Universe 220822

Sage found herself confused on his father's request for her...

He asked her to modify the Egg Breaker he once used against Shadow to travel across the multiverse and collect the Paradox Prism's shards himself... How the heck was she going to do that when the Prism itself is the reason why she could make him travel across the multiverse in the first place?

She let out a sigh and shook her head. She couldn't let these kind of questions slow her down. She has survived inside of Cyberspace, she has sacrificed herself for Eggman, and she has helped to almost conquer the multiverse before.

Make a multiversal traveling machine with the old model of one of her father's robots? Piece of cake.

Or that's what she thought at first, anyways. After two of three hours of experimenting, she couldn't find a way to make a portal to another universe. Sure, she could make it work to go to Equestria, or even to other dimensions among the same universe, like the Mushroom Kingdom.

However, traveling to a whole different reality? Well, that was going to be tricky... The fact that Orbot and Cubot are trying to help, yet failing miserably, is not calming her down, either.

"Well... I've never thought I'll come to a point in my life where I'll give up this easily..." Sage deadpanned.

"Aw, come on, sis. It isn't that bad!" Orbot said, trying to sound positive.

"I literally haven't been able to open a portal for the past three hours!" Sage pointed out frustrated. "How am I supposed to help if I can't make a portal that opens to another universe like father wants?!"

"It's just a matter of trial and error!" Cubot pointed out. "Not even the boss has made all his creations work flawlessly at the first try, you know?"

Sage's eyes widened after hearing that. "What?!"

"I know, I know. Is quite shocking, but is the truth!" Orbot confessed as well. "I still remember how frustrated he was when he first built Egg Planet Park... It took him at least 15 attempts to get it right!"

"Oh, but that's nothing!" Cubot pointed out. "Haven't you seen those old tapes of him trying to build the first Death Egg Robot, years before creating us? He failed like 40 times!"

"But one of boss' best qualities is that no matter how many times they take him down, he always gets up, stronger and wiser that ever!" Orbot added cheerfully. "So don't feel bad because you can't make this machine at the first try, sis. You'll eventually make it work, just like the boss has always done with his machines!"

"That might be the best advice you two have ever gave to anyone in your lives..." Eggman's voice spoke, and the siblings' eyes widened.

They all turned around and saw Eggman walking towards them, but he actually seemed to be smiling... genuinely smiling, which terrified Orbot and Cubot, but it made Sage feel curious.

"Are you feeling happy, father?" Sage dared to ask.

"Oh, I'm beyond that!" Eggman confessed, before sitting down at Sage's side and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Like these two said, it doesn't matter how many times you fail on this task: As long and you keep standing up and trying, I could let you fail as many times as you desire!"

Orbot and Cubot's jaws dropped, and they looked at each other confused, because Eggman has never been this supportive nor merciful with anyone before.

"So, you won't be mad if I don't get it first try?" Sage questioned a bit nervous.

"No, no, no! If anything, I can understand your frustration..." Eggman confessed. "But trust me! Once you succeed on your task, it'll be the biggest reward ever!"

"Is that why you came? To tell me is fine if I keep trying it?" Sage asked, not as nervous as before.

"Well, kinda..." Eggman said, as he stood up and then looked at his three creations. "Listen up: Now that Sage is working on the machine that will make us travel across all the existing realities, it is time to prepare!"

"Prepare?" The three siblings asked confused in unison.

"Yes! Prepare!" Eggman declared with a sinister grin. "Last year, I had a miserable lost against Sonic the Hedgehog for what feels like the millionth time! Worse of all, that sneaky little witch Opaline is taking my victory away from me! I have no idea of how many Prism Shards she's gotten so far, but I can assure you that they're many! As soon as the machine is finished, we'll head out to the multiverse and blown her plans away by taking the shards she's missing for ourselves!"

"And then you'll conquer it all?" Cubot asked.

"Yes!" Eggman replied with an even wider grin. "But to do that, we must take away from Arcana something she loves, something she cannot live without: Power!"

However, despite his huge grin, the two robots and the girl in front of Eggman blinked confused, which made Eggman deadpan, while his mustache flattened. He groaned and rubbed his face with a hand, before looking back at his own creations with a frown.

"Since none of you seems to get it: Opaline's whole ideal is that power is what only matters, but she always fails to see the bigger picture!" Eggman explained. "Why go from world to world looking for one shard when you can use just one to get them all in a snap?!"

"But she's a pony, isn't she?" Cubot pointed out. "How's she gonna snap if she doesn't has fingers?"

