Universe 220822

It's been 2 days since Opaline began conquering the multiverse.

In those two days, around 50+ universes have been destroyed, some of them being native worlds from some members of the Secret Society, whom died as as soon as their worlds did so.

This, of course, worried FS and Twilight a lot, so they both choose that it was best for them to go back to the HQ and be there to help the remaining members to prepare everything for the inevitable final battle against Opaline for the fate of the entire multiverse.

However, they didn't left without leaving instructions to the others, of course: This time, there's only two teams.

One one hand, we have Sonic, Sunny, Tails and Sunset with the mission to go to the Forbidden Universe, gather all the information they can about said universe's Paradox Prism, and ask for help if necessary.

On the other hand, we have literally everyone else that wasn't mentioned sins Hitch and Zipp. Everyone else's mission is to stay here in this universe and help Eggman to build up all the most craziest machines he can imagine to use them against Opaline in the final battle.

Of course, knowing that Eggman wanted to finish off Opaline as much as everyone else, it wasn't so much of a problem working along the doctor, even though some felt awkward with it, like Pipp and Knuckles.

Still, they were all in the same side now, and considering what Eggman has lost against the Fire Alicorn, and what he can still loose against her, they all knew they were going to work hard together to stop her from conquering the multiverse, no mater what.

As for Hitch and Zipp, they had been popping every 3 hours between Mobius and Equestria, because the situation on the ponies' native home is even worse than they all imagined.

Around 60+ deaths, over 100 injured ones, and the tribes are all in fear, although not from each other, but from Opaline, because Hitch had to finally come out clean and tell everypony about her, how they fought her in silence to not cause panic, and how she's the reason why magic is gone.

They know that Opaline is the culprit because Zipp went to her Dark Castle, which wasn't protected by a barrier anymore, and she found the destroyed Unity Crystals on her studio.

With shame and fear, but also determinate, Zipp went back and told this to Hitch, while both ended up telling all on ZH News, also explaining their absence, where they've been all this time, why their magic still works even with no Unity Crystals left, everything...

This did caused panic and fear among ponykind, but the Sheriff and the Princess still asked for everypony's help in the battle against Opaline, telling them that it didn't mattered if their experience on the battlefield didn't existed: At the end of the day, they'll be fighting for their home.

Back with our heroes in Mobius, FS and Twilight already left to the Society HQ, while Sonic and his friends were getting ready to travel to Universe 151222.

Tails had some of his weapons ready, although he didn't equipped that much considering he can literally materialize any kind of weapon with his powers. Still, he was making sure to get the most important ones considering this will be his first time out in a completely different universe.

Sunny and Sunset were training themselves with some badniks Eggman let them use for their training, as both Alicorns wanted to be ready for anything that could happen in the Forbidden Universe.

Finally, Sonic didn't seemed any nervous. Instead, he was trying to use Tails' polymer on his gloves and his shoes due to them both being so dirty for reasons he still couldn't understand, but no matter how much he applied the polymer on them, they still looked dirty.

"Dang it!" Sonic muttered with a slight frown. "Now how am I suppose to save the multiverse with these things looking so ugly and dirty?!"

"Are you sure you're applying it right, hun?" Pipp, who just arrived and stood near the door of the room he's in, asked with concern.

"I'm applying it the same way I always do!" Sonic replied. "Last time it worked when I cleaned them, why isn't it this time around?!"

"I think you're worrying too much for things that don't really matter, Blue Star..." Pipp deadpanned, as she stepped in and approached her boyfriend. "Instead, you should worry on how are you gonna do what you're supposed to in that "Forbidden Universe"."

"Is a matter of act on the fly, Pipp..." Sonic pointed out with a shrug. "We'll know what to do once there. However, I'm not concerned for what we might find there..."

Pipp raised an eyebrow, so she sat at his side and wrapped a wing on his back, also resting her head on his shoulder. "May I ask what's bothering you, Sir Knight of the Wind?" She asked with a playful tone.

Sonic blushed slightly after hearing that, then rolled his eyes and wrapped and arm around her neck. "Well, Miss Petals... I'm worried to fail this mission..." He replied honestly with a concerned look. "I'm used to go from one universe to another and know that something can go wrong, but... This time we cannot fail... The destiny of the multiverse is literally on our hand and hooves... I don't wanna disappoint anyone..."

Pipp understood his concern now, so she smiled and leaned to kiss his cheek. "Blue Star, even when you have been close to defeat, you never gave up. I've been there when you stood weak in the ground, unable to keep fighting..." She reminded him, as Sonic remembered when the Death Egg Titan was about to crush him. "And I've seen how you still fought back, no matter what..."

He also remembered how Sunny and Pipp stood to protect him, and he stood up to bring them some protection as well, even if his whole body was begging him to stop and take a rest.

