Psychopathic protector

Deep within the Everfree forest, just passed the bridge to a ruined castle, with the sound of a snap, a figure appears in a flash of blue light, this figure, is Justin. Who walks towards the ruined castle and with but a thought, floats to the highest peak of the ruins.

“Hm, yeah, this'll do, see you soon, Sonic the hedgehog.” Justin murmurs as he lays down atop the flat pillar and falls asleep with a snap of his fingers.

Justin slowly opens his eyes as he sits up from the grassy surface he lay upon, the green checkered design of the ground surprising Justin for a moment.

“Huh? Why is- right. Dream.” Justin murmurs to himself as he looks around his environment. “Green Hills, eh? I can work with that.”

“What do you want?” A familiar voice said, as he turned to see Sonic.

“To explain a few things happening in the real world, Sonic.” Justin answered as he calmly turned to face Sonic.

“And what exactly would that be?” He asked, glaring at him.

“Well, first of all, we aren't on Mobius.” Justin states, getting a surprised glance from Sonic.

“Huh? How is that possible?” Sonic asked in shock.

“Well, I don't think we are the original Sonic and Fleetway, considering the name I feel most associated with is Justin…surprise?” Justin mumbled with a nervous shrug.

Sonic stared at him in shock for a moment. “W-what?!”

“Yeah, shocking ain't it, I'm honestly surprised you believe me so much, I mean, logically speaking, you have no reason to trust me.” Justin shrugs as he leans back and begins to float mid air.

“Oh I don't believe you, I'm just shocked you came up with such a bold faced lie!” Sonic said glaring at him.

“Ok, yeah, now that's the response I was expecting.” Justin murmurs, lazily floating mid air. “Look sonic, be honest, do I SOUND like a deranged psychopathic beast hellbent on genocide?”

“I'm sorry, a WHAT?!” a third voice wrung out throughout the dream.

“WH- WHO'S THERE?! Fleetway if this is another trick of yours…” Sonic growled as he looked around cautiously.

“It is no trick.” The voice said, before in a bright flash of light princess Luna appeared before the two of them. “So thou art Sonic?”

“Oh! Luna…hold up. You can enter dreams?!” Justin exclaims in shock as he looks at the dark blue Alicorn.

“But of course, we are the princess of the night. It is our job to aid all under our night sky, even in Dreamland.” Luna said with a nod.

“Ah. I guess introductions are in order.” Justin mumbled as he floated besides Luna. “Sonic, this is Princess Luna, one of the two Princesses that govern the land of Equestria, which is found on Planet Maginus.”

“Princess… Luna? One of them?” Sonic asked, looking lost and confused.

“Yup, there's two, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, Princesses of the sun and moon respectively.” Justin nods his head before turning to Luna. “And Luna, this is Sonic, the fastest thing alive and the Hero of Mobius.”

“Greetings. Justin has told us a lot about you.” Luna said, bowing to Sonic.

“He has, has he? What did he say?” Sonic grumbles as he Glares at Justin.

Luna smiled a little before explaining what Justin told them.

“...that's it? Nothing about how he's ‘supposedly’ stronger than me? No boasting his power?” Sonic asked skeptically.

Luna shook her head. “No.”

“Told ya things are weird, Blue.” Justin shrugs, blinking at the weird looks both Sonic and Luna were giving him.

“Blue?” They both asked.

“Nickname. Helps me remember people, ADHD makes it hard to recognise people, ok?” Justin huffs as he crosses his arms and looks away, getting a facepalm from sonic and a confused eyebrow raise from Luna.

“What is ADHD?” Luna asked.

“Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.” Justin and Sonic speak in unicorn before Justin blinks at Sonic in surprise. “Wait… you have it too?”

He shrugged and nodded. “I mean yeah? Do you realize how much my attention is drawn away from what I'm doing?”

“....that… that explains so much…” Justin mumbled to himself.

Sonic smirked a little before chuckling. “You really aren't him are you?”

“Nope. And I do not ever want to be him…” Justin answered with a grin and a shrug.

“Who would?” Sonic asked with a chuckle.

“Oh, believe me, there are people who want to be him…” Justin shudders at the thought. “Oh right! I guess you want to know where we are in the real world, right?”

“Yeah, I can't see anything outside.” Sonic said with a nod.

“Well… as you can see from Luna here, we are currently in a land of technicolor pastel ponies, the land we are currently in is called Equestria, which is on the planet Equis.” Justin explains as he floats upside down.

Sonic hummed a little. “Not the weirdest world I've heard of.”

“The book worlds?” Justin asked with a smirk.

The book worlds.” Sonic returned with a grin of his own.

“What are the book worlds?” Luna asked raising an eyebrow. “They sound like something Twilight sparkle would enjoy.” ”

“The book worlds are entire worlds comprised of a collection of historical stories such as the tales of King Arthur and Aladdin.” Sonic explains with a nostalgic smile on his face.

“Interesting, Twilight sparkle would most definitely enjoy it.” Luna said with a small nod.

“Hm, is this Twilight capable of defending herself? I ask as the book worlds can get a bit dangerous when bad guys try to take over.” Sonic asks as he tilts his head at Luna.

“Twilight is one of if not the most skilled unicorns in our world.” Luna said with a giggle.

“A magic user eh? Neat, reminds me of a…. Friend of mine.” Sonic chuckles before looking off to the side with an awkward expression on his face.

“A friend?” Luna asked, looking confused now.

“Hm? Oh! Hehe, yeah, a friend who has a huge crush on the blue blur~” Justin chuckles to himself as he teases sonic.

Sonic blushed a little and looked away. “A crush? I am happy for you both.”

“Heh, about that, Sonic isn't the type for romance, and try as he might, nothing he tries to convince Amy that he isn't interested works.” Justin chuckles at the annoyed look Sonic is giving him.

