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I'm going to go ahead and get this off my chest. I loved the MLP Episode where Rainbow is sent to flying school. My favorite Episodes for third season was that, and where Trixie returns with the Alicorn necklace (Whatever the heck it's called).

I can tell from the comments that a lot of you are very happy of reading this. To be honest, I didn't expect this kind of positive feedback. This is my first fan fiction…The best is yet to come readers.

I haven't got a chance to edit this a lot, so just hang with me.

If anybody would have noticed, Princess Luna isn't speaking in Old English like she was in the show, (expect maybe the Royal Wedding). I'm going to go ahead and explain myself. Chaos Stirs took place a couple of years after the Royal Wedding, I expect Luna after that long to have adjusted her accent to the modern times. That, and I have no idea how to write in Old English; if I can't do something right, then I'm not doing it at all; Best to have that then to have Luna's dialog awkward. Oh, and I decided to USE THIS TEXT WHEN LUNA IS SPEAKING HER CANTERLOT VOICE. (cough, cough).

Go on, readers…Your chapter is waiting.

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It's been almost five hours since the timberwolf attack. Celestia's sun began to settle over the horizon, and it's not making things any easier for the group. The dense forest was getting darker and darker by each passing minute. It was even becoming difficult to see three to four trees ahead of them, blinded by the intruding darkness of night. They have discussed about retreating back home, since it's dangerous to be traveling in the Ever Free Forest by night, but Tails insisted that they continued. His tracking device has been beeping moments ago, a crucial sign that they were getting close, and the percent number on the screen was steading increasing above seventy-five percent.

"We're just meters away from the Chaos Emerald." Tails announced to the group, "But this machine can't pinpoint the exact location."

Rarity stepped up, reenacting the diamond location spell, "I believe I can help you with that, dear. Spike, could you be a gentle dragon and follow me."

Now that's a request the baby dragon can follow.

"Yes, my lady! Command and I shall obey!"

Rarity giggled at his little frantic and lowered her horn to the ground. Not long later her horn halted her to a spot and Spike dug on the spot, dirt flying out of the newly found hole. After several seconds, he popped his head to the surface with a small frown, holding an armful of colorful gems. Tails carried the device to him to check his findings.

"That's not it." Tail's informed, "My energy readings are still the same."

"Well…What does a Chaos Emerald look like?" Spike asked.

"Like an emerald." Sonic snickered.

Applejack and Rainbow Dash chuckled at his comment. It was short lived when everyone else gave them a cold glare. Spike blushed a bit in embarrassment.

"Should have figured." He said to himself following Rarity.

Spike dug up a couple of more holes with no luck. The sun was just moments away from settling; the darkness was now closing in around them, they had to stay close to Rarity to avoid getting lost. Sonic was high alert for any sudden ambushes until something nearly toppled him to the ground.

"Oh, Sonic!" Amy playfully squealed, "It's been exactly three days, twenty-two hours, ten minutes, and thirty six and a half seconds since our last get together. We have some catching up to do."

He squirmed in place trying to shake her off, "Gee, Amy. You know I hate it when I don't have my personal space."

Sonic did manage to get her sweaty palms off of him; Amy put her two hands together.

"We should totally date tomorrow night." She continued.

Sonic sighed; thinking of an excuse to escape from her clutches, "I don't fancy myself with dates. You know that."

"Hey Sonic!" Pinkie cheerfully squealed hopping in front of him, "I totally forgot because of everything that's been happening but I'm throwing a party tomorrow night because you're my neeeeeewwwww friend and neeeeeewwwwww friends are always good to have."

"…So Amy what time do you want me to come get you?" Sonic quickly asked her with a shaky voice.

"Seven O'clock." Amy delight answered.

"I THINK I FOUND IT!" Spike shouted to the group.

Every one silenced and quickly made their way to the hole he was in. Spike pocked his head out with a glowing emerald in his hand. Tails took his machine to it and the percentage sparked to a hundred percent.

"That's the one!" He confirmed.

Rarity looked upon it with sparkling eyes; her horn surging with power when she neared it. She never saw such a spectacular diamond in her life. It was deep, dark blue with the edges radiating light from the inside; the amount of possibilities of fashion ideas. She can see it now, a graceful white dress with that emerald holding it together at the pony's chest. The high social ponies in Canterlot would be drooling with envy!

"It's about time we found it." Knuckles grunted, "It's getting dark out here."

Twilight charged her horn with magic, "If we huddle together, me and Rarity can teleport everyone back to Ponyville."

Of course, she made sure she was touching Tails when she announced her plan. In the book Celestia gave her, it recorded that two unicorns can combine magic to do a specific task. This saved energy if that task took a lot of magic, and teleporting that many creatures can take a lot out of a unicorn, even for Twilight Sparkle.

"Rarity, you ready?" She asked glancing to her side, "Rarity?"

