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Welcome back. As we all know, Season 3 of MLP is drawing to a close; and it's sad thing to wait for almost a half a year for the next season to come around…The waiting period, it's the worst time to be a fan.

For everyone's information…The once dreaded rumor has become fact. Twilight will become an alicorn. Go to Equestia daily and see for yourself, they announced it just a week ago.

Brace yourselves for what's ahead, bronies and fans. It's going to be a bumpy ride.

And I would like to say something. Last chapter, I had Shining Armor cuss. Even though I censored it, my conscience got to the better of me. I updated the chapter to change it, and I hope no one will mind. I don't allow cussing in my writing…But the moment was so perfect.

Daily shout outs.

Again, thank you Maria for your feedback. If you got a fan fiction account, use it next time so I can contact you.

SniperRed: Good Lord! You serious!? What were the odds of that?

Now, I will kick things off where I left off. Hope you enjoy

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"Forgive me for making such a rude intrusion." He spoke, "But I simply must introduce myself."

Celestia and Luna took dead aim at the floating device; anything made out of metal meant nothing but trouble.

"Who are you?" The two princesses demanded.

The machine lowered itself to the ground until it landed. The creature hopped out of the machine and bowed itself with a sinister grin. He was standing on two legs, wearing some kind of red suit with a pair of reflecting glasses.

"Who am I?" He chuckled, "Dear princesses, it breaks my heart to realize that you haven't heard of little old me."

He took a couple of steps towards them, his hands collaborated together and his signature smile never wavering. The guards tensed their bodies, ready to decapitate him if he made any sudden moves. He now stood before the throne.

"I am Dr. Robotnik. The conqueror of planet Earth; the mind of a million. I stand before you to offer a truce."

He slowly reached into his pocket and pulled out a remote device. When he pushed a couple of buttons, the large container behind him suddenly popped, a large pin shooting out from the top. Light smoke covered the floor and the metal walls of the capsule slowly pushed outwards. The capsule suddenly froze; a handful of guards pointed their horns at the strange device, ready for any surprises.

"…What truce?" Celestia dead paned, "You attacked our kingdom and you expect us to simply shake hooves? We successfully defended ourselves against your threats, and not a single casualty was reported. You suspect us to be intimidated?"

"I suspect you and your dear sister to be considerate." He answered, "Would you at least hear my appeasement?"

Celestia and Luna remained on their seats, opened ears. Every guard in the room had their eyes set dead at him, just waiting for an excuse to tear him.

With one push of a button, a dozen mechanical droids jumped out of machine with guns pointing at them. An elite cast a shield on the ambush to contain their fire; and the shield itself began changing colors. The robots inside froze on their places, and slowly began to melt to the floor. The elite disperse his shield, and the robots inside became nothing more but liquid metal.

"Now here's my offer." Robotnik spoke, "There are several of these things scattered across the city. If I were to be hurt in any way or if I decided to push this very shiny red button," He turned the remote around to demonstrate, "All of these mechanical capsules will release at once, unleashing an armada of droids. These aren't just any junk you fought last time, oh no! These robots are armed with the latest equipment I manufactured on this planet. They are programed to demolish anything, and I mean anything they can find. That includes any horse or fowl that stumbles across their paths."

The Royal Guards stood their ground, taking dead aim at Robotnik and that metal capsule.

"We will never surrender!" Shining Amour shouted at him in anger, "My stallions will neutralize anything you can throw!"

"…Hm." Robotnik hummed playfully, casting him a quick glare, "Perhaps your right, but solders aren't the main target in a terrorist attack, now isn't it?"

Celestia stood from her throne, spreading out her wings while taking small steps towards him. Her teeth were clutched together; trying her best not to latch out at this threat. Robotnik applied a little pressure on the button, just daring her and any of her guards to make a move.

"Name your terms." She coldly demanded.

Robotnik quietly chuckled; he knew she will never put any of her subjects in danger, no matter what circumstances might be.

"Oh, I'm not asking for much…Just hand over half of your guards, that's all I'm asking for."

Shining Armor and every single guard in the court room was furious over his outrages proposal, but no amount of anger can compare to the tension between this creature and their beloved ruler of the day. There was no way she would ever surrender lives, her heart and soul have been poured into every subject in the kingdom. She will forever be haunted by the death of those guards if she declined his offer.