“Oh, I am sorry to hear that.” Luna said with a frown. “My niece will be interested to meet you one day.”

“It's not entirely how you think Luna, Amy's crush is more of an idolisation, Sonic did save her life After All, besides, Amy genuinely believes she and sonic are destined to be lovers.” Justin explains with a shrug.

Luna frowned a little and hummed. “If this ‘Amy’ ever comes here as y'all have her speak with my niece to attempt to get over this idolization and obsession.”

“I don't think you need to worry about that, Amy's set her goals apart from her crush on Sonic since the Starfall isle's, right sonic?” Justin asks with a small smile.

“Yea- wait, how do you even know that?! Fleetway stopped existing Long before that!” Sonic asked in shock.

“He knew about a lot of your adventures as well.” Luna said with a small frown.

“That…has to do with the world I am originally from, here, let me show you.” Justin answered awkwardly as he turns around and holds out his hand as he begins to manipulate the dream realm, surprising Luna.

“You are a lucid dreamer?” She asked in surprise. “That is a very rare talent.”

“Hm? Oh, I've always been a lucid dreamer, I think it's because of my constant daydreaming, it's never been this easy though… Anyway, you see that boy there?” Justin asks as he points at a newly formed room with a short male with dark hair, a green hoodie and gray pants sitting on a couch playing some unseen video game.

“Yes?” Both Luna and Sonic said in confusion.

“That's me, back when I was still Human.” Justin spoke, not surprised by the shocked expressions on Sonic's and Luna's faces.

“Truly? You were adorable!” Luna said with a giggle after getting over her initial shock.

“I- you know what, fair. I thought the same thing when I saw the CMC for the first time.” Justin mumbled as Sonic let out a laugh.

“So that was you huh? I bet you're better off being a mobian.” He said with a smirk.

“...I mean, I became one by clicking on a sketchy website so…” Justin replied with an awkward chuckle as he looked off to the side and began to whistle.

“Dude… why?” Sonic asked.

“.....it was a writer's competition….I like to write stories ok?” Justin pouts and crosses his arms… which is unsettling for the body he now inhabits.

Sonic shook his head a little before smiling. “Alright dude. Don't get upset.”

“I'm not upset.” Justin mumbled, still pouting. “I just remembered all of my Ben 10 stuff is still in my room…”

“Ben what?” Luna asked.

“It's a show, basically, a 10 year old named Ben Tennyson gets a watch that lets him turn into aliens, he then uses the watch to basically be a hero.” Justin explains before blinking and lightly smacking his forehead. “Ugh. I was supposed to show why I know so much about Sonic's world.”

“Looks like you've gotten my attention span.” Sonic said with a smirk.

“Yeah….that's probably a good thing, I was way worse to be honest.” Justin chuckles before waving his hand to bring the room closer to the group. “Have a look at the game I'm playing.”

Sonic and Luna looked closer at it before their eyes widened in shock.

“Surprising, right? Sonic-06 my first Sonic game, one of the more glitchy games with a…. Frustrating storyline to say the least, but it's a goodie.” Justin chuckles at the shocked expressions on the two’s faces.

“I'm a video game in your world?!” Sonic asked, before grinning widely. “Awesome!”

“Oh, you're much more than that Sonic, you're the main character, the ‘face’ of your franchise.” Justin speaks seriously despite the clear grin on his face.

Sonic looked at him in surprise before grinning. “So I'm like super famous!? Even more than back home?!”

“Dude, you got movies, as in plural.” Justin nods his head, laughing at the literal sparkles in Sonic's eyes.

“Oh heck yeah!” Sonic said with a wide smile.

“Though…the original design of movie you was….just nightmare fuel.” Justin shudders at the mental image.

Sonic raised an eyebrow along with Luna and the image appeared nearby, making them both jump. “Oh my Faust that is ugly.”

“...y-you wanna know the public's first thought of that thing was?” Justin asks as he fights the urge to gag.

“What?” Sonic asked, looking worried.

““Burn it with fire”…like that was going to work, that thing needed a damn exorcist. Anyways, what were we talking about again?” Justin asks with a tilt of his head.

“About how I'm world famous in your world!” Sonic said with a grin.

“Actually, we were originally discussing how the two of you are not from this world, we believe before we got distracted thou hath mentioned how thee could not see the waking world sir Sonic.” Luna corrects, speaking in olden tongue.

“Oh… right.” Sonic said with a small frown.

“Right, we still need to figure out a plan…’sigh’ as much as I dislike it, your going to need to see the real world, and soon, so when we wake up, I'm going to relinquish the chaos emeralds, they won't go anywhere as they are still unstable, so I want you to get a bag and hide them, alright?” Justin explains as he looks at sonic with a serious frown.

Sonic nodded slowly. “Yeah I get it.”

“Good, and Luna? If anything goes wrong, neutralize the chaos emeralds.” Justin turns to Luna, his serious look never leaving his face.

“Neutralize them?” Luna asked raisyin an eyebrow.

“Shatter them, banish them to the sun, another dimension, I don't care, just don't let them harm anyone.” Justin states, causing Sonic's eyes to widen in shock.

“That would kill you!” Sonic yelled in shock.

“But it would keep others safe, besides, that's on the very low possibility that anything actually gets that bad.” Justin explains calmly.

Sonic and Luna stared at him in shock, before both nodded slowly. “We understand.”

“Good, because it seems the dream's collapsing.”

“Already? We just got here didn't we?” Sonic asked arching an eyebrow.

“Time dilation, it's been about four hours, but to us it feels like half an hour had passed.” Justin explains as the dream collapses around them.

“This sucks.” Sonic said with a frown as the dream ended.