Diamond Tiara began to trot back home after a long day of elementary. The skies were clear and were a very beautiful evening to go out and socialize with Silver Spoon before the brilliant golden sun set. Her house wasn't too far from the school, but by stars! If she has to tolerate another speck of dust clamping inside her hooves, she's going to freakin' curse Celestia from the top of her lungs!

After a little traveling through the peaceful town and clamping her lips to keep herself from screaming from frustration, she finally reached the entrance of her three story house. It may not look much from the outside… in fact it looked no different from the rest of the buildings other than being slightly taller, but when she opened that door, one could see the luxury her father was able to afford.

There were two large sofas sitting in the living room, made from imported materials that no commoner could dream to afford. There wasn't a single table that didn't have at least one expensive vase, and hanging from the ceiling was a large ornament that was covered from expensive jewelry; acting like a light bulb as the sun light struck it. Normally her parents would be sitting around reading a newspaper or having a meeting with a stock holder, but they were nowhere to be found; which was rather unusual.

Even if her parents were there, it wouldn't make a difference for her anyways. Because of their busy lifestyle, they often pay very little attention to her, other than the times she gets into trouble with them. Either way, she sighed and trotted to her room, which would make any filly envious by the amount of stuffed animals and cushions she had. When she opened her door and laid her backpack at the foot of the door, she spotted something on her bed that immediately caught her interest. She had many stuffed animals lying on her bed, so many in fact that she simply lost count after a few dozen. There was a particular stuffed animal that caught her attention. She hasn't seen it before, and it was sitting on the edge of her bed with its legs dangling. She recognized the shape the figure took, a hero among Ponyville known as Tails the fox.

"I don't remember owning a Tails doll," She said to herself with a raised eyebrow, "My parents must have bought it before leaving."

She didn't know why her parents would even consider buying it though. It's pitch black pupils were wide, white stitches clearly present on its shoes and legs. The white fur on its lips was widely stretched on its cheeks, curving unnaturally upward. There was a strange red diamond dangling from the top of its head, completely unfitted from the original Tails. Probably the most unnerving thing about this doll was sharp, pointy metal claws sticking from its limbs. The Tails doll stared lifelessly at her, its huge dark pupils looking into Tiara's eyes. The filly was uneasy, but simply chuckled.

"Like, why on earth would my daddy buy such a freakish thing like you?" She snorted, the Tails doll staring blankly at her, "I mean come on, you're the ugliest thing I've ever seen! You even have metal claws sticking out of your hands. You look like something a baby filly would stitch together!"

With those scorning words, she 'hmph' and turned around, trotting towards her backpack and pulling out a small history book. With her mind settled on getting her short assignment done before settling out to find Silver Spoon, she sat on a cushion and pulled out and instantly began writing. After a couple of short minutes, the filly was about to put a small dot at the end of her half paged essay until she heard something quietly shuffle behind her. When she glanced, she found the Tails doll sitting on her side of the bed, still staring at her with its large black pupils.

"Huh," Diamond Tiara mumbled to herself, "I could have sworn it was facing the door… must be my imagination."

She shrugged her shoulders and began to put her books back inside her back pack-

(plump)

Tiara jumped and spun around when something dropped behind her. When she looked, the Tails doll was on the floor face down; its metal claws sticking out of its appendages spread out… that thing was really beginning to unnerve her.

"I'm going to throw that thing away when I leave," She mumbled, "It's giving me the creeps!"

She turned back around and began to put her books inside her backpack, zipping it and heaving it on her back. She began to trot her way to the door.

"Don't you wanna play with me?"

She froze, her heart skipping a beat when she heard the soft voice of a stranger. She whiplashed around and found the Tails doll sitting at the foot of the bed with a small stuffed bunny on its lap. It was staring at her with its large black pupils, its mouth under its thick white fur just slightly moving when it spoke.

"Come play with me."

She stood still, completely shocked to find the stuffed doll alive and talking. The Tails doll just simply stared at her, patiently waiting for her to make a move. Against instinct, she cautiously approached; making sure to keep a good distance between her and the stuffed animal.

"Yes," It softly chimed, holding the stuffed animal and standing up, "Come…MY SACRIFICE!"

In one swift motion, it stuck its sharp metal claws deep within the stuffed bunny; slowly ripping it apart with a deafening shred echoing throughout the room. A sicken grin stretched across its lips, its pupils widening to the outer rims of its eyes in excitement. Blood began to seep from its fur, dripping and forming a small pool beneath it. When the stuffed animal was torn in half, it stood up; meeting the terrified filly's gaze eye to eye as it slowly approached her by each step. It stretched its arms in front, reaching out for her with blood dripping from the tip of its claws. The terrified filly bolted to the door, trying to turn the knob but found it mysteriously locked. She turned around and found the doll getting closer by each step, its black pupils growing wider and wider until blood began to pour from under its eyes.

"PLAY WITH ME, MY CHILD." It spoke deeply and loudly with his grin growing wider and wider; the terrified filly began to desperately scratch the door with her hooves, "COME PLAY WITH ME!"

The filly began hyperventilating, adrenaline rushing through her tiny body as she desperately tried to get the door open.

"Help!" She screamed, "Somepony help me!"

With just a few feet from the filly, the doll suddenly stood still; snickering under its breath as it watch the poor thing trying to escape. It waited until the filly shot back around, pressing her back against door. Tiara just stared at it until the crimson jewel sticking from its head began to glow. Before her eyes, it slowly began to hover; the room around her illuminating red. It slowly began to levitate towards her.

"WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW!?"

She screamed to the top of her lungs and she shot back around and began to desperately turn the knob. By some miracle, the door clicked open. Within a fraction of a second, she bolted through and out of the house, screaming frantically as she took off towards the streets. The Tails doll was heaving, its eyes still wide and enticed with bloody tears. It slowly levitated back to the floor, with its metal claws still held in front of him.

"KM…BWAHAHAHA!"

The Tails doll spun around and found the closet suddenly shooting open with a person slowly walking out clapping his hands together with applaud. He was laughing hysterically, holding his sides and trying to keep himself from hitting the floor.

"You got her good!" I cried out, "You even had me going for a second!"

The Tails doll approached, grinning mad and beginning to laugh alongside me.

"I'll tell ya, man; I never get tired of this," It chuckled with its normal voice, gruffed but somewhat high pitched, "Just seeing the faces of those poor ponies is just simply priceless!"

It rest one of its appendages against my leg, being careful not to scratch me as he coughed out the rest of its giggles. I jumped back a little.

"Whoa, don't touch me!" I shouted at it, "You're still covered in your own blood!"

"Oh! Sorry, my bad."

It stepped back a little and left a small red stain on my jean. The doll got on all fours like a dog and shook itself a little too dry itself off, splattering blood all over the floor and the side of its bed. I simply shook my head, knowing that Tiara's parents are going to throw a fit when they get in here. The doll looked around and cringed.

