Dylan the Hedgeus Generations: A Timeless Friendship
Chapter 8: 8. Triple Trouble!
Previous ChapterMusic: Kokiri Forest Re-orchestrated - LOZ Ocarina of Time
Classic Celestia's POV
We appeared at said forest. "Dost thou think thee Bearers of the Elements of Harmony are close by?" Asked Classic Luna.
"I don't know sister, but I sure do hope so." Was all I could reply with. We galloped through the forest, and we eventually found a big group of people. We didn't get to call out to them, because they got surrounded by black smoke.
"Sister! Hurry!" I whispered, jumping into the smoke. We landed, and it got brighter. We noticed that the others were looking in our direction, so we jumped into a bush before the smoke cleared away.
An unfamiliar voice spoke up. "This... This looks like Frog Jungle-"
"Shadow! What are you doing? Get back here right now before the island blows up with you on it!" My eyes widened.
Music: Green Forest - Sonic Adventure 2
"Blows up!?" Shouted what sounds like Rainbow Dash.
"Yup. This is Green Forest, and we've got 8 minutes to get out of here!" Said what sounded like Pinkie Pie.
"Not gonna question how you know that!" Shouted the same unfamiliar voice, getting quieter. I peeked out the bush to find the source being a blue hedgehog running away at a fast speed. It looks like not all of the Bearers are here.
"Okay, so we know where thou Bearers are, but now what?" Classic Luna asked.
"We will help them locate the Elements of Harmony. But for now, we shall return to Ponyville." I said. We made sure that the others were gone first.
Chapter 7: Uh-oh, Triple Trouble Special! Bingo Highway, Rail Canyon and Hang Castle!
Welcome back! Just so you know, there will be a very interesting chapter coming up... heheheheh...
Finally! A long chapter!
Note: I had to fight all the urge to do more chapters on Chaos is Magic, but there will be something really important in said chapter that will be a spoiler to this story.
Fun fact: I was listening to Sad Violin while I was typing everything during and after Casino Night Zone.
Reviews with Pinkie and I:
Werewolf99:
Me: Don't worry. I will make this very interesting soon.
Pinkie: Probably literally spice it up!
Me: Don't you mean 'heat'?
Music: City Escape [White World] - Sonic Generations
Sonic's POV
We set the 5 statues down, but something felt off. Maybe it was saving 5 people at once. Tail instantly set the radar and materials down.
Cream blinked. She looked from side to side. In realization, she cheered, and high-fived her chao friend Cheese. "Thanks Sonic. It was really scary, but I tried to be brave!" I gave her a thumbs up.
Fluttershy's pose seemed to be her hiding her face in her mane. She was really shaking. She looked out from it, and fluttered. "Thanks, girls and guys. I thought I was dead!" She hid in her mane in embarrassment. "You're not the only one..." Tails muttered. I gave her a thumbs up.
Spike blinked. He looked around, and backflipped. I put on my best Poker Face as I thought: Hey, that's my thing! "Man, that was creepy. I've got a feeling that the monster isn't alone." I crossed my arms and thought about it.
Rouge flexed her bat wings and flew upward for a bit. "Thanks Big Blue. My, that's the first time I've ever been stolen." I put my hands on my hips and smirked. She sure didn't change.
Rarity, when she got out of the statue, immediately fell on her stomach because of her position. She got up, and flicked her mane backward. "It's nice to meet you again darling, but that was just horrifying!" Her inner drama queen took over. She didn't change either.
"So, who are you?" Spike asked.
"Finally someone asked that. I'm Knuckles." Knuckles said as he double-punched... the air.
"My name is Cream!" Shouted the cream rabbit. "Chao chao! (I'm Cheese!)" Shouted her chao. (Fluttershy cooed)
"The name's Rouge. I'm a jewel collector. I'm sure we'll make great friends... Well, most of us." Rouge mentioned to the other hedgehog.
Shadow paused. "Hmph. The name's Shadow." He put his back against the wall next to the door.
"Whoa. What's rattlin' his bones?" Both Modern and Classic Pinkie Pies asked.
"He's a bit of a lone wolf." I paused, as I got a devilish grin. "He never smiles. Tr..." I trailed off as I noticed that they were already bugging Shadow.
Shadow's POV
The two pink ponies appeared in my face. "Hpmh. What do you want?"
"We heard that you don't smile," Trailed off Classic Pinkie Pie.
