"Let’s do things differently this time. Like, so differently."

Sonic ran through a canyon in Kronos Island at sonic speed, and as he reached the end, he couldn't help but smile.

Then, he started to float on the sky, surrounded by the 7 Chaos Emeralds, and once he was far enough from Giganto, the Emeralds entered on his body, turning his blue fur into a golden one, being surrounded by an aura of the same color, and his eyes turned red. He transformed into Super Sonic, and he was ready to take Giganto down.

"His name is Sonic the Hedgehog..."

Sonic was fighting against Metal Sonic, and he charged his electrical powers against the robot, which's system started to fail. Sonic then punched him in the chest, and Metal crashed against a tree again. But the attack didn't stopped there: Sonic landed another punch that sent him flying into a nearby mountain. Metal didn't have time to react, because Sonic came at full speed and began to sweep the mountain with his body, while he kept running up.

"He was born with an extraordinary power..."

Sonic ran through a field of flowers very familiar to him, since it was the place where he landed when he first arrived in Equestria. He began to run in Zig Zag, sliding and strolling on a side that had many dandelions, which immediately flew away.

"And he's not the only one."

In a different universe, Young Sonic literally stopped time and started to run across a bar. He was doing a lot of silly pranks with his power, like wedgie, getting ketchup on someone's face, taking a selfie with someone who literally got their teeth punched out, and even wasting whole rolls of toilet paper to cover whole people.

In another another universe, Boom Sonic was running at top speed across a canyon while chasing down Dr. Eggman, then he started to run in circles while running away from a strange robot with claws.

"And her name is Sunny Starscout..."

Sunny was rolling-skating across Maretime Bay, singing her lungs out with joy.

Next, we see Sunny, Izzy and Sonic climbing up desperately the mountain that leads to Zephyr Heights.

Finally, we see Sunny, Izzy and Pipp working together to make the Unity Crystals join and see if magic will finally return to Equestria...

"She has the power of an Alicorn..."

The Unity Crystals lifted Sunny into the air, and she grew golden-colored wings and a horn, although they looked transparent. Also, a rainbow line was painted on her mane, which was kind of weird, but it was clear what happened: Sunny became an Alicorn.

Then, we see Sunny and Sonic fighting together against Opaline, with Sunny using her Alicorn magic, while Sonic used all the skills he learned through the years.

"And she's not the only one."

The image switches to show Twilight becoming an Alicorn for the very first time, but also showed her fight against Lord Tirek when she was given Celestia's, Luna's and Cadance's magic.

Now, it shows Sunset Shimmer from Universe 010921 transforming into an Alicorn as well, but also being surrounded by the spirits of the Mane 6.

"None of them always had it easy..."

First, we see Sonic kneeling in the ground and crying because he arrived late to the town were Longclaw died in a fire, then it shows Sonic being corrupted by Cyber Space and turned into Cyber Sonic, just to switch one more time to all those times he was haunted by The End.

As for Sunny, we first see how she cries over her dad's dead body on a hospital room, then we see her feeling bad because of her lighthouse being destroyed, and finally we see the Death Egg Titan destroying the Brighthouse, leaving Sunny with an anxious look.

"And they're not the only ones."

We see Sunset in the human world, struggling to fit in after all the things she did before reforming thanks to the magic of friendship, then we see her suffering because of her friends not remembering her nor all the things they lived together.

Finally, we see Sunset crying because she returned to Equestria, but all the ponies she used to know are long gone...

"And now they're on their own..."

Sonic and Sunny were watching holographic replays of their parents dying, while FS was behind them and looked at them with sympathy.

Then, we see Sonic landing in a superhero pose in front of Sunny's stand in Sunset's universe, marking how they first met, but then the image switched to Sunset blasting a golden blast agains the Egg Conqueror, right before he killed Sonic, marking how they became friends.

"And they're not the only ones."

Sunset was crying sadly while being embraced by her friends back home, because of how guilty she felt after lying to Sonic and Sunny about their worlds, and for not telling them about the Canon Events.

"You think you know the rest..."

We see Sonic first awakening his electrical powers back in Bridlewood out of rage, as well as a sequence of scenes where he uses them several times.

"You don't."

Then, we see Sonic drawing some of his friends from across the multiverse, before the image switches again to both him and Sunny being encaged by the Secret Society after learning the truth about Canon Events, and how letting their friends die was supposedly one.

