Chapter 16: "Secret invasion"

Fluttershy: Don't make her angry.

Applejack: Special agent.

Daring Do: Super secret.

Sonia: Strange visitor.

Elise: Princess of Soleanna.

Soleanna Castle Town.

Our friends were staying at a hostel, to pass the time, they were part of time playing Truth or Dare, Flash had to kiss Applejack on the lips and Vector had to sang a ballad, the else had to covered the ears; Daring was the only one who not seemed fun. At the end to the evening, spoke about the mission.

Spitfire: "According with this book, Soleanna, the City of Water was once the must important city of the humanity. The king or Great Duke leaded the human army against the mobians ruled by king Maximilian Acorn, until the sudden death of the Duke ten years ago, which motivated the humans to withdraw. After the conflict, the city split up form the rest of the United Federation. When princess Elise ascended to the throne, made the amends to the Acorn Kingdom. Now Soleanna is a prosper city which lives off the tourism and the machinery industry".

Bark: "Don't tell anything about the Solaris Project?"

Spitfire: "Solaris is the main deity of the city, is the beginning and the end of everything, but the book don't tell anything about a project"

Vector: "The changelings must be after the Solaris Project."

Amy: "The commander show us how they have attacking the city, but I don't watched anyone since we come here, They have be gone?"

Daring Do: "No Amy, they still here, they're a shapeshifter race, could be anyone, that's because we don't trust anyone. In fact, a changeling disguised as a bellboy could behind that door listening us in this moment"

Amy pulled out her hammer and slams it, scaring a maid with a bunch of clean sheets. Amy looks the maid picking up the sheets from the floor. "I'm watching you", said the hedgehog closing the door with a finger on eye. The else don't say anything about it.

Applejack: "How we will recognize them".

Daring was thinking for a moment, until she comes up with something

Daring: "I got it!". And pulled up a necklace with 3 beads. "These are Truth Stones, that's not the first time when I deal with changelings. If you read ""Daring Do and the Ark of Light", you know that a wise pony gave me this for identify changelings in disguise, the stones shine in red when danger is near".

Flash Sentry: " If there's changelings here, we must warn princess Elise"

Shard was on a corner analysing the memory's data, the team was plotting a plan when the robot entered into the conversation.

Shard: "The files that the commander gave me said that doctor Eliidy come here after his exile, he must be know something about the Solaris Project".

Vector: "The princess maybe knows where is he".

Shard: "About that thief, his file said that he and his sister were raised in the orphanage of Saint Bonnie. You look the princess, I'm going to the orphanage to investigate, don't worry, I'm equipped with a DNA identifier, if were changelings here, I'll know it."

Daring: "I'm going with you, you take the bounds" and gave the necklace to Applejack.

Said and done, everyone going to sleep, except Bark, he feels that something's missing.

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Crystal Empire.

Meanwhile the girls was resting, everyone continued with the celebration, Pinkie pulled out her party canon (don't ask me where she got it) and use it for decorate whole the square; Shadow decided to help passing out fliers; Sonic was occupied with Rainbow making the snacks looking blushed at each other, from time to time; they occupied the plenty of time for their food fights. During the recess, approaching the time for talk about intimate things.

Sonic between laughs: "You had to see Eggman's face when I destroyed his Egg Carrier".

Rainbow Dash: "Yeah, I imagine it".

Sonic: "Hey Dashie, what's wrong?"

Rainbow Dash: "its nothing, I'm like spend time with you and listen your stories, its only… I want to be during your adventures, look at you: smashing robots, kicking Egmman´s butt and met places that I only watched on my dreams. When you turn in super sonic, you can go to the space, instead I'm stuck on this planet pushing clouds the rest of my life. If I try to cross the atmosphere I die, but I don't care. Besides to become a wonderbolt, my ultimate dream is meet the space, being the first pony who travel to the stars.

Sonic: "You know what like about you? Your passion for the adventures, you're brave, fearless, intrepid, strong and a awesome friend just like me, and you're right, isn't fair that you miss all the adventure. When we finish this, I promise help you to fulfil your dream."

Rainbow with a tear on eye: Really?

Sonic: "Pinkie swear."

The two hugged and then Rainbow gave Sonic a gift, the hedgehog opened the wrap and viewed a brown scarf.

Rainbow: "For show everyone your adventure spirit."