"So we came to fix that." Continued Modern Pinkie.
"Because we are the Party Ponies!" They said together. I rolled my eyes.
"I'd like to see you try." I frowned.
"What do you call a fake noodle?" Asked Classic Pinkie.
"What?" I asked.
"An impasta!" Finished Modern Pinkie.
My eyes widened for a second. Why does she remind me of Maria? I shook my head, and walked out the door.
I walked over to a tree. I made sure nobody was following me, and sat down on a branch. I suddenly felt drowsy, and layed my back against the tree. I instantly fell asleep.
Sonic's POV
"What just happened?" Rainbow asked. "My thoughts exactly." I commented.
"Of course you know what happened, silly filly! I told him a joke and he ran off." Modern Pinkie said. Knuckles and Rouge blinked. They weren't used to her.
"He doesn't usually act like that." Tails turned to where he set the radar and materials are... or should I say, were. "What?! Where is the radar!?"
Shadow's POV
Music: Stardust Speedway Zone (Bad Future US) - Sonic Generations
I woke up and found myself in a strangely familiar room.
"What the? Why am I on the Space Colony ARK?" I asked to nobody in particular.
Just then an alarm sounded and then a human girl came in the room.
"Shadow come quick some people have broke into the ARK." She said.
I was looking at her in disbelief, the human girl was Maria, the girl who died on the ARK all those years ago. I was just about to say something shouting was heard.
"HEY YOU THERE STOP!"
As I peered out the door, I saw a human man in a swat suit running towards them. Just then Maria grabbed me by the hand and started running.
"HEY YOU TWO GET BACK HERE!" Shouted the man as he ran after them.
"Hurry Shadow he's gaining on us." Maria said.
I was stunned. This had to be a dream, a vision, or something. Suddenly Maria turned went into a room called the pod room. As we went in the room Maria shut the door and locked it, as she did so they could hear the man on the other side shouting.
"OPEN UP RIGHT NOW OR I WILL KNOCK THE DOOR DOWN!" He said as he began to hit the door with his foot.
"This can't be happening, this can't be happening, this can't be happening." I panicked.
Just then Maria picked me up and put me in one of the pods.
"There you go Shadow. These pods will take us down to Earth. But first I have to pull that lever for us to escape there." She said as she went to the lever to send her and me to Earth.
But just as she was about to pull the lever down to release the pods the door that the man was hitting on suddenly gave way and then he pointed his gun at Maria.
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE AND MOVE AWAY FROM THAT MACHINE OR I'LL SHOOT!" He said to Maria.
As I looked on he started to bang on the pod trying to get out as the man was still trying to get Maria away from the machine that released the pods.
"I WILL NOT SAY IT AGAIN GIRL GET AWAY FROM THE MACHINE!"
Just then Maria pulled down the lever and the man shot her which made my eye's open wide.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO MARIA!" I screamed as I broke out of the pod and rushed toward her.
But when I turned her over to see her face, my eyes turned into pinpricks, for when I turned Maria over, I saw the dead body of Pinkie Pie. (*1)
"No, no, NOOOOOO!" I shouted as fell off the branch I slept on. I took deep breaths. "Just a nightmare... just a nightmare..." Sonic came out of the door.
"Are you okay? I heard you scream." Sonic asked.
I said nothing as I walked back into the library, and started making a peanut-butter-jelly sandwich.
Modern Pinkie Pie saw me while I was looking glum.
"Shadow, what's wrong?" She asked.
"Nothing, Pinkie Pie. I'm fine." I finished making the sandwich, and started heading out the door with my sandwich.
"Hey Shadow, now where are you going?" Asked Sonic.
"None of your business, Sonic!" I shouted as I walked out.
Sonic's POV
Music: Sliver Battle (Part 2) - Sonic Generations
"Man, what's with him today?" Asked Knuckles.
"Yeah, he hasn't acted like this in a very long time." Tails commented.
"Well I'm gonna go find out why he is in the dumps!" Both Pinkie Pie's said as they disappeared.
"Well, that proves they are back to normal." I commented. We all laughed.
The Balcony: 2 minutes later... (If there is time here...)
Shadow's POV
Music: White Space - Sonic Generations
I was holding my picture of Maria. It wasn't long until I was found, you guessed it-
"Hey uh, Shadow, are you okay?" Said Modern Pinkie. I put the picture away, and looked at her.
"Pinkie Pie? What are you doing out here?" They both giggled.