"I thought I knew the rest, but... I didn't..."

We now see a fraction of second of Sonic traveling through a heptagon-shape tunnel while screaming, since he was moving towards another universe.

Then, the image switched again, and now we see Sunset sighing and feeling bad, because she lied to Sonic and Sunny.

"I didn't want to hurt them... But I did..."

Sunset surrounded Sonic in her magic, since she was instructed to not let him go. Seeing this, Sonic frowned in anger and shifted his right arm to the Werehog one, extending it and punching Sunset in the face, making her release him. Sunset shook her head, but she looked with hurt and wide eyes at Sonic, who glared daggers of hate at her.

We also see Sunny glaring daggers at her after they learned about the Canon.

"And they're not the only ones."

More and more images are shown: Sunset being sent back to her universe; Sonic running away from FS, right before being captured; Sunny arriving with her friends to Mobius; Dr. Eggman and Sage fighting against Knuckles and Izzy; and finally, Sonic looking at FS determined and confident.

Universe 081114

"That's why I started a team of my own..."

Now, we see Sunset standing in front of a heptagon-shaped portal.

This one, however, was open in front of a random house in Boom's universe. Sunset herself stood in front of the portal, but then she slowly looked behind over her shoulder.

Behind Sunset, Boom Sonic and Blue Buffon were standing and sitting on her right; while Firefly and Dr. Hooves were on her left.

Then, behind Hooves and Buffon, the first Classic Sonic that Sonic met when he got sent to the multiverse, Tails with the mechanical suit from Chris' universe, and Young Sonic stood as well, all forming part of this new resistance that Sunset made up to help Sonic.

Soon, Firefly spread her wings and flew through the portal, followed by Boom Sonic and Dr. Hooves. Then, Classic Sonic followed as well, and then Buffon and Young Sonic also crossed the portal.

Finally, Tails, whom I refer to as Tails X, entered on his mechanical suit and moved towards the portal as well, leaving Sunset as the only one who hasn't entered yet.

"I have no idea where they are, nor how to save them... But I know I can find them... And I'll make up for my mistake."

Then, Sunset smirked confidently and crossed the portal as well, as it closed behind.

"You wanna come?"

Universe 220822

"Dude..." Sonic called out. "Please understand... Canon can be changed without unravelling a world, as long as the person who affects the Canon is the one that changes it!"

However, FS slowly approached Sonic and closed his right fist, charging it up with red electricity and then placing it on right besides Sonic's face, while Sonic gulped nervously and panicked at whatever FS was going to do.

"I won't risk the multiverse just to prove your silly theory..." Future Sonic said with anger.

Twilight felt nervous, since she had no idea if she had to let FS do what he's doing, or side with Sonic and at least prove his point, because a part of her actually believed in Sonic.

Shadow? He's just smirking because FS is going to kick Sonic's ass.

Sonic gulped again and panicked even more, because things were starting to see pretty bad for him...

But then, he touched the handcuffs FS put on him earlier with a finger, and even though it slipped at first, he soon placed it back on the handcuffs, and then started to absorb the energy of them, since he planned to recreate what he did to FS earlier, but with the handcuffs this time around.

As he did so, Sonic's expression became determined and confident, not letting FS' menacing look get the best of him, or into him at all.

"Lesson one..." Sonic started, before smirking confidently, while FS raised an eyebrow confused. "Don't watch the mouth... Watch the hands!"

After saying this, Sonic managed to quickly turn around and point his tied hands to FS, Twilight and Shadow, who's eyes widened after seeing that Sonic's hands were absorbing the energy from the handcuffs. But before they could do anything, Sonic released that energy back.

Then, the handcuffs exploded and sent the Secret Society's members and leader backwards, while Sonic finally was free. Then, he looked at his hands with a smile, before boosting away at top speed.

As he did so, FS started to slowly stand up and shake his head, but once he noticed that Sonic was gone, as well as the broken handcuffs, his eye widened, and then he desperately contacted Nicole on his watch.

"Nicole! Sent all our forces to every single universe, now!" Future Sonic instructed with anger. "The anomaly is running away!"

Speaking of him, Sonic was running as fast as his feet allowed him, and then he saw the Crystal Brighthouse in the distance, which made him smirk and accelerate towards his home... But he didn't noticed that his shoes and arm were glowing with the Prismatic Energy of his body.