Of course, being as Eggman as he is, Eggman smashed Cubot's head with a hand. "That's not the point! Opaline is not as smart as she believes! Thanks to Bridlewood's Magical Crystals, my badniks and machines are resistant to magic! Now, we only need the Prism to conquer every single world at one shot!"

"And to do that... We need to steal Opaline's shards... Or get at least more than her!" Sage realized.

"Precisely!" Eggman declared with a grin. "And now, we must be ready for her fall..."

After that, he clapped his hands, and the lights of the place went out, which made Orbot and Cubot scream in panic, but since Sage was still glowing because of her body's effects, some light was still around.

Even so, they could barely see anything for a while, but then, Eggman suddenly stomped in the ground, as smoke and green lights started to illuminate his surroundings, while he walked ahead and even through some smoke.

Eggman:
I know that your powers of retention
Are as wet as a echidna's backside
But thick as you are, Pay attention!

He snapped his fingers, and Orbot and Cubot stood at attention, frozen in fear, while Sage only imitated her brothers.

My words are a matter of pride

Soon, the doctor began to walk around the three siblings, which made Orbot and Cubot feel very uncomfortable, while Sage only looked around confused.

It's clear from your confused expressions
The lights are not all on upstairs

Eggman then turned away, allowing the robots a moment to sneak away, while Sage looked concerned at them.

But we're talking queens and successions!
Even you can't be caught unawares

He quickly turned back, startling both robots and making them fall onto their backs, while smoke erupted directly from beneath them both, sending them flying away.

So prepare for the chance of a life time
Be prepared for sensational news
A shining new era is just walking nearer

"And where do we feature?" Sage asked confused, before Eggman wrapped an arm around her neck and brought her really close to him.

Just listen to teacher!

Sage broke off the embrace and massaged her shoulder, because she felt that her father grabbed her a bit too hard.

I know it sounds sordid, but you'll be rewarded
When at last I am given my dues!
And injustice deliciously squared...

BE PREPARED!

"Yeah, be prepared!" Orbot cheered, as he placed his head back on place, because his earlier fall made both Cubot and him loose their heads.

"We'll be prepared!" Cubot assured, only somewhat getting what Eggman was saying through his song, also placing his head in the wrong direction, before quickly fixing it. "...For what?"

"For the rise of my Empire, and the death of Opaline Arcana!" Eggman declared with a huge grin.

"Why? Is she sick?" Orbot asked confused.

"No, you idiot!" Eggman replied, hitting his head with a fist. "We're going to kill her!"

"Kill her?!" Sage questioned with wide eyes.

"That foolish Alicorn is in the way of my plans, and I won't allow her to get away with it anymore!" Eggman declared with a frown.

"So are we gonna poison her, or what?" Cubot asked confused, scratching his head.

"Sounds tempting, but no..." Eggman replied, before grinning sinisterly again. "We're gonna make a show with her body parts when they blow up in the sky!"

"And then we'll conquer the world?" Orbot asked, before quickly correcting himself. "Er, every world."

"Precisely!" Eggman stated. "And with Opaline down, not even Sonic the Hedgehog will stop me!"

After that, he snapped his fingers, and he was lifted on a platform, while several lights illuminated around.

Then, the badniks that were upgraded to resist magical attacks all turned on, and started to chant in unison.

"Eggman, Eggman, Eggman, Eggman... EGGMAN, EGGMAN, EGGMAN, EGGMAN!"

Eggman laughed sinisterly as this happened, then he snapped his finger again, which made more smoke came along, while the badniks all started to march like tropes, even turning to see their creator.

It's great that we'll soon be connected
With a king who'll be all time adored

Eggman grinned like he never did before as his creations marched and chanted together.

Of course, quid pro quo, you're expected
To take certain duties on board

As he sang this, he passed a thumb over his neck, clearly implying that he was ready to go beyond his own limits and kill Opaline for good... At least good for him.

The future is littered with prizes
And though I'm the main addressee
The point that I must emphasize is
YOU WON'T GET A SNIFF WITHOUT ME!!!

As he sang that last line, he suddenly rolled in the ground and ripped Orbot and Cubot's heads away from their bodies, before turning around, throw their heads in the air, and make them fall on the other body.

So prepare for the conquer of the century
Be prepared for the murkiest scam

Meticulous planning
Tenacity spanning
Decades of denial
Is simply why I'll

Be king undisputed
Respected, saluted
And seen for the wonder I am

Yes my mind and ambitions are bared
BE PREPARED!

Yes my mind and ambitions are bared
BE PREPARED!

After Eggman finished singing, he was now even higher on his platform and laughing maniacally, while the badniks around made some kind if kneel.