"Heehee, Silly Shadow, I'm here to see if you are okay!" Said Classic Pinkie.
"Hey Shadow, what's this?" Modern Pinkie asked, grabbing my picture.
"Hey Pinkie, don't just take stuff out of my hands." I said. She simply put a hoof on my head, and pointed towards the girl.
"Who is this, Shadow?"
Defeated, I sighed. "Her name was Maria, she was my friend over fifty years ago."
When Pinkie Pie heard this her eyes opened wide.
"Wait hold on there Shadow. Did you just say over fifty years?"
"Yes I did." I said.
"But if it's been over fifty years how come you looked the same Shadow?"
"Because Pinkie Pie I was in hibernation."
They both looked confused.
"Hibernation? What's that Shadow?"
"It's another name for a long sleep."
"Oh I see. So what ever happened to this Maria?"
With that I took a deep breath and then told my story.
"Well Pinkie, when Maria and I were playing in one of the Space Colony ARK's rooms her grandfather Dr. Robotnik came in looking worried."
(Flashback)
Music: Gimmick Mountain Zone - NicoCW
"Grandfather what's wrong?" Maria asked.
"There's no time to ask about that, there are some people here and we need to get out of here now." He said.
Just then we heard someone shouting.
"There they are, hurry after them."
As we poked our heads out into the hall, we saw an army of men with weapons coming towards us.
"Come on you two we need to get out of here now." Robotnik said as he motion us to get to the escape pods at the end of the ship.
As we ran, me and Maria looked back to see that they were chasing us.
"Hurry up, don't let them get away!" One of them shouted.
"Shadow, they're gaining on us." Maria said with terror in her eyes.
"I know Maria, but don't worry we'll be fine." I told her.
As Maria, the doctor and I got to the pod room Robotnik turned to us and said: "You two go and I'll give you time to escape."
"As soon as he said that Maria and I looked at him in shock."
"But grandfather-" Maria tried to protest.
"There's no time to argue now go!" Robotnik shouted as he pushed Maria and I in the room and locked it.
Then we heard him say to the men that were after us.
"Hey, I'm over here, come and get me!"
We then heard him and the men run in a different direction away from the pod room until Maria screamed and one of the men heard her and came up to the door.
"Hey who's in there? You better open up right now." He said as he started to pound the door down.
Maria looked at me and said: "Shadow quickly get into one of the pods and I'll follow you just as soon as I activate the machine."
I nodded and went into one of the pods but before Maria could activate the machine the door gave away and the man came in and pointed the gun at her and said: "Step away from the lever now or I'll shoot."
As I looked on, I saw Maria hold on to the lever tightly in her hands then I heard the man say: "I will not tell you again let go of that lever now or I'll shoot you."
Just then Maria pulled the lever down and the man shot her.
"MARIA NO!" I shouted.
As I looked on Maria looked at me with tears in her eyes and with her last breath she said to me:
"S-Shadow, I beg of you, please do it for me...for a better future! For all people who live on that planet...p-please...give them a chance to be happy... Let them live for their dreams. S-Shadow, I know you can do it. That's the reason why you were brought into this world. Sayonara S-Shadow the Hedgehog."
(End of Flashback)
"As Maria fell down dead the pod dropped down to the planet with me in it, and that's all I could remember until the day I woke up, and when I did, I almost broke her promise until Sonic's other friend named Chris reminded me of her promise." I finished the story, with a tear coming out of my eye.
Both Pinkie Pies' manes deflated. "Oh Shadow I'm so sorry, I'm so very sorry." They both said.
They then walked closer to me and kissed me. I just looked at her for a minute and then touched my cheek where they had kissed me.
"P-Pinkie why did you kiss me?"
Pinkie Pie just smiled. "I thought that you needed something to make you happy."
I just looked at Pinkie and smiled.
"Thanks Pinkie, I really appreciate it, now let's go back to the others so we can save the rest of the world."
Just as I said that, Pinkies' manes and tails inflated.
"Alright Shadow let's go"
Music: Star Light Zone (Modern) - NicoCW
We walked back downstairs, but on the second floor, we fou- "Hey! Who are you? You look familiar." Said Modern Pinkie. Damnit Pinkie Pie, don't interrupt me. I have to commentate to the readers first before you can speak. Aww... Modern Pinkie translated to the readers. Anyways, we found two alicorn mares as big as Modern Pinkie, a white one with a pink mane and a blue one with a cyan mane, working on something. They instantly stopped what they were doing and snapped their heads at us so fast, I swear I heard a crack from that.