Yet again, maybe the citizens of Canterlot were smart enough to escape to the safety of the underground bunkers. She's not willing to take that chance, though. Every life was precious to her. She said nothing, no position to take. Suddenly, she heard a faint cough behind her. She quickly glanced back and saw something that shocked her.

Luna was grinning.

"Sister," The princess of the night calmly asked, "Can you stand down from this decision please. I wish to persuade his position."

Celestia gave her a long and dumfound glair. She didn't know what she's thinking, but whatever it is, it's better than having to make a choice between risking lives or surrendering her subjects to an overlord. With a long sigh, Celestia slowly backed up until she was inches from her throne. Luna casually trotted to the threatening creature, her smile suddenly vanishing when she stood before him.

"We hate to admit it," Luna sighed, bowing her head respectively, "You have us beat. Either decision would be devastating to our Kingdom; a choice whether to risk lives or giving them up all together to save them. You have played well, Dr. Robotnik."

A wide grin crest across the genius lips; he knew from the beginning this plan would work.

Luna slowly stood upright, revealing a small but malevolent smile, "But do you know the best part about this deal?"

He cocked an eye brow, then suddenly the remote disappeared, a dark blue aurora engulfing him.

"We don't have to choose."

Before Robotnik could speak, his body began floating off the ground. He flailed his arms helplessly as his round body began spinning in the air like a beach ball.

Celestia and every guard in the room facehooved.

"Put me down!" He screamed, "Put me down or suffer the consequences!"

"We don't treat war mongers kindly in this kingdom." Luna smirked, catching her sister in her peripheral vision to see her slowly grinning, "But since you've been such a kind creature, we're going to offer you a choice. Should our soldiers form a line and take turns bucking you until you pass you," Shining Amour casually trottled behind him turning around and ordered his men to form a line…It was going to be a good day after all, "Or should we take turns slamming you against the four corners of the walls with telekinesis?"

Luna charged a little more magic to her horn, increasing the speed of his revolutions. The inventor felt a little vomit sliding against his throat.

"You think this will stop-haug!" He clamped his mouth down.

"Does it take a genius to figure that out?" Shining Armor mocked.

"haug! Computer, emergency protoco- HMM!" He swallowed deeply, "EMERGENCY PROTOCOL!"

An antenna suddenly shot out of the floating device, shooting out a beam and engulfing the floating scientist in an aurora of light. It yank back as hard as it could, breaking Robotnik out of the magical grip and quickly floated him to his seat. Without blinking, he quickly pushed a button in front of him; the large metal capsule suddenly bursting its outer shell, an engine roaring from within. Dozens upon dozens of droids threw themselves out of the container, charging to the first target they see. Shining Armor shouted his stallions to go on the attack, spells and laser fire shooting across the room.

"Good thing I had that installed before I left." Robotnik grumbled to himself as his ride began rising to the ceiling.

*BOOM*

The machine jerked forward as something exploded behind it. Shining Armor fired another magical shot at the floating machine. Robotnik managed to put up a magnetic force field before it made contact.

"I'll have this kingdom yet!" Robotnik screamed below.

When he reached above the rooftop, he pushed a button underneath his chair. Celestia and Luna looked on as the machine emitted clear waves around its body, disappearing and teleporting back to base. They faced the battle ahead of them with glowing horn, Luna's eyes become ablaze as she readied to defend her kingdom once again.

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Sonic took in a deep yawn while trying to catch a nap on his favorite limb. It only took him five second and a half to run to his spot.

"Hm…" His mind began wondering a bit while staring at the clouds, "Should have told the others where I would be at…Oh well."

He stretched his arms and legs, popping a few joints before rolling over to his side. His eyes became heavy, a warm and peaceful sensation began covering him like a blanket…If only Rainbow-

No, he must not think about that! He's not for sure why this kind of feeling is beginning to surface on him, but he's not going to let it manifest itself.

Suddenly, he felt the limb beneath him beginning to vibrate. He quickly looked down and saw the six mares, his close friends, and a very agitated Knuckles below him.