He simply kept running, and running, and running more... Until what we all knew was going to happen happened: His feet made a line get ahead of him and open a X-shaped portal.

Sonic's eyes widened after he saw this. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no!"

He tried to stop before crossing the portal, but he unfortunately tripped and ended up crossing it anyways, as the portal closed behind and left no trial of him.

Sonic exited his universe and panicked, because he was falling through it, with no control over his shoes.

"Ugh! I forgot how awful this felt!" Sonic shouted in panic. "This is something I definitely didn't missed!"

However, as he fell through this realm, he noticed in the distance something that made his eyes open wide again: He saw that Chip was trapped inside of a bubble, rolling on the ground and crying, because he tried everything to get out after Opaline trapped him there, but he couldn't.

"Chip?!" Sonic asked in panic with wide eyes.

Yet this did nothing, because he soon crashed with a purple, floating crystal that was passing by, then another one, then another, and then another one.

He was now falling at top speed across this realm and screaming in panic, trying to keep his balance again so he could run, but even if his feet and his arm were glowing, he wasn't able to gain control, specially considering he's still crashing with more crystals.

Finally, he ended up crashing against a white line, and therefore, he entered into another universe...

Universe 091213

The sky opened with a massive X-shaped portal.

Then, Sonic fell to the floor and rolled around, grunting painfully and getting even more brushes and dirty gloves and shoes, until he hit his head so hard with something metallic.

That didn't killed him, thankfully, but he did started to feel dizzy, and his mind started to spin around in pain, while he grabbed it and groaned. He tried to stand up and then move back to his universe so he could go to Mobius, but he ended up falling on his knees.

He slowly started to loose his conscience, and the last thing that he saw was a taller variant of Spike approaching, wearing a watch that indicated he was part of the Secret Society.

Then, his eyes closed, and he only managed to hear one last thing...

"I found him, boss. I'll take him to the HQ," Spike spoke with a deeper voice.

With that, Sonic sighed and fell unconscious, although he also felt his body getting lifted from the ground.

Universe 220822

Sunny never felt so nervous when explaining a thing before in her life.

Whenever it came to give speeches about how working together they could do anything, or how ponykind had to remain together to be unstoppable, she was unmatchable with her way of talking...

Now, how the heck could she explain the Canon Events and how they work without fearing the reactions? It is one thing to inspire others to be better, and to remain stronger together... But it was a completely different one telling someone they had to die, or else the universe will explode.

It was hard, it was tedious, and it was really awkward... But Sunny still did it. She explained the whole thing to her friends, and once she was done doing so, everyone remained silent.

First bad sign for her: No gasps, no mumbling, no words... Just straight up silence.

There were some stares among the group, thought... But that didn't told her anything. In fact, it just made her feel more anxious about who was going to speak first, or what were they going to say... If Sonic was here, he would know how to handle this... But he's not.

Eventually, the first one in the group finally spoke what they thought. "...So the whole reason why these guys joined... Is to let people die, and only save those who are good for them..." Knuckles said with anger.

Sunny was truly not expecting to hear that, so she limited to nod.

"And if Tails and I died in the other worlds, they're expecting us to do so in ours too..." Hitch added anxiously.

It hurt Sunny hearing him sounding so... Lost, confused and scared... But she still nodded again and looked away.

Silence again. Usually, when Sunny heard nothing, it was relaxing, and it helped her to put her thoughts together when she felt stressed... Today, she hated silence, because it meant that someone was going to explode at some point at her, and she wouldn't blame them for doing so.

"Sonic and I tried to make them see that all of what they're doing is wrong, that there's a better way!" Sunny said, as tears started to form in her eyes again. "...But they insist that there's no other way..."

"...And what do you believe, Sunny?" Zipp questioned with a slight frown. Of course, being Tails' girlfriend, she hates that someone thinks that he should be dead for the sake of the multiverse, but she also wants to hear what Sunny believes.

Sunny snorted, as tears rolled down her cheeks. "What do you think I believe, Zipp?" She asked rhetorically. "A rip-off of Sonic with an eyepatch told us that if we don't let our friend and my boyfriend die, our entire existence will disappear just like that. Then, he says that Sonic is a mistake, that our world is a mistake, and that he should have died the moment Eggman dragged him into that trap! How do you think I'm feeling?!"

