Chapter 2: Zacora

I woke up feeling sore. It was a little past dawn. I found myself in the middle of a forest where it doesn't seem like anyone was been here in a while. Then I remembered the light that a saw. I got up to find some civilization and found a large hill. I ran to the top in less than a second, but all I could see was forest everywhere.

"Where am I, and just what was that light all about?" I questioned myself. I tried my watch to see if I could get any of the GUN to answer some of my questions about this place.

"This is Shadow, come in GUN." I said. No answer. I tried once more. No answer.

"Must have been sent someplace other than Mobius. Maybe Sonic and the others know...Sonic,...that fool, he's got to expect what will happen next. He's got to slow down and think. It's his fault that I'm here, and it's his fault he and the others are here too. I've seen this happen before. I've got to know what world we've just been sent to. I need answers. But, where to find them?" Just then I heard a faint roar in the distance and I smelt something diabolical. Then I saw three...wolves made out of trees? They looked dangerous and they were heading toward me. Luckily I had a chaos emerald with me.

"CHAOS SPEAR!" I shouted and they were all destroyed. Too easy. But then what I saw next was unthinkable. The branches leftover started to form a larger wolf. /SLASH/ The wolf scratched me in the arm while I was in shock. How foolish of me. When things couldn't get worse, I dropped my chaos emerald. I started to fight it with homing attacks, but the scratch took even more effect on me. It must've been a poisonous scratch because I could feel it in my entire arm. I tried to forget the pain and fought back with all my strength. A few kicks, pain went to the chest. Some punches, pain went to my leg. /SLASH/ One more to the other arm. I was starting to feel like I was going to faint. /ROAR/ I panted deeply. Then I heard a faint howl, the pain went to my head. The wolf ran off toward the sound, I knelt from the pain. The last thing I saw was what looked like a young zebra with rings. I faint from the pain.

I woke up to find myself in a room. It was decorated with what looked like Mayan artifacts. I found myself laying on a bed with bandages on both my arms. I looked over too where I saw the same young zebra that I saw earlier and she was chanting something into the cauldron in front of her. I sat up an I felt a rush of pain threw my arms and my head. The zebra looked at me and said "Ah, you finally wake, from your break." I laid back down because of the pain.

"Take this drink and you'll heal in a wink." She said and she handed me a cup full of what looked like green soup. I drank it and I felt a lot better.

"Um...Thanks...for everything." I said assuming that she saved me from that wolf. She just smiled and walked back to her cauldron. I got up from the bed, took the bandages off, and said

"Excuse me, but who are you and where am I? What was that thing that attacked me? Is there a town near by? Is there-" She cut me off

"I must ask you the same. What is your name? You don't look like anypony I know, in fact you don't look like anything I've seen before." she said. I thought for a minute.

"Let's take turns answering each other's questions. I'll start. Who are you and where am I?" I asked.

"If you must know. I'm Zacora, and you are in Equestria, where ponies like me roam free. There are different kinds of ponies you see. Pegasi fly high in the sky, Unicorns use magic with their horns, and Earth ponies are normal like me. In the land of Equestria two princesses lead us right. One to rule the day and the other to rule the night. Whenever danger comes, the sisters will be, there to defend us with the elements of harmony. They are Magic, Laughter, Honesty, Generosity, Kindness, and Loyalty. These six elements, when they unite, put a stop to any grave fight. Now you know, my story is done. Now I ask you, who are you and where are you from?" I let it all sink in for a minute and I wondered how the others are handling this sudden change. Then I answered her question.

"I'm Shadow the Hedgehog and no, I'm not a pony. Actually I'm not from here at all. I come from a place called Mobius which is like your world except everyone is a person and not a pony, and we say everybody instead of everypony. In my world we have mystical gems called chaos emeralds which are like the elements of harmony in your world. Sonic and I use these emeralds to defeat our archenemy named Dr. Robotnick, Sonic calls him Eggman to tease him. Sonic is my...friendly rival. Anyway we were blasted with chaotic energy which is where the emeralds combine to create an awesome power that can only be controlled by most of the hedgehogs in my world. That's the kind of world I'm from. Now what was that thing that attacked me and where can I find the nearest town." I gave her a minute to give her a chance to let it all sink in.

Then she replied, "In a forest like this that is everfree, there are dangerous creatures you see. A timberwolf was the creature that attacked you, now I'll tell you what to do. Travel north out of the forest if you will, and you'll find a place called Ponyville. But before you leave I must ask you one more, I there anything I need to prepare for?" That was a good question.

"If you can live in a dangerous forest on your own, then you don't need to worry. Just be aware that our worlds will be combining so that means you'll see some changes in Equestria." And with that said I was on my way to Ponyville.