She found her standing over the Chaos Emerald with a speck of drool on the side of her mouth.

"Rarity!" She shouted.

She shook her head and regained her graceful poster, charging her horn as well, "Oh, why excuse me."

Sonic walked over and picked the emerald off the ground, feeling an all too familiar energy taking hold of him. It made him smile feeling that power coursing through his body.

"Uh…If you two girls don't mind." Sonic called out to them, "I want to take the long route back to the boutique."

"You're sure about that now?" Applejack asked concern.

"He'll be fine." Knuckles told her, "This is Sonic you're talking about here. Nothing has killed him yet."

Sonic stepped in front of the group with the emerald in hand. He took a long-deep breath, taking in every inch of fresh air. With his emerald glowing, he kneeled. A loud boom echoed as he sprinted straight through an opening. In a blink of an eye, he was gone.

"Oh my." Fluttershy commented, "That…Is some emerald."

"Now you know why we worked so hard to keep them away from Eggman." Amy said to her.

"I…I see what you mean."

At that, Twilight and Rarity released their magic from their horn; and everyone disappeared at that instant.

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Dr. Robotnik was in the control tower of his space station, which was now down to earth and established. The large window above him gave him a view of the lush landscape of trees and vegetation. His base was on the foot of a nearby mountain, providing it some cover from the back side. The control tower he was in was just tall enough to oversee ocean of trees. Unit 021 was by him, plugged into a projector. It began to play last few minutes of life of the newly established timberwolves his med bots assembled yesterday.

"CONFOUND THESE PONIES!" He screamed, banging his fits against the mother board. "THEY DRIVE ME TO INSANITY!"

He sighed loudly and began frantically walking around the open room; thinking but mostly to let out steam. After several minutes, he took in a deep breath and ordered unit 021 to play back the video tape. He closely observed the tape, looking for any detail he might have missed. If he couldn't do them in on the first try, he can at least learn from his mistakes. The first video shown Sonic sawing through a robotic timberwolf in half, another showing an orange pony bucking relentlessly at a timberwolf's head until the video cut off, and another showing a purple unicorn's glowing horn.

"Pause." He ordered.

The video paused at the moment the purple unicorn's horn began glowing. He looked at this with deep interest; this was nothing he ever saw back home.

"Do you have any energy reading on that unit before it shut off?" He asked the little robot.

"Yes, master." It answered, "At exactly one minute and two seconds of this clip, the energy reading spiked."

After several seconds of observing the picture, a little smile crested across his face; followed by a deep chuckle.

"Now there's something I can take to my advantage…Have my med bots completed their route?"

"Affirmative. We have multiple species converted and ready for combat."

Unit 021 pulled out a list from its compartment and hand it to him. Robotnik looked over the different type of species available.

"I have a special order for this species." He said pointing, "Have the rest go out and begin another assault on Sonic and his medaling friends."

The robot saluted, "As you command, Lord Robotnik."

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NEXT MORNING

Ponyville may be a small town by standards, but if there is one thing everypony knows in the peaceful little town is that if one pony knows,

"I can't believe that hedgehog is staying in this town." One pony complained while getting her hair done, "That and all of his weird companions."

"Don't think of them too badly, my dear." Rarity politely addressed, "They're not bad uh…Creatures. I've known the little hedgehog for a couple of days now and I come to believe he's innocent. In fact, he's racing Rainbow Dash this afternoon to settle their differences."

Every pony knows.

The streets literary turn into a ghost town, every house and building was deserted and seemed forgoten. Every business owner closed their establishment down, even the Apples Family halted their apple production for this one event. One spot in the outskirt of Sweet Apple Acres was flooded with ponies, in the mist of them stood two racing poles with a white line painted between them. The two expected racers weren't present at the time, so they made due with a battle taking place right in front of them; an innocent game of horseshow between Applejack and Knuckles.

"Sweet Celestia!" One loudly commented, "They've been at it for a full hour!"

And it's been exactly one hour since they started their game. Their audience has been growing by each round, and eventually caught every pony's attention. Knuckles threw another horseshow to the goal, nailing its target dead on. The two nails in the little wooden fence was filled to the brim with horseshows. They even agreed to take a step back for each shot and they're still making their target.

"All right." Knuckles sighed, "Something's gotta happen."

"Ah know." Applejack agreed, "Them targets are two easy for us."

They stood around for a second until a light bulb appeared above Knuckle's head.

"Tell you what…Let's pick different targets, and whoever misses; losses."

"Good deal." She agreed.

Applejack looked around for a quick second and found a nearby branch high on a tree.

"Betcha can't make that."

"Watch me."

Knuckles drew his horse shoe back and threw it at the base. The piece of medal wrapped around the limb and came to a stop, resting on the top.

"That's nothin!" Applejack spat.

She chunked the shoe and bucked it in midair, spinning onto the limb and rest onto it; much like Knuckle's shot.