"Uh, I bet they won't mind a little spring cleaning… or a criminal investigation, whichever comes first."

I rolled my eyes while the doll pulled out a small note book with a hot humanoid fox sticker on front. It flipped a couple of pages and pointed one of its metal claws on a page.

"Let's see… we scared Braeburn, Joe, Photo Finish, Flitter, and we just scared Diamond Tiara," It scratched the paper to mark off her name, "And next is…Oh! Blueblood!" It hopped a bit with its dark pupils expanding, "I always wanted to scare Blueblood!"

It slid its little notebook back to an unknown location and about to walk out the door until I stopped him.

"Wait! Before we do, I need your help with something."

It turned its head around and would have raised an eyebrow, if it had one, "What will that be?"

"I'll explain on the way," I answered it, "But I need to introduce you to somepony first… ever heard of Pinkie Pie?"

It stared at me with a very wide grin, "Pinkie!? I love Pinkie! I always wanted to meet Pinkie!"

I gave him a little grin, "I didn't know you were a Pinkie fan."

"You kid! She is just a little bundle of awesomeness!"

It then frowned, heavily sighing at it made its way to the door, "I always wanted to introduce myself to her but been too shy, you know? I mean I just about creep anything that glances at me."

"Well, I'm going to help you with that," I said to it with a small smile, "She's been a close friend of mine since I've arrived here and I think I can put in a good word for you."

The Tails doll squealed in delight, putting its claws together, "Really? Thanks, man! You're the best!"

Walking alongside each other, we proceeded out of the bloody bed room and onto outside. The Tails doll began to whistle the Steamboat theme from the old Mickey Mouse shows. We were walking a bit and realized that I HAD to hide him from the public, knowing that Ponyville will freak when they see it. I picked it up and stuffed the Tails doll inside my shirt. The blood from earlier was dry enough to not rub off, but he was still a bit slippery.

He didn't complain, but I can tell he didn't like it.

"Harry." It called while looking up at me through my collar with a blank stare.

"Yea?"

"Don't refer to me as 'it' when you type… I would much prefer be referred as a 'he'."

"Oh." I apologized and gently patted his back, "Sure, I understand."

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Boy… if I only thought this through.

To recap of what just happened, I stuffed the Tails doll inside my shirt and simply walk through the streets of Ponyville with a big bulge sticking out of my belly, making myself already sticking out from the crowd. Every once in a while the doll would adjust itself, making everypony around me jump when they saw something sharp sticking out of my shirt.

If that wasn't enough, I've just learned that this stuffed animal bleeds through his fur if he gets too hot, and it was literally melting outside. I'm walking through a populated street with something bulging and moving inside my shirt with blood dripping down my belly. Of course I ran as fast as I could to the bakery, but that didn't stop the frightened ponies either screaming in terror or running after me for aid. Things didn't get any better when I slammed the bakery's door open and plopped the doll down to the floor. A thick pool of blood formed underneath him as he stood up. When the concerned ponies saw what I was carrying, they did a complete one eighty and ran for their lives. Of course my shirt was completely ruined.

The bakery was empty, thank God, and I didn't see the Cakes anywhere; so we went ahead to the kitchen to let the Tails doll properly greet the Pink pony… to make this short, as soon as she saw a possessed doll with blood seeping through his fabric, companied by a man with his shirt completely soaked in a red liquid, she made a B-line towards her room; leaving behind a thin trail of smoke. One second she was there and then 'POOF' gone like the wind.

Of course it didn't help when customers came through the door and saw what looked like the left overs of a gruesome murder scene.

And now here we stood, standing at the bed room door trying to coax a freightend pink pony from her room.

"Get away from me!" Pinkie shouted behind a locked door, concealing herself inside her room, "I don't wanna be cursed!"

The Tails doll stood at the foot of the door, trying his best to coax the pink mare, "Listen, babe! For the last time, I'm not gonna hurt you!"

"I don't care what you say!" She shouted, "You're not gonna to trick me to open this door!"

I took in a deep breath and tried again to coax her, we've been going back and forth for a while, "If he does intend to harm anybody, Pinkie; then why am I standing right here trying to talk to you?"

"You're not Harry!" Pinkie squealed, "You're just a delusion set by that evil monster!"

"I'm not evil!" The Tails doll shouted, "Really, I'm not! It's just a misunderstanding!... well, sure I like scare the daylights out of any filly and ponies alike, but that's something, like; totally different! I would never harm anyone, I swear!"

"You're just saying that!" She counted, "You just want me to come out of my room so you can take my soul!"

"I wouldn't know how to do it!" The Tails doll shouted.

I pinched the bridge of my nose while the debacle continued for several more minutes, feeling pitiful and somewhat agitated from this unfortunate display. By complete curiosity, I side-stepped and took one glance down the stairs. I quickly jumped back to the door when I saw Ms. Cake fainted with her husband calling the police. With a deep breath, I approached the door and noted the doll to step down.

"…I know you've heard countless of stories and rumors about the Tails doll, and I'm here to tell you that they're not true. Remember the rumor that stated you were a sadistic killer that turned ponies into cupcakes?"

She turned quiet.

"Well, did I turn away from you when I heard those rumors?"

"…No."

I took in another deep breath, "You see? Scumbags like to spread rumors about someone because that someone is different from them... I'm here to tell you that this doll is very different from everyone else. Sure, the rumors about his ruthless scare tactics are true, but have you ever heard of any of those victims ever dying?"

"…No."

"Then what is there to be scared of?"

Several seconds we waited for an answer from her. Suddenly, we heard a click and the sound of a door creaking open and the jingling of a latch. I saw Pinkie's eye staring at me through the crack, surprised to see my shirt covered in blood but saw I was just fine.

"Can you pinkie promise me that that doll won't scare me when I unlatch this door… or steal my soul?"

I gave her a warmful smile while I raised my hand and stuck my pinkie out to her.

She closed the door and unlatched the lock. Slowly, she opened the door; casting her eyes downward and spotting the small doll staring at her with his large black pupils. He curled his lips up and smiled… pr tried to smile, it is tough trying to appear friendly when you have sharp pointy teeth. I could tell Pinkie was still on edge, seeing trickles of blood seeping out of his fur.

"Shake." I growled.

Holding her breath, she slowly offered her hoof to him, but ready to bolt back inside her room if the doll made any sudden moves. The Tails doll, seeing the pony's offer of a hand to hoof shake, lift his small makeshift hand and carefully shook her hoof; being extremely careful not to cut her with his claws.

"May we come in?" I kindly asked.

Pinkie let out a deep sigh and stepped aside, letting me and the little doll inside her room.

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Two hours later

"Harry! I don't want to sell any more houses!" The Tails doll whined, "I only have three houses and a cheap hotel. What am I supposed to do?"

