As Sonic and Tails ran, they heard an excited scream come from behind them. Then both boys were tackled to the ground by a pink figure. This figure had pink hair that sprawled out like cotton candy and a tail that matched. This person didn't have a horn or wings, but she made up for that with her abundance of energy.

"I can't believe it! I was just thinking about you guys and then I saw you! It's like magic!" The pink girl shouted excitedly.

"Pinkie, get off." Tails struggled to say. Pinkie got off of them, not realizing that she had been choking them.

"What do you want Pinkie?" Sonic asked through deep breaths of air.

"I made a new cupcake recipe and I wanted you two to try it out because how could I sell the cupcake if people didn't like it? So I figured you two should try it because I know that you guys will like it!" Pinkie explained. Sonic and Tails both sighed before running with Pinkie towards her bakery, Sugarcube Corner.

This seems normal right, just two people helping a friend. Well, for Pinkie it was a momentous occasion. Just as the two boys sat down, confetti exploded from the walls and fell slowly to the ground. A banner was dropped down that had, 'I hope you guys like it!' written across it in pink paint.

Sonic sighed and said, "At least this place always has great fanfare whenever we show up."

"How could I not give fanfare to you guys? You always stop that mean Eggman and save everyone, plus you're super good friends!" Pinkie shouted. The two boys shared a secret look before they started to eat the cupcakes that were in front of them. Within seconds, both of the cupcakes were gone.

Tails patted his stomach. "That was really good, thanks for letting us try them." He said with a smile plastered across his face.

"Yeah, now we should get going before anything else comes up." Sonic said. He then grabbed Tails and run out of the bakery. Sure, Pinkie was a good friend, but there was a certain amount of time that everyone could spend with her.

The two boys once again planned to go to the beach, but were once again pulled away from their destination. This time, they were running past the boutique of the town, owned by another one of their friends.

"Sonic, Tails, you simply must come inside." A girl said from the window of the building. Sonic and Tails stopped dead, they knew there was no way that they would be escaping this time.

They turned around to see a girl with long purple hair. The hair looked like it had been brushed recently, as did the matching tail. She wore fancy clothing, and had her hair wrapped just as fancy. Sticking out of her forehead was a horn. Everything about her screamed, 'Look at me and idolize me!' Sonic and Tails may have been looking at her, but they didn't idolize her like everyone else who met her.

"What is it Rarity?" Sonic asked.

"I've been working on some new clothes and I want you two to try some of them on." Rarity answered. Sonic and Tails looked at each other before trying to run away. No matter how fast they ran, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't go further any distance. A blue aura surrounded the duo and lifted them into the air and through the door into the building. When Rarity wanted something, she got it.

Rarity began taking measurements of the boys and fitting the clothes to these measurements. "You do this every time we walk in here." Sonic said.

"Do what?" Rarity asked.

"Take our measurements." Tails answered.

"It's quite important to keep these records up to date." Rarity said, not even looking away from her work. While standing there and doing nothing, Sonic began to think of a plan to get them out of there. He looked around and began to think of a plan that he thought would work.

"Rarity, I believe that these clothes look quite drab. I think that we could use something to spice them up." Sonic said, using a voice that he hoped sounded fancy.

"You're quite right dear, but what do you think will work?" Rarity said.

"Some gems would really make these clothes stand out from the rest, but I don't know which gems would really work, perhaps if you were to grab a box of them, I could choose which ones work."

Rarity's eyes sparkled. "You're right, I'll go and grab a box for you."

As Rarity left the room, Tails looked over at Sonic. "What are you doing?" Tails asked.

Sonic smiled at Tails and said, "I know it might not seem like it, but I have a plan to get us out of here. Just go along with everything I say." Tails nodded and the two stood there quietly as Rarity walked back into the room.

"I've got the gems, now go ahead and pick the ones you want." She said, holding the box out to Sonic. Now, Sonic was never one for subtlety with his plans. Putting his plan into action, Sonic kicked the box into the air.

"Shoot it down Tails!" Sonic yelled. Tails pulled out an arm cannon and fired up at the box. This broke both the box and the gems located inside. Broken bits of gems flew to the ground, raining onto the heads of the three located in the room. Sonic took this opportunity to grab Tails's arm and run out as fast as he could. Considering the broken gems were raining down onto her, Rarity couldn't focus enough to use magic to bring them back.

Sonic and Tails ran straight to Tails's lab and locked the door behind them. They then smiled in triumph a began to pick broken bits of gems out of their hair.

"We should probably return these." Tails said.

"And risk going back there after what we just did? No way." Sonic said, still picking gems out of his spiky hair. "What do you think, should we try to go to the beach at this point?"

"Third times the charm." Tails said. The two boys left the lab, hoping that they could finally get some rest at the beach, but not everyone was through with the two, and it would be a while before Sonic and Tails would get to relax at the beach.