I am including elements from SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG… The game… And an original Sonic enemy upgrade, which I will do occasionally. THE FINAL HERO HAS BEEN LOCATED! AFTER HOURS OF PLANNING, THINKING, AND MOST OF ALL SLEEPING I FOUND OUT WHO THE FINAL SONIC CHARACTER WILL BE! SILVER THE HEDGEHOG! On a side note, I'm going to have Spike with the gang for the rest of the story so I'm actually planning on bringing in a seventh Sonic character… In the next chapter!

Chapter 4

"Before we set off I need to write a letter to Princess Celestia. Spike, get this down…" Twilight said before clearing her throat. "Dear Princess Celestia. Sonic has discovered more creatures from his home. Two are mechanical, one is a living being. One of the Mechanical creatures named "Omega" has detected a large energy spike. We plan to investigate this. We will come to visit you as soon as we are finished. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle." Spike wrote down what she had said before the letter disappeared in a flash of green fire. "Whoa! How did you do that?" I asked. "It's what I do." Spike replied with a smirk. I looked at the forest before looking at the rest of the group. "We ready?" I asked. They nodded before we moved into the forest.

"So what should we expect?" Shadow asked. "Manticores, Ursa Minors, Timber Wolves, maybe even a Cockatrice or two. All very dangerous creatures." Twilight replied, before I heard a rustling sound. I turned to face the sound, and got into a defensive stance. A small rabbit jumped out before scratching its ear. "Just a rabbit." I muttered before a large mechanical claw grabbed the small animal. Fluttershy screamed before rushing after the creature. I ran after her, with the others close behind. We entered a field and the sight was horrifying. Factories were covering nearly the entire foundation of the field. Each one had large mechanical claws slithering through the forest, which would then return to the factory when it had an animal.

"Eggman… You'll pay for this!" I shouted rushing at one of the factories. Several Badniks rushed at me. I smashed them all with a single sweep of my arm, releasing the woodland creatures. I jumped on top of one and saw something strange. A single hatch was on top labeled "Maintenance Hatch" I ripped it off its hinges before leaping inside. It was cramped, barely able to move my arms I grabbed at a large power cable. I ripped it from its place, causing the factory to shut down.

I climbed out and leapt to another factory, repeating the process until not a single factory stood functional. I heard a slow clapping and turned to face the source, expecting Eggman. I was shocked to see an old friend standing on top of a factory. "You did great Sonic! I wouldn't have been able to do it better myself!" He cried before leaping in front of me. The silver colored hedgehog smiled before saying "You still remember me right buddy?" I smiled before replying "Like I could forget the guy who almost killed Sonic the Hedgehog. Silver, how you doing man? It's been WAY too long!" Twilight walked over to me and asked "If he almost killed you why are you being so friendly towards him?" I laughed before replying "It was just a big misunderstanding. He set things right and with my help saved the future!"

"Saved the future?" Spike asked. "You may not know it but Silver is actually a time traveler. He came to the past to eliminate the threat of his and the world's future! Which was mislabeled to be me." I explained. "Time travel? Saving the world? Everything you do sounds EPIC!" Rainbow Dash shouted. "Sometimes… Other times it's extremely serious. Like the Black Arms invasion." I replied. Shadow suddenly had a guilty look on his face. "Shadow? You're still not upset about what happened are you?" I asked. "No. What's past is past. I have paid for my mistakes…" He replied, suddenly losing the guilty look.

"You know guys… I've been thinking about that." Knuckles said. "That's scary." Shadow said with a smirk. "Seriously, if Shadow was created with Black Doom's DNA then wouldn't he technically be Shadow's father?" Knuckles asked, leaving everyone silent, until Silver spoke up. "Well Black Doom's DNA was used to help create Shadow, being the missing gene needed to create the ultimate life form, however it could mean a sort of parental bond was shared between the two that Shadow can't remember. Being such there might not have been a parental bond at all." Everyone stared at him confused besides Shadow and Twilight. "Can I get that in English?" I asked.

"Oh! Well they may not be directly related but there may have been a bond like that between a father and son." Silver rephrased and everyone let out an "Oh…" I looked at Shadow who seemed to tense up every time that Black Doom was mentioned. "Now then what ah' have been wonderin' who is this Black Doom feller?" Applejack asked, making Shadow seem even more nervous. "Well Black Doom was responsible for the Black Arms invasion. Being the leader of them he helped to create Shadow. He actually managed to trick Shadow into assisting him. He promised that he would tell Shadow all about his past… Which had been forgotten." I explained. They all looked at Shadow before baking up a few steps. "I thought I was doing the right thing… Helping him… I killed thousands… My crimes have yet but paid for… I nearly killed Sonic, but with his help I was set back straight. Fighting the good fight!" Shadow said. I frowned before shielding my eyes from the midday sun. "Where did Fluttershy get off to?" I asked.