Orbot and Cubot were cheering for their boss as well, but Sage looked with concern at her father. Sure, she'll help out on conquering the multiverse and killing Opaline, but was that really all Eggman cared for? Conquering and become ruler of the multiverse?

Perhaps she underestimated his trauma with reject from earlier, and he seriously needed some help... Help she knew he was never going to accept.

Universe 080819

The Legion of Doom had it all to win.

Then, after being smashed by a giant cake, they were about to get their sentence... But when the cake vanished, none of the three villains could be seen anymore.

Would you believe me if I told you that there's a universe where Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow not only reformed, but also got the happy ending that they all seek'd for so long? Well, welcome to that universe, where Chrysalis is now a housewife, Tirek's a father, and Cozy's a respectable daughter.

You may think that this universe may not be important... But it is.

Now that Opaline got all the magic from her universe's Equestria's Unity Crystals, she was an unstoppable force that could travel to any reality imaginable and take as much power as she desired.

How powerful is she, you wonder? Well, she can literally use the power of the Prism's shards to get a glance of each universe for a limited time. She can see what happened on said universe before, right now, or even what is going to happen... That's how powerful she became.

The worse part is that she even knows where to look after all the other shards of the Paradox Prism, but she wants to take her time now and play with her prey.

But what does any of that has to do with this universe? Well, considering this universe's Chrysalis has reformed and adopted a similar form to Thorax and the other changelings, her love magic makes her more powerful than she ever has, just that she isn't aware of.

Opaline is, though, and that's why she's here: She wants to take this Chrysalis' magic and use it for her own benefit.

However, if the Tirek of this universe is as powerful as she saw he is thanks to her new power, then she'll take his magic as well. Nothing of importance is getting lost that way, is it?

So, Opaline opened a portal right over this universe and accessed it, then started to fly at top speed across the sky of this Equestria. She never really cared for the feeling of flying before, but she had to admit that it felt nice to be able to fly this freely, specially with her new power.

Eventually, she reached Saddleburg, the town were the three reformed villains lived together as a happy family... I don't think that happiness is going to last long.

Opaline landed in the ceiling of a random house and looked around with a frown. She was beyond grossed out by how friendly and sweet this place looked. It definitely needed an upgrade, and she'll be glad to give it to the place... But first things first: She had magic to stole.

Thanks to the fact that she has enough power, she teleported down to the town and started to walk around, now disguised as an Earth Pony, considering those are everywhere around this place.

Where could that sneaky little changeling be hiding? Opaline wondered mentally.

She walked for several minutes around, trying to analyze everypony trotting pass her and see if any of them seemed suspicious, or at least of they seemed like they could possibly be Chrysalis hiding. Yes, I say 'they' because Opaline isn't sure if she disguises as a stallion or as a mare.

Not that it matters. The result of what will happen with Chrysalis is the same, anyways.

However, as she walked pass a green unicorn mare, her eyes widened, and she suddenly stopped. She slowly looked at the mare over her shoulder, who entered into a house, probably hers.

But what called the disguised Fire Alicorn's attention was how this mare looked: Olive green coat, orange mane, green eyes, and a ladybug with three leaves below her as her Cutie Mark...

This appearance fits perfectly the description Opaline read once about the few times Chrysalis disguised to infiltrate both the School of Friendship so she could create replicates of the Mane 6, and when she spread rumors of Earth Ponies and Pegasi...

She was Opaline's inspiration to keep those rumors going, actually, but she made them reach far and beyond the magical land before ponykind finally split up.

However, this universe may never experience those events, because with Chrysalis being so powerful, yet not aware of it, is just a matter of time before Opaline puts her hooves over the reformed changeling and steals her magic. She probably doesn't even needed it, but she wants to test out how powerful she has become.

So, she quickly used her magic to check on that same reality if Chrysalis was the mare she just saw... And the vision she got showed Chrysalis changing to her reformed self in front of Celestia and Luna in this universe.

That was the confirmation that she needed, and she grinned sinisterly. So, she made sure to look around and checked the other ponies' looks. Nobody seemed to be suspecting about her, which was very good for her. Therefore, she slowly walked towards the reformed changeling's home...

However, right when she was in front of the door and about to blast it open with her horn, this one started to vibrate and sent a strange green line in another direction.

This direction seemed to point far away, meaning her tracking spell for Prism's shards just found one... But this made Opaline growl slightly. Now she had to choose: Stick to her plan and steal this universe's Chrysalis magic, or delay it and go for the shard first.