"You could have said something!" Knuckles shouted below.

"…Meh."

Sonic turned his body and stared at the clouds.

"Dear Sonic, we spent a whole hour looking for you." Rarity polity informed him.

"We got the emerald," Sonic whined to them, "What do you want from me?"

"We're regrouping to plan our next scout." Tails answered him, "You're a part of the team; we need you."

"Can it wait?" Sonic moaned, "We just got out of a battle."

"We're planning on planning then planning on resting, silly!" Pinkie cheerfully informed him, which made him cringe, "Of course some of us were not planning on resting but planning on doing on other things while some of us are planning to be planning on planning to play while SOME of us are planning on planning to prepare a party planned tonight for everyone's un-planned arrival."

"Well I'm not planning on planning anything at this moment!" Sonic snorted with a grin, crossing his arms while resting his back against the tree.

"Yer better git down here yer little varmit!" Applejack shouted.

Sonic closed his eyes and ignored everyone's rant; eventually they gave up and began to part. Sonic took in a deep breath of sweet victory.

"Nap at last." He sweetly mumbled.

The group continued on their way until they smelt something burning. They cast their eyes towards the mountains and saw a black smoke rising from Canterlot.

"The city's coming under attack!" Twilight yelled.

"I bet Eggman made another move towards the princesses!" Amy shouted with a hint of anger, summoning her hammer, "Common, let's get over there while we still can!"

Sonic overheard their conversation and slowly opened his eyes to see the destruction for himself.

"…D'OOOOOOHHHHH!"

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Twilight and Rarity used their magic to Teleport the three creatures as well as the other mares to the entrance of Canterlot. Sonic decided to use his two emeralds to run to the city in distress, meeting the others in mere seconds after they teleported. As seen from afar, a thick black smoke was rising from the mist of the city. The horrific screams of mares and stallions echoed beyond the gates.

"Alright!" Sonic called out to them, "Twilight and Tails, I need you two to scout the city and locate the source of those robots. If he's going all out, he'll have capsules in there as well!"

Tails nodded while Twilight grinned, blushing deeply.

"Knuckles and Applejack; they'll need your ground support and extra muscle to disable any capsule they find. Follow them from the ground."

"Sure can do!" Applejack spoke tipping her hat.

"Amy. I need you to take Fluttershy and Rarity and protect as many citizens as you can! Fluttershy can treat the wounded."

"You got it!" Amy cheered, readying her hammer.

"Rainbow and I are going to rush in there and wipe out any of those robots we can find."

"That's what I'm talking about!" She flew over and slapped her blue friend in the back, making him slightly blush.

"Uh…A-any questions?"

With a stern shake of a head, they charged ahead into the city; ready to face whatever their arch nemesis has to throw at them.

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When Rainbow and Sonic rushed into the city, things were worse than they can imagine. Those robots weren't just trying to secure the area; they were destroying any building they can find. One fired a rocket shot into a nearby shop, exploding on impact and sent debris flying in every direction. When the smoke cleared, a little filly stood in the way of the menacing droid. It prepared its gun and was seconds away from firing until it was suddenly cut off by a white slash.

"No one is laying a hand on any pony as long as I'm around!" Dash screamed with her enchanted wing fully extended.

The droid charged, but was quickly chopped in half by the pegasus's wing. Sonic zipped ahead of her and found a whole group of droids marching along the main street, firing rockets at every building along the way. With his two emeralds shining, he boomed ahead and began running in circles around them. In almost a second a violent blue and white tornado formed, wind rushing around them as they were suddenly thrown high into the air.

"Rainbow!" Sonic shouted.

A colorful blur rushed above them to the air born droids. Suddenly darkness covered the sky, then without a time to blink; bright white slashes engulfed the helpless intruders. Rainbow stomped back down to the ground, metal chunks and sparks raining behind her.

"I wish I knew I had this baby years ago!" She said while gleaming over her white wing.

"Sure did a number on those robots." Sonic commented while scanning his environment.