"Not bad." Knuckles commented, "See that metal pole by the school?"

Applejack glanced over the horizon and saw a school several blocks by the barn. She chunked her horse shoe in midair and bucked it; sending it flying. It took several seconds before they heard a ping and the sound of metal rubbing against each other. She squinted his eyes and found the pole in the gate of the horseshoe.

"Made it!" She shouted.

Knuckles reared his horseshoe back and threw the projectile like a disk. After several seconds, they heard and the two metals rubbing against each other…Another successful shot.

Applejack grunted in frustration, and glanced her surroundings for another target. Something caught her eye.

"See that pegasus flyin' up there?" She pointed.

Knuckles had to cover the sun with his hands in order to see. It was a speck, but he could barely make out a flying pony with a bag of mail strapped to her chest. Applejack chunked her horseshow and bucked it as hard as she could.

Soaring was an understatement...It bolted towards its target.

Every pony in the area looked at her as a mad creature. Up above, the pegasus was making her last route; it was difficult to navigate because of her lazy eye, but she always managed. She was flying along until she felt something ring across her neck, almost choking her until the object rested. She grabbed the object with her hoof and found a horseshoe.

"Thanks!" She happily shouted below, "I needed a-"

DING

Applejack watched in horror as she came crashing down to earth with a soft thud. Knuckles quickly glided to her side, fearing the worst.

"You alright?" He franticly asked.

She slowly stood up. Knuckles almost jumped back when her eyes opened, which were swimming in circles.

"That hurt." She winced.

Every living sole in Sweet Apples Acre had their eyes dead aimed at Knuckles, with daggers ready to kill. Very slowly, he began backing away.

"I swear on my mother's grave that was an accident."

"No one hurts Derpy!" Somepony shouted, "No one!"

"I-I'm fine." She announced out loud, "I survived worse than a bump on the head."

Everypony began circling him. Knuckles took a fighting stance, ready to defend himself if have to.

"You know what happened to the last pony that laid a hoof on her?" Another pony asked clinching her teeth, "He wasn't able to eat solid food for months."

"I'm all right." Derpy repeated, standing on all four hooves brushing the dirt off of her, "See? Not a scratch."

The ponies around him began to close the gap.

"I said it was an accident!" He shouted.

"How do you sleep at night when you degrade a pony less fortunate than you?" Another pony asked, getting dangerously close.

Derpy then stood by him and put a hoof around him, every pony then stop their advancement.

"See?" She asked them, "I'm fine. No need to defend me."

They nodded their heads and back away, but still glaring at him. Knuckles turned to her.

"Sorry about that. I misjudged my shot."

She gave him a quick hug, "No worries!"

"DAAWWWW!" Everyone sighed in a chorus.

Knuckles froze for a second before returning the hug. He was about to turn to Applejack to congratulate her until-

"I see them!" A little filly shouted, "It's Rainbow Dash!"

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"O.K…" Sonic quietly sighed to himself, "Uh…I thought this race was going to be private."

"It was supposed to be private." Twilight growled

Rarity quietly slipped behind the crowd; guilty before the verdict even decided.

"Well, more the merrier." Amy cheerfully commented.

The huge crowd in front of them slowly moved to the side until they can see the starting post. It was nothing fancy about it, simply two poles and a white line between them. Rainbow Dash can just taste the excitement in the air, the amount of eyes on her; it just sent tingles down her back.

"This is totally awesome!" Rainbow shouted.

She couldn't help but fly in the air and pose a little for the paparazzi; camera flashes covered her as she performed a couple of loops. Being in the air with hundreds of screaming ponies cheering for their adoring pegasus, it took her joy to a new height.

"Man!" Knuckles sighed out loud, "She's worse than Sonic."

"Ah see where ya come from." Applejack commented.

Sonic didn't bother with any distractions; he just simply walked to the starting line. No pony gave him any mind, except maybe a few that booed at him. Tails pushed his way through the crowd with a handful of equipment. Twilight was happily walking beside him…Very close beside him while levitating a large screen Tails assembled. She rest the screen in front of the crowd, several feet beyond the starting gate. Tails also set up a high-tech camera right by the start, ready to capture the moment when they cross the finish line.

"Thank you." Tails politely said to the violent mare, "I would have never been able to carry that on my own if it weren't for your magic."

She smirked and trotted over to him, staring at him with heavy eyes.

"You're welcome." She almost whispered.

Tails friendly smile back and went back to work. Other than Sonic, he never met anyone who treated him with that much kindness.

"Hey!" Sonic called above impatiently, "Anytime if you want to start!"

Rainbow performed a few more tricks and landed by him, looking rather annoyed.

"Hey! That's Knight of Equestia to you, mister." She shot back proudly.

He rolled his eyes and stared straight ahead, smiling almost, "Now, I thought we were friends."

"Nnnnot technically." She stated.