"Not my problem," I snickered, "Pay the man."

Nothing like a good game of Monopoly can bring people, animals, and dolls together. Of course, Pinkie is queen when it comes to board games, she was making more money from us than most players would in a whole game. Funny, I would thought that the pink pony would need a little time to adjust to the Tails doll, being how he is, but it seems like she warmed up to him a little.

She's no longer jumping away from him when he gets excited… that's a good start.

And after a little talk with the terrified Cakes and small arms of police ponies and investigators, things seemed to settle down a little. I forgot how I explained all the blood and gore without mentioning the Tails doll, but hey; whatever I said was good enough to send them on their way.

"Uh… Mr. Tails doll," Pinkie nervously called to him while he sorrowfully paid me one thousand monopoly dollars, "I-I-I don't want to be rude or any kind of rudeness whatsoever, but why do you bleed out like that? It's super creepy."

The doll checked himself over and found himself covered in blood from earlier, but not seeping, "Well," He deeply sighed, "If I get too hot, the stitches under my fur will expand; letting the blood inside of me uh… leak."

"Yea, that was always a problem," I chimed in, "He has to stay indoors or go out at night to avoid the heat; otherwise he'll bleed out. I totally forgot that when we were walking here." I turned my attention to the doll, "I don't think you can bleed to death, can you?"

"Nope!" He grinned with arms crossed, the jewel dangling from his head illuminating a little, "Completely invincible to natural causes. I don't have to sleep, don't have to eat, I don't age, and most importantly I don't bleed to death. Which is awesome, considering some of the predicaments I would catch myself in."

The pink pony put a hoof on her chin, becoming more and more curious of this doll, "But you can run out of blood, right?"

"Uh…" He looked up and thought about his previous adventures, "You know… I never figured out if I could run out. I mean there were times I bleed out enough to fill a bath tub," He dreamily sighed when he thought back about that unfortunate time… poor Joe, he'll never step back inside a tub for as long he lived, "but I never had a scenario where I actually ran out."

She gave him a very blank stare, trying to hide her creep but failing miserably. Pinkie resumed her game, rolling the dice and landing on luxury tax.

As if seventy-five dollars would even hurt her at this point.

"By the way, Harry," She called while giving me the dice, "Don't you have a bonus to tend too?"

"Yea," The Tails doll recited, "I've been wandering whatcha got planned this time."

I took my turn, facing Pinkie while I moved my piece to yet another one of Pinkie's properties… I was landing on her every other turn! It's sorcery! "You and your friends are going to Twilight's house for a get together in just an hour, right?"

She smiled and nodded, "Yeepers!"

I chuckled a bit while preparing myself to sell my houses, "Already taken care of."

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Before I go any further, be aware that this bonus is set in the time frame before chapter 23.

"Spike… SPIKE!"

Twilight was galloping rampantly around her library while levitating every kind of cleaning utensil. A broom to dust the floor, a mop to polish the floor, a duster to clean the shelves, and let's not forget reorganizing every single book unnecessarily; there was crap floating all around the place, with each crap doing a specific job. The baby dragon popped from the kitchen holding a spatula and wearing a cook's hat.

"Yes, Twilight?" He pleasantly shouted.

The unicorn galloped to one of the shelves and made sure the books levitated in the right places, "Have you cleaned my room?"

The dragon sighed, "Yea, made sure the room was completely spotless… but Sonic and the others are only going to be hanging out in the library-"

"Clean the room again," The unicorn commanded, "And make sure the bed is extra fluffed!"

The baby dragon stepped from the kitchen and stared at the busy Twilight, "I highly doubt you'll get Tails to cuddle you again, Twilight. That was a one-time deal and you know it."

The unicorn snapped her head around and snared at the little dragon, gritting her teeth.

"You doubt our love, Spike?"

Of course, Spike; even all of Sonic's friends, knew that the fox isn't for sure what to think of Twilight. But trying to start an argument with her is like picking a fight with a manticore with a strap of sausage strapped around your neck. It's never a good idea.

"Uh, no! Of course not, Twilight I'll get to it right away!"

With those words jabbered out, he darted upstairs and slammed the door shut. With the library squeaky clean and reshuffled, she darted for the kitchen and began to finish what the dragon left off. It was just plates of sandwiches and sweets, but by the amount of company coming over; a lot has to be fixed.

Little known fact, Knuckles can devour a plate full of sandwiches in one sitting. Pairing him with Applejack, oh Celestia! She could feed a large orphanage with the amount of food she's preparing JUST for the two. We're not even counting the rest here! Rainbow can be a piggy if she wants to, and Pinkie Pie… oh God!

*Knock, knock, knock.*

Twilight jumped with her hairs on end and zipped to the entrance, squealing through her bit lip and prancing in place to see her lovely-dovey, unofficial and clueless boyfriend that has never asked to be hers or asked any request question in that particular matter… love can be so complicated.

She grew more and more excited as the door slowly opened, pounding her front hooves on the floor in an attempt to contain her over boiling excitement. When the door opened and instantly wrapped herself whatever figure was on the other side-

"HiTwiliohhhh…" Pinkie was taken aback by her sudden display of affection, "You like hugs? I like hugs too!"

The pink pony could only embrace her in a crushing hug for a second and a half before the lavender unicorn rudely pushed her away.

"Oh… hi, Pinkie." Twilight greeted awkwardly. Knowing her, she'll be expecting hugs from here on in, "I thought you were someone else."

The pony bounced her way in, "Who were your expecting, Twilie? Oh!" Pinkie suddenly zipped right to her face, cheekily smiling, "was it Tails? Wasityourlongtimecrush? WhereyoutryingtosnuggleagainstTailswhenIopened-"

"Knock it off, Pinkie!" Twilight snapped, "And no! I was not going to hug Tails when he enters my house! We're just friends!"

"Really?" Pinkie asked with a malevolent grin.

"Yes!" Twilight confirmed, thinking from the top of her head, "I was planning on uh… greeting all of my friends with a welcoming hug… yea! I was expecting everyone to come by. That's why I said I was expecting someone to come, because I was expecting everybody to come!"

It may have been very suspicious explanation to anypony and any creature that may have heard of their conversation, but Pinkie, as well as all of Twilight's friends know well, that she has a helpless crush on the yellow fox. She might as well not press the issue, let her simply presume that no one knows of her crush to save herself as well as everyone else trouble. In fact, it's not so much a secret anymore that all of Ponyville knows of her crush… how was that possible?

Remember the old Ponyville saying. If Rarity knows,

"You know? I've been seeing Twilight acting rather strangely around Tails when I pass them." A mare committed while she paid the while unicorn to stitch her dress, "I'm not trying to be nosey or spread any kind of rumors, but I think she as a little crush on him."

"Darling, 'little' is not even the word!" Rarity exaggerated while levitating some yarn, "She's head over heels for him! There wasn't a second she'll waste to be around him!"