She hated whenever she had to do this kind of choices, because she barely could think and make a very good choice... But she ended up making her mind.

As much as she would love to enter that place and burn it all down while stealing Chrysalis' magic, she'd rather go and make sure she gets another Prism's shard. After all, she's been lucky so far, but she couldn't count on being lucky forever, so she'll get the shard first.

Soon, she took flight by quickly shape-shifting back to her real figure, and then boosted to follow the trace that her horn was making towards the Prism's shard.

The plan is simple: See where the shard is, take it, attach it to her bracelet, then go back to Saddleburg, surprise Chrysalis, steal her magic, and then prove if her power has really reached limits that nopony else has ever managed to achieve before she came to be.

Of course, she found the shard, laying in the trunk of a random forest, and Opaline landed elegantly in the floor, slowly walking towards her reward with her usual sinister grin...

However, when she was about to take the shard with a hoof, some sixth instinct shouted in her mind she had to move aside, and so she did, just in time to avoid getting hit by a mysterious hot blast that wouldn't had killed her, but it surely would had made her loose the shard.

Speaking of it, she gasped and turned to it, but then sighed in relief when she saw the shard intact.

"Glad to see you again, old friend!" Eggman's voice spoke, and Opaline's eyes open wide, before she growled in anger and then turned to the direction where the blast came from.

Soon, a mech with an open cockpit that somewhat resembled the Egg Emperor, but bearing a red and blue paint scheme instead of gold, and a giant spiked ball as a right hand that it can throw, landed in front of the Fire Alicorn, and the one riding it was none other than Eggman himself.

If you wonder how he already got here, well: Sage remembered there was some energy of the Paradox Prism contained on their original machine, back in Equestria.

So, after some quick research on the old lab located in Bridlewood, she came back to Mobius and placed said energy in this Egg Breaker, which now Eggman planned to use against Opaline. After all, he has the same intentions to be the ruler of the entire multiverse.

"Kon'nichiwa!" Eggman greeted with a maniac laugh and a mocking smirk.

Opaline growled and stood in front of the Prism's shard, extending her wings and lightening them in fire, also having a short deadly staring competition with her now enemy.

"We see each other again... Ivo..." Opaline replied with anger.

Universe 250954

Sonic was laying in the floor, rolling around and trying to wake up.

He had a helmet stuck on his head, and he attempted really hard to remove it from his face. Whatever he was watching, was making him panic and breath heavily, while his heartbeat accelerated a lot. Eventually, he managed to get the helmet off.

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.

In the distance, he saw a Sonic variant, giving his back and making sure nobody could see his face; a Twilight variant that was grooming her wings with a down expression; a big-ass turtle with swords and a blue mask; a Zipp variant that sat down on the ground like a sad dog...

A Human Sunset variant that was burring her face on her legs as she sobbed loudly; a Derpy variant that had normal eyes; an Eggman variant that had green overalls and a pink t-shirt while playing a ukulele...

"That's... odd..." Sonic muttered, a bit freaked out at seeing an Eggman so... happy... "Maybe that's why he's here..."

Finally, he witnessed an Izzy variant being carefully placed on a cage, before said cage closed, although the Izzy that was just placed in there didn't seemed to really mind... She didn't even moved at all. This only concerned Sonic more and more, and he really can't believe he wanted to join this society before...

"This guy... FS... He's way more crazy than I thought..." Sonic said with wide eyes and a panicked expression.

"You catch up really quick, don't you?" A male voice spoke at his side suddenly.

Sonic felt startled and let out a yelp, even jumping and raising his arms and a feet in the air, but when he saw at his side who said that, his eyes widened in surprise and disbelief.

"...MC?!" Sonic exclaimed out loudly.

"Sup!" MC replied with a slight smirk, also laying at one side of his cage.

"What in the name of Chaos are you doing here?!" Sonic asked with wide eyes.

"The short and easy answer? The one-eyed Sonic went to my universe, kicked my Mom's ass, then beat the crap out of some of my friends and my girlfriend, destroyed my home, then had a fight to dead with me, and then defeated me before bringing me here..." MC replied with a bored expression.

Sonic looked at him with a blank look before finally replying. "That's rough, buddy."

"Yeah..." MC rolled his eyes. "You look cool, by the way! The perforated ear suits you!"

Sonic placed a hand on his left ear, still feeling it perforated after what happened last year with the Prism and the Egg Conqueror, before he looked back at MC with concern.

"Thanks..." Sonic said a bit unsure. "Gosh, so much has been happening in the past few days that I can barely concentrate on what's happening around me anymore..."