"Ouch." Sonic chuckled, "Even after I saved you."

Suddenly they saw two streams of dark clouds above them, followed by a faint whish of wind. The two Wonderbolts landed by the screen.

"Well, this is something I gotta see." Soarin said observing the two racers, "The knight of Equestia vs. The most wanted creature."

"Rainbow isn't technically knighted yet." Spitfire corrected him.

"Yea, but I think she deserves it." He sighed, "If she didn't go into the canyons, he wouldn't be in her custody right now."

"…You know what's so funny?" Spitfire chuckled, "She's faster than any of us and we're still her idols."

"I can't imagine her joining our team." Soarin said, "She's a hero on her own."

Tails walked up to them holding two cameras.

"You two don't mind if ya'll hang this camera around your neck?" He kindly asked, "Everyone wants to see the race too."

The two Wonderbolts happily took the peculiar devices and did as requested.

"Now, Rainbow cannot fly above fifty meters above the ground." Tails went on, "Can you two follow them?"

"If we stay way off the ground we could." Soarin answered.

"Now." Tails explained, "Those two cameras moves and swerve on their own to keep up with the racers. There's also a device on Rainbow that will beep if she flies too high. We and you two will know, so she can't cheat."

"And of course they can't hurt each other, right?" Soarin asked with a little hope.

"Not at all." Tails simply answered.

Spitfire harshly tapped him on the side when he stomped his hoof in disappointment. Tails retreated back into the crowd, where the other five mares were waiting for him.

"They're all set." He announced, "Where waiting for Fluttershy to give the count down."

They all shook their heads in agreement…Until after several seconds later they didn't see her anywhere near them.

"Where is she, anyways?" Rarity asked looking around.

Applejack snorted and stomped her way to a nearby tree. Next thing they saw was her with a mouth full of pink hair, dragging the shy pony next to the starting line.

"I-I don't want to do this." Fluttershy pleaded.

Applejack just shook her head and almost flung her to the top of a tall cardboard box. When Fluttershy recovered, she stood still like a statue, not moving a single muscle. It took a little coaxing from the cow pony to get her to move.

"Alright, every pony!" Applejack shouted, "This here race is about to begin! They're gonna run through Ponyville, then over the hills leading to Canterlot, through ponyville again, and back here. We have a couple of rules that these here racers are going to follow. One, no touchen. And Two, Can't go above fifty meters off the ground. If one tries to cheat then the other racer will win. Ama' clear?"

Everypony including the Sonic and Rainbow nodded their heads yes.

"Aright! Fluttershy, count-er' down!"

"Wait I have something to say!" Pinkie shouted to the top of her lungs, suddenly popping from behind the pole.

Applejack rolled her eyes and stood aside to let her take the stage. Pinkie took in a deep breath.

"Whatever happens in this race is for pure entertainment and not to be argued over in the commentary. Harry does not favor either My Little Pony or Sonic the Hedgehog over the other. Sonic and Rainbow's speed is undefined and any argument by it is invalid."

Every sole in the area gave her a blank stare, in a pure state of confusion.

"Thankyou!" She shouted before bouncing off the stage, "Please enjoy the race!"

It took everyone several seconds to snap out of their bewildered state.

"What was that all about?" Sonic asked whispering to Rainbow Dash, his head spinning from her rant.

"Who knows?" She answered, "She's just being Pinkie Pie."

He took in a deep breath to box in his fear and stared straight ahead of him. Moments later the roaring of cheers and hoots swept over the two racers. Fluttershy was on a tall box beside them, shaking feverously while holding a little checkered flag above her head.

"F-f-five." She softly shouted.

Rainbow crouched lower to the ground and Sonic placed one foot behind him, ready to tear the road in front of him.

"F-f-f-four."

The cyan pegasus suddenly leaned her head closer to Sonic.

"Let's spice this up a bit." She whispered to him.

"Th-th-three."

"What do you have in mind?" He whispered back.

"A bet." Rainbow answered with a grin.

"t-t-t-two."

"O.K." Sonic agreed, "If I win you will treat and respect me as a close friend and will talk to me in public with no shame nor disgrace."

Fluttershy was about to breakdown at this point, "w-w-w-w-w-one…"

Rainbow paused for a second, then spoke with the biggest smile, "If I win…You're dating Pinkie Pie."

"WHAT?!"

"Go!"

Rainbow Dash bolted straight ahead, leaving a stream of rainbow and knocking Fluttershy off the box. Sonic just stood in place, shooting himself on the foot for what he just agreed to.

"Run you idiot!" Knuckles shouted, gesturing his fists like a mad man, "RUN!"

Sonic shook his head for a second and blasted ahead, creating a small shock wave around him and leaving a trail of blue blur.