Sonic smiled after remembering that, so he looked at Pipp and kissed her cheek lovely. "And here I thought I couldn't love you anymore, my Princess~"

Pipp blushed slightly, but she also purred and smiled, dragging Sonic into a hug that he immediately returned.

"Jokes aside... Thanks, Pipp." Sonic told her happily. "I honestly don't know where I would be if you were not here in my life."

"And I don't wanna think what would've been of me if I never met you either, Blue Star~" Pipp replied happily, leaning to kiss him on the lips, and Sonic returned it gladly.

However, with their conversation over, they both heard someone clearing their throat, and that made them separate from their kiss and widen their eyes. Then, they looked over and saw that Tails was laying on the door with his arms crossed, since Sonic and Pipp were on a guest room that Eggman had for reasons not even he understands.

"Sorry to brake your moment, guys, but Sunny wants to know if you're ready to roll out, Sonic." Tails said with a deadpan, not even bothered by Sonic and Pipp being this affective at this point.

He's like that with Zipp, anyways. Why should he be bothered?

"Wish I could say I'm ready, but my shoes and gloves are still a mess!" Sonic complained, showing his messed shoes and gloves to his little brother.

Tails rolled his eyes annoyed, then went over and grabbed a box near by, since everyone was staying in this guest room until they would fight Opaline.

"Well, I knew you were going to say that. So, I brought you these!" Tails said with a smile, extending the box to Sonic.

Sonic looked at the box with a raised eyebrow, but he still smiled and grabbed the box on his hands.

When he opened the box, however, his eyes widened: Inside the box were a pair of shoes identical to his, but in aquamarine. Inside the box was also a pair of gloves with a black wristband, gray palm, white fingers, and a white line on the back.

"Are these the shoes I got on our first Secret Canter for Wishday, and new gloves?!" Sonic asked with a smile.

"Yup!" Tails replied with a proud smirk. "I hope that whoever gave them to you doesn't minds that I gave your shoes an upgrade on aspect and to contain your body's Prismatic Energy. You know, since FS got rid of the Bracelet."

Sonic smiled at this. "These are perfect, man! Just what I needed! I've been thinking on changing my style, anyways, and this helps with that!"

After saying this, Sonic used his super speed to put the new shoes on, as well as the new gloves, and he couldn't help but feel like if he was a kid again when Longclaw gave him his first speed shoes for the very first time.

"Well? How do you feel, Blue Star?" Pipp asked him with a smile.

"As if I had a brand new car!" Sonic replied with a smirk, running a bit on his place to make sure the shoes were fine. "And I love it! Now, let's get us a new Paradox Prism!"

Sonic, Sunny, Tails and Sunset were now in the realm that connected all the realities.

After saying their respective goodbyes to their friends, as well as getting dragged into hugs by them (Izzy, Shadow and Hitch with Sunny; Pipp, Amy and Knuckles with Sonic; and Zipp and Misty with Tails), the group was ready to go and accomplish the mission that FS assigned them.

They exited Universe 220822 through Sonic's powers since nobody had direct access to the Universe they needed to go, but Sonic knew who's help to ask for in order to reach it.

However, as Sonic jumped on the crystals floating around: Tails, Sunset and Sunny were flying, but they stopped to notice how beautiful this place was in sight. The blue, red and black background, as well as each universe moving on its own like a river stream, was definitely a sight to remember.

"Whoa..." Sunset said with amazement. "To think I've been traveling through heptagon-shaped tunnels and not appreciating this place as I should've..."

"This is the place you've been coming all this time after you got launched to the multiverse last year?!" Tails asked Sonic with disbelief, also amazed by this place.

"Yup!" Sonic replied with a smirk. "I still have no idea how's this place called, but is pretty beautiful, isn't it?"

"It sure is!" Sunny said with a huge smile, but then her eyes widened in panic at one thought. "Wait... Aren't we in danger of being spotted by Opaline?!"

"Not if we move fast and find who we need to in order to reach that Forbidden Universe!" Sonic replied with a confident grin.

"Forbidden what now?" Chip suddenly asked, as he appeared at Sonic's side.

That made the other three scream in panic, but their screams all stopped when they noticed who the creature in front of them really was.

"Chip?/Twilight?/Dad?!" Tails, Sunset and Sunny all exclaimed with wide eyes, and Chip deadpanned at them.

"No, no, and no..." Chip replied, before smiling. "I'm the guardian of the multiverse! I have no form nor name, which is why your brains form a friendly image you're familiar with so you can talk with me! Sonic and Tails can see Chip, but it seems like you two see someone you lost, too... Perhaps this spell is actually torturing ya'll and I'm just realizing it..."

