember the bounce house in the movie, 'Cheaper by the Dozen', the one with Steve Martin?" "Ohhh... right," Hitch said. "So basically, the magic inside of us is like air in a bounce house. It has to be let out." "So we're gonna have to be careful about how we use this new magic," Sunny said. "So, when are those DNA test results on us are gonna come in?" Zipp asked. "Well, Zipp, they should be coming in soon," MC said. "We've had Lynol take the samples of you and the other four to see who your ancestors from Equestria are." "Well, we'll give him a call later," Twilight said. Tails was standing with her, checking out the star charts as well. Yacker was hovering between the two. "I think we've found all the correct locations of the original positions of all five planets that Eggman took for his Amusement Park." "Alright," MC said. "That's good. 'Cause after I do this, I'm done with Space missions." "Unless we'd have to go back to Space Colony ARK for some reason," Maria said. "Don't push it, Maria," MC said. "Sorry," Maria said. "Time to prepare the Chaos Emeralds," MC said. "I'll go get them." He then headed over to the pool and jumped in. "He hid them in the pool?!" Sonic asked. He then thought about it. "Actually, that is a good place to hide them, 'cause that is the last place I'd look." Then MC came out of the pool, holding a metal briefcase, marked with the number 7. Tails then asked, "Is that a briefcase from the show, Deal or No Deal?" "I gave them a good deal," MC said. He then snickered. "Pun intended." Everyone else laughed. He then looked at the Wisps. "Alright, you little guys. Ready to go home?" All of the wisps cheered in delight. But just then, they all fell down to the ground, weak. "Whoa, whoa!" Tails said, picking up Yacker. "Yacker, are you okay?" "They must've eaten too much," Hitch said, picking up a wisp. "I'd be this upset too if I'd eaten as much as they have." "It has nothing to do with them eating too much," came a voice. The group looked towards the back gate and they all saw Midpoint, Cozy Glow, Olive, Shadow and Rouge standing there. Midpoint spoke, "It's something bigger than that." "Lynol?" MC asked. "What do you mean?" "Check it out," Midpoint said, pulling out a telescope. He then handed it to Twilight. Twilight pulled up the magnifying part of the telescope and held it to her eye. Midpoint then aimed it towards where he wanted Twilight to look. "Right there." Twilight's eyebrows were raised in shock. "What is that?!" Twilight said. The group then looked up at where Twilight was looking. They all saw a dark purple speck in the sky. "That... is the mother of all Wisps," Midpoint answered. "And she's been corrupted." "Nega-fied," MC said. "Oh, that's not good," Sonic said. "This is really... really, bad," Twilight said. Everyone was watching a TV that was on the back porch, showing a satellite view of the creature coming closer and closer to the planet. "That's Mother Wisp?!" Sonic asked. "She's huge!" Sunny said. "No kidding," Rotor said. "With how big she is, she's at least four times the size of a NASA space shuttle." "No kidding," Tails said. "With something that big fueled with that much negativity, she could be a huge threat to the entire world." Yacker started speaking in a worried tone. "Don't worry, Yacker," Twilight said. "We'll get her back to normal." She then looked towards Midpoint. "The real question is... how do we do that?" "By taking the fight to the source of her corruption," Midpoint said. He then pointed at the flower on top of the Nega Mother Wisp's head. "That flower is actually where all the negative energy is spreading. You must pick out the petals to get it all out of her." "Sounds simple enough," Sunny said. "Well, it's not," Midpoint said. "It's very difficult even to get close to her. She'll fire a bunch of energy spheres at you, and some meteorites when you're getting close. So you have to be careful." "Meh, like that's gonna matter to me," Sonic said. "After we beat her, we'll send the planets back to their original positions throughout the galaxy." "It's not as easy as it's going to be," Midpoint said. "I've checked all possible futures. After the battle, you'll only have enough energy to get back to Earth without moving the planets." "So the wisps are just going to be stuck here?" Tails asked. "Oh, don't worry," Midpoint said. "They'll get home. You won't need the Chaos Emeralds to get them back to their original positions." "What does that mean?" Twilight asked. Yacker then started talking and Tails was reading the translation. "Yacker says that... all the wisps power combined can get their planets back to their original position." "Hyper-Go-On energy," Maria said. "Of course!" "All you guys have to do is remove all the negative energy from Mother Wisp," Midpoint said. "Will they be able to do that?" Cozy Glow asked. "If I say what will happen, it won't happen," Midpoint said. "Hang on, did you get that from Avengers: Endgame?" Sonic asked. "Yeah, and it's true," Midpoint said. "Like my grandpa said, there ain't no honor if there ain't no honesty. It's how he went through when he was an army man the Vietnamese War." "Ah thought yer grandpa was a scientist," Applejack said. "That's the other one," Midpoint said. "At least everyone had two sets of grandparents," MC said. "More if that one person was adopted or had stepparents." "He's right about that," Twilight said. "Sonic, Sunny, let's get up there." Sonic and Sunny nodded. "I'll drive," Sunny said, taking MC's keys. "Hey!" MC said. "Do you even have a driver's license?" Sonic asked. Sunny then pulled something out of her pocket. It was a Driver's License from the District of Columbia. "Oh." "It was one of the first things my friends and I have done when we became official citizens of this country," Sunny said. MC then took his keys back. "Hey!" "I'm dropping you off at the location of the entrance of Eggman's amusement park," MC said. "Another thing built by that Repulsive Robot Overlord that I have to tear apart before I come back here." Sonic snickered and said, "I'm sorry. Did you call Eggman... a Repulsive Robot Overlord?" "Well he had been trying to turn organic life into his robots so he can rule over them," MC said. "So it seems fitting." Then almost everyone started laughing. The only ones who weren't laughing were Shadow and Blaze. Then Twilight, Sonic, MC and Sunny started walking out of there. Tails followed, along with the wisps. "That truck is gonna be packed," Shadow said. "Hey, Lynol," Zipp said. "Now that you're here, you have those results on us and who our ancestors could be?" "Oh, yeah," Midpoint said, bringing out his tablet. "I actually got them right here. Zipp, since you and Pipp are sisters, it'd make sense only to take one of your blood samples and examine it. Zipp, you and Pipp are... descendants of both Rarity and Rainbow Dash." "Dang!" Rainbow Dash said. "I'm gonna have a descendant that marries Rarity's descendant? We don't even get along outside of adventures." "Rainbow Dash is correct," Rarity said. "We've tried getting along with each others interests, but it didn't work out." "Not everyone has the same interests," Hitch said. "Alright, I'm next. Who's my ancestor?" "Actually, just like Pipp and Zipp, you have two ancestors that are bearers of the Elements of Harmony," Midpoint said. "Applejack and Fluttershy. Which actually explains why you can understand animals. Fluttershy has the ability to understand animals, and you're also as stubborn as Applejack at certain points." "Hey, I'm not as stubborn as you think!" Applejack and Hitch said in unison, Applejack in her southern accent. Then they looked at each other. "Okay, you and I are related." "And there's no doubt that Izzy here is actually Pinkie Pie's descendant," Midpoint said. "I knew that before I checked her blood, and it was positive in a DNA match." "Oh my gosh!" Pinkie said. "Izzy is my great-great-great-great-great..." She then gasped and inhaled for more oxygen. "...great-great-great-granddaughter! I have to teach her all of my party planning ways when she comes to visit Ponyville again!" "Oooh!" Izzy said. "I can't wait to get some party planning advise from my great-great-great-great-great..." Izzy then inhaled more oxygen for talking. "...great-great-great-grandmother!" Then the two hugged. "And Sunny?" Hitch asked. "When I checked her blood, it was a little strange," Midpoint said. "Her blood had faint trace of human's blood in her blood system, which didn't make sense. But then I remembered Joshua was born human, making him Sunny's ancestor." "Oooooh!" Pinkie and Izzy said in unison. "Joshie is Sunny's great-great-great..." Pinkie started saying before Applejack covered Pinkie's mouth, giving her a deadpanned look. "Just stop, Pinkie," Applejack said. "Guess we'll tell Twi and Sunny when they get back." "Of course," Midpoint said. And it's also a good thing the kids are inside playing games or reading. Well, mainly Nyx is reading. This reading I have is weird and didn't make any sense. When I examined Nyx's blood, something about it was weird. When I analyzed Nyx's blood, of course it had traces of Luna's DNA. But there was also a faint trace of Twilight's blood." "So in a way, Nyx really is related to Twilight," Rarity said. "Well that's not so weird." "Well, that wasn't the weird thing," Midpoint said. "What's weird... is this." Midpoint then showed the DNA scans from Nyx's blood to the group. They all gasped in shock. Twilight, Sonic, Tails, MC, Sunny and the wisps all arrived at the entrance to Eggman's, now destroyed, amusement park and looked up. They saw the sphere of purple energy was coming closer. "Okay, guys," Sonic said. "Let's do this." MC then pulled out the briefcase that had the Chaos Emeralds and handed it to Twilight. Twilight opened it and the Chaos Emeralds floated out. Sonic put his fist in. "Power bump!" Twilight and Sunny then fist bumped as the Chaos Emeralds started spinning around them. Then they all went super. They then quickly dashed up the elevator track and headed for the Nega Mother Wisp. "Oh, man," MC said. "Is it me, or is Sparkles getting more hot every time she goes super?" "Well, the energy from Chaos Emerald does cause whoever uses them to increase their body temperature to an unsafe rate to those around them, so..." Tails said before realizing what MC meant. "Oh, you mean the other kind of hot." He then chuckled and bumped MC's arm. "Time to take this thing down," MC said, looking at the elevator shaft. He then bared his claws and used his super speed to rush up the shaft. Meanwhile, at the stratosphere of Earth, Twilight, Sonic and Sunny arrived to see the Nega Mother Wisp coming closer. She then saw the three super heroes and roared. "Alright, guys," Twilight said. "Like Lynol said, aim for the flower on her head." "Got it," Sunny said. "Let's do it," Super Sonic said. Then the three of them started flying towards Nega Mother Wisp. Nega Mother Wisp roared and started shooting red and purple energy blasts towards the heroes. Meanwhile, back on the ground, MC was still trying to tear apart the shaft. Some of the wisps even helped him out. "Cube Smash!" MC said after the blue wisp absorbed itself into MC. He then smashed a chunk of the shaft down. The blue wisp exited MC's body as the pink wisp absorbed itself into MC. "Spike Saw!" MC then started cutting through another chunk of the shaft. The pink wisp exited him and then the yellow wisp entered him. "Drill for gold!" MC then drilled towards the bottom of the shaft. He then ripped a hole out of the shaft and he walked out with the yellow wisp out of him. "Is it almost done?" Tails asked. "There's only one thing left for me to do, and that's to smash it all down from the top," MC said. "I'm gonna need to go heavy. And I'm gonna need enough height for me to smash it with my increase density." "Ah, I see," Tails said. "You're gonna need the rocket wisp to take you so high that the force you give off will be increased. Although, you could risk creating an earthquake or awakening Dark Gaia." "Nah," MC said. "I won't go that far." Then an orange wisp hovered next to MC. MC then looked towards the wisp and asked, "You ready for this?" The orange wisp nodded. Then the two of them started heading up the shaft. Meanwhile, back in space, Nega Mother Wisp swiped the three heroes back when they got close to her and roared. Twilight, Sonic and Sunny recovered. "She's too strong!" Twilight said. "Every time we try to attack together, she keeps swiping us away!" Super Sonic said. "How are we gonna get close?" Sunny then thought about it. She then said, "Divide and conquer." "Divide and conquer?" Super Sonic asked. "Of course," Twilight said. "If we attack separately, she will only focus on at least two of us while the third one goes for the flower. Sunny, you are a genius!" "Yeah, well, I had been raised with knowing the truth of Equestria my whole life," Sunny said. "Yeah, you have," Twilight said. "Let's do it!" Then the three of them started charging towards Nega Mother Wisp. Twilight continued heading straight as Super Sonic and Sunny split off. Nega Mother Wisp was confused. She didn't know who, where or when was going to attack her. She then spun around, trying to see if she could swipe back all three at once. Then Twilight, Super Sonic and Sunny flew up and then saw an opening. "Alright, girls!" Super Sonic said. "There's our chance!" Then the three of them charged in at the flower on top of Nega Mother Wisp's head. They collided with it and a golden light emerged from the Nega Mother Wisp. Then the Nega Mother Wisp reverted back into its original form. "We... we did it," Sunny said. She was breathing heavily. "Let's get back down to the ground," Super Sonic said. Then the three of them flew down to the ground. Without realizing it, Mother Wisp followed them. As they got down to the ground, they reverted back to their normal forms. Tails, MC and the Wisps walked and hovered towards the group. "Hey, Sparkles!" MC said. "You did it!" Twilight and MC said in unison. "Let me guess, you had some help from the wisps?" Twilight asked. "Yep, and they came in handy for some situations," MC said. They looked at the wrecked elevator shaft, crumpled down my something heavy. "Luckily, I restrained myself so I wouldn't cause an earthquake or reawake Dark Gaia." "Good call," Sonic said. "Whoa!" Tails said. "Look!" He then pointed towards what Tails saw. The group looked up at what Tails was pointing at and saw Mother Wisp coming closer to the group. The Wisp cheered in delight and hovered towards Mother Wisp. "Look at that," Twilight said. "A nice family reunion." Yacker then flew to the group and started chatting. Tails translated what Yacker was saying. "Yacker says, 'Thank you for saving Momma'," Tails said, reading his Miles Electric. "No problem, Yacker," Sonic said. "So, I guess you'll be heading back home, huh?" Yacker then chatted again. "Yacker says, 'Actually, a bunch of us Wisps want to stay on this planet'," Tails said. "He said that they never had so much fun as they had today." "Well, as long as you don't eat so much produce, you can stay," Sunny said. "Remember, you're not the only ones who eat, okay?" Yacker nodded. Then Mother Wisp started speaking to the heroes. "Mother Wisp says, 'Thank you for saving me and my children. I hope that our paths cross again someday'," Tails translated. Then a light emerged from Mother Wisp and most of the other wisps, then they disappeared into the sky. As they did, they went through space, and lights emerged from the other planets, and they disappeared. Back at Freedom Fighters Mansion, everyone was celebrating that most of the wisps were back home. Midpoint was explaining to Twilight and Sunny about Sunny's ancestors. "Really?" Twilight asked. "Sunny is Joshua's biological descendant?" "Her genes did have traces of human blood," Midpoint said. "Which it could only mean that Sunny is Joshua's descendant." "That makes sense," Sunny said. "Well, at least I haven't eaten meat my whole life." "Joshua came from a family of vegetarians," Twilight said. "They don't eat meat." "Okay, that makes sense," Sunny said. Then the doorbell rand. "Pizza's here," MC said. Then everyone went inside. Midpoint stayed behind reading something on his tablet. He then sighed, put it down, and walked inside. As he walked inside, it showed Nyx's blood test. Of course there were Twilight and Luna. But there was one figure there that was not supposed to be there, but actually was. It showed that Nyx was somehow related to MC. Meanwhile, far from planet Earth, Eggman was in his damaged Egg Mobile while it was being pushed by Orbot and Cubot. Eggman was complaining about them not going fast enough. "Faster, you idiots! Faster!" Eggman complained. "Put your backsides into it." "Technically we don't have backsides, boss," Orbot said. "I don't care!" Eggman complained. "Just push. We have to hurry. I already have my revenge planned out, and next time I will not fail!" "Of course you won't boss," Orbot said. "Of course you won't. On the bright side, a certain someone got their voice back." "I feel like my old self," Cubot said. "All I want to do is talk talk talk. Hey, remember when we were chasing all the little alien guys? What's up with those guys anyway? They sure were funny looking. Hahaha. Smelled good, though." "Ugh, what I wouldn't give for the maddening silence of space right about now," Eggman said, rubbing his eyebrows. They were getting farther and farther away from their current location, and throughout then, Cubot was still blathering on and on. "Oh, I wish we had some of that sushi. Bummer we didn't bring any with us. Not that we could eat it since we're robots, but we could have looked at it. I love looking at stuff. I love stuff! The fireworks show at the end was great. Hey, how did you get all that stuff to blow up like that? Loved it! By the way, did we destroy Sonic this time? Duh, sorry, dumb question. We never destroy Sonic! Hey, where are we going... Ohhhhh look at that star... oh, and that one... and that one... and that one... that one's nice... oh look at that!" Author's Note Next Episode: Marine and the Sky Pirates Episode 20: Marine and the Sky PiratesEpisode 20: Marine and the Sky Pirates On Angel Island, Knuckles was laying on top of the Master Emerald with a leaf sticking out of his mouth. He was resting while doing his guarding of the Master Emerald. He was then awoken when a big shadow came over him. He opened his eyes and saw a flying pirate ship going over the Altar of the Master Emerald. "Huh?! What's this?!" Knuckles asked. He then saw the ship descending to land. He then got angry and said, "No way I'm gonna let some unknown trespassers take the Master Emerald!" He then rushed towards the Pirate Ship, seeing it land. He hid from the pirates to make sure if they're evil or not. "Never seen a flying island before," came the voice of the captain, Celaeno. "This would be a good place to relax after many adventures together." "You said it, mate!" came an Australian girl's voice. It was soon revealed to be a Mobian Raccoon. "This place may be flying, but it's also a paradise," the Mobian Raccoon said. "Blimey, I'd put a bungalow up here just to get away from all the hustle and bustle." Knuckles then came out of the bush he was hiding in and called out, "Hey!" The pirates and the Mobian Raccoon looked towards Knuckles in shock. "I don't know who you all are, but I'm not gonna let some pirates onto my island!" "Looks like we've got a pesky hermit on this flying island," Captain Celaeno said, pulling out her cutlass. Knuckles then grabbed a tree and pulled it out of the ground. He then threw it towards the pirates, who jumped back. "On second thought..." She then ran back onto the pirate ship, the others following her. Then the pirate ship took off, leaving Knuckles on the island. Eventually, Knuckles went back to the Master Emerald. He pulled out his communicator and started calling someone. He then said, "Nicole, this is Knuckles. Get me in touch with MC." In Ponyville, Mutt, Maria, Silver, Blaze, Sunny and her friends were all hanging around the Castle of Friendship. Zipp was trying out cloud walking. "Ohoh, man," Zipp said. "This is so cool!" Rainbow Dash was hovering above her. "I know, right?" Rainbow Dash asked. "You can basically take a nap on these clouds and not fall through." "Well, I think it's fabulous!" Pipp said, flying up to the cloud. She then sat on it. "I should so get a picture of this for my new Pipp-squeaks." She then pulled out her cell phone and handed it to Rainbow Dash. "Get a good one with both of us." Pipp and Zipp then sat up and had their backs leaning against each other. Rainbow Dash then took a picture and handed it to Pipp. "O-M-Goodness! That is fabulous!" "You are definitely Rarity's descendant," Rainbow Dash said. "I'm yours too, remember that," Pipp said. "She's got you there," Zipp said. "Meh, whatever," Rainbow Dash said. She then noticed the time. "Oh, shoot. I gotta get to Wonderbolts HQ. We've got a performance to do today!" She then flew off quickly. "Wow," Zipp said. "Well, I guess we should head down to the ground." Then the two sisters flew down to the ground to their friends, just as the doors to the Castle of Friendship opened up, revealing Twilight and MC. "That... had got to be the most boring meeting of the Council of World Leaders," MC said. "I know," Twilight said. "But since you and I are royals, we should get along with the other world leaders. Even if we were doing a cyber meeting." "Prince Rutherford still hadn't figured out how cyber meetings work," MC said. "And I don't think Grandpa Gruff cares." "He's the only group leader of the Equestrian Continent that hadn't shown up for the world meetings," Twilight said. "I think we should head up to Griffonstone to talk to him." "Good idea," MC said. Just then, Nicole's voice came. "Michael!" Nicole's voice called out. "What is it, Nicole?" MC asked. "We've gotten a call from Knuckles," Nicole said. "It'd seem that pirates had gotten onto Angel Island. They retreated when they saw Knuckles's power." Twilight and MC looked at each other. Later, Twilight, MC, Mutt, Maria, Silver, Blaze, Sunny and her friends all arrived at the Altar of the Master Emerald. Twilight, MC and Blaze were having a chat with Knuckles. "And as soon as they saw my strength, they just ran back onto their flying pirate ship and took off," Knuckles explained. "Ugh... I hate pirates," MC said. "Why? You had bad experiences with pirates?" Twilight asked. "Ever since my kingdom was destroyed, pirates have been trying to loot my family fortune," MC said. "Luckily, the Oracle of Delphius hid my family fortune so no pirate could ever find it." "Well, seems that you've encountered Captain Celaeno and her crew," Twilight said, looking at Knuckles. "Sure they're pirates, but they've helped us when the Storm King first attacked Equestria." "So, they're friendly," Knuckles said. He then sighed. "Guess I shouldn't have thrown a tree at them. Especially at that raccoon girl that was with 'em." That got Blaze's attention. She then asked, "Raccoon girl?" "Yeah, there was a raccoon girl with them," Knuckles said. "What color was she?" Blaze asked. "She was... orange and brown," Knuckles said, describing the raccoon girl. "She was wearing a green tube top with a white stripe on the top, black shorts, and green and orange shoes." Blaze then went wide eyed and smiled. She then said, "Marine." "Marine?" Twilight asked. "Who's Marine?" "She's actually from my dimension," Blaze said. "She's... well... I just can't get away from her at times." "Well, if she's a friend of yours, Blaze, we gotta go get her," MC said. He then looked towards Knuckles. "Where were they flying when they took off?" "Heck if I know," Knuckles answered. "All I cared about was guarding the Master Emerald." "Alright," MC said. "We'll just have to keep looking. They couldn't have gone too far." Sunny then ran up to the group. "Nicole just called," Sunny said. "She said that the pirates are heading to the Hawaiian Islands." "Looks like we need to pick up some sunscreen in San Francisco before we head on to Hawaii," MC said. "It's gonna get hot." Then the four of them headed for the Spirit of Freedom, leaving Knuckles at the Altar. "Well, at least those guys answered my call," Knuckles said. He then jumped back up on top of the Master Emerald and laid on top of it. He then closed his eyes and took a nap. The Spirit of Freedom was flying over the Pacific Ocean, flying towards Hawaii. MC and Zipp were at the controls. MC then checked something. "ETA, 20 minutes," MC said. "I just hope Marine is okay," Blaze said, walking up to the two. "So Blaze wasn't the only one of her dimension to survive," Silver said. "Do you think there are more?" "It depends," Twilight said. "Blaze ended up in the future of your original timeline. Who knows how long Marine has been in this time?" "Different possibilities of inter-dimensional separation," Maria said. "This is gonna be a long day. We're probably going to have jetlag." "What's jetlag?" Hitch asked. "Extreme tiredness from travelling west across the different time zones of the planet," Twilight said. "I know. Equestria has been on this world for over a year now." "Maria has a point," MC said. "We'll be too tired to fly the Spirit of Freedom back to Station Square. So it'd be best if we spend the night at a hotel in Hawaii." "I could go for some Hawaiian pizza," Mutt said. "I especially like the pineapple..." His mouth was then covered by Izzy's hand. "Don't you ever talk about Pineapple on pizza," Izzy said, angrily. Mutt got scared of Izzy. Along with all the others. "Another thing that she and Pinkie share," Twilight whispered to Sunny. "At least it's more than just planning birthday parties," Sunny whispered back. "Speaking of which, Sonic's birthday is coming up," MC said. "Along with Sonia and Manic since the three of them are triplets. I'm thinking of having the party set up at the one place where the Freedom Fighters first formed together." "Knothole?" Twilight asked. "We haven't been there for months. How are we gonna get the three of them here?" "We'll think of something," MC said. Meanwhile, in Hawaii, Captain Celaeno's ship arrived at the island of Oahu. The pirates then got a whiff of the tropical air and let out a happy sigh. "Oh, man," Captain Celaeno said. "This place is so... nice. This place would be wonderful to have our vacation spot." "Blimey!" Marine said, walking down the ramp with Captain Celaeno following. "This place reminds me of the island where I'm from." "Well, at least you'll feel like home here," Captain Celaeno said. "First, we're gonna need some building permits." She then pulled out a scroll. "According to these declarations, we must have permission from the leader of this great island to build a place here. We just have to find the leader and get his or her permission to build our own personal vacation home. You got that, crew?" "Aye aye, Captain," the rest of the crew said. Just then, the sound of a creature snarling came in. They all looked towards the sound, wielding their weapons. "Stay on guard, crew," Captain Celaeno said. They then walked towards the sound slowly. They had their weapons in front of them. They saw a bush shaking. As soon as they got close to it, they were ensnared in a net that was hidden in the sand. All of them yelled. Captain Celaeno then looked towards the bush. Something came out of the bush and she was surprised. "You?!" At a beach area, the Spirit of Freedom landed at Honolulu. The door opened up and the group walked out. When they walked out the group looked around to see not even on person around. "That's odd," Twilight said. "Where is everyone?" MC then started sniffing around. He then said, "No one's around here. This place has been abandoned. Something's not right." "Where is everyone?" Zipp asked. She then pulled out her visor and looked around. It was showing at what Zipp was seeing through her visor. "Hello?!" Pipp called out. "Is someone there?!" "I should check the sky to see if anyone's out there," Twilight said, just before Zipp found something in the sand. "Wait!" Zipp said. "I've got something." Zipp then walked over towards what she found and took off her visor. She then picked up what she found. It was white hair. "What is this? Hair?" MC then took the hair and sniffed it. He then went wide eyed. "Uh oh. Not these guys again." "Who is it?" Silver asked. Just then, a roaring sound came. The group looked towards the roar and saw some creatures charging towards them. "What are those things?!" "The Storm King's army!" Twilight said. They came to sight. There were a lot of them. "Whoa!" Mutt said. "Those things look scarier up close." MC looked down at the ground and looked at the sand. He then smirked. "Hey, Blaze," MC said. "How hot can you get?" Blaze looked at the sand and said, "Oh, I get what you're saying." MC then dove into the sand, absorbing himself into it. Then a bunch of arms made of sand came out of the ground, grabbing all of the Storm Creatures, bunching them together. Then a sand twister formed around the Storm Creatures. "Sand...!" MC's voice came from the sand. Blaze then held out her hands, pushing out a huge burst of fire from her hands, saying, "...And fire...!" The fire heated up the sand. The sand was then crystallized, making it a cone of glass, trapping the Storm Creatures. Luckily, it had holes for them to breathe. MC then came out of the glass, his hair on fire. "Makes glass," MC said. He then jumped into the water, cooling himself off. "Wow," Pipp said. "That was amazing." MC then came out of the water. "That won't hold them long," MC said. "We've gotta go." Then they started running towards the city. Somewhere in the middle of the city of Honolulu, Captain Celaeno was waking up. She then looked around. "Where are we?" Captain Celaeno asked, looking around. She then saw a bunch of Hawaiian people in shackles, chained to the floor. She then noticed that she was shackled up. "What is this?" "'Sup, my friend?" came a voice. She looked towards her left and saw Capper shackled to the ground. He brought his restraints closer to his head so he could salute to her. "Capper?" Captain Celaeno asked. "Where are we?" "A prison made up by the scrounging Storm Creatures," came another voice. Captain Celeano turned her head to see Tempest Shadow, also shackled to the ground. "The Storm Creatures are trying to continue the Storm King's plan from right here." "That's right," came a voice. Everyone there looked towards the voice and they saw Grubber coming in. "And now that we have you, the only ones left to take the full blow of the Super Tropical Storm is Princess Skystar, Princess Twilight and her five friends, that baby dragon, and those pesky Freedom Fighters." "Blimey!" Marine said. "All this for revenge?!" "That's right, girly!" Grubber said. "And now, nothing can stop the Storm King's plan!" He then laughed evilly. Just then, he heard a door knock. "Hang on." He then walked towards the door. "Who's there?" "Boo..." came MC's voice from the other side of the door. "Boo who?" Grubber asked. Just then, the door was slammed open on him, crushing him against the wall. "Don't cry, it's just a joke," MC smirked, walking in, his arms crossed. Then Twilight, Maria, Mutt, Silver, Blaze, Sunny and her friends all ran in. Zipp then looked around and said, "More of those Storm Creatures?" "Maria, Mutt, you two free the hostages," MC said. "Got it," Mutt said. Maria closed her eyes and concentrated on her power. She then opened her eyes, them being red instead of blue. She then rushed through the room, breaking the shackles of the people she was coming across. The rest of the group started taking on the Storm Creatures there. Silver was using his telekinesis to lift up some Storm Creatures. Twilight was doing the same. Then the two of them threw the Storm Creatures at a wall. "Pipp, Zipp, Izzy, you three help lead the hostages out of here," MC said. The three ponies nodded. "Sunny, Hitch, how about you two show these guys your new magic." Sunny and Hitch nodded. They then stomped on the ground and vines started growing out of the ground, tying up the Storm Creatures. Marine, Tempest, Capper, Captain Celaeno and the rest of the pirates were freed from their shackles. Marine then notice flames being spread. She then looked at who was using the flames. "Blaze?!" Marine asked. "Yep," Mutt said, getting Marine to her feet. "When Blaze heard you were with these pirates, she just had to come. Although, when she was found, she was about 200 years in the future of an alternate timeline." "Really?" Marine asked. "That's right," Blaze said as she was coming down in a flaming twister. "I'm just glad I'm not the only one from my dimension that's here." "Less chatting, more bad guy bashing!" MC said before he punched a Storm Creature's face as he was about to slam down the prince. "He didn't even look!" Marine said. "The gray guy didn't even look!" "Yeah, MC's a lot more strong in all five senses," Mutt said. "He sees with more than just his eyes." "A lot of things changed since I've been in this world," Blaze said. "For example, those ponies there weren't apart of this world before." "Actually, we were supposed to be," Twilight said, teleporting down after rounding up the last of the defeated Storm Creatures. "According to Light Gaia, the one who defends the Earth from Dark Gaia when he awakens, Equestria was once apart of Earth, but Light Gaia had to send it away for its own protection. And we ponies were quadruped in that part of the galaxy. Originally, the Freedom Fighters were gonna send all the Mobians to Equestria for their own safety from Eggman's evil scheme." "What happened?" Marine asked. "Instead, the machine was stolen by Doctor Eggman and he used it to bring Equestria to this world so he could make Equestria enemies with this world as well," Mutt said. "Can we finish this up?" "Oh, right," Twilight said. She then noticed that all of the other Storm Creatures were tied up. "Oh, I guess we are done." "Hey! Let me go!" came Grubber's voice. "And I would've gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for you meddling kids!" "Dude, wrong universe!" MC said. He then used his power to transform Grubber's uniform into a pair of tighty whities. He then let Grubber cover himself in embarrassment. Later, a huge GUN airship came in, and all the Storm Creatures and Grubber were escorted into it by a bunch of agents. Marine was talking with Captain Celaeno. "You're sure about this?" Captain Celaeno asked. "I'm sure, Captain," Marine said. "I might as well stay with someone I recognize." "I understand," Captain Celaeno said. "But before you go..." Captain Celaeno then placed a pirate's bandana on Marine's head. She looked up at it and smiled. "You might not be joining us anymore, but you are still a member of this crew." Marine saluted and said, "Aye aye, Captain!" Then the rest of the pirates came in and saluted to Marine. MC and Blaze looked at the pirates from a distance. "You do realize she's gonna have to be bunking with you, right?" MC asked. "At least I won't be the only one in the guest house who doesn't have a roommate anymore," Blaze said. "Yeah that's true," MC said. "Marine!" Blaze called out. "You ready to go?" "Just about," Marine said, picking up her bags. She then ran towards the Spirit of Freedom. "It's already getting late," MC said. "Let's find a hotel and stay the night before we head on back to the mainland." They all nodded and headed for the hotel area of Honolulu. Author's Note Next Episode: The Generations Saga (Part 1): Birthday Bashed Episode 21: The Generations Saga (Part 1): Birthday BashedEpisode 21: The Generations Saga (Part 1): Birthday Bashed Somewhere in Green Hills, Montana, years before Equestria showed up, a blue blur sped by the viewers. The blur sped through the forest and headed for town. At a cliff side, the blur stopped, revealing a younger Sonic. It was Classic Sonic. "Sonic!" came another voice. Classic Sonic looked towards the sky, seeing a friendly face flying towards him. "What a nice day, don't you agree?" Classic Tails asked. Classic Sonic responded with a nod. "C'mon. Let's go mess with Crazy Carl again." Classic Sonic gave Classic Tails a thumbs up. Then they started heading off towards town. Classic Sonic was getting farther away from Classic Tails. Then there was a roaring sound. Classic Sonic stopped and turned around. He looked around for where that roar came from. Then the sky started to get dark. Classic Sonic then looked up to see something he did not expect. In the present time of Green Hills, Sonic was rushing past the speed trap, where a Green Hills Police Car was parked, with a cop in the car, checking out the radar gun. "Mornin' Wade!" Sonic's voice called out. "Morning, Sonic!" the police officer, known as Wade Whipple, responded. As Sonic was running, two figures were coming up next to him. It was his two triplet siblings, Sonia and Manic. Sonia was on her motorcycle and Manic was on his hoverboard. "'Sup, bro?" Sonia and Manic asked in unison. "Sonia? Manic?" Sonic asked, a little surprised. "You two got the distress call, too?" "Apparently," Sonia said. "How bad could it be if it involves all three of us?" They continued speeding through town. Meanwhile, at Knothole, the Mane 6, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, the Young 6, the Freedom Fighters, Spike, Sunny and her friends, Truemen, Blaze, Marine, Rouge, Olive, Knuckles, the Chaotix, Midpoint and Cozy Glow were all setting up a party there. Tails was running up towards them. "They'll be here any second!" Tails said. Just then, the sound of a motorcycle came in. Then they all got into position. "What's going on?!" Sonia asked. "Yeah, what's the distress call about?" Manic asked. Sonic then noticed the group and asked, "You having a party or something?" Then they all faced the three hedgehogs and called out, "Surprise!!!!" Then the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Cozy Glow, Knuckles, Blaze, Rouge and Espio fire off party poppers. "Awwww, you guys," Sonic said as he, Sonia and Manic were surprised. "Guess we've been doing stuff so quickly, we didn't slow down enough to notice it was our birthday." "It was very difficult to keep you from finding out," Sally said. "Well, thanks, guys," Sonic said. "Of course we had to set up your birthday party here," Twilight said. "It was where we all became friends and made this world a better place." "So, this is where you lived before Equestria came back?" Sunny asked, looking at MC. The two were sitting at a table. "Yes," MC said. "In fact..." He then pointed at a bungalow. "That there bungalow was mine. Of course now, this place has been refurbished as a summer camp. And my old bungalow is now the cabin for the head camp counselor. "Hey, guys!" Midpoint said. "How about we keep up this party at the baseball field?!" "Yeah!" everyone said. At the Green Hills Baseball field, half of the entire group were playing baseball. Tails was on the mount as Knuckles was at homeplate. "Be ready for my fastball," Tails said. "Your fastball will be dishonored, and so will you, Tails," Knuckles said, preparing to swing. At the fence, Tom and Maddie arrived in their truck. They got out to watch the game. "Looks like we've made it just in time," Tom said. "I can't wait for this," Maddie said. MC was being the catcher. Gallus, Sandbar and Midpoint were on Knuckles's team. Manic, Espio and Charmy were on Tails and MC's team. Gallus was on first base, being guarded by Manic. Sandbar was on second, guarded by Espio. And Midpoint was on third, being guarded by Charmy. Tails then pitched the ball, using both his tails to throw. Knuckles was prepared for it. He then pulled the bat away, and then he said, "Power Bump!" He then punched the ball, red energy coming from his right fist. The ball was heading for Tails's head, making him scream. He then ducked. Along with Sandbar and Espio. The ball then went through the scoreboard, where Marine and Joshua were keeping score. "Haha! Victory is mine!" "Hey, no fair!" Tails said. "That shouldn't count!" Knuckles was already heading towards first base as Midpoint was running towards home. "Don't worry, Tails," MC said. "Baseball rules said that it's legal to hit the ball. It didn't say anything about using your fist to hit the ball." "Kinda like Donkey Kong in that old Mario Baseball Game," Joshua said. MC then used his power to forge another baseball. He then tossed the ball towards Tails, who caught it. On the scoreboard, there were two teams. One being Sonic's Team, and the other being Tails's Team. Tom and Maddie walked up to Sonic. Sonic noticed them coming and said, "Hey, Doughnut Lord and Pretzel Lady. How's it going?" "No way we would miss your birthday, Sonic," Tom said. "As soon as Wade saw you, he informed me and we prepared your favorite food. Hope you like it." Maddie then handed a foot long chili dog. Sonic grabbed it and took a bite out of it. "Like it? I love it!" Sonic said. "Okay," Twilight said. "Next up to bat is... Spike!" Spike then stepped up to base with a baseball bat. Tails then prepared another fastball. He then launched it. Spike then swung and he hit the ball. Spike then started running. "It's going!" Twilight said. "Going!" Just then, the ball hit something metal. That made everyone, including Spike, stop. And he barely made it to first base. They all looked up to see a dark creature hovering over the baseball field. "What the... heck is that?!" MC asked. The creature roared, sending everyone towards the home plate side of the field. "Let's see what we're dealing with," Midpoint said, taking off his rings. He then got confused. "I... I can't see into the future. This thing's messing with my precognition!" The creature roared again, making rifts open up, leading to different locations. Twilight then shot a blast towards the creature, but then the blast went backwards sending it back towards Twilight, sending her back towards Sonic, Sonia and Manic, knocking them out. "Sparkles!" MC yelled. "Twilight!" Nyx said. MC then growled and charged at the creature. Then the rifts started sucking them in. MC noticed it and buried his claws into the ground. He then tried mimicking the dirt, but it instantly undid the mimicry. He then got sucked into one rift, him shouting out. Then the others started getting sucked in. "Help us!" Tails called out, him being the last to be pulled into one rift. "SONIC!!" Then a white void spread out from the creature, leaving Twilight, Sonic, Sonia and Manic knocked out. Twilight, Sonic, Sonia and Manic were waking up. They looked around and saw that they were in some white space. "Where are we?" Twilight asked. "What is this place?" Sonia asked. "Craziest birthday ever, dudes and dudettes," Manic said. "We should look around for our friends," Sonic said. "They could be anywhere." "Look!" Twilight said. "There's something over there! Maybe there's someone there who can help!" "It's worth a try," Sonic said. Then the four of them headed for the area. Somewhere else, Tails was waking up somewhere. He then sat up and looked around. Luckily, he wasn't alone. He was with Ocellus, Nyx, Sunny, and Midpoint. "What's going on?" Tails asked. He then looked at Midpoint. He then shook up the unconscious otter. "Wake up, Alex." Alex then woke up and did a spin kick, sweeping Tails off his feet. "Whoa! Oof!" "Whoa," Midpoint said. "Sorry, Tails." "Do you know what's happening?" Tails asked. Sunny, Nyx, and Ocellus were waking up. "What happened?" Ocellus asked. "Where are we?" Sunny asked. "Where's everybody else?" Nyx asked. Midpoint took his rings off again. He then sighed. "This place is also messing with my precognition," Midpoint said. "I'm blinded from the truth." Just then, they all heard something. "What was that?" Midpoint then prepared his bow and a trick arrow. He then aimed it somewhere. Tails, Nyx, Ocellus and Sunny got behind Midpoint. Just then, a bunch of robots came into sight. "What are those things?!" Ocellus asked. "Moto Bugs?!" Tails asked. "Those are old Eggman Robot designs!" "Alright," Midpoint said. He then released his arrow and it collided with the Moto Bug in the lead, and the arrow exploded. But the explosion did nothing. "What the heck?!" "Run!" Ocellus shouted. Then the five of them started running away from the Moto Bug swarm. They were running from the Moto Bugs through a forest. Sunny looked back at the swarm and thought of something. "Get to higher ground!" Sunny said. She then unleashed her alicorn wings and horn and started flying up. Tails, Ocellus and Nyx nodded and started flying. Midpoint then prepared another trick arrow, connected a grappling line from his belt, and fired it at the cliff above him. He then pushed a button on his belt and the line started bringing him up. The Moto Bugs continued down the path they were on. The group looked around to see where they were. Tails then said, "This almost looks like Green Hills." "Wait a minute," Midpoint said. "What is that?" He then pulled out a telescope. He then saw something through it. "Is that a rift?" "A rift?" Tails asked. He then took the telescope and looked through it. "You think that's our way out?" "Well, we won't know until we get there," Nyx said. Then they started flying towards the rift. Tails was holding Lynol by his right arm. "Ugh... You're really... heavy," Tails said. "It must be my quiver," Midpoint said. "The heavy weight helps increase my upper body strength." On the other side of the rift, Twilight, Sonic, Sonia and Manic arrived there and saw the rift. They looked into it and saw Nyx, Ocellus, Tails, Midpoint and Sunny running towards the rift, which was slowly closing. "The rift is closing!" Sonic said. Twilight then used her magic to keep the rift from closing. Midpoint and Sunny ran through the rift and used their strength to keep it open. Then Tails, Ocellus and Nyx ran through the rift. Sunny and Midpoint let go as Twilight released her magic. Then the rift closed. "That was close," Tails said. "You okay, buddy?" Sonic asked, putting his hand on Tails's left shoulder. "I'm fine," Tails said. "We're all fine." "Where were you in there?" Twilight asked. "Green Hills... before Knothole was made," Midpoint said. "Twilight!" Nyx said, jumping into Twilight's chest. Twilight fell to the ground from the sudden shift. She then hugged Nyx back. "Nyx, are you alright?" Twilight asked. "I'm fine," Nyx said. She then looked around. "Where are Joshua, Spike and the other Crusaders?" "We don't know," Manic said. "Everyone else got sucked into different rifts. Yo, Lynol, any idea what's happening?" "No," Midpoint said. "Something here is interfering with my powers. I have no idea what's gonna happen, or who's behind this or..." He then noticed something. On a top a hillside, there was a figure in a trench coat, a blue wig and an iron mask. Midpoint then rubbed his closed eyes with his wrist and opened them up. When he looked back, the figure was gone. "What is it, Alex?" Ocellus asked. "I thought I saw someone," Midpoint said. "We should continue finding our friends," Sunny said. "Alright, everyone," Twilight said. "Let's keep going." Then they continued on their way to another part of where they were." In Joshua's point of view, he was passed out. He then felt someone shaking him. "Joshua!" MC's voice faintly came in. Joshua started waking up to see MC above him. "Joshua! Wake up!" Joshua then woke up. "MC?" Joshua asked. "Where are we?" "I think we're back in Equestria," MC said. "In the Everfree Forest." "What?!" Joshua asked, getting up. "We shouldn't be here! Let's get out of here!" "Hey guys!" came Gallus's voice. The two looked and saw him flying towards the two. "Something's going on at a nearby clearing. C'mon!" Gallus then picked Joshua up and flew off somewhere. MC followed. They all went up to the top of a tree, where Rarity, Pipp and Mutt were. MC, Gallus and Joshua went up to them and looked down towards a clearing full of ponies, who were quadruped. "What is this?" Joshua asked. "I don't know," Rarity said. "But there's something very wrong here." MC's eyes went into its golden aura glow, and he checked what was going on. He was inspecting the ponies and he saw somepony tied up by her legs, and there was a sack on her head. MC's eyes went back to normal, and were widened. "Sparkles?!" MC asked, making Rarity, Pipp and Gallus cover his mouth. "You saw Twilight?" Rarity asked, quietly, removing hers, Pipp's and Gallus's hands. "Yeah, I did," MC quietly responded. "She's a quadruped unicorn down there." He then noticed the ponies. "Wait a minute. I know this event. This was when... the Children of Nightmare were trying to recreate Nightmare Moon." "This is how Nyx was born?" Joshua asked. "Oh, yes, now I remember," Rarity said. "This was the day that Twilight was ponynapped by a bunch of ponies who were trying to recreate Nightmare Moon, but Princess Celestia came in and interrupted the spell, and almost half of the cult ponies were arrested... tonight." "Wait a minute," Joshua said. "When Nyx was telling me the story, Princess Celestia was in the room. She said that she didn't interrupt the spell by firing a blast. She came because somepony launched a beacon up into the sky above the clouds." "Why would...?" Pipp asked. She then thought of something. She then flew up to the clouds, careful not to be seen by the ponies on the ground. Gallus followed. They looked above the clouds, seeing a bunch of Canterlot Royal Guards searching somewhere, all lead by Princess Celestia, who weren't even close to where the young griffon or the futuristic pegasus were. They went back down to the tree top. "They're not even close to where we are," Gallus said quietly. "Then they're not gonna find this place in time," Mutt said. "Look." Mutt pointed towards the ritual. At the ritual, the burning shreds of Nightmare Moon, and Twilight's blood, were all forming together into a black sphere. "Not today," MC said. He then charged up his hands and he created a golden ball of energy and threw it straight up into the sky, going through the clouds. "Yes... it is working my brothers and sisters!" came Spell Nexus's voice. "She is beginning to take shape!" The group listened while looking up at MC's beacon glowing, the glow coming through the clouds. But then it started coming down. "No way..." Rarity said. Pipp was recording the beacon launch on her cell phone, saying, "This is going to be... so... interesting." "Our queen shall soon be..." Nexus said before MC's beacon collided with the black sphere, causing an explosion, sending a shockwave throughout the clearing, the ritual catching fire. "Did I do that?" MC asked, using the voice of a young Jaleel White. Just then, they looked up, seeing the clouds being separated from above the clearing. Then a bunch of Royal Pegasus Guards came flying down. "Freeze! You are all under arrest!" said one of the pegasus guards. "We should get out of here before someone sees us," Gallus said, the others nodding in agreement. Then they all headed off towards the exit of the Everfree Forest. As they were running, they saw a rift in front of the exit. "That must be the way out of this time!" Rarity said. They saw it closing. "It's closing!" "Chaos... Circle!" MC said, spinning his hands around, creating a golden aura circle. He then threw it, keeping the rift from closing. "Dive through!" Mutt sped up and jumped through the rift, taking Joshua with him. Then Rarity jumped through. Then Pipp. Then Gallus. And finally MC jumped through the rift. MC then grabbed the Chaos Circle and absorbed it right as the rift closed. MC then looked over and saw Twilight, Sonic, Sonia, Manic, Nyx, Sunny, Ocellus, Tails and Midpoint right outside the rift. "Are you guys okay?" Twilight asked. "We just came from the ritual that led to Nyx being born," Joshua said. "What?!" Twilight and Nyx asked in unison. "The royal guards weren't near the clearing until MC launched a beacon into the sky," Gallus said. "Which came down and landed on the black sphere in the middle of the ritual," Pipp said, pulling out her cell phone. "Here, take a look." Twilight took Pipp's phone and looked at the video. In the video, Pipp's phone followed MC's beacon, which went through the clouds, came down through the clouds, and landed on the black sphere. "So Princess Celestia really didn't fire upon the ritual," Twilight said. "Then... that means..." Sunny said. "Wait a minute," Pipp said. "Alex, didn't you take a DNA test from Nyx's blood as well?" "I did," Midpoint said, realizing what Pipp was getting at. He then pulled out his tablet, and checked out Nyx's DNA test. "Of course! Now that makes sense! When I checked Nyx's DNA test, there were traces of Twilight and Luna's DNA within her. And there was another trace of someone else's DNA within her. That must be MC's energy signature within Nyx. Making Nyx..." "MC's daughter?!" the others, except MC and Nyx, asked in unison. "Oh, god," MC said, fainting to the ground. Nyx stood there in shock. Twilight leaned towards Sonic and asked, "Has MC ever...?" "Nope," Sonic said. "This was the first time I've seen him faint." Twilight then waved her hand in front of Nyx's face, trying to get Nyx's attention. Author's Note Next Episode: The Generations Saga (Part 2): A Tale of Two Sonics Episode 22: The Generations Saga (Part 2): A Tale of Two SonicsEpisode 22: The Generations Saga (Part 2): A Tale of Two Sonics In what looks like a chemical plant, Applejack, Smolder, Apple Bloom, Sally, Amy, and Spike were running through the place, trying to get through the toxic smell. "Whew!" Smolder said. "This place stinks!" "Literally," Sally said. "Ah agree with ya both," Applejack said, blowing the smell away with her hat. "Ah'm never gonna get the smell outta my nose." "Me, too, sis," Apple Bloom said. "Hopefully we'll get outta here soon," Spike said. Sally was holding out her Nicole handheld device and said, "I still can't get any connection with Nicole. C'mon, Nicole. Answer me." "Perhaps we need ta find Alex or Tails," Applejack said. "Maybe they'll get Nicole up n' runnin'." "Most likely," Sally said. "But we need to get out of here first." "Yeah," Amy said. "Anyone seen the exit?" Just then, she was grabbed by something quickly, and she screamed. "What was that?!" Smolder asked. "I think that was Metal Sonic!" Spike said. Just then, a blue blur passed them. "Hey, was that?" "It was," Sally said. "Go, Sonic!" Focusing on the blue blur, it was actually Classic Sonic in pursuit of Metal Sonic. In the white void, Twilight was carrying Nyx, whose brain was still fried from learning that MC is her father. Midpoint was carrying MC, who was still passed out, on his back while Mutt was carrying Midpoint's quiver and bow, that way Midpoint could carry MC more easily. Sonic, Sonia, Manic and the other rescued from the rift spaces were following them. "C'mon, Nyx," Twilight said. "Wake up." "Hang on," Manic said, reaching into his fanny pack. "I think I've got some smelling salts in here." Manic then pulled out a bottle of smelling salts. He opened it up and held the bottle near Nyx's nose. The smelling salts took its effect and Nyx coughed. "Wha... what happened?" Nyx asked. "You passed out when you found out that Michael could be your father," Rarity said. "What?!" Nyx asked, jumping out of Twilight's arms and flying. "I'm... MC's daughter?" "By that logic, Nyx is the heir to the throne of the Crayton Kingdom," Tails said. "But with no kingdom, MC'll have to marry into an eligible kingdom," Pipp said. "I don't know if he's my type." "Wait," Sunny said. "Back in the time Pipp, Hitch, Zipp, Izzy and I came from, MC told me and Izzy personally that he had to take care of all of Equestria when the Flames of Disaster killed Twilight. Spike was helping him as much as he could. But then... all of a sudden..." "Everypony in Equestria started fighting with one another," Twilight said. "Causing MC to make things with the Unity Crystals." "And the Castle of Friendship to break apart while he was standing at the very top of it," Rarity said as MC started getting off of Midpoint's back. "But someone had to be spreading those rumors," MC said. "Someone who wanted to be ultra powerful." "But how would that pony be all powerful?" Pipp asked. "I can think of one thing," Midpoint said. Everyone looked at the otter. "Cozy told me when Discord had busted her and Tirek out of Tartarus. She said that she sent her, Tirek and Chrysalis to a mountain to get the Bewitching Bell. Grogar's Bell." "Oh, boy," Twilight said. "That's a lot of powerful magic in that bell. That would be bad for a power hungry creature to have and try to take over Equestria." "Hey, guys!" Sonic said, pointing off somewhere. "Look!" Sonic pointed at another area with an open rift. "Some of our friends could be there as well." Then they started running towards the area. Back at the Chemical Plant, Classic Sonic jumped on Metal Sonic's head, causing him to drop Amy, her screaming all the way down. Luckily, Applejack caught her. "Gotcha, sugarcube," Applejack said. "Thanks, Applejack," Amy said. Then they saw Metal Sonic, heading towards a tower, and it collided with it, causing a major explosion. "Alright, Sonic!" They saw Classic Sonic running off somewhere. "Hey! Where's he going?!" "Ah don't know, but we should follow him," Applejack said. Then she, Amy and the others started following Classic Sonic. Outside of the area, Classic Sonic left the rift as the present Sonic and the others arrived there. MC stopped and sniffed around. "That's odd," MC said. "What is it?" Twilight asked. "I've got Sonic's scent coming from the rift, but that's impossible," MC said. "Yeah, bro," Manic said. "That is impossible, 'cause our bro has been with us the entire time." "Hey, look!" Tails said, pointing in the rift. They looked and saw Spike, Applejack, Apple Bloom, Sally, Amy and Smolder heading for the rift. The rift started closing. "The rift's closing!" Twilight used her magic to hold it open while MC and Midpoint held it open by the sides of the rift with their hands. Then the six in the rift jumped through and the three let go of the rift and it sealed shut and vanished. "Smolder!" Ocellus said, running up to the dragoness. "Are you alright?" "I'm fine, Ocellus," Smolder said. "But, whew! That place stunk!" "What is going on?" Gallus said. "I hope I'm wrong, but this place seems to be some kind of... limbo," Midpoint said. "Limbo?" Twilight asked. "You mean the place where time is meaningless and we could be stuck here for years?" "I don't know," Midpoint replied. "We don't even know if time is passing outside of this void or not. I don't even know because my ability to look into the future isn't working." "Well, wherever we are, we should..." Sonic said before noticing something in Amy's quills. "Amy, is that...?" "Huh?" Amy asked. Sonic then reached for what Amy had and he pulled something out. "A Chaos Emerald!" Tails said. "They are here!" "If we gather all seven Chaos Emeralds..." MC said. "We can use them to take on that thing that brought us here and go home," Twilight said. "C'mon. Let's get the Chaos Emeralds and go home!" Then they all headed off somewhere, heading for another part of the white space they were in. Knuckles was waking up. He looked around and saw that he was at some place familiar. He was at his home, Angel Island. "Angel Island?" Knuckles asked. "I'm... home?" He then heard some groaning. He looked over and saw Fluttershy, Sweetie Belle, Yona, Truemen, and Maddie there with him. "Are you all alright?" He ran over to help Maddie up. "Oh, we're okay," Fluttershy said. She then looked around. "Where are we?" "Angel Island," Knuckles said, helping up the pegasus. "This is my home." "This is where you live?" Maddie asked, looking around. "All by yourself?" "Angel Island had a lot more residents here," Knuckles said. "That was until a great battle came in unexpectedly. All the other echidnas in my tribe went into battle. I wanted to join in the battle. My father stopped me from joining the fight. He said my moment to honor our tribe would come, but it was not this moment. Those were the last words he spoke to me. I never saw him again." "That's so sad," Sweetie Belle said, tears coming out of the corners of her eyes. "It was," Knuckles said, patting Sweetie Belle's head. "But right now isn't the time for tears. Now's the time to get out of here and back to where we came from. Something isn't right." Just then, a bunch of robots came in and surrounded the group. "Whoa!" Truemen said. "Eggman robots." "To battle, Bear," Knuckles said. Then Knuckles and Truemen went towards the robots. "Yona want in on battle, too!" Yona said, charging in. She then rammed a robot, which did a chain reaction, making each bump into another robot and exploding, each doing the same as the first one. "Yona did not mean to do that!" "She just took away our fun," Truemen said. "Guess yaks are mightier than the echidnas," Knuckles said. "With their brute force." "Yona mighty! Yona mighty!" Yona said, jumping up and down, causing the ground to shake, making the others fall down to the ground. "Which might also be a problem with how excitable they get," Truemen said, making Knuckles nod. "C'mon," Knuckles said. "Let us get going." Then they headed towards another part of Angel Island. Back with the others, the group were walking somewhere in the white space. Spike, Nyx, Joshua, Mutt and Apple Bloom were talking with each other. "Seriously?" Spike asked. "It was MC who fired the blast and got Princess Celestia and her guards to go to that space where they held Twilight the night before Nyx became a full pony?" "Yeah," Mutt said. "Which was awesome!" "Boy, this place sure is weird on time," Apple Bloom said. "I'm still a little freaked out," Nyx said. "Especially the part where MC could be my dad." "Hey guys," Sonia said. "Look!" The entire group looked at where Sonia was pointing. They saw a rift that led to Angel Island. "Angel Island," Sonic said. "No doubt Knuckles is somewhere in there," MC said, making the others nod. Back within the rift, Knuckles was leading his group through Angel Island, which was starting to fall apart for some reason. "This shouldn't be happening!" Knuckles said. "Angel Island isn't supposed to be crumbling!" "Hey, look!" Yona said, pointing off somewhere. It was an open rift. "That must be the way out," Maddie said. "Let's move it." Then they started running towards the rift. They soon came close to the rift, but they had to cross a narrow bridge. Only one creature could cross at a time. "Alright, this bridge can only hold one of us at a time. Sweetie Belle, you go first." "I'll be above you," Fluttershy said, comforting a scared Sweetie Belle. Sweetie Belle then started crossing. Eventually, she made it across. "Alright, Yona," Maddie said. "Since you're heavier than us, you'll be going after me." Yona nodded. Maddie then started crossing. She eventually made it across. Then Yona started going, but when she was halfway there, the bridge started crumbling. She then started running. Eventually, she made it across. "Oh no!" Sweetie Belle said. "Knuckles and Truemen are stuck!" "Not exactly!" Truemen said, wrapping his left arm around Knuckles's waist. He and Knuckles jumped off their side of where the bridge once stood. Truemen then reached his metal arm downward and his palm gave off a bright orange aura, causing him to hover over the gap. He was straining to keep Knuckles from falling. "You're... really heavy!" "That's because I am one million percent muscle!" Knuckles said. "Faster, bear!" Eventually, the two made it to the other side, meeting up with the others. "Are you guys alright?" Maddie asked. "We are fine," Knuckles said. "Let's go!" Knuckles then pointed towards the rift, which was starting to close. "It's closing!" As they were getting closer, the rift was getting smaller. But then, something was holding it open. Eventually, they made it through in this order: Sweetie Belle, Fluttershy, Yona, Maddie, Truemen and Knuckles. They all looked and saw MC and Midpoint where the rift was. "You guys okay?" MC asked. "Well, the bear and I almost fell to our deaths, so, we're good," Knuckles said. "Good," Sonic said. "Now, we have to find the rest of our friends, and the Chaos Emeralds, and get out of this place," Twilight said. "Hey, guys," MC said. "What's that?" MC pointed off somewhere. "Some kind of gate," Midpoint said. "You think it's safe to explore?" "We won't know that," Twilight said. "Guys!" Tails said, making the others look over at him. He was holding the Chaos Emerald, which was glowing brighter. "The Chaos Emerald is reacting! I think there's another Emerald in there!" "Alright, I'm going in," Sonic said, walking towards the gate. "Sonic, are you sure?" Twilight asked. "I've been fighting strange things for a long time," Sonic responded. "I've got this." He then started walking inside. "He's gonna get killed," Knuckles said. "Seriously, we need to work on your pep talks, Knuckles," MC said. Tails chuckled and said, "Yeah." Sonic was walking down a hall. One side was a wall of mirrors, only it wasn't. Sonic was checking his reflection, which wasn't really a reflection, it was actually Classic Sonic on the other side of blurry glass. The two then looked at each other. They checked each other's teeth, then they patted their bellies, and then they brushed their quills. Then someone else's voice caught their attention. "Take a good look at yourself, Sonic!" "Doctor Eggman?!" Sonic asked, looking at the door at the end of the hall, seeing a large stone door. "It's the last look you'll get before I close your eyes forever!" came Eggman's voice before laughing. Just then, Classic Sonic ran towards the door, making Sonic look at him in shock. "Another Sonic?! What?!" Sonic asked. He then saw Classic Sonic about to jump towards the door. "Wait a second!" He then pursued Classic Sonic as it jumped through the doorway, as the stone door was closing. Sonic was too late to get through the doorway as it finished closing. Sonic had no idea what was going on, so he headed back to the gate, where his friends were. "What happened?" Amy asked. "I don't know how it happened... but there's... another me," Sonic said. "What?" Manic asked. "C'mon." "This isn't funny, Sonic," Sonia said. "Tell the truth." "He is," MC said. Everyone there looked towards the royal fox. "I can literally smell lies. Plus I didn't need his smell to know that he's lying. Look." He then pointed towards the gate. Everyone looked towards the gate and saw Classic Tails, looking at Tails. "Whoa!" Tails and Classic Tails said in unison. Back where Classic Sonic was, he was somehow in the Death Egg. He was about to run off and into an elevator shaft, but he stopped in time. Just then, a giant robot came up on an elevator, in front of Classic Sonic. The Death Egg Robot then tried jumping on Classic Sonic, but Classic Sonic sped out of the way as the elevator started rising, taking the two with them. Classic Sonic then aimed a spin attack on the Death Egg Robot's butt, knocking it over. They reached the top of the shaft, where there stood a bunch of platforms. Classic Sonic was jumping onto a platform as the Death Egg Robot was about to attack. Luckily, there were bombs placed on each platform, and the Death Egg Robot hit it, stunning it. Classic Sonic spun on the arm and he jumped and bashed the Death Egg Robot's head, making a chain reaction, making it self-destruct. Eventually, the Death Egg Robot broke into pieces. Eggman's voice was coming from the robot scraps. He was groaning and coughing. Classic Sonic shrugged his shoulder and ran over to the scraps, but the creature from earlier came in. Then a black and dark purple sphere came from the scraps and Eggman called out, "What?! No! No! Sonic! Save me!" Then the creature opened a rift and went through it. It then closed after passing through. Classic Sonic then left the gate, meeting up with Classic Tails, and all the others who were rescued. "I can't believe there's two of me," Sonic said, putting his hands on his hips. "I think I've figured it out," Classic Tails said. "Yeah, me too," Tails said. "That makes three of us," Twilight said. "Doubles of us..." Classic Tails said. "Places and enemies from our past..." Tails said. "Which is a clear sign that we're travelling through time and space," Twilight said. "Therefore, we are in the Nexus of All Realities," Midpoint said. "It's a part of the Multiverse Effect." "But the real question is... how did this happen?" MC asked. "I think it has something to do with that big 'thing' that just kidnapped Eggman," Tails said. "It sounds like the same thing that kidnapped your friends," Classic Tails said. "I mean, our friends. You know what I mean." "Time is really tricky here," Midpoint said. "Basically, we need to find someone who's an expert on this place. But we cannot do it here." "I guess we'll have to wait until that guy in the Iron Mask comes back," Classic Tails said. Almost everyone there was shocked. MC then sped towards Classic Tails and pinned him towards the gate. "Iron Mask?!" MC asked. "That's impossible! The Iron Mask is dead!" "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Midpoint said as he and Classic Sonic were getting MC to let go of Classic Tails. "Take it easy, MC. This is the Nexus of all Realities, meaning that the Iron Mask this Tails saw is probably just a counterpart of her trapped in this universe as well." "He's right," Tails said. "It's just a possibility. Your mom just might have a counterpart in this place. It depends on whether this one is like your mother or not." MC sighed and said, "Fine." He then let go of Classic Tails. "We'll find her, and we'll ask her as many questions as we can." He then started walking away. "How does he know that the figure in the Iron Mask is female?" Classic Tails asked. "The Iron Mask is MC's mother," Tails said. "She died protecting MC from a psychotic alien." Just then, the creature from before came out of a rift and started flying across the white space. "There it is!" After it flew over their heads, the creature opened up another rift and flew through it and vanished. "Where'd it go?!" Classic Tails asked. "We need to find that thing, our friends, and the Chaos Emeralds," Sonic said. "And fast." Just then, he saw Classic Sonic holding up something. "Okay," Sonic said. "Two down, five to go." "This is going to be one really interesting adventure," Twilight said. "Even if it might lead to the end of time." Author's Note Next Episode: The Generations Saga (Part 3): Best Frenemies Forever Episode 24: The Generations Saga (Part 4): Chaos RisingEpisode 24: The Generations Saga (Part 4): Chaos Rising Somewhere in Station Square, Cream, Cheese, Olive and Dinky were surrounded by robots in a casino's basement. Olive was trying to defend Cream, Cheese and Dinky, but the laser blasts from her gloves weren't doing any damage to the robots surrounding her. "Dang it!" Olive said. "Nothing's working!" "We need to get out of here!" Cream said. "Chao chao chao!" Cheese said. "How?!" Dinky asked. Then Dinky noticed Cream flying. "You can fly?!" "Olive!" Cream said, getting her older sister's attention. "Let's go!" Olive nodded, launched a line from her glove, and they all headed up. The robots tried to pursue them, but the two rabbits, the Chao, and the unicorn filly were too fast for them. They eventually made it out of there, but they ended up in a men's restroom. From outside, a man's shouting came, and the four ran out of the men's room. "Sorry about that!" Olive then noticed a rift by the exit of the casino. "Girls, that must be the way out!" They started running for the rift as it was starting to close. "It's closing!" Dinky said. Just then, they saw MC and Knuckles holding the rift open. Cream and Cheese went through the rift first, then Dinky, and finally, Olive. They made it out and saw the others. "Took you long enough," Olive said. "At least you didn't get trapped on that end," Midpoint said. "Joshie!" Dinky said, noticing Joshua. She ran over to him and hugged him. "We got to get you all out of here," Sarah Crayton said. "After we find the rest of your friends and the Chaos Emeralds, we're getting all of you out of here." Then they started walking away. Olive, Cream, Cheese and Dinky walked over towards Midpoint. "Who is that vixen?" Olive asked. "Apparently, the vixen we buried after the alien attack was a clone," Midpoint answered. "That's the real Queen Sarah Crayton. She lives here." Olive then thought about it when Midpoint, Cream, Cheese and Dinky walked away. "So that's who she reminds me of," Olive said. Then she started following the others. At one area of the white space, the group arrived at an open rift. The group looked into it. "Hey!" Cozy said. "It's San Francisco!" "But when?" Midpoint said. "Just remember, this place run through our past, present and future." He then looked in the rift. "Oh, look. Maria, Rouge and Izzy are coming!" Midpoint then held the rift open, and MC assisted. Maria, Rouge and Izzy jumped through the portal. "Maria!" MC said, helping the human turned hedgehog up to her feet. "I'm fine, MC," Maria said. "But Shadow isn't. He's in there!" She pointed back to the rift. "Oh, boy," MC said. "I'll get him back to his senses," Sonic said. He then looked towards Sarah Crayton. "Just keep the rift open." Sarah Crayton nodded. She then used her power to keep the rift open as Sonic ran in. "Boy, he sure is wanting to help out his brother," Izzy said. "Shadow is not related to us!" Sonia and Manic said in unison. "Yeah, Sonic, Sonia and Manic are triplets," Tails said. "They don't have any more siblings." "Ooh... Sorry," Izzy said. Meanwhile, on the other side of the rift, Sonic was running through the streets of San Francisco, searching for Shadow. He was then ambushed by something. He was pushed into a water fountain. He got up and spat out the fountain water. "That was gross," Sonic said. He then turned around, seeing Shadow standing right outside of the fountain. "Shadow, what are you doing?" "You really think I'd listen to you after what you've done?" Shadow asked. "You broke time!" "You're blaming me?!" Sonic asked. "I didn't do this! That thing attacked us... on my birthday, no less!" "That thing is after you!" Shadow said. "I'll do it a favor by taking you down!" "No way," Sonic said. "Maria wouldn't want you doing that." "Maria?" Shadow asked. "You don't know what she wants!" He then did a spin dash attack towards Sonic. Sonic then moved out of the way, making Shadow attack nothing. Sonic then started running towards the rift. Shadow got angry and chased after him. He then pulled something out. "Chaos Control!" Shadow said. Just then, time froze around Sonic. Then Shadow came up and did a flying spin kick into Sonic's head, sending him towards a dumpster. "Okay, that hurt!" Sonic said, getting out of the dumpster. He then started running towards the rift again, but Shadow wasn't letting him near the rift. Shadow was trying to keep Sonic away from the rift. "Shadow! That's enough!" "You don't know when enough is enough!" Shadow said. "I'm taking you down, here and now!" Just then, as he was talking, an arrow was heading towards him. Shadow then caught it without even looking. Shadow then looked at the arrow and smirked. "You think an arrow is gonna..." Just then, the arrow tip gave out a bright flash of light, temporarily blinding Shadow. "Gah, my eyes!" Just then, Sonic came in with a spin attack, hitting Shadow, sending him right through the rift. Sonic then followed and the rift was sealed off. "They always fall for the flash arrows," Midpoint said. Sonic then handed Midpoint the flash arrow. Midpoint took it and put it back into his quiver. Shadow groaned angrily and asked, "Why are you trying to interfere with...?" He was cut off when the Time Eater came in from a rift and started hovering over the group. It then vanished into another rift that it opened up. "Okay, what is that thing?" "It was meant to be a transporter through different timelines," Sarah Crayton answered. "But it was stolen by someone who wanted to use it to take over all the time in the world. Why it's after you guys, I do not know." "Wait a minute," Shadow said, recognizing Sarah Crayton's face. "Aren't you supposed to be...?" "That was a clone," Sonic said. "She's been here for nearly all eternity." Shadow then groaned and said, "We find and destroy that thing, then we're out of here." "Well, to prevent people like that from using it to take over the multiverse, I say that'd be for the best," Sarah Crayton said. "C'mon," MC said. "Let's get out of this limbo." Then they all started walking through the white space, moving onto the next spot. Somewhere in the white space, Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo and Espio were waking up somewhere. They looked around. "Where are we?" Scootaloo asked. "Looks like those old ruins when we were going in to fight Metal Sonic who was impersonating Eggman at the time," Rainbow Dash said. "I must agree," Espio said. "Why we've been brought here, I do not know." "C'mon, let's see if we can find a way out of this place," Rainbow Dash said. "Perhaps Twi and the others know of a way out of this." She then started flying. Scootaloo started flying, too. "At least now I'm able to carry myself off the ground," Scootaloo said. "Thanks to MC." "Who knew all it took was to awaken some dormant growth cells in your wings," Rainbow Dash said. "Mind giving me a lift?" Espio asked. "Sure," Rainbow Dash said. Espio then held up his left hand and Rainbow Dash took it and carried the chameleon off the ground. Then the two pegasi started flying off. Outside of the area, the entire group arrived just outside of the rift. The group looked into the rift to see if any of their friends were in there. "Looks like the ruins of that place where we were chasing Metal Sonic when we thought he was Eggman," Twilight said. "Looks like it," MC said. He then got a whiff. "Smells like Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo and Espio are in there." "Which means the Bearers of the Elements of Harmony are almost back in," Rarity said. "Besides them, who else are we missing?" "Twist, Sandbar, Hitch Trailblazer, Tom, Blaze, Marine, Antoine, Rotor, Charmy, Vector, and possibly Silver," MC said. "Really?" Sonic asked. "Silver could be in here somewhere?" "Well, these three came in here and they weren't at your party," MC said, waving towards Shadow, Starlight and Sunset. "He's got a point," Starlight said. "I'm as surprised as any of you when that thing came," Sunset said. Shadow just nodded. "Well, we might find the others when we go through the last o' the rifts," Applejack said. "Here they come!" Midpoint said, looking into the rift. He then held the rift open and MC helped out. Rainbow Dash flew out of the rift, holding Espio. Then Scootaloo came out. MC and Midpoint let go of the rift and it closed up. "Whew," Rainbow Dash said. "That place brought back some memories." "Yeah, we're travelling through time and space," Midpoint said. Rainbow Dash looked at the group and saw Sonic, Classic Sonic, Tails and Classic Tails. She then said, "Well, that explains the doubles of Sonic and Tails. "Hey, look!" Ocellus said, pointing at something. The group looked over towards it and saw another gate. "Leave this one to me, guys," Sonic said, walking over towards it. "Hold it, Sonic," Twilight said. "You don't know who's on the other side of that gate. It could be an enemy you could only take down as Super Sonic." "She's right," MC said. "We could be talking about the Storm King, or someone like that." "The Storm King?!" Silverstream asked, getting scared. "Whoa, whoa," Gallus said, comforting the hippogriff. "It's okay. We won't let him hurt you." "Or it could be something else," Sally said. "Think of all the bad guys you've faced in your super forms." "Perfect Chaos, the Biolizard, Neo Metal Sonic, the Black Arms, Solaris, Dark Gaia, and a corrupted Mother Wisp," MC said, recalling the other times that any of them went super. "Okay," Sonic said. "That might be troubling. But hey, it's nothing I can't handle." He then walked into the gate. "Wow, you guys must've faced a lot of tough guys," Classic Tails said. "What was one of the most troubling bad guys you faced?" "I'm gonna have to say Mephiles," MC said. "I'm with him," Shadow said. "Mephiles is a living shadow that was half of what Solaris was. He was able to travel through the flow of time." "Of course he doesn't exist anymore in our universe because Elise blew out the white flame known as Solaris," Twilight said. "I don't know if it'll happen to you two or not." "Meh, we'll see," Classic Tails said. "Hang on guys," MC said. "Do you hear that?" Everyone stood quietly and listened. They heard running water, coming from the gate. "It's not..." Tails said. "It can't be," Knuckles said. MC then reached into the gate and put his hand on the floor. MC had his eyes closed. His hearing is a lot sharper than the others. He heard some distant roaring. He opened his eyes and said, "Uh oh." "What is it?" Twilight asked. "Let's just say that Sonic's gonna get washed up by a living tidal wave," MC said. "Perfect Chaos?!" the Mane 6 and Maria asked. "Oh, Sonic is done for," Shadow said. Sonic was walking down the hallway of the gate, heading towards somewhere. He then saw the stone door at the end of the hall, wide open. There were streams of water coming from the door. "Huh," Sonic said. "Must be a storm on the other side of that door." He then started running towards the stone door and jumped through it, just as it was closing. When he made it to the other side, he was in a damaged office building. He then looked around. His foot then bumped something. He looked down and saw something. "Alright, another Emerald," Sonic said, picking it up. Just then, he heard roaring, shaking the building. "Wha-oa-oa!" He then looked around. He then headed out of the room, up some stairs, and he looked out on top of the building, seeing Station Square, flooded, and the tall buildings damaged by water. "No! It can't be!" Just then, some water started rising in one spot, growing higher and higher, taking the form of a giant snake head. "Perfect Chaos?!" Sonic asked. He then sighed. "Oh, well. Guess a hedgehog's gotta do what a hedgehog's gotta do." He then started jumping down and sliding down the side of the building, heading for some landing spots that weren't covered by the water. Sonic was speeding across the water, heading towards Perfect Chaos, who saw Sonic coming. Perfect Chaos then fired a laser beam from its mouth, heading towards Sonic. Sonic dodged it and headed towards the base of Perfect Chaos. "Alright, Sonic," Sonic said to himself. "You're about to get really wet!" He then closed his eyes and entered the base of Perfect Chaos. He then spiraled upward up Perfect Chaos's body, and came out where the creature's brain was. Perfect Chaos broke apart and Sonic landed on a construction site. "Okay. That's done." He then heard roaring. "Oh, no." He then looked out on the water and saw Perfect Chaos growing up from the water again. "Oh, boy." Outside of the gate, the group was looking towards it, wondering if Sonic was okay. "Mom, is there anyway we can see what's going on on the other side of that gate?" MC asked. "Actually, I think I can," Sarah Crayton said. She then used her power to make a screen of Sonic fighting Perfect Chaos. Sonic was going through a building, trying to get away from Perfect Chaos's tentacles. "He's avoiding Perfect Chaos's attacks!" Twilight said. "That won't stop him from getting wet," MC said. "He's gonna have to get wet if he's gonna go after Chaos's brain." "C'mon, Sonic!" Knuckles said. "Give that Perfect Chaos a good ol' headache!" Back during the battle, Sonic was rushing across from building to building. He then saw Perfect Chaos holding up pieces of the road with geysers he had been spraying from the water. Sonic decided to use them to his advantage. He jumped from each piece of the road. He then jumped onto a lamp post at an intersection, using it like a horizontal bar in gymnastics. It launched him towards Perfect Chaos's brain, making him hit it. Perfect Chaos roared in pain and then split up. "Please stay down," Sonic said, landing on a piece of the road below him. Just then, Perfect Chaos roared again from a distance. "Oh, c'mon!" He then started running across the water, heading to Perfect Chaos. The others were watching him run across the water. "How is he doing that?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Run at a certain speed or higher, you'll be able to run across the water," MC said. "I'm surprised he hasn't gotten sick yet," Sunny said. "It'll probably catch up to him the day after his birthday," Twilight said. "5 bucks says he gets sick the day after his birthday," Zipp said. "A ninja does not make bets," Espio replied. HE then looked up at the screen. He then sighed. "Just this once. Raise you ten." He then held up a 10 dollar bill. "Deal," Zipp said. Back in the battle, Sonic was getting closer and closer to Perfect Chaos, avoiding all the geysers and laser blast being thrown right at him. Sonic was then caught off guard when a piece of the road came up right below him. "Whoooooa!" Sonic called out. He then recovered. Perfect Chaos then opened up his mouth, getting ready to fire a laser beam at Sonic. But Sonic jumped out of the way, but that didn't stop Perfect Chaos from trying to attack him. Sonic was running away from the laser beam. Sonic then made it back down to a platform near the water, and rushed towards Perfect Chaos's base. He went in, went spiraling upward, and hit Perfect Chaos's brain, finally finishing him off. The others were watching as Sonic landed on a rooftop, the water level starting to go down. "He did it!" Scootaloo said. "Yes, he did," MC said. "Alright, Sonic!" the rest of the Freedom Fighters said in unison. "Guess Perfect Chaos isn't as hard to take down as we thought," Twilight said. "Guess we didn't need to go that hard on him when we all fought him that day," Pinkie Pie said. Just then, the gate opened and Sonic came out. Although, he was really fluffy. Like this: Maddie just laughed, pulled out her phone, and took a picture. She then said, "I should show Tom this when we find him." "We'll find him, Maddie," Sonic said, going back to normal. "I'm sure of it." "Mom, you mind leading us towards the next area?" MC asked. "Sure thing," Sarah Crayton said. Then the group started walking away. But then, the Time Eater reappeared. It roared and nearly hit the entire group. They would've been hit if they hadn't ducked. The Time Eater then opened up another rift and disappeared into it. "That thing is really starting to push my buttons," MC said. "I agree," Twilight said. "We need to find the others." They started moving onto the next area of the White Space. "Every time we've been going through each space in this place, we've been restoring the proper time lines," Tails said, looking back. "Which means we can stop that thing when we've restored each place we've gone through," Classic Tails said. "Impressive observation, you two," Sarah Crayton said. "We can restore the time line by coming near them and rescuing your friends." "We've already got five Chaos Emeralds," Sonic said, holding out the fifth Chaos Emerald. "We just got two more to collect, and then we take that thing down." "That won't be as easy as you think," Sarah Crayton said. "That machine is very hard to destroy, especially in this space. Not even I can make a scratch on it's armor." "Perhaps we'll find something when we get a good look at it," Sally said. "Yeah, even machines have a weak spot," MC said. "It's core." Sarah Crayton thought of something and said, "Of course. The Chrono-Core." "Chrono-Core?" Twilight asked. "It's the machine's power source," Sarah Crayton said. "Take that thing out, it'll be shut down for good, and the ones piloting it will be trapped in this void." "Whoever's piloting that thing, they'll be lucky to survive in this white limbo for all eternity," Shadow said. He then started walking away. "I swear, he needs to lighten up a little," Sarah Crayton said. "He already has," Maria said. "Because of me." "Oh, right," Sarah Crayton said. "You two have been best friends for over fifty years. Even though you both were frozen in suspended animation for fifty years." Maria nodded. Then they all continued walking through the white limbo. Author's Note Next Episode: The Generations Saga (Part 5): Fragile Times Episode 25: The Generations Saga (Part 5): Fragile TimesEpisode 25: The Generations Saga (Part 5): Fragile Times At one point in time, there were buildings on fire. In one building, Tom, Hitch and Twist were huddled together, trying to keep away from the raging inferno surrounding them. "Why is everything on fire?!" Twist asked. "I don't know," Tom said. "Wait a minute, I do," Hitch said. "We're back in my time. Most of the world was on fire because of the Flames of Disaster. But not in Equestria. We must be in Soleanna in my time." He then noticed something that the others hadn't. "Look out!" Tom said, covering Twist, but the flames were diverted away. Blaze came from above and moved the flames away from the group. Hitch then quickly reached for the egg and put it in the large backpack he had brought. "We need to get you all out of here," Blaze said. "Let's go." Blaze then led the three through the burning city. Eventually, they made it to the rift. MC and Knuckles were holding the rift open. In order, Blaze, Twist, Hitch and Tom made it out. MC then sniffed into the rift. "Tom!" Maddie said, running up to her husband. "Maddie!" Tom said, the two hugged. "Guys!" MC called out. "Silver's still in there!" "I'll get him," Sonic said, rushing into the rift. He then came out, Silver on his back and dirty. "What happened to you?" Amy asked, looking at Silver. "I had to fight off some of Iblis's minions," Silver said. "It involved a lot of trash. I need a deep scrub." The group continued walking through the white space. Silver was now clean, and he currently held something out. "Hey, as I was in there, I found this," Silver said, holding out a Chaos Emerald. "Great," Sonic said, taking the Chaos Emerald. "Now, we've only got one left to go." MC then started sniffing. He smelt something coming from Hitch. He walked over towards Hitch and asked, "You didn't expect that much fire outside of Equestria in your time, did you?" "No I did not," Hitch said. "I can't believe everything was that bad in that part of my timeline. Not even Phyllis Cloverleaf would be prepared for all of that. Fire monsters, lava on the ground, a tornado mixed with a raging inferno! That is crazy dangerous!" "I know, right?" Silver asked, coming up to the two. "I'd never thought I'd ever end up back in that time." "When we go back to our time, that timeline will not be accessible through Chaos Control," MC said. "He's right," Midpoint said, walking up to the three. "It's part of the multiverse effect." "This place does seem to be where to view the multiverse," Silver said, looking around. He then noticed an area. "Is that the next area?" MC then looked ahead and he sped ahead, looking into the rift there. He then started sniffing into the rift. He smiled and said, "Vector, Antoine and Marine. They're in there." "Where are we looking at?" Sonic asked. "Or more likely when?" He then looked into the rift. "Hey!" Sally said, looking into the rift. "That's Spagonia! That's near my castle!" "Here they come!" Espio said as he was looking into the rift. They all looked into the rift and saw Vector, Antoine and Marine running for it. "It's closing, mates!" Marine said as the rift started shrinking. "Someone give me a hand!" MC said, holding one side of the rift. Applejack came and helped out with holding the rift. Marine jumped out of the rift first. Then Antoine. And finally, Vector. "Boy, that was real tough there," Vector said. "Especially with those robots made by the doc." "You're telling me," Midpoint said. "I've tried launching an explosive at an old Moto-Bug and it did nothing. Not one trace of damage." "Zis place... something iz strangely wrong," Antoine said. "Ah agree with ya, sugah," Bunnie said. "MC," Twilight said. "Do you think the rest are in the next area of this place?" "Well, we've only got Rotor, Charmy and Sandbar left, so that is a high possibility," MC said. "Mom, think you can lead us there?" "Sure," Sarah Crayton said. Then she started leading the group towards the next area, but then the Time Eater came in and hovered above the group. It roared and then it disappeared into another rift it opened up. "I'm starting to get the feeling that thing's taunting us," Rainbow Dash said. "You may be right about that, Rainbow Dash," Sonic said. "Okay, right now we've got six Chaos Emeralds. One more, and we'll have the power to take that thing down, and we'll get out of this place." "I'm starting to think that that thing is starting to get worried," Twilight said. "What do you mean?" Sally asked. "The more we get our friends and the Chaos Emeralds, the more that thing fears that we'll defeat it," Twilight said. "We're gonna have to take it down if we're gonna get out of here." "I just hope I don't end up in a time loop," Sunset said. "Tell me about it," Midpoint said. "If someone I knew was in a time loop, I'd be in it, too. With my rings off, I'd be a part of it, and the whole thing would give me a headache." "Well, I guess that would be hard on those who can see all possible futures," Sunset said. "There's no such thing as a time loop," Tails said. "Actually, there is," Twilight said. "Sunset told me that when she was RV camping near a concert, she live the same day over and over... for three weeks. She even knew what was going to happen." "Kinda made the Pinkie Pie of that world upset on the last loop," Sunset said. "So, I had to make it up to her on the one loop that we found the Time Twirler." "Still sounds like an Infinity Stone from the Marvel Universe," MC said. "A what stone?" Nyx asked. "You'll understand when you're older," MC said. "Speaking of which, how old are you, biologically that is?" "Good question," Nyx said. "We might have to figure that out." "Yeah, we should," Twilight said. "We'll get on it when we get out of here." They continued walking through the White Space to the next area, all of them hoping to find the last of their friends. Somewhere in a grassy area, Sandbar was waking up. He sat up and looked around. He saw that he was in a place that was unfamiliar to him. "What is this place?" Sandbar asked. He then looked and saw both Rotor and Charmy with him. "Whoa! Guys, are you two okay?" Rotor and Charmy sat up, both of them had a hand on their head. Rotor then said, "I don't know what happened, but that was really uncool!" "I know," Charmy said. "I was just wanting to get to that cake portion of Sonic's birthday." He then looked around. "Oh, look! Aliens!" Sandbar and Rotor looked where Charmy was looking and they saw a bunch of Wisps flying around. "Looks like we're on the Wisp Home World," Rotor said. "Wow," Sandbar said. "This place looks amazing." Just then they saw some Egg Pawns with construction helmets and tool belts stomping around the place, gathering up Wisps. "Oh, that's not good." The robots then noticed the three. One robot went over to a pole with a button on it and pushed it. Then alarms went blaring. "Intruder alert! Intruder alert! Intruder alert!" "That's not good," Rotor said. "Let's get out of here!" Sandbar said. Then the three started running off somewhere. Outside of the area, the group made it to the rift to look inside it. MC got a whiff of it. "Sandbar, Charmy and Rotor," MC said. "That's the last of our friends." "Good," Vector said. "No way we're gonna leave here without Charmy." "Didn't you want to leave Charmy back at the beach when we were helping you with that client who turned out to be Eggman?" Gallus asked. That made Ocellus, Silverstream, Smolder and Yona laugh. "Meh, we were just messing with him," Vector said. "Even Charmy knows that." "You guys are messed up," Midpoint said. "Where is that?" MC looked into the rift and went wide eyed. He then said, "That's Planet Wisp!" "Planet Wisp?" Twilight asked. "That's the home world of all the wisps." "Oh, boy," Sonic said. "That might not be a cake walk as they think. They could be anywhere on that planet. It might take them a while to..." Sonic then noticed something. "Oh, wait. There they are." On the other side of the rift, Sandbar, Charmy and Rotor were running, Charmy really flying, towards the rift as fast as they could. MC and Knuckles were holding the rift open so they could get through. Vector looked into the rift and had a hand out for them to grab. "C'mon c'mon c'mon!" Vector said. Charmy was the first to be pulled through by Vector. Then Sandbar. And lastly, Rotor. MC and Knuckles let go of the rift and it closed up. "Rotor, you okay?" MC asked. "Meh, that was a little freaky returning from a place we've been to lately," Rotor said. "I bet you can't top that." "I've been to the night of the ritual that originally created Nyx," MC said. "That was long before Equestria came back to Earth. And before Sparkles even became an alicorn." "He interrupted the ritual that night with a beacon that was supposed to get the attention of Princess Celestia and the Pegasus guards searching for Twilight from above," Gallus said. "That was a lucky break," MC said. "That energy I used somehow transformed into a piece of my DNA and merged into the black sphere, that eventually became Nyx." "Making Nyx a biological daughter of MC," Twilight said. "I still can't believe it was you all that time ago." "Okay, you've topped me," Rotor said. "Perhaps we should focus on getting out of here." "Alright, everyone," Sarah Crayton said. "No more delays. It's time we get out of here." She then led the group over to the next area, only to be blocked by another gate. "Oh, you've got to be kidding me." MC walked over towards the gate and opened it. He then lifted his hands to his ears to hear what was at the end. He then heard evil laughter. "What?" MC asked. "What is it, MC?" Maria asked. "Your cousin," MC said. "Julien?" Maria asked, surprised. "I thought he was taken away by that thing that brought us here." She then looked towards Classic Sonic and Classic Tails. "That is what happened, right?" Classic Sonic nodded while Classic Tails said, "That's what happened. How he's in there or why is a mystery." "I'm going in," Twilight said. "Me, too," Sonic said. "Let's go." Twilight and Sonic then started walking into the gate. The others watched as the two went into the gate. "What else did you hear?" Tails asked. "I think I heard that machine that Eggman used after Sonic, Sparkles, the other five and Light Gaia come out of that temple under that theme park that Eggman made back in America." "The Egg Dragoon?!" Pinkie Pie asked. "That would be an insult to the Crayton Heritage," Sarah Crayton said. "It's been that way for centuries." "And why is that?" MC asked. "Because the Dragoon Force has awoken within you," Sarah Crayton said. "If it's awoken within you, it just might be within Nyx as well." "Within me?" Nyx asked. "Who knows when it might awaken," Sarah Crayton said. "Even I have no idea when it might happen." Nyx then looked back at MC with curiosity. She then decided to walk up to him. "MC? When did that force awaken?" Nyx asked. MC sighed and said, "On my seventh birthday. Right after I saw Mom get crushed." "I knew it was that moment he would be the greatest version of himself," Sarah Crayton said. "What were you feeling when it happened?" Nyx asked, looking at MC. "Emotionally that is." MC sighed. "Sorrow... Anger... Fear... I was just a kid when that happened." He then looked at Nyx. "I really hit rock bottom back then. But I guess when you're at the bottom, there's only one place left to go. Up." He then picked Nyx up and gave her a hug. Nyx hugged him back, with both her arms and her wings. "Awww..." Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Dinky and Twist all said in unison. "Eww!!" Scootaloo said. "Oh, grow up, Scootaloo," Sally said. "He's actually having a father-daughter moment with his own child." She then smiled at MC. "A little sooner than expected, but still sweet." On the other side of the gate, Twilight and Sonic were running and flying through a long hallway, looking around for Eggman. But then, a flying machine came in front of them. "Well, well, well, if it isn't that pesky princess and that annoying blue nuisance," Eggman said. "It's time I take you two down, here and now!" It then started flying backwards, making Twilight and Sonic chase after it. "This thing was a pain to take down when we were monsters," Sonic said. "But as our true selves, it might be quicker." "But not as easy," Twilight said. "It might be tougher for us in our normal forms. Let's be careful and coordinate our attacks. That way, we might be able to get some good shots in." "I see," Sonic said. "Good thinking. Let's do it!" Sonic and Twilight then started accelerating to catch up with the Egg Dragoon. The Egg Dragoon then began to launch its drill towards the two. Twilight caught it in her magic and threw it back at the base of the machine, damaging it. "Urrrrgh!" Eggman called out. "You little...! You little...!" The Egg Dragoon then ripped out two floor plates from the ground and had put them in the path between Twilight and Sonic, an energy field surrounding them. "It's time you got crushed!" Twilight then used her magic to prevent the plates from crushing them. Sonic then used his agility to jump from wall to wall. He jumped up to the top of the plates, and did a spinning homing attack towards the Egg Mobile, sending the Egg Dragoon down to the ground. "Why you...!" Eggman said. He then launched another drill up and then it started coming down to the ground, sending both Twilight and Sonic down a shaft, the Egg Dragoon below them. The Egg Dragoon then launched its laser cannon, trying to hit the two. Twilight used a barrier spell to block the attacks. "Twilight, launch me towards him!" Sonic said. "Gotcha!" Twilight said. She then used her magic to grab Sonic who was in his spinning position. She then launched him towards the Egg Dragoon, going directly through the center of it, and exploding in mid-air. Sonic landed on the ground and got out of the way of the falling debris. "Whoo!" Sonic said. "That was a rush!" He then heard Eggman groaning. Twilight then came down. Then a rift opened up, letting in Tails, Classic Sonic and Classic Tails. "Sonic!" Tails said. "Ooooh... I can't believe this!" Eggman said, sitting up. "I was supposed to beat you this time." "Aw, I'm sorry! I didn't get that memo," Sonic said. "I beat you every time!" He then turned to Classic Sonic. "No, seriously, we beat this guy every time. It's like it's our job or something!" Classic Sonic just did a laughing motion. "What's Eggman even doing here?" Tails asked, looking towards Classic Sonic and Classic Tails. "I thought you said he'd been kidnapped by that big weird thing that sent us all to this place!" Just then, the Time Eater came in and swooped up Eggman, taking him somewhere. "See? He was kidnapped," Classic Tails said. "This is getting stranger all the time." Then the five of them went through the rift and it closed up behind them. Before Twilight walked into the rift, she saw something on the floor. Twilight picked up the Chaos Emerald, and then she walked through the rift. The rest of the group watched the five come through the rift. MC walked up to the group. "Did you find it?" MC asked. Twilight just held out the last Chaos Emerald. "Okay, that's good." He then looked ahead. "I saw that thing head over yonder." He pointed towards where he saw the Time Eater hovered towards. "If we're gonna get out of here, we're gonna have to take that thing down." "Michael's right," Sarah said. "We don't know who's controlling that thing, but whoever it is needs to be taken down." Then they all started walking and they soon came across a huge gate. "Whoa!" Rainbow Dash said. "That gate is huge!" "This gate can only be opened by the machine, or seven small time cores," Sarah Crayton said. "But I combined all the time cores into one, making it the power source to the machine." "But how can we open it without any cores?" Olive asked. "There's gotta be a way to open it," Starlight said. Nyx then flew up to one gear that opens the gate. She inspected it. She then said, "I wonder..." She then looked at the group. "Someone, I need a Chaos Emerald!" Shadow sighed and held out the Chaos Emerald he had. Nyx took it in her magic and put it into the slot in the gear. It fit perfectly and the gear started turning. "They need the Chaos Emeralds!" Nyx said. "Get the other six Emeralds in those gears!" MC said. In one gear, Rainbow Dash put the light blue Chaos Emerald into one slot. Then Fluttershy put the green one into another. Scootaloo put the red Chaos emerald into another. Then Bunnie put the purple Chaos Emerald into another. Midpoint then launched the blue Chaos Emerald into the slot of another one. Midpoint then said, "Bullseye." Twilight then gave MC the yellow Chaos Emerald and said, "You wanna do the honors?" "Of course, Sparkles," MC said. He then jumped up onto the last gear and put the last Chaos Emerald into the gear. Then all the gears started spinning, making the final gate open up. "Alright, everyone," Sonic said. "This is the last fight. If we're gonna do this, we're gonna have to do this together." "This might be the most difficult fight we've been through," Twilight said. "More than when we fought the Storm King. Or Lord Tirek. Or Perfect Chaos. Or Shadow's Prototype. Or the Black Aliens. Or Solaris. Or Nega Mother Wisp. Or even..." She then tried thinking of someone that was missing. "Who am I missing?" "How about that giant reptile that's living underneath the planet's crust?" Midpoint asked. "Dark Gaia," Applejack said. "That one was tough." "I still couldn't believe you guys took on an immortal beast with a god," Sunny said. "That thing was scary in its final form. It had eyes in its mouth." "It was disgusting having to go in through its eyes," Rarity said. "Especially with that stuff that went in my hair. Luckily, Pipp helped me out that day." "It was my pleasure," Pipp said. "I'm thinking of actually starting a salon back in Station Square." "That would be a good choice," Sonia said. "In fact, I'd like to help with promoting it." "Thanks, Sonia," Pipp said. "Okay, everyone," Twilight said. "Let's get ready. This is the final fight of our lives. Let's go in there, and take that thing down." Everyone there nodded and they all walked into the gate. When they went in, the Chaos Emeralds left the slots and followed the group into the gate, and it closed up behind them. Author's Note Next Episode: Season Finale: The Generations Saga (Part 6): All the Time in the World Episode 26: The Generations Saga (Part 6): All the Time in the WorldEpisode 26: The Generations Saga (Part 6): All the Time in the World In a room full of spinning gears, the Time Eater was hovering in the dark. Then the room was lit up, revealing the full machine, not coated in darkness. On the ground, Twilight, Sonic, Tails, Classic Sonic and Classic Tails were running towards the Time Eater. "Okay, whatever you are," Sonic said, pointing at the Time Eater. "If you want to avoid an embarrassing beatdown, you'd better give up now!" Then one of the orbs on the back of the Time Eater opened up, revealing Eggman, who said, "You're not in a position to demand anything, you nasty little pincushion!" "Eggman! But, how?" Tails asked surprised. Then another orb opened up, revealing a younger Doctor Eggman, who still had his hair. "He had a little help!" Younger Eggman said. "Doctor Robotnik!" Classic Tails said, surprised. "Nobody calls me that anymore," Younger Eggman said. "If you would be so kind as to explain, gentleman genius Doctor Eggman From The Future." "It will be my pleasure, most excellent and efficacious Doctor Eggman of the Past," Eggman said, as he flashbacked to his previous failure. "After my most recent setback, I stumbled upon the primordial form of this unique creation. Which I discovered had amazing abilities even I have never been able to master. It could erase time and space! I then had the brilliant idea to use my discovery to undo my previous defeats!" The flashback ended. "In order to perfect it, I needed the help of someone as smart as I am. The only person that smart... is me!" "Oh, you are too kind, my dear future self!" Younger Eggman said. "And I was happy to help." "I captured your friends, flinging them through time to bait my traps," Eggman said. "But the more your monster tears through time, the more damage you do to the world!" Tails said. "The world?" Eggman asked with a smirk on his face. "I'm going to own the world when I'm finished with Sonic!" He then burst into maniacal laughter, which then went into coughing, then he cleared his throat and continued laughing. Younger Eggman shook his head and said, "Wow. Will I really get that crazy?" Eggman leaned over his control console, chuckled and said, "We'll see who's crazy after I destroy both Sonics and the alicorn princess... forever!" "You mean after we destroy them," Younger Eggman pointed out. "Less arguing, more destroying," Eggman said. "Destroy me? You and what mustache?" Sonic asked, mockingly. "I beat you all the time by myself, and now there's two of me!" "There's no version of yourself where you win," Twilight said. "You're destined to lose because you're evil." "Ohoh? We'll see about that!" Eggman said. Then the cockpits on the back of the Time Eater sealed themselves. Then the Time Eater started blasting towards the three. Twilight tried blocking the blasts with a barrier spell, protecting the group. Tails and Classic Tails flew out of the way. Twilight noticed that one of the arms was missing and said, "Hey! Where's that one arm?" Just then, a time rift appeared above them and crushed the barrier and pinned the two hedgehogs and Twilight to the ground. "NOOOOOO!!" Tails and Classic Tails said in unison. Twilight and both Sonics were pinned to the ground, but then a bunch of gears appeared around them as the arm released its hold. Twilight, Sonic and Classic got up, but when they tried getting out, they were frozen in place. Time was frozen around them, and all they could move were their eyes and mouths. "I can't move!" Twilight said. She then tried lighting up her horn, but it wasn't lighting. "I can't even use my magic!" "That's right, my dear!" Eggman said from his cockpit as it was opening up. "Those time gears will not let you even move more than the muscles in your face area as long as you're in that ring of time gears. We're gonna take our sweet time destroying you." Just then, a golden energy blast hit one of the gears, making it crack. Eggman noticed it and asked, "Huh?!" Eggman looked on a balcony and saw all of the others who were sucked into the rifts standing there, along with Sarah Crayton. MC had his left fist out, saying, "Not today, you Repulsive Robot Overlord." Younger Eggman opened up his cockpit and said, "Who are they?!" "They are insignificant!" Eggman said. Then all of them, except for Tom and Maddie, jumped down to the ground and headed for the time gears. Tom was holding the backpack that Hitch had. "Oh, no you don't! Luckily, I've also picked out the most dangerous villains all of you ever faced in the past to come assist us!" He then pushed a button. MC was about to punch the same gear, but was then surrounded in a light blue aura. He asked, "Who..." He then looked around and saw a bunch of villains they all faced in the past. Chrysalis, Lord Tirek, the Storm King, the Dazzlings in Mobian Siren form, Neo Metal Sonic, Eclipse the Darkling and some of the Black Arms, Mephiles, the Dark Gaia Guardian, and the Children of Nightmare, led by Spell Nexus, who's horn was glowing. "No!" Twilight said, noticing the group. "That's right, Twilight Sparkle," the corrupted Spell Nexus said. "As soon as we found out that we were going to lose in our timelines, it'd make sense for us to finish you off here, so that you'll cease to exist in this existing universe. And then we'll have our own separate universes where we get what we want. But for us to get what we, the Children of Nightmare, want, we're gonna need... her!" Nexus then used his horn to pick up Nyx, who screamed. "NYX!" Twilight called out. "NOOOO!!" MC said. He then spun around in a spin dash, then vibrated himself out of Nexus's hold, and he sped straight towards the corrupted unicorn, kicking him in the face, making him break his concentration. Nyx was then let out of the magical hold, but was caught by MC. "Thanks, MC," Nyx said. "No way I was gonna let anything happen to you," MC said. "How sweet," Spell Nexus said, mockingly. "You seem to have a strong bond. I bet I can break it." "I don't think so," MC said. "In fact, I've ruined your original plan since the night of the ritual." "What?" Nexus asked, confused. "What do you mean?" "When Eggman sucked us all back, I was sent into the rift that was in the Everfree Forest, the night you ponynapped Twilight Sparkle for the Nightmare Moon resurrection ritual," MC said. "I sent a beacon up into the sky, but what I didn't expect... was for the beacon to collide with the black orb... that later became Nyx." "THAT WAS YOU?!?!?!" Nexus asked, angrily. "Oh, I am going to enjoy this!" "Time to destroy them all!" Lord Tirek said as Chrysalis hissed. Then all of the villains got into battle position. MC looked at the group and asked, "Who saw Avengers: Infinity War all the way through?" Only the ones who were old enough raised their hands. "Good. Time for the Wakandan Battle Cry." He then stood tall, along with the others. He then chanted with the others saying the same word after MC said it. "Yibambe! Yibambe! Yibambe!" Then the villains charged towards the heroes. MC had his arms crossed with his claws bared. "Freedom Fighters Forever!" "Freedom Fighters Forever!" they all chanted as all of them charged at the villains. The heroes and villains charged at each other and collided, to the viewers, in a burst of white light. The Freedom Fighters, the rest of the Mane 6, and all the others had been fighting the villains in the room. They were giving it their all when they were fighting them. Knuckles was punching the Dark Gaia Guardian, avoiding his hammer. But Amy came in from the back and hit the Guardian's back with her Piko Piko Hammer. Knuckles caught him and threw him up at a gear, getting him caught between the two, crushing him, and disappearing in blue smoke. "Nice job," Knuckles said. "Nice throw," Amy said, the two high-fiving. The sirens were using their siren songs to try to make the Chaotix to fight with each other. It was effecting Espio and Charmy, but Vector had some beats on his headphones. He was bobbing his head to his own music. "No way I'm gonna let some divas ruin my good mood," Vector said. He then pulled out a pack of gum and stuck the entire thing in his mouth. He then blew three bubbles out of his mouth, them heading towards the three sirens. When they made contact, the Sirens were trapped in gum, their mouths shut and stuck in gum. Espio and Charmy were back to their normal selves. "Boy, that was intense," Espio said. "I was almost thinking of stinging both of you," Charmy said. "Meh, nothing I couldn't handle," Vector said. "Now, let's help out the others." Truemen was fighting off some black aliens, knocking them back with his robotic hand's magic blasts. Shadow came in and assisted, taking down some of the aliens with his speed. "Never thought I'd be facing these guys again," Truemen said. "Tell me about it," Shadow said. Just then, he was ambushed by Eclipse. "You!" "Hello, brother!" Eclipse said. Just then, he was grabbed by Truemen and he threw him up into the air, without realizing there was a bomb on Eclipse's back, which blew up while he was high in the air. "Goodbye, brother," Shadow said. Truemen then helped Shadow up. "Thanks for that." "I've been wanting to do that to those things ever since one of those things ripped my arm off and ate it," Truemen said. "I understand that," Shadow said. "Let's get back to the fight." Cozy Glow was flying over the fight, but then someone's ears that she didn't expect to hear. "Well, well, well, if it isn't my pen pal." Cozy turned around to see Lord Tirek behind her. Cozy Glow got scared. "I can't believe you joined the losing side. I'm gonna have to crush you!" He then raised his arms, about to pound Cozy Glow towards the ground, but his arms got wrapped up in coils, tied to his horns. "WHAT?!" He looked around and saw Midpoint with his quiver aimed towards the centaur, his hand in a released position. "Give revenge, you gain an ally in evil," Midpoint said. "Give a truth serum, you understand the why." "Why you...!" Lord Tirek said before Midpoint got out two more arrows and fired them. The arrows collided with the base of Tirek's horns, exploding, and the horns coming off, Tirek roaring in pain. Then the magic that he took was released and Lord Tirek gone down to his weakest form. "Uh oh." Midpoint adjusted his bow to turn into a bow staff, rushed towards Tirek, and hit the centaur in the face. Tirek spun around and fell unconscious. "Discord showed me how Tirek gets more powerful," Midpoint said. "I noticed that his horns get bigger whenever he steals magic. Obviously, that's where all the stolen magic is stored." "I guess that makes sense," Cozy Glow said. Over with Sunny and her friends, they came across Mephiles. Pipp and Zipp were angry to see him. Zipp said, "You." "Well, well, well," Mephiles said. "If it isn't the heirs to the throne of Zephyr Heights." Zipp was getting more angrier than she already was. "You killed my mother!" Zipp shouted. "You're gonna pay for what you've done!" "Oh?" Mephiles asked. "Then let me spare you the pain of separation... and join her!" Mephiles then fired a beam towards the group, but they were protected by a barrier of red and light blue energy. When Mephiles stopped the attack, the barrier vanished and standing in front of Sunny and her friends were Starlight and Sunset. "I've seen what happens when you mess with the proper timeline," Starlight said. "Nothing good." She then fired a spell at Mephiles, making him freeze in place. "Wha... what did you do?!" Mephiles asked. "I can't move!" "He's all yours, Zipp," Starlight said. "I just used a spell to freeze time around him." "Oh ho, I'm going to enjoy this!" Zipp said. She then started using Mephiles as a punching bag. The Storm King was trying to take out Silverstream, who was trying to get away from him. The Storm King shouted, "I'll use you to get all the power in the world!" He then laughed evilly. But then he was pushed from behind by Yona. Then she and Gallus sat on him. "Yeah, I don't think so," Gallus said. "Hey, Blaze, you want in on this?" Then Blaze came in with a fireball in her hand saying, "Gladly." She then aimed the fireball at the Storm King's face and threw it. Sandbar, Smolder and Ocellus were trapped in Chrysalis's sticky slime as the last evil changeling was walking towards Ocellus. She then said, "You're weak, my little nymph. But don't worry. You won't even remember this horrible feeling you have." "I don't think so," came Olive's voice, gaining Chrysalis's attention. Chrysalis turned around to see Olive behind her. She had something in her hand. She then threw it towards Ocellus, which expanded into a gas mask. "You seriously think a gas mask will stop me from taking away all her useless power?!" Chrysalis asked. "Not that," Olive said. "It was for me to do this." She then sprayed an aerosol spray can at Chrysalis's face. Chrysalis smelled it and got repulsed, and fell to the floor. She then shouted loudly, her eyes starting to turn red. Olive then went over towards the three and freed them from their sticky situation. "What did you spray on her?" Smolder asked. "Bug repellent," Olive said. "That'll keep her busy." Smolder laughed at what Olive said. "That explains why you put the mask on Ocellus," Sandbar said. "She would've also been affected like that." Olive, Ocellus and Smolder nodded in agreement. MC and Twilight's friends, along with Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Joshua, Dinky and Twist were all taking on the Children of Nightmare. Nexus was trying to get his hands on Nyx, but MC was keeping him from touching her. "You really think you can stop me?!" Nexus asked, angrily. "I know every complicated spell in Equestria! You don't stand a chance against me!" "Oh, really?" MC asked. He then took off the rings on his wrists and handed them to Nyx. "Hold onto these." Then a burst of gold energy came out of MC as he roared. "It's time I show you what I can do!" He then hugged his body tight, getting ready to release a huge amount of power. "Chaos Rogue!" MC then swung his arms out, sending a burst of energy, surrounding the Children of Nightmare. The "Blessings" they all had flew out of their mouths and were burnt to a crisp. Nexus's "Blessing" was taking longer than all the others. The energy went around the magical bindings surrounding it, and the "Blessing" he had eventually disintegrated. All of the Children of Nightmare fell to the ground, unconscious. "Are they... okay?" Fluttershy asked. "They'll be fine," MC said. "Mom'll send 'em back to their proper timeline and this'll all be like a dream to them." MC then aimed his left fist towards the time gears containing Twilight, Sonic and Classic Sonic, freeing them from their Chronological Prison. "Finally," Sonic said. Then the Chaos Emeralds came around them. "Time to scramble some Eggmen. Super Sonic Style." Then the three of them transformed into their super states and flew towards the Time Eater, who was about to charge in at them. Twilight, Super Sonic, and Classic Super Sonic charged towards the Time Eater, who tried taking them all out, but they dodged the attacks. Twilight then noticed the Time Core powering the Time Eater. She then said, "Alright, you two. Time to take this thing down." Then the three of them charged at the Time Core. "Oh no you don't," Eggman said. The Time Eater then tried swiping at the three, but the swiping arm of the Time Eater was broken into pieces. "Uh oh." Twilight, Super Sonic and Classic Super Sonic then flew up into the air, and then flew straight towards the Time Core of the Time Eater. "Focus all power on one point!" Super Sonic said. "Let's do it!" Then the three of them charged at the core, which was trying to be blocked by the Time Eater's remaining arms, but the arms got broken through, and the three crashed into the Time Core, and everything going into a bright white light. Everyone there was covering their eyes from the brightness afflicting the room. Eventually, the light dimmed down, and all the heroes ended back on the baseball field in Green Hills. The same chili dog that Sonic took a bite out earlier fell from the air and Sonic caught it. Sonic, Classic Sonic and Twilight were all back in their normal forms. Sonic sniffed the chili dog and took a bite out of it. He then said, "Still warm." He then chuckled. "Time travel." "That... was... AWESOME!" Rainbow Dash said. "I can't believe that just happened," Joshua said. "You're telling me," MC said. He then noticed his mom walking up to him. She gave him a sad smile. "You're going back to the White Space?" "Someone has to keep every timeline in place," Sarah Crayton said. "And besides..." She looked over at Classic Sonic and Classic Tails. "Those two need to get back to their proper timeline." MC sighed and said, "I really enjoyed this moment, Mom." Then the two hugged. "Anytime with you is always precious to me, Michael," Sarah Crayton said. "Take care of yourself." She then looked towards Classic Sonic and Classic Tails. "Alright, you two. Time to get you home." Classic Sonic and Classic Tails looked towards Sarah Crayton. Classic Sonic nodded and gave her a thumbs up. "It was great teaming up with you," Sonic said to his classic counterpart. "Hope you learned a few tricks that will help you out in the future. I mean the past. You know what I mean." Classic Sonic nodded and then sped off, trying to do an air boost that Sonic did, but only moved a couple inches in mid air. He then fell to the ground. "Dude, sweet! And you're only going to get better." They noticed that Sarah Crayton was opening a rift back to the white space. She nodded towards them. "Well, I guess this is it," Classic Tails said. "See ya." Then he and Classic Sonic headed for the rift. "Hey Sonic! Enjoy your future. It's gonna be great!" Sonic called out before Classic Sonic, Classic Tails and Sarah Crayton went through the rift before it closed. "I have to admit," Sonia said, walking up to Sonic. "This has been the strangest birthday we've ever had together." "Totally, dudette," Manic said. "But, at least it'll be one we'll never forget." They all nodded. "Hopefully, things will start to cool down," MC said, standing next to Twilight, Nyx, Joshua and Spike. "Yeah," Twilight said. "And with Eggman gone, we'll be able to sleep peacefully with no consequences." Without realizing it, all of them were being watched by an evil looking purple alicorn with a white mane with cyan highlights, an evil smirk plastered on her face. She was joined with a blue unicorn with a dark blue and teal curly mane. "That is where you're wrong, Twilight Sparkle," the alicorn said before giving an evil chuckle. "Your troubles... are just beginning." She then gave a loud cackle. Back with the group of heroes, Tom was handing Hitch his backpack. "Here you go," Tom said. "Thanks," Hitch said taking it, but being clumsy, he dropped the backpack, the egg falling out and rolling towards Fluttershy. She grabbed it and examined it. She then gasped. "Guys, look!" Fluttershy called out. "A dragon's egg!" "That's a dragon's egg?" Sunny asked. "Yes," Fluttershy said. "They need a large amount of heat for it to hatch." She then put the egg on the ground. "Spike, Smolder, Blaze, light it up!" MC called out. Then the two dragons used their fire breath and Blaze used her firepower to heat up the egg. Then the egg started hatching, revealing a little dragon hatchling. The dragon hatchling was green with four darker green horns, a lime green belly, and something that Equestrian Dragons didn't have when they were hatched, wings, with pink insides. "Whoa!" they all said. The dragon hatchling looked towards Hitch, and cooed. He then crawled towards Hitch, who took him in his arms and Hitch said, "Aww... who's an adorable baby dragon. You are. Yes, you are!" The dragon hatchling giggled. Smolder then walked over towards the dragon hatchling and inspected the hatchling's wings. "Well, this hasn't happened before," Smolder said. "What hasn't?" Hitch asked. "Usually, dragons are supposed to go through the molt to get their wings, and they only molt when a dragon reaches a certain age after being hatched," Smolder said. "Guess they'll evolve after a certain time," Spike said. "Probably," Sunny said. "Meh, I wouldn't be too worried," Hitch said. He then gave the hatchling a hug. "I'll be sure to watch over this little guy for a long time. Isn't that right, Sparky Sparkeroni?" The dragon hatchling giggled at the words of Hitch. "Sparky Sparkeroni?" Smolder asked. "Wow. That is not a dragon name in the Dragon Lands." "She's right," Spike said. Then all of them had a laugh. Meanwhile, somewhere in the white space, both Eggmen were searching for something. "Are you sure you saw a door over here?" Eggman asked, looking towards Younger Eggman. "What?!? You were the one who said you saw a door over here." "Well, I know it was one of us," Eggman said. "Shut up and keep looking." The two silently argued as everything went to a white void. Eventually, the two were just laying on the ground, trying to pass time. "What time is it?" Younger Eggman asked. "It's the exact same time when you asked earlier and it will be the exact same time when you ask later," Eggman answered, angrily. "There is no time here!!" "Let me just say that this was a brilliant plan that you came up with," Younger Eggman said, sitting up. "Don't get too self-righteous," Eggman said before pointing at Younger Eggman. "It'll be your plan pretty soon." Younger Eggman looked towards the viewers and said, "I'm going to dedicate the rest of my life to forgetting it." "I heard that!" Eggman said. "Do we ever win?" "That depends on your definition of 'win'." "Beating Sonic." Eggman bent his head down and said, "Oh, well, then no." "That doesn't give me much hope," Younger Eggman said. "Maybe I'll go back and get my teaching degree." Eggman then stood up and said, "That's not a bad idea. I've always enjoyed telling people what to do." All Younger Eggman did in response was shake his head. Author's Note Well, that's the end of Season 3 of "My Little Pony: The Mobian Era." It might take a while for Eggman to return to the Timeline. But don't worry. There'll be more adventures coming. Until next time... Episode 1: The Solaris Saga (Part 1): The Flames of DisasterMy Little Pony: The Mobian Era (Season 3) The Solaris Saga (Part 1): The Flames of Disaster The episode starts out in a small country somewhere in the world. This country is known as Soleanna. And in the center of the main village of Soleanna, fireworks were going off as a boat was heading towards a platform with a cauldron and walking towards it that was connected to a statue. There were some hooded figures surrounding the ruler of the kingdom, Princess Elise. One of the hooded figures faced Elise with a torch in hand. She was looking into the flames and saw something. What she saw was of a creature over some destroyed buildings that were on fire, and as the creature roared, one of the hooded figures brought Elise back to reality. "Miss Elise," the hooded figure said. It was a woman's voice. "It's... It's all right," Princess Elise said. There were some men standing in front of her. One of them was a bishop. She then spoke in front of the statue. "We give thanks for the blessed flames. May we always continue to have peace. Sun of Soleanna, guide and watch over us with your eternal light..." Elise then lit the cauldron in front of her, which the flames spread throughout the statue, and lighting the even bigger cauldron on top. That was when more fireworks started up. But fireworks weren't the only things going off that night. Missiles came from a certain angle, attacking the statue, scaring the princess. Then something flew overhead. The flying vessel then dropped a bunch of robots, surrounding the princess and everyone that was on the platform. Then Elise saw something descending. It was some kind of transport, with a familiar mustached scientist bowing to her. "A pleasure to meet you at last, Princess of Soleanna. I am Dr. Eggman. I've come here to obtain the secret of the Flames of Disaster from you. And take the miracle gems that are the keys to its secret... the Chaos Emerald! Now princess, this way please." As Eggman was speaking, Princess Elise was carrying something in her hand, and held it close to her chest. Eggman gestured to Elise to come onto the transport, but then the wind started picking up. A whirlwind appeared, but then the wind stopped as a certain hedgehog appeared on a torch on the statue. "My... That's a pretty snazzy performance there," Sonic the Hedgehog said. Elise looked up at the hedgehog, almost seeing a completely different hedgehog in his place. She then said, "You... It can't be!" Sonic smirked and then the Mane 6 appeared, protecting the people on the platform from the robots, and taking them down as well. "You were right, MC!" Twilight said. "Eggman would go after the Princess of Soleanna!" Elise looked towards the Mane 6 and then she saw a vision of four mares, two pegasi, one unicorn, and an earth pony with an ethereal horn and wings, and a stallion with a shoulder belt with a sheriff's badge on it. "What?" Elise asked. Just then, she was picked up by Sonic. "I'm Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog!" he said as he scooped Elise off her feet. He then started running away from the fight, the Mane 6 following him. But as they were running, they did not go unnoticed. A white hedgehog was staring atop a building, seeing the hedgehog and the six ponies running away from the fight, taking the princess of that country with them. "I finally found him... the Iblis Trigger!" the white hedgehog said, tightening his fist. 200 years in the future, in a post-apocalyptic city, the same white hedgehog was hovering over the flaming streets, him surrounded by a light blue aura, similar to unicorn magic. As he was hovering, his voice was doing some narration. "This world was devastated before I was born. A harsh, bleak place, where we live in eternal darkness. Life is a struggle, and people live without hope. How did this happen? No one will answer me directly. But they always point... to the flames." Just then, a huge burst of flames appeared in front of him, blocking his path. He then used his power to blow the flames away. "These flames. They burn away at my world destroying everything in their path. They come from an eternal life form we cannot truly defeat. The Flames of Disaster known as Iblis." "Silver!" came a new voice. It was the voice of a female. The white hedgehog, now known as Silver the Hedgehog, looked towards where the voice came from, and saw a purple cat girl hopping from rooftop to rooftop coming closer to him. "Blaze, what's wrong?" Silver asked. "He's appeared again!" the cat girl, now known as Blaze, said, pointing towards a certain part of the burning city. Silver looked towards the direction where Blaze was pointing with an angry scowl. Silver then flew in that direction, Blaze following by jumping from building to building. Eventually, the two made it to the part of the city, where the creature from Elise's vision appeared in front of them. It roared towards the two, increasing the heat around them. Silver groaned and called out, "Come on, you monster!" The monster, known as Iblis, roared and a bunch of molten rocks came out of his mouth. Silver caught them with his power and threw them back towards Iblis. Eventually, Iblis roared in pain, heading down to the pit below. "Looks like we stopped it for now," Blaze said, her arms crossed. "But it'll just rise up from its ashes again," Silver said before pounding his left fist on a nearby wall. "What's the point of all this? It'll never end." "Calm down, Silver," Blaze said to the hedgehog. "Then tell me what we should do," Silver said, disappointingly. "How can we completely destroy Iblis?" The two of them started thinking of a plan. But then a new voice appeared. "...By knowing the truth of course." Silver and Blaze looked up to see where the voice came from, and a figure was standing there. "Just as a flower comes from a seed, or a chicken comes from an egg, everything has an origin. You need to find the being originally responsible for this catastrophe." He was raising his fists as he was speaking that last sentence. "Is that really the answer to our problem?" Silver asked. He then pointed at the figure and said, "Tell me, do you know who it is?" They later appeared in an office building, where the mysterious figure was leading the two towards a computer. "To fix this present timeline, you need to change the past," the Shadow look-a-like said. "But that's impossible," Silver said. "With my help, you can," the figure said before turning around. "Because I have the power to travel through time!" "No way!" Silver said, shocked. "In order to change the past, you must eliminate the individual who has awakened Iblis," the figure said. "The Iblis Trigger. Silver and Blaze started pondering about it, Blaze stepping closer to Silver. Silver then said, "If I eliminate that guy, will our world be saved?" The figure nodded and said, "The Day of Disaster... Here are my records of this event. This was when Iblis was freed and his flames were released into the world." He then pressed some buttons on the computer, showing what has happened in the past. "And you have this person to blame." He then handed Silver something. Silver looked into it and he saw Sonic standing in the flames. He then said, "I see it! So, that blue hedgehog's the Iblis Trigger?" Blaze looked at Silver and the Chaos Emerald. "Blue hedgehog..." Blaze pondered. She then shook her head and said, "No. It couldn't be..." Silver then handed the Chaos Emerald back to the figure. The figure then said, "I'll send us back in time to the point when the Iblis Trigger was alive." He then produced a sphere of purple energy, enlarging and sending the three of them through time. It then went to a moment before the Festival of the Sun. Somewhere in a nearby forest, Silver appeared from a rip in time, landing there. He then looked around at the surrounding forest. "Where am I?" Silver asked. He then looked towards where he thought Blaze was standing, only to find out he was alone. "Blaze? Blaze!" He then sighed. "I guess we all got separated." He then looked at the forest he was in. "This is so unbelievable." He then saw a path in front of him. He then raised his hand and clenched it as he said, "Now I must fight for the future!" Meanwhile, in another part of Soleanna, near a beach, Blaze was standing in the middle of a circle of cabanas. She then headed towards one. "So this is the past..." Blaze said. She then put her hands on her hips. "I hope Silver is okay. He's pretty insecure when he's all alone." She then looked around. She then closed her eyes and said, "The Iblis Trigger. Blue hedgehog... Could it be...?" She then saw a path leading away from the cabanas. She then decided to take that path to start her journey in the past. After the attack during the Festival of the Sun, the Mane 6 and Sonic were taking Princess Elise away from the fight, trying to protect her. "Umm... why are you helping me?" Elise asked. "No special reason," Sonic said. He then jumped over a canal, the Mane 6 following. Just then, a bunch of robots blocked his path. "Sonic!" Elise said. "Don't worry, Princess Elise," Twilight said. "We'll protect you!" Then Sonic and the Mane 6 started taking down the robots. Fluttershy on the other hand was escorting Elise away from the fight, but was ambushed by Eggman. "Oof!" Fluttershy said, being knocked down. Eggman's transport had arms, which grabbed Elise, and it flew up into the sky. "I'm afraid our little game ends now," Eggman said, taking the princess. Rainbow Dash tried flying up to the transport, but she was blown away by a barrier. Elise then got her arm free and tossed the Chaos Emerald to Sonic. "Sonic, take this!" Elise said as she was throwing the Chaos Emerald. "I've got it!" Sonic called out. "And don't worry! We'll rescue you!" "I know," Elise said. Eggman scoffed and said, "It's only a matter of time before it's mine." Just then, the Egg Carrier came over their heads. "Until then, you can hold onto it for me!" Eggman's transport was carrying both of them up to the Egg Carrier. As soon as the transport entered through a doorway on the bottom of the Egg Carrier, the Egg Carrier started flying to a distant location, Sonic and the Mane 6 watching as it was flying away. In the distance, Silver was watching the seven heroes from atop a building. He then jumped down to the ground to try and pursue him, but someone got in his way. A certain pink hedgehog came in. "There you are, Sonic!" Amy said as she came in and hugged Silver, thinking he was Sonic. "Hey!" Silver said during the intrusive hug. "It's about time I finally caught up with you again!" Amy said. Just then, she got a good look at Silver and saw that he wasn't Sonic. "Hey! You're not Sonic!" She then slapped him. She then embarrassingly said, "Um... I'm sorry!" Silver has been trying to recover after the slap as Amy buries her face in her hands. He then said, "Ah, I'm..." He then noticed that Sonic and the Mane 6 were gone. "Huh? Hey, where'd he go?" He then looked around. "He and his group must've run off!" "I'm sorry," Amy said, walking closer to Silver. "Did you miss someone because of me?" "Ah... it's okay," Silver said, closing his eyes bowing and shaking his head. He then turned his head to look at Amy and said, "I'm sure the guy I'm looking for is still on the island. I'm sure I can find him." He extended his arm towards Amy. "Well then I'll help you," Amy said, grabbing Silver's arm. "What?" Silver asked. "Two heads are better than one when looking for someone!"Amy said. "Hey, just wait a second," Silver tried to protest, but Amy got closer to his face. "What's your name?" Amy asked. Silver paused for a moment before answering. "Silver." "That's a nice name," Amy said. "I'm Amy Rose, one of the Freedom Fighters. It's nice to meet you!" She then pulled Silver in a direction. "Ah... Hey, wait!" Silver protested as he was being pulled away. Meanwhile, on another part of the island, somewhere where it was snowing, Shadow was heading towards a base that had Eggman's robots. The robots then fired upon seeing Shadow, but he dodged them all, destroying them in his path. He then jumped on one robot and jumped off it to get over the tall metal gate. After he made it, the robots exploded. A spotlight was then coming in and Shadow hid from it as his communicator beeped. He then looked towards it. "Transmission from HQ. There's an SOS coming from Dr. Eggman's Base. Our last communication with our agent was 26 hours ago. We expect an immediate rescue, Shadow the Hedgehog." "Understood," Shadow said before shutting off his communicator. "Initiating the mission now." He then used Chaos Control to teleport to a different location. He then made it to a part of the base, to see Rouge beating up a bunch of robots and holding something in her hands. "Rouge!" Shadow called out. "Shadow!" Rouge said, noticing that Shadow was there. "I'm glad you're here!" Shadow then vanished. "Or, maybe not." Just then, all the robots surrounding Rouge were destroyed. Rouge looked around at all of the commotion. Shadow then reappeared in front of her. "Let's go," Shadow said, walking away. Rouge then followed him. "Don't you want to know what this is?" Rouge asked. "My assignment was to rescue you, nothing more," Shadow said. "Fine. With you it's always business," Rouge said. Just then she thought of something. "Or is it that you have a date with a certain old friend of yours?" That made Shadow blush. Just then, some more robots came in, blocking their path. "It seems they don't want us to leave." Shadow grunted and said, "Let's get this over with." He then got into battle position. He then destroyed the robots that were in front of him, and then he used Chaos Control to take him and Rouge to a safer location. Where coincidentally, Maria Robotnik was waiting for them. "Hey, guys," Maria said. "Maria?" Rouge asked. "What are you doing here?" "I've asked Maria to help me find the location of Eggman's bases that are located here," Shadow said. "Thank you, Maria." Then the two of them walked up to each other and the two hugged and kissed each other. Rouge smiled at the two. Then she noticed the map on the nearby computer. She then said, "Ah, Soleanna, the city of water. It has a constitutional monarchy, you know. The primary industries are tourism and crafting precision machinery." Shadow and Maria then walked over towards a painting of Princess Elise. "The current sovereign is Princess Elise III." "Why does Eggman's base lead to an odd place like this?" Shadow asked. "How should I know?" Rouge asked before pulling out what she had taken from the base. "I just followed my orders and retrieved the item. Anyway, I have a little favor to ask of you. Can you escort me to the GUN rendezvous point?" "Where's the rendezvous point?" Shadow asked. "According to this map, GUN wants to meet Rouge at the old ruined castle in Kingdom Valley," Maria said. "I'd go with you, but I'd promise MC that I'd help him watch the Crusaders." "Alright," Shadow said. "Go do what you've gotta do." The next morning, around the area where the Princess was taken, Sonic and the Mane 6 were heading down a path, where they met up with Tails. "Sonic! Girls!" Tails said as he was coming up to them. "Hey, Tails," Twilight said. "Haven't seen you in a while." "Yeah, last time we saw ya, you were helpin' Lynol with repairing the city since the whole alien invasion crisis," Applejack said. "Yeah, but Lynol and I had set up construction drones to help with repairing the damages," Tails said. "But he could take it from there. Anyway, I heard you guys tried to save the Princess." "Oh, yeah," Pinkie said. "But then we were ambushed by robots and during the commotion Eggman grabbed Princess Elise and we're trying to find her as we speak." "Well, let me help," Tails said. "I may not know what Eggman's up to, but it can't be a good thing!" "Actually, he could be useful when it comes to tech," Rainbow Dash said. "Okay," Sonic said. "With your help, this should be a piece of cake." Then the eight of them started going off in one direction. "I'll do my best," Tails said as the eight of them were heading off somewhere. Basically, they saw the Egg Carrier heading towards the beach area. Then they headed over towards the beach to see if Eggman's base was there. But they saw that the Egg Carrier was moving in another direction. Just then, a white feather came falling down, landing in front of Sonic. Rarity inspected the feather and said, "It seems it's a feather from the dress that Princess Elise was wearing." "It looks like the Princess was moved to another location," Tails said. "Let's head back to the city. Maybe MC knows where we can find Eggman's base." "No need," came MC's voice from Sonic's communicator. "I already know where Eggman is taking the Princess. He's set up a small base in the desert area. If you head there now, you can make it." "Thanks, MC," Sonic said. "Alright, let's go!" Then all of them headed off towards the desert. They all headed towards the desert from that area. Hours had passed and in the desert area, Elise was sitting in an old room, thinking about her deceased father. One of the final things said to her. "You're a good girl, Elise. Remember, be brave. Don't cry no matter what happens." Just then, the nearby wall was broken in, revealing the Mane 6, Sonic and Tails. "You've all come," Princess Elise said. "Of course we have," Twilight said. "Us Princesses have countries to lead." Just then, there was the sound of someone clapping. The group looked towards who was clapping and saw Eggman standing next to a cage with a giant robot dog behind the bars. "It looks like some pesky rats have stuck their noses where they don't belong," Eggman said. "Well, a hedgehog and six magical ponies to be more precise. The Princess of Soleanna is mine until I unlock the secret of the Flames of Disaster." "Not today," Twilight said. "Tails!" Sonic said. "Got it! Let's go!" Tails said as all eight got into battle position. Just then, the giant robot dog broke out of the cage and tried attacking the group, but Twilight teleported the group out of there. They ended up outside, but that's when the robot dog charged through the wall, it was roaring as it was coming out. It then charged at the heroes, but Twilight lifted Sonic as he was spinning and threw him towards the head of the robot, going across its spine, damaging it, and eventually, getting destroyed. "We've got company!" Fluttershy said, pointing into the sky. They saw a bunch of robots flying closer to them. "How long is this gonna go on?" Sonic asked. "Let's split up," Tails said. "I'll get their attention, and you guys take the Princess." Sonic nodded towards Tails and Twilight said, "You be careful, Tails." "Leave it to me!" Tails said before taking off. He then started getting the attention of the robots. Then Sonic picked up Elise. "Hold on tight," Sonic told the princess. "Okay," Elise said. Then they all headed out of there, trying to avoid the robots. As soon as they left the area, Amy and Silver came walking by that same area. Amy was looking all over for Sonic. "Hmm... I sense Sonic's presence," Amy said, looking around, Silver right behind her in exhaustion. "Call it my girlish intuition." "What am I doing?" Silver asked, shaking his head. Amy then looked towards Silver and said, "Sorry. As soon as I find Sonic, I'll help you find who you're looking for, Silver." Silver then noticed where he was, and never knew how the area around him looked before the incident. "This looks so beautiful," Silver said. "What? You mean this desert?" Amy asked, asking about the area. "Everything is so great here, isn't it?" Silver asked. "The sky is gorgeous, and everyone's happy..." "Huh?" Amy asked in confusion. Silver quickly turned around and said, "Let's go. I'll help you find who you're looking for." As soon as they started taking steps, they were ambushed by some of Eggman's robots. "Whoa! What are these guys?!" "Eggman's robots!" Amy said. "Eggman is basically the enemy of my friends, the Freedom Fighters! I really hope you can fight, otherwise, I'll..." Just then, some orange blasts came from above. The two looked up at the nearby cliff side and saw a figure coming down. The figure extended his right hand below, some orange shock waves coming from it, slowing his descent. He then launched a whip of orange energy at the robots, all of them disassembling in the progress. "Whoa! This guy is good!" Then the figure turned around, revealing himself. "Why thank you, pretty lady," the bear said. "My name is Truemen. Truemen the Bear." "Well, it's a pleasure to meet you," Amy said. "And that was some spectacular power you have." She then extended her right hand to shake his. But when he grabbed her hand, she cried in pain. "Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!" "Oh, sorry about that!" Truemen said. "I'm still not used to the grip of this magical robot hand." "Magical robot hand?" Silver asked. "How did you get that?" "Well... let's just say that I got it after an alien ripped my real arm off and swallowed it whole," Truemen said. "Alien?" Amy asked. "Wait, were you involved with the war against the Black Arms?" "Yes," Truemen said. "But it was due to that war that I lost my arm. Luckily, the one who trained my idol saved me and gave me this arm." "You have an idol?" Amy asked. "Who?" "It's the most powerful guy in the Freedom Fighters," Truemen said. "MC the Fox." "MC?!" Amy asked. "I know him. In fact, I'm looking for Sonic. Perhaps we can find him along the way so you can meet him." "That would be an honor," Truemen said. "But if you're looking for Sonic, he went off in that direction not too long ago." Truemen pointed towards where Sonic and the Mane 6 went. "If we hurry, we can catch up." "Got it," Amy said. Then the three of them started heading off in the direction that Sonic, the Mane 6 and Elise were going. Meanwhile, at another part of Soleanna, and some old castle ruins near the forest, Shadow and Rouge walked into the ruins, looking around. "The former king of Soleanna used to reside in this castle," Rouge explained to Shadow. "But a major accident occurred 10 years ago, and no one's lived here since." "Accident?" Shadow asked, looking at Rouge. "I heard a prototype energy engine failed, which caused the accident," Rouge continued. "I think the name of the plan was..." "The Solaris Project," came Eggman's voice. The two looked up to see Eggman in his transport coming down. "It was an ambitious project named after their eternal sun god." "Doctor!" Rouge said. "It's been a while, my dear Rouge," Doctor Eggman said. He then looked at Shadow. "And of course, Shadow. Now, if you'd be so kind as to hand back the Scepter of Darkness you took from me." Then a bunch of Eggman's robots surrounded the two. One of the robots fired a missile, but the two dodged it. But Eggman ambushed Rouge, making her fall and let go of the Scepter of Darkness. Shadow saw Rouge falling, and he caught her before she hit the ground. "No...!" Eggman yelled seeing the scepter fall. When the scepter hit the ground, an electromagnetic field came from the broken scepter, making the robots freeze up with electricity surrounding them. That was when Shadow and Rouge stood up. Shadow then walked over towards the scepter, but then some black and dark purple energy came out of it. "Shadow!" Rouge called out. Then the energy came up from the scepter and like a snake-like dragon, it started flying over the robots. Eggman then called out, "It's no use! Pull back, pull back, pull back!" He then started flying away. The energy then took out the robots, flew up into the sky, and dive bombed right in front of Shadow, where his shadow was covering where the energy landed. Just then, the energy came out of the ground, absorbing Shadow's shadow. It eventually takes form. It became that same creature that took Silver and Blaze from the future to their current time. "What? His shadow..." Rouge said, talking about Shadow. The figure stood up and laughed. He then said, "Oh, how ironic fate can be! I would never have believed I would be resurrected through your shade! I thank you Shadow The Hedgehog!" He then bowed towards Shadow. "Who are you? How do you know my name?" Shadow asked. "I'm Mephiles. Mephiles the Dark," the figure answered, slowly walking up to the two. "What, did you forget me?" He then finally got very close to Shadow. "I owe much to you, Shadow." He then slowly raised his left hand. "Oh, yes." Then purple energy came from it. It was the same sphere he used to travel through time. "What you gave to me, I now return to you! A one-way ticket to oblivion." He then raised the sphere into the air, it surrounded the three. Shadow and Rouge called out in horror as the three disappeared. Author's Note Next Episode: The Solaris Saga (Part 2): In a World without Magic Episode 2: The Solaris Saga (Part 2): In a World without MagicEpisode 2: The Solaris Saga (Part 2): In a World without Magic In a part of the town of Soleanna, Amy, Silver and Truemen were all walking through one part of town. Amy was still on the lookout for Sonic. "I can't believe we haven't located Sonic yet," Amy said. "Gee, I wonder where he went..." "Ah, don't worry, Amy," Truemen said. "I'm sure we can find him soon." Silver didn't pay any attention. He then noticed Sonic, the Mane 6 and Princess Elise walking through a courtyard. He then lit up his hand and fired a blast towards Sonic, who saw it and carried Elise out of the way of fire, and Twilight to shield her and her friends from the impact. "I've been looking for you," Silver said, walking up to the group, looking directly at Sonic. "You're the Iblis Trigger." He then pointed towards Sonic. "Your actions will condemn us all." "Who are you?" Sonic asked, getting in front of Elise. "My name is Silver," he said pointing at Sonic. "For the future of the world, I will destroy you!" "Oh, I don't think so!" came another voice. "Here's your table, sir!" Silver looked towards where the voice was coming from and saw a table heading right towards him. Silver tried catching it, but it impacted him, knocking him back. Sonic, the Mane 6 and Elise saw where the table was thrown from and they saw MC, Spike, Maria and the Crusaders, all but MC sitting at a table. "MC?!" Sonic asked. "Why'd you bring the kids to this fight?" "I didn't," MC said. "We were already here, eating some lunch, we saw you guys coming and that guy attacking you for no reason. It's just a coincidence that you guys came here." "No reason?!" Silver asked. "I have a very perfect reason to take him down!" Silver then used his power to lift MC off the ground. MC then moved his right arm in front of his face and said, "Nicole, we need a facial recognition scan of this guy." Nicole then took Silver's face and started looking through every file in the world. "Accessing..." Nicole said. She was looking through every Mobian face in the world but couldn't locate one that matched Silver's. There was even a blinking X in the box where the other Mobian faces were. "Error. No facial match. In fact, there's no record on this guy at all." "What?!" MC asked. He then spun around, doing the same move Sonic and Shadow do, the spin dash. He was also vibrating himself in the energy. Silver was trying to keep MC to hold still, but MC broke out of the hold and pushed down Silver. Just then, the sound of Elise screaming came to their attention. "No!" Sonic called out. "Elise, wait!" Just then, he was grabbed in Silver's energetic grasp and thrown at MC, who both collided with a building. "Okay... that hurt..." MC said. "Is this a joke?" Silver asked. "How could someone like you cause the destruction of our world?" "What do you... mean?" Sonic asked. "It doesn't matter," Silver said. "For the sake of the future, the Iblis Trigger must be destroyed!" "Oh, I don't think so!" Twilight said, lifting up Silver with her magic. "Whoa!" Silver said. He was then pinned against a column, and some of it extended and wrapped around him. He was struggling to get free. Amy and Truemen then walked back to the area. "What's going on here?" Amy asked. "And what are you guys doing to Silver?" "This guy was trying to kill Sonic," MC said. "WHAT?!" Amy asked. "Sonic, Sparkles, you guys go save the princess," MC said. "We'll take it from here." "Thanks guys," Sonic said. Then he and the Mane 6 started going after Eggman. MC, Amy, Truemen and the Crusaders were surrounding Silver, who was slowly being let down from the column. Truemen was looking towards MC with an excited look. "Who's the bear with the excited look?" MC asked. "That's Truemen," Amy said. "He's... well... you're his idol." "Cool," MC said. "Now, back to business." MC released the marble from the column surrounding Silver, making him fall to the ground. "Sorry, pal, but I'm gonna have to bring you to jail." "What?!" Silver asked. "On what charge?!" "Attempted murder," MC said. "Assault on royalty. Aiding a worldwide criminal." "What?!" Silver asked. "I was not involved with that guy who took the princess!" "Then you shouldn't have attacked Sonic," MC said. "I can't believe I was helping you find Sonic so you could kill him," Amy said. "Do what you have to do, MC." "Let him go!" came another voice. The group looked towards the voice and saw Blaze coming down. "Or you're gonna get burned." "Blaze?" MC, Amy and Silver asked in unison. "Oh," Blaze said, seeing who she was seeing. "It's you guys. What are you doing here?" "Who is that?" Nyx asked. "That's Blaze," Amy said. "She's a princess from another dimension that ended up in our dimension not too long before your world became a part of ours." "Speaking of which, why aren't you back in your dimension guarding the Sol Emeralds?" MC asked. "Well..." Blaze said before flashing back. She then remembered Eggman Nega getting all the Sol Emeralds, putting them into a machine, the machine overloading, and the world blowing up, sending both her and a Mobian Raccoon girl away from the world, and through some wormholes. "Yikes," MC said. "So, what happened to Marine?" "I don't know," Blaze said. "She and I got separated. In fact, I don't even know where or when she could be." "Well, anyway," Amy said, looking at Silver. "Why were you trying to kill Sonic?!" Silver pondered as he recovered and angrily said, "He's responsible for destroying my world!" "That's crazy!" Amy said before pointing a finger at Silver. "Sonic would never do that!" "But it's true!" Silver said. "In the near future, his actions will cause the devastation of my world. So I must..." He was then interrupted when MC and Truemen fired a blast from their hands, MC using his left fist and Truemen using his robot hand, and blasted the ground right in front of Silver. "That's enough," MC said. "Sonic is a hero. He'd never go out and destroy the world he's on." He then turned around. "Let's go." Spike, the Crusaders, Amy, Truemen and Maria then followed MC. He then called out to Silver, "If you go after Sonic again, I'll hunt you down and gut you like a fish!" Blaze then helped Silver up and asked, "Are you okay?" "What's a fish?" Silver asked. "Doesn't matter," Blaze said. "Anyway, we should listen to MC's warning. He's not the right guy you want to make mad. Trust me." "Then we'll just have to see who this Sonic guy really is," Silver said. "If he's really the Iblis Trigger or the hero of this world, I wanna see for myself. Let's follow him to this Doctor Eggman's base." "Sounds like a plan," Blaze said. Then the two of them started heading off somewhere. Meanwhile, at the shipping yard of Soleanna's city area, Sonic, the Mane 6 and Tails were looking everywhere for places where Eggman could've put a base. "I still can't believe you out-foxed those robots," Rainbow Dash said. "Yeah, I do my best," Tails said. "Um... Isn't that Knuckles over there?" Fluttershy asked, pointing towards someone. The group looked towards where Fluttershy was pointing at and saw Knuckles standing there with something in his hand. The group then walked over towards Knuckles. "Knuckles," Sonic said. "What brings you here?" Twilight asked. "I saw Eggman on the outskirts of the city," Knuckles said, holding out a card. "He wanted to give this to you." He then handed it to Sonic. Sonic opened the card and a holographic image of Eggman appeared. It was saying a message. "Sonic the Hedgehog. If you want me to return the Princess, you must give me your Chaos Emerald. Meet me at my base in White Acropolis." As soon as the message was done, Sonic tossed it back to Knuckles as he wasn't paying attention. He fumbled with it and the card landed on the ground. "Huh. He's pretty cocky," Knuckles said as he stomped on the card, and it broke. "Sounds like a trap," Rarity said. "Yeah, Rarity's right," Tails said. "I don't think Eggman will honor his agreement." Sonic was holding the Chaos Emerald he got from Elise and said, "I'm going." "Are you crazy?" Twilight asked. "Yeah, what if he wants you to go and get him?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I mean, I don't mind the adventure, but I'm definitely not liking what Eggman has up his sleeve." "Since Eggman went to the trouble of telling me where Elise is, I think I should thank him personally," Sonic said. Later that night, the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles broke into Eggman's base. They then broke into a lab in the base, looking around. "You're late," came Eggman's voice. The group looked up and saw Eggman behind some glass. "Well, excuse us for trying ta get in here after fightin' off an army of yer mechs!" Applejack called out. "Where's Elise?" Sonic asked. "My, aren't we impatient," Eggman said. "Stone. Bring in the prisoner." A door opened up in the same room Eggman was in and Agent Stone came in, holding Elise. "Sonic!" Elise called out. Then the heroes got into a fighting position. "Ah ah. You better not move," Eggman said. "Now, the Chaos Emerald..." Sonic sighed as he got out the Chaos Emerald. "Place it there!" Eggman pointed at a slow rising column for Sonic to put the Emerald. Sonic then put the Chaos Emerald onto the column before it descended. With a wicked smile, Eggman pushed a button on a control panel next to him. "Hmph!" Then a pink force field surrounded the heroes. All of them in shock. Applejack and Knuckles tried punching their way out, but they were pushed back from the impact. "It's no use. It's too powerful for you to overcome," Eggman said. "Now allow me to introduce you to my latest creation. This is the Solaris prototype." Elise gasped as Eggman pulled a lever. "With this machine, I'll be able to control the flow of time itself!" After Eggman pulled the lever, the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles were being sucked up into a portal over them. Then the portal vanished, along with the heroes. "Doctor?" Agent Stone asked. "Are they...?" "No, not yet," Eggman said. "The Solaris Prototype just sent them to a different point in time. Who knows when they'll end up. In the past or the future. It just needs a little adjustment and some of Elise's power to get it right." "My power?" Elise asked. "Yes," Eggman said. "All I need is to revive the Flames of Disaster. And with its power, I will have full control of the world and I will rule the world. But for now... it's best to stay on my 'good' side." Silver and Blaze had infiltrated Eggman's base, only to find that the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles weren't there. They were running through the halls, looking for the heroes. "Guess we're too late," Silver said. Just then, they saw Amy in front of them, looking for Sonic. She then saw Silver and Blaze. "Amy?" "What are you guys doing here?" Amy asked quietly, yet angrily. "Listen, we're just trying to figure out if Sonic really is the Iblis Trigger or not," Silver said. "You guys were right. I should've gotten enough evidence before I jumped to conclusions. I know that now." "Good," Amy said. "But right now, I'm trying to find Sonic and get out of here." Just then, a door opened up and Elise came out of the room, holding the Chaos Emerald. "Oh!" Elise said. "Hey! It's you!" Silver said. "Princess Elise!" "Is that that guy Silver's voice I'm hearing?" MC's voice came from Amy's communicator. "Yeah," Amy said. "And also the Princess of Soleanna." "Well get her out of there!" MC said. "I'm right outside in my truck! We'll take her back to her castle!" "C'mon!" Amy said, pulling Elise. "We'll get you out safely." "Okay," Elise said. Then she followed Amy down the halls. But she dropped the Chaos Emerald. "Hey, wait!" Silver said, grabbing the Chaos Emerald. Then he and Blaze started following the two. They made it outside where MC and Truemen were in MC's truck. "Get in!" MC said. Amy opened one of the backseat doors and Elise got into it. Silver and Blaze then got into the bed of the truck as MC started driving off. Silver was reaching for the back window of the cab of the truck and knocked on it. "Wait!" Silver said. "You dropped this!" Elise looked back at Silver, seeing him holding the Chaos Emerald. She then said, "Keep it! You're gonna need it in the near future! I just know it!" Silver thought about it and said, "Okay." Then he and Blaze jumped off the truck as they were leaving White Acropolis. "Are you sure that it was wise to give them the Chaos Emerald?" MC asked. "I'm sure of it," Elise said. "It was my lucky charm for ten years." She then sighed. "Hopefully, Sonic and the others are okay. Wherever or whenever they are." Meanwhile, back in the lab of White Acropolis, 200 years later, the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles fell from where the portal was. Sonic was the only one who didn't crash land. All of them were slowly recovering. "Boy do I feel dizzy," Tails said, his head spinning. He then recovered and said, "Where are we?" But what came next they weren't expecting. "Oh, look who's here! I didn't expect to see you guys." The group looked up where the voice was coming from. It was a female's voice, one they all recognize. "Rouge! Shadow!" Tails said, seeing two familiar faces. "Hi. Long time no see!" Rouge said. Eventually, they made it outside. The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow and Rouge ran out the doors to see the world on fire. All but Shadow and Rouge gasped by seeing what they saw. "What happened to this place?" Twilight asked. "Where are we?" "This is the distant future, far removed from our own timeline," Shadow said. "The future?" Tails asked. "Then that means Eggman's machine can control time!" Rainbow Dash then looked out at the burning city and said, "I'm gonna see if there are any survivors. Be right back." She then jumped and tried to fly, but her wings weren't letting her fly and she nearly fell off the cliff. "Whoa!!" "Ahh!" Sonic said as he and Shadow quickly grabbed her before she fell to her death. They pulled her up by her feet and got her on stable ground. "Are you okay?" Rainbow Dash then inspected her wings. She then got up, and tried flapping her wings. But they weren't picking her off the ground. She then asked, "What's going on?! Why aren't my wings lifting me up?!" "Something here must be interfering with your Equestrian magic," Knuckles said. "If Rainbow Dash can't fly..." He then looked at Applejack and held up his hand. "Applejack, punch my hand as hard as you can." "Are ya sure 'bout that, sugarcube?" Applejack asked. "It's just to test something," Knuckles said. Applejack shrugged her shoulders and then punched Knuckles as hard as she could, but with little effect. "She hit my hand as hard as a human could." "What?!" Applejack asked. She then saw a heavy rock near Rouge, ran over to it, and tried lifting it, but it was too heavy for her to even pick up. "Mah strength's gone!" "Then... that means..." Rarity said. She then looked up at her horn and tried to light it. But it had no effect. She then bawled out, "My magic's gone!" "Something must be wrong with all the Equestrian Magic," Twilight said. "I have to get back to Equestria to see what's wrong there." "I can tell you what's wrong," came another voice. The group looked towards where the voice came from and saw a figure in a hooded cloak walking towards them. "Who are you?" Shadow asked suspiciously. "I'd thought you'd recognize my voice, Shadow," the figure said. "After all..." the figure then removed the cloak, revealing a much older Maria Robotnik in worn out clothing. "...you are my best friend." "Maria?!" all the heroes asked. "You're still alive?" Sonic asked. "How?" "Project: PHOENIX," Maria said. "The immortal bird. It's who I am now." She then sighed. "Has it really been 200 years now? My, how time flies." "Do you know what's happened to the Equestrian Magic?" Twilight asked. "It's really freaking us out more than the world being on fire," Fluttershy said. "Well, I don't have the full story of it," Maria said. "But it would seem that a long time ago, long after the world was set ablaze, magic died down. Ponies started splitting up the tribes. Basically, someone in Equestria made all the pony tribes split up, so it's just their individual kind." "Everypony separated?" Twilight asked. "That would mean... no harmony. No harmony, no magic. We've gotta go back to Equestria." "There's no time," Sonic said. "We can fix that once we get back to our timeline. But how are we gonna do that?" "You need a space-time rift to get back to your own time," Maria said. "But it requires a lot of energy." "I see," Sonic said. "So using Shadow's Chaos Control will..." "It's not enough," Maria said. "I found out the hard way that creating a space-time rift doesn't just take one creature and one Chaos Emerald to open it, but two... of each." Sonic then looked over at Shadow and said, "Okay, Shadow. It looks like we need to work together." Shadow nodded. "So, where are we gonna find Chaos Emeralds here?" Shadow asked. "Oh, I have one stashed away," Maria said. "I can show you and Rouge where it is." She then looked over at the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles. "But you guys are gonna want to see how this world came to be. What really triggered this disaster 200 years ago." Sonic nodded and said, "Alright. Let's go." Then they all headed away from their current location. Back in Equestria at the time, in a small town known as Maretime Bay, an orange Earth Pony mare with a mane that's two shades of purple, wearing a turquoise shirt with light green outlines, blue denim shorts, and shoes that matched the colors of her shirt was thrown out of one building in the middle of town. Along with cardboard wings and a horn. "And stay out, Sunny Starscout!" an older pink Earth Pony mare with a blonde, curly mane said. "Do something like that to embarrass Maretime Bay again, and I'll have Sheriff Hitch throw you in jail for the rest of your life!" She then slammed the door shut. The first mare, Sunny Starscout, was upset that she failed to bring unity back to the ponies, starting with her home town that had just about all of the Earth Ponies. She started picking up her cardboard wings and horn, but something fell out of her pocket. She was about to reach for it, but a hooded figure stepped in and picked it up for her. "Here you go, Sunny," the figure said. "Thank you," Sunny said. Then she realized something. "Wait. How do you know my name?" "I've been keeping my eye on you for years," the figure said. "Everything your father told you before he died, that Equestria was founded upon unity with all three types of ponies, it's all true." "It is?!" Sunny asked. The figure nodded. "And I take it that you know the secrets of how the other ponies use their magic?" "I did, when magic was still alive until 175 years ago," the figure said. "The unicorns can't even light up their horns and become superstitious. Even saying certain words thinks that something bad is gonna happen, and they do a silly dance just to make it go away. And as for the pegasi... none of them can't even get off the ground. Magic is dormant, and I have a feeling you're the key to waking it up." "Me?" Sunny asked. "Why me?" "Because you're the last one who believes that unity can be brought back," the figure said. "But for now..." The figure then walked over to the door of the building and put up a note, pulled a hammer and nail from his cloak, and started nailing the piece of paper to the door. That was when the door opened, and the figure almost hit who opened it. It was a tanish yellow earth pony stallion with a white patch in between his eyes, green hair, and was wearing a shoulder belt with a sheriff's badge on it. "What?!" the stallion asked, ripping off the paper. "Forced to be shut down and demolished?! Under whose order?!" "Mine," the cloaked figure answered. "And who are you?" the stallion asked. "You should know from what Sunny and her father said, Sheriff Hitch Trailblazer," the figure said. "For they knew the truth about how Equestria was found. I had to take leadership of this entire country after the previous one was burnt to death during the Flames of Disaster back in Soleanna. The only one she trusted to take the lead during her absence. I am..." The figure then removed the cloak, revealing a certain gray fox. "King Michael Crayton, current high ruler of all of Equestria. But you wouldn't know that, for you've all lost your ways." "What?!" came the first Earth Pony mare. She then saw the paper. She then looked at future MC and said, "You can't do this to me! I've worked so hard to keep this business going! I have all the true facts of Equestria!" "No... you don't, Phyllis Cloverleaf," future MC said. "You refused to listen to the truth." He then started walking away. "Oh, and I took the liberty of disabling the unicorn traps. We don't want anyone to walk into one when that one unicorn walks into town in about 3 minutes." "Wait, what?!" Sunny, Hitch and Phyllis asked. Phyllis then ran into the building. "A unicorn is coming!" Phyllis yelled. Sunny started running towards where the unicorn is coming. Hitch and future MC started following her. Hitch then called out, "Get back here, Sunny! Unicorns are dangerous!" "No, they're not!" future MC said. "They can't even do anything with their horns. All three types of ponies lost their magic many, many decades ago. And I'm gonna try and restore it." "Oh, yeah," Hitch said. "Well, I heard that..." "Nothing that Phyllis said about Unicorns and Pegasi are true!" future MC stated. "If you've read about the founding of Equestria and Hearth's Warming, you'd know the truth. Not all of Equestria was found upon one type of pony." They eventually made it to the entrance/exit of Maretime Bay. They stopped when they saw somepony walking in. That pony was a mare. She had a light grayish purple coat, a very messy, yet curly mane that was mostly light blue, blue and purple, she was wearing a pink blouse with blue knee length cargo shorts with blue slip on shoes, and coming in from her mane was a unicorn's horn. She also had an excitable look on her face. "Hi new friends!" the unicorn said. Back in the ruins of future Soleanna, the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles walked down the halls of an office tower. All of them were looking around. "No matter where we go, all we see are ruins. How can this be our future?" Knuckles asked. "How could it come to this?" Tails asked. "Shh!" Twilight said, stopping the group. "I hear something." "Could it be true!?!" came Silver's voice. "If I eliminate that guy, will our world be saved?" The group looked into the nearby room and saw Silver, Blaze and Mephiles. Mephiles nodded and said, "The Day of Disaster... Here are my records of this event. This was when Iblis was freed and his flames were released into the world." He showed images of what happened in the past. "And you have this person to blame." He then handed Silver the purple Chaos Emerald. "What's he doing?" Fluttershy asked quietly. "I don't know," Rarity quietly responded. "I see it!" Silver said. "So, that blue hedgehog's the Iblis Trigger?" Blaze stepped towards the two and said, "Blue hedgehog..." "I'll send us back in time to the point when the Iblis Trigger was alive," Mephiles said, using his power to create a time travelling orb to travel the three back in time. When the three vanished, the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles walked in. "What the... Who was that guy?" Knuckles asked. "He looked just like Shadow..." "That guy could've been anything," Twilight said as Tails headed for the computer. "A Shadow Android. No, they were all destroyed during the Black Comet. A clone. No, not even Shadow has that kind of power." "Th-This is terrible!" Tails stuttered. "According to the data, the Princess died when she was kidnapped by Eggman! Apparently Eggman's battleship exploded! The date of this incident was... two days after the Festival of the Sun!" "If we don't get back ta our time, all of this will happen," Applejack said. "You're right," Twilight said. "And I still need to know why magic isn't working. What happened in the past two hundred years that made everypony lose their magic?" Rarity then thought of something and said, "Wait a minute. If magic's gone... what happened to Nyx?" "Nyx?" Twilight asked before getting a realization. "Oh, no! If magic's gone, she could be..." She then started shedding tears. "She's... she's gone. My daughter's nothing but shreds now." "Don't worry, Twilight," Sonic said. "We'll get back there in time. I know it." Twilight nodded. "Let's... Let's go," Twilight said. Back with Shadow, Rouge and future Maria, the three of them went into an old apartment building. It was a bit of a mess. "This is my place," future Maria said. "Excuse the mess. I wasn't expecting company." "Wow," Rouge said. "So, where's the Chaos Emerald?" "In here," future Maria said, walking over to a portrait of her and all the Freedom Fighters, along with the Mane 6, the CMC and the Young 6 in a group. The portrait opened like a door, revealing a safe. Maria opened the safe and inside was a Chaos Emerald. "My, my, such a precious Chaos Emerald," Rouge said before Maria handed it to her. "I can't believe you've had one this whole time," Shadow said. "Well, there's another one in the volcano, but it's too dangerous to go and get it," Maria said. "Why?" Rouge asked. "Because that's where Iblis is," Maria said. "Every time I go there, he tries to burn me alive. I'm lucky I still have my healing factor." Maria then walked over to a curtain. "For right now, I gotta fix Omega." "Omega's here, too?" Rouge asked. Maria opened up the curtain and behind it was a worn out Omega. All rusted and dirty. "Why is Omega here?" "I don't know," Maria said. "It was really hard to get him up here." "I bet," Shadow said. "Anyway, thanks for the help." He then walked over to Maria and kissed her. "It's been a long time since you and I shared one of those," Maria said. "Now go. You have a future to save." "What about you?" Rouge asked. "According to Alex and his theory of the multiverse, this future is just a 'What if...' and if you change the past, you'll be set on a whole different future," Maria said. "This future would still exist upon which choices are made in the past." "Take care of yourself, Maria," Shadow said. "I will," Maria said. Then Shadow and Rouge ran out of there. As soon as Maria closed the door she noticed something. She saw red lights coming from behind Omega. "No... it can't be." Shadow and Rouge met up with the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles at the bottom of the volcano. Shadow and Rouge explained to the others about where the Chaos Emerald is. "So, we're gonna have to go in there to get the Chaos Emerald, go back in time, and get back to our time to prevent this horrible future," Sonic said. "Maria said that a Chaos Emerald is inside this volcano," Shadow said. "And she also said to beware of Iblis. Whoever that is." They started walking into the entrance. Back in Equestria, future MC, Sunny and the unicorn, known as Izzy Moonbow, were all climbing a cliff side of a mountain, all of them wearing some mountain climbing gear. "Are you sure this is going to work?!" Sunny asked. "Positive!" future MC said. He then held out two crystals. One a white circular crystal, and one blue that looks like a unicorn's horn. "If we reunite the tribes in harmony, magic will return. I just know it." "And how are you gonna do that?" Izzy asked. "All the ponies are afraid of the others that aren't the same kind that they are." "I've got a plan," future MC said. "I've put that 'Closed for Demolition' sign on Canterlogic on purpose to let the Earth Ponies come up here. And for the unicorns..." "What did you do?" Sunny asked. "Well..." future MC said, remembering what he did with the unicorns. He flashbacked to the time he was getting the crystal from the unicorns. "You are not getting this crystal!" an elderly gray unicorn, known as Alphabittle, said. "I don't care if you beat me at Prance-Prance Revolution. You're not getting it!" "Oh, yes I am," future MC responded. "Oh, yeah?" Alphabittle asked. "How are you gonna do that?" Future MC then smirked, just as the flashback ended. "You said one of the forbidden words, didn't you?" Izzy asked. "More like all of them," future MC answered. "I still don't understand why Mayonnaise is a forbidden word. It's a condiment." "I know, right?!" Izzy asked. They finally reached the top of the cliff. Future MC helped up Sunny and Izzy, but Izzy tripped and nearly fell off the cliff. She screamed as she almost fell. Future MC held onto the rope that was connected to Izzy's harness. "I got you, Izzy!" future MC said. "Sunny, grab her arm and..." Just then, another pony swooped in and grabbed Izzy's arm. It was a white pegasus mare with blue and purple feathers, a styled up mane, making it almost look like a Mohawk, with colors of raspberry violet, with rose and cyan highlights, and she was wearing some kind of jumpsuit, similar to the Wonderbolts outfits. She pulled Izzy up to safety. "You all should be careful where you're standing," the pegasus said. "It's really dangerous for those who can't fly." "You're one to talk," future MC said. He then recognized the pegasus. "Say, aren't you...?" "You hear something?!" came some voices, making the pegasus gasp. "I gotta go," the pegasus mare said. "Don't tell anypony I was here." She then leaped away. "Hey, wait up!" future MC said. Then he, Sunny and Izzy started chasing her, but were ambushed by pegasus guards. "Freeze!" the guards said, holding out some spears. "Crud," future MC said as he, Sunny and Izzy held up their arms. "This is gonna be a lot of paperwork." Back at the volcano at future Soleanna, the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow and Rouge arrived at the core, where a Chaos Emerald was at a small altar. Rouge walked up to it and said, "I've found a Chaos Emerald!" "Don't touch it!" Shadow called out. Just then, some kind of creature appeared from behind the Chaos Emerald. It took the Chaos Emerald and was keeping it away from the heroes. "Great!" Rainbow Dash said. "Now what are we gonna do?" Sonic and Shadow looked at each other, nodded, and they both started spinning and attacked the creature. The creature roared and became nothing but flames. Sonic and Shadow returned to their friends. Sonic held the Chaos Emerald that Iblis had taken. Then the two of them held out the Chaos Emeralds, and spoke in unison. "Chaos Control!" Then a portal opened up. Then the Mane 6 jumped into the portal, along with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Rouge. Shadow on the other hand saw something. He saw Mephiles standing away from them. He then chased Mephiles, who vanished. Shadow groaned in frustration. Back in Equestria, in the location of Zephyr Heights, future MC, Sunny and Izzy were in a castle throne room, in front of the castle's owner and her daughters, Queen Haven, Pipp Petals, and Zipp Storm, who was the same pegasus that helped out earlier. "Listen, Queen Haven," future MC said. "If we don't reunite the tribes, then something bad will happen." "You cannot unite the tribes who've been at war since the founding of Equestria," Queen Haven said. "That's not true!" future MC said. "You've forgotten how Equestria was found. It's all found on..." Just then, the doors burst open and in came the unicorns and the Earth Ponies. "Okay, they're here." "Give me back the crystal you took from me!" Alphabittle said angrily. "And you can't just shut down my factory because you say you're leading Equestria!" said Phyllis Cloverleaf. "Now, now!" said Queen Haven. "Who let you all in here?! And why are you..." Just then, there was an explosion behind the main throne, sending Queen Haven towards the middle of the room. "Mother!" Zipp and Pipp said in unison. They ran over towards her. Future MC checked her and said, "Oh, no. Fatal wounds." He then growled at who set off the explosion and saw Mephiles standing there. "Mephiles!" "Hello, King Michael Crayton!" Mephiles said. "What?! Did you fail on trying to keep Equestria in its true harmonic ways as you promised her before she died?!" MC roared at Mephiles and shouted, "I've been waiting 200 years to kick your butt, and now I'm gonna do it here and now!" "You can't even stop me even if you tried," Mephiles said. "Magic is dead because of you." "Not true!" MC said. "Magic died a long time ago because all of the ponies forgot what Equestria was found upon!" He then pulled out his Super Warp Ring. "And now, it's time to finish you off with some old friends." He then pulled out another ring, and he threw them, one from his right and one from his left, opening portals. Shadow came out of one ring portal while Omega and Maria came out of another. "Mission to help Shadow continuing... Side mission, take down Mephiles!" Omega said. "Good," Shadow said. He then saw Future MC. "Looks like Maria isn't the only Freedom Fighter still alive in this timeline." "Let's take him down!" future MC said. "Together!" Shadow and future MC said together, charging at Mephiles, who transformed before starting the battle. Author's Note Next Episode: The Solaris Saga (Part 3): Days of Future Past Episode 23: The Generations Saga (Part 3): Best Frenemies ForeverEpisode 23: The Generations Saga (Part 3): Best Frenemies Forever Someplace in time, in a house in Cloudsdale, Cozy Glow was waking up. She looked around in a dark room with only a light above her head. She was confused until she looked down. She was tied to a wooden chair. "What?" Cozy Glow asked. She then tried struggling out of the chair. Even her torso was tied up, including her wings. She was trying to get out. "Help! Help!" Just then, the sounds of locks unlocking came to Cozy's ears. The door in front of her opened up and in came a pegasus stallion she never wanted to see again. "You shouldn't have come back, you little mistake," the stallion said. "D-daddy?" Cozy asked, getting more scared. "You should've stayed in Tarturus for life," Cozy's dad said. "Heck, they should've kept you in stone." "You wanted to send me to a military camp for bad foals!" Cozy said, getting angry. "And because of you, I've lost my chance of getting into the Canterlot Royal Guard!" Cozy's father said, angrily. "It wasn't my fault!" Cozy said. "You abandoned me! You abandoned me after mom died!" "She's dead because of you!" Cozy's dad said, pushing Cozy's chair off balance, leaving her on the ground. "I should've finish you off myself!" "No! NO!!" Cozy Glow shouted. Just then, she saw her father coming towards her with a knife. "Daddy! No!" Cozy Glow was trying to get away from her father, but with her tied up in the chair, she could barely move. He was about to swing down at Cozy, but his arm holding the knife was held back by a metal arm. "What?!" Cozy's father asked, shocked. He then looked back and saw that the metal arm was extending from the cloud floor. Just then, Bunnie and Zipp came from the floor, Bunnie's robot arm still holding the arm of Cozy's father, and Zipp was wearing the visor given to her by Izzy. "Boy, good thing we came in just in time," Zipp said. "True that, sugah," Bunnie responded, "Ah'll take care of him, you free the filly." Zipp nodded in response and headed for Cozy Glow. "You okay?" Zipp asked, untying Cozy Glow. "I'm okay," Cozy Glow said. "I just didn't want to see him again." "He's the reason you became a villain, isn't it?" Zipp asked. Cozy responded with a nod. "Well, let's get you out of here." Bunnie had Cozy's father pinned to a wall. Bunnie then noticed Zipp and Cozy going through the hole in the floor. She then let go and followed the two female pegasi. Cozy's father noticed that and followed in anger. On the ground, there were Pinkie Pie and Silverstream. The two ran up to the three flyers, and Pinkie asked, "Are you okay?" "I'm... I'm okay," Cozy Glow said. "Physically that is. But emotionally..." "There you are!" came the voice of Cozy's father, making Cozy Glow freeze up. The group looked up and saw Cozy's father coming right towards them. "Time to finish you off once and for all." "I say we should start running," Silverstream said. Then the five of them started running. Then Cozy, Silverstream, Bunnie and Zipp started flying. Silverstream carried Pinkie Pie. "Ooh! Look!" Pinkie Pie said, pointing towards somewhere. They looked where Pinkie Pie was looking and they saw a rift. "That must be our way out," Zipp said. "Let's go." Then they started flying towards the rift. When they were at least 10 yards from the rift, Cozy's father came in front of them and landed in front of them, making the five females stop. "That's... enough!" Cozy's father said. "That little monster is to pay for her crimes! Give her to me so I can deliver true judgement!" "No way!" Zipp said. "The only one who's responsible for her being evil is you, ever since her mom died! I've read her records!" "I'm the reason?!" Cozy's father asked, still angry. "She was supposed to be my way out of being an outcast to my family! A pegasus born in a family of unicorns! Do you know how hard it was for me?! I was hoping to have a unicorn son, not a pegasus daughter! She's nothing but...!" Just then, he was hit by something in the back, electricity coming from his backside. He then fell over. The group looked towards the rift and saw Midpoint with his bow extended, MC and Applejack holding the rift open. "Keep your hands off my adopted sister," Midpoint said. "Alex!" Cozy Glow said, flying through the rift, up into Midpoint's arms and hugging him. "C'mon," Midpoint said. "Let's get out of this limbo." Then Pinkie, Silverstream, Bunnie and Zipp went through the rift. Zipp grabbed Midpoint's taser arrow before going through the rift. MC and Applejack let go of the rift, letting it close. "Here's your arrow," Zipp said. "Well, that explains why he was passed out under Cloudsdale that day," Twilight said. "I'm really starting to hate Time Travel," MC said. "Me, too," Classic Tails said. "Same here," Tails said. "We should move on," Sonic said. Then they all started heading off somewhere. Cozy Glow was sticking next to Midpoint, still a little emotionally scarred from being near her biological father. "You alright, Cozy?" Midpoint asked. "I... I..." She then started shedding tears. "I almost felt like... killing him myself." "Whoa, whoa, whoa," Midpoint said, getting in front of Cozy. He then put his hands on Cozy's shoulders. "Listen, there are times that I'd want to kill someone for doing something horrible. Like with what Mimic the Octopus did to my dad. But I knew it wouldn't change a thing. Don't ever go into the darkness in your mind. Promise me that, okay?" Cozy nodded and said, "Okay." She then hugged Midpoint. Midpoint hugged her back. "Ah still can't believe he reformed Cozy Glow after everythin' she did," Applejack said. "He wanted the truth out of her, and he got it," MC said. "Even if he did use a truth serum to do it." "At least she's not trying to follow the darkness in her heart," Twilight said. "She's still a kid," Sonic said. "She has a lot of growing up to do." The others nodded at Sonic's words. The group stopped at an area with what looks like a white statue in front of a sealed rift. The group then looked at the statue in confusion. "Was there a sculptor here?" Sonic asked MC then started sniffing around. He then started smelling the statue. He then went wide-eyed and said, "It's Starlight!" "What?!" the others asked. Twilight then knocked on the statue. She then scanned the statue. "It's Starlight alright," Twilight said. "Hey, that rhymes," Pinkie said. "What happened to her?" Rarity asked. "I don't know," Twilight said. "But I'm afraid that the answer to that is in there." Twilight pointed towards the closed rift. "Perhaps it has something to do with her trying to get out of the rift," Midpoint said. "You are correct, otter," came a voice. The group looked around for the voice, but there was no sign. "Up here!" The group looked up and on top of the whited out area, and there stood... "The Iron Mask?!" Twilight, Spike, Nyx and Joshua asked in unison. "Mom?" MC asked. The Iron Mask then jumped down from the area, and landed right by Starlight's frozen state. She then removed her mask, revealing the face of Queen Sarah Crayton. "Hello, Michael," Sarah Crayton said, patting MC's left cheek. "It's been a while since I've seen you." "You... you're..." MC said, still trying to figure out what to say. "Dead?" Sarah Crayton asked. "Well... one of me was." "One of you?" Tails asked. "Yes," Sarah Crayton asked. "Although, that me... was a clone of mine. A probability, to be more precise." "A probability?" Midpoint asked. "As in a what if...?" "Exactly," Sarah Crayton said. "I've been here for as long as I can remember. Or maybe since the beginning of time. After all, I am immortal as long as I am here." "What about MC?" Twilight asked. "Is he a son of a clone of yours?" "Oh, no," Sarah Crayton responded. "He's mine. True, I've been sending probabilities of myself through different points of time, helping those who need it. Especially in the Crayton Kingdom. Although, one thing changed." "And that is?" MC asked. "Your father," Sarah Crayton said, looking at MC. "I saw everything through my infinite probabilities when I sent them through time. So, when I met your father, the two of us fell in love. I've had to be out of this place for ten years." "Ten years?" Twilight asked. "Why ten?" MC then thought about it. MC then went wide eyed, and he said, "You were wanting me to help keep the universe from disaster, didn't you?" "Exactly," Sarah Crayton said. "I've been watching you your whole life." "But I could see everything on the planet I walk," MC said. "I couldn't have missed any of you." "Oh, Michael," Sarah Crayton said. "I've been watching you through rifts in time. The time we have... is special enough." She then looked towards Nyx and walked towards her. "Even though it wasn't how we expected, you've given me a granddaughter. Even if she's mostly a pony." "So you sent Cloudpuff to our cabin that Christmas, didn't you?" Zipp asked. "That'd make sense," Pipp said. "Oh, I did," Sarah Crayton said. "Of course, I've had Santa Claus make the delivery." "Santa Claus is real?" Midpoint asked. "That's impossible. All the satellite drones searched the North Pole for any sign of even one building there. There was nothing there." "That's because Santa's Workshop wasn't at the North Pole," Sarah Crayton said. "It was the North Star that Santa's Workshop is. The North Pole is just the gateway." "Okay, that makes sense," Midpoint said. "What about Starlight, or that creature that attacked us and sucked us into this place?" Twilight asked. "That 'creature' as you call it, is actually supposed to be a transport machine," Sarah Crayton said. "Meant for two controllers. But, it was recently stolen. I didn't know who stole it, or how it even got here, but I've been trying to find out who did it. As for Starlight Glimmer here, she couldn't get out of the rift before it closed on her. The only way for her to be free from her frozen state is to go through that space. I believe there's someone there you'll have to fight so you can free Starlight Glimmer." "So, we're going to have to go in there?" Sonic asked. "No," Sarah Crayton said. "Only one can enter. I believe there's someone on the other side of that rift who is also trapped. Possibly, even corrupted. Like how Cozy Glow was almost corrupted again." "A friend who was once our enemy," Sonic said. "Perhaps it depends one where and when that person was." "At least it wasn't me," Nyx said. "That's true," Twilight said. "Let's think of enemies we've faced who later became our friends." "Trixie, Luna, Discord, Shadow, Silver, Omega, Tempest Shadow..." Pinkie Pie was using her fingers to count out who the possible ex-villain is on the other side of the rift. "Whoever it is, I bet I can go in there and reform him or her," Twilight said. "Then we'll get Starlight back." "Well, you are the Princess of Friendship," Spike said. "Who was later promoted to the High Princess of Equestria." "Of course," Twilight said. She then walked up to the rift. "How do I get this rift open?" "Allow me," Sarah Crayton said. She then held her hand up to the closed rift, and it opened up. "Michael and I will try to hold it open as long as we can. Focus on trying to find that corrupted friend of yours, battle him or her, and bring her back here. That'll cause a chain reaction that'll free Starlight." "Okay," Twilight said. She then looked towards the others and said, "Watch over my kids." "We got 'em, Sparkles," MC said. Twilight then flew into the rift. MC looked into the rift and said, "Good luck, Sparkles." "Sparkles?" Sarah Crayton asked. "Oh, Michael, it's cute you gave her a pet name." That made some of the others snicker. MC then rolled his eyes. Twilight came out of the other side of the rift and looked around. She then took in a breath of air. "Okay," Twilight said. "All I have to do is find my friend who is on this side of the rift, rescue her, bring her out, and then I'll free Starlight. Simple as that." She then noticed where she was. "Canterlot... High?" Twilight asked. She then got a realization. "Oh, no. That means." She then heard evil laughter. She then looked towards the voice and saw something she was not expecting. "Sunset Shimmer?!" Twilight asked. "Twilight Sparkle!" Demon Sunset said. "Time to end you!" She then launched a fireball towards Twilight, but Twilight blocked it with a barrier spell. "How are you this powerful?!" Twilight asked. "Because of... this!" Demon Sunset said, holding out something. "A Chaos Emerald?!" Twilight asked. "That's right!" Demon Sunset said. "So, prepare to be taken down!" She then charged at Twilight, who jumped out of the way. Twilight then fired a spell at Sunset, but it did nothing to the corrupted pony. Sunset then punched Twilight, knocking her towards a wall, her ending up in the school library. She then started running after recovering. "Good thing I still remember this place," Twilight said. "I can lose her." She then turned a corner, only to get knocked back towards the door, through them being knocked open, and onto the soccer field. "Okay. I was not expecting that." "Have you forgotten?!" Demons Sunset asked. "I've ruled through this world longer than you helped this world!" She then fired a beam of red magic, making Twilight defend herself with a barrier spell. But then, she felt a hand on her back. Twilight slightly turned her head, seeing the human version of her and her five friends behind her. "We've got you, Twi," the human Rainbow Dash said. "Never thought we'd see you again," Applejack said. "Although, you've gone through a slight change." "Tell me about it," Twilight said. "Took me a while to get used to this form." She then looked back towards Sunset. "Remember who you are, Sunset! Remember who you really are!" Twilight then fired a spell towards Sunset. The spell collided with Sunset's face. Then good memories of her and her friends flashed through her eyes. She then fell to the ground, back in her normal, Mobian Pony, form. Sci-Twi then used her telekinesis from her geode and caught Sunset. She was then placed gently on the ground, holding the Chaos Emerald. "Is she alright?" human Pinkie asked. "She'll be fine," Twilight said. "Help me get her to the portal." The human Applejack picked Sunset up. They headed through the school and towards the rift. MC and Sarah Crayton were holding the rift open from the other side. "New friends of yours?" Sci-Twi asked. "Yes," Twilight said. She then took Sunset from human Applejack's hands after putting the Chaos Emerald in her pocket. "I got it from here." Twilight held Sunset Shimmer in her arms, and started flying through the rift. "See you girls again, someday." Just then the rift closed with the human version of Twilight and her five friends looking at where the rift was in shock. "Should we be concerned about that?" Human Fluttershy asked. "Maybe we should let this slide for now," Human Rarity said. Then they all headed away from there. Back in the white space, Starlight Glimmer was gaining color back. She was back to her original, Mobian, form. She then looked down at herself, patting herself. She then exhaled and looked towards the others. "Okay... that was intense," Starlight said. "Thanks for getting me out of there." She then noticed Twilight holding Sunset Shimmer. "Sunset Shimmer? Is she okay?" "She was corrupted on that side of the rift," Twilight said. "Saving her also saved you." Sunset Shimmer then groaned. She was waking up. She looked around and saw her friends there. She then asked, "What happened?" "It's okay, Sunset," Twilight said, setting Sunset onto her feet. "What happened?" Sunset put a hand to her head and said, "I don't know. All I remember was searching for a college in Equestria, but the next thing I know, I was taken by some kind of... monster. The next thing I know, Starlight and I were at Camp Everfree, trying to get back to the portal to Equestria. And then, nothing. I can't remember anything past that." "As long as you're safe," Sonic said. "Right now, we gotta get out of here, and back home." Then they all started walking off somewhere. Midpoint stayed behind, holding back Sunset Shimmer. "I can recommend a college in San Francisco," Midpoint said. "I can even offer you a part-time job at Shadow Appliances. I'll pay for college tuition and your apartment. All you'll have to worry about is paying for food." "Thanks, Mister... uh..." Sunset Shimmer said, not knowing Midpoint's name. "Right," Midpoint said. "Alex Lynol. Also known as Midpoint." "Why do they call you Midpoint?" Sunset asked. "I'm an archer who never missed his mark," Midpoint said. "Now, c'mon. We've got all of time to save." Then they headed off to follow the others. Just then, the machine that took them all there started flying above the white space, getting everyone to notice it. "That thing... is a vehicle?!" MC asked. "Whoever stolen it made major changes to it!" Sarah Crayton said. "Made it look like an actual monster!" Then the machine opened up another rift and vanished into it. "A time eater," Midpoint said. "Time Eater, that's not a bad thing to call it." The others nodded in agreement. "Whoever taken that thing, they're gonna pay," Sarah Crayton said. She then started walking off. Midpoint then walked up to MC. "You know what that means," Midpoint said. "Your mom is basically the Watcher. From the Marvel Cinematic Universe." "I'm still shocked that she's still alive," MC said. He then sighed. "A clone. I buried... a clone." Twilight then walked up to MC and put a hand on his left shoulder. "At least you know she's still alive," Twilight said. "C'mon. Let's go save our friends." Then they continued moving on, following Sarah Crayton through the white space. Author's Note Next Chapter: The Generations Saga (Part 4): Chaos Rising
