Universe 151222 - Ghost Hill

Now that the fifth shard of the Paradox Prism of this universe was found, it was time to restore Green Hill.

Nine was once again analyzing how to put the remaining shard in place. Since the other four were already in place, putting this last one should be a piece of cake for him.

Shadow, however, seemed to still not trust him a single bit. Why was Prime Sonic still trusting him, and why were the four visitors doing it as well? It was very confusing for him, and very frustrating as well, but he'd rather wait for Nine to make one wrong move so he could beat the crap out of him again. He really enjoyed doing that.

Finally, Nine found the exact form on how to place the remaining shard on place, so he smiled and turned around to look back at Prime and Shadow.

"I have the exact form to put the shard back in place." Nine said with a smile. "Once I put it back, all the Shatterspaces will go back into the Prism, and Green Hill will come back." He then sighed and looked down concerned. "I... Guess that means this is goodbye."

Prime Sonic's ears lowered after hearing that, but he still took a deep breath and did the possible to smile. "Yeah... About that. Nine, I want to apologize. The whole reason of why I wanted your help to restore my home was because I thought of you as Tails, my little buddy. But everyone around me told me something I couldn't see sooner: You are Nine, not Tails. If I realized that earlier, instead of being so attached to the memory of my best bud, maybe we could have avoided the fight. I'm sorry, Nine, for not realizing sooner that you are not Tails, and that's completely fine."

Nine smiled and chuckled a bit. "Hey, I'm sorry, too. You are supposed to be my very first friend in life, but instead of talk things out and tell you how I felt, I used your obliviousness for my own purposes. I cannot change what I did, none of us can, but now I'm helping you to restore your home as it was planned." He stated, then he smiled sadly. "I do want you to know, though, that these past month since we met? They've been the very best of my life, even with all the fights we had on the way."

Prime Sonic smiled back, then he hugged Nine tightly, and even thought Nine was not used to this kind of affection, he still smiled and hugged him back. He wasn't Tails, true, but he still shared a lot of qualities with him, and caring for Sonic as his best friend was one of them.

"I'm really gonna miss you, Nine." Prime Sonic said with a smile, also resisting the urge to cry. "I know that the Shatterspace will still exist inside the Prism, but... Doesn't changes the fact that I'll miss seeing you around."

"I'll miss you too, Sonic." Nine said with honesty, then they broke the hug and looked at each other. "I still find you annoying on some aspects, but... That's just a part of who you are, and I honestly like that of you."

Prime smiled once again, then he stepped back and approached the others, leaving Nine alone so he would finish restoring the Paradox Prism and bring back Green Hill.

Nine turned around and looked down at the shard on his hands, then took a deep breath and looked ahead with a determinate look, before placing the last shard back on place. After this, the entire Prism shone brightly, indicating that its restoration has been completed.

And then, the entire ground started to shake violently, while the Paradox Prism released energy waves that were reaching far away from the cave where the Prism is originally located.

Outside of the cave, the environment was changing because of the Paradox Prism.

The waves were spreading all across Ghost Hill, or rather, Green Hill, because the Prism was finally restoring the entire place back to normal. And if this wasn't good enough news, the waves soon reached Sonic's friends, which were still ghosts at first, but when the Prism's energy hit them, they were back to normal as well.

The first one to snap back into reality and stop repeating the same damn phrase over and over again was Tails, or rather Prime Tails, who looked around confused and didn't understood how the hell he got here.

"Uh... What's going on?" Prime Tails asked. "And how do we got here?!"

The others, who slowly came back to reality as well, just shrugged at his question, being as confused as him.

Universe 151222 - Green Hill

From the cliff that leads to the cave, Shadow and Prime Sonic witnessed it all.

Shadow only nodded with his arms crossed, pretty much as a sign that he is glad their home is back and completely intact, while Prime Sonic was smiling completely out of joy that this all worked out. In the end, Nine and his new friends from the Shatterspace were back into the Prism, but at least they're all fine.

Soon, Sonic came by and stood at his side, placing a hand on his shoulder to call his attention. "You did good in the end, bro." He told him with a smirk, and Prime Sonic actually smiled back at him. "I still have some nitpicks regarding your attitude, but it's nothing you can't work on as time goes by."

"Yeah. I guess I still need to learn a lot of things, but now that my home is back, I'm ready to appreciate my friends more than ever. I cannot loose them again." Prime Sonic stated with a determinate look.