"Uh-huh..." Sonic said, looking around confused, with Tails and Sunset relaxing a bit once Chip explained himself, while Sunny felt disappointed to know that she wasn't talking with her Dad, but with someone that looks like him.

"Anyways... So, what can I do for you?" Chip asked the group with a smile, before deadpanning and crossing his arms. "I know for a fact that you guys are not here to say a quick hello..."

"That's because we aren't. You have any idea about a universe that's odder than the others?" Sonic asked.

"Odder... than the others?" Chip blinked confused. "You'll have to be more specific, Sonic. Every world is odd in its own way."

Sunset rolled her eyes a bit annoyed, since they were on a hurry. "A universe that's actually, like, four messed up realities, all mixed into a single one?"

"A universe where five realities coexist in the same one!" Tails pointed out as well.

"Is a world that's been, well, shattered..." Sunny pointed out as well.

With all that context, Chip's eyes widened in shock. "...You're... Talking about the one universe I haven't approached because I have no idea what happened to it?! Are you guys completely nuts?!"

"We know that is crazy visiting that world in specific, but we seriously need their help, Chip!" Sonic pointed out with concern. "That world also has a Paradox Prism. If the one from my world can shatter the walls that separates every reality, maybe the one from this other universe can help us defeat Opaline!"

Chip wasn't so sure about this plan, and he rubbed his chin, feeling conflicted on what to do.

"Dude, please help me out here. You don't want the multiverse to collapse, do you?" Sonic asked him. "I mean, I still don't know how this place is called, but that doesn't mean I don't want to protect it."

Chip looked back at Sonic and saw the fear in his eyes, so he let out a sigh and denied with his head. "...This place is called the Multiversal Wasteland, and it's my home. Just like all of you, I wanna avoid what Opaline is doing! But I can't do much now that she has the full Prism with her... I'll guide you to that universe and leave the rest in your hands!"

With a determinate look, Chip started to fly in a certain direction, and Sonic smiled at the rest, before he started to jump over the floating crystals to follow Chip.

"Multiversal Wasteland, huh?" Sonic asked with a smirk. "That's actually a catchy name!"

The other three, however, were not so sure about this, but they still followed Sonic along. Tails and Sunny didn't knew Chip of anything, but they trusted Sonic, so they didn't minded following his idea. Sunset, however, wasn't so sure if they could trust Chip, at all.

Yet, she knew they were on a rush, so she choose to let her doubts aside and follow along.

Soon, they started to dodge several white lines and curves that lead to other universes, until Chip finally stopped in front of one, one that made the others gasp.

Unlike the other realities, this wasn't a white line: It was a line that combined red, blue, yellow, green, and purple colors, all indicating that five universes coexisted in just one, one universe that was shattered, and that hasn't been repaired nor unravelled so far.

"Sweet Chilidogs..." Sonic muttered with concern.

"This is the place?" Tails asked, and Chip nodded.

"The universe that has been stuck on such a strange position that I cannot define what is happening with it..." Chip said with a concerned frown.

"The Forbidden universe..." Sunset muttered with wide eyes.

"If you truly believe there's an answer to stop Opaline, then go on!" Chip said. "I'll stay here and keep an eye on her from the distance to make sure she won't mess with your plans!"

"Thanks, Chip!" Sonic said with a smile and his thumbs up. "I knew I could count with you!"

After saying this, Sonic jumped, charged a Spin Dash, and then boosted towards that universe, while the rest followed him by flight, and Chip waved his hand in goodbye.

But once the heroes entered the universe, a shadow appeared over Chip, and he turned around with panic.

Universe 151222

An X-shaped portal suddenly opened, and then, four figures came out of it.

When the portal closed and the heroes looked down, however, they all felt confused. Sunny, Sunset and Tails started to fly immediately to stop their fall, while Sonic landed over... a floating purple crystal.

This place didn't looked so different from the Multiversal Wasteland where Chip lives. Maybe the only big and noticeable difference was that the background was fully purple, and there was no white lines to indicate that there are other universes around.

Other than that? Is almost the same, since it has floating purple crystals as well.

"This is the Forbidden Universe?" Sunset questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"...Uh... Did we entered the universe at all, or are we still on the Wasteland?" Sonic asked confused.

"No clue..." Tails said honestly, as he carefully landed on the crystal, besides Sonic. "This seems almost the same than the Wasteland... But I can tell something's different at the same time..."

"Is almost like if this universe knew how the Wasteland looks like, so it adapted to look almost the same when it shattered..." Sunny pointed out with concern. "I wonder why this universe's Sonic broke that Prism..."

"According to FS, it was a desperate attempt to stop his Eggman from taking the Prism, but instead of defeating Eggman, he ended up destroying his reality, and turned it into... this..." Sunset explained, looking ahead at this universe with a concerned look.