Sonic: "Wow! Thanks Dashie!"

Sonic put the scarf around his neck and they closed the moment with a kiss. Wind Whistler descend between both for an advise.

Wind Whistler: "She's awake!"

Everybody ran to the bedroom and found the girl reading a book.

Sonic: "Welcome to the living world."

?: "Thank you,

Silver: "Who are you?"

?: My name is Sonia, and you are…"

Sonic. "I'm Sonic, Sonic the hedgehog, this is Rainbow Dash, Wind Whistler, Silver, Shining Armor, the ruler of the place, that guy is Shadow…"

Pinkie Pie: "AND I AM PINKIE PIE, IS GREATFUL MEET ANOTHER FRIEND, IF YOU ARE NEW, DO YOU KNOW WHAT NEED YOU? A WELCOME PARTY! Said the crazy pony with a party beanie throwing balloons and confetti to the air."

Sonia: "EEEHHH…"

Shining Armor: "Why are you here?"

Sonia: "I was looking my brother, a dark cloud separated us, I ended in a dark place, dark creatures were chasing me and I used a portal to arrive here, was so horrible". And the girl started crying.

Rainbow Dash: "Don't worry, you are safe now, your brother must be with our friends, we must fin them and then, you can stay with us, we are organizing a fair, you could help us."

Everyone except Shadow: "Yeah, please, c'mon… "

Sonia: "Mmmm, its okay".

Everyone surrounding her new friend except Shadow with his glare and Sticks against aside the entrance margin.

Sticks: "Its something weird in that girl, I know it".

Shadow: "That makes two".

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Casino Park.

Cheese Sandwich was at Ix Emporium reception hall fixing everything for Breezie's party, he decorate whole the salon with balloons ad serpentines, a big banner with the name of Breezie occupying the central wall and a huge cake was decorating the table. The party pony was contempling his work with his rubber chicken.

Cheese: "What do you think chicky."

Chicky: "…"

Wes Weasley entered to the hall and was surprised with the decoration.

Wes Weasley: "Wow don't you measured this time. The boss will be excited with all this.

Cheese: "For the boss I wanted the better"

Wes Weasley: "I see it now, every world will come to ask you for being the life of their parties, could have your own company, even you will have your own TV show, "The funny hour with Cheese Sandwich". Don't you like the idea?"

Cheese was some annoyed with that last question, but before he could say something. Wes Weasley asks for the comedy act.

Wes Weasley: "By the way, do you have ready your routine?

"Here Mr. Weasley". Cheese pulled out his cards, but something else felt from his pocket, he lifted and saw it, was a photograph of him and Pinkie Pie gobbling a big piece of take during the Rainbow's party. So he knows that this is not okay.

Cheese: "You're right Chicky, Pinkie is lost and we must find her. Sorry Mr. Weasley, but I don't make laugh for make money have I don't fun if my friends aren't with me". Took his "pet" and ran to the door.

"Don't worry, you will see your friends before you can say…" The mobian pulled out a control and pushed a big red button, in that moment, a machine with funnel form fall from the roof covered Cheese before he could open the door and when raised up, the pony was imprisoned in a huge raspberry jelly.

Wes Weasley: "Cheese".

Fluttershy and Spike went to the arena to watch the animal show, was a magic creatures show what excited Fluttershy more. On the grades, they were excepting what about the function when appeared the announcer, a wolf with red suit and black hat.

T.S. Barker: "Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the magic creatures fighting tournament, presented for you by Ix Emporium hotel casino chain."

Fluttershy: "Fighting tournament?"

Spike: Oh! This will be good!

T.S. Barker: "ON THIS CORNER, WIGHING 800 POUNDS FROM THE THICKS JUNGLES OF FLORIPONDIA, THE SKUNK APE!"

Some swatbots come pushing a cage with a huge ape of red hair.

T.S. Barker: "AND ON THIS OTHER, WIGHING 850 POUNDS FROM THE OPEN PLAINS OF ZEBRASIA, THE NANDI BEAR!"

Another group of swatbots come pushing another cage with a bear of long legs and brown hair. When the robots opened the cages, the beasts got out and they put to fighting into a deadliest battle. Everyone were with money on hand supporting Fluttershy covered her yes of the horror, but when the nandi bear ripped the face of the skunk ape, she knew that was enough.