Episode 3: The Solaris Saga (Part 3): Days of Future PastEpisode 3: The Solaris Saga (Part 3): Days of Future Past In the castle of Zephyr Heights, the battle against Mephiles was coming to an end. Shadow, Omega, future MC and future Maria were looking at Mephiles as he was losing the battle. "Shadow... eventually, you will be taken down by the humans who you've been protecting," Mephiles said. "Those who have trusted you will eventually be afraid of your power, and will seal you back up." "I don't believe you," Shadow said. "Besides, I doubt that happened in this reality. Right?" Shadow looked at future MC and future Maria, who both looked at the ground in shame. "You've gotta be kidding me. It happened?" "Yes," future MC said. "And I know where you are." He then looked towards Mephiles and said in shock, "Hey! Mephiles is getting away!" the group looked towards Mephiles, who was getting away in a time sphere. "Get back here!" Zipp Storm called out, screaming towards Mephiles, who closed the portal behind him. "NO!!" "Zipp! Calm down!" Pipp said, running up to Zipp. "I'm upset at what that Mephiles guy did, but there's nothing we can do. He's gone now." "And I'm trapped here in the future," Shadow said. "I'm not living the rest of my life here." "Shadow!" Omega said. He then opened up a compartment in the robotic stomach area, revealing the Green Chaos Emerald. "I was tasked with giving this to you. Which is why I was in standby mode for 200 years." "That makes sense," Shadow said, taking the Chaos Emerald. "But this isn't enough. We need two Chaos Emeralds and two chaos beings to open up a space-time portal." Future MC sighed and pulled something from his cloak. "So basically, we're trapped here," Shadow said, not paying attention to future MC. "There's no way we're gonna open up a portal that easily by saying..." "Chaos Control!" Shadow and future MC said in unison. That made Shadow look at MC in shock. "You... induced Chaos Control?" Shadow asked. "It took me 10 years to perfect it," future MC said. "Of course, that was after the Flames of Disaster started. Now go!" He then tossed the red Chaos Emerald to Shadow who caught it. "Thank you," Shadow said. "I'm going, too!" Zipp said. "That creep killed my mother. I have to take him down." "Zipp, that's crazy!" Pipp said. "You can't just..." Zipp didn't pay any attention to her as she jumped into the portal. "Zipp! Zipp no!" She then chased Zipp into the portal. "Hang on!" Sunny said, jumping into the portal. "Sunny, wait!" Hitch Trailblazer said, running into the portal as well. Izzy jumped into the portal saying, "Wee!!" "Oh, boy, this is gonna be a lot of paperwork!" future MC said. Shadow and Omega then headed for the portal. "Make sure you get them to the Freedom Fighters of the past!" Shadow nodded before he and Omega jumped into the portal. The portal then closed after Shadow and Omega jumped in. Future MC turned to the crowd and said, "175 years ago, Equestria lost magic because they lost trust in each other. But that doesn't mean you have to continue not trusting each other. We all need to trust each other. No more rivalries, no more distrust, just bringing peace back to the land." He then walked over to Queen Haven, who was dead, and pulled the crystal off of her crown. "You see, Equestria was founded upon all three types of ponies." He then held up the crystal with his right hand. The crystal was shaped like pegasus wings. "The pegasi..." then he put the round crystal in the space between the wings of the pegasus crystal. "...the Earth ponies..." then he put the unicorn horn shaped crystal on top. "...and the unicorns all found this place, and made peace and harmony with each other. We lost harmony before, but we can have it back again." The ponies looked at each other, listening to what future MC said. Then Phyllis Cloverleaf walked up to future MC. "So... you're really in charge of Equestria?" Phyllis Cloverleaf asked. "Yes," future MC said. "Then..." Phyllis said before bowing. Then all the other ponies started bowing. Future MC sighed and rolled his eyes. But then it zoomed away from that to the MC of the present, waking up in a bed. "Whoa!" MC said, waking up. "Sheesh. What is up with these dreams?" MC and the CMC met up with the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles. Twilight then explained to MC that it would be safer to send the CMC back to Equestria. "You may be right," MC said. "Better safe than sorry. Where in Equestria should I send them?" "I've already contacted my brother and Cadance," Twilight said. "They're gonna help out with watching them." MC then threw his Super Warp Ring to open a portal to the Crystal Empire. There were some guards waiting outside and they motioned for the CMC and Spike to go through, which they did. "Are you sure it's gonna be alright?" Scootaloo asked. "It'll be fine, Scootaloo," Twilight said. "Nyx, Joshua, listen to what Shining and Cadance say." "Okay," Nyx and Joshua said in unison as the ring was closing. MC then took the ring as it went back to its normal size. MC then sensed something. He then said, "Uh oh." "What is it?" Sonic said. "Eggman captured Elise again! Go!" MC said. Then Sonic and the Mane 6 started heading towards the castle. He then sensed something. He then said, "I'll talk with you guys later. I've got someplace to be." He then ran off. MC jumped up a building to get to where he needed to go. He then saw the shipping yard full of Eggman's robots, firing upon Shadow, Rouge and Omega, along with four mares and a stallion. "What the heck?" MC asked. "No, it couldn't be." He then jumped from the building to the crane of the shipping yard. He then yelled as he jumped down from the crane. "Chaos Dragon Fist!" MC then punched the ground, sending robots flying from their positions and disassembling in mid-air. He then looked towards Shadow and said, "What'd you do to Eggman this time?!" "Nothing. Their target is probably Mephiles," Shadow said. Then he finished up the last remaining robots. "What is Eggman up to? Who is Mephiles?" Omega asked. "Mephiles?" MC asked. "That name... why does that name sound familiar?" He then looked towards the five ponies and asked, "Do I know you five?" "What?" Sunny asked. "You should know, you brought us together." "I have never seen you in my life," MC said. "But for some reason, you all were in my dream last night." "What dream?" Shadow asked. "I saw all of you, except Rouge, in this castle, helping me fight off this creep that looks like you that killed a royal pony," MC said. "That wasn't a dream," Shadow answered. "That was 200 years in the future." "What?" MC asked. He then looked at Sunny and asked, "You guys are from the future? Just like that Silver guy?" "I have no idea who this Silver guy is, but I am from the future," Sunny said. She then thought of something. "Wait. Does that mean that Twilight Sparkle is..." "Yes," Shadow said. "Twilight Sparkle is alive in this timeline." He then turned to MC and said, "Can you take these ponies to Twilight and the others?" "Sure, but I'm gonna have to wait," MC said. "Sparkles and her friends are with Sonic, going after Eggman. He got Princess Elise... again." "Then I'm gonna need a talk with Doctor Eggman," Shadow said. "Personally." He then saw the state of Sunny and her friends. "You should probably get them some new clothing." Pipp was holding up her smart phone and said, "Ugh. I can't get any service. How am I gonna let my Pipp-squeaks know I'm okay?" MC then took her phone and inspected it. "Listen, Princess... I know. Since that dream of mine was actually a vision of the future. "You're not getting any signal because you have a phone plan that doesn't exist yet." "Ohh..." Pipp said. "That makes sense." "Okay, pal," Hitch said. "I'm a sheriff back in my time, so I'm gonna need to get back there to keep Maretime Bay safe." "Listen, pal," MC said. "Even if I opened up a portal, there's not a hundred percent chance that you'll return to your own reality. To prevent that future, we're gonna have to prevent the event that started the chain reaction to cause that future." "Wait," Zipp said. "If that future won't exist, what happens to us?" "Oh, it'll still exist," MC said. "We just won't have any access to it if we stop the events. And you'll all be still existing. It's a part of the multiverse effect. Thank you, Alex Lynol." "Perhaps we should get them some new clothing," Rouge said. "After all, they're gonna need to blend in here." "You're right," MC said. "This way, you five." Then MC and Rouge let the five future ponies away from that place, Omega following. Later, on a moving train, Eggman was sitting in a seat with Agent Stone standing next to him. Just then, the ceiling behind him burst through, and Shadow came out of the hole in the roof. "Wouldn't the door have been easier?" Eggman asked. He and Agent Stone turned around to face Shadow. "So, what do you want now?" "Who is Mephiles? And why are you trying to capture him?" Shadow asked. "Doctor," Agent Stone said. "Are you sure it's wise to tell him? "If you want to know, Shadow, you should go find him yourself," Eggman answered Shadow. "But here's a hint... It's all linked to the Soleanna disaster 10 years ago." Shadow then remembered what Rouge told him and said, "The Solaris Project." "Indeed," Eggman said, turning around to face the computer. "When you capture Mephiles, you must bring him to me. Then I'll tell you the truth about Solaris." Hesitantly, Shadow nodded, but he was still unsure about what he agreed to do. Meanwhile, in the city part of Soleanna, Silver and Blaze were by the clock tower when they saw Mephiles, in the form he had taken when they met him, standing there with his head hanging. "Mephiles..." Silver said. He and Blaze looked at each other and walked towards him. "Tell me. Who is the Iblis Trigger? Why does he want to destroy the world?" "Why does that matter to you?" Mephiles asked looking up. He then pointed at Silver, saying, "Unless you complete your task, your future will remain the same... forever." He then looked at Silver, putting his hand down. "He's currently at the terminal station." He then motioned a hand showing the city. "It's now or never if you want this." He then started walking away, leaving Silver and Blaze to think to themselves. Over at a nearby clothing store, MC, Hitch, Rouge and Omega were waiting by the dressing area where the four mares were getting dressed. "I like this outfit, but it needs something," Zipp said in her dressing room. MC groaned and said, "Look, just come on out with what you're wearing and we'll discuss it later." Just then, the four mares came out of the dressing rooms. Sunny's and Izzy's outfits were restored to their glory while Pipp was wearing an elegant dress that was turquoise with a golden yellow sash in the belt area that goes well with her Greek style headdress. And Zipp was wearing a red and pink striped shirt with denim jeans. "Nice choices you two," MC said. "Wait a minute." He then looked at the dress that Pipp was wearing. "Is that..." He then checked the tag on the back of the dress. "'Rarity for You'. This is one of Rarity's designs." "I didn't know what to choose," Pipp said. "This one just speaks to me." "I understand that, girlfriend," Rouge said. "We all have choices of clothing that just speak to us." Zipp looked at herself in the mirror and said, "This outfit is good, but something's missing." MC thought of something and said, "Try this." He then used his power to forge a leather jacket with wing holes. "A leather jacket?" Zipp asked. "Isn't that...?" "It's faux leather," MC said. "Faux as in fake. Try it." Zipp then held her arms back and her wings extended. MC then helped with getting the wings through the wing holes of the jacket. Zipp then looked in the mirror and said, "This actually looks better. Thanks." "Well, we better go check out these items," Rouge said. "I've got it covered." Then they all headed for the counter, except for MC and Hitch. "So, you're actually royalty?" Hitch asked. "Yup," MC answered. "I'm actually gonna bring you five to Sparkles when they're all done." Meanwhile, at a train yard, Sonic had busted out of Eggman's train with Elise in his arms. The Mane 6 follows them, side by side. "I knew it!" Elise said. "I knew you'd return! You had to!" Just then, Sonic saw a light blue blast heading towards them and they all jumped out of the way. "...You again," Sonic said. "Don't you think you've had enough of this?!" Twilight asked, angrily. "I'm sorry for this, but to prevent Iblis from coming, the Iblis Trigger must die!" Silver said. He then used his power to throw the Mane 6 out of the way and he held down Sonic, who couldn't move. "So how was your little walk, Princess?" came Eggman's voice. Elise looked towards where the voice came from and saw Eggman's transport and its arms reaching out to grab her. She screamed as she was grabbed. "No!!" Twilight called out. "Elise!" Sonic said. Just then, he was lifted up and then slammed down onto the ground. "It's time to end this!" Silver said before he was about to make the final blow, but it was interrupted when Shadow jumped in between the two hedgehogs. "Who?" He then got a good look at Shadow, but he thought he was someone else. "Mephiles! Why are you getting in my way?" Shadow stood up and said, "I'm Shadow. Shadow The Hedgehog." He then turned towards Sonic and nodded. Sonic replied with a thumbs up. He then started running off. The Mane 6 then recovered and they followed Sonic. Silver then tried attacking Shadow, but he held out the Red Chaos Emerald, saying, "Chaos Control!" Silver was then moving in slow motion as he was about to punch Shadow. Shadow then moved behind Silver and kicked the back of Silver's head, making him go to the ground at normal speed. Silver was getting up and said, "You..." "Don't bother," Shadow said. "With a Chaos Emerald's power, I control time and space. You can't break free." "I won't give up!" Silver said, as he was getting up. "It all depends on me! Can't lose... Not when I'm so close!" He then pulled out the Blue Chaos Emerald and shouted. He then charged at Shadow. "Chaos...!" Shadow said, holding up the Red Chaos Emerald. "Chaos...!" Silver shouted, holding up the Blue Chaos Emerald, impacting Shadow's arm with his Emerald. "...Control!" Shadow and Silver said in unison. Then a Space-Time rift opened up between them. "You... induced a Chaos Control," Shadow said, surprised. "I won't let anyone get in my way!" Silver said. "I'll change the past and save the world." Shadow shook his head and said, "Mephiles isn't trying to help you create a better future... He's trying to eliminate the past." Silver was confused and asked, "What? What are you talking about?" "To discover what happened, it seems we must see what took place 10 years ago," Shadow said, walking up to Silver. Silver pondered what Shadow said. "Follow me if you want the truth." He then jumped into the Space-Time rift. Silver thought about what Shadow said. But then he jumped into the portal, following Shadow. Meanwhile, Sonic and the Mane 6 followed Eggman's transport into a valley near the forest. They saw Princess Elise at the edge. "Now stop it," Eggman said. "You have nowhere to go." "I would rather die than be your prisoner again!" Elise said. "Hmph! So, what are you going to do, Princess?" Eggman asked. "Do you plan to jump?" Elise then leaned over the edge. "Farewell," Elise said before she fell to the ground. Sonic then came in and caught her. The Mane 6 were behind him. "What?! No!" Eggman said. He then growled and said, "You won't get away that easily!" Then a flying machine came over their heads. From a distance, MC, Sunny, Izzy, Hitch, Pipp and Zipp were running towards the forest and they saw the flying machine over the valley. "Oh, crud!" MC said. "It's Eggman!" "Who's Eggman?" Hitch asked. "A wicked scientist who believes only because of his intelligence that he should be ruling the entire planet," MC said. "Right now, he's planning on unlocking the secrets of the Solaris Project." "Can you stop him?" Sunny asked. "It's actually why we formed the Freedom Fighters," MC said. "Let's go!" Then the six of them headed towards where the machine was. They came in to find Sonic fighting the machine and the small robots coming from it. Twilight was using her magic to throw the robots at the flying machine. Sunny gasped in shock and excitement to see who she was seeing. She was seeing the Twilight Sparkle helping out in the fight. Along with her friends. "It's... it's... it's...!" Sunny said. "Yup," MC said. "That's Twilight Sparkle. For short, I call her Sparkles." Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash were flying overhead, leading some missiles to the top of the machine. But when the missiles impacted the top of the machine, the force pushed back the two pegasi, making them go unconscious. "Rainbow Dash! Fluttershy!" MC said. He then saw them. "They're out cold!" "What are we gonna do?" Izzy asked. MC then grabbed Zipp. "Hey, what are you doing?!" Zipp asked. "You're no longer in a world without magic!" MC said. "Which means..." He then released Zipp and launched her into the sky, sending her towards Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, whom she caught and brought them back slowly. And she was still flying. "Whoa!" Zipp said. "That... was... awesome!" Twilight, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Rarity saw Zipp and Rarity asked, "Who is that?" "I don't know," Twilight said. "I've never seen her in my life." MC, Sunny, Izzy, Hitch and Pipp saw that Zipp saved Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. MC then looked at Pipp and said, "Pipp, get me a lift to the top of that machine!" Pipp nodded and started flying. She then picked up MC and took him to the top of the machine. "What are you gonna do?!" Pipp asked. "I'm gonna cut this machine down to size!" MC said before Pipp let him go on top of one of the wings. He then ran towards the head of the machine, and he reached the end. He then faced the wing, raised his left arm and said, "Time to take this thing down. Chaos Claw!" MC then bared his claws and sliced the wing off, making it fall to the ground below. Luckily, the ones below got out of the way. "Warning! Egg-Genesis has taken extreme damage! Initiating self-destruct sequence! Prepare to die!" the machine then started descending. "Oh, crud!" MC said. He then went down to the side of the machine where it was gonna make the impact first. Twilight and Rarity used their magic to try and keep the machine from descending. "It's too... heavy!" Twilight said. "I'm not... use to lifting... something this heavy!" "I can't hold onto it much longer!" Rarity said. They were being pushed back. MC looked towards Pipp and Zipp and said, "Pipp! Zipp! Get the others down there for support!" Pipp and Zipp nodded and flew up towards the mountain and they grabbed the others. Izzy was held in the middle, Sunny was holding onto Zipp's left arm while Hitch was holding onto Pipp's right arm. Then they landed. Izzy then lit up her horn and helped with holding back the Egg-Genesis, but it was too heavy for her as well. "Sunny, Hitch, Applejack, Pinkie! Help support them with your strength!" The four Earth Ponies nodded and supported the two unicorns and Twilight. But they weren't enough. MC then thought of something. "Applejack, get ready to buck my legs!" "On it, sugarcube!" Applejack said. She then got in front of the group. The Egg-Genesis was descending closer and closer to them, and MC got to the lowest part of the Egg-Genesis and he extended his legs. Applejack had her back facing MC, got onto her hands, and got ready to buck MC's legs like it's an apple tree. She got into position. "Now!" MC said. Then Applejack used her apple bucking skill to buck MC's feet, and the force went through him, sending the Egg-Genesis into the sky, and the bottom of MC's feet got stuck to Applejack's and both of them fell to the ground. "Okay... that was awkward there!" "Ya said it, Sugarcube," Applejack said. Then they looked where the Egg-Genesis was going, and it blew up in the sky. Twilight then walked up to MC and said, "I believe introductions are in need." "Right," MC said. "Sparkles, guys, meet Sunny Starscout, Hitch Trailblazer, Izzy Moonbow, Pipp Petals and her older sister, Zipp Storm. They're all from 200 years in the future as well." "What?!" the Mane 6 asked in unison. "And at the time, Sunny was the only one who believed that harmony could be restored," MC said. "Right now, we should get out of here." He then got up and pulled out his Super Warp Ring, and opened a portal to the castle." "That was a gutsy move, Elise," Sonic said. "But right now, we should get out of here." Then the group walked through the ring and it closed behind them. A Space-Time rift opened up at the old castle in Soleanna, 10 years in the past. Shadow and Silver came out of it, seeing they were in a hallway that led to a science lab. Meanwhile, in the main lab, there were scientists working on something in the middle of the room. There was orange electricity in a large tube with a smaller tube over it with a purple field. "An electromagnetic pulse has just been generated!" said one of the scientists. "Injecting a decompression agent! No, the level's not dropping! A spatial meltdown is inevitable! My Lord, it's too late! We've got to take shelter!" The Duke of Soleanna slammed his hands on the control console and said, "Why, Solaris? Why do you refuse to listen to my voice?" "Father!" came the voice of a little girl. It was Elise, 10 years younger. "Elise!" the Duke said. Just then, the machine was about to explode. He then shielded his daughter from the explosion that came. Shadow and Silver looked at each other when the sound of the explosion came to their ears. They then ran down the hall to the lab. When they arrived, they saw the lab was blown up. Shadow and Silver went down to see if anyone there was still alive, but most of them were too weak to even move by themselves. "Is that?!" Silver asked, seeing the Solaris Project. He saw a flying black orb hovering over a cauldron. The orb then cracked, revealing a slowly increasing flame. And black goop coming out of the cauldron. "That flame... It's Iblis!" "And the black Shadow is the original Mephiles," Shadow said. "That's Mephiles?!" Silver asked in shock. Iblis then started flying off in one direction while the goop was heading off somewhere else. "They're escaping!" "We'll have to split up," Shadow said. "I'll pursue Mephiles." "OK. Then leave Iblis to me!" Silver said. But when they started to chase the two, they were stopped. "Wait," the Duke said, weakly. He then held up something. It was the Scepter of Darkness. "Seal it with this..." Shadow took the Scepter. "Hurry!" Silver said as he started chasing Iblis. Shadow then started pursuing Mephiles. Silver had chased Iblis into an altar area and held it with his power. Iblis was trapped in Silver's hold. He didn't know what to do with it until the Duke walked in, carrying his daughter. "Hey! What are you doing?" Silver asked. "You've got to leave!" "I have my duty," the Duke said, "This Living Flame has been entrusted to the royal family." He was approaching Iblis. "The Flames of Disaster will awaken if nothing is done! That must not happen." He then puts young Elise onto the altar and pulls something out. It started flying up and over young Elise. "Eternal Sun! The Living Flame that has been entrusted to the royal family!" the Duke said. "Fall into slumber with a royal soul!" Iblis then started shrinking and was being absorbed into the Chaos Emerald. Then a red beam came out of the bottom of the Chaos Emerald and became merged with young Elise's soul. Silver let go of Iblis as it was being put into young Elise's soul. After it ended, the Duke picked up young Elise and handed her to Silver. "I'm sorry, but... Can you take her to a safe place?" Silver nodded as he carried young Elise. He also put the Chaos Emerald into Silver's hand as well. He then pet young Elise's head. "That's a good girl, Elise. Remember, be brave. Don't cry, no matter what happens. Otherwise your tears will call forth the flames inside you... Become a strong queen who doesn't cry no matter what happens. And... live... happily..." He then fell down to the ground, officially dying. Silver closed his eyes in shame, knowing he was now in possession of a royal orphan. Meanwhile, with Shadow, he was still in pursuit with the original Mephiles, who was trying to get away. Just then, Shadow held out the green Chaos Emerald. "Chaos Control!" Shadow said, making the original Mephiles stop. "...What? ...Stop!" the original Mephiles said. Shadow then held up the Scepter of Darkness. Then the scepter started absorbing Mephiles into it. "Who...... Who are... you?" "I'm Shadow. Shadow The Hedgehog," Shadow answered. "Shadow... Your face... Your form... I will remember," Mephiles said. "Your death... Certain... You... will die!" As soon as Mephiles was sealed in the scepter, it fell to the ground. Shadow then picked up the Scepter and walked out of there. Later, the two hedgehogs came out of the old castle, and stopped by a tree closest to the entrance. Silver was holding young Elise while Shadow was holding the Scepter of Darkness. "Did you do it?" Silver asked. "Yes. And you?" Shadow asked. Silver nodded and said, "...Yes. The 'Flames' are properly sealed. It's done." Silver then carried young Elise over to the tree and laid her at the base of it. Shadow then held up the Scepter of Darkness, looked at Silver and young Elise, and then he walked to the tree, kneeled and laid the Scepter next to young Elise. "You're gonna leave it behind?" "Yes, I already know what becomes of it in the future..." Shadow said getting up and looking at Silver, pulling out the green Chaos Emerald. "It's time to return." Silver looked at Elise before looking back at Shadow, pulled out the Blue Chaos Emerald and said, "Yes... Of course..." Both of them held out their Chaos Emeralds while approaching each other, and in unison, they said, "Chaos Control!" Then a Space-Time Rift opened up and Shadow jumped into the rift. Silver then looked back at young Elise who was struggling in her sleep. Silver was about to jump into the rift until he heard something. "Father..." young Elise mumbled. Silver looked back at young Elise and pulled out the Blue Chaos Emerald. He looked at the Emerald and thought of something. He then walked back to young Elise, kneeled, grabbed young Elise's hand, and put the Blue Chaos Emerald into her hand, saying, "It's a lucky charm." He then gently put her hand on her lap and Silver then jumped into the rift and it closed behind him. Back in the present time, MC offered to let Hitch stay with him in the hotel he was staying at. He prepared himself to sleep on the sofa in the room while Hitch took the bed. "Are you sure you don't mind taking the couch?" Hitch asked. "I mean, I can sleep on it so I won't be a bother." "No way, Sheriff," MC said. "I don't mind letting you have the bed. Besides, I have to prepare for what's coming. Especially for what Mephiles is up to. No way that I, Prince Michael Crayton, will let monsters like him destroy my world." "I thought you were a king," Hitch said. "In my culture, the first born child of the king doesn't officially become a king until his 18th birthday," MC said. "And I'm only 16." "Oh," Hitch said. "Sorry. Forgot, that was the future you I've met back in my time." MC then sat on the couch and said, "So, Hitch, is there anything you've also done in your childhood?" "Not that much," Hitch said. "Although, I wanted to help cheer up Sunny of what she believed in when we were foals. But... due to those false facts, thanks to somehow the ponies stopped trusting each other, we've all forgotten how Equestria was founded. It was just you guys that are as intelligent as us ponies." "Really?" MC asked. "What happened to all the other Equestrian species?" MC asked. "What... other species?" Hitch asked. "Dragons, Griffons, Hippogriffs, Yaks, Changelings and Kirins," MC said. "You haven't seen any of them around?" "Actually, no," Hitch said. "I haven't really seen those. Although, there are some weird hybrid pets or animals. Some animals have wings that aren't supposed to, and some have unicorn horns." "Okay, that's weird," MC said. "What was even weirder is that all of the animals appreciated me wherever I go," Hitch said. "Some even wore some small hats made of garbage and tried to serve me as they were my deputies." "Really?" MC asked. He then thought of something. "Hitch, I think you might, and I do mean might, be a descendant of Fluttershy. She has animals that worship her. In fact, her special talent allows her to understand animals." "Huh," Hitch said. "I guess I'll have to look into that." He then yawned. "Well, I should... hit the hay." "Alright," MC said. "Good night, Hitch." "Good night, MC," Hitch said. MC then reached for the lamp, and turned off the light. Author's Note Next Episode: The Solaris Saga (Part 4): Disaster Among Time
Episode 4: The Solaris Saga (Part 4): Disaster Among Time [Edited to go with BronySonicFan's Sonic/MLP-G5 Stories]Episode 4: The Solaris Saga (Part 4): Disaster Among Time The next morning, the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, Sonic, Tails, MC, Amy and Maria were all headed into a buffet for breakfast. Pinkie Pie and Izzy were getting along quite nicely. "And I've been working on some plans for something special!" Izzy said. "I'm calling it... a glitter cannon." "A glitter cannon!" Pinkie Pie said excitedly. "No way! I've made a bunch of party cannons that I use on different occasions! I'd love to help you with making a glitter cannon!" "Really?!" Izzy asked. Then the two of them high fived. "Oh, boy," MC said. "This is gonna be a long day." "You're telling me," Twilight said. "And on that note, how did you know that Sunny and her friends are from the same future we went to?" "In a way, I was there," MC said. "For the past few nights, I've been getting these strange dreams. Seeing the world on fire. Equestria started becoming dis-harmonic. Equestrian magic failing entirely. I had no idea why I've been having those dreams." He then sighed. "Until yesterday morning. When Shadow and Omega appeared from the future with these five ponies." "You found out that those dreams of yours weren't dreams, but visions of the far future," Sunny said. "Bingo," MC said. "I could see everything I'm gonna do in the future." "So, do you recall what will happen in the future?" Twilight asked. "What led to the future that was when we went there?" MC sighed and said, "It all started after the Flames of Disaster started spreading. When the people saw the fire spreading and lava rising, the people started running for their lives. Many people helped out as much as they could to get everyone to safety, but most of them got burnt alive. Including..." MC then looked towards Twilight. "I tried to save you, but with your last breath, you told me to watch over Equestria, and I've been keeping my promise." He then sighed. "The magic kept the Flames of Disaster out, but it was not enough to keep when harmony started losing its grip." "This is so interesting," Sunny said, writing the stuff down in a notepad. "Where did you get that?" MC asked. "That bat girl bought this for me to take notes," Sunny said. "I was in desperate need to get information about the other types of ponies, what they can do, and get as much knowledge of what led to my present time." "Okay, that's a good point," MC said. "Anyway... after that day came to pass, Maria and I were the only Freedom Fighters in the world that were left alive. I was tasked to keep Equestria safe by Sparkles, but... Maria wanted to stay and watch over the survivors of the burnt Soleanna. Eventually, she and I departed and... basically, I hadn't seen her in years." "You both were trying to do the right thing," Twilight said. "But what led to magic fading." MC was hesitant to talk about it. He eventually said, "25 years from now, the ponies will start distrusting each other. Basically, it was due to the loss of their current leader." In the future, after 25 years without Twilight, MC was looking around the land of Equestria and in the continent. He then saw the pony tribes starting to get distant from the others. "You unicorns are abusing your magic!" came one earth pony colt yelling at a unicorn. "Give me back my bag!" "Make me!" said the unicorn filly. "You're such a loser!" "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" MC said, getting in between the two. "Stop it!" MC then took the bag out of the filly's magic hold and gave it back to the colt. "Tell me what's going on?" "This unicorn is using her magic to constantly pick on me!" the colt said. "This colt smells!" the filly said. MC took a sniff at the colt. "He doesn't smell too bad," MC said. He then looked around and saw ponies fighting with each other. He then shouted, "HEY!!" His voice was nearly as powerful as the Royal Canterlot Voice. He then looked around. "What is going on here?! All the pony tribes are supposed to be getting along! Why are you all fighting?!" "Why should we answer you?!" asked a pegasus stallion. "You're a sorry excuse for a leader! You're not even an Equestrian!" "I may not be an Equestrian, but I do care for this land," MC said. "I promised Sparkles that I'd lead this place as well as she does. But I can't understand what's happening until someone tells me what the heck is going on!" Everypony then started arguing again. Just then, it started snowing. "Huh? Snow?" He then looked up into the sky, seeing some snow clouds spreading, and some creatures coming out of them. "Huh. So that's what a Windigo looks like." Then the ponies started panicking. MC looked up at the sky and then he started running to the Castle of Friendship. He headed into the throne room and went over to Twilight's throne. He moved the seat cushion and revealed a keyhole. He then made crystal clones of himself by the other thrones, who did the same with the other five thrones that belonged to the Mane 6. MC pulled six keys out of a pocket, which were the same keys to open the Chest of Harmony. MC prime moved the keys towards the clones, who each took the key to the thrones they were near. They then put the keys into the keyholes in each throne and turned the keys clockwise. Then the Cutie Map started glowing and it revealed three magic crystals. The same crystals that future MC was collecting. "It's time, Sparkles," MC said. He then grabbed the crystals and headed upstairs to the top of the Castle. He then climbed up to the very top of the castle with the crystals in his tail. He then called out, "Ponies of Equestria!" All of the ponies looked up at the castle. "Your fighting with each other is what's causing the Windigos to come back. We all must unite together. Bring peace and harmony to the land. We must come together! Bring peace to the land!" He then held up the crystals. "The Pegasi! The Earth Ponies! And the Unicorns! Unite!" Then the Crystals came together. The Crystal then brought out three different lights that connected to each pony that were connected to them. The white light went through the Earth Ponies, the blue light went through the unicorns, and the green light went through the pegasi. They all floated up and their magic was used through the crystal to take out the Windigos. They vanished. MC then looked down at the ponies and shouted, "You see! It's unity between each tribe that keeps us safe from the Windigos! It's what Princess Twilight would have wanted you to do!" But then he saw the pony tribes continuing their arguments. "No! Stop!" Just then, he heard a cracking noise. He looked down to see the Castle of Friendship cracking apart. "NO!!" Just then, the Castle of Friendship started coming down, breaking into chunks below him, and he fell down to the ground, screaming. Just then, all the ponies there watched as the Castle of Friendship broke apart, with no sign of MC. And just out of the rubble, two pieces of the crystal, one being the horn and the other being the pegasus wings. A unicorn took the blue crystal and the pegasi took the green one. MC spoke from the background. "I was buried under that rubble for 3 days. I'd failed on keeping harmony between the three pony tribes. Ponyville, Canterlot, Cloudsdale, all of those places abandoned." MC waited underneath the rubble, too upset to get himself out of there. Just then, the rubble in front of his face and he could see the future versions of Twilight's friends. "Ah've found him!" said the older Applejack. They walked over towards MC and helped him out of his pinned position. "You've been able to get out of any prison before," older Rarity said. "Why haven't you done it this time?" "I've failed..." MC said. "Failed to keep harmony. Failed to keep friendship among the other ponies. Failed my promise to Sparkles. You should just leave me." "No way, dude," older Rainbow Dash said. "You're our friend, too. And no way we're letting you stay under there in your own self pity." Applejack and Pinkie Pie helped MC up and carried him on their shoulders. Pinkie Pie on his left, and Applejack on his right. "Not even Twilight would give up after a failure." "Yeah," Pinkie Pie said. "Like the time she accidentally switched our Cutie Marks!" "Or when she thought that she had a due date and tried to force a problem to solve it," Fluttershy said. "We'll always be there," Applejack said. Just then, she and Pinkie Pie fell down to the ground due to MC's weight. "Whoa!" Pinkie Pie and Applejack said in unison. "Oh, no, not again!" Applejack said. "What's happening?" MC asked. He then looked at Rainbow Dash who was flying, and then she just fell to the ground. "Oh, man, not again!" Rainbow Dash said. "No harmony... no magic... And those who still believed in harmony eventually lost their magic as well. Through what magic they had left, they took me to the Crystal Empire. The last place in Equestria that had a standing castle. But since then, things have still continued getting worse and worse." In the present time, the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, and the Freedom Fighters that were there were all listening to what MC saw in the future. "Dude... don't let all that get you down," Sonic said. "It all hasn't happened yet. We can still prevent that future from happening." "He's right," Twilight said. "You can prevent that from happening. You just need to tell us what's going to happen and when." "Well, for starters, it starts off..." MC said, closing his eyes. He then thought of something. "What day was the Festival of the Sun?" "Two days ago," Tails said. He then remembered. "Oh, no!" "That's right," MC said. "Eggman will be..." Just then, a huge shadow appeared outside, and the people started panicking. The Freedom Fighters, Mane 6, Sunny and her friends ran outside to see the Egg Carrier flying over the city. "Princess Elise, ruler of Soleanna..." Eggman's voice came from a speaker. "By refusing to negotiate with me, you have forced me to take drastic actions. Meet me at the specified point alone at 4 o'clock today. Failure to do so on time, will result in my leveling of this city so that nothing but ashes remain!" "We have to stop him now!" Twilight said. "No," MC said. "If we do that, he'll level the city anyway." "And if we let Eggman get Princess Elise, the Egg Carrier will crash, Elise will die, and Iblis will burn the world," Tails said. "What are we gonna do?" "We'll wait," MC said. "Where's the bear boy? Truemen?" Just then, Truemen ran towards the group, saying, "I'm here. Sorry. Had to deal with some weird human pretending to be Sonic." "That guy again?" Tails asked. "He's really gotta stop taking credit for things Sonic did." "MC, what do you think we should do?" Twilight asked. "We're gonna have to wait until the Princess of Soleanna agrees to meet with Eggman at that location," MC said. "We're gonna have to wait until the right time comes to go out to save the world." "Well, how are we gonna do that?" Sonic asked. "If you might not recall, I'm not that well at patience." "I don't know," MC said. "We're just gonna have to wait." He then started to walk away. The rest of the group seemed to notice that, and Twilight approached him, placing a hand over his shoulder. "MC? A-Are you okay?" MC seemed to be a bit anxious, nervous and confused, as his eyes moved around while his ears kept standing in an alert position. He also either ignored Twilight, or he actually heard her, but he's too stunned and confused to even react. "Um... dude?" Sonic's variant called out as well, now standing in front of him and waving his hand on his face. "You doing good?" That last move seemed to be what took him out of his shocked moment, but then he looked straight at Sonic, still with an anxious look. "...I... I feel strange..." MC finally spoke. "Strange?" Tails asked, confused. "What do you mean?" "It's hard to explain..." MC replied with concern. "My mind is kind of... shouting... It tries to warn me about something... about someone..." "MC, what else but Eggman should we be aware of?" Twilight asked, also kind of confused. "Twilight has a point, man," Sonic's variant said with a smirk. "Besides Eggman, I doubt we should be aware of someone else! Like, what's the worst that could show up? Another me?" And just like you could expect, the sky broke apart with the shape of an X, and so, Sonic fell from the sky, curling into a ball before landing on the ground with a, let's say, 'superhero pose.' Everyone else stared in pure shock and confusion at the arrival of this new Sonic, specially MC, who felt his jaw almost touching the floor as his left eye twitched in pure confusion. "...Okay... maybe we do have to worry..." Sonic's variant said with an anxious expression. "I was just joking with the 'other me' comment!" Sonic, on the other hand, stood up slowly and cleaned the dust from his body, before looking back at his clothes and smile when he saw his red shoes with white stripes on both sides and two black lines in the middle, as well as his gloves with grey colors on the fingers were back. "Neat!" Sonic said with a smile. However, as he lifted up his head and looked around, his smile kind of got erased, and his expression showed nothing but panic. "...Oh no... not Soleanna... Anywhere but this damn place! I can only have enough nightmares with The End taking control over my body, I don't need to remember a human girl kissing my dead body again!" "Who the heck are you?!" MC asked in anger, and Sonic turned around. His eyes widened when some claws appeared straight on his face, while he saw behind MC variants of Tails, Amy, the Mane 6 and the Mane 5... but these last two groups were now anthropomorphic ponies, and they gave him a huge déjà vu when he remembered that time Hitch, Izzy and Pipp turned into Mobians in his own universe. "Huh... I don't know if I like what I'm seeing, or if I should go seek therapy once I leave..." Sonic said with a curious look. "Also, I forgot how awful I used to look with long quills..." To this, Sonic's variant blinked and looked at his quills, before looking back at Sonic and frowned. "Hey!" He complained, before boosting to his face. "And who are you supposed to be? A copycat? A clone of mine? A new Metal Sonic that Eggman managed to finally look exactly like me?!" "Bold of you to assume Eggman can replicate this gorgeous face," Sonic mocked up with a smirk, also pointing at his face. Sonic raised an eyebrow confused, while MC lowered his claws just a bit, because that statement confused them both. "As for your question, Fox McCloud, I'm this guy, but from another universe!" Sonic replied to MC, pointing at Sonic's variant with a smirk. "...You're from another what now?" Sonic's variant asked confused. "Multiverse stuff, different worlds, other Sonics, Eggman's gonna blow this place if I don't leave, blah, blah, blah..." Sonic replied with a bored expression. At this, MC frowned for a second and sniffed Sonic for a moment, but then, he smiled, and put his claws away. "Yeah, that settles it." Both Sonic looked at MC with raised eyebrows. "Wait, so he's saying the truth?" He asked, and MC nodded with a smile. "...That's it? You just sniffed which perfume I'm using today and decided that I'm not lying?" Sonic asked, confused. "I can literally smell if someone lies!" MC replied with a confident smirk. "So, how can I help you?" Sonic just deadpanned after hearing that. "Okay... What I'm supposed to do now? Is this the part where I just run away and refuse to give you an answer? 'Cause that's what I've been doing for the past 5 universes..." "Listen, man. I can literally do a lot of crazy stuff––" MC tried to explain. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't care," Sonic said with a frown, shushing MC by placing a finger on his mouth before sighing. "Alright... You wanna help? Just keep an eye on this universe, and whatever you do: Don't. Interact. With more. Variants! Nor from me, nor from yourself, nor from anyone else!" MC raised an eyebrow, but still shrugged it off and nodded. "I can do that." "Good," Sonic said with a smirk. "Wish I could stay, but the whole multiverse could collapse if I don't leave right now!" After saying this, Sonic ran on his place, with his feet making the shape of an eight, while his discs opened another portal. With this, he boosted away, disappearing through another X portal. With him gone, Sonic's variant huffed. "My quills look cooler being long!" He annoyingly stated with his arms crossed. MC deadpanned after he said that and rolled his eyes annoyed. Twilight then thought of something. She then said, "MC, wait." MC stopped in his steps. "Do you know what happened to Nyx? What came of her?" Sunny leaned towards Rarity and asked, "Who's Nyx?" "Nyx is Twilight's adopted daughter," Rarity said. "She's supposed to be a reincarnated Nightmare Moon given a body of her own. But since the first part of the spell was interrupted, she cannot be who she was supposed to be. Now, she's just a little filly." MC sighed and said, "When magic started dying, Nyx was starting to become the shreds she was made from." He then remembered the dream vision of him and Nyx. In the dream vision, he was being pulled by Rainbow Dash into the Crystal Castle in the Crystal Empire. He then saw Nyx's body cracking with faint blue lights within the cracks. "Nyx was going to die. She was only one of the last things left of you Sparkles. Besides your brother, Cadance, Spike and Joshua." MC of that time pounded the ground, trying to think of something. "I gotta find a way to save her!" MC said. "She's important to Sparkles as well. I can't let her die." He then sensed something. Something of Equestrian Magic that wasn't the Crystal Heart. Somewhere close to Ponyville. "Oh, I know the place to take her." MC then used his Super Warp Ring and opened up a portal. He then carried Nyx through the portal and put her near a column in the place. They were inside the Treehouse of Harmony. The older version of Twilight's friends walked into the room, looking around. "Are ya sure that bringing 'er here is gonna save 'er?" Applejack asked. "This is the only place in Equestria that has the last of Harmonic Magic," MC said. "It's the only place for Nyx to stay alive." Just then, a crystal gurney appeared. MC then put Nyx onto the gurney, and then a field came in over her. "M... C..." the older Nyx said, weakly. "It's going to be okay, Nyx," MC said. He then sighed. "I'm... afraid that I can't go back. For I have to keep Nyx alive." "So... does that mean..." Pinkie said. "Don't give up on what you believe, Pinks," MC said. He then sighed. "Take good care of what's left of Harmony." Twilight's friends nodded and went back through the portal. "I had to stay there to watch over Nyx. I had to isolate myself just to take care of Nyx. I kept in touch with the others there. But eventually... time passed... and... they all started passing. Applejack... Pinkie Pie... Rarity... Rainbow Dash... Fluttershy... Joshua... Apple Bloom... Scootaloo... Sweetie Belle... Dinky... Babs... Twist... All of the ponies I knew eventually passed on around me." Back in the Present, MC was telling the story as he and the others were heading through the city. They all were walking beside him as they were in the city part of Soleanna. "So, Nyx was still alive after two centuries?" Twilight asked. "The Tree of Harmony kept her alive," MC said. "Even when the Windigos came back." "The Windigos returned?" Twilight asked. "How did you handle it?" "I had no choice," MC said. "I had to absorb them and contain them in a crystal orb." "So, where was that orb?" Twilight asked. "I kept it in my pocket for over 100 years," MC said. "Nyx wanted me to go out and check out the world, get some fresh air one day. So, I did. I went out, and checked out the land to see if anyone was trying to reunite the tribes. But so far, there were two Earth Ponies that still believed in true Harmony. Although, the mare was pregnant at the time. They went back to their home, and that was when that mare's water broke." He then smirked. "But then something came out. Something that would be a light of hope for Equestria." "What was it?" Sunny asked. MC smirked, looked at Sunny and said, "You." Sunny was surprised and asked, "Me?" She then thought of something. "Those two ponies were my parents?" "Argyle Starshine was happy to see you born," MC said. "But he lost his wife after she gave birth to you." He then sighed. "I was there to help with the birth." "You helped with Sunny's birth?" Hitch asked. "Yeah," MC said. "My future self attended his funeral." He then looked towards Sunny and said, "His death took a heavy toll on the whole town." "It did," Sunny said. She then sighed. "I can't imagine what my father would think of me by being stuck in the past." "Sunny," Twilight said, wrapping her arm around Sunny's shoulders. "Your father would be proud for you finally getting to know the truth about how Equestria had been together." Sunny looked towards Twilight with a sad smile and said, "Thank you, Twilight." Then she hugged Twilight, which shocked the alicorn. She then smiled and hugged her back. "Okay," Rarity said. "So what does Sunny do for a living?" "Since her dad died, she got a job making fresh fruit smoothies," MC said. "I haven't tried one myself, but they have been getting good reviews." "Really?" Pinkie Pie asked, excitedly. "Yeah," Sunny said. "I should make some for you all before I go back to my time. If there is a way back there." "Yeah," Sonic said. "It actually sounds good." Sonic then looked towards Eggman's ship, flying off in the distance. "We have to do something about Eggman eventually." "He's right," Twilight said. "Where are we going to go to find Eggman?" "We'll figure that out later," MC said. "He's right," Zipp said. "I wanna find that creep that killed my mother." "Our mother deserves to be avenged," Pipp added. "I want to get rid of that monster that took our mother away from us. In the future that is." "I better call Rouge," MC said. He then held up his right hand and said, "This is Prince Michael Crayton calling Rouge." "Rouge here," Rouge's voice came from MC's communicator. "What is it, Crayton?" "Two of the mares from the future want to get back at Mephiles for killing their mother," MC said. "We're gonna have to help them avenge her." "Oh, we'll stop him," Rouge said. "Omega is on the hunt." "We'll meet you there," MC said. He then looked towards the group. "Maria, Truemen, Pinkie, Flutters, Applejack, Hitch, Pipp and Zipp, you're all coming with me. Let's go meet with Rouge. The rest of you, spread out and find Eggman's base. Check out all the other places that Eggman's been reported spotted." Then they all headed off in different directions. At one part of town, Blaze was waiting by the clock tower. Just then, a Space-Time Rift opens up and out comes Silver from the rift. Silver noticed Blaze standing by. "Blaze..." Silver said. Blaze crossed her arms and asked, "What did you see?" Silver looked down at his hands, saying, "The Iblis Trigger... wasn't Sonic the Hedgehog." "I see..." Blaze said. "Of course it wasn't Sonic the Hedgehog. I've known him longer than you have." The crowd of people around them started panicking. "They're quite noisy," Silver said, seeing the commotion. "Yes," Blaze said. "I heard that the Princess here left for Dr. Eggman's base in response to his earlier threat." Silver then thought of something and said, "What if his ultimate objective was to release Iblis?" The two of them looked at each other in surprise and then started running off in a certain direction. At the dock yards, MC's group ran there, meeting Rouge. "Whoa," Rouge said. "You've brought the cavalry." "Where's Shadow?" Maria asked. Just then, a Space-Time Rift opened up in front of the group and out came Shadow. "Never mind." Rouge walked up to him and said, "Omega is still in pursuit of Mephiles." She was pointing off in a certain direction. "So, where's the kid? What did you find 10 years ago?" Shadow then looked at Rouge and said, "Bring MC the Scepter of Darkness so he can restore it to its former glory. That way, we can..." "Seal that living darkness back to whence it came so he won't hurt anyone in the future," MC said. "Or the past. Or whatever timeline he'll end up in because of his time travel ability." "So he's going to be back in his own prison," Hitch said. "That'll show him." "And our mother will be avenged," Zipp said. MC then tossed the Super Warp Ring to Rouge and said, "Get the Scepter and meet us at the beach. I sense some dark energy coming from there. That must be where Mephiles is." "Got it," Rouge said. She then threw the ring towards which led to the ruins of the old castle. MC then closed the ring behind Rouge and he took the ring. "Let's move," Shadow said. "Omega's probably on his way there." Then they all headed out of there. Meanwhile, Eggman was in the Egg Carrier with Elise. They were both on the bridge of the Egg Carrier. Elise was sitting in a seat as Eggman was talking to her. "You've wasted so much of my time," Eggman said. "If you had cooperated with me earlier, I wouldn't have to do this." "What are you trying to do, Dr. Eggman?" Elise asked, pondering over what he was up to. "Why do you wish to revive the Flames of Disaster?" "Did your parents ever disclose to you anything about Solaris?" Eggman asked, walking over to Elise. "Solaris's secrets are in his eternal flames. His power... can change time, and even manipulate the fabric of time itself. I wish to obtain this power and dominate everything in this world. From the past all the way to the future!" "You wish... to rule over... Time?" Elise asked. "Yes. Truly," Eggman said. "And the secret... It remains dormant in you, Princess." He then walked over to the control console and typed on the computer keys. The Princess of Soleanna and the seven Chaos Emeralds... Once I have everything, the fate of the world will change. And one of the beautiful gems is just ahead." "Chaos Emerald located," the computer said. "Finally... Now, let's go collect that Chaos Emerald," Eggman said. At the beach, Omega was firing blasts at Mephiles there, but he wasn't taking any damage. "This only proves you were created to stop Shadow, the ultimate life form," Mephiles said. Omega stopped to ponder, or calculate, what Mephiles said. "Don't tell me you didn't know. You may have been programmed by humanity, but what you did to Shadow in the future, that was your..." Omega's hands then transformed into Gatling guns and fired upon Mephiles. He then fell down to the ground, laughing. Then he disappeared into the shadow underneath him. Shadow, Rouge, MC and the others met up with him. "What just happened?" Rouge asked. "He just disappeared into his own shadow," MC said. "Irony." "Shadow," Omega said. He then turned around to face Shadow. "The one that defeats and seals you in the future... is me." Shadow then looked towards MC. He held his head down in shame and nodded. "It's... It's so unfair!" Rouge said. "Yeah!" Pinkie said. "After all, Shadow has helped out with saving the world three times already, even though the first time was from an incident he caused due to the loss of his friend and forgetting the promise that he made with his friend and..." Just then, Applejack covered Pinkie's mouth with an apple and Applejack shook her head. "He did all that?!" Hitch asked. "He's changed since then, Hitch," Maria said. "Even though he's done so much in the past, he's still a hero. Even if Shadow will be locked up for being too powerful, we'll back him up." Shadow looked towards Maria and smiled. He then said, "Thank you, Maria." He then looked around and said, "We need to find Mephiles." Rouge then handed MC the Scepter of Darkness. "Is there anything we need to know about Mephiles. What he has, where he could be going?" "Obviously, Mephiles would get as much power as he needs to be the most powerful thing in the Multiverse," MC said as he was repairing the Scepter of Darkness. "He's probably going to find the other Chaos Emeralds. He doesn't have any." "Um... actually..." Fluttershy said, lowering the volume of her voice. "What is it, Flutters?" MC asked. "Mephiles has one of them," Applejack said. "The purple one." "So we have to find the Purple Chaos Emerald to find him," Pipp said. "How do we do that?" "Perhaps I will use the database to locate the Chaos Emeralds in the area and..." Omega said until he was interrupted. "Found him," MC said, his eyes glowing in a golden aura. "He's heading through an old temple in the desert." He then saw something. "Shoot... he's after the yellow Chaos Emerald which is in the core of the temple!" "Then we have to get there first!" Rouge said. "Let's move it!" Then all of them headed towards the desert. Meanwhile, Twilight looked up and saw the Egg Carrier heading towards the valley. Smoke was coming from the Egg Carrier. Twilight then pulled up her communicator and said, "Twilight to anyone who's not with MC's group. He's heading towards the valley. And I can see some smoke coming from the Egg Carrier." "Oh, no!" Sonic said. "That must be what led to Elise's death. Meet me there." Then Twilight teleported away from there. Twilight then appeared outside of the valley where Sonic was. Along with Rainbow Dash and Rarity. "Let's go save Elise," Rainbow Dash said. Then they were about to run into the valley, but were stopped by robots. They were about to fire upon the four, but were grabbed in a light blue aura. "Oh, sweet job, Rarity." "This isn't me," Rarity said. Just then, Silver dropped in front of them, his hands glowing, and then he threw the robots away, blowing up as they collided with some trees and other stuff there. "You all look like you're in a hurry," Silver said. "...So what's going on?" Sonic asked, crossing his arms. "Yeah, last time we saw you, you tried to kill Sonic," Rainbow Dash said. "What was up with that?" "Circumstances have changed," Silver said. "I need to rescue the Princess." "To prevent Iblis from getting out," Twilight said. "It probably crashed into the thing that Iblis was sealed in." "Iblis was actually sealed within Princess Elise," Silver said. "If she passes... or even cries... Iblis will be released from her. So we cannot let that happen." "What are we waiting for?!" Sonic asked. "Let's go save Elise!" Then Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Sonic and Silver ran through the valley. Blaze then caught up with them. Meanwhile, in the Egg Carrier's bridge, Eggman was trying to control the Egg Carrier when it was going through a system failure. "Huh? The engines are malfunctioning," Eggman said, typing on the computer. Elise stood up. "What's this? Stop all engines now!" The computer did not respond. He then pounded on the control console. "...Why is this happening? No! We're about to crash!" He put his hands to his head as the Egg Carrier was slowly descending, the engines smoking. Author's Note Next Episode: The Solaris Saga (Part 5): Race Against the Clock
Episode 5: The Solaris Saga (Part 5): Race Against the ClockEpisode 5: The Solaris Saga (Part 5): Race Against the Clock Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Sonic, Silver and Blaze ran towards a cliff side that has a view of the valley. They saw the Egg Carrier descending towards a mountain, set ablaze and coming closer to the ground. As soon as it was out of sight, the Egg Carrier exploded. "Elise!" Sonic called out, holding out an arm. He then landed on his knees in despair. Twilight walked up to him and hugged him. "I'm so sorry," Twilight said. "Dang it," Rainbow Dash said. "If only we'd go back in time to stop that from happening." Silver then widened his eyes and said, "Wait a minute! We can! There's a way to change this." The group then looked at him. "If we return to an earlier point in time, we'll be able to save her." Sonic stood up, and said, "I understand." Silver then held up the White Chaos Emerald while Sonic held up the Light Blue Chaos Emerald. "Chaos Control!" Sonic and Silver said in unison. Then a Space-Time Warp opened up. "Wait a minute," Rarity said. "Are we seriously going to risk the timeline if we run into our other selves?" "I spoke to myself to try and warn my younger self not to get too stressed out," Twilight said. "I think we'll be fine." Sonic was walking towards the portal. "Silver!" Sonic said, tossing Silver the Light Blue Chaos Emerald. Silver caught it and was confused about him receiving the Chaos Emerald. "I can handle this myself. Besides, you've got somewhere to go, right?" Silver was amazed by receiving the Chaos Emerald and said, "You..." "I'll make sure to change Elise's fate," Sonic said, raising a fist. "And that in turn should change your future, too." Silver nodded in agreement with Blaze putting her hands on her hips. Sonic then gave Silver a thumbs up and said, "Thank you, Silver!" "Yeah... just save her!" Silver said. Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Sonic jumped into the portal. As soon as they went in, Silver and Blaze went into the portal after them, heading to a different point in time from when Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Sonic were going. Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Sonic came out of a Space-Time Warp in the middle of the city section of town. Then they heard the bells of a clock tower, which they looked up at the time. "We got four hours to find Eggman's base!" Twilight said. "We've got to move. Fast." Then the four of them started running around town. Just then, they accidentally bumped into someone. They looked and saw Izzy there. "Izzy? What are you doing?" "Sunny and I have found Eggman's ship!" Izzy said. "Follow me!" Then she led the group towards somewhere. They basically went into the sewer system. When they got in, they saw a doorway with Sunny standing there. "There you guys are," Sunny said. "I would've contacted you, but we don't have anything to communicate with you." "If you guys decide to stay in our time, we're getting the five of you communication devices," Sonic said. Just then, they heard something. "Thrust increasing. Engine output at maximum. Course plotted." Just then, they heard something. They looked in there and saw a huge door starting to open, and they were on a platform above the Egg Carrier. "Gate open. Lifting off." The Egg Carrier then started moving from its spot, heading off towards the open door. Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Sonic, Sunny and Izzy started running and they jumped onto the top of the Egg Carrier. "Okay, we're in!" Sunny said as they were holding onto the top of the Egg Carrier. "Now what do we do?!" "We go in, save Elise, and get out before this ship blows up!" Twilight said. She then used her magic to teleport the six of them inside the ship. They started running, searching for Elise. Just then, the ship started shaking. "What's going on?!" Izzy asked. "The ship's going to explode!" Sonic said. "We've gotta get Elise out of here before this place explodes!" They started running towards the bridge of the ship. "...Why is this happening?" Eggman asked, typing on the console. He then held up his hands to his head. "Noooooo!!" "Playtime's over," came Sonic's voice. Eggman and Elise looked towards the door to see Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Sonic, Sunny and Izzy standing there. "Sonic!" Elise said, running up to the group. "This ship is about to crash," Sonic said. "Too bad, Eggman." Eggman then threw a tantrum and said, "I'm not finished yet!" Just then, a platform raised the six heroes and Elise up and onto a larger platform over the Egg Carrier. "What is he doing?" Rainbow Dash asked. Just then, she saw something coming up. "This time, I'll end you all, once and for all!" Eggman's voice came from the machine. "And then I'll learn the secrets of the Solaris Project." Then the machine started charging towards the group. They got out of the way of the attack. "Is this guy crazy?!" Sunny asked. "Believe me, this is one of his better days," Twilight said. Sonic then jumped towards the cockpit of the machine and struck it. The machine started to falter but then it recovered. "You won't defeat me that easily!" Eggman said. "This Egg-Wyvern will destroy you!" Twilight then tore some of the ship apart with her magic and threw it at the cockpit of the Egg-Wyvern. The Egg-Wyvern took damage from the attacks. But then the place started shaking again, making Elise almost fall. But she was caught in two magical auras. One light blue and one pink. Rarity and Izzy were using their magic to bring Elise to safety. Rainbow Dash then flew up to the cockpit and grabbed the horn on top of it, making the Egg-Wyvern crash into the ship. Eggman in his transport then started flying away. "We gotta get out of here!" Rainbow Dash said, flying to the group. "The ship's going down fast!" Sonic then grabbed Elise. Then all of them started running towards the side of the ship, which was falling apart near a cliff side. "Sonic!" Elise said, pointing at a booster that was flying faster than the ship. "Aren't you worried?" Sonic asked. "It's like you said, 'If you have time to worry, then run,' right?" Elise asked. Sonic smiled at that. Twilight used her magic to lift Rarity, Sunny and Izzy and started flying to the cliff with Rainbow Dash flying right beside her. Sonic then leaped off the self disassembling Egg Carrier onto a different part of it, and jumped from many pieces of it. He then jumped off the last part and headed to the top of the cliff side, but he didn't make it. Just then, a piece of the Egg Carrier collided with the cliff side below him and the explosion sent him and Elise up and onto the cliff. Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Sunny and Izzy walked up to the two. Elise rolled on the ground while Sonic and the other girls stood around her. Then out of nowhere, all of them started laughing. Izzy was laughing the loudest as she fell down to the ground. "Nice smile," Sonic said, looking down at Elise. Twilight looked over at Izzy and said, "I'm not certain, but I think that Izzy just might be a descendant of Pinkie Pie." "It would be a possibility," Sonic said. "We should probably head on out of here," Sunny said. "I can make us all some fresh smoothies at the hotel." "Sounds good," Twilight said. Then all of them started walking away from the cliff side. Meanwhile, at the edge of the desert, MC, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Hitch, Zipp, Pipp, Truemen, Shadow, Rouge and Omega were looking out among the sand. "There's no doubt in my mind," Shadow said. "His movement shows he's seeking any Chaos Emerald he can find. Supposedly, he needs one in order to join with Iblis again." "I will seal him before that," Omega said. Then they all headed down the stone steps. As soon as they were about to step onto the sand, MC held his arms out and stopped them. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" MC said, stopping the group. "Don't step on the sand!" "Why not?" Rouge asked. MC then went over to a column and used his claws to go down and it fell into the sand. Just then, the column started sinking. "Quicksand," MC said. "How are we gonna get across this place?" Hitch asked. "I'm sure that Rouge, Fluttershy, Pipp and Zipp won't be able to carry all of us over there." He then looked at Omega and said, "Not even the robot here." "I agree," Omega said. "I'm incredibly heavy for any normal flyer to pick up." MC then held up his right hand to his face and said, "Nicole. Come in." "What is it, MC?" Nicole asked. "Bring the Spirit of Freedom to my location," MC responded. "We're gonna need a lift." Later, the Spirit of Freedom landed near the group, not landing on some sand. MC opened up the door to the ship, then faced the group. "I'll lead you guys to the Chaos Emeralds and tell you where to land," MC said. "Shadow, either you and Rouge have to..." Just then, the sound of buttons being pushed came in. The group looked in and saw Zipp pushing buttons. The engines started whirling up. "Zipp! What are you doing?!" "This thing was found in the future," Zipp said. "I've practiced flying this thing in its simulation mode." "The Spirit of Freedom has a simulation mode?" Maria asked. "Of course it does," Nicole's voice came from the Spirit of Freedom. "Mutt has been wanting to try it for a while. He just needs permission from one of the leading Freedom Fighters to fly it." "That makes sense," MC said. "Where did you keep that thing, Zipp?" "At the abandoned train station underneath Zephyr Heights," Zipp said. "There's a train station there?" Pipp asked. "There was," Zipp said. "It was thought of before the three pony types split up." "Well, since you know how to fly it, do me one favor," MC said. "And that is?" Zipp asked. "Don't scratch it," MC said. Zipp nodded and then Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Shadow, Rouge, Omega, Truemen, Hitch and Pipp went into the Spirit of Freedom and Zipp started piloting the Spirit of Freedom. MC started leading the Spirit of Freedom as it was in the air. Eventually, they made it to the entrance to the old temple. The group then got out of the Spirit of Freedom and headed into the temple. "Everyone be careful!" Rouge said. "Temples like this are often booby-trapped. So watch your step and watch out for holes in the walls, or pendulum axes." "Wow," Hitch said. "Why are old temples like this?" "To protect their treasures," Shadow said. "I've read them in some history books." MC led them through the temple, triggering every booby trap in his path, having him take every blow. "Why isn't he dodging the traps?" Pipp asked. "And how isn't he reacting in pure pain?" Hitch asked. "Oh, MC has a healing factor," Maria said. "He basically can't die. I have a healing factor, too. But he's used to physical pain so much, it doesn't bother him." "Really?" Zipp asked. "How does he handle all the pain?" "He had so much emotional pain that it overridden the physical pain," Rouge said. "Oh... kay..." Zipp said. She then thought of something. "Wait. What emotional pain had he gone through?" "He lost his family and his kingdom on his seventh birthday," Pinkie said. "And it wasn't until recently that he found out that his mother, Queen Sarah Crayton, was still alive as the mysterious do-gooder of his kingdom, the Iron Mask," Rouge said. "She died defending MC from the strongest fighter of the Black Aliens, Eclipse." "Spike helped out as well!" MC called out from ahead. "Who's Spike?" Hitch asked. "He's Twilight's royal advisor and adopted son," Applejack said. "He's also a dragon." "Wait... dragons are real?" Hitch asked. "What happened with the other creatures of Equestria?" Fluttershy asked. "They all spread around the world in the future!" MC said. "The yaks went to the only place in the world that stayed cold; the Himalayas. The dragons went to Japan. And the changelings, hippogriffs, griffons and kirin have all made sanctuary in Delphius." "That makes sense," Applejack said. "Where in the world is Delphius?" "Classified!" MC and Truemen said in unison after MC turned around. Then the two of them looked at each other. "Where do you think I got this arm?" Truemen asked, held up his metal arm. "That makes sense," MC said. He then started walking away. He then sighed. "This is gonna take us forever. This temple is like a maze." He then pulled out his Super Warp Ring. "Shortcut!" MC then used it to get to the treasure room of the temple. They went running through the portal and onto a platform. "Mephiles!" Shadow called out. Mephiles was up on an altar, holding something. "I was expecting you sooner," Mephiles said, turning around. "As you must know, you're already too late. But there's still time for you to change your mind. Join me, Shadow. Let us teach this world a lesson and rewrite the future." "Don't try to deceive me," Shadow said. "What?" Mephiles asked, surprised. "You have no desire for revenge," Shadow said. "You only crave destruction. Your only lust is to fuel Iblis until there is nothing left of time itself." "I've seen what you've done in the future, Mephiles," MC said. "You've killed our mother!" Zipp said. "We're taking you down!" "It's a pity, you all," Mephiles said. He then levitates the two Emeralds he had above him. "Truly a shame that you all wish to go against me!" Then he launched a force to send all of them back and the platform under them went into a black and dark purple aura. Mephiles then disappeared. "Where'd he go?" Hitch asked. Pinkie's tail started twitching as she called out, "Twitchy Tail!" Then a bunch of stone debris fell from the ceiling. The heroes then started moving out of the way. Omega was using his rocket launchers to destroy the bigger pieces. Then from the ground, Mephiles sent giant monsters from the dark aura under them. "Whoa!" MC said. "I thought he was tough before in the future! But now he's become nothing but a monster!" "Time to arrest this guy!" Hitch said. "You can't arrest him, Hitch," Rouge said. "For three reasons. One, he's a monster that must be sealed up in the temple. Two, you have no jurisdiction. And three, you have to be deputized by the actual authorities in this timeline." "Oh, okay that makes sense!" Hitch said. MC then jumped up to the ceiling, and then he jumped from the ceiling, using gravity to increase his power and used a golden aura punch to make the dark aura and the monsters disappear. Mephiles then popped out of the ground. "There he is!" Zipp said. She then flew towards Mephiles and kicked him. Applejack then used her lasso to tie up Mephiles's arms. MC and Truemen then charged at Mephiles with a golden and orange aura and punched him to the ground. Omega then used his Gatling guns to shoot Mephiles. "Nice form, man," MC said, high five-ing Truemen. "Thanks, dude," Truemen said. Mephiles then got up and charged at the two, but Shadow and Maria appeared in front of him, Maria's eyes were red, and both of them said in unison, "Double Chaos Blast!" The blast sent Mephiles back, and he started melting into a puddle. "Now, Shadow!" MC said. Shadow then walked up to the melted Mephiles and held up the Scepter of Darkness. Mephiles started getting absorbed into the Scepter. When Mephiles got sealed in, Shadow was struggling. Just then, the Scepter of Darkness exploded. "It's destroyed!" Rouge said. In mid air, Mephiles was in a dark spiral. "The 'I' of now absorbed your power through your shadow in the past," came Mephiles's voice from the spiral as he was taking back form. "What may have worked 10 years ago, no longer does!" He then used his power to send the heroes back to the center of the platform, making it crack up underneath them. Then the Green, Yellow and Red Chaos Emeralds were above him, going in a figure eight as more and more of him surrounded him. "You must realize now that you cannot hope to stop me with your limited power." "So you say..." Shadow said as he and the others started recovering. "It's futile," Mephiles said. "The world will betray you. Why fight at all? Why risk your life for those who will persecute you later?" If the world chooses to become my enemy, I will fight like I always have!" Shadow said, taking off his Inhibitor Rings. MC and Maria nodded at each other. MC removed his Stabilizer Rings while Maria removed her Inhibitor Rings. Then all three of their power combined with all the heroes there and they charged through the Mephiles clones, all of them being destroyed as the heroes charged through them. Meanwhile, back in the future, Silver and Blaze were outside the entrance to the volcano. "I know how to save our world, now," Silver said, holding up the White and Light Blue Chaos Emeralds. "We don't have to change the past. I'm sure of it." "So you have a plan?" Blaze asked. Silver looked at Blaze and nodded. "Well then, let's hurry. I sense his flames." "You two aren't going alone," came a voice. The two of them looked off where the voice came from. Out of the shadow came future Maria. "And I've called in some old friends." Then a Super Warp Ring appeared and opened up. Then future MC and future Nyx came walking through the portal. "I've been waiting for this day to come for 200 years," Future MC said. "Me, too," Future Nyx added. "Thanks for coming and getting me, MC." "It wasn't easy to restore Harmony, but I did it," Future MC said. "And eventually, magic came back and now I have to teach everypony how to use their horns, wings, and strength. The strength I can handle, but the horn and wings, I can't handle." "I can handle that," Future Nyx said. "Although, it's gonna be awkward for them to see me." "Right," Future MC said. "You are a failed Nightmare Moon given a body of her own." He then smirked. "It's good to know that three of my friends are still alive. Even though one of them is locked in a very complicated prison." "Alright, you three," Silver said. "Let's go." Then the five of them headed into the volcano entrance. Silver, Blaze, future Maria, future MC and future Nyx were going through the volcano, evading the lava and fire bursts from the rocky terrain under their feet. Blaze used her powers to control the flames. "Wow," future Maria said. "You weren't kidding about Blaze. She can control all the flames around her." "You should've seen her when she accidentally came to our dimension with the Sol Emeralds," future MC said. "The Chaos and Sol Emeralds aren't supposed to be in the same dimension," Blaze said, putting her hands on her hips. "Their magnetic fields were going to tear the world apart." "That would've been worse for the world than Iblis," future MC said. The five of them came across a river of lava with some large rocks coming down from the stream of it. "Let's get going," Silver said. Then he and Nyx started hovering over the river of lava. Future Maria, future MC and Blaze started jumping from rock to rock to follow Silver and future Nyx. "We're almost there!" Blaze said. "I sense his power getting stronger the closer we get to him!" They then arrived near the core of the volcano. Just then, they saw something in front of them. "Shoot... it's bigger than last time!" future MC said. "C'mon, Iblis! This time I'll finally stop you!" Silver said. Iblis then gave out a roar and started coming near the group. Future MC then punched a nearby wall and brought out a huge boulder. Future Nyx used her magic to throw the boulder at Iblis to stun him. "That's it!" Silver said. "We have to keep him distracted!" "How are we going to stop this thing?" future Maria asked. "We're gonna have to cool him off!" Blaze said. "But we don't have anything that's cold enough to freeze Iblis!" "Wait a minute!" Future Nyx said. "MC, do you still have those Windigos from the incident?!" "Oh, yeah, I do!" Future MC said, pulling out a crystal orb. "I see what you're saying!" MC then tossed out the crystal orb and said, "Tossed this at Iblis!" Silver nodded, took it in his light blue aura, and he threw it towards Iblis. When the orb made contact, it melted and the Wendigos came out and surrounded Iblis. He then started roaring, and he started cooling off. Future MC then punched another wall and an even bigger boulder came out of the wall. Silver and Nyx used their magic and power to throw the rock at Iblis. Then Iblis started to falter and come closer to the group. "He's coming closer!" Future Nyx said. "What are we gonna do?!" Future Maria asked. "I've been waiting to do this for 200 years," Future MC said, charging up his fist with golden energy. "This is for Sparkles." He then jumped up and dive-bombed at Iblis, roaring as he dropped from the sky. "Chaos Dragon Fist!" MC's golden aura fist collided with Iblis's forehead, making him crumble up and become a giant ball of flames. MC then landed back with the group, looking at the flaming ball. "Now what do we do?" "We have to contain it!" Silver said, holding up the Chaos Emeralds he had. "Chaos Emeralds, lend me your power! Eternal Sun! The Living Flame that has been entrusted to the royal family! Fall into slumber with my soul, Iblis! You cursed Flames of Disaster!" Just then, the flames of Iblis started going into the Chaos Emeralds, and when the lights tried going into Silver, it was burning him. "Silver! Stop it!" Future MC said. "No!" Silver said. "Why won't it accept me as the vessel?" "210 years ago, Iblis was sealed within someone with royal blood in their veins," Future MC said. "I know it was Elise. Shadow told me that you were there when you saw Iblis get contained within her." He then took the Emerald. "And since I'm royal blood, I will..." Blaze then bumped him, took the Emeralds, and held them up. "Blaze!" Silver said. "I'll take Iblis," Blaze said, confidently, holding up the Chaos Emeralds. "Don't worry. My soul is already alit with flames, and I am of royal blood as well. I will be accepted." The Emeralds then let Iblis get absorbed and they went into Blaze, and flames started swirling around her. "Come on, make it quick. Use your Chaos Control... to stop time. Then... seal us into a different dimension." "No! I can't do that to you!" Silver said in shock. Blaze turned around and said, "Didn't we already go through this? We agreed to save the world at any price!" She then faced the core of the volcano again. Silver then tried using his power to do it, but he couldn't do it. He then said, "I can't! I wouldn't know what to do without you! You've fought alongside me to save the world... You're my friend... Right?" "You're still so naive," Blaze said before turning back to face Silver. "But... I... I've always liked that about you." "We'll find a way to bring her back, Silver," Future MC said, holding him back from trying to grab Blaze. But then, Blaze closed her eyes and the flames power evaporated her body, leaving her soul to come out and ascend into the sky. Waving towards the group, Blaze's spirit let out three last words. "Good luck, Silver." And as soon as Blaze reached the smokey clouds above them, the clouds started breaking apart. Sunlight started peaking through and the fires among the world started dying down. "She... she did it," future MC said. "She saved the world." "Blaze..." Silver said, falling onto his knees. He then started crying. Future MC, future Maria and Future Nyx came around Silver and hugged him. They felt bad for him for losing Blaze. "She was my friend, too," future MC said. "Even though, when we met, she was a loner." "She was a loner?" Nyx asked. "Like Twilight was before I came in?" "Oh, yeah," future MC said. "She was focused on saving the world by herself, she didn't want anyone to help her. Until a certain young rabbit and Chao came into the picture." "Cream and Cheese," future Maria said. "Exactly," future MC said. "Now, let's get out of here. I've got a country to run." Then they all walked away from there. Before Silver left the area, he looked back up into the sky, hoping that Blaze was watching him from the afterlife. He then continued on foot, following the group out of there, hoping that they'll be walking out to a better future. Author's Note Next Episode: The Solaris Saga (Part 6): Armageddon
Episode 6: The Solaris Saga (Part 6): ArmageddonEpisode 6: The Solaris Saga (Part 6): Armageddon In the valley, Sonic and Elise were walking through the valley. Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Sunny and Izzy were walking around until Sunny stopped. Twilight noticed it and asked, "What is it, Sunny?" "Something doesn't feel right," Sunny said. "You said that there were seven Chaos Emeralds, right?" Twilight nodded. "Didn't you say that Mephiles had that Purple Chaos Emerald?" "Yeah, why?" Twilight asked. "Then why is it over there?!" Sunny said, pointing somewhere. The others looked towards where Sunny was pointing and saw the Purple Chaos Emerald glowing in a bright light, blinding all those who were there. Especially Sonic and Elise. But then, Sonic felt something go through his entire torso from back to front. The group looked at Sonic and saw that he had an energy laser going through him. "Sonic!" Twilight, Rainbow and Rarity said in unison. Then the group looked towards where the beam was coming from and they saw Mephiles there. "Hey! It's that Mephiles guy!" Sunny said. "Sonic! Sonic!" Elise said, trying to wake him up. But he wasn't coming. Mephiles was laughing evilly at the group. Elise then tried to wake up Sonic but he wasn't responding. Elise then remembered something her father said. "Yes, Elise... Don't cry, no matter what happens." "Oh... no," Elise said, starting let out some tears. "Wait, no!" Twilight said. "Don't...!" "Nooooooooo!" Elise cried out. Just then, a huge burst let out, sending the five mares back. "It's Iblis!" Twilight said. "The world is doomed!" Sunny said. Mephiles laughed and said, "Finally, the seal is broken! At long last, I'll be able to join with you! Iblis!" He then held out the Purple Chaos Emerald. "Now, Chaos Emerald! It's time for the final curtain call!" Then Iblis started being absorbed into the Chaos Emerald, and it shot a beam into Mephiles. Then he started glowing white. Meanwhile, in the desert temple, Shadow, MC and Maria were putting their rings back on their wrists. Hitch then looked towards the Chaos Emeralds. "Wait..." Hitch said. "Pinkie, you said that Mephiles had the Purple Chaos Emerald, right?" "Uh-huh," Pinkie said. "Why?" "Then where is it?!" Hitch asked. Then they all froze up when the Chaos Emeralds started glowing, blinding the heroes there. Then the blinding light started spreading throughout the land of Soleanna. The light started blinding everyone there. Including Tails, Knuckles, and Amy. Somewhere, there was a platform with seven walkways with rifts at the end. The platform was similar to the statue at the Festival of the Sun. The Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, MC, Maria, Truemen, Shadow, Rouge, Omega, Silver, Eggman, Agent Stone, Elise and the corpse of Sonic were all there. Most of them were looking around at where they were. "What is this?" Tails asked, looking around. "Where are we? What's going on?" Amy asked. "Is this because of that light?" Knuckles asked. The group then looked around and saw Silver there with them. "The Chaos Emeralds... have disappeared," Silver said. "Silver?!" Amy asked. Silver saw the group that Amy was there, asking, "What are you doing here? This is all so confusing..." "It's because of Solaris..." came Rouge's voice. The group looked towards her and saw Rouge, Shadow and Omega standing there. "Solaris?" Twilight asked. She then looked up, along with the rest of the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends. "It seems we were all caught by the spatial distortion," came Eggman's voice. They all looked towards him. "Julien?" Maria asked. "Iblis's seal has been broken," Eggman said. He then looked towards Sonic and Elise. "Due to Mephiles manipulation." The others also looked towards where he was looking. "Sonic?" Amy asked. Then they all ran towards him, except for Shadow and Omega. "No... You don't think..." Tails said. "Sonic!" Knuckles said in despair. MC then checked Sonic's pulse. He lowered and shook his head saying, "He's gone." Amy fell onto her knees and started crying. Twilight and Sunny comforted her. "Mephiles played us all for fools!" Eggman said. "His plan all along was to cause the Princess to be consumed with despair that she'd cry." So that's why he wanted me to kill Sonic before..." Silver said. Shadow turned away with his arms crossed and his eyes closed. Just then, a roaring sound came from above them and there was a white light. "Solaris!" "This creature will consume all existing timelines," Eggman said. "And time itself will collapse and disappear into nothingness." "It's gonna devour the entire multiverse?!" MC asked. "That's not good." "What do you mean?" Sunny asked. "If Solaris consumes the multiverse..." MC said. "Then everyone and everything will cease to exist, and there will be nothing," Eggman said. "The instability of time caused this time-space rift," Shadow said. "And it won't remain much longer," Twilight said. "We've got no time to waste," Knuckles said. "We've got to defeat it now!" "No, it is a transcendent life form that exists in the past, present and future," Eggman said. "Defeating it here, now, would do nothing." "No, I won't give up," Silver said, looking up in the sky. "There has to be a way." He then looked at Eggman. "If you say it exists in the past, present and future, I'll destroy them all at once!" Silver then clenched his fist. "Certainly, it might have been possible, if he was still alive," Shadow said, looking at Silver. He then looked towards Sonic to show who he was talking about. "Sonic! Sonic!" Amy said, balling her eyes out. Truemen then put his left hand on Amy's shoulder. Everyone there was mourning in their own way. Just then, some wind blew, and Elise could feel something in it. "Sonic..." Elise said quietly. Silver noticed it and asked, "What's the matter?" "I feel... Sonic's presence in the wind," Elise said. "I don't think he's dead yet!" Amy then uncovered her face and everyone was looking at her in shock. "I'm sure of it. It's not too late!" Silver nodded and said, "Of course! Let's call him back with the power of the Chaos Emeralds!" Everyone then looked at him. "Focus your thoughts on using its power to perform this miracle..." He then ran over to Sonic and Elise. "You can do it, Princess!" "I can?" Elise asked. "You were the vessel that was used to seal Iblis," Silver said. "You should be able to use the gems' power to rescue Sonic's soul!" Elise thought about it, nodded and said, "I'll do it!" Eggman then brought out a small device and Maria asked, "Julien?" "Doctor?" Agent Stone asked. "Solaris flung the Chaos Emeralds to the distant corners of this distorted world," Eggman said. "To collect them all in time, we'll have to split up!" Tails said. "I'll go, too! Because it's for Sonic!" Amy said. "So Elise... Watch over him!" "Twenty-one heroes... seven Emeralds... seven teams of three..." Twilight said. "Everyone get into your groups." Then they all divided into groups. Twilight was with MC and Shadow. Applejack was with Rouge and Hitch. Rainbow Dash was with Tails and Zipp. Rarity was with Pipp and Amy. Pinkie was with Izzy and Silver. Fluttershy was with Maria and Knuckles. And lastly, Sunny was with Omega and Truemen. "We all know the plan," MC said. "Get the Emeralds, and meet back here." Then they all headed off in their groups in seven different directions. Then Eggman and Agent Stone looked at each other. "What are the chances they'll get the Emeralds back in time?" Agent Stone asked. "Unlikely," Eggman responded. "No doubt that all of them would be sucked into a black hole." Rainbow Dash, Tails and Zipp ended up in a place that looked like the future version of Soleanna. They all looked around at what was around them. "This place looks like the future version of Soleanna!" Rainbow Dash said. "Does that mean...?" Tails asked. Rainbow Dash and Zipp looked at each other and started flapping their wings, which was still allowing them to fly. "Oh, good. You two can still fly." Just then, some black holes opened up near them. Tails was being sucked in, but Rainbow Dash started flying fast, trying to get Tails out of the suction. "Don't worry, Tails, I got you!" Rainbow Dash said. Zipp then looked over at a statue. The statue's description was of a green orb with a stone eagle above it. "What does this do?" Zipp asked. She then touched the orb and then the black holes disappeared. "Whoa. Okay, that was awesome." "No way!" Rainbow Dash said. "You saved us, Zipp!" Tails then brought up his communicator. "Alright, everyone. Listen up! There's a statue in each of your locations. It's a green orb with a stone eagle on top of it. It'll stop the black holes from sucking you up." "I see the Chaos Emerald!" Rainbow Dash said. They looked at a skyscraper, seeing the yellow Chaos Emerald there. Then they all started flying towards it. Then they eventually grabbed it. Over with Sunny, Omega and Truemen, were going through the volcano area of the future. The three of them were evading the lava and the black holes opening up. "Beware of where you step, you two," Omega said. "Molten lava and black holes everywhere." "The black holes we can stop with those statues, but the lava, that's another story," Truemen said. "This is like that old game, 'The Floor is Lava.' Ever heard of that game, Sunny?" "No, not really," Sunny said. "I was too into the stories my father taught me about the legend of Equestria." "Of course you are from 200 years in the future," Omega said. Then Sunny and Truemen started getting sucked in by a black hole. But Omega fired upon the statue and the black holes disappeared. Just then they reached the Green Chaos Emerald. Fluttershy, Knuckles and Maria were in the jungle area of Soleanna of the current world they were in. They had obtained the Light Blue Chaos Emerald. Pinkie, Izzy and Silver were in the desert area, and they reached the White Chaos Emerald. Applejack, Hitch and Rouge were running through the beach area, and they reached the Purple Chaos Emerald. Rarity, Pipp and Amy were running through White Acropolis, and they reached the Blue Chaos Emerald. And finally, Twilight, MC and Shadow were going through Kingdom Valley, evading all the dangers of that part. "This place is getting more and more unstable as we get through it," Shadow said. Just then, Twilight landed on an unstable piece of ground, and almost fell into a black hole under it. She screamed before being grabbed by MC, who was holding onto the ground near where Twilight fell. "I got you, Sparkles!" MC said. "Michael!" Twilight said. "If something happens to me... promise me you'll..." "No!" MC said. "I'm not gonna lose you! I will not let that future come to pass!" "Michael..." Twilight sighed sadly. "It's okay. You'll make a good leader of Equestria. I'm sure of it." "I'm not going to lead Equestria!" MC said. "Not without you! It's not for the ponies or the other creatures of Equestria that I'm concerned about!" Just then, the black hole vanished, leaving Twilight in one piece. Shadow then came back, helping the two up from the cliff side. "Are you two alright?" Shadow asked. MC and Twilight got up. "We're fine," MC said. "What do you mean it's not just about the creatures of Equestria you're not concerned about?" Twilight asked. "It's more about your kids," MC said. "Spike... Nyx... and Joshua." "Oh..." Twilight said, her ears drooping. "Right." She then sighed. "Joshua had already lost his parents before he came to Equestria. And Nyx is just..." "I won't let that happen, Sparkles," MC said. "Kids need their mother. We've got to get the Chaos Emerald and get out of this freaky limbo." "He's right," Shadow said. "We're gonna need that Chaos Emerald to get out of here." "Yeah," Twilight said, looking down. She then went wide eyed. "We do need the Emerald. And I'm looking at it right now." Then MC and Shadow looked down off the cliff to see the Red Chaos Emerald. "Jackpot!" MC said. Then he jumped down, landed on the lower cliff, grabbed the Emerald, and came back up. "Let's get out of here. Shadow then took the Emerald and said, "Chaos Control!" But nothing happened. "I don't think that's gonna work here," Twilight said. "Let's just run!" MC said, picking up Twilight. He then used his Super Speed to carry Twilight out of there. Shadow then sighed and followed with his own Super Speed. Later, the heroes came back to where they ended up, the seven Chaos Emeralds were around Sonic, and Elise was standing outside the circle, her hands together and near her mouth, as if she was praying. "Oh Chaos Emeralds, gems of miracles. Please heed my call," Elise said as they started glowing brighter. "I wish to save this world. I wish to cleanse my father's sin. And, I wish to talk to Sonic... once again!" Then the Chaos Emeralds and Sonic's lifeless body started floating. Elise then started walking towards Sonic. "You have given me so many things. Now it is my time to return the favor. I care not what happens to me. But please heed my voice. Sonic, come back! To me... To us!" Elise then kissed Sonic on the lips, and then a bright light appeared where Sonic was. And when the light dimmed down, there was Super Sonic. Elise then fell into Super Sonic's arms from exhaustion. "Thank you, Elise," Super Sonic said to Elise. Elise then stood back up and Super Sonic looked at the other heroes. "Shadow... Silver... MC... Twilight... and Sunny." Sunny was surprised that she was picked. MC and Twilight grabbed Sunny and brought her towards Super Sonic. "What's going on?" Sunny asked. "What are we doing?" "Oh, relax," MC said. "Future me saw something in you that I don't know yet, but I'm sure that you're able to perform miracles." Twilight looked at MC with a smile. "Hold out your hands towards the left and right," Twilight said. Then the five of them did. Going clockwise, it was Silver, MC, Sunny, Twilight, Shadow and Super Sonic. Super Sonic was transferring power from him and the Chaos Emeralds to the others. The five of them transformed. Shadow, Twilight, and MC became their super forms, Silver also transformed in a similar way to Sonic and Shadow, and Sunny, she gained ethereal wings and a horn, her mane gained red, yellow and blue streaks, and her cutie mark appeared over her arms and legs. "Let's do this!" Twilight said. The other super heroes then nodded and they started flew straight up towards the white light in the sky above, their friends cheering them on. The six heroes flew up into the white light to see Solaris in a monstrous form. "Sweet lord!" Maximum MC said. "It's bigger than I thought it was gonna be!" "What are we gonna do?!" Twilight asked. "We better do some different attacks!" Super Sonic said. "Twilight, you and Silver use your telekinetic abilities to throw debris at him. Shadow, Sunny, you two have energy attacks. Use them to attack Solaris. MC, you and I have a very strong head on attacks." "Once Solaris's defenses are lowered, we'll take him on, and take him down," Maximum MC said, smirking. "Let's do this!" Then they all spread out, surrounding Solaris. Solaris then started throwing debris at the heroes. Twilight then used her magic to grab the debris and threw them back. Solaris tried blocking the attacks with the armor on its left arm, but the armor was getting damaged from the attacks. Eventually, the armor broke off. Solaris then focused its attacks on Sunny. She was evading the attacks. "Guys!" Sunny said. "I'm not used to this power! How am I supposed to use these powers?!" "Focus your power through your ethereal horn and your arms!" Twilight called out. "That'll make you fire those energy attacks!" Sunny then closed her eyes, and energy started coming out of her horn and arm. She then launched orange blasts towards Solaris. Solaris tried blocking the attacks, but the attacks pierced through the armor. "It worked!" Sunny said. She then fired more attacks, and they pierced the armor again. And last blast, she destroyed the armor. "Alright! I got through it!" "Okay, my turn!" Maximum MC said. "Time to take down this beast!" Maximum MC charged at Solaris, making contact with the core of Solaris. Solaris tried blocking the attack with both arms, but MC was too fast. He then started flying circles around Solaris, going clockwise. Solaris tried hitting Maximum MC, but the fox charged again, hitting Solaris's core. It let out a roar and tried getting Maximum MC but he was too fast. Maximum MC then charged one last time, calling out, "Chaos Dragon Fist!" After Solaris got hit, it started falling. "Is it over?" Super Silver asked. "No... it's not over yet," Super Shadow said. Just then, Solaris came back up, in a different form. "I guess it's not gonna be that easy," Super Sonic said before Solaris roared. "Everyone! Focus your attacks on the core!" Maximum MC said. "I sense its consciousness coming from the core!" Then they all started flying around Solaris, clockwise. "Focus all your power on one point!" Twilight said to the others, who all nodded. Twilight led the group, evading Solaris's attacks, and then they all charged together, heading towards Solaris. "I'll take the lead!" Maximum MC said, going in front. He used his claws to destroy the debris coming for them. "Now!" Super Shadow said. Then they all hit Solaris's core, and it started exploding. The heroes from where they ended up earlier saw it and started celebrating the victory. "Well, how about that," Hitch said. "Sunny was right. Her father was right." Then Twilight, Sunny, Super Sonic, Super Shadow, Super Silver and Maximum MC returned to the group. Then the exploding Solaris started imploding, turning into a sample white flame. And everything around it went black. Twilight, Sonic, Shadow, Silver, MC, Sunny and Elise were floating in an abyss. They looked around. "Did you all destroy it?" Elise asked. "No," Sonic said, seeing a white light. The group looked towards the light. "That must be the true Solaris," Twilight said. They all were being sucked towards the white light and everything went black again. Then it showed some sort of shrine with a white flame, with a young Elise and her father standing in front of the shrine that held the flame. The color was different, as if looking at it as if it were a western movie. "Look, Elise," the Duke said. "This is Solaris, the flame of hope." "It's so beautiful..." young Elise said. "When the flame has grown large enough, our world will change," the Duke said. "Solaris will allow us to control time and move through history. People will be able to rectify past mistakes and avoid bitter fate." "Will we be able to see momma?" young Elise asked. "Yes, Elise," the Duke answered. "We'll both be able to see your mother once again." Then they started walking away. But young Elise looked back at the flame. The Duke then looked back at his daughter, then back at the flame. Then he and young Elise looked back at each other, nodded, and headed out of there. Then the colors started changing back to normal. Twilight, Sonic, Shadow, Silver, MC, Sunny and Elise walked into the room, seeing the flame. "This is where everything began," Elise said. "Who knew such a tiny flame could bring such devastation?" Then she opens up the case and takes the white flame with its candle holder. "If we put out this flame, Solaris will never exist. And then we'll never have to worry about the Flames of Disaster, right?" The others nodded. "But our encounter..." She then faced the six heroes. "I wouldn't have met any of you. It will never have happened." "It'll be okay, Elise," MC said. "We'll be fine." "I... To tell the truth..." Elise said. She then shed a single tear. "I don't care what happens to the world!" Then Twilight and Sunny walked up to Elise and hugged her. "Elise," Sonic said. "Just smile." Elise looked down at Sonic, and gave a faint smile. Elise then softly blew out the white flame. And the world around them went black. It then went back to the night of the Festival of the Sun. The fireworks were going off, the people were cheering, and Elise was waving to the people. Sonic was running on the side of the canal, trying to make it to the Festival. He even ran through crowds, spooking them. The wind Sonic was creating spooked Elise. "Miss Elise?" one of Elise's ladies in waiting asked. "It felt like... like someone was calling me," Elise responded. "I'm sure it's just the wind," the lady in waiting responded. "Of course. But it felt so familiar somehow..." Elise said. From atop a building, the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, MC, Amy, Truemen, Shadow, Rouge, Omega, Maria, Silver and Blaze, who came back from the afterlife, were all looking down at the Princess. "How are we still here?" Sunny asked. "When Elise blew out the flame, reality rewrote itself around just us," MC said. "Elise has no memory of what happened in the other reality." "And for those who died within that reality, it never happened," Silver said. He then looked at Blaze, who smiled. "So, I guess we're stuck back here," Sunny said. "We should... try to find a place to stay." "Yeah," Silver said. "We have no idea where we're going to stay." "Well... we did create some guest houses on our property," MC said. "Increased price, yes, but it was worth it. You guys can stay there as long as you want." "That would be nice," Hitch said. He then sighed. "Although, it's gonna be hard for us to fit in since we're from the future and there are no records on us." "We can call the president of the United States to get you all officially registered," Rouge said. "It worked with Shadow and Maria." "It wasn't easy, but we're registered," Maria said. "Alright, everyone," MC said. "Let's get out of here." MC then used his Super Warp Ring to open a portal out of there. He then looked at Truemen and asked, "You've got some place to be?" "Well, I've been living in the Oracle's secret land for the last few months," Truemen said. "I've been sent here to help you out. Now that it's all over... I'm on my own." He then started walking away from the group. MC and Twilight looked at each other with a smirk. "Where do you think you're going, fellow Freedom Fighter?" MC asked. Truemen stopped in shock. He then turned around and looked at the group. "You could use a new home." He then held out his left hand. Truemen then used his left hand and shook it. Then they all headed through the portal. But Sonic looked back out at the feathers from Elise's hair that came in, and started floating towards the moon. Sonic looked at the moon with a smile as the picture started fading to black. Author's Note Next Episode: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 1): Broken World