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Rainbow Dash looked behind her and didn't see anything following her. A small chuckle slipped through her lips as she followed the trail to Ponyville. By the speed she was going, she'll be there in a matter of seconds. The wind flew by her mane and tail, an all too familiar experience. She knows her victory was hers; she beat him once, and without a doubt, she will-

BOOM!

She looked behind her and saw a bright-blue aurora blasting its way towards her, and before she can blink, it zipped pass her. Looking ahead, she can see it entering the town. Thinking quickly, she flew above the buildings, which was thankfully lower than fifty meters. Sonic had to slow down when he entered town, the place literary turned into a maze when trying to race through it. Rainbow looked down and saw him struggling trying to find the other end. Taking advantage, she zipped straight ahead, following the dirt trail.

After several seconds of squealing and turning to avoid running head first into a building, he finally finds the trail leading to Canterlot. He saw her several seconds ahead of him, and loosing until he once again approached the sound barrier. He began slowly gaining on her as a shock wave formed around him once again. Rainbow looked behind her and found him gaining, and after a split second passed her. Each flap of her wing was a gain of speed, but it wasn't enough to catch up with him.

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Meanwhile back in on the out skirts of Sweet Apple Acres, Every pony was watching the screen with such anticipation that it can be felt. Amy was hopping up and down in excitement; she knew that his sonic boom would give him an edge. Tails was holding a small device in his hand.

"According to my speed tracker." He explained to his friends and the other five mares, "Rainbow can reach speeds of 540 miles an hour. Sonic, if running straight, can reach mach one."

"So that's why there's a weird blue sphere in front of him." Twilight said in astonishment, jolting down notes, "He's just approaching the sound barrier."

"Exactly!" Tails confirmed, "And his acceleration is so fast that it creates a light shock around him."

"My word." Rarity commented, "I didn't know he had that much in him."

"That's nothing." Knuckles said, "You should see him with a Chaos Emerald. He runs so fast that machines can't measure him."

She just shook her head in disbelief. Suddenly, they heard a faint humming beside them, like a tune. They looked over and found Pinkie Pie staring at the screen, bobbing her head left and right. They were just close enough to hear her.

"Hm-hmhm-hm. Hm-hmhm-hm. Hm-hmhm-hm. Hm-hmhm-hm.

If you're strong, you can fly

You can reach the other siiiiiiiide of the rainboooooooooow."

"What the heck is she singin'?" Applejack asked.

"I don't know." Twilight answered lightly bobbing her head a little bit, "It's kinda catchy."

"It's your right, take a chance

'cause there is no cir-cum-stance

That you can't handlllllllllllle."

Amy jumped to her side and wrapped her arm around her shoulder, singing in a chorus.

"Sonic boom, sonic boom (Amy repeating)

Trouble makes you running faster

Sonic boom, sonic boom

Save the planet from disaster

Sonic boom, sonic boom

Spinning through a world in motion

Sonic boom, sonic boom

Take it all the way!"

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Sonic ran straight ahead with a huge grin on his face, the blue aurora in front of him becoming lighter as he accelerated. He glanced behind him and saw nothing but a speck of the blue pegasus. Suddenly, he found himself going up and down. He realized then that he was running through a series of hills. Rainbow took this chance to gain him, and after a couple of seconds passed him.

He…Hates…Hills!

Rainbow glanced behind her and found his rival following more and more behind by each incline. He was on her tail, but slowly gaining ground. Finally, after several seconds, he found flat land. His rival managed to get several meters ahead of him, but after a shot ofAcceleration, gained his ground back. Canterlot was just around the corner.

"You're awfully slow for a pegasus!" He taunted out loud.

"Ha! Try saying that when you're sitting in front of Pinkie Pie at a dinner table!"

His pupils shrunk in sudden terror and sped ahead, turning his body sideways to prepare a sharp turn to Canterlot. Just about to boom, he saw a rainbow trail above him…She was already maneuvering around the tall buildings.

Sonic sped through the gate, and not to be surprised saw another maze of buildings, this time the streets littered with 'sophisticated' ponies. He looked up and saw Rainbow approaching the outskirts of the city. Luckily for him, he made his last sharp turn. With ground beneath about to run out, he made a dive off the ledge, running down the mountain. Rainbow was now flying right ahead of him, and with a quick sprint shot ahead of her. Now, all is left is passing Ponyville and back home!

Rainbow was flapping her wings like crazy to catch up, but to no avail. The finish line was now several miles away, and by each passing second Sonic was getting smaller and smaller. In a last desperate attempt, she flew up as high as her device would let her. When she was sure she reached her limit, she started accelerating downward towards the ground as fast as her wings could carry her; she had to shut her eyes because of the wind smashing against her face. It was a make it or break it, if she doesn't pull off a Sonic Rainboom, he'll win for sure. Sonic was running full speed ahead, the finish line coming up fast.

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Almost everypony in the area looked on in discuss as they watched the screen; there was no way this land creature could overtake their beloved flyer. Amy was close to squealing; she knew her Sonic was going to rip her to shreds.