Zipp felt bad for asking now, but even if her frown remained, she wasn't mad with her. After all, she's feeling precisely how she imagined she would... There was nothing else to be said.

As Sunny started to calm down from her outburst, her eyes started tearing up even more, and she eventually found herself sobbing more and more, before she finally broke entirely and buried her face on her hooves, while Hitch felt bad for her and wrapped her into a hug.

Sunny accepted it, and she choose to bury her face on Hitch's chest, while the Earth Pony comforted his girlfriend by rubbing her back for comfort.

The rest felt bad for Sunny, and Izzy began to tearing up herself. So, she couldn't resist it, and she ended up joining the hug. The others were not able the resist, either, and soon they joined each one as well: Tails, Amy, Zipp, Pipp, Misty, and finally Knuckles.

Team Dark was watching from the distance, but... they felt bad for her as well... And then Omega couldn't stand there doing nothing, so he also approached and wrapped everyone else into a warm hug.

Shadow and Rouge were the only ones left behind for the moment... But surprisingly for them both, the first one of them to approach the hug was Shadow, who slowly walked ahead and placed his hand on Hitch's back, patting it a bit as well, since he really wasn't a man of hugs...

Rouge ended up dragging him into it anyways, which made his eyes open wide in panic and confusion at the sudden move of the bat, but he ended up sighing defeated and accepted to form part of the hug.

After a few seconds, though, Sunny wiped her tears away and smiled at the warm of the big hug, then sighed happily. "...Thank you, everyone... I mean it..."

The rest broke the hug and smiled at her, then Tails approached and placed a hand on her shoulder. "You know... I don't know what's gotten into that 'Future Sonic' guy you're talking about, but he's definitely..." He started, then whistled and moved a finger around his ear, as well as moved his eyes in circles. "Also, has he realized everything's that's wrong with that stupid thing of Sonic bein an anomaly? Or Hitch and I dying?"

"Why are you saying it so casual like if it wasn't bad?!" Misty asked confused and also concerned, because she literally didn't wanted to loose Tails nor Hitch as much as the mare at her side... Which is Zipp, by the way.

"Because A: This guy says Canon Events can't be disrupted or else we're screwed, but Sonic didn't died, and that already broke the Canon. So, why are we still here?" Tails pointed out, still deadpanning.

Except for Sunny, the rest looked at Tails with wide eyes, and then they all shared a collective "Oooooh!" That indicated they understood what was he talking about.

"Good. Now that we're in the same page, let's move to B: If Sonic is an anomaly, and therefore his sole existence is a threat for the multiverse, why did they let him be for a full year?" Tails pointed out next with a frown. "And again, why is our world not unravelling like it is 'supposed' to?"

"Hmm... You might be into something, Tails..." Amy admitted. "I mean, Sonic should've died, but he didn't and broke the Canon. Now he's an anomaly, but our world remains intact anyways..."

"Perhaps FS is just out of his mind and made up the whole 'Canon' thing to justify his loses instead of mourning them?" Pipp suggested.

"If that would be the case, it'll be dark as heck..." Knuckles said with his arms crossed.

"It could make sense, but his own story sounds off..." Shadow pointed out with his arms crossed as well and a frown. "If the Canon is supposed to stay intact, why did he interfered in someone else's Canon Event if he knew that he couldn't brake it?"

"Perhaps someone else broke it before him? That would had led to him making up the whole Canon stuff..." Izzy pointed out.

"Is more complicated than that..." A voice spoke suddenly, but when it did, Sunny's eyes widened, and her ears perked up.

Soon, another Alicorn figure landed not so far from the group... Sunset Shimmer, wearing the 'Project Bootleg' watch on her left hoof, while she looked at the group of Mobians and Equestrians with a neutral expression.

"What in the name of Chaos?!" Knuckles exclaimed out loudly with wide eyes at the sight of another Alicorn.

"Whoa! Another Alicorn?!" Zipp exclaimed loudly as well with amazement.

"That's... odd..." Tails said with a raised eyebrow.

Sunny, however, slowly turned around and glared daggers at Sunset, but even if the Alicorn noticed this, her expression remained the same.

"You..." Sunny muttered with anger, but as soon as Hitch, Tails and Shadow noticed her tone, they all panicked. "YOU!"