"I'm sure your friends will be glad to see you!" Tails told Prime Sonic with a smile. "Although, I also feel they'll be very confused. I doubt they even know what happened with the Prism."

"I'm sure you can explain them quickly the whole thing." Sunny told Prime with a smile as well.

"Just don't brake another Paradox Prism." Sunset said mockingly. "My boss is gonna loose it if this universe, or any other one, divides in several worlds at once, you know?"

"I'll try my best." Prime Sonic nodded with a smile.

"And I'll keep an eye on you. You made enough disaster once." Shadow warned him with a frown.

"I heart you too, Shadow!" Prime Sonic said mockingly with a wink, also making the shape of a heart with his hands, while Shadow rolled his eyes annoyed.

However, when Prime Sonic looked down at his hands, he realized his gloves were white and dirty, meaning they were his regular gloves. He looked down at his shoes as well, and they were also the dirty normal ones.

This meant that, with the Prism restored, his tech was not working anymore, and that made him sad, because it meant that Nine was back at New Yoke City. However, considering that the Chaos Council was tied together, maybe this was the chance Rebel and Knux were looking for to restore their home, so he smiled at the thought.

"I hope Nine is fine back on his Home Shatterspace." Prime Sonic muttered to himself.

"Yeah... About that..." Nine's voice suddenly spoke, and that made Prime Sonic's eyes widen, so he turned around along the rest, and they all were surprised to see that Nine was still here, which confused everyone, while Nine himself looked around confused as well. "Can anyone tell me why I'm still here and not in New Yoke?"

This was confusing and surprising for everyone, so they all turned to see Sunset by instinct, since she's the one who's been traveling across the multiverse the longest, which made her deadpan a bit.

"Don't look at me! I know I'm the one who's been doing this a lot longer than you, but that doesn't mean I know everything that happens in every universe!" Sunset said defensively.

"But I don't get it..." Prime Sonic said anxiously, as he then boosted and started to check all over Nine, verifying that he, in fact, was still here. "You said that you'll get dragged back into the Prism! How are you still here?!"

"You think I'll be asking if I knew, genius?" Nine deadpanned.

"There has to be a very good, logical, and totally not so hard to understand reason to explain this..." Tails said, then he rubbed his chin and started to look around in thought, while everyone else stared at him confused. "...I have nothing."

"Well, that was anticlimactic..." Shadow deadpanned, then his eyes widened, and he looked at Prime Sonic and Nine. "Hang on. Sonic! Try to run at top speed while dragging Nine!"

"What? Why should I do that?" Prime Sonic asked confused.

"Forget what I said. There's so much to work on regarding your attitude." Sonic said with a bored expression.

"I think Shadow wants to test if the Void still exists." Nine suggested.

"Oh! Yeah, that makes sense." Prime Sonic said with wide eyes, making literally everyone else groan annoyed at his obliviousness, something he noticed, so he frowned. "Aw, come on guys! I'm making my best to fix that!"

After saying that, he grabbed Nine from his hand and the boosted up the mountain, startling the young fox as he screamed in fear. Meanwhile, Prime Sonic was running at top speed over the mountain, and he soon was surrounded by the Prismatic Energy of this universe's Prism, before disappearing once they boosted into the sky.

The rest just stared there for a few seconds, not knowing what to do or say. "So... We just wait for them to come back and then what?" Sonic decided to ask.

"If what I think that happened is what happened, then you'll see." Shadow replied, still staring up at the sky.

"What do you think that happened?" Sunset questioned with a slight bored expression. "You can't just say all of that and expect us to read your mind, dude."

"You have a horn. Can't you literally make a spell to read minds or something?" Shadow questioned with a raised eyebrow.

Sunset was about to counter, but then her eyes widened when she analyzed his words, so she stopped herself. "...Actually, you're right. It doesn't mean we can do it whenever we want, though."

Shadow just rolled his eyes annoyed, and once that exchange was done, a yellow portal opened in the sky, then both Prime Sonic and Nine came and landed on the ground, looking at the rest.

"Well, Shadow, I gotta handle it to you, 'cause you were right." Prime Sonic said with a slight frown.

"The Shatterverse and the Shatterspaces still exist!" Nine said with wide eyes. "The only difference seems to be that this one, Green Hill, has become the main Shatterspace, because all the shards of the Prism are from and belong here."

"Then it did happened..." Shadow said, looking down at the ground in thought.

