Chapter 17: "The love is in bloom, and mayhem too"

Advice: I recommend you read again the chapter 13.

Sonic: "Hero in love".

Knuckles: Feather brain.

Spike: Little great hero.

Sonia: Awesome girl.

Honey: Modist fighter.

Station Square.

At the Candy Boutique, Honey the cat and Coco Pommel protected Diamond Tiara form a trio of legionaries, they served her a cup of lemon tea. Diamond told them that she fell in a dark alley, when she was walking on the sidewalk when was persecuted by the hooded. After this, she went to sleep and when she woken up, wanted to help with the dresses. She was sewing a dress satin color.

Honey: "You're doing very well darling."

Diamond Tiara: "I have experience."

In that, a bell rang come form the counter.

Coco Pommel: "I'm going to see who is!"

Coco went to receive the client, but was astonished when she saw a punk boar and a rhino dressed as mercenary.

Coco Pommel: "E…Excuse me gentlemen, in how may I serve you?"

Rocksteady: "Privyet baryshnya" (hello lady in russian).

Bebop: "Maybe you can help us. We're searching some, beauty. GGGRRR."

Coco some frightened: "If so, you've come to the right place. We have the new summer line for motorcyclists."

Rocksteady: "No, no. You don't understood us?"

Bebop: "We're here to search a little pony."

Coco though that they're searching Diamond Tiara too.

Coco: "Sorry, but we don't any filly here."

Rocksteady: "We aren't to looking any filly. WE´RE TO LOOKING FOR YOU!"

Coco: AAAHHH!

Honey listened Coco scream form the other chamber, went to see what happened and look the mutants taking Coco away.

Honey: "LEAVE HER ALONE!"

Honey pulled out her claws, she punched Bebop's belly releasing Coco and ripped Rocksteady face. Finally with a tornado kick, sending them over at the dresses with a blast force. Honey took Coco and Diamond and ran outside from the boutique.

Rocksteady: "Mudak!"

Bebop: "I'm gonna to make me a new vest with her fur!"

The mutants woken up and followed them.

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Soleanna.

The Chaotix saved princess life. In reward, they were trated as honor guests. Ate a tasty tuck of roast turkey for Vector and Bark, and a fruit stew with dip for Amy and the ponies. When asked for the "Solaris Project" and doctor Ellidy, the princess answered with negative.

Elise: My father never told me about the "Solaris Project" and the all the files had lost. Respect doctor Ellidy, I´m never heard about him. Sorry if your travel was in vain"

Applejack: "I doesn't matter, our priority is protect you."

Elise: "The sun festival is in a few hours and I worried that the changelings attack during the celebration."

Vector: "We stay here for help you."

Flash Sentry: "We'll make sure that nothing wrong happen to you."

Elise: "Its good to know that I can count with you, now if you'll excuse me, I have to monitor about the festival, I won't be long".

The princess left the dinner room, everyone was chatting with enthusiasm except Amy, she decided go to the balcony, Applejack saw and followed her. The pink hedgehog was sited on the stone railing watching the city with melancholy, the orange pony closed to her.

Applejack: "What's up Amy girl?"

Amy: "I felt that something is missing in my life, or someone. I can tell you something Applejack? You dealt with those black creatures like a cowgirl, I wish be a little more like you, so I wouldn't feel so… lonely"

Applejack: "But you smashed those creatures too, no to mention the strike that you gave to that changeling. Your family must be proud for have a girl like you".

But Amy don't tell anything, instead, she started to cry.

Applejack: "Oh! I'm sorry."

Amy: "Isn't your fault, the robots took my family away from me since I have memory."

Applejack: "I know how you feel. I lost my parents too when I was only a little filly. But I still have my siblings, my granny and my friends, now I have you and the Chaotix. The rest of my friends must be outside and we will find them".

Amy: "Thank Applejack, I really need to hear this".

Applejack: "Back to the others".

Applejack accompanied Amy back to the dinner room.

Applejack "What Daring and Share are doing now?"

Using the Shard's radar, he and Daring followed the changeling to a ship, the pegasus and the robot landed on the deck and through a crack, they watched a band of changelings reunited for some reason.

Shard in low voice: "We found their hideout".

Daring Do: "Shhh."

Changeling 1: You're a fool, you must be awaited until the festival".

Changeling 2: "Sorry sir, but I was dying from hunger, but don't worry, nobody followed me"

Changeling 1: "Listen everypony, the queen has communicated to me, some agents has come for the "Solaris Project". The festival will be in a few hours, we must ready by then".

Changeling 3: "And the agents sir?"

Changeling 1: "The queen will take care".

Daring Do: "That's serious, we must advise the others".

But Daring Do ignored that the changelings can transform in inert things too, one was on the deck disguised as a barrel watching them, extend his hoof, pulled a rope and a fishing net felt above our friends. He transformed and took them below deck.

