Chapter 8: Element of Faith

"JUST THE EMERALDS!" I heard Sonic scream. That woke me from my nap.

"Fine, the elements are drained anyways. Just put the emeralds in the slots on Chrysalis's pod." the Dr. ordered. Now instead of four pods, there were five since the last time. I saw Sonic place the emeralds in each slot that was on Chrysalis's pod. More power surged into her as he put them in.

"Okay, I held my end of the bargain, now you do yours." Sonic said.

"Yeah, not going to happen." the Dr. replied. I sort of knew that was coming.

"WHAT?" the others said. There were six other ponies with Sonic and they were the same ones I saw when I went back in time.

"Oh, come now. Did you really expect me to keep my word? Now, watch as Chrysalis gets enough power to help Eggman Land become a reality!" He laughed. I can't believe he is still trying to accomplish that task. Then again, what are we here for? "I HAD IT WITH YOU MISTER!" Screamed the yellow pegasus. She looked like how I was when I got mad at the GUN...good times. She flew up to the Dr.

"You should be ashamed of yourself!" She gave him a stare that paralyzed him. "First you hurt Sonic and his friends, and then you make us go find the emeralds for you, and now this!" she went on.

I saw Sonic and Rainbow Dash whisper something to each other but I couldn't make it out. Then he took back the emeralds from Chrysalis's pod.

"I-it's n-no use. The pod a-already has all the power it n-needs." the Dr. stuttered.

"Listen when I'm talking to you!" The pegasus scolded. Then Rainbow Dash flew up to my pod and we used all our might to break the glass. Everyone else and I jumped out of the pod and we all stood together against the two enemies.

"Well, looks like you saved your precious friends, but now that I've absorbed all that power, nothing can stop me!" Chrysalis's voice rang out. The yellow pegasus blushed and flew back to join us. "As for our partnership, Doctor." Chrysalis walked towards the Dr. "Consider it void." and she sent him flying into the sky.

"Why does this always happen?!" He yelled as he rocketed away.

"Now, witness the true ruler of the world!" Chrysalis laughed.

"It can't end like this!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"It won't! We have the emeralds, we can still win! Let's first find a safe place for the others first though." Sonic said. At least Tails, Knuckles, and Amy needed to get to safety. We went to an ally far from Chrysalis.

"Sonic, you fool. Your actions have damned us all." I said. I was frustrated by the way it was his fault we were here.

"I'm going to fix this." He answered back.

"And I'm helping!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"The rest of us will look after your friends." Twilight offered.

"Thanks" Sonic said, then he and Rainbow Dash closed their eyes and the emeralds appeared around them. As they did this, the elements of harmony began to glow. They started to float off of the ponies and, wait, did Sonic have an element too? They went into the chaos emeralds. After a bright flash the elements were gone and the emeralds looked bigger.

"The super emeralds!" Sonic was elated.

"What?" everyone else questioned, it wasn't a surprise to me that the super emeralds were here.

"They're like the chaos emeralds but even more powerful! Sonic explained. "So if you thought super forms were powerful, get ready for..." More power surged into both Sonic and Rainbow Dash. Once they sprang up they shouted simultaneously

"HYPER SONIC/RAINBOW!" In front of us floated two figures. Sonic looked like he was in super form only he was glowing with rainbow colors. Rainbow Dash was the same, but with a flowing mane and tail. They took off to fight Chrysalis.

"Come on, we've got to help them!" Tails exclaimed. When it seemed that everyone agreed, especially Amy, I stopped them. "No, this is Sonic and Rainbow Dash's battle. All we can do is believe that they will win in the end." Suddenly something appeared on my wrist. It was a golden bracelet with a black gem in the shape of an open claw.

"That must be the eighth element of harmony, Faith." Twilight explained. "One of the lost elements of harmony. There's just one more element, Perseverance. Sonic has the first element, which is Tenacity. I've read somewhere that these elements only appear when another world collides with ours." That explains another reason why Luna wanted me to believe.

"Who's Perseverance?" I asked.

"I don't know." She said doubtfully. I think I might know, three elements, three hedgehogs, Silver must be the last one. He never gives up even when he's failed. We saw Rainbow Dash come back with Sonic on her back.

"Oh my gosh!" Tails cried as she put the limp hedgehog down. Everyone, even me, got a grim feeling. Tails went to Sonic's side and grabbed his arm. Putting two fingers to the base of his hand, he sat there shocked. A moment passed and he sighed in relief. "I got a pulse! He's alive! Barely, but alive!" he announced.

"What 'appened to 'im?" the orange pony asked.

"Chrysalis, that's what happened!" Rainbow was full of rage.

"What do we do?" whispered the yellow pegasus.

"I'm going to teach her a lesson." Rainbow blasted off. After that, I heard Sonic say something.

"Sh-Shadow." I knelt down next to him. "Help me get to Rainbow Dash, she needs me." He managed.

"No, your too beaten to help her." I said. Then he said something I'll never forget.

"What would Rainbow Dash do if she was in my place...what would you do?" I looked away. "What would Maria do?" That got me convinced. I picked him up, took him back to Canterlot, and let him do what he did. "You can do it Dash! CHAOS SPEAR! Sonic shot at the Queen and fainted. Impressive, he can do chaos spear and he's able to help others even when he's too weak. He truly does represent the element of Tenacity. Next, I saw Rainbow Dash face against Chrysalis but with something I've never seen before.

"CHAOS RAIN-BOOM!" she shouted, and everywhere she flew stood a destructive rainbow ribbon. I couldn't see what happened next but I knew Chrysalis was defeated. Then Rainbow lost all her energy and she started to fall. A lavender glow caught her from falling. She was laid next to Sonic who was also passed out on the floor. I put Rainbow Dash on my back and I carried Sonic back to where the others were.