"What happened?!" The four visitors from other universes all shouted desperate and with frowns.

Shadow rolled his eyes annoyed after their outburst, then he looked at Prime Sonic and Nine. "I think that the Prism was just dividing the Shatterspaces from each other. When Sonic destroyed it, our reality turned into Ghost Hill because two important factors were missing."

"Which factors?" Prime Sonic asked.

"You, and me." Shadow pointed out. "We belong to Ghost Hill, or rather Green Hill, but because the Prism shattered, our reality was shattered as well, and the Shatterverse was born."

"So we always existed inside the Prism... And the destruction that Sonic made just opened the door to access them all?!" Nine asked in shock and with wide eyes, while Shadow nodded at his theory.

"So we not only restored Green Hill, but now we also have a door to every shatterspace?! Prime Sonic asked with excitement, then he grabbed Nine and hugged him tightly, startling the fox. "This is better than incredible! Now we can kick ass and have all kind of crazy adventures all the time!"

"That... That actually sounds kinda cool." Nine smiled. "And here I wanted to create a whole-ass plot to make a new home. If I knew this was going to happen after restoring your home Shatterspace, I would've helped you with no hesitation a long time ago!"

"This is cool, sweet and all that crap..." Shadow rolled his eyes and approached Prime Sonic and Nine. "However, you still have some people to meet with again, remember? The whole reason why you were gathering the shards?"

Prime Sonic stared at Shadow confused for a few seconds, but then the reminder clicked on his mind, and his eyes widened. "Right! I have to check on them!"

He didn't waited for more and boosted towards his friends, since they were probably back to normal if Green Hills was it. Shadow boosted behind him as well, and the rest decided to follow to see how this was going to unleash, even Nine decided to go, since deep down he did wanted to meet Prime Sonic's friends.

Prime Sonic hugged his friends tightly, like he never did before on his life.

It was Tails first, then Knuckles (who was very confused after Prime Sonic did that), then Amy, then Big (since he came by confused as well), and finally Rouge, probably the one who was the more confused.

When Shadow arrived, they both explained the whole thing to them about the Paradox Prism, the Shatterspaces, the fight against Nine... And yes, they also presented Nine to him, which made Tails feel surprised because they looked alike, but Nine still refused to accept that he looked like Tails, just with more clothes.

Meanwhile, as Prime Sonic and Shadow talked with Prime's friends (yes, Shadow refuses to accept them as his friends), the others just watched the scene from a distance with smiles.

They were glad they could help this universe out with their situation, and Sunset was mainly glad that FS was probably finally going to stop being so pushy against this universe. Tails, however, and despite feeling glad that this was solved, he still looked down to the ground with concern.

The others seemed to notice this and looked at him with worry. "I something wrong, buddy?" Sonic asked first.

"Yeah... I'll be lying if I said otherwise." Tails replied with honesty, then looked at his friends. "The reason we came here to this universe, was to see if the Paradox Prism of this reality had any clue on how to defeat Opaline and her shards of the Paradox Prism. But I have nothing! There's not a single thing about the information I gathered that can tell us how to beat her. The mission was a failure. We're still on square one, and with no way to bring Opaline down."

This seemed to concern the rest of them, with Sunny and Sunset looked at each other in worry.

"I knew that defeating Opaline wasn't going to be easy, but... This is actually concerning." Sunny pointed out.

"Defeating my Opaline wasn't a breeze, either, even if she was less powerful compared to yours." Sunset said with concern.

Sonic was also worried about the fact that they still had nothing regarding on how to defeat Opaline for good, and now they had to plan out something else if they wanted to have a chance... If they still got time, that is.

However, he looked over at Prime Sonic and his friends, and the fact that he was happy to see his friends back to normal after who knows how long was actually wholesome, and it made him smile genuinely. They didn't got the information required to take Opaline down, but they did something very good in exchange.

"Maybe we still need to find a way to take Opaline down... But we brought this world back to normal." Sonic pointed out with a smile. "That's already a win in my book."

"...Actually... You have a good point." Sunset said suddenly, and then she smiled brightly. "Yeah! You actually have a fantastic point, Sonic! Now that the four realities with inhabitants of this universe are stable and as normal as they can be, all of them could help us on our battle against Opaline! Is like having 4 variants of various characters from one universe in our lines!"

"So you're saying that we can use these guys help to go against Opaline?" Sonic asked Sunset with a smirk, and she nodded eagerly. "Well, I can see your point on why. And, having some extra Prismatic Energy from this universe's Sonic could be helpful during the final moment."

