New world, same hero.

Moments After Sonic Ended Up in Equestria

As both headed toward Angel Island, a bright flash illuminated the sky. The Death Egg shone like a sun, radiating energy until it blinded Tails while piloting the plane. The enemy fortress had disappeared into space, and they couldn’t see any signs of their friend. What they saw left them with many questions as they landed on Angel Island, which rested in the calm Pacific sea.

"That was the Chaos Control, wasn’t it?" Tails looked at Knuckles as they disembarked from the plane on the island, analyzing the situation.

Tails stared at the sky, seeing no trace of their friend or the Death Egg, only the blue sky and clouds. "Knuckles... do you think Sonic will be alright?"

"Knowing him, if he used Chaos Control, it could have taken him to some unimaginable place, but he always finds a way to return from whatever trouble he's in."

"I hope everything turns out fine. I have a bad feeling about this."

Both looked to the sky as the wind and the sun provided the peaceful atmosphere of the island, waiting for some sign, but all they found was emptiness and mystery. Where could they have gone?

This takes place after his disappearance in the first chapter, just a heads-up to avoid confusion.

A few minutes had passed since Sonic disappeared after forcefully entering Dr. Eggman's fortress. Tails and Knuckles looked at the sky, waiting for him to reappear, but suddenly the entire island they had landed on began to tremble, catching them by surprise.

"W-What’s happening, Knuckles!?"

"I don’t know! The island only acts like this when the Master Emerald is removed and returned to its altar, but that shouldn’t be possible! Eggman took it!"

The island began to float above the surface of the sea, separating from the water and rising high into the sky.

"We’re... in the sky. Angel Island is floating again! But how!?" Knuckles turned to look at his friend, but he began running into the jungle. "Hey, wait for me, Knuckles!" Tails followed him all the way, and after an intense run, they arrived at an altar where a dazzling green glow was visible at its peak. The Master Emerald was the source of the glow and the reason the island had floated again.

"The Master Emerald is here... that fool actually succeeded." Knuckles said as he touched the large gem, making sure he wasn’t hallucinating. Once he confirmed it was real, he smiled and lay down on the ground, gazing at the sky.

Tails arrived, seeing the large emerald at the center of the altar. "So, he did it! HA HA! I knew he could, we were just worried for nothing." He said proudly, but Knuckles wasn’t as relieved.

The young fox reached into the fur of one of his tails to pull out his cellphone and opened a tracking app to find his blue friend’s location. "Hmm... that's strange, I can’t find Sonic’s cellphone signal, and even less the Chaos Emeralds."

"In this area? Or the whole world?" Knuckles asked while enjoying the sunlight.

"Hmm... worldwide for the Chaos Emeralds, but also for Sonic’s cellphone, and neither of them appear." He approached his friend to show him the screen, which displayed a globe and an alert: "Chaos Emeralds lost - Sonic's location lost."

"Are you sure you checked it properly?"

"Do you want to do it?" Tails asked with a frown, knowing Knuckles didn’t understand much about programming.

"Let’s just call it lost in action."

Tails sighed and extended the range, going beyond the planet, covering the entire solar system. "Not even within the solar system! And I have satellites in every sector of our solar system! He doesn’t show up."

"Why did you think he’d be off-planet?"

"Well, since he hasn’t returned, I theorized that maybe the Death Egg ended up on another planet when it disappeared with the Chaos Control, so maybe Sonic is also with Eggman, stranded on another planet. Like it’s happened before."

Knuckles stood up and walked toward the Master Emerald, placing his hands on it and closing his eyes, concentrating.

"Hmmm... I really can’t feel them. I don’t sense the Chaos Emeralds through the Master Emerald." He looked at Tails, confused; the emeralds and his friend had really disappeared.

He looked at Tails, who seemed frustrated while touching his cellphone screen intently. "Hey, Tails... calm down, we're talking about Sonic, he didn’t die." At hearing this, Tails turned his head to look at him.

"Oh, uh, I wasn’t thinking about that, Knuckles." Those words took him by surprise. He really thought Tails was trying to be strong and hold back his tears over the loss of his friend and brother.

"Really? Then, what were you thinking?"

"Well... I have a theory. It turns out that when Chaos Control is used with the emeralds, they split after usage, right?"

"That’s true, they always do, and they won’t stop doing that. If Chaos Control isn’t used, then only Sonic is activating and deactivating his super form without needing to reach the power limit that forces the emeralds to scatter all over the world."

"Well, if that’s what happens, then a secondary Chaos Control must’ve occurred at the same time as the first one." The young fox explained while finishing using his cellphone and putting it back in the fur of his tails.

"A second Chaos Control? You mean there were two happening simultaneously! But for that..." While he rubbed his chin to think, he quickly turned to look at the Master Emerald.

"Exactly! Eggman used Chaos Control with the Master Emerald! That’s when his fortress disappeared! And I’d bet my plane that Sonic used his own Chaos Control with the seven emeralds to send it back to Angel Island."