"Eh, I don't blame you," MC confessed, stretching a bit, even. "I was training Dulcy so she could learn to land without crashing, then this FS said he would kill people if I didn't show up, then we beat the crap out of each other, and the next thing I know? I'm trapped here."

"...So you're not considered an anomaly, or you are?" Sonic questioned, now feeling more confused than before.

"I think I am." MC said. "FS said some crap about my powers going beyond my own limits, so I'll be held in here until they decide how they're gonna keep my powers in line or something."

"Yeah, like I said, FS is way more crazy than I thought..." Sonic deadpanned.

"What about you?" MC asked. "Last time I heard of you, you asked me to look after my universe and not interact with any other variant of anyone, which the you with mental illness already ruined."

"Well, I eventually reached home, tried to stop three Eggmans along two other mes, then the three Eggmen fused and tried to kill us all, then they tried to destroy the multiverse, then I literally burned my right arm to destroy the artifact that Eggman was using, then Opaline started to look after the shards of said artifact, then the Society tried to recruit me and my Sunny, then they betrayed us, FS told me I'm the original anomaly in history, I ran away along Sunny, and now I've been captured and encaged..." Sonic quickly explained, before sighing sadly.

However, MC looked at Sonic with wide eyes and scratched his neck nervously. "Wow... That was... Wow..."

"You asked!" Sonic pointed out with a mocking smirk.

"Doesn't changes the fact that a lot has happened to you over the past year ever since I last saw you," MC pointed out.

"Huh... Time works different in every universe, yet in yours it also passed a year... how odd..." Sonic rubbed his chin, then his eyes suddenly widened. "Wait, how long have you been in here?"

"Around a month or two... maybe even three..." MC replied, shrugging it and even yawning a bit. "I honestly don't know anymore. I lost count after the third day."

"And FS hasn't come around ever since he encaged you here?!" Sonic asked with panic and anger towards his self from this very universe the HQ was located in.

"I'm afraid not..." MC replied, sighing a bit defeated. "I've honestly tried to use my powers to get out of this cage, but whatever they're made of, no one can escape them."

Sonic looked down to the ground in concern, but when MC mentioned trying to escape using his power, his mind suddenly remembered how he escapes his cage earlier, and how he free'd Sunny from hers.

So, Sonic smirked and placed his palms on his cage, but once he did so, they cage immediately sent an electroshock that made Sonic feel dizzy and then fall on his back on the floor, as his eyes spin and showed how dizzy he felt right now.

"Yeah, I was going to tell you that doing that was a bad idea..." MC said with a cringed expression.

"Don't... tell me..." Sonic replied with an awkward chuckle, since he still felt dizzy, before shaking his head and frowning, then stand up and look at his cage. "What the heck was that, anyways?!"

"They modify the cages so if you try to escape, you will fail..." MC explained with a bored expression. "If your power is absorb electricity, according to all the rumors I heard..."

Sonic placed a finger on his cage, just to immediately yelp in pain and pull his finger backwards, as he looked at it with pain, then at the cage with anger.

"Then your cage is made so you get electrified in case you try to escape..." MC pointed out.

"But that's odd... My power is to resist electricity... Why is this cage the exception?" Sonic questioned confused.

"This place is full of surprises, Sonic." MC explained. "When you think you already saw it all, they prove you wrong..."

"Yeah, they proved me that already when they chased me towards a train..." Sonic pointed out with an annoyed frown, before his eyes widened when he realized something, then he turned to MC confused. "Wait a second... What rumors have you heard from me that told you I have electrical powers?"

"Well, I don't know if you're aware about your special reputation around here..." MC tried to point out.

"You talking about that weird 'First multiversal traveler' thing?" Sonic asked, and the fox nodded. "Yes, I did... Is kind of weird to think that the people who once admired me for saving the multiverse last year now wants me here..."

"That's how life works..." MC said with a sad sigh. "One day, they all love you for being the savor of all their realities. The next one? They're all afraid of who you are, just because a one-eyed psycho told them to."

"I wish I could say I believe that they hate this place, but... I guess some of them do, and some not..." Sonic pointed out with concern.

"You know what I believe?" MC said, and Sonic simply raised an eyebrow to him. "I believe that Future Psycho You only wants to justify his mistakes in life and say 'it had to happen for my character development', when in reality, is just a fantasy made up to escape the feeling of guilt."

"That... Actually, that sounds really logical..." Sonic admitted. "And I would've guess that, if he says that the Canon is just something that's supposed to happen, then everyone that has joined the Society so far believes the same... They just wanna justify their scars without feeling guilty..."