…Everypony knows.

Now, as it is confirmed, Tails knows that Twilight has a crush on him, and is aware that some of his friends know of her…Has ANYpony in Ponyville had a heart to tell the poor fox that EVERYpony in Ponyville is aware of her crush?

Of course not.

Anyways, back to the situation on hand. In order to avoid 'suspicion' from Pinkie, she has to hug everybody that comes through that door. That's right, she has to greet all eight of her friends with a hug. I had to use my fingers to keep up with that many characters.

And something interesting that Twilight learned after the party, that each character hugs differently. True to the fact that everyone is different from everyone else, everyone hugs differently from everyone else.

Take Sonic for example. When Twilight greeted him with a hug, he doesn't completely hug her back; but instead pulls her in and pat her back with only his chest making contact. A bro hug! Good ol' pals! Complete respect and appreciation! Sonic quickly lets her go and helped himself to a seat.

Now, Depending on the individual's personality, everyone will react differently when encountering a hug from another friend. Sometimes a sudden display of affection is so sudden and unexpected that some individuals need a couple of seconds to comprehend the sudden stimulus from their friend.

When Fluttershy tiptoed through the door, Twilight embraced her. The element of Kindness blankly stared at the wall while a slight blush reddened on her widdle cheeks…

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"Oh! Uh, hey Twilight." Fluttershy whispered while finally and gently hugging her back. She slowly let go of her and trotted her way to a seat, hiding her face behind her mane.

Amy was also a delay, but it only took her just a second and ask the mare why she was suddenly hugging everyone that came through the door, only to be rudely dismissed. She took a seat beside the pale pony.

Another type of hug, and the rarest of all: the pacifier.

What is the pacifier one might ask?

"Hey, Rarity." Twilight greeted normally while wrapping her hooves around her neck.

"Why, darling! How has been things!?" Rarity almost squealed. She didn't hug her back around the neck like formally, but almost crushed her when she wrapped her hooves around her stomach. That wasn't all, she began to rub her cheek against her.

"It's been sho wong." She cooed with a puckered lips, "I haven't sheen you in shush a while! It'sh just a pweature meeting my beshish fwiends."

The others looked on in pure astonishment… such a rare sight was the pacifier that Amy was prompted to take pictures until Fluttershy put a hoof on her shoulder to stop. One might be lucky to witness the pacifier once every couple of years; maybe even decades. There has to be a perfect blend of happiness, fellowship, selflessness, and generosity for an individual to give a friend the pacifier.

That, or it's just so embarrassing that no one dares to baby their friends in front of others. Either way, their friends made sure to soak the scene in. Sonic and Pinkie were slapping their knees to keep themselves from bursting out loud in laughter.

Spike never felt so much envy that day.

When Rarity mercifully let her go and took a seat (Spike made sure to take a seat by her. He doesn't know how to get the pacifier treatment, but he'll find a way!). Her other friends began to make their way to her library. When Twilight tried to hug Applejack-

"Whoa, partner!" She cautiously shouted while stepping around her, "Ah didn't know ya to be uh hugger."

And of course, there will always be creatures, ponies, species, and humans alike that will not take any kind of hug from a friend no matter what the situation; unless they just have to out of curtsey. But there are always excuses for not being hugged. In Applejack's case, conservatism; or in other words, not proper.

Twilight also tried to hug Rainbow Dash when she flew in, but the cyan pegasus avoided her grip and hovered away from her.

"Twilight! Like, weird dude!"

Rainbow was too cool for hugs … when Knuckles was greeted by a hugging mare-

"Whoa…W…What are you doing, Twilight?" He was too shocked to even move, "Twilight?"

It's just too much affection for some to even take in!

Now, Twilight may be completely embarrassed during the entire episode to keep her crush a 'secret' from the rest of her friends… from this situation, she will have to learn the most heart breaking hug of them all. Let the author explain.

Have you ever been in a situation where you have an undying crush on a girl or boy? You don't talk, socialize, or go anywhere near this individual because you know you'll be rejected; knowing that he or she is too good for you. One day, as if God has smiled upon you, you've been given the opportunity to hug this individual. If you were to hug your crush, you'll find it to be more antagonizing than a blessing. Sure, you're hugging the person you will never EVER be around with, but when you wrap your arms around him or her; this will be the only kind of physical contact you'll have with that individual. While you're hugging this person, you want to do so much more than simply hug.

Guys, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

But like being stripped teased, you are forced to hold back by decency and in most cases wondering eyes of other people. When you let go, that little bit that has been given to you will be forever gone.

Yes, life is sad like that… Twilight was sad too when she began to hug Tails. If it wasn't for the wandering eyes, she would have done so much more than just giving him a simple hug. She's well aware of his timid nature, she could have well persuaded him to do almost anything and he won't as so much as raise a finger against it. If he was walking alone, she would have taken him straight to her bed room for a little snuggle time.

She would have got him in there! She would have knocked him asleep with a spell if she has to!

But… with the situation she was in, she will have to make due with a regular hug. He'll be staying over, she can always try to talk him to it tonight.

If it ever becomes too much trouble, she could always knock him out with a spell and drag him to bed. Either way she's gonna get her cuddles.

With introductions finally out of the way, Tails has taken his seat with Twilight sitting by a Knuckles away from him. She would have sat right by him, but that's too suspicious.

"You know, I'm not the kind of guy to settle for slumber parties," Knuckles yawned while stretching with a little smirk, "But for ya'll… why not?"

"This ain't no slumber party." Applejack corrected, "We ain't stayin' over for the night."

"Eh," Knuckles shrugged while propping his feet up on the table, "Any time there are a gathering of females in one place, it's technically a slumber party."

Ignoring the echidna's provoking attitude, Twilight levitated a nearby book and flipped through the pages, scanning its contents until she stopped at a certain location. Sonic leaned over and read the title of the book.

SLUMBER PARTIES AND YOU!

Step by Step Instructions on How to Throw a Successful Slumber Party.

Book includes how to prepare beforehand, how to make sure your party is successful, hundreds of activities, and steps to avoid Yuri when sleeping with your friends.

"Uh…" Sonic cocked his eyebrow in amazement, "There's a book on how to throw a slumber party?"

Twilight gave him a cheeky smile, "Yes. I always make sure to do everything accordingly. I even have a complete collection of every type of party there was."

That got Pinkie excited, but only dazzled Sonic further.

"Yea, but ain't parties supposed to be like, I don't know… not by the-"

Spike gently put a claw on him and gave him a pleading stare not to go any further.

"Uh, never mine. This should be fun."

The lavender unicorn gave everyone a prideful smile as she skimmed to the very first page.

"The definition of slumber party." Twilight read out loud, "A slumber party is a party, typically for preteen or teenage girls, in which all the guests spend the night at the house where the party is held."