His echidna friend nodded while crossing his arms, but before saying anything, Tails quickly presented his theory again.

"But! By doing that, Sonic lost the Chaos Emeralds in a different plane of our universe! Maybe when the Death Egg disappeared, it traveled to another part of the universe or perhaps another dimension at a speed that only the Master Emerald could achieve if its energy was used."

"So, to summarize, Eggman, his fortress, and Sonic along with the Chaos Emeralds are somewhere beyond Mobius or perhaps among the stars we know?" Knuckles said.

"Exactly!" Tails smiled as he saw how well his theory was being accepted by his friend.

"Now that everything’s clear, how do we help Sonic?"

"Very easily! I have a plan, but it’ll take a few days, and it might not be to your liking..." He said nervously, playing with one of his tails as he considered his idea.

"And why wouldn’t I like it?" Knuckles said gruffly, as if a plan to rescue their friend might annoy him.

"Well... I need you to accept a few small parts of the plan for it to work."

"Which would be..." Knuckles raised an eyebrow, still with arms crossed.

"Uh... first, I need to set up my workshop and lab on your island until everything is over."

Knuckles looked up with his eyes closed, thinking about it. "With one condition! No damage or trouble with the trees and plants."

"Done! Now, secondly... I’d need the energy of the Master Emerald, which only you can release."

"Well... we’ve done that before, and it’s not for anything evil, so I can accept that."

"Perfect! And to finish, Shadow has to use Chaos Control with the Master Emerald to take us to Sonic."

"Grrrr... I won’t let anyone touch my emerald. I’ve had enough of Rouge trying to steal it during my breaks."

"But he’s the only one who can help us with that, just until we find Sonic and bring him back here."

"Well, the problem is convincing him to help Sonic. You know how those two get along."

Tails nodded, recalling how Sonic and Shadow’s encounters were all about fights, taunts, and insults. "I’m sure if I tell him Eggman is scheming something, he’ll cooperate."

"Well, what are you waiting for? Go get what you need, I’ll clear some rocks so you have a space to do your thing without affecting nature."

Tails smiled and spun his two tails like helicopter blades, then flew off toward his plane.

After several hours, night had fallen, and an area in an open rocky terrain had a sign that read "Reserved for Tails". There, a workshop with a landing strip was lit, with its owner working late into the night.

"How’s it going, Tails?" A sweet female voice asked, and a young rabbit spoke to the fox.

"Everything’s perfect, Cream! It might take some time, but I just need to run a few tests before connecting it."

"And what exactly is it?" She climbed up onto a chair to see a large technological device with all its components visible, like it was undergoing surgery.

"This will allow us to track the Chaos Emeralds beyond the possible limit! I just need to keep it close to the Master Emerald, and it will create a compass with its energy to tell us which direction they’re in! It will also guide us to Sonic, as long as he’s near any emerald."

"Ooooh, I guess Mr. Sonic is waiting to be rescued?"

"Well, knowing him, he knows I’ll come to help him sooner or later. But it’s better if it’s sooner, because he always jokes about why it takes so long with anyone."

The young rabbit let out a soft laugh that she covered with her hand, and Tails couldn’t help but smile in return.

"Still awake?" A serious, cold voice came from behind them, and a black hedgehog with red lines on his quills, shoes that were more like skates, and golden rings on his gloves appeared.

"Oh! Mr. Shadow, did we wake you?"

He shook his head without saying anything, just approaching to look at Tails' invention.

"Will this help us reach the Chaos Emeralds and Eggman too?"

"It will also help us find Mr. Sonic." Cream exclaimed, smiling as if correcting Shadow for forgetting to mention him.

"In theory, yes! But I need to run some tests, and I need Omega to connect this in different areas of the island." He handed him what looked like short metal sticks.

"What are these things?" Shadow said coldly while examining the device.

"They are containment masts. They’ll cover the entire island with an energy layer from the Master Emerald, so when everything is ready, no part of the island will separate during the trip, and it will also keep the oxygen inside."

"Hm! I’ll give them to you right away. As for you..." He looked at the young rabbit who was smiling at him.

"It’s better if you go to sleep. Amy must be looking for you by now."

"Oh, right! I’m going! Good night, Mr. Shadow, good night, Tails, and thanks for letting us stay in your portable homes."

She quickly left the workshop, heading toward a small house created by Tails' technology.

"I’ll let you work. Don’t forget to sleep too, if you want to save him and stay awake." He said before disappearing into the darkness, leaving the fox to continue his work.

"Don’t worry, Sonic! We’re on our way. No matter what you’re going through, just keep being yourself."

On the other side, at that very moment, Sonic found himself in what seemed like an escape from a very formal event in a castle on the side of a mountain. It seemed that his first impression of wherever he had landed that night hadn’t been the best, as he had ended up facing armed pony guards.