"Again, you catch up quick." MC repeated with a little smirk. "And why did you wanted to join, anyways?"

"Because the Opaline making all this chaos across the multiverse is from my universe," Sonic replied with a frown. "She's collecting the fragments of the artifact that the Eggmen were using last year that I destroyed. Sunny and I wanted to help, to take down Opaline and to prove ourselves worthy of being here... Look how good that went..."

"Hmm... Are you sure this is just for Opaline?" MC questioned. "You joining the Society, I mean, because I heard you were excited to be here, but Sunny wasn't that enthusiastic."

Sonic chuckled and let out a sigh. "Honestly? I also wanted to join because that way I could get a watch to travel to any world I can... I mean, I don't really need the watch to do so, but considering I have no idea which universe I go with the Prismatic Energy of my body, the watch was a help to control that... To see all the new friends I made the past year... Again, look how good that went..."

"Hmm... Can't you use the energy on your body to escape?" MC questioned.

Sonic deadpanned and looked over at the fox. "Dude, I almost got my ass burned on electricity a few minutes ago. How is using my Prismatic Energy to get out of here any different?"

"Right..." MC replied with an eye roll, and then sighed. "Well, I guess that means we'll be trapped in here for a while."

"How long have they've been trapped here?" Sonic questioned, pointing at all the other anomalies that were encaged in this place as well.

"Some have been here a few weeks, some a few months... But I understand the Sonic from there has been here ever since the Society's creation..." MC replied, pointing at the Sonic that still gave his back to the rest.

"And he's been like that ever since?" Sonic questioned confused.

"I bet he has, but nobody here knows for real..." MC pointed out. "If anything, I don't recall ever seeing his face."

Suddenly, however, that Sonic variant let out a strange laugh, and even though no one could see his face, he grinned and showed up sharped teeth, while his eyes teared up with blood.

"...He sounds like a weirdo..." Sonic said with a confused expression, and MC nodded in agreement.

Universe 080819

Thunderstorm roared in the distance, announcing that soon it'll rain.

It doesn't really matters if there's no one else there: The tension between Dr. Eggman and Queen Opaline Arcana could be sensed in the air.

Opaline had a huge grudge against Eggman after she was betrayed by him. She was finally going to get the Unity Crystals for her, but Eggman stabbed her in the back and took the Crystals for himself. That was already bad enough and justified her hate for him...

But Eggman went the mile ahead: He not only left her without the Crystals, but he also stoled her magic, marking him as her enemy along the Mane 6 and the Mobians.

Eggman, however, probably hated her even more: She stole his plan with the Metal Virus, and she ruined his perfect chance to take over Equestria with his army of Zombots, Zombots that Opaline took from him, and this was bad for the doctor already...

Yet Opaline also went the mile ahead: She turned him into a Zombot and used him to try and conquer Equestria as well by her own methods.

Now here they are, face to face, glaring daggers and looking with nothing but hate towards each other.

"It's been a little more than a year since I last saw you, Arcana," Eggman decided to speak first, finally braking the silence, but the tension in the air remained.

"Oh, I so wished it was the last time..." Opaline replied with anger. "What do you want, Ivo? I hope we can make this quick, because I'm seriously not in the mood to fight."

"That's rich coming from you!" Eggman replied mockingly. "Your bracelets are full of Prism's shards, my Prism's shards, and if you thought I was going to sit down while you conquered the entire multiverse, then think again, witch!"

Opaline gasped offended, and her eyes widened with rage after Eggman called her that. "How dare you to insult your future queen?!" She snapped, as her horn and wings lightened in even more fire.

This only made Eggman burst out laughing loudly, as he even started to cough a bit afterwards. "Oh geez! That's hilarious!" He declared with a mocking smile. "Me? Kneeling to you?! HAHAHAHAHA!"

Opaline growled in anger. "I can't believe that I spent the past year avoiding the Secret Society, but now I've gotta deal with you!"

However, Eggman raised an eyebrow confused. "I'm sorry, 'Secret Society'? What in the multiverse are you baffling about, woman?!"

"The Secret Society is a clubhouse of foolish Mobians and Equestrians that want to protect the multiverse, and they're after me!" Opaline explained quickly with rage. "Now how about you get lost and go back to our universe while I finish my conquer?!"

"Like if I was dumb enough to do that!" Eggman declared with anger.

"Honestly? You're so dumb sometimes that I wouldn't doubt you'll do that!" Opaline mocked up with a smirk.

Eggman growled in rage. "Well, since it seems that we're not getting anywhere, how about we give the readers what they've been waiting ever since we each took our paths?" He suggested with a grin.