Fluttershy: "STOP!" and the pegasus flied to the ring, putting herself in front of the bear with her stare ready to blow.

Spike: "FLUTTERSHY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!"

Fluttershy: "WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT FOR DOING THIS! HE IS YOUR FRIEND! APOLOGIZE WITH HIM INMEDIATLY!"

The nandi bear backed up for fear.

T.S. Barker: "YOU! OUT FROM THE STAGE! YOU ARE MESSING THE FIGHT!"

Fluttershy: "AND WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE FOR FORCE INNOCENT CREATURES TO FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER! YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAT A GREEDY DOG THAT ONLY THINK IN MAKE MONEY WITH THE FREEDOM OF ELSE. WELL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING CHUMP! THE SHOW IS OVER AND YOU…"

But before could finish her speak, the pegasus was taken by a klagen. Spike went after Fluttershy and watched how her was imprisoned on a force field, he can't doing anything, so the baby dragon ran to search help.

Bean was in the casino playing poker with some bourgeois. He got a poker of aces, which molested the other gamblers. In that, a hand touched his shoulder.

Nack: "Hi old friend!"

Bean: "I know you?"

Nack: "We have a lot of adventures together, Listen, I have a new job and I need your help. Will be a lot of shining stuffs."

When he hears this, the duck dropped his deck.

Cosmo and Tails were at Twinkle Park were enjoining the games, they turned around on the roller coaster and were stumbling on the bumper cars; they don't stop to scream at the house of horror and they don't stop to laughing in the mirror hallway watching Tails enormous head and Cosmo's pudgy body. Finally, at the fishing pool area, the fox caught a pray of 10 cm, however the plant caught a fish of two feet and won two new goggles that presented to Tails for replace that the ones which were destroyed. For both, was an "unforgettable night".

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Soleanna Castle Town.

In front of the castle, the Chaotix were planning a way to enter.

Bark: Why won't only tell them that GUN send us to protect the princess?

Spitfire: "Because must be changelings infiltrated among the guard"

Vector: "We must advise princess Elise directly"

Amy: "But how enter to the castle without anyone see us?"

In that the gate opened for let allowing a row of trucks charged of food.

Flash Sentry: "Why so many flowers?"

Vector: "Its the "Sun Festival", commemorate the foundation of the city when tree children looked the god Solaris crossing the sky in this place 1000 years ago. The celebrations is in three days, should be moved up for cheer up the people because the crisis "

At that time Applejack have a brilliant idea.

Shard and Daring Do were at the orphanage of Saint Bonnie talking with a teacher, sister Galieanna. Shard showed her an holograph image of a green hedgehog with punk hair.

Sister Galieanna: "Yes, I know this boy, he and his sister Sonia lived here some years ago. Both were very talented, Manic was a real genius, his passion was the physic, he always was the first one in the science fair, but he was very troublesome; instead Sonia had athletic skills and strong as a rock, she wined all the sports competitions, specially in gymnastics, and was a very educated lady. They were always very bonded, shared everything, until Sonia was adopted at 10 years by an aristocrat called Windimer, this depressed Manic, his grades lowed and the lonely turned him into a bully. When we heard that the city where they lived was taken by Robotnik, Manic escaped to find her sister."

Daring Do: "If his name was on a file, he must be a headache for that Robotnik."

Sister Galieanna: "I presumed they were death, but three weeks later, miraculously Sonia appeared on our doorsteps."

Shard: "What happened to Manic?"

Sister Galieanna: "Sonia told me that she and Manic tried to escape from Robotnik, but Manic can't made it. Since then Sonia continued to live here for one year more, except that she became more intelligent. One day, close to her 12th birthday, during an excursion to the lake, she did something that traumatized his mates, some needed psychiatric care, when I went to ask her what happened, she disappeared and I never see her again. A week after, there was a fire in the office and all the records were destroyed. All we have this photography"

The nun showed to the pegasus and the robot a photograph of two little hedgehogs, a green hedgehog with red t-shirt playing the drums and a pink hedgehog with red dress playing the piano.

Sister Gelieanna: "This is the last picture that we took from them."

Daring: "They're so cute, remind me to my little daughter".

Shard: "We can keep it"

Sister Galieanna: "Of curse, now if you excuse me, I have to teach a class"

After this conversation, Daring Do and Shard went outside discussing about the siblings.