With their minds made up, they were about to approach Prime Sonic and Shadow, but Prime Sonic was faster and decided to boost towards them first.

"Guys, come on! I want you to meet this universe's variants of my friends!" Prime Sonic said excited, since he was still loving the fact that his friends were back.

"Um, sure? But can we talk first? With you and Shadow?" Sonic told his variant with a little smile.

"What for?" Shadow asked, suddenly appearing at Prime's side and startling him.

"Remember what we told you earlier? The whole reason why we're here in the first place?" Tails reminded. "The evil Alicorn that wants to conquer all the multiverse, your universe included?"

"Uh, yeah?" Prime Sonic said confused. "What about her?"

"We want you guys to help us take her down!" Sonic stated with a smile. "In other words: We want you and your friends - or allies in Shadow's case - to be part of the massive team that's gonna fight against Opaline!"

"The what?!" Prime Sonic said with wide eyes and shock, while Shadow simply raised an eyebrow. "Y-You want us to fight at your side against that Opaline we have no knowledge about beyond your words?!"

"...That's a creepy way of putting it, but I guess?" Sonic replied with an awkward smile, before getting serious again. "Keep in mind that you can choose not to be a part of this, but Opaline will come after your universe if we loose."

"And considering that we just got our home back, loosing it cannot be good..." Shadow pointed out. "I'm down to help take this "Opaline" gal down... She's a "she", right?"

"Yup." Sunset deadpanned.

"Well, welcome aboard!" Tails said with a smile and a little salute. "The more we get to take her down, the better!"

Sonic, Sunny, Tails and returned to the Multiversal Wasteland.

After they talked with Prime Sonic's friends for a bit (Prime Tails had lots of questions for Tails, and Prime Amy fainted after seeing two Sonic's on the same place), they decided to leave and go back to Universe 220822 so they can tell FS that they have no info yet, but they did got new allies on Universe 151222's inhabitants.

Yet, as they moved towards that universe with Sonic running over the invisible path created by his shoes, he couldn't help but feel that something was wrong in this place, since he looked around suspiciously.

Tails seemed to notice this, and he raised an eyebrow confused. "What't the matter Sonic?"

Sonic stopped moving and landed over one of the floating crystals from the Wasteland, still frowning as he looked around. He could tell that something was off, and it was definitely beyond the fact that Opaline was destroying several universes right now as he speaks with his friends.

"...I don't know why... But I feel like something's not right." Sonic replied. "I know Opaline's destroying universes as we talk, but... That's not what seems off."

"Off?" Sunny asked confused, then she began to look around as well... And even if this was her second time seeing this realm without being rushed at all, she could tell that Sonic was right. "Yeah... Something's definitely not right."

"You might as well want to explain yourselves, guys, because everything seems fine to me." Tails pointed out confused.

"Yeah, I'm with Tails. I don't see anything wrong around here." Sunset agreed with the young fox.

"I know that nothing seems wrong... But that doesn't mean it isn't." Sonic pointed out with a frown, as he kept looking around in search for something... Then he realized something strange. Someone was not waiting for them when they exited Universe 151222, and that same someone couldn't be seen around, either. "...Where's Chip?"

"Chip?" Sunset asked confused, then her eyes widened when she realized who Sonic was talking about. "Oh! You mean that creature that looks like Twilight to me, but actually has no specific physical form?"

"The guy that said he guards the multiverse?" Sunny added with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah. Where is he? He usually waits for me whenever I exit a universe the way we just did." Sonic pointed out concerned. "He has never disappeared just like that. Something's definitely off..."

"Well, maybe he's just supervising the thing with Opaline?" Tails suggested. "She is a treat to his home, you know?"

"To all of our homes." Sunset pointed out, then she looked at Sonic. "If you say that him not welcoming us is bad, then maybe we should look after him before telling FS our report."

The other three nodded in agreement, but just as they were about to start and look around for Chip, Sonic was suddenly sent backwards by a strange object, something the others noticed immediately.

"SONIC!" The three of them shouted in panic, then they flew towards him.

The had to dodge a few rocks, and then they all gasped when Sonic ended up entering another universe around, so they didn't wasted a second on following them towards that universe, crossing the white line to catch Sonic, not noticing a figure behind them watching everything, then letting out a maniac laugh.