Changeling 4: "Sir, look what I found upside".

Changeling 1: "Well, well, we have spies among us. He he, he"

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Casino Park.

Spike was on run of the swatbots, he was in middle of the casino, to looked them, the baby dragon hid under a poker table trying to contact Tails through his communicator, but he was very busy shacking up with Cosmo.

Spike: "Not answer. Think Spike, think, I must save Fluttershy. How so difficult it can be?. Oh, who I'm kidding, I am a useless good for nothing. I can't do anything well!".

The dragon was regretted of himself, then remembered the time when he saved their friends from Mane-iac when they were trapped in that comic book and the time when he saved to the public from being smashed by a giant frozen cloud in the Equestrian Games.

Spike: "NO, I AM A HERO, I CAN DO IT!"

Spike when out form the table, and saw 8 swatbots searching him.

Spike: "HEY CANFACES, YOU CAN'T CATCH ME!" And show the tongue jumping side to side. "NA NA NA!"

The swatbots chased Spike all over the place, he threw a fireball to a chandelier, falling on 2 robots. Close to a snack cart, he winged it stumbling to other two robots. The next act was put himself behind a slot machine and when a swatbot come looking everywhere, he spited a flame on his feet making him dance of pain. Recovered the robot continued the chase, but a woman obtained a full and a buried him under an amount of golden coins. Spike can got to the elevator, to get out, the dragon watched another group of swatbots, ran to a balcony and jumped without thinking of the consequences. He fell right in the middle of on a large pinball table, like a ball, the dragon was sliding to the pumbers make him hurling up and down, rolled on curved and a flipper shot back him to up; on the way, he touch a series of numbered circles, completing a line of a big bingo board over the pinball table.

Spike: "GRINGO!"

Spike fell trough a hole, sliding inside a tube in direction to the floor.

Spike: "Can someone give me an aspirin? And the dragon passed out."

Chun-nan.

The village was being plundered by the ninjas of the Yagyu Clan, leaded by a female masked bat ninja with black costume and a kabuki mask. Many houses are on fire and the citizens ran for the hills. Blaze, Maud, Heavy and Bomb were fighting against the invaders. Blaze scratched a few and used a flame tornado, Heavy knocked a few more at same time with her fist and Bomb with his explosion skill. Maud was running with the villagers, when one ninja appeared on their way, the earth pony used a back kick for send him away. Twilight and Relic get there in time, the alicorn used her magic to immobilize them. Blaze identified the leader a went to her quest.

Blaze: "You've made a terribly mistake pal".

Relic accompanied Zonshen to the library on fire.

Zonshen: "We must save the scrolls!"

Knuckles was with Fenghuang resting leaned on the egg when he heard a strong thunder after a monkey with a stick on a cloud appeared in front of them.

Knuckles: "Who are you?"

Monkey Khan: "An ordinary bored fighter looking for some dumb who to beat. Are you in?"

Knuckles: "Search someone else, I'm busy carrying this egg."

The bird cried to the monkey.

Monkey Khan: "What happen to you bottlenose? Are you not man enough for challenge me?"

The monkey turned around and wags the tail as a sign of mockery. The echidna clenched angry the fist.

Knuckles: "YOU ASKED FOR IT!"

The echidna took flight for follow him leaving the mother and her egg alone. Draggle and Reeka were on the blimp watching the scene.

Reeka: "Its our opportunity."

The blimp was up and went to the nest. When the bird watched the ship coming, she put herself in defence position.

Draggle: "Don't worry, we don't come for the egg, we're here for you."

Spiders, ninjas of the Gossamer Clan, went out form the blimp and shot webs to the bird. Despite the efforts, Fenghuang wasn't able to escape, the webs were reinforced with some kind of dark spell. Knuckles was following the cyborg monkey until he heard the scream of the bird from the distance.

Knuckles: "Oh no!" And went back to the nest.

The spider continued wrapping Fenguang until turned her into a cocoon, after tied her up to the blimp and took her away left the egg behind. When the echidna arrived, was too late.

Knuckles: "What I've done".

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Crystal Empire.

Sonia was felt better, so she decided to accompany Pinkie Pie to a tour of the empire.

Pinkie Pie: "This is the boutique, this the spa, and this my favorite place on the city, the bakery."

Sonia: "I think you already show me this street 3 times".

Pinkie "But this is the hour when you ca smell the cakes right out the oven! "

Sonia: "Can we change the subject? For example, what those emeralds that you're talking about".

Pinkie: "You don't tell anybody?"

Sonia: "No".

Pinkie: "Me neither".

Sonia got upset for that answer.

Pinkie: "But don't worry, they're in a safe place".

Sonia: "Yeah, its awesome, and speaking of awesome, where are Sonia and Rainbow ".