After shouting this, Sunny launched herself towards Sunset, but before being able to reach her entirely, she was grabbed by Tails, Shadow and Hitch at the same time, holding her tightly and trying to keep her away from Sunset, while Sunny tried to get them off, but Sunset didn't flinched.

"What are you doing here?!" Sunny shouted in rage. "Wasn't Sonic clear with you?! You shouldn't had showed up here after what you've done!"

"No, I did heard when he told me that," Sunset replied calmly, still with a neutral expression.

"OH, REALLY?!" Sunny shouted in rage. "Then give me one good damn reason not to beat the crap out of you!" She said, and Sunset was about to say something, but before she could, Sunny growled in rage. "You know what?! Don't! I had enough of you and your stupid group of killers that want me to let my friend and my boyfriend DIE! YOU BIG––"

And then, Sunny proceed to swear so many cuss words to Sunset that I'm not going to write to keep this story E rated... Instead? I'm gonna show you her friends' reactions!

First off, Rouge and Omega's eyes widened surprised when she started to do so; Amy gasped and her jaw dropped, then she covered Sparky's ears, who tilted his head confused on what was going on; Izzy covered her mouth with a hoof, while Knuckles smiled amused.

Pipp and Zipp's eyes widened to this as well; Misty covered her ears and looked at Sunny with wide eyes as well; while Tails, Shadow and Hitch widened eyes too, before Tails and Hitch glared at Shadow, who deadpanned and rolled his eyes. Of course they were going to blame him on Sunny cursing...

Finally, Sunset looked a bit amused at Sunny, but she also seemed to be used to her cursing... Probably because the Sunny of her world has done it as well sometimes since it slipped.

After several minutes, Sunny stopped talking and started to breath heavily to catch her air, although she still stared at Sunset with anger.

"I've you're done talking, can I explain myself now, or you still have things to tell me?" Sunset asked, now feeling a bit awkward after Sunny was done cursing her.

"...No... I think that's all..." Sunny said, before adding other word that I'm not explicitly writing, but is the word that starts with 'b', oaky?

"...Okay..." Sunset said, still feeling amused, but remaining calmed the whole time. "First off: I've been kicked out of the Society, so if you think I'm here to capture you or Sonic, then you're wrong."

After she said this, Sunny's rage suddenly wiped away, and she stared with wide eyes at Sunset. "...I'm sorry what?" She asked confused, and now that she has calmed down, her friends and boyfriend decided to let her go.

"What you heard!" Sunset replied with a little smile. "I tried to talk to FS on testing out if braking Canon could really threat the universe... Look were that lead me..."

Sunny stared confused at Sunset, and a part of her didn't believed her, but there was another one that did, although much smaller.

"Wait... If you were kicked out, how are you here?" Tails questioned with a raised eyebrow and a slight frown.

"Correction: How are we here!" Firefly's voice spoke up suddenly, and soon, she landed right besides Sunset with a smile.

"Okay... Sunny, sweetie, how about a little context?" Hitch asked with a confused expression.

"If you need context on her: She's Firefly, the girl who's Canon Event Sonic supposedly disrupted..." Sunny explained. "As for what are they doing here? I honestly hope I don't know for real..."

"What do you mean with that you hope you don't know?" Shadow asked confused and concerned.

"I don't blame her for not trusting!" Boom Sonic spoke next, as he arrived as well, also still wearing the kangaroo with Aurora on it. "We've been a bunch of assholes the past few hours."

"Boom?!" Amy asked with wide eyes. "You have a baby?!"

"Yes, I have a baby..." Boom Sonic replied with a smirk, but also with a slight eye roll.

Then, Aurora giggled and used her super speed to get out of her kangaroo and approach the others.

First, she rand over Zipp and Pipp and messed their manes a little bit; then she moved with Amy and hugged her head happily, probably because she reminds her of her mom; then she moved to Tails and balanced over his tails; before moving to Shadow, who caught her and hold her weirdly with a cringed expression.

"Whoa! You are so bad at holding a kid, man!" Boom Sonic mocked up, as he grabbed Aurora again and cooed her, taking her away.

"Uh, when this this happened, and why is she so freaking cute?!" Izzy said happily, as she zoomed in and cooed Aurora, who laughed and grabbed Izzy's muzzle with her tiny hands.

"It's been two years in my universe ever since I saw you guys," Boom Sonic pointed out with a smile, before putting Aurora back on the kangaroo. "A lot has changed ever since. Some good things have happened, some bad things as well... But she's definitely the best thing that happened to me."