Suddenly, a flash of bright blue light emitted behind them, followed by a violent tremble. The two spun around and saw a large metal capsule behind them, light blue sparks erupting from its core as it began to shift shape. An arm morphed and slammed into the ground as the rest of its body took shape. The capsule still retained its circular shape, but its blue core changed into a blinding red. The once droid manufacture transformed into a stationary machine, crashing into every building around it as it stumbled onto its two bulky legs. It reared up and posed itself to strike on the two creatures that stood in its path.

"Ready?" Sonic called Rainbow, staring at the robot with snickering eyes.

"Uh…Not really." She answered.

"Neither am I!"

They charged, running and flying at a lightning speed towards the machine. The morphed capsule swung its arms at them, but missed them by a mile and a half as they began circling it. It threw his arms wildly trying to strike its two targets; it became literary hopeless as the two became nothing but a blur. A mare and three fillies, who was taking cover by a nearby rubble, poke the heads out when they heard a sudden rush of wind. Their jaws dropped of what they saw. It was a twister roaring in the middle of the street, wild clashes of blue and black swirling together in a clash. Bright white slashes began clinging within the vortex. The tornado grew faster and faster by each second until it was engulfed by a white bright slash. A pegasus shot out as well as a hedgehog. The tornado died down; the capsule was complete pieces, not even its armored stomach was intact.

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Knuckles gave a sucker punch to a nearby droid as it attempted to shoot a stallion in the distance; Countless of laser shots echoed through the city as he and Applejack fend off against the robotic invaders.

"What's your count!?" Knuckles shouted.

"twenty-four!" Applejack answered while bucking a droid behind her.

"Thirty-six!" He shouted back, dodging a laser fire and retaliating with a powerful punch

The cowpony snored and drew out a rope, lassoing a nearby robot and slinging it into a crowd of droids. A large fiery explosion ruptured when it struck, shaking the ground with a powerful shockwave.

"Fifty-four!" She shouted with a hint of pride.

Knuckles threw himself in a crowd of droids, punching and kicking widely in the mist of them.

"Thirty-seven, thirty-eight," He gritted through his teeth as metal chunks flew around him, "thirty-nine, forty, forty-one, forty-two,"

*PEW!*

Knuckles shot his head up and saw another fiery explosion with Applejack standing before it. A droid was about to shoot her from behind until a rope gripped its belly. The mare flung it into another group of robots, exploding on impact and wiping them out clean.

"Eighty!" She shouted.

The Echidna growled and continued punching the attacking droids around him. He threw all of his strength into his punches, sending the intruders flying and some into each other.

"Forty-nine!" He shouted, "Fifty-five! Sixty-two! Seventy!"

*PEW! PEW! BOOM!*

Knuckles shot his head up again and saw Applejack lassoing any droid she could find and slingling them into nearby crowds, erupting explosion after explosion as she swung her body widely.

"One hundred and eighty-seven, sugar cube!"

"GRRRRAAAAUUUUUHHHH!"

He jumped several feet in the air and while falling down, swung his two fists forward and plummeted into the ground with a sickening boom. The ground shook violently on impact, every nearby robot was instantly destroyed. The concrete in front of him cracked, and continued cracking until it struck a nearby building. A loud crack echoed through the city, and the building began leaning to one side. There was a whole crowd of attacking robots huddled together underneath it, and before any of them had time to react, the cracked building suddenly crumbled on top of them. Knuckles chuckled softly when the dust cleared.

"Three hundred and seventy-nine."

Applejack snorted and was about to gallop to find another group of droids to punish until she heard loud clanking noises. A Capsule was morphing itself into its other form; and when its arms were developed, it swung them at the cowpony. She leapt wildly to the side to dodge the swing. She charged at the giant machinery, side stepping and jumping to avoid the robot's swinging arms. When she honed close enough, she readied her rope and lassoed one of its arms, tying the other end of the rope to a damaged building. The machine yanked its bounded arm, breaking the rope but sent the building crashing down on the machine. It toppled over and shook the ground when it hit the ground. Applejack was quick to act and tied its legs to another damaged building. When it struggled, the rope snapped and toppled another building on top of it, this time dislodged the machine's leg form its body. Now no longer able to stand, it thrashed and rolled around violently through the street, slamming against the base of a tall watch tower. Applejack quickly galloped to it and began picking up metal wires she stumbled across. With the machine still disoriented, she began throwing the wires over the machine while running on the other side, tying the wires to the tower as she ran underneath the machine. When it began to struggle, it found itself restricted by metal wires on top of it. When it yanked its body, a loud crack echoed from the tower as the wires detached themselves from the base. The tower slowly began leaning to one side, then with another loud crack, began topping over. The machine rolled and struggled in an attempt to get out of way, but all was futile. Applejack galloped out of the street as the six-story tower crumbled down onto the morphed capsule. The tower crashed down with a deafening bang, dust and debris flying upwards. After a couple of minutes, when Applejack found a baffled Knuckles, the machine exploded under the debris, fire and dust kicking shooting off the ground as bricks rained down around the area. She placed one hoof around the other, cocking her body to one side and smirked. Knuckles crossed his arms and stared her dead in the eye.