"Ah don't believe it." Applejack mumbled, "Ah simply don't believe it."

"Don't be so surprised." Knuckles grunted, "He had the advantage on her from the very start."

Tails was studying the little device he was holding. Sonic has hit his top speed, around 754 miles an hour, but Rainbow's speed, it was slowly inclining without stop.

Suddenly, everyone heard a faint boom over the horizon. When they looked up, they saw a colorful ring passing over them. It was so spectacular, every color of the rainbow passed over them almost at once. Tails quickly glanced back down at his device. His eyes widen; the screen shown Rainbow Dash's speed doubling in that split second and rising.

Rainbow has done it; she felt a violent push behind her as she shot forward. She opened her eyes and everything from her sides became nothing but a blur, the only thing she could make out was what was right in front of her. Sonic took one glance behind to investigate the blast, and his worst fears have been realized. Rainbow was slowly coming up to him; and no matter how much he gunned it, she was slowly gaining. He simply closed his eyes and hopped for the best as he gave it one desperate push.

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"Everybody get back!" Tails shouted to the crowd.

Every pony began backing far away from the pole. They don't know what's like feeling the blow of two objects booming by them at the speed of sound, but they sure don't want to find out.

"I see them!" Knuckles shouted.

Every pony and creature looked over the horizon and saw a dust trail expanding; a closer inspection revealed Sonic's blue aurora. A half a second later, a rainbow trail appeared. They looked at the screen and saw nothing but two blurs, it was impossible to tell who was ahead.

As the two crossed the finish line, the bystanding ponies saw nothing more but a blue and colorful blur passing them. To their surprise, they felt nothing more but a gentile wind wisping through their manes. They all looked forward in confusion until a violent force slammed into everybody's chest. Almost half of them were gasping for air until a loud boom ruptured their ear drums. A handful of pegasus that were flying were instantly punched back several feet, sending them trembling to the ground. Everypony else on land was either knocked off their hooves or was sent flying sideways by a feet or so. Tails, Knuckles, and Amy were smart enough to cover their ears, but everypony else heard nothing but ringing for several long seconds. Sonic squealed himself to a halt while Rainbow pulled her body back with wings fully extended to stop herself in midair. When they looked back, their eyes opened in terror. They saw hundreds of ponies lying motionless on the ground, some piled on top of each other. Even's Rainbow's and Sonic's friends lay motionless on top of each other. It was nothing short of horrific.

"I…Think we over did it." Rainbow softly panted to herself.

When they feared the worse, a small glimmer of hope illuminated from the carnage. A pink pony was slowly standing on her hooves, wobbling but standing tall.

"That…WAS AWSOME!" She cried out in her high pitched voice.

Slowly, every pony and creature began standing back up. The ringing in their ears subsided and the next thing they heard almost deft them again.

"DID ANYPONY FEEL THAT!?" Pinkie continued screaming to the top of the lungs, lunging at every pony near her, shaking their shoulders,"WEWERESTANDINGTHERELOOKINGAT SONICANDRAINBOWDASHCOMMINGTH ISWAYTHENTHEREWASTHIS-BOOM-ANDTHENWEWREKNOCKEDTOTHEGROU NDBYAUNEXPLAINABLEFORCEANDTH ENANERRIERININGFILLEDOUREARD RUMS. INEVERFELTAFORCELIKETHATINMY LIFEANDITFELTGREAT!"

Every pony in the area looked at the two racers and backed away, whether it was respect or fear.

"What…Was that?" Some pony asked them.

"That." Tails answered while standing to his two feet, his friends following suit, "Was the force of a mock one point three shock."

There was silence…then-

"Can you two do that again?" Pinkie asked, hopping up and down in place, "That was FREAKIN FANTASTIC!"

"NO!" Everyone shouted together.

Pinkie sat down and gave a sheepish smile. Sonic and Rainbow walked back to their friends, the five mares gave Rainbow welcoming hugs, while Sonic had to endure a crushing snuggle by Amy.

"I'm so glad you pulled through!" She hollered, "I know you won the race, Sonic! I know you did! I felt it!"

"…That's an understatement." Knuckles mumbled to himself, coughing a little from the impact.

Tails walked over to the starting gate to see if his camera equipment was still planted to the ground. To his amazement, even though they were nailed to the ground by steel, they were still there, because the two poles that stood at the end of the white line were blown out of place.

Or…More like vanished.

"I'm going to play back the sequence right before they passed the line with this high speed camera." Tails shouted to everyone behind him, adjusting a couple of wires.

After a moment, the large screen, which was thankfully still there, displayed Sonic and Rainbow Dash seconds right before they finished. When Tails played the tape over, everypony and creature looked on in shock…Especially Rainbow.

"I…Lost?" She almost whimpered.