Episode 7: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 1): Broken WorldEpisode 7: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 1): Broken World Above the Stratosphere of Earth, there was a fleet of Eggman's battleships being destroyed by the Mane 6 and Super Sonic. They finished destroying the fleet and met up together. "Okay, that's the last of the fleet!" Twilight said. "Good," Super Sonic said. "The only thing that is left is that!" Sonic pointed towards something. It was some large needle-like ship. Then they flew towards it. Eggman was waiting for them inside the ship in the dark. They flew into the place and were standing over some kind of circle. "Where is he?!" Rainbow Dash asked. "Gotcha!" came Eggman's voice. Then seven panels rose and surrounded the seven heroes. Then the panels released some energy rings, trapping the seven of them. They heard Eggman laughing as they were contained. Just then the panels started sprouting electricity, shocking the seven heroes. As more pain came to them, they all went back to their normal forms and the Chaos Emeralds were floating around them. "Ho ho ho ho ho! Oh, I've waited a long time for this!" He then pushed a button. "Fire!" Then the giant needle shaped space station started opening up and revealed a laser. It then fired towards the planet, the beam heading into the ocean. Then the planet started breaking into seven large pieces. Equestria was along with the North American Continent. And coming out of the cracks was a giant creature, and it was roaring. "Whoooah!" Eggman said watching the creature rise from the cracks. Meanwhile, the Mane 6 and Sonic were transforming. Twilight's mane was going up, styled like fire. Her horn had a white glow and a white glowing mask appeared around her eyes. Her clothes changed into a tight purple, dark purple and magenta dress. Her shoes changed into purple boots. And her wings got bigger and became a darker shade of purple. And the whites of her eyes became turquoise. Applejack's body started growing wood and bark. Her muzzle extended and wood was growing around the face, making it look like a mask. Some of her teeth sharpened into fangs. Her gloves and shoes ripped open, revealing wooden claws. The whites of her eyes became a lighter shade of green than her normal eyes. Rarity's body changed as well. Her white coat became black, her horn got longer, and her mane grew longer and a large white stripe appeared in it. Then the irises of her eyes got bigger and gained four pointed stars in them, and the pupils became dragon-like. Her outfit transformed into an elegant dress that was dark blue with purple splotches at the bottom, and crescent moons across the shoulder straps. Fluttershy started changing as well. Her mane started growing and getting messy. Her mouth then started gaining fangs. Her wings then transformed into bat wings. Her ears became bat-like as well. Then her outfit became a black dress with the red lining. And her eyes went from their normal green color to orange. Rainbow Dash started changing. Her coat became a darker shade of blue while her mane became more messy and edgy. Her ears became edgy as well. Her wings became bigger and sharper. Her eyes became a darker shade. Some of her teeth became fangs. And her outfit changed, similar to the Shadowbolts outfit. Pinkie Pie started changing as well. Her mane started becoming straighter while a Pharaoh's hat appeared on her head. Her eyes had make up like an Egyptian woman's and her eyes became like a dragon's. The tips of her ears gained more puffs of fur. Her hands became bigger with claws coming from her fingers and her clothing became like Cleopatra's, but mixed with mummy wraps covering her arms and legs. And her tail started becoming thinner and thinner, like a lion's tail, but the poofiness was still at the tip of it. And her teeth became sharper. Sonic's transformation was starting. His hands and arms got bigger, ripping through his gloves. His shoes became bigger, more metallic, and spikes came out of the bottom of the shoes and on the white stripe of his shoes. He then got a lot hairier. His teeth even sharpened. Then all of them fell down, the Chaos Emeralds went dark and Eggman said, "Ho ho ho! Success! A brilliant success! It's just as the Gaia Manuscripts foretold! The entity that was sealed within the planet has awakened. Now I just need to harness its power. Eggman Land will finally come to be! Nyah ha ha ha!" The Mane 6 and Sonic got up, turning around and faced Eggman, Sonic saying to him, "You've really... gone and done it this time, Eggman." "Ahh, Sonic. That's a good look for you and your friends," Eggman said. "Festive! So long, friends!" Then a glass shield covered Eggman as the window closest to Sonic and the Mane 6 open, and the seven of them were sucked out of there, along with the darkened Chaos Emeralds, all of them falling towards Earth. All of them yelled as they were falling. Then the creature coming out of the planet roared one last time before it split off into pieces, scattering across the globe. Outside of Rio de Janeiro, the Mane 6 and Sonic crash landed right by a windmill. They were about to get up when each one of the Chaos Emeralds bounced off their heads. Eventually, they got up from the craters they were and looked around. "What the heck is going on?!" Sonic asked. He looked around and saw something on the ground. It was a small creature, which was unconscious. Sonic picked up the creature, poked his belly and said, "Hey! Are you okay?!" The creature was still unconscious as it was saying, "Can't... I can't... Eat another bite." "Hey!" Sonic said, shaking the unconscious creature. "Pull yourself together!" Then the little creature started waking up. He was hanging upside down and he was looking towards Sonic's feet to his face. He saw Sonic's face, along with the faces of the Mane 6 and got scared. He jumped out of Sonic's grip, ran towards a rock and hid behind it, calling out, "Don't eat me! I taste bad!" "You okay? Nothing broken?" Sonic asked. The creature started calming down and said, "Oh, I'm just fine!" He then started flying up towards the group. "Thanks for asking, Mister Monster Guy!" "Mister... Monster guy?" Sonic asked. Then the Mane 6 and Sonic looked at themselves and were in shock. "What am I wearing?!" Twilight asked. "Oh, goodness!" Fluttershy said, looking at herself. She even saw her bat wings. She then felt her fangs with her tongue. "Looks like things have gotten pretty ugly," Sonic said. "Yeah! Look at those teeth! And those claws!" the small creature said, inspecting them. "And those crazy outfits. What are your names, anyway?" "I'm Sonic," Sonic responded. "Sonic the Hedgehog." He then extended his arm towards his friends, who all nodded when their names were said. "And these are my friends. Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity." He then looked towards the unnamed creature. "And you are?" The small creature then put a hand to his chin, trying to think of his name. "Huh? Hmmmm." He then got a panicked look and said, "Huh? What IS my name? AHHH! I don't know! I can't remember!" "What?! You forgot who you are?!" Sonic asked. "Yup..." the small creature said. " I remember something falling from the sky..." He then body slammed himself to the ground. "...and everything just going all white... and then nothing!" He then spun his head in a daze. "I can't remember a thing past that!" "Y'all don't think one o' us landed on him, do ya?" Applejack asked. Everyone else plugged their noses and waved in front of their faces. "Applejack, your breath stinks!" Rarity said. Applejack was confused. She then breathed into her hand and sniffed it. She then shrugged. "What happened to her breath?" Sonic asked. "She must be part timberwolf now," Twilight said. "Equestrian Timberwolves have breath so bad, you can smell it from a mile away." "Ooh... I can smell why," Sonic said. "Oh, man, what am I gonna do?!" the creature said, flying up. "What can I do? Where do I go from here?! What'll I..." He then fell down. "Oof, I'm hungry." Sonic caught him and said, "Hey, don't worry! We'll help you get your memory back." "Really? You mean it?" the small creature asked. "Of course we can," Fluttershy said. "In fact, Twilight knows a memory spell. It might be able to get you back to your normal self." "Really?!" the small creature asked. "Well try it out." "Hey, guys, look!" Rainbow Dash said. "The sun's rising!" The group then looked towards the rising sun. They smiled at it. But then, the Mane 6 and Sonic all felt something in their chests. "Are you all okay?" the small creature asked. Then the Mane 6 and Sonic transformed back into their forms before Eggman changed them. "Whoa!" The Mane 6 and Sonic inspected themselves to make sure nothing was out of place. "That was amazing!" Rarity then looked over and saw the city of Rio and said, "Perhaps... we should head over towards that town and... call for a pick up." "Yeah, you're right," Twilight said. "Let's go." Then all of them headed towards the city. Back in Station Square, Sunny and Maria were making some breakfast for the Freedom Fighters and their new members. Which included Silver, Blaze, Truemen, and Sunny's friends. "Wow," Sunny said. "You guys sure have a lot of amazing places here. I just thought that there was nothing beyond Equestria that wasn't on fire." "That's all in the future we'll never see now," Maria said. She then looked around. "Where's MC?" Just then, the sound of MC groaning came in. The group looked towards the door and saw him coming into the kitchen. "What's wrong, MC?" Silver asked. "Yeah, you don't look so good," Hitch said. "I don't know," MC said. "It's probably just a fluke, but for some reason I feel... weak." "I'm sure that you'll get over it," Zipp said. "So, where are Sonic, Twilight and her friends?" "They're on a mission to stop Eggman's fleet," MC said. "Hopefully things will be okay." He then noticed Izzy brushing her ears with an electric toothbrush. "Izzy, what are you doing?" "Oh, I'm just cleaning out my ears with this nifty earbrush," Izzy responded. "What?" MC asked. "There's no such thing as an earbrush! Where did you get that?!" Then Mutt walked in saying, "Has anyone seen my toothbrush?" Mutt then noticed Izzy brushing her ears with Mutt's toothbrush. "Ewww! That's gross!" "This... is for brushing your teeth?!" Izzy asked. She then dropped it. Then Nicole came in as a hologram, saying, "I'm ordering you a new toothbrush right now, Muttski." Mutt nodded. "Anyway, I have some news. Princess Twilight has called me from Rio de Janeiro. She, Sonic and the others need an immediate pickup." "Alright," MC said. "Tails, as soon as you're done with breakfast, you need to take the Spirit of Freedom and go pick them up." "Why can't I take the X-Tornado?" Tails asked. He then thought about it and said, "Oh, wait. Not enough seats." "Bingo," MC said. Just then, the sound of glass breaking came in. The group looked and saw Sunny stepping away. "Sunny, you okay?" "I accidentally dropped the glass," Sunny said. "It's okay, I'll get it," MC said, extending his left hand. But then he got shocked. "What the heck?!" He then looked at his hand and concentrated, trying to get his hand to glow. But it wasn't. "What's going on?" He then looked at his hands. "My powers... they're gone!" In Rio, Sonic, the Mane 6, minus Twilight, and the unnamed creature walked into town. They all looked in the town, looking around. Sonic was juggling two darkened Chaos Emeralds. "What do you figure that was all about?" Sonic asked, juggling the Chaos Emeralds. "The hair, the arms, the wings, the fangs, the clothes... And look at the Chaos Emeralds!" Twilight came back to the group saying, "Okay, I let the Freedom Fighters know where to come and pick us up." "Well, it'll give us time to look around for anyone who knows him," Sonic said. He then looked towards the small creature that wasn't there. "Huh? Where'd he go?" Pinkie Pie wasn't with them either. The group looked around, but Rainbow Dash pointed somewhere and said, "Found him... and Pinkie Pie!" They all looked towards where Rainbow Dash was pointing. It was towards an Ice Cream Stand where Pinkie Pie and the unnamed creature were gawking at the ice cream sundae that was being made. "Looks good, don't it?" the Ice Cream Vendor asked, making Pinkie and the unnamed creature nod. "That there Chocolate Chipped Cream Sundae Supreme is the pride of the city! The whole world can come tumbling down, but they'll still line up for a taste!" The unnamed creature rubbed his belly as Sonic called out, "Hey! What about your memories?" "Chocolate chip... sundae... supreeeeme!" the unnamed creature said, drooling. The Ice Cream Vendor grabbed it and waved it around, saying, "Ha ha, you said it! Enjoy it, kiddo. Satisfaction guaranteed! If you don't love it, you get your money back!" "HEY!!" Sonic and the Mane 5 called out to Pinkie and the unnamed creature. "Oh, I looooove it!" the unnamed creature said. "Okay, how much?" Pinkie Pie asked. "And which country are we in?" "Welcome to Brazil," the Ice Cream Vendor said. "These sundaes cost 4 Reals, each." "Okie dokie lokie!" Pinkie Pie said, pulling a suitcase out of her mane. She opened it up and inside was money from all different countries." "Where did she get all that money?!" Sonic asked. "MC gave us a ride to all the countries in the world," Twilight said. "Pinkie Pie was the most ecstatic and got paid so much money for her parties all over the world." "Okay, that makes sense," Sonic said. Just then, Pinkie and the unnamed creature came up to the group with eight sundaes. The unnamed creature was holding his sundae while Pinkie carried the other seven in some holders. "Well, when in Brazil..." They all took a sundae and started walking. "Mmmm-mm! Wow, this chip-whatever stuff is great!" the unnamed creature said. "Meh, not bad," Rainbow Dash said. "How about you give me a hand and help look for somebody who knows you, Chip?" Sonic asked the unnamed creature, who was confused on what he was called. "Chip?" "Gotta call you something, don't I? Whaddya think?" Sonic asked. "Yeah! Chip... Chip! I love it! Yum!" the unnamed creature said, officially going by Chip. "Now what do you say we start asking around and see if anybody here knows you?" Twilight asked. "Okay," Chip said. Meanwhile, back at Freedom Fighter's Mansion, in a home gym, MC was trying to bench press 1000 pounds on the barbells. But it wasn't even getting off the rack. Zipp was watching him trying to lift the barbells with a new cell phone close to her mouth. "New mystery update," Zipp said into her phone. "Prince Michael Crayton, one of the founding members of the Freedom Fighters, has somehow lost most of his powers. So far, the remaining powers he does have are super speed, claws, wall climbing and enhanced senses. He's currently trying to lift barbells weighing at a thousand pounds as we speak, failing to even get it off the rack." "Zipp!" MC said, giving up on the barbells. "What are you doing?!" "Sorry, I'm just taking notes," Zipp said. "In fact, I've been leaving my notes on my new phone for more information, and then putting it on my computer." "Looks like we have a royal detective," MC said. He then stood up and walked towards her. "Well, you and the others are now registered citizens here in the US. I think that you and Hitch should get a job at the police station. I can drive you two there if you'd like." "Maybe later," Zipp said. "But for now, I wanna get more information on you and how your powers aren't working anymore." "MC!" came Mutt's voice. Mutt ran into the room and said, "The planet! It's broken!" "What?!" MC asked. Then Mutt ran out, MC and Zipp followed him. They went into the living room to see the news. They saw that on the news was Scarlet Garcia with a satellite view of the planet, currently. "I'm Scarlet Garcia, and behind me you can see the planet in its current state. It would seem that Doctor Julian Robotnik, also known as Doctor Eggman, has somehow broken the world apart into seven pieces. Will the Freedom Fighters restore the planet back to its former glory? We'll keep you updated for the progress on the planet." "That's it!" MC said. "That's why my powers aren't working!" "What do you mean?" Zipp asked. "MC's powers are connected to the planet," Mutt said. "And with the planet broken up..." "He's in a weakened state," Zipp said. "This is something I have to update." "Update?" Mutt asked. "She was taking notes on me trying to figure out why my powers aren't working?" MC said. "Nicole!" Then Nicole's hologram appeared right by them. "Yes, Michael?" Nicole asked. "We need to figure out someone that has information about all of this," MC said. "The planet has broke up into pieces." "I'll get on it," Nicole said. "Don't bother," Mutt said. "I know someone who can help." He then looked towards Nicole. "Contact Tails, tell him this after he picks up Sonic and the girls, tell him to go to Spagonia University and talk to Professor Pickle. He's an expert on this. Something about... manuscripts." "Okay," Nicole said. "I'm telling Tails as we speak." Mutt nodded. "Now, aren't you supposed to be at the Station Square Community Center for setting up the Halloween Party coming up?" "Oh, shoot," MC said. "We gotta go." Then the three physical creatures walked out of there as Nicole vanished. Back in Rio, the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were all walking around Rio, looking for anyone who knows Chip, or even his real name. But it seems that no one had even recognized him, let alone know his real name. It was already night time as they were walking by the coast. "Hmmm. Still no luck finding anyone who knows me," Chip said. "Don't worry about it," Sonic said. "Even when Twilight tried using her memory spell on you to see if you can remember... twice. Maybe your memory'll come back on its own." He then faced Chip. "Remember anything yet?" Chip then thought about it. He then said, "Mmm... Nope!" "Well, we can't rush things," Rarity said. The group then saw Twilight over by a pay phone. "Okay, Tails," Twilight said. "We'll meet you there." "What did he say?" Sonic asked. "Tails told me that we should all go meet him at the Jesus statue," Twilight then pointed towards the statue up the mountain. "Okay," Sonic said. "We better get going." He then noticed that the sun has gone down and the street lights were lighting up. Just then, the Mane 6 and Sonic bent down and groaned. "Are you all alright?" Chip asked. Just then, the seven of them had purple clouds coming out of them and they transformed into their monster forms from earlier that same morning. "Whoooa! You're all those monster things again!" "Oh, dear," Fluttershy said, looking at her outfit and bat wings. "So when the sun goes down, we become... these?!" Sonic asked. "Are you all okay?" Chip asked. The others looked at each other, thinking about the question that they were asked. They all nodded. "We're fine," Twilight said. "Yeah," Sonic said. "We just need to be careful who sees us like this." Chip then turned around and noticed the Ice Cream Vendor from below. He then said, "Sonic! Girls, look!" "What is it?" Applejack asked, getting everyone else to wave away Applejack's bad breath. Chip was flying towards the Ice Cream Vendor, who was weeping for some reason. "It's hopeless," the Ice Cream Vendor weeped. "The whole planet has split apart. We're doomed." Mister? Hey, Mister! Hey, don't cry!" Chip said, trying to cheer up the Ice Cream Vendor. He then noticed the Chocolate Chip Sundae Supreme on a stand. "Ice cream!" He then grabbed it. "How about some more of this super-tasty stuff?" "What good is ice cream at a time like this?" the Ice Cream Vendor asked before going back to weeping. He then accidentally pushed Chip making him drop the cone. "Whoops!" Sonic said, reaching out to grab the Ice Cream. His arm stretched out and grabbed the Sundae, and it came back to him. The Mane 6 were shocked by what just happened. "Did your arm just...?" Twilight asked. "Stretch!" Chip said. "Your arm just stretched!" "Weird..." Sonic said. He then extended his arm towards the stand where the Sundae was, and he put it back onto it. "But it could be useful." The Ice Cream Vendor noticed it, but then he went back to weeping. Pinkie then asked, "Why's he crying?" "Did you hear him?" Rainbow Dash asked. "It's because Eggman broke up the planet! What else are we to do?!" Fluttershy wasn't paying attention as she saw some purple smoke coming from the Ice Cream Vendor. "What's up with the smoke coming from the man?" Fluttershy asked. The group then looked. "Huh, you're right, Fluttershy," Twilight said. "I better get a picture of this. Pinkie, you have your camera?" "Let me check," Pinkie said pulling off her hat. She then pulled her camera out. Then she took a picture of the Ice Cream Vendor, who freaked out when he had his picture taken. But then he fell backwards. "Mister? Mister! Are you alright?!" Chip asked. Just then, something came out, and it wasn't human. And it roared. The Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were walking away from the Ice Cream cart backwards, getting away from the monster. "What the heck is that thing?!" Sonic asked. "I don't know, but it looks mad!" Applejack said. Then more creatures came out. Lots of them. "What in Equestria are those?!" Twilight asked. "I don't know, but they're coming after us!" Rainbow Dash said. "Let's take them down!" Then all of them started fighting the monsters back. Fluttershy was trying to escape but she got blown down by the small round creatures. Rainbow Dash noticed it and called out, "Fluttershy!" She then flew and took down the round creatures. "These things are nothing but dark emotions!" Twilight said. "I can feel them for some reason!" "Time to fight fire with fire!" Sonic said. He then extended his arm out, punching the big creature, pushing him back. Sonic was surprised and said, "Whoa! It worked!" "We gotta get to Tails!" Rarity said. "These things could be where he's going to meet us!" "Rarity has a point!" Rainbow Dash said, picking up Fluttershy. "We've gotta get to him!" Meanwhile, at the Jesus statue, Tails was landing the Spirit of Freedom by the entry way. He then walked over towards the statue, and he saw a good look at Rio. "Wow!" Tails said. "This is amazing! I never knew this place looked so amazing at night!" Just then, he noticed something. It was a bunch of creatures coming up towards him. "H-huh? He then turned around and he saw more of them blocking his way towards the Spirit of Freedom. "Oh, no." Just then, something big landed near him. He looked at it and was surprised. "Whoa, hey!" Tails said backing up, not noticing that he was surrounded. "Settle down, guys! C'mon!" He then saw the monsters around him. "H-heeelp!" He didn't have anywhere else to go. Just then, the big creature was lifted in a dark purple aura and was thrown away. Then the Mane 6 and Sonic came in, taking down the creatures. Sonic then charged at the big creature and pile-drived it into the ground. Then it vanished. The Mane 6 took out the rest of the evil creatures. Tails had his face covered, not seeing the battle. The light of the moon was covered by clouds. "Hey, Tails," Sonic said. Tails uncovered his face and asked, "Sonic?!" He then looked towards the seven heroes who were coated by the darkness. Then the clouds opened up, shining light on the seven heroes. "What are you doing out here?" Sonic asked. "Sonic... girls... Is that really you?" Tails then flies over towards the group. "Those are some interesting looks. What happened?" "You know us," Rainbow Dash said. "Never a dull moment." Then Chip flew up to Tails, holding out a bar of chocolate. "Want some chocolate?" Chip asked. "Uh... thanks," Tails said. He then looked towards the group and asked, "Who is this?" "This is Chip," Twilight said. "We started calling him that since we don't know his real name. He lost his memory." "Oh," Tails said. "Well, perhaps when we find Rouge or Olive, we can extract this guy's blood and see if we can get a match on who he really is. So, mind telling me what's going on?" Time passed as they were looking out at Rio. "That's some story. I'll bet that means that you all turning into... those, MC losing his powers and the planet breaking apart are somehow related," Tails said. "What?!" Twilight asked. "MC lost his powers?!" "MC's power is connected to the Earth itself," Tails said. "And with the planet broken up, MC's at a weakened state." "I need to find Eggman and make him fix this, and fast!" Sonic said. "About that..." Tails said. "Mutt knows a guy who might know something about what's going on here." "Really?" Twilight asked. "Leave it ta the Mutt ta save the day," Applejack said. Tails plugged his nose and stepped back. "Whoa! Applejack!" Tails said. "Your breath stinks!" "Sorry," Applejack said. "Anyway, Professor Pickle at Spagonia University!" Tails said. "Mutt told me to get you guys and go see him there. With what data Nicole and I picked up in the Spirit of Freedom, and add it to his research findings, we might be able to get to the bottom of all this." "Spagonia? That's in Sally's country in Europe," Sonic said. "That's overseas and over cracks in the broken Earth." "No problem!" Tails said. "I was told to bring the Spirit of Freedom and we'll all get there in no time! Let's get going!" The Mane 6 and Sonic nodded. Then they all headed towards the Spirit of Freedom. The Spirit of Freedom then started taking off and started flying Northeast towards the European Continent. Author's Note Next Episode: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 2): The Gaia Manuscripts The ideas of the Mane 6 as Monsters were all brought up by RainbowRapterDash1. I just had to make a couple adjustments. To Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash's night forms. Hopefully you all like the changes.
Episode 8: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 2): The Gaia ManuscriptsEpisode 8: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 2): The Gaia Manuscripts In the city of Spagonia, Sally Acorn, one of the founding members of the Freedom Fighters, was walking around the streets during the daytime. The people were waving towards her as she waved back. "Yo, Sal!" came Sonic's voice, getting Sally's attention. She turned around and saw the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Chip running up to her. Sonic and the Mane 6 were in their normal forms. "Sonic, Tails, Twilight," Sally asked. "What are you all doing here?" "We've come here to have a talk with one of the professors at Spagonia University," Tails said. "Mutt said that he knew him and we need some information about the planet being broken apart." "Oh, I know where that is," Sally said. "So, which professor are you going to see?" "Professor Pickle," Twilight said. "Oh, yes," Sally said. "I remember him. In fact, I saw a picture of him, Mutt and Sir Charles in his office." "That's how Mutt knows Professor Pickle," Sonic said. "Mutt was my uncle Chuck's assistant while he was still alive." "That would make sense," Twilight said. She then looked at Sally. "Anyway, you mind taking us to the University?" "Sure," Sally said. "Follow me." She then led them all towards Spagonia University. The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally and Chip went up to a directory of the University. They saw one name. The professor that they were looking for, Professor Pickle, in the History building. They then walked over towards the building. They reached the office of where Professor Pickle works at, but they were then stopped. "I'm sorry, but you can't go in there!" came a man's voice. The group looked towards who spoke and saw someone. "Sorry to disturb you, sir," Sally said. "But my friends need to see Professor Pickle." "I'm sorry, Princess," the man said. "But I'm the Professor's assistant. And sorry to disappoint you, but sadly, the Professor has been kidnapped. "Whaaat?" Tails asked, surprised. "Professor Pickle's been kidnapped?!" "It was a little bit before the tremors hit," the Professor's Assistant said. "This old man showed up... With a..." He then mimicked a large belly around his body. "And a..." He then mimicked a large mustache. "And a whole pack of robots. They carried poor Professor Pickle off, lab data and all!" "It can't be!" Twilight said. "We were so close!" "That sure sounds like Eggman," Sonic said. "What a horrible thing to do!" Chip said. "We've got to go help that professor guy out, and fast! If he got kidnapped that long ago, he's got to be really hungry by now! And-and, if I was that hungry... I-I don't know how long I would last! I'd rather be dead!" He then fell down, but then his body fell, but his soul was still flying. It was still talking, but no words were coming to the ears of the others. Fluttershy on the other hand was freaking out that she was seeing a ghost of the small creature. She jumped into Tails's arms. "I-I'm sure Eggman is feeding him," Tails said. "Even he's not that cruel." "Go back to your body, Chip," Rainbow Dash said. Chip then looked down and saw his body passed out on the floor. He then flew back into his body, retaining his life. "We've already told the authorities about this," the Professor's assistant said. "GUN has sent one of their best agents there. A rabbit in a red jumpsuit and spy gear. She was accompanied by an otter with a bow and a quiver with trick arrows, and a little pink pegasus with a Shirley Temple hairstyle." The group looked at each other. Twilight, Sonic, Tails and Sally all said in unison, "Olive, Alex and Cozy Glow." "They said that they found some mud from the Amazon Jungle," the Professor's Assistant said. "They think that's where Professor Pickle is being held." "Then let's move!" Sonic said. Then the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally and Chip ran out of the building. They all went into the Spirit of Freedom and started taking off towards the South American Continent. Eventually, they made it to the Amazon. It was already nighttime, and the Mane 6 and Sonic were back in their monster forms. "Whoa, you weren't kidding when you said you guys turned into monsters at night," Sally said. "Told ya," Sonic said. "Now, let's get going." When they got out, they saw something there. It was Midpoint's ship, the Patriot Arrow. "They're here." "Follow their footprints," Tails said. Then they looked down at the ground, trying to find the footprints of Midpoint and Olive. But eventually, they stopped. They almost went over a cliff. "Okay, new rule!" Rainbow Dash said. "Watch your step." "Yeah, especially with Quicksand in random places here," Sally said. Then she saw something ahead. "Look!" They saw a building out in the middle of the forest, surrounded by robots. Sonic then said, "That must be where Eggman's holding Professor Pickle." "Let's go," Twilight said. She then levitated her friends and started flying towards the base. When she got there, the robots aimed their weapons towards them. "Oh, boy." Sonic then jumped out of Twilight's hold and started fighting off the robots. The Mane 6, Tails, Sally and Chip then joined in. But then eight robots surrounded them in an electrical field, trapping the group. "Oh, great!" Sonic said. "We're trapped!" Then they started getting closer to the group, the electrical field shrinking. "Looks like this is the end o' the line!" Applejack said. Then they all waved away Applejack's bad breath. Then a bunch of arrows landed on some of the robots while the rest got blasted by lasers. The electrical field surrounding the heroes vanished. The group looked in one direction and saw Midpoint, Olive and Cozy Glow there. Olive had her fists extended and Midpoint was in a position that looked like he had released an arrow from his bow. "Golly!" Cozy Glow said. "What happened to you guys?!" "Eggman happened," Rarity said. "You guys came at a good time," Midpoint said. "We've been having a hard time fighting off those monsters out there." "So, this is where Professor Pickle is being held?" Tails asked. "Yes it is," Olive said. "And luckily, we've got the key!" She then extended her left fist, and a laser fired from her glove, destroying the control console. Then the door glitched and opened up. They then all ran into a room. "Look up!" Midpoint said. They all looked up and saw a containment area. "Professor Pickle!" Sally said. "Are you okay in there?!" Tails, Chip and Cozy Glow flew up towards the containment cell, seeing Professor Pickle with a sandwich. "Professor?" Tails asked, knocking on the cell. "Uh, hello?" Chip asked. "How dare they call this culinary concoction food?" Professor Pickles said. "He then held it up to the three flying creatures. "Look here, do you see this sorry excuse for a sandwich? The bread should be no less than 3/4 of an inch thick. Upon it, one tablespoon of mayonnaise and a pinch of black pepper. The contents: fresh cucumber sliced thinly if you please! Am I quite right, you three?" Tails and Cozy Glow looked at each other confusedly while Chip was bewildered. "I know I learned something here today!" Chip said. Just then, the cell opened up and descended to the ground. "We better get out of here," Midpoint said. "Nice to see you again, Professor." "Nice to see you again, too, Alex Lynol," Professor Pickle said. "Especially in that new look of yours. I remember you since you were still human." "We've gotta get out of here before more of Eggman's robots show up," Twilight said. "Oh, yes. Quite," Professor Pickle said. "But let us be sure to collect the contents of that vault before departing." Sonic then looked towards the vault, and then he stretched his fist towards the safe, and it broke apart. "Whoa!" Midpoint said. "That's new!" Cozy Glow then flew into the vault and grabbed what was inside. It was a rolled up scroll in a container. "Ahh, thank you. Those documents are our only hope for surviving this crisis," Professor Pickle said. "Let's go. There's no time to lose. I'm half-starved after being fed nothing but those terrible sandwiches!" They started walking away as Chip flew up to the Professor. "Want some chocolate, Professor?" Chip asked, holding up a chocolate bar. "My, my! Don't mind if I do!" Professor Pickle said. He then took the Chocolate Bar from Chip. Then they all headed out of there. The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally, Midpoint, Olive, Cozy Glow and Chip made it to Spagonia University. In Professor Pickle's Office, Professor Pickle was showing the group the contents. It was still night time there. Olive was gathering blood from Chip for finding out who he was. "These ancient documents are known as the Gaia Manuscripts," Professor Pickle said. "They tell the legend of a disaster that befell our planet some tens of thousands of years ago." "A disaster...?" Tails asked. "According to these manuscripts, this wasn't the first time the planet was broken apart," Midpoint said, looking at the manuscripts and the ancient language translator. That made the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Sally look at each other in amazement. "The cause lies at the very core of the planet," Professor Pickle said. " All of the phenomena we've witnessed are the direct result of one creature... the hyper-energy organism spawned at the planet's core, Dark Gaia." "So how do we stop this Dark Gaia and put the world back together?" Sally asked. "Luckily, Dark Gaia has yet to be fully reborn," Professor Pickle said. "We most likely have Dr. Eggman's pre-mature wake-up call to thank for that. If we act now, we may be able to restore the planet by returning power to the Chaos Emeralds." Sonic then held out one of the darkened Chaos Emeralds. Sonic, Twilight, you and your friends must travel to each of the temples listed in the Gaia Manuscripts. The planet's power will restore the Chaos Emeralds, and in turn the Chaos Emeralds will restore the planet and help it heal naturally." "Okay," said Rainbow Dash. "So where's the first temple?" Olive then looked at the Gaia Manuscripts with her cyber patch and went wide eyed. "No way..." "What is it?" Applejack asked. The others then waved in front of them. Except for Cozy Glow. She fainted from the smell. "Applejack, get a breath mint!" Midpoint said. "Sorry," Applejack said. "Anyway, it would seem that we were actually close to a temple back in the Amazon," Olive said. "Which means..." "Eggman will eventually locate the temple there and destroy it before we get a chance to restore it," Twilight said. "It's a race now." "Get back there and get to the temple, and start bringing the planet back together," Professor Pickle said. "Get going!" Then the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally and Chip headed out of there. Olive then walked over to Cozy Glow with some smelling salts and got her to smell it. Making her wake up. "Whoa!" Cozy Glow said. "What happened?" "You passed out getting a whiff of Applejack's breath," Midpoint said. "And boy, did it stink! Whoo!" Hours later, back in the Amazon, there was a campsite there, and a bunch of people were backing up in fear due to the robots coming at them. "Who are you?!" asked one camper. "Oh ho ho ho! Fear not good camping folks!" Eggman said. "If you all behave, I won't have to do anything nasty. All you need to do is tell me where the Temple of Gaia is." "We're not telling you anything!" a little kid said, throwing a rock at Eggman. Just then, a small round robot came from the Egg Mobile, laughing at him. The kid was pulled back and Eggman pushed down on the robot, saying, "So you dare to defy me, do you?" Just then, Sonic came down, smashing all of the robots. Eggman noticed what was happening. "Wh-whaaat?! Sonic!" Just then, Sonic landed and the Mane 6 came in behind him. "Yo, Eggman," Sonic said. "Thanks for that little skydiving adventure the other day!" "I should have known you all would still be alive, you stubborn little creatures!" Eggman said. "What are you doing out here?" Twilight asked. "I see no reason to tell you!" Eggman said. "In any case, I'm busy. Farewell!" He then flew away in the Egg Mobile. Chip flew towards where the Egg Mobile hovered, calling out, "Wha-? Hey! Wait! That's playin' dirty! Come baaack!" "Just ignore him," Sonic said. Then he and the Mane 6 looked towards the campers. "Is everyone here all right?" Back in Station Square, MC was supervising the preparation of the Halloween Party they were setting up. Since he didn't have his powers currently. "Alright, guys, we've got a few days to get this place decorated!" MC called out. "Halloween is almost here! And we have to get this place decorated!" He then noticed something. "Izzy! That's a tablecloth! Not a ghost costume!" Zipp was still watching MC as he was leading the group. She then pulled out her phone and said, "Update on MC's power failure. It would seem that MC's power is connected to the planet itself. And since the planet is broken apart, MC is left without most of his powers. For some reason, Doctor Eggman has broken the planet into huge pieces. Why he's done it, I don't know. For ruling the world in fear, or some other dastardly goal." "Zipp! Mind giving me a hand with this banner?!" came Pipp's voice. Zipp then rolled her eyes, put her phone in her pocket, and she went to help Pipp with the banner. As the two were putting up the banner, Pipp asked, "So what were you doing with MC earlier today?" "I've been trying to figure out why his powers disappeared when the planet broke apart," Zipp said. "And why would Eggman do that?" "It's because Eggman is trying to release a monster that has been living under the planet's crust for a long, long time," came Mutt's voice. The two futuristic pegasi looked down and saw him standing there. "How do you know that?" Zipp asked. "I was the assistant to Sir Charles Hedgehog, who happens to be Sonic's uncle," Mutt said. "And Sir Charles knew a man who studies some ancient documents that showed what happened to the planet thousands of years ago." "Really?" Zipp asked. "What is it?" "Something called... Dark Gaia," Mutt said. "I don't know much about it, but the only one who knows about this is Professor Pickle." "So, where can we find this Professor Pickle guy?" Zipp asked. "Spagonia University," Mutt said. "But I wouldn't go alone. Besides, ever since the planet broke apart, there have been sightings of monsters at night." "Monsters?" Pipp and Zipp asked in unison. "Yeah," Mutt said. "Things have been getting stranger and stranger since the planet broke." "Well, maybe I should go to this Professor Pickle guy and find out what's going on," Zipp said. "You're not going alone," came another voice. Zipp looked towards the voice and saw Amy and Truemen standing there. Truemen then said, "Amy just wants to go and find Sonic." "Why else would I go?" Amy asked. "I have to find Sonic and help him out on his big adventure!" "Sheesh," Zipp said. "So how are we gonna get there?" Later, Amy, Truemen and Zipp were at the airport waiting area, waiting for their plane. Amy handed something to Zipp. "You forgot your passport," Amy said. "Passport?" Zipp said. "When did I get a passport?" "When going to another country, always bring a passport," Amy said. "Good thing we've gotten them for you, Sunny and the others who are from the future. Along with one for Blaze since she's from another dimension." "Flight Four-Three-Nine-Seven to Spagonia, now boarding!" came an announcer on the intercom. "That's us," Truemen said. "I still can't believe you've gotten past those metal detectors," Zipp said. "How did you?" "Easy," Truemen said. "I just told them that the arm doesn't come off without making the metal detectors going crazy. I told them I'd take the pat down." "Smart move," Amy said. They then grabbed their bags and headed onto the airplane. They were lucky to get a row all together. Eventually, the plane started taking off as it headed on up and over towards Spagonia. Meanwhile, back in the Amazon, Sonic, the Mane 6 and Chip were running through the rainforest, chasing Eggman who was flying through a huge clear path with a machine coming near him. "Eggman!" Sonic called out, getting Eggman's attention. "Rrgh! How'd you get here so quickly?" Eggman asked. "No matter. Your road ends here!" Just then, the machine then turned around as the Egg Mobile landed where the head of it should be. "Behold! My new power!" Eggman said from the cockpit. "Egg Beetle, go!" The Egg Beetle then clamped its pincers, trying to intimidate the heroes. The seven heroes then got into fighting positions as Chip was striking some poses. Eggman then started flying backwards as the heroes started chasing him. Eggman fired missiles at the group, but Twilight caught them with her magic. She then threw them back at Eggman. "Gaaagh!" Eggman cried out. "You little... you little...!!" "Ha ha! Good job, Twilight!" Sonic said. "Why I oughta...!" Eggman said. He then moved the machine closer to the group, the pincers were about to snap them, but Applejack jumped up and prevented the pincers from pinching the group with her strength. "Impossible!" Sonic then jumped over Applejack and struck the cockpit. "Gaah!" Sonic and Applejack then landed on the ground. "Nice job, girls!" Sonic said. "We gotta finish him off!" "Remember that move we've done back before Canterlot Castle fell off the mountain?!" Rainbow Dash asked. "Yeah, but we don't have Tails, Amy or MC with us," Pinkie Pie said. "Oh, I think we can manage that," Twilight said. She then lit up her horn and a magenta circle appeared in front of them. Sonic then spin jumped into it, rolling circles in it. Then the Mane 6 were surrounded in a white aura, and a rainbow beam came out from the center in between them and went into the circle with Sonic. Then Twilight used her magic to throw the circle and Sonic, then they collided with the cockpit of the Egg Beetle. "Gaaaaah!!" Eggman said as the Egg Mobile was launched from the Egg Beetle after it exploded. Sonic then came back down and landed in front of the girls. Chip then flew up to the group. "Way to go... guys..." Chip said, panting. He then looked around and saw something between the trees. "Hey, look!" Sonic and the Mane 6 looked towards where Chip was pointing at and saw some kind of stone building. "Is that the Temple of Gaia?" Sonic asked. "Only one way to find out," Twilight said. Then the eight of them walked towards the temple. They went inside and there was a path that led to some kind of altar, and on the sides of the path were columns with turquoise glowing gems, shining the path for the heroes. "Whoa! Awesome!" Chip said. "Are you sure this is the temple?" Fluttershy asked. "It's so... spooky." "If it is, I'm sure it's just how old temples are supposed to be," Rainbow Dash said. "Remember when we went to that one temple, Fluttershy? With the chest plate that makes you tell the truth just by touching it?" "Oh, right," Fluttershy said. She then noticed the altar. "What's up with that thing over there?" Chip then flew towards it and looked inside it. He then asked, "Hey, what's this hole?" "Hold on!" Twilight said. "It could be some kind of..." Then the place started shaking. Twilight noticed Chip's collar glowing as he was near the altar. Just then, a small pedestal came from the altar, and in the middle of it was a small hole. "Hmm? What's that?" Chip asked. "Ah don't know, sugarcube," Applejack said. "It could be somethin' that might have held some sorta treasure." Rarity then inspected it, then looked at the mural that was over the altar. She then looked at Sonic and asked, "Sonic. Mind giving me one of the Chaos Emeralds?" "Why?" Sonic asked, holding out one of the Chaos Emeralds, Rarity taking it in her magic. "If this is the Temple of Gaia, and it needed the Chaos Emeralds to put the continent back into position..." Rarity said. She then grabbed the Emerald in her right hand and then she put the Chaos Emerald onto the pedestal, standing up correctly. Then the Chaos Emerald started rising and green energy came towards it, restoring it to its former glory. "Wahoo! The Emerald's come back to life!" Chip said excitedly. "Rarity, you did it!" Twilight said. "If the Chaos Emerald is restored to its former glory, that means..." "This was the Temple of Gaia!" Sonic said. "That's got to be why Eggman was so keen on taking the place over." Then the place started shaking and all of them started losing their balance and crying out. "Here we go agaaaain!" Chip yelled out. Getting a satellite view, the South American Continent was lowering back towards the core, it being in its regular position. Meanwhile, back in Station Square, Mutt was putting away some extra supplies into the storage closet. On the floor was a bucket that was on its side, a wooden plank, and some gardening sheers on it. As Mutt was putting the last of the stuff away on the top shelf, he accidentally pushed over some stuff that made a domino effect, heading towards a bowling ball, which fell off the shelf, landing on the risen side of the plank, sending the gardening sheers towards MC. "MC! Incoming!" Mutt shouted. MC looked towards Mutt, seeing the sheers coming towards him, them piercing through his chest, and him crying out in pain, "GAH!!" "Noooo!" Mutt said. "MC, I'm sorry! I didn't mean it! It was an accident!" MC groaned at the pain. He then pulled the sheers out of his chest, but there was no sign of blood on the sheers. Then the wound hold started glowing in a golden aura and them sealing up. "Whoa!" Mutt said. "You... you healed!" "I'm... getting my powers back?" MC asked. He then thought of something. "Nicole, status of the broken world update!" "Checking live satellite view," came Nicole's voice. "Interesting! It seems that the South American Continent has been put back into its original position." "And with each continent moved back into position..." Mutt said. "One of my powers restores to its glory," MC said. "I got my healing factor back. Nicole, send this information to the news across the world, and to Tails. He's gonna want to show Sonic and Sparkles." "Already on it, Michael," Nicole said. Meanwhile, back at the South American Temple of Gaia, the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were heading back towards the entrance until they heard Tails's voice. "Sonic! Good news!" The group looked up to see Tails, carrying Sally, who was carrying Tails's tablet, the Miles Electric. "The planet! One of the broken pieces of the planet moved back into place!" "All right!" Sonic said, looking towards Rarity and Chip. "Nice job, you two." "Take a look!" Tails said as Sally held out the Miles Electric. The group looked into it and saw the South American continent was lowering back into position. "One down..." Twilight said. "Six to go!" Tails said. "At this rate, you'll have the whole world back together in no time, guys!" "A planet-sized jigsaw puzzle?" Sonic asked. "Sounds like a great excuse to see the world!" They all nodded and laughed at Sonic's comment. Author's Note Next Episode: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 3): World Restoration
Episode 9: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 3): World RestorationEpisode 9: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 3): World Restoration It was night time in the streets of Spagonia. The Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were going through the streets when they heard something. They heard a bunch of people having a good time for some reason. Dancing around like fools. "HEY! What's the big idea?!" came Amy's voice. "Let us go!" came Truemen's voice. "Quit it!" came Zipp's voice. "Ah ha ha ha! Come on, babe, let's dance the night away!" said one of the people there, which was the Professor's assistant, who was dancing with Amy. "Ack, heeelp!" Amy cried out. "Whoa, is there some kinda party going on?" Chip asked as the group was looking at the dancing people. "No... Something's not right here," Sonic said. "Ah sense somethin' ain't right, too," Applejack said, making the others cover their muzzles from Applejack's breath. Then Twilight noticed three creatures there that weren't a part of the dancing. She then said, "Hey! Isn't that Amy, Truemen and Zipp?!" The group looked over and saw their friends there. "I said... LET GO!!!" Truemen shouted, lifting his metal arm into the air, sending out a flash of orange light. But then, the dancing people got woozy and a bunch of Dark Gaia creatures started coming out of them. "Whoa!" Chip said, pulling out Pinkie's camera, aiming them at the group. "It's a carnival of creeps out there!" He was taking pictures as the Mane 6 and Sonic were running towards the creatures. Amy, Truemen and Zipp were trying to fight the Dark Gaia creatures, but they were too overwhelming. One of them pushed Truemen away as Amy hit that one with her hammer. But it didn't even move. "Huh?" Amy asked. The creature laughed, but it was then punched by Sonic's extending fist, sending the creature flying. Amy then looked towards the stretching arm. "S-Sonic?" "Get out of here!" Sonic called out to Amy. "But... how did this...?" Amy asked. "Why do you look like that?!" Then a bunch of arrows rained from the sky, landing on the Dark Gaia creatures. All of them fell to the ground. "There's only one person I know who's that good of a shot," Amy said. Then she, the Mane 6, Sonic, Truemen and Zipp looked up to see Midpoint jumping from one building and landing near the Mane 6. "Lynol!" Sonic said. "How did you...?" "After doing some research on your nighttime form, I've noticed that what's caused it is very similar to the energy these suckers are made from," Midpoint said. "And since these Dark Gaia creatures are made of Dark Gaia energy and can only be taken down by the same energy, I've made these special tip arrows to deal with them." "Not bad," Twilight said. "Anyway, I've located the next temple," Midpoint said. "It's in a small village in China. That village is known as Chun-nan. Go there and restore the continent." "Got it," Sonic said. Then he and the Mane 6, minus Rainbow Dash, headed out of there. "What about these creeps?!" "I got this," Midpoint said. He then started whistling, and his flying arrow came out of his quiver, going through all the monsters around him. Zipp and Rainbow Dash were fighting the same monster until the flying arrow went through the monster's head, and it fell to the ground, disappearing. "Whoa!" Zipp said. "That is the coolest arrow I have ever seen!" Rainbow Dash said. She then noticed the rest of the Mane 6 and Sonic heading out of there. "See ya, Zipp!" She then flew away from Zipp. Eventually, all the Dark Gaia creatures were taken care of. Amy, Truemen and Zipp went up to Midpoint. Amy then asked, "Was that... Sonic?" "Yeah," Midpoint said. "He, Twilight and the others got the worst of it, but did not lose to the darkness in their minds." "So, what happened?" Zipp asked. "I'll explain it over at Professor Pickle's lab," Midpoint said. "I was just out here getting some pizza for me, Olive and Cozy Glow. You three want in? 'Cause I prefer not to eat anymore cucumber sandwiches." Amy, Truemen and Zipp looked at each other and Truemen said, "I could go for some pizza." Amy and Zipp nodded in agreement. Then the four of them headed away from there. Meanwhile, in China, the Spirit of Freedom landed near the Temple of Gaia that was there. The Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were heading for the Temple when they saw an old man laying on the ground by the temple. They all went to check on him when something came in, surprising the heroes. "Is that a phoenix?!" Twilight asked. "Looks like it's angry!" Rainbow Dash said. Sonic looked towards Fluttershy and said, "We'll take care of this thing! You restore the Chaos Emerald!" He then handed Fluttershy a Chaos Emerald. "But..." Fluttershy said. "Just do it, Fluttershy!" Twilight said as she took off. "And take Chip with you!" Chip was confused as Twilight continued talking. "That collar started glowing when he got near the altar of the first temple!" "O... Okay," Fluttershy said. Then she and Chip headed inside the Temple. Then she and Chip flew towards the Temple. They ran in. Meanwhile, the Phoenix tried blocking the path of Fluttershy and Chip, but Sonic came in and slammed the Phoenix to the ground. Sonic then held his left arm up to his lips. "This is Sonic calling Alex Lynol!" Sonic said. Meanwhile, in Spagonia, Midpoint was at a computer, trying to pinpoint the next temple. He then received the transmission from Sonic. "Alex Lynol here," Midpoint said. "What is it, Sonic?" "We're at the temple, but there's something preventing us from getting in!" Sonic said. "What is it?" Midpoint asked. "It's a giant Phoenix!" came Twilight's voice. "A phoenix?!" Midpoint asked. He then looked at the Gaia Manuscripts. He then went wide eyed. "Guys, stand down!" It then went back to Chun-nan. The Mane 6 and Sonic were listening to Midpoint's transmission. "The Phoenix is the guardian of the entire village, and the temple!" Midpoint's voice came from the communication devices. "It only gets mad if the planet is broken apart!" "I could feel its anger," Fluttershy said. "Let me talk to it." "I highly suggest something else, Fluttershy!" Midpoint said. "It's really, really difficult to negotiate during it's temper tantrum!" "I can do it," Fluttershy said. "I know I can." She then flew up to the Phoenix. "Um... hello!" "Oh, I can't watch!" Twilight said, closing her eyes. The phoenix roared as Fluttershy said, "Listen. I know you're meant to protect this temple, and I know you're upset that the planet is broken, but my friends and I are here to restore the planet back to normal. All you have to do is let us into the temple." The phoenix then roared and started flying around, landing on a nearby platform. "Thank you." "Holy smokes, it worked!" Sonic said. "Didn't see that coming," Midpoint said in the communicator. Fluttershy and Chip went into the temple. Chip flew towards the altar, stood on it, and raised his chest. Then the smaller pedestal appeared. Fluttershy then flew up to the pedestal and put the Chaos Emerald on it. Then the Chaos Emerald started floating and it started glowing red. Then the Asian continent started descending, eventually getting back into its normal position. Then Fluttershy and Chip started flying out of the Temple. When they reached their friends, they were looking at the Phoenix, which was now different. "The moment the temple lit up, the beast woke up," the old man said, walking around the Phoenix. "It appears he's come back to his senses." "So Lynol was right," Sonic said. "I'll bet your job is to guard the Chaos Emerald temple. You must've gone berserk when the emeralds lost their power." The Phoenix screeched in response to Sonic's words. Fluttershy then said, "He said that you're correct." Chip then started flying up to the Phoenix. "Well, I'm glad you're back!" Chip said. He then pulled out a chocolate bar. "Want some chocolate?" The Phoenix then took the chocolate bar from Chip. Then the Phoenix started flying up and landed near a nest on top of the mountain behind the Temple of Gaia. Meanwhile, back at the Station Square Community Center, Hitch was trying to lift a heavy crate from a truck. But he was having difficulty getting it off. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Hitch said. "This thing is heavy!" Just then, MC rushed in and helped him. "Whoa! Thanks, MC!" He then realized something. "Dude! You got your strength back!" MC checked himself and said, "Huh. I thought I felt some strength coming back. Nicole, is there another continent back into place?" "Checking, Michael," Nicole said. "It appears that the Asian continent has returned to its normal position." "Send the information to the news!" MC said. He then looked at the lowering sun. "We'll get this crate inside and call it a night." Hitch nodded and the two of them carried the crate inside the Community Center. Somewhere in the world, Eggman was at a base, sitting in front of a computer, eating a submarine sandwich. Then the robot from earlier came up. "Doctor!" the robot said. "It appears that both the South American and Asian Continents had been put back into their original positions!" "What?!" Doctor Eggman asked. "No!" He then slammed his hands on the computer. "Deploy my next big weapon in Spagonia where the Temple should be located! Those pesky ponies and that irritating hedgehog will not get in the way of me collecting the energy of Dark Gaia!" He then groaned. "If only there was a way for me to bring them all together at once!" He then got an idea. "Wait, that's it! Of course!" He then walked over towards another computer. "Eeh hee hee hee. With this... This! All of my plans will be realized!" Meanwhile, the Spirit of Freedom was flying back to Spagonia. It was already daytime when they got there. The Mane 6 and Sonic then started running towards Spagonia University as Chip was flying next to them. Eventually, they made it where Midpoint was checking out the Gaia Manuscripts. Sonic then said, "Hey, Lynol! Where's the next temple?!" "Looking!" Midpoint said. Just then, Cozy Glow came in through a window. Midpoint looked towards her and asked, "Where have you been?" "I've been looking around this place, and I found some old temple," Cozy Glow said. She then brought out her phone and showed the pictures. "See." Sonic then took the phone. "Hey!" "Sorry," Sonic said. He then saw the images that Cozy Glow took that day. "That's... that's one of the Temples of Gaia!" "What?!" Midpoint asked. He then checked the Gaia Manuscripts for the European Gaia Temple. "Whoa! Guess I didn't see the closest one!" "Alright, so where was it?" Sonic asked. "The entrance to it is right behind the nearby church," Cozy Glow said. Just then, the place started shaking. "Whoa-oa!" "What's going on?!" Fluttershy asked. "Thi-i-i-i-i-is ma-a-a-a-a-a-akes my-y-y-y-y-y-y-y voi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oice sou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound si-i-i-i-i-i-illy!" Pinkie pie said during the vibrations. Twilight looked out the window to see one of Eggman's mechs flying over the city. Twilight then said, "It's Eggman! He sent one of his mechs here!" The machine was heading towards the Gaia Temple. The Mane 6, Sonic, Midpoint, Olive, Cozy Glow, Amy, Truemen and Zipp ran outside. "If that thing destroys the Temple, Dark Gaia's minions will still rise!" Midpoint said. "Cozy, lead Sonic, Twilight and her friends to the Temple," Olive said. "We'll take care of this mech." Cozy Glow nodded. "Follow me, guys!" Cozy Glow said, leading the Mane 6 and Sonic towards the Temple. "Alright, guys," Midpoint said. "Let's turn this giant fish into sushi!" Then they all started going after the machine. As the five of them were running, they passed Professor Pickle. "Where are you all heading off to?" Professor Pickle asked. "Eggman's sending a giant machine to attack the Temple of Gaia that's here in Spagonia!" Zipp called out. Midpoint then launched a grappling hook arrow up at a building, where the rope was connected to his belt that had a reel connected to it. Olive did the same with a grappling coil coming from her glove. They both went up to the building. Truemen grabbed Amy with his left hand, and he used his robot hand to blast the ground, sending the two of them up to the same building. Zipp flew up to the building, catching up with the others. Midpoint then pulled out an arrow, prepared it in his bow, and aimed it at the machine. He then fired it and it attached to the main part of the ship. "What was that supposed to do?" Truemen asked. "Just watch," Midpoint said. He then pushed a button on his right glove, and the arrow attached to the ship started activating an electromagnet. Then the ship started imploding. It then started going down towards the river. Truemen then raised his left hand, using some sort of energy to move the machine to land in the path of the river. As soon as it landed, the mech exploded. "Guess that's a fish that can't live in water," Olive said, making the others chuckle. Amy looked at Truemen and said, "That was really impressive. Thanks for the leg up." "You kidding, girl?" Truemen asked. "You are worth lending a hand. And that hammer you use, it's actually impressive how you're so powerful with it." "Well, a girl's gotta know when to defend herself," Amy said. "Oh, brother," Zipp said, crossing her arms. Meanwhile, at the Temple of Gaia, the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were following Cozy Glow. The nine of them entered the temple and ran all the way down the path to the temple. Pinkie Pie took one of the Chaos Emeralds, saying, "Ooh! Ooh! My turn! My turn!" Chip then flew up to the altar, his collar started glowing. Then the platform in the altar had arisen. Pinkie Pie then placed the Chaos Emerald into the small hole. Then the Chaos Emerald started floating upwards, and then it got its glow back. Then the place started shaking. From a satellite view, the European Continent started descending It then went back into place, reconnecting with the Asian Continent. Back at the Station Square Community Center, MC was setting up the stage setup for a performance. He then pulled out Nicole and asked, "Nicole, who do we have for the entertainment?" "I'm afraid that all the top rated performers are all booked," Nicole responded. "Maroon 5?" MC asked. "Booked." "Bruno Mars?" "Booked." "Coldplay?" "Booked." "What about 'Weird Al' Yankovic?" "He's busy as well." "Dang it," MC said. "The good ones are always booked! It makes me so mad, I just wanna..." He then roared like a dragon. He then realized what he just did. "I think I just got back my vocal manipulation." "Sounds like it," Nicole said. "Checking the world progress." It waited a few seconds when Nicole responded. "It appears that the European Continent has been restored." "Send that to the news," MC said. "I wanna know what's going on." "It appears that Twilight, her friends and Sonic are all restoring the planet by going to the Temples of Gaia, and restoring the power of the Chaos Emeralds," Nicole said. "So far, three of the seven pieces of the world have been put back into their original positions." "Three down... four to go," MC said. He then noticed Pipp and said, "I think I know who can perform for Halloween." He then walked over to Pipp and said, "Yo, Pipp!" Pipp then looked over at MC. "Come over here! I wanna have a talk with ya!"' Pipp then walked over towards MC and asked, "What is it?" "How would you like a debut performance in this timeline?" MC asked. That made Pipp gasp with excitement. Back at Spagonia University, Midpoint and Professor Pickle were looking at the Gaia Manuscripts. The Mane 6 and Sonic were looking at the two as they were deciphering the Manuscripts with current locations. It was already night time, so you know what that means for the Mane 6 and Sonic. "So, where's the next Gaia Temple?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Well, there are four more temples for you to go to," Midpoint said. "North America, Africa, Oceania, and Antarctica." "So, which one are we gonna go next?" Applejack asked. "Dang it, Applejack!" Midpoint said. "The smell of your breath is so bad, it would make MC even pass out." "I doubt it," Twilight said. "He once confronted a pack of Timberwolves back in Equestria and he turned the alpha into sawdust with his Chaos Claws." "I heard that one was still regenerating," Rainbow Dash said. "Well, it looks like Antarctica is the place to go," Midpoint said. "Although, the sun won't come up for another two days, so it's gonna be completely dark if you go there." "Looks like we don't have a choice," Sonic said. "Antarctica is going to have to be our next stop." "Tails and I better make some modifications to the Spirit of Freedom," Midpoint said. "It's gonna be freezing cold down there." "Got it," Sonic said. Later, Tails and Midpoint were working on the heat shields of the Spirit of Freedom at the mechanics department of Spagonia University. The Mane 6 and Sonic walked up to the two. "Okay," Midpoint said. "The heat shields will now give the ship protection from the cold temperatures." He then handed the Mane 6 and Sonic some devices. "And these are personal heat shields for your bodies when you go outside. These things will protect you from the temperatures that are at least 55 below." "That should be good," Twilight said. "Let's get going." Tails then got into the cockpit. "We'll be back," Tails said. "Afraid not," Midpoint said. "According to the Gaia Manuscripts, there's a Gaia Temple in Shamar. That's in Egypt. Luckily, Professor Pickle has a research lab down there." "Okay," Tails said. "We'll get there as soon as we can." Midpoint nodded as he was walking out of the Spirit of Freedom. Tails then looked at the computer and said, "Luckily, Alex put the coordinates of the Gaia Temple into the guiding system. Let's get there." The Spirit of Freedom then took off as Midpoint was at least 30 yards away. "Good luck, guys," Midpoint said. Later, the Spirit of Freedom came near a large crevice. The Mane 6, Sonic and Chip went down the crevice and looked around. "The Temple of Gaia should be around here somewhere," Twilight said as her horn was giving off a bright white light. "But where could it be?" Rainbow Dash asked. Chip then noticed something. He then said, "Huh. What's that?" When they looked at the thing, there were a bunch of electrical lights coming on, nearly blinding the group. They saw some weird creature, frozen in ice, on a platform. The eyes of the creature rolled around under the ice. It then saw the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip. "Whoa," Rainbow Dash said. "What is that thing?" "It seems to be some sort of new species," Twilight said. "This must be some kind of historical discovery!" Sonic then saw some people frozen in ice and said, "Holy smokes! Those people are frozen in ice!" "But what could've caused that to happen?" Applejack asked. Then the ice surrounding the creature broke, and the creature roared loudly. "Aye-yi-yi-yi-yi!" Pinkie shouted. The creature then fired some orb from its mouth, heading towards the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip, who all jumped out of the way, the entryway being blocked by an explosion of ice. "So that's what froze those people!" Rainbow Dash said. "How do we stop this eel?!" Sonic asked. "Wait," Fluttershy said. "Eels are coldblooded. That's why it was coated in a blanket of ice." "If we freeze this sucker, it'll be open for us to attack!" Rarity said. She then looked at the creature. "And I think I know where its weak spots are. It's those green spots that are on the creature!" "Rarity, I think you might be onto something!" Twilight said. She then saw some containers of liquid hydrogen. "Sonic, what's liquid hydrogen?" "It's a chemical that can freeze anything instantaneously," Sonic said. "Use it on this sucker!" Twilight then used her magic and threw the container at the creature, which froze instantly. Applejack then charged at the spot on the creature's stomach and punched it hard. Sonic then jumped up onto the creatures back and scratched the green spot there, and then Rainbow Dash flew up high. Then she started flying down and when she made contact with the green spot on the monster's head, it made a Sonic Rainboom, the impact made the creature fall into pieces, Dark Gaia energy coming from it and the creature vanished. "Yeah!" Sonic and Rainbow Dash said, high-fiving each other. "Alright, guys!" Twilight said. "Let's go!" Then the eight of them started heading into the temple. They headed in and went towards the altar. Chip landed on the altar, and his collar started glowing. Then Applejack took one of the Chaos Emeralds and headed for the platform that had arisen from the altar. She then put it on the hole. Then the Chaos Emerald started floating, gaining light blue energy, bringing the Emerald back to life. Then the place started shaking. Then from above, the Antarctic Continent started descending, getting put back in its original position, reconnecting with the South American Continent. Back in Station Square, MC was laying on a table, fast asleep. But then, he got heavy all of a sudden and broke the table. "Oof!" MC said, waking up. "What the...?" He then noticed the table was broken. "What happened?!" Sunny asked as she and Hitch ran up to him. "I... I don't know," MC said. He then thought of something. "Wait a minute. Hitch, hit me." MC then pounded his chest. Hitch shrugged his shoulders and just hit MC in the same area of his chest, but he didn't move. Hitch then shook his hand which was in pain. "I don't believe it! I got my density manipulation back!" "Whoa!" Sunny said. "Okay, that is pretty cool!" "What does that mean?" Hitch asked. "Sparkles and the others must've brought back another continent," MC said. He then pulled out Nicole. "Nicole, which Continent came down?" "It appears that Twilight and the others have brought back Antarctica," Nicole said. "Whoa! Now that's cold!" MC said. "Really?" Sunny asked. "It's cold down there?!" "The farthest north and the farthest south of the planet are the two most coldest areas in the world, Sunny," Nicole said. "You'd need some very heated gear to go down there without freezing to death." Meanwhile, back in Antarctica, the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip got the frozen people out of the crevice and into the Spirit of Freedom. The people were being thawed out during the flight. "That was one epic beast," Sonic said. "Where to now?" "As you may recall, Alex said that he, Professor Pickle, Olive, Cozy, Amy, Truemen and Zipp are all heading to Shamar," Tails said. "We're gonna meet them there." "At least these guys will be plenty warm when we get there," Rainbow Dash said. The Spirit of Freedom was now flying over the ocean, heading towards the African Continent. Author's Note Next Episode: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 4): Remembering the Forgotten
Episode 10: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 4): Remembering the ForgottenEpisode 10: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 4): Remembering the Forgotten In the Egyptian city of Shamar, during the daytime, the Spirit of Freedom was landing near one building. Outside the building, Olive was waiting for them. She was holding a fan trying to keep herself cool. The Spirit of Freedom landed and then it opened up. Then all the people who were frozen in Antarctica ran out, still trying to thaw out. "What happened to those people?" Olive asked while the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Chip walked out of the Spirit of Freedom. "Some Dark Gaia creature froze them solid," Twilight said. She then started fanning herself. "Wow, it's really hot here." "No wonder they're so cold," Olive said. "Alright, guys. Follow me." Then they all headed inside the building. They walked into one room which was a laboratory with a giant vat of water. "What's with the vat of water?" Twilight asked. Just then, Midpoint came out of the vat of water, getting the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Olive and Chip wet. "Sorry," Midpoint said. "It's really hot here. Otters need to cool off in the water." "That answers my question," Twilight said. "So, where's the next temple that's here?" "It's 5 miles West of the city," Midpoint said. "Although, we've got a bit of a problem getting in there." "And why is that?" Applejack asked. "There's a team of archaeologists out there trying to unbury the temple from a mountain of sand due to a sandstorm," Midpoint said. "The team is led by a Mobian and an Equestrian." "Really?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Who's the Equestrian?" "A pegasus mare named... Daring Do," Midpoint said. "Daring Do?" Cozy Glow asked as Twilight and Rainbow Dash looked at each other with wide smiles. "Isn't she a fictional character in those books Rainbow Dash likes?" Midpoint chuckled and said, "Oops." "I know Daring Do," Rainbow Dash said. "Heck, the six of us do." She then remembered something. "Wait. Is the Mobian leader who's leading with Daring Do a purple dog named Ava Muttski, who happens to be Mutt's mom?" "Sounds like we have a wildcard," Rarity said. "We better call the Freedom Fighters back home and tell Mutt to come here." The others nodded. It was 5:30 in the morning back in Station Square. Mutt was sleeping in his bed. Just then, Mutt was being shaken. Mutt opened his eyes to see MC. "MC?" Mutt asked, tiredly. "What is it?" "Sonic just called," MC said. "He needs your help to get into the Temple of Gaia in Egypt." "Really?" Mutt asked. He then yawned. "Why does he need me?" "Because your mom and her team of archaeologists had found it and are cleaning it up," MC said. "They're keeping out anyone who gets near." "Really?" Mutt asked. He then sat up. "Okay. Where in Egypt are they?" "Follow me," MC said. Then Mutt got out of bed and followed MC, grabbing his hat, shoulder belt and shoes. When he got into the living room, Mutt had his hat, shoulder belt, and his right shoe on. He was still getting on his left shoe. "Whoa!" Mutt said, tripping on the floor. "I'm okay!" He then got up. He then saw Sonic on the Television. "Oh, hey, Sonic." "Hey, Mutt," Sonic said. "Okay, MC, I'm gonna need you to use your Super Warp Ring to send Mutt here." "I'm gonna need to see where you are before I throw the ring," MC said. "Okay, so picture this!" Sonic said. Then the screen flipped, revealing what was in front of him. Sonic was outside the lab at the moment. MC then nodded, pulled out his Super Warp Ring, and threw it towards the Foyer of Freedom Fighters Manor. Then the ring got bigger, becoming a portal to Shamar, which appeared on the screen. "There's your ride, Mutt," MC said. "See you later." "You sure you won't need me to help with the preparations for the Station Square Halloween Party?" Mutt asked. "No, we got this," MC said. "All I need to know is what you're going to the party as." "I already got my costume," Mutt said. "It's in the box underneath my bed. I'm going as Indiana Jones." "Irony," MC said. "Now go." Mutt nodded and he headed through the portal. MC then closed the portal and reverted back into a ring. Meanwhile, in Shamar, Mutt looked around, and he was already getting hot. Then Sally came up to him with a blanket, covering him from the heat. "There you go, Mutt," Sally said. "Sorry about that. The sun here is brutal." "The sand was even worse the last time I was in Egypt," Mutt said. "In fact, Mom was the one who gave me this stuff." "Makes sense," Sally said. Then she, Sonic and Mutt went into the lab. "Alright, guys," Sonic said, "Mutt's here." "It was 5:30 back in Station Square and it's 12:30 here," Rarity said. "He looks really tired." "I need something to eat first," Mutt said as Chip flew up to him, holding a chocolate bar. "Want some chocolate?" Chip asked. "No thanks," Mutt said. "I'm allergic to chocolate." "Oh. Okay," Chip said, flying back. "Who is that?" Mutt asked. "That's Chip," Sonic said. "Well, we don't know his real name. We found him outside of Rio with no memory. Speaking of which. Olive, did the guys of GUN figure out who he really is?" "Not really," Olive said. "Although, it was weird. According to his blood, it says that he's over four-point-five billion years old." "What?!" the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally, Midpoint, Cozy Glow, Mutt, Amy, Truemen and Zipp all asked in unison. "That's what I said," Olive said. "The guys at GUN had double-checked and even triple-checked to make sure their equipment wasn't buggy, but the computer kept coming up with the same result." "So what is Chip?" Mutt asked. "Some kind of god or something?" "He might be, but why he was found in Rio with no memory is a mystery to us all," Olive said. Twilight then thought of something. She remembered all the times in the altars of the Temples of Gaia, and how Chip's collar glowed when he got near them. "I wonder..." Twilight said. "Well, I should take you all there," Olive said. "I already got some jeeps to get us there, but I won't be able to drive all of them." "Ah can drive one," Applejack said. "I can handle another one," Rarity said. "You all can drive?" Midpoint asked. "Thanks to the Freedom Fighters," Twilight said. "Although, Rainbow Dash barely passed her written test when we put some DMVs across Equestria." "Alright, let's get going," Olive said. Then the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally, Mutt, Olive and Chip headed out of there. They drove through the dunes outside of the city of Shamar and towards where the Temple of Gaia should be. They saw a bunch of tents around a huge dune. "Oh, yeah," Twilight said. "There's no way a dune like that can be that big." The vehicles were stopped by some archaeologist security guards. One of them shouted, "Halt!" The group stopped the vehicles and got out. The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally, Mutt, Olive and Chip moved towards the security guards. "Excuse me, good sirs," Twilight said. She then used her magic to bring up Mutt. "This here is Ben Muttski, and he's..." "Hold on, miss," one of the security guards said. "Does this Ben Muttski have any relationship with one of the head archaeologists, Ava Muttski?" "She's my Mom," Mutt answered. The security guard pulled out a walkie-talkie and said, "Miss Muttski, we have a group of Mobians and Equestrians, and we have one claiming to be your son." "Ben's here?" came Ava's voice from the walkie-talkie. Mutt then took the walkie-talkie and said, "Hey, Mom!" "Yep! That's my son!" came Ava's voice. "Let them in!" Then the security guards let the group into the area. They went in and saw the area where the team of archaeologists were trying to unbury the temple. "Whoa!" Rainbow Dash said. "That's a lot of people trying to clean up this place!" "You said it, Dash," came a voice. The group turned around and saw Daring Do standing there. "Daring Do!" the Mane 6 said in unison. "Hey, guys!" Daring Do said. She then saw Mutt. "Hey, Ben. Your Mom wanted me to escort you and your friends to her. Follow me." Daring Do then started leading the group over towards a tent. And coming out of that tent was Mutt's Mom, Ava Muttski. "Mom!" Mutt said, running up to his mother. The two of them hugged each other. "I'm so glad you came," Ava said. She then saw the others. "Come in, all of you." All of them then headed into the temple and explained what they were doing there. "And that's why we're here," Sonic said. "To restore the power of the Chaos Emeralds, bring the world back together, and prevent Dark Gaia from destroying the people of the world in its darkness." "That would explain the strange behaviors during the night time," Ava said. "And don't forget the creature," Daring Do said. "Creature?" Tails asked. "You see, at night, there's this strange beast that comes out of the sand and prevents anyone from getting near the temple," Ava said. "And it's very vicious." "See for yourself," Daring Do said, pulling out a photo. The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally, Mutt, Olive, and Chip looked at the photo and gasped. "That thing looks mean!" Mutt said. "It is," Daring Do said. "Trust me when I say, you do not want to be in the path of its hammer." "Don't sweat it," Rainbow Dash said. "We can handle that thing when it comes back." "Then you're gonna help us unbury that temple," Ava said. "We'll have to get it out before dark. Let's go." Then they all walked out of the tent, and headed to dig out the Temple of Gaia. The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally, Mutt, Olive and Chip were all helping the people dig out the Temple of Gaia. They were working through the harsh conditions through the heat of the desert. Some of them even gave each other water to drink. Eventually, they unburied the temple. "Wow," Chip said. "It's finally uncovered." "Yeah," Sonic said. "Now let's go before..." "The sun's going past the horizon!" Twilight said, pointing towards the sun. They all looked at the sun as it was descending. Just then, the Mane 6 and Sonic transformed into their nighttime forms. "Gaaah!" Mutt said, jumping into Olive's arms. "They're monsters!" "Grr... It's okay, Mutt," Sonic said. "We're still... us... while we're in these forms." "It's true," Chip said, flying up to Mutt. "They won't hurt their friends. Even if they're currently monsters." "Wait..." Sally said. "Mutt, didn't your Mom and Daring Do say something about a..." Just then, a beast came from above, slamming its hammer on the ground, making the group fall over. It was the same beast from the photo. "It's that thing from the picture!" Twilight said. The beast roared and went to attack Twilight, but Sonic got in its path and blocked the beast's hammer. "This thing is strong!" Sonic said. "But I won't let it get the best of me!" Sonic then punched it in the face, the beast landing in front of the entrance. It then put its hammer in its mouth, raised its hands, and shot a beam straight up. Just then, a storm cloud appeared and started releasing bolts of purple lightning around the area. "Shouldn't there be rain coming from that storm cloud?!" Rainbow Dash asked. "It's dry lightning!" Ava said. "It's a storm cloud that has no rain in it to drop! Very dangerous if you're near it!" "Don't have to tell me twice!" Applejack said, running up to the beast. The beast countered her with lightning landing in front of her, making her fall back. "You wanna mess with my friends?!" Rainbow Dash asked. She then started flying upward, and then looped back around, and doing a barrage of attacks. "That... wasn't... very... cool!" She then flew upward and came back down, performing a Sonic Rainboom. The beast then roared because its ears were hurting. Then Rainbow Dash kicked the beast into a column. The column then started tipping over as the beast was trying to recover, but it didn't see the column coming towards it and it landed on top of it. "Ooh!" everyone watching said. Just then, the beast vanished in a cloud of purple smoke. The dry lightning cloud vanished as well. "Okay," Twilight said. "That thing's gone." "Let's get this continent back into position," Sonic said. "Okay, everyone!" Tails said. "You're gonna experience some shaking coming from the ground. It's just apart of bringing the planet back together!" The Mane 6, Sonic and Chip went inside the Temple of Gaia. They reached the Altar. Sonic then handed Rainbow Dash one of the Chaos Emeralds, saying, "You're up." Rainbow Dash nodded, walked over towards the altar as Chip's collar lit up, lifting the platform. Rainbow Dash then put the Chaos Emerald into the hole. The Chaos Emerald then started floating, and yellow energy started going into it, bringing the Emerald back to life. Then the place started shaking. Then from a space view, the African Continent started coming down, getting back into place, merging with the European, Antarctic, and South American continents. Later, the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally, Mutt, Olive and Chip went back to the Professor's lab in Shamar. Midpoint and Professor Pickle were trying to find out where the next temple is. "That's five," Sonic said. "We just need two more. Where in the Oceanian Continent is that Temple of Gaia?" "It's pretty much difficult to find as we speak," Professor Pickle said. "We basically haven't found it yet." "Found it," Midpoint said. "Ooh. This one is the most tropical." "Where is it?" Rarity asked. "It's actually in Koroyanitu National Park," Midpoint said. "And where is that?" Tails asked. "Fiji," Midpoint said. "Ooh!" Twilight, Rarity and Fluttershy said in unison. "I've heard great things about Fiji," Twilight said. "If we weren't fighting Eggman, I would take the kids there for a family vacation." "Hey, Alex," Mutt said. "Has... MC received any more of his powers?" "According to Nicole... he got his Elemental Mimicry back," Midpoint said. "Looks like you're all heading to Fiji." "Maybe I should stay behind," Mutt said while Olive was on the phone. "I can..." "Hey, Michael!" Olive said. "We're gonna need you to use that Super Warp Ring to bring Mutt back to Station Square." Just then a ring portal opened up. "Never mind," Mutt said. He then ran into the portal as it closed behind him. Meanwhile, at Eggman's current base, Eggman was checking the percentage on his plan with his robot assistant. "All systems are green," the robot said. "Dark Gaia activation is confirmed on all seven continents. Electromagnetic homing signals are locked on. All units converging on Point Zero." "Yes, yes, perfect!" Eggman said before walking around. "Gathering Dark Gaia's pieces is such a pain. I'll have them come to me instead! A brilliant shift in perspective! An idea worthy of Dr. Eggman, super-genius! Oh ho ho ho!" The robot started clapping as it said, "Your skill at self-aggrandizement is unparalleled." Eggman was still laughing before he looked at the robot in anger. He then slapped him while saying, "Silence!" The robot then leaned back. "Activate the Dark Gaia fusion furnace. And while you're at it, get those energy conversion circuits warmed up!" The robot recovered and said, "Understood. Commencing 'Project Dark Gaia.' Requesting final clearance." Then a button rose up from the panel in front of Eggman. Eggman slammed the button saying, "Granted! Finally, my ambitions will be achieved! Gah ha ha! Oh ho ho ho!" Then the robot started beeping while saying, "Alert! Five of the Seven Continents are now placed back in their original position!" "What?!" Eggman asked, angrily. "Drat! Those pesky Equestrians and that nasty hedgehog are trying to stop my plans! Get a mech to the one continent that hasn't been put down yet! Those pesky heroes don't know that I've built my base on top of the North American Temple of Gaia. Time to show them who's boss." Meanwhile, the Spirit of Freedom was heading towards Fiji. The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Sally and Chip were all in it, all waiting to get to their destination. Later in Fiji, there was an explosion behind some trees during the daylight hours. Robot parts were raining everywhere. The Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were walking away from the explosion. "Seriously?" Rainbow Dash asked. "That was the best he could do to prevent us from reaching this temple? We've taken on King Sombra better than that!" "Well, MC took on King Sombra back in Delphius," Twilight said. "Thanks to Joshua using runes and MC's claws, he cut off Sombra's horn and it fell into lava. Now Sombra is just a unicorn colt with no memory of the evil in him while being raised by Star Swirl." "Sounds like Sombra became the next Nyx," Applejack said, making the others nod. Eventually, they made it to the Temple of Gaia that was there. Chip looked around, giving a worried look and moaning. "What's wrong, buddy?" Sonic asked, noticing Chip's worry. "Huh?" Chip asked, looking at Sonic. "Oh, right. I'm just... scared." "Scared?" Rainbow Dash asked. "It's just another old temple, darling," Rarity said. "Yes," Fluttershy said. "And it doesn't look like anyone's around either." "That's... That's not what I mean," Chip stuttered. "That's not... N-never mind. I'm fine. Let's go!" Then he started running towards the temple. The Mane 6 and Sonic were confused about Chip's behavior. Twilight especially. They then followed Chip into the Temple. When they went inside, the Mane 6 and Sonic saw a mural over the altar. "Whoa!" Sonic said. Twilight got a good look at the mural. She saw something in it, and compared it to Chip. "Sonic, you handle this one," Twilight said. Sonic nodded and headed for the Altar. Twilight then pulled out her phone and aimed its camera towards the mural. "Alex, get a good look at this mural." Meanwhile, in Shamar, Midpoint and Zipp were at the computer. They saw the mural that Twilight was showing them on her phone. "Whoa!" Midpoint said. "Is that... Chip? Wait a minute!" Midpoint then grabbed the Gaia Manuscripts. "According to this, each time the Earth was brought back, there was tale of a small creature that was able to banish Dark Gaia back under the crust of the planet!" Zipp said. "It can't be...!" Midpoint and Zipp said. "What is it?!" Twilight asked through the phone. "There is darkness..." Midpoint said. "But there is also... light." After Chip raised the platform on the Altar, Sonic put the Chaos Emerald into the hole. The Chaos Emerald then rose and it was surrounded in Purple Energy, restoring the glow of it, bringing it back to life. Chip then flew up to the mural and gently touched it. Just then, the mural started glowing in a white light. Then there was some sort of suction trying to swallow up Chip. He was trying to get away, but the suction was too strong. "Chip!" the Mane 6 and Sonic all said in unison. Meanwhile, Chip found himself in a space-like void. He looked around, trying to see if he could find a way out when an orb of light floated near him. "I welcome your return..." came a voice from the orb, getting Chip's attention. The orb even sounded like Chip. "Messenger of day, of light, of rebirth." Then the orb of light let out a piece, it entered into Chip. Just then, Chip went wide eyed. Later, he came out of the Mural and hovered in front of the Mane 6 and Sonic. "Sonic... Girls... I remember now. All of it," Chip said. Later, at a dock, the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were looking out at the setting sun. Twilight looked at Chip and said, "Over 4 billion years old, a collar that can activate the altars inside the Gaia Temples, and a mural with you inside one of those temples, there is only one conclusive answer to who you are." Chip looked over at Twilight. "Since there's a Dark Gaia, there also has to be a Light Gaia. And you're him, aren't you?" Chip nodded and said, "I am. I draw power from the day and light, and guide the planet to its rebirth. My job was to protect the planet from Dark Gaia." He then looked towards the rest. "But Eggman broke the world apart himself, and Dark Gaia and I were awakened before we should've been." He then looked away. "That's why Dark Gaia broke apart, and I didn't know who I was." He tapped his head. "I didn't remember what I was supposed to do." He then looked back towards the Mane 6 and Sonic. "All because this isn't the proper Time of Awakening." "Time of Awakening?" Sonic asked. "Dark Gaia grows over millions of years, then rises to destroy the world," Chip said, walking towards the edge of the dock. "And I put it all back together. We've been doing this over and over, again and again... since the very beginning of time." "So you were asleep all this time?" Pinkie Pie asked. "For millions of years?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Yes. For ages and ages," Chip said, looking back at the Mane 6 and Sonic. He then faced the setting sun. As the sun set, the Mane 6 and Sonic transformed back into their monster forms. "I'll bet it's thanks to you," Sonic said. Chip looked at Sonic confused. "Even at night when we're like this. We're still ourselves. Not like all the other people we've seen." He then looked at Chip. "You must've been protecting our minds this whole time." Chip shook his head and said, "I haven't done anything, Sonic. You all are the reason you all haven't changed at all. You all are too strong to lose yourselves!" "We're the reason?" Twilight asked. "Yeah! You all never doubt yourselves, no matter what," Chip said. "You all never give in to the night, or to the darkness inside your hearts. I think it's because I knew that about you all. That's why I wanted you to help me." He then smiled. "Especially when you all found the missing piece of the planet and brought it back to Earth." "Missing piece?" Twilight asked, confused. She then thought of something. "Wait, wait, wait. Are you saying that Equestria was originally from this world, and we never knew it?!" Chip looked towards Twilight and said, "Yes. It all changed over a thousand years ago. It was then when Dark Gaia came back that year. So for all of your safety, I had to... banish the entire land of Equestria and beyond to the other side of the Galaxy before I did something about Dark Gaia that time. And to make it worse, I had to... erase all the memories of the inhabitants in that land, and the rest of the Earth, to keep each other safe from their darkness. But now that you're all back, it can be as peaceful as it was again." "Whoa," the Mane 6 and Sonic said. "It's been so fun!" Chip said as he flown up in front of the group. "Getting to see the world. I've lived here since the planet began, but... I didn't know a thing about it. That it's so pretty, or that food tastes so good, or that people are so nice! I'm so glad I got the chance to discover all that with you all! And I'm so glad that you all helped me find my memory. Sonic, girls, I will never, ever forget you all. Thank you. Goodbye, my friends!" He then started flying away. "Hey!" Sonic said. He then stretched his arm out, grabbing Chip who was already 100 yards away. "Whoa, wha-?!" Chip asked as he was being pulled by his tail and back to the group. "Where do you think you're off to all by yourself?" Sonic asked. Chip then walked around nervously, saying, "What... but... My memory is back now, and... Well, from here on out, it's my responsibility, so, um... I mean, there's no reason for you all to come along, so I should just..." He was trying to find a reason to leave the group, but just couldn't. "Do we need a reason to want to help out a friend?" Twilight asked. Chip then smiled and said, "Thanks, guys." Then the Mane 6 and Sonic put their hands in. Sonic turned towards Chip, leaned his head quickly, telling Chip to join in. Chip smiled and put his hand in as well. Then all of them put their hands up and cheered in celebration. Back in Station Square, MC was looking around, his eyes glowing in a golden aura. Sunny was watching him. "I can see it all!" MC said. "I have my Mind Sight back!" "Okay, that's good," Sunny said. "Does that mean that the planet's restored?" "No," MC said. "The North American Continent is still floating above the magma underneath the planet. They still need to restore the last Chaos Emerald and bring down the Continent, in order for the planet to be restored, and me getting the last of my powers back." "That means you can lead Sonic, Twilight and her friends towards the last temple," Sunny said. MC looked towards Sunny and nodded. He then said, "Your father would've been proud of you Sunny. For knowing the truth, and helping bring unity back to the ponies in your original timeline." Sunny nodded. She then said, "I kinda wish he was still with me." "Oh, he is, Sunny," MC said, walking up to her. He then put his hand on Sunny's chest. "In here. When you truly love someone, they never leave you. They remain in your heart forever." "Is that a reference from 'The Haunted Mansion'?" Sunny asked. "You've been streaming Disney again, haven't you?" MC asked. "I gotta do something while I'm at home," Sunny said. "After all, I don't start working at the Smoothie Shop until after Halloween." Then the two of them laughed as they were walking out of the room. Author's Note Next Episode: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 5): Eggman Land