"…That still counts as one."

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A crowd of defenseless noble ponies watched on in pure astonishment as Amy dived into a crowd of droids, swinging her hammer at whatever was around her. Scrap metal and wires went flying out of the crowd. It was truly a spectacular show to anypony who's into senseless violence. When the last droid was knocked into oblivion, she addressed the group. Fluttershy and Rarity appeared from a corner and joined her side.

"Everypony alright?" Amy called to them.

The group of nobles stood around and looked at each other for a second, before slowly moving away to show a small group of pegasus and stallions laying on the ground. There were burn marks and gushes on their bodies and wings; one was so badly hurt that he was beginning to slip into unconsciousness. Fluttershy didn't even blink; she grabbed a med pack and flew straight to the injured ponies. Amy and Rarity took one look of their environment and found several mares and stallions laying on the streets, either crying out or moaning in pain. The battle may have died down thanks to the efforts of their friends, but what it left was simply one would call horrific.

"…Eggman didn't hold anything back this time." Amy mumbled lowly.

Rarity slowly trottled to a nearby stallion laying down on the street. Blood covered his neck and body, his eyes were closed and his mouth was slowly gaped. The white mare gently pressed a hoof onto his neck.

He was dead; slaughtered by those machines.

"This is going to be a sad day for Equestia." She whispered to herself, strains of tears forming around her eyes.

Amy walked to her side and placed a hand on her back.

"Can you teleport and gather as many medics as you can?" She kindly asked, trying to comfort her friend, "We'll mourn for the lost later; we have lives to save."

Rarity stood for a moment, trying to swallow the grief building up inside of her. Amy walked around to her front, staring at her with watery eyes.

"…We'll make sure this man pays for every life he has taken."

Rarity blinked to let the tears roll freely down her cheeks. With her horn glowing, she teleported in a flash of white; leaving Amy to scour the city for any more droids.

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The battle went on for two straight hours of nonstop fighting. Sonic and Rainbow were pushing themselves to the limit as they tried to save as much ponies as they can and at the same time fend off against countless of droids. Tails was flying high up in the sky, locating metal capsules and signaling to Twilight to summon a signal fire for Knuckles and Applejack. The rest of the ponies were trying to improvise as medics, trying their best to treat the wounded. Things began to settle down as soon as the Royal Guards successfully fought off the hoard of machines inside their own palace and aid the heroes outside. Princess Celestia and Luna flew outside as soon as they had the chance.

They quickly flew around the city, taking in the full extent of the damage. Countless of buildings were crumbled to the ground, metal scraps littering the streets. As soon as they saw the countless of ponies laying on the ground, either struggling for life or dead; they froze into place, hovering in the air while taking in the devastating sight.

"W…" Celestia mumbled, "What has come of this?"

Luna felt tears jerking from her eyes, "I…I caused this."

"Th-the fault is not to be put on you." Celestia chocked out, "It didn't matter what we decided. He would have attacked anyways if we did surrender our guards."

"…I just wish our subjects didn't have to suffer this tormentor." Luna mumbled.

The laser fire suddenly stopped, marking the ending of the battle.

"How long has it been since we've seen murder?" Luna continued.

Her sister kindly looked upon her, serious but soothing.

"Too long…This is going to haunt our Kingdom for many generations to come," She began to lower herself to the ground, "We'll see this creature stand before judgment."