"Hmm..." Sonic muttered, rubbing his chin and placing a hand on his fist. "I wonder, though... How is this universe separated, exactly? Like, I guess you could consider this zone the "lobby" to enter each universe. How do you enter one?"

Tails began to look around, in search for an answer to Sonic's question. Eventually, his sight stopped when he noticed a red glow not so far from their position.

Without wasting a second, Tails flew ahead and stood over one of the floating Crystals, then gasped in shock, and then turned back to the others. "Guys! Come up here! You've got to see this!"

None of them wasted a second either, and they soon moved upwards as well to see what Tails was looking at: A giant and strange structure of red heptagons, all placed together to look like a diamond, while a white portal with the shape of a diamond was open in the middle.

This made the other three feel amazed, and Sonic finally got his answer for where to access all the universes in this shattered one.

"Okay... So a giant structure with a portal leads to each universe..." Sonic said. "I wonder where this one leads to..."

"Well, only one way to find out!" Tails said, as he took out his Miles Electric and then pointed it at the red structure ahead, as it made some beeping sounds, and as he read the data he got, he smiled. "Oh yeah!"

"What is it, Tails?" Sunny asked him.

"I detect Prismatic Energy coming from there! It has... Three different sources!" Tails said with a smile. "Maybe that's where The Paradox Prism is located!"

"Well, this world's prism was shattered as well, so... Maybe that's just 3 shards from the five there are," Sunset pointed out.

"Our mission is only to get info on the Prism!" Sunny reminded with a confident smile. "I'm sure whatever we encounter in there won't be bad! And, we don't need to take the Prism with us! We just wanna make sure there's a weak point we can use against Opaline!"

With that reminder in mind, Sunset smiled and nodded, before they all looked back at the portal ahead.

Then, taking a deep breath, Sonic jumped and charged another Spin Dash towards the portal, then he uncurled and simply dived towards it, with the rest following behind by flight.

Universe 151222 - New Yoke City

In the sky, a red portal suddenly opened, and from it, four figures came falling down.

Three of said figures took fly immediately since they could, while the fourth one spin in the air, before he landed on the ceiling of a building and slide on it to stop.

Sonic was panting a bit because of the adrenaline running through his body. He looked at his gloves and shoes, looking the exact same they did when leaving his universe, but not releasing Prismatic Energy, meaning Tails' adjustments worked, which made him smile.

However, said smile faded away when he looked ahead and noticed a very recognizable loop-de-loop from Green Hills... but this one looked metallic.

"What the––" Sonic tried to ask confused, but then he heard grunting noises, so he looked down and noticed that there was a bunch of anthropomorphic animals, pretty much citizens, fighting against orange robots with green eyes, gray legs, gray shoulders, and shoulder-mounted laser cannons.

This was making him panic a bit, but then he looked upwards, and his sight turned anxious: Right beyond the metallic loop-de-loop, there was a giant orange building shaped like an egg.

However, this wasn't the worse part: The real worse part is that, in the middle of said building, there's this giant logo with Eggman's face... And it could only mean that this entire city was ruled by him. His fears got confirmed when he looked around and saw several emblems with the same logo.

Sonic stepped back with an anxious look and felt sick, like if he was going to vomit at any second now, while his friends arrived as well and stood at his side, looking at the city with horror.

"So this place is... Pretty much Eggman's place..." Tails said with concern, before looking at Sonic. "Does this, uh, looked like that universe you were stranded first last year?"

"No... At least in that other place, nothing told me it belonged to Eggman..." Sonic replied with concern. "This one is even worse... It looks... Sad, and hopeless... Even the guys down there seem to be struggling with those machines..."

Once Sonic said this, the rest noticed the citizens struggling to fight those robots and panicked.

"We should help them out!" Sunset suggested, opening her wings to dive down there.

However, before anyone could do or say anything, the ground suddenly began to rumble, and while the ones that could fly started to do so to not loose their balance, Sonic jumped and grabbed Tails from the hand to not loose his balance as well, while the young fox grabbed Sonic's hand back.

Then, they all looked upwards to the egg-shaped building, and they noticed that the top of the building was shooting a green laser and opening a portal in the middle of said place.

"What in the name of Celestia is that?!" Sunset exclaimed confused with wide eyes.

"It seems like... a portal to another of the universes that was born after this reality shattered!" Tails pointed out.

"How are you so sure?" Sunny asked him with concern.

"Remember that the line to access this universe is red, blue, yellow, green and purple instead of just white?" Tails asked, and the rest nodded.

"Yeah..." Sonic replied directly, before his eyes widened in realization. "Of course! That green portal must belong to the green structure that leads to that universe! I mean, if there was a red structure for this one, there must be one of the other colors for the rest!"

"And now it seems like the Eggman of this universe is opening a portal to one of those worlds!" Sunset said with concern.