"TOLD YOU!" Knuckles shouted at Applejack.

"Now," Twilight continued, turning to the first chapter, "The first thing we need to do is prepare for the slumber party... supplies, favors-"

*BANG!*

When everyone flinched, the very next thing they saw was a mass set of sleeping bags, a butt-load of snacks, board games, and a whole mess of colorful confetti scattered on the wooden floor. The next thing they noticed was Pinkie Pie sitting in front of them with a hoof up, which Knuckles, Amy, and Tails could only guess to be a thumb up.

"Um…Sonic," Fluttershy softly called, "You never told us you could cling to ceilings."

When everypony and creature looked up… sure enough, Sonic was clinging unnaturally to the ceiling with his fingernails clawed to the wood, shaking with his spikes quilled upwards like a cat.

When he realized what he was doing, he instantly curled into a ball and dropped to the floor, bouncing and posing when he stood up.

Rainbow Dash just rolled her eyes.

"Hmm, no... You're not covering that up, Sonic."

The hedgehog just sighed and sat back down.

With the preparations out of the way, Twilight resumed to her book.

"O.K. Second we need to do… eating the food, and the steps on how to properly eat."

"Oh, sweet Chaos." Sonic mumbled under his breath.

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Moments later

Five hours… it took five hours for the group to finish the food.

That beautiful sunshine outside has become a dark, murky night by the time Twilight has finally finished her meal. The others took only around thirty minutes to have their fill (if it wasn't for Pinkie eating every edible thing in sight, Twilight would have took all night to finish).

With food out of the way, Twilight resumed her book and began to read the chapter that mattered most…Games.

"O.K. Everypony, there are a list of games on here and the book doesn't specify which games we should do first-

Pinkie suddenly stood up and began to make her way to the door, her face stoned with aggravation.

"Where you going, Pinkie?" Rainbow asked her friend.

"Can everyone hold the slumber party until I get back?" She asked out loud, opening the door, "I need to do this bonus a huge favor."

She closed the door before anyone could raise any questions… not even a minute later, they heard someone screaming from outside.

"Let go of me!" they heard someone scream outside, "I have powers beyond you're comprehension!"

They suddenly saw the door slam open with Pinkie dragging something by her teeth. When they saw what she was dragging, they gasped.

It was Shadow kicking and screaming with his ear being pulled.

"I'll murder you!" The Ultimate Life Form shouted, "You hear me!? I'll Chaos Blast you to noth-"

(SLAM!)

Pinkie hurled him against the wall and hopped away from him, piles of book falling on top of him. Shadow instantly shot up and summoned two Chaos Spears, ready to tear his oppressor down until Sonic jumped in front of him.

"Wait!" Sonic pleaded, raising his hands in front to stop his advancement.

When the black hedgehog noticed him and his comrades, he instantly lowered his arms.

"What am I doing here!?" He demanded.

"Well, silly Billy," Pinkie began to explain, calmly approaching him with no fear, completely in contrast to her friends around her, "I dragged you here because I figured the fandom wanted to see everyone's favorite hedgehog in this chapter. Of course, Harry rejected because you haven't really settled with everyone yet, but I argued that this is just a bonus; he's free to do whatever the heck he wants."

When he heard her explanation, he rolled his eyes and dropped his weapons to the ground, letting them disappear as he crossed his arms with a huff.

"You dragged me into this party because you think I will become a huge contribution to this bonus?"

She happily nodded.

Shadow took in a deep breath and leaned against the wall, "Shouldn't be surprised. Even he knows that readers would complain if I didn't be included in this chapter."

"I knew they would be disappointed," Pinkie went on, "So I managed to talk him into it and drag you in here before the games began."

Everyone in the room just stared at them with cocked eyebrows with stream of black smoke steaming from their foreheads… their brains has been long fried.

Shadow stared out the window, staring at nothing, "Everyone knows that I'm the most favored character in the entire franchise."

"I know!" Pinkie shouted in agreement, "And I knew Harry would have a blast working with you! He even managed to get this fan fiction to be the most commented on this sight! About to be the most favorite and followed if he keeps it up!"

The Ultimate Life Form snorted with much resentment, "I've worked with authors with twice the talents than he has… faggot couldn't even get my past right!"

"Well he didn't know about the relations between you and Gerald Robotnic, so he simply filled it in himself," Pinkie happily explained, but put a hoof on her chin, "But I'm not sure how he's going to correct that in the main story, though. Maybe you've gone through torture but admired him as a grandfather, or maybe you think you've been tortured…Yea! You only THOUGHT of being tortured but in reality he was working with you to find a cure or Mari- wait… that won't work either-"

"Quit trying to cover for him!" Shadow snapped, "He'd never played Sonic Adventures 2, and he's going to pay by unintentionally confusing his readers!"

Pinkie was about to say something, but stopped while her ears flopped down in disappointment.

"Okay, I admit it, he can be a goof… but not all the changes he made on you were bad. I think most readers are beginning to like your new powers."

Shadow summoned a Chaos Spear in his hands, staring at it with admiration, "Well, they work well; I'll give him that… but these things were meant to explode, though!"

"STAAAAAAP!"

Pinkie and Shadow snapped their heads around and found Twilight crawling towards them while holding her aching head with her hooves. Her friends were sprouted on the floor behind her like lifeless corpses, eyes open and twitching with their minds trying to comprehend their conversation.

"PLEEEAAASE!" Twilight pleaded, on the verge of passing out from brain exhaustion, "I don't know what you two are talking about, nor do I want to know what you two are talking about… BUT I ONLY WANT A DECENT SLUMBER PARTY! AND I CAN'T HAVE A DECENT SLUMBER PARTY IF MY FRIENDS PASSED OUT FROM MIND EXPLOSION!"

The pink pony gasped in horror at the mess she has caused. It'll take a whole scene skip for them to recover!

"I'm so sorry, Twilight!" She shouted while helping her up, giving her a glass of water with some aspirin on hoof.

Shadow only smirked when he saw Sonic and his friends passed out, "Simpletons."

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"Alright, everypony and mammal!" Twilight called while clapping her hooves to grab everyone's attention, flipping the pages of her book, "The book has a list of games we can play, but doesn't specify which games we play first… we could have an eating contest."

Food completely whipped out due to Pinkie Pie's efforts.

"Truth or Dare-"

"TRUTH OR DARE!" Knuckles, Applejack, Sonic, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, and Amy shouted in a chore.

Tails, Rarity, and Twilight herself were a little unsure, but became curious enough of what would happen to agree.

Fluttershy began to back away from them while shaking her head.

"I…I don't wanna play," She softly announced.

This came as a surprise to everyone in the library. Concerned, but understanding of her very timid nature, Sonic slowly walked to her side.

"It's just a game," He assured her, "Nothing but clean, honest fun among our friends."