Universe 100711

In this universe, Rainbow Dash learned to cook... Shocking, right?

Jokes aside, she turned and stuck the candle into the center of the cake, striking a match that she had found alongside the candle on her hoof she lit the candle. Letting out a relieved sigh as she dropped the match into the sink, watching it fizzle before sinking to the ground in exhaustion.

"Rainbow Dash, I'm home!!"

Dash's throat seized up in surprise as she flailed for a bit, getting herself back to her feet as she grabbed the plate and ran out to the foyer. Just barely able to see over the top of the cake she saw Scootaloo dropping her saddlebags in the corner by the door, and smiled as she saw Scootaloo turn around and gasp.

"Happee Birfday Squerrt!"

Rainbow Dash grunted as the smaller filly tackled her. Gasping as she saw the cake land on the floor, somehow landing with the plate down, surviving.

"OhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygosh!!!" Scootaloo cried as she nuzzled Dash.

Rainbow Dash chuckled and nuzzled Scootaloo in return, turning to look at the cake. "Well how about it kiddo? Blow out the candle and make a wish."

Scootaloo nodded and stepped over to the cake, leaning down to blow the candle out before taking a bite of it. Dash looked on expectantly and cringed when she saw a look of disgust play across Scootaloo's face.

"Blargh!" Scootaloo shouted before spitting out a half chewed piece of cake. "There's eggshells in there!" Dash looked closely and indeed saw that there were the telltale white fragments of eggshell.

Falling over Dash broke into laughter, her hooves holding her stomach as she laughed louder and louder.

"Well of course there are eggshells! Who do you think I am? Pinkie Pie!?"

Scootaloo joined in the laughter, jumping back onto Dash as she started to tell her about her day.

But as this very wholesome moment happened, the sky of this universe suddenly opened as the shape of an X, while a figure fell towards the ground at top speed after crossing the portal. Meanwhile, it stayed open for a while, and when three figures more came out, the sky closed and went back to normal.

Sonic was about to crash in the ground, but he seemed to be waking up before getting that sudden impact. He looked around confused, then looked "up" and panicked when he saw himself near the ground.

However, that wasn't the only thing that worried him: On his chest, he had Chip, laying over it unconscious, and that made him panic even more, so he hugged him to protect him and then curled into a ball, rolling over the ground once he finally hit it with his body.

Sunny, Tails and Sunset all noticed this and worried, so they rushed down to help Sonic in case he got hurt.

Tails was the first one to approach him, but before asking anything, he noticed that Sonic was kneeling, meaning that he was fine... But he also noticed that he was hugging something in a protective way.

Sonic looked at his friends concerned, so he decided to show them what was he protecting, and Tails gasped when he saw Chip unconscious on his arms. Sunset and Sunny had it worse, because they were staring at Twilight and Argyle respectively, and they definitely didn't liked to see them unconscious.

To Sunny it was probably even worse, because it was the figure of the pony she had to see dying, and now someone that looked like him was laying on Sonic's arms, unconscious.

"Chip!" Sonic said, as he started to move the critter on his arms. "Chip, buddy, come one, wake up!"

It was a bit difficult, but after shaking him for a while, Chip actually woke up and opened his eyes, stretching and looking around confused, since he had no clue on where he was or how he got there. Yet, once he noticed that Sonic, Tails, Sunny and Sunset were surrounding him, the memories hit him like a train, and he panicked.

"Ugh... Sonic!" Chip said, but then he coughed in pain.

"Whoa, easy, dude!" Sonic told him with concern. "Something happened to you, and whatever it was, it affected you big time! Take a rest for now and let's––"

"No!" Chip suddenly snapped, and then he started to float again in pain. "We have no time to rest! The time of doing literally anything is up! We have to act now!"

"Whoa, hold on, Twilight, or whatever you are!" Sunset called out with a frown. "What do you mean that "time's up"? Start explaining yourself, because we get nothing with you acting so mysterious!"

"Sunset's right. Just tell us what's going on da–– Er, Argyle, or whoever you're supposed to be!" Sunny agreed, also frowning.

"I mean that the time to plan anything to defeat Opaline is up!" Chip said, as he coughed in pain again and started to descend, so Tails placed his hands in front and let Chip land on them. "She's coming... Opaline is coming..."

That phrase alone was very worrying for the group, but when the sky suddenly opened with the shape of an X, they all panicked and gulped, because they knew that she was coming, just like Chip said.