"About time we got caught. Our names are Celestia and Luna. Well, of the past, I mean." Said Classic Celestia.
"We hast added a map; and the location for portals, Chaos Emeralds, and the Elements of Harmony." Told Classic Luna. So that's what they were working on; Tails's Radar. I thought.
I walked over to the radar, and saw an 0 in the top left corner, in an area of a desert. "I think a portal is up." I stated the obvious.
"Alright. You should depart soon." The Sun Princess said.
"But what will you be doing?" I asked.
"We've done all we can to help. All we can do now is sit back, watch the show and chew popcorn." the white alicorn walked up to the radar, and tapped on the 0. It popped up a message.
|Portal (x)|
|Location: Appleoosa |
|Contents: Unknown |
|Distance: 2.5 miles |
|Difficulty: 3.5/5 |
I need to keep in mind how good those two are with technology.
Later...
Sonic's POV
Music: Green Hills (8-Bit) Zone Modern Remix - NicoCW (Alot of music from this guy, suddenly)
We rounded up the others (even Shadow, because Pinkie somehow managed to make him smile), and decided to have Amy, Cream, and the Classic Royal Sisters babysit the CMC. Good luck with that. We set off by foot/hoof, because there was no Friendship Express (that was open) to take.
"Man, if only we had some sort of transportation." Said Tails.
"Hey, where are the Pinkie Pies and Shadow?" Asked Rouge. There was a rumbling noise from behind. Speak of the Devil, and it shall appear. Shadow and Pinkie Pie somehow managed to find a jeep. He drove ahead, and did 3/4 of a donut until he stopped.
They all had matching fedoras. Shadow also had a detective coat on. "All aboard, Inspector Shadow is here."(*2)
We got to the Ghost Town that is Appleoosa. Buildings were wrecked, and crates, barrels, carts, and debris of these things littered the ground.
"Oh my, this is just terrible!" Rarity said.
"Does anybody get the feeling that you are being watched?" I asked.
"No... There is nopony here." Said Modern Pinkie.
"That's what is creeping me out. I feel watched, as if we were in a fanfiction."
"Pfft. Why would you think we are in a book?" Both Rainbows asked.
"One: It's called a fanfiction. Two: We are in a fanfiction. Three: I feel like we are being watched by something evil." I said, Modern Pinkie Pie said the first two with me. Suddenly, Pinkie Pie's legs gave up, bounced back up with her stomach, and her hind-legs did a windmill.
"Ooh, that's a new one! There's an evil thing coming!"
On que, a familiar dark-blue laser just barely scratched the surface of my quills (like, literally a centimeter away). We looked back to find a familiar alicorn. "Nightmare Moon! What do you want?!" I growled.
Music: Final Zone (Trance Remix) (2:52 - 3:53 looped) - JemenJ
"What do you think I want? To get rid of you!" Before we had a chance, some of us got ingulfed in a purple aura. A large boom shook behind us. We turned as much as we could, to find the monster that started the adventure again. I don't know why I can't remember that adventure; whenever I try to think about it, it just goes away.
Nightmare Moon separated us, and it opened up three portals, sucking us in. The rest was left to fight Nightmare Moon.
Location: High Above the City.
1:38 AM (Yes, I'm adding time to the stages)
Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Rouge and I landed on... springs. We landed on a green mat, our eyes having to adjust to the bright lights in the place. We looked around to find a cannon, and nothing else if you exclude all the neon lights.
"Welcome back to Casino Park."
Music: Casino Park (Classic) (looped) - Chrishall10100 (Play this at Sonic's POV)
We jumped into the cannon, and blasted off onto a pinball table. I landed on a flipper, but before it could react, I slid down it to the bottom. I got tossed around in a corner until I got launched up to the top. All the while, the others were just bouncing around.
I got an idea, and stopped my gravity by charging a spindash, and spun out of the place. I waited a few moments for the others. There were a few robots up ahead, and without a word, Tails, Knuckles and I barged them in Power Formation; while Shadow and Rouge helped in Speed Formation.
Up ahead was a set of green platforms, but we fell down to the lower path.
We got launched up to meet a robot turtle and robot goons. Tails, Knuckles and I flipped the turtle with my Blue Tornado, and Shadow and Rouge homing attacked the other robots. Just then, the turtle landed, and Knuckles fire-dunked Tails and I into the turtle. There were two switches there, and we pulled them simultaneously.