Episode 11: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 5): Eggman LandEpisode 11: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 5): Eggman Land The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Sally arrived back at Professor Pickle's lab in Shamar. Midpoint, Professor Pickle, Olive, Cozy Glow, Amy, Truemen and Zipp were looking through the Gaia Manuscripts. It was Daytime there. "Okay, we have to find out where the next Temple of Gaia is," Sally said. "Obviously, it's somewhere in the North American Continent," Sonic said. "Obviously, we're gonna need to know where it is." "We're looking everywhere on this ancient map and trying to pinpoint where it currently is, but we can't find the last temple anywhere," Zipp said. "We won't need the map for this one," Midpoint said. "Why not?" Twilight asked. "Because... we're gonna let the one person, who can see everything on the planet he touches, to lead you all towards the Temple of Gaia," Midpoint said. The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Amy, Olive and Cozy Glow went wide eyed. Then in unison, they all said, "MC!" "Bingo," Midpoint said, pointing towards the Mane 6 and Sonic. He then typed on the computer there. Meanwhile, in Station Square, MC was leaving the Station Square Community Center. He was the last one to leave the Community Center, and he locked up the door. He later got into his truck and his communicator started beeping. He then moved his right arm towards his head and he pushed a button on his hand. "This is Alex Lynol calling MC the Fox," Midpoint's voice came from the communicator. "We're gonna need your help to find the last Temple of Gaia. Just look for a place that has something similar to this image." Then an image of an altar of the Temple of Gaia appeared in front of him. "Sonic, Twilight and their friends need to find this temple to fully bring the Earth back together." "Got it," MC said. "I'll send a homing beacon when I get close to it. That way, the others can do the rest." MC then started up the truck after the image vanished. Later, the Spirit of Freedom was flying through the skies. Tails and Sally were at the controls, following a homing beacon coming from MC's communicator. "Got it!" Tails said. "We're getting close!" "MC's homing beacon is close by!" Sally said. "Well, this is where we'll get off," Sonic said. "What?!" Tails asked. "But we're a thousand feet in the sky!" "I've jumped from higher, remember?" Sonic asked. He then opened up the back. "Let's do this!" The Mane 6 and Chip nodded. Then they all jumped out of the Spirit of Freedom. All of them were screaming as they were going down. Some in excitement, some in fear. Twilight then used her magic to levitate her friends and bring them all down safely. Luckily, they landed near where MC was leaning against a tree. He was accompanied by the Young 6. "What are you all doing here?" Twilight asked. "They insisted on coming," MC said. "Yona feel the urge to smash!" Yona said. "No way we're gonna let Eggman prevent us from saving the world," Gallus said. "Well, they got the heart to do it," Sonic said. "So, where's the Temple?" "I'll lead you there, but you're not going to like where it is," MC said. "What do you mean?" Twilight asked. Just then, they heard the sound of Eggman's laughter. MC pointed towards where the laughter was coming from. They all headed over a hill and gasped at what they saw. It seemed to be some dark amusement park. "Oh ho ho ho! Welcome to Eggmanland, the brainchild of my heart and soul!" Eggman's voice came from a speaker. Then a golden statue came up from in front of the entry way, the statue was of Dr. Eggman. "This is my magnificent empire, made possible through my genius and the limitless energy harnessed from Dark Gaia!" "Wha-WOAH. This place is CRAZY!" Chip said, falling on his back. "I'll never understand Eggman's tastes," Sonic said. The Mane 6 and the Young 6 nodded their heads in agreement. Chip took some pictures of the place. He then waved his camera towards Sonic and said, "Get a good shot!" Sonic took the camera as Chip got into position, posing in the same pose as the Eggman Statue. Sonic even took pictures of Chip in that same pose. "Ahh ha ha ha ha haaa! Surprised? Yes of course you are!" Eggman's voice continued on the speakers. "Sonic! If you have any complaints, come deliver them to me in person. If you can, that is! Ahh ha ha ha haa.. ...ha-HACK! Hwaugh, koff! Whew..." The Mane 6, Young 6, Sonic and MC started walking through the entry way of the place. "He's enjoying this way too much," Sonic said. "I'm starting to judge his relationship with Maria," MC said, making Sonic and the Mane 6 nod. "Sonic!" came Chip's voice. The group all looked up at the statue, seeing Chip on it, taking pictures of the place. "I can feel the last temple nearby! He must have built this place on top of it." "Of course he did!" MC said. "I can see it! I can guide us through!" "And as you do, we're just gonna have to tear this place down!" Sonic said. "Fine by me," MC said, baring his claws. Then they all walked into the dark base, that looked like an amusement park. "Seriously?!" Twilight asked. "He had to make it look like an amusement park?!" "I can't believe he actually did it," MC said. "He's been planning this for years." "Why?" Rainbow Dash asked. "He thinks that making an amusement park will persuade people to think he should be the world's ruler," Sonic said. "But now, I believe with the power of Dark Gaia, he can force people to obey his every command by keeping everyone in until dark," MC said. "And he'd have to keep the planet from being put back together to do it," Twilight said. "So in order to stop Eggman from conquering the world..." Ocellus said. "We'll have to find this last temple and fix the world completely," Sandbar said, finishing for Ocellus. "I'm surprised none of the water from the Earth isn't falling into the cracks," Silverstream said. "Yeah, I wonder why that is," Smolder added. "Oh, that was Dark Gaia's doing," Chip said. "Every time the planet comes apart, there's a field around each piece of the continent that prevents water from getting off the Continent." "There are some questions we'd prefer not ta ask, y'all," Applejack said. "Alright, guys," MC said as they all reached a corner. "Be on guard." He then looked around the corner, seeing a bunch of robots guarding a building. MC then used his mind sight to look into the building guarded by the robots. "Okay, I see the temple." "Where is it?" Sonic asked. "It's at least 200 yards underneath that building," MC said. "We're gonna have to get past those robots." "Perfect," Sonic said. "How do we do that?" "Yona can smash robots!" Yona said. "No," MC said. "We have to think smarter than that." MC then looked around and he saw a manhole cover. He then smiled. "Sorry, Rares." "Why are you apologizing to me?" Rarity asked. She then noticed what MC was looking at. She then looked back towards MC and said, "No!" MC then ran over towards the manhole cover, opened it up, and went wide eyed after looking into it. He then said, "That's something you don't see every time you open a manhole." Twilight then looked into the manhole and went wide eyed as well. "A sewer full of lava?" Twilight asked. "That's definitely dangerous." "Smells worse than any normal sewer," Sonic said. "Well, let's get in there." Sonic then climbed into the manhole, holding onto the ladder in the sewer. MC was leading the group through the sewer system of Eggman Land, trying to get into the main building that controls the entire place. "The heat from this lava flow..." Fluttershy said. "It's... hurting my eyes." "Meh, not as bad as the Dragon Lands," Smolder said. She then looked down at her outfit. "I tried going into a lava pit back in the Dragon Lands in the clothes I was wearing, and all I came out with was the swimsuit I was wearing underneath." "You're welcome," MC said. "For all the dragons of Equestria, I made sure that all their swim suits, trunks and bikinis were all lava proof." "I insisted on him doing that," Rarity said. They then reached a vent. MC halted the group when they saw a bunch of robots passing by. As the sound of the robots passed, the screws of the vent started unscrewing from a magenta aura and the vent opened up. MC then climbed out of it and then he helped the others out, starting with Twilight. "Any more heat and my mane and tail would've started frizzing," Twilight said. "I do have some hairspray, Twilight," Rarity said. "I wouldn't," MC said. "Hairspray is very flammable." "Good point," Rarity said as she was being pulled out. MC then put a finger to his mouth, telling the group to be quiet. MC continued to help the others out of the vent. The group then made it to a metal door with some grips on the bottom. The Mane 6, the Young 6, Sonic, MC and Chip all stopped in front of the door. MC then smirked. "I got this," MC said, walking up to the door. He then grabbed the grips on the bottom of the door, but he got hit by some dark energy. "Gaaah!" He was then flung back and Yona caught him. "What happened?!" Twilight asked. "I felt... I felt... some kind of dark energy," MC said. "Like when I was fighting Sombra." "It's Dark Gaia Energy," Chip said. "I know. I've fought it for billions of years." "How are we gonna get in?" Sandbar asked. Just then, the Mane 6 and Sonic transformed into their nighttime monster forms, scaring the Young 6. Ocellus jumped into MC's arms as all of the Young 6 screamed. "Whoa!" MC said. "When Mutt said you guys become monsters at night, I thought he was just exaggerating!" "You know kids that age," Sonic said. "Sometimes, it's not all imagination." MC nodded as he tried dropping Ocellus, but she was in the same position she was when she jumped into MC's arms. "Dang, you are a very good gripping Changeling," MC said. "Let go." "Oh... sorry," Ocellus said, going back to the ground. "Ah bet Sonic can lift that door," Applejack said, making the others hold their breath. "Whoo!!" MC said. "I thought the Timberwolves back in Equestria had bad breath, but your breath out stinks them!" "Sorry!" Applejack said. "Sonic," Twilight said. "Think you can lift the door?" "I'll try," Sonic said. "Stand back." He then went towards the door, and he grabbed the grips on the door, and he started lifting the door. It was then slammed upward. "Whoop. That was a little too much." Then they all walked in they were ambushed by Dark Gaia creatures. All led by some new ones. There were six different versions of them, and one of them was on fire. "Holy smokes!" MC said. "These guys are already fired up for a fight. Especially that guy." The monsters then roared. "We're gonna have to cool these guys off," Twilight said. "We need some water, especially on the one that's on fire!" Gallus said. "Where are we gonna get some water?" Ocellus asked. Just then, some water drenched the monster that was on fire, and the one that had electricity coming out of it. But then the electric one just passed out and vanished. The group looked up and saw MC holding a water pipe, aiming it at the monsters. "Try the sprinkler system," MC said. "Of course Eggman's gotta have a plan for fire damage." He then put the pipe back into position. He then did a spin dash and started pounding on the monsters from above, ricocheting off the walls, ceiling and floor, only hitting the monsters and not his friends. "Whoa!" Chip said. He then looked towards Sonic and asked, "Can you do that?" "Well, only the spinning," Sonic replied. "I've never bounced off the walls like that." The monsters didn't disappear after getting pounded by MC's attacks. "They're getting back up!" Pinkie Pie called out. "Let's take 'em down!" Rainbow Dash said. The rest of the Mane 6 and Sonic nodded and charged at the monsters. They fought them off. MC then looked around, his eyes glowing in a golden aura. "I see the temple!" MC said. "We're going down!" MC then used his claws to rip open a hole in the floor. "Let's go! Wooohooooooooo!!" MC said, jumping into the hole. "I am still falling!" "Wow," Twilight said. "That is a deep hole." They eventually finished off the Dark Gaia creatures and then they all jumped down the hole. Eventually, they made it to the ground and Twilight used her magic to catch the ones who couldn't fly to slow their descent. When they made it to the ground, they saw MC on the ground, his body bending in places it shouldn't be bending. Eventually, his joints went back to normal. "If I had the last of my remaining powers, I'd be able to absorb myself into the ground and come back up instantly," MC said. He then stopped. "You've gotta be kidding me." The group looked towards where MC was looking and they saw the gates of the Temple of Gaia, along with a bunch of Dark Gaia creatures. They were mostly Titans and some new creatures. "Whoa!" Sandbar said. "Those are big!" Sonic howled and then he and the Mane 6 charged at the monsters. MC, Chip and the Young 6 went over towards the monsters. The new monsters then opened up its stomach, a bunch of little monsters coming out of them. "Dang!" Sonic said. "There's so many of them!" "Sparkles! Use your magic to hold them all still!" MC called out. Twilight then looked up at her horn. She then smirked and then she used her magic to lift up the monsters. The monsters had no chance of getting their butts whooped. The others then took out the monsters. The monsters were then all then taken down by the Mane 6 and Sonic. "Heh. That was too easy," Sonic said. "Well, looks like this is it," Chip said. Chip's collar then started glowing and then the gates to the temple of Gaia started opening up. "Thanks for helping us get here, MC," Twilight said. "No problem, Sparkles," MC said. "Well, I gotta get back to Station Square." He was about to grab his ring and said, "Oh. One more thing." He then zoomed around the Mane 6 and Sonic and then went back to where he was before speeding around the group. He then looked towards Chip and asked, "So I'm guessing they won't be like this once the planet is restored to its former glory?" "Yup," Chip said. "All of Dark Gaia's energy will be reverted back once the last continent is back in place." "Good to know," MC said. "Better get back." MC then grabbed his Super Warp Ring and threw it, opening a portal somewhere. "C'mon, kids. You all need some sleep before tomorrow night. Tomorrow's Halloween." "See ya," Gallus said as he and the rest of the Young 6 followed MC through the portal. After they all went through, the ring vanished. Then the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip started walking into the Temple. The eight of them made it to the Altar, and Chip used his collar to bring up the platform. Sonic then pulled out the last Chaos Emerald and gave it to Twilight. "It's your turn, Twilight," Sonic said. Twilight nodded and walked towards the platform. She then put the last Chaos Emerald into the hole. Then the Chaos Emerald started rising and white energy came into it, bringing the Emerald back to life. "The final Chaos Emerald... Back at last!" Chip said. Then the place started shaking. From a satellite view, the North American/Equestrian Continent started descending, heading back to its original position. Later, the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip walked out of the Temple of Gaia as the gates were closing. Chip then said, "This should put the world back to normal. Dark Gaia will go back to being sealed within the core, and my work will be done." The Mane 6 and Sonic turned to face Chip as Sonic said, "That's great, Chip." "Yup. Thank you, Sonic!" Chip said. "Along with Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie! It's all thanks to all of you!" Then they all put their hands together and waved them upward in celebration. Above the Eggman Land sight, Tails was in the Spirit of Freedom, piloting it and having a conversation with Professor Pickle. "Oh... It appears that Sonic and the girls have restored the last of the Chaos Emeralds," Professor Pickle said. "Things should settle down around here before long." "That's right!" Tails said. "Satellite footage confirms that the last piece is moving back into place." "That's wonderful!" Professor Pickle said. "I'll await your safe return, then. You can give me a full report over a plate of luscious cucumber sandwiches." "Uh, I'll be happy to fill you in, Professor," Tails said. Just then, some laser blasts came in front of the Spirit of Freedom, surprising Tails. He then moved the yoke to get the Spirit of Freedom out of the line of fire. Meanwhile, back in front of the Temple of Gaia, the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were walking away from it until some rumbling came to their attention. The group then looked around. "Hmmm? Do you feel that?" Chip asked. Just then, the roof was broken through and in came a new mech. "What is that?!" Rainbow Dash asked. "Ahh ha ha haa!" came Eggman's voice. The group looked up at the hole and saw Eggman descending in his Egg Mobile. "Looks like you're all a bit late, heroes!" "Eggman!" Sonic said, gritting his teeth. "Thanks to my wondrous technology, Dark Gaia is whole and complete!" Eggman said. "I harnessed its energy to put together this little creation." He pointed at the mech that he was talking about. "Behold, the ultra-hyper Prototype-1!" He then pointed towards the heroes. "Crush them!" Just then, the mech extended the arm with the drill on it, firing it at the heroes, destroying the floor and all of them falling. The Mane 6, Sonic and Chip were falling down a shaft, heading through the planet's crust. Eventually, they all landed on a falling platform. The mech from before came in and the Egg Mobile combined with it. "Ohh ho ho ho ho! This gorge will be your tomb!" Eggman said. "Hehehahaha!" "Not gonna happen, Eggman!" Twilight said. She then fired a blast towards where Eggman was, but he was protected by some sort of energy shield. Eggman laughed. "Did you really think I wouldn't prepare myself for this type of battle?!" Eggman asked. "You're all fools to think you can defeat me now!" Then the arm with a cannon on it extended, firing upon the heroes. All of them were dodging the blasts from the mech. Meanwhile, back in Station Square, MC was heading towards the kitchen to see Mutt there. "Not tired yet?" MC asked. "Yeah," Mutt said. "Especially with the quake waking me up." "Yeah, that's true," MC said. His eyes then started glowing. He then gave a confused look. "That's odd." "What is it?" Mutt asked. "The last Chaos Emerald is restored..." MC said. "But the Continent isn't all the way down. Why is that?" "What?" Mutt asked. "Wait, you don't think that that creature, Dark Gaia, is coming, do you?" "I sure hope not," MC said. "Nicole, get me in contact with Sonic." "Calling," Nicole said. "Error. Communications with Sonic, along with Twilight and her friends, have been interfered." "Interfered?" MC asked. "By what?" "Unknown," Nicole said. "Still trying to get communications with them." "I wonder what's causing the interference," Mutt said. Back in the gorge, the Mane 6 and Sonic were still battling Eggman in his Egg Dragoon. Twilight was trying to call for help, but she wasn't getting a signal. "I can't get any reception!" Twilight said. "That's because my machine here is interfering with your cell phone reception!" Eggman said. "You can't call for help even if you want to! Time to finish you off once and for all!" He then fired the drill upward, and then it came right down in the middle of the platform they were on, destroying it. The Mane 6, Sonic and Chip fell down to another platform. Sonic then said, "I'm getting tired of getting our keisters handed to us! Time to take Eggman down before we all land in the lava!" He then charged towards Eggman's mech. He then grabbed the window on the mech's underbelly. The Egg Dragoon fired the drill, aiming towards Sonic, who got out of the way. "Whaaaa! No!" Eggman said. Sonic then went up to where Eggman was on top. He then punched the mech, knocking the Egg Mobile out of its position. He then grabbed it and threw it off the mech. Sonic then landed back on the platform with the Mane 6 as the mech exploded. "Yeah!" Sonic said. "Take that, Eggman!" "Alright, everyone!" Twilight said. "Let's get out of here!" "How could I lose?! This isn't over!" Eggman said, pounding the controls on the Egg Mobile. "I'll build a Prototype-2 and it..." He was then distracted when he saw something. Some weird purple snakes made of energy came from the lava. "Wha?!" Sonic asked. "Whoa!" Chip said. "What's happening?" Twilight asked. Just then, a large creature came from the lava, the energy snakes being connected to it. "What?!" Sonic asked. "Is that who I think it is?" Twilight asked. "It's Dark Gaia!" Chip said. Dark Gaia looks towards the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip. Then it roared. Author's Note Next Episode: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 6): Perfect Dark Gaia
Episode 12: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 6): Perfect Dark GaiaEpisode 12: The Dark Gaia Saga (Part 6): Perfect Dark Gaia "How could I lose?! This isn't over!" Eggman said, pounding the controls on the Egg Mobile. "I'll build a Prototype-2 and it..." He was then distracted when he saw something. Some weird purple snakes made of energy came from the lava. "Wha?!" Sonic asked. "Whoa!" Chip said. "What's happening?" Twilight asked. Just then, a large creature came from the lava, the energy snakes being connected to it. "What?!" Sonic asked. "Is that who I think it is?" Twilight asked. "It's Dark Gaia!" Chip said. Dark Gaia looks towards the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip. Then it roared. "Yes, YES!" Eggman said. "Dark Gaia! Crush the insolent little hedgehog and those ponies! Kick them to the outer limits of space!" Eggman didn't notice that a snake from Dark Gaia was coming towards him until he saw it in front of him. It then struck the Egg Mobile, sending him out from under the crust of the last continent. "Why meeeeeee?!" Then Dark Gaia's snakes charged towards the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip. Sonic grabbed Chip, then they all jumped out of the way, jumping from platform to platform, eventually, landing on the same one. They all looked towards Dark Gaia with angry looks. Dark Gaia glared at the group, making Sonic and the Mane 6 fall to the ground. Chip didn't notice as he was punching the air in front of him. He then saw the others on their hands and knees, groaning. "Sonic! Girls!" Chip said. "What's wrong?" The Mane 6 and Sonic continued their groaning until they screamed as the Dark Gaia energy from them was extracted from them and was absorbed back into Dark Gaia. Dark Gaia then started mutating, gaining three new eyes. Chip shuddered and said, "Sonic, girls, you've got to get up! Sonic!" Sonic and the Mane 6 were all back in their normal forms. "Chip. R-run, Chip!" Sonic said. Chip was worried for the group, but with a determined and furious look towards Dark Gaia, he saw Dark Gaia going in for another attack. But Chip's collar started glowing, and the entire platform was surrounded by a light green orb, blocking out the snakes. The orb then started floating above the platform. "Seven lights of the earth rekindled!" Chip said. In Station Square, MC and Mutt were heading back to the bedroom areas, but then the continent shook. "Get down!" MC said, pushing Mutt to the corner of the nearby wall and the floor and MC got on top of him, protecting him until the shaking stopped. Basically, all over the world, the Gaia Temples were rising, surprising the people around them. Including Daring Do and Ava Muttski back in Egypt. "The temple!" Daring Do said. "It's... flying!" Then the temple disappeared. From an outer space view, the temples were flashing in white lights, heading towards under the North American/Equestrian Continent, all seven of them leading towards Chip, the Mane 6 and Sonic. "Awaken, and gather here to me!" Chip shouted. The seven Temples of Gaia then surrounded the group. Eventually, they all merged together after a flash of light. All seven temples became a colossus. On the colossus, the Mane 6 and Sonic recovered and looked around. They saw that they were on the front piece of the Gaia Colossus. "Where are we?" Fluttershy asked. "Wait," Applejack said. "This thing kinda reminds me of the Temples of Gaia." "That's because this thing is made of all seven Temples of Gaia," came Chip's voice. The group all looked towards the head. "It's time we take out Dark Gaia!" Dark Gaia then grabbed a giant rock from the lava and threw it towards the Gaia Colossus. But the Gaia Colossus caught it and threw it back at Dark Gaia. Dark Gaia then roared after being hit by the lava rock. The Gaia Colossus then started accelerating towards Dark Gaia and started punching Dark Gaia. Back in Station Square, MC opened up a portal to Professor Pickle's lab and he and Mutt ran through, meeting up with Midpoint and Professor Pickle. "What's going on, Pickle?" MC asked. "It would seem that Dark Gaia is on the rise," Professor Pickle said. "He's somehow gotten more powerful than he did ever before." "Sonic, Twilight and her friends are under the continent, fighting off Dark Gaia as we speak," Midpoint said. "Dark Gaia is basically too powerful by some other Dark Gaia energy from somewhere." MC then thought of something. He remembered when the Mane 6 and Sonic transformed into monsters at night. The energy that came from the Mane 6 and Sonic and the energy that the Dark Gaia creatures were made of were basically the same. "Alex, I think I know where Dark Gaia got that extra energy," MC said. "From Sonic, Sparkles and the others." "That... actually makes sense," Midpoint said as MC showed the Mane 6 and Sonic in their monster forms. "Dark Gaia absorbed the energy from Sonic and the girls, increasing his power." "How are they going to beat them?" Mutt asked. "I don't know," Professor Pickle said. Just then, Ava and Daring Do ran in. "Ben?" Ava asked. "Mom?!" Mutt asked. He then ran up to her and hugged her. "What's going on, Mrs. Muttski?" MC asked. "The Temple of Gaia just started floating and vanished," Ava answered. "I don't know how that happened, but it did," Daring Do said. MC then thought of something. He then said, "That little guy, Chip. He was Light Gaia. He's been holding off Dark Gaia since the beginning of the planet's creation." "He must've called the Temples of Gaia to fight Dark Gaia underneath the crust!" Midpoint said. "That little guy has thought of everything!" "Okay," MC said. "Looks like they've got it covered. We better get back to Station Square." "Oh, wait, wait, wait," Midpoint said. "Send me the scans of Sonic, Twilight and the other girls." "Why?" MC asked. Midpoint answered by pulling up a belt with a device connected to it. MC went wide eyed at the devices and asked, "Is that a BIDS?" "Yup," Midpoint said. "And now with this, they all have costumes for the Halloween Party in Station Square." He then started typing on a computer, connecting the BIDS to it. Back under the North American/Equestrian Continent, Dark Gaia was close to the Gaia Colossus and it grabbed it in it's claws. It then tried crushing the Gaia Colossus. The Gaia Colossus tried pushing back Dark Gaia as it was trying to crush it. "Sonic! Now, Sonic!" came Chip's voice. "Roger that, buddy!" Sonic said. Then he started running across one of the Gaia Colossus's left arm, running towards one of Dark Gaia's green eyes. "Time for the big finale!" Sonic then ran up the Gaia Colossus's arm and it launched up and he was launched towards the eye. He then collided with the eye, making Dark Gaia let go of the Gaia Colossus, covering the eye that Sonic attacked with a Spin Dash. "Oooooh!" the Mane 6 said in unison. "Right in the eye!" Rainbow Dash said. Sonic then ran back to the girls, saying, "That's one big eye." Then Dark Gaia attacked the Gaia Colossus with it's left claw, but the Gaia Colossus blocked the attack and then punched Dark Gaia back, sending him back. Dark Gaia then grabbed the Gaia Colossus again. This time, Sonic started running on the right arm, heading to Dark Gaia's left green eye. Sonic then did a Spin Dash attack on that eye, making Dark Gaia push the Gaia Colossus back. Then the Gaia Colossus started punching Dark Gaia in the main face. "Keep it up, Chip!" Twilight said. She then used her magic to fire a beam towards Dark Gaia's face, sending him back. Dark Gaia then roared and grabbed the Gaia Colossus again. This time, the Gaia Colossus had its hands against Dark Gaia's face. Dark Gaia then roared. "Last green eye," Sonic said. He then ran up one of the Gaia Colossus's arms, running across it, and then Sonic launched himself towards the middle green eye, attacking it with a spin dash, sending Dark Gaia back. Dark Gaia then recovered from the attack. The Mane 6 and Sonic stood on the Gaia Colossus, glaring at Dark Gaia. Just then, Dark Gaia leaned its head upward, sending some kind of purple gas from its mouth, heading towards the bottom of the continent, and sending the gas outside and it covering the entire globe. The people around the world were freaking out on what was happening. In Shamar, Midpoint, Olive, Cozy Glow, Amy, Truemen, Zipp, Ava, Daring Do and Professor Pickle ran outside, seeing the commotion. "Wh-what's happening? It was broad daylight a minute ago!" Amy asked. Professor Pickle was tired from running, looked up and said, "Dark Gaia has regained its true power. The beast is complete." They all looked up at the gas going across the sky. "It's just as the Gaia Manuscripts foretold. 'And the world shall be plunged into the dark of night, the dark of destruction.'" He then fell to his knees. "Oh, that it should come to this! We're doomed. The planet is lost!" "I don't think so," Truemen said. "Sonic, Twilight, and the others haven't let us down before. They're more powerful than Dark Gaia will ever be." "He's right," Olive said. "Dark Gaia will never win." "Sonic would never let the planet end like this!" Amy said. "Are you sure they can handle this?" Zipp asked. She then looked towards Midpoint, who was sitting on a chair, his eyes closed, and his head shaking like Doctor Strange in Avengers: Infinity War. "Guys. Is... that normal for him?" She pointed at Midpoint, the others looking at him as well. "Lynol!" Olive asked. "Are you okay?!" Midpoint then gasped and said, "Now I know how Doctor Strange felt in Infinity War." "You looked into the future?" Cozy asked. "How many different futures did you see involving this battle?" "14,000,105," Midpoint answered. "How many did they win?" Amy asked. Midpoint was doing a pause for dramatic effect. He then said, "One." The group then looked up into the sky. Back under the North American/Equestrian Continent, Dark Gaia roared and not only did it's mouth open, but so did the large teeth on the sides of its head. Dark Gaia's body then started sprouting four extra arms on its body, spilling out green slime. And from the teeth, there came more eyes, and a huge one appeared in Dark Gaia's mouth, giving Dark Gaia seven new eyes. "Oh, goodness!" Rarity said. "That's... that's disgusting!" "I think I'm gonna throw up!" Rainbow Dash said, her face turning green in disgust. "What are we gonna do?" Fluttershy asked. "I got an idea," Twilight said. The others looked towards her. Twilight then looked up at the head of the Gaia Colossus. "Chip! We need the Chaos Emeralds!" "I see," Chip's voice came from the Gaia Colossus. "That'll give you all a fighting chance against Dark Gaia! Good thinking, Twilight!" "By taking on Dark Gaia in our super forms, we'll be able to win this thing!" Sonic said. Inside the Gaia Temples, the Chaos Emeralds started glowing brighter. Then they started coming out of the Gaia Colossus, heading up to the Mane 6 and Sonic. "Let's do it!" Sonic said when the Chaos Emeralds started rotating around the group. Then they all went into their Super Forms and they started flying in front of the Gaia Colossus. Without realizing it, a drone was getting live footage of the fight about to come to show to the entire world. MC, Mutt, and the others that were there were watching the battle on the news from the Living Room TV. MC then said, "C'mon, Sparkles. You all got this!" "Give it all you got!" Sunny said, without realizing that her ethereal horn and wings appeared on her, getting the attention of MC. "Whoa!" MC said. "Sunny, we're gonna have to have a talk with Sparkles about that!" "About what?" Sunny asked, not noticing her ethereal horn and wings. "Up here," MC said, pointing at his forehead. Sunny didn't know what MC was talking about until she felt her ethereal horn. She then looked up and saw it. "Whoa," Sunny said. "Yeah, we should talk about it later." She then got an idea. "That gives me an idea for my costume for the party!" She then ran out of the room. "Only Sunny," Hitch said, shaking his head. Back under the North American/Equestrian Continent, the Mane 6, Super Sonic and the Gaia Colossus were all flying towards Perfect Dark Gaia, who put a barrier around him to prevent the heroes from getting to him. The group made it to the barrier, but the Mane 6 and Super Sonic couldn't get in. Super Sonic then groaned and said, "We've gotta take out this shield!" "My turn Sonic!" Chip's voice came from the Gaia Colossus. The group looked towards the Gaia Colossus. "Chip, what are you doing?!" Pinkie asked. "Rh... RrrRAAAGH!" Chip's voice came from the Gaia Colossus as it was going through the barrier, getting Perfect Dark Gaia's attention. Super Sonic was dumbstruck as he said, "Chip, I... You were... Wow!" "I'll get its attention, all of you!" Chip's voice came from the Gaia Colossus as it was about to punch Perfect Dark Gaia. "You do something about this shield! I think those big snake things are creating the shield!" "Good!" Twilight said. "We take out the snakes, the shield goes down! Everyone, spread out! Take out a snake each!" Then the Mane 6 and Super Sonic spread out to each take out a snake that was holding up the barrier. Even Fluttershy was giving it all she got. "You... are just... a big... MEANIE!!" Fluttershy said, her voice booming. She then punched the snake that she had, it being vaporized. Applejack punched the snake she went to. Rainbow Dash flew through the head of another snake. Pinkie Pie blasted one snake with a bunch of party cannons. Rarity cut off the head of one snake with giant magical scissors. Super Sonic did a spin dash at one snake. And Twilight blasted the last snake with her magic. All of the snakes vaporized and the barrier vanished. "Yes, the shield's gone!" Super Sonic said. "Sonic! Girls! You did it!" Chip called out from the Gaia Colossus. Then Perfect Dark Gaia used all six of his hands to grab the Gaia Colossus. "Nnguaaaaagh! Nnrrrgh!" "Chip!" Super Sonic called out. Perfect Dark Gaia was preparing a huge ball of energy to attack the Gaia Colossus. "Everyone!" Twilight shouted. "Let's free Chip! Aim at an arm!" Super Sonic, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie quickly flew around Dark Gaia. They eventually attacked all six of Dark Gaia's wrists, making him let go of the Gaia Colossus. "Eat THIS!" Super Sonic said, hitting Perfect Dark Gaia's wrist. The Gaia Colossus then moved back as Perfect Dark Gaia was about to attack it, but Twilight used her enhanced magic to block Perfect Dark Gaia's energy attack. When the attack stopped, the Gaia Colossus hit Perfect Dark Gaia with a left hook, leaving himself open for one last attack. "This is what you get for messing with our home!" Twilight shouted. "Behold!" "THE MAGIC OF FRIENDSHIP!!!!!" the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip all said in unison. Then the Mane Six and Super Sonic charged towards Perfect Dark Gaia, all aiming for an eye each. From left to right, it was Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Twilight, Sonic, Applejack and Fluttershy. They then went through Perfect Dark Gaia's eyes, coming out through the back of Perfect Dark Gaia's head. Then Dark Gaia started falling back, green slime coming out of it and falling down towards the magma. The Mane 6 and Super Sonic looked towards the Gaia Colossus. Super Sonic then smirked and then they all went back to their normal forms, exhausted from lack of sleep for days. They all started falling towards the magma, but the Gaia Colossus caught them in a green aura, all of them landing safely in its right hand. Meanwhile, all the people of the world were celebrating that the sky had been cleared because of the actions of the Mane 6, Sonic and Chip. Midpoint, Olive, Cozy Glow, Amy, Truemen, Zipp, Ava and Daring Do and Professor Pickle looked up at the sky in Shamar. "You were right," Truemen said. "They did it." "Let's get back to America," Midpoint said. "We've got a Halloween Party in Station Square to attend." He then pulled out his phone. "MC, go get Sonic and the girls from Brazil. I'm sending you coordinates of where to meet them." "Roger that," MC's voice came from Midpoint's phone. "Wait. Why would they be there?" "You'll see," Midpoint said. He then looked towards the group. "Who's up for a Halloween party, American style?" The group nodded and they headed out of there. Meanwhile, back under the North American/Equestrian Continent, the continent was starting to lower. The Gaia Colossus looked up and saw it lowering. It then looked down at its hand, seeing the Mane 6 and Sonic still unconscious. Then Chip, in a ghostly form, appeared in front of them. "Sonic... Girls..." Chip's spirit said. "You all must live." He then waved goodbye and flew back to the Colossus. "Chip?!" Sonic asked in his sleep. Chip looked back at the group before disappearing. Then the Gaia Colossus threw the group up and out of the continent before it was sealed up, the Colossus not following. Later, it was pitch black. But then a voice came up. "Sparkles!" came MC's voice. "Sparkles, wake up!" It was showing what Twilight was seeing. She saw MC in front of her. It then went to show the group all waking up. "You all had me worried!" "Sorry about that, MC," Twilight said. She then looked around, seeing that she and the others were back in Brazil. "Where's Chip?" They all looked around and Fluttershy gasped. She then shouted, "There he is!" The group all looked towards where Chip was. He was unconscious. Sonic rushed to grab him, but he vanished, leaving his collar there. "I'll never forget any of you," came Chip's voice in their heads. "I'll be here by you, always. A part of the earth you tread." Sonic then sighed. He then put Chip's collar on his wrist. Just then, the Spirit of Freedom came in, landing near the crash sight. The main door opened up, revealing Tails and Sally. "Sonic!" Tails said. "Tails!" Sonic said. He then collapsed. MC rushed towards him. "Whoa, take it easy, Sonic," MC said. "When was the last time you took a nap?" "Actually," Twilight said. "We hadn't slept... well... since before Eggman broke the world apart." "Wow," MC said. "Alright, you guys need your rest." MC then helped Sonic onto the Spirit of Freedom. Tails and Sally then helped them out. "Heck, I'd be tired too if I had something like that." "Did you get all your powers back?" Twilight asked. "Yes," MC said. "You guys go ahead and take a nap. We'll wake you when we get back to Station Square. And tonight's the Halloween Party." "The Halloween Party?!" Rarity asked. "Oh, goodness! We don't have costumes!" "That's... where you're wrong, Rares," MC said. "Lynol has gotten these prepared." MC then pulled out some devices. Then holographic images of Midpoint, Olive and Cozy Glow appeared. "These are Bio-Illuminating Disguise Systems," Midpoint said. "Or for short, B-I-D-S." "B-I-D-S?" the Mane 6 asked. "Yeah, BIDS," Midpoint said. "They're special devices to disguise yourselves into whatever or whoever you want to be. It's like a digital version of Changeling Magic." "Yeah," MC said. "And it was better than its last name. Bio-Illuminating Technological Changing Holograms." "Oh, you mean..." Cozy was about to say before Olive covered her mouth. "Whoa! Kids your age are not allowed to use that kind of language!" MC said. "Yeah!" Pinkie said. "Besides, if this were a TV Show, it would be rated TV-Y7." The group then looked at Pinkie Pie in confusion. "What? That's what all action TV Shows are now, aren't they?" MC sighed and said, "I'll never be able to understand her. Or Izzy. She mistook unicycling for recycling." "Wow," Twilight said. "Hopefully, things will get better tonight." She then yawned. "Right now... I'm gonna..." She then fell asleep. The rest of the Mane 6 and Sonic started nodding off. "Sweet dreams, Sparkles," MC said. Later, that night, a bunch of people were enjoying the Halloween Party. A lot of people were enjoying themselves. The Mane 6 were wearing BIDS belts, making them look like their monster forms at night. They were also having a conversation with Professor Pickle, Daring Do, Ava, MC, Tails and Midpoint. MC was dressed up as a knight. Midpoint was dressed up as Hawkeye from Avengers: Age of Ultron. Ava, Daring Do and Professor Pickle weren't in costumes. "And so, we cannot live without the night," Professor Pickle said. "We all must sleep. We all must rest. Darkness is a part of our world, just the same as light. It may be that the darkness has not been destroyed, but merely laid to rest. It grows strong over the eons, rises up, then is put to slumber by the light. Perhaps that is the true balance of Dark and Light Gaia. That balance may be the very will of the planet itself." "So Dark and Light Gaia will return," MC said. "Eventually. Heck, who knows. Maybe I'll be able to see him again." "It's true," Twilight said. "We went to a post-apocalyptic future and MC and Maria were both still alive." "Seriously?" Daring Do asked, looking towards MC. "You'll live that long?" "Maybe even more," MC said. "Who knows?" Just then, Sunset Shimmer and Starlight Glimmer walked up to the group. Sunset was dressed up like a werewolf, like she did in that one Equestria Girls short. Starlight was dressed up like a scarecrow. "Nice costume, guys," Sunset Shimmer said. She then saw Fluttershy. "Huh. Okay, now I can see her as a bat." She then looked at Daring Do. "Whoa! Nice Daring Do costume, miss!" Then she and Starlight walked away. "Right," Rainbow Dash said, bumping Daring Do, trying to hold in her laughter. "Costume." She then saw something. "Is that... Sunny?" The group looked towards where Rainbow Dash was looking and saw Sunny dressed up like Nightmare Moon. She even gave off a gloomy expression to make herself look more like Nightmare Moon. She even had a black jumpsuit under the armor. "Whoa!" Twilight said. "Am I crazy, or does she really look like Nyx when she was bigger?" "Oh, right," MC said. "I've been meaning to talk to you. It seems that when she went super, she kept the ethereal horn and wings." "What?!" Twilight asked. "I'm gonna have to talk to her about that. But for now, let's enjoy the party!" Then they all continued partying, enjoying the night away. Author's Note Next Episode: The Extreme Gear Christmas Race
Episode 13: The Extreme Gear Christmas RaceEpisode 13: The Extreme Gear Christmas Race At the airport in Washington, DC, a bunch of people were slowly walking through the walkway of the terminals, taking their time since they were early for their flights. Until... "GANGWAY!!" came MC's voice. The people looked towards where the voice came from and they saw the entire Sparkle Family, MC, Maria, Shadow, Silver, Blaze, Sunny, Hitch, Pipp, Zipp and Izzy running for a terminal. The people got out of the way as the Mobians and Equestrians were running for a terminal. "This is why we leave for the airport early!" "It wasn't my fault we overslept," Pipp said. "Izzy thought it was a good idea to unicycle our alarm clocks into decorations." "Recycle!" Twilight said. "It's actually recycle! A unicycle is a single-wheeled vehicle for entertainment!" "There's our gate!" Shadow said. "Everyone, get your tickets!" MC said. "Shining, get your air sickness pills ready!" "Fine," Shining Armor said. Then they all got into the plane, heading for their seats. Zipp looked at her ticket and asked, "How come none of us are sitting together?" "This time, we were lucky to get on the same plane," MC answered. "Enjoy Christmas in Denver," the ticket lady said. "Thank you," Maria said as she was handed back her ticket. She then went in and then the others went in following Maria. They eventually made it to their seats. Luckily, Flurry Heart, Guard Armor, Shining Armor and Cadance were around the same seating. They got the airplane seats connected to the seats and they got their seats ready. "Good afternoon, everyone," a stewardess said into the PA system. "Everyone take your seats and prepare for takeoff. This is a nonstop flight to Denver, Colorado, so everyone get comfortable. Merry Christmas and happy Holidays." Outside, the plane was getting ready to take off. It eventually started taking off, heading West to Denver. At the Denver International Airport, the group then got out of the terminal and headed for the baggage claims. MC grabbed his bags. "Shadow and I will get the rental cars," MC said. "You all stay here and get your bags." "MC?" came a voice. The group all looked towards the voice and saw Tom and Maddie Wachowski. "Hey, how's it going?!" "Tom? Maddie?" MC asked. He then walked up to the two and did a power bump with them. "What the heck are you two doing here?" "Well, since Green Hills is doing pretty well, and Rachel is wanting to celebrate Christmas somewhere with lots of snow, we decided to book a vacation here," Maddie said. "Good to see you again." She then saw the group. "These must be the Equestrians you were talking about." "Of course," MC said. "Of course, some of them are actually from 200 years in the future." "Really?" Tom asked. He then looked towards the group. "Mind introducing them." "Oh sure," MC said. He then walked up to the group. "Alright, everyone. I got someone to introduce you all to. Sparkles, you and your family already know Tom and Maddie." "Of course," Twilight said. "Nice to see you again." "Nice to see you, too, Princess," Tom said. He then looked towards the future ponies. "And these five ponies are?" "Of course," MC said. "Meet Sunny Starscout, Izzy Moonbow, Pipp Petals and her sister, Zipp Storm, and former Sheriff of the town he grew up in, Hitch Trailblazer." "No way, you're a sheriff?" Tom asked. "So am I?" "Well, I was," Hitch said. He then thought of something. "Huh. Weird. There's something about you that seems... familiar." "You know, I'm getting that same feeling," Tom said. "And these guys are Shadow, Silver and Blaze," MC said. "Shadow happens to be from the same place Maria was." "Nice to meet you," Tom said, extending his hand. Shadow just rolled his eyes. "He doesn't seem too friendly?" "He has his reasons," MC said. "Silver is also from the future as well. He's been fighting off a living flame for years in a post-apocalyptic future that no longer has a way there." "Makes sense," Tom said. He then looked at Blaze. "And this is Blaze," MC said. "She's a princess from another dimension that her biggest enemy accidentally blew up." "Guess she's still adjusting to living here, huh?" Tom asked. "Well, all of them." "Time has changed since the 1970s," Shadow said. "So, are we getting to the resort or not?" "Alright," MC said. "Let's rent some Ford Transits and get to the resort." Later, there were two Ford Transits driving along a freeway. MC and the Sparkle Family were in one while Shadow, Maria, Silver, Blaze, Sunny, Hitch, Izzy, Pipp and Zipp were in the other transit. They also had a conversation through the Bluetooth connections from the transits. "Alright, guys," MC said. "When we get there, we all must decide what to do before Christmas. Grab a brochure on certain activities, and Sparkles will schedule them." "Since we all know I'm good at scheduling things," Twilight said. "So, when's Nicole getting here with the rest of the supplies?" Shadow asked. "It could be a couple of hours, or maybe tomorrow," MC said. "Whoa, is that a zeppelin?" Cadance asked, looking out the left side windows. The group looked towards the left and saw the zeppelin. "I didn't know they did zeppelin tours here." "Wait a minute," MC said. "I know that zeppelin. It's not for tours." Eventually, they made it to the resort where they reached a mansion-like rental house. MC got out of the car and looked towards the zeppelin. "I can't believe those idiots are here." "What do you mean?" Twilight asked, walking up to MC. "Who's airship is that?" "I don't have time to deal with these guys," MC said. "C'mon. Let's get settled in." They all headed into the mansion and they all went to different rooms. Velvet and Night Light shared one room. Shining Armor, Cadance, Guard and Flurry were all sharing the Master Bedroom. Pipp and Zipp were sharing one room that had two beds in it. Sunny and Izzy were doing the same. Shadow and Maria went into one room which had a full size bed. Spike, Nyx and Joshua were all sharing a room which had a single bed and a bunk bed. Silver and Blaze also had a room with two beds in it. "One room left," Twilight said. She then looked over at MC with a smile. "You don't mind... sharing it, do you?" MC then smiled at Twilight, then pointed his left hand up and fired a small blast from his forefinger, making a plastic mistletoe appear over them. Twilight noticed it and the two of them kissed, getting the attention of Twilight's parents, Shining Armor and Cadance. "WHAT?!" Shining Armor asked loudly, making Twilight and MC break up the kiss. Velvet, Night Light and Cadance snickered at that. "You went to first base with my sister?!" He stomped towards MC. "That inning was a long time ago, Shiner," MC said. "And that was when she made the first move." Shining looked at Twilight and asked, "You kissed him first?" "Well, Michael is technically royalty," Cadance said. "Cadance!" Shining said. "Shining, stop!" Twilight said. "I'm old enough to make my own decisions." "Twylie," Shining said. "I'm not so sure that Michael is a good match for you." "Shining, take it easy," MC said. "It's the holidays." Shining Armor then sighed and said, "I guess you're right. And I'm also sorry about your mom. Since she is now, officially, dead." "Whoa!" Zipp's voice came in. A sled came out of the room she and Pipp were sharing and it was heading down the stairs, heading towards the group. "Jump!" MC said. Then the grown ups of the Sparkle Family and MC jumped up and over the sled as it passed under them, going through the front door, and hitting something outside. Or rather, someone. "Gah!" came a voice. MC then looked towards the door and said, "You've gotta be kidding me." Then MC walked back outside, seeing some figures. "Oh, man. Not these guys again." "Well, well, well," the green bird said. "If it isn't Michael Crayton of the Freedom Fighters. Where's the rest of your team?" "Jet," MC said with a scowl on his face. "What's the matter, Jet? Going through a crisis after losing to Sonic so many times?" "Who are these guys?" Shining Armor asked. "The Babylon Rogues," MC said. "A team of Extreme Gear racers and treasure hunters. Their leader, Jet the Hawk, has been trying to race Sonic and prove he's the fastest thing alive, but only on the Extreme Gear." "Jet is the fastest thing alive!" the gray bird said. "Take it easy, Storm," the female bird said. "So, where are the other pathetic losers?" "They're spending Christmas somewhere else, Wave," MC said. "And I don't have time for your stuff." He then headed back inside. "Oh, I think you have time," Jet said. "Royal Breaker!" MC paused at what Jet just said, his eyes widened. "Oh, no," Twilight said. "What does that mean?" Velvet asked. "I've read it in the Crayton Family Journal," Twilight said. "Royal Breaker... is a word to challenge the Crayton family for the throne, and it cannot be turned down, otherwise, the royal family loses their royal status." MC then turned back towards Jet, scowling at them and said, "You're gonna regret that. Sonic would never do something like that to me." "I know," Jet said. "I just wanted to race you." He then pulled out something. "In fact..." He pulled out a rolled up poster and unrolled it, making MC and the Sparkle Family look at it. "The Extreme Gear Christmas Race?" MC asked. "Isn't that a team race?" "It is," Jet said. "I win, your whole fortune goes to me and my team." "And if I win?" MC asked. "Your decision," Jet said. "Fine," MC said. "I win, you stop challenging the Freedom Fighters to a race wherever you go when we're in that certain area!" "Deal," Jet said, extending his left hand. "I know that you're a natural lefty, so I'd figure you'd take it." MC then held out his left hand and shook Jet's. "See you on Christmas Eve." Then the Babylon Rogues left the area. "You didn't have to do that, Michael," Velvet said. "If those guys are a professional racing team, you're gonna need a team who are very good at Extreme Gear Racing," Night Light said. Then Blaze and Silver walked out, holding out some Extreme Gear boards. "We're in," Blaze said. Twilight, Velvet, Night Light, Shining Armor, Cadance and MC looked towards the two. MC then smirked. "You ride?" MC asked. "I've been getting some practice after our first meeting," Blaze said. "In fact, during my time in the alternate future, I've been teaching Silver how to ride." "Perfect," MC said, putting his hand in. Silver and Blaze did the same. "Let's do it. Team Dimension." Silver and Blaze nodded. A few days had passed. It was Christmas Eve. Everyone there was sitting at bleachers for Extreme Gear racing. MC, Silver and Blaze were at the side near the bleacher area, where Twilight, Shadow and Maria were looking down towards the three racers. "Are you sure you all can handle this?" Twilight asked. "A Crayton has never turned down Royal Breaker," MC said. "We've always come up on top and kept our status." "Does Sonic know about this?" Shadow asked. "Yes," MC said. "But he knows not to do it to me. It's... very personal." "I can understand that," Shadow said. "O... M... Goodness!" Pipp said, getting the attention of Twilight, MC, Shadow, Maria, Silver and Blaze. They all looked over, seeing Pipp holding her cell phone, Sunny, Zipp, Izzy and Hitch all looking at her. "Somepony, or rather, somebody filmed my performance! I'm trending here!" "Nice, sis," Zipp said. "Whoa! Look at all these comments! People want to make you a celebrity here!" Pipp then gasped and said, "Someone here runs a holiday concert tonight wants me to perform a Christmas Song. Oh, what should I do?" "You kidding?" MC asked. "In the future, you're the most famous pop star singer and trans setter throughout Zephyr Heights. You got this." "Racers, too the starting line!" came an announcer on the PA system. "Ooh hoo," Izzy said. "This is gonna be a great race! Frosty Shivers!" What they didn't see was Izzy's horn glowing in a blue aura. Just then, it started to snow. MC, Silver and Blaze, along with the Babylon Rogues, made it to the starting line. Along with some other racers. "The countdown will begin momentarily," the announcer said. Then the countdown started, and the racers started stepping back. "Why are they stepping back?" Twilight asked. "Wait for it," Maria said. When the countdown went to two seconds to start, the racers started running towards the starting line. Then they jumped on their boards, racing on the track. "So what's the goal of this race?" Twilight asked. "It's a full on lap around the mountain," Shadow said, reading a pamphlet. "They have to go up the track on the mountain, head into a tunnel that leads to a forest, and it'll lead you back to the starting line." "Whoa," Twilight said. "That's a long race." "Yeah," Izzy said, looking at the pamphlet. "What a track." She then looked around. "Ooh, snacks! Good for a good Frosty Shivers!" Twilight noticed Izzy's horn glowing blue. "What was that?" Twilight asked. Meanwhile, during the race, the racers were racing through the track. Jet's team was currently in third place with MC's team in last place. "It's time we take out the competition," Jet said. Wave and Storm nodded. Then they broke away. Storm went to one group and slammed his right arm towards one person, knocking that person off his Extreme Gear, him landing on other people, making them get knocked off as well. "Whoa!" MC said, dodging the people. "Already playing dirty, huh? Time to speed things up." MC then leaned forward speeding up in the process. MC leading forward was caught on camera, showing it on a screen where the people on the bleachers were watching. "What's he doing?" Sunny asked. "He's leaning forward, decreasing wind resistance," Zipp said. "Thereby increasing his speed," Twilight said. "If he keeps that up, he could win this." "But isn't this a team race?" Hitch asked. "Shouldn't he slow down for Silver and Blaze to catch up?" "Wait for it," Shadow said. On the screen, Silver and Blaze were catching up with MC, both of them leaning in the same position as MC. "Oh, there they are," Hitch said. Just then, Izzy came back with some hot chocolate. "Oh, hey Izzy." "Frosty Shivers!" Izzy said, handing over the hot chocolate to Sunny, Pipp, Zipp and Hitch. "What does that even mean?" Sunny asked. "It's something unicorns say around this time of year," Izzy said. "Really?" Twilight asked, looking back at the group. "So, what do you all do for Hearth's Warming?" "What's Hearth's Warming?" Hitch asked. "What?!" Twilight, Cadance, Shining Armor, Velvet and Night Light asked in unison. "You guys don't know what Hearth's Warming is?" Shining Armor asked. "Oh, wait," Twilight said. "MC said that his future, Post-Apocalyptic self had contained the Windigoes due to the ponies of the future fighting amongst one another." "Thereby, letting the ponies end up in war with each other over small things," Shadow said. "Well, since that is a future that will never come to be, who's thirsty?!" Izzy asked, holding out the hot chocolate. "Frosty Shivers to everyone!" Her horn then started glowing blue again. Meanwhile, on the track, Team Dimension and the Babylon Rogues were the last two teams on the track. MC and Jet were trying to get ahead of each other, but then they felt a chill. "Oooh," MC said. "Is it me, or is it getting colder up here?" "You know, you're right," Jet said. "How is it getting so cold?" Back at the starting line, a blizzard was coming in. "Ladies and gentlemen, an unexpected blizzard is starting to roll in!" the announcer said. "How will this affect the racers?! And will they find their way back to the starting line?!" "How is it getting so cold?" Maria asked. "I shoulda stayed in the cabin," Spike said. "I'm freezing my scales off." "How are you freezing?" Shadow asked. "Aren't you a fire breathing dragon?" "Dragon's are technically reptiles, which are cold blooded," Maria said. "Oh, right," Shadow said. Back in the race, team Dimension and the Babylon Rogues made it to the tunnel, out of the blizzard. Both teams, except Blaze, were all freezing. "I've seen really bad blizzards in America," MC said. "But this one is the worst one I've ever seen." "Something must've triggered some kind of weather phenomenon in the sky," Wave said. "It's a high probability." "Blaze!" Silver said. "Think you can warm us all up?" "Alright," Blaze said. "Prepare yourselves, everyone. It's about to get hot in here." Then Blaze started glowing in an orange aura, emitting some heat. Everyone there started feeling warmer. "That actually feels pretty good," Storm said. He then looked ahead. "Incoming!" The group looked up and saw that the tunnel exit was blocked by snow. It was shown on the monitor back at the starting line. "It seems that the racers have their path blocked up ahead!" the announcer called out. "Will this be the end for the race?!" "Oh, no!" Twilight said. Back in the tunnel, team Dimension and the Babylon Rogues were heading towards the snow patch fast. "Blaze, melt us a path through!" MC called out. "Got it!" Blaze said. She then took the lead and then she released fire from her hands, firing fireballs towards the patch ahead, melting the snow ahead. They eventually came out through a big hole in the snow, going through the forest. "There's too much snow!" Wave said. "I can't see where the path lines are!" "I'm not done yet!" Blaze said. "Let's stop before we continue!" Then they all stopped, keeping Blaze in the lead. Blaze then used her heat powers to melt the snow, clearing the path. But the snow kept coming down hard. "There's too much ice!" Jet said as all of them were covering their eyes from the falling snow. "What is causing this?!" "Wait a minute," MC shouted through the blizzard. "I know what this is! Before Sunny and her friends came here from the future, Hitch's grandma Figgy had a tale of different pony type traditions! And the unicorns were trying to find a spell to bring snow to have a good time! And I know what that spell is!" "Well, what is it?!" Silver asked. "Frosty Shivers!" MC called out. Back at the starting line, the crowd were watching the group. The Sparkle Family, Sunny and her friends all gasped at what MC just said. "Frosty Shivers?!" Hitch asked. "It was Izzy who caused this snowstorm?!" "I... I didn't know!" Izzy said. "I thought it was a tradition!" "Well, we're gonna have to find a way to reverse this spell!" Twilight said. "Well, what am I supposed to say?!" Izzy asked. "Warm Wishiehoof?!" Just then, Izzy's horn started glowing orange, which made the snowstorm die down. "Hey! I think it's working!" Shadow said, looking up. "It must be," Maria said. "Just a few more times, Izzy!" Izzy smiled and looked up. She then said, "Warm Wishiehoof! Warm Wishiehoof! Warm Wishiehoof! Warm Wishiehoof!" Her horn was shining brighter every time she said the words. It was enough to stop the snow storm. Back with team Dimension and the Babylon Rogues, the two teams still had their faces covered, trying to keep the storm out of their eyes. Just then, the snow storm dropped down to a minimum. "The snow storm's dying down!" Jet said. He then looked at MC. "You know what... it's Christmas. Let's finish this race in a tie." MC sniffed and said, "You smell of truth. Let's do this." The two of them then fist bumped. Then they all started continuing towards the starting line. All of them got in position of finishing the race together. "Here they come!" the announcer said. "Which team will make it to the finish line first?! Team Dimension, or the Babylon Rogues?!" They eventually made it to the finish line, all six racers finishing at the same time. "It's a tie!" "A tie?!" Twilight asked. "Did they plan that on purpose?!" MC, Blaze and Silver stopped as the Babylon Rogues kept going. Jet looked back at the group and nodded. The three of them kept going, but crashed into some really strong glass. "Ooooooh!" MC, Blaze and Silver said in unison. Then they started laughing. "That was ironic!" MC said as the Sparkle Family, Shadow, Maria, Sunny and her friends walked up to them. "What is?" Twilight asked. "Birds can't see glass," MC said. That made them all laugh. "Sorry, Jet!" "All good!" Jet said, raising a thumb. At a stage in the resort, the crowd was getting ready to watch the performance of Pipp Petals. Behind the curtains, Pipp was getting nervous. "Oh, man," Pipp said. "I'm so nervous." Then Twilight and Sunny walked up to her. "Pipp, weren't you a famous pop star back in the future?" Twilight asked. "I was, but that was when all my Pipp-squeaks gave me the encouragement to let me keep going," Pipp said. "But since none of them are born yet, it makes me so nervous!" "Chill, sis," Zipp said, flying down to her. "You got this. It's not like you haven't sung during the holidays before." "True," Pipp said. "But you were always there singing with me." "You sing with her, Zipp?" Twilight asked. "Around this time of year for the..." Zipp said before being joined in by Pipp. "Zephyr Heights Wishentine Royal Carousel Concert," Pipp and Zipp said in unison. "Woowee, that takes a long time to say," Izzy said, walking up to the group. "Right?" Pipp and Zipp asked in unison. Twilight then thought of something and said, "I've got an idea." In the crowd, MC was sitting with the Sparkle Family, Shadow, Hitch, Silver and Blaze. He then looked around. "Where's Sparkles?" MC asked. "That's odd," Shining said. "Twylie's usually here with us for time with her family." "Maria's not here either," Shadow said. Just then, Izzy came to the group. "Where have you been?" "Oh, just talking with the others backstage," Izzy said. "Well, we might as well have a good ol' Frost..." Just then, Shadow and MC covered her mouth. "Don't ever... say that spell... again," Shadow said, making Izzy nod. "Ladies and Gentlemen," came an announcer's voice. "The Denver Ski Resort Christmas Spectacular is proud to present, upcoming pop star, Pipp Petals, performing 'All I Want for Christmas is You'. And to our surprise, she will not be performing alone, but with some friends of hers." Then the curtains opened up, revealing Twilight, Sunny, Pipp, Zipp and Maria on stage. "What are they doing?" Shining asked. "Oh, this is gonna be good," Izzy said. Then the music started, making Pipp start the lyrics. Eventually, all of them kept singing the lyrics to the song, getting the crowd into the beat. Eventually, the song ended, and everyone had to go on back to their rooms before they froze. The Sparkle Family, MC, Shadow, Maria, Silver, Blaze, Sunny and their friends made it back to their cabin. MC opened up the door. "You sure you didn't want to sit on Santa's lap, Joshua?" MC asked. "I'm kinda too old to still believe in Santa Claus," Joshua said. "Besides... he probably won't see me tonight." "Besides," Shadow said. "The people at GUN had been looking up at the North Pole for years. There's no Santa Claus because there's no workshop at the North Pole." He then looked towards the tree and saw something that wasn't there before. "Did... you do some extra Christmas Shopping?" The group then looked towards the tree and saw some presents that weren't there before. MC then said, "He couldn't have come early this year, could he?" "Wait," Shadow said. "You believe in Santa Claus?" "I've met him," MC said, picking up a present. "The real Santa Claus. You see, Santa doesn't live at the North Pole. The reason why you couldn't find him at the North Pole is because his workshop was never there in the first place." "Then, where is his workshop?" Nyx asked. "There's a reason why the North Star shines the brightest," MC said. "The North Star is where Santa lives?" Joshua asked. "Wow. No one has ever thought about looking there." MC then saw a note on the tree. He then opened it up. "What the heck?" MC asked. "What is it?" Twilight asked. "This note... it's written in my hand writing," MC said. He then checked to see who it was from. "It's from me... from the Post Apocalyptic future." The note read: "To Sunny and friends, if you're reading this, then you may have received the gifts I've sent you from the future. To make your stay in that time seem closer to home. To let you all know, with what you've all believed in, especially you, Sunny, Equestria has harmony and magic once again. Hopefully, your counterparts in that current universe you have now will do the same. I know you'll adjust well living in the past. Signed, King Michael Crayton. PS... Pipp, Zipp, you might want to let your present out to do some business." "Why would future MC suggest that?" Zipp asked. Just then, one of the presents started shaking. Pipp and Zipp then looked at each other in confusion. The two of them walked over towards the shaking box. The tag on the box said, "To Pipp and Zipp". They then opened up the box and they were surprised to see what was in it. Pipp and Zipp gasped and said, "Cloudpuff!" The winged dog then jumped on them, licking their faces. "What is that thing?" Maria asked. "It's Pipp and Zipp's family pet," MC said. "That was nice of them." "Hey, look," Hitch said, opening up his gift. "I've got my family's photo album." "My family's photo album too," Sunny said. "Ooh!" Izzy said. "Some of Alphabittle's cookies!" She then scarfed them all down in one gulp. "I'm pretty sure that Izzy is somehow a descendant of Pinkie Pie," MC said, making the other ponies in the room nod. Then all of them laughed. Just then, it zoomed out, showing the outside of the cabin. And flying over the top was a sleigh being pulled by nine reindeer. The lead reindeer had a glowing red nose. And as it was going over, a voice came from the sleigh. "Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas to All, and to All a Good Night!" Author's Note Next Episode: The Wisp Saga (Part 1): Alien Roundup
Episode 14: The Wisp Saga (Part 1): Alien RoundupEpisode 14: The Wisp Saga (Part 1): Alien Roundup There was some sort of space station that was above Earth's atmosphere, connected to Earth by a giant elevator. The station also had some planets that were connected by laser chains. At the main station, it was themed like an amusement park with the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, MC, Maria, Sunny, Hitch, Izzy, Pipp and Zipp walking in. "Welcome to Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park, where you can enjoy five planets for the price of one!" Eggman's voice came in on a speaker. He loves to hear his own lips flap, but I gotta hand it to the Eggster, this place is epic," Sonic said. "Everyone and their brother is gonna want to come here." "No doubt but now I'm not sure why we're here," Tails said. "This place looks totally harmless." "He always wants you to think that," MC said. "Besides, if Eggman's up to something, it's gotta be bad." "Aww..." Pinkie said, looking around. "But this place is so fun looking!" "Yeah!" Izzy added. "I wanna go on the fun rides!" "I'm not so sure that that's the right thing to do, Izzy," Hitch said. "After all, does he have the official building permits to make this entire park." "Eggman doesn't care about laws unless its his," Twilight said. She then looked around. "But what the heck are those things that are connected to this place?" "Planets," MC said. "There's a small probability that life forms may be on each planet." "Life forms? Other planets?" Sunny asked. "Are you saying that aliens exist?! Oh, man! This could be a huge scientific discovery!" "We've already been attacked by evil aliens before you five got here, Sunny," Maria said. "Yeah," Tails said. "And it's because of those aliens she mentioned is why Truemen has a metal arm now." "Ouch," Sunny said. "So where do we start lookin'?" Applejack asked. "Eggman is somewhere on this metal amusement park o' death!" "I have a suggestion," Fluttershy said. "What is it, Flutters?" MC asked. "Um... Huh?" Fluttershy asked. "You're... the first one who actually heard what I want to say?" "I have great hearing," MC said. "Now, you were saying?" "How about we ask those two chasing those creatures there?" Fluttershy asked, pointing at two robots. "What the heck are those?" Twilight asked. "Eggman's always making new mechs to serve him," Sonic said. Then he started running towards the bots. The two robots were trying to capture some creatures. "Yee haw! Git along, li'l aliens!" said the cube shaped robot in a southern accent. "Your voice chip is stuck on cowboy again!" said the round robot. "Stop talking and net those aliens!" "You got it partner!" the cube shaped bot said. "Come on here, you little varmints, come back here! I'm gonna get you! Hey, come here! I gotcha! I gotcha!" He was about to snatch the aliens, but Sonic rushed in and grabbed them before the robot caught them in the net. "Huh?!" Sonic then appeared on a platform with the two aliens surrounding him. He then said, "Hey, what's going on?" Just then, the cyan creature flew into his body and he became something. He then zoomed off ahead, destroying every robot in sight, making the other heroes watch. "Whoa!" MC said. "Did you see that?!" "He just became a living laser!" Twilight said. "Those little creatures are so interesting!" "If Eggman wants them for some reason, we can't let him get them!" Sunny said. "Let's go!" Then they all nodded and started running across the place. MC smashed a container full of white aliens, releasing them. MC then looked at them as they were flying around him in delight. MC then smirked. "I have no idea what you're all saying, but I know you're all pleased," MC said. The aliens nodded and started flying away from him. He then saw Tails with one alien while he was tinkering with his Miles Electric. The Mane 6, Maria, Sunny and her friends walked up to Tails as well. "What the heck are you doing with your Miles Electric?" "I'm trying to create a new feature so we can understand what these things are saying," Tails said. "It's not as easy as it looks. Hmm. Now, let me see. Gotta connect the framistatic capacitor to the maximizing modulationzor..." The creature then started talking. "I wish I knew what you were saying, little guy. Or gal. Or whatever you are." Then a Cyan laser came in, revealing it to be Sonic. Oh man! That... was... CRAZY!" "It looked crazy to all of us," Twilight said. "And awesome!" Rainbow Dash said. "You became a living laser for a moment! How did that happen?" "I absorbed those aliens and got powered up with like, some kind of wild energy!" Sonic replied. "And after a few seconds they'd pop outta me!" "There's gotta be some kind of logical explanations for that," Hitch said. "This is definitely something I have to look up," Zipp said, pulling out her phone and spoke into it. "New mystery update. Alien creatures that can distribute powers into figures just by absorbing them. Cyan alien power, laser. Able to make absorber go at high speed at any angle towards any enemy and bounce off towards another one." "These things are so strange," Rarity said. "But... strangely useful in some situations I suppose." "It's kinda hard for me to believe," Tails said. Then the creature started talking in a non-understandable language. "Okay, seriously, we need to find Eggman and figure out why he's catching these aliens fits into whatever heinous plan he's hatching," Sonic said. "And wreck his plan, right?" Tails asked. "Obviously," MC said. "What else do we have to do when Eggman's up to something. The others nodded. Twilight then looked towards Sunny. "Sunny," Twilight said. "I need to talk to you about your... magic." "My magic?" Sunny asked. "It would seem that your magic hasn't left you since you became an alicorn thanks to the Chaos Emeralds," Twilight said. "I think that you were destined to be an alicorn to lead the Equestria of your time to help the ponies of Equestria in that time to help keep Harmony among the other ponies." "Huh," Sunny said. "All I was doing was just being myself. Like when you showed me around Ponyville. I wanted to help some ponies on some of their eating habits, and nopony was paying any attention. Then when I became an alicorn, everypony just... seemed interested in me." "Alicorns are technically royalty in Equestria," Twilight said. "Believe me. I've had a hard time adjusting to being an alicorn full time when I got these." Twilight then unfolded her wings to show Sunny what she was talking about. "But since your wings are ethereal and not flesh, bone or feathers, you're only a part-time alicorn." "I guess that makes sense," Sunny said. "Although, I might just have to... adjust... to what I have." "We'd better get going," Twilight said. Sunny nodded and the two ran over to catch up with the others. At another part of the place, Eggman was looking at all of the collected alien creatures. He was even counting them himself. "...twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five... Bah! Not nearly enough aliens!" Eggman said. He then looked towards the two robots. "Want us to get more?" the orb shaped robot asked. "No, I want you to get me a cheeseburger and a shake," Eggman said, sarcastically. "That'll be easier," the cube shaped robot said in a cowboy voice. "Cheeseburgers don't run as fast as them l'il alien varmints." "IDIOT! Get me more aliens!" Eggman demanded. Then the two robots started hovering away. But then the cube shaped bot turned around. "Y'all want fries with that?" the cube shaped bot asked. Eggman then threw a wrench at him, the wrench hitting the robot in the face. "OHH...! I reckon' that hurt a bit..." He was heading off in a direction away from the round shaped bot, but then he realized where he was going. "Wait a minute! I need to go over yonder! Heh, sorry." "Hmm... Precious little aliens!" Eggman said, looking at the Wisps. "I'll harness their Hyper-go-on power and then nothing will stop me! I know, I say that every time, but this time, really, nothing will stop me!" The round shaped robot returned, looking in one direction, saying, "Eh, boss?" "What?" Eggman asked before seeing where the round shaped bot was looking. "SONIC!?" "Who you calling 'nothing'?" Sonic asked as he was standing with the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, MC and Maria. The robots from earlier came in and floated in front of Eggman's transport. The cube shaped bot then asked, "Huh?" "He means since the boss said 'nothing will stop me' and Sonic here is going to stop him, it's like the boss was calling Sonic 'nothing'," the orb shaped bot said. "Great! I thought nobody would get that," Sonic said. "Fine! You're so smart, robot, you take care of this mess!" Eggman said, pointing at the round shaped robot. "Release the Big Boy! At least I know he won't screw it up!" Then the transport he was in put up a dome over him. "Hasta la bye bye, suckers!" "Wait! Wait for me!" the round robot said, chasing after Eggman. Just then, over a gate, a huge machine came in, holding onto a Ferris Wheel like ride. "Whoa," Rainbow Dash said. "Never fought a Ferris Wheel before," MC said. "Should be interesting." "Guess it's time for us to start stopping," Sonic said. Then they all headed towards the robot. Sonic jumped on the cube shaped bot's head, and catching up with the others. "I git it!" the cube shaped bot said. The Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, Sonic, MC and Maria were fighting the machine that was climbing all over the Ferris Wheel. It fired lasers and tried grabbing some heroes. "Whoa!" Zipp said. "Okay. This thing is mad!" "You got that right," Rainbow Dash said as she grabbed Zipp just as the robot was about to attack her. MC then looked up at the robot, looking at it dead in the eye, and he smirked. He then said, "Found it's weak point." He then whistled and called out, "Yo, cyan guy!" Then the Cyan Alien looked towards MC. "Mind helping me take this guy out?!" Then the Cyan Alien flew towards MC and got absorbed into him. Then MC became a living laser, attacking the creature in the eye. Combined with MC's claws, the damage was more destructive. Then the robot started coming apart, and it spread across the place. "Wowie Zowie!" Pinkie and Izzy said in unison. Then they looked at each other and they started laughing. "MC, you are something else!" Sonic said. Then MC came back to the group. "I need a vacation," MC said, his head spinning. "Man, am I dizzy." "I'm sure it'll pass," Maria said. "We should get back to Tails." They all nodded and started moving over to where Tails was. Twilight then looked up, looking at the Earth that was above them at the moment. She then said, "What a view. Sure, the ARK had a good view of the planet below, but here, there aren't any windows to block certain views." "Yeah, you're right," Maria said, looking up. "And to think, that creature you called Chip, said that your entire world was just a missing piece of the planet we had here." "Oh, yes," Rarity said. "I still wonder how something like that was even possible." "Chaos Control," MC said. "Obviously, Chip needed a lot of power to transport the Equestrian Continent from our world to somewhere in the cosmos for its own safety from Dark Gaia." "MC's right," Sonic said "It'd take a lot of power just to send a part of a continent to another part of the universe. If Equestria was originally a part of Earth, it would've been written in the Gaia Manuscripts." "Perhaps they are," Zipp said. "I'm probably going to have to ask Professor Pickle about that to see if it's true." "That's actually a good call, Zipp," Twilight said. "We'll do that once we get back down to Earth." Eventually, the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, Sonic, MC and Maria went back to Tails who was with the white alien from before. "Okay, just tighten this last bolt..." Tails said, making an adjustment to his Miles Electric. Then he saw the group walking up to them. "Oh, there you all are. Where'd you run off to?" "I did a little shopping, grabbed a bite to eat, and trashed a giant killer robot," Sonic answered. "Oh. Really?" Tails asked. "They've got shopping here too?" "This place has everything," Pipp said. "If this place wasn't an evil base, I'd take a selfie right now and send it to my new Pipp-Squeaks." "Pipp-Squeaks?" Rarity asked. "It's what she calls her fans," Zipp said. "She's a very popular singer and trendsetter back in our timeline." "Ah, that makes sense," Rarity said. "So, how's that translation app you're making coming along?" MC asked, looking at Tails. "I think it's done," Tails said. "It's in binary code so, only I can read it." Then a satellite dish attached to the Miles Electric started aiming towards the alien. "Okay, ask away." Sonic cleared his throat and asked, "Who are you and what is happening to your people?" The alien then started speaking in a non-understandable language, which Tails was looking at his Miles Electric, trying to see what the creature was saying. "Okay, he says his name is 'Talks a lot' and he's from a far away soda and where flowers water them with dances," Tails said what he was reading. "That is not what he said," MC said, shaking his head. The alien was shaking his head as well. "See, he agrees with me." He then thought of something. "You are a 'he', right?" The alien then nodded. "Good. 'Cause that would've been awkward." "I think your machine still has some bugs," Sonic said. "I don't see any bugs on his machine," Pinkie said. "I'm sure it's a figure of speech, Pinkie," Hitch said. "Yeah. I think I can figure this out though," Tails said. He then tweaked the Miles Electric. "Okay, he said his name is Yacker. He's from a race of beings called 'Wisps'." The alien, known as Yacker, started nodding. "Lisps?" Sonic asked. "No, he said Wisps," Twilight said. "With a W." "Wisps," MC said. "Like Will o' the Wisps, from Scottish Lore?" "Oh, yeah," Maria said. "Just like in that Disney Pixar Movie, Brave." "Perhaps the Scottish found some kind of evidence that these guys were on Earth many years ago and it must've fallen to legend," Zipp said. "That's a possibility," Tails said. "Yeah, I'll just stick with aliens if that's OK with everybody," Sonic said. "Sure, so anyways, they are either being used for their magical powers by an evil man, or to make underwear to be worn by salad," Tails said, not understanding the translation. Sonic and Yacker were exasperated from what Tails was saying. Then Yacker went into a pleading position. "I just hear save them, save them, over and over." "When I was running around trashing robots I saw a map that had a couple of interesting places," Sonic said. "Think I'll go check them out, and maybe save some aliens." MC then looked around and he sensed something. He then said, "Interesting." "What is it?" Twilight asked. "I sense a Chaos Emerald here," MC said. "Perhaps we should go get the Emerald before going to other worlds." "He's right," Tails said. "If Eggman has the Emeralds, it could be bad. It's best we get them before he can use them for evil." "Then let's find it," Twilight said. "Then we'll get off of this part and move onto the other places." "Let's move it," Sonic said. Then they all spread out, trying to find the Chaos Emerald that was there. The Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, Sonic, Maria and MC were looking everywhere for the Chaos Emerald that was there. Meanwhile, the two robots from earlier were cleaning up the battle. "The bossman said to wrangle every piece o' this mess," the cube shaped bot said. "When you consider what we're doin' from a robot's point of view, it's actually pretty gruesome." "Don't think about it," the sphere shaped bot said. "Iffin' ya say so," the cube shaped bot said. The sphere shaped bot then looked around and said, "I'm missing an arm. Have you got an arm?" "Naw, but really, how much can it matter?" the cube shaped bot asked. "I guess it can't matter much," the sphere shaped bot said. He then set his tools aside and the two hovered off. But what they didn't know is that on a tower, the arm from the robot was wedged in, some purple gas leaking from the tower. Meanwhile, MC was looking all over the place for the Chaos Emerald that was there. He was looking around for it, but he couldn't find it. "Odd," MC said. "I sense it, but I can't see it." He then jumped to the ground, where Twilight and Sunny were. "Are you sure you sense it?" Sunny asked. "It could be a fluke." "It's not a fluke, Sunny," MC said. "I'm sure it's here somewhere." Twilight then looked up at the lamps. She saw that most of them were glowing white while one was glowing green. She then said, "Uh... MC. Look at that lamp." She pointed at the lamp. MC and Sunny looked towards where Twilight was pointing. They looked at the other lamps. "Out of the seven Chaos Emeralds, they couldn't use the white one to disguise it as a lamp?" MC asked. He then went to the lamppost, and ripped off the top. He then grabbed what was in it. "Seriously... they couldn't use the white one?" MC asked. "Who even put this one in there? Cubot?" "Cubot?" Twilight asked. "Eggman has given those two robots names," MC said. "The red round one is Orbot, and the yellow cube one is Cubot. For obvious reasons." "That makes sense," Sunny said. "So, should we go find the others?" "Might as well," MC said. "Let's move out." Then they headed over towards Tails. He then held up his communicator wrist and said, "MC here. Sparkles, Sunny and I have the Chaos Emerald. Meet over with Tails." Tails looked up at MC and asked, "Where'd you find it?" "Some idiot bot thought it'd be a good idea to disguise the Chaos Emerald as a lamp," MC said. "If you're going to disguise it, at least use a color that matches the other ones." Then Sonic ran in, saying, "I agree. All the lamp lights are white. Why hide the Green Chaos Emerald in a lamp? It's too obvious to not know it's not the right place to hide it." Then the rest of the group came in. MC then checked out the souvenir map. He then said, "This place has five planets connected to it. Are there any more of these Wisps on them?" Yacker nodded and spoke in its unrecognizable language. "He says to go up to each airport to brave the mothers?" Tails asked, reading his translator. "That is not what he said," Hitch said, with Yacker shaking his head. "Were you trying to say, 'save the others'?" Yacker nodded. "So, I guess we should go there." He then pointed at one planet. "Which planet is that?" "According to the map, that planet is known as... Sweet Mountain," MC said. "Ironically, it's an entire planet... made outta baked goods." "Oooooooh!" Pinkie and Izzy said in unison. "Don't even think about it!" MC said. "This is a mission, not a vacation." "Then let's get moving," Twilight said. Then they all headed towards where Sweet Mountain was." Everyone of them headed for the place. While they were doing that, Eggman was watching them from one camera from his base. Eggman was groaning as he was watching. "That was stupid," Eggman said. "I can't believe those robots actually hid the Chaos Emerald in there instead of somewhere else!" Meanwhile, the heroes arrived at Sweet Mountain. the group looked around at all the sweets around them. "This place is weird," MC said. "More like sweet!" came Pinkie's voice. The group looked towards her and they saw her leaning down and licking the ground as she was walking. "What did I say about this place?!" MC asked, raising his voice. "Forget it, MC," Twilight said. "When it comes to Pinkie's appetite, she's gonna listen to her stomach rather than to her friends." MC grumbled. "How do you put up with her zaniness?" MC asked. "We've all gotten used to her zany self," Rainbow Dash said. "Twilight's still trying to figure it out herself." "I'm gonna have to agree with Pinkie," Izzy said. She was eating a piece of the ground from under her feet. MC sighed and said, "I don't eat what I step on." He then walked over towards one area and saw a capsule container containing a different kind of alien. "Whoa. What do we have here?" Yacker started speaking and Tails was translating. He said, "Yacker said that this one is... a frill wisp, and has the ability to frill through burps?" "That is not what he said," Hitch said. MC groaned and said, "Only one way to know what he's saying due to that faulty translator." MC then punched the capsule and the alien absorbed itself into MC. MC then went down into the ground, leaving a big hole in the ground. "Whoa!" Twilight said. "Wait a minute. It doesn't say 'frill'. It says..." Then a yellow drill came out of the ground, going 20 feet up in the air. MC and the alien separated and land near the group. "Drill." "Oh, that makes much more sense," Tails said. "So, how deep you go?" "200 meters in the ground," MC said. "My claws combined with the drill made it even sharper." "Well, we're gonna have to be careful when we work with this guy," Sunny said. "Any sign of the Chaos Emerald?" "Not from down there," MC said. "It's not in this area." He then grabbed the Chaos Emerald and used it as a compass. When he faced in one direction, the Chaos Emerald started glowing brighter. "It's that way." "Then that's where we're going," Sonic said. "Let's move!" Then they all started heading off in the direction. They continued running off in one direction. Author's Note Next episode: The Wisp Saga (Part 2): Planetary Discoveries