She and Luna touch ground. A captain was waiting for them on the ground; accompanied by several guards, as well as a handful of medics. The company immediately bowled their heads in respect before their rulers.

"…Do you have a status report?" Celestia hesitantly asked

The captain took in a deep breath, "The battle has been won; all hostiles have been irradiated. Every bunker is secured and on lock down."

"Casualties?"

The stallion stared at her with sorrowful eyes, "What we counted now; two hundred and five injured…One hundred and twenty dead."

Celestia couldn't even keep her poker face. She couldn't help but deeply sigh to keep her sorrow bottled up.

"Treat whoever you can." She kindly commanded him, "Report back to me when everypony is counted for."

"And I also must report, Princess," The guard continued, "Twilight Sparkle and the others are here. Sonic and his company are here as well."

"Thank you." Celestia said to him, "Proceed."

He saluted and ordered his medics to sweep the streets. They took to the skies and began searching the city for Twilight or any of the others. It didn't take them long to see a trail of blue blur and a rainbow trail zipping through the streets. They teleported in front of them; stopping the two speeders dead in their tracks. They as well as the princesses bowed their heads.

Sonic will never get used to that.

"I see you've seen the distress of the city." Celestia stated.

He was tempted to tell them that it ruined his nap, but he quickly threw it out of his mind, "When I spoke rising from anywhere, it's tough for me to ignore it."

"We came here as soon as we could, your majesties," Rainbow politely said, "We and the rest of our friends came here to fight off against those…Things."

"And probably made a mess doing it." Sonic added, scratching the back of his head as he observed the damage.

"Well, I'm glad you're here." Celestia said to them, "Can you gather the rest of your friends and meet us back of the palace? We have much to discuss."

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That night

The six mares as well as the others slowly strolled through the streets of Ponyville. As soon as the news of the massacre reached throughout Equestia, the whole Kingdom fell into silence. The streets were quite, not a single pony could be spotted.

"…Two hundred." Tails mumbled, "Two hundred has died in the hands of Dr. Eggman."

"Who knew life could be so fragile." Rainbow commented, grieving from her own heart, "One second you're taking a stroll through Canterlot; next you're lying on the ground covered in blood."

Those words sunk in to everyone's skull.

"You know, it could have been worst." Tails spoke up, "Imagine what it would have been like if we didn't show u-."

A faint ruffling noise pierced the silent atmosphere; they shot up and started scanning their environment. They caught a silhouette kneeling on a rooftop nearby, watching them silently.

"Who's there?" Sonic shouted.

It didn't say anything at first until it suddenly jumped and landed several meters from them. They saw two glowing objects in its hands, slowly approaching them.

"You better backup before we use force!" Twilight shouted.

It ignored her threat and continued to walk until it came below a street light. His enraged eyes pierced there stern glaze; his black spikes coating his body absorbed the light emitting above him. Rainbow's eyes suddenly widen, then lit ablaze when she realized who she was facing.

"YOU!"

"…Is this the company you choose to betray your kind?" Shadow harshly asked his blue twin, "This is truly pitiful."

Sonic took a couple a steps towards him, not preparing to fight but confront him.

"Shadow," He called, "I don't know what has gotten into you…But this needs to stop."

"I'm going to give you one last chance to come to your senses," Shadow spat, sneering at him, "Your help is needed to kill the princesses."

"You're not killing anyone!" Rainbow shouted, her wing beginning to enlarge in a white glow, "Enough blood has already been spilt!"

"Spilt!?" Shadow shouted, seeing the buildings around him on fire, ponies lying dead on the streets, "Do you not see the destruction around you!?"

"You're diluted, Shadow!" Knuckles shouted at him, "Think! How come only you can see destruction and we see nothing!"

"You imbeciles have visited the princesses, you the ones who's diluted!" He returned his glair to his old rival, "Return to your destiny, Sonic. Follow me and we'll be sure to mark our places here as heroes."

"I'VE HEARD ENOUGH!" Rainbow screamed, "YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR ATTACKING LUNA!"

Before anyone had time to blink, she charged towards him. Shadow didn't even flinch at her lightning charge. He simply ducked from her deadly wing and uppercut her square on the stomach, stopping her cold with brutal force. With a hand grabbing her normal wing and another on her body, he flung her into a nearby building, creating a huge crater as she slide back down to the ground. Shadow formed a chaos spear in his hands and zipped towards her, grabbing her by the neck while raising his weapon.