Pinkie: "They are on the court, using heir free time for practicing kung fu. Huh?". A smell called the attention of the pony. "Snif, snif. Don't you smelling something weird?"

The smelling comes from the bakery, was smoke accompanied by flames.

Pinkie: "THE BAKERY IS ON FIRE!"

In the courtyard behind the castle, Sonic and Rainbow were practicing their combat skills, Sonic was the first in to attack, Rainbow moved aside while she was yawning, Sonic answered with a high kick, but Rainbow can blocked it with her arm. Sonic gave another punch, but Rainbow turned around made him fall to the ground.

Rainbow Dash: "You give up?"

Sonic: "In your dreams!"

The hedgehog taking down the pegasus with a low kick to the legs.

Sonic: "Who is the blue now?"

Rainbow: "You, but I am multicolour."

The pegasus pulled their opponent to her and give him a kiss on the mouth.

Rainbow: "Maybe next time hog."

The hedgehog felt exited, but a flashback interrupted the moment.

Sonic: "Well Sal, you're getting better."

Sally: "Maybe next time hog."

Sonic reminded when he and Sally used to train together. The hedgehog wasn't felt very well, so he stopped Rainbow.

Sonic: "Sorry Dashie, I love you but is not the time and moment for this".

Before the pegasus could say something, Silver appeared.

Silver: "I'm sorry to interrupt but THE BAKERY IS ON FIRE!"

The speedsters went immediately to the disaster site. Pinkie was there trying to put out the fire spitting saliva.

Sonia: "Your method is good, but we need something more.. fast".

The pink hedgehog spinned creating a giant glowing pink cyclone, putting out the fire with the power of wind.

Sonia: "An that's how putting off a fire in my town."

Everypony gave to Sonia an standing ovation. Pinkie stayed gasped by the impression. Rainbow, Sonic and the fireponies arrived seconds after, but was too late, the fire was gone.

Rainbow: "And the fire, Pinkie?" PINKIE?!

Pinkie: EH? Ah, Rainbow, Sonic, you should have been here. Sonia turned and turned (the pink pony was spinning too) and created a shining tornado (she fell to the ground), and with it, she put out the fire.

Sonic: "That's true Sonia?".

Sonia: "Its nothing".

Rainbow: "NOTHING? THAT MUST'VE BEEN AWESOME! PLEASE SHOW US!".

Sonia: "Of course, but later, now Its dinnertime."

Pinkie: "That's true, Shining may be waiting us."

Sonic: "And where'd you learn that, I thought I was the only one that could do that?"

Sonia: "That's my secret."

The friends were walking toward the castle, Shadow was on a rooftop and he saw everything.

Shadow: "Its better that I watch that girl, I've bad feeling about her."

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Soleanna.

The Chaotix were in the courtroom waiting the princess, but something was worried them, Daring Do and Shard should have communicated hours ago, something was wrong.

Vector: "I was worried for Daring and Shard, they should have contacted us."

Spitfire: "I propose that we go to looking for them".

Flash Sentry: "And we're waiting for?"

The Chaotix were about to leave when princess Elise entered to the room accompanied by a lackey with a tray of glasses.

Elise: "Sorry by the delay. Let me excuse me with some drinks of wine."

Amy: "Thanks your highness, but we need go now to look for our friends."

Elise: "Its only a drink, besides, a great adventurer like Daring Do can take care of herself".

Applejack rolled her eyes to her friends and after rolled them to the glass.

Applejack: Well, a little drink won't take long".

Each one of the guys took a glass.

Elise: "I drink for Soleanna and for our friends, that they can protect us from the outside dangers. Salute"

Everyone: "Salute."

Everyone drank the wine. Suddenly, Applejack put her hoofs on neck.

Applejack: "AAAGGGHHH!"

The hick pony suffered a collapse, she fell to the floor like a bird wounded by a shotgun. Everyone went to check what happened to her friend when they felt a suffocation in their necks and passed out too.

Elise: "Are you okay? I see that not."

A green glow covered the princess and revealed her true form, a dark alicorn with wings as bug, a dark blue long mane, a crooked horn and sharp teeth.

Queen Chrysalis: "HAHAHAH, the necklace was a good idea, but its useless with an alicorn who knows how to use a protection spell".

The lackey turned into a changeling too.

Chrysalis: "Advise everypony that to get ready the devise, with it, we can steal all the love of this kingdom. I can't wait to the Sun Festival for prove it."

?: "I'm sorry for disappoint you, but don't won't be any festival."

The queen rolled her head to watch Applejack and the others stand up.

Chrysalis: "BUT HOW...?!"

Applejack: "To meet Daring Do, you must be read her books and its unlikely that are printed here."

Chrysalis: "Excellent observation but its too late. Its seems that the princess was a fan of the good jokes."