"It must be the power of this universe's Paradox Prism..." Sonic muttered with concern and a frown. "Of course that other Eggman was going to be as ambitious as ours..."

Then, in the distance, the device on the top of the building moved, this time facing to the other direction, and then it shoot a blue laser in the air that opened a blue portal in the sky. Now, there was three universes connected within each other, and when Sonic realized that, his eyes widened in panic.

"Oh no..." Sonic said with concern.

"Huh?" Sunny said in panic, looking over at Soni. "What do you mean with 'Oh no', Sonic? What's happening?!"

"If two or more universes interact within each other, it could make a Nexus Event..." Sonic pointed out. "It means said worlds can either converge as one, or..."

And then, the portals were suddenly surrounded by a purple aura, as the ground began to rumble again. It stopped after a few seconds, but the group's concerns only grew.

"It can destroy it..." Sunset muttered with concern. "If we don't shut down that thing, this universe and the two it's interacting with are going to collapse!"

"But how are we going to stop this?!" Sunny asked concerned.

"By deactivating the source!" Tails said, as he pointed with a hand at the egg-shaped building. "If we can get in there and shut down the system that activated the portals in the first place, maybe we can avoid the Nexus to happen!"

"Considering Eggman probably has the three shards that activated those portals, maybe we could also gather the information we need!" Sonic stated with a smirk.

"Then let's not waste more time!" Sunny said with a smile.

"Right! We have a Nexus to prevent!" Sunset declared as well.

And so, Tails let go of Sonic, as he landed in the building again and then boosted towards the egg-shaped building, while Tails did the same, with Sunny and Sunset following them by flight.

Meanwhile, inside the building, two figures were running at top speed.

One of said figures was the Sonic of this universe, whom I'll refer to as Prime Sonic, while the other figure was a robotic copy that was as annoying as him, named Chaos Sonic.

Prime Sonic ended up entering the room where this universe's Eggman controlled everything in the city, then he came to notice New Yoke universe's Tails, although he called himself Nine, at the other side of a crystal that showed a room with a strange machine.

Said machine seemed to be the one controlling the power of the red, blue and green shards of this universe's Paradox Prism, because the shards were contained on a bubble.

"Lead him this way!" Nine said and pointed to the machine.

Prime Sonic nodded, then looked at Chaos Sonic for a second with a frown, and then ran again, with Chaos Sonic imitating his moves, as the two of them entered the zone Nine was in. Once there, Prime Sonic jumped in the air, and Chaos Sonic did the same... which was a big mistake.

Once they did that, Tails pulled a lever on the panel control that makes the machine with the Prism's shards work, and then, the shards shot a blast towards Prime Sonic.

Yet Prime Sonic ducked down and dodged the blast, while Chaos Sonic's eyes widened, as he got hit by it and sent backwards, braking the crystal that point to the city in the process and falling down to a platform, where his body got separated into pieces and he died.

Soon, a giant robot that actually seemed like a baby toy with arms and legs came by and grabbed the dead robot. Then, whoever was inside began to cry like a baby.

Here's the thing, folks: In this universe, there isn't a Eggman... There's five of them: Mr. Doctor Eggman, the leader; Dr. Deep, the one that tries to be chill and fails miserably; Dr. Don't, an emo teenager that's obsessed with video games; Dr. Done It, the old man... And Dr. Babble, the baby.

This last one was piloting the machine that hold Chaos Sonic's corpse, as the other doctors approached to see their recent creation all beaten up with sadness and concern.

"I-I-I'm the best!" Chaos Sonic managed to say for the last time, also raising his thumb up.

After that, the robot finally died and shut down entirely.

And as these guys, naming themselves together as the Chaos Council, mourned their creation's death, Prime Sonic and Nine placed the three shards of the Paradox Prism inside a case to contain their power. They high-fived after that, although Nine hesitated at first... But their joy didn't lasted long.

"Aha!" Mr. Eggman's voice spoke, and both Prime Sonic and Nine's eyes widened as they looked at the entrance of the lab and saw the Chaos Council but Dr. Babble with a bunch of Egg Forcers surrounding them.

"Stop right there, varmints!" Dr. Done It said with anger, before extending his walking stick to them, as its bottom began to twirl and charged, because it was actually a weapon disguised as a walking stick.

"I hate this place!" Prime Sonic muttered with a frown, also standing ready to fight.

"Destroy them!" Mr. Eggman said with anger, as he pointed at Prime Sonic and Nine, while the Egg Forcers moved ahead and prepared to crush down the two friends.

However, just when Prime Sonic was about to move and Nine headed towards a panel control, a Blue Blur and a Yellow one passed by Prime Sonic, surprising him and making stop before he could charge the Spin Dash he wanted to.