They looked upwards and stared at Opaline, slowly descending until she landed in the ground and looked over at the group with a sinister grin, spreading her multicolor fire wings and showing off her glowing horn, as well as making sure that the 20 shards of Universe 220822's Paradox Prism could be seen by her enemies.

"S-She's here..." Chip said with wide and panicked eyes. "S-She's gonna kill us all..." He muttered in fear, then he looked over at Sonic. "Y-You guys have a plan... R-Right?"

"Oh, I have one alright: Attack." Sonic said in anger, also glaring daggers at the Fire Alicorn, then he created an electrical sword with his watch, and thanks to the Prismatic Energy on his arm, it transformed the electricity into an actual sword, one that looked very similar to Caliburn.

"Seriously?! That's your plan?!" Sunset asked with wide eyes and anger.

"If you wanna stay here and be a coward, be my guest." Sonic said with anger, then he walked towards Opaline.

Sunny at first was willing to stop him, but she had to recognize that even if he was doing something stupid, standing there and do nothing wasn't going to help, so she activated her Alicorn form and joined him.

This surprised Sunset even more. "Oh, now you too, Sunny?!" She asked with disbelief.

"Make that three." Tails stated, handing Chip to Sunset and then walking over to Sonic and Sunny with a determinate look.

"You three are equally crazy and are gonna get yourselves killed!" Sunset yelled desperate in rage, but since none of the other three flinched, she groaned and facehoofed, then looked at the weakened Chip/Twilight laying over her. "...But I guess if it's to help a friend, then I should be as crazy as you three."

With that being said, Sunset joined the other three, as they all stood together and glared daggers at Opaline. For the siblings, this was nothing new: They have faced Opaline before, so this should be easy. For Sunset, it was like replaying a memory she'd rather forget, but now it was time to be serious and kick some flank.

"You've got the nerve to show yourself after almost killing my friend, Opaline." Sonic said with anger, sticking his sword on the ground and placing his hands over it, still glaring at the Fire Alicorn. "What do you want?!"

Opaline, however, let out a sinister laugh that sent chills to the heroes' spines, but they didn't let her know the effect her laugh had in them, although Opaline probably noticed anyways.

"Well, well, well... But if isn't Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles Prower, and Sunny Starscout." Opaline began to speak with glee in her voice. "It's been quite a while since the last time we saw each other..." She pointed out, then she looked over at Sunset and raised an eyebrow. "Oh? And who do we have here? A Bacon head?"

"Is Sunset Shimmer to you, Opaline." Sunset said with anger. "I never thought I'll ever have to face you ever again, and I wish I didn't had to."

"Again?" Opaline questioned slightly confused, but then she quickly realized what Sunset meant, so she grinned. "Oh! So you have defeated me. Or rather, you have defeated my variant. A weaker one, I must add."

"Weaker or not, we're still going to take you down like she did with hers!" Sunny stated with anger, also standing her ground by spreading her wings. "We are not afraid of someone like you, Arcana."

"And it wouldn't be the first time we kick your flank, anyways." Tails pointed out, as he made an arm-gun similar Mega Man's on his right hand. "What makes you think you'll defeat us this time around? More power? Like if that's gonna change the outcome."

"Big talk for a small group." Opaline said, but not grinning anymore, and rather showing a very serious expression. "I've been waiting far too long to get my revenge on you three. As for you, Sunset: I'm gonna make sure you wished you never got dragged into all of this."

"We'll see about that!" Sunset greeted her teeth, and meanwhile, Sonic spin his sword, Tails cracked his neck, and Sunny huffed with anger.

Opaline stared at each one of them with a frown and anger: At Sonic, the one that launched her against her own throne; at Sunny, the one that's been a pain in the flank ever since she brought magic back; at Tails, the one that stopped her from using the Metal Virus to rule over Equestria; and at Sunset, the Alicorn she'll defeat.

She expected any of them to regret the idea of facing her, but they all seemed to be prepared into taking her down, or try so if anything, something she knows is foolish.

Still, she grinned and let out a chuckle. "Well. If this is how you want to die. I'll have the pleasure to kill you all."

This made Sonic feel rage, and he charged his electrical powers, before launching himself against Opaline with a warrior cry, while the Fire Alicorn herself didn't even flinch. But Sonic didn't cared, because he only wanted to finish her off and prevent the war before it can even start.