Episode 15: The Wisp Saga (Part 2): Planetary DiscoveriesEpisode 15: The Wisp Saga (Part 2): Planetary Discoveries The Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, Sonic, Tails, MC and Maria were walking throughout the planet. Pinkie Pie ate as she was walking. MC grumbled and said, "Pinkie, I think it's best if you watch your weight." "Why would I need to watch my weight?" Pinkie asked. "It's not like it's going anywhere." "That's actually not gonna happen, Michael," Rarity said. "Pinkie Pie has been able to eat as much food as she wants and not gain any weight." "I've heard of fast metabolisms, but that's just ridiculous," Tails said. "Any sign of the Chaos Emerald yet?" "It should be around here somewhere," MC said. He then smelled around. "Something's not right." "You're telling me!" Pinkie said. "All this dessert, and no chocolate sauce to pour on it!" "Not that," MC said. "I sense something wrong here. Really wrong." They then came across a generator of some kind. "Experience has taught me to investigate anything that glows," Sonic said, looking at the generator. Then the place started shaking. "Huh?" "What's going on?!" Sunny asked. Just then, a huge pirate ship came in from the cliff side. "Experience has also taught me that the best way to solve problems is to kick robot butt," Sonic said. Then Eggman's voice came on a speaker. "Visitors are cautioned to avoid feeding, petting, or saving any aliens." "Excuse me, giant killer robot," Sonic called out. "You wanna do this the hard way or the easy way?" "That's just a ship, Sonic," Twilight said. "Obviously the one who's taking the helm is the evil robot." Just then, the robot who took the helm came to the side of the ship. "Okay, that makes sense," Sonic said. "Let's dance." "You guys go," MC said. "Tails and I will see something about this generator." MC and Tails then ran towards the Generator. Twilight, Sonic and Sunny went towards the ship. The rest of the ponies and Maria stood by MC and Tails. Twilight, Sonic and Sunny were fighting the robot pirate while the others were seeing how the generator was working. "Okay, looks like this thing is feeding off of something," Tails said. "Whatever it is, it's powerful." "I think I know," MC said. He then punched into the generator and ripped something out. "Huh," Tails said. "That makes sense." Just then, the generator shut down. "Okay, so how are we gonna get back to the main part of Eggman's Space Theme Park?" "Why else would we bring Maria with us?" MC asked. "Chaos Control," Maria said, getting the hint. "Of course. I get it." MC then handed Maria both the Chaos Emeralds they had. "Huh. Is it Christmastime already?" That made the group laugh. "I get it," Hitch said. "Since the traditional Christmas colors are red and green, and we have the red and green emeralds." "I've been meaning to ask, why aren't most of the Emeralds green?" Pipp asked. "The Chaos Emeralds all used to be green, but due to evolution, they changed colors," MC said. "They haven't been green for, at least, 30 years." "That's true," Tails said. "I bet even Chip knew that." Just then, the pirate ship blew up. The group looked up at it and saw Twilight, Sonic and Sunny coming right towards them. "Hey, guys. You missed the BBBE," Sonic said. "Huh?" Tails asked as he started fidgeting with his Miles Electric. "Best Boss Beating Ever!" Sonic said as he was striking some poses. "I've seen better," Twilight said. "Remember the Egg Golem?" "Oh, right," Sonic said. "MC took that attack on purpose so he could absorb himself into the Egg Golem and turn the tables on Bokkun." "Yacker," MC said, looking at the alien. "Any more info about what's going on here?" The antenna on Tails's Miles Electric aimed itself towards Yacker as he started speaking. Tails then said, "It's still not 100%, but I think I can translate as best as I can." He then started reading. "It seems that these creatures are made up of... 'Pied Pipers and So Han'? No, that's not right. Oh, Hyper-go-ons. It's inside them." "So, it's like some sort of battery?" Sonic asked. "Oh, maybe it's their life source," Twilight said. Yacker nodded vigorously. "Perhaps you're right, Twilight," Tails said. "When you guys absorbed it, you got a taste of what happened. 'Battery' is sort of an understatement. The funny thing: it was first translating as 'horrible body odor.'" "Eww," Rarity and Pipp said. "Well, it's a good thing that was only a mis-translation," Rarity said, making Pipp nod. "So, what was Eggman trying to do with these things?" Zipp asked. "Well, it seems an evil man, and you might know him, who they call 'Baldy Nosehair' was..." Tails said, that was when the group, except MC and Maria, started laughing. MC only smirked. "Baldy Nosehair?!" Sonic asked. "Oh, man. I remember MC using something like that when Equestria first came to Earth. Or should I say, came back to Earth." "What was it that you called him that day, MC?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Baldy McNosehair," MC said. "Right after I shaved his head clean." "You shaved his head?" Maria asked. "Wow. Good thing you're not a barber." "I'd almost thought that he'd come back one day with a really bad toupee," MC said. "I know," Tails said. "That would've been hilarious. Anyway, he's draining them of their power, all of their power, and using it for an evil..." He then tried translating what Yacker was saying. "...aquatic mammal? An evil dolphin? No, a porpoise!" He then got the translation. "Oh! An evil purpose." "That's great intel. Keep working on it," Sonic said. He then started walking off. "Hey, where ya goin'?" Tails asked. "To find Baldy McNosehair, of course," Sonic said before chuckling. "I'm totally calling him McNosehair." "Oh, boy," MC said. "Let's just..." He then saw another Wisp container. "What's this one?" MC then punched open the container, and a new Wisp came out. "Whoa!" Rainbow Dash said. "That one looks awesome!" "Looks almost like a firework," Twilight said. "No... it's a rocket!" MC said. That was when the orange wisp absorbed itself into MC. Then MC changed into a rocket and he went sky high. "Definitely a rocket," Tails said, looking up. They continued looking up for five seconds until Tails spoke up again. "Oh, he's coming back down." MC was screaming all the way down and he crashed into the ground, leaving a hole in his shape in the ground. Then MC came out of the ground 10 feet away from the hole. The group came around MC. "There are three ponies with horns, five ponies with wings, and a flying two-tailed fox, and none of you could've caught me?" MC asked. "Sorry," Twilight said. "But, none of us knew if you were heavy or light." "Because of my density manipulation, I get it," MC said. "But still..." He then got out of the hole. "We need to get going. Who knows what Baldy McNosehair's up to." Then the group started laughing. "Meh, you called him that first," Sonic said. "At least in this series," Pinkie Pie said, bouncing around. "Alright, Maria," MC said. "Let's get off this planet." "On it," Maria said. The group then got closer to each other. "Chaos... Control!" Then they all vanished, heading towards a different part of the base. Meanwhile, back at Eggman's security room, Eggman was watching the group as they were leaving the planet. "It seems that Maria has mastered Chaos Control on her own," Eggman said. "So, what are you gonna do about it, boss?" Orbot asked. "Oh, they won't get far with the Chaos Emeralds," Eggman said. "Not with what I have planned. As soon as I get enough of those aliens, I will rule the world." "Y'all thinkin' he's goin' a li'l overboard there, partner?" Cubot asked, looking at Orbot. "He's always been this way," Orbot said. "I just hope that he doesn't do anything too dangerous." "I heard that!" Eggman said, standing up. "I'm going to use whatever power we've gotten from those aliens and see if they'll get what I need to make the world mine!" He then walked out of the room. "Oh, this is not going to be good," Orbot said. "Yer tellin' me," Cubot said. "Wanna round up more o' them varmints?" "If it'll cheer the boss up," Orbot said. Then they headed out of there. The group of heroes arrived back at the main part of Eggman's space amusement park. MC then pulled up a map and the group looked at it. "Okay, looks like what's next is the Starlight Carnival," MC said. He then got a good look at it. "Almost reminds me of Rainbow Road from those Mario Kart games." "Makes sense," Sonic said. "Even though this is basically an evil base, Joshua would get a kick out of that world," Twilight said. Just then, Pinkie Pie started laughing. "Pinkie, why are you laughing?!" "Check out this video that's trending!" Pinkie said, showing the video to the others. It showed Apple Bloom and Scootaloo trying to catch Cloudpuff. "Sweetie Belle!" Apple Bloom said in the video. "Stop recordin' this and help us catch this pooch!" "Sorry, but this is just too funny!" Sweetie Belle's voice came from the video. "I just couldn't help but record this!" MC sighed and said, "Told you not to leave Cloudpuff with the Crusaders." "They seemed trustworthy and responsible!" Pipp said. "Trustworthy, yes," Applejack said. "Responsible... a little on the fence." "Let's get going," Sonic said. Then they all started heading off towards the next planet. As they were walking, someone was walking in behind them. A metal arm was placed on MC's right shoulder, shocking the gray fox. He then grabbed the metal arm and flipped what was attached to it to be flipped over, with a southern woman's voice screaming. "What in the--?" MC asked, seeing who he flipped. "'Sup, sugah," Bunnie said. "Sorry for the scare there." "Bunnie?!" the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, MC and Maria all asked in unison. MC then helped Bunnie up. Sunny and her friends noticed Bunnie's arm and legs and all gasped. "Look out!" Zipp said. "She's a cyborg!" "Stand down, Zipp," MC said. "Bunnie may be half robot, but she's one of us. A Freedom Fighter." "Right as rain, sugah," Bunnie said. "Bunnie D'Coolette. A pleasure ta meet ya." "Bunnie, meet Sunny, Hitch, Pipp, Zipp and Izzy," MC said. "They're all from 200 years in the future." "200 years?" Bunnie asked. "No way. Time travel hasn't been accomplished yet." "Sonic... Maria..." MC said. "Do it." Maria then gave Sonic one of the Chaos Emeralds, and they held them close together. Then the two hedgehogs said in unison, "Chaos... Control!" Then a time portal opened up above them. "Oh mah starz!" Bunnie said. "What is that?!" "It's a Space-Time rift," MC said. "It can open up to a portal anywhere in time. Whether it's in the distant past or the far future." "Like this one time we had to come back from a post-apocalyptic future," Tails said. "No way, it couldn't be that bad," Bunnie said. "Everything was on fire," Sonic said. "Even a tornado there," MC said. "I've been having visions of that future in my dreams for a certain amount of time." "Zat is something hard to believe," came another voice. The group looked towards the voice and they saw more of their friends. Sally Acorn, Antoine D'Coolette and Rotor. "You're all here?" Sonic asked. "No way we'd miss this adventure," Sally said. "So, what are we dealing with?" "Eggman's trying to steal energy from little aliens to take over the world," Sonic said. "What for, we still don't know," MC added. "Well, we've seen him do worse," Rotor said. "Kidnapping the Crusaders and their classmates," Rainbow Dash said. "Releasing a creature made o' water," Applejack said. "Blowing up half the moon," Pinkie Pie said. "Splitting the planet into pieces," Rarity said. "Of course, Sally saw that personally." "It's true, I did," Sally said. "Although, it was creepy for these guys at night." "You said it, Sal," MC said. "Then those creeps showed up." "What creeps?" Rotor asked. "Have you seen any weird activities when the planet came apart?" Twilight asked. "I was too busy trying to find a way to repair the planet," Rotor said. "Or make it bigger." "The bigger the planet, the stronger the gravity," MC said. "It'll make everything harder." "He's right," Twilight said. "Making the planet bigger might make it harder for everything. Flying machines or creatures, moving, we don't want to make it hard." "I see your point," Rotor said. "Meh, but we should go on and stop Robotnik." "He's going by Eggman now," Sonic said. "So we should probably go on and find the Chaos Emeralds, save those aliens, and stop Eggman from taking over the world for whatever reason he's got in his head." "We better get our butts to the next world if we're gonna stop him," MC said. "Good thinking," Tails said. "Let's get going." Then the group started running towards the next planet transport. The group arrived at the planet, but they were blocked by a wall of blue cubes. "MC, can you get us past this wall?" Twilight asked. "On it!" MC said. He then held his arms out and bared his claws. "Chaos Claw!" He then slashed through the cubes, but the scratch marks vanished within 2 seconds. "What the heck?!" "But MC's claws always slash through all elements on the planet," Rainbow Dash said. "Our planet," Tails said. "We're in a whole different world. The elements of this world are completely different." MC then put his hand on the cube as Tails was talking. "What do you feel?" Twilight asked. "Some sort of... energy," MC said. "Like... something is supposed to be connected to it. Similar to the wisps." "Perhaps a wisp must be able to get rid of it," Fluttershy said. "Not bad thinking, Fluttershy," Sonic said. "Be right back." He then zoomed off and came back with something. "Got one." "Let's see what this one does," MC said. He then held his arms out, the wisp getting the hint. It then absorbed itself into MC, and he transformed into a blue cube. He then gave out a pulse and the blue cubes vanished. Then MC went back to normal as the wisp got out of him. "Whoa," MC said. "That felt weird." "Okay, now we know what he does," Tails said. "We should go on out and find the generator and the Chaos Emerald." "Okay," Twilight said. "We just gotta find the generator that has this planet connected. The generator is what connects the planet here to Eggman's base." "So we shut down the generator then we find the Chaos Emerald," Bunnie said. "Sounds simple enough." "The Chaos Emeralds are what power the generator," Applejack said. "Let's find it, quickly." "Hey, Zipp!" Izzy said, looking at the white pegasus. "Lookie what I made." She then handed Zipp a special visor. "Whoa-hoa-hoa!" Zipp said, taking the visor. "This is... awesome!" "Where... did you get that?!" MC asked. "I made it in Tails's lab, unicycled from the junk pile in there," Izzy said. "Unicycled?" Sally asked. "She means recycled," MC said. "Izzy, it's recycled. A unicycle is like a bike, but just the seat, one wheel and pedals connected to the wheel." Zipp put the visor on and she looked around. She then thought she'd get a better view from the air. She started flying and looked around. She then set the visor to energy detection. She then saw a huge glow of energy from her visor. "Yeah, we're still adjusting to life in this timeline," Sunny said as Zipp was looking around. "Although, we can't go visit our relatives because they're... well..." "Not even born yet," MC said. "But there is a way to see your ancestors." "He's got us there, Sunny," Hitch said. "Hey! I found it!" Zipp said, making the others look up at her. "Follow me!" Then she started flying towards the generator, the others following. Zipp was flying towards the generator at a slow pace so the others could follow. They eventually made it to the generator. MC then started sniffing around. "Hold it," MC said, holding up his left fist. "What is it, MC?" Zipp asked, coming down. "Maria, your cousin's nearby," MC said. "I can smell him." Tails then looked around and saw the Egg Mobile in sight, and it had something connected to it, that something being aimed at Sonic. "Sonic, look out!" Tails said, jumping towards Sonic, pushing him out of the way as Eggman fired the ray. The ray made contact with Tails. "Tails!" Sonic shouted. He then looked towards Eggman and tried rushing towards him, but Tails, who was in a trance, blocked his path. "Tails? Buddy?" "Hoo Ho Ho! He's my buddy now," Eggman said. "Julian, what did you do?" Maria asked. "What have you done to him?!" MC shouted. "Me? I did nothing at all," Eggman responded. "Unless shooting him with my mind control beam that runs on alien energy counts as doing something to him. Does it?" Sonic then tried getting past Tails, but Tails kept blocking him. "To get to me you're going to have to go through your best friend. Hooo, Ho, Ho. This turned out much better than I could have hoped, and I only used a small prototype." "Why you...!" MC said, charging at Eggman. But another ray came out of the Egg Mobile, and fired towards MC, making contact with him. "NO!!" the Mane 6 shouted, but it wasn't the same result as Tails. "Ha ha ha ha ha!" MC laughed. "Stop it! Stop it, that tickles! Ha ha ha ha! I'm gonna wet my fur! Ha ha ha ha!" "Say what?" Rainbow Dash and Zipp asked in unison. "What?!" Eggman shouted. "Impossible! That's supposed to take over your mind!" "I can't... ha ha ha... I can't be...!" MC said, between laughs. "I can't be mind controlled! Ha ha ha ha! Telepathic immunity! Ha ha ha ha!" "Why you...!" Eggman said. But then the mind control rays stopped, MC stopped being tickled and Tails coming out of his trans. "What the...?" Twilight and Sunny ran up to MC and Twilight asked, "Are you okay?" "I'm fine," MC said, smiling. "Just... need to recover from being tickled." "Huh? Where am I?" Tails asked as Sonic was helping him up. "Why is my nose hair tingling?" "Lousy cheap alien energy," Eggman said, pounding his Egg Mobile. He then noticed the tubes in the back being empty. "Ran out of juice! Well, I'll get more. Lots more! And then I won't just control one little punk, but the whole universe. In the meantime, enjoy the park. I'll leave you your own private tour guide." Just then, a huge ship came out from the sky as Eggman started flying off in his Egg Mobile. "Whoa!" Rainbow Dash said. "That thing's enormous!" Rarity said. "Let's take it down!" Sonic said as he ran towards the robot. Twilight and Sunny followed him. "You guys go," MC said. "I'll... trash the generator and get the Emerald." Applejack and Hitch helped MC up to his feet. MC then walked over towards the generator. Sonic, Twilight and Sunny continued running towards the machine. Sunny then became an alicorn and she and Twilight used their magic to hold the machine in place. Sonic then did a spin dash attack and went through the robot. Then they went back to the others. "Are you sure you can get it out of there?" Pipp asked. "I got it," MC said. He then punched his left fist into the Generator, and he pulled out the Chaos Emerald. "Whoa!" Zipp said. "Okay, that makes three emeralds. Four to go." "Okay, we should get out of here," Sally said. Then they all headed out of there. Tails then noticed Sonic, Twilight and Sunny coming back. "Hey, Sonic! Did you give the guide your complaint?" Tails asked. "Oh, I gave it to him pretty good," Sonic said. He then saw Yacker. "'Sup Yacker?" Yacker then started dancing in celebration. "So did you get any more info out of him?" "It wasn't easy, but yeah," Tails said. "We figured out the hard way that he's stealing energy from the aliens for his mind control ray," Twilight said. "But how is Julien getting those aliens?" Maria asked. "At first I thought Yacker was talking about how Baldy Nosehair was using burps to do it," Tails said. "Hmmm, he is pretty gassy," Sonic said. Pinkie Pie and Izzy were trying to cover their laughter. "Maybe the smell would knock 'em out. I dunno, something doesn't seem right with that." That made Pinkie Pie and Izzy laugh loudly. "That's what I said! It made no sense," Tails said. "Then I made a tiny adjustment and realized he was saying 'generators.'" "Better than burps," Rainbow Dash said. "Tell me about it," Tails said. "So basically, Eggman is using five tractor beam generators to hold their planet in orbit while he scoops the aliens all up." "Hold a whole planet?!" Pipp asked. "How can someone do something like that?" "Okay, that was two generators we took down," Hitch said. "And there are five planets. That means there are three generators to go." "Yacker said that we don't have much time," Tails said. "Let's save the galaxy," MC said. Then they all started walking away from the generator, heading off to the next location. Author's Note Next episode: The Wisp Saga (Part 3): Mind over Matter
Episode 16: The Wisp Saga (Part 3): Mind over MatterEpisode 16: The Wisp Saga (Part 3): Mind over Matter At Eggman's lair, Eggman was at his computer, typing on it. He was smiling evil like he always does. "Hooo Ho Ho! Soon the mind control weapon will be full of energy I've siphoned from the aliens, and the entire Earth will be the center of my interplanetary theme park," Eggman said. "Y'all reckon you'll be able to get yerself 'nuff o' that energy to take over the whole dang planet?" Cubot asked in his cowboy accent. Eggman then mocked Cubot's cowboy accent and said, "Yes, I 'reckon' I will." He then went back to his normal accent. "Where is your new voice chip?" Then Orbit came in with a voice chip, saying, "Got it right here sir! Just need to install it." He then floated over towards Cubot. Then he started installing the new voice chip, while singing. "The think bone's connected to the talk bone, the talk bone's connected to the mouth bone..." He then stopped singing as he finished installing it. "There, good as new." "Finally," Eggman said. "I don't think anything could have been more annoying than that cowboy chatter." "Yar! Feelin' ship-shape with me new voice chip, I am," Cubot said in a pirate accent. He then turned to look at Orbot. "Ah-beggin' yer pardon, Squire, but me and my matey are going to sail off an' search fer that lubber Sonic! Arr!" He then hovered out of the room. "I think that's the wrong chip," Orbot said. "Really? Are you sure he doesn't normally speak in pirate?" Eggman asked sarcastically. "On the bright side, he's much more exotic now," Orbot said. "Just go find him and fix that chip!!!" Eggman shouted. Orbot then quickly hovered out of the room to find Cubot. "Shortly, I will have no need for those idiots. In just a few hours, Earth will be under my control. When it is, it will be the crown jewel of my amusement park; the greatest amusement park in the universe. Hooo Ho Ho!" He then clutched his stomach from pain from the laughing. "Ouch. I think I gloated so hard I pulled a muscle." At the map of Eggman's Stellar Amusement Park, the Freedom Fighters, the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends and Yacker were all looking at the map. "Looks like the next planet is where Eggman has gotten the aliens enslaved," Twilight said. "Why would they lock them up there?" Sunny asked. "It doesn't have a name," MC said, reading the map. "Nor does it seem to be open to the public yet." Yacker then started speaking in his language. "What's he saying, Tails?" "I'm looking," Tails said, looking at his Miles Electric. "It either says that that world is his... 'Dome of plants?' No, that can't be right." "Or maybe he's trying to say 'home planet'," Zipp said. Yacker then delightfully cheered in his language. "Oh, that makes sense," Tails said. "So, we're gonna have to free the Wisps main planet before Eggman does something to it." "So, I'm guessing we're gonna have to go up to their home planet, huh?" Rainbow Dash asked. "It'd probably best that we should," Rarity said. "If the doctor wants their power, he'd take over their entire home world. Which is a bad thing." "So not a good way of getting attention," Pipp said. "They won't have a choice if Julian uses those mind control rays on the people of the planet," Maria said. "Don't remind me," Tails said. "I got the worst of it." "But how did MC not get controlled like Tails did?" Hitch asked. "Telepathic immunity," MC said. "Every telepath in the world had tried to get into my head. Only one succeeded, and she lived in another dimension for a few years." "We should get going," Sonic said. Then they all headed off towards the home planet of the wisps. They eventually made it to the Wisp home world and saw that the place was under construction. They looked around to see what the robots there were working on. "You know, as alien as this place is, there is something very... Eggmanish about it," Sonic said. "Obviously he's making it a part of his theme park," Rainbow Dash said. "The aliens here are in danger as well." "At least he didn't try to absorb energy from the Black Arms," MC said, making everyone there disgusted. "He would've been unstoppable," Sonic said. "At least you, Twilight, Maria and Shadow took them down." "Attention guests. If you can hear this message, you are trespassing in an area still under renovation. If you are not a robot, please return to the main park areas and ignore anything evil you might have seen here. Thank you." Eggman's voice came on a PA system. "It looks like the 'theme' of his park is universal domination and conquest of alien races," Sonic said. "It's more than a theme; it's a reality," Tails said. "He's using them like some kind of living intergalactic gasoline." "That's pretty low, even for a sleazeball like Eggman," Sonic said. Eggman's voice on the PA system returned, but it was speaking quickly. "Some displacement of indigenous aliens and destruction of natural resources may occur. Eggman Enterprises not responsible." Then a white and cyan wisp hovered in, speaking in a panicked tone. "What are they saying?" Sally asked. "It sounds like they're in shock because of public transportation and a loony nurse," Tails said, translating what the Wisps were saying, but the translation wasn't correct. "Oh, no wait, scratch that. They're in shock because of their planet's strange transformation and having been dragged across the universe!" "Well I still can't believe he kidnapped a whole planet," Sonic said. "How can somebody do that?" "Tractor beam technology, obviously," Rotor said. "It must be what the generators are for." "The generators are keeping the tractor beams going," Zipp said. "And they're using the Chaos Emeralds to power the generators," Hitch said. "So if we take down all five generators..." Pinkie said. "Then all o' them planets and critters'll be free ta do whatever they want to," Applejack said. "I don't think it's gonna be as easy as that," Maria said. "How the planets will respond to their new position might endanger our part of the galaxy." "Maria's right," MC said. "As soon as we take down the generators, and get all the Chaos Emeralds, we'll use them to send the planets back to their original position. Simple as that." He snapped his fingers to prove his point. "I'm not so sure it'll be that easy," Tails said. "Even if we get the Chaos Emeralds, we don't know if we can put the planets back in their original position." "We won't know until we try," Twilight said. "Sparkles is right," MC said. "We gotta try when we get all the Chaos Emeralds." "We'll worry about that later," Sonic said. "Right now, I think it's time we stop these 'renovations'." Then they all ran across the terrain of the planet. The group made it to the generator that's holding Planet Wisp. All of the robots they passed were all smashed, disassembled, slashed, ripped apart or had holes through their torsos. "And there's the generator!" Sonic said. "Seems like these guys are getting harder and harder to find." Just then, the ground started shaking. Then a robot similar to the one on the main park appeared. "I know for a fact these guys are getting harder and harder to beat," Sonic said. "Time to take this guy down," Twilight said. "Let's do this," Sunny said. "Please remember, all planets in Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park are, as far as you know, wholly owned properties of Eggman Enterprises and its subsidiaries," Eggman's voice came on a speaker. "All unauthorized photography, video reproduction, or shutting down of generators is strictly prohibited. Thank you." "Eggman!" Sonic called out. "We are going to save this planet, and we are going to free these aliens. No copyright law in the universe is going to stop us.We can save a lot of time and broken robots if you just quit now!" The robot then got into a fighting position. Sonic then sighed. "You try to be reasonable..." Then Sonic, Twilight and Sunny started running towards the robot. "Time to take down this generator," MC said, walking towards the generator. Twilight, Sonic and Sunny made it to the robot and they started using their powers to take down the robot in the eye. Twilight used their magic to keep the eye open, and Sunny used her magic to throw Sonic towards the eye. Sonic went through the eye of the robot, making it self-destruct. The three then made it back to the rest of the group, Sonic saying, "Wow, sometimes I even impress myself." "Alright," Twilight said. "Let's get the Chaos Emerald and free this planet." MC was standing next to the generator, which had a huge hole in it. The generator was toast. Sonic then walked up to him and asked, "Where's the Emerald?" MC then held the Chaos Emerald out to the group. "They couldn't think of putting this Emerald in the main park?" MC asked. "They made that one too obvious," Sonic said, his arms in a shrugging position as he shook his head. "We should get to the next planet," Tails said. "Right," Twilight said. "Let's go." Then they all headed out of there, but then MC stopped when he saw a wisp capsule. He got confused by it, walked over to it, and tapped on it 3 times. There were 3 taps coming from the capsule in response. MC then punched it open and then MC transformed. He then made it in front of the group in a pink aura. "Whoa!" Sonic said, making the others yell in surprise. MC then transformed back. "Sorry," MC said. "Got a new one." He then extended his hand towards the wisp that he found. "Whoa," Twilight said. "This one's sharp." "Ironically, this one is known as a Spike Wisp," MC said. "Imagine if Spike got one of these absorbed into him." "He'd be... Spiked," Pinkie said, making everyone there laugh, Pinkie and Izzy rolling on the floor laughing. "We better get going," Twilight said. Then they all headed out of there. Back at the main park, the group were looking at the map of Eggman's amusement park. "So, which one do we go to next?" Hitch asked. "By the looks of this map, the next one is..." MC said, reading the map. He then snickered. "Uh oh." "What is it?" Twilight asked. She then looked at the map. She then got a shocked expression, which then went to a smirk face. "Oh, this would be both bad and good for Sonic." "What?" Sonic asked. "What is it?" Just then, Twilight used her magic to hold Sonic in the air. "Hey, hey! What are you doing?!" "Sorry, Sonic," Twilight said. "Our next planet is the Aquarium park." "Aquarium?!" Sonic asked. "No! I am not getting wet!" "Sorry, Sonic," MC said. "That's where the next generator is. We gotta get going." "No! Nooooooooo!" Sonic said as they were walking towards the Aquarium Park, Sonic trying to get out of Twilight's magic hold. "Why's Sonic behaving like that?" Pipp asked, looking towards Applejack. "Water freaks him out," Applejack said. "He refuses to get wet." "Then how does he clean himself?" Pipp asked. "He does shower or bathe like normal people," Tails said. "He just doesn't go in water that goes higher than his neck." "Not even a hot tub?" Pipp asked. "Nope," Tails said. "He refuses to even go into a pool area." "Believe me, he was like this when we had gotten on a cruise ship," MC said. "And was almost spoiled by the Storm King's Army who tricked Eggman into destroying the world," Rarity said. "The what King?" Zipp asked. "The Storm King," Applejack said. "A nasty feller who tried takin' all the power he could get his hands on ta make the mother of all storms." "Let's get to the Aquarium Park," Twilight said. "NO!" Sonic shouted. "NO WATER!!" Sonic tried swimming in the air, trying to get out of Twilight's magical hold, but it wasn't working. They continued on to the next planet. The heroes arrived at Aquarium Park. MC had a grip on Sonic's leg as he was trying to pull himself away from the park. "No! Please don't bring me closer to the water!" Sonic begged. "I can't swim!" "Wow, he's really afraid of water!" Izzy said. "He needs some serious therapy when we get back to Earth," Zipp added, making the others nod. "Sonic," MC said. "It's time we get to work. You don't have to get wet too much. Just stay on the driest or shallowest paths through this park." "Seriously?" Sonic asked. "Water can't hurt you," Twilight said. "In fact, our bodies have water inside of them. So it's perfectly okay to get wet." "Hey! Hey guys, look!" Pinkie said, running up towards the group with a wisp by her side. "Look what I found!" "Whoa! A new wisp!" Zipp said. "What does this one do, Pinkie?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Check it out," Pinkie said. "Do it." Then the green wisp absorbed itself into Pinkie Pie, who transformed. She then started hovering over the group. "She's... flying," Fluttershy said. "No," Twilight said. "She's... hovering." "Looks like we found a way for Sonic to get through here without getting wet," Hitch said. "Sweet," Sonic said. He then looked around at the fish. He then said, "Boy, looking around at nothing but fish put me in the mood for sushi. I doubt Eggman had the decency to put a good sushi joint in this park." Eggman's voice then came on the PA system. "Remember ladies and gentlemen, try the newest dining experience here at Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park, The Bucket O'Sushi. Now with fish." "There's the generator!" Rarity shouted, pointing at something. It was the generator that had the power to the tractor beam. "Let's get there!" Sonic said. He then started running towards the generator with Twilight and Sunny following, but they were stopped when a submarine blocked their path, and a robot was standing atop it. "Sheesh," MC said. "Things are starting to get fishy around here." That made the others laugh. "Let's take this guy down!" Twilight said. Then she, Sonic and Sunny ran towards the submarine. "We better get to the generator," Tails said. "Let's go." Then the others headed for the generator. But what they didn't notice was that Yacker was abducted by Orbot and Cubot. He tried screaming for help, but the group didn't hear him. Sonic, Twilight and Sunny were taking on the robot, but the robot had the upper hand by making the Submarine go underwater. "No! NO! I can't swim!" Sonic shouted. He then tried paddling his arms to keep himself over the water, but he went down. But there was a bubble of air over his head. "Huh?" "Thought you could use some air," Twilight said. Sonic looked over towards the two ponies, and they had air bubbles over their heads. Twilight's horn was glowing. "A little trick I picked up from the last time I went to Seaquestria. You also don't have to worry about grip problems with the ground. I've made your feet able to run across the floor while we're underwater." "Sweet," Sonic said. "Let's do this." Then they all rushed towards the robot. Twilight and Sunny used their magic to keep the robot in place and Sonic used his spin dash attack to take out the robot, and the submarine. Sunny then grabbed Sonic with her hands and they swam up to the surface as the submarine and the robot exploded. They were forced out of the water, landing in front of the generator. "You sure know how to make an entrance," Sally said. "Did you take out the generator?" Twilight asked. Just then, the sound of metal being torn came in. They looked towards the generator and saw that MC punched the generator with his left hand. He then pulled his hand out of the generator, making it shut down, and he had something in his hand. "Okay, this one is accurate," MC said. "Light blue for water." "Yeah, that makes sense," Rainbow Dash said. "So, where to next?" "Let's get out of here and find out," Sunny said. Then they all headed out of there. Sonic looked back at the planet, and smirked. "Sonic... you gotta stay out of the water," Sonic said to himself. Then he started running up to the group as they were heading for the exit of that planet. Author's Note Next episode: The Wisp Saga (Part 4): Coaster of Nightmares
Episode 17: The Wisp Saga (Part 4): Coaster of NightmaresEpisode 17: The Wisp Saga (Part 4): Coaster of Nightmares On the last planet that's connected to Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park, there was a factory with a bunch of capsules heading towards it. The Mane 6, Sunny and her friends and the Freedom Fighters were walking towards it. "What is this place?" Twilight asked. "Looks like some sort of factory," Hitch said. "Almost reminds me of Canterlogic back in our time." "What's Canterlogic?" Rarity asked. "It was a factory that was making stuff that was supposed to be defense against unicorns and pegasi," MC said. "Too bad at the time, they didn't know that the other pony tribes had no magic." "You'd know a lot about the future through those vision dreams," Rainbow Dash said. "At first, when I had those visions, I thought they were some weird dreams," MC said. "Until those four mares and this stallion actually came from the future." "I still can't believe you five ponies came from the future," Rotor said. "Whoa!" Sonic said when they all made it inside. The others gasped at what they were seeing. "Holy cow!" MC said. "This must be how Eggman is converting the Wisps into negative wisps for his mind control ray!" "There are... so many o' them," Bunnie said. "Zis is bad," Antoine said. "Sally, think you, Bunnie, Antoine and Rotor can get them all out?" MC asked. "We'll try," Sally said. Then the four of them ran towards one side of the factory. "We gotta find that generator and tear it apart," MC said, looking at the rest of the group. "He's right," Twilight said. "Let's get going, everyone." Then they all headed out of the factory. "I haven't seen Yacker for a while, guys," Tails said. "We'll find him, Tails," Sonic said. "But for now, we've got a generator to smash." The group arrived at the main park of the planet they were on. Every single piece of rock had a roller coaster track connected to it. "Whoa!" Rainbow Dash said. "Is that a..." "Roller coaster," MC said. "A dangerous one to be exact. None of them are finished." "Or he wants everyone to think that," Zipp said. "We've gotta stop Eggman's plan for global mind control." "I don't think he'll stop at that," Maria said. "If he gets enough Wisp energy, he might just take over the entire universe." "We can't let Eggman take control of even one planet, not even one creature," Sunny said. "Sunny's right," Twilight said. "How do we find that generator?" "We follow the beam," MC said, pointing off somewhere. They saw a beam from the planet connected to Eggman's Theme Park. "Okay," Twilight said. "We'll start there." Then they all started heading off towards the tractor beam. Meanwhile, back on Earth, the Crusaders were watching Cloudpuff at Freedom Fighters Mansion. Scootaloo and Nyx were trying to catch Cloudpuff in midair. "Come back here!" Scootaloo called out. "Man, this flying dog is really hyper!" "Come here, Cloudpuff!" Nyx said. Just then, the Young 6 arrived in the Freedom Fighters Mansion. "Hey, guys," Sandbar said. "What are..." He then saw the two winged fillies chasing Cloudpuff. "What in Celestia's name is going on here?!" "Hey, y'all!" Apple Bloom said. "We're just... watchin' a dog that's owned by two pegasi from far in the future." "Far in the future?" Smolder asked. "Time travel is possible?" "It sure is," came Silver's voice. They all looked towards the voice and saw Silver and Blaze coming out of the kitchen. "I came from that same future. And in that future, it was a post-apocalyptic future." "Oh, it couldn't have been that bad," Ocellus said. "Everything was on fire everywhere but Equestria," Blaze said. "Seriously?" Smolder asked. "When's that gonna happen?" "We changed the past so it wouldn't happen," Silver said. "Can we get some help with getting Cloudpuff?!" Scootaloo called out, still chasing Cloudpuff through the house. Just then, the two were grabbed in a light blue aura. They all looked towards where the aura was coming from and it was coming from Silver's hand. "Whoa!" Yona said. "Hedgehog have magic like unicorn ponies!" "He did say he's from the future," Ocellus said. "Silver just might be a descendant from a unicorn pony." "Meh, I don't think so," Silver said. He then thought of something. "Well, I never knew my parents. Who knows where my heritage comes from?" "He's got a point," Blaze said, taking Cloudpuff out of Silver's telekinetic grip. "Here you go." She was handing Cloudpuff to Apple Bloom. "Thank ya," Apple Bloom said. "This dog is weird," Sandbar said. "I have never seen one with wings. How is this possible?" "We don't know," Nyx said. "We'll have to ask Pipp and Zipp when they get back." "Who are Pipp and Zipp?" Ocellus asked. "Two out of five ponies that came from the same time as him," Joshua said, pointing at Silver. "We might not be able to go back to the future we came from due to the path to that future is gone," Silver said. "Wait, but doesn't that mean that you all will cease to exist?" Ocellus asked. "Actually, according to Midpoint, a new universe is created by a different choice made in life," Blaze said. "And the universe we're in is decided by the choices we make. Basically, every other universe is a 'What If' by different choices." "So, we just hafta be careful on the choices we make?" Apple Bloom asked. "In certain situations," Blaze said. "Alright, everyone," came Truemen's voice. "Time for lunch." He then noticed the Young 6, groaned and said, "I'll make some more food for our guests." The Young 6 looked towards Truemen as he was walking back into the kitchen and Smolder said, "Is he from the future, too?" "Nope," Silver said. "He's from this time." Smolder smirked and said, "Guess it is possible for someone to go back in time. Even Doctor Hooves is gonna be surprised at that." "Actually, Twilight and Spike went back in time over a year before the School of Friendship first opened," Nyx said. "Starlight Glimmer was evil at the time," Joshua said. "So, where is Twilight?" Sandbar asked. Just then, the TV turned on and on came a commercial from Eggman. He was on TV with Orbot and Cubot. "Ho ho! Hello, world! My name is Doctor Eggman! Amusement Park builder and not an evil mastermind trying to capture aliens for Hyper-go-on power! We are proud to announce that Doctor Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park is now open to the public!" Then Orbot said, "That's right, boss. Not only is it in outer space, but it's also six amusement parks in one." Then in a normal accent, Cubot said, "Wow, six?! I can't even count that high! No, really! Is that after eleventy-four?" Orbot just facepalmed himself. Then it showed different parks. Eggman's voice was coming from the background. "Enjoy our Tropical Resort. There, you can enjoy our gigantic Ferris Wheel. Then transport to to the Starlight Carnival. There you can ride the Rainbow Road from ship to ship." Then Orbot's voice came from the background. "Be sure to have fun on our roller coasters at Asteroid Coasters. Bear in mind that not all coasters are complete." Then Cubot's voice came from the background. "And at Sweet Mountain, you can get hit by giant missiles... filled with candy." Then Orbot's voice came back from the background. "Afterwards, you can watch on to sea life at the Aquarium Park." Then Eggman's voice came back to the background. "Finally, be sure to visit our alien enslavement camp... er, I mean Planet Wisp. Once we're done with construction." Then it showed Orbot and Cubot on the screen. Cubot then said, "Wow, this sounds like the best amusement park ever." "I know," Orbot said. "Just listen to what these customers have to say." Then robots that looked like Sonic and Twilight appeared on the screen. The robot that looked like Sonic said, "Hey, I'm Sonic the Hedgehog, and I approve of this amusement park." Then the robot that looks like Twilight said, "This has got to be the best vacation ever!" Then the logo for the Amusement park showed up on the screen and its motto below it as Eggman says it. "So come up to Doctor Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park. It's for my amusement and your enslavement." The ones at the mansion were watching the TV with scolding looks on their faces. Nyx then said, "We all knew that those weren't the real Twilight and Sonic, right?" The others nodded in agreement. "We better call them to see what's going on up there," Truemen said, walking towards the kitchen. Back at Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park, the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends, Sonic, Tails, MC and Maria were all heading towards a roller coaster ride. They got into one, but MC stopped when his phone started ringing. He checked it and then answered it. "What is it, Truemen?" MC asked. "Yeah, we're at that amusement park. What do you think we're doing?!" Just then, the roller coaster started moving while MC was still distracted. "Yeah, I gotta go." He then hung up the phone. "Hey, wait for me!" He then jumped on the rail and started grinding to chase the roller coaster cart. "C'mon, MC!" Rainbow Dash called out. "You can catch up!" "You think I don't know that?" MC asked. He then started leaning in as the roller coaster was starting to go down a slope. MC then jumped off the rail and he started falling faster than the moving cart. He then landed on the front of the front cart where Sunny and Twilight were. "Alright, guys. We've got a dead end coming up ahead. Get ready to jump." MC's hands then started glowing, making the safety bars open up. Then they all jumped out of the cart as the roller coaster carts jumped off some rails and crash landed on an asteroid, the carts exploding. "Whoa," Izzy said. "Good thing we jumped off when we did. Or else we woulda been toast." "You said it, Iz," Pipp said. "That would be very brutal to my hair." "Oh, tell me about it, darling," Rarity said. "In fact, something dreadful happened to my mane before Equestria was pulled into Earth." "Hey, Rares," Rainbow Dash said. "Remember what Chip said when he got his memories back? He said that Equestria was actually a missing piece of the planet that he sent away for our own protection." "Oh, that's right, darling," Rarity said. "He did say that." "Gotta admit," MC said. "If that little sucker's actually a god that protects the planet from so much darkness, he must've been very powerful." "He must have," Twilight said. "So, should we keep going out and find that generator?" "Twilight's right," Sonic said. "Let's continue following the tractor beam." Then they kept walking towards the beam. MC held up his right hand and said, "Yo, Sally. How's it going with trying to free all of those Wisps?" Back at the factory, Sally, Bunnie, Antoine and Rotor were trying to shut down the factory and free the wisps. "These capsules are sealed tight," Rotor said. "It's hard just trying to get at least one open." "Stand back, sugah," Bunnie said. She then used her robot hand to punch the capsule, releasing the wisps. The wisps were cheering in excitement. Just then, something came crashing in. "Oh, crud! It's Metal Sonic!" Sally said. "Metal Sonic?!" MC asked through the communicator. "Shoot. Get outta there!" Just then, a red wisp showed up and hovered in front of Bunnie. The wisp absorbed itself into Bunnie's robot arm. Then Bunnie's arm cannon came out. She aimed it towards Metal Sonic and a huge burst of flames came out, pushing both her and Metal Sonic towards the walls they had their backs faced. "Oh, mah starz!" Bunnie said as the wisp exited her arm. "This li'l feller brings out a burst o' fire power." "Literally," Rotor said. Metal Sonic recovered and he started charging towards Bunnie. Metal Sonic slammed her down to the ground, making Antoine worried. "BUNNIE!!" Antoine shouted. He then sliced open a capsule and a different kind of wisp came out. The purple wisp absorbed itself into Antoine's sword, making Antoine angry, his eyes getting a faint purple glow. He then sliced at Metal Sonic, the left arm of the robot coming off and the energy from Antoine's sword literally consuming it. "Whoa, Antoine!" Bunnie said, getting up and recovering. "Calm down, sugah." Then the wisp got out of Antoine's sword. Then the wisp turned into a different color. "Whoa," Sally said. She then saw Antoine, panting heavily. "Antoine, are you okay?" "Zat was... Zat was awful," Antoine said. Rotor saw the purple wisps, who were angry as much as Antoine was. Then he saw the other ones. "Guys, avoid the purple and violet wisps," Rotor said. "They're very corrupted. Making them very dangerous." Back with the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, MC, Maria, Sunny and her friends, the group came across a tunnel which was supposed to lead the group to the generator. "Corrupted wisps, huh?" MC asked. "Figures. Must've been because of Eggman trying to use their energy to fuel the mind control ray." "And what's left over from the wisps becomes very vile and angry," Tails said. "We're gonna have to free those wisps from the darkness corrupting them," Twilight said. "Let's get there already!" Rainbow Dash said. She then started flying up and towards the tractor beam, but a force field prevented her from getting past the cliff side. She fell to the ground, landing on Zipp and Hitch. "Ow..." "Ooh... that hurt," Zipp said. "Hopefully we'll all be okay for the battle," Hitch said. "Actually, Sonic, Sparkles and Sunny were the ones doing the bad guy bashing," MC said. "I was just smashing generators." "Yeah, that's true," Hitch said. "Guess the only way to the generator is to go through that dark, ominous tunnel," Izzy said. That comment didn't make Fluttershy very happy. She then tried to hide her face behind her mane, but since her haircut during the invasion, it was harder for her to hide her whole face. "Oh... right..." Fluttershy said. She then stroked her mane. "Is something wrong with your mane, Fluttershy?" Pipp asked. "I can make it fabulous if you'd like." "That's not the problem, Pipp," Fluttershy said. "Fluttershy's mane and tail were a lot longer than it is now," Twilight said. "Due to an alien invasion, her mane got caught on some debris. She had to get her hair cut so she could be free." "My claws were the instrument that cut her mane," MC said. "And it was my sister who had to aim MC's claws to do it," Sonic said. "Guess it must've been an emergency," Pipp said. "Fluttershy's mane might be shorter now, but it was for an emergency during the time," Rarity said. "I'd say her hair looks positively more lovely when it's shorter." "Oh... um..." Fluttershy said. "You... really think so?" "Perhaps with a little more bounce, you can be even more stunning," Pipp said. "We can make your inner beauty shine out." "R-really?" Fluttershy asked. "I'd listen to her, Fluttershy," Zipp said. "Basically, Pipp knows all the best hairstyles for those based on their personalities. She can probably make your mane even more stunning. She'll let your inner beauty shine out." "Um... I... I don't know," Fluttershy said. "Not the time, Pipp," MC said. "We got a bunch of planets to save. Let's hoof it." "There's something we haven't heard in a while," Rainbow Dash said, making the rest of the Mane 6 laugh. "What does that mean?" Sunny asked. "Before Equestria was brought back to Earth, the most of the creatures of Equestria were all... quadrupeds," Twilight said. That comment made Sunny's eyes widen. The group, except for Sunny and Hitch, started going into the tunnel. "Sunny?" Hitch asked. "Are you alright?" "Another thing my dad was right about!" Sunny shouted, her fists up in the air. The group continued through the tunnel. Twilight and Rarity had their horns lit up, and MC had his fist glowing in a golden aura, illuminating the tunnel. "Ooh hoo hoo!" Izzy said. "Nice trick." "It's just a simple light spell," Rarity said. "Unicorns learn this spell at a young age. How come you haven't?" "Rarity, I think we all know the answer to that," Tails said. "Remember when the eight of us and Knuckles went into that future? Where everything there was on fire." "Oh, that's right," Rarity said. "Rainbow Dash almost fell to her death." "I kinda understood how Scootaloo was before MC made her wings bigger," Rainbow Dash said. "Technically, I didn't make them bigger," MC said. "The cells that cause growth were dormant in only her wings. I just had to wake them up." "Really?" Zipp asked. "That little filly's wings couldn't pick her off the ground?" "She had a difficult time getting off the ground," Rainbow Dash said. "She gets a kick out of walking on clouds." "Walking on clouds?" Pipp asked. "Winged Equestrian creatures can walk on clouds," Twilight said. "It's a part of their magic." "Wow," Zipp said. "Why didn't we try to do that when we went to Ponyville?" "MC can walk on clouds," Tails said. "More importantly, he's walking on the water in the clouds." "So that's why the cloud walking spell didn't work on him," Twilight said. Just then, they came across a bunch of pipes blocking their path. "Oh, great." "These pipes are blockin' our path," Applejack said. "Yo, MC, think you can cut through these pipes?" Rainbow Dash asked. "No way," Tails said. "These pipes are hardwired with electricity. MC would be electrocuted if he cuts through those electric wires. And electrical burns will heal slower than he usually does when he normally gets wounded." "There's gotta be a way to get through," Zipp said, leaning on a capsule. She looked in it and saw a violet wisp. Zipp then looked towards the others with a smirk. "That's a terrible idea," MC said. "Which is the only idea we have left," Zipp replied. At the end of the tunnel, a black hole of some kind with creepy yellow eyes and a smile came out of the tunnel, consuming everything in its path. Tails, Maria, MC, the Mane 6, Sunny and her friends ran out of the tunnel behind the black hole. The black hole stopped and transformed into Sonic, who was panting heavily. "Sonic... are you okay?" MC asked. "That... was horrible, yet... filling," Sonic said. He then belched. The wisp was hovering next to Sonic. It was hovering in excitement. "Tails, what's wrong with this one?" Twilight asked. "Why isn't it changing back?" Tails looked at his Miles Electric, and he read what it was translating. "It says that the wisp is very freaked out about its new appearance, but is wondering what else he can do. Huh. I guess he just wants to see how far he can go with this new change." "Hopefully, things will be back to normal when we're all done with this," MC said. Then he looked ahead. "Oh, you've gotta be kidding me." The group looked ahead and they saw a flying robot guarding the generator. Twilight, Sonic and Sunny started walking up towards the robot. Twilight then said, "Get to the generator. We've got this." "On it, Sparkles," MC said. Then the others headed towards the generator. "You know, I don't like what you're doing to my friends in there," Sonic said. "It's messed up. So I'm gonna mess you up." The robot just hovered in place. Sonic then started stretching. "Yeah, that's right. I'm stretching. You got a problem with that? I wanna be able to fully enjoy taking you apart without some pulled muscle slowing me down." He finished his stretching. "Okay, now I'm ready. Of course, if you want to run away, please feel free. There's no shame in it...well, maybe a little shame." The robot didn't respond, making Sonic shrug his shoulders. "You guys don't talk much do you? Fair enough. Don't say I didn't warn you." "Sonic, I don't think it's gonna respond at all, except for its attacks," Sunny said. "Oh, I know," Sonic said. "Just trying to rile it up." Then the three of them started going after the robot. The rest of the group headed for the generator. Meanwhile, back at the factory, Metal Sonic was taken down by Sally, Bunnie, Antoine and Rotor. All of the wisps that were there celebrated that they were free. "Alright, MC," Sally said. "We've shut down the factory, freed all the wisps, and taken down Metal Sonic." "That's good," MC said. "We're about to take down the last generator. We'll meet you back at Tropical Resort. See you there." Then the four of them and the wisps that were in there left the building. Back near the generator, MC and the rest of the group reached the generator. MC then started swinging his left arm in a windmill rotation, then he used it to break through the generator, and he pulled out the Chaos Emerald. "That's the last one," MC said. Then there was an explosion. The group looked towards the robot. Then Twilight used a teleportation spell, bringing herself, Sonic and Sunny to the rest of the group. Twilight and Sunny had some burn marks on their clothes, and parts of their manes were singed. "That tough, huh?" "You have no idea," Twilight responded. "You guys did it!" Tails said. "Couldn't have done it without you, buddy!" Sonic said. "Thanks!" Tails responded. "Hey, we all deserve some kind of reward." "Yeah! Let's go to an amusement park or something!" Sonic said. "Ha ha, right. But, one that's, y'know, less evil than this one," Tails said. Everyone there started laughing. "Any amusement park that's not run by Baldy McNosehair is always the better choice," MC said. They all laughed again. "And with the generators down, all the wisps should be freeing themselves," Hitch said. "I hope Yacker's okay," Tails said. "I think he'll be fine," Sonic said, patting Tails's back. "You don't think the weapon you were shot with still works?" "Not without power flowing to it," Tails said. "I think we're all good." "That's what I like to hear," Sonic said. Then they all started heading towards the exit. Author's Note Next Episode: The Wisp Saga (Part 5): Interstellar Amusement Explosion
Episode 18: The Wisp Saga (Part 5): Interstellar Amusement ExplosionEpisode 18: The Wisp Saga (Part 5): Interstellar Amusement Explosion Right outside of Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park, the tractor beams were all being shut down, letting all of the planets be free from the forced orbit. Back at Tropical Resort, the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, MC, Maria, Sally, Bunnie, Antoine, Rotor, Sunny and her friends were looking around. All of the Wisps were cheering in excitement. "Sweet! The tractor beams are gone!" Tails said. "The planets are free!" "Was there ever any doubt? I mean, really?" Sonic asked. "Great job, buddy." MC had the Chaos Emeralds they had gotten from the amusement park hovering around him. He then said, "Six down. One to go." "Okay, but there aren't any more places here to hide the last Chaos Emerald," Twilight said. "Where could the Doctor hide it?" "Perhaps he didn't hide it," Sally said. "He must have the last one with him." "Guess that would make sense," Hitch said. "If he'd want something to keep him as powerful as he wants, he'll have to keep one Emerald then come for the rest." "And how would you know that?" Rotor asked. "You'd be surprised what knowledge you've grown up with," Hitch said. "For most of my life, all of the Earth Ponies of Maretime Bay thought that the other pony type is gonna attack us with their magic or flight." "Things were messed up at that time," MC said. "The Earth Ponies were setting up illegal defense weapons, the Pegasi were too afraid to come down from the mountain, and the unicorns were very superstitious." He then looked at Izzy. "Well, except for Izzy." "Superstitious?" Twilight asked. "Why?" "The unicorns of Bridlewood had no magic for so long, they thought that certain words would give you jinxies," Izzy said. "Which words?" Rarity asked. "Magic, feather, wing... oh, and mayonnaise," Izzy said. "What's wrong with mayonnaise?" Applejack asked. All Izzy did was shrug her shoulders in response. "Whenever one of those words were said, the unicorns would do a ridiculous dance to thwart off the potential bad luck that comes," MC said. "It goes something like this." MC and Izzy then got on all fours, and did the dance. They slid their arms back as they were bending forward. Then they snorted like horses and ponies. Then they bopped their heads up and down. And they started dancing around in a circle on one foot each. "O... kay...?" Zipp said, confused about it. Then the wisps came around, dancing in celebration. "I guess we should head home," Bunnie said. "Looks like the aliens are happy to be going home too," Tails said. "Uh, I think we're in the middle of a party." "The middle?" Sonic asked. "We are the party. I think we're their guests of honor." "Totally," Tails said. "Party time!" Pinkie Pie said, pulling her party cannon out of her mane. She then fired it and all the wisps got even more excited. MC just smirked and shook his head. "How did that fit in her mane?" Pipp asked. "It's best if you just go with it," Rainbow Dash said. "Pinkie Pie is one of the most unsolvable mysteries of all time. We just go with it." Then they continued celebrating their current victory. At Eggman's base, Eggman was watching the monitors. The monitors were showing the process of the mind control device. Orbot and Cubot were also in the room. One tower was fully loaded while the other two were two-thirds full. Eggman stood up from his seat. "Hoo ho ho!" Eggman laughed. "Those foolish Freedom Fighters think they've won just because they destroyed all my generators. Well the mind control cannon is full enough for what it has to do. I will have the last laugh!" Cubot applauded at Eggman's speech. "The last laugh?" Orbot asked. "How is laughing last special? Isn't that like being the slowest one to get the joke?" Then Cubot started talking like a gangster. "Yeah, I laugh last all the time. People look at me like I'm an idiot. Fogetaboutit!" Eggman facepalmed himself, then looked at Cubot and said, "That's because you are an idiot!" Cubot was processing what Eggman told him. Then he asked, "You talkin' to me?" "Yes, I'm talking to you!" Eggman shouted. "There's nobody else here besides Orbot, and Agent Stone is about to go down to Earth to let the people into the park, so I must be talking to you! Why haven't we fixed your voice chip yet?!" "Yo, quit bustin' my batteries over here, I been workin' on it all day," Cubot responded. "What does that even mean?!" Eggman asked, angrily. "Oh, never mind." He then pushed a button on the console and a lever connected to a large plug and outlet came out of the floor next to the console. "In a few seconds it won't matter anyway since the world will only have one thing on its mind." "What's that, boss?" Orbot asked. Eggman chuckled and said, "Me." He then plugged in the giant plug into the outlet, which started up the giant mind control ray. Then it showed the bottom of the main park of Eggman's Amusement Park, seeing towers that were the Mind Control Rays. But one of the towers had an arm of the Rotatatron in it. Then the arm cracked and exploded. It then started a chain reaction, making a lot of purple smoke come out of it, then it became a giant sphere of purple energy, and it was expanding. Eggman pounded on the console, shouting, "No! This can't be happening! It's backfiring! Impossible! How?!" He then kicked his hover chair, making it bounce off the wall, making Cubot go into it, and soon enough, the chair stopped moving. Cubot then got out of it. "Ta-da!" Cubot said. He then looked towards Eggman. "Yo, what do you mean impossible? Your plans have been crushed by Sonic and his friends for like, eh, ever. He stops you like it's his job or somethin'. In fact, I can't remember a plan he didn't stop." "What are you talking about?" Eggman asked. "They haven't stopped all of them." "Name one," Cubot said. "Um..." Eggman then thought of every scheme he had tried to win, but he remembered only the battles he lost against Sonic and the other heroes. All the defeats he had in the past adventures with the Freedom Fighters and the ponies. And even one time when was under a sleeping Big the Cat, trying his hardest to push him off. "Way to pay attention, pal," Orbot said, patting Cubot's back, making Cubot to straighten up and then his head turned. "Thank you, buddy," Cubot said, in his normal voice. "Hey! My voice... It's back!! Alright!" "Ah, there's the sweet sound my auditory processors know and love," Orbot said. Eggman facepalmed and said, "Now I remember why we changed his voice chip." He then sat back in his hover chair as it was heading back towards the console. Eggman then pulled out something from a drawer on the console. "Eh, no matter! I have suffered a setback, but this thing's far from over!" Eggman said. "I will crush Sonic and those insignificant little friends of his!" The hover chair then started going up into an escape hatch. "The man gets an A for effort, that's for sure," Cubot said. At the Tropical Resort, the Wisps then started flying away in fear. The Mane 6, the Freedom Fighters and Sunny and her friends looked around at all of the Wisps fleeing for their lives. "What's happening?!" Fluttershy asked. "This can't be good," Zipp said. MC then looked around until something caught his eyes. He then said, "Ah, heck no!" Then the group looked towards where MC was looking and they all gasped. They saw one mind control ray tower was exploding, causing a chain reaction. "We gotta get outta here!" "Quick! To the space elevator!" Twilight shouted. Then they all started running from that area, heading towards the exit of the park. As they were running, they saw that the explosion was getting bigger. "We need to speed up!" Sonic shouted. "We need some wisps!" MC shouted. "Laser, Drill, we're gonna need you!" Then cyan and yellow wisps came in. They all absorbed themselves into the heroes, and they sped up faster, getting a good distance away from the explosion. "Okay, this is getting dangerous," Maria said. "We need to get out of here before it's too late." "Maria's right," Twilight said. "We gotta get out of here!" Eventually, they made it to the exit. The space elevator was right where they needed to be. "Perfect," Sonic said. "Time to bail!" Just then, a giant mech appeared in front of the group, destroying the system that moves the space elevator. "Isn't that...?" Tails asked. "It can't be!" Sonic said. "Leaving so soon?" Eggman asked as the hatch opened up. "There are no lines, and I've saved the best rides for last. At least let me stamp your hand so you can come back in." "I know you're trying to be clever with this whole amusement park pun thing, but it's just coming off lame," Sonic said. "I agree," Twilight said. "You're pushing it too far." "Say you're going to destroy us and stop embarrassing yourself," Sunny said in a snarky tone. "Curse you, heroes!" Eggman shouted. "Not only do you foil my plans, but you foil my speeches as well! I work hard on them! No matter." He then looked up with his arms held up. I will destroy you and I will be victorious!" He then looked back at the group. "Is that better?" "Like, a million times better," Sonic replied. "Thank you." "That entire conversation is going on my social media account," Pipp said. "I had to start all over on social media being me, Sunny, Hitch, Izzy and my big sister Zipp being from the future. Along with my family's dog, and that Silver the Hedgehog guy." "I can understand that," Eggman said. "Coming from the past, that's easy because there are records from the past that can be found. But from the future, that's going to be very difficult. Anyway, this robot here is special! He's powered by the energy from your little friends. He is invincible. So I'd say it's been nice knowing you... but it hasn't." "I have to admit I'm a little scared," Tails said. "I don't think we can beat this guy." Twilight looked towards the elevator. She then said, "All of you, on the space elevator." "But there's not enough room for all of us," Rainbow Dash said. "We barely had room when we first got on it. There's no room for four more." Sonic then looked at all of them. He then used his speed to get the others into the Space Elevator, except for Twilight, Sunny and MC. He then said, "See you on the ground, buddy!" He then closed the door. "Huh?" Tails asked as he was the last one on the elevator as the door was closing. "Sonic! No!" "MC, get them all towards the ground, quickly!" Sonic said. "On it!" MC said. He then got in front of the space elevator. He then forged a rigging system onto the elevator, making him able to pull the elevator with his torso. He then used his strength and speed to pull the elevator towards Earth. "We'll take care of this, MC," Twilight said. "We'll meet you back on Earth." Then Twilight, Sonic and Sunny got into battle. The hatch of the robot closed and Eggman got ready to fight himself. Then the robot started flying backwards towards Earth. Twilight, Sonic and Sunny then started pursuing Eggman to take the fight on foot. Also to get away from the growing sphere of purple energy coming closer and closer to the exit of Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park. This would be one fight they would never forget. On the ground, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, the Young 6, Silver, Blaze and Truemen arrived at the bottom of where the space elevator comes and goes. "This is the place," Truemen said. "Whoa," Silver said. "This is the entrance to Eggman's Amusement Park. It's so..." He then looked up and saw an elevator coming down fast. "Whoa, incoming!" The rest of the group looked up and saw the elevator. Silver used his power to slow down the space elevator. He made it stop. Just then, MC came down screaming, crashing into the ground. "Ooooooh!" the others said. MC got angry and stood up. He then held his arms straight up to catch the elevator. Silver let go of the Space Elevator and MC caught it. He then set it down gently. "That's it!" MC snapped. "No more missions in space! I'm done with it! Game... over!" He walked over towards the door of the space elevator and ripped it off. "I wouldn't blame you," Hitch said. "After everything you've been through with all those space missions, it must've been exhausting." "Hey, guys," Truemen said. The group looked towards the ones who arrived. "Truemen," MC said. "It's a good thing you're here. We've got some friends for you to meet. You've already met Sally." "Good to see you again, Truemen," Sally said. "Likewise," Trumen said. "The rabbit with the robot arm and legs is Bunnie, and the coyote is her husband, Antoine D'Coolette," MC said. "And the Walrus is Rotor." "So, these guys are some of the original Freedom Fighters, huh?" Truemen asked. "Guess it's time we've got to know each other more." "We might have to do it somewhere safer," Blaze said. She then pointed up. "Look!" The group looked up at what Blaze was pointing at and gasped. The giant purple sphere was expanding. "What's happening?" Fluttershy asked. Tails was scanning the giant sphere with his Miles Electric. "By my calculations, that much energy being let out is starting to evolve into..." Tails then gasped when got the results. "...a Black... Hole!" "A black hole?!" MC asked. "If that thing keeps expanding, it could swallow the entire universe up!" "What are we gonna do?!" Zipp asked. "There's nothing we can do..." Tails said, falling to his knees. "Not even with all the Chaos Emeralds. We're dead." "No..." Silver said. Everyone looked at Silver. "Sonic hasn't given up yet to stop a disaster. He's faced time... space... and reality... just to save our homes a bunch of times." "Twilight did the same thing as well," Rarity said. "She'd do anything for us to protect the friends she loves." "And Sunny..." Hitch said. "Sunny's too stubborn to give up just like that. She hasn't been wrong about Equestria being friends with each other. They can pull it off." The group looked up into the sky towards the growing sphere. Tails then said, "I hope you're all right." Back on the tower to the Interstellar Amusement Park, Twilight, Sonic and Sunny were running down the tower, battling Eggman. Eggman's machine then started charging up for its final attack. "Any last words?!" Eggman called out. Just then, a bunch of non-corrupted wisps came in and surrounded Twilight, Sonic and Sunny. They absorbed themselves into the three heroes, increasing their speed and power. They went through Eggman's machine. Sunny, during the moment, saw that Eggman had the last Chaos Emerald. She grabbed it as the three were passing through the machine. When they fully went through the machine, the machine exploded, sending the Egg Mobile out of it, landing closer to the growing purple sphere. Eggman groaned and said, "Oh, my head. Who turned out the lights?" Then a speaker flew past the Egg Mobile, getting caught in the suction coming from the growing sphere. It was giving off a message. "At Dr. Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park you can feel comfortable knowing your safety is our number one priority." Then the Egg Mobile got caught in the suction as Eggman shouted, "Oh, shut uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup!" Twilight, Sonic and Sunny stopped as they were halfway down the tower. Sunny then said, "Hey, guys, look!" She then held out the Chaos Emerald. "You got the Chaos Emerald?!" Twilight asked. "Took it from that machine," Sunny said, pointing back at the machine, which then got sucked up by the growing sphere. The group looked towards the sphere and got shocked. "This might not end well," Sonic said. Then all of them started running down the tower. They ran as fast as they could, but they got caught in the suction. But then a bunch of Wisps caught them and brought them down to the ground. Twilight, Sonic and Sunny were all unconscious. They then gave off a white glow and they eventually made it back to the ground. The others on the ground ran up to the three as the three were gaining consciousness. "Sparkles!" MC shouted. "Sunny!" Hitch called out. "Sonic! Are you all OK?" Tails asked. "Man, I can't believe you made it through that!" "Like you thought we wouldn't?" Sonic asked. "You surprised us all, Sonic," Sally said. "True dat," Truemen added. "We had to do what we had to do," Sonic said. "Great job, Sonic," Tails said. "Thanks, but we had a little help during that last part," Sonic said. Then the wisps from before started glowing in a white light, going through the giant purple sphere. Then all the wisps in the sphere reverted to normal, and all the wisps gave off a big white light, making the purple sphere vanish. Then the wisps came down, and from the group of wisps came Yacker. He was happy to be free from Eggman's prison. Yacker started talking and Tails read the translation on his Miles Electric. "Uh, he said, 'Thank you for saving us.'" "You're welcome," Sonic said. "Thank you for saving us." Yacker talked again and Tails read the translation. "He says, 'You are welcome.'" "Looks like that things gotten the full translation," MC said. "Yeah, I finally got all the kinks out," Tails said. "We can talk to them perfectly now." "Well, we now have all seven Chaos Emeralds," Twilight said. "We should be able to send them and their worlds back to their part of the galaxy." "You know what?" Sunny said. "It's been a long day. I'm gonna... head on home... and get some sleep." "Sunny's right," MC said. "We'll head back home to Freedom Fighters mansion and get some rest." Then they all walked out away from the tower. Sonic then looked up at the wisps, who were all following. "What are we gonna do about them?" Sonic asked. MC looked up at the following wisps. "Do you think the mansion has enough room for 300,000 wisps?" Twilight asked. "Uh..." MC said. Later that night, Mutt was walking out of his room, heading for the kitchen. He walked up to the fridge, grabbed out the container of milk, and poured milk into a glass. He then drank from it. As he was drinking, he noticed all of the wisps in the living room, sleeping. "Uh..." Mutt said. Just then, his mouth was covered by Twilight. "Shh... let them sleep," Twilight said. "They'll be out of our hair by tomorrow." "Uh... okay?" Mutt said, confusedly. He then finished drinking the milk. Twilight then took the glass. "I'll wash it up," Twilight said. "Head on to bed." "Okay," Mutt said, walking back towards his room. Twilight then turned off the lights to get to bed herself. Author's Note Next episode: The Wisp Saga (Part 6): Mother Wisp Knows Best
Episode 19: The Wisp Saga (Part 6): Mother Wisp Knows BestEpisode 19: The Wisp Saga (Part 6): Mother Wisp Knows Best At Freedom Fighters Mansion, Sunny was making some fresh fruit smoothies for everyone there. She finished up blending in the fruit smoothies. "Okay, everyone!" Sunny said. "Smoothies are done!" Just then, the wisps came in and drank the smoothies before the other ponies, Freedom Fighters and creatures could grab them. "Seriously?! I just made those!" "Sorry, Sunny," Tails said, reading his Miles Electric. "They're wanting to get home as soon as possible, so they need a lot of food to keep their energy up." "Where do they even put all that?" Hitch asked. "I don't even wanna know," Zipp said. Sunny got frustrated and said, "There's not enough fruit in the world! Why?!" She was raising her foot to get ready to stomp, but her entire shoe was glowing in a green aura. She then slammed it down and green vines came from the ground, and then an apple tree sprouted, surprising everyone. There were even apples on the tree, ready to be picked. "What the heck?" "What... happened?!" MC asked. "You haven't seen this before in the future?" Sonic asked. "Never," MC said. "I've never seen this kind of magic before, either," Twilight said. "It must be... some new kind of Earth Pony Magic." "Evolution," MC said. "Evolution of Earth Pony Magic." "Guess it'll take some time for the Earth Ponies ta learn that..." Applejack said. "Might even take years fer that ta happen." "It is a possibility," Twilight said. She then sighed. "We'll let's prepare the wisps so they can go home." The wisps then started cheering. "We'll get on it," Tails said. "We better continue searching the star charts." Tails then brought out the star charts on his Miles Electric, trying to find the original locations of the planets through the universe. Meanwhile, outside of Earth's Atmosphere, there was something coming closer and closer to the planet. There was some silhouette in the middle of a giant sphere of dark purple energy. It roared as it grew closer. At the airport, Midpoint and Cozy Glow were walking out of the baggage claim area with their bags. A black van came up and parked in front of them. The window rolled down and in the driver's seat was Shadow and in the passenger seat, there was Olive. "You sure there's big trouble coming?" Olive asked. "Believe me, I wouldn't be here for nothing," Midpoint said. "We need to get to Freedom Fighters Mansion, quickly." "You still haven't told me what's happening, Alex," Cozy Glow said. "What is going on?" "Something almost as bad as Dark Gaia," Midpoint said. "And also something like the last alien invasion, but not quite." "Aliens?" Shadow asked. "I'm not getting involved with any aliens if they sided with Black Doom." "Nah, these guys are friendly," Midpoint said. "As long as they're not corrupted." "Corrupted?" Rouge asked. Rouge was sitting in the back seat. "What do you mean corrupted?" "You'll see," Midpoint said. "Move it, Shadow." Shadow then drove away from there, heading towards the city of Station Square. Meanwhile, back at Freedom Fighters Mansion, Sunny and Hitch were testing out the new magic that they had, and Twilight was still working on trying to find the proper location of where the other planets were before Eggman brought them to his amusement park. "This is so weird," Sunny said. "Yet, so interesting." "I'm not so sure we should be using this kind of magic, Sunny," Hitch said. "It could be dangerous. Maybe we should not use it until we find out what it is." "That would be a bad idea, Hitch," Twilight said. "What do you mean?" Hitch asked, looking at Twilight. "If you hold in all your magic, it'll soon leak out and be out of control," Twilight said. "Remember the bounce house in the movie, 'Cheaper by the Dozen', the one with Steve Martin?" "Ohhh... right," Hitch said. "So basically, the magic inside of us is like air in a bounce house. It has to be let out." "So we're gonna have to be careful about how we use this new magic," Sunny said. "So, when are those DNA test results on us are gonna come in?" Zipp asked. "Well, Zipp, they should be coming in soon," MC said. "We've had Lynol take the samples of you and the other four to see who your ancestors from Equestria are." "Well, we'll give him a call later," Twilight said. Tails was standing with her, checking out the star charts as well. Yacker was hovering between the two. "I think we've found all the correct locations of the original positions of all five planets that Eggman took for his Amusement Park." "Alright," MC said. "That's good. 'Cause after I do this, I'm done with Space missions." "Unless we'd have to go back to Space Colony ARK for some reason," Maria said. "Don't push it, Maria," MC said. "Sorry," Maria said. "Time to prepare the Chaos Emeralds," MC said. "I'll go get them." He then headed over to the pool and jumped in. "He hid them in the pool?!" Sonic asked. He then thought about it. "Actually, that is a good place to hide them, 'cause that is the last place I'd look." Then MC came out of the pool, holding a metal briefcase, marked with the number 7. Tails then asked, "Is that a briefcase from the show, Deal or No Deal?" "I gave them a good deal," MC said. He then snickered. "Pun intended." Everyone else laughed. He then looked at the Wisps. "Alright, you little guys. Ready to go home?" All of the wisps cheered in delight. But just then, they all fell down to the ground, weak. "Whoa, whoa!" Tails said, picking up Yacker. "Yacker, are you okay?" "They must've eaten too much," Hitch said, picking up a wisp. "I'd be this upset too if I'd eaten as much as they have." "It has nothing to do with them eating too much," came a voice. The group looked towards the back gate and they all saw Midpoint, Cozy Glow, Olive, Shadow and Rouge standing there. Midpoint spoke, "It's something bigger than that." "Lynol?" MC asked. "What do you mean?" "Check it out," Midpoint said, pulling out a telescope. He then handed it to Twilight. Twilight pulled up the magnifying part of the telescope and held it to her eye. Midpoint then aimed it towards where he wanted Twilight to look. "Right there." Twilight's eyebrows were raised in shock. "What is that?!" Twilight said. The group then looked up at where Twilight was looking. They all saw a dark purple speck in the sky. "That... is the mother of all Wisps," Midpoint answered. "And she's been corrupted." "Nega-fied," MC said. "Oh, that's not good," Sonic said. "This is really... really, bad," Twilight said. Everyone was watching a TV that was on the back porch, showing a satellite view of the creature coming closer and closer to the planet. "That's Mother Wisp?!" Sonic asked. "She's huge!" Sunny said. "No kidding," Rotor said. "With how big she is, she's at least four times the size of a NASA space shuttle." "No kidding," Tails said. "With something that big fueled with that much negativity, she could be a huge threat to the entire world." Yacker started speaking in a worried tone. "Don't worry, Yacker," Twilight said. "We'll get her back to normal." She then looked towards Midpoint. "The real question is... how do we do that?" "By taking the fight to the source of her corruption," Midpoint said. He then pointed at the flower on top of the Nega Mother Wisp's head. "That flower is actually where all the negative energy is spreading. You must pick out the petals to get it all out of her." "Sounds simple enough," Sunny said. "Well, it's not," Midpoint said. "It's very difficult even to get close to her. She'll fire a bunch of energy spheres at you, and some meteorites when you're getting close. So you have to be careful." "Meh, like that's gonna matter to me," Sonic said. "After we beat her, we'll send the planets back to their original positions throughout the galaxy." "It's not as easy as it's going to be," Midpoint said. "I've checked all possible futures. After the battle, you'll only have enough energy to get back to Earth without moving the planets." "So the wisps are just going to be stuck here?" Tails asked. "Oh, don't worry," Midpoint said. "They'll get home. You won't need the Chaos Emeralds to get them back to their original positions." "What does that mean?" Twilight asked. Yacker then started talking and Tails was reading the translation. "Yacker says that... all the wisps power combined can get their planets back to their original position." "Hyper-Go-On energy," Maria said. "Of course!" "All you guys have to do is remove all the negative energy from Mother Wisp," Midpoint said. "Will they be able to do that?" Cozy Glow asked. "If I say what will happen, it won't happen," Midpoint said. "Hang on, did you get that from Avengers: Endgame?" Sonic asked. "Yeah, and it's true," Midpoint said. "Like my grandpa said, there ain't no honor if there ain't no honesty. It's how he went through when he was an army man the Vietnamese War." "Ah thought yer grandpa was a scientist," Applejack said. "That's the other one," Midpoint said. "At least everyone had two sets of grandparents," MC said. "More if that one person was adopted or had stepparents." "He's right about that," Twilight said. "Sonic, Sunny, let's get up there." Sonic and Sunny nodded. "I'll drive," Sunny said, taking MC's keys. "Hey!" MC said. "Do you even have a driver's license?" Sonic asked. Sunny then pulled something out of her pocket. It was a Driver's License from the District of Columbia. "Oh." "It was one of the first things my friends and I have done when we became official citizens of this country," Sunny said. MC then took his keys back. "Hey!" "I'm dropping you off at the location of the entrance of Eggman's amusement park," MC said. "Another thing built by that Repulsive Robot Overlord that I have to tear apart before I come back here." Sonic snickered and said, "I'm sorry. Did you call Eggman... a Repulsive Robot Overlord?" "Well he had been trying to turn organic life into his robots so he can rule over them," MC said. "So it seems fitting." Then almost everyone started laughing. The only ones who weren't laughing were Shadow and Blaze. Then Twilight, Sonic, MC and Sunny started walking out of there. Tails followed, along with the wisps. "That truck is gonna be packed," Shadow said. "Hey, Lynol," Zipp said. "Now that you're here, you have those results on us and who our ancestors could be?" "Oh, yeah," Midpoint said, bringing out his tablet. "I actually got them right here. Zipp, since you and Pipp are sisters, it'd make sense only to take one of your blood samples and examine it. Zipp, you and Pipp are... descendants of both Rarity and Rainbow Dash." "Dang!" Rainbow Dash said. "I'm gonna have a descendant that marries Rarity's descendant? We don't even get along outside of adventures." "Rainbow Dash is correct," Rarity said. "We've tried getting along with each others interests, but it didn't work out." "Not everyone has the same interests," Hitch said. "Alright, I'm next. Who's my ancestor?" "Actually, just like Pipp and Zipp, you have two ancestors that are bearers of the Elements of Harmony," Midpoint said. "Applejack and Fluttershy. Which actually explains why you can understand animals. Fluttershy has the ability to understand animals, and you're also as stubborn as Applejack at certain points." "Hey, I'm not as stubborn as you think!" Applejack and Hitch said in unison, Applejack in her southern accent. Then they looked at each other. "Okay, you and I are related." "And there's no doubt that Izzy here is actually Pinkie Pie's descendant," Midpoint said. "I knew that before I checked her blood, and it was positive in a DNA match." "Oh my gosh!" Pinkie said. "Izzy is my great-great-great-great-great..." She then gasped and inhaled for more oxygen. "...great-great-great-granddaughter! I have to teach her all of my party planning ways when she comes to visit Ponyville again!" "Oooh!" Izzy said. "I can't wait to get some party planning advise from my great-great-great-great-great..." Izzy then inhaled more oxygen for talking. "...great-great-great-grandmother!" Then the two hugged. "And Sunny?" Hitch asked. "When I checked her blood, it was a little strange," Midpoint said. "Her blood had faint trace of human's blood in her blood system, which didn't make sense. But then I remembered Joshua was born human, making him Sunny's ancestor." "Oooooh!" Pinkie and Izzy said in unison. "Joshie is Sunny's great-great-great..." Pinkie started saying before Applejack covered Pinkie's mouth, giving her a deadpanned look. "Just stop, Pinkie," Applejack said. "Guess we'll tell Twi and Sunny when they get back." "Of course," Midpoint said. And it's also a good thing the kids are inside playing games or reading. Well, mainly Nyx is reading. This reading I have is weird and didn't make any sense. When I examined Nyx's blood, something about it was weird. When I analyzed Nyx's blood, of course it had traces of Luna's DNA. But there was also a faint trace of Twilight's blood." "So in a way, Nyx really is related to Twilight," Rarity said. "Well that's not so weird." "Well, that wasn't the weird thing," Midpoint said. "What's weird... is this." Midpoint then showed the DNA scans from Nyx's blood to the group. They all gasped in shock. Twilight, Sonic, Tails, MC, Sunny and the wisps all arrived at the entrance to Eggman's, now destroyed, amusement park and looked up. They saw the sphere of purple energy was coming closer. "Okay, guys," Sonic said. "Let's do this." MC then pulled out the briefcase that had the Chaos Emeralds and handed it to Twilight. Twilight opened it and the Chaos Emeralds floated out. Sonic put his fist in. "Power bump!" Twilight and Sunny then fist bumped as the Chaos Emeralds started spinning around them. Then they all went super. They then quickly dashed up the elevator track and headed for the Nega Mother Wisp. "Oh, man," MC said. "Is it me, or is Sparkles getting more hot every time she goes super?" "Well, the energy from Chaos Emerald does cause whoever uses them to increase their body temperature to an unsafe rate to those around them, so..." Tails said before realizing what MC meant. "Oh, you mean the other kind of hot." He then chuckled and bumped MC's arm. "Time to take this thing down," MC said, looking at the elevator shaft. He then bared his claws and used his super speed to rush up the shaft. Meanwhile, at the stratosphere of Earth, Twilight, Sonic and Sunny arrived to see the Nega Mother Wisp coming closer. She then saw the three super heroes and roared. "Alright, guys," Twilight said. "Like Lynol said, aim for the flower on her head." "Got it," Sunny said. "Let's do it," Super Sonic said. Then the three of them started flying towards Nega Mother Wisp. Nega Mother Wisp roared and started shooting red and purple energy blasts towards the heroes. Meanwhile, back on the ground, MC was still trying to tear apart the shaft. Some of the wisps even helped him out. "Cube Smash!" MC said after the blue wisp absorbed itself into MC. He then smashed a chunk of the shaft down. The blue wisp exited MC's body as the pink wisp absorbed itself into MC. "Spike Saw!" MC then started cutting through another chunk of the shaft. The pink wisp exited him and then the yellow wisp entered him. "Drill for gold!" MC then drilled towards the bottom of the shaft. He then ripped a hole out of the shaft and he walked out with the yellow wisp out of him. "Is it almost done?" Tails asked. "There's only one thing left for me to do, and that's to smash it all down from the top," MC said. "I'm gonna need to go heavy. And I'm gonna need enough height for me to smash it with my increase density." "Ah, I see," Tails said. "You're gonna need the rocket wisp to take you so high that the force you give off will be increased. Although, you could risk creating an earthquake or awakening Dark Gaia." "Nah," MC said. "I won't go that far." Then an orange wisp hovered next to MC. MC then looked towards the wisp and asked, "You ready for this?" The orange wisp nodded. Then the two of them started heading up the shaft. Meanwhile, back in space, Nega Mother Wisp swiped the three heroes back when they got close to her and roared. Twilight, Sonic and Sunny recovered. "She's too strong!" Twilight said. "Every time we try to attack together, she keeps swiping us away!" Super Sonic said. "How are we gonna get close?" Sunny then thought about it. She then said, "Divide and conquer." "Divide and conquer?" Super Sonic asked. "Of course," Twilight said. "If we attack separately, she will only focus on at least two of us while the third one goes for the flower. Sunny, you are a genius!" "Yeah, well, I had been raised with knowing the truth of Equestria my whole life," Sunny said. "Yeah, you have," Twilight said. "Let's do it!" Then the three of them started charging towards Nega Mother Wisp. Twilight continued heading straight as Super Sonic and Sunny split off. Nega Mother Wisp was confused. She didn't know who, where or when was going to attack her. She then spun around, trying to see if she could swipe back all three at once. Then Twilight, Super Sonic and Sunny flew up and then saw an opening. "Alright, girls!" Super Sonic said. "There's our chance!" Then the three of them charged in at the flower on top of Nega Mother Wisp's head. They collided with it and a golden light emerged from the Nega Mother Wisp. Then the Nega Mother Wisp reverted back into its original form. "We... we did it," Sunny said. She was breathing heavily. "Let's get back down to the ground," Super Sonic said. Then the three of them flew down to the ground. Without realizing it, Mother Wisp followed them. As they got down to the ground, they reverted back to their normal forms. Tails, MC and the Wisps walked and hovered towards the group. "Hey, Sparkles!" MC said. "You did it!" Twilight and MC said in unison. "Let me guess, you had some help from the wisps?" Twilight asked. "Yep, and they came in handy for some situations," MC said. They looked at the wrecked elevator shaft, crumpled down my something heavy. "Luckily, I restrained myself so I wouldn't cause an earthquake or reawake Dark Gaia." "Good call," Sonic said. "Whoa!" Tails said. "Look!" He then pointed towards what Tails saw. The group looked up at what Tails was pointing at and saw Mother Wisp coming closer to the group. The Wisp cheered in delight and hovered towards Mother Wisp. "Look at that," Twilight said. "A nice family reunion." Yacker then flew to the group and started chatting. Tails translated what Yacker was saying. "Yacker says, 'Thank you for saving Momma'," Tails said, reading his Miles Electric. "No problem, Yacker," Sonic said. "So, I guess you'll be heading back home, huh?" Yacker then chatted again. "Yacker says, 'Actually, a bunch of us Wisps want to stay on this planet'," Tails said. "He said that they never had so much fun as they had today." "Well, as long as you don't eat so much produce, you can stay," Sunny said. "Remember, you're not the only ones who eat, okay?" Yacker nodded. Then Mother Wisp started speaking to the heroes. "Mother Wisp says, 'Thank you for saving me and my children. I hope that our paths cross again someday'," Tails translated. Then a light emerged from Mother Wisp and most of the other wisps, then they disappeared into the sky. As they did, they went through space, and lights emerged from the other planets, and they disappeared. Back at Freedom Fighters Mansion, everyone was celebrating that most of the wisps were back home. Midpoint was explaining to Twilight and Sunny about Sunny's ancestors. "Really?" Twilight asked. "Sunny is Joshua's biological descendant?" "Her genes did have traces of human blood," Midpoint said. "Which it could only mean that Sunny is Joshua's descendant." "That makes sense," Sunny said. "Well, at least I haven't eaten meat my whole life." "Joshua came from a family of vegetarians," Twilight said. "They don't eat meat." "Okay, that makes sense," Sunny said. Then the doorbell rand. "Pizza's here," MC said. Then everyone went inside. Midpoint stayed behind reading something on his tablet. He then sighed, put it down, and walked inside. As he walked inside, it showed Nyx's blood test. Of course there were Twilight and Luna. But there was one figure there that was not supposed to be there, but actually was. It showed that Nyx was somehow related to MC. Meanwhile, far from planet Earth, Eggman was in his damaged Egg Mobile while it was being pushed by Orbot and Cubot. Eggman was complaining about them not going fast enough. "Faster, you idiots! Faster!" Eggman complained. "Put your backsides into it." "Technically we don't have backsides, boss," Orbot said. "I don't care!" Eggman complained. "Just push. We have to hurry. I already have my revenge planned out, and next time I will not fail!" "Of course you won't boss," Orbot said. "Of course you won't. On the bright side, a certain someone got their voice back." "I feel like my old self," Cubot said. "All I want to do is talk talk talk. Hey, remember when we were chasing all the little alien guys? What's up with those guys anyway? They sure were funny looking. Hahaha. Smelled good, though." "Ugh, what I wouldn't give for the maddening silence of space right about now," Eggman said, rubbing his eyebrows. They were getting farther and farther away from their current location, and throughout then, Cubot was still blathering on and on. "Oh, I wish we had some of that sushi. Bummer we didn't bring any with us. Not that we could eat it since we're robots, but we could have looked at it. I love looking at stuff. I love stuff! The fireworks show at the end was great. Hey, how did you get all that stuff to blow up like that? Loved it! By the way, did we destroy Sonic this time? Duh, sorry, dumb question. We never destroy Sonic! Hey, where are we going... Ohhhhh look at that star... oh, and that one... and that one... and that one... that one's nice... oh look at that!" Author's Note Next Episode: Marine and the Sky Pirates
Episode 20: Marine and the Sky PiratesEpisode 20: Marine and the Sky Pirates On Angel Island, Knuckles was laying on top of the Master Emerald with a leaf sticking out of his mouth. He was resting while doing his guarding of the Master Emerald. He was then awoken when a big shadow came over him. He opened his eyes and saw a flying pirate ship going over the Altar of the Master Emerald. "Huh?! What's this?!" Knuckles asked. He then saw the ship descending to land. He then got angry and said, "No way I'm gonna let some unknown trespassers take the Master Emerald!" He then rushed towards the Pirate Ship, seeing it land. He hid from the pirates to make sure if they're evil or not. "Never seen a flying island before," came the voice of the captain, Celaeno. "This would be a good place to relax after many adventures together." "You said it, mate!" came an Australian girl's voice. It was soon revealed to be a Mobian Raccoon. "This place may be flying, but it's also a paradise," the Mobian Raccoon said. "Blimey, I'd put a bungalow up here just to get away from all the hustle and bustle." Knuckles then came out of the bush he was hiding in and called out, "Hey!" The pirates and the Mobian Raccoon looked towards Knuckles in shock. "I don't know who you all are, but I'm not gonna let some pirates onto my island!" "Looks like we've got a pesky hermit on this flying island," Captain Celaeno said, pulling out her cutlass. Knuckles then grabbed a tree and pulled it out of the ground. He then threw it towards the pirates, who jumped back. "On second thought..." She then ran back onto the pirate ship, the others following her. Then the pirate ship took off, leaving Knuckles on the island. Eventually, Knuckles went back to the Master Emerald. He pulled out his communicator and started calling someone. He then said, "Nicole, this is Knuckles. Get me in touch with MC." In Ponyville, Mutt, Maria, Silver, Blaze, Sunny and her friends were all hanging around the Castle of Friendship. Zipp was trying out cloud walking. "Ohoh, man," Zipp said. "This is so cool!" Rainbow Dash was hovering above her. "I know, right?" Rainbow Dash asked. "You can basically take a nap on these clouds and not fall through." "Well, I think it's fabulous!" Pipp said, flying up to the cloud. She then sat on it. "I should so get a picture of this for my new Pipp-squeaks." She then pulled out her cell phone and handed it to Rainbow Dash. "Get a good one with both of us." Pipp and Zipp then sat up and had their backs leaning against each other. Rainbow Dash then took a picture and handed it to Pipp. "O-M-Goodness! That is fabulous!" "You are definitely Rarity's descendant," Rainbow Dash said. "I'm yours too, remember that," Pipp said. "She's got you there," Zipp said. "Meh, whatever," Rainbow Dash said. She then noticed the time. "Oh, shoot. I gotta get to Wonderbolts HQ. We've got a performance to do today!" She then flew off quickly. "Wow," Zipp said. "Well, I guess we should head down to the ground." Then the two sisters flew down to the ground to their friends, just as the doors to the Castle of Friendship opened up, revealing Twilight and MC. "That... had got to be the most boring meeting of the Council of World Leaders," MC said. "I know," Twilight said. "But since you and I are royals, we should get along with the other world leaders. Even if we were doing a cyber meeting." "Prince Rutherford still hadn't figured out how cyber meetings work," MC said. "And I don't think Grandpa Gruff cares." "He's the only group leader of the Equestrian Continent that hadn't shown up for the world meetings," Twilight said. "I think we should head up to Griffonstone to talk to him." "Good idea," MC said. Just then, Nicole's voice came. "Michael!" Nicole's voice called out. "What is it, Nicole?" MC asked. "We've gotten a call from Knuckles," Nicole said. "It'd seem that pirates had gotten onto Angel Island. They retreated when they saw Knuckles's power." Twilight and MC looked at each other. Later, Twilight, MC, Mutt, Maria, Silver, Blaze, Sunny and her friends all arrived at the Altar of the Master Emerald. Twilight, MC and Blaze were having a chat with Knuckles. "And as soon as they saw my strength, they just ran back onto their flying pirate ship and took off," Knuckles explained. "Ugh... I hate pirates," MC said. "Why? You had bad experiences with pirates?" Twilight asked. "Ever since my kingdom was destroyed, pirates have been trying to loot my family fortune," MC said. "Luckily, the Oracle of Delphius hid my family fortune so no pirate could ever find it." "Well, seems that you've encountered Captain Celaeno and her crew," Twilight said, looking at Knuckles. "Sure they're pirates, but they've helped us when the Storm King first attacked Equestria." "So, they're friendly," Knuckles said. He then sighed. "Guess I shouldn't have thrown a tree at them. Especially at that raccoon girl that was with 'em." That got Blaze's attention. She then asked, "Raccoon girl?" "Yeah, there was a raccoon girl with them," Knuckles said. "What color was she?" Blaze asked. "She was... orange and brown," Knuckles said, describing the raccoon girl. "She was wearing a green tube top with a white stripe on the top, black shorts, and green and orange shoes." Blaze then went wide eyed and smiled. She then said, "Marine." "Marine?" Twilight asked. "Who's Marine?" "She's actually from my dimension," Blaze said. "She's... well... I just can't get away from her at times." "Well, if she's a friend of yours, Blaze, we gotta go get her," MC said. He then looked towards Knuckles. "Where were they flying when they took off?" "Heck if I know," Knuckles answered. "All I cared about was guarding the Master Emerald." "Alright," MC said. "We'll just have to keep looking. They couldn't have gone too far." Sunny then ran up to the group. "Nicole just called," Sunny said. "She said that the pirates are heading to the Hawaiian Islands." "Looks like we need to pick up some sunscreen in San Francisco before we head on to Hawaii," MC said. "It's gonna get hot." Then the four of them headed for the Spirit of Freedom, leaving Knuckles at the Altar. "Well, at least those guys answered my call," Knuckles said. He then jumped back up on top of the Master Emerald and laid on top of it. He then closed his eyes and took a nap. The Spirit of Freedom was flying over the Pacific Ocean, flying towards Hawaii. MC and Zipp were at the controls. MC then checked something. "ETA, 20 minutes," MC said. "I just hope Marine is okay," Blaze said, walking up to the two. "So Blaze wasn't the only one of her dimension to survive," Silver said. "Do you think there are more?" "It depends," Twilight said. "Blaze ended up in the future of your original timeline. Who knows how long Marine has been in this time?" "Different possibilities of inter-dimensional separation," Maria said. "This is gonna be a long day. We're probably going to have jetlag." "What's jetlag?" Hitch asked. "Extreme tiredness from travelling west across the different time zones of the planet," Twilight said. "I know. Equestria has been on this world for over a year now." "Maria has a point," MC said. "We'll be too tired to fly the Spirit of Freedom back to Station Square. So it'd be best if we spend the night at a hotel in Hawaii." "I could go for some Hawaiian pizza," Mutt said. "I especially like the pineapple..." His mouth was then covered by Izzy's hand. "Don't you ever talk about Pineapple on pizza," Izzy said, angrily. Mutt got scared of Izzy. Along with all the others. "Another thing that she and Pinkie share," Twilight whispered to Sunny. "At least it's more than just planning birthday parties," Sunny whispered back. "Speaking of which, Sonic's birthday is coming up," MC said. "Along with Sonia and Manic since the three of them are triplets. I'm thinking of having the party set up at the one place where the Freedom Fighters first formed together." "Knothole?" Twilight asked. "We haven't been there for months. How are we gonna get the three of them here?" "We'll think of something," MC said. Meanwhile, in Hawaii, Captain Celaeno's ship arrived at the island of Oahu. The pirates then got a whiff of the tropical air and let out a happy sigh. "Oh, man," Captain Celaeno said. "This place is so... nice. This place would be wonderful to have our vacation spot." "Blimey!" Marine said, walking down the ramp with Captain Celaeno following. "This place reminds me of the island where I'm from." "Well, at least you'll feel like home here," Captain Celaeno said. "First, we're gonna need some building permits." She then pulled out a scroll. "According to these declarations, we must have permission from the leader of this great island to build a place here. We just have to find the leader and get his or her permission to build our own personal vacation home. You got that, crew?" "Aye aye, Captain," the rest of the crew said. Just then, the sound of a creature snarling came in. They all looked towards the sound, wielding their weapons. "Stay on guard, crew," Captain Celaeno said. They then walked towards the sound slowly. They had their weapons in front of them. They saw a bush shaking. As soon as they got close to it, they were ensnared in a net that was hidden in the sand. All of them yelled. Captain Celaeno then looked towards the bush. Something came out of the bush and she was surprised. "You?!" At a beach area, the Spirit of Freedom landed at Honolulu. The door opened up and the group walked out. When they walked out the group looked around to see not even on person around. "That's odd," Twilight said. "Where is everyone?" MC then started sniffing around. He then said, "No one's around here. This place has been abandoned. Something's not right." "Where is everyone?" Zipp asked. She then pulled out her visor and looked around. It was showing at what Zipp was seeing through her visor. "Hello?!" Pipp called out. "Is someone there?!" "I should check the sky to see if anyone's out there," Twilight said, just before Zipp found something in the sand. "Wait!" Zipp said. "I've got something." Zipp then walked over towards what she found and took off her visor. She then picked up what she found. It was white hair. "What is this? Hair?" MC then took the hair and sniffed it. He then went wide eyed. "Uh oh. Not these guys again." "Who is it?" Silver asked. Just then, a roaring sound came. The group looked towards the roar and saw some creatures charging towards them. "What are those things?!" "The Storm King's army!" Twilight said. They came to sight. There were a lot of them. "Whoa!" Mutt said. "Those things look scarier up close." MC looked down at the ground and looked at the sand. He then smirked. "Hey, Blaze," MC said. "How hot can you get?" Blaze looked at the sand and said, "Oh, I get what you're saying." MC then dove into the sand, absorbing himself into it. Then a bunch of arms made of sand came out of the ground, grabbing all of the Storm Creatures, bunching them together. Then a sand twister formed around the Storm Creatures. "Sand...!" MC's voice came from the sand. Blaze then held out her hands, pushing out a huge burst of fire from her hands, saying, "...And fire...!" The fire heated up the sand. The sand was then crystallized, making it a cone of glass, trapping the Storm Creatures. Luckily, it had holes for them to breathe. MC then came out of the glass, his hair on fire. "Makes glass," MC said. He then jumped into the water, cooling himself off. "Wow," Pipp said. "That was amazing." MC then came out of the water. "That won't hold them long," MC said. "We've gotta go." Then they started running towards the city. Somewhere in the middle of the city of Honolulu, Captain Celaeno was waking up. She then looked around. "Where are we?" Captain Celaeno asked, looking around. She then saw a bunch of Hawaiian people in shackles, chained to the floor. She then noticed that she was shackled up. "What is this?" "'Sup, my friend?" came a voice. She looked towards her left and saw Capper shackled to the ground. He brought his restraints closer to his head so he could salute to her. "Capper?" Captain Celaeno asked. "Where are we?" "A prison made up by the scrounging Storm Creatures," came another voice. Captain Celeano turned her head to see Tempest Shadow, also shackled to the ground. "The Storm Creatures are trying to continue the Storm King's plan from right here." "That's right," came a voice. Everyone there looked towards the voice and they saw Grubber coming in. "And now that we have you, the only ones left to take the full blow of the Super Tropical Storm is Princess Skystar, Princess Twilight and her five friends, that baby dragon, and those pesky Freedom Fighters." "Blimey!" Marine said. "All this for revenge?!" "That's right, girly!" Grubber said. "And now, nothing can stop the Storm King's plan!" He then laughed evilly. Just then, he heard a door knock. "Hang on." He then walked towards the door. "Who's there?" "Boo..." came MC's voice from the other side of the door. "Boo who?" Grubber asked. Just then, the door was slammed open on him, crushing him against the wall. "Don't cry, it's just a joke," MC smirked, walking in, his arms crossed. Then Twilight, Maria, Mutt, Silver, Blaze, Sunny and her friends all ran in. Zipp then looked around and said, "More of those Storm Creatures?" "Maria, Mutt, you two free the hostages," MC said. "Got it," Mutt said. Maria closed her eyes and concentrated on her power. She then opened her eyes, them being red instead of blue. She then rushed through the room, breaking the shackles of the people she was coming across. The rest of the group started taking on the Storm Creatures there. Silver was using his telekinesis to lift up some Storm Creatures. Twilight was doing the same. Then the two of them threw the Storm Creatures at a wall. "Pipp, Zipp, Izzy, you three help lead the hostages out of here," MC said. The three ponies nodded. "Sunny, Hitch, how about you two show these guys your new magic." Sunny and Hitch nodded. They then stomped on the ground and vines started growing out of the ground, tying up the Storm Creatures. Marine, Tempest, Capper, Captain Celaeno and the rest of the pirates were freed from their shackles. Marine then notice flames being spread. She then looked at who was using the flames. "Blaze?!" Marine asked. "Yep," Mutt said, getting Marine to her feet. "When Blaze heard you were with these pirates, she just had to come. Although, when she was found, she was about 200 years in the future of an alternate timeline." "Really?" Marine asked. "That's right," Blaze said as she was coming down in a flaming twister. "I'm just glad I'm not the only one from my dimension that's here." "Less chatting, more bad guy bashing!" MC said before he punched a Storm Creature's face as he was about to slam down the prince. "He didn't even look!" Marine said. "The gray guy didn't even look!" "Yeah, MC's a lot more strong in all five senses," Mutt said. "He sees with more than just his eyes." "A lot of things changed since I've been in this world," Blaze said. "For example, those ponies there weren't apart of this world before." "Actually, we were supposed to be," Twilight said, teleporting down after rounding up the last of the defeated Storm Creatures. "According to Light Gaia, the one who defends the Earth from Dark Gaia when he awakens, Equestria was once apart of Earth, but Light Gaia had to send it away for its own protection. And we ponies were quadruped in that part of the galaxy. Originally, the Freedom Fighters were gonna send all the Mobians to Equestria for their own safety from Eggman's evil scheme." "What happened?" Marine asked. "Instead, the machine was stolen by Doctor Eggman and he used it to bring Equestria to this world so he could make Equestria enemies with this world as well," Mutt said. "Can we finish this up?" "Oh, right," Twilight said. She then noticed that all of the other Storm Creatures were tied up. "Oh, I guess we are done." "Hey! Let me go!" came Grubber's voice. "And I would've gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for you meddling kids!" "Dude, wrong universe!" MC said. He then used his power to transform Grubber's uniform into a pair of tighty whities. He then let Grubber cover himself in embarrassment. Later, a huge GUN airship came in, and all the Storm Creatures and Grubber were escorted into it by a bunch of agents. Marine was talking with Captain Celaeno. "You're sure about this?" Captain Celaeno asked. "I'm sure, Captain," Marine said. "I might as well stay with someone I recognize." "I understand," Captain Celaeno said. "But before you go..." Captain Celaeno then placed a pirate's bandana on Marine's head. She looked up at it and smiled. "You might not be joining us anymore, but you are still a member of this crew." Marine saluted and said, "Aye aye, Captain!" Then the rest of the pirates came in and saluted to Marine. MC and Blaze looked at the pirates from a distance. "You do realize she's gonna have to be bunking with you, right?" MC asked. "At least I won't be the only one in the guest house who doesn't have a roommate anymore," Blaze said. "Yeah that's true," MC said. "Marine!" Blaze called out. "You ready to go?" "Just about," Marine said, picking up her bags. She then ran towards the Spirit of Freedom. "It's already getting late," MC said. "Let's find a hotel and stay the night before we head on back to the mainland." They all nodded and headed for the hotel area of Honolulu. Author's Note Next Episode: The Generations Saga (Part 1): Birthday Bashed