Knuckles snickered under his breath, earning a grin from Applejack.

"It won't be the same without you." He added.

Fluttershy took a couple of seconds to reconsider. With a sigh, she nodded her head.

"O… Okay"

The only creature that didn't agree was Shadow.

"You playing too?" Sonic asked.

The Ultimate Life Form glared at him, "I'll meet any challenge you or the rest of those disgusting ponies can throw at me."

"Fair enough," Sonic concluded, putting a finger in the air to grab everyone's attention before anyone could threaten Shadow, "Alright, here's what we're going to do!" Sonic zipped to the kitchen and zipped back with a glass bottle in his hand, "The player is going to spin this bottle, and whoever this bottle points to has to accept his or her dare or question. When the deed is done, the other player can chose to either truth or dare the player, or spin the bottle again. The only rules we have to go by is the law of the land, nothing life threatening, and nothing that involves sex."

Twilight's ears flopped down.

"And the most important rule. Whatever dare the player declare, the other player must comply. Whatever question is being asked, the other must be completely honest. There is absolutely no exception! If you don't do the dare, we'll make you! If you lie, we'll pump the truth out of you!"

Sonic drew in a deep breath, "Say I if you agree to the rules!"

"I!" Everyone ushered together including Sonic… except from a certain pale pony.

Everyone one in the room looked to her for a response, making her crouch and hide her face behind her mane. Sonic gave her a warmful smile.

"We're all friends. Aren't we?" He asked.

With another sigh, she slowly rose and trotted to the inner circle.

"…I." She squeaked.

With swearing themselves into certain humiliation, stupidity, and doom out-of-the-way; they gathered into a large circle and down together.

"All right." Rarity nervously mumbled, "Who's going to go first?"

"Ah go!" Applejack shouted while shooting up her hoof.

She raised her hoof and slapped the mouth of the empty bottle, making it spin in a blur. When the bottle slowed and hauled, it pointed at, luckily; at Knuckles.

"Dare." The red echidna bravely shouted with his arms crossed.

"Ah right, I dare you too…" Applejack began to smirk, "Go outside and eat a big-juicy worm."

"My word!" Rarity gasped in complete discuss.

Everyone would have expected Knuckles to be at least a little reluctant of going outside and chewing up a poor, slimy, soil covered lumbricina.

But to everyone surprise, he only stood up, shrug his shoulders, and simply walked out the door. Just a minute later, he came back with a handful of dirt and a rotten apple in his hand. With a big smirk, he sat right next to Rarity and gently crushed the apple, oozing out a disgusting liquid from within with a squishy crunch. Just when everyone was ready to puke, a worm poked its head out.

"Bottoms up!"

Without hesitation or a second thought, he pulled the worm from the tiny whole and ripped its head off with his teeth.

"Oh my God, Knuckles!" Amy squealed, "Disgusting!"
Everyone had to turn their heads as he noisily slurped the deceased worm, smacked it, and ultimately gulped. When everyone was confident that he was done, they looked to him and shook their heads. Knuckles only rolled his eyes.

"Guys, I'm an echidna; it's a part of my diet. My ancestors used to snack on these things before civilization began."

"But… I-I never seen you eat worms before." Tails groaned, his stomach curling into knots.

Knuckles chuckled as he picked a worm from the pile of dirt in his hands, holding it over his mouth and threatening to eat it. When Sonic and the others quickly turned their heads, he politely placed it back.

"It was out of courtesy that I refrained from eating these things in front of ya'll. I munch on these things all the time when I'm guarding the Master Emerald," He plucked another worm and offered it to Rarity, "Want a bite?"

She screamed and dramatically fainted.

"…Oh, well; more for me."

He decided to munch on a couple of worms before doing his turn.

"Alright, Applejack. I have a question for you."

"Shoot!" She commanded with hooves crossed.

"Have you ever been attracted to another female?"

Everypony and creature gasped. Applejack stared him dead in the eye with narrowed eyebrows.

"No-"

"Wait, let me rephrase that!" Knuckles interrupted, "Have you ever thought about getting involved with another mare?"

"No."

"Do you know anypony that's-"

"I've done answered yer question!" Applejack snapped, spinning the bottle with it pointing towards a recovering Rarity.

"Rarity," The cowpony shouted, "Ah dare ya to smack Knuckle's nuts!"

Without blinking an eye, the white unicorn swung over and slammed the disgusting creature right between the legs with a loud pop.

"OOOOHHH!"

His face curled as he toppled to his side, holding his jewels in as a burning sensation shot through his body.

"Ask me about bein' a homo again, ya varmit!"

"…CAN'T, OOOH!...FEEEEEL!"

Everybody just stared at him for a couple of seconds while he squealed in pain, and then simply resumed their game. It was Rarity's time to spin, and she smacked the mouth of the bottle. It pointed towards Twilight.

"Alright, dear." She called out, trying to shout over Knuckles' groaning, "Truth or Dare?"

Hm…Twilight hummed in her head, if I say truth, she'll ask me if I like Tails.

"Dare." She smirked.

"O.K." Rarity said, "I daaaaaare you toooooo… have Spike fix you a pie and eat it."

Everyone raised an eyebrow.

"…Alright." Twilight mumbled, "That doesn't sound too bad. SPIKE!"

Rarity grinned as her assistant stumbled down stairs, rubbing the sleepies out of his eyes.

"Yea?"

"Can you go to the kitchen and bake us a pie?"

The baby dragon shrugged his shoulders and dragged himself to the kitchen. After several minutes, Spike came walking into the library with a brownish pie with several puncture holes in his claws. When the ponies and creatures took one little whiff in, vomit immediately rushed up their throats.

And the looks of it was just as unpleasant. Full of holes, dirty covering, and if someone were to look at the layers, they would see a strange yellow ooze seeping from the side.

"Rarity," Twilight called with her snout pinched, "That could kill me."

She stood up and levitated the pie, "Not technically… you know the rules."

Without much of a choice, Twilight levitated the forbidden dessert and closed her eyes; opening her mouth. There was a small fly that just happened to pass above it.

The fly died as soon as it inhaled and crashed on top of it.

With Twilight already feeling nauseous, she shook her head and shoved the whole thing in her mouth… Didn't care to chew, just stuffed it in and swallowed.

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(Plump)

Sonic had to run outside and get a medic to get the unicorn's stomach pumped. She passed out shortly.

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THIRTY MINUTES LATER

Doctor Hooves didn't like to be dragged in the middle of the night to pump a unicorn's stomach with a spell, but Rarity was kind enough to pay him for his troubles. Twilight was awoken from unconscious, and couldn't go ten minutes without vomiting into a plastic bag. The last word she heard from the doctor before he left was an advice of being careful not to intake hazardous materials.

In no time at all, everyone surrounded the bottle in a little circle; ready to resume the game. They were pretty sure that Twilight will be fine after an hour or so of barfing.