"If you're suggesting a brawl... I don't think it'll last long, Ivo..." Opaline warned, as she started to charge her horn.

"Oooh, I'm so scared!" Eggman mocked up. "Pff, you talk the talk a lot, Arcana, but can you walk the walk? Ever since I met you, you've been an incompetent that's been loosing time and time again!"

His words started to dig into Opaline's brain, and she charged her horn even more, growling in rage.

"You always sent Misty to do the hard work. Heck, even I did more than you, and keep in mind I lost!" Eggman kept mocking up. "In the end, you're not a ruler, nor a queen, nor an Alicorn... You're a failure..."

Opaline growled more, and her horn lightened up brighter.

"You're an outcast..."

Opaline was really at the edge of her patience now.

"And you're a pathetic little child that believes she can be more, BUT SHE WON'T EVER BE!"

That was the final straw that drove Opaline insane, and with a loud warrior cry, she blasted a magical blast of fire against Eggman, sending him and the Egg Breaker backwards.

She panted after she launched said blast, but she also started to slowly smile, satisfied with this result... At least until she suddenly got hit by the Egg Breaker's spiked ball, which sent her both and the ball crashing against several trees, until both the Fire Alicorn and the ball crashed against a rock.

Opaline growled in pain, and the spike ball went back to the Egg Breaker, which arrived and landed in front of her.

"What's the matter, Arcana? Getting old?" Eggman mocked up with a chuckle.

Opaline growled again and landed on all her hooves, shaking her head and then looking at Eggman with rage. "HOW?! How did you survived my fire blast?!"

"This suit is made out of Bridlewood's magical crystals!" Eggman replied, hitting the machine's chest with the left arm. "I'm immune to your magical attacks now, little pony!"

Opaline growled again, and so, she launched herself against him, while Eggman did the same.

Soon, the two villains collided against one another, and now, they were both wrestling to push the other one and gain dominance over them. Opaline's horn lightened like it never did before, while Eggman growled but also chuckled, feeling like he'll be victorious in this battle.

Then, he charged the spiked ball again and hit Opaline with it, sending her sliding backwards, before she launched another blast against the Egg Breaker, while Eggman shielded himself with the left arm of his machine.

Opaline then launched herself in flight against Eggman, but the doctor moved aside just in time, which startled and confused Opaline. Then, Eggman grabbed the Alicorn's tail with a hand and then threw her away, which made the pony yell surprised by this action.

Still, she wasn't going to let her surprise get the best of her, so she soon launched another massive blast of fire against Eggman. However, this blast in particular divided in several more blasts in the air.

Eggman noticed this, so he took the Egg Breaker for a ride and boosted towards the air, where he dodged almost flawlessly every single blast. And I say almost because one did hit the machine on its left side, but it wasn't anything to call home about, fortunately for Eggman.

Then, both Eggman and Opaline dived against each other at top speed, both smashing their fist and hoof against each other, growling in rage and glaring daggers of hate towards the other.

But then, Opaline shot another beam right there that sent Eggman and his Egg Breaker towards the ground, as the machine crashed on its face over it. Opaline smirked with joy after seeing this, so she slowly descended until she landed right in front of the machine.

Yet that was her mistake, because the machine only turned its torso around and hit Opaline in the face, then managed to quickly stand up and then spin again to hit her with the regular arm, sending her flying away.

Eggman took this as his chance to fly towards the forest from before, and he looked at the green Prism's shard with a huge grin. So, he grabbed the shard with the thumb and index finger of the robot's left hand, approaching it to his face and grinning from ear to ear at the sight.

However, he soon turned just in time to shield himself from a blast with the spiked ball, because Opaline came back, although breathing heavily in anger, as well as having some brushes and a messed up mane.

"Back for more, Arcana?" Eggman mocked up with a grin.

"Oh, it is on, Ivo!" Opaline declared with rage.

Then, she launched herself against the Egg Breaker and smashed the machine down, giving it a lot of damage as she literally brushed the ground with him. However, this only made Eggman use the power of the green shard, and so, a green portal opened up.

The two villains traversed it, and then they were both screaming startled and afraid.

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The two villains screamed as they were falling from the sky.

However, they soon looked at each other and frowned in anger, before starting to beat the crap out if each other right there, in the middle of the sky... They have seemed to forgot they can both fly...

But it doesn't really matter if they did or not, because they're both literally punching each other's faces hard enough as they head towards the floor. They really didn't cared if they crashed in the floor or not, they simply wanted to beat the crap out of the other.