We found some glass there, and we broke it to fall onto a pinball table.
Location: High Above the Desert.
3:21 PM
Rarity's POV
Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and I landed on a rail, and were grinding down it. It looked like a bunch of thin, giant plateaus were sticking out of the ground... far below.
"Oh my... Where are we?" Fluttershy asked.
"I remember Tails talking about some of his adventures before. I think he said this is Rail Canyon." Pinkie Pie answered.
Music: Rail Canyon (Classic) (looped) - Mitchell Johnson (Play this at Rarity's POV)
"Alright, then. If we are gonna get out of here, we must head forth, no matter what the cost." I said.
We launched off the rail, and through Rainbow Rings. They launched us forward, giving us a boost on the rails. "How long are these rails?" Fluttershy asked eventually.
"I don't know, but it is quite the engineering feat!" Pinkie commented.
"Amazing!" I added.
"We are headed straight towards that terminal." Pinkie told.
We got launched upwards, and landed on a platform. There was an all-blue rail in-front of us. "Magic rails?" I wondered out-loud.
"Yup. Even I can feel the magic radiating off of it. Let's see where they lead." Fluttershy responded.
Location: Spooky Castle that dwarfs Canterlot.
12:00 AM
Rainbow Dash's POV
"Are you sure this is the right way?" Twilight asked. We walked through the doors of a big castle, with a lot of grey structures. Reminds me of a place Daring Do would be in. I noticed the moon was huge, and was orange. Kinda spooky.
"We have ta check." Applejack replied.
Twilight looked towards me. "What's up? Something on your mind?"
"Well, never mind. Let's go. Twilight, do you know where we are?"
"I remember Tails talking about some of his adventures before. I think he said this is Hang Castle." Twilight replied.
Music: Hang Castle (Classic) (looped) - NicoCW
"Alright. Let's get moving!" We ran down a spiral slope circling around a tower. We went on a launch platform, and landed at the entrance of a mini-castle. There were three robots guarding the gate. I used my Rainbow Tornado to launch them and get rid of their shields, and Applejack bucked the rest of the robots. The door somehow opened. We were just about to walk in, when two ghosts suddenly appeared.
"What the-? How?" Twilight rambled on about how illogical that was.
"Come on, Twi. Now is not the time. Let's see what this switch does."
Location: Appleoosa
Music: U.N. Owen was her? Part 1 - allthenamesaretooken
Classic Sonic's POV
"What did you do with them?!" Classic Rainbow shouted.
"Oh nothing, if sending them to random places doesn't count. I couldn't take everypony, so I guess I'll have to leave you here. Or, wait, maybe fight you? Nah. Why would I want to be a reoccurring boss? That is just too mainstream."
But Mooooniieee, you will get more haters if you do fight them!...
"Not worth it." She said as she flew off.
We just sat there, wondering who she was talking to.
"She was talking to the narrator, of course!" Classic Pinkie said.
"This is just getting stranger all the time." I spoke the words of truth.
(Probably just pissed off a lot of people who wanted another Nightmare Moon battle... Ehh, not my problem.)
Nightmare Moon's POV
Will you do it for a Moon Pie?
"No."
Two Moon Pies?
"I said, NO. Damn, you are annoying!"
I heard that.
"You know, I'm thinking on reigning from my evil ways because of you..."
1:47
Sonic's POV (Keep playing un owen was her)
We managed to get out of that bingo place, and landed on a platform, with a bunch of springs upward. We took the springs, and found two spinning cubes that looked like dice, a ton of enemies, and- wait, what? This isn't part of the script!
"Omega!" Rouge shouted. Omega was the odd robot out, trying to defend himself.
"There is too much, in need of assistance!" He said. No more words needed. Knuckles used us as punching gloves, while Shadow and Rouge worked their way towards Omega.
"Where are they coming from?" Knuckles asked after 50 robots destroyed. "And more importantly, how many more?!"
"Check the middle!" I said.
We destroyed 20 more robots to get to the middle, with the help of Omega, who destroyed 40, and destroyed the tower. They stopped spawning. We took a few deep breaths, save for Omega. "All right... That- that was something." Shadow said.
Because we destroyed the tower, the cage holding the item (you know, the red thing that you use in power formation to launch your team) we need has lowered. It launched us onto a pinball table.