The queen used her magic for pull a rope and switched a trap. Everyone fell into a hole opened on the floor. When the arrived at the bottom, they were inside a dungeon, there was imprisoned the real princess.

Elise: "WWWho are you?"

Amy raising handle the butt: "The true princess Elise I suppose, we're for rescue you."

Vector under Spitefire: "But before, we need someone who rescue us."

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Casino Park.

Tails was with Cosmo in Twinkle Park cafeteria drinking soda and eating chilli dogs, Cosmo's chilli dog was of carrot instead of meat. For strange some reason, they wouldn't stop to look at each an other with a cheesy gesture. At heart, Tails knows that was something special on her, as if they paths had united before until the tragedy separate them.

Cosmo: "I don't know, but I had this feeling before."

Tails: "Why I feel so attracted for her?"

The kitsune and the alien were closing their lips when Spike arrived all hot.

Tails: "Spike?"

Spike panting: Is... Flutter…shy… Huf!

Cosmo: What's the matter with Fluttershy

Spike: "Give me a break." The dragon drank some of Tails soda. "Where I was, oh yes. FLUTTERSHY HAS BEEN KIDNAPED BY AN EVIL PRESENTER WHO EXPLOITE THE ANIMALS AS IF THEY WERE TOYS I TRIED TO CONTACT YOU BUT I CAN'T, SO I CAME HERE TO LOKKING YOU. YOU HAVE NO IDEA FOR WHAT HAPPENS, I'VE BEEN SLIDING ON A PINBALL TALBLE LIKE A BALL AND…"

Tails: "Fluttershy kidnapped?! Take us!"

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Chun-nan.

In the village the fight continued, Blaze was dealing with the Bride of the Rich Nights, couldn't see her face due to her mask, but was very skilled, used her wings to jump high and attacked with a spin kick that the cat difficult to sidestep. Blaze knows that she saw that movements before.

Blaze: "Call me crazy, but we haven't met before?"

The ninja looked the blimp with Fenghuang hanging under the keel.

Rich Nights: "Well everybody, our job is done! Bye darling."

She and the ninjas flied away.

Blaze: "HEY! I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU!"

All the ninjas disappeared so fast as they appeared. The ninjas immobilized by Twilight were rescued by the Gossamer ninjas. Twilight don't understood this sudden change.

Heavy: "Are you right your highness?"

Twilight: "Yes but I told you that don't call me "your highness."

Relic closed to the princess.

Relic: "Twilight we need your help!"

Twilight accompanied Relic to the library.

Relic: "Please, help us to put out the fire."

Twilight used magic for invoke a blizzard that turned off the fire.

Zonshen: "Thanks princess Twilight."

Twilight: "That happened to me before and I wouldn't allow that your library was destroyed too".

Everyone were happy, except Knuckles who came flaying messed down.

Twilight: "What's up Knuckles?"

Knuckles: "They tricked me and took Fenghuang."

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Crystal Empire.

Rainbow and were on the bed, something bothered the pagasus, so made a question to the hedgehog.

Rainbow Dash: "Sonic that's true?"

Sonic: "Rainbow, I didn't mean stopping you, its only..."

Rainbow" "No, you told me you loved me, that's true?"

Sonic was confused. "Maybe, and you."

Rainbow was more confused. "A relationship takes time, may not be the time to respond."

Sonic: "Whatever we decide, I'm always with you."

The pony blushed knowing that, but at heart, she was hopping that the hedgehog really have a crush on her.

In the dark of the night, someone went to the vault, only a unicorn can open the lock, however she extended her hand and expelled dark magic for unlock the keyhole, but for her surprise, the vault was empty. Shadow appeared behind the thief.

Shadow: "If you looking the chaos emerald, I hidden it in a secret place of the city meanwhile I was helping with the decoration. By the way, nice dress."

Sonia: "You aren't easy to trick. Right?"

Shadow: "I try. Now tell me, who are you?"

Sonia: "Is a friend or is a foe? Is wondering the hedgehog…"

Shadow: "I'm not in the mood for riddles, WHO ARE YOU?!"

Sonia: "What, do you forget me?"

Shadow: "That magic, that gaze. YYYOU?!"

Sonia: "And the train to the oblivion still awaiting for you!".

Shadow: "Tell the conductor to await a little more"

Sonia: "And what about his assistant?"

Shadow: "What assistant?"

A hit come form behind knocked down the black hedgehog, was Mecha Sally with a laser blade on hand.

Sonia: "One hedgehog out, Sonic is the next. HA HA HA."

Sonia isn't what she look likes, and by the way Spike, its BINGO, no GRINGO.

I forgot mention it, the name of the orphanage is for Bonnie Zacherle, the creator of the franchise. If you are here? I'appreciate for your support.