The screen showed Rainbow with her front hoof completely extended. Sonic was just inches ahead of her, by a nose almost. They had their eyes closed, their expressions showing fierce constraint.

Twilight trotted to her side, knowing how she reacts when she loses.

"Dash?" She kindly asked her, "Are you O.K?"

Rainbow didn't seem to hear her. Her head was hung down, body limped while hovering in midair. It seemed like hours before she finally spoke up. What Twilight didn't expect was a chuckle from her.

"We blew everyone away, didn't we?"

"…You sure did." Twilight sighed.

Rainbow hovered pass her with a smile on her face. Sonic was high fiving his friends until he saw the cyan pegasus standing right by him. He turned his attention to her.

"You've put up more of a fight than anything I've faced." Sonic proudly stated to her.

Rainbow reached a hoof out to him, "You got to be the craziest thing I've met." She rolled her eyes, "well, other than Pinkie Pie."

He reached out a hand and grabbed her hoof, gently shaking it, "I'm just glad I don't have to go out with her."

They slowly began to walk back to Rarity's boutique. The crowd behind him began to disperse, one by one at first then by groups. The five mares and the others were catching up to them.

"We should hang out when we get the chance." Rainbow Dash suggested openly, knowing that her friends were right behind.

He snickered, "Glad I could make your acquaintance."

"Yea, uh…You two." She answered with a warm smile.

Little did anybody know that Amy overheard their conversation. Is it possible for her boyfriend to leave her over a horse…No, no way and no how! He's above that, way above that. There was no way her Sonic would ever leave her. Amy continued to smile while talking to Fluttershy, pushing that doubt out of her conscience.

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"Pathetic." Shadow mumbled under his breath, "Those creatures never had a conscience for themselves."

It was a blissful night out in the meadows. Canterlot was several hundred miles from where he was at, but can be seen from where he was at. A full moon was slowly floating over the horizon, silver light speckled the grass beneath him. He was supposed to meet Discord in the Everfree Forest, but what's the rush? It gave him more time to think…More about her.

"Destiny does have a way of fulfilling itself." He said, "First I was thrown here in a foreign world, now I'm trying to save it from enslavement. It feels like my existence have been preserved for this moment."

Through his delude eyes, he saw the city of Canterlot still on fire. Hatred burned inside of him.

"Those two will pay for what they have done." He said in his deep voice, his hand tightening into a fist.

"YOU!" A deep female voice boomed.

Shadow stood his ground and scanned his surroundings, a chaos sphere in both hand; there was nothing in sight.

"HOW FOOLISH OF YOU TO DISRUPT THE PEACE THAT LIES WITHIN EQUESTIA!"

"Show yourself!" He shouted while turning his head in every direction.

The lighting around him dimmed to a haunting darkness. A bluish mist settled around him, almost smothering the ground. When shadow set his eyes on the moon, he could make out a shadowy face on it staring right at him. Shadow recognized that face from anywhere.

"THE PRESENCE YOU SEEK DWEALS IN THE NIGHT SKY!" She continued, "YOU ARE UNWISE TO SEEK OUR FACES!"

"Are you going to face me or do I have to march to your palace myself!?" Shadow shouted.

Lightening suddenly shot across the night sky. In the distance, he could see a dark chariot surrounded by bats piercing the stormy clouds. The ponies carrying it were darkish blue, fangs poking out of their lips. The chariot landed several feet in front of him, and climbing out of it was a tall dark-blue alicorn. Her horn was radiating and her large eyes where blazing white, flaring with power and anger. The chariot, along with the ponies driving it, disappeared in a smoke. Shadow can definably feel a presence radiating from her, a deep-haunting presence. Small animals that were around him began fleeing the scene. Anything would have run with them, but this…This only fueled his anger.

"YOU'RE IGNORANCE HAVE COST THE LIVES OF EIGHT OF OUR SUBJECTS!" She roared approaching him, "TELL, YOU MISERABLE ABOMINATION! WHERE IS THE ELEMENT OF MAGIC?!"

The two Chaos Emeralds embedded in him began charging. Slowly, he began levitating off the ground, eyes set dead at her. Princess Luna felt the sudden spark of power from him, she was tempted to back from him but stood her ground.

In an aurora of yellow and black he boomed right for her; she teleported several meters from him before he made contact. He landed on his two feet and faced her again, this time holding two white shards.

"WHAT IS YOUR AGENDA TO INVADE OUR PEACEFUL KINGDOM!?"

"Peaceful!?" He shouted, "Your city is on fire and you call it peaceful!?"

"HOW DELUSIONAL! OUR LOYAL CITIZENS HAVE ENJOYED SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS OF PEACE BEFORE YOU CAME!"

His eyes narrowed in a flash of rage. He hurled his two shards at her; again, she teleported before they reached her. A huge fiery explosion erupted when the shards made contact with the ground.