Rarity's POV (play default music)
We made it to the other side, and found a tower with robots guarding it. We found some springs behind the tower, and found a floating blue and grey coin, for a lack of better words. We passed, and it turned red and grey. At the same time, the blue rail turned red, and switched course.
"My, this rail has interesting magic." I commented.
"It won't be the last of it!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed.
Going on the rail, there was another blue rail that leads to one of those coins, which the red rail brought us to a spiral of rails. At the end of the rail was a spring to take us to another, which lead to loops of rails.
"Wow, my heads spinning!" Fluttershy said.
"This is a bit too much to take in!" I replied.
"Wheeeee!" Pinkie shouted.
We landed, and found some guards guarding a box. We destroyed them with Homing Attacks. The box opened, and there was a spring. We bounced upward, and found a set of rails.
There was a sign pointing left, so we went left before a train hit us. But then I noticed the train wasn't moving.
We made it to a base with a pole there. "Fluttershy, can you make some wind so we can ascend?" I asked.
Rainbow's POV
Music: Hang Castle (Classic) (Upside-down) (looped) - Mitchell Johnson
"What's happening to us?!" Twilight shouted, as we fell... upward?
"The horizon has turned upside-down!" I answered. We jumped down (up?) and found three robots and a red wizard. We tried to take the robots down, but they just kept getting healed.
"It's the mage's doin'! Take him out first." Applejack said. We jumped up, and Applejack fire-dunked us into the enemies.
The cage lowered, revealing a switch. We activated it, to find a trail of rings. We followed the trail of rings to a cage with another switch. Two robots shortly came down after us. We took them out in Power Formation, and found an upgrade for Power Formation. We activated the switch.
Sonic's POV
We got out of the pinball section, and pulled the two switches. There was a glass room. We made it down there, and saw the exit! We destroyed the robots in Power Formation, and flew up towards the portal.
"Alright! Let's do this!" We jumped through the portal, hoping for a break. What we saw, though, was terrifying.
Rarity's POV
We made our way up the pole, and jumped the gaps. We started to go down the rails. There was a loop, and a set of Rainbow Rings. We continued on the rails, and found trains going next to us. The trains went in a spiral, circling around us. We made it to the portal.
"Yay!" Cheered Fluttershy. We jumped through the portal, hoping for some peace. We landed next to Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Rouge, and a strange robot. They had feared looks on their faces, save for the robot, so we looked towards their gaze. What we saw, though, was the aftermath of an attack.
Rainbow's POV
Music: Hang Castle (Normal) - NicoCW
"What's going on?!" Twilight shouted.
"The upside-down castle has turned rightside-up!" I replied.
We head on, doing a loop, and made it towards a giant door. "There is no way of opening it! Let's go down." Applejack pointed at a hole.
We jumped down, and found a cluster of robots. Wait, sorry, I should edit that. Three robots with shields. I blew off their shields with my Rainbow Tornado, and Applejack bucked them or Twilight blasted them with magic. There was another switch.
Music: Hang Castle (Flipped) - Mitchell Johnson
We landed on a rail, which we soon realized was on the other side of the loop we did.
We launched off the rail, onto the bottom (top?) of a tower. There was a floating platform there. "This doesn't make sense!" Twilight said. "There isn't even any magic holding it up!"
"Another time, Twilight. We have no idea where the others are, and you are complaining about that?"
"I-I-a-ugh..."
We made it towards a set of floating... fire. "Where do we go now?" Applejack asked. Being the curious cat, I set my hoof down. I felt physical ground, but you just can't see it.
"This way!" I replied. Man, this place is weird. I thought.
We found a cage, with flying armored robots guarding it. "Twilight, use Thunder Shoot to take down the robots so I can smash them." Applejack ordered. We did just that, and we activated the switch inside the cage. It made a trail of rings, that went through the middle of the same loop. It lead us to a really tall tower.
"Looks like we'll have to go down it."
Music: Hang Castle (Normal) - Mitchell Johnson
We ran down the tower, and jumped through a set of Rainbow Rings, us having to line up side-by-side. Another set of rings. We made it to spikes we have to avoid. There was a last set of Rainbow Rings, and a launcher platform. It launched us right into the portal.