Episode 21: The Generations Saga (Part 1): Birthday BashedEpisode 21: The Generations Saga (Part 1): Birthday Bashed Somewhere in Green Hills, Montana, years before Equestria showed up, a blue blur sped by the viewers. The blur sped through the forest and headed for town. At a cliff side, the blur stopped, revealing a younger Sonic. It was Classic Sonic. "Sonic!" came another voice. Classic Sonic looked towards the sky, seeing a friendly face flying towards him. "What a nice day, don't you agree?" Classic Tails asked. Classic Sonic responded with a nod. "C'mon. Let's go mess with Crazy Carl again." Classic Sonic gave Classic Tails a thumbs up. Then they started heading off towards town. Classic Sonic was getting farther away from Classic Tails. Then there was a roaring sound. Classic Sonic stopped and turned around. He looked around for where that roar came from. Then the sky started to get dark. Classic Sonic then looked up to see something he did not expect. In the present time of Green Hills, Sonic was rushing past the speed trap, where a Green Hills Police Car was parked, with a cop in the car, checking out the radar gun. "Mornin' Wade!" Sonic's voice called out. "Morning, Sonic!" the police officer, known as Wade Whipple, responded. As Sonic was running, two figures were coming up next to him. It was his two triplet siblings, Sonia and Manic. Sonia was on her motorcycle and Manic was on his hoverboard. "'Sup, bro?" Sonia and Manic asked in unison. "Sonia? Manic?" Sonic asked, a little surprised. "You two got the distress call, too?" "Apparently," Sonia said. "How bad could it be if it involves all three of us?" They continued speeding through town. Meanwhile, at Knothole, the Mane 6, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, the Young 6, the Freedom Fighters, Spike, Sunny and her friends, Truemen, Blaze, Marine, Rouge, Olive, Knuckles, the Chaotix, Midpoint and Cozy Glow were all setting up a party there. Tails was running up towards them. "They'll be here any second!" Tails said. Just then, the sound of a motorcycle came in. Then they all got into position. "What's going on?!" Sonia asked. "Yeah, what's the distress call about?" Manic asked. Sonic then noticed the group and asked, "You having a party or something?" Then they all faced the three hedgehogs and called out, "Surprise!!!!" Then the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Cozy Glow, Knuckles, Blaze, Rouge and Espio fire off party poppers. "Awwww, you guys," Sonic said as he, Sonia and Manic were surprised. "Guess we've been doing stuff so quickly, we didn't slow down enough to notice it was our birthday." "It was very difficult to keep you from finding out," Sally said. "Well, thanks, guys," Sonic said. "Of course we had to set up your birthday party here," Twilight said. "It was where we all became friends and made this world a better place." "So, this is where you lived before Equestria came back?" Sunny asked, looking at MC. The two were sitting at a table. "Yes," MC said. "In fact..." He then pointed at a bungalow. "That there bungalow was mine. Of course now, this place has been refurbished as a summer camp. And my old bungalow is now the cabin for the head camp counselor. "Hey, guys!" Midpoint said. "How about we keep up this party at the baseball field?!" "Yeah!" everyone said. At the Green Hills Baseball field, half of the entire group were playing baseball. Tails was on the mount as Knuckles was at homeplate. "Be ready for my fastball," Tails said. "Your fastball will be dishonored, and so will you, Tails," Knuckles said, preparing to swing. At the fence, Tom and Maddie arrived in their truck. They got out to watch the game. "Looks like we've made it just in time," Tom said. "I can't wait for this," Maddie said. MC was being the catcher. Gallus, Sandbar and Midpoint were on Knuckles's team. Manic, Espio and Charmy were on Tails and MC's team. Gallus was on first base, being guarded by Manic. Sandbar was on second, guarded by Espio. And Midpoint was on third, being guarded by Charmy. Tails then pitched the ball, using both his tails to throw. Knuckles was prepared for it. He then pulled the bat away, and then he said, "Power Bump!" He then punched the ball, red energy coming from his right fist. The ball was heading for Tails's head, making him scream. He then ducked. Along with Sandbar and Espio. The ball then went through the scoreboard, where Marine and Joshua were keeping score. "Haha! Victory is mine!" "Hey, no fair!" Tails said. "That shouldn't count!" Knuckles was already heading towards first base as Midpoint was running towards home. "Don't worry, Tails," MC said. "Baseball rules said that it's legal to hit the ball. It didn't say anything about using your fist to hit the ball." "Kinda like Donkey Kong in that old Mario Baseball Game," Joshua said. MC then used his power to forge another baseball. He then tossed the ball towards Tails, who caught it. On the scoreboard, there were two teams. One being Sonic's Team, and the other being Tails's Team. Tom and Maddie walked up to Sonic. Sonic noticed them coming and said, "Hey, Doughnut Lord and Pretzel Lady. How's it going?" "No way we would miss your birthday, Sonic," Tom said. "As soon as Wade saw you, he informed me and we prepared your favorite food. Hope you like it." Maddie then handed a foot long chili dog. Sonic grabbed it and took a bite out of it. "Like it? I love it!" Sonic said. "Okay," Twilight said. "Next up to bat is... Spike!" Spike then stepped up to base with a baseball bat. Tails then prepared another fastball. He then launched it. Spike then swung and he hit the ball. Spike then started running. "It's going!" Twilight said. "Going!" Just then, the ball hit something metal. That made everyone, including Spike, stop. And he barely made it to first base. They all looked up to see a dark creature hovering over the baseball field. "What the... heck is that?!" MC asked. The creature roared, sending everyone towards the home plate side of the field. "Let's see what we're dealing with," Midpoint said, taking off his rings. He then got confused. "I... I can't see into the future. This thing's messing with my precognition!" The creature roared again, making rifts open up, leading to different locations. Twilight then shot a blast towards the creature, but then the blast went backwards sending it back towards Twilight, sending her back towards Sonic, Sonia and Manic, knocking them out. "Sparkles!" MC yelled. "Twilight!" Nyx said. MC then growled and charged at the creature. Then the rifts started sucking them in. MC noticed it and buried his claws into the ground. He then tried mimicking the dirt, but it instantly undid the mimicry. He then got sucked into one rift, him shouting out. Then the others started getting sucked in. "Help us!" Tails called out, him being the last to be pulled into one rift. "SONIC!!" Then a white void spread out from the creature, leaving Twilight, Sonic, Sonia and Manic knocked out. Twilight, Sonic, Sonia and Manic were waking up. They looked around and saw that they were in some white space. "Where are we?" Twilight asked. "What is this place?" Sonia asked. "Craziest birthday ever, dudes and dudettes," Manic said. "We should look around for our friends," Sonic said. "They could be anywhere." "Look!" Twilight said. "There's something over there! Maybe there's someone there who can help!" "It's worth a try," Sonic said. Then the four of them headed for the area. Somewhere else, Tails was waking up somewhere. He then sat up and looked around. Luckily, he wasn't alone. He was with Ocellus, Nyx, Sunny, and Midpoint. "What's going on?" Tails asked. He then looked at Midpoint. He then shook up the unconscious otter. "Wake up, Alex." Alex then woke up and did a spin kick, sweeping Tails off his feet. "Whoa! Oof!" "Whoa," Midpoint said. "Sorry, Tails." "Do you know what's happening?" Tails asked. Sunny, Nyx, and Ocellus were waking up. "What happened?" Ocellus asked. "Where are we?" Sunny asked. "Where's everybody else?" Nyx asked. Midpoint took his rings off again. He then sighed. "This place is also messing with my precognition," Midpoint said. "I'm blinded from the truth." Just then, they all heard something. "What was that?" Midpoint then prepared his bow and a trick arrow. He then aimed it somewhere. Tails, Nyx, Ocellus and Sunny got behind Midpoint. Just then, a bunch of robots came into sight. "What are those things?!" Ocellus asked. "Moto Bugs?!" Tails asked. "Those are old Eggman Robot designs!" "Alright," Midpoint said. He then released his arrow and it collided with the Moto Bug in the lead, and the arrow exploded. But the explosion did nothing. "What the heck?!" "Run!" Ocellus shouted. Then the five of them started running away from the Moto Bug swarm. They were running from the Moto Bugs through a forest. Sunny looked back at the swarm and thought of something. "Get to higher ground!" Sunny said. She then unleashed her alicorn wings and horn and started flying up. Tails, Ocellus and Nyx nodded and started flying. Midpoint then prepared another trick arrow, connected a grappling line from his belt, and fired it at the cliff above him. He then pushed a button on his belt and the line started bringing him up. The Moto Bugs continued down the path they were on. The group looked around to see where they were. Tails then said, "This almost looks like Green Hills." "Wait a minute," Midpoint said. "What is that?" He then pulled out a telescope. He then saw something through it. "Is that a rift?" "A rift?" Tails asked. He then took the telescope and looked through it. "You think that's our way out?" "Well, we won't know until we get there," Nyx said. Then they started flying towards the rift. Tails was holding Lynol by his right arm. "Ugh... You're really... heavy," Tails said. "It must be my quiver," Midpoint said. "The heavy weight helps increase my upper body strength." On the other side of the rift, Twilight, Sonic, Sonia and Manic arrived there and saw the rift. They looked into it and saw Nyx, Ocellus, Tails, Midpoint and Sunny running towards the rift, which was slowly closing. "The rift is closing!" Sonic said. Twilight then used her magic to keep the rift from closing. Midpoint and Sunny ran through the rift and used their strength to keep it open. Then Tails, Ocellus and Nyx ran through the rift. Sunny and Midpoint let go as Twilight released her magic. Then the rift closed. "That was close," Tails said. "You okay, buddy?" Sonic asked, putting his hand on Tails's left shoulder. "I'm fine," Tails said. "We're all fine." "Where were you in there?" Twilight asked. "Green Hills... before Knothole was made," Midpoint said. "Twilight!" Nyx said, jumping into Twilight's chest. Twilight fell to the ground from the sudden shift. She then hugged Nyx back. "Nyx, are you alright?" Twilight asked. "I'm fine," Nyx said. She then looked around. "Where are Joshua, Spike and the other Crusaders?" "We don't know," Manic said. "Everyone else got sucked into different rifts. Yo, Lynol, any idea what's happening?" "No," Midpoint said. "Something here is interfering with my powers. I have no idea what's gonna happen, or who's behind this or..." He then noticed something. On a top a hillside, there was a figure in a trench coat, a blue wig and an iron mask. Midpoint then rubbed his closed eyes with his wrist and opened them up. When he looked back, the figure was gone. "What is it, Alex?" Ocellus asked. "I thought I saw someone," Midpoint said. "We should continue finding our friends," Sunny said. "Alright, everyone," Twilight said. "Let's keep going." Then they continued on their way to another part of where they were." In Joshua's point of view, he was passed out. He then felt someone shaking him. "Joshua!" MC's voice faintly came in. Joshua started waking up to see MC above him. "Joshua! Wake up!" Joshua then woke up. "MC?" Joshua asked. "Where are we?" "I think we're back in Equestria," MC said. "In the Everfree Forest." "What?!" Joshua asked, getting up. "We shouldn't be here! Let's get out of here!" "Hey guys!" came Gallus's voice. The two looked and saw him flying towards the two. "Something's going on at a nearby clearing. C'mon!" Gallus then picked Joshua up and flew off somewhere. MC followed. They all went up to the top of a tree, where Rarity, Pipp and Mutt were. MC, Gallus and Joshua went up to them and looked down towards a clearing full of ponies, who were quadruped. "What is this?" Joshua asked. "I don't know," Rarity said. "But there's something very wrong here." MC's eyes went into its golden aura glow, and he checked what was going on. He was inspecting the ponies and he saw somepony tied up by her legs, and there was a sack on her head. MC's eyes went back to normal, and were widened. "Sparkles?!" MC asked, making Rarity, Pipp and Gallus cover his mouth. "You saw Twilight?" Rarity asked, quietly, removing hers, Pipp's and Gallus's hands. "Yeah, I did," MC quietly responded. "She's a quadruped unicorn down there." He then noticed the ponies. "Wait a minute. I know this event. This was when... the Children of Nightmare were trying to recreate Nightmare Moon." "This is how Nyx was born?" Joshua asked. "Oh, yes, now I remember," Rarity said. "This was the day that Twilight was ponynapped by a bunch of ponies who were trying to recreate Nightmare Moon, but Princess Celestia came in and interrupted the spell, and almost half of the cult ponies were arrested... tonight." "Wait a minute," Joshua said. "When Nyx was telling me the story, Princess Celestia was in the room. She said that she didn't interrupt the spell by firing a blast. She came because somepony launched a beacon up into the sky above the clouds." "Why would...?" Pipp asked. She then thought of something. She then flew up to the clouds, careful not to be seen by the ponies on the ground. Gallus followed. They looked above the clouds, seeing a bunch of Canterlot Royal Guards searching somewhere, all lead by Princess Celestia, who weren't even close to where the young griffon or the futuristic pegasus were. They went back down to the tree top. "They're not even close to where we are," Gallus said quietly. "Then they're not gonna find this place in time," Mutt said. "Look." Mutt pointed towards the ritual. At the ritual, the burning shreds of Nightmare Moon, and Twilight's blood, were all forming together into a black sphere. "Not today," MC said. He then charged up his hands and he created a golden ball of energy and threw it straight up into the sky, going through the clouds. "Yes... it is working my brothers and sisters!" came Spell Nexus's voice. "She is beginning to take shape!" The group listened while looking up at MC's beacon glowing, the glow coming through the clouds. But then it started coming down. "No way..." Rarity said. Pipp was recording the beacon launch on her cell phone, saying, "This is going to be... so... interesting." "Our queen shall soon be..." Nexus said before MC's beacon collided with the black sphere, causing an explosion, sending a shockwave throughout the clearing, the ritual catching fire. "Did I do that?" MC asked, using the voice of a young Jaleel White. Just then, they looked up, seeing the clouds being separated from above the clearing. Then a bunch of Royal Pegasus Guards came flying down. "Freeze! You are all under arrest!" said one of the pegasus guards. "We should get out of here before someone sees us," Gallus said, the others nodding in agreement. Then they all headed off towards the exit of the Everfree Forest. As they were running, they saw a rift in front of the exit. "That must be the way out of this time!" Rarity said. They saw it closing. "It's closing!" "Chaos... Circle!" MC said, spinning his hands around, creating a golden aura circle. He then threw it, keeping the rift from closing. "Dive through!" Mutt sped up and jumped through the rift, taking Joshua with him. Then Rarity jumped through. Then Pipp. Then Gallus. And finally MC jumped through the rift. MC then grabbed the Chaos Circle and absorbed it right as the rift closed. MC then looked over and saw Twilight, Sonic, Sonia, Manic, Nyx, Sunny, Ocellus, Tails and Midpoint right outside the rift. "Are you guys okay?" Twilight asked. "We just came from the ritual that led to Nyx being born," Joshua said. "What?!" Twilight and Nyx asked in unison. "The royal guards weren't near the clearing until MC launched a beacon into the sky," Gallus said. "Which came down and landed on the black sphere in the middle of the ritual," Pipp said, pulling out her cell phone. "Here, take a look." Twilight took Pipp's phone and looked at the video. In the video, Pipp's phone followed MC's beacon, which went through the clouds, came down through the clouds, and landed on the black sphere. "So Princess Celestia really didn't fire upon the ritual," Twilight said. "Then... that means..." Sunny said. "Wait a minute," Pipp said. "Alex, didn't you take a DNA test from Nyx's blood as well?" "I did," Midpoint said, realizing what Pipp was getting at. He then pulled out his tablet, and checked out Nyx's DNA test. "Of course! Now that makes sense! When I checked Nyx's DNA test, there were traces of Twilight and Luna's DNA within her. And there was another trace of someone else's DNA within her. That must be MC's energy signature within Nyx. Making Nyx..." "MC's daughter?!" the others, except MC and Nyx, asked in unison. "Oh, god," MC said, fainting to the ground. Nyx stood there in shock. Twilight leaned towards Sonic and asked, "Has MC ever...?" "Nope," Sonic said. "This was the first time I've seen him faint." Twilight then waved her hand in front of Nyx's face, trying to get Nyx's attention. Author's Note Next Episode: The Generations Saga (Part 2): A Tale of Two Sonics
Episode 22: The Generations Saga (Part 2): A Tale of Two SonicsEpisode 22: The Generations Saga (Part 2): A Tale of Two Sonics In what looks like a chemical plant, Applejack, Smolder, Apple Bloom, Sally, Amy, and Spike were running through the place, trying to get through the toxic smell. "Whew!" Smolder said. "This place stinks!" "Literally," Sally said. "Ah agree with ya both," Applejack said, blowing the smell away with her hat. "Ah'm never gonna get the smell outta my nose." "Me, too, sis," Apple Bloom said. "Hopefully we'll get outta here soon," Spike said. Sally was holding out her Nicole handheld device and said, "I still can't get any connection with Nicole. C'mon, Nicole. Answer me." "Perhaps we need ta find Alex or Tails," Applejack said. "Maybe they'll get Nicole up n' runnin'." "Most likely," Sally said. "But we need to get out of here first." "Yeah," Amy said. "Anyone seen the exit?" Just then, she was grabbed by something quickly, and she screamed. "What was that?!" Smolder asked. "I think that was Metal Sonic!" Spike said. Just then, a blue blur passed them. "Hey, was that?" "It was," Sally said. "Go, Sonic!" Focusing on the blue blur, it was actually Classic Sonic in pursuit of Metal Sonic. In the white void, Twilight was carrying Nyx, whose brain was still fried from learning that MC is her father. Midpoint was carrying MC, who was still passed out, on his back while Mutt was carrying Midpoint's quiver and bow, that way Midpoint could carry MC more easily. Sonic, Sonia, Manic and the other rescued from the rift spaces were following them. "C'mon, Nyx," Twilight said. "Wake up." "Hang on," Manic said, reaching into his fanny pack. "I think I've got some smelling salts in here." Manic then pulled out a bottle of smelling salts. He opened it up and held the bottle near Nyx's nose. The smelling salts took its effect and Nyx coughed. "Wha... what happened?" Nyx asked. "You passed out when you found out that Michael could be your father," Rarity said. "What?!" Nyx asked, jumping out of Twilight's arms and flying. "I'm... MC's daughter?" "By that logic, Nyx is the heir to the throne of the Crayton Kingdom," Tails said. "But with no kingdom, MC'll have to marry into an eligible kingdom," Pipp said. "I don't know if he's my type." "Wait," Sunny said. "Back in the time Pipp, Hitch, Zipp, Izzy and I came from, MC told me and Izzy personally that he had to take care of all of Equestria when the Flames of Disaster killed Twilight. Spike was helping him as much as he could. But then... all of a sudden..." "Everypony in Equestria started fighting with one another," Twilight said. "Causing MC to make things with the Unity Crystals." "And the Castle of Friendship to break apart while he was standing at the very top of it," Rarity said as MC started getting off of Midpoint's back. "But someone had to be spreading those rumors," MC said. "Someone who wanted to be ultra powerful." "But how would that pony be all powerful?" Pipp asked. "I can think of one thing," Midpoint said. Everyone looked at the otter. "Cozy told me when Discord had busted her and Tirek out of Tartarus. She said that she sent her, Tirek and Chrysalis to a mountain to get the Bewitching Bell. Grogar's Bell." "Oh, boy," Twilight said. "That's a lot of powerful magic in that bell. That would be bad for a power hungry creature to have and try to take over Equestria." "Hey, guys!" Sonic said, pointing off somewhere. "Look!" Sonic pointed at another area with an open rift. "Some of our friends could be there as well." Then they started running towards the area. Back at the Chemical Plant, Classic Sonic jumped on Metal Sonic's head, causing him to drop Amy, her screaming all the way down. Luckily, Applejack caught her. "Gotcha, sugarcube," Applejack said. "Thanks, Applejack," Amy said. Then they saw Metal Sonic, heading towards a tower, and it collided with it, causing a major explosion. "Alright, Sonic!" They saw Classic Sonic running off somewhere. "Hey! Where's he going?!" "Ah don't know, but we should follow him," Applejack said. Then she, Amy and the others started following Classic Sonic. Outside of the area, Classic Sonic left the rift as the present Sonic and the others arrived there. MC stopped and sniffed around. "That's odd," MC said. "What is it?" Twilight asked. "I've got Sonic's scent coming from the rift, but that's impossible," MC said. "Yeah, bro," Manic said. "That is impossible, 'cause our bro has been with us the entire time." "Hey, look!" Tails said, pointing in the rift. They looked and saw Spike, Applejack, Apple Bloom, Sally, Amy and Smolder heading for the rift. The rift started closing. "The rift's closing!" Twilight used her magic to hold it open while MC and Midpoint held it open by the sides of the rift with their hands. Then the six in the rift jumped through and the three let go of the rift and it sealed shut and vanished. "Smolder!" Ocellus said, running up to the dragoness. "Are you alright?" "I'm fine, Ocellus," Smolder said. "But, whew! That place stunk!" "What is going on?" Gallus said. "I hope I'm wrong, but this place seems to be some kind of... limbo," Midpoint said. "Limbo?" Twilight asked. "You mean the place where time is meaningless and we could be stuck here for years?" "I don't know," Midpoint replied. "We don't even know if time is passing outside of this void or not. I don't even know because my ability to look into the future isn't working." "Well, wherever we are, we should..." Sonic said before noticing something in Amy's quills. "Amy, is that...?" "Huh?" Amy asked. Sonic then reached for what Amy had and he pulled something out. "A Chaos Emerald!" Tails said. "They are here!" "If we gather all seven Chaos Emeralds..." MC said. "We can use them to take on that thing that brought us here and go home," Twilight said. "C'mon. Let's get the Chaos Emeralds and go home!" Then they all headed off somewhere, heading for another part of the white space they were in. Knuckles was waking up. He looked around and saw that he was at some place familiar. He was at his home, Angel Island. "Angel Island?" Knuckles asked. "I'm... home?" He then heard some groaning. He looked over and saw Fluttershy, Sweetie Belle, Yona, Truemen, and Maddie there with him. "Are you all alright?" He ran over to help Maddie up. "Oh, we're okay," Fluttershy said. She then looked around. "Where are we?" "Angel Island," Knuckles said, helping up the pegasus. "This is my home." "This is where you live?" Maddie asked, looking around. "All by yourself?" "Angel Island had a lot more residents here," Knuckles said. "That was until a great battle came in unexpectedly. All the other echidnas in my tribe went into battle. I wanted to join in the battle. My father stopped me from joining the fight. He said my moment to honor our tribe would come, but it was not this moment. Those were the last words he spoke to me. I never saw him again." "That's so sad," Sweetie Belle said, tears coming out of the corners of her eyes. "It was," Knuckles said, patting Sweetie Belle's head. "But right now isn't the time for tears. Now's the time to get out of here and back to where we came from. Something isn't right." Just then, a bunch of robots came in and surrounded the group. "Whoa!" Truemen said. "Eggman robots." "To battle, Bear," Knuckles said. Then Knuckles and Truemen went towards the robots. "Yona want in on battle, too!" Yona said, charging in. She then rammed a robot, which did a chain reaction, making each bump into another robot and exploding, each doing the same as the first one. "Yona did not mean to do that!" "She just took away our fun," Truemen said. "Guess yaks are mightier than the echidnas," Knuckles said. "With their brute force." "Yona mighty! Yona mighty!" Yona said, jumping up and down, causing the ground to shake, making the others fall down to the ground. "Which might also be a problem with how excitable they get," Truemen said, making Knuckles nod. "C'mon," Knuckles said. "Let us get going." Then they headed towards another part of Angel Island. Back with the others, the group were walking somewhere in the white space. Spike, Nyx, Joshua, Mutt and Apple Bloom were talking with each other. "Seriously?" Spike asked. "It was MC who fired the blast and got Princess Celestia and her guards to go to that space where they held Twilight the night before Nyx became a full pony?" "Yeah," Mutt said. "Which was awesome!" "Boy, this place sure is weird on time," Apple Bloom said. "I'm still a little freaked out," Nyx said. "Especially the part where MC could be my dad." "Hey guys," Sonia said. "Look!" The entire group looked at where Sonia was pointing. They saw a rift that led to Angel Island. "Angel Island," Sonic said. "No doubt Knuckles is somewhere in there," MC said, making the others nod. Back within the rift, Knuckles was leading his group through Angel Island, which was starting to fall apart for some reason. "This shouldn't be happening!" Knuckles said. "Angel Island isn't supposed to be crumbling!" "Hey, look!" Yona said, pointing off somewhere. It was an open rift. "That must be the way out," Maddie said. "Let's move it." Then they started running towards the rift. They soon came close to the rift, but they had to cross a narrow bridge. Only one creature could cross at a time. "Alright, this bridge can only hold one of us at a time. Sweetie Belle, you go first." "I'll be above you," Fluttershy said, comforting a scared Sweetie Belle. Sweetie Belle then started crossing. Eventually, she made it across. "Alright, Yona," Maddie said. "Since you're heavier than us, you'll be going after me." Yona nodded. Maddie then started crossing. She eventually made it across. Then Yona started going, but when she was halfway there, the bridge started crumbling. She then started running. Eventually, she made it across. "Oh no!" Sweetie Belle said. "Knuckles and Truemen are stuck!" "Not exactly!" Truemen said, wrapping his left arm around Knuckles's waist. He and Knuckles jumped off their side of where the bridge once stood. Truemen then reached his metal arm downward and his palm gave off a bright orange aura, causing him to hover over the gap. He was straining to keep Knuckles from falling. "You're... really heavy!" "That's because I am one million percent muscle!" Knuckles said. "Faster, bear!" Eventually, the two made it to the other side, meeting up with the others. "Are you guys alright?" Maddie asked. "We are fine," Knuckles said. "Let's go!" Knuckles then pointed towards the rift, which was starting to close. "It's closing!" As they were getting closer, the rift was getting smaller. But then, something was holding it open. Eventually, they made it through in this order: Sweetie Belle, Fluttershy, Yona, Maddie, Truemen and Knuckles. They all looked and saw MC and Midpoint where the rift was. "You guys okay?" MC asked. "Well, the bear and I almost fell to our deaths, so, we're good," Knuckles said. "Good," Sonic said. "Now, we have to find the rest of our friends, and the Chaos Emeralds, and get out of this place," Twilight said. "Hey, guys," MC said. "What's that?" MC pointed off somewhere. "Some kind of gate," Midpoint said. "You think it's safe to explore?" "We won't know that," Twilight said. "Guys!" Tails said, making the others look over at him. He was holding the Chaos Emerald, which was glowing brighter. "The Chaos Emerald is reacting! I think there's another Emerald in there!" "Alright, I'm going in," Sonic said, walking towards the gate. "Sonic, are you sure?" Twilight asked. "I've been fighting strange things for a long time," Sonic responded. "I've got this." He then started walking inside. "He's gonna get killed," Knuckles said. "Seriously, we need to work on your pep talks, Knuckles," MC said. Tails chuckled and said, "Yeah." Sonic was walking down a hall. One side was a wall of mirrors, only it wasn't. Sonic was checking his reflection, which wasn't really a reflection, it was actually Classic Sonic on the other side of blurry glass. The two then looked at each other. They checked each other's teeth, then they patted their bellies, and then they brushed their quills. Then someone else's voice caught their attention. "Take a good look at yourself, Sonic!" "Doctor Eggman?!" Sonic asked, looking at the door at the end of the hall, seeing a large stone door. "It's the last look you'll get before I close your eyes forever!" came Eggman's voice before laughing. Just then, Classic Sonic ran towards the door, making Sonic look at him in shock. "Another Sonic?! What?!" Sonic asked. He then saw Classic Sonic about to jump towards the door. "Wait a second!" He then pursued Classic Sonic as it jumped through the doorway, as the stone door was closing. Sonic was too late to get through the doorway as it finished closing. Sonic had no idea what was going on, so he headed back to the gate, where his friends were. "What happened?" Amy asked. "I don't know how it happened... but there's... another me," Sonic said. "What?" Manic asked. "C'mon." "This isn't funny, Sonic," Sonia said. "Tell the truth." "He is," MC said. Everyone there looked towards the royal fox. "I can literally smell lies. Plus I didn't need his smell to know that he's lying. Look." He then pointed towards the gate. Everyone looked towards the gate and saw Classic Tails, looking at Tails. "Whoa!" Tails and Classic Tails said in unison. Back where Classic Sonic was, he was somehow in the Death Egg. He was about to run off and into an elevator shaft, but he stopped in time. Just then, a giant robot came up on an elevator, in front of Classic Sonic. The Death Egg Robot then tried jumping on Classic Sonic, but Classic Sonic sped out of the way as the elevator started rising, taking the two with them. Classic Sonic then aimed a spin attack on the Death Egg Robot's butt, knocking it over. They reached the top of the shaft, where there stood a bunch of platforms. Classic Sonic was jumping onto a platform as the Death Egg Robot was about to attack. Luckily, there were bombs placed on each platform, and the Death Egg Robot hit it, stunning it. Classic Sonic spun on the arm and he jumped and bashed the Death Egg Robot's head, making a chain reaction, making it self-destruct. Eventually, the Death Egg Robot broke into pieces. Eggman's voice was coming from the robot scraps. He was groaning and coughing. Classic Sonic shrugged his shoulder and ran over to the scraps, but the creature from earlier came in. Then a black and dark purple sphere came from the scraps and Eggman called out, "What?! No! No! Sonic! Save me!" Then the creature opened a rift and went through it. It then closed after passing through. Classic Sonic then left the gate, meeting up with Classic Tails, and all the others who were rescued. "I can't believe there's two of me," Sonic said, putting his hands on his hips. "I think I've figured it out," Classic Tails said. "Yeah, me too," Tails said. "That makes three of us," Twilight said. "Doubles of us..." Classic Tails said. "Places and enemies from our past..." Tails said. "Which is a clear sign that we're travelling through time and space," Twilight said. "Therefore, we are in the Nexus of All Realities," Midpoint said. "It's a part of the Multiverse Effect." "But the real question is... how did this happen?" MC asked. "I think it has something to do with that big 'thing' that just kidnapped Eggman," Tails said. "It sounds like the same thing that kidnapped your friends," Classic Tails said. "I mean, our friends. You know what I mean." "Time is really tricky here," Midpoint said. "Basically, we need to find someone who's an expert on this place. But we cannot do it here." "I guess we'll have to wait until that guy in the Iron Mask comes back," Classic Tails said. Almost everyone there was shocked. MC then sped towards Classic Tails and pinned him towards the gate. "Iron Mask?!" MC asked. "That's impossible! The Iron Mask is dead!" "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Midpoint said as he and Classic Sonic were getting MC to let go of Classic Tails. "Take it easy, MC. This is the Nexus of all Realities, meaning that the Iron Mask this Tails saw is probably just a counterpart of her trapped in this universe as well." "He's right," Tails said. "It's just a possibility. Your mom just might have a counterpart in this place. It depends on whether this one is like your mother or not." MC sighed and said, "Fine." He then let go of Classic Tails. "We'll find her, and we'll ask her as many questions as we can." He then started walking away. "How does he know that the figure in the Iron Mask is female?" Classic Tails asked. "The Iron Mask is MC's mother," Tails said. "She died protecting MC from a psychotic alien." Just then, the creature from before came out of a rift and started flying across the white space. "There it is!" After it flew over their heads, the creature opened up another rift and flew through it and vanished. "Where'd it go?!" Classic Tails asked. "We need to find that thing, our friends, and the Chaos Emeralds," Sonic said. "And fast." Just then, he saw Classic Sonic holding up something. "Okay," Sonic said. "Two down, five to go." "This is going to be one really interesting adventure," Twilight said. "Even if it might lead to the end of time." Author's Note Next Episode: The Generations Saga (Part 3): Best Frenemies Forever
Episode 24: The Generations Saga (Part 4): Chaos RisingEpisode 24: The Generations Saga (Part 4): Chaos Rising Somewhere in Station Square, Cream, Cheese, Olive and Dinky were surrounded by robots in a casino's basement. Olive was trying to defend Cream, Cheese and Dinky, but the laser blasts from her gloves weren't doing any damage to the robots surrounding her. "Dang it!" Olive said. "Nothing's working!" "We need to get out of here!" Cream said. "Chao chao chao!" Cheese said. "How?!" Dinky asked. Then Dinky noticed Cream flying. "You can fly?!" "Olive!" Cream said, getting her older sister's attention. "Let's go!" Olive nodded, launched a line from her glove, and they all headed up. The robots tried to pursue them, but the two rabbits, the Chao, and the unicorn filly were too fast for them. They eventually made it out of there, but they ended up in a men's restroom. From outside, a man's shouting came, and the four ran out of the men's room. "Sorry about that!" Olive then noticed a rift by the exit of the casino. "Girls, that must be the way out!" They started running for the rift as it was starting to close. "It's closing!" Dinky said. Just then, they saw MC and Knuckles holding the rift open. Cream and Cheese went through the rift first, then Dinky, and finally, Olive. They made it out and saw the others. "Took you long enough," Olive said. "At least you didn't get trapped on that end," Midpoint said. "Joshie!" Dinky said, noticing Joshua. She ran over to him and hugged him. "We got to get you all out of here," Sarah Crayton said. "After we find the rest of your friends and the Chaos Emeralds, we're getting all of you out of here." Then they started walking away. Olive, Cream, Cheese and Dinky walked over towards Midpoint. "Who is that vixen?" Olive asked. "Apparently, the vixen we buried after the alien attack was a clone," Midpoint answered. "That's the real Queen Sarah Crayton. She lives here." Olive then thought about it when Midpoint, Cream, Cheese and Dinky walked away. "So that's who she reminds me of," Olive said. Then she started following the others. At one area of the white space, the group arrived at an open rift. The group looked into it. "Hey!" Cozy said. "It's San Francisco!" "But when?" Midpoint said. "Just remember, this place run through our past, present and future." He then looked in the rift. "Oh, look. Maria, Rouge and Izzy are coming!" Midpoint then held the rift open, and MC assisted. Maria, Rouge and Izzy jumped through the portal. "Maria!" MC said, helping the human turned hedgehog up to her feet. "I'm fine, MC," Maria said. "But Shadow isn't. He's in there!" She pointed back to the rift. "Oh, boy," MC said. "I'll get him back to his senses," Sonic said. He then looked towards Sarah Crayton. "Just keep the rift open." Sarah Crayton nodded. She then used her power to keep the rift open as Sonic ran in. "Boy, he sure is wanting to help out his brother," Izzy said. "Shadow is not related to us!" Sonia and Manic said in unison. "Yeah, Sonic, Sonia and Manic are triplets," Tails said. "They don't have any more siblings." "Ooh... Sorry," Izzy said. Meanwhile, on the other side of the rift, Sonic was running through the streets of San Francisco, searching for Shadow. He was then ambushed by something. He was pushed into a water fountain. He got up and spat out the fountain water. "That was gross," Sonic said. He then turned around, seeing Shadow standing right outside of the fountain. "Shadow, what are you doing?" "You really think I'd listen to you after what you've done?" Shadow asked. "You broke time!" "You're blaming me?!" Sonic asked. "I didn't do this! That thing attacked us... on my birthday, no less!" "That thing is after you!" Shadow said. "I'll do it a favor by taking you down!" "No way," Sonic said. "Maria wouldn't want you doing that." "Maria?" Shadow asked. "You don't know what she wants!" He then did a spin dash attack towards Sonic. Sonic then moved out of the way, making Shadow attack nothing. Sonic then started running towards the rift. Shadow got angry and chased after him. He then pulled something out. "Chaos Control!" Shadow said. Just then, time froze around Sonic. Then Shadow came up and did a flying spin kick into Sonic's head, sending him towards a dumpster. "Okay, that hurt!" Sonic said, getting out of the dumpster. He then started running towards the rift again, but Shadow wasn't letting him near the rift. Shadow was trying to keep Sonic away from the rift. "Shadow! That's enough!" "You don't know when enough is enough!" Shadow said. "I'm taking you down, here and now!" Just then, as he was talking, an arrow was heading towards him. Shadow then caught it without even looking. Shadow then looked at the arrow and smirked. "You think an arrow is gonna..." Just then, the arrow tip gave out a bright flash of light, temporarily blinding Shadow. "Gah, my eyes!" Just then, Sonic came in with a spin attack, hitting Shadow, sending him right through the rift. Sonic then followed and the rift was sealed off. "They always fall for the flash arrows," Midpoint said. Sonic then handed Midpoint the flash arrow. Midpoint took it and put it back into his quiver. Shadow groaned angrily and asked, "Why are you trying to interfere with...?" He was cut off when the Time Eater came in from a rift and started hovering over the group. It then vanished into another rift that it opened up. "Okay, what is that thing?" "It was meant to be a transporter through different timelines," Sarah Crayton answered. "But it was stolen by someone who wanted to use it to take over all the time in the world. Why it's after you guys, I do not know." "Wait a minute," Shadow said, recognizing Sarah Crayton's face. "Aren't you supposed to be...?" "That was a clone," Sonic said. "She's been here for nearly all eternity." Shadow then groaned and said, "We find and destroy that thing, then we're out of here." "Well, to prevent people like that from using it to take over the multiverse, I say that'd be for the best," Sarah Crayton said. "C'mon," MC said. "Let's get out of this limbo." Then they all started walking through the white space, moving onto the next spot. Somewhere in the white space, Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo and Espio were waking up somewhere. They looked around. "Where are we?" Scootaloo asked. "Looks like those old ruins when we were going in to fight Metal Sonic who was impersonating Eggman at the time," Rainbow Dash said. "I must agree," Espio said. "Why we've been brought here, I do not know." "C'mon, let's see if we can find a way out of this place," Rainbow Dash said. "Perhaps Twi and the others know of a way out of this." She then started flying. Scootaloo started flying, too. "At least now I'm able to carry myself off the ground," Scootaloo said. "Thanks to MC." "Who knew all it took was to awaken some dormant growth cells in your wings," Rainbow Dash said. "Mind giving me a lift?" Espio asked. "Sure," Rainbow Dash said. Espio then held up his left hand and Rainbow Dash took it and carried the chameleon off the ground. Then the two pegasi started flying off. Outside of the area, the entire group arrived just outside of the rift. The group looked into the rift to see if any of their friends were in there. "Looks like the ruins of that place where we were chasing Metal Sonic when we thought he was Eggman," Twilight said. "Looks like it," MC said. He then got a whiff. "Smells like Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo and Espio are in there." "Which means the Bearers of the Elements of Harmony are almost back in," Rarity said. "Besides them, who else are we missing?" "Twist, Sandbar, Hitch Trailblazer, Tom, Blaze, Marine, Antoine, Rotor, Charmy, Vector, and possibly Silver," MC said. "Really?" Sonic asked. "Silver could be in here somewhere?" "Well, these three came in here and they weren't at your party," MC said, waving towards Shadow, Starlight and Sunset. "He's got a point," Starlight said. "I'm as surprised as any of you when that thing came," Sunset said. Shadow just nodded. "Well, we might find the others when we go through the last o' the rifts," Applejack said. "Here they come!" Midpoint said, looking into the rift. He then held the rift open and MC helped out. Rainbow Dash flew out of the rift, holding Espio. Then Scootaloo came out. MC and Midpoint let go of the rift and it closed up. "Whew," Rainbow Dash said. "That place brought back some memories." "Yeah, we're travelling through time and space," Midpoint said. Rainbow Dash looked at the group and saw Sonic, Classic Sonic, Tails and Classic Tails. She then said, "Well, that explains the doubles of Sonic and Tails. "Hey, look!" Ocellus said, pointing at something. The group looked over towards it and saw another gate. "Leave this one to me, guys," Sonic said, walking over towards it. "Hold it, Sonic," Twilight said. "You don't know who's on the other side of that gate. It could be an enemy you could only take down as Super Sonic." "She's right," MC said. "We could be talking about the Storm King, or someone like that." "The Storm King?!" Silverstream asked, getting scared. "Whoa, whoa," Gallus said, comforting the hippogriff. "It's okay. We won't let him hurt you." "Or it could be something else," Sally said. "Think of all the bad guys you've faced in your super forms." "Perfect Chaos, the Biolizard, Neo Metal Sonic, the Black Arms, Solaris, Dark Gaia, and a corrupted Mother Wisp," MC said, recalling the other times that any of them went super. "Okay," Sonic said. "That might be troubling. But hey, it's nothing I can't handle." He then walked into the gate. "Wow, you guys must've faced a lot of tough guys," Classic Tails said. "What was one of the most troubling bad guys you faced?" "I'm gonna have to say Mephiles," MC said. "I'm with him," Shadow said. "Mephiles is a living shadow that was half of what Solaris was. He was able to travel through the flow of time." "Of course he doesn't exist anymore in our universe because Elise blew out the white flame known as Solaris," Twilight said. "I don't know if it'll happen to you two or not." "Meh, we'll see," Classic Tails said. "Hang on guys," MC said. "Do you hear that?" Everyone stood quietly and listened. They heard running water, coming from the gate. "It's not..." Tails said. "It can't be," Knuckles said. MC then reached into the gate and put his hand on the floor. MC had his eyes closed. His hearing is a lot sharper than the others. He heard some distant roaring. He opened his eyes and said, "Uh oh." "What is it?" Twilight asked. "Let's just say that Sonic's gonna get washed up by a living tidal wave," MC said. "Perfect Chaos?!" the Mane 6 and Maria asked. "Oh, Sonic is done for," Shadow said. Sonic was walking down the hallway of the gate, heading towards somewhere. He then saw the stone door at the end of the hall, wide open. There were streams of water coming from the door. "Huh," Sonic said. "Must be a storm on the other side of that door." He then started running towards the stone door and jumped through it, just as it was closing. When he made it to the other side, he was in a damaged office building. He then looked around. His foot then bumped something. He looked down and saw something. "Alright, another Emerald," Sonic said, picking it up. Just then, he heard roaring, shaking the building. "Wha-oa-oa!" He then looked around. He then headed out of the room, up some stairs, and he looked out on top of the building, seeing Station Square, flooded, and the tall buildings damaged by water. "No! It can't be!" Just then, some water started rising in one spot, growing higher and higher, taking the form of a giant snake head. "Perfect Chaos?!" Sonic asked. He then sighed. "Oh, well. Guess a hedgehog's gotta do what a hedgehog's gotta do." He then started jumping down and sliding down the side of the building, heading for some landing spots that weren't covered by the water. Sonic was speeding across the water, heading towards Perfect Chaos, who saw Sonic coming. Perfect Chaos then fired a laser beam from its mouth, heading towards Sonic. Sonic dodged it and headed towards the base of Perfect Chaos. "Alright, Sonic," Sonic said to himself. "You're about to get really wet!" He then closed his eyes and entered the base of Perfect Chaos. He then spiraled upward up Perfect Chaos's body, and came out where the creature's brain was. Perfect Chaos broke apart and Sonic landed on a construction site. "Okay. That's done." He then heard roaring. "Oh, no." He then looked out on the water and saw Perfect Chaos growing up from the water again. "Oh, boy." Outside of the gate, the group was looking towards it, wondering if Sonic was okay. "Mom, is there anyway we can see what's going on on the other side of that gate?" MC asked. "Actually, I think I can," Sarah Crayton said. She then used her power to make a screen of Sonic fighting Perfect Chaos. Sonic was going through a building, trying to get away from Perfect Chaos's tentacles. "He's avoiding Perfect Chaos's attacks!" Twilight said. "That won't stop him from getting wet," MC said. "He's gonna have to get wet if he's gonna go after Chaos's brain." "C'mon, Sonic!" Knuckles said. "Give that Perfect Chaos a good ol' headache!" Back during the battle, Sonic was rushing across from building to building. He then saw Perfect Chaos holding up pieces of the road with geysers he had been spraying from the water. Sonic decided to use them to his advantage. He jumped from each piece of the road. He then jumped onto a lamp post at an intersection, using it like a horizontal bar in gymnastics. It launched him towards Perfect Chaos's brain, making him hit it. Perfect Chaos roared in pain and then split up. "Please stay down," Sonic said, landing on a piece of the road below him. Just then, Perfect Chaos roared again from a distance. "Oh, c'mon!" He then started running across the water, heading to Perfect Chaos. The others were watching him run across the water. "How is he doing that?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Run at a certain speed or higher, you'll be able to run across the water," MC said. "I'm surprised he hasn't gotten sick yet," Sunny said. "It'll probably catch up to him the day after his birthday," Twilight said. "5 bucks says he gets sick the day after his birthday," Zipp said. "A ninja does not make bets," Espio replied. HE then looked up at the screen. He then sighed. "Just this once. Raise you ten." He then held up a 10 dollar bill. "Deal," Zipp said. Back in the battle, Sonic was getting closer and closer to Perfect Chaos, avoiding all the geysers and laser blast being thrown right at him. Sonic was then caught off guard when a piece of the road came up right below him. "Whoooooa!" Sonic called out. He then recovered. Perfect Chaos then opened up his mouth, getting ready to fire a laser beam at Sonic. But Sonic jumped out of the way, but that didn't stop Perfect Chaos from trying to attack him. Sonic was running away from the laser beam. Sonic then made it back down to a platform near the water, and rushed towards Perfect Chaos's base. He went in, went spiraling upward, and hit Perfect Chaos's brain, finally finishing him off. The others were watching as Sonic landed on a rooftop, the water level starting to go down. "He did it!" Scootaloo said. "Yes, he did," MC said. "Alright, Sonic!" the rest of the Freedom Fighters said in unison. "Guess Perfect Chaos isn't as hard to take down as we thought," Twilight said. "Guess we didn't need to go that hard on him when we all fought him that day," Pinkie Pie said. Just then, the gate opened and Sonic came out. Although, he was really fluffy. Like this: Maddie just laughed, pulled out her phone, and took a picture. She then said, "I should show Tom this when we find him." "We'll find him, Maddie," Sonic said, going back to normal. "I'm sure of it." "Mom, you mind leading us towards the next area?" MC asked. "Sure thing," Sarah Crayton said. Then the group started walking away. But then, the Time Eater reappeared. It roared and nearly hit the entire group. They would've been hit if they hadn't ducked. The Time Eater then opened up another rift and disappeared into it. "That thing is really starting to push my buttons," MC said. "I agree," Twilight said. "We need to find the others." They started moving onto the next area of the White Space. "Every time we've been going through each space in this place, we've been restoring the proper time lines," Tails said, looking back. "Which means we can stop that thing when we've restored each place we've gone through," Classic Tails said. "Impressive observation, you two," Sarah Crayton said. "We can restore the time line by coming near them and rescuing your friends." "We've already got five Chaos Emeralds," Sonic said, holding out the fifth Chaos Emerald. "We just got two more to collect, and then we take that thing down." "That won't be as easy as you think," Sarah Crayton said. "That machine is very hard to destroy, especially in this space. Not even I can make a scratch on it's armor." "Perhaps we'll find something when we get a good look at it," Sally said. "Yeah, even machines have a weak spot," MC said. "It's core." Sarah Crayton thought of something and said, "Of course. The Chrono-Core." "Chrono-Core?" Twilight asked. "It's the machine's power source," Sarah Crayton said. "Take that thing out, it'll be shut down for good, and the ones piloting it will be trapped in this void." "Whoever's piloting that thing, they'll be lucky to survive in this white limbo for all eternity," Shadow said. He then started walking away. "I swear, he needs to lighten up a little," Sarah Crayton said. "He already has," Maria said. "Because of me." "Oh, right," Sarah Crayton said. "You two have been best friends for over fifty years. Even though you both were frozen in suspended animation for fifty years." Maria nodded. Then they all continued walking through the white limbo. Author's Note Next Episode: The Generations Saga (Part 5): Fragile Times
Episode 25: The Generations Saga (Part 5): Fragile TimesEpisode 25: The Generations Saga (Part 5): Fragile Times At one point in time, there were buildings on fire. In one building, Tom, Hitch and Twist were huddled together, trying to keep away from the raging inferno surrounding them. "Why is everything on fire?!" Twist asked. "I don't know," Tom said. "Wait a minute, I do," Hitch said. "We're back in my time. Most of the world was on fire because of the Flames of Disaster. But not in Equestria. We must be in Soleanna in my time." He then noticed something that the others hadn't. "Look out!" Tom said, covering Twist, but the flames were diverted away. Blaze came from above and moved the flames away from the group. Hitch then quickly reached for the egg and put it in the large backpack he had brought. "We need to get you all out of here," Blaze said. "Let's go." Blaze then led the three through the burning city. Eventually, they made it to the rift. MC and Knuckles were holding the rift open. In order, Blaze, Twist, Hitch and Tom made it out. MC then sniffed into the rift. "Tom!" Maddie said, running up to her husband. "Maddie!" Tom said, the two hugged. "Guys!" MC called out. "Silver's still in there!" "I'll get him," Sonic said, rushing into the rift. He then came out, Silver on his back and dirty. "What happened to you?" Amy asked, looking at Silver. "I had to fight off some of Iblis's minions," Silver said. "It involved a lot of trash. I need a deep scrub." The group continued walking through the white space. Silver was now clean, and he currently held something out. "Hey, as I was in there, I found this," Silver said, holding out a Chaos Emerald. "Great," Sonic said, taking the Chaos Emerald. "Now, we've only got one left to go." MC then started sniffing. He smelt something coming from Hitch. He walked over towards Hitch and asked, "You didn't expect that much fire outside of Equestria in your time, did you?" "No I did not," Hitch said. "I can't believe everything was that bad in that part of my timeline. Not even Phyllis Cloverleaf would be prepared for all of that. Fire monsters, lava on the ground, a tornado mixed with a raging inferno! That is crazy dangerous!" "I know, right?" Silver asked, coming up to the two. "I'd never thought I'd ever end up back in that time." "When we go back to our time, that timeline will not be accessible through Chaos Control," MC said. "He's right," Midpoint said, walking up to the three. "It's part of the multiverse effect." "This place does seem to be where to view the multiverse," Silver said, looking around. He then noticed an area. "Is that the next area?" MC then looked ahead and he sped ahead, looking into the rift there. He then started sniffing into the rift. He smiled and said, "Vector, Antoine and Marine. They're in there." "Where are we looking at?" Sonic asked. "Or more likely when?" He then looked into the rift. "Hey!" Sally said, looking into the rift. "That's Spagonia! That's near my castle!" "Here they come!" Espio said as he was looking into the rift. They all looked into the rift and saw Vector, Antoine and Marine running for it. "It's closing, mates!" Marine said as the rift started shrinking. "Someone give me a hand!" MC said, holding one side of the rift. Applejack came and helped out with holding the rift. Marine jumped out of the rift first. Then Antoine. And finally, Vector. "Boy, that was real tough there," Vector said. "Especially with those robots made by the doc." "You're telling me," Midpoint said. "I've tried launching an explosive at an old Moto-Bug and it did nothing. Not one trace of damage." "Zis place... something iz strangely wrong," Antoine said. "Ah agree with ya, sugah," Bunnie said. "MC," Twilight said. "Do you think the rest are in the next area of this place?" "Well, we've only got Rotor, Charmy and Sandbar left, so that is a high possibility," MC said. "Mom, think you can lead us there?" "Sure," Sarah Crayton said. Then she started leading the group towards the next area, but then the Time Eater came in and hovered above the group. It roared and then it disappeared into another rift it opened up. "I'm starting to get the feeling that thing's taunting us," Rainbow Dash said. "You may be right about that, Rainbow Dash," Sonic said. "Okay, right now we've got six Chaos Emeralds. One more, and we'll have the power to take that thing down, and we'll get out of this place." "I'm starting to think that that thing is starting to get worried," Twilight said. "What do you mean?" Sally asked. "The more we get our friends and the Chaos Emeralds, the more that thing fears that we'll defeat it," Twilight said. "We're gonna have to take it down if we're gonna get out of here." "I just hope I don't end up in a time loop," Sunset said. "Tell me about it," Midpoint said. "If someone I knew was in a time loop, I'd be in it, too. With my rings off, I'd be a part of it, and the whole thing would give me a headache." "Well, I guess that would be hard on those who can see all possible futures," Sunset said. "There's no such thing as a time loop," Tails said. "Actually, there is," Twilight said. "Sunset told me that when she was RV camping near a concert, she live the same day over and over... for three weeks. She even knew what was going to happen." "Kinda made the Pinkie Pie of that world upset on the last loop," Sunset said. "So, I had to make it up to her on the one loop that we found the Time Twirler." "Still sounds like an Infinity Stone from the Marvel Universe," MC said. "A what stone?" Nyx asked. "You'll understand when you're older," MC said. "Speaking of which, how old are you, biologically that is?" "Good question," Nyx said. "We might have to figure that out." "Yeah, we should," Twilight said. "We'll get on it when we get out of here." They continued walking through the White Space to the next area, all of them hoping to find the last of their friends. Somewhere in a grassy area, Sandbar was waking up. He sat up and looked around. He saw that he was in a place that was unfamiliar to him. "What is this place?" Sandbar asked. He then looked and saw both Rotor and Charmy with him. "Whoa! Guys, are you two okay?" Rotor and Charmy sat up, both of them had a hand on their head. Rotor then said, "I don't know what happened, but that was really uncool!" "I know," Charmy said. "I was just wanting to get to that cake portion of Sonic's birthday." He then looked around. "Oh, look! Aliens!" Sandbar and Rotor looked where Charmy was looking and they saw a bunch of Wisps flying around. "Looks like we're on the Wisp Home World," Rotor said. "Wow," Sandbar said. "This place looks amazing." Just then they saw some Egg Pawns with construction helmets and tool belts stomping around the place, gathering up Wisps. "Oh, that's not good." The robots then noticed the three. One robot went over to a pole with a button on it and pushed it. Then alarms went blaring. "Intruder alert! Intruder alert! Intruder alert!" "That's not good," Rotor said. "Let's get out of here!" Sandbar said. Then the three started running off somewhere. Outside of the area, the group made it to the rift to look inside it. MC got a whiff of it. "Sandbar, Charmy and Rotor," MC said. "That's the last of our friends." "Good," Vector said. "No way we're gonna leave here without Charmy." "Didn't you want to leave Charmy back at the beach when we were helping you with that client who turned out to be Eggman?" Gallus asked. That made Ocellus, Silverstream, Smolder and Yona laugh. "Meh, we were just messing with him," Vector said. "Even Charmy knows that." "You guys are messed up," Midpoint said. "Where is that?" MC looked into the rift and went wide eyed. He then said, "That's Planet Wisp!" "Planet Wisp?" Twilight asked. "That's the home world of all the wisps." "Oh, boy," Sonic said. "That might not be a cake walk as they think. They could be anywhere on that planet. It might take them a while to..." Sonic then noticed something. "Oh, wait. There they are." On the other side of the rift, Sandbar, Charmy and Rotor were running, Charmy really flying, towards the rift as fast as they could. MC and Knuckles were holding the rift open so they could get through. Vector looked into the rift and had a hand out for them to grab. "C'mon c'mon c'mon!" Vector said. Charmy was the first to be pulled through by Vector. Then Sandbar. And lastly, Rotor. MC and Knuckles let go of the rift and it closed up. "Rotor, you okay?" MC asked. "Meh, that was a little freaky returning from a place we've been to lately," Rotor said. "I bet you can't top that." "I've been to the night of the ritual that originally created Nyx," MC said. "That was long before Equestria came back to Earth. And before Sparkles even became an alicorn." "He interrupted the ritual that night with a beacon that was supposed to get the attention of Princess Celestia and the Pegasus guards searching for Twilight from above," Gallus said. "That was a lucky break," MC said. "That energy I used somehow transformed into a piece of my DNA and merged into the black sphere, that eventually became Nyx." "Making Nyx a biological daughter of MC," Twilight said. "I still can't believe it was you all that time ago." "Okay, you've topped me," Rotor said. "Perhaps we should focus on getting out of here." "Alright, everyone," Sarah Crayton said. "No more delays. It's time we get out of here." She then led the group over to the next area, only to be blocked by another gate. "Oh, you've got to be kidding me." MC walked over towards the gate and opened it. He then lifted his hands to his ears to hear what was at the end. He then heard evil laughter. "What?" MC asked. "What is it, MC?" Maria asked. "Your cousin," MC said. "Julien?" Maria asked, surprised. "I thought he was taken away by that thing that brought us here." She then looked towards Classic Sonic and Classic Tails. "That is what happened, right?" Classic Sonic nodded while Classic Tails said, "That's what happened. How he's in there or why is a mystery." "I'm going in," Twilight said. "Me, too," Sonic said. "Let's go." Twilight and Sonic then started walking into the gate. The others watched as the two went into the gate. "What else did you hear?" Tails asked. "I think I heard that machine that Eggman used after Sonic, Sparkles, the other five and Light Gaia come out of that temple under that theme park that Eggman made back in America." "The Egg Dragoon?!" Pinkie Pie asked. "That would be an insult to the Crayton Heritage," Sarah Crayton said. "It's been that way for centuries." "And why is that?" MC asked. "Because the Dragoon Force has awoken within you," Sarah Crayton said. "If it's awoken within you, it just might be within Nyx as well." "Within me?" Nyx asked. "Who knows when it might awaken," Sarah Crayton said. "Even I have no idea when it might happen." Nyx then looked back at MC with curiosity. She then decided to walk up to him. "MC? When did that force awaken?" Nyx asked. MC sighed and said, "On my seventh birthday. Right after I saw Mom get crushed." "I knew it was that moment he would be the greatest version of himself," Sarah Crayton said. "What were you feeling when it happened?" Nyx asked, looking at MC. "Emotionally that is." MC sighed. "Sorrow... Anger... Fear... I was just a kid when that happened." He then looked at Nyx. "I really hit rock bottom back then. But I guess when you're at the bottom, there's only one place left to go. Up." He then picked Nyx up and gave her a hug. Nyx hugged him back, with both her arms and her wings. "Awww..." Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Dinky and Twist all said in unison. "Eww!!" Scootaloo said. "Oh, grow up, Scootaloo," Sally said. "He's actually having a father-daughter moment with his own child." She then smiled at MC. "A little sooner than expected, but still sweet." On the other side of the gate, Twilight and Sonic were running and flying through a long hallway, looking around for Eggman. But then, a flying machine came in front of them. "Well, well, well, if it isn't that pesky princess and that annoying blue nuisance," Eggman said. "It's time I take you two down, here and now!" It then started flying backwards, making Twilight and Sonic chase after it. "This thing was a pain to take down when we were monsters," Sonic said. "But as our true selves, it might be quicker." "But not as easy," Twilight said. "It might be tougher for us in our normal forms. Let's be careful and coordinate our attacks. That way, we might be able to get some good shots in." "I see," Sonic said. "Good thinking. Let's do it!" Sonic and Twilight then started accelerating to catch up with the Egg Dragoon. The Egg Dragoon then began to launch its drill towards the two. Twilight caught it in her magic and threw it back at the base of the machine, damaging it. "Urrrrgh!" Eggman called out. "You little...! You little...!" The Egg Dragoon then ripped out two floor plates from the ground and had put them in the path between Twilight and Sonic, an energy field surrounding them. "It's time you got crushed!" Twilight then used her magic to prevent the plates from crushing them. Sonic then used his agility to jump from wall to wall. He jumped up to the top of the plates, and did a spinning homing attack towards the Egg Mobile, sending the Egg Dragoon down to the ground. "Why you...!" Eggman said. He then launched another drill up and then it started coming down to the ground, sending both Twilight and Sonic down a shaft, the Egg Dragoon below them. The Egg Dragoon then launched its laser cannon, trying to hit the two. Twilight used a barrier spell to block the attacks. "Twilight, launch me towards him!" Sonic said. "Gotcha!" Twilight said. She then used her magic to grab Sonic who was in his spinning position. She then launched him towards the Egg Dragoon, going directly through the center of it, and exploding in mid-air. Sonic landed on the ground and got out of the way of the falling debris. "Whoo!" Sonic said. "That was a rush!" He then heard Eggman groaning. Twilight then came down. Then a rift opened up, letting in Tails, Classic Sonic and Classic Tails. "Sonic!" Tails said. "Ooooh... I can't believe this!" Eggman said, sitting up. "I was supposed to beat you this time." "Aw, I'm sorry! I didn't get that memo," Sonic said. "I beat you every time!" He then turned to Classic Sonic. "No, seriously, we beat this guy every time. It's like it's our job or something!" Classic Sonic just did a laughing motion. "What's Eggman even doing here?" Tails asked, looking towards Classic Sonic and Classic Tails. "I thought you said he'd been kidnapped by that big weird thing that sent us all to this place!" Just then, the Time Eater came in and swooped up Eggman, taking him somewhere. "See? He was kidnapped," Classic Tails said. "This is getting stranger all the time." Then the five of them went through the rift and it closed up behind them. Before Twilight walked into the rift, she saw something on the floor. Twilight picked up the Chaos Emerald, and then she walked through the rift. The rest of the group watched the five come through the rift. MC walked up to the group. "Did you find it?" MC asked. Twilight just held out the last Chaos Emerald. "Okay, that's good." He then looked ahead. "I saw that thing head over yonder." He pointed towards where he saw the Time Eater hovered towards. "If we're gonna get out of here, we're gonna have to take that thing down." "Michael's right," Sarah said. "We don't know who's controlling that thing, but whoever it is needs to be taken down." Then they all started walking and they soon came across a huge gate. "Whoa!" Rainbow Dash said. "That gate is huge!" "This gate can only be opened by the machine, or seven small time cores," Sarah Crayton said. "But I combined all the time cores into one, making it the power source to the machine." "But how can we open it without any cores?" Olive asked. "There's gotta be a way to open it," Starlight said. Nyx then flew up to one gear that opens the gate. She inspected it. She then said, "I wonder..." She then looked at the group. "Someone, I need a Chaos Emerald!" Shadow sighed and held out the Chaos Emerald he had. Nyx took it in her magic and put it into the slot in the gear. It fit perfectly and the gear started turning. "They need the Chaos Emeralds!" Nyx said. "Get the other six Emeralds in those gears!" MC said. In one gear, Rainbow Dash put the light blue Chaos Emerald into one slot. Then Fluttershy put the green one into another. Scootaloo put the red Chaos emerald into another. Then Bunnie put the purple Chaos Emerald into another. Midpoint then launched the blue Chaos Emerald into the slot of another one. Midpoint then said, "Bullseye." Twilight then gave MC the yellow Chaos Emerald and said, "You wanna do the honors?" "Of course, Sparkles," MC said. He then jumped up onto the last gear and put the last Chaos Emerald into the gear. Then all the gears started spinning, making the final gate open up. "Alright, everyone," Sonic said. "This is the last fight. If we're gonna do this, we're gonna have to do this together." "This might be the most difficult fight we've been through," Twilight said. "More than when we fought the Storm King. Or Lord Tirek. Or Perfect Chaos. Or Shadow's Prototype. Or the Black Aliens. Or Solaris. Or Nega Mother Wisp. Or even..." She then tried thinking of someone that was missing. "Who am I missing?" "How about that giant reptile that's living underneath the planet's crust?" Midpoint asked. "Dark Gaia," Applejack said. "That one was tough." "I still couldn't believe you guys took on an immortal beast with a god," Sunny said. "That thing was scary in its final form. It had eyes in its mouth." "It was disgusting having to go in through its eyes," Rarity said. "Especially with that stuff that went in my hair. Luckily, Pipp helped me out that day." "It was my pleasure," Pipp said. "I'm thinking of actually starting a salon back in Station Square." "That would be a good choice," Sonia said. "In fact, I'd like to help with promoting it." "Thanks, Sonia," Pipp said. "Okay, everyone," Twilight said. "Let's get ready. This is the final fight of our lives. Let's go in there, and take that thing down." Everyone there nodded and they all walked into the gate. When they went in, the Chaos Emeralds left the slots and followed the group into the gate, and it closed up behind them. Author's Note Next Episode: Season Finale: The Generations Saga (Part 6): All the Time in the World
Episode 26: The Generations Saga (Part 6): All the Time in the WorldEpisode 26: The Generations Saga (Part 6): All the Time in the World In a room full of spinning gears, the Time Eater was hovering in the dark. Then the room was lit up, revealing the full machine, not coated in darkness. On the ground, Twilight, Sonic, Tails, Classic Sonic and Classic Tails were running towards the Time Eater. "Okay, whatever you are," Sonic said, pointing at the Time Eater. "If you want to avoid an embarrassing beatdown, you'd better give up now!" Then one of the orbs on the back of the Time Eater opened up, revealing Eggman, who said, "You're not in a position to demand anything, you nasty little pincushion!" "Eggman! But, how?" Tails asked surprised. Then another orb opened up, revealing a younger Doctor Eggman, who still had his hair. "He had a little help!" Younger Eggman said. "Doctor Robotnik!" Classic Tails said, surprised. "Nobody calls me that anymore," Younger Eggman said. "If you would be so kind as to explain, gentleman genius Doctor Eggman From The Future." "It will be my pleasure, most excellent and efficacious Doctor Eggman of the Past," Eggman said, as he flashbacked to his previous failure. "After my most recent setback, I stumbled upon the primordial form of this unique creation. Which I discovered had amazing abilities even I have never been able to master. It could erase time and space! I then had the brilliant idea to use my discovery to undo my previous defeats!" The flashback ended. "In order to perfect it, I needed the help of someone as smart as I am. The only person that smart... is me!" "Oh, you are too kind, my dear future self!" Younger Eggman said. "And I was happy to help." "I captured your friends, flinging them through time to bait my traps," Eggman said. "But the more your monster tears through time, the more damage you do to the world!" Tails said. "The world?" Eggman asked with a smirk on his face. "I'm going to own the world when I'm finished with Sonic!" He then burst into maniacal laughter, which then went into coughing, then he cleared his throat and continued laughing. Younger Eggman shook his head and said, "Wow. Will I really get that crazy?" Eggman leaned over his control console, chuckled and said, "We'll see who's crazy after I destroy both Sonics and the alicorn princess... forever!" "You mean after we destroy them," Younger Eggman pointed out. "Less arguing, more destroying," Eggman said. "Destroy me? You and what mustache?" Sonic asked, mockingly. "I beat you all the time by myself, and now there's two of me!" "There's no version of yourself where you win," Twilight said. "You're destined to lose because you're evil." "Ohoh? We'll see about that!" Eggman said. Then the cockpits on the back of the Time Eater sealed themselves. Then the Time Eater started blasting towards the three. Twilight tried blocking the blasts with a barrier spell, protecting the group. Tails and Classic Tails flew out of the way. Twilight noticed that one of the arms was missing and said, "Hey! Where's that one arm?" Just then, a time rift appeared above them and crushed the barrier and pinned the two hedgehogs and Twilight to the ground. "NOOOOOO!!" Tails and Classic Tails said in unison. Twilight and both Sonics were pinned to the ground, but then a bunch of gears appeared around them as the arm released its hold. Twilight, Sonic and Classic got up, but when they tried getting out, they were frozen in place. Time was frozen around them, and all they could move were their eyes and mouths. "I can't move!" Twilight said. She then tried lighting up her horn, but it wasn't lighting. "I can't even use my magic!" "That's right, my dear!" Eggman said from his cockpit as it was opening up. "Those time gears will not let you even move more than the muscles in your face area as long as you're in that ring of time gears. We're gonna take our sweet time destroying you." Just then, a golden energy blast hit one of the gears, making it crack. Eggman noticed it and asked, "Huh?!" Eggman looked on a balcony and saw all of the others who were sucked into the rifts standing there, along with Sarah Crayton. MC had his left fist out, saying, "Not today, you Repulsive Robot Overlord." Younger Eggman opened up his cockpit and said, "Who are they?!" "They are insignificant!" Eggman said. Then all of them, except for Tom and Maddie, jumped down to the ground and headed for the time gears. Tom was holding the backpack that Hitch had. "Oh, no you don't! Luckily, I've also picked out the most dangerous villains all of you ever faced in the past to come assist us!" He then pushed a button. MC was about to punch the same gear, but was then surrounded in a light blue aura. He asked, "Who..." He then looked around and saw a bunch of villains they all faced in the past. Chrysalis, Lord Tirek, the Storm King, the Dazzlings in Mobian Siren form, Neo Metal Sonic, Eclipse the Darkling and some of the Black Arms, Mephiles, the Dark Gaia Guardian, and the Children of Nightmare, led by Spell Nexus, who's horn was glowing. "No!" Twilight said, noticing the group. "That's right, Twilight Sparkle," the corrupted Spell Nexus said. "As soon as we found out that we were going to lose in our timelines, it'd make sense for us to finish you off here, so that you'll cease to exist in this existing universe. And then we'll have our own separate universes where we get what we want. But for us to get what we, the Children of Nightmare, want, we're gonna need... her!" Nexus then used his horn to pick up Nyx, who screamed. "NYX!" Twilight called out. "NOOOO!!" MC said. He then spun around in a spin dash, then vibrated himself out of Nexus's hold, and he sped straight towards the corrupted unicorn, kicking him in the face, making him break his concentration. Nyx was then let out of the magical hold, but was caught by MC. "Thanks, MC," Nyx said. "No way I was gonna let anything happen to you," MC said. "How sweet," Spell Nexus said, mockingly. "You seem to have a strong bond. I bet I can break it." "I don't think so," MC said. "In fact, I've ruined your original plan since the night of the ritual." "What?" Nexus asked, confused. "What do you mean?" "When Eggman sucked us all back, I was sent into the rift that was in the Everfree Forest, the night you ponynapped Twilight Sparkle for the Nightmare Moon resurrection ritual," MC said. "I sent a beacon up into the sky, but what I didn't expect... was for the beacon to collide with the black orb... that later became Nyx." "THAT WAS YOU?!?!?!" Nexus asked, angrily. "Oh, I am going to enjoy this!" "Time to destroy them all!" Lord Tirek said as Chrysalis hissed. Then all of the villains got into battle position. MC looked at the group and asked, "Who saw Avengers: Infinity War all the way through?" Only the ones who were old enough raised their hands. "Good. Time for the Wakandan Battle Cry." He then stood tall, along with the others. He then chanted with the others saying the same word after MC said it. "Yibambe! Yibambe! Yibambe!" Then the villains charged towards the heroes. MC had his arms crossed with his claws bared. "Freedom Fighters Forever!" "Freedom Fighters Forever!" they all chanted as all of them charged at the villains. The heroes and villains charged at each other and collided, to the viewers, in a burst of white light. The Freedom Fighters, the rest of the Mane 6, and all the others had been fighting the villains in the room. They were giving it their all when they were fighting them. Knuckles was punching the Dark Gaia Guardian, avoiding his hammer. But Amy came in from the back and hit the Guardian's back with her Piko Piko Hammer. Knuckles caught him and threw him up at a gear, getting him caught between the two, crushing him, and disappearing in blue smoke. "Nice job," Knuckles said. "Nice throw," Amy said, the two high-fiving. The sirens were using their siren songs to try to make the Chaotix to fight with each other. It was effecting Espio and Charmy, but Vector had some beats on his headphones. He was bobbing his head to his own music. "No way I'm gonna let some divas ruin my good mood," Vector said. He then pulled out a pack of gum and stuck the entire thing in his mouth. He then blew three bubbles out of his mouth, them heading towards the three sirens. When they made contact, the Sirens were trapped in gum, their mouths shut and stuck in gum. Espio and Charmy were back to their normal selves. "Boy, that was intense," Espio said. "I was almost thinking of stinging both of you," Charmy said. "Meh, nothing I couldn't handle," Vector said. "Now, let's help out the others." Truemen was fighting off some black aliens, knocking them back with his robotic hand's magic blasts. Shadow came in and assisted, taking down some of the aliens with his speed. "Never thought I'd be facing these guys again," Truemen said. "Tell me about it," Shadow said. Just then, he was ambushed by Eclipse. "You!" "Hello, brother!" Eclipse said. Just then, he was grabbed by Truemen and he threw him up into the air, without realizing there was a bomb on Eclipse's back, which blew up while he was high in the air. "Goodbye, brother," Shadow said. Truemen then helped Shadow up. "Thanks for that." "I've been wanting to do that to those things ever since one of those things ripped my arm off and ate it," Truemen said. "I understand that," Shadow said. "Let's get back to the fight." Cozy Glow was flying over the fight, but then someone's ears that she didn't expect to hear. "Well, well, well, if it isn't my pen pal." Cozy turned around to see Lord Tirek behind her. Cozy Glow got scared. "I can't believe you joined the losing side. I'm gonna have to crush you!" He then raised his arms, about to pound Cozy Glow towards the ground, but his arms got wrapped up in coils, tied to his horns. "WHAT?!" He looked around and saw Midpoint with his quiver aimed towards the centaur, his hand in a released position. "Give revenge, you gain an ally in evil," Midpoint said. "Give a truth serum, you understand the why." "Why you...!" Lord Tirek said before Midpoint got out two more arrows and fired them. The arrows collided with the base of Tirek's horns, exploding, and the horns coming off, Tirek roaring in pain. Then the magic that he took was released and Lord Tirek gone down to his weakest form. "Uh oh." Midpoint adjusted his bow to turn into a bow staff, rushed towards Tirek, and hit the centaur in the face. Tirek spun around and fell unconscious. "Discord showed me how Tirek gets more powerful," Midpoint said. "I noticed that his horns get bigger whenever he steals magic. Obviously, that's where all the stolen magic is stored." "I guess that makes sense," Cozy Glow said. Over with Sunny and her friends, they came across Mephiles. Pipp and Zipp were angry to see him. Zipp said, "You." "Well, well, well," Mephiles said. "If it isn't the heirs to the throne of Zephyr Heights." Zipp was getting more angrier than she already was. "You killed my mother!" Zipp shouted. "You're gonna pay for what you've done!" "Oh?" Mephiles asked. "Then let me spare you the pain of separation... and join her!" Mephiles then fired a beam towards the group, but they were protected by a barrier of red and light blue energy. When Mephiles stopped the attack, the barrier vanished and standing in front of Sunny and her friends were Starlight and Sunset. "I've seen what happens when you mess with the proper timeline," Starlight said. "Nothing good." She then fired a spell at Mephiles, making him freeze in place. "Wha... what did you do?!" Mephiles asked. "I can't move!" "He's all yours, Zipp," Starlight said. "I just used a spell to freeze time around him." "Oh ho, I'm going to enjoy this!" Zipp said. She then started using Mephiles as a punching bag. The Storm King was trying to take out Silverstream, who was trying to get away from him. The Storm King shouted, "I'll use you to get all the power in the world!" He then laughed evilly. But then he was pushed from behind by Yona. Then she and Gallus sat on him. "Yeah, I don't think so," Gallus said. "Hey, Blaze, you want in on this?" Then Blaze came in with a fireball in her hand saying, "Gladly." She then aimed the fireball at the Storm King's face and threw it. Sandbar, Smolder and Ocellus were trapped in Chrysalis's sticky slime as the last evil changeling was walking towards Ocellus. She then said, "You're weak, my little nymph. But don't worry. You won't even remember this horrible feeling you have." "I don't think so," came Olive's voice, gaining Chrysalis's attention. Chrysalis turned around to see Olive behind her. She had something in her hand. She then threw it towards Ocellus, which expanded into a gas mask. "You seriously think a gas mask will stop me from taking away all her useless power?!" Chrysalis asked. "Not that," Olive said. "It was for me to do this." She then sprayed an aerosol spray can at Chrysalis's face. Chrysalis smelled it and got repulsed, and fell to the floor. She then shouted loudly, her eyes starting to turn red. Olive then went over towards the three and freed them from their sticky situation. "What did you spray on her?" Smolder asked. "Bug repellent," Olive said. "That'll keep her busy." Smolder laughed at what Olive said. "That explains why you put the mask on Ocellus," Sandbar said. "She would've also been affected like that." Olive, Ocellus and Smolder nodded in agreement. MC and Twilight's friends, along with Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Joshua, Dinky and Twist were all taking on the Children of Nightmare. Nexus was trying to get his hands on Nyx, but MC was keeping him from touching her. "You really think you can stop me?!" Nexus asked, angrily. "I know every complicated spell in Equestria! You don't stand a chance against me!" "Oh, really?" MC asked. He then took off the rings on his wrists and handed them to Nyx. "Hold onto these." Then a burst of gold energy came out of MC as he roared. "It's time I show you what I can do!" He then hugged his body tight, getting ready to release a huge amount of power. "Chaos Rogue!" MC then swung his arms out, sending a burst of energy, surrounding the Children of Nightmare. The "Blessings" they all had flew out of their mouths and were burnt to a crisp. Nexus's "Blessing" was taking longer than all the others. The energy went around the magical bindings surrounding it, and the "Blessing" he had eventually disintegrated. All of the Children of Nightmare fell to the ground, unconscious. "Are they... okay?" Fluttershy asked. "They'll be fine," MC said. "Mom'll send 'em back to their proper timeline and this'll all be like a dream to them." MC then aimed his left fist towards the time gears containing Twilight, Sonic and Classic Sonic, freeing them from their Chronological Prison. "Finally," Sonic said. Then the Chaos Emeralds came around them. "Time to scramble some Eggmen. Super Sonic Style." Then the three of them transformed into their super states and flew towards the Time Eater, who was about to charge in at them. Twilight, Super Sonic, and Classic Super Sonic charged towards the Time Eater, who tried taking them all out, but they dodged the attacks. Twilight then noticed the Time Core powering the Time Eater. She then said, "Alright, you two. Time to take this thing down." Then the three of them charged at the Time Core. "Oh no you don't," Eggman said. The Time Eater then tried swiping at the three, but the swiping arm of the Time Eater was broken into pieces. "Uh oh." Twilight, Super Sonic and Classic Super Sonic then flew up into the air, and then flew straight towards the Time Core of the Time Eater. "Focus all power on one point!" Super Sonic said. "Let's do it!" Then the three of them charged at the core, which was trying to be blocked by the Time Eater's remaining arms, but the arms got broken through, and the three crashed into the Time Core, and everything going into a bright white light. Everyone there was covering their eyes from the brightness afflicting the room. Eventually, the light dimmed down, and all the heroes ended back on the baseball field in Green Hills. The same chili dog that Sonic took a bite out earlier fell from the air and Sonic caught it. Sonic, Classic Sonic and Twilight were all back in their normal forms. Sonic sniffed the chili dog and took a bite out of it. He then said, "Still warm." He then chuckled. "Time travel." "That... was... AWESOME!" Rainbow Dash said. "I can't believe that just happened," Joshua said. "You're telling me," MC said. He then noticed his mom walking up to him. She gave him a sad smile. "You're going back to the White Space?" "Someone has to keep every timeline in place," Sarah Crayton said. "And besides..." She looked over at Classic Sonic and Classic Tails. "Those two need to get back to their proper timeline." MC sighed and said, "I really enjoyed this moment, Mom." Then the two hugged. "Anytime with you is always precious to me, Michael," Sarah Crayton said. "Take care of yourself." She then looked towards Classic Sonic and Classic Tails. "Alright, you two. Time to get you home." Classic Sonic and Classic Tails looked towards Sarah Crayton. Classic Sonic nodded and gave her a thumbs up. "It was great teaming up with you," Sonic said to his classic counterpart. "Hope you learned a few tricks that will help you out in the future. I mean the past. You know what I mean." Classic Sonic nodded and then sped off, trying to do an air boost that Sonic did, but only moved a couple inches in mid air. He then fell to the ground. "Dude, sweet! And you're only going to get better." They noticed that Sarah Crayton was opening a rift back to the white space. She nodded towards them. "Well, I guess this is it," Classic Tails said. "See ya." Then he and Classic Sonic headed for the rift. "Hey Sonic! Enjoy your future. It's gonna be great!" Sonic called out before Classic Sonic, Classic Tails and Sarah Crayton went through the rift before it closed. "I have to admit," Sonia said, walking up to Sonic. "This has been the strangest birthday we've ever had together." "Totally, dudette," Manic said. "But, at least it'll be one we'll never forget." They all nodded. "Hopefully, things will start to cool down," MC said, standing next to Twilight, Nyx, Joshua and Spike. "Yeah," Twilight said. "And with Eggman gone, we'll be able to sleep peacefully with no consequences." Without realizing it, all of them were being watched by an evil looking purple alicorn with a white mane with cyan highlights, an evil smirk plastered on her face. She was joined with a blue unicorn with a dark blue and teal curly mane. "That is where you're wrong, Twilight Sparkle," the alicorn said before giving an evil chuckle. "Your troubles... are just beginning." She then gave a loud cackle. Back with the group of heroes, Tom was handing Hitch his backpack. "Here you go," Tom said. "Thanks," Hitch said taking it, but being clumsy, he dropped the backpack, the egg falling out and rolling towards Fluttershy. She grabbed it and examined it. She then gasped. "Guys, look!" Fluttershy called out. "A dragon's egg!" "That's a dragon's egg?" Sunny asked. "Yes," Fluttershy said. "They need a large amount of heat for it to hatch." She then put the egg on the ground. "Spike, Smolder, Blaze, light it up!" MC called out. Then the two dragons used their fire breath and Blaze used her firepower to heat up the egg. Then the egg started hatching, revealing a little dragon hatchling. The dragon hatchling was green with four darker green horns, a lime green belly, and something that Equestrian Dragons didn't have when they were hatched, wings, with pink insides. "Whoa!" they all said. The dragon hatchling looked towards Hitch, and cooed. He then crawled towards Hitch, who took him in his arms and Hitch said, "Aww... who's an adorable baby dragon. You are. Yes, you are!" The dragon hatchling giggled. Smolder then walked over towards the dragon hatchling and inspected the hatchling's wings. "Well, this hasn't happened before," Smolder said. "What hasn't?" Hitch asked. "Usually, dragons are supposed to go through the molt to get their wings, and they only molt when a dragon reaches a certain age after being hatched," Smolder said. "Guess they'll evolve after a certain time," Spike said. "Probably," Sunny said. "Meh, I wouldn't be too worried," Hitch said. He then gave the hatchling a hug. "I'll be sure to watch over this little guy for a long time. Isn't that right, Sparky Sparkeroni?" The dragon hatchling giggled at the words of Hitch. "Sparky Sparkeroni?" Smolder asked. "Wow. That is not a dragon name in the Dragon Lands." "She's right," Spike said. Then all of them had a laugh. Meanwhile, somewhere in the white space, both Eggmen were searching for something. "Are you sure you saw a door over here?" Eggman asked, looking towards Younger Eggman. "What?!? You were the one who said you saw a door over here." "Well, I know it was one of us," Eggman said. "Shut up and keep looking." The two silently argued as everything went to a white void. Eventually, the two were just laying on the ground, trying to pass time. "What time is it?" Younger Eggman asked. "It's the exact same time when you asked earlier and it will be the exact same time when you ask later," Eggman answered, angrily. "There is no time here!!" "Let me just say that this was a brilliant plan that you came up with," Younger Eggman said, sitting up. "Don't get too self-righteous," Eggman said before pointing at Younger Eggman. "It'll be your plan pretty soon." Younger Eggman looked towards the viewers and said, "I'm going to dedicate the rest of my life to forgetting it." "I heard that!" Eggman said. "Do we ever win?" "That depends on your definition of 'win'." "Beating Sonic." Eggman bent his head down and said, "Oh, well, then no." "That doesn't give me much hope," Younger Eggman said. "Maybe I'll go back and get my teaching degree." Eggman then stood up and said, "That's not a bad idea. I've always enjoyed telling people what to do." All Younger Eggman did in response was shake his head. Author's Note Well, that's the end of Season 3 of "My Little Pony: The Mobian Era." It might take a while for Eggman to return to the Timeline. But don't worry. There'll be more adventures coming. Until next time...