"I'll say I'm interested on hearing more, but after everything Sunny told us..." Amy began, before bringing out her Piko Piko Hammer and glared daggers at Boom. "I have other plans in mind!"

"How about we let them explain themselves before they screw up to their respective worlds, eh?" Knuckles suggested, grabbing Amy's Hammer's head with a hand and a deadpan.

Amy couldn't feel her hammer on her hands anymore, so she turned to Knuckles and deadpanned as well, but also sighed frustrated. "...Fine..." She said defeated, also crossing her arms.

"Well... First off, I'm sorry for how we behaved with you guys back at the Society..." Sunset started to say, but she was only looking at Sunny. "You're on your right to hate us, and I understand if you're not willing to forgive us."

"Oh, trust me: Is going to take a lot more than just a 'sorry' to make me even consider forgiving you!" Sunny replied with anger.

"I know, I know, and trust me: I'm not planning to rest until I can make up for you!" Sunset stated.

"Me too," Boom Sonic agreed. "I joined the Society out of fear for what could happen to my universe, but... FS is out of his mind. And, considering Sunset's Canon Event was broken, yet her world is still intact, I believe his whole theory of the Canon is both wrong and right."

"Hah! I knew it!" Tails cheered out loud with a smile.

Sunny, however, felt her eyes widening after Sunset said that. "...What?" She asked, both confused and shocked.

"In my universe, Hitch was supposed to die, true... But not so long after I left with the Society, his job started to consume a lot of his life, so... He choose to quit temporally to spend time with our friends..." Sunset explained with a smile, and Sunny's face seemed to light up in joy after hearing that. "I changed my own Canon that day, and my universe is... fine."

"And we'd heard Tails' theory on how Sonic can't be an anomaly if this world is also intact," Boom Sonic confessed.

"Is the more sensical thing I'd heard the whole day," Buffon's voice spoke, and he soon joined the conversation and approached, having his hands on his jacket's pockets.

"Buffon!" Sunny said with an actual smile.

"Sup, Sun-Bun," Buffon replied with a smirk. "Glad to see Blue Blur took you out."

"Whoa, what?" Boom Sonic asked confused, looking at Buffon with a raised eyebrow. "You know something about this we don't, Buffon?"

"Should I remind you that he made the watch I'm using right now, which is the core reason why we came here in the first place?" Sunset asked with a mocking smirk.

"I knew you two will eventually get kicked out, or escape on your own," Buffon said, as he walked around Sunny with an indifferent look. "Hence why I made that watch."

"And now that we're here, I'm afraid we're kind of late, although not so much if you two are alive" Sunset said with concern, looking specifically at Tails and Hitch.

"Why us?" Tails asked confused.

"The Society has captured Sonic, not so long before we arrived here..." Firefly said with concern.

"What?!" Everyone else but Team Dark exclaimed loudly in shock and panic.

"They captured him?!" Pipp asked, and she started to breath heavily in panic.

Instead of replying, Boom touched a few buttons on his watch and then played a recording.

"This is Spike from 091213," Spike's deeper voice spoke. "I found him, boss. I'll take him to the HQ."

After that, the recording made some strange sounds, like if someone was picking something from the ground.

"Is he alive?" Future Sonic's voice asked.

"He hit his head with a wall hard enough, now he's unconscious." Spike replied.

"Is he injured, beyond the head?" Future Sonic asked again.

"No. He's still breathing." Spike replied once again.

"Good. We need him alive. He has disrupted enough Canon for my liking..." Future Sonic replied with anger.

"What about the girl? The Sunny from his world?" Spike asked concerned.

"Doesn't matter. She succeeds to save one of them, the other one dies, leading the first one to die all the same." Future Sonic replied, and Sunny frowned and growled after hearing that. "We have the anomaly, that's all the matters. Now come back to the HQ, Spike."

With that, Boom Sonic finished the recording and looked at the rest with a frown. "We were hoping to come here and help you guys out get rid of the Society, but... I think you see how well that plan went..."

"Aren't your watches connected? The Society can follow you guys up! Sonic told me they ambushed you both!" Sunny pointed out with concern as well.

"Not if you can hack them!" Tails' voice spoke, but this one sounded different.

