A few days had passed since Sonic had returned, and he and his friends were all hanging out at the beach. Sonic was relaxing in a beach chair while the others were playing in the water. Tails approached him with something in his hands.

"Did you fix it?" Sonic questioned.

"Yep!" Tails said as he held up a newer version of the board that had exploded before. "It should work a lot better than last time."

"Cool! Are you going to try it out now?"

"Well, I thought that maybe..."

"You want me to do it don't you?"

"If you don't mind."

"Give it here." Sonic said as he grabbed the board. After Tails explained how to properly use it, Sonic ran towards the water, threw it in front of him into the water, jumped into the air, and landed on it. He then slammed his foot down onto the pedal that controlled the speed, and the board sped forward.

The girls had to dodge out of the way as Sonic rocketed past, splashing water onto all of them. Rarity screamed as she felt her freshly wet hair. Sonic grimaced as he thought about the punishment he would receive for that.

Things were going fine after that. The board didn't malfunction and, most importantly, explode. Things started to go wrong when Sonic decided to do some tricks. He would spin around in the water, spewing more of it onto the now soaked girls. When nothing went wrong then, Sonic grabbed the bottom of the board, and jumped, pulling it into the air with him.

"No, it's not ready for jumps yet!" Tails shouted from the shore, but Sonic couldn't hear him. He then performed more jumps, getting higher and higher each time. Deciding to perform some real tricks, he began to do a spin in the air. It wasn't just a simple spin, it was one of his unique Sonic spins. This was more than the board would take.

The rockets that were propelling board then accelerated to full blast as the board was pointed towards the water. This interrupted Sonic's spin and caused both him and the board to fly right into the water, sinking below the waves. As soon as Sonic's friends saw this, they sprung into action. They knew that if there was one thing that Sonic hated most in the world, it was water.

He had been pretty far out, so those who couldn't fly had to swim over to him. Those who could fly, reached the area pretty quickly. The problem was, none of them could breathe underwater. Rainbow Dash knew this, and decided that getting down there as fast as she could. So she flew straight into the air, and then flew at the water as fast as she could. Everyone else saw her rocket straight into the water as they all surrounded the location.

The thing is, while they were far out, the water wasn't deep enough for Rainbow Dash to slow down before hitting the seafloor. She didn't hit it hard enough to kill herself, but she did get knocked out from the hit. The last thing she saw before completely losing consciousness was a dark figure illuminated by a bright light.

Tails and the others saw the same light coming from below them. They then saw the same dark figure rocketing towards them from the depths.

"Move out of the way!" Twilight shouted. The others either swam or flew out of the way as the figure quickly approached. The figure then quickly broke through the surface and rocketed into the air. The group looked up at the figure and recognized it within a few seconds.

"It's Sonic!" Pinkie Pie shouted.

"What does he have in his hands?" Applejack wondered. Sonic then flipped in midair and began to fall towards the docks. Noticing this, his friends quickly went to the docks as well. When Sonic landed on the wooden docks, he put what he was holding down and took a few steps back. When his friends made it to the dock, they saw that Sonic had been carrying Rainbow Dash.

"Is she alright?" Fluttershy asked quietly.

"She's alright, she just hit her head is all." Sonic said.

"How can you be sure she's alright after hitting her head like that?" Twilight asked.

"I suppose we can't really tell until she wakes up." Tails responded. They all stood around her and waited for her to wake up. Twilight looked over at Sonic and noticed some burn marks on the back of his neck and arms.

"Are you alright?" She asked him. Sonic looked confused until he looked down at his arms.

"Well, I guess so. I don't feel any pain." Sonic answered as he continued to stare at his wounds. It was then that Rainbow Dash began to stir.

"Hey guys, did I miss a party or something?" Rainbow Dash asked with a far away look in her eyes.

"Rainbow Dash! Can you hear us!" Pinkie Pie shouted.

Rainbow Dash flinched before saying, "Of course I can. Why, did you guys do something to me?"

"We better take her to the hospital." Twilight said with a worried look in her eyes. Rainbow Dash looked up at Sonic and smiled.

"Well, why don't we go together?" She asked.

"What do you mean?" Sonic asked, completely confused.

"What I mean is you and me should go to the hospital together, just the two of us."

"Why bring me?"

"You clearly have some wounds of your own, hospitals are for people with wounds. It makes sense."

"I should be fine, I haven't gone to a hospital before, I won't need to now."

Rainbow Dash groaned. "You don't get it. I want to spend some-"

"I'll take her." Fluttershy quickly cut in. She knew that if Rainbow Dash accidentally revealed her feelings for Sonic like this then she would be extremely embarrassed. So the only thing for Fluttershy to do would be to keep Rainbow Dash away from Sonic while she was like this. Before anyone could object to what she said, Fluttershy grabbed Rainbow Dash's arm and pulled her towards the hospital.

"What about your wounds, Sonic?" Rarity asked.

"I don't know, bandage them up and put some ice on them I guess." Sonic replied.

"That doesn't sound like a good idea." Applejack said.

"Maybe you should go to the hospital with Rainbow Dash." Pinkie Pie said.

Sonic waved his hand dismissively. "I've had worse wounds without a trip to the hospital. I'll be fine with some self treatment."

Tails couldn't meet his friend's eyes. "I'm sorry that it was my machine that caused this. I should have given you a more detailed list of instructions."

"Don't worry about it. Even if you had, I would have done the exact same thing that I just did. Besides, think on the bright side, the explosion didn't cause as much damage this time."

"Yeah, I guess so."

"Why don't we go home? I think I've had enough fun for today." The others nodded in agreement and they all went in seperate directions, besides Sonic and Tails, who walked together. None of them noticed the small metal lense sink under the sand as they all walked away.