The party began at night, so Sonic and Tails had to wait for a bit before leaving. Once it was the right time to leave, the two quickly left the lab and walked over to Sugarcube Corner. Thankfully, nothing strange happened on the way there, and they knocked on the door to Sugarcube Corner with smiles on their faces.

"Come in!" Pinkie shouted from inside. The two boys opened the door to see a room filled with balloons, confetti, and other various party things.

"All this for us?" Sonic said smugly. Tails merely smiled and made his way over to the food.

"Looks like we're the first two to arrive." Sonic said while looking around. Pinkie was the only other one there. With the music playing, the two wasted time by dancing and talking. After twenty minutes, the three weren't sure whether or not anyone else would show up. That was when another knock was heard from the door.

"Come in!" Pinkie shouted with a huge smile on her face. The door slowly swung open as Twilight walked in wearing a purple dress that had a long skirt, short sleeves, and was covered in sparkles. She slowly walked into the room, trying her hardest not to stare into Sonic's eyes.

"Wow..." Sonic said before shaking his head to regain his composure. "Nice job making up for being late by being fancy."

"Of course." Twilight said.

"However, I didn't remember seeing anything about formal clothes being required on the invitation. Had I known, I might have dressed up as well." Sonic said with a smile.

Twilight blushed slightly at his comment, and was about to lose her cool when Applejack and Rarity walked in. Rarity had dressed up slightly, but not enough to look better than Twilight, and Applejack just wore normal clothes.

Sonic pointed at Applejack and said, "Somebody seemed to have gotten the memo." He was met with a blank stare from Applejack, a nervous look from Twilight, and an angry stare from Rarity. "Tough crowd." Sonic mumbled.

"Pinkie Pie, you simply must show me what you've done with the place." Rarity said.

Pinkie looked confused, "But there's a party going on."

"Yes, but Applejack and I would like to look at the pastries that you've made." That's all Pinkie needed to hear. She grabbed Rarity and Applejack pulling them into the back. Not wanting to be left out, Tails followed after them. Sonic was about to go after them as well, but Twilight grabbed his arm.

"Wait, why don't we sit down and talk?" Twilight asked with a hint of hope in her voice.

Sonic, not wanting to be the bad guy, followed her over to the couch and sat down.

"So how's your arm?" Twilight asked quickly.

Sonic grinned and said, "Perfectly fine, doesn't even hurt anymore."

"Can I see it?" Twilight questioned. Sonic complied, rolling up his sleeve and showing her the bandage. It was slightly stained red, and Twilight could barely make herself look at it.

"I'm sorry about what happened." Twlight said.

"Don't worry about it, if I was faced with the decision again, I would have done the same thing." Sonic said. Twilight cheered up with that, and smiled at her blue hero.

The two continued their conversation like this, until the other four finally walked out from the back. The conversation stopped, and the party began once more. Everyone danced, ate, and enjoyed the music. At one point, Sonic and Tails told the story of what happened, with a little bit of exageration.

Somehow, a slow song had come on. This was very strange considering this was a Pinkie Pie party. Sonic, not a huge fan of anything slow, went to go and sit down with Tails. As he was walking towards Tails, Twilight grabbed his arm again.

"How about a dance?" She asked nervously.

"Maybe when a faster song comes on, this one is too slow to dance to." Sonic said.

"Can't I get a dance of my choice with the person who saved me?"

"It normally works the other way around, but I don't see why not."

So Twilight pulled Sonic into the center of the room and pulled him close to her. Sonic was too busy thinking of faster music to notice this. Besides, after all that he had done, girls did this to him all the time. After a while, Sonic just got used to it.

So the two danced, or, more specifically, Sonic did. Twilight was too busy swooning to focus on dancing. Halfway through the song, Sonic looked over at Tails and mouthed the words, 'Commence party plan S.' Tails smiled and pulled out a universal remote. He aimed it at the radio playing the music and hit the fast forward button a few times.

The slow song began to speed up, but Twilight didn't notice this until she was thrown into the air. Having felt herself leave Sonic's warming embrace, she snapped back into reality.

"What's going on?" She shouted.

"Don't worry, all we're doing is kicking this party up to an eleven!" Sonic answered her. Reassured by Sonic, Twilight closed her eyes and went along with everything. The dance continued like this, Sonic moving about quickly with Twilight in his arms. The others joined in after a while, and for Twilight, it didn't seem like it could get any better.

Eventually, Sonic put her down and rushed over to the food. One of the things that Twilight could hardly stand about Sonic was how he ate like a pig. But this time, when she saw him stuffing himself, Twilight wasn't as disgusted. Time passed, and it was eventually time for everyone to head home.

"Tails and I will be going now, thanks for having us over Pinkie." Sonic said. Of course, just saying bye wouldn't be enough for Pinkie Pie. There was another few minutes of lengthy good byes, during which Rarity and Twilight plotted.

"You need to get him to walk you home!" Rarity hissed.

"Are you sure that he'll do it?" Twilight asked nervously.

"If you make him feel as though you are in enough distress then he won't be able to resist it. Heroes snap up opportunities like that quite quickly."

"I don't know, what if he thinks that I'm being weird?"

"If you don't do it, then I will walk up to him and ask him to walk me home."

Twilight then pushed Rarity aside and walked right up to Sonic without another thought.

"Sonic, I've had so much fun tonight that I've grown quite tired, could you walk me home?" Twilight asked, trying for the dramatic approach.

Sonic shrugged and said, "Sure, are you alright walking back by yourself Tails?"

"Yeah, I'll see you back at the lab later." Tails said. Sonic turned to Twilight and motioned towards the door. The two walked out and Twilight looked down at Sonic's hand, hanging by his side. Her cheeks flushed bright red as she reached her hand towards his, hoping that he wouldn't pull his hand away. And then, Sonic, hand and body, wasn't there anymore.

With wide eyes, Twilight looked into the sky where her hero had just been hoisted. A dark figure had grabbed Sonic and was flying away with him.

"Sonic!" Twilight shouted, with obvious fear in her voice. All Sonic did was raise his hand, stick up his thumb, and grin. For some unknown reason, this reassured Twilight to the point where she thought that what was happening meant nothing.

When Twilight was out of his sight, Sonic looked up towards the figure. He couldn't make out who it was, and he couldn't think of a way to escape the figure's grasp. All he could do was wait until the figure brought him to its desired location.