Daring: "Touching the siblings tale, but that not explain the black arms interest in them".

But Shard changed the conversation. "It is true that you have a daughter?"

Daring: "I had her, but that was long time ago".

Shard: "Oh, I'm sorry if I…"

Daring Do: "Don't worry, that's ancient history, now meet with the others for…"

Suddenly a scream come form the corridors, Daring and Shard ran to the classroom to find sister Galieanna and the children lied unconscious on the floor, except a black haired little girl.

Daring Do: "Hey pal, what's happened here?"

Shard used his identifier and look to that girl wasn't human.

Shard: "Watch out!"

The girl sprouted wings and fled out the window.

Daring: "Don't loose her!"

Back to the castle, a truck full of apples entered to the castle, when the truck parking on the yard, our friends come out from the apples.

Applejack: "I told you, ever trust in the apples"

Vector: "Now, find the princess".

They were crossing the courtyard using the shrubs like hidden places. They continued all the way until entered to the castle. Inside, they roamed sneackly the hallways with backs against walls. Gone upstairs, Flash saw a guard coming, so they hidden inside the armours, Amy looked the guard through of helm's viewfinder. After the danger has passed, the friends continued until gets princess room. Inside was princess Elise, a young girl with hair so reddish pomegranate, combing her hair, to look the guys open the door in the mirror, she gave a scream that echoed throughout the castle.

Vector: Don't scream princess, we come to advise you, you're in great danger."

The maids of the princess were the first to come

Anna: "What's the matter princess."·

Suddenly, the necklace started to shine.

Applejack: "These two are changelings!"

Spitfire struck one, force him to reveal his identity, a creature half horse, half bug. The other changed too and attacked Amy, but she pulled out her hammer and send him out to the window, the other slipped off and fled. After the guards come

Guard: "DON'T MOVE"

Elise: "Don't worry, they're my friends".

The guards laid down their weapons and retired.

Elise: "Now, who are you?"

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Chun-nan.

Heavy, Bomb, Blaze and Maud are in the village meanwhile Twilight Sparkle, Knuckles and Relic accompanied Zonshen to the Gaia Temple, Twilight recognized the ancient equestrian architecture.

Twilight: "There is not doubt, this place was built by ponies"

Relic: "After the great flood, unicorns and echidnas worked together for rebuilt the world combining the harmony magic with the chaos magic, but one of the unicorns, a wizard called Argus, wanted to create a new kind off magic mixing the magic of two worlds, but the was too energy, transforming him in the Chaosmare."

Knuckles Don't had commentaries about this."

Zonshen: "Now, I want to show you something"

The old man pulled out a whistle with form of bird, blow it and a giant bird of multicolor plumage and golden tails come to receive them. The animals were with the mouth open.

Zonshen: "This is Fenghuang, the gaia phoenix and guardian of the temple, originally were a couple, but Regina, the previous iron queen, hunted the other one. Say hello Fenghuang".

The bird gave a shriek so high that rumbled all the trees.

Relic: "That's so beautiful!"

Twilight: "If Fluttershy was here, she would faint to the emotion, Fluttershy?"

Twilight started to remember.

Zonshen: "Fortunately she's not the last one."

The folk mounted the bird, Relic mounted Twilight and Knuckles used his fly skill to follow Fenghuang. At the top of a mountain, was a nest with a huge golden egg.

Knuckles: So you're mom, eh?

Twilight: "Sure will be a bird great and strong."

The moment was sadly interrupted by a explosion noise from the village.

Zonshen: "THEY ARE, THEY ARE BACK!".

Twilight: "We must back to the village, Knux, stay with Fenghuang and help her to protect the egg".

Knuckles want some of action but decided to accept. The alicorn used her magic to levitate Zonshen and returned to the village, left the echidna behind. On the ground was a dirigible hidden between the trees, on it were Reeka and Draggle looking through a telescope.

Reeka: "Now our dear Ken, its your turn"

Behind them was Monkey Khan with an evil glare.

Who is really Sonia? and where´s queen Chrysalis? She´s very near. Its a few days late but "Happy Hearts and Hooves Day!"

Clarifications: Anna and Galieanna are secundary characters from Sonic Next Gen, T.S. Barker is from Sonic Boom and I wanted to give the gaia phoenix major roll in the story.