Episode 1: The Solaris Saga (Part 1): The Flames of DisasterMy Little Pony: The Mobian Era (Season 3) The Solaris Saga (Part 1): The Flames of Disaster The episode starts out in a small country somewhere in the world. This country is known as Soleanna. And in the center of the main village of Soleanna, fireworks were going off as a boat was heading towards a platform with a cauldron and walking towards it that was connected to a statue. There were some hooded figures surrounding the ruler of the kingdom, Princess Elise. One of the hooded figures faced Elise with a torch in hand. She was looking into the flames and saw something. What she saw was of a creature over some destroyed buildings that were on fire, and as the creature roared, one of the hooded figures brought Elise back to reality. "Miss Elise," the hooded figure said. It was a woman's voice. "It's... It's all right," Princess Elise said. There were some men standing in front of her. One of them was a bishop. She then spoke in front of the statue. "We give thanks for the blessed flames. May we always continue to have peace. Sun of Soleanna, guide and watch over us with your eternal light..." Elise then lit the cauldron in front of her, which the flames spread throughout the statue, and lighting the even bigger cauldron on top. That was when more fireworks started up. But fireworks weren't the only things going off that night. Missiles came from a certain angle, attacking the statue, scaring the princess. Then something flew overhead. The flying vessel then dropped a bunch of robots, surrounding the princess and everyone that was on the platform. Then Elise saw something descending. It was some kind of transport, with a familiar mustached scientist bowing to her. "A pleasure to meet you at last, Princess of Soleanna. I am Dr. Eggman. I've come here to obtain the secret of the Flames of Disaster from you. And take the miracle gems that are the keys to its secret... the Chaos Emerald! Now princess, this way please." As Eggman was speaking, Princess Elise was carrying something in her hand, and held it close to her chest. Eggman gestured to Elise to come onto the transport, but then the wind started picking up. A whirlwind appeared, but then the wind stopped as a certain hedgehog appeared on a torch on the statue. "My... That's a pretty snazzy performance there," Sonic the Hedgehog said. Elise looked up at the hedgehog, almost seeing a completely different hedgehog in his place. She then said, "You... It can't be!" Sonic smirked and then the Mane 6 appeared, protecting the people on the platform from the robots, and taking them down as well. "You were right, MC!" Twilight said. "Eggman would go after the Princess of Soleanna!" Elise looked towards the Mane 6 and then she saw a vision of four mares, two pegasi, one unicorn, and an earth pony with an ethereal horn and wings, and a stallion with a shoulder belt with a sheriff's badge on it. "What?" Elise asked. Just then, she was picked up by Sonic. "I'm Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog!" he said as he scooped Elise off her feet. He then started running away from the fight, the Mane 6 following him. But as they were running, they did not go unnoticed. A white hedgehog was staring atop a building, seeing the hedgehog and the six ponies running away from the fight, taking the princess of that country with them. "I finally found him... the Iblis Trigger!" the white hedgehog said, tightening his fist. 200 years in the future, in a post-apocalyptic city, the same white hedgehog was hovering over the flaming streets, him surrounded by a light blue aura, similar to unicorn magic. As he was hovering, his voice was doing some narration. "This world was devastated before I was born. A harsh, bleak place, where we live in eternal darkness. Life is a struggle, and people live without hope. How did this happen? No one will answer me directly. But they always point... to the flames." Just then, a huge burst of flames appeared in front of him, blocking his path. He then used his power to blow the flames away. "These flames. They burn away at my world destroying everything in their path. They come from an eternal life form we cannot truly defeat. The Flames of Disaster known as Iblis." "Silver!" came a new voice. It was the voice of a female. The white hedgehog, now known as Silver the Hedgehog, looked towards where the voice came from, and saw a purple cat girl hopping from rooftop to rooftop coming closer to him. "Blaze, what's wrong?" Silver asked. "He's appeared again!" the cat girl, now known as Blaze, said, pointing towards a certain part of the burning city. Silver looked towards the direction where Blaze was pointing with an angry scowl. Silver then flew in that direction, Blaze following by jumping from building to building. Eventually, the two made it to the part of the city, where the creature from Elise's vision appeared in front of them. It roared towards the two, increasing the heat around them. Silver groaned and called out, "Come on, you monster!" The monster, known as Iblis, roared and a bunch of molten rocks came out of his mouth. Silver caught them with his power and threw them back towards Iblis. Eventually, Iblis roared in pain, heading down to the pit below. "Looks like we stopped it for now," Blaze said, her arms crossed. "But it'll just rise up from its ashes again," Silver said before pounding his left fist on a nearby wall. "What's the point of all this? It'll never end." "Calm down, Silver," Blaze said to the hedgehog. "Then tell me what we should do," Silver said, disappointingly. "How can we completely destroy Iblis?" The two of them started thinking of a plan. But then a new voice appeared. "...By knowing the truth of course." Silver and Blaze looked up to see where the voice came from, and a figure was standing there. "Just as a flower comes from a seed, or a chicken comes from an egg, everything has an origin. You need to find the being originally responsible for this catastrophe." He was raising his fists as he was speaking that last sentence. "Is that really the answer to our problem?" Silver asked. He then pointed at the figure and said, "Tell me, do you know who it is?" They later appeared in an office building, where the mysterious figure was leading the two towards a computer. "To fix this present timeline, you need to change the past," the Shadow look-a-like said. "But that's impossible," Silver said. "With my help, you can," the figure said before turning around. "Because I have the power to travel through time!" "No way!" Silver said, shocked. "In order to change the past, you must eliminate the individual who has awakened Iblis," the figure said. "The Iblis Trigger. Silver and Blaze started pondering about it, Blaze stepping closer to Silver. Silver then said, "If I eliminate that guy, will our world be saved?" The figure nodded and said, "The Day of Disaster... Here are my records of this event. This was when Iblis was freed and his flames were released into the world." He then pressed some buttons on the computer, showing what has happened in the past. "And you have this person to blame." He then handed Silver something. Silver looked into it and he saw Sonic standing in the flames. He then said, "I see it! So, that blue hedgehog's the Iblis Trigger?" Blaze looked at Silver and the Chaos Emerald. "Blue hedgehog..." Blaze pondered. She then shook her head and said, "No. It couldn't be..." Silver then handed the Chaos Emerald back to the figure. The figure then said, "I'll send us back in time to the point when the Iblis Trigger was alive." He then produced a sphere of purple energy, enlarging and sending the three of them through time. It then went to a moment before the Festival of the Sun. Somewhere in a nearby forest, Silver appeared from a rip in time, landing there. He then looked around at the surrounding forest. "Where am I?" Silver asked. He then looked towards where he thought Blaze was standing, only to find out he was alone. "Blaze? Blaze!" He then sighed. "I guess we all got separated." He then looked at the forest he was in. "This is so unbelievable." He then saw a path in front of him. He then raised his hand and clenched it as he said, "Now I must fight for the future!" Meanwhile, in another part of Soleanna, near a beach, Blaze was standing in the middle of a circle of cabanas. She then headed towards one. "So this is the past..." Blaze said. She then put her hands on her hips. "I hope Silver is okay. He's pretty insecure when he's all alone." She then looked around. She then closed her eyes and said, "The Iblis Trigger. Blue hedgehog... Could it be...?" She then saw a path leading away from the cabanas. She then decided to take that path to start her journey in the past. After the attack during the Festival of the Sun, the Mane 6 and Sonic were taking Princess Elise away from the fight, trying to protect her. "Umm... why are you helping me?" Elise asked. "No special reason," Sonic said. He then jumped over a canal, the Mane 6 following. Just then, a bunch of robots blocked his path. "Sonic!" Elise said. "Don't worry, Princess Elise," Twilight said. "We'll protect you!" Then Sonic and the Mane 6 started taking down the robots. Fluttershy on the other hand was escorting Elise away from the fight, but was ambushed by Eggman. "Oof!" Fluttershy said, being knocked down. Eggman's transport had arms, which grabbed Elise, and it flew up into the sky. "I'm afraid our little game ends now," Eggman said, taking the princess. Rainbow Dash tried flying up to the transport, but she was blown away by a barrier. Elise then got her arm free and tossed the Chaos Emerald to Sonic. "Sonic, take this!" Elise said as she was throwing the Chaos Emerald. "I've got it!" Sonic called out. "And don't worry! We'll rescue you!" "I know," Elise said. Eggman scoffed and said, "It's only a matter of time before it's mine." Just then, the Egg Carrier came over their heads. "Until then, you can hold onto it for me!" Eggman's transport was carrying both of them up to the Egg Carrier. As soon as the transport entered through a doorway on the bottom of the Egg Carrier, the Egg Carrier started flying to a distant location, Sonic and the Mane 6 watching as it was flying away. In the distance, Silver was watching the seven heroes from atop a building. He then jumped down to the ground to try and pursue him, but someone got in his way. A certain pink hedgehog came in. "There you are, Sonic!" Amy said as she came in and hugged Silver, thinking he was Sonic. "Hey!" Silver said during the intrusive hug. "It's about time I finally caught up with you again!" Amy said. Just then, she got a good look at Silver and saw that he wasn't Sonic. "Hey! You're not Sonic!" She then slapped him. She then embarrassingly said, "Um... I'm sorry!" Silver has been trying to recover after the slap as Amy buries her face in her hands. He then said, "Ah, I'm..." He then noticed that Sonic and the Mane 6 were gone. "Huh? Hey, where'd he go?" He then looked around. "He and his group must've run off!" "I'm sorry," Amy said, walking closer to Silver. "Did you miss someone because of me?" "Ah... it's okay," Silver said, closing his eyes bowing and shaking his head. He then turned his head to look at Amy and said, "I'm sure the guy I'm looking for is still on the island. I'm sure I can find him." He extended his arm towards Amy. "Well then I'll help you," Amy said, grabbing Silver's arm. "What?" Silver asked. "Two heads are better than one when looking for someone!"Amy said. "Hey, just wait a second," Silver tried to protest, but Amy got closer to his face. "What's your name?" Amy asked. Silver paused for a moment before answering. "Silver." "That's a nice name," Amy said. "I'm Amy Rose, one of the Freedom Fighters. It's nice to meet you!" She then pulled Silver in a direction. "Ah... Hey, wait!" Silver protested as he was being pulled away. Meanwhile, on another part of the island, somewhere where it was snowing, Shadow was heading towards a base that had Eggman's robots. The robots then fired upon seeing Shadow, but he dodged them all, destroying them in his path. He then jumped on one robot and jumped off it to get over the tall metal gate. After he made it, the robots exploded. A spotlight was then coming in and Shadow hid from it as his communicator beeped. He then looked towards it. "Transmission from HQ. There's an SOS coming from Dr. Eggman's Base. Our last communication with our agent was 26 hours ago. We expect an immediate rescue, Shadow the Hedgehog." "Understood," Shadow said before shutting off his communicator. "Initiating the mission now." He then used Chaos Control to teleport to a different location. He then made it to a part of the base, to see Rouge beating up a bunch of robots and holding something in her hands. "Rouge!" Shadow called out. "Shadow!" Rouge said, noticing that Shadow was there. "I'm glad you're here!" Shadow then vanished. "Or, maybe not." Just then, all the robots surrounding Rouge were destroyed. Rouge looked around at all of the commotion. Shadow then reappeared in front of her. "Let's go," Shadow said, walking away. Rouge then followed him. "Don't you want to know what this is?" Rouge asked. "My assignment was to rescue you, nothing more," Shadow said. "Fine. With you it's always business," Rouge said. Just then she thought of something. "Or is it that you have a date with a certain old friend of yours?" That made Shadow blush. Just then, some more robots came in, blocking their path. "It seems they don't want us to leave." Shadow grunted and said, "Let's get this over with." He then got into battle position. He then destroyed the robots that were in front of him, and then he used Chaos Control to take him and Rouge to a safer location. Where coincidentally, Maria Robotnik was waiting for them. "Hey, guys," Maria said. "Maria?" Rouge asked. "What are you doing here?" "I've asked Maria to help me find the location of Eggman's bases that are located here," Shadow said. "Thank you, Maria." Then the two of them walked up to each other and the two hugged and kissed each other. Rouge smiled at the two. Then she noticed the map on the nearby computer. She then said, "Ah, Soleanna, the city of water. It has a constitutional monarchy, you know. The primary industries are tourism and crafting precision machinery." Shadow and Maria then walked over towards a painting of Princess Elise. "The current sovereign is Princess Elise III." "Why does Eggman's base lead to an odd place like this?" Shadow asked. "How should I know?" Rouge asked before pulling out what she had taken from the base. "I just followed my orders and retrieved the item. Anyway, I have a little favor to ask of you. Can you escort me to the GUN rendezvous point?" "Where's the rendezvous point?" Shadow asked. "According to this map, GUN wants to meet Rouge at the old ruined castle in Kingdom Valley," Maria said. "I'd go with you, but I'd promise MC that I'd help him watch the Crusaders." "Alright," Shadow said. "Go do what you've gotta do." The next morning, around the area where the Princess was taken, Sonic and the Mane 6 were heading down a path, where they met up with Tails. "Sonic! Girls!" Tails said as he was coming up to them. "Hey, Tails," Twilight said. "Haven't seen you in a while." "Yeah, last time we saw ya, you were helpin' Lynol with repairing the city since the whole alien invasion crisis," Applejack said. "Yeah, but Lynol and I had set up construction drones to help with repairing the damages," Tails said. "But he could take it from there. Anyway, I heard you guys tried to save the Princess." "Oh, yeah," Pinkie said. "But then we were ambushed by robots and during the commotion Eggman grabbed Princess Elise and we're trying to find her as we speak." "Well, let me help," Tails said. "I may not know what Eggman's up to, but it can't be a good thing!" "Actually, he could be useful when it comes to tech," Rainbow Dash said. "Okay," Sonic said. "With your help, this should be a piece of cake." Then the eight of them started going off in one direction. "I'll do my best," Tails said as the eight of them were heading off somewhere. Basically, they saw the Egg Carrier heading towards the beach area. Then they headed over towards the beach to see if Eggman's base was there. But they saw that the Egg Carrier was moving in another direction. Just then, a white feather came falling down, landing in front of Sonic. Rarity inspected the feather and said, "It seems it's a feather from the dress that Princess Elise was wearing." "It looks like the Princess was moved to another location," Tails said. "Let's head back to the city. Maybe MC knows where we can find Eggman's base." "No need," came MC's voice from Sonic's communicator. "I already know where Eggman is taking the Princess. He's set up a small base in the desert area. If you head there now, you can make it." "Thanks, MC," Sonic said. "Alright, let's go!" Then all of them headed off towards the desert. They all headed towards the desert from that area. Hours had passed and in the desert area, Elise was sitting in an old room, thinking about her deceased father. One of the final things said to her. "You're a good girl, Elise. Remember, be brave. Don't cry no matter what happens." Just then, the nearby wall was broken in, revealing the Mane 6, Sonic and Tails. "You've all come," Princess Elise said. "Of course we have," Twilight said. "Us Princesses have countries to lead." Just then, there was the sound of someone clapping. The group looked towards who was clapping and saw Eggman standing next to a cage with a giant robot dog behind the bars. "It looks like some pesky rats have stuck their noses where they don't belong," Eggman said. "Well, a hedgehog and six magical ponies to be more precise. The Princess of Soleanna is mine until I unlock the secret of the Flames of Disaster." "Not today," Twilight said. "Tails!" Sonic said. "Got it! Let's go!" Tails said as all eight got into battle position. Just then, the giant robot dog broke out of the cage and tried attacking the group, but Twilight teleported the group out of there. They ended up outside, but that's when the robot dog charged through the wall, it was roaring as it was coming out. It then charged at the heroes, but Twilight lifted Sonic as he was spinning and threw him towards the head of the robot, going across its spine, damaging it, and eventually, getting destroyed. "We've got company!" Fluttershy said, pointing into the sky. They saw a bunch of robots flying closer to them. "How long is this gonna go on?" Sonic asked. "Let's split up," Tails said. "I'll get their attention, and you guys take the Princess." Sonic nodded towards Tails and Twilight said, "You be careful, Tails." "Leave it to me!" Tails said before taking off. He then started getting the attention of the robots. Then Sonic picked up Elise. "Hold on tight," Sonic told the princess. "Okay," Elise said. Then they all headed out of there, trying to avoid the robots. As soon as they left the area, Amy and Silver came walking by that same area. Amy was looking all over for Sonic. "Hmm... I sense Sonic's presence," Amy said, looking around, Silver right behind her in exhaustion. "Call it my girlish intuition." "What am I doing?" Silver asked, shaking his head. Amy then looked towards Silver and said, "Sorry. As soon as I find Sonic, I'll help you find who you're looking for, Silver." Silver then noticed where he was, and never knew how the area around him looked before the incident. "This looks so beautiful," Silver said. "What? You mean this desert?" Amy asked, asking about the area. "Everything is so great here, isn't it?" Silver asked. "The sky is gorgeous, and everyone's happy..." "Huh?" Amy asked in confusion. Silver quickly turned around and said, "Let's go. I'll help you find who you're looking for." As soon as they started taking steps, they were ambushed by some of Eggman's robots. "Whoa! What are these guys?!" "Eggman's robots!" Amy said. "Eggman is basically the enemy of my friends, the Freedom Fighters! I really hope you can fight, otherwise, I'll..." Just then, some orange blasts came from above. The two looked up at the nearby cliff side and saw a figure coming down. The figure extended his right hand below, some orange shock waves coming from it, slowing his descent. He then launched a whip of orange energy at the robots, all of them disassembling in the progress. "Whoa! This guy is good!" Then the figure turned around, revealing himself. "Why thank you, pretty lady," the bear said. "My name is Truemen. Truemen the Bear." "Well, it's a pleasure to meet you," Amy said. "And that was some spectacular power you have." She then extended her right hand to shake his. But when he grabbed her hand, she cried in pain. "Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!" "Oh, sorry about that!" Truemen said. "I'm still not used to the grip of this magical robot hand." "Magical robot hand?" Silver asked. "How did you get that?" "Well... let's just say that I got it after an alien ripped my real arm off and swallowed it whole," Truemen said. "Alien?" Amy asked. "Wait, were you involved with the war against the Black Arms?" "Yes," Truemen said. "But it was due to that war that I lost my arm. Luckily, the one who trained my idol saved me and gave me this arm." "You have an idol?" Amy asked. "Who?" "It's the most powerful guy in the Freedom Fighters," Truemen said. "MC the Fox." "MC?!" Amy asked. "I know him. In fact, I'm looking for Sonic. Perhaps we can find him along the way so you can meet him." "That would be an honor," Truemen said. "But if you're looking for Sonic, he went off in that direction not too long ago." Truemen pointed towards where Sonic and the Mane 6 went. "If we hurry, we can catch up." "Got it," Amy said. Then the three of them started heading off in the direction that Sonic, the Mane 6 and Elise were going. Meanwhile, at another part of Soleanna, and some old castle ruins near the forest, Shadow and Rouge walked into the ruins, looking around. "The former king of Soleanna used to reside in this castle," Rouge explained to Shadow. "But a major accident occurred 10 years ago, and no one's lived here since." "Accident?" Shadow asked, looking at Rouge. "I heard a prototype energy engine failed, which caused the accident," Rouge continued. "I think the name of the plan was..." "The Solaris Project," came Eggman's voice. The two looked up to see Eggman in his transport coming down. "It was an ambitious project named after their eternal sun god." "Doctor!" Rouge said. "It's been a while, my dear Rouge," Doctor Eggman said. He then looked at Shadow. "And of course, Shadow. Now, if you'd be so kind as to hand back the Scepter of Darkness you took from me." Then a bunch of Eggman's robots surrounded the two. One of the robots fired a missile, but the two dodged it. But Eggman ambushed Rouge, making her fall and let go of the Scepter of Darkness. Shadow saw Rouge falling, and he caught her before she hit the ground. "No...!" Eggman yelled seeing the scepter fall. When the scepter hit the ground, an electromagnetic field came from the broken scepter, making the robots freeze up with electricity surrounding them. That was when Shadow and Rouge stood up. Shadow then walked over towards the scepter, but then some black and dark purple energy came out of it. "Shadow!" Rouge called out. Then the energy came up from the scepter and like a snake-like dragon, it started flying over the robots. Eggman then called out, "It's no use! Pull back, pull back, pull back!" He then started flying away. The energy then took out the robots, flew up into the sky, and dive bombed right in front of Shadow, where his shadow was covering where the energy landed. Just then, the energy came out of the ground, absorbing Shadow's shadow. It eventually takes form. It became that same creature that took Silver and Blaze from the future to their current time. "What? His shadow..." Rouge said, talking about Shadow. The figure stood up and laughed. He then said, "Oh, how ironic fate can be! I would never have believed I would be resurrected through your shade! I thank you Shadow The Hedgehog!" He then bowed towards Shadow. "Who are you? How do you know my name?" Shadow asked. "I'm Mephiles. Mephiles the Dark," the figure answered, slowly walking up to the two. "What, did you forget me?" He then finally got very close to Shadow. "I owe much to you, Shadow." He then slowly raised his left hand. "Oh, yes." Then purple energy came from it. It was the same sphere he used to travel through time. "What you gave to me, I now return to you! A one-way ticket to oblivion." He then raised the sphere into the air, it surrounded the three. Shadow and Rouge called out in horror as the three disappeared. Author's Note Next Episode: The Solaris Saga (Part 2): In a World without Magic
Episode 2: The Solaris Saga (Part 2): In a World without MagicEpisode 2: The Solaris Saga (Part 2): In a World without Magic In a part of the town of Soleanna, Amy, Silver and Truemen were all walking through one part of town. Amy was still on the lookout for Sonic. "I can't believe we haven't located Sonic yet," Amy said. "Gee, I wonder where he went..." "Ah, don't worry, Amy," Truemen said. "I'm sure we can find him soon." Silver didn't pay any attention. He then noticed Sonic, the Mane 6 and Princess Elise walking through a courtyard. He then lit up his hand and fired a blast towards Sonic, who saw it and carried Elise out of the way of fire, and Twilight to shield her and her friends from the impact. "I've been looking for you," Silver said, walking up to the group, looking directly at Sonic. "You're the Iblis Trigger." He then pointed towards Sonic. "Your actions will condemn us all." "Who are you?" Sonic asked, getting in front of Elise. "My name is Silver," he said pointing at Sonic. "For the future of the world, I will destroy you!" "Oh, I don't think so!" came another voice. "Here's your table, sir!" Silver looked towards where the voice was coming from and saw a table heading right towards him. Silver tried catching it, but it impacted him, knocking him back. Sonic, the Mane 6 and Elise saw where the table was thrown from and they saw MC, Spike, Maria and the Crusaders, all but MC sitting at a table. "MC?!" Sonic asked. "Why'd you bring the kids to this fight?" "I didn't," MC said. "We were already here, eating some lunch, we saw you guys coming and that guy attacking you for no reason. It's just a coincidence that you guys came here." "No reason?!" Silver asked. "I have a very perfect reason to take him down!" Silver then used his power to lift MC off the ground. MC then moved his right arm in front of his face and said, "Nicole, we need a facial recognition scan of this guy." Nicole then took Silver's face and started looking through every file in the world. "Accessing..." Nicole said. She was looking through every Mobian face in the world but couldn't locate one that matched Silver's. There was even a blinking X in the box where the other Mobian faces were. "Error. No facial match. In fact, there's no record on this guy at all." "What?!" MC asked. He then spun around, doing the same move Sonic and Shadow do, the spin dash. He was also vibrating himself in the energy. Silver was trying to keep MC to hold still, but MC broke out of the hold and pushed down Silver. Just then, the sound of Elise screaming came to their attention. "No!" Sonic called out. "Elise, wait!" Just then, he was grabbed in Silver's energetic grasp and thrown at MC, who both collided with a building. "Okay... that hurt..." MC said. "Is this a joke?" Silver asked. "How could someone like you cause the destruction of our world?" "What do you... mean?" Sonic asked. "It doesn't matter," Silver said. "For the sake of the future, the Iblis Trigger must be destroyed!" "Oh, I don't think so!" Twilight said, lifting up Silver with her magic. "Whoa!" Silver said. He was then pinned against a column, and some of it extended and wrapped around him. He was struggling to get free. Amy and Truemen then walked back to the area. "What's going on here?" Amy asked. "And what are you guys doing to Silver?" "This guy was trying to kill Sonic," MC said. "WHAT?!" Amy asked. "Sonic, Sparkles, you guys go save the princess," MC said. "We'll take it from here." "Thanks guys," Sonic said. Then he and the Mane 6 started going after Eggman. MC, Amy, Truemen and the Crusaders were surrounding Silver, who was slowly being let down from the column. Truemen was looking towards MC with an excited look. "Who's the bear with the excited look?" MC asked. "That's Truemen," Amy said. "He's... well... you're his idol." "Cool," MC said. "Now, back to business." MC released the marble from the column surrounding Silver, making him fall to the ground. "Sorry, pal, but I'm gonna have to bring you to jail." "What?!" Silver asked. "On what charge?!" "Attempted murder," MC said. "Assault on royalty. Aiding a worldwide criminal." "What?!" Silver asked. "I was not involved with that guy who took the princess!" "Then you shouldn't have attacked Sonic," MC said. "I can't believe I was helping you find Sonic so you could kill him," Amy said. "Do what you have to do, MC." "Let him go!" came another voice. The group looked towards the voice and saw Blaze coming down. "Or you're gonna get burned." "Blaze?" MC, Amy and Silver asked in unison. "Oh," Blaze said, seeing who she was seeing. "It's you guys. What are you doing here?" "Who is that?" Nyx asked. "That's Blaze," Amy said. "She's a princess from another dimension that ended up in our dimension not too long before your world became a part of ours." "Speaking of which, why aren't you back in your dimension guarding the Sol Emeralds?" MC asked. "Well..." Blaze said before flashing back. She then remembered Eggman Nega getting all the Sol Emeralds, putting them into a machine, the machine overloading, and the world blowing up, sending both her and a Mobian Raccoon girl away from the world, and through some wormholes. "Yikes," MC said. "So, what happened to Marine?" "I don't know," Blaze said. "She and I got separated. In fact, I don't even know where or when she could be." "Well, anyway," Amy said, looking at Silver. "Why were you trying to kill Sonic?!" Silver pondered as he recovered and angrily said, "He's responsible for destroying my world!" "That's crazy!" Amy said before pointing a finger at Silver. "Sonic would never do that!" "But it's true!" Silver said. "In the near future, his actions will cause the devastation of my world. So I must..." He was then interrupted when MC and Truemen fired a blast from their hands, MC using his left fist and Truemen using his robot hand, and blasted the ground right in front of Silver. "That's enough," MC said. "Sonic is a hero. He'd never go out and destroy the world he's on." He then turned around. "Let's go." Spike, the Crusaders, Amy, Truemen and Maria then followed MC. He then called out to Silver, "If you go after Sonic again, I'll hunt you down and gut you like a fish!" Blaze then helped Silver up and asked, "Are you okay?" "What's a fish?" Silver asked. "Doesn't matter," Blaze said. "Anyway, we should listen to MC's warning. He's not the right guy you want to make mad. Trust me." "Then we'll just have to see who this Sonic guy really is," Silver said. "If he's really the Iblis Trigger or the hero of this world, I wanna see for myself. Let's follow him to this Doctor Eggman's base." "Sounds like a plan," Blaze said. Then the two of them started heading off somewhere. Meanwhile, at the shipping yard of Soleanna's city area, Sonic, the Mane 6 and Tails were looking everywhere for places where Eggman could've put a base. "I still can't believe you out-foxed those robots," Rainbow Dash said. "Yeah, I do my best," Tails said. "Um... Isn't that Knuckles over there?" Fluttershy asked, pointing towards someone. The group looked towards where Fluttershy was pointing at and saw Knuckles standing there with something in his hand. The group then walked over towards Knuckles. "Knuckles," Sonic said. "What brings you here?" Twilight asked. "I saw Eggman on the outskirts of the city," Knuckles said, holding out a card. "He wanted to give this to you." He then handed it to Sonic. Sonic opened the card and a holographic image of Eggman appeared. It was saying a message. "Sonic the Hedgehog. If you want me to return the Princess, you must give me your Chaos Emerald. Meet me at my base in White Acropolis." As soon as the message was done, Sonic tossed it back to Knuckles as he wasn't paying attention. He fumbled with it and the card landed on the ground. "Huh. He's pretty cocky," Knuckles said as he stomped on the card, and it broke. "Sounds like a trap," Rarity said. "Yeah, Rarity's right," Tails said. "I don't think Eggman will honor his agreement." Sonic was holding the Chaos Emerald he got from Elise and said, "I'm going." "Are you crazy?" Twilight asked. "Yeah, what if he wants you to go and get him?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I mean, I don't mind the adventure, but I'm definitely not liking what Eggman has up his sleeve." "Since Eggman went to the trouble of telling me where Elise is, I think I should thank him personally," Sonic said. Later that night, the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles broke into Eggman's base. They then broke into a lab in the base, looking around. "You're late," came Eggman's voice. The group looked up and saw Eggman behind some glass. "Well, excuse us for trying ta get in here after fightin' off an army of yer mechs!" Applejack called out. "Where's Elise?" Sonic asked. "My, aren't we impatient," Eggman said. "Stone. Bring in the prisoner." A door opened up in the same room Eggman was in and Agent Stone came in, holding Elise. "Sonic!" Elise called out. Then the heroes got into a fighting position. "Ah ah. You better not move," Eggman said. "Now, the Chaos Emerald..." Sonic sighed as he got out the Chaos Emerald. "Place it there!" Eggman pointed at a slow rising column for Sonic to put the Emerald. Sonic then put the Chaos Emerald onto the column before it descended. With a wicked smile, Eggman pushed a button on a control panel next to him. "Hmph!" Then a pink force field surrounded the heroes. All of them in shock. Applejack and Knuckles tried punching their way out, but they were pushed back from the impact. "It's no use. It's too powerful for you to overcome," Eggman said. "Now allow me to introduce you to my latest creation. This is the Solaris prototype." Elise gasped as Eggman pulled a lever. "With this machine, I'll be able to control the flow of time itself!" After Eggman pulled the lever, the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles were being sucked up into a portal over them. Then the portal vanished, along with the heroes. "Doctor?" Agent Stone asked. "Are they...?" "No, not yet," Eggman said. "The Solaris Prototype just sent them to a different point in time. Who knows when they'll end up. In the past or the future. It just needs a little adjustment and some of Elise's power to get it right." "My power?" Elise asked. "Yes," Eggman said. "All I need is to revive the Flames of Disaster. And with its power, I will have full control of the world and I will rule the world. But for now... it's best to stay on my 'good' side." Silver and Blaze had infiltrated Eggman's base, only to find that the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles weren't there. They were running through the halls, looking for the heroes. "Guess we're too late," Silver said. Just then, they saw Amy in front of them, looking for Sonic. She then saw Silver and Blaze. "Amy?" "What are you guys doing here?" Amy asked quietly, yet angrily. "Listen, we're just trying to figure out if Sonic really is the Iblis Trigger or not," Silver said. "You guys were right. I should've gotten enough evidence before I jumped to conclusions. I know that now." "Good," Amy said. "But right now, I'm trying to find Sonic and get out of here." Just then, a door opened up and Elise came out of the room, holding the Chaos Emerald. "Oh!" Elise said. "Hey! It's you!" Silver said. "Princess Elise!" "Is that that guy Silver's voice I'm hearing?" MC's voice came from Amy's communicator. "Yeah," Amy said. "And also the Princess of Soleanna." "Well get her out of there!" MC said. "I'm right outside in my truck! We'll take her back to her castle!" "C'mon!" Amy said, pulling Elise. "We'll get you out safely." "Okay," Elise said. Then she followed Amy down the halls. But she dropped the Chaos Emerald. "Hey, wait!" Silver said, grabbing the Chaos Emerald. Then he and Blaze started following the two. They made it outside where MC and Truemen were in MC's truck. "Get in!" MC said. Amy opened one of the backseat doors and Elise got into it. Silver and Blaze then got into the bed of the truck as MC started driving off. Silver was reaching for the back window of the cab of the truck and knocked on it. "Wait!" Silver said. "You dropped this!" Elise looked back at Silver, seeing him holding the Chaos Emerald. She then said, "Keep it! You're gonna need it in the near future! I just know it!" Silver thought about it and said, "Okay." Then he and Blaze jumped off the truck as they were leaving White Acropolis. "Are you sure that it was wise to give them the Chaos Emerald?" MC asked. "I'm sure of it," Elise said. "It was my lucky charm for ten years." She then sighed. "Hopefully, Sonic and the others are okay. Wherever or whenever they are." Meanwhile, back in the lab of White Acropolis, 200 years later, the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles fell from where the portal was. Sonic was the only one who didn't crash land. All of them were slowly recovering. "Boy do I feel dizzy," Tails said, his head spinning. He then recovered and said, "Where are we?" But what came next they weren't expecting. "Oh, look who's here! I didn't expect to see you guys." The group looked up where the voice was coming from. It was a female's voice, one they all recognize. "Rouge! Shadow!" Tails said, seeing two familiar faces. "Hi. Long time no see!" Rouge said. Eventually, they made it outside. The Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow and Rouge ran out the doors to see the world on fire. All but Shadow and Rouge gasped by seeing what they saw. "What happened to this place?" Twilight asked. "Where are we?" "This is the distant future, far removed from our own timeline," Shadow said. "The future?" Tails asked. "Then that means Eggman's machine can control time!" Rainbow Dash then looked out at the burning city and said, "I'm gonna see if there are any survivors. Be right back." She then jumped and tried to fly, but her wings weren't letting her fly and she nearly fell off the cliff. "Whoa!!" "Ahh!" Sonic said as he and Shadow quickly grabbed her before she fell to her death. They pulled her up by her feet and got her on stable ground. "Are you okay?" Rainbow Dash then inspected her wings. She then got up, and tried flapping her wings. But they weren't picking her off the ground. She then asked, "What's going on?! Why aren't my wings lifting me up?!" "Something here must be interfering with your Equestrian magic," Knuckles said. "If Rainbow Dash can't fly..." He then looked at Applejack and held up his hand. "Applejack, punch my hand as hard as you can." "Are ya sure 'bout that, sugarcube?" Applejack asked. "It's just to test something," Knuckles said. Applejack shrugged her shoulders and then punched Knuckles as hard as she could, but with little effect. "She hit my hand as hard as a human could." "What?!" Applejack asked. She then saw a heavy rock near Rouge, ran over to it, and tried lifting it, but it was too heavy for her to even pick up. "Mah strength's gone!" "Then... that means..." Rarity said. She then looked up at her horn and tried to light it. But it had no effect. She then bawled out, "My magic's gone!" "Something must be wrong with all the Equestrian Magic," Twilight said. "I have to get back to Equestria to see what's wrong there." "I can tell you what's wrong," came another voice. The group looked towards where the voice came from and saw a figure in a hooded cloak walking towards them. "Who are you?" Shadow asked suspiciously. "I'd thought you'd recognize my voice, Shadow," the figure said. "After all..." the figure then removed the cloak, revealing a much older Maria Robotnik in worn out clothing. "...you are my best friend." "Maria?!" all the heroes asked. "You're still alive?" Sonic asked. "How?" "Project: PHOENIX," Maria said. "The immortal bird. It's who I am now." She then sighed. "Has it really been 200 years now? My, how time flies." "Do you know what's happened to the Equestrian Magic?" Twilight asked. "It's really freaking us out more than the world being on fire," Fluttershy said. "Well, I don't have the full story of it," Maria said. "But it would seem that a long time ago, long after the world was set ablaze, magic died down. Ponies started splitting up the tribes. Basically, someone in Equestria made all the pony tribes split up, so it's just their individual kind." "Everypony separated?" Twilight asked. "That would mean... no harmony. No harmony, no magic. We've gotta go back to Equestria." "There's no time," Sonic said. "We can fix that once we get back to our timeline. But how are we gonna do that?" "You need a space-time rift to get back to your own time," Maria said. "But it requires a lot of energy." "I see," Sonic said. "So using Shadow's Chaos Control will..." "It's not enough," Maria said. "I found out the hard way that creating a space-time rift doesn't just take one creature and one Chaos Emerald to open it, but two... of each." Sonic then looked over at Shadow and said, "Okay, Shadow. It looks like we need to work together." Shadow nodded. "So, where are we gonna find Chaos Emeralds here?" Shadow asked. "Oh, I have one stashed away," Maria said. "I can show you and Rouge where it is." She then looked over at the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles. "But you guys are gonna want to see how this world came to be. What really triggered this disaster 200 years ago." Sonic nodded and said, "Alright. Let's go." Then they all headed away from their current location. Back in Equestria at the time, in a small town known as Maretime Bay, an orange Earth Pony mare with a mane that's two shades of purple, wearing a turquoise shirt with light green outlines, blue denim shorts, and shoes that matched the colors of her shirt was thrown out of one building in the middle of town. Along with cardboard wings and a horn. "And stay out, Sunny Starscout!" an older pink Earth Pony mare with a blonde, curly mane said. "Do something like that to embarrass Maretime Bay again, and I'll have Sheriff Hitch throw you in jail for the rest of your life!" She then slammed the door shut. The first mare, Sunny Starscout, was upset that she failed to bring unity back to the ponies, starting with her home town that had just about all of the Earth Ponies. She started picking up her cardboard wings and horn, but something fell out of her pocket. She was about to reach for it, but a hooded figure stepped in and picked it up for her. "Here you go, Sunny," the figure said. "Thank you," Sunny said. Then she realized something. "Wait. How do you know my name?" "I've been keeping my eye on you for years," the figure said. "Everything your father told you before he died, that Equestria was founded upon unity with all three types of ponies, it's all true." "It is?!" Sunny asked. The figure nodded. "And I take it that you know the secrets of how the other ponies use their magic?" "I did, when magic was still alive until 175 years ago," the figure said. "The unicorns can't even light up their horns and become superstitious. Even saying certain words thinks that something bad is gonna happen, and they do a silly dance just to make it go away. And as for the pegasi... none of them can't even get off the ground. Magic is dormant, and I have a feeling you're the key to waking it up." "Me?" Sunny asked. "Why me?" "Because you're the last one who believes that unity can be brought back," the figure said. "But for now..." The figure then walked over to the door of the building and put up a note, pulled a hammer and nail from his cloak, and started nailing the piece of paper to the door. That was when the door opened, and the figure almost hit who opened it. It was a tanish yellow earth pony stallion with a white patch in between his eyes, green hair, and was wearing a shoulder belt with a sheriff's badge on it. "What?!" the stallion asked, ripping off the paper. "Forced to be shut down and demolished?! Under whose order?!" "Mine," the cloaked figure answered. "And who are you?" the stallion asked. "You should know from what Sunny and her father said, Sheriff Hitch Trailblazer," the figure said. "For they knew the truth about how Equestria was found. I had to take leadership of this entire country after the previous one was burnt to death during the Flames of Disaster back in Soleanna. The only one she trusted to take the lead during her absence. I am..." The figure then removed the cloak, revealing a certain gray fox. "King Michael Crayton, current high ruler of all of Equestria. But you wouldn't know that, for you've all lost your ways." "What?!" came the first Earth Pony mare. She then saw the paper. She then looked at future MC and said, "You can't do this to me! I've worked so hard to keep this business going! I have all the true facts of Equestria!" "No... you don't, Phyllis Cloverleaf," future MC said. "You refused to listen to the truth." He then started walking away. "Oh, and I took the liberty of disabling the unicorn traps. We don't want anyone to walk into one when that one unicorn walks into town in about 3 minutes." "Wait, what?!" Sunny, Hitch and Phyllis asked. Phyllis then ran into the building. "A unicorn is coming!" Phyllis yelled. Sunny started running towards where the unicorn is coming. Hitch and future MC started following her. Hitch then called out, "Get back here, Sunny! Unicorns are dangerous!" "No, they're not!" future MC said. "They can't even do anything with their horns. All three types of ponies lost their magic many, many decades ago. And I'm gonna try and restore it." "Oh, yeah," Hitch said. "Well, I heard that..." "Nothing that Phyllis said about Unicorns and Pegasi are true!" future MC stated. "If you've read about the founding of Equestria and Hearth's Warming, you'd know the truth. Not all of Equestria was found upon one type of pony." They eventually made it to the entrance/exit of Maretime Bay. They stopped when they saw somepony walking in. That pony was a mare. She had a light grayish purple coat, a very messy, yet curly mane that was mostly light blue, blue and purple, she was wearing a pink blouse with blue knee length cargo shorts with blue slip on shoes, and coming in from her mane was a unicorn's horn. She also had an excitable look on her face. "Hi new friends!" the unicorn said. Back in the ruins of future Soleanna, the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles walked down the halls of an office tower. All of them were looking around. "No matter where we go, all we see are ruins. How can this be our future?" Knuckles asked. "How could it come to this?" Tails asked. "Shh!" Twilight said, stopping the group. "I hear something." "Could it be true!?!" came Silver's voice. "If I eliminate that guy, will our world be saved?" The group looked into the nearby room and saw Silver, Blaze and Mephiles. Mephiles nodded and said, "The Day of Disaster... Here are my records of this event. This was when Iblis was freed and his flames were released into the world." He showed images of what happened in the past. "And you have this person to blame." He then handed Silver the purple Chaos Emerald. "What's he doing?" Fluttershy asked quietly. "I don't know," Rarity quietly responded. "I see it!" Silver said. "So, that blue hedgehog's the Iblis Trigger?" Blaze stepped towards the two and said, "Blue hedgehog..." "I'll send us back in time to the point when the Iblis Trigger was alive," Mephiles said, using his power to create a time travelling orb to travel the three back in time. When the three vanished, the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles walked in. "What the... Who was that guy?" Knuckles asked. "He looked just like Shadow..." "That guy could've been anything," Twilight said as Tails headed for the computer. "A Shadow Android. No, they were all destroyed during the Black Comet. A clone. No, not even Shadow has that kind of power." "Th-This is terrible!" Tails stuttered. "According to the data, the Princess died when she was kidnapped by Eggman! Apparently Eggman's battleship exploded! The date of this incident was... two days after the Festival of the Sun!" "If we don't get back ta our time, all of this will happen," Applejack said. "You're right," Twilight said. "And I still need to know why magic isn't working. What happened in the past two hundred years that made everypony lose their magic?" Rarity then thought of something and said, "Wait a minute. If magic's gone... what happened to Nyx?" "Nyx?" Twilight asked before getting a realization. "Oh, no! If magic's gone, she could be..." She then started shedding tears. "She's... she's gone. My daughter's nothing but shreds now." "Don't worry, Twilight," Sonic said. "We'll get back there in time. I know it." Twilight nodded. "Let's... Let's go," Twilight said. Back with Shadow, Rouge and future Maria, the three of them went into an old apartment building. It was a bit of a mess. "This is my place," future Maria said. "Excuse the mess. I wasn't expecting company." "Wow," Rouge said. "So, where's the Chaos Emerald?" "In here," future Maria said, walking over to a portrait of her and all the Freedom Fighters, along with the Mane 6, the CMC and the Young 6 in a group. The portrait opened like a door, revealing a safe. Maria opened the safe and inside was a Chaos Emerald. "My, my, such a precious Chaos Emerald," Rouge said before Maria handed it to her. "I can't believe you've had one this whole time," Shadow said. "Well, there's another one in the volcano, but it's too dangerous to go and get it," Maria said. "Why?" Rouge asked. "Because that's where Iblis is," Maria said. "Every time I go there, he tries to burn me alive. I'm lucky I still have my healing factor." Maria then walked over to a curtain. "For right now, I gotta fix Omega." "Omega's here, too?" Rouge asked. Maria opened up the curtain and behind it was a worn out Omega. All rusted and dirty. "Why is Omega here?" "I don't know," Maria said. "It was really hard to get him up here." "I bet," Shadow said. "Anyway, thanks for the help." He then walked over to Maria and kissed her. "It's been a long time since you and I shared one of those," Maria said. "Now go. You have a future to save." "What about you?" Rouge asked. "According to Alex and his theory of the multiverse, this future is just a 'What if...' and if you change the past, you'll be set on a whole different future," Maria said. "This future would still exist upon which choices are made in the past." "Take care of yourself, Maria," Shadow said. "I will," Maria said. Then Shadow and Rouge ran out of there. As soon as Maria closed the door she noticed something. She saw red lights coming from behind Omega. "No... it can't be." Shadow and Rouge met up with the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles at the bottom of the volcano. Shadow and Rouge explained to the others about where the Chaos Emerald is. "So, we're gonna have to go in there to get the Chaos Emerald, go back in time, and get back to our time to prevent this horrible future," Sonic said. "Maria said that a Chaos Emerald is inside this volcano," Shadow said. "And she also said to beware of Iblis. Whoever that is." They started walking into the entrance. Back in Equestria, future MC, Sunny and the unicorn, known as Izzy Moonbow, were all climbing a cliff side of a mountain, all of them wearing some mountain climbing gear. "Are you sure this is going to work?!" Sunny asked. "Positive!" future MC said. He then held out two crystals. One a white circular crystal, and one blue that looks like a unicorn's horn. "If we reunite the tribes in harmony, magic will return. I just know it." "And how are you gonna do that?" Izzy asked. "All the ponies are afraid of the others that aren't the same kind that they are." "I've got a plan," future MC said. "I've put that 'Closed for Demolition' sign on Canterlogic on purpose to let the Earth Ponies come up here. And for the unicorns..." "What did you do?" Sunny asked. "Well..." future MC said, remembering what he did with the unicorns. He flashbacked to the time he was getting the crystal from the unicorns. "You are not getting this crystal!" an elderly gray unicorn, known as Alphabittle, said. "I don't care if you beat me at Prance-Prance Revolution. You're not getting it!" "Oh, yes I am," future MC responded. "Oh, yeah?" Alphabittle asked. "How are you gonna do that?" Future MC then smirked, just as the flashback ended. "You said one of the forbidden words, didn't you?" Izzy asked. "More like all of them," future MC answered. "I still don't understand why Mayonnaise is a forbidden word. It's a condiment." "I know, right?!" Izzy asked. They finally reached the top of the cliff. Future MC helped up Sunny and Izzy, but Izzy tripped and nearly fell off the cliff. She screamed as she almost fell. Future MC held onto the rope that was connected to Izzy's harness. "I got you, Izzy!" future MC said. "Sunny, grab her arm and..." Just then, another pony swooped in and grabbed Izzy's arm. It was a white pegasus mare with blue and purple feathers, a styled up mane, making it almost look like a Mohawk, with colors of raspberry violet, with rose and cyan highlights, and she was wearing some kind of jumpsuit, similar to the Wonderbolts outfits. She pulled Izzy up to safety. "You all should be careful where you're standing," the pegasus said. "It's really dangerous for those who can't fly." "You're one to talk," future MC said. He then recognized the pegasus. "Say, aren't you...?" "You hear something?!" came some voices, making the pegasus gasp. "I gotta go," the pegasus mare said. "Don't tell anypony I was here." She then leaped away. "Hey, wait up!" future MC said. Then he, Sunny and Izzy started chasing her, but were ambushed by pegasus guards. "Freeze!" the guards said, holding out some spears. "Crud," future MC said as he, Sunny and Izzy held up their arms. "This is gonna be a lot of paperwork." Back at the volcano at future Soleanna, the Mane 6, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow and Rouge arrived at the core, where a Chaos Emerald was at a small altar. Rouge walked up to it and said, "I've found a Chaos Emerald!" "Don't touch it!" Shadow called out. Just then, some kind of creature appeared from behind the Chaos Emerald. It took the Chaos Emerald and was keeping it away from the heroes. "Great!" Rainbow Dash said. "Now what are we gonna do?" Sonic and Shadow looked at each other, nodded, and they both started spinning and attacked the creature. The creature roared and became nothing but flames. Sonic and Shadow returned to their friends. Sonic held the Chaos Emerald that Iblis had taken. Then the two of them held out the Chaos Emeralds, and spoke in unison. "Chaos Control!" Then a portal opened up. Then the Mane 6 jumped into the portal, along with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Rouge. Shadow on the other hand saw something. He saw Mephiles standing away from them. He then chased Mephiles, who vanished. Shadow groaned in frustration. Back in Equestria, in the location of Zephyr Heights, future MC, Sunny and Izzy were in a castle throne room, in front of the castle's owner and her daughters, Queen Haven, Pipp Petals, and Zipp Storm, who was the same pegasus that helped out earlier. "Listen, Queen Haven," future MC said. "If we don't reunite the tribes, then something bad will happen." "You cannot unite the tribes who've been at war since the founding of Equestria," Queen Haven said. "That's not true!" future MC said. "You've forgotten how Equestria was found. It's all found on..." Just then, the doors burst open and in came the unicorns and the Earth Ponies. "Okay, they're here." "Give me back the crystal you took from me!" Alphabittle said angrily. "And you can't just shut down my factory because you say you're leading Equestria!" said Phyllis Cloverleaf. "Now, now!" said Queen Haven. "Who let you all in here?! And why are you..." Just then, there was an explosion behind the main throne, sending Queen Haven towards the middle of the room. "Mother!" Zipp and Pipp said in unison. They ran over towards her. Future MC checked her and said, "Oh, no. Fatal wounds." He then growled at who set off the explosion and saw Mephiles standing there. "Mephiles!" "Hello, King Michael Crayton!" Mephiles said. "What?! Did you fail on trying to keep Equestria in its true harmonic ways as you promised her before she died?!" MC roared at Mephiles and shouted, "I've been waiting 200 years to kick your butt, and now I'm gonna do it here and now!" "You can't even stop me even if you tried," Mephiles said. "Magic is dead because of you." "Not true!" MC said. "Magic died a long time ago because all of the ponies forgot what Equestria was found upon!" He then pulled out his Super Warp Ring. "And now, it's time to finish you off with some old friends." He then pulled out another ring, and he threw them, one from his right and one from his left, opening portals. Shadow came out of one ring portal while Omega and Maria came out of another. "Mission to help Shadow continuing... Side mission, take down Mephiles!" Omega said. "Good," Shadow said. He then saw Future MC. "Looks like Maria isn't the only Freedom Fighter still alive in this timeline." "Let's take him down!" future MC said. "Together!" Shadow and future MC said together, charging at Mephiles, who transformed before starting the battle. Author's Note Next Episode: The Solaris Saga (Part 3): Days of Future Past
Episode 23: The Generations Saga (Part 3): Best Frenemies ForeverEpisode 23: The Generations Saga (Part 3): Best Frenemies Forever Someplace in time, in a house in Cloudsdale, Cozy Glow was waking up. She looked around in a dark room with only a light above her head. She was confused until she looked down. She was tied to a wooden chair. "What?" Cozy Glow asked. She then tried struggling out of the chair. Even her torso was tied up, including her wings. She was trying to get out. "Help! Help!" Just then, the sounds of locks unlocking came to Cozy's ears. The door in front of her opened up and in came a pegasus stallion she never wanted to see again. "You shouldn't have come back, you little mistake," the stallion said. "D-daddy?" Cozy asked, getting more scared. "You should've stayed in Tarturus for life," Cozy's dad said. "Heck, they should've kept you in stone." "You wanted to send me to a military camp for bad foals!" Cozy said, getting angry. "And because of you, I've lost my chance of getting into the Canterlot Royal Guard!" Cozy's father said, angrily. "It wasn't my fault!" Cozy said. "You abandoned me! You abandoned me after mom died!" "She's dead because of you!" Cozy's dad said, pushing Cozy's chair off balance, leaving her on the ground. "I should've finish you off myself!" "No! NO!!" Cozy Glow shouted. Just then, she saw her father coming towards her with a knife. "Daddy! No!" Cozy Glow was trying to get away from her father, but with her tied up in the chair, she could barely move. He was about to swing down at Cozy, but his arm holding the knife was held back by a metal arm. "What?!" Cozy's father asked, shocked. He then looked back and saw that the metal arm was extending from the cloud floor. Just then, Bunnie and Zipp came from the floor, Bunnie's robot arm still holding the arm of Cozy's father, and Zipp was wearing the visor given to her by Izzy. "Boy, good thing we came in just in time," Zipp said. "True that, sugah," Bunnie responded, "Ah'll take care of him, you free the filly." Zipp nodded in response and headed for Cozy Glow. "You okay?" Zipp asked, untying Cozy Glow. "I'm okay," Cozy Glow said. "I just didn't want to see him again." "He's the reason you became a villain, isn't it?" Zipp asked. Cozy responded with a nod. "Well, let's get you out of here." Bunnie had Cozy's father pinned to a wall. Bunnie then noticed Zipp and Cozy going through the hole in the floor. She then let go and followed the two female pegasi. Cozy's father noticed that and followed in anger. On the ground, there were Pinkie Pie and Silverstream. The two ran up to the three flyers, and Pinkie asked, "Are you okay?" "I'm... I'm okay," Cozy Glow said. "Physically that is. But emotionally..." "There you are!" came the voice of Cozy's father, making Cozy Glow freeze up. The group looked up and saw Cozy's father coming right towards them. "Time to finish you off once and for all." "I say we should start running," Silverstream said. Then the five of them started running. Then Cozy, Silverstream, Bunnie and Zipp started flying. Silverstream carried Pinkie Pie. "Ooh! Look!" Pinkie Pie said, pointing towards somewhere. They looked where Pinkie Pie was looking and they saw a rift. "That must be our way out," Zipp said. "Let's go." Then they started flying towards the rift. When they were at least 10 yards from the rift, Cozy's father came in front of them and landed in front of them, making the five females stop. "That's... enough!" Cozy's father said. "That little monster is to pay for her crimes! Give her to me so I can deliver true judgement!" "No way!" Zipp said. "The only one who's responsible for her being evil is you, ever since her mom died! I've read her records!" "I'm the reason?!" Cozy's father asked, still angry. "She was supposed to be my way out of being an outcast to my family! A pegasus born in a family of unicorns! Do you know how hard it was for me?! I was hoping to have a unicorn son, not a pegasus daughter! She's nothing but...!" Just then, he was hit by something in the back, electricity coming from his backside. He then fell over. The group looked towards the rift and saw Midpoint with his bow extended, MC and Applejack holding the rift open. "Keep your hands off my adopted sister," Midpoint said. "Alex!" Cozy Glow said, flying through the rift, up into Midpoint's arms and hugging him. "C'mon," Midpoint said. "Let's get out of this limbo." Then Pinkie, Silverstream, Bunnie and Zipp went through the rift. Zipp grabbed Midpoint's taser arrow before going through the rift. MC and Applejack let go of the rift, letting it close. "Here's your arrow," Zipp said. "Well, that explains why he was passed out under Cloudsdale that day," Twilight said. "I'm really starting to hate Time Travel," MC said. "Me, too," Classic Tails said. "Same here," Tails said. "We should move on," Sonic said. Then they all started heading off somewhere. Cozy Glow was sticking next to Midpoint, still a little emotionally scarred from being near her biological father. "You alright, Cozy?" Midpoint asked. "I... I..." She then started shedding tears. "I almost felt like... killing him myself." "Whoa, whoa, whoa," Midpoint said, getting in front of Cozy. He then put his hands on Cozy's shoulders. "Listen, there are times that I'd want to kill someone for doing something horrible. Like with what Mimic the Octopus did to my dad. But I knew it wouldn't change a thing. Don't ever go into the darkness in your mind. Promise me that, okay?" Cozy nodded and said, "Okay." She then hugged Midpoint. Midpoint hugged her back. "Ah still can't believe he reformed Cozy Glow after everythin' she did," Applejack said. "He wanted the truth out of her, and he got it," MC said. "Even if he did use a truth serum to do it." "At least she's not trying to follow the darkness in her heart," Twilight said. "She's still a kid," Sonic said. "She has a lot of growing up to do." The others nodded at Sonic's words. The group stopped at an area with what looks like a white statue in front of a sealed rift. The group then looked at the statue in confusion. "Was there a sculptor here?" Sonic asked MC then started sniffing around. He then started smelling the statue. He then went wide-eyed and said, "It's Starlight!" "What?!" the others asked. Twilight then knocked on the statue. She then scanned the statue. "It's Starlight alright," Twilight said. "Hey, that rhymes," Pinkie said. "What happened to her?" Rarity asked. "I don't know," Twilight said. "But I'm afraid that the answer to that is in there." Twilight pointed towards the closed rift. "Perhaps it has something to do with her trying to get out of the rift," Midpoint said. "You are correct, otter," came a voice. The group looked around for the voice, but there was no sign. "Up here!" The group looked up and on top of the whited out area, and there stood... "The Iron Mask?!" Twilight, Spike, Nyx and Joshua asked in unison. "Mom?" MC asked. The Iron Mask then jumped down from the area, and landed right by Starlight's frozen state. She then removed her mask, revealing the face of Queen Sarah Crayton. "Hello, Michael," Sarah Crayton said, patting MC's left cheek. "It's been a while since I've seen you." "You... you're..." MC said, still trying to figure out what to say. "Dead?" Sarah Crayton asked. "Well... one of me was." "One of you?" Tails asked. "Yes," Sarah Crayton asked. "Although, that me... was a clone of mine. A probability, to be more precise." "A probability?" Midpoint asked. "As in a what if...?" "Exactly," Sarah Crayton said. "I've been here for as long as I can remember. Or maybe since the beginning of time. After all, I am immortal as long as I am here." "What about MC?" Twilight asked. "Is he a son of a clone of yours?" "Oh, no," Sarah Crayton responded. "He's mine. True, I've been sending probabilities of myself through different points of time, helping those who need it. Especially in the Crayton Kingdom. Although, one thing changed." "And that is?" MC asked. "Your father," Sarah Crayton said, looking at MC. "I saw everything through my infinite probabilities when I sent them through time. So, when I met your father, the two of us fell in love. I've had to be out of this place for ten years." "Ten years?" Twilight asked. "Why ten?" MC then thought about it. MC then went wide eyed, and he said, "You were wanting me to help keep the universe from disaster, didn't you?" "Exactly," Sarah Crayton said. "I've been watching you your whole life." "But I could see everything on the planet I walk," MC said. "I couldn't have missed any of you." "Oh, Michael," Sarah Crayton said. "I've been watching you through rifts in time. The time we have... is special enough." She then looked towards Nyx and walked towards her. "Even though it wasn't how we expected, you've given me a granddaughter. Even if she's mostly a pony." "So you sent Cloudpuff to our cabin that Christmas, didn't you?" Zipp asked. "That'd make sense," Pipp said. "Oh, I did," Sarah Crayton said. "Of course, I've had Santa Claus make the delivery." "Santa Claus is real?" Midpoint asked. "That's impossible. All the satellite drones searched the North Pole for any sign of even one building there. There was nothing there." "That's because Santa's Workshop wasn't at the North Pole," Sarah Crayton said. "It was the North Star that Santa's Workshop is. The North Pole is just the gateway." "Okay, that makes sense," Midpoint said. "What about Starlight, or that creature that attacked us and sucked us into this place?" Twilight asked. "That 'creature' as you call it, is actually supposed to be a transport machine," Sarah Crayton said. "Meant for two controllers. But, it was recently stolen. I didn't know who stole it, or how it even got here, but I've been trying to find out who did it. As for Starlight Glimmer here, she couldn't get out of the rift before it closed on her. The only way for her to be free from her frozen state is to go through that space. I believe there's someone there you'll have to fight so you can free Starlight Glimmer." "So, we're going to have to go in there?" Sonic asked. "No," Sarah Crayton said. "Only one can enter. I believe there's someone on the other side of that rift who is also trapped. Possibly, even corrupted. Like how Cozy Glow was almost corrupted again." "A friend who was once our enemy," Sonic said. "Perhaps it depends one where and when that person was." "At least it wasn't me," Nyx said. "That's true," Twilight said. "Let's think of enemies we've faced who later became our friends." "Trixie, Luna, Discord, Shadow, Silver, Omega, Tempest Shadow..." Pinkie Pie was using her fingers to count out who the possible ex-villain is on the other side of the rift. "Whoever it is, I bet I can go in there and reform him or her," Twilight said. "Then we'll get Starlight back." "Well, you are the Princess of Friendship," Spike said. "Who was later promoted to the High Princess of Equestria." "Of course," Twilight said. She then walked up to the rift. "How do I get this rift open?" "Allow me," Sarah Crayton said. She then held her hand up to the closed rift, and it opened up. "Michael and I will try to hold it open as long as we can. Focus on trying to find that corrupted friend of yours, battle him or her, and bring her back here. That'll cause a chain reaction that'll free Starlight." "Okay," Twilight said. She then looked towards the others and said, "Watch over my kids." "We got 'em, Sparkles," MC said. Twilight then flew into the rift. MC looked into the rift and said, "Good luck, Sparkles." "Sparkles?" Sarah Crayton asked. "Oh, Michael, it's cute you gave her a pet name." That made some of the others snicker. MC then rolled his eyes. Twilight came out of the other side of the rift and looked around. She then took in a breath of air. "Okay," Twilight said. "All I have to do is find my friend who is on this side of the rift, rescue her, bring her out, and then I'll free Starlight. Simple as that." She then noticed where she was. "Canterlot... High?" Twilight asked. She then got a realization. "Oh, no. That means." She then heard evil laughter. She then looked towards the voice and saw something she was not expecting. "Sunset Shimmer?!" Twilight asked. "Twilight Sparkle!" Demon Sunset said. "Time to end you!" She then launched a fireball towards Twilight, but Twilight blocked it with a barrier spell. "How are you this powerful?!" Twilight asked. "Because of... this!" Demon Sunset said, holding out something. "A Chaos Emerald?!" Twilight asked. "That's right!" Demon Sunset said. "So, prepare to be taken down!" She then charged at Twilight, who jumped out of the way. Twilight then fired a spell at Sunset, but it did nothing to the corrupted pony. Sunset then punched Twilight, knocking her towards a wall, her ending up in the school library. She then started running after recovering. "Good thing I still remember this place," Twilight said. "I can lose her." She then turned a corner, only to get knocked back towards the door, through them being knocked open, and onto the soccer field. "Okay. I was not expecting that." "Have you forgotten?!" Demons Sunset asked. "I've ruled through this world longer than you helped this world!" She then fired a beam of red magic, making Twilight defend herself with a barrier spell. But then, she felt a hand on her back. Twilight slightly turned her head, seeing the human version of her and her five friends behind her. "We've got you, Twi," the human Rainbow Dash said. "Never thought we'd see you again," Applejack said. "Although, you've gone through a slight change." "Tell me about it," Twilight said. "Took me a while to get used to this form." She then looked back towards Sunset. "Remember who you are, Sunset! Remember who you really are!" Twilight then fired a spell towards Sunset. The spell collided with Sunset's face. Then good memories of her and her friends flashed through her eyes. She then fell to the ground, back in her normal, Mobian Pony, form. Sci-Twi then used her telekinesis from her geode and caught Sunset. She was then placed gently on the ground, holding the Chaos Emerald. "Is she alright?" human Pinkie asked. "She'll be fine," Twilight said. "Help me get her to the portal." The human Applejack picked Sunset up. They headed through the school and towards the rift. MC and Sarah Crayton were holding the rift open from the other side. "New friends of yours?" Sci-Twi asked. "Yes," Twilight said. She then took Sunset from human Applejack's hands after putting the Chaos Emerald in her pocket. "I got it from here." Twilight held Sunset Shimmer in her arms, and started flying through the rift. "See you girls again, someday." Just then the rift closed with the human version of Twilight and her five friends looking at where the rift was in shock. "Should we be concerned about that?" Human Fluttershy asked. "Maybe we should let this slide for now," Human Rarity said. Then they all headed away from there. Back in the white space, Starlight Glimmer was gaining color back. She was back to her original, Mobian, form. She then looked down at herself, patting herself. She then exhaled and looked towards the others. "Okay... that was intense," Starlight said. "Thanks for getting me out of there." She then noticed Twilight holding Sunset Shimmer. "Sunset Shimmer? Is she okay?" "She was corrupted on that side of the rift," Twilight said. "Saving her also saved you." Sunset Shimmer then groaned. She was waking up. She looked around and saw her friends there. She then asked, "What happened?" "It's okay, Sunset," Twilight said, setting Sunset onto her feet. "What happened?" Sunset put a hand to her head and said, "I don't know. All I remember was searching for a college in Equestria, but the next thing I know, I was taken by some kind of... monster. The next thing I know, Starlight and I were at Camp Everfree, trying to get back to the portal to Equestria. And then, nothing. I can't remember anything past that." "As long as you're safe," Sonic said. "Right now, we gotta get out of here, and back home." Then they all started walking off somewhere. Midpoint stayed behind, holding back Sunset Shimmer. "I can recommend a college in San Francisco," Midpoint said. "I can even offer you a part-time job at Shadow Appliances. I'll pay for college tuition and your apartment. All you'll have to worry about is paying for food." "Thanks, Mister... uh..." Sunset Shimmer said, not knowing Midpoint's name. "Right," Midpoint said. "Alex Lynol. Also known as Midpoint." "Why do they call you Midpoint?" Sunset asked. "I'm an archer who never missed his mark," Midpoint said. "Now, c'mon. We've got all of time to save." Then they headed off to follow the others. Just then, the machine that took them all there started flying above the white space, getting everyone to notice it. "That thing... is a vehicle?!" MC asked. "Whoever stolen it made major changes to it!" Sarah Crayton said. "Made it look like an actual monster!" Then the machine opened up another rift and vanished into it. "A time eater," Midpoint said. "Time Eater, that's not a bad thing to call it." The others nodded in agreement. "Whoever taken that thing, they're gonna pay," Sarah Crayton said. She then started walking off. Midpoint then walked up to MC. "You know what that means," Midpoint said. "Your mom is basically the Watcher. From the Marvel Cinematic Universe." "I'm still shocked that she's still alive," MC said. He then sighed. "A clone. I buried... a clone." Twilight then walked up to MC and put a hand on his left shoulder. "At least you know she's still alive," Twilight said. "C'mon. Let's go save our friends." Then they continued moving on, following Sarah Crayton through the white space. Author's Note Next Chapter: The Generations Saga (Part 4): Chaos Rising