"RariUUUUHHHH!" Twilight shouted while hurling into her bag. She took a couple of deep breaths and resumed. She's gonna get her for this! "Rarity-"

Rarity felt a drip of sweat from her forehead as she eyed the barf bag. Maybe she's nice enough to not-

"I dare you to pour the content of this bag over your head!"

…Guess not.

Twilight began to levitate the soaked bag to her.

"Oh; nononono. Twilight, you're better than this."

"You were no better when you dared me to eat Spike's pie." The lavender unicorn growled.

Rarity began to step away when the levitating bag began to creep towards her, "Oh! I-I-I cannot let your own fluids in my mane, my dear. I'll never get the stuff off."

Sonic stood up and blankly stared at her, "You refusing?"

She eventually backed up against a wall, "Yes! Yes I'm refusing!"

"Shadow—"

Without a second to spare, the Ultimate Lifeform sprinted and tackled her to her side; pinning her down and easily overpowering her. Shadow also grabbed hold of her horn before she could channel magic.

"No! Please, Twilight! You're better than this! Please!"

The lavender unicorn levitated the soggy bag above her head.

"NO! NONONONONONONOOOOOOOOOOO!"

*SPLASH!*

The pinned mare felt a slimy, smelly, and disgusting greenish-yellow liquid pour on the very top of her forehead. She felt the thick ooze slither down her cheek and over her eyelids, mysterious chunks plastering themselves all over her mane and parts of her neck. Shadow was smart enough to teleport away before the bag tipped, much to his relief. Rarity began quivering in place, slowly standing back up and shaking like a leaf.

"AAAAUUUUG! EEEEEEWW!" she galloped outside, "EWEWEWEWEWEWEWEEEW!"

Sonic and the others could hear a water hose turning on, followed by several pings at the window. They could see countless bottles of shampoo, body lotion, perfumes, conditioners, and whatever else a lady may have in a bathroom floating outside, and every object was being poured on the soaked mare.

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SOME TIME LATER

When Rarity was finished washing her mane and coat to the point of becoming intoxicated with chemicals, she sat back down with her friends and stuck to the game. Strangely, even after what has happened so far, everyone was determined to say in. Several rounds went by, and thankfully the game became more civil. At this point, everyone took their turn at least once… except for a certain pegasus.

Fluttershy could feel her heart thumping as Sonic gave the bottle a good spin. She was lucky that the bottle has yet to choose her as the participant in this cruel game, but she knew that it would be a matter of time before her turn would come. She has seen what happened to the bottle's victims, and it frightens her to the bone of what her own friends would dare her to do, or reveal whatever skeletons she may have.

Her time, unfortunately, has come. The bottle revolutionized several times until it came to a stop. She whimpered and hid her face behind her pink mane as the bottle's mouth pointed right for her.

"All right, Fluttershy," Sonic politely called, "Truth or Dare?"

The pony slowly backed away from him and crouched while covering her face with her hooves.

"Um…I…I…I don't know."

The hedgehog sighed. He and well as his friends planned to be very gentle if the bottle ever did point to her. Sonic even felt guilty for the bottle to point at her in the first place.

"Fluttershy," He softly called, "I promise I won't ask anything beyond you. I'll go easy, I swear."

She froze in place for a moment, just staring at the concern hedgehog until her fears receded by his trust.

" …Okay…D—dare."

She squint her eyes and braced herself for impact. The hedgehog was tempted to simply walk over and give her a warm hug. Fluttershy's charm always struck a sensitive nerves with a lot of males, making them go motherly and caring on the spot. Sonic has seen Tails being affected by it, he knows that Knuckles has been swoon by it.

He even glanced at his side and saw Shadow blinking when looking at her, as if he was in shock!

Sonic shook his head and carefully picked something that wouldn't oppress her in any way.

"I, uh…I dare you to smile."

It took her exactly five minutes to gather herself, raise her head, and gently curl her lips upward.

Sonic felt his heart skip exactly two beats. If he didn't advert his eyes he would have suffered from cardiac arrest.

"HNNNG!"

Everyone heard a thump as Knuckles fell over with a fist on his chest. After a couple of quick thumps from Amy's hammer, he was back on his feet in no time. When everything settled down, Fluttershy was faced with another challenge.

"O.K." Sonic nodded, "Now it's your turn to either truth or dare me."

"Oh, uh…" She began to stutter.

"Common Fluttershy," Sonic cheered, "It's just a game."

"Um… I-I don't want to enforce anything on you."

"You're not, because I'm accepting anything you tell me."

She wanted to argue, but then reminded herself that she participated in the game. Why would she be involved if she won't dare anyone to begin with.

With a sigh, she began to let her mind roam free. What would she want him to do? She could dare him to do almost anything, or even ask him any question. She's not a pony with a vast imagination, but she let her mind run wild inside her mind. There wasn't really much there, nothing filthy or daring anyways. She could dare him to hop on one leg… no, that won't be good enough. She could ask him if he ever had crushes before he met Rainbow… no, that's too personal; not to mention that Amy would most likely murder him. She could-

No! Th-that's too much!

"Oh my."

She deeply blushed and hid behind her mane.

"You thought of something?" Sonic asked.

"Oh no! No Sonic!" She pleaded, "i-i-i-it was nothing."

"Come on, Fluttershy!" Rainbow shouted in impatience, "Speak whatever is on your mind so we can move along!"

"No, no, no... no Rainbow." She pleaded, "I-I can't. It'll be embarrassing to him."

"Dat's kinda du point of du game, sugercube.." Applejack pointed out, "Just tell him what you want him to do."

Fluttershy shook her head and whimpered. Sonic shook his head and raised a hand in the air.

"I promise," He swore, "That no one will condemn you afterwards, especially me."

The pale pegasus glanced around and felt eyeballs heaving down on her, beginning to pry whatever she was thinking to her mouth. Crouching and turning away, she spoke of her dare in a soft voice. A voice just loud enough for everyone to her.

"I dare you… to kiss Shadow."

Things fell ill quiet, not even a breath could be heard. Sonic's eyes dilated to a new size of tiny.

"…Passionately… on the lips"

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…"

"WHAT!?"

Shadow came to his senses and shook his head, "Wait! You expect me to kiss him, pony!?"

Fluttershy trembled, "I-I-I-I'm sorry…It was the only thing I could think of."

Sonic shook his head, trembling, "Nononono! There is no way that I'm kissing him!"

"Did you say that you have to take a dare or tell the truth no matter what it may be?" Fluttershy reminded him innocently.

"I-I-I-I did, but-"

"Did you rule that the dare couldn't be anything sexual?" Shadow recalled, rather frantic and in full panic mode, "You did say that, right?"

"I… I sure did!" Sonic gleamed with a smile of relief, crossing his arms but still breathing heavily.