"You and your sister are real tyrants to shield yourselves in your palaces while the rest of the ponies starved."

"YOU SPEAK NONSENCE, HEDGEHOG!" She shouted flapping her feathered wings, lifting off the ground pushing wind beneath her, "JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED!"

She charged right for him in a blinding white flash. Before Shadow could teleport, he found himself pinned to the ground. Princess Luna charged her horn with magic and pointed it at him. Shadow retaliated by summoning a chaos sphere in his hand and knock her horn away, about to stab her in the stomach before she leapt off of him in time to dodge it. He came to his feet and about to charge before he felt something grabbing him. A blue aurora engulfed him, as if it was holding him. Luna's horn was glowing, using levitation to hold him in place. Sweat broke from her face, something was fighting against it, and it was only for so long she could hold it. Right before she could fire a black bolt at him, he broke free and teleported. Instead of searching for him, she stood in place; listening very closely for the faintest sound. She has learned from her previous encounter with him. He depended on surprise attacks and waiting for his opposition to let their guard down. When she heard a ping from behind, she immediately teleported herself off the ground. When she reappeared, she found him beneath her with a chaos spear stuck on the ground. Using her wings, she immediately flapped them down. A visible dark-blue wave appeared and headed straight for its target. Shadow blocked it with the chaos sphere in his hand. The wave collided with the bright-purple shard with a cling, as if a sword came in contact with amour. Before he could go on the attack, Luna began flapping her wings in quick succession, summoning countless of visible waves down upon him. Shadow blocked every shot to the best of his extent. The waves that missed cut deep into the earth with grass kicking out. Luna pressed on the attack until Shadow lost grip with one of his spears. He began taking a handful of blows until the other was knocked off. He found himself overwhelmed with sharp waves, cutting him with every contact they made. Luna stopped her attack and landed back down on the ground. He was kneeling, panting heavily while the healing effects from the Chaos Emeralds take hold. Before he could move, he felt a powerful jolt hit his side.

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Luna has summoned a black lightning bolt to finish him. He was sent flying to a nearby rock, hitting it with a sickening thud. Something came out of him that she didn't expect, though. Two shining objects came out of him; flying in different directions. She found him motionless on the ground, the rock behind him deeply dented. She approached one of the objects in front of her. On closer inspection, she found a green emerald; lightly radiating a white light from the inside.

"This is the emerald Sonic mentioned." Luna said to herself.

Ping

Luna looked to her side and found Shadow missing from his spot. Before she had time to pick up the emerald, she felt a powerful explosion hit her side. It sent her back several feet, but her hooves was still firm on the ground. She found the black hedgehog picking the emerald back up with the other one in his hand. He felt energy return to him as he jumped in the air, bringing the two emeralds in front of him.

"CHAOS BLAST!"

A large yellow beam shot out of his hand, rupturing with green lightning around it. Luna charged her horn and shot a dark-blue beam to it. The two beams made contact, a powerful boom erupted throughout the area. The earth beneath them began trembling under the enormous conflict of power. Luna charged her horn with all the magic she could; at a pulse, her beam began swallowing Shadows.

BOOM!

Dust kicked off the ground as the beam made contact with him. Luna was panting heavily; exhausted from the fight she had to endure. She was for sure that blast got him, no existence but Celestia herself could stand before the full power of her magic. When the dust cleared…He was nowhere to be found.

What she did feel was a very faint teleportation magic from his spot. The varmint teleported before the beam made contact. Her eyes returned to normal, the strength she summoned was returned back into her with one deep breath.

"…We will meet again, Shadow." She softly spoke before disappearing in a puff of blue and black smoke.

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AUTHOR'S NOTES

(sigh), another long chapter.

Man, I tell you readers, this chapter was going to be half as short as this was. When inspiration hits ya, nothing goes as planned!

So…What did everyone thought of this chapter? I humbly ask you, my dear readers, was it good? Did it suck? I can never ask those questions on my own. It is up to you to lead me!

What I wish to do in the next chapter is to have Princess Celestia and Luna interacting. I want these two talking in a normal sense, with no immediate threat coming on to them. I REALLY want to play with the two's personality. They've been acting like the stereotypic responsible rulers, I want to see them act in their personal lives. How about everyone else?

And let me scream this out...GO VOTE ON MY PROFILE. It's really important!

About the deadline…As everyone might know, Christmas is coming up, and I'm planning on indulging myself with chocolate and presents. It's kind of sad for me this year, I don't play rated M games, and I can't find hardly anything on the PS3 that's worth playing…I will get a couple of things, though. To be on the safe side, I will say January 11, 2013. It's almost three weeks, I know, but don't worry. I'm planning on having this done way before then (I promise this time). I'm going to enjoy myself.

As I always say…HAVE A MERRY FRECKIN' CHRISTMAS!

And about the preview…I decided to blot it out. I think it'll be more fun if everyone is kept in the dark.