But Opaline has reached levels of power that Sonic could only dream of, because just as he swing the sword into her, the moment it touched her skin the sword broke in thousands of pieces with one hit.

This also sent Sonic backwards and rolling in the ground, as he grunted painfully at that move from Opaline.

Of course, this also shocked the other three, as they stared at Sonic with concern, and Tails even did it with an anxious look, but he still looked back at Opaline with anger, then boosted towards her without thinking, ignoring both Sunny and Sunset's screams of concern.

However, this was a terrible and bold move from Tails, because Opaline grinned even more sinisterly as Tails approached, so she didn't doubted on launching her weakest fire blast against him.

Just so you know: Her current weakest blast used to be her most powerful one before the Paradox Prism.

Tails noticed this and created a metallic shield of 5 levels around him. Four of those levels melted because of the fire, but thanks to the fact that his last shield remained, he managed to reach Opaline, and then shoot a blast of his own against her face once they were facing each other.

That... Did absolutely nothing. In fact, it only made Opaline feel ticklish, because she just grinned sideways and blasted Tails backwards, hitting a very horrible burn on his chest as she did so.

This was her payback for the Metal Virus, and she was so glad to finally have done that.

Sunny, on the other hand, was beyond terrified when Tails lay on his right shoulder in the ground and grabbed his chest painfully. He wasn't bleeding, but he was definitely going to get a scar in there because of the attack, which angered Sunny like never before, so she launched herself against Opaline.

Sunset noticed this, and decided to join her. After all, two Alicorns are best against one, and besides, it wouldn't be the first time Sunset fights along Sunny against Opaline, anyways.

But this didn't make Opaline flinch, because she simply patiently waited for them both to be close, and just when they seemed to be charging their horns for a combined blast, Opaline lightened her horn and made her eyes burn in red fire, which for some reason not only stunned Sunny and Sunset, but it also freeze'd them.

The Fire Alicorn freeze'd them in time, and then she sent them backwards by kicking them both on their faces, as the two Alicorns rolled backwards and painfully in the ground.

With them out of the way, Opaline looked at Sonic, who was recently getting up, then levitated him towards her and stared down at him with a grin. "Well... That was pitiful. How do you expect to defeat me when no one on your short and pathetic little team could even touch me?"

"Does it matter?" Sonic asked in anger. "I am damn lucky sometimes. We'll come up with something, even if takes us eons to take you down!"

"You try so hard to be brave... But I know that you're just a little critter in danger of extinction that's terrified, yet needs to play the fearless hero to give his friends useless hope..." Opaline said with a frown. "When are you gonna wake up, Sonic, and realize that you have lost?"

"Over my corpse!" Sonic said with a growl.

"Then over your corpse it'll be." Opaline grinned. "You still have something that's mine, remember? That Prismatic Energy in your body belongs to me. Let me take it off your body!"

With that being said, Opaline lightened her horn and started to drag Sonic's Prismatic Energy off his body, which wasn't essentially a bad thing since he'll still live, but part of his energy and magic was getting swallowed as well, and he'll probably be weaker once Opaline is done with him.

When there was no Prismatic Energy left to remove from Sonic's body, Opaline, blasted him towards his friends, making him roll painfully in the ground, then she head towards the sky and disappeared through a blue portal.

Of course, Sonic groaned in pain because of the blast, and growled in anger after Opaline left. Then, he looked over at Tails and noticed his big burn on his chest, so he panicked and quickly rushed towards him, carrying him on his arms, while Chip weakly flew by and landed on Sonic's shoulder.

"I told you... She was coming..." Chip said weakly.

"I know..." Sonic said with concern, then he looked at Sunny and Sunset, who painfully approached them with concern and fear for what Opaline just did. "Let's go back to Eggman's place. We'll tell FS everything, we'll cure Tails, and Chip will explain us what the hell happened..."

Author's Note

Well, Opaline is getting beyond crazy now, don't you guys think?

Now she has all the Prismatic Energy from her Universe's Prism, and now she can literally absorb magic from any reality without even accessing it. Dragonfire, who knows you? This is getting serious.

Hopefully our heroes might defeat her, but can they? There doesn't seems to be hope... Unless...

Today's chapter only featured this one-shot made by ZAquanimus. This story is one of the earliest ones from FIMFiction, which is precisely the reason why I wanted to put it in my story. Is also a very wholesome story, but considering what Opaline is doing so far, I really doubt that it matters.

Next episode: Who's up for a trip with Eggman, huh? See ya!