"Huh?" Prime Sonic asked confused and with wide eyes.

Soon, we see the Blue Blur curling into a ball and hitting one Egg Forcer, before uncurling in the air and charge a Homing Shot against one robot, followed by a Wild Rush to dodge some robots, and then making the final kick to one of them, before jumping in the air.

On the other hand, the Yellow Blur kicked one of the robots' face and ripped it off with that foot, then he threw a boomerang that cut the other robots heads, until just one was left, and so, the Yellow Blur jumped as well.

With the two figures in the air, they then headed downwards and destroyed the last Egg Forcer together with a combined punch, which finished the machine off for good. The two figures then landed in the floor with superhero poses, before slowly stand up and look ahead.

Because of everything they just did, there was dust covering their identities, but once the dust was gone, it was revealed to be Sonic and Tails from Universe 220822.

The sight of another Sonic and another Tails shocked Prime Sonic as his jaw dropped in shock and disbelief, while the Chaos Council stared at them with wide and panicked eyes.

"What do you say, Tails? Should we kick their butts until it really hurts?" Sonic asked with a smirk, also cracking his knuckles.

"Oh, I'm down with that idea!" Tails replied with glee, making a plasma gun with his powers.

After that, Sonic charged a Spin Dash that sent one of the Egg Forcers backwards, and it also sent the Chaos Council backwards.

Meanwhile, Nine hasn't realized that there's other Sonic and other Tails, because he went over to a panel control where he introduced a password that made the doors to the lab began to close, so both Sonic and Tails boosted inside, before looking at the Chaos Council with mocking smirks.

"Thanks for stopping by!" Sonic said with a salute, while Tails pulled out his tongue and closed an eye mockingly, as the doors to the lab closed entirely.

Soon, Sonic and Tails looked at each other and fist bumped for their accomplishment, but then they turned to see that Prime Sonic was staring at them, pointing at one and the other back and forth with shock.

"And you must be Sonic the Hedgehog!" Sonic told Prime Sonic with a smirk, also crossing his arms, then he zoomed on his face and winked. "Nice to meet ya! I'm also Sonic the Hedgehog! Just from another universe!"

However, this made Prime Sonic to lean backwards and faint, making both Sonic and Tails look at him with concern.

"Maybe I approached too soon..." Sonic muttered.

"You think?" Tails told him with a bored expression.

Suddenly, they heard steps from behind, and they turned to see Nine coming to them. Tails felt surprised and also confused when he saw that his variant had 7 mechanical tails aside from the two natural ones.

"I've locked the Chaos Council out of the system, but it won't last long––" Nine tried to explain to Prime Sonic, but as soon as he noticed that he was talking with Sonic and Tails instead, he stopped moving and looked at them with surprise, shock and wide eyes, but specially at Tails.

He couldn't stop staring the other fox up and down, noticing how he didn't seemed to have any trait that indicated his life wasn't easy, but that's just him making assumptions.

"W-Who are you?!" Nine asked with shock.

"Me?" Tails pointed at himself. "Technically I'm you, but not at the same time... I am you, from another universe."

"Me too!" Sonic told Nine with a smirk and a wink. "Hi! I'm Sonic the Hedgehog, although you already know that if the unconscious guy at my side is anything to go by... And this is Miles Prower! But we all call him Tails! Just like you!"

"Uh, no..." Nine said with a slight frown. "No one calls me "Tails". Everyone calls me Nine."

"Nine?" Both Sonic and Tails asked confused.

"That's... Weird... It rings a bell to me for some reason..." Tails said, rubbing his chin with concern, before shrug it off and look at Nine with a smile. "Well, whatever it is, it can't be important. If you want us to call you Nine, then Nine it is!"

He extended his hand to his counterpart, and while Nine looked at Tails suspiciously at first, he ended up stretching his hand with him all the same.

Prime Sonic, on the other hand, slowly started to wake up from his unconscious state, and when he did so, he shook his head, feeling dizzy and like if he was drugged down to sleep, only to look at Sonic and Tails, which made his eyes widen, and he gasped.

"...You... You look like me..." Prime Sonic muttered, pointing at Sonic, who looked down at him confused. "Well, almost... Your shoes and gloves are different, a-and your ear is perforated! W-What happened to you?"

Sonic smirked and extended him his hand so he could help him stand up. "Is a long story..." He replied, now moving his fingers to indicate Prime Sonic to give him his hand.

Prime noticed this and gave him his hand, as Sonic help him stood up, and now that they had their hand stretched together, Sonic shook it as a way to greet him.

"Like I said, nice to meet ya! I'm you, but not at the same time!" Sonic told Prime Sonic with a smile.

"Y-Yeah... I noticed..." Prime Sonic said with wide and surprised eyes. "Are you... Me, but from this shattered-space?!"

