Hey guys I thought that since Tails is always with Sonic, he wouldn't feature in this Fanfiction... At least not directly, he will be mentioned as he already was. I decided to make an old foe, a new friend: Metal Sonic. Please don't hate on me for this decision!

Chapter 3

We turned to face the Everfree forest, footsteps getting closer and closer. Fluttershy hid behind Knuckles. Nothing happened, so I approached, noticing a familiar foe. Metal Sonic was lying there, he slowly rose to his feet and stared at me. "AH! What the…? Where am I? Who are you!?" He asked. Omega walked over and plugged a flash drive into him, causing Metal Sonic to give a few sudden twitches, and his eyes shut off. When they came back on he looked at me. "Sonic? Is that you? I feel different… Like… I don't hate you… Maybe… This could be a new leaf for me? Yeah! I swear from this moment on I will help you fight Egg Man!" He shouted at me. "Uh… Great to hear it…" I replied. "You know this… Thing?" Twilight asked. "He's one of Egg Man's robots… Omega must have used the rebellion program on him… Well, at least he won't try to kill me anymore!" I exclaimed before turning to face Shadow.

"You need to get used to your new body. First off, you may be able to stretch out your arms like this." I said, grabbing a stick several feet away. Shadow tried it, his arms stretched… and ended up punching Knuckles. "Uh… At least you can do it. You should be able to still us your Chaos abilities. Chaos Control and Chaos Blast." I said.

"Hold up… Chaos Blast? Chaos Control? Would anypony care to explain those terms for us?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Shadow has the ability to manipulate the Chaos Energy that flows through him. With a Chaos Emerald, he can use either the destructive power of Chaos Blast, or us the harmonic power of Chaos Control to either slow down or stop time, even to teleport!" I explained. "How did you meet someone with such amazing abilities?" Rarity asked. "Simple… He tried to kill me." I replied, picking at my claws. "WHAT!?" The Mane Six asked. "Yeah he tried to kill me, we teamed up and saved the universe." I explained. "Ok… ow… My brain hurts…" Rainbow Dash said. I rolled my eyes before looking at the group… Shadow, Knuckles, Omega, Metal Sonic, and me… I had a feeling we weren't here by coincidence. Something must have summoned us here… But what. "Sonic? Are you ok?" Twilight asked, me breaking my train of thought. I nodded before noticing that Knuckles was gone… I heard him grunting in the distance.

I moved through the Everfree forest until I saw him punching at a rotting stump. "You really taking your anger out on nature?" I asked. He didn't reply, he continued punching the stump until it broke open revealing a dark green shard. "Don't tell me… It broke again!?" I asked, trying to hold back my laughter. "Yeah…" He replied grabbing the green shard. "So that means that Angel Island…" I started, but Knuckles finished for me "Is floating in the ocean instead of the sky." "Man you have the worst luck!" I shouted, grabbing at is shoulder. He smacked my hand away before trudging off deeper into the forest. "Knuckles come back! You don't know what could be in there! Fine! If you get eaten don't come crying to me!" I shouted. I ran in his direction, finding him sitting on a large stone. "Is something wrong big guy?" I asked.

"Look… Just… Just leave me alone… Ok…?" He asked. I tilted my head in confusion before asking "Knuckles? Do you need to talk about something?" He slowly nodded. "Well… You can tell me all right buddy?" "I think I know how we got here… It's my fault… Egg Man… Tricked me… Again…" He muttered. "You know, you act like this is the first time this has happened. I think you're going soft!" I shouted. "What… What the hell did you just say…?" He asked me. "The Knuckles I know wouldn't sit here moping around, he would find that Egg Man and kick his ass into next week! You must be goin soft!" I shouted. He tried to punch me but missed. I laughed as I ran back towards the group, breaking from the bushes, startling them. Knuckles charged after me, punching at my arms shouting "NOW WHO'S GOING SOFT!? I AM NOT GOING SOFT! I AM STILL THE HARDCORE TREASURE HUNTER THAT I ALWAYS WAS!" He stopped eventually, noticing that he was back by the others. "You feeling better now?" I asked. "Yes… I do… How did that not hurt? Normally you'd at least have shouted at me." Knuckles replied. "Thick arms… They work great for smashing stuff." I replied.

"Did you say something about…? Treasure?" Rarity asked. "Yeah… I'm a treasure hunter! The best there is! I can find anything! Gold, silver, and especially various gems." Knuckles said boasting. "GEMS!?" Spike shouted, from Ponyville, we heard his feet hitting the grass as he ran towards us. "Did I hear someone mention gems?" He asked, noticing the chaos Emeralds. "Hey Sonic… Could I have those gems?" He asked me. "I don't think so little buddy. You eat them they might kill you or turn you into some sort of giant monster! So no…" I replied. "What about that?" Spike asked, pointing at a shard of the Master Emerald. "If you so much as lick this shard… I'll rip off your tongue and hide it where you'll never find it!" Knuckles shouted. Spike ran behind Twilight, he peeked out at Knuckles. "Who eats gems anyway?" Shadow asked. "Dragons here do." Rarity responded.

"That… Makes… No… Sense…" Shadow replied. I looked at him and rolled my eyes. "Sonic! My sensors indicate a large Chaos spike! I suggest we investigate immediately." Omega told us. Metal Sonic turned to face Omega he looked at him before saying "One of my creator's old toys? I thought he had all the E-100 series scrapped." Omega turned to face him and shouted "At least I followed my orders and completed them!"

I grabbed them and knocked their heads together, before the fight could escalate. "OW! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" They both asked. "Don't fight each other. Focus on that Chaos spike." I replied. The group looked at me, before they all nodded, and I turned to face the Everfree. "LET'S DO THIS!"