"I'll be sure to make an example out of you."

Before he could stab her, a blue blur tackled him pinned him to the ground. Shadow saw Sonic staring right at him with daggering eyes.

"You're not going to hurt Rainbow!" He shouted, "If you're going to fight anyone, you're going to fight me!"

Shadow chuckled, "I never seen you this intense before. If you want to leave here in pieces, I'll be glad to fulfill your wish."

He pulled his feet under Sonic's stomach and pushed, sending him soaring several feet before plopping to the ground. Shadow formed another sphere in his hand and began walking towards him. Sonic jumped back to his feet, standing his ground and awaiting for his opponent to make a move.

"I don't want to fight you, Shadow." Sonic said to him, glaring him dead in the eye, "But if you're going to hurt my friends, then I'll do whatever necessary to stop you."

"…You made a grave mistake of testing my power." Shadow growled, stopping his advancement, "I'm going to treat you as a traitor should be treated."

Twilight and the others were about to intervene until Knuckles, Tails, and Amy halted them.

"Ya'll don't need to be involved." Knuckles said to them

"He hurt Rainbow Dash!" Twilight shouted, "We're already involved in this!"

"Shadow's too powerful to take on." Amy explained to them, "Sonic is the only one who can challenge him. He has the Chaos Emeralds."

Shadow leapt to the air and summoned his two Chaos Emeralds, swinging them in front of him and taking aim.

"CHAOS BLAST!"

A yellow beam shot out, small arcs of green lightning circling through it. Sonic quickly jumped back to dodge the blast and curled up into a ball. He spun himself and charged at his opponent. Shadow summoned two Chaos Spears in his hands and brought it in front of him to block. Sparks flew as the ball continued to saw violent against the two energy spears. Shadow knocked him away, sending him flying towards a wall. Sonic uncurled himself and braced the wall with his feet, kicking off and flew right towards Shadow; he teleported before he could strike. When Sonic landed, Shadow reappeared behind him, kicking him square in the head and sent him plummeting to the ground. Shadow landed on top of him and grabbed his neck, summoned a Chaos Sphere with his other hand.

"You forgot that I'm your better." He hissed.

Sonic struggled to get out of his grip, but was powerless as he brought his spear down. The blue hedgehog closed his eyes and braced himself for impact…Until a sudden white slash popped in front of him.

Sonic felt the weight on top of him vanish and he jumped to his feet to catch a glimpse of Shadow soaring through the street, hitting a statue with a crash and sending it toppling over. Shadow teleported back to his feet and faced the mare that dared to stand in his way.

"You're not hurting anybody as long as I'm around!" Rainbow shouted at him.

Shadow felt an immense power from that wing. It was a good thing those Emeralds protected him, or he would have been sliced in half.

Rainbow was about to charge until Sonic zipped in front of her, stopping her from making another step.

"Rainbow, stay out of this!" Sonic shouted at her while he watched Shadow summoned his two Chaos Emeralds.

"I can take him!" Rainbow shouted back.

"He's too powerful for you to handle!" Sonic summoned his two Chaos Emeralds, "You'll just get killed in the cross fire!"

Rainbow was about to rush ahead of him until the ground underneath her began to shake. She cast her eyes in front of her and saw Shadow slowly rising above the ground, a yellow aurora engulfing him. She felt power, enormous amount of power radiating from him. It made her reconsider and back away.

"Go and find cover!" Sonic commanded her, beginning to draw power from his emeralds as he began rising above the ground.

Rainbow did as told and flew behind a building several meters from where they were at. Knuckles, Tails, and Amy urged the other ponies to hide along with her. Sonic quickly looked back and found the six mares missing, as well as his friends; much to his relief. He glared back at his opponent, energy building in his body by each passing second.

"Any regrets, Sonic!?" Shadow shouted, the ground beneath him beginning to shake. Stray leaves levitating off the ground

"…Whatever happens, Shadow," Sonic lowly mumbled, the ground beneath him trembling as well, "I won't blame you."