The six mares just stared at each other.

"Kissing isn't sex, silly!" Pinkie cheered, "It's just skin contact involving lips!"

"I most certainly agree," Rarity chuckled with a smirk, "Kissing itself may be reserved for those who are 'close', but by no means that it involves any kind of sexual immanency. It's just a strong way of showing affection."

Shadow deeply blushed, staring at the open space just dreadfully contemplating inching his face closer and closer to his rival until their lips contacted. He suddenly snorted and crossed his arms, sneering at the ponies before him. It was also strange on how Amy was surprisingly excited about this. Guess it made sense, he's not kissing a female, and above all he's kissing another male against his will.

"Hmph! If you ponies think that I'll give in to your sick desires, then you're sadly mistaken!"

The mares didn't waver from his hiss, but instead earned a small lecture from a cyan pegasus that was now hovering in front of him.

"Shadow. Did you say that you'll meet any challenge that us disgusting ponies would throw at you?"

"Well I change my mind," Shadow grunted, making his way to the door, "And it's not like any of you could make me."

He summoned a Chaos Spear and hurled the projectile, passing them and sticking to a wall to prove his point. There was no way he would even think of doing such a thing to anyone, especially towards another male that happens to be his rival. Shadow was about to simply walk out of this disgusting game until Rainbow made one comment that froze him in his tracks.

"Then that must mean you're a coward."

He shot his head around and cast a death glare at him.

"I am no coward."

"Then what are you doing walking out on what you said?" She said, still smiling, "You're claiming one thing for one second and going against it the next. That's being a coward."

Shadow already marched back in and slammed the door shut. Rainbow has him right where she wants him. Even if she knew him only by what Sonic told her and this very short time he was here, she already identified a fatal flaw that she could relate to: pride.

Shadow huffed and sat next to Sonic, staring at him, "Then I'll prove you wrong, you miserable creature."

Sonic didn't know what was worse; staring into Shadow's narrowed eyes, which immediately shot open in agonizing fear with his cheeks showing just a hint of red or seeing six mares crowding around them with huge cheeky smiles. Even Rainbow was exited.

He saw Tails adverting his eyes, Knuckles snickering so hard under his breath that his sides began to hurt, and Amy, surprisingly to him, rubbing her hands together in anticipation.

"Oh, and um… make this kiss last more than six seconds," Fluttershy squeaked, blushing a deep pink but smiling with the rest, "I did say passionate after all."

Sonic and Shadow grunted under their breaths. There goes their last hope of escaping.

The two hedgehogs, after several seconds of mental preparation, finally faced each other. They forced themselves to kneel down and faced each other, way to close for comfort. They almost looked like two young lovers about to share a kiss for the first time.

The mares had to contain their squeals.

Shadow started by putting his hands around his shoulders, his gaze becoming sharper and sharper and they inched closer.

"Sonic," The Ultimate Life Form softly called, unintentionally sounding romantic.

"Yea?"

"…If you ever take what you would call friendship beyond than what we have right now... I'll cut your testicles off."

"Our moment here won't leave this tree house." Sonic mumbled to him.

Sonic puckered up and leaned in until Shadow put a finger to his lips.

"No, Sonic," Shadow whispered, "This has never happened."

At that… they pressed their lips against each other.

Rainbow has never felt a mix of laughter and excitement in her life. She held her giggles in as best as she could while feeling her cheeks light up. Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie could only do so much to hold themselves in until girly squeals ruptured through the tree house. Knuckles burst out laughing while Tails simply turned his head away.

Amy was snickering under her breath with a camera in her hands, taking several well placed pictures of the two. No doubt, she's going to put these pictures to very good use in the future.

As soon as their terrifying two seconds were up, they pushed away from each other; spitting on the floor and heaving.

"That was the most horrific thing I have ever done!" Shadow shouted in anger, "Understand Sonic, I will never show any kind of affection towards you! EVER!"

"It wasn't like I enjoyed it!" Sonic shouted, rubbing his mouth with his hand.

The blue hedgehog heard a roar of laughter from the mares and his friends, either doubling back or tumbling to their sides. Even Tails couldn't help but chuckle.

What surprised him most was Fluttershy's reaction.

For the entire time she was staring at the two with eyes wide open with her cheeks burning a bright pink with her wings completely shot out and stiff as a board.

"Fluttershy," Shadow growled, "I surely hope you enjoyed that, because that will be the only time you'll see it."

"I sure did."

Everyone stared at her. Never once have they heard her in such a lustful tone.

"Um, I mean… it's just a game, Shadow. You have nothing to be ashamed of."

It probably took several minutes for the two hedgehogs to regain their poster. Shadow did the only thing that could atone just a bit of what he had to do. He walked over to the bottle and picked it up.

"What are you doing Shadow?" Sonic asked.

He then proceeded to chunk the bottle to an open space and jumping away from it.

"CHAOS BLAST!"

The bottle became nothing more but ashes as a bright yellow flash emitted from the windows.

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Author's notes.

I told ya'll I'm not abandoning this fiction, now did I?

I understand that it's frustrating to be reading a good fan fiction then to have it abruptly end when the author wishes, I understand why so many of you are doubting that I will continue. Let me inform you very clearly by bolding, italicizing, underlining, and caps locking my next paragraph so everyone will understand.

I WILL NOT ABONDON THIS FICTION!

Seriously, stop moaning in the comments that I won't be coming back! I may have been a little late with this bonus but that doesn't mean anything. My internet has been acting like a snobby, rebellious teenager!

Let me say this right now to completely ensure everyone that I'm not leaving. This fan fiction is close to being through; the only thing I have left is the climax and the resolution. That's still several chapters but we're nearing the end, readers. From the very beginning I've been planning on completing the entire thing, bonuses and all, by the end of the year.

Now, I thought I could work on another fan fiction since I was a little ahead of schedule…They were complications with The Missing Sense, however, my dear editor for that fan fiction has been a little slow. Not the editor that has been working with this one but the other one that hangs around in FIMfiction. So I might resume work with this one mainly while have The Missing Sense as a side project while he works with it. It's audience is nowhere as big as this one.

For those that haven't read the first chapter of The Missing Sense, go check it out.

Let me repeat, I plan on completing this fiction by the end of the year, which means that you all will be expecting the next chapter sometime in the future. Just not immediately.

Deadline: It's not going to be long as this one, but I'm not completely sure when I'll be publishing the second part of this bonus. When I do, I'll start work on the next chapter immediately.

This concludes the first section of this bonus…Stay tuned for the second part.

God Bless

Harry

Flying Demon Monkey: I don't got much to say, other than scaring the bejeezus out of Diamond Tiara, the massive 4th wall breaking, and Fluttershy enjoying the yaoi moment… priceless… just… priceless… XD!

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"He who hastens to be rich as an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come upon him."

Proverbs 29: 22