"Well knowing her, once she saw all of this she hid like a scared little kid." Rainbow Dash said. Then as if on cue I noticed a cowering bush. I spread some of the branches and saw her shaking inside. "Fluttershy?" I asked scaring her. "HEY! CALM DOWN! IT'S ONLY ME! IT'S SONIC!" I shouted at her. "Sonic? OH IT WAS HORRIBLE! ALL THOSE ANIMALS! PLEASE YOU HAVE TO HELP THEM!" She shouted at me, tears streaming down her face. "Don't worry I already did shut them down. I set all the animals free too." I said to her, before I knew it she hugged me extremely hard, I didn't even think she could be that strong! "OH! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!" She shouted. "CAN'T… BREATHE…! SPINE… SNAPPING…!" I said between the small amounts of air my lungs could take. The others walked over and started to laugh, before she finally let me go. I slumped to the ground and started gasping for air.

"AIR! PLEASE AIR! OH OXYGEN, I'LL NEVER TAKE YOU FOR GRANTED AGAIN!" I shouted, making everyone else except Fluttershy laugh. I stood up and a loud crack was heard when I straightened out my back. "Oh… YOWCH! Oh… Ha… Ha ha… HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Oh man that hurt. My back feels looser now, that's a bright side!" I noted before looking around. "Omega, I thought you said there was a Chaos spike around here." I said looking at him. "There was but it would seem that the factories upset the natural balance of the world here, causing energy waves that could be perceived as a Chaos Spike." He explained, before Metal Sonic butted in saying "However it could have been caused by something other than a Chaos Emerald. It might have been a large cluster of Chaos Shards. Meaning that Eggman stole or destroyed a large amount of G.U.N. robots. It could even a shard of the Master Emerald."

"I don't think so I would have been able to feel it then." Knuckles said before turning to face me. "What do you think Sonic?" Twilight asked me. "Well one thing's for sure. Eggman won't be able to use these factories anymore." I said before a loud buzzing interrupted my thoughts. I saw something that I knew would be trouble… A Buzz-Bomber, at least thirty feet tall, several cannons around the thorax of the robot, There were two large doors on the sides of the main body segment, they opened and released regular Buzz-Bombers. "Well, looks like Eggman has been busy." Shadow commented before the Giant robot fired at us.

"Metal Sonic, you know the most about Eggman's machines! What is this thing?" I asked as we dodged the attack it had launched. "Let me see… Buzz-Boomer… A larger scale Buzz-Bomber with the ability to create regular Buzz-Bombers. As long as those door are operational it could make an entire army on its own!" He shouted to me. "Any major power sources?" Knuckles asked. "Two powering the doors, the main power source is unknown. The eyes! The eyes are the smaller power source." Metal Sonic told him.

Rainbow Dash quickly flew at Buzz-Boomer, slamming her front hooves into its left eye. The glass guarding it cracked, before she had to retreat from it. I jumped at it before grabbing onto a side and punching at the cracked eye. It quickly shattered, revealing the two small motors. I reached in and ripped it out, before a Buzz-Bomber attacked me launching me into the air and hurdling towards the ground below. I was about five feet from the ground when I suddenly stopped midair, just hovering there. I saw Silver had his eyes closed concentrating. A light blue aura had surrounded me, lowering me to the ground. I looked at the psychic hedgehog before giving him a nod and leaping back at Buzz-Boomer. Shadow was dealing with several Buzz-Bombers, with the help of Twilight, Applejack and Pinkie. While Omega, Metal Sonic, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash were fighting off others. Fluttershy was cowering by Knuckles who was helping Silver take down a third group of Buzz-Bombers. I was on my own.

Looking up I shot out my arm and grabbed onto one of the wings, before pulling myself up. I attacked the other eye shattering it, and grabbing the motor inside. There was a loud CACHUNK CLANK BANG! As the doors releasing Buzz-Bombers slammed shut. I smiled in triumph as Buzz-Boomer was now unable to create backup. Suddenly I felt a pain in my chest, causing me to fall onto my knees… Then I flopped onto my stomach, noticing the Buzz-Boomer's head explode, and a familiar figure moving towards me. I felt it harder to concentrate. Then I blacked out…