Music: The Past (Event) (looped) - Sonic Adventure OR U.N. Owen was her? Part 3 120:0 - 123:12 (looped) OR Sad Violin (looped)
We landed next to Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Rouge, a strange robot, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy. They had fear written all over their faces, so we looked where they were looking at. What we saw, though, was destruction. Ponyville was destroyed, there was fire on just about every house, and there was debris littered everywhere.
"Who... who could've done this?!" Pinkie Pie asked, making a waterfall of tears. We walked aimlessly, and nopony was in sight.
"My library!..." Twilight ran to it. I saw Shadow ball up his fist. He was breathing hard.
"Stay calm... stay calm..." He muttered. He couldn't. He took his anger out on a nearby dead tree. Or two. Or a dozen.
Tails was trying to calm Twilight down, Shadow was hugging Pinkie Pie (who's mane and tail went flat), Applejack layed down and took off her Stetson, while everypony else cried. Even I cried.
"Who's there?" Someone called from the broken Town Hall. We looked over, to find Classic Sonic. "Oh, just you guys. The rest of us are at the Town Hall. Do you know who could've done this?!"
"I know as much as you know." Sonic replied sadly.
Suddenly, there was a familiar scream. "That came from my cottage!" Fluttershy called. At this point, I didn't care to wait. I flew there as fast as I could, with Sonics and my Classic Counterpart keeping up. The cottage was the only building not destroyed, so it was easy to find. Just then, the cottage blew up. We were too slow.
There was a blood-red ball in the middle, and everything got dark. There were two silhouettes in that ball. Their manes and tails were flowing in the opposite direction. Wait, back up. Flowing? My eyes widened with realization. The red ball faded, and everything got brighter. It felt like it got hotter. My eyes shrunk when I realized who they are- and who they were.
Everypony else reached us. The two ponies that floated in-front of us was black with blue armor, and the other was red with orange armor. One had a deep-blue mane with white dots that looked like the night sky, while the other had an orange mane that looked like fire.
?'s POV
Music: Battle! Successor Korrina - Pokemon X/Y
"Bow before your new master!" I shouted. I blinked, and looked around me. For a second, I thought I heard a second voice. "This day will be your last, for I am-" I paused, and blinked twice. There is that voice again! I looked down, to find a blue alicorn who looked up at me simultaneously. The similarities were high. I floated down next to her.
"What is your name?" She asked as if we weren't evil.
"Well, my name is Solar Flare. I plan on bringing destruction and fire to the whole world."
"My name is Nightmare Moon, bringer of eternal night. How about we work together?"
"I think not." I said as I blasted her with an orange laser.
"Ooh, you've made a big mistake today!..." We both charged at each-other, not caring about the ponies watching. We clashed our horns together, and charged up our most powerful spell. (look at the current cover art)
To be continued... No, really. I should end this chapter now. This chapter is already over 5,000+ words.
References:
(*1) Shadow's dream, attitude, and story is a sample from Sonic and Shadow in Equestria 2: The Return of Mephiles. (Sorry about those line breaks)
(*2) Reference to AnimatedJames's (and others) Inspector Shadow video(s).
Music (will always be in chronological order):
Library - City Escape [White World] - Sonic Generations
Shadow's Dream - Stardust Speedway Zone (Bad Future US) - Sonic Generations
Shadow Has an Attitude... - Sliver Battle (Part 2) - Sonic Generations
The Balcony - White Space - Sonic Generations
Shadow's Past - Gimmick Mountain Zone - NicoCW
Pinkie Pie calms Shadow down - Star Light Zone (Modern) - NicoCW
Road to Appleoosa - Green Hills (8-Bit) Zone Modern Remix - NicoCW
Nightmare Moon Appears! - Final Zone (Trance Remix) (2:52 - 3:53 looped) - JemenJ
Casino Park - Casino Park (Classic) (looped) - Chrishall10100
Rail Canyon - Rail Canyon (Classic) (looped) - Mitchell Johnson
Hang Castle - Hang Castle (Classic) (looped) - NicoCW
Nightmare Moon? What Are You Doing?/Robot Carnival - U.N. Owen was her? Part 1 - allthenamesaretooken
Hang Castle Upside-down - Hang Castle (Classic) (Upside-down) (looped) - Mitchell Johnson
Hang Castle's Tower - Hang Castle (Normal) - Mitchell Johnson
Ponyville... Why Ponyville?... - The Past (Event) (looped) - Sonic Adventure OR U.N. Owen was her? Part 3 120:0 - 123:12 (looped) OR Sad Violin (looped)