Suddenly, however, Eggman grabbed Opaline with the left hand of the Egg Breaker, and then he began to hit her face with the spiked ball one time, then another one, and then another one, constantly in rage.

Opaline felt enraged by this, but she couldn't fight back because she got stunned when Eggman hit her nose, and he even made her bleed from her nose and her mouth, even though Eggman didn't seemed to have enough with that, because he kept punching her face.

And then, they crashed in the ground, causing a very large explosion of dirt that extended across this universe's Equestria, startling some birds that were flying by.

As for the two villains, they were both now on their knees, breathing heavily as they recovered their breath. Opaline has brushed, messed mane, bleeding nose and mouth, and a slight scar on her left cheek; while the Egg Breaker was so damaged that it was a miracle it still kept going.

Soon, they both saw that the green shard of the Prism, the reason they've been fighting in the first place, was in the middle of them, and they quickly glanced at each other.

They narrowed their eyes, and then they both nodded, before they both boosted towards the shard, while Eggman charging up his machines laser eyes and launching them against Opaline, while the Fire Alicorn let out a warrior cry and then shot a fire blast against Eggman's attack.

They both fought for dominance over the other, but as this happened, Eggman used a secret ejection capsule that was behind the machine and exited it, even thought the Egg Breaker kept shooting the laser.

Then, he brought out a communicator and place it on his ear. "NOW, DEAR!" he instructed.

After saying this, Sage suddenly appeared, then she took the Prism shard below the two attacks, and then teleported with Eggman, giving him the shard on the hand. Eggman grinned at the sight, and then started to laugh like a maniac, because his plan worked.

Opaline heard his laugh and felt confused, so she finished her attack and sent the Egg Breaker flying backwards, as it exploded once it landed on the ground.

However, as soon as Opaline saw that Eggman was fine and had the shard, her eyes widened, and then she frowned with anger. "THAT'S MINE!" She declared, boosting towards Eggman in a last desperate attempt to get the shard.

"Correction: It's mine!" Eggman declared with a grin, showing off the shard, while Sage at his side frowned at Opaline and prepared to fight if necessary.

Yet, it really wasn't because Eggman used his other hand to snap, which made a green portal appear behind them. Soon, Sage entered the portal backwards, while Eggman waved his finger mockingly at Opaline with a grin, traversing the portal as well.

Of course, Opaline was about to hit Eggman by crossing the portal again, but it closed, and she simply flew ahead. She growled even more now, and she let out some smoke from her ears and nose.

However, right before exploding in anger, the impossible happened: Opaline ended up sighing frustrated, and then started to take a deep breath so she wouldn't explode.

"Is okay, Opaline... Just breath... Calm yourself down and don't panic..." Opaline told herself, breathing some more before sighing and grin. "It doesn't matter if that idiot got the shard... I can still track him down, anyways!"

After saying this, she lightened her horn up and used a spell over her body: Soon, all of the brushes she got in battle disappeared, her mane was fixed again, her nose and mouth were clean and not bleeding anymore, and her patience has restored entirely, which made her smile.

"It seems like I don't need to steal more power... I'm powerful enough as it is, and that's really good!" Opaline declared with a sinister grin, followed by her making a portal and exiting this universe.

Author's Note

Warning: This isn't the last time Opaline and Eggman will go 1v1 against each other.

I've been wanting to make these two have their brawl ever since Season 2's Finale, and now here we are: Eggman and Opaline are on opposite bands, even though they share the same goal.

In today's chapter, the universe Opaline invaded to get another fragment of the Prism is this story's world created by Jade Ring, while the universe they crashed in because of Eggman using the shard was in this story's reality made by Ironskull.

As for the variants that we saw today... Well, the Sonic variant is none other than Sonic.exe himself; the Twilight anomaly comes from this story made by PonySmurf; the Leonardo anomaly is from this story's world written by Wildcard25; the Zipp anomaly is from this one-shot created by EileenSaysHi.

The Sunset anomaly was taken from this one-shot made by SilverStar7; the Derpy anomaly is from this story made by naturalbornderpy; and the Good Eggman variant is based in Mr. Tinker from the Sonic the Hedgehog: IDW Comic Series.

Finally, but not less important, the Izzy 'anomaly' is the same Izzy that Opaline stole her magic from back in Part 1, the one that comes from Admiral Producer's stories; while MC is the same guy that came from this story's universe made by Mister E-Nonymous, and that Sonic already met on "Across the Multiverse" back in Season 4.

That'll be pretty much it for today! Next time: Team Anomaly explain their plan! See ya!