Shadow summoned the last bit of energy he could muster and charged, the yellow aurora becoming more dense by the second. Sonic charged a well, a blue aurora engulfing him. Twilight and the others peaked their heads around a building just in time to see the last few seconds before impact.

*BOOM!*

No explosion reputed, but a buckling pulse shot from the two chargers. Any nearby street or stand was instantly knocked to the ground. The buildings violently shook, waking up any pony that could be sleeping inside. Twilight and the others felt it, even though several layers of brick wall they felt the impact of two opposing energy forces.

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A little filly has been disturbed from her sleep when the house shook suddenly. In her half dazed state, she waited for several seconds for sleep to take back over. That was thwarted when sudden flashes of light illuminated from the window. She casually stood from her bed and trotted over. Her mouth dropped when she saw the source of the disturbance. She saw two large mass of colors pushing against each other, one blue and the other yellow. Wild and spectacular colors flared out from the two forces as they continued to push against each other. The little filly continued to watch, she has seen fireworks from Hearts Warming Eave every year, but this goes beyond anything she has seen in her life; maybe she will ever see. The filly watched on in excitement as this strange phenomenon continued to take place.

After several minutes, the blue color began to gain the upper hand; pushing the yellow color back what seemed like just a couple of feet. Those feet multiplied as the yellow charge continually inched back. Then, in a hare of a second, a white flash engulfed her window. The filly squint her eyes and fell back on her haunches. When her vision cleared, she quickly stood back up and galloped back to the window. The two colors has vanished, the only thing she saw was the street and a blue hedgehog kneeling in the middle of it.

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Sonic looked on panting and huffing as Shadow soar helplessly through the air. Several meters down the street and he collides with the boutique. The Emeralds were knocked off of him on impact, gently falling to the floor as Shadow's body flopped from the building. Huffing and completely exhausted, he lift his head and saw the two emeralds resting in front of him. He stumbled up to his feet, bruised from head to toe from the blast. He grabbed the two emeralds in front of him and gazed ahead. Sonic was walking towards him, his two emeralds glowing in his hands. There was only one thing that crossed Shadow's mind when he saw his opponent walking towards him…Celestia and Luna.

He didn't know how they could trick Sonic and the rest of his friends into not seeing anything he's seeing, but one thing was for sure. He never felt so much hate towards an individual. His only allies have turned on him, and the only reason they have turned is because of those two princesses; Sonic isn't his main target. So what if he couldn't get his help, there are still three emeralds out there.

Sonic slowly walked to Shadow, not wishing to use his emeralds again on him. He looked tired, completely exhausted of energy from his last attack; before he could get close to him, Shadow teleported. The six mares and the rest of his friends ran to his side.

"…Sorry about your house." Sonic chuckled, huffing at every breath he took, "Does your insurance cover hedgehog attacks?"

Rarity looked at her boutique; a large crack was made on the second floor.

"I'm amaze that you can tell a joke beaten half to death." Rarity quietly commented.

Little did they know that the final collision woke every pony up in the village. Mares and stallions either silently watched from their window or a balcony, in complete awe of what they saw. Since they heard of Shadow's attack on Luna, they made sure to pay their respects…But now, he is forever cherished as a hero among them.

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Author's Notes

Well, this went longer than expected. Almost 7,000 words, but still; it was a mess to put together.

Sorry for the two weeks of waiting. Like I said, this was a tough chapter for me to put together. I didn't feel as stressed when I didn't have a deadline to meet, but still. The sooner I publish another chapter for your viewing pleasure, the better.

Now the reason this took me so long to put this chapter together is because I'm already typing up the next bonus. Let me tell you, I'm having a ball writing it!

Again no deadline, but I promise to have the next one publish within two weeks.

Let me tell you another thing…I wish I could have illustrated those robotic diamond dogs last chapter. They looked so cool when I imagined the scene. I did managed to have Rainbow dawn with her extended wing (I'll let you know when I publish it on my deviant art account. Haven't used it in a while.)

And let me take this time to say that I love you guys. Just one comment on the fan fiction is enough to make my day. I don't care if it's constructive or negative; I love to hear from y'all! You're literary the only thing that's keeping me writing! :')

Anyways, as I like to say…God Bless!