This one sounded like Tails' voice before it got deeper, and it confused everyone, because they at first looked to Tails, who shook his head in denial, then they heard engine roaring, so they all looked upwards.

Soon, a mechanical suit with Tails' head shape landed, and it opened to show Tails X, who looked over at the group with a smile. "I already got rid of the watches tracker. We're safe!" He explained cheerfully, then he looked at Tails, who looked at his counterpart with wide eyes.

Tails X smiled and made a small salute, while Tails smiled sheepishly and waved his hand.

"Okay... So you all are here to help us out... How can we trust you? And how many of you are?" Sunny asked with a frown, still not trusting on the visitors from another universe.

"Just as many as you can see!" Dr. Hooves spoke, suddenly showing up as an hologram.

"Well, not that many, but we're still enough to give the Society a taste of their own medicine!" Classic Sonic from Universe 180993 said with a smirk, also suddenly zooming in.

"So many Sonics..." Both Pipp and Amy muttered with sparkling eyes and huge blushes.

"Seems like you'll have to introduce them to us later, because we still don't know who half of them are..." Zipp muttered to Sunny.

"Yeah, I'm as lost as you guys." Young Sonic said, suddenly appeared below them and startling the two mares.

"Young Sonic?!" Hitch asked with excitement and a smile.

"The one and only!" Young Sonic cheered, before being suddenly embraced by Hitch, Sunny and Pipp, who made him feel his was lacking air. "G-Guys! I-I need my lungs, you know?!"

They still stuck to the hug, though, but then they let him go, as Young Sonic took a deep breath and sighed in relief.

"Well, now that we're all here... The reason why we want to help you guys is not only to get FS away from you," Sunset confessed.

"Opaline is still out there, causing chaos around... We wanna stop her too, even if we cannot track her down the same way the Society's been doing for the past year." Boom Sonic explained.

"Didn't you guys said that the Society gets the signs of her actions, like, an hour or two after it happened? I wouldn't call that tracking..." Young Sonic pointed out with a bored expression.

"And that's why we want your help, guys." Firefly pointed out. "Even if she's a variant of Opaline, she's still different to all the other ones. Have you any ideas of where could we search?"

"Well, considering she's tracking down Prism Shards, she must be out there... Maybe I could use mine to track her down as well." Tails suggested.

"That'll be so helpful!" Sunset said with a smile.

Seeing that this was probably their only choice, Sunny let out a sigh and then approached Sunset.

"Listen: I don't forgive you." Sunny started with a frown. "It's gonna take a while before I can say that I trust you... but I will accept your help to stop Opaline and rescue Sonic. After all, we don't have watches like yours..."

"I'll make sure I can amend my mistake, Sunny." Sunset assured with a determinate look. "I don't care if you don't trust me, or if you don't forgive me yet, I will make my best to make sure Sonic's back safe!"

Sunny felt satisfied with that answer and nodded.

"By the way..." Knuckles called out, as he stepped in and approached Sunset too. "You guys have a Team name, or you're just the Anti-Society?"

The travelers from another world all looked at each other, then they all huddled together and began to mumble between them. Eventually, they all nodded and turned back to the Mane 6 and the Mobians.

"Well... Considering that we're now Anomalies that FS wants... You can call us Team Anomaly!" Sunset stated with a smile.

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Sonic and the Mane 5 were around a campfire, on their way to Bridlewood to get the Unicorn Crystal.

"I think we should set off at first light. Last stop: Bridlewood," Sunny answered, then noticed Izzy's expression turn sad. "Izzy? What's wrong?"

Sonic fixed his quills and focused on Izzy.

"It's just that... being with you ponies and hedgehog has been the best thing that's ever happened to me. I guess... I just don't want our adventure to end," Izzy explained while slightly getting happier.

"But Izzy, you'll get your magic," Sunny stated with optimism while Izzy smiled.

Hitch then looked at both Sonic and Izzy.

"Can I ask you both a question? Why did you come to Maretime Bay?" He asked, curious.

"When I woke up, I was very disoriented. I wanted to get an idea of where I was and then figure out how to get back home, then Izzy ran into me," Sonic explained first. "She told me about... herself, and I decided to help her. Why? I guess it was in my heart... I'm willing to help anyone who needs it because it's the right thing to do. I guess... it's an instinct of duty I must heed."