"Shattered-what?" Sonic asked confused once they let go the other's hand.

"If you are Sonic, but from this world, why do you appear just now?" Nine questioned him with a frown.

"None of you heard when we said we come from another universe, did you?" Tails deadpanned.

"Tails?!" Prime Sonic asked with wide eyes and disbelief, before grabbing the fox into a hug. "Dude, I missed you so much! What happened to your clothes, though? And what's with that deeper voice? Are you trying out some new voice modulator or something? Man, this is insane! Oh, does Amy comes with you, or Knuckles?!"

As Prime Sonic said this, he moved around Tails, leaving the young fox confused and making him feel a bit awkward, but with every question he made, he also felt bad, because he didn't knew how to tell him that he isn't the same Tails he knows without disappointing him.

Tails looked at Sonic with concern once he asked about Amy and Knuckles so excited, and Sonic looked at him with the same concern. Nine noticed their expressions, and he soon understood what they meant with coming from another universe... They're not part of the Shatteredverse.

"Uh... Sonic..." Tails called Prime out, and he turned to him with a smile. "I don't think you understand..."

"Huh? What are you talking about? What should I understand?" Prime Sonic asked confused, but still smiling.

Sonic deadpanned and scratched his head. "I know I can be oblivious, but this guy takes it to a whole new level I didn't even knew that existed..." He muttered with concern. "Dude, I don't know what is a Shattered... Whatever you call it, but I do know what is the multiverse, and we come from another universe that has nothing to do with this one."

"A multiverse?" Prime Sonic asked confused, before his eyes widened for a second. "Honestly, that sounds way cooler than "Shatteredverse"... No offense, Nine!"

"Uh... None taken..." Nine replied confused, before looking at Sonic and Tails. "So, you two come from an alternate reality that's not accessible through any Shattered-space. Instead, you come from a whole new universe?"

"That's the perfect summarize!" Tails said with a smile, before getting serious. "And now, we're here because––"

However, they were interrupted when they suddenly saw the robot controlled by Dr. Babble punching the crystal that sees outside to the city, and even though Babble did noticed that there were two Sonics and two Tails', that only angered him more, and he punched the crystal even harder.

"Forget about it! We have to get the hell out of here!" Sonic said. "Where are the Prism's shards?!"

"Inside of this thingy!" Prime Sonic replied with a smile, as he pointed at the case where the three shards were contained.

"Then let's get out of here before they make us hedgehog puree and fox omelet!" Tails said with a frown. "We'll explain what are we doing here later!"

Just then, Babble shot the rattle that works as a weapon from his machine through the hole Prime and Nine made before when they defeated Chaos Sonic.

The four of them moved aside, and the weapon hit the floor instead of any of them.

"Okay, our luck might be running out... Let's roll!" Sonic said, as he stood at one side of the case with the shards and pushed it, while Nine sit over the case, Prime lead the way, and Tails followed along.

Soon, the machine controlled by Babble was about to shoot lasers from the space left by the rattle, but then, the machine was surrounded in a magic aura, and then thrown against the crystal.

Sunset then came flying and smiled when she saw that she got rid of one of them, then Sunny came by to her side and smiled at her. But their job was far from over, because the doors to the lab opened, and so, the remaining members of the Chaos Council entered.

All of them were making karate poses for some reason, which made the two Alicorn mares cringe, then they looked at each other and smirked, before diving towards them.

In such a quick move, Sunset made them all trip and stay down in the floor, while Sunny came to use her magic and surround them, eve taking Babble out of his robot, then tied them all tightly together in a rope. She also removed Done It's walking stick, just to be sure.

"What the––" Dr. Don't said with concern, before frowning at the sight of the two ponies. "What is the name of this?! Why are there colorful ponies in front of us?!"

"Correction: Colorful and talking ponies!" Sunset remarked with a smirk, and Sunny at her side snorted, as they both hoof-bumped, before turning to head towards the exit.

"Ha! A pair of stupid equines with wings and a horn won't stop the Chaos Council to conquer te entire––" Mr. Eggman tried to say.

Yet before he could even finish his sentence, Sunny returned, kicked him in the face really hard, made him fall unconscious, and then walked away from him with a satisfied smirk, while Sunset looked at her with amusement, but also with pride.

"Wow, Sunny!" Sunset said with a smile. "Didn't knew you had that in you!"

"That's why you shouldn't mess with me when I mad!" Sunny replied with a giggle and a wink, before flying out of the building.

Sunset chuckled and decided to follow along, while the Chaos Council stood there, groaning in anger that they were all tied together, while Mr. Eggman stood unconscious.

On the other hand, the Sonics and Tails' were still running away.

Suddenly, Sonic got a message from his watch on his right, since he removed it when the whole journey started, but now he has it back, so he pressed it to talk with Sunny.