"And I always wanted to visit," Izzy spoke next. "When I was a filly, I found this pretty lantern. It had a message inside saying that I had friends in Maretime Bay," Izzy pulled out the note she had shown Sonic a few days earlier and showed it to the rest.

Sunny's ears perked up, and she put on the biggest smile the group had ever seen from her. Sonic looked between the photo and the mare, putting two and two together before his jaw dropped.

"I-It was you!" Izzy said with surprise, passing the note to Hitch, who then passed it to Sunny.

"I made it with my dad. We always promised each other that, someday, we would prove that all ponies are meant to be friends… We'll do our part, hoof to heart," Sunny finished with a smile, holding the note close to her chest.

Everyone else smiled, and Sonic picked up his picture with Tails and Knuckles from the ground, looking at it one last time as a big smile spread across his face. He put the photo in his quills and then heard Hitch draw everyone's attention.

"Hey..." He said. "I want to do my part." This made Sunny smile even more. "What do we have to lose, right?" He asked rhetorically, causing the group to cheer. "I have to admit, a Unicorn forest does sound kind of magical."

"You know, everything that has happened so far feels so weird," Pipp said. "This whole adventure feels surreal, to be honest."

"You can say that again, sister," Zipp replied with a smirk while the others giggled.

"Yeah, sure," Sonic simply said with his eyes closed, scratching one cheek. When he felt too much silence, he opened his eyes and found the whole group staring at him, confused. "What? Did... did I say something wrong or...?"

"Uh... Why were you so calm when Pipp said all this has been crazy?" Sunny dared to ask.

"You mean all we have lived since we left Maretime Bay? Please, this is all like a walk in the park to me," He replied calmly. After that, the group stared at him in disbelief.

"Y-You're joking, right?" Pipp asked nervously, hoping that Sonic was messing with them.

Sonic smirked a little... But just when he was about to reply, his smirk faded away, and his eyes widened in panic.

His mind suddenly started to flash back into all his recent adventures with these ponies: The Wishing Star, Discord and the quest to recover the Pegasus Crystal, the Death Egg Titan, the Starfall Islands, the Metal Virus, the quest to recover the Chaos Emeralds from the human world...

The multiverse...

Sonic's eyes moved anxiously, and his surroundings started to glitch out, like if he was in some kind of simulation, and he also started to breath heavily, even feeling that he had no air at all, and that his heart was beating to fast.

Soon, he moved his hands to his head and touched it, feeling like if he had some kind of helmet over. So, he started to get it off by instinct, while the ponies around suddenly had blank expressions and started to move slowly towards him, which increased his breath and heartbeat...

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Eventually, though, he managed to get the helmet off him. However, instead of having that relieving sensation after removing the helmet, he instead woke up on the ground, while some strange gas was being spread inside of the place he was inside of, which made him cough a lot.

Eventually, thought, said gas started to fade away on his room, and he felt confused, until an AI voice said "Simulation over", and then several lights illuminated, which blurred his sight for a moment. However, as the effect started to fade away, his jaw dropped in amazement and horror.

He was back at the Secret's Society HQ, but he was also encaged along all the other variants of Mobians and Equestrians that FS and his team believed were Anomalies... Mistakes of the multiverse that simply happened.

"This guy is way more crazy than I thought..." Sonic said with wide eyes and a panicked expression.

Author's Note

WE'RE BAAAAAAAACK!!!

Welcome, every reader, to "The Final Act: Part 2 - Time Runs Out"! Here, we'll see how the story develops, and how our heroes deal with FS chasing them, as well as Eggman and Opaline still being a pain in the ass (which will be more remarkable in the next episode, considering they'll both be there).

If you guys feel disappointed that Sonic managed to escape, only for still getting capture anyways... I never liked plot armor, and you should know that already, so why let him go free when he can get captured all the same?

Now, today we only had one universe visited for a very short time, and said universe is this wholesome one-shot made by Shotoman, while the Spike variant that captured him belongs to said story.

I feel like I should be very clear: Sunny is still mad with both Sunset and Boom Sonic, and she isn't going to forgive them just because they wanna fix their mistake. So don't worry, guys: They'll have their respective forgiveness on due time.

Finally, this second part is probably gonna feel a bit random compared to Part 1 and the upcoming Part 3, but I promise that my intention is exactly that: To make random stuff for the sake of making it.

Anyways, thanks for reading, and I'll see ya'll later. Bye!