"Sonic! The Eggmans are down! You're free to go!" Sunny informed happily.

"Roger that, Sunny-bunny!" Sonic replied with a smirk.

"Who's Sunny?" Prime Sonic asked, still leading the way out.

"Somepony that comes with us! She just tied the Eggman family so we can get away!" Sonic replied.

"Dealing with one Eggman was bad, dealing with three was a nightmare, but dealing with five?! That's crossing a really terrifying line!" Tails pointed out with concern.

"Fortunately, we won't have to deal with them!" Sonic said with a smirk. "Now let's get us out of here!"

"Take another turn to the left, Sonic!" Nine told Prime. "That should led us back to the ship so we can get out of here!"

And so, they turned to the left and entered a zone where they saw a red ship, being guarded by a pair of Egg Forcers.

Of course, the Egg Forcers turned to them and were preparing to shoot, but before doing so, Sonic boosted towards them, jumped in the air, then charged his fists with electricity and hit one of them right in the face, sending it backwards and shutting it down.

Then, he turned to the other Egg Forcer and jumped to stand on his head, before making a triple Stomp Attack, with the last one releasing some electricity around that deactivated the Egg Forcer entirely.

"The coast is clear!" Sonic told the rest with a smile, a wink, and his thumbs up.

"Way to go, Sonic!" Tails told him with a smile, as he pushed the case with the shards towards the ship.

Prime and Nine, however, stared in pure shock and disbelief at what Sonic just did, and how he solo'd those robot with nothing but his bare fists and electrical powers that Prime lacked.

"You... Are the coolest person I've ever met!" Prime exclaimed out loudly with a huge grin. "How did you did that! Did anyone teach you that! Oh! Can you teach me?! Will I ever do that kind of stuff one day?!"

Sonic was not liking this attitude regarding this Sonic, and he stopped him in front of him by placing a hand on his chest when he started to run around in excitement.

"Dude... If you don't mind me asking: How old are you, again?" Sonic asked Prime with a forced smile.

"Uh... I'm 15?" Prime Sonic replied a bit ashamed, also rubbing an arm nervously.

Sonic deadpanned. "...Yeah, I have no excuse for the way you act, unfortunately..."

"Forget about that!" Nine said. "We gotta take the shards away before the Council finds a way to escape!"

"Nine is right!" Prime Sonic agreed, before looking at him with a smile. "You are full of surprises!"

"If you like surprises, wait 'till you see what I've got going on the Grim!" Nine told Prime with a smile, then he picked the blue shard from the case, and then he got inside his ship.

"Grim? Cool, can't wait to hear more!" Prime Sonic replied quickly, then he placed the case under the ship. "But right now, we gotta get to Ghost Hill."

"Ghost Hill?" Nine questioned.

"That sounds like a rip-off of Green Hills, but with ghosts..." Sonic deadpanned.

"Well, it's kinda that, to be honest..." Prime confessed. "And, it's got a fourth shard and this blueprint "thingy"."

"Blueprint?" Nine muttered and scratched his head.

Tails apparently noticed this, and he looked at Nine with suspicion, while the case with the other two shards of the Prism attached to the lower part of his ship.

"That's the key to putting the Prism back together!" Nine realized with wide eyes.

"Exactly!" Prime Sonic replied.

"Hmm... There's something about Nine that I don't like..." Tails muttered.

"You noticed it, too?" Sonic asked him with a frown.

"Yeah... We should keep an eye on him, just in case!" Tails declared, and Sonic nodded in agreement.

"How do we get to this Ghost Hill?" Nine asked Prime, but just then, the doors to enter the room suddenly opened, and several Egg Forcers entered the room to stop them.

"Ah, crap..." Sonic and Tails both muttered with deadpans.

Author's Note

We're back, people!

Welcome, everyone, to "Sonic The Hedgehog x My Little Pony: The Final Act - Part 3: Game Over", where Sonic cannot stand himself being so childish and making reckless decisions because he's young and stupid.

I don't think I have to say it, but I still will: Yes, this entire chapter, as well as the three upcoming ones, are based in Sonic Prime, and as you can see as well, there'll be some slander against this Blue Blur's variant, so... If you hate me for that, sorry, but I won't apologize.

Now, you wonder what Sonic looks like now? Watch it:

The aspect Sonic has on the image above is Sonic's new default look. As in, this is how he'll look like from now on. The edit was made by me, by the way.

I'm really sorry to finish this chapter so suddenly, but I promise you that this is for the best! Next chapter will be longer than this one, and hopefully, it won't end this abruptly.

Speaking of next chapter, Prime Shadow meets our heroes! Oh, and they met Sunny and Sunset, too.

See you next chapter, and is good to be back! BYE!!!